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 Janice Wuebkers, Business Manager Office hours: Wed. 10 to 3 p.m. businessmanager@tworiverscatholic.com Jessie Johnson, Secretary secretary@tworiverscatholic.com Confession Times: By appointment only

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 the Central Office to

schedule Baptism.

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 Holdingford, St. Anna, and St. Wendel

All Saints, Holdingford Immaculate Conception, St. Anna

St. Columbkille, St. Wendel The Fourth Sunday of Easter

April 25, 2021

All Saints Aubrey Becker (Pete and Christy)

Gavin Ebnet (Jason and Tracy ) Sara Fedor (David and Amanda)

Makenna Fowler (Jacob and Carla) Alayna Gustafson (Jeffrey and Christina)

Aleya Marstein (Jacob and Jennifer) Chase Opatz (Joey and Judy) Cora Stock (Adam and Anita)

Audra Stoermann (Steve and Terri) Faith Swanson (Trevor and Joy)

Payton Thompson (Lonnie and Amanda) Gavin Tonn (Jason and Connie) Tyler Tschida (Aaron and Kelly)

Victoria Wells (Dave and Jessica)

Immaculate Conception Anthony Mergen (Aaron and Kim)

Mark Dobis (Paul and Becky) Wyatt Ritter (Cody and Amber)

St. Columbkillle Joseph Hartung ( John and Melissa)

Keagan Skroch (Dan and Shari) Savannah Sand (Travis and Kristin)

First Communion 2021

“Give thanks

to the Lord,

for he is good,

for his mercy

endures forever.” Psalm 118:1

This is one of he 10 secret prayers prayed quietly by the priest. This one is one of two choices right after the Lamb of God but before the Priest says “ Behold the Lamb of God....” before communion. Then the Priest, with hands joined, says quietly: Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, Who, by the will of the Father and the work of the Holy Spirit, through your Death gave life to the world, free me by this, your most holy Body and Blood, from all my Sins and from every evil: Keep me always faithful to your commandments, and never let me be parted from you.

Teckla Scegura, Dave Scegura, Lee Larkey, Arnold Voss, Residents and Staff at Mother of Mercy, Al Hartung, Theresa Johannes,

Fr. Gregory, Shelley Ostendorf, Leon Opatz, Jerome Young, David Fischer, Idella Moore, Tom Studniski,

Loren Philippi, LeRoy Johannes, Ardith Mosier, Mickey Jeffers, Carol Kuklok, Ron Stanoch, Casey Tschida, Don Breth,

Art Harlander Sr., LeRoy Hartung, Bonnie Woitalla

Eucharistic

Adoration Cluster Adoration Every Monday and after weekday Masses 12 noon to 8 p.m All Saints – St. Mary’s

Remember in prayer all who are in need of the Lord’s healing and strength especially:

The Healing Power of God

Please call the Central Office if you would like to be added or removed from the Prayer List. Let us know if you’d like a visit from Fr. Gregory for prayers, sacraments or if you having a surgery or procedure done soon.

Evangelization Corner ~Kristin Molitor

Prayer Lines — All Saints: Ramona Fedor 746-2395 Kathleen Ebnet 746-2227 Immaculate Conception: Shirley Schwalbe 356-7209 Christine Maleska 356-7246 St Columbkille: Esther Struzyk 251-4984 Susan Opatz 363-8160

Happy Easter! The 50 days of Easter lasts until Pentecost!

It’s the time when we are meant to experience what it means when we say Christ is risen. It’s

the season when we hear and ponder the begin-nings of our Church, the gifts of the Spirit, and

the meaning and mission of discipleship, on what joining in the Eucharist commits us to be and do.

~Dan Connors-catholicdigest.com

Job Postings call Fr. Gregory if interested Secretary/Receptionist for Holdingford Office 20 hours per week. Youth Minister 10 hours per week Thank you to Shelley Vouk for her ministry

“I am the Good Shepherd ...; I know my sheep and my sheep know me.”

