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Our mission is to love God and neighbor by prayerfully celebrating the Sacraments,

generously serving others, and intentionally engaging in lifelong faith formation.

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SCRIPTURE READINGS FOR THE WEEK OF July 21st, 2019

Sunday: Gn 18:1-10a/Ps 15:2-3, 3-4, 5 [1a]/Col 1:24-28/Lk 10:38-42 • Monday: Sg 3:1-4b or 2 Cor 5:14-17/Ps 63:2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9 [2]/Jn 20:1-2, 11-18 • Tuesday: Ex 14:21--15:1/Ex 15:8-9, 10 and 12, 17 [1b]/Mt 12:46-50 • Wednesday: Ex 16:1-5, 9-15/Ps 78:18-19, 23-24, 25-26, 27-28 [24b]/Mt 13:1-9 • Thursday: 2 Cor 4:7-15/Ps 126:1bc-2ab, 2cd-3, 4-5, 6 [5]/Mt 20:20-28 • Friday: Ex 20:1-17/Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11 [Jn 6:68c]/Mt 13:18-23 • Saturday: Ex 24:3-8/Ps 50:1b-2, 5-6, 14-15 [14a]/Mt 13:24-30 • Next Sunday: Gn 18:20-32/Ps 138:1-2, 2-3, 6-7, 7-8 [3a]/Col 2:12-14/Lk 11:1-13

PRAYER CHAIN Please submit your prayer requests to

st-monica.org/prayer

This week we pray for: Martha Boemer • Linda Evans • Magdalena Lovejoy • Candice McCutchen • David Hawkins

The men and women who serve our Country; the homebound and those in nursing homes; premature infants.

The Deceased: †Maria Azcueta • †Arsenio Siy Jr. • †Don Fellin • †Patrick Ronan

LITURGY & PRAYER MASS INTENTIONS

SAT 7/20

8:00am Living and †Deceased Members of the Richard Frieske Family Fr. Jordan Berghouse

5:00pm †Joyce Rivard

SUN 7/21

Fr. Jordan Berghouse 8:00am †Elaine Schreiber

10:15am People of the Parish

MON 7/22

Fr. Jordan Berghouse 8:00am †Mary Deschler

TUE 7/23

Fr. Paul Hartmann 8:00am †Paul Hauser, Sr.

WED 7/24

Fr. Jordan Berghouse 7:30am Mass at St Eugene

THU 7/25

Fr. Jordan Berghouse 7:00am †Carol Weiss

FRI 7/26

Fr. Paul Hartmann 8:00am †Joe Seelman

SAT 7/27

Fr. Paul Hartmann 8:00am †Terry Downey

5:00pm People of the Parish

SUN 7/28

Fr. Paul Hartmann 8:00am †Maggy Schultz

10:15am †George Barker

Whether you are a parishioner, a visitor, a Catholic returning to the Church or someone

seeking faith, we hope you find your time among us inviting and welcoming. Please feel free to ask

anyone for assistance.

We welcome Frida McCall Schmidt to the Church as she celebrates the sacrament of baptism. May the seeds of faith grow always stronger in her heart and may our prayers support her parents and godparents in their responsibility of

raising her in the Catholic faith.

Wedding Banns: III Philip Lapayowker and Danielle Moscatel

CHILD AND YOUTH MINISTRY

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!

ONE MORE WEEK left to register to receive the

discounted price!

Please visit stme.church/cym for more information.

*Please register by Wednesday, July 31st for the discounted tuition rates.

See the back of this bulletin for the STME Ministry Center summer hours and phone number, or contact: childministry@stme.church - Child Ministry: K4—8th grade. lfeldmann@stme.church - Youth Ministry: High School Formation

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As a Religious non-profit corporation in state law, certain aspects of parish life are dictated by civil law. Like other civil corporations in the state of Wisconsin, every parish has a Board of Directors, and the board of directors of each parish corporation must meet at least once annually wherein they confirm the filling of the roles of Trustee-Treasurer and Trustee-Secretary and transact other business. Know that the offices of President and Vice-president are filled ex officio by the diocesan Bishop and the parish pastor. A fifth officer of the corporation is a Vicar General of the Archdiocese as designated by the Archbishop. The annual corporate business meeting for St. Monica will be held on July 28th in between the regular Sunday morning Masses in Donovan Hall. The agenda for this meeting will include prayer, a short Pastor's Report, Trustee Report, and comments from Pastoral Council and Finance Council chairs. An opportunity for Q & A will be offered. All registered parishioners are welcome to attend.

PASTOR’S CORNER Friends, I may not be a civil lawyer, but I know enough to believe an adage from the legal world which asserts that a conspiracy is the hardest crime to keep a secret. And the cover-up of a conspiracy is even harder to keep secret.

