St Anne's Catholic Church Le Sueur MN

St Anne's Catholic Church Le Sueur MN St Anne's Catholic church is proclaiming the Gospel and sharing the works of Jesus Christ. The parishioners of St.

"Our congregation consists of a healthy mix of young, vibrant families and loyal, devoted older members. Thus, each Sunday several generations can be seen worshiping together. Anne’s are a casual, comfortable people; generous within their means. Our church’s beauty lies in its classic simplicity. Offering daily weekday mass, three masses each weekend, as well as Benediction and Adoration on the fi

rst Friday of each month, St. Anne’s provides it’s parishioners with ample opportunity to actively participate in their faith." Mass Times
Saturday 5:15
Sunday 8:00 and 10:30 AM
Monday 8:00 AM (Communion Service)
Tuesday 8:00 AM (10:00am during the school year)
Wednesday 8:00 AM
Thursday 5:00 PM
Friday 8:00 AM (10:00 AM First Friday @ nursing home)
First Saturday 8:00 AM

Adoration - First Friday 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Sacrament of Reconciliation
Saturday 9:00 to 9:15 AM
4:00 to 4:30 PM

St Anne's Catholic parish in LeSueur MN has been an integral part of the community for over 155 years with the first recorded marriage taking place on April 18th, 1860. Since then, St Annes has been a place where numerous families have called home for many family events. St Annes is blessed with active organizations within the parish such as the Knights of Columbus, Council of Catholic Women, Ancient Order of Hiberinians, faith formation and music ministries. St Annes parish has a strong tradition of providing Catholic education in the LeSuer area for over 130 years. St Anne's Catholic School that provides superb educational opportunities to children pre-k 3 through the fifth grade levels.

Congratulations to Father Alex Leschisin, who was ordained at the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Sioux Falls, South Dakota o...
06/02/2026

Congratulations to Father Alex Leschisin, who was ordained at the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Sioux Falls, South Dakota on Friday, May 29! Fr. Alex was part of our St. Anne’s community for four years as part of his seminary formation. After taking the month of June to celebrate Masses of Thanksgiving with family and friends, he will begin his first assignment as Parochial Vicar on July 1 at the parishes of Christ the King, St. Mary, and St. John Paul II in the Sioux Falls and Harrisburg area.

We continue for pray for Fr. Alex and wish him the best in his priestly ministry!

Fourth Luminous Mystery: The Transfiguration (Matthew 17:1-9)The Fourth Luminous Mystery brings us up a mountain—and int...
06/01/2026

Fourth Luminous Mystery: The Transfiguration (Matthew 17:1-9)

The Fourth Luminous Mystery brings us up a mountain—and into a moment so bright the apostles could hardly hold it. Jesus takes Peter, James, and John apart from the others. Not because He loves the rest less, but because sometimes the Lord forms His disciples in smaller circles, preparing them to steady the whole community later. On the heights, His face changes in splendor. His clothes become dazzling. Moses and Elijah appear, speaking with Him—Law and Prophets standing beside the One who fulfills them. And then the Father’s voice breaks through the cloud: “This is my beloved Son… listen to Him.” The Transfiguration is not a detour from the Gospel. It’s the Gospel revealed in advance: Jesus is truly the Son, truly glorious, and still freely choosing the road of the Cross.

Peter, overwhelmed, says what every honest heart says when it touches heaven: “It is good that we are here.” And then, like so many of us, he tries to preserve the moment. Three tents. Three shelters. A way to hold onto the light, to keep it from slipping away. But the Lord does not permit them to stay. The mountain is not meant to become their address. The vision is given only for a moment—yet its fruit is meant to remain, like a coal pressed into the heart. When darkness comes later, when the Cross appears to contradict everything, they will be able to say, “No. I have seen His glory. His promises are real. This is not the end.”

We understand Peter more than we think. We’ve all had “mountain moments”: the birth of a child, the day of a wedding, a deep conversation that healed something in us, a hard-won success, a prayer that felt like God was close enough to touch. And we wish we could build tents around those moments—freeze time, keep the feelings, protect the joy from whatever might come next. But life doesn’t work that way. Moments are moments. They pass. And maybe that’s part of why they’re so precious.

Yet the Christian truth is this: The best moments are not meant to be repeated. They’re meant to be received. Not hoarded, but carried. Not preserved like a museum exhibit, but planted like a seed. A single moment can transform us forever. The Transfiguration teaches us to cherish every moment as God’s grace—and then to bring that grace down the mountain, back into ordinary life, where faith becomes fidelity, love becomes sacrifice, and hope becomes courage.

