Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 12, 2020

Saint Augustine of Hippo Catholic Church

2530 South Howell Avenue • Milwaukee, WI 53207 Sacraments of Initiation Infant Baptism Baptism is celebrated regularly throughout the year. Contact the parish office for further information.

Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults Adults wishing to come into full communion with the church, should contact the Director of RCIA for information regarding classes of preparation.

Adult Confirmation Schedule of Masses Post-High School adults 18 years and older who wish to receive the Sacrament of Weekends: Confirmation are asked to participate in the Inter-parish Collaborative Process beginning Saturday Daily 8:30am each Fall. Contact the Director of Adult Confirmation for information. Saturday Vigil 4:00pm (Suspended)

Sunday 11:00am Sacrament of Marriage All couples wishing to celebrate the Sacrament of Marriage at St. Augustine Weekdays: must be members of the parish for at least one year prior to the date of the Tuesday & Thursday (Private) at 8:30am wedding. Contact the Pastor and the Director of Worship a minimum of six Holydays: As scheduled in the bulletin. months in advance of your intended wedding date. Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday 9:00am to 10:00am

Anointing of the Sick & Communion to the Sick/Shut-In Parish Office Hours .... Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm Phone ...... 414-744-0808 Parish Membership Parish Email ...... [email protected] Families and Single Persons 18 years and older are asked to register at the Website ...... www.staugies.org Parish in order to receive services the Church offers to all members of our parish Religious Ed www.southeastcatholic.org family. If you would like to join St. Augustine Parish, please call the parish office Parish Hall ...... 414-481-3242 Anyone wishing to celebrate Baptism, Confirmation and Matrimony must be a registered member of the parish and allow for the completion of appropriate Parish Staff Sacramental preparation. Pastor ...... Rev. Philip Schumaker ...... [email protected] Parish Council Members Administrative Assistant/Editor Kim Mueller Katryna Endres, Ray Funk, Jennifer Foyer, Barbara Karges, Alan Henderson, Business Manager ...... Terry Rice Jan Kolancheck, Frank Pikalek Facilities Director ...... Joe Laska Music & Liturgy ...... Paul Weisenberger Parish Trustees Director of Elementary Religious Ed, Merlin Klemme & Diane Sowinski Adult Confirmation & RCIA Coordinator ...... Karen Bushman 481-0777x1117 St. Thomas Aquinas Academy Director of Youth Ministry 341 East Norwich Street, Milwaukee, WI 53207 Phone 414-744-1214 ...... Rebecca Scholz 481-0777x1135 Website: www.thomasaquinasacademy.com Deacon Pat Lapointe ...... 414-246-4620 Principal, Frank Edgeworth ([email protected]) ...... [email protected] Parish School Board Member, Kristine Fleis

WELCOME TO ST. AUGUSTINE PARISH!

WELCOME! If you are visiting Saint Augustine from another parish, or if you are new to the area, we are pleased that you have chosen to worship with us. We welcome you to become a member of our parish family. Please contact the parish office for more information.

SAINT THERESE OF LISIEUX In the bulletin last week we talked about relics. On the altar at St. Augustine is a first class relic of St. Therese of Lisieux and St. Augustine. Here is a little more information on St. Therese of Lisieux. Watch in future bulletins as we highlight St. Augustine.

St. Therese of Lisieux, also known as the St. Therese of the Child of Jesus was born on January 21, 1873, and died on September 30, 1897, at the age of 24. Therese was the youngest, of nine children of whom only five survived childhood. She grew up in a catholic household, all four of her sisters became nuns and at the age of 15, Therese was able to enter the Carmelite Convent at Lisieux. Therese was the baby in the family, and she was a spoiled brat. It was not until the age of 14 when Therese went through a conversion that helped her to become more sensitive to the needs of others instead of keeping herself happy.

When Therese entered the convent, which was something that she wanted to do MASS INTENTIONS Mass Remembering a loved one since early on in her childhood, she dedicated her whole life to God. It was in the Intentions who has died or celebrating convent that Therese lived a hidden life of simple prayer and deep intimacy with a special birthday or God. Therese when she entered the convent was always happy and some of the anniversary are just a few of the reasons sisters were jealous of her holiness. Because of this jealousy, she was given the people have for offering a Mass. Mass most difficult chores in the convent such as scrubbing the floors or doing the laundry. intentions are scheduled on a first come first serve basis and are $10 per intention. During her short life in this world, Therese was able to teach us that holiness is Stop in or call the parish office. The found every day in the ordinary and practical tasks of everyday life. At an early age, Therese wanted to spend her life in heaven doing good on earth. 4:00pm Saturday Mass intentions scheduled through August 2nd have Here are some quotes by this saint to ponder: been moved to the 8:30am Saturday “Our Lord does not look so much at the greatness of our actions, or even at their Mass. difficulty as at the love with which we do them.” “Holiness consists of doing God’s will and being just what God wants us to be.” For me, prayer is a burst from my heart, it is a simple glance thrown towards Heaven, a cry of thanksgiving and love in times of trial as well as in times of joy.”

