Parish of the Diocese of Winona and staffed by the priests of the

“Institute of the Incarnate Word” IVE Pastor: Fr. Mariano Varela, IVE Associate Pastor: Fr. Richard Yevchak, IVE Fr. Andrew Whiting, IVE Administrator: Mark Frederick, ext 108 Secretary: Shirley Pestka, ext. 101 Faith Formation: Beth Shank, ext. 109 Youth Ministry: Beverly Miller ext. 110 Music & Liturgy: Lisa Knutson ext.102 Parish Trustee: Frank Cesario Daniel Scott Priest Residence: 512 E. Mulberry St.

Loyola Catholic School: 388-2997 IVE High School Seminary: 387-2565

Mass Schedule

Daily: 7:00 am Monday thru Friday 8:00 am Saturday

Saturday: 5:15 pm

Sunday: 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 am 1:00 pm (Espanol)

Holy Day: See bulletin

SS Peter & Paul Parish Office: 105 North Fifth St., Mankato, MN 56001

Phone: 507-388-2995 Fax: 507-388-7661

E-mail: sspp@hickorytech.net

FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT

MARCH 13, 2016

FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT 2

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Monday: Dn 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30,

33-62 [41c-62]; Ps 23:1-6;

Jn 8:12-20 (or Jn 8:1-11

Tuesday: Nm 21:4-9; Ps 102:2-3,

16-21; Jn 8:21-30

Wednesday: Dn 3:14-20, 91-92, 95;

Dn 3:52-56; Jn 8:31-42

Thursday: Gn 17:3-9; Ps 105:4-9:

Jn 8:51-59

Friday: Jer 20:10-13; Ps 18:2-7;

Jn 10:31-42

Saturday: 2 Sm 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16; Ps

89:2-5, 27, 29; Rom 4:13, 1

6-18, 22; Mt 1:16, 18-21,

24a or Lk 2:41-51a

Sunday: Lk 19:28-40 (procession);

Is 50:4-7; Ps 22:8-9, 17-20,

23-24; Phil 2:6-11; Lk 22:14

— 23:56 [23:1-49]

Sacrament of Reconciliation

Saturday: 11 am-noon & 4-5 pm Daily: After the 7:00 am Mass Other times by appointment.

Sacrament of Baptism Contact the Parish Office at least one month in advance of the desired date. The usual time for Baptism is at 4:15 pm the last Saturday of the month.

Sacrament of Matrimony For registered, participating members of the Parish, arrangements for preparation and the date are made by contacting one of the pastors, at least six months before the wedding.

Bulletin Notices All articles for the bulletin are due by 2 pm on Tuesday. Bulletin articles should always be turned in to the parish office with a contact person’s name and phone number.

New Members Welcome Please register at the Parish Office.

