Dear Parishioners,
This past weekend, Archbishop Rozanski announced his final decisions for the Archdiocese as part of the All Things New Strategic Pastoral Planning Process. He made his decision for our parish that we would remain unchanged regarding our structure. That means that we will continue to be a stand-alone parish and school. He also decided to keep me as your Pastor, so I will remain in service to you. With Fr. Auer receiving a new assignment, the Archbishop has appointed, Fr. Timothy Foy as our Senior Associate Pastor. Please read the full letter here from Archbishop Rozanski.
This past weekend, Archbishop Rozanski announced his final decisions for the Archdiocese as part of the All Things New Strategic Pastoral Planning Process. He made his decision for our parish that we would remain unchanged regarding our structure. That means that we will continue to be a stand-alone parish and school. He also decided to keep me as your Pastor, so I will remain in service to you. With Fr. Auer receiving a new assignment, the Archbishop has appointed, Fr. Timothy Foy as our Senior Associate Pastor. Please read the full letter here from Archbishop Rozanski.
Details for all the parishes of the Archdiocese can be found at allthingsnew.archstl.org.
Here is a summary of some of Archbishop Rozanski’s decisions overall regarding the future footprint of the Archdiocese of St. Louis:
• Moving forward, the Archdiocese of St. Louis will be reshaped from 178 individual parishes into 134 parishes. These parishes will be overseen by close to 90 diocesan pastors and 17 religious order pastors. These modifications include the merging of 35 parishes that will be subsumed into neighboring parishes and 15 parishes being merged to create 5 new parishes. There will also be a new personal parish for the Spanish-speaking community in St. Charles County.
Here is a summary of some of Archbishop Rozanski’s decisions overall regarding the future footprint of the Archdiocese of St. Louis:
• Moving forward, the Archdiocese of St. Louis will be reshaped from 178 individual parishes into 134 parishes. These parishes will be overseen by close to 90 diocesan pastors and 17 religious order pastors. These modifications include the merging of 35 parishes that will be subsumed into neighboring parishes and 15 parishes being merged to create 5 new parishes. There will also be a new personal parish for the Spanish-speaking community in St. Charles County.
• Even in parishes where there is no change to the pastor or parish structure, all of our communities are asked to re-evaluate their current pastoral care, social outreach and evangelization efforts to see if they can be streamlined, refined or re-invented. Our new Vicariate structure will support this.
• Over the next several months our priests will be discerning with their people what the best use of our facilities should be to provide the Sacraments and necessary pastoral care to all who live in their boundaries and begin to reimagine what a vibrant, evangelizing parish ought to look like.
• Implementation of these plans will begin in summer/fall of 2023 and may continue through 2026. The newly formed Office of Parish Mission and Vitality will also begin developing new plans for evangelization and social outreach to build upon the strength of our new archdiocesan footprint.
Again, St Clare of Assisi Parish remains unchanged in its structure, and I will be your Pastor. I look forward to the ways we will continue to work together to spread the Gospel message and create disciples. God is doing great things in this local community, and I am proud to be your shepherd. Thank you for your continued prayers for me and know of my prayers for you. If you have any questions regarding any of the All Things New decisions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me.
Sincerely yours in Christ,
Fr. Anthony Yates
There is one BIG announcement....Our new Youth Minister, Gabby Scheberle, begins her tenure here at SCA this coming Monday, June 5th. If you see her our and about, please stop and say "Hi". Also, the school office hours for the summer are changing:
June 3rd through June 9th - 9:00am to 12:00pm (Noon)
June 12th through July 31st the office will be CLOSED.
**Phone messages will be checked frequently.**
Since there is a lot of information in this week's Flocknote, let us start off with a prayer:
God of Love,
You are with us in every transition and change,
As we enter into this new era with excitement and even some anxiety,
we recall your deep compassion, presence, and abounding love.
We thank you for the gifts, talents and skills with which you have blessed us.
We thank you for the experiences that have brought us to this moment.
We thank you for the work of others that gives breadth and depth to our own work.
Be with us as we move forward, rejoicing with you and supporting one another.
We ask this in your Holy Name.
Amen
Fr. Yates,
Pastor
Would you like to bake or buy desserts for the reception? We are looking for cookies, mini-cupcakes, brownies, tarts, mini-cheesecakes, chocolate covered strawberries, etc. Please contact Gina Donlin @ 314.780.5967 or gdonlin7@gmail.com, by June 20th and let her know what and how many you'd like to provide. Thank you!!
Preparations are underway for a celebration to thank Fr. Auer and Mrs. Sheila Trani for their years of service to our parish. We would love for you to share your pictures you may have of Fr. Auer and Mrs. Trani so we can try to make a picture collage featuring them. Please email them to Sue Inserra at scottsue93@gmail.com (preferred) or drop them off at the rectory with your name on it and to the attention of Sue Inserra. All photos are needed by Friday, June 16th.
SVDP FOOD PANTRY NEEDS
Apple Juice | Cranberry Juice | Chewy Granola Bars
Body Wash | Paper Towels
Your generosity is so appreciated by our neighbors in need that rely on our food pantry to get by in their time of need. We thank you for your continued prayers and support. God bless you, St. Vincent de Paul Society.
**Please note that we cannot distribute outdated items**
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