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AFC OFFICE 508 13TH ST NO, BENSON, MN 56215
Web ............................................... stisidorethefarmerafc.org
Email ................................. [email protected]
Phone ............................................................. 320-842-4271
Fax ................................................................. 320-843-2264
AFC Office Hours
Mon-Thurs ............... 8:00 am-12:00 pm, 1:00 pm-3:30 pm
Friday ..................................................... 8:00 am—12:00 pm
Murdock Office
Phone ............................................................. 320-875-2451
Kitchen .......................................................... 320-875-4320
Mondays ................................................. 8:30 am-12:00 pm
Appleton Office
Phone ............................................................. 320-289-1146
Email ....................................................... [email protected]
Mon-Thurs .............................................. 10:30 am-1:30 pm
Staff
Pastor ....................................................... Fr. Jeremy Kucera
507-828-5247 ............... [email protected]
PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD APRIL 5, 2020
The Catholic Parishes of •St Francis, Benson• St Bridget, DeGraff•
•St Malachy, Clontarf • Sacred Heart, Murdock •
• Visitation Oratory, Danvers • St John, Appleton•
Fr. Jeremy Kucera, Pastor
LITURGY SCHEDULE
If you are unable to attend Mass, daily Mass is
now being offered on line with Word On Fire @
https://www.wordonfire.org/daily -mass .
All public Masses have been suspended through Monday, April 13. There may be more
recent updates after this bulletin went to press on Monday, March 30. Please continue to
check our parish website as well as the Diocesan Website—dnu.org for more updates.
Father Jeremy will continue to say a private Mass every day and keep you all in prayer.
The following Mass intentions will be offered this week:
Tuesday, April 7 – Greg Walsh
Wednesday, April 8 – Rita Erdman
Holy Week/Easter – Presider’s Intention
Sacrament of Reconciliation
By appointment, call Fr. Jeremy at 507-828-5247
Marriage Preparation
Please contact AFC Office at least six months ahead of
time to plan and prepare for your wedding. If one party
has been previously married, the wedding cannot move
forward unless an annulment has been granted by the
Catholic Church
Baptism Preparation
Please call Samantha Johnson at 320-304-3857.
Pastoral Care
If any parishioner or family member needs a pastoral care
visit and Holy Communion, please call the parish office.
Today’s privacy laws do not permit hospitals to contact
churches when a patient needs a pastoral visit. We are
made aware of it only when the individual or their friends
and family contact us. We are also not always aware of
parishioners that are homebound and would desire a
pastoral visit.
Catholic Charities
Offers personal, marriage, family and pregnancy counsel-
ing at 1-866-670-5163
Prayer Line
If you would like to put someone on the prayer line,
please call the Area Office at 320-842-4271. After hours,
please call Patricia Walsh at 320-843-2226.
St. John Prayer Chain—please call Anne Bonk at 320-394-
2160 if you have someone to put on the prayer chain.
RCIA
Anyone interested in joining the Catholic Church please
call the Area Office at 320-842-4271
Registration/Moving
To register in a parish or if moving, call the AFC Office at
320-842-4271 or the Sacred Heart office at 320-875-
2451 or St. John’s at 320-289-1146.
RICE BOWL - Do This In Memory of Me
As we enter Holy Week, we celebrate the gift of the Eu-
charist as our heavenly food. We continue to reflect on
the challenge of global hunger. How does our faith in-
spire us to share the gifts that God has bestowed on us?
Visit crsricebowl.org for more.
DAILY SCHEDULE
All activities at our area churches are cancelled through at least Monday, April 13.
Our churches continue to be open for those who wish to pray:
St. Francis Church, Benson – will be open every day from 8 am – 6 pm
Sacred Heart Church, Murdock – will be open 7 am – 7 pm daily
St. John Church, Appleton – will be open 9 am – 3 pm daily
We ask that you practice good hygiene when entering the church (wash hands, use hand sanitizer,
disinfectant wipes, etc. and practice social distancing)
The Vocation View
Blest are they who come in the name of the Lord! Am I
being called to proclaim Jesus as a priest, deacon,
brother, or sister? (Matthew 21:1-11)
Because of the MN Governor’s recent Executive Order direct-ing MN residents to stay at home for 2 weeks our church offices will be closed as well. We will be working from home as best
we can.
Please call the area office in Benson at 842-4271 or email [email protected] and we will do our best to help you. See our parish website at www.stisidorethefarmerafc.org or the Diocesan web page www.dnu.org/covid19 for more information and resources. If there are further updates we will send/post them as soon as possible.
