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Monroe, Wisconsin
Memorial For: __________________________________ Given By:____________________________________
Please send $10 for each Mass Intention to : Apostolate for Persons with Disabilities
702 S. High Point Rd., Suite 225, Madison WI 53719.
Given By: Melvin & Alice Kjorlie Magdalen Ballweg David and Nancy Schoepp Audrey Lukes Esther Botting Melvin & Alice Kjorlie Gerard J Krantz Family Stanley and Evelyn Wagner Helen Kelly, Agnes Beckwith Gerard J Krantz Family Gerald and Dorothy Maly David and Nancy Schoepp Mary Margaret Hosler Mary Hill Kurt & Tracey Johnson Dorothy Alt Esther Botting Carolyn Thomann Helen and Roger Ripp Irene Hogan Reese Esther Botting Mary Gorst Audrey Lukes Esther Botting Mary Hill Mary Gorst Mary Hill
Memorials For: Albert Meinholz Ambrose and Julia Meinholz Ann Meffert Ann Tuschen Anna & Tony Ripp Anthony 'Tony' Statz Bert & Anna May Krantz Bertilla Wagner Betty Miller Bill Rodenschmit Bill Ziegler Bill Ziegler Catherine Ann Elliott Cecilia Gallman Clarence "Junie" Landorf Clete, Dean, Keith Alt Damien Kraemer Daniel Dalton David "Huntz" Statz David Rose Dolores Keefe Don Lang Donald Connor Donald E. Botting Dorothy Reed Edward Owens Eileen Klein
Given By: Bernadine Ballweg Ginny M. Vondra Donovan and Charlain Boley Helen Sullivan Helen and Roger Ripp Pat Kaul Esther Botting Martina Runde David and Louis Spahn Theresa Ziegler Irene Hogan Reese Donovan and Charlain Boley Stanley and Evelyn Wagner Esther Botting Ken and Mary Lou Kleist Donovan and Charlain Boley Donovan and Charlain Boley Esther Botting Esther Botting Martina Runde Marlene Dischler Magdalen Ballweg Mary Gorst Ann McKee Anna M. Dahmen
Memorials For: Eileen Klein Eldon C. Vondra Elise Buol Elnora Scanell Eloi Schmitt Esther Kaul Father John Urban Francis Kieler Francis Weisensel Gerald Ziegler Gordon Reese Jacob and Florence Buol Jane Kruchten Jane Strom Janet Kirschbaum Jeremay Buol Jerome Buol Jerome Dufault Joan Friend Joanne Kruser Joe Ashe John & Frances Ballweg John Owens Joseph L McKee Josephine Kelly
APOSTOLATE FOR
PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
702 S. High Point Rd. Suite 225
Madison, WI 53719
FAITH...GIFTEDNESS...PARTNERSHIP Apostolate for Persons with Disabilities - Diocese of Madison
Love, Care and Compassion for Disabled Persons Since 1967
608.821.3050 :: 702 S. High Point Rd, Suite 225, Madison, WI 53719 :: [email protected]
Dear Brothers & Sisters, I wish you the Lord’s abundant blessings during this Easter Season and these wonderful days of Spring! What a gift to hear the Easter Scripture readings that assure us of our Lord’s love and grace, present to us at every moment. May we continue to grow in God’s love and know Jesus’ presence through those who love and care for us each day. As we honor the special gift of our Blessed Mother during the month of May, we lift up in gratitude and prayer all who are our mothers. It’s been said that mothers have a 24/7 job on the front line of humanity. On May 13th we celebrated Mother’s Day remembering that it was first proposed during the Civil War as a day of comfort and peace. It was established as an annual celebration by President Woodrow Wilson in 1914. Sacred Scripture speaks of God’s command to love. We are called to listen to God, care for the needs of others, and lay down our lives for the good of another. In a unique way, this is the very vocation of motherhood. Our mothers, together with our fathers, are the ones who first teach us to respond to those in need. On Mother’s Day 2018, let us be grateful for our mothers who have nurtured and supported us. May this prayer be a special part of our intentions each and every day.
Msgr. Larry Bakke
May 2018
Mother’s Day Prayer
Loving and Creator God,
as a mother gives life and nourishment
to her children.
so you watch over your Church.
Bless our mothers that they may know the
strength and gifts of Your Holy Spirit.
Let the example of their faith and
love shine forth.
Grant that we, their sons and daughters,
may honor them always.
We pray, too, for all women for whom
Mother’s Day is a difficult time:
those who suffer the condition of infertility,
those who have experienced a miscarriage,
mothers who have suffered the death
of a child,
and those who agonize because of abortion.
May your abundant grace be with all
this day and always.
Amen.