Today, as we reflect on this Fourth Luminous Mystery and as you continue to deepen in your Rosary meditation, we ask the Lord to give us eyes to recognize His glory when He reveals it, and hearts strong enough to carry it when the moment passes. It is good that we are here, in the Lord’s presence—so we ask: “Lord, send me, transformed in mind and heart!”

[Painting: “The Transfiguration” by Raphael, 1516-1520]

05/30/2026

The Most Holy Trinity

This weekend, May 30–31, please welcome Dr. Geetha Yeruva, co-founder of Foundation for Children in Need (FCN), to St. A...
05/28/2026

This weekend, May 30–31, please welcome Dr. Geetha Yeruva, co-founder of Foundation for Children in Need (FCN), to St. Anne’s. Dr. Geetha will be with us to share about the important work of FCN and to invite our parish community to support their mission of serving children, college students, the elderly, and families in need in India.

Founded in 2002, FCN currently sponsors nearly 1,600 children and college students, as well as 100 elderly individuals in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in South India. In addition to sponsorship, FCN also provides support for medical care, health education, women’s development, and other important needs. Over the past ten years, FCN has also helped coordinate 2,200 free cleft lip and cleft palate surgeries for children in need.

We are very happy to have Dr. Geetha join us at St. Anne’s this weekend. I encourage you to listen with open hearts and to be generous in supporting this beautiful mission of love and service.

“Greater love has no one than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” — John 15:13As we gather with family and ...
05/25/2026

“Greater love has no one than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” — John 15:13

As we gather with family and friends this Memorial Day, we pause to remember the men and women who gave their lives in service to our nation. The freedoms we enjoy were purchased at a great cost, by those who were willing to sacrifice their own lives out of love for something greater than themselves.

In the midst of the celebrations, cookouts, and time with loved ones, may we take time to remember. May we take time to give thanks. And may we take time to pray for those who died in service to our country, for the families who still carry the weight of their loss, and for all of us who have inherited the blessings they helped preserve.

May their sacrifice never be forgotten. May their memory be honored. And may God grant them eternal rest.

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace. Amen.

Third Luminous Mystery: The Proclamation of the Kingdom and Call to Continuing Conversion (Matthew 5:1-12)The Third Lumi...
05/25/2026

Third Luminous Mystery: The Proclamation of the Kingdom and Call to Continuing Conversion (Matthew 5:1-12)

The Third Luminous Mystery is the Proclamation of the Kingdom and the Call to Continuing Conversion. Unlike other mysteries that spotlight one clearly defined moment, this one feels like a moving montage of Jesus’ public ministry: roads and shorelines, crowded homes and quiet hillsides, the synagogue and the dinner table. It’s Jesus preaching and teaching, comforting and consoling. It’s the steady rhythm of His voice as He explains the Father’s heart, again and again, to people who are hungry, confused, wounded, defensive, hopeful, ashamed, curious, or skeptical.

And in a certain sense, that’s precisely the point. The Kingdom of God isn’t a concept Jesus dropped once and then moved on from. It’s the atmosphere of His life, the message beating beneath everything He says and does. Every parable is a doorway. Every answer to a question is an invitation. Every time He clarifies a teaching, every time He gently dismantles a misconception, every time He addresses someone’s doubts—He isn’t merely giving information. He’s forming disciples.

Because Jesus never aimed only at the mind. Yes, He teaches. He expands understanding. He makes things clearer. But He also reaches deeper than the intellect. He speaks to the heart and soul, to the place where we actually choose who we will become. His goal is not that we would merely “know more,” but that we would be made new. The Kingdom is not simply an idea to grasp; it is a life to receive. And conversion is not a one-time event we check off and then graduate from. It is a daily turning, a continual re-centering, a slow and holy surrender.

That’s why this mystery is so confronting—and so hopeful—for us. It is tempting to believe that if we just learn enough facts about the faith, we will automatically be better Christians. Knowledge is absolutely a gift. The Church treasures it. We should study, ask questions, seek understanding, and love the truth. But knowledge alone is not the whole story. There is a difference between knowing about Jesus and knowing Jesus.

Have we simply accumulated information about a man who lived 2,000 years ago? Or do we actually live with Him? Is there daily prayer that makes space for His voice? Sunday worship that anchors the week? Faithfulness when temptation presses in? A real surrender to God’s will when it costs us something? The call to continuing conversion can be the forgotten part of this mystery, but it is the heartbeat of discipleship: each day, by grace, we let the Lord peel away what is not of God, and we put on Christ more fully. We unlearn old habits of sin. We practice the freedom of virtue. We begin again—sometimes quietly, sometimes dramatically—but always moving toward the light.

