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Welcome to the Catholic Parishes of: St. Anthony – Niagara Sacred Heart – Aurora St. Margaret – Pembine
January 28th & 29th, 2017: Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
St. Anthony Mass Schedule: St. Margaret Mass Schedule:Tuesday 5:00 pm Friday Rosary 8:05 am & Mass 8:30 amWednesday 6:30 pm Saturday Mass 4:00 pmThursday 9:00 am (Maryhill) P.O. Box 235 N18844 Highway 141 & 8Saturday 6:00 pm Pembine, WI 54156Sunday 10:00 am Phone: 715-324-58491432 River St. Niagara, WI 54151 Office Hours : Phone: 715-251-3879 Friday: 8:00am – 12:00pm or by appointmentOffice Hours : E-mail: [email protected]: 8:30am – 3:00pmThursday: 8:30am – 3:00pm Sacred Heart: Last Sunday of the month Mass Friday: 8:30am – 12:30pm at 5:00 p.m. with potluck to followOr by appointmentWebsite: www.stanthonyniagara.org Office E-mail: [email protected] RE E-mail: [email protected] Pastor: Fr Matt Settle at: 715-891-1560 or [email protected] Manager & Faith Formation: Dawn Johnson, Phone 715-251-1773 (home) 715-251-3879 (office)Receptionist: Wendy Linsmeyer RE Assistant: Donna Henrichs
Bulletin Announcements: e-mail OR drop it off at the office before Wednesday at 1:00
Mon. Jan. 30th Tue. Jan. 31st Wed. Feb. 1st Thurs. Feb 2nd Fri. Feb. 3rd Sat. Feb. 4th Sun. Feb. 5th Rev. Greg Michaud
Rev. Theodore Brodeur
Rev. Benedetto Paris
Carmelite Nuns Rev. Michael Woempner
Rev. Janusz Romanek
Bishop John Doerfler
Heb 11:32-40; Ps 31:20-24; Luke 7:16; Mark 5:1-20
Heb 12:1-4; Ps 22:26-32; Matt 8:17; Mark 5:21-43
Heb 12:4-15; Ps 103:1-18; John 10:27; Mark 6:1-6
Mal 3:1-4; Ps 24:7-10; Heb 2:14-18; Luke 2:22-40 Heb 12:18-24; Ps 48: 1-11;Mark 1:15; Mark 6:7-13
Heb 13:1-8; Ps 27:1-9; Luke 8:15; Mark 6:14-29
Heb 13:15-21; Ps 23:1-6; John 10:27; Mark 6:30-34
Isa 58:7-10; Ps 112:4-9; 1 Cor 2:1-5; John 8:12; Matt 5:13-16
SACRAMENTAL PREPARATIONBaptism: Please call the office to make arrangements (includes a 1 hr. class) 2 weeks before desired date.Confirmation: Normally received in 12th grade with prep in RE classes 9th -11th. In other cases, please make arrangements with Fr. Matt & Dawn Johnson (RCIA).Eucharist: Celebrated each Mass. (1st Communion usually made in 2nd grade with prep in RE gr. 1 – 2.) Reconciliation/ Confession: Offered weekly on Saturdays from 9 – 10 am at St Anthony, and from 3 – 3:45 pm at St. Margaret; and, any other time by appointment with Fr. Matt.Marriage: Please call Fr. Matt at least 6 months before desired date in order to begin preparation.Anointing of Sick: Call Fr. Matt’s cell phone any time.
