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The Good Samaritan The Rosary is prayed before Holy Mass M-F @ 7:35 a.m. SERVANTS SCHEDULE

MASS INTENTIONS Knights of the Altar: Please volunteer to serve 15th Week in Ordinary Time whenever you are at Holy Mass.

Monday, July 15th Saturday, July 20th - 4:30 p.m. St. , Bishop and Knights of the Altar: Jacob Alford/Daniel Clements 8:00 a.m. - † Harold Hamm Ordinary Minister: Deacon Jason Hutzler Ext. Minister: Carol Patterson Tuesday, July 16th Lector: John Rifenberg Our Lady of Mount Carmel Ushers: Mike McArdle/Robert Maney 8:00 a.m. - † Kevin Arentz Sunday, July 21st -7:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 17th Knights of the Altar: Knights 8:00 a.m. - † Joan Schreier Lector: Bill Rudy Thursday, July 18th Ushers: Russ Allen/Bill Rudy/Curt Riley St. Camillus de Lellis 8:00 a.m. - Ray Eggers Sunday, July 21st -9:30 a.m. Knights of the Altar: Joseph Dobson/Weston and Vance Friday, July 19th LaVoy 8:00 a.m. - † Owen Krause Ordinary Minister: Deacon Jason Hutzler Ext. Minister: Susan Schaller Saturday, July 20th Lector: Sharon Dawidowski St. Apollinarus, Bishop and Martyr Ushers: Gary Brauer/Don Seufzer/John 8:00 a.m. - † Daniel Hessburg Dawidowski/Tom McConaghy 4:30 p.m. - † Patrick Maney

Sunday, July 21st - 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday, July 21st -11:00 a.m St. Lawrence of Brindisi, Priest and Doctor of the Church Extraordinary Form Mass 7:30 a.m. - † Dale Apfelbeck Master of Ceremony: Nicholas Bontkowski 9:30 a.m. - Saint James Parishioners Thurifer: Nick Coppernoll 11:00 a.m.- Intentions for Landon Bahl Acolyte 1: William Coppernoll Acolyte 2: Sean Marshall Crucifer: Joseph Korger Torchbearers: Anthony Korger, Benjamin Bontkowski CHURCH SUPPORT

June 30, 2019

Envelopes $ 2,197.00 SILVER ROSE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS - Plate $ 298.83 SPONSORED MARIAN PRO-LIFE DEVOTIONAL Vigil candles $ 43.00 PROGRAM Giving Online $ 225.29 Total $ 2,764.12 WHERE: Cathedral of St. Joseph the Workman

WHEN: Monday, July 22

Beginning with Confessions, followed by 12:10 PM CHURCH SUPPORT Mass, Luncheon (freewill donation), prayers, Scripture, July 7, 2019 Lecture, Break, Rosary, Divine Mercy Chaplet, and con- Envelopes $ 3,192.00 cluding with Adoration/Benediction by 5 PM. Plate $ 409.54 Vigil candles $ 37.00 PURPOSE: to Foster a greater devotion to our Giving Online $ 465.29 Blessed Mother and Pro-Life activities.

Total $ 4,103.83 Pilgrims are welcome to attend part or all of the Pro- gram.

CHURCH CLEANING Marian-Themed Presentations by Mariologists Msgr. Charles Mangan (Diocese of Sioux Falls) and Msgr. July 20 - Mary & Tom McConaghy Matthew Malnar (Diocese of La Crosse) . July 27 - Molly, Claire, Meg and Mary Riley August 3 - Diane Sullivan and Mary Ann Schelfhout MORE INFORMATION: contact Charlie Peters contact Charlie Peters Email: [email protected]

St. James the Less | Page 2 | www.saintjameslax.com CALENDAR REMINDERS Weekly Readings July 15th- July 21st, 2019

