The Church of St.

Parish Office St. Peter Campus: 217 S. Second Street 401 N. River Street St. Campus: 401 N. River Street P.O. Box 470

Delano, MN 55328 www.stmaxkolbechurch.org 763.972.2077 [email protected]

MASS SCHEDULE

St. Peter Campus Saturday 5:00 pm Sunday 8:00 am 10:00 am

St. Joseph Campus Tuesday 5:30 pm Wednesday 8:30 am Thursday 6:30 am Friday 9:30 am

ADORATION

St. Joseph Campus Eucharistic Adoration is held inside the church, on the St. Joseph Campus, Sunday at 12:00 pm through Saturday at 4:00 pm.

PARISH OFFICE HOURS SACRAMENT of CONFESSION All are welcome to stop by and Monday Closed St. Joseph Campus spend time with our Lord.

Tuesday 11:00 am - 5:00 pm Tuesday 5:00 pm HOURS AVAILABLE Wednesday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Wednesday 8:00 am Thursday 9:00 am - 2:00 pm Thursday 6:00 am Mondays at 2:00 am Friday 9:00 am - 12:00 pm St. Peter Campus Thursdays at 8:00 am & 9:00 am

Saturday 4:00 pm Fridays at 2:00 am & 7:00 pm

BAPTISM 1st Saturdays 10:00 am Be a of Jesus! Contact We invite couples who are expecting a child MARRIAGE Please contact the parish Barb Janas at 763.972.6843 or to contact the parish office to set a date for office a minimum of 6 months before email [email protected] the baptism and baptism class. your anticipated wedding date. and sign-up for a regular hour!

From the desk of Fr. Kyle Kowalczyk SERVANT DISCIPLE OPPORTUNITIES WIFFLE BALL

A parish patronal feast day is actually a big deal, and OFFICE RECEPTION DISCIPLES worthy of a celebration. It is actually a really good excuse Do you enjoy meeting new people? Are you comfortable to have a Wiffle Ball Tournament! answering phones and providing light administrative support? Then, this opportunity to serve may be right for you! The first time I ever played in a Wiffle Ball Tournament Some level of comfort with computers would be helpful. was during seminary at my teaching parish, Annunciation Disciples are needed for 2-3 hours/week. in South Minneapolis. Two 5-man teams take the field in If you are interested, please contact Catherine Taylor, Office an all-out battle under the lights! We won our first game Administrator at 763.972.2077 ext. 221 or email against a group of men and then lost our second to a [email protected]. group of high school baseball players. My team was made up of a group of very athletic guys who had played a lot of ENVIRONMENT TEAM MEMBER DISCIPLES ball in their high school and college days as well, but these boys had an edge, because they had played before. You If you enjoy working as part of a team and would take see, there is actually a very particular strategy to Wiffle satisfaction in seeing your labor transform our worship spaces Ball, due to the fact that you can run almost as fast as the at the St. Peter Campus with altar cloths, flowers, banners, ball flies. It makes base running a very strategic event, and etc… this is an opportunity for you! We are looking for we got burnt! The next day I was as sore as I had ever disciples who will assist with decorating as the liturgical calendar requires. Come join the team at St. Max! 5 to 6 been, pretty amazing considering the 120 square foot disciples are needed for an average of 2-4 hours/month. infield was our main playing space. Please see Terri Wilcox or email [email protected] for further details. Ever since then I’ve been trying to bring Wiffle Ball to my parish unsuccessfully. And then God sent me to a baseball ST. MAX SCHOOL PROJECT town! Be a servant disciple at St. Max! Would you like to help with a So, this year on our parish feast day, the Feast of St. large St. Max School project this summer? We will be doing Maximilian Kolbe, we will host our First Annual St. Max some serious moving around and deep cleaning of classrooms. All help is welcomed and appreciated. It’s also a great Feast Day Wiffle Ball Tournament and Picnic! Sign up your opportunity for NHS service hours. Please contact team on our website. Eric Russek at [email protected] for more details.

