Stations of the Cross And Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Every Friday of Lent SMS, Students 8:30 a.m. Live-stream on Facebook Mary Darin, brings back the flavor of “Pinky’s” with her famous baked beans. For many years Mary has been combining those secret ingredients to make those perfect baked beans for the Lenten Fish Fry. Lisa Barrow, holds the pan as Mary scoops out the 4:00 p.m. - St. Mary Church goodness! Thanks to the volunteers, the PTO and everyone for making our Lent Fish Fries a great success. (Below) Deep frying the fish to perfection, takes patience and Please register 618-532-6291 skill. (Bottom) The line of cars waiting for their hot fish! And the final product ready to eat! Saturday, March 6, 2021 4:00 p.m. St. Mary’s Church †Fish Marcum †Joseph & †Bernice Chudzik Thank you for your support of our Parish and School Sunday, March 7, 2021 You can support your Parish with your weekly envelope 10:30 a.m. St. Mary’s Church Sign-up for Online Giving: stmarycentralia.org †Morris Taylor & †William Taylor †Tina Suarez ST. MARY PARISH SUPPORT †Shirley Merrell Saturday, March 13, 2021 Total of all collections 2/28/21 # AMOUNT 4:00 p.m. St. Mary Church Envelopes / Online Giving 55 / 9 $4,807.00 †Margie & †Dale Gehrke †Alma & †Carol Gettinger Loose $54.00 †Clinton McDaniel & †Diane Stone Capital Improvements 7 $415.00 Sunday, March 14, 2021 10:30 a.m. St. Mary’s Church School Support 1 $200.00 † Roy Szatkowski Black & Indian Missions 2 $35.00 †Bud Miller and †Lawrence & †Agnes Goebel The Messenger 2 $50.00 Easter Flowers 1 $100.00 TOTAL 77 $5,661.00 MEMORIALS $25 (Chr) Susan McPheeters; Please call Blanche Flanigan, if you have a prayer in- tention needing to be added to the prayer chain, phone 618-532-1153. The prayer chain also needs more prayer warriors if you can volunteer. Date Time Event/ Details Contact Every 9:00 a.m. Vicki Laquet Check schedule for de- Sunday until tails of when individual Parish School of 10:15 a.m. classes meet in person Religion (PSR) and classroom location. Prayer requests will be listed for one month. To submit a Every Following Vicki Laquet, CRE Those interested in join- prayer request, please contact, Rene’ at the Parish Office. Sunday 10:30 a.m. Rite of Christian ing the Church or who For those who are sick, homebound, in the hospital or Mass Initiation of seek information are Adults (RCIA) invited to join us. suffering in any way, especially: Waylon Vick, Ann Dunn, Natasha Lang, Susan McTall, Fr. James Margasan, Fr. Gary Every 6:00 p.m. Scripture Class Join us for discussion of Gummersheimer, Fr. Joe Rascher, Fr. Dale Maxfield, Mary Mon- Until HAS RESUMED Holy Scripture, Bible Williams, and all Covid-19 patients. day 7:00 p.m. Pete Donnelly reading and more. For those in Care Centers, and Specialized Living Every 9:00 a.m. - Quilting St. Lawrence Parish Cen- Mon- 3:00 p.m. ter, until further notice, Centers…May they stay safe and healthy. Sally Tiemann day contact Sally Message from Father Steve, We are taught from an early age to be reverent and respectful when inside the Church building. There is a ritual, dipping our hand in holy water (before covid-19), genuflecting, and sitting quietly. As believers, we know that the true presence of Jesus is found in the consecrated, host. "Transubstantiation” (Latin: transsubstantiatio; Greek: μετουσίωσις metousiosis) is, according to the teaching of the Catholic Church, "the change of the whole substance of bread into the substance of the Body of Christ and the whole substance of wine into the substance of the Blood of Christ." (CCC) For some members of the faithful who have chosen to attend other Churches, I often hear that they miss the true presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. There communion is offered as a sign of unity, a sign of the body, but not the true presence we experience during Holy Mass. When I show our Children around the Church, I always ask, as we approach the Tabernacle, "how do you know that Jesus is present with us?" I explain that yes, he is all around us, but we know, through the Sanctuary Candle, that Jesus dwells here. The only day that the Sanctuary candle is extinguished is Good Friday, as Jesus lays in the tomb. There is a story about a man who visited a church. He parked his car and started toward the front entrance. Another car pulled up nearby, and the irritat- ed driver said to him, "I always park there. You took my place!" The visitor went inside and found that Sunday School was about to begin. He found an adult class, went inside, and sat down. A class member approached him and said, "That's my seat! You took my place!" The visitor was somewhat