Working together to spread the Gospel

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

Mary of the Immaculate Conception –Rockville

Sunday Bulletin Twenty seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time October 2, 2016

From Safari This week is the Annual Clergy Arrowwood Confer-ence. The focus of the conference is, “The Sacra-ment of Marriage and the Joy of Love.” As clergy, we will explore the pastoral proclamation of the Church's teaching regarding married love, the new rite of Holy Matrimony, preaching at the wedding liturgy, and the annulment procedures. The confer-ence runs from Sunday evening through Wednes-day morning.

This Sunday is desig-nated as Respect Life Sunday in the United States. Bringing an end to abortion is justi-fiably the lead issue. However, there are many other pro-life issues to consider: end-of-life care, medical ethics, people with dis-abilities, medical care for the poor, poverty, capital punishment, and global climate

change. It is important to know the issues and the church’s position.

As we defend the sacredness of all life, may we seek to take to heart the words of the writer of first Timothy, “For God did not give us a spirit of cow-ardice....so do not be ashamed of your testimony to our Lord,...but bear your share of hardship for the gospel with the strength that comes from God.”

Have a peace filled week!

—Fr. Ron

SCHOOL NEWS

HOLY CROSS Next weekend we pack in a lot of fun! First, the students, staff and

families of Holy Cross will walk around Pearl Lake, celebrating

our faith and praying for your intentions. The walk starts at 9:00

a.m. on October 8th. Anyone who’d like to join us for the walk is

welcome to do so. To those of you who have donated, thank you!

For those of you that we haven’t gotten to yet, flag us down, we’ll

send a student your way! If you just need a flag made, give us a

call, we’ll have a student decorate a flag for you.

Then, on Sunday, October 9th, we’ll be helping at the Pearl Lake

Lodge for Rudy’s Annual Ride & Rib Fest! Sign up for the ride

starts at 11:00a.m. Even if you’re not going on the ride, you can

stop by for some delicious ribs.

We’re praying for beautiful weather on both days. We ask that

you do the same.

ST. WENDELIN How about a bit of trivia this week?

Did you know???

In 1861, settlers in Luxemburg worked with local authorities

to form the Luxemburg School District #36 calling it

The Luxemburg School.

The first teacher, Mr. Nicholas Hoffmann, had 16 students in

grades first through eighth.

The Benedictine Sisters arrived in Luxemburg in 1881 and

continued to education children here until 2013. Tune in next week to read more St. Wendelin School trivia.

Liturgy Lesson...Showing a bag of very small poppy seeds, Fr.

Ron referred to the day’s parable of the mustard seed, in which

Jesus used exaggeration to teach his point that faith can accomplish

powerful things. Likewise, by doing simple things like listening to

parents/teachers, getting along with others and trusting God, we

too, with the help of the Holy Spirit, can do great things for Jesus.

Just a reminder that this weekend, Oct. 1st

and 2nd,per request of Bishop Kettler, our

cluster parishes will be taking up a special

collection for our brothers and sisters in

Louisiana who have suffered recently from

severe flooding. Thank you for making

your check payable to the Diocese of St.

Cloud and marking it–FLOOD RELIEF.

“If you have faith,

the size of a mustard seed,

you would say

to this mulberry tree,

‘Be uprooted and planted

in the sea,’

and it would obey you.”

From today’s Gospel of St. Luke

Act-oberfest Variety Show...will be Sun., Oct. 16, 2 to 4

pm at the Freeport community Center with Bishop Kettler

and the Melrose Youth Group, Fr.athers Mitchell Bech-

told, Aaron Kuhn, Matthew Kuhn, Marv Enneking and

Ron Dockendorf, the Sacred Heart Strings and many

more. There’ll be entertainment for the whole family with

a variety show of music and comedy. Food available for

purchase and free refreshments. No tickets but a free will

offering will go towards diocesan youth retreats and ac-

tivities. Sponsored by the Catholic Foundation and

DCCW. For more info call, 320-258-7653.

Act-oberfest Variety Show...will be Sun., Oct. 16, 2 to 4

pm at the Freeport community Center with Bishop Kettler

and the Melrose Youth Group, Fr.athers Mitchell Bech-

told, Aaron Kuhn, Matthew Kuhn, Marv Enneking and

Ron Dockendorf, the Sacred Heart Strings and many

more. There’ll be entertainment for the whole family with

a variety show of music and comedy. Food available for

purchase and free refreshments. No tickets but a free will

offering will go towards diocesan youth retreats and ac-

tivities. Sponsored by the Catholic Foundation and

DCCW. For more info call, 320-258-7653.

