November 17, 2019

APOSTLE the J Saint UDE

5 1 9 K N A P P S T R E E T & 1 2 2 5 O R E G O N S T R E E T O S H K O S H , W I S C O N S I N

ADMINISTRATOR FR. LOUIS GOLAMARI

MASS SCHEDULE SATURDAY, 4:30 PM AT ST. VINCENT CHURCH

SUNDAY, 7:30 AM AT SACRED HEART CHURCH

SUNDAY, 9:30 AM AT ST. VINCENT CHURCH

SUNDAY, 11:00 AM AT SACRED HEART CHURCH

CONFESSIONS FIRST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH

AFTER 7:30 AM MASS-SH SATURDAY, 3:30 PM-SV

PARISH OFFICE 1025 W. 5TH AVENUE OSHKOSH, WI 54902

HOURS: 8 AM-4:30 PM M-TH 8 AM-2:30 PM FRI

(920) 235-7412

WEBSITE WWW.STJUDEOSHKOSH.ORG

PASTORAL STAFF Deacon ........................................ Pat Gelhar

Pastoral Associate ........ Marianne Sheahan

Adult Faith Formation Minister ... Rob Saley

Coordinator of Liturgy & Music Director

............................................... Randy Weddig

FAITH FORMATION STAFF

Elementary & Middle School & High School RE

...................................... Michele Spanbauer

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF Business Manager ........... Brad Gallenberg

Bookkeeper ................................. Jan Fendt

SPECIAL EDUCATION RELIGION PROGRAM (SERV)

Tom Mentele ............................... 426-5682

PARISH COUNCIL

Patty Schaefer, Chair

Pam Baier, Vice-Chair

Carrie O’Connor, Secretary

Jeff Ambrosius Bill Behlman

Bruce Dumann Beth Geffers

Shawn Kettner

FINANCE COUNCIL George Benz Nancy Hackbarth

Dave Putzer Mike Scharff

Kate Warncke

TRUSTEES Bruce Dumann ............................. Secretary

Dave Putzer ................................. Treasurer

LOURDES ACADEMY President,

John Dinegan .............................. 426-3626

Principal Lourdes Academy, (6-12)

David Mikesell ............................ 235-5670

Dean of Students, (6-12)

Reed Tyriver ...................................... 235-5670

Principal Lourdes Academy Elementary

Mrs. Amy Geffers ........................ 235-4060

OSHKOSH CATHOLIC CEMETERIES

Administrator

Randy Wertz...................... (920) 216-3268

email: rwertz6540@sbcglobal.net

Sexton

Jan Fendt………………………(920) 235-7412

email: jfendt@stjudeoshkosh.org

Live the Gospel, Share the Good News, Bring others to Christ - all for the glory and honor of God.

ST. JUDE MASS SCHEDULE

Weekday

Wednesday & Friday .............. 7:30 am (SH)

Monday & Tuesday ................ 7:30 am (SV)

**With rosary starting at 7:00 am**

If Oshkosh schools are closed due to the

weather, we will not have morning Mass.

PK-Children’s Liturgy of the Word

During Mass ........................... 9:30 am (SV)

*No class on Holiday Weekends

*Classes run through May

Spanish Mass

1st and 3rd Sunday…….12:15 pm (Omro)

AREA PARISHES WEEKDAY MASS SCHEDULE

Most Blessed Sacrament:

St. Peter’s Site

Tuesday .......................................... 6:30 pm

Thursday ......................................... 7:30 am

Saturday ......................................... 8:00 am

St. Mary’s Site

Wednesday & Friday ...................... 7:00 am

St. Raphael’s

Thursday & Friday .......................... 7:15 am

Confessions

Saturday .............. 7:05 am (MBS-St. Peter)

CITY-WIDE EUCHARISTIC ADORATION

Please join us at the

Divine Mercy Adoration Chapel located at

Most Blessed Sacrament-St. Mary Site

605 Merritt Avenue

Don’t forget to set your

hearing aid to “T Coil”

setting.

SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE Couples planning marriage should contact

the parish office at least six months to one

year prior to their wedding date.

BAPTISM Baptisms are celebrated at the

Saturday, 4:30 pm Mass and the

Sunday, 11:00 am Mass, most weekends.

(We do not have Baptisms during the

season of Lent.)

A pre-baptismal class is required for all

parents. Baptism preparation classes are

held on the second Tuesday of the month

for 1st time parents and on the third

Tuesday of the month for parents

baptizing their second, third...child. Class

must be completed 4-6 weeks before the

date of the baptism.

Parents are welcome to take the class

before their baby is born also.

Call the parish office for available dates

and to register.

MINISTRY OF THE SICK Please notify the parish office if family

members are seriously ill, confined

or hospitalized. Anointing of the Sick will

be administered on request.

Communion will be brought to those

who cannot attend Mass.

RCIA- RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION

The RCIA is a formational process that

helps lead people to explore the Catholic

faith through prayer, study and discussion.

Please call the parish office.

PARISH REGISTRATION New members are invited to join by

contacting the parish office.

PASTORAL VISITS Care Ministers are available for

Pastoral Visits, if you or a loved one are in

need of a listening presence or spiritual

companionship. We can also bring Holy

Communion to anyone who cannot get to

Mass. Please let us know if you are home-

bound or have recently moved into a care

facility so that we may continue to meet

your ministerial needs.

PRAYER CHAIN REQUESTS

Call Jim or Paulette at: ............... 688-3237

Marianne’s Reflection

I recently stumbled across this Great Canticle of

Love from St. Augustine’s Confessions in a daily

reflections book. I was struck breathless by its

beauty and unguarded

openness of expression. I

share this prayer because it’s

a love letter, a very personal

confession of love for God and

an acutely intimate reflection

on the relation-ship between

the lover and the beloved. Its

sensuality is so human, yet it

recognizes the divine so

clearly in and through that

sensuality.

Recently, I asked a group of

women to close their eyes and

ponder two questions: What

does God look like and what

color do they see?

Surprisingly, color was easiest

for them to name. The

association of a certain color

with God elicited feelings like

love, warmth, embrace,

comfort. God was not a

picture, but an experience of a

personal and intimate

relationship, a prayer.

Spiritual writer Henri

Nouwen says the literal

translation of “pray always” (1

Thess 5:17) is “come to rest.”

He points out that for many of

us prayer means nothing

more than speaking with God.

It’s often one sided: we

present a problem and expect

a solution. We ask a

question, and expect an

answer. We ask for guidance,

and expect a response. What

we think is dialogue is in fact

a monologue.

Also, for many of us just

thinking about God is prayer: What is God like?

What does God do? What does God want? There

is a place for this kind of prayer, but it does not

necessarily lead us to really experience God.

According to Nouwen, “The crisis of our prayer life

is that our mind may be filled with ideas of God,

while our heart remains far

from him.” Real prayer comes

from the heart.

This beautiful passage from

Augustine is not what we

typically recognize as prayer.

Most of us rely on the

traditional prayers we’ve

grown up with. Whether it’s

the meal prayer, “Bless Us, O

Lord,” or the Catholic trilogy,

“Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory

Be,” what I love is that we can

recite them together, and that

means as much as the words

themselves. I often lead

groups in spontaneous prayer,

but I routinely include

traditional prayer as a way to

unite everyone in the act of

praying.

Many of us probably don’t

even remember learning these

prayers. Being around our

elders praying, the words just

imbedded themselves in our

minds and hearts. As we grew

to know the words, we also

came to know they were

sacred.

As a child, I learned that

prayer is the “lifting up of our

minds and hearts to God.” As

I’ve matured, I’ve learned that

the “lifting up” creates a

connection, a living, loving,

mutual relationship. It is not

me alone; it is not God alone.

It is a union. May we all learn

how to open our hearts and

pray our own Great Canticle of

Love to God.

