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The Parish of St. Maximilian Kolbe 204 South River StreetThe Parish of St. Maximilian Kolbewww.DelanoCatholic.com P.O. Box 470 [email protected] Delano, MN 55328 (763) 972 - 2077 204 South River Street www.DelanoCatholic.com P.O. Box 470 [email protected] Delano, MN 55328 (763) 972 - 2077 TheThe Churches Churches of of St. St. Peter Peter and and St. St. Joseph Joseph MASS SCHEDULE Saturday 5:00 pm (SJ) Sunday 8:00 am (SP) 10:30 am (SP) Monday (Communion Service) 8:30 am (SJ) Tuesday 6:00 pm (SJ) Wednesday, Thursday 8:30 am (SJ) Friday 8:30 am (SP) First Saturday 8:30 am (SJ) SP: St. Peter ~ 217 S. 2nd St. SJ: St. Joseph ~ 401 N. River St. Adoration St. Michael the Archangel Adoration Chapel Eucharistic Adoration Monday 5 am through Friday 2 pm. PARISH OFFICE HOURS: SACRAMENT of CONFESSION All are welcome to stop by and Monday − Thursday: 9:00 am − 3:30 pm Saturday….. 4:00 pm (SJ) spend time with our Lord. Friday: 9:00 am − 12:00 pm 1st Sat .…… before and after the BAPTISM: Parents are required to take a 8:30 am Mass (SJ) The Adoration Chapel is Baptism class before scheduling their child’s Tuesday……5:00 pm (SJ) located in the Parish Office Baptism. This 1.5 hour class, held on the 4th Thursday…..8:00 am & after Building, Door #3. Saturday of the month, will discuss the 8:30 am Mass (SJ) Friday Adoration held in selection of godparents for you r child and MARRIAGE: Please contact the St. Peter’s Church while the Rite of Baptism. Call the Parish Office to Parish Office a minimum of 6 months school is in session. register. before your wedding. From the desk of Fr. Kyle Kowalczyk PARISH OF ST. MAXIMILIAN KOLBE SCRIPTURE Website: www.DelanoCatholic.com General Email: [email protected] When Jacques Fesch was in prison for murder, he had nothing Parish Office Phone: 763-972-2077 but time. What did he do with that time? Well, he read. Part of Parochial Administrator: Fr. Kyle Kowalczyk, ext. 222 his conversion had to do with reading St. Therese’s book, A [email protected] Story of a Soul. After his conversion, he started to live like a Deacon: Rev. Mr. Joseph Kittok, 763-221-6658 monk and read the entire Bible who knows how many times! In [email protected] the few short years he was locked up, his reading of the saints Deacon: Rev. Mr. Bruce Bowen, ext. 244 and the Word of God transformed his whole outlook. His 612-298-4867, [email protected] whole vision of reality was changed. His cell no longer seemed Parish Business Administrator: Russ Nolan, ext. 226 like a putrid prison for punishment, but a glorious oratory for [email protected] prayer. He began rather than to long to return to his house with Office & Liturgical Coordinator: Catherine Taylor, his wife and daughter, to yearn for the house of God to be at ext. 221 [email protected] last in the Father’s embrace. This is the transformative power Bookkeeper: Marie Bauman, ext. 223 Scripture. [email protected] Fundamentally, Catholicism is a different way of seeing the Director of Music: Alexa Gruber, ext. 225 world. A drop of water is not water but a helmet of protection. [email protected] A funny shaped building is not a building, but a portal to heaven. Director of Faith Formation / Marriage & Family Life: A piece of bread is not a piece of bread, but God himself. These Eric Russek, ext. 251 [email protected] realities are hidden from our eyes, but we see them with our Safe Environment Coordinator: Eric Russek, ext. 251 hearts. It is faith that sees them. Furthermore, silence is the Marriage Preparation: Kathy Carlson Voice of God, suffering is the Kiss of Christ, and boredom is the [email protected] death of self-love. RCIA & Funeral Coordinator: Connie Botz , ext. 230 [email protected] Because we live in a world that is blind, we have in some ways Bulletin Editor: Kristin Detloff, 971-280-9676, contracted this blindness. We hear friends and neighbors and coworkers, criticizing and condemning the Church and we start [email protected] Maintenance Supervisor: Gary Zitzloff to think that maybe they have a point. But the saints paint a [email protected] different portrait. The great conversion stories of our Catholic Cemetery Liaison : Jane Speckel, ext. 224 faith, catalogue those men and women who lived both the best [email protected] the world had to offer, and then the best the Church has to offer, and they tell us decidedly that the Church’s offerings are Parish Trustees: Jason Winter and Gary Schaust Miscarriage Ministry: Bobi Meehan, 763-479-2604 by far the