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Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

St. Paul - With a Missionary Spirit

As we bring the Year of St. Paul to a close we remember our sister parish of St. Paul’s Cathedral in Homa Bay. They recently sent a message telling us that they are praying for us. Our Sister Parish Committee has been working on building our relationship with them, and I really appreciate the work they have been doing. The following is an update from our committee: Inserted in this bulletin are two letters, the first letter was hand delivered by Fr. Mark from our five parishes to the people of St. Paul’s Cathedral when he traveled to Homa Bay during Lent. As soon as they received the letter they immediately formed a partnership committee and sent a letter, with Fr.Mark, back to us, which is the second letter. We are not yet sure how this process with transpire, but there will be various events and activities along the way. One example would be the Mass, social, and photo presentation held in April after Fr. Mark returned from Homa Bay. We are looking to put together a large pool of people willing to help witht hese types of activities. Please consider calling one of the following people and we’ll gladly put your name on the list. Also, if you have any special skills, or ideas, that may come in handy, please let us know. With a little help from a lot of people we can do our small part to make this world a better place!

Dale & Kathy Bruns 746-2678

Janel Heinen 290-2877

Jackie Higgins 393-4120

Marvin Skwira 393-4682

Katelyn Stanoch 250-8144

Natalie Vasilj 247-0701

I want to say a huge thank you to this committee that is working very hard at laying the ground work for this mission. We should always remember mission sister parishes are multi-directional, meaning they involve both giving and receiving. Both parishes should understand and support each othert hrough prayer, visitation, communication, and gift sharing. All churches are both “sending” and receiving churches. Both are called to be missionary and everyone has God-given gifts to share. (Mission Office).

The U.S. Bishops wrote:...By missionary activity, the mystical body grows to the full mature measure of the fullness of Christ (Ad Gentes, #8-9) May we grow as five parishes to become more like Christ in our missionary spirit.

Immaculate Conception, St. Anna

Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Opole

St. Columbkille’s, St. Wendel

St. Hedwig’s, Holdingford

St. Mary’s, Holdingford

We are manyparts, we are

all one body.Romans 12:4-5

Central Office/Opole

42942 125th Ave, Box 308, Holdingford 56340

Summer Office Hours: M-Th 6:30 AM-3:00 PM

Office Phone & Fax Number: (320) 746-2449

Mass Schedule: (320) 746-2751

Fr. Gregory Ombok: (320) 584-5313

Neighbors in Need TipLine: (320) 746-9960

Five Parish Website: www.5parishes.org

Diocese Website: www.stclouddiocese.org

Parish Pastoral Team

Father Mark Stang, Pastor

Deb Rudolph, Pastoral Associate/Parish Admin.

Terri Struzyk, Administrative Assistant

Deacon Jeff Fromm, Neighbors in Need

SacramentsConfession times are as follows (or by appointment).

First Friday: 8:00 AM Mass

Tuesdays: 6:30 PM St. Mary’s

Saturdays: 3:30 PM St. Wendel/7:30 PM St. Anna

Marriage: Couples are to begin preparations with a

pastor at least 6-12 months prior to the desired date

of their wedding. Completion of both parish and

diocesan courses is required.

Baptism: Please contact the Central Office to make

arrangements for your child’s baptism. A prebaptism

course is required. Sunday, June 7th, at

OpoleShut-Ins: Communion, Sacrament of the Sick,

Pastoral Visitations: We want to know your

pastoral needs. Please contact the Central Office.

New Parishioners

Please call the Central Office at 746-2449 to register.

RCIA Anyone interested in becoming a member of

the Catholic faith call the Central Office.

Thursday Mass - Celebrate Mass in community with residents

at River Birch Assisted Living 9 AM on the third Thursday ofthe month.¨ Directory Update - The new pictorial directory for

our five parish community has been delayed due to

our desire to have a more complete directory. They

will be out, hopefully, in early July - we will keep

you updated to the arrival date the closer we get.

When the directories do arrive, they will be

available for pick up at the parishes following Mass for all who

had their pictures included in the directory.¨

Prayer for Priests - Pope Benedict XVI announced June 19th will

begin The Year of the Priesthood. We are asking you to help

celebrate this special year by remembering the living & deceased

priests of our diocese daily in prayer. You may find the priests to

pray for each day in The Visitor. This week: Sunday-Rev Joseph

Korf; Monday-Rev Glenn Krystosek; Tuesday-Rev Richard Walz;

Wednesday-Rev Virgil Helmin; Thursday-Rev David Belland;

Friday-Rev David Maciej; Saturday-Rev Eugene Doyle

¨Bulletin Deadline Change for the bulletin dated July 5th will be

at noon on Monday, June 29th. Please submit all items to the

Central Office, preferably in writing. Thank you.

¨ Bulletin Access - Access the parish bulletin as soon as it is

published at www.SeekAndFind.com or through the parish

St. Mary’s¨ New Shingles Needed for the Holdingford parish

house. The approximate cost will be $6,000+. If you

or your family would like to donate toward this

particular need, please place donation in the collection

in an envelope marked “Rectory Shingles”.

¨ Church Cleaning - Those who were unable to help with the

church cleaning are asked to place their $10 donation in the

collection marked “St. Mary’s Cleaning.” Thank you.

¨ Preparing to Celebrate 100 Years - If you or your family

would like to donate toward the celebration, please place your

donation in an envelope marked “100 Years”. The money will be

used only for the celebration and will be in a protected fund.

