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Are you new to the Churches of St. Mary & St. Henry? We are glad that you are with us! All you need to do to register is to stop in or call the parish office during office hours. We will be happy to help you. The registration form takes only a couple minutes to fill out. For your convenience these forms can be found in the church entrances and on our web page at
www.stmarysthenry.org. For those of you that are registered and know of someone who is looking for a parish family, be an evangelizer and tell them how easy it was to join. We welcome our recently registered parishioners and look forward to getting to know you better. We ask all our parishioners that if you see someone at Mass that you do not know, do take the time to greet them and introduce yourself to them.
Mission Sewing - The mission sewers have a new project of
helping ladies from Le Sueur and Montgomery by crocheting sleeping mats for the homeless. These mats
are made from recycled plastic bags. We are in need of anyone who
would like to crochet these mats.
Call Ruth Germscheid, 357-6421,
if you are interested or have any questions.
CHECK OUT THE CHURCH ENTRANCES AND FIND GREAT
MATERIALS TO DEEPEN YOUR SPIRITUAL LIFE!
St. Mary-St. Henry Pro-Life Team Provide School Supplies for Foster Children
Lutheran Social Service has 24 foster homes in the area that provide foster care to many children each year! We currently have 42 children in foster care right now. Many of our foster parents have sibling groups of 3 and 4 foster children with them. As the new school year is fast approaching, we would like to help these children have all the things they need to start the school year off right! If you are able to help a child get ready for the school year here is a list of some items that would be helpful:
Backpack, pencil pouch, pencils, pens, markers, crayons, notebooks, calculator, glue, paints, colored pencils, any other supplies you may think would be helpful!
Containers can be found at church entrances, or feel free to drop off donations at the parish office. Thank you much for your help in supporting a child get off to a great start with school!
What is the Dead Theologians Society (DTS)? A Catholic apostolate for 8th grade through high school age teens. Through the Saints of yesterday, the Dead Theologians Society inspires the youth of today to become the saints of tomorrow. Its motto is, “Dead to the World, alive in Christ!” This is inspired by Romans 6:11 where St. Paul tells us to be dead to sin but alive in Christ Jesus. Come and have fun, learn about a rock star in the faith, eat well and spend time with Jesus.
Mark your calendars and plan to join us the second Sunday of each month from 6-9PM. We will be alternating the location between the Church of St. Mary, Le Center and the Church of the Nativity, Cleveland: October 8 (Cleveland), November 12 (Le Center), December 10 (Cleveland), January 14 (Le Center), February 11 (Cleveland), March 11 (Le Center), April 8 (Cleveland), May 13 (Le Center), June 10 (Cleveland).
Become an official member by attending 3 times in a row or 5 times total! As a member you receive an official sweatshirt, rosary, and scapular! (All pictured here). But even better, by being a member you will experience your love for God grow by leaps and bounds and form a foundation that will enable you to go out into the world knowing that God and the friendships you made in DTS will carry you through. Please contact Fr. Adams if you would like to attend or have questions.
All parishioners of all ages, come to adoration of the Blessed Sacrament during the DTS gatherings. We especially need adorers to commit to be before our Lord for an hour during the 6-9PM gathering time. Also, we need cooks willing to help make and serve a meal to the kids. If you are able to help in either capacity, contact Fr. Adams or the parish office and let us know.
Save these dates for:
“54-Day Novena for Our Nation”
A 54-day “Novena for Our Nation” began on the Feast of the Assumption on August 15th and will end on October 7th, the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary with a rally in Washington, D.C. This is a nationwide campaign to call upon God to heal our country and return it to holiness. Traditionally a novena is prayed for 9 consecutive days. A 54-day novena consists of 27 days of petition plus another 27 days of thanksgiving.
We are asked to pray especially for the rights of the unborn, the elderly and the weak in our society as well as the attacks on marriage and family values. Traditional religious expression often meets with persecution. There is no stronger weapon in this spiritual battle than the rosary. In this centennial year of the apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima, let us pray the rosary to help turn our country back towards GOD.
