mary of the immaculate conception – rockville - St. Wendelin Church

Sunday Bulletin � Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time � September 16, 2012
TRI-PARISH CLUSTER OF:
SAINT WENDELIN– LUXEMBURG HOLY CROSS – PEARL LAKE (MARTY)
MARY OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION – ROCKVILLE
Fr. Ralph G. Zimmerman, pastor ��Fr. Mark Ostendorf, parochial vicar � Emergency pastoral number: 320-292-2625
Liturgy this Week
Twenty-Fourth Week in Ordinary Time
Monday, Sept. 17-Robert Bellarmine,Bshp./Dr.
�8:00 am-HC –Special Intention
Eucharistic Adoration 8:30 am to 5:00 pm
Tuesday, Sept. 18, Weekday
� 7:45 am-LUX – In Thanksgiving
� 7:00 pm-MIC + Mike Pfannenstein
Wednesday, Sept. 19– Weekday
� 7:45 am-LUX + Edwin Lahr-School Mass
� 8:00 am-MIC + Christian Women��
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Thursday, Sept. 20– Andrew Kim Taegon, Priest
and Paul Chong Ha-sang and Companions, Martyrs
� 7:45 am LUX + John Dietman
Adoration following Mass until 9:00 pm
� 8:00 am-MIC +Adrian Schmitt
Adoration following Mass until 7:00 pm
Friday, Sept. 21–Matthew, Apostle/Evangelist
�8:30 am-HC +Alphonse Kraemer-School Mass
Sat., Sept. 22- Vigil of 25th Sun. of Ord. Time
�2:00 pm— MIC- Wedding of
Autumn Struffert and Aaron Backes
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�3:00 pm -Sacrament of Penance at HC
�4:00 pm Sat.-HC + Rita Molitor
�5:00 pm Sat.-MIC ++Elmer &Georgina Eickers
Sunday, Sept. 23– 25th Sun./ Ordinary Time
�8:00am Sun.-HC –People of the Parishes
�9:00 am Sun-LUX +Rollie Albers
�10:00 am Sun.-MIC + Living and deceased
of the Infant of Prague Mission Group
�6:00 pm Sun.-LUX + Mildred Schmidt
Dear friends in Christ,
This week we begin our faith formation process for this new year. We will
spend the year exploring God’s ongoing revelation to us. It provides a unique
opportunity for all of us to grow in our understanding of God’s presence and
action in our world.
Pope Benedict has called for a year of faith and for
a new evangelization. As Catholics, evangelization
has always meant living our faith. We do not stand
on street corners preaching or go door to door proselytizing.
We give witness to our belief in our loving
God and his presence among us.
Our faith formation process is designed to help parents
do this for your children. As parents you evangelize by doing. You witness
your faith by celebrating the Sunday liturgy, by practicing love in your
family and your workplace, by openly expressing your reliance upon God
through your prayer and your life.
By joining your children on Wednesday nights, you witness your faith and the
importance you place upon your ongoing faith development. The fathers of
the second Vatican council made clear that as members and as a community,
we are fellow sojourners on our journey of faith. Our journey is life long and
every day provides new opportunities to experience God and his love for us.
What is needed from us is not a thorough understanding of theology but openness
to the living God and His ongoing call to us. Our openness to that call
and our ongoing hunger to grow in our relationship with Him and others provides
the greatest evangelization that we can witness.
Let us join together on this journey and meet the Lord in and through our wonderful
community of faith. God is alive and present and loves us all.
— Fr. Mark
CATECHETICAL SUNDAY TODAY
Catechists and teachers are honored especially today as “agents of the
new evangelization” (Pope Benedict XVI). Parents, you also stand
among these teachers and catechists as the first and best teachers.
School faculties of St. Wendelin and Holy Cross Catholic Schools, thank
you for you commitment to Catholic education as educators. Together we
pass on our faith to the next generation of followers of Christ.
See Tri-Parish- Faith formation notes on Insert sheet

Tri-Parish Cluster of Luxemburg, Pearl Lake and Rockville 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time � September 16, 2012
Saint Wendelin—Luxemburg
22714 State Highway 15 * St. Cloud, MN 56301-9208 * 320-251-6944 * e-mail: stwencc@live.com * Fax: 320-654-9030
Financial Blessings
For the Week of September 9 2012
Adult (66) $2,964.45
Loose 183.00
Faith Formation (1) 30.00
Votive Stands 175.10
Building Fund (1) 20.00
Food Shelf (7) 48.00
Total $3,420.55
Last Week’s Regular $3,147.45
Budgeted Amount 3,700.00
Shortfall Last Week (552.55)
Shortfall Year to Date ( 996.88)
$150.12 was sent recently to Catholic
Charities Food Shelf for our
August collection. Thank you!
