Third Sunday of Easter—April 25 & 26, 2020

Third Sunday of easter—April 25 & 26, 2020

Alternative Mass Opportunities Hear to Serve … “TAKEN A WRONG TURN” 10:30am Sundays CBS affiliate, WFRV Local 5 In the days before such things as Google Map, 5:30am Sundays ABC affiliate, WBAY Channel 2 when we had to unfold a state map, or call AAA and get what they called “Trip Tik”, do you re- 8am Sundays channel CW14 member how easy it was to get lost if we were- 9am Sundays Relevant Radio, 1050AM (radio Mass) n't careful? We had all the facts before us, but yet there were times when we didn’t see the Daily Mass is livestreamed Monday—Friday from the campus of details, and we missed a critical turn, and ended Relevant Radio in Green Bay. Access the Mass at the Relevant up on the wrong road. Radio app or at the link http://relevantradio.com/faith/daily-mass- In the Gospel reading today, we hear of two disciples, video/. Live at noon; video can be viewed any time throughout the Cleopas and the other one. They were on a journey to Emmaus. day. Their life had been turned upside down. Their friend, their rab- bi, was condemned, crucified, buried, and now even His body was missing. All that they knew, all that they hoped for was dashed Pray the Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary at the to the ground. They were lost in their misery. They were on the time you typically attend Mass. Even though we wrong road looking for a new way to live. cannot be in church together, we are still the Church. How many of us are feeling like Cleopas and the other Even though we will be praying in our own homes, we disciple amidst this Covid-19 pandemonium? We have been asked are always united as the Body of Christ. Let us join to stay at home. Many of us are worried about our jobs and our our hearts in prayer and lift our voices to God in gratitude for all He savings. Plans have been changed. Many have had to cancel fam- has done and continues to do for us. ily gatherings, change plans for a wedding, or delay a Baptism. For more information on how to pray the Glorious Mysteries: We can’t receive the Sacraments when we want. We can’t even https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUeUKsYAbMY visit our loved ones in nursing homes or our friends in their homes. Are our dreams dashed to the ground? Have we been left feeling our lives have taken a wrong turn and we are on the Mass Contributions wrong road? These two disciples didn’t understand the true meaning With the indefinite suspension of public Masses, parishioners are of Jesus. They still referred to him as only a prophet. They encouraged to consider contributing to the parish by mailing weekly had hoped that Jesus would have restored Israel’s power, but contributions or by electronic giving (direct deposit). The Church will they were still under Roman rule. They were astounded that continue her ministries during this period of financial strain. Please angels announced to the women that Jesus was alive. They had consider maintaining or increasing your level of contributions at this the facts before them, but they missed the details. They didn’t time. see the real truth yet in Jesus. They expected Jesus to take a If you wish to begin using direct deposit, different road than the one that He did. contact the office for assistance. Thank you. But the disciples somehow knew they were on the wrong road because they stopped and listened as Jesus explained scripture to them. They were eager to have Scripture explained Beginning March 30, Modified Hours (SG & HT) to them. They were eager to hear how Scripture was fulfilled in Jesus. They invited Jesus to stay with them and to eat with Office Hours: Mon—Fri 8am—noon them. It was only then when they broke bread with Jesus that Church Hours: Mon—Fri 8am—noon their eyes were opened to all the details of the journey. It was Sat—Sun 8am—5pm only then that they could see clearly the meaning of their own life's journey. It was only after their dinner with Jesus that Call or email any time. they had a real purpose and turned back towards Jerusalem. What about us? How do we see things? As we travel Leave a message and we’ll get back to you in a timely manner. the road we are on do we see the fine details? Are we stopping to ask Jesus to make himself clear to us? Even though public St. Gregory Stewardship: April 11, 12, 18, & 19, 2020 Masses are cancelled, are we attending them on TV with our Bishop? Do we still make the effort to get dressed for Mass and maybe light some candles? Do we respond to the prayers, Weekly Fiscal Year Budget stand for the Gospel and fully participate? We still are able to Envelopes $ 4,518.50 $180,000.00 receive Jesus through Scripture. Even though we can’t physical- Loose $ 00.00 $ 10,000.00 ly receive Communion, we can be together in communion through Total $ 4,518.50 $190,000.00 phone calls, emails, Facebook chats. Jesus is truly with us when Support Budget/2 Weeks $ 7,307.70 $125,847.91 received for year we make a Spiritual Communion. Difference for 2 Weeks -$ 2,789.20 $ 64,152.09 needed by 6/30/20 During this time of social distancing, this time of sacri- Easter Offering: $345 fice, it’s so easy to become separated from Jesus. And when we Total April Green Sunday: $160 become separated from Jesus it’s so easy to focus on the wrong Rice Bowls: $525.12 things, to become filled with worries and anxieties, just like our two disciples today. We need the self discipline to stop and to ask Jesus to journey with us, especially now more than ever. We have to realize without having Jesus in our lives we will be head- Holy Trinity Stewardship for April 12 & 19, 2020 ing in the wrong direction to our own Emmaus. Without “The Breaking of the Bread” we cannot be in true communion with Weekly Fiscal Year Budget Christ and each other. There cannot be Communion without sac- Envelopes $ 4,333.00 $85,000.00 rifice. Let us stop our self-guided journey and invite Jesus into Loose $ 00.00 $12,500.00 our lives in every way we can so that we can see the fine details Total $ 4,333.00 $97,500.00 like Cleopas and the other disciple, then we can be turned Support Budget/2 Weeks $ 3750.00 $76,718.43 received for year around and pointed in the right direction and get back on the Difference for 2 Weeks $ 583.00 $20,781.57 needed by right road to Jerusalem. 6/30/20 Green Sunday: $180.00 Deo gratias, Rice Bowl: $164.00 Dcn. Gary Holy Land: $20.00 Parish News Mass Readings for Week of April 27—May 3

