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St. Joseph + St. Matthew + St. Teresa Good Thunder Vernon Center Mapleton

The Catholic

Diocese of Winona-Rochester

TRI-PARISH FALL MASS SCHEDULE

5:00 PM Saturday @ St. Joseph (1st & 3rd)

5:00 PM Saturday @ St. Matthew (2nd & 4th)

9:00 AM Sunday @ St. Teresa

TRI-PARISH OFFICE

Hours: Monday-Friday 9 am-4 pm

Address: 104 West Silver Street

Mapleton, MN 56065

Phone: (507) 524-3127

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.sjsmst.org

Facebook: www.facebook.com/SJSMST

Mass Times: See inside for schedule

TRI-PARISH STAFF

Father Andrew Vogel, Pastor

(507) 524-4628 [email protected]

To schedule confession or an appointment

with Father call (507) 524-4628

Sacramental Emergency:(507)320-9669

Darla Graf, Bookkeeper


Wednesday-Friday 9 am - 4 pm

Merissa Roth, Director of Faith Formation and

Youth Outreach


Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 9 am - 4 pm,

Wednesday for Faith Formation, and other times as

required to serve youth.

Please note email addresses of each staff person and

direct emails to correct person.

Bulletin announcements are due by Thursday at 9

am. Thank you!

PARISH CONTACTS

for Home Communion, Visits, Prayer

St. Joseph: Connie Peters @ 507-420-3406

St. Matthew: Mary Lewis @ 507-674-3798

St. Teresa: Deanna Shanahan @ 507-524-4963

CEMETERY BOARD HEADS

Jay Winters—St. Joseph

Donna Kopischke—St. Matthew

Jason Klein—St. Teresa

TRI-PARISH SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION

The Sacrament of Baptism

Pre-Baptism preparation is required. Please contact

the office at least one month before the desired date.

The Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick

Please notify the office if you or a family member is

in the hospital or homebound and would like to re-

ceive this sacrament.

The Sacrament of Reconciliation Call Fr. Vogel @ 524-4628 for private appointment.

The Sacrament of Marriage

All Catholics need to meet with the priest or deacon

at least 6 months before being married. Contact the

office at least 6 months in advance of your wedding.

PASTORAL COUNCIL

Owen Dickey (ST)

Marty Bissonette (ST)

Peg Breiter (ST)

Karen Fox (ST)

Wendy Bennett (SM)

Brad Lanoue (SM)

Justin Davis (SM)

Paul FitzSimmons (SJ)

Shelli Grover (SJ)

Kim Kleven (SJ)

December 20 & 27, 2020 Fourth Sunday of Advent

The Holy Family

FINANCE COUNCILS

John Jensen (ST)

Joel Larson (ST)

George Leary (ST)

Gina Massop (ST)

Lindsey Lanoue (SM)

Art Schuch (SM)

Larry Caven (SM)

Scott Kleven (SJ)

Dean Sohre (SJ)

Jim Wieseler (SJ)

Christine Rahn (SJ)

Ryan Thomas (SJ)

The angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary ….” Luke 1:30

Dear People of the Incarnation of Christ,

Because the office will be closed this week, this bulletin is for Fourth Sunday of Advent, Christmas, and Holy Family. Quite a bit happens over those three weeks. This week we hear Mary’s fiat, her yes to God’s

plan, God’s plan for our salvation. All of creations, even the angels, held their breath, waiting for Mary’s “yes”. We reach back to the beginning, with Genesis, chapter 3. God tells Satan that he is going to put enmity between him (Satan) and the woman, and between him and the wom-an’s offspring. This woman is obviously Mary, the only hu-man person, conceived without sin, thus completely sepa-rated from Satan. Right after the Fall, in Genesis chapter 3, God is already planning our salvation, a plan in which Mary plays a vital role. So much so, that some theologians have called Mary the co-redemptrix. Not that Mary is equal to Jesus in our salvation, but that she freely, in her free will, choose to play a key role in our redemption from the effects of our sin.