Hearing Loops Help People with Hearing Loss
The Apostolate is always working to promote the full inclusion of every person in the life of the Church. Many parishes
are realizing that people with hearing loss are often unable to clearly hear the readings and prayers at Mass. Thankfully, there are ways to overcome such challenges by taking advantage of new forms of technology such as hearing loop systems. Hearing loop systems provide a magnetic wireless audio signal that is picked up by hearing aids set to the “T-coil (short for telecoil)” setting. Most new hearing aids have this setting. Special wires that are often installed in the floor of a building comprise the hearing loop that broadcasts audio signals from microphones directly to hearing aids. The result is dramatically improved speech perception and intelligibility without distracting background noise. Hearing aid T-coils are turned on by the push of a button or toggle switch. Many cochlear implants also include T-coils, which allow users to take advantage of hearing loop technology. For those with hearing loss who do not use hearing
aids or cochlear implants, inexpensive portable receivers with T-coils are available so that they can enjoy the clarity of speech sounds transmitted through hearing loops. Wanting to learn more about hearing loop systems, Deacon Jim Hoegemeier of the Apostolate recently visited Immaculate Conception Parish in Kieler where a hearing loop system was recently installed with financial assistance from the Apostolate. The system was installed by My Hearing Loop, LLC, based in Platteville. Mike Mair, the owner of the company, led the demonstration of the hearing loop system. Also participating in the
demonstration were Rev. Bernie Rott, pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish, Jeff Richard, chair of the parish finance committee, and Carol Watson, a parishioner who uses a hearing aid. Special equipment was provided so that those participating in the demonstration could hear the difference between what one hears using an actual hearing aid not connected to the hearing loop system and what one hears through the same hearing aid connected to the hearing loop system through use of the T-coil setting. The difference was amazing,” said Deacon Jim. “It wasn’t that the voices were louder when heard through the hearing loop. The hearing loop made the voices sound so much clearer. I now understand why hearing loops are receiving such a positive response.” While hearing loop technology has become the standard in several European countries, it is just beginning to gain popularity in the United States. Faith communities, including several parishes in the Diocese of Madison that have already installed hearing loop systems, are leading the way. Several parishes are considering installing hearing loop systems. The Apostolate encourages people with hearing loss and parish leaders to learn more about the benefits of hearing loop technology, as well as how the Apostolate can help parishes with expenses related to the installation of hearing loop systems. In the past five years, the Apostolate provided grants to several parishes which could not afford to install hearing loop systems on their own. For additional information, contact Deacon Jim Hoegemeier of the Apostolate at (608) 821-3051.
Dcn. Jim Hoegemeier experiences hearing
loop technology during a demonstration at
Immaculate Conception Parish in Kieler.
“It wasn’t that the voices were louder when heard through the hearing loop.
The hearing loop made the voices so much clearer.”
Upcoming Events
August 24: Day at the Dells Mark your calendar for our annual Day at the Dells! More details in future newsletters.
Ongoing: Blessed Margaret Events The Apostolate will provide a $500 grant to parishes for a luncheon to meet and learn about the accomplishments of people with disabilities in their parish. Details will be sent to each parish in March. The first 10 parishes to apply will receive the grant. For more details, contact the Apostolate staff.
Apostolate Staff Members 702 S. High Point Rd. Ste. 225, Madison, WI 53719
Email: [email protected]
Director:
Msgr. Larry Bakke, 608-325-9506
Associate Director:
Dcn. Jim Hoegemeier, 608-821-3051
Project Manager:
Kellie O’Brien, 608-821-3050
June 20: 50th Anniversary Celebration As part of our 50th anniversary celebration, we are hosting a luncheon for our benefactors. If you have memories from major events with the Apostolate or mementos from the past 50 years that you would be willing to share, please contact us. We are also looking for volunteers to help with preparations and greeting guests.
July 17-21: Special Olympics 50th Anniversary Pray for Special Olympics participants! The National Games will occur this summer in Chicago. Top athletes from throughout Wisconsin will be competing.
Motherhood
During the month of
May, we give thanks
for our mothers and
reflect on the gift of
motherhood. Pope
St. John Paul II said,
“[Woman’s] unique
contact with the new human being developing
within her gives rise to an attitude toward human
beings, not only toward her own child, but every
human being, which profoundly marks the
woman’s personality.” … Women first learn and
then teach others that human relations are
authentic if they are open to accepting the other
person: a person who is recognized and loved
because of the dignity which comes from being a
person and not from other considerations, such as
usefulness, strength, intelligence, beauty, or health.”
-John Paul II, Evangeliusm Vitae quoting what he
wrote earlier in Mulieris Dignitatem.
