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St. Catherine of Alexandria, the church on the hill since 1855, joins together as a Catholic community to give praise and thanks to God by living and sharing our faith in

Jesus Christ through our worship, formation and outreach. With our cluster parishes, we strive to make Christ

visible to our wider community.

WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULULEULE Saturday: 4:30PM · Sunday: 9:30AM

WEEKDAY MASS SCHEDULEULE Tuesday, Thursday & First Friday: 12:00PM Tu

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATIONIONN Saturdays from 3:30 - 4:00PM or by appointment. Sa

PARPARISH OFFICE HOURSRSRS Monday through Thursday ................................................... 9:00AM - 4:00PM Friday............................................................................................. 9:00AM - Noon

WEBSITE ........................................................................ www.stcatherinemke.org

PHONE NUMBERSERSS Parish Office ................................................................................ 414-365-2020 Parish Fax Number ..................................................................... 414-365-2021

PARPAPARRISH STAFFAFAFFF Administrator ................................................................Fr. Joe Jagodensky, SDS Ext. 11; jjagodensky@stcatherinemke.org Help-out Priest ................................................................. Fr. Alan Wagner, SDS alwagnersds@att.net Help-out Priest ..................................................................... Fr. Joseph Hornacek hornacekj@wi.rr.com Director of Administrative Services ........................................................ Jon Gabik Ext. 12; jgabik@stcatherinemke.org Director of Liturgy & Music .................................................................... Andy Kukec Ext. 15; akukec@stcatherinemke.org Director of Christian Formation......................................................... Lorrie Maples Ext. 14; lmaples@stcatherinemke.org Parish Administrative Assistant ........................................................... Front Desk Ext. 10; info@stcatherinemke.org

PARISH OFFICERSERS Jeff Jaroczynski, Trustee-Secretary Bill Protz, Pastoral Council Chair Joe Carey, Trustee-Treasurer John Buckley, Council Vice Chair pending, Finance Chair Council Secretary by Committee

NORTHWEST CATHOLIC SIC SCHOOL (GRADES K4K4-K4-8)8)8)8) 7140 N. 41st Street, Milwaukee, WI 53209 Phone: 414-352-NWCS (6927) Website: www.nwcschool.org Principal ........................................................................................ Laquasha Logan

SACRAMENT OF BAPTAPTTTISM The preparation for baptism can begin before the baby is born. A preparation class and parish membership are required. Call the parish office to make arrangements.

SACRAMENT OF MARRARRIAGE Contact the Parish Office to begin the preparation process at least six months prior to the anticipated date. Parish membership is required.

SACRAMENT OF ANONOINTING OF THE SICKCK Celebrated at Sunday Masses a number of times throughout the year. Watch the bulletin for the schedule. Also by appointment.

SACRAMENTAL PREPARATATATIONNN Contact the Christian Formation Office for First Communion, First Reconciliation, Confirmation or Rite of Christian Initiation into the Catholic faith (RCIA).

COMMUNUNUNION FOR THE HOMEBOUNDUNUNDD Anyone who cannot attend Mass because of illness or age, please contact the Parish Office so that arrangements can be made to bring Communion to you.

St. Catherine of Alexandria Milwaukee, Wisconsin

SACRAMENTAL LIFE & PRAYER

SUNDAY: July 4 - 14th Sunday of Ordinary Time; Independence Day 4:30PM Mass - People of St. Catherine †Marge and Bernie Goldader 9:30AM Mass - †Kurt and Teresa Gross Sr †Tony Verkuilen MONDAY: July 5 - St. Anthony Zaccaria, Priest; St. Elizabeth of Portugal TUESDAY: July 6 - St. Maria Goretti, Virgin and Martyr 10:30AM Rosary & Communion Service (suspended) - Villa at Bradley Estates 12:00PM Mass - †Marcella Entwisle WEDNESDAY: July 7 THURSDAY: July 8 12:00PM Mass - †Colleen McCarthy FRIDAY: July 9 - St. Augustine Zhao Rong, Priest, and Companions, Martyrs SATURDAY: July 10 - Blessed Virgin Mary 4:30PM Mass - People of St. Catherine SUNDAY: July 11 - 15th Sunday of Ordinary Time 9:30AM Mass - Richard and Rosemary Bonniwell

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

WEEKLY CALENDAR

With the exception of the following, all activities have been suspended until further notice due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.

