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Saint Wendelin – Luxemburg Holy Cross – Pearl Lake (Marty)

Mary of the Immaculate Conception –Rockville

Sunday Bulletin Third Sunday of Easter April 10, 2016

From Safari This an exciting time within the cluster, as youth in our cluster make their First Eucharist this weekend and next weekend. On Thursday, many of our 10th and 11th grad-

ers become fully initiated into the church as they are con-firmed at St. Mary’s Cathe-dral. Congratulations to our youth and their families as they celebrate these land-mark sacraments.

The celebration of the Sacraments of Initiation this week reminds us that we are called to witness to the Good News of a God who loves us and is actively involved in our lives. To be effective witness-

es, we are to gather around the Book and Altar every week. This obligation to gather for Eucharist on Sunday is not meant as a burden. Rather, we gather to remember that we need each other, and we need the nourishment only God can provide us.

Noting the importance of the Sunday gathering, Gabe Huck writes, “During our time together each Sunday, the church is doing in this room what the church needs to do, hungers and thirsts to do, in order to be the church. The deeds are done not simply by one individual and another individual, but by the church here assembled. The body of Christ is proclaiming itself to be the body of Christ. The body of Christ — you and me — is identifying itself, re-membering itself, preparing itself to live as Christ all week long. When we come into this room, we do not come to pray alone for an hour or so. We come to place ourselves beside brothers and sisters and to give all that we have to give to the work the church has to do here. It is the church that listens to God’s loving word, it is the church that then intercedes, it is the church that gives God thanks and praise over bread and wine, and it is the church that takes and is the holy Communion. None of us does this alone, yet the church does nothing without each of us doing all we can.” (April 2016, Celebration, p.9, The National Catholic Reporter Publishing Company, Kansas City, MO.) How do you rate your participation in the Mass? Continued blessings on your Easter and have a peace

filled week. —Fr. Ron

SCHOOL NEWS AND HAPPENINGS Congratulations and Blessings...to the young

people from each of our schools who will make their

1st Communion this weekend. (See names on Page

2) May this sacred occasion bring many blessings

and much happiness to them and their families and

may they continue to follow in God’s footsteps and

grow in His love!

Holy Cross Congratulations \It’s Finally Here! The 10th Annual Dinner & Auc-

tion! “A Night at the HC Ranch”! Thank you to everyone who has been

a part of this event. We’ve been blessed with a huge amount of donations

and a huge amount of hours of volunteering by our community members.

There are a few people who deserve a little extra credit. Thank you to

Mike Meagher for volunteering his time to be our auctioneer. Thank you

to Tom & Donna Gregory for donating so many great decorations for the

gym. Thanks to Janice Loch for using her amazing decorating abilities to

make our gym look like a barn! Thank you to Al & Michele Haus for

making a bar into a covered wagon. Thank you to all of the parents who

gave of their time and talents, making Janice’s vision a reality. St. Wendelin All Roads Led to Monticello...on Friday with students and staff all smiles as we

headed to the Monticello Community Center for a day of swimming topped off by

pizza. This was their reward for raising over $10,000 on the Catholic United Finan-

cial raffle.Thanks again to all who made this possible.

There’s Only One Fundraiser Left for this Year...I’m sure you’re all

cheering! That’s our April 30th Springtime in Paris event; the deadline

for getting your tickets in, Friday, April 15th , is fast approaching. Come

join us for good food and conversation. There are several nice live auction

items to bid on. We have a Yeti cooler and a log swing. Or how about an

all inclusive guided fishing weekend at the Koshiol/Bartell cabins. There

will also be silent auction items to bid on at the beginning of the night so

come early. Come see Lynn in the school office to make your reservation.

Wall of Wine chances are being sold at Delux Liquor and school. If

you’d like to donate to the Wall, stop in at Delux and see Thais.

Registrations are Being Accepted For Pre-School-6...for the 2016-17

school year. Just call the office 251-9175 or stop by and see Lynn.

School Board Meets...Tuesday, April 12, 7:00 pm in the library.

