SEPTEMBER 29, 2019 MASS SCHEDULE WEEKEND Saturday ................................ 5:00 pm TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Sunday .. 7:30 am, 9:00 am, 11:00 am ................................................ 5:00 pm WEEKDAY Mon, Tues, Wed ....................... 8:00 am at Franciscan Courts (815 S Westhaven) Thursdays & Fridays ............... 7:15 am ......................... at St. Raphael Church Radio Broadcast Mass 9:00 am every Sunday WOSH 1490 AM Reconciliation Saturday & Sunday .....3:30 pm-4:30 pm Tuesday ...................... 4:30 pm-5:30 pm Parish Office Hours Monday - Friday ...... 8:30 am - 4:30 pm Our Catholic School: Lourdes Academy ................. 426-3626 PASTORAL TEAM Pastor ............................... Fr. Tom Long Parochial Vicar ......... Fr. Matthew Rappl Pastoral Associate......... Betty Schwandt Deacons ......... Greg Grey, John Ingala, .......................................... Paul Vidmar This Weekend Parish Feast Day Weekend Prayer to St. Raphael This Week Glorious Archangel Raphael, who enters and serves before the Glory of the Lord: Holy Hour, Tuesday October 1 present to God the prayer of our need. 4:15pm As once you helped young Blessing of Pets, Thursday, October 3 Tobias on his travels, help us on our 4:45pm journey through life. Next Weekend Grant us healing of body, mind and spirit that we may New Member Information Weekend be faithful disciples of Jesus who pray, serve and generously share Coffee & Donuts after in response to the needs of the human family. Sunday Morning Masses A GREAT TRADITION: THE ARCHANGELS Based upon what we know from Scripture from Tobit 12:15; Revelation 1:4,20; 3:1; 8:2,6; and Isaiah 63:9, the Church has determined that there are Seven Archangels. Some of their names are very well known, while others have been forgotten to history. As of the Council of Rome in 745 AD under the reign of Pope Saint Zachary, the Catholic Church officially only acknowledges the names of three of the seven Archangels: St. Michael, St. Gabriel, and St. Raphael. Although the Church acknowledges that there are seven Archangels, these three are the only angels named in Scripture, therefore, are currently the only three officially recognized by name in Catholic doctrine. The names of the other four Archangels appear in Jewish and Christian sources outside of the canon of Sacred Scripture (an example is the Book of Enoch chapter 20) and their names are: Uriel, Raguel, Zerachiel, and Remiel. SAINT MICHAEL Michael appears in Sacred Scripture in Daniel 10:13, 10:21, and 12:1; Jude 1:9 and Revelation 12:7 and in many apocryphal Jewish and Christian sources. Michael’s name means, “Who is like God.” Various traditions say that he was the first of the angels who were created. Traditionally, Michael has been revered as the Guardian Angel of the Church. He is also the angel who led the forces of Heaven in casting out Lucifer/Satan when he rebelled against God. SAINT GABRIEL Gabriel’s name has many meanings: “Strength of God,” “Hero of God” and “God has shown Himself Mightily.” Gabriel appeared to the Prophet Daniel to explain a vision from God (Daniel 8); he appeared to the priest Zacharias to announce that he would have a son, John the Baptist, who would be the forerunner of the Messiah, Jesus (Luke 1); and he appeared to the Virgin Mary in the Annunciation (Luke 1). SAINT RAPHAEL Raphael in Sacred Scripture played a pivotal role in the Book of Tobit as he helped Tobias the son of Tobit on his journey. Raphael’s name means, “Healing Power of God”. Traditionally, due to the meaning of his name, he is revered as the Archangel of Healing. St. Raphael is the patron saint of travelers, the blind, bodily ills, happy meetings, nurses, physicians and medical workers. PRAYING TO ANGELS & SAINTS Prayer to the Angels and the Saints must never be confused with worshiping of them. For Catholics and Orthodox Christians, prayer to the Angels and the Saints is only in asking for their intercession to God (as we ask any other believer here to also pray for us), for their protection by means of the Grace of God working through them, and for guidance as we strive to imitate their examples of service to God and to others. In Christ, Deacon John FUND FOR CATHOLIC SCHOOL TUITION ASSISTANCE BLESSING OF ANIMALS In the September envelope packet is a blue Thursday, October 3 envelope for donations to help families with tuition 4:45 pm for our Catholic school. We strive to make sure every family is able to afford a Catholic school education for the children at Lourdes Come celebrate the Feast of St. Francis with Academy. Thank you for your donation to this fund our parish by bringing your family AND your to help make this possible. Donations are used to pet to a special blessing service. assist some families from St. Raphael Parish. We will meet outside in the courtyard. 