TH SUNDAY OF O TIME St John the Baptist

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St. John the Baptist “ G I L D E H A U S ” C H U R C H

24TH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME--SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

Exaltation of the Holy Cross

September 14

Contacts

Fr. Tim Foy, Pastor Email: [email protected] *Read Fr. Foy’s homilies at frfoy.wordpress.com Randall Smith, Deacon Phone 636-257-8222 Email: [email protected] Randy Maune, Deacon Phone 636-583-5344 Email: [email protected] Sara Maune, Parish Secretary—[email protected] Rectory Phone: 636-583-2488 Fax: 636- 583-6114 Parish Website: sjg-parish.org PSR Website: sjg-psr.org School email: [email protected] School Website: sjg-school.org School Office Phone: (636) 583-2392 Parish Center Phone: (636) 583-8414 (kitchen)

Mass Schedule All Masses are currently being live-streamed

Weekend: Saturday 6:00 pm Sunday 7:00 am, 8:30 am, 10:30 am Weekday: Monday, Wed.- Friday 8:00 a.m. Tuesday 7:00 pm Holy Days of Obligation 7:30 pm (vigil), 6:00 am , 8:00 am & 5:30 pm

Liturgy of the Hours (Morning Prayer)

Monday, Wednesday, Friday following Mass 8:00 am

Adoration Every Tuesday beginning at 7:00 am.

Perpetual Help Devotions

Tuesdays at 6:45 pm followed by Mass at 7:00 pm

First Saturday Devotions Rosary 7:45 am • Mass 8:00 am

Confession

Sat. 5:00-5:45pm, Sunday 6:15-6:45am & 9:50-10:15am

7:00-7:30am Monday thru Friday, Tuesday 6-6:30pm or

by appointment.

Baptisms

Parishioners are asked to please call the Rectory to make

arrangements.

Marriages

Parishioners are asked to make arrangements with the

pastor at least six months in advance.

Bulletin Deadline Please contact the Pastor or Sara Maune, Parish Secretary, at 636-583-2488 or email [email protected] by Noon on Wednesday.

Upcoming Parish Event Sep 13 13th Annual Journey for Charity Tractor Cruise

Sep 16, 23, 30 PSR 6:30-7:45

Sep 16 RCIA Begins

Sep 20 Men’s Adoration Society 7 pm

Sep 27 Ladies Adoration Society 7 pm **changed date**

Oct 5-9 Marian Pilgrimage on the Katy Trail with Fr. Foy

Oct 25 59th Annual Sausage Dinner Drive-Thru!

Parish Meetings SUN: MON: 9/14 Men’s Sodality, Parish Center,

TUES: Quilting all day by the ladies of the parish. All ladies of

the parish are invited to attend and enjoy the day with them.

WED: PSR 6:30pm-7:45pm

WED: RCIA begins 6:30pm-7:45pm, Music Rm.

THUR:

Please patronize our Bulletin Advertisers and thank them for their support. This week’s featured advertiser:

Eureka Heating & Cooling Eureka, MO 636-938-4605

www.eurekaheatingcooling.com

Church Finances Stewardship of Treasure

September 6, 2020 Envelopes $7,268.00

Loose $840.00 Helping Hands $348.00

On-Line Giving $1810.00

APPLE BUTTER COOK You may have heard that we are having

a drive-thru Sausage Dinner. We will

also be making apple butter. Right now

there is a shortage of the regular &

wide mouth ring & lid combo packs

& flat lids. We are asking if you have extra or see

any in the store to please buy & donate. Looked

online, prices high! Some stores may limit to two, &

some say they may not get any more in. Can leave do-

nation in church vestibule, quilting room Tues. 6am -

2pm, or rectory porch. Thank you & any questions call

Allen & Pat Gephardt at 636-239-7518. **Note** Jars

are NOT needed at this time, only rings and lids.

FALL CEMETERY CLEAN-UP

The Fall Clean-Up of the cemetery will be Sept 15th thru Sept

30th. All flowers and decorations will be removed. If you want

to keep any of your decorations you are asked to please have them

removed before hand.

You may replace the decorations

beginning October 1st.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Volunteers needed for Children’s

Liturgy for 8:30am & 10:30am

Mass on Sundays. This is in prepa-

ration for the return of the Chil-

dren’s Liturgy to our Mass. If you

are interested in helping please con-

tact Kim Jacquin 636-584-5201.

Upcoming Addition to the Church! The Parish Council

has been looking to improve the front steps and ramp for a

while now and has been granted funds from the Archdiocese.

At the same time there has long been a desire for the church to

have an interior restroom. The council has some plans that will

accomplish both tasks at one time, and entered a phase of dis-

cussion with the Archdiocese that involves the financial piece.

