THIRTIETH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME - OCTOBER 27, 2019

A People Called

ST. PAUL CATHOLIC CHURCH

ST. PAUL EUCHARISTIC

CELEBRATIONS Tuesday & Friday 8:00am Mass

Saturday 5:30pm Mass

Sunday 9:00am Mass

Reconciliation 2nd & 4th Saturday 10:00am

or by Appointment

St. Paul Mission Statement

As a welcoming faith community centered in the Eucharist and guided by the Holy Spirit, our mission is to give glory to our Lord Jesus

Christ through:

Inspirational Worship Faithful Discipleship

Service to Others

Parish Office PO Box 95 Hwy. D & 83 Genesee Depot, WI 53127 Tel. 262/968-3865 Fax. 262/968-5546

Office Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30am to 4:00pm

Religious Ed: 262/968-2276

Website:

www.stpaulgenesee.net

Email:

office@stpaulgenesee.net

Welcome to the congregation of

St. Paul Catholic Church. We are glad you joined us.

Pray for our Dearly Departed JoAnne Hansen Eleanore Gresk

Bernard Gibeault Lucille DiCiaula Gordon Carlson

Katie Marlin Judith Schweda Helen Sawyer Wilfred Lind

Bernard Tordik Lesley Goerke

Rosemary McCarthy Greg Jorgensen Joanne O'Brien

Art Schuh Marianne Stark

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WELCOME TO ST. PAUL PARISH

Weekly

Message

WELCOME WEEKEND

If you have been thinking about joining St. Paul Parish, stay after mass the weekend of November 8/9 to meet with a parish representative to register and get a tour. Meet in the Gathering Space by the New Member bulletin board. If this time doesn’t work out for you, contact us at 262-968-3865 or go to our website: www.stpaulgenesee.net to start to get registered.

What’s Happening This Week! Oct 26/27 Balloon Ride Raffle Ticket Sales (pre-Auction event) Oct 31 Vigil mass 6:30pm at St Bruno’s for All Saints Day Nov 1 Holy Day of Obligation 8am Mass Nov 2 Faith Formation Spaghetti Dinner 4-7:30pm, cafeteria Training for the Race

If you were going to run a race, wouldn’t you need to train? My wife is not a runner, but a few years back, she wanted to par-ticipate in a race with my youngest son. She embarked on a journey which included a healthy diet, exercise, and a lot of running. After several months, she was ready. The race came and went but what remained was a sense of accomplishment. She would have never made it through that event if not for her training. When the time came, she was ready.

Our life in Christ is a race of sorts. It is not a race that starts and stops again and again but one that continues from our baptism until eternal life with him (hopefully). Even though we never stop the race, we do have moments where we need to hydrate, take nourishment, and gain strength. That’s what we do at the Mass and in our parish community. It is in our parish where we find what we need to keep running that race.

The problem is that too many assume we only are running the race when we are involved with the parish. Living out our discipleship in stewardship is not only to be done in the Church. In fact, what we do in the Church is to prepare us for what we are called to do during all the times we are not at Church. We encounter Christ in his Church so that we may bring him into a world that needs him. In community, we train and take nourishment so that we have any chance of running the race every day. Don’t let your stewardship stop at the church doors. Outside those doors, the race is on!

— Tracy Earl Welliver

Special Mass of Remembrance There will be a special Mass of Remembrance at

6:30pm, Monday, November 4, at St. Paul Parish, to remember anyone you hold dear whom you have lost. Please submit their name/s to the Parish office, on the forms provided in the church. Please provide a picture as well, to be displayed at mass and then in the respective parish for the month of November. All parishioners are welcome to attend this mass to remember those who've died. (organized by Bereavement committees of St. Paul and St. Bruno)

Note: St. Paul’s will be hosting Bereavement sessions at the end of November and early December for those who are interested. Watch the bulletin for more information.

Friday, November 1-Holy day of Obligation

6:30pm Vigil Mass at St. Bruno on Thursday, Oct. 31

8am Mass at St. Paul & 8:45am at St. Bruno

Anointing of the Sick Anointing of the Sick

will take place after 9am mass on Nov. 3 at St. Paul’s. Also after 10:30am, Nov 3, at St. Bruno’s.

In the Epistle of St. James we read “Is anyone sick among you?” Let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord”. If you would like to be anointed please remain in your seat after the service.

sponsored by Knights of Columbus Delicious Breakfast of scrambled eggs, sausage,

donuts, fruit, coffee, juice, and milk. Presentation by Cathy Labinski, parish member and author: “The Exchange of Gifts in Hospice” offers hope and inspiration to those who have a friend, loved one or family mem-ber residing in hospice.

