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

Office hours: Mon., 8 a.m. – variable; Tues., 8 am - noon Wed., 9 am – noon, Thurs., 8:00 – Variable.

Sunday, May 13th

, 2018 The 7th

Sunday of EasterSUNDAY 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 (patsspp@bevcomm.net) or by phone (526-

5626).

PASTOR’S PARISHABLES

For Mothers Day, for many, there will be cards &

flowers, a special meal & maybe a trip home & even a

trip to the cemetery. Every Easter-time we have this day

set aside to honor our mothers. This is fitting. The love

we have for our mothers & the love mothers have for

their children are ways we experience God's love. That’s

why we sometimes call the Church our mother: We’re

born from her womb at baptism, raised in her family, &

nourished at her table in the Eucharist.

The prayer of Jesus we hear this Sunday, coinciding

with Mother’s Day, seems custom made. (Actually, it

took a slight manipulation, moving Christ’s Ascension

from this Sunday to last Sunday, leaving this 7th Sunday

of Easter intact, with its prayer that mothers could make

their own: "O Father most holy, protect them. As long as

I was with them, I guarded them. I kept careful watch. I

do not ask you to take them out of the world, but to guard

them from evil." (That's from John 17:11-15, mothers;

take it with you & memorize it! It's your prayer too.)

“He descended into hell.” We’ve said that in the Apos-

tles’ Creed for centuries. (However, between about 1970,

when the 1st translation of the Mass in English came out,

& 2011, when a new & more literal English translation

replaced it, we said—at least at Mass, “He descended to

the dead.”) Last Sunday, observing the Ascension here in

our parishes, it seemed opportune to look into what we

profess when we say that. Jesus descended into hell.

Actually, the Nicene Creed, used most commonly at

Mass, doesn’t mention his “descension” before his

resurrection & ascension. It simply says, “He suffered

death & was buried, & rose again on the 3rd

day…. He

ascended into heaven….”

Christ “sojourned” among the dead, we believe, when

we say “he died.” That’s the word used by the Catholic

Catechism, “The frequent New Testament affirmations

that Jesus was ‘raised from the dead’ presuppose that the

crucified one sojourned in the realm of the dead prior to

his resurrection.” (That’s a formal way of saying what I

referred to, gingerly, last Sunday when I mentioned

“what Jesus did on Holy Saturday.”) The Catechism goes

on, “This was the first meaning given in the apostolic

preaching to Christ’s descent into hell: that Jesus, like all

[people], experienced death & in his soul joined the

others in the realm of the dead.” (The term “realm of the

dead” still strikes me as clearer than “hell” when

describing Christ’s “descent” in death.)

“Spirits in prison” are next mentioned: “But he

descended there as Savior, proclaiming the Good News

to the spirits imprisoned there.” And this is the true

interpretation of 1 Peter 3:19: “He was put to death

insofar as fleshly existence goes, but was given life in the

realm of the spirit. It was in the spirit also that he went to

preach to the spirits in prison.”

The Church’s use of the word “hell” is addressed by

the Catechism in the next paragraph (633): “Scripture

calls the abode of the dead, to which the dead Christ went

down, ‘hell’—Sheol in Hebrew or Hades in Greek—

because those who are there are deprived of the vision of

God. Such is the case for all the dead, whether evil or

righteous, while they await the redeemer: which does not

mean that their lot is identical, as Jesus shows through

the parable of the poor man Lazarus who was received

into ‘Abraham’s bosom’ [see the parable in Luke 16:22-

26]. It is precisely these holy souls [the great ones of the

Old Testament, for example] who awaited their Savior in

Abraham’s bosom, whom Christ the Lord delivered when

he descended into hell.” Lest there be any confusion, the

Catechism adds, “Jesus did not descend into hell to

deliver the damned, nor to destroy the hell of damnation,

but to free the just who had gone before him.”

So how has Christ’s “descent into hell” found its way

into the lived faith of the Church? In the final paragraph

of this section (635), the Catechism explains, “Christ

went down into the depths of death so that ‘the dead will

hear the voice of the Son of God, & those who hear will

live’” (quoting John 5:25). Which means, the Catechism

emphasizes, that “‘The gospel was preached even to the

dead’ (1 Peter 4:6). The descent into hell brings the

Gospel message of salvation to complete fulfillment.”

Footnote: Do you notice how the Catechism—of the

supposedly unscriptural Catholic Church!—is constantly

interweaving Scripture in its catechesis?

Footnote 2: Maybe next week I’ll have room for the stan-

zas of the old gospel song “The Little Boy from the Car-

penter Shop.” I heard the Bluegrass Cardinals sing that

once. It mentions this “Holy Saturday Christ” taking from

the devil the key to the locked gate so the procession of

the just, the exodus, could begin. That comes from Rev.