It is clear that throughout the past 50 years,
mothers have repeatedly been the best advocates
and innovators in disability ministry! We give
thanks for the courageous women who taught the
world how to love and accept their children
regardless of their abilities.
Who’s Who at the Apostolate? Meet baby Dominic
Kellie O’Brien,
Project Manager for the Apostolate,
had her first baby!
Name: Dominic Joseph O’Brien
Born: February 14, 2018
Weight: 9lbs 8oz
Length: 21.5 inches
Enjoys looking at faces, holding fingers, and eating
Fun Fact: Dominic was born on Ash Wednesday
The Apostolate coordinates having interpreters at Diocesan events. Sue Gudenkauf interpreted at the St. Therese Lecture in March.
Deaf ministry
Fr. Tom Campion ran a speaker series featuring young men who had disabilities.
The Catholic Deaf Community gathered to pray together and to learn about Our Lady of Fatima in April.
The Apostolate is happy to offer several opportunities for Catholics in the Diocese to enter more fully into the life of the Church.
9am Sunday Mass at St. Dennis Parish
Interpretted in ASL
Meet other Deaf Catholics
Diocesan Events
Contact Sue at [email protected] to be notified of diocesan or regional events for Deaf Catholics such as speakers, visiting deaf priests, opportunities for Confession, and Bible Studies.
Grant opportunities
Parishes can apply for grants to provide an ASL interpreter for sacraments (including funeral Masses) or large parish events that Deaf Catholics want to attend.
For large events, apply online. For one time events (such as funerals), please contact the Apostolate directly.
Sunday TV Mass – with ASL interpreter and closed captioning
6am on WISC-TV 3
7am on TVW (Channel 3.2 for those with
antennas) and Direct TV 14 (Cable)
Past Masses are posted to our Facebook page early each week.
July 8-13 ASL for Mass Parts As part of Religious American Sign Language
week, the Rockford Diocese Deaf office is hosting a
one week immersion experience to explore the
frozen texts of the Mass for priests, deacons,
seminarians, Deaf lectors & Interpreters.
Bishop Cletus F. O’Donnell receives Offertory gifts at the first Mass for the handicapped held January 6, 1968 at Madison’s Holy Name Seminary from Curtis Libby and John Keyes.
Campion’s Champions volunteer at events to serve people with disabilities with love, care, and compassion.
Celebrating 50 Years
The Apostolate has been
serving since 1967. We’re
thankful for the many people
who have been involved and
the ways God has worked
through this Apostolate to
bring peace and joy to people
with disabilities in the Diocese
of Madison.
Television Mass Schedule Sundays
6am on WISC-TV Channel 3 7am on TVW and Direct TV 14
Thank you to
WISC-TV Channel 3
for your ongoing generosity in providing
the weekly Mass to our viewing audience.
Invite friends, bring a dish to share, RSVP to Sue
Resources for your growth and enjoyment
CUSA is a way for people with chronic illness or disability to care for others like themselves through an online or postal service Christian support group.
If you bear some sort of physical, emotional, or mental disability or endure a chronic illness such as diabetes, arthritis, Multiple Sclerosis, Fibromyalgia, Post-Polio Syndrome, cerebral palsy, depression, bi-polar syndrome or any one of dozens of others, you know that no one completely understands what you are going through like someone who also bears that same illness or disability. CUSA is made up of individuals who bear these “crosses.”
If you are looking for someone with whom you can share your thoughts, someone in whom you can find support, we invite you to explore the possibility of becoming a member of CUSA. We think we are unique in that we provide comfort and companionship as well as explore the spirituality that underlies the Gospel command, “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.”
CUSA is a community of people who are chronically ill or who have some sort of physical or mental disability. We support one another through prayer and correspondence. Through our concern for one another, we forge a special relationship with our God as well as with one another. Our unity is born of a common situation and a common faith. Our bond goes beyond that of fraternal organizations or social clubs, for it is forged by the redemptive suffering of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Our organization is based on the words of St. Paul
who wrote in his Letter to the Colossians: “Now I
rejoice in my sufferings for your sake.” (Colossians
1:24). It is not easy to rejoice in suffering or to endure
chronic illness or disability day after day. To help with
both, CUSA provides a way for members to encourage,
care, and listen to one another. Please accept our
invitation to become part of CUSA, to get to know us
and how we have found God in the “dark corners” of
life with illness or disability.
Come to a renewed awareness of Christ in your life as well as God’s will or purpose in your particular illness or disability. The application process begins by emailing or simply writing a letter of inquiry to our CUSA Administrator., Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M.
CUSA St. Francis Woods 9201 W. St. Francis Road Frankfort, IL 60423-8330 Email: [email protected]
TV Mass: Prayer of Spiritual Communion
The Apostolate is proud to offer a TV Mass every Sunday morning for those who are unable to make it to their Church. At the time of communion, this ’Prayer of Spiritual Communion’ is displayed on the screen.
