St. Elizabeth Brennyville, MN
16454 125t h Ave. NE Foley, MN 56329 Mailing Add. PO. Box 86 Gilman, MN 56333
St. Joseph Morrill, MN
33009 Nature Rd Foley, MN 56329 Mailing Add. P O. Box 86, Gilman, MN 56333
Sts. Peter & Paul Gilman, MN
10495 Golden Spike Rd. Foley, MN 56329 Mailing Add. P O. Box 86 Gilman, MN 56333 Pastor: Father Matthew Langager
Email: frlangager@gmail.com
Office: 320-387-2255 Rectory: (320) 355-2454
Trustees and Parish Council Members St. Joseph Trustees Steve Kasella & Geoff Delp Council Members Lou Brown, Rose Mary Moulzolf, Joyce Helmin, Robert & Mary Lou Stuckmayer, George Struffert St. Elizabeth Trustees Emil Broda & Ray Novak
Council Members Elizabeth Wojciechowski, Mark Reimer, Cheryl Gadacz, Luke Holewa, Mark Bialke, Marie Kummet, Cheryl Pick, Michelle Buettner, Bert VanderWeyst SS Peter & Paul Trustees Paul Gapinski, & Mitch Czech Council Members Ryan Brunn, Elissa Brenny, Danny Novak, Brian Lorenz, Rob Stay, Chad Barthelemy, Leonard Skroch, Pat Smelter, Jeremy Rudnitski
December 8th 2019 Second Sunday of Advent
TRI-PARISH INFORMATION
Parish Secretary: Georgiann Brenny
Office Hours: Mon., Tues. & Wed. 9am-3pm, Thursday and Friday Closed
Phone (320)-387-2255
Email: SESJPPCHURCHES@JETUP.NET Website: WWW.SESJPP.ORG
Bookkeeper: Janice Helmin
Faith Formation: —Rhonda Stay 320-387-2544 rhondastay@gmail.com
St. Joseph Hall Managers: Lou Brown 355-2333 Joyce Helmin 355-2229 Check our Church’s web- site for more Hall information.
St. John’s Area School Office 320-968-7972 Email: office@saintjohnsschool.net
Website: www.saintjohnsschool.net
Check out our page for updates, news and photos
at facebook.com/saintsejpp
Sacrament of Baptism—Please contact the Parish Office. Baptism class is required to arrange the date of baptism.
Sacrament of Reconciliation—1/2 hour before the Weekend Masses.
Anytime by appointment.
Sacrament of Matrimony– Couples planning a wedding should con- tact the Parish Office at least 6 months in advance. No date should be set without first consulting with Fr. Matthew
Sacrament of Holy Orders– Parishioners are urged to pray for and encourage anyone who might feel called to be a priest or deacon, or who might serve the church in religious life.
RCIA– Those who would like to join the Roman Catholic Church, please contact the Parish Office.
Visiting the Sick– Please notify the parish office of any parishioners who are homebound, sick, in hospitals, nursing homes and wish to be visited or receive Communion.
Prayer Network—If you know of someone in need of prayers, please call Diane Kieffer 355-2178 dikieffer@jetup.net Colleen Kasella 355 -2733, Linda Zimmer 387-3275 lzimmer@jetup.net
Parish Registration—Registration of new parishioners should be made with the Parish Office. Parish registration is necessary before arranging for a baptism or a wedding.
**Please notify the Parish Office if you have moved within our parish or
have moved away from our parish.*
2 Welcome to St. Elizabeth, St. Joseph and SS Peter & Paul
S TEWARDSHIP OF T REASURE T RI -P ARISH I NFORMATION
PARISH OFFICE—Will be OPEN Monday through
Wednesday 9am-3pm and CLOSED Thursday and Friday;
ALL Bulletin announcements need to be in the office no later than 9:00am Monday Morning.
SCRIP ORDERING Note change of ordering date- Scrip orders from Great Lakes will be ordered Typically the Second Monday of the Month this will vary depending on how much is ordered. Unless we run out earlier so get your orders in as soon as you can. Coborn’s, PO JO’S can be ordered any time. Call or E-mail your order to the Parish Office. You can also place an order from the person who is selling Scrip after the Masses. Order forms are also on our website and in the back of the Churches.
CHURCH CLEANING St. Elizabeth Parish is looking to hire someone to clean the Church. If you are interested in the job please contact Father Matthew or the Parish Office.
St. Joseph Parish is looking to hire Hall Mangers for the St. Joseph Parish Hall. Contact the trustee Steve Kasella or Geoff Delp if interested.
NOTICE ALL BULLETINS FOR DECEMBER WILL BE PRINTED EARLY PLEASE HAVE ALL ANNOUNCEMENTS EARLY TO THE OFFICE IF YOU WANT THEM IN THE BUL- LETIN.
