WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE

Saturday: 4:30PM ∙ Sunday: 9:30 AM

WEEKDAY MASS SCHEDULE Tuesday 8:00AM Mass Wednesday 10:00AM Mass at Trinity Village Thursday 8:00AM Mass Friday 8:00AM Mass on First Friday

of Alexandria Catherine

CATHOLIC CHURCH

St.

8661 NORTH 76T H PLAC E MI LWAUK EE , WI S CONS IN 53223 -2 697

PHONE NUMBERS Parish Office ................................................................................. 414-365-2020 Parish Fax Number...................................................................... 414-365-2021 PARISH OFFICE HOURS Monday through Friday ........................................................ 8:30AM - 3:30PM INTERNET ADDRESS ............................................. www.stcatherinemke.org PARISH STAFF Debra Hintz ..................................................................................... Parish Director Fr. Richard Mirsberger ................................................................ Assisting Priest Fr. Joseph Hornacek...................................................................... Assisting Priest Andy Kukec ................................................... Director of Liturgy and Outreach Lorrie Maples ..................................................... Director of Christian Formation Katy Young ...................................................... Director of Administrative Services Teresa Gross ...................................................... Parish Administrative Assistant PARISH OFFICERS Pat Lehman, Trustee-Secretary Sue Niemi, Pastoral Council Chair Rick Korpela, Trustee-Treasurer Sue Armacost, Council Vice Chair Jeff Jaroczynski, Finance Council Chair Les Paulson, Council Secretary NORTHWEST CATHOLIC SCHOOL Michelle Paris ............................................................................................ Principal Phone: 414-352-NWCS (6927) Website: www.nwcschool.org

Grades K4-8 7140 N. 41st Street, Milwaukee, WI 53209 SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM The preparation for baptism can begin before the baby is born. A preparation class and parish membership are required. Call the parish office to make arrangements. SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Saturdays from 3:30 - 4:00PM or by appointment. SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE Contact the Parish Office to begin the preparation process at least six months prior to the anticipated date. Parish membership is required. SACRAMENT OF ANOINTING OF THE SICK Celebrated at Sunday Masses a number of times throughout the year. Watch the bulletin for the schedule. Also by appointment. SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION Contact the Christian Formation Office for First Communion, First Reconciliation, Confirmation or Rite of Christian Initiation into the Catholic faith (RCIA). COMMUNION FOR THE HOMEBOUND Anyone who cannot attend church because of illness or age, please contact the Parish Office so that arrangements can be made to bring Communion to you.

F E B R U A R Y 4 , 2 0 1 8 · F I F T H S U N D A Y I N O R D I N A R Y T I M E

SACRAMENTAL LIFE & PRAYER

SUNDAY: February 4 - Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time 4:30PM Mass - †Ralph Balsley People of St. Catherine 9:30AM Mass - †Kurt Gross †Bob Seroogy

MONDAY: February 5 - St. Agatha

TUESDAY: February 6 - St. Paul Miki & Companions 8:00AM Mass 10:30AM Rosary & Communion Service at the Villa at Bradley Estates 7:00PM Rosary & Mother of Perpetual Help Devotions led by the Knights of Columbus

WEDNESDAY: February 7 10:00AM Mass - Trinity Village

THURSDAY: February 8 - St. Jerome Emiliani, St. Josephine Bakhita 8:00AM Mass

FRIDAY: February 9

SATURDAY: February 10 - St. Scholastica 3:30PM Reconciliation 4:30PM Mass - †Duane “Brandy” Brandstatter

SUNDAY: February 11 - Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time 9:30AM Mass - †Margie Zanowski People of St. Catherine

WEEKLY CALENDAR

SUNDAY: February 4 First Weekend of the Month - St. Vincent de Paul Food Collection 10:30AM Coffee & Donuts & Registration - Granville Room 6:00PM High School Christian Formation - Granville Room

MONDAY: February 5 3:45PM NWC School Athletics - Gym

TUESDAY: February 6 3:45PM NWC School Athletics - Gym 6:00PM Scripture Study - Granville Room

WEDNESDAY: February 7 3:45PM NWC School Athletics - Gym 6:00PM Grade School Christian Formation - School

THURSDAY: February 8 5:30PM Schola Rehearsal - Granville Room 6:30PM Choir Rehearsal - Granville Room

FRIDAY: February 9 9:30AM St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry - SVdP office 9:30AM Overeaters Anonymous - Granville Room 1:00PM Prayer Shawl Ministry - Granville Room 5:30PM Set up for Casino Night - Gym

SATURDAY: February 10 9:00AM First Communion Preparation - Granville Room 5:30PM 7th Annual Mardi Gras Casino Night - Gym

SUNDAY: February 11 9:00AM Guest House Lunch Bags - Granville Room

St. Catherine of Alexandria Milwaukee, Wisconsin

ASH WEDNESDAY MASSES

Ash Wednesday is February 14. Masses/prayer service will be celebrated as follows.

