St. Paul Catholic Church ~ St. CharlesBorromeo, Haiti, Sister Parish ~ T h e L o v e o f C h r i s t I m p e l s u s t o b e a U n i t e d p e o p l e t o s e r v e o u r g o d September 12, 2021 WEEKEND MASSES Saturday at St. Paul Gym 4:00 pm & 5:30 pm Sunday at KC HALL 7:00 am, 8:30 am & 10:00 am DAILY MASSES Please see page 10 CONFESSIONS at Parish Life Center Saturday: 3:00-until all are heard OR Anytime by appointment Our Mission Embrace the God who loves you; Engage in our community that journeys with you; Serve the world that needs you. This is the heart and soul of what we are about as faithful followers of Jesus Christ at St. Paul Parish in Highland, Illinois. PARISH OFFICE HOURS Monday-Thursday: 8:00 am 4:30 pm Friday: 8:00 am 3:00 pm CONNECT Phone: 618-654-2339 Fax: 618-654-9980 Website: www.stpaulhighland.org Facebook: /St-Paul-Catholic-Church Address: 1412 9th Street, Highland, IL 62249
Fr. Pat s Pen Fr. Pat Jakel, Pastor Written in the Love of Christ THE BIRTH OF MARY On Wednesday, Sept. 8 we celebrated the Birth of Mary. Interesting that her Immaculate Conception is a Holyday of Obligation, yet her birth is not. That being said, the reason the Church celebrates the Immaculate Conception with such high solemnity is because God was preparing the womb of Mary to bear forth the Saviour of the world. Stainless and undefiled, she was conceived immaculately to carry the Christ. Her birth, while important and celebrated as a feast, pales in comparison to the birth of the New Born King. We thank you Mary for being such a wonderful vessel to bring forth our Saviour. WHY??? Isn t it interesting that this is one of our main questions we ask in life? We want to understand the meaning and mysteries of life. It alludes us, until we realize that God is a part of all things. We can try to figure out, to no end, why things are the way they are, and why things happen that don t align with the way we think they should. I often wonder why people don t find solace in their faith. Constantly questioning things and wondering why God makes things happen as they do. WHY is it so hard to understand that God is in charge? WHY do we try to play God when we have absolutely no control over what happens in life? WHY do we resist putting all things in God s hands? What I do know, is that faith is the key to happiness in this life and the next. Anything contrary to that leaves us hopeless and helpless. Jesus, I trust in you with all my heart! I love you above all things. I am grateful that you offer yourself in the Holy Eucharist for me. Thank you for loving me so much! MEGA RAFFLE DRAWING $50,000 in Cash Prizes Please submit your tickets! Drawing at KC Hall on Sun., Sept. 12; 1:15pm ONLINE SILENT AUCTION https://megaauction21.givesmart.com Silent Auction Closes: Sun., Sept. 12; noon Make your bids now! Thanks! Please Read This: ANNUAL CATHOLIC SERVICES APPEAL has been replaced by a WEEKLY DIOCESAN TITHE. In other words, our accounting office will be sending Ten (10%) percent of our regular offertory income to the diocese, to support the ministries of the diocese. One of the biggest expenditures is the education of seminarians for our diocese. St. Paul Parish has always been very supportive of seminarians! Thanks! Having said this, please know there is no longer an annual appeal; therefore, any money sent directly to the diocese will NOT be counted as a credit to our parish. Please, do not send any donations directly to the diocese, as you are already tithing to the diocese by way of our regular parish collection. What this means is that we will now need to increase our parish contributions by 10%. Please help us by considering this increase to meet our parish budget. 2021 MISSION CO-OP APPEAL (Sept. 4/5) Fr. Selva Raj lists the special needs of his diocese in India and how you can help to share the love of Jesus Christ. Your Christ-like intervention and sacrifice of: $20 Feed a poor child for a month.