& St. Emily’s

Immaculate Heart Church�

35208 County Road 37 PO Box 155 Crosslake, Minnesota 56442

Phone: 218-692-3731 Fax: 218-692-3732

Email: ihc@crosslake.net Website: www.crosslakecatholic.com

Office Hours: 8:30 am-4:00 pm Monday through Friday

St. Emily’s Church�

39922 Lake Street PO Box 25 Emily, Minnesota 56447 Phone: 218-763-2101

Email: 2stemily@gmail.com Website: www.emilycatholic.com Office Hours: 8:30 am-2:00 pm Monday, Wednesday and Friday

Fr. Blake Rozier, Pastor

Barry Olson, Jim Kirzeder, and Tim Richardson, Deacons

Immaculate Heart

June 24, 2018 | The Nativity of John the Baptist

Crosslake and Emily, Minnesota

Mass Schedules�

Immaculate Heart Church Year~Round Weekend Mass Schedule

Saturday 4:00 pm Sunday 8:30 am

Confessions Saturday 3:00 pm or by appointment

Year-Round Daily Mass Schedule Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 8:00 am

St. Emily’s Church Year~Round Weekend Mass Schedule

Sunday 10:30 am

or by appointment Year-Round Daily Mass Schedule

Wednesday and Friday 8:00 am

Wednesdays 10:00 am Golden Horizons Assisted Living Facility

Welcome to the Parishes of

Baptisms or Marriages: Please call your parish office for more information. Sick or Homebound: Notify your parish office or call Jon or Julie at 651-335-6555 if you or someone you know is sick, homebound, or in the hospital. To register as a member and receive contribution envelopes: Contact your parish office to register as a year-round or seasonal member. Funerals: Please contact a funeral home. They will notify the parish.�

Youth Ministry News If you have questions contact Karen Gray at 218-831-6065 or by e-mail ihckaren@crosslake.net. For info on our cluster youth events visit our Facebook Page (Immaculate Heart Church of Crosslake & St Emily Youth Ministry).

�Teen Discipleship Nights in Duluth with Fr. Mike Schmitz will be held on July 19, 26, and August 2, beginning at 5:00 pm each night. The eve-nings include a cookout, talks from Fr. Mike, speedball and DQ. This event is for students in grades 9-12. No need to register, just show up at the Newman Center (42 West St Marie Street, Duluth). If you need more info please contact Karen.

�Guys Dodgeball Night for students grades 7-12 will be held on July 19 at 5:30 pm at Immaculate Heart. All the guys from Crosby will once again join us for an evening that includes a KC barbecue, dodgeball, and more. A sign-up sheet is on the youth table in the Immaculate Heart narthex. Dads are welcome to join us for the fun!

From the Desk of the Deacon

“THIS IS WHAT YOUR GOD ASKS OF YOU, ONLY THIS: TO ACT JUSTLY, LOVE TENDERLY AND WALK HUMBLY WITH YOUR GOD.” Micah 6:8 My brothers and sisters, on this celebration of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist I begin with my favorite scripture passage from Micah. The reason being, I consider John to be the personification of these virtues: justice, love and humility. We know that John understood and embraced humility in his own words when he said, “What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. Behold, one is coming after me; I am not worthy to unfasten the sandals of his feet.” Humility is understanding one’s place before God. It is knowing and embracing that He is God and I am not. Humility is not, however, self-deprecation. John also knew, as is stated in Psalm 139, “Truly you have formed my inmost being; you knit me in my mother’s womb. I give you thanks that I am fearfully, wonderfully made; wonderful are your works.” John knew that a humble, loving heart is necessary to act justly with all people and to give all glory and honor to the Father. In the passage from Acts we read, “John heralded his coming by pro-claiming a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.” What is this baptism of repentance? We often equate repentance with simply being sorry for something, but in this case it is an inadequate translation of the Greek word metanoia, which describes a change of mind and heart and attitude demanded by personal conversion which is what John preached. We turn more toward God and away from evil every day of our lives, always thanking Him, giving Him all the praise, glory, and hon-or. John’s story is remarkable. In today’s Gospel we read that John’s par-ents, Zechariah and Elizabeth, were obedient to the Lord when they said, “John is his name.” The people of the hill country of Judea who heard the stories about John heard these things, took them to heart, saying, ”What, then, will this child be?” For surely the hand of the Lord was with him. John is for us what he always desired to be, less, so that Jesus would be more. His idea of success is that we, along with he, would bend the knee, the heart, and the mind before our Savior. Wouldn’t you love to untie the sandals of His feet. My sisters and brothers, Jesus loves you; I love you; love one another!