More information about the novena can be found at www.novenaforournation.com
Churches of St. Mary & St. Henry 165 N. Waterville Ave., Le Center, MN 56057
Phone: 507-357-6633 Phone/Fax: 507-357-4838
www.stmarysthenry.org
TWENTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
August 20, 2017
Parish Staff
Pastor: Fr. Christopher Shofner, [email protected]
After Hours Emergencies: 612-227-7985
Associate Pastor: Fr. James Adams, [email protected]
Trustees St. Mary: Clarence Mager 357-4338 Pete Plut 357-6222
Trustees St. Henry: Dan Germscheid 357-4923 Jim Selly 357-4898
Coordinator of Faith Formation: Jean Boothby
Secretary/Receptionist: Gloria Wolf
Accounting/Bookkeeping: Tara Robinson
Maintenance: Joe Holicky
Music Ministry: Terri McMillen
Office Hours - 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Monday - Thursday
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Friday
Bulletin Deadline - articles need to be submitted to Gloria by noon
on Wednesday.
For use of meeting rooms or Social Hall - contact Gloria
Mass Schedule
Saturday 4:30 PM (St. Mary)
Sunday 8:00 AM (St. Henry)
10:00 AM (St. Mary)
12:00 PM (St. Mary, in Spanish)
Monday No Mass
Tuesday 5:00 PM
Wednesday to Friday 9:00 AM
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Saturday 3:45-4:20 PM (St. Mary)
Sunday 7:30-7:50 AM (St. Henry)
Or by appointment (contact Fr. Shofner)
Our Eucharistic Adoration chapel is open for individuals to come
for 5 minutes or an hour and be with Our Lord in the Blessed
Sacrament. Our chapel hours are: Tuesday 9:00 AM to Thursday
9:00 AM (closes during daily Mass and Funeral Masses).
St. Pius X Feastday: August 21
From St. Pius X we learn
again that "the folly of
the Cross", simplicity of
life, and humility of
heart are still the
highest wisdom and the
indispensable
conditions of a perfect
Christian life, for they
are the very source of all
apostolic fruitfulness.
- www.catholic.org/saints
Readings for next Sunday, August 27, 2017 Isaiah 22:19-23
Romans 11:33-36 Matthew 16:13-20
From the Pastor’s Desk Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
I mentioned a few weeks ago in a Sunday homily that I have recently begun the habit of daily journaling. It’s a habit that I had been hesitant to take up over the years because I never thought I’d have enough thoughts to make it meaningful. But over the past few weeks, I have found that God has provided plenty of inspiration as I’ve reflected on the circumstances and events of each day. I have found that journaling can be a wonderful way to bring our joys, successes, sorrows and failures before God and process them in a way that is a bit more engaging than just speaking these things in prayer. I was looking back at the first entry the other day, when I laid out my purpose in starting the journal. The first words I wrote were the words of the prophet Jeremiah: “For I know well the plans I have in mind for you, plans for your welfare, not for woe, plans to give you a future full of hope” (Jeremiah 29:11). I have always believed that God has a plan for each of us that He’s working out. Sometimes He does this in ways that make it clear to us the path He has chosen for us. But sometimes His ways can seem very confusing or His path very difficult.
The Gospel today makes you wonder what the Lord’s plan is for someone like the Canaanite woman, who comes to Jesus asking for the healing of her daughter. She had to come to a point of begging Jesus for “just a scrap that falls from the table”. This might be viewed as a humiliating or unnecessary way to ask for God’s grace, but in a way I believe God had a deeper purpose in bringing her to this point. This woman comes from the Canaanite people, who traditionally were known to be very independent. They had settled on the northern coast of present-day Israel about 500 years before the Israelites entered into the Promised Land. And their culture was based largely on the agricultural cycles. They knew hard work. Their livelihood and everything in their daily life depended on their ability to be independent and adaptable.
So it’s not typical for a Canaanite to admit that they can’t do things on their own. But this is exactly what the woman in the Gospel today had to do. She had to recognize that, no matter the efforts and labor she put in, they couldn’t heal her daughter. Only the grace of Jesus could. So she begged for that grace.
But Jesus makes it more difficult than it had to be, doesn’t he? He challenges her faith and prompts her to beg. It wasn’t to humiliate her, but rather to test the sincerity and perseverance of her faith. Jesus recognized that her desire to surrender everything to him was sincere. And that’s the attitude that’s necessary for Jesus to work great marvels in a life.
