Third Sunday of Easter April 14, 2013

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1 Parish Office Hours Monday through Thursday: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday: 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Life Long Faith Formation/ Religious Ed: 262/ Catholic Schools Kenosha Area Young Adult Catholics: Facebook: KYAC Daily Worship: Tuesday 5:30 p.m. St. Catherine Medical Center Chapel Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday - 8:30 a.m. St. Anne 1st & 2nd Wed. 10:15 a.m. Prairie Ridge Sr. Campus th Avenue 1st Thursday 10:15 a.m. Prairie Villa Sr. Apts st St. 2nd Thursday 10:15 a.m. Grande Prairie Rehab Prairie Ridge Blvd. 1st & 2nd Friday-10:15 a.m. Wynwood Assisted Living th Avenue Baptisms - Congratulations! Contact the parish at least 2 months in advance to register for a Baptism Reflection Weddings-Blessings! Contact Fr. Bob at least 6 months in advance Reconciliation Wednesday 9 a.m. Saturday 9 a.m. or by appointment Anointing of the Sick Contact Fr. Bob Parish Membership/Orientation- Saturday, May11 at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, June 8 at 9:30 a.m. It is helpful if you call ahead so we know how many to plan for. We look forward to meeting you! Third Sunday of Easter April 14, 2013 Sunday Worship: Saturday 5:15 p.m., Sunday 8:15 a.m. & 10:15 a.m. Rosary at 9:30 a.m. 1st Sunday of the month & first Wednesday following a.m. Mass

2 Third Sunday of Easter, April 14, 2013 Living Stewardship Get Up Eight We can all take heart in today s Gospel. The risen Jesus appears to the disciples and asks Simon Peter three times, Do you love me? To each question Peter replies, You know I love you, and Jesus tells him to feed and tend his lambs and sheep. We should remember that it was around another charcoal fire only a few days earlier that Peter had denied three times that he even knew Jesus, and that afterward he went outside and wept. Our behavior, like Simon Peter s, can sometimes be a betrayal of our Lord and Savior, but the Good News is that sin and failure is not a permanent break in our relationship with God and other people unless we choose to make it so. In Peter, his reckless, hasty, and enthusiastic disciple, Jesus must have seen a very big heart and an even greater willingness to persevere, no matter what came his way, because Jesus trusted him with leadership of the little flock of believers. Peter followed Jesus faithfully, all the way to his own death by crucifixion in Rome. He was a flawed human being but we proclaim him a great saint of the Church. We, too, are flawed and God knows it, but God works with us and through us if we allow God to do so. The Japanese have a saying: Fall down seven times, get up eight, which is one way we could describe the Christian life. The falling down is painful, but it does not matter as long as we get up again and continue on. Copyright 2009, World Library Publications. All rights reserved. Readings for the week ahead Monday: Acts 6:8-15; Ps 119:23-24, 26-27, 29-30; Jn 6:22-29 Tuesday: Acts 7: :1a; Ps 31:3cd-4, 6, 7b, 8a, 17, 21ab; Jn 6:30-35 Wednesday: Acts 8:1b-8; Ps 66:1-3a, 4-7a; Jn 6:35-40 Thursday: Acts 8:26-40; Ps 66:8-9, 16-17, 20; Jn 6:44-51 Friday: Acts 9:1-20; Ps 117:1bc, 2; Jn 6:52-59 Saturday: Acts 9:31-42; Ps 116:12-17; Jn 6:60-69 Sunday: Acts 13:14, 43-52; Ps 100:1-2, 3, 5; Rv 7:9, 14b- 17; Jn 10:27-30 This Week at St. Anne Monday, April 15 5:30p.m. Child Faith Formation 7 p.m. Youth Sacrament Class Tuesday, April 16 5:30 p.m. Mass Florence Montagnini St. Catherine Medical Center chapel 7 p.m. Finance Wednesday, April 17 8:30 a.m. Mass Florence Montagnani 9 a.m. Reconciliation 10:15 a.m. Liturgy of the Word with Communion Prairie Ridge Sr. 3:30 p.m. Good Shepherd 6:30 p.m. Mission Trip meeting 7 p.m. Baptism Reflection Thursday, April 18 6 a.m. That Man is You 8:30 a.m. Mass Helen and Len Walther family 10:15 a.m. Liturgy of the Word with Communion Prairie Villa Sr. Apts. 4 p.m. Good Shepherd 5:30-8:30 p.m. Choir rehearsals 7 p.m. RCIA 7 p.m. Evangelization Commission Friday, April 19 8:30 a.m. Mass Florence Montagnani 10:15 a.m. Liturgy of The Word with Communion Wynwood Saturday, April 20 7 a.m. Church cleaning 8:30 a.m. Mass 9 a.m. Reconciliation 5:15 p.m. Mass Jose Munoz Sunday, April 21 8:15 a.m. Mass for the living and deceased of St. Anne parish 10:15 a.m. Mass Ann Abraham 11:30 a.m. Family Consecration 12 p.m. Adult Confirmation 4 p.m. Child Faith Formation 6 p.m. Youth Ministry Living Stewardship Now Try as far as you can to do everything well, but when it is done, do not think about it. Try, rather, to think of what is to be done next. Go on simply in the Lord s way, and do not torment yourself. ~Saint Francis de Sales The next New Member Registration/ Orientation sessions will be May 11 at 9:30 a.m. or June 8 at 9:30 a.m.

