Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Family 1307 Lourdes Avenue • Depere, Wisconsin 54115 Norbertine Fathers
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“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" The New Colossus Emma Lazarus Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Family 1307 Lourdes Avenue • DePere, Wisconsin 54115 Norbertine Fathers Pastoral Team: Parish Offices: 920.336.4033 Fr. Tim Shillcox, O. Praem., Pastor Website: www.lourdesdepere.org Deacon Michael VanderBloomen E-mail: [email protected] Kathy Kocken, Parish Administrator Facebook: Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Family Carol Wilda, Director of Liturgical Music Frater Jordan Neeck, O. Praem., School: 920.336.3091 Pastoral Minister Religious Education: 920.337.0443 Deacon Harvey Quinette - Emeritus OUR LADY OF LOURDES PARISH FAMILY DE PERE, WISCONSIN Mass Intentions at rest in the Lord +++ Monday, July 6, St. Maria Goretti + Marion Fischer, 92, our sister in the par- 7:30 AM WORD/COMMUNION SERVICE ish family since 1999, died on June 22nd, at Tuesday, July 7 Rennes, after having received “Last Rites” 7:30 AM Gail Kempen through our parish ministry. She is survived Wednesday, July 8 7:30 AM Nancy Witbro Stenbeck by 6 children and 12 grandchildren. She was Thursday, July 9, St. Augustine Zhao Rong accorded Christian Burial at St. John, Sey- th 7:30 AM Frances Willems mour on June 29 where she had previously Friday, July 10 been an active member. 7:30 AM David Leidel + Leland Doherty, 89, our brother in the par- FIFTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME ish family, and a charter member of OLOL, Saturday, July 11 died peacefully on June 28th and was accorded 4:30 PM Len Cieslewicz Christian Burial here on Thursday. Sunday, July 12 His wife of 60 years, Rita, and their 5 8:15 AM Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Family sons, & grand-children survive; a daughter Robert and Bernice Achten 10:15 AM David Leidel awaits & welcomes him “home” on the other side. + Frances Sabo, the mother of our parish- ioner, Dale (Diane) Sabo, died on June 23rd and was accorded Christian Burial at St. Mary of the Angels in Green Bay on June 27th Her husband and 3 other children, along Your Financial Support at OLOL with extended family survive. Freely Receive – Freely Give Weekend of June 27/28 May Marion, Leland & Francis rest in Christ’s Peace! Parish Support………....$ 9,390.55 Offertory Collection….$ 673.72 Total………………………………$10,064.27 Parish Support Budget for July 1-June 30……….....$925,000 Parish Support Income thru June 28..………………….…$925,383 Mission Trip Stockholder Dinner Invite Wednesday, July 8th at 6 PM in OLOL Social Hall We want to thank you for supporting us! There will be a pasta dinner and PowerPoint presentation. We would like to show you the impact we made in Braxton County, West Virginia and share the impact it made on us. Readings for June July 5-12 Sunday: Ez 2:2-5/2 Cor 12:7-10/Mk 6:1-6a Monday: Gn 28:10-22a/Mt 9:18-26 Tuesday: Gn 32:23-33/Mt 9:32-38 Wednesday: Gn 41:55-57; 42:5-7a, 17-24a/Mt 10:1-7 Thursday: Gn 44:18-21, 23b-29; 45:1-5/Mt 10:7-15 Wedding Banns Friday: Gn 46:1-7, 28-30/Mt 10:16-23 II Tonya Fronk and Matthew Fierst Saturday: Gn 49:29-32; 50:15-26a/Mt 10:24-33 Next Sunday: Am 7:12-15/Eph 1:3-14 or 1:3-10/Mk 6:7-13 (LPi publications) Mass Intention Requests for 2016 Mass intentions for the next year, 2016, are being taken. You are allowed to schedule one weekend Mass and one Sacrament of Baptism weekday Mass or 2 weekday Masses. Please feel free to We welcome Lorelei Jesse Schnurer stop by or call the Parish Office (336-4033) to schedule into the Living Body of Christ. Mass intentions. 2 FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME JULY 5, 2015 hello, olol… hough the calendar can’t lie - it sure seems that the ‘Fourth of July’ weekend has come up fast this year; hopefully it’s not literally the midpoint of Summer, 2015! And hopefully the celebration allows you some down time; some family and friend time; some time to give thanks for all the blessings God has given to our nation in 239 years, and to give thanks for all those who have “laid down their lives” (John 15) in the manner of Jesus, for us. Hopefully too, you may have some time to wade into Pope Francis’ recent encyclical letter – “Laudato Si” – “Praise be You, my God” The Internet’ link’ was emailed out last week; if you need it, please contact the parish office. We welcome Father Dan Schuster, Diocesan Vocations Director, who covers masses this weekend while I’m on