Today after 9am Mass.

Just a note —if someone loses a child in miscarriage, Life's Connection (Waukesha and Mukwonago) has a ministry to support families in this loss. They provide advice, support, burial vessels, burial services, and more. https://www.lifesconnection.org/miscarriage-info.html

Commitment Weekend is November 2nd & 3rd:

As each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of God's varied grace."

(1Peter 4:10)

We give thanks to God for all we have been blessed with here at St. Paul and in our lives!

Plan to stay after mass on Oct 27 to pray the Rosary.

We are praying the rosary for all the ministries of the parish. We are planning to repeat this

every month. Join us when you can.

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Faith Formation

“Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”

“Your faith life is a story”

St. Paul Annual

Faith Formation Spaghetti Dinner

Enjoy savory Italian meat sauce simmered for hours, pasta, salad

and garlic bread (gluten free pasta available). Beer, fine choices of wine AND – stay for dessert!

Sign up to help! Either on the sign in Gathering Space or use this link:https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094EA4AA2DA7F49-

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Your Faith Life is a Story

Please join us November 13, 6:30-7:30, at St Bruno for a fall faith speaker event for our parish cluster. We will talk about the stories of our faith, of our connection to our Lord and each other.

Back in the days of the old church, Julie noticed JoAnn and Marlene sitting alone in their separate pews. She introduced herself and suggested they all sit together. Julie passed away years ago; JoAnn and Marlene continued sitting together for decades, sharing friendship every week over breakfast after mass. JoAnn invited Marlene to help her make auction baskets, she invited her to join the Human Concerns Committee and to volunteer at the spaghetti dinner. Marlene recently moved away but JoAnn is always happy to tell the story of how the three of these ladies formed a new friendship at mass because Julie first reached out. JoAnn has moved farther from the parish but con-tinues to drive the distance because she BELONGs. JoAnn is a blessing with all the volunteering she has done over the years and she is the first to admit she has been blessed by all those experiences in her church HOME. JoAnn has shared this story many times; her faith life is a story and the same goes for Julie and Marlene!

See you at St Bruno, Nov. 13, 6:30-7:30, fellowship to follow, childcare available.

St. Paul Catholic Church 2018-19 Annual Report: Copies of this report will be available in the Gathering Space, Parish Office and on the front page of the parish website, ‘2018/19 Annual report’. We thank God for all the gifts given to us as a Parish!

“As each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of God’s varied grace.” (1Peter 4:10)

1. Visit stpaulgenesee.net/ click Give Online 2. Select your donation amount & frequency. 3. Enter your account & payment information.

One time giving is available through We Share! Visit our website stpaulgenesee.net and click Give Online link.

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Sharing the Gospel With Kids

During Mass you will hear the priest and people say, “Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.” It means, “Lord, forgive me.” You are human. You will make mistakes. God is proud when you are honest and admit that you did something wrong. He smiles when you forgive yourself and others. He frowns when you talk and act like you are better than others. God wants you to do right.

Prayer Lord, please forgive

me.

Parish Needs

St. Paul needs you!

We are looking for additional welcoming faces for the Ushers

Ministry to serve at Mass on the weekends. You will join a monthly schedule serving 2 to 3 months per year.

Follow the Yellow Brick Road to St. Paul’s Annual

Auction Dinner. This year’s event will be held

February 15, 2020 at the Legend at Brandybrook.

Our journey to the Land of Oz begins with a raffle opportunity to win a

Hot Air Balloon ride for two with two runner up opportunities to win picnic

baskets full of goodies. Tickets will be available after mass starting

October 19 or at the parish office. (see pricing above) The winning ticket

will be drawn the evening of the event, but the ticket holders need not be

present to win. We are very excited for this year’s event and we want

everyone to have opportunities to join the fun and Follow the Yellow

Brick Road.

Please help us “lift off” the event, limited tickets available.

Share your talents-Stewardship:

Do you work in IT or have experience with databases? The Auction Committee is looking for you to assist with our online bidding software! For more information on this very important position, please contact Sherri Meyer in the parish office at 262-968-3865 for more details. Thank you!

Human Concerns

Why Do We Do That?-Catholic Tradition Explained

Halloween

Question: Is Halloween a pagan holiday or a Catholic one?

