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Spring Edition 2017
Ordinary Time
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Blessings to you during this busy time of year for so many of us with First Communions, Confirmations, Ordinations and Graduations! With my large family the month of May and June can be quite hectic as I zigzag from one celebration to the next for my nieces and nephews. I know many of you have expressed the same business over the past many weeks - then add in our annual pilgrimage to Lourdes the first part of May - and the month is a blur to be sure.
This newsletter is full of news about our members:
- 3 new babies among our confreres
- Catholic Spirit story about our 2017 Lourdes Pilgrimage
- Deacon Jim (2017 Malade) shares his reflections from Lourdes
- Prison Ministry in Minnesota
- Dr Gianna Emanuela Molla visit to MN - a collaborative effort with other area Catholic organizations.
- and much, much more...
Our annual celebration of our patron and the
Feast of St. John the Baptist will be for Minnesota Area
INVESTED Knights and Dames ONLY! This year the MN Board of Directors decided to host our
Annual Meeting on this feast day. Due to the structure of the Order of Malta and paying heed to our rich military and hospitaller background, Knights and Dames typically provide leadership and are the only ones who serve in those roles in the government of the association and then in the local areas. Thus, this meeting is not open to those in their year of discernment, spouses or Auxiliary members.
If you have questions please feel free to contact me directly.
Know of my prayers for each of you by name while in Lourdes and daily.
Note- we will not publish a newsletter during the Summer months. Please look for correspondence for next year's calendar and the celebration of the feast of Our Lady of Philermo in late August.
May our patron, St John the Baptist, grant you many graces and blessings as you serve the sick and the poor in your families, parishes and communities.
Warmest Summer greetings,
Anne Marie Hansen, DM
Minnesota Area Chair
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Minnesota Prayer Intentions:
Please pray for the repose of the souls of:
- Lawrence Pavlicek, Malade - Summer Pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help
- Jack Hastreiter - father of auxiliary member, John Hastreiter
Please email Ivan Posthumus, KM
if you would like to include someone in the upcoming MN Area prayer intentions list.
American Association Member's Prayer Intentions
Two of our east coast Knights, AC and Michael O'Rourke, have a prayer intentions email distribution list. If you would like to add your prayer intentions to the list or would like to pray for those on the list, you can request to be added to the distribution list by emailing
Michael O'Rourke, KM
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Those in Year of Discernment
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Dr. Paul Dickinson Sponsor: Anne Marie Hansen,DM Tom Hooley, KM Patty Hooley, DM
Ann Dickinson Sponsor:
Anne Marie Hansen,DM Tom Hooley, KM
Patty Hooley, DM
Dan Bigaouette
Sponsor: Jean Lown, DM
John Paul Sonnen Sponsor: Patrick Gaughan, KM
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MN Area Members Spotlight
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New Babies among our confreres:
Bernadette Lucia Rodenbiker, daughter of Molly and Jacob Rodenbiker, KM in North Dakota
Sean Hastreiter, son of Karen and John Hastreiter,AUX
Elizabeth Barry, daughter of Paula and Craig Barry, AUX
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The Pilgrimage to Lourdes: A Story by Deacon Jim Meyer
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The story of my healing in Lourdes really begins about 20 years ago. I was a member in a small men's group-an accountability group. The group included some Catholics and some Protestants. The Protestants in the group were always questioning Catholics' devotion to Mary. "You Catholics worship Mary" I would often hear. As a result, or at least in part, I was very careful not to cross the line that separates honor and devotion from worship. I put up fences with regard to my relationship with our Blessed Mother, guards to help to not cross that line.
The many graces that are available in Lourdes are much enhanced and available due to the efforts of the Order of Malta. They love the sick and work very hard to consider every detail that might have an effect on one or more of the Malades. Read more of Deacon Jim's story
here
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Order of Malta helps sick seek healing with annual Lourdes pilgrimage: by Susan Klem published in The Catholic Spirit
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Annamarie Adkins hoped that two of her children who suffer from serious illnesses would experience healing in Lourdes, the Marian apparition site in southern France renowned for healings.
But traveling to France seemed impossible for a mother who also suffers from a debilitating disease.
In May, members of the 900-year-old Order of Malta made the Lourdes trip a reality for Adkins, 40, and her children by providing for their travel expenses and complete care throughout. Click
here for the rest of the article.
