6, 2019 THE OF THE LORD

Parish OfficeN4019 N. Farwell Ave., (414) 3321164 Administrator Rev. Raymond Guthrie#3015 [email protected] Associate Rev. Peter Patrick Kimani#3010 [email protected] Office Administrator Debe Dannecker#3010 [email protected] Accountant Karen Raap#3030 [email protected] Parish Life Coordinator Caitlin Raether#3014 [email protected] Director of Liturgy and Music Matt Zembrowski#3043 RCIA Coordinator: Becoming Catholic Donna Shriner#3045 [email protected] Youth and Young Adult Minister Emily Schaefer#3011 [email protected] Religious Education Coordinator Jennifer Reisel#3013 [email protected] Bereavement Ministry Rozanne Schmidtlein (Volunteer) 9646977 Prayer Network WELCOME Maripat Shaw (Volunteer)3322394 Whether you are visiting or new in LOVE GOD Eucharistic Adoration our community, we are blessed LOVE OTHERS Cathy Hoelter (Volunteer)6173896 that you are here to worship with MAKE DISCIPLES Scrip Coordinator us. Our pastor and all our parish    family extend to you the hospitality Kathy Wyatt (Volunteer) 962 5691 of Jesus Christ. Pastoral Council Chair, Elaine Steele3321164 MASS TIMES Trustees Nadine Weske and Tom Dean3321164  Saturdays 4:30 p.m. N    Sundays 8:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. School 2200 E. Capitol Dr., (414) 332 1164 Principal  Confession: Saturdays 3:30 p.m. Lauren Beckmann#3017 Administrator: Fr. Ray Guthrie [email protected] School Advancement Associate: Fr. Peter Patrick Kimani Lisa Lesjak,#3024 [email protected]

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MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK OF  DECEMBER 30 Sunday, January 6: The Epiphany of the Lord 8:30 a.m. †Aloysius Wick (Bob Breton)     January 16: Pray & Play (Preschool Playgroup), 11:00 a.m. † Virginia Caruso (Gregory & Mary Jo Chi)  St. Robert Community Room, 9:0010:00 a.m.  Monday, January 7: Christmas Weekday January 20: 4th Grade Hosted Family Mass, 8:30 a.m. No Mass January 27: Catholic Schools Week Kickoff Mass,  Tuesday, January 8: Christmas Weekday      8:30 a.m. 5:30 p.m. † Rev. Farrel P. Reilly (Bob Breton)  Pancake Breakfast, Reilly Hall, 9:00 a.m.N1:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 9: Christmas Weekday  School Open House, 9:30 a.m.N12:30 p.m.    8:00 a.m. † All Souls February 2: Trivia Night, School Gym, 7:00N10:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m.  Cor Jesu Mass   February 6: Pray & Play (Preschool Playgroup), Thursday, January 10: Christmas Weekday  St. Robert Community Room, 9:0010:00 a.m. 8:00 a.m. †June Grommes (Collette Campion) February 16: St. Robert Day at Milwaukee Athletics  Friday, January 11: Christmas Weekday      (UWM Men’s Basketball Game), UWM Panther Arena, 8:00 a.m. For the Continued Good Health of  6:00 p.m.    Eugene Guzniczak (Marylyn Jeffords) February 17: 3rd Grade Hosted Family Mass, 8:30 a.m. Saturday, January 12: Christmas Weekday 4:30 p.m. †Raymond L. Lauerman (Jane Lauerman) February 20: Pray & Play (Preschool Playgroup),  St. Robert Community Room, 9:0010:00 a.m. Sunday, January 13: The of the Lord 8:30 a.m.  Living & Deceased Members of     St. Robert Parish TRIVIA NIGHT 2019 11:00 a.m. †All Souls It's not too soon to start forming your team! STEWARDSHIP LETTERS... Trivia Night will be held on Saturday, nd ...documenting your St. Robert contributions for 2018 will be Feb. 2 . The registration form will be sent out by January 31.  available online and in the bulletin    soon. EUCHARISTIC ADORATION TRANSITIONS happens every Friday from  9:00 a.m.N9:00 p.m. Please Contact the Parish Office to  in the Parish Center Chapel.  Schedule Your Child’s Baptism  PLEASE JOIN US! are normally held during weekend Masses. DO YOU HAVE AN ITEM FOR THE  WEDDING BANNS  PARISH BULLETIN? Congratulations to Emily Williams and  st We’re back to our regular deadlines. Please submit bulletin Dan Brennan, married on January 31 . articles by the Friday nine days prior to publication   “God is good all the time; all the time, God is (e.g., January 11 for the bulletin dated January 20). good.” You can now email [email protected] with your  contributions. No need to look up or remember the name of   a staff member! DO YOU USE SCRIP?  READINGS FOR THE WEEK OF JANUARY 6 If not, why not?        It’s a great way to add to your tithings. Sunday: Is 60:1 6/Ps 72:1 2, 7 8, 10 13/Eph 3:2 3a, 5 6/ You have to eatNso pick up the card  Mt 2:112       of your choice and feed St. Robert Monday: 1 Jn 3:22 4:6/Ps 2:7b 8, 10 12a/Mt 4:12 17, 23 25 too! Tuesday: 1 Jn 4:710/Ps 72:14, 78/Mk 6:3444 Wednesday: 1 Jn 4:1118/Ps 72:12, 10, 1213/Mk 6:4552 Pick & Save/Metro Market  Thursday: 1 Jn 4:195:4/Ps 72:12, 14, 15bc, 17/Lk 4:1422a Sendik’s  Friday: 1 Jn 5:513/Ps 147:1215, 1920/Lk 5:1216 Piggly Wiggly Saturday: 1 Jn 5:1421/Ps 149:16a, 9b/Jn 3:2230 Meijer Next Sunday: Is 40:15, 911/Ps 104:1b4, 2425, 2730/ Plus, use Scrip for all your party and event shopping!!  Ti 2:1114; 3:47/Lk 3:1516, 2122  Birthdays, retirements, and any parties you may be hosting  Find daily readings at http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/ or for which you need a host’s gift. index.cfm. Purchase your cards today!! LOVE GOD, LOVE OTHERS, MAKE DISCIPLES

