Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 19, 2009

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1 Welcome To GOOD SHEPHERD Catholic Church Menomonee Falls, WI Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 19, 2009 Parish Life This Week Monday, July 20 Tuesday, July 21 9:00am Liturgy For Vocations 1:00pm Faith Sharing Group Wednesday, July 22 7:00pm Centering Prayer Thursday, July 23 10:30am Liturgy For the residents (at MFHCC ) Friday, July 24 9:00am Liturgy Joseph D Agostino Saturday, July 25 4:30pm Liturgy For the Parish Sunday, July 26 8:30am Liturgy Marcella Gross 11:00am Liturgy Alice Vink Upcoming Events Jul 26 Jul 27 Jul 29 Aug 22 Newcomer s Welcoming Guest House Shelter Centering Prayer Corn Roast! OUR MISSION STATEMENT Good Shepherd is a Christian, caring community, nourished by a joyful spirit-filled liturgy that inspires our daily lives. We strive to welcome, accept and love all people as they are, and through our ministries reach out with active concern to those in need.

2 I SAID YES! I have been working in parish ministry for twenty-five years. I was baptized twenty-five years ago too! My baptism was directly connected to my call to ministry. In fact, I was called to be a pastoral music director and liturgist before I was baptized. My baptism was my yes to God s call to service and discipleship. I did not come to the church unfamiliar with Christianity. That story began years before. When I was a child, my friends and I would walk to Sunday school, stay for church service and then enjoy the fellowship that followed. We learned bible stories, sang hymns, and listened to sermons at the Grimes Community Church. In college I chose to study music because, for me, it is holy. I listened and sang prayers set to music. I became familiar and comfortable with the theology and worship of the Catholic Church through music. After graduate school I was invited to go to Mass with my daughter s friends. I said yes. It was Epiphany Sunday. They asked me to help with the music for confirmation. I said yes. Before I knew it, I was the music director for the parish. There I was selecting and leading the sung prayers of the assembly. It was probably a good time to look into being baptized. After meeting with Sister Margaret Mary for a few weeks, I was baptized on June 24, the Birthday of John the Baptist. I said yes to a lifetime of yes! Twenty-five years later, I am still saying yes to God s call to discipleship. I am the Director of Christian Formation at Good Shepherd Catholic Church where I help others say yes to God s call. How Have You Said Yes? By Lorrie Maples

3 July 19, 2009 Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Food Pantry Needs: Peanut Butter, Jelly, Toilet Paper GOF UPDATE Thanks to all the people who have taken advantage of the early bird discount for the Generations of Faith. Sessions B and C (Sundays at 8:30 AM-10:45 AM) are now full. Session A (following 4:30 PM Mass) and Session D (following 11:00 AM Mass) are still available. Get your registrations in before the sessions fill up! Please call the Christian Formation Office if you have any questions or concerns. Nursery Care Every Sunday at Good Shepherd! Are your children restless during Mass? Please consider using the Nursery for children age 6 and under. Good Shepherd offers year-round nursery care upstairs in Room 219. The nursery is open every Sunday from 8:15 AM to 12:15PM. There is always a certified caregiver present to play with the children. If you have any questions, call Corinna at Reminiscing Ministry Is God calling you to help in this new ministry? We are looking for volunteers to serve as leaders at local nursing homes to guide groups of seniors in sharing their life stories. This will take one hour of your time, twice a month starting in September. They have fun and you will too! Training provided. Call Dorothy Link at First Communion & First Reconciliation Sacramental Prep Mailed Christian Formation mailed registration forms and information regarding First Reconciliation and First Communion preparation for children in 2 nd grade. If you did not receive the registration materials, please call the Christian Formation Office. If your child is in the 3 rd grade or older and desires to receive First Reconciliation or First Communion in 2009/10, please talk to Lorrie Maples in the Christian Formation Office. Presentation of the Gifts: Gift Bearers One of the most ancient customs of the Church is that of the people themselves providing the bread and wine for the Eucharist. Although the faithful no longer bring bread and wine from their homes as before, the rite of carrying up the gifts continues the spiritual value and meaning of presenting the work of human hands, an exercise of our royal priesthood. Please sign up on the sheets posted on the freestanding bulletin board in the west lobby of church. All Good Shepherd families and households are invited and encouraged to fulfill this priestly role. If you are single, invite some friends to participate with you in this ministry. If you want to do this but can t walk the steps, arrangements will be made for someone else to place the bread and wine on the altar; i.e. the acolyte, deacon, or presider will place the gifts on the altar for you. Just notify an usher. Birthdays, anniversaries, just being alive are great occasions for being gift bearers. Cassie Bence Eric Bloedorn Joe Burns Daniel Chartrand Rachel Eigner Nicole Festge Ben Fox Nathan Fox Annie Grizzle Rebecca Makowski Ben Midlikowski Sarah Miller Andrea Monacelli Jessica Pfeiffer Kallie Raymond Kyle Raymond They re Back!! Do you know any of these parishioners? Ask them about their week-long experience of Workcamp. There are sure to be some great stories. Watch for information coming in fall about next year s Workcamp! Workcamp is open to students in grades Jacob Reinert Katelyn Rekoske Carley Sanfilippo Ceci Scheuber Casey Sheridan Travis Sheridan Aleah Van Horne Rose Walton Erin Warren Ryan Weyenberg Zach Weyenberg Christine Zawlocki Tony Burns Matt Hakes Bob Makowski Karen Raymond

