Mission Possible Work Camp for Teens July 10-14 Plans are in progress for a work camp right here, in our own “back yard” by assisting those in need. This will be a joint effort with other parishes of sending out work crews from ~ 8-4 each day. Watch the bulletin for more details. If you have any other questions, please contact Mr. Dan Kitzhaber
Youth Rummage Sale Aug. 4, during the Spencer city-wide rummage sale, the youth will be holding a sale at Christ the King in the Seton Center. You are invited to donate your gently used items Aug. 2 or 3, 9-3pm or call to make arrangements 659-4480. You are also invited to come purchase items from this sale to support these pilgrims on this spiritual journey. For more info. please contact Mr. Dan Kitzhaber. Going to College? Know someone who is? Do you know someone who is heading off to college this fall? A new website sponsored by the Serra Club can help. At www.newmanconnection.com , click “Get Connected” and your students coming to campus can sign up to receive information about campus ministry at prospective schools across the nation. Don’t miss out on the opportunities to meet great people and experience the prayer, service, and social events that campus ministry offers. If you know someone going to college, make sure they visit www.newmanconnection.com ! Teen & Young Adult Retreat Team Looking for teens and young adults to help lead youth retreats. Living Stones is the name of the group and it rocks! Meet lots of great people, grow in your faith, and have tons of fun. If interested, contact Mr. Dan Kitzhaber.
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A central part of the Christian faith is the practice of almsgiving. But what is "almsgiving?" Here is how the USCCB describes it:
The foundational call of Christians to charity is a frequent theme of the Gospels. During Lent, we are asked to focus more intently on "almsgiving," which means donating money or goods to the poor and performing other acts of charity. As one of the three pillars of Lenten practice, almsgiving is "a witness to fraternal charity" and "a work of justice pleasing to God." (Catechism of the Catholic Church, no. 2462). The Catechism goes on to give three examples from the New Testament (CCC 2447): "He who has two coats, let him share with him who has none and he who has food must do likewise." (Luke 3:11) "But give for alms those things which are within; and behold, everything is clean for you." (Luke 11:41) "If a brother or sister is ill-clad and in lack of daily food, and one of you says to them, 'Go in peace, be warmed and filled,' without giving them the things needed for the body, what does it profit?" (James 2:15-16, cf. 1 Jn 3:17) To be Christian means that we have compassion towards others, especially the most vulnerable. This includes the poor, elderly, sick, and the unborn. Almsgiving is an act where we imitate the love God has for these people by providing for their most basic and fundamental needs. Often we express our concern for the poor by supporting an annual collection for the missions in Africa or South America. While that is good and noble, we should not neglect the poor and vulnerable that we see every day. It is a beautiful action to support these collections and we should do everything we can to use our wealth to their advantage. At the same time, too often we will give a generous donation from the excess of our wealth and have great compassion for the people in Africa who live without clean water, but fail to support the work of the local soup kitchen. While the annual missionary appeal is a great thing and should be supported, we hardly ever hear about the plight of our neighbors who are suffering or about all the men and women in our local community who are unemployed and do not have enough money to feed their family. There is a certain "reality" that is brought to the forefront when we help someone locally and actually see how our money or gift is being put to use. It also humbles us to see those who are less fortunate and pricks our conscience. We are reminded that God has given us many gifts, but that we should not keep them all for ourselves. So while almsgiving certainly involves giving money away to foreign mission, it also includes helping those we see and meet in our community. We can not be charitable to one group, while neglecting the other. Read the Entire Series
Please note this change for: 24 Hour Eucharistic Adoration – 2016 -First Friday on July 1, 2016
Adoration will start at 9 a.m. and go only go until 5 p.m. This is so that those celebrating the 4th of July weekend are able to do so. Friday - July 8 - Parish Tractor Pull @ 7 p.m. at the Mfld Fairgrounds Gates open @ 5 pm & concessions stands open @ 5:30 pm * lets pray for “good” weather to make this a success!! Family Night The Family Life Committee is organizing a “Family Night “at Athletic Park in Wausau, Woodchucks vs. Battle Creek, on Wed. July 13 at 6:35. Gates open at 5:35. Reserved seating, a Woodchucks ball cap, a hotdog and soda, all for $10.50. Transportation is on your own as no bus will be provided. If you wish to join us, please put $10.50 per person in an envelope provided (under the bulletin board) for registering and place your completed envelope in the collection basket or give to an usher. First come, first served, but please do so before June 26th. If you have questions please contact Joan Meyer. Please join us in prayer for all unborn babies and all who are afflicted by abortion. Every Wednesday afternoon @ 3 p.m. until the display of white crosses is taken down at the intersection of Highway 97 and County E (the Lang property) in Marshfield. The Chaplet of the Divine Mercy and the Rosary will be prayed.
