1975 Beulah Avenue • East Troy, WI 53120 • (262) 642 -7225 • stpeterset.org

SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER • MAY 17, 2020

To serve Christ in our Community by: proclaiming The Good News of Salvation, celebrating the Sacraments, reaching out to those in need, providing opportunities for growth in holiness, and supporting our Parish by volunteering Time, Talent, and Financial Stewardship. We, the members of St. Peter the Apostle Parish, declare this to be our Mission Statement.

Contacts Parish Office………………..(262)642-7225 ext. 3 Hours M-T-Th-F. 9-4 Fax (262) 642-7228 E-Mail: office@stpeterset.org Website: stpeterset.org School Office (262) 642-5533 Fax (262) 642-5897 High School Catholic Central in Burlington (transportation available) 262-763-1510, X 225, Karen Cemetery (262) 642-7225 ext. 3 Religious Education Center (262) 642-7225 ext. 5 Hours: Mon., 11:00 am to 7:00 pm Tues. & Thurs. 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, Wednesday Noon—8:00 pm Closed Fridays Helping Hands (262) 642-7225 ext. 2 Clothing Center hours: Tues. 9-5 & Sat. 9-noon

Parish Staff Pastor: Fr. Mark Molling ext. 4 Deacon: Greg Price email: priceg@archmil.org Business Manager: Renae Robran Religious Ed. Coordinator: Mary Ann Zaremba School Principal: Megan Prudom Pastoral Associate/DRE: Suzanne Kasper K.C. Grand Knight: Keith Witt, 262-379-4008 Helping Hands President: Gary Hamilton 642-7225x2

Mass Schedule Weekend ...................... Saturday (anticipation) 5:00 pm; Sunday 8:00 and 10:00 am Weekday ............................................... M-T-TH-F ... 8:30 am No Mass on Wednesday Holy Day…………………………………8:30 am and 7:00 pm Confessions.................................... Saturday 4:00–4:30 pm Also by appointment, please call the parish office Devotions .................................................... Tuesday 5:00 pm (Mother of Perpetual Help) Eucharistic Adoration. . . . . .Tuesday 9:15am—6pm First Friday 9:15 am— 3:00 pm

Sacraments Baptisms ....................................... Contact the parish office. Wedding… Arrange with pastor 6 months in advance.

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Pastoral Council Meets on the 4th Monday of the month at 7:00 pm. Judith Kmiec (2nd yr) Secretary. .. .. . . . . . . 262-642-9617 Rochelle Verick (2nd year) Stewardship..262-363-8218 Rita Keepers(3rd yr)Christian Form./Vice chair262-642-5367 Ron Chmiel(3rd yr) Liturgy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262-642-5158 Pam Burki(3rd yr)Human Concern/Helping Hands 262-203-1812 Ben Schweder, Finance & Chair(2nd year)262-391-0931 Larry Gross, Bldg. & Grounds. . . . . .. . . . . . .. 262-642-4232 Ben Schweder, School & Athletics. . . . . . .. 262-391-0931 Rochelle Verick, School & Athletics. . . . . . ..262-363-8218 Austin DePuydt, Youth Representative. . . .262-441-7453 Trustee, Bev Helbling . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608-225-1654 Trustee, Pat Prahl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262-949-7715 Finance Council Meets on the 3rd Monday of the month at 7:00 pm. Members: Rick Scanlan, Jeremy Hartranft, Jennifer Bower, the Trustees and 2 members of the Pastoral Council assigned to the Finance Council (These positions have been appointed by the Pastor)

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ANY CHANGES????? If you happened to have changed address or dropped

your home landline, please consider updating with the parish office or dropping a note with the change. Thank you!!!!

FROM THE PASTOR’S

DESK….

I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you. In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me, because I live and you will live. On that day you will realize that I am in my Father and you are in me and I in you. (From today’s Gospel) As members of the Church we are to continue the work of Christ in our world today. That is an exciting challenge, but a bit intimidating as well. Christ isn’t walking the earth for us to observe like he did two thousand years ago. Jesus isn’t able to reach out to encourage us like he did with the apostles. How do we fulfill our mission now that Christ has returned to the Father? This is probably the same fear that the apostles and the early Church experienced when Jesus told them that he was returning to the Father. His words to them are his words to us as well – “I will not leave you orphans.” Through the gift of the Holy Spirit we are united with Jesus and the Father. It is in the power of the Holy Spirit that we encounter God’s grace through the Sacraments and are empowered to continue Christ’s work in our world: The task of clothing, feeding and assisting those who lost everything in the “Honey Creek” recently. We can feed the hungry by supporting the East Troy Food Pantry, or leaving a meal on the porch of someone we know who could use it. We can support and encourage the lonely and isolated by making a phone call to our neighbors and checking in on them. We can pray for those who need healing and for the First Responders and Frontline Workers. There are many ways that the Spirit is alive and working among us and hopefully we recognize that same Spirit within each of us. We continue working on the plans for resuming public Masses; we just have not finalized any of it at this time. If you have any suggestions, please feel free to call me. God’s blessings to you all – Fr. Mark