We have already received some very considerable donations,

but still need to generate about $100,000.00. Please consider

making a donation to this historic project that will benefit every

parishioner! On-line giving is possible thru OSV, go to

www.osvonlinegiving.com/4878

Help Needed!! Position Open!!

St John’s School is currently seeking an After School Care Coordi-

nator. Times needed are daily, Monday-Friday from 3pm-6pm

For more information contact

Joan Knight in the school office at

636-583-2392.

If you would like to join our parish please call the

rectory at 636-583-2488 to register or visit our website

at sjg-parish.org Thank you!!

For Sale: Due to Covid-19 and the fact that there won’t be a Fall Quilt Bingo, the ladies will have baby quilts & big quilts for sale. Call Mary Hellmann 636-742-4974 or Helen Hanneken 636-583-3941 if interested.

SICK IN THE PARISH: Bernice Straatmann, Debbie O’Mal-

ley, Andy Tobben, Bob Hayden Sr., Betty Brautigam, Willie

Kessler, Rosie Spaunhorst, Allen Gephardt, Vernon Brinker, Rich

Skiljan. We ask the Lord to bless all those who are sick or injured

in our community, those who are in a nursing home, and those

homebound.

HOMEBOUND/SHUT-IN: Please keep in mind if you or some-

one you know is convalescing or returning from the hospital and

would like Communion at home, please call the rectory.

PRAYER CHAIN: Don’t forget to get help from our Prayer

Chain. It’s been around for a while now, so it’s easy to take it for

granted and overlook the POWER of united prayer. When you

have a pressing need, please don’t forget to make use of this re-

source of people who care and want to be there in prayer with you.

Call Laverne Schwoeppe at 636-742-5754 or 636-288-6382. She

will get the Prayer Chain members to pray with you. You do not

have to be a member of this Prayer Chain to make a prayer request.

Sept. 14-Sept. 20

Mon. 8:00 a.m. Robert Hellmann Tue. 7:00 p.m. Clarence Patke, Sr. Wed. 8:00 a.m. Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski Thur. 8:00 a.m. Marie O’Malley (mass will be held in the Parish Center)

Fri. 8:00 a.m. John B. & Marilyn Kleekamp Sat. 6:00 p.m. Bernice Straatmann Sun. 7:00 a.m. Marilyn & Jack, Lawrence & Carol Sun. 8:30 a.m. Archbishop Emeritus Robert Carlson Sun. 10:30 a.m. For the People

Do you know of someone who is interested in becoming

a Catholic? There is a formation process (RCIA) right

here at St. John the Baptist that starts on Wed., Septem-

ber 16.

If you know of someone who would like to know more,

please have them call the rectory, Fr. Foy 636-583-2488

or email him at [email protected].

Readings for the week of September 13, 2020

Sunday: Sir 27:30—28:7/Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 9-10, 11-12 [8]/Rom 14:7-9/Mt 18:21-35 Monday: Nm 21:4b-9/Ps 78:1bc-2, 34-35, 36-37, 38 [cf. 7b]/Phil 2:6-11/Jn 3:13-17 Tuesday: 1 Cor 12:12-14, 27-31a/Ps 31:2 and 3b, 3cd-4, 5-6, 15-16, 20 [17]/Jn 19:25-27 or Lk 2:33-35 Wednesday: 1 Cor 12:31—13:13/Ps 33:2-3, 4-5, 12 and 22 [12]/Lk 7:31-35 Thursday: 1 Cor 15:1-11/Ps 118:1b-2, 16ab-17, 28 [1]/Lk 7:36-50 Friday: 1 Cor 15:12-20/Ps 17:1bcd, 6-7, 8b and 15 [15b]/Lk 8:1-3 Saturday: 1 Cor 15:35-37, 42-49/Ps 56:10c-12, 13-14 [14]/Lk 8:4-15

Parish School of Religion (PSR):

PSR is in need of teachers for 3rd & 4th grades And sub-stitutes. You will be paid a $25 stipend per class. If you are interested, please contact Adam Weber at [email protected] or call/text 314-330-0599. PSR is on Wednesday evenings from 6:30-7:45 beginning August 26th. The only requirement is you have to completed “Protecting God’s Children” offered free by the Archdiocese.

PSR has begun. If you still need to register you may find the forms online at: sjgpsr.org. Payments may be made by check mailed to the rectory at: 5567 Gildehaus Road, Villa Ridge, MO 63089 or paid online via clicking the “Online Giving” link at sjgpsr.org or through the “Online Giving” app by Our Sunday Visitor available for both Apple and Android.

If you missed last year or just became a St. John’s parishion-er, contact Adam Weber at [email protected] or 314-330-0599.