July 16 Pastoral Council Meeting, 6:00 pm, Mur- Monday Ex 1:8-14, 22/Ps 124:1b-3, 4-6, 7-8 [8a]/Mt phy Hall 10:34--11:1 August 2 First Friday Tuesday Ex 2:1-15a/Ps 69:3, 14, 30-31, 33-34 [cf. 33]/ August 3 First Saturday Mt 11:20-24 August 7 Healing Mass, 6:00 pm Wednesday Ex 3:1-6, 9-12/Ps 103:1b-2, 3-4, 6-7 [8a]/Mt August 27 Blood Drive, 10:00 am to 3:00 pm, Mur- 11:25-27 phy Hall Thursday Ex 3:13-20/Ps 105:1 and 5, 8-9, 24-25, 26-27 September 15 Parish Picnic [8a]/Mt 11:28-30 Friday: Ex 11:10--12:14/Ps 116:12-13, 15 and 16bc, 17 -18 [13]/Mt 12:1-8 Saturday: Ex 12:37-42/Ps 136:1 and 23-24, 10-12, 13-15/ HOLY SACRIFICE OF THE MASS Mt 12:14-21 Saturday Vigil 4:30 PM Sunday: Gn 18:1-10a/Ps 15:2-3, 3-4, 5 [1a]/Col 1:24-28/ Sunday Masses 7:30, 9:30 & 11:00 (Ext. Form) AM Lk 10:38-42

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Saturday approx. 3:45 - 4:15 PM 1st Fridays/Saturdays after 8AM Mass when possible CLEAN OUT THOSE CLOSETS!

PARISH STAFF

Fr. James Altman pastor The PCCW has partnered with the Rootin’ Crown Thrift Deacon Jason Hutzler permanent deacon Stores for an ongoing Fundraising effort for our Parish!! Maria Stegmeier administrative assistant Donna Walz director of religious education Joshua Martell buildings and grounds The Rootin’ Crown is a Thrifty Resale Boutique that sells gently used clothing, books, small electronics, dé- cor, housewares, toys, accessories and furniture. A portion of the proceeds is given monthly to all organi- EXTRAORDINARY FORM MASS zations that donate items!! That’s us! SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2019 HAS BEEN CANCELED So, please help our Parish and get some early Fall Cleaning done by donating items in one of the following ways:

IN TODAY’S CULTURE IT IS DIFFICULT - Drop off gently used clothing & home items to TO RAISE A STRONG CATHOLIC the Parish Office on the last Wednesday of the FAMILY month from 11am-3pm. - Drop your items at either Rootin Crown Location Join us for the 14th Annual conference at the Shrine 1906 Ward Ave, La Crosse of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse, Wisconsin on 916 Western Ave, Holmen July 26 & 27, 2019. Our speakers include, Dr. Robert - Call or Text Georgia Stockman at 716-239-2822 Royal, the founder and president of the & Reason to arrange another day & time you may drop off Institute in Washington, D.C., editor-in-chief of “The items at the Parish. Catholic Thing," and frequent EWTN guest; Cathy Ruse, who has devoted her professional career to pro- THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP & moting the dignity of the human person. Her profession- BLESS!!! al experience spans the fields of communication, public policy, and law; Austin Ruse a conservative political activist, journalist and author. He is the longtime presi- QUEEN OF THE AMERICAS GUILD dent of the Center for Family and Human Rights, also ANNUAL CONFERENCE known as C-FAM, a New York and Washington, DC- based research institute/think tank focusing on interna- The Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe will host the an- tional law and policy related to life and family; and key- nual Queen of the Americas Guild Annual Conference note address by His Eminence Raymond Leo Cardinal on July 26-27, examining Our Lady of Guadalupe’s role Burke. as our Guide and Intercessor in Witnessing to the Gos- pel and what this means for Catholics today. For more information or to register, visit:

www.queenoftheamericasguild.org or call 630-584-1822 For more information and/or to register, please visit www. queenoftheamericasguild.org; or by telephone at 630-584-1822 ANNOUNCEMENTS

CCD REGISTRATION 2019/2020 It’s time to register your children for CCD classes for the school year 2019/2020. Registration forms will go out for children already enrolled from the previous years. If you have a child entering kindergarten or are new to the area and would like to enroll your child/ children in grades Kdgn-10, please call Donna at 608- 782-7557 and a registration form will be mailed to you. Thank you!

