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10th SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME
JUNE 8 2008
Please Mail, Fax or E-Mail All Bulletin Articles To The Rectory. For information regarding Mass Intentions and Prayer Line Requests assignments, please review the Bulletin.
 Meals On Wheels
Saint Agnes Parish has been asked to provide volunteer drivers for Meals on Wheels on June 30, July 1, 2 & 3. We still need about 25 drivers for those days. There are 14 different routes for each day. You can sign up for one day or more. This is a great service project to do with your kids.
For the next several weekends there will be a sign-up sheet on the table in the Gathering Space, along with an information sheet and copies of each Route, 1 thru 14, (with names, addresses and a map). You can look through the Routes and see which one you might be more comfortable doing. Please print your name and phone number on the sign-up sheet next to the Route # you have chosen, and take a copy of both the Information sheet and the appropriate Route sheet.
If you have any questions, please call Joanne at the Rectory (793-1330). We will have the sign-up sheets here in the office during the week, so you can call or come in and sign up anytime during office hours.
Last Chance To Get Your Picnic Tickets!!
The Saint Agnes Parish Picnic will be next Saturday, June 14,
 following the 4:30PM Mass. Music will be provided by “A Touch of Class” disc jockey service, and there will be a children’s area. The food will be done by Turasky’s Catering, and the menu is: marinated pork chops, hamburgers/cheeseburgers, hot dogs (all cooked on site!), herb asiago smashed potatoes, pasta salad deluxe, baked beans. Homemade desserts will be provided by those wonderful volunteer bakers in our Parish! Ticket prices are: adults $10, children ages 5-12 $6, ages 4 & under free. TICKETS ARE ON SALE AFTER ALL MASSES THIS WEEKEND IN THE GATHERING SPACE.
PLEASE NOTE: Tickets must be purchased ahead of time. NO tickets will be sold at the door. We have to turn in the total numbers to the caterer several days prior to the picnic.
Holy Land Pilgrimage:
You are invited to join Bishop George Lucas, Jim & Sue Morris, and others from the Springfield and Joliet Dioceses for the December 1-12, 2008 Pilgrimage of Peace to the Holy Land. It is a wonderful opportunity to walk and pray where Jesus did. Besides visiting the holy sites, we will also visit and pray with the people of the land who long for peace: The Palestinian Christians, the Palestinian Muslims and the Jewish people. For further information or for a brochure and registration form, please contact Sue or Jim Morris at 523-4049. Call today for this early Advent pilgrimage which will enliven your understanding of the Scriptures and of Jesus’ life.
Please Pray For....
 We ask you to remember in special prayers the women and men of our military services who are still in Iraq and in other places of conflict. Pray for peace, and pray for the safe return of all of our armed services personnel, including Saint Agnes parishioners and family members who are overseas: Michael Nunning, Benjamin Reeves, Aysha Jean Meyers, R. J. Smith, John Kabbes, Gabriel Harley, Matthew Goedde, and Jim Iaun. (If you have a relative or friend in the military serving overseas, please let us know at the Rectory, 793-1330.)
Inquiry into the Catholic Faith
will be held the last four Mondays of June (9, 16, 23, 30) from 6:30 to 8:00PM at Saint Cabrini Parish Hall (immediately behind the Church at 1020 N. Milton). Come one night or all four. Informal inquiry into the Catholic Faith for non-Catholics and Catholics who would like to know something more about the Faith, and may want to think about joining the Catholic Church or renewing membership. Fr. Richard Chiola will lead the inquiry.
 Coaches Needed
Coaches are needed for the Saint Agnes/Blessed Sacrament Cross Country and Track teams for the 2008-2009 sports’ seasons. Cross Country season runs from August 4 through October 18. Track season will run March 2, 2009 through May 21. Our young athletes are anxious to participate in these sports and all we need are some dedicated adults to work with our young participants. If you have an interest in assisting with either sport, please contact Mrs. Baker at 546-7094.
Saint Agnes Vacation Bible School
Save Your Ink Cartridges
Habitat for Humanity-Sangamon County has an Empty Cartridge Recycling Program. You are asked to save your used toner cartridges from laser and inkjet printers, fax machines and copiers, from home and from work. Habitat will receive money from the recycled cartridges. This is a chance to be “environmentally friendly” and, at the same time, help out Habitat for Humanity. There is a marked box in the Gathering Space.
