Parish Staff Pastor Rev. Gerald Dvorak Deacon Mr. Mark Johanns Pastoral Assoc. for Ministry

Sr. Rita Worm, SLW Pastoral Assoc. for Liturgical Music

Barb Schrenk Faith Formation & Youth Ministry Sacraments & ECFL Joanne Foley Confirmation Kate and John Capistrant Business Administrator & Faith Formation Dir. Mike McNeil Maintenance Office Tony Good Administrative Assistant Rikki George Administrative Assistant Theresa Jensen

Parish Office Phone — 612-866-5089 Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday 8:30 am and 3:30 pm Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 7:30 am (or call 612-866-5089)

Head of Committees Parish Pastoral Council (Office, 612-866-5089)

Finance (Mark, 612-203-7757) Christian Service (Francie, 612-644-8596)

Communications (Mike, 612-861-2212) Community Builders (John, 612-866-2342)

Environment (Linda, 952-934-8053) Kingdom Builders (Leroy, 651-457-0055) Knights of Columbus & KC Round Table

(Pat, 612-861-3981) Meals on Wheels (Mary Anne, 612-866-9541)

Prayer Shawl (Joan, 612-861-2825) Respect Life (Jane, 612-866-1304)

St. Peter’s Boosters (Casey & Tasya, 612-910-2224)

St. Peter’s Senior Club (Francie, 612-644-8596) VEAP (Lois, 612-869-8996)

Prayer & Action (Joanne, 612-925-1203) Loaves & Fishes (Cheryl, 952-884-3653)

Blessed Trinity Catholic School: Preschool-Grade 3 612-866-6906 Grade 4-8 612-869-5200

September 6 through September 13th Bulletin The Week’s Events: Sun (09/06/20) 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time—11:00 am 11:00 am Mass (Church) Mon (09/07/20) Labor Day—No Mass Tues (09/08/20) First Day of Blessed Trinity School Classes 7:30-7:50 am Reconciliation (Reconciliation Room) 8:00 am Mass (Church) Wed (09/09/20) 7-8:00 pm Finance Council Mtg. (Zoom) Thur (09/10/20) 7:30-7:50 am Reconciliation (Reconciliation Room) 8:00 am Mass (Church) 7:30 pm Kingdom Builders (Rm C) Fri (09/11/20) Sat (09/12/20) 8:00 am Mass (Church) Bishop Cozzens presider and speaker - Doing Good and Avoiding Evil 8:30 am Reconciliation (Reconciliation Room) 1:00 pm Wedding of Meg Rechek & Larry Savage (Church) 3:30 pm Reconciliation (Reconciliation Room) 4:30 pm Mass (Church) Sun (09/13/20) 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time—11:00 11:00 am Mass (Church) Mon (09/14/20) Tues (09/15/20) 7:30-7:50 am Reconciliation (Reconciliation Room) 8:00 am Mass (Church) Wed (09/16/20) Virtual Blessed Trinity School Mass Thur (09/17/20) 7:30-7:50 am Reconciliation (Reconciliation Room) 8:00 am Mass (Church) 7:30 pm Kingdom Builders (Rm C) Fri (09/18/20) Sat (09/19/20) 8:00 am Mass (Church) 8:30 am Reconciliation (Reconciliation Room) 9:30 am First Reconciliation Class (Rm D) 3:30 pm Reconciliation (Reconciliation Room) 4:30 pm Mass (Church) Sun (09/20/20) 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time—11:00 am 11:00 am Mass (Church)

*Our Parish office and building is officially closed. People need to call ahead, 612-866-5089, and make an appointment to meet with staff in the building. Staff will be receiv-ing emails and voice messages. Option #4 is the general message box. Due to Covid-19 precautions, people are not to be admitted into the building without an appoint-ment.

