` St. , Edgar , poniatowski Reverend Thomas huff First Sunday of – March 5, 2017 ST. JOHN’S STAFF Fr. Tom’s email - [email protected] HOLY FAMILY PARISH STAFF Pastor, Rev. Thomas Huff…...... 352 3011 www.stjohn-edgar.org Pastor, Rev. Thomas Huff…….....352-3011 Greg Kaiser...... 687-4669 Sacred Worship Com., Tricia Kaiser..…687-4669 Secretary, Michelle Socha...... 507-1975 Parish Sec., Joyce Kaiser (home )572-0381 Kitty Lehman….…..352-2516 Ministry Schedule, Tracy Paul….352-2258 School Sec., Aimee Haakenson….352-3000 Music Ministries, Maureen Knetter…....316-3045 Principal, Jeff Gulan…………….…352-3000 Cemetery Board, Bill Tess……………….352-2234 CRE, Nancy Hackel…………….…..352-7354 School Ed. Com, Michelle Hafferman....352-7033 Church Dining Hall...... 352-3111 Parish Ed. Com., Steven Schaefer……..352-7092 Finance Coun., Troy Bemke...... 573-4800 ST JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH Monday, March 6, 8:15AM †Fr. Henry Hoerburger #Fr. Thomas Huff Tuesday, March 7, 8:15AM †Harold Rodesch #Lenny & Judy Berg Wednesday, March 8, 8:15AM †Agnes Bielmeier #Jerry & Barb Sinz (rescheduled) 6:30PM Adoration/Benediction/ Thursday, March 9, 8:15AM Communion Service Friday, March 10, 8:15AM †Joseph Huff #Fr. Thomas Huff

SATURDAY, March 11, RECONCILIATION: 3-3:30PM 4:00PM (SUNDAY VIGIL ) †Verna Mroczenski #Jerry & Leah Wisnewski Cross bearer: Teresa Hackel Candle bearers: Jessica & Kendra Mucha Min. of Song: Marilyn Sonnentag & Sally Bargender Min. of Word: Grace Wirkus Min. of Hosp: Ken Schara, Tom Mroczenski, Chuck Morczenski & Jerry Mroczenski SUNDAY, March 12, 9:00AM †Sylvester Chojnowski #Cathy Myszka Cross bearer: Jasmine Schnelle Candle bearers: Morgan & Ty Schnelle Min. of Song: Youth Choir Min. of Word: Jerry Sinz Min. of Hosp: Kelly & Elizabeth King, Tom & Jean Burke SANCTUARY CANDLE OFFERING – March 4-10 (1.) Willis Wirkus, Anton & Cecelia Wirkus #Marcia Wirkus (2.) Special Intention #John & Joyce Kaiser ******************************************************************************************************************************************** HOLY FAMILY PARISH Wednesday, March 8, 6:40pm with the Divine Mercy 7:00pm Stations of the Cross with Benediction Candle/Cross bearers: Preston Schreiner, Paige Bricker & Skyler Literski

SATURDAY, March 11, 6:30PM RECONCILIATION 7:00PM For Our Parish Families Cross bearer: Anthony Schug Gift bearers: Paul Schug/Mayville Fam. Candle bearers: Erica Socha & McKenzie Schug Min. of Word: Joanne Berens Min. of Eucharist: Michelle Socha, Joanne Berens & Eugene Scheiderer Min. of Hosp: & Bernice Lake SUNDAY, March 12, 11:00AM: †Eymard Grenwalt #Bonnie & Family Cross bearer: Ethan Lemmer Gift bearers: Robert & Rebecca Myszka Fam. Candle bearers: Taylor Lemmer & Mason Lemmer Min. of Word: Carolyn Schug Min. of Eucharist: Carolyn Schug, Hugh Brodziski & Annette Gajewski Min. of Hosp: Robert Myszka & Alexa Gajewski SANCTUARY CANDLE OFFERING – March 4-10 – Judy Miller #Family MARRIAGE: See the Pastor at least 6 months in advance for preparations. BAPTISM: Contact Fr. Tom @ 715-352-3011 or frtomhuff @frontier.com ST. JOHN SCHOOL: Is the education and Christian formation of your child(ren) in grades 4K-8 important to you? Enroll them in St. John School. Phone school: 715-352-3000 or the rectory: 715-352-3011 for more info. WANT TO EXPLORE THE CATHOLIC FAITH? Phone 715-352-3011. R.I.P. – Please pray for the repose of the soul of Edward Mroczenski who died February 24 and whose funeral service was March 1 and also his family. May his soul and the souls of the faithful departed rest in Eternal Peace. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LAST SUNDAY’S SACRIFICIAL TITHINGS HOLY FAMILY – Feb. 26 Receipts ST. JOHN – Feb.26 – Receipts DIOCESAN ANNUAL APPEAL Adults $2,428.00 Adults $4,073.00 Holy Family Target $17,996.00 Offertory 212.50 Offertory 656.10 Pledges: 16,269.00 Students 2.00 25.00 Due 1,727.00 S.T.O.C.K. 25.00 CCD Tuition 40.00 St. John Target $35,735.00 Sanctuary Candle 10.00 School Registration 1,100.00 Pledges 27,357.00 First Offering 1.00 Total 5,894.10 Due 8,378.00 CCD Tuition 20.00 Steubenville Deposit 375.00 March shut ins – St. Rose Group Total 3,073.50 Sun., March 5 – Adult Choir Practice, 6:30pm. Wed., March 8 – 8:15AM, All School Mass 6:30PM CCD, Gr. 1-10 Adoration/Benediction/Stations of the Cross. Fri., March 10 – Lenten Fish Fry – St. Francis Cabrini Group serving. Sign-up sheets in back of church. Sun., March 12 – Retreat for 10th Gr. CCD class. Meet in church dining hall @ 8:30am. Tue., March 14 – Finance Council Mtg., 6:30pm gathering space. Holy Name Mtg., 8pm church hall.

