Bulletins
Sunday, August 30th, 2026
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
St. Mary, St. Patrick, St. Philip Parishes
Mailing address for all three parishes: PO Box 35, Seneca, WI. 54654
Website: https://www.catholicchurchesofncc.com
Confessions: Normally, 30 minutes before every Mass and by appointment.
Normal Monthly Eucharistic Adoration:
St. Patrick: First Friday after the 8:30 AM Mass
St. Philip: First Sunday after the 10:30 AM Mass
Mass Intentions This Week:
Sat. Aug. 29 7:00 PM St. Patrick + Special Intention of Fr. Tom (Fr. Tom)
Sun. Aug. 30 7:30 AM St. Patrick Living & Deceased Members of my Parishes
9:00 AM St. Mary + Royce Havlik (Family)
10:30 AM St. Philip Virginia Murphy (David & Donna Swanson)
Mon. Aug. 31 8:30 AM St. Patrick Blessings for Fr. Tom (Bishop Gerard)
Tue. Sept. 01 8:30 AM St. Philip + All Souls
Wed. Sept. 02 8:30 AM St. Patrick + Chad Houseknecht (Fr. Tom)
Thur. Sept. 03 8:30 AM St. Mary Special Intention of Fr. Tom (Fr. Tom)
Fri. Sept. 04 8:30 AM St. Patrick + All Souls
Sat. Sept. 05 7:00 PM St. Patrick Blessings for Fr. Tom (Sue Knutson)
23nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Sun. Sept. 06 7:30 AM St. Patrick + All Souls
9:00 AM St. Mary Living & Deceased Members of our Parishes
10:30 AM St. Philip + Deceased Members of the Voss Family (Kevin & Margie Gawenda)
Pastor: Fr. Tom Huff – Rectory 608-734-3252 email: frtomhuff@gmail.com
Bookkeeper, Bulletin, Mass Intentions, Membership: Kevin Murray 608-391-0434 or 608-734-3931 or
email: secretary@ncc.diolcparish.org
Bulletin Information Deadline: Mondays at 6:00 PM. Bulletin is posted on our website.
St. Philip Announcements:
Food Pantry Donations can be left in the basket in the rear of the Church.
St. Philip Candles: Contact Bonnie Murphy. The cost is $5 per candle.
The raffle tickets for the Annual St. Philip's Raffle are available at the back of the church beginning this weekend. There is an envelope for each parishioner with 10 books of raffle tickets for you to sell. The books are $5.00/each. If you need more tickets, please let us know. There is also a letter enclosed in each envelope with information about the upcoming Fall Festival which will be held on October 4, 2026. Please pick up your envelope as soon as possible and sell those tickets! If you are unable to pick up your envelope, please contact Peggy Schmitt, Bonnie Murphy, Amy Murphy, Donna Bell or another parishioner to pick up your tickets and letter of information and get it to you as quickly as possible. We cannot mail the raffle tickets to anyone. Thank you and let's make this a GREAT raffle and Fall Festival!
St. Mary Announcements:
Rosary – 30 minutes before Mass
First Sunday Potluck Brunch after Mass each first Sunday of the month. All are welcome, dish to share is appreciated, but not required. Next potluck is Sunday, September 6th.
Saint Mary’s is open 7:00am – 7:00pm daily. Please feel free to come and pray and light a candle if you would like.
Food Pantry Donations can be left in the basket in the rear of the Church.
St. Mary's is looking for Religious Education Teachers for the upcoming year. Classes meet on Wednesday evenings from 6:00 to 7:00. Classes start in mid-September and end by May. The religious education calendar follows the school calendar. Please contact Yvonne Hady at 485-2109 or email to hadyy@mwt.net as soon as possible if interested.
St. Mary's Service Group is looking for workers to help run the Apple Fest food stand at the fairgrounds on September 26th and 27th. There is a sign-up sheet in the back of church with more details. If you are not able to help with the stand but want to donate baked goods, please see the signup sheet. Our next meeting is on Tuesday September 8th at 6:00PM. Questions-call John Powell at 608-521-0322
St. Patrick Announcements:
St. Patrick’s Annual Fall Bazaar is scheduled for Sunday, September 13th, Smoked Pork Chop Dinner is served from 11- 2 pm that day with games and basket raffle. Raffle Tickets are available to sell in the back of church. Each family is asked to provide: • Five $.25 items for Parcel Post game – Wrapped and Marked Boy or Girl (please no chocolate items nor items for adults) • Bingo Prize ($5 cash works as well) • Two Pies or Large Dessert for the Dinner – Groups 2 & 3 • Cake for the Cake Walk – Group 1 Pies for auction throughout the day are also welcome~ Bachelors may donate $15 instead of providing items for the Dinner.
Thank you to all who participated in the 2nd annual bottle drive in May/June, supporting Door of Hope, Pregnancy Family Care Center in Viroqua. The overall drive made $12,015.91. St. Patrick's parishioners donated $1,297.90!!! The willingness of everyone to join in and support this effort has been astounding~ Thank you again!
Tri-Parish Announcements:
Are you looking for a way to get volunteer hours to use for confirmation or high school graduation? You’re in luck! Life Guardians are hosting the Applefest Pancake Breakfast Saturday September 26th and Sunday September 27th. St. Mary’s is hosting a taco and pie with ice cream stand at the fair grounds during Apple fest on the same days. The Gays Mills Lions Club is looking for help at the fairgrounds working at the gate and parking cars. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. Call Pat Dearth if you would like to volunteer a few hours at 608-279-2417.