Deacon Barry

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Cluster News for Family and Parish Faith Forma�on�

If you have questions contact Marilyn Lessard ihcmarilyn@crosslake.net or 218-692-3731.

Family Faith Formation:

�Remember to include prayer as part of your summertime routine!

Parish Faith Formation:

�FORMED—Check out all the wonderful and informative materials that are available at the FORMED website at www.formed.org. Use parish code cd2376 to access the materials.

�24-hour Adoration is cancelled on June 28-29 because of cleaning our heating ducts (postponed from a few weeks ago).

Weekly Thursday/Friday 24-hour Adoration this summer in our cluster will take place until August 30/31 in Our Lady’s Chapel at Immaculate Heart. Sign-up sheets for each week are on the tables in the narthex at Immaculate Heart. Please sign up if you would like a particular day and/or time. If you have any questions, please call Marilyn at the Immaculate Heart parish office.

Guardians are needed for 24-Hour Adoration in July and August. Please stop in the narthex at Immaculate Heart and sign up for an hour of Ado-ration. Who does not benefit from time with Jesus, prayer, and peaceful silence?

@ Immaculate Heart and St. Emily’s Parishes. Keep up with what’s going on at your “up north” parishes. Watch Fr. Blake’s video updates.

Cluster and Area News

�The IHC CCW will again be hosting a Blood Drive on Wednesday, July 11, from noon to 6:00 pm, in the social hall at Immaculate Heart Church. As with most things, on-line registra-tion is the preferred method to sign up and is now available. If you would like help signing up or have questions, please call Sharon at 218-851-3263 or 218-763-3268. Watch for a bulletin insert soon! Thank you for considering contrib-uting one of the gifts of life.�

�Have you signed up yet for your family portrait time for our 2018 cluster directory? Every fami-ly that participates gets a free portrait and di-rectory. Sign up is available via each of our parish websites (click on the directory picture and follow the guides). If you don’t have a com-puter or are not computer conversant, please call either parish office for help in signing up. If you are unable to make it to an available time at your home parish you can sign up for an available time at your sister parish (via their website). Times at Immaculate Heart are: Fridays July 6, 13, 20, 27—1-8 pm Saturdays, July 7, 14, 21, 28—9 am-4 pm Sundays, July 8, 15, 22, 29—9:30 am-4:30 pm Mondays, July 9, 16, 23, 30—1-8 pm Tuesdays, July 10, 17, 24, 31—1-8 pm. Times at St. Emily’s are: Thursday, July 19, 1-8 pm Friday, July 20, 1-8 pm Saturday, July 21, 9 am-4 pm. Sign up soon to get your preferred time. There are many discounts available for those who wish to purchase portraits in addition to receiv-ing their free 8 x 10 and directory. We especial-ly encourage our seasonal parishioners and friends to participate. We are all one family! See you soon!

�The Mass intention calendar for our cluster for the month of November 2018 is now open. Watch the bulletin to see when the November calendar is full, we will then open the Decem-ber 2018 calendar. To schedule a Mass inten-tion (for either parish) please contact Mary at the IHC office at 218-692-3731.

�St. Francis Catholic School has an opening

for a part time assistant Band Director. This

person would assist our current Band Director,

work directly with students in lessons, organize

and assist as needed for concerts and practic-

es. Music experience preferred. Please send

resume to deb.euteneuer@sf-school.org or

mail to Deb Euteneuer, 817 Juniper Street,

Brainerd, MN 56401

Immaculate Heart News�

�Don’t forget to check the kiosk for parish infor-mation, including explanations of the readings and the weekly prayer intentions. You can also find copies of the IHMessenger newsletter, the parish registration form and the lost and found at the kiosk.

�Please be sure to check the Parish Events cal-endar on the website to stay current with what’s happening! At www.croslakecatholic.com you will find our calendar of events and much more.

