January 29, 2012

Volume 65, No. 5

Mass Schedule

Please note: Reconciliation is offered 5-30 minutes before all Masses

Monday

 7:30 AM

Richardton

 ++John & Catherine Miller & Family

Tuesday

 7:30 AM

Richardton

  +Gen Hunke Mass (Ann.)

Wednesday

    

 7:30 AM

 2:00 PM

Richardton

Nursing Home

    Special Intention

  +Marcella Martin

Thursday

 7:30 AM

Richardton

  +Gary Quintus

Friday

 7:30 AM

Richardton

  +Jeff Hecker

Saturday

Feb. 4th

 7:30 AM

 4:00 PM

 7:30 PM

Richardton

Richardton

St. Thomas

  +Gilbert Rummel

    PARISHES

+++Ethelyn, Kim, and Peter Martin

Sunday

Feb. 5th

 8:00 AM

10:00 AM

St. Stephen’s

Richardton

    Living & Deceased Christian Mothers & KCs

    Living & Deceased Christian Mothers & KCs

Mass Schedule and Ministers for Weekend of  February 4th & 5th  

Saturday

Feb. 4th

4:00 PM

Richardton

7:30 PM

St. Thomas

Lector: Mark Rummel Servers: Destiny Schank & AJ Ballon

Eucharistic Ministers: Elaine Schank             Scott Bohn & Cathy Tormaschy

Lector: Jerry Haich

Server: Josh Haich

Sunday

Feb. 5th

5th Sunday of Ordinary time.

8:00 AM

St. Stephen’s

 

10:00 AM

Richardton

Lector: John Haas               Servers: Maylyn Naumann & Caitlyn Messer

Eucharistic Ministers: James & Patty Thomas

Gift Bearers: Charles & Kathy Schorsch

Lector: Rosalie Hunke        Servers: Alexia Hoff & McKinley Hoselton

Eucharistic Ministers: Judy Roll                     Tom Roll & Arlene Myran

 

Collections for January 22nd  

St. Mary’s

St. Stephen’s

St. Thomas

Adults

2,394.00

65.00

130.00

Plate

91.25

11.37

29.00

School

6.26

 

 

Total

2,491.51

76.37

159.00

 

 

 

 

 

    Welcome!

We thank you for worshipping with us today; we hope you will return often. If you are new to our faith or community and want to join our parish, please call our office at 974-3569.

ST. MARY’S CHURCH 

ST. MARY’S PARISH Finance Committee (7:15) and Pastoral Council (8:00) will meet this Thursday, February 2nd, in the Parish Office.

FIRST FRIDAY will be February 3; come, join us for adoration after Mass, 8:00–10:00 a.m., or with the monks after Vespers, 7:30–9:30 p.m. Spend some time praying with the Lord!

CHRISTIAN MOTHERS MEETING on Sunday, Feb. 5th, 1:30 p.m. We will show videos from the Centennial. Lunch: Colleen Miller &Dennise Miller. Entertainment: Lorraine Rebel & Judy Roll

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION BINGO will be on Sunday, Feb. 12th, starting at 2:00 p.m.

THE AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY will meet on Wednesday, February 1 at 7:00 P.M. in the Legion Clubroom. Lunch Committee: Eva Messer and Kathy Schorsch.

CARING HEARTS extends its deepest to all who collected or donated food during the holiday season. Thanks to your kindness, we were able to provide generous food baskets to many families in our communities. May God bless you all!

CHURCH FAIR 2012:  There are dish towels to be embroidered for the Church Fair along with embroidery thread and transfers to be picked up at the Parish office.   Thank you!

THANK YOU to the Monks, Harvey & Geri Baer and Sue Jesperson for the beautiful decorations in Church for Christmas and for all their work and care in setting it up & taking down.  Thank you for your kindness & hard work.  The Church was beautiful.

HYMNBOARDS: to better gauge the feeling in the Parish over possibly mounting hymn boards in church, the Parish Council will include a poll in the Parish Council election on January 28-29, asking whether you are in favor of having hymn boards in Church or not.

