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PARISH OFFICE 1905 South 3rd Street Bismarck, ND 58504 p: (701)
223-3606 fax: 223-5783 e: [email protected] w:
ascensionbismarck.org
OFFICE HOURS Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 8:30 am-4:00 pm Friday 8:30
am-12:00 Noon
EUCHARISTIC LITURGIES Saturday 5:00 pm Sunday 8:00, 9:30, &
11:00 am Tue.-Fri. 8:00 am SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Tues.-Fri.
7:30-7:50 am Saturday 3:30-4:30 pm
PASTORAL STAFF Rev. Msgr. Jim Braaten Pastor Doyle Schulz Deacon
John Paul Mar!n Deacon Beth Kathol Business Mgr. Blane Schriock
Faith Forma!on Julie Ternes Music & Liturgy Jan Si"er
Bookkeeper Julie Luger Secretary Rita Ri"er Secretary Bob Urlacher
Maintenance
NEWCOMERS Contact the Parish Office or go online to register.
Welcome to the parish!
OUR MISSION As a people of God, of Ascension Catholic Parish, we
are united by Bap!sm and commi"ed to mee!ng the needs of our faith
community. In union with the whole Church, we will build the
Kingdom of God by proclaiming the Good News, worshipping God,
crea!ng community, and promo!ng social jus!ce.
BAPTISMS Contact the parish office three months in advance to
schedule. WEDDINGS Call the Pastor nine months prior to the wedding
date to make arrangements.
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ASCENSION CATHOLIC CHURCH
GROWING WITH JESUS IN ORDINARY TIME Last Sunday we learned about
how Catholics consider Ordinary Time as a period in which the
mystery of Christ is called to penetrate ever more deeply into our
hearts and transform our lives. With that being said, there is a
good ques!on that flows from this considera!on: How exactly can we
grow in rela!onship with Jesus during Ordinary Time? Each person
that exists is called to a rela!onship with God; all people are
called to a life of holiness. As we know from our very own lives,
rela!onships with others can be difficult to grow in. Not only
that, but all of the different rela!onships we have can look very
different from one another. With rela!onships being a complex and
messy thing with our family and friends, it is understandable that
many (if not most) of us feel lost/confused when it comes to our
rela!onship with God. How do we know what our rela!onship with God
is supposed to be like? How do we live out a life of personal
holiness when holiness seems to come in so many different forms?
Brothers and sisters, that is precisely where the beauty lies!
Think of a rela!onship with God like a house. For each house to be
built well, there needs to be a strong founda!on. Without that
founda!on, the en!re house would completely fall apart during a
storm. Once a strong founda!on has been laid, then you can
personalize your house and truly turn it into a home. Each
rela!onship with God is similar to that, it needs a strong
founda!on before you can truly start to build the house that
becomes a home. Without a strong founda!on in our lives of faith,
our personal rela!onship with Jesus will fade to the back of our
minds when the storms of life come thundering into our lives. So,
what are the essen!al, founda!onal elements when it comes to our
lives of faith as Catholics? How does the Church help us to build a
strong founda!on so that we can truly grow in our personal
rela!onship with Jesus? This founda!on is laid out for us through
something called the Precepts of the Church. The precepts of the
Church are the necessary and founda!onal elements that the Church
asks of all Catholics to prac!ce so to help us grow in love of God
and neighbor:
Precept 1: "You shall a!end Mass on Sundays and Holy Days of
Obliga#on and rest from servile labor on Sundays." Precept 2: "You
shall confess your sins at least once a year." Strictly speaking,
we only need to take part in the Sacrament of Confession if we have
commi"ed a mortal sin, but the Church urges us to make frequent use
of Confession so that we grow in our rela!onship with God and
receive the Eucharist in a state of grace. Precept 3: "You shall
receive the sacrament of the Eucharist at least during the Easter
season." Today, most Catholics receive the Eucharist at every Mass
they a"end, but it wasn't always so. We should take care to discern
ourselves properly so that we do not receive the Eucharist in a
state of mortal sin (going to Confession before receiving the
Eucharist). Precept 4: "You shall observe the days of fas#ng and
abs#nence established by the Church." Fas!ng and abs!nence along
with prayer and almsgiving, are powerful tools in developing our
spiritual life. Today, the Church requires Catholics to fast only
on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, and to abstain from meat on the
Fridays during Lent. On all other Fridays of the year, we may
perform some other penance in place of abs!nence. Precept 5: "You
shall help to provide for the needs of the Church." This means that
we are to support the Church not only materially with our money,
but also spiritually, all done in accord with our own individual
abili!es. Our support of the Church can be through our money,
volunteer !me, and our prayers. This is done not simply to maintain
the Church but to spread the Gospel and bring others into the
Church, the Body of Christ. Next week we will touch on this topic a
bit more, and then discuss how we can build our personal/unique