�This week (June 25-28) there will be no daily 8:00 am Mass in the cluster. Daily Mass will re-sume on Friday, June 29, at 8:00 am at St. Emi-ly’s.�

�On the weekend of August 11-12, we will have elections to the parish councils. You may nomi-nate someone for either the Pastoral Council or the Finance Council. Please submit your nomina-tions to the parish office prior to July 15. After that date, short biographical paragraphs about each candidate will be available for the elections! The Finance Council meets monthly on the third Tuesday of the month at 6:45 am and the Pasto-ral Council meets quarterly. Members nominated to the Finance Council must have a financial or business background. If you have any questions, please call Mary in the parish office.

�The Crosslake Police Department is now ac-cepting unneeded over-the-counter medications, prescriptions or narcotic drugs from community members. The drop off box is located inside Crosslake City Hall. Drop off hours are Monday-Friday from 8 am to 4:30 pm. Please call 692-2688 if you have any questions.

�Donations of good, used furniture are needed for area families. Please call Doris at 692-1004.

St. Emily’s News�

�Construction note-Anyone who needs to come to the church office during the day, please use the north door (the one facing City Park) of the church social hall.

�Fr. Blake will be on vacation for part of the coming week, so there is no daily 8:00 am Mass in the cluster Monday-Thursday. The regular daily Mass schedule at St. Emily’s resumes on Friday, June 29, at 8:00 am.

�Our Holy Hour for Vocations (Bishop Baraga Apostolate) will now be held on the first Friday of the month right after the 8:00 am Mass. Come and pray for an increase in holy vocations.

�Sheets with our prayer list and a synopsis of the Sunday readings are available on the table at the back of the nave.

�The Mass times schedule at St. Emily’s for the first two weekends of July are as follows: Sun-day, July 1, 10:30 am, Saturday, July 7, 5:00 pm, Sunday, July 8, 10:30 am. A Reflection for the Nativity of John the Bap-tist—Take some time to read and reflect on Psalm 139. God, who created us, knows us completely. No one knows our strengths and weaknesses, our hopes and struggles as well as God. Even at our worst moments, God is with us and loving us. We have been given the Holy Spirit to help us in our journey through this life. Our real challenge is to learn to listen to the promptings of the Spirit and follow them.

“O Lord, you have probed me, and you know me.”

Psalm 139:1

(Used with permission of S.T. Productions)

Immaculate Heart Stewardship�

Envelope Income ........................................ $ Plate Income ............................................... $ Fiscal Year-to-date Collection . $ 452,710.38 UCA 2018 Assessment........... $ 89,923.11 Given toward UCA 2018 ......... $ 35,527.67

St. Emily’s Stewardship

Envelope Income .....................$ 707.00 Plate Income ............................$ 1,041.00 Fiscal Year-to-date Collection $ 103,308.96 UCA 2018 Assessment ...........$ 20,637.83 Given toward UCA 2018…..….$ 10,146.44

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Your sacrifice and generosity are appreciated. Please remember Immaculate Heart and St. Emily’s in your will.

As given by June 17, 2018�

Clergy�Fr. Blake Rozier ........................................................... 218-692-3731 Deacon Barry Olson ..................................................... 218-828-7835 Deacon Jim Kirzeder .................................................... 218-546-6809 Deacon Tim Richardson ............................................... 218-763-3033 �

Immaculate Heart Staff�Business Manager, Mary Hagen .................................. 218-692-3731 Music Director, Kathy Binsfeld ..................................... 218-692-3731 Liturgy Coordinator, Jeanne Keiffer ............................. 218-692-3731 Director, Faith Formation, Marilyn Lessard ................. 218-692-3731 Youth Minister, Karen Gray .............. 218-692-3731 or 218-763-3403 Cleaning Custodian, Tim Klein ..................................... 218-692-3731 Maintenance Custodian, Harvey Baxter ....................... 218-692-3731 Rectory Custodian, Nancy Hathaway .......................... 218-692-3731 Finance Council Chair, George Loban ......................... 218-543-4020 Pastoral Council Chair, Sheila Speedling..................... 218-765-3750 �

St. Emily’s Staff�Secretary/Bookkeeper, Paula Fletcher ........................ 218-763-2101 Religious Education contact, Paula Fletcher ............... 218-763-2101 Liturgy/Music Coordinator, Kayleen Fletcher ............... 218-763-2101 Finance Council Chair, John Kruse .............................. 218-763-2870 Pastoral Council Chair, Kaye Cardinal ......................... 218-763-3695

