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Welcome to the Catholic Parishes of: St. Anthony – Niagara Sacred Heart – Aurora St. Margaret – Pembine
March 25th & 26th, 2017: Fourth Sunday of Lent
St. Anthony Mass Schedule: St. Margaret Mass Schedule: Tuesday 5:00 pm Friday Rosary 8:05 am & Mass 8:30 am Wednesday 6:30 pm Saturday Mass 4:00 pm
Thursday 9:00 am (Maryhill) P.O. Box 235 N18844 Highway 141 & 8
Saturday 6:00 pm Pembine, WI 54156 Sunday 10:00 am Phone: 715-324-5849 1432 River St. Niagara, WI 54151 Office Hours: Phone: 715-251-3879 Friday: 8:00am – 12:00pm or by appointment
Office Hours: E-mail: [email protected] Tuesday: 8:30am – 3:00pm
Thursday: 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 follow Or by appointment Website: www.stanthonyniagara.org Office E-mail: [email protected] RE E-mail: [email protected]
Pastor: Fr Matt Settle at: 715-891-1560 or [email protected]
Office Manager & Faith Formation: Dawn Johnson, Phone 715-251-1773 (home) 715-251-3879 (office) Receptionist: Wendy Linsmeyer RE Assistant: Donna Henrichs Maintenance: Randy Pilon
Bulletin Announcements: e-mail OR drop it off at the office before Wednesday at 1:00
Mon. Mar. 27th Tue. Mar. 28tht Wed. Mar. 29th Thurs. March 30th Fri. March 31st Sat. April 1st Sun. April 2nd
Rev. T. Brodeur & Rev. N. Clisch
Fr. Jernej ‘Sustar Re. David Moll Rev. Matthew Settle
Rev. Greg Michaud
Rev. Janusz Romanek
Pope Francis
Isa 65:17-
21; Ps 30:1-
13; John
4:43-54
Ezek 47:1-12;
Ps 46:1-9;
John 5:1-16
Isa 49:8-15;
Ps 145:8-18;
John 5:17-30
Exod 32:7-14;
Ps 106:19-23;
John 5:31-47
Wis 2:1-22;
Ps 34:17-
23; John
7:1-30
Jer 11:18-20;
Ps 7:1-12; John
7:40-53
Ezek 37:12-
14; Ps 130:1-
8; Rom 8:8-
11; John 11:1-
45
SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION
Baptism: 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.
St. Anthony Candle Intentions: St. Anthony- Jim Huffman Birthday Sacred Heart – Carson Molle Sacred Heart - Skye
Sanctuary Candle at St. Margaret A Special Candle Intention, will burn for: Alan Sawitski
Mass Intentions Available at St Margaret: May - 27 June – 17 July – 8 & 28 August - 18 & 25 Sept. – 8, 15, 22 & 29 St. Margaret Serving Schedule Mass on April 1st at 4:00pm
Servers: April 1st ~ Rylee & Wendy
Lector: April 1st ~ Marcie Crandall
Communion: April 1st ~ Gail Wollenberg, Steve & Diane Firkell
Cross Bearer: April 1st ~ Geralyn Schlais
Ushers: April 1st ~ Tom Keyser, Jim Crandall Greg Linsmeyer & Gary Kwasny
Hospital Visitation: April 4th ~ Diane Firkell
Special Ministry: April 1st ~ Fabisiak Open on April 3rd 8am -12 or Friday April 7th
St. Anthony Liturgical Ministers – April 1st & 2nd Sacristans: Saturday ~ Frank Sherman
Sunday ~ Dan & Lori Aderman
Lectors: Saturday ~ Betty Bock
Sunday ~ J. Zychowski
Servers: Saturday ~ Alex Tripp & Abby Tripp
Sunday ~ Ben Oratch & Justine Geldmeyer
Greeters: Saturday ~ L. & M. Zipp
Sunday ~ J. & L. Hoogland
Ushers: Sat ~ J. Maitz, C. Pellegrini, B. Moreau &M. Darne Sun ~ J. Hoogland, L. Hoogland, J. Kososki, & L. Kososki
EME: Sat ~ J. Rice, J. Maitz & M. Martin
Sun ~ J. Zychowski, J. Zychowski & J. Hoogland
