St. Ann-Waubun
Parish Office: 1112 3rd St Waubun, MN 56589
Phone: 218-473-2101
Parish Office: 1112 3rd St Waubun, MN 56589
Phone: 218-473-2101
Weekly Bulletin
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St. Ann's Church, Waubun MN
Parish StaffPastoral Staff: Fr. John Cox, OMI, Pastor Secretary/Bookkeeper: Janet Lhotka Tekakwitha Director Janet Lhotka Tekakwitha Bookkeeper: Mindy Lunde Office Hours are Wed & Frid 10AM-5PM or by appointment Office Phone: 218-473-2101 Email: 1112sta@arvig.net MASS TIMES: Limited seating to 35 Saturday 5:00PM Sunday 11:00AM Tuesday-Friday Private at this time--to be announced when restarted Rosary for Life: Our next Rosary for Life service will be on Monday, March 8th, at 3pm at St. Ann Church in Waubun. It will be live-streamed on Facebook so that you can participate at home. Pastor's Message: Dear Parish Members and Friends, In this Sunday’s Gospel we read: Then a cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud there came a voice, “This is my Son, the Beloved; listen to him!” - Mark 9:7 In the Transfiguration story, God speaks to Jesus’ apostles with words that are still directed to us today. God invited them to listen to one called the “Beloved.” Think of someone “beloved” in your life. Aren’t you more willing to listen to them, watch how they act, and try to live as they do? What words of Jesus from the Gospels are you invited to listen to or pay attention to this week? Remember that the goal of Lent is transformation. In Jesus, the Beloved, Fr. John |
Announcements:
Ashes to Easter 2021
We will begin the season of Lent on Wednesday and receive the sign of our repentance. During Lent we will pray to become more like Jesus.
Lent is a season of almsgiving.
Resolve this Lent to remember the needy. We think of fasting as giving something up. Think of almsgiving (or charity toward the poor) as giving something back.
Our parish will be participating in CRS Rice Bowl, Catholic Relief Services’ Lenten program, as a way to encounter Jesus through others, especially through the most vulnerable in our world. Rice Bowls are available now at our church entrances. Please be sure to take home a Rice Bowl and use this fun and easy resource to deepen your family’s Lenten experience and make a difference in the lives of the poor.
Lent is a season of prayer.
Resolve this Lent to pray more. Avoid telling yourself that there is no time for prayer. Be inventive. As you get ready for the day, in the shower, on your way to work, during lunch, on your way home, while preparing dinner – there are always a few moments for prayer, especially intercessory prayer for others.
Lent is a season of fasting.
Resolve this Lent to fast. Start your fasting with small things: no jam on your toast, no soft drink for lunch, no afternoon snack, no dessert with dinner. Fasting has been called “the prayer of the body.” When we consciously deny ourselves some small pleasure, we almost automatically become more attentive to things that really matter, like our relationship with God.
Stations of the Cross (Beginning February 19)
Fridays 3:00 PM St. Ann (W)
Tuesdays in Lent (Beginning February 23)
Around the Lenten Circle: Small Group Sessions with the Sunday Readings, 2:00pm, St. Ann Church Hall, Waubun, facilitated by Fr. John
March 14-15, Reconciliation Weekend
The sacrament will be celebrated prior to all the Masses in each parish.
March 27-28, Palm/Passion Sunday
Weekend Mass Schedule
Monday, March 29, 6:30 PM - Chrism Mass
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Crookston
April 1 - Holy Thursday
Mass of the Lord's Supper 7 PM, St. Ann (W)
Eucharistic Adoration until 9 PM
April 2 - Good Friday (Day of Fast and Abstinence)
12 Noon St. Frances (BEL)
3 PM St. Ann (W)
6 PM St. Anne (NTW)
April 3 - Vigil of Easter
7 PM St. Ann (W)
April 4 - Easter Sunday
7:30 AM St. Frances (BEL)
9 AM St. Anne (NTW)
11 AM St. Ann (W)
NOTE: On Fast Days, we limit ourselves to one full meal. Two other smaller meals are permitted as necessary to maintain strength according to one’s needs, but eating solid food between meals is not permitted. Growing children (newborn to age 18) and senior members (age 60+) are not obligated to fast out of consideration for their health. All Church members (age 14+) abstain from meat.
