2 LIVING THE GOSPEL, ENCOUNTERING JESUS IN THE EUCHARIST, BRINGING OTHERS TO CCHRIST.HRIST. Vol. 11, No. 5
Welcome to Most Blessed Sacrament Parish!
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES Whether you are a first-time visitor or a longtime resident searching for a welcoming faith community, we have much to offer.
LOCATED AT 449 HIGH AVENUE Whatever your life situation, we provide opportunities for you to grow spiritually and to engage in social, educational and community Monday - Thursday: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM service projects. Friday: 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM (Dial 920-231-9782 for after-hours emergencies and If you have any questions or would like more information on what our answering service will direct your call) Most Blessed Sacrament Parish has to offer, please contact Deacon Rick Hocking at [email protected] or 920-231-9782. FIND US ON FACEBOOK Most Blessed Sacrament, Oshkosh, WI In the event you are unable to attend Mass at Most Blessed PASTORAL TEAM Sacrament, please consider visiting one of our other Oshkosh Area
Father Jerry Pastors, Pastor Catholic parishes. Rick Hocking, Deacon, Parish Administrator ST. JUDE THE APOSTLE [email protected] Saturday - 4:30 PM (Oregon Street) Peter Cheskie, Deacon Sunday - 7:30 AM (Knapp Street) Lyn Zahorik, Pastoral Assistant 9:30 AM (Oregon Street), 11:00 AM (Knapp Street) [email protected] Monday & Tuesday - 7:30 AM (Oregon Street) - EVANGELIZATION & DISCIPLESHIP Wednesday & Friday 7:30 AM (Knapp Street) Reconciliation - 3:30 PM Saturday (Oregon St.) Shannon Ausloos, Director [email protected] ST. RAPHAEL THE ARCHANGEL JoAnne Brown, Assistant Rel. Ed. Coordinator Mass - Saturday, 5:00 PM, [email protected] Sunday, 7:30, 9:00 & 11:00 AM, 5:00 PM SERV (Special Education) Reconciliation - Saturday and Sunday, 4:00 PM Tom Mentele, Director 426-5682 ST. MARY - OMRO SUPPORT STAFF October 1-March 31 Saturday - 6:00 PM, Sunday - 8:30 AM Angela Gajewski, Bookkeeper Reconciliation - Saturday 5:30 PM [email protected] Spanish Mass - 2nd & 4th Sundays at 1:00 PM Laurie Pollack, Pastoral Administrative Assistant [email protected] ST. MARY - WINNECONNE Doug Hirte, Director of Maintenance October 1-March 31 Marshall Potter, Director of Music Saturday - 4:00 PM, Sunday,10:30 AM Reconciliation - Saturday 3:30 PM PARISH COMMITTEES
Parish Pastoral Council - Toni Cheskie, Chair PARISH OUTREACH: If you or a family member have Finance Council - Tracey Domiter, Chair recently been hospitalized, or if someone’s living situation has Faith Formation Committee - Peg Larson, Chair changed, please remember to contact the parish office so the person may receive the Sacrament of Anointing, the Holy Eucharist, and a Human Concerns - Cathy Fraunfelder, Chair visit from Fr. Jerry or Lyn, our Pastoral Associate.
Parish Life - Lisa Davis, Chair Parish Trustees - Dave VanSpankeren, John Dorcey If you or your family member is in need of a
listening presence or spiritual companionship, a Care LOURDES ACADEMY 426-3626 Minister can also help to provide that comforting measure. Please call Laurie at the parish office at 231-9782.
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MASS INTENTIONS: Our book of LITURGICAL WORSHIP & PRAYER SCHEDULE Mass Intentions for October, November and December is now open. The volume of MASS INTENTIONS SATURDAY, AUGUST 5 requests for Mass Intentions has grown FOR THE LIVING thru significantly since the inception of our & THE DECEASED SUNDAY, AUGUST 13 parish. For that reason, it has become necessary to put some guidelines in place.
*SATURDAY, AUGUST 5 & SUNDAY, AUGUST 6 We must limit intentions to one weekend +George Cooper, +Judith Bauer, +Bud & Lucille Krohn, The People of Holy Sacrifice of Mass and two weekday Masses per quarter. Most Blessed Sacrament Parish Community the Mass The stipend for a Mass Intention is $10.
