St. Mary & St. Charles St. Mary & St. John Parishes

Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph December 29, 2019

Scripture for the week of Dec. 30, 2019

Monday: 1 Jn 2:12-17; Ps 96:7-10; Lk 2:36-40 Tuesday: 1 Jn 2:18-21; Ps 96:1-2, 11-13; Jn 1:1-18 Wednesday: Nm 6:22-27; Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8; Gal 4:4-7; Lk 2:16-21 Thursday: 1 Jn 2:22-28; Ps 98:1-4; Jn 1:19-28 Friday: 1 Jn 2:29 — 3:6; Ps 98:1, 3cd-6; Jn 1:29-34 Saturday: 1 Jn 3:7-10; Ps 98:1, 7-9; Jn 1:35-42 Sunday: Is 60:1-6; Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-13; Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6; Mt 2:1-12

Baptism We joyfully welcome to God’s holy family Everly Lynn

Cauffman, daughter of Holden Amanda Cauffman, who was baptized at St. Mary’s Church, Bloomington.

The Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God January 1, is the Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God. This is the most ancient feast in which we honor Mary as the “Bearer of the Eternal Word.” It comes one week after Christmas, and is the Octave

(or eighth day) of Christmas. It is also the World Day of Pray-er for Peace. Let’s honor Mary by praying for peace in the world as we start the new year. Please join us on this Holy Day of Obligation on Dec. 31, at 4:30 p.m. at St. Charles Church and 8:00 p.m. at St. Mary’s, Glen Haven. On January 1, 2020 there will be an 8:00 a.m. Mass at St. John’s, Patch Grove and a 9:15 a.m. Mass at St. Mary’s, Bloomington.

Year End Giving As we celebrate the joy of the Christmas season and prepare for 2020, please know that your fi-nancial support is deeply appreciat-ed and needed for the operation of our parishes and Catholic schools.

Fr. John’s Notes Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph On the Sunday after Christmas we celebrate Jesus’ human family. Appropriate to the season, we usually visualize the Holy Family as they

appear in the typical nativity scene: the baby Jesus lying in the manger, surrounded by his doting parents. But Joseph, Mary, and Jesus lived together for many years, through Jesus’ infan-cy, childhood, adolescence, and maybe even into his adult-hood. As we celebrate the Holy Family, let us think of the fam-ilies that we have been part of, both as children and as adults.

Christmas Thank You’s I would like to thank Fr. Greg Ihm for helping with our Christmas Masses. I deeply appreciated that he was able to join us this year for Christmas. Thank you to everyone who worked hard to make our churches beautiful inside

and out for Christmas. Thank you to all who gave donations for the flowers and decorations. We can be very proud of our beautiful churches. Thank you to everyone who has very generously supported our parishes throughout the year and at Christmas-time. May God’s love and blessings be with you and your family in 2020!

REMEMBRANCE As we say farewell to 2019, it is a good time to remember the people who were baptized, married and who died this past year from our parishes.

St. Mary Parish, Bloomington: Baptisms: Leighton Jude Johnson, Sloane Presley Copsey, Colsyn Warren Meyers, Bishop Skai Winkers, Carson James Spaeth, Gunner Marcial Mezera, Adrienn David White, Asher Douglas White, Brooks William Davis, Everly Lynn Cauffman Marriages: Steven Bernhardt and Barbara Mezera, Marc Myhre and Cari Mergen, Alexander Udelhoven and Venessa Mezera, Casey Shemak and Ashley Taylor, Joshua Kuenster and Tricia Langmeier Deaths: Albert Ertz, Clarence Hromadka, Lorraine Bierman, Carolyn Crubel, LaVerne Crubel, William “Bill” Martin, and Agatha Breuer St. Charles Parish: Baptisms: Nelson A. Junk, Kylah J. Hochhausen, Elise C. Tuescher, Augustus J. Adams, Mae A. Snyder, Adrianna C. Hollander Marriage: Isaiah Okey and Elizabeth McCullick Deaths: Karen Noll, Kenneth Garner, Thomas Okey, Clara Mumm, Ray Eckstein, Verna Mergen, Donna Metcalfe, Julius Hochhausen, Richard Dresen, Daniel “Tommy” Dresen, Eugene Metcalfe, and Christopher Beesecker St. Mary Parish, Glen Haven: Marriage: Kyle White and Tanya Ruby Deaths: Arlene Wackershauser, Lawrence Zimmer, Gerald Rauch, Frank Van Bogaert, Ralph Ploessl, Roger Schildgen, Margaret Ploessl, Eugene Walz

