St. Mary & St. Charles St. Mary & St. John Parishes · 2018. 1. 7. · Confirmation class will resume on January 31, 2018. Religious Ed. classes will resume on February 7, 2018. our

We Welcome You We welcome you to our parishes and our community. 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 Church, please contact Fr. John.

The Sacrament of Reconciliation Fr. John will also be available to hear confessions from 3:45-4:15 p.m. every Saturday at the church that has the 4:30 p.m. Mass. The other times for the sacrament of reconciliation are as follows: St. Mary Church, Bloomington-

7:30 –7:50 a.m. every Thurs.

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 wed-ding. 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 Ms. Julie Zenz at 994-2435 for St. Mary School and 725-5173 for St. Charles School. St. Mary and St. Charles Schools admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin.

Bulletin Notices - Please submit bulletin notices in writing to the parish office ([email protected]) on Monday.

St. Charles Parish Office Hours Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 9:00 a.m.-noon St. Mary’s Parish Office Hours Monday-Friday: 8:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

Rev. John Meinholz P.O. Box 35

Bloomington, WI 53804 608-994-2526 608-725-5595

[email protected] (Julie M Jentz) [email protected] (Cheryl Junk)

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January 7, 2018

The Epiphany of the Lord January 7, 2018

Scripture for the week of January 8, 2018

Monday: Is 42:1-4, 6-7 or Is 55:1-11 or Acts 10:34-38 or 1 Jn 5:1-9; Ps 29:1-4, 3, 9-10 or Is 12:2-3, 4bcd-6; Mk 1:7-11 Tuesday: 1 Sm 1:9-20 or 1 Sm 1:1-8 and 1 Sm 1:9-20; 1 Sm 2:1, 4-8abcd; Mk 1:21-28 or Mk 1:14-20 and Mk 1:21-28 Wednesday: 1 Sm 3:1-10, 19-20; Ps 40:2, 5, 7-10; Mk 1:29‑39 Thursday: 1 Sm 4:1-11; Ps 44:10-11, 14-15, 24-25;Mk 1:40‑45 Friday: 1 Sm 8:4-7, 10-22a; Ps 89:16-19; Mk 2:1‑12 Saturday: 1 Sm 9:1-4, 17-19; 10:1a; Ps 21:2-7; Mk 2:13‑17 Sunday: 1 Sm 3:3b-10, 19; Ps 40:2, 4, 7-10; 1 Cor 6:13c-15a, 17-20; Jn 1:35-42

Fr. John on Retreat Fr. John will be on retreat from January 9-13. He will return for the weekend Masses and then be away from the parishes from January 15-18. Fr. Seipp will preside at the St. Charles Masses on January 9, 11, 15,16, and 18. Incase of a pastoral emergency, please call St. Mary’s Parish office at 994-2526 or Julie Jentz at 994-2720.

Year End Giving: As we celebrate the joy of the Christmas season and the new year, please know that your financial support is deeply ap-preciated and needed for the operation of our parishes and Catholic schools. God bless!

Fr. John’s Notes:

The Epiphany of the Lord We celebrate Epiphany today and hear how God’s very self is revealed to people of all nations through the Incarnation. The emphasis today is on this revelation to foreigners: the foreign nations that will now pay tribute to the restored Jerusalem, the Gentiles whom Paul recognized now being copartners through the gospel, and the magi from the east who recognized the Messiah and paid him homage. For us gathered in this holy place, may we be like the magi searching for Christ so that we may worship him and give him the gift our love. The Feast of the Baptism of the Lord The Feast of the Baptism of the Lord marks the end of the Christmas season, and will be celebrated on Monday, January 8, since there is not a Sunday between the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord and the Second Sunday of Ordinary Time this year. It serves as a kind of threshold between the celebration of the Incarnation of the Lord as a baby and Jesus as an adult, beginning his public ministry. Do you know on what day you were baptized? If not, it is a good day to commemorate it by lighting a candle (your baptismal candle, if available) and thanking God for the Church and the grace of baptism.

