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As a man like us, Jesus wept for Lazarus his friend. As eternal God, he raised Lazarus from the dead. In his love for us all, Christ gives us the sacra- ments to lift us up to everlasting life
Lazarus
Fifth Sunday Of Lent • March 29, 2020 2 St. Alphonsus Notes
Ministry Corner—Respect Life Ministry Parish Ministry Center The St. Alphonsus Respect Life Ministry carries out the Church's Closed mission to promote the Gospel of Life by recognizing the dignity of As a result of Governor Evers “safer at every human person from the moment of conception until natural home” order, the Parish Ministry Center is death. In accordance with recommendations from the USCCB, our closed until further notice. Pastoral Plan Areas include: Prayer and Worship, Public Information and Education, Pastoral Care and Public Policy. We have over 40 families engaged with our ministry in various capacities. Voicemail and email to the parish is still We eschew meetings and favor action. available. You can leave a voicemail mes- sage and someone will return your call as Inform: We inform parishioners and support our priests with materials from the USCCB, with out- soon as possible. door displays, with information about activities available at neighboring parishes and by hosting speakers like Vicki Thorn, founder of Project Rachel. Prayer To The Blessed Pray: We coordinate, organize and participate in prayer of all forms. We pray outside abortion centers, we hold a Holy Hour for Life in our own chapel, and we pray from home for all women in Virgin Mary In This crisis pregnancies, their families, and those affected by abortion. Time Of Uncertainty Public Witness: To promote a culture of life publicly, we March for Life in Chicago, we attend the Holy Virgin, Queen of the Angels and Mother annual Life Chain on Highway 100, and we participate in National Pro Life Bridges Day. of the Americas. We fly to you today as your beloved children. Network: We network with local pregnancy help centers like Carenet and Women's Care Center, We ask you to intercede for us with your with our cluster parishes like SJE and SMHC, with pro life organizations like Pro Life Wisconsin, Son. and with our own school groups who participate in pro life activities. Pray for us, loving Mother, and gain for our We are funded by gifts from parishioners, generous donations from the Knights of Columbus, nation and world, for all our families and private donors and the parish. That being said, our financial needs are minimal. loved ones, and the parish family of Saint
Do you want to save a life? Do you want to help a pregnant mother in need? Everyone is wel- Alphonsus the protection of your holy an- come to join us. Participate as little or as much as you would like. Chair: Steve Becker, gels, that we may be spared the worst of this [email protected], 414-588-5214. illness. For those already afflicted, we ask you to obtain the grace of healing and deliverance. Hear the cries of those who are vulnerable and fearful, wipe away their tears and help them to trust. In this time of trial and testing, teach all of us in the Church to love one another and to be patient and kind. Help us to bring the peace of Jesus to our land and to our hearts. We come to you with confidence, knowing that you truly are our compassionate mother, health of the sick and cause of our joy. Shelter us under the mantle of your protec- tion, keep us in the embrace of your arms, help us always to know the love of your Son, Jesus. Amen.
Book Sale Donations Re- quested! The St. Alphonsus Home and Pray, Reconcile And Rejoice: School Association will be hold- 12 Hours Of Reconciliation—8:00 am-8:00 pm; Wednesday, April 1, at St. Mary-Hales Cor- ing a new and gently-used ners. (Priests from St. Alphonsus, St. John the Evangelist, St. Martin of Tours, and St. book sale in early May. We are Mary-Hales Corners, among others, will be available to hear confessions). currently asking families to donate their books to help support this fund- raiser. Donations will be taken until Tuesday, April 21, and the sale will run after Masses Postponed Until The Fall—Wills And the weekend of May 1-3, 2020.
