5th Sunday of Easter, 2015

5th Sunday of Easter •
May 3, 2015
Divine Mercy Parish
SAINT ALOYSIUS
115 Madison Street
Sauk City, Wisconsin
SAINT MARY HEALTH of the SICK
231 Main Street
Merrimac, Wisconsin
www.divinemercy-parish.org
Divine Mercy Parish Office
St. Mary’s Mass Schedule
(608) 643-2449
St. Aloysius Mass Schedule
Weekend: Saturday 4:30 pm
Sunday 9:30 am
Weekday: Thursday 7:00 pm
Weekend: Saturday at 4:30 pm;
Sunday at 8 am and 10:30 am,
Sunday at 12:30 pm in Spanish
Weekday: Monday-Friday 8:15 am;
Saturday 8:00 am
La Santa Misa en español:
todos los domingos a las 12:30 pm
St. Aloysius: Beginning one hour
before weekend and weekday Masses
and Wednesdays 5:30-6:30 pm
St. Mary: Saturday 3:45-4:15 pm
Sunday 9:00-9:15 am
Thursday 5:00-6:45 pm
Confessions
First Communicants 2015
St. Aloysius Mass Intentions
Monday, May 4
8:15 am † Michael Shaw
(Robert & Laura Wolske Family)
Tuesday, May 5
8:15 am Joe and Valeria Eckstein
Families
(Dolores Hicks)
Wednesday, May 6
8:15 am † Marie Savage
(Dennis & Joan Breunig)
10:30 am Maplewood Village:
Thursday, May 7
8:15 am † Rosemary Schlough
(Family)
Friday, May 8
8:15 am † Vernon Breunig
(Audrey Schutz)
10:00 am Maplewood:
10:00 am Pines: † Raymond Kurth
(Family)
Saturday, May 9
8:00 am Jean Smith
(The Seifert Family)
4:30 pm People of the Parish
Sunday, May 10
8:00 am † Rosemary Schlough
(Family)
10:30 am † Herb Hass
(Family)
12:30 pm † Flora Castilla
St. Mary’s Mass Intentions
Saturday, May 2
4:30 pm Special Intention
(Don & Mary Anne Weber)
Sunday, May 3
9:30 am † Paul Uselmann
(LaVern & Marie Weisensel)
Thursday, May 7
7:00 pm TLM † Loid Atkinson
(Tim & Kathy Borota)
Saturday, May 9
4:30 pm Special Intention for Shawn
Koberstein on his First Holy Communion (The Koberstein Family)
Sunday, May 10 May Crowning
9:30 am † Anna Silchuck
(Irv & Rita Silchuck)
Wednesday, May 13 Our Lady of
Fatima
8:30 am † Jerome and Audrey
Sickinger (Debra Lins)
Thursday, May 14
7:00 pm † Loid Atkinson
(Tod & Julie Fleming)
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Sign Up For The St. Al’s Softball Challenge
At this year’s Divine Mercy Parish festival, on June 20, there
will be a softball challenge. A men's team from Divine Mercy will
play a team from St. Norbert and Lodi. Are you ready for the confrontation? Will you be part of the Divine Mercy/St. Aloysius team and lead us
to victory? It will be a friendly but intense match! Whether you’re a seasoned
softball veteran or have never played before but would like to give it a try, all are
welcome. Families, please get your husbands/dads out on the field and defend
our pride! Nathan Dischler will coach. Contact Nathan Dischler at 608-3933900 to join the team.
Parish Scholarship Application
Divine Mercy Parish will offer two scholarships of $250 each to students of
the 2015 high school graduating class who are confirmed members of Divine
Mercy Parish and have plans to further their education. Applications for the
scholarship may be picked up in the side church lobby of St. Al´s, in the back at
St. Mary´s Church and in the High School guidance office. Application deadline
is Tuesday, May 5th, 2015.
Honoring Our Elders — Craft-making
Honoring Our Elders is a ministry of 6:8, offering companionship and spiritual support to the elderly of our community. We will be hosting an art/craft
tent at Fire on the River, July 4, as a fundraiser for Honoring Our Elders programs and services. We invite crafters of all ages to join us the first Thursday of
the month from 9:30-11:00 in the downstairs meeting room. Bring your own
supplies or help us with our projects. For more information, call Shirley Kelter,
370-3565 or Elaine Mack, 643-4144.
