St. Joseph + St. Matthew + St. Teresa Good Thunder Vernon Center Mapleton

The Catholic

Diocese of

Winona

Tri-Parish Mass Schedule

Sunday 7:30 a.m. at St. Matthew

Sunday 9:00 am at St. Joseph Sunday 10:30 am at St. Teresa

Weekdays: Please see Inside Bulletin

Holy Days See Inside Bulletin

Eucharistic Adoration held before daily Mass

Tri-Parish Office

Hours: Monday-Friday 9am-4:30pm

Address: 104 West Silver Street Mapleton, Minnesota 56065

Phone: (507) 524-3127

Email: sjsmst@hickorytech.net

Website: www.sjsmst.org

Facebook: www.facebook.com/SJSMST

Mass Times: (507) 387-8806

Tri-Parish Staff

Father Jason Kern, Pastor

(507) 524-4628 frjkern@hickorytech.net

Deacon Chris Walchuk, Pastoral Minister

(507) 524-4650

cwalchuk@frontier.com

Carol Cyr, Tri-parish Manager

(507) 524-3127

sjsmst@hickorytech.net

Darla Graf, Bookkeeper

(507) 524-4646

darlatp@hickorytech.net

Connie Peters, St. Joseph Faith Formation

Cindy Young, St. Matthew Faith Formation

Karen Langworthy, St. Teresa Faith Formation

The Sacrament of Baptism Pre-Baptism preparation is required. Please contact the

office at least one month before the desired date.

The Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick Please notify

the office if you or a family member is in the hospital or

homebound and would like a pastoral visit.

The Sacrament of Reconciliation

8a.m. Thursday at St. Teresa or by private appt. with Fr.

Kern

The Sacrament of Marriage

All Catholics need to meet with the priest or deacon at

least 6 months before being married. Contact the office

at least 6 months in advance of your wedding.

Welcome!

We’re here to help you begin or continue your faith

journey, so you can find true peace, happiness and purpose in life. If you would like to join one of our

parishes, contact any staff member and we will be

honored to officially welcome you home!

July 20, 2014

Sixteenth Sunday in

Ordinary Time

For you are great, and you do wondrous deeds;

you alone are God. Psalm 86:10

From the Heart - by Fr. Kern

It has been quite the week since I returned

from the Steubenville Conference. Last

weekend over 1,500 youth from the Midwest gathered in

Rochester at the Mayo Civic Center for an energy packed

and faith filled weekend. I personally heard confessions

for about 8 hours Friday evening through Saturday even-

ing. It was incredible to see the depth with which these

high school students were searching for God and the de-

sire to live out a personal relationship with Christ. The

conference gives a powerful proclamation of Jesus Christ

calling each of us into relationship with Him and for us

to make Him the center and focus of our lives. I am ex-

cited to bring our youth to the conference next summer

and have already begun plans to put it in motion! Along

with the conference, I am anticipating organizing a mis-

sion trip for our youth, a junior high Catholic youth

camp, and getting a high school youth group active

again. I hope the efforts and excitement that has been

communicated with me about these plans can transfer

into commitment from our families to make the faith in

our youth a priority both in parish ministries but also the

top priority in our busy lives.

In its own right, the Totus Tuus Faith Formation program

that was here this week sought to do the same by teach-

ing our young people the faith and aiding them to learn

who God is and what His plan is for our life in a fun and

engaging way. Each year the curriculum changes, this

year the Totus Tuus team focused on teaching the 10

Commandments and the Luminous Mysteries of the Ro-

sary.

We had a gifted team who brought their own unique per-

sonalities and excitement to the week and I think you can

ask any of our youth who attended and they will tell you

they had a great week. I would like to especially thank

Vicki Kunkel who organized many of the week’s details

and was present throughout the week to keep everything

going smoothly. A special thank you goes out to as well

Jim and Arleen Swanson and Jim and Gloria Langworthy

for housing the team during the week. At the end of each

class the team ends with the phrase, "Live Jesus in our

hearts" to which the children respond: "forever!!" and the

louder the better!

Next week will be the diocesan missionary cooperation

plan. The Diocese of Winona organizes a weekend in

each parish throughout the summer for a missionary ap-

peal so that our parishes can more readily share in the

entire mission of the Church throughout the world.

Thank you for welcoming Fr. Bill last week and this

week for graciously welcoming Father Thomas Carroll

of the Piarist Fathers who serve the poor through educa-

tion around the world including in the Appalachian

Mountains in Eastern Kentucky.