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Called to Be Full of Grace in Lourdes a reflection by:
Monsignor James P. Moroney, ChD
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These days I am in Lourdes, praying for the sick with the Knights of Malta. I am truly grateful to be a part of this wonderful groups of thousands of pilgrims from throughout the world. Here are some reflections I offered during the morning of recollection yesterday.
There were two kinds of people in this town in 1858: the children and the skeptics.
By the children I mean not just Saint Bernadette, but all who made the trek with her out into the woods. Click
here to read more and watch a video by Msgr. Moroney
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E
ucharistic Ministers needed at Abbott Northwestern Hospital
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Fr. Sebastian Bakatu, the chaplain at Abbot Northwestern Hospital, is in need of Eucharistic ministers to support the ministry of giving communion to our sick brothers and sisters who, without the generosity of good and faith-filled Catholics would not have access to this sacrament of our salvation daily.
Here is a brief information concerning the ministry of a Eucharistic minister at Abbott Northwestern Hospital:
The Catholic Patients' population is about 145 people every day. The number reflects only those who list their Catholic affiliation when they are admitted. Right now, the volunteer Eucharistic ministers helping Fr. Sebastian are not enough to provide Holy Communion to each patient on a daily basis. Presently, Father Sebastian is in need at least 10 more Eucharistic ministers to cover Monday, Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday (every other Sunday). Without the faith- filled and very dedicated Eucharistic ministers it is difficult to serve our Catholic Patients.
The commitment that Fr. Sebastian request is One day a week, for one (1) to two (2) hours a week. Every Eucharistic minister will have the choice of the day and the time he/she can serve as a Eucharistic minister. The Hospital provides a free ramp parking, a $9.00 voucher for either breakfast or Lunch, and a uniform to wear while serving at the Hospital.
The volunteer training required is done online. Once training is completed Abbott will send a confirmation of completion.
If you are interested, please contact Fr. Sebastian by email:
[email protected] or call him at: 612-863-4880 to setup a brief orientation which will last less than one hour.
Abbott Northwestern Hospital is located on 800 E. 28th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55407.
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Service Opportunity at the Cathedral of St. Paul
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For our members that would like to serve food to the poor at the Dorothy Day center on the 4th Friday of the month but due to scheduling conflicts can't make those events, we do have another feed poor opportunity at Dorothy Day on the 2nd and 5th Saturdays of the Month.
Volunteers from the Cathedral of St. Paul parish prepare and serve meals at the Dorothy Day Center for 150-300 people. They prepare and serve lunch 8:00 AM -1:30 PM on the second Saturday of the month and on the 5th Saturday, they prepare and serve dinner 1:00 PM -6:00 PM. This program is run by Marc Jenny, KM and his wife Suzanne. To learn more and to sign-up click
here
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The efforts of Kevin & Fay Connors, AUX, continue to foster growth within the area. This summer, they will re-brand their efforts as Twin Cities Prison Ministries as their coalition of 6 parishes grows.
To see what programs they are offering, click
TCPM Brochure
. You'll see a full run down of all the activities that are available to anyone from a Pen Pals Program (SMOM Pen Pal Program) to Bible Study at the Women's Prison in Shakopee (with SMOM Bibles and Prayer Books) to 3 day retreats inside Lino Lakes, Rush City and Stillwater prison's.
Our local Delegation is helping support their efforts with programs and bibles and prayer books from the Association. But we need your help even in something as simple as being a Pen Pal. Thank you.
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Friends of Dorothy Day,
Eight winters ago, men from our Delegation began to organize volunteers and provided emergency shelter for homeless individuals during cold months because there was no more room at the Dorothy Day Center. With the opening of Catholic Charities Higher Ground St Paul this past January, the need for overflow shelter is history. But we as volunteers continue, every evening, to serve food and friendship to those on 2nd floor of HGSP from 7:00pm to 9:00pm. If your schedule doesn't permit serving with us on 4th Friday's at the old Dorothy Day Center, please consider joining us any evening at HGSP. To get more details and to sign up, click
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Youth Lourdes Pilgrimage: Our Lady's Pilgrimage by Michael Stenquist, KM
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 Dear Confreres,
Without doubt you all know that the Order has an Annual Spring Pilgrimage to Lourdes. BUT,
Did you know that there is an annual SUMMER Pilgrimage to Lourdes? There is!!
