The Coming Week at a Glance
Saturday, 5/14
4 p.m. Mass
Sunday, 5/15
9 a.m. Mass
Monday, 5/16
7 p.m. PTO Executive Board Meeting
Tuesday, 5/17
8 a.m. Mass and Perpetual Help Devotions
Wednesday, 5/18
8 a.m. Mass (with Grades 6-8)
Thursday, 5/19
8 a.m. Mass (with Grades K-2)
8th Grade Mystery Trip
Canned goods drive dress-down at school
Friday, 5/20
8 a.m. Mass (with Grades 3-5)
Last day of school for 8th Grade
Saturday, 5/21
4 p.m. Mass
LITURGY & SACRAMENTS
5th Sunday of Easter
Masses: Saturday, May 14, 4 p.m. & Sunday, May 15, 9 a.m.
Best wishes to Michele Singler and David Humphrey, who were married at St. Stephen Protomartyr on Saturday, May 7, 2022.
STEWARDSHIP & SERVICE
Our parish Financial Aid Committee met recently to award a total of $24,000 in tuition assistance to 18 families for the next school year. The committee members are Father Ron, Jim Prag, Joyce Stockmann, Gary Stoff, and June Tessin. Thank you to all who generously give to the Tuition Assistance Fund to help our families in need.
This weekend we launch the 2022 Annual Catholic Appeal in our parish. Your support of the Appeal sustains the outreach efforts of the Church. You are invited to 1) make your pledge in the back of church after Mass, 2) pledge via our Online Giving link; or text-to-give by texting "ACA" to 243725. Questions? Contact Will Hartzler at 314-749-1767.
By now we hope you've made contact with a Grand Raffle ticket seller. (You don't want to wait 'cause those ARE going to sell out. We're serious.)
Let's take a moment to give a little love to our other raffles. Unlike the Grand Raffles, these tickets are UNLIMITED, so you can buy some now, buy some more on Picnic Day, tell your friends about them, tell them again in a couple of weeks ... You get the idea.
- NEW! THE BIG 50-50 RAFFLE: Simple. The more we sell, the more you win.
- RAFFLE OF FUN: XBOX SERIES X: Comes with a controller and a $100 Xbox gift card.
- RAFFLE OF FUN: CARDINALS STAYCATION: Two tickets to the July 9 Cards v. Phillies game, a voucher for a night at a Drury hotel, and a bat signed by Harrison Bader. Home run.
- GIFT CARD EXTRAVAGANZA: What more can we say? No, really -- it's SO great, we don't even know what's in it yet. But it will be worth more than $1,000.
- SCRATCH-OFFS GALORE: A big pile ($100 worth) of lottery tickets to be scratched off by YOU! We don't have to tell you what the possibilities are here.
- PLANT RAFFLE: Win one of three botanical beauties. Tell everyone you grew it yourself.
- QUILT RAFFLE: Win one of two hand-crafted quilts. It won't always be 95 degrees, and you'll want to be prepared for that cold snap.
How can you play? You can buy on Picnic Day, of course. But if you aren't going to join us on June 8 or if you just can't wait, you have two options:
1. You can click that little form to open a big, printable version and get it to the parish office with your payment well before June 8, so we have it in time for the drawings.
OR
Both ways are good ways.
SCHOOL
Our Spring Music Sharing yesterday was not only a beautiful trip around the world, courtesy of our talented singers and instrumentalists, but it was also the first all-school assembly we've had in more than two years. Parents and grandparents were able to join us, and it was noisy and joyful and a great way to start the end of the school year.
The concert began with our beginning and concert bands who were so excited to finally play together live again! Thank you, Ann Dolan, for your work with the band.
As music teachers Anne & David Borgmeyer pointed out, one unintended result of Covid restrictions on singing over the last two years was that the kids learned a lot about instrumentation. It shows! These classes have become impressive little bands in their own right!
(If you watch nothing else, do yourself a favor and jump to the 17:33 minute mark. Hearing 200 kids singing together again, and applause, might have made our heart explode a little bit.)
And the traditional 8th grade class song ...
At the end of Music Sharing, our middle school math teacher Gerry Glenn was surprised and honored to be selected as the second recipient of our "Excellence in Education" Award.
We are pleased to announce that Carol Anne Lorenz will be joining us as our new kindergarten teacher in the 2022-23 school year. Welcome back!
We are still searching for a kindergarten aide, an intermediate (Grades 3-5) social studies teacher, and a part-time physical education teacher. Qualified candidates can contact principal Greg Sturgill at greg.sturgill@saintstephenstl.org.