Mass Intentions

Monday, March 14

7:00 am +John Hayden Jones: Caroline McCargar Jones &

Family +Dee Tacheny: Leon Tacheny & Family

Intentions of Pollie Luther: Burroughs Family

Tuesday, March 15

7:00 am +Deceased of Nguyen Family: Lai & Khuou Nguyen

Intentions of Steve Luther: Burroughs Family

3:30 pm Oaklawn Health Care: 3:30 pm +Sister Dorothy

Olinger: Holy Family/Catholic Aid

Wednesday, March 16

7:00 am +Andrew & Marie Pongratz & all their children &

spouses & deceased decendants: Mary Ann

Pongratz

Thursday, March 17

7:00 am +Merle Wilmes: Dan and Kim Scott

+Brady John Schaffer: Holy Family/Catholic Aid

Friday, March 18 7:00 am +Maximo Severa: Lilian Frahm

+Tony Bauer: Carol and Marlin Portner

Saturday, March 19 8:00 am +Dick Oberle: Family

+Ozzie Neubert: Lois Neubert

+L C Skaggs: Mark & Mary Weingartz

Weekly Schedule

Sunday, March 13

No Catechism Class today

5:00 pm Stations of the Cross, followed by soup supper in Jesuit Hall

8:30 am to 11 am KC French Toast Breakfast—Jesuit Hall

Monday, March 14 7:00 pm COF Meeting in DeSmet Meeting Room

Tuesday , March 15

7:30 am to 12 noon Adoration in Xavier Chapel

9:00 am Rosary for Vocations Xavier Chapel

Wednesday, March 16

3:30 pm Xavier Chapel, Pray for vocations to the priesthood

4:30 pm Children's/Youth Choir rehearsal in Choir Room

6:00 PM Adult Education Class Room 302 Xavier Hall

6:30 pm RCIA meets in Room 203 of Xavier Hall

6:30 pm St. Cecilia Choir rehearses in Xavier Hall Choir Room

Thursday, March 17

7:00 pm Rosary for Priests Xavier Chapel

Friday, March 18

7:30 am 6 pm Adoration in Xavier Hall

Saturday, March 19

9:00 am Legion of Mary in Xavier Hall Room 203

Worldwide Marriage Encounter

Days Inn-Hutchinson, MN April 15-17, 2016 To register or for more info, visit SouthMNWWME.org or call 507-838-8178

“During this lent, let us all ask the Lord: Make our hearts like your own’...a heart which is firm & merciful, attentive

& generous, a heart which is not closed…” ~Pope Francis

The incident of the gospel with the adulteress woman has many lessons for all of us in this

Season of Lent. We are all sinners in greater or lesser degree. We all offend the good God in

many ways. But, thank God, we are not dealing with the Scribes and Pharisees as our judges,

but with a God of Mercy, a God who knows and understands our weaknesses and frailties. No

matter how many and how serious our sins may have been, the mercy and forgiveness of God

is ever there for those who repent. The other lesson for us is that we should try to imitate our

Lord by being more merciful and more compassionate toward others. Too many of us are in-

clined to judge too harshly and heartlessly the neighbor whose sins happen to become public,

while we minimize our own failings because they are secret. Remember our Lord’s words to

the Pharisees: “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to cast a stone to her”.

Pope Francis says in the Bull of Indiction of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy that: “Mercy is the very foundation of

the Church’s life. All of her pastoral activity should be caught up in the tenderness she makes present to believers;

nothing in her preaching and in her witness to the world can be lacking in mercy.” The Church’s very credibility is

seen in how she shows merciful and compassionate love. The Church “has an endless desire to show mercy”.

[8] Perhaps we have long since forgotten how to show and live the way of mercy. The temptation, on the one hand, to

focus exclusively on justice made us forget that this is only the first, albeit necessary and indispensable step. But the

Church needs to go beyond and strive for a higher and more important goal “

At times when we feel the temptation to condemn or criticize someone, remember the words of Christ: “Be merciful

as your heavenly father is merciful” (lk 6:36) or “For with what judgment you judge, you shall be judged: and with

what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.” (Mt 7:2)

Fr. Mariano Varela, IVE

PASTOR’S MESSAGE 3

Reconciliation times

Communal Reconciliation At St. John the Baptist Parish

March 20 at 4 pm.

Individual Confession, March 22 & 23 11:00 –12 noon.

Holy Week 2016

Palm Sunday ( blessing of palms at 9:15 am at Garage

of the Church Property and then procession into the

Church)

Chrism Mass: March 21 at 7:00 pm Good Shepherd

Church, Jackson, MN.

Holy Thursday 7:00 pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper.

Good Friday

9:00 am Morning Prayer

9:15 am Stations of the Cross starting at Ss Peter and

Paul, going to St. John’s, St. Joseph the Worker and end-

ing at Holy Rosary in North Mankato.

3 pm: Celebration of the Lord’s Passion.

Holy Saturday

9:00 am Morning Prayer and blessing of Easter food.

8:30 pm Easter Vigil (Reception of baptized Christians

into the full communion of the Catholic Church)

Divine Mercy Hour Sunday April 3th 2:30-4:00 pm.

There will be confessions during the holy hour.

MARCH 13 2016 4

PHÚC ÂM: Ga 8, 1-11

"Ai trong các ngươi sạch tội, hãy ném đá chị này trước đi".

Tin Mừng Chúa Giêsu Kitô theo Thánh Gioan.