Answer: The short answer: nowadays, a little bit of both. But it wasn’t always that way. Halloween and All Saints’ Day are closely connected. In the 800s, the Catholic Church began celebrating All Saints’ Day. It was originally called All Hallow’s Day or Hallowmas. The celebration began early on All Hallows’ Eve. But if Halloween is really about the saints in all their victorious glory, where do we get haunted houses, costumes, and pranks?

All Saints’ Day became associated with the other deceased rather quickly. November 2nd is All Souls Day, where we pray for the souls in purgatory. Throughout the European world, especially with the Celtic and Germanic peoples, the dead were honored in the autumn months. The Celtic pagan celebration of Samhain had its own folk rituals and occurred around the same time as these Catholic feast days.

Within the last few hundred years, this included dressing in disguise and going door to door, asking for food in exchange for a rhyme or poem. Some people masqueraded as “dark” spirits and pulled pranks on others. Today’s celebration of Halloween tends to take on these later practices, rather than the original meaning of celebrating the saints. But remember … this feast was Catholic first!

You are invited for Bereavement Support.

St. Paul Catholic Parish is offering Three sessions for people who are grieving the loss of a loved one. We, St. Paul’s Bereavement Commit-tee, believe that as we are supportive of people in times of joy, we also want to walk with those in times of sadness, loneliness and mourning, and help them bear their burden of sorrow.

Our sessions are planned for Sunday mornings, after 9am mass, in the Family Room from 10:15 – Noon.

On November 24, an overview of the grieving process will be presented.

On December 1, we will focus on how to take care of oneself as one moves through the grieving process.

On December 8, ideas will be shared on how to get through the holidays which are just around the corner.

Light refreshments will be served, so please RSVP to St. Paul Parish Office at 262-968-3865 to help us plan appropriately – or just come. We want to help you walk through a dark time.

- the Bereavement Ministry Team

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For your BUSY little ones

There are children's books and "Busy Bags" in the coat room off the hallway on the way to the bath-rooms or in the Gathering space on the west side of the church doors. Please feel free to borrow from this supply of materials if you have a little one with you during mass.

Jesus welcomed the little ones and so does St. Paul's!

Pray for all First Responders, military personnel and their families. May God keep them safe in his hands.

The Catholic Study Club We welcome women belonging to any Catholic parish in Waukesha County. Our next luncheon will be on Tuesday, November 12th. Thomas Filipiak, Deacon at St. Bruno Parish will speak on “When you wake up in the morning, you never know what is going to happen.”

Reservations are required and due by Sunday, November 3rd, please give me a call . . . Rita Keber, 262-547-4827.

Spirituality

Study

Service

Rosebud Blessing Bouquet We are called to show love and respect for the dignity and worth of all life through prayer. If you know someone who is pregnant, wanting to become pregnant or adopt, celebrating a new birth or adoption, grieving miscarriage, stillbirth, or in-fant/child death, please visit the Rosebud Bouquet table in the Gathering Space and place a rosebud in the vase. The infor-mation on each prayer card is there to remind each of us to pray about specific struggles in family’s lives and is also shared with the parish’s Prayer Network, devoted people who pray for all intentions brought to their ministry.

Our parishioners/families are able to find, FOR FREE, children's movies, family movies, study guides, podcasts, downloadable books, and so much more. www.formed.org (you'll be asked to provide the parish code which is 274255, then you will be asked to create your own account)

ST BRUNO Events and Invites

ST. BRUNO Eucharistic Celebrations

Weekends: Saturday at 4:00 p.m. & Sunday at 10:30 a.m.

Weekdays: Monday at 8:00 a.m. & Wednesday at 8:45 a.m.* *School Mass-Subject to change

Reconciliation: 1st & 3rd Saturday, 3:00pm & By appointment

Next meeting of the Book Club Tues., Nov 12 at 9 AM-St. Bruno Family Room.

We especially invite parishioners of St. Bruno and St. Paul Our book is; Gold in Your Memories by Macrina Wiederkehr

Prayer, coffee and snacks equal lively discussions, please join us.

CATHOLIC QUOTES - WORDS TO INSPIRE THE FAITHFUL

One single grateful thought raised to heaven is the most perfect prayer. —G.E. Lessing

Celebrating Parish Life

Baptized in Christ: Quinn Elijah, child of Elyse & Noah Kelliher

BELONGING

We BELONG to the body of Christ and as parish members we BELONG to the St Paul family of faith. We BELIEVE, as children of God, in sharing our faith with each other so we can BECOME the persons God intended us to be.

