St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Community February 20/21, 2021 www.stcatofsiena.org 228 E. Blossom St Ripon, Wisconsin
Parish Office 218 E Blossom St Ripon WI 9207482325 Pastor Fr Davies Edassery Phone 4142554060 [email protected] Dir of Administrative Services/ DRE Diane Nowinski 9207485456 Email [email protected] If you need anything, give us a call or email us.
PǢǑǩǕǢ HǟǤ LǙǞǕ If you are in need of prayer or would like to pray for others, please call/email Laura Kasuboski 7485913 [email protected], or Carol Kimball 7483933 or the parish office. BǑǠǤǙǣǝ CǜǑǣǣǕǣ Parish membership and a preparation class is required for all baptisms. Please contact the parish office to register.
MǑǢǢǙǑǗǕ Parish membership is Archdiocesan Mission a requirement for Marriage at St. Catherine of Siena. Archdiocesan “The Gift of Sunday” Policy requires contact with the parish office at least six months March 3, 2021 prior to your marriage and before a date can be finalized. The 7 pm p 8:30 pm pastor will work with you to complete the necessary See Insert in this bulletin, our website requirements and preparation in and facebook page order to enter into the sacrament of marriage in the Catholic Church. Parish Staff: Fr Davies Edassery, SAC Administrator Fr Robert Fictum, Fr, William Whalen, Fr Jack Pfeifer, Senior Priests Director of Administrative Services/DRE Diane Nowinski, [email protected] Associate DRE/Parish Secretary Esther Royce Parish Organists: Sandy Polcyn Music Coordinator; Ann Somers; Erin Mueller; St Patrick Cemetery Fred & Sally Kasuboski 7482002
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Chicken DinnerNtentative Date April 24th or those attending Mass and for those coming from 25th. We are planning on a Drive Thru event at outside of town to celebrate Mass. We would ask this time and it will be the same as last year in those who normally attend Mass during the week August. If you would like to donate a raffle prize, to listen to the local radio station on those storm please let Diane know in the office to get your days. daily mass will be canceled in the event prize on the raffle ticket. The last two raffles we RIPON Public schools are closed, delayed in had people (nonparishioners) bought tickets starting, or go virtual because of the cash they could win, so cash because of a snow storm prizes are always good. If you could get any or road conditions. Please prizes to me by the end of February, then I can tune in to our local radio send the tickets into the printer. station and area TV stations who broadcast this Another update with the Chicken Dinner. We are information for the Ripon in the process of purchasing ovens for our kitchen Schools. here at St. Catherine of Siena. We were informed in early January that CJ’s has been sold Have a great weekend!, and the new owners didn’t want the contents. We Diane had the option to buy her ovens for our facility. After careful consideration, the Finance council made the decision to purchase new ovens for our Scrip kitchen using some of the money we received from the Estate of Fr. John Schmitz. The council Reminder we still have scrip cards available for felt that Fr. Schmitz would have approved of this your use and your gift giving. upgrade to our /his facilities. The Ovens are on order and should be in by the middle of February Give the parish Office a call and we can make which will give us time to get used to them. arrangements for you to get the cards you want! With onsite convection ovens, we could have new fundraising opportunities. Tune in to Relevant Radio 100.1FM or online at www.relevantradiomilwaukee.com: talk radio for Live Streaming Reminder Catholic Life in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee! St Catherine of Siena is live streaming Mass each Also on station 1050 am Green Bay. weekend. The Mass can be found at www.https://www.stcatofsiena.org/ and click on the Facebook link at the top of the page. Pastoral Care If you wish Fr. Davies to come and visit you to talk, bring communion or anoint you, please call him directly at 4142554060 or call me in the Parish Office at 9207482325 or my cell phone 9208961155, and we can arrange a safe visit. Texts/Emails from Fr. Davies Fr. Davies will never text/or email you asking for a favor. If you reply to either “he” will request you purchase some gift cards like $500 worth for someone who is in need. This is not Fr. Davies,. DO NOT REPLY OR ENGAGE THESE PEOPLE. IT IS A SCAM Winter Policy for Weekday Mass Cancellation In the event of a winter snow or ice storm, weekday Mass will be canceled for the safety of 2
