St. Mary’ s Immaculate Conception Parish
Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time JUNE 28, 2020
7176 Esker Road, Custer, WI 54423 Phone: 715-592-4330
Website: www.stmaryscuster.com
Parochial Administrator - Fr. Alan Guanella (715) 592-4221 [email protected] In case of emergency only please call
715-629-9952
Senior Priest in Residence
Fr. Roy Witucki
Secretary-Donna Wierzba
Bookkeeper-Diane Wysocki
CCD Coordinator-Jessica Bielen
Custodian-Jeanne Hintz
Maintenance/Grounds keeping
Josh Genskow
CLERGY
PARISH STAFF
Parish Mission Statement St Mary’s Parish is a practicing Catholic Community
providing spiritual, social and educational opportunities for all God’s people that we may deepen our love of God
and one another through prayer and deed.
Church will be open on Wednesday, Friday and
Sunday 9:15am until 5 pm.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Reminder. Since weekend Masses cannot exceed 25% capacity and seating is limited, please remember to call the parish office, 715-592-4330 every week to
sign -up to attend the weekend Mass. ~ Thank you
The following intentions will be offered during Fr. Guanella’s private weekday Masses.
Tuesday, June 30 The First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church
†Lester & Esther Kluck by Carol
Wednesday, July 1 – St. Junipero Serra
†Prosper & Evelyn Gosh by Family
Thursday, July 2 †Dorothy Perzewski by PCCW
Friday, July 3 – St. Thomas
†Michael Kosobucki
Saturday, July 4 – Independence Day
2:45pm–3:45pm Confessions—Sacred Heart 4:00pm Mass—Sacred Heart Sacred Heart & St. Mary’s Parish Families
Sunday, July 5 – Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
8:00am Mass—Sacred Heart †Fran Zaborowski by Dan & Family 10:00am Mass—St. Mary’s
†Living & Deceased Members of Joseph & Mary Raschka Family by Chet
Mass Readings Week of June 28th:
Sunday: 2 Kgs. 4:8–16; Ps. 89;
Rom. 6:3–11; Mt. 10:37–42
Monday: Acts 12:1–11; Ps. 34;
2 Tim. 4:6–18; Mt. 16:13–19
Tuesday: Am. 3:1–8, 4:11–12; Ps. 5;
Mt. 8:23–27
Wednesday: Am. 5:14–24; Ps. 50;
Mt. 8:28–34
Thursday: Am. 7:10–17; Ps. 19;
Mt. 9:1–8
Friday: Eph. 2:19–22; Ps. 117;
Jn. 20:24–29
Saturday: Am. 9:11–15; Ps. 85;
Mt. 9:14–17
ENVELOPES FOR MONTHLY
BUILDING FUND DONATIONS
Envelopes for the Ground
Level Hall and Church
Renovations can be found
in your Parish Support
envelopes. This project is
for current and future generations of
St. Mary’s parishioners. Please be
generous.
THANK YOU TO ALL WHO HAVE
DONATED TO OUR BUILDING
FUND
Confessions
At Sacred Heart
Saturday, 2:45-3:45pm
NOTE: Confessions will be
heard through the screen door
of the east rectory porch.
Scrip is sold on the first full
and third weekend.
WEEKLY FINANCIAL SUPPORT
6/14/20
Adult Envelopes $ 730
Building Fund $ 10
Offertory $ 6
ACH $ 445
$ 1,191
6/21/20
Adult Envelopes $ 798
Building Fund $ 10
Offertory $ 19
ACH $ 365
Chalice Donation $ 40__
$ 1,232
ACH applications: Please
consider signing up for ACH for
your regular Weekly/Monthly
contribution. The form is in the
entrance of Church, or please call
the office, 715-592-4330 for more
information.
**You can mail your weekly contributions to St. Mary’s I.C. 7176 Esker Road, Custer, WI 54423 or dropped in collection box. Thank you for your continued support.
Greetings of peace as we enter the summer season.
I really enjoy the summer months and always had
a great time when I was out of school and doing
“summer stuff.” It seems so strange that those
memories have endured over the years, nevertheless
so much remains clear and vivid in my mind.
I begin by saying “thank you” to all of you who, as
parents of our school-aged children spent some
serious time these past months truly working with
your children and helping them in academic and developmental areas. Your
precious time was certainly not lost as they learned from you and
experienced with you the joy and perfect responsibility of parenting—being
the first educators of your children in all of the important areas of life.
