WORSHIP Weekday Masses Monday - Saturday: 8:00 am Wednesday - 5:30 pm (Latin-English) First Friday Extraordinary - 7:00 pm Weekend Masses: Saturday: 5:30 pm Sunday: 8:30 am, 10:30 am

SACRAMENTS Reconciliation Weekdays: 7:30 am - 7:50 am Saturday: 7:30 am - 7:50 am 8:30 am - 9:30 am 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm Marriage contact Fr. Rudolph Baptism contact the Parish Of ice 763-537-8401

CONTACT www. straphaelcrystal.org Parish Of ice - 763-537-8401 Fr.MichaelRudolph,Pastorx205 frmichaelrudolph@straphaelcrystal.org Fr.RobertAltier,ParochialVicarx206 frrobertaltier@straphaelcrystal.org School Of ice - 763-504-9450

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LentenandEasterScheduleStationsoftheCross:1:00 pm and 6:30 pm every Friday during Lent exceptforGoodFriday. HolyThursday- Mass: 7:00 pm (no morning Mass) GoodFriday- Celebrations of the Lord’s Passion: 3:00 pm and 7:00 pm (no morning Mass) HolySaturday- Easter Vigil: 8:30 pm (no morning Mass) EasterSunday- Masses: 8:30 am and 10:30 am

MoreConfessionTimesforLent…This Lent at St. Raphael’s we’ll be offering some extra opportunities for the Sacrament of Reconciliation. On Sundays, through March 25th, confessions will be heard from 7:45 am to 8:15 am and from 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm. During these times, Father Altier and I both plan to be in our confessionals. Because of these added confession times, we will not be having a Lenten Parish Penance Service this year. – Father Rudolph

It is not enough for me to love God, if my neighbor does not love God.

--St. Vincent de Paul

MassIntentionsMonday, March 12 8:00 am Vincent & Dominic Kerkes Tuesday, March 13 8:00 am Lorraine Pouliot Phillips Wednesday, March 14 8:00 am Leo Thibodeau 5:30 pm Thomas Sta elman Thursday, March 15 8:00 am Jack Brummel Friday, March 16 8:00 am Alma Williams Saturday, March 17 8:00 am Urban & Helen Hirshfield 5:30 pm Angela Walton Sunday,March18 8:30 am St. Raphael Parishioners 10:30 am Bonda Family & Friends

PLEASEPRAYFOR….Joe Noe Andrew Eisenzimmer David McMillen Mary Lou Wensman Norb Meier Deloris Malrich Tom Corbett Clara Zupco John Mairura Howard Bauermeister Tom Dancisak To add a name please call 763-537-8401 x523.

READINGSFORTHEWEEK: Monday: Is 65:17-21; Ps 30:2, 4-6, 11-13b; Jn 4:43-54 Tuesday: Ez 47:1-9, 12; Ps 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9; Jn 5:1-16 Wednesday: Is 49:8-15; Ps 145:8-9, 13cd-14, 17-18; Jn 5:17-30 Thursday: Ex 32:7-14; Ps 106:19-23; Jn 5:31-47 Friday: Wis 2:1a, 12-22; Ps 34:17-21, 23; Jn 7:1-2, 10, 25-30 Saturday: Jer 11:18-20; Ps 7:2-3, 9bc-12; Jn 7:40-53 Sunday: Jer 31:31-34; Ps 51:3-4, 12-15; Heb 5:7-9; Jn 12:20-33 Alternate readings (Year A): Ez 37:12-14; Ps 130:1-8; Rom 8:8-11; Jn 11:1-45 [3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45]

Pastoral Council: Dale Hoffmann, Julie Smith, Sharon Hedman, Kevin Matzek, Mike Vecellio, Tom Cotter, and Betty Kreuter

Pastoral Council Meetings: The next Pastoral Council mee ng is on March 13, 2018. If you would like a par cular item on the Council agenda, please contact Fr. Rudolph.