4 Courtesy Corner Where are the feet? The footrests of one of our wheelchairs is missing. If you know of the possible whereabouts of these very useful parts of the wheelchair, please contact the parish office! Opportunities to Grow in Faith Together! Here are two excellent programs being offered at the St. Clare Center at Cardinal Stritch University s Center for Ministry Formation. Interested parishioners will be subsidized by our Eschweiler New Century Fund for these programs: 1. Pentecost Mission a basic adult religious education series offered 8 Saturday mornings in fall (8:30 to 11:45 a.m.) Some topics covered: Jesus and the Gospels, Sin and Grace, Church History. Some of the presenters: Dr. Dan Scholz, Fr. Andy Nelson, Fr. Steve Avella. 2. Certificate in Lay Ministries a more intense two-year program offered on Saturdays (8 a.m. to 5 p.m.) This program is grounded in the four formation elements outlined in the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops document, Co-Workers in the Vineyard of the Lord, intellectual, spiritual, human and pastoral formation. A full and rich adventure in adult faith formation! Both programs start August 29, For more information call Jane Clare in the parish office. Learning the Art and Practice of Christian Companionship You re invited to consider signing up for the Spiritual Mentoring Program a two-year program offered once a month (from Sept. through May) on Saturdays (8:30 am to 3:30 pm). The purpose of this program is to form and equip persons to be faithful in their spiritual walk, to become true companions to others as they journey and live out their relationship with God, and to become adept in discerning the movements of the Spirit in themselves and others. 17 of our fellow parishioners have attending this program and speak highly of it. Tuition is subsidized in part by the Eschweiler New Century Fund. Contact Jane Clare for more information at ishiguroj@archmil.org or This week and next are last of Theology-on-Tap 2009 Theology-on-Tap, a four week summer speaker series for single and married adults in their 20s and 30s, will run from July 6 July 30, 2009 at locations throughout Southeastern Wisconsin. All sessions begin at 7:00 PM. There is no cost to attend and registration is not required. Young adults of all denominations are welcome. For a complete listing of locations, topics, and presenters, please visit or check out the poster in the Narthex. First time? Contact Vocation Views When the apostles were trying to reflect on their ministry Jesus asked them to Come by yourselves to an out-of-the-way place. Listening to God in quiet prayer is very important in vocation discernment. Listen to God s voice in an out-of-the-way place Scripture Readings for Week Readings for the Week of July 19, 2009 Sunday: Jer 23:1-6/Eph 2:13-18/Mk 6:30-34 Monday: Ex 14:5-18/Mt 12:38-42 Tuesday: Ex 14: :1/Mt 12:46-50 Wed: Ex 16:1-5, 9-15/Jn 20:1-2, Thursday: Ex 19:1-2, 9-11, 16-20b/Mt 13:10-17 Friday: Ex 20:1-17/Mt 13:18-23 Saturday: 2 Cor 4:7-15/Mt 20:20-28 Next Sun: 2 Kgs 4:42-44/Eph 4:1-6/Jn 6:1-15 Good Shepherd Directory N88 W17658 Christman Road Menomonee Falls, WI Parish Offices... (262) Courtesy/Hall Phones... (262) Fax... (262) Website... Pastoral Team Pastor... Kenneth Mich Deacon... Gene Christensen Deacon...Sandy Sites Pastoral Associate... Jane Clare Ishiguro Director, Administrative Services... Mark Steimle Director, Liturgy & Music...S. Joann Julka, SSSF Administrative Assistant... Marguerite Thompson Custodian... Jerry Podkowinski Liturgical Secretary... Gene Christensen Director, Child Ministry... Lorrie Maples Director, Youth Ministry... Suzanne Foster CF Program Administrative Asst... Shari Rodriguez Coordinator of Time & Talent... Shari Rodriguez Pastoral Minister:... Ann Castiglione Pastoral Care Coordinator... Cheryl Matusiak Pastoral Council Dave Christensen... Chairperson Jim Yerger... Vice Chairperson Jeff Bloedorn... Secretary Marty Hassenfelt... Trustee Treasurer Bob Wachowiak... Trustee Secretary Eric Bloedorn, Tom Dueppen, Beth Gonstead, Steven Grieb, Vivian Hughes, Larry Kolb, Tom Moran, Julie Nolan, Mary Oswald, Patrick Taugher Team Parish Office... goodshepherd@gdinet.com Ann Castiglione... castiglionea@archmil.org Gene Christensen... christenseng@archmil.org Suzanne Foster... sfoster@archmil.org Jane Clare Ishiguro... ishiguroj@archmil.org S. Joann Julka, SSSF... julkaj@archmil.org Lorrie Maples... maplesl@archmil.org Cheryl Matusiak... matusiakc@archmil.org Kenneth Mich... michk@archmil.org Shari Rodriguez... srodriguez@archmil.org Sandy Sites... sitess@archmil.org Mark Steimle... steimlem@archmil.org Marguerite Thompson... margueritet@archmil.org For the Hard of Hearing Hearing Assisted Devices available for celebrations and services, see usher for assistance. Liturgy Schedule Weekend: Saturday 4:30 pm; Sunday 8:30 am & 11:00 am Childcare (4 & under) during Sunday liturgies in Rm Sunday 11:00 am liturgy signed for the deaf. Weekday: Tuesday & Friday 9:00 am; Thursday 10:30 am (at MFHCC, Tamarack, or Northfield Manor); 1st Tuesday 9:00 am (at Messner Manor) Sacraments Reconciliation: Communal services held in Advent & Lent. Individual confession by appointment with the pastor. Marriage: Preparation begins by calling the pastor no later than 6 months prior to the planned date. Children s Baptism: Call the pastor to register. Next celebrations are: August 29/30 Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults RCIA is a time to consider full membership into the Catholic Faith. Call our office for more information. Adult Confirmation Call our office if you wish to be confirmed. Membership Families or individuals over 17 are invited to join our Faith Community! Call the Parish offices.

