Spiritual Life On August 15, the Church celebrated the Solemnity of the into Heaven. An octave (eight days) later, the Church honors Mary with the Memorial of her Queenship. Both in the month of May with May Crowning and now in August, the Saint of the Week: Church calls our attention to Mary as St. Stephen of Hungary Queen. However, this year the liturgy Saint Stephen of Hungary was a for the Queenship of Mary will not warrior king whose silhouette stands happen as August 22 is a Sunday. The proud on a far distant horizon as the Sunday liturgy of Ordinary Time takes sun rises behind him at the dawn of precedence over a Memorial. Yet in the medieval age. His year of birth our own prayers on August 22, we can can only be guessed, as ancient honor Mary as as we reasonable demands and repeated chronicles give conflicting dates. pray the Glorious Mysteries of the protests have availed nothing to and meditate on the Mystery of remove these evils. May the powerful He was born Vaik and baptized her Coronation. Queen of creation, whose radiant Stephen when his father, a duke, glance banishes storms and tempests converted to Christianity. When he Why is there a separate day for a and brings back cloudless skies, look was about twenty-two, he succeeded Memorial of the Queenship of Mary? upon these her innocent and tormented his father as a Magyar leader and How did that come about? This children with eyes of mercy; may the Memorial was instituted by Pius warlord. After consolidating his Virgin, who is able to subdue violence XII in October 1954 as part of that beneath her foot, grant to them that territory and power through various . The Marian Year was in wars, he sent an emissary to the Pope they may soon enjoy the rightful honor of the centenary of the decree on freedom to practice their religion in to petition for the founding the . It was a of Church structures in his land. Pope openly, so that, while serving the cause year to encourage more devotion to of the Gospel, they may also contribute Sylvester II concurred with Stephen’s Mary, to imitate her virtues, and to plans and took him one step further. to the strength and progress of nations pray to Mary to intercede for the by their harmonious cooperation, by Tradition holds that the Pope had a persecuted Church. crown fashioned for Stephen and sent the practice of extraordinary virtues it to Hungary, where the papal Pope Pius XII wrote in 1953 the which are a glowing example in the midst of bitter trials. (Par. 50) ambassador crowned Stephen king in (Radiant Crown of Glory) to promulgate the 1001. …We are instituting a feast so that all upcoming Marian Year. Then in may recognize more clearly and October 1954, he wrote the encyclical King Stephen took his duties as a venerate more devoutly the merciful Catholic king with utmost (To the Queen of and maternal sway of the Mother of seriousness. He founded an enormous Heaven) in which he instituted the God. We are convinced that this feast Memorial of Mary, the Queen of Benedictine monastery, numerous will help to preserve, strengthen and Heaven to be celebrated every year on dioceses, and mandated one tax- prolong that peace among nations May 31. After Vatican II when the supported parish with a priest for which daily is almost destroyed by liturgical calendar was revised, the every ten towns. He built a shrine to recurring crises. (Par 51) the Virgin Mary, which became the Queenship of Mary was moved to sacred forum for the coronations, and August 22 to follow the Assumption Just as Pope Pius XII in the 1950s saw burials, of the kings of Hungary. He on August 15. the need to ask Mary to intercede for religious freedom in the nations of the aggressively punished those who Pope Pius XII included in both world, so again in our day we see the the urgent need to ask for practiced the outlawed pagan same need. As we pray the rosary and the help of the Queen of Heaven for customs of yesteryear and prohibited venerate Mary, Queen of Heaven, let those parts of the world where the marriages between pagans and us ask Mary, Queen of Heaven to Church was being persecuted, where Christians. Interestingly, he required intercede to bring peace to the many the people were not able to practice that all his subjects be married, troubled areas of the world and to publicly their religion. In Ad Caeli except for priests and religious. grant that faith in her Son Christ Reginam he wrote: After sadly familiar intrigues over may prevail, may spread, and may be succession, money, and power, In some countries of the world there practiced freely. are people who are unjustly persecuted Stephen died on August 15, 1038. Mary, Queen of Heaven, pray for us. Thus Stephen’s efforts to establish a for professing their Christian faith and Christian state were placed in who are deprived of their divine and Sr. Denise jeopardy. human rights to freedom; up till now source: www.mycatholic.life

St. Maria Goretti Page 2 August 15-22, 2021 Parish News and Events Volunteers Needed for Sanctuary/Sacristy Cleaning Spend an hour in the quiet of the church as you do such tasks as cleaning the holy water dishes and refilling them, dusting in the sanctuary and around the baptismal font, changing out the empty votive candles, and cleaning the sink and counters in the sacristy. You can rotate into the weekly schedule throughout the year. If you are able to help, contact Pam Spahn at 608-571-8511 or [email protected] and she Support Our Parish - will walk you through the details and rotate you into the schedule of Give Online volunteers. Thank you. Thank you for your continued Pro Labore Dei Shoe Collection for the Homeless support of St. Maria Goretti Parish. We have heard from many parishioners who have not yet brought in their used Your contributions help us to shoes last weekend so you now have a second chance. Pro Labore Dei (the continue to fulfill the Gospel Labor of God) will keep a bin in the corridor to collect your donations on the Mission in wonderful ways. weekend of August 21-22. Please continue to be as generous as you are able in helping our Religious Education - Get Involved parish meet its continuing needs. Enroll Your Child - The deadline to register for Family Catechesis and Sunday offertory envelopes can be sacramental preparation is August 31. Late fees will begin on September 1. mailed to the parish office or Register online or call 608-271-8081. dropped off at the church. To make Volunteer as a Catechist - Men and women of all ages are needed to serve in online contributions, please use the our programs. Being involved in the faith formation process allows you to link on our website. deepen your own faith, meet new people, and build our parish community. We Your generosity is essential to will provide you with all of the resources you need to teach and lead the support the life of our parish. children and youth in our program. Contact Melissa Coleman at 608-271-8081 Thank you! to volunteer. Do you have a new address? If you have moved recently, please contact the parish office at [email protected] or 608-271-7421 to update your address. This will help us to reduce the amount of mail being returned and the extra costs to get your mail to you. Thank you! Welcome our Newly Baptized We congratulate these children and their families and pray they may live and grow in Christ’s love. We welcome into our faith family: • Elliana Rose Swenson • Charles Daniel Scheumann • Reagan Alexis Busch • William John Olech • Morgan Marie Gallagher SMG Music Ministry Seeks Additional Pianos The SMG Music Ministry is seeking to add a few new pianos to our collection in order to help grow our music program. We are seeking both upright and grand (or baby grand) pianos. If you have a piano that you would like to donate to SMG, please contact Marco Melendez at [email protected]. Resources & More on Our Website To view our weekly Upcoming Masses & Events emails and more, visit • Watch 5:15 p.m. Vigil Mass on YouTube - The 21st Sunday in Ordinary www.stmariagoretti.org Time • Watch 9 a.m. Mass on YouTube - The 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time

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