Benedictine Sister Monica (Gloria) Mai, 88, died March 5 at St. Scholastica Convent, St. Cloud. The Eucharist of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, March 11, at Sacred Heart Chapel, St. Benedict’s Monastery, St. Joseph, with burial in the monastery cemetery.
“When he decided to go to Ukraine to teach, he didn’t know why he chose Ukraine,” said Ted Bechtold’s father, Bruce. “Now we know that he went to Ukraine because God had a greater purpose for him.”
Bishop Donald Kettler celebrated the Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion March 6 at St. Mary’s Cathedral in St. Cloud with catechumens and candidates from around the diocese.
Just a day shy of her 55th birthday, with the children and St. Wendelin School community as her witnesses, Kristin Matchinsky received the Eucharist for the first time at a school Mass.
Deacon John Wocken’s class recently finished this year’s classroom quilt, his last before he retires at the end of this school year. The quilts he has made over the years with his students will be auctioned to raise funds for student scholarships.
The service included music with a full choir, a rosary, time for silent prayer and adoration and a Litany of the Sacred Heart. People were also invited to write a prayer intention on a slip of paper, which was then placed near the altar during the service.
“Volunteers are critical to fulfill the mission of Catholic Charities. We can’t serve the Central Minnesota community without them,” said Annie Henriksen, volunteer coordinator.
“Ash Wednesday is the beginning of the Church’s 40-day Lenten season when we focus on prayer, fasting and almsgiving. Why does Jesus caution his disciples to do these practices quietly and without fanfare?”
