1210 SOUTH 45TH STREET ● WEST MILWAUKEE, WI 53214
JANUARY 11, 2015
The Baptism of the Lord
Parish Staff Confessions Christian Formation Office Pastor, Fr. David Centner, O.C.D.
Associate Pastor,
Fr. Ralph-Elias Haddix, O.C.D.
Admin. Assistant, Krystal Carroll
Holy Assumption - Chapel
Saturday 11:00am-12:00pm
Saint Florian
Saturday 2:30-3:30 pm
(or upon request at the parish office)
1210 S. 45th St. • West Milwaukee, WI 53214
DRE - Director of Religious Education
DYM-Director of Youth Ministry
High School/Confirmation program
Barbara Krieger........... 541-7515 ext.39
RCIA-Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults
RCIC-Rite of Christian Initiation of Children
Barbara Krieger........... 541-7515 ext.39
Holy Assumption Parish Office* Hours .... Mon., Wed., Fri. 12:00pm-5:00pm
Tues., Thur. 9:00-5:00pm
Phone .............................. (414) 774-3010
Fax .................................. (414) 774-3735
Email.................... [email protected]
Website ...................... www.haparish.org
Receptionist, JoAnna Borchardt
Trustee, Kathleen Dagenhardt.... 327-5454
Trustee, Larry Horning ............ 778-1156
* Parish Office Hours can be adjusted if
appointments are made.
Saint Florian Parish Office Hours .... Mon., Wed., Fri. 9:00am-5:00pm
Tues., Thur. 12:30pm-5:00pm
Phone .............................. (414) 383-3565
Fax .................................. (414) 383-2708
Email.................... [email protected]
Website ...................... www.stflorian.org
Trustee, Russell Miller ............. 671-2385
Trustee, Sandy Kania ............... 672-0364
Masses Holy Assumption
Weekend .................. Saturday 4:00 pm;
................................. Sunday 10:30am
Weekday ..... Monday-Saturday 8:00am;
Holy Day ..................... 8:00am, 7:00pm
Saint Florian
Weekend ................... Saturday 4:00pm;
...................................Sunday 8:00am
Weekday (at Our Lady Chapel)
Mon.-Fri. 5:00pm
Holy Day ........ 7:00pm (Anticipated), 12:10pm
Baptism Parish registration and parental
instruction required. Please contact the
parish office.
Marriage Please arrange for a date and instructions
at least 6 months in advance at the parish
office. Parish registration is required.
Anointing of the Sick Holy Assumption 2015 Schedule
February 14, 2015 at 4pm
April 12, 2015 at 10:30am
Saint Florian 2015 Schedule
January 10, 2015 at 4pm
March 15, 2015 at 8am
Perpetual Help Tuesday following 8:00am Mass at Holy
Assumption’s Holy Family Chapel
Eucharistic Adoration Classes
Located in the St. Rita school building.
Grade School (K-grade 8)
Sunday 9am-10:10am
High School (grades 9-11)
Sunday 6:30pm-8:00pm
Mary Queen of Saints Catholic Academy Greenfield Ave. Campus
1435 S. 92nd St. • West Allis, WI 53214
(414) 476-0751
Food Pantry Holy Assumption (south parking lot)
Every Thursday 6:30-8:30pm
Every Friday 12-3pm
Saint Florian (north parking lot)
3rd Monday of month 5:00-6:00 pm
Holy Assumption (Holy Family Chapel)
Discontinued
Saint Florian (Our Lady Chapel)
Discontinued
Helping Hands Pastoral Council Parish Membership Holy Assumption
Chairperson, Rick Bigus ........ 453-2647
Vice Chair, Kate Borchardt .... 453-6385
Saint Florian
Chairperson, Bob Gottheardt . 383-3565
Vice Chair, Mary Costello ..... 383-0513
Outreach for the elderly & homebound.
Elaine Croft.............................. 645-7981
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.
THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD
The Baptism of the Lord
"I am not worthy to stoop and loosen the thongs of his sandals." That
was a lowly job. Removing someone's sandals back in the days when
everyone walked everywhere on dusty, sandy desert ground was a dirty
task. So when John the Baptist said he wasn't even worthy for that
humble duty, he was emphasizing an important point.
