June 11, 2017 THE MOST HOLY TRINITY

Pastoral Staff…………….……….Fr. Matthew Crane Office…………………….………….…….218 924-2605 Email……………...…............fathercrane@gmail.com Website:……..…….companyofparishes.wordpress.com

Cluster and CTK Homebound Contact: Don Clasemann……….………………..320-552-0202

Christ the King (CTK) Parish Office………….….….....……........320 594-2291 Email…….....…....…….…ctkoffice@embarqmail.com Hours…….……..Monday - Friday 8:30 am - 4:30 pm Secretary/Bookkeeper….….........Roxanne Determan Religious Education Coordinator….Beverly Geraets Phone: 320 237-0364 bgeraets.ctkparish@gmail.com CTK Catholic School…….………....…….320 594-6114 Dean of Students ………………………Sarah Becker Website:………..…………..christthekingschool.org

Saint Joseph, Clarissa (SJC) Parish Office………………...….……..….218 756-2205

Email………...…….....…..stjoschu@eaglevalleytel.net Hours…………............Thursday, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Secretary/Bookkeeper…......……..…........Barb Brown Volunteer Coordinator……………….….Leann Olson Rel. Ed. Coordinators... Bev Desotell…..320 594-6383 Eileen Uhlenkamp…….218 756-3614

Homebound Contact/Eileen Uhlenkamp….756-3614

Saint Joseph, Bertha (SJB) Parish Office……………….……...….…..218 924-2144 Email………………........stjoseph_bertha@yahoo.com Hours….…………..…Thursday, 12 Noon - 5:00 p.m. Secretary…………………………....…..Kathy Wagner Bookkeeper…………………………….....Laura Miner Religious Education Coordinator: Elizabeth Schwartz.................................218 385-2148 elizabethofsaintjoseph@gmail.com

CHRIST THE KING CATHOLIC CHURCH OF

BROWERVILLE 720 Main Street North

P.O. Box 83 Browerville, MN 56438

SAINT JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH OF

CLARISSA 105 John Street South

P.O. Box 5 Clarissa, MN 56440

SAINT JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH OF

BERTHA 201 Cherry Street

P.O. Box 158 Bertha, MN 56437

THANKS

Many thanks to all of you for your contributions to the celebration of the sixth anniversary of my ordination to the priesthood. Many thanks, also, for your many and varied contributions to parish life in the three years that I have served you as pastor. I have certainly learned a lot from my experiences here.

Sincerely in Christ,

Fr. Matthew Crane

P.S. - Last Monday, the anniversary of my ordination to the Diaconate, I was formally accepted to the Canon Law Licentiate program at St. Paul University in Ottawa. I note that Ottawa is on a more southerly line of latitude than even Browerville. So, I think I will leave all my cold-weather gear here.

From the Pastor, Fr. Matthew Crane

Saint Joseph of Clarissa Wednesday, June 14, 2017 CTCCC Rosary - Topsy May Saturday, June 17, 5:30 p.m.

Lector: Bev D. EMHC: JacyRea, Ardelle, Dennis Sacristan: Ardelle Servers: Alexis Dotzler and Marissa Dotzler

Ushers: Dan Almquist and Ray Desotell

Christ the King of Browerville Sunday, June 18, 8:30 a.m. Rosary: John and Mary Dorn Lector: Marlene Tschida Servers: Nye Becker and Joseph Tynio EMHC: Bev Foote, Jared Jagush, John Dorn Ushers for June: Ervin Broda, Lee Martinek, Gene Tschida, Pat Schorn

Church Cleaning: Susanne Espree, Roger and Linda Feist, Ronald and Beverly Foote

Saint Joseph of Bertha Sunday, June 18, 10:30 a.m. Rosary: Maria Miner Sacristan: Butch Rice

Lector: Connie Wenker EMHC: Brenda Follmer and Andrew Freyholtz Servers: Christopher Blashack and Stephen Miner

Ushers: James Follmer and Gary Schmidt Money Counters: Loren Heinze and Agnes Mack Church Cleaning (June 19-25): David & Kathy Wagner and Anthony & Lizzy Wagner

Stewardship

Saint Joseph of Clarissa Loose 57.00 Votive Candles 15.00 Adult 1,423.00 Ascension 148.00 Child 5.00 Peter’s Pence 205.00

Total Regular 1,485.00 Cemetery Perpetual Care 20.00

Cash Raffle 1,250.0 0 Maintenance 200.00 Rummage Sale 657.80

Last weekend Mass Count: 106

Christ the King, Browerville Loose 191.30 Vigil Candles 46.00 Adult 3,919.00 Decorations 5.00 Child 19.00 Peter’s Pence 125.00 Total Regular 4,129.30 Captital Maint. 3.00

Last Weekend Mass Count: 260

Saint Joseph of Bertha Loose (Soecial Needs) 185.00 Votive Candles 6.00 Adult 1,653.00 Peter’s Pence 45.00 Child 64.98 Total Regular 1,902.98

