St. Mary s - Big River Catholic Church 5 t h S u n d a y o f E a s t e r A p r i l 2 9 t h, 2 0 1 8 I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, because without me you can do nothing. John 15:5 T h e N a t i v i t y o f t h e B l e s s e d V i r g i n M a r y W 1 0 1 3 7 5 7 0 t h A v e. R i v e r F a l l s, W I 5 4 0 2 2 Oh Sacrament most holy! Oh Sacrament Divine! All praise and all thanksgiving be every moment Thine. Praised and adored be Jesus in the most holy Sacrament of the Altar, now and forever. Amen Welcome to St. Mary s Mass Schedule www.stmarysbigriver.com Weekend. Saturday 6:00 pm Sunday 9:30 am Weekday. Mon. to Fri. 8:30 am First Friday & First Sat. 8:30 am Holy Days.See bulletin Confessions -One hour before each Weekend Mass -Thurs. before First Fri. 9:00 am -First Friday 9:00 am -First Sat. 9:00 am -Any time by appointment Devotional Times Eucharistic Adoration 9:00 to 10:00 am every First Friday. Militia Immaculata (MI) Prayer Group meets Thursday 6:30 to 7:30 pm in the church. http://missionimmaculata.com/
P a g e 2 Welcome to St. Mary s! This Week s News Monday - April 30 Tuesday - May 1 Wednesday - May 2 No Mass CCD 3:45 Class here & Evening CCD: Fr. Dodge Presentation at St. Francis Church, Ellsworth at 6 pm. Thursday - May 3 *National Day of Prayer 9:00 am Confessions 6:30 pm MI Prayer Group Friday - May 4 *First Friday Devotions 9-10 am Adoration & Confessions. Saturday - May 5 *Fist Saturday Devotions 9:00 am Confessions 9:30 am 1st Communion Practice 5:00 pm Confessions 6:00 pm Holy Mass Sunday - May 6 8:30 am Confessions 9:30 am Holy Mass with 1st Holy Communion & May Crowning Today TODAY Sunday Usher & $ Counter Training Session Sunday, April 29th after mass a mandatory training session will be held for all current and new SUNDAY ushers & $ counters. New procedures will be introduced. Direct all questions to Pat Bjork who will conduct the training. Welcome New Members! Raffle Tickets Annual Parish Raffle tickets will be handed out today in the entry of church. Place the tickets and money in the envelope or mark an envelope Raffle and drop it in the collection. All monies raised through this Cash Raffle are designated for the Improvement Fund for maintenance of and improvements to our beautiful parish buildings and grounds. There are a number of issues with our Church building that are going to have to be addressed so please be generous in raising funds through our annual raffle! Please welcome to our parish family the following new members: Welcome 1st Friday And 1st Sat. This Week Wayne & Marlys Honeyman from Prescott Wisconsin. Paul & Monica Kolars and their children Clare, Mary, Sophie and John Paul. They live near River Falls. Hannah Snoeyenbosh from Elmwood. Lesa Woitas who was united in holy marriage this last weekend to Charles Beeler from our parish. They live in Ellsworth. Baptized in Christ Rosemary Nina Husby, infant daughter of Jason & Meggan Husby. Congratulations parents and godparents. S t. M a r y s - B i g R i v e r
5 t h S u n d a y o f E a s t e r All ladies of the parish, young and young at heart, are cordially invited to a Daughters of Mary Brunch Honoring Our Blessed Mother Saturday, May 12th 10:00 am Coming together as women of faith to celebrate Mary Our Mother with savories, desserts, tea, and coffee. Formal tea attire is encouraged. Weather permitting, we will meet at church to pray the rosary together, followed by a May crowning procession to the school. All attendees are welcome to invite female guests (mothers, daughters, sisters, friends, etc.) Please RSVP with your name and # of guests by May 2nd. STMBigRiverEvents@gmail.com or 715-647-2217 Please include any special requests (dietary needs) with your RSVP. Sponsored by the Altar Rosary Society. We hope you can join us! P a g e 3 Spring Plant Sale Fundraiser Saturday May 5th and 6th after Masses Hanging Flower Baskets Cash & Carry - baskets will be here to grab and go. Questions and special requests for specific flowers or to get full flats of annual packs or 4 1/2 inch posts of annual flowers: Contact - Shari Turvaville (cell) 715-529-3879 gusturv@bevcomm.net Supporting Youth going to Adventure Camp Roses for Life - Mother s Day On Mother s Day weekend, May 12/13 th the Pierce County Right to Life organization will have red wrapped roses for a donation of $5.00. Proceeds go to the Pierce County Right to Life. A sign up sheet will be available in the entry of church. Some extra roses will