Our Lady of the Good Help Pilgrimage
The Hispanic community at St. Al’s is organizing a Pilgrimage
to Our Lady of the Good Help (New Franken, WI) on Sunday,
August 2, with a coach bus leaving the St. Al’s parking lot at
7am. There will be a potluck picnic lunch there, and a Spanish
Mass celebrated by Fr. Osvaldo at 3:30pm. Everyone is welcome, but seating is limited, so contact the parish office now to reserve your
spot; $15 is required to sign up.
Nescos for the School Kitchen
The school is looking for our lost Nesco's. If anyone has a
school Nesco sitting in their home, they can return it with no
questions asked. If anyone would like to donate a new Nesco
or a very like new Nesco - would be greatly appreciated. The
cooks would like it to be Teflon Coated - for easy cleaning. Thank you very much for your support!!
Daytime Women’s Study Group
All women are invited to meet on Tuesdays, 12:30-2pm, in the lower level at
St. Al’s to pray and study a spiritual book. The group is reading Mere Christianity and Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World. One of the group’s leaders,
parishioner Donna Verges, is a graduate of the Ave Maria Institute for Pastoral
Theology, and is able to share insights gained there. Come be enriched in your
faith!
Scrip Corner
The scrip team will be selling scrip
after mass this weekend.
The following scrip cards are available weekdays in the
school office: Piggly Wiggly - $25, $50 & $100; Sentry $50; Kwik Trip - $25, $50 & $100; Cenex- $25. & $100;
Wal Mart - $100; Ace Harward $25; Panera Bread, Papa
Murphy´s, Family Video, Pizza Hut and Subway , and The Mixing Bowl - $10;
Walgreens - $25; Target - $25 & $100. Many, many more available to order check out scrip.com to find all the stores and restaurants available in scrip.
ST. ALOYSIUS SCHOOL
Special Interest Day, May 15th - Share a Talent!
Special
Interest Day gives our students the opportunity to try something
new, with classes ranging from crafts to sports to hobbies to cooking. If you would like to share your time/talent, please contact the
school office at 643-6868.
Adoration Chapel candles
will burn this week...
6th Annual Walk A Thon - May 29th - St. Al's
students & families will be walking 4 miles. to support their school. To make a pledge or volunteer to
help, please contact the school office at 643-6868.
Registration Preschool and Kindergarten:
We are accepting registrations for our Preschool for children who will be 3 or 4 by Sept. 1st, 2015; or our Kindergarten for children who will be 5 by Sept. 1st. St. Al's offers small class sizes, if you know of a 3, 4 or 5 year old,
spread the word about the wonderful education they
would receive here at St. Al's. Call the school office at 6436868 if you have any questions.
RELIGIOUS ED
Important Dates.
May 3rd
Last class of RE for grades K, 2nd-7th.
6 PM Confirmation Rehersal @ St. Josephs in Baraboo
(Confirmandi & Sponsors to attend)
May 6th
Last class for grades 8-HS
(DTS night...meet in youth center 6:30 to 8 PM)
May 9th
Confirmation 7:00 pm at St. Josephs in Baraboo.
GIRLS GROUP
St. Al´s Girls Group will meet on Fridays (school year)
and Thursdays (Summer time), next meeting will be April
24. Girls in grades 2-6 are encouraged to come to the upstairs of the Youth Center for prayers, games, crafts, spiritual talk given by one of our priests, and dinner. Contact
Jenny at (608) 333-9092 or [email protected].
Adults or older sisters volunteers are needed!!
St. Aloysius Liturgical Roles
Weekend of May 9 & 10
Servers
4:30 pm
8:00 am
Jackson & Max Shavlik
Matthew Breunig,
Simon & Phillip Enerson
10:30 am John Paul Fabian,
Devan Meise
Readers
4:30 pm Connie Cotter
8:00 am Sandy Brucket
10:30 am Don Daniewicz
Greeters
4:30 pm Joan Cole, Keith & Beverly
Foye, James & Lisa Breunig.
8:00 am Edna Hart, Dolores Moen,
Colleen Schutz.
10:30 am Volunteers.
Offertory Gift Bearers
4:30 pm Volunteers welcome!
8:00 am Volunteers welcome!
