ST. THOMAS AQUINAS PARISH

MASS SCHEDULE

January 7th The Epiphany of the Lord

Saturday, January 6: 4:00 PM Mass at St. John the Baptist 5:00 PM Rosary for Life 5:30 PM For the People of SJB & STA Sunday, January 7: 7:30 AM Rosary for Life 8:00 AM † Bernard Fiebrink 9:30 AM Mass at St. John the Baptist Monday, January 8: 8:00 AM Mass at St. John the Baptist Tuesday, January 9: 8:00 AM Mass at St. John the Baptist Wednesday, January 10: 8:00 AM For the People of St. Thomas Aquinas 8:30-9:30 AM Adoration 10:00AM Mass at Cedar Landing Thursday, January 11: 8:00 AM Mass at St. John the Baptist Friday, January 12: 8:00 AM † Catherine Tripp Saturday, January 13: 4:00 PM Mass at St. John the Baptist 5:30 PM † Joan Mueller Sunday, January 14: 8:00 AM † Ray Freimuth 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 January 6 Vigil: The Epiphany of the Lord Lector: Konrad Kaczkowski

Ministers: Lynn & Randy Kulow, Judith Menne, Ron Nielsen, LuAnn & Philip Schils

Sunday, 8:00am January 7 The Epiphany of the Lord Lector: Red Platz

Ministers: Mary Jo Jetzer, Kathy Kist, Arlene Klaetsch, Linda Leibham, Lori & Matt O’Connor

Saturday, 5:30pm January 13 Vigil: Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Lector: Kevin White

Ministers: Kathy Kopitzke, Katherine Suemnicht, Ann Buechel-Haack, Duane Dippel, Christopher Donlon, Lynette Fiebrink

Sunday, 8:00am January 14 Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Lector: Matt O’Connor Ministers: Kitty Pfeifer, Red Platz, Dori Schmitz, Clarice Schneider, Dennis & JoAnn Streblow

The Epiphany of the Lord 1st Reading…Isaiah 60:1-6

2nd Reading…Ephesians 3:2-3a, 5-6

Gospel…Matthew 2:1-12

Monday…Mark 1:7-11

Tuesday...Mark 1:21-28

Wednesday...Mark 1:29-39

Thursday...Mark 1:40-45

Friday...Mark 2:1-12

Saturday…Mark 2:13-17

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time 1st Reading…1 Samuel 3:3b-10,19

2nd Reading…1 Corinthians 6:13c-15a, 17-20

Gospel…John 1:35-42

The Parish family would like to extend our sympathy to the family of Al White who passed away on Tuesday, January 2nd. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held

Sunday, January 7th at 1pm. Please keep Al & his family in your prayers.

MILITARY IN UNIFORM BOARD

We started a bulletin board across from the Chapel with pictures of men and women serving in the Armed Forces (active duty or reserves or National Guard). To be included just drop off a picture, name, rank, assignment and relation in the office or Chapel. Please help us fill this board, it’s great for our parish family to recognize them and to keep them in our prayers.

December 30 & 31

Stewardship Envelopes $4,581.00

Loose Offering $468.90

Building Mnt. Envelopes $45.00

Christmas Envelope $200.00

Solemnity of Mary Envelopes $105.00

5th Sunday-S. Richardson Env. $674.00

5th Sunday-S. Richardson Loose $309.55

REMINDERS

Finance Meeting: January 10th at 8:30am

Pastoral Council Meeting: January 16th at 6:30pm

The epiphany ~ January 7, 2018 Dear Parishioners: Among the new and exciting things that 2018 is bringing to us is the possibility that the Living Way of the Cross may be coming to SJB! This particular version, directed by Mary Jo Moody, has been a Lenten treat in eastern Fond du Lac County for the past twenty-four years. As a middle school religion teacher at Shepherd of the Hills Catholic School in Eden for many of those years, Mary Jo had worked with faculty, students and their parents to create a consistently powerful and artistic dramatiza-tion of the Way of the Cross. Enactments were usually performed in Shepherd of the Hills Church, but Mary Jo also “took the show on the road” to selected other parishes and some local nursing homes. (It even came to SJB once, about ten years ago.) Mary Jo left Shepherd of the Hills last Spring and now teaches at the Holyland Catholic School in Johnsburg. (That’s the school emerging from the merger a few years ago of St. Cloud in St. Cloud, Holy Cross in Mt. Calvary, and St. Joseph in St. Joseph, as augmented by students from St. John the Baptist in Johnsburg and St. Mary’s in Marytown.) Shepherd of the Hills was no longer interested in hosting the Living Way of the Cross, and Mary Jo soon learned that since Holyland already had a student-centered Lenten presentation it couldn’t accommodate the LWOC, either. I was asked if SJB might be willing to host it this year. I ran the idea past staff at a meeting shortly before Christmas, and they were excited about the possibility. So, we had an organizational meeting in late December and looked at calendars (basketball season, Spring Break, rehearsal dates and times, etc.); we’re aware of some potential conflicts (like with SJB’s Spring musical and student standardized testing periods). We’d like to open participation to parochial school and faith formation (both grade and high school) students from SJB, STA, Shepherd of the Hills Parishes and St. Mary’s Springs, which might make for a communication nightmare. And be-cause this is a different scenario than in years past at Shepherd of the Hills, rehearsals would all have to be totally after school, not during religion classes or break periods during the school day as happened before. We’d like to have an informational meeting with interested students and the parents of students who are in grade school on Tuesday, January 16th, at 6:30 p.m. in the Church here at SJB. If the response is sufficient, and IF we can surmount the speed-bumps mentioned above, rehearsals will begin in February on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. More details to follow.

Father Phil

Save the Date and Register Today! Join Archbishop Listecki on Monday, February 26th for his Lenten Luncheon honoring members of the Sheboygan/Fond du Lac area for their steadfast commitment and response to the poor in our midst! This is the first time the Archbishop’s luncheon is being held in our area, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., at St. Dominic Parish Activity Center, Sheboygan. The 2018 Sheboygan/Fond du Lac “Treasures of the Church” honorees are: Individual Award - Mr. Bob Weber Organizational Award - Salvation Army - Sheboygan and Fond du Lac

Religious Order Award - Congregation of the Sisters of St. Agnes Go to www.ccmke.org/LentenLunch for more information and to register online. Cost is $25 per person. Questions? Contact Sharon Brumer at sbrumer@ccmke.org or 414-769-3543. Proceeds from the lunch benefit Catholic Charities programs and services.

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