The Mission of St. Charles Borromeo parish is to make and nurture disciples of Jesus Christ in union with the Roman Catholic Church.
Sunday Masses PASTOR: Tom Pomeroy……….612-787-1151 Fr. Troy Przybilla..….612-787-1164 Business Administrator……[email protected] 5:00 PM Saturday 8:00 AM & 10:00 AM [email protected] Jacob Nelson………...612-787-1181 DEACON: Director of Faith Formation…[email protected] Daily Mass Deacon Stephen Najarian………… 8:00 AM Monday through Saturday ………………..……..612-787-1184 Andrew Wagenbach....612-787-1163 Youth & Young Adult...... [email protected] [email protected] Sacrament of Penance Judy Makowske….….612-787-1150 Tuesday-Saturday 8:30 to 9:00 AM SCHOOL PRINCIPAL: Parish Secretary……...……[email protected]
Saturdays 3:30 to 4:30 PM Danny Kieffer…….....612-781-2643 Samantha Bertrand.….612-787-1180 [email protected] Wednesdays 5:00 to 5:30 PM Communications ……...…[email protected] At Parish Office by appointment. Parish Office……….612-781-6529 Mary Perrin…...……..612-787-1155 Census/Financial [email protected] Parish Fax………….612-787-1170 School Office……….612-781-2643 Peter Vanderwaal……612-787-1188 Eucharistic Adoration Music Director…...………[email protected] School Fax………….612-787-1110 In the Adoration Chapel (see page 4) Parish Website: www.stchb.org School Website: www.stchbschool.org
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From the Pastor’s Desk Marriage: The Gift of Love and Life Against this foreboding background, the reaction to Pope Most Rev. Victor Galeone Paul’s encyclical came as no surprise, even though it only restated what the Church has taught for 2,000 years. C.S. Lewis once wisely observed: “When everyone is rushing headlong towards the precipice, anyone going in the Namely: opposite direction would appear to be mad.” “There is an inseparable link between the two meanings of the marriage act: the unitive meaning [making love] and the In July of 1968, the world at large thought Pope Paul VI had procreative meaning [making babies]. This connection lost his mind. For in that month he issued his long-awaited was established by God himself, and man is not permitted to encyclical Humanae Vitae, which reiterated the Church’s break it on his own initiative.” (H.V, no.12) age-old ban on every form of contraception. A tidal wave of angry dissent erupted over the pope’s decision. Catholic and In Deuteronomy 18:21 we learn how to tell an authentic non-Catholic alike berated “the celibate old man in the prophet from a false one: Has the prophecy materialized or Vatican” for hindering the Church’s full entry into the not? Judged by that benchmark, Paul Ehrlich is a false modern era. prophet. What about Paul VI? Pope Paul predicted four dire consequences if the use of As we approach the fortieth anniversary [now approaching contraception escalated: 1) increased marital infidelity; 2) a the 53rd] of that historic document, I wish to emphasize its general lowering of morality, especially among the young; importance for our times. As a backdrop for my remarks, I 3) husbands viewing their wives as mere sex objects; and 4) would like to place it in the context of its time. In the same governments forcing massive birth control programs on their year that Pope Paul issued Humanae Vitae, another Paul— people. Paul Ehrlich— published a book entitled, The Population Bomb. In that 1968 bestseller, Ehrlich made some Forty years later the moral landscape is strewn with the stark predictions. For example: following stark reality: 1) The divorce rate has more than tripled. 2) Sexually transmitted diseases have increased from “The battle to feed humanity is over. In the 1970s the world six to fifty. 3) Pornography—especially on the Internet—is a will undergo famines...hundreds of millions of people plague, addicting millions annually. 