BREAKING BREAD MISSALS FOR 2020 “Breaking Bread” missals for 2020 with Sunday readings are available in the Parish Office for $13.00 each. Call and leave a message to make arrangements for pick-up.

Mass Intentions Saturday, May 16 • Easter Weekday

4:00 pm Reconciliation †Anthony Burbach (relatives & friends) Sunday, May 17 • Sixth Sunday of Easter †Don Brook (Scott & Jane Iloncaie) Members of St. Peter’s Parish Monday, May 18 • Easter Weekday

†William Hondel (H. Becker) Tuesday, May 19 • Easter Weekday †Joan Klopotic (family) Thursday, May 21 • The Ascension of the Lord †Larry Hensel (Dottie) Friday, May 22 • St. Rita of Cascia †Marcus Borgert (P. Borgert) Saturday, May 23 • Easter Weekday †Sophie Kaplan Sunday, May 24 • The Ascension of the Lord †Ron Anders (H. Becker) Members of St. Peter’s Parish †Ginny Serchen (Judy Vandervest)

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Please Pray For…

Dale Quednow, Stephanie Scannell, Mary Ann ZelenskI, Julie Hockett, Jill Whittier, Bud Krause, Renae Robran, Debbie Grunow, Kelley Halper, Barbara Karczewsky, Cathy Greenlees, Landon Ockerlander, Neil Marini, Jane & Jelene Gilmore, Carolynn Loveless, Mark Morgan, Mike Manthey, Bob Salentine, Gavrielah Hojnacki, Bridget Horter, Gloria Rogers, and Janice Zaremba

ALL MEETINGS CANCELLED

Readings for the week of May 17, 2020

Sunday: Acts 8:5-8, 14-17/Ps 66:1-3, 4-5, 6-7, 16, 20 [1]/1 Pt

3:15-18/Jn 14:15-21

Monday: Acts 16:11-15/Ps 149:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6a and 9b [cf. 4a]/

Jn 15:26—16:4a

Tuesday: Acts 16:22-34/Ps 138:1-2ab, 2cde-3, 7c-8 [7c]/Jn 16:5

-11

Wednesday: Acts 17:15, 22—18:1/Ps 148:1-2, 11-12, 13, 14/Jn

16:12-15

Thursday: Acts 18:1-8/Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4 [cf. 2b]/Jn 16:16-

20 Ascension: Acts 1:1-11/Ps 47:2-3, 6-

7, 8-9 [6]/Eph 1:17-23/Mt 28:16-20

Friday: Acts 18:9-18/Ps 47:2-3, 4-5, 6-7 [8a]/Jn 16:20-23

Saturday: Acts 18:23-28/Ps 47:2-3, 8-9, 10 [8a]/Jn 16:23b-28

Next Sunday: Ascension: Acts 1:1-11/Ps 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9 [6]/

Eph 1:17-23/Mt 28:16-20 7th Sunday of Easter: Acts

1:12-14/Ps 27:1, 4, 7-8 [13]/1 Pt 4:13-16/Jn 17:1-11a

PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOUR FRIEND OR LOVED ONE IS WELL AND CAN BE REMOVED FROM THE LIST

BELOW.

St. Peters Guardian Angel Fund

The guardian angel fund has been established to help make a Catholic Education possible for all families. Making a donation to the Guardian Angel Fund furthers the Catholic education of a child or children in need. All donations to the Guardian Angel Fund are tax-deductible and go directly toward tuition assistance. Please consider being a guardian angel and helping children receive a Catholic education at St. Peter’s School. For additional information,

contact the parish office at 262-642-7225x3.

Let all the earth cry

out to God with joy

There are many ways to donate to St. Peter’s. One way is to consider a bequest for a specific thing or purpose. We pray that you will be inspired to support our parish to the degree you are able. God Bless you all.

