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November 18, 2018 Thirty Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Weekday Masses: Monday- Friday: 8:15am
Wednesday:10am (only during the school year) & 7:00pm
Weekend Masses Saturday: 5:00pm Sunday: 9 & 11am
Sunday: 7pm weekly Mass starts Dec. 2
SAINT MARGARET MARY CATHOLIC PARISH & SCHOOL
stmmp.org 414-461-6073 3970 North 92nd Street Milwaukee, WI 53222
PASTORAL STAFF Administrator: Fr. Patrick Nelson, SDS ext. 182 Email: [email protected] cell: 414-581-2397 Deacon: Frank Pemper: 262-385-5696 Email: [email protected] Director of Administrative Services: Vicki Harder ext. 104 Email: [email protected] Director of Music: Neal Bardele cell: 414-530-2508 Email: [email protected] Director of Buildings & Grounds: Chris Matchett ext. 126 Email: [email protected] Director of Faith Formation: Dave Liccione ext. 106 Email: [email protected] Administrative Assistant: Mary Blinkhorn ext. 100 Email: [email protected] Archdiocese of Milwaukee: archmil.org PASTORAL COUNCIL OFFICERS & TRUSTEES Chairperson: Anne McKiernan……414-232-7260 Vice-Chairperson: Colleen Krentz…..414-430-5553 Secretary: Krystal Burke Trustee-Treasurer: Nancy Bonesho Trustee– Secretary: Cheryl Vosswinkel SCHOOL 3950 N. 92nd Street 53222 Phone: 463-8760 Fax: 463-2373 Principal: Mrs. Nilda Cordova... 108 stmms.org Email: [email protected]
Older Adult Program Northwest Interfaith Office: 414-466-8858 Ms. Niedra North St. Vincent de Paul intake office: 414-462-7837 SACRAMENTS BAPTISM: Please contact the parish center to arrange. MARRIAGE: Preparation sessions with a pastoral staff member begin no later than six months prior to the wedding date. MINISTRY TO THE SICK: The Sacrament of Healing & Strength is for persons who are seriously or chronically ill, or facing major surgery. Please ask Father after Mass if you are interested. RCIA: If you are interested in becoming Catholic and the RCIA process, contact Faith Formation Director Dave Liccione at 414-573-9292. RECONCILIATION: Wed. 12-1pm & 6-7pm & Sat.: 4– 4:45pm ADORATION CHAPEL: Open from 6am-12am. Please call the parish center for the key pad code.
St. Margaret Mary Parish is committed to developing and sustaining an intimate relationship with Je-
sus Christ and proclaiming the reign of God.
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From A Grateful Heart “By one offering [Christ] he has made perfect forever those who are being consecrated [the martyrs]. The Holy Spirit will also testify to us, saying: ‘I will put my laws in their hearts, and I will write it upon their minds,’” he also
says:* “Their sins and their evildoing I will remember no more.” Where there is forgiveness, there is no long-er offering for sin. (Hebrews 10: 14-18)
JESUS WAITS FOR US TO RETURN The Church begins its year with a period of waiting and preparing for Christ’s coming of Salvation. We call it: AD-VENT. So, the weeks just before Advent are a time to re-member that Jesus predicted an end of time – “The Second Coming of Jesus”. So, in worshipping God we recall Jesus birth but, we also celebrate that promise of His Second Coming when he will complete the work of Salvation. This week we hear from the Book of Hebrews again and the author has Jesus tell us about the forgiveness of sins that His Resurrection will grant. It is a forgiveness that will bring hope to present sinners and to those struggling with sin at the end of time. The last days! This subject gets a lot of attention in the readings at the end of the Church year. The waiting for Jesus is a time to help the mission of God. God made us individuals, put us among others and asks us to use our free will to return to him (by obeying His teach-ings that tell us who we really are). The CHURCH YEAR comes with a cycle just like the calendar and we celebrate the cycle of waiting, beginning, learning and then maturing in the faith. Just like going through a calendar year the sane cycle gives us many changes to try again and again to “get it right”! Yes, Jesus wants us to “get it right”. Life has a reason and it involves everyone we find living around us. The life of a Christian is to live out the year maturing in the faith. That is to say, we learn from God in the words of Jesus, that we can make a difference and do have a unique purpose in life. We are hear to use our gifts, our talents, and our wealth to help each other and to come back to God as a Community. No Longer Individuals. God has made salvation a group participation event!
