Florian Under the Care of the Discalced Carmelite Friars 1233 South 45 Street, West Milwaukee, WI 53214-3615

July 4, 2021 ~ Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

PARISH STAFF WEEKEND MASSES Under the Care of the Discalced Carmelite Friars Saturday (Anticipated) ...... 4:00 p.m. Phone ...... 414-383-3565, extension 2 Sunday ...... 8:00 a.m. Email ...... [email protected] DAILY MASSES (in the Main Church at this time) Maintenance: Joseph Rivest T, Th and F ...... 5:00 p.m. Secretary: Jacqueline Wick followed by Euch. Ad. & Ben...... until 6:45 p.m. ST. FLORIAN PARISH OFFICE M and W this week only ...... 8:00 a.m. 1210 South 45 Street, West Milwaukee, WI 53214-3614 followed by Euch. Ad. & Ben...... until 9:30 a.m. Phone ...... 414-383-3565, ext. 0 Saturday ...... 8:00 a.m. Fax ...... 414-383-2708 with Confessions at ...... 8:30 a.m. Email ...... [email protected] Evening before Holy Day (Anticipated) Website ...... www.stflorian.org ...... 7:00 p.m. (No 5:00 p.m. Daily Mass on Anticipated Holy Days) PARISH OFFICE HOURS Holy Day ...... 8:00 a.m. Monday through Thursday 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. (No 5:00 p.m. Daily Mass on Holy Days) (The Parish Office is closed on Fridays & Holidays.) (Daily Masses or Holy Day Masses subject to change.) PASTORAL COUNCIL Chairperson: Sue Jens ...... 414-328-4042 CONFESSIONS - (in the Main Church) Vice Chair: Lucy Karaba ...... 414-671-1888 Saturday ...... 8:30 a.m. Trustee/Secretary: Russell Miller ...... 414-671-2385 or also by appointment. Please call the Parish Office. Trustee/Treasurer: Sandy Kania ...... 414-672-0364

MUSIC DIRECTORS MARY QUEEN OF CATHOLIC ACADEMY Joseph Carpenter - 4:00 p.m. Sat. choir ...... 414-430-3425 (our Parish Cluster School) • 414-476-0751 Diane Bersch - 8:00 a.m. Sun. choir ...... 414-541-8109 1227 South 116 Street • West Allis, WI 53214 Jen Vega, Principal • Email: [email protected] CHRISTIAN FORMATION OFFICE School Website: mqsca.org Within St. Rita Parish, 2318 South 61 Street , West Allis, WI 53219 Email for Registration Information: [email protected] High School/Confirmation Program RCIA-Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults RCIC-Rite of Christian Initiation of Children “Please remember St. Florian Parish in your will.” Contact the DRE - Director of Religious Education, Barbara Krieger ...... 414-541-7515, ext. 16

FUNERAL PLANNING Please contact Fr. Elijah as soon as possible to make funeral arrangements.

SACRAMENTS Baptism Parish registration and parental instruction required. Please contact the parish office. Marriage Please arrange for a date and instructions at least six months in advance at the parish office. Parish registration is required. Anointing of the Sick and/or Last Rites

Please contact Fr. Elijah at the Parish Office.

PARISH MEMBERSHIP Each family or single adult 18 years old or older living at home or alone is invited and expected to be registered in our parish family at the parish office. Please call the parish office to register. The Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Florian Parish - July 4, 2021 July 3, 2021 Readings for the week of July 4, 2021

through Sun: Ez 2:2-5/Ps 123:1-2, 2, 3-4 [2cd]/2 Cor 12:7-10/

July 11, 2021 Mk 6:1-6a Mon: Gn 28:10-22a/Ps 91:1-2, 3-4, 14-15 ab [cf. 2b]/ Sat., July 3 - St. Thomas, Apostle Mt 9:18-26 8:00 a.m. † Fr. Timothy McGough Tues: Gn 32:23-33/Ps 17:1b, 2-3, 6-7ab, 8b and 15 [15a]/

- Anticipated Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Mt 9:32-38 4:00 p.m. † Josephine & † Joseph Fuys Wed: Gn 41:55-57; 42:5-7a, 17-24a/

