ST. DOMINIC • ST. JO HN THE BAPTIST

Fr. John Cyr, Pastor SCHEDULE St Dominic Saturday, February 23 St. Polycarp 303 North Galena Avenue St. John3:30pm Confessions Wyoming • IL 61491 St. John 4:30pm John Blaisdell by J. Robert Blaisdell (309) 695-4031 Sunday, February 24 [email protected] St. Dominic 8:00am Margaret Colgan by Dan & Carol Ann Stephens ST JOHN THE BAPTIST St. John 10:00am For the People of our two Parishes 218 First Street Monday, February 25 St. Sebastian of Aparicio No Mass Bradford • IL 61421 (309) 897-4081 Tuesday, February 26 St. Maria Bertilla Boscardin No Mass [email protected] Wednesday, February 27 No Mass FIND US ONLINE Thursday, February 28 Facebook ...... @StarkCatholic No Mass Website .. starkcountycatholic.com Instagram ...... @starkcatholic Friday, March 1 St. David of Wales Twitter ...... @starkcatholic St. John 7:30am Bob Fisher by Marian Purtscher Bulletins ...... ParishesOnline.com Saturday, March 2 The Blessed Virgin Mary St. John 3:30pm Confessions St. John 4:30pm For the People of our two Parishes PRAYERS Sunday, March 3 St. Dominic 8:00am Gerald Duffy by the Duffy Family St. Dominic’s St. John 10:00am Mary D. Blaisdell by Lucille Grunloh Edward Fussner, Dave Cox, Brittany Schaffer, Scott Eisenbarth, MINISTRY SCHEDULE Sr. Nancy Streitmatter, M.D., Saturday, March 2 Shirley Stabler, Michael Clifford, St. John the Baptist 4:30pm Mass Bill Abrams, Jerry Hickey, Jordan Lector: Michael Lotspeich Hardy, Joanne Adams, John Ryan, Altar Servers: Matthew Shipp & Charlie Rouse Barney Vermeire, Fred Rockwell, Usher: Larry Roberts & Jim Owens Jim Henenhan, Paul Schupbach, Greeter: Nancy Martin

Ashley Egan, & Sister Rosalinda Sunday, March 3 Drees St. Dominic 8:00am Mass Lector: Marie Green St. John the Baptist Servers: Bobby Pasker, Owen Mercer, & Matt Morrissey Marissa Marquis, Angie Barnes, Ushers: Matt Johnston & Bill Cox Rosemary Owens, Bill Real, Barb Eucharistic Minister: Vicki Waldschmidt Bogner, Jane Blank, Bonnie Miller, Gifts: Tom & Colleen Magnussen & Family & Madelyne Dietz Collection Counters: Marie Green, Ardith Wittmeyer, & Tom Boudreau

Income: 02/17/19 St. John the Baptist 10:00am Mass St. Dominic Lector: Becki Hoffert Collection ...... $1708 Altar Servers: Erica, CJ & Nick Bailey Building Fund ...... $40 Ushers: Pete McKean & Volunteer St. John the Baptist Collection Counters: Sharon Sharkey & Larry Roberts Collection ...... $809 Greeter: Marian Purtscher Building Fund ...... $45

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FR. JOHN F. CYR Fr. John F. Cyr 1 Please prayerfully consider giving to our !"#$%&'()**+,$-.'),/$,0'"%'$-'1)0%'20,0@-' our parish in many important ways.

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2 SIGN UP TO GIVE ONLINE

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4 FEBRUARY 24, 2019 • 7TH SUNDAY IN ORDINA RY TIME

ANNOUNCEMENTS of the Week — St. Maria Bertilla Boscardin Welcome If anyone knew rejection, ridicule and disappointment, We would like to welcome Father Ken Marchulones as it was St. Maria Bertilla Boscardin. But such trials on- our visiting priest this weekend. ly brought her closer to God and more determined to No Weekday Masses serve him. Born in in 1888, the young girl lived A reminder that there will be no weekday masses Febru- in fear of her father, a violent man prone to jealousy ary 25th through February 28th, as Father Cyr will be out and drunkenness. Her schooling was limited so that of town. she could spend more time helping at home and work- St. John’s Soup Supper ing in the fields. In 1904, she joined the Sisters of Sat. Feb 23 after the 4:30 Mass. Parishioners from both Saint Dorothy and was assigned to work in the kitch- parishes and their guests are welcome. Reservations are en, bakery and laundry. After some time Maria re- not necessary. A free will donation will be accepted. ceived nurses ’ training and began working in a hospi- St. John’s Altar and Rosary Society tal with children suffering from diphtheria. There the St. John's Altar and Rosary Society will meet after 10:00 young nun seemed to find her true vocation: nursing Mass on March 3 at Carmody Center. Members are en- very ill and disturbed children. Later, when the hospi- couraged to attend. tal was taken over by the military in World War I, Sis- Lent and Ash Wednesday ter Maria Bertilla fearlessly cared for patients amidst Lent is rapidly approaching. Ash Wednesday is on March the threat of constant air raids and bombings. She died 6th. It is a good time to start thinking about fasting and in 1922 after suffering for many years from a painful tumor . Some of the patients she had nursed many abstinence. Ash Wednesday is a day of fasting and absti- nence from meat. Fridays during lent are days of absti- years before were present at her in 1961. Catechism of the nence from meat. Good Friday is a day of fasting and ab- Endowed with a spiritual soul, with intellect and with stinence from meat. Lent is also a great time to abstain free will, the human person is from his very conception from some of the indulgences in life, such as sweets and ordered to God and destined for eternal beatitude. He alcohol. Think about giving up television or the internet pursues his perfection in seeking and loving what is true for lent. Spend more time in prayer and with your family. and good. (Paragraph 1711) Attend daily Masses and join us for Stations of the Cross Man is obligated to follow the moral law, which urges on Fridays. Make it a point to go to confession sometime him to do what is good and avoid what is evil. This law during Lent. The law of abstinence requires a Catholic 14 makes itself heard in his conscience. (Paragraph 1713) years of age and older to abstain from eating meat on Fri- He who believes in Christ has new life in the Holy Spir- days and on Ash Wednesday. The law of fasting requires a it. The moral life, increased and brought to mat urity on Catholic 18-59 years of age to reduce the amount of food grace, is to reach its fulfillment in the glory of heaven. eaten from normal. The Church defines this as one meal a (Paragraph 1715) day, or two smaller meals which if added together would Mass Cancellations not exceed the main meal in quantity. Such fasting is ob- If we should need to cancel or change Mass due to in- ligatory on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. The fast is clement weather, we will post it on our Facebook Page as soon as it is decided. If the weather is bad, check out broken by eating between meals and by drinks which our Facebook page to find out. We want everyone to could be considered food. 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