Special Guest speaker – Father Hennen! - St. Francis Xavier

Catholic Church
Buffalo, MN
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
August 12, 2012
SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES
Monday, August 13th Ss. Pontian and Hippolytus
Tuesday, August 14th St. Maximilian Kolbe
Wednesday, Aug. 15th
The Assumption of the
Blessed Virgin Mary
Thursday, August 16th St. Stephen of Hungary
Take and Eat
Sometimes we feel like Elijah in today’s First Reading.
We want to lie down and die, keenly aware of our failures
and we seem to be getting no better at doing what God
wants of us.
We can be tempted to despair, as the prophet was on his
forty-day journey in the desert. We can be tempted to
“murmur” against God, as the Israelites did during their
forty years in the desert. The Gospel today uses the
same word, “murmur,” to describe the crowds, who
reenact Israel’s hardheartedness in the desert.
Jesus tells them that prophecies are being fulfilled in Him,
that they are being taught by God. But they can’t believe
it. They can only see His flesh, that He is the “son” of
Joseph and Mary.
At the altar in every Eucharist, the Lord himself touches
us. He commands us to take and eat His flesh given for
the life of the world (see Matthew 26:26).
This taste of the heavenly gift (see Hebrews 6:4-5)
comes to us with a renewed command - to get up and
continue on the journey we began in baptism, to the
mountain of God, the kingdom of heaven.
He will give us the bread of life, the strength and grace
we need - as He fed our spiritual ancestors in the
wilderness and Elijah in the desert.
So let us stop grieving the Spirit of God, as Paul says in
today’s Epistle. Instead, let us say to God as Elijah did,
“Take my life.” Not in the sense of wanting to die. But in
giving ourselves as a sacrificial offering - loving Him as
He has loved us, on the cross and in the Eucharist.
Mailing Address: 223 19th Street NW, Buffalo MN 55313
Phone: 763-684-0075 Fax: 763-684-4771
Website: www.stfxb.org
Church Location: 300 1st Avenue NW, Buffalo MN
Faith & Education Center: 219 19th Street NW, Buffalo MN

ENTERTAINMENT LINE-UP
Friday, Aug. 24th
6:00 The Dee’s (ends at 10pm)
Saturday, Aug. 25th
11:30 First Light Puppets
12:30 Mad Piano
1:45 Jim Anthony Band
3:00 Clowns
4:00 Square Dancers
6:00 Jacob Martin Band
Sunday, Aug. 26th
11:00 George Jundt (inside)
11:00 Gym-Nation Demo
12:15 Mid MN Concert Band
1:30 Karaoke Contest
3:20 Magicians
Glory Days Flyers are available for employer bulletin boards. Please Call Diane at 763-682-4825.

MARRIAGE AMENDMENT CORNERSTONE
Taking a Principled not a Personal Stand
When explaining the Church’s stance
on same-sex relationships, we have
no intention to defame or disparage
anyone. The Church and the lay
faithful are not moved by personal
hatred against any individual.
In intellectually opposing individuals or organizations
promoting the homosexual agenda, the only intent is the
defense of traditional marriage, the family, and the
precious remnants of Christian civilization.
As practicing Catholics, we are filled with compassion
and pray for those who struggle against unrelenting and
violent temptation to homosexual sin. We pray for those
who fall into homosexual sin out of human weakness,
that God may assist them with His grace.
We are conscious of the enormous difference between
these individuals who struggle with their weakness and
strive to overcome it and others who transform their sin
into a reason for pride and try to impose their lifestyle on
society as a whole, in flagrant opposition to traditional
Christian morality and natural law. However, we pray for
these too.
We pray also for the judges, legislators and government
officials who in one way or another take steps that favor
homosexuality and same-sex “marriage.” We do not
judge their intentions, interior dispositions, or personal
motivations.
We reject and condemn any violence. We simply
exercise our liberty as children of God (Rom. 8:21) and
our constitutional rights to free speech and the candid,
unapologetic and unashamed public display of our
Catholic faith.
