Divine Mercy The Catholic Communities of Bowlus, Holdingford and St. Anna St. Stanislaus Kostka, Bowlus All Saints, Holdingford Immaculate Conception, St. Anna Second Sunday of Easter-Divine Mercy Sunday April 8, 2018 Central Office in Holdingford Hours: Mon.-Wed. 10 to 3, Thurs. 1 to 5 Website: tworiverscatholic.com Office: (320) 228-0105 Father: (320)228-0110 In case of emergency or a death, call Father at the Rectory 746-2231. Parish Pastoral Team Father Gregory Mastey, Pastor Kristin Molitor, New Evangelization Coordinator evangelist@tworiverscatholic.com Shirley Willoughby, Business Manager Office hours: Wed. 10 to 3 p.m. businessmanager@tworiverscatholic.com Jessie Johnson, Secretary secretary@tworiverscatholic.com Confession Times: Before weekday Masses at 7:30 a.m. Saturday: 7:30 p.m. St. Anna Marriage: Couples are to begin preparation 6-12 months in advance and must call the Central Office to meet with Father Gregory before setting a date. Diocesan Marriage Preparation Classes are required. Baptism: Call to schedule Baptism. A baptism class is offered quarterly. Shut-Ins: Communion/Sacrament of the Sick/Pastoral Visitation: we want to know your pastoral needs. Please call us. New Parishioners: Please introduce yourself to Father after Mass and call the Central Office. P.O. Box 308, Holdingford, MN 56340 Plenary Indulgence for Divine Mercy Jesus I Trust in you The usual conditions for every plenary indulgence: Sacramental confession (within about 20 days before or after) Eucharistic communion (on the day or the days before and after) Prayer for the intentions of Supreme Pontiff The Specific conditions for this Indulgence: On Divine Mercy Sunday In Church, in a spirit that is completely detached from the affection for a sin, even a venial sin, take part in the prayers and devotions held in honor of Divine Mercy Or, in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament exposed or reserve in the tabernacle, recite the Our Father and the Creed, adding a devout prayer to the merciful Lord Jesus (e.g. Merciful Jesus, I trust in you!) Those who cannot go to church or the seriously ill Conditions for a Plenary Indulgence: Totally detesting any sin The intention of fulfilling as soon as possible the three usual conditions of confession, communion and prayers for the Holy Father Recite the Our Father and the Creed before a devout image of Our Merciful Lord Jesus. Pray a devout invocation to the Merciful Lord Jesus (e.g. Merciful Jesus, I trust in you).
New Evangelization Corner Dear Friends, Happy Divine Mercy Sunday! I absolutely love this feast day, and like many of you, I have been preparing for today by praying the Divine Mercy Novena and Chaplet for the last week. The devotional Divine Mercy prayers are meant to lead us to the heart of the Divine Mercy message, but sometimes the heart of the message can get lost in our efforts to complete our prayers. The heart of Divine Mercy is all about a heart: the heart of Jesus pierced by love for each one of us. Jesus speaks of the great love of His Sacred Heart to St. Faustina in her diary: "I have opened My heart as a living fountain of mercy. Let all souls draw life from it." The pierced side of Jesus provides an opening for us to see His Heart. The Scriptures consider the heart more than a physical organ; it is the core and the most expressive element of a person. That's why when lovers "share their heart" with each other, they are really revealing the core of who they are with each other. When Jesus reveals His Heart to us, He is revealing the core of who He is: Divine Love given and poured out for us. Jesus also reveals that He is mercy, which is love that goes out to misery. We need Jesus' love to touch our misery, but often our faith is too weak to believe in such a wonderful and unconditional love. In today's gospel, Thomas's faith is strengthened after he is invited to put his hand in Jesus' side. Brothers and sisters, today Jesus invites each one of us to gaze into his pierced side, too. Like Thomas, it is here where our faith is strengthened and where our misery is met with mercy. O blood and water, which gushed forth from the