St. John the Baptist
Catholic Church
201 W. BLODGETT ST. MARSHFIELD, WI 54449-2004
website: www.stjohnsmarshfield.org
ESTABLISHED IN 1877
NOVEMBER 6, 2016 THIRTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
XIV VOLUME 6 N0 16
CALENDAR OF PARISH ACTIVITIES
NOVEMBER 2016
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
MASSES
7:00AM
9:00AM
11:00AM
ADORATION
7:30AM-12:00PM
CONFESSIONS
7:30AM-8:30AM
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
ALPINE HOLIDAY
COLUMBUS HIGH SCHOOL
MOVIE OF
THE MONTH
1:00PM
MASSES
4:30PM
7:00PM
CCD
6:15PM
ADORATION
(SEE INSIDE)
6:00PM-7:00AM
6
MASSES
7:00AM
9:00AM
11:00AM
4 COMMITTEES PCCW MEETING
6:30PM
GATHERING
COLUMBIA
6:30PM
ROOM
7
8
ADORATION
7:30AM-12:00PM
CONFESSIONS
7:30AM-8:30AM
9
10
CONFESSIONS
7:00 - 8:00PM
CONFESSIONS
3:45 - 4:15PM
6:15 - 6:45PM
11
12
1:30PM MASS
THREE OAKS
CCD
6:15PM
YOUNG ADULT
6:30PM
13
YOUTH GROUP
8:00-9:00PM
CHOIR
PRACTICE
6:30PM
14
15
CHOIR
PRACTICE
6:30PM
YOUTH GROUP
8:00-9:00PM
16
MASSES
4:30PM
7:00PM
17
CONFESSIONS
7:00 - 8:00PM
18
CONFESSIONS
3:45 - 4:15PM
6:15 - 6:45PM
19
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
Fr. Daniel Sedlacek, Associate Pastor
Deacon Jeffrey Austin, Permanent Deacon
Sister Rita Adlkofer, Spiritual Counselor
Mary Gouin, Parish Secretary
Pam Housworth, Finance Office
Deb Mlsna, DRE
Dan Kitzhaber, Youth Minister
St. John School Office
David Eaton, CCS President
MASSES
Weekdays
Saturdays
Sundays
715-384-3252 ext. 212
715-384-3252 ext. 213
715-676-3186
715-384-9929
715-384-9565 ext. 210
715-384-9565 ext. 215
715-659-4480 ext. 202
715-384-4989 ext. 3
715-384-4989 ext. 1
715-387-1177
7:00 AM
8:00 AM / 4:30 / 7:00 PM
7:00 / 9:00 / 11:00 AM
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
MASS SCHEDULE / SCRIPTURE READINGS
MON 11/7/16
7:00am Genevieve Eckes
Scripture Readings: Ti 1:1-9
TUES 11/8/16
7:00am Russ Wenzel
Scripture Readings: Ti 2:1-8, 11-14
Lk 17:1-6
Lk 17:7-10
WED 11/9/16 The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica
7:00am Special Intention
8:00am John Jonas & Special Intention
Scripture Readings: Ez 47:1-2, 8-9, 12
1 Cor 3:9c-11, 16-17
Jn 2:13-22
THUR 11/10/16 St. Leo the Great, Pope, Doctor of the Church
7:00am Henry & Doris Gadke
Scripture Readings: Phlm 7-20
Lk 17:20-25
FRI 11/11/16 St. Martin of Tours, Bishop
7:00am Norman Tritz
Scripture Readings: 2 Jn 4-9
SAT 11/12/16 St. Josaphat, Bishop, Martyr
8:00am Kenneth Rausch
Scripture Readings: 3 Jn 5-8
Lk 17:26-37
Lk 18:1-8
Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
4:30pm Violet, Floyd, & David Wright
7:00pm Laverne & Elizabeth Immerfall
SUN 11/13/16
7:00am George and Audrey Trudeau
9:00am Robert Imhoff
11:00am Larry Eckes
Scripture Readings: Mal 3:19-20a
WEEK DAY SERVERS Nov 7th - Nov. 12th - Bob Purkapile
Nov. 7th - Nov. 12th
FUNERAL SERVERS
Ardell Klein / Ron O’Brien / Gary Elderbrook
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AREA EVENTS
Nov 10: KC Meeting, 7:00pm at the KC Hall.
