MARCH 25,2018 PALM SUNDAY

1900 E. 6TH ST. | ST. CHARLES, MN 55972 | 507.932.3294 | BORROMEOCHURCH.ORG

OUR CATHOLIC COMMUNITY

ST. CHARLES BORROMEO

1900 E. 6th St. St. Charles, MN

HOLY REDEEMER

22 E. 2nd St. Eyota, MN

ST. ALOYSIUS

150 North Main, Elba, MN

WELCOME

Whether you are a current

parish member, visiting our

community or seeking a place

to belong: YOU are always

welcome here!

OUR MISSION

Love God. Love Others.

Make Disciples

WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE

Saturday: 5:00pm

Saturday: 7:00pm, Spanish

St. Charles Borromeo

Sunday: 8:00am

Holy Redeemer

Sunday: 10:00am

St. Charles Borromeo

Our Catholic Community St. Charles Borromeo + Holy Redeemer + St. Aloysius

Holy Thursday-March 29th

7:00pm-St Charles Borromeo

Good Friday–March 30th

3:00pm–St. Charles Borromeo

7:00pm-Holy Redeemer

Easter Vigil-March 31st

8:00pm–St Charles Borromeo

Easter Sunday-April 1st

8:00am-Holy Redeemer

10:00am-St Charles Borromeo

12:30pm-Misa en Espanol

St Charles Borromeo

AND WITH YOUR SPIRIT

Dear Brothers and Sisters, Holy Week is such a beautiful time of year in

which all the mysteries of our faith reach

their culmination. Don’t let this week pass

you by as just another ordinary and busy

week before Easter. Please attend our Holy

Week liturgies if your schedule permits. In

addition to attending the Holy Week liturgies, here are

just a few thoughts and suggestions for more fully

entering these days:

If your evening is open on Monday, consider driving

down to the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Winona

for the Chrism Mass with Bishop Quinn at 7:00pm. The

Chrism Mass is a truly unique experience. The Mass

focuses on two main things: the consecration of the

holy oil (the oil of the infirm used for the anointing of the

sick, the oil of catechumens used before baptism, and

the sacred chrism oil used for baptism, confirmation,

and the ordination of priests), and the priests present

for the Mass renew the promises of ordination. There

are not many other places in which you’ll find more

priests gathered together in one location. It’s such a

beautiful liturgy and I recommend going!

Spend extra time this week in prayer. After the

conclusion of the Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s

Supper, we will be preparing the St. Therese Chapel at

St. Charles Borromeo as “the Garden” where Jesus

went to pray prior to his crucifixion. Won’t you spend

some time here with him in prayer? You will certainly

see how this chapel will be transformed into somewhat

of a garden experience. What a beautiful and

profound way for us to connect to a moment in time

from over 2,000 years ago. Amazing that we still

observe this tradition today. Be a part of something

that is life-changing!

In addition to our Good Friday service, please consider

taking part in the Divine Mercy Novena. On Good

Friday, this special Novena begins, leading up to Divine

Mercy Sunday. You can find all the information to

participate in this Novena by going to our Website or

Facebook. We are blessed to once again be hosting a

special Divine Mercy Sunday celebration and

observance at Holy Redeemer the first Sunday after

Easter. This has become a wonderful annual tradition.

Thank you to all of those that assist in this beautiful

liturgy.

Whether at home, work or school, let us do our best to

keep these days sacred. Let us pray for each other.

You are loved by God! Fr. Tim

P.s. Don’t forget about going to Confession!

OUR PARISH AT PRAYER

Welcome! Our warmest welcome to all who celebrate Mass with

us today! We are thankful you are here. Whether you

are a long time member or newly arrived we are

happy to share the Eucharist with each of you. If you

have had a change in your address/phone number/

email OR you are new to our parishes, please fill out the

form below and leave in the collection basket or mail

back to us. Questions? Call the parish office at 932-3294

Name_______________________________________________

Address______________________________________________

Phone_______________________________________________

email________________________________________________

( ) New Registration ( ) Change in Contact info

( ) Moving/Remove ( ) Need Envelopes

Tuesday (27) 7:00am St Charles Borromeo

Marguerite Redig †

Wednesday (28) 8:00am Holy Redeemer

Mary O’Neil †

Thursday (29) 7:00pm St Charles Borromeo

Ed Hauck †

Friday (30) 3:00pm St Charles Borromeo

Joyce Sackett †

7:00pm Holy Redeemer

Nat and Ann Randall †

Saturday (31) 8:00pm St Charles Borromeo

Adelaide Lehnertz †

Sunday (1) 8:00am Holy Redeemer

Elanor Shepley †

10:00am St Charles Borromeo

Charles Kingsley †

THE SACRAMENTS

Baptism Congratulations! Please call the Parish Office to make

preparations, preferably prior to the birth of your child.

Marriage Congratulations on your engagement! Please make

arrangements at least six months in advance by

contacting the Parish Office.

