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Eucharistic AdorationFor the Fridays in Lent (February 16 and 23, March 2, 9, 16, and 23) adoration of the Blessed Sacrament will take place in the chapel from after the 8 am Mass until noon. You are invited to drop in any time to quiet down and spend time with the Lord. Lenten Refelction Series with Br. Silas Henderson, SDS“Traveling Along ‘the Way:’ a Journey of Discipleship” In this Lenten series, Br. Silas Henderson, SDS, will explore the life of Jesus and the demands of discipleship. This is a four-part series divided into two sections (if you can’t attend both sections, feel free to attend what you can. The opening session—the first section—will be a mini-retreat (Saturday, February 24 from 9 am to noon) and will focus on what it means to be a disciple and how the Season of Lent can help us focus our attention on becoming a more faithful follower of Jesus. The following sessions (Saturdays - March 3, 17 and 24, from 9 am to 10 am) will focus on stories from the Gospel and how these give us insights into what it means to follow “the Way” of Jesus. This is a wonderful opportunity to focus on the richness of the Season of Lent, as we look forward to the great Feast of Easter. All are welcome to attend either or both sections. The cost of the mini-retreat is $10; coffee and refreshments will be provided. The materials fee for the second section (the three sessions) is $10. Sacrament of the Anointing of the sickAt all Masses the weekend of March 10 and 11, there will be a communal celebration of the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick. All who wish are invited to receive the graces of this sacrament. Please invite anyone who you feel would benefit from this sacrament to join us at Mass that weekend. SDS VespersThe Salvatorian Family invite you to attend their Lenten Vespers services at 7 pm on Wednesday, February 21; Tuesday, March 6; and Monday, March 19 at the Salvatorian Sisters Community House. The Community House is located at 4311 N. 100th Street (at the north end of DSHA High School). Stations of the cross“The Way of the Cross in Solidarity with Our World”, a contemporary version of the Stations of the Cross focusing on Peace and Justice issues, will be held on Tuesday, March 13 at 7 pm in the Church. Sacrament of ReconciliationThere will be a communal celebration of the Sacrament of Reconciliation on Tuesday, March 20, at 7 pm at St. Pius X Parish. A number of priests will be available for individual confession. You may also receive the sacrament on Saturday afternoons between 4 and 4:30 pm in the Reconciliation Room which is located in the Chapel.
Have you ever thought about joining our Celebration Singers Choir,
but just aren’t sure you want to make that year long commitment? How about giving it a try by joining us for some or all of the Holy Week/Easter liturgies. Holy Thursday - March 29 - 7 pm Good Friday - March 30 - 7 pm Holy Saturday - March 31 - 8 pm Easter Sunday - April 1 - 10:15 am Rehearsals will be held in church at 7:15 on Thursdays February 15th and 22nd, March 8th, 15th and 22nd. We are also looking for hand bell ringers and other instrumentalists for Holy Saturday or the Easter Sunday Masses. Rehearsals will be scheduled based on your availability. Call Kathy Wellenstein at 453-3875 Ext. 14 or email her at kmwellestein@yahoo.com if you have any questions or to let her know that you are interested in participating. sponsored by the WCS Home & School Association featuring food prepared by Chef Joe Bartolotta Wauwatosa Catholic School Griffey Center– enter via St. Bernard from Wauwatosa Ave. 1500 Wauwatosa Ave. Saturday, February 24, 5-8 pm
Tickets & Events $10 Adults ($12 at door) $8 Seniors (60+) ($10 at door) $5 Children (ages 4-10) Children 3 and under FREE Pre-order tickets by 2/19! Form in WCS school office, contact Nichole at 414-870-4328 or www.wauwatosacatholic.org Carry-out available Themed Basket Raffle & Bunzel’s Meat Raffle Cash or check only Sorry no credit cards accepted Proceeds from this event will be used to purchase science curriculum materials or grades K-5 for the 2018-19 school year. Many THANKS to the Bartolotta Family, Breadsmith and Bunzel’s for making this event possible. Thank you for supporting Wauwatosa Catholic School.
Ministry opportunity of the week: support the 2018 Catholic Stewardship Appeal which has the theme “Dare to Lead.” The money collected in this annual campaign is used exclusively in 5 areas. I will highlight one area for each of the next weeks. Today I highlight Catholic Charities of Milwaukee, which last year helped 43,970 people in need, certainly a worthwhile cause. Please watch for the mailing which will arrive soon and be as generous as possible.
