FOUR PARISH MESSENGER

DECEMBER 6, 2020

Pastor: Father Antony Arokiyam

412 West Main Street

Adams, MN 55909

Cell phone: (608) 547-2259

Email: stpatrickantony@gmail.com

Telephones:

Adams Rectory 582-3321

Sacred Heart School 582-3120

Sacred Heart Fax 582-1033

St. John’s Hall 582-3294

Sacred Heart Church Web Site: www.sacredheartcluster.org

Sacred Heart Church/School Email: office@sacredheartadams.org

Office Hours: Monday—Friday 7:30—3:15.

Bulletin Announcements: Please call 582-3120 or e-mail office@sacredheartadams.org by 12pm on Wednesday to place an announcement in that week’s bulletin. We accept church related or sponsored items only and for a maximum of 2 weeks.

Mass Intentions: Please contact Shannon Drees - 582-3120.

Sacrament of Reconciliation: Sacred Hear t: Fr idays at 8 a.m., St. Peter’s: Saturday at 4:30 p.m; any other time by appointment.

Sacrament of Baptism: Please contact the Pastor for a preparation session and Baptismal date one month prior.

Sacrament of Marriage: Please contact the Pastor six months prior to your wedding date.

Mass Intentions For the Week of December 7th ~ December 13th

Mailing address for all Parishes:

Sacred Heart

PO Box 352

Adams, MN 55909

Sacred Heart

412 W Main Street

Adams

St. John the Baptist

10343 640th Ave

Johnsburg

St. Peter’s

300 Maple St SW

Rose Creek

Queen of Peace

Elm Street

Lyle

Tuesday, December 8 5:00 p.m. Herb & Ruth Kiefer family (50th Anniversary) Adams

Wednesday, December 9 8:30 a.m. Wilfred King family Adams

Wednesday, December 9 No Liturgy Nursing Home

Thursday, December 10 Children’s Liturgy only +Roger Schwartz ~Not For Public~ Adams

Friday, December 11 8:30 a.m. +Ben & Brian Thome Adams

Saturday, December 12 No Liturgy Rose Creek

Sunday, December 13 8:00 a.m. +Christina Freund Lyle

Sunday, December 13 9:30 a.m. +Larry Heimer Adams

Sunday, December 13 11:00 a.m. +Amy & Ed O’Sullivan Johnsburg

Condolences to the family of

Deloris Frank

Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon her.

May her soul and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.

PASTOR’S NEWS

Father Antony

PARISH CONTRIBUTIONS OF WEEK ENDING 11/29/2020

ST. PETER’S SACRED HEART ST. JOHN’S QUEEN OF PEACE

ADULT 1150.00 12042.92 1299.00 1341.20

OFFERTORY 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

BUILDING 0.00 20.00 0.00 0.00

OTHER 0.00 50.00 0.00 0.00

THANKSGIVING 0.00 653.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL 1150.00 12765.92 1299.00 1341.20

Dear Friends,

Hope you are all well. Again, a friendly reminder to stay healthy and safe. Try to take more precaution against this Covid-19. This is really a crazy time and a scary time. Kindly take extra care of yourselves.

There are times scheduled for confessions in each parish. I would kindly ask you all to make use of this

chance to make your confessions and prepare yourselves for the celebration of Christmas. There can be

no better celebration of Christmas than to make confession, attend mass and receive communion. As I write this message, it is my birthday, the Second of December. My friends from India wished me

well for my birthday and asked me if I bought any new dress for my birthday or if I was going to have a

special celebration of the birthday. Some asked me if I cut any cake for my birthday. Some of my friends

in Wisconsin and Minnesota, wished me happy birthday on Facebook. None of what people asked me about, I did. But I understood how people want to celebrate their birthdays. It is a joy to celebrate the

birthday with all the things I mentioned above.

We, as ordinary people, human beings want to remember our birthdays and celebrate that as much as we could. We also try to celebrate it in a grand manner. We try to make it a memorable one. To make it so,

we try all our best to make it very innovative and a creative one. All is fine. But one question still

remains: How do we celebrate the birthday of the One who created me, saved me by dying?

Yes, I hope you got the point. How do we celebrate the birthday of Jesus Christ the Savior and the

Messiah? We do celebrate this birthday every year. What about the qualitative aspect of this celebration? When we celebrate our own birthday, we put all our love and involvement in it. How much of love and

involvement do we put in the celebration of this person of history? We most often do it as a regular

routine.

There is no proper preparation for it. There is no involvement in it. We do it for the sake of doing it. Or

we do it instinctively, i.e. if we do not celebrate it, we feel that we have missed something. Or we

celebrate it because it is an occasion for some sort of celebration like any other celebration. Or we

celebrate it because it is a time for some enjoyment. So, do we celebrate it for what it has to be celebrated? Do we celebrate it because, it is the birth of the Savior who saved us? Do we celebrate it

because He has loved us so much as to die for us? Do we celebrate it because we rejoice in our salvation?

Do we celebrate it with real joy of the heart that comes from within, the spiritual joy, not any pleasure

from the material things? If we think we celebrate for these real reasons, how should we celebrate it?

This is what I said in the beginning of this message. Make use of the chance to make your confession and take part in the Eucharist. We have five masses for Christmas. There is no reason for not attending mass

for this celebration.

God Bless,

LITURGICAL MINISTERS: December 12th & December 13th:

ST. PETER’S

No Masses until further notice.

