Lk :9: nd Sunday of Lent February 24, Sacred Heart Church. St. Patrick Church. hile he was praying. changed in appearance

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1 Pastor: Rev. George Thayilkuzhithottu, MSFS Deacon: Larry Agema Pastoral Minister S. Catherine Manning, O.S.B Parish Secretary: Judy Martin Bookkeeper: Joan Endle Music & Liturgy: Liz Wilson Religious Education Office Michelle Bowe, DRE/Youth Minister (715) W hile he was praying his face changed in appearance and his clothing became dazzling white. And behold, two men were conversing with him, Moses and Elijah, who appeared in glory and spoke of his exodus that he was going to accomplish in Jerusalem. Lk :9: nd Sunday of Lent February 24, 2013 Sacred Heart Church At Division & North Dewey Streets 3:00pm Saturday Masses: 4:00 PM Saturday 10:30 AM Sunday St. Patrick Church At Oxford & Fulton Streets Masses: 7:30 AM Sunday 9:00 AM Sunday Weekdays: 8:00 AM in the Benedictine Chapel at the Parish Center, 322 Fulton St. Confessions: Tues. & Wed., 7:15 AM when a priest is present PARISH OFFICE/PARISH CENTER OFFICE HOURS: 8:30am to 4:30pm Monday through Friday Fulton St. Eau Claire, WI Website: SCRIP Coordinators Ron & Sharon Markwell, markwere@charter.net

2 4Sacred Heart - St. Patrick s, Eau Claire, Wisconsin 2 Readings for the week of February 24, 2013 Sunday: Gn 15: 5-12, Ps 27: 1,7-9, Phil 3: 17 4: 1 Lk 9: 28b-36 Monday: Dn 9: 4b-10 Ps 79: 8-9,11,13 Lk 6: Tuesday: Is 1: 10, Ps 50: 8-9,16bc- 17,21,23 Mt 23: 1-12 Wednesday : Jer 18: Ps 31: 5-6,14-16 Mt 20: Thursday: Jer 17: 5-10 Ps 1: 1-4,6 Lk 16: Friday: Gn 37: 3-4,12-13a, 17b-28a Ps 105: Mt 21: 33-43, Saturday Mi 7: 14-15,18-20 Ps 103: 1-4,9-12 Lk 15: 1-3, Sunday: Ex 3: 1-8a, Ps 103: 1-4,6-8,11 1 Cor 10: 1-6,10-12 Lk 13: 1-9 ST. PATRICK S DAY is celebrated on Sunday, March 17 with a dinner from 11:30am to 2pm in St. Pat s School cafeteria. Delicious roast corned beef, cabbage, potatoes, carrots, roll, dessert & beverage (alternate spaghetti) will be served. Adults $9; seniors $8; children 5-10 years $4. Beer & wine available for purchase. Music and entertainment will be provided. Raffle drawing at 2pm. VOLUNTEERS are needed to help make our celebration a success. Please sign up in the back of the churches or call Jeanne at to help with food prep, set-up, decorations, serving, dishes or clean-up. Dessert bars are also needed, and sign up sheets are in the churches. LENTEN LUNCHES begin on Friday, February 15th with Noon Mass at St. Patrick s followed by lunch in St. Patrick s cafeteria. If you would be willing to help with cooking a meatless lunch on one of the Fridays in Lent, please call Amy Vance at or the Parish Office at You can ask to be reimbursed for your groceries. The dates for the lunches are Friday, March 1, March 8, March 15 and the last one is March 22. WE ALSO NEED HOMEMADE BARS OR COOKIES FOR THOSE FRIDAYS. You can bring your cookies or bars to the Parish Center. We thank you in advance for all your help. FIRST THURSDAY EUCHARISTIC ADORATION will be held Thursday, March 7 in the Benedictine Chapel. We need at least 2 people present per hour: please sign up in the back of church or outside the chapel if you can commit to an hour. Blessed be God in his Angels and in his Saints! Baptism Classes. Parents who will be having a child baptized are required to attend one of the Baptism classes. Scheduled date: March 15, 2013 & May 17, Class will be held at the Parish Center at 6:30pm. Please call the parish office, when you wish to schedule your class date. We recommend that you attend these classes during your pregnancy, before your baby is born. Please call the parish office to schedule your child s baptism after you have attended class. Our parish is going to begin to have COFFEE AND DO- NUTS after the 9am Mass and also after the 10:30am Mass beginning the first week in April. We will have this available once a month at each Mass. We already have someone who has volunteered to take charge after the 9am Mass. We are looking for some Volunteers for after the 10:30am Mass. If you would be willing to do this after the 10:30am Mass, please call the Parish Office at LIVING A FULLY HUMAN LIFE THROUGH THE NATURAL VIRTUES. All youth and young adults (ages 16-22) in the Eau Claire area are invited to the next deanery Morality Class. This free of charge class will be held at St. Patrick s School, on Wednesday, March 13 at 6:30pm. Jeff Arrowood, an accomplished Theology teacher and speaker, created the curriculum and teaches the class. The rest of the classes are as follows: April 17th at St. Raymond s and May 8th at St. Raymond s.

