Father Mark A. Porterfield, Pastor

Father Stephen W. Jones

Pastoral Administrator

frjones@heliascatholic.com

Deacon Francis Butel 573-893-3049

Deacon Steve Kliethermes

573-893-3693

Deacon Brad Jones 573-634-3088

Mr. Mark McGuire IV, Pastoral Minister

brpiomaria@gmail.com

Mrs. Julie Clingman Principal

573-893-3519

principal@stmartinjc.org

Mrs. Cathy Francka, Bookkeeper

cfrancka@stmartinjc.org

Ms. Judy Eggen, Secretary

Stmartinparishoffice@gmail.com

Mrs. Julie Erwin,

Parish Council President

pcouncil@stmartinjc.org

Saturday, March 14 will be a day of prayer for

an increase of vocations to the priesthood for

our diocese, starting at 8:00a.m. with a Mass. A

relic of the Apostle St. Jude Thaddeus will be

there to view. Confessions will be available all

day, a couple of reflections/talks will be given,

and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament will be

available. The day will conclude with a Sunday

Vigil Mass at 5:30p.m. celebrated by the Most

Reverend W. Shawn McKnight. This is a great

way to help pray for vocations.

Please pray for all seminarians.

Your prayers and support make a difference.

Help in creating a culture of vocation.

REGULAR MASS SCHEDULE Saturday: 5:30pm, Sunday: 7:30am and 10:30am

Monday: No Mass | Tuesday: 5:30pm

Wednesday - Friday: 8:00am

CONFESSION: Tues: 5-5:20pm; Wed-Fri: 7:30-7:50am Saturday: 4:30-5:15

Sunday: 7-7:20am and 10-10:20am

Parish Office Hours:

Monday: Closed

Tuesday-Friday:

After Mass until 4pm

School Office Hours:

7:30am-3:30pm (Scrip is available during

office hours.)

Parish: 7148 St. Martins Blvd, Jefferson City, MO 65109 | 573-893-2923 | www.stmartinjc.org

School: 7206 St. Martins Blvd, Jefferson City, MO 65109 | 573-893-3519 | www.stmartinjc.org

SUNDAY MARCH 8, 2020

V O C A T I O N C O R N E R

For the gifts of

wisdom,

knowledge and

understanding

as our local

church discerns

a new pastoral

plan.

LITURGICAL MINISTERS March 14| 5:30pm Mass

Director of Worship: Cathy Trigg Lector: Larry Herzing Servers: Ethan Heberle, Gabriella Jacobs, Sion Kirsch Ministers of Hospitality: Pat Brauner, Larry Brendel, Karen Brondel, Rick Brondel Eucharistic Ministers: Pam Brauner, Teresa Dusenberg, Bridget Engelbrecht, Audrey Goodin, Ric Heckman, James & Julie Hentges

March 15| 7:30am Mass Director of Worship: Mary Quinn Lector: Patrick Finder Servers: Eileen Burbank, Jack Hamilton, Tyler Wolken-Mealy Ministers of Hospitality: Keith & Janet Carel, Bruce & Marilyn Casten Eucharistic Ministers: Heather Condon, Ken & Kaye Meller, Barb Mertens, Gary Miller, Roger Pecher, Bob Rademan

March 15 | 10:30am Mass Director of Worship: Janet Hirschman Lector: Patty Francka Servers: Kaden Cassil, Klara Cassil, Zoe Chilton Ministers of Hospitality: Lon Gates, Ric Heckman, Janet Hirschman, Josh Hubbard Eucharistic Ministers: Stephanie Stokes, Larry & Shirley Schwartzer, Rachel Swillum, Josh & Heather Walters, Jeff Ehmke *NOTE: Until further notice we will need only 3 Eucharistic ministers at each Mass.

BISHOP MCKNIGHT’S

MONTHLY PRAYER

INTENTION

If you would like to have the St. Martin’s Prayer Line

pray for your special needs, please email

Sandie Cope, sandieicu@gmail.com

All bulletin announcements are due the Tuesday

before the weekend you wish to print in, by 9:00 am.

Please email them to stmartinparishoffice@gmail.com.

MARCH 1, 2020

ENVELOPES: $24,954.00

LOOSE: $375.28

TOTAL: $25,329.28

P A R I S H F I N A N C I A L S WEEKLY PARISH SCHEDULE

MONDAY, MARCH 9 Knights of Columbus Bingo | 6:30pm

Prog #1 - $799. Prog #2 - $1,099.

Beef Stroganoff dinner special.

