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Phone: 314-781-1199 Fax: 314-645-8760 Sacramental Emergency After Hours Line: 314-260-6261

www.epiphanystl.org

Epiphany of Our LordEpiphany of Our LordEpiphany of Our Lord

Catholic ChurchCatholic ChurchCatholic Church

6596 Smiley Avenue

St. Louis, Missouri 63139

Pastor Rev. Thomas M. Pastorius fathertompastorius@gmail.com

Deacon James Tetreault jtetreaultepiphany@gmail.com

Pastoral Associate Deacon Michael Rennier michaelrennier@gmail.com

Music Director Elizabeth Svancarek

Plant Manager John Ellison johnellison11@aol.com

Parish Secretary Trish Nerviani trishnerviani@aol.com

Staff

Mass & Sacraments Sunday Masses: 8:00 & 10:30 am

Weekday Masses Monday, Wednesday

Thursday, Friday & Saturdays: 8:00 am

Tuesday Morning Prayer: 8:00 am

Tuesday Mass: 5:30 pm

Saturday Masses 8:00 am and 5:00 pm

Sacrament of Penance: Saturday,

7:00-7:50 am or by appointment.

Tuesdays, 5-5:20 pm

Baptisms: Meeting first Thursday of the

month. Preregistration required.

Marriages: Contact the priest at least 9

months prior to the wedding date.

Funerals: To be arranged by contacting

the Parish Office.

Change of Address or Telephone

Number: Please call the Parish Office.

Bulletin Deadline: 4:00 pm Monday.

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From the Desk of Fr. Thomas Pastorius,

1. Faith and Family Programs: Plan a hike at a local park through nature. Discuss how God is the creator of all things and/or talk about how faith is a journey and try to compare a hike with your faith journey.

2. Do you know anyone who is thinking about becoming Catholic? I am excited to announce that Kirsten Antonacci will lead our RCIA program for the 2016/2017 year. Kirsten is currently working on getting a Masters in theolo-gy. Please start inviting non-Catholic friends now to consider becoming Catho-lics. Classes will start in the fall.

3. Weekly Shout Out!!! I would like to thank in a special way this week all who helped out with our Parish Flea Market. For all you do, for who you are, I will be forever grateful you are a part of our parish.

4. Homecoming Raffle Tickets The Church building should be cooler this week, as we have “jimmy-rigged” the older air-conditioner unit. Two years ago, we were able to replace one of the two AC units on the Church because we sold out of Homecoming Raffle Tickets. It looks like we now need to replace the older AC unit sooner, rather than lat-er. Please keep this in mind as you think about buying a homecoming (or par-tial) raffle ticket. If you would like to buy a raffle ticket, please contact the parish office or visit our website at www.epiphanystl.org/homecoming-fall-festival and follow the link to purchase your ticket online. (Online Raffle Tickets include a $2.00 administration fee.)

5. Sister’s Farewell Celebration We do not have an exact date when our beloved sisters will be leaving us and I am afraid that if we wait until we know something might come up that would prevent us from celebrating the blessing the Dominican Sisters have been to us. Therefore, we will have a farewell celebration on Sunday July 24th at the 10:30 AM Mass. Following the Mass we will have snow cones provided by Murray’s Shaved Ice to ensure that that our gathering is a cool one.

God bless, Fr. Tom

LIVING OUR FAITH

P rolife Project Rachel is a spir-itual support group for post-abortive women. Weekend Women’s Re-treat will be held August

5-7th. For more information contact Marisol at 314-792-7451 or mpfaff@archstl.org Resources for Faithful Citizenship: http://archstl.org/vote. Project Joseph is a spiritual support for post abortion men. Please contact Chuck at 314-974-6787 or cray-mjr@sbcglobal.net. Helpers of God’s Precious Infants: 3rd Saturday of every month, July 16th, 8 am Mass at the Cathedral Ba-silica and followed by a Rosary Proces-sion to Planned Parenthood.

1st Communion Teachers Needed We are in desperate need of 1st communion teachers. If we are going to have a class for our children this com-ing year, we need 3 or 4 volunteers. No experience necessary. All the lessons are already prepared. What we need is a once-a-month commitment from Sep-Apr to teach the children on Sunday mornings from 9-10:15 am. If you are interested and want more details, please call or email Deacon Michael. The kids need your help and this is a wonderful and fulfilling way to help the Church!

