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Second Sunday of Ordinary Time
January 18, 2015
January 18, 2015
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
540 North Mill Street
Eldon, Missouri 65026
Parish Office: 573-392-5334; Fax: 573-392-3493
Catholic Center : 392-4885; Email: [email protected]
www.sacredhearteldon.org;
www.facebook.com/sacredhearteldon
Msgr. Donald W. Lammers—Pastor
Deacon Gary Christoff—573-645-6814
Deacon Chet Zuck—573-369-2446
Carmen Burton—Religious Education—573-434-1168
Christie Jung—Youth Minister—573-392-5390
Stacy Gier—Music Director—573-365-9417
Greg Jarrett—Parish Council President—573-286-0664
Joe Lilley—Maintenance—573-746-6181
Loretta Ponce—Parish Secretary—573-392-5405
Lynn Ann Lenhart—Parish Nurse—816-803-0593
ANNUAL SACRED HEART PICNIC—August 23, 2015
MASSES
1st of October through last of April
Saturday—5:30 p.m.
Sunday—9:00 a.m.
1st of May through last of September
Saturday—5:30 p.m.
Sunday—8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m.
Weekday Masses
Monday through Friday— 8:00 a.m.
BAPTISM
Contact Office for Arrangements
PENANCE
Saturday 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. and any time by
appointment. Confession room in chapel.
MARRIAGE
6 months notice required
DEVOTIONS
Rosary: before Sunday Masses and before each
weekday Mass
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament on first Friday
and Saturday, 8:30 a.m. Friday through 5:00 pm
Saturday, in Chapel.
PARISH OFFICE HOURS
Monday through Friday—8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
BULLETIN DEADLINE
12:00 p.m. on Tuesday prior to weekend on which
the announcement is to appear.
Second Sunday of Ordinary Time
Sat, Jan 17-5:30 pm  Mary Schoenmann
Sun, Jan 18-9:00 am
The Parish
Mon, Jan 19-8:00 am  Clarence & Freda Lootens
Tues, Jan 20-8:00 am  Louise Faherty
Wed, Jan 21-8:00 am  Ann Schulte
Thurs, Jan 22-8:00 am  Larry & Bill Powell
Fri, Jan 23-8:00 am  Leonard Lepper
Sat, Jan 24-5:30 pm  Ollie Mergelkamp
Sun, Jan 25-9:00 am
The Parish
Mass times are as given on the bulletin cover. Any change
will be noted above.
January 18, 2015
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WHEN: Sunday evenings, 6-8 pm, Feb. 1st thru March 29th.
This Week In Our Parish
SUNDAY:
♥ PSR after 9 am Mass
♥ Knights of Columbus Breakfast 8 am
to 12:00 noon
MONDAY:
♥ Knights of Columbus meeting 7 pm
WEDNESDAY: ♥ Spring Again 8:30 am to 12:30 pm
♥ RCIA 7 pm
THURSDAY: ♥ Day of Prayer for the Legal
Protection of Unborn Children
SUNDAY:
♥ PSR After 9 am Mass
WATCHING FOR THE MESSIAH
Today’s Gospel story of John and his disciples seeing
and following Jesus sounds so simple and casual, it’s
easy to miss the significant acts of faith that are made.
John points to Jesus: “Look,” he says, “there is the
Lamb of God.” John’s faith in Jesus is evident, so evident
that John’s disciples immediately leave his side to follow
this Jesus.
The two disciples make their
own act of faith. They follow
Jesus, spend time with him, and
are quick to spread the good news
of their discovery: “We have
found the Messiah.”
It is easy to forget that the
expectations of generations, the
hopes of many ages of faithful people were being fulfilled
in these simple acts of faith. The Lamb of God, the Messiah, foretold by the prophets, had finally come. Nearly
everyone among the Jewish people was watching for the
Messiah back then; who in our own society watches for
signs of the presence of the Messiah today?
WHERE: Sacred Heart Catholic Center
540 No. Mill St.
Eldon, MO 65026
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I encourage all to participate who would like to get better control of their money, work on getting out of debt, or manage
their money in God’s way. If someone cannot afford the cost
of $93 plus shipping for the materials, contact me about a
scholarship from the parish to pay half the cost.
STEWARDSHIP MOMENT:
Christian Stewardship begins with the call to discipleship
and today’s readings offer three stories about discipleship.
In the Gospel, John the Baptist points to Jesus and two of his
followers immediately walk after Jesus. Jesus asks them:
“What are you looking for?” It is a very good question to
ask of ourselves. What is it we are looking for in Christ Jesus? What is it that we want by following Him? Is it that we
desire most urgently to be servants, stewards, of the Lord?
