ST. PETER. Church of MENDOTA

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1 1405 Highway 13 PO Box Mendota MN Church of ST. PETER MENDOTA PASTOR: Fr. Steven Hoffman Deacon Tim Hennesey PASTORAL ASSOCIATE: Lisa Amos BUSINESS MANAGER: Mary Jubenville RELIGIOUS EDUCATION/FAITH FORMATION: Kathy Raible, Director Elizabeth McCanna, Youth Coordinator Beth Halbert, Sunday School Coordinator Religious Education Information Line MUSIC and LITURGY: David Dunst, Director COMMUNITY LIFE COORDINATOR: Anne O Keefe OFFICE STAFF: Rita Holien, Bulletin-Website Coordinator Carolyn Rynders, Parish Assistant MAINTENANCE: Tom Deshler John Raible Parish Office: Office Hours:... 8 am-4 pm Monday through Friday Fax: church@stpetersmendota.org March 13, 2016 Fifth Sunday of Lent OUR VISION We envision St. Peter s to be a dynamic and growing parish through our: expressions of faith and worship, service to one another and the broader community, welcoming new members, compassion and ministry in pastoral care, and stewardship of God s gifts and blessings. OUR MISSION The Church of St. Peter, the first Catholic parish in Minnesota, serves as a cornerstone of faith and heritage, where we welcome all to celebrate and live as the Body of Christ. We embrace our commitment to continue this founding legacy, care for future generations, and advance the Kingdom of God. Parish School: Faithful Shepherd , Columbia Drive Eagan, MN SUNDAY MASSES (all in the Main Church) Saturday 5 pm Sunday 9 am and 11 am WEEKDAY MASSES (all in the Historic Church) 9 am Monday-Friday HOLY DAYS As announced. SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Fridays, 8 to 8:45 am and Saturdays 3:30 to 4:45 pm and also any time by appointment. BAPTISMS, NEW PARISHIONERS, WEDDINGS Call the parish office for more information. PRAYER CHAIN REQUESTS Mary LeClair... maryleclair62@gmail.com or call the parish office at VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT

2 Church of St. Peter Page 2 Reflections from our Music Director Thus far in Lent, we have been exploring the human experience of sin. Deacon Tim and I have set forth some thoughts on guilt and conscience. Fr. Steven, in last Sunday s homily, addressed forgiveness in ways that more adequately reflect the overwhelming love of God and the centrality of relationship with the Father through Christ, rather than a more traditional approach that dwells on fear and negative motivators. While understanding what hangs in the balance as we make our myriad decisions is a great deterrent, it is not an invitation into the enveloping, intimate love God longs to share with us. I hope this distinction is clear, as I think we can benefit from shedding some of the approach of previous centuries of religious formation. Faith in God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit is profoundly good news, not a bunch of behaviors to avoid or a set of prohibitions. Rather, his truths lend meaning to the human experience. When God reveals himself to your heart, you would rather change your ways than offend the love you have found in him. Another element to the experience of sin we must discuss, and it goes by a name that is somewhat misleading in the modern understanding, is shame. This too must be subjected to the lens of love to which Fr. Steven so often refers. The current predominant understanding of shame is highly destructive, but far older Christian understandings lent a much more fruitful meaning to the experience of shame, even to a degree so great as to refer to shame as a virtue. A couple of weeks ago, Deacon Tim gave a concise, helpful description of how modern people understand and experience shame. He said, Shame is the belief that there is something wrong with us because of what we have done shame distorts our view of the mercy of God, making us feel unworthy and unlovable. He continued to elaborate the all-or-nothing mindset that accompanies this assessment. Modern culture has formed in us the view that our worth is intimately tied to our actions. This is what leads to so much defensiveness, and in response, the cries for tolerance these days in mainstream society. This understanding of shame leads to a kind of embarrassment, not at what I have done, but at merely being who I am or have become through my actions. This is a tremendously negative and destructive point of view to adopt because it is finalistic (we cannot improve), and by extension fatalistic (why continue?). Based on these viewpoints, shame itself ought to be fully rejected, but in our tradition it is not. What good could come of something so powerfully negative? The problem here is that the point of origin is philosophically faulty. Shame has nothing to do with the worth of a person. We very simply do not have the power to impact our worth one whit, either positively or negatively. Sins and failings do nothing to diminish our value in the sight of God. neither death, nor life will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus the Lord. (Romans 8:38-39) Our worth lies in the fact that God, the Creator of everything that is, ordained that we should be. Our origin is God, by whose infinite virtue we possess immeasurable worth. A far older and