SUNDAY: July 4 First Weekend of the Month Collection for St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry MONDAY: July 5 - Office is closed for the holiday TUESDAY: July 6 WEDNESDAY: July 7 THURSDAY: July 8 FRIDAY: July 9 - 9:30-noon - St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry - SVdP Office SATURDAY: July 10 3:30PM Reconciliation

Sunday: Ez 2:2-5/Ps 123:1-2, 2, 3-4 [2cd]/2 Cor 12:7-10/Mk 6:1-6a Monday: Gn 28:10-22a/Ps 91:1-2, 3-4, 14-15 ab [cf. 2b]/Mt 9:18-26 Tuesday: Gn 32:23-33/Ps 17:1b, 2-3, 6-7ab, 8b and 15 [15a]/Mt 9:32-38 Wednesday: Gn 41:55-57; 42:5-7a, 17-24a/Ps 33:2-3, 10-11, 18-19 [22]/Mt 10:1-7 Thursday: Gn 44:18-21, 23b-29; 45:1-5/Ps 105:16-17, 18-19, 20-21 [5a]/Mt 10:7-15 Friday: Gn 46:1-7, 28-30/Ps 37:3-4, 18-19, 27-28, 39-40 [39a]/Mt 10:16-23 Saturday: Gn 49:29-32; 50:15-26a/Ps 105:1-2, 3-4, 6-7 [cf. Ps 69:33]/Mt 10:24-33 Next Sunday: Am 7:12-15/Ps 85:9-10, 11-12, 13-14 [8]/Eph 1:3-14 or 1:3-10/Mk 6:7-13

Easing of Covid Restrictions ---NEW. Beginning July 3 we return to passing the collection baskets throughout the Church at the Offertory with the usher presenting the gifts to the presider. ---The north side of the church is now completely open for those not concerned with social distancing or mask-wearing. ---The south side remains as it is for those wishing to keep the social distancing with masks. ---The choir loft and Granville Room protocols remain the same for those wishing the social distancing with masks. ---Ushers no longer need to seat people unless someone needs assistance for sitting on the south side. ---The ushers will also no longer need to assist with dismissal. People are free to exit however they wish. ---The Orders of Worship can be dropped off as people exit or can be taken home and brought back the following weekend. ---At the end of Mass, the ushers will distribute bulletins with or without gloves and masks, at their discretion.

Prayer of Thanksgiving for Freedom God, giver of all good gifts, Help us to be thankful for rest and food, and remember that, in all we do or say, you are with us, here this day. We are thankful for all you do and for everything you have given us. But above all we are thankful for our freedoms and the ability to protect others' freedom. We are free because of you. We ask for your continued blessing on all your creation. Through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

14th Sunday in Ordinary Time July 4, 2021

SOULFUL MUSE

Sitting on my porch, it starts to rain, but I continue writing. It’s falling all around me, but I’m okay under my canopy unless there’s a strong wind. Movies love using rain as a tool. It introduces you to a change in the character’s behavior. The star has a breakup and walks home in the ? The star finally realizes (after 1:45 minutes, something we already know) that she’s the one and then runs to stand in front of her window in the ? Then there’s the classic Gene Kelly, “so happy again,” prancing around in the ? until the policeman almost arrests him for enjoying himself. A tad too much? If my sitting underneath it is calling for a change within me, then I’m not so sure. My plants and trees may love it, but I’m leery about me. Change? The ? around me now does it pitter-patter as though it’s a melody waiting for lyrics. New words to add to my unfolding life? Listen to the “Rhythm of the Falling Rain” come to mind, “telling me just what a fool I’ve been…” (Ricky Nelson). “Little did I know that when she left day, along with her, she took my heart.” A stretch, but still. You run out to join in it, when you’re young, until your mom yells that you’ll soon die if you don’t come in. You lift your head back, open your mouth and attempt to catch as many of those heavenly drops as you can. At home, hearing your clothes circling around as they dry, you still taste the droplets that arrived from above. Those ? can be enjoyable when cooling off the evening’s heat. Spiritually, those ? can also be a call to something new, a challenging change, a revision/readjustment, a return to something you thought you lost, a renewal of this life gift God’s given, a genuine smile for all that has been, and a trust in what will be. The rain on my porch stopped, but the corner drain drops a steady beat like my heart. What is the ? alerting or telling me? Oh, wait, it’s just a spring rain. Or is it more? Fr. Joe, S.D.S.