Please extend that sense of belonging to someone you might not know but always see or sit near at mass, introduce your-self, go to Donut Sunday (11/10) together or invite them to join you at the Spaghetti Dinner (11/2) or come to the Fall Faith Speaker event (11/13)!

Maybe you'll meet someone on this list of new members who've joined our parish family in the last several months:

Jon Russell and Stephanie Higgins Nick, Danielle and Addilyn Connolly

Tom and Sandy Stefanowski Allan and Pat Tomcheck

Matthew, Amanda, Henry and Everett Coakley Marie Wilke and Brandon Keyser Shawn, Emily and Zach Doubler

Jay and Pam Clark Ray, Viktoria, Bella, Alex, and Max Branz

Eileen Czecholinski Wendy, Alyssa, and Samantha Polewaczyk

Weston, Brenda, Sullivan and Sawyer Vogds Matthew, Michelle and Ryan Splan

Brandon, Beth, Charlie and Anne Rucker Jon, Heidi and Carter Wicks Cody, Megan and Kylie Cash

If you have been visiting St Paul's recently and would like to belong to this parish family, you can contact the parish office anytime OR meet with one of our parishioners after mass at Welcome Weekend November 9 or 10.

Before you go to bed on Saturday, November 2.

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Parish Events this Week

Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults: Prepare for the sacraments of

initiation with a small group to join the Catholic church. Call Mary Kral.

Infant Baptism: Parent sessions are required for registered parishion-

ers who would like their child baptized. Call Mary Kral, at least one

month in advance, to schedule a class time & make arrangements to

pick a date for your child’s baptism.

Confirmation: Youth at least 16 years of age or adults seeking to be

confirmed, call Parish Office.

First Eucharist: Parent and child preparation required. Contact

Karen Farrell.

Reconciliation: 2nd & 4th Saturday at 10:00am or by appointment.

Marriage: Arrangements should be made six months in advance. One

of the parties must be a registered parish member and a practicing

Catholic.

Care of Sick: Sacramental care of the sick, call the Parish Office.

Anointing of the Sick: Call the Parish office with request.

St. Paul Cemetery: Hwy DE & Snowdon Rd. Call Parish Office for

information.

Mon 8:00AM (Mass at St. Bruno)

Tues 8:00AM Art Schuh & Gerald Reichow by Judy Reichow

Wed 8:45AM (Mass at St. Bruno)

Fri 8:00AM Heidi Etzel by Etzel Family

Sat

Sun

5:30PM

Lectors

Servers

9:00AM

Lectors

Servers

Bob & Loretta Mantz 50th Wedding Anniv.

Jennessa Gutche, Joe Beine Owen & Sawyer Schultz

Judy Schweda by Schweda Family Amy Verbos, Anne Schultz

Charlotte Memmel, Cohen Leis

Readings for the week of October 27, 2019

Monday: Ephesians 2:19-22, Luke 6:12-16 Tuesday: Romans 8:18-25, Luke 13:18-21

Wednesday: Romans 8:26-30, Luke 13:22-30 Thursday: Romans 8:31b-39, Luke 13:31-35

Friday: Revelation 7:2-4, 9-14, 1 John 3:1-3, Matthew 5:1-12a Saturday: Wisdom 3:1-9, Romans 5:5-11, John 6:37-40

READINGS FOR SUNDAY, Nov 3

Wisdom 11:22—12:2 2 Thessalonians 1:11—2:2 Luke 19:1-10

November Altar Care – Ann Budzban Home Communion Minister – Chris Yehle

MASS INTENTIONS OCT 28-NOV 3

St. Paul’s Liturgical Week

Greeters: 5:30PM Bob & Chris Lange

9:00AM Amy Memmel Family

We would like to thank all our sponsors who advertise with Liturgical Publications Inc. (LPi) in our bulletin. Our bulletin sponsors defray the cost of our weekly bulletin. Before reaching out to the yellow pages, newspapers, etc., please reach out to our bulletin sponsors who appreciate your patronage!

