Holy Rosary Catholic Community 1043 Lake Avenue

Detroit Lakes, MN 56501

www.holyrosarycc.org

The Nativity of St. John the Baptist June 24, 2012

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Discussion Group for Caregivers will meet Tues-

day, July 3, at 10:00 am in St. Benedict‘s. Come and

join us for friendly visiting, encouragement and

coffee! The group is facilitated by Tara Giese,

Program Manager, Sponsored by Lutheran Social

Service, and funded by Land of the Dancing Sky

AAA. For more information call Tara at 218-233-

7521 or 1-800-488-4146.

Real Presence Radio will host a pilgrimage Sept. 27

– 29, 2012, to three shrines – Trinity Heights, Sioux

City, Iowa, Grotto of the Redemption, West Bend,

Iowa and Our Lady of Guadalupe in LaCrosse, WI.

The cost is $300 with pick-up sites in Grand Forks,

Fargo & Bismarck. The deadline to register is Aug.

15. To register call Lisa at 1-877-795-0122 or email

lisa@yourcatholicradiostation.com.

The Detroit Lakes Women of Today Community

Picnic, scheduled for July 1st in the DL City Park, is

being postponed due to a scheduling conflict. Please

mark your calendar for August, as we plan to hold it

during our Kids Week Celebration! More information

to come…

We have started taking pictures for our new Pictorial

Directory. Please give it some thought as to when the

best time works for you and your family and be ready

to sign up. Families with college students– please try

to make your appointment before your child goes off

to college! Family pets are welcomed! If you can‘t

sign up after the Masses, you may contact the Parish

Office at 847-1393 to schedule your appointment.

Please call during business hours of 800–4:30.

The staff of David-Donehower Funeral & Crema-

tion Service invites everyone to attend the Grand

Opening celebration of our new funeral home on July

1, 2012 from 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm. Festivities begin

with a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at 1:00 pm. Tours

are offered from 1:15 pm to 3:45 pm. There will be a

dedication service at 4:00 pm. Please join them for

tours and refreshments.

Parish Staff

Pastor Msgr. Timothy McGee

Deacons Ole ―Red‖ Elton

Gary Hager

James Thomas

Pastoral Assoc. Sr. Kathleen McGeary

School Principal Mike Connell

Advancement Director Terri Paskey

Faith Formation Team

Jr. & Sr. High: Barbara Schmidt

Preschool/Elementary: Jean Olson

JoAnne Knuttila

Financial Manager Dawn Haiby

Maintenance Russ Schaeffer

Parish Nurse Linda Ditterick

Parish Secretary Mary Hager

Parish Secretary Terry Matter

Youth Director Brady Borslien

Eucharist is celebrated on the weekends at: Saturday …….. 5:00 pm

Sunday ……..8:00 and 10:00 am

Please refer to the Liturgy Schedule in the

bulletin for the weekday Mass times.

Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday at 4 pm or by appointment

Sacrament of Marriage Those wishing to celebrate the Sacrament

of Marriage are asked to contact the

Pastor at least six months prior to the

intended date of the celebration.

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Wednesday, 10 –5 Devotional Chapel

