Ss.

H OLY& F AMILY
Catholic Parish

John Gabriel

506 N. BEAUMONT ROAD & 710 S. WACOUTA AVENUE, PRAIRIE DU CHIEN 53821
HOLY FAMILY PARISH

July 31, 2016 - 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Website: www.prairiecatholic.org
Rev. James C. Weighner, Pastor
Email: pastor@prairiecatholic.org

St. John Nepomuc

710 S. Wacouta Ave.
Prairie Du Chien, WI 53821
Phone: 326-6511
Rectory Office Hours
8:00am to 4:00pm (Tuesday - Friday)

St. Gabriel Archangel

506 N. Beaumont Rd.
Prairie Du Chien, WI 53821
Phone: 326-2404
Rectory Office Hours
8:00am to 4:00pm (Tuesday - Friday)

Holy Days
Mass times to be announced.

Baptism
Please call St. Johns Rectory office.

Marriage
Please contact the parish at least 6
months prior to the wedding date.

Principal
Wade Marlow; Ph (608) 326-8624

Office Managers
Lana Gratace
Email: lgratace@prairiecatholic.org
Sandy Halverson
Email: sgp@prairiecatholic.org

Dir. of Grade School Religious Ed.

Pat Prochaska: ppccd@prairiecatholic.org

Parish Nursing Program

Rose Bauer, Shirley Cipra (326-8553)

REV. JAMES C. WEIGHNER, PASTOR

St. John Nepomuc

St. Gabriel Archangel

HOME COMMUNION MINISTERS FOR AUGUST 7
LeAnn Craig, Theresa Heal

HOME COMMUNION MINISTERS FOR AUGUST 7

Kathleen Deluhery, Joan Poots, Janet Lueck

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS-AUGUST 6/7

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS-AUGUST 6/7

Saturday 4:00 pm Kathy Schneider, Debbie Morovits,

Don Cipra
Sunday 10:00 am Megan Pedretti, Eileen Hermsen,
Becky Henry

Saturday 7:00 pm Deanne Hromadka

Sunday 8:00 am Lucy Cornford, Donna Steiner, Doris
Krogman

SERVERS-AUGUST 6/7

SERVERS-AUGUST 6/7
Saturday 4:00 pm Jon Nicholson & Logan Higgins
Shawn & JT Egstad
Sunday 10:00 am Nick & Zach Mara
Dawson Eastman & Julian DeGidio

Saturday 7:00 pm Emma & Michael Bjurquist

Garett Young & Brandon Hanger
Sunday 8:00 am Kennedy Kirschbaum & Jonah Linder
Chase & Madilyn Fisher

LECTORS-AUGUST 6/7

LECTORS-AUGUST 6/7

Saturday 4:00 pm Virginia Konichek

Sunday 10:00 am Dan Schickert

Saturday 7:00 pm Rita Krahn

Sunday 8:00 am Norb Aschom

USHERS-AUGUST 6/7

USHERS-AUGUST 6/7

Saturday 4:00 pm Richard Steiner, Cliff Stram, Bob Ziel

& Jim Welsch
Sunday 10:00 am Jerry Matousek, Dick Tesar & Nathan
Mezera

SCRIP WORKERS-AUGUST 6/7

Saturday 4:00 pm Teresa Jaynes
Sunday 10:00 am Juli & Heath Smith

Saturday 7:00 pm Don Roh, Bernie Mayer, Alex

Schaefer, & Tyler Rochleau
Sunday 8:00 am Merle Frommelt, Mike Mara & Dennis
Mezera

SCRIP WORKERS-AUGUST 6/7

Saturday 7:00 pm Andy & Melissa Banasik
Sunday 8:00 am Brad & Jenni Linder

WEEKEND MASSES: MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY REQUESTING THE MASS ARE ASKED TO BRING THE GIFTS OF
BREAD AND WINE TO THE ALTAR. PLEASE MAKE YOURSELVES KNOWN TO THE USHERS AND SIT NEAR THE
GIFTS. THANK YOU!
WEEKDAY SERVERS:
Tuesday through Friday
Emma & Michael Bjurquist
Tuesday, August 2