4) Sterilization is forced (including Americans) are going to starve to death...” on women in third world countries, with China’s one-child Fact: Food production worldwide is well ahead of policy in the vanguard. population growth, and obesity now kills 300,000 Americans a year. In the waning years of his life, St. Augustine wrote his mammoth work, The City of God. According to Augustine, “India couldn’t possibly feed two hundred million more the whole world is comprised of two communities: the City people by 1980.” Fact: Since 1968 India has doubled its of God and the City of Man. Citizens of each city are population by half a billion, and is still self-sufficient in determined not by one’s birthplace or residence, but food. rather by the object of one’s love: placing the love of God above self, or the love of self above God. Comparing population explosion to a cancerous tumor, Ehrlich prescribed “cutting out the cancer [too many The two cities are still with us. Paul Ehrlich and Paul VI people]” as the only remedy to save humanity. Fact: Today could well serve as icons of each city. In one case, death and Europe is dying, with most countries fluctuating around the darkness prevail—in the other, life and light. Death or life? 60% replacement level. The choice is ours! Help Wanted Are you retired and looking for something worthwhile you can do once a month? Every Monday after Mass and Rosary (about 9:00AM) a small team of volunteers clean the pews and aisles in the church. They take care of the cheerios and fruit loops left behind after Sunday Masses, eradicate "dust bunnies", polish off fingerprints from the glass panes, populate the lost and found, and do a little vacuuming and housekeeping. If this is something you might be able to fit into your schedule for just over an hour on a monthly basis, please call Judy in the parish office 612-787-1150 to fit you in with some "seasoned" volunteers.
Save the Date! Parish&School Celebration Mark your calendar! September 12, 2021 Parish celebration and kickoff to the Year of life
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Young Adults of the parish! Called to Prayer... This summer we will be doing a special mission just for you on our beautiful campus. More details will come soon, but mark your calendars for July 26th, 27th and 28th. Our three days will focus on our parish year of "The Life" while looking at the power of Truth, Goodness and Beauty. There will be food, drink, and community. Invite a friend, but come hungry in body, mind and soul! This is surely 3 days of your summer you won't want to miss! The next Knights of Columbus meeting 4:00 - Sports, Games, Youth Room will take place on Wednesday, July 5:30 - Dinner in Youth Room 28th at 7PM in the St. John's Education Center. All Brother Knights 6:30 - Formation and Prayer are encouraged to attend. This is an important Contact: Jacob, [email protected] meeting as we will be planning for the next Fraternal year. Sacraments & Liturgy
Readings for the Week of July 25,2021 Wedding Banns: Sunday 2 Kgs 4:42-44/Ps 145:10-11, 15-16, 17-18 [cf. 16]/Eph 4:1-6/ Stephen Couillard & Meredith Maki Jn 6:1-15 Kevin Sandoval & Melanie Eastham Monday Ex 32:15-24, 30-34/Ps 106:19-20, 21-22, 23 [1a]/Mt 13:31-35 Congratulations Tuesday Ex 33:7-11; 34:5b-9, 28/Ps 103:6-7, 8-9, 10-11, 12-13 [8a]/ Maria & Samuel Thompson Mt 13:36-43 Wednesday Observances for the Week of July 25,2021 Ex 34:29-35/Ps 99:5, 6, 7, 9 [cf. 9c]/Mt 13:44-46 Thursday Sunday 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time Ex 40:16-21, 34-38/Ps 84:3, 4, 5-6a and 8a, 11 [2]/Jn 11:19-27 or Lk 10:38-42 Monday Friday Sts. Joachim and Anne, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary Lv 23:1, 4-11, 15-16, 27, 34b-37/Ps 81:3-4, 5-6, 10-11ab [2a]/Mt Thursday 13:54-58 St. Martha Saturday Friday Lv 25:1, 8-17/Ps 67:2-3, 5, 7-8 [4]/Mt 14:1-12 St. Peter Chrysologus, Bishop and Doctor of the Church Next Sunday Saturday Ex 16:2-4, 12-15/Ps 78:3-4, 23-24, 25, 54 [24b]/Eph 4:17, 20-24/ St. Ignatius of