10 Things to Remember for Lent
1. Remember the formula. Prayer, Fasting, and Almsgiving are the three things we need to work on this season.
2. It’s time for prayer. Lent is essentially an act of prayer spread out over 40 days.
3. It’s a time to fast. With the fasts of Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, meatless Fridays, and our personal disciplines interspersed, Lent is the only time many Catholics these days actually fast.
4. It’s a time to work on discipline. Instead of giving something up, it can be doing some-thing positive.
5. It’s about dying to yourself. The more serious side of Lenten discipline is that it’s about more than self-control – it’s about finding aspects of yourself that are less than Christ-like and letting them die.
6. Don’t do too much. It’s tempting to make Lent some ambitious period of personal reinvention, but it’s best to keep it simple and focused.
7. Lent reminds us of our weakness. This can be painful, but recognizing how helpless we are makes us seek God’s help with renewed urgency and sincerity.
8. Be patient with yourself. God is calling us to be patient and to see ourselves as he does, with unconditional love.
9. Reach out in charity. Almsgiving is about more than throwing a few extra dollars in the collection plate; it’s about reaching out to others and helping them without question as a way of sharing the experience of God’s unconditional love.
10. Learn to love like Christ. Lent is a journey through the desert to the foot of the Cross on Good Friday, as we seek him out, ask his help, join in his suffering, and learn to love like him.
Giving Things Up for Lent
By Fr. Larry Rice, CSP
Ask nearly anyone who grew up Catholic what they’re doing for Lent, and they’ll probably tell you what they’re “giving up” for Lent. The notion of giving up some pleasure for the 40 days of Lent is very much in keeping with the penitential character of the season. Of course, the primary pillars of Lent are prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. All of these are intended to turn our hearts back to God, to purify us, and prepare us for the celebration of Christ’s resurrection at Easter. One of the things that the whole Church gives up for Lent is the acclamation “Alleluia”, before the proclamation of the Gospel.
Of course, when it comes to giving things up for Lent, people often get into trouble by taking on too much, or by working from the wrong motivation. To take on too much is to set oneself up for failure. Several years ago, I decided to give up both meat and chocolate for Lent. Instead of turning my heart back to God, this onlt served to make me irritable, as every bacon cheeseburger or peanut butter cup I encountered began to take on demonic proportions. The following year, I decided that perhaps the spiritual discipline of Lent was what I needed to help me lose 10 pounds by Easter. This was obviously the wrong motivation, because it made my Lenten practice all about me. This discipline is supposed to get us out of ourselves, and back to God. Needless to say, by Easter I still had those 10 pounds, and felt like a failure besides. The gift of humility comes from all sorts of interesting places.
So this year, I’m trying a different tack. For Lent, I’m giving up… complaining. I’m also trying to give up a grudge that I’ve been quietly carrying around since Christmas. I’ve also given up elevators, as an occasional reminder of my tendency to take the easy path. Time will tell, but I think I might make it all the way to Easter this year.
Fr. Larry Rice is the former vocations director of the Paulist Fathers. Copyright © 2019, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington, DC. All rights reserved. Used with permission.
Sacrament of Reconciliation
“Even now, says the Lord, return to me with your whole heart.” (Joel 2:12) This Scripture begins the first reading on Ash Wednesday, and sets the tone for the entire season of Lent. To reconcile with God is the reason for the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
Fr. John is always available for Reconciliation. Call him at 218-473-2005 or 305-753-2087 for an appointment. Appointments are to insure your privacy. At this time we have to use the church, hall, or office because our reconciliation rooms lack adequate space and ventilation. We are working on modifying them for Covid-19.
Ashes to Easter 2021
We will begin the season of Lent on Wednesday and receive the sign of our repentance. During Lent we will pray to become more like Jesus.