Nov 12: Soup Supper, 4 - 6pm at St. Wenceslaus, Milladore
Nov 13: Soup Dinner, 10:30am - 1:00pm at Corpus Christi,
Bakerville. All you can eat-chili & chicken dumpling soup.
Nov 13: Healing Mass, 3:30pm at St. Matthew’s, Wausau.
Confession available prior to Mass from 2:00 - 3:25pm.
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).
If you wish to become a member of the prayer chain, please call
Jane Gerend at 715-387-2019 or Ann Bohnert at 715-389-2726.
The January-April Schedules for Lectors and Communion
Ministers will soon be finalized. If you wish to make changes to
your scheduled time or Mass, please call Jeff & Barb Schultz at 715387-0144 before Tuesday, November 8th. If you are interested in
becoming a lector or a minister of Holy Communion, please contact
the parish office at 715-384-3252. Thank you!
The PCCW will meet on Tuesday, Nov. 8th at 6:30pm in the
Columbia room. All ladies of the parish are members of the PCCW
and are invited to join us to hear about the many good things we are
involved in. The Director of the Frederic Ozanam Transitional Shelter
will present a program on the shelter. Please bring paper products,
cleaning supplies, toiletries or non-perishable food items to donate.
Bingo and refreshments after the business meeting.
Save the Date: Christ the King will hold a Divine Mercy Parish
Mission November 8th through the 10th. Fr. Chris Alar, MIC
2 Thes 3:7-12
(Marians of the Immaculate Conception) will be the featured
Lk 21:5-19
speaker. Devotion of Divine Mercy, the importance of Marian
Consecration, hints on how to pray better, and why we need the
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presentations begin at 6:30pm. Materials will be available for
purchase. For more information contact Deb Mlsna at 715-659-4480.
LITURGICAL MINISTERS
November 12th & 13th, 2016
LECTORS
4:30pm Bryan Pischel
7:00pm Phil Prusinski
7:00am Doug & Catherine Wojcik
9:00am Tom McIntee
11:00am Jonathan Rootellis
MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION
4:30pm Todd & Tammy Schreiner / Helen Stockheimer
Susan Youngwith
7:00pm Becky Kaiser / Maureen Karaliunas / Kay King
Jane Lamermayer
7:00am Dale & Judy Garfield / Ray & Pam Housworth
9:00am Diane McIntee / Dan & Dorothy Flees / Jill Hiller
Carol Jonas / Patty Kraus / Bernard & Donna Knoeck
11:00am Bob Purkapile / Ellen Roehrborn / Melanie Rootellis
Christine Rutschow
SERVERS
4:30pm Isaac Egle / Michael McQuillan
7:00pm Julianna & Paul Kollross
7:00am Brionna Zygarlicke / Flynn McQuillen
9:00am Sydney & Isaac Mauritz
11:00am Hugh Steiner / Zachary Zerrudo
MUSIC MINISTER
4:30pm Open
7:00pm Open
7:00am Cindy Penker
9:00am Mary Purkapile
11:00am Mary Purkapile
On Friday, November 11th, a Veterans’ Day Mass will be held at
8am at Our Lady of Peace. Following the Mass, a flag retirement
ceremony and social, hosted by Mrs. Herman’s 4 th graders & Ms.
Colloton’s 3rd graders, will take place for the veterans and their
guests. The public is invited to attend the Mass and ceremony.
Angel Tree Christmas: St. John’s Social Justice Committee in
partnership with Prison Fellowship & St. Vincent de Paul will once
again provide gifts to children of prisoners. Sign up for “angels” will
begin the weekend of Nov. 12th-13th in the main church entrance. If
“angels” remain they will continue to have sign-up the weekend of
Nov. 19th-20th. Gifts should be returned to church, unwrapped but in
a box by the weekend of Nov. 26th-27th before Mass. On Nov. 28th
committee members will sort and wrap the gifts with a few other
helping hands. Arrangements will be made for home gift delivery by
parishioners the weekend of Nov. 29th–Dec. 11th. Questions?