MONDAY 6:30A Morning Rosary (SM) If you do desire a specific date that we are not able to 7:00A LWC (SM) honor, our retired and mission priests are able to accept TUESDAY 6:30A Morning Rosary (SM) your intentions through the Leo Benevolent Association 7:00A LWC (SM) and offer them at the Masses they pray. This can be 5: Divine Mercy Chaplet/Evening Rosary (SP) arranged through our parish office. 5:50P Confession (SP) 6:30P +John Muza (Mass SP) BREAD AND WINE: If you are interested in sponsoring WEDNESDAY 6:30A Morning Rosary (SM) the Bread and Wine for a given weekend, please contact the 7:00A +Marian Frank (Mass SM) Parish Office at 231-9782. The stipend is $30 for Bread 10: LWC (Evergreen Manor) and Wine. 10: LWC Northpoint Medical & Rehab)
THURSDAY 6:55A Morning Rosary (SP) 7:30A +Raymond & Catherine Hayes (Mass SP) DIVINE MERCY FRIDAY 6: Confession (SM) ADORATION CHAPEL 6: Morning Rosary (SM) OF OSHKOSH 7:00A +Frances Scheibinger (Mass SM)
SATURDAY 7:05A Confession (SP) Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed 8:00A +Deceased members of the Parkin & Sacrament is held at the Divine Mercy Handel Families (Mass SP) Adoration Chapel of Oshkosh located 2:45P Confession (SP) at Most Blessed Sacrament’s St. Mary 3:00P Divine Mercy Chaplet/Rosary (SP) Worship Site, 605 Merritt Avenue, 4:00P *(Mass SP) Oshkosh. The chapel is open 24 hours SUNDAY 7:30A *(Mass SM) a day, seven days a week. For more information and key code 9:00A *(Mass SP) - - 10:45A *(Mass SM) access, please contact Kathie Reed at 920 539 6871 or 3: Divine Mercy Chaplet/Rosary (SM) [email protected] or Deacon Rick Hocking at [email protected]. *SATURDAY, AUGUST 12 & SUNDAY, AUGUST 13 +Richard W. Holzer, Living & Deceased Members of the Sacred Heart OFS Fraternity, +Marian & Harland Gumz, The People of Most Blessed Sacrament Parish Community LOCAL PARISH HOLY HOURS All weekend Mass intentions are read at all Weekend Masses +Deceased Most Blessed Sacrament Parish HOLY FATHER’S INTENTION FOR AUGUST St. Peter site - 449 High Avenue, Oshkosh ARTISTS: That artists of our time, through their ingenuity, may help 6:00 PM First Friday of each month everyone discover the beauty of creation. For the Pope’s urgent prayer requests please visit St. Jude the Apostle Parish www.apostleshipofprayer.org/2017-intentions Sacred Heart site - 519 Knapp Street, Oshkosh - 6:00 PM Second Wednesday of each month
The bread and wine for this weekend’s Liturgies St. Raphael the Archangel Parish have been donated by Mike Niemczyk 830 S. Westhaven Drive, Oshkosh in honor of THE NIEMCZYK FAMILY. 3:00 PM - Third Thursday of each month
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EIGHTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME TODAY’S SAINT: St. Dominic (1170- 1221), a contemporary of St. Francis of MONDAY, August 7 Weekday Assisi, founded a mendicant order, Saint Sixtus II, Pope, and Companions, Martyrs; called the Order of Preachers or Saint Cajetan, Priest Dominicans, to preach against Nm 11:4b-15; Ps 81:12-13, 14-15, 16-17; Mt 14:13-21 theological error. One of the pressing issues facing the newly established FIRST READING: God has provided manna to nourish the order was the Albigensian heresy, people in their wanderings. There is an abundance of this claiming that matter, specifically the mysterious food from heaven, but the people begin to long body, is evil. Contrary to this heretical for meat, fish, and vegetables—in short, for variety in their thinking, the Black Friars, as they were commonly known, diet. As Moses moves through the camp, he hears family went from town to town preaching the goodness of the after family grumbling about the food, and he also senses body. In order to preach sound doctrine with clarity, St. God's growing anger. At the end of the reading, we can feel Dominic exhorted his sons to engage in rigorous academic Moses' own frustration, caught between the people and study. He eventually started a contemplative female branch God, and begging for relief. of the Dominicans to support the apostolate of the men GOSPEL: In this Year A, the Gospel reading for Tuesday through prayer. - is read, since Matthew 14:13 21 was read yesterday. After feeding the multitude, Jesus dismisses them, and sends the WEDNESDAY, August 9 Weekday disciples off in a boat. Then he takes time for prayer, planning to meet the disciples on the other side of the lake. Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Virgin and Martyr In the middle of the night, in a strong wind, Jesus comes Nm 13:1-2, 25—14:1, 26-29a, 34-35; Ps 106:6-7ab, 13-14, walking toward them over the water. The disciples are 21-22, 23; Mt 15:21-28 terrified, but when they realize who it is Peter confidently FIRST READING: The journey of the people of Israel walks toward him over the water, until the strength of the seems to be coming to an end. As they draw near to the wind frightens him and he begins to sink. The disciples are land of Canaan, God tells Moses to send out scouts to beginning to understand who Jesus really is: the Son of explore Canaan. After forty days, they return to report that God, with power to command the wind and the waves. the land is all God has promised, but that the inhabitants are tall and fierce and the towns carefully defended. Only TUESDAY, August 8 Memorial Caleb confidently says that they can take the land; the rest Saint Dominic, Priest are discouraged. God 's response to their lack of trust is Nm 12:1-13; Ps 51:3-4, 5-6ab, 6cd-7, 12-13; Mt 14:22-36 swift and harsh: for every one of the forty days the scouts reconnoitered the land, the people will spend a year in the or 15:1-2, 10-14 desert, until all of them have died. A new generation will FIRST READING: The camp of the Israelites is full of inherit the promise of Canaan. turmoil, and now even Miriam and Aaron begin to question GOSPEL: Jesus’ encounter with the Canaanite woman is Moses' leadership. God takes the three of them apart, and both troubling and hopeful. It is troubling because of the reminds them of how he has spoken to Moses face-to-face. initially harsh response the woman receives. She begs for Their respect for God should have made them more help for her daughter, and the disciples try to send her respectful to Moses, his witness. Miriam is punished with away, eventually appealing to Jesus to get rid of her. And leprosy, and both Aaron and Moses plead with God on Jesus seems to comply with their request at first, telling her behalf of their sister. he has come only for the Jews, not for Canaanites like her. GOSPEL: The Pharisees and scribes ask Jesus about a fine But the woman's persistence wins him over. Jesus comes point in the law, the ritual washing of hands before a meal, not only for Israel, but for all people. which some of the disciples have not done. Jesus responds not just to them, but to a large crowd, instructing them that THURSDAY, August 10 FEAST what goes in is not as important as what comes out—that the laws governing diet are not as significant as those ST. LAWRENCE, DEACON AND MARTYR governing ourselves, our words. The Pharisees are angry 2 Cor 9:6-10; Ps 112:1-2, 5-6, 7-8, 9; Jn 12:24-26 with this reply, which turns the tables on them, forcing FIRST READING: The reading from 2 Corinthians reminds them to examine their own consciences. us that “God loves a cheerful giver” (2 Corinthians 9:7). The famous story of Lawrence joking with his executioners
5 reveals that he gave even his life with cheerfulness. Christmas Eve, in which she saw the crib and heard the Lawrence's brave and joy-filled martyrdom has continued singing just as if she were present in the church. In art, she to inspire the Church through the centuries. is often depicted holding a monstrance because she GOSPEL: A grain of wheat must "die”—fall and be buried protected Assisi from attackers with the Blessed Sacrament. in the ground—before it can grow and yield its fruit. Life is Her sister St. Agnes eventually joined the Poor Clares. like that, Jesus says. Only when it is handed over in generous love can it bear fruit for eternal life. SATURDAY, August 12 Weekday TODAY’S SAINT: St. Lawrence (†258), Saint Jane Frances de Chantal, Religious one of the seven deacons of the Roman Dt 6:4-13; Ps 18:2-3a, 3bc-4, 47 and 51; Mt 17:14-20 Church, fell victim to the anti- FIRST READING: Moses gives the people simple truths to Christian persecutions launched by the remember: God is one. God is ours. Everything else flows emperor Valerian. Although little is from that: our love for God, our faithfulness to his laws. The known about the events leading up to reading ends with a reminder of the unmerited gifts of God, his death, legend claims that he was who gives his people a homeland out of love for them. martyred by being roasted on a GOSPEL: Today's Gospel passage is all about faith. A man gridiron. However, most historians seeking healing for his son has come to the disciples of believe he was beheaded several days Jesus, but they have not been able to cast out the demon after Pope Sixtus II was. According to from him. Jesus laments their lack of faith, and heals the tradition, his death brought an end to idolatry and led to the boy. The passage ends an extraordinary statement about the conversion of Rome. His life has been the subject of many power of faith. Faith can move mountains—faith can do artistic masterpieces, including the paintings of Fra anything. How strong is our faith? Angelico. SUNDAY, August 13 FRIDAY, August 11 Memorial Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Saint Clare, Virgin 1 Kgs 19:9a, 11-13a; Ps 85:9, 10, 11-12, 13-14; Dt 4:32-40; Ps 77:12-13, 14-15, 16 and 21; Mt 16:24-28 Rom 9:1-5; Mt 14:22-33 FIRST READING: Moses reminds the people of all God has done for them: taken them out