saint clement catholic parish · 9/9/2020 · saint john damascene said that “prayer is the...
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For Parish Membership, Baptisms, Weddings, Communion Calls or any other pastoral need, contact the respective parish office.Bulletin Announcements: Deadline is Monday at Noon to the St. Clement Parish Office or to [email protected]
Fr. William Vernon, Pastor 723-4990Fr. William Vernon, Pastor 723-4990Bill Manthe, Parish Associate 723-4990Bill Manthe, Parish Associate 723-4990Katie Crosby, Parish Secretary 723-4990Katie Crosby, Parish Secretary 723-4990
Website: www.saintclementparish.comWebsite: www.saintclementparish.com
Josh Jensen, Principal 723-7474Josh Jensen, Principal 723-7474Nick Crosby, CRE 7-12 723-4990Nick Crosby, CRE 7-12 723-4990Rebecca Dean & Melissa Martin, CREs K-6Rebecca Dean & Melissa Martin, CREs K-6
Email: [email protected] (Katie)Email: [email protected] (Katie)
Diocese of Madison, Bishop Donald J. HyingDiocese of Madison, Bishop Donald J. Hying
SAINT CLEMENT CATHOLIC PARISHSAINT CLEMENT CATHOLIC PARISH135 South Washington Street – Lancaster, Wisconsin 53813135 South Washington Street – Lancaster, Wisconsin 53813
Founded in 1859Founded in 1859
(1 Corinthians 13:8)(1 Corinthians 13:8)
723-7474723-7474
TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME SEPTEMBER 6, 2020
STEWARDSHIP OF TREASURE
August 29 & 30Church Support Envelopes � � � � � $4,602�00Offertory Cash� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �$466�00Weekly Electronic Giving � � � � � � $1,048�00Total � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � $6,116�00Budgeted Offertory for August $35,600�00Offertory Received in August � � $35,383�00
Monthly Offertory Comparison August 2020 (5 weekends) � � � � � � $35,383�00August 2019 (4 weekends) � � � � � � $31,557�00
Weekly Mass Schedule
Tuesday, September 8 � � � � � � � � 8:15 AM (The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
† Karl & Caroline Kuenster; Karolyn Huinker
Wednesday, September 9 � � � � � 8:15 AM (Saint Peter Claver, Priest) Deacon Mark Thuli
Thursday, September 10 � � � � � � 8:15 AM † Joe & Drusilla Schildgen
Friday, September 11 � � � � � � � � 8:15 AM † Bill Benson
Saturday, September 12 � � � � � � 8:15 AM (The Most Holy Name of Mary; Blessed Virgin Mary)
† Dorris Kartman 5:00 PM
† Harold StelpflugSunday, September 13 � � � � � � � � 7:30 AM
Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time People of Our Parish
9:30 AM † Clara C� Fuerstenberg
From Our Pastor:From Our Pastor:This Sunday, we read about prayer, as the Lord Jesus instructs us to gather in His
Name (Matthew 18:15-20). Prayer is a gift from God, a privilege and a duty that He gives us, as God the Holy Spirit enables to pray (Romans 8:26-27; Galatians 4:6). Prayer is communion with God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Throughout human history, the world and cultures need people to be in prayer, in communion with God who is love (1 John 4). Reflecting on prayer, our conversation with God, let us listen to Him through His Bible and Catechism of the Catholic Church (#2558-2561):
“Great is the mystery of the faith!” The Church professes this mystery in the Apostles’ Creed (Catechism, Part One) and celebrates it in the sacramental liturgy (Part Two), so that the life of the faithful may be conformed to Christ in the Holy Spirit to the glory of God the Father (Part Three). This mystery, then, requires that the faithful believe in it, that they celebrate it, and that they live from it in a vital and personal relationship with the living and true God – this relationship is prayer, which the Holy Spirit enables us to do (Part Four). “For me, prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward Heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy” (Saint Thérèse of Lisieux).