Interested in knowing more about this Saint: The Story of a Soul; the Autobiography of Saint Therese of Lisieux. Washington DC: ICS Publications, 1996. -Deacon Arturo Vigueras

ARCHDIOCESE OF MILWAUKEE COVID-19 EMERGENCY FUND The Archdiocese of Milwaukee Coronavirus Emergency Fund was established to support those who are ST. AUGUSTINE ON AMAZONSMILE most vulnerable in our community during Amazon donates 0.5% of the price of the pandemic. If you are able, please your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to consider helping others in southeastern the charitable organization of your Wisconsin by answering this call and making a gift to help those who are choice. AmazonSmile is the same struggling during this difficult time.

Amazon you know. Same products, same Funds raised to date have enabled us to provide grants to local food pantries and prices, same service. parishes that offer assistance to our friends and neighbors who are facing Support St. Augustine of Hippo by unemployment, illness and stress. Grants have been provided to over 22 starting your shopping at https:// organizations. To donate: https://archmil.org/giving smile.amazon.com/ch/39-0806185 CONVERSATIONS AFTER MASS PARISH STEWARDSHIP Keep the good feelings from Mass going! Share your family’s answer to the following question. June 28, 2020 Question: : If you could travel anywhere, where would you go? Weekly ...... ……$3,868.65 Special Monthly ...... $175.00 REQUIREMENTS FOR VOLUNTEERS- Offertory ...... $190.50 ADULT SAFE ENVIRONMENT Ascension ...... $60.00 This Archdiocese mandated program is part of the requirements set Assumption ...... $16.00 down by the US Catholic Bishops to ensure all Church activities are Maintenance ...... $16.00 safe for minors. Coaches, Boy and Girl scout leaders, day school classroom Online Giving ...... $390.00 volunteers, Religious Ed catechists are some of the categories of volunteers who Total ...... $4,716.15 need SEE training. Sessions are currently held virtually but you must register online 85 envelopes were used this week. at www.cmgconnect.org and complete a background check and Code of Ethical Standards before requesting a session.

CHILDREN’S RCIA SANCTUARY LAMPS Is your child over the age of 7 and not yet baptized? We have a special program to Donald Geske assist your family in preparing your child to participate in the Sacraments of Dolores Geske Initiation. For information please call Karen, [email protected] or 481-0777. Lorraine Harling Mary Beth Lauritzen TRAVELING-FIND A MASS Rosalie Salfer Leaving for vacation and need to locate a church? Go Timothy Salfer to www.masstimes.org and you can find a church near Arnold & Justine Stout where you may be staying. Agripine Toth ST AUGUSTINE LADIES SOCIETY PRAYER LIST Jerry Werner If you or anyone you know is in need of prayers, you may call and leave their Becky Zacharias name with Marcy Ullenberg 414-483-3578 or Mary Mahler 414-291-8919. If you are interested in lighting a 7 day Your name will remain on the list for as long as the Grace of God is needed. candle for a loved one, please call the parish office. Candles are lit weekly for Cycles of Faith just $3.00 and listed in the bulletin.

Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEK Using the best seeds doesn’t always guarantee the best plants. An older Italian gentleman straight from Italy gave me these amazing tomato seeds that he claimed produced the best 15 Selena Gutierrez tomatoes ever grown. Without doubt, the fruit he shared with me was a testament to that 16 Eugene Seidler fact. These tomatoes were amazing! I couldn’t wait until the next growing season to plant 17 Christopher Corchado these seeds and harvest my own tomatoes. The whole experiment ended up a failure. I did 18 Steven Bejma, David Endres, everything the gentleman said, but my fruit didn’t even come close. What happened? At first I was perplexed, then some years later the light dawned. The problem wasn’t the Francis Hauerwas, Patricia Ripple seeds; it was the soil! James Sherwood 19 Ian Saldana You cannot sow seeds in any old place and in a haphazard way and expect them to be at their best. It doesn’t work that way. Planting the seeds is the easiest part. Preparing the soil is the challenge. Tilling, mulching, enriching, and building up the nutrients are all required for good fruit. Then after the seeds are planted, more care is required in order to maintain that healthy, nutrient rich environment for those seeds to sprout, grow, and flourish. God happily sows the seeds of his Word. What do we do with them?

