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Catholic Area Faith Community of
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Kandiyohi
St. Patrick
320.382.6424
(StP)
Spicer
Our Lady of the Lakes
320.796.5664
(OLOL)
Willmar
St. Mary
320.235.0118
(StM)
www.OurLivingWater.org
AFCOffi[email protected]
Area Mass Schedule
Date & Time
Location
Mon., Oct. 27
9:00 AM
St. Mary
Tues., Oct. 28
8:30 AM
OLOL
12:00 PM
St. Mary
Wed., Oct. 29
8:30 AM
OLOL
12:00 PM
St. Mary
Thurs.,Oct. 30
8:30 AM
OLOL
9:00 AM
St. Mary
5:30 PM
St. Patrick
Fri., Oct. 31
8:30 AM
OLOL
Sat., Nov. 1
All Saints Day
8:30 AM
St. Mary
9:00 AM
OLOL
All Souls Vigil
4:00 PM
St. Patrick
5:00 PM
OLOL
5:30 PM
St. Mary
Sun., Nov. 2
All Souls Day
8:15 AM St. Thomas More
8:30 AM
St. Mary
10:00 AM
OLOL
10:30 AM
St. Mary
12:00 PM
St. Mary
Lake Lillian
St. Thomas More
320.382.6424
(StTM)
Intention
+John Thell
+Int of Illies Family
+Gladys Leschke
+Jed Brown
+Gene & Dorothy Olson
+Al Iverson
+John, Celeste & Pat Thell
+Glenn Mielke
+Fr. Wilford Illies
D of I Mass for Peace
+Frank Sr. & Mary Plotnik
+Joe Conway
+Theresa Miller
+Bonnie Lindquist
For the People
+Mike Stoffel
+Al Iverson
+Nathan Schow
+Delores & Ed Rudek
Calendar of Events
Monday, October 27
9:00 AM Atrium ................................................... OLOL
5:00 PM Parish Administrative Council Mtg........... StM
5:30 PM Bell Choir .................................................. StM
6:30 PM RCIA ......................................................... StM
7:00 PM Alleluia Prayer Group ............................... StM
7:00 PM Adult Choir................................................ StM
7:00 PM Boy Scouts ................................................ StM
7:00 PM One Voice ............................................. OLOL
Calendar of Events cont.
Tuesday, October 28
4:00 PM Children’s Chimes .................................... StM
5:15 PM Parish Administrative Council Mtg ...... OLOL
6:00 PM Spanish Prayer Group ............................... StM
7:30 PM Rosary ....................................................... StM
Wednesday, October 29
8:30 AM Mom’s Bible Study ................................... StM
9:00 AM Bible Study............................................ OLOL
9:00 AM Quilters...................................................... StM
3:30 PM FF Classes Gr 1-6.................................. OLOL
4:00 PM Gr 7 & 8 Area NET Retreat ...................... StM
4:30 PM Children’s Choir........................................ StM
5:30 PM FF Classes Gr 1-6...................................... StM
7:00 PM FF Classes Gr 7-11.................................... StM
7:00 PM FF Classes Gr 9-11................................ OLOL
Thursday, October 30
9:00 AM Divine Mercy Chaplet/Rosary .............. OLOL
7:00 PM Hispanic Guitar Rehearsal ........................ StM
7:00 PM Health Ministry Support Mtg .................... StM
7:00 PM Spanish VIRTUS Training Session........... StM
Friday, October 31
Saturday, November 1
9:00 AM Day of the Dead Set Up ............................ StM
9:00 AM Spanish Baptism Class .............................. StM
3:30 PM Confessions ................................................ StP
4:00 PM Confessions ........................................... OLOL
5:10 PM Confessions ............................................... StM
Sunday, November 2
7:45 AM Confessions ............................................. StTM
10:00 AM Liturgy of the Word: Ages 4 - 1st Gr .... OLOL
10:30 AM RCIA - Spanish ......................................... StM
10:30 AM Liturgy of the Word: Ages 4 - 1st Gr ........ StM
11:00 AM Coffee CCW Grp 1 ............................... OLOL
2:30 PM AFC Musicians Rehearsal......................... StM
4:00 PM Evening Prayer of Remembrance ............. StM
October 26, 2014, Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
STEWARDSHIP
Contributions for Week of October 19, 2014
OLOL
Children
Adult
Automatic
Total
Weekly Budget Amount
Difference
$
$
$
8.00
4,195.00
1,167.00
5,370.00
7,552.00
(2,182.00)
$
$
$
World Mission Sunday:
Thank you for your generous
response to the Society for the
Propagation of the Faith on
World Mission Sunday. Your
generous help will reach the Church in Mongolia and local
churches throughout the Missions, where the poor receive
practical help and the experience of Gods love and mercy,
His hope and peace. For more information, please visit
www.IAmAMissionary.org.
St. Mary
14.00
9,976.00
5,492.00
15,482.00
16,160.00
(678.00)
St. Patrick
$
1,135.00
$
1,135.00
1,633.00
(498.00)
$
St. Thomas More
$
1.00
665.00
$
$
666.00
940.00
(274.00)
StTM Turkey Bingo
Sunday, November 9, 2014
Bingo Prizes Needed!
Parishioners are asked to donate prizes to go along with a
turkey and/or donate towards the cost of the turkeys.
These donations can be brought that evening or given to
Barb Stahl or Jo Malvin before hand. The Turkey Bingo
is Sunday, November 9, at 6:30 pm. Free lunch and door
prizes. Everyone welcome! Thank You!
News from Fr. Steve:
This past Friday our area faith community was honored to receive the “Partners in Hope” Award from Heartland Community
Action Agency. Our parishes have always had a great working relationship with Heartland over the years but recently we have
committed financial resources from our tithing funds every month to partner with Heartland in assisting the needy of our area.