Altar Servers
Wed., Sept. 19th @ 7:45 am
Nolan N. & Chris W.
Thurs. Sept. 20th & 7:45 am
Rudy N. & Reed B.
Sunday, Sept. 23rd at 9:00 am
Kortney N. & Anna E.
Sunday, Sept. 23rd at 6:00 pm
Courtney G. & Elizabeth S.
Church Cleaners: Group 4, Sat.
Sept. 22nd at 8:30 am: Joey Kiffmeyer,
Sue Massmann, Terri Brunner,
Pam Koshiol, Pat Hasselbring,
Carol Klein, Kim Ostby, Rosie Kiffmeyer,
Janet Lommel***
COMING SOON
FALL 40 DAYS FOR LIFE
Sept. 26-Nov. 4, 2012
Join an all out effort to save
the unborn and defend the
sanctity of life thru prayer,
fasting and peaceful vigil.
For more info, contact Mary Jo
at rhlgr@aol.com or 453-3695,
Judy at judy4life@meltel.net, -
453-7592 or call Char in the
parish office, 251-6944.
CHANGE HEARTS-SAVE LIVES!
Parish Office/Secretary, Char Volkmuth—320-251-6944
Parish Nurse, Joanne Neis 320-398-6869 Prayer Line, 320-251-5376
Celebrating the Sacraments
Baptism: Connie Netter 320-251-7625
Anointing of the Sick: 320-251-6944
Marriage: Contact the parish office at least six months preceding
the wedding date. Marriage Course is required.
St. Wendelin Catholic School
Preschool to Grade 6
Principal: Lynn Rasmussen
Telephone: 320-251-9175
Email: stwend@mycitescape.com
Fax: 320-654-9030
Parish News
Our Sympathy…to the family of Suzanne Reinert who entered eternal rest on September 7th
and whose funeral was celebrated here last Monday. Please keep Suzanne and the Reinert family
in your prayers. May she rest in peace!
Thank You Catechists and Aides...Today, the 3rd Sunday of September is designated as Catechetical
Sunday in the U.S. to acknowledge those who will serve as catechists during the coming
year and to recognize and appreciate their mission of sharing the faith. Pope
John Paul II said, “Among the laity who become evangelizers, catechists
have a place of honor.” Today we’re honoring the following parishioners
who will be leading our Faith Formation efforts this year (1st session is here
this Wed. at 6:30 pm in Mary Hall.) Being recognized at today’s 9:00 am
Mass will be teachers: Katelyn Lichte, Preschool, Kindergarten and Grade
1; Lisa Lichte, Grade 2, Sister Marius, Grades 3-6; Kay Kortlever, Grade
7; Fred Walz, Grade 8, Sue Massmann and Mary Broda, Grades 9 and 10. Discussion leaders
will be Hank and Vicky Kohorst and Michael and Jeanne Lommel. Our thanks to them for
their commitment to share their faith; please keep them in your prayers that God will abundantly
bless them and their efforts .
Parish Breakfast, Bake Sale and Raffle...Group 2 invites one and all to the 1st parish breakfast
of the season on Sunday, September 30th, 8:30 to 11:30 am in Mary Hall. Bring your family
and friends to enjoy their tasty menu of sausage, scrambled eggs, hash browns, French toast, and
more. Group 2 members, please pick up your breakfast envelopes from the back table.
Harvest Hoedown Fundraiser TO BENEFIT ST. WENDELIN SCHOOL...be sure to check
out the great and varied list of live auction items on the insert with today’s bulletin.
Tickets ($25) for this October 6th event at Generations Ballroom in Kimball
will be available again after Masses this weekend; they must be pre purchased
as tickets will not be sold at the door. Besides the live auction at 6:30 pm, the
evening will feature a happy hour, ribs/chicken dinner with all the fixins, raffle and
pull tabs and the DiamondBack band at 8:00 pm. For tickets, donations or to get involved,
in what promises to be a fun and beneficial evening for our school, please
call Sue Koshiol, 252-5665 or Joe Bartell at 290-6959.
Message for Group 5 Members...Two important events are coming up for our
group. On Tuesday, October 2nd, please join us in Mary Hall at 7:00 pm to help us plan our December
9th Santa Breakfast. Taste testing and idea collection is planned; hope to see you there.
On Friday evening, October 12th at 6:00 pm, our group will be doing the fall church cleaning.
Many hands make the job easy and fun. Mark your calendars for October 12th.
-Chairpersons, Joe and Kathy Watrin and John and Linda Kaiser
Parish Council Meets...Thursday, September 20th at 7:00 pm in the school library.
