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Special Anniversary Edition "Where does Jesus send us? There are no borders, no limits – he sends us to every- one. The Gospel is for everyone... (Pope Francis, Closing Mass for World Youth Day 2013) June, 2014 Upcoming Events & News The annual diocesan “Ministry Days” gathering for diocesan clergy and lay leaders will be held on Monday, June 9th – Tuesday, June 10th, at Saint Mary’s University in Winona. Commemorative Book of the History of the Diocese and Parishes for the 125th Anniversary - This beautiful book will be available to purchase at your local parish in September! Highlights and Heroes - this new sec- tion of the Anniversary insert will be coming soon! It will be a deeper look into the heroic lives of the men who gave up everything to serve the Church and her faithful people. Diocesan Anniversary Celebration! September 12-13, 2014, at the Verizon Wireless Center in Mankato. Father Michael Schmitz, Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministry for the Diocese of Duluth as well as the Chaplain for the Newman Center at the University of Minnesota-Duluth, inspires and educates through his priesthood and preach- ing. Ordained in 2003, he has preached to youth and young adults across the country about the love of God and the call of Jesus Christ for saints to be raised up in the Church. Tony Melendez is a “toe-pickin' guitar player and vocalist.” Born without arms and with a club foot, Tony is an inspirational Catholic musician and speaker and has been performing for over 20 years in forty countries. He performed for Pope John Paul II has received numerous Unity Music Awards, and continues to challenge and inspire others with his music and his cour- age. (Tony will be presenting and singing in both English and Spanish at the event.) Joan Rosenhauer, Executive Vice President of U.S. Operations for Catholic Relief Services (CRS), is responsible for leadership of the agen- cy’s mission of assisting Catholics in the U.S. to act on their faith by helping people in need around the world. Prior to joining CRS, Ms. Rosenhauer spent 16 years working for the jus- tice and peace office at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. The celebration will include general sessions in both English and Spanish, a youth track, and a pro- gram for children. There will be displays, resources, service opportunities, and items from our diocesan history. At the heart of the celebration will be prayer, with opportunities for Eucharistic Adoration, the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation, and the celebration of the Eucharist on Saturday afternoon. There is no charge to participate in the celebration, but pre-registration is request- ed for the Saturday event, and is required for participants in the Youth Track and Children’s Program. Registration and other information are available online at the Diocese of Winona web page: www.dow.org. Those pre-registering for the event will receive a commemorative item at the celebration. Where Does Jesus Send Us? cont'd from page 1 To Register for events, enter the video contest or find out more about what's going on, please visit the Diocese of Winona's website: www.dow.org or call (507) 454-4643

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Special Anniversary Edition

"Where does Jesus send us? There are no borders, no limits – he sends us to every-one. The Gospel is for everyone... (Pope Francis, Closing Mass for World Youth Day 2013)

June, 2014

Upcoming Events & News

• The annual diocesan “Ministry Days”gathering for diocesan clergy and layleaderswillbeheldonMonday,June9th – Tuesday, June 10th, at SaintMary’sUniversityinWinona.

• CommemorativeBookoftheHistoryoftheDioceseandParishesforthe125thAnniversary - This beautiful book willbeavailable topurchaseatyour localparishinSeptember!

• HighlightsandHeroes-thisnewsec-tion of the Anniversary insert will becomingsoon! Itwill beadeeper lookinto the heroic lives of the men whogaveupeverythingtoservetheChurchandherfaithfulpeople.

• Diocesan Anniversary Celebration!September12-13,2014,attheVerizonWirelessCenterinMankato.

• Father Michael Schmitz, Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministry for the Diocese of Duluth as well as the Chaplain for the Newman Center at the University of Minnesota-Duluth, inspires and educates through his priesthood and preach-ing. Ordained in 2003, he has preached to youth and young adults across the country about the love of God and the call of Jesus Christ for saints to be raised up in the Church.