For Mass Intentions, if donating by check, please make all checks payable to: St. Mary Stipend Fund. To avoid errors, please print clearly the intention, who the intention is by, and if a specific date for Mass is requested. Thank You!
Tri-Parish Adult Faith Study will be at St. Mary’s on Tuesday, September 1st at 7:00 PM.
The Weekly Bulletin is available on our parishes website, this is the link to the bulletin page, updated every Friday: https://www.catholicchurchesofncc.com/bulletins
Other Announcements:
Life Guardians are selling Apple Pies Again! Sign up sheets are in the back of all three Churches, or you may call Pat Dearth at 608-279-2417 to place an order. A 9” pie is $12.00
Richland Center Knights of Columbus is hosting a Father and Son Banquet. September 9th. Social @6:00. Dinner @6:30. Final Blessing @ 8:00. Adults $20.00. 10 & Under $15.00. Guest speaker Fr. Nate Kuhn, Pastor at St Mary's Richland Center. Call for tickets: Ed Pulvermacher 608-647-2450. Or Gary Peckham. 608-647-6578
The Next Life Guardian Meeting will be on September 13th at 6pm at the Father Baer Hall in Eastman (St. Wenceslaus Parish Hall).
Income from Last Week
St. Mary
Adults
409.00
Plate
132.00
Fall Fundraiser
200.00
Religious education
30.00
Assumption
10.00
Total
781.00
St. Philip
Adults
645.00
Plate
83.00
Raffle donations
200.00
Religious Education
20.00
Total
948.00
St. Patrick
Adults
671.00
Plate
244.50
Youth
1.00
Votive Candles
16.50
Total
933.00
Tri-Parish Prayer List – We want to pray for the sick and others in our parishes who need ongoing prayer. To be placed on or to place someone on our prayer list, please call: Sue Peterson 608-735-4865, Bonnie Murphy 608-386-4954, or Ica Boylen 608-734-3287.
Susan Monehen
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Karen McCoy
Jenna Friar
Maria Camacho
Bob Wharton
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Kiara Meier
Shirley Whitby
Shay Vought
Rick Boehm
Tom Gillette
Rita Helgerson
Jeff Croke
Joyce Fisher
Gary “Bucky” George
Marvin Hansen
Claudia Safley
Eve Trussoni
Rob Donohue
Larry Boehm
Todd Safley
John & Betty Lynch
Rhiana Morga
Joshua Ecklund
William Wright
Rob Tittle
Gene & Mary Murphy
Linda Cowan
Jerry Boehm
Phyllis Bell
Donnie Moran
Jess Zimple
Lea Whitby
Nicholas Currich
Alan Whitby
Jenna Peterson
Janet Black Yznaga
Jeanette Wallenhorst
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From the Priest’s Corner: Jesus and the Political World
Jeremiah the Prophet was most similar to Jesus in the sufferings he experienced in trying to get the Jewish People to reform their lives. He warned them that they would be punished if they didn’t abandon their sinful way of life. Many, however, only saw Jeremiah as a troublemaker, which is why he suffered abuse and punishment at the hands of those in charge.
The Gospel inevitably involves politics: words like ‘Good News, ‘Savior’, and even ‘Lord’ have political overtones that can’t be ignored. The Crucified and Risen Jesus confronts the secular world, influenced by evil forces, with the Gospel Message including the sovereignty of Christ the King. Saint Paul in the second reading does not tell us to separate ourselves from the world, but does tell us not to conform to its values which conflict with our faith.
The Roman Empire, along with many other governments since, strive to usurp the kingship of Christ the King. Jesus and His followers confront the evil of sin within the secular world with the message of truth and moral goodness. Such confrontation will sometime mean that we Christians will share in the unpopularity of Jeremiah, as we find ourselves at odds with the mainstream opinion.
Christians work for social and even political changes, arguing, pleading, exhorting and protesting in whatever way is appropriate, because we want to win souls for Jesus and place Him and His Cross where they belong, at the center of our social reality.
And the reality of the Cross marks the enmity between the truth of Jesus and the lies of Satan. That’s why for Christians, religion and politics cannot be separated. Such witness to Jesus and His teachings will at times involve openness to suffering. Any other vision of Christianity elicits the response from Christ: Get behind me, Satan!
DIVINE MERCY IN MY SOUL - St. Faustina writes that Jesus told her, I am offering people a vessel with which they are to keep coming for graces to the fountain of mercy. That vessel is the image with the signature: “Jesus, I trust in You.” …The graces of My mercy are drawn by means of one vessel only, and that is – trust. The more a soul trusts, the more it will receive. Souls that trust boundlessly are a great comfort to Me, because I pour all the treasures of My graces into them. – Diary, 327, 1578
The Pope is in his limousine and tells his chauffeur he's always wanted to drive, but never gets the chance. After some hesitation, the chauffeur agrees and lets the Pope take the wheel.
As the Pope is driving, he starts speeding—really pushing the limits—and soon enough, a police officer pulls him over. The officer takes one look at who's driving and immediately radios his supervisor.