3 Sacred Heart - St. Patrick s, Eau Claire, Wisconsin 3 THE ROSARY FOR RELIGIOUS VOCATIONS is recited every Sunday morning beginning at SH SH = Sacred Heart Church SP = St. Patrick s Church BC = Benedictine Chapel Daily Mass is in the Chapel located on the ground floor of the Parish Center. Use side door marked Benedictine Chapel. Handicapped friendly. Second Sunday of Lent Saturday, February 23 4:00 PM SH: Robert E. Kramer, Sr. Sunday, February 24 7:30 AM SP: Margaret & Ernie Zdeen 9:00 AM SP: People of Sacred Heart St. Patrick s 10:30 AM SH: Shirley Berlin Monday, February 25 8:00 AM BC: Communion Service Tuesday, February 26 8:00 AM BC: Liv. & Dec. of Fr. Norbert Wilger Family 10:30 Syverson: John Robelia Wednesday, February 27 8:00 AM BC: Omer Degenhardt Family 10:30 AM Dove S: Loraine Vander Kamp Thursday, February 28 8:00 AM BC: George Meyers Friday, March 1 12:00 Noon SP: James Johnson Third Sunday of Lent Saturday, March 2 4:00 PM SH: Jan Black Sunday, March 3 7:30 AM SP: Loraine Vanderkamp 9:00 AM SP: Aaron R. Bourget 10:30 AM SH: People of Sacred Heart St. Patrick s Mon., Mar. 11 Tues., Mar. 12 Tues., Mar. 12 Mon., Mar. 18 Tues., Mar. 19 Thurs. Mar. 21 LENTEN PENANCE SERVICES All times are 7pm Sacred Heart St. Patrick s AT St. Patrick s St. Raymond St. Joseph in Elk Mound Immaculate Conception St. Olaf s St. James the Greater Ministry Schedule March 3, 2013 Adult Server Cantors Mary Brown Susie Draeger Jackie Myers Brian Grosz Student Servers Ministers of the Word Petition Readers Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist Body of Christ Blood of Christ Please call Liz, if you would like to start serving as a lector, reader or minister at one of the Masses. WE ARE IN NEED OF ADULT SERVERS!!!!!! CANDLES. If you would like to remember someone by having a candle lit, you can do so at $5 for one 7-day candle. Contact the Parish Office at SH: Virgin Mary: Memory of JAS & PJS(1) PRAYER CHAIN. If you (or someone you know) are seriously ill or facing surgery, and would like prayers, please call Dee, or Mary,

4 Community Events GRIEF SUPPORT GROUPS Meet in St. Clare Conference Rm. St. Joseph s Hospital in Chippewa Falls Death of a Loved One: 2nd & 4th Mondays, 6:30-8pm. Death of a Child: 3rd Thursday, 6:30 8pm. 6 Week Group for Loss of Spouse: call PRO-LIFE LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCES IN MADISON. 2 Pro-Life conferences are coming up in Madison to discuss current political goals in Wisconsin and to connect participants with their legislators. If you are interested in car-pooling or meeting there as part of a group from the Diocese of La Crosse, contact the Office of Ministries and Social Concerns at within a week of either event. The conference is: Pro- Life Wisconsin, Thurs., March 7 from 9am to 1pm. For complete information on these visit COOKING WITH TEE FOR A CAUSE: St. Anthony Spirituality Center in Marathon is offering a fun and informative evening, teaching how to cook South East Asian Food with Chef Tee Daly from Basil Restaurant on the evening of Tuesday, Feb. 19. This will benefit the updating of St. Anthony s dining room. Begins at 6pm & concludes at 8pm. Offering: $50 per person. Contact St. Anthony s at to register. The EAU CLAIRE CATHOLIC DEANERY will be celebrating the Year of Faith with a presentation on the Second Vatican Council at St. Olaf Parish, 3220 Monroe St., on March 4, This time of prayer and learning is sponsored by all of the parishes in the Eau Claire Deanery. This evening will be hosted by our Dean, Fr. Brian Konopa. Presentations will be given by Fr. Derek Sakowski, Fr. Ed Shuttleworth and Fr. John Schultz. Celebration will be from 7 to 8:30pm followed by a reception. The public is welcome. Every Saturday Night in Sacred Heart Church Hall. Early birds at 7pm. Regular bingo at 7:30pm. NO SMOKING in bingo hall. Feb. 23: KIT GRP C Julie Webb, Kelly Chapko Mar. 2: KIT GRP D Jo Placek, Bev Rasmussen Mar. 9: KIT GRP E Shelly Bauer, Liz Wilson Mar. 16: KIT GRP F Amy Schaefer & Mary Woodley Popcorn Poppers: 1st Week, Rose Ann Hartung 3rd Week, Judy Lewis 5th Week, Jim Gladwell 2nd Week, Ken Novak 4th Week, Barb Amundson The EAU CLAIRE COUNCIL OF CATHOLIC WOMEN DEANERY is hosting an event for women of all ages that will revive in them the nobleness of their mission, the dignity of their vocation, and their call to holiness as women reflecting Christ. This day is a one day retreat to be held at St. Mary s Community Center in Altoona, on Saturday, March 2. Registration forms can be printed from the diocesan website ( or you may call for questions. The Eau Claire Catholic Women s Club will hold its annual Lenten Lunch & Mass on Monday, Mar. 18 at 11:30am at Sacred Heart Hospital. Fr. Brian Konopa will begin by celebrating Mass in the chapel followed by lunch in the Community Auditorium. Fr. Konopa will speak on the history & beauty of Palm Sunday and Holy Week. Cost is $13.50 per person. Reservations and payments no later than Mar. 11 to Judy Vick ( ) Catholics at the Capitol; reclaiming the Common Good in the year of faith. Wed., April 10, 2013 from 8:15am to 4pm at Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center, Madison, WI. All those interested in learning more about Catholic social teaching and how to advocate effectively should attend. Cost is $37/person for advance registration; $12 for secondary and full-time post secondary students. $47/person for same-day registration. Includes continental breakfast and lunch. Advance registration deadline is April 1. Keynote address by the Most Rev. Peter F. Christensen, bishop of the Superior diocese. Information & registration: Wisconsin Catholic Conference, 131 W. Wilson St., Suite 1105, Madison, WI Registration forms and info also available in the Parish Office. CATHOLIC CHARITIES and Whiskey s Grill & Bar are teaming up in February to raise money & awareness for Sojourner House, the homeless shelter. Proceeds will go to Sojourner House. AND for every Fish Fry sold on Friday night during Lent, the restaurant will donate $1 to Sojourner House. Clip the coupon below and show to your server. FISH FRY FRIDAYS Whiskey s Grill & Bar Show this coupon to your server at Whiskey s and they will donate $1 for each Fish Fry purchased to benefit Sojourner House homeless shelter, owned and operated by Catholic Charities. Valid Fridays throughout Lent. One (1) coupon per table; $1 donation applies to each member of your party purchasing a fish dinner.

