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Monday, July 13 ~ Saint Henry What a week we have been blessed with! Sure, we have had a few hot days, but it is just our Lord Tuesday, July 14 ~ Saint Kateri Tekakwitha reminding us of the warmth of his love. In our 7:00-8:00 a.m. Holy Hour at St. Stephen bulletin today you will see a ballot for parish council 8:00 a.m. Mass at St. Stephen elections. With corona virus, we are doing things a Bill Soik little differently. Rather than each person voting Wednesday, July 15 ~ Saint Bonaventure for one person, we are going to have each family 7:00-8:00 a.m. Holy Hour at St. Joseph vote for two! Talk the nominations over with your 8:00 a.m. Mass at St. Joseph family, offer a prayer, and select the two names that Teresita Sena the Holy Spirit is guiding you to. Please take a moment and fill out the ballot completely and Thursday, July 16 ~ Our Lady of Mount Carmel return it to church. You can mail it back to us, 6:30 a.m. Mass at St. Stephen drop it off at the office, or place it in the basket on Anton Somers Sunday. 7:00-8:00 a.m. Holy Hour at St. Stephen Our readings today have the Green Acres theme song Friday, July 17 running through my head. All of this talk of 7:00-8:00 a.m. Holy Hour at St. Joseph plowing, planting, and farming makes my hands feel 8:00 a.m. Mass at St. Joseph as if they have been in the soil! These images of Living & Deceased, Bartlett & Dalby Families planting bring two important thoughts to my mind. Saturday, July 18 ~ Saint Camillus de Lellis First is that the seed of faith is a precious gift that 4:00 p.m. at St. Joseph has been given by God, but planted by someone Geraldine & George Phillip else. For most of us that is our parents, but for 6:00 p.m. at St. Stephen many it could be a friend, family member, or even Health of Helen Gollon spouse. May we thank God for that gift that is - Confessions to follow rooted in our heart. Secondly, as any farmer will tell you, though planting is necessary, it isn’t the Sunday, July 19 ~ Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time only step. You need to ensure that the precious gift 8:30 a.m. at St. Stephen will be able to grow. Just as fertilizer is placed to Members, Kosobucki & Trzebiatowski Families feed the seed, do I ensure that I am fed spiritually? 10:30 a.m. at St. Joseph Just as rocky ground prohibits plants to grow in Pro-Populo depth, are there rocks in my own heart that I won’t - Confessions to follow let go? Do I protect my gift of faith, or do I place it in danger by letting outside influences in? I don’t think we need to worry about crows, but do the Prayer shows we watch on tv lead us closer or farther from God? What do I do with the gift of time; do I Requests invest it or let it become a time for my hands to be idle? For the health of Marty Robertson; health & comfort of Robert Lind

God in his love desires us to grow. Each day we To place your name or the name of a loved on the weekly are gifted with a new opportunity to share in his prayer list, please call 715-341-1617 x101 or email life. Will I embrace this life to the fullest or do I [email protected] settle for something less? ’s Prayer Intention for July: May God bless you always, Our Families: We pray that today’s families may Fr. Hennes be accompanied with love, respect and guidance. JOINT PARISH NEWS

Weekly Offertory: We continue to count collections weekly. We thank you Beginning the week of July 13, weekday Masses are again for your continued support during this trying time. open to the public. Please note that in addition to each Though the coronavirus may separate us physically may weekday Mass (Tuesday-Thursday), there will also be a we be mindful that we are still united spiritually and the Holy Hour. Please refer to the weekly Mass schedule on parish thanks you for your continued financial support page 2 for details on times and location. as we still have to pay our utility bills, insurance, and Due to the extra cleaning that needs to occur following staff wages. each Mass, we ask you to please be mindful of the How can I give my offering to the church? following: - Drop off in person at the office. - Seating areas will be limited, please sit only in the - Mail offertory envelope. marked area. - Sign-up for automatic giving, form available at - Upon departure from your pew, we ask that you please www.pointcatholicfaith.org leave your kneeler down to allow us to know which pews - Use my bank’s online bill pay. were used. - At St. Joseph please enter through the Jefferson Street doors, and exit through the Wyatt Street doors; at St. Online Giving: Stephen, please enter through the ramp entrance and exit Donate to the parish online through the Diocese: through the Clark Street doors. https://diolc.org/online-donation-for-parish-offertory/