greater. They always speak of their eyes being Adoration Coordinator: Barb Janas, 763-972-6843 opened, as if they were blind and then began to see. Because they were blind. The world is blind. The world is darkness and ST. MAXIMILIAN KOLBE CATHOLIC SCHOOL Jesus is the light. And we find Jesus in Sacred Scripture. Website: www.stmaxkolbeschool.org The power of the Word of God is incredible. But too many of School Phone: 763-972-2528 us leave it bottled up on the shelf for lack of time or School Principal: Mary Ziebell, ext. 228 comprehension. Well, we have the time. And the [email protected] comprehension will come. The first time we read the Bible Administrative Assistant: Dawn McCabe, ext. 229 through, we find ourselves scratching our head and wrinkling [email protected] our nose. We aren’t so sure about it. But a seed has been planted in our heart. The next time we read it, it doesn’t seem St. Maximilian Kolbe Councils so odd after all. And the next time, it’s down right comforting. Pastoral Council Then we start to look forward to those life altering words, Gail Sinkel, Chairperson, [email protected] because they actually feed us. They are sweet and comforting B.J. Ludwig, Vice Chair, [email protected] and delightful. Ted May, Secretary, [email protected] I only speak here from experience. The first time I read through Additional Members: the Bible was my Junior year of college. I think I started that Susan Fobbe, Bob Sundheim, year, it may have taken me a couple to finish. Since then I’ve John Barten, Tim Burke read the Old Testament probably a half dozen times, and I’ve Please contact Gail Sinkel, B.J. Ludwig or Ted May of the Pastoral lost count of how many times I’ve read the New. Each time, the Council with concerns or comments about the parish. Concerns Lord speaks something different to me. Each time, I am and ideas will be discussed with Fr. Kowalczyk at the monthly refreshed in a new way. Each time, I see just a little bit more Council meeting. clearly. I’d like for all of you to experience that. And fortunately Finance Council you can. Jeff Carriveau, Jason Griep, Kelly Horn, - Fr. Kyle Kowalczyk John Reuter, Bill Bandzuch To learn more about our financial health, please make an appointment with the Parish Business Administrator. Prayer Intentions Mass Intentions Location Change St. Maximilian Kolbe please join us in prayer The Mass intentions schedule has been incorporated into the for those in need at this time: Erik Johnson, parish calendar which is located on Page 5 of the bulletin. Pat Theis, Mary McMenamy, Claire Caskey, Lisa Moonen, Evelyn Day, Maureen Seliski, Jody Kosek, Mass Readings in the red Worship Book Lawrence Bauman, Bob McGuire, Karl Van Beusekom, Mark Smith, Scott Friendt, Callie Nelson-Hoyles, Mary Danielson, The Fifth Sunday of Lent: 1039 Jeffrey Leach, Jim Kittock, Ed Windsperger, Norma Monday: Dn 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 [41c-62]; Wandersee, Chris Johnson, Jo Schulte, Mary Nolan, Max Nemesi, Rita Nieman, Mark Babatz, Charlie Checkal, Jo Ps 23:1-6; Jn 8:1-11 Anne Nieman, Jan Lindquist, Hillary Blenke, Sherri Scholz, Tuesday: Nm 21:4-9; Ps 102:2-3, 16-21; Jn 8:21-30 Rosetta Vieau, Rob Mihulka, Doug Mueller, Jean Baldy, Wednesday: Dn 3:14-20, 91-92, 95; Dn 3:52-56; Chris Keller, Kathryn Kautzmann, Bernice Schlosser, Pete Jn 8:31-42 Henry, George “Smokey” Sawatzke, Mary Strand, Angie Lamarche, Nancy Johnson, Cindy Hughes, Shelley Long Thursday: Gn 17:3-9; Ps 105:4-9: Jn 8:51-59 Friday: Jer 20:10-13; Ps 18:2-7; Jn 10:31-42 Please remember our men and women Saturday: Ez 37:21-28; Jer 31:10, 11-13; Jn 11:45-56 serving in the United States Armed Forces Sunday: Mt 21:1-11 (procession); in your prayers: Is 50:4-7; Ps 22:8-9, 17-20, 23-24; • Staff Sgt. Tom Speckel, USMC Phil 2:6-11; Mt 26:14 — 27:66 [27:11-54] • Master Sergeant, Andrew Z. Fink, Ranger/Combat Medic, U.S. Army Reserves Saints & Special Observances This Week • Major Garrett Litfin, V-22 pilot, USMC • Staff Sgt. Eric Alger, U.S. Army Sunday: Fifth Sunday of Lent • Private Samuel J. Smith, U.S. Army Reserves Wednesday: April Fool’s Day • SFC Joseph Saladin, 82nd Airborne, 3rd Brigade, Thursday: St. Francis of Paola 2-505 Battalion, Bravo Company, U.S. Army Friday: First Friday; Abstinence • SRA-E4 Justin and Whitney Eisinger, U.S. Air Force Saturday: St. Isidore; First Saturday • Captain Robert Field, U.S. Air Force • 1LT Patrick Sweeney, U.S. Army, 101st Airborne • 1st Lieutenant Joseph Janas, USMC ADORATION LOCATION & TIME CHANGE • SA Wesley Laddusaw, U.S.