If we expect to be a passive bystander and have good fruit magically grow, we are mistaken. Bearing the good fruit of God’s Word requires preparation and work. We have to cultivate the soil of our lives so that those seeds can find a proper home. This one thing alone takes a great deal of patience, time, and effort. What kind of preparation have we put into our lives so that we can be a recipient of God’s seed? And he spoke to them at length in parables, It takes a great deal of soul-searching and ego-checking to properly prepare. God is the ever faithful and persistent sower. If the seeds do not bear fruit the first time, God will saying: “A sower went out to sow...Some seed come back time and time again, giving it another try. fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it. But some seed fell on rich soil, and If we have created a suitable bed for sowing, then once the seed is sown, we must produced fruit, a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold. properly maintain them. What is our maintenance plan for the seeds of God’s Word? We need not only a source for water but a watering schedule. We need to weed, aerate the Whoever has ears ought to hear.” - Mt 13:3, 7 -9 soil, nurture the young plants, protect them, and provide proper nutrients. What does our spiritual maintenance plan look like? If we have done all things well, imagine what the Excerpts from the Lectionary for Mass seeds of God’s Word could produce in us! LPi ©2001, 1998, 1970 CCD THIS WEEK’S MASS INTENTIONS Tuesday, Jul 14 St. Kateri Tekakwitha, Virgin 8:30a † Becky Zacharias † Dennis Meer Thursday, Jul 16 Weekday (No Congregation) 8:30a † Robert Strassman Saturday, Jul 18 Weekday 8:30a † Carolyn & Tom Zeise Sunday, Jul 19 Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 11:00a † Genevieve Carloni

THIS WEEK AT & AROUND ST. AUGUSTINE

Monday, July 13 8:30am Daily Mass-NL Tuesday, July 14 8:30am Daily Mass-SA Church 9:00am Daily Mass-SP Wednesday, July 15 7:00am Daily Mass (No Congregation)-IC 8:30am Daily Mass-SV Thursday, July 16 7:00am Daily Mass-IC 7:30am 24 Hour Eucharistic Adoration-IC Church 8:30am Daily Mass (No Congregation)-SA Church Friday, July 17 7:00am Daily Mass-IC 9:00am Daily Mass-SP Saturday, July 18 8:30am Daily Mass-SA Church 9:00am-10:00am Confessions-SA Church 4:30pm Combined IC/SA Vigil Mass-IC Church Sunday, July 19 9:00am Mass with Overflow in Church Hall-IC 10:00am Disinfecting of the Church/Hall-IC 11:00am Mass with Overflow in Church Hall-SA 12:00pm Disinfecting of the Church/Hall-SA

READINGS FOR THE WEEK OF JULY 12, 2020 Sunday: Is 55:10-11/Ps 65:10, 11, 12-13, 14 [Lk 8:8]/ Rom 8:18-23/Mt 13:1-23 or 13:1-9 Monday: Is 1:10-17/Ps 50:8-9, 16bc-17, 21 and 23 [23b]/ Mt 10:34—11:1 Tuesday: Is 7:1-9/Ps 48:2-3a, 3b-4, 5-6, 7-8 [cf. 9d]/Mt 11:20-24 Wednesday: Is 10:5-7, 13b-16/Ps 94:5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 14-15 [14a]/Mt 11:25-27 Thursday: Is 26:7-9, 12, 16-19/Ps 102:13-14ab and 15, 16 -18, 19-21 [20b]/Mt 11:28-30 Friday: Is 38:1-6, 21-22, 7-8/Is 38:10, 11, 12abcd, 16 [cf. 17b]/Mt 12:1-8 Saturday: Mi 2:1-5/Ps 10:1-2, 3-4, 7-8, 14 [12b]/Mt 12:14 -21 Next Sunday: Wis 12:13, 16-19/Ps 86:5-6, 9-10, 15-16 [5a]/Rom 8:26-27/Mt 13:24-43 or 13:24-30 LPi Quality, Longevity & Trust is what makes us who we are. RAY TANN TIRE INC Milwaukee’s Home Town Tire Shop. BAY VIEW CHAPEL Family Owned and Operated 3275 S. Howell Ave. for over 75 years (414) 483-2322 RAY TANN SR., JR., & III SOUTH SUBURBAN HAVE A CHAPEL TIRESOME JOB 6080 S. 27th St. (414) 282-6080 Mon-Fri 8-6 | Sat 8-12 (414) 481-1660 www.pkfuneralhomes.com 980 W. Oklahoma | Milwaukee, WI

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