Fifth Sunday of Lent March 21, 2021

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2530 South Howell Avenue • Milwaukee, WI 53207 of Initiation Infant Baptism Baptism is celebrated regularly throughout the year. Contact the parish office for further information.

Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults Adults wishing to come into full communion with the church, should contact the Director of RCIA for information regarding classes of preparation.

Adult Confirmation Schedule of Masses Post-High School adults 18 years and older who wish to receive the of Weekends: Confirmation are asked to participate in the Inter-parish Collaborative Process beginning Saturday Daily 8:30am each Fall. Contact the Director of Adult Confirmation for information. Saturday Vigil 4:00pm (Suspended UFN) Sunday 11:00am Sacrament of Marriage All couples wishing to celebrate the Sacrament of Marriage at St. Augustine Weekdays: Tuesday & Thursday at 8:30am must be members of the parish for at least one year prior to the date of the : As scheduled in the bulletin. wedding. Contact the Pastor and the Director of Worship a minimum of six Holydays months in advance of your intended wedding date. Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday 9:00am to 10:00am

Anointing of the Sick & Communion to the Sick/Shut-In Parish Office Hours .... Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm Phone ...... 414-744-0808 Parish Membership Parish Email ...... [email protected] Families and Single Persons 18 years and older are asked to register at the Website ...... www.staugies.org Parish in order to receive services the Church offers to all members of our parish Religious Ed www.southeastcatholic.org family. If you would like to join St. Augustine Parish, please call the parish office Parish Hall ...... 414-481-3242 Anyone wishing to celebrate Baptism, Confirmation and Matrimony must be a registered member of the parish and allow for the completion of appropriate Parish Staff Sacramental preparation. Pastor ...... Rev. Philip Schumaker ...... [email protected] Parish Council Members Administrative Assistant/Editor Kim Mueller Ray Funk, Jennifer Foyer, Alan Henderson, Barbara Karges, Tom Nastachowski, Business Manager ...... Terry Rice Frank Pikalek Facilities Director ...... Joe Laska Music & Liturgy ...... Paul Weisenberger Parish Trustees Director of Elementary Religious Ed, Merlin Klemme & Diane Sowinski Adult Confirmation & RCIA Coordinator ...... Karen Bushman 481-0777x1117 St. Academy Director of Youth Ministry 341 East Norwich Street, Milwaukee, WI 53207 Phone 414-744-1214 ...... Rebecca Scholz 481-0777x1135 Website: www.thomasaquinasacademy.com Deacon Pat Lapointe ...... 414-246-4620 Principal, Frank Edgeworth ([email protected]) ...... [email protected] Parish School Board Member, Kristine Fleis

