AREA
FAITH COMMUNITY LITURGY
SCHEDULE:
July 5th -11th
MON.
July
5th
No Mass
TUES.
July
6th
8:30 AM Mass/
St.Michael’s/Milroy
+Louis Dolan
WED.
July 7th 8:30
AM Mass at St. Mary’s/Tracy
+Minnie Cooreman
THURS.
July 8th
8:30AM Mass at St.
Paul’s/Walnut Grove
+Heye Lamfers
FRI.
July 9th
8:30AM Mass at St.
Mary’s /Tracy
+Edith DeBlieck
SAT.
July 10th
5:00 PM
Confessions/Walnut Grove
5:30 PM Mass-St.
Paul/Walnut Grove
The People of the
Area Faith Community
SUN.
July 11th
8:00AM
Confessions before Mass
8:30 AM Mass-St
Michael/Milroy
+Marie
Coquyt
10:30 AM Mass-St.
Mary/Tracy
+Madeline
Verstraete
Confessions before
& following Mass
NOTE:
Confessions daily
prior to weekday masses when
held in church.
Pray
for safety for all those
serving in the military from
our families and from our
communities especially:
Henry Bernardy,
Travis Timmermann, Jessica
Lenertz, Sam Van Nevel,
Martin Hamsa, Travis Davis,
Thomas Moudry, Matthew &
Daniel Dieter, Troy Baumann,
Nathan Bernardy, Rory
Matter, Pat Weisbrich, Joe
Vogl, Patricia Baker, Kyle
& Cole DeBlieck, Pete
Jerzak, Kimberly Varpness
Seaton and Justin Kolander.
Pray for healing for all the sick of the area faith community
especially: Rich Hamsa,
Judy Lenertz, Linus Dardis,
Sara Soupir, Kade Buchert,
Diane Van De Wiele, Margaret
Holt, Kari Maas, J. M.
Hannasch, Tom Walsh, Grace
Buesing, David Schmidt &
for 5 special intentions.
If you know of
someone who should be now
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.
Sunday,
July 4th, 2010~Fourteenth
Sunday in Ordinary Time
The Roman Catholic Area Faith Community of
St. Mary’s – Tracy,
St. Michael’s – Milroy,
St. Paul’s – Walnut Grove,
Area Faith Community Bulletin on line at www.stmarytracy.org
Fr.
Robert Mraz, - fatherbob@iw.net
Father’s
Office in
Richard
Hamsa, Milroy Pastoral
Administrator - stmichael@means.net
Office
& Residence in Milroy
(507) 336-2505
Church of St. Mary
Church
of St. Michael
Church
of St.
Paul
(507)
629-4075
507-336-2505
(507) 859-2164
www.stmarytracy.org
stmichael@means.net
Administrative
Secretary
stmary@iw.net
Administration/Rel
Education
Nancy Hewitt (507)
859-2375
St.
Mary’s School
Rich Hamsa
hewitthn@redred.com
Juliana
Neuman, Principal
(507) 336-2505
(507)
629-3270
stmichael@means.net
Bookkeeper
www.stmarysschooltracy.org
Pat Hansen
(507) 859-2581
stmarys@iw.net
Bookkeeper
Religious
Education
Kami Parker (507)
336-2635
Prayer
Network
for
Tracy & Walnut Grove
Prayer
Network
Pam Baumann
(507) 859-2503
Jean
Schmidt (507)
629-3667
Mary Kirsh (507)
336-2353
saintmaryre@iw.net
NU
Diocese Catholic Charities
Custodian
– Walnut Grove
Counseling &
Adoptions
Merle Pacholl (507)
859-2627
Secretary & Bookkeeper
Call
toll free 1-866-670-5163
(Church & School)
(507)
629-3270 or
Confessions
are before all weekday
Masses
507
629-4075
& weekends at 5
p.m. on Saturday in Walnut
Grove,
saintmary@iw.net
8 a.m. on Sunday in
Milroy & before &
after 10:30 am Tracy Mass.
