SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE Arrangements must be made at least six months in advance. SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Expectant parents are to participate in the Baptism preparation program. Classes are offered in February, June, and October. SACRAMENT OF PENANCE Weekdays 6:30 - 6:50 AM Fridays 7:00 - 8:00 PM Saturdays 3:45 - 4:15 PM and 6:15 - 6:45 PM SACRAMENT OF THE ANOINTING OF THE SICK Those preparing for serious surgery are to contact the rectory; the shut-ins and elderly contact Sr. Rita. PARISH MEMBERSHIP Call the Rectory Office 715-384-3252

St. John the Baptist Catholic Church

201 W. BLODGETT ST. MARSHFIELD, WI 54449-2004 website: www.stjohnsmarshfield.org

ESTABLISHED IN 1877 XIV VOLUME 6 N0 49 JUNE 25, 2017 TWELFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

CALENDAR OF PARISH ACTIVITIES JUNE / JULY 2017

MISSION STATEMENT: Our mission at St. John the Baptist Parish is to prepare people for the coming of the fullness of God’s Kingdom by sharing the Catholic Faith and its tradition.

PARISH PERSONNEL Fr. Samuel Martin, Pastor 715-384-3252 ext. 212 Fr. Daniel Sedlacek, Associate Pastor 715-384-3252 ext. 213 Deacon Jeffrey Austin, Permanent Deacon 715-676-3186 Sister Rita Adlkofer, Spiritual Counselor 715-384-9929 Mary Gouin, Parish Secretary 715-384-9565 ext. 210 Pam Housworth, Finance Office 715-384-9565 ext. 215 Deb Mlsna, DRE 715-659-4480 ext. 202 Dan Kitzhaber, Youth Minister 715-384-3252 ext. 6 St. John School Office 715-384-4989 ext. 1 David Eaton, CCS President 715-387-1177 MASSES Weekdays 7:00 AM Saturdays 8:00 AM / 4:30 / 7:00 PM Sundays 7:00 / 9:00 / 11:00 AM

25 26 27 28 29 30 1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

SUNDAY MASSES

7:00AM 9:00AM

11:00AM

ADORATION

7:30AM-12:00PM CONFESSIONS 7:30AM-8:30AM

FORTNIGHT FOR FREEDOM

HOLY HOUR 6:30 - 7:30PM

2:30PM MASS ATRIUM CARE

CENTER

ROSARY 12:15PM

CONFESSIONS 7:00 - 8:00PM

CONFESSIONS 3:45 - 4:15PM 6:15 - 6:45PM

MASSES 4:30PM 7:00PM

SUNDAY MASSES

7:00AM 9:00AM

11:00AM

FORTNIGHT FOR FREEDOM ROSARY WALK

6:30PM

ADORATION

7:30AM-12:00PM CONFESSIONS 7:30AM-8:30AM

ROSARY 12:15PM

CONFESSIONS 7:00 - 8:00PM

CONFESSIONS 3:45 - 4:15PM 6:15 - 6:45PM

MASSES 4:30PM 7:00PM

MASS SCHEDULE / SCRIPTURE READINGS MON 6/26/17 7:00am Robert Schiferl, Sr. Scripture Readings: Gn 12:1-9 Mt 7:1-5 TUES 6/27/17 St. Cyril of Alexandria, Bishop, Doctor of the Church 7:00am Lucine Cook Scripture Readings: Gn 13:2, 5-18 Mt 7:6, 12-14 WED 6/28/17 St. Irenaeus, Bishop, Martyr 7:00am Living & deceased members of the Henry & Anna Rehlinger family Scripture Readings: Gn 15:1-12, 17-18 Mt 7:15-20 THUR 6/29/17 Sts. Peter & Paul, Apostles 7:00am Ruby Brantner & Special Intention Scripture Readings: Acts 12:1-11 2 Tim 4:6-8, 17-18 Mt 16:13-19 FRI 6/30/17 The First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church 7:00am Warren Von Holzen Scripture Readings: Gn 17:1, 9-10, 15-22 Mt 8:1-4 SAT 7/1/17 St. Junipero Serra, Priest 8:00am Kenneth Verhulst Scripture Readings: Gn 18:1-15 Mt 8:5-17

Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 4:30pm St. John the Baptist and Christ the King parish families 7:00pm John & Cathryn Marx, Jim Cherney, Henrietta & Nicole Schutz SUN 7/2/17 7:00am Herbert Weigel 9:00am Kevin Hamus & Josephine Haffenbredl 11:00am Theodore Zondlo Scripture Readings: 2 Kgs 4:8-11, 14-16a Rom 6:3-4, 8-11 Mt 10:37-42

LITURGICAL MINISTERS July 1st & 2nd, 2017

LECTORS 4:30pm Mandy Volkman 7:00pm Jeff Kean 7:00am Mary Bixby 9:00am Jim Reigel 11:00am Josh Dick MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION 4:30pm Margie Rank / Joan Raschke / Dennis & Darlene Rhodes 7:00pm Maureen Karaliunas / Kay King / Jane Lamermayer Sue German 7:00am Ed, Lonnie, & Flynn McQuillen / Mary Lou Nennig 9:00am Dick & Bonnie Meyer / Mark or Patti Wittman / Jill Hiller Nancy Bauer / Dan & Dorothy Flees / Carol Jonas 11:00am Judith Ehrfurth-Wendt / Glenn & Jane Frankwick Lucas Hart SERVERS 4:30pm Trinity & Tyler Linzmeier 7:00pm Matthew King / Isaac Egle 7:00am Michael & Emily McQuillan 9:00am Emily & Nathaniel Nemitz 11:00am Grant Olson / Hugh Steiner MUSIC MINISTER 4:30pm Gigi Plautz 7:00pm Ruby Pinter 7:00am Mary Purkapile 9:00am Mary Purkapile 11:00am Gigi Plautz

AREA EVENTS June 24 & 25: Event in Bevent, Grounds open at 5:00pm Saturday. Chicken dinner at 10:30am Sunday. Activities all afternoon. July 1: Benefit for Scarlett, at the Eagles Club, Mfld. from 3 - 9pm. Scarlett is the 20 month old daughter of Keith & Beth Zorn undergoing treatment for a rare form of cancer. Food, raffles, door prizes and music. All are invited to come and support this family.

PARISH ANNOUNCEMENTS To have a prayer added to St. John’s Prayer Chain, please call Shirley 715-384-3613 and Donna 715-384-2479 (there are 2 lists). Busy summer? Be close to Our Lord by taking a holy hour at 1am-2am Sat. or noon–1pm on Sun. at the Pope St. John Paul II Adoration Chapel. Experience the peace and joy that Eucharistic Adoration brings! Call Jean, 715-387-0571 or Dale, 715-383-2262. The Sept. - Dec. Schedules for Lectors and Communion Ministers are about to be worked on. If you wish to make changes to your scheduled time or Mass, please call Jeff & Barb Schultz at 715-387-0144 before Friday, July 7th. Thank you! Do You Love Divine Mercy? Everyone who wants to live Mercy and the spiritual life more deeply is welcome to attend our twice monthly meetings. Sister Mary Veronica will lead us through teaching, prayer and fellowship. Our next meeting will be on Thurs., July 6th at 7:00pm at Corpus Christi Church, Bakerville. We will continue to meet every other Thursday. Questions? Call 715-207-6664. The PCCW will once again be selling pie and ice cream during the Wednesday evening band concerts in Columbia Park. This has been a successful fundraiser for our parish in the past. All ladies in the parish are invited to help make and donate pies, ice cream and other needed supplies. If you would like to donate or help, please call Susan at 715-384-4343. Mission Co-Op Sunday: Envelopes for the Missionary Co-Op Program are included in the June envelope packets. Our Missionary priest this year, Rev. Francis Xavier Dias, will be here the weekend of July 15th/16th. He is from the diocese of Batticaloa, Sri Lanka and is currently Pastor of St. Joseph Parish in Adams. We look forward to having him here to share the needs of his diocese. Please write checks out to St. John’s. St. John’s Parish Family has the opportunity to aid the less fortunate in our area by serving a fellowship meal in the Gathering Room of St. Vincent de Paul Center. We meet on June 28th at 3pm to set up, serve the meal at 5pm and finish with clean-up by 6:30pm. If you are able to help, call Richard - 715-387-2763. The end of the fiscal year for our parish is June 30th. Please remember the financial needs that we have as parish family. We appreciate the support of all to continue the work of the Church.

