Saint of the Week St. Wenceslaus

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1 Saint of the Week St. Wenceslaus Son of the duke of Bohemian, Wenceslaus was born around 907 and was educated in Christianity by his grandmother, Saint Ludmila. In 921, he succeeded his father and struggled for freedom of worship against the pagan nobility and his brother Boleslas. He led a pious life. He escaped an ambush set by his brother but was murdered in 929. He was immediately venerated as a saint and was canonized in the next century. St. Wenceslas is the protector of brewers, prisoners and altar boys. He is the patron of the Czech Republic and Poland. The name Wenceslaus is from the Polish and means greater glory. ** Taken from Saints A Year in Faith and Art by Rosa Giorgi Please pray for the Church in our Diocese Heavenly Father, Bless your Church with an abundance of holy and zealous priests, deacons, brothers, and sisters. Give those you have called to the married state and those you have chosen to live as single persons in the world, the special graces that their lives require. Form us all in the likeness of your Son, so that in Him, with Him, and through Him, we may love you more deeply and serve you more faithfully, always and everywhere. With Mary we ask this through Christ our Lord. This week we pray especially for: John Duranso of St. Michael s Parish, Wisconsin Rapids, WI College I St. John Vianney Seminary Prayer Intention of the Week: That professionals in every walk of life may grow rich in the sight of God by dedicating their skills to building a Culture of Life that protects every human being from conception to natural death. September 24, 2017 Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

2 2 Welcome to Our Lady of Peace Parish Marshfield From the earliest years of Christianity (less than 100 years after Christ), Christians knew that they were a local church when they gathered to celebrate the Eucharist on the Lords day. And they knew that they were truly complete as a church when they celebrated the Eucharist together with their bishop as presider. We welcome Bishop Callahan to our parish for the glorious occasion of the Confirmation of our teenagers. The love that a pastor or Bishop has for the young people of the Church especially is to mirror the love of Jesus. I remember how moved I was at World Youth Day in 2000 in Rome as I watched the Holy Father inspire more than 200,000 young people in the depths of their souls, where he planted hope and trust in Jesus. As we witness our Confirmation students being sealed with the gifts of the Holy Spirit by our Bishop with the sacred chrism oil, let's pray that the gifts they receive from the Holy Spirit be fanned into a flame that enables them to radiate Jesus Christ in this world so very much in need of Him. And as I have said before I say again, this really is a remarkable bunch of young people being confirmed, the kind that make a pastor proud. God has been very generous to us, and lot of good things are happening at Our Lady of Peace. I hope to see all of your smiling faces at our fall festival enjoying each other's company and reassuring each other by your spirit of hope and good cheer that the Lord is indeed to be found at OLP. Yours in faith, Father Berns From Our Pastor At Peace with the Lord Bill Nugent Whose Mass of Christian Burial was on September 18, 2017 Please remember Bill and his family in your prayers. Gift Presentation: Would you consider carrying up the offertory gifts at Mass with your family, your spouse or even by yourself? All you need to do is let the ushers know before Mass that you are willing to do it. It would be wonderful to see new faces presenting to the Lord our earthly gifts that become the Eucharist. Father Eric Berns, Pastor fatherberns@olpmarshfield.com Rectory 1414 W. 5th St. Parish Office 510 South Columbus Avenue Kara McManus, Business Manager office@olpmarshfield.com Brenda