& 207 VANDALIA STREET · COLLINSVILLE, IL 62234

Staff Rev. John P. Beveridge, Pastor Ext. 100 Deacon Jim Hill Ext. 104 Deacon Jim Ghiglione, Ext. 101 Director of Faith Formation Mr. Michael Palmer, School Principal Ext. 200 Mrs. Maggie Brennan, Director of Pastoral Care Ext. 111 Mrs. Teri Lesicko, Ext. 105 Finance & Development Mrs. Kimberly Zagorski, Ext. 103 Faith Formation Coordinator

Contact Information Parish Office: 239 N. Morrison Street Phone 345-4343 Fax 345-1145 Office Hours: Monday thru Thursday 8:30 AM-4:00 PM Friday 8:30AM-3:30PM

Parish Center 301 Vandalia

School 210 N. Morrison 344-5450

Parish Prayer Line 344-4108

Masses Weekend Saturday 4:30 PM Sunday 8:00 AM, 10:30 AM Weekday Monday Communion Service, 8:15am Tuesday thru Friday. 8:15 AM First Friday Masses 8:15 AM Holy Day Masses Eve of Holyday 5:30 PM Holyday 8:15 AM, 7:00 PM

Sacraments Confessions: Saturday 3:00-4:00 pm Thursday before First Friday 4:00pm till all are heard Marriage: Contact Leslie Duff at the parish office. Annulments & Counseling: Ms. Ariel Martin 618-667-2113 Baptism: Contact the parish office for registration forms and scheduling information.

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Mass Intentions MONDAY, MAY 23 8:15am Communion Service TUESDAY, MAY 24 8:15am Communios Service WEDNESDAY, May 25 8:15am Bob Fournie THURSDAY, May 26 8:15am Stephen Hellmann FRIDAY, MAY 27 8:15am Lorette Burke SATURDAY, MAY 28

Collection for Catholic Communication Campaign

4:30pm Paul Anderson SUNDAY, MAY 29

Collection for Catholic Communication Campaign

8:00am Fernando Sanchez 10:30am Joseph Ossola

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From the Desk Of Fr. John

Collection for May 15

Envelopes/Loose $ 14,154.00 Capital Campaign 2012 2,853.00 Parish Improvements Diocese 823.00 Holy Cross-Guatemala 56.00 Annual Fund 710.00 Angel Fund/ Red Bag 763.00 Candles 35.00 $ 19,394.00

Catholic Communication

Campaign Collection on

May 28 and 29

The CCC (Catholic Communication Campaign) funds supports projects as diverse as television, radio, social media, podcasts, and print media to more effec-tively use technology and media in spreading the gospel message. Through grants funded by the CCC, more people are hearing about and joining in faith, worship, and witness.

Retired Diocesan Priests

Collection

Each year when we celebrate the feast of Pentecost we have a collec-tion for our Dioceses Retired Priests. This collection helps them meet their immediate retirement and health care needs. Please not only give thanks for all that we have received from these priests but also give gen-erously to this collection today.

Pentecost celebrated the ‘finale’ and high-point of the whole Easter cele-bration. Christ was sent by the Father out of God’s love for the world… ‘God so loved the world that he sent his only Son…that all who would believe in him might have eternal life’. Jesus demonstrated God’s perfect love in his death on the cross… ‘There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for a friend’. Jesus willingly took on our human condition to reveal in a very concrete way God’s love for us. But also Jesus revealed the fullness of God’s love in all that he did and taught…through his passion, death, resurrection and ascension. He did not aban-don us or leave us orphaned. He promised that he would give us another Advo-cate…the Paraclete Through the gift of the Holy Spirit…the Third Person of the Trinity…Christ would be made present in us. Through the gift of the Holy Spirit…Christ would be leading, guiding, and empowering us in the fulfillment of the mission he had entrusted to us. He called us and now he sends us… ‘Go and make disciples of all the nations’. Pentecost is considered the ‘birthday’ of the Church as it is constituted, commis-sioned, and sent to carry on the mission of Christ in the world. We are to grow as disciples in our knowledge and love of the Lord…and witness to the world in order to bring them to faith and life in God. This Sunday is the Feast of the Most Holy Trinity and the Gospel again reminds us of the mystery of three persons in one God…with the Holy Spirit playing an essential part in God’s self revelation. All three of the per-sons of the Most Holy Trinity are mentioned in the Gospel for today’s Mass…the Son (Jesus) sending the Spirit who will reveal everything the Father has given to the Son. To counteract a false understanding (which we call the Arian heresy) of the true nature of God as Three Divine Persons…distinct and perfectly one…the Church made it very clear in the Nicene Creed what the Church believes and teaches. We hear echoed ‘I believe in One God…the Father Almighty…I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ…I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life’. God wants to reveal himself to us and he does so in deepest love… ‘Jesus is the face of the Fa-ther’s mercy’. Let us make our act of faith clear and real…just as the dismissal at Mass bids us… ‘Go in peace, glorifying the Lord by your life’. Congratulations and a BIG Thank you…to Ellen Bednara as she enters a new phase of her life retiring from her position as our parish secretary. Ellen has worked in our parish office for 26 years, many of them as receptionist and bulletin editor, in addition to scheduling servers and other liturgical ministries, and coordinating logis-tics of so many meetings and gatherings scattered throughout our parish campus. She has faced many challenges and helped many, many people. Ellen didn’t want a big public party so we celebrated in a quiet way with her last week. I am sure that she will welcome your expressions of gratitude anytime you might desire to pass them on to her. All the best…and may the Lord fill your life with joy and good health! 8

