SS. Peter & Paul Catholic Church 717 State Street Alton, Illinois 62002 Rectory Office 618-465-4221 March 7, 2021
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SS. Peter & Paul Catholic Church
717 State Street
Alton, Illinois 62002
Rectory Office 618-465-4221
March 7, 2021
Pastor: Sacramental Life Project Rachel Post-Abortion Ministry
Fr. Jeff Holtman O.F.S. 1-217-698-4456 or
E-mail - jholtman@dio.org Confessions- 3:15-3:45pm Saturday projectrachel@dio.org
End-of-life Emergencies ONLY call: Baptism - Baptismal Preparation Nationwide, call 1-877-722-4355
618-600-4500 Program is required: call Rectory for Rachels Vineyard Weekend Retreats
Appointment www.rachelsvineyard.org
Parish Phone - 618-465-4221 Marriage - Call the rectory at least 6 Post Abortion Help is strictly
Parish Web Site - ssppalton.com months in advance for appointment. confidential
Parish e-mail - Registration and Active Membership
ssppchurch717@yahoo.com are Required. To report allegations of sexual abuse of
Business Manager-Mrs. Chrissy Lewis Parish Registration - New families a minor by clergy or other church
Parish Secretary - Theresa Stegvilas and individuals are asked to register at personnel (even if it is in the past) please
call the Diocese’s Child Abuse Report-
Parish Maintenance – Joseph Green the rectory at their earliest opportunity. ing and Investigation number at (217)
Each family or wage earner is request- 321-1155. Individuals may also contact
Parish Office Hours - ed to use the weekly envelope system. Illinois Department of Children and
Monday- Friday - 9:00 am - 1:00 pm Diocesan Website - www.dio.org Family Services Child Abuse Hotline at
1-(800)-25-ABUSE
Mass Schedule / Weekend Masses - If you or someone you know is
Saturday - 4:00 pm interested in becoming a Catholic, or Deadline for the bulletin is
Sunday - 8:00 am and 10:00 am needing PSR, please call the ***On or Before Monday at
Monday - NO MASS Rectory Office at 618-465-4221 Noon.***
Weekday Masses - Please e-mail your bulletin
Tuesday - Friday - 8:15 am request to:
ssppchurch717@yahoo.com
Mother of Perpetual Help
Devotions every Tuesday after Mass
Divine Mercy Chaplet every
Wednesday after Mass
REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS:
Rosary every Thursday at 5pm Gary Vucich, Lisa Curtis, Jennifer Martin, Lisa Brinkman,
Beth Ann Alvi, Patricia Harmon, Cathy Taul, Regan Taylor,
First Friday adoration after Wes Schultz, Shane Fin, Barb Hinson, Vicki Conley, Gary
Mass until Noon Osborne, Rosemary Samuels, Julie Gray, Maren Poettker,
Regina Shaw, Trent Ward, Bill Parker, Mary Schwegel
Holy Day Masses - As Announced Gillett, Bobbi Gernigin, Matthew Paulda Ann Sagez, Re-
gan Taylor, Tim Holt, Ryan Lopez, Jodie Huber, Carl
Hamberg, Rita Parker, Beverly Fischer, Helen Sands,
PRAY FOR OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN THE MILITARY
Roberta Fleming, Robert Curry, Tony Marin, Susan
PRAY TO KEEP THE CHILDREN Hendrickson, Earl Phillips, Brianne Bagwill, Leo
OF THE WORLD SAFE McLeod, Tracy Mahan, Carla Mackelden, Ann and
PRAY FOR OUR VINCENTIAN CLIENTS. Rich Phillips, Marilyn Smith, John Brinkman, Tony Martin,
Dana Fallon, Dave Simonds, Ken Petitti, Alex Herd, Carol
Woelfel, Shirley Plunk, Vivian Dragone, Ashley Taylor, Aman-
THE HOLY FATHER’S da Wohlert, Joe Kuhnline
PRAYER INTENTIONS
March 2021 (NAMES IN BOLD WILL BE REMOVED UNLESS WE
RECEIVE A PRAYER UPDATE)
Intention for evangelization - PLEASE CALL THE OFFICE IF A NAME IS TO BE
REMOVED FROM THE PRAYER LIST
Sacrament of reconciliation
Let us pray that we may experience the If you know of any parishioner that is in a Nursing Home
sacrament of reconciliation with renewed depth, to or Homebound, please let the rectory office know. Also,
taste the infinite mercy of God. let us know which Nursing Home they are in. Thank You.
