June 17th, 2018 11th Sunday of the Year - Page 434 St. James the Less Catholic Church 1032 Caledonia St., La Crosse, WI 54603 608-782-7557 saintjameslacrosse@gmail.com www.saintjameslax.com To what shall we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use for it? It is like a mustard seed that, when it is sown in the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on the earth. But once it is sown, it springs up and becomes the largest of plants and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the sky can dwell in its shade.
The Rosary is prayed before Holy Mass M-F @ 7:35 a.m. MASS INTENTIONS Monday, June 18th 8:00 a.m. - Eric and Kathryn Johnson Tuesday, June 19th Saint Romuald, Abbot 8:00 a.m. - Owen Krause Wednesday, June 20th 8:00 a.m. - Intention of Marshall Family Thursday, June 21st Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, Religious 8:00 a.m. - Phil Knothe Friday, June 22nd Saint Paulinus of Nola, Bishop; Saints John Fisher, Bishop, and Thomas More, Martyrs 8:00 a.m. - Intention of Dominic Schelfhout Family Saturday, June 23rd 8:00 a.m. - Intention of Fr. James Altman 4:30 p.m. - Vigil - Richard Ritter Sunday, June 24th - The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist 7:30 a.m. - Saint James Parishioners 9:30 a.m. - Patricia Dworak 11:00 a.m. - Extraordinary Form Mass CHURCH SUPPORT June 10, 2018 Envelopes $ 5,056.30 Plate $ 395.85 Vigils $ 57.00 Ascension $ 5.00 Giving Online $ 146.80 Total $ 5,660.95 MAKE DONATIONS ONLINE ONLINE GIVING We offer an option for people who prefer to make donations online, called Online Giving. Through this system you can give your weekly donation to support the parish. For quick access to Online Giving, visit our website www.saintjameslax.com and follow the instructions provided. For any questions about Online Giving, please contact Maria Stegmeier at: 608-782-7557. SERVANTS SCHEDULE Knights of the Altar: Please volunteer to serve whenever you are at Holy Mass. Four - six are preferable: Thurifer, Cross/Book, Candles, two for the credence table. The Candle-bearers would flank the Thurifer during the Eucharistic Prayers. Saturday, June 23rd - 4:30 p.m. Knights of the Altar: Jacob Alford/Jonny Wogerman/ Steven Lehn Ordinary Minister: Deacon Jason Hutzler Ext. Minister: Greg Guanella Lector: Ushers: Jeanne Michuta Joe Schwabenbauer/ Mike McArdle Sunday, June 24th -7:30 a.m. Knights of the Altar: Knights Lector: Russ Allen Ushers: Russ Allen/Bill Rudy/Curt Riley Sunday, June 24th - 9:30 a.m. Knights of the Altar: Arvidson boys/joseph Dobson/ Weston and Vance LaVoy Ordinary Minister: Deacon Jason Hutzler Ext. Minister: Terry Path Lector: Ushers: Mary McConaghy John Koelbl/Gary Brauer/ John Dawidowski/Don Seufzer Sunday, June 24th - 11:00 a.m. Extraordinary Form Mass Master of Ceremony: Zach Liebert Thurifer: Sean Marshall Acolyte 1: Joseph Korger Acolyte 2: Harrison Schaller Crucifer: Torchbearers: June 23 June 30 July 7 July 14 Martin Logue Anthony Korger, Leo Olson, William Olson, Henry Olson CHURCH CLEANING - Sharon Kiesling - Mary Horton - Carol Patterson - Marcy Hutschenreuter - Anne Alford - Kathy Banasik - Mary Ann Schelfhout - Lynne Ostervich St. James the Less Catholic Church Page 2 www.saintjameslax.com
June 16 June 16-17 June 28 June 30 CALENDAR REMINDER Vocal Workshop, 9:00 am until noon in Murphy Hall. Mission-Coop Fr. James Altman s Ordination Anniversary Mass & Breakfast following 8 am Mass, Murphy Hall The Knights of Columbus Luau, following 4:30 pm Mass, Murphy Hall HOLY SACRIFICE OF THE MASS Saturday Vigil 4:30 PM Sunday Masses 7:30, 9:30 & 11:00 (Ext. Form) AM SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Saturday approx. 3:45-4:15 PM 1st Fridays/Saturdays after 8AM Mass when possible PARISH STAFF Fr. James Altman pastor Deacon Jason Hutzler permanent deacon Maria Stegmeier administrative assistant Donna Walz director of religious education Anointing of the Sick: Those who are seriously ill or have been sick for a long period of time should receive the Sacrament of the Sick and Holy Communion. Please call St. James office to make arrangements - 608-782-7557. Visitation of the Sick: If you become homebound because of illness and would like to be visited, please call Saint James office 608-782-7557 LA CROSSE VOCATIONS GOLF OUTING FUND RAISER Help support our seminarians. The La Crosse Vocation Society (Serra Club) will host our annual Golf Outing fund raiser on Monday, June 18 at the Golf Club at Cedar Creek in Onalaska. Proceeds help defray education expenses