Saint Mary Catholic Church 32 1

st St. NE

Winnebago, Minnesota

Saints Peter & Paul Catholic Church 214 S. Holland

Blue Earth, Minnesota

Pastor: Rev. Peter Klein

Administrative Assistant: Pat Boettcher; Faith Formation & Youth Ministry: Angie Nagel & Pat Salic

Maintenance: Duane Rorman (SS Peter & Paul)

Office: 214 S. Holland, Blue Earth 56013; 507-526-5626 – Website: www.sspeterpaulmary.org

Summer Office hours: Mon., 8 a.m. – noon; Tues., 8 a.m. – 10am Wed., 9 a.m. – variable, Thurs., 8:00 – Variable.

Sunday, June 3rd

, 2018 – Most Holy Body & Blood of ChristSUNDAY MASS SCHEDULE

Saturday, 5:15 p.m., SS. Peter & Paul

Sunday, 8:00 a.m., St. Mary

Sunday, 10:00 a.m., SS. Peter & Paul

DAILY MASS SCHEDULE

Tuesday, 8:30 a.m., St. Mary

Wednesday, 7:30 a.m., SS. Peter & Paul

Thursday, 10:00 a.m., St Luke’s, Blue Earth

Friday, 8:30 a.m., SS. Peter & Paul (1st Friday

Mass is followed by Holy Hour)

Please check page 3 of bulletin for

any changes to the schedule

Sacrament of Reconciliation

Saturday, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m., SS. Peter & Paul

Sunday, 7:15 – 7:45 a.m., St. Mary

Sacrament of Baptism

Arrangements are made by contacting the pastor in

advance of the date.

Sacrament of Marriage

Arrangements for preparation & the date are made by

contacting the pastor at least 6 months before.

Pastoral Care of the Elderly/Sick

Please contact the pastor when someone is hospitalized

or homebound.

Prayer Network

Anyone wishing to have the prayerful support of our

parish community may relay your prayer request to Ruth

Kastner (943-3478) or Jeanette Verdoorn (526-2333) to

initiate the calling tree.

For prayers requests for St. Mary's, call Mary Franta

(893-4326) or Chris Rockers (893-3729).

Faith Formation We have resources & activities for growth & formation

of faith in all members of all ages. For our young people,

we have programs & youth ministries coordinated by

Angie Nagel at SS. Peter & Paul (526-5626) & Pat Salic

at St. Mary (236-2195).

Joining or Returning to the Catholic Church

The rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) is the

process for adults to become members of the Catholic

Church. For additional information, please contact the

pastor.

To rent the Social Hall of SS Peter & Paul

To schedule activities/events, please contact Pat

Boettcher(526-5626)

Bulletin notices Contact Pat by Wednesday afternoon at

the office (patsspp@bevcomm.net) or by phone (526-

5626).

PASTOR’S PARISHABLES

Checks for $2,554 & $1,622 came to the rectory

recently, 1 for SS Peter & Paul & 1 for St. Mary’s.

These were the 18th

of 20 quarterly parish

distribution of funds by the Catholic Foundation of

Southern MN from the 2013 Rooted in Faith (RIF)

capital campaign. As you may recall: According to

the plan of this campaign, every parish was to

receive 25% of funds up to its goal & 75% of funds

over goal. (Since 2013, distributions have been

made to parishes as pledges are fulfilled.) I’ve

reported this numerous times before; however, the

last time, the 17th

of the distributions, I didn’t make

room to include all this. That 17th

distribution

brought $1,523 to SS P/P & $733 to St. M.

To review & update the numbers in that very

successful capital campaign:

At SS Peter & Paul:

● $230,648 was our parish goal

● $247,604 (!) was pledged & received thru 3/31/18

● $ 50,813 has already been distributed to us

● $ 2,554 was added last week.

At St. Mary:

● $71,634 was our parish goal

● $92,730 (!) was pledged & received thru 9/30/17

● $20,939 has already been distributed to us

● $ 1,622 was added last week.

“The Catholic Foundation of Southern

Minnesota”—as I’ve said before, more than once—

is an autonomous Minnesota nonprofit corporation

recognized as a 501(c)(3) public charity & is

separate from the Diocese of Winona legally,

financially & organizationally. It supports parishes,

schools & ministries with the necessary resources to

be vibrant centers of faith & service in southern MN

& to assist faithful Catholics in fulfilling their

stewardship. Since its founding in 1991, the

Foundation has faithfully managed & distributed

contributions according to donors' wishes in areas of

greatest need. The Foundation stands as a center of

Catholic philanthropy across southern MN in service

of Catholic Responsible Investing & sophisticated

planned giving that celebrates our Catholic

identity. Over the life of the Foundation, nearly $80

million have been redistributed back to the southern

MN community made possible by the generosity of

Catholics like us. The Foundation is handling the

funds raised by the RIF campaign.