Our Feast Day is on Aug. 14, and the main festivities will be on Sunday the 15th, and will include a BBQ with live CARPENTER | HANDYMAN music and beer down on the lawn at the St. Joseph St. Maximilian Kolbe School is looking to hire someone to Campus. I for one am pumped and I hope to see you construct classroom cubbies and cabinets. there! Jobs will need to be completed by August 1st.

~ Fr. Kowalczyk If interested, please contact Mary Ziebell, Principal at 763.972.2528 or email [email protected].

NEW PARISHIONER COORDINATOR DISCIPLE

The St. Maximilian Kolbe parish is growing!

Would you like to coordinate the involvements for our new parishioners? Are you a natural sharer of events who enjoys meeting new people and assist in their meeting other faithful parishioners?

Then this is the discipleship for you!

Come and ensure all our new parishioners are welcomed into our parish of St. Maximilian Kolbe.

For more information please contact Kathy Carlson at 763.221.1065 or email [email protected] PARISH HIGHLIGHTS

A SUCCESSFUL OFFICE MOVE TO THE ST. JOSEPH CAMPUS

We have officially moved into the beautiful space at the St. Joseph Campus.

Stop in, say hi, and check it out!

PIETRA FITNESS AT THE CURCH OF ST. MAXIMILIAN KOLBE

Our parishes first Pietra Fitness class was a success! With so much interest, Cathy Carson will now be leading this class every Monday evening through the next few months.

Come share in this prayerful experience!

Experience Pietra Fitness®… A fitness class that stretches, strengthens, and tones the body and incorporates Christian prayer in the Catholic Tradition. Join us for an Intro to Pietra Fitness presentation which includes a practice! Learn why Pietra Fitness is a workout for the whole person, mind, body, and soul! You will feel calmer, stronger, refreshed and renewed! Pietra (meaning “rock” in Italian) is a word that reminds us of the importance of a solid foundation when building anything that is to have strength, stability, and longevity. At Pietra Fitness, our “whole person” workouts are built upon this concept. We utilize physical exercise to promote core strength as a solid physical foundation for the rest of the body. For the soul, our workouts include prayer and meditations built upon the strongest of foundations: the rock of Christ and His Church. This powerful combination truly benefits the entire human person – restoring harmony and wholeness to both body and soul.

MASS INTENTIONS PRAYER INTENTIONS F B L = F a c e b o o k L i v e E F = E x t r a o r d i n a r y F o r m PM = Private Mass AO = Ad Orientem St. Maximilian Kolbe please join us in prayer for those in need at this time:

Sat. 6/26 5:00 pm FBL People of the Parish

Fritz & Viola Braegelmann † Lawrence Bauman, Marcy Wickenhauser, Bill Dendinger, 8:00 am Sun. 6/27 Living & Deceased members Rosetta Vieau, Hailey Ramlow, Brad Kneisl, Nathan Triplett, 10:00 am AO of Alex Schumacher † Shelley Long, Mary Nolan

Aaron & Mary Smith Family Tue. 6/29 5:30 pm AO on their anniversary Lord, You invite all who are burdened to come to you. Those Wed. 6/30 8:30 am AO Eric Lloyd † listed here have asked for our prayers; please bring health in body and spirit to them so that they may serve You with all their Thur. 7/1 6:30 am AO Father Kittok strength. Touch gently their lives which you have created, now and forever. Leo, Devona, & Bonnie Fri. 7/2 9:30 am AO Schahn † † †

9:00 am EF Dick Meyer † (If you would like to receive prayers for yourself or a loved Sat. 7/3 5:00 pm FBL People of the Parish one and have their name(s) listed here, please email [email protected].) Sun. 7/4 8:00 am AO Mary Rose Johnson †