Blessings, Marianne

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Augustine’s Great Canticle of Love

My love of you, God, is not some

vague feeling;

it is positive and certain.

Your word struck into my heart

and from that moment I loved you.

Besides all this, all about me,

heaven and earth and all that they

contain proclaim that I should love

you.

But what do I love when I love you?

Not material beauty of a temporal

order;

not the brilliance of earthly light;

not the sweet melody of harmony

and song;

Not the fragrance of flowers, per-

fumes, and spices;

not manna or honey;

and not limbs the body delights to

embrace.

It is not these that I love when I love

my God.

And yet, when I love him,

it is true that I love a light of a cer-

tain kind,

a voice, a perfume, a food, an em-

brace;

but they are the kind that I love in

my inner self,

when my soul is bathed in light that

is not bound by space;

when it listens to sound that never

dies away;

when it breathes fragrance that is

not borne away on the wind;

when it tastes food that is never

consumed by the eating;

when it clings to an embrace from

which it is not severed by fulfillment

of desire.

This is what I love when I love my

God. Confessions 10, 6-8

THANKSGIVING MASS

We will be taking up a food and pet food col-lection at the Thanksgiving Day Mass for Fa-ther Carr's Place 2B and the Oshkosh Area Humane Society. Please bring these items to Church that morning so that they can be dis-tributed. This year’s Mass is at 7:30 AM at the St. Vincent site. Please join us and start your holiday season by giving thanks for all the Lord has done for you.

We are still in need of many ministers for this Mass—help is greatly appreciated!

Contact Randy if you are available.

OUR PARISHIONERS Rest in Peace

Together we join in prayer for

Elizabeth Panczyk

who recently passed away and for her

family. May family and friends find peace know-

ing that their loved one now rests with God.

Parish Life

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THANKSGIVING MASS SCHEDULE—NOV. 28

St. Jude

7:30 am St. Vincent

Most Blessed Sacrament

8:30 am St. Peter

St. Raphael

9:00 am

As a reminder: If you would like to bring a loaf of bread,

or dinner rolls, Fr. Louis will be doing a blessing over

these items at the Thanksgiving Mass.

Becoming our Best Selves One Step at a Time

It’s hard to be Catholic sometimes -- I mean to BE

Catholic -- not just be A Catholic. To actually BE Catholic

requires a lot from us, lots of times more than we can

scrape up by ourselves.

Just for example, we’re supposed to be nice to people,

to treat them with respect, and actually love them! Now,

it’s not hard to be nice to nice people, but man, it’s a

different story with that old crab down the block, or with

that arrogant department head, or with that rotten kid

who keeps throwing fast food containers and Milk Duds

boxes in our yards.

For sudden attacks of murderous intentions when we

cross paths with one of those people, thank Heaven for

level-headed spouses who calm us down, and for

strangers passing by that we don’t want to look like ma-

niacs in front of.

Of course, preventive measures that keep us from los-

ing it in the first place are far better. Really, being nice

is habit forming if we practice a little. We can greet peo-

ple. We can smile, even at strangers. We can swallow

the sarcastic remarks our brains dream up. We can

change the subject if it’s the conversation that’s getting

to us. We can stay in frequent contact with nice people

and let their niceness rub off on us. And just saying sin-

cerely, “Holy Spirit, give me strength,” works great. Just

simple stuff to give us the help we need.

Roger LeBouton, Lay Minister

ST. JUDE OFFICE HOURS The St. Jude Office will be closed

November 28 & 29 for the Thanks-

giving Holiday. We will reopen at

8:00 am on December 2nd.

Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving!

Parish Life

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ATTENTION LECTORS

Good news! The new Lector Workbooks are in for

2020—this book starts the first weekend of Advent.

Please pick up your new lector books in the Sacristy and

cross your name off the list so we know you received it.

Thank you!

Randy

2020 CALENDARS ARE IN!

Starting this weekend we will have the new 2020 calen-

dars available at both Church sites and a limited supply

at the office. We would like to thank Fiss & Bills—

Poklasny Funeral Home for their help in providing these

calendars each year to our parishioners.

