Saint Florian Staffed by the Discalced Carmelite Friars 1233 South 45 Street, West Milwaukee, WI 53214-3615 November 15, 2020 ~ Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time PARISH STAFF WEEKEND MASSES Served by the Discalced Carmelite Friars 383-3565, ext. 2 Saturday (Anticipated) ...................... 4:00 p.m. Email ......... [email protected] Sunday .............................................. 8:00 a.m. Secretary: Jacqueline Wick DAILY MASSES (in the Main Church at this time) Maintenance: Joseph Rivest Monday - Friday ............................... 5:00 p.m. ST. FLORIAN PARISH OFFICE followed by Eucharistic Adoration and Benediction 1210 South 45 Street, West Milwaukee, WI 53214-3614 until 6:30 p.m. Phone ............................................... 383-3565, ext. 0 Evening before Holy Day (Anticipated) Fax ................................................... 383-2708 ...................................................... 7:00 p.m. Email ............. [email protected] (No 5:00 p.m. Daily Mass on Anticipated Holy Days) Website ............... www.stflorian.org Holy Day .......................................... 8:00 a.m. (No 5:00 p.m. Daily Mass on Holy Days) PARISH OFFICE HOURS Monday through Thursday 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. CONFESSIONS (The Parish Office is closed on Fridays & Holidays.) Please contact Fr. Elijah at the Parish Office if you are PASTORAL COUNCIL interested in a private Confession at this time. Chairperson: Kate Klister ............... 350-9217 HELPING HANDS Vice Chair: Sue Jens ....................... 328-4042 Trustee/Secretary: Russell Miller.... 671-2385 Outreach for the elderly and the homebound. Trustee/Treasurer: Sandy Kania...... 672-0364 Elaine Croft....................................... 615-7124 MUSIC DIRECTORS MARY QUEEN OF SAINTS CATHOLIC ACADEMY Joseph Carpenter - 4:00 p.m. Sat. choir…..430-3425 (our Parish Cluster School) Diane Bersch - 8:00 a.m. Sun. choir……...541-8109 1227 South 116 Street • West Allis, WI 53214 476-0751 CHRISTIAN FORMATION OFFICE Jen Vega, Principal • Email: [email protected] Within St. Rita Parish, 2318 South 61 Street , West Allis, WI 53219 School Website: mqsca.org High School/Confirmation Program Email for Registration Information: [email protected] RCIA-Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults RCIC-Rite of Christian Initiation of Children Contact the DRE - Director of Religious Education, Barbara Krieger..................................... 541-7515, ext. 39 SACRAMENTS Baptism Parish registration and parental instruction required. Please contact the parish office. Marriage Please arrange for a date and instructions at least six months in advance at the parish office. “Well done, my good and faithful servant.” Parish registration is required. Anointing of the Sick ~ Matthew 25:21 Please contact Fr. Elijah at the Parish Office if you are interested in a private Anointing at this time. PARISH MEMBERSHIP Each family or single adult 18 years old or older living at home or alone is invited and expected to be registered in our parish family at the parish office. Please call the parish office to register. “Please Remember St. Florian Parish in your Will.” Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Florian Parish - November 15, 2020 Born to Eternal Life November 14, 2020 Please remember in your prayers... through † Shirley A. Mlynczak November 22, 2020 She passed away Wednesday, October 28. Sat., November 14 - (Anticipated) Thirty-Third Sunday in Her Service was held Tuesday, November 3. Ordinary Time Please keep her many beloved family members 4:00 p.m. The Parishioners of St. Florian Parish and friends in your prayers. Sun., November 15 - Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord, 8:00 a.m. † Lisa Pranghofer Anniversary and let perpetual light shine upon her. Amen. Mon., November 16 - St. Margaret of Scotland; and St. Gertrude, Virgin Readings for the week of November 15, 2020 5:00 p.m. † Walter & † Herminia Poheim Sun: Prv 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31/Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5 Tues., November 17 - St. Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious [cf. 1a]/1 Thes 5:1-6/Mt 25:14-30 or 25:14-15, 19-21 5:00 p.m. Gannon Family Mon: Rv 1:1-4; 2:1-5/Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6 [Rev 2:17]/ Wed., November 18 - The Dedication of the Basilica of Saints Lk 18:35-43 Peter and Paul, Apostles; St. Rose Philippine Duchesne, Virgin Tues: Rv 3:1-6, 14-22/Ps 15:2-3a, 3bc-4ab, 5 [Rev 3:21]/ 5:00 p.m. Nguyen & Corcoran Families Lk 19:1-10 Thurs., November 19 - St. Raphael Kalinowski, Priest Wed: Rv 4:1-11/Ps 150:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6 [1b]/Lk 19:11-28 5:00 p.m. Nguyen & Corcoran Families Thurs: Rv 5:1-10/Ps 149:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6a and 9b [Rev 5:10]/ Fri., November 20 - Weekday Lk 19:41-44 5:00 p.m. † Doris Mueller Fri: Rv 10:8-11/Ps 119:14, 24, 72, 103, 111, 131 [103a]/ Lk 19:45-48 Sat., November 21 - Anticipated Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe Sat: Rv 11:4-12/Ps 144:1b, 2, 9-10 [1b]/Lk 20:27-40 4:00 p.m. † Joseph & † Virginia Hintz Next Sun: Ez 34:11-12, 15-17/Ps 23:1-2, 2-3, 5-6 [1]/ Sun., November 22 - Our Lord Jesus Christ, 1 Cor 15:20-26, 28/Mt 25:31-4 King of the Universe ETERNAL FLAME 8:00 a.m. The Parishioners of St. Florian Parish November 14 - November 20, 2020 CATHOLIC QUOTE In loving memory of: † Patrick M. Fugger “God saved us and called us CALENDAR RAFFLE WINNER to live a holy life.” November 10, 2020 $25 - Denise Gamboa GOSPEL MEDITATION — ENCOURAGE DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF SCRIPTURE God gives us the gift of His very self confidence in us. Do we have that same Fear and a lack of trust serve no and asks us to invest it. Investing God’s confidence in God? purpose in God’s kingdom. They greatest gift of Himself wisely, allows We often go the extra mile and put in benefit neither the person nor God. God’s kingdom to grow and flourish. the additional effort when it comes to What is required is a courageous resolve God trusts us with this pearl of great those concerns closest to us: our that produces the fortitude necessary to price in hopes that it will produce families, friends, careers, home and stay the course and do what God is abundant fruit. While God’s gift of self securities. But when it comes to things asking. Doing all in our power to is realized in the gifts of faith, hope, and that are not as close to us, we can cultivate the seeds of faith, hope, and love, they are not meant to be solely for become lax and less conscientious. love in our world, working diligently to personal benefit. They are intended to Tending to God’s treasure requires a put all of our relationships in proper be shared and are at the heart of Jesus’ great deal of focus and persistent hard order, becoming attentive to systems blueprint for happiness, the Beatitudes. work. It demands that I see the bigger and ideologies that hurt and oppress When we properly invest God’s picture, God’s picture, in which people, being mindful of injustice, and greatest gift, His most treasured self-sacrifice is a given as we labor for laboring on behalf of the poor and the possession, we invest in the wellbeing the establishment of God’s kingdom, needy are at the core of what each of us of all of our brothers and sisters and the God’s vision. Fear and a lack of trust is asked to do. It is how we invest world in which we live. We take up can loom large, however. We are afraid God’s most precious gift wisely. If most seriously our call to be stewards of letting go of what is “mine” and persistent, alert and attentive, then life and properly manage, not only our own apprehensive of jeopardizing what we will gradually improve around us, there affairs, but the affairs of those around have in order to venture into something will be greater peace and we will and before us. God has put tremendous bigger and more promising. experience joy. Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Florian Parish - November 15, 2020 In November, Please Pray For . Saturday, November 14 - Anticipated 33rd Sunday in Catherine Becker Ruth Kressl Lynn Sheng Ordinary Time Marlene Daniels Helen Markowski Cindy Terrien 3:00 pm Celebration Choir in Fellowship Room David Demos Betty Michalowski Ernie Terrien 4:00 pm Mass in Church Gregg & Susan Candy Netterfield Edie Wurcer Sunday, November 15 - 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Dufek Katherine Papa Gloria Zelazek 8:00 am Mass in Church Karen Gilpin Fr. Jeff Prasser Bernie Zimney Helen Guszkowski Mary Priewe Monday, November 16 Joyce Johnson Elizabeth Reineck 5:00 pm Mass in Church 5:30-6:30 pm Eucharistic Adoration & Benediction LIVE THE LITURGY — Tuesday, November 17 INSPIRATION FOR THE WEEK 5:00 pm Mass in Church God has entrusted his possessions to us. God’s possessions 5:30-6:30 pm Eucharistic Adoration & Benediction are not earthly, physical things like ours: a home, bank Wednesday, November 18 account, personal items, and so forth. God’s possessions 5:00 pm Mass in Church are far greater and deeper. God’s greatest possession is His 5:30-6:30 pm Eucharistic Adoration & Benediction very Self and it is precisely this pearl of great price that He Thursday, November 19 bestows freely upon us. What are we going to do with it? 5:00 pm Mass in Church Nourishing the fruits of wisdom is of the first order in 5:30-6:30 pm Eucharistic Adoration & Benediction determining how we are going to use what God has given.