GIFT BEARERS for FEBRUARY 5th: Leo & Colleen Miller

FEBRUARY GREETERS: Saturday: Elaine & Destiny Schank  Sunday: Marc & Joyce Erhardt

FEBRUARY USHERS: Saturday: Cary Lacher (Chair), Dwight & Elaine Schank, Ron Hoff
Sunday: Jim Staudinger, (Chair), Marc & Joyce Erhardt, Dale Dassinger

ST. STEPHEN’S CHURCH

FEBRUARY USHERS: John Haas & Russell Kuhn

ST. THOMAS CHURCH

FEBRUARY USHERS: Alfred Dassinger & Cliff Weiler

FIRST FRIDAY is February 3; come, join us for adoration in the evening, starting at 7:00 p.m. Spend some time praying with the Lord!

ALL THREE PARISHES

PLEASE PRAY for our infirm members: Gary Goetz, Anacleta Hartman, Dallas Hauck, Francis Hecker, Martha Hutchins, Rose Kitzan, Todd Miller, Russ Paulson, Jim Sperle and Betty Steckler.

NOTE ON SUNDAY VISITORS: for the past several months, the Sunday Visitors have frequently come late, so that on a given week we have had none, two, or one sets to put out. Rather than this sort of feast-and-famine confusion, we took to placing the papers out the week following the date of issue. We don’t see the situation changing in the future. We hope this does not cause problems for you.

2011 RECORD OF GIVING: If anyone would like a 2011 print out of your personal giving, please call St. Mary’s Parish Office, 974-3569.  The IRS states we have to send them out for one time donations of $250 or more so those are the only ones that are sent automatically.

POTATOES FOR SALE: Contact Bro. Louie at the Assumption Abbey, 974-3315.

STEWARDSHIP: Moses told the people, “A prophet like me will the Lord, your God, raise up for you among your own kinsmen.”  God still provides among His people he gifts and talents necessary to continue the work of His Church.  What gifts are yours to share?
Stewardship Thought:  Jesus reminds us that material things, even something as basic as water, can never satisfy us for long.  True satisfaction only comes when we follow Jesus.

VOCATION VIEWS: The reign of God is now.  Are you willing to drop what you are doing to follow Jesus’ call?  Believe that God will give you what you need.    (Mark 1:14-20)

PASTOR’S REFLECTIONS: The Collect for the Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time is: “Grant us, Lord our God, that we may honor you with all our mind, and love everyone in truth of heart.”

When this prayer was written, over 1500 years ago, it was used in an Empire that used violence as entertainment, and sex as a part of festivals. Sound familiar? Pope Gelasius wrote it to remind us where we stand: our minds should be used to honor God, to worship him. Our hearts should be used to love everyone in truth.
      Today this prayer continues to remind us that the mind is to be used not to get ahead or to look to our own pleasure, but to honor and worship God. Our heart is made not to use and abuse people, but to love them properly, as Jesus loves us and showed us how to love. Remember too that God is love, and we are made in the image of God. That means that we are made to love, and unless we love with our whole hearts and mind, serving the needs of others, we can never find fulfillment.

 

To contact our congressional delegation regarding the Health Care rules:

Senator Kent Conrad
530 Hart Senate Office Building / US Senate / Washington, DC 20510-3403
Washington: (202) 224-2043  Bismarck: (701) 258-4648  Toll Free: 1-800-223-4457
Email: https://conrad.senate.gov/contact/webform.cfm

Senator John Hoeven
120 Russell Senate Office Bldg. / Washington DC, 20510
Phone: 202-224-2551 Fax: 202-224-7999

Bismarck, ND: US Federal Building / 220 East Rosser Avenue, Room 312 / Bismarck, ND 58501
Phone: 701-250-4618  Fax: 701-250-4484
http://hoeven.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact?p=email-the-senator

Representative Rick Berg
323 Cannon HOB / Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-2611

Bismarck: 220 E Rosser Ave. / 328 Federal Building / Bismarck, ND 58501
Phone: 701-224-0355  Email: http://berg.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=58§iontree=7