Being Involved at St. Peters

In the Spotlight at St. Peters

The Encyclicals and Voting — Bishop Cozzens

You may recall the beginning of a series of presentations entitled “The En-cyclicals and Voting” that started in February. Unfortunately, the Covid pan-demic ended the progression of that series. However, months have passed and we are slowly emerging from isolation. Now we are ready to proceed with a presentation “Doing Good and Avoiding Evil” by Bishop Andrew Cozzens . This topic was selected from the U.S. Council of Catholic Bishops as part of the program, “Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship”. Please join us for Saturday morning Mass at 8:00 a.m. September 12, 2020 , concelebrated by Fr. Jerry Dvorak and Bishop Andrew Cozzens. Fol-lowing Mass, Bishop Cozzens will proceed with this insightful presentation.

Creative Ways to Help VEAP With the cooler months approaching and with COVID still a reality, VEAP is seeking your sup-port.

Outside of food and financial assistance • Household paper products (especially paper towels and toilet paper) and household/personal care items (laundry soap, shampoo, disinfectant wipes, hand/body soaps, face masks, sanitizer & vinyl gloves). Many of our visitors receive SNAP benefits to purchase food when they’re not using VEAP’s Pantry and unfortunately, SNAP cannot be used to purchase these basic need items. They always fly off our shelves and are consistently in high demand. To donate these products, please visit Door 4 behind our building any-time Monday – Friday from 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. No need to make an appointment. • Cloth masks. VEAP counts on the support of 3,500 volun-teers a year and we require all individuals within our facility to wear a mask. Many of our drive-up food visitors also re-quest these face coverings. We are welcoming homemade, cloth masks at Door 2 of our building (Staff and Volunteer entrance) any time during regular business hours. If you have further questions about how to best support VEAP at this time, please reach out to Caley at her email Caley, caleyl@veap.org, Marketing and Digital Manager, to start a conversation. Thanks for your support!

Archdiocesan Praying with Scripture Series Date: September 13 – October 17 Location: Online – Watch Weekly on Facebook and YouTube More Information: Download the App or Sign Up for Weekly Emails This virtual five-part series on praying with Scripture offers practical tools for growing in holiness, drawing upon the rich tradition of the Catholic Church. Archbishop Bernard Hebda and Bishop Andrew Cozzens will teach the fun-damentals of praying with Scripture and explain how to use a Prayer Com-panion resource to enrich your prayer experience. Watch at your conven-ience with family, friends or on your own. Two Ways to Participate: Download the Archdiocesan Synod App: Access videos, discussion ques-

tions, and daily Prayer Companion reflections. Plus, receive alerts when new content Is posted. Download MyParish App and within the app, search for “Archdiocesan Synod.” (Materials available September 13.)

Sign Up for Weekly Emails: Receive an email each week during the Pray-ing with Scripture and Healing and Hope series, containing links to that week’s video, plus downloadable discussion questions and Prayer Compan-ion. Sign up here. (Emails begin September 13.)

Celebrate St. Pete’s Drawing Tickets will be mailed this year. Please return the tickets by putting them in the weekend collection basket or mail-ing them to the parish office. Call the parish office if you want more tickets sent to you.

30 WAYS TO WIN! Over $2,500 in cash prizes!

Remember, the more times you enter, the better chance of being a winner!

30 WAYS TO WIN! $1,000 (1 winner) $ 500 (1 winner) $ 250 (1 winner) $ 100 (2 winners) $ 50 (10 winners) $ 25 (15 winners)

Remember—drawing ticket sales are a major fundraising source for our parish!

A Thought to Ponder The salvation which God offers us is the work of his mercy. No human ef-forts, however good they may be, can enable us to merit so great a gift. God, by his sheer grace, draws us to himself and makes us one with him. .

