Second Sunday in Ordinary Time ~ Sunday, January 17th, 2016
206 West Main ~ P.O. Box 670 Fort Pierre, S.D. 57532- 0670 Office: 605-223-2176 fax: 605-223-2805 StJohnsFortPierre.org
Love God-Serve God
Love Others-Serve Others
Make Disciples
PARISH OFFICE
Rectory (605) 223 - 2176
Fax (605) 223 - 2805
Hours Monday - Friday 10am - 5 pm
Website www.stjohnsfortpierre.org
PARISH STAFF
Pastor: Fr. Ron Garry
[email protected] 605-850-8593
Parish Secretary: Sherri Stoeser
Faith Formation: Josie Huck Tardiff
CSS Counseling: Tracy Palecek 222-4398
Rectory/Church Upkeep: Mary Welsh, Pat Storms
Building Maintenance: George Welk
Parish Council: Ryan Fowler
Finance Council: Mike Weisgram
Altar Society: Co-Leaders needed
Grand Knight: Tom LeFaive
Small Group Studies: Shirley Gross
Mass Times: Saint John’s Lord’s Day Masses Saturday - 5:30 PM Sunday - 7:30 & 10:00 AM
Sunday Evenings - 7:00-8:00 PM - Adoration of Jesus
Confessions:
Saturday 4:00 - 5:00 PM or appointment
Daily Mass ***(check bulletin weekly schedule)
7:00 AM Monday, Wednesday, Thursday,
Tuesday 5:30 PM Friday 6:45 AM
Saturday - 8 AM (1st Saturday only)
Ss. Peter and Paul - Pierre Lord’s Day Masses:
Saturday - 5:00 PM Sunday - 8:00 &10:00 AM, 5:00
PM
SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION
Marriage - Notify your Priest 6 months in advance.
Baptism - Call Father Ron for information.
Anointing - If a hospital stay or surgical procedure is scheduled, please call to schedule the celebration of the Sacrament.
There was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.
Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the wedding.
When the wine ran short, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.”
And Jesus said to her, “Woman, how does your concern affect me?
My hour has not yet come.”
His mother said to the servers, “Do whatever he tells you.”
Now there were six stone water jars there for Jewish ceremonial washings,
each holding twenty to thirty gallons.
Jesus told them, “Fill the jars with water.” So they filled them to the brim.
Then he told them, “Draw some out now and take it to the headwaiter.”
So they took it. And when the headwaiter tasted the water that had become
wine, without knowing where it came from - although the servers who had
drawn the water knew - the headwaiter called the bridegroom and said to him,
“Everyone serves good wine first, and then when people have drunk freely, an
inferior one; but you have kept the good wine until now.”
Jesus did this as the beginning of his signs at Cana in Galilee
and so revealed his glory, and his disciples began to believe in him. Jn 2:1-11
From Father Ron St. John’s Calendar
Sunday, January 17th 8:40 am Grades 1-7 Faith Formation Classes - RCIA 8:35am Good Shepherd Class 1 9:15am Class 2 10:00 RCIA Welcoming: Nicole Knuppe, Chris Fosheim, Julie Hand (10th)
12:00 pm noon KC Youth Hoop Shoot - Parkview Gym
7:00 pm Eucharistic Adoration Monday, January 18th Delores Melvin Wake
5-7 Visitation 7:00 pm Wake Tuesday, January 19th 6:00 am That Man is You men’s formation 11:00 am Delores Melvin Funeral
Wednesday, January 20th 6:30 pm Confirmation Class (Sun. 31 Jan, 10am is Confirmation with Bp.Gruss)
Thursday, January 21st 6:30 pm Maranatha Prayer Group NO Bible Study in Padre Hall
Sunday, January 24th 8:40 am Grades 1-7 Faith Formation Classes and RCIA 8:35am Good Shepherd Class 1 ... 9:15am Class 2
Thursday, January 28th is the next
monthly devotion to Divine Mercy.
For Diocesan gatherings, we have five Pil-grimages . Our deanery pilgrimage date is Saturday, June 18th at St. Charles Church in St. Francis. We would like to charter a bus to go to St. Francis for this event. Please
mark this date on your calendar so you can join us.
