THIS WEEK’S WORSHIP AID/BULLETIN

ST. ANNE PARISH ORDINARY TIME

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BY THE TIME SISTER THEA BOWMAN spoke to an assembly of the U.S. Catholic bishops in June 1989 she was already confined to a wheelchair, the cancer first detected in her breast several years earlier had spread. Her physical immobility,

however, could not contain the strength of her voice and her message. Like most of her audiences, they were captivated. One biographer described her remarks as a conversation between a sis-ter and her brother. She recalled the his-tory and the store of African Americans in the nation and in the church. “We are here in this land and this is our land,” she said. “Our people, black people, helped to build this nation in cotton and grain and beans and vegetables and brick and mortar. They cleared the land and cooked the food that they grew. They cleaned houses and built churches — some of them Catholic churches. They built railroads and bridges and national monuments. Black people defended this country as soldiers and sailors. Black people taught and molded and raised the children and I’m not just talkin’ about the black children.... “Surviving our history physically, mentally, emotionally, morally, spiritually, faithfully and joyfully — our people de-veloped a culture that was African and See RACISM on Page 5

An introduction to Sister Thea Bowman was pub-lished in this space two weeks ago. You can find that column, along with a video of Sister Thea’s presentation to U.S. Bishops in 1989, and the text of her address, at stanneswausau.org/racism-listening-learning. The web site includes links to other videos, documents and Church documents on race and racism.

“Sweet Refreshment” Bob Moore

ANTICIPATING THE EASTER SACRAMENTS: Next Sunday morning we will catch-up on some unfinished Easter business — celebrating the sacraments of initia-tion that are central to the Easter Vigil and the proclamation of new life. Today’s opening song is inspired by this weekend’s first reading, and is inspired by the ritual text for the blessing of water for Baptism.

Glory to God Mass of the Angels and Saints, Steven Janco

Psalm 145, “The Hand of the Lord Feeds Us” Steven Janco

Fr. Tom Lindner, Pastor frtom@stanneswausau.org | Ext. 309

JOINING OUR PARISH: Fr. Tom would be glad to talk with you about parish mem-bership. Send an email to frtom@ stanneswausau.org or call 849.3930. MASS IN CHURCH: Lord’s Day Mass is celebrated at 4 p.m. Saturday and 9:30 a.m. Sunday, as well as at 7 a.m. Tues-day through Friday. However, Mass will continue to be offered on-line for the foreseeable future. To join us for worship in church, please register by going to stanneswau-sau.org, or call the parish office. Regis-tration begins at 9 a.m. Wednesday. Also go to the web site to find infomation on the necessary precautions associated with coming to Mass, including the wear-ing of masks, physical distancing, and seating procedures. Thank you! CELEBRATING BAPTISM: If you are par-ent committed to raising your child in the Catholic faith and celebrating your child’s baptism, we are eagerly waiting to hear from you and celebrating your child’s Baptism. Please send an email to Fr. Tom or call him at 715.849.3930, ext. 309. Parents celebrating the bap-tism of their first child are asked to com-plete a baptism orientation seminar. If you’re an adult interested in being baptized or becoming Catholic, let’s talk. Please contact Lee Ann Lella at leeannl@stanneswausau.org.

ST. ANNE PARISH Living the Gospel with love and courage.

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Parish Office: 9A-4P Mon-Thurs

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Kristine Lato, Liturgy Coordinator & Administrative Assistant

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John Schmitt, Lee Ann Lella Disciple Formation Co-Directors

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Bobbi Gadke, Finance Director & Office Manager

bobbig@stanneswausau.org | Ext. 310

Newman Catholic Schools Jeff Gulan, President

www.NewmanCatholicSchools.com 715.845.5735

Gospel Acclamation: Mass of the Angels and Saints Steven Janco

Initiation: “Christ Will Be Your Strength”

Profession of Faith (The Apostles’ Creed) I believe in God, the Father almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was cru-cified, died and was buried; he descended into hell; on the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty; from there he will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrec-tion of the body, and life everlasting. Amen.

General Intercessions: We will conclude the prayers of intercession with this dialogue: Priest: May the Divine Assistance be with us always.

ALL: And with our absent sisters and brothers. Amen.

JOIN THE ST. ANNE ON-LINE BOOK CLUB: “A Pilgrimage to Eternity” by Timothy Egan will be the subject of a parish book club that will begin meeting Sept. 1, which will allow participants time to purchase, or borrow, the book and read the first several chapters. The hourlong book club discussions will occur weekly at 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays on the Zoom internet platform. The book club also coincides with a virtual presentation on Friday, Sept. 25 as part of the 2020 Central Wiscon-sin Book Festival. If you’re interested in participating, send an email to frtom@stanneswausau.org.  

ON-LINE MASS TIME CHANGE Next weekend’s livestream of the Lord’s Day Mass will be offered at 9:30 a.m. This Mass will include the celebration of the sacraments of initiation that would normally be part of the Easter Vigil. The Mass can be accessed live at stanneswausau.org and at St. Anne Parish on Facebook and YouTube. The usual email with a link to the Mass will be sent later Sunday morning. All of this means the usual email and access to Mass will not be available Saturday afternoon — for just this one week.

This Week

ST. ANNE PARISH GIVING Total collected (JULY 19): $10,244

Amount needed: $14,266 per week

Total collected (since July 1, 2020): $38,720 Amount needed: $42,797 -4,077

PARTICIPATION AT MASS Solemnity of St. Anne - JULY 26

189 in person | <>> views Source: YouTube

Stewardship

DIOCESAN ANNUAL APPEAL The parish concluded the 2019-20 An-nual Appeal at $11,312 under its target of $104,785. Participation in the Ap-peal increased slightly from the previous year. In 2019-20, 246 parishioners contributed, or 22 percent of all parish-ioners, which was up from 239 contrib-uting parishioners in 2018-19.