• Tony Melendez is a “toe-pickin' guitar player and vocalist.” Born without arms and

with a club foot, Tony is an inspirational Catholic musician and speaker and has been performing for over 20 years in forty countries. He performed for Pope John Paul II has received numerous Unity Music Awards, and continues to challenge and inspire others with his music and his cour-age. (Tony will be presenting and singing in both English and Spanish at the event.)

• Joan Rosenhauer, Executive Vice President of U.S. Operations for Catholic Relief Services (CRS), is responsible for leadership of the agen-cy’s mission of assisting Catholics in the U.S. to act on their faith by helping people in need around the world. Prior to joining CRS, Ms. Rosenhauer spent 16 years working for the jus-tice and peace office at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

The celebration will include general sessions in both English and Spanish, a youth track, and a pro-gram for children. There will be displays, resources, service opportunities, and items from our diocesan

history. At the heart of the celebration will be prayer, with opportunities for Eucharistic Adoration, the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation, and the celebration of the Eucharist on Saturday afternoon.

There is no charge to participate in the celebration, but pre-registration is request-ed for the Saturday event, and is required for participants in the Youth Track and Children’s Program. Registration and other information are available online at the

Diocese of Winona web page: www.dow.org. Those pre-registering for the event will receive a commemorative item at the celebration.

Where Does Jesus Send Us?cont'd from page 1

To Register for events, enter the video contest or find out more about what's going on, please visit the Diocese of Winona's website: www.dow.org or call (507) 454-4643

Monsignor Egan did hisundergraduate studies atLoras College in Dubuque,Iowa, and his theology stud-ies at Theological College inWashington D.C. On June 6,1954 he was ordained by theMost Reverend Edward A.Fitzgerald at the Cathedral ofthe Sacred Heart in Winona.MonsignorEganhasheldmanyassignments: parochial vicar,instructor in Catholic schools,andpastor.Monsignorservedin the United States Army asa chaplain from 1965-1985.OnDecember5,1997hewasnamed amonsignor. On June30, 2000 Monsignor Eganjoinedtherankofseniorpriestsofthediocese.

Father Schaefer did hisundergraduate studies atIHM Seminary in Winona,and his theological studiesat St. Paul Seminary in St.Paul. He also attended theChaplains Training Center atState Hospital in Hastings. Inaddition Father had pursuedgraduate studies at the StateHospital in Hastings, andreceivedagraduatedegree inClinical Psychiatry. On June6, 1954 he was ordained bytheMostReverendEdwardA.Fitzgerald at the Cathedral ofthe Sacred Heart in Winona.FatherSchaeferhasheldmanyassignments: parochial vicar,chaplain, and pastor. On July1,1997FatherSchaeferjoinedtherankofseniorpriestsofthediocese.

Father LaPlante did hisundergraduate studies atCrosier Seminary in Onamiaand St. Mary Seminary inBaltimore, MD; and he com-pleted his theological studiesat St. Paul Seminary in St.Paul.OnJune6,1954hewasordainedbytheMostReverendEdward A. Fitzgerald at theCathedralof theSacredHeartin Winona. Father LaPlantehas held many assignments:parochial vicar, instructor forCotter High School, chaplainfor the Newman Center inWinona, spiritual director, andpastor.Hehasalsocompleted20years in theAirForceasachaplain. On June 29, 1994Fatherjoinedtherankofseniorpriestsofthediocese.

Fr. Joseph LaPlante

Father Zenk did his under-graduate studies at LorasCollege in Dubuque, IA andhis theological studies at St.PaulSeminary inSt.Paul.OnJune6,1954hewasordainedbytheMostReverendEdwardA. Fitzgerald at the CathedraloftheSacredHeartinWinona.Father Zenk has held manyassignments: parochial vicar,chaplain,parochialadministra-tor, and pastor. Father alsoservedintheArmyfrom1945-1946.OnJune29,1994FatherZenk joined the rankof seniorpriestsofthediocese.

