207 VANDALIA STREET · COLLINSVILLE, IL 62234

Contact Information Parish Office: 207 Vandalia Street Phone 345-4343 Office Hours: Monday - Thursday 8:30 AM-4:00 PM Friday 8:30AM-3:30 PM

Parish Center 301 Vandalia

School 210 N. Morrison 344-5450

Parish Prayer Line 344-4108 Staff Rev. John P. Beveridge, Pastor Ext. 100 Deacon Jim Hill Ext. 104 Deacon Jimmy Ghiglione, Director of Faith Formation Ext. 101 Deacon Fernando Solomon Ext. 107 Patricia Kirk, Principal Ext. 200 Maggie Brennan, Director of Pastoral Care Ext. 111 Teri Lesicko, Director Finance & Development Ext. 105 Michelle Trimble, Accounting Manager Ext. 106 Camille Emig-Hill, Director HR & Communications Ext. 102 Kimberly Zagorski, Ext. 103 Faith Formation Coordinator Nick Robinson, Ext. 107 Music Director

Masses Weekend Saturday 4:30 PM Sunday 8:00 AM & 10:30 AM Weekday Monday Communion Service 8:15 AM Tuesday - Friday 8:15 AM First Friday Masses 8:15 AM Holy Day Masses Eve of Holyday 6:30 PM Holyday 8:15 AM & 6:30 PM

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

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Catholic Church Ss. Peter & Paul

Liturgy

Angel Fund Red Bag Tuition

Assistance

Next Weekend February 23-24

Collections for 02/03/2019

Envelopes/Loose $13,801

Parish Improvements 166

Angel Fund 54

Annual Fund 581

Holy Cross 237

Special Collections 1,327

TOTAL $16,166

Saturday February 23, 4:30 pm Angel Fund/Red Bag Offering Lector: SSPP School Family Music: SSPP School Choir w/ Debbie Popovchak-Erickson Gifts: The family of Charlene Ruth Mullins Servers: Jack Starr, Seth Verstraete, Lucy Montgomery Communion Ministers: Kerri Castelli, Linda & Russ Fette, Debbie McAllister, Beverly McDonald, Matt Popov, Joy Rick, Ed Welle Intention: Charlene Ruth Mullins

Sunday February 24, 8:00 am Angel Fund/Red Bag Offering Lector: Chip Awalt & Liz Dalton Music: Marty, Jean, Roseann, w/ N Robinson Gifts: The family of Candy Sanford Servers: Luke O’Hara, Jack O’Hara, Kaylee Cook, Keegan Varacalli Communion Ministers: Maria Clark, Pat Furfaro, Rita Heimann, Joanne Kalla, Carolyn Weil, Jill Witte Intention: Candy Sanford

Sunday February 24, 10:30 am Angel Fund/Red Bag Offering Lector: Kathy Cook & Brenda Zampaglione Music: Glory Choir w/ J Butterfield Gifts: The Family of Isabell Suria Servers: Christopher VandeRiet, Rebecca VandeRiet, Emily Vojas Communion Ministers: Mary & Mike Benker, Pat Ellis, Dean Fortner Diane Hill, Felicitas Kluck, Herman & Madeleine Wenos Children’s Liturgy of the Word: Herman & Madeleine Wenos Intention: Isabell Suria

Auditor’s Schedule Sunday, February 24 Team #4 Marilyn Catalpa, Joyce Fitzgerald, Rita Heimann, MaryAnn White

Server’s Schedule 8:15 am For weekdays Tuesday, February 19 thru Wednesday, February 20 Andrea Deadmond, Daniel Wilde, Eric Denny, Tara Denny* Thursday, February 21 thru Friday, February 22 John Traubitz, Alaric Boley, Kai Gaither, Gaby Dissette*, Mia Dissette

Mass Intentions Monday, February 18 8:15 am Communion Service Tuesday, February 19 8:15 am James A. Loyet All School Mass Wednesday, February 20 8:15 am Richard Daly Thursday, February 21 8:15 am Stephen Radosevich Friday, February 22 8:15 am Ss. Peter & Paul School Teachers and Staff All School Mass Saturday, February 23 4:30 pm Charlene Ruth Mullins Sunday, February 24 8:00 am Candy Sanford 10:30 am Isabell Suria

ZIGGY’S PROBE: You may think: “Yes I know it’s a good thing to read (pray from) my Bible, but it’s a big Book and I don’t know where to start.” ZIGGY’S TAKE: FIND YOUR BIBLE and select Psalm 66:1-4….about in the “middle” of the Old Testament. Read (and pray) twice this small bit. Give praise to God and then select some oth-er Psalm. See…that’s all there is to it!