Louann McGlynn

Victim Assistance Coordinator Diocese of Crookston 218-281-7895

(safe, confidential line), lglynn@crookston.org

Parish Office Hours Monday-Friday 8:00 to 4:30

How to reach us… Parish Phone………………. 847-1393

School Phone..……………..847-5306

Fax…………………………..847-6367

E-Mail — parish@holyrosarycc.org

CONGRATULATIONS TO : Jared Schroeder and Elizabeth

Schiller who were united in marriage here at Holy Rosary on

Saturday, June 23, 2012

NOTES FROM MONSIGNOR TIM: WELCOME SUMMER VISITORS: We welcome those who are visiting with us this summer. We hope your stay in the lakes country is pleasant. THE SUNDAY MORNING RADIO BROADCAST of the Mass has been notably absent for the last two Sunday’s. Apparently the wiring that leads to the radio station was affected by one the last electrical storms. With the help of a number of businesses involved, we think the situation is corrected. We should be up and running with the radio broadcast scheduled for 9:00 A.M. on Radio station KDLM 1340 AM. Thanks for your patience. CATHOLIC HEART WORK CAMP: We are pleased to have our young people and chaperones who attended the Catholic Heart Work Camp this past week with us at the 10:00 A.M. Mass. They spent much of last week working on mission projects in the Lancaster, Pennsylvania area. We are glad to have them home again and anxious to hear about their activities and adventures. Thanks to all who have given them the sup-port they have needed over this past year! THE PARISH FESTIVAL: For the past two months the Festival commit-tee has been meeting and planning this year’s Parish Festival. This year is the fortieth anniversary of the event. The committee has decided to hold the Festival on Sunday, September 16 right here on parish grounds using our own space. The time is a bit later than previously held. From my understanding it is a return to the past when festivals were held here years ago. Times of events would virtually remain the same with the Mass being held in our church at 10:30 A.M. (at that time we will have returned to our regular Mass schedule), Be watching the Parish Bulletin for additional announcements in regard to the Festival. Anyone wishing to volunteer time and talent to the Festival itself or even to some of these preliminary planning processes may contact the Parish Office. Thanks for you continued interest and support of our Parish Festival. CELL PHONES, LAND LINES, CELL PHONES, CELL PHONES: The wave of the future has headed hook, line and sinker to the cell phone side of things in communications. As a result it has caused some prob-lems in our parish office with our records. We would be very pleased if you would help us bring our records up to date. If you have retired your land line in favor of the cell phone we would appreciate hearing from you with your new or existing cell phone number. If you would like to share your email address with us you may do so as well. We are keeping our land lines and will still be available, as in the past, at 218.847.1393. The Parish Office can also be reached by emailing us at: parish@holyrosarycc.org. Thanks for your help!

Faith Formation News

Last week we received:

Sunday’s Offering .….. $ 11,604.12

Weekly Auto Debits….. $ 2,986.25

$ 14,590.37

Amount Needed $ 15,000.00

Short $ 409.63

Sunday Offering YTD Actual: $801,108.75

Sunday Offerings YTD Budgeted: $820,903.85

Short - $ 19,795.10

Building Fund $ 90.00

Community Fund $ 20.00 Thank you for your generosity!!

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Our children’s good deeds were:

♥ played nice with my brother ♥ shared a treat with a friend

St. Paul reminds us in the second reading that Christ died “so that those who live might live no longer for themselves.” What we give to and do for others, we give to and do for Jesus!

Stewardship of Treasure This Week’s Schedule at Holy Rosary

5:00 pm

Altar Servers

Noah Steffl

Katie Steffl

Announcer

Sheila Hannon

Reader 1

Jim Anderson

Reader 2

Jane Spaeth

Music

Tim Kessler

Mary Kessler

JUNE

Eucharistic

Minister Team Janelle Erickson

Usher Team Dennis Redig

Greeters Lois Thelen

Ron & Pat Dodds

P/G Tasto

Sacristan Mary Buschette

Clare Hendrickx

8:00 am

Altar Servers Lauren McDougall

Kyndra McDougall

Announcer

Dennis Steffl

Reader 1

Mark Hagen

Reader 2

Jeff Norby

Music

Susan Champa

JUNE

Eucharistic

Ministers Team

Maureen Schreder

Usher Team

Terry Teiken

Greeters Ed & Joann Lillis

Jerome & Mary Matter Jerry & Rosanne Genz

Sacristan JoeEd/Cheryl Knopf

10:00 am

Altar Servers

Annika Hughes Maci Bellefeuille

Announcer

Jim Utecht

Reader 1

Jon Larson

Reader 2

Nona Willet

Music

Tim Eggebraaten

JUNE

Eucharistic

Minister Team

Barb Veronen

Usher Team Jerry Tharaldson

Greeters Vivian Lee

Marna Bellefeuille Tony & Kathy Altobelli

Leatrice Wirtz

Sacristan Mary Hager

Liturgical Ministers for June 30-July 1

Eileen Steinmetz

Joan Zeman

Gary Nulph

Alice Donavan Venner

Karen Velline

Ashton Omberg

Ron Lee

Irene Johnson

Kathy McMillan

Eleanor Bosch

Lorraine Andrews

Jerry Willet

Kim Berg

Alice Normandin

Wallace Dorff

Amy Unrau

Audrey Clark

Peter Shockman family

Larry Burgerson

Mary Lee Leikas

Pete Hofland

Kelli Tibbetts

Jim Huebsch

Stephanie VanDamme

Lita Clark

Please remember these members of the armed services in your prayers

Joseph Huebsch A lec Burnside I I Corey Cassavant Nicholas Grundyson

Ross Pederson

Matthew Mi l le r

Dave Kapphahn Jesse Z ieg ler Jason Paulson

Just in Pavek

Andrew Just Tyler Wickum Jerry Seegebarth

Prayer Requests - Please remember those who have asked for our prayers:

Pastoral Associate “Sharings” - by Sister Kathleen McGeary Youth Ministry News -by Brady Borslien