heart of Jesus as a fountain of mercy for us, I trust in you. ~ Kristin Molitor The Healing Power of God Remember in prayer all who are in need of the Lord s Healing and Strength especially: Linda Zwak Ellie Czeck Nancy Linz Kieran Kloss Peter Kurtz Dave Loehlein Mary Fruechte Clem Doll Macallum Orton Abby Olson Armella Schmidt Katie Yurczyk Arnold Voss Judy Schehr Christine Kundtson Joe Burg LeRoy Johannes Jeanette May James Johnson George Platz Jamie Christensen Sharon Prokott Norma Streit Brenda Scepaniak Lana Doll Reagan Zierden Betty Namyst Kerry Kantor Vernon Vos Gene Casey Ramona Zeis Kevin Fussy Michelle Rosinger Louise Bieniek Leander Bieniek James Beniek Eucaristic Adoration Every Monday All Saints-St. Mary s 8:00 a.m. 10:00 p.m. Every Saturday St. Stanislaus Kostka 6:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Daily Mass Eucharistic Adoration is also held for one hour following daily Mass on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. No Adoration if there is a funeral on that day. Join in the Rosary 1/2 hour before all Masses! Adoration will be at All Saints-St. Mary s for the next month because St. Stanislaus is using All Saints-St. Hedwig s Monstrance while theirs is being refinished. Mass will continue to be at All Saints-St. Hedwig s on Sundays. Sun. April 8 Divine Mercy Sunday Mon. April 9 All Saints St. Mary s Adoration Immaculate Conception 7:00 p.m. Women s prayer Group Wed. April 11 GIFT Night Sat. April 14 St. Stanislaus Adoration All Saints-St. Mary s Basement 8:00 a.m. Men s Group Sun. Seek Jesus April 15 Baptism Class Chicken and Ham Dinner Ministry Schedulers All Saints: Patty Becker 291-6582 St. Anna: Kathy Scegura 746-2814 St. Stanislaus: Margie Benusa 584-5405 Prayer Lines: This Week s Events All Saints: Ramona Fedor 746-2395 Kathleen Ebnet 746-2227 St. Anna: Shirley Schwalbe 356-7209 Christine Maleska 356-7246 St. Stanislaus: Arlene Beniek 584-5235
News & Events Knights of Columbus St. Isidore Council Chicken and Ham Dinner Pelican Lake Ballroom, St. Anna Sunday, April 15th Serving from 3:30 7:00 p.m. Adults and youth ages 11 and up: $10 Children ages 5-10: $6 4 years and under: free Takeout orders are available. Mike Peters, Grand Knight 746-2377 kcstisidorecouncil9307@gmail.com Feed the Families Food Drive Thank you for your support of the non-perishable food items or your monetary donations to the food drive. Your donations will help the Holdingford and Morrison County Food Shelves. Annual Cash Raffle Only 250 tickets sold-$20 per ticket. Drawing of the winners is on May 3rd. First Prize $750.00. If interested in a ticket contact Duane Kunstleben at 290-3062 or Mike Peters 746-2377. Thank you to all who attended the Catholic United Matching Grant Breakfast & quilt raffle. A special thanks to the following for their donations toward this event: Joel & Kathy Ebnet, Ron & Joan Frie, Deb Binsfeld, Ramona Fedor, Dean Demarais, Shelley Vouk, Janice Hommerding, Legatt s Garage, First District & the ladies who worked on the beautiful quilt. The quilt was won by Teresa Rippingler. With this and the $1,000 matching grant from Catholic United we were able to raise over $4,300 for our religious education program. Thank you to all who worked and helped in any way to help make this event a huge success. Pray The Divine Mercy Chaplet The Chaplet of Divine Mercy 1. With your Rosary begin with the sign of the cross and say: (Opening prayer) You expired, Jesus, but the source of life gushed forth for souls, and the ocean of mercy opened up for the whole world. O Fount of Life, Unfathomable Divine Mercy, envelop the whole world and empty Yourself out upon us. (Repeat 3 times) O Blood and Water, which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus as a fountain of Mercy for us, I trust in You! 2. On the three beads of the rosary pray the Our Father, the Hail Mary and the Apostles Creed. 3. Begin each decade with the Our Father beads by praying this prayer: Eternal Father, I offer You the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your dearly beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world. 