Pilgrimage gatherings for the Year of Mercy:
Saturdays: 11am talk Close at 3pm with Healing Mass
Feb. 27th Reconciliation & Forgiveness Deanery 1—Cathedral
Jun. 18th Eucharist & Holy Communion Deanery 4—St. Francis
Aug. 20th Mary, Mother of Mercy Deanery 5—Timber Lake
Oct. 22nd St. John Paul II: Dives in Misericordia Deanery 3—Pine Ridge
Nov. 19th Christ the King, Lord of Mercy Deanery 2—Sturgis
Last Chance for Drawing for Pie & Coffee with Bishop Gruss: I would like to invite you take part in our third online hospitality sur-vey, which is a follow-up to hospitality initiatives. I value your in-sights and opinions. Survey found: www.rapidcitydiocese.org/stewardship
50 respondents will be invited to coffee and pie, Sat., Jan.30, at Terra Sancta. Surveys must be completed/submitted by January 19.
Ft. Pierre Knights of Columbus News:
Hoop Shoot: Sunday, January 17th at noon at
Parkview Gym. Ages 9 to 14 years old.
Sunday, February 14th, 5pm, will be the KC’s Celebrate Marriage Dinner in Padre Hall. Tickets are available this Sunday. Widows and widowers of our parish are guests. If you need a babysitter during the dinner please call Tom
LeFaive at 280-7865.
Knight’s of Columbus Winter Rummage Sale: Please hang on to items or call Tom LeFaive 280-7865 or George Welk 220-0426 and they will pick up items and store them for the sale. You are also able to consign items at this
sale. No item too big or small!
The Knights of Columbus serve in many ways. High School Seniors of our
parish are eligible for scholarships. Applications will be available Feb. 7th.
Men interested in joining the Knights of Columbus may contact a Knight or call
Tom LeFaive at 280-7865.
Thank-you to all who generously supported the KC breakfast benefit for
Matt and Dani Scott and their twins Raena and Rolla.
Governor’s Prayer Breakfast is Friday, January 22nd, 6:30 am at the Ramkota. It is held each year near the beginning of the SD legislative session to seek God’s guidance for all leaders and citizens of our state. Doug Burleigh will be the speaker. He has worked in Young Life, Billy Graham Association and Leadership Development Foundation. Youth Ministry is his passion. If you would like to join us at the parish table please let Father Ron or Patty Lihs 295-1392 if you would like to attend as a parish group by Tuesday, January 19th.
Julie Hand, Chris Fosheim, Heather Fischer and Nicole Knuppe are in RCIA. Please keep them in prayer.
A focused time of prayer, penance, and pilgrimage set aside to mark the anniversary of Roe v Wade, which legalized procured abortion during all 9 months of pregnancy. It starts Saturday, January 16, concludes next Sunday the 24th, with the 12.30pm walk around the State Capitol building, and 2pm Hour of Reflection in the Rotunda.
Go to 9daysforlife.com
God is the author of life. In him we place our trust and hope as we pray:
-- That justice, truth, and a love for the gift of life might inspire all leg-islators, governors, and our President, we pray to the Lord:
-- For all who do not embrace the rights of the unborn that, in love, they may come to know the dignity of every person in the eyes of God, we pray to the Lord:
-- For those preparing to receive the Sacrament of Marriage: that they might embrace their role as sharers in God’s creative love, we pray to the Lord:
-- For all who touch the lives of the condemned, the old, and the for-gotten, that they might have compassion, respect, and appreciation for the dignity of all human life, we pray to the Lord:
-- For the dying that through the love, care, and devotion of others they may know the beauty of life in their dying moments, we pray to the Lord:
-- For all the victims of the culture of death that like Lazarus, forgotten and poor, they may be welcomed into God’s eternal peace, we pray to the Lord:
O God, from Whom all life begins and by Whom we are sustained, Grant us an unfailing respect for life, gratitude for your love in our families, and your mercy to guide us always. We pray through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Please pray for the sick and suffering: Raena & Rolla Scott, Shirley Gross, Jim Steele, Marie Giddings,
Duane Pomham, Milton Tiper, Ed Hartman, Julie Jeffries,
George Huck, Jim Nagel, Denny Weaver, Ginny Walker, Joan
Palmer, Ken Stewart, Kendal and Kenedi Breyfogle, Freda Lawhon,
Darlene Harris, Misty Brown, Lynette Singleton, David Gross, Carl Rathbun,
Mike Kelly, Steve Zaiko, Pat Welsh, Spencer Young, Marilyn Tassler,
Donald LeClaire, Mike Iversen, Ashlynn Fitts, Claudia Scotter,
Heidi Shepherd, Jean Petersen Wilson, Brian Dumas, William Anderson,
John Manning, Rich Garrity, Richard Brown, Pam Patton, Terry Hughes,
Kathryn Schlechter, Keri Hendrickson, Heidi Alban, Yvonne Ehlers,
Steeley Moore, Eleanor Unterbrunner, Leanne Goff, Cassie Miller, Bernie
Duffy, Adam Walter, Mary Beth Moser, June Wheeler, Richard Abernathy,
Mona Lierly, Kathy Fenwick, Lynae Benham, Theresa Severyn,
Kaylee Jo Gallagher, Eva Fischer, Eric Buchmann, Grady Jacobson,
Maddox Rowland, Eileen Hofer, Barb Brown, Cindy Foreman,
Cindy Hogman, and all who have asked for our special prayers.
