Nativity of Mary. Rectory. St. Mary School. Religious Education. Prayer Network

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1 May 7, 2017 Fourth Sunday of Easter Nativity of Mary 31 3 E. W ALL S TR EE T J A NE SVI LLE, WI SC O N SI N Rectory 313 E. Wall Street Janesville, WI Phone...(608) Father Rob Butz. (608) Fax...(608) Website... Pastor... Rev. Robert Butz pastor@nativitymary.org Dir. of Liturgy... Bob Craig liturgy@nativitymary.org Coord. Religious Ed...Kathy Hookham re@nativitymary.org Business Manager...Kathy Fisher kfisher@nativitymary.org Parish Secretary.....Sharlet Collins psec@nativitymary.org St. Mary School 307 E. Wall Street Janesville, WI Phone...(608) Principal... Steven Castrogiovanni Secretary...Sue Vodak & Sue Dickman Religious Education Phone...(608) Prayer Network Mary Ann Venable..(608) Edna Thorp.(608) Nativity of Mary... Sat. 4:30 pm Sun. 8:30 & 10:30 am St. Patrick... Sat. 4:00 pm St. John Vianney... Sat. 5:00 pm Sun. 8:15 & 9:45 am St. William... Sat. 4:00 pm Sun. 8:00 & 10:30 am St. Mary - Milton... Sat. 4:00 pm Sun. 9:00 am Nourished by the Eucharist and guided by the Holy Spirit, we proclaim the Gospel as good stewards, sharing God s love. -Mission Statement

2 News & Notes School News From the desk of Father Rob. Bookkeeper Position Available This is a part-time position, approximately hours a week. The candidate must have organizational and management skills and possess good people skills. The responsibilities of the bookkeeper will be the recording of weekly collections and other cash receipts, processing payments, prepare payroll, assisting in the creation and maintenance of the budget, maintain required property, insurance records, and all accounts, prepare monthly financial reports for the Pastor and Finance Council and an annual report to the Diocese of Madison, attend Finance Council meetings when requested, and perform other duties as assigned. The candidate should have an associate degree in accounting and/or have at least 3 years of accounting/bookkeeping experience. He or she must also possess the ability of working with spreadsheets, databases, and word processing. A minimum of 2 references required. resume and cover letter to pastor@nativitymary.org or send to Nativity of Mary Parish, Attn: Father Rob Butz 313 E. Wall St, Janesville, WI TRINITY DOME COLLECTION Next weekend, the Bishops of the United States have approved a special one-time collection for the Trinity Dome at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Your prayerful and financial support will not only adorn this Crowning Jewel and complete Mary s Shrine, but will also leave a lasting legacy for generations to come in this living monument to our Catholic faith and heritage that is America s Catholic Church. Please take this week to prayerfully consider making a donation to this collection. New Catholic Television Program Be inspired by a new Catholic television program for every day living that will motivate you to achieve your hopes and dreams as you live a life of power, impact, freedom and purpose. It provides practical ways of living life to the fullest and helping you make faith a part of your daily life. Bruce Downs The Catholic Guy Television program is seen by millions of people whose lives have been changed by his down-to-earth approach. Watch here: DIRECTV Ch 371, DISH Ch 258, AT&T U-Verse CH 565, VERIZON FIOS Ch 288 EVERY DAY 7:30 AM CST Or, for more information go to BruceDownesTheCatholicGuy.com, where you can watch the program daily. St. Mary School SCRIP REMINDER SCRIP puts your regular shopping dollars to work supporting your parish and school with over fifty retailers.. grocery stores, gas stations, restaurants, department stores, hardware stores, movie theaters, spas and more! SCRIP cards are always available in the school office and after Mass twice per month. Next, the weekend of May 6th/7th and 20th/21st. Next Ministry Schedule We are in the process of finalizing the next Ministry Schedule. The next schedule will go from 06/07/2017 thru 9/03/2017. Now is a great time to indicated any dates you are not available to minister, or if you would like to add or subtract a Ministry. Please go to our Ministry Website to indicate your unavailability or contact Bob in the Liturgy office at extension #17. Volunteers Needed If you are interested in helping to accept donations for roses after Mass on Mother s Day weekend to support the Wisconsin Right to Life organization, please contact Pat Hawthorne at (608) Money Matters Money Counts for Received Week YTD $6, $540, Budgeted Variance 17, , , ,750.61

