Remember to register your children for Faith Formation! The Classes will start on Wednesday, September 18th. You can call Deacon Mike or the office if you have questions. The Backpack Program provides food on weekends for Children in Need in the Graſton School District. Please consider a monetary donation to the Walsh County Food Program for this cause, and make sure to specify that it is for the Backpack Program. The funds are extremely low at this time. We continue to cast our nets into the deeper end of the spiritual life with the gift of Contemplative prayer. Whereas meditative prayer is the practical use of our intellect in the pursuit of God, Who is the truth, contemplative prayer is the application of our imagination in our relationship with God. Our imagination is a facet of our intellect, which is one of the attributes of our soul. It is spiritual in nature and manifested through our brain. We encounter it regularly on an unconscious level when we sleep. We call it dreaming. Most of the time when we dream, we are simply dealing with our psychological and emotional state operating on a subconscious level. However, body and soul are joined, even on an unconscious level. God has access to this and can act through it. In the Gospel of St. Matthew, we find God communicated with the Magi through a dream, and spoke thrice with St. Joseph through his dreams (ref Mt 2:12-13, 19-23). God created our imagination. It is a dimension of our being made in His image and likeness. When God fashions an object or creature in His divine mind, He causes it to exist from nothing. What was nothing has now become something. He created the angels and the whole universe in this way. We, too, can envisage something in our mind that does not yet exist in reality. Although, we cannot call it into being like God can, it can be present nonetheless in our imagination. For example, we can picture an animal that is half horse, half tiger. There’s no way it can exist in the real world, but it can be present in our mind. Exercising our imagination is an active reflection of the creative power of the Almighty. It reveals an aspect of our being made in the image and likeness of God the Creator. Since our imagination is a gift from God it should be oriented towards our relationship with Him. It can be used in prayer. Next week, I will give a basic understanding how to enter into Contemplative prayer. Mission Statement To walk by Faith, to be known by Love and to be a Beacon of Light in our community. We are asking that you pray 3 Hail Marys after each Mass for people to come back to their Catholic Faith. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eucharist Schedule Saturday:5:00 pm - St. John’s, Grafton Sunday: 7:30 am - Sacred Heart, Oakwood 9:30 am - St. John’s, Grafton 11:30 am - Mass in Spanish, Grafton Reconciliation Saturday: 4:00 - 4:45 pm - St. John’s Sunday: 7:10 am - Sacred Heart, Oakwood 9:00 - 9:15 am - St. John’s ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Parish Office: 352-1648 Fr. Jeff’s Cell phone - 1-314-750-8937 Parish Kitchen: 352-0499 Pastor: Fr. Jeff Eppler Retired Priest in Residence: Fr. Bernard Schneider Deacon/Pastoral Minister/Faith Formation Director: Rev. Mr. Michael Grzadzielewski Asst. Faith Formation Director/Music: Brent Hermans Parish Secretary: DeeDee Vogsland Environmental Services: David Demester, Paul Bina ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Parish Lay Directors: Paul Houdek, Mary (John) Dusek Pastoral Council: Jeff Blanchard, Leanne Campbell, Kelly Dokken, Paul Dolan, Brittany Dusek, Ernie Dusek, Sandra Irmen, Lee Lessard, Denise Moe, Sean Osowski, Micky Schumacher, Al Szklarski, Marta Balderas - Hispanic Ministry Liaison. Finance Council: Matt Beneda, Mary (John) Dusek, Paul Houdek, JoAnn Lizakowski, Kathy Maus, Donny Suda, Stacey Van Bruggen Baptism Prep Classes - On the 2nd Thursday of the month at 7:00 pm in the Gathering Space. Call 352-1648 to register. Training for EMOC - on the 2nd Thursday of the month at 6:15 pm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FORMED: Youth and Adult Faith Formation at formed.org Parish Access code:PNWMV2 Bulletin - find it at stjohnsgrafton.com+ Emails: Father Jeff at [email protected]DeeDee at [email protected]Need a ride to church: Call Frank Janousek at 520-1730 or Jim Kosmatka at 360-2061 Bulletin Deadline - Wednesday 4:00 p.m. St. John the Evangelist Sacred Heart - Oakwood September 15, 2019 1515 Western Ave. 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time Grafton, ND 58237 Please Welcome Fr. Jeff Eppler to our Parish at our Fall into Faith Celebration on Sunday , Sept. 15 aſter the 9:30 a.m. Mass. We will be having a potluck meal followed by carnival games and prizes! Please join us for this time of fellowship .
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Remember to register your children for Faith Formation!
