11 th Sunday in Ordinary Time June 17, 2018 St. Isidore the Farmer Area Faith Community St. Francis, St. Bridget, St. Malachy, Sacred Heart, Visitation Oratory, St. John Fr. Jeremy Kucera, Pastor AFC Office: 508 13 th Street North, Benson, MN 56215 Murdock Office: 320-875-2451; kitchen 875-4320 Website: https://www.stisidorethefarmerafc.org Mondays: 8:30 am Noon E-mail: office@stisidorethefarmerafc.org Appleton Office: 320-289-1146; stjccao@gmail.com AFC Office Number: 320-842-4271 Monday-Thursday: 10:30 am 2:30 pm Fax Number: 320-843-2264 Fr. Jeremy Kucera Cell#: 507-828-5247 AFC Office Hours: fatherjeremykucera@hotmail.com Monday-Thurs.: 8 am noon, 1-3:30 pm Fridays: Closed during summer months LITURGY SCHEDULE Tuesday, June 19 8:30 am BENSON w/holy Hour & Confessions + Thomas Paul Koenigs Wednesday, June 20 8:30 am CLONTARF + Bonnie Hughes Thursday, June 21 8:30 am MURDOCK + Penny Bass Pangrac Friday, June 22 9:00 am APPLETON + Marianne Raasch 7:00 pm MURDOCK Prayer Service for Hope & Healing Weekend Masses Saturday, June 23 5:00 pm MURDOCK For the People Sunday, June 24 8:30 am APPLETON + Keneto Chikino 10:30 am BENSON + Bill Walsh Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturdays 4:00 pm Murdock * Marriage Preparation: Please contact AFC Office at least six months ahead of time to plan and prepare for your wedding. If one party has been previously married, the wedding cannot move forward unless an annulment has been granted by the Catholic Church. * Baptism Preparation: Please call Fr. Jeremy Kucera at 507-828-5247 * RCIA: Anyone interested in joining the Catholic Church please call the Area at 320-842-4271 Office for fall registration. * Registration/Moving: To register in a parish or if moving, call the AFC Office at 842-4271 or the Sacred Heart office at 875-2451 or St. John s at 320-289-1146 Catholic Charities - offering personal, marriage, family and pregnancy counseling 1-866-670-5163. Prayer Line If you would like to put someone on the prayer line, please call the Area Office at 320-842-4271. After hours, please call Patricia Walsh at 320-843-2226. *PASTORAL CARE* If any parishioner or family member needs a pastoral care visit and Holy Communion, please call the parish office. Today s privacy laws do not permit hospitals to contact churches when a patient needs a pastoral visit. We are made aware of it only when the individual or their friends and family contact us. We are also not always aware of parishioners that are homebound and would desire a pastoral visit The Vocation View Whoever does the will of God is brother and sister and mother to me. The ranting of a crazy man? Or the prophetic voice of God? Do you encourage others in their call to follow the voice within? (Mark 3:20-35)
DAILY SCHEDULE Sunday, June 17 Monday, June 18 Tuesday, June 19 Thursday, June 21 Friday, June 22 Saturday, June 23 Sunday, June 24 The Holy Rosary will be prayed ½ hour before Masses in Appleton & Benson 5:00 pm Rosary in Benson in reparation for offenses against the Sacred Heart of Jesus & the Immaculate Heart of Mary 9-10 am Holy Hour & Confessions in Benson Confessions following Mass in Murdock 7:00 pm Prayer Service for Hope & Healing at Sacred Heart, presided over by Bishop John M. LeVoir The Holy Rosary will be prayed ½ hour before Masses in Benson & Murdock Second Collection for San Lucas The Holy Rosary will be prayed ½ hour before Masses in Appleton & Benson Second Collection for San Lucas Prayer Service for Hope and Healing, presided over by Bishop John M. LeVoir. Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Are you struggling or hurting? Come and lay your burden at the feet of Jesus. Share your trials with your brothers and sisters. Receive prayer for your physical, spiritual, and emotional needs. Let the Holy Spirit heal and renew you. Come Friday, June 22, 2018 at 7:00 pm to Church of the Sacred Heart, Murdock, MN. Eucharistic Adoration with opportunities for healing prayer, Confession, spiritual counsel. THANK YOU to Angela Conn and Amber Lee for planning and organizing Vacation Bible School for St. John s youth on June 4 th & 5 th. Your leadership provided St. John s youth with a spiritual learning experience that ended with a delightful program for family members. Thank You also to the 7 th & 8 th grade religion class and adults that helped. Everyone working together gave our youth a memorable time at VBS. There have been many positive comments! THANK YOU to everyone that attended St. John s Polish Micronesian Fusion Dinner on Sunday. Thank You to all the people that helped to make this event possible and successful. A special THANK YOU to the Micronesians for sharing their culture, traditions, singing and