Dieringer, Book Keeper Finance@olpmarshfield.com Janet Orella, Bulletin Editor Bulletin@olpmarshfield.com Gina Schmalz, Director of Music music@ olpmarshfield.com Communion to the Homebound Pauline Hebert & Debbie Hebert Prayer Chain Jane Anderson requestforprayerolp@gmail.com Parish Office Hours Monday-Thursday Friday Mass Schedule Saturday Sunday Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Tuesday 8:00 am-4:00 pm 8:00 am-12:00 pm 8:30 am; 10:00 am 7:00 am Bulletin announcement requests are due in writing or via (bulletin@olpmarshfield.com) and must be received in the Parish Office by 12:00pm on the preceding Monday. Sacraments Baptism - Parents requesting to have a child baptized are invited to call Father Berns directly at He will assist with any baptism preparation and scheduling a date. Reconciliation - Celebrated on Saturdays from 4:45-5:15 pm and upon request. Communal Penance Services are held during Advent and Lent. First Eucharist and Confirmation- Ongoing catechesis is essential in the faith formation of the youth of Our Lady Peace Parish (OLP). Therefore, any child must be enrolled continually from the First Grade, in either Columbus Catholic Schools or OLP s Religious Education Programs, to receive either the Sacraments of First Eucharist or Confirmation. RCIA Christian Initiation of Adults- Anyone interested in joining the Catholic Church should contact Sister Virdean Meyer at Classes begin each Fall. Marriage- Knowing how important it is to marry in the Church, we are happy to see weddings take place in our parish. Father Berns looks forward to meeting with engaged couples to assist them in marriage preparation. As this preparation takes time, couples are asked to contact Fr. Berns 8-12 months before the wedding. Anointing of the Sick- If any parishioner is ill at home or going into the hospital and would like to receive the Anointing of the Sick, please contact Father Berns at A Mass of Healing with anointing is celebrated during the year. New Parishioners- To join our community, please register at the Parish Office, the church welcome desk, or call Ext. 2.

3 Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time September 24, Congratulations to Our Lady of Peace Parish Confirmation Students who received the Sacrament of Confirmation, administered by Bishop William Patrick Callahan, during the Mass on Saturday, September 23, Jenna Asplin Annie Baierl Benjamin Baur Atiya Cantarella Kasey Carter Kevin Cassidy Jacob Dick James Frodermann Bryce Fuerlinger Dalton Halvorsen Makenzie Hansen Kellen Heinzen Nolan Hertel Natalie Jacobson Danielle Ley Adrian Mayagoitia Kade McManus Ethan Meece Alexander Mueller Thomas Olson Hailey Roehl Anna Roewe Kamryn Scheuer Tia Schlagenhaft Alexis Schnitzler Olivia Scholin Maren Seefluth Sabryn Steines Brittney Sternweis Nadim Torbey Kaitlyn Turchi ADULT EDUCATION CLASSES - FALL OF 2017 WHO AM I TO JUDGE? How do we talk about morality in a world that no longer believes in truth? This 8-part study program gives us an important key to respond effectively to relativism a Catholic moral worldview. Learn how Catholic morality is all about love, how making a judgment is not judging a person s soul, and how, in the words of Pope Francis, relativism wounds people and is the spiritual poverty of our times. Program based on the book by Ed. Sri. Classes will consist of DVD presentations followed by guided discussion of each chapter lesson. Beginning Date: Thursday, October 5 Time: Thursday evenings - 6:30 pm Place: Administration Building - conference room To register: Contact Sister Virdean at: or virdeanmeyer@hotmail.com Don't hesitate to practice your faith in The Real Presence! There are a few hours waiting for the faithful to sign up at Pope St. John Paul II Adoration Chapel: 1am-2am or noon-1pm on Saturdays. For your holy hour please call Jean Kaiser, or Dale Garfield May God Bless You! "Marshfield Deanery Catholic Men's Group -Week 3 "Love