This coming weekend is the last one in Ordinary time before Lent begins. As we did for Advent, we have two handouts that will be available in the back of church this coming weekend: a booklet of daily Lenten reflections by Henri Nouwen entitled Christ Our Hope and a Lenten calendar of activities for children. Please take advantage of these resources to enhance the Lenten experience for you and your family. Fr. Peter Schuessler, SDS will be celebrating the Masses because I will be in Racine with the candidates for the second of our four weekends this year. Please keep us in prayer. Mark presents Jesus at the beginning of his Gospel as having a very busy day: he preached in the synagogue; he drove the unclean spirit out of a man; he went to Peter’s house and cured his mother-in-law; and he continued healing and casting out demons. We then hear: Rising very early before dawn, he left and went off to a deserted place, where he prayed. Jesus needed time with His Father. He needed to recharge His batteries. He needed guidance in His life and He found it in quiet time with His Father. The One Percent Challenge which we received for Lent last year invited us to do the same. The Post Game Review that we received last month invites us to reflect and grow at the end of the day. If Jesus needed to do this, certainly we do also. I hope and pray that you are taking advantage of these opportunities. If not, I invite you to begin. And let us support each other in prayer. For the Fridays in Lent (Feb.16, 23, March 2,9,16 and 23) adoration of the Blessed Sacrament will take place in the chapel from after the 8am Mass until noon. You are invited to drop in anytime to quiet down and spend time with the Lord.
To make sure there is always one person present, there will be a sign-up sheet at the SCRIP table. If you can commit yourself to a time on any or all of the Fridays, please do so. All seniors are invited to attend a Valentine Luncheon at St. Bernard Parish on Friday, February 16th.
11 am Mass with Fr. Joe Jagodensky 11:45 Lunch choice of Veggie Lasagna or Pasta Primavera 12:15 Guest Speaker: Attorney Andrew Brusky Estate Planning Throughout the Years Paying for Long-Term Care Probate Pros and Cons; Living Trusts and more. FREE—Open to all seniors R.S.V.P. parish office 414-258-4320 by February 12 A two or three session program for friends and family members of those experiencing memory related issues or a recent diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease or dementia.
Thursday, February 15, 22 and March 1 Froedtert Hospital—West 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave. Registration required—contact : Sue Moser @ 414-805-9269 or suzannemoser@froedtert.com Feeding America Peanut Butter and Jelly Collection sponsored by Feeding America, Pick n Save and the Milwaukee Bucks. WCS will be collecting jars of peanut butter and jelly beginning Catholic Schools Week and continuing through the whole month of February.
Penny Wars To Benefit the Homeless Classes will be competing with each other to see who could raise the most money for the homeless. Thanks to the many wonderful Volunteers who helped with the January 26 – 28 Confirmation Retreat! What a great group of Tosa Trio Teens! Leaders were Great! I will say more in the February 11th bulletin! Tosa Bowl and Bun catered the food, mmm good!
Next Mass with Class: St. Pius X February 11th - 6 PM Mass Fr. Alex Rodriquez Candidate & Sponsor Night for Juniors Class 7 – 8:30 PM Freshmen and Sophomores small groups this night! Please Pray for our Confirmation Candidates as they continue their preparation by attending a Confirmation Retreat. February 16-18 Tosa Trio Summer Outreach: Next meeting is February 18th at 4:30 PM St. Pius X Cafeteria. Trip is June 10 – 15th to Mishawaka IN. Catholic Heart Work Camp. Scholarship money available. We are called to be Jesus’ Disciples! Questions Call Barb Abler 414-322-0298 or ablerb@archmil.org All parents are invited to join us on Sunday, February 18, 2018 from 900am-9:50am am in the St. Pius Religious Education Center Meeting Room for an information session on the methodology of children formation that the tri-parish communities of Christ King, St. Bernard, and St. Pius X will be transitioning to in the coming years. Come explore the religious potential of the child and discover the vision our parishes have for helping our children come to love God and the Church.
Questions? Contact Samantha El-Azem at elazems@christkingparish.org. Ministry opportunity of the week (repeated from last week): Catholic Schools Week kicks off this Sunday, January 28, with an open house after the 10:15 Mass until 1:00. Please attend, learn about our school, and ask about opportunities to serve on committees, volunteer in the school, etc. This important ministry of our community needs our support in time, talent, and prayer, as well as the financial support we give it.
