St. John the Apostle Catholic Church 2600 Central Avenue West Minot, North Dakota 58701

Parish Office ......................... 839-7076 839-7062 Website ............. www.stjohnminot.com Email ................ stjohnchurch@srt.com

Fr. David A. Richter, Pastor Deacon Chuck Kramer

Weekend Liturgies Saturday ........ …….......……...5:00 pm Sunday………….....8:00 am; 10:30 am

Weekday Liturgies Tuesday ................................... 7:00 pm Every Third Tuesday...…..….. 7:00 am Wednesday .............................. 7:00 am Thursday.................................. 7:00 am Friday .......................................7:00 am

Sacrament of Reconciliation Wednesday-Friday….....6:30-6:50 am Saturday ……………....3:45-4:45 pm Sunday………………..9:30-10:15 am

Holy Hour and Eucharistic Adoration Fridays following Mass until 9:00 am

Jesus’ Compassion

Those needing spiritual and physical healing lie close to Jesus'

heart. (See Matt. 14:14; 15:32; 20:34).

October 15, 2017 • 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time

ST. JOHN THE APOSTLE CATHOLIC CHURCH

Our Mission as a Faith Community We are Catholics committed to hospitality, prayer, faith formation and service

to the Church and to those in need. We strive to practice stewardship as an expression of our baptismal call to follow Jesus and to imitate His way of Life.

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Parish Staff Fr. David A. Richter, Pastor Deacon Chuck & Nancy Kramer Mrs. Darcie Haider ....Parish Secretary Mrs. Monica Perry………..Director of Religious Education Ms. Joan Boulé ......Parish Bookkeeper Mrs. Frances Lovelace .Bulletin Editor Mrs. Hannah Crane ...…...Stewardship Coordinator Mrs. Irene Pitner ...……..Housekeeper Mr. Richard Johnson ……...Custodian Mr. James Picard ……….Maintenance Mrs. Michele Welsh …...Maintenance

Pastoral Council Bob Nyre Karen Schultz Penny Chole Tam Black Nancy Meyer Michelle Martinson Collin Crane Miranda Hager

Finance Council Gregg Magnuson……...Trustee Ed Hausauer…………..Trustee Mike Mueller Jim Hatlelid Leah Kasper Veronica Meyer Leisa Harmon Joan Boulé…….....(Ex-officio)

Stewardship Team Kim Albert…………....Chair Gary Lucy Kevin Mosser Dale Plessas Lori Burbach Tanya Steckler Jackie Plessas Denise Landsiedel Susan Bjorgen Hannah Crane………..Staff

Young Empowering Stewards Youth Group

PARISH INFORMATION October 15, 2017 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time

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Sacraments & Faith Formation Marriage Please contact the parish office, (839-7076), at least nine months in advance. Call to schedule an ap-pointment with the pastor. Baptisms Please contact the parish office, (839-7076). Religious Education Director: Mrs. Monica Perry, (839-7076). RE classes are Wednesdays: 4:00 and 6:00 pm. Knights of Columbus Council #1150; Dan Heald, (340-4869). First Tuesdays: 5:30 pm

Coffee & Donuts and Welcome Newcomers Second Sunday of the Month, after both Masses. Religious Articles Available for purchase in the office during parish office hours: Mon.-Fri., 9:00 am - 3:00 pm.

SCRIP SCRIP to support Catholic educa-tion in Minot is sold in the gather-ing space after all weekend Masses and in the parish office during the following hours: Mon.-Thur., 9:00 am - 3:00 pm and Friday, 9:00 am - Noon.

Pastor’s Post His mercy endures forever ✝ ~ Fr. David Richter.

Listen to a Homily Listen To A Homily on our St. John Parish Website, www.stjohnminot.com. It is under Liturgy/Sacraments

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HOSPITALITY October 15, 2017 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time

St John the Apostle A Stewardship Parish

The most vibrant stewardship parishes are those in which parishioners know that they are welcome, which fosters a sense of ownership and

personal involvement in living stewardship in the parish family.