Baptized in Christ We welcome into our parish family

our newly baptized:

Gemma Ann Piantanida London Marietta Rogers

Leo Thomas Mann

Congratulations to the proud parents and families of our newest members! May the blessing of the Lord be always upon them!

Attention All Highschoolers!

Join us this Wednesday, July 6th from 7-9pm at Bishop DuBourg High School for a Mass and social/Steubenville send-off. Please seewww.saintlouislifeteen.org for more information!

2016 White House Retreats For Women

Would any of these retreats be the ideal time for you to “come aside and rest awhile” with the Lord? If you would like reservation information you may visit our website www.whretreat.org. Click on “Retreat Dates.” Or provide the in-formation requested below. You may send it to us by any of the following: Email whretreat@whretreat.org Or reservations@whretreat.org. Phone, 314-416-6400; Fax, 314-416-6464; Mail, White House Retreat, 7400 Christopher Drive, St. Louis, MO 63129. Weekday Retreats: September 12-15; October 3-6; October 17-20, and November 14-17 Weekend Retreats: July 21-24; Au-gust 4-7; September 2-4 (2 Day Co-Ed); and November 10-13

Interested in Becoming Catholic? If you or someone you know is interested in learning more about becoming Catholic, I would like to personally welcome you to reach out to Kirsten Antonacci at (314) 971-2090 or anto1481@gmail.com. You can also contact Michael Rennier at 781-1199 or michaelrennier@gmail.com. We can sit down with you and talk about your thoughts and questions.

Planned Giving When was the last time you gave any consideration to the beneficiaries on your insurance policies? Chances are that it has been since you purchased the policies. Now may be a good time to review those benefi-ciary designations and consider adding the Roman Catholic Foundation of East-ern Missouri for the benefit of Epiphany of Our Lord as a beneficiary. This would provide a terrific gift without any impact on your daily life now, and since your beneficiaries haven’t ever had benefit of the funds, they are not going to miss your generosity to the Church! What is in a name? EVERYTHING! When you consider making a charitable gift to Epiphany of Our Lord, please contact us to ensure you are including the entire and correct name! When considering a gift to Epiphany of Our Lord, please contact, Michael Weisbrod at the Roman Catholic Foundation, 314-918-2893 to understand the process and to obtain any forms needed to make the transfer process as easy and simple as possible.

Catholic Radio Try an easy way of learning more about your Catholic Faith. Listen to AM 1080 WRYT Catholic radio For a program schedule and a free CD call (314) 752-7000 or toll-free 1-877-305-1234. For a program schedule and a free CD call (314) 752-7000 or toll-free 1-877-305-1234.

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Lectionary: 102 Gospel LK 10:1-12, 17-20 Spiritual Reflection: How do you handle rejection? Jesus’ solution to rejection is simply acknowledging it and move on. There is no need to brood over it or plot revenge. Spiritual Question 1. How do you handle rejection? 2. Is Jesus’ way better? If so, then why? 3. How much time and energy is wasted plotting revenge or holding onto a grudge? 4. What is our goal when we practice our faith - to do great things in this world or to live forever in heaven? 5. What hurts Satan?

