Parishioner News
We welcome the following individuals and families to our parish: Tammy Bauman, James & Tara Garhardt, and sons Peter & Lucas, Mary Lazynski, Mary Graff, and Mason Drzadinski.
We celebrate the recently baptized children: Mason Robert Schuster and Everett Noah Bachofen.
We also mourn the individual from the parish (or parish families) who has recently died: David Gruentzel.
Festival Prayers
Weeks before the festival, we were praying for the success of the annual event, namely three things: perfect weather, enjoyment, and safety. By Sunday evening, it was clear that God had answered all three of our intentions. The festival had a great feel, a large number of friendly workers, plenty of visitors, and delicious food. Let us be sure to be thankful to God for His abundant blessings upon us. A big thank you to all who came and enjoyed the “hard work” of listening to the music, enjoying a beverage and some food, the many rides, and visiting with new and old friends. You make the festival all worthwhile. Indeed, thank you for all the prayers, as well as the many who helped set up the grounds, those who volunteered during the three days of fun, and those who came back to help take it all down and pack it away in storage for another year. While on Monday, we had some rain and on Tuesday, we were blessed with some hot weather, all seems to be moving along nicely.
Join us for Daily Mass
August is one of those months in which there are memorials, feasts, and solemnities almost every day at Mass. In the first full week of August, there are many memorials, including Monday, August 5, the Dedication of the St. Mary Major Basilica in Rome. On Tuesday, we celebrate the Feast of the Transfiguration of Jesus on Mount Tabor. On Wednesday, August 7, it is the feast day of St. Sixtus II (Latin for Sixth), who was Pope from 257 AD until his martyrdom in 258 AD. On Thursday, August 8, we honor St. Dominic, founder of the Dominican Order of Preachers. And on Friday, August 9, we hold the Feast Day for St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, a converted German Jew who became a Carmelite nun and was martyred at the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz in 1942.
Please consider joining us for morning Mass at 8:00 a.m. Monday through Saturday. We celebrate Jesus in the Eucharist and remember many of the great Holy men, women, and children who have gone before us. They make up the communion of Saints, whom we hope to join one day in the presence of God.
Annual Seminary Dinner
The 2024 Annual Seminary Dinner will be held Friday, October 4, 2024, at the Baird Center’s new fourth-floor ballroom in the north building in downtown Milwaukee. In 2022 and 2023, we were blessed to have a sold-out ballroom of 2,000 people join in the seminary's mission. We hope you will consider joining us this year! Tickets are $200 per person. Sponsorship opportunities are also available.
View at: www.sfs.edu/AnnualDinner.
Narthex Bathroom Project
On Monday of this past week, the trusses for the roof of the new bathroom addition arrived in mid-morning. It was a pleasant surprise to find most of the trusses in place by the time the Rosary was finished on Tuesday morning. Keep praying that construction continues at a steady pace. Your continued donations are greatly appreciated.
Festival Weekend Wrap-Up
If you still have a yard sign, please return it to the parish office. Leftover beverages and food will be for sale after this weekend’s Sunday Masses. And congratulations to the winners in the Booster Club Raffle:
- $5,000 1st Prize: Larry & Connie Elliott
- $1,000 2nd Prize: Anne Kustermann
- $1,000 3rd Prize: Mary Aprahamian
- $500 4th Prize: Steve & Marilyn McAdams
- $500 5th Prize: Susan Wolski
- $500 6th Prize: Diane Beaster
- $500 7th Prize: Darlene Adamczyk
- $500 8th Prize: Christine Myers
- $250 9th Prize: Richard Voelkel
- $250 10th Prize: Marie Stemo
Thanks to all who purchased and sold raffle tickets for the parish. Below are the winners of the various raffle packages:
Girl’s Package: Rose Treger
Boy’s Package: Henry Jensen
Remote Control Fun: Angie Zuber
Dino Pack: Keanu C.
Teen Basket: Eli Chrilicek
Puzzles Package: Lynn Kovacic
Family Game Night: John Stoll
American Science & Surplus: John Stoll
Outdoor Family Fun: Deanna
Anita’s Dance Center: Carlos
Swimming Pool: Kane Romanowski
Games To Go: Jamie Feest
Women’s Package 1: Colleen Wojna
Women’s Package 2: Joann Stoecker
Outdoor Package: Julie Rivera
Friends of Wehr: Val Hirsch
Schlitz Audubon Package: Donna Billman
Great Outdoors: Jamie Feest
Christmas Package: Linda Artrip
Red White Blue: Reise S.
Colorful Kitchen: Leslie Miller
Cousins & Pick ‘n Save: Shane Applegate
Griddle Me This: Jessica Ornelas
Brew or Blend: Carlos
Breakfast Is Served: Colleen Czajka
Kitchen Tools: Beth Belanger
Nuwave Oven: Kerri Andreska
Ninja Foodi: Chris Smith
Ice Maker: Eileen
CharBroil Grill2Go: Janet Bickel
Play Ball: Donna Czysz
Milwaukee Brewers: Samantha Kolaske
Packer Football: Matt Tveten
Greenhouse in a Box: Dave Tietz
Half Hour Late: Chris Smith
Fred Astaire (2 winners): Scott Trautman & Samantha Kolaske
Road America: Johnnie Smith
Milwaukee Tours: Marie Stemo
Milwaukee Museums: Christine Rozewicz
1st & Bowl: Carly Inselmann
Sports ‘n Food: Rick R.
