2 LIVING THE GOSPEL, ENCOUNTERING JESUS IN THE EUCHARIST, BRINGING OTHERS TO CCHRIST.HRIST. Vol. 12, No. 11 ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES Welcome to Most Blessed Sacrament Parish! LOCATED AT 435 HIGH AVENUE Whether you are a first-time visitor or a longtime resident searching Monday - Thursday: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM for a welcoming faith community, we have much to offer. Friday: 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM (Dial 920-231-9782 for after-hours emergencies and Whatever your life situation, we provide opportunities for you to our answering service will direct your call) grow spiritually and to engage in social, educational and community service projects. FIND US ON FACEBOOK Most Blessed Sacrament, Oshkosh, WI If you have any questions or would like more information on what Most Blessed Sacrament Parish has to offer, please contact Deacon PASTORAL TEAM Rick Hocking at [email protected] or 920-231-9782. Father Jerry Pastors, Pastor Rick Hocking, Deacon, Parish Administrator [email protected] In the event you are unable to attend Mass at Most Blessed Peter Cheskie, Deacon Sacrament, please consider visiting one of our other Oshkosh Area Lyn Zahorik, Pastoral Associate Catholic parishes. [email protected] EVANGELIZATION & DISCIPLESHIP ST. JUDE THE APOSTLE - Shannon Ausloos, Director Saturday 4:30 PM (Oregon Street) Sunday - 7:30 AM (Knapp Street) [email protected] JoAnne Brown, Assistant Rel. Ed. Coordinator 9:30 AM (Oregon Street), 11:00 AM (Knapp Street) Monday & Tuesday - 7:30 AM (Oregon Street) [email protected] SERV (Special Education) Wednesday & Friday - 7:30 AM (Knapp Street) Tom Mentele, Director 426-5682 Reconciliation - 3:30 PM Saturday (Oregon St.) SUPPORT STAFF ST. RAPHAEL THE ARCHANGEL Angela Gajewski, Finance Administrator Mass - Saturday, 5:00 PM, [email protected] Sunday, 7:30, 9:00 & 11:00 AM Laurie Pollack, Pastoral Administrative Assistant Reconciliation - Saturday, 4:00 PM [email protected] Doug Hirte, Director of Maintenance ST. MARY - WINNECONNE Marshall Potter, Director of Music April - September PARISH COMMITTEES Saturday - 6:00 PM, Sunday - 8:30 AM Parish Pastoral Council - Toni Cheskie, Chair Reconciliation - Saturday 5:30 PM Finance Council - Tracey Domiter, Chair ST. MARY - OMRO Parish Life - Mary Otto/Jan Grable, Co-Chairs - Parish Trustees - Dave Lelinski, John Dorcey April September Saturday - 4:00 PM, Sunday,10:30 AM - Reconciliation Saturday 3:30 PM LOURDES ACADEMY 426-3626 st - Spanish Mass 1 Sunday at 1:00 PM OSHKOSH CATHOLIC CEMETERIES Administrator - Randy Wertz 216-3268 PARISH OUTREACH: If you or a family [email protected] member have recently been hospitalized, or if someone’s living situation has changed, please remember to contact the parish office so the WHERE IS FR. JERRY??? person may receive the Sacrament of Fr. Jerry is happy you were able to join us this Anointing, the Holy Eucharist, and a visit from Fr. Jerry or Lyn, our Pastoral Associate. weekend at Most Blessed Sacrament. If you would like to set up a time to meet him personally, If you or your family member is in need of a please call Laurie at the Parish Office at 231-9782 listening presence or spiritual companionship, a to arrange an appointment. And just to have some fun, Fr. Care Minister can also help to provide that comforting measure. Jerry will be hiding somewhere in this bulletin every week. Please call Laurie at the parish office at 231-9782. See if you can find him, or who can find him first! WORSHIP 3 LITURGICAL WORSHIP & PRAYER SCHEDULE MASS INTENTIONS: Our book of Mass Intentions for October, November, MASS INTENTIONS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 and December is now open. The volume of FOR THE LIVING thru requests for Mass Intentions has grown & THE DECEASED SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 significantly since the inception of our parish. For that reason, it has become necessary to put some guidelines in place. *SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 & SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 +Phyllis Glynn, +John Guenzel, Adeline Berg on her 97th Birthday, We must limit intentions to one weekend The People of Most Blessed Sacrament Parish Community Holy Sacrifice of Mass and two weekday Masses per quarter. the Mass The stipend for a Mass Intention is $10. MONDAY 6:30A Morning Rosary (SM) 7:00A LWC (SM) If you do desire a specific date that we are not able to TUESDAY 6:30A Morning Rosary (SM) honor, our retired and mission priests are able to accept 7:00A LWC (SM) your intentions through the Leo Benevolent Association 5: Divine Mercy Chaplet/Evening Rosary (SP) and offer them at the Masses they pray. This can be 5:50P Confession (SP) arranged through our parish office. 