Khi ấy, Chúa Giêsu lên núi cây dầu. Và từ sáng sớm, Người

lại vào trong đền thờ. Toàn dân đến cùng Người, nên Người

ngồi xuống và bắt đầu giảng dạy. Lúc đó, luật sĩ và biệt phái

dẫn đến Người một thiếu phụ bị bắt quả tang phạm tội ngoại

tình, và họ đặt nàng đứng trước mặt mọi người. Họ hỏi

Chúa Giêsu: "Thưa Thầy, thiếu phụ này bị bắt quả tang

phạm tội ngoại tình, mà theo luật Môsê, hạng phụ nữ này

phải bị ném đá. Còn Thầy, Thầy dạy sao?" Họ nói thế có ý

gài bẫy Người để có thể tố cáo Người. Nhưng Chúa Giêsu

cúi xuống, bắt đầu lấy ngón tay viết trên đất. Vì họ cứ hỏi

mãi, nên Người đứng lên và bảo họ: "Ai trong các ngươi

sạch tội, hãy ném đá chị này trước đi". Và Người ngồi

xuống và lại viết trên đất. Nghe nói thế, họ rút lui từng

người một, bắt đầu là những người nhiều tuổi nhất, và còn

lại một mình Chúa Giêsu với người thiếu phụ vẫn đứng đó.

Bấy giờ Chúa Giêsu đứng thẳng dậy và bảo nàng: "Hỡi

thiếu phụ, những người cáo chị đi đâu cả rồi? Không ai kết

án chị ư?" Nàng đáp: "Thưa Thầy, không có ai". Chúa

Giêsu bảo: "Ta cũng thế, Ta không kết tội chị. Vậy chị hãy

đi, và từ nay đừng phạm tội nữa". Đó là lời Chúa.

Minister Schedule for March 19-20, 2016

Saturday 5:15 pm Sunday 7:30 am Sunday 9:30 am Sunday 11:30 am

Extra-Ordinary

Minister of Holy

Communion

Mark/Mary Frederick

Mike/Ruth Woitas

Jim/Lorraine Schweiss

Shirley Pestka

JoAnn Vetter, Karen/

Dennis Gruis, Vicky

Goettl, Ginny Scheurer,

M.A.Pongratz, C Wersal

Dan Silver, Steve Howe

Cate Johnson, Leo Roth

P.Willaert, R. Schneller

Joanne Lamm

Shellie Altenhofen

Marlene Houg

Doreen Slater

Altar Servers Tobyn Fignar, Aiden

Gaul, Michael Sanchez

Lisa and Wyatt

Rodriguez

Cassidy & Matthew

Krueger, Lex Streeter

Andrew Burgess

Uriel Barrera

Constantine Carpenter

Lector Mary Krueger Karen Gruis Bill Dickmeyer Philip Goettl

Greeters Joan Wilmes, Jackie

Anderson, Jeanette

Marka, M. Daufenbach

Barbara Swanson

Tom/Cheri Miller

Bruce Tweto

Carol McCoy, Paul/Ger

Kragh, Don/Joanne

Kvasnicka

Tim/Shelly Altenhofen

Marlene Houg

Pat Roesch

Ushers Jim Schweiss, Les

Bruns, Richard Keltgen

Les Schneider

Phil Chester

Duane Mettler

Earle Peters

Dave Schwamberger

Ervin Stueber

Stan Huettl

Bob Kreuzer

Dave Mrotz

Tom Mocol

Mark Brosnan

Tom Ngo

Parish Census Thank you to everyone who signed up in My

Own Church this past week. If you have not yet

signed up, please go to our website, http://

sspeterandpaul.com and click on the tab at the top

of the page “My Own Church”. The instructions

for registering are in the document section. Fol-

low the directions on page 2 of the document. If

you have trouble registering please email me at

sspp@hickorytech.net . Thank you in advance

for helping us conduct this census.

Feast of St. Joseph

To celebrate the Feast of St Joseph

on March 19th, we will have a

breakfast in Jesuit Hall after the

8:00 am Mass. All are welcome to

come down after Mass.

Mankato Serra Club O Jesus, Savior of the World, sanctify your priests,

deacons, religious and seminarians. The Mankato Ser-

ra Club works to affirm and promote religious voca-

tions and meets on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every

month. For more information call 507-696-8119.

Faith Formation Beth Shank

faith4u@hickorytech.net

Faith Formation Session

Wednesday, March 16th

5:15pm - Baked Potato Meal in Jesuit Hall

6:00pm - Report to regular classrooms

Grades Pre-K - 8 - Fitz Building

Confirmation - Upper Room

Adults - Xavier Hall Room #302

7:15pm - Community closing Prayer in Church

Hungering to

Grow a New

Tomorrow

This week’s CRS Rice Bowl country is the island nation of Mada-gascar, where we’re reminded of the important role farmers play in caring for God’s creation. As we prepare our meals throughout the week, let us reflect on where our food comes from - and what role we can play in caring for our environment. Visit crsricebowl.org for more information. Rice Bowls may be turned in to one of the

Ushers or the Parish Office.

