“Called to Be the Face of Christ”
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Shepherd of Souls Area Faith Community “Called to be the Face of Christ” www.shepherdofsouls.org Bulletin for Sunday, January 24, 2021 Third Sunday in Ordinary Time AFC Mass Times Saturday - 4:00pm Church of Our Lady, Manannah 5:00pm St. John ‘s, Darwin Sunday - 8:00am St. Philip’s, Litchfield 8:30am Church of Our Lady, Manannah 10:00am St. John’s, Darwin 10:30am St Philip’s, Litchfield 12:00pm St. Philip’s, Litchfield (Spanish) Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday– 3:30 pm at Our Lady Saturday - 4:30 pm at St. John 1st & 3rd Tuesday - 4:00 pm at St. Philip Forest City Litchfield Darwin Manannah Church of Church of Church of Church of St Gertrude St. Philip St. John Our Lady 31608 650th Avenue 821 East 5th Street 106 N. 4th Street 57482 CSAH 3 Litchfield, MN 55355 Litchfield, MN 55355 Darwin, MN 55324 Grove City, MN 56243 320-693-8900 320-693-3313 320-693-9496 320-275-2915 320-453-7526 WEEKLY SCHEDULE & MASS INTENTIONS Area Faith Community Calendar of Events For More Info go to the AFC website Monday 8:00 am—Darwin Word & Communion January 25 Monday January 25 8:00 am-Darwin No Mass Tuesday, StP - 8:00 am Rosary January 26 StP - 9:00 am Mission Quilters 8:30 am - Litchfield Tom Maroney Tuesday AFC - 7:00 pm Evangelization Meeting January 26 8:00 am-Forest City No Mass Wednesday StP– 5:00 pm Faith Formation Gr. 4-7 January 27 StP - 6:30 pm Faith Formation Gr. 8 –11 8:00 am-Manannah Francis Henfling Wednesday StJ - 6:30 pm Faith Formation January 27 OL - 6:45 pm Faith Formation Gr. 5-11 Thursday, 8:00 am - Darwin Larry Jacob January 28 Thursday OL - 7:00 pm Parish Administrative Meeting Friday, January 28 8:00 am –Manannah No Mass January 29 Friday StP - 8:30 am Rosary January 29 9:00 am - Litchfield Eugene Naes Saturday Charlie, Gen & Danny January 30 4:00 pm– Manannah OL - 9:20 am Sunday School Danielson Saturday, Sunday StJ - 10:00 am Children’s Liturgy January 30 Vic & Rose LaPlante January 31 AFC - 6:30 pm Confirmation Class & 5:00 pm-Darwin Rehearsal Family JoAnn DeRamus- 8:00 am-Litchfield Oxford Communion - If you are watching Mass online or on TV and would like the opportunity to receive 8:30 am-Manannah Dale Kalkbrenner communion you can come to the St. Philip parking lot Sunday on Sundays at 9:00 am. We can walk up for communion 10:00 am - Darwin Marcella Klassen January 31 or stay in your vehicle 10:30 am - Litchfield Jim Lies Volunteers Needed - St. Philips is looking for 12:00 pm-Litchfield volunteers to help with sanitizing after the Sunday People of the Parish (Spanish) morning Masses. If interested please contact Brenda in the Parish Office 693-3313 ext 100 Please pray for those who are sick in the Parish especially… St.P: Gretchen Condon, Todd Wheeler, Isaac Buhr, Beckie Schaefer, Dan Curran, Beverly Lindell, Fran Tintes, Jasper Kargas, Donald Putney, Theresa Chiarelli, Antonio Franco, Sylvia Johnson, Robert Becker, Jon Laney, Jan Paulson, Jordan Munson, Robin, Caitlin Pitts, Karen Marsh, Shirley Buck, Ed McGraw, Eileen Mihlbauer, Sandra Paulsen, Ann Nonweiler, Dorothy Tacheny, Mary Knutson, Audrey Stoffel, Tim Kapperman, Lindsey Paulsen, Kay Grams, Lou Huber, Philip Johnson, Dale Andersen, Katelyn Cruze, Darlene Putney. Prayer Line phone number 593-8944. OL: Prayer Line: Mary Kalkbrenner, Nancy Haag, George Pfeffer, Dolores Wiechmann, McKenzie Knisley Family, June Tierney, Mary Hansen. Prayer line phone number 693-8900. St.J: Ednel Diedrich, Susan Hummel, Alivia Hemsworth, Amber Walker, Alec McLean, Marlys Roehl, Don Bollman, Luis Larios, Troy Kotila, Kim (Elke) Jack, Raylan Russel, Kathy Thissen, Rosemary Paidl, Glen Worden, Jeffery Baert, Grayson Zimmermann, Patrick Ecklund, Mike Ackerman, Jacob Schmitz, Kathy Eggert, Daralyn Goldsberry, George Olson. Prayer Line Phone Number 693- 9496. And all those who have asked for our prayers of healing of their friends and relatives. Shepherd of Souls AFC * Parish News & Events A Note from Fr. Jeff Horejsi …. Catholic Schools Week will be celebrated the week of January 31 through February 6. Once again, a second collection will be taken up at all Masses in the diocese the last weekend in January to benefit Catholic schools in the Diocese of New Ulm. In our area faith community, 75 percent of the proceeds will go directly to The School of St. Philip. The other 25 percent will be deposited equally in two endowment funds already set up to benefit Catholic schools. The two funds are the Bishop John M. LeVoir Catholic School Endowment Fund (proceeds benefit all Catholic schools in the diocese based on