John understood Jesus' real identity. He knew that this was not just
another good man, not just a wise teacher or a gifted leader. John
realized that Jesus was truly God-made-man. And because of this, the
prophet also comprehended how perfect Jesus was. In relation to this
perfection, John honestly acknowledged his own sinfulness with this
analogy about the sandals. But look what happened: even though John
proclaimed that "one mightier than I is coming after me," Jesus showed
up at the Jordan River and asked John to baptize him! Jesus humbled
himself by going through this ritual of cleansing and purification, even
though he didn't need to. John may have thought himself unworthy, but
that didn't stop Jesus from coming to him.
Jesus wants to come to us too. Not because we have "earned" his
love or because we are "worthy" of some great honor, but simply
because he loves us. God sent his Son to us to be one of us, to walk
among us, to care for us and guide us. When we were baptized, he
counted us among his beloved children in a special way, but that joyful
bond is not a thing of the past. By our baptism we are always his
children, even when we may be disobedient or belligerent ones. His love
is not calculated or quantified; it is a free gift. May we appreciate this gift
enough to show our gratitude by a life well lived.
MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK OF January 11, 2015
Saturday, January 10 Vigil Mass
4:00pm
Deceased Members of the Potter Family
Sunday, January 11 The Baptism of the Lord
8:00am
Health of Marybeth Wisniewski
Monday, January 12 Weekday
5:00pm
+ Alvin and Theresa Sidabras
Tuesday, January 13 Saint Hilary
5:00pm
Health of Paul Hass
Wednesday, January 14 Weekday
5:00pm
Intentions of Rev. Reginald Foster OCD
Thursday, January 15 Weekday
5:00pm
Health of Rose Walters
Friday, January 16 Weekday
5:00pm
Monastery Intention
Saturday, January 17 Vigil Mass
4:00pm
+ Herman Jutz
Sunday, January 18 Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
8:00am
+ Art Kania Jr.
Schedule for the Eternal Flame of
the St. Florian Memorial Prayer Room:
The Week of:
January 10 - 16, 2015
Art Kania Jr.
ST. FLORIAN PARISH - JANUARY 11, 2015
Tom Beale, Diane Bersch, Brinley Bilke, Michelle Bilke, Kate Borchardt,
Joshua Catania, Richard Centner Jr., Dolores Costello, Sharon Craige,
Judith Culver, Sr. Geraldine Dalhman, David Demos-Kuehl, Dorothy
Dietrich, Gregg Dufek, Steve Dufek, Susan Dufek, Janean Enriquez,
Dennis Fengier, Adeline Flintrop, Elaine Fugger, Frank Hoeffler, Camille
Ginski, Rita Godejohn, Kathy Grabowski, Rita Graf, Gloria Gunderson,
June Hankey, Jill Jenear, Pat Karashinski, Denyel Karlovich, Kathy
Kleisath, Marisa Kleisath, Julia Lannin, Andrew Litter, Greg Milo, Isabelle
Novak, Val Peters, Mary Philbert, Hermina Poheim, David Potter, Patrick
Redmond, Sally Redmond, Jim Rendon, Joseph Rice, Sue Robertson,
Mary and Jim Shawlin, Carolyn Toby, Betty Vogel, Dorothea Wais, Gilbert
Walter, Victoria Zaeske, Bernie Zimney.
Sanctuary Candle:
The Blessed Sanctuary Candle will burn this week for
Holy Souls in Purgatory.
Weekly
Contributions
Contributions needed per week
Received week of January 4th
Short of expectations by
$ 3,846.15
$ 3,106.48
$ 739.67
Monday, January 12
Legion of Mary Mtg at 4 PM at Holy Assumption
Christian Formation Mtg at 7 PM in the Parish Office
Tuesday, January 13
CYM BB at 5 PM in the Gym
Christian Formation Mtg at 7 PM in the Parish Office
Wednesday, January 14
Jubilation Choir Practice at 1 PM in the Church
Divine Mercy Group at 3 PM in the Church
Finance Mtg at 7 PM in the Parish Office
Thursday, January 15
Dartball League at 6:30 PM in the Community Center
Saturday, January 17
Celebration Choir Practice at 3 PM in the Church
Apprecation Dinner at 5 PM in the Gym
Readings for the Week of January 11, 2015
Sunday: Is 55:1-11 or Is 42:1-4, 6-7/1 Jn 5:1-9 or Acts 10:34-38/Mk 1:7-11
Monday:
Heb 1:1-6/Mk 1:14-20
Tuesday:
Heb 2:5-12/Mk 1:21-28
Wednesday: Heb 2:14-18/Mk 1:29-39
Thursday:
Heb 3:7-14/Mk 1:40-45
Friday:
Heb 4:1-5, 11/Mk 2:1-12
Saturday:
Heb 4:12-16/Mk 2:13-17
Next Sunday: 1 Sm 3:3b-10, 19/1 Cor 6:13c-15a, 17-20/Jn 1:35-42
Eternal Flame and Masses for 2015:
There are many openings for the daily Masses for 2015. Please book
your dates now before the dates that you are looking for are gone.