th Grade Graduation…went very well last Monday evening. We are very proud

of our Graduates and ask the Lord’s blessing upon them as they take this next step in their learning and growing. May they find in the Lord the source of Grace that will keep them ever close to Him. School Golf tournament…had the most perfect weather this year! Praise God! Thanks to Renee Crowder and team for a great and enjoyable day! Priestly Ordinations…Sat., May 28

th…Memorial Day Mass Mon. May 30

th at

9 AM (if rain--in church)

Retired Diocesan Priests’ Collection…this weekend May 21-22nd

.

SS. Peter and Paul School News

Our Nursery is located in the Church basement and is open during the 10:30 a.m. Mass on Sundays. Today, Sunday, May 22, Melinda Pendall and daughters will be taking care of the little ones in the Nursery. Next Sunday, May 29 Linda Giovando and Betty Greer will be in charge of the Nursery. If you would like to volunteer to take care of the small children during the 10:30am Mass or have any questions please call Betty Greer at 343-0234.

CHILDREN’S LITURGY

OF THE WORD

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Summer Office Hours The school office will begin summer hours on May 19th. The office will be closed on June 24th and July 29th. Some days May be added later. If you have a question, call & leave a msg. (344-5450, Ext.201) or send a Fast Di-rect to LouAnne. The office will be open from 9:00am to Noon. Call 344-5450 for an appointment at any other time. Principal’s Notes: We received word that we will not be able to offer sports physicals this year. Remember that all students have to have a current sports physical to begin practice. Students that need a school physical (K and 6th) do not need a sports physical. Don’t forget to sign up to work a shift at the SSPP Picnic. I would like to en-courage all of our school families to get involved. Remember that the parish gives each family a monetary subsidy to cover the cost to educate our stu-dents. The Picnic Committee has worked very hard to make this event more family centered. It should be lots of fun.

The next Liturgy of the Word will be Sunday, May 29: 10:30am Laura Tosi K and 1st 10:30am Kathy Cook 2nd & 3rd Matthew Cook

SSPP School Kudos

SUMMER

LATCHKEY

We still have spac-es available in the summer latchkey program. We will

be offering different activities each day. Christine Rukavina has created an activities schedule for the sum-mer. Our goal this summer is to cre-ate a program so that the students have organized activities and not just babysitting. Call the office 344-5450 to enroll.

Congratulations

Derrick Mark an 8th grade graduate who was awarded the St. Thomas Aquinas Scholarship from Althoff H.S., (the scholarship covers half of the tuition for all four years). To Macy Hoppes and Jonah Mitan who were awarded Academic Achievement Scholarships from Fr. McGivney HS. We extend our best wishes and blessings to them for an outstanding future

To John and Renee Crowder and the large number of workers and volunteers who make our golf tournament a huge success. This year marked the 17th annual tournament and the amount of mon-ey raised has exceeded the $180,000 mark. This Golf Tourna-ment is our second largest school fundraiser. To Trina Rauk for chairing the Box Tops program. We made over $900 this year.

