february 24, 2019 7th sunday in ordinary time saint
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SAINT STEPHEN CATHOLIC COMMUNITY
1441 West Oakwood Road Oak Creek, WI 53154
www.saintstephenmil.org
February 24, 2019 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Pastoral Office: Phone: (414) 762-0552 Hours: M,T, W, Th: 9:00A- 3:30P Closed on Friday Pastor: Rev. Robert Kacalo x222 [email protected] Deacon: Stan Lowe Director of Liturgy and Music: Lynda Trani x263 [email protected] Director of Religious Education: Betsy Potter X224 [email protected] Director of Family Life Center: Gail Schlicht x225 [email protected] Parish Secretary: [email protected] Maintenance Supervisor: Joe Kosobucki
Mass Schedule: Tuesday - Friday 8:00 am Saturday 4:30 pm Sunday 8:30 am & 10:30 am Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturday 3:30 pm or by appointment
Baptism Parish membership is required. Baptismal preparation for parents and sponsors is held monthly. Pre-registration is required. Baptisms are held the 1st Sunday of each month. Contact the Parish Office for more information. Marriage Parish membership is required. Arrangements need to be made a minimum of six months prior to the wedding date. Please contact Fr. Robert for more information. Anointing of the Sick Please contact the Parish Office
Be sure to visit and “Like” our Facebook Page: St. Stephen’s Catholic Church
Come Join Us! We would love to officially welcome you into our family.
Registration packets are available at the information center.
“We’re Moved by the Spirit”
P A R I S H N E W S
Preparing for Easter “Guilt, Grace, and Gratitude”
An afternoon of Reflection
March 10,2019 1:00 -3:00pm
St. Stephen Church
Presented by Fr. Domenic Roscioli Sponsored by: St. Stephen council of Catholic Women
& Knights of Columbus Open for everyone!
Bring your family and friends!
UPCOMING PREP SCHEDULE
Wednesday, February 20 K-4: 5:30-7pm 5-8: 6;30-8pm
Family Session: 6:30-7pm
Sunday, February 24 9-10:30am Grades 9,10,11
Wednesday, February 27 No Prep
Sunday, March 3 No Prep
Wednesday, March 6 K-8,Grades 9,10,11
Attend: Ash Wednesday Mass 6pm
Sunday, March 10 9-10:30am Grades 9,10,11
ARE YOU OR SOMEONE THAT YOU KNOW IN NEED
OF PRAYERS? The Prayer Network Ministry con-sists of parishioners who offer part of their prayer time to pray on the behalf of the parish and individu-als. Prayer intentions can be made
known by calling St. Stephen Parish Office at
762-0552 or email: [email protected] .
LOOKING AHEAD
Please consider volun-teering a couple hours
per week helping us with lawn mowing during the
summer. Riding lawn mower, push mowers, trimmers, leaf blowers
are all available for your helpful hands
Save the Date - Lenten Wednesdays
March 6th Ash Wednesday; Mass at 8am & 6pm, Adoration 9 - 5:45pm
March 13th Lenten Movie Night: Food/Fellowship at 6pm/6:30pm film CRUX: “Did you ever wonder how you got here or where you were go-ing?” We just found ourselves on this planet living as little children run-ning around in this particular skin, bound to this family. It all seems pret-ty mysterious. Almost like a gift. So, what are we to make of all this? This short film narrated by Bishop Hying is full of questions and answers that we may find in the Catechism. There is a discussion afterwards.
March 20th Communal Reconciliation 5:30pm After a brief Word Service, there will be several priests available to hear confessions.
March 27th Lenten Movie Night: Food/Fellowship at 6pm/6:30pm film KENOSIS: “God can seem pretty mysterious most of the time.” We can’t talk to him and get a direct answer. We can’t see him. He is be-yond us. So deep down, we are all longing for God: A God who can re-late to us, a God who is right here. This short film narrated by Bishop Hying is full of questions and answers that we may find in the Cate-chism. There is a discussion afterwards.
April 3rd NEW TIME! Adoration 1-8pm Lenten Movie Night: Food /Fellowship at 6pm/6:30pm film BLAZE: “The Blessed Mother received the fire of God’s love into her life and the Word was made flesh.” Jesus became a human person through her. Jesus is that light of the world and that light is passed on to us through the Church. We carry this light forward because we bear that light of Christ within us. This short film narrated by Bishop Hying is full of questions and answers that we may find in the Catechism. There is a discussion afterwards.