Readings Gospel Parish Elections: Have you heard a calling to serve your Parish? Mon/Apr 27 Acts 6:8-15 John 6:22-29 Holy Trinity has an open position for Secretary Trustee and looking Tues/Apr 28 Acts 7:51-8:1a John 6:30-35 for members to join Parish Council. We are asking for anyone inter- Wed/Apr 29 Acts 8:1b-8 John 6:35-40 ested in serving as our Secretary Trustee or Parish Council mem- Thurs/Apr 30 Acts 8:26-40 John 6:44-51 ber to please contact the Parish Office. St. Gregory has an opening for Finance Council Treasurer Trustee Fri/May 1 Acts 9:1-20 John 6:52-59 and Parish Council member-at-large. Please contact the office to Sat/May 2 Acts 9:31-42 John 6:60-69 express your interest. Sun/May 3 Acts 2:14a, 36-41 Elections are planned for June. I Peter 2:20b-25 John 10:1-10

Are you in need of canned goods or paper products? The Food Pantry may be able to help. Don’t feel comfortable leaving the house? We can deliver. Call Fay Riesterer at 773-2422. The Knights of Columbus Pancake Breakfast scheduled for May 30 at Applebee’s has been cancelled. All tickets CANCELLED—Wed., June 3 Milwaukee Church Tours sponsored purchased for this event will be honored at the next by Caring Hearts and Hands. scheduled breakfast which will be held in early Fall. We thank you for your understanding and Spring/Summer Flowers needed for Worship space and other appreciate your continued support. Watch the bul- areas in church. Looking for Peonies, Lilacs, long steam Zinnias & letin for updates. Asters, Gladiolus. Call the parish offices to make arrangements.

