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Saint James Parish Newsletter 830 East Veterans Way Mukwonago, WI 53149 262-363-7615 www.stjamesmukwonago.org APRIL 2019 Welcome Marco Melendez MARCO ANTONIO MELENDEZ, Liturgical Musician, Music Educator, Choral Director, & Vocal Pedagogue A native of San Angelo, Texas, Marco Antonio Melendez began his musical career as a member of the world renowned American Boychoir. While attending the American Boychoir School in Princeton, New Jersey, Mr. Melendez performed in venues such as Carnegie Hall and Avery Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center in New York City with renowned musical figures such as Dr. James Litton, Dr. Joseph Flummerfelt, Yo-Yo Ma, Andre Previn, Wynton Marsalis, and Kurt Masur. As a conductor, educator, and sacred musician, Mr. Melendez has led choirs, taught seminars, and has been a guest artist for churches and music programs throughout the country. At only fifteen years of age, he was named the music director of the San Angelo Singing Boys of San Angelo, Texas. Two years later, he was named music director of St. Mark Presbyterian Church, San Angelo. He has founded several choral programs throughout the country as well as a Vocal Music Institute designed to provide young, dedicated singers an advanced level program in which they can progress in their efforts to becoming musical scholars. He has been music director of churches throughout Texas, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and California. As director of music ministries of First United Methodist Church in San Angelo, TX he led the Sanctuary Choir on a tour to New York City, performing in Carnegie Hall with world renowned composer/conductor John Rutter. Melendez also served as Adjunct Associate Professor of Music at the Peck School of the Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. As Artistic Director of Milwaukee Children’s Choir, Mr. Melendez prepared his choirs for performances with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, the Milwaukee Ballet, American Boychoir, and many others. He has also prepared choristers for performances with Maestros Edo de Waart, Andreas Delfs, Stuart Chafetz, and for collaborative performances with Rock and Roll Hall of Famer’s THE FOUR TOPS and Grammy award winning legendary guitarist, Carlos Santana. Throughout the first five seasons of his tenure at Milwaukee Children’s Choir, the organization has gone from affecting the lives 450 students to 1,500 students from throughout the Greater Milwaukee area. With Milwaukee Children’s Choir, Melendez has toured throughout the nation, included performances in New York City’s Carnegie Hall, a performance with the Grammy award winning Pacific Boychoir, and performances in 14 states. He is the founder of the Milwaukee Choral Conference, a program designed to provide conversations between school, religious, and community chorus leaders to explore solutions for promoting and preserving the choral arts of today, as well as future generations. Conference clinicians have included Dr. Anton Armstrong, Henry Leck, Dr. Rollo Dilworth and Dr. Doreen Rao. Mr. Melendez has served as the clinician of several choral festivals and honor choirs in Wisconsin, Virginia, and Florida. He has also led workshops at the State Convention of the Wisconsin Choral Directors Association and at the North Central Division of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) Convention. Recognized as a leader in the field of the adolescent male’s expanding voice, Melendez also served as the Repertoire and Standards Chair for Boychoirs in the North Central Division of ACDA. Mr. Melendez received a bachelor of music in sacred music from Westminster Choir College of Rider University and a master of music in vocal pedagogy from Holy Names University. SAINT JAMES PARISH NEWSLETTER PAGE 2 Lenten Schedule LENT 2019 HOLY WEEK Rosary Palm Sunday, April 13/14 Monday nights at St. James, 5:30-6 PM Saturday 4 PM, Sunday 8:15 AM & 10:30 AM meet in the Activity Center at St. James Eucharistic Adoration Saturday 4:30 PM, Sunday 8:00 AM & 10 AM at Monday nights at St. James, following 6 PM Mass St. Theresa Confession Tenebrae Service, Monday, April 15 Saturdays, 3-3:30 PM at St. James Parish Communities of St. James & St. Theresa Saturdays, 4-4:15 PM at St. Theresa 7 PM at St. James Daily Mass Holy Thursday, Thursday, April 18 Monday, 6 PM at St. James Mass of the Lord’s Supper Wednesday, 8 AM at St. Theresa 7 PM at St. James Thursday, 8 AM at St. Theresa 7 PM at St. Theresa Friday, 8 AM at St. James Good Friday, April 19, Service with Eucharist Stations of the Cross, Every Friday of Lent 1:30 PM at St. Theresa 11:45 AM Rosary, 