Prayer Network
Lota
Hannasch (507) 629-4866
Baptisms:
Contact Fr. Mraz or Rich
Hamsa to schedule a date
Alita
Lenertz (507) 629-4145
Marriages:
Contact Fr. Mraz or Rich
Hamsa 6 months prior
Custodian - Tracy
to proposed date to
begin marriage preparation
Chueyee“Chewy”Her(701)212-9258Hospitalized
or sick parishioners
contact Fr. Mraz or Rich
Hamsa
UPCOMING
AREA
FAITH
COMMUNITY
EVENTS:
Sun.
July 4
14th
Sunday in Ordinary Time
(Green)
(
Confessions at St.
Mary’s in Tracy before and
after Mass
Pie
sales after Mass at St. Mary’s
in Tracy
Mon.
July 5
No Mass here
Tues.
July
Wed.
July
Thurs.
July
Fri.
July
Sat.
July
St. Paul’s in
Walnut Grove
Sun.
July 11
15th
Sunday in Ordinary Time
(Green)
Confessions before
& after Mass in
THE MISSIONARIES OF OUR LADY OF LA SALETTE will preach the annual parish
mission co-op appeal next
weekend July 10th
& 11th.
Having brought the
fullness of life to our
world when He rose from the
dead, Jesus sent his
disciples to share this life
with all of creation. “They went forth and preached everywhere” (Mk 16:20)
The Missionaries of
Our Lady of La Salette
minister to people of every
race, language, culture and
way of life – beginning at
the La Salette Shrine in
France where our Blessed
Mother appeared in 1846. Her
final words, “Well,
my children, you will make
this known to all my people.”
echo Jesus’ Gospel
mandate.
It is little wonder
that the La Salette
Congregation has always been
mission orientated.
When called upon by
the
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,
last Sunday’s homily and
other information at the ST.
THE “RCIA” ADULT CONVERT CLASSES HAVE
BEGUN.
If you are interested in
joining the Catholic Faith,
contact Rich Hamsa at St.
Michael’s in Milroy for
information on times and
dates (507) 336-2505 or stmichael@means.net
or contact Fr. Bob
507-229-4075 fatherbob@iw.net.
WEEKLY
INSTRUCTION IN PREPARATION
FOR THE
In
celebrating Mass today, on a
national holiday, you may
have expected to experience
a tribute to our nation.
However, the reason why we
worship is to give thanks
and praise to God and to
celebrate the paschal
mystery. The cross, not the
flag, is one of our primary
Christian symbols.
Songs of worship
primarily relate to the
scripture readings. While it
is appropriate to pray for
our nation, for our
religious freedom, and for
those serving in the
military, faith reaches
beyond the boundaries of our
nation.
Our participation in
a liturgical celebration
focused on God helps us to
become model citizens of the
kingdom of heaven.
PLEASE
SEND
VIRTUS
training dates – Required
for all who work with
children and vulnerable
adults.
YOU
UPCOMING WEDDINGS: July 24,
2010: Michael
Goblish & Stephanie
Jacobson at Milroy.
If
you know any reason why any
of these should not be
married contact Rich Hamsa
or Fr. Mraz.
ST.
MARY’S AREA FAITH
COMMUNITY CATHOLIC SCHOOL:
Congratulations
~ Congratulations to Dr. Richard Brown of Tracy, our $100 weekly calendar
raffle winner. Thank
you for supporting our
school!
Have
a great summer! This
summer, SCRIP orders can be
placed at Twin
Circles. Dawn Benson
is will be taking
orders. Please drop
them off during her office
hours:
Order Date:
Pick Up Date:
July 7, 2010
July 15, 2010
August 11, 2010
August 19, 2010
There
will be a limited number of
Food Pride, Wal-Mart,
Hy-Vee, Casey’s, Dairy
Queen, Subway, Greenwood
Nursery, Shopko, etc.
available from Dawn.