Liturgy Lesson...Following directions was at the heart of Fr. Ron’s

teaching as he showed a cookbook and talked about how one

needs to follow directions to successfully make a recipe, for exam-

ple like chocolate chip cookies. The fishing apostles, in today’s

reading, also needed to follow directions, those given by Jesus, to

throw out their nets for a huge catch. Likewise, we should ask the

Holy Spirit to help us follow Jesus’ directions so as to grow in hap-

piness and holiness in our day by day faith journey.

Financial Blessings for the Week of April 3, 2016

HOLY CROSS

Easter (29) 4775.00

Adult (18) 630.00

Loose 182.75

Holy Land 40.00

Visitor 17.00

Stole 30.00

Internment Fee 150.00

Total $5824.75

Year to Date $58,252.50

Budget $68,322.80

Weekly Budget $1705.60

Under Budget (-10070.30)

Under this week (-892.85)

ST. WENDELIN Adult (89) $3,019.95

Youth (17) 15.50

Loose 91.01

Easter (17) 689.00

CRS Rice Bowl (1) 1.00

Holy Land (2) 3.00

Votives 52.07

Keep the Heat On (1) 5.00

Building Fund (2) 21.00

Total $3,897.53

Last Week’s Regular $3,126.46

Weekly Budget 2015/16 3,925.00

Shortfall Last Week 798.54

Shortfall Year to Date -$6,442.63

MARY OF THE IMMACULATE

CONCEPTION Regular Income: Adult (regular 68) $2,028.00

Adult (Easter (18) 965.00

Youth (regular 14) $5.82

Youth (Easter 7) $7.25

Plate 384.20

Total $ 3,390.27

Misc. Income:

Good Friday/Holy Land $ 80.00

Elevator $310.00

Rice Bowls $ 25.00

Regular $ 3,390.27

Budgeted $2,346.00

YTD over/short $729.20

CLUSTER NEWS

CONGRATULATIONS AND BLESSINGS To the young people from our cluster who will make their 1st

Communion this weekend . They include:

At Holy Cross: Kendra Kalkbrenner and Abigail Steichen

At St. Wendelin: Georgia Becker, Samantha Groinus, Justice Kirchhoff, Callie Klema, Brady Lebrun,

Raegan Walklin

At Mary of the Immaculate Conception: Audrina Burg,

Zoey Filla, Christian Gable, Brooke George, Ollie Harren, Katelyn Keeville,

Jackie Merten, Allie Reitmeier, Paityn Rutz

Also congrats to all being confirmed Thurs. evening at St. Mary’s

Cathedral, those from St. Augusta and our cluster including:

From Holy Cross: Katrina Andrusick, Nathaniel Andrusick,

Joseph Donnay, Ashley Haus, Tyler Konz, Mitchell Kunkel,

Samuel Molitor, Austin Voigt

From St. Wendelin: Melissa Bautch, Taylor Bechtold , Mel

Buettner, Anna Eigen, Kailey Frank, Katelyn Koshiol,

Hannah Kunkel, Jake Lieser, Bryanna Lommel, Andrew Massmann, Kortney

Notch, Kaitlyn Paul, Michael Paul, Amy Schlangen, Molly Schlangen,

Mariah Schmitt, Maria Wrenn

From Mary of the Immaculate Conception: Jacob Cossairt, Rachel Counter,

Shelby Fuchs, Austin Hiltner, Tanner Molitor, Angela Molitor, Jennifer Neu,

Jordan Ott, Brenden Ott, Eli Porwoll, Kate Schneider, Justin Stanger,

Noah Walz, Leah Wimmer

COME HOLY SPIRIT!!!