POLICY FOR WEEKDAY

MORNING MASS DURING WINTER MONTHS

Who ever thought that before All Saints Day we would

have this white non-fluffy stuff they call snow on the

ground! This is a good time to remind everyone that...

If the schools are closed due to inclement weather

please remember that there will not be morning Mass.

Our number one concern is always your safety, so do

not attempt to go out in a snow storm to come to Mass.

We also need the parking lots free of vehicles to help

make the snow plowing easier.

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Liturgy of the Word - PreK classes will be held on Sun-

days at the 9:30 am Mass at St. Jude, St. Vincent

Church. This wonderful program is open to all chil-

dren from age 3-2nd grade starting October 6. Chil-

dren must be potty trained to attend. There is no fee

for this class.

November 20 Class 6—7:30 pm

November 27 Confirmation 6-8 pm

December 1 Box of Joy 12—2 pm Leannah Hall

December 4 Class 6—7:30 pm

HELP TEACH OUR CHILDREN

ABOUT THE JOY

OF GIVING

THIS CHRISTMAS!

Please consider taking part

in this great BOX OF JOY opportunity!

EMPTY Boxes will be made available in the back of

church BEGINNING THIS WEEKEND FOR YOU TO FILL

WITH JOY and will be packaged for shipping on December 1ST. we work with Cross

Catholic Outreach program to ensure that children in need are not deprived of

Christmas blessings this year. it’s easy and a fun opportunity to do with your

child or grandchild this Christmas! info on what to fill boxes with is enclosed

in each empty box. please Return boxes 12/1/19

you can deliver a Box of Joy to a child who would otherwise receive nothing.

For more information please contact Michele Spanbauer at mspanbauer@stjudeoshkosh.org

CHRISTMAS CHOIRS

Christmas rehearsal for the Adult and Youth choirs has started. Both groups rehearse on Wednesday evenings. All interested par-ties are welcome. If you are interested con-tact Randy after Mass or at the Parish office for rehearsal and Mass times.

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OSHKOSH’S WARMING SHELTER For more information on

the shelter or how you can

help, please visit the website

at www.warmingshelter.com.To sign up for volunteering,

please call 920.203.4536 or email at shelterosh-

kosh@gmail.com.

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Council 614 Our Lady of Lourdes would like to

welcome our newest Brother Knight, John McDer-

mott, who completed his 1st Degree on November

5th 2019. Congratulations & God Bless You!

Isn’t it your turn to join the Knights?

Always remember….. God Loves You!

Jay Schaefer - Grand Knight - Council 614

(920) 410-1284 kofc614@gmail.com

Volunteers Needed!

Catholics are a sacramental people who un-

derstand that Holy Eucharist is central to

our faith. A very important ministry of

service that we at St. Jude offer to our

home-bound parishioners is to bring them

the Blessed Sacrament in Holy Communion

every Sunday. We are in need of more

volunteers.

Time Commitment

3-4 Sundays a year on a rotating sched-

ule. Usually starting after 7:30 Mass and

returning 11:00-11:15. Training provided.

If you feel called to this ministry, please

contact Marianne @ 235-7412.

Our warmest welcome to all who cele-

brate with us, whether visitors, long-

time residents, or newly arrived in the

Parish. If you would like to join St. Jude

the Apostle Parish please call the parish

office at 235-7412.

If you are already a registered parish member and need

to make changes, you may use this form to update your

records. Please complete this form and place in the

collection basket or return to the parish office. Thank You.

NAME _________________________________________

PHONE ________________________________________

EMAIL _________________________________________

ADDRESS______________________________________

CITY________________________ ZIP CODE __________

□ New Address □ New Phone # □ Moving

Healthy Tidbits

American Heart Association

Recommendations for Physical

Activity in Adults and Kids

By: Sue Davies, RN

Part II

Are you fitting in at least 150 minutes (2.5

hours) of heart-pumping physical activity per

week? If not, you’re not alone. Only about one

in five adults and teens get enough exercise to

maintain good health. Being more active can

help all people think, feel and sleep better and

perform daily tasks more easily. And if you’re

sedentary, sitting less is a great place to start.