traditional Christian view of shame centers on our ability to recognize our flaws. One who is not able to feel shame cannot recognize his or her shortcomings. Likewise, being ashamed is not a condemnation, but the capacity for modesty and the willingness to take on authentic humility, a right reckoning of our need for God s mercy, grace and forgiveness. Our wounds and flaws themselves have value, therefore, and are indispensable because those wounds are the very places the ointment of mercy comes to us. It is in our gravest wounds that the Lord comes into contact most truly with our inmost being. In our weakness is the very way we experience God s strength. What, then, could be more virtuous? Few things in this life can profit us more than a right knowledge of our need for God. While clinging to shame as the world defines it is most unhealthy, shame as the experience of our own brokenness is the very door to a redeeming, healing, loving and saving relationship with God, in Jesus the Christ. David M. Dunst Director of Music 18 th Annual Living Stations of the Cross Enrich your Lenten journey as the Servants of the Cross group re-enacts three performances of The Passion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday, March 25, at: Church of St. Peter 2600 N. Margaret St; North St. Paul at 12 p.m. St. Jude of the Lake 700 Mahtomedi Ave. in Mahtomedi at 3 p.m. Church of the Blessed Sacrament 2119 Stillwater Ave. E. in St. Paul. at 7 p.m. F o r m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n v i s i t

3 Church of St. Peter Page 3 Religious Education/ Faith Formation (RE/FF) Sunday School and LWC There will be no Sunday School classes or Liturgy of the Word for Children on March 20 or March 27, due to spring break and Easter Sunday. If you have any questions, please contact Kathy Raible at kraible@stpetersmendota.org or To Uganda with Love Kid s Change for Kids-To Uganda with Love During Lent, we are asked to give alms. To encourage our youth and children to follow this Lenten practice, St. Peter s is sponsoring a child in Uganda. Please have children and youth bring in money that they have earned to help support this child. They may bring the money to their religion class and put it in the can located on their teacher s desk. All proceeds go to support the child we sponsor in Uganda. We will continue to collect money through Lent. Random Acts of Kindness Random Acts of Kindness Cross The Random Acts of Kindness Cross is in the Gathering Space by the elevator. Each time you perform a random act of kindness an act you perform because of a desire to connect, to lend a helping hand and/or to extend yourself out into the world please put a tissue paper flower into the cross. By Easter we will have a blooming cross of kindness! Youth Group No Longer Collecting Cans Workcamp Can Trailer Update Due to the decrease in aluminum prices, the money raised from the can trailer has been in decline for the past few years. Because of this, the can trailer has been retired, and we will no longer be accepting cans for recycling at St. Peter s. Please do not leave cans where the trailer used to be. Thank you for your support of the trailer throughout the years and for your continued support of Workcamp! If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Elizabeth McCanna at emccanna@stpetersmendota.org. Pastoral Ministry Neighbors, Inc. For more than three decades, the Minnesota FoodShare March Campaign has been making a HUGE difference in relieving hunger throughout the state. This grassroots campaign is the ONLY ONE of its kind in the entire nation, and it is right here in Minnesota. This is a wonderful resource for all Minnesota food shelves. Neighbors, Inc. is grateful for ALL donations and appreciates how carefully people have shopped for items most needed throughout the year. March is an important month for donations because Neighbors, Inc. receives extra dollars from Minnesota FoodShare for food and money collected. Special grocery bags will be distributed for you to take home after Mass today. Please consider filling a bag with your donations and returning it to St. Peter s by April 3. Monetary donations are also encouraged. Each dollar donated is the equivalent to one pound of food. You may place your monetary donations in the collection basket at Mass. Please address the envelopes to Neighbors, Inc. Poverty calls us to sow hope... Poverty is the flesh of the poor Jesus, in that child who is hungry, in the one who is sick, Journey to Wholeness in those unjust social structures -Pope Francis Year of Mercy God s Journey With Us: Retreat with Fr. Tony Kilroy Fr. Tony Kilroy, OP, will be using themes from scripture for a retreat from April 29 to May 1, at the Villa Maria Center, County 2 Blvd, Frontenac, 11 miles south of Red Wing. This is a spirit led weekend of preaching, healing prayer, quiet and celebration. All are welcome. For more information, please call Jean MacFarland or Bill Keatts at Be Among the First We Tell We don t know who. We don t when. But we do know who we ll tell first you! Follow The Catholic Spirit for the best coverage when our new archbishop is named. Go to and sign up to choose how you want to hear the news.