The Classes will start on Wednesday, September 18th.You can call Deacon Mike or the
office if you have questions.
The Backpack Program provides food on weekends for Children in Need in the Grafton School District. Please consider a monetary donation to the Walsh County Food Program for this cause, and make sure to specify that it is for the Backpack Program. The funds are extremely low at this time.
We continue to cast our nets into the deeper end of the spiritual life with the gift of Contemplative prayer. Whereas meditative prayer is the practical use of our intellect in the pursuit of God, Who is the truth, contemplative prayer is the application of our imagination in our relationship with God.
Our imagination is a facet of our intellect, which is one of the attributes of our soul. It is spiritual in nature and manifested through our brain. We encounter it regularly on an unconscious level when we sleep. We call it dreaming. Most of the time when we dream, we are simply dealing with our psychological and emotional state operating on a subconscious level. However, body and soul are joined, even on an unconscious level. God has access to this and can act through it. In the Gospel of St. Matthew, we find God communicated with the Magi through a dream, and spoke thrice with St. Joseph through his dreams (ref Mt 2:12-13, 19-23). God created our imagination. It is a dimension of our being made in His image and likeness. When God fashions an object or creature in His divine mind, He causes it to exist from nothing. What was nothing has now become something. He created the angels and the whole universe in this way. We, too, can envisage something in our mind that does not yet exist in reality. Although, we cannot call it into being like God can, it can be present nonetheless in our imagination. For example, we can picture an animal that is half horse, half tiger. There’s no way it can exist in the real world, but it can be present in our mind. Exercising our imagination is an active reflection of the creative power of the Almighty. It reveals an aspect of our being made in the image and likeness of God the Creator. Since our imagination is a gift from God it should be oriented towards our relationship with Him. It can be used in prayer. Next week, I will give a basic understanding how to enter into Contemplative prayer.
Mission Statement To walk by Faith, to be known by Love and to be a Beacon of Light in our community. We are asking that you pray 3 Hail Marys after each Mass for people to come back to their Catholic Faith. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eucharist Schedule Saturday:5:00 pm - St. John’s, Grafton Sunday: 7:30 am - Sacred Heart, Oakwood 9:30 am - St. John’s, Grafton 11:30 am - Mass in Spanish, Grafton Reconciliation Saturday: 4:00 - 4:45 pm - St. John’s Sunday: 7:10 am - Sacred Heart, Oakwood 9:00 - 9:15 am - St. John’s
Pastor: Fr. Jeff Eppler Retired Priest in Residence: Fr. Bernard Schneider Deacon/Pastoral Minister/Faith Formation Director: Rev. Mr. Michael Grzadzielewski Asst. Faith Formation Director/Music: Brent Hermans Parish Secretary: DeeDee Vogsland Environmental Services: David Demester, Paul Bina
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Parish Lay Directors: Paul Houdek, Mary (John) Dusek
Pastoral Council: Jeff Blanchard, Leanne Campbell, Kelly Dokken, Paul Dolan, Brittany Dusek, Ernie Dusek, Sandra Irmen, Lee Lessard, Denise Moe, Sean Osowski, Micky Schumacher, Al Szklarski, Marta Balderas - Hispanic Ministry Liaison.
Finance Council: Matt Beneda, Mary (John) Dusek, Paul Houdek, JoAnn Lizakowski, Kathy Maus, Donny Suda, Stacey Van Bruggen Baptism Prep Classes - On the 2nd Thursday of the month at 7:00 pm in the Gathering Space. Call 352-1648 to register. Training for EMOC - on the 2nd Thursday of the month at 6:15 pm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~FORMED: Youth and Adult Faith Formation at formed.org Parish Access code:PNWMV2 Bulletin - find it at stjohnsgrafton.com+Emails: Father Jeff at [email protected] DeeDee at [email protected] Need a ride to church: Call Frank Janousek at 520-1730 or Jim Kosmatka at 360-2061 Bulletin Deadline - Wednesday 4:00 p.m.
St. John the EvangelistSacred Heart - Oakwood
September 15, 2019 1515 Western Ave.24th Sunday in Ordinary Time Grafton, ND 58237
Please Welcome Fr. Jeff Eppler to our Parish at our Fall into Faith Celebration on Sunday, Sept. 15 after
the 9:30 a.m. Mass. We will be having a potluck meal followed by carnival games and prizes! Please join us for this time of fellowship.
Thank you for celebrating Commitment Sunday with us this weekend. Your commitment to our parish through our “To Follow Christ the Light that Shines Forever” program will continue to bring life to our community. If completing your commitment card was not possible at Mass, an invitation to respond will be mailed later this week to your home. Please return your Commitment Card to the office this week or in next week’s collection. If you have not yet done so, join the many others and give your gift online through our electronic giving program.
