ST. JOHN’S PARISH STAFF

Pastor, Rev. Thomas Huff ....... 352-3011

frtomhuff@fron"er.com

Deacon Greg Kaiser ................ 687-4669

Parish Sec., Joyce Kaiser ........ 572-0381

Bookkeeper, Maria Severson . 352-3011

School Sec., Marie Stubbe ...... 352-3000

Principal, Jeff Gulan ................ 352-3000

CRE, Nancy Hackel .................. 352-7354

Church Dining Hall .................. 352-3111

Ministries, Ki"y Lehman ......... 352-2516

Sacristans: Tricia Kaiser .......... 687-4669

Marge Heidmann .. 352-2673

Custodian, Diane Dvorak ........ 352-7064

Music Ministry, Judy Trawicki 571-0866

Cemetery Board, Bill Tess ....... 352-2234

Ed. Com., Michelle Hafferman 352-7033

HOLY FAMILY PARISH STAFF

Pastor, Rev. Thomas Huff ....... 352-3011

Deacon Greg Kaiser ................ 687-4669

Secretary, Michelle Socha ...... 507-1975

Ministry Schedule, Tracy Paul 352-2258

CRE, Lori Gajewski .................. 257-7943

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WANT TO EXPLORE THE CATHOLIC FAITH?

Phone: 715-352-3011

MARRIAGE: See the Pastor at least 9

months in advance for prepara#ons.

BAPTISM: Contact Fr. Tom @ 715-352-

3011 or frtomhuff@fron#er.com

ST. JOHN SCHOOL : To enroll your child/

children in St. John Catholic School phone

school @ 715-352-3000 for info.

St. John the Bap"st and Holy Family Catholic Parishes

Holy Family and St. John the Baptist Catholic Parishes

February 11, 2018 • Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Circle of Joy: We will be collec"ng non-perishable food items & doing a

cash drive for the Athens & Edgar Circle of Joy. Please bring

food items on Ash Wednesday and place in box at the en-

trances. All money collected at offertory will be donated to

the Circle of Joy.

Steubenville 2018 Meridian Messiahs will be going to St. Paul, MN on July 27th-

29th. Deposit will be $75/student. Students 8th—12th

grade can a#end. Contact Michelle Socha, if interested.

WEDNESDAY, February 14th, 7:00PM:

Server Cross: Stetson Lemmer

Candle bearers: Aiden & Evan Guralski

Min. of Word: CCD 10th Graders

Eurcharis!c Ministers: Katy Yessa, Pat & Michelle Socha

Offertory Family: CCD 2nd Graders

Ushers: CCD 9th Graders

SATURDAY, February 17th, 7:00PM:

Server Cross: Anthony Schug

Candle bearers: McKennzie Schug & MyKayla Mayville

Min. of Word: Katy Yessa

Eurcharis!c Ministers: Katy Yessa, Eugene Scheiderer, &

Joanne Berens

Offertory Family: Cory & Jen Mauer Family

Ushers: Bernice Lake & Michael Lake

SUNDAY, February 18th, 11:00AM:

Server Cross: Jarre# Daul

Candle bearers: Madelyn Wendtland & Taylor Hein

Min. of Word: Anne#e Gajewski

Eurcharis!c Ministers: Anne#e Gajewski, Lori Daul, &

Ann Brodziski

Offertory Family: Darin & Becca Seubert Family

Ushers: Heath Handrick & Brock Handrick

ASH WEDNESDAY, February 14th, 7:00pm (Father

Charlie): †Joe, Rose & Ralph Witucki #Lawrence

Witucki Saturday Confession: 6:30pm

SATURDAY, February 17th, 7:00pm: †Brenda Dahlke,

Donald & Darrell Wisnewski #Jean Wisnewski

Sunday Confession: 10:30am

SUNDAY, February 18th, 11:00am: †Kathleen Kinney

#Ron Meyer

CHURCH POLICY: If there are school closings for Athens/Edgar, any HF

Masses or HF Church Services, on those days, will also be

cancelled. This includes CCD classes and other church

ac"vi"es.

Ministry Schedule

HOLY FAMILY PARISH

February 4th Receipts will be posted on next week’s

schedule.

