THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER APRIL 18 APRIL 25 ACTS 3:13-19 ACTS 4:8-12 1 JOHN 2:1-5a 1 JOHN 3:1-2 LUKE 24:35-48 JOHN 10:11-18

PASTOR: Fr. Alex Gabriel, 573-796-4842; [email protected] Emergency Contact for Fr. Alex: Margaret Bieri (573) 230-5495 DEACON: Bob Reinkemeyer, 573-539-9777 Director of Religious Education: Letitia Sangster (573) 576-0300 PARISH OFFICE: 573-796-4842 or [email protected], Hall: 796-3568 Open Mondays 8 AM to 1 PM - Tuesdays 8:30 AM to12:00 PM - Thursdays 8:30-12:00PM BAPTISMS: By appointment. Please call for Parental Sacrament Preparation WEDDINGS: Please contact at least 4 months in advance ANOINTING OF THE SICK: Please call any time or by appointment RECONCILIATION: Saturday 3:15 – 3:45 and by appointment MASSES @ ANNUNCIATION: SATURDAY @ 4:00 PM; SUNDAY @ 10:00AM SPANISH MASS/COMMUNION SERVICE: Sunday 12 - NOON MASSES @ ST. ANDREW: TIPTON SATURDAY @ 5:30 PM; SUNDAY @ 8:00AM

BISHOP MCKNIGHT’S APRIL PRAYER INTENTION Let us pray for a renewed understanding of our baptismal dignity as sons and daughters of God the Father, and a commitment to living in peace with our sisters and brothers in Christ.

MASS INTENTIONS

Saturday April 17 4:00 PM Annunciation Parish Sunday April 18 10:00 AM Maximo Macapaz Tuesday April 20 8:00 AM Souls in Purgatory Thursday April 22 8:00 AM Pat Swillum Saturday April 24 4:00 PM Parish Sunday April 25 10:00 AM Harold Roll

ANNUNCIATION PARISH www.annunciationcatholicchurch.org 310 Mill St, California MO 65018

OUR MOTTO: JOY Mission Statement We, the family of Annunciation Parish desire to JESUS FIRST build a community of love and service to our OTHERS SECOND community and those in need as we bear witness to the teaching of Jesus Christ. YOURSELF LAST