Blessings to each of these young people as they take these major step in their faith

journey. May they always know the loving embrace of JESUS throughout their

lives. Blessings also to their parents and teachers who prepared them including Laura

Lund, Jessica Drewitz, Ann Symalla Heidi Reitmeier, Lisa Schneider ,Vera

Ebensteiner for 1st Communion and LeMay Bechtold, Judy Ikeogu, Kathy Watrin

and Father Ron for Confirmation, also to our Faith Formation Director, Amanda

Meierhofer. FAITH FORMATION : Classes Wed. April 13, 6:50 pm at MIC for students K-9. Confirmation Practice: Monday, April 11th, 7 pm , St. Mary’s Cathedral

Choir Practice for those singing for Confirmation, is Wed., April 13th, 6:00 pm at St. Au-

gusta. Choir rehearsal is Thurs., April 14th at 6:15 pm at St. Mary’s Cathedral.

Confirmation Mass: Thursday, April 14th, 7 pm, St. Mary’s Cathedral

First Eucharist Mass also next Sat., April 16, 4:00 pm at Holy Cross

Divine Mercy Thank You...Last Sunday’s Divine Mercy Sunday service at MIC was a

wonderful occasion of Grace bringing people from across the area together at the fountain of

mercy for adoration, for confession and for a deeper understanding of God’s love and mercy.

Surely an abundance of Grace was showered upon all. Thanks to Fr. Ron for his presentation

on mercy; all 5 priests who heard confessions and all the faithful who prayed and sang in

English and Spanish. Special thanks to the area parishes who coordinated the planning and

especially for the collaboration of our cluster member parishes who produced such a deli-

cious supper!! It was indeed a day of immense mercy and trust which will most certainly fill

the hearts and souls of many!

Cluster Parish Offices Update: St. Wendelin’s Parish Leadership members did a rectory

walk through last week to identify the next steps in relocating the tri parish office there. It’s

anticipated the rectory will be ready for move-in sometime mid-June. Meanwhile, Kathy

Anderson, our newly hired tri parish secretary who’s been working out of the MIC office

since starting in January ,will make regular visits to the HC and SW offices to be oriented

into office procedures.

“Bikes for Needy Kids Program” Benefit Bike Sale

When: Saturday, April 16, 2016 at 9:30 a.m. Where: The sale is located 1-1/2 blocks south

of Main St. on Red River Ave. south (same location as past years).

Over 100 bikes were distributed in 2015 to Rocori district families. For additional infor-

mation see your parish bulletin board or the Cold Spring Record.

PURITY BALL FOR FATHERS- DAUGHTERS Sat. Apr. 16, 5:00-10:30 pm

All Saints-St. Hedwig Parish

Holdingford, MN

Call 252-4721 or go to

www.stcdio.org/purityball

Liturgy this week THIRD WEEK OF EASTER

Mon., April 11, Stanislaus, Bishop & Martyr No Word and Communion Today Adoration 9:00 am to 3:00 pm Tues., April 12, Easter Weekday

7:45 am SW-Word and Communion 6:30 pm MIC+ Mary Ann Bloch Wed., April 13, Easter Weekday 7:45 am SW+ Vicki Salzbrun School Mass

8:00 am MIC-Word and Communion Thurs. Apr. 14, Easter Weekday 7:45 am SW-Word and Communion Adoration following until 8:00 pm 8:00 am MIC+Cyril Massmann Adoration following until 7:00 pm

7:00 pm-Confirmation at St. Mary’s Cathedral Fri., April 15, Easter Weekday 8:30 am HC+ Doris Vander Eyk School Mass

Sat., April 16, Vigil , 4th Sunday of Easter 4:00 pm HC+ Larry Hennen/For the People Sun., April 17, 4th Sunday of Easter 7:30 am MIC+ Richard Dingmann 9:00 am SW+ Eunice Ranweiler 10:30 am MIC+ Edwin and Nita Gohman

Sacrament of Reconciliation

Sat. Apr. 16, 3:00 pm at St. Wendelin Other times by appointment

St. Wendelin Church Cleaners,

Group 2, Sat., FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 6:00 PM

Spring Cleaning of Church: Kelly, Knier, Carole

Wurst, Sue Tschida, Elaine Reinert, Jane Henkel,

Janet Albers*** plus other men, women, youth

who can help. Bring rags, buckets, step ladders if

you are able.

