Mailing Address St. Edward’s & St. Paul’s

P.O. Box 38 4905 State Hwy 84

Longville, MN 56655

Phone Numbers Office………………………..218-363-2799 Rectory……………………...218-363-3498

Email: stedwardlongville@yahoo.com

Website: stedwardandstpaul.org

Office Hours Mon. Tues. Wed. & Fri. 9:00am-1:00pm

St. Edward’s, Longville Mass Schedule

Rosary—One half hour before Masses Confessions - Saturday ................ 3:00pm

or by appointment Saturday ........................................ 4:00pm Sunday ............................................8:30am

Daily Mass Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday

Mass ................................................8:30am

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Tuesday’s……………..9:15 am - 1:15 pm

Light of Christ Adoration Chapel

St. Paul’s, Remer Mass Schedule

Rosary—One half hour before Masses Confessions before/after Sunday Mass

or by appointment.

Sunday ..........................................10:30am Daily Mass—Thursday

Mass ............................................... 8:30am

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament First Thursday of the Month

9 AM - 10 PM

Prayer List If you, or someone you know or love,

have a prayer need, please contact: Dianne Hipsher at 218-363-2969

First Friday Mass St. Edward’s

Adoration 7:30 am Benediction & Mass 8:30am

First Saturday Mass St. Edward’s Rosary 8:00 am Mass 8:30 am

Women’s Council of St. Edward’s Meets on the 2nd Wednesday

of each month at 9 AM. Next Meeting – February 12th

St. Paul’s Ladies Council Meets on the 2nd Tuesday, every

other Month at 4:00 PM. Next Meeting - March 10th

Saint Vincent de Paul Saint Rose of Lima Conference

Longville/Remer

Welcome to the Catholic Churches of

Longville, MN February 9, 2020 Remer, MN

Saint Edward’s & Saint Paul’s

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Weekday Masses

Monday, February 10 ~ No Mass Tuesday, February 11 - Jack Sonstegard +

Wednesday, February 12 - Sherry Heitz+ Thursday, February 13 - Jeraline Pavlak + Friday, February 14 - Brian Plunkett +

Weekend Masses Saturday, February 15 4:00 pm ~ St. Edward’s ~ Dewey & Marjorie Wenzel + Sunday, February 16 8:30 am ~ St. Edward’s - Terese Thole + 10:30 am ~ St. Paul’s ~ Pro Popullo

GOSPEL MEDITATION - ENCOURAGE DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF SCRIPTURE February 9, 2020—5rd Sunday in Ordinary Time What does it mean to be salt and light? If we listen carefully to Jesus’ words, we gain some direction. To be salt means to bring taste, zest, and joy to life. We are asked to liven things up a bit by allowing the joy of our faith to spill over into the lives of others. Only a sincere and deep relationship with God can freshen up humanity and set it on proper course. To be light means that our faith must translate into action so that we can be Christ for others and extend the same arm of mercy and compassion that Christ did. Our acts of piety, then, cannot be directed solely at ourselves. Prayer is never about self-benefit but must always be directed toward union with God, deepening our relationships with one another and learning how to be effective stewards of the beautiful universe God has entrusted to our care.

The Master gives us wise direction in terms of how we can best become the salt and light he desires. Listen carefully to the Beatitudes. Think about the oppression and alienation that exists in our world, the violence and prejudice, the anger and the hatred, the fear and the shame. All of these things require action. The poor need food, housing, and clothes. Hatred must be replaced by love. Retaliation and violence by forgiveness. Our thoughts and speech can become more like Christ. We can change and continue to change. Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman said, “To live is to change and to be perfect is to have changed often.”

But it doesn’t end with just offering the bandages need-ed to heal wounds. It must go deeper. We must ask our-selves what has happened that we have found ourselves in this place with these wounds and divisions. What are their causes? Together we must address these systemic problems, politically and spiritually, and face the truth. Only then will we truly be salt and light. But then again, we may not like what the light shows us. ©LPi

Readings for the week of February 9, 2020

Sunday: Is 58:7-10/Ps 112:4-5, 6-7, 8-9 [4a]/1 Cor 2:1-5/Mt 5:13-16 Monday: 1 Kgs 8:1-7, 9-13/Ps 132:6-7, 8-10 [8a]/Mk 6:53-56 Tuesday: 1 Kgs 8:22-23, 27-30/Ps 84:3, 4, 5 and 10, 11 [2]/Mk 7:1-13 Wednesday: 1 Kgs 10:1-10/Ps 37:5-6, 30-31, 39-40 [30a]/Mk 7:14-23 Thursday: 1 Kgs 11:4-13/Ps 106:3-4, 35-36, 37 and 40 [4a]/Mk 7:24-30 Friday: 1 Kgs 11:29-32; 12:19/ Ps 81:10-11ab, 12-13, 14-15 [11a and 9a]/Mk 7:31-37 Saturday: 1 Kgs 12:26-32; 13:33-34/ Ps 106:6-7ab, 19-20, 21-22 [4a]/ Mk 8:1-10 Next Sunday: Sir 15:15-20/Ps 119:1-2, 4-5, 17-18, 33-34 [1b]/1 Cor 2:6-10/ Mt 5:17-37 or 5:20-22a, 27-28, 33-34a, 37

