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Catholic Area Faith Community of
Jesus Our Living Water
Kandiyohi
St. Patrick
320.382.6424
(StP)
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Lake Lillian
St. Thomas More
320.382.6424
(StTM)
Tues., Jan. 13
8:30 AM
12:00 PM
Wed., Jan. 14
8:30 AM
12:00 PM
Thurs., Jan. 15
8:30 AM
Willmar
St. Mary
320.235.0118
(StM)
www.OurLivingWater.org
AFCOffi[email protected]
Area Mass Schedule
Date & Time
Mon., Jan. 12
Spicer
Our Lady of the Lakes
320.796.5664
(OLOL)
Location
Intention
St. Mary
No Mass
OLOL
St. Mary
+Mary Ann Powers
+Jake Schorn
OLOL
St. Mary
+Jim Illies
+Harold Tisdell
OLOL
St. Patrick
+Russ Effertz
No Mass
Fri., Jan. 16
8:30 AM
OLOL
Sat., Jan. 17
4:00 PM
St. Patrick
5:00 PM
OLOL
5:30 PM
St. Mary
Sun., Jan. 18
8:15 AM St. Thomas More
8:30 AM
St. Mary
10:00 AM
St. Mary
10:00 AM
OLOL
11:30 AM
St. Mary
+Lyle Mahn
+Joe Conway
+Alice Shemon
+Florence Jacobs
For the People
+Ordell Asmus
+Nathan Schow
+Magdelen Mehr
+Mike Stoffel
Cross Catholic
Outreach
Fr. David Denny & Fr. Bryan
O’Rourke will be visiting our
area faith community next
weekend to speak at all the
Masses on behalf of Cross Catholic Outreach which was
founded to create a meaningful link between parishes in
America and the priests and nuns working in the Church
overseas in the Caribbean, Africa, Asia, Central and South
America.
January 11, 2015,
Feast of the Baptism of the Lord
Calendar of Events
Monday, January 12
9:00 AM Atrium ....................................................OLOL
5:30 PM Bell Choir.................................................. StM
6:00 PM OLOL CCW Mtg ............................NL Legion
6:15 PM OLOL KC”S Mtg ...........................NL Legion
6:00 PM Boy Scouts ................................................ StM
6:30 PM RCIA ......................................................... StM
7:00 PM Adult Choir ............................................... StM
7:00 PM Alleluia Charismatic Prayer Group........... StM
7:00 PM Cub Scouts ................................................ StM
7:00 PM Liturgy of the Word Team Mtg ................ StM
7:00 PM Parish Society Mtg .................................... StM
Tuesday, January 13
4:00 PM Children’s Chimes .................................... StM
6:00 PM Spanish Prayer Group ............................... StM
7:00 PM Heartbeat ................................................OLOL
7:30 PM Rosary ....................................................... StM
Wednesday, January 14
8:30 AM Mom’s Bible Study ................................... StM
9:00 AM Quilters ..................................................... StM
9:00 AM Bible Study ............................................OLOL
3:30 PM FF Classes Gr 1-6 ..................................OLOL
4:30 PM BOB Youth Grp Gr 3-6 ............................ StM
5:00 PM KC Rosary Eucharistic Adoration .........OLOL
5:30 PM FF Classes Gr 1-6 ..................................... StM
5:30 PM Gr 5 Parent Participation........................... StM
6:30 PM Teen Chapel Gr 7-12................................. StM
6:30 PM Gr 6-8 Just 5 Days Information Mtg ......... StM
7:00 PM FF Classes Gr 7-11 ........................OLOL/StM
8:15 PM Gr 8-11 NCYC Information Mtg .............. StM
Thursday, January 15
9:00 AM Divine Mercy Chaplet/Rosary ...............OLOL
7:00 PM Baptism Class –English ............................ StM
7:00 PM Spanish Intro to Bible ............................... StM
Friday, January 16
Saturday, January 17 - Cross Catholic Outreach
3:30 PM Confessions .................................................StP
4:30 PM Confessions ............................................OLOL
5:10 PM Confessions ............................................... StM
Sunday, January 18 - Cross Catholic Outreach
7:45 AM Confessions ............................................. StTM
10:00 AM Liturgy of the Word: Ages 4 - 1st Gr........ StM
10:00 AM Liturgy of the Word: Ages 4 - 1st Gr.....OLOL
10:00 AM RCIA Spanish ........................................... StM
11:00 AM Coffee by Catholic United Financial .....OLOL
STEWARDSHIP
Contributions for Week of January 4, 2015
OLOL
Children
Adult
Automatic
Total
Weekly Budget Amount
Difference
Year-to-Date Collection
Year-to-Date Budget
YTD Difference
$
$
9.00
5,595.00
1,029.00
6,633.00
7,208.00
(575.00)
$
236,511.90
207,672.00
28,839.90
$
$
St. Mary
8.00
10,395.00
5,365.00
15,768.00
15,448.00
320.00
$
445,221.00
444,648.00
573.00
$
$
St. Patrick
$
2,352.80
$
$
2,352.80
1,550.00
802.80
$
36,769.76
44,811.00
(8,041.24)
St. Thomas More
$
4.00
1,123.00
$
$
1,127.00
893.00
234.00
$
25,015.00
25,803.00
(788.00)
DMA as of January 6, 2015:
OLOL
St. Mary
St. Patrick
St. Thomas More
2014 DMA Goal
$20,419.77
$35,411.50
$3,825.48
$2,636.48
Amount committed
by parishioners
$20,901.00
$36,403.61
$3,215.00
$2,440.00
+$481.23
+$992.11
$610.48
$196.49
Difference
Parish project where
excess donations will
be used
Donation to the
Link and
Maintenance Items
New
Sanctuary Crucifix
OLOL Youth Contribution Envelopes for
2015 have been put in classrooms and should have been
taken home. Home-schooled children, your envelopes are in
the Gathering Area. If your child has not received their
envelopes please contact the Church Office at 796-5664.
