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St. the Apostle Parish, Poynette St. ’s Parish, Rio Rev. Father Balaraju Eturi Sacraments: Office for both Parishes Religious Education: (608) 635-4326 St. Joseph-Rio * Peggy Lapacek Reconciliation: P.O. Box 310 (608) 698-4339 St. Thomas -Poynette Poynette, WI 53955-0310 St. Thomas-Poynette * Saturdays-3:30 to 4 pm Email address: Mindy Murray

Baptism: [email protected] (608) 635-8375

Call for appointment Parish Council St. - St. Joseph-Rio- Beverly Sugden Marriage: Poynette (920) 992-5280 Please contact the office 655 S. Main Street St. Thomas-Poynette * Rob Klink 6 months in advance Poynette, WI 53955 (608) 219-8236 Anointing of the Sick: Please notify the parish office St. Joseph’s Parish- Rio RCIA Director if you or someone you know 514 Lincoln Avenue Donald Hudzinski would like Holy Communion Rio, WI 53960 (608) 635-5199

at home, is in the hospital, Music Director or in need of respite care. Website- St. Thomas-Poynette * Kitty Maas PRCatholic.org (608) 695-0228 [email protected] READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Easter Sunday READINGS FOR THE WEEK April 4, 2021 Monday: Acts 2:14, 22-33; Ps 16:1-2a, 5, 7-11; Mt 28:8-15 I shall not die, but live, Tuesday: Acts 2:36-41; Ps 33:4-5, 18-20, 22; and declare the works of the L. Jn 20:11-18 — Psalm 118:17 Wednesday: Acts 3:1-10; Ps 105:1-4, 6-9; Lk 24:13-35 Thursday: Acts 3:11-26; Ps 8:2ab, 5-9; Lk 24:35-48 Friday: Acts 4:1-12; Ps 118:1-2, 4, 22-27a; THIS WEEK’S MASS INTENTIONS Jn 21:1-14 Saturday: Acts 4:13-21; Ps 118:1, 14-15ab, 16-21; St Thomas (ST) - Poynette * St. Joseph (SJ) - Mk 16:9-15 Sunday: Acts 4:32-35; Ps 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24; 1 Jn 5:1-6; Jn 20:19-31 Saturday Apr. 3 6:00 pm (ST) - Parishes of Holy St. Thomas Saturday is Risen: The world below lies desolate & St. Joseph Christ is Risen: The spirits of evil are fallen Sunday Apr. 4 6:30 am (ST) - Parishioners Christ is Risen: The of God are rejoicing Easter Christ is Risen: The tombs of the dead are empty Sunday 8:00 am (ST) † Alta Wheeler Christ is Risen indeed from the dead, the first of the sleepers,

Glory and power are his forever and ever. - St. 10:00 am (SJ) † Bob Hopp

Many Easter Blessings to You and Your Families! 12:00 pm (SJ) -Living & Deceased Members of the -Father Bala Watters Today’s Reflection Monday Apr.5 8:00 am (ST) † Nicholas Walz REJOICE AND BE GLAD During the first three or four centuries of , if Tuesday Apr. 6 8:00 am (ST) † you asked a Christian to name the feast days of the , your answer would have been a puzzled stare, for there was only one feast: the Resurrection of the Lord. Every Sunday was Wednesday Apr.7 8:00 am (ST) - Living & a feast celebrating the one great feast. Even though our Deceased calendar now has many beautiful and holy feasts, we must Members of the continually be called back to the fact that all these other feasts STCW exist because of the feast of Christ’s Passover from death to life. The psalm today proclaims this message well: “This is the Thursday Apr. 8 † 8:00 am (SJ) day.” It is not one of many days, but it is the day of all days,

the one that gives all the others their origin, purpose, meaning, Friday Apr. 9 No Mass and destiny. Listen carefully to Peter’s speech in Acts with its recollection of the Passion, to the words of the apostle Paul, and to the account of , John, and Peter finding the , and you will hear the many wonderful works that God has done for us through Christ. Rejoice and be glad! FEAST OF FAITH

