e-Bulletin
Week of September 4 - 10, 2022
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... to Love, to Serve, to be Hope ...
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WE NEED YOU
to help with donuts, coffee, lemonade and cookies.
Please SIGN UP HERE with your family, friends, by yourself. All Are Welcome!
Curious what you would be doing?
You would help set up half an hour before Mass and come back to the kitchen after communion to put out the drinks and donuts.
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FOCUS ON MINISTRY
Focus on Ministry starts next weekend! September 10th and 11th!
Brief sharing from speakers from Life Stages Spirituality and Faith in Action ministries during Masses.
Introduction of our new staff member Cheryl Peterson.
- Coffee, donuts and juice after Masses.
- Blessing of children’s back packs after masses.
- Service opportunity – help fill blessing bags for homeless people.
Opportunity to fill out a Gift Inventory form for our gift data bank.
Council tables and representatives to answer questions in Commons.
For a fun weekend volunteer to help out as a greeter or server of donuts one of the four weekends!
Call the office to find out how to volunteer.
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CALENDAR
Saturday, September 3:
- Food Shelf and Coffee Sales
- Wenman/Bishop wedding, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
- 5:00 pm Mass, Fr. Kevin
Sunday, September 4:
- Food Shelf and Coffee Sales
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9:00 am Mass, Fr. Tim - Deacon Mickey preaches LIVESTREAMED
- 11:00 am Mass, Fr. Tim
Monday, September 5:
Tuesday, September 6:
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Baptism prep, 6:15 pm - 7:15 pm
- AA meeting, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
- Choir Rehearsal, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Wednesday, September 7:
Thursday, September 8:
- Lawn Mowing Crew 2
- Mass, 10:00 am
- Parish Leadership Council, 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
- Al-Anon meeting, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
- Sustainability committee 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Friday, September 9:
Saturday, September 10:
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Bogey’s Best Ball Challenge, 8:00 am at Emerald Greens
- Server Training, 10:00 am
- 5:00 pm Mass, Fr. Tim
Sunday, September 11:
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9:00 am Mass & backpack blessing, Fr. Kevin LIVESTREAMED
- Blessing Bags, 10:00 am - 11:00 am
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11:00 am OUTDOOR Mass & backpack blessing, Fr. Tim - Deacon Mickey preaches
- Baptism, 12:15 pm
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THANK YOU
Thank you to all who donated
for the Missionary.
The total collected so far is $5,748.
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EASY AND FUN VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY
SEPTEMBER 25 (training)
Great for Middle Schoolers and Older Teens – Adults are needed too!
Sharing God’s Story (SGS) for 4- and 5-year old’s and Children’s Liturgy of the Word (CLOW) for 6 – 10 year old’s
Parents and grandparents, your middle school and high school teens have service hours to complete for many school related activities or honors requirements AND giving of yourself and doing service for others and your community is a Christian value we uphold and teach our children.
Here are two simple child programs that you or your teen or you and your teen can do while you are at the 9am or 11am Mass. VERY SIMPLE, very minimal preparation time and teens will earn 2 hours service every time they participate!
Quick Training provided on Sunday September 25 - SGS – 10:00- 10:30 - Rm 101 / CLOW – 12 :00- 12:30 – Rm 101
Please click on the two links below to learn more and sign up to help with these Sunday morning programs.
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IT'S TIME FOR A NEW DIRECTORY!
SEPTEMBER 20-24 & OCTOBER 18-22
Church Directory Photography
Schedule your appointment today!
PHOTOGRAPHY DATES:
Tuesday—Saturday
September 20-24, 2022
October 18-22, 2022
HOURS
Weekdays 2:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Saturdays 10:30 am - 5:00 pm
ONLINE SCHEDULING
(right column under “Photography appointment Scheduling login”)
Church Code: mn255
Password: photos
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VOLUNTEER
We need 1 or 2 Host/Hostesses to help greet parishioners, check them in and help them fill out a form.
It is also a nice time to connect with friends and meet new people.
Adults and teens are welcome to help out or a parent with a younger child.
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OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS
SEPTEMBER 4-9
St. Thomas Becket has an opportunity for students to stuff hymnals and straighten hymnal racks during the week of September 4 – 9.
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BLESSING BAG DONATIONS NEEDED
BY SEPTEMBER 6
We will be assembling Blessing Bags for the homeless at Mass
on September 10 & 11, and we need your help collecting items to go into the bags.
