St.CHURCH OF 380 E. Roselawn Avenue Maplewood, MN 55117 Weekend Masses Saturday ...... 4:30 PM Sunday ...... 8:30 and 10:30 AM Weekday Masses Mon. thru Fri ...... 7:15 AM Wed. (Sep.-May) All School ...... 9:45 AM Saturday ...... 8:00 AM Holy Days ...... 7:15 AM & 5:30 PM Monday 5:00 AM to Friday 8:00 PM Baptisms By appointment Sacrament of Reconciliation by appointment or Saturday ...... 3:30 to 4:00 PM Marriage (available to parishioners of 6 months or greater). Arrangements must be made at least 9 months before proposed marriage date. Anointing of the Sick, as announced/requested Contact Information Parish Office ...... 651-771-1209 Fax ...... 651-771-3466 Website ...... www.stjerome-church.org Email...... [email protected] FB ...... www.facebook.com/stjeromecatholic School...... 651-771-8494 Fax ...... 651-771-3466 Website ...... www.stjeromeschool.org Kids’ Korner Daycare……..…….651-771-1023 Pastoral Staff Fr. Victor Valencia ...... Pastor Administrative Staff Joanne Lamb ...... Parish Secretary Music Mary Beth Hess ...... Music Director Formation Shelly Berthiaume ..... Religious Ed Coordinator Maddy McCarthy ...... Confirmation Pat Birkey ...... Children’s Liturgy School MISSION STATEMENT Anne Gattman ...... Principal Nancy McGraw ...... School Secretary The people of St. Jerome Church are a Catholic parish Staci Meyers ...... School Secretary Maintenance community united in the love and grace of Bob Hoisington ...... Supervisor Christ; to celebrate the sacraments and our faith, to Victim Assistance Hotline………....651-291-4475 proclaim and teach the Gospel values of Christ and His Church, to nurture our faith community, and to respond to the needs of those in and beyond our par- ish through worship and service. 3RD SUNDAY OF APRIL 26, 2020 St. Jerome’s Maplewood, MN

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WELCOME TO THE Origin of , CHURCH OF ST. JEROME the , The Church of St. Jerome would like to the Chaplet, and the Novena welcome all visitors and anyone who has recently moved into our community. We Faustina: Mankind’s need for the mes- invite you to become members of our par- sage of Divine Mercy took on dire urgency in ish. If you are interested in joining our parish or have any the 20th Century, when civilization began to

questions, please contact the parish office at 771-1209. experience an “eclipse of the sense of God” and, therefore to lose the understanding of the sanctity and inherent dignity of human life. In the 1930s, CONGRATULATIONS TO Jesus chose a humble Polish , St. Maria Faustina Kowalska, Fr. Victor Valencia to receive private revelations concerning Divine Mercy that 27th Year of Ordination were recorded in her Diary. St. John Paul II explains: April 21 This was precisely the time when those ideolo-

gies of evil, nazism and communism, were tak-

ing shape. Sister Faustina became the herald of the one message capable of off-setting the evil of those ideologies, that fact that God is mer- cy—the truth of the merciful Christ. And for this SPRING CLEAN UP reason, when I was called to the See of Peter, I felt impelled to pass on those experiences of a Thank you to all fellow Pole that deserve a place in the treasury of the universal Church. who came and ~ Saint John Paul II, Memory and Iden-

helped spruce up tity (2005) our property. Divine Mercy Sunday: St. Faustina’s Diary records 14 occa- sions when Jesus requested that a Feast of Mercy (Divine Mer- cy Sunday) be observed, for example:

My daughter, tell the whole world about My inconceivable mercy. I desire that the Feast of Please pray for Mercy be a refuge and shelter for all souls, and especially for poor sinners. On that day the very Jon Elliot Brubaker and Margaret Butler depths of My tender mercy are open. I pour out who will receive the sacrament of marriage a whole ocean of graces upon those souls who at St. Jerome on approach the Fount of My mercy. The soul that Saturday May 2. will go to Confession and receive Holy Com- munion shall obtain complete forgiveness of OLD PALMS sins and punishment. … Let no soul fear to draw Do you have old blessed palms that you near to Me. … It is My desire that it be solemnly don’t know what to do with? Please celebrated on the first Sunday after Easter. bring them to the church and place in Mankind will not have until it turns to the