St. John Parish: Baptisms: Brantley Carson Cliff and Rickie Lynn Herbers Marriages: Brady Messer and Danielle Morgan, Adam Hamann and Kelsey Martin Deaths: William “Bill” Neises, Robert Hazen, and Patricia Langmeier

Liturgy Schedule

Sat. 12/28 4:30 PM Teri Ann Williams (Bloomington) 8:00 PM Frank Van Bogaert (Glen Haven) Sun. 12/29 8:00 AM All Parishioners (Patch Grove) 9:15 AM Jim Leamy (Bloomington) 10:30 AM Bob & Karen Noll (Cassville)

Mon. 12/30 8:15 AM NO Mass (Cassville) Tues. 12/31 4:30 PM All Parishioners (Cassville) 8:00 PM Deceased members of the Joe & Cindi Breuer family (Glen Haven) Wed. 1/1 8:00 AM In thanksgiving for Bishop Donald Hying (Patch Grove) 9:15 AM Alvera Ploessl Bradley (Bloomington)Thurs. 1/2 8:15 AM NO Mass (Bloomington) Fri. 1/3 8:15 AM Chris Beesecker (Cassville)

Sat. 1/4 4:30 PM Jim Hinderman (Bloomington) 8:00 PM Larry Zimmer (Glen Haven) Sun. 1/5 8:00 AM Living and deceased members of the Wencil Slama family (Patch Grove) 9:15 AM Elva Barr (Bloomington) 10:30 AM All Parishioners (Cassville)

Let us give in thanksgiving for God’s many gifts

To Parish…...5-8% To Diocese…….1% To Charities..1-4%

T he object of a new year is not that we should have a new year, but rather that we should have

a new soul. ― G. K. Chesterton

St. Mary Church, Bloomington St. John Church, Patch Grove

St. Mary’s Religious Education Classes will resume in February 2020.

St. John’s News Doughnuts will be served after the 8:00 a.m. Mass on Sunday, January 12, 2020.

PARISH FINANCIAL UPDATES PLEASE HELP US PAY OUR EXPENSES St. Mary’s Collections for the period ending December 19, 2019 Church Support….………………………………………...$2,240.00 Offertory Collections………………………………………...$335.31 Harvest Fund………………………………………………$2,626.62 School Tuition………………………………………………..$113.98 Christmas Flower Memorials……………………………..$1,117.00 Gift in Memory of Ed & Irene Herbers from Monica Gierach………………………………………..$100.00 Rent of Parish Facilities………………………………………$75.00 St. Mary’s families are asked to generously contribute toward the support of parish expenses. It is suggested for a family to give $900.00 and a single person $450.00 per year.

St. John’s Collections for the week ending on December 19, 2019 Church Support……………………………………………...$210.00 Offertory…………………..………………………………….$134.00 Children’s Collection…………………………………………...$2.00 International Combined Collection………………………….$50.00 Christmas Flower Memorials……………………………….$116.00 St. John’s families are asked to generously contribute toward the support of parish expenses. We need to receive approximately $950.00 every week to cover all parish expenses.

ST. MARY’S SCHOOL NEWS Our vision: Faith, Family and Academic Excellence We hope that the new year brings everyone in our parishes happiness and joy from the love of Christ. We want to thank all of the parish members for supporting the school this year.

We are looking for new families to join us at St. Mary's. We have a wonderful school with great teachers who model and live their faith with joy. Maybe you know someone who is interested in a different sort of "school spirit." The Spaghetti Supper on Feb. 1st is a great time to visit the school and enjoy the hospitality of our families. We are enrolling children for our 3K program for either a full day or half day option. Call the school to make an appoint to see why the children "love Miss Vickie." SCRIP: SCRIP gift cards are a great way to do your shopping and helps support St. Mary School at the same time. We carry cards for national retailers, local gas cards, Piggly Wiggly and Wal-Mart as well as most local venders. You can purchase SCRIP at St. Mary’s School or Economy Feed Mill and the SCRIP program is online.