of slavery and oppression, spoken to them out of fire, rescued them from their enemies, given them laws from heaven. Moses reminds the people not simply to keep the commandments, but to keep THE KNIGHTS CORNER their memories fresh: by remembering what God has done “Council 614” Our Lady of Lourdes for their people, they will keep alive in their hearts the awareness of God's special care for them. GOSPEL: In yesterday's Gospel, we saw Peter struggling with the notion of a crucified Messiah. How could such a thing ever happen to Jesus? Today, Jesus speaks to all his disciples. The Crucifixion is not an accident, a fatalistic necessity. Carrying the Cross is the only way to the Kingdom. Like Jesus, we must lay down our lives in service of others, if we hope to take them up again, to live forever in the Kingdom of God. Have you ever made a RETREAT? TODAY’S SAINT: Inspired by the Lenten sermons of her close If you have and want to make another, or if you haven’t but friend St. Francis of Assisi, St. always wanted to… the Knights Council 614 is in the Clare of Assisi (1193/4-1253) process of setting one up for this coming October. All renounced her wealth to found adults are invited to attend this two-day overnight retreat at the Poor Clares, or Minoresses, a the (awe-inspiring) Jesuit Retreat House. If you have an community of nuns devoted to a interest in joining us or would like more information, please simple, austere life of prayer. contact Dick Forseth at 216-9875. Lodging and meals will She is the patron saint of be included. The exact date is TBD.
television, due to a vision she Dick Forseth, Grand Knight, K of C Council 614 Our Lady of Lourdes had while lying sick in bed on [email protected] 920-216-9875
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From the Pastor’s Desk... Ponderings and Perceptions Of a Pastoral Assistant … Some of the quotes taken from this week from my new desk calendar There are times in our lives when we entitled “A Year with The Pivotal look around and wonder, “Is this all Players” quoted from some of the there is?” We look at our life, our most influential figures in the circumstances, and we want more. Catholic Church: “May we love There is a restlessness, a searching, You with our whole heart by and longing for something else. It can always thinking of you; with our make us do crazy things – this whole soul by always desiring You; with our whole mind by searching and seeking. We get a new always seeking You and Your glory in all things; and with job, a new car, a new relationship. Maybe we take up a new our whole strength by devoting all our labors and affections hobby, go on a trip, or work extra hours. But not much changes. In our soul we know, “There has to be something more.” of soul and body to the service of Your love, and to nothing else.” – St. Francis of Assisi. “The riddles of God are more Today the feast of the Transfiguration falling on a Sunday satisfying than the solutions of man” – G.K. Chesterton. “To gives many more of us the opportunity to ponder its make peace, wither in oneself or among others, shows a mystery. The Transfiguration of Jesus reveals to us there is man to be a follower of God.” – St. Thomas Aquinas. more. Jesus lifted the corner of the veil and His three disciples saw unspeakable glory, proving that life in the Chapter 4 of Matthew Kelly’s book, “Resisting Happiness”, world as we live it every day is not the whole story. is entitled “Resisting God.” If we are resisting happiness There’s a reality beyond what we see or recognize and it’s we are resisting God, for God is happiness. God wants us glorious beyond all words. In witnessing the to be happy more than we want to be happy. So often we Transfiguration the “inner circle” of Jesus’ disciples were can see the possibilities in the lives of others, but we cannot able to gain a greater understanding of who Jesus was. always help them to see these possibilities for themselves. Jesus underwent a dramatic change in appearance in order One mistake that we make is doing something for them that that the disciples could behold Him in His glory. The they should be doing for themselves. We need to empower disciples, who had only known Him in His human body, people to see the amazing possibilities ahead of them. now had a greater realization of the mystery, the divinity of Imagine how frustrated God is with us, seeing all that is Christ though they could not fully comprehend it. possible. God wants to empower you and me for mission. God wants heaven for you even more than you want it for I recently read a book by Tim Keller, The Reason for God, and he said “Jesus’ miracles are not just a challenge to our yourself. minds but a promise to our hearts that the world we all want, Peace, the world we were made for, a world of glory and perfection, a world not marred by sin, the world we all want is coming.”