Recommendations for Kids Children 3-5 years old should be physically

active and have plenty of opportunities to move

through the day.

Kids 6-17 years old should get at least 60

minutes per day of moderate to vigorous-

intensity physical activity, mostly aerobic.

Include vigorous-intensity activity on at least

3 days per week.

Include muscle– and bone– strengthening

(weight-bearing) activities on at least 3 days

per week.

Increase amount and intensity gradually

over time.

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ADVENT RESOURCES

As in past years the traditional "Little Purple Books" from the Diocese of Saginaw, along with copies of "At Home With the Word" and "Daily Reflections for Advent and Christmas" will be made available.

New this year we will have Advent Candle sets to use at home and a book by St. John Henry Newman called "Waiting for Christ".

There is sure to be something for everyone!

Sunday, November 17, 2019 at 1 p.m.

Fiss & Bills-Poklasny Funeral Home

865 S. Westhaven Drive - Oshkosh, WI 54904

(920) 235-1170

Guest presenters to include:

Attorney Jeanne E. Baivier on topics including Estates,

Probate, and Elder Law

Bryn Ceman, from our local Aging and Disability

Resources Center

Terry Gahl, Marketing Manager, and Paula Seeley,

Nurse Practitioner, from Heartland Hospice

Cassandra Steinhaus, CPC< Pre-Need Sales Manager,

Pekin Insurance

Please contact Jim Poklansy with questions and to

RSVP (920) 235-1170.

