Church of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ & St. Michael Parish Eastside Parishes  Wausau, Wisconsin Resurrection Parish 621 Second Street • Wausau, WI 54403

715.845.6715 • www.eastsideparishes.org

Office Hours: 8:00 am—12:00 pm Tuesday through Friday

St. Michael Parish 611 Stark Street • Wausau, WI 54403

715.842.4283 • www.eastsideparishes.org

Office Hours: 8:00 am—4:00 pm Monday through Friday

Parish Staff Pastor Rev. Msgr. Mark Pierce Deacon Rev. Mr. Peter Burek Deacon Rev. Mr. Michael Maher Director of Faith Formation Michelle Fischer Faith Formation Office 715.842.1810 Director of Music and Liturgy Tom Lella Parish Secretaries Resurrection Cathy Hackel St. Michael Phyllis Burclaff Parish Nurse Pam Frary Financial Secretary Sharon Michalski ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Liturgical Schedule

Church of the Resurrection Saturday 5:30pm, Sunday 8:30am Monday 5:30 pm Tuesday through Friday 12:10pm Rosary and Novena Tuesday 5:30pm Reconciliation 7:30am Sunday, 6:00pm Monday

St. Michael Saturday 4:00pm, Sunday 10:30am Reconciliation 3:00pm Saturday

Reconciliation is also available by appointment.

Sacramental Preparation Contact either parish office for details regarding baptism and marriage preparation.

JANUARY 13, 2019 • THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD 2 Parish Life Weekly Schedule Before the Monday, January 14 More “Blah, Blah, Blah” invention of printed 5:30pm Mass +Alfred Marx at CR calendars, dependable 6:00pm Confessions at CR

from Msgr. Mark clocks, and instant Tuesday, January 15 messaging, folks 12:10pm Mass +Jerry Albers at CR counted on the regional civil and religious authorities to announce 3:00pm Mass for the Living and Deceased how many days, weeks, and months before a civic or religious Members of the Jack and Carol holiday. The Jewish community did it that way, and Christians Torresani Family at Forest Park followed suit. 5:30pm Rosary and Novena at CR 7:00pm Catholicism 101 in SM Cafeteria

I don’t want to lose you here, but this was a special Wednesday, January 16 concern for Jewish people because their liturgical calendar was 6:00am Study of the Catechism lunar (that is, the basic building block of their religious calendar at CR Conference Room was the length of time it took the moon to go through all its 12:10pm Mass +Mike Kramer at CR phases from new to half to full and back to new) … 28 days and 1:00pm Mass +James Piaszak at Riverview Terrace some change. The snag is that lunar months don’t divide evenly 6:00pm Faith Formation K-8 at SM into that other major measure of time, the solar year (which is, of course, based on how long it takes the earth to circle the sun: Thursday, January 17 365¼ days). So, in the Jewish calendar, some years have twelve St. Anthony lunar months; others have thirteen. Eek. 12:10pm Mass: Special Intention for Sue Shore's sister, Renee, at CR As a sibling faith to Judaism, Christianity prospers when it Friday, January 18 keeps its eye on what the synagogue does. In fact, the 6:30am The Lamb's Supper - Men's Study scheduling of some Christian feasts was tightly connected to Group at CR Francis Hall Jewish life … and the tie was tightest with the major spring 9:00am “What Catholics Believe” Bible Study holidays of each community: the Jewish and Christian at CR Conference Room . So, with behind them, January was the time 12:10pm Mass +Kevin and Richard Pijan at CR when the local bishops sent runners hither and yon to announce NOTE: The rosary will be said beginning the number of days until the celebration of the next great feast … at 11:45 am before the Daily Masses. which, believe or not, wasn’t in those days Sunday or The Divine Mercy Chaplet will follow Mass. Valentine’s Day, but the commemoration of Christ’s saving work in his death and rising: the Easter Triduum. Counting back from 2ND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME that, the start of the Easter fast (what we know of as “Lent”) Saturday, January 19 9:30am Homebound Communion Eucharistic could be calculated. Minister Training at SM PC 1:00pm Marriage of Michael Wenzlick and I go into all of this, because people are confused as to Hannah Space at CR why our celebration of Christ’s birth is a “set date” (you know, 3:00pm Confessions at SM always December 25) … while Easter “floats” around, from as 4:00pm Mass +Silver Schilling at SM early as March 22 to as late as April 25. Easter floats to keep its 5:30pm Mass for People of the Eastside Parishes at CR connection to Passover. The Church has always felt that Easter’s link with the story of God’s deliverance of the Jews from Egypt is Sunday, January 20 more important than hitting the actual date in the solar calendar. 7:30am Confessions at CR 8:30am Mass +Wilfred Thomas at CR Since the Hebrews’ Great Escape from slavery came on 10:30am Mass: Special Intention for the night of the first full moon in spring (all the better to help Don & Lorraine Imhoff at SM them travel at night), this year the Jewish Passover begins on 1:00pm Book Discussion Group at CR Francis Hall Friday evening, April 19. So, in turn, Christians will mark Jesus’ SM - St. Michael Church ٠ Great Escape from Sin and Death on the evening of the Sunday CR - Church of the Resurrection after Passover (April 21 this year). Count back approximately forty days from the start of the Easter Triduum and you get the ————————– date for which will be (drum roll, please) … March 6. If that sounds late, it is. With any luck then, it could Scripture Readings for this Week: mean that the Easter Bunny will not have to be dodging snow piles this year. Scripture Readings can also be found at: www.usccb.org/bible/index.cfm Fr. Mark ______

