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Our Lady of the Prairie Area Faith Community
April 12, 2020
Easter Sunday
Pastor –Fr. Mark Steffl
Parochial Vicar –Fr. Todd Petersen, 507-532-5711 (Holy Redeemer Church, Marshall).
Websites: www.ourladyoftheprairie-afc.org, www.holy-redeemer.com
St. Mary’s Church, 249 6th Street, Tracy, MN 56175, 507-629-4075, [email protected]
Mass times: 8:30 a.m. Wednesdays, 8:30 a.m. Fridays, 10:30 a.m. Sundays
Confessions times: 30 Minutes before Sunday Masses
Contact information: Secretary: Carol Strand, 507-629-4075
Religious Education Coordinator: Diann Timmerman, 507-629-4075, [email protected]
Maintenance: Tim Amick, 507-829-5197
Prayer Network: Alita Lenertz: 507-629-4145
Lota Hannasch, 507-629-4866
WG Prayer Line: Pam Baumann, 507-859-2503
St. Mary’s School: 225 6th Street, Tracy, MN 56175, 507-629-3270
www.stmarysschooltracy.org
Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Monday – Friday
Contact information: Principal: Lisa Dieter, [email protected]
Secretary: Chris Schons, [email protected]
School Cafeteria: Kate Schmitt, 507-629-3841
Maintenance: Tim Amick, 507-829-5197
St. Michael’s Church: 200 Euclid Ave, Milroy, MN 56263, 507-336-2505,
Mass times: 8:30 a.m. Tuesdays, 8:30 a.m. Sundays
Confessions times: 30 Minutes before Sunday Masses
Contact information: Pastoral Associates: Don & Jean Schmidt, 507-336-2583
[email protected], [email protected]
Religious Education Coordinator: Suzanne Lightfoot, 507-336-2505,
Bookkeeper: Kami Parker, 507-828-6515
Church Cleaner: Linda Dolan, 507-829-1032
Groundskeeper: Larry Karsten, 507-336-2624
Baptisms: Contact Diann Timmerman at the St. Mary’s parish office (for both St Mary’s and St Michael’s parishes)
Marriages: Contact Priest at least 6 months prior to the desired wedding date for preparation requirements.
Hospitalized or ill parishioners: Contact Priest.
New Ulm Diocese Catholic Charities: Counseling and adoptions toll-free at 1-866-670-5163.
FORMED.org audio-videos: www.ourladyoftheprairie-afc.formed.org, or www.formed.org access code #YW2JXQ
Other local Mass times:
Campus Religious Center, SMSU, Marshall: 12:00 p.m. Tuesdays & Thursdays (while school is in session); 6:00 p.m.
Sundays.
Holy Redeemer Church, Marshall: 5:30 p.m. Mondays; 7 a.m. Tuesday – Friday; 5 p.m. Saturdays and 8 a.m., 10 a.m.,
& 12:30 p.m. (Spanish) Sundays.
St. Clotilde, Green Valley: 7:00 p.m. Saturdays.
St. Mary’s, Cottonwood: 9:00 a.m. Sundays, see the Bread of Life
Area Faith Community bulletin for current daily Mass times
UP COMING AT OUR LADY OF THE PRAIRIE AREA FAITH COMMUNITY:
Sun., Apr. 12: 8-8:30 a.m. Confessions at St. Michael’s in Milroy
Private Mass at St. Michael’s in Milroy
+ Louise Zwach
10-10:30 a.m. Confessions at St. Mary’s in Tracy
Private Mass at St. Mary’s in Tracy
+ Weisbrich Family
Tues., Apr. 14: Private Mass at St. Michael’s in Milroy
+ Charles Jacobs
Wed., Apr.15: Private Mass at St. Mary’s in Tracy
+ Roger VanOverbeke
Fri., Apr. 17: Private Mass at St. Mary’s in Tracy
+ Theresa Hansen
Sun., Apr. 19: 8-8:30 a.m. Confessions at St. Michael’s in Milroy
Private Mass at St. Michael’s in Milroy
+ Helen Vroman
10-10:30 a.m. Confessions at St. Mary’s in Tracy
Private Mass at St. Mary’s in Tracy
Joe and Rosemary VanKeulen
TO LIVE STREAM GO TO www.holy-redeemer.com
Prayer Network prayers for healing for all the sick and other needs in the area faith community especially: Tesa Victor, Sandy
Alcorn, Mason Lenertz, Ron and Evie Stadick, Gaby Polman (leukemia), Tim Oswieler, newborn with serious health issues, Ray
Maeyaert, Ric Morgan, Bonnie Boerboom, Mary Leonard, Lawrence Stassen, Paul Soupir, Linda Fultz, Larry Karsten. If you know of
someone who should now be removed from the sick list, please let the rectory know. Names will be left on the list for 1 month and
then taken off, if you wish them put on again please contact the office we will gladly put them on again.
Pray for safety for all those serving in the military from our families and from our communities especially:
Aaron Moudry, Lucas Karnes, Troy Sik, Joe Goodnow, Stuart Stroman, Patrick Carnahan, Brad & Andrea Bond,
Travis Davis, Martin Hamsa, Cole DeBlieck, Patricia Baker, Pat Weisbrich, and Troy Baumann.