SSPP School’s Joy of Jesus Guitar Group From left to right Loghan, Katelyn, Deacon Jimmy Melody and Anakin

Congratulations

The 14 students from SSPP School participated in the Illinois Grade School Music Association State Solo & En-semble Contest on May 7. Those re-ceiving First Superior Ratings were: Anna Falbe: First Superior on Flute Solo & Flute Duet, Melody Pacewic: Flute Solo & Flute Duet, Ava Tidball: Flute Solo & Flute Duet. Those receiving First Rating were: Laney Bolandis: Flute/Saxophone Du-et, Lily Jurgena: Flute/Saxophone Du-et, Devon Silhavy: Trumpet, Lucy Montgomery: Snare Drum Solo & Snare Drum Duet, Wyatt Biermann: Snare Drum Solo & Snare Drum Duet, Paul Falbe: Piano Solo & Anna Falbe: Piano Solo

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Saturday, May 28, 4:30PM

Catholic Communication Campaign

Lector: Augie Lohmann and Joe Zagorski Music: Spirit Choir Gifts: The Family of Paul Anderson Servers: Elizabeth Campbell, Chris-topher and Dominic Van de Riet Comm. Minsts. Linda & Russ Fette, Ruth Lohmann, Sheri Verstraete, Kerri Castelli, Dennis Craft, Eve Giovando, Kim Zagorski, Sue Popov Intention: Paul Anderson

Sunday, May 29, 8:00AM

Catholic Communication Campaign

Lector: Mary Kay Ogle and Ted Jackson Music: Megan and Bob Gifts: Ushers Servers: Edwin Kircher, April Kupin-ski and Katie Jackson Comm. Minsts: Audrey Ferris-Riley, Robert Alvarado, Maria Clark, Maggie & John Brennan, Carolyn Weil, Pat Furfaro Intention: Fernando Sanchez Sunday, May 29, 10:30AM

Catholic Communication Campaign

Lectors: Jean Buchana and Melba Wobbe Music: Glory Choir Gifts: The Family of Joseph Ossola Servers: Zena, Gwen and Caitlyn Pendall Comm. Minsts: MaryAnn Silhavy, Dean Fortner, Tess Haines, Amy Fer-guson, Sarah & Terry Lanter, Maria Juarez, Mary & Mike Benker Intention: Joseph Ossola

SERVERS SCHEDULE

FOR THIS WEEK 8:15am Tues., May through Fri., May 20 Loghan Phetsadasack, Adrienne Jines, Emma Berg

Annual Catholic

Servicers Appeal (ACSA)

The programs, services and minis-tries supported by the Annual Cath-olic Services Appeal (ACSA) meet the larger diocesan needs of Catho-lics and others in need in the Dio-cese of Springfield in Illinois. The diocese serves each of us, and our financial support is needed to con-tinue God’s work in the diocese. This year our assessed amount is $88,750 and with last week’s in pew collection we have now raised 86,426 toward this assessed amount. We are waiting to hear from the diocese for our parishes total contributions to see if we reached our goal this year.

Protecting God’s

Children Presen-

tation Any one who works with children in the par-

ish either as their job or as a volun-teer and have not attended one of the Protecting God’s Children Presentations must attend one. The next one in our area will be at: St. Paul’s Church in Highland on Thurs., June 7 from 6:30-9:30pm in the Parish Center. Call 654-2339 to register.

Auditors for Sunday

May 29, Team # 2: Margaret Rowe, Mary Kay Ogle, Joyce Biegert, Pat Schapp Beverly McDonald

Pastoral Care

Department

Counseling sessions are available on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of every month. Joyce Reyes will be the facili-tator. If you are interested call the parish office 345-4343, Ext.111 to make an appointment.

Trinity Sunday Getting to Know the Trinity As difficult as it is to understand the Holy Trinity, I am amazed that Jesus even bothered to tell us about the Fa-ther, the Spirit, and himself. As if his own life, his teachings about God's love, his miracles, his death and resur-rection were not enough, he told us something about God that we never would have imagined: There are three Persons in one God. It is also some-thing we cannot completely compre-hend. So instead of trying to explain it, let's look at what it means for us be-lievers. One thing it shows is that God wants to be known by us. Since theologians and spiritual writers have been helping us do that for almost two thousand years, it may not seem like a big deal. But in ancient times, people expected their gods to be mysterious and hid-den. Many cultures thought that you could control a spirit or god if you knew its name. So knowing anything about the inner life of a god would be huge. But our God is the only God, whom no one can control. God sees us not as a threat but as beloved children. Just as a couple falling in love wants to know everything about each other, so God wants to be known by those whom God loves. That leads to my second point. The Trinity also shows us that "God is love" (1 John 4:16) because the three Persons are united in one God. The Persons of the Trinity already love each other perfectly, so God shares that love with us. God calls us to be united in love with God and with each other. Remember that God knows us perfectly and still loves us. How many of us would want another person to know everything about us? Yet know-ing our weaknesses and our sins does not hurt God's love for us. On the con-trary, our weaknesses allow God to help us by answering our prayers or inspiring someone to come to our as-sistance. God permits us to sin, know-ing that we can experience divine love in forgiveness. We may not be able to grasp the full meaning of the Holy Trin-ity, but knowing that God shares this with faithful people helps us to love God even more. Tom Schmidt, Copyright (c) J. S. Paluch Co.