Adopt-A-Student
~ The gift of a Catholic School education is a wonderful thing for any
child. Please consider
our Adopt-A-Student program
in which a donor can
anonymously choose to donate
the cost of tuition to cover
a student’s tuition
expense. If you are
interested and have any
questions, please contact
Mrs. Neuman in the school
office, 629-3270.
MANY
THANKS TO JULI NEUMAN
who has served as our school
principal. Her contract
officially ended on June 30
but she agreed to help us
out on a part time basis
until we hire a principal by
coming to the office once or
twice a week for a few hours
to pick up loose ends. May
God bless you for all your
years of teaching and as
principal at St. Mary’s
School.
ST.
MARY’S & ST. PAUL’S
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS:
Extra
food left from our Frozen
Food Fundraiser-
Contact Rel Ed. office if
interested – 629-3667
(Jean)
Reg.
French Fries - $5.00 (5
lbs.) , Loose Hash Browns -
$5.00 (3 lbs), Seasoned
Wedges potatoes - $7.00 (5
lbs), Stir Fry Veg. - $5.00
(2 lbs), , Macadamia
& Peanut Butter cookies
also available after March
11th.
$11.00 Wild Rice Soup $15.00
6
ct. Pepperoni Pizza -
$10.00, 6
ct. Supreme Pizza - $10.00
Vacation
Bible School, “High
Seas”, is coming
to St. Mary’s August 9-11th.
Ages 4 – Grade 6. More
information coming
soon. Mark your
calendars.
Be ready for fun and
action!
NEWS
FROM ST. PAUL’S IN WALNUT
GROVE:
MINISTRIES
FOR JULY 10,
2010
LECTOR:
MaryAnn Alcorn
SERVER:
Derick Ourada
EXTRAORDINARY
MINISTERS OF THE COMMUNION:
Sandy
Alcorn
PRESENTATIONOF THE GIFTS:
Steve Hanson
Family
USHERS FOR JULY, 2010:
Dale
DeSmith, Harry Hewitt
LAWN
MOWER:
Dean Rys
SACRIFICIAL
GIVING FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE
26, 2010
Adult
$140.00, Plate
$55.50,
Fuel $10.00, Cemetery
$10.00,
Cemetery $10.00 TOTAL
$249.50
OUR
NEW CCW SHEPHERD OF THE
FIELD
is Fr. Eugene Hackert ~his
address is 18906 US Highway
14, New Ulm,
MN
56073-4149.
We are encouraged to
send him greetings on
special occasions and
holidays and remember him in
our
prayers.
His ordination anniversary
is June 2, 1951 and his
birthday is February 15.
ALTAR
FLOWERS Please
feel free to share any of
your spring flowers for
altar decorations throughout
spring and summer. You can
bring them for mass and then
take them with you.
RECONCILIATION: Saturdays at
CCW
PRESIDENT - One person has
volunteered to be a CCW
Co-President. We just need
one more person to help her.
Contact
Thank
you to all those who have
made contributions. Please
turn in your donation toward
the raffle collection and
also the CCW collection for
church cleaning if you have
not already done so.
UPCOMING
EVENTS
July
10th:
ST. PAUL’S IS SERVING THE
PAGEANT SUPPER NEXT SATURDAY
~ Please COME join us!!
Serving until 7:30
pm.
NEWS
FROM ST. MARY’S IN TRACY
THE
MEAT WANTED FOR
HELP WANTED: We need to hire
a half time Bookkeeper and
Receptionist - Secretary for
St. Mary’s Parish and a
full time
Secretary/Receptionist for
St. Mary’s school for
during the 10 month school
year and also a Principal
and a teacher for St. Mary’s
School.
Contact Fr. Bob for a
job application if you are
interested in either of
these jobs or pick one up at
St. Mary’s office or St.
Mary’s School office.
