Fifth Sunday of Easter Fifth Sunday of Easter Sunday, May 2 May 2, 2021 Acts 9:26-31 1 Jn 3:18-24 Jn 15:1-8

Monday, May 3 1 Cor 15:1-8 Jn 14:6-14

Tuesday, May 4 Acts 14:19-28 Jn 14:27-31a

Wednesday, May 5 Acts 15:1-6 Jn 15:1-8

Thursday, May 6 Acts 15:7-21 Jn 15:9-11

Friday, May 7 Acts 15:22-31 Jn 15:12-17

Saturday, May 8 Acts 16:1-10 Jn 15:18-21

Sixth Sunday of Easter Sunday, May 9 Acts 10:25-26,34-35, 44-48 1 Jn 4:7-10 Jn 15:9-17

: SAINT ROSE OF LIMA SAINT ANTHONY OF PADUA IMMACULATE CONCEPTION

180 S Fremont Street, PO Box 402 Lewiston, MN 55952 Office hours: Tuesday-Friday 9:00 a.m. – 11:00a.m. Parish Office (507) 523-2428, www.st-rose.org

Faith Formation Office (507) 523-3548

Fr. Will Thompson. . . Pastor [email protected]

Ashley Gossen. . . Faith Formation [email protected]

St. Rose of Lima

This Week’s Mass Intentions Sacrificial Giving – April 25, 2021, Monday, May 3 No Mass Collection Total…………………………..... $ 2,044

Tuesday, May 4 No Mass Liturgical Ministry – May 9, 2021

Wednesday, May 5 Extraordinary Ministers: Greg, Stacy 8:30 a.m. Lewiston Joe Gilbert+ Reader: Rick Speltz Ushers: Greg Bronk, J.R. Caldwell Thursday, May 6 Servers: Leah Kurth, Hailey Larson, Karlie Larson 8:30 a.m. Lewiston Jim & Rose Kreidermacher+ St. Anthony of Padua Friday, May 7 8:30 a.m. Altura Neil Long+ Sacrificial Giving – April 25, 2021 Saturday, May 8 Collection Total (11th) $ 4:30 p.m. Wilson Deceased members of Philipps Family+ Immaculate Conception Sunday, May 9

8:30 a.m. Lewiston Parishioners of the Cluster+ Sacrificial Giving – April 24, 2021 10:30 a.m. Altura Tom Speltz+ Collection Total ………………….………… $ 222

WELCOME TO OUR TRI-PARISH COMMUNITY! Health and Safety Guidelines

New Parishioners are invited to contact the Tri-  Please do not attend if you are feeling even the Parish Office at 507-523-2428 or slightest bit ill or are in a high-risk category. [email protected]. Office hours are Tuesday through  Wash your hands before attending and use hand Friday 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. sanitizer upon entering and exiting. BAPTISM: Baptisms are regularly celebrated during  Get the vaccine when it is available for you. Saturday and Sunday Masses. Parents are asked to  People not of the same household must always meet with Fr. Thompson before the baptism of their remain at least six feet apart. first child. Please call the St. Rose Rectory to set the All attendees must wear masks. date of the baptism. 

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: New Giving Options Now Available! Confessions are offered every Saturday at St. Rose We now have two new options for sacrificial from 11:00 a.m. to noon, or anytime by appointment giving to your church of choice. We hope these with Fr. Thompson. will be easy and convenient ways to offer your MARRIAGE: Instruction must begin at least six support at all three parishes. You can also months in advance. Please contact Fr. Thompson to choose whether you want to make a one-time begin the preparation process. An Engaged Encounter gift or choose the recurring option. or similar course is also required. 1. Online Giving: go to the following site: giving.parishsoft.com/app/giving/strose. RCIA: Those wanting to learn more about our faith or are interested in becoming full members in the There you will be asked to choose which parish Catholic Church please contact the Office. and what fund you would like to give to (currently the choices are Adult Support, Prayer Chain - Call Rosie Moger 523-3357 with Christmas Offering, and Charity Fund.) prayer requests or to join the prayer chain. 2. Text: Simply text the word “give” to

Bulletin announcements: Please submit items to the 507-578-5629. You will get a link sent back to office by 11:00 a.m. Wednesday for publication in the you to make your donation. It’s that simple! following Sunday bulletin.

SUMMER EVANGELIZATION Of Interest to All OPPORTUNITIES WEBINAR Do you realize you need to do outreach in your

