May 10, 2020

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St. Mary & St. Charles St. Mary & St. John Parishes

Rev. John Meinholz P.O. Box 35

Bloomington, WI 53804 608-994-2526 608-725-5595

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Fifth Sunday of Easter May 10, 2020

Scripture for the week of May 11, 2020

Monday: Acts 14:5-18; Ps 115:1-4, 15-16; Jn 14:21-26 Tuesday: Acts 14:19-28; Ps 145:10-13ab, 21;Jn 14:27-31a Wednesday: Acts 15:1-6; Ps 122:1-5; Jn 15:1-8 Thursday: Acts 1:15-17, 20-26; Ps 113:1-8; Jn 15:9-17 Friday: Acts 15:22-31; Ps 57:8-10, 12; Jn 15:12-17 Saturday: Acts 16:1-10; Ps 100:1b-3, 5; Jn 15:18-21 Sunday: Acts 8:5-8, 14-17; Ps 66:1-7, 16, 20; 1 Pt 3:15-18 or

1 Pt 4:13-16; Jn 14:15-21 or Jn 17:1-11a

Congratulations to Our 8th Grade Graduates

St. Charles Graduation will be May 15. Please join us as we celebrate with Irelyn Brinkman, Heath Rauch, and Eli Adams at 6:30 with a car parade in front of the school. St. Mary Graduation will be May 17. There will also be a car parade in front the St. Mary Church starting at 12:30 p.m. to wish our graduates Diana Herbers, Gretta Hamann and Ty Tolle the best as they head to high school.

Policies During the Corona Virus Pandemic Fr. John will continue to have the Masses that were ordinarily scheduled privately. He will have Exposition of the Holy Eucharist every Sunday morning. Please come and pray before the Blessed Sacrament, to ask God for an end to the pandemic, and to increase our trust and faith in Him. 8:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.– St. John Church 9:00-12:00 p.m.-St. Mary Church, Bloomington 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.– St. Charles School Church 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.– St. Mary Church, Glen Haven Please observe all recommendations on social distancing (only nine people in the church at one time). If you have a fever, cough, or are not feeling well, please stay home. St. Mary Church and St. Charles School Church are open during the day for prayer. Fr. John will hear individual confession on Mondays from 5:00-6:00 p.m. at St. Mary Church, Bloomington and from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at St. Charles School Church. Everyone is encouraged to set aside a time of prayer during the week and on Sunday. You can watch the Mass on TV on WISC-TV / Channel 3000 on Sunday at 6:00 AM, or on EWTN. Fr. Bart Timmerman live streams his Masses at https://www.facebook.com/Stamadison/ You can also read the Gospel, and pray the Rosary or the Divine Mercy Chaplet.

Fr. John’s Notes A Reflection on Mothers, Home, and the Catholic Church Due to the pandemic, all of us have spent more time

at home as compared to our normal routine. As I look back to my younger years, I can remember them still. I remember fondly how my mother made a home for me. As I moved from one parish to another, I always had a home wherever my moth-er lived. I also always felt that the Church was my spiritual home. No matter which church building I privately prayed in or celebrated a big elaborate liturgy, it gave me a feeling of home. This week in the Gospel we have a reading from St. John that is often used at funerals. Jesus states, “In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places. If there were not, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back again and take you to myself, so that where I am you also may be.” I hope and pray that we can come together again soon in our spiritual home, our Church, as we honor our mothers and grandmothers who worked hard to make a home for us. May God Bless Our Mothers On this weekend when we remember and honor our mothers, I am especially reminded of the truly wonderful, gifted, and faith-filled women from our families and parishes who have left us for eternal life. Their deaths have left a huge hole in our lives. We miss them! Sally Budworth’s family graciously shared with me the following winning essay she wrote for the Best Partner Contest that was sponsored by the Grantland Chapter of the Wisconsin Women for Agriculture. Her words speak volumes. We pray for and thank all of the women who have filled our lives and families with their love and care. ‘Best Partner’ “Can you help me hitch up? It’ll only take a minute.” That little request usually takes me all morning. Because, I’m there, I open and shut the gates, and then the chores are waiting. But that small effort pays many fringe benefits. He smiles as he says that the house is a mess – the maid must have the day off. Now he knows why the kitchen floor wasn’t swept. The milk house got a good cleaning. Our second cup of morning coffee is our best time of day. We plan our work then; plans the mind makes, and the body can’t always carry through. But it is so nice to be under-stood from tired bones to aching muscles. As a partner in farming I get to know both. There are greater experiences you cannot fully grasp until you are there: for starters, watching a new calf stand for the first time or smell new mown hay on a moonlight night. It gives that tired body such a feeling of peace. What smells better that a summer rain? Every spring I get the first dandeli-on delivered to me with a big grin and a “Who says I never give you flowers?” Flowers are few, but they mean so much, like a full-blown rose and a rose bud when the first baby arrived. Those babies are grown now. There is such a fulfilled feeling when someone says, “Oh, that’s your son? He’s such a nice kid.” What more rewarding partnership is there than to raise a family you are both proud of, and they are proud to be your children. – Marcella “Sally” Budworth

Liturgy Schedule

Sat. 5/9 Jim Leamy4 (Bloomington) Deceased members of the St. Mary’s Altar Society (Glen Haven) Sun. 5/10 Betty and Belva Laufenberg (Patch Grove) All Parishioners (Bloomington) Chris Beesecker (Cassville) :30

Mon. 5/11 In Honor of Irene Wood’s 95th Birthday (Cassville) Tues. 5/12 LaVerne Haas (Cassville) Wed. 5/13 Verna Mergen (Bloomington) Thurs. 5/14 Teri Ann Williams and Lavon Schurman (Bloomington) Fri. 5/15 No Mass

Sat. 5/16 Joe F. & Verna Mergen (Cassville) Chris, Marie and Norbert Kirschbaum and Richard & Rose Hill (Glen Haven) Sun. 5/17 John & Hilda Steiger (Patch Grove) Jerry, John and Angela Raisbeck (Bloomington) All Parishioners (Cassville)

St. Mary Church & St. John Church St. Charles Church & St. Mary Church

St. Charles Church Restoration This week at St. Charles Church, the beautiful, original reredos are being painted, varnished, and redecorat-

ed. Also designs are being applied to the church ceiling.

