MARCH 29, 2015 - PASSION SUNDAY

Stanford Avenue at Prior Avenue South • St. Paul, MN 55105
www.nativity-mn.org • (651) 696-5401 • [email protected]
AT THE NAME OF
JESUS
EVERY KNEE
SHOULD BEND
-PHILIPPIANS 2:10
MARCH 29, 2015 - PASSION SUNDAY
Respect Life
Knights of Columbus
40 Days for Life
O, Mary, bright dawn of the new world,
Mother of the living, to you do we entrust the
cause of life. Look down, O Mother, upon the
vast number of babies not allowed to be
born, of the poor whose lives are made difficult, of men and women who are victims of
brutal violence, of the elderly and the sick
killed by indifference or out of misguided
mercy.
Grant that all who believe in your son may proclaim the
Gospel of Life with honesty and love to the people of our time.
Obtain for them the grace to accept that Gospel as a gift ever
new, the joy of celebrating it with gratitude throughout their
lives, and the courage to bear witness to it resolutely. May we
build, together with all people of good will, a civilization of
truth and love, to the praise and glory of God, the Creator and
lover of life. Amen
The next meeting will be at St Joseph’s Church in West St Paul
on April 7 in the Great Room at 7:30pm. We will be discussing
the State Convention, Wakota Lifecare Benefit, Elections,
Tootsie Roll Drive, Star Council Award, Night at the Fire Pit
with the MYO, raffle ticket sales, and the Habitat for Humanity
Project.
Thank you to all who participated in 40 Days for Life this
Spring. Your prayers, outreach & witness are making a difference in the lives of many. God Bless you all!
Annual Good Friday Prayer Vigil - April 3, 8:30am-4pm
Please join hundreds of pro-life friends while area pastors of
various denominations lead the reading of Scriptures and
prayers throughout the day. Buses will be running back and
forth from the University of St. Thomas parking lot to Planned
Parenthood (671 Vandalia Street 55114).
Grandparents’ Apostolate
All grandparents are invited to 1.5
hours of encouragement, discussion, prayer and fellowship highlighted by Deacon Russ Kocemba
(Permanent Deacon at Nativity)
speaking on “The Grandparent
Presence” – Is It a Role or Something More? on Wednesday, April
29. Sign-up begins at 8:45am in
Steiner Hall and the event at 9.
Contact Lilee Perera at 414-9367 with questions. Refreshments will be served.
NCCW
The next First Friday Fellowship will be April 10 (NOT April 3).
All are welcome to enjoy the coffee, doughnuts, and camaraderie!
Knights for Life Banquet - April 11
The Knights of Columbus together with the Wakota Life
Care Board cordially invite you to join them at a banquet benefiting the Wakota Life Care Center. The benefit is Saturday,
April 11 in St. Joseph’s Great Hall. The evening will begin with
mass at 5pm and a social hour at 6pm followed by dinner,
Yvonne Florczak-Seeman as the featured speaker, and a live
auction. Tickets are $75/plate or $600 for a table of eight.
Sponsor an ad for your business: For $250 you receive an
ad on our table program and an ad on the big screen. For
$750 you receive an ad on our table program and an ad on
the big screen plus a table sponsorship for eight.
Contact Paula at 457-1195 or
[email protected] for more information.
We are over 200 men strong. We are doing great things for
the community. Come and get involved with our council.
If you are interested in joining the Knights, call John Rutz at
492-7823.
“For gracious and merciful is He,
slow to anger, rich in kindness.”
Have you committed to turn? Take one small action this
week that will allow some of His Light to cross your path.
This week, before you put your feet on the floor each morning can you ask God to guide those feet?
Perhaps you will encounter a difficult relative at Easter dinner? Can you resolve to put a smile on your face for that
person?
Headed out of town for spring break? Can you take a few
minutes to learn about the people that serve you on vacation? Possibly contribute the cost of a vacation dinner to a
charity that serves that community?
If it’s not this week – then turn next week –or the week after
that...
He is always waiting. He is always there. Turn.
