Saint Mary Catholic Church 32 1
st St. NE
Winnebago, Minnesota
Saints Peter & Paul Catholic Church 214 S. Holland
Blue Earth, Minnesota
Pastor: Rev. Peter Klein
Administrative Assistant: Pat Boettcher; Faith Formation & Youth Ministry: Angie Nagel & Pat Salic
Maintenance: Duane Rorman (SS Peter & Paul)
Office: 214 S. Holland, Blue Earth 56013; 507-526-5626 – Website: www.sspeterpaulmary.org
Summer Office hours: Mon., 8 a.m. – noon., Tues., 8 a.m. – 10 a.m., Wed., 9 a.m. – noon., Thurs., 8:00 – noon.
Sunday, June 16th, 2019 – The Most Holy Trinity SUNDAY MASS SCHEDULE
Saturday, 5:15 p.m., SS. Peter & Paul
Sunday, 8:00 a.m., St. Mary
Sunday, 10:00 a.m., SS. Peter & Paul
DAILY MASS SCHEDULE
Tuesday, 8:30 a.m., St. Mary
Wednesday, 7:30 a.m., SS. Peter & Paul
Thursday, 10:00 a.m., St Luke’s, Blue Earth
Friday, 8:30 a.m., SS. Peter & Paul (1st Friday
Mass is followed by Holy Hour)
Please check page 3 of bulletin for
any changes to the schedule
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Saturday, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m., SS. Peter & Paul
Sunday, 7:15 – 7:45 a.m., St. Mary
Sacrament of Baptism
Arrangements are made by contacting the pastor in
advance of the date.
Sacrament of Marriage
Arrangements for preparation & the date are made by
contacting the pastor at least 6 months before.
Pastoral Care of the Elderly/Sick
Please contact the pastor when someone is hospitalized or
homebound.
Prayer Network
Anyone wishing to have the prayerful support of our
parish community may relay your prayer request to Ruth
Kastner (943-3478) or Jeanette Verdoorn (526-2333) to
initiate the calling tree.
For prayers requests for St. Mary's, call Mary Franta
(893-4326) or Chris Rockers (893-3729).
Faith Formation We have resources & activities for growth & formation
of faith in all members of all ages. For our young people,
we have programs & youth ministries coordinated by
Angie Nagel at SS. Peter & Paul (526-5626) & Pat Salic
at St. Mary (236-2195).
Joining or Returning to the Catholic Church
The rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) is the
process for adults to become members of the Catholic
Church. For additional information, please contact the
pastor.
To rent the Social Hall of SS Peter & Paul
To schedule activities/events, please contact Pat
Boettcher(526-5626)
Bulletin notices Contact Pat by Wednesday afternoon at
the office ([email protected]) or by phone (526-
5626).
PASTOR’S PARISHABLES
We continue to make progress on our July 1st transition:
Our 2 parishes will be linked with Fairmont-East Chain
& will be pastored by Fr. Andrew Beerman, currently
pastor in Fairmont-East Chain, with the assistance of Fr.
Brian Mulligan, ordained 1 year ago & currently
associate pastor at the Winona Cathedral. They will both
be at all 3 of the Masses here in Blue Earth-Winnebago
on their 1st weekend, July 6/7, for introductions & next
steps. I’m anticipating good things for you: Not only a
new voice but new voices. Every pastor brings his own
gifts & ideas & emphases in ministry & reaches different
people in different ways. The new pastors coming soon
will bring a good time of new growth.
Our churches look a little more ordinary now that the
Easter Season is completed. “Ordinary,” in fact, is the
term we use for the time of the year apart from Advent-
Christmas (celebrating the incarnation) & Lent-Easter
(celebrating the paschal mystery). But “ordinary,”
liturgically, does not mean ordinary as we ordinarily use
the word ordinary. That plain term in Latin (ordinare)
means “to set in order or in relation to each other,” so
“Ordinary Time Sundays” are not plain ones but ordered
ones. Queued up. These 34 Sundays are set in order to
tell the rest of the story. Or, in the official language of our
Church’s lectionary: These 34 Sundays in each liturgical
cycle “do not celebrate a specific aspect of the mystery of
Christ but are devoted to the mystery of Christ in all its
aspects.”
Ordinary Time has 2 phases, a shorter one in winter
between the season of Christmas & the season of Lent
and a longer one through the summer & fall between the
season of Easter & the season of Advent. The pre-Lenten
phase begins Monday after the Baptism of our Lord. It’s
then interrupted by Ash Wednesday for the seasons of
Lent & Easter; then it resumes Monday after Pentecost &
continues until the end of the Church year.