2 | ST. RAPHAEL PARISH · OSHKOSH WHAT’S HAPPENING Stewardship of Sharing Week ending 09/22/2019 Saturday, September 28 Praying at Mass: 1,567 8:00 am Fr. Carr Meal Prep 3:30 pm Reconciliation Envelope Collection $ 12,631 5:00 pm Mass Loose Collection $ 1,700 Sunday, September 29 EFT $ 11,047 St. Raphael Parish Feast Day On-Line Giving $ 2,339 9:00/11:00 Pre/K RE Classes Total Weekly Collections $ 27,717 3:00 pm Families of Faith 3:30 pm Reconciliation 5:00 pm Mass 6:00 pm Aftershock Year to date giving (actual) $ 275,665 Monday, September 30 Year to date giving (budgeted) $ 271,000 5:30 pm Scouts 6:00 pm Genesis to Jesus Thank you for your donations to our second Tuesday, October 1 collection benefiting the victims of hurricane Dorian 4:15 pm Gr 1-8 RE Classes in the Bahamas. Due to your generosity, we 4:15 pm Gr 1 Parent/Child Class collected over $4300. Thank you! 4:15 pm Holy Hour 4:30 pm Reconciliation C ome and See 5:30 pm Human Concerns Commission 6:00 pm Financial Peace University Jesus invites you to spend some time with Him. 6:00 pm Catholicism 101 7:00 pm Peer Ministry Meeting Next Monthly Parish Holy Hour of Wednesday, October 2 Adoration Tuesday, October 1 from 5:30 am That Man is You (St. Jude –Sacred Heart) 4:15 – 6:15 pm (and first Tuesday of 8:00 am Mass at Franciscan Courts each month) 9:30 am Women’s Spirituality Group Come for a minute, come for two hours, 4:15/5:30 pm Gr 1-5 RE Classes or any amount of time in between. The Holy Hour will 4:15/5:30 pm Gr 1 Parent/Child Class begin with Solemn Exposition and end with 6:45 pm Gr. 6-8 RE Classes Benediction. 8:00 pm Confirmation Alpha 8:00 pm Gr. 9/10 HS RE Classes The Sacrament of Reconciliation will be available Thursday, October 3 during this time. 7:15 am Mass 11:30 am Small Christian Community Mtg Israel 2020 Pilgrimage to the 4:30 pm Youth Choir Holy Land with Fr. Tom 4:45 pm Pet Blessing 6:00 pm Men’s Choir Rehearsal Due to an overwhelming response to next year's 6:00 pm Adult Choir Rehearsal Pilgrimage to Israel, we have added an additional 6:00 pm Stewardship Commission Mtg trip! Fr. Tom will be the spiritual leader for this Friday, October 4 special trip but space is limited and will fill 7:15 am Mass quickly. It will contain the exact same travel Saturday, October 5 itinerary but will function as a separate New Member Information Weekend pilgrimage. Brochures are at the front desk. See 3:30 pm Reconciliation Karen for further details. Space is limited to 30 5:00 pm Mass guests. Sunday, October 6 New Member Information Weekend Coffee & Donuts after morning Masses 3:30 pm Reconciliation Tried 5:00 pm Mass everything else? 6:00 pm Aftershock Try Jesus. SEPTEMBER 29, 2019 TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME | 3 RELIGIOUS EDUCATION October is the month dedicated to the Holy Rosary. Here is what you can look forward to in October There is a first grade parent/child class Tuesday, October 1 @ 4:15 and Wednesday, October 2 @4:15/5:30. Invites were sent to families on Sept. 16. There is a First Reconciliation parent/child class on October 8 at 4:15 and October 9 at 4:15/5:30. There is a Grade 9 parent/child class on October 22 at 7pm and October 23 at 8:00 pm. All Grade 9 families must attend ONE of the sessions, including those who took classes in the summer. There is no weekly class for grades 1-Confirmation on Oct. 29/30 due to an all catechist retreat. St. Raphael Families of Faith August 25 marked the kick off for the first Families of All High School Faith session. Families of Faith is in alternative to weekly classes where families with children grades students are invited to PK-8 gather once a month to learn in community, and attend then parents teach their children at home the other three AFTERSHOCK weeks of the month. Integrated into the program are opportunities for families to grow together in prayer and service. As a cumulative project for the year each family creates a storybook which chronicles their journey of faith together. This year we have a total of 38 families Diversity is divisive without and 70 youth participating in families of faith and we are unity in God. Unity is all excited to see where our journey of faith will lead us.