St. Alphonsus New Munster, WI St. John the Evangelist Twin Lakes, WI April 5, 2020 ADžǎNJǏNJǔǕǓǂǕNJǐǏ Fr. Arthur Mattox, Administrator 262-877-2557 Patricia M. Vos, DAS 262-537-4370 ext 202 PǂǓNJǔlj TǓǖǔǕdždžǔ Mark Kashik 262-537-3567 St. Alphonsus Mark Seegers 262-537-8087 St. Alphonsus Bernie Schyvinck 262-279-3113 St. John the Evangelist Greg Sim 262-484-9610 St. John the Evangelist CǐǎǃNJǏdžDž PǂǓNJǔlj CǐǖǏDŽNJǍ St. Alphonsus St. John the Evangelist Elaine Burke Marty Daniels Larry Gulotta Nanette Haase Erin Decker Robert Foley Karen Poepping Pam Sanberg Mary Meyers Vicki Skinner SǕ. AǍǑljǐǏǔǖǔ SǕ. JǐljǏ Ǖljdž EǗǂǏLjdžǍNJǔǕ 6301 344th Avenue, PO Box 767 Visit our website for updated information 701 North Lake Avenue New Munster, WI 53152 www.staljohn.org Twin Lakes, WI 53181 262-537-4370 262-877-2557 Liturgical Updates in Response to CoVID-19/Coronavirus The following information has been taken/adapted from the Liturgical Updates for Parishes - 24 March 2020 written by Most Reverend Jerome E. Listecki, Archbishop of Milwaukee. We continue to see our archdiocese and our country and our world impacted by the CoVID-19/Coronavirus. Archbishop Listecki has provided the following direction to our church leaders about our liturgical and pastoral practices during the time of this pandemic. Please note that some of the information may not be applicable for a few weeks, and much could change. The Chrism Mass will be postponed to a later date. Once the pressing health crisis has passed, the Chrism Mass will be rescheduled. The suspension of public daily and Sunday Mass throughout the archdiocese continues in place. Private distribution of Holy Communion may not take place. The 12 hours of the Sacrament of Reconciliation throughout the archdiocese scheduled for April 1st will be postponed. Holy Week and the Triduum are the most solemn time of our liturgical year. Public celebrations for Holy Week, Holy Thursday and Good Friday are canceled in all of our parishes. Archbishop Listecki will celebrate both holy days and the Eater Vigil from the Cathedral and those services will be live-streamed. The modifications in the liturgical celebrations decreed by the Vatican will be observed. Visit the archdiocese website for more information. (https://www.archmil.org). The baptisms of the Elect and the receptions into full will either be live-streamed or broadcast over network communion across the archdiocese are postponed until a television. Bishop Schuerman will also offer the Easter later diocesan-wide, common date. Mass from the Cathedral, in Spanish. More information about these celebrations will be forthcoming. As beautiful and moving as it is, the celebration of the Via Crucis will also be cancelled due to the large Confirmations and First Communions are now numbers who gather for it. postponed until the health crisis has passed. At that time, instructions will be provided for scheduling. The suspension of public celebrations of the Eucharist Catechetical materials will be posted to assist parents in continues for Easter Sunday. Archbishop Listecki will talking about this with their candidates and first celebrate Easter Mass at the Cathedral and that Mass communicants. It’s easy to say we should keep public Masses and other sacramental and The Spring Assembly of devotional practices, but at what cost? We have free will, but our choices impact Priests is canceled. many others. Some have said we should be willing to die to celebrate the Eucharist. The Love One Another I agree. But as I heard one Relevant Radio commentator state, we shouldn’t be Capital Campaign is being willing to kill to celebrate the Eucharist, meaning, what happens if we contract the suspended. The archdiocese virus? How many others do we put at risk, from caregivers and medical personnel will work on communication to family, friends and others we would come into contact with before we even knew with the Pilot Parishes and we were infected. hopefully will be able to We cannot make decisions out of fear and we must use common sense in making resume the campaign when decisions for the pastoral care of our people without taking unnecessary risk. there is a return to financial -Most Reverend Jerome E. Listecki, Archbishop of Milwaukee stability. 