Jesus, help me to seek your light.
Want to go deeper? Search YouTube for “Matt Maher Turn
Around” to hear the inspiration for the Turn series. Or
search “Matt Maher playlist” to be uplifted as you do some
spring cleaning or yard work.
School Play
From the Hip
Congratulations to the cast, crew and directors of this year's
7th and 8th grade performance of Disney’s Peter Pan, Jr!
The cast brought this musical production to life by their wonderful singing and acting. A special thank you to Mrs. Suzanne Graff Gomes, Director; Miss Jay Korte, Assistant Director; Mrs. Jen Dusek and Mr. Michael Loonan, Music Directors; Mr. Gary Iverson, Ms. Becky Olson Metzger, Mr. Dan
Anderson, Mr. Mark Hennessey, Mr. Ben Green, Crew Directors; Miss Katelyn Jaksha, High School Assistant Director.
To all of the parents who gave of their time and talents
with sets, costumes, make-up, as hallway chaperones, ticket, and concession sales. Your dedication and hard work
created a wonderful theatrical performance as well as treasured memories for our students. Thank you!
Easter Hospitality
As we approach the Triduum and Easter
week, we are aware of Christ’s love and invitation to us all. Easter is a time when Nativity
has many visitors and returning Catholics.
Please be sure to be as welcoming as Christ:
smile, make eye contact, move to the center
of the pew, and welcome visitors. Invite them
back to future masses. Your friendly, warm response will mirror Christ’s love and grace to new and returning Catholics.
Adoration
This Lent, I urge you to consider dedicating yourself to one
hour of weekly prayer in Nativity’s Perpetual Adoration Chapel. By committing yourself to weekly prayer in the presence of
the Blessed Sacrament, you will begin to fully open yourself to
the Lord and allow Him to accomplish what He wills in your
life. So, please make this Lent different from any other Lent,
so as to experience a more profound Triduum and Easter that
will carry through to a permanent change in your spiritual life.
Fr. Patrick
The gold squares identify those times when
only one person is spending time with our
Lord. The red squares indicates hours currently without Adorers. If interested
in signing up to become a regular adorer
or dedicated substitute, contact Jim at
[email protected].
Time
Su M Tu W Th F Sa
12-1am
1-2am
2-3am
3-4am
4-5am
5-6am
6-7am
7-8am
x
9-10am
x
10-11am
x
11am-noon x
12-1pm
1-2pm
2-3pm
3-4pm
4-5pm
5:30-6pm
x
6-7pm
7-8pm
8-9pm
9-10pm
10-11pm
11pm-12am
Pastoral Care
Faith Formation
Dementia Champions Training - Thursday, April 2, 11am-1pm
in Carondelet Village Auditorium (light lunch will be served).
Dementia Champion training video will also be available
online beginning in April at http://www.actonalz.org/.
Seven of Nativity’s RCIA candidates are prayerfully awaiting
their Reception into the Catholic Church at our Easter Vigil this
Saturday, April 4. After their Profession of Faith, they will be
Confirmed as Catholics and then receive their First Holy Communion. Through God’s grace and providence there are also
three Elect in this years’ RCIA process that will be baptized
and confirmed and will then join us at the altar for their First
Communion at that same Easter Vigil.
In keeping with the tradition of the early Church in the
Mediterranean world the Easter Vigil has again (since the Second Vatican Council) become the prime time when converts
celebrate these Sacraments of Initiation and join us for the
first time at the altar to receive the Body and Blood,
Soul and Divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ.
As Christians who will renew our Baptismal Vows during
the Easter Masses, let us all keep these women and men in
our prayers during this Holy Week, “...When Christians everywhere, washed clean of sin and freed from all defilement, are
restored to grace and grow together in holiness” (from the
Exultet which is sung during the Easter Vigil liturgy).
Educational Series on Grief - April 8, May 20
All are welcome to learn the intimate dynamics of grief from
Brenda DeMotte, MSW, LICSW, as she debunks the Myths of
Grief April 8 from 7-8pm in Steiner Hall. Learn how to help
yourself and better understand others as they grieve.