From St. Mary’s Parish Office:
We are updating our email and phone records for our parish. By having emails for most of our parishioners
this will help us reach out to everyone easier and faster. We will also email you the Sunday bulletin each week
until we can celebrate Mass together again.
If you would send an email to [email protected] with your name address and cell number we can update our
records. We will not give out your information to anyone outside of our parish. – Your help is greatly appreciated.
Starting Tuesday, April 14th the Parish Office will be back to it’s regular hours of 8 a.m. to noon Monday
thru Friday.
OUR LADY OF THE PRAIRIE FAITH COMMUNITY NEWS: NOTE: PLEASE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THE BULLETIN IN BY WEDNESDAY 10:00
A.M. PLEASE SEND ALL BULLETIN INFORMATION TO THE CHURCH OFFICE - e-mail use:
[email protected] or call the office 629-4075.
IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION FOR THE AFC WEBSITE – E-MAIL IT TO DIANN
TIMMERMAN AT [email protected].
DID YOU MISS GETTING THE SUNDAY BULLETIN?- Feel free to look up the website to find the Sunday Area
Faith Community bulletin, the Area Faith Community monthly calendar, and other information at the OUR LADY OF
THE PRAIRIE WEBSITE: https://www.ourladyoftheprairie-afc.org. Make sure to go to the HOME PAGE, scroll down
and you will find the up-to-date bulletins. We will also email you a copy if you provide us with your email.
ST. MARY’S AREA FAITH COMMUNITY CATHOLIC SCHOOL
ALUMINUM CANS FOR THE TECHNOLOGY FUND for St. Mary’s School, can be dropped
off in the wagon behind St. Mary’s Church.
ST. MARY’S SCHOOL FUNDRAISERS We no longer collect milk jug caps, bread wrappers or printer cartridges.
We do still collect Our Family UPC’s and you can clip Box Tops until next year.
Box Tops can now be collected electronically by downloading a Box Tops app on you smart phone and then just scan your receipt.
We do so appreciate your continued support of these easy fundraisers. Thank you!
St. Mary’s Weekly Calendar Raffle Winners: Apr. 3: $100 Paul Posthuma; April 10, $100 Richard Brown.
AREA FAITH COMMUNITY
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS
There will be No Religious Education Classes at the Churches for the remainder of our year.
St. Mary’s & St. Michael’s Religious Ed students will continue doing their Distance Learning. Students have received their workbooks, and lesson plans and assignments will be due weekly. We will be using Zoom online learning for the 7th-11th grade. If you have questions about your student’s lesson, please contact Diann for St. Mary’s and Suzanne for St. Michaels. The First Communion Retreat is postponed to a later date that will be determined. First Communion has also been postponed to September 20th. For additional information, please contact Suzanne.
Please participate in a Mass online with your family. Holy Redeemer offers LIVE and Recorded Masses, as all Masses in our Diocese are suspended until at least May 4th, 2020.
NEWS FROM ST. MARY’S IN TRACY
LOCKING THE CHURCH: St. Mary’s basement will be locked at about 2:30 p.m. and the upper church
about 6 p.m. If you need to get a pie see Jan LaVoy or one of the staff to let you in. If you need to get inside
for meetings or other needs, contact Keith Schons 507-629-4289 or Jan LaVoy 507-829-2755 to get the doors
opened for you.
St. Mary's CCW 6th annual Gardens and Quilts Tour date has been set for July 8 with a July 9 rain
date. We could still use a couple more sites in Tracy or nearby. Please consider supporting your Parish in this
way. Mark your calendars and share the date. We are looking forward to another successful
tour. Gardens/Quilts Tour committee: Jolynn Johns, Becky Averill, Denise Weedman, Jan LaVoy and Elise
Lanoue.
Sunday Offering Considerations Your Adult Sunday Offerings are vital to the core ministries of our parishes. During this time of suspensions
of Masses due to the coronavirus, please consider options for your stewardship of treasure.
Sunday offerings may be given through the following options:
an electronic contribution through ACH (Automatic Clearing House) for an amount to be transferred
from your checking or savings account on the 1st and/or the 15th of every month. The ACH form can be
found on the Area Faith Community website at www.ourladyoftheprairie-afc.org You can also contact your
financial institute and they will help you set this up.
Mail your donation to your parish office at 249 6th Street, Tracy, MN 56175 or drop off at the parish
office drop box.
We want to especially thank those who are signed up for automatic giving and those who have been sending their
envelopes. Your faithfulness is more important than you can imagine.
Stewardship Report for Apr. 5, 2020
Adult offering: $7450.00; School gifts: $500.00; Easter Flowers: $25.00; REAP $100.00. Total:
$8075.00. Total needed/week: $3,923.07
NEWS FROM THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Knights of Columbus Ladies’ Night scheduled for April 26 and the April
Meeting of the have both been canceled.
