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THE INCORRUPTIBLE SAINTS Monday, February 18 (Photo: the Incorruptible Body of St Parish St. Mary, Fennimore St. John Nepomuc St. Lawrence O’Toole Castle Rock Mt. Hope ST. M ARY C HURCH http://queenofallsaints.net M ASS T IMES Monday - Saturday: 8 AM Saturday: 4 PM Sunday: 8 AM and 11 AM Traditional Latin Masses: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday at 6:30 AM CONFESSIONS : Thirty minutes before each Mass Saturday: 3 - 3:50 PM ST. J OHN N EPOMUC MASS T IME Saturday: 7 PM CONFESSIONS : Saturday: 6:30 PM ST. L AWRENCE O’T OOLE M ASS T IME Sunday: 9:30 AM PARISH O FFICE 960 Jefferson St. Fennimore, WI 53809 Phone: (608) 822-3520 Facebook Messenger: http://m.me/ queenofallsaintsparish Tuesday - Friday: 9 AM - Noon Pastor: Fr. Alex Navarro (608) 370-3785 (cell) [email protected] Finance: Mary Ann Carmody [email protected] Bulletin: Amy Wells Scanlan [email protected] Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time —February 17, 2019 2 PARISH NEWS St. Mary Mass Intentions THE INCORRUPTIBLE SAINTS https://www.roman-catholic-saints.com Monday, February 18 (Photo: The incorruptible body of St. Bernadette.) 8:00 AM † Evelyn Schwebach The Incorruptibles Tuesday, February 19 6:30 AM Special Intention The Incorruptibles are (Traditional Latin Mass) saints whose bodies are miraculously preserved 8:00 AM For the Continuation of Our Perpetual after death, defying the Adoration Chapel normal process of de- Wednesday, February 20 composition. St. Cecilia is probably the first 6:30 AM † Larry Hoffman saint known to be incorrupt, but the bodies of these saints (Traditional Latin Mass) can be found in many places throughout the world. 8:00 AM † Elaine E. Beck, † Theresa Mouseau 3:15 PM † Rev. George Horath They are not like mummies, for their skin is soft and their limbs pliable, nothing at all like the dry, skeletal remains of (Good Samaritan Society) mummies. Under usual circumstances, nothing at all has been Thursday, February 21 done to preserve the bodies of these saints. In fact, some of 6:30 AM Special Intention them have been covered in quicklime, which should have eas- (Traditional Latin Mass) ily destroyed any human remains, yet it has no effect of these saints. Many of them also give off a sweet, unearthly odor, 8:00 AM Living and Deceased Members of the and others produce blood or oils that defy any scientific ex- Lawton and Lorraine Alderson Family planation. Friday, February 22 Modern science relegates the incorruptibles to the status of 6:30 AM † Vernon and Catherine Riemenapp mummies, pretending it understands and can comfortably (Traditional Latin Mass) categorize these saints. How then do the scientists explain the 8:00 AM Special Intention fact that a year and a half after the death of St. Francis Xavier, a medical examiner placed a finger into one of the saint’s Saturday, February 23 wounds and found fresh blood on his finger when he with- 8:00 AM † Delia Sikhart drew it? Or that when a finger was amputated from St. John of the Cross several months after his death, it was immediate- 4:00 PM † Bernie, Ellie and Bob Whitish ly observed that blood began to flow from the wound? Or the Sunday, February 24 case of St. Nicholas of Tolentino, whose arms have frequently bled over the last 400 years? 8:00 AM † Evelyn Calvert 11:00 AM Special Intention The Incorruptible Saints No, these saints are in a class by themselves. Even though incorruptibility does not automatically confer sainthood upon the subject, it is still properly appreciated by the Church as a supernatural occurrence. The truth is that these occurrences St. John Nepomuc cannot be understood outside of Divine intervention on be- Mass Intention half of these saints, as the laws of nature have been suspend- Saturday, February 23 ed on behalf of the incorruptible saints. Perhaps it is that God is visibly showing us his pleasure with these saints? Still, it is a 7:00 PM Members of Queen of All S aints Parish physical manifestation of God’s love, and the incorruptible saints console us by their presence, seeming to plead with us to likewise make ourselves pleasing to God in all ways. St. Lawrence O’Toole Mass Intention For more information about Incorrupt saints, we recommend Sunday, February 24 the excellent book, The Incorruptibles , by Joan Carroll Cruz. 9:30 AM † Holy Souls in Purgatory A list of The Incorruptible Saints follows on Page 3. 