There’s a lesson here for us. We are trained by our culture to be independent in everything we do—we’re going to provide for our families, take control of our challenges, do it all on our own. We think asking for help is a sign of weakness. But at some point, we come to realize that God calls us to become dependent on Him, to call out to Him in our time of need and surrender to Him all of our need for control of a situation. Sometimes, when it seems Jesus is refusing to listen to our prayers, perhaps he’s doing what he did with the Canaanite woman today. Perhaps he’s challenging our faith in Him and our dependence on Him. Perhaps He wants us to give up the final vestiges of our need for control of our lives, and offer it to Him—let Him take control. The Canaanite woman today learned total surrender of her life to Jesus, and she experienced the reward for her faith. May we be as able to surrender everything to Jesus in like manner, so we too may experience the fullness of what He wants to give us!
God bless, Fr. Chris Shofner [email protected]
Please note that Fr. Shofner will be out of the office August 21-23. During this time, please direct all urgent matters to Fr. Adams.
Mass Schedule & Intentions
Monday, August 21
Tuesday, August 22 9:00 AM Opening of Adoration No Mass - Please note change for this week
Wednesday, August 23 9:00 AM Mass Bonnie Wieland†
Thursday, August 24 8:55 AM Closing of Adoration 9:00 AM Mass Richard Kalina†
Friday, August 25 9:00 AM Mass Living & Deceased of Dale Traxler family
Saturday, August 26 3:45 PM Confessions 4:30 PM Mass Martin & Peggy Malinski††
Sunday, August 27 7:30 AM Confessions (St. Henry) 8:00 AM Mass (St. Henry) Bob Riebel† 10:00 AM Mass Living & Deceased of Joseph Cemensky Jr. family 12:00 PM Mass (in Spanish) For the Parish
This Week in the Parish
Monday, August 21
Tuesday, August 22 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM RCIC Communion Calls - Milan
Wednesday, August 23 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM RCIC
Thursday, August 24 5-6:00 PM Hispanic Choir Practice 7:00 PM Hispanic Bible Study 7:00 PM Faith Formation Board Meeting
Friday, August 25
Saturday, August 26
Sunday, August 27
Eucharistic Adoration Tuesday 9AM-Thursday 9AM
in the Cry Room
Everyone is invited to stop in at anytime and spend time with Jesus present
in the Blessed Sacrament.
Prayerfully consider whether the Lord is calling you to spend an hour
with Him each week.
If you have questions or would like to sign up for an hour, please contact Gloria 357-6939 or
Joyce 357-4410.
Community and Social Events
Now through September 1, 2017 A Print Exhibition of The Saint John’s Bible - Experience the Word Come to Life! The Saint John’s Bible is the first handwritten, illuminated Bible commissioned by a Benedictine Abbey in over 500 years. Its hand written lettering and stunning artworks truly present the Word of God in an engaging and inspirational way. Discover the beauty and splendor of The Saint John’s Bible at an exhibition of beautiful reproduction prints showcasing some of the many artworks in this once in a millennium project. Blue Earth County History Center, 424 Warren Street, Mankato, MN 56001, Free and open to the public.
Saturday, August 19, 2017 Annual BBQ Rib Fest - Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Waterville from 3-9PM. Live & Silent Auction, Country Store, Great Prizes, Bingo, Kids Games and more! Check it out at www.facebook.com/holytrinitywaterville
Sunday, August 20, 2017 Options for Women– Mankato Open House - Please join us between 1-3PM at our new location, 11 Civic Center Plaza, Suite 011. Free parking is available in the 2nd Street and Cherry Street ramps. Enter under the black Brett’s Building awning. Take the elevator down to find us in Suite 011 on the lower level.
Sunday, August 20, 2017 50th Annual Ho-Down - Most Holy Trinity Church, Veseli, MN between New Prague and Lonsdale, Hwy 19W off 35W. Polka Mass at 11AM featuring the Veseli Choir and Band, Grilled Pork & Dumpling Dinner 11:30AM until sold-out, Continuous Music Noon to 6:15PM, Prizes & Cash Drawings, Bingo, Home-Baked Goods, Lunch Stand, Children’s Games, Country Store, Pull Tabs, Refreshments.
