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U.S. Bishops Chairman Urges Administration to Raise Cap on Refugee Admissions - This week, U.S. refugee admissions reached the historically low cap of 50,000 refugees allowed to be resettled in the United States for Fiscal Year 2017, as set forth by the Administration's March 6th Executive Order 13780. Executive Order 13780 altered the initial Fiscal Year 2017 Presidential Determination which authorized the resettlement of 110,000 refugees into the United States. Currently there are approximately 22.5 million refugees seeking protection globally.....Read More News from the Pope: Pope endorses campaign to put 'Laudato Sì' into action - (Vatican Radio) Following the 2nd anniversary of the publication of his encyclical “Laudato Sì – On Care of our Common Home”, Pope Francis has endorsed a pledge campaign that aims to mobilize at least 1 million people to directly engage in turning the encyclical’s message into action.....Read More News from the Church: Tens of Thousands Rally in Dublin to Keep Ireland Pro-Life - The 2017 All Ireland Rally for Life, which took place in Dublin on July 1, exceeded all expectations in what organizers here were quick to dub “an amazing day.” Speaking to EWTN News Ireland shortly afterwards, event organizer Niamh Uí Bhriain from The Life Institute said, “It was just such an amazing day, amazing to see tens of thousands of people out to save the Eighth (pro-life) Amendment and to send a really strong message to (Taoiseach/Irish Prime Minister) Leo Varadkar that the Irish people, the pro-life majority have awoken and they have arisen and they are going to save the Eighth Amendment because we have to provide a better answer than abortion for mothers and babies.”.....Read more  Support Our Youth ! Rummage Sale on Thursday-August 3, 2017 from 8 a.m. until 5 pm. at the Seton Center on Wendell Street. Donations are wanted: We will gladly take your gently used items.
You may bring them to the Seton Center location on Wednesday-August 2nd from noon until 3 p.m. or call the parish office to make arrangements only during open parish office hours during the week. Parish Office phone number is: 715-659-4480 Buyers needed: we extend an invitation to come and purchase items from this sale to support the youth pilgrims on their spiritual journey You name the price. No reasonable offer will be refused ! Questions please contact Dan Kitzhaber.  Praised be Jesus Christ! Lenny went on vacation and asked Bobby to watch over his house. About a week later, Lenny called home and asked "How's my cat?” Bobby hesitated and sadly told Lenny that his cat died. "What?! You shouldn't have broke the news to me like that! You should have done it slowly. The rst me I called, you should have told me he was on the roof. The second me I called, you should have said there was no way to get him down. The third me I called, you should have told me that you tried to get him o the roof, but she fell down and died," explained Lenny. Bobby apologized and went about his day. About a week later, Lenny called again and asked "How's my Granny?” There was a long silence and then Bobby replied, "Well, she's on the roof.” I’ve been meaning to write about death for some me. Of the many distressing things we’re subjected to these days, one that stands out is the waning interest in how we show respect for the dead. Many pagan practices are becoming popular and sadly, Chris ans seem to have forgo en that we bury our dead out of respect for God and the deceased person. If there were a theme song for the confusion that abounds regarding death, I’d vote for Kansas’ “Dust in the Wind.” People eschew burial in a blessed plot and instead sca er the ashes over the back forty or on the 50 yard line of Lambeau Field. Urns o en contain the ashes of more than one person and now even cross the species line as the family pooch or puddy cat is thrown into the mix. Lastly, people wear their loved one’s remains in a locket so as to keep them “always in my heart.” These are pagan practices and are not consonant with our ancient belief in the resurrection of the body. The Catholic Church allows cremation as an exception, but once again, we’re proving that we cannot handle exceptions. For the record, we believe that burying the dead is a corporal work of mercy. Many might not know any be er and truly do have good intentions. But it’s wrong (perhaps sinful, if the person knows what our faith teaches) to not bury our loved ones in the ground. May- be it’s the rising cost of funerals that drives some of these practices. Frankly, fads like these confuse people into doing things that delay proper grieving and give us some sense that this person belongs more to me than to God. In the event that I am not being clear enough, our Catholic faith (and just human decency) demands that we bury our dead in a place where they can be remembered and continue to benefit from our prayers. If you have an urn at home, I will be very happy to say the prayers of commital as you o er your loved one back to God. As mentioned earlier, people get confused by these trends and think that the Church condones them: the Va can recently clarified that only burial in the ground (or in a columbarium – we have one of these at Gate of Heaven cemetery) is permissible for people of faith. As long as we’re on this topic, another disturbing trend is the idea of not having a funeral Mass. Even when this happens I always try to o er a private Mass at some point for the sake of the deceased’s soul. People in Heaven were saved by Jesus and His sacrifice at Calvary. Nothing is more powerful in bringing the soul to God than the Mass. Depriving our deceased loved ones of these graces is always and everywhere to be avoided. When a priest dies in our diocese, all of the other living priests o er three Masses for the repose of his soul – even if Father Burish refuses to pray for me, I should be well covered by my other brother priests. May God grant eternal rest to our deceased loved ones and console us who remain! Your friend in Christ, Father Martin  Pictures of Father Aaron Becker’s ordination ceremony at the cathedral in La Crosse on Saturday-June 24th and his 1st mass here at his home parish on June 25th can be viewed by going to this website: www.catholiclife.diolc.org as reference: Look for the title Archives on right side of page and locate drop down menu for month and choose June 2017.