1:18 & is also mentioned in paragraph 635 (“Henceforth

the risen Christ holds ‘the keys of Death & Hades’.…”)

Yes! 4 more at SS P/P joined in the annual Catholic

Ministries Appeal last week, nudging us toward our goal:

SS PP: 52 (17.9%) have given $9,995 (57.8%) of goal.

St M: 19 (19.4%) have given $3,250 (53.4%) of goal.

(The goals this year are SS P/P: $17,300 & St M: $6,090)

Diocesan-wide, we’ve climbed another couple of percent-

age points: we’re at 72.9% of our $2.1 million goal.

Finally, we’re planning for a new pictorial directory for our parishes. We’re way overdue. We hardly recog-

nize one another in the current directory. You’ll be hear-

ing more in the days ahead, but for now, plan for a time

to participate: Aug 8-11 & Sept 4-8 (at SS P/P); Aug 15-

16 (at St. M). Members of either parish can use any times

of either parish. (Signups for times will begin early July.)

Mass Schedule – BE=SS Peter & Paul, W=St. Mary’s

Mon. No Mass Tue. /W 8:30 AM – Robert Staloch Wed/BE 7:30AM – McRae & Rita Willmert Thur. St. Luke’s 10:00AM – Larry Trenary Fri./BE 8:30AM – Dick Dummer Sat./BE 5:15PM – Peter Fletcher Sun./W 8:00AM – Dolores Stevermer Sun./BE 10:00AM – Francis & Phyllis Sohler NEXT WEEK’S MINISTRY SCHEDULE:

Sat., May 19: Servers: Luke Carr

SSPP Marie Carr

Ministers of Communion: Andre Hamlin

Bill Hamlin & Becky Spencer

Gift Bearers: Bob & Becky Spencer

Ushers: Dirk Esser Group

Sun., May 20: Servers: Noah Dahl

St. Mary’s

Ministers of Communion: Karen Hernandez

Peter Somers & Kathy Somers

Gift Bearers: Mark & Chris Rockers

Ushers: Dick Kortuem & Dick Maday

Sun., May 20: Servers: Hailey Becker

SSPP Jocelyn Johnson

Ministers of Communion: Lee Mikolai

Shirl Maher & Vitres Samek

Gift Bearers: Tim & Barb Steier

Ushers: Bob Dulas Group

Knight’s Corner:

May 14th-Concert Assoc. Cook-Out

May 18-19th-KC State Convention-Rochester

All parishioners are invited to join the Catholic

Daughters in praying the rosary at 9:35 on Sundays in

May for the end to abortion. Court cases (Supreme and

State) and federal and state laws are being decided for or

against the rights of the unborn. Prayers are needed!

Catholic Charities collection this weekend: Your

compassionate generosity makes a life-changing

difference for those most in need within our diocese.

Serving in over 20 counties and providing over 17

programs—your investment in our mission provides

compassionate care for the poor and vulnerable in

southern Minnesota. If you are unable to make a gift

today, simply mail your donation in the reply envelope

in the Catholic Charities mailer you received in your

home mailbox recently or DONATE ONLINE at

www.ccsomn.org Sending our heartfelt thanks and

grateful prayers for your support on all levels.

“Intense love does not measure. It just gives.” ~Mother

Teresa

SSPP Cemetery Sunday: We are going back to having

a second collection for Calvary Cemetery on Sunday,

May 20th. There are some needed improvements at the

cemetery. Several trees need to be removed near the altar

at a cost of $3,500. The altar needs renovations that are

estimated at $4,880.00. Your generosity on May 20th can

help to cover these costs. (The Cemetery Fund

Envelopes in your envelope packets are being

discontinued.)

Spring has Sprung: It’s been a long time coming. Now

that things are greening up, if you have any perennials

that you will be splitting, please consider donating them

to the SS Peter & Paul/social hall courtyard - plantings.

A group of “gardening angels” have been busy adding

plants and bulbs to the courtyard and there is still room

for more. Take a peak and enjoy the tulips and daffodils.

Please call the rectory – 526-5626 if you have plants to

donate. See what blooms next.

Foster parents are greatly needed in Faribault County.

Foster Parents provide care while children and their birth

parents work through the difficulties of their lives.

Foster parents need to be 21 yrs. of age or older, can be

married or single and must be able to pass a background

check. For more information contact Bethany Jobe

Human Services of Faribault & Marting Counties at 526-

3265 or bethany.jobe@fmchs.com.