Sunday, August 20, 2017 Marystown Festival - Parish of Saints Joachim & Anne located 4 miles South of Hwy 169 on County Road 15 in Shakopee. Mass at 9AM, Festivities 11AM-8PM, Smorgasbord served 11AM-2PM. Day includes food stands, bean bag tourney, beer stands, live music, silent & live auction, country store, raffles, adult games, & kids games.
Wednesday, August 23, 2017 Collaborative Community Meeting - Want to make a difference for Veterans? Join the Conversation! Consider joining your fellow community members and service providers for a complimentary breakfast and conversation about enhancing care for Veterans in our community through coordinating holistic care. Meeting will take place at 8:30AM at American Legion, 102 Elm Ave SW, Montgomery. Please RSVP to [email protected] or 507-357-8279 by August 21st.
Mayo Clinic Health System Hospice sponsors: Hope A grief support group for women who have experienced the death of a loved one. The group is led by widows and offers an opportunity to learn about grief, share experiences and find healing and hope from
loss. Drop-ins are welcome.
Tuesdays, 5:15 – 6:15 pm, St John the Baptist Catholic Church John Paul II Meeting Room, 2nd Floor, 632 S. Broad St., Mankato
For more information, please call 507-385-2989 or 1-800-327-3721, ext. 2989 (toll free).
Area Separated or Divorced Educational/Support Group
St. Wenceslaus Church Rectory, New Prague Meets the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of each month from 7– 8:30 PM.
Experience good support as you and your loved ones move through this time in your life. All faiths are welcome. For more information
call Deacon Bob Wagner, 952-758-3225 or Mary 952-873-6781.
Tuesday, September 5 & 19 - “Reclaim Your Personal Power”
“HEALING TAKES TIME”
FALL RETREAT – SEPT. 15 – 17, 2017 Interdenominational Retreat – The Franciscan Retreat & Spirituality Center in Prior Lake, MN. Retreat will focus on five different types of grief: Loss of Child, Loss of Spouse, Loss through
Suicide, Pregnancy & Infant Loss, and Loss of Sibling/Parent. Breakout sessions with
facilitators that have experienced similar losses. Retreat runs Friday evening 7:00 p.m. through Sunday 11:00 a.m.
Keynote Speaker: Lou Cooney Erickson, Chaplain BCC – St. Louis Park, MN.
“Grief as Companion: Can we be friends?” In her 19 years of Chaplaincy, Lou has walked with
many patients, families, and staff who have experienced loss in a variety of ways. Lou’s journey of loss includes her husband’s death at the age of 27 and also her son, a respected Deputy Sheriff and devoted father of two children, who committed suicide in 2009. For more information or to register for retreat contact
Marlene Hunt – 507-381-1177 or email: [email protected]. Facebook: Hope United Grief Group
Counseling Opportunities at Catholic Charities
Catholic Charities has offices in various locations including Faribault and Burnsville for individual, family or couple counseling, with
Spanish-speaking counseling in designated areas. They accept most health insurance providers for counseling
services. For those who do not have insurance, there are reduced and sliding fee options. They provide services to the separated and
divorced and have a full range of adoption and post-adoption services including specialized counseling to individuals and families.
Their long-distance counseling intake number is 855-297-9262, Counseling Services 651-647-3186, Separated and Divorced 651-
647-3126 and for Adoption Services 651-647-3103.
Make plans for a fall get-away with the one you love before your calendar fills up!!
A Marriage Encounter Weekend is a private weekend away from life's distractions that allows a husband and wife to focus on each other. The next available Weekends are Oct 6-8, 2017 in Buffalo, MN and Nov 17-19, 2017 in Prior Lake, MN. Early registration is
highly recommended. For more information visit our website at: twincitieswwme.org or contact Brent & Tracy
at [email protected] or 612-756-8720.
PASTORAL CARE EVENTS
Directories are available in the church office, if you have
not yet received one and would like one, regardless if
you have a picture in the directory or not, feel free to stop in the parish
office and pick one up today.
