"If You Believe, You Will See The Glory of God."

5101 Schofield Street, Monona, WI 53716 (608) 221-1521 E-mail: ihmoffice@ihmparish.org Web site: www.ihmcatholicparish.org MASS SCHEDULE Weekends Saturdays - 5:00 p.m. Sundays - 8:00 a.m. & 10:15 a.m. Weekdays Tuesdays & Thursdays - 8:30 a.m. Wednesdays & Fridays - 7:00 a.m. HOLY DAY MASSES Mass times for Holy Days of Obligation will be announced in the bulletin. CONFESSION SCHEDULE 30 minutes before weekday Masses 40 minutes before weekend Masses EUCHARISTIC ADORATION Wednesdays 7:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. PARISH OFFICE HOURS "If You Believe, You Will See The Glory of God." Monday through Thursday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (closed 12-1 p.m. for lunch) Friday 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. April 2, 2017 FOR YOUR INFORMATION NEW PARISHIONERS: Welcome to our parish and our community. To register, please introduce yourself to Fr. Chad Droessler after Mass, pick up a registration form at the information table, visit our web site, or call the church office. For those who are interested in returning to the Catholic Church, please contact Father Chad. IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY CATHOLIC SCHOOL (PreK-8th Grade) 4913 Schofield Street, Monona, WI 53716 Phone: (608) 222-8831 E-mail: secretary@ihm-school.org Web: www.ihmcatholicschool.org School Principal... Mrs. Callie Meiller.. cmeiller@ihm-school.org BAPTISM: May God bless our new parents! Please call the parish office to schedule the baptism of your child. CONFIRMATION: Contact Eileen Hribar at 221-1777 or ehribar@ihm-school.org. RCIA ADULT FAITH FORMATION: Contact Kathy Marshall at 221-1521, ext. 308 or kmarshall@ihmparish.org. MARRIAGE: Please contact the parish office for wedding guidelines. Weddings must be scheduled with the pastor at least six months in advance. ANOINTING OF THE SICK: Contact the parish office. For sacramental emergencies after office hours, call 1-608-620-5849. VOCATIONS: Please contact Father Chad if you or someone you know would like to learn more about becoming a priest, religious brother or sister, or permanent deacon. EAST MADISON SPANISH MASS - MISA EN ESPANOL: Sunday at 1:00 P.M., St. Peter Catholic Church, 5001 North Sherman Ave., Madison BULLETIN ANNOUNCEMENTS: bulletin@ihmparish.org please send by the Monday before printing. Rev. Fr. Chad Droessler, Pastor 1-608-620-5849 David Keyes, Seminarian in residence dkeyes@ihmparish.org Sisters of Mary, Morning Star Convent 4905 Schofield Street, Monona, WI 53716 608-224-0251 PARISH STAFF Administrative Assistant...Kathy Marshall kmarshall@ihmparish.org Parish Secretaries...ihmoffice@ihmparish.org Jodi Murphy (Mon.-Fri.) Bulletin, Office Cindy Dukerschein (Tue. and Wed.) Parish Records, Liturgy Schedule Finance Manager....Bernie Heit bheit@ihmparish.org Pastoral Care Coordinator...Ivonne Blahnik iblahnik@ihmparish.org Director of Music/Liturgy Catherine Henderson chenderson@ihmparish.org Religious Education, Grades K-5...Laura Soldner lsoldner@ihmparish.org Religious Education, Grades 6-10..Eileen Hribar ehribar@ihm-school.org Maintenance Supervisor Mike Hegge Fifth Sunday of Lent

April 2, 2017 Fifth Sunday of Lent Mass Intentions Monday, April 3 No Mass Tuesday, April 4 8:30 a.m. Jimmy Mead Wednesday, April 5 7:00 a.m. Thomas Freye Thursday, April 6 8:30 a.m. Rita Mazzeo Friday, April 7 7:00 a.m. Vocations Saturday, April 8 8:30 a.m. Patricia Weninger 5:00 p.m. Julie Brunner Sunday, April 9 8:00 a.m. Ed Folger From the Pastor s Desk My family of faith, This week we have the East Side Communal Reconciliation Service. One of the seven Precepts of the Catholic Church is: you shall confess your sins at least once a year as to ensure preparation for the Eucharist by the reception of the sacrament of reconciliation, which continues Baptism's work of conversion and forgiveness. Please see the announcement in the bulletin for more information on the dates, times, and locations of our reconciliation services. Also, another announcement. Recently we had a workshop for Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion (EMHC). Extraordinary ministers are those who help me distribute the Lord Jesus in the Eucharist during the