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St. Mary & St. Charles St. Mary & St. John Parishes We Welcome You We welcome you to our parishes. If you would like to become a member of one of our parishes, please contact the parish office (994-2526- Bloomington or 725-5595-Cassville) to register. For those who are interested in becoming Catholic or returning to the Catholic faith, please contact Fr. John. The Sacrament of Reconciliation Fr. John will be available to hear confessions on Mondays from 4:45-5:30 p.m. at St. Charles and from 6:00-6:45 p.m. at St. Mary’s, Bloomington. Baptism May God bless our new parents! Please contact Fr. John to schedule the baptism of your child at your church and to attend a baptismal preparation session. Marriage Congratulations on your upcoming marriage! Please call Fr. John at least six months in advance of the wedding. One of the parties must be a practicing Catholic. Anointing of the Sick Whenever someone is seriously ill, hospitalized, or is dying, please contact the Bloomington parish office immediately. If you or someone you know is sick and would like to be included in the Mass prayers, please call the parish office. Vocations Please contact Fr. John if you or someone you know would like to learn more about becoming a priest, brother, sister, deacon, or lay church minister. Please pray for more vocations to the priesthood and all religious ministries! St. Charles and St. Mary’s School-Faith, Family and Academic Excellence To register your child, please call Mrs. Kelly Copsey at 994-2435 for St. Mary School or Ms. Dianne Makovec at 725-5173 for St. Charles School. St. Mary and St. Charles Schools admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin. Rev. John Meinholz P.O. Box 35 Bulletin Notices - Please submit bulletin notices in Bloomington, WI 53804 writing to the parish office (sunday7@tds.net) on 608-994-2526 Monday. 608-725-5595 sunday7@tds.net (Julie M Jentz) St. Charles Parish Office Hours stchas@tds.net (Cheryl Junk) Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 9:00 a.m.-noon St. Mary’s Parish Office Hours Monday-Friday: 8:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Our joint parish website can be found at www.swwicatholicparishes.com.
Twelfth Sunday of Ordinary Time June 20, 2021 Liturgy Schedule Twelfth Sunday of Ordinary Time In today’s gospel, we hear Jesus calm the raging sea Sat. 6/19 4:30 PM George & Bernice Mergen (Bloomington) 8:00 PM Jeanette Sherman (Glen Haven) as his disciples cling to the storm-tossed boat. The Sun. 6/20 8:00 AM Bill & Mary Geraldine White disciples were terrified that they would die, but Jesus (Patch Grove) suggests that their faith should have reassured them. 9:15 AM All Parishioners (Bloomington) Many of us can probably recall a time when our father came to 10:30AM Will and Beck Fure and Richard Rauch our rescue, protecting or supporting us, making everything all (Cassville) right. Today, we honor our dads, grandfathers, god fathers, Mon. 6/21 8:15 AM Dennis & Elizabeth Novinski and uncles, and all who have acted as fathers in our lives. May Thomas & Joan Hughes (Cassville) their protection and constancy be a model of God’s care for us. Tues. 8:45-9:30 AM Adoration 6/22 8:15 AM Rolland & Donna Paul (Cassville) (Cassville) We wish all fathers a most Wed. 6/23 8:15 AM Gilbert Weber family (Bloomington) Blessed and Happy Father’s Day! Thurs. 6/24 7:30-8:05 AM Adoration (Bloomington) 8:15 AM Lyle & Marian Taylor and Moving on after Covid Diane Guanella (Bloomington) Bishop Hying has shared his thoughts on the Fri. 6/25 8:15 AM No Mass importance of attending Mass in his June 2, 2021 article in the Sat. 6/26 4:30 PM Darrell & Michaeleen Riehle and Catholic Herald. I have shared part of it below for you to read. Kellie Riehle (Cassville) “As we emerge from the pandemic, I compliment and 8:00 PM All Parishioners (Glen Haven) Sun. 6/27 8:00 AM Carl, Belva and Betty Laufenberg thank our priests, principals, staff, deacons, volunteers, and lay (Patch Grove) faithful on their steady leadership and generous cooperation 