5 Recording Secretary for Pastoral Council. Thanks to Steve Gardipee for his faithful service as volunteer recording secretary for the Pastoral Council since Steve will be moving on from this position, which leaves a vacancy for that particular role. Moving forward, to fill this position we are looking for several people to rotate taking the minutes for the Pastoral Council meeting. The council meets monthly, so a rotating group would mean taking minutes just a few times a year. For more information or to volunteer for this position, please call the parish office. Blood Pressure Ministry Needs a Helper We are looking for a host or hostess to help with the Blood Pressures once a month after the 11am mass. This person does not have to be a nurse or practitioner, but just a friendly face to help greet parishioners, give them the appropriate paperwork, and help the process move smoothly for those who've come to have their blood pressure taken. Does this sound like something with which you could help? If so, please contact Laverne Schoonover to volunteer at (262) Annual Lanterns for Peace Event Saturday. August 8th (5:30-9pm), Pere Marquette Park, downtown Milwaukee. Commemorating the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The event includes music and family activities beginning at 5:30pm, a program with speakers and music at 7:30pm, and the traditional Floating of Lanterns at 8:30pm. This event is sponsored by Peace Action Wisconsin. Check them out at A Quiet Observation On June 19 th I quietly observed my tenth anniversary at Good Shepherd parish. It has been a wonderful decade, some of the best years of my priestly ministry. Anniversaries are a time when you look back and remember what has been but you also look forward to what will be. Looking ahead, I realize that in two years (from June 19 th ) I will have completed my second term of 6 years at Good Shepherd. According to the policy of the Archdiocese a priest who is serving as pastor is allowed two sixyear terms at a parish---so those terms are up for me in June of But in September of 2012 I will reach retirement age of 68; and in these cases the Archdiocese often allows the pastor to stay beyond the two six year terms to reach retirement without transferring to a new parish for just one year. All of this time line is given as background to a request that I put in to our Good Shepherd Prayer and Worship Commission. I asked them to consider this---for ten years now the people of Good Shepherd have had a steady diet of me as their presider at Liturgy (except for when I was on sabbatical or on vacation); ten years of a steady diet, even no matter if it is your favorite food, is a long time. Other presiders bring out various other aspects of the liturgy by the way they preside, and that variety is to the benefit of the worshipping assembly by helping them round out their understanding of the Liturgy more fully. As you all know a percentage of the money donated to the Faith in Our Future Archdiocesan Campaign comes back to the parish through which it was contributed. Good Shepherd Pastoral Council after consultations with parishioners determined that the Faith in Our Future funds that come back to us would be used in three areas of our parish mission: to supplement our outreach efforts, to supplement our religious education/formation mission especially Generations of Faith, and to augment the Liturgy and worship life of the parish. At their meeting on Monday July 13, our Prayer and Worship Commission approved that they would go to the Pastoral Council and ask them to confirm that the expenditure of small a part of the Liturgy portion of the Faith in Our Future money to have an outside priest come in for one Mass on a weekend would be a suitable use of some of these funds. Fr. Jose Eluvathingal, who you enjoyed while I was on sabbatical, is interested in rejoining us in this way. In the Good Shepherd, Kenneth Mich Sign Up Sunday Are you interested in learning more about Good Shepherd? Would you like to join our wonderful parish? Have you been coming to mass weekend after weekend saying to yourself, I really should become a parish member.? If you answered yes to any of the above questions, then please join us next Sunday, July 26 th at 9:40 in the Chapel for Sign up Sundays. Information about our parish life, ministries, faith formation opportunities and registration materials will be provided. If you have any questions, or are interested in attending, please contact Shari Rodriguez at the parish office at