Thank you: Thank you to all who gave donations for the flowers and deco-rations and to every-one who worked to make our churches look beautiful for the Christmas season.

Liturgy Schedule

Sat. 1/6 4:30 PM Marlene Eggler (Cassville) 8:00 PM Francis Zimmer (Glen Haven) Sun. 1/7 8:00 AM Living and deceased members of the Darren & Laura Tolle family (Patch Grove) 9:15 AM Bernard, Marilyn and Frank Meister (Bloomington) 10:30 AM All Parishioners (Cassville)

Mon. 1/8 8:15 AM Laura Rauch (Cassville) Tues. 1/9 8:15 AM Jane Uppena (Cassville) Wed. 1/10 8:15 AM NO MASS (Bloomington) Thurs. 1/11 7:30 AM NO Adoration & Confessions (Bloomington) 8:15 AM NO MASS (Bloomington) 8:15 AM Joyce Adrian (Cassville)

Fri. 1/12 8:15 AM NO MASS (Bloomington)

Sat. 1/13 4:30 PM Skip Raisbeck (Bloomington) 8:00 PM Clara and Kathleen Esser (Glen Haven) Sun. 1/14 8:00 AM All Parishioners (Patch Grove) 9:15 AM Jim Wagner (Bloomington) 10:30 AM Jane Uppena (Cassville)

Let us give in thanksgiving for God’s many gifts

To Parish………5-8% To Diocese……..1% To Charities…...1-4%

NEW YEAR:  The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year, but rather that we should have a new soul. ―G. K. Chesterton

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St. Mary’s Religious Education: Confirmation class will resume on January 31, 2018. Religious Ed. classes will resume on February 7, 2018.

St. Mary’s Memorial Candle Display: St. Mary’s Church has a beautiful Memorial Candle display at the back of the church. Candles can be re-served in memory of or in honor of loved ones or for special intentions or occasions: for example a wedding

anniversary. The cost is $60.00 for the first year (includes $10.00 to cover the cost of engraving the name place) and $50.00 for each following year. For more information, please contact the parish office at 994-2526.

PARISH FINANCIAL UPDATES PLEASE HELP US PAY OUR EXPENSES St. Mary’s Collections for the period ending 12-29-2017 Church Support….…….…………………………………..$5,734.00 Offertory Collections………………………………………$1,290.35 Harvest Fund…………………………………………….......$421.00 Memorials…………………………………………………….$300.00 School Tuition……………………………………………...$1,000.00 Gifts…………………………………………………………$1,000.00 St. Charles Reimbursement for Expenses…….……….....$1,037.50 Children’s Collection………………………………………….$23.00 Memorial Candles…………………………………………….$50.00 Pop Cans……………………………………………………….$20.40 St. Mary’s families are asked to generously contribute toward the support of parish expenses. It is suggested for a family to give $900.00 and a single person $450.00 per year.

St. John’s Collections for the week ending on 12-29-2017 Church Support……………………………………………...$660.00 Offertory…………………..………………………………….$323.00 Bless Our Priests Collection………………………………….$50.00 Christmas Flower Memorials……………………………….$212.00 Children Collection…………………………………………….$2.00 St. John’s families are asked to generously contribute toward the support of parish expenses. We need to receive approximately $950.00 every week to cover all parish expenses.

