Central Office in Holdingford Hours: Mon.-Wed. 10 to 3, Thurs. 1 to 5 Website: tworiverscatholic.com Office: (320) 228-0105 Father: (320)228-0110 In case of emergency or a death, call Father at the Rectory 746-2231. Parish Pastoral Team Father Gregory Mastey, Pastor Kristin Molitor, New Evangelization Coordinator evangelist@tworiverscatholic.com Janice Wuebkers Business Manager Office hours: Wed. 10 to 3 p.m. businessmanager@tworiverscatholic.com

Jessie Johnson, Secretary secretary@tworiverscatholic.com Confession Times: Before weekday Masses at 7:30 a.m. Saturday: 7:30 p.m. St. Anna

Marriage: Couples are to begin

preparation 6-12 months in advance and must call the Central Office to meet with Father Gregory before setting a date. Diocesan Marriage Preparation Classes are required.

Baptism: Call to schedule Baptism.

A baptism class is offered quarterly.

Shut-Ins: Please call us.

New Parishioners: Please introduce yourself to Father after Mass and call the Central Office. If you are leaving our parishes please call the central office so we can update our census. Thank you.

P.O. Box 308, Holdingford, MN 56340

The Catholic Communities of Bowlus, Holdingford and St. Anna

St. Stanislaus Kostka, Bowlus All Saints, Holdingford

Immaculate Conception, St. Anna The Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

August 18, 2019

Pictured: Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis

Cathedrals, Basilicas, and Shrines If you happen to be a visitor of churches when you travel, you may have puz-zled over these terms. Interestingly, the word Cathedral can be traced to the Latin cathedra, which means “bishops chair,” so there we observe this spe-cial chair is on a raised platform within the sanctuary. To understand Basili-cas, we return in thought to the ancient Roman Empire; for the Romans, the word signified a building with a tall ceiling and three long aisles which could be used as a court, a public meeting place, or even a market. When the Em-peror Constantine legalized Christianity, many bishops began to model their churches on this very style, with the altar on the far end of the main aisle. What’s important—and wonderful—about a Shrine is that they can be near-ly anything as long as they are regarded seriously and with reverence. That special box in your home that holds a relic is a shrine. A statue of a saint in your yard, perhaps the Blessed Mother, St. Joseph, or St. Anthony, is a also a shrine. And if you haven’t yet done so, consider creating your own shrine in your home, on your farm, or in a beautiful place on your lawn. Not everyone knows that Father Gregory has a shrine made of fieldstones on his 13 acre wildlife refuge, and another one is in his rectory, which is an entire room where he can pray in silence for all of us in the presence of his relics. Father Gregory, like many of us, knows our homes and families can be strengthened and protected by shrines.

Feast day of Pope Pius X August 21

Prayer Lines: All Saints: Ramona Fedor 746-2395 Kathleen Ebnet 746-2227 St. Anna: Shirley Schwalbe 356-7209 Christine Maleska 356-7246 St. Stanislaus: Arlene Beniek 584-5235

The Healing Power of God

Eucharistic

Adoration Every Monday All Saints-St. Hedwig’s 8:00 a.m.– 10:00 p.m. Every Saturday St. Stanislaus Kostka 6:00 a.m.– 6:00 p.m. Daily Mass Eucharistic Adoration is also held for one hour following daily Mass on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. No Adoration if there is a funeral on that day. Confession and the Rosary begin 1/2 hour before Mass.

This Week’s Events

Teckla Scegura Donald Wenderski Connie Young

Lee Bieniek Marcie Selinski Kieran Kloss

Bernice Carlson Katie Yurczyk Judy Schehr

Tyson Myers Matt Myers Reagan Zierdan

LeRoy Johannes Nancy Bieniek Evelyn Trettel

Cayden Van Norman Melissa Scepurek Baby Wyatt

Arnold Voss Louise Bieniek Olivia Maciej

Arlene Beniek Sharon Prokott Donna Lange

Please call the Central Office if you would like be added or taken off the prayer list, or if you are homebound and would like to receive the Eucharist. If you are in the Hospital, please let Fr. Gregory know. He cannot visit or even pray for you if he does not know. He tries to get to St. Cloud once a week for visits. In Bowlus, let the Social Justice Committee know and all three parish-es should let the prayer line know. Thank you. people know. Let us pray for you!

