Holy Day of Obligation: All Saint’s Day Mass times here at Christ the King are: Vigil Mass on October 31, 2019 @ 6:30 pm and on Nov. 1st, 2019 @ 12:10 p.m. Ministry participants are needed and sign up sheet has been placed on back table. Your help is greatly appreciated. Mass times @ St. John the Baptist in Mfld are: Vigil Mass on Oct. 31, 2019 @ 6 pm and on Nov. 1st, 2019 @ 6:30 am * 8 am (School Mass) * 8 am @ Columbus School Mass at Our Lady of Peace in Mfld. * 5:30 pm
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For the month of October 2019, Pope Francis has called an “Extraordinary Mission Month,” asking the whole Church to revive her missionary awareness and commitment. This month is commemorating the centenary of the Apostolic Letter Maximum Illud of Pope Benedict XV (30 November 1919). Heavenly Father, when your only begotten Son Jesus Christ rose from the dead, he commissioned his followers to “go and make disciples of all nations” and you remind us that through our Baptism we are made sharers in the mission of the Church... Read More... White Mass: the Mfld. Guild Catholic Medical Association is hosting a White Mass honoring the Feast of St. Luke, Patron of Physicians. The Mass will take place in the Mfld. Medical Center Chapel on Friday-Oct. 18th at 12:15 pm and will be celebrated by our chaplain, Fr. Refern. We invite all physicians, nurses, PA’s, pharmacists, dentists, and others to join us in praying for all those working in health care. FROM THE ASSOCIATE PASTOR’S DESK What motivates us to do the things we do? We go onto school so we can earn a living. We get advanced degree’s so we can earn more money. We work hard to make a good check, support our families, drive the car we want and buy the house we want. We all have varying motives for the things we do. When I was growing up, we did things to help out one another. There weren’t motives behind it. We did it because we knew it was the right thing to do. We helped out around the house, we helped the neighbor because we saw a need, we helped friends because they were just that, friends. We didn’t expect to be paid, sometimes we didn’t even expect a thank you. There wasn’t a status quo pertaining to who we helped. In our Gospel passage from Luke this week, Jesus turns the table on his disciples when he narrates a story to them about the master and his servants. He turns those listening into the servant, and not the master. Making them realize that to be served comes at all levels. Do we live this out in our own lives? Do we know who we are in the kingdom of God? Do we know what is expected of us by God? Do we do things out of love or for some other reason? Is it driven by faith? Faith in a God who adores his creation. A God who created out of love. A God who continues to show his love for us each and every day. Do we truly have that faith, and does that faith allow us to see beyond ourselves? St. Justin Martyr wrote in the year 160 AD, “If men by their works show themselves worthy of His design, they are deemed worthy of reigning in company with Him, being delivered from corruption and suffering. This is what we have received [from the Apostles]....Those who choose what is pleasing to Him are, on account of their choice, deemed worthy of incorruption and of fellowship with Him.” Through each of our baptisms, God commissioned us to be his disciples, to go out and spread his word, healing, casting out demons and preaching his word. Our faith leads us to do more and be more. With that faith our world turns into a different place. It becomes a place where we don’t go without because a need in our community, a need in our state, a need in the world, is seen and addressed. Not because it benefits the person doing the act, but rather because it benefits someone other than them; an individual, a family, a community, a world. Ultimately, we use our time and talents to improve this impoverished world we live in. To make it a better place, one person by one person. Our faith directs us to lending that helping hand. To be active in groups that help those in need. Maybe our faith is calling us to start a group, to get active, to begin doing something no one else has done before! In the words of Saint Mother Teresa, “We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things with great love.” Our faith leads us in many different directions, where is your faith leading you? Where is God calling you to go? Maybe it is to be more active in the parish? Maybe to deepen your faith through a bible study or mens / womens group? For me it was to sell all my possessions and enter the seminary with that ultimate goal of becoming a priest. Now I’m not saying that is your call, but God is calling each of us to serve, are we listening? May God open our hearts and ears to where he wills us to be, and may he bless you abundantly in that process. Fr. Barry An invitation is extended to the parishioners here at Christ the King to “Welcome” our pastor, Fr. Jim and introducing yourself on October 12th after the 4 p.m. Mass, in the dining hall of church.
