St. Cletus Catholic Church - eChurch Bulletins

1 St. Cletus Catholic Church Welcoming Christ in the Face of Others March 6, 2022 PLEASE FIND OUR EXTENSIONS BELOW AFTER DIALING THE MAIN. NUMBER OF: 636-946-6327 PASTORAL TEAM: Rev. Jim Benz, Pastor: or ext. 1711 Rev. Mark Whitman, Associate Pastor: or ext. 1727 Deacon Mark McCarthy, Pastoral Associate: or ext. 1712 Deacon Frank Olmsted - Deacon Walt LaBozzetta - Mr. Joe Gogel - Business Manager: or ext. 1715 Mary Reich or Cindy Clegg, Parish Secretary: or ext. 1710 Mrs. Tina Bishop - Director of Liturgical Music: or ext. 1718 Ms. Rosann Doherty - School Principal: or ext. 1730 Mrs. Laura Henderson- Religious Education Coordi- nator: or ext. 1717 Mr. Bob Hamer - Director of Youth Ministry: or ext. 1716 Parish and School Website: School: 636-946-7756 St. Vincent de Paul Society: 636-255-1750 Stephen Ministry: 636-255-1739 To keep current with our sick list above, please let us know when we need to add or remove anyone.

2 Thank you! First Sunday of Lent March 6, 2022 Liturgy Schedule and Mass Intentions for the week Jenny Andrzejewski Joan Andrzejewski Jerry Belew Marnie Boyle Sue Brockelmeyer Harold Buescher Jane Cannon Ken Carneal Butch Carr Msgr. Jack Costello Gene Dallas * Dorothy Davis John Droste Jim Doyle Charli Elliston Emelia Emke Carole Ermeling Deacon Tony Falbo Joe Flood Mary Ann Fortner Randy Gravemann Carol Green Katherine Green Ron Haas Michelle Haines Marie Henrich Bella Herman Vi Higgins Chris Hoey Bev Kaiman Chuck Lammert C J Lindner Trace Gillam Martin Joe Marzaloes Sue Mattingly Rich Meyer John Miller Sheri Miller Mary Minton Ron Niffen Keith R. Noah Lynn Owen Amelia Paquette Dave Raley Rita Rast Jerry Reese Rita Reeves Laura Rehagen Eric Reinholz Justin Rumpsa Eleanor Rupp Steve Sand Cheryl Sanders Ed Scaglione Elise Scheu Mark Schoene Jim Schoonover Suellen Shuey Nathan Spies Debbie Teson Carol Turpin Gregg Viscomi Tom Walsh Michelle Weinrich John Whitener Lloyd Whitmann Richard Wieck Mon.

3 , March 7, Lenten Weekday 7:00am Sue Wehde Presider: Fr. Benz 8:00am Communion Service Presider: Deacon Mark Tues., March 8, Lenten Weekday 7:00am Vic Garvert Presider: Fr. Whitman 8:00am Anna Rothermich Presider: Fr. Benz Wed., March 9, Lenten Weekday 7:00am Cecelia Kavada Presider: Fr. Whitman 8:00am Henry Clever, Jr. Presider: Fr. Benz Thur., March 10, Lenten Weekday 7:00am Jacob Jake Pilla Presider: Fr. Whitman 8:00am St. Charles Knight of Columbus Presider: Fr. Benz 5:30pm Ted Leverenz Presider: Fr. Whitman Fri., March 11, Lenten Weekday 7:00am Jake Bruno Presider: Fr. Whitman 8:00am William Dennis (all school) Presider: Fr. Benz Sat., March 12, Lenten Weekday 8:00am Infants who have died before birth Presider: Fr. Whitman ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Sat., March 12, Second Sunday of Lent 5:00pm John Jenkins Presider: Fr.

4 Benz Deacon: Mark McCarthy Servers: J. Howle, L. Pezold Sun., March 13, Second Sunday of Lent 7:30am Mildred Olmsted Presider: Fr. Benz Deacon: Mark McCarthy Servers: Adult Servers (K. Bury, R. Marquard) 9:30am Bob Rabbitt Presider: Fr. Whitman Deacon: Walt LaBozzetta Servers: E. Conway, L. Conway 11:30am Our Parish Family Presider: Fr. Benz Deacon: Walt LaBozzetta Servers: I. Hamer, M. Hamer Please pray for the repose of the soul of: Ann Blechle May her soul rest in our Lord s eternal embrace. First Sunday of Lent March 6, 2022 PARISH COLLECTION February 20, 2022 Regular $14, Online $21, $ 2, SUNDAY MASSES: Saturday at 5:00 and Sunday at 7:30 (live streamed), 9:30, and 11:30 WEEKDAY MASSES: 7:00 Monday thru Friday and 8:00 Saturday (live streamed) 8:00 Tuesday thru Friday in the weekday chapel COMMUNION SERVICE: Monday at 8:00 SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: Monday 4:00 - 5:30 Saturday 4:00 - 4:45 or by appointment BAPTISMS: Please contact Deacon Mark McCarthy to arrange for date and time.