is Desire". It's not too late to join the fall semester of That Man is You! This week we will have another great session about the power of love and our need for it. See you Tuesday morning at 6:00 am. I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you. Psalm 32:8 Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults The RCIA is about initiation into Jesus Christ. Only Christ can lead us to the love of the Father in the Spirit and make us share in the life of the Holy Trinity (Pope Saint John Paul II, On Catechesis, 5). The RCIA program consists of classes to help us grow in the knowledge and practices of the Catholic faith so that we can come to a fuller understanding of Jesus Christ. Our RCIA classes are available for anyone who: - is considering full membership in the Catholic Faith Community whether unbaptized, or baptized in another faith tradition. - is an adult Catholic who needs to prepare for the sacrament of Confirmation - is an adult who wants to grow in knowledge of the faith and practices of the Catholic Church - is an adult willing to share his/her faith with others. RCIA This year s RCIA classes will begin on Mon., Sept. 18, 2017 at 6:30pm. Meetings will be held in the conference room of our administration building. Adjustments of date and time necessitated by people s schedules will be made as needed. To register for classes or for additional information please contact Sister Virdean Meyer at or virdeanmeyer@hotmail.com ADULT EDUCATION CLASSES - FALL OF 2017 BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP Book: Bearing False Witness by Rodney Stark As we all know and as many of our well established textbooks argued for decades, The Inquisition was one of the most frightening and bloody chapters in Western history, Pope Pius XII was anti-semitic and rightfully called Hitler s Pope, the Dark Ages were a stunting of the progress of knowledge to be redeemed only by the secular spirit of the Enlightenment, and the religious Crusades were an early example of the rapacious Western thirst for riches and power. But what if these long held beliefs were all wrong? In this stunning, powerful, and ultimately persuasive book, Rodney Stark, one of the most highly regarded sociologists of religion and bestselling author of The Rise of Christianity argues that some of our most firmly held ideas about history, ideas that paint the Catholic Church in the least positive light are, in fact, fiction. Why have we held these wrongheaded ideas so strongly and for so long? And, if our beliefs are wrong, what, in fact, is the truth? In each chapter of his book Stark takes on a wellestablished anti-catholic myth, gives a fascinating history of how each myth became the conventional wisdom, and presents a startling picture of the real truth. In the end, readers will not only have a more accurate history of the Catholic Church, they will come to understand why it became unfairly maligned for so long. Beginning Date: Thursday, October 5 Time: Thursday mornings - 8:30 am Place: Administration Building - conference room To register: Contact Sister Virdean at: or virdeanmeyer@hotmail.com

4 Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time September 24, Mass & Liturgical Ministry Schedule Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Sat. Sept. 30 Lectors Roger Anderson & Richard Nesbitt Euch. Min. Paula Nesbitt, Mark Fonferek, Sheri Dick, Chuck & Cheryl Kahl Servers Theresa & Daniel Adler Ushers Andy Martin, Bill Draxler, Sharon Price, James Kress Sr., Tom Fleisner Music Min. Joan Frericks, Gina Schmalz/Gigi Plautz ******************** Sun. Oct. 1 8:30 am Lectors Kade McManus & Pat Herman Euch. Min. Kathie Boyance, Brigid Dean, Janet Apfel, Janet Bujalski, Lindie Desormeaux, Kara McManus Servers Julia Michalek & Trevor Cassidy Ushers Doug Zschernitz, Joe Orella, Tim Hughes, Cliff Reigel Music Min Youth Choir ******************** 10:00 am Lectors Mary Hartl & Kathleen