Saints & Special Observances This Week Sunday: Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time FEAST OF FAITH Monday: St. Preparation of the Gifts Tuesday: St. Peter; St. Paul Wednesday: The First of the Holy Roman Church The altar is prepared, the gifts are received. Several Thursday: Junípero Serra; Canada Day brief rites follow with accompanying prayers, some Friday: First Friday prayed silently by the priest and deacon and others said Saturday: St. Thomas; First Saturday aloud. We call this part of the Mass the “preparation.” What kind of preparation is happening? First, the presider holds up the paten or bowl containing the hosts, and says words that Jesus must have said many times, since they derive from ancient Jewish meal prayers: “Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation!” We have brought forward our gifts, our offering to God, and now we acknowledge that they are not really ours—the gifts that we give are God’s gift to us. It is “through your goodness” that we have gifts to offer. It is significant that we offer not wheat and grapes, but bread and wine; “fruit of the earth and work of human hands.” Bread and wine are both God’s work, and ours. The family of Norma Wandersee is truly humbled by the These preparatory rites also prepare us for what we outpouring of love and support received from the parish are about to do in the Eucharist, a mystery in which community of St. Maximilian Kolbe. Thank you to Father divine and human meet; a holy collaboration in which Kowalczyk for his prayers, visits, and the beautiful funeral our action is caught up into God’s divine plan. Mass. Thank you to every staff member who helped in any way with funeral arrangements or the funeral. Also, a thank you to all the volunteers behind the scenes who sacrifice ~ Corinna Laughlin, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co. their time and talent. May God continue to UNITE our parish, draw us to continued service, and inspire us to grow in our faith and love of Jesus.

~ Family of Norma Wandersee PARISH NEWS AND EVENTS

ADORATION NOW AT ST. JOSEPH CAMPUS

We hope you have had an opportunity to stop in and adore Jesus at our St. Joseph Campus or plan to do so soon.

Sunday 12:00 pm – Saturday 4:00 pm For those needing assistance, the elevator entrance is open daily from 6:00 am – 8:00 pm.

Archdiocesan Synod www.archspm.org/synod

Archbishop Hebda & Fr. Kowalczyk invite you to Synod Year 3 “The Church Engages”

“As we have been discussing here at St. Max what it means to belong to our parish and to be engaged in the community as active disciples, so the Archbishop has been doing the same thing as a whole. It is always important to remember that we belong to something much larger than just our little corner of the world. Let’s support our Shepherd’s call and get involved in the Synod.” ~ Fr. Kowalczyk

The main activity of Synod Year 3 is to review and respond to three focus areas: Ÿ Evangelization Ÿ Discipleship Ÿ Youth and Young Adults

How do we respond? We will form small discussion groups to express our opinions on the focus areas. Parishes throughout the Archdiocese will be assembling these important small groups.

What is the purpose of the small groups? Our word is important. We will provide advice, ideas, suggestions and opinions to help the Archdiocesan personnel plan for the future. Our recommendations will be sent to St. Paul along with those of the 88 other parishes in our Archdiocese.

When will groups start? In September and October. Sign up will be in July. Start thinking about your part in Year 3 of the Archdiocesan Synod as well as your part in the future of our St. Max Parish.

After a long absence, it will be great for St. Max parishioners to get back involved and be great disciples at the Synod. PARISH NEWS AND EVENTS

*NO 10:00 AM MASS* *MASS OBLIGATION* The 4th of July SundayS Mass dispensation to lift across Minnesota

Minnesota’s Catholic bishops have reinstated Catholics’ There will only be an 8:00 am Mass obligation to attend Sunday Mass and holy days of obligation, due to the Fourth of July festivities downtown Delano! beginning the weekend of July 3-4.

TO SAVE A LIFE MINISTRY

To Save A Life Ministry will be hosting a fundraiser after both Masses on Sunday, June 27th. If COVID has kept you away, welcome back. You may notice a few things look a little different. We've been continuing to Please stop by St Martha Hall for donuts and coffee/juice adapt and grow, so if you have any questions, we'd be glad to after Mass in support of this important Ministry to protect get you up to speed. the most defenseless. Please contact Kathy Carlson in our office Free will offering. at [email protected] or 763.972.2077 ext. 246

SAVE THE DATE!

