St. Francis of Assisi Parish 2001 S Main St. Necedah, WI 54646

Our Lady of the Lake Parish 6865 Evergreen St. Mauston, WI 53948

Contacts Office Phone: 608-565-2488 Emergency Phone: 608-495-3182 Fax Number: 608-565-6722 E-Mail: stfrancisnecedah@tds.net Website: saintfrancisnecedah.org Pastor: Reverend Wesley Janowski Deacon Glen Heinzl Father Iván Torres, in residence

Mass Schedule (See page 2 for details) Mon-Fri: See Schedule on 2nd page Sat: 4:30 pm - St. Francis of Assisi Sun: 7:30 am - Our Lady of the Lake

8:45 am - St. Francis of Assisi 11:00 am - St. Francis of Assisi

(Extraordinary Form) 12:30 pm - St. Francis of Assisi (Polish Mass)

Confessions (St. Francis) Sat: 3:00 to 4:15 pm Daily Confession 30 Minutes before each Mass

Eucharistic Adoration (Chapel) All days: 6 am to 8 pm

Holy Rosary Every Mass: One half hour early

1 5 A P R I L 2 0 1 8 • T H I R D S U N D A Y O F E A S T E R

SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI PARISH

Necedah and

OUR LADY OF THE LAKE PARISH

Castle Rock Lake

Readings for the week of April 15 Sunday: Acts 3:13-15, 17-19/Ps 4:2, 4,

7-8, 9 [7a]/1 Jn 2:1-5a/Lk 24:35-48

Monday: Acts 6:8-15/Ps 119:23-24, 26-

27, 29-30 [1ab]/Jn 6:22-29

Tuesday: Acts 7:51--8:1a/Ps 31:3cd-4,

6 and 7b and 8a, 17 and 21ab [6a]/Jn

6:30-35

Wednesday: Acts 8:1b-8/Ps 66:1-3a, 4-

5, 6-7a [1]/Jn 6:35-40

Thursday: Acts 8:26-40/Ps 66:8-9, 16-

17, 20 [1]/Jn 6:44-51

Friday: Acts 9:1-20/Ps 117:1bc, 2 [Mk

16:15]/Jn 6:52-59

Saturday: Acts 9:31-42/Ps 116:12-13,

14-15, 16-17 [12]/Jn 6:60-69

Next Sunday: Acts 4:8-12/Ps 118:1, 8-

9, 21-23, 26, 28, 29 [22]/1 Jn 3:1-2/Jn

10:11-18 www. s a i n t f r an c i s ne cedah .o rg Fi nd u s on f a c ebook

Mass Intentions Monday, April 16

No Mass today. Tuesday, April 17

7:00 am For Michelle Van Dusen Wednesday, April 18 7:00 am † Michael Perry Thursday, April 19 7:00 am For Victims of Human Trafficking Friday, April 20

7:00 am † Frances Zuniga Saturday, April 21

7:00 am Priest’s intention Sunday Masses for April 21 - 22

Fourth Sunday of Easter

Saturday, April 21

4:30 pm For Beatrice Andrews Sunday, April 22 8:45 am For Ginny Hodal & family 11:00 am (Latin) Priest’s intention

Third Sunday after Easter 12:30 pm (Polish) Priest’s intention

Our Lady of the Lake St. Francis of Assisi

Server Schedule Saturday, April 21 4:30 pm C. Heintz & P. Heintz Sunday, April 22 8:45 am N. Blum, W. Van Hoof & M. Teumer 11:00 am W. Worley & A. DeGuire

Mass Intentions Third Sunday of Easter

Sunday, April 15

7:30 am For parishioners of St. Francis & Our Lady of the Lake

Fourth Sunday of Easter

Sunday, April 22

7:30 am For parishioners of St. Francis & Our Lady of the Lake

Ministry Schedule (April 22) Lector - Shirley Larson EMHC* - Lonnie Launderville *Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion

Please remember the following members of our parish in prayer: The Sick: Dorothy Zilinski, Alicia Maurer Recently Deceased: Laura Gaffney, Ron Duda Military Personnel: Major Jared Glasenap

Please remember the following

members of our parish in prayer: The Sick: Ken Lechleiter, Patricia Mayer, Sue Kaminski, Ed Detmer, Marge Winker, Christine & Richard Van Hoof, Leo LaVoy, Greg Stevens, Jonah Wein, James (Bubba) Dutscheck, Bob Norton, Kathy Blohm, Ed Schumer, Eleanor Dziki, Peggy Kolk, David Olson, Lorraine Wilson, Roy Borden, Dominic Teumer, Lisa Mayer, Lorraine Zych, Laura Moran, Frank Joseph Bryja, Gina Mayer, Ben