News from the USCCB
On World Refugee Day, USCCB Migration Chairman Calls Catholics To Remember Refugees Around The World WASHINGTON—In remarks in advance of World Refugee Day, celebrated June 20, Bishop Eusebio Elizondo, auxiliary bishop of Seattle, and chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' (USCCB) Committee on Migration, called upon Catholics to remember that there are many different types of refugees in the world. Much of the world's attention in recent years has been drawn to the Syrian refugee crisis and its widespread impact on the Middle East, Europe, and the United States, but Bishop Elizondo pointed out that the increase in migration from Central America of unaccompanied migrant children and families, many of whom would likely qualify as refugees, has been an ongoing concern for the Catholic Church and political leaders here in the United States for years. And these are not the only populations of concern...Read More News from the Pope: Pope Francis: Look in the mirror before judging others - Before judging others we should look first in the mirror to see how we, ourselves, appear. That’s what Pope Francis said at Monday morning’s Mass at the Santa Marta guesthouse in the Vatican. In his last Mass with a Homily there ahead of the summer break, the pontiff pointed out that what distinguishes God's judgment from ours is not “omnipotence” but “mercy.”...Read More News from the Church: ‘Witnesses to Freedom’: Thomas More, John Fisher Relics Tour for Fortnight for Freedom - The relics of St. Thomas More and St. John Fisher are coming from England as part of a tour to coincide with this year’s “Fortnight for Freedom,” which begins on June 21 — the vigil of the feast of these martyrs. Why these particular two saints? Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore thought it would be a good way for people to encounter these two great saints through their relics, explained Aaron Weldon, the religious-liberty program specialist who is coordinating this tour for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, which is sponsoring the event together with the Knights of Columbus...Read More Our sincerest THANK YOU to EVERYONE who helped with Bible Camp this past week! Your dedication is much appreciated and we give a heartfelt thank you to everyone who helped with VBC. Thank you to those who prayed for our program, or donated items; helped with setup the weeks prior and/or helped during the week of faith filled fun. Thank you to the PCCW for providing dinner for our kids! So many helped to make this another successful year! Thank you Sheri Schuh for leading the way! God Bless you!
Youth Ministry THANK YOU A huge thank you to those who supported youth during the Car Wash and Bake Sale on Sunday. The youth and their families are blessed by your support. Mission Possible Work Camp for Teens July 10-14 Plans are in progress for a work camp right here, in our own “back yard” by assisting those in need. This will be a joint effort with other parishes of sending out work crews from ~ 8-4 each day. Watch the bulletin for more details. If you have any other questions, please contact Mr. Dan Kitzhaber Youth Rummage Sale Aug. 4, during the Spencer city-wide rummage sale, the youth will be holding a sale at Christ the King in the Seton Center. You are invited to donate your gently used items Aug. 2 or 3, 9-3pm or call to make arrangements 659-4480. You are also invited to come purchase items from this sale to support these pilgrims on this spiritual journey. For more info. please contact Mr. Dan Kitzhaber. Going to College? Know someone who is? Do you know someone who is heading off to college this fall? A new website sponsored by the Serra Club can help. At www.newmanconnection.com , click “Get Connected” and your students coming to campus can sign up to receive information about campus ministry at prospective schools across the nation. Don’t miss out on the opportunities to meet great people and experience the prayer, service, and social events that campus ministry offers. If you know someone going to college, make sure they visit www.newmanconnection.com ! Teen & Young Adult Retreat Team Looking for teens and young adults to help lead youth retreats. Living Stones is the name of the group and it rocks! Meet lots of great people, grow in your faith, and have tons of fun. If interested, contact Mr. Dan Kitzhaber.