Angelus Bell Intention at St. Anthony:
St. Anthony Candle Intentions:Mary – Elsa Champeau
Sanctuary Candle at St. MargaretA Special Candle Intention, will burn for:
Mass Intentions Available at St Margaret:February – 17 March – 10 & 31April – 28May – 6, 12, 26 & 27June – 9, 16, 17, 23 & 30
St. Margaret Serving Schedule Mass starts at 4:00pm on SaturdayLector: Feb. 4th ~ Marcie CrandallS acristan : Feb. 4th ~ Steve FirkellServer(s): Feb. 4th~ Jared Linsmeyer
Communion: Feb. 4th~ Gail Wollenberg Don & Diane Arndt
Cross Bearer: Feb. 4th ~ Alice Kristoff
Hospital Visitation: Feb. 7th ~ Diane Firkell
Special Ministry: Feb. 10th ~ Fabisiak
St. Anthony Liturgical Ministers – Feb. 4 th & 5 th Sacristans: Saturday ~ Frank Sherman
Sunday ~ Dan & Lori AdermanLectors: Saturday ~ Frank Sherman
Sunday ~ Jody Wall Servers: Saturday ~ Need Volunteers
Sunday ~ Ben Oratch & Abby BousleyGreeters: Saturday ~ Need Volunteers
Sunday ~ G. & G. ZychowskiUshers: Sat ~ N. Pellegrini,C. Pellegrini,B. Moreau & J. Champeau Sun ~ R. Wodenka, J. Maitz, J. Kososki & R. Kososki EME: Sat ~ N. Pellegrini, J. Zychowski & J. K. Zychowski Sun ~ J. Rice, J. Maitz C. GeldmeyerHospital Visitation (Mon. Feb. 6th) ~ Mary ZippMoney Counters (Mon. Feb. 6th) ~ Jackie Tripp & Marie OjaStaplers (Friday, Feb. 10th) ~ Larry & Mary ZippMusician Schedule ~ Practice is 1 hour before MassFeb. 4th ~Sharon & Denise Feb. 5th ~ Denise, Kathy & Barb
St. Anthony Committees:Pastoral Council: chair - Dan Aderman Finance Council: chair - Craig GarvagliaBuildings & Grounds: chair - Terry SweigWorship Committee: chair - Denise SonnenbergKaren’s Food Pantry: Mondays 12- 3 pm (every other in summer) Contact: Teresa DePasSt. Anthony Council of Catholic Women ( SACCW) : president: Jody Wall 715-251-1626 Next Meeting: March 6th, 2017 at 7:00pm
St. Vincent de Paul: 715-251-1574 President: Cindy Pilon Meeting: 1st Mon. St. Anthony 5:30-6:30. Friday after 3rd Mon. @St. Margaret 8:30 Mass with mtg afterKnights of Columbus Council #2847 : Grand Knight: Jeff Champeau (715)251-3892 Meeting: 2nd Monday of each month at St Anthony Church at 7pm.
St. Margaret CommitteeTrustee: Jerry NeumannTrustee: Jeanne Swanson
Sacred Heart CommitteeTrustee: Chris ChristesenTrustee: Vonnie VanPembrook
Saturday, January 28th (Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time)† 9-10am Confessions at St. Anthony† 3:00pm Confessions at St. Margaret† 4:00pm St. Margaret Mass Int.: Memory of Bev & Al Jaeger † 6:00pm St. Anthony Mass Intention: Doug PayetteSunday, January 29th (Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time)† 10:00am St. Anthony Mass Intention: For the People† 5:00pm Sacred Heart Mass Intention: Glenn WindellMonday, January 30th † 12:00 Noon – 3pm Karen’s Food Pantry † 6:30pm RosaryTuesday, January 31st † 5:00pm Mass at St. Anthony† 6:30pm St. Anthony Finance Council† 7:00pm Neocatechumenal (Open the Word) St. A Parish CenterWednesday, February 1st † 5:30pm RE Classes 3-8th grade† 6:30pm QT2 (no Mass) † 7:15pm RE Classes 9-12th gradeThursday, February 2nd † 7:30am Men’s Prayer breakfast at Crossroads in Beecher† 9am Maryhill Manor Mass Intention:† 12:30pm staff meeting † 5:15pm St. Anthony Worship Committee MeetingFriday, February 3rd † 8:30am St. Margaret Mass Intention: Poor Souls in Purgatory† 10:00am Maryhill Manor First Friday Mass and Adoration† 1-2pm Faith Formation Holy HourSaturday, February 4th (Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time)† 9-10am Confessions at St. Anthony† 3:00pm Confessions at St. Margaret† 4pm St. Margaret Mass Int.: In Thanksgiving to ALL Mothers† 6pm St. Anthony Mass Intention: For the People Sunday, February 5th (Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time)† 8:30am RE class for 1st grade† 10:00am St Anthony Mass Intention: George Hohol
HOLY HOURSt. Anthony’s next Holy Hour is Sunday, February 12th 4-5pm AndSt. Margaret’s next Holy Hour will be on: February 16th at 4 -5pm With a light dinner to follow.