DIOCESAN ANNUAL APPEAL — Feb 2nd—Receipts Holy Family Target ................................................ $18,845.00

Amount Received ................................................. $16,485.00

DUE ......................................................................... $2,360.00

ASH WEDNESDAY

Please join the Holy Family CCD students as we begin our

Lenten Journey, Ash Wednesday, February 14th, 2018.

Rosary at 6:40pm. Mass beginning at 7:00pm with Father

Charlie Hiebl.

Stewardship

Holy Family News & Area Events

Mass Schedule & Intentions

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CCD News/Youth Group

HF Chili Feed / Pie Social HF PCCW and Youth Group would like to extend a BIG

THANK YOU to everyone who worked, donated, or

supported our 6th Chili Feed / Pie Social. These proceeds

will help our youth ac"vi"es. We are firm believers that

these ac"vi"es do strengthen our youth’s spiritual

journeys.

Saints of the Week: February 12th: St. Julian (Patron of Hotel Keepers)

February 13th: St. Polyeuctus (Patron of Vows and

Treaty Agreements)

February 14th: St. Valentine (Patron of Love)

February 15th: St. Jovita (Patron of Brescia)

February 16th: St. Juliana of Nicomedia (Patron of

Sickness)

February 17th: St. Constabilis (Patron of Sailors)

St. Anthony Spirituality Center, Marathon info@sarcenter.com—www.sarcenter.com-443-2236

February 11: Evening for Lovers

February 23-25: Igna"an Spiritual Exercises Silent Men’s

Retreat

February 14—Ash Wednesday—6:30PM CROSS BEARER:

Ethan Lemmer

CANDLE BEARERS:

Adam Hannemann & Brady Lemmer

MINISTER OF THE WORD:

Teresa Hackel & McKenna Schraufnagel

MINISTER OF SONG:

Judy Trawicki and Sally Bargender

INTENTIONS:

Ethan Heil

February 17/18 CROSS BEARER:

4:00pm—Teresa Hackel 9:00am—Ethan Lemmer

CANDLE BEARERS:

4:00pm—Laura & Kendra Mucha

9:00am—Mason & Taylor Lemmer

MINSTER OF THE WORD:

4:00pm—Randy Myszka 9:00am—Jerry Sinz

MINISTER OF SONG:

4:00pm—Kris#ne Hafferman

9:00am—Maureen Kne"er and Marisa Ze"ler

MINISTERS OF HOSPITALITY:

4:00pm—Ken Schara, Tom Mroczenski, Xavier Hackel

and Jerry Mroczenski

9:00am—Logan Guden, Mark Lacke, Marie Kne"er

and Frank Wirkus

Mon., Feb. 12, 8:15am †Ann Stencil

#Judy & Harold Baeseman

Tues., Feb. 13, 8:15am †Victor Hall #Jeane#e Hall

Wed., Feb. 14, 8:15am †Susie Stencil Burish

#Family & Friends

6:30pm †Fr. Joseph Grassl #Fr. Tom Huff

Thurs., Feb. 15, 8:15am †Jake Schilling #Polly Brehm

Fri., Feb. 16, 8:15am †Valeria Johnson

#Helen Strasser Family

SATURDAY, Feb. 17 RECONCILIATION: 3-3:30pm

4:00pm For Our Parish Families

SUNDAY, Feb. 18 RECONCILIATION: 8:30-8:50AM

9:00am †Clarence & Vangie Wilichowski

#Family

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SANCTUARY CANDLE OFFERING: Feb. 10-16

(Both Candles) Deceased members of the Boris and

Lehman families #Ki#y Lehman

Ministry Schedule

ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST

Receipts: February 4, 2018

Adults ............................................................... $4,329.00

Offertory ............................................................... 594.74

School Tui"on......................................................... 213.27

Color Vision—9/28, 12/15, 12/18 ............................ 775.50

A+er School Care .................................................... 100.00

Tui"on Assistance Grant ...................................... 5,000.00

Diocesan Anniversary Book ...................................... 35.00

Campaign for Human Development ......................... 472.75

Total ................................................................. 11,520.26