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Readings for the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time The Eastside Parishes welcome (January 20) the following members who were (Isaiah 62:1-5; 1 Corinthians 12:4-11; John 2:1-11) baptized this weekend:

Before we pick up Luke, our gospel guide for the year, Marcus Willard Bell, we spend one Sunday with John. A series of seven signs son of Matthew and Megan Bell, performed by Jesus form the backbone of the first half of at St. Michael Parish; the gospel. Today’s reading is the first of these: the wed- ding at Cana. A sign is something that points to something William Jay Tuttle, else, so we are invited to find deeper meaning in the narra- son of Adam and Kristen Tuttle, tive. Could more be going on than Jesus showing he is a at Church of the Resurrection; party animal? Notice that the jars that receive the water that become wine are intended for purification washings. Brynlee Elizabeth Weller, Perhaps the deeper significance of the story has to do with daughter of Adam and Sarah Weller, Jesus’ role as the force that does for us (and better) what at St. Michael Parish; and the ritual washings of the Old Testament did for the Jews. What is the wine level (zest for living) in your life right Clara Anne Wentland, now: Full? Half full? Empty? What is draining you? How daughter of Mitchell and Breanna Wentland, could Christ bring celebration back into your life? at St. Michael Parish.

Please be mindful of these engaged couples with Signature Ad Notice Eastside Parish connections You are invited to participate in the We invite your prayers and good wishes for this couple Pro-life Signature Ad, which will appear who will be married here next week: in the Wausau Daily Herald Hannah Space & Michael Wenslick Sunday, January 20, 2018. January 19th at Church of the Resurrection

Your signature shows our community you believe all human life is precious and should be protected. A $2.00 donation is asked for each name to pay

the cost of the ad.

Names will be collected after the Masses this weekend,

January 12 and 13, at St. Michael’s. Names can also be sent by January 14th to: Thank you for your support of the Resurrection PCCW WRTL, PO Box 58, Wausau, WI 54402 Holiday Raffle and Bake Sale in December. The winners were: $300-Sue Kurth

Thank you for speaking out $500-Sawyer Hoops for the unborn. $1,200-Mike Schoenfuss

The PCCW raised $1,250 from the bake sale and $2,979 through the raffle. They will receive $1000 matching funds from Catholic Financial Life. This money was raised for the PCCW to use for scholarship and community out- reach. Thank you to all who sold and/or purchased raffle tickets and all the bakers, purchasers and volunteers for the bake sale. Please remember these and all of our homebound people from Resurrection and St. Michael Parishes in your prayers this week:

Joyce Trione, Dorothy Keska, Phil Keller, Help with decoration take-down... Armond Loos, Ray Gorski, Rita and Don Voermans, Don and Joan Kempf, Greg Zajackowski, The Christmas Season has come Mary Ann Mizwinski, Margaret Jaskolski and Shirley Wolff. to an end. Time to put away the

Also pray for the hospitalized people. festive lights, trees, and manger scenes. Please come help take ————————– those items down and return Resurrection Sanctuary Lamp burns them to storage at these times: this week in memory of: James Gassner Church of the Resurrection: Sunday, January 13, at noon. St. Michael Votive Candles honor the memory of: Helen Erdmann St. Michael: A special favor for son in military Tuesday, January 15, at 4:00 pm. 4 Financial Giving July 1, 2018—January 6, 2019

St. Michael Parish Last Week’s Collections Weekly Budget Difference Annual Budget Adult Envelopes/Offertory ...... $18,583.35 Electronic Contributions ...... $2,563.33

Weekly Totals ...... $21,146.68 $9,807.30 $11,339.38

Fiscal Year-to-Date ...... $275,975.19 $274,604.40 $1,370.79 $510,000.00

Church of the Resurrection Last Week’s Collections Weekly Budget Difference Annual Budget Adult Envelopes/Offertory ...... $6,849.53 Electronic Contributions ...... $725.00

Weekly Totals ...... $7,574.53 $9,365.01 -$1,790.48

Fiscal Year-to-Date ...... $303,865.57 $262,220.28 $41,645.29 $487,000.00

We are making more progress in the Annual Appeal front; “Thank you” to these Annual Appeal respondents!

