St. Francis, Francesville; St. Joseph, Pulaski; St. Peter, Winamac

Rev. Leroy G. Kinnaman, Pastor Cluster Email: stpete4906@embarqmail.com

Cluster Website: preciousbloodcluster.org

Cluster Correspondence: 401 N Monticello Street, Winamac, IN 46996 Bulletin Deadline: Wednesday Morning by 9:00 A.M.

Phone: 574.946.4906 Fax: 574.946.4962

LITURGY SCHEDULE Monday, April 23 at St. Peter 8:00 A.M. +Special Intention by Doc & Jo Russell

Tuesday, April 24 at Parkview Haven Nursing Home 9:00 A.M. + Charlie & Barb Lindenschmidt by Family

Wednesday, April 25 at St. Joseph 8:00 A.M. +Marjorie (Chiz) Hanus by Bill & Peach Roth

Thursday, April 26 at St. Joseph 8:00 A.M. +Joan Daugherty by Family

Friday, April 27 at St. Peter 8:00 A.M. +Special Intention by Doc & Jo Russell

Saturday, April 28 4:00 P.M. at St. Peter +Iva Pratt by Marie & Jim Nicolas 6:00 P.M. at St. Joseph +Elimination of abortion; and world peace by St. Joseph Christian Mothers

Sunday, April 29 8:00 A.M. at St. Francis +Our Cluster Family 10:00 A.M. at St. Peter +Paul DeSabatine by Friends

LITURGICAL MINISTERS Saturday, April 28 at 4:00 P.M. (St. Peter) Reader: Tim Murray Ministers: Bill Girton, Viv Reinhold and Carol Vires Servers: Bonnie Budd & Brooke Rausch Ushers: VOLUNTEERS

Saturday, April 28 at 6:00 P.M. (St. Joseph) Reader: Paul Gilsinger Ministers: Peach Roth, Rich Hopkins & Larry Brady Servers: Brody Roth & Emma Hoover Ushers: Christian Mothers

Sunday, April 29 at 8:00 A.M. (St. Francis) Reader: Dillar Ames Ministers: Carl & Rusty Federer Servers: Jonathan Ottow

Sunday, April 29 at 10:00A.M. (St. Peter) Reader: Linda Webb Ministers: John & Denise Downing and Dan Murphy Servers: Avery Wegner & Danni Jo Rausch

Ushers: VOLUNTEERS

Oh, by the way…

With this week-end being our monthly collection for the

support of St. Peter’s Cemetery, it is a good opportunity to

remind all in our Cluster about funerals, burials and diocesan

guidelines. The Catholic funeral rite is divided into several stations, or

parts, each with its own purpose. For this reason we recommend following the complete structure and making use of each station.

Vigil Service (Wake) "At the vigil, the Christian community keeps watch with the

family in prayer to the God of mercy and finds strength in Christ's presence" (Order of Christian Funerals, no. 56). The Vigil Service usually takes place during the period of visitation and viewing at the funeral home. It is a time to remember the life of the deceased and to commend him/her to God. In prayer we ask God to console us in our grief and give us strength to support one another.

The Vigil Service can take the form of a Service of the Word with readings from Sacred Scripture accompanied by reflection and prayers. It can also take the form of one of the prayers of the Office for the Dead from the Liturgy of the Hours. The clergy and your funeral director can assist in planning such service.

It is most appropriate, when family and friends are gathered together for visitation, to offer time for recalling the life of the deceased. For this reason, eulogies are usually encouraged to be done at the funeral home during visitation or at the Vigil Service.

Funeral Liturgy The funeral liturgy is the central liturgical celebration of the Christian community for the deceased.

When one of its members dies, the Church encourages the celebration of the funeral liturgy at a Mass. When Mass cannot be celebrated, a funeral liturgy outside Mass can be celebrated at the church or in the funeral home.

At the funeral liturgy, the Church gathers with the family and friends of the deceased to give praise and thanks to God for Christ's victory over sin and death, to commend the deceased to God's tender mercy and compassion, and to seek strength in the proclamation of the Paschal Mystery. The funeral liturgy, therefore, is an act of worship, and not merely an expression of grief.

Rite of Committal (Burial or Interment) The Rite of Committal, the conclusion of the funeral rite, is the final act of the community of faith in

caring for the body of its deceased member. It should normally be celebrated at the place of committal, that is, beside the open grave or place of interment. In committing the body to its resting place, the community expresses the hope that, with all those who have gone before us marked with the sign of faith, the deceased awaits the glory of the resurrection. The Rite of Committal is an expression of the communion that exists between the Church on earth and the Church in heaven: the deceased passes with the farewell prayers of the community of believers into the welcoming company of those who need faith no longer, but see God face-to-face.

Because of our belief not only in the immortality of the soul, but also in the resurrection of the body, the

Church professes hope in the face of death, and acts with charity in the funeral rites. The Church provides a

number of prayers for the faithful to offer both to accompany the dying of a loved one and to strengthen our

faith upon their death. Through private prayer and public funeral rites, we strengthen our faith and hope,

comfort those who mourn, and bury the bodily remains of the deceased with care befitting what was the Temple

of the Holy Spirit.