St. Henry News
Church Cleaning - Sharon Riebel and Holly Germscheid are scheduled to clean the church by August 27, 2017.
Marriage Banns Colleen Marie Holicky & Peter John Stasney
With prayers and best wishes we
congratulate Ashley Nicole (Beuch) and Matthew Richard Krenik on celebrating the Sacrament of Marriage on August 19, 2017 at the Church of St. Mary.
Baptism Classes If you are interested in having your child baptized, please contact Father Chris at the Parish Office to reserve your spot and to schedule a Baptism class. This 1 1/2 hour-long class is required for the parents and godparents of the child to be baptized.
Please note the next scheduled date for baptism will take place on September 10, 2017.
Please Note: A requirement for Baptism is a copy of the child’s birth certificate.
Sacramental Information
Baptism - offered once each month (except during Lent). Contact Fr. Chris for baptism in Spanish & English.
Marriage - contact Fr. Chris at least 6 months in advance. All couples must complete a weekend retreat as well as marriage preparation classes with Fr. Chris.
Confirmation - youth are prepared in grades 8 & 9. For adult confirmation - contact Fr. Chris.
Anointing of the Sick - communal anointing for the Parish once each year in the spring. For private anointing, contact Fr. Chris.
Communion calls for ill or homebound - please contact the Parish Center.
Sacramental Life
One of our parishioners shares: “If you find yourself wanting to prepare for the Sunday’s readings or talk with your children about them before attending Mass you can find a wonderful resource on FORMED called Opening the Word. It is a short, concise, but inspirational explanation of the readings for the upcoming Sunday. - I highly recommend it!”
Have you signed up yet for this dynamic online platform called FORMED which our parish has subscribed to? When you sign up for an account, you will have FREE 24/7 access to the best Catholic content on any device, including your computer, smartphone or tablet. How do I get FORMED? Go to www.FORMED.org. Scroll down to the section marked “For Individuals” and input our unique parish code: 3675db. Set up a
username and password. Now you are all set to use all the great programs on FORMED anytime simply by logging in. It’s that easy!
Please Pray For
Part of our Christian duty is to pray for each other. The following have asked for your prayers:
Amy Neisen
All residents at Central Health Care, Mala Strana, Benedictine, Traditions, Villages, Three Links, Horizon Place, Beacon. Some people have requested to not have their name included on this list. We respect their wishes and ask that you pray for all who are ill.
Make your reservations now! 2nd Annual Fundraising Gala
Sunday, October 1, 2017 Kato Entertainment Center, Mankato, MN
$50 per seat or Sponsor a table of 8 for $400 Social Hour from 5-6PM - Elegant Dinner served at 6PM
Featured Speaker: Gianna Jessen Gianna was supposed to die before she was born. The failed abortion has provided her the “gift” of cerebral palsy, as she calls it: “It allows
me to really depend on Jesus for everything.” Doctors predicted Gianna would never even lift her head. God had other plans! As Gianna speaks
her life unfolds and it becomes apparent that her constant joy has overcome unspeakable challenges.
To register online, email us at [email protected] or call 507-325-2229. All guest must be pre-registered.
Pilgrimage to the Holy Land
November 6-17, 2017 ~ Visit the holy sites and walk
where Jesus walked ~ With Roy Schoeman, popular speaker, writer,
and guest on EWTN Fr. Patrick Barnes (St. Nicholas, Elko Market)
Fr. Chris Shofner (St. Mary & St. Henry, Nativity & Immaculate Conception)
$3620.00 per person/double occupancy + taxes/surcharges, meals and personal expenses
For more information, contact Tekton Ministries, 9924 Cedar Ridge Drive, Carmel, IN 46032
Phone: 317-574-4191 or Toll-free: 866-905-3787 Email: [email protected]
Register online at: www.tektonministries.org
Our Lady of Fatima 100th Anniversary Mass,
Breakfast, & Progam Where: Church of St. Wenceslaus, New Prague, MN When: Saturday, September 9, 2017 beginning with
8AM Mass in the Church of St. Wenceslaus Breakfast and speaker to follow in the foyer of the
Parish Activity Center. Speaker Information: Barb Ernster, Communications/Editor of the World Apostolate of Fatima USA - Our
Lady’s Blue Army Following the speaker there will be a rosary at the Shrine of Our Lady of
Fatima at St. Scholastica in Heidelberg (rural New Prague) Free will offering taken for the World Apostolate of Fatima.