Anderson Euch. Min. Clarence Hartl, Lori Zimmerman, Cindy Lee, Lynn Kelnhofer, Steve Van Wyhe Servers Hailey Zimmerman & Madelyn Andreae Ushers Kay Henseler, Nate Mueller, Wayne Schulz, Jon Boyle, Eric Fehrenbach, Jim Banks Music Min. Janet Orella/Dawn Susa Communion Ministers to the Homebound Sept. 24 Dan Aumann/Sylvia Mews Oct. 1 Deb Hebert/Pauline Hebert Funeral Servers: Sept Bill Draxler & Tim Hughes Oct. 1-7 John Bujalski & Al Kroll Readings for the Week of September 24, 2017 Sunday: Is 55:6-9/Ps 145:2-3, 8-9, 17-18/Phil 1:20c-24, 27a/ Mt 20:1-16a Monday: Ezr 1:1-6/Ps 126:1b-6/Lk 8:16-18 Tuesday: Ezr 6:7-8, 12b, 14-20/Ps 122:1-5/Lk 8:19-21 Wednesday: Ezr 9:5-9/Tb 13:2-4befghn, 7-8/Lk 9:1-6 Thursday: Hg 1:1-8/Ps 149:1b-6a, 9b/Lk 9:7-9 Friday: Dn 7:9-10, or Rv 12:7-12a/Ps 138:1-5/Jn 1:47-51 Saturday: Zec 2:5-9, 14-15a/Jr 31:10-12ab, 13/Lk 9:43b-45 Next Sunday: Ez 18:25-28/Ps 25:4-9/Phil 2:1-11 or 2:1-5/ Mt 21:28-32 GATES OF HEAVEN CEMETERY FALL CLEAN-UP Please remove any grave decorations you wish to keep by October 1st. Any items left after that date will be removed and discarded. It is the family s responsibility to maintain and straighten the headstones. Contact the monument service that may have installed it if you need assistance. Also, now would be a good time to choose spaces before winter. Call the Sexton at for more information. Mass Intentions Saturday, Sept. 23 Twenty- Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Roger Kyle Sunday, Sept. 24 Twenty- Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:30 am Bill Nugent 10:00 am People of the Parish Monday, Sept. 25 Weekday 7:00 am Communion Service Tuesday, Sept. 26 Sts. Cosmas & Damian, Martyrs 8:30 am Columbus School Mass Marlys Bauer Wednesday, Sept. 27 St. Vincent de Paul, Priest 7:00 am Ralph Zamrzla Thursday, Sept. 28 St. Wenceslaus, Martyr 7:00 am Norbert Michels 8:00 am OLP Intermediate School Mass Jane Herr Friday, Sept. 29 Weekday 7:00 am Toni Steckel Saturday, Sept. 30 Twenty Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Maryann Wheeler Sunday, Oct. 1 Twenty Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:30 am People of the Parish 10:00 am Ruby & Alvin Heckel This Week at OLP Sun. Sept :30 am Adoramus Te Practice CH 11:15 am OLP Fall Festival Mon. Sept. 25 6:30 pm RCIA LCR Tues. Sept. 26 3:00 pm Divine Mercy Chaplet/Rosary CH Wed. Sept. 27 7:30 am Moms in Prayer LCR 5:00-6:00 pm Youth Choir Practice CH 6:00-7:15 pm REP DH, WL, OLPI, YR 7:00 pm Praise Practice CH Thur. Sept. 28 8:30-10:30 am 6th Grade Retreat DH 6:30-8:00 pm Hospitality Workshop LCR Sat. Sept :00-11:30 am Hospitality Workshop LCR Next Week at OLP Sun. Oct. 1 11:30 am Adoramus Te Practice CH 11:30 am-12:30 pm Bible Basics TBD Mon. Oct. 2 6:30 pm RCIA LCR Tues. Oct. 3 3:00 pm Divine Mercy Chaplet/Rosary CH Wed. Oct. 4 7:30 am Moms in Prayer LCR 9:30-10:30 am Bible Basics TBD 5:00-6:00 pm Youth Choir Practice CH 6:00-7:15 pm REP DH, WL, OLPI, YR 6:00 pm Mom to Mom Ministry COL Rm 26 7:00 pm Praise Practice CH Thur. Oct. 5 8:30 am Book Discussion Group LCR 6:30 pm Who Am I To Judge? Program LCR 7:00-8:00 pm Bible Basics TBD Sun. Oct. 8 11:30 am Adoramus Te Practice CH Logan Conference Room LCR, Church-CH, Admin. Building-AB Parish Kitchen-PK, Wavra Library-WL, Youth Room-YR, Columbus-COL Dillenburg Hall-DH, Our Lady of Peace Intermediate School-OLPI You are invited to visit historic St. Anthony Spirituality Center in Marathon on Sunday, October 1st between 1:00 and 4:00 p.m. for our Centennial Celebration Kick-Off to commemorate 100 years since the land purchase by the Capuchins. We will have guided tours of the grounds with live re-enactments. Several Capuchins will be present to tell stories about living here when St. Anthony's was a friary and seminary. Call for details ( ) or go to