ParishDirectoryParish Of ice 763-537-8401 PRIESTS Pastor, Fr. Michael Rudolph x205 Parochial Vicar, Fr. Robert Altier x206 PARISH ADMINISTRATION Business Administrator, Ginny Metzger x202 Bookkeeper, Carrie Nelle x222 Part-time Administrative Assistant, Sue Kubovec x201 Social Needs Coordinator, Bunny Arseneau x214 Annulment Inquiry, x522 Crisis Pregnancy Hotline, x500 FAITH FORMATION Faith Formation Coordinator, Mike Gerads, x211 Youth Ministry & Con irmation Coordinator, Anna Scherber x210 RCIA Coordinator, Mary Jo Smith x511 WORSHIP Prayer Line, x528 Sick Line, x523 Adoration Coordinators: Therese Juba 763-533-8514 Betty Kreuter 763-537-1399

James Kniprath

We are in need of assistance with the care of the altar server’s vestments. This include occasionally taking several cassocks and surpluses home to launder and then returning them

to the altar server closet.

If this is something you could help with, please call Sue Kubovec at 763-537-8401 or email her at skubovec@straphaelcrystal.org

New Honor for Mary, New Reminder for Us…

Pope Francis has added the Memorial of Mary, Mother of the Church, to the Roman Calendar on the Monday following Pentecost Sunday. This means that each year, the prayers of the Mass and the Liturgy of the Hours on that day will honor Mary under the tle of “Mother of the Church.” The announcement came in a decree issued March 3, 2018, by the Congrega on for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. It was signed by Cardinal Robert Sarah, its Prefect, on the Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary Our Lady of Lourdes, February 11, 2018. The original was wri en in La n. Below is part of a transla on into English of the decree, provided by the Va can, courtesy of Zenit.org (daily news bulle n for March 4, 2018).

Let us give thanks to God that the Holy Father has given this honor to Mary and this reminder to Chris ans that Mary is our Mother – Father Rudolph The joyous venera on given to the Mother of God by the contemporary Church, in light of reflec on on the mystery of Christ and on his nature, cannot ignore the figure of a woman (cf. Gal 4:4), the Virgin Mary, who is both the Mother of Christ and Mother of the Church.

In some ways this was already present in the mind of the Church from the premonitory words of Saint Augus ne and Saint Leo the Great. In fact the former says that Mary is the mother of the members of Christ, because with charity she cooperated in the rebirth of the faithful into the Church, while the la er says that the birth of the Head is also the birth of the body, thus indica ng that Mary is at once Mother of Christ, the Son of God, and mother of the members of his Mys cal Body, which is the Church. These considera ons derive from the divine motherhood of Mary and from her in mate union in the work of the Redeemer, which culminated at the hour of the cross.

Indeed, the Mother standing beneath the cross (cf. Jn 19:25), accepted her Son’s testament of love and welcomed all people in the person of the beloved disciple as sons and daughters to be reborn unto life eternal. She thus became the tender Mother of the Church which Christ begot on the cross handing on the Spirit. Christ, in turn, in the beloved disciple, chose all disciples as ministers of his love towards his Mother, entrus ng her to them so that they might welcome her with filial affec on.

As a caring guide to the emerging Church Mary had already begun her mission in the Upper Room, praying with the Apostles while awai ng the coming of the Holy Spirit (cf. Acts 1:14). In this sense, in the course of the centuries, Chris an piety has honored Mary with various tles, in many ways equivalent, such as Mother of Disciples, of the Faithful, of Believers, of all those who are reborn in Christ; and also as “Mother of the Church” as is used in the texts of spiritual authors as well as in the Magisterium of Popes Benedict XIV and Leo XIII.

Thus the founda on is clearly established by which Blessed Paul VI, on 21 November 1964, at the conclusion of the Third Session of the Second Va can Council, declared the Blessed Virgin Mary as “Mother of the Church, that is to say of all Chris an people, the faithful as well as the pastors, who call her the most loving Mother” and established that “the Mother of God should be further honored and invoked by the en re Chris an people by this tenderest of tles”.