LITURGICAL ROLES FOR NOVEMBER 23 & 24 Eucharistic Ministers

4:30 pm (SV) J. Beck, J. Geffers,

B. Knobloch, S. Knobloch,

P. Paulik, S. Schaetz

7:30 am (SH)S. Kos, M. Marx, T. Moen,

J. Nichols, S. Uselman,

R. Walter

9:30 am (SV) R. Boushele, T. Doughty,

R. Kettner, A. Nitz,

P. Schaefer, 1 NEEDED

11:00 am (SH)Sr. Grace, L. Hollnagel,

S. Sullivan, 1 NEEDED

Lectors

4:30 pm (SV) B. Campbell, M. Sedlachek

7:30 am (SH)R. Lepianka, R. Maguire

9:30 am (SV) S. Kettner, P. Schaefer

11:00 am (SH)S. Sullivan, 1 NEEDED

Servers

4:30 pm (SV) I. Gelhar, L. Gelhar

7:30 am (SH)E. Scharff, I. Thompson

9:30 am (SV) C. Foster, C. Muteratka

11:00 am (SH)1 NEEDED, L. Neuens

Ushers

4:30 pm (SV) B. Baier, J. Beck,

M. Hansen, T. Verstagen

7:30 am (SH)A. Martin, M. Marx,

M. Scharff, L. Zelmer

9:30 am (SV) S. Griffin, D. Kellogg,

J. Schaefer, 1 NEEDED

11:00 am (SH)B. Hollnagel, P. Pickart,

B. Vajgrt, 1 NEEDED

Musicians

4:30 pm (SV) K. Cuttill-Wagner, R. Weddig

7:30 am (SH)K. Isham, R. Weddig

9:30 am (SV) St. Jude Choir, T. Lee

11:00 am (SH)J. Mollenhauer, R. Weddig

Sacristans

4:30 pm (SV) Patricia Paulik

7:30 am (SH)Randy Walter

9:30 am (SV) Patty Schaefer

11:00 am (SH)Linda Hollnagel

Greeters

4:30 pm (SV) C. Beck, S. Knobloch,

J. Meyer, 1 NEEDED

7:30 am (SH)D. Dumann, A. Garner,

B. Moen, I. Walter

9:30 am (SV) Kettners, A. Nitz,

P. Ostertag

11:00 am (SH)J. & C. Ambrosis,

M. Bauer, C. LaFontaine

WEEKLY COLLECTION FOR NOVEMBER 9 & 10

Actual $14,494.48

Budget $14,292.00

MASS INTENTIONS Saturday, November 16

4:30 pm (SV) †Earl Carson

Sunday, November 17

7:30 am (SH) St. Jude Parish

9:30 am (SV) †David Dettlaff

†Tony & Flo Blechl

†Leo Noe

11:00 am (SH)†Neal & Shirley Balda,

Lois Belonger, and

Robert & Mildred Phillip

Monday, November 18

7:30 am (SV) †Ken & Louis Hable

Tuesday, November 19

7:30 am (SV) †Lorraine Eiden

10:45 am (Bethel) † Liv’n and Dec’d

Members of the Nielsen & Flanagan Families

Wednesday, November 20

7:30 am (SH)†George Stadler

Thursday, November 21

9:00 am (SV) †Fr. Charlie Brooks

Friday, November 22

7:30 am (SH)†Anne Sheahan

Saturday, November 23

4:30 pm (SV) †Pat & Tom Binder

Sunday, November 24

7:30 am (SH)†Gottlieb & Elizabeth Schertz

9:30 am (SV) St. Jude Parish

11:00 am (SH)†Stan Spanbauer

†Michael Balke

†Donna Stindt

†Rosemarie Huse

†Mary & Allen Lotz, and

Verne & Donna Lotz

(SV)-St. Jude Parish, St Vincent Church

(SH)-St. Jude Parish, Sacred Heart Church

IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE The Hosts and Wine Memorial Our Hosts & Wine for Masses this week

are being given in loving memory of

David Dettlaff

The Sanctuary Candle Memorial The Sanctuary Candle is burning this week

in memory of

David Dettlaff

Anne Sheahan

WEEKLY CALENDAR Monday, November 18

8:30 am Bible Study (LH)

Tuesday, November 19

1:00 pm Legion of Mary (PC)

6:30 pm Marian Prayer (SH)

Wednesday, November 20

6:00 am TMIY (LH)

6:15 pm Bible Study (HR)

6:30 pm Choir Practice (SH)

Thursday, November 21

9:00 am Book Club (PC)

6:00 pm RCIA (PC)

COMMUNION TO SHUT-INS November 17 Dave Putzer

November 24 Judy Bannow

December 1 John Beck

December 8 Kathleen Flanagan-Blaney

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Sunday, November 17

Mal 3:19-20a/Ps 98:5-6, 7-8, 9 [cf. 9]/2

Thes 3:7-12/Lk 21:5-19

Monday, November 18

1 Mc 1:10-15, 41-43, 54-57, 62-63/Ps

119:53, 61, 134, 155, 158 [cf. 88]/Lk

18:35-43

Tuesday, November 19

2 Mc 6:18-31/Ps 3:2-3, 4-5, 6-7 [6b]/Lk 19:1-10

Wednesday, November 20

2 Mc 7:1, 20-31/Ps 17:1bcd, 5-6, 8b and

15 [15b]/Lk 19:11-28

Thursday, November 21

1 Mc 2:15-29/Ps 50:1b-2, 5-6, 14-15

[23b]/Lk 19:41-44

Friday, November 22

1 Mc 4:36-37, 52-59/1 Chrn 29:10bcd,

11abc, 11d-12a, 12bcd [13b]/Lk 19:45-4

Saturday, November 23

1 Mc 6:1-13/Ps 9:2-3, 4 and 6, 16 and 19

[cf. 16a]/Lk 20:27-40

Sunday, November 24

2 Sm 5:1-3/Ps 122:1-2, 3-4, 4-5 [cf. 1]/

Col 1:12-20/Lk 23:35-4

CHILDREN’S BULLETIN We have a Children’s Bulletin printed, in

two different age groups, available in the

back of each of our worship sites each

week. Check it out!

MILITARY COLLECTION $3,561.60

Liturgy

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