April 10, 2016 Dear People of God, Thank you everyone who worked so hard to make our Easter so beautiful; the flowers, music, prayers smiles, and thank you everyone for your donations too. It all helps. We honored well Our Lord’s passion, death and resurrection. Especially as our world gets...
March 27, 2016 Dear People of God, “Christ is Risen! Indeed He is risen!” These are the joyful words of Easter greeting our spiritual ancestors gave to each other in the first centuries. With Jesus’ resurrection, everything changed. The ancient fear of death changed to joy of sharing Jesus’ jubilant,...
03-20-2016 Dear People of God, Happy Holy Week! We may have seen an occasional poster with block letters proclaiming “BEYOND SUNDAY.” “What”, we may ask ourselves ” is this all about?” It is about financing Catholic education. We know that there is more interest in private education free from uneven...
As we approach the 189th anniversary of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, we have been blessed with extraordinary growth and an increasingly diverse population, but with this expansion comes new and exciting challenges. Here at St. Luke’s, we, too, have faced the challenges of growth, and we have responded with...
March 13, 2016 Dear People of God, For your information, there has been a change in my ministry status at Immaculate Conception. Deacon Ken Clemens will relieve me of managerial duties there beginning the week after Easter. I will continue to supply the Sacraments of Eucharist and Penance, that is to say Mass and Confessions,...
WELCOME HOME We are blessed to have the Bradshaw family join our parish family. Please join us in welcoming Mike, Akta & Bodhi Bradshaw to St. Luke’s!
CONGRATULATIONS! Aimee & Blake Mudd welcomed Patrick Michael February 10, 2016 7lbs, 13oz 22” Taking a child he placed it in their midst, and putting his arms around it he said to them, ‘ Whoever receives one child such as this in my name, receives me; and whoever receives me, receives not me but...
A SUNDAY FOR REJOICING Today’s Gospel story of the prodigal son is a favorite of many. We can identify with all the major figures and their crisscross of emotions. The father’s initial grief over his young son’s avarice is turned to relief at his return. The son’s grief over his loss of fortune,...
Thanks to the St. Luke Parish We received two thank you letters from Rev. Msgr. Francis Blood regarding the Latin American Apostolate and World Mission Sunday. In summary, he wrote: Your donations to the Latin American Apostolate enables our four St. Louis Missionaries, including Bishop Casey, Fr. Pat Hayden, Fr. Jim Michler, and Fr....
Please Help Clean Up Saturday, March 12, 2016 9:00 a.m. We will be cleaning the church and we need LOTS of help! In addition to light work such as dusting, the pews and kneelers need to be washed, which is a big job, but “many hands make light work”! We hope you will take...