Let us attend to what is good, pleasing, and acceptable in the sight of God who formed us...and let those who have

love in Jesus Christ keep the commandments of Christ.

(Pope St. Clement I, “Letter to the Corinthians”)

SAINT CLEMENT CATHOLIC PARISH135 South Washington Street – Lancaster, Wisconsin 53813

Founded in 1859

For Parish Membership, Baptisms, Weddings, Communion Calls or any other pastoral need, contact the respective parish office.

Bulletin Announcements: Deadline is Monday at noon to the St. Clement Parish Office or to st_clement@tds.net

Fr. William Vernon, Pastor 723-4990Bill Manthe, Parish Associate 723-4990Katie Crosby, Parish Secretary 723-4990

Website: www.saintclementparish.com

Josh Jensen, Principal 723-7474Nick Crosby, CRE 7-12 723-4990Rebecca Dean & Melissa Martin, CREs K-6

Email: st_clement@tds.net (Katie)

Diocese of Madison, Bishop Donald J. Hying

SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME JULY 21, 2019

STEWARDSHIP OF TREASURE

July 13 & 14Church Support Envelopes � � � � � $5,393�00Offertory Cash� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �$570�00Children’s Offertory� � � � � � � � � � � � � �$51�00Weekly Electronic Giving � � � � � � $1,008�00Mid-Month Electronic Giving � � $3,778�00Total � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �$10,800�00

Budgeted Offertory for July� � � � $31,320�00Offertory Received in July � � � � � $18,102�00Budgeted Amount Still Needed � � $13,218�00

Monthly Offertory ComparisonJune 2019 (5 weekends)� � � � � � � � � $33,810�00June 2018 (4 weekends)� � � � � � � � � $30,281�00

RECONCILIATIONBefore Daily & Sunday Masses

Saturday at 4:00 PMFace-to-face reconciliation by appointment only�

Weekly Mass Schedule

Tuesday, July 23 � � � � � � � � � � � � 8:15 AM (Saint Bridget, Religious)

† Tony Runde

Wednesday, July 24� � � � � � � � � � 8:15 AM (Saint Sharbel Makhluf, Priest)

† Ethel Schroeder

Thursday, July 25 � � � � � � � � � � � 8:15 AM (Saint James, Apostle)

† Joyce Klaas

Friday, July 26� � � � � � � � � � � � � � 8:15 AM (Saints Joachim and Anne,

Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary)

† Ed Evans

Saturday, July 27 � � � � � � � � � � � � 8:15 AM (Blessed Virgin Mary)

† Kimberly Myers 5:00 PM

† Robert C� Fuerstenberg

Sunday, July 28� � � � � � � � � � � � � � 7:30 AM Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

People of Our Parish 9:30 AM

† Mary Friederick

From Our Pastor:Jesus Christ is the Lord of life and history, the Only Savior of the world, the Way,

Truth, and the Life – so what is this “one thing” that Jesus is referring to in this Sunday’s Gospel when He says, “There is need of only one thing�”? (Luke 10:38-42) The one thing we all need for a meaningful and fruitful life is: living in communion with Jesus. And Jesus says that Mary has chosen the better part of that one thing, as she prays at the feet of Jesus, listening to Him, in contemplation� Martha, on the other hand, is more focused on action, busy serving and doing good for Jesus and others� Mary chose the better part because prayer must be the foundation of our activity� From our prayerful communion with Jesus, we can then actively serve Him well in our brothers and sisters – as prayer and action are necessary parts of communion with Jesus�

Martha was doing all kinds of tasks, and that is good� But Mary was listening to Jesus, learning from Him first, allowing herself to grow in prayerful communion with Him first� Both were doing good, but Mary chose “the better part�” Our daily task is to first listen to Jesus, in the midst of the cacophony of voices in the world today (technology, media, political agenda, etc�)� Prayer, communion with God, must be the foundation to our actions� Martha was so focused first on what she was doing that she even told Jesus what to do: Lord, look at all that I’m doing; tell Mary to help me! Martha certainly loved Jesus, but she put what she was doing for Christ ahead of listening to Him� She was so focused on her tasks, on what she was doing according to her own plans, that she seemed to forget why she was doing them in the first place� So, when she complains, Jesus reminds her that being caught up in busy-ness can get in the way of listening to Him, of communion with Him, of loving Him� Martha needed to first let Jesus rule completely over her heart, to first sit at His feet and listen to His words, His Teachings, to God who is Love, and then do all things for Him�

As disciples of Jesus Christ, may we always focus on the one thing: living in communion with Jesus� At Mass (the perfect prayer of the Church), we follow the example of Mary and choose the better part, sitting at the feet of Jesus Christ, listening to His Word, receiving Him in the Holy Eucharist, Holy Communion (the Sacrament of Sacraments, the heart of the Church), growing in friendship and prayerful communion with Jesus� After Mass, we can then go forth, like Martha, and serve Our Lord as instruments of His love and mercy in our words and deeds� We choose the better part whenever we pray, listening to Jesus and His Teachings, through His Church, Word, Sacraments, communion of saints, consciously spending time with Him in prayer at the beginning and end of the day (as well as devotional prayers, such as the Rosary, Angelus and Divine Mercy chaplet)� Strengthened by prayerful contemplative communion with Jesus, may we then strive by God’s grace to serve Jesus well in our actions, in our love for God and neighbor� As Saint Teresa of Calcutta has said: We can do no great things, but we can do small things with great love�

With peace and prayers in Christ,Fr. William

OFFICE HOURS:Mondays, Tuesdays & Wednesdays:

9 am to 5 pmThursdays & Fridays:

9 am to 2 pm

FAMILY PROMISE NEWSOur next host week for Family Promise will be August 11-18� The Volunteer Sign-Up

forms will be out next week at the entrance of the church� This is an important corporal work of mercy in which we show the love and compassion of Jesus to families experiencing homelessness� If you have not volunteered in the past, we encourage you sign up and help carry out Jesus’ mandate to care for others, especially the needy� As Jesus said in Matthew 25, whatever we have done for the least of His brothers or sisters, we have done it as if to Him� For more information, contact Bill Manthe at the parish office�

RECENTLY BAPTIZEDAVERY JOHN

Son of Andrew and Ashly (Elliott) Snyder

THIS WEEK AT ST. CLEMENTWednesday, July 24 � � � � � � � � � � �9:30 am, Mass at Orchard Manor � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 10:30 am, Mass at Lancaster Care Center � � 6 – 6:45 pm, Pray to End Abortion, Our Lady of Fatima Chapel

SPEND TIME WITH BISHOP HYING!Bishop Donald Hying is offering regular short YouTube video

clips called, “A Moment With The Bishop�” We’ll be posting these to our St� Clement Parish Facebook page, so be sure to “Like” St� Clement Parish to get these in your Facebook newsfeed� You can also view Bishop Hying’s videos on the home page of the Diocese of Madison’s website: www�madisondiocese�org�

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE: JULY 27 & 28

5:00 PM Lectors: Peg Jonas & Emil Everix5:00 PM Servers: Zach Mendis, Dayne Kauffman,

& Cameron Krantz7:30 AM Lector: Jan Block7:30 AM Servers: Gabi & JoJo Dressler9:30 AM Lectors: Josh Jensen & Kathy Larsen9:30 AM Servers: Aaron, Anna & Michael Murphy

SUMMER SCRIP IS HERE!!!Summer is here and we would like to invite everyone to start

making SCRIP a part of their weekly routines� Simply stop by the SCRIP Table after each of the weekend Masses or visit the school and church offices throughout the week during summer office hours� SCRIP is also available at Walker’s Clothing and Shoes and The Hair Shack during their normal business hours� We have SCRIP available for a majority of businesses in which you shop, it doesn’t cost you anything more than you are already spending, and it greatly benefits our wonderful parish, school and families, so give it a shot… Thank you and God bless you!!!

SAINT CLEMENT SCHOOL

Attention Servers & Lectors! Your new schedules are available in the sacristy�

DAY AT THE DELLS!Apostolate for Persons with Disabilities

Friday, August 23, 10:30 AMThanks to the ongoing generosity of the Tommy Bartlett Water

Show, the Apostolate for Persons with Disabilities invites you to the 40th annual Day at the Dells event! Join them for Mass, lunch, and an entertaining water show on the campus of the Tommy Bartlett Water Show in the Wisconsin Dells�

This annual event is put on for people with disabilities, the elderly, and their family and caregivers� Pray with Bishop Donald Hying, and priests from the Diocese of Madison, at the 11 a�m� Mass� After Mass, everyone will be served a sack lunch and can sit back to enjoy the Tommy Bartlett Show! There is no cost for this annual event thanks to the generosity of the Tommy Bartlett Show and donors to the Apostolate�

Any person needing assistance with medications or using the bathrooms should be accompanied by an assistant or caregiver to ensure their comfort and safety� The Mass and show will be interpreted in American Sign Language�

To register, or to get more information, contact the Apostolate for Persons with Disabilities by calling: 608-821-3050; email: apd@madisondiocese�org; their website: www�apdmadisondiocese�com; or you can pick up a registration form on the bulletin board by the parish office�

OPPORTUNITIES TO SHARE YOUR TREASURE OF TIME

Our parish offers many opportunities to share your treasure of time, including: assist with funeral dinners (both women and men); and assist the priest by bringing the residents for Masses on Wednesday mornings at the Orchard Manor and Lancaster Care Center nursing homes� If you are able and willing to share your time, please call the parish office at 608-723-4990�

STEUBENVILLE YOUTH CONFERENCE!Let us pray for our teens and their chaperones as they attend the

Steubenville North Youth Conference in St� Paul, MN, July 26-28 - for their safe travels and that they grow closer to Christ and become better witnesses to His mercy, grace and love in the world�

SPECIAL PRAYER SERVICE WITH OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE SILVER ROSE

The Knights of Columbus’ Silver Rose, which will be presented to Our Lady of Guadalupe in Monterrey, Mexico, on December 12th, on her feast day, will visit St� Clement this Sunday, July 21st at 3 pm for you to unite your thanks and your petitions with the Blessed Virgin Mary! Bring your family� Bring your friends� With the problems and challenges that we have in our country, we should fill the church!

SUMMER ADULT EDUCATION: THE PROPHETSOur Summer Bible study of “The Prophets” continues this week

on Wednesday, July 24� We will look at “Jeremiah: The Broken Hearted Prophet,” where we will focus on chapters 1-2, 7, 29-33 of the Book of the Prophet Jeremiah� We meet at 9:00 AM in the parish meeting room, with our sessions finishing by 10:30� Even if you have not been able to attend previous sessions, know you are welcome to attend� If you have any questions, please contact Bill Manthe at the parish office�

EWTNBe sure to pick up a current EWTN schedule to see the great

opportunities they offer for education, prayer and worship� For example, this week EWTN is televising a four-part series titled, “The Crusades,” that will help viewers have a better understanding of what the Crusades were about, and clear up many of the myths and distortions surrounding them� “The Crusades” will air July 22-25 at 4:30 PM� EWTN schedules can be found at various entrances of the church�

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