ACC Office Reminders: 

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

  Lunch from 12:00pm-12:30pm 

*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 should 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.

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.

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

Sunday, September 14th, all the morning Masses are moved to North Prairie for our Annual ACC Outdoor Mass and Picnic. We will celebrate Mass at 10:00am for all five parishes of the Cross Rock ACC with lunch to follow.

"Take up your lawn chair and follow" in celebration of the Feast of the Holy Cross at the Holy Cross Cemetery. Our picnic meal is being provided after Mass.

If you are unable to attend on Sunday, you can attend Mass at Rice at 5:00pm or North Prairie at 7:00pm as usual, or in neighboring parishes.

In case of inclement weather, please consult our ACC website after 2:00pm on Saturday. Our back up plan is to have our usual Sunday morning Masses at the regular locations and times if the weather does not cooperate.

Holy Cross and St. Stanislaus parishes are still looking for a couple of teachers. Please consider helping if you are able.

Share your garden produce each Sunday after 10:00am Mass beginning the 1st Sunday in August, at St. Stanislaus Church in Bowlus. If you have any questions, call Tom Fussy at 232-5703

Mark your Calendars… Future ACC Events  

September 5: North Prairie - First Friday Mass at Caty & Jim Daly's at 6:00pm potluck to follow

September 6: North Prairie - Mass time change from 8:00pm to 7:00pm

September 8: Royalton - Holy Trinity Knights of Columbus meeting at 7:00pm

September 14: North Prairie - Cross Rock ACC Fall Outdoor Mass & Picnic at 10:00am

September 27: Rice - Fall Fest Parish Festival

October 24: Opole - Family Fun Night

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.

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.

Fall Fest Worker Sign-Up Sheets are out and ready for you to sign up for a shift. Fall Fest is a great time to get to know your fellow parishioners while having fun and making a difference. Fall Fest is one of our biggest fundraisers for the year and we need many hands to make it successful. We are also taking quilts from those who would like to donate. Thank you to all those that have agreed to chair a stand and for Laurel and Emily for taking on chairing the event.

     Rice - Religious Education Registration is up and ready for you to register your child/ren for Religion Classes. You can go to our website and follow the link. If you have any questions, please contact Jean. We will continue with classes 2x per month. Are you interested in helping out in any way with Religious Ed? If so, please reach out to Jean. We are looking for a few new helpers this year.

     Opole - Religious Education Retistration is open. You can go to our website at crossrockacc.org and click Faith Formation and then go to Opole. If you have any questions, please reach out to Missy

• Baptisms 

• Baptism Preparations 

• Weddings 

• Communion at Home 

• Home Visits 

• Funerals 

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

The Craft Sale is right around the corner, and once again, we will be parking cars by the Cemetery. We are looking for volunteers to help out. If you are able to help, the sign-up sheet is in the back of the church. This is also a great opportunity for Confirmation students to get a start on their service hours!

There will be NO ADORATION in North Prairie on Labor Day, Monday, Septemb

Planning has begun for Opole's Family Fun Night. Anyone wishing to donate to the raffle for prizes, or willing to work, please contact Missy at (320-309-3280).