MASS SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK

MONDAY, MAY 25 — St. Bede the Venerable; St. Gregory VII; St. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi (W) – Lynette Schafer (health)

TUESDAY, MAY 26 — St. Philip Neri (P) – Adele Johnson (health)

WEDNESDAY, MAY 27 — St. Augustine of Canterbury (P) — +Chris Lesch

THURSDAY, MAY 28 (W) – +Bernard Evans

FRIDAY, MAY 29 (P) – All Parishioners

SATURDAY, MAY 30 (W) – +Gerald Kevin Wells

SUNDAY, MAY 31 — Pentecost Sunday (P) – +Amy Raftery Throne (W) – +Judge Lois Bell

PRAY FOR OUR SICK The Ascension of the Lord May 24, 2020

Are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel? (Acts 1:6)

Please contact the Parish Office with names of those in need of our prayers.

Philip Bowen — Steve Davis — Bill Hannant — Nancy Main — Lynette Schafer

Envelopes Used

St. Mary

22

St. Mark

7

Sunday Contributions 2,056.25 720.00

Online Giving 155.00 130.00

CATHOLIC RADIO — 92.1 FM EWTN (Television)

Dish = Channel 261 DirecTV = Channel 370

Cass Cable = Channel 62

SEND YOUR ANGEL TO HOLY MASS — O holy Angel at my side, go to the church for me, kneel in my place at holy Mass, where I desire to be. At Offertory, in my stead, take all I am and own, and place it as a sacrifice upon the Altar throne. At holy Consecration’s bell, adore with Seraph’s love, my Jesus, hid-den in the Host, come down from heaven above. And when the priest Communion takes, oh, bring my Lord to me, that His sweet Heart may rest on mine, and I His temple be.

AN ACT OF SPIRITUAL COMMUNION — My Jesus, I believe that You are truly present in the Holy Eucharist. I love You above all things, and I desire to receive You into my soul. Since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were already there and unite myself wholly to you. Never permit me to be separated from You. Amen.

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TV MASS SCHEDULES — SUNDAY EWTN — 7 AM; 11 AM; 6 PM

WGEM — Channel 10.2 — 9 AM

DirecTV — Channel 307 — 7 AM

Dish Network — Channel 239 — 7 AM

Rosaries Scapulars Medals Blessed Salt Holy Water Blessed Candles It is very important to have sacramentals on hand in your homes especially during times of distress.

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It’s only right, on today of all days, to praise Jesus with “a blare of trumpets”. But in the midst of our celebrating, Jesus’ words still reverberate: “You will be my witnesses”. “Go,...and make disciples of all nations.” Jesus may have ascended, but the work of his kingdom continues — and he has placed that work in our hands. That’s why he promised us the Holy Spirit. We need the Spirit so that our attempts to preach the gospel, take a stand against sin, and lift up the poor are filled with God’s own grace and love. Yes, Jesus is going to restore his kingdom. And he’s going to use you to do it.

“Come, Holy Spirit, and fill our hearts. Empower us to build a kingdom worthy

of the risen Lord!”

ST. MARY’S Please return all Baby Bottles to the church gathering space. Thank you for your generosity in helping support Life!

“Do not fear adversities because they place the soul at the foot of the Cross, and the Cross places it at the gates of Heaven. “It is necessary to be strong, in order to become great; that is our duty. Life is a struggle which we cannot avoid. We must triumph! Padre Pio

“Jesus Take Care of Everything” Written by Dominique Welch — April 30, 2020 I think that sometimes we forget about God, and more specifically that He is all powerful. He can do all things. But do we go to him, do we tell him what we need? Jesus said, “whatever you ask in my name, I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the son,” and, “ask and you shall receive.” Are we asking God for his mercy to be upon us in these times, or are we too busy trying to figure all this out on our own? Jesus tells us to “Take courage...and be not afraid.” There’s a beautiful novena from Fr. Dolindo Ruotolo called The Surrender Novena, which was given to him by Jesus. The same prayer is said every day 10 times: O Jesus, I surrender myself to you, take care of everything. May we have peace and know that Our Lord will take care of everything.

Jesus, we trust in you.

PRAYER FOR COURAGE Dear God, in this time of trouble I turn to You first, and immediately, for courage. Bless my mind to think clearly. Bless my heart to know your hope. Bless my face and my words to bring calm to others. Bless my soul to trust that I am capable of facing this, and every challenge of my life, with the power of faith and courage. Amen.

ST. MARY 226 E. Adams Website: www.stmaryspittsfield.dio.org Pittsfield, IL 62363 Online Giving: www.givecentral.org Office: (217) 285-4321 / Fax: (217) 285-9400 / stmarymark@gmail.com Weekend Mass: Sat. 6:00 p.m. / Sun. 8:30 a.m. Daily Mass: Tues., Wed., Fri., Sat. 8:00 am Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturday immediately following 6:00 p.m. Mass

ST. MARK 108 Pearl Street Online Giving: www.givecentral.org Winchester, IL 62694 Rectory: (217) 742-5224 Weekend Mass: Sat. 4:00 p.m. / Sun. 10:30 a.m. Daily Mass: Mon., Thurs. 8:00 am Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturday 3:00 p.m.

Rev. Mark A. Schulte, Pastor Deacon Mr. Michael “Kim” Scott

Pastoral Associate/DRE: Gloria Heinen Secretary: Pat Galle

Office Hours: Monday—Friday 8:30 a.m. -- 11:30 a.m. / 12:30 p.m. -- 4:30 p.m.

Diocese of Springfield in Illinois (217) 698-8500 www.dio.org

Bishop Thomas John Paprocki Diocesan Child Abuse Reporting & Investigation Number

217-321-1155

May 24, 2020 . The Ascension of the Lord

ST. MARY

NO PUBLIC DAILY OR WEEKEND MASSES!

Parish Office Closed — Monday, May 25 — Memorial Day Holiday. Confessions — Sunday mornings at 9 AM or by appointment.

ST. MARK

NO PUBLIC DAILY OR WEEKEND MASSES!

Sunday mornings at 11:30 AM or by appointment.

May 24, 2020 Dear Parish Family: Some of our parish members came to Mass last Sunday. Still others took the time to come to a weekday Mass. Those who were unable to be inside the church itself because of number restrictions received Holy Communion at the door of the church. It was very good to see all of you. Some of our people are still very much afraid because of the flu virus that has been going around. To those people, I say be of good cheer. Some people because of this fear have kept themselves in isolation. Prolonged isolation is not good. Even the hermits understood this and visited their monasteries from time to time. Contact with other human beings is very important even if it is just a phone call. I ask that those who are not afraid that you reach out in some fashion and reassure those who are afraid and let them know they are in our prayers.

As always, I am available to anyone who would like me to visit them. Just give me a call. Sincerely yours in Christ, Father Mark Schulte

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS FAMILY CORNER: Fully Alive and Building the Domestic Church

MAY — HOPE Because love is filled with hope when it is shared, promote hope and the life-giving spirit that flows from it to our families. Ask each person in your family to choose something “impossible” to pray for this month. For ideas and a guide for this family project see Page 29 of The Family Fully Alive. Books are available in the back of the church.

READ PSALM 91 Security Under

God’s Protection

THANK YOU for your service of 23 years to the priesthood!

May 24, 1997 — 2020

From your parishioners:

ST. MARY / Pittsfield

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