Each time we gather for Mass it is an occasion of deep transfiguration. It is our opportunity to stand on tiptoe and peer over the wall of this world into the beauty of the world to come. It is our opportunity to come away from worship STEWARDSHIP refreshed in the knowledge that “this is God’s world” and Parish Pastoral Council: all things serve God. We come away refreshed in our Kristin Bird, Toni Cheskie (Chair), John Dorcey, Dylan Foss, Pam Hamman, mission, knowing God’s love for us, and His faithfulness to Tom Holland, Kathie Reed, Dave VanSpankeren, Bill Fraunfelder all His promises, and the beauty of His purposes.
That is one of the reasons Catholics attend Mass. The Mass and Eucharist intimately reveal to us, this world is not the 2016/2017 whole story. There’s glory beyond! There’s beauty beyond BUDGET YEAR compare, beyond what we can see! It is what Jesus has won for us, it is what Jesus is inviting us into, and it is what He has prepared for us! Offertory Support Last Week Year to Date Pay attention to those moments when Jesus calls you to a mountain of transfiguration. Take in the glory, take in the Budget 15,961.54 79,807.70 beauty, the silence, the mystery. Then take that understanding of the Kingdom of God back into the world in which we live. With God’s grace each of us can Actual 13,609.91 71,054.61 transfigure our own life into one that reveals the beauty and glory of Jesus Christ. Over/(Short) (2,351.63) (8,753.09)
7 PARISH NEWS SACRAMENTAL INFORMATIONNN
Fall Schedule: Thank you to the BAPTISM: The Sacrament of Baptism is celebrated many people who have responded on the 2nd weekend of each month at the Saturday your blackout dates. I’ll be working 4:00 PM Mass or on Sunday at the 9:00 or 10:45 on the fall schedule starting next AM Mass (We do not have Baptisms during the season of Lent.) A Baptism preparation session is week so if you haven’t responded, required for all first-time parents and must be completed 4 to 6 please advise any dates that do not weeks before the date of the baptism. Parents are welcome to do work for you. Also, we are looking this before their baby is born also. Please call the parish office to for more liturgical ministry help, register at least 3 months prior to the birth of your child. particularly at the 4:00 and 7:30 MARRIAGE: The Sacrament of Marriage may Masses. Please contact Deacon Rick - take place any given weekend providing the site at 231 9782 by August 9th to let me know your blackout is available. Weddings may be held at the St. dates and if you are a new volunteer, what ministry and Peter, St. Mary or St. Josaphat site on Saturdays Mass times work best. Thank you all in advance for your at 1:00 PM or on another day per arrangements help. made through the Parish Office. Please call at least six months New Altar Server Training: With fall and a return to prior to your wedding to secure a date and begin the initial school coming soon it is also time to offer training for new steps of your wedding preparation. altar servers. If you have received First Communion and are FUNERALS: To begin the process of planning a funeral for a interested in being a cross bearer or if you have received deceased loved one, contact the funeral home you have chosen First Communion, are at least 9 years old, and want to learn and they will call the Parish Office to arrange a date and time for to become an altar server, Deacon Rick will be setting up the Funeral Mass. Contact information will be provided to the some training classes in mid-August. Please watch next Parish so they may call the family and arrange a time to discuss the Funeral Liturgy, music, readings, etc. week’s bulletin for specific dates. ANOINTING OF THE SICK: Most Blessed Sacrament provides Teen Masses: MBS will again be showcasing the gifts a Mass of Anointing twice annually for those who are seriously and talents of our young people at Teen Masses. Our teens ill or awaiting surgery. If you know of someone who is ill or will be lectors, ushers, and greeters for this Mass. The plan hospitalized, homebound or in a nursing home, or nearing the is to have only one Teen Mass in the first half of the year. end of life, contact the Parish Office to arrange a time for Fr. Jim That will occur at the 10:45 Mass at the St. Mary site. to administer the Sacrament. Shannon, JoAnne and Deacon Rick will be working CONFIRMATION: Preparation classes are offered each year for together on the details. high school students who have either qualified by attending 6 semesters of religious education classes or who have attended a St. Josaphat Update: While the final step in the Catholic school for 2-3 years. Confirmation for adults is offered approval process to put the SJ site on the market hasn’t through the RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults). been formally approved, MBS has been