THE BUS IS COMING TO
WE
WILL HAVE SECOND COLLECTIONS
WEEKLY TO PAY OUR DEBTS to the Diocese and for the insurance payment. Please use your “Debt
Reduction Envelopes” for
this.
ALUMINUM
CANS FOR
REMEMBER
OUR SHEPHERD OF THE FIELD:
He is Fr.
Liturgical
Ministries for Sunday July
11th, 2010
|
Gifts: |
Vincent
and Jeanette Lanoue |
|
Lector: |
Dick
Tuszynski |
|
Organist: |
Shannon
Benson |
|
Cantor: |
Katie
Lanoue. |
|
Ushers/July |
Larry
Buysee, Joe Van Moer,
Gavin VanMoer,
Bernie Van Moer |
|
EMHC: |
Mary
Ann Blanchette, Ann
Krueger, Laurie
Vandendriessche,
Colene Nydell, Lota
Hannasch |
|
Servers: |
Lexi
Tauer, Abagael
Tauer, Daniel
Peterson |
Please
call a sub if you cannot be
here.
If you cannot find a
sub, please call Fr. Mraz.
Thanks
Wednesday
Communion Schedule July 7th Alita Lenertz
July 14th:
Lota Hannasch
SACRIFICIAL OFFERING FOR LAST WEEK;
June 20, 2010;
Adult
Envelopes
$2237.00
Debt Reduction
$1365.00
Peter’s pence
$162.50
Loose
Plate
$98.00
St. Mary’s Adopt a
Student
$1500.00
Youth
$2.00
Candles
$9.00
TOTAL
$5,373.50
Thank you for your
generosity!
St. Mary’s
CCW NEWS:
CLEANING: July: Our Lady of Fatima
Next
Large Function;
St. Lillian: Jenna
and Theresa Buyck
Small
Functions;
St. Joseph: Joan
Woodford and Lynn Verlinde
July 1st is fast approaching and
soon it will be time to
change guild chair people.
Please consider being the
next chairperson if you are
called.
Also, if there are
any changes in your phone
numbers or addresses, please
let your guild chair know
before June 15th.
Thanks to all those
who have volunteered their
time to help out in any way.
We appreciate you
more than you know!
We are still in need of a Vice President
and President for
CCW this upcoming year.
Denise Weedman has
agreed to be Secretary, and
Patty Lessman will be our
new treasurer. Thank you for
stepping up. If interested
please call Jan LaVoy
629-3633.
NEWS FROM ST. MICHAEL’S
IN MILROY
Good
People of St. Michael -
During this month of July two of our families will be
celebrating the weddings of
their children.
Michael Goblish will
marry Stephanie Jacobson on
the 24th and
Stacy Christenson will marry
Frank Rutt on the 31st.
Congratulations to both
couples who this season will
experience the supreme bliss
of Catholic marriage. Let
them be examples to all
married couples of how lofty
and meaningful married life
really is. Let them be
witnesses to our young
people and single people of
how noble and absolutely
worthwhile it is to guard
their hearts and preserve
themselves in purity for
their one lasting love.
Thanks be to God for the
unsurpassable gift of
marriage!
What is the RCIA?
It is about sharing our
faith and about conversion ~
willing to change our lives
and seek the support of a
faith community to make our
home.
The Catholic
community is called to
welcome others who are
searching and are hungry for
a religious community they
can call “home.” It is
journey that gently
leads adults (those baptized
in other faith traditions
and those unbaptized) into a
deeper relationship with
Jesus Christ, within the
Catholic Church. For details
please call Rich Hamsa at
336-2505. .
|
July 24 |
3:00pm,
Wedding of Michael
Goblish and Stephanie
Jacobson |
|
July 31 |
2:30pm
at Holy Redeemer’s
St. Mary’s Chapel in
Marshall,
Stacy
Christenson
& Frank
Rutt wedding |
|
Aug 9-11 |
Vacation
Bible School at St.
