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St. Mary & St. Charles St. Mary & St. John Parishes May 30, 2021 Congratulations to the 8th grade graduates from St. Charles and St. Mary’s Schools. We Welcome You Anointing of the Sick We welcome you to our parishes. If you would like to Whenever someone is seriously ill, hospitalized, or become a member of one of our parishes, please con- is dying, please contact the Bloomington parish tact the parish office (994-2526- Bloomington or 725- office immediately. If you or someone you know is 5595-Cassville) to register. For those who are inter- sick and would like to be included in the Mass pray- ested in becoming Catholic or returning to the ers, please call the parish office. Catholic faith, please contact Fr. John. Vocations The Sacrament of Reconciliation Please contact Fr. John if you or someone you know Fr. John will be available to hear confessions on would like to learn more about becoming a priest, Mondays from 4:45-5:30 p.m. at St. Charles and brother, sister, deacon, or lay church minister. Please pray for more vocations to the priesthood from 6:00-6:45 p.m. at St. Mary’s, Bloomington. and all religious ministries! Baptism May God bless our new parents! Please contact St. Charles and St. Mary’s School-Faith, Fr. John to schedule the baptism of your child at Family and Academic Excellence your church and to attend a baptismal preparation To register your child, please call Mrs. Copsey session. at 994-2435 for St. Mary School or Ms. Dianne Makovec at 725-5173 for St. Charles School. Marriage St. Mary and St. Charles Schools admits students of Congratulations on your upcoming marriage! Please any race, color, national and ethnic origin. call Fr. John at least six months in advance of the wedding. One of the parties must be a practicing Catholic. Rev. John Meinholz 608-994-2526 608-725-5595 Most Holy Trinity May 30, 2021 Liturgy Schedule Most Holy Trinity Sat. 5/29 4:30 PM Joe & Verna Mergen (Cassville) “In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the 8:00 PM Frank VanBogaert (Glen Haven) Holy spirit.” We say this when we enter a church, Sun. 5/30 8:00 AM Brian and Brenda McCabe when we begin Mass, when we pray. It is our identity. (Patch Grove) It reminds us that we are in the presence of God. It 9:15 AM Joseph F. & Verna Mergen joins us to millions of other Christians across time and space. (Bloomington) It expresses our belief in the Triune God. Three persons in one 10:30AM All Parishioners (Cassville) God enabled God to become incarnate, enabled God to come Mon. 5/31 8:15 AM No Mass (Cassville) down upon us in baptism, and enables God to be with us here 8:45-9:30 AM Adoration (Cassville) today and every day. Let us contemplate the great wonders Tues. 6/1 8:15 AM Francis & Betty Breuer (Cassville) God has done and continues to do in our daily lives. Wed. 6/2 8:15 AM John Patterson (Bloomington) Thurs. 6/3 7:30-8:05 AM Adoration (Bloomington) 8:15 AM Joanne and Kim Cliff (Bloomington) Memorial Day Remembrance Fri. 6/4 8:15 AM No Mass As we come to another memorial day, we are not only able to reflect with gratitude on the lives of the Sat. 6/5 4:30 PM Leonard & Arlene Schmidt (Bloomington) men and women who served our country. We are 8:00 PM Mary (Metcalf) Huser (Glen Haven) grateful that we are able again to gather to honor Sun. 6/6 8:00 AM All Parishioners (Patch Grove) them in communities around our country. During the 9:15 AM Ann Meyer (Bloomington) last year a number of veterans have died and we have gathered 10:30AM Dr. Bernard Bernhardt (Cassville) to pray for them. Just this last week I have been a part of a funeral Scripture for the week of May 31, 2021 Mass for Nicholas John “Jack” Valentine who was killed in a Monday: Zep 3:14-18a or Rom 12:9-16; horrific battle during the Korean war. He was a member of Is 12:2-3, 4bcd-6; Lk 1:39-56 Battery B, 57th Field Artillery Battalion, 7th Infantry Division. Tuesday: Tb 2:9-14; Ps 112:1-2, 7-9; Mk 12:13-17 Wednesday: Tb 3:1-11a, 16-17a; Ps 25:2-5ab, 6-7bc, 8-9;Mk 12:18-27 His funeral Mass was at St. Charles in Cassville. He is one of Thursday: Tb 6:10-11; 7:1bcde, 9-17; 8:4-9a; Ps 128:1-5; Mk 12:28-34 many people who gave their lives in defense of our country. Friday: Tb 11:5-17; Ps 146:1b-2, 6c-10; Mk 12:35-37 Saturday: Tb 12:1, 5-15, 20; Tb 13:2, 