Saint John Damascene said that “prayer is the raising of one’s mind and heart to God or the requesting of good things from God.” And when we pray, we are not to speak from the height of our pride and will, but from the depths of a humble and contrite heart (Psalm 130). Jesus reminds us that he who humbles himself will be exalted (Luke 8:9-14) – humility is foundational to our prayer life. Jesus Christ even teaches a prayer, the “Lord’s Prayer,” which we call the “Our Father” (Matthew 6:9-13). Only when we humbly acknowledge that we do not know how to pray as we ought (Romans 8:26), can we then be ready to receive freely the gift of prayer. In the words of Saint Augustine, “man is a beggar before God.”
“If you knew the gift of God!” ( John 4:10) The wonder of prayer is revealed beside the well where we come seeking water: there, Christ comes to meet every human being. It is He who first seeks us and asks us for a drink. Jesus thirsts; His asking arises from the depths of God’s desire for us. Whether we realize it or not, prayer is the encounter of God’s thirst with ours. God thirsts that we may thirst for Him (Saint Augustine). In prayer, God is working in and through us, and so our prayer can include Adoration, Contrition, Thanksgiving and Supplication (ACTS).
“You would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water” ( John 4:10). Our prayer of petition is a response to the plea of the living God… Prayer is the response of faith to the free promise of salvation and also a response of love to the thirst of God the Son, Jesus Christ, the Only Savior of the world ( John 7:37-39; Isaiah 12:3, 51:1). As much as ever, today’s society and culture need witnesses to prayer, to let the light of God’s love shine in this world, so let us pray, always.
With peace and prayers in Christ,Fr. William Vernon
RECONCILIATIONBefore Daily & Sunday Masses
Saturday at 4:00 PMFace-to-face reconciliation by appointment only�
OFFICE HOURS:Mondays, Tuesdays & Wednesdays:
9 am to 5 pmThursdays & Fridays:
9 am to 2 pm
RECENTLY BAPTIZEDBRIAR NICHOLAS
Son of Nick and Megan (Molle) CooleyWYNSTON LUCAS
Son of Lucas and Chelsea (Bennett) Cooley
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION REMINDER: MASS, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 11:30AM
As announced earlier in August, our Saint Clement Parish family will have a retreat and an additional Sunday Mass offered for First Holy Communion for all our students who have been preparing for the Sacrament in religious education and in our school. The retreat (mainly a rehearsal) is set for Saturday, September 12, 11am to Noon, in church. Mass for First Holy Communion will be Sunday, September 13, at 11:30am (with social-distancing guidelines, we ask that the 26 families limit attendance to parents, siblings, grandparents and godparents). If you have any questions or concerns, please send an email to or call Rebecca Dean, Melissa Martin or Father William at the parish office.
LITURGICAL SCHEDULE: SEPTEMBER 12 & 13
5:00 PM Lectors: Bill Manthe5:00 PM Servers: Owen & Aurora Fritz7:30 AM Lectors: Bill Manthe7:30 AM Server: Zach Hermsen9:30 AM Lectors: Kitty Mumm9:30 Servers: Mallory & Kylie Olmstead
***LECTORS: Your new schedules are in the sacristy�
GO MAKE DISCIPLES“Do you know the date of your Baptism?