If you’d like to add/remove someone from the list, call Irma LeFaive - 280-9055 or the parish office.
Birthdays
Sun.17 Ollie Redden
Mon.18 Zane Mitchell
Tue.19 Gary Chase
Wed.20 Mark Steiner
Thu.21 Jason Kinsman, Bill Rose
Fri.22 Kori Nutter
Anniversaries Wed.20 Dan and Tracey Palacek
1/10/ 2016 SACRIFICIAL GIVING
Regular Collection $ 4,631.15 Online Giving $ 230.00 Plate $ 221.83 Total $ 5,082.98
Adopt a Seminarian: $17.00
Building Fund: $235.00
PRAA-West River Priest Retirement: $15.00
Church of Latin America: $497.00
Our building repair loan payment is $2,494.28 a month.
Our loan balance is $37,375.66 We are grateful for the stewardship of our parish family!
Please use your weekly envelopes — it makes much shorter and accurate recording.
If you are interested in giving through automatic transfer giving please contact the church office.
Please kneel down after Mass and pray Three Hail Mary’s for the next person who dies from our parish.
Saturday, January 16th 5:30 PM SI Doug and Heather Campbell By: David and Mary Hartley Sunday, January 17th 7:30 AM Marie Giddings By: Vivian and Sherman Monroe 10:00 AM For Parishioners Monday, January 18th 7:00 AM + Pat Hoenscheid By: Todd and Kara Hughes Family Tuesday, January 19th 11:00 AM Delores Melvin Funeral Wednesday, January 20th 7:00 AM + Paul Kinsman By: St. John’s Parish Family Thursday, January 21st 7:00 AM + Paul Rayman By: Todd and Kara Hughes Family Friday, January 22nd ***Note Time Change 5:30 PM + Delores Melvin By: St. John’s Parish Family Saturday, January 23rd 5:30 PM + Evelyn Wooten By: Clarice Imperati Sunday, January 24th 7:30 AM SI Marie Giddings By: Sherman and Vivian Monroe 10:00 AM For Parishioners
Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday 4 - 5pm Mass Intentions: If you would like to have a Mass for your loved one —
Special Intention or Rest in Peace please find Mass Intentions envelopes at the church entrance.
Friday, January 22nd 1 Samuel 24:3-21 Mark 3:13-19 Saturday, January 23rd 2 Samuel 1: 1-4, 11-12,19, 23-27 Mark 3:20-21 Sunday, January 24th Nehemiah 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10 1 Corinthians 12:12-30 or 12:12-14, 27 Luke 1:1-4, 4:14-21
Sunday, January 17th Isaiah 62:1-5 1 Corinthians 12:4-11 John 2:1-11 Monday, January 18th 1 Samuel 15:6-23 Mark 2:a8-22 Tuesday, January 19th 1 Samuel 16:1-13 Mark 2:23-38
Saturday, January 23rd 5:30 pm Sacristan: Mary Welsh Readers: Jill Richardson, Diane London EM’s Carol Pond, Mary Welsh Servers: Kara Weiss, Emma Hunt Gift Bearers: Sid and Carol Pond
Sunday, January 24th, 7:30 am Sacristan: Christine Olson Readers: Tom O’Boyle, Mary Giddings EM’s: Kelly Madsen, Mary Giddings Servers: Mercedes and Jazmin Flores Gift Bearers: Christine Olson
Sunday, January 24th 10:00 am Sacristan: Pat Storms Readers: Dan Schneiderhan, Kim Dowling EM’s: Bob and Carolyn Riter, Irma LeFaive, Pat Storms Servers: Austin, Ella, and Cadence Hand Gift Bearers: David and Laura Hand Family Homebound: Jaci Keller
Ministry schedule
World Youth Day — Summer 2016 In Krakow, Poland Fr. Mark McCormick will lead this great pilgrimage for young adults ages 18-35, together with Fr. Adam Hofer, Fr. Andrzej Wyrostek, and Fr. Marcin Garbacz: July 18th - August 1st. Please spread the word and encourage your young adults to attend.
