Saint Florian Staffed by the Discalced Carmelite Friars

July 12, 2020 ~ The Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

WEEKEND MASSES Saturday (Anticipated) ...................... 4:00 p.m. Sunday .............................................. 8:00 a.m.

DAILY MASS - PLEASE CHECK BULLETIN WEEKLY (as the Masses are subject to change)

Tuesday, July 14 ............................. 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, July 15 ........................ 5:00 p.m. (celebrated in the Main Church)

Evening before Holy Day (Anticipated) ...................................................... 7:00 p.m. (celebrated in the Main Church - no 5:00 p.m. Mass)

Holy Day .......................................... 8:00 a.m. (celebrated in the Main Church - no 5:00 p.m. Mass)

CONFESSIONS

Please contact the Parish Office or Fr. Fred if you are

interested in the Sacrament of Confession. Thank you.

HELPING HANDS

Outreach for the elderly and the homebound. Elaine Croft....................................... 615-7124

MARY QUEEN OF SAINTS CATHOLIC ACADEMY (our Parish Cluster School)

1227 South 116 Street • West Allis, WI 53214 476-0751 Jen Vega, Principal • Email: vegaj@mqscateacher.org

School Website: mqsca.org Email for Registration Information: floodc@mqscateacher.org

PARISH STAFF Administrator: Fr. Fred Alexander, O.C.D. 383-3565, ext. 2 Email ......... pastor@stflorian.org Secretary: Jacqueline Wick Maintenance: Joseph Rivest

ST. FLORIAN PARISH OFFICE 1210 South 45 Street, West Milwaukee, WI 53214-3614 Phone ............................................... 383-3565, ext. 0 Fax ................................................... 383-2708 Email ............. stflorian@archmil.org Website ............... www.stflorian.org

PARISH OFFICE HOURS Monday through Thursday 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. (The Parish Office is closed on Fridays.)

PASTORAL COUNCIL Chairperson: Kate Klister ............... 350-9217 Vice Chair: Sue Jens ....................... 328-4042 Trustee/Secretary: Russell Miller.... 671-2385 Trustee/Treasurer: Sandy Kania...... 672-0364

MUSIC DIRECTORS Joseph Carpenter - 4:00 p.m. Sat. choir…..430-3425 Diane Bersch - 8:00 a.m. Sun. choir……...541-8109

CHRISTIAN FORMATION OFFICE Within St. Rita Parish, 2318 South 61 Street , West Allis, WI 53219 High School/Confirmation Program RCIA-Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults RCIC-Rite of Christian Initiation of Children Contact the DRE - Director of Religious Education, Barbara Krieger..................................... 541-7515, ext. 39

SACRAMENTS Baptism Parish registration and parental instruction required. Please contact the parish office.

Marriage Please arrange for a date and instructions at least six months in advance at the parish office. Parish registration is required.

Anointing of the Sick — CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE (subject to change)

PARISH MEMBERSHIP Each family or single adult 18 years old or older

living at home or alone is invited and expected to be registered in our parish family at the parish office.

Please call the parish office to register.

“Please Remember St. Florian Parish in your Will.”

1233 South 45 Street, West Milwaukee, WI 53214-3615

“The seed sown on rich soil

is the one who hears the word

and understands it,

who indeed bears fruit and

yields a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold.”

~ Matthew 13:23

The Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Florian Parish - July 12, 2020

July 11, 2020

through

July 19, 2020

CARMELITE QUOTE

“. . . in my opinion, where there is no obedience there are no nuns.”

~ St. Teresa of Avila

Sun: Is 55:10-11/Ps 65:10, 11, 12-13, 14 [Lk 8:8]/ Rom 8:18-23/Mt 13:1-23 or 13:1-9 Mon: Is 1:10-17/Ps 50:8-9, 16bc-17, 21 and 23 [23b]/ Mt 10:34—11:1 Tues: Is 7:1-9/Ps 48:2-3a, 3b-4, 5-6, 7-8 [cf. 9d]/ Mt 11:20-24 Wed: Is 10:5-7, 13b-16/Ps 94:5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 14-15 [14a]/ Mt 11:25-27 Thurs: Is 26:7-9, 12, 16-19/Ps 102:13-14ab and 15, 16-18, 19-21 [20b]/Mt 11:28-30 Fri: Is 38:1-6, 21-22, 7-8/Is 38:10, 11, 12abcd, 16 [cf. 17b]/ Mt 12:1-8 Sat: Mi 2:1-5/Ps 10:1-2, 3-4, 7-8, 14 [12b]/Mt 12:14-21 Next Sun: Wis 12:13, 16-19/Ps 86:5-6, 9-10, 15-16 [5a]/ Rom 8:26-27/Mt 13:24-43 or 13:24-30