given verbal Contact Kathie Geffers, Confirmation Coordinator, or Deacon permission to list the property for sale. The hope is to have Rick Hocking regarding the RCIA program. the property formally listed by the week of August 8th. We FIRST RECONCILIATION AND FIRST already have some leads offered by parishioners- thank you COMMUNION: Baptized children in second for those. If anyone knows a party who may be interested, grade are welcomed to begin preparation/ please contact Deacon Rick and I will put that party in reception of First Reconciliation and First touch with the real estate agent. Holy Communion during the first semester of Welcome Reminder: Please keep in mind our welcome second grade. Prior to preparing for these celebration for Father Jerry and Shannon after the 4:00 sacraments, the child must have attended first grade religious Mass on Saturday, August, 19th. Food and beverages will education classes or Lourdes Academy. Home-schooled be provided. Special thanks in advance to Parish Life for children must have the consent of the pastor to begin helping with the festivities. Come one, come all – we hope preparation. SPECIAL PREPARATION FOR CHILDREN to see you there. AGES 7-18: This preparation is for baptized children who are out of sync with our parish’s sacramental preparation. Liturgy Update: Tuesday, August 15th is the Solemnity Students participate in instruction for the sacraments with the of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary into heaven. There Religious Education Coordinator to bring them into sync with will be three Masses this day; 7:00AM at SM, 12:10PM at their grade level. Students must attend religious education SP, and 6:30PM at SP. Volunteers are needed at each of classes for one year prior to preparing for reception of the these Masses. Please see the signup sheets at the two church sacraments. Contact Mary Wichmann to register your child. entrances. Thank you in advance for filling these key roles - Please contact the Parish Office at 231 9782 to begin the on this Holy Day of Obligation. process of receiving any of these Sacraments and you will be connected with the appropriate staff member.
8 PARISH LIFE Committee Members: Lisa Davis (Chair), Jan Grable, Catherine Martin, Mary Otto, Nikke Selenka, Veronica Smith
PRAYER CIRCLE
Call George at 233-7642 with your prayer request and the prayer circle will be initiated on your behalf.
PARISH PRAYER WARRIORS
MOST BLESSED SACRAMENT PARISH COOL THINGS COMING UP AT MBS! Tuesday, August 8 “Living the Gospel, 10:30 AM Bible Study (next Sunday’s Readings), SP Site Encountering Jesus in the Eucharist, Bringing others to Christ” 1:00 PM Senior Stretching, SP Lower School
Wednesday, August 9 As summer winds to a close, we ask all Parish 4:15 PM Senior Stretching, SP Lower School Prayer Warriors to pray for the following intentions during the month of August.
Saturday, August 12 • 1:00 PM Schneider/Skifton Wedding, SM Church That the balance of summer refresh and relax each of us so 4:00 PM Mass Missionary Cooperation Speaker, Fr. Joji Reddy we can be renewed on our journey to be the best disciples of Jesus that we can be. Sunday, August 13 • For MBS Parish to continue to transition through the All Masses Missionary Cooperation Speaker, Fr. Joji Reddy guidance of the Holy Spirit that we may become the parish 10:00 AM St. Vincent de Paul, SP Lower Church God wants us to be. 12:00 PM Legion of Mary, SP Lower Church
LOOKING AHEAD/MONTHLY CALENDAR HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION • 2nd Monday of every month - Senior’s Lunch at the Roxy THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY • Tuesdays at 10:30 AM Bible Study • TUESDAY, AUGUST 15 Tuesdays at 1:00 PM Senior Stretching • Tuesdays at 5:30 PM Handbell Choir Practices MASS TIMES • Most Blessed Sacrament’s Vocal Tuesdays at 6:30 PM Sacraments/RCIA, SP Site 7:00 AM St. Mary Site (During school year) Choir will sing at our 6:30 evening • Wednesdays at 6:00 PM Religion & Confirmation Classes 12:10 PM St. Peter Site Mass and hospitality for everyone (During school year) 6:30 PM St. Peter Site will follow. Please join us! • Wednesdays at 6:30 PM Vocal Choir Practices • 3rd Thursday of every month - All parish committees meet at 6:00 PM at SP Church • 1st Friday of every month - 6:00 PM Holy Hour at SP Church • 3rd Saturday of every month - Esto Vir for Men at Fr. Carr’s • Sundays at 9:00 & 10:45 Mass - Children’s Liturgy of the Word • 2nd Sunday of the Month - St. Vincent de Paul Meetings, SP Site A spiritual family needs spiritual fathers. That is why the • 2nd Sunday of the Month - Legion of Mary Meets, SP Site Annual Seminarian Collection: Hope for the Future, • August 15 - Holy Day of Obligation: The Assumption of the Help them Today is so important. By now you most Blessed Virgin Mary, August 19 - After 4:00 Mass - Welcome