3 PARISH NEWS Saint Agatha Blessed Matthia Nazzarei Blessed John of Chiaramonte Saint Agnes of Montepulciano Blessed Nicholas Factor Saint John of God Blessed Andrew Franchi Saint Pacifico of San Severino Saint John of the Cross Blessed Angela of Foligno Saint Paschal Baylon Saint John Southworth Saint Angela Merici Blessed Philippa Mareri Saint Josaphat Blessed Angelo of Acri Saint Pope Pius X Saint Julie Billiart Blessed Angelo of Chivasso Saint Rose of Viterbo Blessed Karl of Austria Blessed Anthony Bonfadini Blessed Sebastian of Aparicio Saint Louise de Marillac Blessed Anthony of Stroncone Saint Seraphin of Montegranaro Saint Luigi Orione Blessed Antonia of Florence Blessed Salome of Cracow Saint Lucy Filippini Saint Benedict the Moor Saint Sperandia Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat Saint Bernadette Soubirous Saint Veronica Giuliani Blessed Mafalda of Portugal Saint Bernardine of Siena Saint Vincent Pallotti Blessed Margaret of Savoy Saint Catherine of Bologna Saint Zita Saint Maria Goretti Saint Catherine of Genoa Saint Albert the Great Venerable Maria Vela Saint Cecilia Saint Alphege of Canterbury Saint Martin de Porres Saint Charles Borromeo Blessed Alphonsus of Orozco Blessed Mary Bagnesi Saint Charles of Sezze Saint Andrew Bobola Saint Mary Magdalen de' Pazzi Saint Clare of Assisi Blessed Angelo of Borgo San Sepolcro Blessed Mary of the Divine Heart Saint Clare of Montefalco Blessed Anna Maria Taigi Mother Mariana de Jesus Torres Saint Crispin of Viterbo Saint Anthony Maria Zaccaria Venerable Mother Maria of Jesus Saint Didacus of Alcala Saint Antoninus Saint Nicholas of Tolentino Saint Eustochium Blessed Arcangela Girlani Blessed Osanna of Mantua Saint Fernando III Saint Benezet Saint Frances of Rome Blessed Bernard Scammacca Saint Francis de Sales Blessed Bertrand of Garrigua Blessed Francis of Fabriano Saint Camillus de Lellis Venerable Francis Gonzaga Venerable Catalina de Cristo Blessed Gabriel Ferretti Saint Catherine Labouré Blessed Gandolph of Binasco Blessed Charbel Makhlouf Blessed Helen Enselmini Saint Catherine dei Ricci Saint Ignatius of Laconi Saint Catherine of Siena Saint Ignatius of Santhia Saint Coloman Blessed Imelda Lambertini Saint Cuthbert Saint Padre Pio of Pietrelcina Blessed James of Bitecto Saint Dominic Savio Saint James of the March Saint Edmund Rich of Canterbury Blessed Paula Frassinetti Blessed James Oldo Saint Edward the Confessor Saint Peregrine Laziosi Blessed James of Pieve Saint Etheldreda Blessed Peter Ghigenzi Blessed James of Strepar Blessed Eustochia Calafato Saint Philip Neri Saint Jean-Marie-Baptiste Vianney Saint Ezequiel Moreno y Diaz Saint Pierre Julien Eymard (The Curé of Ars) Saint Francis of Paola Saint Rita of Cascia Blessed Jane Mary of Maille Saint Francis Xavier Saint Romuald Blessed Jane of Signa Saint George Preca Saint Rose of Lima Saint Jane of Valois Saint Germaine Cousin Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne Saint John Bosco Saint Guthlac Blessed Sibyllina Biscossi Saint Joseph of Cupertino Annibale Maria di Francia (Founder of Saint Silvan Saint Louis Bertrand the Rogationist and Daughters of Divine Saint Stanislaus Kostka Bless ed Lucy of Narni Zeal) Saint Teresa of Avila Blessed Margaret of Castello Saint Herculanus of Piegaro Saint Teresa Margaret of the Sacred Saint Margaret of Cortona Saint Hugh of Lincoln Heart Blessed Margaret of Lorraine Saint Idesbald Saint Ubald of Gubbio Blessed Mark Marconi Saint Isidore the Farmer Saint Vincent de Paul Venerable Mary of Agreda Blessed James of Blanconibus Saint Waltheof Blessed Mary Assunta Pollotta Venerable John of Jesus Mary Saint Werburgh Saint Mary Joseph Rossello Saint Jane Frances de Chantal Saint Withburga Blessed Mary Magdalene Martinengo Saint Jeanne de Lestonnac Saint Wunibald PARISH NEWS 4 JOHN B OSCO C LUB DIOCESE OF M ADISON AFTERSCHOOL P ROGRAM ANNUAL C ATHOLIC A PPEAL 2019 “I N THE L IGHT OF F AITH ” On Thursday, February 21st, 3:15 to 6:00 PM , we are excited to offer a new, weekly, after- school program for children in Elementary and Middle school, the John Bosco Club (JBS) ! This program is open to all families in our community who would like their children to learn more about Jesus. The children from Fennimore Elementary School will The theme for the 2019 Annual Catholic Appeal of the be picked up directly after school, and walk over to Diocese of Madison is “In the Light of Faith.” We ask St. Mary Church with Mrs. Amy Scanlan. that God guide us, In the Light of Faith , and give us the ability to put our faith in Him to allow us the capacity to There will be a snack, and a structured time for home- love and care for those in our parishes, our diocese and work and help with reading skills . The children will the Church throughout the world. We ask that His grace enjoy time to play with the many games and activities make us even more generous in supporting those needs. in our Family Recreational Center. Each pledge to the Annual Catholic Appeal supports Father Alex will provide a spiritual talk in the church, diocesan ministries, education and services and assures a which will be followed by a different activity, game, craft strong future for the Diocese of Madison and the people project, etc., each week. A meal will be provided. that it serves. To enroll your children in the This year each of us is asked to consider making a program, please contact pledge, payable over six months.
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