Sacramental Information

Ushers: 5:30PM Tom Strupp, Margot Schumacher, Jerry Sutkiewicz, Mike Wolf 9:00AM Bud Pogantsch, Larry Presta, Joe Varick, Mary Ellen Bowers, Joel Bowers

Outside our Parish

Monday, Oct 28 6:00-8:00PM Men’s Basketball (**closed after 8pm)

Tuesday, Oct 29 9-10:30AM Cleaning Church/CH 1:30-3:30PM Movie “Unplanned”/Caf

Wednesday, Oct 30 6-7:00AM Men’s Group/Caf 7-8:00PM Men’s Group/FamRm 6-8:00PM Men’s Basketball/Gym

Thursday, Oct 31 9:30-10:30AM Bible Study/FamRm 3:00PM Divine Mercy Chaplet/CH 7:00PM Boy Scouts/Caf 7-8:30PM Choir Practice/CH

Friday, Nov 1 Holy Day of Obligation 8:00am Mass

Saturday, Nov 2 Commitment Weekend 7:30-9:00AM Men’s Basketball/Gym 4-7:30PM Faith Formation Spaghetti Dinner

Sunday, Nov 3 Commitment Weekend Anointing of the Sick 9:00-10AM Kid Zone/Gym 6:30-8PM MS Edge FF/Complex 6:30-8PM HS John 10 FF/Complex

Oct 27 All Saints Lutheran, Apple Fest. 11am-3pm, Turkey dinner dine-in and take out, Adults $10, kids 10 and under $7. Silent auction and bake sale. 705 W. Tomlin Rd. Wales.

Nov 8 St Theresa, Eagle Fish Fry, 4:30-7pm. Carry-outs available.

Nov 16 St. Joseph Ctr. Bilingual mass 4pm. Followed by Spanish Fiesta with games, performances, dancing, raffles, etc. 1501 S. Layton Blvd. School Sisters of St. Francis.

A great way to support St. Paul Parish:

If you shop at KWIK Trip and earn fuel discounts, those can be donated to St. Paul’s! Current card holders-call 1-800-305-6666 and request

your rewards to go to St. Paul Catholic Church account # 158503.

Please Note: There has been a number of parishioners who have received text messages and emails from someone impersonating Fr. Dan ask-ing for help, money and/or gift cards. Please do not respond to these texts or emails, contact the Summit Police Dept.

HOSPITAL VISITS If a member of your family is in the hospital, please let us know so we can send someone to visit them. The hospital does not always let us know. Parish Office 262-968-3865.

BIRTHDAY WISHES Happy Birthday to Eugenie Cox on Oct. 28,

Connie Emenecker on Oct. 30, and Sandy Campbell on Nov. 1.

Best Wishes to all who are celebrating this week!!

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PARISH PERSONNEL

Shared Pastor Fr. Dan Volkert 968-3865, Ext. 201 ............... pastor@stpaulgenesee.net Fr. Dan (emergency #) 262-965-2313 Shared Deacon Joe Senglaub 262-442-7888 ........................ Joseph.Senglaub@LPL.com Dir. of Child & Family Ministry Karen Farrell 968-2276, Ext. 214 .............. kfarrell@stpaulgenesee.net Dir. of Adult Ministry, and Human Concerns Mary Kral 968-2276, Ext. 202 ............... mkral@stpaulgenesee.net Dir. of Liturgy and Music Peggy Kolonko 968-3865, Ext. 205 ............... pkolonko@stpaulgenesee.net High School Youth Minister Jennifer Geisler 968-2276 Ext. 209 ............... jgeisler@stpaulgenesee.net Dir. of Administrative Services Sherri Meyer 968-3865, Ext. 218 ............... smeyer@stpaulgenesee.net Office Staff— -Secretary Lori Durler 968-3865 .................................. ldurler@stpaulgenesee.net -Secretary (Fri) Monica Wentz 968-3865 .................................. mwentz@stpaulgenesee.net Parish Trustee Treasurer Gary Schroeder ………………………………………mr.g.schroeder@gmail.com Parish Trustee Secretary John Morgen ………………………………………jmorgen@firstweber.com Pastoral Council Chairperson Peter Pugal ....................................................... ppugal@wi.rr.com Finance Council Chairperson Curt Groninger ....................................................... curtisgroninger@wi.rr.com

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR PARISHIONERS AND FRIENDS WHO ARE SICK:

Charlie Ehrhardt, Al Schimpf, Cheri Stanek, and

Loretta Mantz. All those undergoing treatment for cancer and other illnesses.

Parish Office Hours

8:30am-4:00pm Monday—Friday

NOTICE: Bulletin articles are due 9am on Friday.

(8 days before article appears in bulletin.) Please submit to ldurler@stpaulgenesee.net Like us: St. Paul Genesee