Feeding the Hungry...Back in the spring of 2012, Fr.

Mark Ostendorf organized a tri parish effort to serve the

Sunday evening meal at the Salvation Army in St. Cloud.

That effort has been going strong and eventually evolved

into each of our 3 parishes rotating to serve the meal on

the 2nd Sunday of every 3rd month. We are in need of

someone (or several people) to coordinate this for St.

Wendelin so this very worthy service can continue. For

more info, please call the parish office, 251-6944.

Financial Blessings

For the Week of September 25, 2016

HOLY CROSS

Adult (26) $1,635.00

Loose $221.00

Total $1,856.00

Year to Date $18,591.80

Budget $22,172.80

Weekly Budget $ 1,705.60

Over/Under YTD Budget -$3,581.00

Under this week $150.40

ST. WENDELIN

Adult (57) $3,313.94

Youth (11 ) $9.50

Loose $117.00

Votive Stands $35.70

Building Fund (2) $25.00

Campaign for Human Dev. (1) $100.00

Total $3,601.14

Last Week’s Regular $3,440.44

Weekly Budget 2016/17 $3,763.40

Shortfall Last Week - $322.96

Shortfall Year to Date -$6,097.19

MARY OF THE IMMACULATE

CONCEPTION Regular Income: Adult ( 57) $1,584.00

Youth (13) $8.15

Loose $260.55

Extra Repair $20.00

Total $1,872.70

Misc. Income:

Elevator $235.00

Regular $1,872.70

Budgeted $2,345.00

YTD over/short $947.47 Thank you for your Generous Offerings!

CLUSTER and OTHER NEWS

Tri-Parish Pictorial Directory...Great news! We’ve had an overall amazing parish-

ioner response for our directory and we’ve been given two additional photo session

days for those who weren’t able to schedule a photo session. So...all interested parish-

ioners in the cluster, who haven’t yet taken a photo for the directory, you are invited

to still sign up for a picture.

Dates: Monday, October17 & Tuesday, October 18 , from

2:00-9:00 pm at MIC Parish Center

Options for scheduling a photo session are: On the tri-parish website

www.lpr3in1.org; call Jan Stueve, 320-253-1067, Jean Walz, 320-333-

1212 or Kathy at the Parish office, 320-251-6944.

Don’t wait; appointments will fill up fast, so hurry to get an appoint-

ment. Thank you!

The Monday, Oct. 17th Over 60 Party...will be cancelled due to the photo shoots in

the Parish Center. We look forward to seeing you at the November “Over 60”

Thanksgiving meal.

Contribution Envelopes...The October-December contribution envelopes have been

sent to parishioners. Please note, with all three parishes in the cluster now on the

“Parishsoft” data base, it was important to eliminate any possibilities of duplicate or

triplicate envelope numbering. So, for MIC and HC, your envelope # will remain the

same, but the series # for MIC will be 5000’s and HC, 4000’s. St. Wendelin’s num-

bers will remain as they have been.

Thank You...to our Tri-Parish Youth Group for hosting the Board Games gathering

last Sunday at St. Wendelin and giving us the opportunity for a pleasant afternoon of

fun ,fellowship and better getting to know each other.

Been Wanting to Learn CPR.?...Here’s your chance. The Lux Lions are offer-

ing a course, Tuesday, October 18th, 6:00 pm at St. Wendelin’s Mary Hall.

Cost is $25.00/person; class size is limited to 25. For more info, please call

Keith at 253-3763 or email keithkoltes@gmail.com.

KC Mass...Installation of new officers at 6:00 pm Mass at MIC on Saturday,

October 8th. Everyone is welcome for the installation and blessing.

GIVE HOPE TO CHILDREN AROUND THE WORLD Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan's Purse, will again be collecting gift

filled shoeboxes this November. These shoeboxes show God's love in a tangible way to

children ages 2-14 around the world in needy, war torn, and impoverished countries.

