ACC Office Reminders: 

*Office hours are Mon-Fri 8:00am-4:30pm 

  Lunch from 12:00pm-12:30pm 

*** OFFICE CLOSED FRIDAY, JULY 4 ***

*Bulletin Information: If you would like something in the bulletin, please have it to Michelle Stevens at crossrockbulletin@gmail.com by Tuesday of the week that you want it in the bulletin. 

*When writing a check for giving, please write it out to the individual parish, as the bank will NOT cash/deposit a check written to Cross Rock ACC 

*If you are mailing something to one of the parishes please use the ACC Office Address. This assures that contributions and correspondence are taken care of in a timely manner. 

Cross Rock ACC Office, PO Box 189, Rice, MN 56367

*Mass Intentions - $10.00 each. If you are writing a check for Mass Intentions for any of the parishes, the check can be made out to the individual parish. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to the office at 320-393-2725. THANK YOU for your help with this. 

*If you have any changes to your household such as a phone # change, address change, member change please contact the office so we can update our programs. 

*We keep children on their parents' registration until they are 24. If they want to remain members, they will need to contact the office or they will be taken off the census program.

Beginning July 1st, 

Holy Cross, North Prairie will have Mass on Saturday at 8:00pm and 

St. Stanislaus, Bowlus will have Mass on Sunday at 10:00am

Cross Rock ACC Board Members

St. Stanislaus, Bowlus:  Gene Bechtold and Dave Waletski 

Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Opole:  Katie Knettel & Pat Maciej 

Holy Cross, North Prairie:  Peter Borash & Rich Zabinski 

Immaculate Conception, Rice:  Chris Van Heel & Natalie Schmitt 

Holy Trinity, Royalton:  Gary Opatz & Steve Bishop

At Holy Trinity, we have two ushers per month for Sunday 8:00am Mass, plus extra Masses throughout the year. We are in need of ushers for the month of July.

Eucharistic Ministry is a four week rotation for Sunday 8:00am Mass, plus extra Masses throughout the year. 

Please take a moment and consider joining one or both of these ministries.

If these do not work for you, maybe consider one of the many other ministries; lector, choir, Religious Ed, rectory cleaning, and money counting. 

Thank you to all the parishioners who volunteer for these ministries!

Ushers: call Becky Voyles at 320-248-5256

Eucharistic Ministers: call Patty Burggraff at 320-360-3143 

Central Office at 320-393-2725 and leave a message for Becky or Patty

Welcome Fr. Greg Paffel to Our Crossrock ACC!!  

Friday, July 4th - 8:00 Mass followed by a Potluck Breakfast

According to The Coming Home Network International, Father Greg was raised in a Catholic family but, though he believed in God, he only remembers praying with his heart twice when he was young. Sadly, he had next to no catechesis. Even though he attended Mass he did not know the faith. When he was a junior in high school, a friend asked him if he knew Jesus and invited him to his  Assembly of God youth group. His faith grew through the witness of his new  friends. In college, he continued his personal prayer time and visited several denominations. He was frustrated because he wanted to experience a fervent faith in God in the Catholic Church like he did when he visited Protestant congregations. An advisor at the college talked to him about the Franciscan University of Steubenville. It was there that he found the answers to his search and also discovered his vocation to the priesthood. Father Greg was ordained a Catholic priest, in 2001, for the Diocese of St. Cloud, Minnesota. Fr. Paffel received the Humanae Vitae Award in July 2024.

Mark your Calendars… Future ACC Events  

July 4: ACC Office CLOSED

July 4: Bowlus - Mass & Potluck to welcome Fr. Greg Paffel to our Cross Rock ACC at 8:00am

July 14: Royalton - Royalton Knights of Columbus meeting at 7:00pm

July 24-28: Steubenville St. Paul MN - see information on home page of website

September 27: Rice - Fall Fest Parish Festival

Bowlus Prayer Line Leader: Rita Trettel 

Royalton/North Prairie Prayer Line Leader: Janice Breth

Rice Prayer Line Leader: Colleen Burton 

*Bulletin Prayer List: Let Jean in the Office know. We need permission from the individual or family to list in bulletin.

RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults) / OCIA (Order of Christian Initiation for Adults)

RCIA to OCIA

In Advent, the US Conference of Catholic Bishops introduced the “Order of Christian Initiation of Adults” (OCIA) which is the revised process by which adults (anyone over the age of 7) will enter the Church or receive sacraments outside of the usual religious education program. This update to the former Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) comes with some notable changes. The most significant is that OCIA will take no less than one year for any person who is not already a baptized Christian. With this in mind, OCIA classes will begin the first week of Lent this year and continue until Easter of 2026. These classes will continue year-round and individuals are welcome to join at any point, but the process will take at least one year from the time an individual begins. If you know anyone who is interested in entering the Church or receiving sacraments such as confirmation, please have them contact Ben Borash at (320) 412-9342 or crossrockaccpa@gmail.com.

• Baptisms 

• Baptism Preparations 

• Weddings 

• Communion at Home 

• Home Visits 

• Funerals 

Contact: Ben Borash, Pastoral Associate crossrockaccpa@gmail.com or 320-412-9342.

Rice Area Senior Citizens will meet on the first Tuesday of each month at 12:00pm at the Creamery Cafe in Rice. All are Welcome.