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Mon, April 15th
Acts 6:8-15
Jn 6:22-29
Tue, April 16th
Acts 7:51–8:1 Jn 6:30-35
Wed, April 17th
Acts 8:1-8
Jn 6:35-40
Thu, April 18th
Acts 8:26-40
Jn 6:44-51
Fri, April 19th
Acts 9:1-20
Jn 6:52-59
Sat, April 20th
Acts 9:31-42
Jn 6:60-69
Sun, April 21st
Acts 13:14,43-52
Ps 100:1-3,5 Rv 7:9,14-17
Jn 10:27-30
Daily Readings
St. Anthony’s Catholic Church 1432 River St., Niagara, WI 54141
Phone: (715) 251-3879 website: www.stanthonyniagara.org Fax: (715) 251-364 email: [email protected]
Mass Schedule:
Tues ……. 6:00 pm
Wed ……. 6:45 pm
Thurs ….. 9 am (Maryhill)
Sat …….. 4:00 pm
Sun …….10:30 am
Pastor: Fr. Matt Settle ……… cell: (715) 891-1560 ……….. email: [email protected]
Secretary: Sandra Powalka Deacon: Jerry Nardi
Religious Education Coordinator: Grades PreK – 12………..Yvonne Voss…….email: [email protected] Pastoral Council: chair - Glenn Lantagne
Finance Council: chair -
Faith Formation Committee: chair - Dawn Johnson
Buildings and Grounds: chair - Rose Bousley & Terry Sweig
Worship Committee: chair - Michele Eskritt
Karen’s Food Pantry: pick-up hours: Mondays 12- 3 pm, contact person: Teresa DePas
St. Anthony Council of Catholic Women (SACCW): president: Rose Bousley 251-3249
Meeting: Next meeting is April 1st 7pm
St. Vincent de Paul Niagara Conference: phone: 715-251-1574, president: Sharon
Miland Meeting: 1st & 3
rd Monday of each month in Parish Center from 6:30-7:30pm
Knights of Columbus Council #2847: Grand Knight: Bruce Darne 251-4191
Meeting: 2nd
Monday of each month at St Anthony Church
SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION AND CELEBRATION:
Baptism: Please call the office to make arrangements (incl. 1 hr class) 2 weeks before desired date.
Confirmation: Normally received in 12th
grade with prep in religious education grades
10 – 12; in other cases, please make arrangements with Fr. Matt & Dawn Johnson (RCIA).
Eucharist: Celebrated each Mass. (1st Communion usually made in 2
nd grade with prep in RE gr. 1 – 2.)
Please contact office to make arrangements in other cases.
Reconciliation/ Confession: Offered weekly on Saturdays from 9 – 10 am, and from
3 – 3:45 pm; and, any other time as desired by appointment with Fr. Matt.
Marriage: Please call Fr. Matt at least 6 months before desired date in order to begin preparation.
Anointing of Sick: Call Fr. Matt’s cell phone any time.
Holy Orders: Call Fr. Matt or Dcn. Jerry for information.
Sacred Heart Candle: Jacob &
Saturday,
April 13th
&
Sunday,
April 14th
St. Mary Candle ~ In Memory of Jim Merritt
Office Hours: Mon-Thu: 8:30a-12:30p
Fri: 8:30a-12:00p
Appointments can be
made for any time of the
day. In case of an
emergency, please call
Fr Matt at 715-891-1560
Check us out on Facebook! Like our page and keep up
to date!
St. Anthony Collection… Weekly Expenses: $2,844.00
Amount collected: $2,884.00
+ $40.00
Adult Envelopes: $2,748.00
Loose: $131.00 Youth: $5.00
Envelopes Issued: 296 Used: 100
Fiscal Year Starting
July 1, 2012
Budget difference
- $15,292.24
St. Anthony Collection… Adult Envelopes: $1,801.00 Loose: $116.75 Youth: $7.25
Envelopes Issued: 296 Envelopes used last week: 72 Thank You!