Anointing of the Sick The Sacrament is available before or after Mass or

arrangements can be made with Fr. Tim for Hospital or

Home Visits.

PARISH LEADERSHIP

Fr. Tim Biren, Pastor, teb7189@gmail.com

Deacon Placido Zavala, Deacon, tpadmin@hbcsc.net

Becky Storey Hunder, Administrator, tpadmin@hbcsc.net

Bridgid Smith, Faith Formation, fftriparish@gmail.com

Angie Arndt, Office Assistant, borromeo@hbsc.net

St. Charles Borromeo Trustees

Dale Gathje and Jack LaValla

Holy Redeemer Trustees

Jane Hobbs and Brian Ideker

St. Aloysius Trustees

Deb Heim and Bernie Siebenaler

St. Charles Borromeo Envelope/Offering Support……………………...$3,800.00 .

Holy Redeemer Envelope/Offering Support March 11………….$1093.63

March18…………..$1,391.54

St. Aloysius Envelope Support……………………………...…….$340.00

We give from what is right, not from what is left.

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Lent and Easter CHURCH SUPPORT

Catholic Foundation

Ministry Appeal St Charles Borromeo

Number of Donors-62 Pledged Amount-$12,907 Holy Redeemer

Number of Donors–10

Pledged Amount-$2,260

March Madness Food Drive Catholic Daughters will be collecting

food to donate to the SE MN Resource Center during the month of March to help replenish their shelves. Please place nonperishable items in the tubs

in the entry way. Monetary donations are also being

accepted. During the month of March all monetary donations are matched. Please consider contributing to our local community.

Easter Flower Donations Donations for Easter Flowers

and decorations are now being accepted for all parishes.

St. Charles Parishioners: Please submit your name with your donation. If your donation is in memory of

someone, please include their name also. Mail or drop off your donation directly to the Tri Parish Office to Angie or Becky (Parish Office, 1900 E. 6th St., St. Charles, MN 55972). Please, do not put in the collection basket, we don’t want to miss any names for our list.

Holy Redeemer Parishioners: Donations can be placed in one of the envelopes located on the bookcases in the back of the church. The envelope can then be put in the collection basket. Please fill in the name information on the envelope.

Holy Week Office Hours The Parish Office will be closed on Thursday March

29th and Friday March 30th.

Spaghetti Dinner The workcamp team will host

a spaghetti dinner Saturday April 7th from 6-8pm. Thank you for your support of the workcamp team.

Good Friday Fasting Fasting is to be observed by all 18 years of age who

have not yet celebrated their 59th birthday. On a fast day, one full meal is allowed. Two other meals, sufficient to maintain strength, may be taken according to one’s needs but together they should not equal another full meal. Eating between meals is not permitted, but liquids including milk and juices

are allowed.

Individual Confession Times Saturdays: 4:15pm – 4:45 pm at SC Borromeo Sundays: 7:30am – 7:45am at Holy Redeemer March 29 8:00pm-9:00pm St Charles Borromeo March 30 8:00pm-9:00pm Holy Redeemer

Easter Fiesta On Easter Sunday, St. Charles Borromeo will be hosting

a Spanish Mass at 12:30pm. After the conclusion of this celebration, all are welcome to join in a Potluck Fiesta celebrating the Resurrection. If you have no place to go this Easter ... you do now! Come and join in the celebration! Cristo ha resucitado!

If you would like to make an email prayer request

please call the parish office at 932-3294 or email Becky

at tpadmin@hbcsc.net.

PRAYER REQUESTS

LITURGICAL ROLES AROUND THE PARISH

St Charles - 5:00pm March 31st Altar Servers: LeAnn Wegman and Lucas Andring

Proclaimer: Cheryl Nintemann

EMC: Becky Storey Hunder, Gene and Phyllis

Speltz, Randy and Jane Dick 2(V)

Gift Bearers: John and Lois Smoltz

Greeters: Neil and Gina Wimmer

Ushers: Scott Hoeft, Charles Meyer,

Don Andring and Pat Fohrman

Holy Redeemer - 8:00am April 1st Altar Servers: Isabel and Isaac Wendt

Proclaimer: Jim Connor

EMC: Keith Troke, Jane Hobbs, Jim Klavetter

Gift Bearers: Justin and Colleen Wendt Family

Greeters: Tom and Melissa Shea Family

Ushers: John and Daniel Peterson

Counters: Mark Burk and Karen Danielson

St. Charles - 10:00 am April 1st Easter Sunday all Liturgical roles at St Charles

Borromeo will be on a volunteer basis. If you would like

to assist with the Liturgy for the Easter Sunday Mass

please call Becky at 932-3294.

