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Florian Under the Care of the Discalced Carmelite 1233 South 45 Street, West Milwaukee, WI 53214-3615

August 8, 2021 ~ Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

PARISH STAFF WEEKEND MASSES Under the Care of the Discalced Carmelite Friars Saturday (Anticipated) ...... 4:00 p.m. Phone ...... 414-383-3565, extension 2 Sunday ...... 8:00 a.m. Email ...... [email protected] DAILY MASSES (in the Main Church at this time) Maintenance: Rivest M, T, Th and F ...... 5:00 p.m. Secretary: Jacqueline Wick followed by Euch. Ad. & Ben...... until 6:45 p.m. ST. FLORIAN OFFICE Wednesday ...... 8:00 a.m. 1210 South 45 Street, West Milwaukee, WI 53214-3614 followed by Euch. Ad. & Ben...... until 9:30 a.m. Phone ...... 414-383-3565, ext. 0 Saturday ...... 8:00 a.m. Fax ...... 414-383-2708 with Confessions at ...... 8:30 a.m. Email ...... [email protected] Evening before Holy Day (Anticipated) Website ...... www.stflorian.org ...... 7:00 p.m. (No 5:00 p.m. Daily on Anticipated Holy Days) PARISH OFFICE HOURS Holy Day ...... 8:00 a.m. Monday through Thursday 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. (No 5:00 p.m. Daily Mass on Holy Days) (The Parish Office is closed on Fridays & Holidays.) (Daily Masses or Holy Day Masses subject to change.) PASTORAL COUNCIL Chairperson: Sue Jens ...... 414-328-4042 CONFESSIONS - (in the Main Church) Vice Chair: Lucy Karaba ...... 414-671-1888 Saturday ...... 8:30 a.m. Trustee/Secretary: Russell Miller ...... 414-671-2385 or also by appointment. Please call the Parish Office. Trustee/Treasurer: Sandy Kania ...... 414-672-0364

MUSIC DIRECTORS MARY QUEEN OF ACADEMY Joseph Carpenter - 4:00 p.m. Sat. choir ...... 414-430-3425 (our Parish Cluster School) • 414-476-0751 Diane Bersch - 8:00 a.m. Sun. choir ...... 414-541-8109 1227 South 116 Street • West Allis, WI 53214 Nicholas Lee, Principal • Email: [email protected] CHRISTIAN FORMATION OFFICE School Website: mqsca.org Within St. Rita Parish, 2318 South 61 Street , West Allis, WI 53219 Email for Registration Information: [email protected] High School/Confirmation Program RCIA-Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults RCIC-Rite of Christian Initiation of Children “Please remember St. Florian Parish in your will.” Contact the DRE - Director of Religious Education,

Barbara Krieger ...... 414-541-7515, ext. 16 “I am the PLANNING bread of life. Please contact Fr. as soon as possible to make funeral arrangements. Your ancestors

SACRAMENTS ate the manna in the desert, Parish registration and parental instruction required. but they died; Please contact the parish office. Marriage this is the bread Please arrange for a date and instructions at least that comes six months in advance at the parish office. down from Parish registration is required. of the Sick and/or Last Rites heaven so that

Please contact Fr. Elijah at the Parish Office. one may eat it

PARISH MEMBERSHIP and not die.” Each family or single adult 18 years old or older living at home or alone is invited and expected to be ~ John 6:48-50 registered in our parish family at the parish office. Please call the parish office to register. The Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Florian Parish - August 8, 2021 August 7, 2021 Readings for the week of August 8, 2021

through Sun: 1 Kgs 19:4-8/Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 [9a]/

August 15, 2021 Eph 4:30—5:2/Jn 6:41-51 Mon: Dt 10:12-22/Ps 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20 [12a]/ Sat., August 7 - St. Sixtus II, , and Companions, ; Mt 17:22-27 St. Cajetan, ; BVM; and Tues: 2 Cor 9:6-10/Ps 112:1-2, 5-6, 7-8, 9 [5]/Jn 12:24-26 St. Albert of Trapani, Priest Wed: Dt 34:1-12/Ps 66:1-3a, 5 and 8, 16-17 [cf. 20a and 8:00 a.m. † John Sullivan 10b]/Mt 18:15-20 - Anticipated 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time Thurs: Jos 3:7-10a, 11, 13-17/Ps 114:1-2, 3-4, 5-6/ 4:00 p.m. The Parishioners of St. Florian Mt 18:21—19:1

