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The Church of St. George THE FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME • FEBRUARY 3, 2019 Mass Schedule/Sacramental Life THE CHURCH OF ST. GEORGE Church and Parish Office Established 1916 133 North Brown Road • Long Lake, MN 55356 Weekend Masses: Pastor Phone: (952) 473-1247 • Fax: (952) 404-0129 Saturday: 4:00 pm Fr. Mark Juettner (952) 473-1247 x 104 Office Hours: Tues/Wed/Thurs 9-3pm & Fri , 9-1pm Sunday: 9:15am Fr. Juettner- After Hours: [email protected] Office E-mail: [email protected] Mass in Spanish: EMERGENCY LINE TO FR. JUETTNER: www.stgeorgelonglake.org Sunday: 5:00 pm To report an after hour medical emergency or death, call (952) 473-1247 X 150. Weekday & Holy Day Masses: Consult schedule inside bulletin. For information about the Knights of Columbus, please contact Reconciliation: Ed Rundle at 952-473-9565. Individual: Tues. 9am; First Fridays 9am; Sat. 3:00pm-3:45pm & 5:15pm; For information about the Women’s Council, please contact President Sun. 8:30am-9am Shannon Banks at 612-554-3274. Adoration: Monday-Friday, Sunday evenings Call: Jean Kottemann (952) 471-7485 Baptism, Anointing of the Sick, Marriage: Contact the Parish Office (952) 473-1247 Pastoral visits to the sick & home-bound: The Feast of St. Blaise: Contact the Parish Office The Blessing of the Throats Parish Staff (952-473-1247) Deacon: Bruce Bowen (612) 298-4867 [email protected] Secretary: Sara Dore ext100 Latino Ministry: Melba Reyes ext106 Faith Formation: Christina Ruiz ext102 Bookkeeper: Lynn Johnston ext103 Music: Kelly Kadlec ext105 Head of Bldg., Grounds & Supplies Mike Dombeck - Cell (612) 716-7107 Bldg. & Grounds Pete Meyer (952) 472-7449 Jim Maas (763) 479-5890 Cemetery 401 Willow Drive • Long Lake Deacon Joe Kittok (763) 221-6658 John Hughes (612) 804-2449 Paul Bennett (952) 200-7399 Parish Pastoral Council * meeting minutes posted on church bulletin boards Chair Dick Speeter (952) 475-1244 Secretary Joe Pagano (952) 471-9622 Trustee Douglas Williams (952) 471-0770 Trustee William Kottemann (952) 471-7485 Other Parish Pastoral Council Members: Camille Curtiss Mike Dombeck Michelle Flannery Molly Yates Melissa Reyes Daren Grothaus Mari Gonzalez 2 The Church of St. George ■ Long Lake, Minnesota WELCOME to . THE CHURCH OF ST. GEORGE Thank you to all our visitors, guests and extended family members for A Letter from the Pastor joining us this weekend. Call the office at (952) 473-1247 or email us at [email protected] if you would like more information about the parish or to register. Several years ago, the ARCHBISHOP’S ANNUAL CATHOLIC SERVICES APPEAL 2019 CATHOLIC APPEAL was renamed the CATHOLIC SERVICES The Catholic Services Appeal Foundation is an independent APPEAL. The new name is a reflection of the many different non-profit focused solely on supporting 20 designated programs and services supported by our combined outreach ministries and nothing else. Partnering with these contributions. The name change to the Catholic Services ministries, you help those in need: the hungry, the orphan, the Appeal (CSA) does not change its focus on raising funds to sick, suffering, dying and grieving. You assist in ministering to provide for essential Archdiocesan services and ministries the imprisoned, evangelizing Catholic youth and college affecting Catholic Education and Formation Ministries, students, and strengthening families. You enable the Outreach Ministry, Seminaries, Central Programs and Services sacraments to be provided to Catholics young and old alike, including Catholic Charities. throughout the 12-county area and beyond. Two newly added The promotional Appeal video will be shown next ministry partners this year include Abria Pregnancy Resources weekend during each Mass. You can also go online and view and The Society of St. Vincent de Paul – Twin Cities. We invite the 2019 Appeal video at www.csafspm.org. All registered you to learn more about each of the vital ministries supported family households will receive a letter in the mail from by the Foundation, and to join us in transforming lives through Archdiocese that will invite you to respond generously to the the Gospel! Visit www.csafspm.org today. 