HOLY CROSS Mass Intentions: We have openings for Mass intentions and they are $10.00. You

can come to the office or drop them in the collection basket. Thank you.

Kimball Food Shelf: ..Dear Children of Holy Cross School & Families: Thank

you so much for your wonderful donation of $338.97 and 140 pounds of food. The

money and food are such a big help to the Kimball Food Shelf. We serve many

families each month—about 45 families– and this helps us to keep the shelf full of

good food. Your support is very much appreciated.

Mary Mathies, Food Shelf Director

Festival Chairs: Our new chair people are; Denny & Karol Ringsmuth, Al &

Doreen Kern, and Jim & Carol Ruegemer. We congratulate them for stepping

up to chair the festival!!

Banns of Marriage 1: Stephanie Konz & Aaron Kerkow

MARY OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION Baptized in Christ: Axel Butula & Cameron Weber were baptized

this past Sunday, April 3, 2016 into our faith community! God’s

blessings to both of our newest parish members and their parents:

Christopher & Megan Butula and Christopher & Heidi Weber.

Christian Women Meeting … is this week Tuesday, April 12th

after the evening Mass. Hope to see you there.

A BIG THANK YOU …..to all those who helped clean the parish center and

kitchen this past week. It looks terrific!

Over 60 Party: Are you ready for another delicious meal, fellowship and cards

with your cluster friends? Mark your calendars: Monday, April 18th at 12 noon.

Place: Mary of Immaculate Conception Parish Center. You won’t want to miss it.

Thank you… for your generous donations of over $2000 to Catholic Relief Ser-

vices, Operation Rice Bowl, Cold Spring Area Food Shelf and the Holy Land col-

lections during Lent & Holy Week.

ST. WENDELIN

St. Anne’s Christian Women...meet Tuesday, April 12, in Mary Hall with fel-

lowship at 6:30 pm followed by meeting at 6:45. Ladies, know of someone who

might like to come but may not want to drive or come alone? Give her a call and

offer a ride for a great evening of fun service, support and socializing! You’ll be

glad you did! Refreshments to be brought by Marie Kotzer, Janet Kieke, Donna

Kiffmeyer and Rosie Kiffmeyer.

Spring Cleaning of Church...Friday evening, April 15th, 6:00 pm by members of

Group 2-others welcome too. Men, women, youth are all encouraged to lend a

hand; many hands make light work.

Cemetery Committee Meets...Tuesday, April 19, 6:30 pm in the Mary Hall Entry

area.

Group 4 Members...Have anything to donate for our May 1st breakfast raffle? If

so, please call Rosie Sauer, 252-0913 or Eileen Kunkel, 253-2303.

Parish Council Meets...Thursday, April 21, 7:30pm at Mary Hall. Please NOTE

CHANGE OF DATE and PLACE.

Bazaar Notes

Chairs and Co Chairs...meet Tues., April 19, 7:00 pm in Mary Hall to start

coordinating planning for our July 31st bazaar. All stand areas should be

represented.

Raffle Committee Meets...Wed., Apr. 13, 7:00 pm at the home of Paul and

Sue Koshiol. Anyone having an item to donate for the raffle, please contact

Paul or Sue at 252-5665.

Lux Rec Club Annual Park Clean Up and Sign Up Day...is Saturday, April

16th, 9:00 am -10:00 am ( alternate date, April 23 if inclement weather). Clean up

begins at 9:00 and goes until finished.

Honoring Our Graduating High School and College Seniors... has long been a

tradition here at St. Wendelin. If this is to continue, we are in need of a few parents

to coordinate this year’s Mass. Please call the office, 251-6944 for more info.

COMMUNITY EVENTS Dinner/Auction...Sat., Apr. 9 at Holy Cross School,

Pearl Lake; Dinner 7 pm; Auction 9 pm

Rummage and Clothing Drive Sale...Thursday, Fri-

day and Saturday, April 21, 22, 23 at St. Boniface Par-

ish Center gym in Cold Spring. Hours are Thursday, 2

pm to 7 pm; Friday, 8 am to 7 pm and Saturday, 8 am

to 10 am.

