ST. RAPHAEL T H E A R C H A N G E L 830 S. Westhaven Drive · Oshkosh, WI 54904 · www.raphael.org MARCH 4, 2012 Second Sunday of Lent Rev. Doug LeCaptain ........................Pastor Rev. Luke Ferris ............... Associate Pastor Vinal Van Benthem....... Pastoral Associate MASS SCHEDULE WEEKEND Saturday .............................................. 5:00 pm Sunday............ 7:30 am, 9:00 am, 11:00 am ............................................................... 5:00 pm Reconciliation Saturday .............................................. 4:00 pm WEEKDAY Mondays, Tuesdays Wednesdays…...8:00 am at Franciscan Courts Thursdays & Fridays .......................... 7:15 am at St. Raphael Church PARISH TELEPHONES Church Office .............233-8044/233-6257 Fax..................................................... 233-2360 Office Hours ..............8:00 am - 4:30 pm (Monday - Friday) Unified Catholic Schools of Oshkosh ...................................................... 426-3626 This week in Lent Soup and Sermon Tuesday, March 6 at Noon Stations of the Cross Thursday, March 8 at 6:30 pm Rediscover Catholicism Book Study Thursday, March 8 following Stations Fish Fry (Third One!) Friday, March 9 starting at 4:30 pm Next Weekend Global Outreach Speaker Daylight Savings Time Begins
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ST. RAPHAEL T H E A R C H A N G E L
830 S. Westhaven Drive · Oshkosh, WI 54904 · www.raphael.org
MARCH 4, 2012
Second Sunday of Lent
Rev. Doug LeCaptain ........................ Pastor
(Monday - Friday) Unified Catholic Schools of Oshkosh ...................................................... 426-3626
This week in Lent
Soup and Sermon Tuesday, March 6 at Noon
Stations of the Cross Thursday, March 8 at 6:30 pm
Rediscover Catholicism Book Study Thursday, March 8 following Stations
Fish Fry (Third One!) Friday, March 9 starting at 4:30 pm
Next Weekend Global Outreach Speaker
Daylight Savings Time Begins
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IN OUR PARISH
How are you doing on the three pillars of prayer, fasting and spiritual reading I laid out in the Ash Wednesday homily? I especially want to encourage opportunities for learning this Lent. So how is the reading of "Rediscovering Catholicism" going? We gave out over 1,000 copies since the start of Lent and I am praying that they are being read. I was caught up in the opening story and wondering if I would be able to give all my blood, as Jesus Christ did, to save the world. Then I realized that, as Fr. Luke preached last week, we are tempted and caught up in individualism (what's in it for me?), hedonism (if it feels good, go for it) and minimalism (what is the least I need to do to ...). We need fasting, prayer and study to set us free, to really celebrate what we are to become in Christ. I'm hooked and doing the book study on Thursday evening. I invite to you read the next section in the book for next week. (If the print is too small, buy a copy for your nook, or get out your magnifying glass.)
Soup and sermon is another great way to enrich our understanding of liturgy this Lent. Sr. Anne Marie will continue to enrich our view of the liturgy. Oh, and what good soups you make! You can also use the black books, that brings us 6 minutes of prayer a day. I encourage you to read, learn, pray and we will be different at Easter!
This past Wednesday, Bob Biebel, UCS President, presented VISION 2012, outlining the exciting future of Unified Catholic Schools at the Unified Catholic Schools State of the System Address. This was the first address held by Bob Biebel since becoming president in June 2011 and it was inspiring! He shared the new initiatives and directions that UCS will implement in the future, beginning with the upcoming 2012-2013 school year. Most importantly is the vision of a PreK-12 campus located on the same block as the current Neumann Middle School and Lourdes facility. As many may be aware, UCS owns the current Citizens First Credit Union property located at 250 N. Sawyer Street and the plan is to build a PreK-5 elementary school at this location.