Ready to sign up? Just go to www.osvonlinegiving.com/4878.

It’s quick & easy! Or, go thru myParish App and click on

“Giving”.

13th Annual Knights of Columbus Tractor Cruise will be held on Sunday, September 13, 2020,

There will be a blessing of the riders and tractors 9:00.m. at Ozark Die Casting in St. Clair, the starting point for the cruise. They will be collecting food and monetary donations along the route

They will travel to the Union K of C Hall for a break. From there, they will travel to Washington K of C Hall where there will be a Bar-B-Que. The food and money collected is then divided up among the food pantries. Please be supportive as this is really a good cause. It helps a lot of people in need.

St. Vincent's KC DRIVE-UP FISH FRY, Friday, September 18, 4-7pm

St. Francis Borgia Parish Annual Rummage Sale, KC pavilion, Wash,

MO Fri., Sept. 18, 4-7, Sat., Sept. 19, 8-1. Drop off times Thurs., Sept. 17,

8am-6pm, Fri., Sept. 18, 8am-12pm.

St. Gertrude’s School Chicken Dinner Drive-Thru Only, Sept. 20 11:30am

-4:30pm, $10 per Dinner, 1/2 fried chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, green

beans, slaw, Schulte’s desserts.

SFB Parish Chicken & BBQ Drive-Thru Dinner, Sunday, Sept 20, 11am-

6pm. Dinner, Bucket Meals & Sides Available

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Welcome to the 24th Week of Ordinary Time! We are only eleven weeks from Advent! Before we get to that eminently hopeful sea-

son however, we will go through All Saints’ Day, Thanksgiving, and Christ the King. Actually, we have two very ancient feasts this week.

Monday, September 14 is the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross and stems from the tradition that Constantine’s mother, Saint Helena jour-

neyed from Rome to Jerusalem in search of the holy places of Christ’s life. She instructed the Temple of Aphrodite razed, because this was

believed to be the location of the tomb of Jesus. This is where Constantine then built the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. While they were ex-

cavating the site, the workers found three crosses. Legend has it that the Cross of Christ was identified when a dying woman touched it and

was healed. This cross became an object of veneration and tiny relics of its wood have been carried all over the world. There are several

splinter-sized relics of them in the Archdiocese of St. Louis – including one of greater size at the Cathedral Basilica.

Tuesday, September 15th is the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows. We will remember the intense

suffering of Mary and her grief during the passion and death of Jesus. Her sorrows start however much

earlier. When our Lord is still an infant, Joseph and Mary take Him to the temple and the priest Simeon

foretells that her heart will be pierced by a sword, “so that the thoughts of many hearts would be laid

bare.” These sorrows include the flight of the Holy Family into Egypt, the loss of Jesus in the Temple

when He is twelve years old, Mary’s meeting Jesus on the way to Calvary (4th Station), Mary’s standing

by the cross during the crucifixion, her holding of the body of Jesus after it was taken of the cross, and

finally His burial. Through it all, Our Lady’s fiat continues to survive: may it be done unto me according

to your Word.

In other news, our parish continues to raise money toward its goal of adding on to the front of the

church. The plans include a much needed restroom, a new gathering area where parents could take their

children among other things, and a much needed new set of stairs and ramp. If you would like to help

make this a reality, please go the Our Sunday Visitor website or make a check out to St. John’s Gildehaus Church and put it in a envelope

marked for the addition. Thank you for all that you are doing!

Every September we commemorate the tragic attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon that resulted in the loss of so many

lives and great injury to the American spirit. This past Friday marked the passing of nineteen years from the events. We remember and pray

for those who died, for those who have defended our freedom, for those who watch over our country now, and for the conversion of our ene-

mies. May every citizen think back to the common interest we once held in the initial aftermath of those unforgettable hours and embrace our

country completely. May we love the fact that our nation allows differences of thought and opinion to be voiced and contested over, so that

we can come to an understanding with civility. God bless us with patience, fortitude, patriotism, and religion – and may God bless America!

May God bless you and be your Strength,

Father Foy

From a sermon by Saint Bernard, abbot

His mother stood by the cross

The martyrdom of the Virgin is set forth both in the prophecy of Simeon and in the actual story of our Lord’s passion. The holy old man said of the infant Jesus: He has been established as a sign which will be contradicted. He went on to say to Mary: And your own heart will be

pierced by a sword.

Truly, O blessed Mother, a sword has pierced your heart. For only by passing through your heart could the sword enter the flesh of your Son. Indeed, after your Jesus—who belongs to everyone, but is especially yours—gave up his life, the cruel spear, which was not withheld from his

lifeless body, tore open his side. Clearly it did not touch his soul and could not harm him, but it did pierce your heart. For surely his soul was no longer there, but yours could not be torn away. Thus the violence of sorrow has cut through your heart, and we rightly call you more than

martyr, since the effect of compassion in you has gone beyond the endurance of physical suffering.