2019 HARVEST FUND It’s the time of year when we thank God for the many blessings we have received from him. We are very

gratefully to the families who have given do-nations totaling $25,747.62 We hope all of our parish members will be able to share their bounty and blessings to help with winter expenses for the parish. We appreciate all contributions large or small and thank the many generous parishioners for their continued support.

St. Mary’s Spaghetti Supper Mark your calendars and plan to attend the annual

Spaghetti Supper at St. Mary’s School the evening of Saturday, February 1, 2020. There will also be classroom displays and a Silent Auction.

Thank You’s

We are deeply grateful to everyone for their very generous gifts to St. Mary’s teachers and staff. Thank you to individuals who have blessed our parishes with financial gifts during the Christmas season.

Pictorial Directory Reminder We are working on creating a directory for the four clustered parishes. We need everyone’s help and

photos to make this a reality. Pam Myhre and Annette Knapp have been taking candid photos of St. Mary’s families. If you already have a photo of your family that you would like to have included in the directory, you can attach it to an email to Annette Knapp at naptym2@hotmail.com.

No Salt or Ice Melt on the New Sidewalks & Steps at St. Mary’s We have been advised not to use salt or ice melt on the newer concrete sidewalks or on the new church steps and rectory ramp since the concrete could be damaged by it. There are pails of grit by the church entrances. Please use this if the areas are icy.

Goal: $50,000 $45,000 $40,000 $35,000 $30,000 $25,000 $20,000 $15,000 $10,000 $5,000 $0

St. John’s Ministry Schedule for January 1, 2020 8:00 a.m. Holy Day Mass Lector: Maria Breuer Communion: Dawn Wachter, Michelle Breuer, Kate Neises Gifts: Charlie Martin family Ushers: Tom & James Breuer Servers: Emma Breuer, Carolyn Tolle

St. John’s Ministry Schedule for January 5, 2020 Sunday 8:00 a.m. Mass Lector: Carol Harris Communion: Larry Gates, Roger McKinney, Dawn Wachter Gifts: Al Stagman family Ushers: Ray Breuer, Gene Harris Servers: Thomas Jelinek, Sean Tolle St. Mary Ministry Schedule for January 1, 2020

9:15 a.m. Holy Day Mass Lector: Pat Casey Communion: Sharon Davis, Pat Casey Dave & Ione Meoska Gifts: Jeff & Sharon Davis Sacristan: Jeff & Sharon Davis Ushers: Tony Trento, Roger Richter Servers: Braden & Mallory Crubel

St. Mary Ministry Schedule for January 4 & 5, 2020

Saturday 4:30 p.m. Mass Lector: Bob McLimans Communion: Deb Campbell, Gary & Sue Mumm Gifts: Carson & Kathy Clark Ushers: Dave Kussmaul, Dave Mergen, Ken Kluesner Servers: Libby Vogt, Diana Herbers, Jovie Kruger

Sunday 9:15 a.m. Mass Lector: Joanie Dickerson Communion: Mary Sue White, Pam Myhre, Chris Bishell, Sue Gotto Sacristan: Greg & Jane Patterson Gifts: Volunteers Needed Ushers: Jeff Myhre, Daniel Herbers Servers: Johnathon & Gretta Hamann

St. Charles Church, Cassville St. Mary Church, Glen Haven

New Year’s Prayer God, thank you for a new year. May every-one in our family be willing to begin anew with a clean slate. We know that you are

always ready to forgive us. Help us to be willing to forgive ourselves and to forgive one another. As we begin a new year, remind us of our truest values and our deepest desires. Help us to live in the goodness that comes from doing what you want us to do. Help us to put aside anxiety about the future and the past, so that we might live in peace with you now, one day at a time.

PARISH FINANCIAL UPDATES The bulletin had to be sent to the printer on Dec. 19 St. Mary’s, Glen Haven for December 14, 2019: Church Support….……...………….………………$50.00 Offertory….………………….……………………...$50.50 St. Mary’s, Glen Haven for December 21, 2019: Church Support….……...………….………………...$NA

St. Charles, Cassville for December 15, 2019: Church Support………………………………………$NA St. Charles, Cassville for December 22, 2019: Church Support………………………………………$NA PLEASE HELP US PAY OUR EXPENSES St. Charles suggested giving is $1,400.00 a year for a married couple and $700.00 a year for a single household.

