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 Shirley Willoughby, 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

Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord April 14, 2019

Prepare for Holy Week

Holy Thursday, April 18th

7:00 p.m. All Saints-St. Hedwig’s

Good Friday, April 19th

12 Noon St. Stanislaus, Bowlus 3:00 p.m. Immaculate Conception

Holy Saturday, April 20th

8:30 p.m. All Saints-St. Hedwig’s

Easter Sunday, April 21st

6:00 a.m. Bonfire in Arban 6:30 a.m. Arban Outdoor Sunrise Mass 8:30 a.m. Immaculate Conception 10:30 a.m. St. Stanislaus, Bowlus Stations of the Cross

(March 11th-April 16th)

8:30 a.m. Mondays, after Mass at St. Stanislaus 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays at a different location each week 6:35 p.m. Wednesdays, St. Mary’s in Upsala 8:00 p.m. Fridays, St. Francis, St Francis 11:15 a.m. St. Edward’s, Elmdale

Extra confessions

April 16th:5:30-6:30 p.m All Saints-St. Mary’s

Tenebrae Good Friday, April 19th, at 8:00 p.m. At St. Mary’s Cathedral, St. Cloud The gradual extinction of all lights in the church symbolizes the temporary triumph of the prince of darkness over the light of the world followed by loud noises suggesting the earth-quake described in the Passion story.

Journey with

Jesus

to Calvary

Catholic United Financial and

St. Joseph Council Matching Grant Breakfast and

Quilt Raffle today, April 14th at All Saints St. Mary’s. Ham, sausage, pancakes, eggs & fresh baked carmel rolls will be served from 9 a.m.– 12:30 p.m. Free will offering to benefit our Faith Formation program.

If you know how and are willing to come teach palm braiding during the breakfast it would be so appreciated. Copies of Florence Voss’s instruc-tions will be available.

Ham Bingo fundraiser for St. Stanis-laus parish is today April 14th at 1:30 p.m. at St. Stanislaus Church, Bowlus.

Meet several ‘companions’ that encounter Jesus along the road to Calvary in this story performed by St. Francis Parishion-ers. Today at 1:00 pm in St. Francis. FREE

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.

New Evangelization Corner ~Kristin Molitor

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

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

Sun. April 14 All Saints-St. Mary’s 9:00 a.m. Catholic United Financial Breakfast 11:30 a.m. Baptism Class St. Stanislaus 1:30 p.m. Ham Bingo Immaculate Conception 7:00 p.m. Bazaar Meeting

Mon. April 15 Adoration All Saints-St. Mary’s 7:00 p.m. Women’s Prayer Group

Tues. April 16 All Saints-St. Mary’s 7:00 p.m. Knights of Columbus Vocation Mass

Wed. April 17

Thur. April 18 All Saints-St. Hedwig’s Faith Formation 6:30 p.m. Divine Mercy Study

Fri. April 19

Sat. April 20 St. Stanislaus Adoration All Saints-St. Mary’s 8:00 a.m. Men’s Prayer Group

Sun. April 21 Easter 6:30 a.m. Bon Fire and Mass at Arban

Enter into the Triduum

Go alongside Jesus in the final hours Of his public ministry as he brings to fulfillment the very purpose of his Incarnation: the salvation of all mankind. Insights into those last there days offer a moving look into the loving heart of Christ.

Please notify the office if you would like to be added or taken off the Prayer list or if you are homebound and wish to receive the Eucharist.

News & Events

Sign up for automatic contributions! Go to the URL address for your church as listed below. Click on “Sign up for Your New Account” and complete your initial registration. Please call 800-348-2886 Option 2 for assistance. Thank you! URL Addresses: All Saints, Holdingford, MN

www.osvonlinegiving.com/1723 Immaculate Conception, St. Anna

www.osvonlinegiving.com/1720 St. Stanislaus Kostka, Bowlus, MN

www.osvonlinegiving.com/4543

Weekly Readings

Monday: Is 42:1-7/Jn 12:1-11 Tuesday: Is 49:1-6/Jn 13:21-33, 36-38 Wednesday: Is 50:4-9a/Mt 26:14-25 Thursday: Chrism Mass: Is 61:1-3a,

6a, 8b-9/Rv 1:5-8/Lk 4: 16-21, Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper: Ex 12:1-8, 11-14/1 Cor