12:15 PM Stations of the Cross 7 PM at St. James with Catholic Women at St. James Blessing of Easter Foods, Saturday, April 20 7 PM at St. James 11 AM at St. James No Stations of the Cross on Good Friday 12 PM at St. Theresa Divine Mercy Chaplet Prayer Service Easter Vigil, Saturday, April 20 2:30 PM at St. James on 4/28 Parish Communities of St. James & St. Theresa Spiritual Soup for the Soul - A Lenten Series 8 PM at St. James 6 PM at St. James on 4/3, 4/10 Easter Sunday, April 21 7 AM, 9 AM & 11 AM at St. James 8 AM & 10 AM at St. Theresa Soup for the Soul RCIA St. James and St. Theresa of Eagle This is an important time of year for those who have been invite you to join us for Spiritual Soup preparing to be received into full communion with the Catholic & Substance at St. James. Soup and Church. We have been journeying with five individuals since fall. rolls will be served following the On April 20, at the Easter Evening of Prayer and Reflection. No Vigil, we will welcome RSVP or fee are required for this event, Alex Sealy, Grace Walters but please participate in our Almsgiving focus for the week as newly baptized Christians. Alex and Grace will receive the sacraments : V ]`1C ]`1C of Baptism, Holy Eucharist 1IV and Confirmation. Jason Strickler and Richard Fedor ]V:@V` `8QJ:CR `8:`7V: will receive Holy Eucharist :]]V H.JV1RV` and Confirmation and Erika Stroick will be confirmed. Please congratulate and welcome them into our St. James and St. Theresa Q]1H <V@1VC QJ:. family. We ask that you keep them in your prayers. We also ask CI $101J$ :I1C7`QI1V Catholic Charies that you offer prayers of thanks to our committed catechists: Shelly Q`:J%:J5 Evers, Elaine Banzhaf and Chad Stovern, for their faithfulness and willingness to share our faith with those seeking. They truly fulfill Q%] "%I:JHQJHV`J :`1.#Q%JH1C Pope Francis’ call of accompaniment. PAGE 3 APRIL 2019 St. James Fish Fry St. Theresa Fish Fry Join us on Friday, April 5th between 4:30 and 7 PM St. Theresa Church in Eagle will be serving their next fish fry on for our Fabulous Fish Fry. Choose from Fried or Friday, April 12th! We offer your choice of a 3-Piece Baked Cod Baked Cod, Fried Lake Perch, Fried Walleye, Fried Dinner, 3-Piece Fried Cod Dinner, or an 8-Piece Fried Shrimp Blue Gill or Fried Shrimp. Dinners include your Dinner all for $10 each. Also serving an 8-Piece Chicken choice of French fries or baked potato, coleslaw, Nugget Dinner for $6. Dinners include: Choice of Potato: rye bread, milk and coffee. Child’s dinner of French Fries, Potato Pancakes, or Baked Potato, Coleslaw, chicken nuggets, French fries, applesauce and milk Marble Rye Bread, Milk or Coffee. Beer, soda, wine coolers, is available. Beer, wine coolers, soda and water are available for and delicious home-made desserts are also purchase. St. Vincent de Paul Society will be selling their available. Serving 4:30-7:00pm, Carry-Outs delicious desserts. Dine in or carryout available. are available! Mark your calendars for the last fish fry of the season on May 10, 2019! There will also be a fish fry on Good Friday, April 19th between 4:30 and 7 PM. Menu is the same as above. Council of Catholic Women will be selling their delicious desserts. St. Vincent de Paul Society Retreats Truck will be parked in front of the Parish Center Saturday, May 4, 2019, 10:00 AM. – 6:00 PM A Holy Week Silent Retreat, “The Passion Narrative Through Sunday, May 5, 2019, 7:30 AM. – Noon the Ears of a First Century Listener”, directed by Father John Kingsbury, C.S.S.R., is April 15-20, 2019. Please bring your charitable donations of used clothing (any condition),(good or better condition) A Divine Mercy Preached Weekend Retreat, entitled “Central to or small household items. Regretfully, we cannot the Message of Divine Mercy: Trust”, directed by Father Jim accept large items at this time. Let St. Vincent de White, C.S.S.R., is April 26-28. Paul recycle your items back into use. They will Women of the parish, you have a chance to attend a Silent be donated to the Waukesha County stores to be Midweek Retreat for Women, “Uncover Your Inner Monk”, sold. Profits are used for our many special works from April 30-May 2, presented by Jennifer Christ, a Spiritual of charity to those in need. Our stores are a great place to shop Director of the Archdiocese. and find great bargains. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE! A Spring (yes, it will come!) Day of Prayer is planned for Arrangements for pick-up of 2 or more large items can be Wednesday, May 8th. The cost of this day of prayer and made by calling the truck pick-up service at 262-569-0763 reflection is only $30.00 per person, and a good chance to spend between 9 AM-4 PM.