St. Roman Catholic Parish

Jefferson, Wisconsin St. Francis of Assisi ______

Pastoral Staff Catholic Parish Rev. Thomas J. Coyle, Pastor Sunday, August 1, 2021 Rectory: 920-674-9619

Mr. Bill Bare, School Principal [email protected] 920-674-5821

Ms. Donna J. Kiesling Office Manager Parish Center: 920-674-2025

Ms. Beth Schweiger [email protected] 920-674-2025

Ms. Tiffany Topel Dir. of Religious Ed. & Youth Ministry Bulletin [email protected] 920-674-5433 ext. 5

Mrs. Jodi El-Beri Coordinator of Religious Ed. Baptism Preparation [email protected] 920-674-5433 ext. 4

Ms. Cathey Sloane, RN Parish Nurse Parish Center: 920-674-2025 920-988-0397

Ms. Lizzett Perez Hispanic Ministry [email protected] 920-253-8464

RCIA co-chairs Jaysen Yoder 920-650-0719

Rick Helman

[email protected] St. John the Baptist Church St. Lawrence Church 920-699-4029 P. O. Box 269 P. O. Box 313 Jefferson, Wisconsin 53549 Jefferson, Wisconsin 53549 920-674-2025 920-674-2822

Saturday Mass: 5:30 pm Saturday Mass: 4:00 pm Sunday Mass: 7:30 am | 10:30 am 12:30 pm (en Español)

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MASS INTENTIONS

Saturday, July 31/St. Ignatius of Loyola 7:30 am +Beatrice H. Rodriguez/Mass (SJB) 8:00 am Rosary & Reconciliation (SJB) 4:00 pm +Jim Weissmann/Mass (St. Lawrence) 5:30 pm +Joyce Rueth, Jeffrey Hennen/Mass (SJB) Sunday, August 1/18th Sunday in Ordinary Time 7:30 am +Helen Stowe, Jacob Branaman, Jary Kouba/ Mass (SJB) 10:30 am +Catherine Tackman, Ralph Wedl/Mass (SJB) 12:30 pm St. Francis of Assisi Parish/Mass in Spanish (SJB) Monday, August 2/St. Eusebius of Vercelli, St. Peter Julian Eymard 7:30 am In Honor of Jonah Brown’s Birthday/Mass (SJB) 8:00 am Rosary & Reconciliation (SJB) 4:00 pm +Denver Anderson/Mass (SJB) 7:00 pm Adoration (SJB-in person) Tuesday, August 3 7:30 am +Gary Wells/Mass (SJB) 8:00 am Rosary & Reconciliation (SJB) 4:00 pm +Kassie (Shannon) Gillespie/Mass (SJB) Wednesday, August 4/St. 7:30 am +Carol Ann Dzwinel/Mass (SJB) 8:00 am Rosary & Reconciliation (SJB) 4:00 pm +For All Souls in Purgatory/Mass (SJB) Thursday, August 5/The Dedication of the Basilica of St. Mary Major 7:30 am +Vern & Ruth Erdman/Mass (SJB) 8:00 am Rosary & Reconciliation (SJB) 4:00 pm +Clarence, Veronica & Theresa Rueth/ Mass (St. Lawrence) Friday, August 6/The Transfiguration of the Lord 7:30 am +Al Shuda/Mass (SJB) 8:00 am Rosary & Reconciliation (SJB) State of the Parish Presentation Thank You 4:00 pm Mass in Spanish (SJB) On behalf of the Church for our Future Committee, our Saturday, August 7/St. Sixtus II and Companions, St. parish and school staff and councils, we want to thank all Cajetan who helped prepare this year’s presentation and for all 7:30 am +For All Souls in Purgatory, Leroy & Vernon (Pete) Zignego Family/Mass (SJB) those who attended and helped us celebrate Father Tom’s 8:00 am Rosary & Reconciliation (SJB) milestone anniversary. Thank you! 4:00 pm +Robert & Lucille Schroedl; St. Francis of Assisi Parish/Mass (St. Lawrence) 5:30 pm +Mary Ann Ganser, Melanie “Honeypie” Brown/Mass (SJB) Please pray for the repose of the soul of Sunday, August 8/18th Sunday in Ordinary Time Mr. Thomas R. Kitsembel 7:30 am +Erwin & Leone Rueth/Mass (SJB) Ms. Mary Bawcum 10:30 am +Dorothy J. Vogel, Marty & Betty Powers/ Please pray for their family and friends at this Mass (SJB) difficult time of loss. 12:30 pm For All the Adorers/Mass in Spanish (SJB)

Monday Night Adoration Adoration on Monday nights has resumed to being back in person at 7 pm in St. John the Baptist church. We encourage all to join us, including families and children for prayer before the Blessed Sacrament. A snack and time for fellowship will follow. This is a great opportunity to learn more about . All are welcome!

