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This Weeks Bulletin
Sunday, January 17, 2021
Second Sunday In Ordinary Time
WEEKLY SCHEDULE:
17-Sun. 6-8pm, PSR
18-Mon. No School
7pm, Men’s Club Meeting
21-Thu. 6pm, Parish Council Meeting
22-Fri. 5:30-6:30pm, Holy Hour
23-Sat. 3:30pm, Confessions
24-Sun. Latin America Collection
7:30am, Confessions
MASS INTENTIONS:
Mon. 1/18 8am – Jody Grim
Fri. 1/22 8am – Leroy Jansen
Sat. 1/23 4pm – Rita Kluesner
Sun. 1/24 8am – Parish
Last Week’s Collection
Adult Env. (42) 2520.00
Youth Env. 2.00
School 2025.00
House rent 500.00
Donation 2000.00
First Offering 10.00
Renovation 300.00
Pray for the Sick
Marcus Seyer Dorothy Vickery
Rosemary Ross Sister Jane Kiefer
Kenny Davie Gerald Beck
Tommy Enderle Clara (Nute) Enderle
Barb Trankler Jerrica Houchins
Charlotte Dirnberger Joyce Austin
Terry Elfrink Ann Lynch Brenyas
Taylor Long
Blessed Holy Water and Salt will continue to remain available in our parishes. Please bring your own receptacles if you would like to take any home with you.
Church Ministers:
Sat. Jan. 23, 4pm
Organist: Mark Heisserer
Songleader: Loraine Reischman
Lector: Mary Chapman
Usher: Shawn Spies
Sun. Jan. 24, 8am
Organist: Betty Vandeven
Songleader: Kenny Dohogne
Lector: Wanda Blattel
Usher: Adam Horrell
10-10 Winners:
Sunday – Sharon Brucker
Monday – Larry Smith
Tuesday – Mary O’Loughlin
Wednesday – Father Kelly
Thursday – Mayme Cobb
Friday – Aiden Potts
Saturday – St. Ambrose Church
Home Visits & Sacraments For those who are homebound because of compromised health, please contact Fr. Kelly if you would like a home visit and the Sacraments brought to you. He would be happy to do so!
Holy Hour Friday, January 22 is the Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children in our nation. To observe this, Fr. Kelly will have a Holy Hour at St. Ambrose from 5:30-6:30pm on Friday, the 22nd. We will pray the Rosary and Divine Mercy Chaplet, as well as have time for quiet prayer in the presence of Our Eucharistic Lord as we pray for an end to abortion in our country and throughout the world. All are invited to attend.
Diocesan Mass for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children (in lieu of March for Life bus trip). A Mass & Rosary celebrated by Bishop Edward M. Rice will be held at 5:15pm at St. Mary’s, Cape on Tue. Jan. 19. A live stream can be viewed on the diocesan Facebook page: https://wwwfacebook.com/Dioceseof SpringfieldCapeGirardeau
Men’s Club Men’s Club meeting will be held on Monday, January 18th at 7pm. All men of the parish are invited to attend.
Dear friends at St. Ambrose Thank you for the generous donation to Birthright of $518.00. We continue to be a positive alternative to abortion in our community. We support our moms through pregnancy and until their child turns 3 years of age. Because of your support, we can do all this. Blessings to you from all of us at Birthright!
Latin America Collection Next week we will take up the Collection for the Church in Latin America. Your support provides lay leadership training, catechesis, priestly and religious formation, and other programs to share our Catholic faith with those who long to hear the Good News of Christ. Please be generous.
Breakfast at Scott City KC Hall on Sun. Jan. 17 from 7:30-10am. Sausage, eggs, biscuits & gravy, hashbrowns. Dine-in/carryout/curbside. Also taking orders for sausage $3.50 per pound. Call Gary 573-576-6451.
Carry-Out Sausage Breakfast on Sun. Jan. 31 at St. Augustine, Kelso. Sausage, eggs, biscuits & gravy, pancakes. $8.00 per carry-out. Pick up between 7:30-10:30am. Call school office 573-264-4644 to pre-order.