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Mass Schedule and Inten�ons�

Sat. 06/23: 4:00 pm Dan & Sue Wiechmann Intention IH Sun. 06/24: 8:30 am Jim & Kay Arms† IH 10:30 am For the People of Our Parish Cluster SE

Rosary at 7:30 am before the Daily Masses Mon. 06/25: 8:00 am NO MASS† IH Tue. 06/26: 8:00 am NO MASS† IH Wed. 06/27: 8:00 am NO MASS† SE 10:00 am Jerry Latterall† GH Thu. 06/28: 8:00 am NO MASS† IH Fri. 06/29: 8:00 am Jerry Lehn† SE

Sat. 06/30: 4:00 pm For the People of Our Parish Cluster IH Sun. 07/01: 8:30 am Mike & Ginger Gooley† IH 10:30 am Van & Jayne Bialon 25th anni. SE

IH-Immaculate Heart • SE Saint Emily’s • GH Golden Horizons Assisted Living Mass Intentions are subject to change

Weekly Scripture Readings� �

Week of June 24, 2018 Sunday: Is 49:1-6/Ps 139:1-3, 13-14, 14-15 [14a]/ Acts 13:22-26/Lk 1:57-66, 80 Monday: Tuesday: , 10-11 [cf. 9d]/Mt 7:6, 12-14 Wednesday: Thursday: 2Kgs 24:8-17/Ps 79:1b-2, 3-5, 8, 9 [9]/Mt 7:21-29 Friday: Saturday: Next Sunday: Wis 1:13-15; 2:23-24/Ps 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11, 12, 13 [2a]/ 2Cor 8:7, 9, 13-15/Mk 5:21-43 or 5:21-24, 35b-43

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Events Calendar� Sunday, June 24—Nativity of St. John the Baptist 8:30 am Sunday Mass IH 10:30 am Sunday Mass SE

Monday, June 25 Duct cleaning at IH 3:00 pm Bulletin deadline for the 7/01 issue 6:00 pm Choir Rehearsal IH

Tuesday, June 26 Duct cleaning at IH 8:45 am KC Wood Crew IH

Wednesday, June 27 Duct cleaning at IH 7:00 am AA meeting IH

Thursday, June 28 Duct cleaning at IH 6:30 am Lectio Divina IH 7:00 pm Open AA & Al-Anon IH

Friday, June 29 Duct cleaning at IH 12:00 pm Bulletin deadline for the 7/8 issue

Saturday, June 30 3:00 pm Reconciliation IH 4:00 pm Sunday Mass IH

Sunday, July 1—13th Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:30 am Sunday Mass IH 10:30 am Sunday Mass SE

IH-Immaculate Heart • SE-Saint Emily’s Indicates parish where event is taking place

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Area AA Meetings

AA meets Mondays at 7 pm at Crosslake Lutheran Church (35960 County Rd 66) in Crosslake. An open AA meeting takes place Tuesdays at 7 pm at Crosslake Presbyterian Church (14444 Daggett Pine Rd.). An AA meeting 7am Wednesdays & Thursdays at 7 pm (open) and Al-Anon meets Thursdays at 7 pm Immaculate Heart Church in Crosslake (35208 County Rd 37) in lower level classrooms.

Eucharistic Adoration is held every Thursday 8:30 am-6:00 pm

at Immaculate Heart Church First Thursday 8:30 am until 7:50 am Friday.

“Can you not spend one hour with me?”�

Clergy�Fr. Blake Rozier ........................................................... 218-692-3731 Deacon Barry Olson ..................................................... 218-828-7835 Deacon Jim Kirzeder .................................................... 218-546-6809 Deacon Tim Richardson ............................................... 218-763-3033 �

Immaculate Heart Staff�Business Manager, Mary Hagen .................................. 218-692-3731 Music Director, Kathy Binsfeld ..................................... 218-692-3731 Liturgy Coordinator, Jeanne Keiffer ............................. 218-692-3731 Director, Faith Formation, Marilyn Lessard ................. 218-692-3731 Youth Minister, Karen Gray .............. 218-692-3731 or 218-763-3403 Cleaning Custodian, Tim Klein ..................................... 218-692-3731 Maintenance Custodian, Harvey Baxter ....................... 218-692-3731 Rectory Custodian, Nancy Hathaway .......................... 218-692-3731 Finance Council Chair, George Loban ......................... 218-543-4020 Pastoral Council Chair, Sheila Speedling..................... 218-765-3750 �

St. Emily’s Staff�Secretary/Bookkeeper, Paula Fletcher ........................ 218-763-2101 Religious Education contact, Paula Fletcher ............... 218-763-2101 Liturgy/Music Coordinator, Kayleen Fletcher ............... 218-763-2101 Finance Council Chair, John Kruse .............................. 218-763-2870 Pastoral Council Chair, Kaye Cardinal ......................... 218-763-3695

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Mass Schedule and Inten�ons�

Sat. 06/23: 4:00 pm Dan & Sue Wiechmann Intention IH Sun. 06/24: 8:30 am Jim & Kay Arms† IH 10:30 am For the People of Our Parish Cluster SE

Rosary at 7:30 am before the Daily Masses Mon. 06/25: 8:00 am NO MASS† IH Tue. 06/26: 8:00 am NO MASS† IH Wed. 06/27: 8:00 am NO MASS† SE 10:00 am Jerry Latterall† GH Thu. 06/28: 8:00 am NO MASS† IH Fri. 06/29: 8:00 am Jerry Lehn† SE

Sat. 06/30: 4:00 pm For the People of Our Parish Cluster IH Sun. 07/01: 8:30 am Mike & Ginger Gooley† IH 10:30 am Van & Jayne Bialon 25th anni. SE

IH-Immaculate Heart • SE Saint Emily’s • GH Golden Horizons Assisted Living Mass Intentions are subject to change

Weekly Scripture Readings� �

Week of June 24, 2018 Sunday: Is 49:1-6/Ps 139:1-3, 13-14, 14-15 [14a]/ Acts 13:22-26/Lk 1:57-66, 80 Monday: Tuesday: , 10-11 [cf. 9d]/Mt 7:6, 12-14 Wednesday: Thursday: 2Kgs 24:8-17/Ps 79:1b-2, 3-5, 8, 9 [9]/Mt 7:21-29 Friday: Saturday: Next Sunday: Wis 1:13-15; 2:23-24/Ps 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11, 12, 13 [2a]/ 2Cor 8:7, 9, 13-15/Mk 5:21-43 or 5:21-24, 35b-43

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Events Calendar� Sunday, June 24—Nativity of St. John the Baptist 8:30 am Sunday Mass IH 10:30 am Sunday Mass SE

Monday, June 25 Duct cleaning at IH 3:00 pm Bulletin deadline for the 7/01 issue 6:00 pm Choir Rehearsal IH

Tuesday, June 26 Duct cleaning at IH 8:45 am KC Wood Crew IH

Wednesday, June 27 Duct cleaning at IH 7:00 am AA meeting IH

Thursday, June 28 Duct cleaning at IH 6:30 am Lectio Divina IH 7:00 pm Open AA & Al-Anon IH

Friday, June 29 Duct cleaning at IH 12:00 pm Bulletin deadline for the 7/8 issue

Saturday, June 30 3:00 pm Reconciliation IH 4:00 pm Sunday Mass IH

Sunday, July 1—13th Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:30 am Sunday Mass IH 10:30 am Sunday Mass SE

IH-Immaculate Heart • SE-Saint Emily’s Indicates parish where event is taking place

4a | Welcome to Immaculate Heart & St. Emily’s Parishes

Area AA Meetings

AA meets Mondays at 7 pm at Crosslake Lutheran Church (35960 County Rd 66) in Crosslake. An open AA meeting takes place Tuesdays at 7 pm at Crosslake Presbyterian Church (14444 Daggett Pine Rd.). An AA meeting 7am Wednesdays & Thursdays at 7 pm (open) and Al-Anon meets Thursdays at 7 pm Immaculate Heart Church in Crosslake (35208 County Rd 37) in lower level classrooms.

Eucharistic Adoration is held every Thursday 8:30 am-6:00 pm

at Immaculate Heart Church First Thursday 8:30 am until 7:50 am Friday.

“Can you not spend one hour with me?”