ST. JOHN DIOCESAN ANNUAL APPEAL Target $34,915.00

Amount Received $26,630.00

Amount Due $ 8,285.00

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CATHOLIC CAMPAIGN FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

“WORKING ON THE MARGINS” Thank you for your generous contribu"ons to the Catholic

Campaign for Human Development. If you missed the

collec"on, it’s not too late to give! Visit www.usccb.org/

na"onalcollec"ons, and click on “How to Give” on the le+.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY—65+

Feb. 13—Sandra Schueller

Feb. 18—Shirley Ze#ler

Stewardship

Sun., Feb. 11—St. John Parish/School Benefit Bazaar.

Church Dining Hall, 12-3pm.

6:30pm—Adult Choir Prac"ce

Tues., Feb. 13—Pastoral Council Mtg., 7pm Gathering Sp.

7pm—Holy Name Mtg., Church Hall.

***************************************** Sunday Mass & Healing Service—Feb. 11, 3:30pm,

St. Ma#s, Wausau.

Soup Suppers—Every Wed. of Lent, Feb. 14-April 3, St.

Ma#hew School Cafeteria, Wausau. Free will dona"on.

Fish Fry—Each Friday of Lent, 4-8pm. St. Pat’s, Halder.

Shrimp & Fish Fry—Feb. 16, March 2, 16 & 30. 4:30-7:30.

St. Mary’s Auburndale.

Cody Clausen Trio—Feb. 18, 1pm. Edgar Sch. Auditorium.

Chili Dinner & Bk. Potato Bar—Feb. 18, 11am-1:30pm.

Hope Lutheran Church, Hwy. 97, Edgar.

St. Adalbert Parish Fish Fry-March 23, 4-7:30pm, Rosholt.

Catholic Women’s Retreat—March 3, St. Mary's, Altoona

See bulle"n board for flyer.

Mass Schedule & Intentions

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Outcasts This Sunday before Ash Wednesday Saint

Mark is presen"ng us with the ques"on:

“Who is this Jesus?” Mark’s answer? “The

One who has come to bring outcasts back

in.” He has come for the outcasts, the

outsiders, the lepers, the sinners, and those who are

disdained. The great irony is that Jesus, the One who came

for outcasts, Himself had to get out of town. Note that in

several of these gospel accounts we’ve heard, St. Mark

reports: “Jesus could no longer go openly into any town,

but had to stay outside in places where nobody lived.”

That’s true even today in our surrounding culture.

It is not poli"cally correct, we are told, to talk about Jesus

in public. At Christmas we’re supposed to suppress

references to Him; we’re supposed to replace Christmas

with Winter Fes"val. So also Easter is for bunnies and

Halloween is for spooks.

The One whom the Father sent for outcasts has

become Himself the outcast. But really, who are the

outcasts? We, the ones who have been cast out from the

Garden of Eden, we are the outcasts. We are the ones God

the Son has come to heal from the leprosy of sin. What

irony it is that we become the ones who cast Him out,

crucified Him outside the walls of Jerusalem, and keep Him,

like a leper, at a safe distance so He can’t touch us.

Is Jesus a part of your life or not? Will Jesus be a

part of what you think, say and do tomorrow? Is He “in” or

“out” of your inner circle, those close to you, the

community of people among whom you live? Is He “in” or

“out” of your daily life? So when was the last "me you

went to confession, revealed your sins and showed the

priest your own spiritual leprosy… and then received from

him God’s healing power in the Sacrament of

Reconcilia"on? And if we allow Jesus to touch us, to touch

our aQtudes, our hearts and our ways of thinking, some

may begin to shun us and we too may quickly become an

outsider, an outcast.

At the end of Saint Mark’s Gospel we find Jesus in

another Garden, the Garden of the Resurrec"on. With

Mary Magdalene and her companions we find ourselves

healed, outcasts no longer, able to walk this earth now in

the glorious freedom of the sons and daughters to God,

redeemed sinners, a people healed of sin’s leprosy, vic"ms

and outcasts no longer. So the next "me you find yourself

talking about who’s “in” and who’s “out” maybe it would

be a good thing to think about who Jesus considers to be

“in” and who is “on the outs” with Him. When we cast God

out of our lives we ourselves become the outcasts.