Sun., July 4 - The Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Ps 33:2-3, 10-11, 18-19 [22]/Mt 10:1-7 8:00 a.m. The Parishioners of St. Florian Thurs: Gn 44:18-21, 23b-29; 45:1-5/ Ps 105:16-17, 18-19, 20-21 [5a]/Mt 10:7-15 Mon., July 5 - St. Anthony Zaccaria, Priest; Fri: Gn 46:1-7, 28-30/Ps 37:3-4, 18-19, 27-28, 39-40 [39a]/ St. Elizabeth of Portugal 8:00 a.m. † William Pranghofer Mt 10:16-23 Sat: Gn 49:29-32; 50:15-26a/Ps 105:1-2, 3-4, 6-7 Please note there is no 5:00 p.m. Mass today. [cf. Ps 69:33]/Mt 10:24-33 Tues., July 6 - St. Maria Goretti, Virgin and Martyr Next Sun: Am 7:12-15/Ps 85:9-10, 11-12, 13-14 [8]/ 5:00 p.m. † Kathi Amidzich Eph 1:3-14 or 1:3-10/Mk 6:7-13 Wed., July 7 - Weekday 8:00 a.m. † JoAnn Tomm CHANGES FOR MONDAY, JULY 5

Thurs., July 8 - Weekday Please note on Monday, July 5, the Mass time 5:00 p.m. † JoAnne Gannon will change to 8:00 a.m. from 5:00 p.m.

Fri., July 9 - St. Augustine Zhao Rong, Priest and The 8:00 a.m. Mass will be the only Mass that day. Companions, Martyrs 5:00 p.m. Carmelite Perpetual Mass Union This Mass will still continue to be followed by Eucharistic Adoration with Benediction until 9:30 a.m. Sat., July 10 - Weekday; BVM We will return to our regular schedule the following week. 8:00 a.m. † John Sullivan

- Anticipated Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time The Parish Office will also be closed Monday, July 5. 4:00 p.m. The Parishioners of St. Florian NEW INFORMATION FOR Sun., July 11 - The Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time MASS INTENTION & ETERNAL FLAME 8:00 a.m. † Dolores Henrichs When requesting Mass Intentions and Eternal Flames, ETERNAL FLAME please now note that two checks need to be written or two separate cash amounts need to be given. July 3 - July 9, 2021 One for Mass Intentions and the other for Eternal Flames. If you have questions, please call the parish office. In loving memory of: CATHOLIC QUOTE † Stephen Pedersen God the Father, may our hearts bear a deep love for our earthly fatherland as an extension of our love for You, CALENDAR RAFFLE WINNER our Father in Heaven. May our one heart burst with love for all those that deserve our love, June 29, 2021 most especially our family, our nation, and our Church.

$25 - Patricia Carus Source: https://mycatholic.life/saints/saints-of-the-liturgical- year/july-4-independence-day-usa-optional-memorial/ EVERYDAY STEWARDSHIP — RECOGNIZE GOD IN YOUR ORDINARY MOMENTS The Prophecy of You and Me — Prophet. There’s a heaviness to this word. It’s weighted down with meaning. We think of prophets and we think of Charlton Heston with wild hair and a booming voice, reaching out his hand to work wonders of nature by the grace of God. We think of prophets and we think of ancient Biblical history — someone far away, someone so removed from our everyday life. A prophet is someone who knows something we don’t.

When I let you in on this secret, it might scare you at first: in a way, God is calling you to be a prophet. He is calling me. He is calling anyone who hears the truth of the Gospel. However, there is no need for the megaphone and the wild locusts. This prophet gig might not be what you’re thinking.

What does a prophet do? He hears and testifies to the truth, even when it’s uncomfortable, even when it’s unpopular, even when it results in, as Paul says, “weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions and constraints.” A prophet doesn’t have to be smart or rich or ordained; heck, he doesn’t even have to be particularly willing.

All a prophet has to do is listen to the truth. The truth we receive from Christ, through the Gospel and the sacraments, is a mighty gift. But it is a gift that we are not meant to simply keep for ourselves. In possessing it, we are compelled to also pass it on, to share it, to let the Spirit set us on our feet. ~ Tracy Earl Welliver, MTS The Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Florian Parish - July 4, 2021

In July, Please Pray For . . .