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Parish Giving Results Pastoral Sharings Envelope and Offertory Contributions: What a strange turn of events we have had dealing with Covid-19. Of course, we have July 1, 2019 through March 23, 2020 * closed our school, but our teachers are still working as our students are still learning. What This Past Weekend’s Contributions $ 3,397 does this mean? This means that our teachers are actively teaching our students new This Month’s Contributions (to date) $ 55,780 concepts and ideas via google docs, videos, private Facebook pages, and other methods. Last Year Same Month Contributions $ 108,066 We were able to give our 3rd through 8th graders a Chromebook to take home. We have (to date) Budgeted Amount for March $ 125,311 set up websites and google sites to keep us connected with our families. We have scanned in workbooks and copied off packets. Our teachers are reading to our students * online and having group discussions via google hangouts. Our 8th graders are learning how to play the Ukulele with our music teacher, while in the comfort of their own homes. Our students are taking virtual tours of museums and other places, exercising, and con- ducting lab experiments virtually. We take our remote teaching seriously as a way to edu- cate our students and keep connected. It is what a great school would do. For more detailed information on the Operations Budget - Mary Stallmann and Balance Sheet, see the Monthly Financials at www.st-alphonsus.org/financecouncil.cfm. Attention CF Students And Catechists Thank you for your continued support of St. Both April 1 and April 5 classes have been canceled. I will email lessons for the April 1 and Alphonsus Parish. 5 classes, grades 1-8 for sure, by the end of next week.
Thank you for your patience, perseverance and understanding. Stay well, God bless. Scripture Readings -Julie Lobitz, Director Readings for the week of March 29, 2020 Sunday: Ez 37:12-14/Ps 130:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 [7]/Rom 8:8-11/Jn 11:1-45 or 11:3-7, 17, Volunteers Needed 20-27, 33b-45 Volunteers are needed at Eras Senior Network to help deliver food to seniors, drive sen- Monday: Dn 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 or iors to essential medical appointments, and place check in phone calls to seniors. Those 13:41c-62/Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 [4ab]/Jn interested in volunteering can connect with Marisa Strothenke, their Volunteer Coordinator, 8:1-11 at [email protected]. Tuesday: Nm 21:4-9/Ps 102:2-3, 16-18, 19-21/Jn 8:21-30 Icon Spirituality Canceled Wednesday: Dn 3:14-20, 91-92, 95/Dn 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56/Jn 8:31-42 Icon Spirituality for Tuesday, March 31, with Jim Gill has been canceled due to Thursday: Gn 17:3-9/Ps 105:4-5, 6-7, 8-9 [8a]/Jn Coronavirus precautions and group size recommendations. We plan to reschedule 8:51-59 both programs at a later date. Thank you for your understanding! Friday: Jer 20:10-13/Ps 18:2-3a, 3bc-4, 5-6, 7 -Sr. Eileen Kazmierowicz [cf. 7]/Jn 10:31-42 Saturday: Ez 37:21-28/Jer 31:10, 11-12abcd, 13 [cf. 10d]/Jn 11:45-56 Fifth Sunday Of Lent Next Sunday: Mt 21:1-11/Is 50:4-7/Ps 22:8-9, 17-18, Even though we say that we believe, there is a part of us that doesn’t. There are 19-20, 23-24 [2a]/Phil 2:6-11/Mt 26:14— many times in our lives when we experience death, whether it be the physical death of some- 27:66 or 27:11-54 one we love, a failed relationship, the loss of a job, or a broken dream. As we are going through Observances for the week of March 29, 2020 these death experiences, we can easily find ourselves reaching out to God to make it better Sunday: 5th Sunday of Lent and fix it! We think that the proper order of life is to maintain the things of this world, especially Monday: those things that are essential to our sense of well-being and security. We do not like change. Tuesday: The grieving that comes from our death experiences can keep us stuck and in despair. If we Wednesday: April Fools’ Day have lost something or someone of great value, the very meaning and essence of life is lost Thursday: St. Francis of Paola, Hermit with them. We need gentle companions to lift us from despair and that is precisely who God Friday: desires to be in our life as well. Saturday: St. Isidore, Bishop and Doctor of the Church God calls us out of our tombs, where we have been closed up in fear and despair, Next Sunday: Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord and shouts, “Come out!” He desperately wants to show us the path to hope and the new life LPi that is possible after loss and death. But our faith can be weak, and we still prefer to cling to the memory of what we had rather than the joyful possibilities of tomorrow. We sometimes live as if God is not real and that the transformative power of His resurrected presence is a story found Question Of The Week in the Bible