ST. CATHERINE 10:00 a.m. Mass at Trinity Village 12:00 p.m. Mass at St. Catherine 6:30 p.m. Mass at St. Catherine

ST. BERNADETTE 6:30 p.m. Mass

OUR LADY OF GOOD HOPE 10:15 a.m. Liturgy of the Word Service for the

School & Parish with Distribution of Ashes 4:00 p.m. Mass

LENTEN SERVICES

STATIONS OF THE CROSS Stations of the Cross will be prayed every Friday during Lent at 6:30 p.m.

LENTEN RECONCILIATION SERVICES St. Catherine: Tuesday, March 6 at 6:30 p.m. St. Bernadette: Saturday, March 17, at 1:00 p.m.

IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE

On this one year anniversary of death, we remember this week, Janet Cherney-Steege who passed away on February 5, 2017. Please keep Janet and her family in prayer. May she rest in God’s eternal peace.

LITURGY NOTES

“May God bless you and keep you. May the Holy One grant you mercy. May the face of love shine on you,

and give you peace, and give you peace!”

©School Sisters of St. Francis 1989

This blessing, taken from the first reading for January 1, seems an apt greeting for one month into a new year. We have had an eventful year as a nation, as a world, and as a parish. The following are some questions for all of us to ponder as a parish:

¨ Who are we in this new day, new year? ¨ People remark about the welcome and hospitality they

experience here. In this new year, how can we expand our welcome into the neighborhood? The greater community?

¨ Personally, how can we challenge ourselves to grow in our spiritual lives?

· Is this the year for a retreat? · Tri-Parish Read? · Bible Study? · Greater involvement in/commitment to our weekly

liturgy experience? ¨ Is it time to become intentional about personal prayer time? ¨ Is this the year to enter into awareness of a cause, learn more

about it, and then act? How might we open ourselves to doing works of mercy this year?

¨ Might this be the opportunity to consider sharing more of my resources to support the good ministries of this faith community?

There is so much to do, and each effort – no matter how large or small – makes a difference. Let’s make this a year to remember: a year of growth in the light of Christ!

Andy

FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME FEBRUARY 4, 2018

COFFEE AND DONUTS SUNDAY Today is our monthly Coffee and Donuts Sunday. Join us in the Granville Room for refreshments and fellowship before you head home. Hosted by the Parish Life Committee.

NEW PARISHIONER REGISTRATION Anyone wishing to register as a new member of St. Catherine is invited to do so today in the Granville Room after both Masses. In addition to completing a registration form, you will receive a packet of information that will familiarize you with the parish. Registration Sunday is held on the first weekend of every month. You are also welcome to stop at the parish office during regular business hours to register if that is more convenient for you.

MARDI GRAS CASINO NIGHT 2018 Do you have your tickets yet? We still have tickets available. Our Mardi Gras Casino Night is Saturday, February 10, in our school gym. The night will be held from 5:30-9:30 p.m. and includes a light dinner, casino games, silent auction and raffles. For more information go to our parish website. Tickets can be purchased after Mass or at the parish office from

8:30-3:30, Monday-Friday. Cost: $30 per person or $25/person if you purchase 3 or more tickets. ($10 tickets are also available for those who are working the event that night. The ticket entitles workers to dinner and beverages, but doesn’t include the casino games.) You can view the program booklet, including a listing of our auction items om our parish website. Come and join us! This is our 7th year and it’s always a lot of fun.

PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY The next meeting of the Prayer Shawl Ministry takes place this Friday, February 9, from 1-3 p.m. in the Granville Room. The love of knitting and crochet combine in a prayerful ministry that reaches out to those in need of comfort. Each shawl begins with a prayer and receives a final blessing on completion. To join, call Mary Milliner at 414-354-1846 or Barb Barron at 414-354-6636.

