2012 July 9 St Thomas News
The next mass scheduled at St. Thomas is July 28th at 5 pm. with Father Burns. Father Hessian has another commitment that day.
6 am masses are on Sundays at St. Joseph’s Church in Henderson during the summer season.
On June 30th, the Walker's attended the wedding of Samantha Barnett and Brian Rue in Owatonna. They spent a few days over the July 4th holiday at the Walker family lake home with families and friends. This past weekend, they went to Butterfield, Minnesota, for three days on a Cushman scooter ride with a group of friends. Saturday morning, Jim ran a 5K race in Butterfield and took 1st place in his age group.
A group of Pioneer Power members and former parishioners gathered for an old fashioned church cleaning on Saturday with a bite to eat following their labors. The Lexington Church Dedication is on the calendar… August 11th … Le Sueur County Pioneer Power Showgrounds.
Private First Class Tim Marsolais, son of Deb and Aaron Halloran, stationed in Bowri Tana Combat Outpost, Afghanistan with the 4th Brigade 25th Infantry Division (Airborne) 425 BSTB, arrived home on the 4th of July… for two weeks. He is home visiting with family and friends. On Saturday, Aaron and Deb hosted a party for Tim and his wife, Alex. Tim ran the clay pigeon thrower all day coaching his uncles, aunts, wife and mom in the finer points of hitting the targets. Aaron ran the grills, helped load shotguns, and gave a brief fireworks display after dark. Rita shot 4 different guns, hitting a few targets. Bruce said the smell of gun powder brought him back to his days on the gun range in Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Cathy relaxed enjoying the perfect weather watching all of kids play in the pool. Jim and Mary Jean showed up with rhubarb dessert and joined the gathering as they watched the fireworks. Tim's Grandparents, Cheryl and Malcolm Theis, along with his uncles, Tom and his family, Bob and Dave all traveled from the Twin Cities to join in the fun. Aaron's sisters Gwen, Janel, Ellen and Rita showed up with their families to visit with Tim and Alex. Steven Halloran, from down the road, dropped in to see what all the racket was about.
We are grateful to all our servicemen and women and pray for their safe return home as we celebrate this holiday...and all the future holidays to come.
Kasie Vlasak of Montgomery has earned the Purple Heart medal and certificate. The certificate read: “THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TO ALL WHO SHALL PRESENTS, GREETINGS: THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA HAS AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART… TO CORPORAL KASIE M. VLASAK, UNITED STATE MARINE CORPS FOR WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION ON THE 20th MARCH 2012, SERVING IN AFGHANISTAN, LAND MINE EXPLODED UNDER THE VEHICLE SHE WAS IN…” She is on the top side of green sod… Can’t wait to read her who-o-o-le story. Kasie is a granddaughter of Al (3/ 21/ 1926-7/4/2004) and Rita Moore Vlasak (6/ 5/ 1925-2/ 9/ 1992), the daughter of Greg and Melinda Vlasak of Montgomery… and that makes Corporal Kasie M. Vlasak… two generations from St. Thomas. There are no two people prouder than Greg and Melinda.
Bob and Becky Block enjoyed their annual 4th of July family camp out at Baylor County Park near Norwood this past weekend with Jason and Shauna Block, Corey, Alyssa, Owen, and Alex Block, and Bob and Becky Block enjoyed their annual 4th of July family camp out at Baylor County Park near Norwood this past weekend with Jason and Shauna Block, Corey, Alyssa, Owen, and Alex Block, and Rick, Lori, Jenna, and Maddie Gregor. Good weather, good food, and good times!

Remembering Josselyn Bishop, St. Thomas friends are not forgetting. It’s been a year.

Happy Birthday, Corrine. Friday, the 13th.
Happy Birthday, Jenny! Jennifer Giesen Geiger turned 34 years old on Thursday, July 12th.
Also, on the 12th, Terry Fahey turned 64 years old.
Happy Birthday, Lisa… Lisa Meger, her birthday is on Sunday, July the 15th.
Greetings to Marcie Dvorak at the State Bank of New Prague. I turned 63 recently and went into the bank on Monday to renew my driver’s license…Honestly, this is the first time in all the years I’ve been driving that I forgot to lie about my weight…Marcie, if it’s not too late… Could you knock off about ten?
That’s all, folks… Stay cool and have a good one.