$$$$$$$$$$$$ - $50.00 RAFFLE TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASING - $$$$$$$$$$$$ If interested, check with the Scrip ladies after Masses or contact the rectory for a sales person.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY (65+) March 9 – Pat Krause & Anthony Zettler March 10 – Marie Schreier March 11 – Daryl Schmitt & Sue Schroeder ************************************************************************************************************************************  St. John, Edgar, Fish Fry – every Friday of Lent, 4PM-7:30PM.  2016 Free Income Tax Preparation – See bulletin board for more info.  Soup Suppers – Every Wednesday in Lent, March 1-April 12, St. Matthew Church, Wausau.  St. Patrick’s, Halder Fish Fry – Fridays during Lent, March 3-April 14, 4-8pm.  Witnesses-A Fresh Look at – 9:30am, March 5, Hope Lutheran Church, Hwy 97, Edgar.  Chili Dinner – March 5, 10:30-1pm. Peace Lutheran Church, Town of Frankfort. Free will offering.  4 yr. old Kindergarten screening – March 7 & 8. Edgar Elementary School. Call 352-2727.  Sunday Mass & Healing Service – March 12, 3:30pm. St. Matthew church, Wausau.

HOLY FAMILY PARISH NEWS HOLY FAMILY PARISH NEWS Holy Family March Birthdays: March 9 – Elmira Makowski March 20 – Elizabeth Teresinski ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please join the Holy Family CCD students for the First Week of Lent on Wed., March 8. Rosary begins at 6:40pm with the Divine Mercy. The 7th/8th/9th will lead the Stations of the Cross starting at 7pm with Benediction to follow. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please bring in non-perishable food items to be donated to the Athens and Edgar Circle of Joy. Place in boxes at the entrance or in front of the altar. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Holy Family Meridian Messiahs are heading to Steubenville North Conference at St. Thomas University, St. Paul, MN on July 28th-30th, 2017. There is still room for teens in 8th grade and up who are interested in attending. Teens from other parishes are also welcome. Please contact Michelle Socha 715-507-1975 or Tracy Paul 715-352-2258. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Holy Family is looking for CCD TEACHERS for Fall 2017 and 1 PART-TIME PAID EMPLOYEE to coordinate the CCD program. Please contact Tracy Paul or Fr. Tom for more information.

ST. ANTHONY SPIRITUALITY CENTER, MARATHON – To learn more about retreats & offerings, call 715-443-2236. Email [email protected] web site www.sarcenter.com March 10-11 – Pray one, Bead Two (Using Beads for Meditation) March 9-12 – 3-Day Silent Directed Retreat March 15 – Lenten Day of Prayer (Topic: St. Paul) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ March 7 – St. Perpetua & St. Felicity March 8 – St. John of God March 9 – St. Frances of Rome