the box at the entrance and we will dis- Fount of My Mercy. (Diary, no. 699) pose of them properly. On May 5, 2000, five days after the of St. Fausti- READINGS FOR THE WEEK na, the Vatican decreed that the Monday: Acts 6:8-15; Ps 119:23-24, 26-27, 29-30; would henceforth be known as Divine Mercy Sunday. Jn 6:22-29 Tuesday: Acts 7:51 — 8:1a; Ps 31:3cd-4, 6, 7b, 8a, The Image: Jesus appeared to St. Faustina in a vision, with his 17, 21ab; Jn 6:30-35 right hand raised in a blessing and his left touching his garment above his heart. Red and white rays emanate from his heart, Wednesday: Acts 8:1b-8; Ps 66:1-3a, 4-7a; Jn 6:35-40 symbolizing the blood and water that was poured out for our Thursday: Acts 8:26-40; Ps 66:8-9, 16-17, 20; salvation and our sanctification. The Lord requested that Jn 6:44-51 “Jesus, I trust in You” be inscribed under his image. Jesus Friday: Acts 9:1-20; Ps 117:1bc, 2; Jn 6:52-59, asked that his image be painted and venerated throughout the or, for the , Gn 1:26 — 2:3 or world: “I promise that the soul that will venerate this image Col 3:14-15, 17, 23-24; will not perish” (Diary, no. 48) and “By means of this image I Ps 90:2-4, 12-14, 16; Mt 13:54-58 will grant many graces to souls” (Diary, no. 742). Saturday: Acts 9:31-42; Ps 116:12-17; Jn 6:60-69 Sunday: Acts 2:14a, 36-41; Ps 23:1-6; From: http://www.usccb.org/about/pro-life-activities/prayers/

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LITURGICAL ROLES April 20-26 20-26 April ROLES LITURGICAL PARISH EVENT CALENDAR CALENDAR EVENT PARISH EASTER FLOWER DONATIONS Offering In Memory Of:

Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Bednar Mike and Stella Effenberger Dora Burns Deceased members of the Becker and Burns families Mr. & Mrs. James Byrne Jean Clemen Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Dittel Lanty and Sarah Walsh Beverly Egyhazi Ronald Egyhazi, Richard Rainelle, Carmella Quitter, Frank Quitter, Anthony and Lena Rainelli, Marge DeMaio, Delorse Bruzek, Tim Gage Henry and Helen Gage, Emil and Ester Beehler Mr. & Mrs. Charles Gerstner Mr. & Mrs. John Heller John and Loretta Heller, Frank and Catherine Stepaniak Mr. & Mrs. Holzemer Jackie Holzemer Christine Klein Anton and Katherine Kuzma, Stephen and Anna Klein Mr. & Mrs. Joh Knoche Roxanne Knoche, Elizabeth Early, Jerome and Evelyn Reno, Esther Nagel George and Loretta Knoche Mr. & Mrs. Richard Lang William, Betty & Richard Einberger, James, Audrey and Jim Lang Mr. & Mrs. Joe McPherson Theresa and Math Wolf, Bernice and Elmer McPherson Mrs. Elizabeth Olson Richard Olson Frances Omdahl Albin and Mary Pulczinski Clarence Osen Mary Osen, Jodie Osen Nancy Parizek Clarence Parizek Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Petersen Ann Reinhart Warren Rinehart, Soler Family Jane Reinhart Warren Rinehart Mr. & Mrs. Ryan Ray and Marie Ryan, Vi and Frieda Lanoux Paul Schneider Arlene Schneider, Hans and Mary Hansen, Thomas and Frances Schneider Michael Schreier Dick Schreier Patricia Schreier Richard Schreier Sr. & Family Maria Schuh Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Spangenberg Jim and Della Conway Mr. & Mrs. Walter Stadler Jr. Walter and Stella Stadler, Arlene Baay Kenneth Timm John Leahy Donald Tomsche & Hao Dang Tomsche / Dang Families Gregorio Trevino Mr. & Mrs. Clifford Twaroski Living and decease members of the Twaroski and Burns families Fr. Victor Valencia Mr. & Mrs. Greg Votel Frank Novak, John Votel, Cindy Votel, Dr. Tom Votel Mr. & Mrs. Jack Walton Thomas Walton, Ludgar Majeske Mr. & Mrs. Gerarld Willy Eleanor, Ray, Lois, Bob, Mae, Gunnar, June, Judy, John