St. Finbarr
A Light Breakfast will be served after the Mass on Sunday, May 5 for the First Holy Communion class, their families, and parishioners. Please call Theresa Wolff to help serve at 507-251-8178. Thank you.
Education Endowment Fund Scholarship applications are available in the Narthex and are being accepted until May 5. High school seniors who meet the criteria are eligible to apply. The scholarships are made possible because of donations by generous parishioners, as well as money raised at parish events for the St. Finbarr’s Education Endowment Fund.
Thank You to the following for donating Easter flowers for the altar: Steve & Marie Churchill, John & Carol Warmka, Troy & Denice Gehling, Lon & Susan Baldus, Dom & Dawn Stier, Al & Lori Stier in memory of deceased family members and Brad & Theresa Wolff in memory of Jason Wolff.
Take Advantage of the Sharing Library in the narthex. There are a few books to get started on the top shelf. If you like a book, take it home. Share your time reading it with your family and/or share your inspiration with others. Then if you have a book at home, bring it and add it to the library for others to enjoy. There is no cost, no checkout process, just take a book and be inspired and blessed.
Contact Tye Davis if you are interested in reserving St. Finbarr social hall.
Volunteers are Needed for delivering meal-on-wheels. Please contact Theresa Wolff at 507-251-8178 to volunteer or if you have any questions.
Poinsettias: Thank you to everyone who donated poinsettias for the church altar: John & Carol Warmka, Al & Lori Stier, Troy & Denice Gehling, Dom & Dawn Stier, Steve & Marie Churchill, Leo & Millie Barnes and Alice Snyder in memory of deceased family members. From Clint & Jenny Weiss in memory of Virg Weiss and Randy Emanuel, Brad & Theresa Wolf in memory of Jason Wolff and Lon & Susan Baldus in memory of Roy Baldus and Glenn & Magdalene Hunst.
Support envelopes for 2024 and Lector Workbooks are available in the back of church.
Effective immediately we will no longer use the Activity List Phone Chain for communication. Mass cancellations will be found on KTTC. Funeral communications will be through email and Facebook. If you need to update your cell/telephone number/email address please contact Jenny Gehling.
Raymond J. Tucker passed away September 23. His funeral Mass was Saturday, Sept. 30. May he rest in peace.
A Huge Thank You to everyone who attended the Fall Festival on Sunday to make it a success. Thank you to all the workers and vendors to make this a fun day for everyone. Thank you, John Warmka for donating the bounce house and Scott Hurley for providing the tables and chairs. Let's make this an annual festival!
Thank You to those that helped set up for the Meadowfest dinner, donated pies, served and helped with clean up. Always nice to work with our parish families.
Meadowfest: The offering received for the Grand Meadow Food Shelf at our multi-denominational service on Sunday was $566. Thank you for your generosity. ~Pastor Megan, Grand Meadow Lutheran Church
Congratulations to the St. Finbarr graduating class of 2023: Isabelle Fretty, Weston Schaufler, Lucca Sween and Heidi Weiss. Congratulations to Heidi Weiss who received the St. Finbarr’s Education Endowment Fund Scholarship.
Receive the Gifts of the Holy Spirit, Confirmandi: Kaiden Brogan Bunne, Nathan Fretty, Zachary Gehling, Emily Kelzer, Rylee Schaufler and Travis Weiss.
Prayers and Blessings to our First Communicants: Kaylie Brogan, Caleb Davis, Wyatt Meyerhofer, Lydia Norby, Kellen Schaalma, and Sawyer Stier.
Thank You to the following for Easter flower donations in memory of deceased family members: Steve & Marie Churchill, Troy & Denice Gehling, Kitty Kerrins, Meghan & Greg Lamp, Al & Lori Stier, Dom & Dawn Stier, John & Carol Warmka and Fran & Diane Baudoin in memory of Rollie and Margaret Baudoin and Stanley and Dorothy Stenzel.
Thank You! to everyone that helped with the Fish Fry this year. We served 350 people and net proceeds are $2122.
Boxes of Joy: It is with great pride, we exceeded our goal of filling 100 boxes. The kids packed 82 boxes and the parishioners filled 30 boxes for a grand total of 112 boxes. A very special thank you goes out to Becky Oehlke who spearheaded this project and did a phenomenal job from beginning to end. Thank you to everyone that filled a box, donated cash to purchase items to go in the boxes and to those who helped pay for the shipping of the boxes. So many kids will have a blessed Christmas because of you!
Father Michael Churchill’s Address: 4135 18th Ave NW, Rochester MN 55901
Please email all bulletin announcements to triparishsecretary@gmail.com by Wednesdays at 10 AM in order to be included in that weekends bulletin. Thank you.