From the Pastor’s Desk - Year of St. Joseph St. Joseph is honored during the month of March, on the solemnity of St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary (March 19), on the feast of St. Joseph the Worker (May 1) and every Wednesday throughout the year. During this Year of St. Joseph, I encourage parishioners to participate in inviting St. Joseph into your home. A picture of St. Joseph will be available for someone to take the picture to their home for the week, using the prayers provided for the needs of the parish. At the end of the week, return the picture to the church so another parishioner may have the picture in their home. I would like to think that with the size of our parish we can easily fill the weeks until the end of the Year of St. Joseph (December 8). For those not coming to church yet and would still like to partici- pate, please call the office and arrangements will be made to bring St. Joseph to your home and return the picture to the church. Ite ad Joseph - Go to Joseph. Just a gentle reminder that Stations of the Cross are prayed every Lenten Friday at 12 noon. Please join us if you are able. St. Boniface in Edwardsville will have many priests available to hear confessions on Sunday, March 14th at 2:00 pm. I will be one of those priests. Please avail yourselves of this great sacrament of mer- cy and forgiveness. The Requiem Pontifical Mass for Bishop Baltes 125th death anniversary, which was cancelled due to the snowstorm, has been rescheduled for Tuesday, March 16th at 6:30 pm. Thankfully, it was not scheduled for the next day as we might have heard German Bishop Baltes turning over in the crypt! March 9 & 10 I will be away for the annual Spring Gathering for the priests of the diocese. This year it is being held in Springfield at the Crown Plaza. This short overnight gathering allows Bishop Pap- rocki and the priests to discuss relevant issues affecting us in the diocese. Please pray for all the priests of the diocese and pray for an increase of priests which we desperately need. More Holy Water bottles have arrived and are ready to be taken home. They are located at the back of church on top of the Holy Water dispenser by the choir loft stairs and the shrine to Our Mother of Perpetual Help. Using Holy Water is a great reminder of our baptismal covenant with God as inten- tional disciples. In addition to wards off the attacks of the devil. God’s blessing in this Lenten week of grace. Pax et Bonum, Fr. Jeff
For the past 6 years I have
St. Joseph Candles served as a deacon in Jersey
March County at St Francis Xavier
in Jerseyville and St Patrick
in Grafton in addition for 2 ½
❖In Thanksgiving for many graces and blessings years at Holy Ghost in Jer-
- Jack Snyders seyville and St Mary in
Fieldon. I was active with the
❖In Memory of Teresa Woelfel - Sherry Rexford Saint Vincent de Paul confer-
ence as a spiritual advisor and
❖Special Intentions - Thomas, Eileen, and Patrick Daly will continue as such at
Saints Peter and Paul.
I am a retired civil engineer but came out of re-
tirement to serve for 2 ½ years as the hospice
chaplain with OSF St Anthony and provided pas-
Words of Wisdom toral care to patients in the Cancer Center at St.
from Anthony Hospital.
My wife Jeannine and I have 5 children scattered
Mother Teresa around the country, with 2 in the Washington DC
March 6
Christohpher Sullivan area, one in Jacksonville Florida, one in Tampa,
and one near San Francisco. So Alton puts us in
Lauren Brooks Some people the center of the children and grandchildren. We
March 7 come in our life as have 15 grandchildren, with the 16th due in the in
Penny Bodine April.
Gary Huelsmann
blessings.
We are happy to be back at Saints Peter and Paul,
Tisa Schaake Tite Some come in your please keep us in your prayers as we tend to the
Beatriz Cuellar life as lessons. spiritual and pastoral care of the parish.