Catholic Herald Each week the Catholic Herald gives its readers a Catholic perspective on national and international news with articles from Catholic News Service. The Catholic Herald also keeps readers up to date locally with coverage of events hap-pening around the diocese. If you do not subscribe but wish to receive the Catholic Herald print or e-Edition in your home, contact your parish office. The cost is $20.00 per year.

Restoration/Accessibility Campaign

Thank all parishioners whom have returned pledge cards for support of our Restoration/Accessibility Campaign. We have currently $224,456.00 pledged, $187,282.94 collected and 149 pledges

committed. A donation box is in the back of church for brochures, pledges and cash donations. If you have any questions, call Cheryl at 725-5595 in the Parish office. If you know of former parishioners or alumni of St. Charles School whom would like to support our campaign, please send the addresses to stchas@tds.net or jmbausch55@gmail.com. We will send out the information to them. VanDerhoff Studios has begun restoration on windows. The interior of the church will start late winter/early spring of 2020. Thank you for your support and generosity.

Reflection

“Wives, be subordinate to your husbands…Husbands, love your wives…Children, obey your parents in everything…Fathers, do not provoke your children…” (Colossians 3:18-21) Pope Francis said that families, through their life of prayer and love, become "schools of true human growth." Being credible witnesses of Christian love, especially that of family members, exerts the most positive influence on our children. We are all children of God, let us pray and love each other as God, Our Father, does for us.

St. Charles School News We will have an Education Commission meeting on January 6, at 5:30 p.m. in the school media

center for anyone interested in the direction that our school will go in 2020. We appreciate all of the love and support offered to our children from the parish over many years. Best wishes for a new year ahead! St. Charles' school admit students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and financial aid programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.

Goal: $230,000 $225,000 $200,000 $175,000 $150,000 $125,000 $100,000 $75,000 $50,000 $25,000 $0

St. Mary’s, Glen Haven Schedule for Dec. 31, 2019 8:00 p.m. Holy Day Mass Reader: Ed Breuer EMC: Joe & Cindi Breuer Ushers: Joe Breuer Servers: Zach Zimmer St. Mary’s, Glen Haven Schedule for Jan. 4, 2020 8:00 p.m. Saturday Mass Reader: Barb Breuer EMC: Barb Breuer, Tracy Walz Ushers: Tim Walz, Mike Breuer Servers: Alli Ihm, Erin Adrian

St. Charles’ Ministry Schedule for Dec. 31, 2019 4:30 p.m. Saturday Mass

Reader: Mary White EMC: Mary White, Marian Schiffman, Patty Okey Ushers: White family Servers: Erasmus & Ezra Okey

St. Charles’ Ministry Schedule for January 5, 2020 10:30 a.m. Sunday Mass

Reader: Kyran Brinkman EMC: Marilyn Ihm, Beth Abing, Kris Mumm Ushers: Jim Koopman, Jack & Joan Bausch Servers: Irelyn Brinkman, Mackenzie Wiest

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Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph December 29, 2019

Celebrate Life

This weekend we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Family. Though he was conceived of a virgin, Jesus

nevertheless lived as a son in a human family -- a family which points the way for the rest of us. The family is the sanctuary of life. There can be no life without family, and there can be no family without life. The family, above all, is where life is to be welcomed, no matter how fragile or inconvenient it may be. One of the many reasons why the Pope and bishops identify abortion and euthanasia as pre-eminent issues is be-cause these crimes are committed by one family member upon another. May the Holy Family lead us to a Culture of Life!

Worldwide Marriage Encounter “Put on, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, heartfelt compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness,

and patience, bearing with one another and forgiving one another.” Attend the next Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend on January 24-26 in Brookfied, WI; February 14-16 in Geneva, IL or March 13-15 in Madison, WI. Visit our website at: alifetimeoflove.org or call (888) 574-5653. Para un fin de semana en español por favor llamen a Candelar-io y Emilia al 815-375-4250.

