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MASS SCHEDULE and CONFESSIONS STAFF St. Louis Fr. Pio Atonio……………………….. 105 4th Ave E , Floodwood, MN 55736 Melissa Brenna…………………….. Bookkeeper Saturday: 6:30 PM Andrea Dickenson………………... Secretary Sunday: 10:30 AM Office hours Monday– Thursday 9:00 AM-2:00 PM Tuesday-Wednesday: 8:30 AM Please direct all mail to: P.O. Box 378, Floodwood, MN 55736 Confessions half hour before Mass on Sunday Office Phone: 218-476-2367 and Saturday from 10:00-11:00 AM Rectory Phone: 218-476-1617 Immaculate Conception, E-mail: [email protected] 5944 Hwy 210, Cromwell, MN 55726 [email protected] Saturday: 4:30 PM See the bulletin online in the parish website Thursday: 8:30 AM (Bulletin deadline is Thursday at 12 PM) Adoration follows Thursday Mass. Tri-Parish Website: nemncatholic.com

Confessions half hour before Mass on Saturday SACRAMENTS Baptism: Before any detailed arrangements are St. Mary’s made, parents must attend a pre-baptism class. 9999 Hwy 133, Meadowlands, MN 55765 Funerals: Arrangements are to be made with Sunday: 8:00 AM the priest before publication in newspapers. Friday: 8:30 AM Weddings: Arrangements are to be made in per- Adoration and Benediction follows after Mass. son First Saturday : 8:30 AM with the priest at least six months in advance.

Confessions half hour before Mass on Sunday Sick Calls: Inform the Rectory or Office of the ill and homebound.. PENTECOST SUNDAY

May 23, 2021 MASS SCHEDULE AND INTENTION Pentecost Sunday 5/25 8:30 A.M. St. Louis

Begin by taking a moment to calm yourself, focus on Vernon & Rose Arndt + your breathing and become aware of the life force that 5/26 8:30 A.M. St. Louis flows through your veins. Center yourself in the words Shawn McKay - B and affections of St. Augustine’s Prayer to the Holy Spir- 5/27 8:30 A.M. Immaculate Conception it, “Breath in me, O Holy Spirit, that my thoughts may all be holy. Act in me, O Holy Spirit, that my work, too, may 5/28 8:30 A.M. St. Mary’s be holy. Draw my heart, O Holy Spirit, that I love but Tim Kroll + what is holy. Strengthen me, O Holy Spirit, to defend all 5/29 4:30 P.M. Immaculate Conception that is holy. Guard me, then, O Holy Spirit, that I may Our Parishioners always be holy.” Sanctifying, bringing things to whole- 6:30 P.M. St. Louis ness, blessing, restoring and creating are just some of the fruits of the presence of the Holy Spirit. Being filled with For the Intentions of our Tile Donors the Holy Spirit is not always about proclaiming loud 5/30 8:00 A.M. St. Mary’s cries of praise or singing alleluia from a roof top. It is Loretta Billman + about unfolding and encountering the ordinary in an 10:30 A.M. St. Louis extraordinary way. Being filled with the Holy Spirit Jund + means being filled with the fullness of God’s life and in touch with the power and wonder of God’s presence. It’s about becoming holy.

It is not just for or people who have a religious vocation. Holiness is for the ordinary, simple run- of-the- SAINTS OF THE WEEK mill person who desires to love God, others, and all of creation. When an ordinary, humble person becomes 5/24/21 - The Blessed Mary, Mother of connected with life and the wondrous power of God’s the Church. love, they begin to live life more deeply, a bit more rever- 5/25/21 - St. , Priest & Doctor ently, desire a simple fare and find themselves relishing of the Church. St. Gregory VII, . St. Mary in ordinary beauty. Their senses become attuned to the Magdalene de’ Pazzi, Virgin. Author of life and they realize that they are not alone. 5/26/21 - St. Philip Neri, Priest. The Holy Spirit connects all of the dots of human experi- 5/27/21 - St. , Bishop. ence and existence, bringing everyone to center on the 5/29/21 - St. Paul VI, Pope. Divine Presence. The Holy Spirit does not just breathe 5/30/21 - The Most Holy Trinity “on me” but “in me” and is the force behind every breath I take. Take a moment to soak that thought in. There is the Divine Presence of the Holy Spirit in me, right now. When a person becomes in touch with truth, they know VFW POST 3044 Cotton / Meadowlands that when inspired by the Holy Spirit, his or her actions Memorial Day Observances are not solely their own. They realize that they are May 31, 2021 moved by Divine Grace and drawn to things not found in secular affairs. Schedule will be as follows : Formation at Northland We live in a world where it is hard to discover truth. Real truth is veiled by so many imposters that it is hard to 7:30 am find, especially for those who are young. It is easy to get Northland Cemetery 7:50 am fooled and duped and often, without full conscious Canyon Cemetery 8:05 am awareness of doing so, we choose to walk down a path of Shaw Cemetery 8:30 am self-absorption and destruction. It is only the Holy Spirit, Melrude Cemetery 9:10 am through the ministry of the church most especially, who Cotton Cemetery 9:40 am guides us to truth and shows us the way to be the graced Kelsey Cemetery 10:15 am and holy human beings God made us to be. The wonders Kelsey Town Hall Morning Break and inspirations of today’s Feast of Pentecost are neces- sary to share with both those we love and those who only Meadowlands Cemetery 11:15 am casually cross our paths. The first disciples, touched by Elmer Rose Hill Cemetery 11:40 am the Holy Spirit, brought the Gospel to the ends of the Elmer Catholic Cemetery 12:00 pm earth one step at a time. Is it unrealistic to ask that we Toivola Cemetery 12:30 pm assist in that same mission by helping people understand Lavell Cemetery 12:55 pm who they are and who God is one at a time? Ask the Ho- ly Spirit to alleviate the fear in your heart that prevents you from doing so.