4 Fifth Sunday of Lent Page 4 St. Peter s Community News Stations of the Cross Stations of the Cross and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament with Benediction Easter Flowers Friday, March 18 7 p.m. in the Main Church We are now accepting donations for Easter flowers in memory or in honor of a loved one. If you would like to make a donation, please pick up an envelope from the information counter, or in the parish office, and return it through the Sunday collections or to the parish office by Monday, March 14. All names will be listed in our Easter bulletin. Catholic Services Appeal Thank you to everyone who has already contributed to the Catholic Services Appeal. We have currently risen just short of $27,000 of our goal of $42,927. That means we are 63% of the way there! If you have not yet turned in your pledge card, please do so through collections or mail to the parish office. Remember that once we reach our goal, we will receive 25% back to the parish! Additional forms are available in the parish office. Easter Egg Hunt Knights of Columbus Annual Easter Egg Hunt Please join us on Saturday, March 26, 10 to 11 a.m., for the Knights of Columbus annual Easter egg hunt. Your children will learn about the symbolism of the Easter egg. Please join us for this family friendly event for children ages 10 and under. Bring your own baskets or bags to collect the eggs. Family and friends are welcome! Welcome New Parishioners! The Church of St. Peter would like to extend a warm welcome to our newly registered parishioners. Linda Becker Evans Chip Connelly Thomas Curtis Angela Kurian and Jeryl Mathew Ashley Nathe and Samuel Sargent and Family David and Hilda O Hanley We are excited to have you join our faith community! Men s Club Meeting The Men's Club will be holding a meeting and information session for new members on Thursday, March 17, from 6:30 to 8 p.m.. Please join us in Heritage Center for fellowship and enjoy some corn beef and cabbage. Please RSVP to John Vogel at Watch Your Valuables Please remember to lock your car doors and keep all valuables out of view while you are parked in our lots. The parking lots may be susceptible during Mass and other events. Hearing and Vision Aids Hearing and Vision Aids Available for Mass If you find it hard to hear at Mass, or your ability to participate is inhibited by difficulty reading the hymnal or worship aids, we can help with that. Please see one of our friendly ushers and let them know of your need. We have hearing devices and magnifiers available for you to use while you are here. Thank you.

5 Church of St. Peter Page 5 The Week of March 14 Monday, March 14 6 pm St Paul Civic Symphony, Heritage Center 6 pm Cub Scout Pack Meeting, Classroom 2, 4 7 pm Boy Scout Meeting, Ravoux Room Tuesday, March 15 9:30 am Adoration Before Blessed Sacrament until 7 pm, Historic Church 9:45 am Women s Bible Study, Ravoux Room 10:30 am Mobile Meals, Off campus 7 pm Finance Council Meeting, Conference Room 3 Wednesday, March 16 9:45 am Divine Mercy Cenacle, Ravoux Room 4:30 pm REFF Grades 1-5, Classrooms 6:30 pm REFF Grades 1-8, Classrooms 6:30 pm Choir Rehearsal, Music Room Thursday, March 17 9:30 am Small Faith Group, Ravoux Room 6:30 pm ACCL Meeting, Conference Room 1 6:30 pm Men s Club Meeting, Heritage Center 7 pm Alcoholics Anonymous, Room 5 Friday, March 18 8 am Confessions, Main Church 7 pm Stations of the Cross with Benediction, Main Church Saturday, March 19 7:30 am Boy Scout Training, Ravoux Room 9 and 10:30 am Alcoholics Anonymous, Rooms 2, 4 10 am Scripture Study, Community Room 3:30 pm Confessions, Main Church 4:30 pm Choir Rehearsal, Music Room 5 pm Mass, Main Church Sunday, March 20 Palm Sunday of the Lord s Passion 8:30 am and 10:30 am Choir Rehearsal, Music Room 9 am Mass, Main Church 10 am Fully Engaged Mentoring, Conference Room 1 11 am Mass, Main Church Parish Pastoral Council Lance Miller, Chair Joseph Towle, Vice-Chair Paul Hirsch, Secretary Mary Pat Ferraro Anne Hallgren Sarah Larsen Maria Schwartz Alice Sheeler Nancy Stanton Parish Pastoral Council Voice Mailbox: Parish Pastoral Council ParishPastoralCouncil@stpetersmendota.org Trustees: Jim Oricchio Helen