Or, do we want something else?
January 11, 2015
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First Offering
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60.00
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Second Sunday of Ordinary Time
January 18, 2015
SACRED HEART
MUSIC CORNER
Christmas Greetings from INDIA
The following email was sent on Christmas Day by
the priest from India who preached a mission appeal
here on July 5-6, 2014.
TO: Msgr. Donald W. Lammers, Deacon Gary
Christoff, Deacon Chet Zuck and all the parishioners
of Sacred Heart Church Eldon.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year—2015.
I still remember your hospitality, love and concern.
The diocese of Jashpur is grateful to you for your financial support.
May the new born baby bless you all!
Adult Choir
Sing: Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18th at 8:00 am
Sunday, Mar 1st & 29th at 9 am
REHEARSAL: Wed, Feb. 11th & Mar 18th
from 6-7 pm in the church.
Guitar Choir
Sing: Sunday, Jan 25th, Feb 1st, 15th & 22nd at
9 am
Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18th at 7:00 pm
HELP—If you or someone you know would like to
sing or play keyboard/piano, please call Stacy Gier
at 573-881-2355 for questions.
Once again,
Happy Christmas and Happy New Year—2015!
Fr. Sakinder Kispotta
The Diocese of Jashpur, India
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Knights of Columbus Breakfast
Sunday, January 18, 2015
8:00 am to 12:00 noon
Whole Hog Sausage, Biscuits
and Gravy, Delicious Scrambled Eggs and Hash Browns.
Bring a BIG APPETITE!!!
It’s that time again...
2014 Contribution Statements
are available upon request.
If you would like a copy, call
Loretta at the church office…
392-5334 between the hours of 8:30 am and 2:30 pm.
JOY:
The fullness of joy is to behold God in everything.
——St. Julian
SPRING AGAIN
January 21, 2015
8:30 am —12:30 pm
Hosts: Pat & Bob Hill
Come one...come all...join the fun. Bring a friend or
two. First there will be coffee and donuts. Then join
others for card games and puzzles. Stay for the delicious pot luck chicken luncheon. Bring your favorite
vegetable, salad or dessert to share.
Second Sunday of Ordinary Time
Remember our service men
and women along with their
families in your prayers:
Please pray for the restored good health
of these members of our Parish Family:
♥Brad Bustin—Jacksonville, NC
Son of Joe and Mary Bustin
♥Erin Bustin—Baltimore, Maryland
Daughter of Joe and Mary Bustin
♥Meg Bustin—San Diego
Daughter of Joe and Mary Bustin
♥Austin Frank—Whiteman AF Base
Grandson of Dave and Mary Ann Frank
♥Jeff Hoffman—Andrews Air Force Base
Son of Mark and Leone Hoffman
♥Brian Dunn—Okinawa
Nephew of John and Sara Olexa
♥Jesse Jones—Hawaii
Husband of Arlene Schwintek
♥Matthew Marra—Hanscom, Mass.
Grandson of Loretta Marra-Keilholz
♥Ian A. Olexa—Clarksville, TN
Grandson of John and Sara Olexa
♥Tyler Pint—Vilseck, Germany
Son of Vince and Terri Pint
♥Larry Ruiz—Hawaii
Grandson of Eileen and Larry Sullivan
DISHES, DISHES AND MORE DISHES
We have a large abundance of pie/cake plates, casserole
dishes, etc., that do not belong to the parish kitchen. If
you have brought a covered dish to any function and
now it is missing, it is probably in the parish hall. Please
check to see if you have items to retrieve. Thank you
January, 2015
Altar Servers:
Sat. 5:30 pm
Kimberly Burton
Sun. 9:00 am
Robert Colonius
Ushers:
Sat. 5:30 pm
Bill Bittle
Jo Bittle
Gary Clark
Ed Sanning
Sun. 9:00 am
Bill Weidinger
Donna Schmidt
Tyler Schmidt
Joanne Woolley
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Lectors:
Sat. 5:30 pm
Bob Keilholz
Arline Mergelkamp
Sun. 9:00 am
Mary Graessle
Rosanna Weidinger
Communion Servers:
Sat. 5:30 pm
Bernice Bax
Joe Bax
Sun. 9:00 am
Duane Kliethermes
Cathy Jo Kliethermes
Pat Banner
Bernadine Mangles
John Brockmeier
Christinea Schwarzer
Shirley Dennis
Teresa Mergelkamp
Marguerite Kemna
Mardel Underberg
Suzanne Michels
Carl Hodel
Marcy Wall
Bonnie Schwintek
Sue Wilmesher
Al Lepper
Aiden McDowell
Helen Ingles
Terri Mattern