Spiritual Enrichment and Education Opportunities
A memorial reception will be held for Joe Bauer (son of Gordon & Ruth
Bauer) on Sunday, August 20. 2017 from 2 - 4:00 PM in St. Mary’s Social Hall. We offer our sympathies to the family of Joe Bauer.
Our prayers and condolences to Norb & Teresa Krenik, Margaret Traxler & Mary Krenik, family members of Bob Hruby. Bob’s Mass of Christian burial was this past week in his home parish in Madelia, MN.
We extend our sympathies to the family and friends of Millie Krenik. Her funeral Mass will be held on Tuesday, August 22, 2017 at 11:00 AM at Our Lady of
the Prairie Catholic Church, Belle Plaine, MN.
Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time
Saturday, August 26, 4:30 PM Altar Server James Wolf
Eucharistic Minister Sue Leary Beth McCabe Deb O’Connell Barb Tiede
Lector Jean Cemensky-Mohr
Usher Dick Bradshaw Paul McCabe Mark Wolf Tim Wolf
Sunday, August 27, 8:00 AM Altar Server Jeremy Beer
Eucharistic Minister Mary Boettcher Patti Germsheid Cindy Widmer
Lector Dianne Traxler Earle Traxler
Sunday, August 27, 10:00 AM Altar Server Lizzie Christian Anthony Fonseca Jameson Fonseca
Eucharistic Minister Angie Christian Brent Christian Rose Krenik Sharon Miller Kae Traxler Pat Traxler
Lector Cassie Christian
Usher Dan Lang Dennis Lang Pete Plut Don Reak
Energy Assistance Program - Minnesota Valley Action Council
The Energy Assistance Program (EAP) helps low income households pay a portion of their heating and electric bills. The program is available to both individuals and families who are income eligible. Energy Assistance applications are available by phone at 507-345-6822 or toll-free at 1-800-767-7139 or by visiting www.mnvac.org. More information can be found on the bulletin boards in the church entrances.
St. Mary’s Thrift Store Hours
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, & Friday
10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Saturday 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Thrift Store # 507-341-4236
The thrift store is always looking for new
volunteers. If you would be interested in helping out
on a regular basis or being a sub, please stop in at the thrift store for more
information. Community service hours are also available. Thank you.
Parish Stewardship
August 12-13, 2017 St. Mary St. Henry
Weekly Budget $ 3950.00 $ 825.00
Weekly Offering $ 3535.05 $ 645.00 Plate $ 107.00 $ 98.00
TOTAL $ 3642.05 $ 743.00
Diff. from budget -$ 307.95 -$ 82.00
Building Maintenance and Improvement Fund
Goal to replace roofs and air conditioning units: $180,000
Raised to Date: $ 33,169.54
Faith Formation
Faith Formation Registration – Registration forms can now be found at the entrances of the church and the
office as well as online on our webpage www.stmarysthenry.org
Early Registration deadline is August 23, 2017
All past due account balances need to be paid to register for the fall.
Volunteer/Teacher Training - Please consider volunteering to help out on Wednesday evenings. We will have training for all volunteers on Wednesday, September 13, 2017 from 6:30-7:45pm.
Family Opening Night - September 20th from 6:30 – 7:45pm.
All families should attend this prayer service, student activity, and parent meeting to get important information for the Faith Formation year.
Regular Classes begin – September 27th. Early Session will
be from 5:30-6:30pm * New start time. Late Session will be from 6:45-8:00pm.
Volunteers get a discount on their Faith Formation Registration fees! We need classroom teachers & co-teachers, classroom assistants, hall monitors, and traffic monitors. We would love volunteers of all ages, from teens to grandparents, to come learn with us on Wednesday nights. When the children see the support of the parish community in our program, they become more active in their learning. Contact Jean for more information.
Faith Formation Board Meeting this month will be Thursday, August 24
th at 7pm.
“I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.” 3 John 4
Jean R. Boothby Faith Formation Coordinator [email protected] 941-962-5168