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May 11,
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WELCOME! We appreciate your coming to
worship 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
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ST. MARY’S CHURCH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CLASSES have
ended. Vacation Bible School begins on
May 27th If you would like to join in on the fun,
please call Suzy Rummel at 3950 or the Parish office, 3569. AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY
dinner meeting on Wednesday, May 7th at 6:30 p.m. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS met Thursday, May 8th, and elected John Gengler as Knight of the Month, and Chuck and Maryanne Hoff as Family of the Month. Michael C. Greff was drawn for the $50 door prize, but was not present; Ron Frederick won $12 to Wrangler Café. MOTHERS’ DAY BREAKFAST,
sponsored by the Knights of Columbus, will be held on May 11th from
9:00–12:00. Mothers served free, other adults $6.00. BLESSING OF SEEDS AND FIELDS:
the monks of Assumption Abbey invite all to a blessing of seeds and field on
Thursday, May 15th, at 7:00 p.m. Vespers. The monks will be
concluding a novena for good weather and a bountiful harvest. Blessing of
seeds and earth in the church will be followed (weather permitting) a
procession to the Abbey Garden. Bring seeds or soil from your garden or
fields to be blessed. If you have any questions, please call Br. Michael at
974-3315. The monks hope you can join them. Even if you cannot, pray for
rain! BACCALAUREATE will be on Sunday, May 18th
at 10:00 am Mass. Seniors from the parish are to come dressed in their cap
and gown to participate in the Mass and special blessings. Congratulations! STEPHEN’S CHURCH ST. THOMAS CHURCH KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS will meet
on May 18th, due to the Mother’s Day weekend. ALL THREE PARISHES LIFE IN THE SPIRIT seminar at Corpus Christi Church, Bismarck, from
May 16 at 7:00 p.m. to late afternoon, May 18. Experience an inner renewal
through Scripture, Sacraments, inspiring talks and discussions, prayer and
song. Deepen your personal relationship with the Father, Son, and Holy
Spirit. On Saturday, there will be a light breakfast and noon dinner for a
free will offering. For more information or to preregister,
please call Berni Haman
at 701-323-7243 or Jane Torgeson at 701-255-7398. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION COMMITTEE will hold
a Vacation Bible School on May 27 – 30. All students, grades K-6th are
invited. Students in grades 7-12 are
invited to help. Relatives and friends
from other towns and Parishes are invited to attend. The REC would
like to get a count so if you have any relatives that would like to attend,
or if you would like to help with crafts, food or teaching, please call the
parish office (974-3569) or a committee member as soon as possible. UNITED BLOOD SERVICES and I would like to thank everyone who responded to
the Blood Drive which was held at the American Legion on May 4th. It was sponsored by Richardton Memorial
Hospital. They supplied the delicious
cookies and juice. We had 4 new donors
and collected an awesome total of 42 units of life saving blood. Each unit can save up to 3 lives. Our Door Prize winners were Leroy Schwartz
& Duane Rakness. I would also like to thank Leroy Schwartz
for helping out the day of the blood drive and to the American Legion for the
use of their wonderful facility. Our
next Blood Drive will be August 7th. Thank You, THANK YOU for your prayers and cards and good wishes as I
continue to recover. VOCATION VIEWS: Pentecost Come
Holy Spirit, with your seven-fold gifts.
Inspire, enlighten, energize, and encourage me to be a witness for the
gospel. (1 Corinthians 12:3-7, 12-13) STEWARDSHIP: In the second reading today, St. Paul reminds the
Corinthians, “There are different gifts, but the same Spirit; there are
different ministries but the same Lord.”
How am I using my gifts “for the common good”? RIGHT TO LIFE: In the Holy Spirit, who came on Pentecost, the
apostles proclaimed the truth of the Gospel. The Spirit, the Soul of the
Church, continues to enable the Church to speak, and enables each of us to
speak in our personal capacity. As Bishop Elio Sgreccia, Vice-President of the Vatican’s Pontifical
Academy for Life has said, “The Church must speak out in today’s context on
fundamental rights, the right to justice, the right to peace, but above all
and in the first place, the right to life. If the Church did not speak, did
not proclaim the truth, it would be abandoning its duty; would be unfaithful
to society, to the good of society. Therefore, its precise duty is the very
liberty to intervene with word and also with example – the example of
promoting human life, of intervening for the salvation of all.” GOSPEL REFLECTIONS: Next, Matthew 10:16-20, has some odd advice for the
disciple. “I send you like sheep among wolves; be shrewd as serpents &
simple as doves.” Jesus is sending us out defenseless, but we are not to
worry and prepare our defenses, no more than our Savior did. This requires lots
of trust: not so much when we are in a secure, familiar place, but when we
are facing real opposition and persecution. The trust is that God is there
for us and with us, and will preserve us from true harm. Our hope is that, as
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