We welcome you to the webpage of Our Lady of the Lakes Chapter in Walker, MN. These are exciting times that we live in and Magnificat was begun in 1981 for such a time as this. There are now over 100 Chapters throughout the United States and its territories and in many foreign countries. Our Lady of the Lakes Chapter also has a website at www.ololmagnificat.com.

Magnificat Meal

Hosted by Our Lady of the Lakes Chapter

Saturday, August 24, 2024

8:30 am Registration
9:00 am – 12:00 pm

Location:
St. Agnes Catholic Church
210 Division St.
Walker, MN. 56484

About Our Speaker: Deacon James Clack

Deacon James S. Clack grew up in California as the oldest of five children. His parents did not attend any church until his mother and all the kids were baptized in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormon) when he was 14 years old. His mother, Dolores moved back to Minnesota with her five children to Park Rapids in 1977.

Jim met his wife, Rose Wilson, the very first day he attended Park Rapids High School. Their first date was the Senior prom. Jim and Rose were married at St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church in Park Rapids on August 1, 1981. They have three children and four grandsons. After graduating from high school, Jim attended the University of Minnesota, Crookston to study Business Administration and to play college basketball. His goal was to open a hardware store. But while in college his roommate Don Braukmann invited Jim to attend Mass with him one Sunday. This eventually led to RCIA and to finally joining the church in 1980. For the next 20 years, Jim attended Mass with his growing family, serving as a Lector and Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion. He joined the Knights of Columbus in 1990 in Braham, Minnesota. Jim and Rose have also served as confirmation teachers and hospice chaplains.

Rose prompted Jim to consider formation as a deacon in 1999. His pastor supported the idea and Jim and Rose were accepted into the deacon formation program at the St Thomas Seminary in St. Paul. Jim was ordained a Deacon by St. Cloud Bishop John Francis Kinney on June 12, 2004.

Jim also served as Fire Chief in Baltimore, Maryland from 1985 to 2008 and in Minneapolis from 2008 to 2013. Chief Clack served as the Unified Incident Commander (IC) for the response to the Interstate-35W bridge collapse over the Mississippi River in Downtown Minneapolis on August 1, 2007. Deacon Jim has most recently served as the Deacon Administrator for four parishes that are currently without a Pastor in the Diocese of Duluth.

We hope you can join us where he will also share his experiences at the National Eucharistic Congress.!

Prayer teams are available following the meal.
Religious books and CD’s may be available at the meal.
Since the day is designed to speak to the hearts of women, free of distractions, it is respectfully requested that young children not be in attendance.

TICKETS/RESERVATIONS

Registration will be at 8:30 with breakfast at 9:00. Cost of the meal is $20.00. To make reservations, please call Lorri at 218-507-0953 or use the mail-in information below.

Tickets for priests, deacons, religious brothers and sisters are complimentary.

RESERVATION FORM:
Please use this form for Mail-In Reservations ONLY.

Click on, print and complete the form below (include the names and phone numbers of other ticket holders in your group). Reservations CANNOT be accepted after June 20th,  2024

MAIL-IN REGISTRATION FORM

Please Mail Reservation Form and check payable to “Magnificat” to:
Lorri Henning
3080 20th Avenue NW
Hackensack, MN 56452-2064

For more information about our Chapter and upcoming events, go to
Our Lady of the Lakes Chapter website.

UPCOMING EVENTS FOR OUR CHAPTER

Aug. 24th – Deacon Jim Clack
Oct. 4-5th – Judy Zelden

ROSARY BLANKET OF PRAYER

Remember our chapter’s commitment to Eucharistic Adoration and to pray the Rosary on the 21st of each month for the intentions of Magnificat, Sanctity of Life, Marriage and Family, and World Peace.

SERVICE TEAM MEMBERS

Linda Reis, Coordinator
Betty Lindy, Secretary
Jeanette Goehring, Treasurer
Lorri Henning, Historian
Annette Haas, Head of Music Ministry
Spiritual Advisor: Father George Zeck

If you would like to help with a Ministry of Magnificat, or if you have a question or comment for our Service Team, or if you would like to be on our Mailing list for future events, please contact us at walkermnmagnificat@gmail.com.

HISTORY of Our Lady of the Lakes Chapter of Magnificat

(Diocese of Duluth, Minnesota)
Est. 1992

Magnificat came to Walker, MN in 1992 through women involved in the Catholic Charismatic Renewal. These Through much prayer for direction and discernment, the answer came at a charismatic leaders’ conference in Pittsburgh, PA, “Return to the Upper Room”, for the 25th anniversary of the Renewal. The first night of the leaders’ meetings, we were told to break into small groups and to pray for the needs of each leader. Our prayers were for direction and approval of a women’s group in the Duluth, MN diocese. Before we began to pray, a lady we had never seen or heard from before stopped and said, “You are going to begin a Magnificat and your bishop will approve it. Move quickly.”

The second affirmation came during the same conference. We were trying to meet with Marilyn Quirk, the Central Service Team Coordinator, whom we did not know, but had seen in years past speaking about Magnificat,

We prayed that we would recognize her in the large crowd and be able to meet with her. Looking over the large crowd of people, we spotted a person we thought might be Marilyn. We walked up to her and said, “Are you Marilyn Quirk?” She was! Father Jerry Lapatka, Betty Garoutte and Rosemary Ellis met with Marilyn of Friday, June 5, 1992 in a hospital cafeteria and completed the first step in starting our Magnificat chapter.

When we returned to MN and met with our women, we had a unanimous decision that Magnificat was right for us. We met with our parish priest, Father Tom Bouchard and we received his approval. Then with the help of Father Lapatka, our spiritual advisor, we received approval from the Magnificat service team and from our bishop, Roger Schweitz. We were overjoyed with his blessing and full approval. We completed all of the necessary procedures and legal matters and Our Lady of the Lakes chapter of Magnificat became a reality. Consecrated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and filled with the Holy Spirit, we went forth to proclaim that Jesus is Lord, active, alive and present to the Glory of the Father.