St. Mary s - Big River Catholic Church P a l m S u n d a y M a r c h 2 5 t h, 2 0 1 8 Those preceding Him as well as those following kept crying out: Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord. Palm Sunday Mark 11:9 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 54022 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! Holy Week This Week s News This Week s Calendar Monday - March 26th 8:30 am Holy Mass 9:00 am Confessions Tuesday - March 27th NO Mass Wednesday - March 28th 8:30 am Holy Mass 9:00 am Confessions NO CCD Thursday - March 29th 7:00 Holy Thursday Mass Friday - March 30th *Fasting & Abstinence today* *Begin Divine Mercy Novena* 1:00 Good Friday Service Saturday - March 31st 8:00 pm Holy Saturday Vigil Mass Sunday - April 1st 8:30 Confession 9:30 am Holy Easter Mass No CCD this week **Correction** Please note that Holy Saturday Mass will be at 8:00 pm, NOT 6:00 pm as was incorrectly indicated on the liturgical schedule. Divine Mercy Novena The Novena to Divine Mercy begins Good Friday. Novena pamphlets are available in the back of church. Feast of Divine Mercy St. Mary s will celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday, April 8th beginning with Mass at 9:30 am, followed by Exposition and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, the rosary, the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, confessions and ending with Benediction at 12:00. Starting at noon there will be a fellowship in the school with lasagna to eat. Good Friday Collection The contributions you make through the Good Friday Collection make possible the programs that support Christians in the Holy Land. Our brothers and sisters there depend on your generosity. We ask that you pledge your assistance to Christians living in the Holy Land and those ministering in the land that Jesus made Holy. There is a Good Friday Offering envelope in your packet. Watch Chrism Mass LIVE! Please join us from 10:30 a.m.- 12 p.m. on Tuesday, March 27th, 2018 at St. Joseph the Workman Cathedral for the annual Chrism Mass, celebrated by Bishop William Patrick Callahan. If you are unable to attend in person, the Mass will be available to Holy Week - The Heart of the Church Year The liturgical services for Holy Week are among the very best things we do in the Church. Don t miss these celebrations. By entering more reflectively into the liturgies of Passion Sunday and Holy Week, we take vital steps toward becoming better and more consistent disciples of Jesus. S t. M a r y s - B i g R i v e r
P a l m S u n d a y P a g e 3 Lenten Almsgiving The Pontifical Good Friday Collection We are called to support the Pontifical Good Friday Collection, which helps Christians in the Holy Land. Your support helps the church minister in parishes, provide Catholic schools and offer religious education. It also helps to persevere the Sacred Shrines in the Holy Land. The wars, unrest and instability have been especially hard on Christians. In these times of crisis, this collection provides humanitarian aid to refugees. When you contribute to the Pontifical Good Friday Collection, you become an instrument of peace and join with Catholics around the world in solidarity with the Church in the Holy Land. Your donation helps with: Proving ongoing emergency funds to the people in Syria and Iraq Supporting 29 parishes, 4 homes for orphans and 3 academic institutions Operating 16 schools for more than 10,000 pre-k through grade 12 students Providing university scholarships Relocating and providing homes to Christian families Rehabilitating destroyed homes for Christians families Provided senior care facilities in Bethlehem and Nazareth Creating jobs for Christians in the Holy Land Preserving 74 sanctuaries and shrines from the life of Jesus and the prophets Supporting more than 100 men preparing to be priests or brothers Assisting Syrian and Iraqi refugee families in Jordan and Lebanon by helping to pay for rent, food, heat, schooling and transportation. PLEASE BE GENEROUS! Please use your special Good Friday Collection Envelope in your envelope packet. For more information about Christians in the Holy Land, visit Www.myfranciscan.org/good-friday Divine Mercy Novena Divine Mercy Novena The Divine Mercy Novena begins on Good Friday and culminates with Divine Mercy Sunday on April 8th. We have these little red booklets, containing the novena prayers, available for free in the back of the church. Gather your family together and pray these prayers recommended by Jesus to Saint Faustina to prepare your hearts for the Feast of Jesus Divine Mercy. Oh blood and water which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus, as a font of mercy for us, I trust in You.
