SAINT ELIZABETH CATHOLIC PARISH 4816 7th Ave, Kenosha, WI 53140 Phone: 262 -657 -1156 www.stelizabethkenosha.org St Elizabeth Schedule Sunday Masses : First Sunday of Saturday - 4:00 p.m. Sunday - 7:30 & 10:30 a.m. Weekday Masses: Lent Monday - 8:00 a.m. Wednesday - 8:00 a.m. Friday - 8:00 a.m. Saturday - 8:00 a.m. Confession: Saturday - 2:45 - 3:45 p.m. Matins & Lauds: Monday, Wednesday, Friday & Saturday - 7:25 a.m. Divine Mercy Chaplet: Sunday - 10:00 a.m. St James Schedule Sunday Masses : Saturday - 5:30 p.m. Sunday - 9:00 a.m. Weekday Masses: Monday - 5:15 p.m. Tuesday - 5:15 p.m. Wednesday - 5:15 p.m. Thursday - 5:15 p.m. Confession: Monday - 4:30 p.m. Tuesday - 4:30 p.m. Wednesday - 4:30 p.m. Devotion & Vespers: St. Joseph after Monday Mass, Mother of Perpetual Help after Tuesday Mass, Sacred Heart of Jesus after Wednesday Mass & Vespers after each devotion 1st Friday adoration 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. February 14, 2016 ST. ELIZABETH CATHOLIC PARISH 2 FEBRUARY 14, 2016 STATIONAL CHURCHES FOR LENT regarded as one of the holiest Catholic shrines. It has been described as "holding a unique position in the Christian world, and as "the greatest of all churches of Christendom." Feb. 15: San Pietro in Vincoli (Saint Peter in Chains) is a titular church in Rome, best known for being the home of Catholic tradition holds that the Basilica is the burial site of Michelangelo's statue of Moses, part of the tomb of Pope St. Peter, the first Pope; St. Peter's tomb is directly below Julius II. Also known as the Basilica Eudoxiana , it was first the high altar of the Basilica. For this reason, many Popes rebuilt on older foundations in 432 –440 to house the relic of have been interred at St. Peter's since the early Christian the chains that bound Saint Peter when he was imprisoned period. There has been a church on this site since the time in Jerusalem, the episode called "Liberation of Saint Peter." of the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great. Construction The Empress Eudoxia (wife of Emperor Valentinian III), who of the present basilica, replacing the Old St. Peter's Basilica received them as a gift from her mother, Aelia Eudocia, of the 4th century AD, began on 18 April 1506 and was consort of Valentinian II, presented the chains to Pope Leo completed on 18 November 1626. I. Aelia Eudocia had received these chains as a gift from Iuvenalis, bishop of Jerusalem. When Leo compared them Feb 21: St. Mary in Domnica, also known as Santa Maria to the chains of St. Peter's final imprisonment in the alla Navicella: The attribute "in Domnica" has been dif- Mamertine Prison, in Rome, the two chains miraculously ferently explained. One interpretation is the derivation from fused together. The chains are now kept in a reliquary dominicum , meaning "of the Lord," and by extension under the main altar in the basilica. "church." Another interpretation refers to the name of Cyri- aca, a woman who lived nearby, and whose name means Feb. 16: St. Anastasia : Built in the late 3rd century - early "belonging to the Lord," Dominica in Latin. The attribute 4th century by a Roman woman named Anastasia. The "alla Navicella" means "near the little ship," and refers to the church is listed under the titulus Anastasiae in the acts of Roman ship sculpture that has been in this location since the 499 synod. Later the church was entitled to the martyr Roman times, possibly as a votive offering to an ancient with the same name, Anastasia of Sirmium. Traditionally, temple, which Pope Leo X had turned into a fountain. The the church is connected to the cult of St Jerome, who church was built in ancient times, close to the barracks of possibly celebrated mass here. The saint is depicted over the 5th Cohort of the Roman Vigiles on the Caelian Hill. The the altar by Domenichino. church is mentioned in the records of a synod held by Pope Symmachus in 499. In the year 678, it was one of seven Feb. 17: St. Mary Major: The church of Santa Maria Maggiore , is a Papal major basilica and the largest church es assigned to deacons by Pope Agatho. Catholic Marian church in the world, from which size it receives the appellation "major." The ancient basilica OUR CATHOLIC FAITH enshrines the venerated image of Salus Populi Romani , depicting the Blessed Virgin Mary as the health and APOLOGETICS protectress of the Roman people, which was granted a canonical coronation by Pope Gregory XVI on 15 August To defend and explain the teachings, beliefs, and prac- 