Sun., August 8 - The Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Fri: Jos 24:1-13/Ps 136:1-3, 16-18, 21-22 and 24/ 8:00 a.m. Romaine & † Jerry Kaiser Mt 19:3-12

Mon., August 9 - St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Sat: Jos 24:14-29/Ps 16:1-2a, and 5, 7-8, 11 [cf. 5a]/ and Mt 19:13-15 5:00 p.m. † Julia Rose & † Don Carl Next Sun: Vigil: 1 Chr 15:3-4, 15-16; 16:1-2/ Ps 132:6-7, 9-10, 13-14 [8]/1 Cor 15:54b-57/ Tues., August 10 - St. Lawrence, and Martyr Lk 11:27-28 5:00 p.m. † Palm Day: Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab/ Wed., August 11 - St. Clare, Virgin Ps 45:10, 11, 12, 16 [10bc]/1 Cor 15:20-27/ 8:00 a.m. Nguyen & Corcoran Families Lk 1:39-56

Thurs., August 12 - St. Jane Frances de Chantal, Religious LIVE THE LITURGY 5:00 p.m. Unborn Babies

Fri., August 13 - Sts. Pontian, Pope, and Hippolytus, Are we willing to be taught by ? If we are, then we will Priest, Martyrs begin to see things and make judgments using a Divine 5:00 p.m. Carmelite Perpetual Mass Union lens. Often, we perceive things with purely human eyes

Sat., August 14 - St. Maximillian Kolbe, Priest and Martyr and reference points. When we do this, reality can lose its 8:00 a.m. † JoAnne Gannon Divine spark and we miss what God is trying to say. When using human eyes exclusively, is at best perceived - Anticipated Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary simply as a prophet who has some wise things to say. The human element has a difficult time seeing Jesus’ divinity 4:00 p.m. † Homer & † Phyllis Mikolajczak and recognizing him as the Bread of Life that comes down Sun., August 15 - The Assumption of the from heaven. We can easily get stuck on Jesus’ human Blessed Virgin Mary associations and overlook the marvelous wonders God 8:00 a.m. The Parishioners of St. Florian wants us to see. If we really allow ourselves to be taught by ETERNAL FLAME God, we will then come to see the truth about Jesus and the abundant everlasting life God offers. Jesus becomes the August 7 - August 13, 2021 key that unlocks all of our relationships: with God, others, ourselves, and creation. He, as the true and lasting bread In honor of & in loving memory of: from heaven, shows us the gifts of faith, hope, and love that Romaine & † Jerry Kaiser God bestows on us. Through this divine lens we see that all life sparkles and glows with God’s love.

August 3, 2021 CALENDAR RAFFLE WINNER $25 - Michaline Zanon EVERYDAY STEWARDSHIP — RECOGNIZE GOD IN YOUR ORDINARY MOMENTS What’s Your Hearth Cake? — “Get up and eat, or the journey will be too much for you.” I’ve been to a lot of meetings in my years of work in the Church, and you can take my word for it: the ones with snacks just seem to go better.

I don’t know what it is exactly. Maybe it’s just that people are in a more agreeable mood if you show up with donuts. Or maybe it’s about the very real sense of community and camaraderie that is created at a table where people are engaging in that most human of tasks — eating — beside one another. I think a big part of it comes down to the simple fact that we’re all just nicer people when we’re fed.

This rings true spiritually, too. We simply must remain fed if we, in turn, are to feed others. Think of a time when you have neglected your relationship with God — when you haven’t fed yourself with whatever it is that you need to remain committed to the journey of a Christian life. Is it Mass attendance? Is it prayer or Scripture reading? Is it time with your small group, or conversation with a trusted friend who knows your soul? What sustains your ability to be a good , a good steward? What inspires you to give more freely, to love more abundantly?

Whatever it is, that’s your hearth cake. That’s your jug of water. Don’t neglect it. The Angel of the Lord is nudging you in your sleep: “Get up and eat, or the journey will be too much for you.” ~ Tracy Earl Welliver, MTS The Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Florian Parish - August 8, 2021

In August, Please Pray For . . .