rather than a narrative unfolding in our lives. Theme: New life in Christ Jesus God is the God of surprises, not our demise. God opens new possibilities, begins Question for Youth: Lazarus received a second new chapters, creates new verses, and brings us to new heights! We spend so much time and chance at life through Jesus. How have you experi- energy ruminating over what we left behind yesterday that we are far too tired to see what can enced second chances in your own life? unfold tomorrow. Loving someone new doesn’t negate our past loves. Embracing the love of a Question for Adults: The death from which we are person, God, or life itself tomorrow doesn’t diminish the love of yesterday. Each of our loves is called is healing from those things which bind us and different, and one cannot be replaced by another. They don’t cancel each other out. God truly hold us back: memories, fears, rejection, or other has tended to every detail of our lives, and if we listen to each detail, we find that they all lead such things. What binds you? What keeps you from us back to Him. Jesus wants us to come out of our closed-up tombs. Are we going to listen this fully being your own most true self in Christ? time?©LPi 6 St. Alphonsus Directory and Calendars
Contacts ALL MASSES AND DEVOTIONS Church Building HAVE BEEN CANCELED 6060 West Loomis Road • Greendale, WI 53129 Parish Ministry Center & Christian Formation Office…….414-421-2442 THROUGH APRIL 3, 2020 5960 West Loomis Road • Greendale, WI 53129-1824 Fax…………………………………………………………………414-421-8744 ALL MASS INTENTIONS HAVE E-mail…………………………………………………[email protected] BEEN RESCHEDULED Website………………………………………………….www.st-alphonsus.org Pastoral Staff…………………………………………………….414-421-2442 Pastor, Rev. Aaron Esch………………………… [email protected] Associate Pastor, Rev. Britto Suresh…….. [email protected] This Week [email protected] Monday, March 30, 2020 Director of Finance, Kathy Jaeckels………………[email protected] 7:30 pm AA Reality Support Group PMC/P-101 Director of Liturgy & Music, Terry Piontkowski ……[email protected] Tuesday, March 31, 2020 7:00 pm Recovery (Mental Health Support Group) PMC/P-103 Director of Christian Formation, Julie Lobitz…………[email protected] School Principal, Mary Stallmann…………………. [email protected] Permanent Deacon, Ted Gurzynski………[email protected] Permanent Deacon, James [email protected] Rev. Walter Vogel………………………………………….Priest In Residence School Offices…………………………………………………..414-421-1760 6000 West Loomis Road • Greendale, WI 53129 School & Gym Entrances…………………………...6080 West Loomis Road Attention: Food Pantry Collection For Fax…………………………………………………………………414-433-0709 Pastoral Council Chairperson, Denna Flemming…………………..430-1482 March 28/29 Parish Trustee, Mary Sue Taft……………………………………….425-6400 The food pantry collection will still take place on Sunday, March 29, from Parish Trustee, Robert Lange………………………………………..940-2755 11:00 a.m.-12 noon. There will be 3 carts outside the parish house Neighborhood Outreach Program……………………………………488-6500 building (the pantry itself, not the church building) so that parishioners Emergency Food Pantry……………………………………………...514-4400 can drive up and drop off food donations there. Thank you for your gen- erosity and understanding! Prayer Network If you have a Special Intention for which you would like prayers, please For this next collection, March 29, we ask you to please include canned fruit, spaghetti sauce, cereal, and mac-n-cheese for the Food Pantry. call one of the St. Alphonsus Prayer Networks: St. Patrick (Holly)………………………………………………………282-0485 Look for future bulletin updates for specific food items to bring. If you St. Ann (Geri)…………………………………………………………..281-4507 have any questions, please contact the Food Pantry at 414-514-4400. The networks are confidential; please feel free to contact them with your requests. Thank you for your support of the Food Pantry.
Food Pantry Collection Dates for 2020: April 25 & 26; May 30 & 31; June Do you know that St. Peregrine is the cancer saint? 20 & 21; July 25 & 26; August 22 & 23; September 26 & 27; October 24 & 25; November 28 & 29; and December 26 & 27. Eucharistic Celebrations Weekend……...Saturday 8:00 am 4:30 pm; Sunday 7:30, 9:00 & 11:00 am Weekday…………………………………………………………..See schedule Sacrament of Baptism For Baptismal arrangements, call the Parish Office, 421-2442. Please Note: Sacrament of Reconciliation Trivia Night Is Rescheduled! Saturday 8:30 am 3:30 pm or anytime by appointment. Anointing of the Sick Mark your calendars for May 29 and May 30! Please contact the parish office to make an appointment to be anointed New Membership Joining our parish community can be easily done at the Parish Ministry Cen- ter, Mondays through Thursdays from 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., or Fridays from 8:00 a.m. -12:30 p.m. You can also register online at www.st-alphonsus.org. Please Support Our Advertisers
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