3 Focus on Faith Please Pray For Our Parishioners: Barbara Allen, Bill, Bill Bever, Noah Cotter, Dena, Alice Figi, Linda Fredell, LeeAnn Gilligan, Gerri, Jackie H., Geraldine Hilt, Paul Holznecht, Alice Jensen, Ellen Kotche, Nancy McCann, John (Floyd) McNally, Shirley R., Madelynn Schieve, Colleen Schroeder, Richard Schuler, Kelly Dooley Trewartha, Peter Weirich, Lola Williams, Avalon Widner, Lucille Willegal Traveling Chalice Full Year of Prayer Planned This week the Traveling Chalice will be hosted by Tom & Beth Gehl. Any questions regarding our Traveling Chalice program may be directed to: Colleen at OR Sacraments Anointing of the Sick: Scripture Fourth Sunday of Easter "I am the gate. Whoever enters through me will be saved, and will come in and go out and find pasture. A thief comes only to steal and slaughter and destroy; I came so that they might have life and have it more abundantly." - Jn 10:9-10 ************************************************************** "Whoever enters through me will be saved, and will come in and go out and find pasture." Jesus uses the image of a gate today to help us understand how we are to relate to him. He is our path to "pasture," in other words, to the peace and prosperity that we long for. He shows us the way to find all that we need right there before us. Some people, however, may think that it's better to avoid the trouble of finding the gate and thus choose to enter another way instead. But Jesus says, "Whoever does not enter a sheepfold through the gate but climbs over elsewhere is a thief and a robber." Although this is all cast in the gentle terms of an analogy about sheep, the message is actually rather stern. Jesus is telling us that if we don't follow him, we are taking the wrong course of action. He is not suggesting a kind of relativistic principle that says, "Following me is one of many good options." No. He is telling us that in order to "have life and have it more abundantly," we must follow the path that goes by way of Christ. This isn't always the easiest path to follow. It might mean taking the long way around a situation instead of a shortcut. It might mean waiting a little while to get to that pasture instead of hopping the fence and finding it on our own terms. Insisting on using the gate may also make us look like fools to those around us. But to be truly faithful followers of Jesus, we need to trust that his way is the best way. We need to trust that, by letting him lead, we will ultimately end up in the best possible pasture. In our culture, it is becoming less and less popular to believe in one true religion, but as Christians we know that Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life. Infant Baptism: Registered members of the parish are welcome to arrange for their baby s baptism by signing up for the necessary preparation program for parents. RCIA Please call anytime if you would like to discuss Catholicism and see how joining the Church may offer you a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ. Catholic Women s Club Contact Jennifer McBride at or Beth Konkol at for more information. Knights of Columbus Meetings held 2nd Thursday of the month at 7:30 pm. Contact Greg Kraft at for more information. Bulletin Deadline Mondays at 12:00 noon. Please contact the Rectory at Readings for Sunday, May 7, 2017 Fourth Sunday of Easter Acts 2-14a, / 1 Pt 2:20b-25 / Jn 10:1-10 Readings for Next Sunday, May 14, 2017 Fifth Sunday of Easter Acts 6:1-7 / 1 Pt 2:4-9 / Jn 14:1-12 Would You Like A Pastoral Visit? REMINDER: If you, a family member or someone you know is confined or hospitalized and would benefit from a pastoral visit, please contact your parish office and let them know. Staff does not always know of hospital admissions for a variety of reasons and often has no way of knowing of other situations in which a parish contact would be beneficial. 3

4 What s Happening Please welcome those that received the Easter sacraments - Congratulations to the ten young people of Nativity of Mary who today were given the gift of receiving Christ s body and blood each time they participate in the Mass, the Eucharistic liturgy. AJ Allen Macey Coogan Kaylee Hernandez Mia Johnson Connor McClellan Bryana Olver Rowan Sanovich Morgan Suehring Russel Suiter Alexander Villalpando Taize Prayer Uncrowd my heart, O God, until silence speaks in your still, small voice; turn me from the hearing of words, and the making of words, and the confusion of much speaking, to listening, waiting, stillness, silence. Esther De Waal Come, experience Taize Prayer on Monday, May 8 at 7:00 PM. Our time together will offer a chance to uncrowd our hearts and minds and simply be in God s presence. Come and bask in the light of candles, raise your voice in simple and prayerful songs, and listen in silence for God s still, small voice. Taize Prayer is offered on the second Monday evening of each month, year-round. Kari Barker Kylie Jean Burdick Brooke Davis Kaitlin Gregerson Renee Hubbard James Perez OUR LADY OF GOOD HELP PILGRIMAGE Over 150 years ago, Our Blessed Mother appeared to young Adele Brise twice in a small rural area near Champion, Wisconsin. Our Mother s request was simple, Gather the children in this wild country and teach them what they should know for salvation. Adele devoted her life to doing just that. On the ground