We are in need of volunteers who would be willing to Search for the proper parish by designation: assist with sanitizing our church buildings following Offertory 2020 (559) St. Joseph, Stevens Point weekday Mass and Adoration, to volunteer please call the Offertory 2020 (563) St. Stephen, Stevens Point office at 715-341-1617 ext. 101

The Saint Who Saw Life Beneath the altar at St. Joseph resides a New Yorker woman who eventually became the first canonized person from the USA. She is Elizabeth Ann Seton, famous for schools and or- phanages in the new United States. Most do not remember, however, how much of her life was surrounded with death. At three, she lost her mom and sister while yellow fever swept across Long Island. Tuberculosis left her a penniless widow with five, two of whom never saw their 18th birthday. Yet death somehow made Elizabeth more aware of life. She suddenly became Catholic and built her famous orphanages. Life now took radical priority because she realized its precious fragility. She found God’s consoling embrace and recognized God’s other children in that embrace. Elizabeth reminds us that mourning leads us to our real home: God brings us and others to Himself when we turn to Him in sorrow. In Christ, Steven Weller

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Mission Statement: Together in Faith, we celebrate Mission Statement: St. Stephen Parish, a faith-filled Christ through prayer and service. Catholic Community, is committed to sharing our gifts of time, talent and treasure within our parish, community and the Kingdom of God. Weekly Offering Summary as of 3 July 2020 Adult Envelopes: $1,921 Weekly Offering Summary as of 3 July 2020

Offertory: $143 Adult Envelopes: $2,246 Building Fund: $160 Offertory: $177

Youth Envelopes: $2 Operation Bootstrap Carts. Thank you for all of your Capital Improvements: $40 generous offerings to our carts. During the month of July consider picking up some canned fruit and Repairs Continue. The St. Stephen campus has been vegetables to donate to Operation Bootstrap during the full of activity this summer. Our tuckpointing & organ month of July. Many families are depending on your repairs continue, and this past week sidewalk repairs support during this troubling time. The shopping carts began. for your donations are in the gathering space. As always, any non-perishable items you wish to give will be greatly appreciated. Remembering—Mindful that life is changed but not ended, we hold in our hearts those from our parish family whose funerals were recently celebrated. Karen Klish who passed away on June Irene Bauer who passed away on July 2 20 and whose funeral was celebrated on and whose funeral was celebrated on July 8.

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Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, And let perpetual light shine upon them. Amen St. Stephen Goal: $47,900 Pledged/Received: $48,200 (101%) Overage: $300 Participation: 147 Families (27%)

The overage of $300 will come directly back to St. Stephen! Thank you to all that contributed!

St. Joseph Goal: $52,940 The 2019-2020 Appeal year came to a close on June 30. Pledged/Received: $49,713.60 (94%) We are grateful to all who so generously gave to help our Shortage: $3,226.40 parishes with their goal. Participation: 191 Families (29%)

Through a pandemic, building projects, and more, our While we were just short of reaching our goal we are parish families continue to show support for the great thankful to all who contributed to assist in the good works of the Diocese of La Crosse. works of the Appeal!

St. Joseph & St. Stephen Parishes are looking to hire a Faith Formation Office Assistant and a Director of Youth Ministry. Find more details on our website at:

www.PointCatholicFaith.org/jobs AREA COMMUNITY, DEANERY & DIOCESAN NEWS Pray for our seminarian of the week. May we be Live Stream Schedule at diolc.org/live mindful that we are always connected to the universal Sunday Mass with Bishop Callahan – 9:30 a.m. Church. In a special way let us pray for our priests for Sunday Mass in Spanish – 10:30 a.m. tomorrow, our seminarians. Daily Mass (Monday-Saturday) from the Cathedral Mass in English – 8:00 a.m.; Mass in Spanish – 8:30 a.m.

This week we pray for John Duranso who Options for Mass on your Television include: will begin College IV this fall at St. Francis - Stevens Point (Public Access), Channel 984 at de Sales Seminary. Noon and 5:30 p.m. Saturday. - Wausau, (Cable and Satellite), Channel 12 at “Overcoming Spiritual Discouragement” with Fr. 6:30 a.m. Sunday. Timothy Gallagher, O.M.V., a world-renowned teacher - Heart of the Nation TV Mass, Channel 9.2 and spiritual director, will present on “Overcoming (antenna), channel 14 (cable) at 9 a.m. Sunday.