Livyanna Ranay Dixon Deacon John
March 8
Jacob Harrison
Carsen Andrew Dixon
March 9 Illinois Right to Life cordially invites you to it's 52nd annual Leaders for
Life Banquet on Friday, April 30th, featuring Dan Proft as master of cere-
Kathryn Kuhnline
monies and Sarah Huckabee Sanders as keynote speaker. Sanders
Kurt Dennis served as the former White House Press Secretary under President Don-
March 10 ald Trump. Sanders was at the President’s side, battling with the media,
Rebecca Osborne working with lawmakers and CEOs, and staffing the President on every
Ellie Jacobs foreign trip. Sanders was only the third woman and the very first mom to
Brent Schultz ever hold the job of White House Press Secretary. Sanders is currently
Abigail Hamby running for governor in her home state of Arkansas. Please join IRL at its
Randi Tomlinson largest fundraiser of the year, helping them to continue to be your voice
Lenora Torres for life in Springfield. For more information and to purchase tickets, go to
www.IllinoisRighttoLife.org/Banquet or call (312)-422-9300.
Ss. Peter & Paul Pro-Life Committee has set a table up in our church annex with infor-
mation regarding our Catholic faith and our fundamental view and beliefs of Abortion.
Please feel free to stop by and take some of the information provided. You will also see a
sign-up sheet for the opportunity to pray for an hour (or more!) on First Friday of each
month between 9 am and Noon.
The sign-up for 40 Days For Life will take place on March 13th/14th, and March 20th/21st.
Our designated day of prayer to end Abortion is Thursday, March 25th. You will have the option of praying in
church from 9 am to 1 pm, or praying in front of the abortion facility in Granite City from 1 pm to 7 pm for one
hour (or more). We are asking that you consider taking one hour and pray for the end of abortion!
PRAYER DOES WORK!
Thank You, Pro-Life CommitteeLENTEN REGULATIONS –
1. ABSTINENCE – Everyone 14 years of age and over is bound to abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday and all the Fridays of Lent.
2. FAST – Everyone 18 years of age and under 59 is required to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. On these two days of fast and absti-
nence, only one full meatless meal is permitted. Two other meatless meals, sufficient to maintain strength may be taken according to each per-
son’s needs, but together these two should not equal another full meal. Eating between meals is not permitted, but liquids (including milk and fruit
juices) are allowed.
3. To disregard completely the law of fast and abstinence is seriously sinful.
March 7, 2021 3rd Sunday of Lent
Many prefer a “create as you go” approach to life where laws and protocols primarily exist to secure and protect liberties rather
than dictate and outline proper and right behavior. There are no real benchmarks for acceptable ethical and moral behavior, with a
“you can’t tell me what to do” attitude prevailing. Parents are even limited in what they can request of their children, and dealing
with threatening behaviors, especially from adults, are a challenge as well. Acceptable and expected conduct seems to amount to
safeguarding each other’s space rather than increasing awareness of necessary relationships that require a more refined and
higher response.
We have lost our axis to the world of “anything goes” and no longer see the Ten Commandments as practical and wise guide-
posts to effective living. We live on “relativism island” where only a possible suggestion to “love and do not harm” may be the only
standard able to be preached. While Jesus most certainly emphasized love above anything else, it was never about warm fuzzy
feelings or halfhearted humanitarian efforts. The love of which Jesus spoke establishes an intimate connection with God, neigh-
bor, self, and creation. Because this love, who is God Himself, is at the foundational core of our lives, it demands actions and atti-
tudes that serve to build up, increase, and free up those relationships. Love requires proper conduct. Preserving and enhancing
these love centered relationships is at the heart of the Ten Commandments (and the Beatitudes) and the reason for Jesus’ display
of anger in the temple.
The Ten Commandments can save the world from turmoil and conflict by instilling basic moral and relational principles within us.
They also hold a healthy sense of sin in balance and always remind us of our relationship with God and the freedom God offers.
Our faith preserves these jewels of truth that we often look beyond, dismiss altogether, or seek to remove from public view. Hu-
man beings can be so arrogant at times. Our Lenten journey, especially when embarked upon with sincerity and resolve, can re-
store all of our essential relationships. When we get absorbed in life’s preoccupations and demands, things can quickly get distort-
ed and we can find ourselves way off track. In short, we find ourselves in sin. Humanity is losing a sense of both grace and sin.