Wilkie Readings for the Week of March 13 Sunday: Is 43:16-21/Ps 126:1-6/Phil 3:8-14/Jn 8:1-11 Monday: Dn 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, or 13:41c -62/Ps 23:1-6/Jn 8:12-20 Tuesday: Nm 21:4-9/Ps 102:2-3, 16-21/Jn 8:21-30 Wednesday: Dn 3:14-20, 91-92, 95/Dn 3:52-56/Jn 8:31-42 Thursday: Gn 17:3-9/Ps 105:4-9/Jn 8:51-59 Friday: Jer 20:10-13/Ps 18:2-7/Jn 10:31-42 Saturday: 2 Sm 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16/Ps 89:2-5, 27, 29/Rom 4:13, 16-18, 22/Mt 1:16, 18-21, 24a or Lk 2:41-51a Next Sunday: Lk 19:28-40/Is 50:4-7/Ps 22:8-9, 17-20, 23-24/Phil 2:6-11/Lk 22:14--23:56 or 23:1-49 Liturgical Publications Inc Mass Intentions The following are the intentions remembered by the priest at Mass: Monday, March 14 Kim Whebbe Tuesday, March 15 - Carl Dumond Wednesday, March 16 Helen Hughes Thursday, March 17 - Tom Thill Friday, March 18 - George Zirnhelt Saturday, March 19 - Mass For The People Sunday, March 20-9 a.m. - Rita Maczko 11a.m. - Ruth Weiss

6 Fifth Sunday of Lent Page 6 FAITHFUL SHEPHERD CATHOLIC SCHOOL AND TRI-PARISH CENTER St. John Neumann, St. Peter, St. Thomas Becket 3355 Columbia Drive, Eagan, MN , St. Paul Seminary Presents: Moonshine Abbey The monks at Saint Hippolytus Abbey have been distilling their elixir of happiness since they settled in America hundreds of years ago. But with the onset of Prohibition, the civil authorities will stop at nothing to purify the country from the evils of alcohol. What will this band of brothers do to maintain their pious way of life? The show runs Friday, April 22 through Sunday, April 24 at the University of St. Thomas BEC Auditorium. Tickets are required, but are FREE at OR join us for the Sunday afternoon show. Pastoral ministry has a limited number of tickets available for those who would like to board a bus at St. Peter s at 1:15 p.m. for the 2 p.m. show. Buses will depart UST immediately following the play. Tickets are free, but free will donations will be accepted to help cover the cost of the bus. To reserve your spot on the bus, contact Lisa Amos at or lamos@stpetersmendota.org. Good Friday Pontifical Collection Collection For Christians in the Holy Land Pope Francis has asked that parishes around the world support Christians in the Holy Land through the Good Friday Collection on March 25. Through this collection, you join with Catholics everywhere to help sustain Christianity in this troubled and challenging area of the world. Your support means that the Church is able to conduct parish ministries, provide Catholic education, feed the hungry, build housing, operate refugee centers and maintain shrines in the Holy Land. Please give generously on Good Friday and be an instrument of peace in the Holy Land. Cursillo Corner All are welcome to attend the final South East Metro Ultreya meeting on Sunday, March 27, at 7 p.m. in Shamrock Hall at the Church of St. Patrick, nd Street East in Inver Grove Heights. Mark your calendars. For more information about all Cursillo events and weekend retreats, see or contact janemarie.rief@gmail.com or call Honor Guard For Religious Liberty 12 Hours to Watch and Pray with the Lord The Little Sisters of the Poor in St. Paul extend an invitation to join them in praying on Tuesday, March 15, for their lawsuit which will be heard by the Supreme Court on March 23, in Washington. The oral arguments include seven religious groups representing hundreds of other religious organizations seeking to protect freedom of conscience and religious liberty which is being threatened by the government s contraceptive mandate. The day includes Eucharistic Adoration with devotions from 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. in their chapel at 330 Exchange Street South in St. Paul. Mass is at 4:30 p.m. For more information, please call Sr. Maria Francis at World Marriage Encounter Ministry An afternoon with your spouse! Today, Sunday, March 13 from 2 to 5 p.m. Jen Messing will speak on the Theology of the Body: Masculinity, Femininity and living them in our vocation of marriage. It takes place at the Church of St. Joseph, 1154 Seminole Avenue in West St. Paul. The fee is $10 per couple. Walk ins are welcome!

