Lumen Christi
CATHOLIC COMMUNITY
2055 Bohland Avenue Saint Paul, MN 55116 Phone 651-698-5581 www.lumenchristicc.org
We are called to be the Light of Christ in the world.
Mission Statement
March 12, 2017
Second Sunday of Lent, Year A
Christ Jesus . . . destroyed death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.
— 2 Timothy 1:10b
Parish Retreat, “Seeing the Gift of Years” with Dr. Barbara Sutton
Give yourself the gift of Lenten reflection and prayer with illuminations from the St. John’s Bible. Experience
visio divina on selected Bible passages, using the text and the illumination to lead you into dialogue with God.
Introduction at this Weekend’s Masses
Heritage Volumes from the Saint John’s Bible on Exhibit
Mon. March 13, 8:30 am:
The Season of Harvest
Tues. March 14, 8:30 am: Wisdom of the Ages
The Sower Illumination
Wisdom Woman Illumination
Mon., March 13, 7:00 pm: The Holy Yet Busy Family Birth of Christ Illumination
Tues., March 14, 7:00 pm: Holy Chaos
Creation Illumination
Dr. Barbara Sutton is the director of Field Education and Ministerial Formation and teaches pastoral
theology courses at Saint John’s School of Theology and Seminary in Collegeville, MN. She has
worked extensively with The Saint John’s Bible curriculum project and developing a contemplative
prayer process for visio divina with illuminations. She is the author of the Seeing the W ord Manual
and editor of the Seeing the W ord Reflection Guides. Barbara has provided retreats and workshops
on topics in ministry, contemplative prayer and art throughout the country. She is also a consultant
for Sadlier Religion on the process of visio divina and contemplative prayer for children and youth
religious education curriculum.
Please join us for any or all of the events!
March 12, 2017
CALENDAR
PARISH NEWS
Sunday, March 12
2nd Sunday of Lent
PARISH RETREAT
Coffee & Donuts after Masses
New Parishioner Registration after Masses
Music Ministry: Adult Choir at 8:30 am
Faith Formation 9:00 am 2nd Fl. Classrms
Faith Formation Parent Mtg. 9:15 am 1CON
Children’s Liturgy at 10:30 Mass
Confirmation Small Groups 12:30 pm 2nd Floor
Monday, March 13
Sacredness of Water Study Group
Mass 7:45 am
Parish Retreat 8:30 am CR
Parish Retreat 7:00 pm CR
7:00 am 1CON
Tuesday, March 14
Mass 7:45 am
Parish Retreat 8:30 am CR
Retreat for HCS 8th Graders 1:30 pm CR
Parish Retreat 7:00 pm CR
Wednesday, March 15
Bible Study—Matthew 9:00 am 1CON
Confirmation Small Grps. 4:00 pm 2nd Fl. Classrms
Bridge 1:00 pm 1CON
Adult Choir 6:30 pm CH
Thursday, March 16
Senior Yoga 2:00 pm CR
Junior Choir 5:15 pm CH
Handbell Choir 6:30 pm CH
Friday, March 17
Men’s Group 6:30 am 1CON
Stations of the Cross 5:30 pm CH
Lector Practice 6:00 pm CH
Saturday, March 18
Confessions, 3 confessors available 3:30 - 4:00 pm
Music Ministry: Handbell Choir at 4:30 pm Mass
Sunday, March 19
Third Sunday of Lent
Music Ministry: Junior Choir at 8:30 Mass
Faith Formation 9:00 am 2nd Fl. Classrooms
Music Ministry: Adult Choir at 10:30 Mass
Children’s Liturgy of the Word at 10:30 Mass
Confirmation Small Groups 12:30 pm 2nd Fr. Classrms
Thanks to All who have Widened the Circle by
signing up for Ministries in the Parish.
Visit lumenchristicc.org to volunteer.
Catholic Sisters Week March 8 - 14
Welcome Sisters! Thank you for
the many gifts you have brought to
us and for the sacrifices you have
made.
Sisters will be joining us at our
10:30 Mass this weekend and then will be picked up
by a trolley car to visit various locations around the
Minneapolis Saint Paul area.
Thank you for beginning your day at Lumen Christi!
We were chosen because we have so many Sisters in
our parish. They will be introduced at the end of Mass
and we will send them on their way with a sung blessing (like we do for CLW).
After 10:30 Mass, you will have the opportunity to
meet and visit with the Catholic Sisters from many
congregations in Minnesota, who will be “trolleying”
around MSP, celebrating Catholic Sisters Week!
2017 Catholic Services Appeal
There is still time to make a gift to the CSA.