9:15 AM Mike & Stella Horkheimer during these very difficult and long months. (Bloomington) Many of our people were profoundly grateful for the 10:30AM Deceased members of the John & opportunity to watch Mass online and offer their prayer to the Phyllis Bernhardt family (Cassville) Father every Sunday in these past months. As good and helpful as this pious practice was, its limitations reminded me that the Scripture for the week of June 21, 2021 Church, Her sacraments and Her life, are not virtual. Watching Monday: Gn 12:1-9; Ps 33:12-13, 18-20, 22; Mt 7:1-5 Mass is not the same as being present at one. Conducting a Tuesday: Gn 13:2, 5-18; Ps 15:2-4ab, 5; Mt 7:6, 12-14 Wednesday: Gn 15:1-12, 17-18; Ps 105:1-4, 6-9; Mt 7:15-20 Bible study on Zoom is not as satisfying as sitting in the same Thursday: Vigil: Jer 1:4-10; Ps 71:1-6ab, 15ab, 17; room. Praying with someone over the telephone is not 1 Pt 1:8-12; Lk 1:5-17 equivalent to holding the hand of the sick person in their home. Day: Is 49:1-6; Ps 139:1-3, 13-15; These are important points to iterate, especially as we celebrate Acts 13:22-26; Lk 1:57-66, 80 the Solemnity of Corpus Christi. Friday: Gn 17:1, 9-10, 15-22; Ps 128:1-5; Mt 8:1-4 I have heard some folks say during these months of Saturday: Gn 18:1-15; Lk 1:46-50, 53-55; Mt 8:5-17 challenge that tuning into Mass at home and making a spiritual Sunday: Wis 1:13-15; 2:23-24; Ps 30:2, 4-6, 11-13; communion is just as good as going to church. 2 Cor 8:7, 9, 13-15; Mk 5:21-43 [5:21-24, 35b-43] No, it is not! Being fully present for the Eucharist, gathering with Banns of Matrimony the priest and fellow believers, and receiving Holy III Dakota Gratz and Karli Wachter on June 26, at Communion is essential for the sacrament to be authentically St. John Church, Patch Grove. experienced. For the same reason, one cannot go to Confession over the telephone or receive the Anointing of the Sick from a distance. The incarnational nature of our faith demands a St. Mary’s Help of Christians Dinner physical presence in the sacraments, both in terms of the integ- Everyone is invited to St. Mary’s Drive-thru rity of the sacrament offered and the person receiving it. Pork Chop Dinner in Glen Haven on Sunday, June 27 To save us from sin and death, the Son of God from 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. or until sold out. The assumed human flesh and entered into the world in real-time. dinner includes: a grilled pork chop, baked potato, The crowds heard God speak in His preaching; the sick felt coleslaw, cheese curds, dinner roll, cookie and bottle God’s touch in His healing; they could see the compassion of of water. The cost is $10.00 God in the face of Christ. Jesus made God visible, tangible, audible, approachable. This truth is a central tenet of the Christian faith and serves as the theological grounding for the physical nature of the sacraments. TROUBLING The water poured in Baptism, the bread and wine Last Sunday morning during the 8:00 a.m. Mass an used in the Eucharist, the Chrism anointing the Baptized, anonymous person(s) placed an envelope with a many paged Confirmed, and ordained all speak of the wonder and mystery letter on the windshields of the vehicles parked outside of of the Incarnation. This full and true reality of God who St. John Church in Patch Grove. This letter challenges the becomes present and active in the physical form of the validity of the Catholic faith as a path to salvation. It does not sacraments is a great consolation to us and the means by which portray what we believe, and I hope it will not cause confusion we receive sanctifying grace. In addition to the sacraments or doubt for anyone. I did not give my permission for this to be themselves, sacramentals are one of the beautiful aspects of placed on the vehicles. Please call me at 994-2526 if you Catholicism that many people deeply appreciate. The faith have concerns about this letter or questions about the impacts us on all of our sensory levels and human Catholic faith. Please pray for this person(s) spiritual healing. apprehension.”
