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April 1st, 2012 Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion
Message from Father Peter
Holy Week is here; are you prepared? This last week, as I visited afternoon religious education classes at Christ the King, one of the students asked me: when does Lent end? Lent ends with the beginning of the celebration of the Lord’s Supper on
Holy Thursday. The student then went on to comment that it would take a lot of work to complete her purple book on time. Whatever happened to those purple and black devotional books that were given out the Sunday before Lent began? Have you been keeping up, or are you giving up? How about the other things that we were going to do during Lent, or the things that we were going to give up?
I must say, I am looking forward to Holy Thursday. It is one of my favorite days of the year. As we celebrate the Lord’s Supper, we recall two sacraments that were instituted by Jesus during that meal: Eucharist and Holy Orders. Lent sometimes seems long, and yes, I am looking forward to stepping away from the ambo again as I preach. So, get ready…Holy Thursday is coming soon. I even plan on using a prop while I preach this year. Yes, I will talk about the priesthood and the Eucharist.
Can you explain the difference in our Catholic understanding of the Eucharist as compared to most Protestants understandings of communion? Do you know the difference between a Catholic priest and most Protestant ministers? I can say it is one word: SACRAMENT. Might we revisit the meaning of this word… ~Blessings, Fr. Peter
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
Contact Information
Pastoral Staff…..….......Fr. Peter VanderWeyst Office…………………………..………..320-594-2291 Email……………...…[email protected] Emergency pastoral number………....320-630-7622 Website: tri-parishcommunity.yolasite.com
Christ the King (CTK) Parish Office………………………........320-594-2291 Email…………...………[email protected] Hours………….Monday - Friday 8:30 am - 4:00 pm Secretary/Bookkeeper…….......Roxanne Determan Religious Education Coordinators: Bev Geraets…………………..………....320-594-2441 Glennda Kotula………….………..…....320-594-6524 Youth Coordinator - Cindy Stevens....320-760-1505
CTK Catholic School……….…….320-594-6114 www.christthekingschool.stclouddiocese.net Principal: Paula Becker……….…........320-594-6114
Saint Joseph, Clarissa (SJC) Parish Office………………………..….218-756-2205 Email…………………[email protected] Hours…………...Wednesday, 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Secretary/Bookkeeper………….….Cindy Stevens Religious Ed Coordinator: Eileen Uhlenkamp………………...…..218-756-3614 Youth Coordinator - Beth Johnson.….218-738-7078
Saint Joseph, Bertha (SJB) Parish Office……………….……….…..218-924-2144 Email………………[email protected] Hours………………...Tuesday, 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Secretary/Bookkeeper……….….…..Kathy Wagner Rel. Education: Elizabeth Blashack.....…...924-4490 Youth Contact - Kathy Wagner………218-756-2306
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Christ the King of Browerville Loose 384.00 Vigil Candles 20.00 Adult 3,718.00 Ham Dinner 109.00 Child 9.65 Air Cond. 3,370.00 Total Regular 4,111.65 Easter Flowers 225.00 Catholic Relief 35.00 New Years 10.00 Capt. Maint. 10.00 Elevator Fund 835.00
Mass Counts: Saturday – 189 Sunday – 201
Saint Joseph of Clarissa Loose 84.00 Candlemas Candles 3.00 Adult 1482.00 Catholic Relief 200.00 Children 8.00 Flowers 12.00 Votive Candle 9.00 Maintenance 15.00 Total Regular 1574.50 Rice Bowl 144.04 Votive Candles 9.00
Mass Counts: 111
St. Joseph of Bertha Adult 666.00 St. Joseph 18.00 Youth 19.50 Votives 13.00 Loose 210.28 Rice Bowl 70.00 Total Regular 895.78 Mistake in last week’s bulletin - St. Joseph was $20.00 not $8.50
Mass count: 171
Christ the King of Browerville Thursday, April 5, 8:00 p.m.