PARISH FINANCIAL UPDATES St. Mary’s, Glen Haven for May 2, 2020: Church Support….……...………………….$250.00 St. Charles, Cassville for May 3, 2020: Church Support………………………………...$3,240.00 PLEASE HELP US PAY OUR EXPENSES St. Charles suggested giving is $1,400.00 a year for a married couple and $700.00 a year for a single household. 

Cherish Life  Susan B. Anthony (1889), abolitionist and early leader of the women's suffrage movement, opposed abortion, saying: "Sweeter even than to

have had the joy of caring for children of my own has it been to me to help bring about a better state of things for mothers generally, so their unborn little ones could not be killed away from them." -Priests for life website, 5-4-2020 

Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend Covid-19 has changed our lives. Once it is over, we need to strengthen our marriages. Live your married lives “more abundantly” by participating in a Worldwide Marriage Encounter weekend on June 26-28 in Rockford, IL; Sept. 11-13 in Geneva, IL or Oct. 16-18 in Brookfield, WI. Visit our website at - alifetimeoflove.org or call (888) 574-5653. Para un fin de semana en español por favor llamen a Candelario y Emilia al 815-375-4250.  

Survivors of Suicide (SOS) Support Group WHEN: 2nd Tuesday of every month from 6:30-8:00pm WHERE: Mound City Bank Motor Branch, Platteville, WI. This support group is meant to help those who have lost a loved one to suicide and to give hope. More information at http://www.bens-hope.com.

National Suicide Prevention Life Line – 1.800.273.8255 24 Hour assistance.

AA and Al-Anon Meetings Due to the Corona virus many meetings have moved online. Please call 608-222-8989 for more information.

MARY OUR MOTHER What a joy to remember that Mary is our Mother! Since she loves us and knows our weakness, what have we to fear? —Saint Thérèse of Lisieux

OUR CATHOLIC SCHOOLS NEWS Our vision: Faith, Family and Academic Excellence St. Charles Graduation will be May 15. Please join us in celebrating Irelyn Brinkman, Heath Rauch, and Eli Adams at 6:30 p.m. with a car parade in front of the school. St. Mary Graduation will be May 17, and we will also have a car parade in front the St. Mary Church starting at 12:30 p.m. to wish our graduates Diana Herbers, Gretta Hamann and Ty Tolle the best as they head to high school. If you are interested in sending your children to St. Mary’s School or St. Charles School please contact us. SCRIP has moved to Economy Feed Mill.  

St. Mary’s Parish Council We are seeking to individuals who would be interested in serving on St. Mary’s Parish Council. Please contact Annette Knapp or St. Mary’s Parish office for more information.

Events *May 22—Red Cross Blood Drive at St. Mary School, Bloomington from 12:30-5:30 p.m.

Mother’s Day Rose Sale In honor of Mother’s Day this Sunday, May 10, we will have long-stem red roses available at all the

churches to thank moms for “giving the gift of life.” There will a container to place your $3.00 donation for each rose. The proceeds from the sale will go to benefit Clarity Clinic in Platteville, the Women’s Care Center in Madison and Diocesan Respect Life activities.

Parish Financial Updates Please Help Us Pay St. Mary’s Collections for the period ending May 1, 2020 Church Support…………………………………………...$3,600.00 Gifts…………………………………………………………..$400.00 School Tuition……………………………………………….$667.16 St. Mary’s families are asked to generously contribute toward the support of parish expenses. It is suggested for a family to give $900.00 and a single person $450.00 per year. St. John’s Collections for the week ending on May 1, 2020 Church Support….………………………………………….$425.00 Donation to the Food Pantry from St. John’s CCW…….. $200.00 St. John’s families are asked to generously contribute toward the support of parish expenses. VOCATION Roman Catholics in the United States spend a good deal of time speaking of “vocation” and the manner in which each of us discerns our vocation for life. In today’s apostolic letter, however, Peter gives us the “cornerstone” of our vocation, the description of what each of us is called to first and foremost by our baptism. He describes our vocation as “a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of [God’s] own, so that you may announce the praises” of Christ, who called us out of darkness into light (1 Peter 2:9). All of us, no matter what path our life’s vocation may take us down, have been chosen by God, made holy, and anointed as priests in the high priesthood of Christ through baptism. All of this, so that we may announce the praises of Christ. Vocation is given for proclamation at home, in the workplace—wherever life takes us—in service, in word, and in sacrament. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

Help is Available If you need support for an unplanned pregnancy, please contact the Clarity Clinic of SW Wisconsin at 185 E. Pine St. Platteville, WI 53818, 608-348-5787 or email at clientservices@claritywi.com or the Women’s Care Center in Madison, WI at 608-241-8100. For more information on pro-life issues, visit www.WisconsinRightToLife.org.

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