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July 12, 2020 Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Www REV. JEFFREY W. HENNES STANDARD MAILING 1401 CLARK STREET US POSTAGE PAID STEVENS POINT, WI 54481 Stevens Point, WI Permit No. 26 RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED www.PointCatholicFaith.org July 12, 2020 Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Ordinary in Sunday Fifteenth 2020 12, July Mass Intentions Hello everybody, 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? Pope’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 Stay connected, find our parishes online at... Find us on Facebook! “Follow” these pages for important updates www.PointCatholicFaith.org St. Stephen Parish: - Access Bulletins - Father’s YouTube Videos search for St. Stephen Church - Religious Education News - Ways to Contribute - Important Updates - Contact Our Staff St. Joseph Parish: - Parish Infor & Links - Resources search for St. Joseph Parish TGIF ST. STEPHEN PARISH ST. JOSEPH PARISH 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. July 3. 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.
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