SAINT STEPHEN CATHOLIC COMMUNITY

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1 June 17, th Sunday In Ordinary Time SAINT STEPHEN CATHOLIC COMMUNITY We re Moved by the Spirit 1441 West Oakwood Road Oak Creek, WI Pastoral Office: Phone: (414) Hours: M,T, W, Th: 9:00A- 3:30P Closed on Friday Pastor: Rev. Robert Kacalo x222 Deacon: Stan Lowe Director of Liturgy and Music: Lynda Trani x263 Director of Religious Education: Betsy Potter x224 Director of Family Life Center: x225 Parish Secretary: Jennifer Moscatello 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 the second Sunday of each month. Pre-registration is required. Baptisms are held once 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 Lights in our parking lot were upgraded to more efficient and brighter LED lights. Thank you to all the Building & Grounds men for their hard work! Come Join Us! We would love to officially welcome you into our family. Registration packets are available at the information center.

2 P A R I S H N E W S UPCOMING PREP SCHEDULE Monday, August 20 through Wednesday - Thursday, August Confirmation Candidate Interviews Saturday, September 29 10:00 am Confirmation Rehearsal Monday, October 1 7:00 pm Celebration of Confirmation St. Stephen Church Calendar Notice The parish offices will be closed Monday, July 2 nd through Sunday, July 8 th to allow our staff to take some much deserved vacation and down time and enjoy the summer! In addition, there will be no Daily Masses on Tues, Wed, Thurs, and Friday, July 3 rd July 6 th. Please plan accordingly regarding any parish business. Thank you. SCRIP orders will be taken the first weekend of every month and delivered the following weekend. Congratulations to our newly elected Parish Council members! New Members: Laura Fritsch Dennis Laskaskie Mary Barker Current Members: Rick Steiner Karen Machajewski Janet Blommer Ex-Officio Members Rev. Robert Kacalo - Pastor Jim Guthrie - Trustee The Parish Office has some lost and found items. If you can identify these items, please pick them up at the Parish Office. Items are: one pair of prescription sunglasses, one earing found in church on December 19th, 1 hearing aide, several earrings, and a ring found in the church isle. If these items are not claimed soon, they will be discarded. There will be NO Eucharistic Adoration on Thursday, July 5th as the Parish Office will be closed from Monday, July 2 through Friday, July 6th. Eucharistic Adoration will resume on Thursday, August 2nd. Please join us between 9 and 5 pm in the chapel on the first Thursday of every month. Thank you to Saint Stephen! St. Matthew School thanks us for our donation of $600 to their school. With our generous donation they will be able to purchase I-Pads for their kindergarten classroom. They are appreciative of our continual support. Scrip cards in stock are: Roundys, Starbucks, Speedway, Kwik Trip, Meijers

3 W H A T S H A P P E N I N G Are You Moved By The Spirit To Serve? 1. Volunteers to join & assist Building & Grounds committee in various parish repair & maintenance projects 2. Volunteer to do touch up paint work in classrooms, office & church areas 3. Volunteer to paint Cross at St. Stephen Cemetery 4. Volunteer to install pot & pan rack in ceiling of kitchen 5. Volunteer to weatherize and paint an old baptismal font to be used in the landscaped garden. Dale Richards writes to his Building & Grounds crew this: I m happy to report that all the parking lot pole lights have been upgraded this past weekend from 250W metal halide lamps to 60W LEDS. Special thanks to Flight Commander Jim W and Co-Pilot Tedd for the 5 hours of flight time on the rental lift on Friday and the 6 hours logged on Saturday, along with the assistance of Flight Engineer Dennis S. Ground Support was supplied by Erv, Dennis C, Don, Bill and Chris. That brings our project totals up to 28 lamps of 250W each (7,000W) reduced down to 60W (1,680W). That s a 76% reduction in energy for those lamps. I have inspected the lighting tonight and in my humble opinion THE LIGHTING QUALITY IS OUTSTANDING...so I m exceptionally pleased with the results. And we the parishioners of St. Stephen s are so pleased with your volunteerism and care of our parish. THANK YOU! Be sure to visit and Like our Facebook Page: St. Stephen s Catholic Church! Stay up to date with events and view photos of past events. Blessing of Fathers God and Father of all creation, we come before you today with humble hearts. You are our model of a loving father. When we fail and fall short of your expectations, you are always there at the end of the day with open arms, ready to heal the cuts and scrapes of the day and to encourage us to try again and not to give up. We hold up these men in our midst who act in the world as fathers to their children or models of fathers for others. Bless them in their moments of doubt and frustration with their children. Give them warm and open hearts to forgive failures. Provide them with the words needed for encouragement and perseverance. We ask all this in the name of Jesus. Amen. Readings for the Week of June 17, 2018 Sunday: EZ 17:22-24, 2 COR 5:6-10, MK 4:26-34 Monday: 1 KGS 21:1-16, MT 5:38-42 Tuesday: 1 KGS 21:17-29, MT 5:43-48 Wednesday: 2 KGS 2:1, 6-14MT 6:1-6, Thursday: SIR 48:1-14, MT 6:7-15 Friday: 2 KGS 11:1-4, 9-18, 20, MT 6:19-23 Saturday: 2 CHR 24:17-25, MT 6:24-34 Next Sunday: IS 49:1-6, ACTS 13:22-26, LK 1:57-66, 80

