ST. THOMAS AQUINAS PARISH

MASS SCHEDULE

February 4 Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Saturday, February 3: 4:00 PM Mass at St. John the Baptist 5:00 PM Rosary for Life 5:30 PM For the People of STA & SJB Sunday, February 4: 7:30 AM Rosary for Life 8:00 AM † Gene Kraus 9:30 AM Mass at St. John the Baptist Monday, February 5: 8:00 AM Mass at St. John the Baptist Tuesday, February 6: 8:00 AM Mass at St. John the Baptist Wednesday, February 7: 8:00 AM For the People of St. Thomas Aquinas 8:30-9:30 AM Adoration Thursday, February 8: 8:00 AM Mass at St. John the Baptist Friday, February 9: 8:00 AM † Barbara Wegner Saturday, February 10: 4:00 PM Mass at St. John the Baptist 2:00 PM Feldmann & Weyker Wedding~St. Fridolin’s 5:30 PM † Anna Koenigs Sunday, February 11: 8:00 AM † Alice Blonigen 9:30 AM Mass at St. John the Baptist 6:00 PM Youth Mass at St. John the Baptist

Liturgical Ministers Schedule Saturday, 5:30pm February 3 Vigil: Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Lector: Kevin White

Ministers: Judith Menne, Duane Dippel, Christopher Donlon, Lynette Fiebrink, Kerry Gigot, Christine Koenigs

Sunday, 8:00am February 4 Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Lector: Mary Jo Jetzer Ministers: Red Platz, Dori Schmitz, Clarice Schneider, Dennis & JoAnn Streblow, Bev Verhulst

Saturday, 5:30pm February 10 Vigil: Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Lector: Ann Buechel-Haack

Ministers: Kathy Kopitzke, Lynn & Randy Kulow, Gerry Kulow, Judith Menne, Ron Nielsen

Sunday, 8:00am February 11 Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Lector: Linda Leibham

Ministers: Richard Vogel, Al Zemlicka, Bev & Dave Dippel, Mary Jo Jetzer, Kathy Kist

Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time 1st Reading…Job 7:1-4, 6-7

2nd Reading…1 Corinthians 9:16-19, 22-23

Gospel…Mark 1:29-39

Monday…Mark 6:53-56

Tuesday...Mark 7:1-13

Wednesday...Mark 7:14-23

Thursday...Mark 7:24-30

Friday...Mark 7:31-37

Saturday…Mark 8:1-10

Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time 1st Reading…Leviticus 13:1-2,44-46

2nd Reading…1 Corinthians 10:31-11:1

Gospel…Mark 1:40-45

January 27 & 28

Stewardship Envelopes $2,775.00 Loose Offering $318.00

Building Mnt. Envelopes $155.00

WEDDING BANNS

St. Fridolin’s February 10, 2018

III~ Andrew Feldmann & Rachel Weyker

Last 5th Sunday Collection Thank you for your gift of $1,125.55 received

on 1/18/2018 to the Sharon S. Richardson

Community Hospice. Your gift supports the

mission of the hospice in ensuring exceptional

end-of-life care for those in our community.

The generosity of so many organizations, such

as yours, provides us with the ability to help

patients and families in their time of need and

educate and support our community on the

benefits of hospice. Together we are

making a difference!

With gratitude,

Erick J. Tetzlaff

Administrator

Charmaine Conrad

Director of Development & Communications

GREAT JOB STA PARISH FAMILY

fifth SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME ~ FEBRUARY 4, 2018

Dear Parishioners: We had a really interesting (at least from my perspective) joint meeting of the STA and SJB Pastoral Councils, along with our parishes’ business managers (Christine Holzmann and Lisa Schoneman) last Monday to discuss the future design of our Faith Formation program and ministries. (This is the stuff that a couple of generations ago fell under the umbrellas of “C.C.D.” and “C.Y.O.” (and perhaps “Confirmation” if that Sacra-ment wasn’t included under one of the other programs). Nowadays, we look at Faith Formation as pertaining to what we do for: public primary, middle and high school students; the Confirmation program; post-high school/college-age young adults; newly married couples; and even older adults – after all, there’s always something to learn about God and His ways! This meeting was precipitated by the news I’d shared early last month about Erin Gross’s departure from SJB’s full-time position as Director of Faith Formation. The issue we face is not whether Erin should be replaced, but how she should be replaced. SJB and STA have been without a Pastoral Minister since Rose Krueger left last Spring. Both parishes – SJB through its Strategic Plan and STA through its SWOT [Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats] Analysis – have called for significantly enhanced efforts in the areas of Youth/Young Adult Ministry and Family Ministry Faith Formation. The questions about how to proceed came fast and furious: What would this person’s job description look like? Are we looking at one position or two? Full-time or part-time? Where do we look for such a person? What would his/her relation-ship be to our current Faith Formation staff (Lisa Gross at STA, and Amy Albers and Nancy Kultgen at SJB)? What kind of “tweaks” should be made to our existing Faith Formation Program? How much more can our current Faith Formation staff do? What can we afford? At this point, there are certainly more questions than answers! We ended the meeting by having John Mueller (SJB’s Pastoral Council Chairperson) and Matt O’Connor (STA’s Pastoral Council Chairperson) shape three distinct sub-committees (each composed of three of SJB’s nine Council members and two STA’s six Council members): one to explore the K-8 Programs at both parishes; one to examine our high school and Confirmation programs; and the third to look into post-high school, college-age, young adult and newly married Faith Formation possibilities. They’ve got an open mandate to “put some meat on the skeleton” by talking with each other and with parents, parish staff, catechists, students, potential clients, and even people from other parishes about what works and what doesn’t, about needs and wants, about dreams and reality – with the expectation that they return to another joint Pastoral Council meeting early next month with their findings and recommendations. Meanwhile, the trustees and Finance Councils from both parishes will be working together to see what is within the realm of fiscally responsible possibilities for our Faith Formation enterprise(s). It’s all very exciting . . . and a bit scary. So please pray for us!

Father Phil

Blessed Trinity Parish is seeking two part-time individuals to share the

duties of the Technology-Communications Department .

These positions produce the bulletin and worship materials, manages the projection system, and supports the parish computer

systems. Joint responsibilities include BT-SJE Parish website, BT-SJE Facebook page and Chairing the BT-SJE Technology

Committee (2nd Tuesday Night of the month at 6:00 PM). There is a potential of weekend, evening and holiday hours due to meetings and projection system troubleshooting. The ideal candidates will be

proficient with Microsoft Office, willing to learn Microsoft Publisher, competent with slideshows and projectors, able to

provide computer support and troubleshooting, and comfortable coaching others with technology. The candidates should have an

understanding of the Catholic Mass and a desire to work in a parish setting. Submit cover letter and resume by February 16, 2018

to Search Committee, 327 Giddings Avenue, Sheboygan Falls, WI 53085 or email lynn@btsje.org

SOUP EXTRAVAGANZA Sunday, February 11th from 11:00am - 2:00pm American Legion Auxiliary Unit 243 ~ 40 Stafford Street, Plymouth

Vegetarian Minestrone ~ Idaho Baked Potato ~ Chicken Dumpling ~ Gluten Free Idaho Baked Potato will be available Adults $8.50 Children 5-12 $5.00 Under 5 Eat Free Proceeds support soldiers & families from Plymouth National Guard Battery B