Dear Friends,

Today's Gospel invites us to let ourselves be known by Jesus the Good Shepherd. Let's open our hearts with trust to the one who laid down His life for us. Jesus: When I created you, I built two needs into your soul: the need to love and the need to be loved. If you don’t learn to love, you will never flourish, and if you don’t discover that you are loved, you will never learn to love. Love is always a two-way street -- an exchange, an embrace. It’s much harder for you to let yourself be loved than it is to love, because to be loved, you have to let yourself be known. You cannot be loved fully by someone who doesn’t know you fully. This is why every earthly love is precarious; you never know if the person who loves you will continue to do so when they know you better.

I know you through and through, completely even better than you know yourself. I know all the things you keep hidden from others, all the things about you that you barely understand your-self. I know you so thoroughly because I gave you life, I brought you into existence, and I have been holding you and sustaining you every instant of your life. I know you uniquely and totally, so I can love you as no one else can. You never have to worry about my love waning, because I have already shown you, while you were a still a sinner, still a rebel, that my love endures to the end, even to death on a cross. You have nothing left to fear. Nothing is hidden from me, and yet I still love you without an ounce of ambiguity or reluctance. I know you, and now you know me. I love you, so come now and love me…

(This meditation is taken from “The Better Part: A Christ-Centered Resource for Personal Prayer” by Fr. John Bartunek)

Congratulations! Kaitlyn Hellmann &Joshua Villa

April 17, 2021 All Saints-St. Mary’s

May Eternal Rest

Be Granted to

Norma Streit

Funeral at 4 p.m.

Friday, April 23, 2021

Immaculate Conception

Mass Intentions can be requested by filling out a Mass Intention Form and mailing it along with $10 to the Central Office or dropping it into the collection basket. Thank you!

Weekly Readings

Monday Acts 11:1-18/Jn 10:1-10 Tuesday Acts 11:19-26/Jn 10:22-30 Wednesday Acts 12:24-13:5a/Jn

12:44-50 Thursday Acts 13:13-25/Jn 13:16-20 Friday Acts 13:26-33/Jn 14:1-6 Saturday Acts 13:44-52/Jn 14:7-14

or, for the Memorial, Gn 1:26-2:3/ or Col 3:14-15, 17, 23-24/

Mt 13:5-58 Sunday Acts 9:26-31/1 Jn 3:18-24/ Jn 15:1-8

Weekly Offering

Knights of Columbus

Thank you for your generosity! “For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be.” ~Luke 12:34

News & Events

Financial Contributions Parish income April 18, 2021 AS $ 4,145.00 IC $ 9,195.00 SC $ 1,700.00

Pregnancy Resource Center is excited to announce our Walk for Life 2021. The Walk for Life is Saturday, May 1st at Community Park in Waite Park. Check in and staggered walker starts will begin at 9:00am. There will be music, food, and a chance to connect with PRC friends! Help Pregnancy Resource Center continue to thrive by fund-raising, securing your pledges, and walking at the annual Walk for Life, Saturday, May 1st! Pre-registration is required due to Stay Safe MN Guidelines. Register and fundraise at www.PregHelpFriends.com.

Engaged Couples Retreat For couples who are planning to be married this year. See our website for more details or call with questions, 320-252-4721. http://stclouddiocese.com/engaged-couple-marriage-preparation/.

The Saint Isidore Council Knights of Columbus is again doing their annual Feed the Families Food Drive for the local Food Shelf. The Food Drive is underway and is continuing through the May 1st-2nd Weekend Masses at All Saints-St. Mary’s, Holdingford, Immaculate Conception, St. Anna and St. Columbkille, St. Wendel. Please bring your non-perishable food & personal care items and place in the boxes in the back of the churches or envelopes with cash donation marked for the K of C Food Drive can be place in the collection. Pop Tab Collection Drop off your pop tabs in the boxes placed outside the churches (weather permitting) at St. Columbkille, All Saints-St. Mary’s and Immaculate Conception on Saturday, May 1st from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at Masses that weekend. This is a very easy way for you to make a difference for families dealing with a child’s illness as they are able to have a place to stay during their child’s hospitalization. For questions please contact Mike Peters 746-2377 or Grand Knight, Jamie Panek 290-7752. Thank you for your support!