We oppose arguments with arguments. To the arguments
in favor of homosexuality and same-sex “marriage” we
respond with arguments based on right reason, natural
law and Divine Revelation.
8TH ANNUAL GREEN BEAN OPEN
Join us for a golf tournament to benefit the Buffalo Food
Shelf on Monday, August 13th, at the Wild Marsh Golf
Course. Check-in is at noon. Shotgun start is at 1:00pm
and awards with a social hour begins at 5:30pm.
The cost for this excellent event is $95 per player or $25
for just the social hour and award ceremony. For more
information or to register, please visit WildMarsh.com
under events or go to BuffaloFoodShelf.com. You may
also call 763-682-4476 ext. 2. Please help us keep our
shelves full so we can help Buffalo families in need.
Mass Times for Holy Day of Obligation
Feast of the Assumption Vigil:
Tuesday, August 14th, 7:00pm
Feast of the Assumption:
Wednesday, August 15th, 7:30am
Wednesday, August 15th, 7:00pm
RCIA (Rash Conscience Injures All)
Ever wonder what Jesus would advise us
to do in regards to the issues facing us
today...
Is it ok to cheat on my tests and/or taxes?
How should I vote on the marriage amendment? Should I
live with my future spouse before marriage? Why be
more involved in His Church? . . . Besides how do I know
which is really His Church? What does it mean and
should I be baptized and/or confirmed? Why should I go
to Mass weekly and receive Communion? Is there really
life after death?
If you wonder about these and/or other questions
regarding you and God, RCIA (Rite of Christian of
Initiation for Adults) might be for you . . . Sessions begin
in 6 weeks. For more information or to ask some
questions, contact me, Deacon Otto, at 763-684-0075
ext. 104, or email at Sherman.otto@stfxb.org. You may
also sign-up at our website: www.stfxb.org!
SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR THOSE IN NEED!
Getting ready to go back to school can be a burden for
low income families, especially those who have to
purchase supplies and clothing for more than one child.
Our parish has been asked to collect 500 notebooks
and 500 folders. When you go shopping with your
children or grandchildren, please buy a couple extra
notebooks and/or folders.
There will be a donation box in the foyer of the Church
and in Trinity Hall to collect these items. Thank you for
being the hands and feet of Jesus in the community!
Scripture for the week of August 12, 2012
12 SUN 1 Kgs 19:4-8/Eph 4:30—5:2/Jn 6:41-51
13 Mon Ez 1:2-5, 24-28c/Mt 17:22-27
14 Tue Ez 2:8—3:4/Mt 18:1-5, 10, 12-14
15 Wed Vigil: 1 Chr 15:3-4, 15-16; 16:1-2/1Cor 15:54b-
57/Lk 11:27-28
Day: Rv11:19a; 12:1-6a,10ab/1Cor 15:20-27/Lk
1:39-56
16 Thu Ez 12:1-12/Mt 18:21—19:1
17 Fri Ez 16:1-15, 60, 63 or 16:59-63/Mt 19:3-12
18 Sat Ez 18:1-10, 13b, 30-32/Mt 19:13-15
19 SUN Prv 9:1-6/Eph 5:15-20/Jn 6:51-58

Faith Formation
LIFTED
This Wednesday - August 15th
Holy Day of Obligation
Lifted will be in the Church basement
8:00 to 10:00pm following Mass
Special Guest speaker –
Father Hennen!
Next LIFTED: August 22 nd
TFC Leadership
Tonight - Sunday, August 19th
7:00 to 9:00pm
Last meeting before the September retreat
You don't want to miss it!
COUNCIL OF CATHOLIC WOMEN MEETING
The next CCW general meeting is
being held on Monday, August 20, at
7:00pm in the Parish Hall. We will be
praying the rosary prior to the meeting
at 6:30pm in the Parish Hall.
The Council of Catholic Women
understands that there is a great need
for school supplies for children in our community. So
when you join us on August 20th, we ask that you please
bring a donation of folders or notebooks for the Love INC
School Supply drive.
Refreshments will be served at the meeting. If you have
any questions or comments, please call Lois Pahl at
763-682-5279 or Sandy Cich at 763-355-9142.