Abstaining from meat on Fridays and fasting during Lent are two practices of the Catholic Church that few understand and many simply disregard. It is certainly not one of the "fun" activities that Catholics engage in and requires sacrifice and self-discipline.
But why do we do it in the first place? First of all, the practice of fasting or abstaining from certain foods has biblical roots. In the Old Testament, we see the fast proclaimed by Jonah, (Jonah 3:7), as well as many biblical figures like Moses (Exodus 34:28) and Elijah (1 Kings 19:8) fasting for forty days. Whatever type of fasting was done, it was associated with a spiritual cleansing that was either self-induced or commanded by God. In the New Testament, Jesus himself fasted for forty days in the desert in preparation for His public ministry and St. Paul continued on the tradition of fasting when instructing the churches he founded (1 Corinthians 9:25). Fasting in this context echoed the Old Testament and added the dimension of aspiritual preparation that helped individuals prepare for a great work. But how does abstaining from food help our spiritual life? As humans, we are a body/soul composite. Whatever we do with our body, has a direct impact on our soul. For example, when we sin with our bodies it affects the state of our soul in a negative way. That is why we must do something positive, to counteract our sinful tendencies and gain better control over our sensual desires. Fasting and abstinence helps us progress in discipline, which in turn helps us to avoid sin and follow God's will. Additionally, fasting is a proper way to atone for previous sin, offering it as a sacrifice to God. If we can't abstain or fast from food, it means our base desires are in control of us and our ability to resist sin has been greatly diminished. Why meat on Fridays? Traditionally, meat from animals was viewed as a "delicacy" and "expensive" and so in Europe it would be brought out on special days of celebration. Also, meat was theologically associated with the "flesh" and spiritually speaking giving up "meat" on Fridays is symbolic of avoiding sin. Fish was always allowed as an alternative because fish was seen as a "lesser" food that did not hold the same taste or spiritual associations with sin. The reason for fasting or abstaining on Fridays is very simple: Christ died on a Friday and so each Friday throughout the year and during Lent can be a memorial of that fateful day. What about after Lent? Do we still abstain from meat? The Bishops of the United States have said this: 24. Among the works of voluntary self-denial and personal penance which we especially commend to our people for the future observance of Friday, even though we hereby terminate the traditional law of abstinence binding under pain of sin, as the sole prescribed means of observing Friday, we give first place to abstinence from flesh meat.We do so in the hope that the Catholic community will ordinarily continue to abstain from meat by free choice as formerly we did in obedience to Church law. Abstinence from meat on Fridays throughout the year no longer has the penalty of sin, however, the Church still hopes that "the Catholic community will ordinarily continue to abstain from meat by free choice." Catholics are still obliged to make Friday a day of penance and so the Bishops have suggested other alternatives to abstaining from meat if someone can not do so for a particular reason: 27. It would bring great glory to God and good to souls if Fridays found our people doing volunteer work in hospitals, visiting the sick, serving the needs of the aged and the lonely, instructing the young in the Faith, participating as Christians in community affairs, and meeting our obligations to our families, our friends,our neighbors, and our community, including our parishes, with a special zeal born of the desire to add the merit of penance to the other virtues exercised in good works born of living faith. In the end, fasting and abstinence is about a spiritual renewal of our soul and the Church gives it to us not to shame us, but to invite us to grow deeper in our relationship with Christ. That is the end-goal. We must not observe these practices simply to check them off a to-do list, but because our love of God compels us to do something for the greater benefit of our soul. Read the Entire Series
Father Nathaniel Kuhn’s last weekend as celebrant here @ Christ the King Parish is June 25 & 26, 2016. A “Farewell will take place after the 10 am mass on Sunday, in the dining hall of church on June 26th sponsored by the P.C.C.W. and Holy Name Society. Pulled Pork with buns and beverages will be provided and we ask that you bring a “Dish to Pass”
