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BULLETIN ANNOUNCEMENTS

Please contact the Parish Office by 9:00 am Wednesday prior to the weekend you want your announcement published.

† Faith Formation Schedule †    

• January 22             
  Life Teen Mass @ the Cathedral @ 6:00 pm
• January 25             
  Classes:  Pre-4 & Confirmation @ 6:30
  Edge @ 7:30
• February 1             
  Classes:  Pre-4 & Confirmation @ 6:30
  Edge @ 7:30
• February 8
  Classes:  Pre-4 & Confirmation @ 6:30
  Edge @ 7:30
• February 12           
  Life Teen Mass @ the Cathedral @ 6:00 pm
• February 15           
  Classes:  Pre-4 & Confirmation @ 6:30
  Edge @ 7:30
• February 19
  9:30 am Youth Mass
• February 22
  Ash Wednesday Mass @ 7:30 pm
• February 26
  Life Teen Mass @ the Cathedral @ 6:00 pm
• February 29
  Classes: Pre-4 & Confirmation @ 6:30
  Edge @ 7:30

 † ADORATION  †

 Tuesday, January 24,  9:00 am to 9:30 pm

6:00 pm Mass

“Can you not spend but one hour with me?

†  Liturgical Ministers for Daily Mass  †

• 6:00 pm, Tuesday, January 24
  Lector:  J. Ranstrom;  Eucharistic Minister: J. Ranstrom 
• 8:00 am, Wednesday, January 25
  Lector:  A. Drenckhahn;  Eucharistic Minister:  N. Plencner
• 6:00 pm, Tuesday, January 31
  Lector:  J. Ranstrom;  Eucharistic Minister: J. Ranstrom
• 8:00 am, Wednesday, February 1
  Lector:  J. Lamb;  Eucharistic Minister:  H. Myszkowski

 We want to thank Fred Nicholls for repairing and  making the Reconciliation Room kneeler sturdier and for putting a hand railing on it to help assist people.

 We also want to thank Donald & Denelle Narlock & family for donating the Emergency Defibrillator located on the south wall of the Social Hall.  Your generosity is greatly appreciated.

Healing Masses

1. 5:00 pm Mass Sts. Peter and Paul Church, Warren, Saturday, February 4, 2012 to honor St. Blaise.  There will not be Mass on Sunday, February 5th in Warren.
2. 5:30 pm Mass St. Mary’s Church, Euclid, Saturday, February 11, 2012.  There will not be Mass on Sunday, February 12th in Euclid.

Sunday Rosary  

Please sign up on the sign-up sheet in the entrance; individuals, couples, families or groups, for the Sunday of your choice to help lead the Rosary.  There are still many Sunday’s open for you to choose from. Thank you to those who have already lead the rosary and to those who have signed up.

†  ARISE Together in Christ   †

Meeting Christ-Living Christ on the occasion of the second synod of the Diocese of Crookston Highlight in 2012-Synod Section II Meeting Christ-Living Together as God’s Family: 

Vibrant Parishes

The Catechism of the Catholic Church describes the parish as a place where God’s people worship, where they learn and put into practice what they learn.  “It is the place where all the faithful can be gathered together for the Sunday celebration of the Eucharist.  The parish initiates the Christian people into the ordinary expression of the liturgical life: it gathers them together in this celebration; it teaches Christ’s saving doctrine; it practices the charity of the Lord in good works and brotherly love.”  The local parish is where most Catholics are fed and sustained in their faith life.  Next to our own homes, the parish is the place where we experience a community of faith.  In the parish, we join with others in the prayer life of the church, we are catechized and grow in our understanding of our faith, and we are strengthened to live life as disciples of Jesus.

Are you looking for a way to have a deeper relationship with Jesus?  Cursillo is a way to deepen your faith with others on a spirit filled weekend.  The Diocese of Crookston will be sponsoring a Men’s Cursillo on March 1st through March 4th.  The Women’s Cursillo will be March 15th through March 18th.  For more information contact Rose Williams at 219-252-5534 or 218-732-5533 or Kathy Symanietz at 218-732-8717.  Applications are also available in parish offices or online at www.Crookston.org/Cursillo.

from the Pastor's Desk..........

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

     “Come, let us worship God who holds the world and its wonders in his creating hand.”

     Lent is near (in February). Time flies fast. The Ash Wednesday Service will be on February 22, at 7:30 pm at Warren. It is a day of fast and abstinence.

     Thank you very much for your generous contributions during the Christmas season to our Church. The liturgical prayer is getting better and better since the new translation has been introduced. Please socialize after the Mass, you can meditate before the Mass starts.

     Please note that there will be a Blessing of the Throats and healing prayer to honor St. Blaise on  Saturday February  4, at 5 p.m, during the week-end Mass. There will be no Sunday Mass on the next day.      

     I am completing 24 years of my Ordination on February 7. Please pray for me.

            To make our parish a vibrant one, we ought to live and promote Evangelization as directed by the  Synod, prepared by the Diocese of Crookston. For that we have to  explore the possibilities of new activities to make our parish vibrant.    

     To promote leadership and bring out talents, there will be a Lenten Mission, by Mike McNeil, administrator of St. Gertrude Catholic Church, Forest City, MN on Saturday March 24th  at 5 pm followed by the week-end Mass. This is to observe the 50th Anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council when  Pope Benedict XVI will be announcing the Special Year of Faith beginning on October 11, 2012.

     A Marian Pilgrimage  will be on Sunday March, 25th. It will start with Adoration and Mass at St. Mary’s Church, Euclid at 8 am followed by the Rosary at Sts. Peter and Paul Church, Warren at 9:30 a.m, and ends with Mass and lunch at St. Joseph's Church, Oslo.

     It is good to attend all these three events so that you will be able to visit the three churches in our area, and interact with other parishioners. Car pooling will be available if you call the office or the Pastor. Please register your name so that we can arrange for lunch and refreshments. Free will offering  will be accepted.

     The Lenten Reconciliation in our parish will be on Tuesday  March 27 at 6:30 p.m (after the Mass) for adults and on the next day at 6:30 p.m for the children. Many priests will be helping us on those days. 

     We are looking for volunteers for church cleaning, RE co-ordination, janitors help, and Pastor's assistance, etc. to reduce the expenses, as well as to encourage volunteerism in our parish. If you are interested, please contact the office or me.

     Send us your E- mail address so that we can forward our news bulletin and other urgent communications. We encourage you to view the website (www.Stspeterandpaulchurch.org) and read the church bulletin.

My skiing is improving as like golfing. 

Happy Easter.

Yours in Christ

Fr. Emmanuel Sylvester

About our pastor.....

Fr. Emmanuel S. Sylvester has devoted his life to help people discover and develop their own unique qualities of greatness. He has served among the tribals in West Bengal, India, as Headmaster in a Bengali medium high school. He holds a Masters in Social Work from Loyola College, Madras. He served as a chaplain for seven years for migrant Bengalis in Mumbai. He has written 29 books (in English, Tamil languages) on socially-relevant issues. He is presently pursuing higher studies while serving in our parish.