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Worldwide Marriage Encounter,

Belleville/Springfield Encounter In today’s gospel it says “But when he comes, the Spirit of truth, he will guide you to all truth. Let the Spirit of truth bring you to the knowledge of God’s plan for your marriage. Strengthen, renew, and rekindle your marriage sacrament by attending a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend on August 5th to 7th. To register or for more information call 314-649-7317 or go online to www.stl-wwme.org

Divine Mercy Study

During one of the adorations, Jesus Promised me that: With souls that have recourse to My mercy and with those that glorify and pro-claim My great mercy to others, I will deal according to My infinite mercy at the hour of their death (Diary, 379) My Prayer Response: Jesus, You promised to deal according to Your mercy with all who have recourse to Your mercy—those who glorify it and those who proclaim Your mercy to others. I claim Your promise for all those who are devoted to Your Di-vine Mercy! Join the Divine Mercy Group as they examine the Diary of St. Faustina and pray the Chaplet every first and third Wednesday of each month at 1:00pm in Morris Hall. For more in-formation call Mary Helen at 345-9730. Pamphlets about the Divine Mercy Sunday can be found at all the en-trances to the church.

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Please pray for the following men and women who are serv-ing in our armed forces: Capt. Matthew Derfler US Army MSGT. Glen Davis US AF Cpl Larry Tyler USMC MSgt Adam Mercer USAF S/Sgt Britt M. Sherman US Army Capt Michael A. Shah US Army Capt. Jacob Lewis USMC LCPL Juan A. Gonzales USMC Pvt. Monica Gonzalez US Army Fc3 Matthew Wehmeyer US Navy LCPL Michael I. Guide USMC S.Sgt. Daniel Husbands USAF MSgt. Hugh Weise USMC Lt. Joshua A. Reeder US Navy Pfc. Gary Voegtle US Army Maj. Michael W. Meyer, Jr. CW04 Jerry Hunter US Army SSgt. Ben Bohnenstiehl USAF AOM Ed Clark US Navy SrA Mark Kimball USAF 2nd Lt. Adam Fischer USMC SrA David Bednara USAF Col Chuck Heimann US Army 2nd Lt. Scott Heimann US Army AOM Jack Matthews US Navy Col. Ed Hulten US Army CPO Edward Mahoney US Navy SrA Kelly Mahoney USAF Maj. Natalie Walker USMC Sec. Let. Nathen Walker US Navy Pvt. Sam Asbury US Army David Zagorski US Nat’l Gd T.Sgt. Daniel Manning USAF Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them as they protect us. Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they perform for us in our time of need. I ask this in the name of Jesus, Our Lord and Savior. Amen If you have a family member

in the armed forces and

would like to add them to

the prayer list please call

the Parish Office, 345-4343

and leave their name &

branch of service.

ADOPT-A-CLASS

If you or your company would like to adopt a Class or give a donation to the Library, Art, Chorus, Band Program, or the Computer Lab at SS. Peter & Paul School. Please contact the school office at 344-5450. You can donate any amount to any teacher. The donation is used specifically by that class or teacher.

Share and Care Collection

The Share and Care Collection for May will be for the St. Vincent de Paul ‘s Food Pantry. Items needed are: Toilet Paper, Pa-per Towels, Soap for Dishes and Clothes, Cleaning Products and Bars of Soap, Canned Beef Stew, Pasta and Meat Sauce, Ramen Noodles, Macaroni and Cheese, Hamburger Helper, Canned Fruit, Tooth Paste and Deodorant . Please drop items in baskets at all church entrances or take to the parish office. If you want

to make a monetary donation to them please put it in an envelope marked for St. Vincent de Paul and either drop it into the collection bas-ket or take it to the parish office

Project Rachel

If someone you know suffers be-cause of involvement with abortion, please encourage her or him to talk to a priest or contact a project Ra-chel volunteer at 1-877-RACHEL-5. Pray that many will seek and receive the gift of God’s infinite mercy.

Trinity Sunday

May 22, 2016

The Trinity In making Creole reci-pes, that is authentic New Orleans food, eve-ry cook knows “the trini-ty”, celery, onions & green pepper. They are

essential. They are the starting point. Properly prepared, they blend as one, yet retain distinctive flavor. So too, God. Triune. Blended yet distinct (the Catechism of the Catholic Church, no. 202 states it this way; “only one true God...three persons indeed, but one essence, substance or nature entirely simple”).