The second exciting initiative is the renaming of Unified Catholic Schools to Lourdes Academy, which will unify the consolidations of Catholic education in Oshkosh that have taken place since the early 1990’s. One campus, one school, one name. Since coming to Oshkosh, I’ve met many, many students, young and old, who have at-tended Oshkosh Catholic schools, and the name recognition is always Lourdes. With our pastoral support and the support of the Diocese of Green Bay, we welcome these changes.
If you are interested in learning more about the new directions for UCS, Bob’s presentation will be available for viewing on the UCS website (www.UnifiedCatholicSchools.org). You can get the details on the UCS website at http://www.ucs.k12.wi.us/pages/UCS. Fr. Doug Fr. Luke Vinal I PS: We have two young men from the parish at Conception Seminary in Conception MO. The post office sits right next to the seminary and adjacent to the Printery which helps to support the seminary. The post office may be closing down. It will take a lot longer for these boys to get any mail and packages and the Printery will have a much more difficult time of getting orders out. The nearest town is 20 miles away and the post office is their lifeline. I'm suggesting that, as you pray for our Seminarians this week you take a minute to write Michael Wilms and Michael Thiel a separate note and mail it them at: P.O. Box 502, Conception, MO 64433. Let's show the post office that it is needed by flooding them with letters.
PARISH STAFF Administrative Assistant ......................................................... Jill Eaton Coordinator of Social Communications ..................... Candice Lane Coordinator of Music and Liturgy ................................. Karen Dean Executive Secretary .................................................. Deb Ransbottom Facilities Management .................................................Mike Sheridan High School Youth Ministry ............................................ Linda Maier Financial Department ............. Anne Glowcheski, Mark Lindekugel Religious Education Dep. ..................... Debbie Peters, Steve Weigand Religious Education Secretary .............................................. Ann Olig
PARISH LEADERSHIP Deacons - Greg Grey, John Ingala, Ryan Kruger
Dir. of Bus. Admin. & Develop - Jeff Thorkildsen
Pastoral Associate - Sr. Margrit Immoos
Spiritual Director - Sr. Anne Marie Lom
Trustees - Josh Adrians, Mike Boettcher
Stewardship & Faith Formation Team Leader - Rich Curran
R U Support … information for the Recently Unemployed and Underemployed … WHAT? All Day Event— JOB SEEKERS’ SATURDAY! WHEN? March 24, 2012
WHERE? Elisha D. Smith Public Library— 440 First Street—Menasha, WI 54952.
The day will feature speakers from the Department of Workforce Development. Presentations and workshops will be offered on a wide range of topics of interest, including:
Barriers to employment
The job search process
Resume writing
LinkedIn
—and more!
If you are looking for a job, this event is for you! For more information, contact the Reference Desk at 920-967-3690.
R U Support is a ministry to the recently unemployed and underemployed. We meet in Good Samaritan Hall at St. Raphael Parish on Monday morning from 8:30 – 10:30 am. All are welcome. Questions? Call Jeff 920-233-8044.
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY
DAFFODIL DAYS!
Daffodils will be sold:
Friday Fish Fry, March 16, 2012, and before and after every Mass on March 17 & 18, 2012 in the Gathering Space. Prices: $10 - $25
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Reminder: Parent/Child First Eucharist Class will be held on March 6 & 7 at 4:15 and 5:30. You need only attend ONE session.
If you have any questions, please contact Debbie Peters at [email protected]
Faith Formation Corner
Just 5 Days Mission Trip (July 16-20, 2012)
The Middle School Office has begun taking registrations for this summers mission trip to Springfield, IL. Registration forms are available in the church office or by emailing Steve Weigand. ([email protected] or 233-8044) A $50 non-refundable deposit is due by March 15.
Middle School Youth Ministry
All High school teens are welcome to join March 10 & 11
Get your permission forms today! Contact Linda Maier for more information at: [email protected]
Sunday March 5 is our Lifeteen bowling night! Instead of a Lifenight we will all head to Oshkosh lanes for a fun night of bowling, friendship, and pizza. Join us after the Lifeteen Mass with $7 and we will all head over.
