St. Gabriel Catholic Church 309 West Lake Ave. Fulda, MN 56131 PASTOR Rev. Msgr. R. Paul Heiting Cell 507-458-5702 Do you or someone you know have a desire to become Catholic? Contact the Msgr. Heiting for scheduling all Baptisms, Weddings and RCIA. CHURCH OFFICE 305 S. Lafayette Ave. Fulda, MN 56131 Phone 507-425-2369 [email protected]Fax 507-425-3362 cfwtriparish.com FAITH FORMATION 507-425-2369 ext.14 [email protected]D.R.E : Lisa Kremer, O.F.S Cell 507-360-3423 Secretary: Nico Doom 425-2369 Cell 507-227-8239 Bookkeeper Sue Post CHURCH OFFICE HOURS: Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday: 9 a.m.– 3 p.m. ST. GABRIEL CATHOLIC CHURCH August 30, 2015 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Help yourself to the pamphlets, bulletins, and resource materials in the Church and church School. They are there for your use & learning! FROM THE DESK OF MONSIGNOR HEITING THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW VS. THE LETTER OF THE LAW Most everyone knows that Catholics (and all Chrisans) are obliged to keep the Ten Commandments. For most of us, keeping those commandments is a “work in progress.” Imagine that you were a member of the Jewish community at the me of Christ. If you were, you would discover that the Jews had 732 laws to keep in order to be a faithful Jew. Imagine that! Now keeping the Ten Commandments suddenly doesn’t seem so hard! Part of the Jewish law had to do with purificaon rites, both of the body and of more mundane things such as cups, jugs, keles, beds, etc. Such is the focus of this weekend’s gospel from St. Mark. Some Pharisees and scribes zero in on the fact that some of Jesus’ disciples appear to not be following all of the purificaon rituals before a meal. Our Lord takes this group to task for focusing on external realies rather than on interior change and conversion. Perhaps this is good food for thought for the upcoming week. We can ask ourselves: “Am I too crical and driven about keeping the exact leer of the law vs. the spirit of the law when it comes to my human relaonships?” BRINGING THE OFFERTORY GIFTS AND THE SUNDAY COLLECTION TO THE ALTAR Thank you very much for your paence with me as you help to break in a new pastor. I know that this is no easy task! I am gradually coming to an awareness of how I can best funcon as the presider at Mass so as to beer lead all of us in prayer. One adaptaon that I would like to make is the procedure for bringing the offertory giſts and the Sunday (or Saturday night) collecon to the altar at the weekend Masses. I would ask the ushers to please take up the offertory collecon aſter we have prayed the creed together and while I am seated in the presider’s chair. Then, aſter the collecon has been taken, it can be brought to the altar along with the giſts of bread and wine. The collecon can be placed in front of the altar, and the water and wine can be given directly to me as I’m standing at the altar. To bring up the giſts of bread and wine along with the weekend collecon represents the totality of our giſts to God. We are not only offering giſts from the earth (bread and wine) but we are offering our monetary giſts as well. While the ushers will have to retrieve the collecon from the altar immediately aſter Mass, I believe that offering all of these giſts together represent a fuller expression of the sacrifices that we are making to our God. MASS INTENTIONS AND OFFERINGS – AN UPDATE As promised in a previous bullen, I want to update you on what I have been told by our diocese concerning Mass intenons and offerings. No parish is allowed to schedule any more Masses than can be celebrated in one year’s me. When there is an over-abundance of Masses and Mass offerings (as is the case in our parish cluster), those intenons and offerings are to be directed to any one of the following three places: IHM Seminary in Winona, to specific rered priests in our diocese in need of Mass spends, or to the Society for the Propagaon of the Faith. In the case of excess Mass intenons in Currie, those intenons and offerings can be directed to Father Dick Pommier and his mission work. This is the procedure that we will now begin to follow with excess Mass intenons and offerings unl we no longer have an excess. If any parishioner has a queson or concern about this, please do not hesitate to let me know. I do appreciate your understanding as we seek to be responsible custodians of the excess Mass intenons and offerings that we have.