In our thoughts & prayers: Jase Suther, Boots Mills,Robert Kristoff & Earl Scheidt
Special need for Prayers: Al Tewel and Bruce Darne
Hospital/Surgery: Elsa Champeau 1/30/17
Asst. Living:Kate Anderson – NorwayVeronica Venstra – Maryhill
Those at home/Recovering:Curt Arndt, Tom Keyser,Mary Stewart, Pat Rouse, Julie Turrie, Jerry NeumannAnd Alberta KristoffPlease keep our soldiers in your
prayers: Raymond Benning Sarah Mills, Adam Valeski, AJ Sonnenberg
If you are in need of prayers, please contact the parish office.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~SACCW NEWS
NEXT MEETING: March 6, 2017At 7:00 pm
Deepen our faith with the light of the Scripture.
The St. Margaret’s Christian Women, will be having their next Meeting on Monday, Feb. 6th 9am.
St. Margaret Men’s Prayer Breakfast on Thurs. Feb. 2nd Place: Crossroads Church- BeecherTime: 7:30am all the men, from our three Parishes are welcome to come! Hope to see some new faces.
LOAN BALANCE UPDATE: Would you like make a
donation against the principal of our boiler loan? Use the
envelope in the pew and mark it
“Loan principal”. We will update you on our balance every week. Our current
balance on the principal is: $36,274
Next weekend we will kick-off our 2017 Bishop’s Appeal:
St. Anthony goal: $14,867.00
St. Margaret goal: $4,449.00
With the grace of God and your help - we can do this!
The theme for this year’s Bishop’s Appeal is “Inspiring Disciples”
We would like to know…WHAT INSPIRES YOU?
In a word or phrase, submit your answer either via e-mail or put it in the box that is located on the Bishop’s Appeal table in back.
Karen’s Food PantryOpen on Mondays only! 12-3pJanuary – 30February – 6, 13, 20 & 27March – 6, 13, 20 & 27Needs: Tuna helper, peanut butter, jelly, pancake mix,and syrup.St. Anthony CollectionAverage Weekly Expenses per Budget $ (2,657.29) Regular offering (63 out of 173)
$ 1,369.00Loose Change & Child Env. (5 env) $ 165.25Candle Money, Flowers & Misc. $ 35.00 Heat & Maintenance $ 15.00Hall Rental $ 500.00Bulletin Ads $ 100.00 Net $ (473.04) Funds held for others:Karen’s Pantry $00.00St. Vincent de Paul $ 0.00
St. Margaret Collection
Prayer Requests: Phone Tree ~ Contact Louise Hohol (715)251-3753 or Rose Bousley (715)251-3249. E-mail Tree: [email protected]
Envelopes: $553.00Visitors: $96.00Holy Day: $0.00Christian Wm. Candle: $2.00Mass Intentions: $0.00Coffee Can/Propane: $0.00Flag Donation: $20.00Holy Day: $5.00St. Vincent dePaul: $0.00Karen’s Pantry: $0.00Total: $676.00Weekly Expenses: $0.00
We are in need of volunteers to help out at the pantry on Mondays from 11:30 until 3. If you would like to help out, just sign up on the sheet on the table in back of church.GIFT FOR YOU! Anyone
who would like more copies of Resisting Happiness books are welcome to take extra copies. Maybe you know someone who is resisting the happiness God wants to give them!