7 Fifth Sunday of Lent Page 7 Cardinal Burke to Speak at Divine Mercy Conference Divine Mercy Conference at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe The Queen of the Americas Guild, along with the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse, Wisconsin, is pleased to announce a two day conference at the Shrine on July 29 and 30. The theme of this year s conference is "Divine Mercy and the Freedom of Religion, a topic that is on the forefront of debate in today's society. Highlights of the conference will include Mass and dinner with keynote speaker, His Eminence Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke, Cardinal Patron of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta and founder of the Shrine. Others on the panel of presenters will include Fr. Seraphim Michalenko, MIC, former Rector of the National Shrine of the Divine Mercy, Rev. David Pignato of St. John s Seminary in Boston, and Grammy nominated Catholic singer/ songwriter, Marty Rotella. The conference will be an excellent opportunity to enhance your faith and learn more about Divine Mercy, the miracle of Our Lady of Guadalupe and the Shrine in La Crosse. In addition to informational speakers, the schedule will include Mass each day, group rosary prayer, and time for personal reflection. A hotel and conference package will be offered. Space will be limited and area hotel rooms will be in short supply. Make your reservations now! For further information, call the Queen of the Americas Guild at o r r e g i s t e r o n l i n e a t Natural Family Planning Classes The Couple to Couple League will be offering a series of classes for engaged and married couples on the Sympto- Thermal Method of Natural Family Planning at the Church of St. Agnes, 548 Lafond Avenue, St. Paul. This series uses CCL s new streamlined methodology and new materials incorporating Pope John Paul II s Theology of the Body. Classes begin Tuesday, March 15, at 7:30 p.m. Register at For more information, please call or twincities.ccli.org@gmail.com. Men s Discernment Retreat Have you thought about becoming a priest? Jesus Christ, High Priest forever, still calls men to share in His priesthood. Have you heard a call to the priesthood? Would you like to learn more about it? This retreat takes place at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, 2739 Stinson Blvd. in Minneapolis, on Saturday, March 19 and April, 9, 16 and 23, from 8 to 11 a.m. No registration or fee is required and it includes Mass, refreshments and discussion led by Fr. David Blume, Director of Vocations. Visit or call the Office of Vocations at for more information. Jubilee Year of Mercy Pope Francis asks us to live this Year in the light of the Lord s words: Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. (cf. Lk 6:36) Participate throughout the year by making a pilgrimage to a Holy Door at the Cathedral of St. Paul or Basilica of Saint Mary, regularly receiving the sacrament of Reconciliation, performing corporal and spiritual works of mercy, and participating in the #MercyWorks video challenge. Find additional ways to pray, learn and act at Women s Discernment Retreat Have you thought about entering into the consecrated life? Join us for a retreat day focused to provide a deeper understanding of consecrated life. Women, ages 18 to 30 are invited. Please join us on Saturday, April 2, from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Nativity of Mary Catholic Church, 9900 Lyndale Avenue South, Bloomington. Registration is required. Lunch will be provided. Cost is a free will donation. To register, please contact the Office of Vocations by March 25 at or patty.mcquillan@stthomas.edu.

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