Sunday, March 25 Parkview Health Center at 1:00 pm This month we will be visiting with residents from our parish and joining them in a musical concert at 1:00 pm.
More details to follow.
Check out our bulletin boards!
For events in the Oshkosh community and our diocese, please check out our three bulletin boards located close to the parent room and Sacristy. If you would like to place something on the bulletin boards, please contact the parish office at 233-8044. Thank you.
MARCH 4, 2012 SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT | 5
“No Peace without Justice, no Justice without Forgiveness.”
Pope John Paul II
The following is the Lenten schedule for the weeks of March 4 - March 31
(unless otherwise indicated)
MONDAY Mass @ 8:00 am - Franciscan Courts
TUESDAY Mass @ 8:00 am - Franciscan Courts
Soup and Sermon “Eucharist is the Celebration of Gratitude” Noon - 1:00 pm - Good Samaritan Hall March 6, 13, 20, 27 March 27, 6:00 - 7:45 pm “Condensed Version” City-wide Reconciliation 7:00 pm - St. Jude ( St. Vincent) Tuesday, March 27
WEDNESDAY Mass @ 8:00 pm - Franciscan Courts
THURSDAY Mass @ 7:15 pm - St. Raphael Stations of the Cross 6:30 pm St. Raphael March 8, 15, 22 “Rediscover Catholicism” book discussion 7:00pm-8:30pm City-wide Reconciliation 2:00 pm - St. Raphael Church Thursday, March 22
FRIDAY Mass @ 7:15 pm - St. Raphael Fish Fry Serving 4:30-7:30 pm March 9, 16, 23 and 30
Anointing of the Sick will be on the weekend of March 17 & 18 at all Masses.
WORKING WITH THE SCRIPTURES –
It had been a mountaintop experience. The Dean called Peg into his office and told her that she had placed first in her class and won a full merit scholarship to her first-choice university. Peg was thrilled, floating on Cloud Nine. But as she left the Dean’s office and his words started to sink in she quickly came back to earth. Her scholarship included books and tuition but her mom’s illness took most of her parents’ fixed income and she would have to find a job if she was going to furnish her dorm room, buy some new clothes for school and pick up a used bicycle to get her around the campus. The news the Dean had given her had been beyond anything she could have hoped for and she wished she could stay with the experience, but she knew that when she got home she would find dishes in the sink and a pizza box on the counter announcing what passed for supper most evenings at her house. It had been a mountaintop experience but now she had to come back to reality. And there was no way she could ever explain to anyone how exciting it all was.
Peter, James and John had a similar experience. They, too, had been to the mountaintop; and they, too, had wished they could stay. “Let us make three tents…”. Peter, the practical one, wanted to build something solid to mark the occasion. But Jesus knew better. Jesus knew that there was still work to be done in Jerusalem. And so the disciples came back down from the mountain, and “…they kept the matter to themselves.”
Peg quickly realized that, like Peter, James and John, she was never meant to stay on the mountaintop. Soon she was caught up again in the world of senior end-of-year activities and the responsibilities involved in helping her dad take care of her mom. She had encountered God on the mountaintop, but that wasn’t where God lived. And that wasn’t where she lived, either. God had called her back down from the mountain. There was still much work to be done.
Vinal Van Benthem
St. Raphael Blood Drive Saturday, March 10, 2012 8:00 am -11:00 am
The Community Blood Center Blood Mobile will be located in the St. Raphael parking lot. Watch for the signup board in the Gathering Space.
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Praying with full, conscious,
active participation
in the Eucharist Week 2 - March 6
Praying the Liturgy of the Word
Speaker: Sr. Anne Marie
12 Noon Lunch served
12:20 Talk
12:40 Q and A
12:50 Prayer
1:00 Depart
We would like to take this opportunity to welcome our visitors. This weekend is New Member information Weekend. Please stop by Good Samaritan Hall for information, fellowship, and to enjoy a fresh cup of coffee and donuts.