Please note that Tuesday Eucharistic Adoration is CANCELLED. Sacrament of Reconciliation will be available as usual on Saturday afternoons at 4:00 pm. Please be respectful and practice social distancing. The church will be open for private prayer as usual on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Fridays from approximately 8:30 am to 4:00 pm. The church will also be open on Saturdays 8:30 am until after Reconciliation as well as Sundays from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm.

DROP BOX

Even though the office will be closed , please leave any

paperwork or envelopes ( even offertory envelopes ) in

the locked black mailbox attached to the main entrance of

the Parish Office. We will check it periodically.

ALL MASSES CANCELLED UNTIL

FURTHER NOTICE

Please note that your messages will still be answered at the Parish Office. Please e-mail us at office@stpeterset.org or you could leave a message at 642-7225. If your need is urgent please call 642-7225, extension 4. This will give instructions on how to reach Father Mark.

HELPING HANDS CLOTHING CENTER CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

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Programs at Siena Retreat Center, 5637 Erie St., Racine - call 262-898-2590 for more info or visit www.SienaRetreatCenter.org and click on Retreat Programs.

Please check out their website. They have many interesting ideas and mini retreats to do at home during this “StaySafe@Home” time.

EUCHARISTIC HOME DISTRIBUTION FOR ELDERLY OR HOMEBOUND IS SUSPENDED.

HOWEVER, PLEASE CALL THE PARISH OFFICE at 642-7225, ext. 4 AND LEAVE A MESSAGE. IF YOU OR YOUR

LOVED ONE HAVE IMMEDIATE NEEDS, SOMEONE WILL PICK UP MESSAGES AND GET

BACK TO YOU.

Witnesses for JesusThis journey of faith is not always easy.

Sometimes the greatest wounds are those we suffer when family

members and friends wander away from God and leave us be-

hind. The faith they had when they were younger is now strained,

or they see the daily walking with Jesus to be too difficult. For

them, Jesus becomes what Peter wrote about when he described

Jesus as the stone that causes people to stumble and the rock that

makes them fall. Our journey is hard enough, but watching a

loved one stumble and fall is heart-breaking.

What are we to do in such a situation? Most importantly, we

pray. We must realize that God is more powerful than us, and

even if we can’t make them see the truth, He can. Then we wit-

ness to the transformative power of Jesus by our own lives. We

need to serve him in word and deed. We should let a joy of being

a disciple enlighten our faces. Allow Jesus to work through us so

that others may be drawn to him. Lastly, we must never lose

hope. Many have walked long journeys alone only to find God

far down the road. What will it take to bring someone to Christ?

It might be an action, a word, or an emotion. We never know how

certain people will be touched. That loved one is a gift from God

in your life. Place them back in God’s hands, and let Him pick

them up if they have stumbled and fallen.

Coronavirus Emergency Fund The archdiocese has created a Coronavirus Emergency Fund to help alleviate the financial hardship caused by the outbreak. This fund will support the ministries serving those in need such as food pantries and members of our community who have been severely affected by the pandemic including parents of Catholic school students struggling to make tuition payments. Our neighbors down the street and across the archdiocese need our help at this critical moment. If you are able, please donate to help with these immediate needs: archmil.org/Giving. Thank you.

ARCHDIOCESAN WEBSITE

Www.archmil.org/Courageous-Communion St. John Paul II Office for the New Evangelization at the Archdiocese of Milwaukee has created a new initiative called, “Courageous Comunion: Daily Living for Quarantined Catholics.” This timely initiative serves as an invitation to you to respond with a depth of prayer and motivation to serve others in any way that we are able. There are many resources at your disposal through this new initative. Some of the resources are: Daily reflections from our Bishops A guide for praying with the Gospels each day An at home retreat Guide for online Masses And many other resources You can find these on the archdiocesan website, archmil.org or at the address listed above. God Bless you all!

RESUMING MASSES—DIRECTIVES FROM THE ARCHDIOCESE As you may have heard or seen on the news the Archbishop has given us directives as to how/when we may resume Masses. I urge you to go to our website under Church then COVID news and see the multiple page directives we must comply with in order to resume Masses here at St. Peter’s . This will be quite an undertaking and it will truly take a village if we are to do this. We must provide hand sanitizer, gloves and masks. We have placed our order but they are on back order. If you or your company have gloves or masks or even hand sanitizer you would like to donate, please give the office a call and leave a message with Mary Ann (642-7225, ext. 3). Also Heidi is heading up our sanitizer team. We must remove all paper from the church and sanitize the pews, kneelers, and washrooms after each Mass. It should only take a few minutes if we have many hands. Please give Heidi a call at 642-5703 if you have questions about the team or if you would like to volunteer (even just once) or donate cleaning supplies. We will be limited to the amount of people we can have in the church to celebrate Mass and we are meeting to see how to divide up the seating. We will keep you posted as to our progress so we can pray the Mass together once again.