Springtime in Paris St. Wendelin School Fundrais-

er...Sat. April 30, at St. Wendelin School, Luxemburg.

Includes silent/live auction, dinner, cash bar begin-

ning 6:00 pm. Call the school, 251-9175 for more info.

Vocations Camp...for young men to come to know

Jesus and foster a deeper life of prayer and devotion.

Offered in July/July at Battle Lake, Avon & Big Lake.

Call 251-5001, Office of Vocations, for more info.

Sweet Bites and Bells...Sunday, May 1st, 2:30 pm at

St. Boniface Church, by St. Boniface Handbell choir.

Free and open to the public.

Pastor Fr. Ronald Weyrens 320-248-1670 ron.weyrens@gmail.com

Faith Formation: Amanda Meierhofer, 320-250-4783 Youth Ministry: Sue Massmann, 320-293-5726 Julia Walz, 320-309-1184

Baptism: is celebrated during our weekend Masses. To schedule a baptism contact your parish office. A class is offered for first time parents, call your parish office to RSVP. Marriage: is scheduled by contacting your parish office 6 months in advance. Anointing of the Sick: call Fr. Ron Reconciliation: Saturday (check bulletin for location each week) or by appointment Cluster website: www.lpr3in1.org Bulletin Deadline: Send bulletin information to any parish office by 10:00 am on Wednesday.

Holy Cross Pearl Lake (Marty)

10651 County Rd 8, Kimball, MN 55353 Telephone: 320-398-3900 Email: church@holycrossmn.org Parish Office: Marian Haus Office Hours: Mon Thru Thurs 8:30—noon Prayer Line: 398-6101 or 398-3245 Music:Julene Faber-Andrusick,685-7211

Holy Cross Catholic School Preschool to Grade 6 Office Manager: Jeana Meyer Telephone: 320-398-7885 Email: info@holycrossmn.org Fax: 320-398-7873 Web: holycrossmn.org Trustees: Donna Gregory 398-7312 Al Haus 259-4287 Parish Council Members Leanne Donnay 398-5362 Helen Krippner 398-8893 Ann Donnay 398-2545 Rich Schlangen 398-2530 Greg Mueller 398-7786 Len Voigt 398-2922

Mary Immaculate Conception Rockville

PO Box 7, Rockville, MN 56369-0007 Telephone: 320-251-7801 Email: micrparish@gmail.com Parish Office: Kathy Anderson Office Hours: Monday thru Thursday, 8:00 am-4:00pm Parish Center Kitchen & Church Basement: 320-252-8486 Prayer Line, 320-685-3213 Parish Center Events/Maintenance Jean Walz 255-9394 Trustees Gary Gillitzer 685-8947 Cindy Kremers 253-1901 Parish Council Members Sue Knauss 253-7299; Chairperson Nancy Anderson 241-0297 Wally Mohs 845-2387 Tim Massmann 251-1208 Rosie Ashfeld 253-8878 Cindy Walz 253-0806 Dino Kremers 253-1901, Vice-Chair Jim Hartung 251-8663 Cheryl Welle 255-0785

St. Wendelin Luxemburg 22714 State Highway 15 St. Cloud, MN 56301-9208 Telephone: 320-251-6944 email: stwencc@gmail.com Fax: 320-654-9030 Parish Office: Char Volkmuth Office Hours: Monday thru Thursday, 8:30 am-12:30 pm Prayer Line: 320-251-5376

St. Wendelin Catholic School Preschool to Grade 6 Principal: Lynn Rasmussen Telephone: 320-251-9175 Email: lrasmussen@stwendelins.org Fax: 320-654-9030 Web: stwendelins.org Trustees Paul Koshiol 252-5665 Joe Watrin 253-4252 Parish Council Members Tony Knier 497-4991 Keith Lommel 253-1697 Steve Torborg 251-1903 Michael Lommel 259-8777 Charlie Dombrovski 255-9354