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(continued from previous column) That is why – at this time of year – I think of the Advent of our lives on Earth as a preparation for the Christmas in Heaven. God made us to return. The birth of each person gives them the opportunity to live and grow to know God and their purpose and to bring that life fulfilled back to the Creator in Heaven. We are made to return but, after a ma-turing. A maturing in the understanding that we have a pur-pose, we are needed, and we need to bring each other back to God as the unity Jesus prayed for at the Last Supper (in John’s Gospel) Yep! We need a time to prepare, learn and mature. For we are made with a purpose. Sin can keep us from that purpose and Salvation. Let us prepare well to bring humanity to-gether. That is God’s “Christmas Wish”! May the Heart of The Savior Bless you! Fr. Patrick Nelson, SDS
Mass of Remembrance Starting November 1st we will remember all those men and women who have gone before us, “marked with the sign of faith.” Beginning the weekend of October 27th and 28th you may bring in a picture or memorial card of your loved one and leave it on the table near the baptismal font. We will also enshrine the Book of the Names of the Dead and invite you to record the names of your loved ones in the Book for others to read, remember and pray for the repose of their souls. We will leave this table display throughout the month of November so that as a community we may look at them and remember our friends and family mem-bers. When we celebrate a Baptism, the assembly gathers around the font. We must also be present to those who are grieving so they are present to us in our grief. We are inviting those who have lost a loved one in the past year to come to Mass and invite your family and friends to Mass so together then we can pray “In paradisum deducant te angeli: in tuo adventu suscipiant te martyers, et perducant te in civitatem sanctam Jerusalem.” (May the angels lead you into paradise; may the martyrs come to welcome you and take you to the holy city, the new and eternal Jerusalem.)
Deacon Paul extends a “thank you” to all who helped him fulfill the Seminary’s course requirements by filling out an
evaluation of his last couple of homilies.
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DEVOTIONS
MONDAY-FRIDAY: Rosary 7:30AM MONDAY -FRIDAY: Rosary with Adoration 3:00PM TUESDAY - Mother of Perpetual Help Devotions After 8:15 AM Mass FRIDAY - Litany of the Sacred Heart after 8:15AM Mass Way of the Cross with Adoration 3:00PM
November 18, 2018
Sunday: Dn 12:1-3/Ps 16:5, 8, 9-10, 11 [1]/ Heb 10:11-14, 18/Mk 13:24-32 Monday: Rv 1:1-4; 2:1-5/Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6 [Rv 2:17]/Lk 18:35-43 Tuesday: Rv 3:1-6, 14-22/Ps 15:2-3a, 3bc-4ab, 5 [Rv 3:21]/Lk 19:1-10 Wednesday: Rv 4:1-11/Ps 150:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6 [1b]/Lk 19:11-28 Thursday: Rv 5:1-10/Ps 149:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6a and 9b [Rv 5:10]/Lk 19:41-44 Friday: Rv 10:8-11/Ps 119:14, 24, 72, 103, 111, 131 [103a]/Lk 19:45-48 Saturday: Rv 11:4-12/Ps 144:1b, 2, 9-10 [1b]/Lk 20:27-40 Next Sunday: Dn 7:13-14/Ps 93:1, 1-2, 5 [1a]/ Rv 1:5-8/Jn 18:33b-37
Prayer Shawl Ministry Share Your Love Give that ill or homebound man, woman or child a Prayer Shawl which was blessed in church. It is a hug of love and concern from St. Margaret Mary Parish. Call Karen Valente at 464-3298.
Servers all ages: boys and girls 4th grade and up, high school & adult. We can also use your talents for: Sacristans, ushers, greeters, lectors, and Eucharistic ministers.