LIVING OUR FAITH Spiritual Ponderings Faith & Film: The Peanuts Movie There was a part of me that was really excited when I heard that there was going to be a big screen movie about Charlie Brown and his loyal dog Snoopy. Peanuts was always one of my favorite comic strips and I always loved watching the television specials that came on around each holiday. My personal favorite was the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown and the Christmas Special. There was also a part of me that was afraid to go because I was afraid that the director may have decided to add a lot of dirty jokes and foul language under the excuse of trying to appeal to a modern day audience. I am very glad that the director chose to remain very faithful to the classic comic strip and the television specials that I had remembered watching growing up. The plot of the movie was very simple. Charlie Brown, the young boy who cannot seem to do any-thing right, becomes infatuated with the new kid in the neighborhood. Charlie Brown does his best to impress the “little red-haired girl” but it seems that everything he does blows up in his face and makes him look like a fool in front of her. At the end of the movie, Charlie Brown discovered that the “little red-haired girl” has looked past all his mistakes and sees his kind and generous heart when she agrees to become Charlie Brown’s summer pen pal. A small side story within the larger movie is Snoopy learning to write a book on an old typewriter that he discovered in the trash. He writes a novel in which he as the main character must rescue the love of his life by defeating the dread-ed World War I German flying Ace the Red Barron. The first spiritual insight I discovered in the movie is that you do not have to be crude, obscene, or disgusting in or-der to be entertaining. It saddens me with how much of television, movies, songs, and comedic routines feel the neces-sary to use foul language or talk about subjects that should be taboo. I really appreciate how clean and violent free the movie was. I am glad that “good grief” was as close to a cussword that we got. As Christians we are called to clean up our language and humor because they could lead others and ourselves into sin. The second spiritual insight, I discovered watching Charlie Brown was what it truly meant to have the virtue of per-severance. No matter how many times in the past he had failed, or how scared he was he persisted in doing his best. In this way the Charlie Brown was as heroic as any DC or Marvel comic book super hero. I also appreciated Charlie Brown’s optimism. Many of us when we find things going against us would become depress and start making negative self-fulfilling prophecies. Charlie Brown always believed that things were going to get better. We Catholics would do well to follow his example. Another spiritual insight that I found in the Peanuts Movie was that Charlie Brown in many ways is an example of the Gospel Passage: The second spiritual insight is that Charlie Brown could really be an example of the “greatest among you will be your servant. For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalt-ed.” (Matthew 23:11-12). Charlie Brown’s servant heart is manifested over and over again throughout the movie. Charlie Brown humbles him-self by giving up of his time at the talent show to assist his baby sister Sally when her talent show act goes bad. He also tries his best to make sure that the book report that he can when he and the “little red-hair girl” are assigned to work together and she has to leave for a week to go and visit a sick relative is the best that it can be. He also demonstrates the virtues of courage and trustworthiness when he discovers that his test was mixed up with Peppermint Patty’s test and the perfect score that everyone thought he had earned by admitting that the test was not his own. In all these ways he humbled himself only to have the “little red-haired girl” lift him up by pointing out the dif-ferent virtues that she saw him. These are the things that make him great in the eyes of the “little red-hair girl.” These are the things that elevated him more than any trophy or perfect score on a test ever could. The last spiritual insight, I discovered when I stopped and realized that in a way the “little red-hair girl” was also a role model. She did not pay attention to the labels that others had put on Charlie Brown or that Charlie Brown put on himself. She at the same time is willing to take a moment and affirm the person that everyone else looks down upon. The more and more I reflect on the movie the more and more I want to be like the “little red-haired girl” because I want to see the good in others instead of focusing on the negative. Finally, watching this movie made me thankful for my loyal friends who help make me who I am.

A Caring Tip from LASM’s Stephen Ministry If you’re having difficulty praying, and even if you’re not, here are some ways to pray that you might find helpful: • Write your prayers. • Get others to pray for you. • Be totally honest with God.... • Just be in God’s presence. -From Journeying through Grief: Come learn about being a part of Lindenwood Area Senior Ministry’s Stephen Ministry program on Sunday, July 17th —A Taste of Stephen Ministry, 12:30pm at Timothy Lutheran Church. Stephen Ministers pro-vide prayer, encouragement and support to individuals going through a difficult time. Questions and reservations, contact LASM Director, Katie Weintraub at 314-647-4591.

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LITURGIES & SCHEDULES

Sunday, July 3 Feast of St. Thomas, Apostle 8:00 am Parishioners 10:30 am Jeanette Santen

Monday, July 4 8:00 am Catherine Mannion

Tuesday, July 5 8:00 am Morning Prayer 5:30 pm Mia Barbara Burke

Wednesday, July 6 8:00 am Delia Cunningham

Thursday, July 7 8:00 am John J. Huber

Friday, July 8 8:00 am Don & Sean Welby

Saturday, July 9 8:00 am Mary J. Verling 5:00 pm James P. & Eileen Cox

Sunday, July 10 8:00 am Parishioners 10:30 am Henry & Clarice Huelsmann

Readings for the week of July 3, 2016

Mass Intentions For The Week

Our Offering For the Week Of June 25-26, 2016

Sunday: Is 66:10-14c/Ps 66:1-7, 16, 20/Gal 6:14-18/ Lk 10:1-12, 17-20 or 10:1-9 Monday: Hos 2:16, 17b-18, 21-22/Ps 145:2-9/Mt 9:18-26 Tuesday: Hos 8:4-7, 11-13/Ps 115:3-10/Mt 9:32-38 Wednesday: Hos 10:1-3, 7-8, 12/Ps 105:2-7/Mt 10:1-7 Thursday: Hos 11:1-4, 8c-9/Ps 80:2-3, 15-16/Mt 10:7-15 Friday: Hos 14:2-10/Ps 51:3-4, 8-9, 12-14, 17/ Mt 10:16-23 Saturday: Is 6:1-8/Ps 93:1-2, 5/Mt 10:24-33 Next Sunday: Dt 30:10-14/Ps 69:14, 17, 30-31, 33-34, 36-37 or Ps 19:8-11/Col 1:15-20/Lk 10:25-37

In your kindness, please pray for the repose of the soul of Gloria Murabito, wife of Sam Mura-bito and our parishioner. May her soul and the souls of all the faithful departed, rest in peace.