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WELCOME! If you are visiting Augustine from another parish, or if you are new to the area, we are pleased that you have chosen to worship with us. We welcome you to become a member of our parish family. THIS WEEK’S MASS INTENTIONS Please contact the parish office for more information. Tuesday, Mar. 23 Lenten Weekday 8:30a † Marie Endres MASS OF CHRISTIAN BUREAL FOR FR. THOMAS WITTLIFF With hope in the resurrection, we commend to the Lord, Reverend Thursday, Mar. 25 Annunciation of the Lord Thomas Fabian Wittliff, who died Thursday, March 12, 2020, at 8:30a † Betty Skurulsky the age of 82. , Lenten Weekday Saturday Mar. 27 Born on September 9, 1937 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Father 8:30a † Ralph Loehr Wittliff began his priestly formation at St. Mary’s Seminary, Crystal Sunday, Mar. 28 Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord Lake, Illinois (1951-53). He entered Saint Minor 11:00a † Robert Laska Seminary in 1953, and completed his formation for the priesthood at Saint Francis de Sales Major Seminary during the period of 1957- THIS WEEK AT & AROUND ST. 64. He was ordained to the priesthood by Most Reverend William AUGUSTINE E. Cousins, Archbishop of Milwaukee, on May 30, 1964, at the Cathedral of St. , Milwaukee. Monday, March 22 8:00am Pray the Rosary-NL Father Wittliff was appointed to his first assignment on July 1, 1964, 8:30am Daily Mass-NL to serve at St. Hedwig Parish, Milwaukee as curate. On June 17, Tuesday, March 23 1969, he was appointed to the faculty at St. John Cathedral High 8:00am Pray the Rosary-SA Church School. Father was appointed associate pastor at St. 8:30am Daily Mass-SA Parish, Sheboygan, on October 1, 1974, and on November 11, 5:30pm Reconciliation-SHJ 1975, was appointed associate pastor at St. Margaret Mary Parish, 6:00pm Daily Mass-SHJ Milwaukee. He was appointed pastor for St. Anthony, Milwaukee, 6:00pm Stations of the Cross-IC Church on October 1, 1984 and appointed associate pastor for St. Antony 6:30pm Stations of the Cross-SHJ Parish, Milwaukee on October 7, 1985. Father was appointed on Wednesday, March 24 March 25, 1988, to serve as the pastor at St. Augustine Parish, 7:00am Daily Mass-IC Milwaukee; he served this faith community until his retirement from 8:00am Pray the Rosary-SV active ministry on January 31, 2006. 8:30am Daily Mass/STAA-SV A concelebrated Mass of Christian Burial for Father Wittliff will be Thursday, March 25 6:30am Pray the Rosary-IC celebrated at 10:00am on Saturday, March 27, 2021, at the Basilica of St. Josaphat, Milwaukee (2333 South 6th Street). A visitation 7:00am Daily Mass–IC will not take place. 7:30am 24 Hour Eucharistic Adoration-IC 8:30am Daily Mass-SA TO HOST VESPERS 9:00am-10:00am Adult Bible Study-SP Join us on Sunday, March 28th at 6:00pm for an evening 5:30pm Adoremus/Reconciliation-SP of Vespers with Bishop James Schuerman. Friday, March 26 READINGS FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH 21, 2021 7:00am Daily Mass–IC Sunday: Jer 31:31-34/Ps 51:3-4, 12-13, 14-15 [12a]/Heb 5:7-9/Jn 8:00am Pray the Rosary-SP 12:20-33 or Ez 37:12-14/Rom 8:8-11/Ps 130:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 [7]/ 8:30am Daily Mass-SP Jn 11:1-45 or 11:3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45 3:00pm Stations of the Cross-SA Church Monday: Dn 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 or 13:41c-62/Ps 23:1-3a, 6:00pm Stations of the Cross-SP 3b-4, 5, 6 [4ab]/Jn 8:1-11 Saturday, March 27 Tuesday: Nm 21:4-9/Ps 102:2-3, 16-18, 19-21 [2]/Jn 8:21-30 8:00am Pray the Rosary-SA Church Wednesday: Dn 3:14-20, 91-92, 95/Dn 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56 [52b]/Jn 8:30am Daily Mass-SA 8:31-42 12:00pm-2:30pm RCIA Retreat-SV Johnson Hall Thursday: Is 7:10-14; 8:10/Ps 40:7-8, 8-9, 10, 11 [8a, 9a]/Heb 10:4- 9:00am-10:00am Reconciliation-SA Church 10/Lk 1:26-38 9:15am 1st Adult/Child-SV Johnson Hall Friday: Jer 20:10-13/Ps 18:2-3a, 3bc-4, 5-6, 7 [cf. 7]/Jn 10:31-42 3:30pm-4:15pm Reconciliation-IC Saturday: Ez 37:21-28/Jer 31:10, 11-12abcd, 13 [cf. 10d]/Jn 11:45- 4:30pm Combined IC/SA/SHJ Vigil Mass-IC Church 56 Sunday, March 28 Next Sunday: Mk 11:1-10 or Jn 12:12-16/Is 50:4-7/Ps 22:8-9, 17- 8:30am-10:15am RCIA-Church 18, 19-20, 23-24 [2a]/Phil 2:6-11/Mk 14:1—15:47 or 15:1-39 LPi 9:00am Mass-IC 11:00am Mass-SA 6:00pm Vespers with Bishop Schuerman-IC Church CONVERSATIONS AFTER MASS PARISH STEWARDSHIP