St. Mary Church, Bloomington St. John Church, Patch Grove ST. MARY’S SCHOOL NEWS St. John’s Summer Fest. Mark your calendar and plan to attend St. John’s Faith, Family and Academic Excellence Summer Fest. on Saturday, August 14. There will be For more information about St. Mary's School, please Mass at 4:30 p.m. followed by a delicious Chicken & Ham contact Mrs. Kelly Copsey at school 608-994-2435 or Dinner, Raffle, and Auction. Plan to attend this fun event. at home 608-732-2572. Please pick up your Summer Fest. envelope from SCRIP: SCRIP gift cards are a great way to do the back of church. Due to federal laws, we are unbale to your shopping and helps support St. Mary School at the same mail the raffle tickets. time. We carry cards for national retailers, local gas cards, Piggly Wiggly and Wal-Mart as well as most local venders. Reflection You can purchase SCRIP at Economy Feed Mill and the “He asked them, ‘Why are you terrified? Do you not SCRIP program is online. yet have faith?’” – MARK 4:40 Do you really trust God? Is God your first choice or St. Mary’s Summer Bible School last resort? Is your faith something you just do on Sunday or do you live the Gospel message every day of the week? Many of us know about God. How many of us have a personal relationship with Him? Start now, open your heart to receive our Lord. Talk and listen to Him throughout the day, in all circumstances. End of Fiscal Year is June 30, 2021 Thank you to our parish members and others for the generous donations of church support, gifts, and memorials so that we have been able to pay our expenses during this most challenging year. We need your continued financial support to pay our bills this spring and summer. PARISH FINANCIAL UPDATES PLEASE HELP US PAY OUR EXPENSES St. Mary’s Collections for the period ending June 11, 2021 Church Support….………………………………………...$2,529.00 Thank you to Laura Tolle and the wonderful volun- Offertory……………………………………………………...$311.50 teers who helped with St. Mary’s Summer Bible School. The 3K Program Fees…………………………………………….$918.30 children had a great time learning about the Holy Trinity. Gift………………………………………………………….$1,000.00 National Combined Collection……………………………….$70.00 Bible School Fees…………………………………………….$255.00 Funeral Lunch Coordinator Needed Memorial Candles…………………………………………...$100.00 Sally Bennett has gracious and superbly served as the Rent of Facilities……………………………………………..$100.00 coordinator for funeral lunches at St. Mary’s for many Aluminum Cans……………………………………………....$11.00 years. We are very grateful for her wonderful work! She has St. Mary’s families are asked to generously contribute decided to retire from this position. We need someone to fill toward the support of parish expenses. It is suggested for a family this important job ASAP. There is a stipend for the to give $900.00 and a single person $450.00 per year. position. Please contact St. Mary’s Parish office at 994- St. John’s Collections for the week ending on June 11, 2021 2526 for more information. Church Support……………………………………………$1,275.00 Offertory……………………………………………………...$152.00 Save the Dates St. John’s families are asked to generously contribute Blakes Prairie Fair Holy Name Stand on toward the support of parish expenses. July 16-18 – Donations and help will be needed. St. Mary’s Golf Outing on Sunday, August 1- “Our business is to attain Heaven; everything else is Please contact Kelly Copsey for more information. a sheer waste of time.” -St. Vincent de Paul St. Mary’s Fall Festival on September 11 & 12 – Dinner, Silent Auction, Raffle, Kid’s Games, and more is be- ing planned. There will be more information in upcoming bul- St. John’s Ministry Schedule for June 27, 2021 letins and mailings. Sunday 8:00 a.m. Mass Lector: Bob McLimans Communion: Roger McKinney St. Mary’s Memorial Candle Display Ushers: Tom Breuer, Ray Breuer St. Mary’s Church has a beautiful Memorial Candle Servers: Ty Tolle display at the back of the church. Candles can be St. Mary Ministry Schedule for June 27, 2021 reserved in memory of or in honor of loved ones or for Sunday 9:15 a.m. Mass special intentions or occasions: for example a wedding Lector: Mary Sue White anniversary. The cost is $60.00 for the first year (includes Communion: Mary Sue White $10.00 to cover the cost of engraving the name place) and Sacristan: Greg & Jane Patterson $50.00 for each following year. For more information, contact Ushers: Ronnie Mumm, Daniel Herbers the parish office at 994-2526. Server: Conner & Ava Hoeper
