January 13, 2019 The Baptism of the Lord

Welcome to Almena -Sacred Heart of Jesus Cumberland - St. Anthony the Abbot Liturgy Schedule and Intentions Turtle Lake - St. Ann SN St. Anthony SA St. Ann SH Sacred Heart Cumberland Turtle Lake Almena

Weekday ACT in Faith Together Tuesday, January 15 SN 8:30 am Liturgy of the Word Cluster mailing address: 900 St. Anthony Street, Cumberland, WI 54829 Wednesday, January 16 Phone: 715-822-2948 | FAX: 715 822-3588 SN 8:30 am †Bill Jansen E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.actinfaith.net by Louie & Doris Muench SN 9-10 am Adoration / Confession / Parish Life Coordinator: Deacon Steve Linton Benediction Sacramental Minister: Fr. Tom Thompson Thursday, January 17 Faith Formation Director: Elaine Ricci SN 8:30 am Communion Service SA 8:30 am People of the Parishes SA 9-10 am Adoration / Confession / Benediction Friday, January 18 SH 8:30 am †Margaret Hanson by Susan & Glen Wohlk

Weekend

Saturday, January 19 SA 4:00 pm †Pat Tarman by Bob Tarman & Family SN 6:00 pm †Ray Ernst by Sharon Bay & Bonnie Jehn

Sunday, January 20 SH 8:30 am †George Stoeberl by Rose Mary Stoeberl SN 10:30 am † Curella by Fran & Pat Capra

Confession: SA 3:15 pm Saturdays SN 5:30 pm Saturdays SH 8:00 am Sundays Also after daily Masses and by appointment. Please see Father Tom.  Anointing of the Sick If you are not physically or spiritually well please see Fr. Tom after any of the weekday or week- end Masses for the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick.

St. Ann Parish St. Anthony Parish Sacred Heart Parish

 KC meet Jan 14 @ 7:30 pm The Sacred Heart KC will be having a in the parish center. French Toast Breakfast on the 3rd Sundays in Jan, Feb, March & April. CCW meet Jan 14 @ 3 pm Join us after the 8:30 am Mass starting Sunday, January 20. in the parish center. Free will donation accepted.

St Andrea Circle meets Jan 15 @ St. Ann Prayer Chain 1pm in the parish center. For requests for prayers, or to be a Prayer Chain participant, call: Sacred Heart Prayer Chain St. Anthony Prayer Chain Victoria Brenna: 715-986-2314 For requests for prayers, or to be a For requests for prayers, or to be a Pat Hoffmann: 715-986-4977 Prayer Chain participant, call: Prayer Chain participant, call: Or call the Parish Office. Ina Vinopal: 715-357-3566 Judy Olson: 715-822-2218 Or call the Parish Office. Or call the Parish Office.

Health Ministry St Anthony would like to thank their ushers for their continued Dining at 5 January 17 We are establishing a health ministry at St. Anthony Abbot. This ministry service to our church. If you would Dinner served at 5pm at the will focus on members of our  like to join our team of ushers, call Cumberland Senior Center. congregation and the intentional care the parish office at 822-2948 or 1255 Webb St of the spirit, as well as promoting Reservation due Jan 14 822-8794. wholistic health and prevention of and contact Elaine Tempesta or Joan minimizing illness within the context of Schullo. We are No answer leave name & # attending.  the faith community. In order to do always in need of more Suggested donation 60+ $6.50 this we are establishing a health and  Under 60 $8 charge. wellness team and are looking for ad- volunteers. Please join us. ditional members to have a diversified Honey ham, Roasted acorn squash, Green team and to make sure that all ages Baptism / Marriage of our parish are represented. bean almandine, Full salad bar, Craisin To celebrate a baptism or a marriage, walnut bread & Apple pie. For questions or if you are interested in being part of this new adventure please contact the parish office, Milk or coffee. please call the parish office at  822-2948. Marriage preparation must 7158222948. begin at least 6 months in advance. Baptism preparation must begin at least 1 month prior to baptism.

BULLETIN DEADLINE Monday @ 1PM prior to the Sunday.

OFFICE HOURS MONDAY 8AM—4:30PM TUESDAY 8AM—4:30PM WEDNESDAY 8AM—4:30PM THURSDAY 8AM—4:30PM PARISH FINANCES FRIDAY CLOSED Our Gifts to God SN Cumberland SA Turtle Lake SH Almena Contact Info December 30 2998.25 1638.25 1062.75 Deacon Steve: 822-2948 Ext 101 Christmas 265.00 4854.00 325.00 Cell: 715-419-4607 Solemnity of Mary 139.00 327.00 248.00 Elaine Ricci: 822-2948 Ext 106 January 6 4612.00 1682.00 1512.00 [email protected] View our bulletin online @ parishesonline.com Visit our website @ www.actinfaith.net FAITH FORMATION Weekly Scripture Readings