St. Anthony Committees: Pastoral Council: chair - Dan Aderman Finance Council: chair - Craig Garvaglia Buildings & Grounds: chair - Terry Sweig Worship Committee: chair - Denise Sonnenberg Karen’s Food Pantry: Mondays 12- 3 pm (every other in summer) Contact: Teresa DePas St. Anthony Council of Catholic Women (SACCW): president: Jody Wall 715-251-1626 Next Meeting: April 3rd 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 9:30 Knights 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 Committee Trustee: Jerry Neumann Trustee: Jeanne Swanson
Sacred Heart Committee Trustee: Chris Christesen Trustee: Vonnie VanPembrook
Saturday, March 25th (Fourth Sunday in Lent) † 9-10am Confessions at St. Anthony
† 9:00-1:00 First Communion Retreat & Potluck
† 3:00pm Confessions at St. Margaret
† 4:00pm St. Margaret Mass Intention: Memory of Bill Schintgen
† 6:00pm St. Anthony Mass Intention: Doug Payette
† World Poor Collection
Sunday, March 26th (Fourth Sunday in Lent) † 8:30am NO RE Class
† 10:00am St. Anthony Mass Intent.: For the people of our Parish
† 5:00pm Sacred Heart Parish w/ Potluck Intention: Glen Windell
Monday, March 27th † 12:00 Noon – 3pm Karen’s Food Pantry
† 6:30pm Neocatechumenal Way catechesis St. Anthony Hall
Tuesday, March 28th † 4pm Station of the Cross St. Margaret
† 5:00pm Mass at St. Anthony Intention:
† 7pm Stations of the Cross St. Anthony
Wednesday, March 29th (RE – Longer classes today)
† 5:30 – 7:15pm RE Class for 3rd – 8th grade “Armor of God”
† 6:30pm NO Mass
† 6:30 -8:45pm RE Class for 9th -11th grades “Armor of God”
Thursday, March 30th 8:30am Liturgy of the Hours – Morning Prayer St. Anthony
† 9am Maryhill Manor Mass Intention:
† 6:30pm Neocatechumenal Way catechesis St. Anthony Hall
Friday, March 31st † 8:05am Rosary at St. Margaret
† 8:30am Mass St. Margaret Intention: Dege “Tinker” Hurzeler
† 1:00pm St. Anthony FF Holy Hour and Stations
† 4:00-7:30pm Knights of Columbus Smelt + Fish Fry in Hall
† 7pm Confessions at St. Anthony
Saturday, April 1st (Fifth Sunday in Lent) † 9-10am Confessions at St. Anthony
† 3:00pm Confessions at St. Margaret
† 4pm St. Margaret Mass Intention: For the people of our Parish
† 6pm St. Anthony Mass Intention: Rick Nordell
Sunday, April 2nd (Fifth Sunday in Lent) † 8:30am RE Classes 1st Grade with Pre-K Dismissal
† 10:00am St. Anthony Mass Intention: Jim Merritt
Hospital Visitation (Mon. April 3rd) ~ Carrie Geldmeyer
Money Counters (Mon. April 3rd) ~ Jackie Tripp & Marie Oja
Staplers (Friday, April 7th) ~ Jo Nordell & Pat Rouse
St. A. Musicians ~ Practice is 1 hour before Mass
April 1st ~Laura, Barb & Choir- Tammy Cantor
April 2nd ~ Sharon, Debbie & Choir
HOLY HOUR
St. Anthony’s next
Holy Hour is Sunday,
April 9th at 4-5pm
And
St. Margaret’s next
Holy Hour will be on:
April 20th at 4pm, with a
light dinner to follow.
In our thoughts & prayers: Jase Suther, Boots Mills,
Robert Kristoff, Earl Scheidt,
Charles and his family &
Dorothy Richards - Maryhill
Special need for Prayers: Al Tewel, Bruce Darne, Kim Geib,
Joe Pluskota, Cheri Sweig,
Dave Schultz & Alan Sawitski
Hospital/Surgery:
Asst. Living:
Kate Anderson – Norway
Veronica Venstra – Maryhill
Those at home/Recovering:
Curt Arndt, Alberta Kristoff,
Mary Stewart, Pat Rouse,
Elsa Champeau & Roger Reese
Please keep our soldiers in your
prayers: Raymond
Benning, Sarah Mills, Adam
Valeski, and AJ Sonnenberg
If you are in need of prayers,
please contact the parish office.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SACCW NEWS Masses for Eleanor LaLiberte on
5/21 and for deceased members of
Vicariate IA on 4/27 at the
Vicariate IA meeting.