LECTORS & EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS SCHEDULE Please notify Pat Lehman with any changes, conflicts, or special requests in your schedules for the months of March and April by February 10. Contact Pat at lehmanpat4@gmail.com or call 414-354-7926 or leave a message in her mailbox by the sacristy. Schedules will be available the weekend of February 17. For parishioners who may be considering participating in the ministry, please contact Pat for more information.

HOLY NAME SOCIETY The Holy Name Society will not hold their monthly breakfast meeting in February. The Society will pray the rosary next Sunday, February 11, before Mass starting at 9:10. All parishioners are invited to pray the Rosary with us.

VOLUNTEER NEEDED Our parishioner, Kathy Handley, has been the coordinator for the last five years of St. Catherine’s designated night to serve at the St. Vincent de Paul Northside Meal Program (formerly St. Gall Meal Program). We are very appreciative of all her good work! Kathy now has to step down and a volunteer is needed for our parish to be able to continue this vital program. The dinner is served on the first Friday of every other month, with the next one planned for March 2. For more information please call Clarice or Carl Geenen at 414-354-9770.

FROM THE DESK OF THE

PARISH DIRECTOR

It goes without saying how much our parish is a caring, responsive, generous giving community. What you do financially and otherwise for the sake of St. Catherine is tremendous and for that I thank you. However, there is another way you can help, another way to assist our brothers and sisters in faith living beyond our parish community.

DECIDE TO LEAD is this year’s Catholic Stewardship Appeal theme. That Appeal serves more than 500,000 Catholics across the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. I wish we could show you the appeal video here in church, but our space just doesn’t allow for that. We do have it posted on our parish website, however. It’s also included in the last Friday Footnotes email. The video provides an intimate and inspiring look at ministries supported by the Appeal.

Each of us is a leader in our own right. God gave us a set of gifts, not to suppress or remain idle, but to be used and extended to help enrich the lives of our brothers and sisters in faith to make for a better parish, a better archdiocese, a better world. Hebrews 13:7 tells us, “Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith.” Now it is time to put our faith in to action!

The Appeal is a vehicle for members of our parish community, and the faith community-at-large, to come together in gratitude to share our blessings with others. You will be receiving a mailing from the Archdiocese which outlines just some of the ways your Appeal gifts are at work to support and enhance Catholic life throughout southeastern Wisconsin. I hope something in that material touches you or causes you to pause and reflect on the occasions in your life when you felt blessed, sensed the grace of God, or the hand of the Holy Spirit.

The Appeal is a grassroots effort that depends upon broad, parish-wide participation. To that end, we want to increase our participation rate from the 31% of our parish households who donated last year to 40% this time around. If we do, we should have no problem reaching our $32,000 Appeal goal. Will you please help us do that?

Thanks to those of you who have so faithfully given to the Appeal in past years. I ask that you please continue that generosity this year. For those who have not gifted to the Appeal before, would you please consider contributing this year? Thank you in advance for your generosity.

In Christ’s peace,

Debbie

PARISH INCOME

AS OF JANUARY 28, 2018 (WEEK 31)

LAST WEEK’S BUDGET $7,269

LAST WEEK’S ENVELOPES $2,789 LAST WEEK’S OFFERTORY $ 332 ELECTRONIC GIVING $2,134 $5,255 EXCESS/(SHORTFALL) $(2,014)

YEAR-TO-DATE BUDGET $225,346 YEAR TO DATE ACTUAL $214,300 YTD EXCESS/(SHORTFALL) $ (11,046)

TRI-PARISH

CHRISTIAN FORMATION

FIRST COMMUNION PREPARATION BEGINS FEBRUARY 10 First Communion preparation sessions begin February 10, 9-10 a.m., in the Granville Room. If you have not already registered for First Communion Preparation, please contact Lorrie Maples at 414-365-2020, ext. 14 or email her at lmaples@stcatherinemke.org. Your child must be baptized, must be at least 7 years old, and must have attended Christian Formation or a Catholic school last year, and must be attending Christian Formation or a Catholic school this year.