Bishop Harrington did hisGraduatestudiesatSacredHeart

S e m i n a r yCollege in

55 YearsBishop Bernard J Harrington

Celebrating Our Priests' Anniversaries of Ordination

60 Years

Fr. Edgar Schaefer

Father Jewison did hisundergraduate studies at St.Thomas College in St. Paul,Minnesota and IHM SeminaryinWinona; and completed histheologystudiesatTheologicalCollegeinWashingtonD.C.OnJune6,1954hewasordainedbytheMostReverendEdwardA. Fitzgerald at the CathedraloftheSacredHeartinWinona.FatherJewisonhasheldmanyassignments: parochial vicar,instructor in Catholic schools,and pastor. Father has alsoservedasdeanfortheMankatoand Rochester area. On June29,1994FatherJewisonjoinedtherankofseniorpriestsofthediocese.

Fr. Harry P. Jewison

Detroit and his theology studies atSt. JohnProvincialSeminaryinPlymouth,MI.Hecompletedhistheologicalstud-

iesatCatholicUniversityinWashingtonD.C.BishopHarringtonreceived hismasters degree from theUniversity ofDetroit.OnJune6,1959hewasordainedbyArchbishopJohnF.Deardenat theCathedral of theMostBlessedSacrament inDetroit.OnMarch26,1990hewasnamedamonsignor.OnNovember23,1993 Bishop was appointed by Pope John Paul II as auxiliaryBishopfortheArchdioceseofDetroitandtitularBishopofUzali.Bishop Harrington also served as regional bishop of MacombandSaintClairCounties, and episcopalmoderator for pastoralconcerns.

OnJanuary6,1999hewas installedas theseventhbishopof theDioceseofWinona.Hehasheldmanyassignments: counselor, chaplain, andpastor. In theDioceseofWinonaBishopbegantheDiaconateProgram,theOfficeforHispanic

Ministry, the Diocesan Office of Lay Formation, the Office ofStewardship, and the Office of Pastoral Planning. He also initi-atedtheSeedsofFaith30milliondollarcampaignforthediocese.BishopwaspastoratHolyNameparishinBirminghamMI(1971-1976)andSt.ReneGoupilparish inSterlingHeights,MI (1984-1993).

In 1965 he was appointed as Associate Superintendent forCatholic High Schools for the Archdiocese of Detroit. In 1976BishopwasappointedastheseventhRector/PresidentofSacredHeart Seminary College in Detroit. In 1977 Bishop Harringtonalso became the Director of the Formation Department of theArchdioceseofDetroit.In1992Bishopheadeda100milliondollarendowmentdrive for theArchdiocesanschoolsandprograms. In

1996heworkedonfundraisingforbuildingthePopeJohnPaulIICulturalCenterinWashingtonDC.HewasalsochairmanoftheUSCCBcommitteeofeducation(2000-2003).OnMay7,2009BishopHarringtonjoinedtherankofseniorpriestsofthediocese.

Fr. Donald Zenk

Msgr. Eugene E. Egan

MonsignorSchmitzdidhisundergraduatestudiesatIHMSeminaryinWinonaandhistheologicalstudiesatNorthAmericanCollegeinRome.OnDecember16,1964hewasordainedbytheMostReverendFrancisRehatSaintPeterBasilicainRome.OnDecember5,1997hewasnamedamonsignor.MonsignorSchmitzhasheldmanyassignments:parochialvicar,Catholicschoolsinstructor,chaplain,spiritualdirector,andpastor.From1976-1991MonsignorservedasthechancellorfortheDioceseofWinona.In1976,MonsignorSchmitzbecameDirectorfortheSocietyforthePropagationofFaithandtheDirectorofCatholicCemeteriesforourdiocese.In1991,hebecamethemoderatoroftheWinonaDiocesanCouncilofCatholicWomenfortheRochesterarea.MonsignorSchmitzserved formanyyearson theDioceseofWinonaTribunal;hewasalsoon thepresbyteral council, clergyassignmentscommittee,andCollegeofConsultors.In2007,hebecametheVicarGeneralfortheDioceseofWinona,andin2009becametheVicarforSeniorPriestsofthediocese.OnJune27,2012MonsignorSchmitzjoinedtherankofseniorpriestsofthediocese.MonsignoriscurrentlydoingpastoralministryatPaxChristiinRochesterandSs.PeterandPaulinMazeppa.