Readings for the week of July 12, 2020

Sat., July 11 - Anticipated 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time The Parishioners of St. Florian Parish

Sun., July 12 - Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time † David Potter

Mon., July 13 - Weekday

No Mass Intention

Tues., July 14 - St. Kateri Tekakwitha, Virgin - in the Main Church at 5:00 p.m.

No Mass Intention

Wed., July 15 - St. Bonaventure, Bishop & Doctor of the Church - in the Main Church at 5:00 p.m.

† Joseph & † Josephine Fuys

Thurs., July 16 - Our Lady of Mount Carmel

No Mass Intention

Fri., July 17 - Weekday No Mass Intention

Sat., July 18 - Anticipated 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time † Paul Klister

Sun., July 19 - Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time The Parishioners of St. Florian Parish

ETERNAL FLAME

July 11 - July 17, 2020

In loving memory of:

† Delores & † Edward Tittelfitz

Using the best seeds doesn’t always guarantee the best plants. An older Ital-ian gentleman straight from Italy gave me these amazing tomato seeds that he claimed produced the best tomatoes ever grown. Without doubt, the fruit he shared with me was a testament to that fact. These tomatoes were amazing! I couldn’t wait until the next growing sea-son to plant these seeds and harvest my own tomatoes. The whole experiment ended up a failure. I did everything the gentleman said, but my fruit didn’t even come close. What happened? At first I was perplexed, then some years later the light dawned. The problem wasn’t the seeds, it was the soil! You cannot sow seeds in any old place and in a haphazard way and expect them to be at their best. It doesn’t work that way. Planting the seeds is the easiest

part. Preparing the soil is the challenge. Tilling, mulching, enriching, and build-ing up the nutrients are all required for good fruit. Then after the seeds are planted, more care is required in order to maintain that healthy, nutrient rich environment for those seeds to sprout, grow, and flourish. God happily sows the seeds of his Word. What do we do with them? If we expect to be a passive bystander and have good fruit magically grow, we are mistaken. Bearing the good fruit of God’s Word requires preparation and work. We have to cultivate the soil of our lives so that those seeds can find a proper home. This one thing alone takes a great deal of patience, time, and effort. What kind of preparation have we put into our lives so that we can be a recipient of God’s seed? It takes a great

deal of soul-searching and ego-checking to properly prepare. God is the ever faithful and persistent sower. If the seeds do not bear fruit the first time, God will come back time and time again, giving it another try. If we have created a suitable bed for sowing, then once the seed is sown, we must properly maintain them. What is our maintenance plan for the seeds of God’s Word? We need not only a source for water but a watering sched-ule. We need to weed, aerate the soil, nurture the young plants, protect them, and provide proper nutrients. What does our spiritual maintenance plan look like? If we have done all things well, imagine what the seeds of God’s Word could produce in us!

GOSPEL MEDITATION — ENCOURAGE DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF SCRIPTURE

CALENDAR RAFFLE WINNERS

July 4, 2020

$100 - John Sullivan

July 7, 2020

$25 - Lucas Brisingamen

CATHOLIC QUOTE

The Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Florian Parish - July 12, 2020

In July,

Please Pray For . . .

Saturday, July 11 - Anticipated 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time No Confessions in Church 4:00 pm Mass in Church w/Birthday Blessings

Sunday, July 12 - Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00 am Mass in Church w/Birthday Blessings

* Daily Masses will resume slowly. Please check below. Private Masses will continue to be celebrated without

an assembly for unscheduled Daily Masses.