From Fr. Kelly:
Norma McCorvey, the “Jane Roe” of Roe v. Wade: A convert to Catholicism
Later this week, we will observe the anniversary of the greatest travesty that has ever occurred in our nation, the ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States of Roe v. Wade in favor of ‘Jane Roe,’ which effectively legalized abortion throughout the country. This occurred on January 22, 1973, and since that time more than 60 million abortions have legally been performed in the US. So, who was this ‘Jane Roe’ of the ‘Roe v. Wade’ case, the plaintiff of this notorious Supreme Court case? Her real name was Norma McCorvey. She was pregnant with her third child at 21 years old and sued the state of Texas so that she could have an abortion, which was illegal in the state at the time. She stated that the pregnancy was the result of rape, which was the fulcrum of her case. Later on, she confessed that she lied about the situation, that it was, in fact, not a pregnancy conceived from rape. Thankfully, she never aborted the child but instead brought the pregnancy to term and, after her daughter was born, gave her up for adoption. About 20 years after the Roe v. Wade decision, Norma underwent a conversion experience of faith. Recognizing the severity of what she had done, she sought forgiveness from God and became a Christian and also a very strong and effective voice in the pro-life movement. She would ultimately find peace and a ‘home’ in the Catholic Church. After the Mass in which she entered the Catholic Church, she relayed what she was reflecting on during the Liturgy of the Eucharist: “I had been taught what this meant. Jesus was not dying again. Rather, He was drawing us all into His sacrifice, making it present to us, allowing us to join our lives, our sufferings, to His. This was and is the sacrifice that saves the world, that conquers the power of death and destroys the power of abortion. There and then I could place in the chalice all the tears I had ever shed over the aborted babies, all the shame I ever felt from having worked in an abortion clinic and having been a poster-girl for the pro-death movement. There and then, just as the bread and wine were being transformed into the Body and Blood of Christ, the former Jane Roe could once again rejoice in her own transformation into a new creature in Christ.” Let us continue to pray for an end to abortion in this great country, for the conversion of hearts, and for those mothers and fathers who seek forgiveness for having had or participated in an abortion, that they might find peace, comfort, and strength in the Divine Mercy of God!
Second Sunday In Ordinary Time
WEEKLY SCHEDULE:
17-Sun. 6-8pm, PSR
18-Mon. No School
7pm, Men’s Club Meeting
21-Thu. 6pm, Parish Council Meeting
22-Fri. 5:30-6:30pm, Holy Hour
23-Sat. 3:30pm, Confessions
24-Sun. Latin America Collection
7:30am, Confessions
MASS INTENTIONS:
Mon. 1/18 8am – Jody Grim
Fri. 1/22 8am – Leroy Jansen
Sat. 1/23 4pm – Rita Kluesner
Sun. 1/24 8am – Parish
Last Week’s Collection
Adult Env. (42) 2520.00
Youth Env. 2.00
School 2025.00
House rent 500.00
Donation 2000.00
First Offering 10.00
Renovation 300.00
Pray for the Sick
Marcus Seyer Dorothy Vickery
Rosemary Ross Sister Jane Kiefer
Kenny Davie Gerald Beck
Tommy Enderle Clara (Nute) Enderle
Barb Trankler Jerrica Houchins
Charlotte Dirnberger Joyce Austin
Terry Elfrink Ann Lynch Brenyas
Taylor Long
Blessed Holy Water and Salt will continue to remain available in our parishes. Please bring your own receptacles if you would like to take any home with you.
Church Ministers:
Sat. Jan. 23, 4pm
Organist: Mark Heisserer
Songleader: Loraine Reischman
Lector: Mary Chapman
Usher: Shawn Spies
Sun. Jan. 24, 8am
Organist: Betty Vandeven
Songleader: Kenny Dohogne
Lector: Wanda Blattel
Usher: Adam Horrell
10-10 Winners:
Sunday – Sharon Brucker
Monday – Larry Smith
Tuesday – Mary O’Loughlin
Wednesday – Father Kelly
Thursday – Mayme Cobb
Friday – Aiden Potts
Saturday – St. Ambrose Church
Home Visits & Sacraments For those who are homebound because of compromised health, please contact Fr. Kelly if you would like a home visit and the Sacraments brought to you. He would be happy to do so!
