seventeenth Sunday in ordinary time

Worship Schedule

Saturday July 29-St. Martha 4pm SG + Anthony Nenahlo, Jr. Sunday July 30-Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 8am HT + Robert Vogel 10amSG + Roman & Gerald Schleh 7pm HT + Virginette Bonde Tuesday August 1-St. Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop

8:15am HT + Bernice Scharenbroch Pray the Rosary 6pm at SG Wednesday August 2-Sts. Eusebius of Vercelli & Peter Julian

8:15am HT + Ed Konopka Thursday August 3-Weekday

8:15am SG + All Deceased Salvatorians Friday August 4-St. John Vianney, Priest 8:15am SG + Robert Staszak SG Holy Hour after Mass Saturday August 5-Weekday 4pm SG + Robert Shea Sunday August 6-The Transfiguration of The Lord

8am HT + Arthur Stahl 10am SG + Dennis Donovan 7pm HT + Intentions of Holy Trinity & St. Gregory Parishioners

Liturgical Ministers August 5 & 6

Greeters SG 4pm: S-Mark & Lori Schwoerer, N-Dianne Schuh/Darla Krueger M-Ed & Mary Olig HT 8am: Randy & Sandy Neils

SG10am: S-Agnes Neumeyer, N-Alice Petermann M-Arlene Schleh Lectors SG 4pm: Pat Milligan

HT 8am: Jane Linzmeier SG10am: Mary Seichter

Extra Ordinary Ministers of the Eucharist SG 4pm: Mary Olig, Gene Riesterer HT 8am: Larry Steffen, Sharon Mueller, Ruth Kleczewski, Volunteer

SG10am: Mary Ann Ristow, Fred Reindl

Ushers SG 4pm: Roy & Sharon Schuler, Mark Kenneke, Jim Bonde HT 8am: Gary Linzmeier, Dennis & Lois Albright SG10am: Kieth Biese, Joe Litz, Max Christel, Lyle Schwoerer

Servers SG 4pm: Josephine & Emma Olig HT 8am: Thomas Vogel, Mason Mueller SG10am: Kayla & Alayna Peterson

Scrip: 4pm: Helen Gosse 8am: Nancy Vogel 10am: Mary Seichter

Cleaning: Dale Schuler, Donna Dessellier, Lyle & Luann Schwoerer

St. Gregory Stewardship: July 22 & 23, 2017 Weekly Per Family Envelopes $ 1,642.00 $ 7.64 Loose $ 154.50 $ .72 Total $ 1,796.50 $ 8.36 Support Budget/Week: $ 3,558.00 $16.55 Difference this Week: $(1,761.50) $ (8.19)

Total July Green Sunday: $ 157.00

MCP Collection: $684.85

Parish News

It is time to get ready for St. Gregory Fall Festival Raffle. Anyone who wishes to contribute money or items for the official raffle ticket listings should call Dale & Lisa Patek at 920-323-9834. We need to prepare the list of prizes by August 1st so we can print the raffle tick-ets in time for all of us to sell. Although the donated item is not needed on August 1st, they can be dropped off at the Parish Office or call the Pateks for pick up. This is a major parish fundraiser and any help from you is greatly appreciated. Thank you.

St. Gregory VBS invites you to help us with our mission – In Cour-age – supporting victims of domestic abuse and as-sault. We will be collecting non-perishable food, like cof-fee, canned meats and fruit, and dry goods like hamburger helper and sugar. They are also in need of funds. For a

complete list of needs, refer to the collection boxes set up at the ta-bles in St. Gregory Church, now through July 31. Thank you and Blessed be those who see God in need * Matthew 25: 34-40

Holy Trinity/St. Gregory RE Program-The religious education pro-gram is looking for a 9th grade teacher. Classes are held on Sunday mornings from 8am—11am. Please contact Jessica (920) 645-1001 if interested Free Holy Trinity has a large tube TV and VCR/DVD player free for the hauling. We are thankful for a generous donation of a smaller flat screen updated TV used for sacramental prep. If interested please call the office.