Now, I am taking the opportunity to let you know that our wonderful
Catholic Schools are preparing to partner up with you once again as I
announce the news that our Catholic schools will be opening for our Fall
schedule according to our regular schedule and policies, in conjunction with
State and local policies as they affect us. The COVID pandemic has hit us
all very hard and has almost re-created society and social constructs in some
serious new ways. We, Catholic school educators, are taking all of this
“new information” very seriously and are planning for its impact on our
schools and the lives of our children. We are all looking to the new
academic year as one of challenging growth and direction. Thus, it will
require the best from all of us.
As you should well know by now, I am an avid supporter of Catholic
education and see its greatest articulation for the future in Catholic schools.
The fullness of teaching a personal relationship with Jesus Christ is our first
and most successful lesson in the Catholic school. You may send your sons
or daughters to so many different schools—good schools—in the area
encompassed by our diocese. None of them, however, will create and
sustain an environment where your children will first learn the life of grace
that is the truth of Jesus’ gift to them as it is offered in our Catholic schools.
That, my dear parents, is the first tenet of Catholic school policy.
As we look forward to challenging the hearts and souls of your children—to
claim them for Christ; we look forward to the exciting varieties of
appropriate vistas of thought, verbal and physical expression, expansive
brain games and emotional achievement, the very best in Catholic learning,
the fullness of faith and reason.
Finally, dear brothers and sisters—mothers and fathers—this future will be
offered to your children by our administrators, teachers, and professional
staffs, all of whom share enthusiasm for the education of your children. You
may rest assured that your children will return to our schools—the large and
the small—with our promise to offer them what you want for them, an
extension of your willingness to prepare them for the world ahead of them
with a solid education, positive value, and purposeful virtue supported by
the advantage of the Catholic Tradition. Be assured of my support for you
as parents and my prayers for you as families—domestic churches—where
Jesus dwells and the Truth is taught. God be with you.
+ Bishop William P. Callahan, OFM Conv.
Bishop of La Crosse
JULY BIRTHDAY’S Wishing you Birthday
Blessings!
2nd-Pat Boenski
4th-Valerie Stanczyk
7th-Eileen Bronk
8th-Joanna Taylor
9th-Mike Bronk
& Bill Raschka
11th-Maynard Herek
13th-LeRoy Kropidlowski
& Carl Trzebiatowski
16th-Joyce Molski
17th-Jenny Genskow
20th-Jessica Johnson
& Tom Stremkowski
23rd-Lorraine Kluck
27th-Tom Sbonik
29th-Anthony Turzinski
30th-Chris Hintz
Please remember in your prayers: Tom Schmenk, Eileen Bronk, Mike Mrozek, Myron Soik,
Gladys Pampuch, Ruthie & Lenny Pliska, Ray Sommers,
Nora Miller, Ken Wierzba, Doris Wierzba, Brigid & Al Pellatt
Due to the coronavirus situation, home visits and communion
calls are suspended. If there is an emergency situation (that is,
end of life), please do not hesitate to contact the parish or
Father Guanella's emergency line in order for the sacraments
to be administered. Special procedures are currently in place.
Stay in touch! Give your neighbors a call, check in to say a quick prayer together. There is nothing better than a quick hello from a friend.
FIRST FRIDAY EUCHARISTIC
ADORATION at St. Mary's
Friday, July 3rd, 10am-3pm
(Please note time change.) You
must sign up to adore the Eucharist
A sign-up sheet is located on the table in the
entrance of the church. ONLY those signed up
are permitted to be in the Church during the
adoration time. Please bring your own sanitizing
wipes to wipe down your pew area.
No one is obligated to attend Mass at this time. If you choose to stay at home, you can use these
following resources to help in your Sunday prayer:
*Daily Mass readings www.usccb.org/bible/readings *View Magnificat for free at: www.magnificat.com/free
*Stream Daily Mass www.wordonfire.org/daily-mass *Daily Mass from the Cathedral at: www.diolc.org/live
* Sunday Mass 11am at: www.nationalshrine.org/mass *Sunday Mass on TV on Public Access Cable Channel 984
Noon and 5:30 p.m. on Saturday *EWTN broadcasts Mass daily and online at video.ewtn.com/daily-mass
*Relevant Radio broadcasts Mass at Noon & 7:30PM every day, 9AM Sundays
St. Joseph – We need his intercession! Bishop Callahan is inviting all to celebrate a
“Year of St. Joseph”. This year marks the 150th anniversary of Blessed Pius IX’s
decree naming St. Joseph Patron and Protector of the Universal Church. Several
events, prayers, and novenas will be available throughout the year. Please follow the
Diocesan website at diolc.org for further information and future events.
