St. Stanislaus Church Sobieski, Mn

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Catholic Charities is launching its 2019 ST. STANISLAUS CHURCH “Make God’s Love Visible” annual appeal across the Diocese of St. Cloud this week- SOBIESKI, MN end. Last year, Catholic Charities provided a variety of assistance to nearly 53,000 of our Annual Turkey Bingo Central Minnesota neighbors. For some, we provided a place to live; for others, food and November 17, 2019 clothing. We worked with individuals in improving or main- taining their mental health, and for many seniors we provid- 1:00 p.m. ed meals, activities and education that improved their quality of life. One hundred percent of all donations stay in Central Church Basement Minnesota. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (formally the Military Ordinariate of Archdiocese for the Military Services of the United States), provides the Roman Catholic Church's pastoral and spir- itual services to those serving in the armed forces of the United States and their dependents and to all military and naval bases, to the facilities of the Veterans Administration, and to other federal services overseas. Once every three years all the dioceses of the United States are asked to take up a special collection (envelopes will be provided) for the “Archdiocese for the Military Services”. The collection is scheduled for Sunday, November 23-24, 2019. $5.00 for 20 Games 50/50 Black out

Bake Sale/Coffeecakes To all who came and supported the 1st Seminarian

Lunch Following Breakfast we want to say Thank You!! At this point and with numbers still coming in we can say that we served about 221 people and the free will donations Proceeds will be used for tiling the east and brought in $3,727, and the sponsor’s donations were west side of the church. over $3,200 For a grand total at this time of $6,927.

Thirty Second Sunday in Ordinary Time November 10, 2019 S T. S T A N I S L A U S

Worship/Weekly Events Turkey Bingo - Nov. 17th @ 1:00pm in Church Tuesday, 11/12 Basement. 20 Games for $5.00– Blackout, Bake 8:00 am Mass †Janice Urban Sale with Coffeecakes and a free lunch. There Thursday, 11/14 3:00 pm Adoration/Confession will be door prizes including a basket of fixings 4:00 pm Mass †Peter &†Mary Hubner, †Fr. Otto for a complete turkey dinner. Bingo players will Saturday, 11/16 get one chance per card when you purchase your 4:30 pm Mass †Don Bartkowicz card (s) at the door to win the basket, and a free

Liturgical Ministers Bingo game for a turkey. Other events will include a Pinata drawing Saturday ~ November 16, 2019 ~ 4:30 pm for children 13 years and under, 50/50 game, and a raffle drawing

Reader: Christina Bartkowitz $1.00 a chance for a loaded Christmas Basket filled with Christmas Eucharist: Audrey Yourczek, Karla Schneider scratch off and the finest chocolate individually wrapped, from Cherry Christina Bartowitz Grove Market. Ladies please bring goodies for the bake sale. NOTE: Sacrificial Giving ~ November 3, 2019 Coffeecakes can be purchased following the 4:30 Mass on Nov. 16th. Adult: $ 747.00 Loose: $ 30.00 Proceeds will be used for the tiling project to deviate the water away Entry: $ 200.00 Maint: $ 320.00 All Saints: $ 330.00 Wall: $ 110.00 from the church handicap area and basement. Come to enjoy the fun- filled exciting afternoon. Paint: $13,725.00 Wall: $ 2,104.00 2nd Annual Craft and Vendor event being held on Saturday, November 23rd in St. Stanislaus Church basement from 9:30 a.m. to

Total Giving: $ 1,627.00 2:30 pm. Proceeds from the bake sale, beverages, and holiday basket raffle will benefit our tri-parish youth going to Steubenville in July. Giving: $ 1,627.00 Thank you for your continuous support towards our youth! Budget: $ 2,327.00 Over (Short) $ ( 700.00) Bible Study ~ Thursday, November 14 at 6:30pm at the Parish house.

S T. J A M E S Worship/Weekly Events Children’s Liturgy Schedule: November 17: 3+ years: Michael Tuesday, 11/12 Vetsch, 7+ years: Joy Stich.

