August 6 & 7, 2016 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time
The Catholic Community of St. Maximilian Kolbe
Parish Weekly Schedule and Mass Intention Offerings
Saturday, August 6
6:15 p.m. Confessions
7:00 p.m. MASS:+Viola Bebo, by Dan & Franciene Hassman
Sunday, August 7
8:30 a.m. MASS:+Ellsworth Root, by David & Peggy Root
10:00 a.m. MASS: For the People of St. Maximilian Kolbe
6:30 p.m. Eucharistic Adoration
Monday, August 8
No MASS
Tuesday, August 9
5:00 p.m. Holy Hour - Eucharistic Adoration with Benediction 6:00 p.m. MASS: Mr. & Mrs. Rob Helbach, by the PCCW
6:30 p.m. Potluck Meal & “Faith Around the Fire”
Wednesday, August 10
8:00 a.m. MASS:+Tom Barden, by Marjie Zarter
Thursday, August 11 Brewer Trip
8:00 a.m. MASS:+Ernie & Evelyn Wysocki, by Dan, Beth, Pat, Dick & Chris
Friday, August 12
8:00 a.m. MASS:+Henry Konczak, by DeLloyd & Rita Trebiatowski
Saturday, August 13 St. Max’s Feast Day Celebration
5:00-6:30 p.m. Feast Day Supper & Fellowship
6:30 p.m. Confessions
7:00 p.m. MASS: Bill & Bernie Schmidt 56th Wedding Anniversary
Sunday, August 14
8:30 a.m. MASS:+Lenny Yenter, by Randy & Doreen Krusick
10:00 a.m. MASS: For the People of St. Maximilian Kolbe
6:30 p.m. Eucharistic Adoration
Father Jim Trempe Pastor
Email: [email protected]
Parish Office: (715) 824-3380
Serving Southeastern Portage County and beyond. 8611 State Hwy 54, Almond, WI 54909
Parish Leadership Parish Secretary
Angie Sturzl 715-824-3380
Financial Secretary
Doreen Krusick 715-824-3380
Pastoral Council
JoAnn Doyle 715-824-2011
Scott Hintz 715-366-7084
Finance Council
Pam Zinda 715-366-2185
Dennis Fay 715-824-5075
Building & Grounds Committee
Bob Helbach 715-824-5880
Parish Council of Catholic Women
Sherry Fay 920-636-5010
Pro-Life Committee
Cindy Gresl 920-566-2305
Elizabeth Ministry
Jennifer Hendrix 715-344-3099
Family Life Committee
Tasha Shurpit
Prayer Chain
Helen Buckholt 920-622-4461
Judy Scholler 920-765-0419
Sacred Steps Program
Jane Bauer 715-258-9563
SCRIP
Terri Hoerter 715-340-9816
Karen Guidry 715-342-5945
Knights of Columbus
Andy Guidry
Garden Club
Peggy Root 715-498-1597
Religious Education (CCD)
Kim Auer 715-252-8745
Confirmation Program
Jeremiah Auer 715-281-9825
Guardian Angels Cemetery
Ken Trzebiatowski 715-366-8066
Hope Cemetery (Heffron)
Sharon Lorenz 715-366-4557
St. Martin Cemetery
Tom Guth 366-4104
St. Patrick Cemetery
Helen Helbach 715-824-5880
Parish Website www.stmaxkolbe.org
Bulletin submission email:
New Parishioners
We welcome you
to our parish family.
If you wish to join our parish,
you may register
by calling the parish office.
Marriage
Arrangements must be made
at least six months in advance.
Please call the parish office
for an appointment.
Baptism
Please call the parish office
prior to the birth of your child.
Sacrament of the Sick
Please call Fr. Jim
at 824-3380.
Office Hours
Tuesday 1:00pm-6:30pm
Wednesday 8:30am-1:00pm
& 4:30-6:30pm
Thursday 8:30am-1:00pm
T h e P a p e r Pulpit 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Trust is a lot more difficult these days. Did you see the National Conventions? The elections are coming. What’s more, terrorists could be
waiting around the corner. Trust today can seem foolish. Yet human bonding is entirely dependent on trust.
So often we develop substitutes for trust and for human bonding. We overwork, overeat, live for parties, invent formulas such as “quality
time” to fit family and children into our loaded schedules, and in the Western world, we simply drop a husband or wife who no longer pleases
us, going to get another one.
There is a wonderful example of trust in the Book of Hebrews. It talks about the risky deeds God asked from Abraham: travel to a land he did
not know, pass through great deserts and villages full of strangers, dwell in temporary shelters all the way, and most difficult of all, believe
that Sarah would at last conceive and give birth, even though, as scripture says, their old age made them “as good as dead.” It got worse not
better. God ordered Abraham to make a bloody sacrifice of this promised son born, to kill him.
