St. Joseph + St. Matthew + St. Teresa Good Thunder Vernon Center Mapleton

The Catholic

Diocese of

Winona

Tri-Parish Mass Schedule

Saturday 5:00 p.m. at St. Joseph

Sunday 8:00 am at St. Teresa Sunday 10:00 am at St. Matthew

Weekdays: Please see Inside Bulletin

Holy Days See Inside Bulletin

Eucharistic Adoration held before daily Mass

Tri-Parish Office

Hours: Monday-Friday 9am-4:30pm

Address: 104 West Silver Street Mapleton, Minnesota 56065

Phone: (507) 524-3127

Email: sjsmst@hickorytech.net

Website: www.sjsmst.org

Facebook: www.facebook.com/SJSMST

Mass Times: (507) 387-8806

Tri-Parish Staff

Father Jason Kern, Pastor

(507) 524-4628 frjkern@hickorytech.net

Deacon Chris Walchuk, Pastoral Minister

(507) 524-4650

cwalchuk@frontier.com

Carol Cyr, Tri-parish Manager

(507) 524-3127

sjsmst@hickorytech.net

Darla Graf, Bookkeeper

(507) 524-4646

darlatp@hickorytech.net

Connie Peters, St. Joseph Faith Formation

Cindy Young, St. Matthew Faith Formation

Karen Langworthy, St. Teresa Faith Formation

The Sacrament of Baptism Pre-Baptism preparation is required. Please contact the

office at least one month before the desired date.

The Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick Please notify

the office if you or a family member is in the hospital or

homebound and would like a pastoral visit.

The Sacrament of Reconciliation

Confessions are available 30 minutes prior to each week-

end Mass, at 8a.m. Thursday at St. Teresa or by private

appt. with Fr. Kern

The Sacrament of Marriage

All Catholics need to meet with the priest or deacon at

least 6 months before being married. Contact the office

at least 6 months in advance of your wedding.

Welcome!

We’re here to help you begin or continue your faith

journey, so you can find true peace, happiness and purpose in life. If you would like to join one of our

parishes, contact any staff member and we will be

honored to officially welcome you home!

May 11, 2014

Fourth Sunday of Easter

Good Shepherd Sunday

I am the gate. Whoever enters through me will be saved,

and will come in and go out and

find pasture. John 10:9

From the Heart - by Fr. Kern

I continue to offer thanks to God for all that is

happening in our Tri-Parish. Your dedicated

and faithful work has brought much fruit. I would like to

say special thanks to all of you who labored this year as

catechists in our classrooms teaching our youth the faith.

As I stopped by each classroom I was always impressed

with the dedication and love each of you shows to our

children. We are in a good place and I hope we can con-

tinue to improve upon what we are currently doing. I

don’t know about you, but I never want to be satisfied

with ‘good enough’ but hope to look to constantly im-

prove our efforts and strivings to give the best presenta-

tion of the Gospel to our children and to each of us. I

want to continue to seek to find new ways to present to

the upcoming generation the beauty of our faith and the

impact living our faith can have on their lives. I hope

you will search with me in this endeavor. Next weekend

we will honor another class of graduates as they make

their way toward college or work, we will thank God for

showing each of us the Way to live for Him in this life.

I would also like to say thank you again for your gener-

osity toward the Annual Diocesan Catholic Ministries

Appeal. Your service to the Church on a financial level

makes a huge impact in the ministries our diocese carries

forth and directly impacts our parishes in this way as

well. The constant support you show to the Church goes

to great lengths and shows your commitment to the life

of the parish. Your contributions are great but they show

your commitment is much deeper than just what your

pocket book is able to handle. I thank you for your com-

mitted and generous lives.

Finally, on this Mother’s Day I say thanks to all moms.

Every mom is a protector of life and a nurturer of love. I

cannot help but think of all the love and goodness my

own mother showed me in her short life. While we hon-

or and pray for our Mother’s today, in a special way we

know that even if our own mother is deceased the

Blessed Virgin Mary is mother to us all. She is the per-

fect protector of our life (especially spiritual) and she

aids us with her prayers and grace of her Son (nurturing).