6:00-7:00 pm Adoration/Confession 7:00 pm Mass Christian Mothers Ushers for November: Charlie Andres, Joe Bontjes, John Kelzer, Thursday, 11/14 Ron Frey.

8:00 am Mass †Florence Harakel St. Ann’s Christian Mothers is a group of married and single wom- Sunday, 11/17 10:30 am Mass Memorial Mass en dedicated “to supporting, empowering and educating all Catholic women in spirituality, leadership and service.” (from the NCCW mis- Liturgical Ministers Sunday ~ November 17, 2019 ~ 10:30 am sion statement). Women have the opportunity to experience Christian

Reader: Gail Johnson fellowship and participate in parish service projects. Our next meet- Servers: Adalie & Elliot Justin ing will be held on Tuesday, November 12 following the 7:00 pm Eucharist: Judy Andres, Kathy Mahling Mass. Among other things, we will be discussing our upcoming Gail Johnson, Jane Stavish Christmas Bazaar which will be held Saturday and Sunday, Decem- ber 7 and 8. Group 3 is in charge of lunch. All women are invited to Sacrificial Giving ~ November 3, 2019 attend and childcare will be provided. If you are interested in becom- Adult: $ 1,245.00 Loose: $ 104.00 Maint: $ 1,385.00 Youth: $ 2.00 ing a Christian Mother, please contact Joy Stich: 749-2116 or 320- All Saints: $ 396.00 333-3303. “If we wish to follow Christ closely, we cannot choose an easy, quiet life. It will be a demanding life, but full of joy.”-Pope Total Giving $ 3,132.00 Francis

Giving $ 3,132.00 Larry and Joy Stich have hamburger available for sale. If interest- Budget $ 2,753.33 ed, please call 749-2116 or 320-333-3303. Over (Short) $ 378.67 Memorial Mass at St. James, Sunday, November 17th at the 10:30 am Mass ~ † Eternal Rest Grant Unto Them: Louise Stavish, David Adamek, Irene Prozinski, Roger Schmidt, Claire N. Wippler, Mark Waldoch, Beulah Jaschke, Michele Bollig. S A C R E D H E A R T

Worship/Weekly Events Parish Council Election: The election will be on Nov.30/ Monday, 11/11 Dec.1 weekend in our tri-parish. 6:00-7:00 pm Adoration/Confession 7:00 pm Mass †Florence Harakel Turkey bingo on Sunday, November Friday, 11/15 24th at Sacred Heart Church Base- 8:00 am Mass Special Intention Sunday, 11/17 ment, at 1:00 pm. Parishioners with 8:30 am Mass Fr. Robert Smith last names beginning A-M are asked Sunday, 11/17 to bring sandwiches, N-Z please 11:00 am Mass Latin bring bars. Pickles are always welcomed. Liturgical Ministers Sunday ~ November 17, 2019 ~ 8:30 am Committee members for the City of Flensburg's Lights Reader: Carol Merten and Santa event are busy preparing and planning for Dec. Servers: David Zehowski, Grant Stich 2019. You might get red cheeks and frosty fingers meeting Eucharist: Carol Merten, Carrie Zupko, Julie Zupko Santa, but that is a bit of the North Pole in Minnesota! If we are fortunate to get donations, we hope to build upon the Sacrificial Giving ~ November 3, 2019 light displays. Stay posted for more details! Adult: $ 475.00 Latin: $437.73 Loose: $ 37.00 Fuel: $145.00 All Saints: $ 235.00 Lord, when your glory appears,

Giving: $ 1,329.73 Budget: $ 2,308.00 My joy will be full. Over (Short) $ ( 978.27)

