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1 St. Mary s Visitation Parish Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord April 1, 2018

2 2 ST. MARY S VISITATION PARISH Mass Intentions Monday, April 2, Monday within the Octave of Easter 6:30 am Dr. John Cordes Sacrament of the Sick available after Mass Tuesday, April 3, Tuesday within the Octave of Easter 6:30 am Jack Hornak Wednesday, April 4, Wednesday within the Octave of Easter 6:30 am The Rekowski Family Thursday, April 5, Thursday within the Octave of Easter 6:30 am Noy Pittman Friday, April 6, Friday within the Octave of Easter 6:30 am Phillip Chiello Saturday, April 7, Saturday within the Octave of Easter 8:00 am John Gehringer 5:00 pm Parishioners Sunday, April 8, Sunday of Divine Mercy 7:30 am Rosemary Lampone 9:00 am Betty Jean Waldron 11:00 am Jerald Janowski Daily Mass Schedule 6:30 am Monday thru Friday 8:00 am Tuesday & Friday, School Days Only Exceptions There is no 8am Mass on Tuesday, April 3 There is no 8am Mass on Friday, April 6 St. Mary s Thrift Shop Find Your Hidden Treasure Here!! Come In And Spring Into Savings! We have just restocked with our fabulous spring and summer clothes, shoes and purses for the entire family! Loads of designer fashions, and we have flash sales on various items throughout the month. Stop in and save! Thrift Shop Hours: Monday/Tuesday/Friday 9-4; Thursday 9-6; Saturday, 9-1. Adoration Chapel ALLELUIA, CHRIST IS RISEN! May you have a Blessed, Happy Easter day and season. Have you thanked Jesus for giving His life to save yours? Take time to do so during this joyful season. Psalm 116 asks: How shall I make a return to the Lord for all the good He has done for me? St. Mary s Visitation Parish provides an answer: Spend time with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament in our Perpetual Adoration Chapel. He is there 24/7 awaiting your visit waiting to bestow His blessings on you. Encourage your family and friends to make use of the Chapel also. Jesus Himself said, Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters. Join the Adoration program and sign up to make a weekly, bi-weekly or monthly commitment to spend an hour in the Chapel at whatever time is best for you. We MUST have at least one person in the Chapel at all times. We can use your help and you will benefit also! We Need Coverage: Mondays 6-7pm, Call Mary Schwarz, Thursdays 2-3 am, 2nd & 4th weeks only, Call Jack Morien, Fridays 3-4am, 2nd, 4th and 5th weeks only, Call Rita Dragani, am, 2nd & 4th weeks only, Call Rita Dragani, pm-Midnight, Call Kathy Stapleton, Saturdays 8-9am, April & May only, Call Nancy Frazer, am, Call Nancy Frazer, pm, Call Nancy Frazer, You may also sign up online on our website, stmaryeg.org/perpetual-adoration.html. Come Receive God s Mercy! Join us for SMV s annual Divine Mercy celebration on April 8, 2:30-4pm. Fr. William Blazek, National Director of the Apostleship of Prayer, will offer a reflection on Divine Mercy. Confessions will be available the entire time, and there will be a Holy Hour from 3-4pm with the singing of the Chaplet of Mercy by Musica Oramus along with an opportunity to venerate the Image of Divine Mercy and relics of St. Faustina and St. John Paul II. The Spring Book Study is almost here! Come join us Thursday mornings from 9-10:45am (evening session will also be available with enough interest) beginning April 12th as we study Dr. Ulrich Lehner s brilliant and provocative new book, God s Not Nice: Rejecting Pop Culture Theology. The cost of the study is just $20, which includes the book. Contact Josh Dieterich for more information, jdieterich@stmaryeg.org.