dis- tressed by this rude welcome but said nothing. After Sunday School, the visitor went into the sanctuary and sat down in an empty pew. Within moments another member walked up to him and said, "That's where I always sit. You took my place!" The visitor was troubled but said nothing. Later, as the congregation was praying for Christ to be present with them, the visitor stood, and his appearance began to change. Scars became visible on his hands and his sandaled feet. Someone from the congregation noticed him and cried out, "What hap- pened to you?" The visitor replied, "I took your place." Some things that happen in the church are silly. Some things are downright scandalous. Some things may even be sacrilegious. But the Church is still the body of Christ, and it was for the Church that Christ died. Our action is not just extended to the reverence we experience with God's presence but in each other. The word, Transubstantia- tion signifies an action. Remember to extend that action into your daily lives, knowing that God walks with us, is in us, and dwells within the souls of believers. Sanctuary Candle Monthly Memorial In Loving Memory of our Loved Ones April 2021 November 2021 Schwartz Family Harold “Pete” Aydt May 2021 December 2021 Virobik, Held, Cozadd Nall, Hollern & Duty Families THE SANCTUARY CANDLE FOR THE MONTH June 2021 Harold “Bud” Miller January 2022 OF FEBRUARY BURNS IN MEMORY OF: OPEN July 2021 Joe Marcum & February 2022 Elliston & Garnier Alan & Rosalie Thomas Hope “Marcum” Harbin August 2021 March 2022 Families Carolyn Meador & Gene Miller OPEN September 2021 PLEASE CONTACT May their souls and all the souls Gene Uhls RENE’ AT THE PARISH of the faithfully departed through October 2021 OFFICE FOR DETAILS. the mercy of God, rest in Peace. Dave Schwartz Amen. PLEASE NOTE: During cold weather, the digital thermometer is showing low temperature. This is due to your skin being ex- posed to the cold air. Please check your temperature before you arrive for Mass. Remember to contact the Parish Office and register for the Mass you plan to attend. With our move back to our Church building, space is limited. We are also in need of individuals to assist with sanitizing after Mass. Please call the Parish office by Wednesday of each week to register! TO REGISTER: 618-532-6291 St. Mary Roman Catholic Church Bulletin© and The Cardinal Express© is provided for educational use only. Pictures, editorials, and content intended for parish and school use may not be copied without the written permission of Saint Mary Catholic Parish, 424 E. Broadway, Centralia, IL 62801 SCRIPTURE READINGS FOR MARCH 14 Reading 1 1 Samuel 16: 1b, 6—7, 10—13a Reading II Ephesians 5: 8—14 Gospel John 9: 1—41 Reverend Steven M. Pautler - Pastor Parish Trustees - Greg Schwartz & Patty Williams Mrs. Patty Williams - St. Mary School Administrator Theresa Hacker - Business Manager Cleansing Temples. After turning water to wine at Vicki Laquet - CRE Cana, Jesus goes to Jerusalem today and cleans out Rene’ Aydt - Parish Secretary / Receptionist the Temple. This can be a helpful metaphor for our Patty Williams & Tim Ferguson, School Administrators Lenten retreat. We say that we are temples of the Holy Lynn Featherling - St. Mary School Secretary Spirit. How, then, are we to act? The Book of Exodus —Pastoral Council— is clear. It speaks of right conduct in all areas of com- Joan Beguelin, Pete Donnelly, Garrett Ford, Lisa Guthrie, Wayne mon life. Houser, Nancy Lukasik, Vicki Laquet, Manny Maco, Martina Maco, ●What needs cleaning in my thinking and speech? Mary Miller, Greg Schwartz, Nicole Sandahl, Mike Stock, ●What needs cleaning in my actions? and Patty Williams. ●How will I embrace and support others who are also —Finance Council— cleaning up? Greg Schwartz, Patty Williams, Dr. Jerry Beguelin, Louis Curl, Tom Feig, Jack Graham, Sue Gherardini-Pas, Steve Schwartz, Theresa Hacker. “Take these out of here and stop making my Father’s house a MASS SCHEDULE marketplace.” In the holy Gospel according to John, 2:13-25, Jesus LIVESTREAM on the turns the temple area upside down to rid it of farm animals for sale, St. Mary Catholic Church – Centralia, Illinois as well as the moneychangers who set up shop. In a fallen nature, FACEBOOK PAGE they chose riches over a relationship with the Lord. The temple https://www.facebook.com/TimLFergPhotosStM/ also represents our lives and our relationship with Christ. A moral Thursday 8:30am 65 + Older at St. Lawrence Parish Center bankruptcy can begin to overshadow our hearts, when we make Saturday (vigil) Mass, St Mary 4:00 p.m. less time for prayer and the care for others and more time for Sunday Mass, St.