MASS SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 8:00 AM (W) – Kyle Van Cleave (birthday)

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 8:00 AM (P) – +Gene Meyer

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 — The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary 8:00 AM (P) — +Monique Gaston

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 — St. Peter Claver 8:00 AM (W) – +Bobby & Irma Dean Barry

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 8:00 AM (P) – +Joe Robinson

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 — Blessed Virgin Mary 8:00 AM (P) – All Parishioners 4:00 PM (W) — NO MASS 6:00 PM (P) — Joshua Tatu

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 — Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:30 AM (P) – +Lucille Wagner 10:30 AM (W) – +Edward Alan Korte

PRAY FOR OUR SICK Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time September 5, 2021

He put his finger into

the man’s ears. (Mark 7:33)

Buster Craven — Quirino (Del) del Rosario Cooper Frazier — Jeff Galle — Philip Henry — Paul Ineich

Tom McCarter — Peggy Piper Joshua Tatu — Pauline Weir — Estelle Zilic

Please contact the Parish Office with names of those in need of our prayers.

ST. MARY

SEPTEMBER 11— 6:00 PM — SATURDAY Lector — Brett Irving Ushers– Volunteers SEPTEMBER 12 — 8:30 AM — SUNDAY Lector – Craig Welch Ushers – Gene Webel; Braden Musgrave; Adam Musgrave; Ben Musgrave Servers – Eli Musgrave; Jed Petty

ST. MARK

SEPTEMBER 5 — 10:30 AM — SUNDAY Lector – Ushers – Volunteers SEPTEMBER 12 — 10:30 AM — SUNDAY Lector – Ushers – Volunteers

Defend us in battle

St. Michael the

Archangel

Please pray for the repose of the souls of: FREDA MCCARTER (sister of Tom McCarter of ST. MARY’S); REX OLSON (brother-in-law of Judy Olson of ST. MARY’S); IMOGENE BARRY (mother of Benita Boone of ST. MARY’S) and NORMA RENNECKER (mother-in-law of Brenda Rennecker of ST. MARY’S). We offer our prayers and sympathy to their family and friends.

May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed rest in the peace and love of our dear Lord.

Envelopes Used

St. Mary

34

St. Mark

20

Sunday Contributions 1,961.00 1,011.00

Online Giving 105.00 50.00

Mission Appeal 510.00 380.00

If Jesus’ actions in today’s Gospel reading seem odd to you, you’re probably not alone. It’s not every day that you see someone placing his fingers in a man’s ears or touching his tongue. But then again, this is the one who told his disciples to eat his body and drink his blood, who touched a man with leprosy, and who put mud on another man’s eyes. By touching this man’s ears and tongue, Jesus singled out the parts of his body that had kept him trapped in isolation. He showed that he knew exactly what the man needed and that he wasn’t afraid to deal with it. And through that physical touch, Jesus brought life back to him. The man was no longer trapped in silence. Jesus is very close to you as well. He knows you better even than you know yourself. He sees the ways in which you have become isolated — whether through sin or fear or anxiety or sickness. So he asks you to let down your guard and allow him to come into your heart and heal whatever is hurting. Today, Jesus will come to you in a very physical, personal way in the Eucharist. As you receive him, open your heart. Let him enter the silence and messiness inside you so that he can set you free.

“Jesus, I welcome you into my heart. Come, Lord, with your healing touch.”

The Church dedicates the month of September to Our Lady of Sorrows, also known as Mater Dolorosa (Mother of Sorrows). This devotion recalls the Blessed Virgin Mary’s spiritual martyrdom in virtue of her perfect union with the Passion of Christ. This was her role in salvation history, and what merited her place as the spiritual Mother of all Christians. This is symbolized by a single sword, or seven swords, piercing Mary’s suffering heart, as foretold in Simeon’s prophecy. Traditionally the Church meditates on the “Seven Sorrows” of our Blessed Mother:

1. The prophecy of Simeon; 2. The Holy Family’s flight into Egypt; 3. The loss of the Child Jesus for three days; 4. The meeting of Mary and Jesus as He carried his cross; 5. Jesus’ crucifixion and death; 6. Jesus’ sacred body taken down from the cross; and 7. Jesus’s burial. The feast of Our Lady of Sorrows (Mater Dolorosa)

is September 15th.

Father Schulte is donating his kayak for a drawing. Any student through the age of high school who is a parishioner at either parish should submit their name with a phone number on a piece of paper and send it to the parish office. The kayak is on the west side of the rectory if you would like to look at it. The drawing will be held Sunday, September 12th!