We cannot thank all of you enough for your loving kindness, words, thoughts, prayers, Masses, cards and love shown to our family during the death of my husband, Del Ristow is so deeply appreciated. Thank you, Mary Ann Ristow.

We need you to share your God given talents at St. Gregory Par-ish. We will be working on the September/October schedule and this would be a great time to start. All ministries need volunteers, such as Greeters, Eucharistic Ministers, Servers, Ushers, and Lectors. Also needed are scrip sellers, church cleaners, church committees, and our fundraiser committees. Thank you to those who volunteer al-ready. We need the rest of you to make our parish vibrant. Please call Meg and let her know where you can help out. Thank you -

The St. Gregory Caring Hearts & Hands Group will be meeting on Saturday, August 12th at 8am in the School Cafeteria. We will be thinking back to school! Contact Carmen @ 758-3790 or car-men.pankratz6@ gmail.com.

Catholic Millennial Women – You Are Invited! To a special Discern-ment retreat “Make Your Home in Me”. Whether you’re a college stu-dent or young professional discerning a calling, a career, a vocation, we invite you to join others in learning more about living a Franciscan Charism as a Consecrated Woman. August 18-20 at Holy Family Convent in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Visit https://fscc-calledtobe.org or contact Sr. Julie Ann at 920-323-9632. Holy Trinity is very close to completing our Bishops Appeal, thank you for giving. There is a yellow envelope dated Aug 6 for the Bishop’s Appeal in your weekly stewardship box of envelopes. Please give what you can to help us make this year’s goal of $14,580.00.

Holy Trinity Stewardship for July 23, 2017 Weekly Fiscal Year Budget

Envelopes $1,373.00 $88.100.00 Loose $ 237.75 $12,300.00 Total $ 1,610.75 $100,400.00 Support Budget/Week: $ 1,930.00 $7,945.56 received for year Difference This Week $ -319.25 $92,454.44 needed by 6/30/18

July Green Sunday as of 7-27-17 $265.00 Missionary Cooperation Plan = $525.00

HT Christian Women Calendar Winners are….

July 16 - $30 Betty Bonde, New Holstein

July 17 - $20 Jackie Platz, Kiel July 18 - $20 Tyler Hansen, Cleveland July 19 - $20 Vicki Kessler, New Holstein July 20 - $20 Bob Schneider, Newton July 21 - $20 Rita Frozena, Manitowoc July 22 - $20 Ava Linzmeier, Valders

Weekend of july 29 & 30, 2017

Pray for the Sick: John E. Meyer, Francis Scharenbroch,

Delores Schad, Simon Scharenbroch, John Casper, Karen Broeckert, Jon Saunders, Mary Mueller, Jeanette Schaller, Orville Bonde, Leon Mueller, Kay Binversie, Rosemary Schneider, Matt Kirklewski, Dennis Brost, and Jim Endries

To add or remove a name from this listing, a family member should call your

Parish Office-SG: 773-2511 or HT: 773-2380 Thank you.

Holy Trinity:

Virginette Bonde

St. Gregory:

Eric Durkee __________________________________ St. Gregory School

From July 30th thru August 5th the Sanctuary Candle(s) are burning

in memory/honor of:

ST. GREGORY SCRIP Scrip is sold in the parish office: M-F 7:30 -12:00 & 12:30 - 4:00

Scrip is also sold after all Masses

Scrip sales ending July 23: $5,732.75 3% (average) profit to the parish:$171.98

Scrip Coordinators:

Debbie Griem 773-2708 Marlene Zutz 775-4253

Please Note: We are currently out of Walgreens scrip

due to a problem with our supplier; Great Lakes Scrip Center.

We hope to have the problem resolved soon.

The following parish family members are serving

our nation in the Armed Forces: Jesse Augustine, Kurt Binversie, Joshua Kleinhans,

Jake Baumann, Michael Reindl, Anton Simon, Kelli Mangan, Daniel DeRose Broeckert, Dustin Koenig,

Matthew Koenig, Samuel Koenig, Greg Mueller, Brandon Mueller and Adam Satori.

