Ss.

H OLY& F AMILY
Catholic Parish

John Gabriel

506 N. BEAUMONT ROAD & 710 S. WACOUTA AVENUE, PRAIRIE DU CHIEN 53821
HOLY FAMILY PARISH

August 28, 2016 - 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time -

Website: www.prairiecatholic.org
Rev. James C. Weighner, Pastor
Email: [email protected]

St. John Nepomuc

710 S. Wacouta Ave.
Prairie Du Chien, WI 53821
Phone: 326-6511
Rectory Office Hours
8:00am to 4:00pm (Tuesday - Friday)

St. Gabriel Archangel

506 N. Beaumont Rd.
Prairie Du Chien, WI 53821
Phone: 326-2404
Rectory Office Hours
8:00am to 4:00pm (Tuesday - Friday)

Holy Days
Mass times to be announced.

Baptism
Please call St. Johns Rectory office.

Marriage
Please contact the parish at least 6
months prior to the wedding date.

Principal
Wade Marlow; Ph (608) 326-8624

Office Managers
Lana Gratace
Email: [email protected]
Sandy Halverson
Email: [email protected]

Dir. of Grade School Religious Ed.

Pat Prochaska: [email protected]

Parish Nursing Program

Rose Bauer, Shirley Cipra (326-8553)

REV. JAMES C. WEIGHNER, PASTOR

St. John Nepomuc

St. Gabriel Archangel

HOME COMMUNION MINISTERS FOR SEPT. 4TH
LeAnn Craig, Theresa Heal

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS-SEPTEMBER 3/4

Saturday 4:00 pm Kathy Schneider, Laura Meyer,
Richard Ambrose
Sunday 10:00 am Joe & Sharon Atkins, Rhonda Stubbe

SERVERS-SEPTPEMBER 3/4
Saturday 4:00 pm Shawn & JT Egstad
Gina Sebastian & Teagan Radloff
Sunday 10:00 am Ashlyn & Makenzie Knapp
Dawson Eastman & Julian DeGidio

LECTORS-SEPTEMBER 3/4

Saturday 7:00 pm Deanne Hromadka

Sunday 8:00 am Doris Krogman, Karen Hertrampf,
Jean Ann Dillman

SERVERS-SEPTEMBER 3/4
Saturday 7:00 pm Sadie Koresh & Kylie Kramer
Matthias & Madelyn Gerhards
Sunday 8:00 am Dominique & James Reilly
Allison Lindner & Nicole Rickleff
Saturday 7:00 pm Andy Banasik
Sunday 8:00 am Norb Aschom

USHERS--SEPTEMBER 3/4
Saturday 4:00 pm Richard Steiner, Cliff Stram, Bob Ziel,
Jim Welsch
Sunday 10:00 am Kurt Kravchuk, Jim McGrath, Nathan
Mezera & Mark Mara

Saturday 4:00 pm Melanie Schneider

Sunday 10:00 am Jeff & Jill Mara

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS-SEPTEMBER 3/4

LECTORS-SEPTEMBER 3/4

Saturday 4:00 pm Richard Ambrose

Sunday 10:00 am John Chaffee

SCRIP WORKERS-SEPEMBER 3/4

HOME COMMUNION MINISTERS FOR SEPT. 4TH

Shirley MacEachern, Ann Quick & Merle & Barbara
Frommelt

USHERS-SEPTEMBER 3/4
Saturday 7:00 pm Don Roh, Bernie Mayer, Alex
Schaefer, Mark Forsythe
Sunday 8:00 am Merle Frommelt, Mike Mara & Dennis
Mezera

SCRIP WORKERS-SEPTEMBER 3/4

Saturday 7:00 pm Amy Young
Sunday 8:00 am Brad & Jenni Linder

WEEKEND MASSES: MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY REQUESTING THE MASS ARE ASKED TO BRING THE GIFTS OF
BREAD AND WINE TO THE ALTAR. PLEASE MAKE YOURSELVES KNOWN TO THE USHERS AND SIT NEAR THE
GIFTS. THANK YOU!

PLEASE NOTE:
Tuesday Mass 8:15 am
St. Gabriels
Tuesday, August 30

8:15 am

St. Gabriels Church

Bob Boland

Wednesday, August 31

8:15 am

St. Johns Church

Connie Esser

Thursday, September 1

8:15 am

St. Gabriels Church

Marty & Mary Betzle

Friday, September 2

8:15 am

St. Johns Church

Cub & Clara MacEachern

Saturday, September 3

4:00 pm
7:00 pm

St. Gabriels Church

St. Johns Church

Gladys Slama
Clem Stram

Sunday, September 4

8:00 am
10:00 am

St. Johns Church

St. Gabriels Church

For All those Entrusted to Our Pastor

Deceased members of the
Vincent Schmidt Family

Encountering Mother Teresa, Saint of Mercy:

Fond memories on this day of her canonization by
Chris Ruff Director of the Office for Ministries and Social Concerns.
I met Mother Teresa of Calcutta twice in Rome in the
early 1980s. I was a seminarian in Rome for a short time, studying with the Oblates of the Virgin Mary, when she paid us a visit
and spoke to us. I still remember lining up with the other seminarians to ask for her signature. She signed my Liturgy of the
Hours book. I treasure it now more than ever. Another young
man and I volunteered occasionally at San Gregorio, the Missionaries of Charity house in Rome, and that was the context of
my other encounter.
We were out front when we saw two of the sisters coming up the sidewalk about 100 yards away. The sidewalk was
steeply inclined so they came gradually into view as they ascended, but we saw a gap between them. At last the gap was filled by
the emerging figure of Mother Teresa, who was barely 5 tall.
We got excited, to say the least, and when the sisters reached us
we had the privilege of visiting with her before she had to go
inside the convent to meet with the members of her community.
We basked in the warmth and kindness of her presence, the
radiance of that wrinkled, smiling face.
The thing that always struck me about Mother Teresa
was her simplicity of speech. She didnt need to be clever and
sophisticated the world listened to what she said because it saw
what she did as an angel of mercy. She lived daily the words she
spoke to her sisters, indeed to us all: Carry Jesus and his light
into the homes of the poor, especially to the souls most in need.
Spread the charity of his Heart wherever you go. Love cannot
remain still. It has to get into action, and that action is service.
And so I overflow with joy on this glorious day as Pope
Francis canonizes Mother Teresa, solemnly declaring that she
practiced heroic virtue and lived in fidelity to Gods grace, is
with God in heaven, and is to be venerated throughout the
whole Church. In the calendar of saints, tomorrow, September
5, is her feast day.
Today - Jubilee for Workers and Volunteers of Mercy.
But theres more. Pope Francis intentionally chose to canonize
Mother Teresa in this Jubilee Year, making her a kind of patroness of the Year of Mercy. And he also declared today, September
4, the Jubilee for Workers and Volunteers of Mercy. So if you
seek to live out Jesus mandate in Matthew 25 Whatever you
do for the least of my brethren, you do for me this is your
day.
Do you volunteer at a food pantry, community meal,
homeless shelter, pregnancy care center, nursing home? Do you
work with people with disabilities, visit the homebound, bring
Holy Communion to the sick, serve as a Leader of Prayer? Do
you visit the incarcerated? Do you go on mission trips to the
diocesan orphanage Casa Hogar in Peru or to Africa to bring
clean water or schools to those in need? Do you participate in
clothing or food drives, contribute worthy items to St. Vincent
de Paul, Goodwill, Salvation Army? Are you on the staff of Catholic Charities or another service organization? Or perhaps you
quietly care for someone in need in your own family or next
door, in ways the world doesnt even notice.
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The list could go on and on, but the important thing to

say to all of you is that this is your day. This is a day to give thanks
to God for His Mercy and his call to you to share in that Mercy, to
be his hands, his feet and his heart in a world in need. This is your
day to join your prayers and your actions to those of Mother Teresa and her Missionaries of Charity around the world, rejoicing,
giving thanks, and asking God to continue to pour out his grace
upon you and the brothers and sisters you serve.
May God bless and reward you as He surely will for serving him in the little, the poor and the forgotten. As Saint Mother
Teresa would often say, you are touching Jesus in his distressing
disguise.

PRAYER CORNER
God, grant healing and peace to the sick of our communities
and those who have requested our prayers. Please pray for:
Eileen Sutton, Mary Ann Heisz, Jerry Matousek, LaVern
Sutton, Janet Dickman, Peg Stoeffler, John Felder, Nancy
Patzner, Janelle Becwar, Michael Hinrich, William Blake, John
& Cheyenne Messling, Earl Nye, Ethel Sebastian, Tara Pellock,
Margaret Konichek, Geraldine Barr, Bill McCoy, Edith Ritchie,
Scott LaBonne, Debbie Eden, Ken Fleshner, Carrie Breuer,
Graham Shedivy, Mary Gillitzer, Lorna Porvaznik, John Rink,
Dale LaBonne, Dallas Valley, Mary T. Shedivy, Lavon David,
Diane Fernette, Joe Ludvik, Stacey Johnson, Bernie OConnell,
Frank Tiller, Carl Shedivy, Rosanna Mayer, Marilyn Rybarczyk,
Pam Waller, Jackie Cherrier, Jennifer Gilman, Sara Breuer,
Rose Miller, Annabelle Stubbe, Karen Carroll, Richard
Ginsterblum, Letty Oehler, Howard Gillitzer, Art & Celine
Boxrucker, Nora Vickerman, Dave Bohnenkamp, Cecil Olson,
Mary Kann, Herb Schneider, Eugene Gillitzer, Barbara
Schwant, Tyler Gillitzer, Anita Steger, Lynette Reichmann,
Janet Beinborn, Scott Plondke, Richard Gillitzer, Gerald Stram,
Joe Barrette, Sally Ann White, Scott Sklenar, Shirley Ambrose,
Don McFarland, Vickie Samples, James Thompson, Nancy
Aschom, Phyllis Waller, Jack Dahl, Joan Sheckler, Sandi
Herreid, Melinda Neumann, Don Ritchie, Sally White, Faye
Tesar, Lorraine Rice, Ronnie Schlueter.
If you have a special intention or loved one who is in need of
prayers; please let us know so we can include them.