They give each recipient hope as they hear the good news of Jesus. Please join us

on Sunday, November 6th from 3:30 to 5:00PM at John Clark Elementary in Rockville

for a Shoebox Packing Party. This event is open to the public! Please feel free to come

and help pack boxes, bring gift donations to pack in the boxes, and/or make a monetary

donation. You can make checks payable to “Samaritan’s Purse” and bring them to the

packing party, send them with a friend to the packing party, and/or mail them to the fol-

lowing address: Samaritan’s Purse PO Box 3000 Boone, NC 28607. (Any checks

mailed to Samaritan’s Purse should note in the Memo line that it is for “Operation

Christmas Child Shoebox Shipping” and then the monetary donation will directly be

used to cover the cost of shipping each shoebox and will not be used for general

funds.) Packing items must be new and may include items such as school supplies, hy-

giene items, toys, stuffed animals, and (modest) clothing. For more information about

the project, please visit www.Samaritanspurse.org/occ or call Lynette Faber at 320-492-

0286. Cluster News Continues on Next Page

40 Days for Life...fall

campaign began last

Wed.,Sept. 28 and con-

tinues until Nov. 6.

Please help save lives

by joining in prayer, fasting and/or peace-

ful vigil in front of Planned Parenthood in

east St. Cloud. Call Tudie, 252-3017 for

more info or JUST COME. You’ll be part

of record numbers of pro LIFERS from all

50 states and 23 nations making up the

largest mobilization of pro-LIFE supporters

in history for this fall campaign.

Also a reminder that the 50 States in 40

Days” Bus travelling across the nation to

cover all 50 states during the campaign. is

scheduled for a stop at our St. Cloud vigil

site, on Fri., Oct. 14, 2:45 pm, where

hopefully there’ll be large turnout to

meet and welcome them.

FAITH FORMATION Registrations...Just a reminder that registrations are still being

accepted. The revised schedule and form are available from

our cluster website, www.lpr3in1.org. and are also posted in

our churches. Please put your completed form in the collection

basket or mail them to Faith Formation, 22714 Highway 15,

St. Cloud, MN 56301.

First night of classes for all grades is this Wed., October 5th, 7 to 8 pm at MIC.

Adult Faith Formation Group...will meet the 1st Wed. of the month at 7:00 pm

beginning in November.

Liturgy this week TWENTY SEVENTH WEEK OF ORDINARY TIME

Mon., Oct. 3, Weekday 8:30 am HC-Word and Communion Adoration 9 am to 12 NOON Tues., Oct. 4, Francis of Assissi 7:45 am SW-Word and Communion Wed., Oct. 5, Weekday 7:45 am SW-Word and Communion 8:00 am MIC -Word and Communion

Thurs. ,Oct. 6, Weekday 7:45 am SW-Word and Communion Adoration following until 8:00 pm 8:00 am MIC+ Alphonse Kuntsleben Adoration following until 7:00 pm

Fri., Oct. 7, Our Lady of the Rosary 8:30 am HC+ Sharon Opatz School Mass

Sat., Oct. 8th, Vigil, 28th Sun. in Ord. Time 4:00 pm HC + Evelyn Molitor 6:00 pm MIC+ Donald Molitor/Richard Dingmann-KC Installation of New Officers Sun., Oct. 9th, 28th Sunday, Ordinary Time 7:30 am MIC+ Hayden Dingmann 9:00 am SW+ Nic and Betty Spanier 10:30 am MIC-People of the Parishes Sacrament of Reconciliation Sat. , Oct. 8th, 3:00 pm at HC Other times by appointment

St. Wendelin Church Cleaners,

Group 3, Friday., Oct. 7th, 6:00 pm, FALL

CLEANING OF CHURCH: Judy Walters,

Marla Honer, Brenda Brannan, Lois Fischer,

Sheila Albers, Nancy Albers, Vicky Kohorst***

Plus any Group 3 men, women and youth who

are able to come and help.

CLUSTER NEWS (Continued) The Annual Poor Clare Tea Benefit...sponsored by 16 area churches in the St.

Cloud area, will be held Tuesday, October 11, from 2 pm to 6 pm at St. Francis

Xavier Church, 219 2nd Street north in Sartell. All are welcome and encouraged to

attend this benefit which helps to offset fuel expenses for the cloistered monastery.

Tea, coffee and pastries are available while you browse displays and share in fel-

lowship; parking is in the south parking lot.

For those who wish to make donations, pastry, tea and coffee donations may be

dropped off at the Gathering Place from 9 am to 1 pm or monetary donations may

be mailed to SFX/Poor Clare Tea, P.O. Box 150, Sartell, MN 56377.

Mary Immaculate Conception parish will be assisting from 4:30 to 5:00 pm.

