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Pastor: Fr. Jim Murphy
104 Park St. PO Box 68 Montfort, WI 53569 jimmurphy@centurylink.net Evenings or emergencies at Highland Rectory 608-929-7490 Linked with Ss. Anthony and Philip - Highland 608-929-7490 |
Parish email: officestthomasmontfort@gmail.com Telephone: (608) 943-6944
Pat Jozefowicz - Permanent Deacon Diane Walker - Parish Pastoral Assistant 608-732-2909 Julie Hawes - Religious Education Coordinator 608-574-9960 jdhawes6@gmail.com |
WEEKEND MASS
St. Thomas the Apostle Church ~ Montfort
Saturday: 6:30pm ~ Sunday: 10:30am
(Ss. Anthony & Philip Church located at 726 Main Street, Highland
Saturday: 4:30pm ~ Sunday: 9:00am)
WEEKDAY MASS
St. Thomas the Apostle Church ~ Montfort
Daily Mass: Wednesday & Friday at 7:45amSs. Anthony & Philip Church ~ Highland
Daily Mass: Tuesday & Thursday at 7:30am
St. Thomas the Apostle Church ~ Montfort
Saturday: 6:30pm ~ Sunday: 10:30am
(Ss. Anthony & Philip Church located at 726 Main Street, Highland
Saturday: 4:30pm ~ Sunday: 9:00am)
WEEKDAY MASS
St. Thomas the Apostle Church ~ Montfort
Daily Mass: Wednesday & Friday at 7:45amSs. Anthony & Philip Church ~ Highland
Daily Mass: Tuesday & Thursday at 7:30am
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The following is information for our annual letter writing to congress regarding hunger. We will have information at church but also on our website for letters and emails from home. If you have time and interest, Bread for the World website is bread.org. find offering of letters. A sample letter will be provided next week.
Permanently Expand the Child Tax Credit to Reduce Child Hunger
This spring the US approved a one-year expansion of the Child Tax Credit (CTC), making the credit available to all low-income families with children. Expanding the CTC will do more to reduce hunger and poverty among our nation’s children than any single policy has in decades. Before the expansion, an estimated 27 million children under age 17 lived in families who did not earn enough to qualify for the full CTC for children because they did not have sufficient taxable income. These are families in which food insecurity and hunger are wide spread. Young children are more vulnerable than any other group to the damaging impacts of hunger even for short periods. At the same time, families with young children are more likely to face hunger than those with older children. This is why additional monthly resources are especially important for young children. Most children stand to benefit from CTC expansion, but children from groups that have disproportionately high hunger rates will benefit most. Poverty among Black children will be cut by an estimated 52 percent, among Latino children by 45 percent, among Native American children by 62 percent, among Asian American and Pacific Islander children by 37 percent, and among white children by 39 percent. CTC expansion may have the largest effect for families in rural areas, where child poverty rates are highest. The additional resources will go further in areas where wages and living costs such as housing are lower than in metropolitan areas. Providing the credit monthly, rather than in a lump sum when families file their taxes as is now the case, makes it more effective in preventing hunger. Frequently, low-income households run short of grocery money on a cyclical basis—for example, in the days before workers receive their next paycheck. Participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) helps reduce hunger but does not solve this problem, because SNAP benefits are low. According to USDA, most households have used their monthly allotment by the second to third week of the month. Monthly CTC payments will help ensure that families can put food on the table every day of the month. The additional resources to smooth out fluctuations in monthly incomes make it possible for families to be more independent and rely less on food banks and other charitable services, underscoring the dignity of providing food for one self. In 2019, the National Academies of Sciences used models to measure the impact of various policy reforms on poverty among children. A CTC expansion had a larger impact on reducing child poverty than any other policy or combination of policies studied. A CTC expansion not only contributes to better life prospects for the most vulnerable children in the country but also offers a good return on investment. In a way, the United States cannot afford not to reduce poverty among children, because every year, it costs the economy between $800 billion and $1.1 trillion. The costs come in lower productivity, higher healthcare costs, and the need to spend more on public safety, services for homeless people, incarceration, and care for survivors of child abuse. CTC expansion will have a significant impact. But we aren’t done yet. We must work to make the expansion permanent and available to all children, including those living in poverty and in immigrant families with IT IN numbers. Expanding the CTC would do more to reduce hunger and poverty among our nation’s children than any single policy has in decades.
