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John Steltz 920
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St John Parish, Seymour Wisconsin 13th Sunday of Ordinary Time · June 27, 2021 S T . J OHN THE B APTIST C HURCH · S EYMOUR

Save a life. Contact Congress. Everyday Stewardship
Touching the Cloak of Christ

What
Look to today’s Gospel and you’ll find Congress is trying to force Americans to one of the most arresting images in all pay for abortion. of Scripture. Christ in a crowd, 
How
everyone clamoring for his attention, The Hyde Amendment and similar laws have protected  pressing against him. Several feet away, taxpayers from funding elective abortion for 45 years. is a chronically ill woman, weak and Now, powerful members of Congress want to take away desperate for help. She knows she these laws that both Democrats and Republication have doesn’t have a chance of getting his supported for nearly half a century. attention. She has no connections. She
has no strength. All she can do is lift up her hand. What happens without these protections?

Billions of taxpayer dollars could be used to pay for  So that’s what she does. She reaches out. abortion.

There comes a time, or maybe several times, in each of  Take Action
our lives when we become this woman. We’re tired and Sign the petition to Congress at NoTaxpayerAbortion.com!  we’re sick. Is it with sin? With fear? With anger? It doesn’t matter. Whatever it is, it’s made us weak, and we feel like Why Do We Do That? Catholic Life Explained

we’ve run out of options. We’ve looked for help and come Question: What is the “Miraculous Medal”  up empty. We’ve consulted friends and gotten nowhere. and why is it called that? We’re lost in the crowd of life, unable to stick our heads
Answer: The medal of the Immaculate  above the pressing throng to wave for help.
Conception that has come to be called simply  And there is Christ, always passing by us. The hem of his the “Miraculous Medal” dates back to an apparition of cloak is never far from our grasp. We have no hope of a big Mary to Saint Catherine Laboure, who was then a novice miracle like the synagogue leader. We don’t even bother sister with the Daughters of Charity. On November 27, asking for that. But that cloak ... we can touch that cloak. 1830, Our Lady appeared to her standing on a globe, with That’s something we can do. shafts of light streaming from her hands and the words, 
“O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have  Do we do it, though? Do we have the confidence of that recourse to thee,” surrounding the image. In the same vi- sick, beaten
down woman who knew so totally that  sion, Catherine saw a capital “M” with a cross above it and healing was there for the taking? Or do we retreat back  below two hearts. Catherine seemed to hear a voice telling into the crowd, stumbling back home with our pain and  her to have what she saw struck as a medal and a promise our sinfulness? Reach out, friends. However, whatever,  that those who wore the medal would have the protection whenever N reach out. Christ will not fail you. and intercession of the Mother of God. The first 1,500 of
medals were distributed in 1832. Many miraculous favors N Tracy Earl Welliver, MTS were attributed to the use of the medal. Saint Catherine’s “Miraculous Medal” is among the recognizable and  popular symbols of modern Catholicism. Reflecting on its widespread use, the 2001 Vatican document, “Directory on Popular Piety and Liturgy,” observes that the medal “recalls the mystery of Redemption, the love of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and of the Sorrowful Heart of Mary. It signifies the mediatory role of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the mystery of the Church, the relationship between Heaven and earth, this life and eternal life.”

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June 27, 2021 
St John’s Goal
One of the greatest strengths of the Catholic Church is its $42,234
emphasis on building and maintaining a strong, viable  Given to date: $40,782
community among the faithful. As with all things that  Still needed: $1,452
NMNGoal !
96% of our goal.
matter to us, we must work hard in our local parish to

NMN $40,000
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strengthen and expand our community of believers.

