Prayer Before Mass Come Holy Spirit and quiet my heart and my head, as I gather with my friends and neighbors to celebrate Mass. I am saint and sinner. Open my ears to Your words. Open my mouth in prayer and song. Open my eyes to see your mystery in symbol and sign. Open my heart in love for You and my neighbor. Quiet the thoughts and distrac ons that will keep me from prayer. Strengthen me to take the Mass into my life this week. Amen.

January 15, 2017 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mass Schedule Saturday: 8:00 am, 4:30 pm

Sunday: 7:00, 9:00, 11:00 am

Monday: 7:00 am

Tuesday: 7:00 am

Wednesday: 7:00

Thursday: 7:00

Friday: 7:00

First Fridays: Grandview 10:00 am

Holy Days: Mass mes will be listed in

the Sunday bulle n.

Sacrament of Reconciliation Tuesdays: a er 7:00 am Mass Saturdays: A er 8:00 am Mass and from 3:30 ll 4:15 pm.

Eucharistic Adoration Tuesdays a er 7 am Mass un l Wednesday morning 6:45 am. First Friday Nocturnal Adora on & Benedic on 6:30 pm in Church (unless stated in bulle n)

Anointing of the Sick A er the 9:00 a.m. Mass on Sunday. Other arrangements can be made by calling 636-239-6701 x1514 for Fr. Joe or x1513 for Fr. Freddy.

SFB Mission Statement

The Catholic Faith Community of St. Francis Borgia Parish strives to live according to the gospel through worship, educa on, and service, and to create a parish environment where all may feel welcome, affirmed, and part of this Chris an family.

Welcome to

St. Francis Borgia Parish Church Office 115 Cedar Street • 239-6701 – School 225 Cedar Street • 239-2590

Church Office Fax 636-239-9499 School Fax 636-239-3501 Website: www.borgiaparish.org

Archdiocese of St. Louis Website: www.archstl.org

Fr. Joseph Wormek ~ Pastor Fr. Fredrick Devaraj, C.Ss.R. ~ Associate Pastor Fr. Kevin Schmittgens ~ Part Time Associate Pastor

Marriage Prepara on

Call the rectory or Parish Office at least six months before the wedding.

Bap sm Prepara on

Bap sm Classes for parents on the Third Wednesday of each month, 7:00 pm in Notre Dame Hall. Bap sms are celebrated every Sunday of the month a er the 11:00 am Mass. Call Parish Office for informa on.

Chris an Ini a on of Adults

For more informa on on becoming a Catholic, call Deacon Leon Noelker at the Parish Office. 636-239-6701

Pre K-2nd Grade - Children’s Liturgy of the Word

Children are dismissed at the beginning of Mass with volun-teer catechists to reflect on the Gospel at different levels: Pre K-through grade 2. They return to their families a er the homily.

Infants: Cry Room on west (right) side of sanctuary.

Food Pantry Hours: Mondays & Thursdays 4:00-5:30 pm

Prayers for Expectant Mothers If you or someone you know is expec ng a child, and you’d like to have a rose placed on the altar as a reminder for prayers throughout the pregnancy, please contact the Pro-Life Commi ee at 390-8815. Ask for Jane Maune.

Cemetary Clean-up: March 1-15 and September 1-15

Parish Bulle n Deadline Please submit bulle n informa on via e-mail to cpiontek@borgiaparish.org by 9:00 am Tuesdays.

Prayer Tree

The members of the Prayer Tree express their love for their neighbor by praying each day, in the comfort of their home, for inten ons that are given to them over the telephone. If you have an inten on that needs prayers, please call Dot Filla (239-6463) or Janet Boland (239-4697). Anyone interested in becoming a member of the Prayer Tree Ministry please con-tact one of these ladies. Thank You

Hospital Visits

Visits to our parishioners at Mercy Hospital in Washington are made twice a week, based on Fr. Wormek’s & Fr. Freddy’s schedule. In serious cases, and on weekends, contact Fr. Wormek or Fr. Freddy. We suggest that you call the parish office at 636-239-6701, for Fr. Wormek (ext. 1514) or Fr. Freddy (ext. 1513), if you or your family member is in the hospital, since the hospital is restricted from no fying the par-ish without your permission, and/or there may be a delay in upda ng your parish preference in the hospital computer. Call or leave a message at the above extensions. Also if you would like a priest or deacon to visit you at your home or bring you communion, please call the above number and extension.