11:23-25/Jn 13:1-15 Friday: Is 52:13-53:12/Heb 4:14-16;

5:7-9/Jn 18:1-19:42 Saturday: Vigil: Gn 1:1-2 or 1:1, 26-

31a/Gn 22:1-18 or 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18/Ex 14:15-15/Is 54:5-14/Is 55:1-11/ Bar 3:9-15, 32-4.4/

Ez 36:16-17a, 18-28/Rom 6:3-11/Lk 24:1-12

Sunday: Acts 10:34a, 37-43/ Col 3:1-4 or 1 Cor 5:6b-8/ Jn 20:1-9 or Lk 24:1-12 or, at an

afternoon or evening Mass, Lk 24:3-35

Online Giving

PARISH INCOME January-March 2019 ________________________________ AS $ 1,718.00 IC $ 4,310.00 SS $ 955.00

Breakfast with the Bishop will be on Wednesday, May 1st, 8-9 a.m. at the Goreki Center, College of St.Benedict’s

Join in for breakfast with Bishop Kettler and guest speaker Joe McTighe to benefit the Catholic Schools Student Scholarship Fund. If you would like to sponsor a table, contact Alice 258-7656 ACoudron@catholicfoundation.info.

Prayer Vigil at Planned Parenthood Thursdays 1-7 p.m. through April 14th in front of Planned Parenthood Contact: Marilou 247-9838

Weekly Offering

Prayer Team Volunteers Needed at the St. Cloud Hospital. Prayer Team Volun-teers work in conjunction with hospital chaplains to bring intercessory prayer to pre-determined patients and their families. We meet Tuesdays and Thursday afternoons from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Please prayerfully consider being a Prayer Team volunteer. Contact the Spiritual Care Office at 251-2700. ext. 54621 or email: wiehoffb@ centracare.com for more

Fr. Gregory and Catholic United Financial invite you to join us for a special presentation discussing the topic of End of Life Considerations from a Catholic Prospective. This event will be held on Monday, April 29th at St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish in Bowlus, at at 9:30 a.m. and again at 6:30 p.m. The presentation includes: 1) The moral and spiritual aspects of the End of Life from a Catholic perspective including Living Wills, Durable Medical Power of Attorney, DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) orders, End of Life issues, Advanced Directives, and the Church’s pastoral guidelines for Cremation. 2) John Tetzloff from Catholic United Financial will present information about financial planning, wills, and trusts. This event is absolutely free and open to everyone. Please RSVP for the morning or evening session to Bailey Wiczek at 320-360-2309 or Dean Demarais at 320-685-8899 to reserve your spot!

Support Life

Honoring Marriage Day Saturday, May 4th at the Cathedral of Saint Mary in Saint Cloud at 1:30 p.m. for couples celebrating their 5th, 25th, 40th,50th, 60th or 60-plus anniversaries in 2019. If you would like to attend please contact Jan at the Office of Mar-riage & Family, 305 7th Avenue North, Suite 100, Saint Cloud, MN 56303 or 252-4721 email jzylla@gw.stcdio.org

Divine Mercy Sunday

All events are set for this year’s Divine Mercy Sunday at St. Mary’s Cathedral on Sunday, April 28, from 1-4 p.m. We have three speakers who will present talks on the hour: Fr.Derek Weichmann at 1 p.m., April Bechtold, parishioner of St. Mary’s Cathedral at 2 p.m., and Fr. Joe Herzing at 3 p.m. In addition, the Chaplet of Divine Mercy will be prayed in song after Fr. Joe’s presentation. Benediction will round out the after-noon at 4:00 pm. A light reception will follow. All events will be in the upper church of St. Mary’s Cathedral, 25 8th Ave. S., St. Cloud.

Financial Contributions PARISH INCOME

April 7th unavailable due to early bulletin

Parish News & Events

Knights of Columbus

We welcome new members anytime.

Catholic United Financial M I N I S T R E E Community service rooted in faith

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. *Helping with the coffee cakes * Church Cleaning * Volunteer for the Bazaar

Immaculate Conception Bazaar Planning Meeting will be on Sunday, April 14th at 7:00 p.m. in the church basement. All welcome to attend!