5:15 pm

St. Gabriels Church

William J. Young

Wednesday, August 3

8:15 am

St. Johns Church

Nick & Hattie Schumacher

Thursday, August 4

8:15 am

St. Gabriels Church

Katrina Gilkes Schlaver

Friday, August 5

8:15 am

St. Johns Church

Albena Sutton

Saturday, August 6

4:00 pm
7:00 pm

St. Gabriels Church

St. Johns Church

Lawrence Novey
For All Those Entrusted to Our Pastor

Sunday, August 7

8:00 am
10:00 am

St. Johns Church

St. Gabriels Church

Max Gilberts
Bob Osterhaus

BINGO
We are looking to bring BINGO back this fall.
Char Steger will be contacting some of the key
people in bringing this back. We are looking at
a modified schedule, perhaps only one or two
times each month. We will hold it at the Holy
Family Parish Fellowship Hall, as this space offers the best access for everyone.
If you are not contacted in the next couple of
weeks, and would like to be a part of the BINGO team, please contact Char Steger for more
information.

LITTLE SAINTS EARLY CHILDHOOD

LEARNING CENTER
If you would like to see the progress at
our early childhood and daycare center and our
gymnasium, the building will be open during
the Beer and Brat Fest this Sunday. Please take a
moment to walk through, but please remember
it is a construction site, so watch your step.
UPDATES: It is exciting to see so much
progress on our new daycare and gym site. The
old gym has been taken down, and the site is
being readied for the playground to go back in.
The daycare floor, the entry floor, the office
floors and the hallways are all finished; the interior walls in the daycare are up, and are in the
process of being finished; the exterior brick is
going up now as well; the fire protection and
HVAC are currently being installed. The gym
equipment is ordered, and delivery is expected
in the next couple of weeks. The gym floor will
be installed in September or October.

UNIT CHAIRS
The letters indicating new chairs for the
units have gone out. If your name has come up
as a chair, please prayerfully consider accepting
this service for your parish family. The duties
are minimal; helping if a funeral comes up in
the month you are in charge of, and helping at
one of the bazaar or fall fest duties. This is an
important service role that is much needed for a
vital, lively parish family. The role of chairperson is rotated annually, so it should fall on one
family no more than once every 7 years or
more.
Fr. Jim

PRAYER CORNER

God, grant healing and peace to the sick of our

communities and those who have requested our prayers.
Please pray for: Eileen Sutton, Mary Ann Heisz, Jerry
Matousek, LaVern Sutton, Janet Dickman, Peg Stoeffler,
John Felder, Ann Fulcher, Nancy Patzner, Janelle Becwar,
Michael Hinrich, William Blake, John & Cheyenne
Messling, Earl Nye, Ethel Sebastian, Tara Pellock, Margaret
Konichek, Geraldine Barr, Bill McCoy, Edith Ritchie, Scott
LaBonne, Debbie Eden, Ken Fleshner, Carrie Breuer,
Graham Shedivy, Mary Gillitzer, Mark Janz, Lorna
Porvaznik, John Rink, Dale LaBonne, Dallas Valley, Mary
T. Shedivy, Lavon David, Diane Fernette, Joe Ludvik, Stacey
Johnson, Bernie OConnell, Frank Tiller, Carl Shedivy,
Rosanna Mayer, Marilyn Rybarczyk, Pam Waller, Jackie
Cherrier, Jennifer Gilman, Sara Breuer, Rose Miller,
Annabelle Stubbe, Karen Carroll, Richard Ginsterblum,
Letty Oehler, Howard Gillitzer, Art & Celine Boxrucker,
Nora Vickerman, Dave Bohnenkamp, Cecil Olson, Mary
Kann, Herb Schneider, Eugene Gillitzer, Barbara Schwant,
Tyler Gillitzer, Anita Steger, Lynette Reichmann, Janet
Beinborn, Scott Plondke, Richard Gillitzer, Gerald Stram,
Joe Barrette, Sally Ann White, Scott Sklenar, Shirley
Ambrose, Don McFarland, Vickie Samples, James
Thompson, Nancy Aschom, Phyllis Waller, Jack Dahl, Joan
Sheckler, Sandi Herreid, Melinda Neumann, Don Ritchie,
Sally White, Chrissie Alioto, Bernice DuCharme.
If you have a special intention or loved one who is in need
of prayers; please let us know as we can include them.

