WELCOME TO THE PARISHES OF Holy Spirit Parish 227 Third St. Two Harbors, MN HOLY SPIRIT & ST. MARY’S HOLY SPIRIT PARISH Mass Schedule Confession Schedule Saturday: 4:30 pm Friday: 7:30 - 8:00 am Sunday: 11:00 am Saturday: 3:30 - 4:15 pm Or by appointment. Eucharistic Adoration: Fridays 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Holy Spirit Office Hours: 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Monday - Thursday 7:00 am - 11:00 am Fridays Office is located in parish basement. Office ................................................. (218) 834-4659 Office E-mail ............................. [email protected]Liturgy E-mail ........... [email protected]Rectory ............................................... (218) 834-4313 Parish Website ............ www.holyspirittwoharbors.org Deacon Tim Egan ............................... (218) 349-9175 Deacon Scott Peters............................ (218) 834-2543 Youth Ministry ................................... (218) 834-4433 Prayer Intentions ................................ (218) 834-4659 Birthright ............................................ (800) 550-4900 ST. MARY’S PARISH Mass Schedule Confession Schedule Saturday: 7:15 pm Saturday: 6:30 - 7:00 pm Sunday: 8:30 am Sunday: 7:50 - 8:15 am Or by appointment. Eucharistic Adoration: Wednesdays 9:00 am - 3:00 pm St. Mary’s Office Hours: 8:00 am - 2:00 pm Monday - Thursday Office is located in St. Mary’s Rectory. Office/Rectory .................................... (218) 226-3100 Church Hall ........................................ (218) 226-3691 Parish E-mail .............. [email protected]Parish Website .................... www.stmarysilverbay.org Deacon Fred Wright ........................... (218) 220-1790 Deacon Jack Ferris (Retired) .............. (218) 226-4753 Father Michael Lyons (in Residence) (218) 830-1600 [email protected]Prayer Chain ......... (218) 226-3639 or (218) 226-3841 SACRAMENTS OF MARRIAGE, BAPTISM, ANOINTING OF THE SICK: Please contact your parish office. Pastor: Rev. Steven Laflamme St. Mary’s Parish 57 Horn Blvd. Silver Bay, MN Divine Mercy Sunday | April 23, 2017 BULLETIN SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Bulletin Announcements must be submitted to your parish office before the parish office closes on Mondays. slafl[email protected](218) 834-4313
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WELCOME TO THE PARISHES OF
Holy Spirit Parish 227 Third St. Two Harbors, MN
HOLY SPIRIT & ST. MARY’S
HOLY SPIRIT PARISH Mass Schedule Confession Schedule
Note: We will not have Mass on Tuesday, April 25. Fr. Michael will be out of town.
Faith Formation: We will meet April 26, starting with dinner at 6 pm, followed by class at 6:30 pm. Parent & Adult Faith Formation is at the same time. Everyone is invited. Confirmation Students will be meeting in their regular classroom.
St. Mary’s Prayer Shawl Ministry: We will not meet on Wednesday, April 26. We will meet next on Wednesday, May 10 at 1 pm in the Community Room at Silverpointe Apartments. If you have any questions contact Lana at 353-7714.
Knights of Columbus: Our next meeting will be on Thursday, April 27, at 7 pm.
Little Rock Bible Study: We will not meet on Sunday, April 23. We will resume our study on Sunday, April 30.
Father Francis Paquette: Fr. Frank Paquette has moved. His new address is: Edgewood Vista Memory Care 4195 Westberg Road Rm 6A-2 Hermantown, MN 55811
CRS Rice Bowl Offerings: Thank you to all who contributed to Operation Rice Bowl, either by donations at the Soup Suppers or by collecting in your homes. If you have money that you would still like to give, please put into an envelope marked “Rice Bowl” and place into the regular collection or drop off in the parish office.
RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults): If you know someone who has expressed a desire to join the Catholic Church, either as a non-baptized person (catechumen) or an already baptized person (candidate), please encourage them to contact Cindy in the Parish Office at 218-226-3100.