Communion on the spot. As she took Jesus into her FROM THE PASTOR heart, Imelda entered into a state of ecstatic prayer. The child remained kneeling as the nuns left chapel to allow On next Sunday April 25, seven children of our Parish will receive her more time to pray. When they returned for her, they Holy Communion for the first time at 10 am Mass. They are Baylee found her just as they had left her, but her body was Leeper, Damian Magana, Beau Moreland, Calyn Wasser, Henry lifeless. After receiving Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, Collier, Ella Henderson and Angel Hernandez. Congratulations Imelda, proving her early words to be prophetic, died of and blessings to all. It is indeed a joyful occasion for our Parish, pure love and joy. their parents and relatives. I would like these children who will receive first Holy Communion to The feast day of Blessed Imelda Lambertini is read about the inspiring life story of their patron saint as given celebrated on May 12th. She is the patroness of First below and develop an earnest desire to receive Jesus in the Communicants and of making a holy, fervent First Eucharist as Blessed Imelda did. At the same time, I would request Communion. Her purity of heart is a beautiful reminder their parents to bring them to Mass on weekend so that they are that, to be truly happy, we must love and desire God able to grow closer to Jesus who loves children the most. Please above all things. Her body remains incorrupt seven remember that as a Pastor, I will be monitoring them regularly. centuries later and lies in a Church in Bologna. In 1826, Pope Leo XII declared her blessed and proclaimed her to be the patroness of first communicants. (Source: The Catholic Company, by Mary Thierfelder, May 11, 2017 ) Appreciation and Thanks: I extend my appreciation and thanks to Shawna Bax for her commendable service in getting our children prepared to receive the sacrament. I also thank the parents for their continuous support and guidance in their faith journey. Many thanks to Letitia Sangster for getting the program coordinated. Many thanks: I appreciate and thank all who participated in the Divine Mercy devotion held last Sunday in our Church at 3 pm. Many thanks to Marian Fleischmann and Lisa Reinkemeyer for leading the chanting of the Chaplets and Deacon Bob doing the Benediction. Blessed Imelda, pray for our children to love Jesus in the For the Good of the Parish: I encourage different Holy Eucharist as much as you did activities to take place in the Parish. Please remember Little Imelda Lambertini loved Jesus so deeply that she often Holy Mass takes precedence over everything which wondered, “Can anyone receive Jesus into their heart and not die?” cannot be compromised. During the set Mass times, I do This caused her to request, when she was just five years old, to not encourage any program or activity to be scheduled. receive Jesus in the Eucharist. However, as it was the year 1327, Now the time announced for Mother’s Day Special goes her request was out of the question. At that time children were not in conflict with the times of Sunday Masses and so it allowed to receive their First Holy Communion until they were at needs to be rescheduled. Secondly, before anything is least 12 years old. But Imelda was persistent. planned and finalized, please let the Pastor know about Although her father was an Italian count and she had a comfortable it and get his approval before it is sent to the bulletin home life, she wanted to be closer to God. Her parents raised her directly. Now on, it is recommended that you send the strongly in the faith which instilled in her a love for prayer and the bulletin matter directly to the Pastor and he will forward Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. She would often visit a nearby it to the person concerned after his review. Dominican church to pray the Liturgy of the Hours with the nuns Rice Bowls Response: I was pleased to learn that there. quite many of you have been generous with rice bowl At the age of nine, though her wish for receiving Holy Communion contribution. As of last Sunday, we have received had not been granted, Imelda was allowed to enter the Dominican $1120.54. May God bless the generous donors convent as a young postulant. All the while she continued to beg to abundantly! If there are rice bowls still to be returned, be allowed to receive the Holy Eucharist. please reach them to the Parish office or church so that One night, on the Vigil of the Ascension, the now eleven-year-old the collection is sent to Catholic Charities in time. Imelda stayed late in the chapel to pray after Mass. She had Bulletin Inserts: 1. Bishop’s letter on ‘Catholic Home begged to be allowed to make her First Holy Communion on this Mission Appeal takes place on April 24 & 25. 2. Mobile feast, but was again denied. Each denied request increased her Food Pantry for the needy takes place on April 22 in our love and desire for the Real Presence of Jesus in her soul. Some parking lot. 3. Minutes of PC. say that a scent of roses drew the nuns back to the chapel, other St. Andrew School Ad: We are still looking for three accounts cite a bright light. However, it happened, the returning teachers who will be certified to teach Math, Science nuns were greeted by a stunning sight. As Imelda prayed, a and Religion & History in Junior High grades. Please consecrated host was seen suspended in the air above her head. pass the word around so that we will be able to get the Quickly understanding God’s will for the child to receive, the right candidates. Those interested may directly contact convent chaplain took the Eucharist and gave Imelda her First Holy the Principal or post their resumes in the Diocesan

website.

Monthly Financial Statement for March 2021 Weekly Collections Receipts 1st week: $ 3844.47 2nd week: $ 11,014.50 Weekend Collections: 21,046.99 Flowers: $ 20.00 Mustard Seed: $ 25.00 Additional Income Inf. Priests: $ 60.00 Bldg. Fund: $ 5.00 3 in 1 Collection, Donations, Mustard Seed, Interest , Infirmed Priest Missions: $ 5.00 Collections. Misc. 4,170.46 Liturgical Roles