Monday, July 13 11:30 am Staff Meeting in Parish Office 5:00 pm Mass in Our Lady’s Chapel CANCELLED

Tuesday, July 14 5:00 pm Mass in the Main Church

Wednesday, July 15 5:00 pm Mass in the Main Church

Thursday, July 16 5:00 pm Mass in Our Lady’s Chapel CANCELLED

Friday, July 17 5:00 pm Mass in Our Lady’s Chapel CANCELLED

Saturday, July 18 - Anticipated 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time No Confessions in Church 4:00 pm Mass in Church

Sunday, July 19 - Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00 am Mass in Church

Catherine Becker Beth Cesar

Gregg & Susan Dufek

Patrick Goesch Helen Guszkowski

Joyce Johnson Ruth Kressl

Helen Markowski Bernie & James

McGivern Betty Michalowski Candy Netterfield

family Katherine Papa Mary Priewe

Elizabeth Reineck Patrick & Rose

Redmond Carolyn Toby Edie Wurcer

Gloria Zelazek Bernie Zimney

Focus on the Good

When I was a child, my mother had a set of sculptures resembling three human heads. One head had hands over the ears, one had hands over the eyes, and one had hands over the mouth. Of course, they depicted the phrase,

“Hear no evil; see no evil; speak no evil.” I have seen these images repeated many times since then, usually as the monkey heads from a Japanese proverb, which would have probably seemed a little less creepy to me when I was a small child.

Apparently, there is no consensus about the full meaning or certain origin of these three images nor the phrase. At the very least, it causes us to reflect on the need to avoid evil and look for the good in things.

As I have lived my life, I have come to believe there are more people who lives their lives in a contrary manner to these images. It is not that they seek evil, but it is as if they “see no good, hear no good, and speak no good.” Gossiping is the

way they pass the time, and they always seem to find the negative in people and situations. Being a good steward certainly means that we do not seek evil, but more than that, it means that we see the abundance of good things all around us.

These gifts of God are big and little, profound and ordinary. By seeing the world in this way, we begin to change our personalities and our overall disposition.

We always need to follow a new proverb: see all the good, hear all the good, and speak about the good. Amen.

~ Tracy Earl Welliver, MTS

EVERYDAY STEWARDSHIP — RECOGNIZE GOD IN YOUR ORDINARY MOMENTS

LIVE THE LITURGY — INSPIRATION FOR THE WEEK

Any good farmer will tell you that regardless of how good the quality of the seed, its sprouting and bearing of effective fruit is dependent upon the quality of the soil. Preparing the soil is one of the most essential components of farming. There is no

doubt that the seed of God’s Word will eventually achieve its purpose. God cannot and will not fail. When and how that seed bears fruit is, however, dependent upon us. What is the quality and condition of your soil? Life’s concerns and

preoccupations can cause us to become inattentive to our inner life. This sometimes unintentional neglect can result in our soil becoming hard, overgrown with weeds, rocky, parched, and lifeless. When God’s seed is sown, it doesn’t always take

root because it struggles to establish roots and flourish. How can you more attentively attend to the soil of your heart so that it will be a fertile and vital place for the fruit of the Gospel to grow?

Born to Eternal Life

Please remember in your prayers...

† Sylvia Brazeau

She passed away Tuesday, June 30 at age 100.

A private family service was held Monday, July 6.

Please keep her devoted daughter, Linda and other family and friends in your prayers.

Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon her. Amen.

Born to Eternal Life

Please remember in your prayers...

† Deborah Marki

She passed away Monday, June 29.

Her funeral service was held Monday, July 6.

Please keep her many family members and other relatives and friends in your prayers.

Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon her. Amen.

WHY DO WE DO THAT? — CATHOLIC LIFE EXPLAINED

CHURCH DONATIONS

With the Church open again, many may still choose to stay at home due to health reasons.

The obligation to attend Sunday Mass is dispensed from the Archbishop through Sunday, August 2.

Please know that donations can be mailed to the office or dropped in the mail slot of the Parish Office door.

Many of you have continued to do this and it has been greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Why Do Catholics Baptize Babies?

Question: Why do Catholics baptize babies?

Answer: For adults who want to be baptized, the celebration only takes place after a long, guided, and

thoughtful process through the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults. This is also true for many Protestant Christians,

who are baptized later in life, often after a personal, transforming religious experience. So, it seems fair to ask

why our Catholic tradition includes infant baptism. After all, if we make adults who want to become Catholic

wait months and even years as they grow in their understanding of Christ and his teachings,

why should babies — who “do nothing” — be baptized?

Our custom of infant baptism dates back to the earliest days of the Church, when St. Paul baptized entire households,

including, we presume, children (see Acts 16:15, 33; 18:8). That had become common practice by the second century.

When Christianity was legalized 200 years later, infant baptism became the normal practice throughout the Church.