We need both to understand what is real and true. Until we do, the oppressive systems and ideologies that hurt so many will never
change. We will never change. We are grateful for those courageous souls who willingly embrace the conversion and hard work
Lent demands and stand against antiquated systems and ideologies. They give us hope that all is not lost.
A DAY OF LENTEN REFLECTION WITH THE
Lent Penance Services Alton Deanery ST. SERRA VOCATIONS CLUB of MADISON CTY.
Immaculate Conception, Pierron: Wednesday March 10, 7:00pm Wednesday, March 10, 2021
St. Ambrose Church & Community Center
St. Gertrude, Grantfork: Wednesday March 17, 6:30pm (Non-members are most welcome at our retreat!)
St. Boniface: Sunday March 14, 2:00pm 11:00 – 2:00 in Church & Community Center
Includes Mass, 2 Reflection Talks, Lunch & Confes-
Mother of Perpetual Help: Tuesday March 16, 6:45pm sions
Retreat Director: Father Tom Donovan
St. Paul, Highland: Wednesday March 24, 6:30pm Topic: Traveling Together on Our Lenten Journey
Penance Service with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament COST for pasta/salad/dessert lunch $15.00 per per-
son, RSVP for lunch required
St. Ambrose: None scheduled
PLEASE CONFIRM YOUR ATTENDANCE FOR OUR
LENTEN DAY OF RETREAT
BY E-MAILING OR LEAVING A MESSAGE FOR
CAROLYN ATcasimansky@gmail.com or 618-463-1793March 13-14 Saturday Sunday Sunday
4:00 pm 8:00 am 10:00 am
Lector: J. Thompson Chris Dunphy Judy Pautler
Eucharistic Sherry Rexford Ann Hornsey Gloria Gray
Ministers
Servers: Dave Cordes Sean Williams Jack Snyders
Ushers: Dave Cordes Joe Barrett Jack Snyders
Liz Cordes Bill Merkle Jim Hernandez
Phyllis Gebben
Mass Intentions for the Week
SUNDAY COLLECTION
Budget Weekly Sunday, March 7 Third Sunday of Lent
Goal…………………………...$7,500.00 8:00 am e Faustino Marin
10:00 am People of the Parish
February 27-28
Last Sunday Envelopes .... $ 4,544.00 Monday, March 8th
Loose………. ....................... $ 215.00 NO MASS
ACSA ................................... $ 140.00
On-Line....................................$ 53.00 Tuesday, March 9th
Building ...................................$ 80.00
Ash Wednesday.….……..….$ 80.00 8:15 am e Kathie Henderson
Easter………………………...$ 5.00
Catholic Times…………………..$ 15.00 Wednesday, March 10th COMMUNION SERVICE
Catholic Relief Services…………$ 30.00 8:15 am e Ryan Maher
Catholic Charitites…………….…$ 75.00
Gift Shop……………….……$ 70.00 Thursday, March 11th
Difference with Collection……- $ 2,193.00 8:15 am e William Bray
Of 239 Envelope Holders 73 contributed
to the Sunday Collection Friday, March 12th
Mass Attendance Last Weekend 8:15am e Jo Ann Walsh
Saturday 4:00 - 80 12 Noon Stations of the Cross
Sunday 8:00 - 62
Sunday 10:00 - 67 Saturday, March 13th
Total Attendance - 209 4:00 pm e Teresa Woelfel
Church Cleaners March 13-14 Sunday, March 14th Fourth Sunday of Lent
8:00 am e Karen Lohr
4 pm: S. Rexford and D. & J. Hanlon 10:00 am People of the Parish
8 am: N. Klein and A. Williams
10 am: E. & P. Daly and B. Hampton
If you can help please call
Liz Cordes at 466-7656This & That 3049 Godfrey Rd. Godfrey, IL 62035
MATT HORN
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Cell 618-560-8201
As you journey through Lent, hopefully your hearts and Office 618-466-1513
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Tuesday: Dn 3:25, 34-43/Ps 25:4-5ab, 6 and 7bc, 8-9 [6a]/Mt
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