~ This week March 17 – 24 ~
~ Daily Masses ~
Monday – Friday 6:30 am & 8:00 am
Monday – Thursday 7:00 pm
Saturday 8:00 am
~ Reconciliation ~
Tuesday 3/19 & Thursday 3/21 7:30 pm
Stations of the Cross Friday, March 22, 7 pm
Reconciliation Weekend at St. Francis of Assisi
Friday, 3/22 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Msgr. William Leach, Fr. Kent Pollman, Fr. Anthony Yates
Saturday, 3/23
9:00 am–11:00 am
Fr. Scott Scheiderer, Fr. Glenn Phillips, OFM
11: 00 am – 1:00 pm
Msgr. Henry Breier, Fr. Scott Scheiderer, Fr. Glenn Phillips, OFM
1: 00 pm – 2:00 pm
Fr. Gary Gebelein
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Fr. Clark Philipp, Fr. Paul Hoesing
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Fr. Jason Schumer
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Fr. Stu King, Fr. Anthony Yates, Fr. Kent Pollman
~ Holy Hour ~
Sunday 7 to 8 pm
I begin by offering CONGRATULATIONS! to Msgr. Leach. This Friday, March 22nd, will be Msgr.’s 61st ordination anniversary. Good health to you Msgr! We are so blessed to have your inspiring presence here at SMMA. Ad Multos Annos!
I love my White House Retreat with the men of the parish every year. Just to let the women know, there is a retreat for women at White House March 25 – 28. Information available by calling 314- 416-6400.
I want to highlight the front cover of this bulletin and our request for accurate, updated information from our parishioners, especially correct phone numbers and email addresses. THANK YOU!
Also, this bulletin contains the priest confessor schedule for our RECONCILIATION WEEKEND next Friday evening and all day Saturday. Lent is the perfect time to come and receive the Lord’s sacramental mercy, compassion, and forgiveness.
Blessing for Lent!
 Msgr. Norb Ernst – Pastor
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The Office of Communications and Planning for the Archdiocese of St. Louis asked us to share this information.
In an interview with Jennifer Brinker of the St. Louis Review, interview Archbishop Robert J. Carlson, Bishop Mark. S. Rivituso and Sandra Price of the Office of Child and Youth Protection share thoughts on last weekend’s Vatican Summit on the Protection of Minors and what the archdiocese does to protect children. The interview can be watched athttps://www.archstl.org/abp-carlson-sees-summit-as-a-step-toward-healing-3690.
The Office of Communications and Planning asks you to direct your ministries, parishes, parishioners and social media followers to the St. Louis Review website to see this important interview.
The media release regarding the summit shared earlier this week also is attached.
If you have any questions please contact Peter Frangie (peterfrangie@archstl.org) in the archdiocesan communications office.
A funny reminder parents to be your players biggest fan, not their biggest critic. Sure, criticize their dirty room or school work that's average or below, but not their game. Encourage them through the losses, high five with them after wins and CHEER for them always.
Pope Francis’ Post-Synodal Exhortation Will Take Form of Letter to Youth
ncregister.com
The Pope will sign the document on March 25 but it won't be published until some time later."The Divine Heart is an ocean full of all good things, wherein poor souls can cast all their needs; it is an ocean full of joy to drown all our sadness, an ocean of humility to drown our folly, an ocean of mercy to those in distress, an ocean of love in which to submerge our poverty."
— St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
St. Cuthbert of Lindisfarne (634-687 A.D.) was born in present-day Scotland to a lowly family, and worked as a shepherd near the Melrose Abbey monastery. A child playmate prophesied that he would one day become a bishop. And one day, while tending to his sheep, St. Cuthbert saw in a vision the soul of St. Aidan, the Bishop of Lindisfarne, carried to heaven by angels. This mystical experience inspired in him a desire to become a monk. After spending time as a soldier defending his home region of Northumbria against attack, he arrived on horseback, armed with a spear, seeking entrance at the monastery. He was received and became a monk in the Celtic Christian tradition. He grew in holiness and learning, and after serving as prior he withdrew from the community into the lifestyle of a solitary hermit. After several years of a quiet life of prayer and penance, he was persuaded to return to active life as the Bishop of Lindisfarne. A year later he became sick and died. Miracles were reported at his grave; in fact, so numerous were the reported miracles that Cuthbert was called the "Wonder-worker of England." Throughout the Middle Ages the shrine of Cuthbert remained one of the most popular places of pilgrimage in northern England. His feast day is March 20th.