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KNIGHTS KNEWS: Sun., May 22: Spaghetti Dinner at KC Hall 11:00am-2:00pm, Adults $10. Children (6—12Yrs) $6.00. 4th Degree Honor Guard Needed for Fr. McGivney HS Graduation at 2:30pm Mon., May 23: 4th Degree Mtg. starting at 7:00pm Election of Officers. Tues., May 24: Wing Ding Night serving from 4:00-7:30pm Thurs., May 26: BINGO! At the KC Hall starting at 12:00Noon and Re-freshments are available Fri., May 27: Fish Fry —Team # 2 Sun., May 29: 5th Sunday—KC Sunday, Honor Guard Needed for 10:30am Mass.

ANGEL FUND —

RED BAG TUITION

ASSISTANCE

Through your generous support to the Angel Fund/

Red Bag Collection you are helping provide financial assistance to a num-ber of school families. These funds enable parents to send their children to SSPP School, where they receive a quality Catholic education and have access to an academic program that has excelled at preparing children for their years of education beyond SSPP. During this fiscal year, July 1, 2015—May 1, 2016, the Angel Fund/Red Bag Collection has received $14,573.82 in donations from our parishioners and in October of 2015 the fund received a donation of $3,262.00 from the Har-vest of Thanks Campaign. Be an angel & give generously to the Angel Fund / Red Bag Collection that will be taken up during the Masses June 18 and 19.

Picnic is Coming!!

June 24 and 25th

Please join us at the planning

meetings on

May 23 * June 6

The meetings start at 6:30pm and are

held in the New Parish Office (Manning Hall) For

questions please contact Vicki at 618-345-4343 Ext.

106

Picnic News!!!

Debbie Popovachak-Erickson and Sharon Laswell are doing the Book Fair again at the Parish Picnic. If you would like to donate Books, DVD´s, Gaming DVD´s, CD´s to be sold at the Picnic drop them at the school office, or in one of the boxes marked in the church. Thank you!!! Desserts Needed for Parish Picnic The Dessert Booth Chairs invite pa-rishioners to donate their favorite Cakes, Pies, Cookies, Brownies, Rice Krispie Treats, etc. for the parish picnic. Desserts will be in demand since not only will they be sold, but a Dessert Raffle, with three drawings on each day of the picnic will be part of the dessert booth activities. Please bring your Desserts to Morris Hall any time after 10am on Friday, June 24 or after 10am on Saturday, June 25. Workers are needed to work at the booth. To volunteer call Carol at 345-7615 or Georgia at 345-7535. We now have the volunteer sign up sheets on the Church website. Please visit the website, view the sheets for openings and SIGN UP! You will find the volunteer sign up by selecting Resources from the top bar. A drop down will appear, select the third item Parish Picnic Volunteer Sign Up. A screen will appear to complete to make your volunteer selection. Website is www.saintspeter-paul.org Thank You

Waiting for Christ in the

Eucharist—Our One Great

Act of Fidelity

June 17—19

A Weekend Retreat for Everyone

With Fr. Ron Rolheiser,OMI

at King’s House Retreat Center

in Belleville, Il.

For more information or to

register call

618-397-0584 or

800-779-7909

go to KingsRetreatCenter.org

As Christians we have never truly been faithful to the teachings of Je-sus. We haven’t forgiven our ene-mies. We haven’t turned the other check We haven’t lived out the deep challenges in the gospel. But we have been faithful in one great way—we have kept the Eucharist going...and that will, in the end, save us. What is the meaning of the Eu-charist? Why is it so central to our faith? How do we live out a spirituali-ty of the Eucharist?

All Are Welcome!

Memorial Day Mass at the Cemetery and Dedication

to the New Columbarium

The new columbarium area at the SS. Peter and Paul Cemetery will be dedi-cated at a special ceremony following the traditional Memorial Day Mass at 9 a.m. on May 30 (If it rains the Mass will be said in Church around 9:10am). Breakfast will follow. Memorial bricks to honor deceased loved ones are still available for purchase. These bricks will be engraved and prominently placed at the entrance to the columbarium. The cost of each brick is $100. Bricks purchased prior to April 15th will be installed prior to the Memorial Day Mass. Contact Leslie at the Parish Office at 618-345-4343 for more information.