The CSA is the way in which collective ministries in the Archdiocese are funded. Please
prayerfully consider God’s gifts in your life and consider making a pledge. Every gift is important. What
could God do with your gift?
Please pray for Cecelia Frost who died recently.
May she rest in peace with Our Risen Savior.
Stations of the Cross
Stations of the Cross are prayed at 5:30 pm in church
on the Fridays during Lent. It is a reflective and
prayerful time of community prayer on the sufferings
of our Savior. All are invited to walk the stations following the cross bearer or you may remain and pray in
your pew. Please join us for this special Lenten prayer.
Bakers Needed
We need people to bake cookies and bars for the
Easter Vigil Dessert Reception. If you are able to help
please call Sue Kaufenberg at 651-699-6130. Thanks.
18th Annual Used Book Sale - Thank you!
Thank you to the Lumen Christi Catholic Community
for making the Used Book Sale a success! There was
an outpouring of good will and community building;
Highland Catholic students, Confirmation candidates,
and parish volunteers set-up and hundreds more
shopped! Book sales generated $3,268.50 for our
school fund.
With faith and gratitude,
Beth Leonidas and Amy Murphy
LUMEN CHRISTI CATHOLIC COMMUNITY
Lenten Decor Serves Lenten Ritual
Deep purple fabrics shimmer with promise: they embrace the Altar, encircle the font, cover the base of the
Good Friday cross and "water" the earthen jar; Stations
of the Cross draped in purple and their 14 candles mark
Lenten devotion; empty Ambry shelves and evaporating
baptismal water cry "thirsty"; seeded eucalyptus arrangements, grape-vine wreaths and multiple stalks of
pussy willow offer the promise of spring. Each symbol
roots us as a faith-community in prayer; each symbol
invites us to go deeper into the Lenten reality of our
lives.
I am grateful to parishioners Lori McCabe (landscape
artist), Jennifer Soucheray (fabric designer), Laura
Cullen, Linda and Greg Haines, Shellee Micko, Joe
Soucheray, Jon Guion, Rick Countryman and Sharon Siegrist for their membership and efforts on behalf
of the seasonal décor committee. Sister Lynore
Faith Formation
Pray for those Preparing for Initiation Sacraments
during the Easter season:
 Becoming Catholic
 First Eucharist
 Confirmation
 Baptism
Council Connection
Below is a short summary of each of the Ministry Councils’ minutes for the month of January. The full minutes
can be found at Lumenchristicc.org/Parish Community/
Parish Leadership or on the Parish Leadership bulletin
board going down the main hallway.
Parish Council planned collabor ation effor ts among
ministry councils to maximize effectiveness in achieving
parish goals, including sharing between councils on
Leadership Night and the Widen the Circle Ministry Fair.
Baptism Class Saturday, April 6, 7:00 pm
Please pre-register with Phyllis Hamill-Little in the
parish office.
Discipleship & Parish Life wor ked with other ministry councils in planning the 3 weekend Widen the Circle
campaign to get more volunteers.
Called to Share the Gospel with our Youth?
There are still opportunities to lead or assist the leader
for Sunday morning Faith Formation or Wednesday
afternoon Confirmation groups. Please contact Phyllis
Hamill-Little to learn more.
Faith Formation Ministry Council discussed what we
would like to share about our council and our goals for
collaboration at the February meeting. We will present
an idea for an online volunteer database. We will also
share information about welcoming and educational
materials for visitors and those who may not know the
words to recite during Mass.
Youth Group
An Invitation for High School Students
It is pretty amazing that God came and walked among us,
that he shared our suffering and died to save us. We
repeat these truths all the time, so we never forget, but
we also stop being amazed. It is an old tradition for
Christians to walk the path that Jesus took to Calvary,
trying to immerse ourselves more fully into the presence
of Jesus and the story of our salvation.
On Good Friday, high school students will reenact the
story as the Living Stations of the Cross. As we prepare
during Lent for this prayer experience, we enter more
deeply into the story. And when we use our talents to
lead our parish community, we fulfill our mission to
spread the good news.
As a high school student in the Lumen Christi Community you are invited to share your talents. If you would
like to find out more, please contact Karen Kirkhoff at
[email protected] or 651-698-5581X120.
This is a great opportunity for prayer, faith enrichment
and fellowship. I will look forward to hearing from you!
Karen Kirkhoff
Finance Council Appr oval of our investment policy
by the Parish Council that incorporates our best practices
of Catholic organizations. Review of the new financial
reporting both at parish and school with new oversight or
our CFO and Finance audit process. Review of possible
capital improvements for our existing tenant and the
Montreal site as part of existing leasing contract.