Think through the logic – the more people who are involved, the more likely it will be that someone cracks and rats out the others, or someone brags and lets the secret slip. I share this thought as a preface to completely discounting one of the favored legends about Christianity among novelists and conspiracy theorists throughout almost two millennia. Let’s be clear – Mary Magdalene was not the wife of Jesus; she did not father a child (or children) with Jesus; and she was not secretly the real head of the Church instead of St. Peter. Advocates of the conspiracy theory contend that the marriage and family of Jesus were, for an inexplicable reason, kept hidden from the world and never even alluded to in the Scriptures or the writings of early Church Fathers. Furthermore, according to contemporary suspense novels and movies, for two millennia the Church has gone to extraordinary lengths to keep this secret, and to keep iron fisted control on the descendants of Jesus and Mary Magdalene. While there are plenty of ways to debunk these loopy theories, the simplest is to consider what the priorities and manners of 1st Century Jerusalem would have done. If the one whom you thought to be the Messianic King was executed, either immediately or eventually, the heir to the throne would be brought forth for his own triumphal entry into Jerusalem - or at least to become the universally looked to high priest of this new Christian faith. This never happened, and furthermore there have been no schisms in the Church because of a refusal to reveal the secret. So, the theory doesn’t make sense. I bring all of this up first, to offer a somewhat lighter column during these midsummer days. Second, to take an opportunity to touch on the importance to the Church of St. Mary Magdalene – even if she was not the wife of Jesus. Just three years ago Pope Francis chose to elevate the annual Memorial of St. Mary Magdalene (July 22nd) to the liturgical level of a Feast. This decision reflected long-held theological and evangelical understandings of the saint. According to the

formal decree making the change: “In fact this woman, known as the one who loved Christ and who was greatly loved by Christ, and was called a ‘witness of Divine Mercy’ by Saint Gregory the Great and an ‘apostle of the apostles’ by Saint Thomas Aquinas, can now rightly be taken by the faithful as a model of women’s role in the Church.” The fact that Mary Magdalene was the first to encounter the risen Christ, and followed His instructions to tell the Twelve of the Resurrection, warrants for her the Thomistic title of “Apostle to the Apostles”, and the honor of having a Feast Day of the same precedence and importance of the Apostles in general. But her great lesson to us today is not her role – whether factual or mythical – it is the disposition with which she came to Jesus in the first place. As Catholics we hold that she was the sinful woman who washed and anointed the feet of the Lord and desired only his mercy in her life. Were it such that we, two millennia after Mary Magdalene, made such humility and hope for mercy our first and most fundamental encounter with Christ. Refresh your heart, and your desire for Christ’s mercy by celebrating the Feast of St. Mary Magdalene on July 22nd this year and every year. Blessings to all.

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AUTOMATED GIVING Please return this form to the Parish office or in the Offertory basket.

Stay in touch with ParishSOFT Giving June, July and August are the most challenging times for parish finances since many families are not able to attend Mass every weekend. You may be on vacation, attending a wedding away, staying at a summer home or visiting another parish with a convenient Mass time to accommodate your summer activities. Take making your donation off your plate by utilizing our online giving. It’s safe, secure, and easy to access: Step 1: go to st-monica.org Step 2: click on online giving and you are there! Step 3: create a profile and enter your recurring gift under the Give Now tab

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Mission Trip Reception

Thursday, August 1st 7-8pm, Donovan Hall at St. Monica This evening is open to ALL parish members - come hear stories and experiences from our high school teens who served in Denver CO. This is an opportunity for our youth to share their faith with our community ... for you to hear how God is working in the hearts of our youth ... to learn more about what Mission Trips are all about for our teens (and consider participating next summer!) … and for our teens to thank YOU for supporting youth ministry making trips like these possible. Please join us!

Serve the City is a high school ministry for teens to set aside

a full day to serve in the city of Milwaukee.

This day will have three components, Service, Prayer and Fellowship.

August 14th & 15th

For more information or to register please email Meaghan Turner at mturner@stme.church

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THIS WEEK July 21st—28th

SUN 21

10:15am Children’s Liturgy of the Word

Fr. Schneider Gathering Room

MON 22

1:00pm Quilters STME Ministry Center

3:00pm Rosary for Religious Freedom

Church

6:00pm Evening Rosary St Eugene, Holy Innocents Chapel

TUE 23

6:30pm Tuesday Night Slammers

St Eugene Baseball Field

WED 24

All Day Serve the City Off Site

8:00am Wednesday Rosary St Eugene Church

9:30am Opus Dei Morning of Recollection

Fr. Schneider Gathering Room

7:00pm Finance Committee Mtg Donovan Hall

THU 25

5:45am Catholic Man Cave STME Ministry Center

7:30am - 7:30pm

Eucharistic Adoration Fr. Schneider Gathering Room

6:30pm Quilters STME Ministry Center

7:30pm Youth Ministry Bon Fire St Monica Groves

FRI 26

SAT 27

SUN 28

After Masses Donut Sunday Donovan Hall

9:00am

St Monica Annual Corporate Business Meeting (donuts will be served)

