Author: Peter Fonseca

St Theodore
Catholic Church
Flint Hill

Twenty-fifth Sunday
in Ordinary Time September 19, 2021
The fruit of righteousness
is sown in peace for those who cultivate peace. — James 3:18

St. Theodore Church
5085 Highway P
Wentzville, MO 63385
Parish Office Hours
Monday—Thursday
7:30 am—4:00 pm
Friday - 9:00 AM—Noon
Phone (636) 332—9269
www.sainttheodore.org
St. Theodore School
5059 Highway P
Phone: (636) 639—1385
www.sainttheodoreschool.org

Holy Sacrifice of the Mass
Sunday Masses
Saturday: 5:00 pm
Sunday: 7:30 am, 9:00 am, 11:00 am
Weekday Mass
Monday—Friday: 8:00 am
Perpetual Help devotions immediately after Mass on Tuesdays
Eucharistic Adoration is First Fridays from 8:30 am to 2:30 pm
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Saturday 4:00 — 4:45 pm
Sunday 7:00 — 7:20 am Anytime by appointment
Other Sacraments
Baptism: Please call the parish office
Marriage: Please call the parish office
Anointing of the Sick: Please call Fr. Fonseca

St Theodore Catholic Church

Highlights

Mass Intentions and Readings

Every Thursday Night: Queen of Hearts at the Knights of Columbus Hall 5-7:00 PM
Monday, Sept 20
Faith Formation Mondays
6:30 PM in the FSR (Fr. Schmidt Room)
Forming the Family
High School Youth Ministry
6:30-7:30 PM
Saturday, Sept 25
St. Vincent dePaul Walk for the Poor
Quail Ridge Park 8 AM
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Note that all dates are tentative and may be subject to change with the coronavirus situation

Welcome to our Visitors
We joyfully welcome new members to St. Theodore. If you wish to join our parish or are interested in becoming a member of the Catholic Church, please see Father after Mass or call the parish office.

Monday, Sept 20: Ss. Andrew Kim Tae-gŏn, Paul Chŏng Ha-sang, and Companions: Ezr 1:1-6; Ps 126:1b-6; Lk 8:16-18 8:00 AM † Jerry Bushman
Tuesday, Sept. 21: St. Matthew: Eph 4:1-7, 11-13; Ps 19:2-5; Mt 9:9-13 8:00 AM † Walter Bunt
Wednesday: Sept. 22 Ezr 9:5-9; Tb:13:2, 3-4abefghn, 7-8; Lk 9:1-6 8:00 AM † Jean Wilmes
Thursday, Sept. 23: St. Pius of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio): Hg 1:1-8; Ps 149:1b-6a, 9b; Lk 9:7-9 8:00 AM † Jeff Turpin
Friday, Sept. 24 Hg 2:1-9; Ps 43:1-4; Lk 9:18-22 8:00 AM † Jean Wilmes
Saturday, Sept 25
5:00 PM †† Paul & Arline Kersting
Sunday, Sept.26: Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Nm 11:25-29; Ps 19:8, 10, 12-14; Jas 5:1-6; Mk 9:38-43, 45, 47-48 7:30 AM People of the Parish
9:00 AM † Anna Rose Ballmann
11:00 AM † Steve Sutton

Mission Statement
As a faith-filled community, we grow in spirituality through prayer, respect for family, support of education and acceptance of all. By the wisdom of our past and the energy of God’s Spirit for our future, we demonstrate being alive in Christ.