Spiritual Discouragement” at a Virtual Conference on or watch Fr. Hennes each Sunday online at August 29th. Learn to find freedom from one of the www.PointCatholicFaith.org/Mass. greatest obstacles in life – the “cage” of everyday discouragement we all experience. The presentations by Prayer for Spiritual Communion Fr. Gallagher will be live-streamed by ZOOM webinar. My , These presentations on overcoming spiritual I believe that You discouragement will be extremely practical and are present in the Blessed Sacrament. understandable for any interested adult. Fr. Gallagher’s I love You above all things, warmth and of speaking is for people of all states in and I desire You with all my heart. life and all levels of formation. The schedule will include Since I cannot now receive 4 talks by Fr. Gallagher, beginning at 10 a.m. For details, You sacramentally, or to register online, go to diolc.org/witness. Cost is $15 I ask you to come spiritually which includes Fr. Gallagher’s book shipped to your into my heart. home. I embrace You as if You were already in my heart and unite myself to You DIOCESE OF LA CROSSE GUIDELINES FOR completely. REPORTING INSTANCES OF CHILD ABUSE Please do not let me ever be separated The Diocese of La Crosse, through its policies and from You. Amen. procedures, seeks to provide a prompt, appropriate and compassionate response to reporters of sexual abuse of a Readings for the week of July 12, 2020 child by any diocesan agent (bishop, priest, deacon, Sunday: Is 55:10-11/Ps 65:10, 11, 12-13, 14 [Lk 8:8]/ employee, religious, vendor or volunteer). Anyone Rom 8:18-23/Mt 13:1-23 or 13:1-9 wishing to make a report of an allegation of sexual abuse Monday: Is 1:10-17/Ps 50:8-9, 16bc-17, 21 and 23 should send that report to Mrs. Karen Becker, Complaint [23b]/Mt 10:34—11:1 Intake Agent, at the Diocese of La Crosse, P.O. Box Tuesday: Is 7:1-9/Ps 48:2-3a, 3b-4, 5-6, 7-8 [cf. 9d]/ 4004, La Crosse, WI 54602-4004. Alternatively, you can Mt 11:20-24 contact Mrs. Becker at 608.791.0179 or [email protected]. The reporting form is available Wednesday: Is 10:5-7, 13b-16/Ps 94:5-6, 7-8, 9-10, through the Diocese of La Crosse 14-15 [14a]/Mt 11:25-27 Thursday: Is 26:7-9, 12, 16-19/Ps 102:13-14ab and 15,