WEEK DAY SERVERS June 26th - July 1st - Bernard Knoeck FUNERAL SERVERS June 26th - July 1st Ardell Klein / Pat Imhoff / Dan Mroz

Travels to Divine Mercy Convent, Mwanza, Tanzania On July 16th a small group of St. John’s parishioners will be heading to Divine Mercy Convent in Tanzania. They will spend nearly two weeks there getting to know the Sisters of Our Lady Queen of Africa, seeing first-hand the convent we helped build, bring gifts that will further help the Sisters in their work, and learn ways we might continue to help them in the future. In planning this trip items were generously given from different groups to be given to the Sisters. So we say to those who contributed, "Asante sana!” (a Swahili word which means thank you very much) First off, the Marshfield Clinic has generously donated medical supplies to our St. John the Baptist Mission Team. The medical supplies donated by the clinic are from inventory which they are no longer able to utilize. The donation includes: gloves, masks, splints/braces, bandages, gauze and other items for wound care. The donated items will allow the Sisters of Our Lady Queen of Africa to serve community members at their orphanage, school, and medical clinic. Thank you Marshfield Clinic for the generous donation of medical supplies! Next week we will let you know of anther group that has generously helped in another way.

FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK Praised be Jesus Christ! This weekend is a momentous one because we welcome a new priest into our midst: Father Aaron Becker. Along with two others, Father Becker was ordained a priest forever on June 24th and will celebrate his 1st Mass at 3:00 p.m. on June 25th at Christ the King. On June 29th Father will begin his first priestly assignment as the associate at Our Lady Queen of Heaven in Wisconsin Rapids and as Chaplain of Assumption Middle/High School. This is a huge transition - just a few weeks ago Aaron was finishing up his final exams and saying goodbye to the Eternal City. While I’ve quoted it before, Cardinal Farley’s remarks from his last night in Rome in 1870 are apropos of Aaron’s recent departure from Rome: “This evening I bade a sad farewell to the friends I love best perhaps on earth, to the College most dear, to the years the happiest of my life, and to the City of my very soul, to the soil moistened by the life stream of martyrs. Farewell Rome, but not, I hope, forever.” My first assignment was as an associate at St. Joachim in Pittsville, St. James in Vesper, and Holy Rosary in Sigel. I too was Chaplain at Assumption High School and taught full time for the two years I was assigned there. A priest’s first assignment is such an exciting time but also somewhat daunting. Everything is so new and sometimes people forget that. I remember last fall one time when Father Sedlacek was scheduled for a baptism and I assumed he’d already experienced that as a deacon – when I asked if he felt confident he said, “No, this will be my first one.” If I haven’t already mentioned it, it’s tough finding good help these days! In all seriousness, Father came to my next baptism to see how it goes and he’s been doing fine ever since. Father Becker will soon hear his first confession and anoint his first sick or dying person. These are unique moments that remind us of the mystery of Holy Orders. One moment the guy is no different from any other human being, and just a little while later he has the sacred powers of turning unleavened bread into Christ’s Body and wine into His Precious Blood. Lacordaire, the great 19th century Dominican preacher touched on this mystery when he wrote, “To live in the midst of the world with no desire for its pleasures; to be a member of every family, yet belonging to none; to share all sufferings; to penetrate all secrets, to heal all wounds; to daily go from men to God to offer Him their homage and petitions; to return from God to men to bring them His pardon and hope; to have a heart of fire for charity and a heart of bronze for chastity; to bless and to be blest forever. O God, what a life, and it is yours, O Priest of Jesus Christ!” We thank God for all who have shaped and formed Father Becker’s priestly heart – especially we remember his parents and their sacramental marriage. Once during a procession, Pope St. Pius X’s Mom saw her son’s papal ring and, while pointing to her own wedding band, quipped, “I had my ring before you had yours!” Yes, so many graces come into the world through sacramental marriage and we rightly thank God for all parents who conscientiously raise their children in the Catholic faith. And while we pause to bask in the joy of a new priest, we are vigilant in our prayers for more vocations so that the Gospel will be preached and lived everywhere. We pray that Father Becker and all priests will truly “receive the Gospel… believe what you read, teach what you believe, and practice what you teach.” May God bless Father Aaron Becker, his family and friends, and all the souls who will be touched by his ministry! Your friend in Christ, Father Martin