NEW WOMEN’S INFERTILITY SUPPORT GROUP Are you struggling with carrying the heavy cross of infertility and feeling as though there is no one to talk to about it? You are not alone! We feel the same way and want to connect with other women in the same situ- ation so that we can support and encourage each other. We plan to meet once a month for informal discussion and study, with our first gathering on Monday, July 15, 6:30 pm, in the Trustees Room in the La Crosse Library main branch.

If you are interested in attending, please email :

st.elizabeths.@gmail.com so that we have an idea of how many to expect - but come either way! Faithful to Church teaching, Catholic -led; but all women welcome.

CCD TEACHER FOR UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR

The Religious Education office is in need of Cate- chists for the upcoming school year. Catechists are needed for Kindergarten, and grades 9th, and 10th. If you would be interested in donating your time and tal- ent to the teaching of our younger parishioners, or if you have any questions, please call Donna, at: 608-782- 7557.

Please consider this worthwhile and challenging way of service to the Church. Thank you

BLOOD DRIVE - SAVE THE DATE St. James the Less Parish will host a blood drive by the Blood Center of Wisconsin, which provides blood for our La Crosse hospitals, on Tuesday, August 27, 2019, from 10:00 am until 3:00 pm, in Murphy Hall.

Please call at 877-232-4376 if you would like to make an appointment.

Your donation is certainly a corporal work of mercy.

Catholic Traditions Because building our Faith doesn’t happen by accident.

THE SEVEN DEADLY They are called “deadly” for a reason. Ultimately they result in the eternal death of our eternal souls - eternal in the fires of hell. So, let us ask ourselves a very simple QUESTION: Should we ever celebrate one of the seven deadly sins?!

CCC § 1866: can be classified according to the they oppose, or also be linked to the capital sins which Christian experience has distinguished, following St. and St. Gregory the Great. They are called "capital" because they engender other sins, other vices. They are , avarice, , wrath, , , and .

PRIDE: Pride is undue self-esteem or self-love, which seeks attention and honor and sets one- self in competition with God. When pride is carried to the extent that a person is unwilling to acknowledge dependence on God and refuses to submit his or her will to God or lawful authority, it is a grave . LUST: The inordinate craving for or in sexual pleasure. The evil of lust is reduci- ble to this: that sexual satisfaction is sought for either outside marriage or, at any rate, in a man- ner which is contrary to the laws that govern marital intercourse. Indulging in lust is a , provided of course, it is done in a way that is voluntary in itself and fully deliberate.

CCC § 1867: The catechetical tradition also recalls that there are "sins that cry to heaven": the blood of Abel, the sin of the Sodomites, the cry of the people oppressed in Egypt, the cry of the for- eigner, the widow, and the orphan, injustice to the wage earner.

The world, of course, denies sin. In particular, and in our day, it denies the deadliest of sins, Pride. In fact, it has taken “Pride” and told us to take pride in our sins! “WOE” to the wicked and foul people who intentionally lead others into sin. That is not my opinion, Jesus said it, and in Jesus’s day, that meant “damned.” It still does. “Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea. Woe to the world because of things that cause sin! Such things must come, but woe to the one through whom they come!” Mt 18:6-7

This past month, in the U.S. and around the world, there has been a relentless media hype of “pride” this and “pride” that, completely disregarding the fact that these are celebrations of the two of the seven deadly sins: Pride and Lust. As the masters of propaganda taught, tell a big enough often enough, and people will begin to believe it. So it is in the “pride” celebrations. We have quit standing up for God-defined morality. The bottom line - and we have to get this straight - either God defines morality or He does not. If God does define morality, then what He says is True, and Truth does not change. Therefore, all these rainbow flags and all these “pride” celebrations are evil to the core. It really is just that simple. A picture is worth a thousand words, and pictures abound that are not fit to print in the Church’s bulletin. That alone tells us all we need to know. We do not celebrate a deadly sin - Pride. We do not celebrate a deadly sin - Lust. We do not flaunt our sinfulness in the face of others. Do we understand, then, just how malignant is the cancer that has become these “pride” celebrations? Or, do we just let it go as if it does not matter?

“[Jesus said] when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?” Lk 18:8