Aurelia M. Nickrent

mother of parishioner Kathy Gillespie
 

Nancy Schwarz

mother of parishioner Tory Mallin

                                   
St. Vincent de Paul invites parishioners to fill a box with recommended food items to be distributed to Wellston Center clients just before Christmas. This year, boxes will be available for pick up in the Cloister walk beginning on Nov. 26!

Shopping List Here
Donation drop off will be in the church parking lot on Saturday, Dec. 10 from 9am till noon.
Keep the receipt for a tax deduction!  Help SVDP, use the Schnucks reward program and type in 314-882-7597.  Schnucks reward dollars will be channeled to St. Vincent de Paul.

Thank you to Laura Flanagan, our Pastoral Associate, for the complete redesign of our website.  We are hoping this new look will assist you in finding the information you need quickly!! Have news or an event you would like put in the website or the bulletin?  Email [email protected] with your request!  

An OLOL Tradition

  
Saturday, December 10th
9:00am – 11:00am
 
Invited: All parishioners, families & friends
Hosted by: OLOL Middle School Girls & Parents
Location: Santa’s Workshop (OLOL Gym)
Activities: Games, Crafts,Prizes, and Visit with Santa
Delicious Pancake & Sausage Breakfast by Chris’ Cakes! 
Click to print      Reservation Form

 
December 18 from 8am to 1pm in the OLOL gym. To sign up, click HERE:  
 Questions? Contact Kathleen Gund, 314-662-0043.

Our Lady of Lourdes has been blessed with a new Deacon - Deacon Tyler McClay. Let’s give him a warm OLOL welcome. 
Here’s just a little information about him:
 
Deacon Tyler McClay was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and relocated to Missouri in 2001. An attorney by trade, he spent 20 years working as a trial attorney before serving for 12 years as General Counsel and then Executive Director for the Missouri Catholic Conference in Jefferson City, where he was ordained a deacon in 2016. Deacon Tyler and his wife Robin returned this summer to St. Louis, where he is now serving as Director of Advocacy for Catholic Charities. His son Chris is a lab technician for the Red Cross. Chris and his wife Anna, a preschool teacher, live in Creve Coeur with their two children. His daughter Kim is an actress and singer/songwriter living in New York City.
His email is [email protected].

15th Annual Advent by Candlelight

“Celebrating Advent: Birthing the Light of Christ Within” Presented by: Meg Berry
 This Advent season is our opportunity for new life! As we celebrate the remembrance of Jesus’ birth, we also recognize it is our sacred time of preparing for the life of Christ within us. We hold the gifts of Divinity and (W)holiness in our spirit and soul, but it must be understood, accepted, nurtured and ultimately lived!
May this be the year we learn to truly shine LIGHT!
 Wednesday, December 7th Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Commons
 Click to print Reservation Form  and for more information.
 If you have any questions, please contact Lesley Laughlin at [email protected]
 

-Join the St. Augustine Christmas Club-sort donations, be a personal shopper or cashier for the Holiday store at St. Augustine.  To sign up, click HERE

Witness to the light of Christ through beauty.

Join other Lourdes parishioners in lighting up the neighborhood on Christmas Eve!

Luminaria (or farolitos) began as a Mexican tradition to light the way to church. Many communities have since adopted it outside the front of their homes – it may be something you even grew up with. Hopefully the beauty of these lights will be a conversation starter with your neighbors about the joy of your faith.

May these lights remind our families and our neighborhoods of the great mystery we prepare to celebrate: the mystery of the Word who came down from heaven, who became flesh and dwelt among us, whose light the darkness cannot overcome.

Easiest recipe for luminaria:

• Paper lunch bags - white or brown
• Sand - to weigh down the base
• Tea/votive lights - LED suggested, so you're not stamping out the occasional flaming bag if it's windy.