Memorial Weekend

Fr. John Cyr, Pastor Saturday, May 29th St. John 3:30pm Confessions St Dominic St. John 4:30pm For the People 303 North Galena Avenue Sunday, May 30th| PENTECOST SUNDAY Wyoming • IL 61491 St. Dominic 8:00am For the People (309) 695-4031 St. John 10:00am The Souls in Purgatory

ST JOHN THE BAPTIST Monday, May 31st MEMORIAL DAY Offline 218 First Street Tuesday, June 1st Bradford • IL 61421 St. Dominic 5:15pm Jim Campion from His Family (309) 695-4031 Wednesday, June 2nd FIND US ONLINE St. John 7:30am Jim Davidson from Vickie Johnston Thursday, June 3rd Email .... [email protected] St. Dominic 8am Ed Fussner from Tim & Debbie Shane Facebook ...... @StarkCatholic Friday, June 4th Website .. starkcountycatholic.com St. John 7:30am Bill Sharkey from Joyce Sharkey & Family Instagram ...... @StarkCatholic Saturday, June 5th Twitter ...... @StarkCatholic St. John 3:30pm Confessions Pinterest…… ...... @StarkCatholic St. John 4:30pm For the People Bulletins ...... ParishesOnline.com Sunday, June 6th | Online Giving ... starkcountycatho- St. Dominic 8:00am Pat Colgan from Sharon & David Sager lic.weshareonline.org St. John 10:00am Jim & Eileen Cree from Mary Kosmecki

MINISTRY SCHEDULE PRAYERS

St. Dominic’s Shirley Stabler, Michael Clifford, Saturday, June 5th Jim Henehan, Paul Schupbach, St. John 4:30pm Mass Kim Hardy, Fred & Liz Rockwell, Lector: Larry Roberts Gene & Carolyn Bogner, Leona Servers: Haley Peterson Heaton, Kendra Steelman, Scott Eisenbarth, Margaret Malamphy Sunday, June 6th St. John the Baptist St. Dominic 8:00am Mass Angie Barnes, Madelyne Dietz, & Lector: Coleen Magnussen Rosemary Owens Servers: Cole & Cash Kinsella

Income: 05/23/21 Collection Counters: Mike Finnegan & Tim Colgan St. John 10:00am Mass St. Dominic Lector: Maggie Rouse Collection ...... $888 Servers: Charlie Rouse & Matthew Shipp Building Fund ...... $50 Collection Counters: Dean Waldinger & Charles Rouse Online Giving ...... $136 St. John the Baptist Collection ...... $833 Online Giving ...... $140

MAY 30, 2021 • MOST HOLY TRINITY

ANNOUNCEMENT Priest in the Military Congratulations! Emil Kapaun was a Catholic priest and U.S. Army Chap- Congratulations to Cole Kinsella & Haley Peterson on their lain born in the small Czech farming community of Pilsen, promotion into high school. Please pray for them as they Kansas on April 20, 1916. Growing up he was much like enter high school this coming fall. Also congratulations to any other hardworking farm boy, but was especially mind- Ryan Murphy & Boady Breese on graduating from high ful of God and others. Four years after his ordination as a school. Please pray for them as they begin their exciting fu- priest of the Diocese of Wichita, he entered the Chaplain ture. Please let us know if we are missing any local parish- Corps to serve the troops in World War II and was sent to ioner graduates. the Burma-India theater. In July of 1950 Chaplain Ka- Baptism Announcements paun and the 8th Cavalry Regiment of the Army’s 1st Cav- Congratulations to Lilian, Xavier & Matthew Zoril on mak- alry Division were among the first troops sent to help de- ing their Baptism on Saturday! Also a congratulations to fend nearby South Korea after its invasion by the North. Callan King on making his Baptism on Sunday! Please pray Eventually pushing its way into North Korea, the 8th Cav for them. was ambushed by a large Chinese Army that had secretly Pray the Rosary entered the war. Here, at the Battle of Unsan on November You do not need a special reason to pray the Rosary. Pray it 2, Kapaun once again braved the battlefield to rescue men whenever you get the chance. or give them Last Rites. He showed his dedication to his Father Schaab: 50 years "boys" by choosing to remain with a number of wounded He attended St. Bede Junior College in Peru for two years men rather than escape. Captured by the enemy, this group and earned a bachelor’s degree in philosophy at St. Am- was forced to march over 60 miles to a prison camp along brose University in 1966. He studied theology at St. Paul the Chinese border in the bitter cold. Along the way, Fa- Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota, and then was sent to ther Kapaun carried his wounded comrades and encour- Catholic University of America for a bachelor’s degree in aged them to do likewise. For his actions at the Battle of sacred theology and a licentiate in sacred theology, focusing Unsan, Kapaun was awarded the military’s highest award, on historical theology. Father Schaab was ordained on May the Medal of Honor, in 2013. In his seven months in the 22, 1971, by Bishop John B. Franz at St. Mary’s Cathedral prison camp, Father Kapaun spent himself in heroic ser- in Peoria. He served as parochial vicar at St. Malachy in vice to his fellow prisoners without regard for race, color, Rantoul and Holy Trinity in Bloomington before being sent or creed, giving them help and hope when they needed it for post-graduate studies in sacramental theology at San An- most. Ignoring his own ill health, he nursed the sick and selmo in Rome from 1977 to 1979. Also studying there were wounded, stole food for the hungry, picked lice off of men, young priests who would go on to serve as Cardinal Wilton washed dirty and soiled clothing, and encouraged men Gregory of Washington, D.C., Bishop Felipe de Jesus Es- through prayer and humor to keep fighting for life. Falling tevez of St. Augustine, Florida, and Bishop Thomas sick, the Chinese moved Father Kapaun to a so-called hos- Olmsted of Phoenix, Arizona. As a pastor or administrator, pital, where, denied medical assistance, his death soon fol- Father Schaab has served at St. Patrick Church of Merna in lowed on May 23, 1951. Bloomington and St. Mary in Downs; Mary, Our Lady of Peace, in Orion and St. Maria Goretti in Coal Valley; and St. Pius X in Rock Island. He continues to help with Masses at parishes in the Diocese of Peoria and the Archdiocese of Chicago. Mail for Father Schaab may be sent to 3262 E. Senachwine Valley Road, Putnam, IL 61560. You can read the full article on thecatholicpost.com Make a Planned Gift Where there is a WILL, there is a way… to be an angel for our Parishes. Please remember us in your will. Your attor- ney can add a simple, inexpensive amendment to your exist- ing will to leave a gift for St. Dominic’s or St. John the Bap- tist’s parishes, or both! Please consider this chartable act.

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