10:30 am Fuchs Trucking Family
Ushers
4:30 pm LeRoy Lamberty, Herman
Mack, Steve Mack, Ralph Ringelstetter
8:00 am Ralph Endres, John Horak,
Lloyd Marklein, Andrew Peterson
10:30 am Bob Henseler, Nolan & Pam
Lamberty, Roger Moe
Rosary Leaders
4:30 pm Becky Thomson
8:00 am Della Ryan
10:30 am Steve Rammer
Vocations Chalice—May 10
8:00 am Steve & Sandy Koehler
For Hernández Zapata
Family
(Anonymous)
You may request to have candles in
the adoration chapel burn for a week
in memory of or honor of a loved one,
or for a special intention. The donation is $30/6 candles, and your intention will be published here if you wish.
Jesus Is Waiting For
YOU!
We always welcome more committed
adorers, you are very
important to the Lord!
To spend your special
hour with Him each
week, pick up a form from either
lobby, download one from
www.divinemercy-parish.org, clip and
return this page to the parish office or
simply call 643-2449 to sign up.
If you need a substitute for
your hour, please call:
608 370 9894
The sanctuary lamp
will burn this week
For Vernon & Rosella
Breunig
(Anonymous)
You may request to have
the sanctuary candle (next to the tabernacle) burn for one week in memory
of or honor of a loved one, or for a
special intention. The donation is
$10, and your intention will be published in the bulletin if you wish.
Contact the parish office to schedule.
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ST. MARY’S CHURCH
Special Mass at St Mary’s Next Wednesday, May 13
There will be a special Mass offered at St. Mary’s Wednesday, May 13th, 2015 at
8:30 a.m. to celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Fatima.
May Crowning at St. Mary’s Post-poned until May 10th
The May Crowning has been post-poned to May 10th due to scheduling conflicts.
The May Crowning practice will be Saturday, May 9th at 1:00 p.m.
Symbolon Session Cancelled for May 3rd
Due to scheduling conflicts, the Symbolon program that is usually held after the
9:30 am Sunday Mass is cancelled this weekend. Please join us next weekend for
the next DVD session titled, “Mary and the Saints, Part 1.”
Durward’s Glen Gala Dinner and Raffle Tickets on sale
Get your dinner tickets for the Durward’s Glen Gala Fundraiser after the Masses
this weekend at St. Mary’s. Dinner tickets are $50 per plate and raffle tickets are
$10 per ticket. All proceeds will go to the maintenance and enhancement of
Durward’s Glen.
Mass Intentions Available
Dear parishioners, we thank you for your generous support of St.Mary’s Church.
Because of your past generosity, all the Masses have been reserved through June
28, 2015. There are four Masses available in July and many in the months that
follow. If you would like to reserve a Mass for your intention, contact Mardell
Krejchik, 608-742-3364, [email protected], or place your intention in the
collection basket marked “Mass Intention.” Be sure to include your phone number in case there are questions. Thank you and may God bless you and your families.
2015 Right to Life Mother’s Day Carnation Project
Next Sunday, May 10th, to honor mothers, the Sauk County Chapter of Wisconsin Right to Life will have multi-colored carnations available. Donations will go
towards chapter projects.
Coming Up at St. Mary’s….
Saturday, May 2
3:45-4:15pm Confessions
4:30 pm
Mass
Sunday, May 3
9:00-9:15am Confessions
9:30 am
Mass
10:30 am
Symbolon is Cancelled
this week
Thursday, May 7
5:00-6:45pm Exposition, Adoration,
Confessions and Benediction
7:00 pm
Mass—Tridentine Latin Mass
Saturday, May 9
3:45-4:15pm Confessions
4:30 pm
Mass
Sunday, May 10—Mother’s Day
9:00-9:15am Confessions
9:30 am
Mass—May Crowning
10:30 am
Symbolon: “Mary and
the Saints, Part 1”
Coming Up at Durward’s Glen…
Tuesday, May 5
Mass and Rosary is Cancelled
for this week
DURWARD’S GLEN
No Mass this Week at Durwards Glen
The Mass for Tuesday, May 5th with Fr. Pedro has been cancelled due to a scheduling conflict. Please join us next Tuesday, May 12th for Mass at 8:00 am preceded by the Rosary at 7:35 and followed by a talk led by Fr. Pedro at 8:30 am.
Gala for the Glen - a fundraiser for Durward's Glen
Saturday, May 30 at St. Joseph's Catholic School Gym, Baraboo, WI.