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Dear Lord, we come before You confident that You know our needs,

And that You are present with us this very moment.

You know our fears, confusion, loneliness and pain.

You know what we worry about and what keeps us up at night.

But although many things in life don’t make sense to us, Lord,

We know for sure that You are always with us and will never leave us.

Our faith teaches us that when we are in pain of any kind You are closest to us.

Please give us, Lord, the firm belief that all things fit into Your divine plan,

And that everything that happens really does happen for a reason.

May Your own prayer of trust and surrender to the Father always be ours:

“Into Your hands I surrender my spirit.”

We rest in this prayer, Lord, and pray it in Your holy name. Amen. Penned by St. Peter’s Deacon Greg

Question: I have been going to Mass for years

and have always wondered: why do we make the three

signs of the cross before the Gospel?

Answer: Certainly, many people go to Mass or

other devotions, doing and saying things out of habit

or reverence and not really understanding the reasons

behind some of these things. But everything we do has

a meaning or purpose that helps us to worship better,

proclaim our beliefs, or focus the attention of the peo-

ple on something that has a greater importance or sig-

nificance. A review of the meaning of various gestures

and practices can help us have a deeper appreciation

for what we do.

There is a little prayer that goes with the three crosses

before the Gospel: “May the words of the Holy Gospel

be on my mind, on my lips and in my heart.” In stand-

ing to hear the Gospel, we acknowledge that Jesus is

present, and the words of the Gospel are addressed to

us. All of the gestures and special postures we adopt

before the Gospel are intended to help us prepare for

hearing the Word as well as act on it. The incense, the

Alleluia, the deacon or priest, and the special dialogue

and announcement that introduces the Gospel help us

focus our attention on the Good News we are about to

hear. The three signs of the cross show our desire and

good intention to hear and live the Gospel.

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How to Donate Food So It Won’t Go to Waste: (From Reader’s Digest)

Giving is good, but giving smart is better. Once homeless and

hungry, writer Deb Martinson tells us how to donate goods so we make the most impact. Traditionally, those of us who give to food banks will clean out our

cabinets and drop off the rejects. As a formerly homeless person, I’d like to ask

you to try something different this year: Give like a hungry person. If all your meals for the next week were coming from a donation box, what would you put

in there? Here are a few suggestions:

1. Don’t give outlandish things I once received a tub of candied

fruitcake fruit from a food bank. When I ran out of everything else

and ate some, I thought, I am so poor, I’ve been reduced to eating

other people’s rejects. Some food is just too horrible to wish on anyone

else; throw it out instead.

2. Do give no-cook foods. When I was homeless, I didn’t carry my

microwave around. Others have a hard time cooking if their landlord

won’t fix the broken stove or if the power company shut off the

electricity. So give granola bars, crackers, Spam, tuna, peanut butter,

dry milk—anything you’d take on a long hike.

3. Leave food in the original packaging. If it needs to be portioned

out, volunteers at the food bank will take care of it.

4. Think simple. A boxed cake that says Just add water is better than

one that requires milk, eggs, vegetable oil, and whatever else. Instant

coffee is great; ground coffee less so. Also good are multitaskers—

Bisquick rocks.

5. Label special dietary needs People with food allergies or celiac

disease often can’t find donated food they can eat. If you donate gluten

-free food, mark it GLUTEN-FREE in large print. Do the same for

allergen-free items. Clear labeling will help get the right food to the

right clients.

6. Make it easy to open Aseptic—or sterile—packaging and pouches

are better than pull-top cans, which are better than traditional cans. It

sucks even more than usual to be hungry if you’ve got a perfectly good

can of food and no way to get the thing open. And avoid glass jars—

they break too easily.

7. Ask what’s needed The food bank may want non-food items, like

soap, toilet paper, tampons and pads, diapers, and pet food, because

these can’t be purchased with food stamps. I never would have guessed

the food bank near my house needs plastic bags.