4. Complete the decade on the 10 Hail Mary beads by praying the prayer: For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world. (Repeat Steps 3 and 4 for each decade on the rosary beads) 5. Once you have prayed all 5 decades, you finish the Chaplet by praying the following prayer 3 times: Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world. (Closing Prayer) Eternal God, in whom mercy is endless and the treasury of compassion inexhaustible, look kindly upon us, and increase Your mercy in us, that in difficult moments, we might not despair nor become despondent, but with great confidence, submit ourselves to Your holy will, which is Love and Mercy itself. Amen. Weekly Readings Monday: Is 7:10-14; 8:10/ Heb 10:4-10/Lk 1:26-38 Tuesday: Acts 4:32-37/Jn 3:7b-15 Wednesday: Acts 5:17-26/ Jn 3:16-21 Thursday: Acts 5:27-33/ Jn 3:31-36 Friday: Acts 5:34-42/Jn 6:1-15 Saturday: Acts 6:1-7/Jn 6:16-21 Sunday: Acts 3:13-15, 17-19/ 1 Jn 2:1-5a/Lk 24:35-48 Expecting a new baby? Baptism Class There will be a Baptism Class on Sunday, April 15th at 11:30 a.m. in the Central Office. This class is required before the Baptism of your first child. Please call the office to register: (320) 228-0105. Online Giving Program Sign up for automatic contributions! Go to the URL address for your church as listed below. Click on Sign up for Your New Account and complete your initial registration. Please call 800-348-2886 Option 2 for assistance.thank you! URL Addresses: All Saints, Holdingford, MN www.osvonlinegiving.com/1723 Immaculate Conception, St. Anna www.osvonlinegiving.com/1720 St. Stanislaus Kostka, Bowlus, MN www.osvonlinegiving.com/4543 Financial Contributions PARISH INCOME MARCH 25TH, 2018 AS $ 3,570.00 IC $ 1,499.00 SS $ 2,756.00 April 1st, 2018 Easter AS $14,373.56 IC $ 5,508.50 SS $ 4,816.33
Parish News & Events St Stanislaus Thank you to Judy Zapzalka, Polly Opatz, Helaine Waletski, Marilyn Prokott, Diane Psyck, Jeanette Schlangen, Lois Lampert, and Gina (& Magdalen) Salitros, for cleaning St. Stan's church on March 22nd. Our parishioners and guests appreciate your efforts to provide a clean space to celebrate the liturgies of Holy Week, the Easter Season, and beyond. May the Lord bless you abundantly! Bob and Jan Maciej All Cluster Confirmation Choir Rehearsal for all choir members from All Saints, Immaculate Conception, and St. Stanislaus will be on Sunday, April 15 at 7:00 p.m. at All Saints-St. Hedwig's Church in Holdingford. All choir members are welcome and encouraged to participate in singing for Confirmation which will be on Tuesday, April 17. Contact Lois Schmit 746-2603 St. Stanislaus Monstrance Father Gregory got a quote to refinish the Monstrance for Adoration. The bid is for $4,500. This is needed for the Lord. Please put a little extra in your collection for this need. Thank you. Divine Mercy Sunday St. Mary s Cathedral April 8, 2018. Eucharistic Adoration and the Sacrament of Reconciliation will be offered from 1 4 pm. In addition, three local priests will give presentations. 1:00 pm, Fr. Ben Kociemba will present Divine Mercy in the Life of St. John Paul II. 2:00 pm Fr. Michael Wolfbauer will present Grace All the More: A Reflection on Thoughts of St. Maria Faustina Kowalska. 3:00 pm, Fr. Tom Knoblach will present No Greater Love: St. Maximilian Kolbe Lays Down His Life for a Friend. Pray for one another! We will be doing a new picture directory for our cluster! All photos will be taken at All Saints-St. Mary s basement. Dates: May 1st May 4th 2:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. Saturday, May 5th 10:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. May 23rd May 25th 2:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. Saturday, May 26th 10:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. There will be sign up sheets available after mass to schedule your photo session. You may also schedule your session by going to our website: tworiverscatholic.com and clicking on "photo directory signup." Online scheduling will be available during the week, but will be closed during masses to avoid double booking. The photo session will take about one hour. If you would like to volunteer to help