In case of inclement weather:
Please check the Parish website for
important notices! www.raphael.org
Lent A Sense of the Season
The word Lent means springtime. This word comes from the same root as lengthen. Daytime lengthens during Lent. The northern hemisphere turns toward the sun, the source of life, and winter turns into spring. In Hebrew, the word for repentance is the same as the word that means to turn, like the turning of the earth to the sun, like the turning of the soil before planting. “Even now, says the Lord, turn to me.” (Joel 2:12) The word sin means separation. We are called to turn from our separate selves, from our sin, to come together in community. Self-denial is the way we express our repentance. In the lengthening brightness from Ash Wednesday until Holy Thursday afternoon, our holy Lent, we turn to God as our source of life. Self-denial is threefold, advises Matthew’s gospel. We pray: “Go to your room, close your door, and pray to your Father in private.” We fast: “No one must see you are fasting but your Father.” We give alms: “Keep your deeds of mercy secret, and your Father who sees in secret will repay you.” Through the Lenten exercise of prayer, fasting and almsgiving, we spring-clean our lives, sharpen our senses, put tomorrow in its place and treasure the day at hand. Why are there forty days in Lent? It took forty days for sinfulness to drown in the flood before a new creation could inherit the earth. It took forty years for the generation of slaves to die before the freeborn could enter the promised land. For forty days Moses and Elijah and Jesus fasted and prayed to prepare themselves for a life’s work. At the beginning of Lent the bishop calls out the names of the catechumens who seek to be baptized at Easter. Their names are written in the book of the elect, the chosen. God has chosen them, and they have chosen to turn to God. Lent is the forty days before the baptism of the catechumens. The already baptized can share the excitement and the struggles of the elect and rediscover the meaning of baptism in their own lives. During the forty days, both catechumens and the faithful journey together to the holy font. We keep Lent together. We put aside our business-as-usual to support each other in prayer, fasting and almsgiving. We turn to God to enlighten us and purify us throughout the lengthening brightness of our holy season of Lent. “For now is the acceptable time! Now is the day of salvation!”
Operation Rice Bowl Reflection: Call and Response In today’s first reading, Abraham responds faithfully to God, and God bestows blessings on him and all of
his descendants. During Lent, we are called to listen to God’s voice in our lives and to respond in faith.
This week through Operation Rice Bowl, we learn about adults and children in Vietnam who struggle
with disabilities. We pray that we may recognize the inherent dignity in all of God’s people, and we fast
so that our sacrifices may bring new life to others. We give so that CRS can continue to help people with disabilities receive
a quality education and find productive work.
ONE FINAL WEEK TO PRE-REGISTER FOR THE 2012 ESTO VIR MIDWEST MEN’S CONFERENCE The Esto Vir 7th Annual Midwest Men’s Conference is Saturday, March 10 at St. Pius X Parish in Appleton, WI from 8am to 5pm.
Featured guests: The Most Reverend David L. Ricken, Fr. Larry Richards, Fr. Francis Hoffman “Father Rocky”, and Mr. Alan Keyes – former U.S Ambassador to the United Nations. Mass with Bishop Ricken will follow at 4pm. Registration is open now online at www.estovir.com $40 early registration ends March 5th. Registration at the door is $50.
Though for the day...To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.
Mark you Calendars!
VBS will be July 30 – August 3
from 9:00-11:30 am
If you are interested in being a
Volunteer, please plan on attending
the next meeting, Monday, March 12
at 6:30 pm at St. Raphael.
FISH ALERT!
Be sure to tell your friends that this event is open to the public!
The carry out desserts for the first fish fry of 2012 were brought by Unified Catholic Schools.
Thank you!
900 dinners were served at our first Fish Fry!