Twenty-fifthSunday in Ordinary Time

From the Pastor

Parish Staff

Today is our Fall Festival. My thanks go to those who have worked so hard to organize this important fundraiser and the countless parishioners who have volunteered their time to make today a success. While we rely on the success of our Fall Festival to help us meet our annual budget, I believe it has 3 greater significances. 1. It build up our community: the opportunity to volunteer alongside other parishioners is a great way to meet parishioners that you might not otherwise have had the chance to meet. 2. It is a friendraiser: the Fall Festival welcomes people from near and far and it provides us with the opportunity to reach out to the community to show them what makes our parish so special and perhaps even invite or encourage them to consider joining our great parish. 3. It keeps us attached to our heritage: while the world is changing quickly and our parish is experiencing the many changes that come with all of the growth in the area, hosting an old country Fall Festival on our picnic grounds that has hosted these events for years and that still uses the same menu, keeps us connected to our roots as an old country parish.
The official results from the Annual Catholic Appeal (ACA) are in. I want to thank Gene Moellering and Alan Niederer for all of their hard work in the chairing the ACA at St. Theodore. Thanks in part to their hard work and your generosity we surpassed our goal by nearly $10,000 raising $58,335. If you look at the final results on page 6 of this bulletin you will see that we reached that goal because ⅓ of our parishioners participated in this diocesan wide fundraiser (an increase over last year) and 49 new families choose to donate this year. Together with the rest of the diocese we raised 16,483,000 which was almost 2 million dollars over their goal. As many of you know, the ACA helps to fund many of the important initiatives in the Archdiocese including Catholic Charities, the seminary, Catholic education, and even part of my salary as the director of continuing formation for priests.
As fall quickly approaches we have begun our weekly Monday evening faith formation series. This coming Monday we kick off the first of our Forming the Family Sessions. This series, held every 3rd Monday of the month, is designed for the parents of our parish. While I know parents often have little time for themselves, this hour long series focused on living the faith in the midst of your family, will be worth the time. Taking an hour a month to focus on your marriage and family will certainly pay dividends in your home life, so I encourage you to consider joining us every 3rd Monday of the month.
This fall we welcome 58 1st through 8th grade students into our PSR program. Of those 58, 13 will be preparing to receive the sacraments of Reconciliation and First Holy Communion and 8 will be preparing to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation. My thanks go to their parents for entrusting us with the sacred task of working with them as we seek to share the faith with their children and to Katie Maxwell and her team of catechists that undertake this important responsibility. I ask that you keep our students and their catechists in your prayers throughout this year.
On Wednesday, I had a very productive meeting with our Stewardship Committee. In addition to talking about our Stewardship Sunday plans we also finalized plans to welcome the over 80 new families who have joined our parish in the past year and a half. Unfortunately, due to COVID, we have not had a chance to formally welcome them to St. Theodore, so we are looking forward to hosting a welcome to St. Theodore party. In the meantime, perhaps this time leading up to Stewardship Sunday is a great opportunity for us to ask two simple questions: 1. What is one area in the parish that I can become involved in that will nurture my faith and 2. What is one area in the parish that I can become involved in so that I can give back to the parish?
St. Theodore is back open and here to serve you in any way that we can. Know my daily prayers for you. If I can be of any assistance, please do not hesitate to ask.
God Bless,
Fr. Peter Fonseca

Pastor
Fr. Peter Fonseca
(636) 332—9269 ext. 263
pfonseca@sainttheodore.org
Deacon
Deacon Dan Ford
(636) 332—9269
Deacon.dford@sainttheodore.org
School Principal
Mrs. Kelly Cassinger
(636) 639—1385 ext.222
cassingerk@sainttheodore.org
Director of Family Catechesis
Mrs. Katie Maxwell
(636) 332—9269 ext. 283
kmaxwell@sainttheodore.org
Youth Ministry Coordinator
Mrs. Kathy Ochs
(636) 332—9269
youthministry@sainttheodore.org
Office Manager
Mrs. Mary Belarde
(636) 332—9269 ext. 225
mbelarde@sainttheodore.org
Parish Secretary
Mrs. Julia Kettler
(636) 332—9269 ext. 226
bulletin@sainttheodore.org
Liturgical Music

Around the Parish

Adult Faith Formation

Scenes from PSR

Welcome back to our 58 PSR students and our catechists:
Mrs. Patti Ballmann
Mrs. Mary Henke
Mr. Russell Hill
Miss Jackie Jacezco
Mrs. Jody Osterholt
Miss Kirsten Monday
Mr. Mark Monday
Miss Emily Prize

In Our Parish

Money Box for September 5

Monday, 20
8:00 AM Mass; 6:30 PM Forming the Family; High School Youth Ministry
Tuesday, Sept 21
8:00 AM Mass;
Wednesday, Sept 22
8:00 AM Mass; 6:15-7:30 PSR
Thursday, Sept 23
8:00 AM Mass
5:00 PM Queen of Hearts—K of C Hall
Friday, Sept 24
8:00 Mass
Saturday, Sept 25 4:00 PM Confession—Church
5:00 PM Mass– Church
Sunday, Sept 26
7:00 AM Confession— Church
7:30 AM Mass—Church
9:00 AM Mass—Church 11:00 AM Mass —Church