Parish Staff Contact Informa on (Church Office 636-239-6701 * School 636-239-2590) Pastor Fr. Joseph Wormek Ext. 1514 jwormek@borgiaparish.org cell phone: 314-609-1801 Associate Pastor Fr. Fredrick Devaraj, C.Ss.R. Ext. 1513 freddy@borgiaparish.org cell phone: 636-432-4783 Part Time Associate Pastor Fr. Kevin Schmi gens Ext. 1422 kevin.schmi gens@borgia.com cell phone: 314-960-4745 Sacramental Ministry Deacon Gilbert Holtmeyer Sacramental Ministry Deacon Leon Noelker lnoelker@charter.net Business Manager Ms. Jennifer Hill Ext. 1511 jhill@borgiaparish.org Principal Mrs. Michelle E er Ext. 1271 me er@borgiagradeschool.org CRE Mrs. Kyra Gulledge Ext. 1277 kgulledge@borgiaparish.org Music Coordinator Mrs. Lucy Tobben 636-239-2883 ltobben@borgiaparish.org Administra ve Assistant Mrs. Donna Holdmeyer Ext. 1510 dholdmeyer@borgiaparish.org Secretary (Part- me) Ms. Barb Mohesky Ext. 1515 bmohesky@borgiaparish.org Secretary (Part- me) Mrs. Chris ne Piontek Ext. 1515 cpiontek@borgiaparish.org Maintenance Manager Mr. Joe Holtmeier Ext. 1600 jholtmeier@borgiagradeschool.org

Parish Board of Educa on Jeff Patke (Chair Person) Bridge e Beaman Kathleen Marquart Ginna Chris ansen Mike Perriman Dawn Steffens Tracy Kampschroeder Kris Posinski Rob Vossbrink

Pastoral Council Chris Derner (Chair Person) Kathy Haddox Mike Gillen Debbie Toedebusch Ka e Kuenzel Ximena Kriete Rose Mantle Kris n Perriman Amy Niehaus Mike Jones

Parish Office Hours

The parish office hours are 8 AM ll 5 PM, Monday through Friday, unless stated in the bulle n. There is normally some-one here during the lunch hours. However, on occasion we may have to close at lunch due to special circumstances.

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St. Francis Borgia, Washington, MO #242400

Notes from Fr. Joe Wormek

I received a le er from Father James Mason, President-Rector of the Kenrick-Glennon Seminary. He wrote to congratulate us on the generosity to the Seminary from

our Christmas Collec on of $4,078. I personally want to thank you for your contribu ons to the forma on of our future priests of the Archdiocese of St. Louis. Hopefully one of them will be assigned here at St. Frances Borgia in next 10 to 20 years.

We have completed the Christmas Season, and now we have six and half weeks before Ash Wednesday. This will give us me to catch our breath, work on our New Year promises and find some rou ne in our lives. Rou ne is a always good, because it gives us a schedule, which offers stability in our lives. Please be sure to take the me for daily prayer during the week and weekends, keeping the Mass in that rou ne. We must keep in mind, that you and I do not exist without God’s daily presence. The least we can do is think about Him every day, and hopefully more than once a day. God really does not need us, but we really need Him. Even though He does not need us, He loved us so much, that He sent His beloved Son Jesus, to die for us and free us from our sins, so that we can spend eternity with Him. Have a blessed week!

Thanks again for all you do!

Your Pastor, Fr. Joe Wormek jwormek@borgiaparish.org Cell: 314-609-1801

THIS WEEK…

Sunday, January 15th +Mass at 7:00 am

+Parish Breakfast 7:30 to 11:00 am (GS Cafeteria)

+ Mass at 9:00 & 11:00 am (No Children’s Liturgy)

+Teen Mass SFBRHS 6pm

Monday-Friday

†Rosary 6:30 am

Monday (1/16) (Mar n Luther King Birthday)

†Mass at 7:00 am

+No School

+Parish Office Closed

†Food Pantry 4:00-5:30 pm

+Bible Study (Book of Ma hew) 6:30 - 8:00 pm (JH Orange Rm)

†Grateful Hearts Prayer Mee ng 7:00 pm

Tuesday (1/17)

†Mass at 7 am

†Confessions a er 7:00 Mass

†Quil ng 8:00 am to 3:00 pm

+Pro-Life Movie 1:30 & 7:00 pm (JH Green Rm.)