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PRAYER TO THE HOLY SPIRIT IMMACULATE CONCEPTION Holy Spirit, fan into flame the gifts  Thursday morning Mass will be at the church I received in my Baptism and Confirmation. until the Nursing Homes are open for public I want to receive the fire of Your love visits, then we will consider going back to cele- as Your disciples did at Pentecost. brating Mass at Villa Vista on the 1st Thurs- Come with wonder and awe, days. There will be Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and Benediction after Mass. with wisdom, understanding, and counsel,  Saturday evening Mass will continue to be at with courage and faith in You. 4:30 until further notice. Holy Spirit, may my actions witness  Lector Ministry: The ministry of Lectors is or- to Your presence in my life. ganizing again at Immaculate Conception Help me to see the ways my strengths Church. If you are interested, please call Judy can serve others in their weakness. at 218-341-3123. Please leave your name, In all my interactions, I want to radiate phone number, and a address. You will be love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, scheduled for two consecutive weeks. A generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, schedule will be mailed to all lectors with and self-control. the phone numbers of all lector volunteers, Breathe new life into the world through me. so substitutes can be contacted easily. Thank you for your ministry in Christ’s Church. Amen.  UCA Assessment for 2021 - $ 3,877.62.

ST. LOUIS  Saturday evening Mass: The Saturday evening Mass as we have it right now will continue un- til things do return to normal, when the attend- ance at Mass will return to 100%.  UCA Assessment for 2021 - $ 10, 691.39.

ST. MARY’S  Weekday Mass on Friday at 8:30 A.M followed by Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and Benediction.  First Saturday of every month: Mass in honor of our blessed mother Mary at 8:30 A.M.  UCA Assessment for 2021 - $ 7, 188.18.

STEWARDSHIP OF TREASURE 05 / 16 / 2021 KNOW YOUR FAITH Immaculate Conception ENV $ 250.00 YEAR OF ST. ON FORMED PLATE $ 0.00 KINGSTOWN $ 50.00 has consecrated 2021 as the year to UCA YTD $ 2, 242.00 honor St. Joseph. FORMED has many talks, a movie and other great meditations on St. Joseph. St. Mary’s Take advantage of the many programs that are ENV $ 515.00 there to know more about your Catholic faith so PLATE $ 10.00 you can live it better. There are many movies for UCA $ 0.00 the family to watch together that can help a fam- UCA YTD $ 4, 022.00 ily to grow in God’s word and love. Go to www.formed.org, use our Parish Code St. Louis GPTWNB to create your personal account when ENV $ 595.00 prompted to create your personal account, and PLATE $ 40.00 access videos, audios, books, and other Catholic KINGSTOWN $ 20.00 resources. UCA $ 25.00 THE YEAR OF ST. JOSEPH PRAYER To you, O blessed Joseph (Ad te, beate Ioseph)

To you, O blessed Joseph, do we come in our afflictions, and having implored the help of your most holy Spouse, we confi- dently invoke your patronage also. Through that charity which bound you to the Immaculate Virgin Mother of God and through the paternal love with which you embraced the Child Jesus, we hum- bly beg you graciously to regard the in- heritance which Jesus Christ has pur- chased by his Blood, and with your power and strength to aid us in our necessities. O most watchful guardian of the Holy Family, defend the chosen children of Je- sus Christ; O most loving father, ward off from us every contagion of error and cor- rupting influence; O our most mighty protector, be kind to us and from assist us in our struggle with the power of Other Prayers to St. Joseph darkness. As once you rescued the Child Jesus from Oh, Joseph, foster-father of Jesus, most deadly peril, so now protect God’s Holy pure spouse of the Virgin Mary, pray for us Church from the snares of the enemy and daily to the same Jesus, the Son of God, that from all adversity; shield, too, each one of we, being defended by the power of His us by your constant protection, so that, grace and striving faithfully in life, may be supported by your example and your aid, crowned by Him at the hour of death. Amen. we may be able to live piously, to die in holiness, and to obtain eternal happiness Blessed St. Joseph, I consecrate myself to in heaven. Amen. your honor and give myself to you, that you may always be my father, my protector and ST. JOSEPH, THE WORKER, my guide in the way of salvation. Obtain for pray for those who fear losing me great purity of heart and a fervent love their jobs. of the interior life. After your example, may I perform my actions for the greater Glory of ST. JOSEPH, HOPE OF THE SICK, God, in union with the Divine Heart of Je- pray for those battling COVID-19. sus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Pray for me, , that I may experience St. Joseph, TERROR OF DEMONS, the peace and joy of your holy death. Amen. drive away all spirits of anxiety and despair. Glorious Saint Joseph, spouse of the immac- ulate Virgin, obtain for me a pure, humble, charitable mind, and perfect resignation to the divine Will. Be my guide, my father, and my model through life that I may merit to die as you did in the arms of Jesus and Mary. Amen.

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