The Church of TIMOTHY

MASS SCHEDULE Weekend: Saturday at 4:30 pm Sunday at 8:00 am, 10:00 am and 12:00 pm (church parking lot)

Weekday: Tuesday at 6:30 pm Wednesday/Thursday*/Friday at 8:00 am * During the Summer Months

FIRST SATURDAY MASS Mass at 8:00 am with Rosary and Confessions one- half hour before Mass. After Mass there will be a general blessing of religious articles followed by a blessing for expectant mothers near Saint Mary’s altar. Following the blessings, devotional prayers to our Mother of Perpetual Help and Benediction will begin. SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: Confessions held Wednesday and Friday, one half hour before Mass, Saturday from 3:30-4:15 pm and at the parish office by appointment.

PERPETUAL EUCHARISTIC ADORATION PARISH OFFICE INFORMATION 8 Oak Avenue North Eucharistic Adoration takes place 24 hours a day in the Maple Lake, MN 55358 Adoration Chapel. Telephone: (320) 963-3726 MARRIAGE Fax: (320) 963-2008 Email: [email protected] Contact the parish priest at least one year in advance Hours: Monday - Thursday, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm to arrange marriage. No weddings during the Lenten FRIDAY CLOSED season. Pastor ...... Fr. John Meyer BAPTISM Email: [email protected] Baptisms are celebrated the first Sunday of the month, Parochial Vicar ...... Msgr. Aloysius Callaghan following the 10:00 am Mass. A baptismal preparation Administrative Assistant ...... Laura Beissel program is required and parish registration expected. Business Administrator ...... Karrie Weber Contact the parish office for information and to Director of Religious Education ...... schedule. Youth Director ...... Baylyn Wagner Custodian ...... Tim Bautch BULLETIN COPY DEADLINE Submit announcements in writing by 3:00 pm Monday. PARISH SCHOOL INFORMATION 215 Division Street East ONLINE Maple Lake, MN 55358 Website: www.churchofsttimothy.org Telephone: (320) 963-3417 Twitter: @SaintTimothys Fax: (320) 963-8804 Email: [email protected]

NEW MEMBERS Principal ...... Julie Shelby Welcome! Please contact the parish office to register. Administrative Assistants ...... Lori Meyer, Mary O’Brien TWELFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME ● JUNE 20, 2021 A Message from Th e righteous man Minnesota’s Catholic walks in his integrity; While the general dispensation of the Sunday and holy day obligation will be lifted beginning the weekend of July 3-4, 2021, the Church has His children are always recognized that certain circumstances can excuse a person blessed after him. from the requirement to observe the obligation. Those circumstances Proverbs 20:7 include:

● You have reason to believe your health would be significantly “For where two or more are gathered...” compromised if you were to contract a communicable illness tells us, “there am I in the midst of them” (Matthew (meaning, you have underlying conditions or are in a high-risk 18:20). Certainly, we can pray anywhere; the Lord invites us category). to relationship with Him. As such we can hear his voice and ● You exhibit flu-like symptoms. speak to him anywhere. There is something extra special ● You have good reason to think you might be asymptomatic of a about coming together in worship on the sabbath in the contagious illness (for example, you were in recent contact with sanctuary. St. said, “You cannot pray at someone who tested positive for a contagious illness such as home as at church, where there is a great multitude, where COVID or influenza). exclamations are cried out to God as from one great heart, ● You care for the sick, homebound or infirmed. and where there is something more: the union of minds, the ● You are pregnant or you are 65 years of age or older (per the accord of souls, the bond of charity, the prayers of the Centers for Disease Control’s recommendation for high-risk priests” (CCC 2179).

individuals). With the COVID-19 pandemic subsiding, it is time to gather ● You cannot attend Mass through no fault of your own (no Mass is again to pray, and lift our hearts in praise to God. We joyfully offered; you are infirm; or, while wanting to go, you are prevented await the reunion of our parish family at Mass. for some reason you cannot control, such as your ride did not show up). ● You have significant fear or anxiety of becoming ill by being at MASS CANCELLATIONS Mass. THIS WEEK!! If situations 1 through 3 apply to you, prudent concern for your There will be no daily Mass on Tuesday, neighbor should lead you to stay home. If you fall within situations 4- Wednesday and Thursday, June 22, 23 and 24. 7, please exercise good judgment, consider the common good, and Father Meyer will be attending the Presbyteral know you would not be held to the obligation of attending Mass. For Assembly in Rochester, MN. This gathering takes further questions about the application of any of these situations, place every other year with Archdiocesan priests, please contact your pastor. Archbishop Hebda and Cozzens in The categories that excuse a person from their Sunday Mass attendance. obligation will be reviewed and revised as needed.