QUEEN OF PEACE

Altar Care: Sign-up list for 2021 Altar Care is in the

sacristy. Please sign up for a month or two. Thank you.

ALL PARISHES NOTICE: Due to Covid-19 there will be no masses at St. Peter’s in Rose Creek until further notice.

SECOND COLLECTION: There will be a second collection next weekend, December 12-13 to help our elders. In good times and bad, senior Catholic sisters, brothers, and religious order priests have dedicated themselves to service and acts of mercy. Today, they pray for an aching world. Yet years of serving for little or no pay have left their religious communities without enough retirement savings. Your gift to the Retirement Fund for Religious helps provide medications, nursing care, and other necessities. Please be generous.

POINSETTIAS: Poinsettia donation request forms are in the back of church. This year they are coming from Berg’s Nursery and the cost is $15.00. Please print when filling out your forms for accurate spelling in the bulletin. You can either return your request forms by putting them in the collection basket or bringing them to the office. The deadline for requests is December 7th.

ADVENT PREPARATION: Catholic Char ities of Southern Minnesota would like to offer you some oppor tunities to make your Advent preparations special this year. Beginning on Saturday, Nov. 28th, we will offer an Advent Reflection Series – each Saturday at 10:00 am on Zoom. Each week we will have a guest presenter offering reflection and discussion on the themes of Advent each week; Hope, Peace, Joy and Love. To get the Zoom link for this series, please contact Lisa Kremer at lkremer@ccsomn.org. Also check the Advent banner on our website (www.ccsomn.org) for more information and other opportunities.

ST. JOHN’S

December church cleaning: Alisha Galle (leader ), Sarah Lonergan, Kathy Heimer, Gina Jax, Tracy Smith.

SACRED HEART

CHURCH CLEANING: Church cleaning for fir st week in December will be done by Group C Team 7.

Team leaders are Lori Jax and Michelle Merten.

Saturday

5:00 p.m. ~ St Peter’s ~ NO MASS

Lector:

Ushers:

Money Counters:

Sunday

8:00 a.m. ~ Queen of Peace

Lector: Eva Corson

Ushers & Money Counters: Dave Juhl

Phil Merten

Sunday

9:30 a.m. ~ Sacred Heart

Lector: Peggy Schmitz

Ushers: Rick & Margaret Neuvir th

Money Counters: Mike & Cindy Schneider

Mike Smith

Sunday

11:00 a.m. ~ St. John’s

Lector: Joanne Koenigs

Ushers: Ryan Timm, Larry Bissen

Money Counters: Ryan Timm, Larry Bissen

Advent Confessions

Sacred Heart ~ Fridays ~ 8:30 a.m.

St. Peter’s ~ Saturdays ~ 4:00 p.m.

(If Church opens)

Queen of Peace ~ Sundays ~ 7:30 a.m.

St. John’s ~ Sundays ~ 12:00 p.m.

Heimer Foods 23 4th St. NW

Adams (507) 582-3301

Mon—Sat 8:00 a.m.—8:00 p.m.

Sunday 8:00 a.m.—5:30 p.m.

600 Second Street NW

Austin, MN

(507) 433-1817

Gary A. Thome

C: (507) 438-2019

H:(507) 582-3649

F: (507) 582-1234

thomegary@gmail.com

Tim’s Finish Carpentry

Tim Shulze: 507-259-7557

Cody Shulze: 507-696-8593

Charles Koenigs Electric

Farm - Home - Commercial

641-220-2940

4954 Monument Ave

Stacyville, IA

Ron Gilgenbach

Sales Associate for

Pioneer® brand

Products 11303 700th Avenue

Taopi, MN 55977

(507) 582-7834

(507) 440-7236

Thome Ag Consulting

Plumbing—Heating—A/C

Phone: 507-582-3528

Adams, MN 55909

Charles Gilles

HUSEBY Insurance Agency

Adams, MN 507-582-3253

AUTO—FARM—HOME

COMMERCIAL

Jane Steinkamp Event Planning—Florals—Rentals

Schedule a free consultation

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Adams, MN 55909

Call (507) 582-7733 or (507) 438-1390

Mon—Thurs. 7 a.m.—2 p.m.

Friday 7 a.m.—8 p.m.

Saturday 7 a.m.—2 p.m.

“Will do Catering”

582-3655

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Adams, MN 55909

Catholic United Financial Sales Representative

Susan Stenzel

CHFC, LUTCF, FIC

(507) 282-1793

Wiste

Auto Service Mark Wiste

Owner/ Certified Technician

582-1111

407 1/2 West Main, Adams

Klapperich Farm Systems

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Membership Benefits

Scholarships, Matching Grants, Volunteer Programs,

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Swine Consultant

17452 620th Ave

Rose Creek, MN 55970

Cell: 507-438-3358

Fax: 507-433-0081

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Phone: (507) 433-4608

Fax: (507) 433-3143

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Tom Koenigs

Commercial- Farm- Residential

Phone: 507-438-3998

Email: borderlinepest@hotmail.com

Miller Grain Systems

Grain Handling Equip.

Belts, Pulleys, Motors

LeRoy, MN 507-324-5520

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Dave’s & Choice Heating & AC Plumbing Heating Refrigeration,

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433-1039

105 3rd street S.

ROSE CREEK, MN

DAVE WHALEN, OWNER

Auto-Commercial-Crop-Farm Health-Home-Life

Adams-Dexter-Rose Creek

507-582-3448

Farmers State Agency

of Adams, Inc.

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