Contact Jane at 715-387-2019 or Donna at 715-384-3080.
Collection for the Archdiocese for the Military Services: The
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops approved this triennial
collection for the AMS in November 2012. The moneys collected
allows military Chaplains the ability to provide pastoral care and
services to those serving in the United States Armed Forces.
Envelopes for those interested will be available in the church pews
the weekend of November 12th / 13th. Thank you for your generosity.
Fellowship Meals at St Vincent St John’s Parish Family has the
opportunity to aid the less fortunate in our area by serving a
fellowship meal at St Vincent de Paul. St John’s Parish volunteers
have been serving a meal the last Wednesday of every other month.
Volunteers are also needed to serve the meal one Friday a month.
Dates of future meals: Fri., Nov. 18th & Wed., Nov. 30th (not Nov.
23rd as previously listed). If you are able to help at any of these
meals, please call Donna at 715-384-3080.
FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK
Praised be Jesus Christ! “My life is my message” – Mahatma
Gandhi spoke these words years ago when asked to give a
message to the people of India. Jesus spoke similarly when he
said that people are best known by their fruits. Many parishes
have mission statements but hopefully people will know we are
Christians long before they have to ask. Relevant Radio speaks
of their mission as “narrowing the gap between faith and
everyday life.” What it all comes down to is our mission is
simply an expression of who we are. For example, we love God
and our neighbor because we were baptized into Jesus Christ,
“who came not to be served, but to serve.” It’s when we forget
our identity that our mission slowly but surely turns to serving
our own interests while simultaneously forgetting Our Lord and
His will for our life. Nathanial Hawthorne captured this in his
book The Scarlet Letter: “No man for any considerable period
can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude,
without finally getting bewildered as to which may be true.”
Because we’re human, we periodically need a shot in the arm so
as to deepen our conviction about who we are, where we came
from, and where we’re going. Parish missions were an annual
occurrence not that long ago and we’re blessed to be able to
host one every year (we alternate between parishes). This year
Christ the King has the honor of hosting Father Chris Alar, who
is a member of the Marians of the Immaculate Conception.
Father Alar is a very powerful preacher and will be sharing with
us the good news of God’s infinite mercy, which will very
beautifully help us to conclude this Jubilee Year of Mercy in fine
fashion. Father Alar will preach on Tuesday, Wednesday, and
Thursday (November 8th, 9th, and 10th) at Christ the King from
6:30 until 7:30 p.m. Please mark your calendar and join us for
one or for all three evenings. We expect a full church and it will
be a source of hope, which will be very welcome, given the fact
that the election will be taking place with the inexorable results
soon to follow. This parish mission is being well advertised all
over central Wisconsin, so you’ll want to arrive a bit early so as
to secure yourself a seat. Now allow me to segue to a couple of
other topics germane to life as we know it. I’ve been asked to
comment on whether it would be sinful not to vote this year. In
a nutshell, not voting is a person’s right, but one that should
only be exercised in extreme cases. If we absolutely cannot in
good conscience vote for either candidate, then we do have the
right to refrain from voting. Just the same, this right is also part
of our duty as good citizens, and it’s a right that cost many of
our finest Americans everything in order for us to have this
right. When both candidates are disappointing, we can still
choose the one who will do less harm. For Catholics, the issues
that have always mattered most have to do with respecting
human beings and God’s will for them. We know from Scripture
that murder is always evil. We also know that marriage requires
a man, a woman, and God. These are the issues that affect the
most people and getting them wrong does terrible harm to
human beings. Some will suggest that such thinking is overly
simplistic, but if we don’t get marriage and family right a lot of
avoidable hurt will ensue. It’s reasonable to claim that our
Supreme Court couldn’t possibly do any more harm than
they’ve already done (e.g. legalization of abortion and same-sex
marriage), but that fails to acknowledge the growing threats to
religious liberty. Please join us for the all-night prayer vigil at
St. John’s on November 6th. We’ll pray from 6:00 p.m. until
Monday Mass at 7:00 a.m. People who pray remember their
identity and their mission – and God knows we desperately
need these things at this time.
May God bless Father Chris Alar and all who attend our
wonderful parish mission on the Mercy of God!