2019 CSA and to pray for its success. Catholic Services Appeal Foundation is an independent nonprofit corporation and was never a part of the bankruptcy filing made by the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, ensuring that all gifts made to the appeal are used for the benefit of the designated ministries that the CSA helps to support. Please return your CSA envelope as soon as possible to the parish office (through the regular Sunday collection or by mail). The pre-assigned CSA goal for our parish for 2019 is $12,295.00 (which is the same goal amount as in 2018 - no The 20 Designated Ministries served by the Catholic Services increase). Our parish reached a fantastic 212% of goal last Appeal are: year! That high level of achievement is cause for expressing great gratitude and for issuing a strong signal of hope for Abria Pregnancy Resources attaining the same goal in 2019. (See 2018 parish American Indian Ministry performance statistics listed below.) ACCW (Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women) Also, remember that 25% of funds generated through Campus Ministry – Newman Center the parish are returned to the parish if the parish collects Campus Ministry – Saint Paul’s Outreach 100% of its CSA goal, for our own education and formation Catholic Charities ministries. Look for the letter in the mail and please consider Deaf Ministry a generous gift or pledge to the Church of this Archdiocese. It Elementary School Support / Scholarships is impressive and reassuring to see your strong level of regard Evangelization for the Church of this Archdiocese reflected in your generosity High School Scholarships to the Catholic Services Appeal. Hospital Chaplains God bless you! Latino Ministry Marriage, Family & Life Fr. Mark Juettner Parishes Prison Ministry Pastor Rachel’s Vineyard – Twin Cities The Seminaries of Saint Paul PARISH RESULTS FOR 2018 CSA The Society of St. Vincent de Paul Goal: $12,295.00 Venezuelan Mission Total Pledged: $26,170.00 Youth and Young Adult Ministry Total Collected: $25,675.00 Over/(Under) Goal: $13,864.00 Percent of Goal Pledged: 212.85% Reflections on Giving Percent of Goal Received: 208.82% Average Gift Amount: $331.27 “For it is in giving that we receive.” ―St. Francis of Assisi Number of Donors: 79 “Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.” —Booker T. Washington 3 THE FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME • FEBRUARY 3, 2019 ST. GEORGE WOMEN’S COUNCIL Next Meeting: February 7, 2019 at 6:30pm KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS NEWS ************************** Join the Women’s Council for a brief meeting at 6:30pm followed Next Meeting: by a speaker from SouthWest Options for Women (formerly February 7, 2018 Minnetonka Life Center) at 7pm who will discuss the services they provide. Refreshments will be provided. Attendees are encouraged Knights of Columbus Pancake Breakfast: to bring small gift for infants or children such as a baby blanket, item of infant or toddler clothing, a children’s book, rattle, sippy Sunday, February 17th, 8:30am-11:30am cup, etc. Men: Are You Ready to Accept the Challenge? YEARLY CONTRIBUTION STATEMENTS Our communities need strong Catholic men to answer the call to Contribution statements for 2018 have been to your home. If you lead with faith, protect our families, serve others and defend our have any questions regarding your statement or have not received a values. For over one hundred years, Knights of Columbus have statement, please email Lynn at [email protected] or done exactly that, standing up for the Church, serving the least call the office at 952-473-1247 X 103. Lynn is in the office on among us, and strengthening our parishes and families. Eligible Tuesdays from 8:00am-2:30pm and on most Fridays. Catholic men can now join the Knights of Columbus online in a simple, streamlined process. As a member, you join a Agape Dinner for Widows and Widowers worldwide community of nearly two million men, including Saturday, February 16, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. 41,000 here in Minnesota who stand together. Men have a duty Church of St. Peter, Forest Lake to lead, protect, serve and defend. The world needs more Join Bishop Andrew Cozzens for an Agape Dinner (communal meal) in committed, unified Catholic men to answer the call. Will you token of Christian fellowship for widows and widowers. Registration answer? Visit kofc.org/joinus to learn more about the many begins at 9:30 a.m. followed by Mass and a presentation by His benefits of membership in the Knights of Columbus. Excellency at 10:00 a.m. The cost is $10 and includes dinner following the presentation. To register, mail your payment to the Church of St. Cor Jesu Peter, 1250 South Shore Drive, Forest Lake, MN 55025. Registration Friday, February 8 at 8 pm deadline is February 8. Questions call Cindy Casey 651-249-8807 or the St. Mary’s Chapel at The Saint Paul Seminary parish office at 651-982-2229. 2260 Summit Avenue, St. Paul Eucharistic adoration, confession, praise & worship music and fellowship with young adults, college-age and older. Archbishop HOSPITALITY SUNDAY AŌer 9:15 am Mass on Sunday Hebda will preside. Parking is waived on South Campus surface Please consider helping with this ministry. lots at the University of St. Thomas. For more information, call Feb 10 Teens/Red Lake Breakfast Feb 17 KC Breakfast the Office of Vocations at 651-962-6890 or see our Facebook Feb 24 Grothaus Family page “Cor Jesu.” There is sign-up sheet for the calendar year in the Community Center. Training is available.