Liturgy Word of the Week-Eschatology - Teaching about the last things - death, judgement, heaven, hell, purgatory, parousia and the resurrection of the body. Saint Paul’s

Collection

February 2, 2020 Envelopes $ 960.00

Plate $ 100.00

UCA $ 460.50 Building Fund $ 105 .00

Saint Edward’s Collection

February 1-2, 2019 Envelopes $ 2042.00

Plate $ 220.25 UCA $ 195.00

In the event of a cancellation of MASS or church meetings, do to bad weather, you may call the

Rectory phone at 218-363-3498 or listen to WJJY 106.7 for an announcement.

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Prayer Shawl Ministry If someone you know is ill, depressed, dying, is in counseling, lonely, is going into a nursing home; anyone who is in need of our prayers, love and care. Contact

the parish office at 363-2799

Sunday Coffee Ministry We are in need of volunteers to help

with our Coffee Socials following Mass on Sunday. Please, sign up to host for

this great time of fellowship. If you are new to hosting help is available.

Home Visitors Ministry are privileged to bring Holy

Communion to parishioners who are homebound or for any

reason unable to attend Mass on Sundays. If you know someone in need of this Ministry, please

contact Sharon Thole at 218-363-3811

Here to Serve You Saint Edward’s and Saint Paul’s Parishes

Pastor….…………….…..Father Keith Bertram Deacon……….……………...…….Mike Knuth Secretary/Bookkeeper…….…..…..Deb Stock DRE………………………..……..Sarah Holter Website Advisor…….….……..Pat Bettenberg

Joint Pastoral Council Saint Edward’s Saint Paul’s Diane Hipsher Pat Bettenberg Anita Zaske Elizabeth Frick Dennis Zaske Jerry James

Finance Council Saint Edward’s Saint Paul’s

Phyllis Eck—Trustee Ted Frick –Trustee Gary Scherer—Trustee Dennis Schloeder— Trustee Janice Prucha Sue Bettenberg Pat Boen Jerry James

Dwight Kurz Doris Gish Sharon Thole Alan Rajdl Roseanne Gregory Tony Collins Jenn Spartz

Deanery Vocation Ministry Father Keith Bertram Rod Schloesser

Larry and Diane Holter Bob Bechtel

Bishop Baraga Vocations Apostolate of the Brainerd Deanery

Adopt a Seminarian

Trevor Peterson: If you want to make a donation to our Seminarian, there is a basket to drop your items in, by the church store at Saint Edward’s and in the entryway at Saint Paul’s, contact the Parish office if you have any questions. Items to send: cards of encouragement, artwork from religious education clas-ses, granola bars, beverages, or gift cards. The package will be sent out the 20th of each month.

Deacon Mike Knuth’s Blog deaconscellar.wordpress.com

EVERYDAY STEWARDSHIP - RECOGNIZE GOD IN YOUR ORDINARY MOMENTS

What’s the Buzz? When a new store or restaurant opens in the area, there can be quite a buzz. People want to see what the place is like. If the establishment is lucky, a positive word of mouth can spread all over the area. The challenge then becomes keeping that buzz alive. If people start to think that the new place is not as good as advertised or they had hoped, the crowds will dwindle and soon the new place will simply become an old place. Even worse, it could become a closed place. If you were a store owner, what would you do to at-tract people? Would you always put your best foot forward? How hard would you work to show everybody that your place is worth repeated visits and patronage? You may not be an entrepreneur with your own business, but you do have your parish community. This is your community and what you do and how you act in the world around you will either add to a buzz or a lack of interest. How you use the gifts you and your community have been given will do a lot to at-tract people and cause them to talk. You will be like a city on top of a mountain that no one can miss. Can your light shine so bright that it can be seen from miles around? You may be only one person, but you are a part of something greater than yourself. Your stewardship can easily become contagious. At a time when too many are choosing to disregard the Church, it is time to create a positive buzz. — Tracy Earl Welliver, MTS

NEEDED @ Saint Edward’s Ushers, Lectors and Servers

If you would like to serve the church in this capacity please contact the Parish office, 218-363-2799.

A training for serving will be offered in late February.

PARKING @SAINT EDWARD”S The front driveway and parking lot WILL NOT be PLOWED for the rest of the winter season starting immediately. The back and side parking lots will

continue to be maintained. This is a cost effectiveness measure for the church.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Giving Envelopes Please pick up your 2020 giving ENVELOPES.

Saint Edward’s in Saint Thomas Hall Saint Paul’s in the entryway.

Please discard old envelopes from 2019 as the numbers may not be the same.

Thank you for your patience.