Sat., August 7 - St. Sixtus II, Pope, and Companions, Patrick Barnes Fr. Larry Russ Miller Martyrs; St. Cajetan, Priest; BVM; Catherine Becker Frankovich, OFM Netterfield Family and St. Albert of Trapani, Priest Donald Patrick Goesch Katherine Papa 8:00 am Mass Czeszynski Fr. Ralph-Elias Pat Piazza 8:30 am Confessions Ralph & Marlene Haddix, OCD Mary Priewe

Sat., August 7 - Anticipated 19th Sunday in Ord. Time Daniels Jeff Huber Elizabeth Reineck 4:00 pm Mass Demos Helen Guszkowski Lynn Sheng Claudia Derringer Joyce Johnson Edie Wurcer Sun., August 8 - The Nineteenth Sunday in Ord. Time Gregg & Susan Ruth Kressl Gloria Zelazek 8:00 am Mass Dufek Elizabeth Meier Bernie Zimney Mon., August 9 - St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Betty Michalowski Virgin and Martyr 5:00 pm Mass WHY DO WE DO THAT? — 5:30-6:45 pm Eucharistic Adoration with Benediction CATHOLIC LIFE EXPLAINED

Tues., August 10 - St. Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr Question: What is a transitional deacon? 5:00 pm Mass 5:30-6:45 pm Eucharistic Adoration with Benediction Answer: There are two types of in the church.

Wed., August 11 - St. Clare, Virgin Both are members of the clergy. Both have the same 8:00 am Mass liturgical role. Both have the service of the community as 8:30-9:30 am Eucharistic Adoration with Benediction their primary work. One is called a permanent deacon, usually a married man ordained as a deacon with no Thurs., August 12 - St. Jane Frances de Chantal, intention of becoming a priest. They preach, baptize, Religious witness marriages, conduct funeral services, and look after 5:00 pm Mass the needs of the poor. They also visit the sick and take 5:30-6:45 pm Eucharistic Adoration with Benediction Communion to them, although they cannot celebrate the ****Finance Council Meeting CANCELLED sacrament of the . They might also Fri., August 13 - Sts. Pontian, Pope, and Hippolytus, assist the pastor in his administrative duties. Permanent Priest, Martyrs deacons are usually well known and respected 5:00 pm Mass in their communities and have roots there. 5:30-6:45 pm Eucharistic Adoration with Benediction

Sat., August 14 - St. Maximillian Kolbe, A transitional deacon is one who functions as a deacon for a Priest and Martyr period of time to as a priest. His diaconate 8:00 am Mass assignment serves as a kind of internship of ordained 8:30 am Confessions ministry. During his year or two as a deacon, he will learn the practical aspects of parish life, getting a firsthand look Sat., August 14 - Anticipated Assumption of at the life of a priest. His work has a different focus than the Blessed Virgin Mary a permanent deacon in that he is looking forward 4:00 pm Mass to ordination as a priest. Sun., August 15 - The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary DISCALCED CARMELITE SAINT 8:00 am Mass St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Virgin and Martyr — August 9

Edith was born into a Jewish family at C Breslau (then Germany) on October 12, A 1891. Through her passionate study of T philosophy she searched for truth. In 1922 H she was baptized a Catholic and in 1933 she O entered the Carmel of Cologne where she L took the name Teresa Benedict of the Cross. She died in Auschwitz on August 9, 1942, I during the Nazi persecution, dying a martyr C for the Christian faith after having offered her holocaust for the people of Israel. A woman of singular Q intelligence and learning, she left behind a body of writing U notable for its doctrinal richness and profound spirituality. O She was beatified by Pope John Paul II in Cologne on T May 1, 1987, and canonized by the same Pope on October 11, 1998. She was proclaimed Patroness of E Europe on October 1, 1999. Feast in Europe. Source: https://ocdfriarsvocation.org/about-us/discalced-carmelite -proper-calendar/august/ St. Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr — August 10 St. Jane Frances de Chantal, Religious — August 12 Saint Lawrence was chief among the seven St. Jane was a married woman and a mother of seven deacons who served the Roman Church children from Dijon, France. Her husband was killed in a during the mid-third century. The young hunting accident. In 1604, upon being deeply moved by the cleric held a position of great trust, caring preaching of , Jane asked him to for the goods of the Church and become her spiritual director. She founded the Visitation distributing its alms among the poor. He in 1610. Jane worked tirelessly was arrested under the Emperor Valerian helping the sick, and she convinced local in 258, laid upon a gridiron and slowly political rulers to make special provisions roasted to death. Lawrence rejoiced in his for the sick and the bereaved. During the gruesome martyrdom and died praying for last years of her life, she experienced the conversion of the city of Rome, in the periods of spiritual aridity. She hope that from it the faith of Christ might spread established eighty-five monasteries throughout the world. From that time idolatry began before her death in 1641. to decline in Rome. Source: https://www.catholicculture.org/ Source: https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/ culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm? calendar/day.cfm?date=2021-08-10 date=2021-08-12

