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Celebrating our 165th year 6th Sunday Rev. Michael Petersen, Pastor Vol. 166, No 18 of Easter May 5, 2013

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION Sunday, May 5, 2013

Congratulations:

Lucas Meredith Breann Petri Eric Schraufnagel Lynsay Streeter Jacob Uttendorfer

Mass Intentions

Monday, May 6th

No Morning Mass

Tuesday, May 7th

8:00 a.m. For the People

Wednesday, May 8th

8:00 a.m. For the People

Thursday, May 9th

8:00 a.m. For the People

Friday, May 10th

8:00 a.m. For the People

Saturday, May 11th

St. John, 4:30 p.m. Chester Bliss

Sunday, May 12th

St. James, 8:00 a.m. Milton “Bud” Collien

St. John, 11:00 a.m. Pearl Kelroy

Stewardship Corner July 1 to April 16

2011/12 2012/13 Variance Budget Goal 165,160 162,995 2,165

Contributions to Date 114,929 111,360 3,569 Needed to achieve goal 50,231 51,635 (1,404)

LAY MINISTER SCHEDULE (Team 5)

SATURDAY, MAY 11TH—ST. JOHN – 4:30 P.M. Lector: George Macias

Euch Min: Dave Brown, Minister Needed, Minister Needed Server: Jeff Heuer, Bryce Heuer Usher: Bob Leb, Minister Needed

SUNDAY, MAY 12TH—ST JAMES - 8:00 A.M.

Lector: Katie Deaver Euch Min: Gary Collien, Rose Collien, Mary Binning Server: Tyler Streeter, Minister Needed Ushers: Stan Ruplinger Family

SUNDAY, May 12th—St. John- 11:00 A.M. Lector: Ginny Cutler Euch Min: Loreen Kuslits, Minister Needed, Minister Needed Server: Cathryn Kuslits, Minister Needed Ushers: Dan Homuth, James Sukowatey

CHURCH CLEANING FOR MAY St. John - Dawn Kuechenberg / St. James - HELP NEEDED

Readings for the week of May 6, 2013 - May 12, 2013 Monday: Tuesday: Wednesday: Acts 16: 11-15 Acts 16: 22-34 Acts 17: 17:15 John 15: 26--16:4a John 16: 5-11 John 16: 12-15 Thursday: Friday: Saturday: Acts 18: 1-8 Acts 18: 9-18 Acts 18: 23-28 John 16: 16-20 John 16: 20-23 John 16: 23b-28 Sunday: Acts 7: 55-60 Revelation 22: 12-14, 16-17 John 17: 20-26

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION UPDATE

MAY: 1st—1st Communion rehearsal, St John’s 6:30 pm

5th—1st Communion Mass, 11:00 am, St John, Byron

Please pray for the First Communicants:

Breann Petrie, Lucas Meredith, Lynsey Streeter,

Jacob Uttendorfer and Eric Schraufnagel

REGISTRATION FORMS: went home last week.

Please fill out and return with fees as directed

in the letter. If you know of a family with

school-age children who are interested in our

program, please share with them the registra-

tion information, forward their information

(name/telephone number) to me, or give them

my telephone number!

Remember to give praise & glory to GOD!

LOREEN

(H) 583-3490 or (C) 602-1966

Committee Calendar — ALL ARE WELCOME! Parish Pastoral Council Sunday, May 5, 2013— 9:15 a.m. St. John Hall

St. Mary’s/Sons of Zebedee Human Concerns Meeting Wednesday, May 8, 2013—7:00 p.m. St. John Hall St. Mary’s/Sons of Zebedee Parish Pastoral Cluster Meet-ing

Wednesday, May 15, 2013 @St. Mary Lomira 7:00p.m.

Financial Committee Meeting

Thursday, May 16, 2013—6:30 p.m. St. John Hall

Liturgy Committee Meeting Thursday, May 23, 2013—7:00 p.m. St. John Hall

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Sharing Sunday Every first Sunday of the month is Sharing Sunday. Your non-perishable food items are used to help stock the food pantry of Oakfield.

