Religious Education

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Save the date for these important sacraments:

  • First Communion in Lake Benton will be on Saturday, April 27 at the 5:00 pm Mass.
  • First Communion in Tyler will be on Sunday, April 28 at the 10:00 am Mass.
  • First Communion in Ivanhoe will be on Saturday, May 4 at the 5:00 pm Mass.
  • First Communion in Wilno will be on Sunday, May 5 at the 10:00 am Mass. 

Lenten Opportunities for Adult Education

 

COUPLES SMALL GROUP will begin meeting at the Tyler Rectory on Monday evenings at 6:30 PM beginning on Monday, March 11. We will have a potluck supper the first night. Come grow in your faith with your spouse (Non-Catholics welcome!) as we go through Deacon Ralph Poyo’s book. Books will be provided. If you have any questions, please contact Ron & Rhonda Wiering or John & Kari Nilles.

A PARISH MISSION PRESENTED ON DVD BY FR. WILLIAM CASEY, C.P.M., will start on Sunday, March 17, 2:00 P.M., at St. Genevieve’s Church, Lake Benton.  This is a six week mission on sin, reconciliation, redemption, hope, and grace.  Everyone is welcome to come and listen, share, and grow in our Catholic faith this Lenten season.  Refreshments will be served and each session will last approximately 1 ½ hours.  If you have any questions, please call Deann Schindler at (507) 368-9206.

LENTEN SUPPERS after Mass are scheduled on the following dates all to be held at Ss. Peter & Paul, Ivanhoe:

  • Wednesday, March 13 (hotdish, salads, bars) by St. Teresa’s Group and Unit C (same items as Wilno)
  • Wednesday, March 20 (6 kinds of soup) by St. Clara’s Group (Wilno) & Unit A (sandwiches/bars)
  • Wednesday, March 27 (baked beans/salads/bars) by St. Joseph’s Group (Wilno) and Unit B (barbeques)
  • Wednesday, April 3 (sandwiches/bars) by St. Ann’s Group (Wilno) and Unit C (six soups/crackers)
  • Wednesday, April 10 (hot chicken sandwiches/buns by St. Anthony’s Group (Wilno) and Unit A (salads/bars)

HEALING AND HOPE FROM ADDICTION TO RECOVERY:  Dr. Melanie and her husband Paul will be in our parishes March 29th and 30th.  The times for their sharing will be as follows:

                Friday, March 29th - 6:30 P.M. at St. John Cantius

                Saturday, March 30th – 1P.M. at St. Genevieve

A part of the evening will include prayer for healing.  Deb Schultz will be at the services to offer prayers of healing and Father Ron will offer the Sacrament of the Anointing. 

Dr. Melanie Weiss was born and raised in Watertown, SD.  She graduated from Watertown High School in 1990 and went on to receive her Bachelor of Biology from Northern State University in Aberdeen, SD.  She then went on to obtain her Doctorate of Optometry from Pacific University College of Optometry in 1998.  She opened Weiss Eyecare Clinic in July 2003.  She is married to Paul and they have three daughters.  Dr. Weiss is giving a “Vision of Hope: to students and to the public as she is telling her personal story of opiate addiction and recovery. 

21/2 years ago their life was drastically impacted by a very public arrest and criminal case as the result of a very private addiction that Melanie had.  Being an eye doctor with her own eye clinic in the town she grew up in – how could she get back what she thought she lost?  Where was she going to find Hope?  Dr. Weiss talks about how she let God in to do what she could not, how surrendering her ways for His ways has been such a beautifully rewarding journey.  She will talk about the days of feeling hopeless and how she got out of that.  Paul talks about his journey of addiction that affected his childhood and how that came full circle as part of God’s plan to help him and his daughters through this time of Melanie’s addiction and how Paul leaned on God’s promises!