Anointing
Anointing is available upon request. Call the parish office 920-748-2325 and/or Fr Chuck if you or someone you know wishes to be anointed.
Fr. Chuck’s email is cwrobel@stcatofsiena.org. If it is an emergency, please call the After hours Sacramental phone number 920-260-8201 and someone will respond as soon as possible.
The Church recommends that Catholics receive Anointing of the Sick when in danger of death from illness or old age, or before a serious operation. In each of these situations, a person may feel afraid or anxious. Receiving the sacrament will give him the spiritual healing, increased faith, peace and strength needed to endure suffering. The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches that: “By the grace of the sacrament the sick person receives the strength and the gift of uniting himself/herself more closely to Christ’s Passion: in a certain way the person is consecrated to bear fruit by configuration to the Savior’s redemptive Passion” (1521). Just as the members of the Church are praying for the sick person, he/she is helping others through their suffering. “By celebrating the sacrament the Church, in the communion of saints, intercedes for the benefit of the sick person, and that person, for his/her part, through the grace of this Sacrament, contributes to the sanctification of the Church and to the good of all people for whom the Church suffers and offers herself, through Christ to God the Father” (Catechism,1522).
This sacrament was once called “last rites” because people waited until the last moment before death to call the priest to receive the rite. This is NOT recommended, but rather call the priest when it is evident that the sacrament is needed. The sacrament can be received more than once. For example, if the sick person’s health grows worse. If the person will not recover, Anointing of the Sick will prepare him to be with God.
We also have an anointing weekend in the fall where all those in attendance who wish to be anointed can receive the sacrament. Watch the bulletin for details