Through this partnership, an emergency fund has been set up in order that Heartland can provide assistance to those in need.
This emergency assistance includes helping the needy with rental assistance, heat assistance, gas for transportation to and from
work, etc.
Pope Francis in his encyclical, The Joy of the Gospel, calls us to be people of justice who work to cloth the naked, feed the
hungry, give shelter to the homeless and visit the sick. Our partnership with Heartland is one way in which each of us in this
area faith community is able to respond to this gospel mandate. Our commitment to Heartland and our ability to help others
who come to us in need is made possible because our area has made an act of faith by tithing a portion of our Sunday
collection.
Since 1976 the Church of St. Mary in Willmar has been tithing 10% of its Sunday collection and has given out over a million
dollars over these years to those who are in need; most of it locally. The Church of Our Lady of the Lakes has begun with this
current fiscal year starting July 1 to tithe 5% of its Sunday collection to assist the needy and poor. I am grateful to those on our
administrative councils both past and present who have demonstrated leadership and wisdom, faith and trust, that in giving
back a portion of what we have received from God that He will bless us a hundredfold. The blessings we are receiving through
our tithing and partnership efforts are many. Together we are making a difference in the lives of those who are struggling and
in the life of our parishes and area faith community.
Thank you for your continued generosity in the giving of your time, talent and treasure in each of our parishes and in so doing,
your commitment to helping the poor and those in need.
WORSHIP
WORD—ADULT
Small Christian Community:
“Because the Church is communion, the
new 'basic communities', also known as
Small Christian Communities, if they
truly live in unity with the Church, are a true expression of
communion and a means of construction of a more
profound communion. They are thus cause for great hope
for the life of the Church" (Pope John Paul II, The Mission
of the Redeemer, 51). Want to be part of a Small
Christian Community? Contact any member or
Facilitators of current communities or Anisabel at 320-235 0118, or email [email protected] for more
information.
AFC
Evening
Remembrance will
Prayer
of
be held on Sunday,
November 2, at 4:00 pm at the Church of St.
Mary, Willmar. This service is an opportunity
to remember our deceased relatives and
friends. The AFC pays special tribute to
parishioners who have died this past year.
An AFC Choir will be formed to lead music for this year’s
Evening Prayer of Remembrance on Sunday, November 2,
4:00 pm at the Church of St. Mary in Willmar. Those
interested in singing with this choir or playing an instrument
with the ensemble for this service, should contact
[email protected] and attend rehearsal at 2:30
pm on that day in the Resource Room at St. Mary’s.
Book of Remembrance:
WORSHIP
Baptism Classes
are on Thursday, November 6 & 13 at
7:00 pm at the Church of St. Mary. This class is being
offered and is required for all parents who are planning the
birth of their first child and interested to have them baptized
in the Catholic Church. If you are a member of any of the
four parishes of this area faith community and are in need of
taking this class, please call your local parish office to
register.
Pilgrimage for World Meeting of Families –
September 22-27, 2015
The World Meeting of Families will be taking place in
Philadelphia, PA, from Sept. 22 to Sept. 27, 2015, with the
theme “The Gospel of the Family, Resource of Humanity.”
This event takes place every three years and is meant to
strengthen the sacred bonds of family across the globe. This
week of catechesis and celebration of the family will
culminate in the visit of the Holy Father, Pope Francis. The
Diocese of New Ulm is planning to join the other dioceses
of the state for a pilgrimage to the World Meeting of
Families. We are in the planning stages of the pilgrimage
and would like to hear from anyone who may have an
interest in attending or finding out more information. You
may go to the diocesan Web site, www.dnu.org, for a link to
the Family Life page to view the latest information about
the World Meeting of Families. Your expression of interest
is not a commitment, but we need an idea of the number
attending to plan accordingly. Please contact Sr. Candace at
507-233-5328 or [email protected] for information on
anticipated cost, registration, and travel options, or to ask
any other questions about this pilgrimage.
The Area Faith Community
will have a Book of Remembrance in each of our churches
throughout the month of November. All are invited to write
the names of loved ones in the book that you would like to
have remembered in prayer.
All Souls Day Masses
The Feast of all Saints is November 1. This year it is not a
Holy Day of Obligation and there will not be any Vigil
Masses, as it falls on Saturday. Masses will be celebrated on:
• Saturday, at 8:30 am at the Church of St. Mary, Willmar
• Saturday, at 9:00 am at the Church of Our Lady of the
Lakes, Spicer
Area Anointing of the Sick Mass followed by
turkey dinner, will be on Thursday, November 20, 2014 at
10:30 am at Church of St. Mary. More information to come!
Mark your calendar.
Area Veterans Dinner on Monday, November 6, at
5:30pm at Church of St. Mary. Mark your calendar.
Readings for the Week of October 27, 2014
Monday:
Ephesians 4:32—5:8; Psalm 1:1-4, 6
Luke 13:10-17
Tuesday:
Ephesians 2:19-22; Psalm 19:2-5
Luke 6:12-16
Wednesday: Ephesians 6:1-9; Psalm 145:10-14
Luke 13:22-30
Thursday: Ephesians 6:10-20; Psalm 144:1-2, 9-10
Luke 13:31-35
Friday:
Philippians 1:1-11; Psalm 111:1-6
Luke 14:1-6
Saturday:
Revelation 7:2-4, 9-14; Psalm 24:1-6
1 John 3:1-3; Matthew 5:1-12
Sunday:
Wisdom 3:1-9; Psalm 23:1-6
Romans 5:5-11; John 6:37-40