We pray to the Lord that He watches over them and keeps them safe.

If there are any more names, please call the parish offices.

Sold in office: M, T, Th., F 9:00 –Noon & 1:00-4:00

Also sold after 8am Mass on Sunday

Sales ending July 23 = $1,910.00 Profit ending July 23 = $73.95

Remember we have gift certificates for any scrip ! Thank you to everyone participating in the scrip program.

Betty Hardy & Sandy Neils HT Scrip Coordinators~920-565-4588

HOLY TRINITY SCRIP PROGRAM

SCHOOL NEWS

Enroll Today! St. Gregory enrollment is open for the 2017-2018 school year. Have your child grow and develop in a faith-based, car-ing environment, where academics are challenging and students suc-ceed. For more information call 773-2530

Learn more about SGS by visiting us at www.stgregorycatholicschool.org or

find us on Facebook at St. Gregory Catholic School.

Lakeshore Memory Café

Join us for a Hawaiian Luau where we will play Aloha Bingo and share in some tastes of Hawaii. We’ll gather Wednesday, August 2, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the Manitowoc Public Library’s Balkansky Room (707 Quay St). There is no charge and all are welcome. Call Kim at 920.683.4180 for more information or if you are interested in volunteering.

EVERY

SUNDAY NIGHT

Holy Trinity has a 7:00 pm

AIR-CONDITIONED Mass.

St. Gregory Catholic Church

Parish Secretary/Bookkeeper Wanted; someone with knowledge of Data Bases, MS Publisher, MS Office, MS Excel and other secretarial skills. Applicant must be able to handle daily office affairs and record keeping, with some money handling. Ideal candidate must have good people skills and able to keep organized records for payroll, bill pay, Mass intentions, parish records, etc… Bookkeeping duties require multitasking; pre-paring Parish Annual Report, various diocesan reports, assist the pastor and attend the monthly Finance Council meetings. Prepare the weekly parish bulletin along with Holy Trinity’s secretary. This person will be mentored by our current secretary, Meg Post, and have her as a help line resource. Contact : Fr. Patrick Nelson, SDS – Pastor 414-581-2397 John Blattner, Finance Chair 920-254-7762 Meg Post, Parish Secretary 920-773-2511

Dates to Remember

Aug 1 Free public concert at Holy Resurrection Monastery Aug. 2 HT Holy Hour 5:30 pm Aug 4 SG Holy Hour after Mass Aug 6 School Hill Athletic Club Fan Appreciation Day. Brat fry and Wally-Burgers at 11 am. Auction at 1 pm. If interested in do-nating items for the auction call Glenn at 920-286-3368 or 920-894-3932. Aug. 8 Holy Trinity Finance Council meeting at 6 pm, Parish Council at 7 pm. New council members should attend. Aug 12 St. Mary/St. Michael Community Fest 9am –10pm-fun day for all, raffle, games, food, refreshments & entertainment Aug 15 Holy Day of Obligation: The Assumption of The Blessed Virgin Mary 8:15am Mass @ SG, 7pm Mass @ HT Aug 18 & 19 Gospel Music Fest, Hilbert. For more information see brochure on back table Aug 22 SG Finance Council mtg 6pm & Parish Council mtg 7:30pm Aug 24 SG bus tour to Champion, bus leaves promptly 7:30am Aug 26 & 27 Second Collection: Green Sunday

ST. GREGORY PARISH OUTREACH INFORMATION

Prayer Line; Lucille Heinzen at 773-2317 Nursing Home/Assisted Living; Carmen Pankratz 758-3790 SG Caring Hearts & Hands; Carmen Pankratz 758-3790 Food Pantry; Faye Riesterer at 773-2422

ST. GREGORY & HOLY TRINITY PARISHIONERS- Would you like to receive Communion at home?