St. John’s Ministry Schedule for January 14, 2018 Sunday 8:00 a.m. Mass Lector: Jim Warczak Communion: Mike McCabe Gifts: Tolle family Ushers: Charlie Martin, Roger McKinney Servers: Jon & Sean Tolle

St. Mary Ministry Schedule for January 13 & 14, 2018

Saturday 4:30 p.m. Mass Lector: Joanie Dickerson Communion: Melanie Mergen, Dave Kussmaul, Rosann Horkheimer Gifts: Mark Herbers family Ushers: Dave Mergen, Denny Moris, Charley Errthum Servers: Diana Herbers, Kennedy Copsey

Sunday 9:15 a.m. Mass Lector: Jeff Davis Communion: Pat Martin, Sharon Davis, Pam Myhre, Deb Campbell Gifts: Rachel Breuer and family Sacristan: Jeff & Sharon Davis Ushers: Jeff Myhre, Nick Gotto Servers: Jessica Patterson, Amelia Wehrle

ST. MARY’S SCHOOL NEWS Our vision: Faith, Family and Academic Excellence We hope that the new year brings everyone in our parishes happiness and joy from the love of Christ. The calendar raffle will be pulled each day in

January, and winners will be contacted. Payments will be made at the end of the month from the Home and School Association. Our school directly benefits from saving box tops, milk moola caps and ink cartridges. We appreciate the kind support of many parishioners! SCRIP: SCRIP gift cards are a great way to do your shopping and helps support St. Mary School at the same time. We carry cards for national retailers, local gas cards, Piggly Wiggly and Wal-Mart as well as most local venders. You can purchase SCRIP at St. Mary’s School or Economy Feed Mill and the SCRIP program is online.

St. Mary’s Spaghetti Supper: Mark your calendars and plan to attend the

annual Spaghetti Supper at St. Mary’s School the evening of Saturday, January 27, 2018. There will also be classroom displays and a Silent Auction.

Thank You’s: Thank you to those who helped put up the Christmas decorations and those who will help take the decorations down. Thank you to Dave Meoska for making sure the St. Mary’s Church railings and the trim on pews is secure.

ST. MARY’S FISH FRY: Everyone is invited to attend St. Mary’s Fish Fry on Friday, February 23. Plan to gather with your family and friends to enjoy the

delicious baked and fried Cod Fish Dinner which will be served from 4:45 to 7:30 p.m. The evening will also in-clude a fabulous raffle held in conjunction with the Catho-lic Fin Life Branch #34.

2017 HARVEST FUND: In this joyfully time when we celebrate Christ’s birth, we are very thankful to everyone who has contributed to the Harvest Fund

which is our annual fundraiser to help pay our fall, winter and early spring parish expenses. We have received $29,595.55 of the $50,000 we need for expenses. We ask each family to give at least $300.00 or more if they are able and each single person to contribute $150.00 or more if they are able. We appreci-ate all contributions large or small, and thank the many generous parishioners for their continued support of St. Mary’s.

Goal: $50,000 $45,000 $40,000 $35,000 $30,000 $25,000 $20,000 $15,000 $10,000 $5,000 $0

I will go anywhere and do anything in order to communicate the love of Jesus to those who do not know him or have forgotten him. —St. Frances Xavier Cabrini

St. Charles Church, Cassville St. Mary Church, Glen Haven

St. Mary’s Help of Christians Altar Society News The Altar Society will be holding their Christmas party on January 14. There is still time to RSVP. Please call Racheal Breuer if you are planning to

attend so she knows how many will be at the dinner. The evening will start with a social time at 5:30 p.m. followed by a Chicken & Ham dinner at 6:00 p.m. The cost is $10.00 per person. They will also have a $10.00 gift exchange a the party for those who would like to participate.

Church Steeple Repairs Recently, St. Mary Help of Christians Parish Council met to look over bids to reroof the church steeple and replace/repaint the louvers. The bids placed the cost of the project at between $30,000-$45,000.00. The work does not have to be completed immediately, but the repairs will need to be done in the next two years. Currently, the parish has $6,500.00 saved to use toward the repairs. Thank you to the anonymous family who donated $2,000.00 to the Steeple Repair Fund. Please contact Fr. John or a parish council member if you would like to make a donation toward the project.

Catholic Herald: Learn more about your Catholic faith by reading the Catholic Herald. If you do not subscribe but wish to receive the Catholic Herald in your home, contact the parish office. The cost is $20.00 per year.