Thank you for your prayers last weekend for our candidate program in Racine. It went very well. The next one is the weekend of February 10-11 (to get the February one in before Ash Wednesday) and Fr. Peter will once again celebrate the Masses. This coming weekend will be the kickoff for the Catholic Stewardship Appeal 2018 with the theme Dare to Lead. This appeal funds ministries that serve families, strengthen parishes, support schools, and form priests and parish leaders within the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. It deserves our support. Watch for the appeal in your mail in the near future and please be generous. In our Gospel Mark presents Jesus’ first steps in ministry as proclaiming that the Kingdom of God is at hand and inviting people to repent and believe in the Gospel; calling some of His first followers; preaching in the synagogue; and curing a man possessed by a demon. The first two we heard last week; the second two are our Gospel this weekend. In the synagogue on the Sabbath, after an opening prayer, any male could get up and speak about a scripture passage, which is what Jesus did. The people were captivated because He “taught them as one having authority, and not like the scribes.” Sincethe scribes were the ones who had the “official” authority, people were captivated by a personal authority that came from who Jesus was and how he conducted Himself. The scribes used their authority to lord it over people; Jesus used it to heal and cure, to drive away evil. His authority was a healing authority, not a controlling authority. The scribes would have thrown the MAN with the unclean spirit out of the synagogue; Jesus cast out the unclean spirit, not the man. The message to us is this: whatever power or authority the Lord has given us, whether it be from a position we hold or our personality and talents, it is given to be used for the good of others, not to exercise control and build ourselves up (which is the way of the world). Lord, thank you for the gifts you have given me. Help me to use them for others. And let us support each other in prayer. -- Paul James Portland, SDS The Parish Collaborative is sponsoring a volunteer event on Saturday, February 10, 2018 from 9:00 AM to Noon: Building Senior Stockboxes
The boxes you will be building are nutritious boxes of food that Hunger Task Force then delivers to low-income seniors free of charge. Each box contains 16 healthy items including rice, cereal, juice, beef stew, pasta and vegetables. Every month Hunger Task Force delivers nearly 10,000 boxes to seniors, helping them stretch their budgets. Please contact one of the following committee members to reserve your spot and insure we have enough people to participate. Additional information will be provided to those interested in volunteering. Linda Swiderski - soundfiddler@aol.com - 414-257-1965 Tony Burkart – burokart55@aol.com - 414-258-1247 Steve Prueher – prueher@att.net - 414-640-0190 CALM YOUIR MIND, STRETCH AND STRENGTHEN YOUR BODY WITH “YOGA FOR YOU” All parish members are welcome to attend alignment based yoga. Bring a mat or a chair is available. Come feel the benefits yoga has to offer. A new six-week session begins February 5—March 12, 2018. Classes are free, offered by Mary Snow a certified yoga teacher.
Use street parking or East parking lot. Enter building off Wauwatosa Ave. Boy Scouts are having a can drive Sunday, February 4 from 9 AM - Noon in the Pius parking lot.
That is our Klondike Derby weekend so Scouts may be a looking a little chilly. See you there! Ministry opportunity of the week: Catholic Schools Week kicks off this coming Sunday, January 28, with an open house after the 10:15 Mass until 1:00. Please attend, learn about our school, and ask about opportunities to serve on committees, volunteer in the school, etc.
Pope Francis recently reminded priests not to rush through periods of silence in the Mass, and I am going to reform!!! I have already asked lectors to wait for a nod from me before beginning announcements, allowing for a short time of silence after all is settled down after communion and before we move into our announcements and closing prayers. Another time, and one that I will try to use more, is after the priest says “Let us pray” for the opening and closing prayers. After those words, there is supposed to be a short period of silence for people to reflect on what they want to pray for. Perhaps at the opening prayer we can reflect on our needs and the needs of the world; at the closing prayer, we can thank God for the Body of Christ (both the Eucharist and the Community) and the other gifts He has given us. It will make us a little more reflective. In our readings the last weeks we have been looking at “call stories,” that is, stories of people called by God for a specific mission. Our first reading this weekend features the story of Jonah, perhaps the most reluctant person in the Bible who received a call from God. He was to preach repentance to a non-Jewish city, Nineveh, and he didn’t want to do it: he wanted them damned, not saved, so he ran away. He gets swallowed by the whale, spit out on the shore, and is called again. This time he reluctantly answers the call and is furious when Nineveh heeds his preaching and repents. He storms off in anger for another confrontation with God. One point we can take from this is that God will be persistent, even when we ignore or are even hostile to His call. God is compassionate with the Ninevites. God is patient and compassionate with Jonah, even though Jonah himself is not compassionate and resists God’s call. Let us ask God to help us hear what it is He wants us to do. And we can be sure it will always be the compassionate course of action. Lord, may we be compassionate, as you are compassionate. -- Paul James Portland, SDS |