The following excerpts are taken from the General Introduction of the Order of Christian Funerals:

4. At the death of a Christian, whose life of faith was begun in the waters of baptism and strengthened at the Eucharistic table, the Church intercedes on behalf of the deceased because of its confident belief that death is not the end nor does it break the bonds forged in life. The Church also ministers to the sorrowing and consoles them in the funeral rites with the comforting word of God and the sacrament of the Eucharist. 5. Christians celebrate the funeral rites to offer worship, praise, and thanksgiving to God for the gift of a life which has now been returned to God, the author of life and the hope of the just. The Mass, the memorial of Christ's death and resurrection, is the principal celebration of the Christian funeral. 6. The Church through its funeral rites commends the dead to God's merciful love and pleads for the forgiveness of their sins. At the funeral rites, especially at the celebration of the Eucharistic sacrifice, the Christian community affirms and expresses the union of the Church on earth with the Church in heaven in the one great communion of saints. Though separated from the living, the dead are still at one with the community of believers on earth and benefit from their prayers and intercession. At the rite of final commendation and farewell, the community acknowledges the reality of separation and commends the deceased to God. In this way it recognizes the spiritual bond that still exists between the living and the dead and proclaims its belief that all the faithful will be raised up and reunited in the new heavens and a new earth, where death will be no more. Canon 1176 from the Code of Canon Law states, "Deceased members of the Christian faithful must be given ecclesiastical funerals according to the norm of law." Others who are eligible

for an ecclesiastical funeral include: Catechumens

Children whom the parents intended to baptize but who died before baptism, and

"In the prudent judgment of the local ordinary, ecclesiastical funerals can be granted to baptized persons

who are enrolled in a non-Catholic Church or ecclesial community unless their intention is evidently to the

contrary and provided that their own minister is not available" (canon 1183.3).

In general, Catholics are to be given a Catholic funeral upon their death. Catechumens are to be considered as Catholics with regard to funeral matters, and the local ordinary may permit unbaptized children whose parents intended to have them baptized to be given a Catholic funeral. The local ordinary may also permit baptized persons who were not Catholic to be given a Catholic funeral, provided their own minister is not available, unless they were clearly opposed to it.

However, Catholic burial rites are to be refused even to baptized Catholics who fall within any of the following classifications, unless they gave some sign of repentance before death:

1. Persons publicly known to be guilty of apostasy, heresy or schism;

2. Those who asked to be cremated for anti-Christian motives;

3. Manifest sinners, if the granting of Church funeral rites to them would cause scandal to Catholics.

Cremation The growing interest in and desire for cremation continues to remain a question in the minds of many

Catholics. Resources on this website are available to help better explain and deepen the Catholic understanding of cremation as an option for the final disposition of the body.

While the Church continues to hold a preference for corporeal burial, cremation has become part of Catholic practice in the United States and the around the world.

The practice of cremation has grown and become more commonplace in the United States, and it is often presented as a more affordable alternative to traditional burial. What is often overlooked is the Church’s teaching regarding the respect and honor due to the human body. The Order of Christian Funerals’ Appendix on Cremation states: “Although cremation is now permitted by the Church, it does not enjoy the same value as burial of the body. The Church clearly prefers and urges that the body of the deceased be present for the funeral rites, since the presence of the human body better expresses the values which the Church affirms in those rites” (no. 413).

The Church's reverence and care for the body grows out of a reverence and concern for the person whom the Church now commends to the care of God. This is the body once washed in baptism, anointed with the oil of salvation, and fed with the bread of life. This is the body whose hands clothed the poor and embraced the sorrowing. The human body is so inextricably associated with the human person that it is hard to think of a human person apart from his or her body.

In April 1997, the Holy See granted an indult for the United States to allow the diocesan bishop to

permit the presence of the cremated remains of a body at a Funeral Mass. Later that year, they confirmed the

special texts and ritual directives, which were then published as an appendix to the Order of Christian Funerals.

MUSIC The introduction to the Order of Christian Funerals devotes four paragraphs to the question of Music in

the Funeral liturgy (numbers 30-34). Number 30 is particularly relevant to your question. "Music is integral to the Funeral rites. It allows the community to express convictions and feelings that

word alone may fail to convey. It has the power to console and uplift the mourners and to strengthen the unity of the assembly in faith and love. The texts of the songs chosen for a particular celebration should express the paschal mystery of the Lord's suffering, death, and triumph over death and should be related to the readings from Scripture." Thus, while Funeral music may express "convictions and feelings," its subject must always be the paschal

mystery and it must be related to the readings from Scripture.

Rather than adopting popular secular songs which are inappropriate to a liturgical setting, we should

seek out good liturgical music on a paschal theme which can "support, console, and uplift participants and help

to create in them a spirit of hope in Christ's victory over death and in the Christian's share in that victory."