Sat., July 3 - St. Thomas, Apostle Patrick Barnes Fr. Larry Netterfield Family 8:00 am Mass Catherine Becker Frankovich, OFM Katherine Papa Donald Fr. Ralph-Elias Mary Priewe 8:30 am Confessions

Sat., July 3 - Anticipated 14th Sunday in Ord. Time Czeszynski Haddix, OCD Elizabeth Reineck 3:00 pm Celebration Choir in Fellowship Room Ralph & Marlene Jeff Huber Lynn Sheng 4:00 pm Mass Daniels Helen Guszkowski Cindy Terrien David Demos Joyce Johnson Edie Wurcer Sun., July 4 - The Fourteenth Sunday in Ord. Time and Claudia Derringer Ruth Kressl Gloria Zelazek Independence Day Gregg & Susan Betty Michalowski Bernie Zimney 8:00 am Mass Dufek Russ Miller 8:30-9:30 am Eucharistic Adoration with Benediction

Mon., July 5 - St. Anthony Zaccaria, Priest; LIVE THE LITURGY — St. Elizabeth of Portugal INSPIRATION FOR THE WEEK The Parish Office is closed today. 8:00 am Mass God never ceases to proclaim His Word. His life-giving 8:30-9:30 am Eucharistic Adoration with Benediction presence continues to sustain all things and keep them in Please note there is no 5:00 p.m. Mass today. being regardless of whether there is the faith to receive or

Tues., July 6 - St. Maria Goretti, Virgin and Martyr perceive Him. Our personal agendas, preconceived ideas, 5:00 pm Mass misconceptions, and expectations can often cause us to be 5:30-6:45 pm Eucharistic Adoration with Benediction so hard of heart and obstinate that we fail to see what God

Wed., July 7 - Weekday is trying to do. While God remains ever present, faith is 8:00 am Mass necessary for God’s power to bear fruit. As we celebrate 8:30-9:30 am Eucharistic Adoration with Benediction our country’s independence, let us not forget the difference between liberties and freedom. While the liberties we have Thurs., July 8 - Weekday are most welcome treasures, only freedom from what 5:00 pm Mass blinds, deceives, and weighs us down can bring happiness. 5:30-6:45 pm Eucharistic Adoration with Benediction God is all about healing, transformation, and hope. In order Fri., July 9 - St. Augustine Zhao Rong, Priest and for God to do what God does best, we have to invite Him in Companions, Martyrs and see Him for who he is. Otherwise, God’s will for 5:00 pm Mass humanity will be something at which we simply take 5:30-6:45 pm Eucharistic Adoration with Benediction offense, a common reaction when something challenges or Sat., July 10 - Weekday; BVM unsettles us. 8:00 am Mass WHY DO WE DO THAT? — 8:30 am Confessions

Sat., July 10 - Anticipated 15th Sunday in Ord. Time CATHOLIC LIFE EXPLAINED 3:00 pm Celebration Choir in Fellowship Room Question: Do young children really need to go to 4:00 pm Mass Confession? How much sin can they really have?

Sun., July 11 - The Fifteenth Sunday in Ord. Time Answer: Ask any mom about her children and see how 8:00 am Mass many would say she has a brood of perfect angels! Parents know that kids do things that are wrong … and INDEPENDENCE DAY they often know they’re doing it! Even toddlers have a