Please Keep These People In Your Prayers:
Parishioners: Sharon Stauss, Marilyn Johnson, Greta
Stefanich, Elwood Youngberg, Tim Downey, Tom Bott, Joan Scallen, Deanna Larson.
Clergy: Deacon Fred Wright, Fr. Francis Paquette.
Relatives & Friends: Brad Hove, Linda Powers, Dan Clark, Dan Moudry, Steve MacMillan, Johnny Jerabek.
Military: Karen McGrane, Alex Seanger, Michael Seipke, Sam West, Chris Grensing, Sean Stebbins, Mike Ament.
Please call the church office if you’d like submit a prayer request; these
requests will run for 3 weeks. If continued prayers are needed after
that time, prayer requests can always be renewed – just call the church
office to let us know.
ROADMAP!
Learn-Live-Defend-Evangelize We are pleased to announce a new day long conference for juniors and seniors on Saturday, April 29, 2017.
WHY: We want to equip you! While the transition from high school to college can be exciting, it can also be very difficult. We want to help prepare you for that transition!
Roadmap is being offered to equip you in four areas:
How to know what is true - looking deeper into relativism
How to be an effective student
How to defend your faith
How to be a witness of your faith
WHAT: Throughout the day - students will be given the opportunity to listen to some great presentations, enter into conversation with their peers, attend Mass, pray before our Lord in Adoration, play some games and share a couple meals together!
WHERE: Burns Wellness Center, College of St. Scholastica
COST: $25 per student
Register at http://www.dioceseduluth.org/roadmap
Camp Survive
The Mass August 7-11, 2017
This 5-day junior high camp open to students who have completed grades 6-8 this school year (2016/17). Activities at camp include talks, music, daily Mass, Reconciliation, Adoration, games, swimming, archery, laser tag, survival training, and more!!! The registration fee includes meals, a t-shirt, activities, and lodging. Registration Fee: $255 (registration changes to $275 after July 14, but camp fills up, so register early). Go to http://www.dioceseduluth.org/Camp- to get more information and to register for camp.
Weekend Collection
General………………..…………………………….…...$2949.09 Holy Land/Good Friday…………………………..….$500.00 Rice Bowl Offering through Soup Suppers….$349.00
Fr. Steve’s Teaching for Consideration: The Sacrament of Confirmation
“Now when the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent to
them Peter and John, who came down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit; for it
had not yet fallen on any of them, but they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Then
they laid their hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit.” -Acts of the Apostles 8: 14-17
This weekend, on Sunday afternoon, at St. Mary’s in Silver Bay, our young people from Holy Spirit and St. Mary’s will be celebrating the sacrament of confirmation with Bishop Sirba. This is of course a powerful and profound moment in the spiritual lives of these young people, and I first ask that
you keep them in your thoughts and prayers this weekend as they received the sevenfold gifts of the Holy Spirit through the laying on of hands and anointing with sacred chrism oil by our Bishop. I thought I would take this opportunity not only to congratulate our young confirmands, and to ask you to pray for them, but to speak briefly about the sacrament of confirmation itself. What is confirmation all about? What effects does it produce in the soul of the believer? Why do we do it? Well, confirmation is one of the three sacraments of initiation, the other two being baptism and the Holy Eucharist. Taken together, these three sacraments fully initiate us into the life of God’s grace. Like baptism, which it completes, confirmation is one of only three sacraments (the other being the sacrament of holy orders) than can never be repeated- it can only be celebrated once in a person’s lifetime. The reason for this is that like baptism and holy orders, reception of the sacrament of confirmation effects a permanent and irreversible change in the soul. Theologically, we say that the person who is confirmed receives a spiritual mark, or seal, as belonging to Christ and having been enrolled in His service (you can think of it as a kind of spiritual “tattoo”). There are several spiritual fruits that accompany the reception of the sacrament of confirmation. But first, because there is often confusion about this, I think it appropriate to state what confirmation is not. Confirmation is not graduation from the Church. If anything, confirmation is a relatively early step on the path of discipleship. It is, after all, one of the sacraments of initiation. Confirmation is also not a sign of a person’s becoming an “adult” in the Church. In fact, the age at which the sacrament of confirmation is imparted changes from region to region. In our diocese, the Bishop has determined that it is typically received in mid to late teen years. But in some other dioceses in our country, young children (seven years old) receive confirmation before their First Communion. And in the Eastern Catholic Church tradition, the sacrament of confirmation is conferred right after baptizing an infant, in the same celebration. So clearly, it is not about becoming an adult in the Church. So what does the sacrament of confirmation bestow upon the recipient? Here, the Catechism of the Catholic Church is very helpful. It lists the fruits (spiritual results) of the reception of confirmation as follows (CCC #1303): “Confirmation brings an increase and deepening of baptismal grace: - it roots us more deeply in the divine filiation which makes us cry, "Abba! Father!"; - it unites us more firmly to Christ; - it increases the gifts of the Holy Spirit in us (wisdom, understanding, knowledge, piety, counsel, fortitude, fear of the Lord); - it gives us a special strength of the Holy Spirit to spread and defend the faith by word and action as true witnesses of Christ, to confess the name of Christ boldly, and never to be ashamed of the Cross.” Let us pray diligently for our young people who are to receive this great and holy sacrament! God bless you!