St Sebastian’s Goal:
NMN $35,000
The Oxford Dictionary definescommunity, in part, as “a $15,312

Given to date: $15,113
feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing NMN$30,000

Still needed: $199
common attitudes, interests, and goals.” In addition, David NMN $25,000
99% of their goal.
Carlin in his article “Two Kinds of Community”
fromTheCatholicThing.org, highlights four characteristics NN $20,000

We have  of a moral community: 1) a strong sense of belonging; 2) NN $15,000
ALMOST  consensus on many important beliefs and values; 3) feel-
hit our  ings of love and devotion to the community; and 4) a sense MMN$10,000

Bishop’s Appeal  that the community is more important than the individual. NMNM$5,000
parish goal!!!
The wordCatholicmeans all
embracing or universality. In a 2019 Letter to the Editor ofThe Observer, David P.  Spicer pointed out that the Catholic faith was “founded by Feeding America Tribal Food Box Packing Event: Is Jesus Christ for all, regardless of one’s race, color, religion, seeking volunteers to help pack 900 meal boxes every two sex, language, political or other opinion, national or social weeks. Appleton area: A van will be at Feeding America, origin, property, birth, disability, age, marital or family  2911 W. Evergreen Dr., Appleton, to transport seven  status, economic or social situation…. This is not to say the volunteers to the Waupaca warehouse, leaving at 8 a.m. and Church does not provide a lofty set of expectations for the returning at 1 p.m.every
other Wednesday beginning June imperfect people of God but that no soul is exempt from 30through November. Waupaca area: 15 volunteers are His redemptive grace.” needed to travel on their own to the Waupaca warehouse,
E502 WI
54, Waupaca, arriving at 9 a.m. and working until As we emerge from the confines of a pandemic that robbed 12 p.m.every
other Wednesday beginning June 30 through us of so much fellowship and community bonding in our November. To volunteer for a shift of your choice, register Church, let’s reestablish our strong sense of belonging to atfeedingamericawi.org/volunteer
registration. each other in our parish. Let’s remind each other that we agree on many important beliefs and values. Let’s awaken Please contact the parish office by our love and devotion to each other at church, at Don’s, or phone or email with any changes in in passing on the street as we all seek to get out of our your mailing address, email address Covid cocoons. Finally, let’s emphasize that the strength of and/or phone numbers. We would
our community is more important than individual wants. like to update our records before the Afterall, the Catholic Church was founded by Jesus Christ church fiscal year end which is June 30th. Thank you!
for all! Let’s not forget those Catholics who have come before us including St. Paul, St. Thomas Aquinas, Saints Night at
Teresa of Calcutta, and Saint Perpetua. Capitol Park


So, let usjoinagain in fellowship, celebration, and  Home of the Green kindness as a parish. Welcome each other, encourage each Bay Booyah
other, and live the faith with each other. July 8th~6:35 Game

John Steltz, Missionary Discipleship Coordinator Ticket Package: Box NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
The Lord bless and keep you; Seat & Booyah Hat $15/Ticket The Lord make His face shine upon you;
And be gracious to you. Numbers: 6, 24
25 $5 from every ticket benefits St John’s Vacation Bible School! Climb aboard for  Shelter
mountains of fun on the Rocky Railway!  Purchase Tickets: On this faith
filled adventure, kids will  https://tinyurl.com/ discover that trusting Jesus pulls them through xu7x429k life’s ups and downs.
Monday, July 26th through Thursday, July 29th from 8:30 am
11:15 am daily. Safety protocols will be in place to keep everyone safe. Registration forms are available on our parish website and on the table by the coat rack in church. 3
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Worship Services
Liturgical Ministers

JUNE 26  JULY 4


SATURDAY, JULY 3
Saturday, June 26
Wedding of Emily Leisgang and
4:00 PM
 Zachary Schiff
Lector
Judy Blohm  3:00 pm Reconciliation Cantor
Jim Wurl  4:00 pm Mass  Musician
Sam Goeben