Monday, June 25 2 Kings 17:5-8, 13-18; Ps 60:3-5, 12-13; Matt 7:1-5

7:00 am Communion Service Chapel 7:00 pm KC Business St. Benedicts

Tuesday, June 26 2 Kings 19:9-21, 31-36; Ps 48:2-11; Matt 7:6, 12-14

7:00 am Mass † Kathleen Nohner Chapel 7:30 am Aerobics St. John’s 9:00 am Walking toward Eternity Holy Family Rm 2:00 pm Coffee Club Fireplace Rm 7:00 pm Tupperware St. Benedicts

Wednesday, June 27 2 Kings 22:8-13; 23:1-3; Ps 119:33-40; Matt 7:15-20

8:40 am Morning Prayer Chapel 9:00 am Mass † Cesar Delgado Chapel 9:30 am Coffee with Mark Fireplace Rm

Thursday, June 28 2 Kings 24:8-17; Ps 79:1-5, 8-9; Matt 7:21-29

7:00 am Mass † Chad Jutz Chapel 7:30 am Aerobics St. John’s 9:00 am Cursillo Conference Rm Noon Al-anon Holy Family Rm

Friday, June 29 Acts 12:1-11; Ps 34:2-9; 2 Tim 4:6-8, 17-18; Matt 16:13-19

10:00 am Mass † Caroline Kertscher Oak Crossing 1:15 pm Mass † Marie Kent Emmanuel NH

Saturday, June 30 Lam 2:2, 10-14, 18-19; Ps 74:1-7, 20-21; Matt 8:5-17

5:00 pm Mass † Arvid Brickson Church

Sunday, July 1

8:00 am Mass † Terry Haynes Church 8:00 am KC Pancake Breakfast St. Johns 10:00 am Mass ~For the Parish Church

Theology of the Body Conference

You are cordially invited by

His Excellency Bishop Michael

Hoeppner and the Diocese of

Crookston to an introduction to

Blessed Pope John Paul II Theology of the Body Saturday, July 14, 2012

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Crookston,

Join renowned author and speaker Christopher West

for this introduction, which is a bold, organic and

contemporary understanding of human love and the

divine plan. For more information and registration,

please visit www.crookston.org/TOB or call the

Office of Marriage, Family Life and Youth Ministry.

Tel: (218) 281-4533

Upcoming Youth Events

July 8-12: JP2 Leadership Camp. Open to youth

going into 7, 8, and 9 grades.

July 27-29, Cost $220. Steubenville North Conf.

July 30-31: Minneapolis fun day trip. Cost $140.

Mall of America, Twins game, Mass at the Cathe-

dral, and the Valley Fair.

Help Wanted

Holy Rosary Catholic School is seeking a Head Cook to

lead the food service program during the school year.

Duties and responsibilities include menu planning,

ordering groceries and supplies, meal preparation and

serving and collaborating with several parish user

groups. The position is seven hours per day and

includes benefits. To apply, please submit letter of

application and resume to: Mike Connell, Principal,

Holy Rosary Catholic School, 1043 Lake Avenue,

Detroit Lakes, MN 56501

Infant Baptism Preparation…Next session is sched-

uled for Thursday, July 5 from 7:00 – 8:15 p.m. in the

Holy Family Room. If you are planning to present

your baby for Baptism, please contact the Parish Office

(847-1393) before July 5. Whenever possible, try to

have both parents attend the preparation session.

Hearing Difficulties?

If you experience hearing difficulties in church, check

out the ‗Personal PA Receivers‘ located in a box on the

counter in the sacristy before each of the weekend

Masses. Just pick up a receiver before Mass and return

it to the box after Mass. Try it, you might like it!

Thought for the Week

On your mark, get set….play! Learning how to play is

one of life‘s most important skills. When we learn to

play, we learn to love better, are easier to live with,

more creative when we work, more full of the joy of

life. Play sets the mind, the soul, the heart and the

spirit free. It‘s not about doing nothing; it‘s activity

that frees us to be ourselves. Play is not something we

ignore as we grow older. It is something we finally

learn to appreciate as we grow older. George Bernard

Shaw says it this way ―We don‘t stop playing because

we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.‖

Confirmation and First Communion Pictures: The

Confirmation and First Communion pictures that were

ordered from Haney‘s Photography are here. You

may pick them up at the Parish Office.

Adult Faith Formation:

Walking Toward Eternity - Tuesday, 9:00 am

Holy Family Room

ATTENTION FAMILIES We will NOT be having Liturgy of the Word for

Children at the 10:00 a.m. Mass on Sunday, July 1.

THANKS for your understanding.

Holy Rosary School News

We want to make you a winner!

Take part in the Holy Rosary School Raffle Calendar

by purchasing your winning Raffle Calendar for 2012-2013 *215 Daily Prizes totaling $11,725

Last day of the month $ 500

15th of the month $ 250

Fridays of the month $ 75

All other days $ 25

Plus—you can win more than once!