And then on Friday we will celebrate Jesus coming to earth. Have you ever asked why Jesus didn’t just come to earth as an adult, die on the Cross, rise again, and return to heaven? Why, because Jesus wanted, needed, to enter fully into the human experience. He also wanted to estab-lish a Church that would carry forth His mission until the end of time. So Jesus comes to us as a helpless baby. The Creator of the universe comes as a meek and humble baby.

In the Gospel on Sunday, December 27, we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Family. We see the Holy Family follow the Mosaic law and have Jesus presented to God the Fa-ther at the Temple in Jerusalem. We see in Joseph and Mary a great obedience to God the Father’s will, no matter what personal hardship it adds to their lives. After Jesus goes through the purification rite, the Holy Family goes home, back to Nazareth. Saint Luke just records, “The child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favor of God was upon him.” Think how much is contained in that one sentence. That one sentence contains almost ten times the amount time the rest of the Gospel covers. So much of our lives are lived in silence. So much of what we do day in and day out no one will ever know about. It is in the small things, in the silence that heros are formed. St. Maximillian Kolbe was the great priest who died in the Nazi concentration camp when he offered to take someone else’s place in the punishment of starving literally to the death. If you read about his life, you quickly realize that he didn’t just do a heroic, selfless thing one day. No, he had spent his entire life sacrificing and giving up of himself for the good of others. His entire life up to that point, a life spent in relative silence, prepared him to do something he-roically selfless that day in the concentration camp. Do not under estimate the power of doing the right thing, the holy thing in the small everyday decisions of our lives.

I pray you have a blessed two weeks celebrating the com-ing of our salvation, the coming of God Himself, the Second Person of the Trinity.

God bless and a Merry Christmas, Father Vogel

Monday, December 21 - St. Peter Canisius

Song of Songs 2:8-14 or Zephaniah 3:14-18a; Psalm 33:2-3,

11-12, 20-21; Luke 1:39-45

Tuesday, December 22 - Late Advent Weekday

1 Samuel 1:24-28; 1 Samuel 2:1,4-8; Luke 1:46-56

Wednesday, December 23—St. John of Kanty

Malachi 3:1-4, 23-24; Psalm 25:4-5, 8-10, 14; Luke 1:57-66

Thursday, December 24 - Late Advent Weekday

2 Samuel 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a,16; Psalm 89:2-5, 27, 29;

Luke 1:67-79

4:00 p.m. Mass at St. Matthew Martin & Virginia Graf

6:00 p.m. Mass at St. Joseph The People of the Tri-Parish

8:00 p.m. Mass at St. Teresa Mary Langworthy

Friday, December 25 - The Nativity of the Lord

Isaiah 9:1-6; Psalm 96:1-3, 11-13; Titus 2:11-14; Luke 2:1-14

9:00 a.m. Mass at St. Teresa Dick & Diane Holt

Saturday, December 26 - St. Stephen

Acts 6:8-10, 7:54-59; Psalm 31:3-4, 6, 8, 16-17; Matthew

10:17-22

7:30 a.m. Eucharistic Adoration and Benediction

8:30 a.m. Mass at St. Teresa Shelby Adams

Saturday/Sunday, December 26/27 - The Holy Family

Genesis 15:1-6, 21:1-3; Psalm 105:1-6, 8-9; Hebrews 11:8,

11-12, 17-19; Luke 2:22-40

5:00 p.m. Mass at St. Matthew The People of the Tri-Parish

9:00 a.m. Mass at St. Teresa Anna Breiter

Monday, December 28 - The Holy Innocents

1 John 1:5 - 2:22; Psalm 124:2-5, 7-8; Matthew 2:13-18

Tuesday, December 29 - St. Thomas Becket

1 John 2:3-11; Psalm 96:1-3, 5-6; Luke 2:22-35

Wednesday, December 30

1 John 2:12-17; Psalm 96: 7-10; Luke 2:36-40

Thursday, December 31 St. Sylvester I

1 John 2:18-21; Psalm 96:1-2, 11-13; John 1:1-18

7:30-8:30 a.m. Eucharistic Adoration and Benediction

8:30 a.m. Mass at St. Teresa Jean Hefner

4:00 p.m. Mass at St. Matthew Shirley Noy

Friday, January 1 - Mary, the Mother of God

Numbers 6:22-27; Psalm 67:2-3, 5-6, 8; Galatians 4:4-7;