for our seminarians. $100 per golfer for 18 holes of golf, cart, and dinner. Hole sponsorships are available at $250 for businesses, individuals, and groups. With a hole sponsorship a foursome may play for just $300. Contact the Vocation Society at PO Box 1133, La Crosse, WI 54602, for further information, or call Rich Bottelberghe, 608-783-4962, or email: grerep@juno.com. Weekly Readings - June 18th June 24th, 2018 Monday 1 Kgs 21:1-16/Ps 5:2-3ab, 4b-6a, 6b-7 [2b]/ Mt 5:38-42 Tuesday 1 Kgs 21:17-29/Ps 51:3-4, 5-6ab, 11 and 16 [3a]/Mt 5:43-48 Wednesday 2 Kgs 2:1, 6-14/Ps 31:20, 21, 24 [25]/Mt 6:1-6, 16-18 Thursday Sir 48:1-14/Ps 97:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7 [12a]/Mt 6:7-15 Friday: 2 Kgs 11:1-4, 9-18, 20/Ps 132:11, 12, 13-14, 17-18 [13]/Mt 6:19-23 Saturday: 2 Chr 24:17-25/Ps 89:4-5, 29-30, 31-32, 33-34 [29a]/Mt 6:24-34 Sunday: Vigil: Jer 1:4-10/Ps 71:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 15, 17 [6b]/1 Pt 1:8-12/Lk 1:5-17 Day: Is 49:1-6/Ps 139:1-3, 13-14, 14-15 [14a]/Acts 13:22-26/Lk 1:57-66, 80 Mission Co-Op Divine Word Missionary Father Michael Radomski is a Divine Word Missionary. Since his ordination, he has been ministering in Colombia. He is pastor of Our Lady of Mercies in Vigia del Fuerte, a small town in the middle of the Colombian jungle. He is also responsible for providing pastoral care to 14 Afro-Colombian communities as well as 10 indigenous communities. The only way of reaching most of his side missions is by boat. His mission is located in the part of the country known to be controlled by FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) a guerrilla group, which together with Narco Mafia (a paramilitary group), are responsible for decades of civil war in Colombia. Because of the usual challenges of tropical climate, ongoing military threats, and a culturally diverse population, people in that part of Colombia live in extreme poverty. Father Michael s mission relies almost entirely on foreign financial support. Most of the small villages he regularly visits do not even have a chapel where people could gather to worship. Please support his mission and participate in the work of the Church of making disciples of all nations.
ANNOUNCEMENTS Fr. James Altman's Ordination Anniversary Mass & Breakfast With deep gratitude to God for 10 years of priesthood of our pastor, Fr. James Altman, we cordially invite all parishioners to give thanks at Mass on June 28, 2018, at 8:00 AM, then to enjoy breakfast in Murphy Hall, immediately following Mass. Please RSVP by June 25 by email: saintjameslacrosse@gmail.com or Rectory phone: 608-782-7557 THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS LUAU Saturday, June 30th following 4:30 p.m. Mass The Knights of Columbus of the St. Juan Diego Council #16444 is hosting a parish Luau dinner and Catholic discussion on Our Lady, Lepanto and the Victorious Rosary. All food is included, child care is provided for the discussion after dinner. BABY BOTTLES FOR BIRTHRIGHT Is the baby bottle you took home in May or June being fed? The next two Sundays, June 9-June 17 are the days designated for return of the bottle you ve been filling with change or checks for Birthright of La Crosse. Return your offerings as love gifts for mothers, fathers and babies. Early and late returns should be brought to the church office. Thank you. US BISHOPS PROCLAIM RELIGIOUS FREEDOM WEEK JUNE 22-29 Serving Others in God s Love: Religious Freedom Week 2018 will take place from June 22-29. The Week begins with the Feast of Sts. John Fisher and St. Thomas More, ends with the Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul, and includes the Feast of the Nativity of St John the Baptist. For information and many resources,visit: http://www.usccb.org/religiousfreedomweek. BLOOD DRIVE - SAVE THE DATE St. James the Less Parish will host a blood drive by the Blood Center of Wisconsin, which provides blood for our La Crosse hospitals, on Friday, July 13, 2018, from 10:00 am until 3:00 pm, in Murphy Hall. Please call at 877-232-4376 if you would like to make an appointment. Your donation is certainly a corporal work of mercy. Thank you. THRESHOLD RETREAT Who: For young men entering junior or senior year of high school, or any year of college, who have considered the priesthood When: July 13 15, 2018 Where: Holy Cross Diocesan Center - 3710 East Ave. S. La Crosse, WI 54601 Cost: No Cost Limited to 25 registrants What: Three days of prayer and conversation and reflections on the priesthood as well as