Major components of the CTC expansion
*Increases the benefit from $2,000 per year to $3,600 for children up to age 6 and to $3,000 for children 6-17.
*Delivers monthly installments of $300 per month for each younger child and $250 per month for each older child.
*Equally available to all families starting at $0 income through middle-income status.
Permanently Expand the Child Tax Credit to Reduce Child Hunger
This spring the US approved a one-year expansion of the Child Tax Credit (CTC), making the credit available to all low-income families with children. Expanding the CTC will do more to reduce hunger and poverty among our nation’s children than any single policy has in decades. Before the expansion, an estimated 27 million children under age 17 lived in families who did not earn enough to qualify for the full CTC for children because they did not have sufficient taxable income. These are families in which food insecurity and hunger are wide spread. Young children are more vulnerable than any other group to the damaging impacts of hunger even for short periods. At the same time, families with young children are more likely to face hunger than those with older children. This is why additional monthly resources are especially important for young children. Most children stand to benefit from CTC expansion, but children from groups that have disproportionately high hunger rates will benefit most. Poverty among Black children will be cut by an estimated 52 percent, among Latino children by 45 percent, among Native American children by 62 percent, among Asian American and Pacific Islander children by 37 percent, and among white children by 39 percent. CTC expansion may have the largest effect for families in rural areas, where child poverty rates are highest. The additional resources will go further in areas where wages and living costs such as housing are lower than in metropolitan areas. Providing the credit monthly, rather than in a lump sum when families file their taxes as is now the case, makes it more effective in preventing hunger. Frequently, low-income households run short of grocery money on a cyclical basis—for example, in the days before workers receive their next paycheck. Participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) helps reduce hunger but does not solve this problem, because SNAP benefits are low. According to USDA, most households have used their monthly allotment by the second to third week of the month. Monthly CTC payments will help ensure that families can put food on the table every day of the month. The additional resources to smooth out fluctuations in monthly incomes make it possible for families to be more independent and rely less on food banks and other charitable services, underscoring the dignity of providing food for one self. In 2019, the National Academies of Sciences used models to measure the impact of various policy reforms on poverty among children. A CTC expansion had a larger impact on reducing child poverty than any other policy or combination of policies studied. A CTC expansion not only contributes to better life prospects for the most vulnerable children in the country but also offers a good return on investment. In a way, the United States cannot afford not to reduce poverty among children, because every year, it costs the economy between $800 billion and $1.1 trillion. The costs come in lower productivity, higher healthcare costs, and the need to spend more on public safety, services for homeless people, incarceration, and care for survivors of child abuse. CTC expansion will have a significant impact. But we aren’t done yet. We must work to make the expansion permanent and available to all children, including those living in poverty and in immigrant families with IT IN numbers. Expanding the CTC would do more to reduce hunger and poverty among our nation’s children than any single policy has in decades.
Major components of the CTC expansion
*Increases the benefit from $2,000 per year to $3,600 for children up to age 6 and to $3,000 for children 6-17.
*Delivers monthly installments of $300 per month for each younger child and $250 per month for each older child.
*Equally available to all families starting at $0 income through middle-income status.