Therefore the Apostolic See on the occasion of the Holy Year of Reconcilia on (1975), proposed a vo ve Mass in honor of Beata Maria Ecclesiæ Mater, which was subsequently inserted into the Roman Missal. The Holy See also granted the faculty to add the invoca on of this tle in the Litany of Loreto (1980) and published other formularies in the Collec on of Masses of the Blessed Virgin Mary (1986). Some countries, dioceses and religious families who pe oned the Holy See were allowed to add this celebra on to their par cular calendars.

Having a en vely considered how greatly the promo on of this devo on might encourage the growth of the maternal sense of the Church in the pastors, religious and faithful, as well as a growth of genuine Marian piety, Pope Francis has decreed that the Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church, should be inscribed in the Roman Calendar on the Monday a er Pentecost and be now celebrated every year.

This celebra on will help us to remember that growth in the Chris an life must be anchored to the Mystery of the Cross, to the obla on of Christ in the Eucharis c Banquet and to the Mother of the Redeemer and Mother of the Redeemed, the Virgin who makes her offering to God.

CalendarofEventsMonday,March124th Degree Knight of Columbus Dinner: Marian Hall, 6:00 pm Smith Book Club: St. Raphael Room, 7:00 pm Schola Singers: Choir Room, 7:30 pm Tuesday,March13 Navarre Bible Study: Conference Room, 9:45 am Our Lady of Fatima Rosary Makers: St. Raphael Rm, 1:00 pm Fundamentals of Catholicism: Marian Hall 6:30 pm Wednesday,March14Respect Life Executive Meeting: Brides Room, 7:00 pm Adult Choir: Choir Room, 7:00 pm RCIA: St. Raphael Room, 7:00 pm Thursday,March15 Bell Choir: Church, 7:00 pm St. Raphael Prayer Group: Marian Hall, 7:00 pm Respect Life Meeting: Conference Rm, 7:00 pm Friday,March16 Stations of the Cross: Church, 1:00 pm and 6:30 pm Knights of Columbus Fish Fry: Marian Hall, 5:00 - 7:30 pm St. Eligius Circle: Conference Room, 6:30 pm Saturday,March17Holy Name Society Meeting: Choir Room, 8:30 am Rosary Society Meeting: Conference Room, 8:30 am Ultimate Youth Lenten Retreat: Marian Hall, 9:30 am Sunday,March18Parish Library: 8:00 am Baptism: Church, 11:30 am

Saint Eustochium of Padua

Eustochium was born in Padua, Italy in 1433. She had a rough start in life. Her mother was a nun who had strayed from the path of chas ty. She named her daughter Lucrezia and brought her up in the convent. When she grew up, she wanted to join the community. Most of the nuns opposed her admission, but the bishop approved it. Lucrezia took the name Eustochium in religion, a er a disciple of Saint Jerome. As soon as she began her novi ate, she began to manifest unusual behavior that included outbursts of dangerous temper alterna ng with gentleness, and cu ng herself with knives. This could have been mental illness, but at the

me many people thought it was due to demonic possession. As “treatment,” her fellow nuns ed her to a pillar for days and deprived her of food and drink. Despite this, she seemed to have recovered. Then the abbess became ill, and Eustochium was accused of having poisoned her by diabolical means. Rumors of what was happening reached the townspeople, who tried to storm the convent and have her burned as a witch. They failed, but the bishop seems to have believed the accusa on because he had her kept prisoner in a cell for three months, with nothing but a li le bread and water every other day. The abbess recovered, and Eustochium survived. The nuns tried to persuade her to leave the convent and marry, but she held firm to her voca on and stayed. Through her pa ence and devo on she gained the respect of her fellow nuns in the convent. The violent symptoms and self-mu la on she suffered from returned from me to

me, but with decreasing frequency. A er four years she was allowed to take her religious vows. Then her physical health declined. She couldn’t get out of bed, suffered great pain, and died on February 13, 1459. The name of Jesus was found carved on her chest. She was twenty-six years old. Appari ons and miracles were soon reported at her tomb. Three and a half years later her incorrupt body was moved to a place of greater honor. Saint Eustochium of Padua, pray for us! (Excerpted and adapted with permission of the Publisher from Butler’s Lives of the Saints, New Full Edi on ©Paul Burns 2003, Published by Liturgical Press, Collegeville, MN)