The Rooted In Faith campaign—as I’ve said

before, more than once— was (is) the highly

successful 2013 capital campaign of the diocese,

raising $26.2 million in pledges & gifts. (The

pledges to RIF have a 5-year redemption period—for

those who chose to give support over time instead of

in a 1-time-only gift.) The RIF is now in its 5th

year

& has 4 purposes:

1. Priests’ pension plan

2. The renovation of our diocesan seminary

3. Our own local project (rectory residence renovation)

4. $2 million that would have been raised in a 2013

Catholic Ministries Appeal but which was cancelled

for 1 year so as to not compete with the capital

campaign. (Other than this $2 million, the diocese does not

benefit directly from the funds raised by the RIF campaign.)

This Sunday’s Eucharist feast (“Body & Blood of

Christ Sunday”) sent me to the Catechism of the

Catholic Church for a succinct teaching about “the

fruits of holy communion” (paragraphs 1391-1397).

This is a good review for us:

1. Causes an intimate union with Christ

2. preserves, increases, & renews the life of grace

received at baptism

3. cleanses past sins & preserves from future sins

4. strengthens the unity

among members of the Church

5. fosters a commitment to the poor.

This is something we may wish to keep from this

year’s Body & Blood of Christ Sunday, so we know

what to look for, hope for, pray for.

Related to this: The tabernacle & “reserved hosts”

are mentioned on this Sunday’s feast. Hosts in the

tabernacle are for the homebound. They are for sick

calls. They are for viaticum, which is what we call

communion when it’s given to the dying (the “last

rite,” to use a word from our past). The new General

Instruction of the Roman Missal affirms the

importance of receiving communion that has been

consecrated at mass (not those reserved in the

tabernacle): “It is desirable that the faithful, just as

the priest himself is bound to do, receive the Lord’s

Body from hosts consecrated at the same Mass &

that...they participate in the chalice so that even by

means of the signs Communion will stand out more

clearly as a participation in the sacrifice actually

being celebrated”. Sometimes of course we don’t

have a choice. Because our guess isn’t always good

about how many hosts to include on the gifts table

for communion at that particular mass, we end up

with far too many in the tabernacle for use with the

absent.

Mass Schedule – BE=SS Peter & Paul, W=St. Mary’s

Mon. No Mass Tue. /W 8:30 AM – Dolores Stevermer Wed/BE 7:30AM – Gene Mikolai Thur. St. Luke’s 10:00AM – Mary Tempel Fri./BE 8:30AM – McRae & Rita Willmert Sat./BE 5:15PM – Bob Kennedy Sun./W 8:00AM – Fritz Bleess Sun./BE 10:00AM – Parents of Tom & Sue Juba

NEXT WEEK’S MINISTRY SCHEDULE:

Sat., June 9: Servers: Nick Furndt

SSPP

Ministers of Communion: Don Bleess/Steve Geerdes

Angie Frundt/Barb Prescher/Jason Spencer

Gift Bearers: Gary & Marsha Engler Family

Ushers: Bob Spencer Group

Sun., June 10 Servers: Emma Dahl

St. Mary’s

Ministers of Communion: Mark Franta

Linda O’Neil & Chuck Murry

Gift Bearers: Mike Salic Jr. Family

Ushers: Doug Klocek & Bob Grant

Sun., June 10: Servers: Brandi Uecker

SSPP Elizabeth Uecker

Ministers of Communion: Lee Mikolai/Shawn Hassing

Vitres Samek/Rich Schneider/Joe Tempel

Gift Bearers: Roger & Sue Schoenfelder Family

Ushers: Shawn Hassing Group

KC Corner: June 12th-KC Officers meeting 6:30pm

and regular meeting to follow. (Election of officers)

July 1st - Church Picnic-KC's are cooking chicken.

SSPP Catholic Counsel of Catholic Families Quarterly meeting will be on Tuesday, June 5

th at 5:30

in classroom 5.

CDA: Tues, June 12 10:30AM meeting & lunch, but

no Mass. There will be Memorial for our deceased

members and Installation of new officers.

Thank you for the cards, prayers, gifts & visits and to

Fr. Klein for his visits since my fall. I appreciate

everything that was done for me. Mary Kuchenbecker.

St. John Vianney Parish welcomes you to a teaching

and exposition of Sacred Relics Tuesday, June 5th at

6:30pm. Over 150 relics will be shown; some believed to

be as old as 2000 years. Among the treasures will be

relics of St. John Vianney, St.Teresa of Avila, St. Maria

Goretti, St. Thérèse of Lisieux, St. Francis of Assisi, St.

Anthony of Padua, St. Thomas Aquinas, and St. Faustina

Kowalska presented by Fr. Carlos Martins. In addition,

there will also be present a piece of a veil which is

believed to have belonged to Our Lady, and one of the

largest remaining pieces of the True Cross in the world.