Lector: Bob Schueller Servers: Jared Jagush, Lucas Iten, Drew Johnson Anthony Wagner EM: Ardelle Feda, Jim Woeste, Lyle Tesch, Judy Hinzmann, Marie Katterhagen, Dennis Feda, Rita Tesch
Friday, April 6, 1:00 p.m.
Lector: Susanne Espree, Mike Salber Servers: Noah Becker, Noah Iten EM: Gene Tschida, Glennda Kotula, John Dorn
Saturday, April 7, 8:00 p.m. Lector: Michelle Jagush, Daryl Brever Servers: Brenda Rausch, Rachel Perish, Preston Irsfeld, Jordan Statema EM: Jim Jonckowski, Bernice Desotell, Deb Wieshalla, Elizabeth Blashack, Cindy Buhl, Russ VanDenheuvel, Debi Clasemann Ushers: M. Clasemann, T. Duncan, R. Kopp, T. Rausch Church Cleaning: * Barbara Bentler, Bruce & Jean Bentz, Gary & Teresa Bentz
Stewardship
Liturgical ministers
LITURGY THIS WEEK APRIL 2 – APRIL 8, 2012
Monday, April 2 – Monday of Holy Week Isaiah 42:1-7/John 12:1-11 Tuesday, April 3 – Tuesday of Holy Week Isaiah 49:1-6/John 13:21-33, 36-38 7:00 p.m. Seminarians & Vocations Bertha 6:00 p.m. Sacrament of Penance Adoration for 1 hour before Mass
Wednesday, April 4 – Wednesday of Holy Week Isaiah 50:4-9a/Matthew 26:14-25 11:00 a.m. †Val Jambor Adoration for 1 hour before Mass Stations of the Cross – 7:00 p.m. Clarissa Stations of the Cross – 8:00 p.m. Browerville Stations of the Cross – 8:00 p.m. Bertha
Thursday, April 5 – Holy Thursday Exodus 12:1-8, 11-14/1 Corinthians 11:23-26 8:00 p.m. †Melvin Bauer Browerville
Friday, April 6 – Good Friday Isaiah 52:13--53:12/Hebrews 4:14-16, 5:7-9 1:00 p.m. Good Friday Service Browerville 3:00 p.m. Good Friday Service Clarissa
Saturday, April 7 – Holy Saturday Genesis 1:1 –2:2/Exodus 36:16-28
Saturday 8:00 p.m. †Floyd & Marie Connor Browerville
Sunday, April 8 – Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord Acts 10:34a-43/Colossians 3:1-4 Sun. 7:30 a.m. People of the Parishes Browerville Sun. 9:00 a.m. †Eugene Motzko Clarissa Sun. 11:00 a.m. Vocations from Catholic United Bertha
Palm Sunday commemorates the
triumphal entrance of Christ into Jerusalem (Matthew 21:1-9), when palm branches were placed in His path,
before His arrest on Holy Thursday and
His Crucifixion on Good Friday. It thus
marks the beginning of Holy Week, the
final week of Lent, and the week in which Christians celebrate the mystery of their salvation through Christ's Death and His
Resurrection on Easter Sunday.
Christ the King of Browerville
Saint Joseph of Bertha
Saint Joseph of Clarissa
Sunday, April 8, 7:30 a.m. Rosary: Tom & Ramona Steinmetz Lector: Marlene Tschida Servers: Anna Salber, Julia Statema EM: Kathy Konetzko, Jim Woeste, Mary Ann Woeste, Paula Becker, Gene Tschida, Bev Foote, Tammy Cebulla Ushers: E. Broda, L. Martinek, G. Tschida, P. Schorn
Saint Joseph of Clarissa Good Friday, April 6, 3:00 p.m. 1st Lector: Bev Desotell (SJC) 2nd Lector: Connie Wenker (SJB) Eucharistic Minister: Eileen Ushers: Dennis Berg & Ray Desotell Sacristan: Eileen Servers: Andrew & Logan
Sunday, April 8, 9:00 a.m.