Or were those words, Woman, behold your Son, not more than a word to you, truly piercing your heart, cutting through to the division between soul and spirit? What an exchange! John is given to you in place of Jesus, the servant in place of the Lord, the disciple in place of the master;

the son of Zebedee replaces the Son of God, a mere man replaces God himself. How could these words not pierce your most loving heart, when the mere remembrance of them breaks ours, hearts of iron and stone though they are!

Do not be surprised, brothers, that Mary is said to be a martyr in spirit. Let him be surprised who does not remember the words of Paul, that one of the greatest crimes of the Gentiles was that they were without love. That was far from the heart of Mary; let it be far from her servants.

Perhaps someone will say: “Had she not known before that he would not die?” Undoubtedly. “Did she not expect him to rise again at once?”

Surely. “And still she grieved over her crucified Son?” Intensely. Who are you and what is the source of your wisdom that you are more sur-prised at the compassion of Mary than at the passion of Mary’s Son? For if he could die in body, could she not die with him in spirit? He died in body through a love greater than anyone had known. She died in spirit through a love unlike any other since his.

Tuesday, Oct. 5, 7pm Monthly business meeting in the music room.

Mark your calendar for the 13th Annual “Journey for Charity” Tractor Cruise Sunday, September 13th. For more information, please

contact Ed Jasper at 636-390-3315

Tootsie Roll Drive - October 9, 10, & 11th. If you are able to help out for an hour or two please contact Russ Maune at 636-584-408

For all first degree members, it's now easier than ever to get your second and third degree and can be done from the comfort of your own home. For the time being, this is being held online at select times and takes approximately 45 minutes. Please contact

Jon Derner at the number below if you are interested.

If you are interested in joining the Knights of Columbus, please contact Jon Derner at 314-808-2400.

SCHOOL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON THE SCHOOL WEBSITE. THE WEB ADDRESS IS:

SJG-SCHOOL.ORG **NEW**

Or

SJG-PSR.ORG (for PSR students)

A combined Deanery Pro-Life & Fatima Holy Hour will be

held Monday, September 14 at 7pm at Our Lady of Lourdes

Church with prayers and benediction for Respect for Life that

America will once again protect the lives of the unborn.

Come join us in prayer.

St John’s School Lunch Menu

Sept 14-18 No Salad Bar

Monday: Hot dog, cheesy potatoes, bell peppers, peach-es, milk

Tuesday: Chicken soft taco, lettuce & tomato, refried beans, mandarin oranges, milk

Wednesday: Spaghetti, peas, applesauce, cornbread, milk

Thursday: Pancakes, scrambled eggs, cucumbers, pears,

milk

Friday: Fish sticks, mashed potatoes, stewed tomatoes,

banana, milk

The Box Tops for Education program is changing the way our school can

earn cash. Going forward, instead of clipping from the packages and

checking expiration dates, all Box Tops will be earned digitally by scanning

your receipt. The new “Box Tops for Education” app allows you to scan

your store receipt, find participating products and instantly adds to our

school’s earnings online. If you still have traditional Box Tops clips at

home, make sure to send them to school. We will still earn cash for all

clipped Box Tops until they expire. Thank you for helping our school!!

Flowers in Memoriam

You can donate fresh flowers for the altar any Sunday for $50. They can be for a special oc-casion, in memory of someone, or anonymous. Just drop a note in the collection basket with your requested date along with the donation.

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Due to COVID-19 concerns, St. John’s

school will no longer be accepting donations

of aluminum cans at the kitchen door. Please

recycle them for your own household. Thank

you for your cooperation!

Marian (adj.): relating to the Virgin Mary Pilgrimage (noun): a journey, especially a long one, made

to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion

An Open Invitation to the Katy Trail Marian Pilgrimage:

Join us on our 4th annual Marian Pilgrimage – led by Father Foy of St. John the Baptist parish, October 5th through Octo-ber 9th! Whether you come for a day, or stay for the week, you will certainly feel the rejuvenating effects of a Marian

Pilgrimage as you unplug, unwind & re-energize with other faithful followers. As we walk along the magnificent Katy

Trail, you will find each day to be filled with personal reflec-tion, daily Mass, an abundance of prayer, and genuine fel-lowship. Come along with us as we embark on this sacred

journey – let a renewed zest for faith bloom and a closer con-nection to Our Lady of the Rosary flourish!

For more information, and a detailed itinerary, please send an

email request to:

[email protected]