Remember in prayer all who are in need of the Lord’s Healing and Strength especially:

Ministry Schedulers: All Saints: Patty Becker 291-6582 St. Anna: Kathy Scegura 746-2814 St. Stanislaus: Margie Benusa 584-5405

Sun. August 18

Mon. August 19 All Saints-St. Mary’s 7:00 p.m. Women’s Prayer Group

Tues. August 20 On The Road Mass

Wed. August 21

Thur. August 22 St. Mary’s Upsula 7:00 p.m. Women’s Night of Worship

Fri. August 23

Sat. August 24 St. Stanislaus Adoration All Saints-St. Mary’s 8:00 a.m. Men’s Prayer Group

Evangelization Corner ~Kristin Molitor

Attention Ladies! I’m planning on organizing a bus for the WINE event on October 5th at St. Mary’s in Alexandria. The cost will be $10 to at-tend. I’ll give more details about pick up time and location, but for now, please contact me by September 16th to reserve your spot. Here are some details about the WINE event and how you can register for it: WINE: Women In the New Evangelization invites women of all ages and stages to refresh their hearts at our conference on October 5, 2019. The theme of this year’s conference is Hope: An Anchor for the Soul. Join women from across the Diocese of St. Cloud for a day of inspiration, faith, fellowship, and fun. The conference will begin at 8:30 AM. Our keynote speakers will be Kitty Cleveland, Teresa Tomeo, and Kelly Wahlquist. Register online: anchorofhopeALEX.eventbrite.com Use the Green “Register” Bar to complete your registration, Click on “Individual” and be sure to type in “Two Rivers Catholic Community” in the “Parish and Loca-tion” Box on the registration page.

News & Events

Share the Garden Sunday! Starting August 18th and continu-ing until frost, we will be having St. Stan’s Share Sundays. Tables will be set up on the east side of the church for anyone to share extra garden produce with other parish-ioners.

Monday: JGS 2:11-19, MT 19:

16-22

Tuesday: JGS 6:11-24A, MT

19:23-30

Wednesday: JGS 9:6-15, MT

20:1-16

Thursday: JGS 11:29-39A, MT

22:1-14

Friday: RU 1:1, 3-6, 14B-16, 22,

MT 22:34-40

Saturday: RV 21:9B-14, JN

1:45-51

Sunday: IS 66:18-21, HEB 12:5

-7, 11-13, LK 13:22-30

Weekly Offering

Support our Priests

Weekly

Readings

Knights of Columbus

Mark your calendars for Sunday, August 18, 2019 for the annual Rural Life Celebration, at the Randy and Amanda Hartung farm in St. Anthony (40607 County Road 153, Freeport 56331), and begins with Mass at 10:30 a.m.

St. Gregory Council

Anyone interested in going with the Knights of Columbus Family camping outing, we have sites available. We will be at Sinclair Lewis campground in Sauk Centre Aug. 16-18th. Father is planning to do a mass for the campers on Sat-urday at 4 p.m. followed by a cookout from the Knights, bring a dish to share. Contact Jayme Panek 290-7752 or Loius Heitzman 293-7816 for a spot to join us ( $30 per night, electric hook up site)

RCIA! Are you or someone you know interest-ed in learning more about the Catholic Church or becoming a member? Join us for RCIA clas-ses this fall! RCIA (The Rite of Christian Initia-tion for Adults) is a program we use to prepare people to become fully initiated members of the Catholic Church. Prayerfully consider joining us as we explore the beautiful riches of the Catho-lic faith. Call Kristin at the central office to learn more. Dates and times of classes to be announced.

CANCER PRAYER SERVICE All are invited to a cancer prayer service at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, August 28, at the Church of St. Anthony, 2405 1st St N, St. Cloud. The prayer service will include a Mass, Anointing of the Sick for those struggling with cancer or other illnesses/chronic conditions, along with a special blessing for health care workers. This is an opportunity to bring families, friends and neighbors together in prayer, hope and gratitude for the gift of refreshments will be served in the Parish Center after Mass.

Diocese News Natural Family Planning is the meth-od for prayerfully planning your future. August 22nd at 6:30 p.m. At the office of Marriage and family; contact Sheila at 320-252-4721 or at omf@gw.stcdio.org St. Mary’s Block Party will be Satur-day, Sept. 7, 4-10 p.m. This is a free event with music from Diamond Back, bingo, children’s games, silent auction, beer garden, and delicious food. Join in the fun! Motorcycle Run for Vocations be-gins in Albany, Sunday Aug. 25. This be-gins with a tour of Seven Dolors Church at 1:30, and the route includes St. Anna, Avon, Sts. Peter and Paul Church in Rich-mond, St. Martin, New Munich, and then back to Albany. Hog roast dinner will be served at 5:45, $8 per person. Contact Fr. Mitch Bechtold at 320-247-4907. All donations go towards supporting seminar-ian education for the Diocese of St. Cloud.

Financial Contributions Parish Income

July 22, 2019 August 11th AS $4,464.25 $2,539.95 IC $1,686.00 $1,350.00 SS $2,001.75 $1,431.30 (Addendum for July 8th, St. Stanislaus Bowlus days: the collection was $3,153.06)

Contact Virginia Tretter for Bi-bles at $3.99! 651-219-9791.