Pastoral Care/Social Justice Ministry Council is
working systematically on the creation of a pastoral care
committee to coordinate parish services in this area.
The School Ministry Council welcomes Mrs. Angie
Fitzner as the designated non-parishioner member of the
council. A new School Start Date Policy was written and
approved. This school is grateful for the continued support of the Home and School Committee and the Men’s
club.
The Worship Ministry Council worked to develop its
2017 work plan agenda. Plans are being developed to
connect with the ministries within the WMC purview as
well as reaching out to other ministry committees with
similar interests.
LUMEN CHRISTI CATHOLIC COMMUNITY
The Sacredness of Water
“Water supplies used to be relatively constant, but now
in many places, demands exceed the sustainable supply.
Large cities, dependent on significant supplies of water,
have experienced periods of shortage, and at critical
moments these have not always been administered with
sufficient oversight and impartiality.” #28, Laudato Si’
Today I look out the window at my quiet tree-lined
street and wonder how this clear water came to be in the
glass in my hand. My grandparents needed a bucket
without a hole in it to get water to the house from the
pump. It was not complicated. In this large city my
garbage is taken away never to be heard from again and
water arrives magically. I don’t really know the source
of the water I drink, if water can be said to have a
source. Does the air I breathe have a source? Aren’t my
lungs just a rest stop? Water flows down mountains,
sprays, drips, seeps into basements, runs, evaporates into
clouds.
Laudato Si’ asks me to consider what I have in my
hands and consider why other hands are empty, but I
don’t even know how the plumbing in my house connects to city water. When my son was little, he told me
our house had bones. He meant the white PVC pipes
under the sink. What is my connection to pipes deep
underground that I will never see, or sophisticated
pumps plunging into aquifers in Nebraska? Whose
bones are they?
-MRJ, on behalf of the Laudato Si Study Group: The
Sacredness of Water
Other Articles on Water
The following articles can be found on the homepage of
the parish website: (1, 2, & 3 were in the New Y ork
Times in the last month.)
1. The recent decision to roll back regulations on water
in our streams
2. Water in Mexico City
3. Cracks in the Ice Shelf in the Antartic
4. Water in Minnesota
5. Governor Dayton's Year of Action on Water,
August 2016-August 2017.
Music Ministries
Cherub Choir for Palm Sunday
Children in grades 1-3 are invited to sing in the Cherub
Choir on Palm Sunday, April 9, at the 8:30 Mass! They
will sing two songs with the Junior Choir this year. Rehearsals will be from 5:15-5:45 pm on the following
Thursdays: March 23 & 30, and April 6. Parents are requested to stay during rehearsals. Please contact Lisa
Theisen at 651-695-9617 or [email protected] if
you are interested so she can send you the music ahead
of time.
Music Ministry Reflection
I have been in the Lumen Christi Choir for 18 years. I
love the music and it makes me very happy. Thank you
for making me a part of this community. I like it very
much and it means a lot to me. Thank you also for all of
the help and support this community has given me.
- Ed Falk
History of Eucharistic Adoration
In recent years, there has been a resurgence of interest in
various forms of adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.
Some people suggest that this recovers an ancient tradition in the church, when in fact the practice belongs to a
later time. The custom of showing the consecrated host to
the people, encased in a vessel called a monstrance, developed in a period of history when even very pious people
received Communion only rarely. The opportunity to see
the host raised high above the head of the priest at Mass,
or to see the host exposed outside of Mass, was thought
by many to be a form of spiritual Communion.
The Blessed Sacrament was not reserved in church buildings in the first centuries of the church. In those early
years, of course, people met in borrowed “house churches,” gathering on the Lord’s Day for community, apostolic teaching, the breaking of the bread, and the prayers, as
Acts of the Apostles tells us. Dispersed, people went their
way into the workaday world until the next assembly.
Weighing down their hearts was the absence of brothers
and sisters, not only the sick, but those imprisoned for the
faith.
The custom of sending some pieces of consecrated bread
from the Lord’s table began to take hold as a way of assuring the sick and imprisoned of their bonds of faith
and affection with the community from whom they were
separated. The first and enduring purpose for reserving
the Eucharist is viaticum for the dying. Our Catholic
practice of reserving the consecrated host both for adoration and Communion of the sick and dying is a cherished
tradition.
LUMEN CHRISTI CATHOLIC COMMUNITY
March Food Drive
Food security is “access by all people at
all times to enough food for an active,
healthy life.” Food insecurity means
that “consistent access to adequate food
is limited by a lack of money and other resources at
times during the year.”
 The Harvard School Breakfast Research Summary
found that lack of adequate nutrition can impair a
child’s ability to concentrate at school. When kids
get a healthy breakfast, there is an average increase
of 17.5% on standardized Math scores.