St. Charles Church, Cassville St. Mary Church, Glen Haven St. Charles Parish Council St Mary's Summer Fundraiser Two years ago, the St. Charles Parish Council Policy St. Mary's Summer Fundraiser is set for was amended. It was decided that St. Charles should Sunday, June 27 starting at 11:00 a.m. A have a 9-member council. During this time, the redec- DRIVE-THRU PORK CHOP DINNER and a oration project was under way and the current council RAFFLE are being planned. Anyone who would like members wanted to see the project completed. Then make a donation towards the dinner or raffle, please the pandemic hit, so again the membership amendment was contact Joe and Cindi Breuer at 794-2295. postponed. Now as we are turning the corner on both of these matters, we are looking for nominations of active and FEAST OF FAITH - The Collection: A Privilege dedicated St. Charles Parishioners to fill three positions on the As the altar is prepared for the celebration of the council. You may nominate yourself or another parishioner, Eucharist, the collection is taken up. In the early church, this with their consent. The new members will start in June and part of the Mass must have been something to behold, as the hold a 3-year term. If more than three nominations are people suddenly began to move, bringing forward to the received, an election will be held. Please contact the deacons and priests freshly-baked bread and fine wine. Then, St. Charles Parish office at 725-5595, for more information or after the Eucharistic Prayer, that same community came for nominations. forward again in the Communion procession, and they re- ceived back the very gifts they had given, now transformed Cemetery Fund into something infinitely more precious than bread and wine: St. Charles and St. Mary’s Settlement Cemeteries the very Body and Blood of Christ. are in need of donations for the upkeep of the sites. If Beginning around the eleventh century, it became the you would like to make a donation, you may put it in custom for people to present money instead of bread and wine, the offertory collection or mail it to St. Charles, P.O. Box 166, and the procession of the faithful gradually disappeared (it Cassville, WI 53806. Please make the check out to the survives in the liturgy of Holy Thursday). But the meaning is cemetery you want the fund to be applied to. the same. We continue to bring the fruit of our labors and to offer them freely to God. And God continues to transform Help Needed for Canning Beef them into Christ. It is through our generous sharing of time, We are canning beef on Tuesday, June 22 at talent, and treasure that our parishes can preach the gospel, St. Charles School kitchen at 9:00 a.m. We would reach out to the sick and the imprisoned, and celebrate the appreciate help with washing jars, cutting up meat or stuff- sacraments. —Corinna Laughlin, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co. ing the jars. Lots of hands make quick work. If you have a favorite knife, please bring it along. Anyone that has extra PARISH FINANCIAL UPDATES jar flats or jar rings, we would appreciate the donation. St. Mary’s, Glen Haven for June 12, 2021: Leave them off at school or bring them along. Church Support….………………………………..$590.00 Offertory…………………………………………...$115.00 National Combined Collection…………………….$50.00 St. Charles School News Do you want your child/children or grandchildren to St. Charles, Cassville for June 13, 2021 receive an excellent faith based education? We of- Church Support…………………………………$1,556.00 fer small class sizes, one on one instruction, and a standards Offertory…………………………………………...$252.00 based curriculum. Scholarships are available to help offset the Cemetery Fund……………………………………...$85.00 cost of tuition. If interested, please contact the school at 608- Fall Beef Fund………………………………………$50.00 725-5173. PLEASE HELP US PAY OUR EXPENSES St. Charles suggested giving is $1,400.00 a year for a married couple and $700.00 a year for a single household. THE WIND AND THE SEA End of Fiscal Year is June 30, 2021 Living along the shores of Lake Superior—the “big lake,” as the locals call it—you can often hear the advice, “Respect the lake; don’t take it for granted.” People who know Lake St. Mary’s, Glen Haven Schedule for June 26, 2021 Superior respect its power and watch out for its many moods. 8:00 p.m. Saturday Mass Sunken ships and boats crushed into kindling are testimonies to Lector: Joe Breuer what the lake can do. Communion: Joe Breuer The readings of this Sunday evoke our memories of the Ushers: Tim & Jacob Walz lake, of the mighty Mississippi River, or of the ocean itself. Servers: Erin Adrian, Leah Patterson Who but God can control these mighty waters and set limits to St. Charles’ Ministry Schedule for June 26 & 27, 2021 their advance? The lake described in today’s Gospel was a 4:30 p.m. Saturday Mass body of water subject to sudden storms and churned into Lector: Abby Tasker dangerous waves by terrible winds. Communion: Scott Knox But these mighty agents are subject to God. The sailor and Ushers: Tim, Holly and Adison Tasker the fisher all respect the water. Even more, they respect the Servers: Audrey & Aimslee Tasker 10:30 a.m. Sunday Mass awesome power of the Maker of wind and sea. Lector: Gordy Kremer Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co. Communion: Beth Abing Ushers: Tom Vondrum, Joe Ploessl Servers: NA