Goetz, Deb Rubel, Diane (Pech) Bannerman, Fr. James Lesczynski, Eileen O’Loughlin, Francis King, Therese Olsen Recently Deceased: Jeifer Torres, Corinne Scharff, Leo Stazek, Judy Rubino, Joe Kaminski, Connie Lechleiter, Dr. Peter D. O’Loughlin, Rose Pech, Marilyn Naber Military Personnel: Michael Schumer, Christian DeGuire, Eric Ryan, Joshua Arbanas, Jeremy Mootz, Isaiah Dutscheck

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Diocese of La Crosse ~ Building Upon A Tradition of Faith ~ Celebrating its 150th Anniversary March 3, 1868 - 2018 Our Diocesan Sesquicentennial Books are here! ~ Discover the unique history of all the Catholic churches in the Diocese of La Crosse. Each church has a full color two-page layout, is richly illustrated with pull-outs and a brief history. This coffee table book makes a unique gift. Hard cover ~ Glossy paper - Full Color - More than 350 pages Please stop in the gathering area or at the rectory to preview and purchase your copy. The cost is only $33.

Necedah Food Pantry - Our community food pantry is seeking your help for 2018! All contributions welcome and appreciated! Please make checks out to: Necedah Food Pantry. Send to: Dwayne Olson, PO Box 116, Necedah, WI 54646

Our Lady of the Lake Parish 2017-2018 Diocesan Annual Appeal

Parish Progress Report Pledges Amount ($) Pledged & Received $7,360.00 Target $5,055.00 To be returned to parish $2,305.00 Thank you for helping make this year’s appeal a success! If you have not yet made your pledge, there is still time. Keep in mind that 100% of any additional contributions will be returned to Our Lady of the Lake Parish.

St. Francis of Assisi Parish 2017-2018 Diocesan Annual Appeal

Parish Progress Report Pledges Amount ($) Pledged & Received $18,649.00 Target $21,465.00 Amount Under Goal $2,816.00

2018 Upcoming Events Schedule - First Holy Communion May 6, 2018

Our Lady of the Lake PCCW – Save the date – Our next meeting will be on April 24, 2018 at 12:00 Noon. This will be our first meeting for 2018. It will be held at Silver Star Health Bistro, New Lisbon. We hope for our usual great attendance. Please contact Shirley if you have questions at 608-847-4210.

Parish E-Mail Bulletin Reminder - Would you like to be informed and reminded about parish events, and learn of prayer requests from the families of our parish via email from time to time? Please send your email to tracyann335@gmail.com and you will be added to the Saint Francis of Assisi Parish Email Bulletin Reminder.

Parish Rummage Sale - Due to a scheduling conflict, there will be no parish rummage sale this year at St Francis. Thank you for your participation in the past and hopefully the sale will resume next year.

Please remember St. Francis of Assi-si Parish in your will or trust. Thank you!

Webinar on Conflict Resolution – Tuesday April 17 at 7PM Every parent knows how difficult it is to follow God's will and maintain harmony within the home. There always seems to be something that causes disruption. And when that happens, family life becomes tense and irritating. Join Jeff Arrowood and Alice Heinzen, co-authors of the Teaching the Way of Love parenting series for an engaging one-hour discussion on how to handle conflict in the home. They will offer several practical steps that restore unity and reestablish communion when division happens. Register online at diolc.org/webinars. For more information, call 608-791-2673.

Musician Wanted - We are looking for an organist or musician who would like to volunteer to play at the Saturday 4:30 pm Mass on a weekly basis. If you would like to volunteer or know someone who would like to volunteer, please call the parish at 565-2488. Thank you!

MARRIAGE: LOVE AND LIFE IN THE DIVINE PLAN A Pastoral Letter by the Catholic Bishops of the United States

What Is Marriage? Marriage is a natural institution established by God the Creator. It is a permanent, faithful, fruitful partnership between one man and one woman, established by their free mutual consent. It has two purposes: the good of the spouses, called the unitive purpose, and the procreation and education of children.

Marriage is not merely a private institution. It is the foundation of the family, where children learn values and virtues that make them good Christians as well as good citizens. Marriage is important for the upbringing of the next generation, and therefore it is important for society.

Men and women are equal as persons. As male and female, they are two different ways of being human. These differences relate them to each other in a total and complementary way. They make possible a unique communion of persons in which spouses give themselves and receive each other in love. This communion of persons has the potential to bring forth human life and thus to produce the family. No other relationship symbolizes life and love as marriage does.

The two purposes of marriage are inseparable; they are two aspects of the same self-giving. The unitive purpose of marriage means that husband and wife participate in God’s own self-giving love. The two become one flesh, giving mutual help and service to each other through their intimate union.

Challenges to Marriage Contemporary society poses fundamental challenges to the meaning and purposes of marriage. Four of these challenges are discussed here.

