Old Saint Mary's Parish September 18, 2016

WEEKLY INTENTiONS WEEKLY MASS SCHEDULE Sunday – Twenty-Fifth Sunday Per Annum Sunday Masses 7:30 a.m. Celebrant's Intention Latin (Novus Ordo) 9:15 a.m. 9:15 a.m. Int. of Noris Hartman & Family– Patrie Rolling German 11:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m.  Elisabeth Stark – Ben & Regina Albers English 12:30 p.m., 7:00 p.m. 12:30 p.m.  Donald Edward Dooley – Dennis Dooley Holy Day Masses 7:00 p.m. Pro Populo Latin (Traditional) 7:15 a.m. English 12:10 p.m. Monday – St. Janarius Novus Ordo 12:10 p.m. For the Souls in Purgatory – William Schsuble Latin ( ) 7:00 p.m. Weekday Masses Tuesday – St. Andrew Kim Tae-Gon & Paul Chong Ha-Sang Monday thru Friday 12:10 p.m. Int. of Hannah Feibelman – Kathy Feibelman 7:15 a.m. | Traditional Wednesday – St. Matthew, Apostle 12:10 p.m.| before Mass 12:10 p.m.  Fred Hamilton – The Franer Family Saturday 12:10 p.m.| Rosary before Mass Thursday – Feria First Friday Mass & All Night Vigil 12:10 p.m.  Kasmir & Rita Ulaky – D. M. DaGiau 7:00 p.m. | Traditional Latin Mass Friday – St. Pius of Pietrelcina 6:45 a.m. | Traditional Latin Mass (concludes 12:10 p.m. Int. of the Ebbitt Family – The Ebbitt Family First Friday All Night Vigil) 7:00 p.m. Celebrant's Intention Saturday – Saturday of Our Lady THE SACRAmENTS  12:10 p.m. Mary Alice Redle – Christine & Stephen Wendt Sacrament of Penance Sunday – Twenty-Six Sunday Per Annum Sunday - Thirty minutes before 9:15 a.m., 12:30 7:30 a.m. Celebrant's Intention p.m., & 7:00 p.m. Masses 9:15 a.m. Healings and Blessings for Brandon Weekdays - After 12:10 p.m. Mass until 1:00 p.m. 11:00 a.m.  Rita Vosseberg – The Vosseberg Family Tuesday - 7:30 p.m. thru 8:15 p.m. 12:30 p.m. Int. of Kate Schneider – The Schneider Family Baptisms 7:00 p.m. Pro Populo Contact parish office at least one month prior.  - For the repose of the soul of Weddings Pro Populo - For the People of the Parish Per Annum - During the Year Contact parish office at least six months prior. Wedding Coordinator – Mrs. Amy Schneider PRAY FOR THE SiCK Anointing of the Sick Pray for healing for Paul Phillips, Jeanne Stevens, Kathy DeW- Contact a parish priest as soon as possible. ine, Larry DeWine, Jennifer Borek, Emily Rosen, Noelle Polisso, First and Confirmation John T. & Erin M. Hays, Natalie Anderson, Mary Jane Anderson, Contact the Parish Office. Jack, Mick Noll, Deacon Ken DeHanes, Meg Crall, Sandy Jones, Wilma & Gary Brown, Mark Kleane, Tina Phillips, Loraine Duns- eth, Karl Fry, Steven Mueller, Bob Gruber, Anneliese Anneken, ADORATiON AND DEVOTiONS Kendra Gullett, Gale Campbell, Mary Ann Lohre, Jim Stratman, Eucharistic Exposition Richard Buettner, Kathleen Hoenninger, Margaret Larkins, Paul Tuesday: 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon Wichmann, Margaret Lang, Caleb Reed, Rene Kortus, Caro- 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. lyn Wieland, John Patrick Munoz, Sharon Gerdes, Paul Brond- Holy Hour with Benediction: 7:30 p.m. haver, Mary Gardner, Edie Nehus, Julia Ziebro, Aleisa Koester/ Wednesday: 5:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Yusko, Ariadne Seta, Woosley, Bob Ball, Mary Frances First Friday – All Night Vigil & Sophia Sharpshair, Agnes Oevermeyer, Tom & Maria Grow, Mass and Exposition: 7:00 p.m. Beth Garfinkle, Linda Boehm, Nancy Corbett, Larry Robers, Benediction: Saturday 6:30 a.m. Jean Theobald, Sonia Carrero, Angela Shaw, and Steven Marsh. Sunday Vespers and Benediction: 3:30 p.m. If you are home bound or sick and need Holy Communion or a visit, GUiDED TOURS BY APPOiNTmENT contact parish office for a priest.