Friday - July 8 - Parish Tractor Pull @ 7 p.m. at the Mfld Fairgrounds Gates open @ 5 pm & concessions stands open @ 5:30 pm * lets pray for “good” weather to make this a success!! 2016 FORTNIGHT FOR FREEDOM: WITNESSES TO FREEDOM. The fifth Fortnight for Freedom will run from June 21-July 4 (from the vigil of the Feasts of St. John Fisher and St. Thomas More to Independence Day). The theme for this year’s Fortnight is “Witnesses to Freedom.” On Tuesday, June 21 at 6:30 pm –“A Call to Prayer for the Fortnight for Freedom,” a Holy Hour led by Deacon Jeff Austin will be hosted by St. John the Baptist Church in Marshfield. Please join us in praying for the protection of our conscience rights (e.g. the right to refrain from participation in abortion or same- sex marriage or contraception, et alia). Fortnight for Freedom Rosary Walk * Please join Fr. Martin and the Knights of Columbus for a Rosary walk on Sunday, June 26 at 6:30 PM. Father Martin will lead us in praying the Rosary for Christian Freedom in our own country as well as the whole world. We will start at the Ten Commandments Monument at St John the Baptist Catholic Church and walk to the Ten Commandments Monument at the Knights of Columbus Hall. A shuttle vehicle will be provided for those unable to walk the entire route. Family Night The Family Life Committee is organizing a “Family Night “at Athletic Park in Wausau, Woodchucks vs. Battle Creek, on Wed. July 13 at 6:35. Gates open at 5:35. Reserved seating, a Woodchucks ball cap, a hotdog and soda, all for $10.50. Transportation is on your own as no bus will be provided. If you wish to join us, please put $10.50 per person in an envelope provided (under the bulletin board) for registering and place your completed envelope in the collection basket or give to an usher. First come, first served, but please do so before June 26th. If you have questions please contact Joan Meyer. The annual month of June “Project Milk” is sponsored by the PCCW of the parish. The monies collected will go to the Cosa Hogar Juan Pablo Orphanage near Lurin, Peru. It is 20 miles outside of Lima. This project provides milk for the children at the orphanage and the surrounding Peruvian area. Please note the “Special Milk Can” in the gathering area is to place your monetary contributioninto. The children sincerely appreciate your support. Please join us in prayer for all unborn babies and all who are afflicted by abortion. Every Wednesday afternoon @ 3 p.m. until the display of white crosses is taken down at the intersection of Highway 97 and County E (the Lang property) in Marshfield. The Chaplet of the Divine Mercy and the Rosary will be prayed. News from the USCCB
USCCB President Reacts To "Unspeakable Violence In Orlando; Offers Prayers For The Victims - A statement from Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops WASHINGTON—Waking up to the unspeakable violence in Orlando reminds us of how precious human life is. Our prayers are with the victims, their families and all those affected by this terrible act. The merciful love of Christ calls us to solidarity with the suffering and to ever greater resolve in protecting the life and dignity of every person. News from the Pope: Pope Francis Urges Prayer in Wake of Orlando Massacre - VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis and Church leaders in the United States prayed for the victims and the families affected by the June 12 shooting at a nightclub in Orlando that killed 50 people. In a June 12 statement, Father Federico Lombardi, the Holy See press officer, said the “terrible massacre,” which has left a “dreadfully high number of innocent victims, has caused in Pope Francis, and in all of us, the deepest feelings of horror and condemnation, of pain and turmoil before this new manifestation of homicidal folly and senseless hatred.” “Pope Francis joins the families of the victims and all of the injured in prayer and in compassion,” the statement reads. “Sharing in their indescribable suffering, he entrusts them to the Lord, so they may find comfort.”...Read More News from the Church: Apostle of the Apostles - By the express wish of the Holy Father, Pope Francis, the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments published a new Decree on the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, 3 June 2016, in which the celebration of Saint Mary Magdalene was elevated and inscribed in the General Roman Calendar with the rank of Feast....Read more A new "Reflections" button with Dr. Hahn's weekly Sunday bible reflections is now available on the app.To see the new button you may need to tap the three horizontal lines top left, tap "change parish" and select our parish again.
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