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Fr. John Appointed Bishop of Covington, KY
Word has been received that Fr. John, our former pastor, mentor and dear friend, has been appointed Bishop of Covington, KY.
This is a link to information on the Diocese of Belleville Website:
Father John Iffert Appointed Bishop-Elect Diocese of Covington, Kentucky
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Introduction: Bishop-Elect John C. Iffert(July 13, 2021)
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For More Information . . .
As much as we would like, we can't keep all our information on the front page . . .
For those of you who attended St. Mary School from 1955 to 1964:
St. Mary Church is trying to locate First Communion pictures from 1955 through 1964. We have pictures in our archives from 1965 forward, but can't find any prior to that. Delo Photocraft (Louis C. Pavledes was our photographer). His studio was at 820 Main Street. If you have a picture that we could scan in and return to you, it would be very much appreciated!
Thank you!
Fundraisers(Go to the green navigation bar above > News/Events > Parish Life)
Ron Kruepp Memorial Golf Scramble,
Mary's Table
"HELLOS" AND "BIRTHDAY WISHES"
Save the date, Saturday, September 25, to say "hello" to Fr. Nick and to Fr. Joel and celebrate the 40th birthdays for both! Watch the bulletin, Facebook and our website for details.
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Thank you, Teresa!
St. Mary and St. Barbara Parishes wish to thank Teresa Foulks for sharing with us her time and talents as Coordinator of Religious Education and her skills as a musician these last four years. Teresa is now fine-tuning her skills as the mother of three beautiful and lively girls, one of which is a newborn! Blessings, Teresa, to you, Michael, Leah, Mackenzie and Allison. May God guide and direct, guard and protect you as you move forward.
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MJM7 BAND!
SHARING THEIR MUSICAL TALENTS AT ST. MARY AND ST. BARBARA FOR ALL MASSES AND IN A CONCERT THE WEEKEND OF SEPTEMBER 11 AND 12, 2021!
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Rosary - Tuesday Evenings, 6:00
Please join the Knights of Columbus for recitation of the Rosary on Tuesday nights at 6:00 in church. If you cannot come to church, the Rosary is live-streamed and you may find it on Facebook or access it through the parish website! -
The Pope Video
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Pope's Prayer Intention - July 2021
SOCIAL FRIENDSHIP
Friendship is one of the great gifts that life gives us. Being able to count on friends, during good times as well as bad, is a gift from God. Wouldn’t it be stupendous if we could “go beyond (our) groups of friends and build social friendship, which is so necessary for living together well,” as Francis tells us?
We need to seek friends instead of enemies, understanding each other instead of fighting—in the Pope’s words, “leaving polarization behind.”
Let us extend a hand and listen to others so we can work together for the common good. Share this message of Francis with your friends, and also—why not?—with people who aren’t friends yet.
"The Bible says that whoever finds a friend has found a treasure."
I would like to invite everyone to go beyond their groups of friends and build social friendship, which is so necessary for living together well.
We especially need to have a renewed encounter with the most impoverished and vulnerable, those on the peripheries. And we need to distance ourselves from populisms that exploit the anguish of the people without providing solutions, proposing a mystique that solves nothing. We must flee from social enmity which only destroys, and leave “polarization” behind. And this isn’t always easy, especially today when part of our politics, society and media are bent on creating enemies so as to defeat them in a game of power.
Dialogue is the path to seeing reality in a new way, so we can live with passion the challenges we face in constructing the common good. Let us pray that, in social, economic, and political situations of conflict, we may be courageous and passionate architects of dialogue and friendship, men and women who always hold out a helping hand, and may no spaces of enmity and war remain.” -
St. Mary Photo Albums
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July 2021 VBS Rocky Railway
3 Photos
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Baptisms - St. Mary & St. Barbara
15 Photos
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2021 First Communion
1 Photos
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Saint Mary School Class of 1962
1 Photos
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2021 Installation Mass
4 Photos
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2020 Farm Blessing
7 Photos
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2020 Giving Tree
2 Photos
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2020 Graduates - Jefferson County Catholic Community
20 Photos
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Today's Scripture Readings
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Reading I 2 Kgs 4:42-44Responsorial Psalm Ps 145:10-11, 15-16, 17-18Reading II Eph 4:1-6Gospel Jn 6:1-15
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Visit Bishop McGovern onYoutube!
