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Fully masked section far left: Beginning this weekend, parishioners who are particularly concerned about masking and distancing should sit in the far left section of the sanctuary, opposite the choir. We ask that all individuals in this area will wear their mask for the duration of Mass and remain safely distanced.

If you prefer to receive the Eucharist on the tongue, please sit or come up the communion line on the far right section nearest the choir. On this side, we will have hand sanitizer available for the minister of Holy Communion to purify their hands if necessary between communicants.

Thank you for helping all of our fellow parishioners feel safer and more comfortable.

Our Ladies Sodality is looking for help for the upcoming Turkey Dinner and Bazaar on Sunday, October 24^th. 

The Ladies are also in need of parishioners to make and bring cakes and pies for the dinner itself and people who can bake/make items for sale in the country store and craft areas

We will be cooking Turkeys on the weekend of Oct 16/17 starting at 9am to 7pm and then finishing turkeys and other prep work from Oct 18 thru 22 from 3pm until 8pm each day.

We will do the sweet potatoes on Thursday Oct 21st starting at 8am Saturday October 23 we will be in the cafeteria and kitchen all day finishing up for the dinner on the 24th. You have the opportunity to either work in kitchen with prep or setting up the cafeteria for Bazaar.

For the actual dinner we are in need of servers to serve at the hot line, shifts are from 1030 to 230, 2:00 to 5:00 and then a crew from 5:00 to whenever to help clean up at end of event

Please if all volunteers could call or text Laura Schreckenberg 618-225-0430 and let her know what days you can help, it would be greatly appreciated. After last year this is a really big event that is needed for the Ladies Sodality to maintain the church for its altar needs. As always we are accepting monetary donations for turkeys and those funds can be placed in the collection plate at all masses, and we will need cakes and pies for the dinner which can be brought by the cafeteria on any evening or Saturday.

Thanks to everyone in the Parish and please make sure to come and enjoy this wonderful dinner.

TRUNKS FOR TREATS- Saturday, October 30 we will hold our annual Trunks for Treats event in the church/school lot. The time is 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. Please contact the parish office to sign up/volunteer to decorate, dress up and hand out candy to the littles! If you wish to donate candy, please drop it at the parish office or in the shopping cart in the gathering space.

RSVP FOR ANNIVERSARY DINNER - Bishop Paprocki will join us on November 13^th at the 4:30 p.m. Mass to celebrate the end of our 150^th Anniversary year. Following Mass, we will enjoy each other’s company and a great meal provided by our Men’s club in the cafeteria. In order for us to plan, please contact the parish office to RSVP for this event. SPACE WILL BE LIMITED so please don’t delay. We will collect a free will offering at the dinner to cover costs. Please reach out to us at 877-3300 during office hours (8AM-4PM, M-F), via email at secretary@stelizabethgc.org or online at 

HELP FEED OUR SEMINARIANS – Seminarians Dan & Ryan arrive before 8:00 Mass on Sundays, stay through 10:30 Mass, and then help take Communion to the homebound for a couple of hours, usually wrapping up at 1:30 or 2 p.m. We’re looking for parishioners willing to bring some fresh fruit for Dan & Ryan (and Father & Deacon) between Masses on Sunday mornings, or to take Dan & Ryan out or invite them over for a late lunch on early Sunday afternoon. To sign up for a date to help with fruit between Masses or lunch in the early afternoon, please call the parish office.

WORLD MISSION SUNDAY - We will celebrate World Mission Sunday, Sunday, October 24. Pope Francis invites the entire Church to support mission dioceses in Africa, Asia, the Pacific Islands, and parts of Latin America and Europe, where priests, religious and lay leaders serve the world’s most vulnerable communities. Please keep the Pope’s missions in your prayers and be generous in the collection for the Society for the Propagation of the Faith.

Every October the Catholic Church in the United States celebrates Respect Life Month.  As Catholics, we are called to cherish, defend, and protect those who are most vulnerable, from the beginning to the end of their lives, and at every point in between. During the month of October, the Church asks us to reflect more deeply on the dignity of every human life.