NEWS FOR OUR CATHOLIC COMMUNITIES

St. Mary’s, Badger Sacred Heart, Roseau St. Philip’s, Falun

Pastor: Fr. John Kleinwachter Phone: 463-2441 frjohnk@centurylink.net

Secretary: Tracy Borowicz Phone: 463-2441 shcroseau@centurylink.net

RE Coordinator: Tracy Borowicz Phone: 242-4053 tborow50@gmail.com

Parish Coordinator: Sarah Jack Phone: 463-2441 sjack21@outlook.com

Office 403 Main Ave. N — Roseau—56751 WEBSITE: roseaucatholic.org

May 13, 2018– Ascension Sunday & Mother’s Day

This Week

5/13 6th Sunday of Easter -- Mother’s Day

• Baptism of Jack Jerome Berger, (son of Jerome

and Kelsey Berger) - 9 am Mass at Badger

• Mothers and Confirmed (Zak and Trevor) Honored

- St. Philip’s

5/15 Tuesday -- St. Isidore the Farmer

5/16 Wednesday

• Baccalaureate - Badger High School - 7 PM

5/17 Thursday

• Confessions, Mass, Adoration-- 6-8 pm Roseau

5/18 Friday-Sunday

• Fr. John gone to niece’s wedding - St. Cloud

5/20 Next Sunday -- Feast of Pentecost

• Msgr. Mike Patnode -- presider at weekend Masses

• High School Graduates Honored - 10:30 Mass at

Sacred Heart

• Badger High School Graduation -- 2:00 PM

Please Pray for the Class of 2017-- especially for our Roseau Parishes’ Graduates that we will be honoring next Sunday. Seniors Parents

Next week, our second col-lection is for the Catholic Communication Campaign. This campaign connects people with Christ, here and around the world in developing countries, through the internet, television, radio, and print media. And fifty percent of funds collected re-main in our diocese to fund local communica-tions efforts. Your support helps spread the gos-pel message! To learn more, visit www.usccb.org/ccc. Combined with this collection is a collection for Catholic University of America in Washington, DC which under-writes scholarships to assist finan-cially deserving students in com-pleting their education at CUA in over 50 disciplines.

Pope’s Appeal This May: Pray Rosary Every Day, for Peace in Syria & Throughout World

The Pope renewed this request during Mary’s month addressing Arabic-speaking Christians, especially those from the Middle East present in St. Peter’s Square, during today’s General Audience on Wednesday, May 9, 2018.

Bjerk, Kacie Tim and Kristi

Corbit, Nate Tony and Denise

Gumeringer, Levi Cheryl Grafstrom

Kartes, Shaylin Lynn and Sheila

Leverington, Erin Scott and Ann

Provance, Johan Jim & Jenee'

Larson, Shawn James & christina Stuart

In preparation for Pentecost (next Sunday – May 20) pray this prayer each morning and evening this week. Open yourself to God doing something new in your life.

Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created. And You shall renew the face of the earth. Amen.

Welcome to Jack Jerome Berger, son of Jerome and Kelsey Berger, baptized into a new life in Christ and His Body the Church this weekend! May God give us as well as his parents the grace to help him grow to full spiritual maturity.

“Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit. What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.”- John 3:5

MASS SCHEDULE and INTENTIONS for May 15-20

May 6, 2018 Sacred Heart St. Mary’s St. Philips

Adults (40) $1,565.00 (20) $898.00 $450.00

Loose Plate $431.00 $119.00 $6.00

Child $1.50

Home Missions $100.00

Cath. Home Miss $100.00

Bldg. Maint. $35.00

April Direct Dep. $805.00

Total $2,957.50 $1,017.00 $456.00

Tuesday, May 15 Roseau 10:45 am +Eugene Polensky//Fr. John Kleinwachter

Wednesday, May 16 Badger 9:00 am Lynn Hlucny//Delores Walsh

Thursday, May 17 Sacred Heart 6:30 pm For the Parishioners

Friday , May 18 Lifecare 10:00 am For Peace

Saturday, May 19 Sacred Heart 5:00 pm ++Babe & Ethel Fortier//Pat Czeh

Sunday, May 20 St. Philip’s 7:15 am For the Parishioners

St. Mary’s 9:00 am Frank & Corrine Dostal Anniversary//Denise Johnson

Sacred Heart 10:30am For the Graduates

Sessions for those interested in

becoming members or learning

more about the Catholic Church

• We will be starting a series of

about 8 sessions soon. If you or someone you know

is interested contact Fr. John or parish office at 463-

2441.