2 . 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time August 1, 2021

Readings for the Week of August 1, 2021 SUN Ex 16:2-4, 12-15/Ps 78:3-4, 23-24, 25, 54 [24b]/ Eph 4:17, 20-24/Jn 6:24-35 MON Nm 11:4b-15/Ps 81:12-13, 14-15, 16-17 [2a]/Mt 14:13-21 TUE Nm 12:1-13/Ps 51:3-4, 5-6ab, 6cd-7, 12-13 [cf. 3a]/Mt 14:22-36 or Mt 15:1-2, 10-14 WED Nm 13:1-2, 25—14:1, 26-29a, 34-35/Ps 106:6-7ab, 13-14, 21-22, 23 [4a]/Mt 15:21-28 THURS Nm 20:1-13/Ps 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9 [8]/Mt 16:13-23 FRI Dn 7:9-10, 13-14/Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 9 [1a and 9a]/2 Pt 1:16-19/Mk 9:2-10 SAT Dn 6:4-13/Ps 18: 28, 3-4. 47 and 51/Mk 17:14-20 SUN 1 Kgs 19:4-8/Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 [9a]/Eph Youth Ministry Colored Envelope 4:30—5:2/Jn 6:41-51 Fundraiser A special thank you to all our speakers last weekend- Observances for the Week of August 1, 2021 Emma Bare, Emma, Ethan, Brady Gehring, Lizzie & Will SUN 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time Adelmeyer, Jazmin Ramirez, Maryam Hernandez- MON St. Eusebius of Vercelli, St. Peter Julian Eymard Perez and Emilia Mercado-Garcia-for their great witness WED St. John Vianney, Priest and testimony to the importance youth ministry in their THURS The Dedication of the Basilica of St. Mary Major lives and in our parish. Envelopes are marked with a FRI The Transfiguration of the Lord number and a week for you to pray for our program. We SAT St. Sixtus II and Companions, St. Cajetan invite you to take an envelope, fill it with the amount SUN 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time listed, and return it the coming weeks. More information can be found inside the envelopes. If you are unable to take an envelope and wish to make a monetary donation, you may send a check (payable to Collection from July 24/25 St. Francis of Assisi) to: St. Francis of Assisi, Attn: Tiffany Topel, P.O. Box 269, Jefferson WI 53549 or Adult Envelopes……………………………………………...………….….$7,577.50 Adult Parish Support (EFT)………………..…....………………..…...$4,935.50 simply place it in the collection basket at any weekend Offertory……………………………………………………………………..…$1,494.50 Mass. Thank you for your support! Restoration/Special Projects includes EFT…………….……….…$440.00 Endowment Fund includes EFT……………………………..……….$5,654.00 Staff Retirement……………………………………………………………....…$50.00 Holy Days…………………………………………………………………………...$30.00 Bell Tower……………………………………………………………………….….$60.00

St. Francis of Assisi Parish extends a sincere thank you for

Knights of Columbus Picnic The Jefferson Knights of Columbus Council 1864 will be Religious Education Registration having a summer picnic on Saturday, August 14th from Registration information will be mailed home in the 12 – 3 pm at Stoppenbach Park West. The picnic is open coming weeks to families registered last year. If you have to all Knights and their families, widows of Knights and a new student to register and wish to receive a hard copy anyone interested in becoming a Knight. There will be via mail, please be in touch with: games and fun for people of all ages. Hamburgers, hot Jodi ([email protected]) or hogs, and brats will be provided along with soda, juice Tiffany ([email protected]). and water. We ask that you bring a dish to pass. If planning to attend please RSVP to Ben Warborg at 608- Classes will begin on Wednesday, September 15th. 513-9212 or [email protected] . Registration information will also be available on our parish website by the middle of August. Thank you!

