Sunday Mass: 9:30 a.m. Confessions: 8:45 - 9:15 a.m. Sun. or by

appointment

Weekday Mass: Mon. through Fri. 7:30a.m. Holyday Mass 7:30a.m. in rectory

Parish Telephone: 314 721-6403

Email: all_saintschurch@sbcglobal.net

Web page: www. allsaintsucitymo.org

Oratory Sunday Mass Schedule 7:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.

All Saints Church

Parish Staff

Rev. Msgr. Michael John Witt, Ph.D., M.Div. - Pastor

Linda L. Mayer, B.A., M.S. Julie Riley, M.A.,

Director of Music Pastoral Associate

God Bless Our Fathers

Liturgical Roles

Readings for the Week of June 18 through June 24, 2018

ALL SAINTS PARISH 6403 CLEMENS. U. CITY, MO. 63130 314-721-6403 Email: all_saintschurch@sbcglobal.net Fax: 314-659-9799

In your charity, please remember those who are suffering in body, mind or spirit:

Glori L’Ecuyer Jessica Williams Mary Ann Bourbon Alphonso Thomas Jr. Dorothy Figueras Ann Grandstaff Dona Langheier Susan Burgers Elizabeth White Adela Ciza Rita Carr Mattie Pruitt Suretha Thomas Sandra Spirk Daven Schanche Harry Redecker Orson Abernathy Tanya Gibson Billie Hoffman Dorphine Deavault Annie Howard Robert Levy Fr. Fred Edwards Carol Kueker Jacob Schneider Judith Wolf Nicole Meyer Sue Anne Whitener Kyle Patterson Brandon Carter Tim Patterson Tom Saliba Joan Fick Those in Assisted Living and Nursing Homes

Mary Jaquet, Ollie Wilson, May Mosbey, Hazel Chambers

11th Sunday in Ordinary Time June 17, 2018

Mass Intentions

God asks little, but He gives much. St. John Chrysostom

Your Gifts to God and Parish

June 24, 2018

Extraordinary Ministers: Suretha Thoma Al Thomas Lectors: Jon McGinnis MegWynkoop

Server: Felipe Manuel

Usher/Greeter: Bonnie Yoders Peter Burgers

Finance Ministers: Steve Marsh Shari Yentumi

06/18 7:30 AM 06/19 7:30 AM 06/20 7:30 AM 06/21 7:30 AM 06/22 7:30 AM 06/24 9:30 AM

Mon Patrick Desloge Tues. James Kelly Wed. Edward Desloge Thurs. James Kelly Fri. Sun. People of the Parish

Totals for June 10, 2018 Envelopes (17) $1143.00 Loose $2607.00 Total Contribution $3750.00

Monday: 1 Kgs 21:1-16; Ps 5:2-3ab, 4b-7; Mt 5:38-42

Tuesday: 1 Kgs 21:17-29; Ps 51:3-6ab, 11, 16; St Ramuald Mt 5:43-48

Wednesday: 2 Kgs 2:1, 6-14; Ps 31:20, 21, 24; Mt 6:1-6, 16-18

Thursday: Sir 48:1-14; Ps 97:1-7; Mt 6:7-15 St. Aloysius Gonzaga

Friday: 2 Kgs 11:1-4, 9-18, 20; St. Paulinus of Nola Ps 132:11-14, 17-18; Mt 6:19-23 SS. John Fisher and Thomas Moore

Saturday: 2 Chr 24:17-25; Ps 89:4-5, 29-34; Mt 6:24-34

Sunday: Is 49:1-6; Ps 139:1-3, 13-15; Acts 13:22-26; Lk 1:57-66, 80

June 17, 2018

Hearing Devices If you are having difficulty hearing in church please take a Sound Mate found on a table by the East entrance ramp. At this time we have three, but we can purchase more if the need arises.

Upcoming Events

Safe Environment Program The purpose of the Safe Environment Program is to create and maintain a Safe Environment for all God’s children. Compli-ance with the Safe Environment Program requires adults who work or volunteer with or near children to attend a Protecting God’s Children workshop, complete a Missouri background check through the Missouri Family Care safety registry initially (and then every even numbered year the adult is actively work-ing or volunteering), and agrees to and signs the Code of Ethi-cal conduct for Clergy , Employees, and Volunteers working with minors. Victims of sexual abuse, in addition to contacting civil au-thorities, are asked to come forward in order to receive pas-toral assistance. Reports of sexual abuse may be made to any pastor or to: Missouri Department of Social Services Children’s Division Hotline Reporting Number: 1-800-392-3738

No society can be called healthy when there is no real room left for family life.

Pope Francis

Sunday June 24 Coffee and Pastries

Tuesday July 24 Activity Committee Meetin

Trivia Next Year Apparently our parishioners are dili-gently planning ahead. What could be more important than preparing for trivia night? In case you missed it this past year put it on your calendar for 2018. NOVEMBER 3, 2018

Reflecting on God’s Word

Living God’s Word

Shrine of Our Lady of Snows Scripture Study Course

The Shrine is offering bible study courses. You can enroll in one of five online courses: The Gospel of John; Women in the Bible; In Search of St. Paul; The Book of Revelation; and The Passion Narratives in the Gospels of Mark, Matthew, Luke and John. Each course features recommended readings, extensive study notes, and a facilitated discussion board for comments and questions. The next term will begin July 1 and continue through Au-gust 31. The same five courses will be offered again every two months. The courses are facilitated by Mark Etling, Ph.D., spiritual Programs Coordinator at the Shrine. The fees are $40 per per-son for a four-unit course, and $60 per Person for a six-unit course. To enroll in a Shrine Scripture Study course, call 618-394-6270 or go online: snows.org/onlineScripture.

God of all life, we thank you for the many ways life continues to flourish in our world and in our land. Bless the life you have entrusted to our care. Guide us in raising it to harvest. Remove any obstacles we place in its way. We ask this in Jesus’ name.

Copyright © 2014, World Library Publications. All rights reserved.

I watch most of the children in my three brothers’ families growing into what is called “emerging adulthood.” It must be very difficult at times for parents, only being able to watch, hope, and pray as their children start to move away from home and begin to make their own way into the world. Will they be safe, make the right choices, be happy? Making use of images from nature, scripture reminds us that God gives the growth, whether it is to mighty cedars springing from small shoots, ripened grain sprouting from the blade, or a fully grown mustard plant emerging from the tiniest of seeds to offer its large branches as housing for the birds. Such poetic language calls us to reflect on the mystery of the kingdom of God, whose seeds were found in the various cove-nants extended to Noah, Abraham, Moses, and David, and then fully enfleshed in Jesus so many millennia ago. This kingdom continues to sprout in our day, often where least expected. Sometimes it breaks through like a mighty cedar, but more often it is a quieter blossoming, suddenly emerging like stalks of grain, or the first signs of life carried in a mother’s body. I am sure God has worried for all the children of every age who have filled the earth. The kingdom of life won by Christ con-tinues to have the power to carry all God’s sons and daughters into the loving arms of the God Jesus taught us to call Father.

—James A. Wallace, C.Ss.R. Copyright © 2014, World Library Publications. All rights reserved.

To All Fathers and Those Who Take on the Role of Father

We thank you, God, for our fathers. We ask you to bless them and keep them safe from harm so that they may be present and ready to care for their children. Give them the gifts of pa-tience, wisdom, and understanding. Help them to be positive role models while guiding their children to adulthood. In their later years, may their children willingly and joyfully care for them, and may the bonds of love and friendship be-tween father and child grow with each day of their lives.