Saint Mary Catholic Church 32 1

st St. NE

Winnebago, Minnesota

Saints Peter & Paul Catholic Church 214 S. Holland

Blue Earth, Minnesota

Pastor: Rev. Peter Klein

Administrative Assistant: Pat Boettcher; Faith Formation & Youth Ministry: Angie Nagel & Pat Salic

Maintenance: Duane Rorman (SS Peter & Paul)

Office: 214 S. Holland, Blue Earth 56013; 507-526-5626 – Website: www.sspeterpaulmary.org

Office hours: Mon., 8 a.m. – variable; Tues., 8 am - noon Wed., 9 am – noon, Thurs., 8:00 – Variable.

Sunday, March 18th

, 2018 5th

Sunday of LentSUNDAY MASS SCHEDULE

Saturday, 5:15 p.m., SS. Peter & Paul

Sunday, 8:00 a.m., St. Mary

Sunday, 10:00 a.m., SS. Peter & Paul

DAILY MASS SCHEDULE

Tuesday, 8:30 a.m., St. Mary

Wednesday, 7:30 a.m., SS. Peter & Paul

Thursday, 10:00 a.m., St Luke’s, Blue Earth

Friday, 8:30 a.m., SS. Peter & Paul (1st Friday

Mass is followed by Holy Hour)

Please check page 3 of bulletin for

any changes to the schedule

Sacrament of Reconciliation

Saturday, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m., SS. Peter & Paul

Sunday, 7:15 – 7:45 a.m., St. Mary

Sacrament of Baptism

Arrangements are made by contacting the pastor in

advance of the date.

Sacrament of Marriage

Arrangements for preparation & the date are made by

contacting the pastor at least 6 months before.

Pastoral Care of the Elderly/Sick

Please contact the pastor when someone is hospitalized

or homebound.

Prayer Network

Anyone wishing to have the prayerful support of our

parish community may relay your prayer request to Ruth

Kastner (943-3478) or Jeanette Verdoorn (526-2333) to

initiate the calling tree.

For prayers requests for St. Mary's, call Mary Franta

(893-4326) or Chris Rockers (893-3729).

Faith Formation We have resources & activities for growth & formation

of faith in all members of all ages. For our young people,

we have programs & youth ministries coordinated by

Angie Nagel at SS. Peter & Paul (526-5626) & Pat Salic

at St. Mary (236-2195).

Joining or Returning to the Catholic Church

The rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) is the

process for adults to become members of the Catholic

Church. For additional information, please contact the

pastor.

To rent the Social Hall of SS Peter & Paul

To schedule activities/events, please contact Pat

Boettcher(526-5626)

Bulletin notices Contact Pat by Wednesday afternoon at

the office (patsspp@bevcomm.net) or by phone (526-

5626).

For God so loVed the world, that he gAve his onLy begottEn soN That whoever believes In him should Not perish,

but have Eternal life. --John 3:16

PASTOR’S PARISHABLES

John 3:16 was part of the gospel last Sunday. Here is the

text again, with something hidden in it. Can you find it?

(Because this year Ash Wednesday fell on February 14).

We have extra confession times scheduled this week:

Wednesday, 4-5:00 and

Thursday, noon-1:00, 3:30 – 4:30 pm & 6:30 – 7:30 pm.

HOLY WEEK, 2018

Have you made plans? These days have the highest

priority for us. These are days we need to be together.

Palm Sunday Sunday schedule (Sat 5:15; Sun 8 & 10 am)

●Blessing & procession with palms

●Liturgy of the Word (with St. Mark’s Passion account)

●Liturgy of the Eucharist

Holy Thursday 5:00 St. Mary’s, 7:00 SS Peter & Paul

●Presentation of the newly blessed oils

●Liturgy of the Word

●Foot washing ceremony

●Liturgy of the Eucharist

●Solemn recession of Blessed Sacrament out of church

Good Friday noon St. Mary’s, 3:00 SS Peter & Paul

●Prostration

●Liturgy of the Word (with St. John’s Passion account)

●Solemn intercessions

●Veneration of the cross

●Holy Communion

Easter Vigil 8:00 pm SS Peter & Paul*!

●Service of light (starting in the dark)

●Procession of Christ candle/lighting of candles

●Proclamation of the Exultet (Easter Proclamation)

●Liturgy of the Word (extended)

●Glorious Gloria with bells

●Formal renewal of baptismal promises

●Confirmation & reception of new members

●Liturgy of the Eucharist

Easter Sunday Sunday schedule (Sat 5:15; Sun 8 & 10 am)

●Liturgy of the Word

●Liturgy of the Eucharist

*Special reason to be there this year…besides Bella &

Ellen & Gabby & Jessica & Scott & Tara.