Donovan Hall

10:15am Children’s Liturgy of the Word

Fr. Schneider Gathering Room

MARK YOUR CALENDARS

St. Monica Gardeners for God is meeting on Tuesday, July 23th, at 6:30pm. We will tend the Mary Grotto next to the STME Ministry Center and surrounding areas. Everyone is welcome, no experience is necessary. Please bring garden hand tools and a water bottle. For information, contact Linda McGuire at 414-332-7135 or mcguirdj@hotmail.com. ———————————————————————————————— Swing for Your Seminarians! Please join us to raise scholarship funds for seminarians on Monday, July 29th, 2019 at the Wisconsin Country Club located at 6200 West Good Hope Road, Milwaukee. 11 a.m. | Registration • 11:30 a.m. | Lunch • 1 p.m. | Shotgun start 6 p.m. | Cocktail hour and raffle sales • 7 p.m. | Dinner, program and live auction. • Event chairs: Fr John Gibson, Mike and Fifi Stevens. Auction Master of Ceremonies: Father John LoCoco. For more information please visit: sfs.edu/Golf ———————————————————————————————— Bulletin Submissions Would you like to advertise for a Parish event? Simply go to www.stme.church and click on Communications. Our guidelines are on the top of the page for you to review. Then simply fill out the form! Please keep in mind that bulletin requests must be submitted 10 days prior to publication (two Wednesdays before) by 11am. If you have any questions, please contact Jamie Larson at communication@stme.church. ————————————————————————————————

Our next two Bulletin Deadlines: July 24th, for the August 4th bulletin and July 31st, for the August 11th bulletin | www.STME.chuch/communication ——————————————————————–————————-

St Monica Parish is actively seeking volunteers that would be willing to serve on the Church Safety Team. Team members, after receiving training, will be asked to support the ushers and other staff or ministers, monitor the church service and respond to incidents as they arise. This could include medical emergencies, providing calm reassurance to parishioners during a crisis situation, and/or calling police. Further, members will monitor doors and the parking lot as a security measure. A short period of training will be provided. It is envisioned to have at least one Church Safety Contact assigned for every Sunday and Holy Day Mass, and other large liturgical services. It is prayerfully hoped that there will never be a need. Persons with professional experience of calm in crises roles are encouraged to assist your parish in this way. If you are interested, please contact Fr. Paul Hartmann, frpaul@stme.church.

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Address 5635 N Santa Monica Blvd. Whitefish Bay WI 53217 5681 N Santa Monica Blvd. Whitefish Bay WI 53217

Office Number (414) 332-1576 (414) 964-8780 (414) 332-3660

JULY Office Hours

Tuesdays—Fridays from 8:30am—12pm and

12:30—4pm

Mondays—Fridays from 8:30am—4pm

Tuesdays—Thursdays from 8:30am—12pm

and 12:30—4pm

Website St-Monica.org STME.church StMonica.school

Office Email SMoffice@stme.church

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FINANCIAL GIVING is a work of God’s Grace in us and should be voluntary and generous. Here are FOUR easy ways to give:

Online giving at: www.St-Monica.org

Text xt GIVE to (414) 269—3777

Offertory Basket at Mass

Stock Donation, IRA, Donor Advised, etc. Please contact Sue Devine at 414-967-3082 or email her at sdevine@stme.church

Pastoral Staff ENCOUNTER

Rosary Groups: • Pray the Rosary at St. Monica Church on Mondays at 2:30pm (not prayed during the summer months) • Rosary for Religious Freedom at St. Monica Church on Mondays at 3pm • Evening Rosary at St. Eugene in the Holy Innocents Chapel on Mondays 6pm • Wednesday Rosary at 8am in the Church Adoration Thursdays from 7:30am - 7:30pm in the Fr. Schneider Gathering Room Human Concerns humanconcerns@stme.church

SACRAMENTS

Baptisms: Call 332-1576 to register for a Baptism Preparation Class. Request a Baptism date online at st-monica.org. Arrangements must be at least two weeks in advance. Weddings: Please call the Parish Office to make arrangements at least six months prior to the date. Reconciliation Confessions are heard Sat. at 8:30am or by appointment Anointing of the Sick Second Friday after the daily Mass. Father will also visit the home, hospital, or nursing home to administer this sacrament when requested. Call the parish office. PARENTS WITH YOUNG CHILDREN We are a growing parish with many young families and the arrival of new children is music to our ears. It shows our Catholic faith is being passed on to the next generation. We know it’s hard to bring small children to Mass. It takes a lot of courage, strength, and patience. We encourage you to bring your children. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: • Pastoral or sacramental emergency number: (414) 299-3240 • Bulletin Requests are subject to approval. Visit stme.church/communication to submit a bulletin request. • Learn more about your faith at Formed.org • Don’t forget to find us on social media! @StEugeneFP PASTORAL COUNCIL Jay Rabideaux - jay.rabideaux@gmail.com PARISH TRUSTEES John Gebhardt - johngebhardt1@wi.rr.com and John Schreiber - johnschreiber@att.net