PARISH FINANCIAL UPDATES St. Mary’s, Glen Haven for December 30, 2017: Church Support…………….………………………….......$1,870.00 Offertory….……………………………………..……………..$32.25 Total…….…………………..................................$1,902.25 St. Charles, Cassville for December 31, 2017: Total………….......................................................$2,628.00 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.

St. Mary’s, Glen Haven Schedule for January 13 2018 8:00 p.m. Mass Lector: Joe Breuer Communion: Joe Breuer Ushers: Andy & Even Kirschbaum Servers: Zain & Evelyn Kirschbaum

St. Charles’ Ministry Schedule for January 14, 2018 10:30 a.m. Mass Lector: Suzanne Brinkman Communion: Cheryl Junk, Agnes Hughes Sacristan: Bev Klauer Ushers: Junk family Servers: Irelyn Brinkman, Brielle Fishnick

Rosaries Needed We are in need of Rosaries again. If anyone has an extra one or more that they would like to donate, please put them on the table in the back of church. Thank you.

Mass Intention: If you haven’t scheduled your 2018 Mass intentions yet, please call Cheryl at 725-5595. Volunteers Needed: We are in need of volunteers at St. Charles and St. Mary’s Help of Christians Churches to help with Mass as ushers, lectors and communion ministers. Please call the St. Charles Parish Office at 725-5595 if you are able to help.

Reflection “..they fell down and worshipped him. Then they opened their treasures and offered him gifts of gold, frankin-cense, and myrrh...” - Matthew 2:11 Notice the order of events in the Magi’s visit. First, they knelt before Jesus and prayed to Him. Then they presented Him with their gifts. We, too, must take time to pray before we present our gifts to the Lord. We never know what God may be asking us to share.

St. Charles School News We are very happy to begin a new year! Everyone at St. Charles School is looking forward

a good second semester as 2018 begins.

Scrip: Winter Shopping! Don't forget to purchase SCRIP to help the school. To get your SCRIP cards call Lacy @ 725-5297 or you may stop at the following places: St. Charles School: Walmart & BP; Village Office: Walmart & BP, Royal Bank, Isaac Okey: BP

Thank You to Our Bulletin Advertisers: The cost of printing the bulletins is defrayed through the local business and individuals who advertise in our bulletin. Please thank these generous sponsors and mention that you saw their ad in our bulletin. It is always good to let them know that their advertising works. Please contact a parish office if you would like to advertise in the bulletin. The cost is approximately $6.00 per week for a small ad.

The Epiphany of the Lord January 7, 2018

Celebrate Life

“Heavenly Father, thank you for the precious gift of life. Help us to cherish and protect this gift, even in the midst of fear, pain, and suffering. … Grant us the humility to accept

help when we are in need, and teach us to be merciful to all.” USCCB Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities “Every Life is Worth Living” Prayer Card, https://goo.gl/iF9daj

Help is Available If you need support for an unplanned pregnancy, please contact the Clarity Clinic of SW Wisconsin at 185 E. Pine St. Platteville, WI 53818, 608-348-5787 or email at [email protected] or the Women’s Care Center in Madison, WI at 608-241-8100. For more information on pro-life issues, visit www.WisconsinRightToLife.org or www.feministsforlife. For abortion recovery help, please visit SilentNoMoreAwareness.org or ww.rachelsvineyard.org.

Help Us Prepare Engaged Couples for

Marriage! The Diocese of Madison invites you to share your marriage and your faith with newly engaged couples through our Marriage Prep Program. It is an opportunity to share your real life experiences and the beauty of God’s plan for married love with couples preparing for marriage. We need couples that have experienced the trials, struggles, and joys of marital love and are striving to live their Catholic faith within their marriage. Visit madisondiocese.org/jointhempteam for more information OR Contact Beth Ulaszek at (608) 821-3026 or [email protected] for more information. Join us for a training session Friday, January 19 from 6:30-9:00 p.m. at Holy Name Heights in Madison.