The Carmelite Sisters The Carmelite Sisters of Hague will pray for your intentions. Mail your requests to: The Carmelite Monastery, 2051 91st. SE, Hague, N.D. 58542, or leave a message on their prayer line, 701-336-7907, or email www.carmeloftheholyface.com.

Anniversaries

Oct 14 Jeremy & Krista Becker Oct 14 Ray & Pat Hennessy Oct 15 Lee & Pam Klosterman Oct 17 Steven & Theresa Glasscock Oct 18 Francis & Rosella Pfeifer Oct 18 Pablo & Mary Ann Tipanero Oct 19 Fred & Mary Mueller Oct 19 Jonathan & Emily Schroeder Oct 19 Ryan & Anna Skarphol Oct 20 Tim & Karyn Ahmann Oct 20 Stephen & Cynthia Whitesell

St. John Parish Warmly Welcomes

Henley Joy Gottschall Child of Darren & Ashley Baptized October 7, 2017

and Samuel Collin Crane

Child of Collin & Hannah Baptized October 7, 2017

May God Bless these newest members of our Faith!

Welcome to our Parish Family

Jacob Ahmann Lindsay Richards Mark & Kara Kline and children, Andrew, Nathan, Ryan & Matthew Christopher & Lindsey VanHall and children, Hailey & Jonathan Clinton & Aarika Young and Noah Matthew & Dana Ruby and children, Emaree, Noah & Nash

Phone number/address changes With many using cellphones instead of land lines, it is difficult to contact parish members. Please help us update our parish phone numbers and addresses. Contact Darcie in the parish office, 839-7076. Name___________________________________ Address_________________________________ City____________________________________ Telephone_______________________________ Cell____________________________________

What is going on at St. John’s? To see what is going on at St, John’s, check out our parish web site: www.stjohnminot.com, http://stjohnminot.com/events-1 and http://stjohnminot.com/weekly-bulletins

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PRAYER October 15, 2017 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Gift of Prayer

Please renew prayer requests each month. To add or remove names, call

Darcie, 839-7076. Baby Aacen Huck, Jeanne Karhoff,

Judy Luther, Lisa Schriock, JoNell Hatlelid, Lisa Hoganson,

Darlene, Aleyamma Kayanickupuram, Ann Carr, Charles Coleman Thompson,

Teresa Monley, Mark Kasper, Carmie Streeper, Lauren Kettell, The unemployed, Garth Fritel,

Mya Lambert, Larry Alexander, The Homeless, Rhonda Willenbring,

Aubrey Joy, Special Intention, John Birkholtz, Maureen Hagen,

Larry Halden, Jodi Johnson, Karen Woiwode, Dennis Aberle,

Serena Zietz, Ricky Weinand, Special Intention, Sally Mosser,

Special Intention, McKenna Larson, Andrew Gudmunson, Preston Phillips,

Jessica Demory, 2017 Confirmands

St. John’s Prayer Line

Call one of our Prayer Line leaders, Gladys Weeks, 839-5582; Jan Gemar, 852-6754; Donna Wachinski, 839-1374 or Rose Klein, 722-3974, to pass on your special prayer requests to 50 + members.

October Pro-Life Rosary – Oct. 18, 25

Please join the Respect Life group in praying the Rosary Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m. throughout the month of October in commemoration of all that have died through abortion, infanticide or euthanasia. ~ Bertha Wald.

Word of Life Intentions

May God grant us the eyes to see and the hearts to love

those who need us to walk with them in times of suffering;

We pray to the Lord.

