What's Happening
at St. John's
Parish News
Love One Another
Capital Campaign

In January of 2020, our parish was part of the Pilot Phase of the combined Archdiocesan and Parish Capital Campaign: Love One Another. While we were off to a good start, we had to postpone our efforts because of the spread of COVID-19. In June of this year, Archbishop Listecki and his advisors asked that we reignite the Capital Campaign in our parishes. This week, or early next week, you will be receiving a letter in the mail stating the importance and value of the Love One Another Capital Campaign. All of us are being asked to prayerfully consider what we would be able to donate to this five-year campaign. Solicitation for the campaign will run from now until Thanksgiving. The following is a copy of the Capital Campaign letter:
 
 I am writing to let you know St. John the Evangelist Parish is relaunching its participation in the Love One Another Campaign.
 
The primary focus of the campaign at our parish will be on:

  • Building improvements
  • Property improvements
  • Deferred maintenance fund
  • Enhancement of evangelization
 
The remaining funds will be used in support of Archdiocesan efforts focusing on:

  • The poor and those in need
  • St. Francis de Sales Seminary
  • Catholic schools
  • Other important Catholic ministries
 
The campaign will eventually involve all parishes in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee with an overall goal of strengthening parishes and supporting programs and ministries in the Catholic Church in southeastern Wisconsin.
 
Parish volunteers will reach out to you and share more information about the Love One Another Campaign in the coming months. Until then, please pray for the success of the campaign. Together, we can do our part to strengthen the parish and vital ministries. God bless you!

Festival Begging Letter
 
Recently, we sent out a “begging” letter requesting funds to help replace the loss of revenue from not having the festival this year. So far, the response has been very positive and supportive of this difficult decision. On behalf of all parishioners, I offer a great “Thank You” for your generosity and support. To date, we have received $44,240.
24-Hour Perpetual Adoration

St. John’s is fortunate to have 24-hour Perpetual Adoration. Please take advantage of this beautiful opportunity to stay close to God in these difficult times. Hand sanitizer is available in the Adoration entrance (south side of Church), and we ask that you practice social distancing and stay at least six feet from others while in Church.
Fall Auction Items Needed

To help replace the revenue from the Festival Raffle Booth, we will be holding an online silent auction this fall.

We are looking for NEW items, things you would have donated for the Festival Raffle Booth.

Items like - electronics, jewelry, sports/outdoor equipment, household items, gift cards, sports memorabilia, spa items, new, unopened bottles of wine and liquor, etc., make for great single items or baskets.

You can drop off your NEW items at the Parish Office during regular office hours. Contact Diane Gaffke at 414-327-6780 if you have any questions.

Thank you for your support!
Silent Preached Retreat for Women

Ladies of the Parish: Mark your calendars and let God speak to you and revitalize your spirit, Friday, October 1 through Sunday, October 3 at the Redemptorist Retreat Center in Oconomowoc. This year’s theme is “Healing in a Wounded World.”
 
How do we return to those basic gospel values that bring us a sense of healing, not only to the world but to each one of us? This retreat is a great opportunity to encounter our need for Jesus.
 
The weekend starts around 7:00 p.m., with check-in between 6:00 and 6:30 p.m. on Friday. The retreat ends at noon on Sunday. Carpooling is available. For details and to sign up, please call Barb at (414) 448-7117. You may also register directly at the Redemptorist Retreat Center by calling (262) 567-6900 or on their website: www.redemptoristretreat.org. The cost is $230 per person. The center is located at 1800 N. Timber Trail Lane on the shores of Crooked Lake in Oconomowoc.
Coming Soon!
The Hidden King-
The Jewish Roots of St. Joseph 

What is your image of St. Joseph? A poor, humble carpenter, or the Hidden King of the Jews? An elderly widower, or a man in his prime, the chaste spouse of Mary? The mere legal guardian of the child Jesus, or the earthly shadow of the heavenly father?
 
Come and See! Dr. Brant Pitre will give answers to these questions and any more in this one-day Adult Faith Formation DVD program on Saturday, August 21, from 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. in the Hall. He will explain how Joseph was indeed the Hidden King of the Jews and why he was a threat to Kind Herod. You will learn why he accepted Mary’s Jewish Vow of Virginity and what his relationship was to the “Brothers” of Jesus. These answers, along with many, many very important facts that can be learned from the Bible, Ancient Jewish and Roman history, and the living Tradition of the Church, will be presented. Although Joseph is silent in the pages of the New Testament, when looked at through ancient Jewish eyes, he stands with Jesus and Mary at the very center of salvation history.
 