Lent is a season of almsgiving.
Resolve this Lent to remember the needy. We think of fasting as giving something up. Think of almsgiving (or charity toward the poor) as giving something back.
Our parish will be participating in CRS Rice Bowl, Catholic Relief Services’ Lenten program, as a way to encounter Jesus through others, especially through the most vulnerable in our world. Rice Bowls are available now at our church entrances. Please be sure to take home a Rice Bowl and use this fun and easy resource to deepen your family’s Lenten experience and make a difference in the lives of the poor.
Lent is a season of prayer.
Resolve this Lent to pray more. Avoid telling yourself that there is no time for prayer. Be inventive. As you get ready for the day, in the shower, on your way to work, during lunch, on your way home, while preparing dinner – there are always a few moments for prayer, especially intercessory prayer for others.
Lent is a season of fasting.
Resolve this Lent to fast. Start your fasting with small things: no jam on your toast, no soft drink for lunch, no afternoon snack, no dessert with dinner. Fasting has been called “the prayer of the body.” When we consciously deny ourselves some small pleasure, we almost automatically become more attentive to things that really matter, like our relationship with God.
Stations of the Cross (Beginning February 19)
Fridays 3:00 PM St. Ann (W)
Tuesdays in Lent (Beginning February 23)
Around the Lenten Circle: Small Group Sessions with the Sunday Readings, 2:00pm, St. Ann Church Hall, Waubun, facilitated by Fr. John
March 14-15, Reconciliation Weekend
The sacrament will be celebrated prior to all the Masses in each parish.
March 27-28, Palm/Passion Sunday
Weekend Mass Schedule
Monday, March 29, 6:30 PM - Chrism Mass
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Crookston
April 1 - Holy Thursday
Mass of the Lord's Supper 7 PM, St. Ann (W)
Eucharistic Adoration until 9 PM
April 2 - Good Friday (Day of Fast and Abstinence)
12 Noon St. Frances (BEL)
3 PM St. Ann (W)
6 PM St. Anne (NTW)
April 3 - Vigil of Easter
7 PM St. Ann (W)
April 4 - Easter Sunday
7:30 AM St. Frances (BEL)
9 AM St. Anne (NTW)
11 AM St. Ann (W)
NOTE: On Fast Days, we limit ourselves to one full meal. Two other smaller meals are permitted as necessary to maintain strength according to one’s needs, but eating solid food between meals is not permitted. Growing children (newborn to age 18) and senior members (age 60+) are not obligated to fast out of consideration for their health. All Church members (age 14+) abstain from meat.
10 Things to Remember for Lent
1. Remember the formula. Prayer, Fasting, and Almsgiving are the three things we need to work on this season.
2. It’s time for prayer. Lent is essentially an act of prayer spread out over 40 days.
3. It’s a time to fast. With the fasts of Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, meatless Fridays, and our personal disciplines interspersed, Lent is the only time many Catholics these days actually fast.
4. It’s a time to work on discipline. Instead of giving something up, it can be doing some-thing positive.
5. It’s about dying to yourself. The more serious side of Lenten discipline is that it’s about more than self-control – it’s about finding aspects of yourself that are less than Christ-like and letting them die.
6. Don’t do too much. It’s tempting to make Lent some ambitious period of personal reinvention, but it’s best to keep it simple and focused.
7. Lent reminds us of our weakness. This can be painful, but recognizing how helpless we are makes us seek God’s help with renewed urgency and sincerity.
8. Be patient with yourself. God is calling us to be patient and to see ourselves as he does, with unconditional love.
9. Reach out in charity. Almsgiving is about more than throwing a few extra dollars in the collection plate; it’s about reaching out to others and helping them without question as a way of sharing the experience of God’s unconditional love.
10. Learn to love like Christ. Lent is a journey through the desert to the foot of the Cross on Good Friday, as we seek him out, ask his help, join in his suffering, and learn to love like him.
