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Sunday, January 24, 2021 PARISH STAFF: Pastor: Fr. Tim Wozniak Ext. 104 Weekend Assistant: Fr. Mike Erlander Business Administrator: Karen Maza Ext. 100 Music Director: Chris Ángel Ext. 107 Liturgical Ministry Coord & RCIA: Jackie Graham Ext. 110 Pastoral Care: Call 651-683-9808 Director of Faith Formation: Mary McDonald Ext. 108 Director of Outreach and Confirmation: Dez Sobiech Ext. 109 Coordinator Middle School Faith Formation Lori Skare Ext. 111 Database Administrator: Becky Olson Ext. 102 Communications Associate: Monica Lopez Ext. 101 Evening Receptionist: Kevie Skogh Ext. 102 Safe Environment Coord: Pam Magyar Ext. 103 Director of Strategic Planning: Kevin Magyar, Ext. 106 Maintenance: Dave Schelitzche Ext. 105 CONTACT US : VISIT US: ONLINE: www.stbeagan.org 4455 South Robert Trail Parish Office Hours: Eagan, MN 55123 Bulletin & Calendar Monday / Wed / Th 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Like Us on FACEBOOK Phone: (651) 683-9808 Tuesday 9:00 am - 7:30 pm Friday 9:00 am - 1:00 pm CONFESSIONS: Fax:(651) 683-0361 Lord's Day Masses: All Are Welcome Call parish office for appointment [email protected] See website for current information. JANUARY 24, 2021 2 Welcome! a Catholic Community Where ALL are Welcome. If you do not have a church home, we would be honored to have you as part of our parish family. Registration Forms are available at the New Parishioner Welcome Kiosk in the Commons, and online or call our Office at (651) 683-9808 , and we will help you out. All parents (must be parishioners) are asked to attend a baptism preparation meeting prior to the baptism of their child. Please register online; if you have questions call the parish office at (651) 683-9808. Next baptism preparation meeting is Monday, February 1, 2021 at 6:15 p.m. (651) 683-9808 Faithful Shepherd Catholic School and Tri-Parish Center: www.fscsmn.org or call 651-406-4747 Week of January 24, 2021 Readings Everyday Stewardship Sunday: Jon 3:1-5, 10/Ps 25:4-5, 6-7, 8-9 [4a]/1 Give Until It Hurts Cor 7:29-31/Mk 1:14-20 Monday: Acts 22:3-16 or Acts 9:1-22/Ps 117:1bc, 2 One of the characteristics of Everyday Steward- [Mk 16:15]/Mk 16:15-18 ship is to be committed — to persevere daily in Tuesday: 2 Tm 1:1-8 or Ti 1:1-5/Ps 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 7-8a, a way of life acknowledging that everything belongs to God. 10 [3]/Mk 3:31-35 Wednesday: Heb 10:11-18/Ps 110:1, 2, 3, 4 [4b]/Mk 4:1-20 I know, I know. Easier said than done. Thursday: Heb 10:19-25/Ps 24:1-2, 3-4ab, 5-6 [cf. 6]/ Just ask Zebedee. It’s quite an image we get Mk 4:21-25 from the Gospel, after all. “So they left their Friday: Heb 10:32-39/Ps 37:3-4, 5-6, 23-24, 39-40 [39a]/ father Zebedee in the boat along with the hired Mk 4:26-34 men and followed him.” Saturday: Heb 11:1-2, 8-19/Lk 1:69-70, 71-72, 73-75 There was Zebedee, about his business, [cf. 68]/Mk 4:35-41 mending nets with his two sons, who were Next Sunday: Dt 18:15-20/Ps 95:1-2, 6-7, 7-9 [8]/1 Cor 7:32-35/ undoubtedly his best workers — they had to Mk 1:21-2 have been more dedicated than the hired men, who worked for wages rather than for family. And in an instant off they go, following this strange man. Prayers for the Sick I don’t know about you, but if my kids left me on Please hold these parishioners in your prayers: a hot summer day to finish the lawn by myself, I wouldn’t be too happy. Janet Higgins Mary Cloutier But Zebedee must have been someone quite Judy Schmidt Peter DePover special. Perhaps he realized that his sons didn’t belong to him — not really. They belonged to Lisa LaFrance God, and from the beginning of time, it had If you have someone you would like added to our confidential been appointed that they would be among the Prayer Line call Cathy at 651-344-3350. first disciples of Christ. He passed, he called, they followed, and Zebedee obliged. He simply went back to mending his nets, I imagine. Zebedee already understood what St. Teresa of Offerings Calcutta would say millennia later: “Give until it hurts.” OUR OFFERINGS LAST WEEK: (1/12 - 1/18) Online 1,190.00 “You’re wasting my time.” “I’ve done so much In Person/mail 3,223.00 for her; she owes me this.” How often do we Simplified Giving (automatic transfers) 9,015.00 think things, and even people and relationships, TOTAL 13,428.00 belong to us? The truth is none of them do. We must be ready, as Zebedee was, to surren- YEAR TO DATE: (12/31/20) Actual Budgeted der them to God when He comes walking past. Operating Revenue $ 723,531 $ 684,000 Operating Expenses 617,650 632,057 — Tracy Earl Welliver, MTS Net Income (loss) $ 105,881 51,943 ©LPi SAINT THOMAS BECKET CATHOLIC CHURCH 3 Word & Communion Service FAITH FORMATION Beginning Wednesday, February 24, and continuing each Wednesday of R. C. I. A. Lent, I will offer a Word and Communion Service at NOON. A Word and AN INVITATION TO Communion Service is not Mass; it is a prayer service that involves: Prayer, Scriptures of the day, shared Prayers of the Faithful and Communion. LEARN MORE ABOUT The Service will be 15-20 minutes, and we will follow all COVID protocols as we do for Sunday Mass. HOW TO BECOME A The number of attendees will be limited to 12, which will require you to reserve CATHOLIC a spot by going to Book A Pew on our website. I ask that you not sign up for all the weeks at one time; this will allow others the opportunity to attend. If you Are you or a friend or loved are someone who is comfortable attending Sunday Mass, please allow others one looking for a faith who are not, the opportunity to attend the Word and Communion Service. community which can nurture If you find that on Wednesday morning there are open spots, you can sign up. their growth in faith? The day of the week, time of day and limit of 12 came from the results of the Wondering about the role of survey that was taken a few months ago. People expressed a desire to God in your life, Jesus, Pope receive communion; however, they did not feel comfortable with a large Francis, the Catholic Church number and being in a closed in space longer than 20 minutes. today? Wanting to know more about After Lent we will evaluate the Word and Communion Service option to see the faith of someone you love? how we will go forward. Thinking about being baptized? Already baptized but want to find out about becoming Uncovering Myths Surrounding Migrants Catholic? Do you have a child seven Our Advent/Christmas theme, “sense of place,” cries out to us to remember the immigrants, those who have lost their place of origin and have not yet years old or older who isn’t reached their promised land, their longed for place. They dwell in an baptized? Do you have a young person baptized in in-between place that demands the practice of mercy and listening from us. another tradition but seeking Last January we here at St. Thomas Becket donated funds to Annunciation st House in El Paso, Texas, a refuge for migrants crossing the border. We also 1 Eucharist & Confirmation in the Catholic Church? wrote messages of hope for them, which were translated before they were sent. The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults is the process by which The reasons for a migrant’s journey vary, the suffering varies, the responses to people ages 7 to 107 become immigrants vary. Often myths get told and retold about migrants. Yet does not Catholic Christians. 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