3 Youth Mission Trip Update We are still in the planning stages for our two youth Mission Trips happening this summer. The Junior High trip (June 16-21) is full. We still have two openings on the High School trip to West Virginia (July 13-20). For information, contact Ed Duncklee at or Vacation Bible School Saint Anne Parish is again offering a Vacation Bible School for children ages 3 to 12 this summer. VBS is a collaborative effort with other Kenosha Catholic parishes. The dates for this year s VBS are the mornings of Monday, August 5 th to Thursday, August 8 th. We will end with a Family Picnic and celebration the evening of Thursday, August 8 th. Registration will begin in May. CUSH Presents: The House I Live In CUSH is collaborating with the University of Wisconsin- Parkside Foreign Film Series and the Sociology- Anthropology Department to bring a screening of The House I Live In to Kenosha on Monday, April 15. This documentary is a Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Award winner. It offers a penetrating look inside America s criminal justice system, revealing the profound human rights implications of the U.S. drug policy. The House I Live In shows why the WISDOM 11x15 Campaign is so important in creating a just society. Special Guest David Liners, Executive Director of WISDOM, will lead a discussion on the 11X15 Campaign for Safer and Healthier Communities following the film. The film will be shown at 6:30 pm at the University of Wisconsin Parkside Student Center Cinema. It is free and open to the public. Contact the CUSH office at cushkenosha@gmail.com for more information CUSH Celebration Banquet May 9 The annual CUSH Celebration Banquet will be held on Thursday, May 9 th at 6:00 pm at the Italian American Club. Our guest speaker will be Rev. Joseph Ellwanger, author of the soon to be published autobiographical book Strength for the Struggle. Rev. Ellwanger is a retired ELCA Pastor who marched with Rev. Martin Luther King in the historic civil rights movement. He has been active in our statewide interfaith work and a key figure in our present initiative to increase funding in our state budget for treatment for low-risk offenders afflicted with substance abuse or mental illness. This year CUSH issues have focused on Treatment Alternatives to Incarceration, Rights of Immigrants and local transit issues. Our banquet is CUSH s major fundraiser, and your support is appreciated as we continue to live our faith by working for a just society. Please plan on joining us! Tickets are $40 and include a family style dinner. Tickets will be sold after all Masses the weekends of April 21 and 28 or contact Sandy at samilligan@wi.rr.com. Wedding Banns II Htee Yepaw Thee and Eh Hsee Volunteer Fair Monday, April 22 Would you like to give of your time to help others? Are you unsure how to find an opportunity that best uses your talents? Strengthening Humanity Network is sponsoring a Volunteer Fair at the Kenosha County Job Center, 8600 Sheridan Road, Kenosha, WI 53143, on Monday, April 22 nd from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. Over 25 agencies and organizations will be available to share their volunteer opportunities. The week of April 22 is National Volunteer Week. Established in 1974, National Volunteer Week is about inspiring, recognizing and encouraging people to seek out imaginative ways to engage in their communities. It is about putting our faith into action by helping others in need. Contact SHN at strengtheninghumanity@gmail.com for more information. Seasons of Hope Grief Support Group Begins in April at St. Patrick s Church in Wadsworth. If you re in need of consolation after losing a loved one, this adult Christ-centered Grief Support Group is for you. St. Patrick s Church offers Seasons of Hope in April, June, August