The prayer was written by St. Alphonsus Liguori in the 18th century. When this prayer is prayed, actual grace is given to your soul.
St. Thomas Aquinas once defined a Spiritual Communion as “an ardent desire to receive Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament [in Communion at Mass] and in lovingly embracing Him as if we had actually received Him.”
Thank you for praying with us on Sunday mornings! Stay close to Jesus and place all of your trust in Him!
Prayer of Spiritual Communion
My Jesus, I believe that You
are present in the Most Holy Sacrament. I love You above all things,
and I desire to receive You into my soul. Since I cannot at this moment
receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart.
I embrace You as if You were already there and unite myself wholly to You.
Never permit me to be separated from You.
Amen.
Given By: Jeana & Ralph Haak Mr. & Mrs. Gerard J Krantz Family Mary Hill Martina Runde Jerry Hellenbrand Earl & Mary Geske Rose Grosse Anna M. Dahmen Joe Hilgendorf Barbara Ellingson Donovan and Charlain Boley Silvan and Kathy Maly Ken and Mary Lou Kleist K of C Council 6371 - Waunakee K of C Council 6371 - Waunakee Martina Runde Family and Friends David and Nancy Schoepp Jane Ballweg Rose Grosse Audrey Lukes Esther Botting Jan McGuire Helen and Roger Ripp Jim and Carol Carlson Mary Hill Barbara Ann Seib Carolyn Thomann Cleotha Smith Mary Margaret Hosler Jerry Hellenbrand Marlene Dischler Richard and MaryAnn Ciesielski Mary Gorst Daria Schwartzenberger Tom and Karen Griffin Stanley and Evelyn Wagner Jerry Hellenbrand Karen and Jeff Spence Magdalen Ballweg Vern & Bernie Liegel Mary Jane Vosen Doris Wiegman
Given By: Esther Botting Marlene Dischler Katherine Hausner Marian Steele Esther Botting Kurt & Tracey Johnson Dorothy Alt Jerry & Mary Lou Baryenbruch Jerry & Mary Lou Baryenbruch Nancy Osmolak Marian Steele Alice M. McGuire Betty J. Hart Doris Wiegman Esther Botting Jeana & Ralph Haak Jeana & Ralph Haak Shirley Schey Jerry & Mary Lou Baryenbruch Mary Geske Velma Wagner Jeanne Maly K of C Council 6371 K of C Council 6371 Rose Grosse Cleotha Smith Rose Grosse Colleen Lins Esther Botting
Memorials For: Anita Gibeau Ann Reisinger Anthony Hausner Bill Steele Carrie Meier Clarence "Junie" Landorf Clete, Dean, Keith Alt Dale Strmiska Duane Olson Ed Osmolak Howard Gillitzer John D. McGuire John R. Hart John Wiegman, Sr. Josephine Stoffels Julius & Calogera Bonura Julius & Calogera Bonura Larry Schey Liane Strmiska Lorraine Devitt Mary Eileen Wagner Pete Maly Peter S. Meffert Raphael J. Ballweg Regina Meier Robert W. Smith Roger Grosse Rosemary Pulvermacher Steven Lewis
Memorials For: Julius & Calogera Bonura Kelly J Campion Kurt Virgin Laverne Kuhle Leander Hellenbrand Lorraine & Russell Devitt Louie & Gertrude Buechner Lyle Kelly Marcia Hilgendorf Marge Rolando and John Curran Marian Buol Marilyn Maly Mark Wagner Marvin Statz Marvin Statz Mary Ann Runde Mary C. Wagner Mary Corcoran Matt & Katie Ballweg Mike and Henrietta Grosse Monica Schmitz Nancy Kann P.J. McGuire Rahn Ripp Ray Ogle Richard Hill Richard Seib Robert and Norine Dalton Robert W. Smith Roland O'Connell Family Ron Hellenbrand Rosemary Pulvermacher Rosemary Pulvermacher Sarah Owens Sister Agnes The Cox Family Tony Statz Verena Hellenbrand Vic and Rosemary Statz Victor Ballweg Vincent Murphy Vosen Family Will Coulthard Family
For the living and deceased members of the following families: Betty & Urban Dochnahl, Marrietta & Wayne Edgington, Dolores & Ray Brennan, Fay Glonak, Margaret & Jerry Brown, Viola Needen From Betty Dochnahl
For the living and deceased members of the Victor & Magdalen Ballweg Family From Magdalen Ballweg
For Elmer Soeldner, Frieda & George Soeldner, Alice Greenheck, Father Del Klink, Wanda Liegel From Walt & Pam Liegel