3 3 Postings from Fr. Peter Easter Morning! My dear brothers and sisters, it is with great joy that we celebrate once again the glorious Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ! Alleluia! As we have journeyed to the Cross over the Lenten Season we can now glory in the victory won upon it over the course of the Easter Season. Here are some words from a homily by St. Ephrem the Deacon, a Doctor of the Church who lived in the 4 th Century: Death trampled our Lord underfoot, but he in his turn treated death as a highroad for his own feet. He submitted to it, enduring it willingly, because by this means he would be able to destroy death in spite of itself. Death had its own way when our Lord went out from Jerusalem carrying his cross; but when by a loud cry from that cross he summoned the dead from the underworld, death was powerless to prevent it. Death slew him by means of the body which he had assumed, but that same body proved to be the weapon with which he conquered death. Concealed beneath the cloak of his manhood, the godhead engaged death in combat; but in slaying our Lord, death itself was slain. It was able to kill natural human life, but was itself killed by the life that is above the nature of man. Death could not devour our Lord unless he possessed a body, neither could hell swallow him up unless he bore our flesh; and so he came in search of a chariot in which to ride to the underworld. This chariot was the body which he received from the Virgin; in it he invaded death s fortress, broke open its strongroom and scattered all its treasure. He who was also the carpenter s glorious son set up his cross above death s all-consuming jaws and led the human race into the dwelling place of life Since a tree had brought about the downfall of mankind, it was upon a tree that mankind crossed over to the realm of life. Bitter was the branch that had once been grafted upon that ancient tree, but sweet the young shoot that has now been grafted on, the shoot in which we are meant to recognize the Lord whom no creature can resist. We give glory to you, Lord, who raised by your cross to span the jaws of death like a bridge by which souls might pass from the region of the dead to the land of the living. You are incontestably alive. Your murderers sowed your living body in the earth as farmer sow grain, but it sprang up and yielded an abundant harvest of men raised from the dead. Come then, my brothers and sisters, let us offer our Lord the great and all-embracing sacrifice of our love, pouring out our treasury of hymns and prayers before him who offered his cross in sacrifice to God for the enrichment of us all. A blessed and joyful Easter to all of you and your families! St. Mary s Christian Women Annual Spring Salad Supper Thursday, April 19, 6:30pm in the Parish Atrium Invite your best girlfriends and join us for an evening of spring salads, wine and fun! Cost is $10 which includes beverages and door prizes. Please bring your favorite salad to share. Seating is limited, no walk-ins. RSVP early by sending your payment of $10 to the Parish Office. We are happy to reserve a table of 8 for you! Please include a list of names and full payment to guarantee reservations. Name Phone Send form and check payable to SMV Christian Women to the SMV parish office, 1260 Church Street, Elm Grove, WI