NOTES FROM FR. MARTIN Boycott opportunity: Sometimes there are things you wish you didn’t even have to address… Marshfield is in the midst of a significant and painful transition as St. Joseph’s Hospital comes to the end of its existence. Our hearts go out to all who are affected, especially the Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother who poured their lives out in service of the sick and dying in this community. And because the devil is cruel, now a movie called “The Little Hours” is being released on June 30th that treats Sisters in the most disgusting way imaginable. I watched a bit of the trailer and it is a sinful movie that defiles anyone who experiences it in any way. Please God, may this movie not be seen by anybody and may those who produced it experience contrition for creating something so vile. Should the movie come to Marshfield, this might be a chance for us to say in a peaceful way, “This is intolerable.” Healing the Culture: There will be an excellent conference in La Crosse on August 11th and 12th featuring Camille Pauley. She will be speaking about principles that change the way people think about life. Camille met legendary actor Gregory Peck years ago and asked how she could become a famous movie star. Peck responded, “It’s not what you think, kid. Do something more important with your life.” It seems Camille has done precisely that! If you are interested in attending (and I would love to see some parishioners participate), please call the rectory for registration information as well as scholarship help. 6th Annual Fortnight for Freedom 2017 Each year dioceses around the country arrange special events to highlight the importance of defending religious freedom. Religious liberty is not only about our ability to go to Mass on Sunday or pray the Rosary at home. It is about whether we can make our contribution to the common good of all Americans. St. John’s will hold a Holy Hour led by Deacon Jeff Austin on Monday, June 26th from 6:30 - 7:30pm. Please join us in praying for the protection of our conscience rights ( e.g. the right to refrain from participation in abortion or same-sex marriage or contraception, et alia). Join Fr. Martin for the Fortnight for Freedom Rosary walk on July 2nd. We will walk from St. John’s 10 Commandments monument to the 10 Commandments monument at the KC Hall for the last time. 5th Annual Parish Pull Volunteer Sign-Up Sign-up sheets for the Parish Pull can be found in the vestibule. There are a variety of opportunities as well as times needed that you can choose from. Join the fun and sign up soon so that the chairmen of these groups have sufficient time to contact you. Thank you!

YOUTH ANNOUNCEMENTS Vacation Bible School - Tracking Mary: Mysteries / Messages The week to set aside is July 31st - August 4th. Adult and teen volunteers will be needed and child care will be offered. If you are able and willing to volunteer, please call Heather Adler at 715-897-1941. Registration forms can be found in the kiosk in the entranceway of the Church. Sign-up soon! Catholic Adventure Camp July 9th-14th, 2017! This high adventure week for all teens grades 6-12 will offer the chance for rock climbing, repelling, canoeing, mountain bike riding, low & high ropes, time for prayer, the sacraments & reflection on God’s marvelous creation. Cost will be about $400 for youth / $200 for adults. Sign-up soon! Steubenville Youth Conference: Join this awesome, high energy event with 2,000 other teens. Be ready to roll up your sleeves and lend a hand while serving others. The conference will be held at St. Thomas University in St. Paul from July 28th - 30th. Threshhold Retreat - July 14th - 16th This retreat is for young men aged 17 - 20. It consists of three days of prayer, conversation, and reflections on the priesthood as well as plenty of recreation. To register or for more information call 608-791-2667. Share Your Cans Please drop off your empty aluminum cans in the can cage next to the rectory garage. The profits help youth attending Catholic retreats and camps throughout the year.

The Diocese of La Crosse is committed to creating a Safe

Environment within the Church for children and youth. We continue to have a special care for and a commitment to reaching out to victims of sexual abuse and their families.

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