05/27/2026
QT: Summer Preview & "Magnificent Humanity"
Here is the link to this week's Quick Things email:
https://app.flocknote.com/note/37127866
Where better to offer a Summer Preview than from a school playground?
Well, a lake might be a better spot, but this will have to do.
https://youtu.be/q_mUHi2mpIQ
IN THIS TEN-MINUTE PRESENTATION Pope Leo offers an excellent overview of his encyclical on Artificial Intelligence.
AND HERE'S A LINK to resources from the U.S. Bishops, including a link to the full text of Magnifica Humanitas .
HERE ARE THE READINGS for the readings for this coming Sunday, the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. You can read them or listen to them.
GIVE US THIS DAY is an excellent resources for daily prayer, with helpful scripture texts, orders for morning and evening prayer, insightful intercessions and daily reflections. Free samples are available at Masses this weekend and with that - this month - you can subscribe at our parish discount rate. Take a copy, give it a try and send an email if you’d like to subscribe, send an email by June 30.
WHEREVER YOU GO THIS SUMMER there's a Catholic parish eager to welcome you for worship. To find churches and Lord's Day Mass times across the country, go to masstimes.org .
COFFEE FROM THE VILLAGE IN GUATEMALA
that our parishioners visited in February will be sold after all Masses May 30/31 at Eastside Parishes and June 6/7 at St. Anne. Ground and whole-bean coffee is available for $17 a pound. All proceeds go to the coffee growers. Click here to learn more. Parishioners also will share information about the upcoming Mission & Martyrs Pilgrimage to Guatemala Jan. 23-Feb. 1.
JOIN TEENS from throughout the country who are coming to Wausau July 12-18 to offer Christian service. It’s a week of service without the travel and expense. It’s for youth in middle school and high school. Click here to learn more.
THE 2026 GOLF OUTING for Our Three Wausau Parishes & Friends will be Friday, Aug. 7 at Pine Valley Golf Course. Save the date and watch for more information.
CALLING ALL CHILDREN AGES 4-10. Join us Aug. 3-7 at St Anne for a high energy week of games, crafts, Scripture and much more. We will learn how to make peace a way of life. Click here to find more information and to register.
THE SACRAMENT OF ANOINTING OFTHE SICK will be celebrated at Saturday and Sunday morning Masses on two weekends this summer: June 11/12 at St. Anne and June 18/19 at Eastside Parishes. Watch for more information explaining this sacrament and who might want to take advantage of this opportunity.
AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE A LIFE-SAVER: A blood drive will be held Friday, Aug. 21 at St. Anne. However, your blood donation is also needed now. Click here to learn more about how you could give today!
LEGACY OF LOVE: Bishop Battersby invites couples celebrating 10th, 20th, 30th, 40th, 50th, 60th, 70th or 80th wedding anniversaries to participate in “Legacy of Love: Celebrating Decades of Married Life,” which will include Mass, pictures with the bishop and a reception. Gatherings will be at 2 p.m. June 21 in Plover, 1 p.m. July 19 in Eau Claire and 1 p.m. Aug. 9 in La Crosse. Click here to register .
ANTICIPATING SUMMER: We are looking for a few people to help with tending to plants and flowers and other groundskeeping on our parish grounds. If you can spare a few hours over the weeks of summer, please send an email .
THE BUS IS FULL for our upcoming outing to watch the Milwaukee Brewers play the Cleveland Guardians on Thursday, June 18. Send an email to join the wait list .
THE OPERATION BABY BOTTLE campaign continues to support the Hope Life Center . Baby bottles for making contributions are in the church entrances. They will be gathered on Father’s Day, June 21. HOPE provides confidential help, compassionate care, and free services to those faced with an unplanned pregnancy, possible STD, or dealing with a past abortion.
WITH THE END OF THE EASTER SEASON we'll begin singing the Gloria and other acclamations from Mass of Joy and Peace by Tony Alonso. These songs are familiar to parishioners at Eastside Parishes, but will be new to St. Anne worshipers. Here's are links to Glory to God , Gospel Acclamation , Holy, Holy , Mystery of Faith , Amen and Lamb of God .
https://youtu.be/o2EAFv5FGxo
MEET KRISTINE LATO the liturgy/music director of our Three Wausau Parishes. Kristine talks with Fr. Tom about how she got into parish music ministry and how she approaches this important aspect of our Lord's Day worship.
REVIEWING OUR SEASON OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION
These young people of our parishes celebrated the sacrament of Confirmation with Bishop Battersby on Saturday. You can see individual photos of each person being confirmed on our parishes pages: Eastside Parishes , St. Anne .
We welcomed children to the Lord's Table for the first time.
W e began the season welcoming new believers in the waters of Baptism at our Easter Vigil celebrations.
https://youtu.be/b8px2xnQdjY
At our Easter Vigils we also welcomed five people into Full Communion with the Catholic Church, including Erik Johnsen and Lawson Emerson who talk with Fr. Tom about how they were part of a national trend of young men seeking to become Catholic.
And, we baptized a good number of babies!
THERE IS GOOD NEWS AND NOT-SO-GOOD NEWS REGARDING THE DIOCESAN ANNUAL APPEAL.
CLICK HERE to participate in this wonderful life-saving activity.
https://youtu.be/ncbhL52l3qU
Fr. Tom was recently interviewed by Jasmin Norton of Newman Catholic Schools. Here is that conversation and here is a link to the latest Newman Connection , which includes the article that came from this conversation.
AS WE KNOW FROM DRIVING AROUND TOWN it is orange-cone season and the streets around all of our parishes also will be decorated with street construction markers as we move into summer.
> Stark Street, the east-west street on the north side of the St. Michael campus, including the parking lot, will be undergoing reconstruction beginning June 9. The city has committed to keeping one of the two parking lot entrances open throughout the project for access to Newman-St. Michael Early Childhood Center and parish purposes. The parking lot between Stark and Dekalb Streets will be accessible from Dekalb, which offers another option.
> Work has already begun in the Resurrection neighborhood on the reconstruction of Grant Street from the intersection of First Street to Second Street. While the Second Street intersection will always be accessible on weekends, there may be limited access during the week.
> There is also road work on Bridge Street around St. Anne, but impact should be rather limited.
EastsideParishes .org
StAnnesWausau.org
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