Year of St. Joseph
May 1, 2020 - May 1, 2021 MEMORARE TO ST. JOSEPH Remember, O most pure
Spouse of the Virgin Mary, my noble protector Saint
Joseph, that never was it known that anyone who fled to
your protection, implored your help, or sought your
intercession was left unaided. Inspired by this confidence,
I come to you, my spiritual father, and fervently commend
myself to you. Despise not my petitions, O Guardian of
the Redeemer, but in your goodness hear and answer me.
Amen.
THE LITANY OF ST. JOSEPH
St. Joseph, pray for us.
Patron of the Universal Church, pray for us.
Spouse of the Mother of God, pray for us.
Pillar of Families, pray for us.
Model of Workers, pray for us.
Comfort of the Afflicted, pray for us.
Hope of the Sick, pray for us.
Patron of the Dying, pray for us.
Terror of Demons, pray for us
This year the Chrism Mass
will be celebrated privately on
Friday, June 26
at 10 a.m. The Mass will
be live streamed at diolc.org/live and on the diocesan
Face book.
Priestly ordinations of Deacons Samuel McCarty, Joseph Richards, Levi Schmitt, and Daniel Williams III
will be on Saturday, June 27th at 10am. The limited attendance Mass will be live streamed at diolc.org/live
St. Mary’s I. C. Parish 2019-20
DIOCESAN ANNUAL APPEAL Our THANKS to those who
have contributed. Donations must be postmarked by 6/30/20 in
order to be applied to this current Appeal year. Extra pledge cards
are available in the entrance of Church. Please consider making
a gift to this year’s Appeal if you haven’t already. Thank you!
BUY SCRIP-Scrip is available just a phone call away, Shelly 715-592-3775.
PARISH GOAL: $ 18,785.00
PLEDGES RECEIVED:
$ 22,405.00
Over our Goal: $ 3,620.00
Liturgical Appointments
SUNDAY, June 28 LECTOR Tom USHERS Travis SERVERS Addy Genskow, LeRoy Wierzba MONEY COUNTERS Dave & Lorraine, Tom
MUSICIANS Mary & Cheryl SUNDAY, July 5 LECTOR Kirk USHERS Donna SERVERS Zach & Samantha MONEY COUNTERS Kirk MUSICIANS Jacquie & Carolyn SUNDAY, July 12 LECTOR Christine USHERS Eddie SERVERS Vincent & Julia MONEY COUNTERS Dave & Lorraine
MUSICIANS Mary & Jimmy SUNDAY, July 19 LECTOR Kirk USHERS Travis SERVERS Addy & LeRoy MONEY COUNTERS LeRoy & Pat
MUSICIANS Carolyn & Jacquie SUNDAY, July 26 LECTOR Tom USHERS Eddie SERVERS Vincent & Julia MONEY COUNTERS Tom & Brenda
MUSICIANS Mary & Cheryl
Because of the COVID-19 Pandemic, we are setting up a
FOOD PANTRY at St. Mary’s IC. We will continue to
collect nonperishable items and monetary donations for
local families and/or the Portage County Food
Pantries. Please help us help those in need.
Layoffs and reduced work hours can have an
impact on even the most prepared families. If
you or someone you know is in need of assistance during this time,
please contact office, 592-4330 or Marie Helminiak 592-4971 Even
when you're safe at home you can still reach out and help a neighbor.
Bulletins for the Homebound If you know
of any parishioner who would like to receive
a copy of the bulletin, please contact office,
715-592-4330 or [email protected].
Coronavirus Prayer - O Mary, you always brighten our path as a
sign of salvation and of hope. We entrust ourselves to you, Health of
the Sick, who, at the Cross, took part in Jesus’ pain while remaining
steadfast in faith. O loving Mother, you know what we need, and we
are confident you will provide for us as at Cana in Galilee. Intercede
for us with your Son Jesus, the Divine Physician, for those who have
fallen ill, for those who are vulnerable, and for those who have died.
Intercede also for those charged with protecting the health and safety
of others and for those who are tending to the sick and seeking a cure.