Keep the good feelings from Mass going! Share your family’s answer to the March 7, 2021 following question. Weekly ...... ……$3,657.00 Question: Once we can begin traveling again, where would you like to go first? Special Monthly ...... $381.00 CRS RICE BOWL-COMMUNITY IN MADAGASCAR Offertory ...... $202.00 Poor nutrition can lead to devastating long term consequences for individuals, First Offering ...... $10.00 communities and entire countries. That’s why communities must work together to Meal Program ...... $65.00 ensure that all children have access better food and nutrition. New planting and Easter ...... $20.00 cooking techniques are helping many communities in Madagascar improve the Easter Flowers ...... $90.00 health and wellbeing of their children. How does your community work together Online Giving ...... $292.00 Total $4,717.00 for the good of others? Visit crsricebowl.org to learn more. 132 envelopes were used this week. LOAVES OF LOVE LENTEN INITIATIVE The St. Augustine Ladies Society is sponsoring Loaves of Love, an initiative to collect items to make and deliver approx. Loaves SANCTUARY LAMPS 400 meal bags to the Milwaukee Rescue Mission on Saturday, Of Dolores Geske April 3. Through March 28. There are a few items still Love Donald Geske needed. *Juice Boxes *Sliced Bread *Granola/Cereal Lorraine Harling Bars. You can drop these items in marked boxes in the Mary Klemme vestibule of church after Mass, at the parish office or at two community sponsor Mark Kolancheck business locations: Layton Fruit Market @ 1838 East Layton and Gator’s Pub at Mary Beth Lauritzen 601 East Bolivar Ave. When dropping off bags at business locations, please mark Arnold & Justine Stout the bags “Loaves of Love.” For more information, to make a cash donation and/or Agripine Toth help with preparing/delivering the bags, contact Stephanie at 262-378-0151 or Jerry Werner [email protected]. Becky Zacharias

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL MEAL PROGRAM Thank you for your generous donations to the St. Vincent de Paul meal program. BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEK We recently sent a check to SVDP for $500.00 to offset the costs of their meals-to- go program at the south site location. 22 Br. Marco Melendez, Crcx 23 Benjamin Blahnik Sr., Juliet Wonio 24 Alejandro Mora, Megan Sokolowski FINAL FIRST EUCHARIST PREPARATION SESSION 25 Gerald Serdynski Children and a parent will participate in the final preparation program 26 Jennifer Foyer for First Eucharist on Saturday March 27; 9:15 – 10:30am; St. 27 Kathleen Banach, Patrick Fleis, Veronica Johnson Hall. At this session, children will have the opportunity to taste a Amy Gulbronson, Juan Hernandez host and talk about their readiness to receive the sacrament. 28 Alyssa Buckner, Albert Dickenson RCIA SCRUTINY III Marlowe Rivera-Walz This is the final Scrutiny for our catechumen. Each week, they have been looking carefully at their lives in order to root out anything that might be standing in the HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE way of their relationship with Jesus. This week, we will hear about the raising of Lazarus from the Gospel of John. The priest prays that Jesus came so that we may HOLY THURSDAY, APRIL 1ST have life and have it abundantly. Therefore, we also pray that Jesus free the Elect St. Augustine 7:00pm from the grasp of death through Baptism so that they might live with Christ in St. Paul 7:00pm glory. OOD RIDAY PRIL ND G F , A 2 MEET OUR SOUTH SHORE PARISH RCIA PARTICIPANTS Immaculate Conception Noon Our six parishes are blessed with four adults and four children who will join the Sacred Heart of Jesus 3:00pm Nativity of the Lord 3:00pm Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil. During Lent we ask our parishioners to keep them in your prayers. Each week we will print a short biography so you can get to FOOD BASKET BLESSING, APRIL 3RD know them. Nativity of the Lord 11:00am Veronica Swanson/Catechumen St. Augustine St. Paul Noon Veronica is a young adult engaged to Oliver Bestul. She has been considering Immaculate Conception 1:00pm baptism and becoming Catholic for approximately four years. When asked for her HOLY SATURDAY, APRIL 3RD reasons for joining the Church she said, “I feel a connection to the old traditions of St. Augustine 8:00pm Catholicism and appreciate that it is a religion that is very personal. From the St. Veronica 8:00pm outside, it seems like a standardized religion involving set prayers and motions EASTER SUNDAY, APRIL 4TH during Mass, but I find that these aspects actually allow me to consider more deeply Immaculate Conception 9:00am my relationship to God without worrying about what I say and how to express it.” Sacred Heart of Jesus 10:15am She is looking forward to participating in the Eucharist and feast days of the . St. Augustine 11:00am

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