4 EASTER SUNDAY OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD 4 Weekday Ministers ~ The Week of April 1 Server Bernie Fenelon Sacristan Jack Morien Lector Jerry Shimek Eucharistic Ministers Jack Morien and Steve Moyer Readings for the Week of April 1, 2018 Sunday: Acts 10:34a, 37-43/Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, [24]/Col 3:1-4 or 1 Cor 5:6b-8/Jn 20:1-9 or Mk 16:1-7or Lk 24:13-35 Monday: Acts 2:14, 22-33/Ps 16:1-2, 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11 [1]/Mt 28:8-15 Tuesday: Acts 2:36-41/Ps 33:4-5, 18-19, 20, 22 [5b]/Jn 20:11-18 Wednesday: Acts 3:1-10/Ps 105:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8-9 [3b]/Lk 24:13-35 Thursday: Acts 3:11-26/Ps 8:2, 5, 6-7, 8-9 [2ab]/Lk 24:35-48 Friday: Acts 4:1-12/Ps 118:1-2, 4, 22-24, [22]/Jn 21:1-14 Saturday: Acts 4:13-21/Ps 118:1, 14-15, 16-18, [21a]/Mk 16:9-15 Next Sunday: Acts 4:32-35/Ps 118:2-4, 13-15, [1]/1 Jn 5:1-6/Jn 20:19-31 Liturgical Publications Inc SMV Vacation Bible School 2018 June 25-29, 2018, 9am-noon VBS is a fun, faith-filled week for children entering K3-5th with crafts, music, acting and games. Visit smvvbs2018.eventbrite.com/ to register or to volunteer. Save the Date! Parish Baby Shower April 29th The SMV Parish Baby Shower for the Women s Care Center of Milwaukee will be Sunday, April 29 after the 9am Mass. Let s shower the WCC with baby and toddler items to support struggling young women and help them choose life for their babies! Baby/toddler diapers and clothing will be collected in the school and parish Atriums beginning April 11. Monday (4/2): Parish Offices are closed. Thrift Shop Open, 9am-4pm Centering Prayer Workshop, 9am, SC St. Mary s Seniors Group, noon, SC Franciscans of Divine Mercy Group, 7pm, Atrium Tuesday: Thrift Shop Open, 9am-4pm St. Ben s food drop off, 3:45-4:15pm, Church Parking Lot Dead Theologians Society, 6:30-9pm, Attic Visitation Choir, 7pm+ Wednesday: Thrift Shop Closed. Thursday: Thrift Shop Open, 9am-6pm Friday: Thrift Shop Open 9am-4pm Kiwanis Golden K of EG. Coffee until 9:30am mtg, SC Holy Dusters; 9:30am+ Reconciliation, 2-5pm+ Extraordinary form of the Mass hosted by Musica Oramus, 5:30pm Confessions, Mass at 6:30pm+ Saturday: AA Meeting, 7-8am, SC Reconciliation 8:45-9:15am+ Thrift Shop Open, 9am-1pm Sunday (4/8): Feed the Hungry Knights of Columbus Tootsie Roll Drive after Masses Divine Mercy Celebration 2:30pm+ Family Rosary, 5pm+ St. Mary s Seniors St. Mary s Senior Group will hold a business meeting in the Senior Center at noon on April 2 to discuss the survey distributed to members concerning possible group programs for the balance of If you have questions, contact Bill Gleisner, or Doris Lattos, Knights of Columbus Tootsie Roll Drive The Knights of Columbus will be selling tootsie rolls after Masses the weekend of April 7-8 to aid people with intellectual disabilities. Please consider a donation to this great charity and accept a tootsie roll as the Knight s of Columbus way of saying thank you for your contribution. A 12 Week Bereavement Support Group Are you ready to move forward in your grief journey? Would you like to smile again? Consider joining our St. Mary s Good Grief Support Group. Certified Grief Counselor, Deacon Tom Binder, will lead a 12 consecutive week support group beginning Tuesday, April 10th, 10 am to 11:30 am in the Atrium Library A 12 week commitment to the class is very important. Class size is limited. Registration is required. Contact Mary Sue at the Parish Office, , or msprotz@stmaryeg.org.

5 APRIL 1, Dr. & Mrs. Joseph G. Adiletta Charles & Florence Albrecht George & Isabelle Anderson The Anselment Family Milton & Joanne Benes Rev. Peter Berger Julie Yvette Bernal Juan Bernal Robert, William & Martha Biebl Peter Biegel Alexander & Mary Bozmoski Betty Brauer Jane Brauer The Brennan Family Germaine Brigman Elinore & John Brisch Marlene Brunner Annirene & George Buck Robert J. Burbach The Caprez Family Peter Cinquegrani Doris Cmejla Dr. John Cordes The Crowley Family Bartolome S. Cruz Angelina M. Cruz Evelyn & Bob Dragani Gerald, Helen & Leonard Driscoll Alexia Stilp Dudley The Eberle Family Betty Engstrand Ben Erdman Anna Koller Farrell Timothy Steven Farrell Donald Feyen Bill Fleming Tony Fleming Dr. Raymond & Elinor Frankow Sue Fricano Edward & Arleen Gaffrey Julita Gutierrez Pantaleon & Praxedes Gutierrez Rolando B. Gutierrez Morrie Halvorsen Donna Simmert Heon Olivia Hernandez Phil & Barb