Confirmation:
Please join us this Sunday, April 23 at 3 pm for confirmation. We will have a reception after with cake & coffee.
FORMED.org
Formed is not just for adults: “He Is Risen” is just one of the many movies for kids. In this animated presentation, children join Brother Francis as he celebrates the power and splendor of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. It includes key points in the life of Jesus Christ, His death on the cross, triumph over death, and ascension to the Father using joyful, visualized song that fills our hearts with praise to God! Steeped in Scripture and instruction, “He is Risen” is a wonderful reminder of the reality of God’s power and presence!
Not signed up yet? Go to www.FORMED.org. Type in our parish code: RYGYFN. Next, set up your username and password. Enjoy all the great programs anytime by simply logging in.
Keith Dahl, Jacob Kearin, James Mickle, Christopher
Uremovich, Maddison Zavoral and Sophia Zavoral. SACRED HEART CANDLE: The Dave Battaglia Family. Prayer Requests: Please call the church office if you’d like to
submit a prayer request; these requests will run for 3 weeks. If
continued prayers are needed after that time, prayer requests can
always be renewed by calling the church office: 834-4659.
Youth Ministry
Check out our Youth Bulletin Board
“Like” us on Facebook: Holy Spirit Youth Group Vacation Bible School: Mark your calendars now for
V.B.S. coming June 25th- 29th for ages 4-12. Never too
early to sign up! We are also looking for helpers.
Please see Connie for more information. Camp Survive is a 5 day junior high camp open to
students who have completed grades 6-8 in 2017.
Camp will be held August 7-11, 2017. Activities at
camp include talks, music, daily Mass, Reconciliation,
Adoration, games, swimming, archery, laser tag,
survival training, and more!!! The registration fee of
$250 (fee changes to $270 after July 14th) includes
meals, a t-shirt, activities, and lodging. Camp fills up
fast, so register early!
Register at http://www.dioceseduluth.org/Camp-.
Prayer Shawl Ministry
Prayer shawls and lap robes are made in prayer by
volunteers to be given to someone with a prolonged
or serious illness, in hospice, as a comfort after a loss
of a loved one or in times of stress. If you know someone
who could benefit from a prayer shawl or would like
more information, please call Liz Scheidt at 834-6492 or
Linda Hoffman at 830-0605.
The Prayer Shawl Ministry meets on the second
Tuesday of each month after morning Mass. New people
are always welcome to join.
Parish News:
May Crowning and Rosary: May 13 marks the 100th
anniversary of the apparition of the Blessed Virgin
Mary, at Fatima, Portugal to three young children. In
the apparition the Blessed Mother ask for the recitation
of the Rosary, prayer and fasting to make reparation to
God for the sins of the world.
Please join us after the 4:30 mass on Saturday, May 13
to mark this anniversary with a May crowning of a
statue of Our Lady of Fatima, recitation of the rosary,
followed by light refreshments in the Church hall.