Tri-Parish News and Events

In strengthening the priest, we strengthen the Church! Schoenstatt Boys Father/Son Weekend: Friday, Novem- Seven Sisters is an apostolate in which a group of seven ber 15-Sunday, November 17. A chance for fathers and women join together to pray for a priest who holds a partic- sons to leave their stresses behind and have some quality ular office within the diocese. The seven women commit time together! Lead by Fr. Mark Niehaus, a Schoenstatt for one year to pray a holy hour every week, each for a dif- priest, and held at the Schoenstatt on the Lake Retreat Cen- ferent day. The holy hour is solely for that one priest’s ter in Sleepy Eye, MN. Opportunities for confessions and sanctification and for his deepening devotion to the Blessed Mass, outdoor activities and great food! Registration forms Mother. We start by covering our parish priests and then are on the Schoenstatt bulletin board in the west entry of St. expand to other priests who assist them and those who hold James Church. Contact Joy Stich with any questions or to other offices within our diocese. We are asking you to pray request a registration form: 749-2116 or 320-333-3303.

for this ministry as we pray for the seven women who feel Theology on Tap ~ Come join young adults in their 20s called to pray for Fr. Jimmy Joseph. If you feel the Holy and 30s for a fun night out. Our next Theology on Tap will Spirit calling you to this ministry, please check out the web- be on Thursday, November 21 at A.T. The Black and White site, www.sevensistersapostolate.org or call Laura at 320- in Little Falls. Social hour with food and/or drinks begins at 420-1526 for more information. 7:00. Our speaker April Bechtold will give a talk titled “His Bishop’s Annual Appeal: The Bishop’s Annual Appeal plans are better: Trusting in Jesus” at 8:00. Contact Amy proudly supports respect-for-life at all stages through edu- Schlichting at [email protected] with any cation and other initiatives in the diocese. Your generosity questions. Hope to see you there!

helps make this possible. To donate, visit www.stcdio.org/ There is a grief support group for parents grieving their annualappeal or mail a gift to: Bishop’s Annual Appeal, PO child (ren) in the area. It is an informal group made up of Box 1538, St. Cloud, MN 56302. people who have experienced the death of a child at any Center for Life Transitions, 38 -24th Avenue North, Saint age. Child loss is a unique loss. It is sometimes hard to Cloud, MN 56303 is a non-profit, community-based collab- relate to others who haven’t experienced the same loss. We orative grief center established to provide resources; sup- meet at 6:30pm at St. Francis Convent the third Thursday port and therapeutic services; education, training and super- of every month. Upcoming dates are: Thursday, November vision; and outreach to those experiencing major life chang- 21, December 19, January 15, February 19th. es or challenges.

Page 3 Tri-Parish Catholic Community FAITH FORMATION Pastor ...... Fr. Jimmy Joseph V.C. For the Tri-Parishes Randall Rectory • (320)749.2720 E-mail • [email protected] Parish Secretary/Bookkeeper ..……..……….Mary Jo Backowski Tri-Parish Office • (320)632.6930 E-mail • [email protected] Office Hours: 8:30 AM 2:30 PM Mon & Tues, • Sobieski St. Stanislaus Church Marsha Krebs ~ [email protected] Wed (all day), Thurs morning • Randall Website…….…………….. www.triparishcatholiccommunity.org Wednesday, November 13, 2019 [email protected] FF 1st-7th grade 6:30-7:30pm St. Cloud Diocese Website………………...……..…www.stcdio.org Confirmation Class 6:30-8:00pm • 8th-9th grade DRE’s ………………………..……...... Sobieski Marsha Krebs Practice for family Mass [email protected] Saturday ~ November 16, 2019 • Randall Frank & Judy Andres Family Mass ~ 4:30 pm Cell #320-630-3680, Home 320-749-2149 Sunday ~ November 17, 2019 [email protected] Turkey Bingo ~ 1:00 pm Church St. Stanislaus basement ……….…………..……….………. 632-5644 St. James parish hall ……………………………….………… 749-2388 St. James Church Prayer Line Frank & Judy Andres ~ [email protected] St. Stanislaus—Anna Mae Woltman ……………………. 632-9039

Sacred Heart— Office ………………...…….…………….... 632-6930 St. James—Carmen Maschler ……………….……………. 749-2232 Wednesday, November 13, 2019 Celebrating the Sacraments FF All Grades 6:45-8:00pm Baptism: Call pastor to arrange pre-baptismal classes. Safe Environment Reconciliation: 45 minutes before the weekend Masses or by appointment. Weddings: Engaged couples should contact the pastor at This week’s featured business is: least 6 months in advance. Anointing of the Sick: Call parish office for homebound/ hospitalized.