However, it is designed and tailored specifically for H.S. and College aged Youth. And it is a very different Pilgrimage experience that many of us have experienced in the Spring. Read more
here
For additional information about the pilgrimage please contact via email
Michael Stenquist, KM or call him at 612-729-6318
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Pilgrimage to Our Lady of Good Help Aug 3rd - Aug 6th
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This year, the American Association will sponsor its second Pilgrimage to Champion, Wisconsin to the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help. The Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help is the site of the only Marian apparition in the United States approved by the Catholic Church. Also included in the Pilgrimage will be a visit to the National Shrine of Saint Joseph, located at Saint Norbert College in De Pere, Wisconsin.
To read more about the pilgrimage click
here
. To register click
here or to sponsor a Malade click
here.
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American Association Website Redesign
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The newly redesigned American Association website is up and running. You can check it out here.
A soft launch of the mobile application is targeted for July 30th. If all goes well the mobile application should be available to all of our members 3 weeks later.
The mobile application is focused on providing a much more intuitive user experience, expanded American Association and local area calendar functionality, and payment methods for association annual dues and donations.
The association is also adding functionality to the website that won't be visible to the membership but that will make the tasks and reports required of the Area Chairs much more streamlined and user friendly
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Defense of the Faith Series in 2017
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The Board of Director's has approved a
new
Defense of the Faith Committee which has two distinct aspects to its function here in Minnesota.
1. Minnesota Catholic Coalition
- John Dick, KM has prayerfully agreed to chair this committee who will be active participants of the MN Catholic Coalition which has been formed to educate and oppose
Physician Assisted Suicide legislation in our State. If you are interested in being a part of this coalition please contact
John Dick, KM for more details.
2. Educational lectures: The weekend of October 28th we will be hosting
Dr. Gianna Beretta Molla,
the daughter of St. Gianna Beretta Molla, in collaboration with other local organizations.
This will be a half day symposium on the care for those with terminal illnesses and forming the right conscience on matters of Palliative and Hospice care.
Stay tuned for more details.
If you are interested in being on the committee please contact Anne Marie Hansen.
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For the Minnesota area our total grant allocation for 2017 is $6,845 a change of $2,445 over later year's amount of $4,400.
This year we forwarded to two grants, one for St. Stephens Catholic Church Minneapolis MN amount requested ($7,375.68) and the funds are to enable uninsured or under insured Latinos to receive gynecological and reproductive medical care form pro-life physicians.
The other grant is for Sodality of Saint John the Baptist MN amount the requested ($2,116.50) is to purchase equipment for six food packing lines and now we are waiting for the Executive Director approval on June 15, 2017.
If you any questions about the grant process please contact
Marc Jenny, KM
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2016 - 2017 Order of Malta Calendar for the Minnesota Area
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When taking leave of brethren it was customary for the Knights to give and receive a blessing.
May Almighty God bless you and strengthen you in His service that you may honour Him, show courtesy to all, protect the weak and serve Christ in the sick and the poor. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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2017 Year of Discernment for Investiture
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Dan Bigaouette
Ann Dickinson
Dr. Paul Dickinson
John Paul Sonnen
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2017 MN Area Auxiliary Members
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Fay Connors
Kevin Connors
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Order of Malta Around the World
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Malteser International Americas and Mission of the Sovereign Order of Malta to the United Nations Lead Panel on the Global Refugee Crisis at the United Nations. Click
here to read more.
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MN Area Chair
Hospitaller
Membership
AUX Member Co-Chair
Treasurer
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Read the current edition of the American Association Newsletter, "Hospitallers"
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Download the Order of Malta, American
Association mobile app
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Upcoming Events for June and July
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1. Serve at Dorothy Day feeding the Poor,
Serve at Dorothy Day feeding the Poor on
Friday, June 23rd
from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM at the Dorothy Day Center, St. Paul. To sign-up click
here
For directions to the Dorothy Day Center click
here
2. Serve at Dorothy Day feeding the Poor,
Serve at Dorothy Day feeding the Poor on
Friday, July 28th
from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM at the Dorothy Day Center, St. Paul. To sign-up click
here
For directions to the Dorothy Day Center click
here
3. Youth Lourdes Pilgrimage,
The Youth Lourdes Pilgrimage will take place July 28th - Aug 6th. Contact
Michael Stenquist, KM for more information.
4. Pilgrimage to Our Lady of Good Help,
The pilgrimage to Our Lady of Good Help will be held Aug 3rd - Aug 6th. To register click here and here
to sponsor a Malade
To
download the upcoming events for June and July from the shared calendar to your local calendar click
here
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