SAT April 13th
9-10am St. Anthony Confession
3-3:45pm St. Anthony Confession
4:00pm St. Anthony Mass Intention: For the People
SUN April 14th 9:00am RE for 1st – 5th grades
10:30am St. Anthony Mass Intention: Jim Merritt
10:30am Pre-K RE
6-7:00pm Sacred Heart Mass
MON April 15th 6:30pm Rosary in the Parish Center
CRS Rice Bowls are due ~ Please turn them into the Office today!
TUE April 16th 6:00pm St. Anthony Mass Intention:
6:30-8:30pm St. Anthony’s Youth Group
St. Anthony’s Finance Council Meeting 6:30 – 7:30pm
WED April 17h 5:30-7:15pm RE for 6th – 8th grades
6:45-8:45pm RE for 9th -- 11th grades
6:45-7:15pm St. Anthony Mass Intention: Elaine Osier 10th grade Seder Meal 6:30pm (Please contact Yvonne by [email protected] if you can help or make a dish)
THU April 18th
9:00-10:00am Mass at Maryhill Intention:
FRI April 19th 10:00-11:00am Mass at Maryhill
1:00-2:00pm St. Anthony’s Faith Formation Holy Hour
SAT April 20th 9-10am St. Anthony Confession
3-3:45pm St. Anthony Confession
4:00pm St. Anthony Mass Intention: For the People
SUN April 21ST
9:00am RE for 1st - 5th grade
10:30am St. Anthony Mass Intention: Ken Shampo
10:30am Pre-K RE
Last Day of RE for the 2012-2013 School year ~ Ice Cream Carnival
Bulletin Announcements:
Please submit your announcement by emailing the [email protected] or drop it off at the office before Wednesday 1:00pm
April 20th April 21st
Sacristan Frank Sherman Patricia Hansen
Lector
Cary Garvaglia
Becky Aderman
Altar
Server
Trevor Lantagne
& Cole Carlson
Trevor Lantagne, Camryn
Champeau, & Olivia Brasure
Greeters Ray & Darlene Howen Peg Stauber & Betty Bock
Communion Distributors
J. & J. Zychowski,
C. Garvaglia
G. & M. Vandenberg,
J. Hoogland
Ushers Patrick Moreau, Bill Moreau, Ray Garvaglia, Jackie Courney
Don Powalka, Phil Neveau, Jackie Neveau, Jim Hoogland
Musicians Laura – Barb - Choir Denise - Barb - Kathy
Money
Counters Carolyn Reimer & Eileen LaLiberte
Mon, April. 15th
Hospital
Visitation Kim Tobey
Fri, April 12th
Staplers Julie Turrie & Patricia Schaut
Karen’s Food
Pantry’s shelves are
bare! Please help to
refill the shelves!
St. Anthony's is accepting
applications for a part time, 2-4
hours per week, bookkeeper
position. Qualifications for this position include: Computer skills, and working knowledge of
Accounting and Payroll practices. Required
training will take place in Green Bay and
locally. Qualified applicants please submit application
and current resume at the Parish Office.
St. Anthony’s Parish News
VBS Coordinater Needed We are in need of someone
to coordinate this summer’s Vacation Bible School. If you are an organized, fun loving, faith-filled person, the youth in our community need you to use your talents for this year’s VBS. Call Dawn Johnson @ 251-1773 if you can take on this worth while event.
Knights of Columbus Charity Raffle: The Knights of Columbus is now selling tickets
at $5 each for its 2013 statewide Charity Raffle. There will be 50 prize winners ranging from $50,000.00 to $500.00. The drawing will be held at the State Convention on April 27, 2013. Tickets may be purchased from any
Wisconsin Knights of Columbus member. For more information, call (715) 251-3720, Michael Darne; Council Raffle Chairman, Father Damien Council 2847, Niagara, WI. Please leave your name, address, and
phone number, and number of tickets requested. Thank you! The Proceeds from this raffle are used to help families and victims of accidents and
illness. This past year, the Knights made charitable donations totaling $304,000.00 from their local councils to needy persons in their communities. The Wisconsin State Council also issued grants totaling $217,000.00
to 176 families throughout the state. Several families in our area have been recipients of these grants during the past several years.
S.A.C.C.W. Next Meeting ~ TBA
Mass Intentions:
St. Anthony’s Council of Catholic Women
will be hosting the Spring Vicariate at St.
