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March 14, 2010 |
Volume 63, No. 11 |
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Welcome! We appreciate your worshipping with us today; we
hope you will return often. If you are new to our faith or our community and
want to join our parish, please call our office at 974-3569. |
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ST. MARY’S CHURCH CATECHISTS NEEDED: As of now we have two Catechists for next year. If we don’t get more volunteers we will have to put some grades together and eliminate others. If you don’t know what you would teach, we have the materials you need. If you don’t know enough about your own faith, this is an excellent way to learn it anew. Make a difference in your own life as well as our children’s. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS met Thursday, March 11th, and chose Robert Bohn as Knight of the Month and Ron and Fran Hauck as Family of the Month. STATIONS OF THE CROSS is celebrated on Friday evenings at 8:00 pm. Anyone willing to lead the Stations should call the Parish Office at 974-3569. AMERICAN LEGION BIRTHDAY POTLUCK SUPPER will be on Monday, March 15th, at 6:30 p.m. at the clubroom. All Legionaries and auxiliary members and spouses are welcome. ST. MARY’S Finance Committee (7:15) and Pastoral Council (8:00) will meet on Tuesday Evening, March 16th in the parish office. CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS are sponsoring a craft show Saturday, March 20th, in the Social Center, at the KC Cajun Turkey Supper. If you are interested in a table or two, please call Kathy at 974-3561. CAJUN TURKEY SUPPER: 20th Annual KC-CDA Cajun Turkey Supper will be Saturday, March 20th at the Social Center, serving 4:30-7:30 p.m. Price will be $9.00. There will be a Craft Show and Bake Sale at the Supper. THANK YOU
to everyone for your prayers, cards and phone calls. It’s all appreciated
very much. EASTER LILY Donations to decorate the Church are needed. Please drop them in the collection. CHURCH CLEANING
for Easter will be on Tuesday, March 23rd at 8:00 a.m. ST. STEPHEN’S CHURCH ROLL LIST for March 21st: Dana Scholz, Chair/Bread, Karen Zent, Cathy Schorsch, Ruth Haas, Fran Hauck, Mary Jo Wicks. THANK YOU to all who worked, donated, and attended he benefit for our son Connor. There was an amazing turnout and we feel so blessed and supported. A special thank you to Duane and Karen Zent the St. Stephen’s KC Club, the St. Mary’s KC Council, St. Stephen’s Christian Mothers, and all who donated a basket. ST. THOMAS CHURCH EASTER LILY Donations to decorate the Church are needed. Please drop them in the collection. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS will meet Sunday, March 14, at 7:00 p.m. ALL THREE PARISHES PLEASE KEEP these infirm members in your prayers: Sandy Dinius, Clem Gaab, Evelyn Goetz, Gary Goetz, Anacleta Hartmann, Francis Hecker, Martha Hutchins, Rose Kitzan, Gary Quintus, and Betty Steckler. VOCATION VIEWS: God welcomes us home with extravagant love. Let the call to holiness draw you home into a deeper relationship with God. (Luke 15: 1-3, 11-32) EASTER OPEN HOUSE at Assumption Abbey Gift Shoppe and Wine Cellar will be held on Saturday, March 27, from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. Abbey-made Easter bread and other assorted breads, home-made preserves, a good variety of table wines and other unique gift items. Among the gift items available will be an assortment of wonderful Assumption Abbey soap. UNITED BLOOD
SERVICES of Bismarck and I would like to thank all the willing donors
who came to the Assumption Abbey blood drive on March 4th. Thanks
to Br. Alban for the delicious cookies and juice. We collected 36 units of
life-saving blood. Each unit can save up to three lives. We had three new donors
to our drive. The Door Prize winner was Colleen Hutchinson. I would also like
to thank the American Legion for donating the use of their building. Our next
drive will be May 20th. Thank
you, Judy Roll, Volunteer Blood Drive Coordinator. HELMET LINER
PROJECT: Yes, we need hundreds of helmet liners again, for Kosovo,
until August. They also include a
cross stitch angel when they send them off.
Sacred Heart Monastery has donated yarn for the liners. The pattern and yarn are available at the
bank from Sue Hoff. RELAY FOR LIFE will have a Sloppy Joe Supper at the Legion Club on Saturday, March 27th, 6:30 p.m. After supper there will be a Cancer Basket Auction and Karaoke to follow the auction. Baskets can be dropped off at Bremer Bank. CENTENNIAL
CELEBRATION: As you begin arranging for summer vacations and travel,
plan to be in Bismarck June 11-13 for the Diocese of Bismarck Centennial
Celebration. Thousands of Catholics will be gathering for an inspiring
weekend of workshops, music, worship and entertainment. Activities for all
ages are planned -- families and children are encouraged to participate. More
information including a complete schedule of events is available in the
Dakota Catholic Action, at bismarckdiocese.com or by calling 222-3035. Don't
miss it! STEWARDSHIP: The Parable of the Prodigal Son reminds us that it is never too late to become a good steward. Blessed is the elder brother who had been a good steward all along and only needed to learn to forgive and celebrate, but blessed too is the prodigal who had to lose all he had in order to understand the value of what he had been given. Stewardship thought: Some Christians choose the Biblical norm of giving 10% of their treasure. Some, because of circumstances, give more than that. Others might start at two, three, or four percent and work upwards. RIGHT TO LIFE: During Lent, it is good to consider Jesus’ words, “Amen, I say to you, what you did not do for one of these least ones, you did not do for me.” If we do not work for the protection of these least ones, we are falling short in our work for Jesus. COLFS Newsletter, San Diego, 11/2007 PASTOR’S
REFLECTIONS: The Second Rule of Discernment: In the persons who are going on
intensely cleansing their sins and rising from good to better in the service
of God our Lord, it is the method contrary to that in the first Rule, for
then it is the way of the evil spirit to bite, sadden and put obstacles,
disquieting with false reasons, that one may not go on; and it is proper to
the good to give courage and strength, consolations, tears, inspirations and
quiet, easing, and putting away all obstacles, that one may go on in well
doing. (Spiritual Exercises 315) |
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