Luke 2:16-21

7:30-8:30 a.m. Eucharistic Adoration and Benediction

8:30 a.m. Mass at St. Teresa The People of the Tri-Parish

Saturday, January 2 - Sts. Basil the Great & Gregory

Nazlanzen

1 John 2:22-28; Psalm 98:1-4; John 1:19-28

7:30 a.m. Eucharistic Adoration and Benediction

8:30 a.m. Mass at St. Teresa Maria Sanders

Saturday/Sunday, January 2/3 - The Epiphany of the Lord

Isaiah 60:1-6; Psalm 72:1-2. 7-8, 10-13; Ephesians 3:2-3a;

Matthew 2:1-12

5:00 p.m. Mass at St. Joseph The People of the Tri-Parish

9:00 a.m. Mass at St. Teresa Tom Langworthy

Mass Readings, Saints, Intentions

Christmas Eve @ St. Matthew at 4:00 p.m.

Reader: Neil Majeski

Hospitality: Steve & Jodi Roelofs

Sacristan: Wendy Bennett

Money Counters: Maria Sanders & Char Schuch

Christmas Eve @ St. Joseph at 6:00 p.m.

Reader: Patty Thomas

Hospitality: David & Jodi Trio

Sacristan: Lonnie Wieseler

Money Counters: Dan Sohre, Eli Depuydt

Christmas Eve @ St. Teresa at 8:00 p.m.

Reader: Peter Langworthy

Hospitality: Volunteers

Sacristan: Gloria Langworthy

Christmas Day @ St. Teresa at 9:00 a.m.

Reader: Jason Klein

Hospitality: Volunteers

Sacristan: Karen Langworthy

Saturday, December 26 @ St. Matthew at 5:00 p.m.

Reader: Brad Lanoue

Hospitality: Matt & Devin Moline

Sacristan: Wendy Bennett

Money Counters: Wendy Bennett & Maria Sanders

Sunday, December 27 @ St. Teresa at 9:00 a.m. Reader: Deb Reuter

Hospitality: Jeff & Shelly Holt

Sacristan: KC Reuter

Money Counters: Karen Langworthy & Jodi Kunkel

Altar Linens for December Stephanie Stencel

Saturday, January 2 @ St. Joseph at 5:00 p.m.

Reader: Parker Smith

Hospitality: Paul & Gina FitzSimmons

Sacristan: Mary Caven

Money Counters: Kim Kleven & Paul FitzSimmons

Sunday, January 3 @ St. Teresa at 9:00 a.m. Reader: Geralyn VanRossum

Hospitality: Jeff & Vicki Kunkel

Sacristan: Gloria Langworthy

Money Counters: No counting week

Altar Linens for January Judy Bach

MINISTRY SCHEDULE FOR JANUARY—MARCH were

mailed to all ministry volunteers. Please find your own

substitute and let the office know.

Sunday, December 20:

4:30-6PM Catechesis of the Good Shepherd

Wednesday, December 23:

No Faith Formation

Calendar of events and meetings

Parish News & Events

Ministry Schedule

Pastoral Care

God, grant healing and peace to those who have re-

quested our prayers: Jerry Etherington, Lavonne Miller,

Marie Kruegel, Sherry Kraft, Jeanne Johnson

For new requests call 524-3127 or email [email protected]

Year end contribution for 2020 must be

postmarked by December 31, 2020 to be

counted in this years giving. Thank you

for your generosity!

Employment opportunity: Positions open in the Tri-Parish

are: Tri-Parish Administrator, Tri-Parish Accountant and Tri-

Parish Adult Outreach Coordinator. Job descriptions are

posted on the Tri-Parish website at www.sjsmst.org.

Tri-Parish office will be CLOSED Monday, December 21st, Tuesday, December 22nd, Thursday, December 24th, Friday, December 25th and Friday, January 1st.