Please contact Krystal at 414-383-3565 or stop in at the Parish Office.
THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD
MQSCA - Saints in Training
We are proud to announce that once again we have been accredited
for the 2014-15 school year by the Wisconsin Religious and Independent
Schools Accreditation (WRISA). This organization serves schools
throughout Wisconsin by providing them an opportunity to demonstrate
that they meet a high set of standards for excellence. Each year
MQSCA sends an annual report and its long range plans for WRISA to
carefully review. Based on those documents, WRISA accredits and
certifies our school’s WRISA membership.
“We applaud the accomplishments of the Mary Queen of Saints
Catholic Academy community and its commitment to ongoing school
improvement and high standards of excellence.” - Beatrice Weiland,
WRISA’s executive director.
The accreditation process is conducted on a seven year cycle. Next
year, a visiting team will come to evaluate MQSCA based on these same
set of WRISA standards. The visiting team will carefully review every
aspect of the school, and then make a formal recommendation to
WRISA and the Archdiocese of Milwaukee.
For further information, please visit www.wrisa.net
Mrs. Nicole Kuehne, Principal
414-476-0751; www.MQSCA.org
Marriage FOCCUS Couple Needed
The Nazareth Project has scheduled a day-long FOCCUS training on
Saturday, January 31, 2015 at Gesu Parish Center, Fr. Herian Hall, 1210 W.
Michigan Street, Milwaukee, WI 53233-2216, for those wishing to become
FOCCUS Couples. The cost for the training is $100.00 per couple and
includes lunch. If there are any potential FOCCUS couples at St. Florian or
Holy Assumption, please call one of the parish offices. St. Florian and Holy
Assumption will pay for the training. This ministry is vital to couples preparing
to be married in the church. Please contact us today!
Blanket Drive
The St. Vincent de Paul Society is asking for donations of caps,
mittens, scarves, and gloves for children and adults and also for blankets
and sleeping bags. These items will be collected through the winter
months and will be distributed at the 2 SVDP meal sites.
Donations can be placed in the plastic bin at the back of church or
dropped off at the Parish Office. Thank you for your generosity. Dorothea
Lannin, SVDP
SVDP Store
A new SVDP store will be opening soon in Greenfield. They are now
accepting donations for the store. For more information, please refer to
the sheets on the table in the back of church. Thank you for your
generosity.
Dorothea Lannin, St. Vincent de Paul Society
Your Change Can Change Their Lives
Our Baby Bottle Campaign to benefit the Women’s Support Center will
be held January 24th and 25th. We encourage you to start saving your
coins now to ease your participation in this pro-life fundraiser.
Thank you, Human Concerns Committee
Day of Recollection
Fr. Ralph-Elias Haddix, OCD, will present the First Saturday morning
of recollection in Holy Family Chapel in the school building of Holy
Assumption Parish from 8:00 A.M. to Noon on Saturday, February 7th.
The day will begin with the celebration of Morning Prayer and the
Eucharist. It will include time for private prayer and reflection, a
conference on “Dogmatic Constitution on the Church.” The Sacrament of
Reconciliation will also be available.
ST. FLORIAN PARISH - JANUARY 11, 2015
A note from your Pastor:
Dear Friends,
Generations of Christian writers have tried to understand Jesus’
experience from “within.” What made Jesus “tick”? Our insights into his
psychology are very limited. The scriptures give us few clues, and they
can be interpreted in different ways. Nonetheless, it seems to me that
trying to understand Jesus helps us to understand our task as disciples.
At his Baptism, when Jesus received the special anointing of the Holy
Spirit, he entered into his mission as the Christ or Messiah. Sometimes we
imagine that his Baptism by John was part of a career plan for Jesus. The
Gospels, however, suggest Jesus’ life enfolded in response to impulses of
love, rather than according to a humanly intelligible plan.