StP Parish Dinner & Raffle - This year, St.
Patrick’s Ham Dinner and Raffle will be held on Sunday,
March 15. We need a lot of help as we prepare for this great
event. We also need donations of prizes for our raffle. Please
contact Gordon & Joyce Wittman at 974-8118 or Mary
Glimsdal at 382-6281 or see them before or after the
Saturday 4:00 pm Mass if you wish to donate raffle prizes.
The due date is Saturday, January 31. Thank you.
Catholic Schools Week
Catholic Schools Week will be celebrated the week of
January 25 through January 31. Bishop John M. LeVoir has
announced that a second collection will be taken up at all
Masses in the diocese the weekend of January 24 and 25 to
benefit Catholic Schools in the Diocese of New Ulm. Please
be generous.
General
Maintenance
General
Maintenance
St. Mary’s
Foundation 18th
Gala Event:
“Live. Laugh. Love”
will take place on
Friday, January 30, at
6:00 pm. Invitations to
all parishioners were
mailed this past week.
You are welcome to make your reservations now
for you and your family and friends!
If you would like to volunteer, donate to the silent
auction, wine wall, or live auction, please contact
any Foundation member or the parish office at 2350118 for further information. Come & enjoy and
support the Foundation.
SERVICE
StM:
Help is needed to un-decorate the Church of St.
Mary on Tuesday, January 13, at 1:30 pm. Please come if
you can!
KC Free Throw Contest:
All boys and girls ages
9 to 14 are invited to participate in the local level of
competition for the 2015 Knights of Columbus Free
Throw Championship. The local competition will be held
at the Kandiyohi County Area Family YMCA on
Sunday, January 18, 2015. Registration will start at 12:30
pm. Free Throw Contest to begin at 1:00 p.m. Sponsored
by the Willmar Area Knights of Columbus. For
additional information, contact: James Miller at
[email protected] or (320) 212-2184.
OLOL KC’s Meeting
is on Monday, January 12,
at the New London Legion. Social Hour is at 6:00 pm
and meeting at 7:00 pm.
Pro Life Rally
Anyone interested in attending the Pro Life Prayer Service
in St. Paul and then the Pro Life Rally at the Capitol on
Thursday, January 22, in St. Paul; there is a bus scheduled
to pick up in Spicer and Willmar. The pick up schedule is
as follows:
6:45 am
Depart Church of Our Lady of the Lakes
7:05 am
Arrive South side of Kandi Mall, Willmar
7:20 am
Depart South side of Kandi Mall, Willmar
10:04 am
Arrive at Cathedral of St. Paul, St. Paul
You will need to bring along a sack lunch and dress
accordingly for this event. This is open to anyone and you
are encouraged to invite your non-Catholic friends also.
The cost is a free-will offering and is being underwritten by
the Knight of Columbus Councils of District 38. If you are
interested, please email [email protected] or
contact Tom Lehman at 235-8017, Earl LeBon at 354-4813,
Jim Schwarz at 354-2793, or Kalvin Torkelson at 2129696.
WORSHIP
Join the Pilgrimage to the World
Meeting of Families and Welcome
Pope Francis on Sept 22-27, 2015.
The pilgrimage will be made to
Philadelphia from the diocese of
New Ulm. The cost of the
pilgrimage package is $1,675 per person, double occupancy.
The package includes roundtrip coach transfer from New Ulm
to the airport, roundtrip airfare from Minneapolis to
Philadelphia,, hotel accommodations for five nights with
breakfast, coach transportation while in Philadelphia and for
associated pilgrimage trips and two dinners for the
participants from the six dioceses in Minnesota with those
bishops attending the meeting. The pilgrimage package does
not include registration for the World Meeting of Families,
which must be completed through the official World Meeting
of Families Web site, at www.worldmeeting2015.org. There
are various registration packets available. If you have
questions please contact Sr. Candace Fier at [email protected]
or 507-233-5328. Specific pilgrimage registration information
will be coming out soon and will also be posted on the Office
of Family Life page at www.dnu.org.
Readings for the Week of January 12, 2015
Monday:
Hebrews 1:1-6
Psalm 97:1-2, 6-7, 9
Mark 1: 14-20
Tuesday:
Hebrews 2:5-12
Psalm 8:2, 5-9
Mark 1:21-28
Wednesday: Hebrews 2:14-18
Psalm 105:1-4, 6-9
Mark 1:29-39
Thursday:
Hebrews 3:7-14
Psalm 95:6-11
Mark 1:40-45
Friday:
Hebrews 4:5, 11
Psalm 78:3-4, 6-8
Mark 2:1-12
Saturday:
Hebrews 4:12-16
Psalm 19:8-10, 15
Mark 2:13-17
Sunday:
I Samuel 3:3-10, 19
Psalm 40:2, 4, 7-10
1 Corinthians 6:13-15, 17-20
John 1:35-42
AFC Retreat: A Journey of Faithfulness and Hope, January 24, 2015
Take some time for yourself. Unwind from the holiday rush and get ready for the upcoming Lenten season. Led by Sister Ellen
Doyle, we will spend the day focusing on how we are called to be disciples. Held at the Church of St. Mary, registration begins
at 8:30 am and the day will conclude with the Saturday evening Mass. Call St. Mary’s office at 235-0118 to reserve your spot;
reservations required by Monday, January 19. Cost is free!