(Order of Christian Funerals, number 31)

READERS Paragraph 133 of the Directory addresses the question of a non-Catholic fulfilling the ministry of reader

at Mass. The Directory makes clear that normally "during a Eucharistic celebration in the Catholic Church" the readings are to be proclaimed by a Catholic. The Directory goes on, however, to allow that "on exceptional occasions and for a just cause, the bishop of the diocese may permit a member of another church or ecclesial community to take on the task of reader."

While funerals may be held on any day, the special funeral Mass for such occasions are not to be celebrated on "Solemnities that are Holydays of Obligation, Thursday of Holy Week, the Paschal Triduum, and the Sundays of Advent, Lent, and Easter".

DON’T KNOW OR THERE IS A GREAT MISUNDERSTANDING: All Catholic cemeteries belong to the Diocese! If one is interested, take a look at

https://pulaskiin.wthgis.com. One will see the plat map of Pulaski County with the designed properties owned

by the Diocese. When a person purchases a grave, they are given an easement for burial in the cemetery (the

person/family doesn’t own it!), there are specific guidelines for our Local Church. The 278 page document may

be found at the following:

https://diolaf.org/documents/Policies/Clergy%20Handbook/Cemetery%20Handbook.pdf

There are also local rules developed for each cemetery, e.g. speed limits; height of monuments,

decorations, etc. Most of these have been printed over the past couple years.

I have recently noticed some violations to the policy. Bases and monuments have

been erected not compliant with the Diocesan Policy. These will be addressed with the

various families. (All local monument companies have been notified of rules.)

Meanwhile, refreshed in our Baptismal water… fr. K

World Day of Prayer for Vocations is 22 April 2018. The purpose of the World Day of Prayer for Vocations is to publically fulfill

the Lord's instruction to, "Pray the Lord of the harvest to send laborers into

his harvest" (Mt 9:38; Lk 10:2). From Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, CCLV Chairman

The 55th World Day of Prayer for Vocations will be celebrated this year on 22

April, Good Shepherd Sunday. Pope Francis has prepared a personal message for this

occasion. In it, he speaks to key elements involved in the process of receiving God’s

call, stating: “In the diversity and the uniqueness of each and every vocation, personal

and ecclesial, there is a need to listen, discern and live this word that calls to us from

on high and, while enabling us to develop our talents, makes us instruments of salvation

in the world and guides us to full happiness.” He goes on to encourage young people to

“open [their] hearts to the voice of the Lord. To listen to that voice, to discern our

personal mission in the Church and the world, and at last to live it in the today that

God gives us.” The entire message is available at www.usccb.org/vocations.

Quick one-liners for you:

●St. Peter Parish Council will meet on Thursday, April 26th at 6:30 P.M. in the Parish Hall.

●The Christian Mothers will meet in the Parish Hall at St. Joseph after Mass on Saturday, April 28th. All

members are asked to attend.

●The Monterey Knights of Columbus are offering a Breakfast Buffet on Sunday, April 22, 9:00-10:30am

in the basement of St. Anne's Church in Monterey. Menu includes French toast, pancakes, scrambled

eggs, biscuits & gravy, hash browns, sausage links, and bacon. Free will donations appreciated.

Cluster Weekly Activities

Monday, April 23 Wednesday, April 25 6:30 P.M. EM Class at St. Joseph 5:30 P. M. RE Classes at St. Peter

Thursday, April 26 Saturday, April 28 6:30 P.M. Parish Council Meeting at St. Peter 7:00 P.M. Christian Mothers Meeting at St. Joseph

Cluster News!!!!

St. Francis St. Joseph St. Peter

PRAYER REQUESTS: Please keep the following individuals in your prayers: Richard Alber, Randy

Baker, Mary Baunach (Barbara Mau’s Mother), Judy Berger, Marie Brown (sister-in-law of Lois Heater),

Shelia Buczek, Will Cheverette, Adam Deitrich, Tom Fanning, Rose Marie Garcia

(friend of Theresa Logan), Shelia Garling, Marsha Gearhart, Donna Griffen

(friend of Theresa Logan), Dain Hayworth (Kay Hayworth’s son), Fr. Mike Heppen,

Mary Ann Johnson, Joseph Knouff, Marie Kraft, Greg Loehmer, Theresa Logan,

Andy Meyer, Robert Meyer, Tom Murray Sr., Patricia O’Donnell, Joe Pesaresi,

Floyd Podell, Doug Roth, Miles Shidler (grandson of Betty Wallace), Gloria Staples, & Graham Vollmer

April 15, 2018

General Offerings: $370.00

Loose Collection: $45.00

April 14 2018

General Offerings: $749.00

Loose Collection: $94.00

Easter: $50.00

Catholic Moment: $22.00

April 14 & 15, 2018 General Offering: $1,834.00

Loose Collection: $329.00

Children’s Offering: $18.01

Votive Lights: $25.00