The 1st 2 Sundays when Ordinary Time resumes after
Pentecost have had special feast days assigned to them
(like Christ the King has been assigned to the last Sunday
in Ordinary Time, the Sunday before Advent). These 2
feasts following Pentecost are today’s Trinity Sunday &
next Sunday’s Body & Blood of Christ (also known as
Corpus Christi). They are “concept” feasts, not
commemorating events like Easter & Pentecost but
celebrate truths of our faith.
The great mystery of the Blessed Trinity that we’re
celebrating today, as we’ve noted before, is represented
symbolically in the windows of both our churches. In St.
Mary’s, near the back on the left, is that unique triangle
with the Latin words: “The Father is God,” “The Father is
not the Son,” “the Son is God,” “the Son is not the
Father,” & so on. In SS Peter & Paul’s,
above the Good Shepherd image in the
main sanctuary window, there are
images of the hand, the lamb, & the
dove, representing the Father, the Son,
& the Holy Spirit (overwhelmed by the
Good Shepherd image & so hardly noticed).
Each year I provide a directory of the Mankato
Deanery of priests, so you can be more familiar with our
Church beyond our parishes. Here’s 2019 – 2020’s:
The Mankato Deanery of the Diocese of Winona
In our deanery there are 9 pastors of 22 parishes
(Only 3 of the 22 are not linked to others: Waseca Sacred
Heart; Mankato’s SS. Peter & Paul and St. John)
There are 14 priests in our deanery:
9 pastors, 1 associate, 1 seminary rector, 3 senior priests
These are the 9 pastorates:
Fairmont-Blue Earth-Winnebago-East Chain,
Fr. Andrew Beerman + associate Fr. Brian Mulligan
Janesville-Waldorf-New Richland, Fr. Antony Arokiyam
Madison Lake-St. Clair, Fr. Robert Schneider
Mankato, St. John the Baptist, Fr. John Kunz
Mankato, St. Joseph & Lake Crystal, Fr. Tim Reker
Mankato, SS. Peter & Paul, Fr. Andrew Whiting
Mapleton-Vernon Center-Good Thunder, Fr. Andy Vogel
St. James-Madelia, Fr. Tim Hall
Waseca, Fr. Greg Leif
Wells-Minnesota Lake-Easton, Fr. Greg Havel
2 of these 14 priests are in special ministry:
Fr. Vogel at the Newman Center at MSU &
Fr. Javier Ibarra in a Mankato seminary
There are 3 senior priests:
Fr. Joe Fogal, Fr. Andy Olsem, & Fr. Gene Stenzel
The Deanery includes a number of Catholic schools:
Fairmont (pre-K – 6), Madelia (pre-K – 6), Madison Lake
(child care; pre-school; all-day/every-day kdgrtn),
Mankato (pre-K – 12), Waseca (pre-K – 4), Wells (K – 6)
There is a high school seminary in Mankato:
Bl Jose Sanchez Del Rio (Institute of the Incarnate Word)
There is a Newman Center at MSU in Mankato:
St. Thomas More
There is a motherhouse of sisters in Mankato:
The School Sisters of Notre Dame.
Mass Schedule – BE=SS Peter & Paul, W=St. Mary’s Mon No Mass Tue. /W 8:30 AM – Mike Ziegler Wed./BE 7:30 AM – Leo Killion Thur. BE – St. Luke’s 10:00AM – Francis & Phyllis Sohler
Fri. /BE 8:30AM – Connie Hanlon Sat. /BE 5:15PM – Fred & Anita Virnig Sun./W 8:00AM –Teresa Walters Sun./BE 10:00AM – Ray Detke
NEXT WEEK’S MINISTRY SCHEDULE:
Sat. , June 22: Servers: Carissa Engesser SSPP Eucharistic Ministers: Don Bleess/Mary Warner & Mary Uppena Gift Bearers: Jason & Andrea Spencer family Ushers: Bob Spencer Group Sun., June 23: Servers: Spencer Salic St. Mary’s Brody Haugh Eucharistic Ministers: Joyce Eastvold/Rich Findley & Mark Franta Gift Bearers: Chuck & Sara Murry Ushers: Mike Salic Sr. & Mike Salic Jr. Sun., June 23: Servers: Brandi Uecker SSPP Ministers of Communion: Margaret Haag/Shawn Hassing & Vitres Samek Gift Bearers: Scott & Amy Kramer family Ushers: Shawn Hassing Group
KC Corner
June 21st-KC Cooking @ St Mary's Church
for Fr. Klein potluck.