School News
New Students...In addition to our new teachers and cook, we welcome the Sireno family to our
school. Keylian is a second grader. We also have several new preschoolers including Justice
Kirchhoff, Samantha Groinus, Lewis Boike, Hailey Salzbrun, Clare Spielman, Raegen Walklin
and Kali Wilcken who joined our returning preschoolers on Monday. We’re happy to have all
of them with us as part of our school family.
Wanted...Leftover scrap material with fall colors/designs to be used by our students to help decorate
for the Harvest Hoedown. If you have any, please call the school, 251-9175.
To Purchase Scrip—Please call Bonnie in the school office, Julie at 252-7273 or Gina at 654-1587.

Tri-Parish Cluster of Pearl Lake, Rockville and Luxemburg 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sept 16, 2012
Holy Cross—Pearl Lake (Marty)
10651 County Road 8 ~ Kimball, MN 55353 ~ 320-398-3900 ~ church@holycrossmn.org
FINANCIAL BLESSINGS
For the week of September 9
Adult (34) $2,217.67
Loose 166.00
Youth (3) 2.00
Votive 229.98
Total $2,615.65
YTD total $17,339.18
YTD budget $18,762.60
Shortage ($1,433.42)
LITURGICAL MINISTRIES:
Sat Sept 22, 4:00 pm
Servers: Ashley Haus, Ali Weber
Ushers: Al Haus, Dave Lommel
Lector: Diane Kuechle
Euch Min: Mark & Renee Kunkel,
Marian Haus
Sun Sept 23, 8:00 am
Servers: Grant Garding, Nate Andrusick
Ushers: Dave Leither, Dale Kloskin
Lector: Donna Gregory
Eucharistic Min: Elaine Leither,
Helen Krippner, Brad Donnay
Parish Council Members
Donna Gregory, Al Haus
Leanne Donnay, Helen Krippner
Louie Kunkel, Jeana Meyer
Sandy Merten, Greg Mueller, Len Voigt
COMMUNITY NEWS
Parish Office/Secretary, Marian Haus—320-398-3900
Prayer Line, 320-398-6101
Deacon, Andy Kunkel, 320-398-6101
Musician, Julene Faber-Andrusick, 320-685-7211
Celebrating the Sacraments
Baptism: 320-398-3900
Anointing of the Sick: 320-398-3900
Weddings: Contact the parish office at least six months
preceding the wedding date. Marriage Course is required.
PARISH NEWS
Holy Cross Catholic School
Preschool to Grade 6
School Office manager:
Jeana Meyer
Board of Education president:
Brian Ruhland
Telephone: 320-398-7885
Email: info@holycrossmn.org
Keys Found– on the Holy Cross playground, Friday, Aug 24. They are from a Chevrolet
vehicle along with a house key and an unidentified key. They are at the parish office
and can be picked up there.
Golf Tourney: Today at Kimball Golf Course
Christian Women Meeting; Monday, Sept 17, 7 pm in school
SCHOOL NEWS
On October 13, our “Footsteps on the Journey” will take us around Pearl Lake for our
Pray & Walk-a-thon. If there’s anyone you’d like to pray for along our journey, please
contact the school office –398-7885-or any Holy Cross family and we’d be happy to
decorate a prayer flag for you.
Also, if you’d like to golf this weekend, Holy Cross is hosting a best ball golf tournament
at the Kimball Golf Course, this Sunday, Sept 16. Registration is at 9:00 am and
golfing begins at 10 am. Prizes and a meal follow at the Pearl Lake Lodge. No golf experience
is necessary.
We’d like to give a big thank to Shannon Putikka for joining the school board earlier
this month. Also, congratulations to Brian Ruhland for being named the school board
president and thank you to Kristi Kalkbrenner and Leanne Donnay for their work as
vice president and secretary. Everyone at Holy Cross School hopes you have a happy
and safe week! —Jeana Meyer
Gohmann Foods Receipts from Kimball: Please save your receipts dated from Sept 1
thru March 31, 2013. Our school receives free educational equipment by collecting
these receipts.Thank you for your help.
UPCOMING EVENTS: Breakfast: Sun Sept 23— Menu: omelets, sausage, pancakes.
Hosts will be groups 3,4 & 6
Grandparents Day: Friday, September 28th
St Anne, Kimball– Sun Sept 16, egg, sausage, French toast breakfast, parish festival.
St Mary's, St Augusta-Sun Sept 16, sausage & egg breakfast, serving 8—11:30 am.
St. Francis, Sartell—Annual Quilt Bingo today, Sun., Sept. 16th at 1:00 pm in the school gym. Doors open at noon. Bingo starts at 1:00 pm.
Lunch available for purchase. Door prizes will be drawn. Come for a fun afternoon.