Msgr. Donald P. Schmitz

Monsignor Robert Meyerdidhisundergraduatestudiesat Winona State Universityin Winona. Prior to enter-ingSeminaryhewasapub-lic school administrator for13 years. Monsignor com-pletedhistheologicalstudiesat Pope John XXIII NationalSeminaryinBoston.OnMay24, 1974 he was ordaineda priest by Bishop Loras J.

WattersatCathedraloftheSacredHeartinWinona.OnAugust16, 2012 he was named a Prelate of Honor with the title ofreverend monsignor. Monsignor Meyer has held many assign-ments:parochialvicarandparochialadministrator,tribunaljudgeand advocate, and pastor. Monsignor Meyer served as theDiocesan Director of Religious Education, Director of CatholicSocialServices,andtheDiocesanFamilyLifeDirector.Healsoserved as the Dean for the Mankato deanery and Dean forthe Rochester Deanery. In addition Monsignor served on thePresbyteralCouncil,DiocesanFinanceCouncil,and thePriestsCommittee for the Capital Campaign. MonsignorMeyer super-vised the remodeling ofMadison Lake's parish school buildingandtheSisters'convent.Healsosupervisedtherestorationandrenovation ofSt. StanislausKostka andSt. JohnNepomucenechurches.He iscurrentlyservingon theCollegeofConsultors.On June 30, 2008 Monsignor Meyer joined the rank of seniorpriestsinthediocese.

Msgr. Robert MeyerFatherKulasdidhisundergraduatestudiesatIHMSeminary

inWinona,andhistheologicalstudiesatSt.JohnSeminaryinCollegeville. Father attended Mankato State University for aspecialistdegreeinEducationAdministration.HelaterattendedCatholic University inWashingtonDC for graduate studies inCannonLaw,andreceivedhislicenseinCannonLawin1984.OnMay24,1974hewasordainedbyMostReverendLorasJ.WattersattheCathedraloftheSacredHeartinWinona.FatherKulashasheldmanyassignments:parochialvicar,instructorforCatholicschools,andpastor.In1984hewasappointedastheJudicialVicaroftheTribunalforthediocese.In2000FatherwastheCanonicalOfficeofAssociateJudge for the Interdiocesan

TribunalofSecond Instance forEcclesiasticalProvinceofSt.Paul/Minneapolis.FatherKulasservedonthetribunalandpriestspensionboardformanyyears.HeiscurrentlypastorforHolyTrinityinRollingstone,St.MaryinMinneiska,andSt.PaulinMinnesotaCity.FatherKulasisalsothechaplainfortheWinonaSerraClub.

50 Years

40 YearsFr. William Kulas

FatherKleindidhisundergraduatestudiesat IHMSeminaryinWinona,andhistheologicalstudiesatSt.PaulSeminaryinSt.Paul.OnMay24,1974hewasordainedbyMostReverendLorasJ.WattersattheCathedraloftheSacredHeartinWinona.FatherKlein has held many assignments: parochial vicar, parochialadministrator, instructor forCatholicschools,andpastor.FatherKleinistheauthorof"TheCatholicSourceBook,5thEdition".Hecurrently ispastor forSs.PeterandPaul inBlueEarth,andSt.MaryinWinnebago.FatherKleinalsoservesastheDeanoftheMankatoDeanery.

Father Nguyen did hisundergraduate studies at St.Paul Seminary, Tran KhaiNguyen,andTeachersCollegein Vietnam, he then attendedIHMSeminary inWinona,anddid his theological studies atSt. JohnSeminary inBrightonMA.OnJune14,1989FatherNguyenwasordainedbyMostReverend John G. Vlazny atthe Cathedral of the SacredHeart in Winona. Father has

heldmanyassignments:parochialvicar,parochialadministrator,andpastor.Hewasalsoan instructoratPacelliHighSchool inAustin.FatherNguyencurrentlyservesaspastor forSt.JamesinSt.James,St.MaryinMadelia,andSt.KatherineinTruman.