The Council of Catholic Women Province Conference

is scheduled for June 25 & 26 in Fairmont. Leadership

Training Development is scheduled for the afternoon of

the 25th, with a full day on the 26

th that includes two

speakers. The cost is $65 for both days that includes

dinner, lunch, great speakers and entertainment by

“CCW’s Got Talent”. The registration is due June 1.

Please see the CCW link on the Church Website for

Registration forms.

There will be a breakfast at St Mary's after Mass on

Sunday May 20th to honor our 2 Graduates, Maddie

Oelke and Crystal Neitfelt and our Confirmants Emma

Dahl and Grace Roiger.

SACRIFICAL GIVING

Sacrificial Giving, SS Peter & Paul: May 5 & 6:

Adult/Plate giving needed weekly: $4,220.00

Adult/Plate giving last week: $3,284.00

Adult/Plate giving needed yr-to-date: $189,900.00

Adult/Plate giving fiscal yr-to-date: $202,339.41

Sacrificial Giving, St. Mary: May 6:

Adult/Plate giving needed weekly: $1,135.00

Adult/Plate giving last week: $1,429.00

Adult/Plate giving needed yr-to-date: $51,075.00

Adult/Plate giving fiscal yr-to-date: $57,499.07

FAITH FORMATION/YOUTH MINISTRY NEWS Angie Nagel - 526-5626 (office) - 526-3485 (home) - 507-276-5114 (cell), angieyouthministry@bevcomm.net

May Calendar

20 Baccalaureate, 10AM Mass

30 Pizza Hut Night - Fundraiser for Summer

Camps!

June Calendar

2-3 M & M Fundraiser after Masses

Thank you!! Our 2017-2018 Faith Formation year has come to a close. It has been such a great year! We are so blessed by our catechists who have continually gone above and beyond to bring faith and fun and Catholic tradition and the love of Jesus into the lives and hearts of our young parishioners. What a blessing these faith-filled, dedicated people have been to our Faith Formation program. We also thank our Faith Formation / Youth Ministry Board members who meet monthly to vision and evaluate and discuss our programs. They are a valuable asset to our parish Faith Formation and Youth Ministry programs. CATECHISTS: Kindergarten Trish Schimek Grade 6 Angie Frundt Grade 1 Lindsey Greff Cathy Stevermer

Grade 2 Lora Moore Grade 7 Deb Christensen

Grade 3 Carol Moore Grade 8 Jennie Johnson

Grace 4 Amy Stevermer Grade 9 Jeremy Coxworth

Cindy Trasamar Grade 10 Karla Carr Grade 5 Rita Frundt Christina Dahl

BOARD MEMBERS:

Shawna Barnett Shawn Bromeland Brooke Prestegard Pat Salic Sue Schoenfelder Jason Spencer Dan Warner

CATHOLIC night at PIZZA HUT! Youth attending Celebrate Me Week, Camp Summit and the Mission Trip invite all of you to Pizza Hut on Wednesday, May 30th from 5:00-8:00PM for CATHOLIC NIGHT! All tips collected that evening will go to our youth attending Summer Camps/Trips. Get a group of family, friends or neighbors together and join us for a fun evening!

M & M Fundraiser for Summer Camps!

After Masses on the weekend of June 2-3, youth attending Summer Camps will be handing out tubes of M & M's. They are asking you to first enjoy the M & M's, then secondly, return the tube the following weekend with whatever donation you are able to make. We have nearly 20 youth participating in Summer Camps so any donation you can make would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your support of our parish youth programs!

Schwan's Cares Fundraiser! 5% profit on food purchases -- Order May 2nd through August 1st! Ordering is easy! Just log on to www.schwans-cares.com. Click on "Sign Up" and create an account with an email address and password. Click on "Find A Campaign". Enter this ID #: 37172. Then click on "Shop Now." You get great products from Schwan's and our youth earn money for summer camps and trips. Please let me know if you have any questions or need some assistance ordering. Thank you for supporting youth from both of our parishes!

Attention Graduating Seniors! The Baccalaureate Mass is on Sunday, May 20th at 10:00AM. A reception will be held in the Social Hall after Mass in your honor. Please plan on attending with your families!

Milk Moola Caps / Bag Tops Do you have any Milk Moola caps or bag tops sitting at home? Please bring in what you have and put them in the container in the church entry. We are going to count them up and get them sent in within the coming weeks. Thank you!!

Save the Date!! Vacation Bible School is returning to Saints Peter & Paul! Camp Creation will be held July 30th to August 3rd. Get these dates on your summer calendar before it fills up! VBS is open to children from preschool age through Grade 5. Parents, parishioners and Junior and Senior High youth will be needed as helpers! Watch for more details in the coming months!