One Lenten devotion remains: Our 5th way of the cross

is 5:30 Wednesday at SS P/P & Thursday at St. M, (a

Lenten meal following each). There’s been a question or

2 about a curious statement of Jesus in last week’s devo-

tional: “If they do these things in the green wood, what

will happen in the dry?” This was only recorded by St.

Luke, during Christ’s meeting the women of Jerusalem

during the way of the cross—the so-called 8th station of

the cross (Luke 23:27-32). The Jerome Biblical Commen-

tary says this sounds like a proverb Jesus is repeating.

What is sure is the message: “If innocence (Jesus; ‘green

wood’) meets such a fate, what will be in store for the

guilty Jerusalem (dry wood—which burns more readily

than green!)?”

St. Patrick’s Day, March 17: a holyday of obligation for

some but a feast day for all of us. In honor: The “Celtic

Cross” originated with St. Patrick himself. It’s not as

widely known as the clover story—whose 3 leaves he

used to explain the Trinity, but like it in the way he used

natural things & native things to explain Christian things.

Since the time of the apostles, missionaries have adapted

the symbols of native people to explain Christian

concepts. The Evangelist of Ireland created the Celtic

cross using the pagan Irish symbol for their

Sun God or God of Fire. St. Patrick

superimposed the circular symbol on

the Christian cross & explained that it

represented eternity with the one, true

God, no beginning & no end. Thus the

Irish began to venerate the cross in droves &

have carried it everywhere they’ve gone

over the past 16 centuries.

Our annual Catholic Ministries Appeal began just 4

weeks ago. So far:

SS PP: 36 (12.4%) have given $5,245 (30.3%) of goal.

St M: 14 (14.3%) have given $1,825 (30.0%) of goal.

Diocesan-wide, we’re at 41.6% of our $2.1 million goal.

(The goals this year are SS P/P: $17,300 & St M: $6,090)

For each year’s Appeal it is highly recommended that

we include a local parish project, so that any $ given over

our parish goal is retained by the parish & used for that

project. One of the reasons for that recommendation is

that any of that over-&-above $ that is designated for that

local parish project is not subject to “diocesan

assessment” as most other income is. (If we locally raised

funds for that same project, apart from the Catholic

Ministries Appeal, it would be subject to diocesan

assessment so we could not use for that project all of the

$ given for it. (Either way, any $ given over the parish

goal is returned to the parish.)

That local project at SS P/P is automatic door openers

costing $2,000 for the rectory door & $5,475 for the car-

port door (wiring, material, installation) & at St. M

includes several lighting/wiring improvements in church,

upstairs & down, totaling about $3,000.

Mass Schedule – BE=SS Peter & Paul, W=St. Mary’s

Mon. No Mass Tue. /W 8:30 AM – Agatha & Paul Franta Wed/BE 7:30AM – David Dols Thur. St. Luke’s 10:00AM – Francis Sohler Fri./BE 8:30AM – Brandon Good rich

Sat./BE 5:15PM – Gene Uppena Sun./W 8:00AM – Mary Ann Ziegler Sun./BE 10:00AM – Dan & Ruth Driscoll NEXT WEEK’S MINISTRY SCHEDULE:

Sat., March 24: Servers: Carissa Engesser

5:15 PM SSPP

Ministers of Communion: Don Bleess

Bev Dummer & Jason Spencer

Gift Bearers: Bob & Becky Spencer

Ushers: Bob Spencer Group

Sun., March 25: Servers: Noah Dahl

8:00 AM St. Mary’s

Ministers of Communion: Rick Mauris

Jerome Behnke & Sue Behnke

Gift Bearers: Chuck & Sarah Murry

Ushers: Mike Findley & Rich Findley

Sun., March 25: Servers: Hailey Becker

10:00AM SSPP Brandi Uecker

Ministers of Communion: Arlen O’Brien

Vitres Samek & Rich Schneider

Gift Bearers: Scott & Amy Kramer

Ushers: Shawn Hassing Group

Knight’s Corner:

March 25th-KC Breakfast @ St Mary's Church after

8am Mass.

April 7th-Genesis Steak Fry Fundraiser @ Riverside

Golf Course-5pm-7pm with Auction to follow.

March 21st : Stations of the Cross at 5:30. Soup

Supper to follow: Circle 6 will serve cream of

broccoli & turkey vegetable noodle soups with sliced

beef sandwich. Suggested donation is $5.

Help Needed: Decorating Saints Peter and Paul

Church for Easter will take place on Saturday,

March 31 at 9:00 a.m. It should take only a

couple hours.

Copies of the March 6th

CCF minutes are available

at the church entrance and in the web site bulletin.