+Liturgy Mee ng 7:00 pm

+Eucharis c Adora on a er 7:00 am un l 6:45 am Wednesday

“Could you not keep watch for one hour!”

Wednesday (1/18)

†Mass at 7:00 am

+Ladies Sodality Mee ng 1:00 pm

+Children’s choir prac ce 3:15-4:00

+Server Prac ce 3:15 pm (Church)

+PSR Classes 6:30 -7:45 pm

+Adult Choir Prac ce 7:00 pm

Thursday (1/19)

†Mass at 7:00 am

+Scripture Service at 8:15 am (K, 1st, and 2nd Grade) Church

+Server Prac ce 3:15 pm Church

+Food Pantry 4:00 - 5:30 pm

Friday (1/20)

†Mass at 7:00 and 8:15 am (All School Mass)

+Bible Study (Book of Ma hew) 7:45 -10:00 am (JH Orange Rm.)

Saturday (1/21)

†Masses: 8:00 am and 4:30 pm

+Server Prac ce 11:00 am (Church)

+Confessions a er 8:00 am mass and 3:30-4:15 pm

Sunday (1/22)

+Mass at 7:00 am

+ Mass at 9:00 & 11:00 am (Children’s Liturgy at both masses)

+Bap sm a er 11:00 Mass

+Teen Mass at SFBRHS 6:00 pm

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Extraordinary Ministers January 21st & 22nd

4:30 Mass R. Breitenbach B. Schelich T. Schelich C. Binder D. Eckelkamp D. Koirtyohann 7:00 am Mass F. Filla D. Mantle. R. Mantle C. Volkerding C. Parmen er C. Parmen er

9:00 am Mass C. Hellman B. Howell K. Meyer W. Meyer B. Skornia G. Skornia J. Vietmeier L. Watkins

11:00 Mass M. Boehmer C. Bleckman

U. Crosnoe B. Gegg S. Michels K. Wright

If you are unable to a end Mass on your scheduled Saturday or Sun-day, . Extraordinary Minister schedules can be found on the parish website, www.borgiaparish.org

Encore – January 16th-21st

Mon. 10:00-1:30 M. Ham

1:30-5:00 B. Frankenberg & N. Schaefer

Tues. 10:00-1:30 C. Obermark & J. Derner

1:30-5:00 R.A. Gleeson & L. Brinkmann

Wed. 10:00-1:30 B. Delleart

1:30-5:00 J. Gildehaus, K. Voss

Thurs. 10:00-1:30 B. Haley & A. Eckhoff

1:30-5:00 M. Holtmeier

Fri. 10:00-1:30 B. Krawitz

1:30-5:00 C. Lewis & C. Strubberg

Sat. 10:00-3:00 D. Konys & D. Lanwermeyer

January 8, 2017

We are grateful for your con nued support and sacrifice to our parish.

Sunday Offertory Total $ 24,185 Sunday Offertory Envelopes $ 15,293 Electronic Offering $ 8,892 Weekly Goal for Envelopes $ 22,790 Year to Date Weekly Average $ 20,938

A T Loose Offering $ 638 Tui on Assistance $ 205 Youth Offering $ 4 Food Pantry $ 150 Building Maintenance Fund $ 250 Cemetery Maintenance Fund $ 10 Parish Endowment $ 0

S C : Seminary $ 10 St. Louis Review $ 810 Assump on of Mary $ 150 Rice Bowl $ 20 Christmas Offering $ 150 Solemnity of Mary $ 730 First Offering $ 290

Server Schedule

January 21st 4:30 Zac Schroeder, Grant Schroeder, Blake Schroeder

January 22nd 7:00 Clarence Parmen er & Russ Schelich 9:00 Grant Kandlbinder 11:00 Elizabeth Sinno

We will con nue to have the servers sign up on-line in 2017. Call the Parish office for more informa on.