YOUTH MINISTRY th th Upcoming 9 &10 Grade Teen Night,  th Sunday, January 13 at St. Robert  Join us for 5:30 p.m. Mass before Teen Night! We will sit in the back left side of Church. Teen Night will begin directly after Mass, ~ 6:308:00 p.m. Meet in St. Robert School Reilly Hall. Ninth Grade will begin with the FORMED series, “Who Is th God?” while 10 graders will begin the series "What's Your Story?” with a guest speaker. Be sure to invite a friend along to join! th Upcoming 11 Grade Confirmation Night,  th Sunday, January 27 at Holy Family 7:008:30 p.m. in the Holy Family Main Church. This  evening is a special evening where sponsors are asked to join us! We will have our guest speaker, Margaret Rhody, discussing the Sacrament of Confirmation along with  guiding a discussion for the teens and sponsors. Teens, if you are unable to have your sponsor present, please bring someone along to stand in for the evening! Serve Your Parish by helping with the Middle School Ministry, EDGE! Come to the Holy Family Cafeteria, Thurs- rd day, January 3 , from 6:458:00 p.m. to help out. Mission Trip Registration Open to St Louis, MO  th th July 8 M 14  Please see https://yolophteen.weebly.com/ for further details! st Please turn in the registration form by February 1 

BREWING THE FAITH Grab a beverage. Hear a message.  Meet your neighbor! Looking for Catholic community or an easy way to introduce your friend to a basic Gospel message? th Join us Tuesday, January 8 , 7:00 p.m. at: Good City Brewing 2108 N Farwell Ave., Milwaukee 1 free beverage provided. More information can be found at https://www.archmil.org/ BrewingtheFaith And while you’re there, check out other Brew City Catholic events and activities!

St. MARTIN DE PORRES Help stock the St. Martin de Porres Food Pantry by bringing instant mashed potatoes, turkey gravy, canned sweet potatoes to the baskets in church. These items are  suggestions, any nonperishable food items are welcome. Thank you for your generosity! LOVE GOD, LOVE OTHERS, MAKE DISCIPLES