Mass Readings Wednesday, January 20th 1 Samuel 17:132-33,37,40-51 Mark 3:1-6 Thursday, January 21st 1 Samuel 189:6-9;19:1-7 Mark 3:7-12
***Parish Data Update:
We do not have phone numbers for many of you. Many postal
mailing addresses are also outdated. Please contact the parish
office or email [email protected] with current
information or fill out and drop in collection basket.
Name___________________________
Phone numbers: ________________________________________
Address: ______________________________________________
FOSTER PARENTS make a world of difference in the lives of South Dakota children and their families. More foster families are needed in our community to help children and families in need. PRIDE (Parents Resource for Information Development and Education) foster parenting classes begin on February 9th at 6:00 pm. If you would like more information, please contact Megan Reindl the
Department of Social Services at 773.3612 ext 213 or www.FosterOneSD.org
Thank-you for your wonderful baby gifts. 371 beautiful items were distributed to BirthRight and Missouri Shores by the Catholic Daughters.
Please pray for: Paul Kinsman, father of Jason. Delores Melvin, mother of Mark. May Paul and Delores and all the faithfully departed rest in peace. Amen.
Fr. Ron Garry and
Deb Hoy are
the keynote
speakers at
The annual Pro Life Hour of Reflection
in State Capitol Rotunda
2:00 pm on Sunday, January 24th.
Faith Formation:
Sunday, January 17th 8:40 am Grades 1-7 Faith Formation Classes - RCIA 8:35am Good Shepherd Class 1 9:15am Class 2
Wednesday, January 20th 6:30 pm Confirmation Class
Sunday, January 24th 8:40 am Grades 1-7 Faith Formation Classes - RCIA 8:35am Good Shepherd Class 1 9:15am Class 2
Wednesday, January 27th 6:30 pm Confirmation Class
Thursday, January 28th 6:30 pm Confirmation practice for Confirmands, Parents and Sponsors.
Sunday, January 31st No classes due to Confirmation
9:00 am Confirmands meet with the Bishop
10:00 am Mass - Confirmation with the Bishop
On January 9th, 2106, in the Little Rock AR Cathedral, Deacon Marcelino Luna challenged the congregation to not only reflect on the life and work of King, but to continue his work in their parishes and communities. “Dr. Martin Luther King had a dream for all people to be treated equally, and he fought for that dream. He knew what was unjust and he wanted to do something about it … what about you and me?” he said. “We can comfort God’s people; we can have the courage to stand up for what is right for all nations and all people whether they are African-Americans or Hispanics or any other nationality.”
Dr. Alveda King, the niece of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., wrote an open letter to President Barack Obama this week, asking him to end abortion violence against unborn children. "Sir, you recently tweeted: “If there’s even one thing we can do, if there’s just one life we can save—we’ve got an obligation to try.” Your appeal seemed to be directed at gun control. Yet, the one life chord is vibrating on a frequency that embraces not just victims of gun violence, but even reaching the innocent lives in the womb. Many people often try to marginalize the sanctity of life voice. Yet, I would appeal to you to consider that death by forceps or bullets is death all the same … Violence can take many forms. Gun violence is one of those forms. Knife violence is another. Fist violence another; and word violence too. Bomb violence is another. And abortion violence is yet another. As you spoke and began to tear up, I could see the compassion you have for those who are senselessly killed by guns. I believe that many Americans feel the same way you do, not only for gun violence but for any type of violence. Americans mourned the lives lost to the Boston bombers. We mourned those killed at the twin towers on 9/11. … As you may know, I am a pro-life activist. I am concerned about all human lives. I write to you today because, like you and so many other Americans, I am concerned about the growing violence in America. But I am also concerned over the millions of lives lost to the violence of abortion."
Catholic Schools
Week
January 31st - February 7th
If you would be willing to make an egg-bake for the youths Confirmation brunch please sign up at church entrance.