13TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY T IME JUNE 30, 2019

C H U R C H O F

Weekend Masses Saturday ................................................ 4:30 PM Sunday .................................8:30 and 10:30 AM Weekday Masses Mon. thru Fri ........................................ 7:15 AM Wed. (Sep.-May) All School ............... 9:45 AM Saturday ............................................... 8:00 AM Holy Days ......................... 7:15 AM & 5:30 PM Eucharistic Adoration Monday 5:00 AM to Friday 8:00 PM Baptisms By appointment Sacrament of Reconciliation by appointment or Saturday .................................... 3:30 to 4:00 PM Marriage (available to parishioners of 6 months or greater). Arrangements must be made at least 9 months before proposed marriage date. Anointing of the Sick, as announced/requested Contact Information Parish Office ................................ 651-771-1209 Fax ......................................... 651-771-3466 Website ................ www.stjerome-church.org Email. ........... secretary@stjerome-church.org FB ....... www.facebook.com/stjeromecatholic School. ........................................ 651-771-8494 Fax ......................................... 651-771-3466 Website .................. www.stjeromeschool.org Kids’ Korner Daycare……..…….651-771-1023 Pastoral Staff Fr. Cletus Basekela ................................... Pastor Administrative Staff Joanne Lamb ............................. Parish Secretary Music Mary Beth Hess .......................... Music Director Faith Formation Shelly Berthiaume ..... Religious Ed Coordinator Monica Broz ................................. Confirmation Geralyn Broderick ..................... Sunday School School Anne Gattman ...................................... Principal Nancy McGraw ....................... School Secretary Elizabeth Tollefson ................ School Secretary Maintenance Bob Hoisington ..................................Supervisor Victim Assistance Hotline………....651-291-4475

380 E. Roselawn Avenue Maplewood, MN 55117

St. Jerome

Happy Retirement!

St. Jerome’s Catholic Church Maplewood, MN

PRINCIPAL’S CORNER I WILL MISS YOU

Sincere thanks to all of you who spent some time every week reading this corner of the Parish Bulle-tin reserved to the Pastor.

I always avoided writing to you as a theologian or as an exegete or linguist; I tried to share with you instead my per-sonal and spontaneous reflections and meditations on the Sacred Scriptures proclaimed at weekend masses. Once called and ordained as a priest of the Church, there is no going back. Look at Elisha who, once called to become a prophet, slaughters his oxen and burns the plowing equipment. That tells us how seriously this former farmer is taking the call: no bridges left behind which might tempt Elisha to return to his former profession. Jesus tells candidates for discipleship: once you have set a hand to the plow, you are not even al-lowed to look at what is left behind. That is to say I am not retiring from my priesthood since I was ordained for life and that I will continue to min-ister to God’s people in other capacities. But I will be at the end of my term as pastor of St. Jerome. I can’t tell you more about my retirement since I still have to discover what it is. I will contin-ue to count on your support and prayers so that God bless my new journey. Fr. Cletus

Hello St. Jerome Parish, This week brought children back into the school for Va-cation Bible School. It was great to see their smiles when they peeked into the office. Summer is good for all of us. The children are relaxed and happy and we school people feel like there’s just a bit more time to get things accom-plished, so we are relaxed too. Here is a picture from our last mass with Father Cletus. This is GG from third grade presenting Father with her class’s promise to strive for holiness.

How is it looking for next year? We are anticipating be-tween 135-140 students in our K-8. Our class sizes are growing and next year we’ll graduate at least 14 8th grad-ers. We still have openings; so let someone with school-aged children know what is to love about St. Jerome School. We have hired our part time office assistant and part time Middle School science teacher. That is a big relief! I look forward to celebrating Father Cletus with you after 10:30 Mass. I hope your summers are splendid! Summer School Office hours: M-Th 9-4 (Please call ahead if you need something as we do have meetings off site on some days.) SCRIP is in the parish office for the summer. Best to you this summer! Anne Gattman, Principal

FR. LUDESCHER LAMP will burn this week in prayer for

Bernie Przbylski

13 SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME JUNE 30, 2019

WELCOME TO THE CHURCH OF ST. JEROME

The Church of St. Jerome would like to wel-come all visitors and anyone who has recent-ly moved into our community. We invite you to become members of our parish. If you are interested in joining our parish or have any

questions, please contact the parish office at 771-1209.

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION Permanent adorers are needed for Wed. 2 p.m. and 11 p.m. and Thur. 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. If you are able to help with any of these hours or have questions, please call Cynthia at 772-2221. NURSING HOME HELP Every Sunday at 9:15am the Church of St. Jerome holds a communion service at the Good Samaritan nursing home. We are in need of help. We need people to help bring the residents, who are in wheel chairs, to and from the service. Its an hour commitment, once a month. Please call the parish office if you can help. MISSION TRIP DONATIONS Please check out our special donation poster board at the south entrance of the church. Please take a moment to prayerfully consider how much you are able to contrib-ute. No donation is too small or too large! If you have questions about this year's trip, please contact Monica at mbroz@stjeromeschool.org

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Gn 18:16-33; Ps 103:1b-4, 8-11; Mt 8:18-22 Tuesday: Gn 19:15-29; Ps 26:2-3, 9-12; Mt 8:23-27 Wednesday: Eph 2:19-22; Ps 117:1bc-2; Jn 20:24-29 Thursday: Gn 22:1b-19; Ps 115:1-6, 8-9; Mt 9:1-8; or, for Independence Day, any readings from the Mass “For the Country or a City,” nos. 882-886, or “For Peace and Justice,” nos. 887-891 Friday: Gn 23:1-4, 19; 24:1-8, 62-67; Ps 106:1b-5; Mt 9:9-13 Saturday: Gn 27:1-5, 15-29; Ps 135:1b-6; Mt 9:14-17 Sunday: Is 66:10-14c; Ps 66:1-7, 16, 20; Gal 6:14-18; Lk 10:1-12, 17-20 [10:1-9]