Giving Things Up for Lent
By Fr. Larry Rice, CSP
Ask nearly anyone who grew up Catholic what they’re doing for Lent, and they’ll probably tell you what they’re “giving up” for Lent. The notion of giving up some pleasure for the 40 days of Lent is very much in keeping with the penitential character of the season. Of course, the primary pillars of Lent are prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. All of these are intended to turn our hearts back to God, to purify us, and prepare us for the celebration of Christ’s resurrection at Easter. One of the things that the whole Church gives up for Lent is the acclamation “Alleluia”, before the proclamation of the Gospel.
Of course, when it comes to giving things up for Lent, people often get into trouble by taking on too much, or by working from the wrong motivation. To take on too much is to set oneself up for failure. Several years ago, I decided to give up both meat and chocolate for Lent. Instead of turning my heart back to God, this onlt served to make me irritable, as every bacon cheeseburger or peanut butter cup I encountered began to take on demonic proportions. The following year, I decided that perhaps the spiritual discipline of Lent was what I needed to help me lose 10 pounds by Easter. This was obviously the wrong motivation, because it made my Lenten practice all about me. This discipline is supposed to get us out of ourselves, and back to God. Needless to say, by Easter I still had those 10 pounds, and felt like a failure besides. The gift of humility comes from all sorts of interesting places.
So this year, I’m trying a different tack. For Lent, I’m giving up… complaining. I’m also trying to give up a grudge that I’ve been quietly carrying around since Christmas. I’ve also given up elevators, as an occasional reminder of my tendency to take the easy path. Time will tell, but I think I might make it all the way to Easter this year.
Fr. Larry Rice is the former vocations director of the Paulist Fathers. Copyright © 2019, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington, DC. All rights reserved. Used with permission.
Sacrament of Reconciliation
“Even now, says the Lord, return to me with your whole heart.” (Joel 2:12) This Scripture begins the first reading on Ash Wednesday, and sets the tone for the entire season of Lent. To reconcile with God is the reason for the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
Fr. John is always available for Reconciliation. Call him at 218-473-2005 or 305-753-2087 for an appointment. Appointments are to insure your privacy. At this time we have to use the church, hall, or office because our reconciliation rooms lack adequate space and ventilation. We are working on modifying them for Covid-19.
COVID-19 Parish Preparedness Plan:
- Everyone is expected to wear a facemask except when receiving communion. If you do not have one or have forgotten yours we have some available in the entry.
- Maintain 6 feet in distance from others (groups arriving together may sit together and are exempt) at all times; this includes when entering the church, receiving communion, and leaving the church.
- When entering the church hand sanitizer must be applied which is available
- Pews are marked off with ropes that can be adjusted for groups entering together that exceed one pew. The usher will assist with this.
- At this time capacity is St. Ann Waubun is 35; St. Anne Naytahwaush 30; St. Frances Cabrini 20. Should we be at capacity the usher will let you know and for your safety and the safety of all you will not be allowed into church.
- At this time we cannot have congregational singing due to the high degree of transmission of the virus by droplets. It is permissible for the musician to sing at an appropriate distance from anyone in the congregation.
- Hymnals and Missalettes are removed from the pews. If you wish to take a Missalette home or a copy of the Word Among Us you are welcome to do so.
- Baskets are available to place your offering alongside of the bulletins. No collection baskets will be passed around.
- For communion please social distance 6 feet and go single file down the center aisle. Families arriving together do not need to social distance.
- If you need to enter the basement, please be mindful of social distancing and be conscientious of refraining from touching any chairs, tables, etc. that you do not need to be in contact with.
- Reminder: There is no obligation at this time to celebrate Sunday Mass in attendance at Church. If your health is compromised, you are not feeling well, or for any other reason, please stay home. Fr. John is livestreaming the Mass on Saturdays at 5PM and Sundays at 11AM. You are able to view by going go to our parish website: www.whiteearthcatholiccommunity.com and click on one of the links; Fr. John’s Facebook page or the link for YouTube once it has been uploaded.
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