We will be collecting by first letter of your last name:
- A – E: Thick, unisex socks
- F – J: Toothpaste (regular or travel size – we already have toothbrushes)
- K – O: Handkerchiefs (fabric)
- P – S: Beef sticks or beef jerky, individual servings, no cheese/refrigeration
- T – Z: Purse-size Vaseline
Please drop off your items in the Commons by Tuesday, September 6.
We hope to assemble a total of 160 bags.
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FAITH FORMATION REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN
CLOSES ON SEPTEMBER 16
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Early Bird Fee is OVER
2022-23 Faith Formation / Sacraments Registration
is Open Volunteers wanted!
Online registration is now open for the upcoming year for all our child and youth programs, including sacramental preparation. Go to www.stbeagan.org and click on the header that says Learning and Spirituality.
In addition, we have many opportunities for adults and teens to give of their time and talents as Catechists, and Small Group Leaders. You do not have to have a child in the program to serve! Please contact the Faith Formation staff, we can’t wait to meet you!
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ALTAR SERVERS NEEDED
SEPTEMBER 10
ALTAR SERVERS ARE NEEDED FOR ALL OF OUR SUNDAY MASSES
WHO: Anyone in the 5th grade on up. Men, women, girls and boys. Sibling or parent/child teams or adult individuals.
WHEN: Server training will be on Saturday, September 10th at 10:00 a.m. in the church. If that time is not possible, other arrangements can be made.
WHAT DOES A SERVER DO? It starts with lighting the candles for mass, continues with carrying the cross or prayer basket in procession, holding the book for the presider and helping to set the altar at the Preparation of the Table and Gifts. After mass the server snuffs the candles and helps the coordinator put things away.
New servers will partner with experienced servers for the first two times they serve. Monthly schedules will be made according to the server’s availability.
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NEXT OUTDOOR MASS
September 11 at the 11:00 am
Donuts will be served afterwards.
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BLESSING OF BACKPACKS AND DEVICES
SEPTEMBER 10/11
In celebration of the new school year all students are invited to bring their school back packs and/or electronic devices to Mass on September 10 and 11. At the end of Mass you will be invited to bring them forward and the whole church will bless them.
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LOVE THE LITURGY?
SEPTEMBER 15
Consider joining the Liturgy Committee!
We prepare the main liturgical seasons: Advent/Christmas and Lent/Easter.
We study the readings, the signs of the times and the heartfelt needs of our parishioners and look for a focus for these seasons that can bring worshipers closer to Jesus Christ. Then we collaborate on the music and environment that support that focus and look for actions that can embody the prayer of the assembly.
We meet on the third Thursday of the months before the major seasons from
6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Our next meeting is September 15.
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WRITE A BIRTHDAY CARD
SEPTEMBER 15
Do you enjoy encouraging others through special occasion cards or short notes?
Most inmates do not regularly receive mail. And of those there are many whose birthdays are not acknowledged. Receiving mail brings great joy to a prisoner, and to be acknowledged on a day that should be special to them can restore an otherwise devastating day.
Please join us at STB from 4:30pm—6pm on Thursday, September 15. Please come any amount of time and write as many cards as you wish.
Thanks for considering!
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DO YOU LIKE WATER?
We are currently putting together small groups for the JustFaith 8-week series, Sacred Water: Oceans and Ecosystems. If you are interested in facilitating a small group, or if you’d like to be contacted directly when facilitators are in place and dates/times are set, email Dez at dezs@stbeagan.org.
There are three books for this series, two of which will need to be purchased by participants, and one available to check out at STB. There is no additional cost to participate. Facilitators do not need to be experienced but should be comfortable leading a group, and sharing the role with a friend or spouse works great.
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FALL EVENT AT STB!
SEPTEMBER 25
A Fall Event at St Thomas Becket Featuring:
Author & Professor Dr. Angela Senander
Sunday, September 25, 2022
10:15am – 11:30am
The Catholic Church and Public Life by Dr. Angela Senander, PhD
A 100-page read that invites reflection and study to help understand differences in perception and judgement of the many “stumbling blocks” (scandals) for the Church and the individual Catholic, both in the internal life of the Church and in its mission to the world. This book is clearly written making it accessible not only to the theological community but for all interested Catholics. Charles Curran, Professor of Human Values – Elizabeth Scurlock University
Read Dr. Senander’s book by September 25 and then join the group as Angela facilitates the listening and discussion. She has recently been an associate professor of theology at Merrimack College in the Archdiocese of Boston. Her writings on faith, church, and public life have appeared in: Prophetic Witness, Catholic Women’s Strategies for Reform, New Theology Review, and America.