FatherMcNeadidhisundergraduatestudiesatMankatoStateUniversityinMankato,andIHMSeminaryinWinona;hethenattendedSt.JohnSeminaryinBrightonMAforhistheologicalstudies.FatherMcNeahasalsostudiedCanonLaw at the Catholic University ofAmerica inWashingtonD.C. On June 14, 1989 Father McNea was ordained byMost Reverend John G. Vlazny at the Cathedral of theSacred Heart in Winona. Father has held many assign-ments:parochialvicar,chaplain,andpastor.FatherMcNeahasservedasAssociateDirectorofVocations for thedio-cese,hasbeenamemberofthefacultyforIHMSeminaryinWinona, has served as an instructor for Lourdes HighschoolinRochesterandCotterHighSchoolinWinona,andas the Diocesan Master of Ceremonies. Father has alsoserved in thediocesanTribunal.He currently is amember of theCollegeofConsultors, andservesontheClergyPersonnelCommitteeandthePresbyteralCouncil.FatheristheAssistantVicar forClergyandisamemberof theCuria,Deans'Committee,andtheBishop'sCabinet.FatherMcNeaisalsopastorofSt.FrancisofAssisiParishinRochester.

25 YearsFr. Thien Nguyen Fr. Mark McNea

Fr. Peter Klein

To Register

for events, enter the video contest or find out more

about what's going on, please visit the Diocese of Winona's website: www.dow.org or call (507) 454-4643

Special Anniversary EditionJune, 2014

Enter the DOW Video Contest!In several cultures it is tradition to give gifts to others on one’s birthday. For the celebration of our 125th Anniversary, the

Diocese of Winona intends to do exactly that! As a way to honor and further our diocesan “Year of Thanksgiving,” we will share the love and the treasures that we as a diocese have received with those among us who are in special need of care and sup-port. The Diocese will be awarding grants of up to $10,000 to groups (parish, school, etc.) who demonstrate, through a 2-3 minute video, how they are providing “works of mercy and justice” to those living in poverty.

By sponsoring this video contest and providing such funding, the Diocese seeks to promote and honor all the great work that is being done to help those in economic need. Winners of the grants will have their video highlighted at the 125th Anniversary celebration in Mankato on September 13th. To find out more about this project, including how to enter your video, please visit: http://www.dow.org/anniversary.

The Challenge: • Document your service experience or program with a short video, between two to

three minutes long. • Explain in 300 words or less the purpose and future plans of the project. • Complete the entrance application (visit www.dow.org/anniversary) and send the application

to the Diocese of Winona. • Submit an entry on Facebook (www.facebook.com/diocesewinona) by September 1, 2014. • Entries that meet the criteria for the challenge will be posted on Facebook for the public to view. • Accepted entries will be open for the public to vote on, based on creativity, passion, and the impact of the message. • A panel of judges will select the winners of the challenge.

“What you have received as a gift, give as a gift.” Matt. 10:8

“Among our tasks as witnesses to the love of Christ is that of giving a voice to the cry of the poor, so that they are not abandoned to the laws of an economy that seems at times

to treat people as mere consumers.” Pope Francis 6/14/13

Prayer for Priests O Jesus, Eternal Priest, keep Thy priests within

the shelter of Thy Sacred Heart,

where none may touch them. Keep unstained their anointed hands,

which daily touch Thy Sacred Body. Keep

unsullied their lips, daily purpled with Thy Precious Blood. Keep pure and unworldly their

hearts, sealed with the sublime mark of the priest-hood. Let Thy Holy Love

surround them from the world's contagion. Bless their labors with abundant fruit, and may the

souls to whom they minister be their joy and con-solation here and their everlasting crown hereaf-

ter. Mary, Queen of the Clergy, pray for us: obtain for us numerous and holy priests. Amen.