(1) Contraception. Each act of intercourse must be open to procreation, because the whole meaning of marriage is expressed in each marital act. Contraception closes off the possibility of procreation and separates the unitive and procreative meanings of marriage. This is objectively wrong and is essentially opposed to God’s plan for marriage and proper human development. Deliberately separating these two meanings can damage or destroy the marriage and bring many other negative consequences, both personal and social. Natural family planning (NFP) methods enable a couple to plan their family in accord with God’s design.

(2) Same-sex unions. Male-female complementarity is essential to marriage. It makes possible authentic union and the generation of new life. Attempts to make same-sex unions the equivalent of marriage disregard the nature of marriage. Since marriage and same-sex unions are different realities, it is not unjust discrimination to oppose the legal recognition of same-sex unions. These unions pose a serious threat to the fabric of society that affects all people.

(3) Divorce. Marriage is meant to be a lifelong covenantal union, which divorce claims to break. Troubled couples as well as divorced persons are encouraged to rely on God’s help and to use the resources of the Church for support and healing. An annulment is a possibility for some divorced persons. This is a finding by a church tribunal, or court, that no valid marriage bond was formed because the requirements for valid consent were not met at the time of the wedding.

(4) Cohabitation. Many couples live together in a sexual relationship without marriage. This is always wrong and objectively sinful because the complete gift of self can only take place within the public, permanent commitment of marriage. Cohabitation can have negative effects on couples themselves, as well as any children who are part of the relationship.

Marriage as a Christian Sacrament Although marriage remains a blessing from God, Original Sin has had grave consequences for married life. As a break with God, it ruptured the original communion between man and woman.

Jesus healed this rupture when he raised marriage to the dignity of a sacrament. In marriage a man and woman become

one flesh. They love each other as they love themselves and cherish each other's bodies as their own. This union is an image of Christ’s love for his Church. Spouses are called to give themselves to each other as fully as Christ gave himself to his Church.

In order to imitate Christ’s love for his Church, the relationship between man and woman needs healing. Their relationship is not a one-sided subjection of the wife to the husband, but a mutual subjection of husband and wife, following St. Paul’s charge to “be subordinate to one another out of reverence for Christ” (Eph 5:21)

Marriage and Family: A Communion of Love The Christian married couple, with their children, form an image of the Trinitarian God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Marriage and family life images the Trinity in two ways. First, like the Trinity, marriage is a communion of love between co-equal persons, beginning with husband and wife and extending to all the members of the family. Second, just as Trinity’s love is life-giving, a married couple’s love conceives and cares for children.

In addition to reflecting the Trinity, the family is a microcosm of the Church. The ancient expression “domestic church” accurately describes the family because it is a small communion of persons that draws its sustenance from the larger Church and reflects its life in unique ways. Within this domestic church, parents have a special responsibility to teach children the faith and help them to grow in virtue. The family matures as a domestic church by participating in the life and worship of the larger Church, especially Sunday Eucharist. In the Eucharist, members of the family are most fully united to Christ, to one another, and to their brothers and sisters throughout the world.

Christian spouses in a mixed marriage (between a Catholic and a baptized person who is not Catholic) witness to the universality of God’s love, even without sharing the Eucharist. They can make an important contribution towards Christian unity.

Marriage is a vocation, or divine call, as necessary and valuable to the Church as other vocations. Because marriage is for the good of the Church and the entire community, the Church and the state have an obligation to help support and sustain marriage.

Growth in Virtue With God’s grace, couples are called to grow in holiness. A holy marriage is made up of many virtues. Fundamentally, the couple lives out the theological virtues of faith, hope and love. Love is the heart of the vocation of marriage. It calls spouses to imitate Jesus by their willingness to sacrifice themselves in everyday situations for each other and their children. Couples must also grow in the moral virtues of prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance.

Two virtues that are sometimes overlooked are chastity and gratitude. Marital chastity means that the couple’s love is total, faithful, exclusive and open to life. It protects a great good: the communion of persons and the procreative purpose of marriage.

Growth in virtue is a lifelong journey, in which the spouses become more like Christ so that they can more perfectly love each other as Christ loves his Church.

The Eucharist In the Eucharist Catholic couples meet Christ, the source of their marriage. This encounter moves them to reach out in love to the broader Church and to the world. The Eucharist nourishes the virtue of marital hospitality and helps the couple to recognize God’s image in others. This hospitality builds up the Church and makes it a stronger witness to Christ’s love in the world.

A marriage that is truly in Christ is a sign of the Kingdom that is coming. At the end of time, at the celebration of the heavenly wedding banquet, the love to which the spouses have been called will find its completion when the entire Church is assumed into the glory of the risen Christ.

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