Total Receipts 25,217.45 Saturday – April 17

Lector: Elaine Anderson Expenses Servers: Volunteer Needed Adm. Exp.:Salary, Repairs, 4,289.45 Song Leader: Larry Dahler Liturgy & Worship Exp. : Repairs, Utilities 4,797.45 Organist: Ruth Ann Jobe School Tuition & PSR 5,582.70 Rosary: Margaret Reynolds Misc. 1,966.33 Sunday – April 18

Lector: J. Gattermeir Total Expenses 16,635.93 Servers: Volunteer Needed

Song Leader: JoAnn Bestgen Overall Total +8,581.52 Organist: Ruth Ann Jobe

Rosary: Ruth Ann Jobe Saturday – April 24 Monday Morning Memo from the Diocese: Lector: Russell Anderson Ordination: save the date Servers: Need Volunteer Please mark your calendar for the ordination of Deacon Derek Song Leader: Ted Munsterman James Hooper to the priesthood on June 5, 10 am, at the Organist: Betty Pringer Cathedral of St. Joseph. More information will be forthcoming. Rosary: Please continue to pray for him, our seminarians and deacon Sunday – April 25 Lector: First Communion aspirants, and all who are discerning a vocation. SonTLeader: Servers: Organist: Ruth Ann Jobe Song Leader: Marian Fleischmann Rosary: Ruth Ann Jobe Youth News Organist: Betty Pringer Rosary: Rita Henley First Communion Celebration- Seven children will be celebrating the Eucharist on Sunday, April 25 at the 10:00 mass. It will be a bilingual celebration with limited seating. Near & Long Ago Treasures… California Annunciation Ladies Sodality is The LAST CLASS of PSR and Confirmation is April 25. hosting a very large parish-wide rummage Confirmation will have their retreat with Oddwalk Ministries on May 23 sale all at one location at 310 Mill Street in as the final part of their preparation. Confirmation will be the evening of Wednesday, June 2. California MO. ------Just think of all the treasures you could find for yourselves or to share with someone!

Knights of Columbus Scholarship Vintage items, baby items, kitchen and It is time for the Knights of Columbus Scholarship. home decor as well as so much more! Applications are available in the back of church or contact The sale will be held on Friday, April 30 from 8 AM to 6 PM and Saturday, May 1 Glen Bayne at (573) 796-3630. from 8 AM to 1 PM. Come with friends! Make a day of it! You will need lots of time to look at everything! Fr. James will be continuing Theology class on Our horticulturist, Jeanne McPherson, will Wednesday night at 6PM. have 350 plants for sale! She will be selling ______pots for $4 to $5 a pot. There will be day lilies, aloe vera, elephant ears, spider St. Paul's Lutheran Church will be having a rummage sale hanging baskets, Japanese iris, regular iris on Thursday, April 22 and Friday April 23 from 8:00 AM to and some ground cover in pots, and a few 5:00 PM. Go in the back door. orange mums.