Catholics who are not obligated to attend Mass for the reasons above must still observe the Lord’s Day. You are encouraged to spend time PETER’S PENCE in prayer on Sunday, meditating on the Lord’s passion, death, and Next week, we will take up the Peter’s Pence resurrection. An excellent way to do this is by praying the Liturgy of Collection, which unites us and Catholics around the the Hours and participating in a broadcast/livestream of the Sunday world more closely with the Holy Father in two ways: it Mass. More information is available at backtomassmn.org. supports the structures of the Holy See through which the governs the Church as well as his charitable efforts to assist victims of war, oppression, natural disasters, and others most in need. Please be generous. For more information, visit http:// www.peterspence.va/en.html. Tuesday, June 22 6:30 pm No Mass Wednesday, June 23 8:00 am No Mass PARISH Thursday, June 24 EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES 8:00 am No Mass A complete description is available upon request. If you or Friday, June 25 someone you know is interested in one of the following 8:00 am Alex Vogt-Wurm † positions, please mail a letter or resume to the attention of Saturday, June 26 Father Meyer or email your information to 4:30 pm Mary “Peggy” Baker † [email protected]. Sunday, June 27 8:00 am Living and D’cd Members of Bill and Eileen Mavencamp Family ● Parish Administrative Assistant 10:00 am The Parish ● Parish Music Coordinator 12:00 pm Suffering Souls in Purgatory ● Director of Religious Education † 4:30 PM 8:00 AM 10:00 AM Employment Opportunities at St. Timothy’s School Extraordinary Jill Gallagher Karrie Weber Sheri Nichols Ministers ● Kitchen Assistant (5 days a week/about 25 hours a week) ● School Custodian (about 25 hours a week) Lector Amy Ogram Peggy Marquette Jen Rasset Please email Julie Shelby at [email protected] or call the Ushers Jacquelyn Paumen Rick Heberling Chris Paumen Kimi Paumen Mike Raiche Mike Sopkowiak school office at 320-963-3417 if interested.

Altar Server Christina Ogram Kieran Budke Zach Pribyl Father Meyer’s Annual St. Timothy’s School Golf Tournament A Message From Our Seminarians Mark your calendars! Sunday, August 15th, Father Meyer Alex Marquette and Chris Yanta will host the annual St. Timothy Golf Tournament at Greetings to you all from Alex and I (Chris) who are currently in Whispering Pines Golf Course in Annandale. It is a 2:00 Omaha, Nebraska attending the Institute for Priestly Formation (IPF) summer program. We just finished our 8 day silent pm Shotgun Start/Scramble Tournament with dinner to retreat which was filled with many graces, and we are looking follow. Proceeds from this event to benefit St. Timothy’s forward to the weeks of prayer, classes and volunteer work School. ahead. Alex and I wanted to express our sincerest thanks to everyone who helped us get here with your prayers and For more information and to support! We are deeply grateful and so blessed to have such a sign-up, please contact: loving and generous community supporting us through our Meghan Ledwein at (612) 400-4999, discernment towards the priesthood. Know that all of you are in our prayers and we look forward to sharing our experiences Peter Jude at (612) 590-2608 or the with you when we get back. parish office at (320) 963-3726

SHRINE OF PILGRIMAGE LaCrosse, WI - Thursday, July 22 You are invited to join Fr. Meyer and Monsignor Callaghan for a day of renewal in body, mind and spirit. The Shrine has many beautiful chapels, statues, gardens, and devotional areas and welcomes pilgrims from all Please contact the parish office if interested. over the world. For more information, pick up a flyer from the table by the Adoration Chapel. Registration fee is $55 and is capped at 45 so sign- Sunday Mass Sacristans: we are looking for a couple of up early (deadline is Thursday, July 8.) Call Donna 320-310-1127 with sacristans to join the Sunday Sacristan Team for 8:00 am any questions. Mass. We like to have a rotating team of four for each of the Sunday Masses (4:30/8:00/10:00). A four-month schedule is prepared three times a year. Each sacristan serves 4-5 times in a four-month period. Detailed notes PERPETUAL EUCHARISTIC ADORATION and training are provided.

Available Hours at Our Chapel: Outside Flower Maintenance: duties will include: planting Monday at 1 am, Tuesday at 1 am and 1 pm, flowers in pots near chapel doors, courtyard flowers in Wednesday at 2 pm, Thursday at 1 am and 2 am, fountain area, Mary statue garden. Maintenance of Friday at 2 am, Saturday at 2 am and 1 pm fountain. Watering flowers in spring, summer, fall. Displaying winter greens in fountain area and chapel To schedule an open hour, please call pots. Flowers are planted for Easter, Spring/Summer Anna Maria and Peter at (612) 616-7847 flowers, some fall flowers in chapel pots, winter greens/ lights at Christmas.

Sanitizing: between the 8:00 and 10:00 am Mass. Looking for 2 volunteers each week to hand wipe pews to avoid damage to our hymnal books.

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