Lector: Sharon Schwantz Eucharistic Ministers: Allen, Ardelle, & Dennis Ushers: LeRoy Uhlenkamp & Marvin Reed Sacristan: Ardelle Servers: Jedd & William
Saint Joseph of Bertha Eucharistic Ministers: Elizabeth, Deb, Andrew Lector: Connie Wenker Servers: Stephen Miner Sacristan: Vicki Larson Jason Williams Rosary: Butch Rice Ushers: Gary Schmidt Camera: Loren Heinze Virgil Fah
Church Cleaning (April 1st - 7th) Pat & Velma Bulcher, Brad & Maria Uberto, Monica Johnson
Palm Braiding will be after the 7:30 p.m. Mass this weekend in the church basement. Coffee and snacks will be served. All are welcome.
Make Up Lenten Soup Supper. Menu for Wednesday, April 4: Chicken Dumpling & Vegetable Beef Barley with Cup Cakes. Serving will be from 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. A free will offering may be given. The proceeds will be given to the Bertha & Browerville Food Shelves and the Clarissa Area Community Emergency Aid Fund.
Wanted volunteer organist, pianist, guitarist, etc to play at St. Joseph’s Clarissa masses. We are also in need of a choir director and singers; male or female / young or old. Please contact Gina Motzko 756-2472 or Rita Tesch 756-2233.
Ham Stamps or Cards Please turn your partially used or full Coborn’s ham cards or receipts into the parish offices or the Browerville City Hall by Tuesday, April 10. All cards collected will be combined and used for Food Shelf. Thank you.
Egg Dyeing for elementary religious education stu-dents in grades K-6 will be held after school until 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 4 in the church basement. Students need to turn in a parent/guardian signed permission slip to attend. Volunteers are welcome to come and help.
Fall Festival committee is in need of two individuals or a couple interested in helping organize the annual fes-tival. Please contact Veronica Booker 756-2274 or leave a message in the parish office 756-2205.
St. Ann’s Mission Group will hold their monthly meet-ing on Monday, April 2, at 6:30 p.m.
The Knights of Columbus will have veneration for Our Lady of Guadalupe on Thursday, April 12th at 7:00 p.m. at Christ the King Church. The veneration will be from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The KC meeting will start around 8:15 p.m.
St. Ann’s Mission Sale Today, Sunday, April 1st, 10:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Christ the King School Gym - Browerville
Annual Men’s Ham Dinner Christ the King Catholic Church Browerville
Today, Sunday, April 1 Serving from 11:00 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
Christ the King Church Basement Adults $7.00, Children 6-12 $4.00,
Age 5 and under free
Thank you to Christ the King Funeral Lunch program for the $200 donation to Easter Flowers.
Rest in God’s Peace – Eternal rest grant to †Delbert Miller whose funeral was celebrated this past week at Christ the King.
Religious Education There will be no Religious Educa-tion classes this week. Have a Blessed Easter vacation! Classes will resume on Wednesday, April 11th.
Coffee & Rolls Group 4 made $92.00. Thank you!
Christian Women of Bertha will be meeting Monday evening, April 2nd at 6:00 p.m. All women of the parish are encouraged and welcome to come.
AREA EVENTS AND FESTIVALS
Thinking Ahead…Please consider what you will bring for the Country Store for the Parish Festival in Bertha. You can start making crafts, build wooden items, paint, crochet, knit, or whatever else you may be tal-ented at. Remember, the store is for just about every-thing...Be creative! Thank you for thinking about this ahead of time.