Let us take a closer look at the virtue of trust. God had already promised that Abraham and Sarah would have “descendants as numerous as
the sands on the seashore.” Therefore the question before Abraham was not one of obedience, as is often thought, but whether to trust in God.
Could God’s promise come true even if Abraham went through with the sacrifice?
Sunday’s First Reading from the Book of Wisdom says what he decided. Abraham “thought that the one who had made the promise was
trustworthy.” He could do this terrible action because he believed in God’s fidelity. Maybe God would raise this son from the dead! How
would you or I have responded? Wouldn’t we say it was time to cancel this trust stuff and save whatever we can of our family? Yes, but
notice: trust consists of more than just a generally sunny attitude. Trust means believing in someone. It means remembering the love residing
in that person, remembering the promises, the pacts made in fidelity. It means taking the risk.
Can you or I wait with some kind of trust? Abraham did. Perhaps he was being trained by God to rely on God’s word. The Israelites were
waiting, looking ahead to the coming of a Messiah in a future age. Jesus worried about God’s abandoning him as he was being crucified. Yes,
he trusted, even though he was filled with the raw human fear that God might have rejected him (“My God, my God, why have you forsaken
me?” [Mt 27:46]).
God had been with him even in the hardest patches of life, the ones when no one could see much evidence of him. Human bonding is always
subject to doubt. If we are lucky, we discern and pray and forgive, and then give it another try. All of us remain “strangers and aliens on
earth”, and we long for someone to trust. We long to be able to trust.
Think about it. Can we open our hearts to God and let Jesus’ own trust be ours?
Parish Feast Day and Feast of the Assumption: August 14th is the Feast of St. Maximilian Kolbe. On Saturday evening August 13th we
will celebrate the Feast of St. Maximilian Kolbe. Come join us for our feast day, sharing a supper together before Mass. Food will be served
from 5:00 to 6:30 PM. Children’s activities will be available, so bring the family. All are invited. Bring your friends. The cost is free.
August 15th is the Feast of the Assumption – normally a Holy Day of Obligation. Since the 15th falls on a Monday, it is not a day of obligation
this year. I will offer Mass at 8:00 AM on Monday, August 15th for those who would like to celebrate the Holy Day.
Homebound, nursing home and hospital visits: Any one who would like a pastoral visit, please contact me. None of the area hospitals or
nursing homes are allowed to contact the parish for legal reasons (confidentiality). I am most happy to make a pastoral visit for anointing,
prayer and reception of Holy Communion for any reason. We can only visit if I know your wishes. Please let us know!
Are you (or someone you know):
an unconfirmed adult in the Catholic Church and wish to be confirmed?
from another Christian denomination interested in joining the Catholic Church?
non-Catholic and married to a Catholic and have been attending Mass with them?
not baptized and would like to be?
We would love to have you part of the Church and our parish community. Please contact me as soon as possible to learn more about joining
the Catholic Church.
God’s Blessings,
Fr. Jim Trempe
Liturgical Ministries Saturday, August 13, 7:00 p.m. Sunday, August 14, 8:30 a.m. Sunday, August 14, 10:00 a.m.
Servers Tanner Doyle & Volunteer Max & Macey T., Wyatt B. Grace, Anna & Jeremiah A.
Readers Greg Decker Sharon Lorenz Kathy Glinski
Usher Captains Mike Weller Scott Peterson Todd Hoerter
Eucharistic Ministers Pat H., Sharon K., Jane & Alan B. Kendra C., JoAnn D., Mindy K., Joan B. Nila P., Bob Y., Nicole & Tim V.
Your Financial Support
for the weekend of 7/31/16 Adult Envelopes: 3229.00
Offertory: 338.00
Children's 1.50
Vigil Candles .00
Maintenance & Repairs: 250.00
Total: 3,818.50
This Week’s Birthdays & Anniversaries
Birthdays:
Anniversaries Bill & Bernie Schmitt 8/13
Doug & Marilyn Kreuser 8/13
Randy & Megan Yeska 8/13
Chuck Oswald 8/7
Barbara Volk 8/7
Hazel Packer 8/7
Brad Baumgartner 8/7
Lisa Dain 8/7
Angie Sturzl 8/9
Amanda Gresl 8/9
Sara Rogers 8/10
Tracy Williams 8/11
Amy Mykisen 8/11
Amy Zelinski 8/11
Dominique Miner 8/11
Neil Yeska 8/12
Heather Smith 8/13
Brigitta Gresl 8/13
Mass Intentions Our parish continues to seek your prayers
and maintain a list of Mass Intentions to
honor our family gone before us, lift up
those in need or other special intentions
you may have. Submit intentions by mail, in the offertory in a clearly marked
envelope or by calling the parish office.