SHARING AND CARING HANDS
On Monday, August 20th, our parish will be preparing
and serving a meal to approximately 300 people at
Sharing & Caring Hands Shelter. The meal will include: a
hamburger & rice hot-dish, buttered bread, cole slaw,
milk, cookies & bars.
Help is needed with preparing the food the night before,
making bars & cookies, helping make the meal the
morning of the dinner, and helping to deliver and serve
the meal.
Bars can be dropped off at the church basement Sunday
night between 6:30-8:30pm or Monday morning between
8-9:30am. Please call Chris Kunze at 763-682-6360 to
volunteer.
Your School News
“Let Us Build the Kingdom of God”
School Info on website...check it out!
2012-13 Calendar
Supplies Lists
Uniform Policy
Parent/Student Handbook
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Coming soon....
Kindergarten Orientation – Tuesday, August 28
Preschool Open House – Wednesday, August 29
All School Open House – Wednesday, August 29
First Day of School – Tuesday, September 4
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Mrs. G’s Wish List
...Ink Cartridges for teachers’ printers
HP21/22 (new or remanufacturedJ)
...3M Masking Tape for teacher art projects
1, 1.5, or 2 inch
...Bright yellow or red yarn for art projects
Any or all may be dropped off
at the School or Parish Pffice.
Mrs. G thanks you!!!!
500 Card Club
All are encouraged to join us on the first and
third Wednesday each month at 1:00pm in
the Parish Hall for a great game of cards.
No experience needed! Join us for some
refreshments and fun mingling. If you have questions,
please call Irene Burke at 763-300-1359.
PLEASE HELP - LOVE INC REQUEST...
50-year-old man with a 5-year-old son seeking an
apartment to rent in the Monticello/Buffalo area. They are
currently homeless because of a rental foreclosure. The
father is a veteran and receiving social security disability.
If you know of any apartment or home available, please
call the Love INC Clearinghouse at 763-682-2550.
PARISH FESTIVAL
St. Thomas in Corcoran is having their Parish Festival
next Sunday, August 19th, from 11:00am - 4:00pm.
There will be bingo, turkey dinner, farmer’s market, bake
and craft sale, garage sale and more.

Family Formation
Back to the Basics
This summer, our Director of
Family Faith Formation Brantly
Millegan will be giving short
refreshers on Catholic doctrine in
the bulletin. Feel free to contact
Brantly to propose a topic or ask
a question about a topic already
covered.
Who Jesus Is
It is a dogma of the faith that
Jesus is both fully divine and fully
human: the one person Jesus
has two natures, divine and
human.
The Incarnation
The divine person God the Son
was conceived as a human being
in the womb of the Virgin Mary
and received a human nature in
addition to the divine nature He already possessed. This
“taking-on” of a human nature by God the Son is called
the Incarnation.
Many Ways to Be a Heretic
At various times, the Church has condemned the
following positions as heresy:
Adoptionism - Jesus was a human person who
became divine
Arianism - he was not divine but was the greatest
creature of God
Psilanthropism - he was only human, the son of two
human parents
Docetism - he was divine alone and only appeared
to be human
Monophysitism - he had one, mixed, divine-human
nature
Apollinarism - he was divine and had a human body
but not a human soul
Nestorianism - there were two persons named
Jesus, one divine and one human, who acted as
one
Instead, the Church teaches that the one divine person,
God the Son, assumed a full human nature, and that
both his divine nature and his human nature exist
distinctly in the person of Jesus in their entirety. As a
result, Jesus possesses everything entailed by each of
these natures: e.g. as human, Jesus has both a human
body and a human soul; as God, Jesus is all-powerful,
all-knowing, and present everywhere, etc.
Why it matters
Who Jesus is cuts directly to the Gospel. As fully God
and fully Man, Jesus, in his very person, mediates the
divine and human. In addition, if Jesus was not God, he
would not have been capable of being a sacrifice great
enough to satisfy for our sins; but if he had not been
human, he would not have been capable of presenting
that sacrifice to God the Father on behalf of humanity.