Olive Garden, Kelly’s Pot Pies & Speedway (2 winners): Connie Lance & John Stoll
Darden, Lou Malnati’s & Firehouse Subs: Brittney Ogernoff
Beer & Portillos: Connie Lance
Family Road Trip: Roy Grueschour
Outback Steakhouse & The Cheesecake Factory: David Christianson
Lake Geneva Fun: Sarah Palchak
Morningstar Golf: Megan Janicek
Cooper’s Hawk: Wally Allan
WI State Fair: Susan Rubrer
Sonart Keyboard: Vicky Wuethrick
Greg Nowak Photography (10 winners): Matt Korth, Maggie Waldock, Cheryl Bailey, Jenny Anderson, Joe Kaste, Amber St John, Diane Beaster, Steph, Joe Kastel, & Kaycee Kerr
Bunzel’s Fill Your Freezer Package: Samantha Kolaske
36” Blackstone Griddle: Kim Damijan
65” TCL TV: Marcelino Rivera
Nascar Xfinity Package: Lexie Smith
KitchenAid Mixer Package: Carly Gettler
5-Piece Outdoor Furniture: Nicole Carrier
Dewalt Tool Package: Janet Kushian
Grill & Chill: Holly
Milwaukee Tools Package: Mark Malinowski
Makita Tools: Brent Semrad
Bike: Val Hirsch
Gentleman’s Chest 1: Jason Zidek
Gentleman’s Chest 2: Kelly Verges
Gentleman’s Chest 3: Holly Desjardin
Gentleman’s Chest 4: Nicole Pennington
Gentleman's Chest 5: Madalyn Cincotta
Attention All Gardeners
We need to fill our new Meditation Garden near the school playground here at St. John's! Do you have any full-sun perennial plants you could share? Ground covers, flowers, native plants, milkweed, coneflowers, and grasses are welcome. Dig them up, put them in a pot, label what type of plant they are, and drop them off at the shed between August 19-24. We hope to have all plants in the ground by the end of August for a chance to get established before winter. Extra pots are available in the parish office. If you have any questions, call Jane Ehrmann at 262-617-5076. We could use a few bird baths, too!
Volunteers Needed
Do you like to garden? Is your child (10+ years old) in need of service hours for school or Confirmation? We need help on two days, Saturday, August 17, and Saturday, August 24. The first Saturday, beginning at 9:30 a.m., we will be preparing the new Meditation Garden for planting. We will meet in the garden on the north side of the school building. Then, on August 24, at 9:30 a.m., we will be planting the garden. Bring your garden gloves, trowels, rakes, and shovels. Come either or both days for as long as you can! Let us know if you can help and on which day by emailing jehrmann@sje.school. Thank you!
Pope Francis is inviting Catholics from around the world to pray for political leaders throughout the month of August. According to Vatican News, in his video message announcing this month’s intention, Pope Francis acknowledges that “politics does not have a very good reputation. Nonetheless, politics...as opposed to politicking, listens to what is really going on…is at the service of the poor…and is concerned for the unemployed. If we look at it in this way, politics is much more noble than it appears.” He adds that, as we pray for political leaders, we should also be grateful “for the many politicians who carry out their duties with a will to serve, not of power, but who put all their efforts toward the common good.” The US Conference of Catholic Bishops joins the Holy Father in praying, “that political leaders be at the service of their own people, working for integral human development and for the common good, especially caring for the poor and those who have lost their jobs.”
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Remember, Jesus is the bread of life.
August 4| The Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Friends, today’s Gospel comes from the bread of life discourse: “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst.” What God has wanted from the beginning is to sit down with his creatures in a fellowship banquet, sharing life and laughter, giving and receiving, and giving back again. This is the loop of grace that I’ve often spoken of. The more we receive the divine life, the more we should give it away and thereby get more of it.
Throughout the Old Testament, we find images of the holy banquet. Isaiah says that on God’s holy mountain, there will be good meats and pure, choice wines. Throughout his ministry, Jesus hosts meals to which all are invited. God wants to share his life with us.
This comes to full expression in the Eucharist, when Jesus identifies himself so radically with the bread and wine that they change into his Body and Blood. Then he invites all of us around this table to feast and share life, to give and receive and give again.
-Bishop Robert Barron
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St. John’s is fortunate to have 24-hour Perpetual Adoration. Please take advantage of this beautiful opportunity to stay close to God.
There are currently no open hours; however, a second person is needed at almost all hours of the day or night, particularly the beautiful, quiet overnight hours between 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m.
Call or text Mary-Eileen Swart at 414-687-3512 if you are interested.
Live-streaming: Mass and Adoration
We are live-streaming daily and Sunday Masses as well as Adoration for those who are unable to attend:
Daily Masses:
Monday thru Saturday 8:00 am
Weekend Masses:
Saturday at 4:30 pm
Sunday at 8:30 and 10:30 am
If you miss the Livestream, you can watch the upload of each Mass on our YouTube channel.
Scrip is available at all weekend Masses or during regular business hours at the parish office.
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