OUR MISSION STATEMENT: Growing In Faith Together (G.I.F.T.)

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1 OUR MISSION STATEMENT: Growing In Faith Together (G.I.F.T.) FROM THE PASTOR: The Year of Faith is something we will hear again and again over the next 14 months. It s a little more than a year, but how we observe it and enter into it may affect every year of our lives in the future. Besides the usual ways of celebrating and living our faith this year, we will have opportunities to know our faith more truly. The Catholicism Series by Fr. Robert Barron will be offered for our enrichment. This will help us answer some of the questions about our faith that surface in our day-to-day encounters. This series will start relatively soon. Later on in Lent, we will again have an Area Faith Community mini-retreat, or Mission. This is scheduled for March 16-19, Faith in Action is the key to a faith that gives us meaning and joy. There will be new opportunities for being involved in various meaningful ministries. The upcoming Ministry Fair, October 13 and 14, will be such an opportunity. Our recent Harvest Festival was a wonderful expression of faith in action on various levels. The final tally of fundraising results is coming out, probably next week. From preliminary examination, it looks like, in spite of great competition for people s time and presence, we think we have exceeded last year s good results. All this is good news and encouraging to those who worked so hard and gave of their resources. Another sign of a vibrant deep faith is a people who pray. My final encouragement and plea is that all of us become more faithful in prayer. Traditional forms of mass, rosary and adoration as well as other personal prayer forms that turn our hearts and minds toward God are very important. Prayer helps make sense of our often scattered and busy lives. It slows us down and helps us focus on the really important matters of our relationship with God and others. Blessings on you all, my friends. Father Phil Schotzko WEEKLY SCHEDULE September 30 October 7, th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sept AM Mass (+Ron Sellner) 11 AM Coffee & Rolls, Social Hall 7:00-8:30 pm LifeTeen Monday No Service 9 AM Bible Study, Family Room 6:30 PM Education Committee, Room 127 6:30 PM Baptism Class, Family Room Tuesday 8 AM Mass (+Bob Hill), Chapel Wednesday 8:15 AM School Prayer, Church 9:30 AM Mass (+John Bresnahan), Grandview 10:30 AM Mass (+Kathy Schaus), Benedictine LC 6:30 PM 7:30 PM Faith Formation Grs :30 8 PM EDGE, Social Hall 7 PM Choir, Band Room Thursday 10:45 AM School Mass (+Leander Lucas), Church 1 10 PM Eucharistic Adoration, Chapel 3:30 PM Confessions, Chapel Friday 8 AM 1 st Friday Mass (+Bob & +Nathan Bruns) Saturday Marathon of Service (School) 5 PM Mass (Parish Family)) 27 th Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 7 10 AM Mass (+Ralph Walter) 10 AM Faith Formation Preschool Gr AM Coffee & Rolls, Social Hall 7 8:30 PM LifeTeen, Social Hall DAILY READINGS Monday: Job 1:6-22/Luke 9:46-50 Tuesday: Job 3:1-3,11-17,20-23/Matthew 18:1-5,10 Wednesday: Job 9:1-12,14-16/Luke 9:57-62 Thursday: Job 19:21-27/Luke 10:1-12 (458) Friday: Job 38:1,12-21;40:3-5/Luke 10:13-16 Saturday: Job 42:1-3,5-6,12-17/Luke 10:17-24 Sunday: Genesis 2:18-24/Hebrews 2:9-11/Mark 10:2-16 Prayer Ministry Please pray for Grace Kaveney REMINDER: Please turn in any unsold sweepstakes and/or quilt tickets as soon as possible. We do have to account for all the tickets. Thank you. Evelyn Schaus