We recognize that in Baptism, we are given the grace to overcome original sin —the human tendency to choose

ourselves and our own wills over God — and to become members of the Church.

This is the gift we give to infants in Baptism.

In its essence, the baptism of infants also reminds us adult Christians that the gift of salvation and membership in the Church (i.e., the Body of Christ) is God’s initiative. It is freely offered to us, regardless of where we might be in

life’s journey. Salvation isn’t something we earn. Instead, we see that Baptism is the beginning of a lifelong process of growing into the kind of disciples that Jesus wants us to be.

To learn more, see the “Catechism of the Catholic Church” (no. 1250-1252 and 1262-1270).

All other Parish Events continue to be cancelled except the:

Saturday Mass at 4:00 p.m.

Sunday Mass at 8:00 a.m.

and two Daily Masses this week. They will be:

Tuesday, July 14 and Wednesday July 15

at 5:00 p.m. in the Main Church.

No Daily Masses the last 2 weeks of July due to scheduling conflicts.

Daily Masses will then again resume every

Tuesday & Wednesday in August at 5:00 p.m. in the Main Church.

No Confessions in Church yet.

Please call the Parish Office with any questions.

There are several changes for the safe celebration of Mass.

Read “The Catholic Comeback” guidelines from the Archdiocese of Milwaukee

at the link below for more information.

The Catholic Comeback | Returning to Sunday Mass

Archbishop Listecki has released specific

guidelines for returning to Mass. If you have

not yet had a chance to review these, we

encourage you to do so.

You can find the guide HERE.

Born to Eternal Life

Please remember in your prayers...

† Charles (Chuck) L. Costello

He passed away Monday, July 6.

His visitation will be Monday, July 13 from 3:00-7:00 p.m. followed by the funeral service at 7:00 p.m.

at Bevsek Verbick Funeral Home in West Allis.

Please keep his wife, Mary and daughter, Tammy and other relatives and many friends in your prayers.

Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. Amen.

Please contact the Parish Office or Fr. Fred to request a private Confession at this time.

CONFESSIONS IN CHURCH CANCELLED

COMMUNITY AREA ANNOUNCEMENTS

Private Together Silent Retreat for Women Monday, August 3 - Saturday, August 8, 2020 1800 North Timber Trail Lane, Oconomowoc

Presented by: The Retreat Team Arrival and registration: Monday, August 3 at 4:00 p.m.

followed by orientation and welcoming at 5:00 p.m. and dinner at 5:30 p.m.

Departure: Saturday after the noon meal. Cost: $360 per person includes room, board and materials.

The Redemptorist Retreat Center offers the “Private Together” silent retreat as an opportunity for

Women to make a personal retreat in a setting of silence, reflection and optional common prayer. Daily Eucharist, Evening Prayer, the Sacrament of Reconciliation, and

Spiritual Direction will be available.

To register by phone call 1-262-567-6900 or to register by email rrc@redemptoristretreat.org

HERC's Upcoming Virtual Programs Wednesday, July 22 • 7:00 p.m.

• The Woman in Gold' w/ Attorney E. Randol Schoenberg

Tuesday, August 18 • 7:00 p.m. • From the Holocaust to Civil Rights

Nathan and Esther Pelz Holocaust Education

Resource Center (HERC) 1360 North Prospect Avenue,

Milwaukee, WI 53202 414-963-2710

HolocaustCenterMilwaukee.org

Black Catholic March for Racial Justice Saturday, July 11, 2020 at 9:00 a.m.

The march begins at St. Francis of Assisi Parish, 1927 Vel R. Phillips Avenue, Milwaukee.

Beginning at 9:30 a.m., the Black Catholic Ministry Commission and the Archdiocese will host. We recommend

that people wear facemasks and bring water bottles. The march will proceed to the former site of Blessed Martin de Porres Parish (N. 7th St. & W. Galena St.) and conclude at

St. Benedict the Moor Parish (930 W. State St.), for a distance of 1.3 miles. The initiative of the march came from

Fr. Michael Bertram, OFM Cap., pastor of St. Francis of Assisi parish, and the event is supported by the

Archdiocese of Milwaukee.

If you have any questions, please contact Fessahaye Mebrahtu our Director of Black Catholic &

Ethnic Ministries at MebrahtuF@archmil.org.