Scripture Group | 7:00pm

Baptism Class | 7:00pm

TUESDAY, MARCH 10 Quilting | 9:00am

Stations of the Cross | 5:00pm

Lent Faith Sharing Groups | 6:15pm

Soup supper | 6:15pm

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11 PSR | 6:00pm

Youth Group | 7:00pm

THURSDAY, MARCH 12 RCIA | 6:00pm

Lent Faith Sharing Groups | 7:00pm

FRIDAY, MARCH 13 Stations of the Cross | after Mass

SATURDAY, MARCH 14 Day of Prayer for Vocations | all day

(St. Joseph Cathedral)

Scrip sales after Mass

SUNDAY, MARCH 15 Scrip sales after Mass

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

March 8: Mack Gaono, Michael Liebsch

March 9: Heather Arens, Jack Higgins, Hannah Hirschvogel, Dennis Kauffman, Kinley Rademan, Mindy Rustemeyer, Lucy Schanbacher, Steve Schroer, Jeri Wildhaber

March 10: Christina Peters, Spencer Wankum

March 11: Rosaline Distler, Rebecca Eichelberger, Heather Huhman, Eli Schulte

March 12: Don Benne, Nicholas Casten, Bradley Distler, Lisa Lampe, Kyle Schaefer, Clara Schulte, Matt Schulte, Carson Vocks

March 13: Carlie Benton, Ryan Bounds, Krystal Brauner, Kathy Eggen, John Moore, Steve Peters

March 14: Ryan Boeckman, Landon Borman, Agnes Distler, Seth Hampson

M A S S I N T E N T I O N S

t Indicates deceased

3/9 NO MASS

3/10 5:30 p.m.......t Susan Eggen, Lawrence & Alice Eggen

3/11 8:00 a.m..…. Fr. Mark Porterfield

3/12 8:00 a.m...t Ruth Rockers

3/13 8:00 a.m... t Melvin Poetker

3/14 5:30 p.m...

t Francis & Rosemary Grothoff

3/15 7:30 a.m... t Francis Schaefer

10:30 a.m... People of the Parish

F R O M O U R

P A S T O R A L M I N I S T E R ,

M A R K M C G U I R E B R P I O M A R I A @ G M A I L . C O M

CONFIRMATION Our next session is on the topic:

Confirmation and will be Wednesday,

March 18 from 6:30-8pm.

Bishop McKnight will celebrate

Confirmation for us on Wednesday,

April 29 at St. Joseph Cathedral.

RCIA The next RCIA session will be held on

Thursday, March 12 from 6-7pm in the

cafeteria.

FAMILY ROSARY Each week a different family is asked

to pray the rosary for a week for the

intentions of the parish and their own.

Jerry & Carol Benne will pray the rosary

the week of March 8. See the bulletin

board in the back of church to sign up

for a week.

PARISH MISSION We welcome Fr. Louis Merosne for our

parish mission on March 22-24. The

topic will be Relentless Love: The

Fulfillment of Your Heart. Fr. Merosne

was born in Haiti and moved to

Boston in 1993. He studied at the

Franciscan University and was

ordained in 2011. He now serves in

Haiti. Preaching the Good News of

Jesus Christ is both a duty and a

passion for him.

WELCOME NEW PARISHIONERS

Roy and Janie Kitten

REST IN PEACE

† Jim Loethen, husband of Leona.

† Jim Schulte, husband of Linda

2020 CATHOLIC STEWARDSHIP APPEAL (CSA)

Our parish CSA goal for 2020 is

$41,000. As of February 17,

$38,860, or 95% has been received

toward that goal. We are $2,140

away from reaching our goal. If

our parish meets our goal by

March 15, we will receive 10% of

the goal back to our parish, plus

90% of anything exceeding the

goal. If you have not yet respond-

ed, please prayerfully consider

donating. More information is

available at https://diojeffcity.org/

catholic-stewardship-appeal-

2020/ .

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR

NEWLY BAPTIZED

Rowan Krieger, daughter of Tyler and Kaylene Krieger

Griffin Spencer, son of Zachary and Addie Spencer

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PARISH NEWS & EVENTS EVENTS IN THE DIOCESE

MARK YOUR CALENDARS! World-renowned speaker and author

Christopher West, along with musician

Mike Manione, are coming to the

Cathedral of St. Joseph with an all-

new event called MADE FOR MORE:

VISIONS OF THE PROMISED LAND on

Tuesday, May 5. Tickets are $25. Go

to www.corproject.com/jeffersoncity/

for tickets and more information about

the event. You may also contact the

parish office. St. Martins is co-hosting

this event, along with St. Peter’s and

St. Joseph Cathedral. Please consider

bringing your friends and joining us in

this unique event.