Meetings and Events in the tri-parish

Tuesday, July 22 7 p.m. St. Joseph Finance Council

The soul of the one who loves God always swims with

joy, always keeps holiday, and is always in a mood for

singing. –St. John of the Cross

Mass Intentions, Readings, & Saints

Monday, July 21 St Lawrence of Brindisi

Micah 6:1-4, 6-8; Psalm 50:5-6, 89, 16-17, 21, 23;

Matthew 12:38-42

7:30-8:30 a.m. Eucharistic Adoration and Benediction

8:30 a.m. Mass at St. Teresa Anna Breiter

Tuesday, July 22 St. Mary Magdalene Jeremiah 1:1, 4-10; Psalm 71:1-6, 15, 17; Matthew 13:1-9

7:30-8:30 a.m. Eucharistic Adoration and Benediction

8:30 a.m. Mass at St. Joseph Special Intention

Wednesday, July 23 St. Bridget

Jeremiah 1:1, 4-10; Psalm 71:1-6, 15, 17; Matthew 13:1-9

7:30-8:30 a.m. Eucharistic Adoration and Benediction

8:30 a.m. Mass at St. Matthew Beatrice Forsythe

Thursday, July 24 St. Sharbel Makhluf

Jeremiah 2:1-3, 7-8, 12-13; Psalm 36:6-11;

Matthew 13:10-17

7:30-8:30 a.m. Eucharistic Adoration and Benediction

8:30 a.m. Communion Service at St. Teresa

Friday, July 25 St. James

2 Corinthians 4:7-15; Psalm 126:1-6; Matthew 20:20-28

7:30-8:30 a.m. Eucharistic Adoration and Benediction

8:30 a.m. Communion Service at St. Teresa

Saturday, July 26 Sts. Joachim and Anne

Jeremiah 7:1-11; Psalm 84:3-6, 8, 11; Matthew 13:24-30

No morning service

Sunday, July 27 Seventeenth Sunday

in Ordinary Time

1 Kings 3:5, 7-12; Psalm 119:57, 72, 76-77, 127-130;

Romans 8:28-30; Matthew 13:44-52

7:30 a.m. Mass at St. Matthew Bill Wendlandt

9:00 a.m. Mass at St. Joseph People of the tri-parish

10:30 a.m. Mass at St. Teresa Paul Carey

God, grant healing and peace to the sick of our

communities who have requested our prayers:

Jerry Etherington, Chris FitzSimmons, Cathy Pluym, Carol Gregor, Richard Nowak, Tiffany Sonnek, Noah

Laird, Phyllis Lindeman, Jay Hiller, Krissy Wendlandt Bauer,

If you or a member of your family would like our prayers, please call 524-3127 and ask to be put on this prayer list. Each name will

remain on the list for eight weeks unless the office is notified to leave the name for a longer amount of time.

Parish News

Community News

Faith Formation

The Maple River School system has begun a new “Angel

Fund” to help those families who through various circum-

stances have fallen behind on their lunch account. They owe

money for lunches accumulated throughout the year and are

having a hard to impossible time paying it. Maple River is ask-

ing the area churches to contribute to this fund, to be “angels”

of help to these families in need. We have always been a very

generous community and this is an opportunity to help very

locally. In our tri-parish churches we are asking

that anyone who is willing and able make a contri-

bution to this “Angel Fund” sends a donation to

the church, or directly to the Maple River business

office, marked for the “Angel Fund”. If you have

any questions you can contact Ann Langworthy at

the school, or the tri-parish office.

Save the date: Tri-parish Picnic

sponsored by St. Teresa

Sunday, August 17 Noon to 3 p.m.

Heritage Park, Mapleton

Fun Food Family Friends Fellowship

Attention Newlyweds! The Diocese of Winona

is offering a free monthly online E-Newsletter for

marriages in the early years. Visit www.dow.org/

Departments/Life-Marriage-Family and click on

Sign up for “First Years and Forever” Newsletter.

St. Joseph Festival in the Park

Sunday, September 7 activities: 11a.m.—2p.m.

Begin with Mass at 10 a.m.

Lunch to follow (brats, hot

dogs, potato salad, beans, bars, beer

free will donation

Bingo Bake sale Farmer’s Market

Auction Children’s games bean bag tournament

Plan now to attend for fellowship and fun.

From the Totus Tuus Team:

Every Catholic has the responsibility to know and serve God. Totus Tuus is an excellent tool for the spiritual growth of Catholic youth. Last week was an exciting opportunity to experience our faith for us teachers, the students and com-munity. As a team, we’ve received tremendous hospitality and support from parishioners, for which we are eternally grateful. It’s wonderful to see the Holy Spirit at work in each and every one of our lives! Thanks you so much for the wonderful week; we hope to see you next summer. Please keep us in your prayers as we continue Jesus’ min-istry on earth.

Mapleton VFW Auxiliary will sponsor the Annual Pillow

Cleaning Service Friday, August 1 from 7:30 a.m. to 3:00

p.m. at the VFW building on Main Street. Feather and poly-

ester pillows can be cleaned with new ticking. Same day

service-while you wait! Custom made new feather pillows

and comforters are also for sale.

Do you know someone who is suffering from the loss of a love relationship due to death, divorce or separa-tion? Beginning Experience of Rochester is an International Ministry which offers a program called "Coping with Life Alone" to help participants move through the experience of grief and loss into a future with hope renewed presented by those who have suffered such losses themselves who are willing to share their experience.