The Black Catholic March for Racial Justice will seek to:

• Publically support and stand in solidarity with African Americans and members of the Black community, who suffer racial injustice.

• Denounce the sin of racism and racial injustice. Commemorate the commitment of the Catholic Church in Milwaukee to support African Americans and the Black communities through historic ministerial efforts of the following parishes: St. Benedict the Moor, Blessed Martin de Porres, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Boniface, and more recently St. Martin de Porres and All Saints.

Anti-Racism Resources Two excellent sets of anti-racism resources are availble. The first is our local Black Catholic Ministries page. (review those resources here) These include the history of Black Catholic

ministry in the Archdiocese which is part of the Black Catholic Pastoral Plan. The second is the U.S. Conference of

Catholic Bishops’ Combatting Racism page (review those resources here).

Take care and God bless, Rob Shelledy, Director Dignity of the Human Person Coordinator Social Justice Ministry

Mary Queen of Saints Catholic Academy NEWS

Mary Queen of Saints Catholic Academy (MQSCA), our Parish Cluster School, has moved!

Our new address is:

1227 South 116 Street West Allis, WI 53214-2122

414-476-0751 (our number has remained the same)

Please contact the school for registration information or questions via any of the ways above or below.

School Website: mqsca.org

Email for Registration Information: floodc@mqscateacher.org

Jen Vega, Principal’s Email: vegaj@mqscateacher.org

As you all know, we decided to cancel our Casino Nite for this year due to COVID-19. We had received quite a few donations and we decided that the right thing to do was to

send the donations back. So that’s what I did.

Well, after I had sent all the donations back, I was contacted by Lauren Johnson from the Wisconsin State

Fair. She explained to me that even though we cancelled and sent the donation back, the

Fair wanted to send back the packet that was donated and to give it to a family in need. She

also said that if the Fair cancelled this year; which it did, that everything would still be good next year.

So we have the packet; which includes 4 admission tickets, 4 SpinCity ride tickets, 4 cream puff vouchers, and

a bargain book voucher.

I am asking all of you to help me with finding a family that you think would like to go to the Fair and by giving them this

packet would greatly help them enjoy spending a day at the Fair.

Please contact me (414-801-7700) or the parish office if you know of someone.

If we get more than one family, we will draw a name.

We also have Milwaukee County Zoo Passes

available. Each pass is good for an adult or child admission

and includes parking. If you are interested in this, you can pick them up at the

parish office during regular business hours. The Zoo is partially open now,

so please call the Zoo for more information. The tickets are good till 11/8/2020.

If you have any questions concerning any of this, please don’t hesitate to give me a call at the above number.

Have a great summer everyone!!!!

CASINO NITE NEWS

Our Lady of Mount Carmel — July 16

Sacred Scripture celebrated the beauty of Carmel where the

prophet Elijah defended the purity of Israel's faith in the living God.

In the twelfth century, hermits withdrew to that mountain and

later founded the Carmelite order devoted to the contemplative life

under the patronage of Mary, the holy Mother of God.

Devotion to Our Lady of Mount Carmel is worldwide, and most Catholics are familiar with the Scapular of Our Lady of

Mount Carmel, also known as the Brown Scapular. Mary appeared to St. Simon Stock on July 16, 1251, and gave him the scapular with the following words, which are preserved in a fourteenth century narrative: "This will be for you and for all Carmelites the privilege, that he who dies in this will

not suffer eternal fire." The feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel was instituted for the Carmelites in 1332, and

extended to the whole Church by Benedict XIII in 1726.

Source: https://www.catholicculture.org/

St. Kateri Tekakwitha, Virgin — July 14

Kateri was born in 1656 near the town of Auriesville, New York, the daughter

of a Mohawk warrior. She was baptized by Jesuit missionary Fr. Jacques de

Lambertville on Easter of 1676 at the age of twenty. She devoted her life to prayer, penitential practices, and the

care of the sick and aged in Caughnawaga near Montreal (where her relics are now enshrined). She incurred the hostility of her

tribe because of her faith. She was devoted to the Eucharist, and to Jesus Crucified, and was called the "Lily of the Mohawks." She died in 1680 and was beatified June

22, 1980 — the first native American to be declared "Blessed." She was canonized on October 21, 2012.