 ϯ Adrienne Cumicek
Distributors
Lynn Cartier Sunday, June 27
8:00 am Mass at St Sebastian Servers
Alexis Hebert Ushers
Jennie Huettl, Marilyn Menor,
 ϯ Mary Wilinski
Volunteer
 10:00 am Mass
 ϯ In Memory of Cyril & Bernice Letter on
SUNDAY, JULY 4


their 80th Wedding Anniversary
10:00 AM

Monday, June 28
No Service Lector
Jill Hiles Tuesday, June 29
8:15 am Mass Cantor
Ann Theroux Musician
Sam Goeben
 ϯ Karen Hallada
Distributors
Jane Buch Wednesday, June 30
8:15 am Mass Servers
Karter Calmes  ϯ Jerry Hofmaier Ushers
Pat Schadrie, Glenn Dunville

 9:00 am Communion Service at St Sebastian
Cy & Lori Martz
Thursday, July 1
8:15 am Mass  ϯ George, Dorothy & Karen Cemke
Friday, July 2
8:15 am Mass at St Sebastian FerFecki Lawn Care “The Greener Side”  ϯ Florence, Walter & Duane Ebert Offering Seasonal Fall Clean Ups,  Aeration and Snow Removal Saturday, July 3
3:00 pm Reconciliation Within a 25 to 30 mile radius of Pulaski  4:00 pm Mass  (920) 615
4094  ϯ Bob, Joe & Geneva Daoust
Sunday, July 4
8:00 am Mass at St Sebastian Stewardship
ϯ David Vande Hei Sacrificial Giving for the Week $ 3,897.98 10:00 am Mass Other Income
1,188.00
Expenses
Living & Deceased Members of
Bills pd.
1,791.40
Ricky Van De Hey & Bill Van Handel

ϯ Denotes deceased person(s)
Readings

Live the Liturgy  “Do not be afraid, just have faith.” God Week of June 27, 2021

does not rejoice in our demise or our destruction. Rather, Sunday: Wis 1:13
15; 2:23
24/Ps 30:2, 4, 5
6, 11, 12, 13 He made us in his image and desires that we have life. He [2a]/2 Cor 8:7, 9, 13
15/ also desires that we be healed and know His loving touch. Mk 5:21
43 or 5:21
24, 35b
43 There is great power in an embrace offered in love. The Monday: Gn 18:16
33/Ps 103:1b
2, 3
4, 8
9, 10
11 [8a]/ touch of another can heal wounds and restore life. There  Mt 8:18
22 is also power in faith. Faith can turn us toward the truth  Tuesday: Vigil: Acts 3:1
10/Ps 19:2
3, 4
5 [5]/Gal 1:11
and turn us toward God. Both love and faith can lead us to 20/Jn 21:15
19 hope that no matter what we encounter, God will continue Day: Acts 12:1
11/Ps 34:2
3, 4
5, 6
7, 8
9 [5]/2 Tm 4:6
to sustain us in being. He will not allow us to perish. God 8, 17
18/Mt 16:13
19 can profoundly change how we see Him, ourselves, and  Wednesday: Gn 21:5, 8
20a/Ps 34:7
8, 10
11, 12
13 [7a]/ one another. God desires that we turn toward Him and be Mt 8:28
34 healed of all that wounds and binds us so that we can be Thursday: Gn 22:1b
19/Ps 115:1
2, 3
4, 5
6, 8
9 [9]/Mt free and enjoy the fullness of life. We are asked to arise  9:1
8 and walk proudly with this life
giving faith. Reach out and Friday: Gn 23:1
4, 19; 24:1
8, 62
67/Ps 106:1b
2, 3
4a, share this faith with someone this week so that they too can 4b
5 [1b]/Mt 9:9
13 receive God’s life changing embrace and heed His call to Saturday:Eph 2:19
22/Ps117:1bc,2[Mk 16:15]/Jn20:24
29 wholeness. There are many in our world wandering around Next Sunday: Ez 2:2
5/Ps 123:1
2, 2, 3
4 [2cd]/2 Cor aimlessly without hope. Bring it to them.  12:7
10/Mk 6:1
6a 5
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