Thank You, Fr. Joe

Suzanne Albert Jonathan Beuke Travis Branson Bev Carter Ma hew Coulter Patrick Feldmann John Heisler Evan Hix Kelly Kosewicz

Jessica K. Lamecker Derek Marquart Jacob Maune Jeremy Nieder Frank Rauch IV John Rudlof Jamie Skornia Ken Stallmann Jacob Wille

Eli Wilson Shayne Yenzer

 

 

Please Pray For All Those Serving In Our Military and Especially For…

J 16-20

M , J 16 R. Kuebler, M. Kuebler, M. Kamler, G. Bonas a, L. Ehler, P. Schonberger

T , J 19 B. & J. Conroy, M. Hillermann, D. Shirley, P. Fortner, J. Fortner, P. Schonberger, J. O’Rourke, R. Caragine In December the Food Pantry served 203 families and 525 people. Everyone who comes to the Food Pantry receives meat, can goods, vegetables, bread, dairy products and paper products. The need to help the less fortunate in our area re-mains high. We thank you for your con nuous support. God Bless you. and your families. Thank you, The Food Pantry Commi ee

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READINGS FOR THE WEEK of January 15th

Monday: Heb 5:1-10; Ps 110:1-4; Mk 2:18-22 Tuesday: Heb 6:10-20; Ps 111:1-2, 4-5, 9, 10c; Mk 2:23-28 Wednesday: Heb 7:1-3, 15-17; Ps 110:1-4; Mk 3:1-6 Thursday: Heb 7:25 -- 8:6; Ps 40:7-10, 17; Mk 3:7-12 Friday: Heb 8:6-13; Ps 85:8, 10-14; Mk 3:13-19 Saturday: Heb 9:2-3, 11-14; Ps 47:2-3, 6-9; Mk 3:20-21 Sunday: Is 8:23 -- 9:3; Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14; 1 Cor 1:10-13, 17; Mt 4:12-23 [12-17]

Sunday, January 15th 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Mar n Luther King Jr. Birthday

7:00 am People of the Parish 9:00 am Joan Post 11:00 am Rose Eder

Monday, January 16th Mar n Luther King Jr. Birthday Observed 7:00 am Paul & Shirley Kuenzel

Tuesday, January 17th St. Anthony 7:00 am Ray Sulltrop

Wednesday, January 18th

7:00 am Ray & Bernadine Spaunhorst 8:15 am Purgatorial Society (Grade School Chapel)

Thursday, January 19th 7:00 am Patricia Kopp

Friday, January 20th St. Fabian, St. Sebas anSt.

7:00 am Ken Haberberger 8:15 am Joseph Volmert Saturday, January 21st St. Agnes

8:00 am Bernie Hillermann 1:30 pm Nuptual: Winistoerfer & Westhoff 4:30 pm Susan Berger

Sunday, January 22nd

7:00 am Barbara Carman

9:00 am People of the Parish 11:00 am Ken Haberberger

In Deepest Sympathy

Please remember in your prayers the souls of

Lou Marquart, Cyril Noelke, and Joe Obermark

May God welcome them home, and bless all who miss them. Pray For

Mary Alice Alfermann Norwood Amos Nicholas Baravik Marilyn Beanblossom Bill Bloomer Sco Boland Dorothy Bolzenius Robert Brinkmann Donna Kay Brown Be y Bueker Tom Comage Judy Cur s Ruth Dieckhaus Andrea Dressel Regina Dutkiewicz Charles Eckelkamp Gertrude Filla

Jane Filla Cindy Finder Allen Gephardt Tucker Hall Ray Hilke Marc Houseman Sandra Highly Jared Juanita Lauchstaedt Leola Lohman Todd Ponder Frank Rauch III Rose Marie Richardson Chris Siebert Norma Stockhorst Hilda Struckhoff Frieda Wahlig Collin Warrender Mark Wessel Dorothy Wi haus

For all shut-ins and all those in

nursing homes.

III Taylor Winistoerfer & Joseph Westhoff  

SFB ROUNDTABLE

If anyone in our parish who is widowed, divorced, elderly, sick, disabled, or low income and in need of minor repairs, transporta on, sewing, cleaning, winter

weatheriza on or when the me comes, SNOW remov-al, please call the Roundtable at 283-5030 or 390-0185.