Saint of the Day

Contributions: $20,441Budget: $20,809BuildingFund: $927Budget: $2,600Mr.JScholarship: $400

STEWARDSHIP OF TREASURE

March4,2018

Knights of Columbus FISH FRY, FRIDAY, MARCH 16TH St. Raphael - Marian Hall Serving from 5 to 7 PM.

Menu: baked fish, tater tots, cole slaw, toast, corn, mac-n-cheese, lemonade, coffee, milk. Adults - $8 Children (10 and under) - $4 Knights of Columbus Families - $20.00

Proceeds will be used to support the KC Scholarships at St Raphael's, Sacred Heart and St Joseph's.

Eucharistic Adoration – Substitutes needed contact Betty Kreuter at 763-537-1399 or 763-354-4796 (cell)

or Therese Juba at 763-533-8514

We have each been gifted 168 hours a week. Would you please consider signing up to be a substitute for a committed Adorer? That is an hour, once in a while, when it is convenient for you, to come to the Eucharistic Adoration Chapel to visit with our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. You would be taking the place of the committed Adorer for that hour. Substitutes are very important in this ministry. Most often people make a life-long commitment to being an Adorer. Illness, family emergencies, travel, etc. sometimes prohibit the Adorer from being able to come to the Chapel. That is when a substitute is called. If you feel you are able to participate in this way, as a substitute, please complete the form

found on tables in the back of the church, in the East Gathering Area or in the parish office. There are also forms on the counter in the Eucharistic Chapel entrance. Please place the completed form in the envelope on the sign-in counter of the Chapel, place it in the collection basket or turn it in at the Parish Office. Contact Barb about volunteering to be on the substitute list at 763-971-8460 or email barbm227@gmail.com. There are urgent needs for committed Adorers: Sundays from noon to 1:00, Mondays from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m., Fridays 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. and Fridays 10:00-11:00 p.m. These hours could also be filled temporarily by substitutes. If you have questions regarding Adoration, or to make a commitment, please contact Betty or Therese at the above numbers.

We had the Hunger event on March 2-3, 2018. The Hunger is a very important event for our youth ministry. It is focused on fasting, prayer, and almsgiving—a perfect event during Lent! We participated in this event with Sacred Heart in Robbinsdale, St. Francis Xavier in Buffalo, and St. Bonaventure in Bloomington. It is a 24 hour fast that involves service projects, prayer, and fellowship. Prior to the Hunger, all participants sent out letters to family and friends in order to raise money for different mission projects. It always amazes me how ready our youth are to serve in whatever way they can. We are so thankful for all the teens that truly gave of themselves this weekend. We also want to thank anyone who may have donated to the Hunger—you are making a difference! God bless you! Anna Scherber, Youth Minister

YOUTH MINISTRY— HUNGER 2018

YouthMinistry

Registration now open! JUNE 25-29, 2018 at Big Sandy Camp in McGregor, MN Open to all 6th-8th Grade Students Wewantyoutocomewithus!

JULY 13-15, 2018 WHO: For current 8th-12th Grade Teens & Young Adults WHAT: Joining with the Youth Ministries of St. Vincent de Paul, Holy Name of Jesus, & St. Bonaventure, we will experience together a dynamic encounter with Jesus Christ. HOW MUCH: $250.00 per person (includes bus transportation, conference fee, all meals at the conference, and 2 nights of lodging) HOW: do you sign up? To reserve your spot, simply talk to Anna or Josh. Sign up as soon as possible. We have 10 spots left!

