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OF MARY MOTHER THE CHURCH MessengerAPR 21, 2019 Mary, Mother of the Church | 3333 Cliff Rd E, Burnsville, MN 55337 | 952.890.0045 | mmotc.org WEEK AT A GLANCE P ASTOR ’ S C ORNER Monday, April 22 Easter Monday Happy Easter and Welcome Springtime in the Catholic Church! Parish Office & Building Closed No Daily Mass Dear Friends in Christ, While we may have begun Holy Week with the landscape covered and Tuesday, April 23 frozen with snow, the spring flowers were certainly blooming inside 6:00 am That Man is You Mary, Mother of the Church this past Holy Week! The beautiful fragrance 6:30 am Daily Mass, Chapel of God’s Love certainly filled our church on Holy Thursday when 7:00 am Reconciliation, Elianna Johnson and Colin Nze were Confirmed in the Holy Spirit and Pastor’s Office Devin Calaway, Cynthia Wibe, Chad Simonson, and Aimee Rabago- 9:00 am Morning Prayer, Chapel Magana were also Confirmed and received their First Holy Communion. 9:00 am Divine Mercy Cenacle 3:00 pm Military Support Setup That wonderful foreshadowing of Pentecost on Holy Thursday and that fragrant 6:30 pm Military Support Packing breeze also led us through Good Friday when the flowers of our prayers also gave 6:30 pm Liturgy Commission reverence to the cross and wood upon which our Savior suffered and died for us. 6:30 pm Discipleship Commission 7:00 pm Divine Mercy Cenacle And for those of you just arriving in church for Easter Sunday Mass today, it was just yesterday evening that Delicia Naber, Jason Kitoy, Steven Kitoy, Christine Kitoy, and Jasmine Murrell were Baptized, Confirmed and also received their First Holy Wednesday, April 24 Communion. Like a beautiful bouquet in the hands of Mary Mother, our newly 4:30 pm Children’s Faith Formation initiated are now included with all of us this Easter Sunday in giving praise and all 5:30 pm Daily Mass, Chapel thanksgiving to God! With Fr. Tim and our entire staff, I am so pleased that you are 6:30 pm Children’s Faith Formation here with us and a part of that beautiful bouquet being given to God. 6:30 pm Youth Faith Formation 6:30 pm RCIA Inquiry What I love about the R.C.I.A. (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) is that all of us are 6:30 pm Christian Yoga Exercise invited to see through the eyes of the newly initiated to see anew the beauty of our 7:00 pm Exultation Choir own Catholic faith. From the wonders of this past week, just think what still awaits our newly minted Christians. Next Sunday they will experience as full members of the Thursday, April 25 church Divine Mercy Sunday, on June 9th Pentecost and the day following a New 9:00 am Daily Mass, Chapel Feast Day in the Catholic Church (2018)—the Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 5:15 pm Meals at Mary Mother Mother of the Church. The two weekends following, the Feast of the Most Holy Trinity 6:00 pm RCIA and then the Feast of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. Along the way they will 6:30 pm NAMI Group Meeting also experience and celebrate the wonder of Christ’s Ascension into Heaven on the 7:00 pm Parish Pastoral Council weekend of June 2nd. 7:00 pm Summit Lest any of these events pass us and our loved ones by, let us continue to invite the Holy Spirit into our hearts, as our newly initiated are doing. Let us pray with them for Friday, April 26 the next 50 days the Prayer to the Holy Spirit, as we invite the coming of a New 9:00 am Communion Service, Pentecost within the heart of Mary, Mother of the Church. Chapel 9:45 am Bible Study Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love. Saturday, April 27 Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created. 9:00 am Reconciliation, Church And you shall renew the face of the earth. 4:00 pm Mass, Church O, God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit, Sunday, April 28 did instruct the hearts of the faithful, Childcare Center is Available During Morning Masses grant that by the same Holy Spirit 8:30 am Mass, Church we may be truly wise and ever enjoy 9:30 am Children’s Faith Formation His consolations, Through Christ Our Lord. 9:30 am Adult Faith Formation Amen. Alleluia! 