2 CHURCH OF ST. PETER THRIFT and CONSIGNMENT STORE (507) REGULAR HOURS: Monday Friday: 9 AM 5 PM Saturday: 9 AM 4 PM Puzzles & Games ½ price! LaZ-Boy Couch Oak what-not Shelf Unit (4 shelves) Large dark wood-framed Mirror (approx 40x36) Picnic Basket w/built-in cooler and plates, cups, silver, etc. Large non-electric metal Roaster 3 antique Wood Food Crates Maple End Table Many nice Crystal Serving Dishes SCRIPTURE BIBLE STUDY OPPORTUNITY The fall Bible Study began on Monday, September 24th at 9 am in the Family Room. The focus this fall is on Jesus, the Messianic King (part two) as read in the Gospel of Matthew. Stephen Binz offers an invaluable guide for those who wish to enrich their faith and understanding of Sacred Scripture. If you would like to join an inspiring, dynamic Bible Study Group, please call Sister Therese at , ext. 112 or therese.collison@churchofstpeter.org. Good News TV Channel 7 The Future Depends on Love hosted by Drs. Angela & David Franks Join Drs. Angela and David Franks as they discuss the importance of marriage in society from a Catholic perspective. They host a different guest on each episode, allowing them to look at marriage from a wide variety of angles. Some of the topics include the Theology of the Body, natural family planning, annulments, good preparation programs for marriage, and teaching one s children about marriage. Episode 22:Dr. Greg Kolodziejczak Dr. Kolodziejczak is a licensed clinical psychologist practicing in Cambridge, Mass. He speaks about the harmful effects pornography has on marriage and the importance of the virtue of chastity. Wednesday, October 3, 9:00 PM Thursday, October 4, 10:00 AM Faith Formation Registration: F.Y.I. Faith Formation or FF are the words and abbreviation we use when we refer to what was formerly called Religious Education. Registration information has been mailed or ed to all families. If you didn t receive registration info, please contact or connie.bollum@churchofst.peter.org. Please register your child/children before classes begin. We hope you ll take advantage of the early bird discount by registering and paying the tuition fees for your child/children before their class begins. The tuition fee for Grades 2-12 th is $75.00 per person if paid before the child/children begin/begins their first class or $80.00 per person if paid after your child/children have started their class. You will find updated information for Faith Formation on the website at Registration forms are available in our office and in the parish narthex. We re looking forward to seeing our young people again! Class Schedule Preschool-1 st : Class begins in the church during the 10:00 a.m. Mass beginning on October 7 th. Grades 2-6: Wednesday 6:30-7:30 p.m. (began Sept. 19 th ) Edge: Wednesdays 6:30-8:00 p.m. (began Sept. 19 th ) LifeTeen: Sundays 7:00-8:30 p.m. beginning Sept. 23 rd Food Shelf Collection Grades 2-6 Our first service project will be to collect food for the local food shelf. We ask that you remind your children to please bring a food item to their Faith Formation class on Sept. 26 th. Thank you for your support! Questions about Religious Education/Faith Formation Preschool Grade 6: contact Connie connie.bollum@churchofstpeter.org or call EDGE Gr. 7 & 8, LifeTeen Gr and Confirmation Preparation Gr. 11: contact Heather heather.gilbertson@churchofstpeter.org or call ext 143. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ POP CAN TRAILER FUNDRAISER Thank you for all your can donations to support our Faith Formation program! Due to an accidental fall off of the steps, we have had to remove the steps to the trailer for safety reasons. Thus, there will be 3 barrels sitting next to the trailer. Please empty your bags of cans into these barrels. The barrels will be dumped into the trailer by church personnel. (Again a reminder: please no bags or glass containers in the trailer.) Thank you, again, for your wonderful cooperation and support of this project! Coffee and Rolls Come and join us from 11 am noon in the Social Hall on Sundays for coffee, donuts, and conversation! Volunteers for October 7: John Howard, Judy Pedersen