Most everyone knows that Catholics (and all Christians) are obliged to keep the Ten Commandments. For most of us, keeping those commandments is a “work in progress.” Imagine that you were a member of the Jewish community at the time of Christ. If you were, you would discover that the Jews had 732 laws to keep in order to be a faithful Jew. Imagine that! Now keeping the Ten Commandments suddenly doesn’t seem so hard! Part of the Jewish law had to do with purification rites, both of the body and of more mundane things such as cups, jugs, kettles, beds, etc. Such is the focus of this weekend’s gospel from St. Mark. Some Pharisees and scribes zero in on the fact that some of Jesus’ disciples appear to not be following all of the purification rituals before a meal. Our Lord takes this group to task for focusing on external realities rather than on interior change and conversion. Perhaps this is good food for thought for the upcoming week. We can ask ourselves: “Am I too critical and driven about keeping the exact letter of the law vs. the spirit of the law when it comes to my human relationships?”
BRINGING THE OFFERTORY GIFTS AND THE SUNDAY COLLECTION TO THE ALTAR
Thank you very much for your patience with me as you help to break in a new pastor. I know that this is no easy task! I am gradually coming to an awareness of how I can best function as the presider at Mass so as to better lead all of us in prayer. One adaptation that I would like to make is the procedure for bringing the offertory gifts and the Sunday (or Saturday night) collection to the altar at the weekend Masses. I would ask the ushers to please take up the offertory collection after we have prayed the creed together and while I am seated in the presider’s chair. Then, after the collection has been taken, it can be brought to the altar along with the gifts of bread and wine. The collection can be placed in front of the altar, and the water and wine can be given directly to me as I’m standing at the altar. To bring up the gifts of bread and wine along with the weekend collection represents the totality of our gifts to God. We are not only offering gifts from the earth (bread and wine) but we are offering our monetary gifts as well. While the ushers will have to retrieve the collection from the altar immediately after Mass, I believe that offering all of these gifts together represent a fuller expression of the sacrifices that we are making to our God.
MASS INTENTIONS AND OFFERINGS – AN UPDATE
As promised in a previous bulletin, I want to update you on what I have been told by our diocese concerning Mass intentions and offerings. No parish is allowed to schedule any more Masses than can be celebrated in one year’s time. When there is an over-abundance of Masses and Mass offerings (as is the case in our parish cluster), those intentions and offerings are to be directed to any one of the following three places: IHM Seminary in Winona, to specific retired priests in our diocese in need of Mass stipends, or to the Society for the Propagation of the Faith. In the case of excess Mass intentions in Currie, those intentions and offerings can be directed to Father Dick Pommier and his mission work. This is the procedure that we will now begin to follow with excess Mass intentions and offerings until we no longer have an excess. If any parishioner has a question or concern about this, please do not hesitate to let me know. I do appreciate your understanding as we seek to be responsible custodians of the excess Mass intentions and offerings that we have.
Sponsored by Prairie Star Ministries, First Presbyterian and St. Gabriels of Fulda.
All Faith Traditions are welcome.
The service will be brief and students will
have plenty of time to get to school
Bring your backpack for the “blessing of the backpacks!
What a GREAT way to start the school year ~ praying with family and friends~
Parents, grandparents, school
faculty and staff are also welcome!
Did you know that St. Gabriel Parish has a
Facebook page? It’s simply called “St. Gabriel
Catholic Church” or you can access it at:
https://www.facebook.com/StGabChurch
Please visit us at the page and be sure to “like”
us! We will use this page to send out parish
notices, photos, etc.
Remember—Faith Formation Registration
Forms are due Sept. 6th.!