3 . School News

Mark your calendars for Sunday, Sept. 12. Our school is hosting its second annual Golf Outing at the Jefferson Golf Course. We are looking for teams interested in playing. We are also looking for individuals or businesses to be hole sponsors--you get a sign with your name or your organization’s name on specific holes around the course.

The Back to School Mass will be held on Sunday, August 29th at 5:00 pm.

Our Pool Party on 7/11 was a huge success! We look forward to the Back to School Pool Party on 8/15, from 5:30-7:30 at the Jefferson Aquatic Center. All school and parish members are invited. Gospel Meditation As always, SJB is accepting sponsors for PreSchool “You cannot see the forest for the trees” is a widely known Partners. If you are interested in sponsoring a child in the saying that can bring wisdom to our understanding of our PreK program, contact Mr. Bare at school. journey. Often, our sight becomes limited to what is immediately before us. We lose touch with lessons and SJB is a great place for your children or grandchildren to experiences from the past and promises and hope for the be! Contact the office for more information, or to take a future. As human beings, we have the privilege of being able tour. to choose things. What I like and don’t like, want, and don’t want can be major preoccupations of our minds and hearts. It’s a GREAT DAY to be a KNIGHT! Our preferences and desires begin to define us more than the simple fact of our being. Who we are matters more than what we are or what we have. If we don’t move beyond the external and superficial stuff to what really is of essence, we risk CCW Help Needed becoming very unsettled, disorientated, angry, and unhappy. The St. Francis of Assisi CCW (Council of Catholic Women) We fail to see the bigger picture of hope and promise that lies has resumed doing funeral luncheons. We would like to ahead and the Divine Presence that has sustained and carried update our volunteer list and will have sheets in the pews us before. We like it when the “now” time of our lives satisfy us. Even of church. Help from men is also welcome (setting up the people who witnessed Jesus feed the five thousand got tables, clean up, etc). confused and distracted. It felt good when thousands of people were able to eat. They wanted to know what they could The CCW is also in need of 1-2 co-chairs for our do to get this to happen again! But Jesus quickly reminds organization. them that this is not the point of this sign. As much as the now time of our lives is of concern, it is not what is ultimately If you are willing to be added to our list or would like more important. We need to learn the difference between being and information, please contact any of the following: doing, drawing more strength from who we are and who God Linda Schroedl (920-723-2905) is rather than what is happening around us and the choices we Barb Hauser (920-650-6346) can make. Jesus is the true bread that came down from Linda Rosiejka (920-988-2192) heaven. Jesus is the very incarnate presence of God who For St. Lawrence, contact Helen Ann Arndt (920-674-4876) sustains life and assures us that we will not perish. This is not easy to understand and feel. We have to practice being in the presence of ourselves, others, creation, and God. We are Liturgical Ministry Schedules brought to a holy place when we encounter the sacredness of At this time, St. John the Baptist church will continue with being. This is real prayer. week to week sign-up for lectors, servers, gift bearers and Then, we learn to trust. It is when we cease trusting that we Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion. Please start to become afraid, uncertain, apprehensive, and contact Tiffany ([email protected]) if you would like doubtful, and overly self-concerned. We even start to grumble. to be added to this list on Flocknote. We will resume our God has our back. That is the essential powerful message of monthly schedules the weekend of September 11/12. the living bread come down from heaven. God, who is alpha is Tiffany will be in contact with all our previous ministry also omega, the beginning and the end, and has everything in volunteers to find out if you would like to be between in his care as well. A woman once remarked that her scheduled. Server training will be held on the most powerful God moment happened when she and her following dates and times. We ask all veteran and new husband cuddled with their new baby for a time. Without servers to attend one (each training will last about exchanging words and using only the affection communicated 30-45 minutes in church-no RSVP needed): through sight and touch, they rested in being with each other. Wednesday, August 18th 10-11 am, 1-2 pm and 5-6 pm This brought them to the sacred, where they realized that a Wednesday, September 8th 6-7 pm and 7-8 pm greater Being was with them. It was real. They knew that they were part of something bigger, intimate, and profound. When **If you are a liturgical minister at St. Lawrence, please we rest in the Living Source of life, we will find that our souls sign up in the back of church or contact Catherine are no longer hungry or thirsty. Arndt. Thank you! ©LPi

4a 4b . School News

Mark your calendars for Sunday, Sept. 12. Our school is hosting its second annual Golf Outing at the Jefferson Golf Course. We are looking for teams interested in playing. We are also looking for individuals or businesses to be hole sponsors--you get a sign with your name or your organization’s name on specific holes around the course.