Next meeting: April 3rd at 7pm
By God’s Grace, we are forgiven;
By God’s grace, we grow our gifts
St. Margaret Christian Women Next meeting: Mon. April 3rd, 9am
St. Margaret Men’s Prayer
Breakfast on Thurs. April 7th Place: -Grace Lutheran- Pembine
Time: 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 to make a donation
against the principal of our boiler
loan? Use any envelope and mark it
“Loan principal”. We will update
you, on our balance every week. Our
balance on the principal plus accrued
interest is: $ 35,254.91.
St. Anthony goal: $14,867.00
Count: 56 Total: $10,050.00
St. Margaret goal: $4,449.00
Count: 21 Total: $ 4,635.00
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.
This week’s inspiration…
St. Margaret Parish is looking
for more volunteers to help serve
the Lord. Need ushers (men or
women), altar servers, cross
bearers, lectors…please call the
Parish office at 715-324-5849.
Karen’s Food Pantry
Open on Mondays only! 12-3p
March – 27
April – 3, 10, 17 & 24
May – 1, 8, 15 & 22 (Closed 29th)
Needs: Tuna helper, peanut butter,
jelly, pancake mix, and syrup.
St. Anthony Collection
Average Weekly Expenses per
Budget $(2,657.29)
Regular (58/193) $ 1,796.00
Loose & Child $ 93.50
Candle/flower/misc. $ 74.00
Heat & Maint $ 55.00
Stole Fees $ 50.00
Mass Stipends $ 10.00
Net $ (578.79)
Funds held for others:
Bishop Appeal $150.00
St. Margaret Collection
Offering Envelopes
28 out of 51: $822.00
Visitors: $89.00
Holy Day: $12.00
Easter lily’s: $10.00
Coffee Can/Propane: $8.00
Flag Donations: $70.00
Mass Intentions: $60.00
Christian Wm Candle: $12.00
Total: $1,083.00 from 03/10/17 (Missed this date in Bulletin –Sorry)
Paid Expenses: $1,907.86
Adult Faith Formation Will resume again April 25th & 28th
with “33 Days to Merciful Love”
by Fr. Michael Gaitley. We need to
order books, so let Dawn know if
you are interested in attending.
CHRISM MASS & DINNER is
Tuesday, April 11th starting at 4pm
at the Cathedral in Green Bay.
Each parish (St. Anthony, St.
Margaret, and Sacred Heart) may
send 2 representatives. Sign up
with a friend or spouse on the same
card. Either put your name(s) in the
box at the entrance, call us, or e-
mail the office. Make sure to add
the parish you wish to represent.
We will draw names on 3/31 and
call those representing our parishes.
St. Anthony Parish Council is in
need of a new member. If you are
interested please call the Parish
office.
Prayer Requests: Phone Tree ~ Contact Louise Hohol (715)251-3753 or Rose Bousley (715)251-3249. E-mail Tree: [email protected]
Unforgiveness, is like drinking poison, and waiting for the
other person to die
STATIONS OF THE CROSS
Tuesday 4pm St. Margaret
Tuesday 7pm St. Anthony
Friday 1pm at St. A. w/adoration
EXTRA CONFESSION TIME:
Fr. Matt will be available to hear
confessions during the Fridays in
Lent from 7-8 p.m. at St. Anthony.
LAUDS: For those interested in
learning how to pray the Liturgy of
the Hours, Fr. Matt will be
available at St. Anthony on Thurs.
at 8:30am to pray Morning Prayer.
Youth Encounter is a catholic
retreat for 10th graders to freshmen
in College (ages of 15 and 20).
The weekend is run by young
adults and provides an opportunity
for all to share their faith in Jesus.
The spring weekend is scheduled
for April 7-9, 2017 at Marygrove
Retreat Center in Garden, MI.
Rides will be provided and the cost
is $25/candidate. The applications
can be found on the Marygrove
website at www.marygrove.org.