likely received a letter from Bishop Ricken requesting your Celebration for Fr. Jerry Pastors and Shannon Ausloos - help in supporting our local seminarians. Please return your Director of E&D generous contribution to this collection, using the pledge card and return envelope you received in the mail. A gift of $25, $100, $250, $500 or more will help our seminarians MBS NEEDS YOUR HELP! move forward in their work of becoming missionary The Parish Office is looking for office disciples. Every gift makes a difference. Our seminarians help August 9, 10, 11, & 14. Would are our Hope for the Future, Let us Help them Today! As a you have a few hours to answer Diocese, we anticipate costs of $1,000,000 this year for phones, assist visitors, and other tasks tuition, room and board, health insurance, support of the that might come about? Please call Office of Vocations and the work of Fr. Daniel Schuster and Fr. Quinn Mann. Friends and followers of Jesus Angela at 231-9782 with times you’d support one another! To make your gift today, visit be willing to help. Thank you! www.catholicfoundationgb.org/give.
FAITH FORMATION HUMAN CONCERNS 9 Committee Members: Committee Members: Peg Larson (Chair), Pam Kaskin, Jennifer Pauly, Mary Pogue Cathy Fraunfelder (Chair), Julie Miller, Christa Nollenberger, Tina Schulte
REGISTRATION FOR 2017-2018 Care Ministry… A listening presence, a spiritual companion, a Registrations for the Faith Formation and gift from the heart. Sacramental Preparation Programs have been sent out. Please contact the parish Care ministry is as rewarding for the office if you still need a copy. care minister as it is for those being cared for and ministered to. Imagine Registrations should be dropped off or getting to know so many people in mailed back to the Parish office by our faith community; becoming a August 31st. For an early bird discount part of their lives, listening to their concerns, and sharing of $5/child or $10/family, please send us your form by the joys and stories of their lives. The care minister makes August 21st. a difference for our parish family members whether they are in a nursing home, hospital, or in their own homes. Listening to, praying with, and providing the Eucharist for VOLUNTEERS NEEDED people is what we do; what a great way to live the Gospel, encounter Jesus in the Eucharist, and bring others to Christ. The Faith Formation program is in need of catechists and ~Mark Davis, Care Minister small group leaders for the upcoming year. Please consider If you are interested in learning more about Care Ministry sharing your faith with our kids and teens. Class sessions or how you can become a Care Minister, please contact are on Wednesday nights during the school year and Laurie at 231-9782 or [email protected] training is provided. Contact Shannon Ausloos for more information at (920) 231-9782 or [email protected].
Just a reminder to return all purchased items for the Back to School Program no later than the weekend of August 12 and 13. The program coordinator will pick up the rest of the supplies on Monday and Tuesday, August 14th and 15th. As always, thank you for your support!
MISSIONARY COOPERATION PLAN
Next weekend, August 12 & 13, Most Blessed Sacrament will welcome Fr. Joji Reddy from the Warangal Diocese on behalf of the Missionary Cooperation Plan. Fr. Joji works in the Archdiocese of Chicago as associate Pastor of St. Peter Parish. He was ordained a priest on April 18, 1996. Who Are You Called to Inspire? The Diocese of Warangal was erected on December 22, 1952. The diocese is situated in the Telagana State in In the 1940s a tailor named Jan Tyranowski got involved in South India. It consists of two civil districts with a youth ministry. He was convinced that ordinary people population of 7.3 million. It is mostly a rural diocese with could become saints. One of his students didn’t appreciate many villages in remote areas with few facilities for his efforts at first, but began to open up over time. When education and medical services. The people depend mostly the student’s father died, Jan became like a father to the on agriculture. The majority live from hand to mouth with young man. This young man later became a priest, then a their daily bread provided by God. Most cannot afford bishop, and finally took the name Pope John Paul II. After education and therefore send their children to work for his death he was declared a saint in 2014. Jan was right— meager wages. ordinary people could become saints. One simple tailor The Warangal Diocese is constrained due to lack of impacted the whole world by inspiring one young man. sufficient funds. They depend on the generosity of many people around the world to support the many Catholics in Who are you called to inspire? India. Please be as generous as you are able toward this very important mission.