enrollment) and the Bishop John C. Nienstedt Catholic School Scholarship Fund (proceeds benefit students who cannot afford tuition). Please support this important collection on January 30 and 31 by placing your offering in a specially marked basket for Catholic Schools Week. In today’s Gospel Jesus called four disciples to follow him. We are also called to follow Jesus more closely. Our AFC Mission will help us to do this. We have added two additional sites for taking in the Feb. 8-11th Mission each evening from 6:30-8:00 pm. Deacon Ralph Poyo will be at St. Philip, and both the Parish Center at Our Lady and the Education Center at St. John will be live-streaming the Mission so that those who want to have more space to spread out can do so. The Mission can also be live-streamed wherever you are at, and the video will be available on our website to watch at a later time. This year the annual Ecumenical Prayer Service for Christian Unity will be held virtually, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event will be held on Sunday, January 24 from 2-3 pm with individuals and congregations, representing several Christian denominations in the southwest and west central Minnesota, gathering for an Ecumenical Celebration of the Word of God. The theme this year is "Abide in my love and you shall bear much fruit." More information can be found at: https://www.dnu.org/diocesan-events/2021/1/24/virtual-ecumenical-prayer- service. We will be streaming Mass live on our website using Facebook Live every Sunday at 8:00 am. You can follow us at https://www.facebook.com/pg/Shepherd-Of-Souls-AFC-109977054166477/videos/. The video will remain on our website after the mass is over. Again, I want to thank you for your continued financial gifts to your parish. Any donations can be mailed or made online at https://www.shepherdofsouls.org/donate. Please specify the name of the parish or fund you are donating to in the comments area. Our Condolences to the family of Faith Formation … Scott Weinzetl, St. Philip - Wednesday, Jan. 27 son of Larry & 5:00 pm Faith Formation for Gr. 4-7 Shirley Weinzetl. 6:30 pm Faith Formation for Gr. 8-11 May Scott rest in eternal peace. Sunday School - Sunday School—In person class will begin on Sunday, January 24. St. John - Wednesday, Jan 27 6:30 pm Faith Formation K-7th Grade Grades 8—11 meet online with google meet Baptized in Children's Liturgy - Sunday, January 31 for ages 3 to Grade 2 at the 10:00 am Mass. Christ Our Lady - Wednesday, Jan 27 6:45 pm Faith Formation Class for Grades 5-11. Sunday School - Sunday School for grades K to Grade 4 on Sundays at 9:20 am- 10:15 am. Congratulations to Josh & Hailey Schumacher as they AFC Confirmation Class & Mass Rehearsal - Sunday, Jan 31, 6:30 pm for baptize their Daughter 11th grade Confirmation Candidates & Sponsors Sophia Rose Schumacher at the Church of Our Lady. For more information refer to the AFC Google Calendar at www.shepherdofsouls.org FORMED PICK OF THE WEEK Something to Watch: The Bible Collections We welcomed students back to in-person learning this past – Paul The Apostle Monday. It was wonderful to see all their smiling eyes again. I was able to visit a zoom learning session for each The story of Paul’s life acts as an incredible witness grade. I applaud the teachers who had to adapt their lessons to God’s mercy and love as he went from persecuting to this format. And the families for making the best of a the Church to proclaiming it to all the nations! This difficult situation. film brilliantly captures portrays this great missionary saint! The School Committee came up with a wonderful idea at their last meeting. We need an activity to raise money for our scholarship fund. On Sunday, February 21st from 11-2 Something to Learn: Letter of St. Paul pm they are hosting a soup and sandwich drive-thru lunch. Outside of Jesus, the greatest teacher of the faith was I hope that you will let them do the cooking that day. Paul the Apostle. Join Dr. Gray and De. Barber as Thanks to Laura Beach and the School Committee for they discuss the great theologian known as the taking on this challenge. News of this event spread, and we have been blessed by a very generous donor. They are Apostle. contributing the cost of all the food for this event. God is indeed good. The donor asked to remain anonymous. Something to Listen to: Saint Thomas Please join us in a prayer of thanksgiving for them. We Aquinas with Randall Smith welcome donations for packaging supplies. The Angelic Doctor is often associated with his In December, the students created posters with the theme Summa Theologica among his other great works.