December 22 by December 9 December 29 by December 23
AUTO CONTRIBUTIONS:
THANK YOU- To those that have signed up for the Auto Contributions/E-Giving. If you are still interested you may sign up any time.
Gary Stang was with us this past week securing advertisers for our weekly bulletin. We would like to than all the ad- vertisers who have renewed their ads for the upcoming year and also thank all new advertisers who have gener- ously committed to the bulletin for this year. If you're inter- ested in sponsoring an ad for your business or on behalf of your favorite charity/organization, there is still time. Please contact Gary Stang at the phone number on the back of the bulletin.
As a reminder, we ask that all of our parishioners patron- ize these advertisers whenever possible. It is their generosi- ty that provides the weekly bulletin at little or no cost to our parish. Please use the bulletin as a resource whenever you are in need of products or services. Let them know we truly appreciate their loyal support of our weekly bulletin CENTRAL MINNESOTA TEC- Celebrates 41 years of host-
ing Together Encountering Christ (TEC) retreats in the dio- cese of St. Cloud. It is the largest TEC retreat program in the United States, with more than 38,000 participants. TEC is geared towards youth (ages 16+) as well as adults. As pope Francis invites us to “Moments of Encounter” with our God and each other. TEC provides the perfet three-day retreat experience to do just that. Consider taking time over the coming months to participate in an encounter re- treat like Central Minnesota TEC. You won’t regret it.
Check out the monthly TEC retreat schedule at www.cmtec.org.
SJAS NEWS - CHRISTMAS PROGRAM -- December 19th:
“The Christmas Chronicles - a Christmas Musical for Chil- dren”. This performance is at 1pm and 7pm at the Church of Saint John’s. All are Welcome!
SJAS TV MASS: The first mass is available for viewing on the Diocesan website.
SS PETER & PAUL DECEMBER 1, 2019
Adults [51] ... $2,036.00 Loose ... $65.00 Youth[1] ...
Votive ... $12.00 Thanksgiving[34] ... $910.00 Loose ... $73.00 Christimas[1] ... $100.00 Total ... $3,196.00 Parish Center:
Total Donations ... $320,382
ST EL I ZABETH D ECEMBER 1, 2019
Adults [28] ... $707.00 Loose ...$22.00 Children[1] ... $5.00 Votive ... $20.00 Thanksgiving[7] ...$60.00 Total ... $814.00
ST. JOSEPH NOVEMBER 30, 2019
Adults[15] ...$227.00 Loose ... $25.00 Votive ... $3.00 Thanksgiving[6] ... $72.00 Total ... $327.00 Fall Collection [2] ... $150.00
E-GIVING for November
St. Elizabeth $690 St. Joseph $700
SS Peter & Paul $665.
ST JOSEPH PARISH
ST ELIZABETH PARISH
SS. PETER AND PAUL PARISH
December 8, 2019 Second Sunday of Advent
TRI-PARISH INFORMATION TRI-PARISH INFORMATION
Faith Formation Students please check the bulletin in the Community Events, Stewardship Opportunities, or the Save the Date sections for Community Service Hours.
FROM THE DIARY OF ST. FAUSTINA
Jesus: The flames of Mercy are burning Me - clamoring to be spent; I want to pour them out upon souls; souls just don’t want to believe in My Mercy. 177
FAITH FORMATION
Wednesday December 11th - Class for grades 7-11, Home lesson for grades K-6
PRAY FOR THEM!
This Saturday, December 7th twelve children from our par- ish community will receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation for the first time . Please keep them in your prayers.
St. Elizabeth: Raelyn Helmin, Virginia (Ginny) Lewandowski, Gavin Moeller
SS Peter and Paul: Isabelle Adkisson, Benjamin Boyle, Sarenna Fouquette, Lexi Garceau, Ethan Lieser, Samantha Rudnitski, Elijah Stay, Matthew Szczech, Cecelia Walz Steubenville Catholic Conference: Members of our parish community will be attending the Stenbenville Catholic Con- ference in Rochester, MN, this summer from July 9th - July 13th. This conference is open to all teens who are currently in 8th grade through young adult. This is a high-energy, powerful conference that you don’t want to miss. If you would like to join us, please contact Rhonda Stay for more information.
SAVE THE DATE
Holy Family Sunday Celebration & Christmas Pageant All Families are invited to a Holy Family Sunday Celebra- tion on Sunday December 29th at SS Peter and Paul Church. Celebration will start off with the Children’s Christ- mas Pageant at 12:30pm, followed by horse drawn trol- ley rides from 1pm-3pm sponsored by the Knights of Co- lumbus.