Mass Intentions

Sat-Oct 14 5:00 pm +John & +Dorothy Marter Sun-Oct 15 8:00 am The People 10:30 am +Karen Hoffer Mon-Oct 16 Tue-Oct 17 7:00 amm +Rosella Bradley Wed-Oct 18 7:00 am +Wilfred & +Geraldine Dahly Thur- Oct 19 7:00 am +Judy Ahmann Fri-Oct 20 7:00 am Bridget Daley Sat-Oct 21 5:00 pm +Paulie Ruby Sun-Oct 22 8:00 am The People 10:30 am +Mike Boehmm 10:30 am +Mike Boehmm

Every third Tuesday, Mass is at 7 a.m.m.

Pray for Priests, Religious and Vocations

We pray daily for Pope Francis, our bishops, priests, deacons, nuns, brothers, seminar-ians and all those in discernment.

Pray for Our Military

Pray for our troops and their families, for their many sacrifices and for their safety, and burn red, white and blue candles in St. John Church every Friday for them

and all our veterans, living and deceased.

Vocation Views

You are invited to a rich feast. Don’t ignore the invitation. Perhaps you are called to ser-vice through ordained ministry or the conse-crated life. Trust you will receive the grace you need. (Matthew 22:1-14)

Spiritual Adoption – Month 7

Thank you for praying for me. I am 7 months old now. I am growing every day. I’m between 14 and 17 inches long and weigh about

4 ½ pounds. I move around a lot, but it’s getting crowded in here.

Sometimes, I even get the hiccups.

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FORMATION October 15, 2017 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Congratulations to our young people, confirmed October 15 at the 10:30 Mass with Bishop David D. Kagan presiding.

Please keep them all in your prayers.

2017 Confirmandi Maleah Abel Brady Axtman Marissa Brock Cameron Burckhard Chase Burke Paden Combs Abigail Crossett Blake Duchscherer Bryson Elm Casey Fjeld Alexis Haider Kennedy Hawk Madeline Hedberg Kacie Klein William Klein Kate Knecht Nora Kramer Gannon Ledoux Rebecca Meier Lane Pitner Nicholas Sanders Holly Schaefer Megan Schaefer Riley Schaefer Hope Spooner Hailey Steckler Dominic Watts

2017 Youth Rally – Oct. 19 The 2017 High School Youth Rally, ENCOUNTER, is on Oct. 19, Thursday, 1 to 10 p.m. at the University of Mary, featuring SONAR – a Catholic Twin Cities band that has been making vibrant, vocally driven music for 20 years. Registration is only $25! Clergy, Religious and chap-erones are free, but must still register. All youth must be affiliated with a parish or school group. For more infor-mation contact Carrie Davis, Director of Youth Ministry, at (701) 204-7208 or www.bismarckdiocese.com/high-school-youth-rally or cdavis@bismarckdiocese.com.

Living Stewardship In the Gospel today, the owner of the vineyard sent messengers to collect his share of the harvest from the tenant farmers, but there was not a single good steward on the property! God is the owner, we are the tenants.

What sort of stewards are we (am I)?

Bishop Sheen on Real Presence Radio Tune in each Saturday evening, 8 p.m. CST on 91.1 FM, Minot, to listen to Bishop Fulton J. Sheen.

Bishop Ryan Catholic School News

BR Family Night Out at Applebee's: Date Change

The BR Family Night Out event originally scheduled for the evening of Wednesday, Oct. 11, was resched-uled due to Applebee's fundraiser benefiting Andrew Gudmunson, the Minot man who was injured during the recent Las Vegas concert tragedy.

The BR Family Night Out event has now been moved to this Wednesday, October 18, and Applebee's will

extend the times of our fundraising to 11 a.m. - 9 p.m. Don’t forget your scrip and stop in for a great lunch or dinner at Applebee’s on Oct. 18 for Bishop Ryan!

Search for Christian Maturity – Dec 1-3

Weekend retreats are for high school or college-age persons, at least 15 years old, at the Badlands Minis-tries Camp south of Medora, ND. Diocese-sponsored retreats are for and by youth, with adult advisors. Root-ed in and backed by the Catholic Church, SEARCH is open to all young people of any denomination or creed.