Reflecting with Scripture

Isaiah 43:16–21; Philippians 3:4b–14; John 12:1–8

Care for Creation God created every plant, every mountaintop, every animal - eve-

rything. And God said that these things are good. We find God

in these good things he made, and so we must take care of crea-

tion, both for ourselves and for all of our human family.

Isaiah draws our attention to God at work in the natural environ-

ment. “See, I am doing something new! Now it springs forth, do

you not perceive it?” Where do we encounter God in creation?

Jesus says, “You always have the poor with you, but you do not

always have me.” Indeed, we now encounter Christ in the cry of the

poor, and the cry of the earth. Do we recognize the suffering Christ

in the poor, in the earth? How do we respond?

This week, CRS Rice Bowl features a woman from Madagascar

whose crops were destroyed in a recent storm. As a farmer, she

needed seeds to get her family back on their feet.

Do we listen to the needs of others, or do we impose our own

assumptions?

First Holy Communion Learning Centers

Wednesday, March 16th; 5:00-7:30 pm Come any time to between 5:00 and 6:00 pm to begin the student/parent Learning Centers in DeSmet Hall. Make sure to bring your com-pleted Communion home study book.

YOUTH MINISTRY

Beverly Miller ssppyouth@enventis.com

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THAT WILL HELP YOU GROW IN THE FAITH!!!

SERVICE OPPS!!!! THE CONTACT INFO OF SOMEONE (ME

AKA BEVERLY!) WHO WANTS TO WALK WITH YOU ON YOUR FAITH JOURNEY AND HELP ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS!

http://sspeterandpaul.com/youth-ministry

YOUTH GROUP Wednesday March 16th:

Sports in Fitz followed by Ydisciple!

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FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT 5

Rosary Society Rosaries prayed for the weekend of

March 12-13, for married couples: May

the Holy Spirit guide them as they em-

brace their call to total, faithful and fruitful love,

Sundays: 7:05 & 9:05 in the main Church & Wednes-

days, 3:30 pm in Xavier Hall Chapel.

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Looking Ahead

No Catechism Class today, March 13

Classes will resume on March 20

No Catechism Class on Easter Sunday

March 19—Feast of St Joseph—8 am Mass - Breakfast

to follow in Jesuit Hall

March 20-Stations of Cross 5 pm

Soup supper to follow in Jesuit Hall

April 3– Divine Mercy Sunday, 2:30 to 4 PM

In Our Generosity We Imitate God

March 6 Budget

Adult Env. $ 9712.36 $8,625.00

Plate $ 940.28 1,058.00

E Transfer $ 2,928.00 3,000.00

Total

Cath. Relief

$ 13,580.64

$ 1,982.59

$ 12,683.00

Pro Life Our Lord calls us to imitate Him

more perfectly by witnessing to the

inherent dignity of every human be-

ing, including those whose actions

have been despicable… we are

called to oppose the culture of death

by witnessing to something greater and more perfect: a

gospel of life, hope and mercy.

Reconciliation for Lent

Individual Reconciliation at Ss Peter and

Paul from 11 am –12 noon on Tuesday

March 22, and Wednesday 23rd. For com-

munal reconciliation we join with St John the Baptist

Church on Sunday, March 20th at 4:00 pm.

Helping Hands If you would like to help serve the

funeral lunches for the month of

March, please call Janet Rudie at

387-3879 or JoAnn Hensel at 388-7510. Thank you.

Easter Flowers If you would like to help with the cost of

the Easter Flowers you can do so by put-

ting money in an envelope marked for

Easter Flowers and drop it into the Sun-

day collection basket . Thank You.

St Dominic Savio Society

Next meeting March 21st , from 3:30 to

4:30 in the Church for server practice.

French Toast Breakfast Join us Sunday, March 13 from 8:30

to 11:00 am in Jesuit Hall, for a French

Toast breakfast sponsored by the

KC’s. Proceeds go toward the Blessed Jose Sanchez del

Rio Minor Seminary.