Prayer Corner

We Pray for… Lorraine Altrichter, Charlie Andres, See the back of the bulletin for more Rick Andres, Carolyn Amador, Maxine Bartkowitz, Kristina Becker, Kate Bryniarski, Connie, Jenny Businesses. Let’s offer them our Czech, Jerome Czech, Ron Czech, Shari Danzien, support for all they do for our Wallace Doroff, Irene Fussy, Renee Gummert, Helen Hines, Mike Holland, Ron Holthaus, Emmalee Hun- community. tington, Willie Jelinski, Rose Kroll, Kerry Sue Lar- son, Verde Ann Mahling, Brooke Medley, Wayne Munson, Lois Olson, Darlene Palashewski, Denny Patton, Jeff Pauls, Nancy Pie- trowski, Alan Prozinski, Claude Prozinski, Michael Prozinski, Tim Welcome Visitors Richardson, K.J. Ruprecht, Rick Sully, David Sherwood, Special We would like to extend a special welcome to all visi- Intention, Margret Mahling Steward, Scott Nouis, Loretta tors who are worshipping with us today. If you live in Waltman, Tony Wenzel, Liz Mahling Wheeler, Norman Williams. the area, and would like to become a member, or if you All our service men and women. have not registered before, please fill out the form be- We pray for all those in the nursing home and those who are homebound. low and drop it in the collection basket and we will send In order to keep the prayer corner current, names will be kept on the you a registration packet. prayer corner for two months unless requested to come off earlier. Name______If a name comes off that you want put back on, please politely call the parish office or the contact for your parish to have them put Address______back on. Phone #______REMINDER: In order for names to be on our prayer corner the INDIVIDUAL or a FAMILY MEMBER must inform the parish Name of the Parish______office or the prayer line contact for your parish. Due to the Privacy Act we are unable to put names without their permission on our prayer list. Thank you.

Tri-Parish Catholic Community FAITH FORMATION Pastor ...... Fr. Jimmy Joseph V.C. For the Tri-Parishes Randall Rectory • (320)749.2720 E-mail • [email protected] Parish Secretary/Bookkeeper ..……..……….Mary Jo Backowski Tri-Parish Office • (320)632.6930 E-mail • [email protected] Office Hours: 8:30 AM 2:30 PM Mon & Tues, • Sobieski St. Stanislaus Church Marsha Krebs ~ [email protected] Wed (all day), Thurs morning • Randall Website…….…………….. www.triparishcatholiccommunity.org Wednesday, November 13, 2019 [email protected] FF 1st-7th grade 6:30-7:30pm St. Cloud Diocese Website………………...……..…www.stcdio.org Confirmation Class 6:30-8:00pm • 8th-9th grade DRE’s ………………………..……...... Sobieski Marsha Krebs Practice for family Mass [email protected] Saturday ~ November 16, 2019 • Randall Frank & Judy Andres Family Mass ~ 4:30 pm Cell #320-630-3680, Home 320-749-2149 Sunday ~ November 17, 2019 [email protected] Turkey Bingo ~ 1:00 pm Church St. Stanislaus basement ……….…………..……….………. 632-5644 St. James parish hall ……………………………….………… 749-2388 St. James Church Prayer Line Frank & Judy Andres ~ [email protected] St. Stanislaus—Anna Mae Woltman ……………………. 632-9039

Prayer Corner

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