St. Gregory parishioners please contact: Mary Olig 775-4756, Gene Riesterer 773-2585, Pat Milligan 775-4899, or the parish office 773-2511. Holy Trinity parishioners please contact Dennis and Karen Graf

at 693-8700 or the parish office 920-773-2380.

Mass Readings for Week of July 31st thru Aug 6

Readings Gospel Mon. July 31 Exodus 32:15-24, 30-34 Matthew 13:31-35

Tues. Aug 1 Exodus 33:7-11,34:5b-9,28 Matthew 13:36-43

Wed. Aug 2 Exodus 34:29-35 Matthew 13:44-46

Thur. Aug 3 Exodus 40:16-21, 34-38 Matthew 13:47-53

Fri. Aug 4 Lev. 23:1,4-11,15-16,27,34b-37 Matthew 13:54-58

Sat. Aug 5 Lev. 25:1, 8-17 Matthew 14:1-12

Sun. Aug 6 Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 Matthew 17:1-9

2 Peter 1:16-19

Hear To Serve

DRAGNET

Do you remember the show, Dragnet? “Ladies and gentlemen the show you are about to see is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.” I

used to love to watch this show when I was a kid. To see Sgt. Joe Friday and his partner Bill Gannon methodically track down criminals and catch them at their own bad deeds. Then to see that justice was delivered to the bad guys at the end of the show, “On July 10th trial was held in the Supe-rior Court in the City of Los Angeles, State of California. In a moment the results of that trial.” It was a great show.

Well, in today’s Gospel, Jesus tells us that He is going to cast out the dragnet to round up the innocent and guilty at the end of age and to pronounce judgment on the guilty. Except, at this time, Jesus is going to be the judge and His angels are going to be Joe Friday and Bill Gannon.

What will be found out about our lives at the end? Will we be like the people St Paul talks about in the second reading today? Will we have answered God’s call according to His purpose, or have we filled our lives with our own agendas?

If you have watched Dragnet, you remember that Sgt. Friday was always looking for, “just the facts, ma’am.” The amazing thing is that one fact always remained true. All the criminals convicted were always putting their agendas first. They always put their needs and wants before others. God’s purpose never entered into their hearts and minds.

As we go through life, I would like to believe we all are working towards the end result of the Kingdom of Heaven. However, as I look around the world today, I see so many people that are not Christ-centered whatsoever. They are me-centered, with no thoughts of Christ at all.

We have to remember that as we seek out the Kingdom of Heaven, we have to seek out more than what our human gratification can give us. It is not always about our own agendas. We have to empty our-selves for others just like Christ did. We must center our lives on Christ’s teachings, crucifixion, and resurrection.

One way to help ourselves to become Christ-centered is to take a little time at the end of each day to examine our conscience to see what we have done for others. We have to see the good that we have done, and the not so good.

Find some quiet time and space for reflection.

Become aware of God’s presence in your life.

Pray to the Holy Spirit for guidance.

Read through your list of what you have done today. Be honest, re-flect on the items.

You may find things on your list you need to seek forgiveness for in the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

Forgive yourself, and forgive others.

Look forward to tomorrow. What will the facts be when we stand before Jesus in His court-

room? Will there be wailing and grinding of teeth? Or will we be found to have been Christ-centered and our names will be changed to protect the innocent? What truth will the facts reveal?

On some day in the future, in the Superior Court of Jesus Christ, in the Kingdom of Heaven, trial was held for Gary Wilhelm to see if he lived a Christ-centered life. In a moment the results of that trial….

Deo gratias, Deacon Gary

2017 BISHOP’S APPEAL

To Date: Goal:

St. Gregory: $17,335.25 $20,140.00 Holy Trinity: $13,403.50 $14,580.00

Thank you to everyone who already donated to this year’s

Bishop’s Appeal. We are getting close, but have not quite

reached our goal. For those of you who have not yet made a

donation, please consider helping us reach our goal. Extra

pledge cards and blue envelopes are available in the back of

church or you can drop your donation in the collection basket

or the parish office. May God continue to bless all of you for

your generous support.

Knights of Columbus Meeting Dates

August 17

September 21