Please contact Barry Voss (906-
396-0887) or Yvonne Voss at
(906-563-5187) if you have any
questions, please email to:
St. Margaret Parish Office will be open additional
days: Monday, April 3rd,
10 & 24th 8am -12(Noon) RESPITE CARE is needed for a
local family. If you could volunteer
about an hour a week please call
Nancy at (906) 360-3752.
St. Margaret Spring Luncheon will be coming soon. We are asking
for donations for our Gift Basket
Raffle. We would like all the
baskets at Church by Sat. April 22nd
so we can have them all set up for
display that day. If you can’t get
the raffle basket to the church
Please call Mary Lou at 715-324-
5738 and she will come pick it up.
NEED HELP We are in need of
some volunteers for the next FISH
FRY on March 31st. Please call the
office or Jeff Champeau if you can
help. This is such a great event!!
EASTER FLOWERS We are
taking orders at St.
Anthony: Single lily
$11; Double lily $22;
Daffadil $15; and
Mums $17. The order
is being placed on
Monday, April 3rd at 1p.m.
St. Agnes Church Choir Dinner &
Music on Saturday, April 22nd
Classic Country by “River Pride”
Advanced Tickets only $15.00 per
Adult, age 7-12 $7.00, 6 & under
Free. Doors open 4pm Broasted
Chicken dinner 5:30pm call Casey
Pszanka 715-759-5438.
Marian Day on Thursday, May
18th Our Lady of Fatima will be
celebrated at Champion WI. The
Chaplin from the Shrine in Fatima,
Portugal, Father Francisco Pereira
is speaking, along with David M.
Carollo, Exec. Director of the
World Apostolate of Fatima.
Events include rosary, Eucharist,
Confession, & Lunch.
The Neocatechumenal Way
FISH FRIES You are invited to
attend our third Fish Fry of the
Lenten season: Friday, March 31st
from 4:00-7:30 p.m. The featured
item for this event will be smelt,
but will also include cod, Pollack,
French fries, coleslaw, bread and
desserts. The prices are: Adult $11
for all you can eat or $8 for one
trip; Children 6 to 12 - $7 for all
you can eat or $4 for one trip. Kids
under 6 are free. The Full Fish Fry
on April 7th is $13 for adults and $8
for children 6-12 if you want all
you can eat. A single serving on the
Full Fish Fry is $10 for adults and
$5 for children 6-12. Children
under 6 are free. Ticket available
through the Knights of Columbus
and at the door.
DCCW is hosting its spring
convention on Saturday, April 22
(8:15am-2:30pm) at St. Jude’s
Catholic Church (1420 Division St.
Green Bay) with the theme: Hands
to Work – Hearts to God. The day
includes a continental breakfast;
business meeting; Mass; speaker
Very Rev Dan Felton, Vicar
General of the Green Bay Diocese;
lunch; and installation of officers.
Consider attending at this beautiful
church and enjoying an excellent
speaker and meeting women of
other parishes. If you are interested
please call Jody Wall to receive
registration information (715)251-
1626. The registration is $20 and is
due by April 15th.
VICARIATE DCCW the
SACCW is hosting the Vicariate IA
spring meeting on Thursday, April
27th in the parish hall. This is a
wonderful day of faith sharing,
learning, fun, and fellowship.
Registration is at 8:45am followed
by a continental breakfast, business
meeting, and guest speaker Dcn.
Don Christy, Mass with Fr. Matt,
luncheon, and drawings for great
gifts brought by their parish
officials. Let’s show our hospitality
with a large attendance! St.
Anthony and Sacred Heart
members call Jody Wall 251-1626
by 4/18 if you are planning to
attend. St. Margaret members call
Mary Lou at 715-324-5738.The
cost is $5.
Fr. Matt’s Corner: …
That I was blind and now I see…
My dear friends in Christ, in his book (And
Now I See) about coming to life, Father (now
Bishop) Bob Barron (one of my seminary
professors) begins this way: “Christianity is, above
all, a way of seeing… Christians see differently, and
that is why their prayer, their worship, their action,
their whole way of being in the world have a
distinctive accent and flavor.” That’s what our
baptism accomplishes in us, if we dare to live it out.