Join in this excellent and easy-to-understand presentation by Dr. Pitre. For more information, call or text Laura Lee at (414) 840-0261 or Austin at (414) 530-5770. Sign up in the Narthex. The cost for a Cousin's box lunch is $10 or bring your own. There is no charge to attend, but there will be a free-will collection.
Your donations are needed and will help us
continue to operate during these unsettling times.
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
July 31/August 1, 2021

“You cannot see the forest for the trees” is a widely known saying that can bring wisdom to our understanding of our journey. Often, our sight becomes limited to what is immediately before us. We lose touch with lessons and experiences from the past and promises and hope for the future. As human beings, we have the privilege of being able to choose things. What I like and don’t like, want and don’t want can be major preoccupations of our minds and hearts. Our preferences and desires begin to define us more than the simple fact of our being. Who we are matters more than what we are or what we have. If we don’t move beyond the external and superficial stuff to what really is of the essence, we risk becoming very unsettled, disorientated, angry, and unhappy. We fail to see the bigger picture of hope and promise that lies ahead and the Divine Presence that has sustained and carried us before.
 
We like it when the “now” time of our lives satisfies us. Even the people who witnessed Jesus feed the five thousand got confused and distracted. It felt good when thousands of people were able to eat. They wanted to know what they could do to get this to happen again! But Jesus quickly reminds them that this is not the point of this sign. As much as the now time of our lives is of concern, it is not what is ultimately important. We need to learn the difference between being and doing, drawing more strength from who we are and who God is rather than what is happening around us and the choices we can make. Jesus is the true bread that came down from heaven. Jesus is the very incarnate presence of God who sustains life and assures us that we will not perish. This is not easy to understand and feel. We have to practice being in the presence of ourselves, others, creation, and God. We are brought to a holy place when we encounter the sacredness of being. This is a real prayer.
 
Then, we learn to trust. It is when we cease trusting that we start to become afraid, uncertain, apprehensive, doubtful, and overly self-concerned. We even start to grumble. God has our back. That is the essential powerful message of the living bread come down from heaven. God, who is alpha is also omega, the beginning and the end, and has everything in between in his care as well. A woman once remarked that her most powerful God moment happened when she and her husband cuddled with their new baby for a time. Without exchanging words and using only the affection communicated through sight and touch, they rested in being with each other. This brought them to the sacred, where they realized that a greater Being was with them. It was real. They knew that they were part of something bigger, intimate, and profound. When we rest in the Living Source of life, we will find that our souls are no longer hungry or thirsty.
 
©LPi
School News
After School Care Helper Needed

The parish school is seeking help in the After School program. There are two positions available. The employees provide a safe, fun program for students each school day from 2:30 p.m. until approximately 6:00 p.m. (or until the last student goes home). The employees must be willing to supervise students outdoors as well as engage in indoor activities such as board games. The positions will begin when school starts on Tuesday, August 31. Applicants must be at least 18 years old, willing to submit to a criminal background check, and participate in Archdiocesan Safeguarding training. Please call the school principal, Ben Oberdorf, at 414-321-8540 or email him at boberdorf@sje.school if interested.
Live-streaming: Mass and Adoration
 
We are live-streaming daily and Sunday Masses as well as Adoration for those who are unable to attend:

Daily Masses are:
Monday thru Saturday 8:00 a.m.

Weekend Masses are:
Saturday at 4:30 p.m.
Sunday at 8:00 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.

Our YouTube channel is SJE-Greenfield.

If you miss the livestream, you can watch the upload of each Mass on our YouTube channel.
CDs from Augustine Institute

Did you know we have CDs (and other items) located in the narthex? Each week we will highlight one of the available CDs.

Cost is $4 each.
Mike Sweeney is a devout Catholic and sought-after speaker. He has been involved with Catholic Athletes for Christ, has appeared on EWTN's Life on the Rock, and has spoken at numerous Catholic venues. He appeared in five All-Star Games and was the Kansas City Royals player of the year three times. Starting with his account of an amazing play in which he stole home, Sweeney draws parallels to living one's faith well to the end.
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SCRIP will now be sold before and after all weekend Masses. As always, SCRIP is available at the parish office during regular business hours. We have materials available below if you would like to set up an online account.






You can also click here to view a how-to video from Scrip on how to open an account.

To protect the program from fraud, please contact the Parish or School offices for the enrollment code. Once you have an online account you can pay by direct debit from your checking account (Presto Pay), by credit card, or by check here in the parish office. If we do not have the item in stock, we will order on Monday and have the cards by Thursday. Once you have the physical card you can enroll it in your "wallet" and reload it as needed.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call the parish office at 414-321-1965.
This program allows .5% of your shopping on Amazon to be donated to St. John the Evangelist.

If you purchase Scrip, St. John's receives an additional 2.25%. That's 2.75% of your purchases to St. John's if you are already shopping Amazon.
The newsletter is published on Thursdays. Articles for each week's publication are due on Mondays at noon.

To submit articles e-mail to: newsletter@stjohns-grfd.org
"Remember God's Will in Yours!"

Please keep the needs of St. John the Evangelist in mind as you do your estate planning. For information on how to include the parish as a beneficiary, contact the Parish Office at 414-321-1965.
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