Coming this fall !! The 1st bible study offered on DVD of the Gospel of John will be offered at St John the Baptist Parish stating the 1st Sunday after Labor Day. It is a 8 part series hosted by renowned apologist Edward Sri It will be followed by another study from Ascension Press’ Great Adventure Series. The Acts of the Apostles, which will run into May / 2018.Details and registration coming soon Holy Day of Obligation * The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary * Vigil Mass on Monday *August 14th @ 7 p.m. and Holy Day mass on August 15th @ 8:30 a.m. @ Christ the King parish. Ministry participants are needed and a sign up sheets can be located on back table . If you are attending any of these masses your help in the ministries is greatly appreciated. We extend a special invitation to the sick and homebound who feel well enough to come. *** Come celebrate with us the Eucharist including the Sacrament of the Sick on Wednesday, July 26th at 9:00 a.m. at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Marshfield.
 News from the USCCB:
U.S. Bishops Chairman Urges Administration to Raise Cap on Refugee Admissions - This week, U.S. refugee admissions reached the historically low cap of 50,000 refugees allowed to be resettled in the United States for Fiscal Year 2017, as set forth by the Administration's March 6th Executive Order 13780. Executive Order 13780 altered the initial Fiscal Year 2017 Presidential Determination which authorized the resettlement of 110,000 refugees into the United States. Currently there are approximately 22.5 million refugees seeking protection globally.....Read More News from the Pope: Pope endorses campaign to put 'Laudato Sì' into action - (Vatican Radio) Following the 2nd anniversary of the publication of his encyclical “Laudato Sì – On Care of our Common Home”, Pope Francis has endorsed a pledge campaign that aims to mobilize at least 1 million people to directly engage in turning the encyclical’s message into action.....Read More News from the Church: Tens of Thousands Rally in Dublin to Keep Ireland Pro-Life - The 2017 All Ireland Rally for Life, which took place in Dublin on July 1, exceeded all expectations in what organizers here were quick to dub “an amazing day.” Speaking to EWTN News Ireland shortly afterwards, event organizer Niamh Uí Bhriain from The Life Institute said, “It was just such an amazing day, amazing to see tens of thousands of people out to save the Eighth (pro-life) Amendment and to send a really strong message to (Taoiseach/Irish Prime Minister) Leo Varadkar that the Irish people, the pro-life majority have awoken and they have arisen and they are going to save the Eighth Amendment because we have to provide a better answer than abortion for mothers and babies.”.....Read more  Support Our Youth ! Rummage Sale on Thursday-August 3, 2017 from 8 a.m. until 5 pm. at the Seton Center on Wendell Street. Donations are wanted: We will gladly take your gently used items.
You may bring them to the Seton Center location on Wednesday-August 2nd from noon until 3 p.m. or call the parish office to make arrangements only during open parish office hours during the week. Parish Office phone number is: 715-659-4480 Buyers needed: we extend an invitation to come and purchase items from this sale to support the youth pilgrims on their spiritual journey You name the price. No reasonable offer will be refused ! Questions please contact Dan Kitzhaber.  Praised be Jesus Christ! Do you ever worry about money? Most people do, and contrary to popular belief, materially rich people worry about money at least as much as poor people. We celebrate this week National Natural Family Planning (NFP) week and before you accuse me of non sequitur (i.e. something that does not logically follow), please read on. Thanks to Alice Heinzen, the director of our diocesan marriage and family life office, we have access to remarkable resources that help couples live out their marriage vows (the website is diolc.org). Recently Alice forwarded a link to testimonies given by couples who use NFP and let me tell you how edifying and insightful they were . . . for example, one husband admitted, “I don’t think it is accidental that most divorces occur over the central agitations of sex and money. Looking back, I’m convinced that trusting in God’s provision in the area of finances, and more slowly in the area of our sexual relationship and openness to children were deeply con- nected. The issue, in either area, is fundamentally not about correct numbers but about to Whom we entrust our family.” Now the connection between NFP and money becomes more clear – it is about trusting God in every area of our life. Most of us find some aspects easier than others when it comes to truly trusting in God’s Providence. For example, one couple with five kids was considering sterilization because, as the wife admitted, “That teaching doesn’t apply to us, we have five kids.” Later on she and her husband changed their mind and eventually had a sixth child, whom they now love as the apple of their eye. Yes, trusting God in this intimate area is a struggle for human beings, and our Catholic couples are not immune to this challenge. As another husband put it, “Stacy and I understood NFP to be, at bottom, about bringing our whole lives – including our sexuality – into cooperation with God’s plan.” Yes, NFP is challenging because it asks us to trust God in very personal parts of our lives, and this is not easy for us . . . . conversion is never easy. “Better to aim high and miss than to aim low and hit.” Yes, NFP is aiming high because it helps married couples to trust in God and to truly do His will. And there are so many fruits for those who are willing to give NFP a try. For example, one husband admitted, “Much to my surprise, I also learned how grateful my wife was that I was willing to learn how her body worked. Sharing the family planning responsibility, as well as finding non-sexual ways of expressing affection and intimacy when we had good reasons to postpone pregnancy, strengthened our mar- riage and made me a better husband and father.” And while there are many other reasons to recommend NFP, the fact that only 1% of NFP couples end in divorce beautifully validates Jesus’ statement that “you will know them by their fruits.” NFP does demand more of the couples that practice it, but it’s a burden that is not born alone, as Jennifer and John Campbell testify: “Unlike artificial contraception – which usually places full burden of family planning on the woman – NFP promotes shared responsibility of the fertility of both the husband and wife. It lends a spirit of togetherness to a marriage.” Yes, we live in a fallen world that sees many people doing what everybody else is doing but expecting different results. But for those who follow the Catholic Church’s teaching about marital intimacy, they often discover joy in somewhat surprising places. Our last testimony comes from a wife, who had this to say: “One of the things that real- ly happens through living with NFP over the years is that you are awakened and realize how wonderful children are, that they are truly gifts from God. NFP has seen me through the journey from fear to acceptance, to a great joy in my fertility.”