Hesselbein Family Myra Holmi Erwin & Arline Holz The Holy Souls in Purgatory Dr. Ronald Horkheimer Jack Hornak Kathleen Horning Robert Ignatowski Michael Jakus Casey Janiszewski Patty Johnson Robert & Patricia Kalscheur Anthony Karich Sr. Ruth Karnitz, SSND Dr. Robert Kastelic Jerry & Delilah Keenan The Kelly Family Mary Rae Klein & Family Frank & Pearl Kuklinski Chuck & Marty Kustner Rick & Soledad Kustner Robert Lauer Sr. John LeDoux Stella Lemons Sr. Mary Martin Linn Helen & Peter Loiacano Eilene Lyons Jim and Lauretta Lyons The Mackin Family Edie Mantel Marie & Emil May The McMaster Family Sharon L. Miller Anthony J. Minotte, Jr. Dr. Carl & Alice Moyer Violet Neyman Francis Noesen The Oleniczak and Watzka Family Mr. and Mrs. Robert O Connor Marilyn & John O Neil Jimmy & Tommy O Neil Stephanie Ostruszka Rev. Daniel Pakenham The Parks Family The Parks Kids and Grandkids Jim Parks, Sr. Roman Pauly Norman Payleitner Michael & Thomas Peskie Jon & Shelly Peters Eleanor Piontek Noy & Lois Pittman The Porubcan Family Chester Prescott Russ & Marie Protz The William Prudlow Family Dorothy & Thomas Puchner Virginia & Werner Raml Anna & Richard J. Reinders Karen & Craig Reinders Mary & Joel Reinders Bob and Lib Rice Don Sarnowski Michael & Kathleen Scardino Donald Schaefer The Schlifske Family Blanche, Otto & Bobby Schmideler The Schmitt Family Jim & Marcella Schmitt Michael & Kathleen Schmitt Joseph & Mabel Schoenberger Richard Semrau Vince & Mary Shiely The Sieber Family Jeffrey Sinclair Paul R. Smaglick The Smetek Family Brian & Kristin Smith The Smith Family SMV School Teachers & Staff Norbert Stefaniak James, Martin & Sophie Steidl John H. Steigerwald The Studebaker Family Judy Suttner The Trapp Family Anna Truebenbach Michael Ullrich Skip Vanderwall Alison Pearl Verhaalen Wendelin & Cecelia Voegeli Robert & Donna Walek Wayne Wentz Barbara White Angeline & Edmund Wieczorek The Wilford Family Elizabeth & Roger Williams John Williams Helen & Joe Witek Josephine Zelek Catherine Zellmer

6 Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Easter 2018 They said to them, Why do you seek the living one among the dead? He is not here, but he has been raised. Luke 24: 5-6 In the story of the empty tomb, the Church proclaims that Jesus Christ was so filled with the power of life, that death could not hold Him. In bursting forth from the tomb, our Lord manifested His power to empty from life all the evil that sought to capture and confine it. All of the bitterness and regret, the alienation and isolation, the anxiety and worry, and the fear and trepidation that seeks to block our path of life and entrap us, have been rolled away with the resurrection of our Lord. This Easter, I ask all members of our Catholic faith community to make the commitment to grow more deeply in your relationship with Jesus Christ. Participate often in the sacrament of reconciliation, go to Mass, read the Bible on a daily basis, pray always pray and remember that the promise made by Christ thousands of years ago is just as true today as when it was first proclaimed. May the Spirit of the risen Christ bring great joy to your hearts this Easter, and may you abide in that joy for all your days. With every good wish and blessing this bright season, I remain, Most Reverend Jerome E. Listecki, Archbishop of Milwaukee SMV First Communion & Confirmation Rehearsals and Celebrations First Communicants Bread of Life Day ~ Saturday, April 14 ~ 10:00am, begin in church atrium First Communion Rehearsal ~ Thursday, May 3 ~ 6:15pm in church First Communion ~ Sunday, May 6 ~ 1:30pm in church, (1:00pm arrival in church basement) Confirmation Rehearsal ~ Friday, April 20th ~ 7:00pm in church atrium, (candidate & sponsor/proxy) Confirmation ~ Saturday, April 21st ~ 10am in church, 9:45am arrival in atrium (candidate & sponsor/proxy) Questions? Contact Elizabeth Harrison at eharrison@stmaryeg.org