From the Desk Of Fr. John Sorry about last Sunday…it was the first time for me in 40 years that we were not able to have Sunday Mass. The ice is just too treach-erous for anybody. Both Deacon Fernando and I discovered that…when we crashed against the curb…completely out of control on Ostle hill. We could not even get out of the car because of the ice and the slope of the hill. One and a half hours later the city salt truck came by…and the won-derfully helpful driver brought extra salt to put un-der our wheals to help get us up the hill…Thank God. However, my car is damaged and unable to be driven…curbs are not nice and cushy when you hit them…lesson learned?! Wow,…that was quick. We waited patiently and the Lord provided great workers to finish the job. What am I talking about…well…the replacement of the marble wall at the St. Joseph altar. Thanks be to God that there was not more damage…which would have required extensive repair work. The men were able to mend the bro-ken marble slabs, replace, and secure them safely. There is some tuck-pointing work on the exterior yet to be done…but the problem area that caused moisture to seep into the wall has been corrected long before we fixed the interior. Yeah! You may notice some new cameras in the church area…different wires here and there…which is all part of the security and new locking system being installed. Someone commented…that it was too bad it had to come to this…which is true. But we are very exposed here…and the safety of our children and all the rest of us is of primary concern. Thank you for your understand-ing. Of course there will be changes in our enter-ing the church and gathering space…but we will get into that once it is all completed and we get our training on how it all works. Downstairs in church looks really good… (The kids call it the ‘old basement.’) There are a few more things we need to do…but this will help a great deal to make it look presentable and well lit…fresh and bright. The new ‘chillers’…the cooling towers for the HVAC system have been ordered. They will arrive within a week or so. The decision as to

their placement has also been made…leaving the old units in place for now…until the new ones can be connected. That will require electrical as well as piping adjustments. The electrical equip-ment might take a bit longer to arrive…but we hope we can get them in before the cooling sea-son arrives. Divine Mercy Senior Living Community…project and campaign are moving along very well indeed. As of last Sunday, we were at over 70% of our goal. But we all need to take this opportunity to help provide for our seniors. They deserve a great and wholesome place to live in their senior years…with a Catholic atmosphere and faith nurturing experiences. We all have a chance to pitch in and help our SSPP parish reach its goal! The scene on the Sea of Galilee/Gennesaret gives us the call and commission of Jesus’ first disciples. The one who stands out in this passage is Simon Peter…our patron saint. It was his boat that Jesus first stepped into…and the one whom Jesus instructed to put out into deep water. The first purpose was for Jesus to be more effective in His ‘teaching’ the people. The second part was to help these new recruits to learn what it meant for them to follow Jesus…a miracle that explained and demonstrated the sig-nificance of their new mission. Jesus simply said to Peter… ‘Do not be afraid…from now on you will be catching men.’ We see the crowds gather-ing around Jesus…He ministered to them…now He wants His disciples to do the same. That is the message for us…missionary disciples! Jesus was on the mountain praying…then He selects from the many following Him 12 disciples to be the core group and leaders of the new com-munity. As they come down from the mountain He gives them and the people instruction about who is to be included in this ‘gathering in’ to the kingdom. Jesus had already announced that His mission was broader than the people expected… ‘The Spirit of the Lord is upon me…to bring glad tidings to the poor.’ Now He clearly begins the fulfillment of that mission… ‘Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God is yours.’

Discipleship: A Way of Life - Prayer & Service

Remember In Your Prayers

With Sympathy

We extend our

deepest sympathy to Deacon Fernando on the death of his brother and his aunt

and to Mary Ellen Vetter on the death of her brother

Rest in Peace

Linda Sanford

Maj Matthew Derfler Army MSgt Glen Davis Air Force Cpl Larry Tyler Marine Corps MSgt Adam Mercer Air Force SSgt Britt M. Sherman Army Capt Michael A. Shah Army Capt Jacob Lewis Marine Corps Lcpl Juan A. Gonzales Marine Corps Pvt Monica Gonzalez Army Fc3 Matthew Wehmeyer Navy Lcpl Michael I. Guide Marine Corps SSgt Daniel Husbands Air Force MSgt Hugh Weise Marine Corps Lt Joshua A. Reeder Navy Pfc Gary Voegtle Army Maj Michael W. Meyer, Jr.