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Susan Jones John Ban, Jr. Josie Schmidt Doris Crowell Tom & Carol McDonald Yucco Conwey &Family Joe Colombara Elizabeth Denis Kris Bell Dorothy Chapman Mattie Garber Norma Stirnaman Novella Peyla Connie Pine George Gregurec Jeannie Egan Mary Sue Holmes Linda & Gary Harvell Anna Kussmann Kevin Cooley IIene Barattini Patricia Clark Bobby Heatherly Larry & Becky Stanton Ariel Ann Probst Shirley Greer Johnny Kelley Mark Parker Rick Suria Ron Rampold Roseann & Frank Lahue John Asbury Mary Kupinski Japheth Boyce Mary Jane Fries Joyce Carney Dianne Loyet Arlene Lecce Mary Geno Tony Jokerst Mary Ann Ellis Dick Smith Ed & Lucy Wachter Monica Saldana Jason Silhavy Corey Humphrey Samantha Kerwin Rosemarie Chadwick Mary Childress Frances Bonner Frank Vickers Julie Schmidt Janette Lucas

Pray For the Sick

If a member of your family is serious-ly ill, in the hospital, convalescing in a Nursing Home, or Homebound let the parish office know (345-4343) and we will include their name in our prayer list (If you would like someone to be on the prayer list but not in the bulletin call our Parish Prayer Line at 344-4108.)

Ann Van Dyke Rachel Voss Margaret Norwood James Schneider Doris Griness Derek Duval Louise Nepute Michael Garner Debbie Corrigan Patricia Hungate Regina Lange Gail Felis Peggy & Dennis Diaz Jean & Terry Stinnett Bonnie Keen Leroy Benvenuto Will Graham Joseph Varda Nancy Smith Bill Cooley Krissy Luth Dave Naderhoff Denise Thibault Sherry Arbas Charmaine More Bernard Scaturro Wayne & Shannon Moore Roger Pense Carol McKeon Tammy Whitman Joseph Schraut Jimmy Hoef Ben Kaiser Janet Pensoneau Andrea Giescking Judy Bouse Gerry McDowell Marilyn Mottin Robyn Nagel Katie Rembish Sandy Ditzler Jon Howard Angela Wingo Rust Terry Nevilla Mallie Royer Ann Boutch Joan Kotarba Debbie Wendt Jane Fournie Joe Giacolette Mary Hohn John Pado

Farewell Recption for Mrs. Diane Wepking

Diane with Joe Colombara

Diane & The Deluca Family

Mary Hill, Diane and Rebecca Boyce

Diane Wepking

Diane & Fr. John

Russ & Diane Wepking

SSPP School

Children Cele-

brate, May the

Month of Mary,

With a May

Crowning

CURSILLO

Enrich Your Spirituality

Spend a weekend engaged with the

Holy Spirit! Think about it…

When was the last time you took three days for just you? No Clock,

No Cell Phone, No Interruptions. Call Deacon Jim 345-8890 ,

Sue 910-7233, Melba 345-0247 or Bob 580-9685

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BE A MAN of the EUCHARIST!

If you are interested in joining the Seminarians of the Diocese of Springfield in Il in their journey to become men of the Eucharist call the Office for Vocations at 217-698-8500, Ext. 182 or E-mail: jti-tus@dio.org

PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS

Lord Jesus, Fill the hearts and minds of your young people with the power of the Holy Spirit, so that with courage and generosity they might answer your call to serve the church in the priesthood and religious life. Give parents the faith, love and spirit of sacrifice which will inspire them to rejoice when a child of theirs is called to a church vocation. May the intercession of the Blessed Mother and St. Joseph, your Holy Family, help us to pray: “Let not my will, but yours be done. Amen

PRAYER BLANKET

If you would like to give a Prayer Blanket to someone, volunteer to make the Blankets or just want some more information about them call the parish office at 345- 4343.

Totus Tuus

needs your

Help!!!

We need parish-ioners to provide

meals for the Totus Tuus Team

(Two Men and Two Women) Lunch or Dinner

July 9th through July 16th Please Contact

Kimberly Zagorski 345-4343—Ext. 103

ZIGGY’S WISDOM: Do I “really” love Jesus Christ? Is my spir-itual life alive and “fed”?

ZIGGY’S THOUGHTS:

Loving someone (God) means know-ing them well by spending time in their company...prayer. My spiritual life must be fed with prayer and spir-itual reading...the Scriptures, lives of Saints, etc. Otherwise, spiritual dea th IS THE RESULT. God wishes the best for us...Himself and heaven!