Books are available for $10 at STB and located on the table outside the parish office door. Please leave payment in the silver drop box on the wall near the table. Checks to St Thomas Becket.
Questions or concerns call or email Mary McDonald at the parish office marym@stbeagan.org – (651) 683-9808 Ext. 108
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EXITING NEWS
Grant for VBS
STB has been awarded a grant from the Catholic Community Foundation
(https://www.ccf-mn.org) to enhance our summer Vacation Bible School program with daily mission projects and leadership training for our senior high volunteers.
We are excited for the possibilities this grant opens to us, and we look forward to sharing more about our plans for the 2023 VBS Missions Camp, June 12-15.
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JOIN THE CHOIR
The choir welcomes new and returning members to join them in their ministry of prayer and praise. The choir practices on Tuesday nights to lead music at weekend Masses and for special occasions. Choir members must be fully vaccinated against CoVid. For more information, contact music director Chris Ángel at chrisa@stbeagan.org.
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WOMEN'S CLOTHING DRIVE
SEPTEMBER 24
South of the River
Womens’ Clothing Drive
Bring all sizes solid colored clothing to your church
Saturday, September 24th, 2022
Modest clothing to uplift sexually trafficked victims within our community
Call Kathy at 651 456-9378
Items needed:
- Tee shirts
- Sweatshirts
- Sweatpants
- Sport bras
- Bags of new socks
- and new underwear
- Tasteful tops, dresses, pants, and skirts appropriate for young women
All items without words or images displayed
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DO YOU LOVE ANIMALS?
OCTOBER 2
Join our committee to plan and prepare our annual Blessing of the Beasts celebration on Sunday, October 2 at 2:00 pm. We will find a time to meet that fits everyone's schedule. We’ll plan the music, the readings and the treats. We always have young people to help with the animals. This committee is open to all ages. You just have to love the beasts and want them to get blessed.
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IN MEMORIAM
Please remember in your prayers Nancy R. Schultz, who died on Monday, July 15 at the age of 62. She was preceded in death by her father, Raphael W. Schultz, and her grandparents, T. LeRoy and Mabel J. Bakken, and Paul E. and Mary F. Schultz. Nancy is survived by her mother Ruth S. Schultz, her sister Brenda K. Schultz, Minneapolis, and her brother Paul R. Schultz, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Nancy had a special talent for connecting with children. While she started her career working with adults, she transitioned in 1988 to working with 3-, 4-, and 5-year-old children in the St. Paul Public Schools. Identifying students with communication disorders and creatively helping them to better voice their thoughts and concerns until she retired in June, 2019.
We lost Nancy to cancer too soon, and she will be so greatly missed. Her laughter, positive attitude, fighting spirit, and her kindness especially to children "who just want to be loved" - all of these characteristics made Nancy who she was and we will hold her close in our memories.
The Funeral Mass was held here on Saturday, August 27 with a luncheon afterwards. Thank you to all who graciously assisted with Mass, the musicians, those who helped with the meal, including the people who cleaned-up and took down tables and chairs.
May God grant eternal rest
and give comfort to the family at their time of loss. Amen.
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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR:
General Schedules page HERE
By Ministry:
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Where to find schedule links:
Go to www.stbeagan.org and look under HELPFUL LINKS, there you will find “schedules”, click on it and you will be able to find the link to the signup. |
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STB VIRTUAL PRAYER WALL
Let's pray for each other!
When you get to this page, double click on the brick wall to post your prayer or a prayer request, or click on the "+" on the lower right of the wall.
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GOSPEL MEDITATION
September 4, 2022
23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
What virtue is the cornerstone of discipleship? Love. Jesus preached about it, lived it, and summarized his greatest commandment featuring it. Love is in our DNA. To follow Jesus, then, is to follow the path of love. While this may appear to be an attractive and easy option, it most assuredly is not. Authentic love always comes with sacrifice. It is the complete giving of oneself to another. The sacrificial character of love always requires that we leave something aside and pursue something else. This is at the heart of self-denial. Love asks us to make choices that are often difficult.