9:30 am RCIA 11:00 am Mass, Church 2:30 pm Divine Mercy Celebration My Love in Christ, through Mary, Mother of the Church, 6:00 pm Mass, Church Fr. Jim Perkl, Pastor 2 MARY, MOTHER OF THE CHURCH | MMOTC.ORG N EWS & U PDATES S ERVICE Kneeler Project Update Thanks to the generosity of many donors, we reached our initial goal of $43,000 to purchase the new kneelers. The removal of the old kneelers is being done as an Eagle Scout project by parishioner Logan Ferkinhoff. The removal is set to take place on Saturday, April 27th and the installation of the new kneelers will begin during the week of May 13th. With Gratitude from Donations are still needed for additional repairs to the pews once the kneelers have The Open Door Pantry been removed. There are many pews with loose boards and rust on the tile that will “Thank you for the recent gift of $2,800 need to be removed. If you are willing to help support the cost of these repairs with from Mary, Mother of the Church! You’re an additional donation toward this project, please contact our Parish Business helping The Open Door share hope Administrator, Nancy Arbogast, at [email protected] or 952-890-0045 ext. 223 through hunger relief. Because of your Also, if you would like any of the old kneelers once they are removed, contact Nancy. generosity and that of others in our Thank you to everyone who has donated toward the kneelers and thank you for community, we’re serving more than considering any additional donation toward additional repairs. 6,000 low-income residents in Dakota County each month. Thank you for Display of Our New Crucifix in the Atrium providing additional comfort and nourishment to our neighbors in need. Please take a moment to stop by the display in the Atrium featuring the new Crucifix With deepest gratitude, Jason Viana, that will be installed at Mary Mother on Pentecost. Online at mmotc.org/newcrucifix Executive Director - The Open Door” D ISCIPLESHIP Sunday Morning Adult Faith Formation All are welcome to join us in the Assembly Room at 9:45 am following the 8:30 am Mass for some inspiring and enlightening adult faith formation. Faith Formation Summer Programs - Registration is Open! Apr. 21 No Meeting — Easter Sunday mmotc.org/discipleship/summer Apr. 28 Fr. Richard Rohr: Address to the Vacation Bible School Association of US Catholic Priests Dates: June 24 — June 28, 2019 // Time: 9:00 am — 12:00 pm // Cost: $50 May 05 Fr. Mike Schmitz: Anti-Fragile Participants: Grades K to 5 // Volunteers: Grades 6 and Up Faith Extreme Faith Camp Dates: July 8 — July 12, 2019 // Location: Maple Lake, MN // Cost: $395 Participants: Grades 6 to 8 // Leaders: Grades 9 to 12 Wednesday Night Lights Dates: June 12 — August 14, 2019 // Cost: $50 (early ends May 15th) $65 (regular) Participants: Grades 6 to 8 // Leaders: Grades 9 to 12 New Series: You Can Be Bold in the Holy Spirit Dates: Thursdays, May 9 — 30, 2019 Time: 6:30 pm — 8:00 pm Location: MMOTC Assembly Room Bible Study Cost: $10 Registration: mmotc.org/holyspiritseries Date: Friday, April 26 Registration forms are also available outside the parish office and information desk. Time: 9:45 am — 11:45 am Each week we will hear teachings on the Holy Spirit combined with video segments Location: MMOTC Assembly Room related to each topic. We will explore ways to bring the Holy Spirit into how you pray This Friday, our own Ken Damlo will through practical examples. Teaching and discussion will be led by Duane Bauer. present as we wrap up our study of In the 4-week series we will cover: Luke. Also, Gloria Jasperson will present 1. The Holy Spirit Empowers the Mission of the Church on Sunday’s readings with her gift of 2. The Holy Spirit Draws Into the Divine Life and I can Know Who the Holy Spirit Is? intertwining music with words of 3. The Eucharist Comes to Us Through the Power and Working of the Holy Spirit wisdom. Please join us! 4. The Holy Spirit Reveals the Merciful Father APRIL 21, 2019 | EASTER SUNDAY 3 Mass Times W ORSHIP Mon, Thur, & Fri: 9:00 am Tuesday: 6:30 am Wednesday: 5:30 pm Thank You! Saturday: 4:00 pm A gracious thank you to everyone who shared their time, talent, and treasure to make Sunday: 8:30 am, 11:00 am, 6:00 pm our Holy Week liturgies so beautiful. Thank you to: All liturgical ministers - Greeters, Lectors, Cantors, Sound Ministers, Eucharistic Mass Intentions Ministers, Music Ministers, Altar Servers, and Ministers of Hospitality Sunday: Easter Sunday All who participated in our foot washing ritual and Eucharistic Procession on Holy Monday: Building Closed Thursday Tuesday: Infant Stillborn † All youth who helped with the Good Friday liturgy Wednesday: Joan Barsness † All who planned, prepared, and acted as coordinators Thursday: Francis DeGroot † All who create the art and environment and helped decorate the church Friday: Communion Service All who donated money toward Easter flowers Saturday: Rose & Taylor Hart † All of you who participated wholeheartedly and made these liturgies so beautiful Readings and prayerful! Monday: Acts 2:14, 22-23 / Mt 28:8-15 Tuesday: Acts 2:36-41 / Jn 20:11-18 Wednesday: Acts 3:1-10 / Lk 24:13-35 New Easter Environment Thursday: Acts 3:11-26 / Lk 24:35-48 Local Artist Kitty Soderberg has created 3 custom painted panels of a Friday: Acts 4:1-12 / Jn 21:1-14 resurrected sunburst for our new Easter Environment.