St. Francis, Francesville; St. Joseph, Pulaski; St. Peter, Winamac

Rev. Leroy G. Kinnaman, Pastor Cluster Email: stpete4906@embarqmail.com

Cluster Website: preciousbloodcluster.org

Cluster Correspondence: 401 N Monticello Street, Winamac, IN 46996 Bulletin Deadline: Wednesday Morning by 9:00 A.M.

Phone: 574.946.4906 Fax: 574.946.4962

LITURGY SCHEDULE Monday, February 18 at St. Peter 8:00 A.M. +Special Intention by Family Tuesday, February 19 NO MASS

Wednesday, February 20 at St. Joseph 8:00 A.M. +Linda Arnold by Faith & Alan Mitchell Thursday February 21 at St. Joseph 8:00 A.M. +Tim Reidelbach by Lisa & Family

Friday, February 22 at St. Peter 8:00 A.M. +Special Intention by Family

Saturday, February 23 4:00 P.M. at St. Peter +Dan Morris by Joe & Rachel Morris Family 6:00 P.M. at St. Joseph +Elimination of abortion; and world peace by St. Joseph Christian Mothers

Sunday, February 24 8:00 A.M. at St. Francis +For good health of Theresa Logan by Rita 10:00 A.M. at St. Peter +Our Cluster Family

LITURGICAL MINISTERS Saturday February 23 at 4:00 P.M. (St. Peter) Reader: Tim Murray Ministers: Bill Girton, Jane Raush & Carol Vires Servers: Bonnie Budd & Caitlyn Ottow Ushers: VOLUNTEERS

Saturday, February 23 at 6:00 P.M. (St. Joseph) Reader: Larry Brady Ministers: Lisa Brady, Kelly Weaver & Rich Hopkins Servers: Brody Roth & Bunnie Daugherty Ushers: Christian Mothers

Sunday, February 24 at 8:00 A.M. (St. Francis) Reader: Dillar Ames Ministers: Joanne Stevens & Janet Ricks Servers: Jonathan Ottow

Sunday, February 24 at 10:00A.M. (St. Peter) Reader: Marita Grisel Ministers: Rick Grisel, Bob Klitzman & Linda Webb Servers: Adrian & Alonzo Huizar Ushers: Dan & Linda Murphy and John &

Denise Downing

Oh, by the way,

Thursday, St. Peter will host the quarterly Logansport Clergy Deanery meeting. As you are well aware, St. Peter belongs to the Logansport Deanery. Other parishes in the deanery include St. Joseph, Delphi, St. Francis Solano, Francesville, St. Ann, Kewanna, St. Joan of Arc, Kokomo, St. Patrick, Kokomo, All Saints, Logansport, St. Anne, Monterey, Our Lady of the Lakes, Monticello, St. Charles Borromeo, Peru, St. Joseph, Pulaski, St. Joseph, Reynolds and St. Joseph, Rochester. We begin with mid-morning prayer then address the agenda from the Bishop and then what issues/concerns we need to share with the Bishop. Lunch is served then more business if necessary. (Know we will be finalizing Reconciliation services for the deanery.) When everything is finished, everyone usually heads back to their home parish. So, if you see an additional nine (9) cars and people in black running around, that’s us.

So, what’ a deanery? Glad you asked. Information for your edification:

In the Catholic Church, Can.374 §2 of the Code of Canon Law grants

to bishops the possibility to join together several neighboring parishes into special

groups, such as vicariates forane, or deaneries.

Each deanery is headed by a Dean, ceremoniously known as a vicar forane (V.F.), also

called an archpriest, who is—according to the definition provided in canon 553—

a priest appointed by the bishop after consultation with the priests exercising ministry in

the deanery. Canon 555 defines the duties of a dean as:

promotion and coordination of the common pastoral activity within the deanery;

seeing that the clerics of the deanery lead a life in harmony with their state in life and

perform their duties with diligence;

seeing that religious functions follow Church norms;

seeing that the good appearance of churches and sacred furnishings are maintained;

seeing that parish books are correctly managed;

seeing that the parish rectory is well maintained;

seeing that clerics, following the norms of the diocese and the norms of Canon 272,

attend theological lectures, meetings, or conferences;

making sure that the priests of the deanery have access to spiritual helps and aid in

difficult pastoral circumstances; and

making sure that pastors in his deanery are well cared for when they are sick or dying.