Newly

Baptized Leander Jay Gerads Son of Kyle and Brandy

August 11, 2019

St. Stanislaus Kostka

All Saints Christian Mothers/Rosary Solidarity meeting is August 29th at All Saints-St. Hedwig, beginning at 700:p.m. with The Rosary.

* * * Anyone interested in picking up the fruit and rolls on Sunday, or helping serve after Mass please call Teresa at 573-2265.

* * * Help! Katrina Kolles, director of Faith For-mation at All Saints, is joyfully seeking teach-ers for this year’s Faith Formation classes (for 1st, 6th, 9th, and 10th grade). This is a won-derful opportunity to serve the children and families of our parish community, and no experience is necessary—just bring your heart, love, and patience.

Parish News & Events Catholic United Finan-cial

M I N I S T R E

Banns lI Ryan Glen Solarz and Ashley Lucille

Angevine (from All Saints) September 7th 2019

St. Stephen’s

Banns I Eric Ebnet and Sidney Eiynck

September 14th, 2019 All Saints-St. Mary’s

Look here for suggestions for our MinisTree Program. When completing a task fill out one of the MinisTree cards found in the back of church and turn it into the Central Office or collection basket. If more than one person is helping with the task, each should fill out a card.

Grow flowers for church decorations

Visit the elderly or homebound

United in Our Faith: Planning for the Future Last weekend I shared the news of forming a Feasibil-ity Study Planning Team to explore improving our ex-isting churches or constructing a new church to unite our faith community. Over the next month, the team will prepare some important information to share with you during four identical open parish meetings. Next week, I will describe some of the key infor-mation you will receive in mid-September during the meetings. In the meantime, the following parishioners are members of the planning team: Steve Auer, Emily Jung, Ernie Schmit, Patty Becker, Fr.Gregory, Steve Stoermann, Joseph Christensen, Steve Prokott, Greg Waletzko, Allen Fedor, Bob Pueringer, Jessica Wells, Gerry Heitzman,Keith Ripplinger. ~Fr. Gregory

Next Book for Women’s Group Our Women’s Group will begin our next book, Created To Relate: God’s Design For Peace and Joy on September 9th. This book, written by Kelly Wahlquist, delves into the unique gifts women have and how they can be used to lead others to Christ! All women are invited to attend! Cost is $10 for a book. Scholarships are available. Contact Kristin by September 3rd to sign up. Women’s Night of Worship All women are invited to attend a Women’s Worship Night on Thursday, August 22 at the Church of St. Mary in Upsala. The worship hour will go from 7:00-8:00 p.m. and will include Eucharistic adoration, praise and worship music, and prayerful meditations. Childcare is available. Refreshments to follow. Discipleship Quads Join us for an informational meeting about joining a Discipleship Quad on August 26th at 6:30 at the All Saints - St. Mary’s basement. A Discipleship Quad is a group of four people who journey together as disciples through weekly gatherings of fellowship, ongoing conversion, and learning. This is a yearlong commitment that you help you grow in your faith in new and amazing ways.

May Eternal Rest Be

Granted to

Deacon Jerome Roth,

Funeral was Monday,

August 12th, 2017,

St. Stanislaus.

Holdingford High School Senior Grace Gerads set records in weightlifting at the Spartan Challenge July 31st at Rocori Schools in Cold Spring. She is the first girl in the eight year history of the compe-tition to win all three events: bench press, squat lift, and power clean lift. Read more about it in the August 14th issue of the Albany Enterprise!

Faith Formation & GIFT (Generations In Faith Together)

Mass Schedule

Mon. Aug. 19

8:00 a.m. St. Stanislaus +John Waletski

Tues. Aug. 20

Saint Bernard, Abbot and Doctor of the Church 7:00 p.m. On the Road Mass

To be announced

Wed. Aug. 21

Saint Pius X, Pope

8:00 a.m. Mass All Saints-St. Mary’s +Jerome Vos

Thurs. Aug. 22

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

No Mass

Fri. Aug. 23

Saint Rose of Lima, Virgin

No Mass

Sat. Aug. 24

8:00 p.m. Immaculate Conception

For the People

Sun. Aug. 25

The Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00 a.m. All Saints-St. Hedwig’s 10:00 a.m. St. Stanislaus

Welcome to Fr. Tom Olson +Deceased Parents of Joan and Ron Frie +Ann and Larry Parsons

Father Gregory, and the chaperones and youth on pilgrimage at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Winona, pictured here with Cardinal Raymond Burke, as seen on Fox News! https://video.foxnews.com/v/6070170374001/

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