CW04 Jerry Hunter Army SSgt Ben Bohnenstiehl

Air Force

AOM Ed Clark Navy SrA Mark Kimball Air Force 2Lt Adam Fischer Marine Corps SSgt David Bednara Air Force 2Lt Scott Heimann Army AOM Jack Matthews Navy Col Ed Hulten Army CPO Edward Mahoney Navy SrA Kelly Mahoney Air Force Maj Natalie Walker Marine Corps Pvt Sam Asbury Army Sgt Daniel Manning Air Force David Zagorski Natl Guard LCpl Dominic Blackburn

Marine Corps

2Lt Nathen Walker Navy MMFN Seth C. Popov Navy Amn Manny K. Soto Air Force Ens. Bobby Bitzer Navy 2Lt Zachary Auer Air Force Pvt. Kenneth Denson Marine Corp

Please pray for these men and women serving in our armed forces:

Bob Burg Joe Giacoletto Ed Ruef Estelle Rangle The Ferguson Family Liz Sanchez-Setser Sandy Walter Mary Ann Ellis Terri Koehler Donna Fick Peggy & Dennis Diaz Laura & Rick Suria & Family Stephanie Hagen Anna Kussmann Judy Lucas Ferrin Marcia Crites Katie Klaas Dominik Kuhl Noah Rensing Virginia & Fern Clementi Sandy & Tim Day Blake Bohnenstiehl Rosemary Chadwick Kaye & Jim Blaylock Katie Ziegler Tim Cadagin Brian & family Dee McCameron Greg Weber Wayne Rick Dianne Loyet

Liberty Lawrence Fr. Nino Viviano Richard Schmidt Camille Emig-Hill Helen Levinski Lisa (Koke) Bohnenstiehl Dolly Livingston Diane Schwinn Bob & Karen Kruetzkamp Luke Brandt Ken Zampaglione Ann Boulch Jim Steinwagner, Jr. Joan Kotarba Jackson Kettenbach Jeanne Wilde Kelsey Dudici Susie Job Joe Koudela Michael Lutman David F. Daniels Kaleb, Alex & Jamie Eleanor Risman Bart Robbins Pray for Families Expecting/Adopting: April & Dustin Burdell Ashley & Brett Swip

Ss. Peter and Paul School News KNIGHTS KNEWS: Mon. Feb, 18: Regular KC Meeting; Rosary 6:30 pm, Meeting 7 pm Thurs. Feb. 21: Bingo! Noon Mexican Menu: 99-cent tacos, $2 Margaritas Queen of Hearts Drawing 8 pm Grand Prize approximately $61,500 Fri. Feb. 22: Fish Fry Team #1

Knights of Columbus

Mon., Feb 18 NO SCHOOL - President’s Day Sat., Feb 23 School Choir sings at 4:30 pm Mass Sun., Feb 24 7th & 8th Grade Confirmation Retreat, 8 am Mass, then until 3 pm at Morris Hall

FORMED

Remember to register at FORMED.org

Parish Code: 6BR7BZ

Parish Welcoming Event

All New Parishioners Are Invited!

Sunday, February 24 after 10:30 am Mass

In the Fellowship Hall

New members who have joined Ss. Peter and Paul Parish since

August 2018 are invited for dinner and fellowship with parish clergy and

ministry leaders

New members please call the parish office at 618-345-4343

Help Feed Our Community:

THE EMPTY BOWL The Collinsville Woman’s Club is again sponsoring THE EMP-TY BOWL fundraiser which combats hunger in the Collins-ville community area. All pro-ceeds go to the Collinsville Food Pantry. Please join the community for the 2019 Empty Bowl on Ash Wednesday, March 6, from 11 am – 2 pm at the Gateway Convention Center in Collins-ville. Tickets are $10 for a simple soup meal featuring more than 40 meat and meat-less soups. Taste as many as you like for free and vote for your favorite ($1 a vote). Carla’s pies will also be available. Derrick Keith will again be the Master of Ceremonies. Come enjoy the entertainment, renew old friendships and make new ones. Let’s make this Empty Bowl bigger than ever! Tickets are available from any Collinsville Woman’s Club member, at the Collinsville Chamber of Commerce and local area businesses, or may be purchased at the door. Please contact Linda at 618-406-4350 for more infor-mation.

COMING SOON Dual fundraiser called

FOR GOODNESS SAKE

Benefits ABL and St. Vincent de Paul

Look for your donation form and return it

ASAP! Thank you for supporting LIFE!