Loyola Catholic Schools Preschool/PreKindergarten options

for fall 2016 have been updated.

Please note that we are offering a 2-

day PM class, a 3-day PM class, a 5-

day AM class, and a 5-day ALL

DAY class. Tuition assistance and par ish grants are

available to preschool families. Call 388-0600 for more

information or to schedule a tour.

If you would like to help to promote Loyola

Catholic School during our enrollment season, please

consider posting a yard sign in your yard. They are

available in any school office or by calling 507-386-

5386.

Sympathy We express our most sincere sympathy to Genevieve

Mocol and her family upon the death of her brother,

William Lohse from Heron Lake, MN. May the Lord

whom he sought in his life, now keep him in everlasting

joy.

5º DOMINGO DE CUARESMA 13 DE MARZO 2016

RENGLONES RECTOS

“Dios escribe derecho en renglones torcidos”, dice el

refrán. El testimonio contundente de san Pablo, cuando

nos dice que todo es basura fuera del conocer a Cristo y

experimentar la fuerza de su Resurrección, es un mensa-

je bien directo y claro –aunque Dios sabe que Pablo an-

duvo por una senda bien torcida antes de recibir la luz

cegadora del Señor.

Isaías nos recuerda que los grandes milagros del pa-

sado no son nada en comparación con la nueva creación

que Dios va a realizar. “¿No lo notan?” nos pregunta el

profeta, como si todavía anduviéramos perdidos por

nuestras sendas torcidas.

Y no hay renglón más derecho que la línea que co-

necta la intensa miseria de una mujer pecadora con la

misericordia de Dios que se muestra en la persona de

Jesús. ¡Eso sí que son Buenas Nuevas!” Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

LECTURAS DE LA SEMANA Lunes: Dn 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 [41c-62];

Sal 23 (22):1-6; Jn 8:12-20 (o Jn 8:1-11 si es

que se usaron las lecturas del Año A el

domingo)

Martes: Nm 21:4-9; Sal 102 (101):2-3, 16-21;

Jn 8:21-30

Miércoles: Dn 3:14-20, 91-92, 95; Dn 3:52-56;

Jn 8:31-42

Jueves: Gn 17:3-9; Sal 105 (104):4-9: Jn 8:51-59

Viernes: Jer 20:10-13; Sal 18 (17):2-7; Jn 10:31-42

Sábado: 2 Sm 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16; Sal 89 (88):2-5,

27, 29; Rom 4:13, 16-18, 22;

Mt 1:16, 18-21, 24a o Lc 2:41-51a

Domingo: Lc 19:28-40 (procesión);

Is 50:4-7; Sal 22 (23):8-9, 17-20, 23-24;

Fil 2:6-11; Lc 22:14 — 23:56 [23:1-49]

Fechas para recordar

Semana Santa

Jueves Santos: Misa de la cena del Señor

7 pm. Adoración con Nuestro Señor y

habrá confesiones desde las 10 hasta las

11 de la noche.

Viernes Santo: Estaciones de la Cruz por las calles

desde las 9:15 am.

3 pm Celebración de la Pasión del Se

ñor.

Sábado Santo: Vigilia Pascual 8:30 pm

Domingo de Pascua: 1 pm en español. Habrá bautis-

mos.

Hora Santa a la Divina Misericordia: Domingo 3 de

Abril a las 2:30pm hasta las 4 pm.

Primeras Comuniones: Domingo 1 de Mayo a la 1pm

(misa de español)

Confirmaciones: Viernes 13 de Mayo a las 6:00 pm

aquí en nuestra parroquia.

Domingo de Ramos

1:00 pm. Afuera de la Iglesia

Venga 10 minutos antes de la celebración

de la bendición de los ramos.

El Domingo de Ramos es el comienzo de

la Semana Santa.

32 Años del IVE

El Instituto del Verbo Encarnado celebra sus

32 años de fundación.

Fundado como instituto religioso misionero

por el P. Carlos Buela, IVE el 25 de Marzo 1984.

La Santa Misa será el Lunes 4 de Abril a las 5:15

pm. Luego tendremos una cena en el Jesuit Hall.

Saints Peter and Paul

Bulletin # 791650

Contact: Shirley Pestka

Phone: 507.388.2995

Quantity: 600

Special Instructions: Bulletin

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