Brenda DeMotte is a Licensed Social Worker and the director of Professional Counseling & Grief Services. She has
extensive experience in the area of grief and loss, and holds
degrees in Grief Therapy and Mortuary Science and a Master’s Degree in Social Work. Brenda will also be speaking
May 20 on Moving from Stress to Balance.
Grief Group - April 9 (NOT April 2)
Nativity of Our Lord Church hosts a monthly group to support
anyone who has suffered loss of someone or something of
value. Grief is individual but is often eased with sharing your
experiences with others. We typically meet the First Thursday
of each month September-May in the Bride’s Room.
Dementia Friend Sessions - April 14 & 30
Anyone can become a Dementia Friend. Simply attend an
hour-long session to learn a little bit about dementia to better
support others living with the disease.
Tuesday, 4/14, 2-3:30pm Wilder 650 Marshall Rm 109 ADH
RSVP to: [email protected]
Thursday, 4/30, 3-4pm Carondelet Village Auditorium
RSVP to: [email protected]
*Please list that you are from Nativity when you sign in.*
Anointing Mass and Luncheon - Friday, April 17
Mass will be celebrated at 11am with lunch to follow. Please
note this April event will replace the one typically held in June.
Food Drive
The March Food Drive at Nativity is off to a great start, as we
have collected 1,870 pounds of food and $3,260 in cash donations so far. Food can be dropped off at the church and
school during the week. If you prefer to make a cash donation, checks should be made payable to Keystone Community
Services with "food shelf" in the memo section. Together we
can surpass last year's total of over 2,000 lbs of food. Thank
you for your generosity!
Wedding Banns
The following couple is preparing for the sacrament of Holy
Matrimony. Please keep them in your prayers.
Anne Yetzer & Dan Crain
Saturday, April 18
To be married at Nativity, the bride, groom, or one of the
parents must be an active, registered parishioner for at least
six months prior to scheduling a wedding at Nativity.
Daily Reflections
Two great resources to help deepen Lenten reflection are now
available online:
1. Catholic speaker Matthew Kelly is offering an app and
email entitled Best Lent Ever, which is a program built to
explain the genius of Catholicism. Visit BestLentEver.com
or follow the link on the parish website.
2. Fr. Robert Barron of the Archdiocese of Chicago is offering
daily uplifting spiritual reflections via email through his
ministry at WordOnFire.org.
Music Ministry
The Singers MN Choral Artists Concert - April 12
For the first time in the ensemble’s history, The Singers present a concert of music solely from the Renaissance era entitled Underground Renaissance. As the political and religious
winds changed rapidly throughout the Tudor Era, William Byrd
composed his Mass for Four Voices late in life after a conversion to the Catholic Church, all the while serving the
Protestant Queen Elizabeth I. The Singers also will share portions of The Triumphs of Oriana, a 1601 madrigal collection
assembled by THOMAS MORLEY in the Queen’s honor.
Details: Sunday, April 12, 2pm at Nativity
William Byrd | Mass for Four Voices and Vigilate
Orlando Gibbons | O Clap Your Hands
Weelkes, Bennet, Morley | excerpts from The Triumphs of
Oriana
For tickets, call 917-1948 or visit www.singersmca.org.