Feast of St. Maximilian Kolbe & Parish Picnic will be on Sunday, August 15th 2021!

SAINT OF THE WEEK

VENERATED CARLO ACUTIS May 3, 1991- October 12, 2006

Declared Venerable July 5, 2018

Venerable Carlo Acutis was a tech-savvy teenager, known for his love for others and his devotion to the Eucharist. He used his talents to build a website to share information about known Eucharistic miracles, and creat- ed videos sharing aspects of the Catholic faith with his internet audience. His faith extended beyond the inter- net as well, and he was known to befriend the poor, homeless, and migrant populations on the streets of his native city of Milan. In 2006, he died of leukemia at the age of 15. He was declared Venerable by Francis in 2018. His cause for sainthood is ongoing. Pope Francis used the example of Carlo’s life in his re- cent apostolic exhortation, Christus Vivit: “Carlo was well aware that the whole apparatus of communications, advertising and social networking can be used to lull us, to make us addicted to consumerism and buying the latest thing on the market, obsessed with our free time, caught up in negativity. Yet he knew how to use the new communications technology to transmit the Gospel, to communicate values and beauty.” ~ Pope Francis, Christus Vivit 105

THE CHURCH OF ST. MAXIMILIAN KOLBE

Website: www.stmaxkolbechurch.org General Email: [email protected] Parish Office Phone: 763.972.2077 Pastor: Fr. Kyle Kowalczyk [email protected] Deacon: Rev. Mr. Joseph Kittok, 763.221.6658 [email protected] Deacon: Rev. Mr. Bruce Bowen, 612.298.4867 [email protected] Pastoral Assistant/Office Administrator: Catherine Taylor, [email protected] Business Administrator: Jill Ellingson [email protected] Bookkeeper: Marie Bauman [email protected] OTHER NEWS AND EVENTS Director of Music: Alexa Vavra [email protected] Campus Operations Director: Eric Russek FORMED [email protected] Safe Environment Coordinator: Eric Russek Marriage Preparation & Funeral Coordinator: Amazing content, available 24/7, to explore, inspire, and grow in your faith. And it’s FREE!! Kathy Carlson, [email protected] Bulletin Coordinator: Autumn Burke

It’s easy to get started: [email protected] ŸGo to formed.org ~ Click on “Sign Up” Cemetery Liaison : Jane Speckel, 763.442.1779 ŸSelect: “I belong to a parish or organization” [email protected]

ŸSearch for: “St. Maximilian Kolbe” Miscarriage Ministry: Bobi Meehan, 763.479.2604 ŸScroll down the list and select the Delano, MN parish Adoration Coordinator: Barb Janas, 763.972.6843

ST. MAXIMILIAN KOLBE CATHOLIC SCHOOL

Website: www.stmaxkolbeschool.org School Phone: 763.972.2528 School Principal: Mary Ziebell, ext. 228 Magnificat is a spiritual guide to help you develop your prayer [email protected] life, grow in your spiritual life, find a way to a more profound School Secretary: Sandi Jucha, ext. 229 love for Christ, and participate in the holy [email protected] Mass with greater fervor.

ST. MAXIMILIAN KOLBE COUNCILS

Pastoral Council B.J. Ludwig, Chairperson, [email protected] Susan Fobbe, Secretary Tim Burke, Susan Robinson, Heather Triplett, Connie Botz A monthly publication. Please contact B.J. Ludwig of the Pastoral Council with con- Paper and Digital Subscriptions available at cerns or comments about the parish. Concerns and ideas https://bookstore.magnificat.net/subscription/index will be discussed with Fr. Kowalczyk during the monthly Council meeting.

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John Reuter, Bill Bandzuch , Brian Marketon Don’t miss this special evening to benefit the mission of Relevant Radio and local Catholic To learn more about our financial health, please contact schools with a $300,000 match opportunity! Jill Ellingson, Parish Business Administrator at 763.972.2077

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