10 OUR CATHOLIC COMMUNITY LITURGICAL MINISTRIES
WEEKEND OF AUGUST 12 & 13 Pre-Construction Columbarium Niche Sale Eucharistic Ministers 4:00 Dcn. Pete Cheskie, Pam Kaskin, Bonnie Binner, Catholic Cemeteries of Toni Cheskie, Suzanne Werner, Maria Costello, Oshkosh is planning on Tim Landwair, David Gauronskas having a third Columbarium 7:30 Dcn. Pete Cheskie, Toni Cheskie, John Feldner, installed in Sacred Heart Pat Reichenberger, Pam Reichenberger Cemetery this fall. We are 9:00 Dcn. Rick Hocking, Annette Larie, Ken Larie, now holding a pre-construction sale. If you have been Bill Fraunfelder, Pat Uhler, Barb Herzog, thinking or talking over with your loved ones pre-planning Lisa Peters, Carolyn Wussow arrangements for your funeral and burial, and if cremation 10:45 Dcn. Rick Hocking, Tom Lynch, Renee Husman, is included in your plans, this is a great time to purchase a Sue Dolan, Bart Pritzl, Alyssa Pritzl double niche. Our new unit will have 48 double niches with Altar Servers room for two cremains each. This avoids the worry placed 4:00 David Gauronskas on family members when such decisions have to be made 7:30 Mike Rutherford, Cross - Mary Beth Mathe shortly after death in a time of significant emotions. 9:00 Nicholas Parkin, Vinnie Bird, Alexander Parkin, Savings by not having to purchase a burial plot(s) and a Cross - Alexander Parkin monument make this an ideal time to buy now. 10:45 Abe Schiek, Ava Schiek, Wesley Schiek,
Cross - Wesley Schiek Our current price of $2,400 for a double niche will remain in effect until construction is complete. This new unit is Lectors significantly more expensive, thus the price will go up as 4:00 Toni Cheskie, Lori Hoppa soon as it is in place. Although the prices will go up on the 7:30 Daniel Morrill, Lee Ann Morrill new unit, we still have a few niches left in our second 9:00 Catherine Lindsay, Matt Troiber 10:45 Margaret Perrie, Aaron Jelleberg columbarium on the lower levels. Right now is the best time to reserve the niche you want, at the top levels or facing to Greeters the west or east. We also have a Columbarium in Calvary 4:00 Barb Angell, Jane Winters, Toni Cheskie Cemetery with niches available at our current price. 7:30 Joan Suenkel, Teresa Cristan, David Schallhorn, Karen Schallhorn Many families have had to confront the death of a loved 9:00 Steve & Maureen Anderson, Catherine Martin, one with no plans in place on what to do. Thus, it has not Bird Family been un-common to bring the cremains home to a special 10:45 Sue Dolan, Emily Dolan, Mike Niemczyk place of honor, maybe on the mantle or bookshelf. This is someone we have loved and miss terribly. Being close to Ushers them is comforting. But, our lives go on. We may have to 4:00 Jim Seger, Maria Costello, Jane Winters, move or simply desire to redecorate. The cremains are JoAnne Brown 7:30 Bob Wonders, John Feldner moved to another shelf or into the closet. Our Catholic doctrine teaches us that we should place our loved ones in a 9:00 Steve Peters, Ken Larie, Jeremy Galica, Jan Grable 10:45 Rich Domiter, Keith Dolan, Jack Dolan, Mike Niemczyk special place, a Blessed Space, preferably in a Catholic Cemetery. A place where extended family can come to Sacristans remember and pray over. Is this the time to take that 4:00 JoAnne Brown container of your loved one’s ashes and place them in a 7:30 Pat & Pam Reichenberger special place where they will be cared for long after we are 9:00 Jan Grable
10:45 Emily Pogue all gone from this earth?
Whatever your reasons for choosing cremation, please Cantors consider placing your loved one’s remains or planning for 4:00 Candy Potter 7:30 Kate Cheskie you own final resting place by contacting Catholic Cemeteries and making arrangements today. Call us at 920- 9:00 Peg Larson 10:45 Ben Smith 235-7412 or stop at St. Jude Parish to see Jan Fendt, the Cemetery Sexton.
~Thomas M. Donovan Cemetery Administrator
Parish Community Business Directory
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