Worldwide Marriage Are you looking for a way to create a great start in your relationship for the New Year? The Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend is a

positive and personal experience offering married couples an opportunity to learn a technique of loving communication that can be used for all of your marriage. It is a time to share your feelings, hopes and dreams with each other. Sign up today to attend one of the upcoming Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekends on Jan. 26-28 in Brookfield, WI; Feb. 16-18 in Geneva, IL or March 16-18 in Madison, WI. Early registration is highly recommended. For more information visit our website at: alifetimeoflove.org or call (888) 574-5653. Para un fin de semana en Espanol por favor llamen a Andres y Ma-ria al 630-229-2600.

Meetings: *January 8-St. Charles Parish Council meeting at 7:30 p.m. *Jan. 16 -KC Meeting at 7:30 p.m. in Bloomington *January 22 -Joint Parish Council meeting at 7:00 p.m. at St. Charles School *February 1– St. Mary’s Finance Council meeting at 6:30 p.m.

EVENTS: *January 9, 2018 -St. John’s Food Pantry at 1:00 p.m. *January 14-St. Mary Help of Christians Altar Society Christmas Party *January 27-St. Mary’s School Spaghetti Supper

*February 13 -St. John’s Food Pantry at 1:00 p.m. *February 23-St. Mary’s Fish Fry

Joint Parish Council Meetings: Periodically throughout the year, the parish councils from our four clustered parishes gather for a Joint Council meeting. This allows the councils to discuss issues that affect the cluster and provides an opportunity for council members to become better acquainted with the people from other parishes. The next Joint Council meeting will take place on Monday, January 22, at 7:00 p.m. at St. Charles School.

AA and Alanon Meetings AA meetings are held on Thurs. nights at 7:30 p.m. at the Cassville Village Hall and at the 7th Day Adventist Church in Lancaster on Tues. from 7-8:00 p.m. and at the First Presbyterian Church, Lancaster at 7-8:00 p.m. on Thursdays. Alanon meetings are held at the Lancaster Me-morial Hospital meeting room on Thursdays from 7-8 p.m.

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION “Ordinary Time” begins for us next week. On the old calen-dar, the feast of the Presentation, still more than two weeks away, was the last day of the Christmas season. Sadly, Bethlehem is hardly a place of peace on earth these days. The ancient Christian community has been largely uprooted by political strife. The Church of the Nativity stands (barely) in remarkable disrepair and disorder in Manger Square. The roof is crumbling, the major doorways are blocked, the wiring is faulty, and the worship life is disrupted by quarrels among Eastern Christians. The church was founded by the Emperor Constantine in 325, destroyed in a Samaritan revolt in 539, and rebuilt by the Emperor Justinian. When the area came under Muslim control in 638, the holiness of the church was respected, and in return Christians allowed Muslims to pray in the south aisle, a right still upheld. Earlier in that century, invading Persians were or-dered to destroy all churches, but when they saw the magi carved over the doorway of the Church of the Nativity, they spared it out of respect for their ancestors who bore gold, frank-incense, and myrrh to the same city. The Crusaders restored and redecorated the church by the twelfth century, and it is their plan that survives. Down a few stone steps is a stone grotto with a silver star marking the place of Christ’s birth: when the star was stolen in 1847 it triggered an international crisis that exploded into the Crimean War. Since 1852, the church has been shared by the Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox, and Armenian Churches. The Greeks are in charge of the grotto, but don’t enjoy the best of friendships with the Armenians. Catholics have the care of the Chapel of the Manger, and avoid the squabbles by a separate entrance to the Franciscan monastery church of St. Catherine. Pray for peace in Bethlehem! —Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

Did you know? Life begins at conception: At 18 days a baby’s heart begins to beat and by the 43rd day after conception a baby’s brain is coordination movements. All of a baby’s organs are functioning at 8 weeks and a baby can smile, suck his/her thumb and make a fist by 12 weeks.

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