SS Peter & Paul and St. Mary’s: Do you know the

names of the people sitting around you? Help us build a

tool that will put names with faces. Be a part of our new

family directory program. We need YOU to make it

complete! The first sign-up weekend at SSPP will be

at the Masses on June 30 & July1.Watch the bulletin

for the next sign up dates for both parishes.

Youth Summer Reading Program at Muir Library:

This free program is offered for grades k-12 during June,

July and August. Reading during the summer months

helps students retain the knowledge & skills they learned

during the school year and prepares them for school in

the fall. For more info, go to http://winnebago tdslib.org.

Support Alzheimer’s Research by joining the

Winnebago for the 7th Annual 5K or 10K Walk, Run or

Bike Ride on Saturday, June 16 @8 AM at the

Winnebago gazebo by the swimming pool.

All participants can enjoy free swimming & snacks after

the event and are eligible for 4 Minnesota Twins tickets

in Legends Club valued at $400. Register by calling First

Financial Bank in Winnebago a 893-155 or email

kathy.dressen@1stbago.com . There is a$5 per person

registration fee. All profits will be given to Regions

hospital Foundation for Alzheimer’s Research.

St. Mary’s annual cemetery collection will be held this

Sunday, June 3rd

. Envelopes will be provided for your

contribution. This year we will be working on repairing

the statue at the cemetery. Due to the possibility of

injury and a recommendation from the insurance

company, the two smaller statues had to be removed.

We would like to replace them and fix the base so that it

is stable. One half of the collection this year will be put

towards this repair work, and added to the memorials

that have already been designated for this project. Your

support for the upkeep of our cemetery is so very much

appreciated. Thank you.

SACRIFICAL GIVING

Sacrificial Giving, SS Peter & Paul: May 26 & 27:

Adult/Plate giving needed weekly: $4,220.00

Adult/Plate giving last week: $3,014.50

Adult/Plate giving needed yr-to-date: $202,560.00

Adult/Plate giving fiscal yr-to-date: $210,348.61

Sacrificial Giving, St. Mary: May 27:

Adult/Plate giving needed weekly: $1,135.00

Adult/Plate giving last week: $823.00

Adult/Plate giving needed yr-to-date: $54,480.00

Adult/Plate giving fiscal yr-to-date: $60,257.42

FAITH FORMATION/YOUTH MINISTRY NEWS Angie Nagel - 526-5626 (office) - 526-3485 (home) - 507-276-5114 (cell), angieyouthministry@bevcomm.net

June Calendar

2-3 M & M Fundraiser after Masses

Congratulations to our 2018 Graduating Seniors! Please keep our graduating Seniors in your prayers as they complete their time at Blue Earth Area High School and begin to write the next chapter in their book of life. May they always be open to the plan God has for each of them. Zachary Buseman Gabrielle Coxworth Jose Giron Nicole Lium Grant Madetzke Dalton Nagel Jacqueline Quintero Lauren Schoenfelder Adali Trujillo Sam Mensing

Parish Scholarship Winners! On behalf of Saints Peter & Paul Church, the Council of Catholic Families and the Catholic Daughters, we would like to congratulate Grant Madetzke and Lauren Schoenfelder, the recipients of the 2018 Parish Scholarships. The church, CCF and Catholic Daughters all contribute towards this scholarship fund which recognizes graduating Seniors who have been of service to their church, community and school, with emphasis being on church involvement.

M & M Fundraiser for Summer Camps!

After Masses on the weekend of June 2-3, youth attending Summer Camps will be handing out tubes of M & M's. They are asking you to first enjoy the M & M's, then secondly, return the tube the following weekend with whatever donation you are able to make. We have 18 youth and 2 adults participating in Summer Camps so any donation you can make would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your support of our parish youth programs!

Schwan's Cares Fundraiser! 5% profit on food purchases -- through August 1st! Ordering is easy! Just log on to www.schwans-cares.com. Click on "Sign Up" and create an account with an email address and password. Click on "Find A Campaign". Enter this ID #: 37172. Then click on "Shop Now." You get great products from Schwan's and our youth earn money for summer camps and trips. Please let me know if you have any questions or need some assistance ordering. Thank you for supporting youth from both of our parishes!

Fall Rummage Sale

Spring cleaning is upon us! Are you cleaning out your basement, garage and closets and finding things you don't need or use or want anymore? Don't throw them out! Save them for the SSPP Youth Rummage Sale fundraiser this Fall! We will accept donations of clean, good quality clothing, coats, toys, books, furniture, bedding, kitchen items, household items, home decor, knick knacks, holiday decorations, CD's, DVD's, and any other treasures you can find. If you have a question about whether or not we will take something you would like to donate, please don't hesitate to call me anytime.

Camp Creation VBS! Vacation Bible School will be held July 30th - August 3rd for all children preschool through 5th grade! Get these dates on your summer calendar before it fills up!