The Back to School Mass will be held on Sunday, August 29th at 5:00 pm.

Our Pool Party on 7/11 was a huge success! We look forward to the Back to School Pool Party on 8/15, from 5:30-7:30 at the Jefferson Aquatic Center. All school and parish members are invited. Gospel Meditation As always, SJB is accepting sponsors for PreSchool “You cannot see the forest for the trees” is a widely known Partners. If you are interested in sponsoring a child in the saying that can bring wisdom to our understanding of our PreK program, contact Mr. Bare at school. journey. Often, our sight becomes limited to what is immediately before us. We lose touch with lessons and SJB is a great place for your children or grandchildren to experiences from the past and promises and hope for the be! Contact the office for more information, or to take a future. As human beings, we have the privilege of being able tour. to choose things. What I like and don’t like, want, and don’t want can be major preoccupations of our minds and hearts. It’s a GREAT DAY to be a KNIGHT! Our preferences and desires begin to define us more than the simple fact of our being. Who we are matters more than what we are or what we have. If we don’t move beyond the external and superficial stuff to what really is of essence, we risk CCW Help Needed becoming very unsettled, disorientated, angry, and unhappy. The St. Francis of Assisi CCW (Council of Catholic Women) We fail to see the bigger picture of hope and promise that lies has resumed doing funeral luncheons. We would like to ahead and the Divine Presence that has sustained and carried update our volunteer list and will have sheets in the pews us before. We like it when the “now” time of our lives satisfy us. Even of church. Help from men is also welcome (setting up the people who witnessed Jesus feed the five thousand got tables, clean up, etc). confused and distracted. It felt good when thousands of people were able to eat. They wanted to know what they could The CCW is also in need of 1-2 co-chairs for our do to get this to happen again! But Jesus quickly reminds organization. them that this is not the point of this sign. As much as the now time of our lives is of concern, it is not what is ultimately If you are willing to be added to our list or would like more important. We need to learn the difference between being and information, please contact any of the following: doing, drawing more strength from who we are and who God Linda Schroedl (920-723-2905) is rather than what is happening around us and the choices we Barb Hauser (920-650-6346) can make. Jesus is the true bread that came down from Linda Rosiejka (920-988-2192) heaven. Jesus is the very incarnate presence of God who For St. Lawrence, contact Helen Ann Arndt (920-674-4876) sustains life and assures us that we will not perish. This is not easy to understand and feel. We have to practice being in the presence of ourselves, others, creation, and God. We are Liturgical Ministry Schedules brought to a holy place when we encounter the sacredness of At this time, St. John the Baptist church will continue with being. This is real prayer. week to week sign-up for lectors, servers, gift bearers and Then, we learn to trust. It is when we cease trusting that we Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion. Please start to become afraid, uncertain, apprehensive, and contact Tiffany ([email protected]) if you would like doubtful, and overly self-concerned. We even start to grumble. to be added to this list on Flocknote. We will resume our God has our back. That is the essential powerful message of monthly schedules the weekend of September 11/12. the living bread come down from heaven. God, who is alpha is Tiffany will be in contact with all our previous ministry also omega, the beginning and the end, and has everything in volunteers to find out if you would like to be between in his care as well. A woman once remarked that her scheduled. Server training will be held on the most powerful God moment happened when she and her following dates and times. We ask all veteran and new husband cuddled with their new baby for a time. Without servers to attend one (each training will last about exchanging words and using only the affection communicated 30-45 minutes in church-no RSVP needed): through sight and touch, they rested in being with each other. Wednesday, August 18th 10-11 am, 1-2 pm and 5-6 pm This brought them to the sacred, where they realized that a Wednesday, September 8th 6-7 pm and 7-8 pm greater Being was with them. It was real. They knew that they were part of something bigger, intimate, and profound. When **If you are a liturgical minister at St. Lawrence, please we rest in the Living Source of life, we will find that our souls sign up in the back of church or contact Catherine are no longer hungry or thirsty. Arndt. Thank you! ©LPi

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