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From the Pastor Stewardship by the Book Today’s reading from Revelation offers a vision of the City of God, the new Jerusalem. “But,” the bishops’ pastoral on stewardship reminds us, “that ’life to come’ is in continuity with this present life through the human goods, the worthy human purposes, which people foster now.” “Let US Pray” Capital Campaign Update To date 152 of 300 Commitment Card responses have been received. Pledges totaling $63,415.00 have been made and payments toward those pledges totals $31,008.14. The payments received have been deposited in the separate Faith In Our Future Account to insure that they do not become part of the parish general fund account used for parish operations. We are doing well with our campaign at this point. If we heard from the 151 remaining families of our parish and received $110.75 from each of them we would reach our goal of $80,000.00. Please keep in mind that no gift is too small as you consider what God is asking of you in this important “Let US Pray” capital campaign. Parish Pastoral Council Elections The results of last weeks Parish Pastoral Council elections have been tabulated and a hearty congratulations to three members of the Pastoral Council returning for a second term, Jason Pettit, Rudy Jaeger, and Bill Bendt. New to the Parish Pastoral Council is Jim Pellitier. Congratulations and thank you for your willingness to serve our parish community. I would also like to take the opportunity to thank outgoing Pastoral Council members Ann May and Dan Homuth for your willingness to serve the parish community...well done good and faithful servants. Spring Assembly The annual Spring Assembly of Priests is this week. The assembly runs from Monday, May 6 to Wednesday, May 8 and will be held at The Abby Resort in Fontana. In the event of an emergency I can be contacted at 920-602-6330. Announcement of Appointment This past Tuesday I received official word in the form of an appointment letter from Archbishop Listecki appointing me as pastor of St. Mary in Lomira. My appointment takes effect on Tuesday, June 18, 2013.There will be a new Mass schedule for both the weekends and weekdays. As a result of my new appointment the new weekend Mass schedule will begin on Saturday, June 22 with the Saturday Mass being celebrated at 4:00p.m. at St. Mary in Lomira we will be retaining the Sunday 8:00 a.m. Mass at the St. James site and the 11:00a.m. Mass at the St. John site. The weekday Mass schedule will be Tuesday 8:30 Mass at the St. Mary site, Wednesday 1:00p.m. Mass at Hope Nursing Home in Lomira, Thursday 8:00a.m. at the St. James site and Friday 8:00a.m. at the St. John site. Easter Peace and joy, Fr. Michael

UPCOMING EVENTS

Christian Comedy Team—Saturday, May 11, 2013 Ron McGehee and Kerri Pomarolli are a couples Christian Comedy Team, that travel around the country. Holy Family is hosting a couples comedy night that is open to any-one interested in coming out for some clean comedy and laughter. The cost is $10 per couple and the event is in Holy Family Church, Fond du Lac. Bringing married couples to-gether for a night of fun and entertainment is what this eve-ning is going to be about. Shepherd of THE Hills Spring Concert—Tuesday, May 14 The theme is :Rockin’ Through the Decades”, and will be presented at 1:00 and 6:30pm, with a piano prelude at 6:00pm. All students in grades 3K through grade 8 will perform. SOTH is lo-cated at W1562 Ct. Rd. B, Eden. Nominate Your Woman of Faith Sisters of the Divine Savior (Salvatorian Sisters) are accepting nominations for their 2013 Woman of Faith AwARD now through Friday, May 24. The award honors a woman whose Gospel-inspired service enriches the lives of people in need. The award will be presented at the 13th an-nual award reception on October 10 in Milwaukee. Download a nomination form at www.sistersofthedivine sav-ior.org or request a form by calling 414-466-7414. Catholic Herald Family photo contest Your Catholic Herald is looking for cover families !Start collecting those photos of the children and families in your life and enter them in the 2013 cover photo contest. The photo entries will be accepted until Friday, Sept 6 and should be sent to Catholic Herald Family, P.O. Box 070913, Milwaukee, 53207-0913 or e-mailed to chnonline@archmil.org. Winning photos will be featured on the covers or inside the publication in the upcoming year.

Spring Day of Prayer and Reflection—May 15, 2013 Welcome spring and the new beauty of nature. Cele-brate the month of May with a Day of Prayer and reflection on the Blessed Virgin Mary. She is uniquely instrumental in bringing newness to our lives when she said YES to be the Mother of the Most Holy Redeemer. There will be a confer-ence, Sacrament of Reconciliation, the Rosary and will con-clude with the Celebration of the Eucharist. Lunch is in-cluded. Cost is $20. Registration is 9:30am and the conclu-sion is 3:00pm on that day. Redemptorist Retreat Center, 1800 N. Timber Trail Lane, Oconomowoc, WI 53066. To reg-ister call: 262-567-6900 or go to the web at www.redemptoristretreat.org. Milwaukee Council of Catholic Women Convention “Come and See” is the theme for the convention to be held at Holy Family Parish in Fond du Lac, on Thursday and Friday, May 30th and 31st.Thursday starts at 5pm with a social hour and dinner followed by entertainment. Cost is $30. Friday begins at 8:00am with registration and breakfast. The Keynote speaker is Archbishop Listecki, followed by Mass and lunch. Lisa Paul is the afternoon speaker. Cost for Friday is $25, or $50 for both days. Vendors will be present and opportunities to win raffle baskets will be available. Make checks payable o MACCW and send to P.O. Box 756, Elm Grove WI. call Jean Kelly @ 262-797-0937 for info.