2 St. Alphonsus and St. John the Evangelist Parishes With the suspension of Masses obviously comes the people. This is lack of offertory giving. Please make use of on-line especially difficult giving and electronic transfer of funds to assist the at such a sensitive existence of our parish at this time of crisis. time. We know many parishioners are suffering financial The archdiocese hardship. As a sign of solidarity with all whose has a variety of finances are uncertain, the priests’ salaries will be resources on their frozen for 2020-2021, which is different than what was website, including previously announced. Some priests have further a new series of determined that, given the financial uncertainty of evangelization parish staff, they will actually reduce their own salary tools under Courageous Catholic. Visit as an act of generosity and sacrifice. They will do this www.archmil.org/courageouscommunion. All updates until the crisis is over. Archbishop Listecki will also to parishes and schools are also always posted on their follow their example. We also acknowledge that many website. Please visit www.archmil.org/coronavirus. senior priests are feeling the financial stress as Masses is grateful for the spiritual outreach and other sacraments are not being celebrated by them Catholic Charities of our priests, deacons and pastoral ministers to those as help-out priests. Many of them rely on this income to faithful who are experiencing anxiety. Your witness live day-to-day. through the use of social media and Parish or school building projects During this unprecedented crisis in our technology brings comfort to many, and should be put on hold. In general, recent world history, I want you to know exercises the ability to bring spiritual this will be a building freeze. Proxy that I am very proud to be your arch- solace to our people who look to you requests will still be reviewed on a bishop. I have no doubt of your courage for leadership. case-by-case basis, with regard to and commitment to the faith. Bishops Haines, Schuerman and individual circumstances. Most Reverend Jerome E. Listecki, Archbishop of Milwaukee Archbishop Listecki offer daily With the new restrictions from reflections. Please do what you can to Governor Evers, it will be a challenge to celebrate stay connected during this time we must be apart. It is a funerals the way people might like. We encourage great sacrifice for people to observe these many families to delay the rituals if at all possible. If there is restrictions, cancellations, and postponements. Let us no way to delay, we will need to be cautious about encourage each other to join our suffering at this time to keeping the number of people to a minimum and the suffering endured by our brothers and sisters around maintaining the proper social distancing between the world who are persecuted for their faith. RdžǂDžNJǏLjǔ LJǐǓ Ǖljdž Wdždžnj ǐLJ AǑǓNJǍ 5, 2020 Sunday: Mt 21:1-11/Is 50:4-7/Ps 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24 [2a]/Phil 2:6-11/ Mt 26:14—27:66 or 27:11-54 Monday: Is 42:1-7/Ps 27:1, 2, 3, 13-14 [1a]/Jn 12:1-11 Tuesday: Is 49:1-6/Ps 71:1-2, 3-4a, 5ab-6ab, 15 and 17 [cf. 15ab]/Jn 13:21-33, 36-38 Wednesday: Is 50:4-9a/Ps 69:8-10, 21-22, 31 and 33-34 [14c]/Mt 26:14-25 Thursday: Chrism Mass: Is 61:1-3a, 6a, 8b-9/Ps 89:21-22, 25 and 27 [2]/Rv 1:5- 8/Lk 4:16-21 Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper: Ex 12:1-8, 11-14/Ps 116:12-13, 15-16bc, 17-18 [cf. 1 Cor 10:16]/1 Cor 11:23-26/Jn 13:1-15 Friday: Is 52:13—53:12/Ps 31:2, 6, 12-13, 15-16, 17, 25 [Lk 23:46]/Heb 4:14- 16; 5:7-9/Jn 18:1—19:42 Saturday: Vigil: Gn 1:1—2:2 or 1:1, 26-31a/Ps 104:1-2, 5-6, 10, 12, 13-14, 24, 35 [30] or Ps 33:4-5, 6-7, 12-13, 20-22 [5b]/Gn 22:1-18 or 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18/Ps 16:5, 8, 9-10, 11 [1]/Ex 14:15—15:1/Ex 15:1-2, 3-4, 5 -6, 17-18 [1b]/Is 54:5-14/Ps 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11-12, 13 [2a]/Is 55:1-11/Is 12:2-3, 4, 5-6 [3]/Bar 3:9-15, 32—4:4/Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11 [Jn 6:68c]/Ez 36:16-17a, 18-28/Ps 42:3, 5; 43:3, 4 [42:2] or Is 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6 [3] or Ps 51:12-13, 14-15, 18-19 [12a]/Rom 6:3-11/Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22- 23/Mt 28:1-10 Next Sunday: Acts 10:34a, 37-43/Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23 [24]/Col 3:1-4 or 1 Cor 5:6b-8/Jn 20:1-9 or Mt 28:1-10 April 5, 2020 Blessed palms will be Mǂǔǔ IǏǕdžǏǕNJǐǏǔ LJǐǓ Ǖljdž Wdždžnj available Palm Sunday through the end of the day Please know that all of your Mass intentions are being Monday, April 6.