A Celebration of Experi-

ence, Wisdom, and Life

Since May is older Americans month, on Friday, May 27, 2016 St. John’s Community Care is celebrat-ing with a special worship service at St. John Evangelical United Church of Christ in Collinsville starting at 11:00am. The service will be fol-lowed by a lunch in St. John’s Faith Hall. Entertainment with special ap-pearance by “Elvis” for all to enjoy Please RSVP to 344-5008 by May 19. Remember, “Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is gained in a righteous Life.” Proverbs 16:31

If you have a family member in the hospital and they want Father to visit them call the parish office at 345-4343. the hospitals no longer notify us when members of our parish are in the hospital or Rehab.

Congratulation to the

2016 High School Gradu-

ates from Catholic Time

If you would want to have your High School Graduates (from a public high school) name and school they graduated from printed in the Catho-lic Times in the June 12 paper please send the information to them by May 26. Send the information to cfurkin@dio.org or mail it to the dio-cese of Springfield in Illinois, Catho-lic Times Graduation Issue, 1615 West Washington Street, Springfield, Illinois 62702-4757.

Organist & Director of

Liturgical Music

Holy Family Parish in Granite City, Il. seeks a part—time organist and Di-rector of Liturgical Music for their Catholic Parish of 1,000 families. They seek an individual, preferably Catholic, with a love for both tradi-tional and contemporary music. Can-didate would be responsible for over-seeing weekend Masses, funerals, weddings and leading parish choirs. If interested please send a resume and three references to Fr. Jeff Holt-man, O.F.S. at 2606 Washington Ave., Granite City, IL 62040 or email to frjeff@holyfamilyhawks.net.

Summer Camp Feeding

Program for Kids Needs

Volunteers

St. John Evangelical United Church of Christ needs volunteers to help with the Summer Camp Feeding Program at their church, 307 W. Clay St., Collins-ville, on Monday-Thursday, 12-2pm, from June 6-July 28. This is a free lunch program for children 4-18 years old in a summer camp format providing fun activities for kids after lunch. Volunteers must be at least 16 years old and will-ing to work one or two days per week for the 8 week program to be reading buddies, encourage students in the reading lab and teach arts and crafts and P.E. This program may interest McGivney or Collinsville High School students who need volunteer hours as part of their service requirements. Con-tact Dana at 344-2526 if you are inter-ested. Volunteer forms are available in the Church Office.

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Year of Mercy Learn, Experience,

Share

May 21—22, 2016

Parish Ministries Extend Activities to Celebrate Year of Mercy We continue to look at our parish ministries which are focus-

ing on the Works of Mercy and enhancing their ongoing ac-

tivities as part of the Year of Mercy. We will feature their sto-

ries throughout the year.

The Power of One Idea: Answering God’s Call to Serve Every Thursday, the Ss. Peter and Paul Mending Ministry serves those attending the SOS Soup Kitchen at St. John’s Church by mending clothing. This new ministry was devel-oped by Judy Thompson. “I say the Jabez Prayer (which asks God to help you see how you can serve others) frequently,” Judy says. “I was watching a news report from New York about a man who rolled his sewing machine around the city and mended needy people’s clothing. I said, ‘I can do that.’” Trying to figure out how to do that in Collinsville was a chal-lenge. She thought about the Township Office (no room) and tried the Senior Center (not much activity). Then she thought of the SOS Soup Kitchen. Marty Wiegers and Rita Heimann joined Judy in the new ministry. The ministry is growing and people are volunteering to sup-port then in any ways that are needed. “You just need to listen for where God is calling you, recognize it, then just do it,” says Judy. Photo: Marty Wiegers (left) and Rita Heimann mend clothing Kitchen. at the SOS Soup Kitchen

The Corporal Works of Mercy

Clothe the Naked

The Corporal Works of Mercy are found in the teachings of Jesus and give us a model for how

we should treat all oth-

ers, as if they were

Christ in disguise. They

"are charitable actions

by which we help our

neighbors in their bodily

needs" (USCCA). They

respond to the basic

needs of humanity as we

journey together

through this life.

The Prayer of

Jabez

And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying:

“Oh that You would

bless me indeed, And enlarge my territo-

ry, That Your hand would

be with me, And that You would keep me from evil,

That I may not cause pain.”

So God granted him what he requested.