Small class size
Engaging learning environment, Improved
math, Spanish, and techonology curriculum
Solid spiritual formation
Contact
St. Aloysius School
phone: (608)643-6868
(608)370-4231
[email protected]
Always and Everywhere Faithful, to God,
to Learning, to Community.
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Divine Mercy Parish Office
Phone: (608) 643-2449
St. Aloysius School Office
Phone: (608) 643-6868
Principal: Daniela Saldaña
Secretary: Pam Sternberg
www.saintaloysiusschool.org
St. Aloysius Religious Education
Phone: (608) 643-4062
Coordinator: Lisa Enerson
Sacraments
Baptism: Please contact the parish
office at (608) 643-2449.
Marriage: Please contact the parish
office at (608) 643-2449 at least six
months in advance of the anticipated
wedding.
Vocations: Contact any of the priests
or the Diocesan Vocations Office at
(608) 821-3088 or visit the website
www.madisonvocations.org.
Eucharistic Adoration
St. Aloysius: Sundays at 2pm
through Saturdays at 8am
St. Mary’s: Thursdays 5:00-6:45 pm
Prayer Chain
Call (608) 643-2449.
Divine Mercy Chaplet For
The Sick or Dying
Call Ann: 434-4360, Mary: 643-6672,
Dawn: 370-4753 or Marion: 592-4441.
Sick or Homebound
Please call the parish office at (608)
643-2449 to inform us of any illnesses, surgeries or hospitalizations,
or of any homebound person who
would like a priest to visit.
Readings for May 3-May 10
This Sunday: Acts 9:26-31/1 Jn 3:18
-24/Jn 15:1-8
Monday: Acts 14:5-18/Jn 14:21-26
Tuesday: Acts 14:19-28/Jn 14:27-31a
Wednesday: Acts 15:1-6/Jn 15:1-8
Thursday: Acts 15:7-21/Jn 15:9-11
Friday: Acts 15:22-31/Jn 15:12-17
Saturday: Acts 16:1-10/Jn 15:18-21
Next Sunday: Acts 10:25-26, 34-35,
44-48/1 Jn 4:7-10/Jn 15:9-17
From Fr. Pedro’s Desk
The hymn
“Glory to God in the hiGhest” (iii)
The third part of the hymn praises the Holy Trinity and recalls Saint
Paul’s words to the Philippians “let every tongue confess that Jesus
Christ is the Lord, to the glory of God the Father”. Pope Benedict XVI
said that “this angelic song has been recognized from the earliest days as
music proceeding from God, indeed, as an invitation to join in the singing with hearts filled with joy at the fact that we are loved by God. Saint
Augustine says that the singing is a mark of one who loves. Thus, down
the centuries, the angel’s song has again and again become a song of love and joy, a song of those who love.”
Fr. Pedro
May, Month of Mary
Under you protection I take refuge, O Mary; be the guide and
model of my interior life.
M
onth of May, month of Mary! The
heart of every Christian turns spontaneously
toward his heavenly Mother, with a desire to
live in closer intimacy with her and to
strengthen the sweet ties which bind him to
her. It is a great comfort on our spiritual way,
which is often fatiguing and bristling with
difficulties, to meet the gentle presence of a
mother. One is so at ease near one´s mother.
With her, everything becomes easier; the
weary, discouraged heart, disturbed by
storms, finds new hope and strength, and
continues the journey with fresh courage.
“If the winds of temptations arise,”
sings St. Bernard, “if you run into the reefs of
trials, look to the star, call upon Mary. In danger, sorrow, or perplexity,
think of Mary, call upon Mary.” There are times when the hard road of the
“nothing” frightens us, miserable as we are; and then, more than ever, we
need her help, the help of our Mother. The Blessed Virgin Mary has, before
us, trodden the straight and narrow path which leads to sanctity; before us
she has carried the cross, before us she has known the ascents of the spirit
through suffering. Sometimes, perhaps, we do not dare to look at Jesus
the God-Man, who because of His divinity seems so far above us; but near
Him is Mary, His Mother and our Mother, a privileged creature surely, yet a
creature like ourselves, and therefore a model more accessible for our
weakness. Mary comes to meet us during this month, to take us by the
hand, to initiate us into the secret of her interior life, which must become
the model and norm of our own.
Taken from the book: Divine Intimacy by Fr. Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen, O. C. D.
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