2 Old Saint Mary's Parish September 18, 2016 FROm THE PASTOR Laudetur Jesus Christus! Gelobt Lastly, I have failed over these past few weeks sei Jesus Christus! Sia lodato to congratulate, and ask for prayers for, our new Gesù Cristo! Praised be Jesus seminarians from Old St. Mary's and . Christ! The new seminary year began on August 29. From This upcoming week, we will Old St. Mary's, Michael Poussard entered into be privileged to host the rel- First Theology. For Sacred Heart, Eddie Hoffmann, ics of St. Pio of Pietrelcina at brother of Br. Henry Hoffmann, also entered into both parishes. The relics will First Theology. Please keep them, and all seminar- visit Old St. Mary's on Friday, September 23. The ians in your prayers as they advance toward the evening will begin with a presentation in Fr. Felten . Between both parishes, we have four seminar- Hall, followed by Mass in the Church at 7:00 p.m. ians, also counting Br. Brent (OSM) and Stephen with veneration of the relics and a procession. The Schreck (SH). What a blessing for smaller parishes relics will then visit Sacred Heart on Sunday, Sep- to give so many priests to the Church. Much larger tember 25. The relics will be available for veneration parishes haven't given a single priest to the Church after each Mass, with presentations occurring in the in their whole history. Over the past five years Parish Hall after both Masses. Padre Gian Maria alone, both parishes have given five priests to the DiGiorgio, a Friar from the Friary where Padre Pio Church. Others have entered religious life, while lived, will be accompanying the relics and preach- others are in the seminary. ing. Please make every effort to be with us for one Please keep up the good work of raising or the other opportunity to venerate these relics. good and holy families. Not that our families are What a privilege for our parishes! Thank you to not without their imperfections, but the prayer and Veronica Iezzoni for helping arrange this for us. faithfulness of our families is evident. May God Over these past few weeks, the Community Bless each of you in your work, and please continue has been busy moving into our new residence. This to pray for an increase in vocations to the priest- has taken considerable amount of time, while we hood and the religious life each day. If we continue also built our temporary chapel. Life has begun to ask the Lord, he will answer our prayers to raise to settle a bit, but thank you to everyone for your up good and holy priests and religious. Have a patience and assistance. Without your prayers and blessed week ahead! support, we could not do what we do. Know that each of you are in our daily prayers. Thank you!

WEEKLY OFFERiNg PARiSH STAFF Offering - Sunday September 04, 2016 Fr. Jon-Paul Bevak Pastor, x123 Sunday Total (Attendance = 355) $ 5,052.50 [email protected] Online Giving $ 871.00 Fr. Lawrence Juarez Parochial Vicar, x124 Other Income $ 1,091.00 [email protected] Budgeted Weekly Expenses $ 7,500.00 Fr. Adrian Hilton Parochial Vicar, x125 [email protected] $ (485.50) Br. Brent Stull Interim Dir. of Sacred Music Offering - Sunday September 11, 2016 [email protected] Sunday Total (Attendance = 403) $ 3,741.00 Mrs. Stephi Sieverding Parish Secretary Online Giving $ 738.00 [email protected] Other Income $ 4,086.00 Mrs. Terri Huwel Pregnancy Center Director, x126 [email protected] Budgeted Weekly Expenses $ 7,500.00 Mrs. Amy Schneider Wedding Coordinator, x127 $ 1,065.00 [email protected] Mr. Bill Diemler Maintenance Bulletin Submissions and Deadline [email protected] Send to [email protected] by Thursday of prior week. 3 Old Saint Mary's Parish September 18, 2016