6:30P +Barb Boss (Mass SP) WEDNESDAY 6:30A Morning Rosary (SM) BREAD AND WINE: If you are interested in sponsoring 7:00A +Don Holland (Mass SM) the Bread and Wine for a given weekend, please contact the 10: LWC (Evergreen Manor) Parish Office at 231-9782. The stipend is $30 for Bread 10: LWC (Edenbrook Senior Care) and Wine. THURSDAY 6:55A Morning Rosary (SP) 7:30A +Thomas Neta (Mass SP) DIVINE MERCY FRIDAY 6: Confession (SM) ADORATION CHAPEL 6: Morning Rosary (SM) OF OSHKOSH 7:00A +Violet Zweiger (Mass SM) SATURDAY 7:05A Confession (SP) Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed 8:00A Intercession of the Blessed Mother Sacrament is held at the Divine Mercy (Mass SP) Adoration Chapel of Oshkosh located 2:45P Confession (SP) 3:00P Divine Mercy Chaplet/Rosary (SP) at Most Blessed Sacrament’s St. Mary Worship Site, 605 Merritt Avenue, 4:00P *(Mass SP) SUNDAY 7:30A *(Mass SM) Oshkosh. The chapel is open 24 hours 9:00A *(Mass SP) a day, seven days a week. For more information and key code 10:45A *(Mass SM) access, please contact Kathie Reed at 920-539-6871 or 3: Divine Mercy Chaplet/Rosary (SM) [email protected] or Deacon Rick Hocking *SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 & SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 at [email protected]. +Mary Jane Flemming, +Mary Wonders, +Gene Schmiedel, The People of Most Blessed Sacrament Parish Community All weekend Mass intentions are read at all Weekend Masses LOCAL PARISH HOLY HOURS +Deceased Most Blessed Sacrament Parish St. Peter site - 435 High Avenue, Oshkosh HOLY FATHER’S INTENTION FOR SEPTEMBER 6:00 PM one Wednesday each month YOUNG PEOPLE IN AFRICA: That they may have access to (check bulletin for monthly date) education and work in their own countries. St. Jude the Apostle Parish For the Pope’s urgent prayer requests, please visit Sacred Heart site - 519 Knapp Street, Oshkosh www.apostleshipofprayer.org/2018-intentions. 6:00 PM - Second Wednesday of each month St. Raphael the Archangel Parish The bread and wine for this weekend’s Liturgies have been donated by Margaret Kinderman 830 S. Westhaven Drive, Oshkosh - - in loving memory of 4:15 6:15 PM First Tuesday day of each month with PAUL KALOUS. Reconciliation offered from 4:15-6:00 PM 4 A WEEK IN THE LITURGY TWENTY-FIFTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME God must continue. MONDAY, September 24 Weekday THURSDAY, September 27 Memorial Prv 3:27-34; Ps 15:2-3a, 3bc-4ab, 5; Lk 8:16-18 Saints Vincent de Paul, Priest FIRST READING: Today we begin a series of First Eccl 1:2-11; Ps 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14 & 17bc; Lk 9:7-9 Readings from the Wisdom literature. The verses from FIRST READING: The First Reading comes from the Proverbs contain short practical sayings about how live in opening chapter of Ecclesiastes, a book concerned with the relationship with our neighbors and what it means to act meaning of human life lived in relation to the divine plan justly and avoid evil. for our existence. The author declares the vanity or futility GOSPEL: How practical and ordinary is Jesus' teaching! Of of everything. Nothing is new. Everything has existed course, when we light a lamp, it gives off light! We do not before we existed. The passage concludes with the author light the lamp only to cover up its brightness. So, if we hear stating how nothing is remembered—neither people or the Word of God, we must not conceal it from others. We events of the past, present, or future. But what he does not must proclaim it! If we do not want to proclaim it, we might say at this point is that God knows. God remembers. as well not hear it. Once again the message is: hearing and GOSPEL: Herod concerns himself with trying to figure out living the Word of God go together. Jesus' identity because he had heard about the healings and exorcisms Jesus performed, not to mention how his TUESDAY, September 25 Weekday teaching was intriguing people. The answer to the question, Prv 21:1-6, 10-13; Ps 119:1, 27, 30, 34, 35, 44; Lk 8:19-21 "Who Jesus is?" baffled the tetrarch. Some thought Jesus to FIRST READING: A collection of ten sayings comprises be Elijah or another ancient prophet. Still others thought the First Reading. These various proverbs coalesce around John the Baptist had been raised from the dead after Herod the theme of living justly similar to yesterday's First had him beheaded. Herod desperately tried to keep seeing Reading. Those who are just hear the poor's cry lest when Jesus. His curiosity about Jesus was perhaps not for the they are in need, their cry not be heard. The Lord works in same reasons the crowds desired to be in his company. our hearts to direct us toward justice. GOSPEL: Jesus spoke the parable of the sower and FRIDAY, September 28 Weekday explained its meaning. He offered the saying about Saint Wenceslaus, Martyr / Saint Lawrence Ruiz and concealing the light of a lamp.