where she met Our Blessed Mother, there is now a shrine dedicated to Her appearance to Adele, The Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help. The Shrine is the only Church-approved Marian apparition site in the United States. This summer you can make a pilgrimage to the Shrine along with many of our area parishioners, and see where the apparition took place, take part in Mass and Confession and learn the history of the apparition and Adele s work to fulfill Our Blessed Mother s request. Of course, there is a gift shop too! Our pilgrimage to Our Lady of Good help Shrine will take place June 29, 2017, and will cost $45, which includes transportation and *lunch. Anyone wishing to join the pilgrimage should call Colleen at to register and for further details. Deadline for registration and payment is June 1, HURRY! Space is limited!! *Lunch includes sandwich, chips, cookie & beverage. Sandwich choices are: Turkey/Cheddar wrap, Italian Sub 4 or Turkey/Swiss on cranberry bread.

5 What s Happening Ladies! Join women of the diocese for an inspiring day of learning, socializing and praying at the annual convention of the Madison Diocesan Council of Women (MDCCW) Wednesday, June 14th at St. Joseph Parish in Fort Atkinson. The convention theme is Rise, Let Us Be on Our Way. The convention s keynote speaker is Fr. John Tourangeau, a nationally know priest from St. Norbert Abbey in DePere. He will speak about his after-life experience, following a heart attack. The author of To Heaven & Back: The Journey of a Roman Catholic Preist, he will also give the homily during the Liturgy. An afternoon shareshop entitled We Are Called promises to be practical, inspirational, and entertaining. Also featured will be a silent auction and big ticket raffle, which provides funding for MDCCW s charitable giving. Registration cost of $35 includes continental breakfast and lunch. First timers pay $25. Registration deadline is June 1st. Registration forms are available at Any questions can be directed to Ellen Martin (608) or ellenmarymartin@gmail.com. The ADULT CATHOLIC SPIRIT CLUB will meet at noon on Wednesday, 10 May 2017, at St. John Vianney s Marian Hall. A potluck dinner will be served and you are asked to bring a dish to share, along with your own table service. The program begins at 12:45 pm and James Dumke, a local retired attorney and history professor, will give a biographical presentation of Henry Palmer, Physician & Surgeon in Janesville, Mid-19 th Century Medicine & How That Relates to the Civil War. Due to our summer break, this will be the last get-together until September and we look forward to a good turnout for this interesting program. Blood pressure screenings will be available from 11:30 am to 12 noon. For more information, call Ginny at LYRA They may not pass this way again, so don t miss this chance to listen to LYRA. Make a note on your bulletin board, refrigerator door, electronic device or even your pocket notebook: Tuesday, May 23 rd, 7:00 P.M., in our church, offers the only opportunity in southern Wisconsin or even in the entire Diocese of Madison to be awestruck by the musical artistry of these professional singers from St. Petersburg, Russia. You don t need to know Russian to appreciate the Orthodox harmonies or the lively folk music of LYRA, the internationally acclaimed chorus, whose performance at Nativity of Mary will be long remembered by all those who plan to attend. So come! There is no charge for the concert, but a freewill offering will be taken. New Evangelization Summit May Our sister parish, the St. Francis Solanus Indian Mission and School is located about 250 miles north of Janesville. Any donations are appreciated, but school supplies and warm children s clothing are most needed. If you d like to contribute, someone will be heading up that way in May to deliver any supplies collected. Any questions, please contact Judy Ansier at or jdansier@icloud.com. St. Mary Catholic Church in Milton will hold a public Rosary Rally on May 13th at 12:00 PM in the church parking lot to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first apparition of our Lady of Fatima, and to offer prayers for America. Please join us! For more information, call Evie Nett at (608) The Diocese of Madison is a host site for the 2017 New Evangelization Summit which will take place in Ottawa, Canada and streamed to our auditorium at Holy Name Heights (aka The Bishop O'Connor Center) 702 South High Point Road in Madison. Join us to answer God's call to renew our faith and ignite a passion in our hearts to share it with others. Speakers include Bishop Robert Barron, Peter Herbeck, Fr. Michael White, Tom Corcoran, Sr. Miriam Heidland, Patrick Sullivan, Meghann Baker and Michael Dopp. Cost is $45 which includes snacks and Saturday lunch. To purchase tickets and for more information go to newevangelization.ca. For questions please contact the Office of Evangelization & Catechesis at or oec@madisondiocese.org.