The theme for the desserts for the March 9 Fish Fry is
Readings for the Week of March 4, 2012 Sunday: Gn 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18, Rom 8:31b-34, Mk 9:2-10 Monday: Dn 9:4b-10, Lk 6:36-38 Tuesday: Is 1:10, 16-20, Mt 23:1-12 Wednesday: Jer 18:18-20, Mt 20:17-28 Thursday: Jer 17:5-10, Lk 16:19-31 Friday: Gn 37:3-4, 12-13a, 17b-28a, Mt 21:33-43, 45-46 Saturday: Mi 7:14-15, 18-20, Lk 15:1-3, 11-32 Next Sunday: Ex 20:1-17 or 20:1-3, 7-8, 12-17, 1 Cor 1:22-25, Jn 2:13-25
Saturday, March 3 5:00 pm For our parishioners † Sunday, March 4 7:30 am Diana Becich-Palos † 9:00 am Marie Brandt † 11:00 am Deceased members of the Albert Huss Family † 5:00 pm Laura Rose Rogenoski † Monday, March 5 8:00 am At Franciscan Courts † Tuesday, March 6 8:00 am At Franciscan Courts † Wednesday, March 7 8:00 am At Franciscan Courts † Thursday, March 8 7:15 am Louis Ranieri, Jr. † Friday, March 9 7:15 am James Hetue † Saturday, March 10 5:00 pm Carol Kessler † Sunday, March 11 7:30 am Jeffrey Rhein † 9:00 am Jeanette & Bob Phillips† 11:00 am Roseanne Heidenreich † 5:00 pm For our Parishioners †
STEWARDSHIP OF TIME & TALENT LITURGICAL ROLES
MARCH 10 & 11, 2012
GREETERS 5:00 pm M. Kation, E. Miller, P. Hamblin, R. Vandersee Family 7:30 am M. Paffenroth, B. & P. Schneider, RM. Bucher 9:00 am J. Brefczynski, J. Leggett Family, B. & C. Staszkiewicz 11:00 am R. Lemieux, T. & V. Sorensen, P. Noe Family USHERS 5:00 pm P. Gilson, B. Feig, S. Kohnke, J. White 7:30 am W. Nocitio, W. Wilke, P. Cernohous, J. Olig 9:00 am C. Sina, J. Korger, M. Brefczynski, J. Haddock 11:00 am T. Thompson, R. Kuklinski, D. Casey, C. Miller SERVERS 5:00 pm Payton/Rachel Spanbauer, Laura Chier, Claire Chier 7:30 am Mara Resop, Noah Resop, Thomas Hendricks 9:00 am Rosa Natalia Melendez Giron, Evan Kohl, Anna Kohl 11:00 am Connor Barfknecht, Brooklyn Berenz, Maria Tushar LECTORS 5:00 pm J. Sosinski, MB White 7:30 am A. Shukis, C. Conway-Gerhardt 9:00 am T. Rochon-Luft, J. Thiel 11:00 am R. Kleman, L. Kleman COMMUNION MINISTERS 5:00 pm C. Sosinski, D. & A. Ritter, T. Mettlach, B. & J. McClone, J. & J. Poeschl, E. Svacina, P. Pedretti, S.Guyette M. Malchow* (1 needed) 7:30 am D. Hellmann, B. Nelson, L. Loker, D. Goupell, T. Cooper, D. Timmer, J. & C. Dungar, S. Panek* 9:00 am A. & C. Holt, A. Giese, P. & L. Florek, L. Petek, S. Frechette, E. Michels, R. Raffit, R. Phillips, K. Ulrich, H. Roesch* 11:00 am S. Rogers, A. Spaulding, B. Dusenske, D. Roitt, B. Spellman, D. Hasenohrl, M. Wiatrowski, LA. Miller, A. Miller, P. Noe, M. Moore, T. Glasnapp* 5:00 M. Drexler, J. Bartley, G. Lehl, S. Kiefer, M. Lemancik, J. McIlree, J. Gledmeyer *
MUSICIANS 5:00 pm Annemarie/Small Group 7:30 am Men’s Group 9:00 am Men’s Choir 11:00 am Sr. Mary Jo/Small Group 5:00 pm Ekklesia
Radio Broadcast Mass
Our Sunday morning radio Mass is broadcast at
9 am on WOSH AM 1490.
This weekend’s radio Broadcast Mass is in loving memory of