Fish Fry Collinsville KC Friday Fish Fry features: Fried & Baked Cod, Catfish, Shrimp, Slaw, Fries, Hush Puppies Green Beans, Applesauce & Pies at the KC Hall. Serving from 4:00-7:30pm. Tours of the Teutopolis Monastery Museum The Teutopolis Monastery Museum invites you to come and tour the Museum, located behind St. Francis Church in Teutopolis, Il. (on the first Sunday of the month Apr. through Nov). The Museum is housed on the second floor ( a chairlift is available for those unable to do stairs) in the former Franciscan No-vitiate building. A collection of articles used by the Franciscan Friars and early pioneers of the area can be viewed. Admission is $5.00 for adults and $1.00 for children14 and under The Museum is open from 12:30-4:00pm. For more info go to www.stfrancischurch.com or to town website www.Teutopolis.com & click on “Tourism” or call Ray at 217-857-3586. KC Car Show The 27th Annual KC Car Show at Gillespie Civic Center Gillespie, Il. will be held Sunday May 29. Registration8:00am-12:30pm, Professional Judging 12:30-3:00pm, Trophies presented at 3:30pm (3 per class) $12.00 registration fee. Rain or Shine. Food, Refreshments, Soda, Music, Crafts, 50/50 Drawing, Door Prizes. Chicken Dinner St. Gertrude’s Church & St. Nicholas are having their Buffet Style Chicken Din-ner in Grantfork, Il. on Sunday, June 5 serving from 11:00am-5:00pm. Quilt Raffle & Country Store also. Adults-$10.00, Children (Kdg-10 yrs) 45.00 5K Race St. Elizabeth’s Church and School are planning their annual 5K Race that will be held June 11, 2016 registration at 7:30am and race starting at 8:30am. The race this year will feature a salute to real hero’s and a chance to dress like your favorite Super Hero. The Cost is $20 but with the Students or Hero Dis-count (Firefighter/Police/Military) the cost is $15. Our parish or school office has a sign up sheet or go to levy2221@yahoo.com or call Mike 971-9817 or Beth 806-3492 for more information. Salad Luncheon and Fashion Show St. John UCC’s in Collinsville invite you to their Salad Luncheon and Fashion Show on Thursday, June 23 from 11:30-2:00pm in their Faith Hall. Tickets are $12 per person and must by purchase in advance. For tickets call Judy 345-4889 or Church Office 344-2526.Come for delicious salads & desserts. Clother from Dillard’s (Patriotic Theme) (Feel free to wear your red-white-blue) Annual Chuck Bakken Memorial Golf Tournament The Mother of perpetual Help Men’s Booster Club will host the 4th annual Chuck Bakken Memorial Golf Tournament on Sat., June 25 at the Oak Brook Golf Club in Edwardsville with a 1:30pm shotgun start. Enjoy 18 holes of golf, lunch, dinner, door prizes and an award banquet. Cost $75 per player! Spon-sorships are also available. Contact Larry at 345-8099 or writelarry@msn.com, or any MPH Booster Club member for more information.

Change for Parish

Change

There are ENVELOPES for your weekly change by the

entrances to the church. Please take them home, fill them & return them to church.

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Up Coming Events

Target Incentive

Target’s Take Charge of Education pro-gram: When parents, teachers, and oth-er school supporters use the REDcard, Target donates up to 1% of their pur-chases to SS. Peter & Paul School. To learn more about the program, visit Tar-get.com/tcoe or check with the customer service desk at your local Target.

KC Spaghetti Dinner

Chef Joe Viviano’s

Family Recipe

Red & White Sauce

Salad with Creamy

Italian Dressing

Toasted Italian Bread

Sunday, May22

Collinsville K of C Hall

11:00am-2:00pm

Adults-$10

Children (6-12 Yrs)-$6

Under 5-FREE

To Benefit USO

Fr. McGivney Summer

Junior High Art Camp

Fr. McGivney Catholic High School invites you to take part in a remarka-ble fun summer art Camp for all mid-dle school and junior high Artists!!! The week includes: Sharpie Marker T shirts-fabulous & funky, you’ll want to do this tech-nique again and again! Sand bowls-turn mushy, gushy wet sand into an extraordinary treasure. Faux Fused Glass Pendents-these are no ordinary shrink y dinks. Rock Cactus Garden-Finally, a plant you won’t have to water, ever! Word Collage Canvas-You’ll want this one on your bedroom wall” Morning Session for grades 4, 5, and 6 June 13-17 9:00-11:00am Afternoon Session Grades 7th & 8th June 13—17, 12:00-2:00pm at Fr. McGivney Catholic High School. Cost is $75 per student (all supplies included) Registration forms at the parish of-fice.

Greeters: IF you’ve NOT

been able to greet lately in your time slot, please call Herman...344-4108, so that your name will be removed from our schedule. Thank you for your service! Interested in becoming a Greeter call 344-4108.