Adult Faith Formation We are
continuing with the series LECTIO: PRAYER. Learn the art of Lectio Divina in order to read Scripture more intentionally and prayerfully. We will have the same session Tuesday and Friday, so jump in when you are able! (Sessions include: Feb 14th & 17th; 21st & 24th; Mar 7th & 10th; and Mar 21st & 24th)
Father Northwoods
Sledding party Sunday, Feb. 19th at Noon. If you would like to bring a dish to share – let Fr. Matt know!
New Flags for St. Margaret With all the changes in our weather, we needed to replace our Parish Flags again. This time we purchased 2 sets of flags and are asking for help with donations, to cover the cost. If you want to make a donation please bring to the office or put in an envelope marked “Flags” during collection.Saint of the Day- Jan. 28 th Saint Thomas Aquinas By universal consent, Thomas Aquinas is the preeminent spokesman of the Catholic tradition of reason and of divine revelation. He is one of the great teachers of the medieval Catholic Church, honored with the titles Doctor of the Church and Angelic Doctor.
At five he was given to the Benedictine monastery at Monte Cassino in his parents’ hopes that he would choose that way of life and eventually became abbot. In 1239, he was sent to Naples to complete his studies.
By 1243, Thomas abandoned his family’s plans for him and joined the Dominicans, much to his mother’s dismay. On her order, Thomas was captured by his brother and kept at home for over a year.
Once free, he went to Paris and then to Cologne, where he finished his studies with Albert the Great. He held two professorships at Paris, lived at the court of Pope Urban IV, directed the Dominican schools at Rome and Viterbo, combated adversaries of the mendicants, as well as the Averroists, and argued
with some Franciscans about Aristotelianism.
His greatest contribution to the Catholic Church is his writings. The unity, harmony and continuity of faith and reason, of revealed and natural human knowledge, pervades his writings. He was broad enough, deep enough, to see the whole natural order as coming from God the Creator, and to see reason as a divine gift to be highly cherished.
The Summa Theologiae, his last and, unfortunately, uncompleted work, deals with the whole of Catholic theology. He stopped work on it after celebrating Mass on December 6, 1273. He died March 7, 1274.
ANOTHER GOOD CAUSE… We are hoping to offer a scholarship to one (or more) or our graduating seniors this year. Specifically, a senior
who has completed all of the Religious Education requirements here
at St. Anthony. If you are interested in supporting this cause, please contact Dawn Johnson at 715-251-1773.
DID YOU ENJOY THE BOOK RESISTING HAPPINESS by Matthew Kelly? Well if you did – you might enjoy this….Are you thriving or just surviving? Join us for Living Every Day with Passion & Purpose in Green Bay, Wisconsin! Presented by internationally acclaimed speaker and New York Times bestselling author Matthew Kelly, this event will show you 3 simple ways to live
a more vibrant and meaningful life. May 6th 9:00 AM – 1:30 PM St. Agnes Parish; OR May 7th 2:00 PM – 6:00 PMPrince of Peace Parish. Tickets
are $39 and can be ordered at DynamicCatholic.com
No Morning Mass at St. Margaret on Friday, February 10th.
Ash Wednesday, March 1st St. Margaret Church will have Mass at Noon. St. Anthony Church will have Mass at 6:30pm.
Fr. Matt’s Corner: Theotokos, and our mother, too
Mary Christmas, everyone!“Umm, Father Matt, I think you’re about a
week late with that . . .”Well, actually, it is still Christmas. The
Christmas season began last weekend on December 25, and continues now until next weekend. This Sunday marks the eighth day of Christmas, so . . . Mary Christmas! It is also the feast of Theotokos today.