First Sunday of Lent on Temptation At a monastery one of the younger monks asked an older monk, “How are you, Father?” He replied, “There is still a bit of the devil in me!” This may sound funny, but it expresses a truth about all of us, “there is still a bit of the devil in us” because we have not yet fully overcome sin. Jesus spent forty days in the desert overcoming the devil, and Lent is a time for us to get rid of whatever bit of the devil remains in us by overcoming sin in our lives. Whenever we sin we have forgotten who we are and what God has done for us. Remembering who we are and what God has done for us helps us to keep away from sin. The first reading today tells of the story where our first parents, still living in the Garden of Eden, had so quickly forgotten all the blessings they had received from God and to keep God first in their lives. Lent is a time when we reflect on the passion, death and so that by remembering we may overcome sin. Just as Jesus overcame during the forty days in the desert we want to overcome Satan in our lives. We overcome Satan by keeping God first in our lives in every way so as to remember all that He has done for us. The three quotations from Deuteronomy cited by Jesus when talking with Satan in the remind us of putting God first in everything. “Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of . . . . You shall not put the Lord, your God, to the test. . . . You shall worship the Lord, your God, and him alone shall you serve.” William Ward wrote a Lenten Prayer which shows how we can put God first in everything and live by the word of the Lord instead of living from the bread of the world then we:

Fast from fear; Feast on Faith Fast from despair; Feed on hope. Fast from depressing news; Feed on prayer. Fast from discontent; Feast on gratitude. Fast from anger and worry; Feed on patience. Fast from negative thinking; Feast on positive thinking. Fast from bitterness; Feed on love and forgiveness. Fast from words that wound; Feast on words that heal. Fast from gravity; Feast on joy and humor.

When we live on the bread of the world by not putting God first, we sin and can never hope to be happy because sin always leaves us guilty. In the words of the poem, sin brings us fear, despair, depressing news, discontent, anger and worry, negative thinking, bitterness, words that wound. But when we overcome sin, then in the words of the poem, we live on faith, hope, prayer, gratitude, patience, positive thinking, love and forgiveness, words that heal, joy and humor. The words of the old monk are true for all of us who are humble, there is still a bit of the devil in each one of us. During Lent we remember Jesus in the desert overcoming Satan. We too should desire to overcome Satan in our lives so that we too will rise to new life with Jesus. We can best do this by keeping before our eyes and mind the central belief of our creed, the death and resurrection of Jesus, which we are called by God to actively participate in every week at the weekend Mass.

Beginning Sunday, March 5th, and continuing each Sunday until April 9th, Fr. Tom will hear confessions before Sun. Masses – 8:30-8:50am at St. John’s & 10:30-10:50am at Holy Family. Confessions on Saturdays will also be heard as usual.

Communal Penance Services Sunday, March 12th St. Anthony, Athens – 1pm St. John the Baptist, Edgar – 4:30pm St. Mary’s, Marathon – 7pm

WILL: Dear good people of St. John and Holy Family Parishes, please remember to include your parish in your will. It is an enormous help to your parish when a person leaves a gift of $500.00 or more. Prayerfully consider this last act of kindness and generosity to help us continue the good work of St. John and/or Holy Family Parish. If you have any questions or concerns about leaving money to the Parish, please feel free to call me at the rectory. Thank you and God bless you. Fr. Tom.

Dedicate the sanctuary candle The red Sanctuary Lamp by the tabernacle burns to remind us of the sacramental presence of Jesus . St. John’s has two Sanctuary Lamps, Holy Family has one lamp. It is a mark of honor to remind the faithful of the presence of Christ, and is a profession of their love and affection. If you wish to have one of the Sanctuary Lamps burning in memory of a loved one, to honor a special occasion, or a special intention, make arrangements with the Parish Office @ 715-352-3011 or drop the information in the offertory. The cost of the candle is $5.00. It will burn for one week from Saturday to Friday. The will be published in the bulletin.

Guidelines for Reporting Instances of Child Abuse. The Diocese of La Crosse, through its policies and procedures, seeks to provide a prompt, appropriate and compassionate response to reporters of sexual abuse of a child by a priest or deacon. Anyone wishing to make a report of an allegation of sexual abuse should send that report to Bishop William P. Callahan at the Diocese of La Crosse, PO Box 4004, La Crosse, WI 54602-4004. The form is available through the Diocese of La Crosse, Office for Clergy or on the diocesan website at: www.dioceseoflacrosse.com. Individuals are also encouraged to take their reports directly to civil authorities. Copies of the diocesan policy are available through your local parish and on the diocesan Web site. If you have any questions about the Diocese of La Crosse or the implementation of the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People, contact Fr. David Kunz, Vicar for Clergy, Diocese of La Crosse, at 608-791-2689, or e-mail at [email protected].