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Your Adult Sunday Offerings are vital to the core ministries of our parishes. You are en-
couraged to continue your financial support of your parish. St. Francis parishioners can
use the MyEoffering online giving. A link is available on the parish website. You can al-
so mail in your contributions to your parish office.
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Because we want to encourage you to explore your Catholic faith at home, our diocese is pleased to
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stories, teaching and more. Feel free to share this link and information with your friends and family!
WANTED . . . EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS and LECTORS for St.
John’s Masses. We need more volunteers. Please volun-
teer by calling the church office, 289-1146 or talk to
Jo Ann. The commitment is usually once a month.
Red Cross Bloodmobile on Tuesday, April
7th from 12:00 noon to 6:00 pm at the
Appleton National Guard Armory. Give
the Gift of Life ~ Donate Blood ~ Help
Save Lives!
Sacred Heart Parish is looking for a cleaning person/crew start-
ing June 1st. 2020. If you are interested please contact
the Murdock Office at 320-875-2451 or email
Appleton MEDIACOM Cable TV Sunday Mass information .
9:30 am Channel 21, WUCW, Catholic Mass
11:00 am, Channel 12, KSTC , Diocese of St. Cloud
Above Masses listed in the Willmar paper weekly TV Guide
11:00 am, Channel 94, EWTN, Sunday Mass
6:00 – 7:00 pm, Channel 94, EWTN ,Daily Mass
Appleton DISH TV Programming ~ Apple Ridge Assisted
Living
11:00 am, Channel 18, EWTN, Mass (Also daily Mass at
other times)
EWTN ~ 8:30 pm “Praying the Rosary” ~ 7 days a week
SYMPATHY
We offer our sympathy to the family and friends of Sr.
Shawn Carruth, Prioress, Mount Saint Benedict,
Crookston, MN who passed away on Thursday, March 26.
Funeral arrangements are pending.
OUR WEEKLY OFFERING
St. Francis: Benson
Adult ...................................................................... $667.50
St. John: Appleton
Adult ...................................................................... $470.00
Loose Plate ................................................................ $8.00
Votive ....................................................................... $25.00
Flowers ..................................................................... $22.00
Ash Wednesday ......................................................... $2.00
Catholic Relief Services .......................................... $30.00
Total ...................................................................... $557.00
There will be no Thursday Food and Fun in April. Stay tuned for
what may happen in May. Stay safe.
Reflections for the weekly readings are part of this bulletin.
This publication is sponsored by the Knights of Columbus
Council #2129.
GOSPEL MEDITATION - ENCOURAGE DEEPER UNDERSTAND-
ING OF SCRIPTURE
April 5, 2020
Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord
Human beings are united in their suffering. When we find
ourselves in a painful moment, our first reaction is “why
me?” as if we are the only person on earth who ever en-
countered this challenge. Going through life with a “why me”
attitude only finds us wallowing in the mire of self-pity and
never seizing opportunities or graces. We walk in solidarity
with every human being in the experience of suffering. Be-
lieving that the goal of life is the elimination or avoidance of
suffering is simply an illusion that keeps us entrenched in a
collective myth. This myth distorts us and limits us.
There are living witnesses among us showing how courage
and determination can overcome any degree of hardship,
pain, loss, or tragedy. Folks finding the normalcy of their
lives suddenly torn asunder are faced with options: oppor-
tunity or despair, stay or leave. Jesus stands before us as
the prime example of endurance and perseverance. He is
the One who showed humility through both the triumphs of
life (by learning to be humble) and the tragedies and injus-
tices (by learning how to be obedient). To secular ears, this
may be perceived as nonsense. But to those with the eyes
of faith, they are pearls of great price.
True humility tempers the temptation we have to become
complacent and prevents an excessive relishing of life’s
successes and affirmations. Learning obedience keeps us
faithful to our relationship with God so that we can find the
courage to endure any depth of hardship, disappointment,
betrayal, or agony. While we may want our cup of suffering
to be taken away, it simply cannot be. Somehow and some-
where in the seemingly opposing experiences life can deal
us, God is present with His reassuring, compassionate, em-
powering, and persevering love. To be true to who we are
and who God is, we must take up the cross of suffering,
even when it’s the hardest and most apparently senseless
thing to do.
Only our soul can understand these things, but our minds
cannot, so they continue to run to secular ideas and solu-
tions to pain and hardship. It goes without saying that we
need to do all we can to eliminate as much senseless, un-
just suffering as possible. Hunger, violence, abuse, exploita-
tion, rejection, prejudice, homelessness, disrespect for life,
and a whole host of other sins all result in suffering that is
within our control. Then, when we face the uncontrollable
kind of suffering or find ourselves the victim of injustice,
what do we do?
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