Anthony’s on April 25th
. The ladies of
each parish are bringing theme baskets for the drawings. In addition to the baskets,
any of our parishioners interested in
donating homemade, crafted or purchased
items for the drawings, please call
Louise at 715-251-3753 for information. If
you would like to attend please call Rose
Bousley 715-251-3249 by April 18th
.
Registration is from 9-9:30 am.
Windows… Would you like to purchase a
window in honor of or in memory of you and your family?
We are half way to our goal! Please help St. Anthony’s replace our
windows and receive a plaque with your
requested information on it. There are 2 left to purchase. Contact Sandra at the
Church office 251-3879.
Memorial Fund A window memorial fund in memory of
Fr. Pat Bernardy, who has served us from July 19, 1979 - May 31, 1999, has
been started by a few parishioners. We have already received $800 in
donations (which paid for a window). We had more people that wanted to donate for Father’s window so we
started a 2nd window in Memory of him. Which we have collected $200 (Balance
$600). If you would like to donate to this memorial fund, please call,
715-251-3879, or visit Sandra in the Parish Office. You may also drop a check off with the Memo: Fr. Pat's
window.
Karen’s Pantry We are collecting UPC codes from
Our Family products from Econo
Foods. We would appreciate if you
would save them for us!
Advancing the Mission Beginning Balance $3,807.34 Deposits $12.95 Interest $0.45 Ending Balance $3,820.29 Annual % Yield Earned This Period 0.15% Interest Paid Year -to- Date $0.46
Bishop’s Appeal Sharing God’s Grace Did you know the Diocese of Green Bay supports a mission parish in a Caribbean
country called Dominican Republic? The
parish is called Elias Pina, and it’s
parishioners have abundant faith but little
water, electricity, or money. Our Diocese
helps the mission in Elias Pina. It
provides necessary resources by attending
to the parishioners’ physical and spiritual
needs.
Although you may be unable to physically
to travel to the Dominican Republic to
help these parishioners, your support of
the Bishop’s Appeal shares God’s grace
with them. Please respond to the call to
share your gifts with others by giving a
gift to the Bishop’s Appeal.
St. Anthony’s Collection to
Date Count: 73
Cash: $6,025.00
Pledges: $3,579.00
Stock: $0.00
Total: $9,604.00
Our Parish Goal~ $16,385.00
If you have not made a gift to the Bishop's Appeal, please prayerfully consider the impact it has on our parishes, Catholic schools and communities and make a gift today at…..
Bible Component Class Our fifth, and last, Bible Component class will be from after Mass until 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 28th. A light lunch will be provided; if you are willing to bring something contact Dawn (251-1773). Again, if you are unable to attend, we will arrange another date. Homework for the 5th session is to prepare a presentation on your favorite, surprising, or most touching Bible story (verbal or written)
Carnations Mother’s Day / May Crowning
May 12th, 2012
You may start ordering the carnations for Mother’s Day/ May
Crowning.
We are ordering the carnations through Econo’s Floral Dept.
You can stop in or call the Parish office to place your order. (Please don’t order at Econo’s Floral Dept.)
Variety of colors available to Honor or Keep in Memory.
($2.00 per carnation) Last day to order is Wed. May 1st.
Ask Father:
This week’s question: “How did Rome come to be the
center of the Church’s world when everything took
place in and around the Holy Land?”
This week’s question was submitted recently by someone
who had been watching the Bible series on TV. Judging from
what I’ve heard about the TV miniseries, I’m going to assume that
it provides an overview of the story of the Bible from Creation
through the Paschal Mystery (life-death-resurrection of Jesus) –
that is to say, from Genesis through the Gospels.
It is certainly true that the theo-geographical focal point
of all that history is: Jerusalem. Everything that happened from
Creation through Ascension happened either in or in relation to
Jerusalem – the site of the Temple. Adam and Eve, Noah,
Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Joshua, Ruth, Samuel, Saul, David,
Solomon, Elijah, Jezebel, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Daniel, Judith, Esther, Ezra, Judas – these people and all their stories are about preparing
for Jerusalem, being in Jerusalem, and/or not being in Jerusalem.