NEW PARISH WEBSITE We are excited to announce our new

parish website is almost finished. We

anticipate going live with the new

content and design on March 16. We

hope you will find the expanded

amount of content helpful. We will

post more tips about the new website

in future bulletins to help you navigate

around the website.

BAPTISM CLASS If you are planning to have your child

baptized in the near future, there will

be a Baptism Class on March 9 at 7pm

in the sacristy.

PICNIC QUILTS NEEDED Calling all quilters and sewing enthusiasts...St. Martin Parish needs your talents. If you have a new/unused finished quilt to donate to the picnic, please contact Janet Hirschman at 573-257-1047 or Annette Borghardt at 573-353-9681. Please let us know by May 1 in order for the Picnic Quilt Committee to determine if we will have both the quilt wheel and quilt auction or just one due to limited quilts. All quilts should be turned in by June 1, if possible.

THANK YOU Thank you to Fred Brondel for servicing and repairing the parish mowing equipment! This is a tremendous help to the parish. We appreciate your willingness to keep the equipment running smoothly for our volunteers.

FISH FRYS -March 13, 20, 27: St. Andrew’s, Holts

Summit. Adults: $11, Children: $5

-March 13, 20, 27, April 3, 10: Eagle’s

Club, Jefferson City, Adults: $10

-March 20, 27: St. Joseph Cathedral.

Adults: $11. Children: $5

-March 20: St. Martin’s

Adults: $11, Children: $6

-March 13: St. Stanislaus, Wardsville.

Adults: $12, Children: $6

-March 13: St. Anthony KofC,

Adults: $10, Children: $5

-March 13 and 27: St. Michael’s,

Russellville. Adults: $11, Children: $5

-March 27: Bonnot’s Mill KofC

Adults: $10, Children: $4

CHICKEN DINNER St. Joseph Parish, Westphalia is hosting

a chicken dinner on March 15 from

11am - 3:30pm. Adults: $12, Kids: $6

PANCAKE/SAUSAGE BREAKFAST St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Lohman

will have their annual Pancake &

Sausage breakfast on Sunday,

March 15 from 10am-1pm. Adults: $8,

Kids: $4, Children 5 and under: Free.

DAY OF PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS A diocesan Day of Prayer for

Vocations will be held on Saturday,

March 14 at the Cathedral of St.

Joseph, beginning with Mass at 8am.

Veneration and adoration will be held

all day until Mass at 5:30pm.

Confessions will be available from

8:30am-5pm. A relic of the Apostle St.

Jude will be on display.

COSMIC BINGO The St. Martin’s Knights of Columbus is

hosting a Cosmic Bingo on Saturday,

March 21 to benefit the Community

Breast Care Project and Central

Missouri Honor Flight. For information

contact Cindy Stegemann at

573-893-2364.

UNITED IN PRAYER The Contemplative Outreach of

Central MO will present the 28th

Annual United in Prayer Day on

Saturday, March 21 at Our Lady of

Lourdes in Columbia from

9:30am-12:30pm. Presented by Rev.

Matthew Flatley. Registration is from

9:00-9:30am.

PARISH SCHOOL NEWS

LAST DAY OF SCHOOL Because of the unusual number of ice

and snow days for many schools this

year, the Diocesan School Office has left

the decision as to whether or not to

make snow days up to the local school,

but only after meeting certain guidelines.

So, after reviewing the guidelines, as well

as consulting Fr. Jones, the School

Advisory Board and the faculty, we have

set the last day for Tuesday, May 19th.

Summer Blast-off will be held on Monday,

May 18th. Dismissal on the last day will

remain at 11:30. Thank you for your

patience during this process and also for

your understanding on the “iffy”

mornings throughout the winter months.

ST. MARTIN FISH FRIES Our final fish fry will be held on March 20.

Each school family is asked to work at

one fish fry and bring desserts. Chances

for the gift baskets will be available.

MASSES The following classes planned Mass for

this week: Wed: 2nd Grade (Mrs. Smith)

Thurs: 8th Grade, Fri: 1st Grade (Mrs.

Hodges).

UTV RAFFLE The Home and School Association is

selling chances to win a John Deere

590M UTV. Tickets are $50 each and

may be purchased from any school

family or the school office.

CONGRATULATIONS Congratulations to our 7th Grade girls

for taking home the win at the Catholic

Bowl Tournament last weekend!

8TH GRADE FUNDRAISER The 8th Graders are hosting a Donut

Drive-Thru to help offset costs for their

graduation celebration. Schulte’s

donuts may be pre-ordered, with

payment of $9 for each dozen due by

March 25. Donuts will be available to

pick up in front of church on Friday, April

3 by 6:45am. Checks should be made

out to Angie Kliethermes and returned

to the school office, marked “Donut

Order”.