Communion procession. One of the many topics that we talked about was the Lord s blessing at our parish of a large number of small children who come up in the Communion procession but are unable to receive our Lord yet, and the recognition that there are many adults who do not (or cannot), for various reasons, receive our Lord Jesus in the Eucharist. We want to help both groups of faithful to make a spiritual communion. What I would ask, if you are not receiving Holy Communion, is that you come in the Communion procession with your arms across your chest (standard practice), and bow to the Lord in the ciborium (that is the small dish reserved for the Body of Christ). As you are doing that, the EMHC or myself, will say to you, while holding the Lord for you to see: receive the Lord Jesus in your heart and your mind. Then you may stand erect and proceed back to your pew. My hope is that this will further instill in all a deep respect and reverence for the Lord Jesus, and, secondarily, to bring uniformity among what the faithful can expect from the EMCH and myself. Thank you in advance for your cooperation, and if you have small children in teaching them what to anticipate. Another topic was hand sanitizing. I have asked the EMHC to please sanitize their hands in the pew before they proceed to the sanctuary. There was a concern that some people take comfort in seeing this action done, but my concern is that this action draws attention away from the Lord and our prayer and onto the EMHC. You can be assured that the EMHC know the importance of sanitizing their hands, and will diligently complete this in the pew. These minor changes stem from the first principle for all liturgical ministers, which is reverence. Reverence is a language that speaks, speaks through our demeanor, our attire, and our manner in which we handle sacred things. Although small, I pray that these might help all of us enter more fully into the Sacred Mysteries. Your Pastor, 2 10:15 a.m. For the people of IHM Parish Sanctuary Lamp in Memory of: Marlie and Mathilda Gallagher SACRAMENTAL CELEBRATIONS Congratulations and God s blessings to: Ben Lange and Caitlin Rugani Married March 28, 2017 Welcome Home, Father Gabriel! We are happy to have Fr. Gabriel home with us here at IHM these next few weeks. Fr. Gabi will be here to celebrate our Holy Week and Easter Liturgies with us. Please stop and say hello when you see him.

WEEKLY SCHEDULE Sunday, April 2 Raffle Ticket Pick up Scrip Sales SVdP Clothing Drive RCIA 9:00 a.m. CR Forgiven Video 9:15 a.m. CMR Monday, April 3 Religious Ed. Gr. K-5 6:15 a.m. School FNE Mtg 6:30 p.m. CMR Tuesday, April 4 St. Peter Study 9:15 a.m. CMR St. Anne s Mtg. 6:30 p.m. MH Wednesday, April 5 Eucharistic Adoration 7:30 a.m. - 8 p.m. Church Divine Mercy Chaplet 3:00 p.m. Chapel Choir Rehearsal 6:30 p.m. Church Religious Ed. Gr.6-10 7:00 p.m. School Thursday, April 6 Communal Reconciliation 7:00 p.m. Church SVdP Mtg. 7:00 p.m. CMR Friday, April 7 Stations of the Cross 8:30 a.m. Church Stations of the Cross 4:00 p.m. Church Fish Fry 4:30 p.m. MH Saturday, April 8 EMHC Training 9:30 a.m. Church Church Church Parking lot SCRIP After Mass Church SVdP Clothing Drive Parking Lot Church Meeting Room, Marian Hall, Conference Room, Family Room, Church Basement, Rectory Basement Our prayers and sympathy to the family and friends of Mark Vitense, including those from within our own parish family. Mark passed away at the age of 73 on Friday, March 24, 2017, following several months long illness. Mark's parents, Bill and Veronica Vitense, were charter members of Immaculate Heart of Mary when our parish was founded in 1950. Mark attended and graduated from Immaculate Heart of Mary School. Mark and his wife Maureen raised their 3 children, Lisa, William and Jaime, here at IHM. Over the years, Mark has been very actively involved in the parish - serving as a trustee, Pastoral Council member, and on the Finance Council and Endowment Board. Following in his father's footsteps, Mark has offered helpful support to each pastor from Father Jerome Mersberger to Father Chad Droessler. Mark will be greatly missed here at IHM and by all who knew him. STEWARDSHIP OF TREASURE Week: 39 Our Weekly Offertory Goal $16,273.08 March 25-26 $7,033.25 EFT Weekly: $3,933.75 Total Offertory $10,967.00 Difference: -$5,306.08 Offertory Goal YTD $634,650.00 Actual Offertory: $621,505.02 Difference -$13,144.98 Give Your First Fruits Back to God To Parish...5% To Diocese.1% To Charities...4% Remember the Church in your memorial and your will. Annual Catholic Appeal (ACA) Thank you to those who provided their pledge to the 2017 Annual Catholic Appeal. So far, our parish pledges are at 57% of our total goal, which is $66,783. Pastoral Council Nominations Thank you to everyone who provided nominations for this year's Pastoral Council elections. Those who were nominated will be contacted soon. Elections will take place May 13/14. READINGS FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 2 Monday: Dn 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 [41c-62]; Ps 23:1-6; Jn 8:1-11 Tuesday: Nm 21:4-9; Ps 102:2-3, 16-21; Jn 8:21-30 Wednesday: Dn 3:14-20, 91-92, 95; Dn 3:52-56; Jn 8:31-42 Thursday: Gn 17:3-9; Ps 105:4-9: Jn 8:51-59 Friday: Jer 20:10-13; Ps 18:2-7; Jn 10:31-42 Saturday: Ez 37:21-28; Jer 31:10, 11-13; Jn 11:45-56 Sunday: Mt 21:1-11 (procession); Is 50:4-7; Ps 22:8-9, 17-20, 23-24; Phil 2:6-11; Mt 26:14 -- 27:66 [27:11-54] ADVERTISER OF THE WEEK Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord and let perpetual light shine upon him. May the souls of the faithfully departed through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen Thank you to those parishioners and businesses who sponsor our bulletin. 3

IHM LENT SCHEDULE Lenten Saturday Morning Holy Mass 8:30 a.m. April 8 Stations of the Cross Every Friday during Lent 8:30 a.m. (with IHM School children) 4:00 p.m. (6 p.m. on Good Friday) Sacrament of Reconciliation - Private Confessions Tuesdays and Thursdays 8:00 a.m. Wednesdays and Fridays 6:30 a.m. Saturdays 8:00 a.m. East Side Communal Reconciliation Services Sunday, April 2 3:00 p.m. St. Bernard's on Atwood Avenue Tuesday, April 4 7:00 p.m. St. Peter's on Sherman Avenue Wednesday, April 5 7:00 p.m. St. Dennis on Dempsey Road Thursday, April 6-7:00 p.m. Immaculate Heart of Mary Monona Divine Mercy Chaplet Wednesday at 3 p.m. during Eucharistic Adoration Holy Week and Easter Holy Thursday, April 13 Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper 6 p.m. Good Friday, April 14 Passion of the Lord Service 2:30 p.m. Stations of the Cross 6 p.m. Holy Saturday, April 15 Easter Vigil Holy Mass 8:00 p.m. Easter Sunday, April 16 Holy Mass 8:00 a.m. and 10:15 a.m. Divine Mercy Sunday Service Sunday, April 23, 2:30 to 4:00 p.m. Rice Bowls Thank you to everyone who has picked up a Rice Bowl to support the work of Catholic Relief Services as part of your Lenten almsgiving. Rice Bowls may be returned next weekend and placed in the basket in the main church entrance. 4 LITURGY Easter Flower Memorials One way to honor deceased loved ones is to donate towards decorations for the church this Easter season. Please put your contributions in the envelope marked Easter offering or in a plain envelope labeled the same way. Future bulletins will list the names of those being remembered. Thank you for helping bring the beauty of life into our church. Please Give Generously on Good FridayWorldwide Collection for the Holy Land Are you thankful you don t live in the Middle East? Are you frightened, disgusted, or saddened by the persecution and maltreatment of Christians there? Do you feel powerless to do anything because you live so far away? All of us here and right now can help our fellow Christians in the Holy Land. We can personally make a difference through our praying, fasting, and almsgiving. On Good Friday, the Church will take up a worldwide collection for the Holy Land, its people and its shrines. Your monetary support is desperately needed by those struggling to maintain our Faith and our physical presence there. This is the time for us to be extra generous. If you won t be at the Good Friday service, consider putting your gift in an envelope marked Good Friday Collection and dropping it in the Sunday basket or mailing it to the parish office. Christianity is rapidly disappearing from the Holy Land. For our brothers and sisters there, it is a daily struggle for survival. Please give generously on Good Friday, April 14.