retreat. Thank you Fr. Dan, for your zeal, your ministry here this weekend & for your work in helping the Lord and our Church to call our brothers and sons to the Lord’s service! God bless you! Also – speaking of diocesan staff, a transition in personnel for the Marriage annulment ministry staff. After 35 years in this area, Fr. Bob Kabat (left) has moved to be pastor at St. Matthew’s in Green Bay; and Father Brian Belongia ( right), a newly-minted Canon Lawyer, will take his place – both in the diocesan office and as pastor at Seymour and Isaar. I’m very glad that Father Bob will be a part of the GRACE System! And having served as a field advocate for the annulment ministry during his tenure, I want to thank him for being so pasto- ral, so compassionate, so efficient and so faithful – both to human reality and the Church’s Tradition. Many times he’s been a mentor ‘on the spot’ for me; always he’s been a great priestly and pastoral example! God bless both Fr. Kabat and Fr. Belongia in this time! Father Bob did his seminary study at St. John’s Collegeville. He knows, as I do from a sabbatical semester there in 2000, the beauty of the place ‘behind the pine curtain’ in central Minnesota, and the goodness of the Benedictine Community there. With my bike in tow, and the Pope’s encyclical in hand, and craving some solitude and space after a busy and blessed year here at OLOL, please know that you’re in my prayers while making retreat! It will also be a busy, jubilee, merciful, transitional year ahead for us all; so that’s a big part of my prayer and reflection as well! I ask your prayer for me as well, please? Thanks so much! Speaking of Minnesota, can we all keep the Local Church – the Archdiocese of Minneapolis-St. Paul – in our prayers these days for their healing, please? Their archbishop & also one of their auxiliary bishops resigned recently, having fallen short in their ministry of “protecting all of God’s children and vulnerable adults”. This ‘fallout’ from the clerical sexual abuse crisis has hurt the Church’s credibility in many ways, even as first and foremost, it has hurt children and families and their Faith. We continue to struggle, to fathom, resolve, reform, repent of and remedy this sad abuse. Holding bishops accountable in their response is another tangible ‘step forward’, even though it may cause short-term challenge. Also in June, Pope Francis set up a Vatican ‘tribunal’ to review, assess and sanction Church leaders (bishops) who have failed in their pastoral duty in this regard. This is also another step forward, for which we are grateful. And we all renew our promise and vigilance to appropriate behavior, wholesome relationships, responsible reporting of abuse and continuing education (VIRTUS & Praesidum), so that coming forward, and hopefully beyond this ‘crisis’ and scandal, we may model for others, a holy, honest and healing way to deal with it, stop it and find God’s Power to heal us all, as the Church, and as the Human Family! Please, God! With regard to our parish life here at Lourdes…I hope you’re planning to schedule your appointment for your portrait for the 20th Anniversary OLOL Parish Pictorial Directory! Please call the office (336-4033) or go online to schedule! It’s costless and helps us celebrate our life “together in the Lord” by knowing each other better – by face, by name! It also gets us ready for the “second generation” of our parish life and history! Remember too on your calendar – our Annual Parish Meeting on September 27th after the 10:15 Mass in church. Norbertine Prior, (and our ‘Founding Associate Pastor’) Father Jim Baraniak, along with Trustees, Dave Loritz and Ray Diederich will conduct the meeting – the sole agenda item – to discuss the ‘pastoral transition’, scheduled for August 31, 2016, as my 12-year term here ends, as mandated by the bishop’s policy. Please plan to come and participate! And the Parish Mission with Fr. Dan Felton February 20-23, 2016. Please reserve those dates too! Thanks so much! You won’t be disappointed!! Even in the summer – no shortage of things to ponder & pray over! As we do – “God bless us…EVERY one”! 3 The Risen C hrist and Communion of Saints Window Our visually striking main sanctuary window shows the Risen Christ reaching out to welcome a very special Communion of Saints. Some of these persons lived in early times, but many are from recent times. Some are canonized; others led lives of exemplary Christian virtue. You may recognize some of them. Beginning at the upper right side of the window and going clockwise, you will see: 1.