St. Francis Catholic United Financial is sponsoring our annual Matching Grant Breakfast on Sunday, May 2nd serving from 9am to 12:30pm. Menu consists of Sausage from Paul and Kathy’s Supermarket of Upsala, Pancakes, scrambled eggs, hash browns and sweet rolls from Albany Home Bakery. A free will offering is being taken. Because of covid restrictions this year we will only be doing take outs. St. Francis is located 15 miles north of Albany on State Highway 238."

Sacred Relics -Father Carlos Martins of the Companions of the Cross will be here with an extraordinary Vatican collection of over 150 relics, some as old as 2000 years. Among the treasures will be relics of Sts. Peter and Paul, St. Joseph, St. Maria Goretti, St. Therese of Lisieux, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Anthony of Padua, St. Thomas Aquinas, and St. Faustina Kowalska. There will also be a portion of the Veil of Our Lady and one of the largest remaining pieces of the True Cross in the world. Throughout history, many healings have been worked in the presence of relics. You are encouraged to bring your articles of devotion and pictures of ill friends/family members, that you can touch to the reliquaries as a means of intercession.

May 5th at 6:30 p.m. Assumption Parish, Eden Valley

May 6th at 6:30 p.m. Sts. Peter & Paul, Gilman

https://treasuresofthechurch.com/

Gracious God and Father, We praise You for Your goodness and love. We ask You to stir the hearts of all those You call to the priesthood, diaconate, and consecrated life in the Diocese of Saint Cloud. Send Your Holy Spirit upon our families and our children. Choose from our parishes, our homes and our schools those called to this adventure of love. With Mary, Mother of every vocation, we ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

April 25th is the World Day

of Prayer for Vocations.

Parish News & Events St. Columbkille Ministry Schedules are in the back of church.

All Saints Thank you Rita Solarz for her years of ministry with the All Saints-St. Hedwig’s Cemetery Records. Bob and Rita Jarnot will now hold the records.

Immaculate Conception Our Parish bazaar is delayed until next year. A quilt, cash and gun raffle is planned for Sunday, June 27, 2021. **Gun Raffle – Contact Mary Traut at 249-9749 or Tina VanHeel at 845-4950 to purchase tickets Inviting all ladies who are not members of the Christian Mothers to join the organization that has the Sorrowful Mother as its patron. Enrollment will be on Sunday, May 16th at Mass. Please call Bernie Larkey phone 345-0755 or Betty Hartung 356-7419 with any ques-tions or to notify if wishing to join, so supplies will be available. Next Christian Mothers meeting will be on Monday, May 17, at 7:00 p.m.

All Cluster Women’s Group Our Women’s Group will begin our next book “The Present Paradise: A Spiritual Journey with St. Elizabeth of the Trinity: on May 3rd. Contact Kristin by April 26th if you would like a copy of the book. Books are $10 each and scholarships are available. Women’s Group meets on the first and third Mondays of the month and we have morning and evening meeting options. Upcoming Women’s Group meetings: May 3rd and 17th 10:30 a.m. at All Saints-St Mary’s Basement in Holdingford. 7:00 p.m. at Immaculate Conception Faith Formation Building in St. Anna (outdoors if weather permits). Our Deep Dive Discernment of Spirits group will meet on Monday, Aprirl 26th at 7:00 p.m. via Zoom and Tuesday, April 27th at 10:30 a.m. at All Saints-St. Mary’s basement. Well-Read Mom Our next meeting is on May 25th from 4-5:30 p.m. We will gather behind the church in St. Anna. Call Susan at 224-6052 for questions or to join. Rural Catholic Singles Group Join in for prayer, topical information and discussions for single people who are discerning their vocation and looking for social connections in the process. Our next meeting will be May 8th from 8-9:30 p.m. at All Saints-St. Mary’s. Contact Janel Heinen 290-2877 to find out more information about this newly formed group meeting for fun and faith! Musicians Thank you for your beautiful voices that delighted us this Easter Season! We appreciate all the practicing and preparing you do to help make our Celebration of the Eucharist so rich! Wild Ramps –if anyone wants to learn to pick Wild Ramps, known as leaks or wild garlic flavored onion, please contact Fr. Gregory. They are only out for about a month.