IHM CATHOLIC SCHOOL Culvers Night For IHM Students Culvers Night at the Cottage Grove Road location April 18, 5 p.m.-8 p.m. Ten percent of all sales will be going to the IHM 5th and 6th graders who are raising money for their Washington D.C. trip. Thank you for your support. Muffins with Mom Tuesday, April 11 from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Moms, Grandmas, Aunts and other special people of IHM students are invited to attend and have a muffin with their favorite student! Attention Adults! You are invited to the IHM Inaugural Corn Hole (Bean Bag Toss) Tournament Sat. April 22 at 12:00 p.m. IHM School Gym. Registration begins at 11:00 a.m. or sign up early before April 21 by emailing Ben Lange at blange@ihm-schoo.org Double elimination, $40 per 2 person team. Race to 21 in best of 3 games. Winner gets a choice of a set of boards and bags. Proceeds from this event will benefit IHM Athletics. Our final one of the year! AREA EVENTS Polish Heritage Club s Annual Spring Festival Sunday, April 9, 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p. m., at Immaculate Heart of Mary School. Hosted by the Polish Heritage Club of Wisconsin, Inc., a non-profit organization. The Festival features traditional Polish items/baked goods for purchase. Credit cards are accepted, Questions? Call Linda at (608) 239-0398 or e-mail: lindacagle@att.net Proceeds from all our events support scholarship funds, educational and cultural events. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION (Kindergarten - Fifth Grade) schedule for the remainder of the school year: Monday, April 3: CLASS (Lenten Reconciliation for Grades 2-5; Eucharistic Adoration with the Sisters of Mary Morning Star for first grade) Monday, April 10: NO CLASS Monday, April 17: CLASS Saturday, April 22: First Communion Rehearsal (mandatory for child and one parent) and Group Photo from 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. in the church Monday, April 24: LAST CLASS Sunday, April 30: First Communion at the 10:15 a.m. Holy Mass Sunday, May 7: First Communion at the 10:15 a.m Holy Mass Camp Gray Adventure Day Middle school students are invited to attend a day of adventure, faith and fun at Camp Gray on May 6. Cost is $40. Register at madisondiocese.org/youth Questions call Shane at 608-821-4578. Knights of Columbus Night at the Duck Pond Help us fill the stands! Saturday, August 12 at Warner Park. Tentative schedule: 12:30 p.m. - Mass in the Park 2:00 p.m. - Tailgate party starts 6:35 p.m. - Madison Mallards vs. Battle Creek Bombers Tickets are $13 each, and includes an official Mallards cap. $2 from each ticket benefits the Women's Care Center. To place your order for tickets, contact Luke Meinholz at 608-230-6740 or 608-445-7747. Tickets must be ordered before April 30. 5

PRAYER FORMED A Gift To Our Parishioners Having trouble registering for FORMED? Email IHM FORMED administrator Craig Uselman for help! at cu@reagan.com Family Eucharistic Adoration Our next Family Eucharistic Adoration will be Thursday, April 20 at 5:30 p.m. at IHM. Following adoration, stay and enjoy a potluck dinner in the Church Meeting Room! Please contact Kelly Bond at 608-839-4312 or jkbond2@frontier.com with questions or to be added to our monthly email list. Please join us! LAST NAMES please bring: A-H Dessert, I-P Side dish, Q-Z Main dish (to feed 12-15). ACTIVITIES St. Anne s Spring Meetings April 4 at 6:30 p.m. May 2 at 6:00 p.m. meeting will be a Pot Luck Dinner and Baby Shower that will benefit Pregnancy Helpline. For more info call Gail Stuart at 221-0733. RESPECT LIFE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE Tuesday Morning Bible Study on St. Peter! Join us for this ten-week Bible study on the life of our first