So, as your question astutely asks: If all this Bible stuff is
centered in Jerusalem, how did Rome come to be the center of the
Church? One thing the Bible is crystal clear about: Jesus is the
focal point of the whole Bible – He is the hinge of all human
history. Just as from Adam & Eve all the way through Solomon,
everything was preparing for the Temple in Jerusalem – so the
Temple in Jerusalem was itself a preparation for Jesus (the True
Temple) and the Church (the New Jerusalem).
Jesus lived His human life in and around Jerusalem; but
He didn’t even come in the flesh until 2 particular world events
had taken place outside of Jerusalem. One was the empire of the
Greeks under Alexander the Great – which caused one language
(Greek) to be spoken throughout the known world. The second
was the Roman Empire – which built roads spanning the entire
known world (and all of them leading to Rome). With these 2 world-wide happenings (under God’s providence), the stage was
set for Jesus and His Church.
Just before His Ascension, Jesus gave His Apostles 2
orders: (1) go and stay in Jerusalem until you receive the Holy
Spirit [Pentecost!], and (2) afterward, go and make disciples of all
nations. In order to accomplish this last great commission, Peter
and Paul (the 2 great Apostles) took the Church to Rome – which
was the capital of the world. There lived Caesar (the counterfeit
son of god); and so there Peter and Paul brought Jesus – the True
King and Son of God Most High. There, Peter and Paul poured
out their blood as martyrs for Jesus; and so there the Church of
God sprouted, grew, and blossomed. Jesus had come into the
world. The old Jerusalem faded into the background as the New
Jerusalem set sail and landed in Rome. From there, She has sailed
to every land – and, since all roads lead to Rome, Her children
have continued to call Rome home.
Thanks for another great question, and if you have more questions or a different way of looking at this, please sign on to
our website and post a response under the “Ask Father” section in
the “Forum” area. And keep those questions coming! May God
bless you this Easter and always!
Fr. Matt’s Corner:
... do you love me more than these? …
Happy Easter to all of you, my dear friends in
Christ! Even as the track and baseball and softball seasons
get underway (with snow still lingering on), I think we’re all
ready for a new start – the start of summer.
So it is with our faith as well, as we continue going
deeper into the mysteries of our faith this Easter season
(with 5 more weeks of Eastertide to come!). Easter is a
season of baptism – of new life – and as new life promises to
bud out in grass and flower and leaf, so our faith beckons us
to spring up in life. When Peter today hears that “It is the
Lord!” who has come to us, he immediately goes for
baptism, and jumped into the sea.
After he comes out of those baptismal waters, Jesus
came over and took the bread and gave it to him. That’s
what He does for us at every Mass as well – He takes the
bread, changes it into His body, and gives it to us to eat. So
far, it’s all been good for us: we get in a nice bathing and
we are fed with the Bread of Life – pretty easy, eh? Jesus
has done all the work (sacrificing His Body and Blood – His
life – for us). But now comes His challenge.
When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to
Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than
these?” Uh oh, why is He asking this? Jesus has shown us
God’s love for us, and He has shown us that His love
conquers all – even death! He now invites us into the life of
God – a life of self-sacrificing love. Not only are we not to
offend God by stealing, lying, gossiping, and other obvious
heinous crimes against God’s gift. Now we must do more:
Jesus said to him, “Feed my lambs.” In other words,
“Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least
brothers of mine, you did for me.” Because God has loved
us with everything, our response must be everything – not
just avoiding evil (that’s the merely obvious), but also doing
good.
Jesus promises that following Him will cost us
everything that is not God: for Peter, that would mean
family, house, livelihood, liberty, and even his earthly life.
But He also promises that following Him is the only way to
true joy and eternal life. Peter and the other disciples would
later be found rejoicing that they had been found worthy to
suffer dishonor for the sake of the name of Jesus. So it was
for Jesus Himself, so it was with Peter, and so it is now with
Peter’s current successor, Pope Francis. May we be with
Peter and the other disciples in following Jesus – rejoicing
that we have been found worthy to suffer dishonor for the
sake of the name
Peace to all of you, my friends, this Holy Day, and
to all who love the Lord in simplicity of heart,
Fr. Matt
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