May God bless all marriages with greater trust in His Providence, for them and their families! Your friend in Christ, Father Martin  Mission Team 2017 Trip to Tanzania: Please pray for us as we travel to Tanzania July 16-28! From Minneapolis to Amsterdam to Kilimanjaro to Dar Es Salaam! We will be hosted by the Sisters of Our Lady Queen of Africa, staying in the now completed Divine Mercy Convent in Mwanza!! We will also travel to the SOLQA mother house in Sumbawanga to see the full range of Christ’s work that the sisters do. We will deliver medical supplies, soccer uniforms, blankets, books and other supplies for the school and orphanage. Thank you to everyone who brought this donation effort together! We will return July 28th, with pictures and stories to tell! Watch for our presentation to the parish- date to be announced. Join us as we pray:
From Fr. Martin: "This pilgrimage is in the hands of the Lord - it will be what He wants it to be. May we, by our prayers and sacrific- es, be disposed to receive what God wants to give us through the Sisters and the many other people we will meet.” From Sister Sabina: "God of all courage, help us to walk alongside our sisters and brothers in Tanzania as they struggle to feed their families and live their faith. We know you hear the cry of the poor and call on us to live out your desire for charity. May we, through prayer and action, show your love for the people in need around the world as we share our bread with the hungry. In Jesus’ name who shared bread with the hungry and gave hope to those in despair, Amen!" Ministry Participants: The ministry schedule will be worked on for Sept. / Oct. / Nov. / Dec. of 2017 . Please let parish office know if you will stepping down from your ministry position so the next ministry schedule can be adjusted properly. Deadline is: Tuesday- August 1st @ Noon ... ** There is a need of participants in the ministries of lector / servers/ crucifix bearers / (ushers for 4pm Mass). Please consider using your time and talent to help out at these masses. There are reference guides, in the sacristy, that help you to prepare for the weekend masses. If you have any questions about a particular ministry do not hesitate to ask Father Martin, Father Sedlacek, Deacon Jeff Austin or one of the ministry participants who are in that particular ministry that you have a interest in. If you would like to be a Minister of Holy Communion please talk to Father Martin as there is certain protocol for this ministry. Diocese of La Crosse * Building Upon A Tradition of Faith The Diocese of La Crosse will be celebrating its 150th anniversary as a Diocese (March 3, 1868—March 3, 2018) before March 3, 2018, a full color 400 plus page hardcover book will be available commemorating this special event. The cost for the book is $33.00. This is a limited time offer. This book is a unique and richly illustrated publication telling our 150 year story as a diocese. Watch weekend bulletin for further updates. We extend a special invitation to the sick and homebound who feel well enough to come. *** Come celebrate with us the Eucharist including the Sacrament of the Sick on Wednesday, July 26th at 9:00 a.m. at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Marshfield. Christ the King Parish Family Outing is July 20, 2017. Tickets for the Wausau Woodchucks are $10.50 for your admission, a hotdog, soda and a Woodchucks baseball cap. You can provide your own transportation or carpool with someone. Envelopes are under the north entrance bulletin board by the holy water font. Please put the money for each person attending in the provided envelope into the collection basket. Tickets will be at game ticket booth. Any questions, please call Joan @ 715-384-2774 Directions From the West: Take WI-29 E. Merge onto US-51 N. Take the Bridge St. exit (EXIT 193) Keep right and follow W. Bridge St. (becomes Central Bridge St.) Turn left onto 3rd St. and continue until E. Wausau Ave. (Athletic Park will be on your right) Game begins at 6:35. Looking forward to see you there. Family Life Committee |
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Welcome to Christ the King Catholic Church! Ever since 1938 this parish has been assisting souls in their quest for deeper union with God. Our mission statement is essentially found in the stained glass window above the main altar: “For Christ our King.” Insofar as God made us and we belong to Him, we have come to... Read More
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