Director of Family and Individual Counseling

Catholic Charities is looking for a Director of Family

and Individual Counseling who will also provide

direct clinical services. Applicants must have

Master’s degree in Social Work, Psychology, or

Marriage and Family Therapy and a minimum of four

years of post-graduate clinical work or program

management experience. Applicants must be

licensed as an independent clinical practitioner in the

State of Minnesota i.e., Licensed Independent

Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Psychologist, or

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. Please send

your resume, cover letter and three work related

references to Sheila Collom by March 23, 2018 at

scollom@ccsomn.org or Catholic Charities, PO Box

379, Winona MN 55987.

Healing Ministry for the Widowed, Divorced, and

Separated Beginning Experience offers

a weekend retreat to help with the process of grieving

the loss of a love relationship. A grief resolution

process for adults, who have suffered a loss of a

marriage through death, divorce or separation, is

being offered as a weekend retreat at Assisi

Heights in Rochester, Minnesota - April 20-22,

2018. For more information contact Beginning

Experience Rochester by

visiting http://www.beminnesota.org

emailing beminnesota@gmail.com or leaving a

message at 507-261-8248. Registrations will be

accepted until April 16th. Accommodation for late

registration may be possible, call for details.

Benefit dinner, silent auction & bake sale for Deb

Salic on Sunday, March 18th from noon to 4pm at SS

Peter & Paul Catholic Church Social Hall. Meal:

Hamburger barbeque, potato salad & coleslaw for a

free will donation. Bake sale items & silent auction

items can be dropped off at the church by 11am on

March 18th. The proceeds will assist with medical

and travel expenses.

Winnebago Blood Mobile: Tuesday, March 27th

from 12-6 pm at the Municipal Center.

Potluck Supper after 5:30Stations of the Cross at

St. Mary’s on March 22nd

. All are welcome.

St. Mary’s breakfast will be Sunday, March 25th,

and the Knights of Columbus will be cooking.

SACRIFICAL GIVING

Sacrificial Giving, SS Peter & Paul: March 3 & 4:

Adult/Plate giving needed weekly: $4,220.00

Adult/Plate giving last week: $2,674.18

Adult/Plate giving needed yr-to-date: $156,140.00

Adult/Plate giving fiscal yr-to-date: $168,325.05

Sacrificial Giving, St. Mary: March 4:

Adult/Plate giving needed weekly: $1,135.00

Adult/Plate giving last week: $425.00

Adult/Plate giving needed yr-to-date: $41,995.00

Adult/Plate giving fiscal yr-to-date: $41,997.07

FAITH FORMATION/YOUTH MINISTRY NEWS Angie Nagel - 526-5626 (office) - 526-3485 (home) - 507-276-5114 (cell), angieyouthministry@bevcomm.net

March Calendar

18 Joyful Noise sings for 10AM Mass

9th and 10th Grade Retreat

20 FF/YM Board Meeting, 5:30PM

21 Classes for Grades K-10

No My Space during Lent!

22 FF/YM Board Mtg. -- 5:30PM

28 No Classes during Holy Week

April Calendar

4 First Eucharist Faith Sharing Centers

11 Classes for Grades K-10

My Space, 5:00-6:15PM

First Eucharist Pictures & Practice, 6PM

15 First Eucharist during 10AM Mass!

17 FF/YM Board Meeting, 5:30PM

18 Classes for Grades K-10

My Space, 5:00-6:15PM

25 Final Classes for Grades K-10

Grades 6-10 Lenten Schedule: 5:30PM Youth attend Stations of the Cross if available 6:00 Soup Supper 6:30 Classes begin. THERE IS NO MY SPACE DURING LENT

Butter Braid Profit! Our youth sold a total of 511 Butter Braids which is a profit of $2,555!! The money will go towards youth attending camps this summer. Thank you for your support of this fundraiser and our parish youth!

9th & 10th Grade Retreat Please keep these young people in your prayers as they participate in a retreat on Sunday being led by Dan Bauer and his team from Owatonna. May their relationship with God and with others be strengthened in this retreat experience.

9th Grade 10th Grade Jimmy Allis Mariah Albertson Jocelyn Johnson Izzy Barnett Logan Johnson Luke Carr Zach Kramer PJ Christensen Derek Lium Emma Dahl Ryan Madetzke Jack Frundt Anna Nagel Grace Haugh Tiara Neitfeld Jaxen Klinkner Keegan O'Brien Lauren Madetzke Roxanne Quintero Koby Nagel Katelynn Reddick Grace Roiger

Macie Stevermer Davis Sunken Efrain Trujillo

Schwan's Cares Fundraiser! In an effort to raise money for camps and trips this summer, youth from both our parishes are introducing: SCHWAN'S CARES. You will be receiving a postcard in the mail in the coming weeks with step by step instructions on how you can order from Schwan's online, have it delivered right to your door, and earn money for our youth! For the first 45 days, our youth will receive 20% of all food purchases and for the last 90 days, they will receive 5% of all food purchases. As you know, Schwan's has everything: Meat, Seafood, Side Dishes, Pizza, Appetizers, Breakfast Items, Vegetables and Fruits, Ice Cream, Desserts and so much more! Watch for the postcard coming soon!

