CHURCH OF ST. ANNE P.O. Box 99, 441 Hazel Ave East, Kimball, MN 55 55353 E-MAIL: [email protected] PHONE: 398-2211 WEBSITE:: www.churchofsaintannes.com PASTOR: Rev. Thomas Olson – 398-2229 398 FAX: 398-3860 398 RELIGIOUS EDUCATION EDUCATION: Betty Nystrom – 398-2211 398 Twenty-Ninth Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time October 19, 2014 Mission Statement: We, the people of St. Anne’s Parish, together with the Diocese of St. Cloud and the Roman Catholic Church, are called to know, love and serve God through Jesus Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit. Our mission is to educate ourselves and our children and to carry on Christ’s ministry in our daily life as His members. Reconciliation: Saturday at 4:30 :30pm. Weddings: Engaged couples should see the pastor at least 6 months before the planned wedding date. Anointing of the Sick: Call the parish office for homebound/hospitalized. Secretary’s Hours: Lana Vossen - Mon., Thurs. 8:30-12:00 & Wed, 8:30-4:00 4:00 (Bulletin materials must be in by Thurs.AM) Thurs Diocesan Web Site: www.stclouddiocese.org MASS INTENTIONS October 20 Monday October 21 Tuesday October 22 Wednesday October 23 Thursday October 24 Friday October 25 Saturday October 26 Sunday [SA] [SN] [SA] [SN] [SA] [SA] [SA] 8:00 a.m. 8:00 a.m. 8:30 a.m. 8:00 a.m. No Mass 5:00 p.m. 10:00 a.m. Weekday Weekday St. John Paul II Weekday Weekday 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time +Norb Donnay +Irma Jenssen +Katie Gohman Members of both Parishes Weekend Masses at St. Nicholas are Saturday Sa at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 8:00 a.m. LITURGICAL MINISTRIES EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS October 25, Lois Jensen, Carly Serbus 5:00 p.m. Kathy Tenney October 26, 10:00 a.m. Ann Provo, Chad Provo Mary Lou Pivec LECTOR Mona Hokkala SERVERS Matthew Arnold Omar Feyma USHERS Al Dingmann M. Dingmann SACRISTAN Sue Maus Bruce Mancini Jacob Streit Justin Streit Chad Spaulding Fritz Hoffmann Loretta Grote STEWARD OF TREASURE Adult XXX 64 Envelopes Envelop of 277 Youth XXX 7 Envelopes Envelop of 112 Loose XXX Total XXX World Missions Camp. For Human Dev. Parking Lot Funeral fund XXX XXX XXX XXX CHURCH DOORS RENOVATION PROJECT: Goal $50,000.00 142 Contributions $48,067.00 Remaining $ 1,933.00 Parishioners please respond to the Church Door Renovation Project. We still have not reached our goal. STEWARDSHIP THOUGHT: With a cheerful heart, Lord, I offer you my will. Into your hands, I commit my plans. I will trust you above all else, including myself. SUNDAY MORNING MASS TIME CHANGE: Starting Sunday, November 2nd, St. Anne’s Mass time will change to 8:00 a.m. and St. Nicholas to 10:00 a.m. Saturday evening Masses remain the same. PRAY RAY FOR THESE PEOPLE of the parish and community who have asked for our prayers: Fr. Jerry Nordick, Nordick Mabel Linn Linn, Kevin Dockendorf, Joyce Olson and Colleen DeGree.. Also pray for the women and men serving in the armed forces. Your contact pers persons ons are 236-7947, 236 398-7525 7525 (also the prayer line) or the parish office 3982211. MASS ASS INTENTIONS: What does it mean to have a Mass “offered offered” for someone? An individual may ask a priest to offer a Mass for several reasons: for example, in thanksgiving, for the intentions of another person (such as on a birthday), or, as is most common, for the repose r of the soul of someone who had died. One must never forget th the e infinite graces that flow from the Sacrifice of the Mass which benefit one’ss soul. If you would like to schedule hedule a Mass intention, please call the parish office. Religious Ed classes are under way for grades K-11, with over 110 students enrolled from more than 60 families. We are also blessed by a staff of 20 volunteers. If you have a child in this age range who would like to participate, please call the church office or Betty Nystrom at ext. 12. We will still accept registrations through the end of this month. For families of returning students who have not returned their registration form or payment, please do so as soon as possible. The next RE class is Oct. 