COURTESY ANNOUNCEMENTS

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

February 4, 2018

Sunday: Jb 7:1-4, 6-7/Ps 147:1-2, 3-4, 5-6 [cf. 3a]/1 Cor 9:16-19, 22-23/Mk 1:29-39 Monday: 1 Kgs 8:1-7, 9-13/Ps 132:6-7, 8-10 [8a]/Mk 6:53-56 Tuesday: 1 Kgs 8:22-23, 27-30/Ps 84:3, 4, 5 and 10, 11 [2]/ Mk 7:1-13 Wednesday: 1 Kgs 10:1-10/Ps 37:5-6, 30-31, 39-40 [30a]/ Mk 7:14-23 Thursday: 1 Kgs 11:4-13/Ps 106:3-4, 35-36, 37 and 40 [4a]/ Mk 7:24-30 Friday: 1 Kgs 11:29-32; 12:19/Ps 81:10-11ab, 12-13, 14-15 [11a and 9a]/Mk 7:31-37 Saturday: 1 Kgs 12:26-32; 13:33-34/Ps 106:6-7ab, 19-20, 21-22 [4a]/Mk 8:1-10 Next Sunday: Lv 13:1-2, 44-46/Ps 32:1-2, 5, 11 [7]/ 1 Cor 10:31--11:1/Mk 1:40-45

HOMESTEAD HIGH SCHOOL PRESENTS: “SHREK THE MUSICAL” WITH SENIOR CITIZEN LUNCHEON Homestead High School, 5000 W. Mequon Road, Mequon, is hosting a special Senior Luncheon on Sunday, February 11, at 11:30 a.m., with a 1:00 p.m. performance of “Shrek The Musical”. Lunch includes penne noodles with your choice of sauce, along with a garden salad, steamed vegetables, garlic bread, coffee and cookie. Tickets are $16 for lunch and the show. Seating is limited so reservations are required. Please call Linda at 262-238-5685 by Monday February 5. Payment will be collected on the day of the event. Feel free to bring your grandchildren to this special lunch and show!

PART-TIME MAINTENANCE POSITION We are looking for a part-time maintenance person. Responsibilities include general cleaning of church building and limited cleaning in the school, removal of trash, cutting grass and upkeep of parish grounds, snow shoveling (no plowing), set up and take down for meetings/events as needed, possibly minor repairs and painting. Job entails approximately 15 hours/week. Hours are flexible, but preferably during weekday business hours. Exceptions include very limited set up/clean up for weekend events and snow removal as needed.

Previous janitorial and maintenance experience preferred, reliable and independent worker, must be able to climb ladder to 6 feet, must be able to lift 50 pounds and have a valid Wisconsin driver’s license.

If you or someone you know may be interested, please contact Katy Young in the parish office at 365-2020, ext. 12 or youngk@archmil.org.

CALENDAR RAFFLE WINNERS

January 21 Sandy MacMurdo Milwaukee January 22 Eric Rude Chicago, IL January 23 Bryan Reickert Port Washington January 24 Abigail Rosingana Gorham, ME January 25 Laurine Paulson River Falls January 26 Lucille Seroogy Brown Deer January 27 Debbie Wazniak Brown Deer

STAFF DIRECTORY

Parish Phone: (414) 365-2020

Teresa Gross x10 tgross@stcatherinemke.org Debra Hintz x11 dhintz@stcatherinemke.org Fr. Joe Hornacek hornacekj@wi.rr.com Andy Kukec x15 akukec@stcatherinemke.org Lorrie Maples x14 lmaples@stcatherinemke.org Fr. Dick Mirsberger dmirs39@gmail.com Katy Young x12 kyoung@stcatherinemke.org

BULLETIN ADVERTISERS The advertisers on the back of our bulletin make the bulletin available to us at no cost.

The New Featured Advertiser of the Month is…

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We would take this opportunity to thank Shawn M. Govern, as well as all of our contributors, for their generous and gracious support of our bulletin. Thank you!

Franciscan

Peacemakers

January 16, 2018

Dear St. Catherine Parishioners,

On behalf of the women we serve on the streets of Milwaukee, victims we serve across southeastern Wisconsin and the current residents of Clare Community, our home for women trying to leave street prostitution and survivors of human trafficking, thank you for your generous gift from your Advent Giving of $2,577.

Over the next 24 months, we will be expanding our capacity, so we can provide care for up to 12 women at any given time.

To learn more about Franciscan Peacemakers, please visit us at www.franciscanpeacemakers.com and at www.giftsforthejourney.com. I extend to all the members of your community an invitation to come visit us at Franciscan Peacemakers and see what we are doing today. Please feel free to contact me at 414-559-5761 or via email at sprzedpel@gmail.com. Peace and All Good,

Deacon Steve Przedpelski Director, Franciscan Peacemakers