Christ the King Catholic School
Sunday, April 1….....CTK - 11:00 am Men’s Ham Dinner CTK - St. Ann’s Mission Sale in School Sacred Heart, Staples - 4:00 pm Penance Service Monday, April 2…CTK - 6:30 pm, St. Ann’s Mission Mtg. SJB - 6:00 pm, Christian Women Mtg. Wednesday, April 4……SJC - after school, Egg Dyeing No Religious Education - Have a Blessed Easter! Stations of the Cross (See Liturgical Schedule) Good Friday, April 5…..Divine Mercy Novena begins
and goes until Divine Mercy Sunday, April 15th Wednesday, April 11….Religious Education CTK Elementary - 3:00 pm SJC - 6:00 Mass for RE SJB - 6:15 pm Meal, 7:00-8:00 pm Classes Thursday, April 12…...CTK - 8:00 pm KC Meeting Friday, April 13…..Cluster - 7:00 pm at SJB Rectory Young Couples Group Wednesday, April 18….SJB - Mass & Potluck Celebration with Parents of Religious Education Thursday, April 19……..CTK - 7:00 Home & School Mtg. Friday, April 20….SJC - 12:30 - 2:30 pm Elementary RE Saturday, April 21…...SJC - Parish Council Nominations Sunday, April 22…...Cluster-1:30 pm at SJC Church,
Christian Women Talk by Father Peter VanderWeyst Wednesday, April 25……..Cluster - NET Retreat at CTK
Cluster Calendar & Area Events
Chili Feed at the Bertha Community Center Today, Sunday, April 1, 11:00 am- 2:00 pm. Sponsored by the Bertha Fire Department. All are welcome!
Polka and Potato Pancakes! St. Nicholas Catholic Church of Belle River will host a Potato Pancake/Pancake and Sausage feed on Saturday evening, April 14th, from 3:30-8:00 p.m. at the Carlos Town Hall. Cost is $7.50 for adults and $3.50 for children ages 6-12. Ages 5 and under and 90 and over are Free!
Tri-Parish Cluster News
Incense will be used on Holy Thursday of the Lord’s Supper and on Holy Saturday.
Men’s Ham Dinner will be on Sunday, April 1st at Christ the King and serving from 11:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Penance Service will be held at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Staples at 4:00 p.m.
Social will be held after the Easter Vigil, in Christ the King Church basement. Everyone is invited to attend.
Blessing of Food will take place during the Easter Vigil Mass and at the Easter morning Masses. Please place food items to be blessed in the front of the church near the altar.
Marriage Amendment There will be a separate collec-tion being taken on the weekend of April 21-22 for the support of the Marriage Amendment. Please discern and prayerfully consider your donation. There will be more information in the coming weeks.
Cluster Young Couples are back at it…Friday April
13th, 7:00pm at the rectory in Bertha. I understand that one might expect beer and brats? People have asked what this group is all about. It is a group that is meant to support marriage and family life. We want to experience and share life together as we better learn what it is to be married, have children, and raise a family. It is that simple. This time’s topic (by request): saints.
Kindergarten Shadow Day and Pre-K Open House Kindergarten Shadow Day will be on April 30 from 8:00 a.m. - 12:00. Pre-K
Open House is on May 1 from 3-5:00 p.m. Interested parents & guardians should contact the school office to register. If you or anyone you know would like to at-tend Christ the King Catholic School, but feel the tui-tion is detouring them, please come talk to Mrs. Paula Becker or Father Peter. Educational Excellence Scholar-ships are available.
Divine Mercy Sunday is the Sunday following Easter. To prepare for this feast you are encouraged to participate in the Divine Mercy Novena that has been inserted in today’s bulletin. It begins on Good Friday and ends on Divine Mercy Sunday. There is also an indulgence that is obtainable on Divine Mercy Sunday. More information to follow in next week’s bulletin.
Christian Mother’s / Women gathering… April 22nd, 1:30pm at SJC. For some time now I have wanted to get the women of the cluster together to talk about the spirituality of women, and what it means to be a woman in today’s culture. Some people think I am nuts. Maybe…however, I do care about the women of this cluster, and I want to hear from them. Our con-versation will then give life to our current Christian women’s groups. Please come and join in the conver-sation (small group sharing encouraged, large group sharing optional). ~Fr. Peter