RITEOFCONFIRMATION[ROC]Thesenightsarerequiredforall9th-10thgraders.

8th-12thGradePenanceService: March 14th beginning at 7:00 pm in the main church. ROC Classes for 9th and 10th grade March 21st from 7-8:15 pm In assigned areas at church

OPENYOUTHROOMOpenyouthroomisatimeoffellowship,fun,&games.

JUNIORHIGH:March 13th from 2:20-5:00 PM SENIORHIGH:March 14th from 5:00-6:45 PM ALLGRADES:March 23rd from 6:00-10:00 PM

CORETEAMUPDATEElevate:March 17th in Marian Hall. Please bring a friend! CoreTeamMeeting:March 18th from 6:00-9:00 PM in Marian Hall.

TheJourneyis a young adult group that meets once a month for fellowship and faith discussion. This month we will be doing a bible study on the Rock & the Sand (Matthew 7:24-27). We will be meeting in the youth room on March 16th from 7:00-9:00 PM. All young adults are invited—please join us!

YouthMinister&Con irmationCoordinator:AnnaScherber

ascherber@straphaelcrystal.org763.537.8401x210www.straphaelyouth.com

40 DAYS FOR LIFE

St. Raphael's Respect Life commi ee will be doing a 40 Days for Life prayer campaign at the Robbinsdale Abor on clinic on Thursday, March 22. We will be praying from 6 am un l 6 pm in one-hour shi s. We would like to have two individuals per shi . Fr. Rudolph will be par cipa ng in an hour of prayer at 11 am. Please come and pray with us to save babies from abor on. If you are interested in signing up for an hour, please call Craig Johnsen at 612-223-2919.

During Lent our community is par cipa ng in Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Rice Bowl. Each day of Lent, individuals are invited to use the Lenten Cal-endar—included with every CRS Rice Bowl—to guide their Lenten almsgiving. These daily almsgiving ac vi es—for example, give 25 cents for every faucet found in your home—help families reflect on the reali es of our brothers and sisters around the world and how they can be in solidarity during the Lenten season.

Please pick up your rice bowls on the tables in the church.

We will collect your CRS Rice Bowls at the end of Lent, so stay tuned to learn more. Thank you for par cipa ng in CRS Rice Bowl with your family.

HOLY THURSDAY CHURCH TOUR - MARCH 29, 2018 The seniors of St. Alphonsus have been visi ng various churches for over 25 years

through Lil Mandile Tours. Several of us joined them last year and found it to be a wonderful experience. Once again, we're invited and have 18 seats available to share between St. Raphael and St. Joseph the Worker. The churches included this year are: Na vity of Our Lord, St. Francis de Sales, St. Stanislaus, St. Bernard, St. Casimar all in St. Paul. The day includes a brief history/tour of each church, followed by praying a decade of the rosary before moving on. We'll have lunch at the Downtowner Woodfire Grill. Cost: $65 per person includes transpor-ta on, lunch, church dona on, tour. If interested, please obtain a form from the parish office or from the circular stand in the East Gathering Area. Complete the lower por ons of the form, designate menu selec on, include your check wri en to Lil Mandile Tours and mail to Sharon Reinert; address is listed on the form. Paid registra ons are taken on a first come basis un l seats are gone. Registra on deadline & cancella on penalty (no refund) begins March 14th. For ques ons, please call Sharon Reinert at 612-242-3200.

Depart 8:00 am from St. Raphael (gather by Marian Hall); return @ 3:45 pm. This will allow me to a end Holy Thursday Mass at 7:00 pm.