We continue to welcome your gracious responses to funding the works of the Church beyond ourselves in the Annual Appeal. As of Wednesday, January 9, at St. Michael Parish we have received responses from 217 households and individuals who have together pledged $78,315 towards our $83,565 share of the overall goal. At the Church of the Resurrection 223 people have responded as of the 9th and have com- mitted $91,672 toward their $78,025 goal. [Yeah to Resurrection Parish!] Please consider a gift now. Call the parish offices if you can’t find your DAA materials.

Thank you, thank you, thank you! We are very grateful for these folks’ responses the past month or two.

Church of the Resurrection: Denis/Janine Daniels, Carol Krieg, Phyllis Podgorski, Sean/Lisa Bennett, David/Joan Eckert, John Cline, Jeffrey/Karla Kurtz, Scott Brainard, Theodore Burger, David/Lorna Feemster, Vic/Jen Burmeister, Gary/Ann La Porte, Joanne Reardon, John/Terry Carroll, Denise Foreman, Jeff Kostroski, Rita Gassner, Ben/Alyssa Williams, Jerome/ Debra Mc Cabe, Mary/John Rastl, Kathleen Heyman, Bonnie Kraft, Patricia Mc Keough, Albert Hlavachek, Jaren/Jennifer Thomas, Dolores Hollander, Joe/Deb Hoppa, Pat/Tom Keough, Daniel/Kim Paul, James/Virginia Mootz, Martin/Laurie Rein- hart, Bradley/Amber Mroczenski, Imogene Ritger, Joan Turner, Bertha Naze, Jim/Virgina Romanski, Michael/Megann Nowinsky, Glenn/Patty Sowinski, Jerome/Patricia Ochota, Ed Treptow, Tim/Debbie Strachota, and Margaret Wanta.

St. Michael Parish: Jean/Bob Mantz, Matthew/Lori Rowe, Beth Allman, Isaac Guralski, Nicolaus/Marion Schermer, Mike Bandoch, Kyle/Margee McCarty, Marcella Baumann, John/Jill Schlueter, Chet/Elsie Bembenek, Danielle Guralski, John/Joan Bergs, Patricia Bliss, Carl/Barbara Hash, Chris/Rita Brickheimer, Joe/Martha Henry, Lou/Bette Close, Ron/Mary Michlig, Ridge/Sue Schott, Anna Mae Jones, Steve/Jean Crooks, Tony Steph Nardi, Helen Dreyer, Robert/Susan Smerda, James/ Joanne Juedes, Marvin/ Delores Osterbrink, Jim/Sue Dussault, Pat/Sandra Wawrzaszek, Bill/Jean Tehan, Gordon/Janet Vitton, Joe/Micki Wilder, and Bryan/Jane Troyer.

Light the Night for the Unborn

Tuesday, January 22, 5:30-6:00 pm - Meet in front of the Court House (500 Forest Street) Mary Mother of Good Help - Signs will be provided “Super Roll Sunday” Eggroll Sale - Dress warmly and bring flashlights - Parking available near the Court House or the Mall Support the newly established Wausau area Hmong Parish by purchasing homemade eggrolls for your Super Bowl Party (or any St. Vincent de Paul’s meal). They freeze and reheat well. “SMART CHICKS And OLD BAGS” Eggroll pickup will be 3, 8:00am-2:00pm, at St. Anne (Sale includes new & gently used purses, Parish South Hall at 700 W Bridge Street, Wausau.

scarves, hats and jewelry) See their flier/order form on the bulletin board in the back of March 2 at St. Michael Parish Church of the Resurrection and in the Gathering Space Entrance at St. Michael’s Church. Eggrolls are $1.25 each. Sale: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm (Free Shopping) A Mashtini Lunch, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm ($10) The deadline to place orders is January 30 by contacting Xai Donated items clearly marked “Smart Chicks” Chang at 715-302-4448 or e-mail [email protected] may be dropped off at the Thrift Store, 131 W Thomas St., Wausau. For additional Information, call Elizabeth at 715-845-2355.