Please remember these parishioners
in your daily prayers
Stress in Your Marriage?
Retrouvaille is a program for married couples
who feel bored, disillusioned, frustrated, or
angry in their marriage. Some experience
coldness. Others experience conflict in their
relationship. Most don’t know how to change
the situation or communicate with their
spouse about it. This program has helped tens
of thousands of couples experiencing
difficulties in their marriages. For
confidential information about the program
OR to register for a “Marriage 911”
weekend, Call: 1.877.922.4673
Email: [email protected]
Visit: www.HelpOurMarriage.com
Blood Drive
St. Maximilian Kolbe Catholic Church
is hosting a blood drive on Sunday
August 7th
8:00 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.
To schedule your appointment,
please contact the parish
office at 715.824.3380.
Walk-ins are Welcome!
St. Maximilian Kolbe Feast Day
Food & Fun!
Saturday, August 13th
5-7pm Celebrate the Feast Day of St. Maximilian Kolbe!
Free Supper from 5:00pm-6:30pm
RC Car Races, Games, Sidewalk Art, Music
Mass at 7:00pm
Sign up sheet in the gathering
space for side dishes and desserts
Bring Your Lawn Chairs & Relax!
Jubilee Year of Mercy
Sacred Heart Parish-Polonia
Sundays 11am to 4pm
During this Year of Mercy, everyone is
welcome to leisurely explore the church
& grounds of the parish and the St. Clare
Convent, including the Lourdes Grotto,
indoor & outdoor Stations of the Cross,
and the Rosary Path (in its prelim stage).
From 11pm-2pm, tour the Convent which
contains parish/convent history, Cardinal
Wojtyla’s visit to Polonia and information
on various “Saints of Mercy”. Confession
is available at 2pm, and a prayer program
begins at 3pm including Exposition of the
Blessed Sacrament, Litany & Chaplet of
Divine Mercy, Evening Vespers
and closing Benediction.
Everyone is Welcome!
For more info, call 715-592-4221 or
visit www.sacredheartpolonia.com
(Please note there are some dates the
convent will be closed; Check our site or
call to be sure before traveling) Wedding Banns
Nicholas Hintz
& Clarissa Hansen
August 27, 2016
Religious Education Registration “Let the children come to me,
do not prevent them,
for the kingdom of God
belongs to such as these.”
Mark 10:14 Registration for all students in
1st through 10th grade for the
2016-2017 school year is
before and after Masses
August 27-28
September 3-4
Family Mass on September 14th
We look forward to another great year as
we prepare to assist your family with
faith formation, engage youth in their
faith life and challenge them to grow in
their relationship with Jesus Christ.
If you have any questions,
please call Kim Auer at 715.252.8745.
In August,
we celebrate the anniversary
of the Baptismal Days of:
Nathaniel Bannach Parker Firkus
Please keep them in your prayers!
Mother Teresa felt her Baptism day was
even more important than her birth day;
through Baptism we receive
the WORD of God which works through us, transforms us,
and calls us to the purpose
for which we are put on this earth.
LORD, bless these children;
grant that they may hear Your voice
and faithfully respond to Your Call.
Elizabeth Ministry has gifts for these
children in the gathering space.
Country Store Donations We are looking for donations of baked goods,
crafts, fresh vegetables you can spare, and canned
goods to sell. Priced donations can be dropped off
at St. Patrick’s Church the weekend of the dinner.
We are now accepting donations for
the Silent Auction and Bucket Raffle.
Material donations should be new and
brought to the church to be displayed.
Be creative! This year, there will be a
sign-up sheet available for anyone willing
to donate services for a raffle prize
(example: yard work, baking, housework, etc.)
Also, if anyone would like to help ask area
businesses for donations, please contact
Betty Gonnering at 703.509.5180.
Baptismal Prep Classes Expecting a baby? Attend a baptismal
prep class. Classes are offered every other
month. Contact the Parish office
in advance for details and materials.
To place an ad in the parish bulletin, contact the Parish Office
Local Events - What’s Going On In Your Neighborhood?
Rose Garden Family Restaurant
Serving Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
715-258-3382
902 Churchill Street, Waupaca Carry Out Available
Open 7 Days a week!