ST. MARY 226 E. Adams Website: www.stmaryspittsfield.dio.org Pittsfield, IL 62363 Online Giving: www.givecentral.org Office: (217) 285-4321 / Fax: (217) 285-9400 / stmarymark@gmail.com Weekend Mass: Sunday 8:30 AM / Saturday 6:00 PM Daily Mass: Tues., Wed., Fri., Sat. 8:00 AM Sacrament of Reconciliation: after Saturday evening Mass or by appointment.

ST. MARK 108 Pearl Street Online Giving: www.givecentral.org Winchester, IL 62694 Rectory: (217) 742-5224 Weekend Mass: / Sunday 10:30 AM / NO SATURDAY EVENING MASS Daily Mass: Mon., Thurs. 8:00 AM Sacrament of Reconciliation: after Sunday morning Mass or by appointment.

Rev. Mark A. Schulte, Pastor Deacon Mr. Michael “Kim” Scott

Pastoral Associate/DRE: Gloria Heinen Secretary: Pat Galle

Office Hours: Monday—Friday 8:30 a.m. -- 11:30 a.m. / 12:30 p.m. -- 4:30 p.m.

Diocese of Springfield in Illinois (217) 698-8500 www.dio.org

Bishop Thomas John Paprocki Diocesan Child Abuse Reporting & Investigation Number

217-321-1155

September 5, 2021 . Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time

ST. MARY Parish Office Closed — Monday, September 6 — Labor Day Holiday. Altar & Rosary Society Meeting — Tues., Sept. 7, Parish Hall, Rosary @ 6, Mtg @ 6:30 PM. Finance Council Meeting — Thursday, September 9, 6:30 PM, Parish Hall. Knights of Columbus Meeting — Monday, September 20, 6:30 PM, @ ST. MARK’S.

Pike County Right to Life Chain — Sunday, October 3, 12:30 to 1:30 PM, Pittsfield Square. Men’s Prayer Group — Saturday mornings, 6:45 AM, Parish Hall. Food Pantry Collection — first weekend each month at Masses (August 7 & 8). 24-Eucharistic Adoration — (August 6 & 7).

ST. MARK Altar Society Meeting — Tuesday, September 7, 6:30 PM, Church Basement. Knights of Columbus Meeting — Monday, September 20, 6:30 PM. Pray the Rosary — Tuesday mornings, 8:00 AM, Church, Men’s Bible Study Group — Thursday mornings at 6:45 AM. Bread of Love Schedule— Weeks of September 6, October 18, November 29.

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS FAMILY CORNER: Fully Alive and Building the Domestic Church

SEPTEMBER — CHARITY By their witness as well as their words, families speak to others of Jesus. They pass on the faith, they arouse a desire for God and they reflect the beauty of the Gospel and its way of life. How do we live out charity in our family towards others? Volunteer as a family with your parish, Knights of Columbus Council or other local Catholic ministry. See Pages 38-39 of The Family Fully Alive. Books are available in the back of the church.

THANK YOU — from Father Mark, Gloria, and Pat for the prayers, masses, food, cards, phone calls, texts, and love and support that was shown to us during our recent illnesses. ST. MARY’S and ST. MARK’S Parishes are so blessed to have faithful people with caring hearts. May God bless you abundantly for your kindness!

ST. MARY’S Altar & Rosary Society will meet Tuesday, September 7th, in the Parish Hall. The rosary will be recited at 6:00 PM with the meeting to begin at 6:30 PM. Please plan to attend — this is the first meeting after our summer break and we look forward to planning events for

SDCCW CONVENTION — The Springfield Diocesan Council of Catholic Women (SDCCW) are inviting all women of the diocese to their 92nd annual convention called “Living God’s Plan for Life, Love and the Family” on Wednesday, September 29, at Hamilton‘s South Ballroom (110 N. East St., Jacksonville) from 8 AM to 4:30 PM. Bishop Paprocki, along with priests of the diocese, will celebrate 11 AM Mass for the convention attendees at Our Saviour Catholic Church in Jacksonville and join in the banquet luncheon directly afterward at Hamilton’s. Coleen Kelly Mast, a Quincy native who is a motivational speaker and popular radio host, will have morning and afternoon talks, entitled: “The 4 Heart Healthy Habits for Holiness” and “LoveEd: Witnessing the Truth in Today’s Confused World.”

ST. MARY Finance Council Meeting

Thursday, September 9, 2021 6:30 PM — Parish Hall

Information and registration forms available in the Gathering Space at ST. MARY’S and in the

back of the church at ST. MARK’S.

“Let us love the cross very much, for it is there that we discover our life, our

true love, and our strength in our greatest difficulties.”

~~ St. Maria de Mattias

ST. MARK’S Altar Society will be meeting Tuesday, September 7, at 6:30 PM in the church basement. Please make every effort to be there as we have a lot to discuss and decide!