“Fr. Matt, did you say thayo-tacos? What is that, some new kind of Tex-Mex food?”
No, no, no. Theotokos – that’s Greek for: God-Bearer. That’s Mary’s title: the Mother of God, and today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Mother of God (Theotokos). As we remember during this Christmas season that Jesus – the Word of God – the Son of God – became man, we also realize that He did this by being born of a mother, Mary. So, the greatest blessing of all – God’s dwelling among us (His becoming one of us and one with us) – came to us through His mother, Mary – Theotokos.
Just as Jesus grew and lived in a human family – the Holy Family, so too, may our lives grow in Our Family the Church – under the loving care of Mary our Mother. Just as Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart, so now I ask that you prayerfully consider two things.
First, as we have come to the end of one year, ask God to show you all the ways in which He has revealed Himself to you during this past year. Second, ask God to show you how you may invest yourself more and more into growing our family here at St. Anthony parish. Like all families, we have numerous gifts (many of which are still lying dormant) as we face opportunities and challenges and needs together.
Most of all, I ask that we all fill our hearts with the joy and hope that comes with Christmas. Joy that comes from knowing God is with us, and hope that comes from God’s promise to renew us – to grow in us and to make us always more than what we have been.
As we live out this Christian mission, may you and your families have the blessing of Christmas (God-with-us). May the Lord bless you and keep you! The Lord let His face shine upon you and be gracious to you! The Lord look upon you with kindness and give you peace!
Peace to all of you this holy day and to all who love the Lord in simplicity of heart, Fr. Matt
Ask Father: This week’s question: “If someone confesses a violent crime (murder, rape, etc.) to a priest, are you able to
inform the proper authorities?” This week’s question – like last week’s – comes on the
heels of our Advent penance service last month. It’s also one that I’ve heard in several instances, and one that’s occasionally controversial, so, as always, it will be a pleasure to give a response here.
The short and absolute answer to your query is: No. A priest is never – under any circumstances – able to break the seal of confession. He cannot say nor do anything that might connect a penitent (that’s a person who confesses) to a sin. That is true no matter what the circumstances or what his motivation may be. The Church reserves Her most stringent ‘punishment’ for a priest who violates the seal of confession.
If the laws of the United States of America or of the Geneva Convention or any other civil authority were to demand that a priest reveal the perpetrator of some terrible crime confessed to him (perhaps in order to save millions of lives), that priest still cannot do so. He may be thrown into prison for his silence; he may be subjected to tortures or whatever other means that humans can conceive; still, he cannot speak. There was a widely-known case some years ago of a priest who heard the confession of a murderer at a time when an innocent man – convicted of that particular crime – was on death row. The priest could not do anything himself to save the life of the wrongly-convicted man.
Now, if you’re very clever, you might be asking how we then know about such a circumstance. The answer to that question is that the penitent is not under any seal with regard to his or her confession. Often, during the administration of the Sacrament, the priest confessor will counsel the penitent to perform certain acts as a remedy (or reparation) for her or his sin(s). In some cases, a priest may have to strongly counsel the penitent to turn himself or herself in to the civil authorities – especially in order to prevent some further miscarriage of justice. That’s what happened in this particular case. Usually, in such cases, the priest will offer to go along and face whatever the consequences may be with the penitent.
As in all the Sacraments, we can rely on both the goodness and the power of God. As a priest, hearing the confession of sins like the abuse of minors or spouses (or other crimes likely to be repeated) could be emotionally devastating if we could not rely on the power of God to change hearts and to bring good out of an evil situation. Thanks be to God that with God, all things are possible – and thanks be to you for such a good question.
Thanks for another great question; and, as always, if you have further questions or insights or another way of looking at this question, please log on to our website www.stanthonyniagara.org in the “Ask Father” section of the forums to share your thoughts. Until next week, may God bless you and your loved ones!
In Loving Memory of
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Father Northwoods Sledding partySun., Feb. 19th
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