Some Cleaning Jobs left to do at Sacred Heart

• Ovens in the kitchen

• Refrigerators

• Cabinets

• Hall window sills

• Storage room next to kitchen

Sign-up and checkoff sheet at the church entrance. If

you were not able to help with the general cleaning,

here are a couple of things left to do. Thank. - Fr. John

We will take up the Father’s Day collection

on the weekend of the 16th and 17th of

June. This collection is very important in

that it provides for the health insurance,

Medicare and unreimbursed medical and

dental expenses for our retired priests.

Priests in the Diocese of Crookston may not retire until

they are 70 years old (unless their health dictates a

rest) and many continue to serve as weekend substi-

tutes, long term substitutes, spiritual directors, chap-

lains and participants in reconciliation services long

after they officially retire. Msgr. Mike Patnode, who

most recently served as Pastor of St. Francis de Sales

Parish in Moorhead will be featured on the back cover

of the May 16th issue of the OND. He speaks from the

heart about his first year of retirement. Enjoy the arti-

cle and please give generously to the Father’s Day Col-

lection!

Reminder To All Three Parishes -- There is a Special Envelope for Cemetery Mainte-nance on May 27 -- This money is used to maintain the cemeteries and if there is an excess it is put into each cemetery’s perpet-ual care fund. Both Badger and Roseau need to increase their perpetual care fund.

Prayer For Mothers

Mary, Mother of God and our Mother, pray

for all mothers, so that they will be able to

fulfill their maternal responsibilities. Help

them to be lovers and nurturers of all hu-

man life from the moment of conception

until natural death, all the while being examples for their

own children. Pray for their children, so that they, too, will

be faithful followers of Your Son. We offer these prayers in

Jesus’ name, in union with the Holy Spirit, one God forever

and ever. Amen.

ST. PHILIP’S PARISH, FALUN

SACRED HEART, ROSEAU

Roseau Religious Education Update 5/20 – Graduation Mass (11th grade help with meal)

Lunch Servers: • May 20-- Jackie and Jennifer • May 27-- Eunice and Sharon G.

• Please join us for Ashley Millner’s Bridal Shower on Saturday, May 19th at 2pm in church basement.

Capital Campaign Update The capital campaign committee met this past week to plan the steps it will take as we move forward with the building process and capital campaign. A quarterly report will again be sent out in June to all pa-rishioners in regard to their pledges. Along with this there will be an update on the financing and pledging needed to cover the loan that will be required to cover the second half or less of the building project. A lot will depend on the bids that we receive on the project and when the con-tractor can begin the project. Otherwise, in general we are in a very good position with the funds and pledges that have been coming in to handle the financing of our building project. -- Fr. John and Capital Campaign Committee

ST. MARY’S PARISH, BADGER

Building Renovation Team Update The team met with architect, Mike Johnston, on Tues. and was updated on some smaller changes required by the building code. A new date for the building walk-through with contractors is set for May 17 with bids due in on Mary 29.

Wanted -- persons to lead the VBS this summer Some of the young adult group and their families are aging a bit beyond the Pre-school - 6th grade focus of the traditional VBS program. If you have young children and would like to see VBS continue for your children and others, please speak to one of them or to Elizabeth Kvien (469-1068) about what is involved.

Raffle Tickets for Capital Campaign

Once again we will be selling raffle tickets with proceeds going toward the building renovation.

Tickets will be handed out after the Masses and will also be available for pick up in the office.

Last year we raised almost $10,000!!! Hopefully we can do it again!!! The family that turns in the most tickets by church night at the fair will receive $100 cash!! Good Luck.

(Please turn tickets into the office, put them into the col-lection plate, or turn into one of the raffle team members: Amanda Kvien, Donna Dostal, Judy Hanson, Kristi Dahl)

Formed.org: Pentecost and the Holy Spirit

As we prepare for Pentecost, we invite you to ex-plore the Holy Spirit through a program from Ireland called The Wild Goose that can be found at-Formed.org.