Many of our college students have moved to school and
started classes in the last week, and our thoughts and
prayers go with them. Almost all colleges have Catholic
Newman Centers or Newman Clubs that offer Mass,
Bible Studies, Mission trips and other opportunities for
fellowship and support. If you have college students in
your family, please remind them of these opportunities
and encourage them to seek them out! If your student
would like help making these connections on campus,
please contact me and I will be happy to assist.
Lisa
CONFIRMATION CANDIDATES AND SPONSORS
Our next Confirmation Session will be on Wednesday, Sept. 9th at 7:00 p.m. at IHM in Currie. Candidates, please bring your Confirmation binder, prayer book, and information about your “Time and Talent projects so you can share about what you did. Candidate and Sponsors are asked to attend.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR!!!
September 8th—1st day of school in Fulda ~ Prayer and Blessing service at 7:30 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Fulda.
Weds., Sept 9th—7:00 p.m.—Confirmation session at IHM in Currie for all Candidates and Sponsors.
Sunday, Sept. 13th at the 8:30 a.m. Mass—Rite of Testimony for our Confirmation Candidates.
Sunday, Sept. 20th—Catechetical Sunday—blessing of the Catechists at the 8:30 a.m. Mass.
Monday, Sept. 21st—2:00 p.m.—First Day of Elementary Release time classes at St. Gabriel School.
Sunday, September 27th—1 to 7 p.m.—Confirmation Retreat at The Barn at Corabelle
Weds. Sept. 30th— 7:00 p.m.—Confirmation rehearsal at St. Gabriel.
Sunday, Oct. 4th—2:00 p.m. --Rite of Confirmation at
St. Gabriel.
We have a new shipment of San Lucas Toliman coffee. Please pick up a bag or two at the church office or at Maynard’s.
We have Regular, Whole Bean and Ground Coffee.
The price for the coffee is $11.00 a bag
to cover postage costs.
Don’t forget to check out the GREAT
Lighthouse CD’s in the south entrance of
Church. There are a variety of topics; all
guaranteed to deepen your Catholic Faith!
When the Pharisees with some scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus, they observed that some of his disciples ate their meals with unclean, that is, unwashed, hands. —For the Pharisees and, in fact, all Jews, do not eat without carefully washing their hands, keeping the tradition of the elders. And on coming from the marketplace they do not eat without purifying themselves. And there are many other things that they have traditionally observed, the purification of cups and jugs and kettles and beds. — So the Pharisees and scribes questioned him, “Why do your disciples not follow the tradition of the elders but instead eat a meal with unclean hands?” He responded, “Well did Isaiah prophesy about you hypocrites, as it is written: This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me; in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines human precepts. You disregard God’s commandment but cling to human tradition.” He summoned the crowd again and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand. Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person; but the things that come out from within are what defile. “From within people, from their hearts, come evil thoughts, unchastity, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, licentiousness, envy, blasphemy, arrogance, folly. All these evils come from within and they defile.”
John 6: 51-58
Despite the fact that much about St. Giles is shrouded in mystery, we can say that he was one of the most popular saints in the Middle Ages. Likely, he was born in the first half of the seventh century in southeastern France. That is where he built a monastery that became a popular stopping-off point for pilgrims making their way to Compostela in Spain and the Holy Land. In England, many ancient churches and hospitals were dedicated to Giles. One of the sections of the city of Brussels is named after him. In Germany, Giles was included among the so-called 14 Holy Helpers, a popular group of saints to whom people prayed, especially for recovery from disease and for strength at the hour of death. Also among the 14 were Sts. Christopher, Barbara and Blaise. Interestingly, Giles was the only non-martyr among them. Devotion to the "Holy Helpers" was especially strong in parts of Germany and in Hungary and Sweden. Such devotion made his popularity spread. Giles was soon invoked as the patron of the poor and the disabled. The pilgrimage center that once drew so many fell into disrepair some centuries after Giles' death.