Pope Francis from The Joy of the Gospel

Twenty-third & Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Especially for St. Peter’s Parishioners... Blessed Trinity Catholic School News

Faith Formation for Families, Youth, Children & Adults

Sunday, September 6 John Moon Monday, September 7 Florence Habegger Tuesday, September 8 The Lavens Wednesday, September 9 Thursday, September 10 Bernadette Konsela, Elizabeth Kramer Friday, September 11 Joyce Korsten Saturday, September 12 Pat Kiehl Sunday, September 13 Joan Snider Monday, September 14 Ron Iden Tuesday, September 15 Mary Ellen DeNucci, Pat Kiehl Wednesday, September 16 John Moon Thursday, September 17 Pat Proft Friday, September 18 Florence Habegger Saturday, September 19 The Lavens

Every Day A Prayer Sign-up to pray for the well being of our parish and

parishioners by calling 612-866-5089.

Prayer For a New School Year © WLP

Spirit of God, fill our hearts with a desire to seek truth and rejoice in beauty.

Help us to know what is pleasing to you and to understand what is right and good in your sight. Give us the spirit of learning that we may please you

by our thoughts and love you in your creation. Give all teachers your constant encouragement

and guide them in their work. Spirit of God, make us effective witnesses of your truth

to all whose lives we touch. We ask this in the name of Jesus the Lord.

Amen. For Students

2 Peter 3:18 May they grow in grace and in the knowledge

of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Glory be to him now and to the day of eternity!

Amen.

Prayer Chain

Call your intentions in to the prayer chain so that your loved ones who may be sick, dying, facing surgery or living with a terminal ill-ness, may be remembered in prayer by members of the parish whose ministry is praying for others. There is power in prayer. Please call the parish office at 612-866-5089 to get the prayer chain started for your intention.

2020-2021 Sacramental Registration is open.

If you plan to have your child(ren) participate in any of our sacramental programs—First Reconciliation and First Eucharist on Saturdays, please go to

https://www.stpetersrichfield.org/sacraments/first -communion-reconciliation/. Cost is $30. Confirmation is on Wednesdays, Grades 9 & older – you may register online at https://www.stpetersrichfield.org/sacraments/confirmation/. Cost is $90. Families with children zero to five may be interested in registering for Early Catholic Family Life which meets on Sunday mornings. Go to https://www.stpetersrichfield.org/faith-formation/children-family/ Cost is $15. A mailing went out. If you did not receive one, please call the parish office at 612-767-1781 to have one sent to you.

Generations of Faith: 2020 -2021 Lifelong learners are invited to register for Generations of Faith on Wednesday nights. G of F evenings are for everyone age 5 to 105, children, men and women. Generations of Faith for 2020-2021 will continue with four Wednes-day, 1.5 hour sessions, offered once at 4pm and again at 6:30pm, on Oct. 21, Nov. 18, Feb. 10 and March 17. The theme for the year is Prayer. Everyone is invited. Sacramental families are expected to attend. Go to https://www.stpetersrichfield.org/faith-formation/children-family/ If you feel called to help pass the faith on to the next generation, please contact Mike at the office to volunteer for the G of F team. The team is looking for ministers of hospitality and table facilitators.

Mass Intentions To offer a Mass for someone

please call (612-866-5089) or visit the parish office.

Monday, September 7- Sunday, September 20 Monday No Mass Tuesday 8:00 am †Alice Smieja Wednesday 8:00 am †MaryAnn Oliver Thursday 8:00 am †Rollie & †Elouise Herriges Friday 8:00 am †Brian Spano Saturday 8:00 am †Art Appel 4:30 pm People of the parish Sunday 11:00 am †Mariano Dudas Monday 8:00 am Special Intention Tuesday 8:00 am Nguyen Family Wednesday 8:00 am Thursday 8:00 am †Leona Magnani Friday 8:00 am Special Intention Saturday 8:00 am †Thomas Neumann 4:30 pm People of the parish Sunday 11:00 am

Church of Saint Peter

Life in Christ

Gerald Ascher, passed away recently. Please pray for him and his family. Keep Jerry and all our deceased in your prayers.