Today throughout the United States, we celebrate our sense of right and wrong. The Church recognizes that their freedom. Our rights are protected and opportunities minds and consciences are not yet fully developed, abound. We recognize that freedom has a cost, one we however, and typically waits until age seven to offer the celebrate and honor on days such as this. It's good to sacrament of Confession. Around that age and beyond, honor those who fight for our country, who may well most young people, when asked, can easily explain why something is wrong. pay the ultimate price for the liberties we're afforded. Confession for children is an excellent way to help them As faithful Catholics, we recognize that there is more to reflect on their actions and accept responsibility for their freedom than simply being at liberty to make our lives behavior. It helps them to grow in their understanding of what we want them to be. St. John Paul II reminds us: sin and how it affects others. This helps them to form their "Freedom is not just doing what we can, it is doing what consciences and make better choices in the future. Most we ought." We become freer within ourselves and importantly, they learn the value of forgiveness, both given within our relationships when we choose what is right and received. Rather than singling out what’s wrong, and good. When we choose sin, we become trapped in Confession offers hope and a new start! Children can grow egoism -- less free, not more. This Independence Day, in understanding God’s unconditional love and develop let's continue to pursue virtue and good character and a sense of inner dignity that transcends their failings. encourage others to do this same. Not bad for five minutes and an “Our Father” or two! GOSPEL MEDITATION — ENCOURAGE DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF SCRIPTURE It’s all so ordinary that we can easily If we’re looking for God to come in an what Jesus says and does, dismissing it miss it. The seagulls hunting and diving event that is so dramatic and intense that as folly. for mollusks at the beach offer a display it knocks our socks off, then think again. God’s life-giving presence continues of determination and precision as they When pondering God’s relationship to sustain that seagull in flight and keep gather their food for the day. It’s simply with His people and God’s action in our all things in being regardless of whether what these creatures do. Yet, there’s a lives, we have to go back to the stable we have the faith to see and understand magical artfulness and skill to their and the recurring, creative, unending this. Our personal agendas, work that speaks volumes about the One power of God’s presence. It was a preconceived ideas, misconceptions, and who breathed life into their being. This quiet, run of the mill kind of night. expectations can often cause us to be is pretty much the way it is with God’s There was nothing spectacular or hardened and blinded to what God is presence. God comes in common ways extraordinary. To the naked eye, a doing or desiring to do. While God through common things and ordinary woman gave birth to a child and there continues to do what he has done for all people. Sadly, we are so engulfed in wasn’t anything extraordinary to see. eternity, faith is needed for God’s our little worlds of order and ideas to We have a hard time understanding presence to bear fruit. The blinders we notice the beauty and wonder of it all. God’s ordinary-ness. Jesus grew up in wear and the expectations we bring to Many have numbed themselves to the an ordinary town, had neighbors and did life can often prevent us from seeing Divine spark at the essence of all life normal human things. Perhaps that’s graced moments that radiate with God’s because that’s just the way it is. What’s why we don’t always like the Gospel. It graceful presence. They also prevent so special about it? A sunset is a sunset doesn’t dazzle us with extraordinary God’s transforming, healing, and hope and a seagull is a seagull. That’s things but simply challenges us to take a filled vision for our world from being precisely what they thought about Jesus different look at our ordinary stuff. realized. Without faith, God won’t be too. After all, isn’t he just the That makes us uncomfortable. We able to do much for us either. carpenter’s son? What merit can his prefer things as they are. Our lack of words possibly have? faith can even cause us to take offense at St. Anthony Zaccaria, Priest — July 5

Anthony Zaccaria was born in , , in 1502. He studied medicine and became a doctor, but he kept wishing to be a priest. Af- ter a few years, he entered the seminary and was ordained a priest. Anthony took Saint Paul for his model and patron. His days were filled with preaching in churches and on street corners. Because several men wanted to join him in his work, Anthony founded a religious order. He called his group in honor of Barnabas, the companion of Paul.

At the time that Luther was dividing the Church in Germany, Anthony and his followers were drawing halfhearted Catholics back to their faith. Anthony encouraged frequent Holy Prayer of Thanksgiving for Freedom Communion and had his priests conduct parish missions.