PARISH INCOME

AS OF JUNE 20, 2021 (WEEK 51)

LAST WEEK’S BUDGET $7,115

LAST WEEK’S ENVELOPES $3,033 LAST WEEK’S OFFERTORY $ 241 ELECTRONIC GIVING $980 $4,254 EXCESS/(SHORTFALL) $ (2,861)

YEAR-TO-DATE BUDGET $362,884 YEAR TO DATE ACTUAL $347,219 YTD EXCESS/(SHORTFALL) $ (15,665)

CALENDAR RAFFLE WINNERS

June 27 Chris Conrady Townsend, WI June 28 Tricia White Verona, WI June 29 Tim Hoey Brown Deer June 30 Robert & Marge Borchardt Brown Deer July 1 Karen Scholz Brown Deer July 2 Matt Conrady Chicago July 3 Barbara Bechtel Brown Deer

ST. CATHERINE CEMETERY AND COLUMBARIUM If you are interested in the purchase of a grave or columbarium niche, contact Jon Gabik in our parish office at 414-365-2020, ext. 12 or at jgabik@stcatherinemke.org. Information about the columbarium can also be found on our parish website. We have an additional 120 graves in the new section south of our current cemetery (60 graves on each side of the columbarium). One does not need to be a parishioner of St. Catherine to purchase a grave or a niche.

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Know the Warning Signs of Abuse

Child molesters look like everyone else. They don’t look like scary people that anyone should know to avoid. Rather, they live with their families in our neighborhoods. One of the most important ways to ensure the safety of children in our environments is to know the warning signs of adults who present a risk of harm to children. Among these signs are when the person (1) always wants to be alone with children in areas where no one can monitor the interaction, (2) allows children to do things their parents would not permit, (3) is always more excited to be with children than with adults, and (4) discourages others from participating in activities involving kids. Source: Paul Ashton, “Know the Warning Signs, Part 2,” featured November 19, 2007, at www.virtusonline.org/virtus.

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LITURGY NOTES

14th Sunday in Ordinary Time Those who know Jesus best may know him least

“Prophets are respected everywhere but in their own hometown

and by their relatives and their family. He was not able to perform any miracles there.”

Mark 6:1-6

Clarification. In last week’s article I used the term, kerygmatic. I should have said the preaching of the gospel of Christ, especially in the manner of the early church. It is also the content or message of such preaching. Sorry for the confusion.

Mark places the rejection of Jesus by people in “his own country” later in the ministry than does Luke, but the effect is still the same: to underscore that the very ones most familiar with an agent of God – neighbors, relatives and household – may well be those least likely to recognize that person’s divine authority and mission, much less to respond in faith to it, precisely because they know that person too well on the human level.

The healings that happen in our life are as much a part of our readiness to be healed as it is of the holiness of the healer. It is up to us to see goodness, where we find it and to open our hearts to it.

Lord, it hurts us to see people we love and care about in the grip of unbelief.

We can only imagine how much your heart aches for them! Our prayers go out for members of our own families, our

friends, and people we work with. We are able to sense both their need for you and their

resistance to the truth. We need the constant presence of your Holy Spirit.

Help us to watch for opportunities to share the hope and power of the good news.

Do not allow us to give up when we are frustrated by the lack of response.

Help us to remember that you prepare hearts to be receptive.

Use us to reach through the unbelief of others. Amen.