4 Mass Intentions Tuesday, June 19 8:00 am Russell Grube Wednesday, June 20 8:00 am Michael Kacalo Thursday, June 21 8:00 am Lawrance Muszynski Friday, June 22 8:00 am Ralph & Rosemarie Makowski Saturday, June 23 4:30 pm George Pyzik Sunday, June 24 8:30 am For The People 10:30 am Roger Wilinski Sunday Funny Devil riding your back? Take off the saddle. CALENDAR OF EVENTS Monday, June 18 10:00 am Meal Program - Prep 6:30 pm Cameo Bingo Tuesday, June 19 10:00 am Food Pantry (FLC) 10:00 pm Meal Program - Cook 4:30 pm Meal Program - Serve Off-Site Wednesday, June 20 Nothing Scheduled at this time Thursday, June 21 10:00 am Food Pantry (FLC) Friday, June 22 Nothing Scheduled at this time Saturday, June 23 Nothing Scheduled at this time Sunday, June 24 9:30 am Patriotic Rosary (Church) By Knights of Columbus

5 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time June 17, 2018 In Mark s Gospel, Jesus appears reluctant to reveal his identity as the Son of God. After performing miracles of healing, he warns those cured to tell no one (see Mark 1:44, 3:12, 5:43, 7:36, and 8:26). Also, when preaching, Jesus chooses to speak to the crowds in parables, leaving them to discern his message. Only to his disciples does he explain the parable s meaning, and he does this in private at a later time. Today s Gospel Reading consists of two parables about seeds. In the first, Jesus tells those gathered that this is how it is with the kingdom of God. A man scatters seed which over time sprouts and develops. Then when the grain is ripe, the man harvests his crop. The emphasis in the parable is on the seed, which seemingly has the power to grow on its own. In this it is like the Kingdom of God. While on earth, Jesus planted the seeds of the kingdom by his life, miracles, teaching, and suffering. However, the kingdom is not yet fully established. Although already present in Jesus and his group of twelve, it has yet to come to fruition; just as the seed in the parable needs time to grow, so does God s kingdom. The second parable focuses on the tiny mustard seed. Though not the smallest of all seeds, it is most likely the smallest that a first-century farmer in Jesus part of the world would have sown. Small as the mustard seed is, it develops into a tree. Though the mustard tree generally averages only nine to twelve feet in height, it has a wide expanse and provides a nesting place for birds. Just as the tree welcomes the birds, so is God s kingdom welcoming and open to many. These parables help us discern something about the kingdom of God and our own faith. In God we live and move and have our being, but God is a mystery and his kingdom, though present, has not yet come into its fullness. Today, the Kingdom of God is present in the Church. The mission of proclaiming the Good News of the Kingdom given to the Apostles is now given to us. But just as seeds need time to come to fruition, so does the Kingdom of God. That is why in the Lord s Prayer, we pray, thy kingdom come. We know that it will come in its fullness at the end of time. All we need is faith.

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