6 Mass Intentions Sunday, May 7 8:30 AM Jennifer Finn 10:30 AM Parishioners of Nativity of Mary Monday, May 8 No Mass Tuesday, 12:10 PM Marie Wanninger Wednesday, May 10 8:15 AM Jim Martelle Thursday, May 11 8:15 AM Friday, May 12 8:15 AM Hartzell Kas Saturday, May 13 4:30 PM Parishioners of Nativity of Mary Sunday, May 14 8:30 AM Richard & Florence Holznecht 10:30 AM Margaret Hein Parish Event Calendar = Living Monday, May 8 11:00 AM Centering Prayer, Nativity House 7:00 PM Taize Prayer, Church Tuesday, 10:30 AM Faith Sharing Group, Nativity House 5:00-6:00 PM Reconciliation, Church 6:30 PM St. Mary Strings, Church Hall Wednesday, May 10 7:00 PM Loft Choir Practice Thursday, May 11 7:00 PM RCIA, Rectory 7:30 PM Knights of Columbus Meeting, Nativity House Friday, May 12 8:45-9:45 AM Holy Hour (Adoration), Church Saturday, May 13 9:30-10;30 AM Reconciliation, Church Sunday, May 14 9:45 AM Sanctuary Choir Practice Cluster Corner ALL ACTIVITIES ARE OPEN TO MEMBERS OF ANY PARISH IN THE CLUSTER May 8 11:00 AM Centering Prayer, Nativity of Mary, Nativity House May 8 7:00 PM Taize Prayer, Nativity of Mary, Church 10:30 AM Faith Sharing Group, Nativity of Mary, Nativity House Noon-5:00 PM Adoration, St. William, Benediction at 5 PM 6-7 PM Adoration, St. John Vianney 6-8 PM Screenager St. John Vianney School Gym Growing up in the Digital Age sponsored by Janesville Catholic School Community May 10 5:30-7:00 AM That Man Is You, St. John Vianney, Marian Hall May 10 9:00 AM Women s Scripture Study, St. John Vianney, Marian Hall May 10 Noon-2 PM Adult Catholic Spirit Club, St. John Vianney, Marian Hall May 11 9:00 AM-3:00 PM Adoration, St. Patrick May 12 8:45-9:45 AM Holy Hour (Adoration), Nativity of Mary May 12 9:00 AM-Noon Adoration, St. John Vianney May PM Bingo, St. Patrick Monday 5/8 Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 5/14 Nativity of Mary 12:10 pm 8:15 am 8:15 am 8:15 am 4:30 pm 8:30 & 10:30 am St. John Vianney 5:15 pm 8:15 am 8:15 am 8:15 am 5:00 pm 8:15 & 9:45 am St. Patrick 5:15 pm 8:00 am 8:30 am 8:00 am 4:00 pm 7:30 & 10:00 am 5:00 pm en Español St. William 5:15 pm 8:30 am 7:30 am 7:30 am 8:00 am 4:00 pm 8:00 & 10:30 am St. Mary s Hospital Jsvl. 2:00 pm St. Elizabeth Nursing Home 3:30 pm 7:00 am 7:00 am 7:00 am 7:00 am 9:15 am St. Elizabeth Manor-Footville 9:15 am 9:15 am 9:15 am 9:15 am 9:15 am 11:00 am