Parish Calendar · March 30 - April 5, 2015
30 Monday
HOLY WEEK
31 Tuesday
HOLY WEEK
1 Wednesday
HOLY WEEK
2 Thursday
3 Friday
HOLY THURSDAY GOOD FRIDAY
4 Saturday
HOLY SATURDAY
5 Sunday
EASTER
NO SCHOOL
7am Servers
7:30pm Servers
PARISH OFFICE
Jakob Michel
Steve Jay
CLOSED
Collin Hartogh
Will Rachac
8:15am Servers 8:15am Servers 8:15am Servers NO 8:15AM or
NELC CLOSED
5PM MASS
Lily Stenback
Joe Boyle
Emma Hamilton Emma Hamilton
Grace Dombrow
7am Lector
Grace McGill
Johnny Goodson
Grace McGill
7:30pm Servers 3pm Service
Gregory Page
Joe Page
Servers
Liam Kelly
Archie Page
8:15am Lector 8:15am Lector 8:15am Lector
Johnny Goodson Dmitry RockJoe Boyle
Gregory Page
8:15am Servers
Diane Reisdorfer Gregory Page
Joe Page
Dmitry RockIsaiah Sullivan
Gilbertson
Gilbertson
5pm Servers
Erik Ubel
5pm Servers
Kevin McQuillan
5pm Servers
Archie Page
Johnny Goodson
Izzy Ilaug
Brett Zobel
Anne Stang
James McQuillan
Anne Stang
Joe Page
Lucy Johnson
Chris Cullen
Anna Leitner
Anna Leitner
3pm Service
Archie Page
7:30pm Lectors
Lectors
5pm Lector
8:15am Lectors
5pm Lector
Thomas Welle
5pm Lector
Chris Welsh
Barb Bowman 7:30pm Lector
Joe Musolf
Dave Hrbacek
Greg Kishel
Barb Bowman
Mary Kisch
Joan Costello
Joan Costello
Jonathan Jay
Jean Stepan 7:30pm Service
Grandparents’
Jean Stepan
9:30am Servers
Rosary
Servers
Server Practice Johnny Goodson RCIA Rehearsal
Liam Kelly
Adoration Chapel
Church
Nicholas Witkowski
8:45am
Church
Joe Page
11am
11am
Archie Page
9:30am Lectors
Penance Service
Rick Johnson
Church
Altar Server
7:30pm Service
Sally Hopkinson
7pm
Rehearsal
Lectors
Church
Tom Galligan
11am Servers
RCIA
Noon
Diane Reisdorfer
Jacob Theis
Lannan Center
7-9pm
Server Practice Food Drive Pickup Peter Thompson
Will Treacy
Church
Church
Patrick Bruce
5pm masses
11am
Matthew Davis
JoJo Dean
Tuesday: Penance Service 7pm (no confessions after Wed.)
Lenten Observances - From archspm.org
Holy Thursday: 7:30pm mass (no 8:15am or 5pm masses)
Abstinence – Catholics 14 years and
11am Lectors
Good Friday: 3pm service, 7:30pm service (no masses)
older must abstain from eating meat on
Arlene Leyden
Holy Saturday: 7:30pm Easter Vigil mass
all Fridays of Lent as well as Ash
Michael Ryan
(no 8:15am or 5pm masses)
Wednesday and Good Friday.
Easter Sunday: 7am, 8:15am, 9:30am, 11am masses
Fasting – Catholics between the ages of
NO 5PM MASS
(no 5pm mass)
18 and 59 (inclusive) must restrict eat*Parish office closed Good Friday and Easter Monday*
ing on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday
Food Drive Pickup
to one full-sized meal and
Church
two smaller meals which
Before and after
together do not equal one
all masses
full meal.