Bring a dish to share for a pot luck; KC will provide ham, buns and hot chocolate.
TOYS FOR TOTS: There will be a Toy Drop Box at St. Jo- seph’s and St. Elizabeth’s until December 14th. You can drop off Unwrapped toys, for ages 0-18. December 16th, toys will be delivered to pioneer Elementary in Pierz, for The Pierz Toy Drive.
Catholic United Financial meeting Monday December 10th at 7:30pm at SS Peter and Paul.
SS Peter and Paul Turkey Bingo on Sunday November 24th made a profit of $1,600.00
C.R.O.S.S. Center in Foley is sponsoring the Christmas Giving Tree and Toys for CROSS. If you would like to sponsor a family or donate toys there will be trees with envelopes available at Frandsen Bank, and Frandsen Auto Bank, Falcon National Bank and First National Bank in Gilman, remove an envelope, purchase gifts and place the unwrapped gifts in a large bag, tape the envelope containing the list to the outside of the bag, and return it to the bank or the CROSS Center. Toy donations can be new unwrapped, and dropped off at the CROSS Center or banks next to the Giving Tree in the red tubs. Giving Tree gifts should be returned by December 16th and Toys will be picked up on December 12th.
Carter Steven Son of Cory & Samantha Foss was welcomed into God’s family through the waters of Baptism on November 24th. May Carter keep his faith alive in his heart through the witness of his Parents ad God- Parents.
SE Christian Women- Congratulations to Judy Bemboom for joining the Christian Women’s Group. New officers for the group are Cheryl Zimmerman, Secretary and Michelle Buettner as Treasurer.
Youth Group/Family Event -- Join us for the Vikings Game Sunday December 8th - Noon Kick-off at Jim & Liz
Wojciechowski’s Home, 18388 170th Ave, Foreston, MN.
Bring drinks and a snack to share. Questions contact Liz 320 -362-0536
Sunday December 29th Christmas Pageant/Holy Family
Sunday Celebration at SS Peter and Paul SEE Holy Family
Sunday Celebration section in bulletin for details.
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C HECK U S O UT O NLINE :
Website: WWW.SESJPP.ORG
Liturgical Ministers
December 14 & 15, 2019 Lectors
4:00pm Colleen Kasella 8:00am Arlan Seppelt 10:00am Patric Lewandowski Acolytes
4:00pm Andy Kasella & Josiah Strehlo 8:00am Michael & Mitchel Spiczka 10:00am Josaih & Zephaniah Fleck Extra-Ordinary Eucharistic Ministers 4:00pm Jean Young
8:00am T. Janson, S. Gadacz, J. Czech, K. Lieser B. Piotrowski, J. Mastey, Rhonda Stay 10:00am Eileen Wojciechowski
Ushers
4:00pm John Pekarek & Jack Kieffer 8:00am David Lieser, Jim Houdek
Kenneth Janson, Richard Boeckman 10:00am Tim Helmin & Mike Fleck
December 21 & 22, 2019 Lectors
4:00pm Geoff Delp 8:00am Randy Spiczka
10:00am Elizabeth Wojciechowski Acolytes
4:00pm Emma & Andy Kasella 8:00am Simon & Carson Brenny 10:00am Aaron & Isaac Vanderweyst Extra-Ordinary Eucharistic Ministers 4:00pm Colleen Kasella
8:00am Steve Novak, Jody Garceau, Kathy Lewandowski 10:00am Henry Czeck
Ushers
4:00pm George Struffert & Bob Stuckmayer 8:00am David Lieser, Jim Houdek
Kenneth Janson, Richard Boeckamn 10:00am Mark Reimer & Leo Zimmermann NEW LITURGICAL SCHEDULES will be worked on in December if you would like to be removed or added to the schedules please let the parish office know by email or phone by December 17th.
NOTICE—NO MORNING OR EVENING MASS if there is a Funeral scheduled that day.
Acolytes, Lectors, & Extra-Ordinary Ministers of Communion: Please be in the sacristy 15 minutes before Mass.