June 30th Parish Picnic @ SSPP serving our
grilled chicken.
The SS Peter and Paul Parish picnic will be Sunday, June 30, 2019, after the 10:00 am Mass. It will be a potluck meal as in the past with the Knights of Columbus grilling chicken.
Parish members attending are asked to
bring the following: salads or side dishes
for those with last names beginning with A-
P and desserts for those with last names
beginning with Q-Z. We will also take this time to honor Father Klein for his time with us.
Mission items: Council of Catholic Families the Sacred Heart Mission is no longer in need of empty pill bottles. Please don’t drop any more off at church until we hear otherwise.
Pastoral Council, Finance Council & CCF minutes are available at SSPP church entrance.
To the Knights of Columbus Blue Earth
and Winnebago: Thank you to all who
helped us move to our apartment and to help
move our items out to the fairgrounds for our
auction. We really appreciated your kindness
and thoughtfulness. Dale & Karen Bleess
Nacel Open Door is seeking a short term
WELCOME family for students that would attend
the Blue Earth High School in the fall, 2019-2020.
Roberto of Spain, Nam of Vietnam, Ilgaz of Turkey
and Serena of Italy. Please contact Julienne Antes at
507-304-2143 to choose your student and for more
information.
Mark your Calendars!! Farewell Party for
Fr. Peter Klein St. Mary’s Church Hall
Friday June 21, at 6:00pm. Hamburgers, pork
burgers, hotdogs, and all the fixings,
Beverages and dessert will be provided. Just
bring a dish to share!!
SACRIFICIAL GIVING
Sacrificial Giving, SS Peter & Paul: 6/8 & 9 /2019
Adult/Plate giving needed weekly: $4,292.00
Adult/Plate giving last week: $3545.50
Adult/Plate giving needed yr-to-date: $214,600.00
Adult/Plate giving fiscal yr-to-date: $208,815.41
Sacrificial Giving, St. Mary: 6/9/2019
Adult/Plate giving needed weekly: $1,057.00
Adult/Plate giving last week: $1093.60
Adult/Plate giving needed yr-to-date: $52,850.00
Adult/Plate giving fiscal yr-to-date: $61,415.29
FAITH FORMATION/YOUTH MINISTRY NEWS Angie Nagel - 526-5626 (office) - 526-3485 (home) - 507-276-5114 (cell), [email protected]
Amor Dei Mission Trip
Who: Youth currently in Grades 8-12
When: Sunday, June 16 - Wednesday, June
19
Where: Mankato, MN -- Fitzgerald Middle
School
Cost: ONLY $50.00 -- includes housing,
meals, supplies, camp t-shirt
What: You don't have to travel hundreds
of miles away to find opportunities for
service. During this mission trip, all service
will be done in the greater Mankato area.
Interested??? -- Contact Angie as soon as
possible if you are interested in participating
in this 3 day mission trip that's only 50 miles
away and only $50.00!!
Joyful Noise Choir Joyful Noise will be singing for the 10:00AM Mass on Sunday, June 30th. All youth and adults are welcome to join us! We will practice at 9:00AM, right before Mass!
Fall Rummage Sale
Spring cleaning is upon us! Are you cleaning out your basement, garage and/or closets and finding things you don't need or use or want anymore? Don't throw those things away! Save them for the SSPP Youth Rummage Sale fundraiser this Fall! Unfortunately, we don't have a place to store things before the sale in September so hopefully you can find a corner somewhere in your home to pile things up. If you have a question about whether or not we will take something you would like to donate, please don't hesitate to call me anytime.
TOTUS TUUS being offered at SJV this summer! Grades 1-6 -- July 22-26, 9:00AM - 2:30PM -- Prayer, snacks, songs, games, skits, water activities, daily Mass and so much more! Grades 7-12 -- July 21-25, 7:30 - 9:40PM -- Prayer, discussion, snacks, fellowship, and fun activities! Cost: $20 per child / family max of $40
Calling all Young Singers
Come sing with the National Catholic
Youth Choir!
Friday, July 12, 2019 -- 2:00 - 8:00PM
Concert performance will be at 7:00PM.
Our Lady of Good Counsel, Mankato,
MN Rehearse and perform with world renown
conductor Andre Heywood.
Free t-shirt and dinner included.
Register at
www.CatholicYouthChoir.org. Sponsored by the College of Saint Benedict
& Saint John's University.