There is a reason Jesus asks that the love of God come first. “Charity is the right attitude of mind which prefers nothing to the knowledge of God. If a man possesses any strong attachment to the things of this earth, he cannot possess true charity (St. Maximus the Confessor).” “If anyone comes to me without hating his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.” A devoted disciple must be single-minded in her quest for God. She cannot allow anyone or anything to have more power over her soul than God. When any earthly attachments become more important than Love, we can get ourselves into trouble.
The Gospel calls us to walk boldly into the darkness, confusion, and emptiness of the world clothed in the mantle of love. We are asked to walk with others on their journey, offering a supportive, healing, challenging, and faithful presence. Ours is not to judge. To walk this sacrificial journey means that I must put myself aside and focus on the needs of others. “A sacrifice to be real must cost, must hurt and must empty ourselves (St. Teresa of Calcutta).” Love helps us walk straight and focus to see things more clearly and help others to do so as well. Many folks struggle to find joy and meaning in life. People may simply need someone with the freedom to sit with them in their pain, so they don’t feel so alone. Through acts of kindness, gestures of acceptance, and words of compassion, burdens can be lightened. Believe in God’s love and seek it above all other things!
©LPi
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EVERYDAY STEWARDSHIP
RECOGNIZE GOD IN YOUR ORDINARY MOMENTS
Where’s the Sacrifice?
“It’s not that I want you to do it. It’s that I want you to want to do it.”
If you’re married or in a relationship, your partner has probably either said something like this to you or you have said it to them. If one of you hasn’t said it, you have probably wanted to, and it’s likely that a big argument or two was had where you dance around the sentiment, these exact words flashing in your mind like an old-time movie marquee.
The “it” never really matters much. Taking out the trash, painting the bedroom, traveling to your in-laws’ for Christmas — whatever the subject matter of the disagreement is, it’s all just so much set dressing. The heart of the matter is the sacrifice and desire. That’s what it all hangs on. Am I with a person who will sacrifice for me?
When Paul writes to Philemon that he is sending Onesimus to him, he says exactly this. He tells Philemon that he would prefer to keep Onesimus with him, but that he does not want to deprive Philemon both of Onesimus and the opportunity to make a sacrifice worthy in the sight of the Lord.
The point is not who gets to hang out with Onesimus. The point is, as it says in the Gospel, who is willing to carry his cross? Who is willing to renounce his possessions? Who is willing to do the good deed for the sake of the other?
God doesn’t care that much about what we have to offer. He cares much more that we have the strength to offer whatever we have.
— Tracy Earl Welliver, MTS
©LPi
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PRAYERS FOR THE SICK
Please hold these parishioners in your prayers:
Lisa LaFrance
Mary Cloutier
Judy Schmidt
If you have someone you would like added to our confidential Prayer Line call Bonnie Berquist at 651-450-1043 or email her at Bonnie_B_02@msn.com.
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READINGS
Sunday:
Wis 9:13-18b/Ps 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14-17/Phlm 9-10, 12-17/Lk 14:25-33
Monday:
1 Cor 5:1-8/Ps 5:5-6, 7, 12/Lk 6:6-11
Tuesday:
1 Cor 6:1-11/Ps 149:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6a and 9b/Lk 6:12-19
Wednesday:
1 Cor 7:25-31/Ps 45:11-12, 14-15, 16-17/Lk 6:20-26
Thursday:
Mi 5:1-4a or Rom 8:28-30/Ps 13:6ab, 6c/Mt 1:1-16, 18-23 or 1:18-23
Friday:
1 Cor 9:16-19, 22b-27/Ps 84:3, 4, 5-6, 12/Lk 6:39-42
Saturday:
1 Cor 10:14-22/Ps 116:12-13, 17-18/Lk 6:43-49
Next Sunday:
Ex 32:7-11, 13-14/Ps 51:3-4, 12-13, 17, 19/1 Tm 1:12-17/Lk 15:1-32 or 15:1-1
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The Catholic Community of Saint Thomas Becket is dedicated to protecting children and vulnerable adults. Your cooperation and support strengthens our parish’s commitment to keeping children and vulnerable adults safe in our community. Volunteers serving with minors and vulnerable adults must complete requirements before engaging in ministry. For more information contact:
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