5 MARRIAGES: Arrangements must be made six months in advance. Contact Deacon Mark McCarthy SACRAMENT OF THE SICK: By appointment HOMILIES: Sunday homilies can be found at:: OFFICE HOURS: Monday thru Thursday: 8:30am - 4:30pm Friday: 8:30am - 1:00pm BULLETIN DEADLINE: 10 Days Prior to date In writing or email to: ACTIVITIES & MEETINGS THIS WEEK MONDAY, MARCH 7 8:00AM ENDOWMENT MTG CALLAHAN 5:00PM MEN S BIBLE STUDY Cletus 6:15 PM SCHOOL BOARD MTG CALLAHAN 6:15PM PSR CLASSES SCHOOL TUESDAY, MARCH 8 8:30AM SENIOR EXERCISE CLASS HALL 11:00AM PASTORAL TEAM MTG CALLAHAN 7:00PM ADULT FAITH MTG (ZOOM) WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9 8:30AM QUILTERS HALL 10:00AM FR. MARK BIBLE STUDY LIVE STREAM DUCHESNE 6:30PM MEN S CLUB GENERAL MTG SCHOOL CAFETERIA 6:30PM CUB SCOUT MTG HALL 7:00PM CHOIR REHEARSAL Church THURSDAY, MARCH 10 8:30AM SENIOR EXERCISE CLASS HALL 1:00PM PRIVATE MEETING Cletus 5:30PM LENTEN MASS Church 6:30PM ROSARY/MARY S WAY OF THE CROSS CHAPEL 7:00PM RCIA DUCHESNE FRIDAY, MARCH 11 9:00AM SMALL FAITH GROUP DUCHESNE 3:00PM FISH FRY SCHOOL CAFETERIA 6:30PM CUB SCOUT MTG HALL SATURDAY, MARCH 12 8:00AM COMMENDATION OF INFANTS WHO DIED BEFORE BIRTH Church 5.

6 00PM CANDIDATE PENITENTIAL RITE Church SUNDAY, MARCH 13 8:45AM CHOIR REHEARSAL HALL 7:00PM LIFE TEEN NIGHT HALL In today s Gospel, Jesus overcomes the tempta-tions to wealth, power and esteem. As we begin Lent, may we open our hearts to the grace of prayer, fasting and alms-giving. Your gift in the St. Vincent de Paul Poor Box (located at the rear of the Church in the main aisle), will help the poor to celebrate the grace of God s love this Easter. This week our special collection supports the Church in Cen-tral and Eastern Europe. Your donation today helps restore the Church and build the future in more than 25 countries still struggling to recover from former communist rule. Funds from this collection support reconstruction, edu-cation, formation, and poverty outreach. Please be generous to the collection today.

7 For more information, please visit First Sunday of Lent March 6, 2022 DISCOVERING THE TRUE MEANING OF LENT by FR. MIKE ESSWEIN I love spring. Of the four seasons of the year, spring is the most anticipat-ed and longed-for by the world. After living more than four months in predom-inantly cold, gray days, and long, biting, dark nights of winter, there is argua-bly nothing more uplifting for the spirit than to see the return of spring budding forth from the sleeping, dead earth. As the days get warmer, brighter, and grow longer with daylight, we watch the sky above us become friendlier with a soft color blue and pockets of white clouds. Concurrently, the earth is slowly taken over by both the bright col-ors of green plants, bushes, trees, and the multi-colors of purple and white, yellow, orange, and red flowers that come shooting forth up from the earth.

8 Now awakened, the world before us is transformed, made new, and becomes more alive in its fullness with each passing day. The earth stands in glory rejoicing in its creator and stands as a living testament to the existence of its author and artist who brought it all to life. Unlike the season of spring, however, I have not always loved Lent. Of the five liturgical seasons of the year, Lent is the one season that seems to deplete and limit life. It appears to ask us to give it something that we pos-sess, something we treasure and enjoy, something of our lives that we would just assume hold onto and keep for our own as part of our everyday life. If it were not for the encouragement given, or the expectation placed upon us to give away, or voluntarily offer up something of ourselves during this season, we would have no reason to do it. To simply give something up and drop it from daily practice and routine, even if only temporarily, can have the sense of being that of a tree or plant that lets go of its leaves with the arrival and onset of winter.

9 The tradi-tional practices of Lent, namely, prayer, fasting, and almsgiving, in addition to living the spirit of repentance dur-ing Lent, can make it as if Lent was an agent of winter, that further strips away from our lives more of those things that seem to serve us and keep us comfortable, especially when life is cold, dreary, and dark. The curious thing, however, is that the origins and meaning of the word Lent do not fit the description of winter but, instead, describe its opposite of the seasons. The word Lent is derived from Anglo-Saxon words lencten, meaning "Spring," and lenctentid, which literally means not only "Springtide" but also the word for "March," the month in which the majority of Lent falls. Spring is the season of new life and for those of us in the northern hemisphere, the month of March is when we begin to witness the world outside awaken from its winter and begins a transformation into the fullness of life. When con-sidering, then, the origin and meaning of the very name of the season that is synonymous with sacrifice and giving up things, how is it that it is actually derived from a word that is about gaining and becoming full of life?

10 What we are to discover and find in our experience of Lent is the mysterious, hidden truth, that in giving up things one becomes more alive, and through sacrifice, one receives more in life itself. What we are to discover in our experience of Lent is the mysterious, hidden truth that is revealed in Jesus cross, death, and resurrec-tion. What we are to understand, is that in giving up things one becomes more alive, and through sacrifice, one receives more in life itself. When it s time to enter the season of Lent, in order to experience a season of spring that is transforming and of new life, it may simply come down to how I choose my Lenten practices. If my choices for prayer, fasting, and giving alms are made with little thought so that they become no more than just things added to my list of to dos , or my list of things I must go without for six weeks, Lent then only adds to an experience of a cold, gray win-ter. If, however, I take time to choose a couple of practices that support one another throughout the six weeks of Lent, I will more readily open myself up to the possibility of knowing God s transforming grace and the hidden truth of receiving more in life, by holding onto less.