dancing. All the Food, Micronesian and Polish, was wonderful! San Lucas, Guatemala a Second collection will be taken up the weekend of June 23/24 in our area Parishes for the continuing needs of San Lucas. Please be generous. APPLETON ~ SUMMER CONCERT SERIES ~ Swift County Concert Band, Tuesday, June 19 th, 7:00 pm at Appleton Riverview Park. The first summer concert will begin with a tribute to Tom Rice who started the Summer Concerts in 2010. Appleton Summer Rec will be selling root beer floats. Sponsored by Dauntless Air, Schwenk Aircraft Co., & Appleton Oil Co. Please remember your lawn chair. ICE CREAM SOCIAL ~ Thursday, June 21 st from 3:00 7:00 pm at First United Methodist Church, Appleton. Serving: Beef Sandwiches, salads, homemade pies and ice cream. Save The Date: is coming to our Area Faith Community Grades 1-6 July 9-12 9am-2:30pm at Sacred Heart Church Grades 7-12 July 8-11 7:30-9:30pm at St. Francis Church Brochure and Registration Form is attached to bulletin
Camp Beloved July 21-25, 2018 for girls in grades 7-12 Meet new friends, discover the beauty of femininity. Sponsored by the Diocese of New Ulm. Go to www.dnu.org/camp-beloved to register! Camp Greatness July 26-29 for boys in grades 6-8 and July 30-August 3, 2018 for boys in grades 9-12. Sponsored by the Diocese of New Ulm. For more information and to register visit www.dnu.org-campgreatness. If anyone has any Mass intentions you would like Father Jeremy to say while he is in Mexico, please contact the Area Office. Habitat for Humanity is seeking applicants for a home in Appleton, MN. Interested persons should contact the Habitat office for an application by calling 320-231-2704 or toll free 1-877-926-6434. Office hours are 9 am 4 pm Monday through Friday. Deadline to submit completed applications is June 30, 2018. A reminder to Sacred Heart Parishioners if you have not turned in your Time & Talent Survey, please do so as soon as possible. Thank you! Bingo Join the Benson Lions Club for an evening of fun. Tuesday, August 21 at 7 pm at the Benson VFW. 20 games to be played. $30 per packet. Limited seating. Call Marlys at 843-2178, Linda at 843-2130 or Nancy at 843-3344. Must be 18 years and older. Proceeds will be given to: Scandi Haven Village Assisted Living/Memory Care. SOLES4SOULS ~ HELP WEAR OUT POVERTY. Soles4Souls is a not for profit global social enterprise committed to fighting poverty through the collection and distribution of shoes. They have distributed over 26 million pairs of shoes in 127 countries and all 50 states in the U.S. Please donate your GOOD USED SHOES or NEW SHOES. Please bring shoes to the box in St. John s Gathering Space. Sponsored by Appleton Lions Club Appleton MEDIACOM Cable TV Sunday Mass information... 9:30 am Channel 21 WUCW Mass 11:00 am Channel 12 KSTC Mass from St. Cloud Diocese Above Masses are listed in the Willmar paper weekly TV Guide 11:00 am Channel 94 EWTN Mass (Also daily Mass at other times) SYMPATHY We offer our sympathy and prayers to Jo Ann Loher and family, on the death of Marianne Raasch, her sister-in-law. Marianne s Funeral Mass was Saturday, June 16 th at St. Mary s Catholic Church in Chokio. May Marianne live on in the presence of God and may the Spirit of Consolation touch all of her family and friends. Congratulations to the newly married couple: Sam Carruth & Jessica Mooberry who were married on Saturday, June 9 th at St. Francis Church in Benson. May they enjoy a full and happy married life. We Welcome into the Faith Community: Erick Alexander Herrera Castillo and Francesca Grace Kennedy who were baptized on Saturday, June 9 th at Sacred Heart Church in Murdock. May we always be a good example to them.
Our Area Faith Community has purchased a great new on-line resource for all our members. We hope you find this resource helpful in your faith journey and in sharing your faith with others. The website is Formed.org and the parish code is: N6W22K. Please go to the website to set up your own personal account and please share this with your family and friends. Reflections for the weekly readings are part of this bulletin. This publication is sponsored by the Knights of Columbus Council #2129. OUR WEEKLY OFFERING St. Francis - Benson St. Bridget - DeGraff Adult $1,890.00 Adult $730.00 Student $2.00 Votive Lights $30.00 Loose Plate $201.05 Votive Lights $7.50 Total $760.00 Danvers Oratory $40.00 Building Maintenance $285.00 St. Malachy - Clontarf Total $2,425.55 Adult $1,874.00 Sacred Heart - Murdock St. John - Appleton Adult $2,025.00 Adult $879.00 Student $9.00 Student $2.00 Loose Plate $248.00 Loose Plate $258.25 Ascension $10.00 Roof Fund $50.00 Parish Dinner Offering $1,079.75 Total $2,292.00 Total $2,269.00