¨ Picnic Supper - Saturday, July 11th - this Holdingford Daze

Picnic Supper will be a fundraiser to offset the costs of our

upcoming St. Hedwig's Centennial Celebration. We are in need

of help. If you are able to help out, please call 746-2426; 746-2111 or 746-2928. Kitchen workers; servers for

coffee/tables; help to set up outdoors; clean up; etc.

Parishioners are asked to please donate bars or

cookies - bring to church basement Friday or Saturday.

Immaculate Conception

¨ Please join us this Sunday for the Polka Mass and Annual

Bazaar. We look forward to seeing everyone from our

community and sharing fellowship and unity.

Community Events

50th Anniversary of Lloyd & Ramona Fedor -

Sunday, July 5th, Mass celebrated by Fr. Russell

Scepaniak at 11:00 AM St. Hedwig’s. Open house

reception at The Landing following Mass until

4:30 PM (dinner at 1 PM). All are welcome.

Pot Luck Picnic & Mass for the intention of

Tom Knettel (4th anniversary of death & birthday)

Sunday, July 12th. Mass 10:00 AM Opole; picnic

to follow at St. Stephen Lion’s Cub (by ball fields).

St. Benedict’s Parish Festival - Sunday, July12th. Mass at 10:30 AM - activities all day.

Sacred Heart, Festival & Parade, Freeport -

July 18th 7:30 PM Outdoor Polka Mass, street

dance & fireworks. July 19th 10:30 AM Parade,

chicken dinner & activities to follow.

Summerfest - Immaculate Conception, Rice -July 18th Guitar Mass 5 PM; activities until 11PM; July 19th Polka Mass 10:30 AM; Pork Chop

Dinner & activities to follow.

Friday, July 10th -

ANTIQUE CAR SHOW

Saturday, July 11th-

KIDDIE PARADE 11:45 AM

POLKA MASS 4:00 PM ST. HEDWIG’S

STREET DANCE 8:30-12:30 RAMBLIN’ ROADS

FIREWORKS AT DUSK

Kids games & inflatables, crafts, Texas Hold ‘em,

Food, Bingo, lawn mower & ATV tractor pull,

kid’s tractor pull, pie eating contest, volleyball,

and many, many more activities.

Five Parish Youth Food Booth

Please help to support our youth activities.

Crafters needed - call Mary at 746-2637

Vocation Prayer

We praise you for your goodness, O God.

Strengthen us to live in love and service to

others after the example of your Son.

our vocations as a journey toward you. Make us

faithful signs of your presence in our midst.

Support our Patrons who make this bulletin possible by

Central Minnesota Federal Credit Union

Through the Watersof Baptism

We welcome with joy Nevaeh

Jane, daughter of Larry & Tina

Hodge, St. Hedwig’s, who has become

the newest member in the

faith through the Sacrament of

II Tylor Lange & Courtney Breth

I Keith Posch & Jacinda Skaj

Holdingford: Angie Nentl 746-2246

Apples Wentland 746-2417

St. Anna: Shirley Schwalbe 356-7209

Christine Maleska-356-7246

St. Wendel: Sue Opatz 363-8160

Esther Struzyk 251-4984

Opole : Mary Ann Czeck 393-2266

Immaculate Conception

Annual Parish Bazaar

Please bring a lawn chair for Mass.

Chicken & Ham Dinner

Catered by Pelican Lake Ballroom

Serving starts at 11:00 AM.

voted best in St. Anna for burgers & more

All day activities for all ages:

Live music by Country Polkateers& Preston & Paulzine Band

kids & teen games, pull tabs, beer

garden, silent auction, cake walk,

crafts-n-things, quilt raffle, bingo

Grand Prize $1,000 cash

Mass Schedule Change

This weekend, Saturday, June 27th

Mass will be celebrated in Our Lady of

Mount Carmel, Opole, at 8:00 PM; Sunday,

June 28th 10:00 AM Mass will be

celebrated with an Outdoor Polka Mass

at Immaculate Conception, St. Anna.

Remember in your prayers all those who so

honorably serve our country, especially:

Simon Ebnet -Adam Fiedler-Luke Sand -Charles Gerads-Jessica Opatz- Adam Kremers-Tim Kuklok -Jeff Smith-Ross Breth -Matthew Bieniek-Kelly Welle -Michael Bloch-Karl Zeimetz -Nicole Wunderlich-Nick Stanoch- Kyle Swedziak-Nathan Hintz -Adam Hoffman

To add a name of someone serving in the

military, please contact Terri at 746-2449.

At 9 weeks after conception unborn

children begin thumb-sucking.

Between12-16 weeks they often touch their

mouths. Teeth start to grow by 13 weeks;

at 14 weeks differences between boys and

girls begin to appear: female fetuses move

their mouths much more frequently than

males. -The Endowment for Human Development

Monday: Acts 12:1-112 Timothy 4:6-8, 17-18

Tuesday: Genesis 19:15-29

Wednesday: Genesis 21:5, 8-20a

Thursday: Genesis 22:1b-19

Friday: Ephesians 2:19-22

Saturday: Genesis 27:1-5, 15-29

Sunday: Ezekiel 2:2-52 Corinthians 12:7-10

JUNE 21, 2009 PARISH INCOME TOTAL DEPOSIT

Opole $1598.30 $1598.30

St. Anna $ 849.25 $ 889.25

St. Columbkille $1085.25 $1085.25

St. Hedwig’s $1909.50 $2029.50

St. Mary’s $1949.50 $1949.50