NEWS FROM ST. MICHAEL’S IN MILROY
ADORATION is a time of silent reflection and prayer many Catholics
practice regularly. It is a time to commune with God, emptying all worries and
anxiety out of your heart, body, mind and soul.
St. Michael’s will have a time slot open for Adoration. Would you
consider spending an hour with Jesus once a week? Please call 507-828-2171
and we can find the time that works for you. 8:00 – Noon. PLEASE CHECK THE
ADORATION SCHEDULE on the bulletin board in case we are short a person on
Thursday. Thanks.
~ St. Michael’s is looking for another Pianist or Organist. If you are interested in
helping, give Carole Snyder a call or call the office at 507-336-2505. You can start
out slow and work with Carole until comfortable. Thanks.
Stewardship Report for April 6, 2020
Adult offering: $5476.45; Total: $5476.45.
Needed each week: $1,500.00
CCW NEWS –The Deanery 2 Spring Gathering in Cottonwood, MN on April 14
and the New Ulm Diocese CCW Convention in Marshall, MN on April 25 are both
canceled. TRACY: Next Large Function— St. Theresa – Marlene Halfmann & LuAnn Engel
Next Small Function – St Agnes-Bonnie Boerboom and Jolynn Johns
SHEPHERD OF THE FIELD for 2018-19: For St. Mary’s in Tracy – Monsignor Douglas
Grams, 417 S Minnesota St., New Ulm, MN 56073. Birthday is July 3rd and Ordination date –
June 13, 1987 MILROY: Next Funeral is Circle 1.
SHEPHERD OF THE FIELD for 2018-19: For St. Michael’s in Milroy – Rev. Germain
Rademacher, Ridgeway, 720 23rd St. N. Apt. 201, New Ulm, MN 56073,Ordination Feb. 23, 1958,
Birthday Dec. 4.
From Fr. Steffl:
Today we celebrate the Lord’s Resurrection, Easter Sunday.
Lent is over, the tomb is empty, and we are renewed in our call
now to follow Jesus, so that we can be with Him in eternal life,
when we are called to Him. One of my favorite passages from
the Gospels is the “Road to Emmaus” appearance of Jesus to
two of His followers after Easter. It is the Gospel for Easter
Wednesday’s Mass, Luke 24:13-27. (It is also a Gospel that can
be used if there is an Easter Sunday evening Mass.) Please read
it and ponder how Jesus made Himself known to His followers
in the “breaking of the Bread,” the words the early Church used to describe the Mass and the Bread of Life, the
Eucharist. The account tells of how the Risen Jesus was walking with these two disciples, without them
knowing it was Him, until He revealed Himself to them. It is a good reminder for us that the Lord is “walking
with us” while we might not see exactly how at this difficult time.
I have been amazed at how many have been watching the Holy Redeemer live-streamed and recorded Masses
during this time. While it is not the most ideal, it is what we can do. Many have commented also about the
EWTN Station and televised Masses. For those who have cable TV, EWTN is a wonderful resource, not only
for televised Masses but their great programming!
As the “shelter in place” order has been extended by the governor, we will continue as we have been
doing, to live-stream/record our Masses until May 4th.
Next Sunday (as is each year the Sunday after Easter) is Divine Mercy Sunday. There will be an hour of
Adoration in Holy Redeemer from 4 -5 pm, with Confessions available, for anyone who would like to come –
keeping social distancing, of course. At 4:30 pm there will be a sung Divine Mercy Chaplet and this will be
live-streamed as well. At each of the churches in the gathering space there are pamphlets about Divine Mercy
for people to take.
During this time, many have shared that they have had extra time to work on their prayer life, and the
opportunity they have had to reflect on those things that they have not had their usual access to – the Mass, the
Eucharist, and the other Sacraments. Sometimes we can take for granted things after a while, until they are no
longer available to us. This has come through in the families who have lost family members to death, too, in
these last weeks, having to have a burial and only the simple prayers at the graveside and waiting until a Funeral
Mass can be said.
Thanks so much to the many who have responded to my financial appeal during this time without public
liturgies. Many have come forward, not only with their usual contribution to the parishes but have went far
beyond. Thank you for your sacrifices. We will try to organize something to put in the bulletin in the next
weeks to update everyone as to where we are. It is a chance for us all (including myself) to put a priority on our
financial stewardship to get us through this pandemic and its effects.
Last week, I found an article that was put out on our parish Facebook page titled, “This Isn’t Our First
Plague.” It mentioned various plagues in the 2000-year history of the Church and how the current one
compares, while tracing also the connection to our Faith. Many cities in central Europe will have monuments in
public squares testifying to past plagues like the “Great Plague” in the mid 1600’s, a remembrance of lives that
were lost, and the gratitude they had to the Lord, who answered their prayers to be delivered from these
illnesses and difficulties. Since we, in our generation, have not had to deal with this, we can think that we are
living in the worst of times, and yet our sufferings might be less in comparison with past generations. Please
continue to pray for medical personnel, our elected officials who have to make some difficult and
unprecedented decisions, and the sick and dying. The article can also be found at:
https://www.crisismagazine.com/2020/this-isnt-our-first-plague