pope. Tuesday mornings 9:15 to 11:00 a.m. in the Church Meeting Room. Continues through May 30. For more information, contact Craig Uselman at cu@reagan.com. New Evangelization Summit The Diocese of Madison is a host site for the 2017 New Evangelization Summit. This exciting international summit and will be live streamed from Ontario Canada to our auditorium at Holy Name Heights (aka The Bishop O'Connor Center) 702 South High Point Road, Madison, WI. The Summit will give us the opportunity to answer God's call to renew our faith and share it with others. Speakers include: Bishop Robert Barron, Fr. Michael White, Sr. Miriam Heidland, Tom Corcoran, Patrick Sullivan, Peter Herback, Meghann Baker, and Michael Dopp. Dates: May 12-13, cost: $45.To purchase tickets and for more information go to newevangelization.ca For questions please contact the Office of Evangelization & Catechesis at 608-821-3160 or oec@madisondiocese.org Vigil for Life Stations of the Cross Please join Fr. Richard Heilman and the Knights of Divine Mercy as they lead us in the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday - April 14. Once again they will be on the sidewalk surrounding Planned Parenthood on Orin Rd. in Madison. They will begin at 9:30 a.m. We hope to see you there! Saint Vincent de Paul Meeting The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is a Catholic lay organization that leads women and men to grow spiritually by offering person-to-person service to those who are needy, suffering or forgotten. The next meeting of the IHM Conference of St. Vincent de Paul will be held on Thursday April 6 at 7:00 pm in the church meeting room. All are welcome to attend. COMMUNICATION Bulletin Articles Due Dates Bulletin Articles for the April 16 issue, send before Friday, April 7. You can send articles to bulletin@ihmparish.org 6

IHM Memorial Day Parish Festival May 28-29, 2017 Our Parish Festival Committee has been hard at work making plans for this year's festival. We need your help! **Sponsorships: We are in need of sponsors for this year's Backyard Bash. Sponsorship levels are as follows: Highway to Heaven: $1,000 Patron Saints: $500 Guardian Angels: $400 Heavenly Hosts: $300 Faith Boosters: $200 Sponsors help pay for our festival entertainment, our float in the Monona parade, and children's inflatable games. **Raffle Prize Donations: We are seeking gift certificates for dining, shopping, health & beauty, area attractions, local services, and entertainment, as well as tickets for Badgers, Packers, Brewers or Bucks games. **Children's game prizes needed! We are still in need of donations of prize items for our children's games. Items may be dropped off at the parish office, or in the Usher's Room. Make sure they are clearly marked "Festival Prizes." To provide a donation or volunteer to help, please contact Kathy Marshall at the parish office (221-1521). **Silent Auction: We are in need of Themed baskets for the Silent Auction. All baskets should be self-contained, wrapped up (in cellophane or something similar) and come with a list of the contents and an approximate value. We are in need of co-chairs to assist with the Silent Auction with arrangement and presentation of the baskets, computer entry, etc. Please contact Dana Possett at 338-5448 or dnposset@me.com **Pick up your Raffle Tickets! Purchase or sell - $5.00 each or 12 for $50.00 - Grand Prize is $3000! Please pick up your raffle tickets on the table in the back of church. Make sure to read Fr. Chad s letter with the schedule of events, listing how every household can help make our festival a fun and successful event, and make sure to return the form at the bottom for a chance at winning a festival fun pack! A Look Back at Last Year s Festival 7