Last weekend Mass Count: 164

Liturgical Ministers

MASS SCHEDULE

MONDAY, JUNE 12 - SUNDAY, JUNE 18, 2017

Monday, June 12 – Weekday 2 Corinthians 1:1-7/Matthew 5:1-12

Tuesday, June 13 – Saint Anthony of Padua 2 Corinthians 1:18-22/Matthew 5:13-16 6:00 p.m. Adoration and Sacrament of Reconciliation 7:00 p.m. †Alma Lucas Bertha

Wednesday, June 14 — Weekday 2 Corinthians 3:4-11/Matthew 5:17-19

8:30 a.m. †Deceased members of the Allan & Donna Frisch family Browerville

Adoration for one hour after Mass

Thursday, June 15 - Weekday 2 Corinthians 3:15—4:1, 3-6/Matthew 5:20-26 No 8:30 a.m. Mass Clarissa 11:00 a.m. Communion Service CTCCC

Friday, June 16 - Weekday 2 Corinthians 4:7-15/Matthew 5:27-32 8:30 a.m. †Harold Tschida Browerville Adoration for one hour after Mass Saturday, June 17 - Weekday 2 Corinthians 5:14-21/Matthew 5:33-37

The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ Deuteronomy 8:2-3, 14b—16a/1 Corinthians 10:16-17/ John 6:51-58

Weekend Mass Times Saturday, June 17 4:30 p.m. Sacrament of Reconciliation 5:30 p.m. † Deceased Family members of Hugo Sudbeck Clarissa

Sunday, June 18 8:00 a.m. Sacrament of Reconciliation 8:30 a.m. People of the Parishes Browerville

10:30 a.m. †Valeria Butkowski Bertha

Saint Joseph of Clarissa

Quilt Raffle Tickets for Religion Education being sold in Gathering Room before and after Mass. Tickets are $1.00.

Finance Council Meeting Thurs., June 15 at 6:30 p.m.

Pastoral Council Meeting Thurs., June 15 at 7:30 p.m.

St. Mary’s Mission Meeting on June 21st at 9 a.m. We are looking for new ladies to grow our group of ladies working on making quilts and doing other miscellaneous things for our church. Please consider visiting us.

Items Found: If you think you might have dropped them off by mistake—please call the office at 756-2205 with details.

Vacation Bible School Please mark your calendars. VBS to be held June 26-30, 2017. The theme this year is “Camping in God’s Creation” from 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. in the St. Joseph of Clarissa church basement. All children of the company of parishes are invited.

Thank you to Rita Wenker and LeAnn Olson and their group for helping with the rummage sale. Items left over will be taken to MaryJo Copeland and Wacosa Thrift in St. Cloud.

St. Joseph’s Parish Cash Raffle Drawing to be held Saturday, July 22, 2017

after 5:30 p.m. Holy Mass

Parish Festival Meeting - TODAY after Holy Mass. All are welcome to join in the planning of the festival.

JUNE Faith, Food, and Fellowship Potluck— Sunday, June 25th after Holy Mass. Group C hosting.

Please bring something to share. All are welcome!

Vacation Bible School will be held Monday, August 7 - Friday, August 11. The theme this year will be Mountain Climbing Up Through the Sacraments. Hope to see you!

Parish Festival - Sunday, August 13, 2017 Seeking a new chairman for the Kids Games - Please consider being the head of this. We need someone to step

Saint Joseph of Bertha

Rest in God’s Peace Eternal rest grant to Harry John whose

funeral Mass was celebrated this past week. Eternal rest grant to him O’ Lord, and let

perpetual light shine upon him. Baptized in Christ

Xavier Francis Bulcher

Infant son of Seth & Victoria Bulcher

Christ the King of Browerville

1st Annual Christ the King School 5/K Walk/Run will be held on Sat., June 24, at Christ the King School. The 5K Walk/Run

registration is at 7 a.m. and the 5K begins at 8 a.m. Awards will be given to the top qualifiers of the 5K. Participants may register at www.zapevent.com/registration or by completing a registration form. Please mail them to Christ the King School, PO Box 186, Browerville, MN 56438. Forms are available in the office.

Scrip Gift Cards are always available in the school office. We have a good inventory on hand. Some of the gift cards available are: Konetzko’s, Steve’s, Coborns, Wal-mart, Target, Mills Fleet Farm, Applebees, Cabelas, Gander Mountain, Maurices, Herbergers, Dairy Queen, Subway, and many more.

Christ the King Funeral Lunch Program—Any parishioner who is not a member of the Funeral Lunch program, and would like to join, will be charged a one time family fee of $1. This fee covers husband, wife, and school age children. Once a child has graduated from college, or has reached age 24, they need to register separately. When your group is called to work you may provide food and work for no charge, or provide food and pay $10, or pay $15 if you are not able to work or bring food. Call the following chairpersons for more info: Barb Spychalla at 594-2954, Dolly Sadlo at 594-2441, Karen Brever at 594-6450, & Linda Hoelscher at 594-6080.