A potpourri of spiritual refreshment and enlightenment.
Click on the link below to visit the Youtube Channel of the Most Reverend Michael G. McGovern, Bishop of the Diocese of Belleville! -
YOUR INFORMATION CHANGES! PLEASE!
If you change your address, phone number or e-mail address, don't forget to keep the parish office informed!
Also, if you have your mail temporarily halted, please let the parish office know when you leave and when you expect to return. -
MINISTRY SCHEDULES
CLEANING CREW
NEW CLEANERS ARE NEEDED! Call Cindy Montgomery if you're interested.
Please click on the link below!
JULY CLEANERS
COOKS' LIST FOR SOUP KITCHEN
For additional information Soup Kitchen information, please go to:
Ministries>Ministry Lists
July - December, 2021
THANK YOU, JUDY DICKERSON, FOR ALL YOUR WORK IN COORDINATING THE COOKS' LISTS FOR THIS LAST 5 YEARS!
[IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN ASSUMING THE VOLUNTEER TASK OF COORDINATING THE COOKS' LISTS, PLEASE CONTACT SUE KUSMER IN THE PARISH OFFICE: 618.244.1559.
ALTAR LINENS
Click on the link below to view the schedule!
Linen Schedule
More volunteers are needed! Washing, drying and folding altar linens 1 or 2 months a years is the time commitment. Interested? Please call Sandy at 618.242.7637.
HOSPITALITY/LECTOR
VOLUNTEERS
Click on the links below:
Hospitality Rosters
Hospitality/Lector Roster p. 1
Hospitality/Lector Roster p. 2
Hospitality Guidance
HOSPITALITY SCHEDULE
Saturday Schedule Jul-Sep
Sunday Schedule Jul-Sep
SERVERS
Schedule for July & August
Server Registration p.1
Server Registration p. 2
Hospital Extraordinary Ministers
July Schedule
Go to "Ministries" on Navigation Bar > Pastoral Ministries
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Child Protection
2021-2022 Child Protection Refresher will be available in August. Watch for it!
2020-2021 CHILD PROTECTION REFRESHER NOW AVAILABLE: TECHNOLOGY SAFETY
NEW: DIOCESAN INITIAL CHILD PROTECTION POLICY TRAINING - PROTECTING CHILDREN IN THE 21ST CENTURY
[Replaces the "In-Person" Initial Child Protection Policy Training]
Diocesan Policy:
All clergy, employees and adult volunteers must complete the following to be compliant with the Diocese's Child Protection Policy:- Employment or Volunteer Application
- CANTS form (completed every 2 years via the IL Department of Children & Family Services)
- Initial Child Protection Policy Training
- Annual Refresher Course
- Fingerprinting (all school employees hired on/after July 1, 2007)
- Criminal Background Checks (employees and volunteers in leadership positions or who have lived outside of IL in the last 5 years; updated every 5 years)
Letter from Bishop Emeritus Braxton Regarding Updated Policy - March 17, 2019
Link to Updated Child Protection Policy
Forms:Please print out form, complete and return to the parish office - not the address on the form!
2019CANTS - Every 2 years
Criminal Background Check - Every 4 years
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Sat., July 24 5pm Emma Caserotti Sun., July 25 8am Leroy Spotanski @ St. Barbara 10am St. Mary Parishioners 5pm Bill Rader
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Ron Kruep MemorialGolf Scramble!
Ron Kruep Memorial Golf Scramble
Saturday, August 21, 2021
Click on link above for registration form and more information!
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PLEASE USE LEGALNAMES FOR PAPERWORK!
When filling out paperwork either in the parish or at the school, please use legal names, yours and your children's, not nick names! Names used in official paperwork should match that on your driver's license or other forms of legal identification. Particularly important with Child Protection! Thank you!