Two Days for Minnesota Ci zens Concerned for Life Student Day at the Capitol in March and April

Student Day at the Capitol will be here soon! The annual event, one of MCCL's longest-running programs for young people, brings students to St. Paul for a day of pro-life educa on and poli cal involvement. MCCL's 15th Student Day will be offered on both March 22 and April 10th, 2018, due to limited space at the Capitol. Students in grades 7-12 learn about and par cipate in the poli cal process. The day begins with educa onal sessions that cover abor on, current pro-life legisla on, the legisla ve process, how to lobby elected officials, and more. In the a ernoon, most students are able to meet with their own legislators and lobby them to support pro-life legisla on. The students may also tour the Capitol and hear from pro-life elected officials. Students need to pre-register. Learn more and register at the MCCL website www.mccl.org or call the state office at 612-825-6831. A $10 dona on includes lunch. The program starts at 9:30 am each of the two days and runs un l 2:00 pm. The combined event is limited to 200 par cipants, so please register early to reserve your spot.

Reaching For Faith

Free Food, Friendship, & Faith is back!

In 2016 we sponsored this event as a way to re-introduce The Church of St. Raphael to the ever changing neighborhoods around us. We had a good number of people stop by. We offer a free hot dog meal to anyone who comes, and just get to know them a li le.

Beginning Thursday June 14th, We will offer Free Food, Friendship & Faith every Thursday thru July, for a total of 7 Thursdays.

Kick Off Mee ng Thursday April 19th We are in need of volunteers to make these events possible. If you can commit to any or all of the dates, please come to the Kick Off mee ng on Thursday, April 19th, in the conference room. All posi ons are easy to do!

Call Phil Rief at 612-280-4565 or email: fdccondesa@outlook.com with any ques ons.

Solemn Good Friday Prayer Vigil, Outside Planned Parenthood, St. Paul.

March 30, 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

Join with thousands in prayer at Minnesota’s highest

volume abortuary. Fifteen area clergy, including Bishop

Andrew Cozzens and Dr. John Piper, will lead in scripture

and prayer, one each half hour throughout the day. Bring

your family and come for as long as you can – an hour or

two, half the day or all day. Park at the University of St.

Thomas Anderson Parking Facility on the corner of Grand

and Cretin; shuttle buses will be running back and forth to

the vigil site all day. For more information, go to

plam.org/events or call 651-771-1500.

You may use SCRIP gift cards for everyday household needs. When buying your groceries, gas, meals out, and apparel, using a SCRIP card can support our school. For your shopping convenience we have a variety of gift cards available. Stop by the SCRIP desk in the East Gathering Area to pick up your gift cards today. If we don’t have it… place an order and we will get it for you next week.

Living Stations of the Cross

The 7th grade class at St. Raphael School will present the Living Stations of the Cross at 9:00 am on Wednesday, March 21st in the school gym. All are invited to join us as we walk with Jesus. There will be coffee and a light breakfast served in the school cafeteria, after morning Mass, before the Living Stations begin.

TICKETS can be purchased through the gala link on our school website at www.srsmn.org, directly from our gala website: https://straphaelcrystal.ejoinme.org/gala18 or at the school or church office. Tickets are $30 until April 22nd, $40 after that. Advance ticket sales close April 24th.

GAMES / RAFFLE / CASH FLARE BAR / SILENT AUCTION / LIVE AUCTION / HORS D’OEUVRES / SELFIE BOOTH

DONATIONS for baskets can be dropped off at the school or church office. Tickets to events, donating a weekend at your cabin, or other services are welcome for the silent or live auction. No donation is too big or small! All donations must be new and non-perishable. THANK YOU! QUESTIONS? Please call Alicia Nordstrom at 612-743-5565, or email her at alicia.nordstrom@gmail.com THANK YOU. This is the biggest school fundraiser of the year, so we are enormously grateful for your support. We look forward to your presence at this fun event!

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On the third Sunday of every month, our parish collects food and cash dona ons for the NEAR Food Shelf. The dona ons may be placed in the sanctuary before or a er Mass on collec on Sunday. Cash dona ons may be placed in any Sunday collec on in a envelope. During the month of March all monetary dona ons are matched. Please be generous!