Luke Jarrett
James Hurst
Judy Corwin
Therese Ambrose Hunt
Please pray for the needs of the following
relatives and friends of our Parish Family:
Ray Koenigsfeld (brother of Frances Veltrop)
Ron Spencer (brother of Betty McDowell)
Lorene Wasinger (sister of Mary Graessle)
Michael Carr, age 17 (grandson of Marie Allen)
Anna Pearl Frank, (mother of Sharon Lepper)
Tannis Roehrig (friend of Frances Lovelace)
The Maher Family (friends of JoAnne Woolley)
Dolores Harms (friend of JoAnne Woolley)
Bill & Darla Helvey (friends of Carmen Burton)
Debbie Wood (friend of Carmen Burton)
Melissa Cook (relative of Mary Ann Otto)
Paul Bax (relative of Fred Otto)
Amanda Wersching (daughter of Ed and Barb Powell)
Christy Belk (friend of Jack & Mary Graessle)
Kodi Caine (friend of Carmen Burton)
Leah Creekbaum (mother of Leland Burton)
Bill Courter (brother-in-law of Leone Hoffman)
Katrina Miguel (daugther of John & Sara Olexa)
Thelnora Vollmer (Sister-in-law of Arline Mergelkamp)
Natasha (Granddaughter of Bernard & Liz Evers)
Kathy Lepper (sister-in-law of Fred & Doris Schulte)
NOTE: Please call or email the Parish Office and let us know if you wish to
add a name to either of our parish sick lists or to let us know when prayers have
been answered so we can refresh our prayer lists. Thank you.
Visiting Catholic Nurse:
♦ To answer health-related questions.
♦ To help persons understand the doctor’s instructions.
♦ To answer questions about medication.
♦ To visit parishioners.
♦ To be a health and spiritual advocate.
Lynn Ann Lenhart is a nurse in our parish who is available to you at no charge. She can be reached at 816-8030593 or through the parish secretary 392-5334.
Your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you.
——-Corinthians 6:19a
Second Sunday of Ordinary Time
January 18, 2015
JANUARY, 2015
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
New Year’s Eve
Mass 5:30 pm
3
1
2
HAPPY
NEW YEAR! Adoration postponed until next
Weekend, Jan. 9th and 10th
Mass 9 am Adoration—FRI 9 am till SAT 5 pm
NO RCIA
Christmas Vacation
4
NO PSR
5
6
7
Quilting 8:30 am
RCIA 7 pm
Parish Office
Closed
Parish Office
Closed
8
9
Altar Society
7 pm
The Epiphany of
the Lord
11
12
13
Quilting 8:30 am
14
15
19
26
10
Adoration—FRI 9 am till SAT 5
16
17
Pastoral Council
7 pm
RCIA 7 pm
RCIA 7 pm
Finance Council
7 pm
20
Quilting 8:30 am
21
Spring Again
8:30—12:30
22
23
24
29
30
31
Knights of
Columbus 7 pm
25
Sat
Mass at Eldon
Rehab 10:00 am
Spring
Again
8:30 am to
1:00 pm
18
Fri
RCIA 7 PM
27
Quilting 8:30 am
28
Ultreya at St.
Anthony Church in
Camdenton 7 pm
RCIA 7 pm
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January 18, 2015
ST. FRANCIS DE SALES
1567-1622
Patron of Journalists and Writers
Francis de Sales was born on August 21, 1567 into a noble family in France. He was baptized Francis Bonaventura, after two great Franciscan saints. His father wanted him, the first of his six sons, to attend the best schools in
preparation for a career as a magistrate. He therefore enjoyed a privileged education. Francis was a patient man. He
knew for thirteen years that he had a vocation to the priesthood before he mentioned it to his family. When his father
said he wanted Francis to be a soldier and sent him to Paris to study, Francis said nothing. Then when he went to Padua
to get a doctorate in law, he still kept quiet, but he studied theology and practiced mental prayer while getting into
swordfights and going to parties. To please his father, he took lessons in the gentlemanly pursuits of riding, dancing,
and fencing. De Sales is described as intelligent and handsome, tall and well built with blue-grey eyes, somewhat reserved and quiet, and a welcome guest in the homes of the nobility among whom his father had connections. Even
when his bishop told Francis if he wanted to be a priest, that he thought he would have a miter waiting for him someday, Francis uttered not a word. Why did Francis wait so long? Throughout his life he waited for God’s will to be
clear. He never wanted to push his wishes on God.