Parish Calendar Stations of the Cross and Mass February Friday’s of Lent 23 Pastoral Council 5:15 Every Friday of Lent we will have 24 Religious Ed Classes stations of the cross in the church Grade 1 5 end of school to 4:45 pm Grade 6 11 7:00 pm 8:30 pm at 4:30 pm followed by Mass at 5 pm. 26 4:30 Stations of the Cross/Mass at 5 pm March We will live stream the stations the 2 Worship Committee at 5:15 pm first Friday and will have it availa- 3 Archdiocesan Mission 7 pm ble on our Facebook page for you to view anytime during lent. 3 Religious Ed Classes Grade 1 5 end of school to 4:45 pm Grade 6 11 7:00 pm 8:30 pm 5 4:30 Stations of the Cross/Mass at 5 pm 6 First EucharistNFirst Meeting at 9 am 10 Religious Ed Classes Grade 1 5 end of school to 4:45 pm Your Talents are Needed Grade 6 11 7:00 pm 8:30 pm Because of the suggested restrictions on 12 4:30 Stations of the Cross/Mass at 5 pm those over 65 yrs. of age, we need younger people to step up and become involved in the ministries. We are in need of All the Ministries: But can use Christian Women Cookbooks! Ushers, Lectors, Eucharistic Ministers and cantors at this time.. Especially lectors at 4 pm The cookbooks are available and for Training will be provided for all ministries. sale!. Cookbooks $15.00 If you would like one, or two, please If you can help please contact Diane at the parish let Laura Kasuboski know (7485913). office at 9207482325 or The Christian Women are missing out [email protected] . Home phone on the income from Brat Fry’s and at 9207485456 Or text at 9208961155 Funeral dinners but we still have cookbooks! Please consider this request! Thank You!
Welcome!!! If you are currently not a registered member of our parish and would like to join, complete this form and mail it to the office or drop it in the weekend collection. Name:______ Spouse (if applicable)______ Address:______City:______Zip code:______ Phone:______Cell Phone: ______ Email:______ We will follow this up with a phone call or email. This is a great way to stay connected, you will receive the parish emails of upcoming events and more! + Hope you decide to become a member of our parish! We welcome the chance to get to know you. If it is easier you can call the parish office at 7482325 or email them at [email protected]
3 SUNDAY READING MEDITATION February 21, 2021 N First Sunday of Lent GN 9:815; PS 25:45, 67, 89; 1 PT 3:1822; MK 1:1215
As we celebrate our first Sunday of Lent, our of man for our sake. He was fully man, and readings today remind us why we partake in this 40 experienced temptations just like us, yet day Lenten journey N to prepare our hearts for the responded to them perfectly, never falling into sin. resurrection of Christ on the glorious Easter Once He was finished, He began proclaiming the morning. Gospel, saying, “This is the time of fulfillment. The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in Many times throughout Scripture, God presents the gospel.” The Good News of Jesus Christ was great blessings after 40 days of purification. We announced. see an example of this in our First Reading from Genesis. In the story of Noah and the flood, Noah We should strive to fully participate in this Lenten preserves his family and animals on an ark for 40 season by mirroring Jesus, the model steward by days and 40 nights. There is no doubt that this Whom we are called to imitate. Through our time journey was filled with a great deal of sacrifice and in the desert, we will confront evil by weeding out prayer as those days dragged on and the earth was the roots of sin in our lives through fasting. And swallowed up by waters. Yet, after that time of trial, we will be sustained and nourished in the desert Noah and his family received a covenant from the by prayer. If we willingly choose to spend this Lent Lord. God says, “See, I am now establishing my like Jesus, we will be ready to receive the glorious covenant with you and your descendants after you gift of Himself and partake in the riches that