Freedom is enshrined in our US Constitution. The First Anthony lived only to age 36. He is usually pictured with a Amendment of our constitution protects our freedom of symbol of the , with a crucifix, or with Saint Paul. speech. However, our speech may not infringe upon Source: https://www.loyolapress.com/catholic-resources/saints/saints another's freedom. Freedom does have its limits. -stories-for-all-ages/saint-anthony-zaccaria/ And we must protect everyone's freedoms, not just ours. th On this 4 of July, let us remember from whom all our St. Elizabeth of Portugal — July 5 freedoms originate, our good and gracious God. Elizabeth was a Spanish princess when she married Let us pray... Denis, King of Portugal, about 1282. Elizabeth was very generous to her people. She built a hospital, God, giver of all good gifts, an orphanage, and a shelter for travelers who were Help us to be thankful for rest and food, poor. She also spent time and effort to make peace and remember that, in all we do or say, among the fighting members of her family. you are with us, here this day. We are thankful for all you do The king was a good ruler but not a very good and for everything you have given us. husband and father. Elizabeth wore herself out trying to make But above all we are thankful for our freedoms peace between the king and their only son, who was warring and the ability to protect others' freedom. against his father. She cared for her husband during his long We are free because of you. illness. After he died, she joined the Third Order of Saint Francis. In art, Elizabeth often holds an olive branch or a dove. We ask for your continued blessing on all your creation. Through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Source: https://www.loyolapress.com/catholic-resources/saints/saints Amen. -stories-for-all-ages/saint-elizabeth-of-portugal/ St. Maria Goretti, Virgin and Martyr — July 6 St. Augustine Zhao Rong, Priest, and Companions, Martyrs — July 9 St. Maria Goretti was born near Ancona (Italy). The daughter of a poor peasant Saint Augustine Zhao Rong was a family, Maria was well known to her Chinese diocesan priest who was neighbors for her cheerfulness and piety. martyred with his 119 companions in When she was twelve she was a victim of 1815. Among their number was an assault. She preferred to die rather than eighteen year old boy, Chi Zhuzi, who to lose her virginity. She died in 1902, cried out to those who had just cut off and her mother was present at her his right arm and were preparing to flay him alive: in 1950, the first time a parent "Every piece of my flesh, every drop of my blood was present for a child's canonization. will tell you that I am Christian."

Source: https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/ Source: https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/ calendar/day.cfm?date=2021-07-06 calendar/day.cfm?date=2021-07-09 COMMUNITY AREA ANNOUNCEMENTS Catholic Ecology Center, W1468 County Road NN in Neosho (NW of Holy Hill) from 12:30 - 5:30 p.m.

Laudato Si' Project has started a new ministry, the Catholic Ecology Center, in Dodge County. We seek to deepen faith and foster a stewardship ethic through hands-on encounters with the natural world. Please mark Saturday, July 10, on your calendar.

CEC Blessing and outdoor Mass with Bishop Schuerman. Come celebrate the Catholic Ecology Center with Bishop Schuerman! A day filled with faith, fun and fellowship 12:30 p.m. prayer service/blessing by Bishop Schuerman. Followed by tours of the property, fellowship and activities for families. Outdoor Mass at 4:00 p.m. at our amphitheater with Bishop Schuerman. The event ends at 5:30 p.m. More info: https:// catholicecologycenter.org/events Private Together Silent Retreat for Women Monday, August 2 at 4:00 p.m. - Saturday, August 7 after the Noon meal Redemptorist Retreat Center 1800 North Timber Trail Lane, Oconomowoc

The “Private Together” silent retreat as an opportunity for women to make a personal retreat in a setting of silence, reflection and optional common prayer. Daily Eucharist, Evening Prayer, the Sacrament of Reconciliation, and Spiritual Direction will be available. “Sister Water Beer Garden in a Box” Saturday, July 10, 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Facilitors: Sacred Heart Center Fr. Richard Thibodeau is the Director of the Redemptorist South 28 Street at West Lapham Street, Milwaukee Retreat Center. He was Pastor of St. Alphonsus Parish in The School Sisters of St. Francis have just St. Mary Church, which houses the National Shrine of what you need to enjoy your own beer garden Redemptorist Blessed Francis X. Seelos, in New Orleans. at home with family and friends! Pre-order Fr. Thibodeau is a native of Milwaukee. our Sister Water Beer Garden in a Box now Fr. Ted Lawson was pastor of St. Michael's Parish in thru July 6 and you’ll receive two commemorative pint Chicago and for the last couple of months was assigned to glasses; two Bavarian-style take-and-bake pretzels; a jar of the Redemptorist Renewal Center in Tucson. gourmet mustard; and your choice of “Ale Mary” or Fr. Ted is a native of Pewaukee. “Our Lager” six-packs, or four-packs of regular or diet root beer! Proceeds from this "to-go" fundraiser will help our Sister Susan Fischer, OSF is a Sister of Saint Francis of sisters provide clean water, Assisi and resides in Milwaukee. She is a graduate of renewable energy, and solar power Cardinal Stritch University and has completed a Spiritual Mentoring Program. to thousands of people through our global missions. Details & ordering Register at: https://www.redemptoristretreat.org/product- info are on our website at page/august-2-7-2021-private-together-for-women-silent- www.sssf.org retreat or by calling 1-262-567-6900