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4TH SUNDAY OF EASTER - APRIL 25, 2021 PY77 1 A FJ C__`J-` FJ``7B` A-G7 D`J7Y CGJ7`` MJ-G7Y D*J L7 FYY7 M-7Y F17 S7YY H`7` R1 HBGYJ`B E*` JG`` OY`3 J`7 A_,7 M76 A`37 M7`3J*JY-R717 JYJ O-_ A371 OY` H`7 OY` FIRST HOLY COMMUNION MJ P*Y CJ`7 PGJYB7`7 APRIL 25, 2021 JG` PJJYYJ May God bless our First Communicants as CGY7 PJ0Y71 they receive Jesus in the Blessed LJ_ S-GAAG7` Sacrament for the first me. S_`G S J7G T1 MISSION STATEMENT Faithful to the Teachings of the Roman Catholic Church, St. Raphael Parish and School promotes the Universal Call to Holiness for all the People of God. WORSHIP CONTACT SACRAMENTS Weekday Masses Fr. Michael Rudolph, Pastor x 205 Reconciliaon Monday - Saturday: *8:00 am [email protected] Weekdays: 7:30 - 7:50 am First Friday: 7:00 pm Fr. Robert Aler, Parochial Vicar x 206 Saturday: 7:30 - 7:50 am, Extraordinary Form Lan [email protected] 8:30 - 9:30 am and 4:00 - 5:15 pm Parish Email: [email protected] Weekend Masses Marriage Saturday: 5:30 pm Parish Phone: 763-537-8401 Please contact Fr. Rudolph. Sunday: 8:30 am, 10:30 am, and Parish Office Hours *12:30 pm Monday-Thursday: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm Bapsm * Masses also live-streamed. Friday: 8:00 am - 12:00 pm Please contact the Parish Office. 7301 BASS LAKE ROAD, CRYSTAL, MN 55428 | WWW.STRAPHAELCRYSTAL.ORG PASTOR’S LETTER The Mysteries of the Rosary, consequent refusal to fight in World War II or take an Chapter 66: The Fi h oath of loyalty to Hitler. His last recorded words Luminous Mystery—the before his death were: “I am completely bound in inner union with the Lord.” An excellent movie about Instuon of the Eucharist… him, called A Hidden Life, wrien and directed by Saint John Paul II, in describing this Terrence Malick, premiered in May 2019. Mystery in his apostolic leer about All saints are living examples of how ordinary people the Rosary called Rosarium Virginis can become like Jesus Christ—not through their own Mariae, describes the Eucharist as “the sacramental efforts, but by his grace. expression of the Paschal Mystery.” He also writes that in the Eucharist “Christ offers his body and blood The Eucharist is the most powerful means that God as food under the signs of bread and wine, and has given humankind to become like Jesus. Offering tesfies ‘to the end’ his love for humanity (Jn 13:1), up our own sacrifices along with his, present on the for whose salvaon he will offer himself in altar, and receiving his Body and Blood transform us sacrifice” (21). and enable us to live for God and others instead of only for ourselves. With those words in mind, the Mystery of the Instuon of the Eucharist can take on a special We are approaching May, the month tradionally significance when considered in the light of the dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Mary previous Mystery of the Rosary, the Transfiguraon. experienced in her own way the Paschal Mystery and How so? Well, to become transfigured to be like Jesus so was a sacrament in a way—a living and effecve Christ means for us to become like the Eucharist. sign of God’s grace. For that reason, you could say she was Eucharisc even before Jesus established that To become like the Eucharist means first, to go sacrament at the Last Supper. through our own Paschal Mystery—our own suffering, death and Resurrecon. This can happen over and Mary, please pray for us, that we may follow your over again, in many ways—for example, spiritually, example and so do our part to bring the love, mercy intellectually, emoonally, morally or physically. One and salvaon of God to a world full of people who man who did this in a parcularly striking way was need it so much. Servant of God Jacques Fesch, who in his early 20’s Your fellow pilgrim through the Rosary, entered a life of crime, shot and killed a policeman Father Rudolph while fleeing from an aempted robbery, experienced a beauful conversion to Jesus Christ in prison, found deep peace and was executed on October 1, 1957, with confidence in God’s merciful love, comforng presence and eternal life. In prison he had kept a journal; his last entry was: “In five hours, I will see Jesus!” To become like the Eucharist also means to offer ourselves to other people in every way that God wants us to, for love of him and them. This can be difficult, especially if we are used to being selfish. The martyrs are the ulmate example of becoming a gi . One of my favorite martyrs is Franz Jägerstäer, the Austrian peasant farmer with a wife and three young children who was imprisoned and then executed on August 9, 1943 for his opposion to Nazism and 2 PARISH