 For the first time in history, over half of public
school students in this country are from lowincome families. Three out of four public school
teachers say they see students regularly come to
school hungry.
We must remember our brothers and sisters in Christ.
Food and groceries will be collected throughout the
month. Put checks in the regular collection and mark
them “Francis Basket.”
Do it. Justice
Lumen Christi Justice
Lobby Your Legislators!
The Minnesota Coalition for the Homeless will sponsor
Homeless Day on the Hill on Tuesday, March 14.
Information and registration at
www.mnhomelesscoalition.org/advocate.
Contact the parish office if you would like to carpool
with members of the Social Justice Committee.
Respect for Life
40 Days for Life
Nativity church, Holy Spirit and Lumen Christi are
adopting Friday, March 17(St. Patrick's Day) and
Tuesday, April 4 for 40 Days for Life. Please come to
Planned Parenthood, 671 Vandalia St., during an hour on
one of those days to pray for life.
Archdiocesan Men’s Conference, Sat. March 18
8:00 am – 1:00 pm, Anderson Fieldhouse, UST, St. Paul
(Doors open at 7:00 am for Adoration and Confession)
Join men of all ages and walks of life from around the
Archdiocese for a morning filled with faith and fellowship. Archbishop Hebda will speak on Lessons from
Saint Joseph, the Ultimate Watchman. The conference
includes: Mass, breakfast, dynamic speakers, and a Eucharistic procession around the UST campus. Cost: $25
per adult; $10 per student (up to high school senior).
Special group discount: Order 5 tickets for the price of 4!
Please pre-register at archspm.org/Events. Questions:
contact Enzo Randazzo, [email protected] or
651-291-4483.
PrimeTimers Event: Thursday, March 23
SPAM Museum, Austin, Minnesota
Join us as we journey South to Austin, Minnesota
where we'll enjoy lunch at The Old Mill restaurant (an
1850's former flour mill overlooking the Ramsey Dam
on the Cedar River). Lunch choices include Grilled
Chicken on Rice, Turkey Croissant or a Hot Beef Sandwich.
After lunch we'll tour the SPAM Museum (newly
opened in 2016) in downtown Austin. Audios, videos
and displays depict the rich history of Hormel Foods.
The tour is interactive, educational and fun for all ages!
Leave Lumen Chr isti at 9:30 am, Return about 4:30
Cost: $45.00 / person
Checks are payable to LCCC PrimeTimers and can
be put in the collection basket or brought to Lumen
Christi Parish Office. (If not already paid, please be
sure to include $15 annual dues for the 2016/2017
season.)
Reservation Deadline: Monday, March 13
Questions? Call Sue Cunningham, 651-699-0767
Mary Ann Adrian, 651-698-5010
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March PrimeTimers Registration
SPAM Museum, Thursday, March 23
Name(s):_____________________________________
Lumen Christi Library
Located Down the Main Hallway
BETWEEN THE DARK AND THE DAYLIGHT:
EMBRACING CONTRADICTIONS OF LIFE by Joan
Chittister. She challenges the reader to make good use
of the dark spots, frustrations, and even tsunamis in the
ocean of life. With understandable insight, she thoughtfully helps one reframe life’s obstacles and contradictions and see them as spiritual teachers. c2015
Phone:_______________________________________
Amt. enclosed:___________________
Lunch Choice:
______ Grilled Chicken on Rice
______ Turkey Croissant
______ Hot Beef Sandwich
All lunches include coffee or hot tea, chocolate sundae
for dessert, tax and tip.
MASS INTENTIONS
Saturday 11
4:30 pm
†Thomas Loughran
Sunday 12
8:30 am
Lumen Christi
10:30 am
†Margaret Kelly
Monday 13
7:45 am
†Thomas Loughran
Tuesday 14
7:45 am
†Robert Piram
Wednesday 15
7:45 am †Edward & †Marjorie Heinen
Thursday 16
7:45 am
†Robert Inserra
Friday 17
7:45 am
†Barry Hawkins
Saturday 18
7:45 am
4:30 pm
†Clair Galdonik
Sunday 19
8:30 am
Lumen Christi
10:30 am
†Charles Homan
SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT, YEAR A
Hymnal 907
TODAY’S READINGS
First Reading — The LORD said to
Abram: All the families of the earth shall
find blessing in you (Genesis 12:1-4a)
Psalm — Lord, let your mercy be on us,
as we place our trust in you (Psalm 33).
Second Reading — God has called us to
a holy life, not because of our works but according to grace
(2 Timothy 1:8b-10).