26. The Senior High Youth Rally for students in grades 9-12 is next Sunday, Oct. 26th. We encourage all students to attend. The Rally is one of several “field trips” required in our Confirmation preparation program, especially for the 10th and 11th grade classes. Cost is $15 if registered by Oct. 19th, $25 if turned in later. Extra forms and a collection basket are on the counter in the back of church. Cars will leave St. Anne’s at 10:30 (students will attend Mass at the Rally). Parents will be needed to drive and help chaperone the events. Please call Betty Nystrom if you can help. Religious Ed classes will take place that day, before the Rally. Living Rosary: St. Anne’s will pray our annual Living Rosary on Wed. Oct. 29th at 7:00 p.m. We encourage everyone to come pray together this beautiful prayer. Families especially are asked to attend to experience the power of light overcoming the darkness as candlelight spreads with each prayer. MASS FOR HEALING by the Fraternity of Priests of the Diocese of St. Cloud will be on Monday, October 27th at the Church of All Saints – St. Hedwig’s in Holdingford. All Day Adoration, 4:00 p.m. – Holy Hour with the Priests, 6:00 p.m. – confession, and 7:00 p.m. – Mass. GOSPEL CONNECTION: 29th Sunday of the year Currencies and denominations When you encounter someone for the first time, what do you see first: Their smile? Their scowl? Their walk? Their dress? Their skin color? When you’re interviewing someone for a position with your company or organization, what do you look for first: Their education? Their training? Their accomplishments? The schools they attended? The degree they earned? The spelling of their last name? When you hear someone identify their nationality, what do you immediately presume: That they are fellow countrymen? That they must have some special interest in a specific kind of music or food? That you need to be careful around them? When you see someone wearing a religious symbol of some kind, what’s your initial reaction? They must belong to your church? They must be conservative? They must be self righteous? They must be simplistic, pietistic do-gooders? They might be terrorists? When someone expresses an opinion that you do not agree with or offers an idea with which you do not concur: do you challenge them? Do you engage them in a dialogue? Do you reconsider your own position? Do you walk away? When you meet someone at a function, do you ask yourself: What can I learn from them? Or What can they do for me? Are you able to get beyond race and gender, nationality and religion, politics and culture, to see brothers and sisters as human beings? Or do you accept only specific currencies and denominations or people? Jesus’ encounter with the Pharisees in today’s Gospel centers on a coin – and what that coin represents. But Jesus does let the coin and its inscription force him into making choices and judgments based on politics and religion – and all the issues that surround those institutions. In God, we realize the dignity of every man, woman and child as his sons and daughters and brothers and sisters to one another; as neighbors living in a community, as citizens of a nation, we understand our shared responsibility to provide for the common good and protect the most vulnerable among us. Jesus calls us to approach the complexities and complications facing humanity with God’s Spirit of compassion and a commitment to work together to uphold and protect the dignity of all as children of God. AREA BENEFITS: St. Nicholas Church is having a breakfast on October 26th from 9:00 a.m. to Noon. Watkins Lions & Lioness Craft sale - Expo Bake Sale and Luncheon will be on Saturday, October 25th from 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. at the Watkins Elementary School. St. Anthony’s Church in Watkins is having a sale of Bouja and Chicken Noodle Soup on Sunday, October 19, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00. Bouja is $13.00 per gallon and Chicken Noodle Soup is $12.00 per gallon. You may preorder by calling Larry Flaschenriem at 320-764-2965. Bouja & Noodle soup will be available again November 16th.