Let us attend to what is good, pleasing, and acceptable in the sight of God who formed us...and let those who have

love in Jesus Christ keep the commandments of Christ.

(Pope St. Clement I, “Letter to the Corinthians”)

SAINT CLEMENT CATHOLIC PARISH135 South Washington Street – Lancaster, Wisconsin 53813

Founded in 1859

For Parish Membership, Baptisms, Weddings, Communion Calls or any other pastoral need, contact the respective parish office.

Bulletin Announcements: Deadline is Monday at noon to the St. Clement Parish Office or to st_clement@tds.net

Fr. William Vernon, Pastor 723-4990Bill Manthe, Parish Associate 723-4990Katie Crosby, Parish Secretary 723-4990

Website: www.saintclementparish.com

Josh Jensen, Principal 723-7474Nick Crosby, CRE 7-12 723-4990Rebecca Dean & Melissa Martin, CREs K-6

Email: st_clement@tds.net (Katie)

Diocese of Madison, Bishop Donald J. Hying

THE MOST HOLY TRINITY JUNE 7, 2020

STEWARDSHIP OF TREASURE

May 30 & 31Church Support Envelopes � � � � � $6,656�00Offertory Cash� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �$681�00Weekly Electronic Giving � � � � � � $1,048�00Total � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �$8,385�00

Budgeted Offertory for May � � � $33,380�00Offertory Received in May � � � � $37,582�00Budgeted Amount Exceeded � � � � � � $4,202�00

Monthly Offertory Comparison May 2020 (5 weekends) � � � � � � � � � $37,582�00May 2019 (4 weekends) � � � � � � � � � $30,111�00

Weekly Mass Schedule

Tuesday, June 9 � � � � � � � � � � � � � 8:15 AM (Saint Ephrem, Deacon and Doctor of the Church)

† Karl & Caroline Kuenster; Karolyn Huinker

Wednesday, June 10 � � � � � � � � � 8:15 AM † Diane Heinrichs

Thursday, June 11 � � � � � � � � � � � 8:15 AM (Saint Barnabas, Apostle)

Special Intention ( JB)

Friday, June 12 � � � � � � � � � � � � � 8:15 AM † Vince & Germaine Mumm

Saturday, June 13 � � � � � � � � � � � 8:15 AM(Saint Anthony of Padua, Priest and Doctor of the Church)

Special Intention for JP 5:00 PM

People of Our Parish

Sunday, June 14 � � � � � � � � � � � � � 7:30 AM The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ

(Corpus Christi)† Deceased Members of the Reuter Family

9:30 AM † Paul Penchi Jr�

From Our Pastor:From Our Pastor:This Sunday, the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity (and we

read from Exodus 34:4-9; Daniel 3:52-55; 2 Corinthians 13:11-13; John 3:16-18)� “By sending His only Son and the Spirit of Love in the fullness of time, God has revealed His innermost secret: God Himself is an eternal exchange of love, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and He has destined us to share in that exchange” (Catechism of the Catholic Church #221)� God has called us to share in His eternal love! He has made each of us in His image – and, through our baptism, the Holy Trinity dwells in us, giving us the grace to live the virtuous life of faith, hope and love� By the power of His Holy Spirit, God’s love has been poured into our hearts and He calls us to witness to His love by our prayers, words and actions�

When we pray, we invoke the Holy Trinity, as we often begin our prayers by making the sign of the Cross, “In the Name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit�” Yet, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI asks, “How often have we made the sign of the Cross, invoking without really adverting to it, the Name of the Triune God? In its original meaning, the sign of the Cross was, each time it was made, a renewal of our baptism, a repetition of the words by which we became Christians, and an assimilation into our personal life of what was given us in baptism… Water was poured over us and, at the same time, the words were spoken: ‘I baptize you in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit�’ The Church makes us Christians by calling on the name of the Trinitarian God� From Her beginning, the Church has expressed in this way what She regards as the truly definitive mark of our Christianity: faith in the Triune God� We might find that disappointing� It seems so remote from our life� It seems so useless and so hard to understand� If there must be short formulas for expressing the tenets of our faith, then they should at least be attractive, exciting, something whose importance for men and for our lives is immediately apparent� Yet, in the last analysis, this is what we are saying here: Christianity is not first concerned with the Church or with men, but with God� Its proper orientation is not to our hopes, our fears, or our wishes, but to God, to His majesty and His power� The first article of Christian faith, the basic orientation of Christian conversion, is that God exists� We must, therefore, learn again to understand from God’s perspective what being a Christian really means – that is, believing that He is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit�” (Co-Workers of the Truth, Ignatius Press)�

As the Holy Spirit enables us (Romans 8), let us pray for peace in the world, for God’s healing for all who are sick and suffering, for all farms and businesses to flourish again, hospitals and clinics to fully open, all people to return to work, and God’s strength and protection for all healthcare workers, first responders and our U�S� Armed Forces, and for all people to be safe, prudent and use common sense� As witnesses for Christ, let us keep holy the Lord’s Day, get to Confession regularly, pray daily, and practice selfless love in our words and deeds� And we pray: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end, Amen� In God we live and move and have our being (Acts 17:28), for He is with us always (Matthew 28:16-20)� Amen�

With prayers and peace in the Most Holy Trinity,Fr. William

OFFICE HOURS:Mondays, Tuesdays & Wednesdays:

9 am to 5 pmThursdays & Fridays:

9 am to 2 pm

RECONCILIATIONBefore Daily & Sunday Masses

Saturday at 4:00 PMFace-to-face reconciliation by appointment only�

THANK YOU!St� Clement Parish would like to thank Jim and Mary Curley’s children for their generous

donation in their parents’ memory that enabled our parish to restore and re-finish our parish’s Monstrance that we use for Exposition and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament�

EUCHARISTIC PROCESSION IN CHURCH ON JUNE 14This Sunday, June 14, on the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ

(Corpus Christi), after the 9:30am Mass, we will have Exposition and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and a Eucharistic Procession in church, concluding with Solemn Benediction�

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE: JUNE 13 & 14

5:00 PM Lectors: Peg Jonas5:00 PM Servers: Cameron & Caleigh Krantz7:30 AM Lectors: Bill Manthe7:30 AM Server: Oliviah Webster9:30 AM Lectors: Kitty Mumm9:30 Servers: Mallory & Kylie Olmstead

GET YOUR RAFFLE TICKETS TODAYWe are not sure if and when we will be able to hold our annual

Celebration of Giving Dinner Auction, but we will be moving forward with the raffle drawing in support of our wonderful school� If you have already purchased your raffle tickets, thank you, they have been entered into the drawing� If you have not purchased your tickets yet, or if you would like to buy additional tickets, they may be purchased at the SCRIP table following weekend Masses or at the school and church offices during the week� Tickets are just $25 each and offer a grand prize of $5,000!!! Second prize $1,000 and third prize is $500� Thank you all once again for your amazing support of our Saint Clement Parish church and school!!!

SAINT CLEMENT SCHOOL

GO MAKE DISCIPLES!Diocese of Madison Evangelization Initiative

Last Sunday, the “GO MAKE DISCIPLES” evangelization initiative of the Diocese of Madison officially began� Bishop

Donald Hying has written a pastoral letter that he will be sharing in segment form in the Catholic Herald each week� If you do not receive the Catholic Herald, contact Katie at the parish office to start your subscription� We wish to highlight a few insights from Bishop Hying’s letter as we, individually and communally, are challenged to go make disciples�

“Jesus Christ died for you� For you, the person receiving these words, God -- the Eternal Creator -- became a human being, entered into the messiness of humanity, lived, worked, loved, and prayed with those around him, and at the end of a young life, was unjustly condemned, cruelly tortured, and died as a criminal on a cross�

He did it for you� Stop, even just for a second, and actually consider that� You’ve likely heard it before -- maybe even a hundred or a thousand times -- but reconsider it; try to internalize it anew�

Now, consider your life� Is it fundamentally affected by the reality that God has such love for you? Does that truth cross your mind on a daily basis? It should� If we really consider that profound gift -- that the Lord of life, the Most High, has loved us -- it should change everything� But does it?

Does it matter to us that all the human condition involves -- even sin, suffering, and death -- has been redeemed? In His Passion and suffering, Jesus Christ has transformed all that we suffer� He suffers with us, He “co-mierates,” and there is great comfort in that� But He also redeems us and that changes everything� Christ’s Passion and death does not take away that which we endure, but it elevates it to the divine and transforms it� As our Lord promised, by taking up our crosses in the way that He did, we can also follow in His Resurrection and in Eternal Life� It changes the trajectory of human existence� It SHOULD change everything about the way we live� Fear, anxiety, pain, sorrow, all of it can be united to His� Hope of eternal life shatters our despair�

God loves the world; He loves you� Not only did Jesus Christ die for us, but He died so that a relationship to God might be available to each and every person in the history of the world�

God died so that you might know Him alive� God died so that you might truly live forever and taste even in this life, the abundant goodness of the Resurrection!

***Please note, if you are not feeling well, please stay home and find a substitute!

*** Lectors: Your new schedules are available in the sacristy�

JOYFUL EVER AFTER!The Catholic Marriage Summit 2020

June 11-13Many of us would like to go on a marriage enrichment retreat,

but often we don’t have the time or the resources to do so� THAT CAN CHANGE! “Joyful Ever After: The Catholic Marriage Summit 2020” is a FREE on-line event� The Marriage Summit will bring together over 50 inspirational married couples who will speak to the joys and the challenges of married life� There are talks for couples, and some that are offered specifically for men and others for women� Help get the marriage you want from the marriage you have by taking part in “Joyful Ever After: The Catholic Marriage Summit 2020” on June 11-13� If you are unable to watch during the days this is offered, or want to view the talks after the summit is over, there is also an option to purchase the talks for

later viewing� To register or for more information, go to www�joyfuleverafter�org/catholic-marriage-summit-2020�

SOMEONE TO CELEBRATE!Msgr� Tom Baxter, one of our former pastors is retiring! We

certainly wish him well after many years of serving the people of God as a good and holy pastor� Good Shepherd Parish (his current parish) is planning a celebration for Msgr� Tom on June 28� It will begin at 1:30 pm with Mass at St� James Church with Bishop Donald Hying, followed by a reception at Vilas Park� Much of this is tentative given the present restrictions� However, Good Shepherd Parish would like to get an idea of how many people plan to attend� Please send a note with your name, phone number, email address and the number of people coming to: Good Shepherd Parish, 1128 St� James Ct�, Madison, WI 53715�

You can also use this address to send Msgr� Tom a card� As the date gets closer, the parish will contact those planning to attend about any changes� If you would like to send a 5-10 second video of well wishes, or a photo, please send these to Bonnie Moschkau at bmoschkau@icloud�com� Bonnie will put these clips together onto a DVD to be given to Msgr� Tom as a keepsake�

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