($200/year) $500 Educate a physically challenged child/year $600 Health/family care of a leprosy patient/year $50 Single mother to feed her family of 3/month $900 Grocery store job to feed a family of 10/year $100 Monthly pay for a catechist $250 4 goats to maintain a family of four $700 Fix the roof of a poor man s hut $800 A cow to feed an entire family of 5 $1,000 Treatment and rehabilitation of a leper $2,000 Sponsor a seminarian for a year $6,000 Provides a home for a family $25,000 Builds a mission chapel To offer a special direct gift to Fr. Selva and his diocese, contact, Father at: frmsselva@hotmail.com OVER 300 PRIESTS have died in India from Covid, some as young as 36 years old. Please don t think that Covid is not a thing!!! Pray for an end to the pandemic. September 12, 2021 2
Business Office Dineen Czar Executive Manager Laurie Scott Accountant If you ve seen our drop box this week, you may have noticed that it has received a bit of a makeover! A big BUZZ of gratitude to Dale Triplett, our maintenance superintendent (aka Superman!) for adding letters to identify the drop box, as well as letters to indicate where to insert your items. This was done in response to folks telling us that they didn t know where the drop box is located and/or they didn t know where to insert the items. As you see in the picture, Dale has made it clear for all thanks, Dale!! As you ll recall, prior to construction the drop box was relocated just outside the east entrance (Lemon Street) of the Parish Life Center. This drop box is available at any time for your convenience and can be used to drop off your contributions, mega raffle tickets, and even larger items! As always you are also welcome to mail your contributions or drop on in to the Parish Office and say hi to our friendly staff during regular office hours (MTh 8am4:30pm; F 8am3pm; closed 121pm for lunch). Ensuring that we stay accessible to our Parish Family at all times is just one more way that we continue to...shine ON!! Financial Stewardship September 5, 2021 WEEKLY REPORT FOR: PARISH SUPPORT Church Envelopes Online Giving Children's Offertory Loose Collection Repairs & Maintenance Assumption TOTAL PARISH SUPPORT Weekly Diocesan Tithe (10%) NET PARISH SUPPORT NEEDED FOR BUDGET WEEKLY THIS WEEK'S SHORTAGE/OVERAGE YEARTODATE SHORTAGE/OVERAGE (Fiscal Year 20212022) OTHER COLLECTIONS Sister Parish Emergency Appeal for Haiti St. Paul Outreach Mission Coop Appeal TOTAL OTHER COLLECTIONS TOTAL SUPPORT SEPT. 5, 2021 CAPITAL CAMPAIGN UPDATE $12,395 4,723 19 445 409 17 $18,007 $1,801 $16,207 $20,192 $3,985 $44,721 $1,778 1,817 150 4,127 $7,871 $25,879 SEPT. 5, WEEKLY REPORT FOR: 2021 CAPITAL CAMPAIGN TOTAL CAMPAIGN GOAL $7,500,000 Pledged (incl. nonpledged contributions) $7,215,780 Received $5,429,664 Expenditures: Capital Campaign Expense 335,867 Phase 1 (School West Wing Reno) 621,489 Phase 2 (Parish Center & Gym AC) 332,256 Phase 2.5 (Windows, Ramp, Doors, Boilers, Lighting) 521,236 Phase 3 (New Bldg. & Church Reno.) 1,110,013 Total Expenditures $2,920,861 BULLETIN SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS TUESDAY AT 12:00 pm. Please submit items by EMAIL to: jhilling@stpaulhighland.org PDF files CANNOT be used JPEG files required Thank you for supporting our Advertisers! 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time 3
St. Paul School s Restaurant Night at Monday, September 27 A portion of the proceeds will benefit St. Paul School. (Dine in & carry out included!) *** reservations highly recommended for groups larger than 6. *** to order online go to: http://broadwaybargrill.com/ Broadway Bar & Grill 1013 Broadway, Highland (618)6549032 Business hours: 4:00 pm 9:00 pm September 12, 2021 4