Mary’s in Tracy for
ages 4 – Grade 6. |
|
Aug 22 |
CCW
Welcome Breakfast –
Circle 1 – after the
8:30am Mass |
|
Sept 7 |
6:30pm,
CCW meeting |
|
Sept 12 |
CCW Fall
BRUNCH after the
8:30am Mass |
CCW
News
Helen
Vroman and Anne Soupir want
to thank all the Circle
Chairs and CCW officers of
this past year for a job
well done and they want to
welcome JILL KARSTEN &
CAROL GOBLISH as our new CCW
Co-Chairs for this upcoming
year. The CCW officers
are so happy that Jill &
Carol are willing to serve
as the parish leaders of
CCW. And we wish to
thank both Helen and Anne
for their outstanding
leadership and dedicated
service this past year as
the CCW leaders of our
parish. Thank
you, Helen & Anne!!
CCW
Fall Brunch on Sunday
September 12th
The CCW are planning a special brunch and Silent Auction in
September with circles
working on food,
decorations, advertising and
the Silent Auction.
“Mission Trip in June was
Wonderful”
Congratulations
to Jean Schmidt and all who
helped her lead our young
people on this summer’s
Mission Trip to Denver, CO.
Leaders &
students who joined Jean
were:
Allison Rasmussen,
Paul Lanoue, Amber Amick,
Matt Dieter, Adria Dolan,
Lucas Dolan, Morgan Hansen,
Haley Hebig, Michelle
Lenertz, Kylie Lessman,
Charly Morgan, Monica &
Rebekah Przybilla, Amy,
Brady, Jenny, Samantha &
Taylor Welu.
More about what they
did coming up.
Catholic
Stewardship~ Living a Life of Gratitude
The joy of giving starts
with God. All we have and
all we are is a gift given
by God. Life itself and the
time we are given each day,
our talents and abilities,
our family, our
relationships, our very
emotions, our health, and
all of our material goods
are given to us by God. God
loves us and trusts us to be
good stewards of His
abundance. Catholic
stewardship isn't something
you do from time to time;
it's the way you live your
entire life. Our entire
lives should be lived in
gratitude to God. He should
be the center point of
everything we do.
Liturgical
Roles for Sunday, July 11th
|
Gifts |
Steven & Carol Goblish family |
|
Organist |
Christie Gergen |
|
Cantor |
Mike Schmitt |
|
Lector |
Ken Lanoue |
|
EMHC |
Jean & Lon Walling, Grace Coudron, Marlene Soupir, Dick
Vroman, Peggy Dolan |
|
Ushers |
Steve Bitker, Mary Moudry, Paul Kirsh,
Denny DeRuyck |
|
Servers |
Amy Welu (K), Jacob
Welu (S1), Adam Welu
(S2) |
|
Money Counters |
Angie Pool, Greg/Wanda Debbaut, Ron Schmidt, Jane Louwagie |
|
St. Michael Stewardship Report for June 27, 2010 |
|
|
Sunday offering |
$1,293.00 |
|
Year-to-date |
$64,554.83 |
|
Needed each week for budget |
$1,700.00 |
|
Year –to-date + or (behind budget) |
($11,140.11) |
|
Other Revenues:
Collection for
Holy Father: $225.00;
Cemetery Fund:
$100.00;
Building Rental
fee:
$25.00 |
|
|
Thank you for your stewardship offering.
May God bless
your generosity! |
|
Question of the Week:
Each
of us is called to a
specific work in the plan of
Jesus. 1. To what do you
feel called? 2. What support
from the church do you need
to accomplish that work?
Vacation
Bible School
is coming to St. Mary’s on
August 9 -11 for ages 4 –
Grade 6.
Please mark your
calendars.
In order to offer
such a fun and exciting and
worthwhile Summer VBS we
will need a good number of
wonderful volunteers.
If you would like to
help and are willing to be
in Virtus compliance with
the diocese if you are 18 or
over, please contact Jean
Schmidt, 629-3667 or
336-2583.
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