Twelfth Sunday of Ordinary Time June 20, 2021 Celebrate Life Meetings *June 22—St. Charles Parish Council meeting at 7:00 p.m. Life Begins at *June 23-St. Mary’s Parish Council meeting at 6:00 p.m. in Conception! Bloomington *July 13– St. John’s Parish Council meeting at 7:00 p.m. At 18 days a baby’s *August 24-Joint Council meeting at 7:00 p.m. at St. Charles heart begins to beat Church, Cassville and by the 43rd day after conception a EVENTS baby’s brain is *June 27-Drive-thru Pork Chop Dinner & Raffle at St. Mary’s, coordinating move- Glen Haven starting at 11:00 a.m. ments. All of a baby’s *July 13- St. John’s Food Pantry 12:30-1:30 p.m. but organs are functioning participants should be there no later than 1:00 p.m. to make sure at 8 weeks and a baby there is enough food for everyone. can smile, suck his/her *August 1-St. Mary’s Golf Outing *August 10- St. John’s Food Pantry 12:30-1:30 p.m. but thumb and make a fist participants should be there no later than 1:00 p.m. to make sure by 12 weeks. there is enough food for everyone. *August 14-St. John’s Summer Fest. Help is Available *September 11 & 12-St. Mary’s Fall Festival If you need support for an unplanned pregnancy, *September 19-St. Charles Fall Festival please contact the Clarity Clinic of SW Wisconsin at 608- 348-5787 or email at clientservices@claritywi.com or the Evangelization—Bishop Hying Women’s Care Center in Madison, WI at 608-241-8100. Bishop Hying wants all Catholics in the diocese to For more information on pro-life issues, visit commit to evangelization. He has four simple things that we www.WisconsinRightToLife.org. can do to grow in faith. 1. Develop or strengthen a habit of going to confession regularly, ideally at least once per month. Natural Family Planning 2. Prioritize Sunday as the Lord’s Day in your lives Register for in-person education courses or for a self especially by attending Mass. -paced online course: http://www.madisondiocese.org/classes 3. Commit to spending at least 15 minutes per day -andregistration Questions? Call 608-495-6117 or email: in prayer, ideally praying often with Scripture. nfp@straphael.org 4. Make asceticism (voluntary practices of self- denial) a regular part of their lives, beginning with at least WORLDWIDE MARRIAGE ENCOUTER the mandatory observance of Fridays as penitential fasting. Happy Father’s Day! Take time for your marriage by days throughout the year. attending an upcoming in person Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend on June 25-27 in Geneva, IL; Aug. 20-22 Support for Fr. Paul Fagan in Madison, WI or Sept. 17-19 in Geneva, IL. There are virtu- You may continue to help Fr. Paul and his work al experiences on Sept. 13 thru Oct. 4 and Nov. 13-14. by writing a check to Roads to Life Tanzania and sending Visit our website at: alifetimeoflove.org or call (888) it to PO Box 157, Prairie du Chien, WI 53821. 574-5653. Para un fin de semana en español por favor llamen a Candelario y Emilia al 815-375-4250. Cassville AA and Al-Anon Meetings The AA meetings are every Thursday night at 7:30 p.m. Survivors of Suicide (SOS) Support Group at the Municipal Building in Cassville. This support group is meant to help those who have lost a loved one to suicide and to give hope. AA and Al-Anon Meetings in Bloomington More information at http://www.bens-hope.com. Open AA meetings for anyone who is struggling with National Suicide Prevention Life Line addiction are held every Thursday from 7:00-8:00 p.m. The – 1.800.273.8255 24 Hour assistance. meeting will be held at the American Legion, 212 Congress St., Bloomington, WI. Please call Peggy at 317-690-9241 for more information. Courage & EnCourage Courage, an apostolate of the Catholic Church, ministers to persons with same-sex attractions and their loved ones. They also have an outreach called EnCourage, which ministers to relatives, spouses, and friends of persons with same-sex attractions. In recognition of the irreplaceable role of the family in attaining an understanding of the homosexual condition and embracing a life of chastity. If you are looking for acceptance for yourself-same-sex attraction and all-while embracing the truth about sex as God means it to be, you may call (608) 821-3018 or contact courage@madisondiocese.org for more information.
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