Luke’s Gospel gives us the earliest record of Jesus’ human acts. He
stayed behind in the Temple. When Mary and Joseph found him, their
anxious searching puzzled him. They did not understand his behavior. The
episode reveals that Jesus experienced himself as a person primarily in
relation to the Father. Mary and Joseph clearly don’t understand this, and
perhaps this painful moment planted in him the seeds of his mission to
make us one with the Father. We may surmise that Jesus felt keenly and
compassionately sin and how it hurt people; yet to know what to do about
it, Jesus needed the special guidance of the Holy Spirit. We can imagine
that Jesus heard of the ministry of John and came to the ford of the Jordan
at Bethany in order to respond to whatever God wanted of him. The Holy
Spirit descended on him. Jesus began to understand humanly how he
would fulfill God’s design for this Servant, as announced in the Book of the
Prophet Isaiah. Yet this plan did not come about in a sudden flash.
Instead, the Spirit drove Jesus out into the desert in order that he might be
tempted by the Devil. Only in the crucible of self-emptying would Jesus
discover the fullness of God’s plan for him.
The Book of the Prophet Isaiah helped Jesus to come to a human
understanding his divine mission. Today’s reading from Isaiah stressed
for Jesus the glorious aspect of his vocation. He must also have studied
with trepidation the prophecies of the sufferings and death that he, the
Servant of the LORD, would endure. This was not a career anyone would
undertake unless motivated by the most powerful impulses of love. We
must never lose sight of the fact that Jesus’ entire life depended on the
guidance of that Spirit of Love.
Jesus constantly adjusted his plans in response to the present moment
and to what the Spirit brought to his human consciousness. In his early
ministry, he himself baptized. Later he did not. At Cana, he refused his
Mother but moments later worked the first of his signs. At times, he
professed human ignorance of things only the Father could know. In
Galilee, he focused on teaching and miracles. In Judea and Jerusalem, he
was confrontational. His few miracles were signs designed to reinforce his
urgent teaching, which his hearers regard as dangerous. The Spirit made
him dangerous: He made my mouth like a sharp-edged sword, concealed
me, shielded by his hand. He made me a sharpened arrow; in his quiver
he hid me. (Is. 49,2.) In everything, Jesus was completely docile to the
Spirit who revealed to him in human terms what the Father needed to
show him. In the glory of the Resurrection, these limitations would fall
away when “God made both Lord and Christ this Jesus whom [they]
crucified.”
These insights into Jesus’ human understanding are fragmentary and
fraught with mystery; yet I think they help us to understand that we, too,
depend on the Holy Spirit to chart our course through the unfamiliar water
of life. Paul tells us, “We have them mind of Christ.” To have the mind of
Christ means, above all to allow ourselves to be led by the Spirit and to
trust God each moment to make us understand what Love asks of us.
We often walk in darkness, but when the living flame of God in our
hearts guides us, we cannot go astray.
Happy Feast of the Baptism of the Lord!
Father Dave
THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD
ST. FLORIAN PARISH – JANUARY 11, 2015
Christian Women / Holy Name Society
Insurance Seminar
will have their monthly meeting on Sunday, January 18th after
the 8am Mass in Carmel Hall. We hope you can join us!
For those still looking for health insurance for 2015, you still have time
to get coverage, RELAX! Tim Windisch, a licensed insurance agent, will
be offering an information session on the health insurance plans
available through the Affordable Care Act; both on and off the
marketplace. Coverage begins March 1, 2015, and the filing deadline is
February 15, 2015. He will also be answering questions on any other
health insurances.
Saturday, January 24, 2015 – 10 a.m.-noon
St. Rita Parish
The session will be held in Arnold Hall. Please enter Arnold Hall off
the parking lot on 60th Street & Lincoln Avenue. To register, please call
the parish office at 414-541-7515.
St. Jude Thrift - Plans Winter Sale
Everything in the St. Jude Thrift Shop, 822 Glenview Ave., Wauwatosa, will
be half-price during its mid-winter sale Wednesday, Jan. 21, and Saturday,
Jan. 24. The store also will begin offering a Power Purchase Program on Jan.
21.
The new program will give customers the opportunity to enter a monthly
drawing for a 50 per cent discount certificate. Winners will be able to buy up to
$50 of merchandise for 50 per cent off at the shop.
The thrift shop carries gently used clothing and shoes for men, women and
children as well as house wares, jewelry, books and toys. The store is open to
the public and operates Wednesdays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
For more information, call (414) 259-0975 or go to:
www.stjudeparishwauwatosa.org.