8. Check your grocery store Many stores work with local food

pantries to assemble bags of food you can buy and donate for five or

ten bucks. It’s an easy way to give.

9. Be nice I still remember how finding cookies in my bag could make

me happy all day. When you’re poor, small things take on more

significance. Try to include at least one item you’d choose as a treat for

your kids. Someone else’s kids will love you.

10. Consider donating cash Large organizations can get much better

deals on food than you can. With $10, Feeding America

(feedingamerica.org) can provide 90 meals to hungry people. Of course, the important thing is to do what you can. Giving food to hungry

people is awesome, and I love you for it no matter what you donate.

Stewardship Corner April 1 — April 30, 2020

Our fiscal year is July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2020

Income $ Needed monthly Actual $ Rec’d Surplus/deficit Fiscal year to date surplus/deficit Envelope & $36,392.00 $19,485.75 ($16,906.25) ($40,195.10) Offertory

We can’t do our mission without you! This report is updated monthly

St. Peter’s Outreach Campaign Have you been wondering how all those folks we worship with are doing - and hoping all those who are in need know where to get assistance? Volunteers from St. Peters are reaching out to all parishioners by phone to check on how you are doing during these trying times. We are using your contact information from the latest church directory (Fall, 2019). If you need help or someone to talk to, please call the parish office at 642-7225 extension 3. The office staff are working remotely and will be checking voice mails daily. When we return your call, we’ll have all sorts of information available to assist you. May God bless you and keep you safe.

EAST TROY INTERGENERATIONAL COMMUNITY CENTER NEWS Our community center involves volunteers and guests of all ages for all types of programs and activities.....movies, crafts, meals, education, games, events, parties. We are not supported by tax dollars, but by donations from great people like you! Drop in for a Drive-up Meal! A frozen Pot Pie meal for 6........with Italian bread and butter, fruit, dessert and milk. Yum. Saturday, May 9, Noon till all 72 meals are gone. No early birds! One meal per car. Drive to the inside lane (north side) of our town square. Stay in your car and we'll load you up with this great meal. We sanitize all products and wear our masks. Stay safe. Our Community Center is coordinating this event, but the en-tire thing is dependent upon our 5 churches, several busi-nesses, and civic groups. Our East Troy Area is strongest when we all work together to care for each other. There are no requirements or prerequi-sites to get your meal. Just drive up and open your trunk! Next up is Hot Ham Sandwiches and the fixings at Gus's Drive in on May 23.

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Electronic Giving is a convenient, consistent way to help our church grow. Consider scheduling a recurring electronic contribution today. It’s easy! You will no longer need to write out checks and prepare envelopes every week. Even when travel, illness or other circumstances prevent you from attending services, your electronic contributions will continue to be received on an uninterrupted basis. Get started today! Visit our church website (stpeterset.org)to set up recurring online Contributions .

Have you and your family made plans for your final resting place? Did you know that St. Peter’s has their own cemetery with the only mausoleum within 25 miles round? Please inquire at the office for more information .

Please pray for our nation’s military members and their

families. Also, please pray for all those people who work

tirelessly to protect us and heal us from this pandemic.

EAGLE’S WING FREE HEALTH CLINIC Mukwonago Food Pantry

Resource Center 555 Bay View Road, #4

Mukwonago

PLEASE NOTE NEW ADDRESS

Visits by appointment only: 1st and 3rd Thursdays of Month

5:000 pm to 8:00 pm 2nd Thursday of the Month

9:30 am to Noon Call 262-385-9211Website: www.eagleswingfreeclinic.org

Email: info@eagleswingfreeclinic.org

Do you have a child that will be 3 or 4 by

September 1, 2020? Are you looking for a

preschool program that is faith based with lots of

love and small class sizes?

St. Peter’s School is now accepting enrollment for

our pre-kindergarten program. Options include

Tuesday & Thursday school; Monday, Wednesday &

Friday school; or Monday through Friday. School

choice is also an option for 4-year-olds.

Feel free to contact the school office (262)642-

5533 for more information, or to set up a school

tour. We would love to have your child(ren) join

our St. Peter’s family!

A PRAYER OF SPIRITUAL COMMUNION Jesus, really present in the Most Holy Sacrament of the altar, since I cannot now receive thee under the sacramental veil, I beseech thee, with a heart full of love and longing, to come spiritually into my soul through the Immaculate Heart of thy most Holy Mother, and to abide with me, thou in me, and I in thee, in time and in eternity. Amen.