3 WHAT S COMING UP.. Singing Through the Century! School Sisters of Notre Dame are celebrating 100 years of presence, service, education and prayer on the Hill. They invite you to join them in an informal sing-a-long featuring music that we have sung at Mass over the years from the Gregory Hymnal all the way to current favorites. Come and sing on Sunday, September 30 th from 2-3:30 p.m. in Our Lady of Good Counsel chapel. All are welcome! Blind, autistic, musical savant TONY DeBLOIS in concert DeBlois has been performing for more than 30 years. He plays 22 instruments & has a repertoire of close to 10,000 songs. He was the subject for the 1997 Movie of the Week, Journey of the Heart. Come, listen, and experience!! Sunday, September 30 7:30 pm (Free will donations accepted at concert) Martin Luther College Auditorium 1995 Luther Court, New Ulm Excitement is building as the School Sisters of Notre Dame prepare to host the annual Craft Fair and Garage Sale on Saturday, October 13 at Our Lady of Good Counsel Campus. Everyone is invited to attend this free event which takes place from 8:30 am to 2 pm on The Hill, 170 Good Counsel Drive, Mankato. Funds raised benefit the School Sisters of Notre Dame ministries. Mayo Clinic Health System Hospice sponsors: Teen Grief Group Six week grief group for teens who have lost a loved one. Tuesday, October 16 November 20 5:30 pm 6:30 pm Junior High //6:45 pm 7:45 pm Senior High Mayo Clinic Health System, Eastridge Conference Room Journey Through Grief Eight week grief group for people who have experienced the death of a spouse. Mondays, October 15 December 3 10 am - noon Christ the King Lutheran Church, 222 Pfau St., Mankato Eight week grief group for people who have experienced the death of a loved one. Mondays, October 15 December 3 6 pm 8 pm St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, 632 S. Broad St., Mkt MARATHON OF SERVICE OCTOBER 6, 2012 Can we Help YOU? John Ireland Catholic School This year our Marathon will be one of Christian Service in our St. Peter community. We are, again, excited to have the KC s sponsoring this annual event. If you know of a parishioner who is unable to tackle some of the early fall yard chores on their own, please let us know by calling the school office. We would like to add them to our list of projects for the day! THAT THEY MAY HAVE LIFE 40 Days of Prayer and Fasting to end abortion! September 26 through November 4 th you are invited to join other Christians in the Mankato area for 40 Days for Life; 40 days of prayer and fasting for an end to abortion. During that time, you are also invited to stand and peacefully pray as part of a 40-day vigil in the public right-of-way outside Mankato s Planned Parenthood facility (201 N. Victory Dr.). Please help spread the word about this important community outreach. For more information, contact Dr. Joseph Eckert or visit 40daysforlife.com/Mankato from the Diocese of New Ulm Office of Development & Foundation Christ our Light Capital Campaign Update: We wanted to briefly update you on the good progress that is being made on the Pastoral Center Building Project. The Pastoral Center Building Committee has been meeting every two to three weeks with the architects from YHR Partners and Don and Jon Kainz, the construction managers from DONLAR Construction. The project is presently in the design development phase, which should be completed by mid-november. Construction documents will then be prepared by the architects by the end of January, Bidding will take place in February and March Construction would likely begin around May 15, 2013, with building completion anticipated around the end of March, Thank you for your donations received and those, we pray, you will be sending in after each pledge reminder. There is no charge for these programs, but pre-registration is required. For more info or to register, please contact Jeanne Atkinson at Catholic Daughters CDA COURT ST. PETER #1601 will host a POTLUCK for the John Ireland School and Church staff at their next meeting, October 9 th at 6 p.m. ALSO, CDA Sunday is Oct. 21 st so mark your calendar to attend 10 a.m. Mass. CDA REGENTS: Next outing scheduled for October 21 st Meet at Community Center at 5 p.m. for carpooling.

4 CHURCH OF ST. PETER, ST. PETER, MINNESOTA September 30, 2012 Stewardship Parish Sacrificial Giving Week Ending September 23, Income Budget Week Weekly Offertory Env. Weekly Offertory Env. Ending & Loose Plate & Loose Plate Difference Sept 23, 2012 $10, $10, $ Sept 16, 2012 $ 5, $10, ($ 4,759.72) Sept 09,2012 $10, $10, $ Sept 02,2012 $ 9, $10, ($ ) Aug 26, 2012 $ 11, $10, $ 1, Aug 19, 2012 $ 9, $10, ($ ) YTD (7/12-6/13) $116, $130, ($13,758.05) The Ministry Fair is coming!! October 13 and 14 after each Mass Ministries will be on display in the Narthex Please look in this week s bulletin for the listing of ministries and pray about what you would like to continue to participate in or join. More information to come in next week s bulletin!

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