Palm Branches from Palm Sunday—Palm branches will be blessed and distributed at a later date (as directed by the Diocese Thoughts for Today’s Readings … of Green Bay). To the Point: In the gospel story of the Little White Books for the Easter Season are available in the road to Emmaus, we find an image of our parish offices. They are $1 each. Parish Offices are open 8am- liturgy. On the road Jesus, the Word of noon, Monday—Friday. God, interprets the Scriptures for the un- witting disciples. Then, when they arrive at their destination, he becomes the high priest who take bread, blesses, breaks, and shares it with his companions. The disciples, nourished and empowered by the Word they have heard and the bread they have shared, rush out to share the good news of CRS Rice Bowls can be dropped off at the par- Jesus’ resurrection with the rest of their community. ish offices between 8am—noon. Thank you to everyone who has already brought them in. Connecting the Gospel to Experience: The Jesus that Peter announces, who cannot be held by death, is the one who continues Please pray for the repose of the soul of Rosemary Holfeltz, to go about his Father’s work of finding the lost and restoring them Holy Trinity, who passed away on Tuesday, April 14. May God to communion. He continues to reach out to us in Scripture and the grant her eternal rest and be with her family at this difficult time. On sacraments; do we recognize his presence there? behalf of the Holy Trinity & St. Gregory Parish communities, we offer our prayers and condolences to her family. 1. It is the third Sunday of Easter. For the forty days of Lent we took up the practices of intentional prayer, fasting, and almsgiv- A Universal Online Giving page at ing. In Easter there are fifty days of celebration. How does www.catholicfoundationgb.org/donate has been created by the your family or community continue to keep the Easter feast? Catholic Foundation for all parishes. This short-term solution is an opportunity for your family to give 2. In the Acts of the Apostles, for the first time Peter stands before to your parish during these times a crowd to proclaim the resurrection of Jesus the Nazorean. without public Masses. When Where do you find strength and courage when something new you visit this secured page, all is required of you? you have do is enter your information, parish name, and gift 3. On the road to Emmaus we are told that Jesus “drew near and amount. It’s so easy! When HT walked” with the disciples. In the life of discipleship, how do or SG Parish receives a gift, the you perceive Jesus as walking alongside you? Catholic Foundation will mail a check for the amount to the designated parish. 4. The disciples describe their interaction with Jesus as one that caused their hearts to burn within them. What spiritual practic- Request for help with the Salvatorian Cemetery— es bring you closer to Jesus? After many years of faithfully caring for the lawn and Source: Living Liturgy 2020, Liturgical Press gravestones of the cemetery at Loretto Hill on the old Salvatorian seminary grounds, Mr. Edward Olig is now enjoying a well-deserved retirement. Thank you, Mr. Olig!

The Society of Divine Savior is now looking for someone to take over this ministry to the community and our deceased confreres, volunteer or paid. Please contact Fr. Jeff Wocken, SDS at 414-258-1735 or provin- [email protected]. From April 27—May 3 “The disciples, nourished and empowered the Sanctuary Candles are burning by the Word they have heard and the in memory/honor of: bread they have shared, rush out to share the good news of Jesus’ resurrection with Holy Trinity: St. Gregory: the rest of their community.”

Milan & Beatrice Neils Gary Baumann ——————— ** Mrs. Patty Wilhelm, Coordinator- Frank & Marian Braun [email protected] ** Mrs. Rita Steffen, Assistant Coordinator- [email protected] Pray for the Sick:

John E. Meyer, John Casper, Mary Mueller, Orville Bonde, Kay Binversie, Jasmine Bertschy, Tony Scharenbroch, Ken Kozminski, Wendy (Riesterer) Puddy, Monica Clark, Marie Koenig, John Ryan, Jim Riesterer, Tom Hardy, Gary Mueller, and Deacon Jim Steffen.

To add or remove a name from this listing, a family member should call your Parish Office-SG: 773-2511 or HT: 773-2380 Thank you.

Legacy Gifts to St. Gregory Parish Current projects for donation consideration: • Main entry doors on the Parish Center 2020 Goal 2020 Donated Percentage Met • Decorations for church environment (by St. Gregory: $22,317.00 $16,186.00 73% liturgical seasons) Holy Trinity: $14,528.00 $12,195.00 84%

• Church ceiling rib repairs & paint

To assure proper credit, please include the parish name and town when sending your gift. Thank you! SCRIP sold in parish office: HOLY TRINITY Monday—Friday 8am-noon SCRIP HT Scrip Coordinators~Betty Hardy & PROGRAM Sandy Neils~920-565-4588 Legacy Gifts to Holy Trinity Parish Current projects for donation consideration: Liturgical Decorations in worship space (colored No SCRIP update this week. banners) Upgrading stain glass windows-worship space Continue calling ahead to ensure we have what you are looking for on hand. Your order will be ready when you arrive! Thank you to all who continue to purchase SCRIP!

The following parish family members are ST. GREGORY SCRIP serving our nation in the Armed Forces: Scrip is sold in the parish office: Monday—Friday 8am-noon Jesse Augustine, Kurt Binversie, Dustin Koenig, Matthew Koenig, Samuel Koenig, Scrip sales for week ending April 19: $4,496.66 Brandon Mueller, Greg Mueller, Adam Satori, 3% (average) profit to the parish: $134.89 and Anton Simon.