Evening for Life—Annual Benefit for Birthline, Thursday, October 11th at River’s Edge Center (formerly Civic Center) in St. Cloud.,
5:00-8:00 pm. Don’t miss keynote speaker, Julia Holcomb, former girlfriend of American idol judge and Aerosmith band member, Steven
Tyler. Hear her touching story of their crisis pregnancy which ultimately ended in a coerced abortion. No charge to attend. MUST RSVP by
Oct. 5th. Walk-in seating is not available. E mail swolf@ birthline.org for more info or call 252-4150.

Tri Parish Cluster of Rockville, Luxemburg and Pearl Lake 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time - September 16, 2012
Mary of the Immaculate Conception—Rockville
PO Box 7 ~ Rockville, MN 56369-0007 ~ 320-251-7801 ~ micr@midco.net
Financial Blessings
Regular Income:
Adult– 83 $2,450.67
Youth –21 17.60
Plate 88.25
Extra Repairs 30.00
Total Regular: $2,586.52
Misc. Income:
Elevator 595.00
Faith Formation: 360.00
Votive 17.95
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Regular $2586.52
Budgeted 2538.10
Overage this week +48.42
YTD Budget $27,919.10
YTD shortage (-$3626.58)
All carpets were cleaned last week at a
cost of $1,100.
Upcoming Events
Legion of Mary: Tue 9/18, 5:45pm.
Catechetical Sunday: Sun 9/16. MIC-
10:00am, LUX-9:00am.
Over 60 Party: 9/17 at Noon. MIC parish
center.
Parish Council: Tue 9/18-7:30pm.
Parish Council Members
Dave Fussy 240-9547,
Randy Svihel 251-7507
Lynette Faber 492-0286
Rosie Ashfeld 253-8878
Judy Ikeogu 255-9212
Mary Feldhege-654-6515
Greg Cruze 685-4034
Rich Ruprecht 253-1191
Jodi Gross 685-8721
Paul Walz 253-0806
Parish Office/Secretary, Sandy Pfannenstien -320-251-7801
Parish Center/Basement, 320-252-8486
Prayer Line, 320-685-3213
Parish Nurse: Joyce Simones 259-8503
Celebrating the Sacraments
Baptism: Contact Parish Office 251-7801.
Anointing of the Sick: 320-251-7801
Weddings: Contact the parish office at least six months
preceding the wedding date. Marriage Course is required.
Parish News
Marriage Banns: III Autumn Struffert & Aaron Backes
II Barb Eikmeier & Steve Merten
Faith Formation/DRE
LeMay Bechtold 252-8486
Parish Center Events/Maintenance
Jean Walz 255-9394
Trustees
Dennis Schneider 253-4653
Greg Simones 259-8503
Liturgical Environment
Steve Pfannenstein 251-8358
Catechetical Sunday: Today, September 16. LUX—9:ooam Mass. MIC-10:00am Mass. All
Faith formation leaders and helpers are asked to attend these Masses. Please keep these
teachers and aides in your special prayers as they instruct our young people throughout
the coming year: Kim Keeville, Shelly Weber, Sarah Claseman, LeMay Bechtold, Rachel
Mohs, Amy & Angela Gross, Brenda Fussy, Mary Ann Hermanutz, Rosie Ashfeld, Lori
Mohs, Maria Fussy, Julia Walz, Paul Walz, Mary Feldhege, Jim Cossairt, Lynn & Kevin
Dockendorf, Jill Svihel, Leanne & Randy Donnay, Judy Ikeogu & Jenny Burger. We extend
our gratitude and thanks for the time and talents they offer our parishes.
Parish Council: Tue 9/18 at 7;30pm. We will be meeting in the elevator/entry way!
Other News
Eat Dinner with Your Children Night: If parents knew one thing that would make a
positive difference in their children’s lives, wouldn’t they do it? Well, eating dinner as a
family is one of those positive influences. To illustrate this point, September 24, 2012,
has been designated as Family Day, the national movement that reminds parents that
Dinner Makes a Difference! The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse
(CASA) at Columbia University launched Family Day in 2001 after its research consistently
found that the more often kids eat dinner with their families, the less likely they
are to smoke, drink or use drugs. So, bon appétit!
Bulletin Deadline: Wednesdays at 10AM
View Bulletin On-line at: stwendelin.stclouddiocese.net
Cluster News:
Over 60 Party: Mon 9/17 beginning with lunch at noon. Cards are played after
lunch. All cluster parishioners 60 and over are invited. Held in the MIC parish
center.
Six weeks with the Bible: Beginning 9/18, St. Boniface Parish is offering this program
lead by Deacon Larry Sell. We will meet six Tuesday evenings from 7-
8:30pm. Please join us. Please sign up by 9/9/12 by calling Rosie @ 685-3280.
Knights of Columbus German Style Potato Pancake Sausage Supper: Sat Sept 22
from 3:30-8:30pm at St. James Parish/Jacobs Prairie. Take out trays available! All
are welcome.