Additionally, the dean must follow the particular norms of the diocese. Canon 555

also particularly mentions that a dean must visit the parishes of the district in accord with

the regulations made by the diocesan bishop.

Personal note: Years ago, I was Dean of the Lafayette Deanery. Being Pastor of a

1,300 family Parish (with no Associate), a K-6 grade school, governance board of a

middle & high school known as Central Catholic…CC), I stayed extreme busy as a

Pastor and Dean! As many of you know, I hate paper work…and there’s a lot of

paper work being a Dean.

The Diocese of Gary is offering a

diocesan workshop to which we have

been invited. Entitled: Made for More:

Visions of the Promised Land.

Advertised as a blend of live music,

art and a presentation that taps into

the deepest desires of the human

heart, the presenters offer a vision of

the Gospel heard through the lens of

St. John Paul’s Theology of the Body.

The presentation will be at Queen of

All Saints Church, 606 W. Woodland,

Michigan City from 7:00 p.m. – 9:30

p.m. For more information, contact Rosanne at rkouris@dcgary.org or

219.769.9292 x 259. Remember they are an hour behind us.) A flyer is posted on

the bulletin boards.

Recently read an article about A.I. Scary to say the least! A.I.

(artificial intelligence) is the theory and development of computer systems

able to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence, such as

visual perception, speech recognition, decision-making, and translation

between languages. Two (2) world recognized intellectuals, Stephen

Hawking and Elon Musk, have warned of A.I. threats. Most of us Baby

Boomers will have some contact with A.I. However, the Generation X,

Xennials, Millennials, Generation Y, Gen Z and Gen Alpha people will be facing the

exploding moral ethical issues being raised NOW. There are creeping ethical challenges

of A.I. technology already bending our perceptions of the world around us. Stay tuned.

Keep your ears open and by all means, read on this phenomenon. SCARY!

Meanwhile, back at the ranch….fr. K

Quick one-liners for you:

◼Remembered to bring in your old palm from last year? ASAP please.

◼Renewed your subscription to The Catholic Moment yet. ASAP Please.

◼What does a thesaurus have for breakfast…synonym rolls!

◼St. Peter will have a 2nd collection next week-end benefitting the

Improvement Fund. Thanks for your continued support.

◼St. Peter’s Parish Council will meet on Thursday, February 21st at 6:30 P.M.

All members should plan to attend. See you there!

St. Francis St. Joseph St. Peter

Weekly Cluster Activities Wednesday, February 13

5:30 P.M. RE Classes at St. Peter

PRAYER REQUESTS: Please keep the following individuals in your prayers: Randy Baker, Helen Barker, Pat Barngrover, Gayle Conner, Helen Ford, Steve Fulmer, Frances Hoover, Mary Ann

Johnson, Theresa Logan, Greg Loehmer, Rosalia Najera, Patricia O’Donnell, Linda Potempa, Helen Scheffer, Tom Schmicker, Kyson Shidler & Loretta Wilson (Rhonda Jany’s Mother)

Please remember in your prayers all of our Cluster family and friends who mourn the loss of a loved one, all who have no one to pray for them, those who

have died through violence or natural disasters and all who have died recently. Please notify the Cluster Office at 574.946.4906, if a loved one is admitted to the hospital,

rehab center, nursing home, or is homebound. fr. K CANNOT make calls to people that he is NOT AWARE OF. Thank you!

February 10, 2019

General Offerings: $225.00

Loose Collection: $47.00

February 9, 2019

General Offerings: $1,306.00

Loose Collection: $68.00

Catholic Moment: $122.00

First Offering: $5.00

February 9 & 10, 2019 General Offering: $1,689.00

Loose Collection: $397.00

Children’s Offering: $33.45

Votive Lights: $19.00

Catholic Moment: $341.00

Retirement: $20.00

P of F: $60.00