rela!onship with Jesus from this strong founda!on of living out the
precepts of the Church. Blaine Schriock, Director, Faith
Forma#on
FAITH FORMATION
5:00 pm 8:00am 9:30am 11:00am
Hospitality Jole"a Kern** LaRae Nelson Al Wangler Pa-
Wangler
Brian Schumacher** Rita Ri"er Steve Ri"er Larry Slabik
Eric Ve"er** Paula Ve"er Brandon Ve"er Audrey Ve"er
Pam Bryan** Bill Bryan Eric Miller Beth Kathol
Lector Hannah Cahoon Bryan Kostelecky Noreen Peliska Bev
Charles
Altar Server Katrice Kern Peyton Dehne Edmund Peliska Avery
Prokop
Video/Audio Operator
Michael Kern Lauren Weigel Mike Luger Dave Charles
LITURGICAL MINISTERS: JANUARY 30TH & 31ST: FOURTH SUNDAY IN
ORDINARY TIME
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Monday, January 25 NO Eucharis!c Adora!on Tuesday, January 26
7:00 pm Stewardship Commi"ee mee!ng Wednesday, January 27 4, 5:30,
7:00 pm All Faith Forma!on Sessions
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
ASCENSION CATHOLIC CHURCH
Monday, January 25 NO Communion Service Tuesday, January 26 8:00
am No Mass Wednesday, January 27 8:00 am No Mass Thursday, January
28 8:00 am No Mass Friday, January 29 8:00 am No Mass Saturday,
January 30 5:00 pm †Clarence & †Pauline Schmitz by Family
Sunday, January 31 8:00 am †Elizabeth Kuntz by George & Leona
Kuntz 9:30 am †Ben & †Ka!e Weigel by Joe & Berna Ve"er
11:00 am †Michael Joseph Mar!n by Mar!n Family
MASS INTENTIONS
WEEK COLLECTIONS BUDGET
January 17, 2021 $8,721.77 $14,343.00
Fiscal Year to Date $399,667.44 $415,947.00
FINANCIAL BLESSINGS
ALTAR FLOWERS
donated by Terry & Judy Kringstad
in loving memory of her parents,
Elias J. and Alvina Nagel.
Thank you!
ACTION ALERT FROM THE NORTH DAKOTA
CATHOLIC CONFERENCE
Tell Senators to Vote NO on SB 2180 Protect the Seal of
Confession
A bill in the North Dakota Senate would force priests to violate
the seal of confession or face criminal fines and even jail !me. In
the United States, people expect to exercise their religion,
including going to confession or ge-ng spiritual counseling,
without the government invading their privacy and religious rights.
SB 2180 would force priests and other members of the clergy to
reveal what is said during confession and spiritual counseling in
cases of suspected child abuse or vulnerable adult abuse. The
Catholic Church is commi"ed to protec!ng children and vulnerable
adults. Clergy are already mandated reporters when the informa!on
is learned outside of the capacity of a spiritual advisor. The seal
of confession, however, is inviolable. It can never be violated for
any reason. All persons, of all faiths, should have this minimum
expecta!on in the prac!ce of their religion.
Act now to defeat this dangerous a"ack on our fundamental
freedoms.
WHO: State Senate
WHERE: Contact your senator at www.state.nd.us/lr/ Or call
1-888-635-3447 — Bismarck 328-3373
SAMPLE MESSAGE: Please vote NO on SB 2180. Protect religious
freedom.
This ac!on alert was distributed by the North Dakota Catholic
Conference 103 South Third Street, Suite 10 Bismarck, ND 58501
701-223-2519; 1-888-419-1237 ndcatholic.org
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A group of dedicated pro-life people and organiza!ons have come
together to organize a powerful pro-life event at the ND State
Capitol on January 29th for all those unable to travel to
Washington, DC to par!cipate in the na!onal March for Life.
SCHEDULE
11:00 am: Mass at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, Celebrant
Bishop David Kagan
Immediately following: March from local churches to the
Capitol
12:30 pm-1:00 pm: Rally with program at the Capitol steps
PARTICIPATE IN-PERSON
The North Dakota March for Life will take place at the State
Capitol in Bismarck. The centerpiece of the rally will be a moment
of silence in recogni!on of the 62 million lives lost to abor!on.
Par!cipants will stand six feet apart across the Capitol grounds,
with masks on, in silence for those who will never be heard. More
informa!on will be posted at www.umary.edu/ndmarch for life for
public par!cipa!on.
PARTICIPATE ONLINE
This event will be streamed on Real Presence Radio, allowing
par!cipa!on across the listening area. Go to the Real Presence
Radio website (yourcatholicradiosta!on.com) or download the Real
Presence Radio app on your device to listen to the rally live.
For more informa!on about par!cipa!ng in-person or online,
contact Ed Konieczka at [email protected] or 701-355-8102.
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2021 CARNIVAL RAFFLE TICKETS NOW ON SALE! Although COVID-19
restric!ons will not allow the Carnival Commi"ee
to host the tradi!onal in-person St. Mary’s Carnival event in
2021, we are s!ll hos!ng the annual Carnival raffle this year
with a Grand Prize of a 2021 Dodge Challenger SKT AWD!
Each Ascension parish family should have received a le"er and
two GREEN packets of 2021 Carnival raffle !ckets to buy or
sell.
The suggested dona!on is $3 per !cket. The !ckets are
color-coded GREEN for Ascension,
in order for the proceeds to be distributed back to our parish.
Please return your !ckets, either by mail, in the collec!on
basket,
or to the parish office, no later than February 5th. The drawing
for the raffle !cket prizes is scheduled for Sunday, February 7th
at 3:00 pm.
For more details, please visit stmaryscarnival.org or the St.
Mary’s Carnival Facebook page.
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