Retrouvaille Marriage Retreat – January 16-18, 2015
Need Marriage Help? – Do you feel alone? Are you frustrated or angry
with each other? Do you argue … or have you just stopped talking to
each other? Does talking about it only make it worse? Retrouvaille helps
couples through difficult times in their marriages. For confidential
information and/or to register for the upcoming weekend at the
Redemptorist Retreat Center in Oconomowoc January 16-18, 2015, call
800-470-2230 or visit www.retrouvaille.org.
Will You Wear Your Sunday Best on a Saturday?
Share your faith and see yourself on TV as part of the congregation for
the nationwide Sunday TV Mass taped locally and televised across the
country. Heart of the Nation’s TV Mass ministry needs people for the
congregation during the TV Mass tapings on February 7 and March 21.
Taping begins at 9 a.m. each Saturday in the chapel of Saint Francis de
Sales Seminary, 3257 S. Lake Drive, Milwaukee (next door to the
Archbishop Cousins Catholic Center). Stay for one or up to five Masses
on each date. Questions? Contact [email protected], (414)
475-4700.
Ever Wonder About the Ignatian Spiritual
Exercises?
You are invited to a presentation on the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises by
the Ignatian Associates, a community of lay people who share a
commitment to the practice of the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises in
everyday life.
Join an evening of wine, cheese and good company on Wednesday,
February 11, 2015 from 5:30 - 7 p.m. in the lower meeting room of the
Gesu Parish Center, 1210 W. Michigan (directly behind [south] Gesu
Church)
Jump Start Your Lent with Scripture with
Scholars
Join us on Thursday, February 12, 2015, from 7 – 8:30 p.m., at the
Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, 812 N Jackson St., Milwaukee for
an exploration of “From Jerusalem to the Ends of the Earth: Biblical
Reflections on the Dynamic Legacy of Dei Verbum and the essential
Outreach of the Church’s Mission,” featuring noted biblical scholar, Fr.
Donald Senior. This event is free and open to the public. No registration
is required.
Case of the missing virgin?
It’s a mystery that has baffled an elderly woman on Milwaukee’s
Southside who goes by the name Sr. Charity. She led an effort to
purchase a statue of the Virgin Mary that she named Our Lady of the
Streets and, for years, the statue looked out for those on Milwaukee’s
tough streets. But somehow, the statue has disappeared. Read about
this “mystery” in the Jan. 15 issue of the Catholic Herald. To subscribe to
the weekly publication, call (414) 769-3500, toll free (877) 769-7699 or
visit www.catholicherald.org.
“Night Music on the Boulevard” Concert
Friday, January 16, 2015 – 7:00 p.m.
St. Joseph Hall, 1501 S. Layton Blvd., Milwaukee
Warm up your winter evening with classical, jazz, and pop favorites
performed by Jeffrey Hollander on piano and Michael Britz on double
bass. Hear the music of Beethoven, Chopin, George Gershwin, Irving
Berlin, Hoagy Carmichael, and more. Tickets are just $10. Order from
School Sisters of St. Francis, c/o Donna O’Loughlin, 1501 S. Layton
Blvd., Milwaukee, WI 53215. Details at www.sssf.org.
Archdiocesan Respect Life Mass –
January 22, 2015
On Thursday, January 22, Bishop Richard Sklba will preside at the
Archdiocese’s observance of the National Day of Penance and Prayer
for Life. The Archdiocesan Respect Life Mass will be held at St. Leonard
Parish, W173S7743 Westwood Drive, Muskego. St. Leonard’s Christian
Mothers group will lead the Rosary for Life at 6:30 p.m., followed by
Mass at 7 p.m. A reception will follow.
Come join in fellowship with Catholics from around the Archdiocese of
Milwaukee as we pray in penance for violations to the dignity of the
human person committed through acts of abortion and for the full
restoration of the legal guarantee of the right to life.
“Ordinary Lives, Extraordinary Mission:
5 Steps to Winning the War Within”
The faith community of St. Lucy Catholic Church, 3101 Drexel Ave.,
Racine invites you to “Ordinary Lives, Extraordinary Mission: 5 Steps to
Winning the War Within” on Saturday, January 31, 2015, 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Presented by Catholic author and speaker John Wood and featuring
musical guest Simply RC, this faith-filled event helps to answer the
question, “How can you bring purpose into your everyday life?” Cost to
attend is $20 per person. For additional information, please visit
www.DynamicCatholic.com, or call (262) 554-1801.