April 10th “What is TRIDUUM?” Activity Night 6-7pm
April 17th Stations of the Cross 6-7pm
W H A T ’ S H A P P E N I N G
WEEKLY READINGS
Readings for the week of February 24, 2019 Sunday: 1 Sm 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23/Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 8, 10, 12-13 [8a]/1 Cor 15:45-49/Lk 6:27-38
Monday: Sir 1:1-10/Ps 93:1ab, 1cd-2, 5 [1a]/Mk 9:14-29
Tuesday: Sir 2:1-11/Ps 37:3-4, 18-19, 27-28, 39-40 [cf. 5]/Mk 9:30-37
Wednesday: Sir 4:11-19/Ps 119:165, 168, 171, 172, 174, 175 [165a]/Mk 9:38-40
Thursday: Sir 5:1-8/Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6 [40:5a]/Mk 9:41-50
Friday: Sir 6:5-17/Ps 119:12, 16, 18, 27, 34, 35 [35a]/Mk 10:1-12
Saturday: Sir 17:1-15/Ps 103:13-14, 15-16, 17-18 [cf. 17]/Mk 10:13-16
Next Sunday: Sir 27:4-7/Ps 92:2-3, 13-14, 15-16 [cf. 2a]/1 Cor 15:54-58/Lk 6:39-45 [8a]/1 Cor 15:45-49/Lk 6:27-38
13th Annual Men of Christ Conference:
“Be Strong and Courageous”
Saturday, March 30th Miller High Life Theater
Reconnect with God
Listen to Internationally recognized presenters Please contact any of our Knights of Columbus members.
For more information visit: menofchrist.net
Eucharistic Adoration is a sign of devotion to and worship of Jesus Christ, who is present Body, Blood,
Soul, and Divinity, under the appearance of the consecrated host.
ASH WEDNESDAY MARCH 6th. Masses are at 8am and 6pm.
Join us for Adoration on March 6th from 9am until 5pm. BEGINNING APRIL 3rd
Adoration will be the first Wednesday of the month from 1-8pm.
This allows PREP families and those who work an opportunity to participate.
St. Stephen’s has been blessed by the faithfulness and generosity of its parishioners for nearly 175 years. Our Keep The Vision Growing Campaign is our opportunity to build upon those blessings. Our goal in this cam-paign is to see how close we can get to retiring our $1.7 million parish debt. This debt was incurred when we built our church in 2009. The success of our campaign will strengthen the financial footing of our parish, thereby enhancing our ability to do God’s work both now, and in the future. Parishioners also have the op-tion of designating some or all of their campaign contributions towards a Bell Tower fund. Save the Dates! On March 9 & 10 we will be sharing more about our Keep The Vision Growing Campaign. We call this “Invitation to Share” weekend. Join us this special weekend at the Masses, where we will pray for God’s blessings on our efforts, and share more information about the campaign. Then, on the weekend of April 6 & 7, we will be asking everyone to return their campaign response at the regularly scheduled Masses. Good News for IRA Rollovers In December, 2015, the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes (PATH) Act was passed. The Act makes permanent charitable giving tax incentives which had expired January 1, 2015, including the IRA charitable rollover. The Act makes the IRA rollover permanent. The Act permanently extends the provision for individuals age 70½ and older to be allowed to make tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts (IRAs) to a qualified charitable organization, like St Stephens! The treatment continues to be capped at a maximum of $100,000 per taxpayer each year. An IRA rollover is a tax-exempt distribution from the IRA. The amount transferred can be used to meet the donor's required minimum distribution. If you feel you may qualify, contact your financial advisor to find out how to make this possible and how it can benefit you and our congregation “The body of Christ, joined together, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.” Ephesians 3:16
St. Stephen Catholic Community Capital Campaign Update
Mas In"#n$i%n Tuesday, February 26 8:00 am † Sr. Mary Hornung, CSA Wednesday, February 27 8:00 am † Souls in Purgatory Thursday, February 28 8:00 am † For the People Friday, March 1 8:00 am † Souls in Purgatory Saturday, March 2 4:30 pm † Lawrence Rohrwasser Sunday, March 3 8:30 am † Fr. Adrian Race 10:30 am † For the People
Monday, February 25 Nothing scheduled at this time
Tuesday, February 26 10:00 am Food Pantry
Wednesday, February 27 No Prep
Thursday, February 28 10:00 am Food Pantry 5:00 pm Building & Grounds 6:00pm Choir practice
Friday, March 1 Nothing Scheduled at this time
Saturday, March 2 10:00 Usher/Hospitality Meeting Hospitality after 4:30 pm Mass