For more on the dogma of the dual-nature of Jesus,
look up paragraphs 430-483 in the Catechism of the
Catholic Church.
ATTENTION 1ST COMMUNION RECIPIANTS
First Communion photos and certificates are at the Parish
Office to be picked up. Thank you.
FAITH FORMATION REGISTRATION
Though Faith Formation registrations were due June 1 st ,
we will continue to accept late registration for next year’s
Faith Formation for grades K-10 throughout the summer.
A $25 late fee applies.
There are two ways to register:
1. Online: go to www.stfxb.org and fill out the form
2. Paper: pick up a faith formation packet in the back
of the Church or at the Parish Office.
ATTENTION KNITTERS AND CROCHETERS
Knitten Kittens will be meeting the first and
third Tuesday of the month from now on at
11:00am in the community room of the
Lakeside apartments (404 Catlin Street).
Please join us for a relaxing & enjoyable
afternoon of visiting & knitting or crocheting for charities.
Yarn can be provided. If you have questions, please call
Irene Burke at 763-300-1359.
MONTHS SEVEN AND EIGHT
SPIRITUAL ADOPTION PROGRAM
You are in the home stretch with
your spiritually adopted baby. He/
she is completely formed, and has
been since 8 weeks. All he/she is
doing now is gaining weight and
making his/her mother
uncomfortable with his/her
size. But she is not worried.
In a short time, her baby will be
born. Your baby’s mother
appreciated the prayers you have said for her and her
baby throughout the pregnancy. It has not been easy,
but your prayers have given her the grace she needed to
bring her baby to term.

Aug 14, 7:00 PM
Remember In Prayer
Ministry Schedule for August 14-15 & 18-19, 2012
Aug 15, 7:30 AM
Aug 15, 7:00 PM
Aug 18, 5:00 PM Aug 19, 7:30 AM Aug 19, 9:00 AM Aug 19, 10:30 AM
Sacristan Debbie Gladitsch Kelly Boyle
Melissa Scott Debbie Gladitsch Joe Borgstrom Kathy Berg Debra Flatla
Lector Dave Zumbusch Joann Kocak Michelle Voeller Bob Pahl Susan Evans Josh Kramber Teresa Langton
Eucharist
Ministers
Altar
Servers
Ushers
Ron Cich
Sandy Cich
Dan Gladitsch
Edna Knoblauch
Jordan Dick
Joe Dick
Michael Gladitsch
Rebekah Baker
Christine Baker
Bob Fix
Dave Gladitsch
Kelly Boyle
Mary Peters
Wayne Shamla
Muriel Zumbusch
Luke Boyle
John Dick
Jane Filek
David Marquette
Nell Wohlenhaus
Randy Bunting
Anne Lambrecht
Deacon Otto
Melissa Scott
John Braun
Alex Rasset
Gary Biegert
Peter Brummer
Ted McCarty
Janet Middagh
Charles Croal
Deborah Croal
Mary Jo Gapinski
Deacon Otto
Triston Kosek
Lucas Smith
Nathan Smith
Christine Baker
Rebekah Baker
Alex Pahl
Nell Wohlenhaus
Ann Hanson
Deacon Otto
Wayne Shamla
Pat Whalen
Emily Enter
Abbie Kunze
John Dick
Jane Filek
Jenna Muntifering
Chris Muntifering
Shelly Henson
Deacon Sherman Otto
Kathy Peterson
Mary Jo Stubstad
Lydia Berg
Maria Braun
Shelby Halderson
Bob Fix
Dave Gladitsch
Becky Halderson
Paige Yager
Michael Jr.
Holmstrom
Deacon Otto
John West
Chris West
Michael Dehmer
Jacob Scherber
Andrew Scherber
Vince Flatla
Michael Jr.
Holmstrom
Tim Ortmann
Sam Ortmann
Hospitality Odden Patterson Kristen D. / Alli Z.