and October. Season One begins Monday, April 15th and meets for six consecutive weeks. Prayer, scripture, faith sharing, and fellowship begin at 6:45 p.m. in the basement of the old church at Wadsworth Road. Advance registration is required. Please call Patricia Rose Lellish at for more details or to register. Safe Environment Training If you will be volunteering for a ministry that includes children (catechist, children s choir etc.) you need to attend a Safe Environment Education session. The next SEE (Safe Environment Education, formerly Virtus) Training will be held at St. Mary s Parish Center Library on Tuesday, April 16 th at 6 pm. Anyone interested in attending can visit the Archdiocese website and locate the time and place on the Safe Environment Education Page to register. Thank You Our recent Blood Drive was successful with 40 attempts resulting in 38 units of blood. That amount can potentially save 114 lives! Please donate at the Blood Center of WI over the next few months. The next drive at St. Anne will be in August.

4 St. Anne s Date Night Series for Married Couples Set for 2013 St. Anne has announced its 2013 Date Night Series. Back by popular demand, this series provides a fun night out for married couples rich in information, perspective and enrichment in a non-threatening manner. Each event begins with Mass at 6 p.m. at St. Anne Catholic Church, with a devotional renewal of wedding vows, followed by cocktails, dinner and speaker presentation at Bristol Oaks Country Club. With the attack on marriage and family in our culture, we continue to place a high priority on the resources and opportunities for married couples, says Fr. Bob Weighner, pastor, St. Anne Catholic Church. I m personally excited about our line-up this year, as they are all top-notch professionals in their respective fields, with a deep understanding and love for Catholic teachings. The first event: Friday, April 26: Kevin Brock, former Intelligence Director, FBI, will speak on "Raising Kids in an Aggressive World." In light of recent events in school environments, and the pervasive culture of the Internet, video games and access to on-line activities, Kevin will speak about these realities and how best parents can be aware of the related issues and what protective measures they can take to minimize the dangers to their children. What s the Church All About? C4 Yourself! The next C4: Ignite Your Catholic Faith video on April 12 asks the question, What s the Church all about? Visit to view past and present videos, as well as to subscribe to the RSS feed to effortlessly follow this series throughout the Year of Faith. Knights of Columbus Charitable Raffle $50,000 raffle-$5 per ticket. The Knights distributed $304,000 to Councils for local charitable purposes and over $128,000 in state grants for medical needs. Tickets available after Sunday Masses. For more info contact Rich Mich at: shercookr@yahoo.com Save The Date: Shalom Center Walk The Shalom Center s 17th Annual Walk Against Hunger will take place on Saturday, May 18th at Veteran s Park at the corner of 54th St. and 6th Ave. in Kenosha. Please contact Fran Hansen for a pledge form or more information at ext. 123 or hansenf@shalomcenter.org SJCA Century Dinner Gala The Saint Joseph Athletic Association will host their annual Century Dinner gala on Saturday, April 27, 2013 at St. Joseph Catholic Academy Upper Campus from 5 to 11 p.m. Proceeds from this event have allowed us to provide assistance to the SJCA athletic programs by updating equipment, uniforms and facilities for our athletes. Purchases in the last year include our own bus to help transport athletes to games, as well as new uniforms for boys and girls tennis, golf, cheerleading, softball and baseball teams. Your $200 contribution entitles you and a guest to attend the gala with great food, refreshing drinks and enjoyable music. Please contact Sheryl Acunal in the SJCA Athletic Office at (262) ext. 133 for details and reservations. This year s event promises to be outstanding! As always, thank you for your support of Catholic schools in Kenosha. We could not provide the outstanding education and activities to our students without our parish partners. God Bless. Natural Family Planning Course NFP utilizes knowledge of the woman's reproductive cycle through easily identifiable