Check our parish website at: www.roseaucatholic.org and follow us on Face-book and Twitter for recommended topics and vide-os to watch.

Our first topic is: "The Breath of God", segment 2. "For the spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the almighty gives me life." -Job 33:4

SH Rummage Sale--THANK YOU to everyone who donated, set-up, worked at, and cleaned up the par-ish rummage sale. It was a record year! We had the most donations, the most giving to various minis-tries, and the most profit to be used for supporting

our youth. The sale had a profit of $1183.55 (average is $800-$900). Most importantly it was wonderful to have items from the sale donated to many good causes like Coats for Kids, Salvation Army, Mission quilts, Fire Rescue, school nurse, kindergarten teachers, group homes, an out of town parish choir who makes rugs to support their minis-try work, pregnant women, Roseau Library, and much more!

Thank you to all who helped at the Confirma-

tion Mass and Meal. You are appreciated.

A Donation was given to the parish from the es-

tate of +Leo Walsh. Half of the donation went to-

wards the new storage shed being built and half went

to a fund in our parish budget for charity needs.

Thank you to John and Dolores Walsh for thinking of

our parish. Looking for good used self-propelled

mower! The Sacred Heart Church is look-

ing for a good used self-propelled push

mower. Please contact the office or Fr.

John if you have one that the Church can purchase.

Scandinavian Meatball Supper -- Thurs. May 17, • Thursday, May 17 from 5-7 pm

• Malung Community Center

• Adults $10, children $5

• Serving our famous homemade meatballs, gravy, mashed potatoes, glazed carrots, and coleslaw. There will be lefse, flatbreads, and tasty Scandinavi-an treats including rommegrut and rice pudding!

• Proceeds to be used towards a new heating system at MCC

• Special music throughout the evening by the Roseau Area Accordian Band

Cancer Benefit

A cancer benefit is being planned for Karmen (Kveen) Preteau in Roseau on Sat. May 19th at the Roseau Ameri-can Legion. Karmen is Donny and Cheryl Kveen of Roseau’s daughter, Heidi and Kelly’s sister. She was diag-nosed with leukemia and is going through bone mar-row transplant.

“Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God

abides in him, and he in God.” – 1 JOHN 4:15

How strong is your faith? When you have an opportunity

to either defend or clarify a question about our Catholic

faith, do you do it? Or, do you remain silent so that others

don’t think you are weird? Pray for the courage to be

strong in all circumstances and to share your witness with

others.

St. Isidore the Farmer -- Feastday - - May 15 Those who till the soil, raise animals, grow forests and conserve our God-given natural resources are examples of professions that give abundant opportunity for holi-ness and the virtues of Christian life. These professions unify the human condition and nature. St. Isidore the Farmer, the patron saint of farmers and laborers is a good example. He was a Spanish day laborer in the service of a wealthy land owner, Juan de Vargas, on his farm near Madrid. Born of poor but devout parents, Isidore was a simple man of the earth who lived his life in a spiritual relationship with the land he worked. His parents did not have the means to procure for him a formal educa-tion. They did, however, instill in him a deep love for every virtue, especially for prayer. With his humble and prayerful lifestyle, Isidore did not need books as a source of meditation for his saintliness. Isidore went to work in the fields of Vargas at a very early age, eventually being put in charge of his entire estate. He worked on the Vargas estate until his death at the age of 60. St. Isidore attended Mass daily before going to work in the fields. It is reported that once when Isidore was late getting to the field from Mass and his co-workers complained, his master checked and found Isidore at prayer while an angel did his work for him. On another occasion, his master observed an angel plowing on ei-ther side of Isidore so that his work was equal to that of three of his fellow laborers. Stories of his saintliness are too numerous to men-tion. Many graces have been reported at his shrine.

Prayer for Farmers Lord God, from the beginning of time you commanded the earth to bring forth vegetation and fruit of every kind. You provide the sower with seed and give bread to eat. Grant we pray that our farms enriched by your bounty and cultivated by human hands may be fertile with abundant crops. Then your people enriched by the gifts of your goodness will praise you unceasingly now and for ages unending. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.