"Coping with Life Alone" meets weekly from 7pm-9pm from July 31st through October 2, 2014 at Bethel Lutheran Church, 810 3rd Ave. in Rochester, MN. The sessions focus on such topics as the grief process, changes in family and other relationships, trust, and coping with life as a single person.

Contact Beginning Experience Rochester by calling 507-261-8248 or emailing beminnesota@gmail.com or visit www.-beminnesota.-org to start an amazing healing process for your-self or to encourage someone you love to step beyond their grief and pain.

St. Anthony Catholic Gift Store

Located in the hall at St. Teresa Church.

Come and check out new items: beautiful

new rosaries and many sacred pictures.

Cards and gifts for many occasions. Books

for youth and adults.

All proceeds from sales go to support the many initia-

tives for the youth of our parish that Father is promot-

ing. Stop by the store to support our youth and aid your

personal devotions.

The Piarist Fathers, visiting us this Sunday, were founded by

St. Joseph Calasanctius in Rome in 1617. In addition to the

vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, the Piarists take a

fourth vow to educate youth. They operate between 195 and

200 schools in 32 countries around the world. One of those

schools is located in the Appalachian region of eastern Ken-

tucky. We are asking for yur support in helping us not only in

our educational work in Appalachia but in our many outreach

programs designed to help those living in poverty in the moun-

tains. Please be generous in your response.

Stewardship of Treasure

God’s generosity will never be outdone by our own.

St. Teresa: (July 13)

Weekly collection… $4337.19 Amount collected year to date… $7088.69 Amount budgeted year to date .. .

St. Matthew (July 13)

Weekly collection……… $597.00 Amount collected year to date… $1041.00 Amount budgeted year to date…

St. Joseph (July 13 )

Weekly collection ….. $623.30 Amount collected year to date… $1040.30 Amount budgeted year to date .

Ministry Roles

July 27 St. Matthew 7:30 a.m. Reader: Darla Graf

Minister of Communion: Charly Roelofs,

Denise Peterson

Hospitality: Tom Graf family

Servers: Chloe Cumbee, Lilly Majeski

Money Counters: Lee Corey, Neil Majeski

July 27 St. Joseph 9:00 a.m.

Reader: Jen Berkner

Minister of Communion: Connie Peters,

Christine Rahn

Hospitality: Dick and Julie FitzSimmons

Gifts: Dick and Julie FitzSimmons

Servers: volunteers

Money Counters: Paul FitzSimmons,

Sarah Caven

July 27 St. Teresa 10:30 a.m.

Reader: Brett Sindelir

Minister of Communion: Brenda Carey,

Owen Dickey

Hospitality: Cliff and Marcie Anderson,

Shawn and Sarah Wenner

Gifts: Ken and Anita Rigdon

Servers: Lukas Trio, Nathan Trio,

Cole Stencel

Money Counters: Vicki Kunkel,

Eugene Langworthy

Our Catholic World

Please pray for our country!:

"The Rosary is the 'weapon' for these times."

--Saint Padre Pio Every Wednesday at 4:15 p.m.

St. Teresa Church

Thank you to everyone who has generously given to the Diocesan Appeal Your contribution to the Appeal is a way of serving others throughout the diocese and continuing the saving work begun by Jesus. Current amounts for this campaign are:

# of donors Amount Goal % of goal

St. Joseph: 11 $2,580 $4,440 58 St. Matthew: 20 $2,997 $5,510 54 St. Teresa: 63 $11,778 $14,460 81 If you have not yet done so, you can still contribute to this appeal. Envelopes are available at each church. Please consider your one-time or monthly gift as a reflection of your daily offering to God. If we do not reach our goal, the parish must make up the difference by the end of the year. Thank you for your generosity.

Create the marriage of your dreams by signing up for the August 9-10

Marriage Encounter. Weekends are held at Mt Olivet Conference and

Retreat Center in Farmington. Visit www.marriages.org for a listing of

additional retreats or call 651.454.3238

National NFP Awareness Week - JULY 20 - JULY 26, 2014

Natural Family Planning: It's Worth It.

Join the Revolution!

"“Celebrate and reverence God's vision of

human sexuality."

Discover Natural Family Planning The methods of NFP respect the love-giving (unitive) and life-giving

(procreative) nature of the conjugal act, they support God's design for

married love!

For more information, go to our website: www.sjsmst.org and click on

“Natural Family Planning” under the Links box.

Diocese of Winona Harvest Mass – Friday, August 15,

Feast of the Assumption

This year’s Harvest Mass will be at Ken and Marlys Knuth’s Sudden Creek Shire Horse Farm (1014 140

th

Avenue, Slayton – One Mile West of Slayton on Hwy. 30). The Mass* will begin at 11:00am. Lunch will imme-

diately follow Mass. The meal will include: Grilled Hamburgers, Baked Beans, Fresh Garden Produce, Bars and Lemonade. The cost will be $5 per person. We hope to see you at the Harvest Mass!

* The Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a Holy Day of Obligation