The Eucharist: Food for Resurrection How do we celebrate Easter, the greatest of our Christian feasts? By doing what we do every Sunday and every day: celebrating the Mass. On the first Easter, as the heartbroken disciples walked the road to Emmaus, the Lord was with them UPCOMING MASS INTENTIONS but they did not realize it. They only recognized him “in the breaking of the bread” (:35). Saturday Apr. 10 6:00 pm (ST) - Parishes of It is the same for us. In the Mass—the breaking of the St. Thomas bread—we meet the risen Lord together. We meet him in each & St. Joseph other—for by our baptism into his death and resurrection, we have become members of one body, the Body of Christ. We Sunday Apr. 11 8:00 am (ST) † Jerry Hladilek meet him in his word—in the liturgy the scriptures are pro- claimed to us, that they might take root and grow in us. And we 10:00 am (SJ) † Dorothy Biddle meet him in a special way in the Eucharist, the sacrament of his Body and Blood, which is food for resurrection: “whoever eats 12:00 pm (SJ) -St. Joseph 1st this bread will live forever” (:51). The Lord is risen Communicants indeed, and it is the Risen One who truly presides at this and every Eucharist. St. Thomas the Apostle—Poynette

Easter Memorials Knights of Columbus Thank you to all those who donated Easter Memorials The next Knights of Columbus #6697 meeting will be held on April 12 at 7 pm that help provide the beautiful Flowers for Church this in the parish hall. Easter. The flowers and plants that decorate our church at Easter are a sign of our joy in the Resurrection of Christ and St. Thomas April Ministry Schedule our hope in the resurrection of those who have gone before us. Saturday 4:30 PM Sunday 8:00 AM St. Thomas Christian Women Masses Masses The next St. Thomas Christian Women’s Lector- Lector- meeting will be held on April 13 at 6:30 pm Bill Flanagan Matt Uselman in the parish hall. Ushers- Ushers- Robert Lurquin James Murray 40 C[ns for LENT Th[nk You! Bill See Ken Przybyl The Knights of Columbus would like to Thank those who donated and supported the 40 cans for Lent.

Your donations help ensure that everyone who seeks assistance in our community will have enough food to eat. St. Joseph—Rio

Parish Council Meeting St. Joseph’s RE News & Information

Mark your calendars for the next Upcoming Schedule parish council meeting Thursday, ~Classes Resumes on April 7th * 6pm April 22, at 6:30 PM, ~1st Communion Retreat April 10th* 8am-10am ~1st Communion Mass April 11th *12 noon at St. Joseph church. ~Celebration Bowling Party April 14th* TBD All are welcome to attend . Happy Easter, He has Risen, Alleluia! Go Make Disciples Paschal Mystery

The Passion, death and Resurrection of Christ is the absolute heart of our Christian Faith. This Paschal Mystery, this sacred passing over from death to eternal life, offers us the gracious forgiveness of the Father and the promise of eternal life. The crux of the , the Paschal Mystery is the very core of our evangelization efforts, as witnessed by the proclamation of Peter on the morning of .

In the Passion and death of Jesus, God the Son embraces everything that is sinful, broken and dead within us, and in one great act of self-offering, lifts it up to the Father. In that sacred embrace of our sinfulness and immortality, we are saved forever! This astonishing Good News is the heart of what Jesus calls us to share with every person we know and meet. As we move deeper into our relationship with the Lord and practice our Faith with greater ardor and devotion, we will fall more profoundly in love with God and feel a fiery urgency to want everyone to experience the amazing grace we have found.

As Christians, we should have a daily familiarity with the Paschal Mystery, reflecting on it in our prayer, experiencing its power in the sacraments, living the dying and rising of Jesus in our road of conversion. Evangelization is sharing the Gospel and the Gospel is the Paschal Mystery. ~ Donald Hying

CHURCH NAME AND ADDRESS St. Thomas the Apostle Parish / St. Joseph’s Parish - Rio #925950 655 S. Main Street P.O. Box 310 Poynette, WI 53955

TELEPHONE (608) 635 - 4326 or 608-438-4975

CONTACT PERSON Fr. Bala Eturi /Rachel Munz

EMAIL: [email protected]

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