bodily signs, to enable couples to live God's plan for their family, giving them the means either to conceive a child, or to postpone a pregnancy for a serious reason (such as the health and well being of the mother). NFP helps the couple to follow Church teaching so that the marital act remains open to God's life-creating love, which both contraception and sterilization fail to do. NFP is also much healthier, because it introduces nothing artificial into marriage relations. Numerous studies have shown that the contraceptive pill is linked to breast cancer, and that sterilization has a number of harmful side effects. Be free from the harmful physical, emotional, and spiritual effects of contraception and sterilization? NFP encourages honest communication and usually makes marriages much stronger. The average divorce rate in the USA is well above 40 percent, whereas the rate with NFP couples is less than 5 percent. Keeping God in the marriage strengthens the bond between husband and wife. To quote Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen: "It takes three to marry, because it take three to love: the man, the woman, and God!" If you have never looked into NFP, we invite you to come and learn about this beautiful teaching. It costs you nothing to become informed. An NFP course will be starting at Mt. Carmel Church on Wed. April 24, taught by Laurie Walsh. The course is open to married couples and couples preparing for marriage. The course will consist of three classes, one month apart. The classes will be held in the meeting room of school at Mt. Carmel parish. Enter through the east door facing Columbus Park. The dates are Wed. April 24, 7pm; Wed. May 29, 7pm; Wed. June 26th, 7pm. To register please call Laurie Walsh at

5 The election for our new Trustee Secretary will be next week. The following four parishioners have accepted nomination. Gino M. Alia I have been a member of St. Anne Catholic Church for nearly 10 years. I am married to Vicki, and together we have three wonderful children, Nick, Elizabeth and Andrew (along with 2 adopted dogs, Joey and Ella). I have served on a number of ministries at St. Anne including Finance, Usher/Greeter, Hospitality and Outreach (3-on-3 Basketball Tourney). I presently serve as Board Chair at St. Joseph Catholic Academy. I enjoy coaching youth sports, and playing basketball myself when time permits. I am a proud graduate of Marquette University (BS-Finance and JD), and work as a lawyer with the Kenosha firm of Alia, DuMez, Dunn & McTernan. Kathy A. Ciszewski, CFP My name is Kathy Ciszewski. My family joined St. Anne Parish in 1999 when our daughter Jenna was starting first grade at St. Mary School. Terry and I would like to thank our family at St. Anne for supporting us as we watched our children grow and flourish in their faith. Jenna is now a sophomore at UW- Madison. Her brother Eric will graduate in June from Tremper High School and will follow his sister to Madison in the fall. I obtained a degree in Finance from UW- Stevens Point and hold my Certified Financial Planning certification. For the past 14 years I have worked as a VP for Johnson Bank in the Private Banking/Wealth Management Division. I would be humbled to serve St. Anne in the trustee-secretary role. Sean Ryan I live in Pleasant Prairie, with my wife Molly and my 5 children. I am a Manager at Snap-on Tools, where I have worked for 20 years, in various disciplines, including; Sales, Product Management, and Manufacturing. I have undergraduate degrees in Marketing and Business Management and a Master s Degree in Business Administration (MBA). My journey with St. Anne began as a member of the strategic planning committee, responsible for developments leading up to the first Mass, that position eventually led me to becoming a member of the first Parish Council and Council Chairperson. My current Ministry involvement includes; Acolyte, (12 years), and Usher Greeter, (8 years). Stacy Spracklin My name is Stacy Spracklin. I live in Pleasant Prairie with my family: husband Pat and daughters Sydney (UW- Oshkosh freshman) and Anna (HS junior). I have been a St. Anne parishioner since 1998, serving on ministries such as hospitality, baptism reflection, SCRIP, parish picnic and INNS. Professionally, I work as a mechanical engineer at Abbott Laboratories.