The Reach Out Ministry

The Catholic Reach-Out Ministry is offering another 12-week DVD series, The Catholic's Divorce Survival Guide. This series was created to bring hope and healing to divorced and separated Catholics through counselors, theologians and priests. The Program will be held on Thursday mornings beginning February 2 at 9:00 am - 10:30 am in the Garden Room of Notre Dame Hall. Please contact Jennifer Hill at the parish office for further informa on. (636-239-6701, x1511 or jhill@borgiaparish.org)

Is it true that a a Divorced Person is Automa cally Ex-

communicated from the Catholic Church?

The truth is that divorce itself does not affect or alter a person's status in the Catholic Church. Divorce is a func on of the civil law and secular courts. Alt-hough it has been a widespread misconcep on for many years, it is a myth that a divorced Catholic is "excommunicated," this is, not able to receive the sacraments within the Church.

A divorced person is not excommunicated from the church and the person can receive the sacraments.

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Notes from Principal

Michelle E er

Each year during the last week of October the Wash-ington Missouri Elks #1559 sponsors the Na onal Red Ribbon Week Campaign. As part of this campaign they invite students from the area schools to par cipate in the Drug Awareness Poster, Essay, and Video Contests. This year they distributed over 9,000 Red Ribbons. There were a total of 14 schools that par cipated in the Drug Awareness Poster and Essay Contests 112 posters, 133 essays and for the first me this year 2 vide-os were submi ed. I am excited to announce that three of our students were winners in the essay contest. They are in Grade 7: 2nd Place – Kaitlyn Patke, Grade 7: 3rd Place: Ava Polizzi, and Grade 8: 3rd Place – Audrey Holdmeier. Congratu-la ons Kaitlyn, Ava, and Audrey! We are very proud!

The School Speak iPhone App is now available on Ap-ple App Store (search for School Speak on App Store.) Please feel free to share this news with your school community. Staff, parents, and students can access School Speak content in a convenient and easy-to-navigate applica on. Your School Speak Login Id and Password is all you need to get started. Mul ple users can use the App on same device by se ng up a personalized PIN per user. The App requires Wi-Fi or a mobile data connec on to log in and update content. Please note that using the App on mobile data connec on may cause ad-di onal charges. The App provides you op on to disable mo-bile data use.

Please be sure to check School Speak on a regular ba-sis for the most up-to-date school informa on.

God Bless you and your family

Mrs. Michelle E er, principal me er@borgiagradeschool.org 636-239-2590 ext 1271

SHOP & EARN NEWS

Week of January 9th, 2017

Total Sales ......................................................... $13,135.00

Tui on Credit .......................................................... $253.36

Total For School Opera ng Budget ....................... $253.36

4% Return 43 Parish Family Orders 15 Online Orders

I : Contact Missy Frankenberg at 636-432-2299, or email shopandearn@borgiaparish.org.

Note: Shu erfly Bonus 2% January 14-27

SFB Grade School ~ Save the Dates:

NO 1:00 PM Dismissal, Wednesday, February 8th!

The 1PM Dismissal on Wednesday, February 8 is being can-celled. Instead the February Faculty Mee ng for staff is being moved to a Full Day Professional Development Day on Mon-day, February 13. This means there is NO SCHOOL on Mon-day, February 13 for students.

Next Home & School Mee ng on Tuesday, March 14, 6:30 pm Grade school cafeteria.

Guest Speaker Amy V. Maus, Presen ng the following pro-gram: Ins lling Grit: The Art of raising Highly Self-mo vated kids, Her presenta on will be from 7-8pm (See details on the next page).

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St. Francis Borgia Grade School 2017/2018 Registra on Timeline:

Early Registra on for the Preschool Program & the Jr. Kinder-garten Program (for students who have siblings already en-rolled in SFBGS or who are presently enrolled in the preschool program): Monday, January 23rd - Friday, January 27th. Open enrollment for new preschool and junior kindergarten stu-dents begins on January 29th. Age requirements are that a student must be 3 or 4 by August 1st, 2017 for each of these programs.

Registra on for the “Young 3’s” Preschool Program will begin in September, 2017. Age requirement for the “Young 3’s” is that a student must be 3 by December 1, 2017. Young 3’s reg-istra on packets will be available in early September 2017.