BISHOP CALLAHAN
Bishop Callahan came through his surgery
very well. Please keep him in your prayers for a
quick recovery and return to his duties as our
shepherd.
The Unit Chairpersons for the month of August are:
Michael & Mary Jaynes, Terry & Bethany Quick, Terry
& Clara Powers

PARISH SUPPORT
Envelopes for July 24th
Plate for July 24th
Total

This Year

Last Year

$6,084.00
727.55
$6,811.55

$6,484.00
739.45
$7,223.45

The second collection came to $1,087.66 and will be used for

Prairie Catholic School and our Religious Education Program
expenses.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

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ITS NOT TOO LATE!!!!

PRAIRIE CATHOLIC SCHOOL

I know you will agree that Catholic

schools provide an education we can all
have faith in.
Prairie Catholic School has openings in all
grade levels 3K to 8. Call to set up a tour
at 326-8624.
Day Care Available.
Registration: Monday, August 1st from
Noon to 7:00 pm and Wednesday, August
10th from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm.
Please visit our website at:
www.prairiecatholic.org

SUNDAY FUN DAY

All Holy Family High School Students
(incoming and outgoing) are invited to a Fun
Day at Noahs Ark at Wisconsin Dells on Sunday,
August 21st. Cost is $20.00 . This includes ticket, food, drink and bus ride. Parents are also
invited! We will leave St. Johns School Parking
Lot by 8:00 am. Please pick up permission slips
from St. Johns Rectory or Mary Stoeffler. All
forms and money must be turned in no later
than August 10th! Any questions please contact
Mary at 563-329-0149.

IN SYMPATHY
Please remember Ann V. Fulcher in your prayers. Her funeral was held at St. Gabriels of the
Holy Family Parish on Friday, July 29th. May
God grant her eternal life and comfort to her
family.

Before you know it school will be in session

again. Just a reminder to use SCRIP for your
back to school shopping. You can purchase
SCRIP at either rectory Tuesday through Friday
or after the weekend Masses.

CONFESSIONS
St. Gabriels
St. Johns

3:00 pm to 3:45 pm on Saturday

6:00 pm to 6:45 pm on Saturday

No scheduled confessions on days with weddings or funerals.

This Week at the Parish

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Sunday, July 31
10:30 to 5:30 pm Holy Family Brat Fest held on St.
Gabriels lawn; all are invited

Monday, August 1
Noon to 7:00 pm Registration at Prairie Catholic School

Tuesday, August 2
3:30 pm Mass at Prairie Maison

Wednesday, August 3
5:30 pm Education Committee meeting at St. Gabriels
School

Thursday, August 4
Adoration after the 8:15 am Mass at St. Gabriels
Benediction at 1:00 pm

Friday, August 5
Saturday, August 6

The Parish is looking for volunteers to

distribute communion to the home
bound. Communion ministers have one rotation every 10 weeks or so and it amounts to
about 2 hours for 2 Sundays. For more information contact Barbara or Merle Frommelt at
326-2275.

WEDDING BANNS
Patrick Brown & Sarah Slaght (I)

Readings for the Week of July 31, 2016

Sunday: Eccl 1:2; 2:21-23/Ps 90:3-6, 12-14, 17/Col 3:1-5,

9-11/Lk 12:13-21
Monday: Jer 28:1-17/Ps 119:29, 43, 79-80, 95, 102/Mt
14:13-21
Tuesday: Jer 30:1-2, 12-15, 18-22/Ps 102:16-21, 29, 2223/Mt 14:22-36 or 15:1-2, 10-14
Wednesday: Jer 31:1-7/Jer 31:10-13/Mt 15:21-28
Thursday: Jer 31:31-34/Ps 51:12-15, 18-19/Mt 16:13-23
Friday: Na 2:1, 3; 3:1-3, 6-7/Dt 32:35-36, 39, 41/Mt
16:24-28
Saturday: Dn 7:9-10, 13-14/Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 9/2 Pt 1:1619/Lk 9:28b-36
Next Sunday: Wis 18:6-9/Ps 33:1, 12, 18-22/Heb 11:1-2,
8-19 or 11:1-2, 8-12/Lk 12:32-48 or 12:35-40

Holy Family Parish Brat Fest will be held

today, Sunday, July 31st at St. Gabriels.
Serving Brats, Burgers, Hot Dogs, Chicken
Breasts, Sweet Corn, Ice Cream and Beverages. Serving 10:30 am to 5:30 pm. Bingo
at Noon. All are invited to attend.