Youth th Readings for the Week of K – 8 Grade - Jan 16—Class 6:15—7:30PM NO RE CLASSES (Catechist Training) January 13, 2019 High School – Jan 20—Class 8 9:00 – 11:30AM

Sunday: Is 40:1-5, 9-11/Ps 104:1b-2, Ministry by Jane Dietzman 651-307-9232 3-4, 24-25, 27-28, 29-30 [1]/Ti 2:11-14; 3:4 -7/Lk 3:15-16, 21-22 Letting Go (Author unknown) Monday: Heb 1:1-6/Ps 97:1 and 2b, To a dear one about whom I have been concerned. I behold the Christ in you. 6 and 7c, 9 [cf. 7c]/Mk 1:14- I place you lovingly in the care of the Father. I release you from my anxiety and concern. 20 I let go of my possessive hold on you. Tuesday: Heb 2:5-12/Ps 8:2ab and I am willing to free you to follow the dictates Of your indwelling Lord. 5, 6-7, 8-9 [cf. 7]/Mk 1:21-28 I am willing to free you to live your life According to your best light and understanding. Wednesday: Heb 2:14-18/Ps 105:1-2, 3- (NAME: Husband, child, wife, friend----) 4, 6-7, 8-9 [8a]/Mk 1:29-39 I no longer try to force my ideas on you, my ways on you. I lift my thoughts above you, Thursday: Heb 3:7-14/Ps 95:6-7c, 8-9, above the personal level. 10-11 [8]/Mk 1:40-45 I see you as God sees you, a spiritual being, created In His image, and endowed with Friday: Heb 4:1-5, 11/Ps 78:3 and 4bc, 6c- qualities and abilities 7, 8 [cf. 7b]/Mk 2:1-12 That make you needed and important---not only to me but To God and His larger plan. Saturday: Heb 4:12-16/Ps 19:8, 9, I do not bind you, I no longer believe that you do not have The understanding you need in 10, 15 [cf, Jn 6:63c]/Mk 2:13-17 order to meet life. I bless you, I have faith in you, I behold Jesus in you. Next Sunday: Is 62:1-5/Ps 96:1-2, 2-3, 7- 8, 9-10 [3]/1 Cor 12:4-11/Jn 2:1-11 St Anthony the Abbot Feast Day January 17 ©Liturgical Publications Inc St. Anthony the Abbot, born in Egypt in the 3rd century AD, at the age of twenty renounced everything to live as a until 106 years of age, becoming the most famous of an- cient Christendom, a noble example of an ascetic life of austerity, sacrifice and extreme soli- tude. He is celebrated on the day of his death, 17 January, in what was one of the most heart- felt celebrations in the rural communities, deeply connected with pre-Christian cults and tradi- tions. Actually, Anthony had little or nothing to do with the rural world: indeed, he was a her- mit and among the most rigorous ascetics in the history of early Christianity, the founder of Christian and the first abbot. Anthony the Abbot, also known as Anthony the Great, Anthony of Egypt, Anthony of the Fire, Anthony of the Desert, Anthony the was born at Qumans, a village on the left bank of the , approximately 251 AD, and died in the Thebaid Desert on January 17, 357. We know his life fairly well, thanks to the biography written by his Athanasius. Though he belonged to a rather wealthy family, from an early age he showed little interest in the flattery and luxury of worldly life: to parties and banquets he preferred work and medita- tion, and on the death of his parents he distributed all his wealth to the poor. He chose to live as a hermit and retired into solitude, to work and pray, at first near his hometown and later in the desert. Here he spent many years living in an ancient rock-hewn tomb, struggling against the temptations of the devil, who often appeared to him to show what he could have done if he had remained in the world. Sometimes the devil appeared as a ferocious beast - often as a pig - in order to frighten him, but to these temptations Anthony responded with and penance of any kind, always managing to triumph. His reputation as a hermit soon spread among the faithful and Anthony, who wanted to live totally detached from the rest of the world, was repeatedly forced to change his place of "residence" to escape the crowds of people who flocked to him from all over to get his advice Sassetta,The meeting of Saint  and see him. Around 311 he went to to give aid and comfort to the Christians per- secuted by Emperor Maximian, and then retired to the Qolzoum mountain along the Red Sea , Anthony the Great and Saint Paul the Anchorite but had to return to Alexandria shortly after to fight the Arian heresy, more and more wide- spread in the eastern regions of the empire. Though he led a hard life, full of deprivation, Anthony was very long-lived: death (which he had predicted) took him at the age of 105, on the 17th of January 355 (or 356), in his her- mitage on Mount Qolzoum. On his tomb, now the object of veneration by the faithful, a church and a were built; his were brought to in 635, then to France between the 9th and 10th centuries.