6efgh-8; Mk 12:38-44 We Need the Mass Sunday: Ex 24:3-8; Ps 116:12-13, 15-18; by Bishop Donald Hying from the May 13, 2021 issue Heb 9:11-15; Mk 14:12-16, 22-26 of the Catholic Herald We can never forget that, on the last night of His Banns of Matrimony earthly life, as Jesus faced betrayal, arrest, mockery, torture, III Jesse Mullikin & Kristin Collins on June 5, at and the Cross, He was thinking of us, not Himself. St. Mary Church, Bloomington. At the Last Supper, the Lord wanted to give us the most profound, enduring, intimate, and saving expression of Baptism His love for us; wanting to remain with us always, He gave us We joyfully welcome to God’s holy family Scarlett Himself in the most Holy Eucharist. Jean Haldeman, daughter of Todd and Julie Haldeman, This Blessed Sacrament is the greatest gift the Lord who was baptized at St. Charles Church. could have offered us; as St. John Vianney reminds us if God had something better or greater to give us, He would have Happy Anniversary to Fr. John given us that. Congratulation to Fr. John on the 44st Anniversary of What we do at the Mass his Ordination to the Priesthood on June 3. We are blessed to The Mass is our participation in the life, death, and have him as the pastor of our parishes! Please pray for and Resurrection of Christ. We offer our lives, especially the past encourage more vocations to the priesthood and religious life. week’s prayer, work, joy, suffering, sacrifice, and love to the Father, in union with Jesus on the altar. All Diocese of Madison Covid restrictions The bread and wine symbolize our gifts to the Lord for Mass will end by June 11. and we receive our offering back, now transformed into the Body and Blood of Christ. Evangelization—Bishop Hying This holy exchange is the ongoing renewal, Bishop Hying wants all Catholics in the diocese to continuation, and indeed, the consummation of the marriage commit to evangelization. Since we cannot share what we do between Christ and His Bride, the Church. not possess ourselves. He has four simple things that we can do In Mass, we thank the Lord for the inestimable gift of to grow in faith. salvation offered to us through the Crucifixion, death, and 1. Develop or strengthen a habit of going to rising of Jesus. confession regularly, ideally at least once per month. We have been saved from an eternal existence of sin, 2. Prioritize Sunday as the Lord’s Day in your lives shame, despair, hopelessness, death, and separation from God. especially by attending Mass. We have been saved for grace, mercy, joy, peace, 3. Commit to spending at least 15 minutes per day forgiveness, and eternal union with the Blessed Trinity. in prayer, ideally praying often with Scripture. Realizing what we have been saved from and who we have 4. Make asceticism (voluntary practices of self- been saved for draws us to a posture of profound gratitude, denial) a regular part of their lives, beginning with at least worship, and praise. (continued next week) the mandatory observance of Fridays as penitential fasting. St. Mary Church, Bloomington St. John Church, Patch Grove ST. MARY’S SCHOOL NEWS St. John’s Summer Fest. Faith, Family and Academic Excellence Mark your calendar and plan to attend St. John’s For more information about St. Mary's School, please Summer Fest. on Saturday, August 14. There will contact Mrs. Kelly Copsey at school 608-994-2435 or be Mass at 4:30 p.m. followed by a delicious Chicken & Ham Dinner, Raffle, and Auction. Plan to attend this at home 608-732-2572. fun event. SCRIP: SCRIP gift cards are a great way to do your shopping and helps support St. Mary School at the same ST. JOHN’S CCW NEWS time. We carry cards for national retailers, local gas cards, St. John’s CCW will be meeting after the 8:00 a.m. Mass Piggly Wiggly and Wal-Mart as well as most local venders. on Sunday, June 6. You can purchase SCRIP at Economy Feed Mill and the SCRIP program is online. End of Fiscal Year is June 30, 2021 Thank you to St. Mary’s and St. John’s parish members and others for the generous donations of church St. Mary’s Bible School support, gifts, and memorials so that we have been able to St. Mary’s Bible School for children entering 5K-4th pay our expenses during this most challenging year. grade is planned for June 7-9 from 8:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.