Patron Saint of:
Beggars
Disabled
September 1
St. Giles
We still need help!
The Harvest Fall Dinner
Committee in evaluating the
organization, preparation,
recruiting for workers and food
continues to be a bigger challenge every
year.
We are asking that Everyone (not just the
ones who always come forward to help and
provide) contributes to this Fall Dinner.
Let’s pull together to keep our church family
strong!
We still need help!
St. Gabriel’s Classifieds EASTER
Thank You
Panel discussion on Pope’s New Encyclical
The Minnesota Catholic Conference and Catholic Rural Life are hosting a panel discussion on Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’ on Wednesday, September 9 from 9:00 to 11:30 AM at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul. Join us as we look into some of the encyclical’s themes and consider ways in which we as Catholics can put them into practice within our families, parishes, and communities.
(temporary family) for two of our boys to attend the Fulda High School. If you would spread the word to your congregation to let them know our need and if they agree to be a temporary home, Nacel Open Door will donate to your churches youth group, $250 for each student placed. The deadline for this placement cycle is August 31st, so a quick response from a family would be greatly appreciated.
CONCERT TO CELEBRATE 150 YEARS OF
SCHOOL SISTERS IN MANKATO
The public is invited to help celebrate the 150th year
since the arrival of School Sisters of Notre Dame in
Mankato with a Celebration of Prayer and Music at 1
p.m. Sunday, Sept. 20, in the chapel of Our Lady of
Good Counsel, 170 Good Counsel Drive, Mankato. A
reception with refreshments will follow the free
concert.
This celebration will feature narration of the story of
how the School Sisters established religious
community life and brought Catholic education to
Mankato. In addition, there will be choral and
instrumental music, including several numbers on
the Johnson and Son organ, performed by SSND
musicians. It also will incorporate the message of
the Year of Consecrated Life declared by Pope
Francis in 2013.
For more information, please call Mike Lagerquist,
St. Gabriel’s Classifieds Consecration of the Diocese: The annual
consecration of the Diocese of Winona to the
Immaculate Heart of Mary will take place on
Tuesday, September 8, the Feast of the Nativity of
the Blessed Virgin Mary, during 5pm Mass at the
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Winona. Priests,
Deacons, and all in the Diocese are welcome to
join Bishop Quinn and the Immaculate Heart of
Mary seminarians and faculty for this special
celebration.
You're invited! St. Anne’s in Slayton is sponsoring OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE trip on Monday, September 21. A charter bus trip will take you to the Shrine in Lacrosse, Wisconsin.. The bus will depart from St. Ann’s parking lot in Slayton at 6:30 a.m. Coffee/rolls/water/juice served on the bus. A rest stop will take place around 8:30 a.m. The rest of the itinerary will look like this:
11 a.m. Restrooms and buffet luncheon at Culina Mariana (on the grounds of the Shrine)
12:15 Mass 1:30 Directed Tour
2:00 Visit and pray at the devotional
3:15 visit the gift shop – Flores Mariae
4:00 Depart 6:00 Meal stop (on your own)
6:45 Back on road
9:00 - 9:30 p.m. Arrive back at St. Anne's
Sign up at [email protected] or call the Faith Formation office at 836-8030. A down payment of $30 is requested. The remainder is due at departure (final payment depends on #’s.) FINAL DATE TO SIGN UP IS AUGUST 12.
WDCCW CONVENTION
Be the Voice of Catholic Women
Saturday, October 10, 2015
St. Augustine, Austin, MN
The WDCCW (Winona Diocese of Catholic Women) Convention is in Austin this year. Speakers and Donna Sanders, "Living and Sharing the Joy of Jesus" and Evonne Seivert, "Finding humor in Everyday Life." The day includes mass, speakers, lunch and an afternoon workshop. You can read more about Evonne Seivert in the August Courier. If you are interested in going to the convention, please call Renee Dorpinghaus at 425-2085.