Holy Name Cookout
The Holy Name Society will host a cookout on Monday, June 9 in the Parish Hall. This will be the last meeting before the summer break. Social Hour at 6:00 PM, with dinner at 7:00 PM. Cost for the dinner is $5. All men of the Parish are invited to attend. (no reservation necessary)
NOTE: If you have not yet paid your Holy Name dues ($5) for this year, please do so at the cookout or mail them to the Rectory.
Cathedral Renovation Project
Thus far 40 Saint Agnes Parish envelope holders have pledged or contributed $56,198.00 toward the Cathedral Renovation Project. Pledge cards can be returned through the self-addressed envelope provided; they can be dropped in the Sunday collection or in a special basket in the back of Church; or they can be dropped by the parish office. Many thanks!
Bus Trip
The SERRA Club of Springfield is sponsoring a bus trip to the Shrine/Museum of Saint Joseph, Teutopolis, on Saturday, June 28. Depart from the Catholic Pastoral Center at 7:30AM Mass at Saint Philip Neri Chapel, EIU Newman Center in Charleston, with Fr. John Titus, followed by a tour of the Newman Center. Lunch at Niemerg’s in Effingham, followed by a tour of Saint Joseph’s Shrine & Museum in Teutopolis. Home by 5:30PM Fr. Don Meehling will accompany us. Tickets ($30) available until June 21 from Emma, 529-2617 or Lois, 523-2908.
Annual Mission Appeal
At all Masses next weekend, June 14/15, our parish will have its annual mission appeal. There will be a special second collection for this appeal at all Masses. This year the Diocesan Office for the Missions has assigned Fr. Tony Pilli, an assistant priest at Blessed Sacrament Parish here in Springfield, to be the speaker at all Masses. Fr. Pilli, a priest from the Diocese of Guntar (India) will make an appeal for an organization called “SERVE.” This name stands for Socio Economic Reconstruction of Village through Education. SERVE is a non-profit and non-political registered voluntary organization, started in a remote Catholic village in 1992 with a vision to reach the unreached, the rural and tribal people who are living in utter poverty, illiteracy, unemployment, oppression, caste discrimination, and malnutrition.
SERVE believes that education is very important for children because they are the future. A number of children under 14 are employed in farmlands, hotels and factories. Parents are compelled to send their children to work because they cannot make ends meet with their earnings.
People in the villages are very poor and depend on daily wages for their sustenance. There is water scarcity in the summer and they have to go a long distance to get water. Women and children are especially vulnerable due to poor health and hygiene conditions. To address these needs, SERVE is working for the empowerment of rural people, especially women and children. Self-Help Groups have been started to: encourage people to send their children to school and to help with school fees and clothing; educate orphans in the villages; motivate parents to bring their school drop-outs back to the school; and to give women proper orientation and information on health issues.
Accomplishing these goals takes well-planned programs and finances. SERVE does not have sufficient funds to reach out to these deserving people. Therefore, we appeal to your kindness and generosity in this endeavor of serving God’s children. No donation is too small, and all donations are greatly appreciated.
Calling For Stories and Pictures
The Office for Social Concerns is Calling for Stories for the special Respect Life issue of Catholic Times to be run the first week of October, 2008. Stories relating to this year’s theme “Hope and Trust in Life!” should reach us by August 15. Here are topics to guide you:
+Share an experience you/family had which gave you hope in Life.
+Share an experience when you were called to trust in God.
+Share an experience of what happened when you trusted in God.
+Share how hope and trust in God helped you cope when a loved one was called to the military.
+Share a story of hope . . .
Please submit your stories to: Calling for Stories, Office for Social Concerns, Diocese of Springfield in Illinois, 1615 W. Washington, P.O. Box 3187, Springfield, IL 62708-3187; Fax: 698-9581; Email:
osc@dio.org; phone: 698-8500, ext. 167.
84th Annual Garden Party at Blessed Sacrament Parish
is scheduled for Wednesday, June 18, 5:00-10:00PM on the parish grounds. The party will include carnival rides, games, food, 50/50 raffle and an ice cream social and bake sale. In addition, a preview night on Tuesday, June 17, will feature carnival rides and food from 5-9PM Come join us for a great family event!
Knights of Columbus Pawnee Council 6379 Chicken Dinner
will be held Sunday, June 22, 11AM to 2PM on the square in Pawnee. Adults $8, children $4. Dine in, carry out or use convenient drive-thru service. Menu: 1/2 fried chicken, mashed potatoes & gravy, green beans, slaw, roll, dessert & drink.
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