God is light – While I am in the world, I am
the light of the world. God is life - I am the way, the
truth, and the life. God is love – As the Father loves
me, so I also love you. Remain in my love. God
wants nothing other than for us to be godlike – fully
alive, a-love, and a-light. This whole season of Lent
has been and is a time of re-preparing us for the
powerful gift of our baptism into Christ Jesus, that
we might be ever more enlightened to see more
clearly, more really. Prayer (union with God –
making time for what is most real), fasting
(refraining from all that is less real), and almsgiving
(becoming more real ourselves by loving as we have
been loved by God) are all ways of becoming more
loving, more alive, and less blind.
As Jesus rubbed the clay into the blind
man’s eyes in the gospel today so that he might
begin to see, so we began these forty days of Lent by
having ashes rubbed onto our foreheads. Able now
to see, he endured ridicule and skepticism from the
Pharisees, so we too endure ridicule and skepticism
from the cultural elites in our American society. As
he found new and more abundant life through his
association with Jesus Christ, so we – when we
become a member of Jesus Christ through Baptism,
and we receive that same Jesus Christ in the
Eucharist, and when we meet his forgiving love in
the Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) – find
new freedom and life in Him.
Not as man sees does God see, because man
sees the appearance but the LORD looks into the
heart. May we Live as children of light, for light
produces every kind of goodness and righteousness
and truth. Try to learn what is pleasing to the Lord.
May we remain open to the grace of conversion this
Lent – that beautiful, amazing gift of Grace. Then
we might sing together, “Was blind, but now I see.”
Then through us, too, the works of God might be
made visible. Let your life have that “distinctive
accent and flavor” of one who sees anew in Jesus
Christ.
Peace to all of you, my friends, this Holy Day, and
to all who love the Lord in simplicity of heart,
Fr. Matt
Ask Father: This week’s question: “I was baptized and raised a
Catholic, but I now have not been attending Mass regularly.
What should I do to get back on track?”
I’m so glad that you submitted this question (of course,
every question makes me glad, since it’s another opportunity to
dive in and explore the wonderful richness of our Catholic Faith).
But this kind of question makes me especially happy, since it
opens wide the door for someone to return to the Lord in a very
practical, concrete way. So, as the Father said to the Prodigal Son:
Now we must celebrate! And get to answer!
You are (statistically speaking) a member of the largest
single religious group in America today – Catholics who have (for
whatever reason) gotten out of the habit of fully practicing their
faith. You are right where I was some 20 odd years ago. And, as
He did for me, God is about to do something wonderfully beautiful
in your life!
The fact that you’ve asked this question shows that God
has already moved your heart with the touch of His Mercy. First
off, I would invite you to simply reflect for a moment on how God
has done this – what He has done – and then take a bit of time to
simply thank Him for this. For me, it was when God placed these
words in my heart as I was complaining to Him: “Matt, come
home.”
Second, after thanking God for bringing you to this new
beginning, contact a priest in your local parish, and share with him
you desire to – as you so beautifully put it – “get back on track.” I
can assure you that he will be most happy to hear this and to help
you. This will include making a good confession, and in this case,
you might want to ask to make an appointment for this confession.
If you’re anything like I was at this point, the very idea of
confession might be very frightening – even more if you have
forgotten ‘how to do it right.’ Don’t ever let that fear stop you or
slow you down. There’s a whole host of helps available to us now.
I would encourage you to check out, for example, the website:
www.catholicscomehome.org, or any of a host of others such as
www.catholic.com, www.osv.com, or www.usccb.org, and look
for articles on penance, confession, reconciliation, etc. Even if
you don’t do that, simply go to your priest, and ask him to help
you make a good confession. He’ll be happy to help you do just
that. It’s not nearly as scary as the devil makes it seem, and it will
bring great joy and peace to your heart.
Once you’ve been reconciled to God and His Church
through this sacrament, you’re right ‘back on track’, and ready to
begin this new adventure with God. Now, it’s just a matter of
striving to grow each day in holiness with the rest of God’s people
through: prayer (spending some time each day with and for God),
sacraments (getting into the habit of attending Mass and confession
regularly), and striving to grow in virtue.
As Jesus assured us many times, your question has brought
great joy to many others, so thanks for asking, and may this new
beginning bring you to greater and more lasting peace and joy!
In Loving Memory of
Jim Merritt
In Loving Memory of:
Pat Recla 4th Sunday of Lent
Deceased Loved Ones of the
Brinkman Family
In Loving Memory of Patrick “Choppers” & Kathy Moreau
In Loving Memory Of:
Dan, Steve & Kevin
Schultz
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