Excerpted from Magnificat, July 2003 Source: https://www.catholicculture.org/

St. Bonaventure, Bishop and Doctor of the Church — July 15

St. Bonaventure was born in Italy in 1221. He joined the Franciscan Order

and went to Paris for his studies. He was made General of his Order and deserves to be reckoned its second founder for his work in consolidating an institution that was as yet ill-defined in nature. St. Bon-aventure died at Lyons in 1274 during the

general Council between Greeks and Latins held in this city. Dante had already included him

among the inhabitants of his "Paradise". He is known as the Seraphic Doctor.

Source: https://www.catholicculture.org/

The following are live-stream options for the celebration of Mass and the Liturgy of the Hours, the official prayer of the Church. This list is in no way exhaustive; it is merely

an attempt to help the Faithful pray together.

Daily Mass with Pope Francis (Vatican News) —

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7E- LYc1wivk33iyt5bR5zQ

Celebrate an In-Home Celebration of the Word — https://edwardsri.com/2020/03/13/17088/

How to Make a Spiritual Communion — https://www.ncregister.com/blog/armstrong/if-you-cant -receive-communion-make-a-spiritual-communion

Liturgy of the Hours - The Benedictine Monks of Saint John’s Abbey in Collegeville, MN: https://saintjohnsabbey.org/live - The Benedictine Monks of Conception Abbey in Conception, MO: https://www.conceptionabbey.org/monastery/live/

For more resources during this time of quarantined living, please visit:

Courageous Communion webpage — https://www.archmil.org/Courageous-Communion

Each day the Archbishop has a daily video reflection, which can be found at:

https://www.archmil.org/Daily-Reflection

Pope Francis' special Urbi et Orbi blessing on Friday, March 27, 2020 with full text and video of his meditation from St. Peter’s Basilica imploring our Lord to end the Coronavirus pandemic:

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2020-03/urbi-et-orbi-pope-coronavirus-prayer-blessing.html

OPPORTUNITIES FOR PRAYER

During this time of social distancing as together we all do our part to slow the spread of the COVID-19 Coronavirus. This

leaves us with a deep longing for Christ in the Eucharist. While nothing can replace the Eucharist, this list of online

resources may help you remain spiritually nourished.

WEBSITES, BLOGS & PODCASTS FOR SPIRITUAL GROWTH & FORMATION

The following are some excellent websites that may be helpful to your spiritual growth.

Integrated Catholic Life is a website and blog for people of all ages. The articles and blogs contained here range from scriptural reflections to Catholic apologetics. http://www.integratedcatholiclife.org/

LIFE TEEN blog is an excellent blog for teens and college students as they navigate what it means to be Catholic in today’s society. https://lifeteen.com/blog/

CatholicMom.com is a collection of articles, reflections, and activity ideas for today’s busy mom. There is also a podcast and a “hangout” for online discussion. http://catholicmom.com/

Ministry Monday is a weekly podcast for liturgical musicians and is a service of the National Association of Pastoral Musicians. Each podcast provides liturgical musicians with the opportunities to learn, engage, grow and be renewed in their faith. https://www.ministrymonday.org/

Busted Halo is a media resource that helps people of all ages understand the Catholic faith, put it into practice in their everyday lives, and share it with others. https://bustedhalo.com/about

Echoes from the Bell Tower Blog & Podcast is a ministry of the Monks of Saint Meinrad Archabbey in Saint Meinrad, Indiana. It is devoted to observations on Christian faith, spirituality, and everyday events by contributors who have a deep connection to the Benedictine values lived out at Saint Meinrad Archabbey.

Blog: https://www.saintmeinrad.edu/seminary-blog/echoes-from-the-bell-tower/?blogtype=s

Podcast: https://www.saintmeinrad.edu/echoes

The Magnificat is offering their liturgical resources free during this pandemic at:

https://us.magnificat.net/free

The Magnificat suggests a prayer of spiritual Communion:

Jesus, really present in the Most Holy Sacrament of the altar, since I cannot now receive thee under the

sacramental veil, I beseech thee, with a heart full of love and longing, to come spiritually into my soul through the Immaculate Heart

of thy most Holy Mother, and to abide with me, thou in me, and I in thee, in time and in eternity. Amen.

SPIRITUAL RESOURCES

The Opportunities for Prayer listing and Spiritual Resources information will remain in the bulletin for those choosing to not attend Mass yet for various health reasons.

* The obligation to attend Sunday Mass is now dispensed from the Archbishop through Sunday, August 2.