St. Clare, Virgin — August 11 Sts. Pontian, Pope, and St. was the first woman to practice the life of Hippolytus, Priest, Martyrs — August 13 entire poverty as taught by St. Francis. St. Pontian (Pontianus) was a victim of the Placed by him at the head of a few persecution of Alexander Severus, who companions in the small convent of San directed his attention particularly against the Damiano, she governed her community leaders of the Church. St. Pontian governed for forty-two years thus founding at the the Church from 230 to 235. He was exiled to gates of Assisi the Order of . the mines of Sardinia and died in exile. Their Rule included austerities hitherto St. Hippoytus, a priest and a person of some unknown in monasteries of women. importance in the Church in Rome at the They went barefoot, slept on the ground, beginning of the third century, provoked a kept perpetual abstinence and made poverty the basis of schism which lasted for some years. He was their lives. St. Clare died on August 11, 1253, and exiled to Sardinia with St. Pontian, where he was was canonized two years after her death. reconciled with the Church and died for the faith in 235. Source: https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/ Source: https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/ calendar/day.cfm?date=2021-08-11 calendar/day.cfm?date=2021-08-13

St. Maximillian Kolbe, Priest and Martyr — August 14 Maximilian Mary Kolbe was born in Poland. He consecrated himself to the Lord in the Franciscan Order. Filled with love for the Virgin, he founded the Militia of the Immaculate Mary and, with his preaching and writing, undertook an intense apostolic mission in Europe and Asia. Imprisoned in Auschwitz during the Second World War, he offered himself in exchange for the father of a large family who was to be executed. He was given a lethal injection when he failed to die fast enough from starvation in the concentration camp. Pope St. John Paul II proclaimed him the " of Our Difficult Century." Source: https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2021-08-14

The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary — August 15 Words to a beautiful hymn to Mary that can be sung for all her feast days. Text is by On November 1, 1950, Pius XII Blessed Hermann, 1013-1054, of Reichenau; defined the dogma of the melody fifth (Lydian) mode. Assumption. Thus he solemnly proclaimed that the belief Marian Hymn: Salve Regina whereby the Blessed Virgin Hail, Queen most noble, Mary, at the close of her earthly Hail Thou Mother most merciful, life, was taken up, body and soul, Thou life's true sweetness, into the glory of heaven, Thou our hope, we greet Thee. definitively forms part of the To Thee we're crying, deposit of faith, received from the from paradise banished children. Apostles. To avoid all that is To Thee we come weeping, uncertain the Pope did not state sorrowing and sighing in this dark and tearful valley. either the manner or the Ah, turn Thine eyes, Advocate, in mercy, circumstances of time and place Turn in loving and kind compassion in which the Assumption took These Thine eyes upon us sinners. place — only the fact of the And Jesus, the blessed fruit of Thy virginal womb, , body and soul, into the glory of heaven, Show unto us when our exile is ended. is the matter of the definition. Thou'rt clement, Thou'rt loving, Today's solemnity supersedes the Sunday liturgy. Thou art sweet, O Virgin Mary. Source: https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2021-08-15 GOSPEL MEDITATION — ENCOURAGE DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF SCRIPTURE The lens through which we view life principles being things that are The lens of our faith asks us to learn makes a difference. It also determines self-created and found acceptable. from Jesus Christ. Jesus, as the real who we choose to learn from and what But there is a Divine lens that also Bread of Life, shows us our eternal we allow to shape our thoughts and exists and deserves mention. It is found destiny and completes and frames our feelings. For many, life is simply what when one stumbles upon faith and lives. It is only in allowing ourselves to it appears to be, a given that either begins to see things differently. This be taught by Jesus, that faith, hope, and through evolution or some other means lens is of God and reveals a Divine love take on much greater importance. just came to be. There is no apparent Energy and Life that flows through and All the relationships in our lives are now rhyme or reason to things and things can in all things. Faith then shows us that structured and ordered using God’s be dissected and understood only in all that lives come from this one Source primary commandment of love. Jesus, terms of what they empirically present. of Love. This is the only true lens that then, is not just some man who lived at To the person using this lens, a tree is a can give human beings the purpose and some point in history. Jesus is the tree and a flower is a flower. Their meaning they desperately need. From incarnate Son of God who shows us the composition and existence can be this perspective, all of life is much more way, the truth, and the life. Using this understood only to the extent that than what is immediately apparent! It lens changes things up a great deal. current human knowledge allows. now tells and reveals a story about God Looking at the creation that surrounds Through this lens, what gives life generous, creative, and unconditional you and the special unique people you purpose and meaning? This lens has an love! The unfolding of the human story love, what is God trying to teach you essentially unknown beginning and is the unfolding of God’s story. What about His love for you and the eternal definite end. Once those are accepted, meaning our lives have when they are life He wants you to have? the middle becomes some kind of viewed as a part of God’s love affair pursuit of happiness, with values and with humanity! We are indeed special. COMMUNITY AREA ANNOUNCEMENTS

