The Parish of St. 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

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. the 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 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 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 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. Navy PERPETUAL ADORATION • Midshipman Joseph S. Emmer, U.S. Naval Academy, ST. PETER’S CHURCH Annapolis, MD

Thank you to those who have stepped forward • Pvt. William J. Emmer, USMC, Twentynine Palms, CA during this difficult time to make Eucharistic • PV2 Joseph E Kittok, US Army Adoration perpetual! This will continue on a week by week basis, during this ever changing Marian Rosary Schedule time. For peace in the world

Adoration is now located at St. Peter's Church St. Michael’s Council of Catholic Women St. Michael, MN in order to give everyone more space to distance from one Sundays 11:00 am, KRWC - Buffalo 1360 AM another as recommended. The sign-in book has been removed for the time being.

There are security cameras in place at St. Peter's for your safety. The church will only be accessible through door 12 at the parking lot entrance. A keypad lock has been installed. During the hours of 5:00 AM to 10:00 PM, door 12 will remain propped open to allow for visitors to adoration who may not know the keypad code. During overnight hours the door will be closed and you will need the keypad code in order to enter. Please contact Barb Janas using the information below to obtain the code.

To request the keypad code for Door 12, or to update your availability please contact Barb Janas at: [email protected] or 763-972-6843.

Parish News/Events

IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ! CONTENT IN THIS PUBLICATION WAS LAST UPDATED AS OF MARCH 24.

With rapidly changing health and safety recommendations during this time, combined with bulletin printer deadlines occurring a week or more prior to bulletin distribution, it is very possible that the event and calendar information listed in this bulletin may no longer be accurate by the time the bulletin reaches you. Please use our online parish calendar and website for the most up-to- date information on any scheduled events, Mass times and locations, and general parish news. Thank you!

https://delanocatholic.com

FAITH FORMATION UPDATE *ONLINE MASS SCHEDULE AND LINK*

While the Archbishop has lifted the obligation to attend Effective immediately, classroom faith formation has been Sunday Mass for the time being. 10:30 AM Mass will be live canceled. Faith Formation will shift to an in-home and online streamed via our St. Max Parish Facebook Page. formation program for the remainder of the formation year.

https://www.facebook.com/stmaxparishdelanomn/ Please watch your email for more information. Thank you!

Please look to the parish website and online calendar for the most up-to-date information regarding any future changes to this schedule until public Masses resume.

AS WE ALL NAVIGATE THESE NEXT WEEKS TOGETHER, CONSIDER TAKING THIS TIME AT HOME TO GROW IN YOUR FAITH.

Amazing content, available 24/7, to explore, inspire, and grow in your faith. And it’s FREE!! It’s easy to get started: • Go to formed.org ~ Click on Register • Create your free account by entering our Parish Code and your email address—Our Parish Code is: f2a13a Max m a K e Ca c Sc is a Catholi faith bas d o uni h all b d di d to th total d lopm n of h hild thus p o idin th foundation for a Spirit-filled and sacramental life.

Our American History! Now Enrolling preschool th Presidents Day, Black History through 6 grade! Month, and Women’s History Month give cause to learn about the lives of men and women in American who overcame adversity and celebrate their achievements. Your parish school is growing and we want 2nd Graders at St. Max Kolbe your family to be a part of it! Catholic School spent two weeks reading biographies of It is our mission to provide a Catholic many historical figures. There were many lively education to anyone who desires it. Your conversations as children made discoveries and just had to parish, St. Maximilian Kolbe, faithfully share their excitement. Keeping a record of the people they supports the mission of the school and studied and the books or online sources read, students assists in many ways. chose the person of most interest to them to create a timeline about their life’s most important events. Once all Contact us to learn more about our timelines are complete we will use then to share our new wonderful school. found knowledge!!! 763-972-2528 [email protected]

Faith Formation For All Ages

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL!! TOTUS TUUS!!

Totus Tuus (Latin for Totally Yours) is a fun and energetic parish based summer catechetical program, for both grade school children, and junior and senior high school youth. The program is dedicated to sharing the Gospel and promoting the Catholic faith through evangelization, catechesis, Christian witness, and Eucharistic worship. The methodology, structure, content, and enthusiasm of Totus Tuus is concerned not only with teaching the faith, but also igniting the hearts of the team members and young people.

Totus Tuus is planning to be offered along with VBS this summer at St Peter & Paul in Loretto. In the spirit of building community and offering an incredible program to your children, we will be joining St. Peter & Paul for our summer program. Here is how the summer program in Loretto will look: PreK and Kindergarten will attend a traditional VBS program called Tracking Mary: Mysteries and Messages produced by Catholic Kidz Camp.

• 1st-6th grade will experience Totus Tuus during the day. • Junior and Senior High Totus Tuus takes place in the evenings.

This is an incredible opportunity for your kids to not only keep feeding their faith this summer, but to take it deeper. Looking forward to summer!

*A BUS TO AND FROM STS. PETER AND PAUL IN LORETTO WILL BE PROVIDED* PLEASE CONTACT [email protected] TO REGISTER Parish Calendar

*PLEASE CHECK THE PARISH WEBSITE AND CALENDAR FOR THE MOST UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION.*

DAY MASS & INTENTION LOCATION

Saturday, Rosella Svejkovsky † *Private Mass* March 28th Sunday, 10:30 am - People of the Parish https://www.facebook.com/stmaxparishdelanomn/ (Live Streamed) March 29th

Tuesday, Bernice Kittock † *Private Mass* March 31st

Wednesday, Kevin & Lisa Matuska † *Private Mass* April 1st

Thursday, Jim Stevens † *Private Mass* April 2nd

Friday, Sylvia Altendorf † *Private Mass* April 3rd

Saturday, Clement Matter † *Private Mass* April 4th

Sunday, 10:30 am - People of the Parish https://www.facebook.com/stmaxparishdelanomn/ (Live Streamed) April 5th

NOTE: PERPETUAL (24/7) ADORATION IS CURRENTLY BEING HELD IN ST. PETER’S CHURCH. PLEASE SEE PAGE 2 OF THE BULLETIN FOR DETAILS.

PRAYER IN A TIME OF PANDEMIC

O God of compassion, your people are anxious in this time of pandemic. Send your Holy Spirit among us to dispel our fears. We cry out to you in our confusion; comfort us in our affliction. Grant our leaders wisdom to guide us. Strengthen and sustain those who are ill, and be with those who care for them. Help us to travel this road in solidarity with our neighbors, with our eyes fixed on the salvation promised us through the death and resurrection of your Son, who is Lord forever and ever. Amen.

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STAY CONNECTED TO OUR PARISH….ONLINE!

Most people have access to the Internet, and if that's you, we encourage you to stay connected to us on via our parish website (delanocatholic.com ) and through our parish Facebook page (The Parish of St. Maximilian Kolbe).

On our website, you can listen to past homilies and speakers, search information on our ministry programs and sacraments, read important announcements and the bulletin, donate, email us, and more.

On our Facebook site, you can watch recorded and live videos from Fr Kowalczyk, Sunday Mass, Adoration, The Stations of the Cross, as well as read or post comments. If you don't have a Facebook account, it's easy and free to sign up for one and you do not "have" to post or comment on anything. You can use it simply as a way to 'see' what's going on and stay connected.

To create a Facebook account: • Go to www.facebook.com/r.php. • Enter your name, email or mobile phone number, password, date of birth and gender. • Click Sign Up. • To finish creating your account, you need to confirm your email or mobile phone number. • Then find our parish by clicking in the search tab and entering, "The Parish of St. Maximilian Kolbe" -- see image:

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