MASS INTENTIONS

March 5th, thru March 10th, 2019

Tuesday 8:00 a.m. Glenn & Virginia

Lenand+

Ash Wednesday

8:15 a.m. Parish Families

12:00 Noon Ridge Starnes+

Thursday 6:00 p.m. Station of the Cross 6:30 p.m. Yvonne Omohundro+

Friday: 8:15 a.m. Mary Ann Wilson+

Saturday 5:00 p.m. Henry Brands+

Sunday 8:00 a.m. Robert Eftink+ & Matilda

PRAYER LIST Ridge Starnes and the consolation of his

family.

Trisha Klipfel, Tina DeLisle, Bobby Gee, Peggy Underwood, Curtis Birch, Wanda Morgan, Shirley Apprill, Avery Kilmer, Emily Nolen, Terry McCrate, Logan Birdwell, Joanna McCrate, Liam Carter, Paul Noland, Heather Burge, Leland Phillips, Rosemary Nabors, Bill Thacker, Barbara Lindsey, Rachael Nabors Oberg, Mike McCrate, David Nelson, Mary Lynn Kellams Stafford, Bill Hobbs, Bobby Eftink, Patricia Scherer, Anna Tate Miller, Mary Lou Priggel, Cookie Hoggard, Janet Shelly, Wilma Eftink, John Haverstick.

St. Eustachius Parish, Portageville, MO. March 3rd, 2019. Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Liturgical Ministries

March 9, 2019

Saturday 5:00 p.m.

Lector Elaine Musgrave

Gifts Micah, Alex & Aiden Hawks

Communion Charlotte Coleman, Judy Essary,

Melissa Foster

Servers Camryn foster, Maggie Priggel

Greeters Rex & Melissa Pullum

Ushers Mike Kellams, David Klipfel,

John Klipfel, Glenn Lenand Jr.

March 10, 2019 Sunday 8:00 a.m.

Lector Amy Stinnett

Gifts Denis McCrate, Jeff Brands

Communion Gerard Long, Paul McCrate,

Rebecca McCrate

Servers Alex Long, Bailey Ivie

Greeters Ron & Kathleen Klipfel

Ushers James Carver, George DeLisle,

Russ Hoggard, Steve Kellams

Collection Counters:

Phillip Schwendemann, Amy Long

PARISH CONTRIBUTION

February 24th, 2019

Weekly Parish Goal $ 3,600.00

This Week’s Offering $ 2,314.00

The Mirror $ 28.00

Catholic Home Missions $ 135.00

Masses $ 180.00

School Endowment $ 25.00

TOTAL $ 2,682.00

CONGRATULATIONS GREENWELL FAMILY For the baptism of your children: John Cooper, Aubrey Claire, Eden Grace, and Harper Abigail.

Godparents: John & Shelly Priggel

STEWARDSHIP MESSAGE

March 3rd –8th Sunday in Ordinary Time “ A good tree does not bear rotten fruit, nor does a rotten tree bear good fruit.” (Luke 6:43) Are you using your God-given gifts in the way God intended? Do you compare yourself to others and complain about what you don’t have instead of being thankful for what you do have? God gives each of us unique gifts and a unique plan. Listen to how God is calling you to use your gifts, to bear good fruit, for the glo-ry of His Name.

THANK YOU NOTE

Thank you all so much for the Christmas dona-tion of awesome stuff for Birthright!

Birthright of Cape Girardeau wishes to thank all of you for your generosity over the Christ-mas Season. I wish you could see the grati-tude in the faces of our moms when we gift them with the items you donated to us, for them. It takes a community to help raise a child and we are eternally grateful that you are that community!

Blessings to you all!

Kim Sellers, Director

PS-looking for a place to volunteer?

Birthright has a volunteer spot just for you! 573-335-0750

CATHOLIC RELIF SERVICE COLLECTION

Our Parish is taken up The Catholic Relief Services Col-lection to help Jesus in dis-guise. This collection help sic Catholic agencies provide relief and support to strug-

gling communities and work for peace and rec-onciliation among our marginalized brothers and sisters here and around the world. Ple-dase prayfuly consider how you can support the collection. Learn more about the collec-tion at www.usccb.org/nationalcollections, and click on the :How to give” link in the left.

St. Eustachius Parish, Portageville, MO. March 3rd, 2019. Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

LENTEN PARISH PENANCE

Immaculate Conception, New Madrid. Sunday, March 31st. @ 5:00 p.m. St. Eustachius, Portageville. Tuesday, April 2nd. @ 6:00 p.m. St. Cecilia, Kennett, Mo. Sunday, April 7th @ 5:00 p.m. Sacred Heart, Caruthersville. Sunday, April 14th @ 5:00 p.m.

THE RITE OF SENDING AND SIGNING OF THE BOOK

IS SCHEDULE FOR:

Sunday, March 10th at 8:00 a.m. Mass at St. Eustachius Parish. Candidates, Catechumens, Sponsors mark your calendars and plan to at-tend.

RCIA TEAM Sue Ellen Flynn, Judy Scherer, Loretta Kellams, Fr. Daniel

THE RITE OF ELECTION IS SCHEDULE FOR:

Sunday, March 10, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Cape Girardeau. Followed by dinner at local restaurant. RCIA Team, in-quirers and Sponsors, please save the date and plan to attend.