Purchase your calendar before it‘s too late for only $25

Must purchase before July 1st On Sale now at the Parish Office!

Final Week to

purchase

Holy Rosary’s new pictorial

directory pictures will be

taken in St. Scholastica’s

starting today, June 24.

Schedule your appointment

by calling the

Parish Office 847-1393

during business hours

Marriage…Unique For a Reason: Why Marriage Matter Threat to Marriage

Right now, attempts are being made in Minnesota‘s courts and in the Legislature to

redefine marriage or eliminate it altogether. If activist judges or politicians were to suc-

ceed in redefining marriage in Minnesota in the future, there would be profound conse-

quences for religious organizations, individuals, and small businesses—and for society it-

self.

Contrary to what some people think, so-called same-sex ‗marriage‘ would not exist

in the law alongside traditional marriage, as if it were a different expression of the same

marriage institution they have always known. Marriage will be redefined for everyone. Our

historic understanding of marriage as the union of one man and one woman would be replaced by a new legal

definition of marriage as the union of two adults regardless of gender.

This new, redefined version of marriage as a genderless institution would be the only legally

recognized definition of marriage in Minnesota. Such a radical change in the definition of marriage will pro-

duce a host of societal conflicts that government, exercising its broad enforcement powers, will have to re-

solve. Citizens, small businesses and religious organizations whose own beliefs, traditions, morals or ethnic

upbringing are at odds with the new definition of marriage will find themselves subjected to legal conse-

quences if they do not act according to the new legal orthodoxy.

Legal experts on both sides of the marriage debate agree that the issue has profound impacts on

society. Scholars from some of the nation‘s most respected law schools have written that the issue implicates

a host of issues, ranging from religious liberty, to individual expression of faith, to education and the pro-

fessions. For example, these legal scholars predict “a sea change in American law,” and foretell an

―immense‖ volume of litigation against individuals, small businesses and religious organizations.

Those who do not agree with this new definition of marriage as a genderless institution existing for the

benefit of adults – not children — will be treated under the law just like racists and bigots, and will be pun-

ished for their beliefs. This is already occurring:

Religious groups who have refused to make their facilities available for same-sex couples have lost their

state tax exemption.

Religious groups like Catholic Charities in Boston and Washington DC have had to choose between ful-

filling their social mission based on their religious beliefs, or acquiescing to this new definition of mar-

riage. They have, for example, been forced to close their charitable adoption agencies.

Nonprofit groups are faced with abandoning their historic mission principles in order to maintain

governmental contracts (for things like low-income housing, health clinics, etc.)

Whenever schools educate children about marriage, which happens throughout the curriculum, they will

have no choice but to teach this new genderless institution. In Massachusetts, kids as young as second

grade were taught about gay marriage in class. The courts ruled that parents had no right to prior

notice, or to opt their children out of such instruction.

Wedding professionals have been fined for refusing to participate in a same-sex ceremony.

Doctors, lawyers, accountants and other licensed professionals risk their state licensure if they act on

their belief that a same-sex couple cannot really be married. A counselor, for example, could not refuse

―marriage therapy‖ to a same-sex couple because she doesn‘t believe in gay marriage. She‘d put her

licensure at risk.

Those people – a strong majority of Minnesotans – who believe marriage is between one man and one

woman, would be the legal equivalent of bigots for acting on their heartfelt beliefs. Refusal to ac-

commodate and recognize same-sex ―marriages‖ would be the equivalent of racial discrimination. Not

only will the law penalize traditional marriage supporters, but the power of government will work in

concert to promote this belief throughout the culture.

Perhaps most importantly, shifting the focus of our marriage laws away from the interests of children

and society as a whole, and onto the desires of the adults involved in a same-sex relationship will result in the

most profound long-term consequences. Such a paradigm shift says to children that mothers and fathers

don‘t matter (especially fathers) – any two ―parents‖ will do. It proclaims the false notion that a man can be a

mother and a woman can be a father – that men and women are exactly the same in rearing children. And it

undermines the marriage culture by making marriage a meaningless political gesture, rather than a

child-affirming social construct.

When marriage ceases to have its historic meaning and understanding, over time fewer and fewer

people will marry. We will have an inevitable increase in children born out of wedlock, an increase in

fatherlessness, a resulting increase if female and child poverty, and a higher incidence of all the documented

social ills associated with children being raised in a home without their married biological parents.

Ultimately, we as a society all suffer when we fail to nourish a true, thriving marriage culture founded

on the truth experienced by virtually every civilization in every nation since the dawn of time – marriage is the

union of one man and one woman. (Taken from www.minnesotaformarriage.com)