“Sister Water Beer Garden in a Box” Drive-Thru Beer Garden St. Augustine Parish Festival

Pre-order by Monday, August 9 and you’ll receive two One Day ONLY — Saturday, August 28 commemorative pint glasses; two Bavarian-style take-and-bake pretzels; a jar of gourmet mustard; and 1:00 to 11:00 p.m. your choice of “Ale Mary” or “Our Lager” six-packs, or 6762 West Rogers Street in West Allis four-packs of regular or diet root beer!

Pick up on Saturday, August 14, 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Live Music by — th Sacred Heart Center, S. 28 St. at W. Lapham St. Bobby Way & the Fabulous Wayouts (2-6 p.m.) The School Sisters of St. Francis have just what you need to enjoy your own beer garden at home with family and friends! & Proceeds from this "to-go" fundraiser will help our sisters Shag (7-11 p.m.) care for the earth as we care for thousands of people through our global missions. Food - Fun - Prizes & More

Order today on our website: www.sssf.org

Proceeds support the sisters' environmental ministries. MORE COMMUNITY AREA ANNOUNCEMENTS Our Annual Back to School Supply drive is on!

This annual giving event dates back to the time of Br. Booker Ashe, one of our founders. You can make a gift one of several ways to this year's campaign:

• You can make an online gift here: School Supply Drive | Capuchin Community Services.

• You can take the list below to the store and then drop new school supplies off at the Capuchin Community Service's House of Peace, 1702 West Walnut Street, Milwaukee, WI 53205, Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. - Noon; or 1:00 - 3:30 p.m. at the 17th Street door located at the U-drive.

Backpacks for K-8 grades Scotch Tape Child Safety Scissors Calculator Loose-leaf Paper Kleenex #2 pencils, pkg. Crayons Colored Markers Hi-Lighters 3-ring binder Ruler Pink Eraser Glue Sticks & Index Cards Elmer's Glue Spiral Notebooks Dry Erase Markers Ballpoint Pens Pencil box or pouch Combination Lock Ear Buds Construction Paper Colored Pencils Pencil Sharpener Flash Drives Pocket Folders Graph Paper

• Or you can use one of our online gift registries to purchase school supplies. They'll be delivered directly to us. Use the buttons below to shop at Target or Amazon for new school supplies.

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Donations are needed by Friday, August 13, 2021.

Thank you for helping us to prepare the children for a successful school year!

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Mission: We, the Christian Community of Mary Queen of Saints Catholic Academy, in collaboration with the Catholic parishes of West Allis and West Milwaukee, are called to integrate the Teachings of Jesus Christ into the spiritual, academic, and social development of each individual.

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Hello Mary Queen of Saints Catholic Academy Family, Friends, and Parish Communities —

I wanted to take a moment to update the Catholic community of West Allis about the MQSCA as we are ramping up to the start of the new school year. We are excited to be fully open, with K3-8th Grade classrooms, before and after school, and after school clubs. We are actively recruiting for our K3, K4, and K5 classrooms that were the most affected by the pandemic, please spread the word that our parish school is offering these early education opportunities.

MQSCA is fully staffed and excited for our first day of school on August 23, 2021. MQSCA will be welcoming back teachers on August 12, 2021, and we will begin working hard to prepare for our students and the First Day of School.

On July 13, 2021, we had a Meet and Greet with myself and Fr. Matthew taking turns in a dunk tank. The West Allis Police and Fire Departments both came to the event, and we would like to thank them for supporting our event. The West Allis Knights of Columbus Council cooked hamburgers and brats for the event, and also committed to making a $10,000.00 donation to the school. A huge thank you to Rich Beres and the West Allis Knights of Columbus Council for generosity to our school.

I look forward to the new school year and working with the West Allis Parishes!

In Christ

Nicholas Lee Principal Mary Queen of Saints Catholic Academy "Do not conform yourselves to this age but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and pleasing and perfect." Romans 12:2