RCIA TEAM Sue Ellen Flynn, Judy Scherer, Loretta Kellams, Fr. Daniel

ST. CECILIA ASH WEDNESDAY MASSES

6:00 p.m. St. Cecilia English

8:00 p.m. St. Cecilia Spanish

You are more than welcome to join us!

LENT 2019

“A time for love, sacrifice, prayer, and conversion”

DOES THE BIBLE SAY ANYTHING ABOUT ASH WEDNESDAY?

While the Bible does not mention the celebra-tion of Ash Wednesday or command its prac-tice, the Bible does mention ashes and dust in several places. The use of ashes in the Old Testament onward symbolized mourning, re-pentance, and the frailty of humanity.

1. “My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you. Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.” —Job 42:5-6

2. “All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return.” —Ecclesiastes 3:20

3. “By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return.” —Genesis 3:19.

4. “So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and petition, in fasting, and in sackcloth and ashes.” —Daniel 9:3

5. “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Beth-saida! For if the miracles that were per-formed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.” —Matthew 11:21

STATION OF THE CROOS

Every Thursday of Lent at 6:00 p.m.

Join us in prayer and meditation

St. Eustachius Portageville, MO. March 3rd, 2019. Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

DID YOU KNOW?

Ash Wednesday "was ac-cepted into the beliefs of the Catholic Church at the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD. The council also set-

tled upon the 40-day fast period as the standard length to celebrate Lent.

LENT begins with Ash Wednesday

A fasting day of prayer. No meat of any kind (chicken, beef, pork, lamb, etc,)

Good actions, all you can!

Prayer? Yes! A lot of prayer that leads you to

conversion and get closer to Jesus.

ASH WEDNESDAY PRAYER

Lord, Holy One, have mercy on us. We confess our sins to you. We have fallen short of your glory and without your mercy and grace, we would be dust. We repent now. Lord, as we en-ter into this Lenten season, be near to us. Help us, by your Holy Spirit, to feel right con-viction and repentance for our sin. Help us, by your Spirit, to have the strength to overcome the enemy.

Thank you, Lord, that Easter is coming! Death has no sting, no victory, because of Jesus! Glory and honor and praise to His name! Thank you for rescuing us. Help us keep both the weight and the joy of this season in our hearts and we move through the next several weeks. Help us bear the good fruit of your Spirit.

Thank you that the ashes on our forehead do not symbolize our ultimate reality. From dust we might have been formed, but our bodies, our spirits, ourselves, await beautiful redemp-tion and the restoration of all things. Help us long and look forward to that day, and let it come quickly, Lord Jesus. Amen.

The purpose of Lent is the preparation of the believer for Easter through prayer, doing penance, mortifying the flesh, repentance of sins, almsgiving, and self-denial.

RCIA CLASS

Thursday, February 28, 2019

Thank you Father Dominic Ibok, for your presentation What is Lent? Your approach to the subject made easy the understanding of the 40 days of penance, almsgiving and prayer. Good job! Thank you for sharing your time, talents, and wisdom.

GREENWELL BAPTISM

Congratulations Tom & Stephanie Greenwell, for the great blessings for your whole family in the occasion of the baptism of your chil-dren: John Cooper, Aubrey Claire, Eden Grace, and Harper Abigail. May the sanctifying grace God shared with all of you, remains in your hearts for the rest of your lives. Thank you John & Shelly Priggel, the Godparents. Blessing!

St. Eustachius Portageville, MO. March 3rd, 2019. Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

St. Eustachius Parish, Portageville, MO. March 3rd, 2019. Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

ST. EUSTACHIUSSCHOOLPRE-SCHOOL REGISTRATION

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OFFERS ½ DAY OR FULL SCHOOL

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LEARN RESPECT, RESPONSIBILITY AND COOPERATION

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573-379-3525

Annual St. Eustachius Parish Auction

Don’t Miss Out! Auction will be held on Saturday March 9, 2019!

BBQ Sandwiches served at 6:00 p.m. Live Auction starts at 7:00 p.m.

Just a few of the NEW items to be auctioned this year…..

Remember the following details about dropping off your Auction

Items!

St. Eustachius Parish, Portageville, MO. March 3rd, 2019. Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

We will be auctioning off a “Dinner with Bishop Rice!”

It will consist of a catered meal for up to 20 people, in YOUR home, with Bishop Rice as the guest of honor.

( Dinner date will be determined with the schedule of Bishop Rice)

What an excellent opportunity to spend a FUN evening with Bishop Rice, in your home, while enjoying

some great food and conversation!

Mr. Jeff Brands has been refurbishing and repurposing some unique auction

items using materials from the old St. Eustachius School Building! Some of

these items are chalkboards and frames, just to name a few! You don’t want to

miss the opportunity to own a piece of St. Eustachius School!

Auction items can be dropped off at the Parish Center (please place on or by the stage)

Friday, March 8th from Noon - 6:00 p.m. and Saturday, March 9th from 9:00 a.m. - Noon

* Items brought in after Noon on March 9th will be placed in the Silent Auction! *

John Deere Zero Turn Lawn Mower Raffle ($2599 Value)

Contact Bob Darst 576-6129

*DRAW DOWN BOARD* Limited Number of Squares Available!

Selling out quickly!

St. Eustachius School will be participating again this year!