Natural Family Planning Register for in-person education courses or for a self-paced online course: http://www.madisondiocese.org/classes-andregistration Questions? Call 608-495-6117 or email: nfp@straphael.org

Survivors of Suicide (SOS) Support Group WHEN: 2nd Tuesday of every month from 6:30-8:00pm WHERE: Mound City Bank Motor Branch, Platteville, WI. This support group is meant to help those who have lost a loved one to suicide and to give hope. More information at http://www.bens-hope.com.

National Suicide Prevention Life Line – 1.800.273.8255 24 Hour assistance.

AA and Al-Anon Meetings AA meetings are held at the 7th Day Adventist Church in Lancaster on Tues. from 7-8:00 p.m. and at the First Presby-terian Church, Lancaster at 7-8:00 p.m. on Thursdays. Al-Anon meetings are held at the Grant Regional Health Center on Thursdays from 7-8 p.m.

Meetings *Jan. 13– St. Charles Parish Council meeting at 7:00 p.m. *Jan. 14– St. Mary Parish Council meeting at 7:00 p.m. in Bloomington *Feb. 17 - Joint Council meeting at St. Charles at 7:00 p.m.

Events *January 12, 2020—Donuts will be served after the 8:00 a.m. Mass at St. John’s Church *January 14– St. John’s Food Pantry at 1:00 p.m. *January 21– KC’s meeting at 7:30 p.m. in Cassville * *February 1– St. Mary’s Spaghetti Supper

HOLY LAND PILGRIMAGE WITH "FR. Z": All Catholics of the Diocese of Madison are warmly invited to join Fr. John Zuhlsdorf ("Fr. Z") of St. Mary of Pine Bluff on an exciting pilgrimage to the Holy Land, Feb. 19 - 29, 2020. Don't miss out on your chance to be fully immersed in a faith-based, small-group traditional Catholic tour in the Holy Land with all meals and hotels included. Daily Mass at the holy sites in the EF. Register now to avoid disappointment. For details see here: https://oc-travel.com/holy-land-feb-2020/ or contact OC-Travel: 1-800-675-9088 / info@oc-travel.com.

SAINT THOMAS BECKET (1118-1170) Feat December 29 To anyone who imagines conflict between religion and poli-tics to be a modern phenomenon, history witnesses otherwise. Martyred under Henry VIII in 1535, Thomas More declared, “I die the king’s good servant, but God’s first!” Thomas Becket could have said the same four centuries earlier. As Henry II’s closest friend and trusted chancellor, Becket, the king presumed, could be counted on, if made archbishop, to deliver the church to royal control. But Becket experienced a profound conversion, confirmed by the ordination liturgy’s rich symbolism of the bishop as Good Shepherd and the church as Bride of Christ. Renouncing secular responsibilities, distributing his wealth to the poor, Thomas became the church’s uncompromising champion. Faced with this “new” Becket, the king’s previous friendship turned into a ferocious, almost irrational hatred. As eight centuries later, Archbishop Romero would be martyred at the altar of Christ’s sacrifice, Becket was slain before the altar of Canterbury Cathedral by royal agents, neither the first nor last good shepherd to lay down his life as the price of freedom for Christ’s church and justice for Christ’s sheep. —Peter Scagnelli, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

Courage & EnCourage Courage, an apostolate of the Catholic Church, ministers to persons with same-sex attractions and their loved ones. They also have an outreach called EnCourage, which ministers to relatives, spouses, and friends of persons with same-sex attractions. In recognition of the irreplaceable role of the family in attaining an understanding of the homosexual condition and embracing a life of chastity. If you are looking for acceptance for yourself-same-sex attraction and all-while embracing the truth about sex as God means it to be, you may call (608) 821-3018 or contact courage@madisondiocese.org for more information.

Our joint parish website can be found at www.swwicatholicparishes.com.

Help is Available If you need support for an unplanned pregnancy, please contact the Clarity Clinic of SW Wisconsin at 185 E. Pine St. Platteville, WI 53818, 608-348-5787 or email at clientservices@claritywi.com or the Women’s Care Center in Madison, WI at 608-241-8100. For more information on pro-life issues, visit www.WisconsinRightToLife.org.

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