First National Bank
Waupaca 111 Jefferson, Waupaca 258-5511
Bookkeeping 258-8381 148 N Main, Iola 445-3211
www.fnbwaupaca.com
Waupaca Sears In the Waupaca Woods Mall
815 W. Fulton. Waupaca, WI 54981
715-256-9946 Independently owned by
Ken & Roxanne Gronski
Central Wisconsin Pest Control
& Nuisance Animal Control State Certified & Licensed
Owner Mark Pearson Cell 715-498-1662
Office 715-824-5260
815 W Fulton St., Waupaca Open 7 Days a Week: Mon. - Fri. 7 a.m. - 9 p.m. Sat & Sun 7 a.m. - 3 p.m.
715-258-7400 Smoke Free Dining!
L & L Propane SINCE 1988
715-258-5975 800-924-5975
Budget Plan, Keep, Fill, Sell Tanks, Lease Tanks, Lock-In Price
GARY BEMBENEK CONSTRUCTION LLC
Specializing in New Home Construction Remodeling—Additions
715-824-3851
Amherst Marine Jerry Clinton, Owner
422 S Main St., Amherst 715-824-5635
www.amherstmarine.com
Four Star Family Restaurant
5261 Hwy 54, Plover 715.341.1832
Open 7 days a week Breakfast served all day
Paradise Restaurant Serving Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
715-341-1755 3401 Post Rd, Plover
Take-Out Available
Everyone Deserves
Paradise!
THREE
SQUARES RESTAURANT
1222 W Fulton Street Waupaca, WI 54981
715-258-7582 Across from the Best Western
Advertise In
This Space!!
Contact the church office To find out how!!
Bauer Electric, Inc. Established 1957
Residential.Commercial.Agricultural.Industrial
Electrical Supplies
258-2848 N2852 Highway QQ Waupaca, WI 54981
T&T Automotive 733 Nelson Siding Drive
Amherst, WI 54406 715.824.2834
For all your automotive needs!
Sheridan Soil Service Certified Soil Testing
Site & Septic Evaluation
Victor Helbach ID 227668
Carolee Rilling, ID 220583
Waupaca (715) 258-8083
Pisarski Community Funeral Home
2911 Plover Road, Plover
715-344-7454
www.pisarskifuneralhome.com
The Investor’s
Choice
Scott Paterick,
CLU-ChFC
540 Baker Street Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54495
715-424-1873
“The Best Food In Town”
(715) 341-4363
S u p p o r t O u r A d v e r t i s e r s!
Advertise In this space
Contact the church office to find out
how!
Holly Funeral Home
[email protected] www.hollyfuneralhome.com
Waupaca 715-258-4020
Wild Rose
920-622-3774
Almond 715-366-2711
Amherst
715-824-3221 Furniture, Appliance & Flooring Center
Serving the area for 45 years!
990 W. Fulton Street, Waupaca 715-258-7803
Park Ridge
Family Restaurant Open 7 Days a Week
Banquet Facilities Available
3425 Church Street
Stevens Point
(715) 341-8885
St. Philip’s 96th Annual
Church Picnic & Chicken Dinner
At the Grotto Shrine & Wonder Cave
Rudolph, WI
Sunday, August 7
Polka Mass 9am
Chicken Dinner 10-2pm
Music 11-8pm
Kid’s Games/Bingo 11am
Raffle Drawing 7:30pm
St. Paul Parish Festival
August 6-7 Plainfield, WI
Basket Raffles
Country Store
Cherry Tree Kids Games
Bingo Corn Roast
Wooden Dance Floor
Live Music
Charcoal Chicken Dinner
Diocese of La Crosse Annual Conference
WITNESSES for CHRIST
August 26 & 27, 2016
This is a two-day Conference you don’t want to miss.
This Retreat with Father Timothy Gallagher is based on spiritual teach-
ings of St. Ignatius of Loyola. For more information see the brochure at
www.diolc.org or call Susan at 608-791-2658.
Early registration by Aug. 5-$65; by Aug. 17-$75
St. Mary’s (Custer) Parish Picnic
Sunday, August 28 Arnott Lions Community Park
10:00am Polka Mass
Chicken & Beef Dinner Catered by Bob’s Catering of Hatley
Serving 11:00am—1:30pm
(Kids 5 and Under FREE)
Music from 12:00am—7:00pm
Chad Przybylski & His Polka Rhythms
Polka Pak
Concessions, Basket Raffle, 50/50 Raffle,
Big Raffle with Drawing at 7:00pm,
Silent Auction, Special Raffle,
Kids’ Games, Cherry Tree,
Bake Sale & Farmers Market,
Bingo at 2:30pm
St. Mary
Magdalene’s
Family Fun Fest
Sunday, Aug. 14th
11am to 4pm
5k run/walk 8am
Mass 10am
Live Music 11-3
Kids Games
50/60’s Costume
Contest
Bike Helmet Give
Away & Bike
Rodeo
Holy Spirits Wine
Pull & Beer Raffle
(with local beers)
Kayak Raffle
Silent Auction