INFORMATION PARISH DIRECTORY FAITH FORMATION PASTORAL COUNCIL Parish Office: 763-537-8401 Director of Youth Ministry & Mario Chavez, Sco Gregory, Sharon Confirmaon Coordinator Hedman, Roselyn Lawrence, Jacob Nelson, PRIESTS Maricela Rodriguez Ocampo, Rose Pislli and Pastor Joseph Turner (x211) Family Discipleship Director Mike Vecellio Fr. Michael Rudolph (x205) Parochial Vicar Josh Stegman (x211) Pastoral Council Meengs Fr. Robert Aler (x206) RCIA Coordinator If you would like a parcular item on Mary Jo Smith the next Parish Council agenda please contact PARISH ADMINISTRATION Fr. Rudolph. Business Administrator WORSHIP Ginny Metzger (x202) Prayer Line (x528) FINANCE COUNCIL Part-Time Administrave Assistant Bullen Prayers for the Sick Sue Kubovec (x201) (x523) Steve Cheney, Nancy Holovnia, Shawn Horn, Administrave Assistant/ Adoraon Coordinators Steve Pellegrene, and Mark Schoenfelder Bullen Editor Sharon Hedman 763-315-0202 Marie Nachtsheim (x222) Char Vecellio 651-336-6630 STEWARDSHIP OF TREASURE Social Needs Coordinator MARCH 28, 2021 CONTRIBUTION SCHOOL Bunny Arseneau (x214) School Office: 763-504-9450 Contribuons .............................. $14,378.99 Crisis Pregnancy Hotline (x500) Budget ......................................... $16,623.00 School Principal PARISH TRUSTEES Paul Dull (x352) Building Fund.................................... $320.00 Tony Pislli Budget ........................................... $1,419.00 Jo Tolck Mr. J. Scholarship Fund .................... $203.24 Thank you for your generosity! PARISH CALENDAR OF EVENTS Sunday, April 25 Thursday, April 29 9:45 AM Catholic Q & A, 6:45 PM Mary’s Mantle Marian Hall Consecraon, Marian 12:30 PM First Holy Communion Hall Mass 7:00 PM Rosary & Chaplet - East Gathering Area Monday, April 26 7:00 PM Bell Choir, Church 9:20 AM School Students, Church 7:00 PM Rosary & Chaplet - Friday, April 30 East Gathering Area 6:15 PM St. Eligius Circle, 7:00 PM Schola Pracce, Church Fr. Fenelon Room 7:00 PM Rosary & Chaplet - Tuesday, April 27 East Gathering Area 9:45 AM Navarre Bible Study, Marian Hall Saturday, May 1 7:00 PM Rosary & Chaplet - 10:00 AM Reaching For Faith/ East Gathering Area St. Paul Street 7:30 PM Adult Choir, Church Evangelizaon Drive Thru Prayer, Wednesday, April 28 9:00 AM Cana Family Instute, Outside North Church Fr. Fenelon Room Entrance 9:00 AM HALO, Marian Hall 2:30 PM “I Heard God Laugh” Book Club, Marian Hall 9:20 AM School Students, Church 7:00 PM Youth Holy Hour, Holy Sunday, May 2 Spirit Chapel/Church 9:45 AM Catholic Q & A, 7:00 PM Rosary & Chaplet - Marian Hall East Gathering Area 3:00 PM Parish Holy Hour, Holy Spirit Chapel 3 SPOTLIGHT EVENTS REGISTER NOW!! ROSARY SOCIETY WOMEN’S RETREAT with Fr. Robert Aler Saturday, May 15 8:00 am - 2:00 pm Marian Hall Retreat Theme: THE HOLY FAMILY The retreat will begin with Mass at 8:00 am in the church. The retreat also includes a connental breakfast and a boxed lunch. ROSARY SOCIETY WOMEN’S RETREAT Pre-registraon is preferred. Please call the parish office at THE HOLY FAMILY 763-537-8401 ext. 501 and leave With Fr. Robert Aler your name and phone number Saturday, May 15 - Marian Hall to register. NEAR Food Shelf (North-Suburban Emergency Assistance Response) Do you have a gi of knowledge that you Thank you for giving very generously to the March Food Drive. would like to share with eager-to-learn, The parishioners of St. Raphael Parish donated $6,696.40 to the NEAR Food Catholic, high-school or grade-school Shelf March Food Drive. students? This amount will have a 30% match! If so, Veritas In Academia (VIA - Catholic Your generosity to those less fortunate is greatly appreciated. THANK YOU! homeschool classes) may be the perfect outlet for you! If helping youth, especially in these strange mes, has been on your Help for Max? heart, or if you are just curious, please A young man named Max who aends Mass with his family here at St. reach out to us at Raphael’s is hoping to be able to get a diabec alert dog to help him move [email protected]. forward in life with safety and confidence as he deals with the challenges of If you are Catholic and both type 1 diabetes and ausm. His mother Rebecca put together a gofund.me have a passion - page to try to raise money to buy one of these highly trained animals, which amazingly can respond to the smells of high and low blood sugars and alert the anything from great person with diabetes as needed to save him or her from possible hypoglycemia literature or weather or insulin shock. I encourage you to check out the page at the address below for study to car restoraon or pyrotechnics - we'd more informaon, and to please consider helping Max.