From the Pastors Desk. . .

CCD February Schedule: 6:30 – 7:45 PM

(unless noted differently)

Wednesday, February 14: Ash Wednesday. Mass @ 6:30

PM. Students should sit with their families.

Wednesday, February 21: Class for grades 1-10.

Wednesday, February 28: Mass @ 6:30 PM

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Any Youth, Grades 6-12 who would like to be in the Living Stations Cast on March 7th, contact Nancy @ nhackel@stjohnedgar.org. The first meeting is Feb. 18th after the 9am Mass.

MCA Mite Box Collec"on: The mite boxes for Missionary

Childhood Associa#on will be given to all Catholic Schools

and Parish CCD and Religious Educa#on Programs. Maybe

have your child/ren do extra chores around the house and

money earned can be put into the mite boxes.

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40 Days for Life Campaign – Stevens Point

From February 14 - March 25, you are invited to join

others for the Lenten 40 Days for Life campaign, part of a

world-wide ini#a#ve of prayer and fas#ng for an end to

abor#on (visit www.40daysforlife.com/stevens-point).

There will be a kick-off rally with speaker & potluck (main

dish provided) from 6:00 to 8:00pm on Tuesday, February

13th

at Saint Bronislava. For more informa#on or to

volunteer to help, please contact: Jim Havlovick at 715-

544-0447 or 715-570-4619 (cell) or Gary Oudenhoven

at 715-321-2283 (cell).

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Arise! A Come and See Day with the Sisters!

Who: Girls ages 9 - 13, who are interested spending some

#me with the Sisters and others who enjoy spiritual

things, while finding out more about religious life.

When: Saturday, March 17, 2018

Time: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Where: Mater Redemptoris House of Forma#on;

3730 East Avenue South; La Crosse, WI 54601

Cost: Dona#ons accepted

Register: Online registra#on

at www.materredemptoris.org

Ques"ons: Please contact Sister M. Consolata

at materredemptoris@gmail.com or 608-788-4530

CCD/Youth

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LENTEN COMMUNITY RECONCILIATION SCHEDULE

Sunday, February 25, 2018

St. Anthony’s, Athens 1:15pm

St. John’s, Edgar 4:00pm

St. Mary’s, Marathon 7:00pm

St. John the Bap"st Catholic School

ww.stjohn-edgar.org - 715-352-3000

Feb. 11—Children’s Bazaar, church dining hall, 12-3pm

Feb. 12—No School

Feb. 16—Region #4 Spelling Bee, 12:30pm. Edgar Sch. Auditorium

Feb. 26—Parent/Teacher Conferences (as needed)

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Through two recent dona"ons of very caring people, we

were able to add to our Physical Educa"on classes and the PreK

and Kindergarten classes. A dona"on to purchase snowshoes has

allowed Mrs. Wenzel to take students snowshoeing during the

school day. The PreK and Kindergarten classes have added four

iPads to their classroom. Having these available is allowing the

students to learn through many apps on the iPads.

Each student will be bringing home an oval shaped St.

John the Bap"st Catholic School s"cker. The s"ckers were possible

through a generous dona"on. Please place this s"cker proudly

and help promote our school.

We look forward to seeing you at St. John’s Parish

Benefit.

God bless, Jeff

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SCRIP sellers for next weekend: Saturday, Feb. 17—Amy Thuot Sunday, Feb. 18—Connie Wirkus & Donna Denfeld

$50.00 Raffle Tickets

are now for sale!

Besides our dedicated sales people,

tickets are also available from Jeannie Heidmann, Marlene Socha & Scrip.

TEXAS ROADHOUSE—10% Dine to Donate Sundays: Continue the fellowship on Sunday after Mass and go dine at

Texas Roadhouse! Present your church bulletin to your server and 10% of your food bill will be donated back to your church.

Remember ST. JOHN’S FRIDAY FISH FRY!

4-7:30pm. Come enjoy the great food and don’t forget to sign

up to help out whenever/wherever possible!

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