EPIPHANY:  SAVE THE DATE FOR OUR  THE REVELATION OF SCHOOL MINISTRY FAMILY MASS,  GOD OPEN HOUSE, AND PANCAKE BREAKFAST!  TO ALL NATIONS Help us kick off Catholic Schools Week 2019 at the  th Epiphany is a word which means 8:30 a.m. Family Mass on Sunday, January 27 . Then stay “to reveal” in Greek. Therefore, this for our School Open House from 9:30 a.m. M 12:30 p.m.  feast celebrates God’s Revelation Follow the smell of the pancakes from the Pancake  to all the gentile nations. This is Breakfast! While prospective families and current school based on the fact that the Wise Men were not Jews, but  families are always encouraged to attend, we especially gentiles from the East. It is a Feast mainly celebrated by want to invite alumni, parishioners, grandparents, parents of Catholics and Orthodox Christians, in many interesting ways:  alumni…everyone and anyone. The Pancake Breakfast is It's an important festival in Spain, where it's also known as sponsored by the St. Robert School Home & School Associ- “the festival of the Three Magic Kings,” and it is when some ation. Enjoy hot pancakes, sausage, juice, milk and coffee in Spaniards and some Catholic children receive their presents, Reilly Hall from 9:00 am until 1:00 pm. Enter the building through the gym doors to purchase tickets: $7 per adult, $5 as they are delivered by and not Santa. In  Spain on Epiphany morning you might go to the local baker for children (free for 4 and under), and $20 per family.  and buy a special pastry called a “Roscón” (a ring shaped  roll). They are normally filled with cream or chocolate and ADULT RELIGIOUS EDUCATION are decorated with a paper crown. There is normally a figure Starting in January, Donna Shriner, our RCIA Coordinator, of a king in the pastry. In Catalonia it's known as a “Tortell” will have an expanded calendar of religious education and is stuffed with marzipan. In France you might eat a events. There are a number of sessions, normally for our “Galette des Rois,” a type of flat almond cake. It has a toy RCIA Candidates, which will be open for the general adult crown cooked inside it and is decorated on top with a gold community of our two parishes. These will feature speakers paper crown. There are similar traditions in Mexico, where  from around the areaNsuch as Marquette UniversityNas Epiphany is known as “the day of the Three Kings.” It's  well as Fr. Peter Patrick and myself. This will continue until traditional to eat a special cake called “Three Kings Cake.”  the Easter Season. Look for further details on our parish  A figure of baby Jesus is hidden inside the cake. Whoever newsletters and also in the bulletinNthe first two are  has the baby Jesus in their piece of cake is the “Godparent” described below. They are a great way to grow in our under- of Jesus for that year. In Portugal, people take part in  standing of the Faith as adults! I encourage you to attend! Epiphany carol singing known as the “Janeiras” (January Fr. Ray Guthrie songs). In Italy, some children also get their presents on Epiphany. But they believe that an old lady called “” RCIA OPEN SESSIONS brings them. Children put stockings up by the fireplace for Befana to fill. In Austria, at Epiphany, some people write in Have you ever wondered about the chalk over their front door. It's a reminder of the Wise Men RCIA process and wanted to learn, as that visited the baby Jesus. It's made from the date of the our candidates are doing, more about new year, divided by the initials of the names that are  the very basics of our Catholic faith? sometimes given to the Three Wise Men: , You now have a chance to join the and . So 2019 would be: 20*C*M*B*19. The sign is RCIA in open sessions, open to any  meant to protect the house for the coming year. Some parts parishioner of Holy Family or  of Germany also have the tradition of marking over doors. At St. Robert Parish. We are also  Epiphany in Belgium, children dress up as the Three Wise opening these sessions to any  Men and go from door to door to sing songs, and people give non parishioner who is curious about  them money or sweets, rather like Trick or Treating on  the Catholic faith. Halloween. Children in Poland also go out singing on  The first session will be held at Holy Epiphany. In Ireland, Epiphany is also sometimes called Family in the Kerstein Center (where “Nollaig na mBan” or “Women's Christmas.” Traditionally the the Parish Offices are located, at  women get the day off and men do the housework and  4825 North Wildwood Ave.) on  cooking! It is becoming more popular and many Irish women Tuesday, January 15, at 7:00 p.m. now get together on the Sunday nearest Epiphany and have Father Peter Patrick Kimani will speak tea and cakes. In the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, where on the Sacraments of Initiation (Baptism, Confirmation, and Christmas is January 6th, twelve days after Christmas on the Holy Eucharist). 19th of January, the threeday celebration called “Timkat”  The second open session will be held at St. Robert in the starts. This celebrates Jesus' baptism. Community Center (in the church basement). Please enter Epiphany Eve (also known as ) marks the end Door #3 on Farwell Ave., just north of the side door to the of the traditional Christmas celebrations and is the time when church, on Tuesday, January 29, at 7:00 p.m. For this  you were meant to take Christmas decorations downN session, Fr. Peter Patrick will speak on the Sacraments of although some people leave them up until Candlemas (the Healing (Penance and the Anointing of the Sick). We  Feast of the Presentation of the Lord). welcome you to join both of these RCIA sessions! Fr. Ray Guthrie We plan to have five more open sessions later. Keep your eye on the Bulletin for announcements about the future  sessions.