Monday, November 19 8:15 am: The parishioners of St. Margaret Mary
Tuesday, November 20 8:15am: Rose Blazek +
Wednesday, November 21
8:15am: Alice Brayall + 10:00 am: For our school
7pm: Josephine Heidinger+
Thursday, November 22 Thanksgiving Day 8:15am: Consuelo Brown +
Friday, November 23
8:15am: Genevieve Nycz +
Saturday, November 24 5:00pm: James Piechura +
Sunday, November 25 9:00am: Rose Blazek +
11:00am: Angeline Kern +
Sunday collection counters: Please consider making a contribution of service to your parish. We need volunteers to help count money Monday morning at 8:00, you would not be schedule every week. This is an important way to give of your time and talent. It’s easy and it’s fun! We need at least two people to join the team. Please call Cyn-thia Lilley at 414-881-3267 to get more information or to sign up to help count. Training is provided. Pastoral Council members: we need at least 2 more. Your duty is to help discern, plan and carry out our parish goals for now and into the future. Hospitality helpers: to assist with and provide weekend hospitality after the masses, the third weekend of each month.
Cantors: If you have some vocal ability and enjoy sing-ing at Mass, please consider joining St. Margaret Mary's music ministry as a cantor. Please contact Neal Bardele ([email protected]) or contact the parish office.
Join members of both Blessed Savior and St. Margaret Mary parishes for a volunteer work service day at the Sister MacCanon Brown Homeless Sanctuary on Saturday, De-cember 1 from 10AM-2PM. We will be separating and organizing donated clothing and hygiene products as well as making lunches and cleaning. All are welcome to join us. For questions, contact Dave Liccione.
St. Margaret Mary Parish is starting a bereavement commit-tee. This group will provide comfort to those who have lost a loved one. If you would like to offer your time and talent please contact Deacon Frank Pemper at 262-385-5696.
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17/18: Hospitality after all weekend Masses Second Collection for St. Vincent DePaul Conference 22: Thanksgiving Day: 8:15am Mass 22/23: Parish Center closed for Thanksgiving 25: Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Uni-verse SVDP Advent Giving Tree: take a “helping hand’ and help those in need. 2: First Sunday of Advent / 7pm Sunday Mass starts 7: 7pm: Vigil Mass Immaculate Conception Holy Day of Obligation 8: 8:15am Mass Immaculate Conception: Holy Day 15/16: Hospitality after all weekend Masses SVDP: 2nd collection to support their mission 24: Christmas Eve Masses: 5pm & 10pm 25: Christmas Day Masses: 9am & 11am
Would you like to designate your donation to a specific item that our parish community
is in need of?
Screens in the Church: One of the cur rent items is pur -chase of the licensing rights needed to project music hymns on the screens during mass along with repairs. This esti-mated cost is $2000. Chromebooks for the middle school students: we are seeking funds for 20 Chromebooks. Please drop your marked envelope in the collection basket or mail to the par-ish center.
Starting Sunday, December 2, we will be adding a 7pm Sunday even-ing mass to our regular weekend mass schedule.
Saint Margaret Mary Parish and School each have their OWN NEW websites: stmmp.org for the par ish and stmms.org for the school. The parish website has many new features that the previous website did not possess. The website will be updated regularly and you can even access the bulletin online. Our parish is also providing an online giving program through our partnership with LPI called the WeShare pro-gram. This is a simple way to give automatically without writing a check. You can sign up today by accessing either the WeShare icon at the bottom of the homepage or by ac-cessing the “GIVE” tab on the website and select WeShare. See the insert in the bulletin for more information. Please contact Mary Blinkhorn in the parish office with any ques-tions.
If you are not Catholic but would like to become so through the RCIA process, please contact Faith For-mation Director Dave Liccione in the next week or two. Classes will be begin mid-November.
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A Thanksgiving Prayer
Good and gracious God,
You do all things well. You make the sun and rain come,
nurturing the earth, making it fertile and fruitful.
Through Your gift of creation and the work of our hands,
we reap an abundant harvest. We give You thanks for Your many
gifts that sustain us; for health and home, dignified labor,
for family, friends, neighbors, and those whom -- today -- we may
still consider enemies. As we reflect in thanks this day,
may we remember those who lack something we have.
May our gratitude move us to love, serve, and give.
Together we rejoice in Your gifts, and in Your abundant life! Amen.