Today, as we reflect on this Third Luminous Mystery and as you continue to deepen in your Rosary meditation, let us allow the good news to pe*****te our heart: The King is not distant. He does not shout instructions from far away. He walks with us. He teaches, He heals, He forgives, He strengthens. Thanks be to God that He has given us His Son—His teaching, His example, and His grace—so that the Kingdom is not only proclaimed to us, but planted within us.

[Painting: “Sermon on the Mount by Carl Heinrich Bloch, 1877]

05/23/2026

Pentecost Sunday

This Memorial Day, we invite you to join us for Mass at St. Anne’s on Monday, May 25 at 8:00 am.Together, we will rememb...
05/21/2026

This Memorial Day, we invite you to join us for Mass at St. Anne’s on Monday, May 25 at 8:00 am.

Together, we will remember, honor, and pray for the men and women who sacrificed their lives in service to our country, so that we may enjoy the freedoms we have today.

May we never forget the cost of their sacrifice, and may we entrust them and their families to the mercy and peace of God.

Second Luminous Mystery: The Miracle at the Wedding at Cana (John 2:1-12)The Second Luminous Mystery drops us into a mom...
05/18/2026

Second Luminous Mystery: The Miracle at the Wedding at Cana (John 2:1-12)

The Second Luminous Mystery drops us into a moment that feels almost… too ordinary to be a “mystery.” A wedding. Laughter, music, families gathered, the kind of joy that makes you think, “This is what life is supposed to feel like.”

And then the quiet crisis: they run out of wine.

In John’s Gospel, this is the first public sign of Jesus, and it happens not in the Temple, not in a synagogue, but at a celebration. Which tells us something important right away: Jesus is not distant from the real fabric of human life. He enters it. He blesses it. He cares about it.

And in the middle of that scene stands Mary—so calm, so attentive, so utterly confident in her Son. When the need is made known, she doesn’t panic. She doesn’t pretend she has the solution. She simply does what faithful disciples do: she brings the need to Jesus. Then she turns to the servants and gives one of the most important lines in all of Scripture: “Do whatever He tells you.”

That is Mary’s entire posture toward us. She doesn’t draw attention to herself. She doesn’t replace Jesus. She points—always—to Him. Her intercession is powerful precisely because it is humble: she receives our need, carries it to her Son, and teaches us the stance that makes room for grace—obedience, trust, surrender. “Do whatever He tells you.” In other words: stay close. Listen. Act in faith, even when the instructions seem simple, even strange—like filling jars with water when what you lack is wine.

And that’s where this mystery meets our daily lives.

So often we pray for something big, something unmistakable, something that would finally prove God is at work: “Lord, change this situation. Heal this relationship. Lift this burden. Provide what I can’t provide.” We want water to become wine—and we keep checking the cup, hoping today is the day it tastes different.

But sometimes it still looks like water. The bills are still there. The diagnosis hasn’t changed. The loneliness still aches. The habit still clings. The miracle we begged for doesn’t happen in the way we imagined.

Does that mean we give up hope? Absolutely not.

Cana teaches us to keep bringing the need to Jesus, even when we don’t see immediate change. It teaches us that the first step of a miracle is often not fireworks, but faithful obedience in the ordinary. And it teaches us to turn to Mary—not as a shortcut around Jesus, but as a mother who knows how to carry our petitions with tenderness and persistence, and who will always, without fail, point us back to the only One who can truly transform us.

Today, as we reflect on this Second Luminous Mystery and as you continue to deepen in your Rosary meditation, take the time and name your need. Don’t romanticize it. Don’t hide it. Bring it. And if all you have right now is water—ordinary prayers, ordinary effort, ordinary fidelity—place it in the hands of Jesus anyway. Because the Lord who turned water into wine is still in the business of making the ordinary extraordinary. And Mary is still whispering the same steady counsel to every anxious heart: “Do whatever He tells you.”

[Painting: “The Wedding at Cana” by Bartolome Esteban Murillo, 1672}

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217 N 3rd Street
Le Sueur, MN
56058

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Monday 12:01am - 11:59pm
Tuesday 12:01am - 11:59pm
Wednesday 12:01am - 11:59pm
Thursday 12:01am - 11:59pm
Friday 12:01am - 11:59pm
Saturday 12:01am - 11:59pm
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