Parish Cluster Administrator position opening parish, especially as we emerge from the pandemic? **The Parish Administrator serves as a staff Susan Windley-Daoust will be hosting a 45-minute resource in support of the pastor, fulfilling parish webinar of ideas for summer outreach via Zoom on administrative needs in finance, buildings and Thursday, May 13th at 9am. The webinar will be grounds, and personnel (including volunteers). The recorded. Please RSVP with Rosalie Beyer Parish Administrator directs these efforts with ([email protected]). technical and administrative expertise within the framework of shared ministry in Christian and THE POWER OF SPIRITUAL FRIENDSHIP Catholic values. retreat: First one is coming up, JUNE 18-20! (IHM **The Parish Administrator serves in a key parish Seminary, Winona) Come for peace, rest, and management position. The Parish Administrator, renewal…and learn why friendship is the core of together with the Pastor, forms the core management mission and evangelization. First come, first served; team that ensures that the pastoral and administrative space is limited. RSVP with Rosalie at needs of the parish are sustained. When necessary, [email protected], and questions (including the Parish Administrator will also advise and assist financial need questions) to me. More information with administrative needs of the affiliated here: https://www.dowr.org/offices/missionary- cemeteries. discipleship/retreats.html **The purpose of this position is to strengthen and support the mission of the Catholic Church in central ENTERTAINING ANGELS PARISH Winona County by ensuring that the temporal goods HOSPITALITY WORKSHOP: JUNE 23-24 of the parishes are accurately and adequately utilized We are grateful to have Saint Paul Evangelization in building up the Kingdom of God. Institute offer their hospitality workshop to our Inquiries may be directed to Fr. Thompson. diocese this June! We hope parishes can join together in their space and engage in this informative Catholic Charities Annual Mother's Day Appeal and very interactive workshop to polish our theme, "_Show COMPASSION ~Create Lasting hospitality for people returning after a time away or CHANGE_"_ _inspires all to sustain one another for the first time! Registration will open in early with creating change! Our second collection May. For more information, look here: supports the Catholic Charities Annual Mother's https://www.dowr.org/event-details/725 Day Appeal. Please prayerfully consider embracing the Catholic Charities Annual Appeal. Show Cor Jesu - First Friday of May! compassion ~ Create Lasting Change. If you are The Cathedral invites you to Cor Jesu on Friday, unable to contribute today, please donate on-line at May 7th from 7:00-8:30pm. Cor Jesu is an evening www.ccsomn.org/donate-online of Eucharistic Adoration, Confessions, and music in honor of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. This will be the We have 7 students who will receive the Sacrament final Cor Jesu until Fall 2021, so we hope you can of Confirmation on May 16th at the Cathedral in join us in prayer! For more details, search for Winona. We will once again be collecting donations Winona Cor Jesu on Facebook, go to help purchase bibles for these students. Each bible to cascwinona.org/prayer-opportunities and click is approximately $40. Donations can be marked and on “Cor Jesu” in the drop-down list, or call put in the collection basket or mailed to the parish Olivia Gadient at (507) 951-7063. office. Catholic Ministries Appeal 2021 St. Anthony and Immaculate Conception parishes have both surpassed their CMA 2021 goals, and are at $4,000 and $2,550 respectively. St. Rose is $400 shy of their goal of $11, 516. Almost there!

Praying the Rosary The rosary is a powerful spiritual tool for meditation. And our choice. As Richard Foster notes, “in While meditation grows in popularity as a means to meditative prayer God is always addressing our will. better mental, physical, and spiritual health, many Christ confronts us and asks us to choose. Having people, including many Catholics, overlook the heard his voice . . . we are called to life-transforming rosary as a meditative tool. It is sometimes seen as obedience.” Meditation gives us the option to be too simple and therefore as superficial. The rosary is transformed. We must choose it. simple, but the gentle repetition of its prayers makes it an excellent means to moving into deeper Read more at: https://www.loyolapress.com/catholic- meditation. It gives us an opportunity to open resources/prayer/personal-prayer-life/different-ways-to- ourselves to God’s word, to refine our interior gaze pray/the-rosary-as-a-tool-for-meditation-by-liz-kelly/ by turning our minds to the life of Christ.

By focusing on the lives of Christ and Mary through meditation on the mysteries, we learn about ourselves in relation to God. Mary herself is an excellent model for the daily practice of meditation. She received the word of God through Gabriel. She pondered God’s word in her heart. She took in the events around her, capturing them internally and carrying them within her like a treasure. This is the essence of meditation—receiving God’s word and making it our treasure.

From the Pastor

Planning for this summer is coming into greater clarity, and so I would like to offer a further update on what to expect in the coming weeks and months:

-Please continue your prayers for our young parishioners who received their First Communion this Sunday. Remember also those who are preparing for the Sacrament of Confirmation on May 16.

-Most of our faith formation classes concluded this past week, and we are already looking to the future. Initial planning has begun to hold a Vacation Bible School in August; watch for more details.

-I want to offer my sincere gratitude to all of our catechists and volunteers this year. COVID offered a few extra twists and turns, and all of our adults did a great job of walking with the kids, no matter the circumstances.

-Please take some time this summer to pray about whether God is inviting you to serve as a catechist next year.

-My final day in the parish (for the summer) will be May 16, though I will be here for weekend Masses the first two weeks of June. Please welcome a priest from Catholic Cross Outreach Memorial Day weekend and priests from the seminary the other weeks.

-During my absence, the Sacrament of Reconciliation will not be scheduled. Please see times for neighboring parishes posted on the bulletin boards.

-I am still working out details on who to contact in case of emergency.

-Finally, our cluster will change significantly this summer as St. Anthony’s will merge into St. Rose, and Fr. Tom Melvin will become the new pastor of Immaculate Conception (Fr. Thompson will remain at St. Rose).