Diocesan Gospel Reflection September 12 24 th Sunday in Ordinary Time Deny. Take. Follow. On the long journey to Jerusalem, Jesus clarifies that following the Christ (Peter s response to Who am I?) requires denying self, taking up the cross, and following. Saint James helps make this clear with the need for mercy activity. Reread the Second Reading (James 2:1418) each day this week. Clothe the naked. What will I do? Feed the hungry. What will I do? SDCCW Convention The Springfield Diocesan Council of Catholic Women (SDCCW) are inviting all women of the diocese to their 92 nd annual convention called Living God s Plan for Life, Love and the Family onwed. Sept. 29, 8am 4:30pm at Hamilton s South Ballroom (110 N. East Street, Jacksonville). Bishop Paprocki, along with priests of the diocese, will celebrate 11 a.m. Massfor the convention attendees at Our Savior Catholic Church in Jacksonville and join in the banquet luncheon directly afterward at Hamilton s. Coleen Kelly Mast, a Quincy native who is a motivational speaker and popular radio host on more than 250 Catholic Radio Stations via the EWTN network and Sirius Satellite Radio, will have morning and afternoon talks, entitled The 4 heart Healthy Habits for Holiness and LoveEd: Witnessing the Truth in Today s Confused World. For additional information call 2172575062. Sept. 18-19 Saturday, 4:00 PM School GYM Saturday, 5:30 PM School GYM Sunday, 7:00 AM K of C Hall Sunday, 8:30 AM K of C Hall Sunday, 10:00 AM K of C Hall Server Amelia Beer Ceyenna Gutzler (sub req.) Daniel Wick Andrew Sinnock Gregory Venarsky NOT FILLED Samuel Kukowski (sub req.) Sophie Schroeder NOT FILLED Wilson Boulanger Emily Jansen Drew Jansen Leah Hopfinger Addison Ringwald Noah Ringwald Lector- Jamie Beer Jacob Rose Tom Hill Mary Thole (sub req.) John Geismann Bill Wagner Shelly Sands Debbie Vance Peg Bodinet Carol Henrichs Extraordinary Minister Kim Clasquin Katie Manley NOT FILLED Jan Abbott Courtney Abbott Karen Boulanger Laurie Frank Keith Frank Jane Bircher Jessica Horstmann Gina Lipski Hosp. Team Leader Mark Voegele, Jr. NOT FILLED Rick Aholt Peter A. Tucker Kathleen Quitmeyer Hospitality Minister Vernon Rakers NOT FILLED Scott Abbott Jeff Munie Barb Bellm Martin Klostermann Jon Boulanger Jane Holtgrave Gayla Reynolds Rick Ringwald 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time 5
St. Paul Catholic School Haidee Todora TRASH BAG SALES St. Paul School students are selling high quality trash bags from September 2 nd 23rd. The bags come in three sizes: White: 15 gallon (Tall Kitchen) - 65 bags per roll Yellow: 39 gallon (Large Refuse) - 25 bags per roll Blue: 55 gallon (Super Size) - 16 bags per roll For the first time in over ten years, we are having to raise our prices to $12 per roll due to an increase in vendor pricing. See any St. Paul School student to order or call the School Office at 654-7525. Don t know a student? ORDER ONLINE! Trash bags can be ordered online at: https://buybags.trashbagfundraiser.com Please use group ID: STPAULIL (Note that there is an added convenience fee when using the online ordering system.) ST. PAUL SCHOOL BASEBALL This week, the St. Paul School baseball team has two home games at the K of C Field. They are scheduled to play Hoffman at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 16th and on Friday, Sept. 17th, they will be hosting St. Boniface at 4:15 p.m. During the Thursday game, we will be honoring our 8th grade players. Come out and cheer on our Vikings! Students of St. Paul School appreciate your support of this fundraiser! The 25 th Annual St. Paul School Golf Tournament will be held this year on Saturday, October 2nd, at the Highland Country Club. Balancing work and play! Sponsor and registration forms are located on the school website at the following link: https:// stpaulhighlandschool.weconnect.com/ golf-tournament Forms are also available in the Parish and School Offices. September 12, 2021 6