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In an apostolic letter released September 30, Pope Francis has declared that the 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time will be devoted to the celebration and study of the Word of God. (September 30 is the feast day of St. Jerome, who is known especially for his translation of Scriptures into Latin.) The document is called Aperuit illis, from its opening words, taken from St. Luke’s Gospel, where the Evangelist describes how the Risen Jesus appeared to His disciples, and how “He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.” Recalling the importance given by the Second Vatican Council to rediscovering Sacred Scripture for the life of the Church, Pope Francis says he wrote this Apostolic Letter in response to requests from the faithful around the world to celebrate a Sunday of the Word of God. Read More... Formation Classes for Living in Your Daily Life : beginning on Monday - Oct. 21 @ 10 am * bi-monthly 1st and 3rd Mondays * Classes include teachings by Sister Mary Veronica, question and answer, community sharing, and Prayer. The Differences between Men and Women: beginning on Tuesday-Oct. 22, from 7-8pm * bi-monthly on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays.UnderstandingandLivingtheTeachingsoftheCatechismoftheCatholicChurch:beginningon Tuesday-Nov.5from 7 -8 pm * bi-monthly on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays. All are welcome and all sessions are free. Questions? Please call 715-451-2395 Where: 118065 Kraus St., Mfld. Directions from Mfld.: Go north on Hwy 97 toward Stratford. After County Road T, take the next right onto Kraus St. It is the first house on the corner with a blue roof and white siding. EVANGELIZATION - DAVID ALCOTT Ready for a change? Join a Small Group! Small groups provide supportive and encouraging communities that can help make faith grow. There are no teachers in small groups. Trained parishioners facilitate conversations. The groups will: discuss life and faith, reflect on God’s Word together, apply Bible passages to daily life, seek God together, and Pray together. Small groups meet for 6 weeks, beginning the week of September 29th, 2019. Listed below is a short bio of our new small group leaders. Interested? Please contact the Small Group leader directly to sign up — space is limited! Jina Wolf lives in Spencer with her four children. She enjoys traveling, music, and getting together with family and friends. Her small group for women will be at 6pm on Wednesday nights at her home. Please email Jina at [email protected] to sign up for this group. Matthew Wolf lives in Marshfield with his wife Betsy and their three daughters Trinity, Gemma, and Miriam. Matt works in the family business, Wolfcraft Furniture. When not spending time with his family, Matt enjoys playing and watching sports, hunting, fishing, video games, and brewing beer. Tim Jicinsky is a lab technician at Prevention Genetics. He and his wife Rose have a blended family of 7 children. He enjoys spending time outdoors camping, hiking and hunting. Matt and Tim will co-lead a men's group Sunday nights at Wolfcraft, M407 Mann St. Marshfield. Call or text Matt at (715) 897-3496. Call or text Tim at (715)741-7630. Dale Garfield has been married for 46 years. He has four adult children and 10 grandchildren. He is retired but is now working part-time because (as his wife would say), "He likes to yak." He enjoys listening to anyone of any background tell their story of life or experiences. He will lead a men's group in his home on Mondays 6:30 - 8:00pm. Call or text Dale at (715)383-2262. Mary Purkapile enjoys tending her square foot vegetable gardens, and is a cancer survivor. She is also a parish musician. If you are living with a chronic illness, she would love to journey with you! Her women's group will meet Sundays at 6pm for 8 weeks beginning September 29 with a potluck. Call or text (715)897-3250 or email [email protected] to register. Lori Greenwald enjoys gardening, canning pickles and jam, knitting, crocheting, & embroidery. Her women’s small group will meet for 7 weeks on Mondays 9:10-10:40am starting Monday, September 30th-November 11th at the Marshfield Public Library upstairs in the Mork Study Room. (Limit of 7) Contact Lori at (715)387–0244 (answering machine) or at [email protected] . Bernie & Donna Knoeck enjoy cards, walking, biking, snowshoeing, and dancing together. Separately, Donna enjoys reading, puzzles, flowers, and gardening. Bernie enjoys any kind of project that involves woodworking or using his hands. They will lead a mixed group (men, women, or couples). They will tentatively be meeting Wednesday evenings from 6:30pm to 8pm. Please call Bernie and Donna at (715)-384-2479. REMINDER to Parishioners * 24 Hour Eucharistic Adoration for 2019 - First Friday – Oct. 4 thru Oct. 5 Starting at 9 am on Friday an ending at 9 am on Saturday) Note: There will be a prayer petition book placed out the week prior to our First Friday Eucharistic Adoration. Anyone wishing to have petitions offered during Adoration may enter their petition into the book and they will be prayed for. Attention: Church doors are locked @ 9 p.m. until 6 a.m. if you are coming to pray during this time please knock on door (under carport) 5 minutes before the start of each hour and you will be let in by person already inside of church. |
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Tuesday - Friday: 8:00 AM Saturday: 4:00 PM Sunday: 8:00 AM & 10:00 AM RECONCILIATION
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Monday - Thursday: 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM Friday: 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM Stay Connected with Our ParishWelcome from Our PastorWelcome to Christ the King Catholic Church! Ever since 1938 this parish has been assisting souls in their quest for deeper union with God. Our mission statement is essentially found in the stained glass window above the main altar: “For Christ our King.” Insofar as God made us and we belong to Him, we have come to... Read More
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