All-inclusive cost is $75; a scholarship is available. For more information check the SEARCH website. http://searchinmedora.wix.com/search. Next SEARCH dates: Dec.1-3, 2017; Jan. 19-21, 2018,

Real Presence Radio

What is keeping you from becoming Catholic? This is the theme of a call-in show by Dr. David Anders, catechist, speaker, writer, and former Protestant histori-an who now embraces the riches of the Catholic Church. “Called to Communion” answers questions about the Catholic faith for non-Catholics and Catho-lics who want to learn more about what the Church be-lieves and teaches. Mon.– Fri., 1:00 p.m., 91.1 FM. lie

FORMED – The Catholic Faith on Demand

Discover all the best Catholic content in one place. Entertaining movies, enlightening programs, inspiring talks and a great selection of e-books, all a click away. For your FREE subscription to FORMED: 1. Go to formed.org 2. Click on Register 3. Create your FREE account by entering our parish code - FNN8CC - and your email address - or go on parishcare=formed.org@mail216.atl171.mcdlv.net. On your Smart Phone, download the FREE App on the App Store.

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EVENTS October 15, 2017 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Upcoming Parish Events Sun-Oct 15 Confirmation w/Bishop Kagan...10:30 am Tue-Oct 17 Finance Council………................5:30 pm Tue-Oct 17 Parish Council………………….…...7 pm Wed-Oct 18 No Religious Education classes Thur-Oct 19 Blanket Ministry……..….…..….9:30 am Thur-Oct 19 Franciscans……………………...6:30 pm Fri-Oct 20 Eucharistic Adoration… .......….until 9 am Sat-Oct 21 Reconciliation/Confession….3:45-4:45 pm Sun-Oct 22 Reconciliation………… ....9:30-10:15 am Sun-Oct 22 St. John’s KC Breakfast after both Masses

St. John KCs Breakfast – Oct 22

Our St. John’s Knights of Columbus Council #1150 will serve a sausage, eggs and pancakes breakfast on Sunday, Oct. 22, after both Masses. Free-will offering will go toward the new prayer chapel. All men are invited to join the KCs. Stop in the kitchen and leave your name and phone number, or con-tact Dan Heald, 340-3869.

Parish Blood Drive – Oct. 26

Thursday, 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. You can donate if you: -are 16 or older -weigh at least 110 pounds

-have not donated in the past 8 weeks - since Aug. 31 (16 weeks for double red cell donors) - since July 6 -are healthy and not currently taking antibiotics ~ Marilyn Waller, 340-7555, or sign up online: www.bloodhero.com, sponsor code H1934.

St. John’s Annual Parish Dinner Oct. 28

Serving 11:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Dinner Menu:

Roast Beef, Mashed Potatoes and Gravy

Corn, Cole Slaw, Rolls and Butter, Pumpkin Dessert Coffee and Milk

(Gluten-free available upon request)

$10:00 Adults; $5.00 Children

Prayer Blanket Ministry – Oct 19 The St. John’s Prayer Blanket Ministry will meet Thursday, Oct. 19, at 9:30 a.m. Members create and deliver blessed prayer blankets to bring hope and com-fort to those of our parish going through difficult times. They meet in the parish hall every third Thursday, and welcome new members. Sewing skills are not required.

Marriage Encounter Weekend – Nov 10-12 Married couples – Consider doing something great for yourselves and your marriage. The weekend presen-tations allow each couple a rare opportunity to look at themselves as individuals, at their marriage and relation-ship to each other, and finally to look at their relation-ship to God, the church and the world. Early registra-tion is highly recommended. For more information visit our website at: ndwwme.org or contact Rob & Angie at Applications@ndwwme.org or 701-347-1998.

Hilarious “Sister Strikes Again” Oct. 18 Late Night Catechism 2 runs Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in Ann Nicole Nelson Hall, Minot State University. Tickets ($40) or details at Little Flower Parish, (701) 838-1520, or LittleFlowerFinance@srt.com. Tickets also available at the door and online: www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3066245.