6 Parish Staff Fr. Robert Weighner, Pastor Bill Clark Deacon (Dorothy) Rich Stanula Deacon (Alice) Ed Duncklee Director of Life Long Faith Formation Joan Cunningham Administrative Assistant Ron DeRose Custodian/Coordinator Bill Jecevicus Custodian Claudia Murillo Bookkeeper Gary Pleet Maintenance Technician Kay Sparling Director of Music Ministry Georgianna Willing Administrative Assistant, Learn from the way the wild flowers grow Do not worry Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness Matthew 6:26-33 Spring has sprung and the Flowers of the Field Campaign is springing forward to it s close. Thank you for keeping up with your pledges! There is still time to make a new commitment or to grow your generosity by increasing your existing pledge. Please feel free to add to the $195, already deposited in the St. Anne s bank account on your behalf. God has been good to each of us! May you continue to recognize His abundant blessings in your life! Parish Council Sheryn Abraham sherynabraham@yahoo.com Hamilton Beal Secretary ham1559@gmail.com Suzanne Fournier fournier.suzanne@yahoo.com Steve Fredriksson sfredriksson@wi.rr.com Dean Hellwig, Chairperson hellwighouse@yahoo.com Phil Kent, Vice Chairperson philk@msco.net Sara Verbsky Trustee sara.verbsky@gmail.com Ann Winius, Trustee awinius@wi.rr.com Fr. Robert Weighner, Pastor rweighner@saint-anne.org Stewardship A Way of Life Weekly Financial Stewardship Budgeted Income in April $77,938 Budgeted Income per week (4 wks)$19,485 1st Weekend in April $ 8,874 1st Weekend Offertory $ 569 Electronic Contribution on the 5th $11,004 SCRIP month to date $ 817 Other $ 292 Total Income $21,556 Fiscal Year to Date July 1 to March 31, 2013 Revenue $821,410 Expenses $807,349 Proceeds $ 14,061 Winter Social Revenue $24,199 Expenses $ 2,787 Total Revenue $21,412 Fish Fry Proceeds for Organ Net $2,006 Special donations $2,250 Total $4,256 Good Friday Collection for The Holy Land $977 Rice Bowl Collections for Catholic Relief Services $ Third Weekend Fill the Altar Steps for The Shalom Center There is real hunger in our community. Please remember to bring non-perishables next weekend. Cereal & Powdered Milk Peanut Butter & Jelly Macaroni & Cheese Pasta & Spaghetti Sauce Hamburger & Tuna Helper & Tuna Tuna, Pasta & Mayo Pork & Beans Pancake Mix & Syrup Soup & Crackers Baby Formula, Cereal and jars of Baby Fruit Canned meats-hash, Spam, Beef Stew Stewardship through SCRIP SCRIP Sales Week ending 4/7/13 Canned vegetables & fruit Snacks One-dish meals The food pantry also needs paper and plastic bags for food distribution For the soup kitchen: Coffee, dish soap, garbage bags, paper towels Travel size toiletries are also appreciated Online Orders 2 $ 3,350 At church 90 $23,410 Total 92 $26,760