Back row: Easton Halverson, Boston Holman, Mallory & Eben Heilmann, Graham Pierick. Front row: Hannah Nelson, Katie Bartolo-Rivera. Harley Bartolo-Garcia & Tate Lindner
Good Friday and Easter Mass sign-up
The Diocese has encouraged parishes to consider reservations for Palm Sunday weekend and Easter masses so adequate space is available to maintain social distancing. We continue to have a maximum of 50% capacity. Please sign up as soon as possible in order that we may accommodate any who are interested in joining us. Contact the parish office if you have trouble signing up or have any questions. Additional Masses may be added if there is a need. Good Friday Services are at 12:30pm Easter Sunday is at 7:30am
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The Diocese has encouraged parishes to consider reservations for Palm Sunday weekend and Easter masses so adequate space is available to maintain social distancing. We continue to have a maximum of 50% capacity. Please sign up as soon as possible in order that we may accommodate any who are interested in joining us. Contact the parish office if you have trouble signing up or have any questions. Additional Masses may be added if there is a need. Good Friday Services are at 12:30pm Easter Sunday is at 7:30am
thomasmontfort.flocknote.com/signup/45694
We are open for mass. Our numbers are well within seating capacity as required by the Diocese. We do encourage you to be cautious about your interaction with others. Please consider wisely participating at mass, especially for those in increased risk categories because of health condition or age, is a good decision for you.
We will continue to pray for each other for protection from COVID-19 virus.
Fr. Jim and the St Thomas Parish Council
Guidelines for the resumption of Masses
The Diocese of Madison has announced guidelines for the resumption of public masses September 27th. As with almost all changes in this period, it is an effort to balance safety with a return to public gathering.
We ask for your cooperation in the following for the safety of others.
According to Diocesan guidelines, the following are “encouraged to remain at home”:
1.Those at elevated risk due to health or age
2. All who have any symptoms of illness
3.All who have contact with a COVID-19 positive patient
Those attending will agree to the following Diocesan Guidelines:
1. Six foot physical distancing during, entering, leaving, seating and communion procession
2. Seating will be available only in every other pew
3. Masks are “required per State mandate” for use by everyone (Please bring your own mask.)
4. There will be no congregational singing
5. There will be no sign of peace
6. Envelopes and donations will be left in a basket in the back of church
If you choose and feel it is not an unreasonable health risk, you may receive communion. Please follow the Ushers directions in only one line per aisle.
Live Streaming Masses
Saturday, 4:30 pm Mass will be live streamed from Ss Anthony and Philip on Facebook: @ Ss Anthony and Philip Parish.
Sunday, 10:30 am Mass will be live streamed from St. Thomas on Facebook: @ St Thomas Parish Montfort.
Like our Facebook pages or click on the Facebook icon at the bottom left of this page to have access to the Mass and other announcements.
Letter from the Bishop (down load file to read)
go_make_disciples_evangelization_pastoral_letter_hying_200531.pdf
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We will continue to pray for each other for protection from COVID-19 virus.
Fr. Jim and the St Thomas Parish Council
Guidelines for the resumption of Masses
The Diocese of Madison has announced guidelines for the resumption of public masses September 27th. As with almost all changes in this period, it is an effort to balance safety with a return to public gathering.
We ask for your cooperation in the following for the safety of others.
According to Diocesan guidelines, the following are “encouraged to remain at home”:
1.Those at elevated risk due to health or age
2. All who have any symptoms of illness
3.All who have contact with a COVID-19 positive patient
Those attending will agree to the following Diocesan Guidelines:
1. Six foot physical distancing during, entering, leaving, seating and communion procession
2. Seating will be available only in every other pew
3. Masks are “required per State mandate” for use by everyone (Please bring your own mask.)
4. There will be no congregational singing
5. There will be no sign of peace
6. Envelopes and donations will be left in a basket in the back of church
If you choose and feel it is not an unreasonable health risk, you may receive communion. Please follow the Ushers directions in only one line per aisle.
Live Streaming Masses
Saturday, 4:30 pm Mass will be live streamed from Ss Anthony and Philip on Facebook: @ Ss Anthony and Philip Parish.
Sunday, 10:30 am Mass will be live streamed from St. Thomas on Facebook: @ St Thomas Parish Montfort.
Like our Facebook pages or click on the Facebook icon at the bottom left of this page to have access to the Mass and other announcements.
Letter from the Bishop (down load file to read)
go_make_disciples_evangelization_pastoral_letter_hying_200531.pdf
Download File
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