We are abundantly blessed. Thanks both mom of this

life and of my life in Heaven.

Mass Intentions, Readings, & Saints

Monday, May 12 Sts. Nereus and Achilleus, St. Pancras

Acts 11:1-18; Psalm 42:2-3,;43:3-4; John 10:11-18

7:30-8:30 a.m. Eucharistic Adoration and Benediction

8:30 a.m. Mass at St. Teresa Reparation for our sins

Tuesday, May 13 Our Lady of Fatima

Acts 11:19-26; Psalm 87:1-7; John 10:22-30

7:30-8:30 a.m. Eucharistic Adoration and Benediction

8:30 a.m. Mass at St. Joseph  Bill Rigdon

Wednesday, May 14 St. Matthias

Acts 1:15-17, 20-26; Psalm 113:1-8; John 15:9-17

7:30-8:30 a.m. Eucharistic Adoration and Benediction

8:30 a.m. Mass at St. Matthew  Joe Caven

Thursday, May 15 St. Isidore the farmer

Acts 13:13-25; Psalm 89:2-3, 21-22, 25, 27; John 13:16-20

7:30-8:30 a.m. Eucharistic Adoration and Benediction

8:30 a.m. Mass at St. Teresa  Fr. Milo Ernster

3:30 p.m. Mass at MCH Joan VanRossum

Friday, May 16

Acts 13:26-33; Psalm 2:6-11; John 14:1-6

7:30-8:30 a.m. Eucharistic Adoration and Benediction

8:30 a.m. Mass at St. Teresa  Howard LaFleur

Saturday, May 17

Acts 13:44-52; Psalm 98:1-4; John 14:7-14

7:30-8:30 a.m. Eucharistic Adoration and Benediction

8:30 a.m. Mass at St. Teresa Mary Seys Depuydt

5:00 p.m. Mass at St. Joseph Leona Lawson

Sunday, May 18 Fifth Sunday of Easter

Acts 6:1-7; Psalm 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19;

1 Peter 2:4-9; John 14:1-12

8:00 a.m. Mass at St. Teresa Edwin Langworthy

10:00 a.m. Mass at St. Matthew People of the tri-parish

Meetings and Events in the tri-parish

Monday, May 12 7:00 p.m. St. Teresa CCW

Tuesday, May 13 7:00 p.m. St. Joseph Pastoral Council

Thursday, May 15 7:00 p.m. St. Matthew Finance Council

God bless all mothers on this day and always.

Happy MotHer’s Day

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God, grant healing and peace to the sick of our

communities who have requested our prayers:

Tiffany Sonnek, Noah Laird, Phyllis Lindeman, Jay Hiller, Krissy Wendlandt Bauer,

If you or a member of your family would like our prayers, please call 524-3127 and ask to be put on this prayer list. Each name will

remain on the list for eight weeks unless the office is notified to leave the name for a longer amount of time.

Parish News

Community News

Faith Formation

Thursday morning Bible Study This Lenten session we

will be studying the Mysteries of the Rosary. The study

begins after the 8:30 a.m. Mass at St. Teresa.

St. Matthew: We are looking for a person or persons to oversee the Bingo stand at the Blue Earth Coun- ty Fair this August. Having someone step forward and over- see the bingo stand will allow us to keep our spot as well as provide income for our parish. If interested or would like more info, please contact the Tri-Parish office 524-3127 or sjsmst@hickorytech.net.

Tri-Parish Server Appreciation Mark your calendars now to join Deacon Chris and Fr. Kern at the WOW Zone on Wednesday, May 14h from 6pm until 9pm for unlimited bowling, laser tag and mini golf. Pizza and Pop will also be provided. Please make sure you sign up for this

event by Monday, May 12.

St. Joseph CCW Plus will be collecting personal care "Ditty" bags for dislocated women and children at the CADA house dur- ing the month of May. If you'd like to donate to this great cause please bring your unused personal hygiene or care items in a self contained ba