All Saints Building Committee The Building Committee is planning to interview a professional fund-raiser, if anyone knows of someone in their family let Father know. We are fundraising for either a new church or repairs depending on how much money we get. Next meeting on April 29th. Call Carol 845-4347 for questions. All are welcome. Bake Sale Christian Mothers/Rosary Sodality Bake Sale will be on April 19th starting a 9:00 a.m. in the All Saints-St. Hedwig’s church Basement. Bring your donated goods on Friday to the basement. Contact: Teresa Ripplinger 573-2265

Parish Bazaar News Our parish bazaar is Sunday, June 30, 2019. Cash Raffle - Businesses or individuals wishing to donate to the cash raffle, please contact Brenda Dobis at 320-241-6962 by Monday, April 15th. The following donations are needed: Paddle Wheel game - $10-$15 range prizes Suggestions: kitchen & household items, toys, sports equipment, dolls, stuffed animals, tools, jewelry & movie passes Kids games - Prizes under $1, suitable for children Suggestions: coloring books, reading books, colors & trinkets Country Store - $1 range prizes Suggestions: canned goods, candles, jewelry, jellies & plants Silent Auction - Larger hand crafted items preferred; suggestions: dish towels, wood items etc., Contact Pat Schmainda, 320-420-6774 **You may bring your donations to the church basement before or after the 8:00pm Saturday evening Mass. Please label your donations: “Bazaar prizes”.

St. Gregory Knights of Columbus Divine Mercy Novena sponsored by the Knights will start on Good Friday, April 19th. More details to come. St. Isidore Knights of Columbus Chicken and Ham Dinner Sunday, April 28th 3:30 –7p.m. at The Pelican Lake Ballroom in St. Anna. Cost $10, Ages 5-10 are $6 and under 4 Free! Annual Cash Raffle Only 250 tickets sold-$20 per ticket. Drawing of winners is on May 2nd. First Prize: $750. To buy a ticket, contact Duane Kunstleben 290-3062, Mike Peters 746-2377

Easter Retreat for Two There will be a drawing for two people either husband and wife or two friends to go together to Pacem in Terris. If you would like to go please write your names together and put them in the box at back of church. Drawing will be on Holy Thursday.

Faith Formation & GIFT (Generations In Faith Together)

Mass Schedule

Mon. April 15

8:00 a.m. St. Stanislaus 8:30 a.m. Stations of the Cross

Tues. April 16

7:00 p.m. St. Stanislaus 7:30 p.m. Stations of the Cross

Knights of Columbus Vocations Mass

Wed. April 17

8:00 a.m All Saints-St. Mary’s

+For the Poor Souls in Purgatory

Thurs. April 18

Holy Thursday 8:30 a.m. All Saints-St. Hedwig’s

+Leo and Walburga Barhorst

Fri. April 19

Friday of the Passion of the Lord 12:00 noon St. Stanislaus 3:00 p.m. Immaculate Conception

Sat. April 20

Holy Saturday 8:30 p.m. All Saints-St. Hedwig’s

+Rose Kapsner

Sun. April 21

Easter Sunday 6:30 a.m. Arban Outdoor Mass 8:30 a.m. Immaculate Conception 10:30 a.m. St. Stanislaus

All Saints Christian Mothers/Rosary Sodality For the People +John Gapinski

Totus Tuus: June 8th –14th Sign-up forms are at the back of the church or on our website: www.tworiverscatholic.com

www.tworiverscatholic.com Diocesan Vocations Bus Tour: June 18th-20th for young men in-grades 7th-12th. This tour will explore churches in Bertha, Staples, Wadena, Perham, Maine Twp., Herman, Kensington and Fergus Falls . Cost $40. Sign up info below. Avon Vocation Camp: June 24th–26th for 7th –10th grade men. Located on the Mead family residence, this camp includes prayer,Mass, soccer, swimming, fishing , Frisbee and more. Register online for either event http://vocations.stcdio.org/events/

Seniors! Stay close to your faith in college. Let us know where you plan to

attend and we will connect you to the Newman Center: (866) 815-2034. Graduation Mass will be in each parish on the weekend of May 18th and 19th. Please contact the central office if you are a graduating senior so we can include your name on the program. 228-0105.

First Communion

Weekend Immaculate Conception Saturday, April 27th at 5:00 p.m. All Saints Sunday, April 28th at 8:00 a.m. St. Stanislaus Sunday, April 28th at 10:00 a.m.