Andy

The Psalm Post

Lorrie and The Psalm Post are on vacation until July 6th.

A History of Independence Day (from the History web site)

When the initial battles in the Revolutionary War broke out in April 1775, few colonists desired complete independence from Great Britain, and those who did were considered radical.

By the middle of the following year, however, many more colonists had come to favor independence, thanks to growing hostility against Britain and the spread of revolutionary sentiments such as those expressed in the bestselling pamphlet “Common Sense ,” published by Thomas Paine in early 1776.

On June 7, when the Continental Congress met at the Pennsylvania State House (later Independence Hall) in Philadelphia, the Virginia delegate Richard Henry Lee introduced a motion calling for the colonies’ independence.

Amid heated debate, Congress postponed the vote on Lee’s resolution, but appointed a five -man committee—Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, John Adams of Massachusetts, Roger Sherman of Connecticut, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania and Robert R. Livingston of New York—to draft a formal statement justifying the break with Great Britain.

Did you know? John Adams believed that July 2nd was the correct date on which to celebrate the birth of American independence, and would reportedly turn down invitations to appear at July 4th events in protest. Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died on July 4, 1826—the 50th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence.

SHARED MOMENTS OF JOY:

JOY IS THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. ALL THOSE BOOKS, MAGAZINES, DVDS, CDS, GAMES, ALL FREE WITH A LIBRARY CARD! EVERY

TIME I WALK THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR, IT MAKES ME HAPPY. NICOLE HARTLEY

LITURGY NOTES

14th Sunday in Ordinary Time Those who know Jesus best may know him least

“Prophets are respected everywhere but in their own hometown

and by their relatives and their family. He was not able to perform any miracles there.”

Mark 6:1-6

Clarification. In last week’s article I used the term, kerygmatic. I should have said the preaching of the gospel of Christ, especially in the manner of the early church. It is also the content or message of such preaching. Sorry for the confusion.

Mark places the rejection of Jesus by people in “his own country” later in the ministry than does Luke, but the effect is still the same: to underscore that the very ones most familiar with an agent of God – neighbors, relatives and household – may well be those least likely to recognize that person’s divine authority and mission, much less to respond in faith to it, precisely because they know that person too well on the human level.

The healings that happen in our life are as much a part of our readiness to be healed as it is of the holiness of the healer. It is up to us to see goodness, where we find it and to open our hearts to it.

Lord, it hurts us to see people we love and care about in the grip of unbelief.

We can only imagine how much your heart aches for them! Our prayers go out for members of our own families, our

friends, and people we work with. We are able to sense both their need for you and their

resistance to the truth. We need the constant presence of your Holy Spirit.

Help us to watch for opportunities to share the hope and power of the good news.

Do not allow us to give up when we are frustrated by the lack of response.

Help us to remember that you prepare hearts to be receptive.

Use us to reach through the unbelief of others. Amen.

Andy

The Psalm Post

Lorrie and The Psalm Post are on vacation until July 6th.

A History of Independence Day (from the History web site)

When the initial battles in the Revolutionary War broke out in April 1775, few colonists desired complete independence from Great Britain, and those who did were considered radical.

By the middle of the following year, however, many more colonists had come to favor independence, thanks to growing hostility against Britain and the spread of revolutionary sentiments such as those expressed in the bestselling pamphlet “Common Sense ,” published by Thomas Paine in early 1776.

On June 7, when the Continental Congress met at the Pennsylvania State House (later Independence Hall) in Philadelphia, the Virginia delegate Richard Henry Lee introduced a motion calling for the colonies’ independence.

Amid heated debate, Congress postponed the vote on Lee’s resolution, but appointed a five -man committee—Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, John Adams of Massachusetts, Roger Sherman of Connecticut, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania and Robert R. Livingston of New York—to draft a formal statement justifying the break with Great Britain.

Did you know? John Adams believed that July 2nd was the correct date on which to celebrate the birth of American independence, and would reportedly turn down invitations to appear at July 4th events in protest. Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died on July 4, 1826—the 50th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence.

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