Please pray for Margaret (Mag) Rechek and Lawrence Savage who are preparing for the Sacrament of Matrimony. Please keep them and all who are preparing for marriage in your prayers.

Submit names for the bulletin of those who are serving our country, or have died while serving our country, by printing their name clearly and placing it in the collection basket.

Keep all men and women in our armed forces in your prayers, especial-ly: Joshua Grout, Ryan, Sean and Kelly Fitzhenry, Tony Meyers,

J. Kyle Monssen, Brian Eichers, Norbert Karczewski, Jr. and Ryan Heath.

Financial Update

My Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ: Despite what you see as our bottom line for July 2020, there is good news in our financial picture. First off “thank you” to everyone who continues to support St. Peter’s and our mis-sion to serve our members and the broader community in jus-tice and charity! Our electronic giving and our envelope giving continue to be strong because people continue to give elec-tronically and mail in their envelopes. There are even plans in the works to place a cabinet near our south entrance so peo-ple can drop off envelopes when entering the building. You will notice our bottom line for 2020 did not benefit from a large draw on our endowment for July. This is because in the past months the giving is allowing us to have funds in the bank to cover our costs. Lastly, you will notice our costs are down. So there is good news to share. Also, I look forward to sharing our total 2019 –2020 Annual Report with you. It, too, is good news. As always we trust in Jesus to provide what we need when we need it. In Christ’s Peace, Business Administrator

Help Wanted The Church of St. Peter, Richfield is seeking a full-time Facilities Custodian and Boiler Operator for our Church and 4th-8th grade school. It is full-time with benefits. Duties could include all as-pects of facility maintenance such as cleaning, supplying, repair of structures, equipment, grounds, and working with vendors. Candidates with class C boiler’s license are preferred. A full job description is on www.stpetersrichfield.org.

Website Manager for our Website A volunteer is needed to manage our parish website. Duties and responsibilities include: Having experience with WordPress Developing and updating content (information, images, schedules, graphics, etc.) Performing software updates Making adjustments to the design Ensuring website functionality Checking for information duplications Collaborating with parish staff Being available on short notice to add content Troubleshooting website issues Being alert to opportunities and events for posting to website Designing experience a plus, but not necessary Monitoring and reporting website issues, changes, etc. to Parish’s Communications Committee. Please contact Mike at 612-866-5089 to apply for either position and leave a message on the voicemail.

Headings and Account July (2019) July (2020) Revenues Total Sunday Giving $36,276.64 $34,844.25 Bequest/Memorial/Special Gift $2,362.00 $0.00 Endowment Used for Operations $40,000.00 $0.00 Total All Other Revenues $3,263.93 $7,251.86 Total Revenues $81,902.57 $42,096.11 Total Expenses $90,004.84 $75,519.56 Net Total -$8,102.27 -$33,423.45

September 6 & 13, 2020

St. Peter’s is my parish, so although I am retiring from my position as Administrative Assistant at the end of October I will still be able to see most of you. That is, once Covid 19 is over and we can return to ‘normal’. God has blessed me in so many ways throughout the years. When Ann Garland hired me she said that she hoped I’d stay for at least 19 years and I said I’d try. I made it! It’s been 21 years. We have had great priests and staff along the way. The greatest joy has been helping each of you when you came in to the office or called with a question on the phone. I hope you found me to be helpful in whatever you needed. Now that I am at that magical age I can spend more time with my grandchildren and with Covid 19 my neighbors have said my yard looks the best it has ever looked. Thank you all for the opportunity of getting to know you. May God keep you safe through these times of change. Take good care! Theresa

Tony Good and Theresa Jensen are Retiring

Congratulations Tony & Theresa on combined 60 years of work at

St. Peter’s!

Fr. Jerry, friends and fellow parishioners, I would just like to thank everyone for your support over the past 39 years. It has been my honor to serve you as custodian and maintenance man. I know you’ll show the same friendship and support to the lucky person who’ll replace me. Thank you all for allowing me to share this awesome journey with you. Tony

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