Holy Hour Friday, January 22 is the Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children in our nation. To observe this, Fr. Kelly will have a Holy Hour at St. Ambrose from 5:30-6:30pm on Friday, the 22nd. We will pray the Rosary and Divine Mercy Chaplet, as well as have time for quiet prayer in the presence of Our Eucharistic Lord as we pray for an end to abortion in our country and throughout the world. All are invited to attend.
Diocesan Mass for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children (in lieu of March for Life bus trip). A Mass & Rosary celebrated by Bishop Edward M. Rice will be held at 5:15pm at St. Mary’s, Cape on Tue. Jan. 19. A live stream can be viewed on the diocesan Facebook page: https://wwwfacebook.com/Dioceseof SpringfieldCapeGirardeau
Men’s Club Men’s Club meeting will be held on Monday, January 18th at 7pm. All men of the parish are invited to attend.
Dear friends at St. Ambrose Thank you for the generous donation to Birthright of $518.00. We continue to be a positive alternative to abortion in our community. We support our moms through pregnancy and until their child turns 3 years of age. Because of your support, we can do all this. Blessings to you from all of us at Birthright!
Latin America Collection Next week we will take up the Collection for the Church in Latin America. Your support provides lay leadership training, catechesis, priestly and religious formation, and other programs to share our Catholic faith with those who long to hear the Good News of Christ. Please be generous.
Breakfast at Scott City KC Hall on Sun. Jan. 17 from 7:30-10am. Sausage, eggs, biscuits & gravy, hashbrowns. Dine-in/carryout/curbside. Also taking orders for sausage $3.50 per pound. Call Gary 573-576-6451.
Carry-Out Sausage Breakfast on Sun. Jan. 31 at St. Augustine, Kelso. Sausage, eggs, biscuits & gravy, pancakes. $8.00 per carry-out. Pick up between 7:30-10:30am. Call school office 573-264-4644 to pre-order.
From Fr. Kelly:
Norma McCorvey, the “Jane Roe” of Roe v. Wade: A convert to Catholicism
Later this week, we will observe the anniversary of the greatest travesty that has ever occurred in our nation, the ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States of Roe v. Wade in favor of ‘Jane Roe,’ which effectively legalized abortion throughout the country. This occurred on January 22, 1973, and since that time more than 60 million abortions have legally been performed in the US. So, who was this ‘Jane Roe’ of the ‘Roe v. Wade’ case, the plaintiff of this notorious Supreme Court case? Her real name was Norma McCorvey. She was pregnant with her third child at 21 years old and sued the state of Texas so that she could have an abortion, which was illegal in the state at the time. She stated that the pregnancy was the result of rape, which was the fulcrum of her case. Later on, she confessed that she lied about the situation, that it was, in fact, not a pregnancy conceived from rape. Thankfully, she never aborted the child but instead brought the pregnancy to term and, after her daughter was born, gave her up for adoption. About 20 years after the Roe v. Wade decision, Norma underwent a conversion experience of faith. Recognizing the severity of what she had done, she sought forgiveness from God and became a Christian and also a very strong and effective voice in the pro-life movement. She would ultimately find peace and a ‘home’ in the Catholic Church. After the Mass in which she entered the Catholic Church, she relayed what she was reflecting on during the Liturgy of the Eucharist: “I had been taught what this meant. Jesus was not dying again. Rather, He was drawing us all into His sacrifice, making it present to us, allowing us to join our lives, our sufferings, to His. This was and is the sacrifice that saves the world, that conquers the power of death and destroys the power of abortion. There and then I could place in the chalice all the tears I had ever shed over the aborted babies, all the shame I ever felt from having worked in an abortion clinic and having been a poster-girl for the pro-death movement. There and then, just as the bread and wine were being transformed into the Body and Blood of Christ, the former Jane Roe could once again rejoice in her own transformation into a new creature in Christ.” Let us continue to pray for an end to abortion in this great country, for the conversion of hearts, and for those mothers and fathers who seek forgiveness for having had or participated in an abortion, that they might find peace, comfort, and strength in the Divine Mercy of God!