plenty of recreation. Jesus spent three years forming a group of Apostles whose lives would change the course of human history. At the last supper Jesus reminded them, It was not you who chose me, it was I who chose you to go forth and bear fruit. (John 15:16) We spend so much time trying to figure out what we will do for college and career and yet how much time do we spend trying to understand what Jesus meant by this passage and what He has chosen for you? How much time have you invested in discovering God s plan for your life? We invite you to take a couple of days this summer to listen, to pray, to ask, to seek, and to discover how the Lord is calling you. Please join us as you come to this next threshold in your life. Contact Vocations Office 608-791-2667 / rorth@diolc.org LADIES FOR LIFE TEA La Crosse Life League will hold their annual Ladies for Life Tea on Sunday, June 24, 2018, at Blessed Sacrament Parish Hall, 130 Losey Blvd. S., in La Crosse from 2-4 PM. Join us for tea, sandwiches, treats, door prizes, activities for the little ladies, and pro-life speaker Jeff Arrowood who will talk on Raising a ProLife Family. Tickets will be $10 for ladies 12 and up, $5 for 3 to 11 year olds, and girls under 3 are free. To decorate a table for this event, call Marie Allen at 608-784-5189. Tickets will be available through June 20 by calling Mari Erickson at 608-518- 7655 A limited number of tickets will be available at the door.
THE MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUS Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus is devotion to Jesus Christ Himself, but in the particular ways of meditating on his interior life and on His threefold love -- His divine love, His burning love that fed His human will, and His sensible love that affects His interior life. The Friday that follows the Second Sunday in Time After Pentecost is the Feast of the Sacred Heart which brings to mind all the attributes of His Divine Heart mentioned above. Many Catholics prepare for this Feast by beginning a Novena to the Sacred Heart on the Feast of Corpus Christi, which is the Thursday of the week before. On the Feast of the Sacred Heart itself, we can gain a plenary indulgence by making an Act of Reparation to the Sacred Heart. From the earliest days of the Church, "Christ's open side and the mystery of blood and water were meditated upon, and the Church was beheld issuing from the side of Jesus, as Eve came forth from the side of Adam. It is in the eleventh and twelfth centuries that we find the first unmistakable indications of devotion to the Sacred Heart. Through the wound in the side, the wound in the Heart was gradually reached, and the wound in the Heart symbolized the wound of love." (Catholic Encyclopedia) This general devotion arose first in Benedictine and Cistercian monasteries of that time, especially in response to the devotion of St. Gertrude the Great, but specific devotions became popularized when St. Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647-1690), a Visitation nun, had a personal revelation involving a series of visions of Christ as she prayed before the Blessed Sacrament. She wrote, "He disclosed to me the marvels of his Love and the inexplicable secrets of his Sacred Heart." Christ emphasized to her His love -- and His wounded-ness caused by Man's indifference to this love. He promised that, in response to those who consecrate themselves and make reparations to His Sacred Heart, that: He will give them all the graces necessary in their state of life. He will establish peace in their homes. He will comfort them in all their afflictions. He will comfort them in all their afflictions. He will be their secure refuge during life, and above all, in death. He will bestow abundant blessings upon all their undertakings. Sinners will find in His Heart the source and infinite ocean of mercy. Lukewarm souls shall become fervent. Fervent souls shall quickly mount to high perfection. He will bless every place in which an image of His Heart is exposed and honored. He will give to priests the gift of touching the most hardened hearts. Those who shall promote this devotion shall have their names written in His Heart. In the excessive mercy of His Heart that His all-powerful love will grant to all those who receive Holy Communion on the First Fridays in nine consecutive months the grace of final perseverance; they shall not die in His disgrace, nor without receiving their sacraments. His divine Heart shall be their safe refuge in this last moment.