The Sleeping St. Joseph

“The vulnerability of St. Joseph asleep

disarms our hesitation in approaching him.

We know to be restful, we must

be trusting. In times of anxiety

and lack of trust, sleep often eludes.

One finds consolation in gazing on St. Joseph asleep, knowing we, too, can

leave our cares to God.”

~Roxanne B. Salonen catholicvineyard.com

Prayer to St. Joseph

O Saint Joseph, you are a man greatly favored by the Most High.

The angel of the Lord appeared to you in dreams, while you slept, to warn you and guide you as you cared for the Holy Family. You

were both silent and strong, a loyal and courageous protector.

Dear Saint Joseph, as you rest in the Lord, confident of His

absolute power and goodness, look upon me. Please take my need

(mention your request) into your heart, dream of it, and present it to

your Son. Help me then, good Saint Joseph, to hear the voice of God, to arise, and act with love. I praise and thank God with joy.

Saint Joseph, I love you. Amen.

All Cluster Continued Faith Community Night Out Potluck, Prayer, games, fellowship & Activi-ties for all ages! May 8, 2021 starting at 5 p.m. We’ll start eating at 6:30 p.m.

Vouk Family Residence *Bring lawn chairs! 19908 Redwood Ridge Road, Albany MN 56307 Questions– Shelley (320) 248-2860

Thank you to our Faith Formation Directors and First Communion Teachers All Saints: Katrina Kolles and Lisa Welle Immaculate Conception: Jeff Johnson, Kim Roth-Konig St. Columbkille: Jenny Revermann We appreciate your willingness to share your Catholic Faith with all our youth.

Retreat Give-away Sign up for a retreat to Pacem in Terris! Boxes are in the back of church to sign up with your name, phone and address.

Mass Schedule Mon. April 26

8:00 a.m. St. Columbkille with Adoration Jerry Huls

Tues. April 27

7:00 p.m. Immaculate Conception Ed Springer Sr.

Wed. April 28

Saint Peter Chanel, Priest and Martyr; Saint Louis Grignion de Montfort, Priest 8:00 a.m. All Saints-St. Mary’s with Adoration For the Poor Souls in Purgatory

Thurs. April 29

Saint Catherine of Siena, Virgin and Doctor of the Church 8:00 a.m. Immaculate Conception with Adoration Alois Panek

Fri. April 30

Saint Pius V, Pope No Mass

Sat. May 1

Saint Joseph the Worker First Saturday 5:00 p.m. St. Columbkille Irene Luethmers

Sun. May 2

Fifth Sunday of Easter

8:00 a.m. All Saints-St. Mary’s For the People 10:00 a.m. Immaculate Conception Living and deceased members of the Prososki and Mohs Families

Graduation Mass for the cluster

will be on Tuesday, May 25th

Youth Praise and Worship Adoration

May 3rd, 7:00-8:00 p.m. All Saints-St. Mary’s

Family Faith Formation & GIFFT (Generations In Family Faith Together)

Congratulations to all our youth from Upsala, St. Francis, St. Edward, Sobieski, Flensburg and Randall who were Confirmed on April 20th at St. Mary’s in Upsala with Bishop Donald Kettler. Please keep them in your prayers.

Consecration to St. Joseph for those who have prepared these past 33 days will be at Masses this weekend.

Youth! Are you interested in Summer Retreats? Youth Meeting will be this Sunday, April 25th at

All Saints-St. Mary’s basement at 7:00 p.m. For questions contact Shelley 248-2860

Fr. Gregory, Fr. Helmin, Bishop Donald Kettler, Fr. Jimmy and Fr. David

Church Name and Address: The Catholic Communities of Bowlus, Holdingford and St. Anna 311 River Street, P.O. Box 308 Holdingford, MN 56310 Bulletin Number: 392949 Phone: (320) 228-0105 Contact person: Jessie Johnson Email: secretary@tworiverscatholic.com Transmission time: Wednesdays at 11:00 Sunday Date of Publication: April 25, 2021 Number of pages sent: 5 plus this sheet Special instructions: Please send our usual 650 bulletins. Thank you and blessings for a good day!