be available that weekend, but please sign up and we will hold your roses for you. Youth Events CCD - Religious Studies Wed. May 2nd Afternoon Session: Class 3:45 to 5:00 pm Evening Session: No Class - Instead, all evening session CCD students are offered the opportunity to attend Fr. Dodge s presentation. First Communion Practice Saturday May 5th at 9:30 am in the Church. VOCATIONS: What Was I Made For? How Do I Know What God Is Calling Me To Do? Fr. Billy Dodge will be at St. Francis Parish in Ellsworth on May 2 to offer advice on how we can help our children, as well as ourselves, discern what we were made for and where God is calling them, and us, so we can all lead happy and fulfilled lives. Everyone is invited for this presentation on Wednesday, May 2, at 6:00 pm in the St. Francis Church. The Wednesday Evening Supper will be served prior to the presentation in the Parish Hall across from the church. All are welcome and there is no charge! Support Our Advertisers Income for May 21st & 22nd 2018 Plate.$403.15 Youth Ministry...50.00 Youth....12.60 Haiti Teacher Fund...30.00 Adult. 1865.00 Total..... $2695.75 Easter....20.00 Madonna Plan..10.00 DCCW.....5.00 Friendship Fund...300.00
A Message From Our Pastor Next week, the Sixth Sunday of Easter, May 6, will be the First Holy Communion for the second graders of our parish. Do you remember your preparations for that joyful day? Besides your parents, who was the catechist who prepared you? Who was the priest who celebrated the Mass of your First Communion? It was 47 years ago this May that I made my First Holy Communion with 71 other second graders at Sacred Heart Parish in Marshfield. Sister Mary Alice a short and rotund School Sister of Notre Dame was our teacher who imparted to us her deep love of Jesus Christ and especially Him present in the Blessed Sacrament. I remember her constant exhortation to us children: Stay close to Jesus! My mother and father had been well-catechized themselves and modeled for me the importance of and reverence for the Most Holy Eucharist in their lives. Father Peter Leketas the long-time Pastor of Sacred Heart and the one who eventually invited me to consider the Priesthood gave me our Eucharistic Lord for the first time in 1971. I am so deeply grateful to each one of them for handing on to me that wonder, awe, reverence, and joy at the Eucharistic presence of Jesus Christ Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity under the humble appearances of bread and wine! Our parish celebration of First Holy Communion should be for each one of us a time of renewal in the truth of and love for this great mystery of Christ s Presence. The Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church promulgated by Pope Benedict XVI in 2005 that question and answer summary of the larger Catechism of the Catholic Church of 1992 is a sure guide for such renewal. The Compendium teaches that the Eucharist is the very sacrifice of the Body and Blood of the Lord Jesus which He instituted to perpetuate the sacrifice of the cross throughout the ages until His return in glory. Thus He entrusted to His Church this memorial of His death and Resurrection. It is a sign of unity, a bond of charity, a paschal banquet, in which Christ is consumed, the mind is filled with grace, and a pledge of future glory is given to us (271). The Compendium continues: The Eucharist is a memorial in the sense that it makes present and actual the sacrifice which Christ offered to the Father on the cross, once and for all on behalf of mankind. The sacrificial character of the Holy Eucharist is manifested in the very words of institution, This is my Body which is given for you and This cup is the New Covenant in my Blood that will be shed for you (Luke 22:19-20). The sacrifice of the cross and the sacrifice of the Eucharist are one and the same sacrifice. The priest and the victim are the same; only the manner of offering is different: in a bloody manner on the cross, in an un-bloody manner in the Eucharist (280). What is more, in the Eucharist the sacrifice of Christ becomes also the sacrifice of the members of His Body. The lives of the faithful, their praise, their suffering, their prayers, their work, are united to those of Christ. In as much as it is a sacrifice, the Eucharist is likewise offered for all the faithful, living and dead, in reparation for the sins of all and to obtain spiritual and temporal benefits from God. The Church in heaven is also united