Lake
Ridge
Park
View
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
6:00pm Reconciliation Church
7:00pm Mass: Chad Dehmer+ Church
Wednesday, August 15, 2012 (Parish Office Closed)
Feast of the Assumption
7:30am Mass: Parishioners of St. Francis Xavier Church
7:00pm Mass: Jan Hance+
Weekly Calendar
Thursday, August 16, 2012
7:00am Reconciliation Church
7:30am Mass: Lauretta Lepinski+ Church
Friday, August 17, 2012
7:00am Reconciliation Church
7:30am Mass: Harold Shoen+ Church
Saturday, August 18, 2012
3:30pm Reconciliation Church
5:00pm Mass: Roman & Cecelia Ebert++ Church
Sunday, August 19, 2012
7:30am Mass: Steve Kocak+ Church
9:00am Mass: Lenora Stumpf+ Church
10:30am Mass: Parishioners of St. Francis Xavier Church
Phyllis Glunz
Steven Buschel
David Shamla
Emry Mullenbach
Jerry Kaminski
Vern Solien
Sunrise Jerry Kelly
In Memoriam
Mary Ellen Cain
Luke Cain
Jack Kniprath
Steve Waddell
Jim Pfleghaar
Janet Endres
Karen Sueth-Kocer
Marv Jopp
Rose Schmitz
Jolene Dickerman
We express our deepest sympathy to the
family and friends of Clement Schmitz and
Jeanette Goeb. We pray that the love of God
provides them with comfort and that they, as
amazing children of God, may rest in the
eternal peace of Christ.
Wedding Banns
August 18, 2012
Randy Schumacher & Lisa Rodrigues
Measure of Our Treasure to the Lord
Collection: Weekend of August 5th $14,931
Bulletin Article Submissions
Articles are due at noon on Tuesday for the following
weekend’s bulletin. Please submit articles to Preston at
preston.allex@stfxb.org. If you have questions, please
call Preston at 763-684-0075, ext. 115.

Staff Directory
Staff Emails
firstname.lastname@stfxb.org
Example: David.Hennen@stfxb.org
Pastor: Fr. David Hennen • Ext. 111
Deacon: Deacon Sherman Otto • Ext. 104
Business Administrator: Susan Evans • Ext. 102
Bookkeeper: Joe Dzurik • Ext. 103
Parish Receptionist: • Ext. 100
Director of Music: Toni Diem • Ext. 109
Director of Family Formation:
(Adult and K-6th grade)
Director of Youth Formation
and Ministry (7-10th grade)
Brantly Millegan
• Ext. 105
Debbie Gladitsch
• Ext. 110
Principal: Kim Zumbusch • Ext. 204
School Admin. Asst: Ann Greenhagen • Ext. 201
Education Committee: STFXEAC@stfxb.org
If there is an EMERGENCY and you need to reach
Fr. David Hennen,
Call 763-684-0075 and press option 6
Marriage:
Call Faith Center at least 6 months in advance to schedule wedding
Baptismal Classes:
Call Faith Center to schedule Baptism Class and Celebration Date
Baptism Celebration:
Third Weekend of the Month:
Saturday after 5:00pm Mass or Sunday after 10:30am Mass
Parish Office Hours
Monday - Friday: 8:30am - 4:30pm
Trustees
Margery Duffey Jeremy Berndt
Parish Pastoral Council Finance Council
Pat Whalen, Chair
pastoralcouncil@stfxb.org
Kelly Boyle Randy Bunting
Mike Trossen Michelle Studnicka
Randy Latzig Rita Rasset
Wayne Shamla Sandy Cich
Sacraments
Ministry Chairpersons
Jerry Borgerding, Chair
financecouncil@stfxb.org
Mary Jo Stubstad Rock Bobick
Mary Duerr Joe Coolen
Tom Kuzma Judy Weldele
Adoration: Doug Nevinski Liturgy: Kathy Peterson
Altar Servers: Fr. Hennen Park View & Lake Ridge: Becky Berndt
Building and Grounds: Dave Marquette Sacristans: Debbie Gladitsch
Eucharistic Ministers: Ron Muntifering Sunrise: Jerry Kelly
Hospitality: Ruth Ann Rolfzen Ushers: Jane Filek