Coffee, rolls and juice will be served after 8:30 a.m. Mass at Christ the King on Sunday, June 18. Join in the social and help celebrate Father’s Day. Everyone invited.

For Sale: 20 Folding Chairs—$5 each.

Prayer Chain Lines: Christ the King: Karen Benning . . . . .(320) 594-6163 Kathy Lucas . . . . . . . (320) 594-6202

St. Joseph, Bertha: Jeanette Scott . . . . . (218) 924-4385 Ginger Gilbert . . . . (218) 924-2434

St. Joseph, Clarissa: Bernadette King . .(218) 738-4135 MaryAnn Kotval...(218) 756-2362

Christ the King Catholic School

Area Events

Company of Parishes Events Calendar

Company of Parishes

Everyone is invited to Long Prairie for Totus Tuus this summer. Totus Tuus is a week long catechetical program filled with fun, games, skits, prayer, and sound teaching for grades 1-12. 1-6th graders will meet June 19-23 from 9-2:30pm. Grades 7-12 will meet from 7-9PM June 18-22. Registration forms are available in the parish o f f i c e o r c o n t a c t V i c t o r i a B u l c h e r at vbulcher@stmaryslp.org or 320-360-5193.

The Men’s Prayer Group of the Company of Parishes would like to

invite you to a Teaching from Fr. Matthew Crane on Sunday,

June 18th (Father’s Day) at 3 p.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Clarissa. The topic of discussion is, “What does the Catholic Church teach about receiving Holy Communion.”

This is for everyone! Please invite your family and friends. Thank you and God bless.

Thank you to all who made Fr. Matthew Crane’s party a success! There were many who came, brought food, gave him cards/gifts and helped out. Thank you for your generosity! God bless you always! Let us continue to pray for Father during his transition.

Knights of Columbus Browerville Days Breakfast Sunday, June 25—Christ the King Church basement.

Ham and egg bake with hash browns and rolls Free—will offering

The Franciscan Sisters of Little Falls invite the pub-lic to join them for Centering Prayer and Lectio Divina (Sacred Reading) on Thursday, June 15, 6—7 p.m., in the Gathering Space at St. Francis Convent, Little Falls. Centering Prayer is an ancient and contem-porary way of prayer. In a small group, persons gather for 20-30 minutes to pray in quiet, listening with openness to God’s presence and action in our lives. Cen-tering Prayer is experiencing a relationship with God as well as a discipline to foster that relationship. It is a movement beyond conversation with God to communion with God. That is followed by “Lectio Di-vina,” a reflection on the coming Sunday Scriptures. Come, the third Thursday of the month, gather with sis-ters and members of all faiths to ponder God’s presence in your life, and open yourself to receive the gift of a closer union with God. No need to pre-register. For more information, please call (320)632-0668 or email: franciscanlife@fslf.org;www.fslf.org.

Sunday, June 11 ……...…SJB Parish Festival Mtg. after Holy Mass

Thursday, June 15 ………………………...….SJC Council Meetings

Sunday, June 18 ……………………….…………CTK Coffee & Rolls . Teaching from Fr. Matthew Crane at St. Joseph in Clarissa, 3 p.m. Wednesday, June 21 ………..…….…SJC St. Mary Mission Meeting Saturday, June 24 ………………….…CTK 1st Annual 5K Walk/Run Sunday, June 25 ……………….CTK Knights of Columbus Breakfast

Monday, June 26 - Friday, June 30 ……………………..…SJC VBS

Saturday, July 22 …..…………St. Joseph Parish Raffle Cash Raffle

“All Natural! Natural Family Planning: Good for the Body, Great for the Soul!” Learn about the benefits of NFP as you plan your family in harmony with nature and God’s plan for married love. NFP is effective, wholesome, and healthy! A First instruction class in the Billings Ovulation

Method will be offered in: Long Prairie on Monday,

June 26 at 7:00 p.m. at St. Mary of Mt. Carmel Church

and at Wadena on Friday, June 29 at 5:30 p.m. at St.

Ann’s Church. For more information, or to register, con-

tact Victoria Bulcher at vbulcher@saintanns.net or 320-

360-5193. Appointments can also be made with Mary

Jorgenson atmvjorgenson48@gmail.com or 218-631-

4759. The class is approximately 1½ to 2 hours long.

Most insurance plans cover the cost of NFP Instruction

and follow-up!

Prayer to the Holy Trinity

Father, Son and Holy Spirit You have revealed yourself to your people in history, time

and place. Show yourself to us today, in the moments that make up our lives, so our

living may be a source and sign of your Divine Life.

Amen.