16-18, 19-21 [20b]/Mt 11:28-30 St. Kateri Tekakwitha Feast Day - July 14 Friday: Is 38:1-6, 21-22, 7-8/Is 38:10, 11, 12abcd, The feast day of this Native American saint reminds us of 16 [cf. 17b]/Mt 12:1-8 our brothers and sisters in that community, both in terms of the richness they bring and the particular challenges Saturday: Mi 2:1-5/Ps 10:1-2, 3-4, 7-8, 14 [12b]/ they face. For more information, visit the U.S. Bishops’ Mt 12:14-21 Subcommittee on Native American Affairs online at Next Sunday: Wis 12:13, 16-19/Ps 86:5-6, 9-10, http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/cultural- 15-16 [5a]/Rom 8:26-27/Mt 13:24-43 or diversity/native-american/index.cfm 13:24-30 , brother of Pope emeritus Benedict, dies in Georg Ratzinger, the older brother of the Pope emeritus, died Wednesday morning, aged 96. He had been hospitalized in Regensburg, the city where he lived the greater part of his long life. With his death, Joseph Ratzinger – who had desired to make the journey by plane to see his dying brother one last time – remains the only member of the family still alive. The two brothers – one a musician and kappellmeister of a famous choir, the other first a theologian and then a bishop, cardinal, and finally pope - were ordained together on the same day, and were always closely united. Born in Pleiskirchen, , on 15 January 1924, Georg Ratzinger began playing the organ in the parish church when he was 11 years old. In 1935 he entered the minor seminary in , but in 1942 he was conscripted into the Reichsarbeitsdienst (the Reich Labour Service), and later in the , with which he also fought in Italy. Captured by the Allies in March 1945, he remained a prisoner in for several months before being released and allowed to return to his family. In 1947, together with his brother Joseph, he entered the Herzogliches Georgianum seminary in . On 29 June 1951, both brothers, along with about forty other companions, were ordained priests in the Cathedral of Freising by Cardinal . After directing the choir in Traunstein for thirty years, from 1964 to 1994, he became the Kappelmeister of the cathedral choir of the Regensburg, the “”. He toured the world conducting numerous concerts, and directed many recordings for Deutsche Grammophon, Ars Musici and other important record labels, with productions dedicated to Bach, Mozart, Mendelssohn and other composers. On 22 August 2008, thanking the mayor of Castel Gandolfo for having granted Georg honorary citizenship, Benedict XVI said of his brother, “From the beginning of my life my brother has always been for me not only a companion, but also a trustworthy guide. For me he has been a point of orientation and of reference with the clarity and determination of his decisions. He has always shown me the path to take, even in difficult situations.” “My brother and I,” said Georg Ratzinger in an interview eleven years ago, “were both altar boys, we both served Mass. It was soon clear to us, first to me and then to him, that our life would be at the service of the Church.” And he shared memories of their childhood: “At Tittmoning, Joseph had received Confirmation from Cardinal Michael Faulhaber, the great of Munich. He had been impressed, and said he too wanted to become a cardinal. But, only a few days after this encounter, seeing the painter who painted the walls of our house, he also said that when he grew up, he wanted to be a painter…” After recalling the dark years of the war, and their father’s opposition to Nazism, Georg spoke about the love of music they shared: “In our house everyone loved music. Our father had a zither that he often played in the evening. We used to sing together. It was always an event for us. In Marktl am Inn, later, there was a music band that fascinated me. I always thought that music was one of the most beautiful things God created. My brother always loved music too. Maybe I infected him.” Georg was a forthright man, little accustomed to diplomacy. As an example, he never hid the fact that he did not rejoice at his brother’s election to the papacy in April 2005: “I must admit, I didn’t expect it, and was a bit disappointed,” he said. “Given his heavy commitments, I understood that our relationship would be notably curtailed. In any case, behind the human decision of the cardinals, there is the will of God, and to this we must say yes.” In 2011, in an interview with a German magazine, Georg Ratzinger said, “If he could no longer carry out his duties from the point of view of his physical condition, my brother should have the courage to resign.” And he would be among the first to be informed, months in advance, of Benedict’s historic decision to renounce the Petrine ministry for reasons of age. “Age makes itself felt,” Georg observed after the announcement of the resignation in February 2013. “My brother desires more peace in old age.” Despite health issues with his legs and eyesight, the older brother of the Pope emeritus continued to travel from Regensburg to Rome, staying at the Mater Ecclesiae monastery for various periods, spending time with Benedict and keeping him company. Georg also appeared, in segments excerpted from various interviews, in a half-hour documentary by journalist Tassilo Forchheimer for Bayerischer Rundfunk, the public broadcaster in Bavaria, which was aired in January 2020.

Vatican News Staff (2020, July 1). Georg Ratzinger, brother of Pope emeritus Benedict, dies in Regensburg. Vatican News. https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2020-07/georg-ratzinger-death-benedict-xvi-brothers.html July 12 July 15 July 17 Gregory & Kathy Hansel Dale & Kathleen Tetzloff John & Joanne Baumhofer Paul & Kelly Caufield John & Lynn Meyer July 13 Thomas & Margaret Thompson July 16 Scott & Rebecca Giese Brian & Mary Guzman Michael & Tanya Dorn John & Amanda Haapala This Week’s Steve & Diane Bauer Robert & Suzanne Wierzba Jerome & Kathleen Bartosz Michael & Stephanie James July 18 Wedding July 14 Frederick & Mary Walczak George & Susan Klish Gerry & Sharon Hutnik Anniversaries If your joyous anniversary is not listed, Keith & Wendy Studinski please contact the office so that we can update our records.

Weekly Reflection—15th Sunday in Ordinary Time. No farmer in his right mind would just scatter seed everywhere. He would make sure the soil was good and would provide the seed with every chance to grow. But that is not how God works. God gives his love and grace freely to everyone. We don’t earn it. We may not even be ready to receive it, but it is given to us anyway. If God is so generous with us, what does that say about how we should treat others?

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11th Grade Confirmation Class. Just a reminder that your first assignments—Confirmation Saint form & paper— were due June 15. Your second assignment, sponsor form is due July 15. Please return your assignments via mail to St. Stephen, 1401 Clark St., Stevens Point, WI 54481 or email to [email protected].

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Clip & Return  Parish Council Elections. Please vote for no more than two per family for your parish of membership. Return your ballot by Wednesday, July 22.

St. Joseph St. Stephen  Dave Osier  Mary Sullivan  Tina Smart  John Sullivan  Ron Kobishop  Jen Knapp

 Theron Nash  Jordan Peters (Whelihan)

 Pat Wenzl  Jill Miller

 Lynn Meyer

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