Gospel — Atop a high mountain, Jesus was transfigured before Peter,
James, and John. (Matthew 17:1-9).
READINGS
Monday:
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday:
Friday:
Saturday:
Sunday:
FOR THE WEEK
Dn 9:4b-10; Ps 79:8, 9, 11, 13; Lk 6:36-38
Is 1:10, 16-20; Ps 50:8-9, 16bc-17, 21, 23; Mt 23:1-12
Jer 18:18-20; Ps 31:5-6, 14-16; Mt 20:17-28
Jer 17:5-10; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Lk 16:19-31
Gn 37:3-4, 12-13a; 17b-28a; Ps 105:16-21;
Mt 21:33-43, 45-46
Mi 7:14-15, 18-20; Ps 103:1-4, 9-12; Lk 15:1-3, 11-32
Ex 17:3-7; Ps 95:1-2, 6-9; Rom 5:1-2, 5-8; Jn 4:5-42
Lumen Christi Catholic Community
2055 Bohland Ave. , St. Paul, MN 55116
Pastor
Fr. Paul Feela
[email protected]
Staff
Parish Records
Paula Almer
[email protected]
x102
x108
Office Manager, Communications
Michaela Bisanz
x117
[email protected]
Maintenance Supervisor
Lindell Blanchette
[email protected]
x112
Pastoral Care Coordinator
Garrick Comeaux
[email protected]
x105
Faith Formation Asst.
Jan Fuchs
[email protected]
x119
Worship
Sr. Lynore Girmscheid
x116
[email protected]
651-698-5581
www.lumenchristicc.org
fax 651-698-9526
Highland Catholic School
2017 Bohland Ave., St. Paul, MN 55116
www.highlandcatholic.org
Jane Schmidt, Principal
Please call 651-690-2477 for a tour.
Mass Schedule
Saturday
Sunday
4:30 pm
8:30 & 10:30 am
Monday - Saturday 7:45 am
Sacrament of Penance Saturdays from 3:30 - 4:00 pm or by appointment
Parish Office Hours
Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
New Parishioners Registration for new parishioners is offered after all Masses the
second weekend of every month, Sept - June. Please join us!
To Find Out About Becoming Catholic Contact Phyllis Hamill-Little.
Sacramental Preparation
Baptism A Baptism Pr epar ation class for new par ents is offer ed monthly and
Baptisms are celebrated once a month. Contact Phyllis Hamill-Little.
First Penance & Eucharist Contact Phyllis Hamill-Little.
Confirmation Contact Phyllis Hamill-Little.
Christian Marriage Contact Fr . Paul Feela befor e setting your wedding date,
at least 6 months in advance of the wedding date you would like.
Faith Formation
Phyllis Hamill-Little
x103
[email protected]
Pastoral Visits / Communion for the Sick Contact Garrick Comeaux.
Maintenance
Ron Johnson
[email protected]
x115
Sacrament of the Dying (Viaticum) At the beginning of the dying pr ocess or
after a terminal diagnosis.
Youth Ministry
Karen Kirkhoff
[email protected]
x120
Sacraments for the Sick & Dying Contact Fr. Paul Feela
Anointing of the Sick At the onset of ser ious illness or befor e ser ious sur ger y.
Funeral Arrangements Please contact the parish office.
Music
Mary Poepping
x107
[email protected]
Liturgical Ministers, Intercessions, Church Decor Contact Sr. Lynore.
Adult, Junior, Handbell Choirs, Cantors, Instrumentalists
Contact Mary Poepping.
Eucharistic Adoration Located inside the Cleveland Ave. entrance. All are
invited to drop in anytime or call the Parish Office to be regularly scheduled.
Principal
Jane Schmidt
690-2477 x106
[email protected]
Parish Library Located down the main hallway from the Gathering Space.
Parish Director
Tom Schumacher
x114
[email protected]
Announcements
Bulletin Ar ticles ar e due by Thur sday at noon, a week befor e the ar ticle is in the
bulletin. E-mail texts to [email protected].
Weekend Maintenance
Jordan Weeks-Stephens
x112
Prayer Line Please call 651-698-5581, x101.
Mass Email lgir mscheid@lumenchr isticc.or g by Tuesday at noon for the coming
weekend. Limit announcements to weekend events in the Gathering Area or parishwide events in the coming week.
VIRTUS Training All adult volunteers and employees who have regular contact with
youth are required to receive background checks and VIRTUS training. Contact
Phyllis Hamill-Little or register at www.virtus.org.
Lumen Christi Catholic Community
ADDRESS:
PHONE:
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2055 Bohland Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55116
651-698-5581
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[email protected]
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