Your friend in Christ,
Father Martin
Thanksgiving Food Drive: Ends this Sunday, Nov. 6th Please
bring your items by noon. Thank you for your generosity!
NOTES FROM FR. MARTIN
Holy Smokes! Thanks to everyone who came to our 4th Annual Pig
Roast. The night was once again a resounding success and that’s
thanks to our heroic volunteers, the KC Hall staff, and to the many
generous people who participated and supported the cause. We
raised $15,000.00 that evening! We’re sending $10,000.00 to the
convent to support our future sisters (and did you know that Faith
Becker won the gas grill?!). The rest will be set aside for a future St.
Francis Hall renovation. Insofar as vocations come from our young
people, and many youth events take place in St. Francis Hall, this is a
great way to build a culture that supports vocational discernment. At
this point it looks like we’ll take a year off from hosting the pig roast,
but if God wills, we’ll be back when the time is right.
Night of Adoration for the Election: Please join us at St. John’s as
we pray for the future of our country. We’ll be adoring Jesus in the
Most Blessed Sacrament beginning at 6:00pm on Sunday, November
6th and will conclude with Benediction at 6:50am (just before the 7:00
am Mass). You’re welcome to come at any time. In a time of
widespread confusion and unrest, we come together and beg Our
Lord to send us the Holy Spirit, that we might know God’s will and
have the courage to follow it. Sign up sheets for each hour will be
available at St. John’s beginning on October 29th.
Movie of the Month: The featured movie for Nov. 6th is Of Gods and
Men. Loosely based on the life of the Cistercian monks of Tibehirne
in Algeria from 1993 until their kidnapping in 1996. This is a tale of
Faith and Heroism! We will watch this on the big screen in the
Columbia room at 1:00pm. Feel free to bring snacks!
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YOUTH ANNOUNCEMENTS
For the following please contact Mr. Dan Kitzhaber 715-384-4989
x3, 715-659-4480 x4 or [email protected]
Young Adults There will be a “Sweet Meeting” for all young adults in
the area on Tues., Nov. 15th at 6:30pm in the Columbia Rm at St.
John’s. Why Sweet? Because everyone is asked to bring a sweet
treat to share. There will be time for socializing, praying and
learning! For more information contact Dan Kitzhaber or Fr Sedlacek.
Pilgrims for Life Fundraiser – Need pint jars & cloth The youth
preparing to participate in the March for Life will again be making and
selling delicious Jar Mixes. We need more pint size canning jars as
well as Christmas colored cloth scraps for covering jars. If you have
some to donate, please contact Mr. Dan Kitzhaber
Rally in Rozellville for Youth Dec 17th The Marshfield Deanery is
hosting a youth rally at St. Andrew’s in Rozellville. Hundreds of teens
from across the Diocese will come together to celebrate their faith
from noon-3pm. There will be a band from the Twin Cities and a meal
is included. Free-will offering will be taken.
Weekly H.S. Youth Group Youth Group is a great time to be with
friends who want to build you up. We meet from 8-9pm in St. Francis
Hall every Wed. In addition to snacks, games and social time, we’re
going to ask & find answers to tough questions. These youth group
nights will leave you wanting more. We’ll spend time in large group
and small group. Come check it out. This is an awesome program!
March For Life Pilgrimage Jan. 25th-29th, 2017 All people 13 years
of age and older are invited to be a witness to the dignity of life for the
unborn, elderly, and those who society regards as useless. We’ll
travel with a Diocesan group via motorcoach. This is for youth and
adults. Cost is $330 for teens, $290 for chaperones. Deposit of $175
due by Dec. 1st. Pilgrims will also get a hooded sweatshirt.
Fundraising options and need-based scholarships are available.
(*$25 less if you have a hood from a previous March.
Diocesan Annual Appeal: Thank you to all parishioners who
have returned their Diocesan Annual Appeal Pledge Card for
2016/2017. As of 10/28/16 we are at approximately $98,960.00.
This comes from only 407 of our 1351 families. If you have not yet
made a pledge, we ask you to kindly consider doing so. Please call
the parish office at 715-384-3252 if you need a pledge card.
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