Our Dearly Departed

Sunday Collection General Fund ........... $3,602.00 General Fund Loose ..... $175.05 General Fund Online .. $1,689.00 Total .................... $5,466.05

Father’s Day .............. $33.000 Glennon Sunday ............. $5.00 Maintenance & Repair . $1,268.00 Peter’s Pence ............ $188.00 Votive ....................... $17.00 Debt ......................... $10.00 Debt Online ................. $30.00 ..... $3,203.00(YTD) Tuition Assistance ......... $23.00 ...... $1353.00(YTD) Endowment Fund................. $ ........$190.00(YTD)

In honor of Independence Day, the parish business office will be

closed on July 4, 2016. Have a safe and happy 4th of July!!!

Please Pray For the Homebound & Sick Of Our Parish

Ethan Strauss Ethan Sonderman Mary Hipskind

Pat Wallis Chris Perron Dominic Caputa

Daniel Barr Kathy Nielson Christine Weber

Ginny Basch Jean Montrey Joe Lopez

Bernice Connor Jade Nesselhauf Bob Kozemczak

Mary Mosblech George Limpert

Sunday Collection General Fund ........... $3,283.00 General Fund Loose ..... $180.25 General Fund Online .... $752.00 Total .................... $4,215.25

Father’s Day .............. $262.00 Flower Power Online ...... $50.00 Glennon Sunday ............. $8.00 Maintenance & Repair ..... $97.00 Mother’s Day Online ....... $25.00 Peter’s Pence ............... $7.00 Votive ....................... $29.00 Debt ............................... $ ..... $3,173.00(YTD) Tuition Assistance .......... $2.00 ..... $1,330.00(YTD) Endowment Fund................. $ ........$190.00(YTD)

Our Offering For the Week Of June 18-19, 2016

Our Parish This Week

Sunday, July 3

9:00 am - Bible Study, AR

10:30 am - Liturgy with Children, RBB

Monday, July 4 Parish Office Closed

Sunday, July 10

10:30 am - Liturgy with Children, RBB

Tuesday, July 5

Wednesday, July 6

Thursday, July 7

7:30 pm - Prayer Group, Church

Friday, July 8

Saturday, July 9

Monday - Saturday July 4-9

7:30 am - Rosary, Church

Sunday - Sunday, July 3-10

All Day - Gym Building Floor Maintenance, Gym

Prayer for Independence Day Dear God,

As we celebrate today with fireworks and festivals, help us never to forget the reason for our joy. Help us remember that our rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness were signed into our herit-age with the willing blood of American patriots. Most of all, help us remember that the rights of all people are more than words on a document, and that all people have rights because you have given us the dignity of human life. Grant freedom to all, and give us the strength to protect the rights of others.

Amen.

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PARISH COMMUNITY NEWS, NOTES & EVENTS

Old Fashion Country Picnic at Holy Family church at Port Hudson, 8 miles south of New Haven on Highway C in Franklin County on Sunday, July 17th. Coun-try fried chicken dinners are served from 11:30 am to 5:00 pm. Adults $10.00; children $5.00; carry outs $8.00. Homemade ice cream will also be served.

5th Annual Terry Rau Sr. Pancreatic Cancer Research

Co-Ed Bags Tournament Brought to you by: Maplewood Knights of Columbus #903.