Mon.: Is 42:1-7; Ps 27:1-3, 13-14; Jn 12:1-11
NO SCHOOL
NO SCHOOL
NO SCHOOL
NO SCHOOL
Holy Week Liturgies
Mass Readings
Tues.: Is 49:1-6; Ps 71:1-6, 15, 17; Jn 13:21-33, 36-38
Wed.: Is 50:4-9; Ps 69:8-10, 21-22, 31, 33-34; Mt 26:14-25
Thurs.: Ex 12:1-8, 11-14; Ps 116:12-13, 15-18; 1 Cor 11:23-26; Jn 13:1-15
Fri.:
Is 52:13 — 53:12; Ps 31:2, 6, 12-13, 15-17, 25;
Heb 4:14-16; 5:7-9; Jn 18:1-19:42
Sat.: a) Gn 1:1-2:2; Ps 104:1-2, 5-6, 10, 12-14, 24, 35;
or Ps 33:4-7, 12-13, 20-22;
b) Gn 22:1-18; Ps 16: 5, 8-11; c) Ex 14:15 - 15:1; Ex 15:1-6, 17-18;
d) Is 54:5-14; Ps 30:2, 4-6, 11-13; e) Is 55:1-11; Is 12:2-6;
f) Bar 3:9-15, 32 - 4:4; Ps 19:8-11;
g) Ez 36:16-28; Ps 42:3, 5; 43:3-4 or Is 12:2-6 or Ps 51:12-15, 18-19;
h) Rom 6:3-11; i) Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23; Mk 16:1-7
Sun.: Acts 10:34a, 37-43; Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23; Col 3:1-4 or 1 Cor
5:6b-8; Jn 20:1-9 or Mk 16:1-7
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In Thanksgiving to God Therese “Terry”
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Misc. Information
Pastor
Father Patrick Hipwell
696-5401
Parochial Vicar
Father Andrew Brinkman
696-5440
Permanent Deacon
Deacon Russ Kocemba
696-5401
Parish Business Administrator
Laura Barr
696-5423
Parish Secretary/Assistant to Pastor
Leah Driscoll
696-5401
Emergency Anointing of the Sick (24 hours)
696-5401 (press 1)
Faith Formation Director
Randy Mueller
696-5454
Prayer Line
9-11am & 6-7pm
Mary Kay McQuade
Bette Hoffman
Director of Music & Liturgy
Patrick Henning
696-5430
Director of Nativity Choir
Rob Pontious
653-3655
Pastoral Care Coordinator
Nancy Shatek-Suek
696-5444
Development & Communications Director
B.J. Kranz
696.5443
Communications Coordinator & Bulletin
Isaac Huss
696.5425
696-5434
Lord’s Day Mass
Saturday 5pm
Sun 7am, 815am, 9:30am (Steiner Hall), 11am, 5pm
Daily Mass
Monday-Saturday 8:15am
Monday-Friday 5pm
*Hearing aid devices available in the sacristy.
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Monday-Friday 7:45am, 4:30pm
Saturday 3:30-4:30pm
454-7431
699-8249
Lannan Parish Center
1900 Wellesley Avenue
696-5401 (phone) 696-5458 (fax)
Monday-Thursday 8am-4pm, Friday 8am-Noon
Online
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[email protected]
School Office
1900 Stanford Avenue
699-1311
Facilities Director
Bill Beltz
Principal
Kate Wollan
699-1311
Parish Pastoral Council Chairman
Joe Robinson
Assistant Principal
Sandy Kane
699-1311
Welcoming Committee
Michelle & John Henningsgard
695-8856
Tuition
Mary Super
696-5441
Council of Catholic Women (NCCW)
Colleen Kelly (Interim President)
698-3665
Early Learning Center Director
Nicole McGie
696-5437
Men’s Club President
Steve Busse
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Catholic Services Appeal
Parish Directories
The 2015 Catholic Services Appeal (CSA)
is underway. If you have not made your
contribution to the 2015 CSA, please
consider doing so today. Pledge envelopes are available in each pew.
The Appeal funds services that no
one parish or individual can support
alone. These services must go on
throughout these troubled times in our
Archdiocese.
And, when our parish reaches its
goal, 25% of all funds received will be
returned for use to support ministries in our parish.
Please give generously to help share the message of salvation throughout our local church and beyond. For a description of CSA-designated ministries, or to give online,
please visit the new Catholic Services Appeal Foundation
website at www.csafspm.org.
Nativity Parish Directories are available for all individuals and
households who sat for directory photographs. School families who sat for directory photographs may pick up directories
at the school front office. All others who sat for directory photographs may pick up directories in the church vestibule.
(Apologies for the unavailability of directories at last weekend’s masses!) A limited number of directories are available
at the Lannan Center Parish Office, on a first-come, firstserved basis, for parishioners who were not photographed.
Directory questions? Contact BJ Kranz at 696-5443 or
[email protected].
Cover Artwork
Entry into Jerusalem
by Pedro de Orrente
circa 1620 (public domain)