5 2nd Sunday of Lent February 24, 2013 February 17, 2013 Envelopes 9, Plate Memorials Rent 1, Children s Env Candles SH End.Trst Fuel SP Donation Raffle Tickets Wknd Kids Meal s Lenten Lunch Other February 17, 2013 Yr. to date Env. & Plate Needed: 12, , Env. & Plate Received: 9, , , , Diocesan Appeal 74, Pledged to date 70, Balance Due 4, DO YOU HAVE OLD PALMS, OR BLESSED ITEMS that can t be thrown away? There will be a purple box in back of each Church to collect these items or palms. They will be disposed of respectfully by using them to fuel the New Fire at the Easter Vigil Mass. Theology on Tap. We are excited to offer Theology on Tap as part of a ministry for young adult Catholics in Eau Claire. The next event is Wed., March 13, from 7:15 9pm in the back room of Dooley s Pub on Water Street. This month, Fr. Paul Hoffman from Regis and St. James will be speaking on Marriage in the Catholic Church. Come and join us for food and fun! These events are open to ANY young adults between the ages of 19 & 39. Bring a friend!!!! PLEASE CALL SHELLY IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HELP CLEAN OUR CHURCHES St. Patrick s Church: contact Shelly for date & time. Sacred Heart Church: contact Shelly for date & time. Religious Education & Youth Ministry Michelle Bowe, DRE/Youth Minister EUCHARISTIC ADORATION on Wednesday nights at 6:15 to 7:30pm, Feb. 27th, March 13th, & March 20th. Please contact Michelle if you can cover one of these nights. OPEN GYM March 3 from 4pm to 6pm at St. Patrick s, with optional movie to follow. Pot L:uck: bring a dish to pass. ELK MOUND YOUTH RALLY will be held on March 16 from 10am to 8pm at Elk Mound High School. Swimming, gym time, confessions, adoration and music by Traditional Division. Grades 1 through 12. $15 per person $40 max per family if registered by March 1. Contact Michelle. 40 DAYS FOR LIFE. This spring, from Feb. 13 to March 24, our community will be one of many cities joining together for the largest and longest coordinated pro-life mobilization in history the 40 Days for Life campaign. This is a focused prolife effort that consists of: 40 days of prayer and fasting, 40 days of peaceful vigil and 40 days of community outreach. We are praying that, with God s help, this groundbreaking effort will mark the beginning of the end of abortion in Eau Claire, WI. -and throughout America. Sacred Heart St. Patrick s has been asked to cover Saturdays in Lent from noon till 4pm. For more information go to: eauclaire/ then click the Vigil Schedule near the top of the page you can View Schedule or Sign Up. The first time it will ask you to fill in some information then it will send a verification link to your . Right now there are groups Wed. & Fri. 8am 8pm, Sat. 8am-4pm, Mon. 2-4pm. You can also contact Matt Sykora at or Ashley Arnold at