If questions, please contact Irene Karls at 252-5681. HOLY CROSS

Annual Fish Fry...the fish are starting to bite! Save the date,

Friday, October 28th, Schedules should be out soon; please call

Sara Schneider 320-398-7224 with specific information or re-

quests. We look forward to this annual event when our communi-

ty comes together in a show of support for our school and parish.

MARY OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION Annual Reflection on the Blessed Virgin Mary’s Life/Love/Mission …

Please join us today, Sun, Oct. 2, 1:00 pm at MIC Church. for Joe

Molitor’s presentation on our Blessed Mother and how she always

leads us to Jesus. There will also be songs (led by Joe’s daughters)

and the rosary led by the Legion of Mary. Following this special

presentation, coffee/cookies will be served in the Parish Center

compliments of MIC’s Catholic United Financial.

Church Cleaning...Cleaning Group II, Tuesday, October 4 at

7:00 pm: Sandy/Steve Pfannenstein, Sue Knauss, Brenda Koshiol, Lori Botz,

Linda/Lou Hooser, Doris Sieben, Janet Neu, Yvonne Ruprecht, Karen/Melissa

Weidner, Patty Bzdok, Cindy Hoffmann, Josh/Lisa Pikula, Janet Lorenz and

Deanna/John Klein. Thank you for your continued help. If anyone not on this list

would like to come and help, you are more than welcome.

Church Fall Décor...We are welcoming anyone who would like to do-

nate mums or pumpkins for our fall décor. Please contact Jill Svihel at

320-309-5351, Renae Lashinski at 320-685-7929 or leave items in the

Gathering Center at church.

The Sunday, 10:30 am Choir...will begin its fall/winter rehearsals on Mon., Oct.

3rd at 7:00 pm in church. We will begin with a brief meeting and overview of the

upcoming holiday season. If you would like to join the choir for the Advent/

Christmas festivities, please join us. We would love to have you and could use a

few more voices to fill out our sections. Choir members, please make this date on

your calendar.

ST. WENDELIN Congratulations...to Todd and Kara Mather on the Baptism, Sunday,

September 25, of their daughter, Elaina Lael. We warmly welcome

Elaina to our parish community and ask God’s blessings on her and

her family.

Group 3 Members Please Note...fall cleaning of the church will

be done this coming Friday evening, October 7th at 6;00 pm. In

addition to the regular cleaners listed for this weekend, other men,

women, youth from the group are all encouraged to lend a hand.

Many hands will make for light work!!!

St. Anne’s Christian Women Meet...Tuesday, October 11th, in Mary Hall, social

at 6:30 pm; meeting at 6:45. More info to come. Save the date!

Raffle Prizes Needed...for Group 2’s parish breakfast on October 30th. If you

have an item to give, please call Janet Albers, 252-5335, by this Wednesday, Oct.

5th. Thank You.

Sign Up Sheet for Leading the Rosary Prior to our Sunday Masses in

October...is available from the back table. Individuals, couples, families are en-

couraged to sign up.

UPCOMING AREA EVENTS St. Augustine’s Parish (east St. Cloud) Men’s

Group ...serves family style breakfast today, Sun-

day, Oct. 2nd, from 7:30 am to noon in the parish

center. Serving sausage, eggs, hash browns and

fresh homemade donuts.

Holy Spirit K of C Spaghetti Dinner...Sat., Oct.

8, 4:30 to 6:30 pm at Church of the Holy Spirit,

2405 Walden Way, St. Cloud. In conjunction with

Holy Spirit’s Fall Festival. Also take home their

delicious home made sauce for $6.00/qt.

Estate and Funeral Pre-Planning Seminar…

Thursday, Oct. 27, 5:30 pm at Wenner Funeral

Home, Richmond. Get all your questions about

estate and end of life pre-planning answered by a

panel of local professionals. RSVP in advance by

calling 320-685-7762.

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

Cluster Secretary: Kathy Anderson 320-251-6944 Fax:320-654-9030

Email: micrparish@gmail.com Office Hours: Monday thru Thursday 8:00am to 4:00pm (in Luxemburg)

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 Cluster website: www.lpr3in1.org Bulletin Deadline: Tuesday at noon

Holy Cross Pearl Lake (Marty)

10651 County Rd 8 Kimball, MN 55353

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

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 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

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 Keith Lommel 253-1697 Steve Torborg 251-1903, President Charlie Dombrovski 255-9354 Kevin Lommel 612-290-3638 Char Volkmuth 251-5376. Vice-Pres.