New Student Registra on for Preschool thru Gr. 8: Begins at the Open House on Sunday, January 29th.

Re-enrollment (for students already enrolled in Jr. K thru Gr. 7): February 3rd - February 21st.

St. Francis Borgia is teaming up with the Washington Police Department

Hello all, I would like to have a friendly compe on between the paro-chial schools and the police department. I would like to do a soda tab drive to collect soda tabs for the Ronald McDonald House and thought why not make it fun and have a compe -

on. I would like to have Borgia Elementary, Our Lady of Lourdes, and Immanuel Lutheran have a parochial school compe on to see who can collect the most soda tabs. Now here is the really fun part. The Washington Police Department is going to try and collect more soda tabs than any other school. There will be 3 separate compe ons: large schools, small schools, private schools. We are s ll thinking of a prize for the winner of the parochial schools. I would like to start this day one of 2nd semester and go through the end of April. On the first Saturday of May the Ronald McDonald house does a big collec on of soda tabs and I would like to team up with the police department and schools to take our total amount down and turn them in. Officer Douglas A. Tollison Washington Police Department Washington High School Resource Officer

Ins lling Grit: The Art of Raising Highly Self-Mo vated Kids

No, it isn’t your imagina on that children in our na on today seem more anxious and less independent. More en tled and less capable. More worried and less resilient. Why is this?

Come hear author and prolific speaker Amy Maus discuss how to ins ll grit, self-mo va on, and independence in our chil-dren, even when the current cultural climate pressures us to do the opposite.

Topics Include: How we create or suppress grit and internal mo va on in our

kids Today’s culture says: rescue, manage, and do too much for our

children Why anxiety is on a steep rise in our children and youth How to build independence, boost self-esteem, and create

long-term grit!

Tuesday, March 14th, 7:00 – 8:00 p.m SGB Grade school Cafeteria.

All parents, caregivers and staff welcome!

SFB Grade School

Squires’ Squad

Mini Cheer Camp

Grade School Students are invited to a mini cheer camp!

Kindergarten - 8th Grade in Washington Area Catholic Schools

learn cheers : gain confidence : prac ce basic tumbling : use

pom poms : try on the uniform : grow school spirit

Date: Saturday, February 11th, 9:00 - 12:00 PM

and Sunday, February 12 (Perform at game)

Loca on: SFB Grade School Gymnasium

Cost: $10 (includes snacks, t-shirt, and admission

to 2/12 game for par cipant)

All par cipants are invited to join the SFB Grade School cheer-

leaders during the 8th grade boys game against St. John’s

Gildehaus on Sunday, February 12 at 2:00 PM.

This is also when our Athle c Associa on celebrates Parents’

Day and our Cheerleaders will welcome the Alumni so it will be

a great day and you will want to be part of the fun!

Registra on Deadline is Friday, January 27 to guarantee a t-

shirt. Registra on forms are available on School Speak or in the

School office.

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PRO-LIFE:

Postcards for Life:

Next weekend, postcards will be in the pew to personally give to our legislators during the March for Life in Washing-ton, D.C. as well as in Jefferson City within the next month. East Central Area Missouri Right to Life & the K of C Council #1121 are sponsoring this program so that we can thank our pro-life legislators for standing up for life. Please take a moment before or a er Mass to fill out one page of these cards (4/page) and drop them in one of the crates at the entrances to Church before you leave. If you would prefer to bring pre-printed address labels and affix them to the post-cards, that is ok. Please make sure you sign your name. Thanks, Bill Gegg

The St. Louis Review is the official newspaper of the Archdiocese of St. Louis. For $30 a year, your weekly copy of the Review will keep you in touch with the Church in St. Louis, across the na on and around the world. Please use the sub-scrip on renewal envelope in your envelope packet, or you can write a check out for $30 made payable to SFB Parish, and mark it “Review”.Please include your name and mailing address, and return it in the Sunday collec on basket. If you are certain you do not wish to subscribe to the St. Louis Re-view, please indicate that on your envelope and return.