God finally made His will clear to Francis while he was riding. Francis fell from his horse three times. Every
time he fell the sword came out of the scabbard. Every time it came out, the sword and scabbard came to rest on the
ground in the shape of the cross.
Francis became a priest during the Protestant reformation and lived just over the mountains from Switzerland—
Calvinist territory. For three years, Francis trudged through the countryside, sleeping on the ground or in haylofts when
he could, in an expedition to convert the 60,000 Calvinists back to Catholicism. Francis’ unusual patience kept him
working. No one would listen to him, no one would even open their door. So Francis wrote out his sermons, copied
them by hand and slipped them under the doors to communicate with the people. Francis went to the children. When
the parents saw how kind he was as he played with the children, they began to talk to him. By the time, Francis left to
go home he is said to have converted 40,000 people back to Catholicism.
In 1602 he was made bishop of the diocese of Geneva, in Calvinist territory and therefore closed to him.. He
only set foot in the city of Geneva twice and yet his diocese became famous throughout Europe for its efficient organization, zealous clergy and well-instructed laity, monumental achievements in those days.
It was in 1604 that Francis took one of the most important steps in his life, the step toward holiness and mystical union with God. He was asked by Jane de Chantal, a widow, to become her spiritual director. Not surprisingly,
Francis wanted to wait until he knew fully what God wanted. Jane was on a path to mystical union with God and in
directing her, Francis was compelled to follow her and become a mystic himself. Three years after working with Jane,
he finally made up his mind to form a new religious order. But where would they get a convent for their contemplative
Visitation nuns? A man, not knowing of the plans, told Francis he was thinking of donating a place for use by pious
women. Francis said nothing. When the man brought it up again, Francis still kept quiet. Finally the man offered
Francis the convent.
Francis was overworked and often ill because of the constant load of preaching, visiting and instruction. For
him active work did not weaken his spiritual inner peace but strengthened it. At that time, the way of holiness was only
for monks and nuns not for ordinary people. Francis changed all that by giving spiritual direction to lay people living
ordinary lives in the world. He had proven with his own life that people could grow in holiness while involved in a
very active occupation. His most famous book, “Introduction to the Devout Life” was written for these ordinary people
in 1608. Written originally as letters, it became an instant success all over Europe—though some preachers tore it up
because he tolerated dancing and jokes!
Francis taught the key to love of God is prayer. “By turning your eyes on God in meditation, your whole soul
will be filled with God. Begin all your prayers in the presence of God.” He advised people to retire into the “solitude
of your own heart” and talk to God even when you are engaged in activities with others. The test of prayer was a person’s actions according to Francis. His way of teaching Catholic spirituality is often referred to as the Way of Divine
Love or the Devout Life. Francis died as a result of a stroke on December 28, 1622, after giving a nun his last word of
advice: “humility.”
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January 18, 2015
ATTENTION! ATTENTION!
SACRED HEART PARISH SUPPORTS ELDON
FOOD PANTRY
2014 SUMMARY:
Since February, 2014, Sacred Heart Parish has been
donating food monthly to the Eldon Food Pantry.
Through December approximately 1400 pounds was
donated in the parish name.
Jack and Mary Graessle and Gary and Doris Christoff repackaged the bulk food into smaller containers.
Ed and Barb Powell delivered it to the food pantry and
helped weekly with distribution. The total cost for this
food and packaging material was about $750, donated
by parishioners, and required about 70 labor hours including delivery.
2015 FOLLOW-ON PLANS:
We are praying that the donations of money and
workers will increase so that we can double our parish’s
food donation in 2015.
NOTE: The above excludes food and labor hours donated by parishioners and the monetary donations of the
Knights of Columbus throughout 2014.
If you have volunteered to be a Lector, Eucharistic Minister,
Usher or Altar Server please pick up the 2015 schedule in the
vestibule of church. They are in alphabetical order with the
family name on the outside of the envelope. Thank you.
Pilgrimages to Medjugorje, Lourdes, Nevers
There are pilgrimages scheduled to St. James Church in
Medjugorje and to Fatima/Camino di Santiago. Bosica
Bartulica (who grew up in the Medjugorje area) will be
conducting the pilgrimages. The dates are: April 27th
thru May 1st to Fatima and 10 days on the Camino di
Santiago (The Way), and to Medjugorje May 11th thru
19th for $1,975. The price includes all flights, accommodations and many meals. It is anticipated that Pilgrims
from central Missouri will enroll on both pilgrimages.
Prayerfully consider joining the group. If you have questions, please contact:
David Lankford of St. Joseph Cathedral Parish at 573-694
-8362 or [email protected] or Bosica Bartulica
at 816-279-4509 or [email protected].
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