Help us, O Mother of Divine Love, to conform to the will of the
Father and to do as we are told by Jesus, who took upon himself our
sufferings and carried our sorrows, so as to lead us, through the
Cross, to the glory of the Resurrection. Amen.
Prayer for Spiritual Communion
My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the Blessed Sacrament. I love You above all things, and I desire You with
all my heart. Since I cannot now receive You sacramentally, I ask you
to come spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were already in my heart and unite myself to You
completely. Please do not let me ever be separated from You. Amen.
Parenting is not easy ... and there is no "one size fits all" approach.
We want to help! Please check out our newly revised webpage with
some great resources to help you and others in your role as parents.
diolc.org/marriage/parenting/
A Virtual 50th Jubilee Anniversary Celebration–The in-person 50th wedding anniversary Masses have been canceled. But a special Mass with Bishop Callahan will be held via live-stream 1pm Sunday, July 12. You will be able to view the live stream or recording by visiting
Beware. If you receive an unusual e-mail or text message from Fr. Guanella, do not respond to it, especially if there is
a request for money. It is a scam. If you ever have a question about a suspicious e-mail or text message that appears to
be from Fr. Guanella, please contact the parish office
St. Mary’s Immaculate Conception Parish 7176 Esker Road, Custer, WI 54423
715-592-4330 • www.stmaryscuster.com
Saint Mary’s Parish is a practicing Catholic community
providing spiritual, social, and educational opportunities for all God’s people
that we may deepen our love of God and one another through prayer and deed.
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Dear Friends in Christ, June 26, 2020
Summer greetings to you! Charles Dickens wrote in Oliver Twist: “Spring flew swiftly by, and summer came; and
if the village had been beautiful at first, it was now in the full glow and luxuriance of its richness.” Due to the
ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, this summer, though beautiful outside, is unlike any in past memory. Since the
pandemic reached America’s shores, nearly every aspect of our daily lives has been impacted. I write to you today
to announce one more change: the cancellation of Saint Mary’s summer picnic, originally scheduled for Sunday,
August 23, 2020.
The parish picnic committee unanimously recommended to me to cancel this year’s parish picnic due to the
ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. All the other parishes in the deanery have cancelled their picnics as well. I took the
time to consult with the parish pastoral council and the parish finance council before making any decision. After
careful deliberation, and with the best information available, I have made the decision to cancel the parish picnic
deeming it to be the only responsible and prudent option.
As you all know, the task of organizing the parish picnic is heavily dependent on many volunteers who aid in this
effort. The parish cannot hold the picnic without the ability to ensure the safety, confidence, and comfort of all
involved, including our volunteers, our guests, and our community—and everyone’s safety must be the chief
priority. Even though the “Safer at Home” order has expired and things are slowly reopening, it is impossible to
predict what August will look like in our county and throughout the state.
The parish picnic is the largest fundraiser for the parish. Since there will not be the usual income from the picnic
this year, I ask that you take part in a “silent picnic” instead. In your conscience, taking into consideration your own
family’s financial position, especially with the continued effects of the pandemic, I ask that you ponder what you
might have donated to the picnic and what you might have spent at the picnic itself. If you are able, please consider
donating that amount to the parish as your “silent picnic” offering. Any offering, no matter how small, is
appreciated and will help the parish make up from the lost income from the picnic. You may drop off your offering
at the parish office, send it via post, or drop it in the collection box in church. Please mark “silent picnic” on the
envelope or memo line of your check.
I also want to take this opportunity to announce that the 2021 picnic will be the final year for Eunice Zwicki as
picnic chair and Denise Glodowski as picnic co-chair. Leroy and Pat Wierzba will also be stepping down as bingo
coordinators. I thank them for their many years of service to our parish and the picnic. Our picnics could not have
happened without their many hours of service. If you or someone you know would like to step up and take over in
2022, please contact the parish or Eunice Zwicki. You will be able to shadow everything starting in January 2021
and learn the ropes. There’s even a guidebook to follow. Please consider it.
I know that many of you will be disappointed to hear of the picnic cancellation. I am disappointed by as well. We
look forward to our 2021 picnic. All of the contracts for 2020 have been transferred to 2021 and the monies
collected for the large raffle will go to the 2021 raffle. If you have any questions about the picnic cancellation,
please do not hesitate to contact the parish office. May God bless you. Go mbeannaí Dia is Muire duit!
In Christ,
Father Guanella
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