1838 accompanied by his Papal bull Cælestis Regina . The tices of the Catholic Church basilica also houses the relics of the Crib of the Child Jesus Q – Can angels read our minds? from Bethlehem. Feb. 18: St. Lawrence in Panisperna: Built on the site of the A – Because angelic minds are very powerful, they possess saint ’s martyrdom, tradition states that the first building was an extraordinary ability that enables them to perceive intui- constructed during the reign of Emperor Constantine I, only tively what we may be thinking based upon our actions, 10 years after the martyrdom of St. Lawrence, though the words, or personality. This is similar to the way a human first written evidence is from 1300, when Pope Damasus being who knows you extremely well can sometimes be said to “know what you ’re thinking. ” But that ’s not really rebuilt the church and annexed an abbey to it. That abbey - was given to the Benedictines in 1451, and then had the mind reading. Only God can know with certainty the Poor Clares settled in it by Cardinal Jacopo Colonna in thoughts that are exclusively our own. So, strictly speaking, 1896, who also restored the church and monastery. The only God can read our minds. To accomplish His will, God Franciscans now serve the church. may sometimes enable a creature—such as an angel or a saint—to know our thoughts in a particular matter, but this is Feb. 19: Basilica of the Twelve Holy Apostles: A 6th -century an exception. Roman Catholic parish, titular church, and minor basilica dedicated originally to St. James and St. Philip and later to This then begs the question, How can Satan plant ideas ’ ’ all Apostles. Today, the basilica is under the care of the or temptations in our minds if he doesn t know what we re Conventual Franciscans, whose headquarters in Rome is in thinking? As we said above, his angelic intellect has a very the adjacent building. strong intuitive sense about what we are thinking without actually being able to read our minds. Just like someone Feb 20: St. Peter in the Vatican: An Italian Renaissance can whisper a suggestion in our ears, so Satan can tempt church in Vatican City, the papal enclave within the city of us in a similar way. Rome. Designed principally by Donato Bramante, Michelangelo, Carlo Maderno and Gian Lorenzo Bernini, St. Always be ready to give a defense to anyone who asks Peter's is the most renowned work of Renaissance you for the hope that is in you, but do it with gentleness and respect (1 Peter 3:15 -16) architecture and one of the largest churches in the world. While it is neither the mother church of the Catholic Church “ ” - - Did Jesus Have A Last Name? Ascension Press nor the cathedral of the Diocese of Rome, St. Peter's is www.AscensionPress.com 1ST SUNDAY OF LENT 3 FEBRUARY 14, 2016 OUR CATHOLIC FAMILY Welcome them into eternal life: ST. ELIZABETH FISH FRY DINNERS Fr. Sean and the St. Elizabeth community wish to extend St. Elizabeth's Famous Fish Fry our deepest sympathy to the family and friends of Stephen 2/19, 2/26, 3/4, 3/11, & 3/18 Gulan. 4:30 p.m. -7:30 p.m. in St. George Hall O Lord give them comfort in their time of sorrow. Eternal Volunteers are needed to help with fish fry! Please contact rest grant unto Stephen and let perpetual light shine upon Dave in the parish office at 262 -657 -1156, or via email at him. [email protected] to volunteer. Welcome our newly Baptized: ST. JAMES ANNUAL ST. PATRICK'S DAY DINNER Tickets for the St. Patrick's Day Dinner on Saturday, March We welcome Tatum Walker & Matthew Gapanowicz 12, will be available at St. James following weekend who were baptized this weekend here at St. Elizabeth Masses from February 20/21 to Sunday, March 6. Or call/ Church. - - text/email at 262 914 5675 / [email protected]. $15 ages 13 and up / $10 under age 13. SERVICE HOURS CATHOLIC MEN ’S CONFERENCE If you are in need of service hours for CCD or for school, you are welcomed to help out at any of the St. Elizabeth We would like to personally invite you to the TENTH Annual Fish Fry Dinners. Just stop by the St. Elizabeth cafeteria Catholic Men's Conference on Saturday, March 12, 2016 at during a dinner. the Milwaukee Theater in Milwaukee. The cost is $43 for an individual to attend. For further information please go to HOMEMADE DESSERTS NEEDED! http://www.menofchrist.net/. St. Elizabeth is looking for donations of homemade THREE NIGHT MERCY MISSION desserts for their fish fries. If you would like to help, you There will be a three -night Regional Mercy Mission at St.