Men’s Prayer Group: The Men’s Prayer Group meets
in the library area every first and third Thursday of
each month. We discuss our faith, share our experiences
and end with praying the rosary together. The next
meeting will be Thursday, May 4th at 6:30 p.m.. Please
come and join us, all are welcome.
Faith and Fellowship Sunday: Our next installment of
Faith and Fellowship Sunday will be next Sunday
morning, May 7 in the Church hall, beginning at 9:45 am
and concluding by 10:45 am. Breakfast and coffee will
be provided. We will continue to watch the DVD series,
Divine Mercy, and follow that with time for discus-
sion. Please note that you do not have to have attended
the previous Faith and Fellowship Sunday in order to
join us and participate! This is an easy way for you to
learn about the riches of our Catholic faith and spend
time in fellowship with fellow members of your parish
family. All are welcome and encouraged to attend!
BABY BOTTLE DRIVE
The annual baby bottle fundraiser started last weekend
benefiting the Christ Child Society of Duluth (CCSD).
Bottles are still available in the Church entry. Please
take a bottle home and fill with change, bills or checks
payable to CCSD and return on Pentecost, June 4th.
The CCSD provides Newborn Layettes to families in
need, fills special needs/emergency requests for new or
expectant moms, and runs the Crib Club at the
Women’s Care Center and provides Layettes of Hope
to women with positive pregnancy tests. In fact, if you
know of a needy mom that could use a Newborn
Layette, call Treasaigh at our Church office to request
one (person need not be Catholic). For further info,
contact Paulette at 834-4042.
Saturday SATURDAY WITHIN THE
OCTAVE OF EASTER 04/22/17
6:30 p.m.
7:15 p.m.
Sacrament of Penance
Mass - Intention for Chuck Mazzola
Reader…....Emma Rohloff
Cantor........Andy Buell
Plate……...Jeff Asmussen
Chalices….Steve Rohloff & Leann Buell
Servers...…Giovanni & Corinna Marolt
Sunday DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY 04/23/17
7:50 a.m.
8:30 a.m.
3:00 p.m.
Sacrament of Penance
Mass - Intention for All Parishioners
Reader…...Susan Michels
Cantor........Kim Josephson
Plate……...Deacon Jack Ferris
Chalices….Sue & Gerry Bahar
Servers…...Zack Fredrickson & Carter Zabrocki
Confirmation Mass
Readers…..Confirmation Students
Plate……...Fr. Steve
Chalices….Deacon Jack Ferris & Deacon Tim Egan
Servers…...Lucas Stadler & Brooke Velcheff
Monday ST. FIDELIS OF SIGMARINGEN 04/24/17
No Mass
Tuesday ST. MARK 04/25/17
No Mass
Wednesday EASTER WEEKDAY 04/26/17
7:50 a.m.
8:15 a.m.
8:50 a.m.
3:00 p.m.
Rosary
Mass - Intention for Dorothy Ellery
Adoration
Benediction
Thursday EASTER WEEKDAY 04/27/17
7:50 a.m.
8:15 a.m. Rosary
Mass - Intention for Special Intention
Friday ST. PETER CHANEL &
ST. LOUIS GRIGNION DE MONFORT 04/28/17
7:50 a.m.
8:15 a.m. Rosary
Mass - Intention for Deanna Larson
Saturday ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA 04/29/17
6:30 p.m.
7:15 p.m.
Sacrament of Penance
Mass - Intention for Elsye McGuire
Reader…....Jessalyn Hansen
Cantor........Rick Frericks w/Guitar Accpt.
Plate……...Michael Rowlee
Chalices….Cindy Rowlee & Michelle Geissler
Servers...…Thomas Rowlee & Michaela Geissler
Sunday THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER 04/30/17
7:50 a.m.
8:30 a.m.
Sacrament of Penance
Mass - Intention for All Parishioners
Reader…...Greg Johnson
Cantor........Rick Frericks w/Guitar Accpt.
Plate……...Deacon Jack Ferris
Chalices….Judy Zupancich & Susan Frericks
Servers…...Mita Frericks & Laurese McKinney
St. Mary’s Mass Schedule Holy Spirit’s Mass Schedule Saturday SAINT CATHERINE OF SIENA 4/29/17