Pro-Life Movie Day: Tues, JAN. 17th - 2 SHOWINGS: 1:30 pm & 7 pm-GREEN Room of Jesuit Hall: “He Knows My Name”. This is a story about a li le girl who has heard

about Jesus from her neighbors, but her mother warns her to keep her distance; one day the li le girl brings Jesus home to meet her mother & grandfather. (90 minutes) No charge, but free will offerings accepted for Pro-Life programs.

Parish School of Religion

The students of the Parish School of Religion are keeping fam-ilies who are new to our country in our prayers as we cele-brated Na onal Migra on Week last week with a special pray-er service. This con nues our theme this month when we celebrate life, all life. This means the unborn, elderly and any-one facing the daily struggles of this world. We will con nue to collect baby items this month and have made a special re-quest for socks that will fit infants to three year old children.

C.R.E.W.

Christ’s Renewed Engaged Warriors The next gathering for our high school faith sharing group will be on Monday, January 30th at 6pm in the Garden Room of Notre Dame Hall. We will work on pu ng together infant care bags to be given out at the Pregnancy Resource Center in town. If you have any items, such as baby lo on, baby bo les, shampoo or soap, diapers or wipes that you can bring with you that night, please feel free to do so. We will be working on our care bags during the mee ng, so dinner will be easy, pizza and brownies. All high school students are always wel-come to join us! If you have any ques ons, feel free to con-tact Kyra Gulledge at 239-2590x1277 or kgulledge@borgiaparish.org

Children’s Liturgy of the Word

The children from Preschool thru 2nd Grade who a end the

Masses on Sunday at either 9am or 11am are invited to

a end the Children’s Liturgy of the Word provided by the

wonderful volunteers who prepare materials weekly for

them. For the children who a end any of the other weekend

Masses, there is a blue basket at the entrance of church with

the same handouts that is given out at the Children’s Liturgy

gatherings. Please encourage your child to take a copy as they

either come into church or on their way out.

Pro Life Hour

The monthly Deanery Pro-Life Holy Hour will held on Thursday, January 26, 2017 at 7 pm at Our Lady of Lourdes Adora on Chapel with prayers and Benedic on for Respect for Life, offering repara on for 58 million babies killed by abor on, and that America will once again protect the lives of the unborn. Come join us as we pray for God’s forgiveness for the evil that lurks throughout our society.

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Steward Reflection

“Now the Lord has spoken who formed

me as his servant from the womb…

” Isaiah 49:5

You have to do what God is calling you to do and I have to do

what God is calling me to do. Guess what, each of has been

given a different plan! So, stop comparing yourself to oth-

ers. Don’t let envy and jealousy enter your life. Be thankful

for the gi s God has given you and generously share them

with others.

Annual Catholic Appeal Essay Scholarship Winner Drew Piontek

This years winning essay was wri en by in of our own Drew Piontek, son of Mike & Kris Piontek, Borgia parishioners. Drew received a scholarship from the ACA for his excellent essay on Stewardship and the Annual Catholic Appeal. To read the full essay, you can visit the Parish website at www.borgiaparish.org, or the School Website at www. borgiagradeschool.org

New Parishoner

Kelly, Robert, Anne, and Lucille Rogers

We hope you will feel at home!

Download Our New Parish App!

Our new St. Francis Borgia app is now available to download for iPhone and Android smart phones. Stay connected with our parish throughout the week with instant messaging, an easy-to-access event calendar, Catholic news feeds, and helpful reminders to silence your phone before Mass or Confession. Also enjoy a bunch of addi onal features like prayers, daily readings and seasonal reflec ons, and so much more.

Help foster a stronger parish life at St. Francis Borgia! Download our app today at myparishapp.com or search your phone's app store for myParish.

Spaghe Dinner

St. Clare School Cafeteria 165 E. Springfield Rd. St. Clair, MO 63077

9:30 am to 4:00 pm

Serving Spaghe , salad, dessert coffee, iced tea or lemonade.

Adults $6.children $4, and under age 5 FREE

Dinner served by confirma on candidates to help raise funds for their retreat in the spring.