The Diocese of Winona will provide a prompt, appropriate and compassionate response to reporters

of sexual abuse of a child by any diocesan agent (employees, volunteers, vendors, religious or clergy). Anyone wishing to make a report of an allegation of

sexual abuse should call the Victim Assistance Coordinator at 507-454-2270, Extension 255. A caller

will be asked to provide his or her name and telephone number. Individuals are also encouraged to

take their reports directly to civil authorities. The Diocese of Winona is committed to protecting

children, young people and other vulnerable people in our schools, parishes and ministries. The diocesan

policy is available on the diocesan web site at www.dow.org under the Safe Environment Program.

If you have any questions about the Diocese of Winona's implementation of the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People, please

contact Mary Hamann, at 507-858-1244, or mhamann@dow.org

Blue Earth CCF Meeting

Tuesday, March 6, 2018

The March 6, 2018 CCW/a Faithful Family-

Quarterly meeting was called to order at 5:30 pm by

Co-President Suz Carr. We began with a prayer and

the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.

Circle Roll Call: Circle #1-3, #2-1, #3-2, #5-3, #6-

2.

Presidents’ Report: Co-President Suz Carr met

with the representatives from Patton Funeral Home.

See below for further information on the revised

information sheet that is provided by them to

families.

Secretary’s Report: The December 5, 2017

minutes were approved as presented.

Correspondence was read.

Treasurer’s Report: As of 2-28-18 there was a

balance of $1,754.31. This included expenses for

payment of all the donations approved at the last

meeting, funeral and soup supper expenses.

Commissions & Committee Reports: Service & Family Concerns: Seven cards have been

sent since our last meeting.

Community Concerns: St.Lukes’ Bake Sale is on

March 16th

. Each circle is asked to provide at least

3 items that can be delivered Thursday afternoon or

the morning of the 16th

by 8:30 a.m. A pricing

guideline is included on our website. Meals on

Wheels for our parish next month is April 9-13.

Church & Spirituality: No report.

International Commission: It was discussed when

we want to do our collection of donated items. We

decided if we have drivers willing to deliver the

items, we will collect both in June and in the Fall.

Legislative Concerns/Respect for Life: Current

legislative activity reports are posted on our Parish

website.

Funerals Report and Soup Suppers: Three funerals

have been held since our last meeting. Circle 3 is

next. The Lenten Soup Supper menus were

discussed with regard to the current choices and

costs involved. Attendance at the first three suppers

were 91, 75 and 80 respectively.

Old Business:

The revised funeral information sheet

includes suggested costs per person and

clarified other items.

Edie Smith continues to be the back up to

Kathy Lowery from April to October. When

Edie is not available, the Circles have been

handling the preparations.

A reminder that much more CCF news and

information is being included on the Parish

website.

Quarterly CCF meetings will continue to be

held at 5:30.

New Business:

Spring church cleaning will be held during

the week of March 11-18. See the booklet

for your circle’s assignments. The church

will be open from 8 a.m. into the evening

those days to accommodate most schedules.

The Sanctuary/Sacristy cleaning schedule

was amended due to Easter being so early.

April will be assigned to Circle 6.

The CCW Ladies Night Out discussion was

tabled since Colleen was not present.

The WDCCW Quarterly meeting will be

held in Blue Earth on Wednesday, April

11th

. We will ask Kathy to coordinate &

serve 30-40 persons for a light breakfast at

8:30 a.m. and then lunch at noon. It will be

completed by 1 pm to accommodate our

Religious Ed classes.

The BEA CCW Meeting will be April 23rd

in Winnebago. It is the annual spring salad

supper that begins at 6 pm. All are

welcome! Colleen & Suz will provide the 2

salads.

Upcoming events:

April 11, 2018-WDCCW Quarterly meeting

– SSPP 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

April 23, 2018-BEA Deanery meeting at St.

Mary’s in Winnebago. Salad supper to

begin at 6 p.m.

June 5, 2018-Regular quarterly Blue Earth

CCF meeting at 5:30.

June 25-26, 2018- Province meeting in

Fairmont. The Province includes North &

South Dakota as well as Minnesota.

August 29 to Sept 1st- NCCW Convention in

Pittsburgh, PA.

A closing prayer was said. Meeting adjourned at

6:30 p.m. Next meeting: Tuesday, June 5, 2018 at

5:30 p.m. Circle #6 will lead the closing prayer.

Respectfully submitted, Karen Gossen

Secretary