Proceeds to benefit The Lustgarten Foundation Where: Immaculate Conception Gym (Indoor) 2934 Marshall Ave, Maplewood, MO 63143 When: Sunday July 17, 2016 Admission Starts 12:00 noon & play starts at 1:00 CO-ED Play / Bring Your Team 32 Players /16 Teams / Double Elimination. 50/50 Purse with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd

Place Paid Out. Multi Prize Raffle Admission $25 per player /$50 Per Team First 32 Players to Register and Pay Are In Soda, Beer, Hotdogs, Hamburgers, and Chips. For more info or to help: Call Steve Emerson: 314-276-4136 E-mail: stevenaemerson@yahoo.com www.facebook.com/KofC903

St. Patrick Center Needs Backpacks! This year we are, once again, asking the St. Louis community to support our “Back-To-School” Backpack Give-a-way program to help our client’s children who are in need of a new backpack and school supplies. Participating individuals and families are asked to donate a backpack filled with school supplies for one of four different age groups of students. Please take one of the “Backpack Tags” on display on the bulletin boards at the entrances of church. Each tag lists the supplies needed for one backpack for one child. Parish families are encouraged to “adopt” one child (or more!) and shop for this child as a family. When you’ve completed your school supply shopping, simply tie the tag onto your backpack and bring it to the parish office.

Food For the Poor Collection About Food for the Poor - With help from caring friends like you, Food For The Poor feeds hundreds of thousands of people every day in 17 countries throughout the Caribbean and Latin America. As a Christian charity, we take our responsibility to be good stewards of your donations very seriously. And we maintain one of the highest efficiency ratings of any chari-ty our size. Rev. Michel J. Goodavish will be speaking at all the Masses this weekend about how this ministry provides di-rect relief to the poor throughout Latin American and the Caribbean. Father Goodavish will share personal witness about Food For The Poor’s mission to care for the destitute as a means of living out the Gospel mandate to love one anoth-er. Fr. Goodavish was ordained in 1987 and belongs to the Diocese of St. George in Grenanda. Please join me in wel-coming Father Goodavish and please be generous!!

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Enkindle Offers Free Counseling for Couples Experiencing Infertility

Couples facing problems with fertility don't have to walk this journey alone. Faith tells us our lives are ultimately in God's hands. Along our way, he sends us help in carrying our burdens. As you work toward acceptance of this chal-lenge, our Enkindle infertility counseling ministry is here to offer hope while seeking peace. Call us for a free half-hour appointment to speak with a registered nurse and a licensed professional counselor in person or over the phone. To find out more about this program or make your appointment, call 314-997-7576. The next available ses-sions are July 14th and August 11th.

St. Paul would like to invite you to the 37th Annual St. Paul Soccer Tournament at Fenton City Park. August 4th, 5th, 6th & 7th 2016. The tournament is open to all CYC par-ish-sponsored teams 1st grade through 8th grade. This tournament fills up quickly, register online at http://soccer.stpaulfenton.org/main.php (click Registration on the left menu). Registration closes 12am July 25th, 2016.

St. Joan of Arc will be hosting a Flea Market July 8th from 6-9 pm (nominal charge) July 9th 8-4 pm July 10th 12-4pm. Address is: 5821 Pernod (enter thru parking lot) Books, furniture, sporting goods, toys, jewelry, home goods, collectibles.

Annual Silver & Golden Wedding Jubilee Mass

Couples celebrating their 25th, 50th or 50-plus wedding anniversary during 2016 are invited to a Jubilee Mass cele-brated by Archbishop Robert Carlson on Sunday, Septem-ber 25, 2016, at the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis (4431 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63108) beginning at 2:30 pm. Family members and friends are invited to join the cou-ples at this special celebration. Couples registered by Sep-tember 10 will have their names and wedding date printed in the program and receive a certificate of congratula-tions. You may register online by visiting archstl.org/jubileemass. If you would like more information, please contact the Office of Laity & Family Life at 314.792.7170.

A Year of Mercy Retreat" A Mercy Gentle yet Strong" is a silent retreat led by Katherine Doyle, RSM at Mercy Center, July 18—20, 2016. Registration: 8:00 AM Monday; program concludes mid-afternoon Wednesday. In this Extraordinary Year of Mercy, you are invited to ex-plore the mystery of God’s mercy through this guided re-treat—a time of prayer, reflection, and sharing. Partici-pants will listen to the cries for mercy around us, remem-ber mercies received, and respond to the call to be mercy for the world. Presenter: Mary Katherine Doyle, RSM is the Novice Minister for the Sisters of Mercy Novitiate in St. Louis. Trained in history and spirituality, she has minis-tered in education, communications, faith formation, spir-itual direction and retreat ministries. Katherine formerly served as the Director of Catholic Faith Formation in the Diocese of Sacramento, CA and as Director of Mercy Cen-ter in Auburn, CA. Non-refundable registration: $25 due July 5 Total cost, including registration: Overnight: $275; Commuters: $175 Contact: Sandy Meyer at smey-er@mercycenterstl.org or 314.966.4686.