pour and with every living creature that was with you… forth from that Gift. that never again shall all bodily creatures be destroyed by the waters of a flood.” And the sign of Let us strive to purify our hearts for the remainder this covenant between God and man is a rainbow, of these 40 days so that we might be ready to “When I bring clouds over the earth, and the bow receive all that God plans to bless us with on appears in the clouds, I will recall the covenant I Easter. Copyright (C) 2020 Catholic Stewardship Consultants have made between men and you and all living All rights reserved beings.” Without the 40day journey in the ark, Noah would not have been able to receive this covenant with a grateful heart. God presents great blessings to those who are prepared to receive them. St. Peter reminds us in our Second Reading of the many blessings we receive from Christ’s passion, death and resurrection. He proclaims, “Christ suffered for sins once, the righteous for the sake of the unrighteous that he might lead you to God.” And again, “[Baptism] is not a removal of dirt from the body but an appeal to God for a clear conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.” These are the many blessings God has shared with us through the gift of His Son. In order to more readily receive the blessings from Christ’s passion, death and resurrection, we too are called endure 40 days “in the desert.” In our Gospel from St. Mark, Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert where He was tempted by Satan. Jesus was called to face trials and to confront evil. During this time, He committed to intense prayer and fasting. It was not necessary for Jesus to go into the desert so that He might be purified. But it was necessary for Him to go into the desert to endure temptations 4 Readings for the Week of February 21, 2021 Mass Intentions Sunday: Gn 9:815/Ps 25:45, 67, 89 Sunday, February 21 [cf. 10]/1 Pt 3:1822/Mk 1:1215 9 am + Bob Fenton by the Horvath Family Monday: 1 Pt 5:14/Ps 23:13a, 4, 5, 6 [1]/ Monday, February 22 Mt 16:1319 No Mass Tuesday: Is 55:1011/Ps 34:45, 67, 1617, 1819 Tuesday, February 23 [18b]/Mt 6:715 4:30 pm + Les and Wayne Endeward by Col. Wednesday: Jon 3:110/Ps 51:34, 1213, 1819 Don Dorsch (Ret.) [19b]/Lk 11:2932 Wednesday, February 24 Thursday: Est C:12, 1416, 2325/Ps 138:12ab, 2cde 8 am + Jack Jonas by Jerry Draeger 3, 7c8 [3a]/Mt 7:712 Friday: Ez 18:2128/Ps 130:12, 34, 57a, 7bc8 [3]/ Thursday, February 25 Mt 5:2026 8 am + Living and Deceased Parishioners Saturday: Dt 26:1619/Ps 119:12, 45, 78 [1b]/Mt Friday, February 26 5:4348 4:30 pm Stations of the Cross Next Sunday: Gn 22:12, 9a, 1013, 1518/Ps 116:10, 5 pm + Jack Jonas by Peggy Adamski 15, 1617, 1819 [9]/Rom 8:31b34/ Saturday, February 27 Mk 9:210 4 pm + Living and Deceased Parishioners Sunday, February 28 Observances for the week of February 21, 2021 9 am + Harry Olm by Karen Stoeberl Sunday: 1st Sunday of Lent Monday: The Chair of St. Peter the Apostle Tuesday: St. Polycarp, Bishop and Martyr Next Sunday: 2nd Sunday of Lent Liturgical Ministries Weekend of February 27 & 28 Liturgical Dedications 4 pm Mass Organist: E Mueller Cantor: J Mueller Bread and Wine Lectors: J Schatzinger, B Olson Servers: T Polcyn/D Brusky/J Kasuboski Sanctuary Candle Eucharistic Ministers: Christine Briskie Bread: D Berndt By Pat Briske Ushers: J/L Kasuboski, B Zimmerman, R Schmitz, S Gratton, R Ketter Bob Somers by Barb Miller 9 am Mass Please contact the office to schedule your dedications Organist: S Polcyn Cantor: volunteer of Bread & Wine and Sanctuary Candles. These Lectors: S Packer, C Isaac dedications can be for a special occasion or in memory Servers: G Lauzon/J Racine/B Stroik of someone. Eucharistic Ministers: Bread: K Olm Cost: Bread & Wine $20, Sanctuary Candle $10 Ushers: R Hilke, E Hiemstra, B Ruelle, L&G Horvath Office Hours Counters February 23, Tuesday 8 am Monday 8 am noon C Bayer, R Ketter, K Townsley, E Mueller Tuesday 8 am noon 1:00 pm 4:30 pm Weekly Offerings Wednesday 8 am noon January 2021 1:00 pm 4:30 pm Thursday 8 am noon Envelopes $14,855.50 /budget $20833.37 Friday 8 am noon Offertory $437.27/ budget $1666.67 Please ring the doorbell, so we can open the door Improvement Fund $253.00 /budget $333.37 for you Diane
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