MATCH-STICK CHURCH FOR SALE Notre Dame Cathedral Built by James DeRocker

Call the parish office with an offer. 651-771-1209

QUILTERS FOR A CAUSE The heat and the holiday are here! Because of the holi-day we will meet Friday, July 12 from 9:00 till 2:00. Come whatever hours you can and bring some-thing to share for potluck lunch. New members are al-ways welcome. Quilting experience is not necessary but basic machine sewing skills are helpful. Please bring your creativity, basic sewing supplies, scissors, pins and needles. Quilts made by Quilters for a Cause are donat-ed to baptisms at St. Jerome, Kids Korner and local char-ities in the Maplewood area. If you have any questions please call Mary Selby at 651-489-4177

VBS 2019

We learned, Life is Wild: God is good! 21 Preschoolers 50 Grades 1-5 35 Youth 10 Adults

Gary Becker, Jacqueline Benjamin, Paulette Briese Spencer Cardinal, Sue Connolly, Mari-lyn Cunningham, Cathy Deiman, Kirk Du-ellman, Al Galbraith, Salvatrice Gambino, Da-vid Hendricks, Clarice Holthaus, Kevin Jones, Eugene Kaufhold, Lily Kehler, Robert & Mary

Klutzke, Steve Lauinger, Mary Laumeyer, Irene Ling, Ed-ward Lunzer, RoseMarie Manders, Vern & Dorothy May-er, Patrick McGuigan, Chad McLellan, Minnie McMonigal, Judy Morrison, Nolan Mullaney, Greg Negard, Lorraine Pojar, Shannon Presler, Terri Quitter, Josh Richter, Pat-rick Roth, Danny Rothbauer, Cliff Sandmeyer, Rosa San-tos, David Schluender, Michelle Schoenecker, Donald Seiberlich Jr., Gene Skok, Mike Spangenberg, Ava Swift, Tony Swift, George & Nancy Valento, Evelyn Virnig, Greg Votel, Theresa Wilkes, Charles Wilkes, Delores Witschen, Gene & Laura Woehrle, Kevin Yackel, Lorraine Youngbauer

PRAY FOR US

PARISH EVENT CALENDAR July 1-7

MASS INTENTIONS

Monday 6:30pm Self Defense Tuesday Wednesday 11:45am Fatima Prayer Thursday Fourth of July—Parish office closed 9:00am Mass Friday Parish office closed Saturday Sunday 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Monday 7:15am Al Nieters Tuesday 7:15am Mary Rinehart (living) Wednesday 7:15am Joseph Yankovec Thursday 9:00am Bill & Dolores Gleason Friday 7:15am Dick Schreier Saturday 8:00am Thomas Pohlen (living) 4:30pm Mike Skok Sunday 8:30am Members of the Parish 10:30am Louise Schroeder

Please welcome Fr. Victor Valencia as he starts his assignment as the pastor to the Church of St. Jerome starting July 1st.

JULY 4TH MASS 9:00am

SPREAD THE MESSAGE OF FATIMA—July 3 11:45 am in the church. Members are responding to Our Lady’s requests for prayer, penance and sacrifice in a spirit of reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary and for the conversion of poor sinners. Need info?, call David at 772-2221.

LITURGICAL ROLES July 1-7

Schedules can also be found at www.stjerome-church.org (calendars/schedules)

Scrip (gift cards) are sold after all the weekend masses in Ludescher Hall. We have gift cards for all your shopping needs, especially gas and grocery cards.

Please support the school.

SCRIP—GIFT CARDS

Contributions for the week of June 23, 2019

Weekly Contribution: $5014

Please consider adding the Church of St. Jerome to your will.

SERVERS: Mon., Wed., Fri., Sat Adult Servers Tues., Thurs, J. Knauss & M. Kinning

Sat. 4:30 pm Mi. Heurung & P. Bonghan Sun. 8:30 am M. Schreier 10:30 am M. Kinning & Kim Zorobi CANDLE BEARERS: Sat. 4:30 pm W. Heurung Sun. 8:30 am 10:30 am M. Revering & Kevin Zorobi CROSS BEARERS: Sat. 4:30 pm Sun. 8:30 am 10:30 am Christina Zorobi EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS: Sat. 4:30 pm S. Rooney, K & S. Yackel Sun. 8:30 am T. Bertsch, T. Schoenecker, M. Simone 10:30 am C. Anyanwu, M. Schuh, J. Schroeder LECTORS: Sat. 4:30 pm S. Maldonado Sun. 8:30 am S. Cardinal 10:30 am R. Klutzke $CRIP SELLERS: Sat. 4:30 pm L. Nieters & A. Trost Sun 8:30 am J. & M. Heller 10:30 am P. & P. Cokley`

Peter’s Pence Collection: July 6-7. We will have a second collection for Peter’s Pence July 6-7 and not the scheduled dates of June 29-30. “A little mercy makes the world less cold and more just” – Pope Francis, Angelus, 2013 The Peter’s Pence Collection provides funds for Pope Francis to respond to those suffering from war, oppres-sion and natural disasters. For example, funds have aided the victims of the powerful 2017 earthquake in the south-ern part of Lesbos, Greece, where the village of Vrisa was destroyed. The Peter’s Pence collection is taken in par-ishes the weekend of June 29th – 30th. Your generosity is an opportunity to join with Pope Francis and support his works of charity around the world, so please be as gener-ous as you are able.