Palm Sunday Page 4 Holy Week Liturgical Schedule Holy Thursday - Mar. 29th 7:00 pm Holy Saturday - Mar. 31st 8:00 pm How is the Date of Easter Determined? Reader.... Andy Mishek Ushers John Yunker, Mark Huppert, Peter Schommer, Peter Pechacek Cross.... Andrew McNamara Candles.. David & Doug McNamara Music..Regnier Family & Choir Correction: The Mass Intention for this mass is Lorraine Thom by Rollie Thom Reader..... Michael Gugala Ushers..Joe Matzek, Randy Huppert, George Matzek, Tony Matzek Cross.... Joseph O Malley Candles..William Gugala, David & Michael Regnier Music...Regnier Family & Choir Easter always occurs on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the first day of spring! This was decided by the Council of Nicaea in the year 325. Good Friday - Mar. 30th 1:00 pm Reader.. John Matzek Ushers Rodger Oestreich, Craig Zuelke, Cross/Incense... Daniel O Malley Candles.Isaac Loe, Ben & Joseph O Malley Music... Joanne Maier Rosary.. John & Joyce Matzek Easter Sunday - April 1st 9:30 am Reader.. Shari Turvaville Ushers John Yunker, Dan Huppert Jr., Rodger Oestreich, Shawn Dosdall Cross/Incense.. Andrew Pluth Candles. Daniel Pluth, Nathaniel & Marcus Merta Music..... Rosary.. Toby & Janice Keller Gift Bearer.. Joe & April Merta Family Please call a replacement if you cannot serve. Thank You! Support Our Advertisers Income for March 18th, 2018 Plate.....$516.10 Adult Envelopes....4235.00 Youth Envelopes....5.85 Friendship Fund...25.00 Meals from the Heart.....1670.00 Haiti Teacher Fund.....30.00 Rice Bowl..10.21 Easter Flowers...175.00 Youth Book Sales.....60.00 Total.........$6727.16 Than You! k
A Message From Our Pastor Today s Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord begins HOLY WEEK. The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is celebrated in our parish at 8:30 AM on Monday and Wednesday of Holy Week followed by Confessions. With the participation of the faithful from all parts of the Diocese of La Crosse, Bishop Callahan concelebrates the CHRISM MASS with his Priests at the Cathedral of Saint Joseph the Workman on Tuesday at 10:30 AM. If you are not able to participate in person, you can watch a live stream of the Chrism Mass at diolc.org. During this Mass the Bishop exhorts the Priests to fidelity in fulfilling their office in the Church and invites them to renew publicly their commitment to priestly service. The Bishop also consecrates the Sacred Chrism and blesses the Oil of the Infirm and the Oil of the Catechumens. The stocks containing the Sacred Chrism and the Holy Oils for use in our parish are filled and brought back for the celebration of the Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and Anointing of the Sick throughout the coming year of faith. The liturgical celebrations marking the climax of Holy Week the Evening Mass of the Lord s Supper on Holy Thursday through Evening Prayer of Easter Sunday are known as the SACRED PASCHAL TRIDUUM or the three holy days of the Crucified, Buried, and Risen (Congregation for Divine Worship, The Preparation and Celebration of the Easter Feasts [hereafter PS], 38). Christ redeemed us all and gave perfect glory to God principally through His Paschal Mystery: dying He destroyed our death and rising He restored our life. Therefore, the Easter Triduum of the Passion and Resurrection of the Lord is the culmination of the entire liturgical year... These days are... of utmost importance in the spiritual and pastoral life of the Church (Congregation for Divine Worship, Ceremonial of Bishops [hereafter CE], 295-296). I strongly encourage you to carefully plan your week so that you might be able to participate in these celebrations and receive the abundant graces God wishes to bestow. With the 7:00 PM HOLY THURSDAY MASS OF THE LORD S SUPPER the Church devotes herself to the remembrance of the Last Supper. At this Supper on the night before He was betrayed, the Lord Jesus, loving those who were His own in the world even to the end, offered His Body and Blood to the Father under the appearances of bread and wine, gave them to the Apostles to eat and drink, then enjoined the Apostles and their successors in the Priesthood to offer them in turn... This Mass is, first of all, the memorial of the institution of the Eucharist... (It) is also the memorial of the institution of the Priesthood, by which Christ s mission and sacrifice are perpetuated in the world. In addition, this Mass is the memorial of that love by which the Lord loved us even to death (CE, 297). Immediately following this Mass until 10:00 PM, we have the opportunity to be with the Lord in prayerful ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT. It was after the Last Supper that Jesus asked His disciples to pray with Him in the Garden of Gethsemane. He extends that same invitation to us! I strongly encourage each family of our parish to accept this divine invitation and commit itself to some time of prayer before our Eucharistic Lord Holy Thursday evening. Let us not have the Lord say to us as He said to the Apostles: So you could not stay awake with me for even an hour? (Matthew 26:40). The time of adoration concludes with the celebration of NIGHT PRAYER at 10:00 PM. All are welcome. At the 1:00 PM GOOD FRIDAY CELEBRA- TION OF THE LORD S PASSION the Church meditates on the Passion of her Lord and Spouse, adores the cross, commemorates her origin from the side of Christ asleep on the cross, and intercedes for the salvation of the whole world (PS, 58). Good Friday is a day of penance for Catholics because the Spouse has been taken away (see Mark 2:19-20): abstaining from eating meat for those 14 years of age and older, and fasting (one full meal and two smaller meals) for those who are 18 but not yet 59. It is also recommended that Holy Saturday be so observed, in order that the Church with uplifted and welcoming heart be ready to celebrate the joys of the Sunday of the Resurrection (PS, 39). The 8:00 PM EASTER VIGIL MASS OF HOLY SATURDAY according to a most ancient tradition... (is) one of vigil for the Lord (see Exodus 12:42), and the vigil celebrated during it, to commemorate that holy night when the Lord rose from the dead, is regarded as the mother of all holy vigils (Augustine of Hippo, Sermon 219). For in that night the Church keeps vigil, waiting for the Resurrection of the Lord, and celebrates the Sacraments of Christian Initiation (PS, 77). The Resurrection of Christ is the foundation of our faith and hope, and through Baptism and Confirmation we are inserted into the Paschal Mystery of Christ, dying, buried, and raised with Him, and with Him we shall also reign (PS, 80). The Mass of EASTER SUNDAY is at 9:30 AM. Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us! Our Lady of Guadalupe, pray for us! Blessed Solanus Casey, pray for us! Father Kevin C. Louis, STL P a g e 5
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 651-500-4380 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 Annunciation of Mary Mon, Mar. 26. 8:30 am Jamie Schilinger By Toby & Janice Keller Tues., Mar. 27.. No Mass Wed., Mar. 28.. 8:30 am Emilia Merta By Joe & April Merta Thurs., Mar. 29...Holy Thurs. No Mass Intentions Fri., Mar. 30... Good Friday No Mass Intentions Sat., Mar. 31.. Holy Saturday 6:00 pm Mitch Reis By Joe & Kerry Reis Sun., April 1....Easter Sun. 9:30 am Pro Populo & Gordon Moosbrugger By Kristin Johnson