Respect Life - Upcoming Pro-life Events (clip & save)
National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children – September 12. Pray for the babies lost to abortion and for the mothers and all who are affected by that decision. Programs for post-abortive healing are available through Catholic Charities and Rachel’s Vineyard.
40 Days for Life – Sept. 23 through Nov. 1: Join us in front of Planned Parenthood in Rochester, MN. Kickoff Event is Tuesday, Sept. 22 at 6:30 pm. Stay tuned for details or contact Paula Elefson at (507) 398-5677 or [email protected].
Respect Life Sunday – Oct. 4: Day of Prayer for respect for all life from its earliest beginning to natural death.
National Life Chain – Oct. 4, 2:00 to 3:00 pm at most locations. Come join us for an hour of prayer to end abortion and to witness to the over 57.5 million babies lost to abortion (U.S.) since 1973 (National Right to Life/Guttmacher Institute, Jan. 2015). Approximately 21% of all U.S. pregnancies end in induced abortion (Guttmacher Institute, July 2014). See.www.lifechain.net for a location near you.
4th Graders and Older!!!!! We Could use your help. We need Altar Servers. If you are interested please call Nico Doom at 425-2369 or email her [email protected].
Turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, gravy, vegetable, salad, pie
Craft and Country Store
Handicapped Accessible
Everyone welcome
Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHM) Church, Currie, MN
St. Adrian Fall Dinner
Sunday, September 20, 2015
Serving 4-7 p.m.
512 Maine Ave, Adrian MN
Elevator located on the north side of the Church
Roast Beef Dinner
Real Mashed Potatoes and Gravy
Corn~ Coleslaw~ Buns
Pies & Desserts~ Beverages
Adults $8.00
Ages 6-12 $4.00
Ages 2-5 $2.00
Big Ticket~ Quilt Raffle~Raffle Prizes~Fish
Pond~ Country Store.
Home delivered take-out meals in Adrian City limits will be
availavle from 4-6 p.m. To order, call 483-2317 between 2:30 &
St. Gabriel Catholic Church
Fulda, Minnesota
Annual Harvest Festival
Dinner
Sunday, September 20, 2015
4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Adults $8.00 Children 7-12 $5.00
Under 6 Years Old- Eat Free
Take Out Orders Also Available
Menu includes: Pork Loin,
Seasoned Potatoes, Corn,
Coleslaw, Dessert/Pie, Buns,
Coffee and Lemonade
We would like to invite everyone to come and
join us for lunch and help support Senior Citizens
activities in Murray County
Sunday, August 30th, 2015
11:00 a.m. –1:00 p.m.
Slayton Senior Community Center
2439 Broadway Avenue
Slayton, MN 56172
Hardee’s Roast Beef Sandwiches
Pulled Pork Sandwiches
(Made by Jeff Boerboom and the Murray County Pork Producers)
Fruit
Potato Salad
Macaroni Salad
Bars
“Praised be you” Pope Francis’ Encyclical on Care for the
Environment
Save the Date! Diocesan Social Justice Day October 17, 2015 Laudato Si’ “Praised be you” Pope Francis’ Encyclical on Care for the Environment Come join us as we dedicate a day to exploring and raising awareness of the seventh theme of Catholic social teaching, care for the environment. We will focus the day on Pope Francis’ most recent encyclical, Laudato Si’, which calls all people to care for God’s creation, our common home. Laudato Si’ takes its title from a recurring line in St. Francis of Assisi’s “Canticle of the Sun” and is subtitled “Sulla cura della casa commune” (On the Care of Our Common Home). Here are five themes covered in the encyclical, and which will be explored during our day: 1. Integral Ecology: Human Ecology and Natural Ecology 2. Our Throwaway Culture 3. Care for Creation 4. Climate Change 5. Building a Culture of Solidarity and Encounter
Details and Registration Information Will Be Sent at a Later Date