Sunday, March 3 Hospitality after all Masses 9:30-10:30am RCIA—Deacon Stan No Prep
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Sunday Funny All!my!life!I!thought!air!was!free,!until!I!bought!a!bag!of!chips
February 24th, 2019 Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
GOSPEL MEDITATION - ENCOURAGE
DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF SCRIPTURE
This Sunday, Jesus continues his challenging Sermon on the Mount. "Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you ? Give to everyone who asks of you, and from the one who takes what is yours do not de-mand it back." Words like these are challeng-ing! Many of us have grown up in a culture of independence and retaliation against those who harm us. Today's Gospel reminds us that the way of the world is not necessarily the way of thedisciple. In many spiritual texts, saints describe the first stage of the spiritual life as mercenary love of God. That is, we love Him because he "pays" us with graces and good things. Consider for a moment, why do you do the good that you do? Take volunteering, for example. How often do we talk about the good feelings service evokes and how you "get so much more than you give." This is still based on an attitude of re-turn on our investment. Would we volunteer if we knew it was good to do, but we didn't "feel" good afterward? What if the people we helped seemed ungrateful, or if someone at the food pantry stole $20 out of our purse? It can be difficult to love people when we think we might not get anything back. "For if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you?" As Christians, we are called to imitate God. We follow a God who loves not only His clos-est friends, but who loves betrayers, deniers, and crucifiers. The Christian walk is one of perseverance and sacrifice. What does your love look like?
Mas In"#n$i%n Tuesday, February 26 8:00 am † Sr. Mary Hornung, CSA Wednesday, February 27 8:00 am † Souls in Purgatory Thursday, February 28 8:00 am † For the People Friday, March 1 8:00 am † Souls in Purgatory Saturday, March 2 4:30 pm † Lawrence Rohrwasser Sunday, March 3 8:30 am † Fr. Adrian Race 10:30 am † For the People
Monday, February 25 Nothing scheduled at this time
Tuesday, February 26 10:00 am Food Pantry
Wednesday, February 27 No Prep
Thursday, February 28 10:00 am Food Pantry 5:00 pm Building & Grounds 6:00pm Choir practice
Friday, March 1 Nothing Scheduled at this time
Saturday, March 2 10:00 Usher/Hospitality Meeting Hospitality after 4:30 pm Mass
Sunday, March 3 Hospitality after all Masses 9:30-10:30am RCIA—Deacon Stan No Prep
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Sunday Funny All!my!life!I!thought!air!was!free,!until!I!bought!a!bag!of!chips
February 24th, 2019 Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
GOSPEL MEDITATION - ENCOURAGE
DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF SCRIPTURE
This Sunday, Jesus continues his challenging Sermon on the Mount. "Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you ? Give to everyone who asks of you, and from the one who takes what is yours do not de-mand it back." Words like these are challeng-ing! Many of us have grown up in a culture of independence and retaliation against those who harm us. Today's Gospel reminds us that the way of the world is not necessarily the way of thedisciple. In many spiritual texts, saints describe the first stage of the spiritual life as mercenary love of God. That is, we love Him because he "pays" us with graces and good things. Consider for a moment, why do you do the good that you do? Take volunteering, for example. How often do we talk about the good feelings service evokes and how you "get so much more than you give." This is still based on an attitude of re-turn on our investment. Would we volunteer if we knew it was good to do, but we didn't "feel" good afterward? What if the people we helped seemed ungrateful, or if someone at the food pantry stole $20 out of our purse? It can be difficult to love people when we think we might not get anything back. "For if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you?" As Christians, we are called to imitate God. We follow a God who loves not only His clos-est friends, but who loves betrayers, deniers, and crucifiers. The Christian walk is one of perseverance and sacrifice. What does your love look like?
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