5 5 Welcome to Our Lady of Peace Parish Marshfield BIBLE BASICS STUDY GROUP THE OLP FALL FESTIVAL IS HERE! TODAY Sunday, September 24, 2017 Join us for good food, good music, activities and a good visit with fellow parishioners and visitors Chicken Dinner - 11:00 am Music by: WHISKEY RIVER BAND!!!! USHER, GREETER AND WELCOME DESK WORKSHOP For New and Current Ushers and Greeters Thursday, September 28 Saturday, September 30 6:30 p.m. 10:00 a.m. Conference Room in the Parish Administration Building 510 S. Columbus Ave. Please register at the parish office or the Welcome Desk. Families are most welcome. Schedules are flexible x2 or office@olpmarshfield.com OPEN HOUSE-ALL ARE WELCOME! A chance for you to see the fruits of your generosity and hospitality. You have invited me here...i now invite you to get a glimpse of Monastic Religious Life. Sister Veronica will be having an open house at the Bakerville Rectory on October 1st from 11:45 am-2:30 pm. Light refreshments provided. Hope to see you there! CELEBRATE THE HOUR OF GREAT MERCY Offered any day at 3:00pm in the Corpus Christi Church in Bakerville. This will include a silent remembrance of the Lord s Passion, a brief Stations of the Cross and a sung Chaplet of Mercy. We will also have a First Class Relic of Saint Faustina available for veneration. The CCHS Drama Department will present our Fall Musical, Annie on Friday, Sat., and Sunday Sept. 29, 30 and Oct. 1. The times for Friday and Saturday are 7:30 pm and Sunday s Show is at 1:00 pm. Ticket prices are $10.00 for ages and $6.00 for ages 1-17 and 66 and older. We will continue our popular Dinner Theater on Saturday, September 30. The cost for the dinner is $ You can get a great meal and a great show for $20.00 per person. Tickets are for sale at the door, or you can assure yourself of seats by making a reservation by stopping in the Columbus Media Center or by calling from 7:30am-3:30pm starting Tuesday, Sept. 19. Join seminarian Arturo Vigueras in a basic exploration and understanding of the Bible: We will focus on: A basic introduction to the Bible How to use the Bible Learning how to pray using different Bible passages We will meet for four consecutive weeks starting on the following dates: Sundays: 11:30 am to 12:30 pm Starting on October 1 Wednesdays: 9:30 am to 10:30 am starting on October 4 Thursdays: 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm starting on October 5 Please choose the time and day that works best for you! Meeting Location will be determined based on how many people register for each session. Please Register for any of the available sessions that work best with your schedule by sending an to: Office@olpmarshfield.com Women of Christ Conference 2017 St. John s PCCW has reserved a bus for this conference on Sat., Nov. 4th in West Bend. Speakers at the conference are Jeff Cavins, author & radio host, Fr. Larry Richards, author & EWTN host, Donna Marie Cooper O Boyle, author & EWTN Host & Leah Darrow, convert & former model. If you haven t attended one of these conferences in the past, you will be impressed by the caliber of this wonderful event. Sponsored by the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. More information can be found at womenofchrist.net or you can call Susan Youngwith at More information will be posted soon. St. Vincent de Paul Needs Your Help!!! St. Vincent de Paul needs your help with the Fellowship Dinners. Monetary donations would be most welcomed for the cost of food. They also need helping hands to serve the dinners. Our Lady of Peace is responsible for the dinners on the 3rd Wednesday of the month. Set up is at 3 p.m. with the meal served at 5 p.m. For more information, please contact the Parish Office at x2 or office@olpmarshfield.com. Advertiser of the Week All Seasons Tree Service 9068 Klondike Dr. Marshfield, WI (715) Please support this business that supports our Parish Please cut out this Thank You Ad and Present It The Next Time You Patronize One of Our Advertisers. Thank you for advertising in our church bulletin. I am patronizing your business because of it!