PARiSH AND OTHER NEwS Oktoberfest Mass - Today, September 18 Sunday Vespers On Sunday, September 18, Old St. Mary’s Church is Sunday Vespers is finished until the First Sunday in honored to host the annual Oktoberfest Mass at 11:00 October. See everyone then! a.m. Music for this very special celebration will be pro- Parish Calendar vided by the Musikkapelle Bertoldshofen, who will play later in the afternoon at the Downtown Oktoberfest. Fel- It is that time of year when we begin putting together lowship will follow Mass, and all are invited to partake. our Parish Calendar for 2017. If you would like to Thank you to all those who arranged for this Mass to take sponsor a month for our calendar, please contact the place and thank you to the Friends der Allgäuer Blaska- Parish Office for more details. To sponsor a month is pellen especially for helping to organize this! Danke! $100. We will try to honor requests for specific months, but this will be on a first-come, first- serve basis. Padre Pio Relics - Friday, September 23 Sacred Heart Parish News The relics of St Pio of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio) will visit Old St. Mary's on the evening of Friday, Stepmber 23 Sacred Heart will have daily Mass (Traditional Latin), (this is his Feast Day). The evening will start with a Monday-Saturday, at 9:00 a.m. Confessions will precede presenation in Fr. Felten Hall at 6:00 p.m. There will be Mass at 8:30 a.m. Monday-Friday. Confessions will be Mass for the Feast of St. Pio at 7:00 p.m. (English at the heard during the Parish Holy Hour after the Saturday High Altar). We will follow this with a procession and Mass. Each Tuesday after Mass we will pray the Miracu- veneration of the relics. There will be a social in Fr. Felten lous Medal Novena. Everyone is welcome to join us! Hall following the activities. The Sorrowful Mother No- Parents' Holy Hour - Children's Play Group vena and All-Night Vigil will begin after these exercises. Don't forget about our Pray and Play, especially during Please join us! the summer months. This is a group of parents who meet Catechism for Adults and Children Tuesdays from 9:30 until 11:30 in Father Felten Hall. Catechism for both adults and children will be held on Children may play, while parents take turns covering the Tuesday evenings at 7:00 p.m. The children will have Adoration hour from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. in the their usual classes while adults have class in Fr. Felten church. This allows parents some quiet time alone in Ado- Hall. There will be no Catechism Classes on Sundays. ration, or the chance to take children into Adoration for a Please use the sign-up forms at the Church doors to shorter time period. This is a good opportunity to intro- sign your children up for class. There will be an initial duce children to the idea of Adoration. parents' meeting on Tuesday, September 27, with classes Gotteslob Thank You! beginning on Tuesday, October 4. This will be done in Old Saint Mary's has begun using the new Gotteslob conjunction with Adoration, Holy Hour, and Confes- for the German Mass. The new Gotteslob has most of sion in Church. Please take advantage of this great op- the songs we use every week, plus additional hymns portunity for prayer and catechism! and chants. It also offers many German prayers and the Catholic Inquiry Classes in German/Latin. The old green book has If you, or others you may know are interested in becom- been added to the back of the Gotteslobs as an addition. ing Catholic, please have them contact Fr. Lawrence. Thank you to everyone who purchased and/or donated Our Adult Conversion classes will be begin soon to pre- one! pare for reception into the Church at the Easter Vigil. Tuesday Parish Holy Hour - 7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Please don't forget that every Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. we UPCOmiNg EVENTS are here making a Holy Hour. The Rosary begins at 9/23 - Relics of St. Pio visit Old St. Mary's @ 6:00 p.m. 7:30 and Confessions are heard until 8:15. Benedic- 10/05 - Musical Oratory of the Blessed Virgin Mary @ 7:00 p.m. tion is at 8:30 p.m. Please join us, especially if you can't WEDDiNg BANNS commit to a regular Holy Hour. Jaimie Bifro & Jonathan Bartuccio (III) - September 24 Katlin Rust & Thomas Rose (II) - October 1 Katherine Herbort & Samuel Ivers (I) - October 8 4 Old Saint Mary's Parish September 18, 2016

PREgNANCY CENTER NEwS CATECHESiS AND SPiRiTUALiTY Cain vs. Abel From the Saints “Hold on tightly to the Rosary. Be very grateful to the “Brother kills brother. Like the first fratricide, every Madonna because it was she who gave us Jesus.” - St. murder is a violation of the "spiritual" kinship unit- Pio of Pietrelcina ing mankind in one great family, in which all share the same fundamental good: equal personal dignity. Not Catechesis infrequently the kinship "of flesh and blood" is also vio- What is the ? lated; for example when threats to life arise within the Phenomenon in which a person bears all or some of relationship between parents and children, such as hap- the wounds of Christ in his or her own body, i.e., on pens in abortion or when, in the wider context of family the feet, hands, side, and brow. The wounds appear or kinship, euthanasia is encouraged or practiced” (John spontaneously, from no external source, and periodi- Paul II, The of Life, n.8). cally there is a flow of fresh blood. The best known stigmatic was St. . During an ecstasy on Please pray for the Pregnancy Center and that, this Mount Alvernia on September 17, 1224, he saw a ser- culture of death in the world, will become a civilization aph offer him an image of Jesus crucified and imprint of Life. Prayer and fasting is the only answer. upon him the sacred stigmata. Blood used to flow from these wounds until the time of his death two years later. He tried to conceal the phenomenon but not very successfully. Since that time scholarly research has es- tablished some three hundred twenty cases of stigmati- zation, among them more than sixty persons who have been canonized. Padre Pio also bore the Stigmata. Authentic stigmatization occurs only among people favored with ecstasy and is preceded and attended by keen physical and moral sufferings that thus make the ADORATiON NEwS subject conformable to the suffering of Christ. The absence of suffering would cast serious doubt on the We can always use more adorers to commit to an hour. validity of the stigmata, whos assumed purpose is to If you can't commit to an hour, maybe you can be a symbolize union with Christ crucified and participa- substitute. Please contact the parish office if you are tion in his own martyrdom. interested, or visit: http://goo.gl/forms/f2wKXHgg5G. Please know that everyone is welcome at anytime dur- Read more at: http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/li- ing Exposition, even if you can't take an hour or be a brary/dictionary/index.cfm?id=36650 substitute. The Church is open for you, two is only Submit questions to: [email protected] the minimum, 900 is the goal!

OTHER DEVOTiONS Images of the Faith Sorrowful Mother Novena and All-Night Vigil Join the Sorrowful Mother Adoration group on the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Fridays of the month for Mass and all night Eucharistic Exposition. Mass begins at 7:00 p.m., followed by the Novena. The All-Night Vigil goes until 6:30 a.m. Saturday morning, concluding with Bene- diction followed by Mass at 6:45 a.m. Call: Mrs. Jane George at 513-733-3047 or Mrs. Dolores Brandstetter at 513-561-4155. St. Pio of Pietrelcina Feast Day: September 23

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