Loyola, Priest Jn 6:24-35 Next Sunday 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mass Intentions for the week of July 25,2021 Sacrament of Baptism Sunday 25—8 am John Dircks 10:00 AM Mass or Following Mass. Monday 26—9 am Tom & Karen Neunsinger For more info: stchb.org/baptism or contact the Tuesday 27—8 am Rev. Robert Wittman parish office at 612-781-6529. Wednesday 28—8 am Rev. Mark Dosh Thursday 29—8 am Virginia Kostol Sacrament of Holy Matrimony Friday 30—8 am Joe Monahan Contact one of our clergy at least six months prior to date of Saturday 31—8 am Millie Wall marriage to begin marriage preparation. 5 pm Maureen Nichols For more info: stchb.org/marriage. Sunday 1—8 am Frances & Stanley Daniewicz !!! NO Wednesday 5 pm Confessions July 28 !!! 3 CHURCH OF ST. CHARLES BORROMEO ST. ANTHONY, MN
Opportunities to Pray & Serve FORMED recommendations visit stchb.formed.org Will You Pray for a Priest Each Day? Sunday 25— Rev. Peter Peach, O. Carm 18 ST CAMILLUS DE LELLIS Monday 26— Rev. Bryan Pederson Read: The Young People’s Book of Saints Tuesday 27— Rev. Christopher Pelster, FSSP Wednesday 28— Rev. James Perkl 18 ST SIMON OF LIPNICA Thursday 29— Rev. Joseph Pete Friday 30— Rev. James Peterson Listen: Audiobook: Holiness is Always in Season Saturday 31— Abp. Bernard Hebda 22 ST MARY MAGDALENE Bp. Andrew Cozzens Listen: Right Here, Right Now Sunday 1— Pope Francis 23 ST BRIDGET Adoration Chapel Needs: Read: Married Saints and Blesseds through the 12 am Wednesday Centuries Be sure to check scb.weadorehim.com for the most Read: Audiobook: Holiness is Always in Season up-to-date schedule and adorer needs. Contact Tom or Bonnie Brever 612-789-6318 or 25 ST JAMES THE APOSTLE [email protected] with any chapel-related Study: Lectio: Evangelization concerns or questions. Watch: The Way of Saint James Read: The Young People’s Book of Saints Listen: Right Here, Right Now
26 STS JOACHIM AND ANNE Watch with kids: Lukas Storyteller: Saints Anne and Joachim Ver con niños: Lukas Storyteller: Santa Ana y San Joaquín Study: Beloved: Mystery and Meaning of Marriage Estudiar: Amado: El Misterio y el Significado del Matrimonio Study: Beloved: Living Marriage Estudiar: Amado: Viviendo el Matrimonio Study: Symbolon: Living the Faith, Session 7: A Love that Lasts—Discovering Authentic Love Study: Symbolon: Living the Faith, Session 8: A Love that Lasts—God’s Plan for Sexuality Study: YDisciple: Hot Topics, Session 6: Christian Dating Watch: Mary of Nazareth Watch: Marriage: God’s Design for Life and Love For where jealousy and selfish ambition Read: The Catholic Family Handbook exist, there will be disorder and every vile Read: Discovering God Together Read: How to Raise Good Catholic Children practice. But the wisdom from above is first Read: Love, Marriage, and the Catholic pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, Conscience Read: A Mother’s Rule of Life full of mercy and good fruits, without Read: The Father of the Family uncertainty or insincerity. And the harvest Read: The Little Oratory Listen: Pruebas de Fuego of righteousness is sown in peace by those Listen: Counting Your Blessings who make peace. ~James 3:16-18 Listen: Discipline that Lasts a Lifetime
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Coming Soon for our pre-K and Kindergarteners Catechesis of the Good Shepherd Catechesis of the Good Shepherd is a beautiful program that brings the child into relationship with Jesus the Good Shepherd. Catechesis takes place in “the Atrium” a quiet place of prayer and contemplation, created specially for the child. It is decorated simply but beautifully, with many materials made or painted or donated by parishioners.
YOU can help bring the little ones to the Good Shepherd! Contact Andrew for more information, needs list, and other ways you can help! [email protected] or call the office 612-781-6529
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