Scrip Coordinators: Please contact the parish office to Debbie Griem 773-2708 Marlene Zutz 775-4253 add a family member.

Call ahead … your order will be waiting for you at pick up!

NEW TO THE LIST: Buffalo Wild Wings $10 cards (8%) Starbucks $10 cards (7%) Lowe’s $25 & $100 cards (4%) SG Prayer Line: Lucille Heinzen at 773-2317

$5,000 was recently transferred from the SG Nursing Home/Assisted Living: Melissa Frost 773-3270 Scrip program to the general fund. Thank you to everyone who continues to purchase scrip! Parish SG Caring Hearts & Hands: Melissa Frost 773-3270 Outreach SG Food Pantry: Faye Riesterer at 773-2422

HT Prayer Line: Complete card by suggestion box in back of church HT Christian Women Calendar Winners are… or call the parish office.

Apr 12 - $100 Jane Koening, Plymouth #1832 Would you like to receive Communion at home? Apr 13 - $20 Alissa Schnitelein, Chicago, IL #506 Apr 14 - $20 Bev Linzmeier, Whitelaw #1863 St. Gregory parishioners please contact: Mary Olig 775-4756, Apr 15 - $20 Pat Schneider, Newton #1229 Gene Riesterer 773-2585, or the parish office 773-2511. Apr 16 - $20 Terry Braun, Reedsville #732 Apr 17 - $20 Michelle Schneider, Newton #1194 Holy Trinity parishioners please contact: Dennis and Karen Graf Apr 18 - $20 Conner Sebald, Howards Grove #243 693-8700 or the parish office 920-773-2380.

The Year of St. Joseph

Greetings in Christ!

On December 8, 1870, Pope Pius IX declared St. Joseph as Patron of the Universal Church, and this year marks the 150th anniversary of that declaration. After much prayer and consultation, I have discerned the need to declare a special year of prayer in honor of St. Joseph.

St. Joseph has proven himself a miracle worker throughout the history of the church and also today. He answers prayers simply, humbly and thoroughly. It is with great excite- ment and confidence that I invite you to celebrate this year in honor of St. Joseph with me.

My hope is that this will be an invitation for families and all people in our diocese to seek out St. Joseph’s intercession, and I thank you in advance for your participation in and encouragement of this special year. Active promotion of this to your families and parishioners will not only foster devotion to St. Joseph but also help form missionary disciples and raise up vocations from within our families, schools, religious education programs and parishes. May the Son of God and son of St. Joseph watch over and protect you in a special way throughout this special year devoted to St. Joseph.

-Bishop David Ricken

About St. Joseph

In 1970, Pope Pius IX named St. Joseph the patron of the church. The Diocese of Green Bay is home to the shrine of St. Joseph located at St. Norbert in De Pere.

But who was Joseph? He was a family man, a husband and father. A man of few words, Joseph never spoke in the Gospels. Instead, he listened to God’s Word.

Joseph worked. This carpenter taught Jesus the value of work. Perhaps it is because of Joseph’s work, that God loves our own work. St. John Paul II said Joseph brought “human work closer to the mystery of redemption.”

Joseph was a disciple, St. Paul VI wrote, “(Joseph) is the proof that in order to be a good and genuine follower of Christ, there is no need of great things—it is enough to have the common, simple and human virtues, but they need to be true and authentic.”

That was Joseph: true and authentic. He loved God. He loved Jesus and Mary. His love mad him the patron of unborn children, fathers, workers, travelers, immigrants, unmarried women and a happy death. So we turn to St. Joseph with all our needs, knowing that this strong, silent man—so close to Jesus’ heart—will bring us close to Jesus’ heart.

As Pope Pius XII said, “If you wish to be close to Christ … ‘Go to Joseph.’”

Additional Resources

For Bishop Ricken’s pastoral letter, as well as additional information and resources about how to live out the Year of St. Joseph in your family or household, please visit: www.gbdioc.org/stjoseph

The Shrine of St. Joseph at Old St. Joseph Church at St. Norbert College is designated as the official pilgrimage site for this Holy Year. Pilgrims to the shrine will be able to receive a partial indulgence during this special year. To learn more, please visit: www.norbertines.org/stjosephshrine