with this project, please contact Kristin Molitor at the central office. We will need help with getting people signed in for their photo sessions. Catholic United Financial M I N I S T R E E Community service rooted in faith Look here for suggestions for our MinisTree Program. When completing a task fill out one of the MinisTree cards found in the back of church and turn it into the Central Office or collection basket. If more than one person is helping with the task, each should fill out a card. Each card provides $5 from Catholic Financial for our parishes. Volunteer opportunities currently available: Visit a homebound parishioner Pray for our Confirmation Students Pray for our 1st Communion Students Volunteer to help with our Parish Directory Please note: First Communion weekend is April 28th and 29th Mass times are: Saturday, April 28th 4:30 p.m. Immaculate Conception (This is the Mass for the evening. There will be no 8:00 p.m. Mass) Sunday, April 29th 8:00 a.m. All Saints-St. Hedwig s Sunday, April 29th 10:00 a.m. St. Stanislaus Kostka Honoring Marriage Day Saturday, May 5 at 1:00 PM St. Mary s Cathedral, St. Cloud For couples celebrating their 5th, 25th, 40th 50th, 60th and 60th + Please call or e-mail Jan Zylla at 252-4721 jzylla@gw.stcdio.org if you would like to attend. Join us on Thursday, April 26th at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Clarissa for the Diocesan Mission Rally from 8am-2:30pm. Mission Group women, as well as other social ministry, mission, service and justice-minded parishioners are invited. The day will include fair trade sales, mission group displays, Mass and lunch with Bishop Kettler, and speakers that will share with us about who Pope Francis is talking about when he invited the whole Catholic Church to Share the Journey. The cost is $10 and registration is requested to the St. Cloud Mission Office (320-251-1100) by April 13th.
Mon. April 9 Tues. April 10 Mass Schedule No Mass No Mass Father Gregory is a speaker for the Priests Conference for the Fargo Diocese Wed. April 11 Thurs. April 12 Fri. April 13 Sat. April 14 8:00 a.m. All Saints-St. Mary s +Eleanor (Douvier) Pilarski 8:00 a.m. Immaculate Conception + Alois Panek No Mass 8:00 p.m. Immaculate Conception For the People Sun. April 15 8:00 a.m. All Saints-St. Hedwig s 10:00 a.m. St. Stanislaus +Roger Schmidt +Erma Blonigen Faith Formation & GIFT (Generations In Faith Together) Note: GIFT Night is for the whole family, parents are encouraged and expected to attend with their children. Summer Youth Retreats: D week for grades 6,7,8 June 25-28 Steubenville July 27-29 Contact: Tina VanHeel 217-4022 Totus Tuus June 16th 22nd Contact: Jamie Heurung 250-7332 Mark your calendars for: Confirmation: All Saints-St. Hedwig s April 17th,7:00 p.m. 1st Communion Weekend: April 28th, 29th May Crowning: May 5th and 6th Mother s Day: May 12th and 13th Graduation Mass: May 19th and 20th GIFT Night April 11th at 7:00 p.m. All Saints-St. Hedwig s Our last GIFT night of the year will cover a variety of topics: Patron saints to call upon in daily life How to stay strong in your faith this summer and in college An overview of the Tutus Tuus program. Faith Formation Directors Immaculate Conception: Kim Roth-Koning 402-4001 Kimberly_Koning @charter.net St. Stanislaus: Cindy Fussy 584-5982 All Saints Katrina Kolles 292-1575 allsaintsff@tworiverscatholic.com Confirmation: Teresa LeBlanc 420-4576 Youth Coordinator: Tina VanHeel 217-4022 youthminister@tworiverscatholic.com Student Day at the Capitol April 10th, 2018 MCCL s annual Student Day at the Capitol brings students grades 7-12 to St. Paul for a day of pro-life education and political involvement. The day begins with educational sessions that cover abortion, current pro-life legislation, the legislative process, how to lobby elected officials, and more. In the afternoon, most students are able to meet with their own legislators and lobby them to support pro-life legislation. The Students may also tour the Capitol and hear from pro-life elected officials. To register visit: www.mccl.org or call 612-825-6831.
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