THANKS TO THOSE PARISHIONERS WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THE APPEAL!

Amen

Eucharistic Prayer: Mass of the Angels and Saints Steven Janco Holy, Holy

Mystery of Faith

Lamb of God

MONDAY 3 AUG / Jer 28:1-17/Mt 14:22-36

TUESDAY 4 AUG / Jer 30:1-2,12-15,18-22/Mt 14:22-36

7 AM Mass +Jeanette & Ed Stenzel 11 AM - Funeral Mass +Melissa Lewandoski

WEDNESDAY 5 AUG / Jer 31:1-7/Mt 15:21-28

7 AM Mass +Jim Dickinson

THURSDAY 6 AUG / Dn 7:9-10,13-14/2 Pt 1:16-19/Mt 17:1-9

7 AM Mass +Jim Kornowski

FRIDAY 7 AUG / Na 2:1,3;3:1-3,6-7/Mt 16:24-28

7 AM Mass +Maynard Hollis 2 PM - Wedding (Wirkus-Newman)

SATURDAY 8 AUG / Hb 1:12-24/Mt 17:14-20

9 AM - Reconciliation

19th SUNDAY IN ORDINAY TIME 8/9 AUGUST 1 Kgs 19:9a,11-13a/Rom 9:1-5/Mt 14:22-33

4 PM Saturday - People of St. Anne Parish

9:30 AM Sunday +John Stoltman Links to the readings listed above can be found on the main page of the St. Anne web site: stanneswausau.org.

It’s easy to make an on-line contribu-tion to St. Anne Parish - whether it’s a one-time gift or an ongoing contribution. Click on “Supporting St. Anne” at stanneswausau.org.

Transitions

“Lead Me, Guide Me” Doris M. Akers

FIRST COMMUNION & CONFIRMATION: Last Saturday after-noon Lily Berg was welcomed to the Lord’s table for the first time to receive the Body of Christ.

The sacrament of Confirmation also was celebrated with Lily Zeimetz, Sam Zeimetz and Max Reinardy being sealed in the Spirit.

On Sunday morning, Rory Stankowski and Jesse Luczaj celebrated First Com-munion, and Will Matteson celebrated Confirmation. Will is pictured with his sponsor, ____________ ___.

“Taste and See” Psalm 34, James E. Moore Jr.

Music reprinted under ONE LICENSE #A-729229. 

A Prayer for Comm-union We give thanks to you God for your divine life within us. Fill our hearts with gratitude for the sacramental presence of your son, Jesus Christ. Increase in us faith, hope and love so that we can be His presence in the world. We make this prayer through Christ, with whom we are united wheth-er together or apart, He who is Lord, forever and ever. Amen.

American. ... Despite all of this, despite the Civil Rights movement of the 60s, and the socio-educational gains of the 70s — blacks in the 80s are still strug-gling, still ‘scratching and clawing’ as the old-folks say, still trying to find home in the homeland and home in the Church. Still struggling to gain access to equal opportunity.” Sister Thea was just getting warmed up. She was preaching to a room of preach-ers with a fervor few, if any of them, could ever hope to muster. “Today we’re called to walk together in a new way toward that Land of Promise and to celebrate who we are whose we aren’t,” she said in anticipat-

ing her conclusion. “If we, as Church, walk together, don’t let nobody separate you — that’s one thing black folk can teach you, don’t let folks divide you up

— The Church teaches us that the Church is a family of families and the family got to stay together and we know that if we do stay together ... if we walk and talk and work and play and stand together in Jesus’ name, we’ll be who we say we are — truly Catholic and we shall over-come. Overcome the poverty, over-come the loneliness,

overcome the alienation and build a Holy City, a new Jerusalem, a city set apart where they’ll know that we are here because we love one another.” Then she did something re-markable. She told those bishops to

stand up — actually she asked, but it was really a command. They stood up, crossed their right hands over their left, joining the hand of the bishops on ei-ther side. Sister Thea reminded them that this was a posture used in protests so that when the bullets, tear gas, dogs, horses or tanks came “brothers and sis-ters would not be separated from one another.” The clergy, the bishops, she said, would be “right up front to lead the people in solidarity with our broth-ers and sisters who suffer ... all over the world.” And, with their arms crossed and hands held, the bishops swayed and sang with this bold, sick, determined, courageous woman:

We shall overcome. We shall overcome someday. ...

We shall live in love. We shall live in love today.

Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe We shall live in love.

“That’s all we got to do — love the Lord and love our neighbors —today!” TL

Reflecting on Today’s Readings Through the prophet Isaiah, the Lord calls to all who hun-ger and thirst to come to him and be satisfied. How does your parish community reach out to those who hunger and thirst, either physically or spirit-ually? In the letter to the Romans, St. Paul boldly proclaims that nothing can separate us from the love of God. Is there an individual in your life who is in need of this message? How might you express it to this person? Many times in the gospels we hear of Jesus going off to a “deserted place by himself” in order to pray. Where do you find solace and quiet to pray? Jesus’ miracles show us what life is like in the kingdom of God. From today’s mira-

cle of feeding the five thousand from five loves and two fish, what message do you receive about the kingdom. - from Living Liturgy 2020, Brian Schmisek, Katy Beedle Rice, Diana Macalintal, Liturgical Press, Collegeville, Minn., www.litpress.org.