Prayer List Third Sunday of Easter, April 18,2021 The common theme of today’s readings is the challenge Please Pray for these and all who are in need of to adjust our lives to the living presence of the risen Lord prayer. Call the office to add someone or take as we grow daily more aware of the presence of His Holy someone off. Spirit within us and surrounding us. This awareness Darrell Bolin; Judy Boyle; Chris Schoenthal; Kim should strengthen our hope in His promises, bring us to true repentance for our sins and the renewal of our lives, (Gailey) Moss; Sister Leona Bax; Kim Haisemeyer; and lead us to bear witness to Christ by our works of Roger Borgmeyer; Carol Baker; Don & Loretta charity. The readings also remind us that the purpose of George; Krystal Stegemann (daughter of Sherrie the suffering, death, and Resurrection of Jesus was to save us from our sins. Walter); Thomas Imhoff (son of Jim and Lita Imhoff); Scripture lessons: The first reading, taken from the Acts Hazel Boss (mother of Pauline Forck); Frankie of the Apostles, gives us Peter’s second sermon Bolinger; (mother of Jake Bolinger) Diane addressing the Jewish assembly at the Portico of Munsterman; Sandy Crawford; Keith Connell; Fr. Solomon in Jerusalem. Peter forcefully shows how the messianic prophecies have been fulfilled in the crucified Mike Coleman; Fr. Aubuchon; Loretta Brauner; and risen Jesus and challenges the Jews to repent and Misty Distler; Cody Schmidt; Amanda Imhoff; Connie turn toward God so that their sins may be wiped away. In Sack; Shirley Sack; Jeff Johnson; Gary Fleischmann; the second reading, John answers doubts raised by the John & Barbara Reichl (parents of Bill Reichl); Parker heretics of his time, asserting the fundamental Christian doctrine that Jesus’ death was a sacrifice offered as Wood (grandson of Tim & Pauline Forck); Terry expiation for our sins. Today’s Gospel describes Jesus’ Carlson; Melissa Cox; Bob Winkler; Gary Rackers appearance on the evening of His Resurrection to his (Margaret Reynolds son-in-law); Special Intention; apostles who were in the locked Upper Room, the Cenacle. We see Jesus remove the doubts of his apostles Rachel Frank; Abe Baepler; Andrea Tilbury; Delores about his Resurrection by inviting them to touch him and Bardwell; Carol Rackers. by eating a piece of cooked fish. Jesus explains how the prophecies have been fulfilled in him. Then he commissions them to bear witness to him and preach “repentance and forgiveness of sins in his name” after THIS WEEK AT ANNUNCIATION receiving the Holy Spirit. Life messages: 1) We need to share the apostles’ Saturday, April 17 “Upper Room Experience” in the Holy Mass: The same ₸Mass 4:00 PM Annunciation Parish Jesus who, in the Upper Room, the Cenacle, prepared Sunday, April 18 Third Sunday of Easter the disciples for their preaching and witnessing mission, is ₸ Religious Ed/Confirmation present with us in the Eucharistic celebration. In the ₸Mass 10:00 AM Maximo Macapaz “Liturgy of the Word” of God, Jesus speaks to us. In the Monday, April 19 “Liturgy of the Eucharist,” Jesus becomes our spiritual ₸ 5:45-6 PM Prayer of the Holy Rosary food and drink. Thus, today’s Gospel scene is repeated ₸ 8:00 PM AA-ALNON every Sunday on our parish altars. Like the early Tuesday, April 20 disciples, we come together to repent of our sins, express ₸ 8:00 AM Souls in Purgatory our gratitude for blessings received, listen to God’s word, ₸ 6:30 PM Knights of Columbus Meeting and offer our lives to God along with our petitions and His Wednesday, April 21 gifts of consecrated Bread and Wine. We also consume ₸ Mustard Seed the spiritual food Jesus supplies, thus gaining the strength ₸ 6:00 PM Fr. Finder Theology Class necessary for sharing Christ’s message with the entire Thursday, April 22 world, mainly by living transparent Christian lives. 2) ₸Mass 8:00 AM Pat Swillum Jesus needs us as witnesses to continue his mission. ₸ Quilting Jesus needs Spirit-filled followers to be his eyes, ears, ₸ 7:00 PM Holy Hour hands, and feet, to bear witness to his love, mercy and Friday, April 23 forgiveness by our interactions with our brother and ₸ sisters. 3) Our daily lives are meant to serve as a means Saturday, April 24 Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen for us to experience and share the risen Lord with others. ₸Mass 4:00 PM Just as the disciples experienced the risen Lord in their Sunday, April 25 Fourth Sunday of Easter community, let us learn to recognize the presence of ₸ Religious Ed/Confirmation Jesus in our own homes, social service centers, nursing First Communion facilities, hospitals, workplaces, and schools. Jesus ₸Mass 10:00 AM Harold Roll wants us to be a community which shares and cares, a ₸Mass 12 NOON Spanish community which knows how to recognize Jesus in the poor, the marginalized, the sick – that is, in everyone – and does so. (Fr. Anthony Kadavil