Catholic Tradi ons

Some mes Catholic tradi ons are a stumbling block for our separated brothers and sisters. Topics that are normal to the average Catholic are some mes almost impossible to under-stand for others and therefore become a barrier to evangeliza-

on. One of the hardest topics to explain is our belief in the “Communion of Saints.” Many who are not Catholic view our prac ce of venera ng or “praying to” saints as idolatry, or even necromancy! These fears stem from a sincere desire to obey God’s commandments but a false understanding of our prayers to the saints. From a historical perspec ve venera on of the saints has always been a part of Chris anity – there is evidence of prayers to Peter and Paul in the catacombs! From a biblical perspec ve, one may explain in five steps. The dead are alive in heaven (Hebrews 12: 22-24), God hears their pray-ers (1 Peter 3: 12a), we are forever connected to them through Christ (John 15:5), we are called to intercede for one another in Christ (1 Tim 2:1-5), and they present our prayers to God (Rev 5:8). The Bible is common ground and these cita ons can foster further discussion and may open the way to further evangeliza on.

2nd Sunday in OrdinaryTime January 15, 2017

Register Now!

**New Venue** Touhill Performing Arts Center

(UMSL)

Free Parking and Metro Stop Access

10th Annual Catholic Men

for Christ Conference

Featuring Marcus Grodi, Rev. Art Cavitt,

Jon Leonetti and Damon Ownes!

Saturday, February 18, 2017

For more info or registration:

catholicmenforchrist.org

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Catholic Women

for Christ Conference

Featuring Sonja Crobitt, Dr. Carol Razza, and

Rev. Eugene Morris!

Saturday, March 25, 2017

For more info or registration:

catholicwomenforchrist.org

CASA Fundraising Breakfast January 21st, 2017 at 8:00 am St. Francis Borgia, Jesuit Hall

200 Cedar Street, Washington $30 Dona on to A end

RSVP 636-583-4422 A endees will be inspired by guest speakers who share their

CASA Story.

PayPal at www.franklincountycasa.com

Heartland Hospice

Heartland Hospice is in need of volunteers in this area. At Heartland, we depend on our volunteers to help us provide the extra love and care our pa ents and their families need at this challenging me in their life. We invite you to consider becoming a Hospice Volunteer. All assignments are in close proximity to your home, work or school. You can donate as li le as an hour a month or a week. Please contact Dee Coppeans at 636-390-4723.

Marriage Encounter

Resolve to make your marriage be er in 2017, you deserve that. A end a Marriage Encounter week-end experience that is simply special for you and your spouse and learn a great communica on tool. Apply to a end a weekend on February 3-5 or April 21-23 . To find out more or apply for a weekend, contact Walt & Kathy Meyer 636-390-9753 or Jim & Mary Armistead at 636-221-1454. You can also call 314-649-7317 or e-mail www.stl-wwme.org.

Cra & Crop Night Holy Rosary Catholic Church

Warrenton, MO Friday, February 3, 2017

Help us Raise Money for the VBS 2017

Holy Rosary Catholic Church will be hos ng a Cra & Crop Night! Feel free to spend the evening however you want,

scrapbooking, sewing, card-making, croche ng, jewelry mak-ing, or just come and relax. It is a wonderful opportunity to have fellowship with other cra ers & work on your favorite

project.

Please bring $5 dona on and a snack to share. We will be mee ng in the Ac vity Center beginning at 5 pm to approxi-

mately 10:30 pm. If you have any ques on call the Parish Office, Debbie Brown 636-456-3698, Ext. 1

Bulle n sponsors

By being a bulle n sponsor, your generosity helps us to enjoy our FREE bulle n publica on every week throughout the year! If you would like to have your business card handed out

on a weekly basis and can help this effort, please call

Mary O enberg at 314-757-7598, or email @

o enbergm@jspaluch.com

2nd Sunday in OrdinaryTime January 15, 2017

Informa on Sheet for the January 15th, 2017 Bulle n 242400 St. Francis Borgia Parish 115 Cedar Street Washington, MO 63090-2108 Questions contact: Christine Piontek 636-239-6701 ext 1515 Software using: Win Pub Adobe Acrobat

Transmittal Time: Thursday 11:00 am Delivery Time: Friday before 2:00 pm Pages Sent: 10 Special Instructions: Please print Sunday bulletins using this 2nd revised file. We appreciate your cooperation! The bulle ns are to be printed in color Deliver bulletin to St. Francis Borgia Parish 100 Cedar Street Washington, MO 63090 Thank you.