Palms For Ashes Last year’s Blessed Palms will be collected in baskets provided at the Church entrances at all Mass-es Feb. 16 - 17. These palms will be burned and then mixed with other ashes in preparation for distribution during all the Masses on Ash Wednes-day, March 6.

PRAY 4 AN END 2 ABORTION!

Grief Sharing Group

February 19 10 am St. Anthony Room (church lower level)

Those experiencing any type of grief (death of a loved one, home, job, etc.) are invited

Please RSVP 345-4343 Ext. 111

Group meets the 3rd Tuesday of each month

CEMETERY NEWS

February 28 is the deadline to remove grave decorations. March 1 we will begin remov-ing all decorations. We will not remove decorations that are attached to grave monu-ments or that are in vases that are permanently attached to the grave monument. Re-moval will include grave blan-kets, flowers/decorations that are loose or in temporary vas-es stuck in the ground. If you have any questions please contact Leslie at 618-345-4343.

Sunday March 3

8 am-Noon Fellowship Hall

We hope to see all who

previously signed up

Additional donors welcome

Sign up Feb. 23 & 24 before and after all Masses

Sponsored by the Mississippi Valley

Regional Blood Center All donations go to our area

communities

Greetings from the Missionaries of the

Holy Family! Thank you for opening your parish doors to Father Peter Prasetyo for Mission Appeals in Summer 2018. He greatly appreciated you hospitality. We recently a check from the Mission Office at the Diocese of Springfield for $5,898. May God bless you for this great act of generosity!

Do You Need Help with Cleaning, Cooking or

Elderly Care? I am a parishioner that provides these in-home services. Call Mag-gie at 567-2770 if you are interested.

1 John 4:11-12, 19 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also must love one another. No one has ever seen God. Yet, if we love one another, God remains in us, and his love is brought to perfection in us. We love because He first loved us.

By Brad Hill No matter what we do, no matter how we have sinned, God’s love for us remains unchanging. “Love it was that made us and Love it was that saved us…” as the hymn says. The reason is simple: “God IS love.” God cannot not love – if he did, He would no longer be God.

All our loving then is simply an opening of our heart, a return of the love that God has first shown us. As some-one once said, God’s love is like electricity. God’s love is only in us when it is passing through us. It can never stop with ourselves. When we keep that love to ourselves, it dies. When we let the love of God flow through us, we may be creating a “God Moment” for someone else.

What is a “God Moment?” A God Moment is an unex-pected encounter with the ordinary; an unexpected moment that happens precisely at the time it is need-ed. It often involves an encounter with someone, but not necessarily. Some may say that these are ran-dom occurrences that could happen to anyone or that it was simply good luck that things turned out like they did. I prefer to believe that God has had a hand in it. It is the love of God working through others. I call these God Moments, or as Deacon Jimmy called them in his Homily a few weeks ago—God Incidenc-es.

That person who showed up and said the right thing at the right time may have started his or her day col-laborating with God’s graces. As Matthew Kelly says, “We can wake each day and joyfully share God’s truth, goodness, and beauty with everyone who crosses our path.” And when we do that, we may be

encountering someone and saying or doing just the right thing at the just the right time. Later when that person recalls the incident, they may realize God must have had a hand in this.

Again, Matthew Kelly says: “Holy moments come in all shapes and sizes, but the great majority of them are small and anonymous.”

• Go out of your way to do something for your spouse that you would rather not do.*

• Control you temper, even if you are fully justified in los-ing it.*

• Encourage someone, coach someone, praise some-one, affirm someone.*

• Be patient with that per-son who drives you crazy.*

• Ask someone who seems distressed if they need a hug, or better yet a prayer.

• Say this prayer at the be-ginning of each day: Lord, tell me where You want me to go, let me meet who You want me to meet, tell me what You want me to say, and keep me out of Your way.

*Matthew Kelly—The Biggest Lie in the History of Christianity

Opportunities to create Holy Moments are every-where. And every Holy Moment where God’s love flows through me can be someone else’s, “Wow, this is a God Moment.”

God’s love is available in abundance to anyone who opens their heart to Him. But that love, too, must continue to flow out beyond me to everyone I meet. It is impossible to separate God’s love for me and my love for others. We cannot have one without the oth-er.

(Brad Hill serves on a number of parish ministries including the team that designs and implements our parish half-day retreats.)

Your Holy Moment May Be Someone’s God Moment

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