It was the greatest day of your life! Baptism is the primary sacrament which leads us into relationship with God through Jesus Christ; we are spiritually born again, as we die to the old, unredeemed self and rise in the power of Jesus’ death and resurrection. Baptism literally changes our identity; we become an adopted son or daughter of the Father. God loves us so, that who Jesus is by nature, i.e. the Son, is generously shared with us in the waters of Baptism. Our sonship or daughtership in the Father is called the divine filiation. Through Baptism, Christ welcomes us into the Church, His Mystical Body; from the Church, we hear God’s saving Word, we share in the sacraments, we receive moral direction and enjoy the prayers of the saints in the sacred communion of Christ’s Bride. The Church is our Mother, our family, our home—the sacred place where we become the missionary disciples, the saints that God calls us to be. Like any good mother, the Church births, feeds, heals, forgives, directs, and loves us unto eternal life. It all begins in Baptism. In this first sacrament, we are washed clean of original sin. We are born into a fallen world, warped and misshaped by generations of sin, selfishness, and wrong moral choices. Moreover, we experience that fallen nature within us; left to our own devices, we will often choose naturally for selfishness over God and others. Christ saves us from all of that—the unredeemed self—as He picks us up and puts us on the path of salvation, grace, and holiness. Originally the final anointing of Baptism, the sacrament of Confirmation has evolved over the centuries as a completion of the first sacrament and a full reception of the Holy Spirit. Our participation in the grace of Pentecost, Confirmation powerfully equips us to go forth as missionary disciples to live out the Great Commission of witnessing to Jesus and His saving Gospel. These two sacraments are fundamental, joining us to Christ and the Church and grounding our very being in the universal call to holiness and our life as participation in the Blessed Trinity.”~ Bishop Donald Hying, August 2020 “Go Make Disciples” Newsletter
PONTIFICAL GOOD FRIDAY COLLECTION, SEPTEMBER 12-13
Due to the pandemic, the Pontifical Good Friday Collection was postponed until the weekend of September 12-13. As with the regularly scheduled Good Friday Collection, we will be taking up a second collection. If you would like credit for this collection, the checks should be payable to St. Clement Parish or use an envelope with your name. Some of you have already sent in donations, which we have held and will send with this collection. Pope Francis has asked all parishes to support the Pontifical Good Friday Collection, which helps Christians in the Holy Land, as your support helps the Church minister in parishes, provide Catholic schools and offer religious education. This collection also helps to preserve the sacred shrines. The wars, unrest and instability have been especially hard on Christians. In these times of crisis, the Pontifical Good Friday Collection also provides humanitarian aid to refugees. When you contribute to the Pontifical Good Friday Collection, you become an instrument of peace and join with Catholics around the world in solidarity with the Church in the Holy Land.
FALL FESTIVAL NEWSOur St. Clement Fall Festival is Sunday, October 4 and it’s our
only fund-raising activity for our entire parish. Fall Festival raffle & dinner tickets packets are on the tables in the church entrances. Please pick up your envelopes if you haven’t done so. According to state law, we are not allowed to send raffle tickets through the USPS, so we are asking for your help in picking up packets belonging to your neighbors, friends and other family members, which is GREATLY appreciated!
MAGAZINES AND MORE!!!Did you know that you can simply renew your current magazine
subscriptions to support our great school? You can also purchase new magazines and other gift items by following these five easy steps:
1. Go to www.gaschoolstore.com2. Click on the “I’M READY TO SHOP” button.3. Enter our St. Clement School code #25298084. Enter the name of a student or “SKIP THIS STEP”5. Start shopping!!!Saint Clement School will receive 50% of all print and digital
magazine orders (renewals and new sales) and 40% of all other items purchased (home decor, kitchen gadgets, tasty treats, gift wraps, holiday treasures, etc.) The online store is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, but don’t delay…please renew your magazines today & help spread the word to family and friends!!!
SAINT CLEMENT SCHOOL
DEEPEN YOUR FAITH WITH THE CATHOLIC HERALDIssue of September 10, 2020
This week, the Catholic Herald includes a special section offering tips on building and renovations. Every week the Catholic Herald keeps readers up to date with briefs and more in-depth articles from Catholic News Service on events around the nation and the world. Learn more about your Catholic faith by reading the Catholic Herald. If you do not subscribe but wish to receive the Catholic Herald print or e-Edition in your home, contact your parish office.
UPDATESt. Clement Parish Office is currently accepting donations to
the National Combined Collection and the annual subscription payment for the official Diocese newspaper Catholic Herald ($23.00). Please make payable to ‘St. Clement Parish’ with your name for proper credit. Thank you!
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