to the offering of Christ (280). With regard to this memorial and sacrifice, Jesus Christ is present in the Eucharist in a unique and incomparable way. He is present in a true, real and substantial way, with His Body and His Blood, with His Soul and Divinity. In the Eucharist, therefore, there is present in a sacramental way, that is, under the Eucharistic species of bread and wine, Christ whole and entire, God and Man (282). Having outlined the faith regarding the gift of the Holy Eucharist, the Compendium then speaks about the reception of the Holy Eucharist, that is, Holy Communion. The Church obliges the faithful to participate at Holy Mass every Sunday and on holy days of obligation. She recommends participation at Holy Mass on other days as well (289). Note that this obligation is not to receive Holy Communion, but rather to assist at Mass. This duty flows from the Third Commandment Remember to keep holy the Lord s Day and Jesus Christ Himself who recognized the holiness of the Sabbath day and with His divine authority gave this law its authentic interpretation: The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath (Mark 2:27) (451). The Bishops of our nation remind us that while the heart of the celebration of the Eucharist is the Eucharistic Prayer, the consummation of the Mass is found in Holy Communion, whereby the people purchased for the Father by His beloved Son eat and drink the Body and Blood of Christ. They are thereby joined together as members of Christ s mystical Body, sharing the one life of the Spirit. In the great sacrament of the altar, they are joined to Christ Jesus and to one another (Distribution and Reception of Holy Communion Under Both Kinds in the Dioceses of the United States of America, 5). The Church recommends that the faithful, if they have the required dispositions, receive Holy Communion whenever they participate at Holy Mass. However, the Church obliges them to receive Holy Communion at least once a year during the Easter Season (Compendium, 290). We will continue next week with the manner in which one may receive Holy Communion. Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us! Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament, pray for us! Blessed Solanus Casey, pray for us! Father Kevin C. Louis, STL P a g e 4
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Pastor - Fr. Kevin Louis, STL 10137 570th Ave. River Falls, WI 54022 Rectory Phone: 715-425-5806 Fr. Louis Cell: 715-505-3870 email: crossensis89@gmail.com Deacon - Deacon Dan Gannon 651-210-9651 gannon.dan@gmail.com Administrative Assistant - Traci Campion 715-307-8844 reginahope1917@gmail.com Bookkeeper - Pat Bjork 715-273-3577 bjork.p@outlook.com Director of Religious Education (DRE) - Cindi Beurskens 715-273-4534 edibleacres5@gmail.com Youth Ministry - Corrie Loe 715-262-3663 corrieloe@gmail.com Cemetery - John Matzek 715-792-2582 Rodney Janovec 715-425-8008 Prayer Chain Requests - 715-273-3577 School Hall Office - 715-425-7830 Altar Rosary Society (ARS) - Angie Dosdall 715-792-2447 Finance Council - Pat Pechacek 715-262-4089 Stewardship Committee - Andy Mishek 715-426-1978 Grounds & Building Maintenance - Danny McNamara 715-821-1197 Welcome new visitors! If you would like to be a member of our parish just call the Administrative Assistant and we will help you get registered. Mass Schedule Liturgical Roles Mon, April 30...St. Pius V 8:30 am Dorothy Frandrup By Dallan & Gayle Frandrup Tues., May 1 St. Joseph the Worker 8:30 am Dave Bjork By Char Huppert Wed., May 2....St. Athanasius No Mass Thurs., May 3..St. Philip & James, Apostles 8:30 am Special Intention By Rosemarie Yunker Fri., May 4.... 88:30 am Thomas & Kaila Brown By Dan & Lori McNamara Sat., May 5... 8:30 am Living & Deceased Members of the Altar Rosary Society By Altar Rosary Society 6:00 pm Lori McNamara By McNamara Family Sun., May 6...6th Sun. Easter 9:30 am Pro Populo & Naomi Long By Mark & Lori Faymoville May 5th Saturday - 6:00 pm Mass Reader.. Carol Betzel Ushers... Mark Huppert, Jon Matzek, Joe Matzek, Peter Pechacek Cross. Matt Maier Candles... Nathaniel & Marcus Merta Music..... Joanne Maier Rosary....Pat Bjork Please call a replacement if you cannot serve. May 6th Sunday - 9:30 am Mass Reader. John Matzek Ushers/$ Counters Pat Pechacek, Craig Zuelke, Dan Huppert Jr., Shawn Dosdall Cross/Incense..Isaac Loe, Geoffrey Orso Candles.. Daniel & Andrew Pluth Rosary.... Toby & Janice Keller Gift Bearer....Jay Loe Family