PARISH SUPPORT
Envelopes for August 21st
Plate for August 21st
Heat Envelopes
Electronic Transfers
Total

This Year

Last Year

$6,502.00
705.55
133.00
1,487.00
$8,827.55

$5,905.00
891.81
135.00
1,837.00
$8,768.81

The second collection came to $1,050.89 and will be used for

Prairie Catholic School and our Religious Education Program
expenses.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

Fall Bazaar Notes..

Anyone interested in becoming a chairperson or cochairperson of the kitchen, dining room or carryouts
for the fall bazaar please contact the rectory at 3266511 or Linda Moser at 874-4682 for more
information.
The following items are needed for the fall bazaar:
Dime Toss - glasses & bowls and we also need items
for prizes for the Fish Pond. If you have question
call Deanne at 326-8185.
We will need quart jars with lids for our Chicken
Noodle Soup at the Fall Bazaar. If you can help us
out please bring them to St. Johns Church basement.
If possible we would like them by September 1st.
Needed for Parcel Post Stand at St. Johns Fall
Bazaar - Wrapped presents. In this game, everyone
wins something. They choose a wrapped package
and pay for it, then get to open it to see what they
won! Mostly children play this game, but some
ladies do as well. Presents need to be wrapped and
labeled Girl, Boy, Teenager, or Lady. Ages are
helpful, such as Girl, Age 4-6 or Boy, Age 10-12.
Packages should be marked .25, .50, .75 or $1.00.
Nothing higher than $1.00, please. Bring your
wrapped packages to St. Johns Church. I will have a
box marked in the entryway of church. If you have
any questions, please call Debbie Mara at 326-4737.

DECORATING COORDINATOR AT ST. GABRIELS

We are still looking for a decorating coordinator for
St Gabriel church. If interested and wanting more
details, please contact the parish office.
DEACONATE ORDINATION
We hope to host a bus trip to La Crosse for the ordination
of Dr. Mark Grunwald to the office of permanent deaconate. We need a list of 35 by the beginning of October to
make this trip a reality. If you might be interested, please
contact the parish office. Cost will be $25 each for the bus
and will include the ordination and reception that will follow. Please keep Dr. Mark in your prayers these last few
months as he prepares for his ordination.

WEDDING BANNS

Austin G. Nolden & Emma K. Schultz (III)

CONFESSIONS
St. Gabriels
St. Johns

3:00 pm to 3:45 pm on Saturday

6:00 pm to 6:45 pm on Saturday

No scheduled confessions on days with weddings or funerals.

This Week at the Parish

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Sunday, August 28
Monday, August 29
Tuesday, August 30
8:15 am Mass at St. Gabriels
3:30 pm Mass at Prairie Maison

Wednesday, August 31
Thursday, September 1
Adoration after the 8:15 am Mass at St. Gabriels
Benediction at 1:00 pm

Friday, September 2
Saturday, September 3
Wedding of Austin G. Nolden & Emma K. Schultz

Sunday, September 4
Coffee & Rolls after the 8:00 am Mass at Holy Family
Fellowship Hall

SAVE THE DATE..Fr. Paul Fagan will present a

slide show on Wednesday, September 14th on his mission work in Tanzania. It will be held in Holy Family
Parish Fellowship Hall beginning at 5:30 pm All are
welcome to attend.
RCIA
We will be having a meeting soon for any persons interested in becoming Catholic through the RCIA program.
This informative program is not just for those interested
in becoming Catholic, but is a great way to deepen anyones understanding of their faith and relationship with
Jesus Christ. If you might be interested, please contact
the parish office.

Thank you to the family of Mary Konichek for

their donation to Prairie Catholic School in her
memory. We are very grateful for this gift.
There will be a community Blood Drive on Monday, Sept. 12th from Noon to 6:00 pm at the National
Guard Armory. GIVE BLOOD and SAVE A LIFE.
SCHOOL IS IN SESSION - WELCOME BACK
The school year has started with a bang! And a
drill, a saw and a countless amount of
machinery in the addition. We would like to
thank all of the support the community has
provided to get to this point. We are so close to
moving in so please keep us in your prayers!
Although school has started, if any parents still
desire to enroll their kids, there is still time. If
interested, please contact our school (326-8624).
Wade Marlow
Fr. Jim