Mass Schedule & Intentions
Monday December 9 The Immaculate Conception NO MASS of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Tuesday December 10 Feast of Our Lady of Loreto SE 6:00pm- 6:45pm Eucharistic Adoration
7:00pm +Jean Helmin 7:30pm Reconciliation Wednesday December 11 Advent Weekday PP 8:00am +Larry Spiczka
8:30am-6:30pm Eucharistic Adoration 5:30pm-6:30pm Reconciliation
Thursday December 12 Our Lady of Guadalupe SJ 8:00am +Brenda Rueckert
8:30am Eucharistic Adoration Friday December 13 St. Lucy, Virgin & Martyr PP 8:00am +Michelle Hackett
8:30am Eucharistic Adoration Saturday December 14 Vigil Third Sunday of Advent SJ 3:00pm Reconciliation
SJ 4:00pm Tri-Parishes of SJ, SE, PP Sunday December 15 Third Sunday of Advent PP 8:00am +Ann Czech
SE 10:00am +Gene Brenny
December 8, 2019 Second Sunday of Advent
MASS SCHEDULE
Saturday 4:00pm St. Joseph
Sunday 8:00am SS Peter and Paul 10:00am St. Elizabeth Monday No Mass
Tuesday—Friday Check Mass Schedule
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St. Patrick’s Minden Sunday 8:30am
St. John’s Foley Saturday 4:00pm Sunday 10:00am PENANCE SERVICE
Tuesday Dec.10th & 17th at 7:30pm St. Elizabeth Saturday Dec 14h & 21st at 3:00pm
St. Joseph
COMMUNAL PENANCE SERVICE
Sunday December 22nd at 3pm at SS Peter and Paul
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C HECK U S O UT O NLINE :
Website: WWW.SESJPP.ORG
Liturgical Ministers
December 14 & 15, 2019 Lectors
4:00pm Colleen Kasella 8:00am Arlan Seppelt 10:00am Patric Lewandowski Acolytes
4:00pm Andy Kasella & Josiah Strehlo 8:00am Michael & Mitchel Spiczka 10:00am Josaih & Zephaniah Fleck Extra-Ordinary Eucharistic Ministers 4:00pm Jean Young
8:00am T. Janson, S. Gadacz, J. Czech, K. Lieser B. Piotrowski, J. Mastey, Rhonda Stay 10:00am Eileen Wojciechowski
Ushers
4:00pm John Pekarek & Jack Kieffer 8:00am David Lieser, Jim Houdek
Kenneth Janson, Richard Boeckman 10:00am Tim Helmin & Mike Fleck
December 21 & 22, 2019 Lectors
4:00pm Geoff Delp 8:00am Randy Spiczka
10:00am Elizabeth Wojciechowski Acolytes
4:00pm Emma & Andy Kasella 8:00am Simon & Carson Brenny 10:00am Aaron & Isaac Vanderweyst Extra-Ordinary Eucharistic Ministers 4:00pm Colleen Kasella
8:00am Steve Novak, Jody Garceau, Kathy Lewandowski 10:00am Henry Czeck
Ushers
4:00pm George Struffert & Bob Stuckmayer 8:00am David Lieser, Jim Houdek
Kenneth Janson, Richard Boeckamn 10:00am Mark Reimer & Leo Zimmermann NEW LITURGICAL SCHEDULES will be worked on in December if you would like to be removed or added to the schedules please let the parish office know by email or phone by December 17th.
NOTICE—NO MORNING OR EVENING MASS if there is a Funeral scheduled that day.
Acolytes, Lectors, & Extra-Ordinary Ministers of Communion: Please be in the sacristy 15 minutes before Mass.
Mass Schedule & Intentions
Monday December 9 The Immaculate Conception NO MASS of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Tuesday December 10 Feast of Our Lady of Loreto SE 6:00pm- 6:45pm Eucharistic Adoration
7:00pm +Jean Helmin 7:30pm Reconciliation Wednesday December 11 Advent Weekday PP 8:00am +Larry Spiczka
8:30am-6:30pm Eucharistic Adoration 5:30pm-6:30pm Reconciliation
Thursday December 12 Our Lady of Guadalupe SJ 8:00am +Brenda Rueckert
8:30am Eucharistic Adoration Friday December 13 St. Lucy, Virgin & Martyr PP 8:00am +Michelle Hackett
8:30am Eucharistic Adoration Saturday December 14 Vigil Third Sunday of Advent SJ 3:00pm Reconciliation
SJ 4:00pm Tri-Parishes of SJ, SE, PP Sunday December 15 Third Sunday of Advent PP 8:00am +Ann Czech
SE 10:00am +Gene Brenny
December 8, 2019 Second Sunday of Advent
MASS SCHEDULE
Saturday 4:00pm St. Joseph
Sunday 8:00am SS Peter and Paul 10:00am St. Elizabeth Monday No Mass
Tuesday—Friday Check Mass Schedule
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AREA CATHOLIC COMMUNITY WEEKEND MASS TIMES St. Lawrence Duelm Sunday 8:00am
St. Patrick’s Minden Sunday 8:30am
St. John’s Foley Saturday 4:00pm Sunday 10:00am PENANCE SERVICE
Tuesday Dec.10th & 17th at 7:30pm St. Elizabeth Saturday Dec 14h & 21st at 3:00pm
St. Joseph
COMMUNAL PENANCE SERVICE
Sunday December 22nd at 3pm at SS Peter and Paul
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