Counters: Team 8(Keys), Team 6

Homebound: Team E

Monday March 26th

Alive in the Spirit prayer group– 6:30-SC

Wednesday March 28th

Adoration 8:30am-7pm -HR

NO Faith Formation– HR/SCB

Thursday March 29th

Adoration Beginning after 7pm Mass -SC

IHN/ Family Promise Holy Redeemer will host INH/Family Promise at the

church Rectory at 23 3rd Street in Eyota during Holy

Week. We will need AM and PM van drivers, meal

servers, and overnight hosts. Please consider

volunteering during this week as a wonderful Christian

service at the end of the Lenten Season. If interested

in volunteering please contact Kathy Schumann at

phone #507-226-1266. If you have not done so, you

may need to do a training session to volunteer.

If there are enough interested individuals we can

have the Family Promise Director come out here to

do a training session. Let me know immediately if you

wish to volunteer. Volunteers needed 2-3 times a

year, not a huge commitment.

Cor Jesu The Cathedral of the Sacred Heart invites you and

your friends and family to attend Cor Jesu, on Friday,

April 6th, 2018, from 7-9PM. Cor Jesu is an evening of

Eucharistic Adoration, Confessions, and music in honor

of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. All are welcome to at-

tend! For more details, search for Winona Cor Jesu on

Facebook, go to cascwinona.org/prayer/corJesu, or

call Kristopher Kaufman at (859) 760-1619 or Steven

Lehn at (507) 312-9041.

Extraordinary Minister of Communion Training We will have a training for all Extraordinary Ministers of

Communion after all the weekend Masses at Holy

Redeemer and St. Charles Borromeo on March 24/25

(choose one Mass) with a Commissioning Mass at all

Masses (the one you usually attend) the weekend of

April 7/8. Please pick up a packet of information in

the entrance and add your name to the list once you

have received it. (This training is for those that assist

during Mass and not for Homebound Ministry).

Pontifical Good Friday Collection Pope Francis has asked our parish to support the

Pontifical Good Friday Collection, which helps

Christians in the Holy Land. Your support helps the

church minister in parishes, provide Catholic schools

and offer religious education. The wars, unrest and

instability have been especially hard on Christians. In

these times of crisis, the Pontifical Good Friday

Collection provides humanitarian aid to refuges.

When you contribute you become an instrument of

peace and join with Catholics around the world in

Solidarity with the Church in the Holy Land.

Please Be Generous.

Adoration Eucharistic Adoration at St. Charles Borromeo during

Holy Week will start after the 7pm Mass on Holy

Thursday and go until 12 Noon on Good Friday. Please

note, that in keeping with Liturgical guidelines, instead

of a Monstrance, the Eucharist will be placed in a

different tabernacle that will be left open on the "Altar

of Repose" located in the St. Therese Chapel. All are

welcome to spend time in silent prayer.

Butterbraid Sales Serving your last butterbraid for Easter brunch? You

are in luck, the workcamp team will be selling

butterbraids the weekend of April 7/8, for delivery

April 18th. Samples will be available April 7/8

following Mass.

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

As of this writing, thank you to the 62 households at St. Charles Borromeo and the 10 households at Holy

Redeemer that have already pledged their support for our parish and diocesan needs for our 2018 Catholic

Ministries Appeal. Thank you very much!

For those that have not responded, please prayerfully consider making a gift, and know that your gift will help

fund critical ministries that benefit more than 147,000 Catholics and countless others throughout southern

Minnesota!

Renew Faith, Extend Mercy, Inspire Hope, the theme for this year's Appeal, directs us to the example set

by Christ, who is the head of our Church and the embodiment of who we are as Catholics. He offers us an

infinite amount of love and mercy that flows from His Most Sacred Heart. We are strengthened through

Him to Renew Faith, Extend Mercy and Inspire Hope for the world as we come together as one body, the

Church.

Here is another example of how the Catholic Ministries Appeal assists us locally::

The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults program was a powerful experience that we are so thankful we

were able to undergo together. Through the support of great leaders, fellow candidates, and

parishioners in the Catholic community, we were able to engage in open, thought provoking

conversations and lessons focused on the Catholic Faith in a safe, positive environment. Because we

chose to complete the program together despite the fact that I (Hannah) was already Catholic, these

conversations carried over from the comfort of the meetings into our own home. This allowed us to not

only grow in our faith but also our relationship as

a couple, and we could not be more thankful

for the impact that this has had on our

marriage as we continue to engage in

conversations surrounding scripture, prayer, and

weekly mass together. While participating in

the program, we were fortunate to have the

experience of The Call to Continuing

Conversion in Austin where we were able to

witness other individuals in our dioceses

embarking on the same journey, which

provided encouragement that we were not

alone in the process. This created another level

of support through this journey. Upon

completion of the RCIA program, we

celebrated a beautiful Easter Vigil Mass

amongst parishioners and family where Josh

was fully welcomed into the Catholic Faith and the Parish Community. We greatly appreciate the

experience that this program provided us! Hannah and Josh

Along with improved facilities at Holy Redeemer and a new sign at St. Charles Borromeo, together, we can

make a difference … here and throughout southern Minnesota! Thank you for your living out the mission of

our Church: Go Make Disciples! - Fr. Tim

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