Annual Caholic Appeal Report

	Fiscal Year Began	Last Week	Year to Date
	Jul. 1, 2021	Sep 5, 2021	July 1—Sep. 5
Sunday Envelopes	116	13,059.09	85,885.32
Electronic Offertory	72	5,177.66	44,981.07
Total	188	18,236.75	130,866.39
Parish Budget	Offertory Needed	12,500.00	125,000.00
	Over/Under	5,736.75	5,866.39
Other Donations
Maintenance	50.00	SVDP	60.00
Votive Candles	87.55	Assumption	5.00
FF Meat	210.00	Disaster funds	5.00
Stole Fee	100.00	Building Fund	10.00
Cath. Univ. of America	5.00	Tuition Assistance	98.00

Money Box for September 12

	Fiscal Year Began	Last Week	Year to Date
	Jul. 1, 2021	Sep 12, 2021	July 1—Sep. 12
Sunday Envelopes	85	8,110.50	93,995.82
Electronic Offertory	68	4,003.00	48,984.07
Total	153	12,113.50	142,979.89
Parish Budget	Offertory Needed	12,500.00	137,500.00
	Over/Under	(386.50)	5,479.89
Other Donations
Maintenance	430.00	SVDP	110.00
Votive Candles	38.00	Building Fund	10.00
FF Meat	240.00	Tuition Assistance	285.72
Stole Fee	300.00	Cath. Universities	25.00

Thank you

We would like to thank everyone for all of the support and prayers offered to our family after the loss of our mother, Mary Lou Harmon. We are blessed to be a part of such a loving parish family.
Kathy & John Kersting, Bridget & Brian Hemmer, Steve & Jessica Harmon, and Families

Save the date—Knights of Columbus

ACTS Retreats

October 9, 2021
28th Annual St. Theodore Knights of Columbus Golf Tournament in Honor of Walt Menne

Men’s ACTS Retreat—October 7-10, 2021
Women’s ACTS Retreat—November 18-21, 2021
LaSalle Retreat Center

Liturgical Ministers
rgical Ministers -

26 Sept 21 / 26th Sun OT	Presider	Extraordinary	Lectors	Musicians	Servers	Ushers
5:00 PM	Fr. Peter	Dan McGuire	Georgette McGuire	Michelle		Jason Orf
	Dcn. Dan					Mike Polman
7:30 AM	Fr. Peter	Sandy Sachs	Jeanne Hutson			Mark Scott
	Dcn. Dan					Bernie Seiffert
9:00 AM	Fr. Peter	Patti Ballmann	Curt Heisserer	Jessica	Gabriel Linneman	Joe Linneman
						Wyatt Linneman
11:00 AM	Fr. Peter	Lisa Monday	Mary Belarde			Ryan Ochs
						Mary Rosen

Musicians

Lectors

prayertree@sainttheodore.org Prayer Tree Darlene 636-327-4259

Please pray for these parishioners struggling with health issues

Jacob McGilvray Francis Hermann
Bob Williams Melanie Coval Patti Luedecke Laverne Vehige Janice Amptmann
Marilyn Boman Dot Sherman John Bognar Charlie Bextermiller Melvin Hakenewerth
Bill Boyd Ursula Orf
Priests at Regina Cleri
Jean Benedict
Tom Bersett
Larry Zigler
George Grelle
Mary Casey
Marilyn Mueller
Nancy Nolte
Pat Hunn
Mark Ehrhard
Loretta Mayberry
Bill Nolte

Please pray for these members serving in our military & let us know if they are deployed.
Nathan Dermody; Spencer Dee; Drew Bishline; Josh Daues; Angela Puzan/deployed; Tyler Reuter; Joseph Moehrle/ deployed

Please pray for our parishioners discerning a vocation to the priesthood or religious life
Mr. Keenan Bross—Mr. Curtis Prize—Mr. Andrew Belarde

Parish Ministry Contacts

Safe Environment
Mary Belarde
mbelarde@sainttheodore.org
Parish Council
Jessica Eusterbrock
parishcouncil@sainttheodore.org
Finance Council
Jahn Schulz
financecommittee@sainttheodre.org
Youth Ministry
Kathy Ochs
youthministry@sainttheodore.org
BEST
best@sainttheodore.org
Picnic & Fall Festival
Julie Bell
picnic@sainttheodore.org
Facility Rental
Mary Belarde ext. 225
mbelarde@saintheodore.org
St. Vincent de Paul
Jerry DiMecurio ext. 281
ACTS
Lynn Bodine and Dale Ballmann
actsdatabase@yahoo.com
School Principal
Kelly Cassinger ext. 222
cassingerk@sainttheodore.org
School Secretary
Rita Varner ext. 221
Rvarner@sainttheodore.org
PSR Director
Katie Maxwell
kmaxwell@sainttheodore.org
Maintenance
Damion Morris ext 247
School Board
boardofed@sainttheodore.org
Home and School
Tammy Schulz & Katie Grau
STYSA
Travis Trader
tjtrader@hotmail.com
Flint Hill Knights of Columbus
Brandon Franck 636-358-0579
Knight’s Hall Rental:
Vernon Bromley 636-357-3043
Ladies Sodality
Janet Kelly: jlk6475@gmail.com
Quilters
Pam Heppermann: 314-749-6143

Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time September 19, 2021 The fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for those who cultivate peace. — James 3:18 READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday, Sept 20: Ss. Andrew Kim Tae-gŏn, Paul Chŏng Ha-sang, and Companions: Ezr 1:1-6; Ps 126:1b-6; Lk 8:16-18 Tuesday, Sept. 21: St. Matthew: Eph 4:1-7, 11-13; Ps 19:2-5; Mt 9:9-13 Wednesday: Sept. 22 Ezr 9:5-9; Tb:13:2, 3-4abefghn, 7-8; Lk 9:1-6 Thursday, Sept. 23: St. Pius of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio): Hg 1:1-8; Ps 149:1b-6a, 9b; Lk 9:7-9 Friday, Sept. 24 Hg 2:1-9; Ps 43:1-4; Lk 9:18-22
Saturday, Sept 25:
Sunday, Sept. 26: Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Nm 11:25-29; Ps 19:8, 10, 12-14; Jas 5:1-6; Mk 9:38-43, 45, 47-48 SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time; Catechetical Sunday Monday: Ss. Andrew Kim Tae-gŏn, Paul Chŏng Ha-sang, and Companions; Sukkot (Jewish harvest festival) begins at sunset Tuesday: St. Matthew Wednesday: Autumn begins Thursday: St. Pius of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio) Saturday: Blessed Virgin Mary OUR BEST The more the world is at its worst, the more we need the Church at its best. —Anonymous

WOMEN'S MONTHLY MORNING OF RECOLLECTION at ICD beginning Aug. 4 from 9:30-11:30 AM, the first Wednesday of each month. Two meditations will be given by a priest of the Prelature of Opus Dei. 10:45 AM Benediction with the Blessed Sacrament. The Sacrament of Reconciliation is available. Women of all ages are invited. There is no babysitting but babies are welcome. More information? Sue Anthony 314-630-5160;Lindell Study Center 314-822-3627; Ronnie Wheadon 314-922-9403.

Online Giving is as easy as one click!
It is a simple and convenience. Just visit our parish website at www.sainttheodore.org and click on the "On Line Giving" link. Remember to include your envelope number. Our Sunday Visitor Online Giving Donor Support
Did you know that we have a dedicated team to help donors with any questions or challenges with Online Giving?
Simply call the support line: 800-348-2886, Option 2
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Please Print 325 for Sunday, 19 Sept 2021
Information Sheet
Church Name and Address:
995822: St. Theodore
5085 Highway P, Wentzville, MO 63385-2118
Phone:
636-332-9269 ext. 226 (Parish Office)
Contact Person:
Julia ext 226; bulletin@sainttheodore.org
Or Mary ext 225
Software:
Microsoft Publisher 2007
Adobe Acrobat X Standard
Window XP
Number of Pages Sent:
Cover + 6 text pages + this page = 8 (with 1 ad pages)
Sunday Date of Publication:
19 Sept 2028
Transmission time:
Tuesday Noon
FedEx Shipping Address: 5085 Highway P, Wentzville, MO 63385
Special instructions for delivery: If Parish Office closed (we are closed every Friday), please deliver to the Rectory at 5051 Highway P (white 2-storey house next to the church).
FedEx tracking e-mail: bulletin@sainttheodore.org

Harvester K of C 2021 Fall Washer Tourney, Sat, 9/25/2021, 12:00pm, Register 11:30pm, Sts. J&A Care Service, 4116 McClay Rd, St. Charles, MO 63304, $40 per 2-person team, Cash prizes, Food and beverages sold at tournament. Contact Tim Plawski at tbonepack@sbcglobal.net or 314-910-8670 to pre-register.

Online Giving is as easy as one click!
visit our parish website at www.sainttheodore.org and click on the "On Line Giving" link. Remember to include your envelope number.
If you need assistance Our Sunday Visitor is ready to help:
Call the support line 800-348-2886, option 2. or Donor Support olgLevel1@osv.com or email at onlinegiving@osv.com.

If you haven't experienced the simplicity and convenience of our electronic offertory, visit our parish website at www.sainttheodore.org and click on the "On Line Giving" link.