Parochial Vicar Fr. Piotr Kosk WSZYSTKIEGO NAJLEPSZEGO MATKO BOZA!! (HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BLESSED MOTHER!!) In scripture, the birth of Mary is not mentioned; however, tradition tells that her parents were St. Anna and St. Joachim. They were pious Jews. Despite their old age, they did not have a child. In those days, it was considered a punishment for the sins of ancestors. That is why Anna and Joachim earnestly asked God for a child. God listened to their prayers, and, as a reward for the unlimited trust placed in Him, Anna give birth to a daughter, Mary. We do not know where Mary was born or when she came to earth. According to all of the information available to us, Mary was born between 20 and 16 BC. The first mention of the liturgical celebration of Mary's birth come from the 6th century. This feast was probably created in Syria, when after the Council of Ephesus, Marian devotion in the Church grew stronger. The introduction of this holiday is attributed to Pope St. Sergius I in 688. In the East, this ceremony must have existed earlier, because sermons/homilies were delivered by St. German (+ 732) and St. John Damascus (+ 749). In Rome, people gathered on this feast day in the church of St. Adrian, who was converted from the former room of the Roman Senate, then in a solemn procession, all went with lit candles to the Basilica of St. Mary Major. The date of September 8 th was adopted by the Church from the East; on this day the celebration was held in the Gelasian and Gregorian sacramentaries. The holiday spread in the Church quite slowly; it resulted, among others, from the fact that all information about the circumstances of the birth of God's Mother came from the apocrypha. In Poland, the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary also has the name of Our Lady of Sowing. For there was an old custom that the clearing of the fields and plowing and sowing began only after this feast. First, the people wanted the seed thrown into the ground to be blessed by the Mother of God. The seeds were mixed with the grains husked from the ears, which were consecrated along with flowers and herbs on the feast of the Assumption of the Mother of God to obtain a good harvest. In Podhale (southern Poland), the festival on September 8 was called Zitosiewna (Sowing rye), because rye was sown there. Harvest festivities were also held on the Feast of Our Lady of Sowing. Today's feast reminds us that Mary was an ordinary person. Though preserved from the corruption of sin, she had had free will all her life and was not predetermined to do anything. Just like each of us, she had her parents; she grew up, played, helped with running the house; she had her friends and relatives. It was only her trust, obedience, and full faith response to God's voice that "all generations will praise her. I was touched by a man's confession this past Wednesday. He admitted that he was afraid to tell his friends that he was going to church for Holy Mass to celebrate Mary's birthday. Celebrate Mary's birthday beautiful, simple faith of this man. Let our faith in the Mother of God be equally beautiful, simple, and sincere. Fr. Kosk, Parochial Vicar 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time 7
Perpetual Eucharist Adoration If you are interested in Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration at St. Joseph s hospital or for more information and to select an hour to pray, please contact Marylin McDevitt at 6186549642 or marylinmcd@gmail.com What is Eucharistic Adoration? That s a question we often hear from those new to the faith or searching for ways to deepen their relationship with Jesus Christ. Adoration is a way to be present with the Lord and focus on actively listening to His word through prayer. success. The generosity of our parish is so amazing! Words cannot express my gratitude for all those who donated, worked, and prayed to make the rice meal pack a I was hoping for 60 people, and there were 90. I prayed we could get 20 boxes packed, and we did 30, with an additional 15 packed the next day, for a total of 9,720 servings. I see the light of Christ in all of you and am so grateful for being part of St. Paul Parish. You have made a difference! Thank you!!!! Shelly Sands, Mission International St. Joseph Cemetery & Funeral Liturgy Planning The Parish Office plans the liturgy for your loved one s funeral. Packets with songs, scriptures, and other considerations in planning a funeral liturgy are available for parishioners in the Parish Office. Parishioners may plan a funeral Mass in advance with this funeralliturgy planning packet we provide. The funeral home should send you to our Parish Office to plan the liturgy. We have a Bereavement Ministry to assist our families on a journey to healing. I go before you always. Come, follow me and I will give you rest. Our Parish Office holds all the records for the cemetery. If you have any questions, or if you are interested in purchasing a grave in our cemetery, please call the Parish Office at 654-2339. September 12, 2021 8