Belize

A new fundraising campaign is starting this Christmas season

called “Bathrooms in Belize”. Since travel is not advised to

the country of Belize, the Belize Mission group has found a

way to continue the impact of the 5 years of Tri-Parish mission

work. Bathrooms in Belize looks to install bathrooms at hous-

es previously built by the Mission group and give those people

the most basic sanitary needs of a toilet, sink, and show-

er. The bathrooms will be constructed by unemployed locals

who have found themselves unable to find daywork with the

Coronvirus restrictions closing down most tourism and con-

struction activities. All projects and funds will be routed

through Divine Mercy Church of Belize City. Please consider

helping with those in need this holiday season. Donations can

be placed in the offering basket at church, mailed to or

dropped off at the office. Clearly mark the envelope “Belize”.

Thank you to St. Joseph church family car-

olers for the songs & beautiful Poinsettia.

I really appreciated being remembered.

~ Barb Beaudette

http://www.sjsmst.org

Financial Update

Faith Formation/Youth Outreach Contact Merissa Roth 524-4646 or email [email protected]

TRI-PARISH STEWARDSHIP St. Teresa

Nov. 29 & Dec. 6 $12,307.28

Amount Collected YTD $71,748.53

Amount Needed YTD $75,762.00

St. Matthew

December 12 $1,681.00



St. Joseph

December 5 $2,138.00



Church support may be given in the following ways: 1. Mail your envelope to the Tri-Parish Office at PO Box 305, Mapleton, MN 56065. 2. Online https://catholicfsmn.org/parish-donations select your parish from the drop down menu. Catholic Foundation of Southern MN will send your donation to the parish you selected. 3. Sign up to begin an automatic monthly contribution.

Thank you for supporting your parish.

2020 Catholic Ministry Appeal Update

Parish 2020 Goal Rec’d % of Goal

St. Joseph $5,000 $3,670 73.40

St. Matthew $4,175 $3,640 87.19

St. Teresa $14,300 $7,630 53.36

Thank you to all who have contributed so far. Each parish

in the diocese is responsible for their goal. If donations

are not received to meet the parish goal, the remaining

balance will be paid from that parish’s general funds.

Deadline for donations to the 2020 appeal is Dec. 31.

OréMoose is a new leather works business led by David Kruse.

Through this business, 100% genuine leather, customizable Breviary

and Bible covers are produced. If you would be interested in a durable,

handmade leather cover for one of your books, please vis-

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Catholic Heart Work Camp is open for registration

for 8th grade and above. This year we will be taking

a group to Denver, CO June 13-19! This camp is a

great opportunity for youth and adults to grow in

their faith while serving others. This week will be packed full of ser-

vice and fun. If you are interested in attending this mission trip in the

summer, please see Father or Merissa for more information. Regis-

tration will be due February 17th, 2021.

Steubenville - Rochester

July 9th-11th 2021

Steubenville | Rochester is a weekend conference that

evangelizes, equips and empowers 8th-12th grade youth to

become radical, joyful disciples. Enjoy keynote speakers, praise and wor-

ship, Eucharistic Adoration, Reconciliation, and much more.

Christmas & New Years Schedule

CHRISTMAS MASS SCHEDULE Thursday, December 24 - 4:00 p.m. Mass at St. Matthew

Thursday, December 24 - 6:00 p.m. Mass at St. Joseph

Thursday, December 24 - 8:00 p.m. Mass at St. Teresa Friday, December 25 - 9:00 a.m. Mass at St. Teresa

MARY, MOTHER OF GOD MASS

Thursday, December 31 - 4:00 p.m. at St. Matthew

Friday, January 1 — 8:30 a.m. at St. Teresa

Retirement Fund for Religious

Thanks to those that gave to the collection for the Retirement Fund

for Religious last week. Your gift helps religious communities bridge

the gap, offering support for medications, nursing care, and other

necessities. If you missed the collection you can still donate by plac-

ing an envelope in the collection basket clearly marked—Religious

Retirement Fund. Thank you for your generosity!
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