Pastoral Associate for Faith Formation Deanna Harlan Want to know more about the Catholic faith? INQUIRE WITHIN! To inquire or learn more about joining our faith family, please contact our RCIA Coordinator, Deanna Harlan at dharlan@stpaulhighland.org or 654-2339 x217. SESSIONS STARTING NOW! Pre Jordan (Baptism class) Pre Jordan classes are held every other month. They are typically held on the first Thursday of the month at 6:30 pm in the second floor All Saints room in the Parish Center. The next class will be: October 7th. Pre Jordan class is required for each child you want to have baptized. You must call Deanna Harlan to register for the class: 654-2339 x217. BAPTISM OF BABIES If anyone asks, or if you yourself are wondering, a good age to baptize infants in the Catholic Church is anywhere from three weeks to three months old. This is why it is important to attend the Pre-Jordan session during the pregnancy. You are strongly encouraged to have your baby s baptism before 3 months old. We want to give our children the gift of Jesus and the promise of salvation in Jesus as soon as possible. However, please be assured that we will baptize your child whenever you bring him/her to us. REMEMBER FOR BAPTISM 3 Weeks to 3 Months 3 Persons The Trinity EXCITING NEW OPPORTUNITY! Adult Catholic Refresher Who: All Catholic adults who want to refresh their knowledge of Catholic teaching and practices. Invite your friends! What: 1 1/2 hr. sessions w/discussion When: Mondays 9:30-11:00 am Tuesdays 6:30-8:00 pm (choose one) Beginning October 4/5th, 2021 Where: St. Paul Parish Life Center 1420 Ninth Street Highland, IL 62249 Cost: $15/person, due at registration either in person OR online at: https:// stpaulhighland.weshareonline.org/ AdultCatholicRefresher Registration deadline: September 15th Questions: contact Deanna at: 654-2339 x217 or dharlan@stpaulhighland.org 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time 9
Mass Intentions Monday, September 13 7:00 am Mass @ Meridith Funeral Home Juanito Gaerlan Tuesday, September 14 7:00 am Mass @ Meridith Funeral Home Michelle Genteman Wednesday, September 15 7:00 am Mass at St. Joseph Hospital Bill Mollet Thursday, September 16 7:00 am Mass @ Meridith Funeral Home John Kampwerth 8:20 am ALL SCHOOL MASS Jim Meridith Friday, September 17 7:00 am Mass @ Meridith Funeral Home Special Intention for Jamie Beer Saturday, September 18 (St. Paul School Gym) 4:00 pm Mass Philip Johannes 5:30 pm Mass Norbert Buehne Sunday, September 19 (KC Hall) Mass 7:00 am Maurice Kramper & The Parishioners of St. Paul Parish 8:30 am Arthur Holtgrave 10:00 am Marie Thole & Edmund & Catherine Lipski Rev. Pat Jakel, Pastor pjakel@stpaulhighland.org/ Cell: 618-830-1595 Rev. Piotr Kosk, Parochial Vicar, ext. 205 pkosk@stpaulhighland.org 618-654-2339 Lorraine Senci, Pastoral Associate for Pastoral Care and Spirituality, ext. 202 lsenci@stpaulhighland.org / Cell: 618-604-1891 Deanna Harlan, Pastoral Associate for Faith Formation, ext. 217 dharlan@stpaulhighland.org Dineen Czar, Executive Manager & Liturgical Music Coordinator, ext. 203 dczar@stpaulhighland.org Laurie Scott, Accountant, ext. 215 lscott@stpaulhighland.org Jennifer Hilling, Office Manager, ext. 200 jhilling@stpaulhighland.org Molly Korte, Pastoral Associate for Youth Faith Formation, ext. 210 mkorte@stpaulhighland.org Haidee Todora, School Principal, ext. 300 htodora@stpaulhighland.org Renee Mitchell, School Vice Principal, ext. 301 rmitchell@stpaulhighland.org St. Paul Outreach: 1-573-340-3763 September 12, 2021 10
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