Are you interested in being an Extraordinary Minister ofHoly Communion? Have you been serving, or are you new to serving? There will be a training session for new and old ministers with Fr. Jeff on Thursday, September 26th at 6:15-7:00 pm in the Church.
Some have enquired about the building projects in the parish office. We are putting up 2 walls, in order to create a room for Fr. Jeff and staff members to meet with people for funerals, and other pastoral needs, and the other room will become a rectory Chapel.
9,000 Rosaries for Grafton! Pray, Pray, Pray! We have prayed 2,468 rosaries so far!
STEWARDSHIP Let us honor God with our first fruits rather than the leftovers September 8, 2019 $8,623.99Given in 2019 Goal for 2019 $242,715.17 $385,000.00$ 64,392.00 God’s Gift (Pledged 66,891.00) $ 82,942.00
Eucharist & Intentions Saturday, September 14 5:00 p.m. - Louise Hoffman +Sunday, September 15 7:30 a.m. Oakwood - Orell Sevigny + 9:30 a.m. - ParishionersMonday, September 16 No MassTuesday, September 17 5:15 p.m. - Doloria Dusek +Wednesday, September 18 10:15 a.m. Sunset - Eugene Burns + Thursday, September 19 9:00 a.m. - Edna Teevens + 1:45 p.m. LSTC - Doris & Stanley Langowski +Friday, September 20 9:00 a.m. - Frances Schuster (for health)Saturday, September 21 5:00 p.m. - Truman Thompson +Sunday, September 22 7:30 a.m. Oakwood - Parishioners 9:30 a.m. - Randy Dusek +
Our Sympathy to the family of Linda Nelson
Please Pray for the Sick: Glen Lerud, JoAnne Sevigny, Ken Jarolimek, Frances Schuster, Aldo Rodriguez, Barb Estad-Foerster, Daryle MacDonald, Mary Lou Gourde, Marvin French, Kevin Bailly, Brian Fehr, Larry & Shirley Durand, Glenn Schneider, Francis Boulduc, Paul Lunski, Bonnie Shannon, Linda Loveless, Judy Wolter, Michelle Such, Robert Carroll, Jon Hills, Richard Anderson, Mike Callahan, Judy Jiskra, Suzanne Burns, Jodi McCarthy, Diane Lee, Hope Reis, David Moe, Patrice & Thea Katz, Brad Schuster, Hiladore Osowski, Ron Nowacki, Monica Rudnik, Chad Demers, Jeanne Silewski, Ann (Mickey) Shaver, Ray Capp, JoAnn & Roger Mattson, Ryan Suda, Emma Basting, John Campbell, Theresa Moen, Jennifer Osowski, Michelle Collette Donarski, Roger Amiot, Kevin Hoenke, Adly Galle Jaehning, Kathy Ruzicka Note: Please let us know when any of the names can be removed from the prayer list.
Prayers for Family Members in the Military and Law Enforcement: LTC. Ryan Reichert serving in Hofuf, Saudi Arabia
Ministry September 21 September 22 September 28 September 29
SeptemberEucharisticMinisters
Proclaimers Cynthia Janousek Paul Dolan Linda Restemayer James Dusek
AltarServers
Chris FehrMatt Houska
Laila MillerJoshua BlanchardSydney Suda
Matt HouskaChris Fehr
Tony BalderasEthan LundRobert Parsons
Greeters Doris DahlgrenJo DusekRobin Holt
Dave DemesterMickey SchumacherPat Dusek
Paul and Sandi HoudekMary (Tom) Dusek
Mike and Sue CallahanVicki Midgarden
MoneyCounters
Charla NelsonLunette Kliniske
Paul BinaDiane Maes
Sacred Heart - Oakwood Sunday: September 22, 2019
Proclaimer: Peter Altar Server: Kayden & Zachary Swanson September Cleaning: Group 2
Collection: Sept. 8 $ 300.00 Year to Date $22,020.00 God’s Gift Goal $ 7,816.00 Pledged Amt. $ 7,300.00 Amount Given $ 7,000.00
Lay Directors: Ed Sevigny, Lori Cyr Pastoral/Finance Council: Susan Suda, Cindy Collette, Mark Gourde, Lee Osowski, Bobby Osowski
5:00 pm Paten: Doris Dahlgren, Sheila Trontvet Chalice: Lillian Houska, Cindy Janousek, Brigita Bovaird, Kathy Grzadzielewski9:30 am Paten: John Dusek, Pat Dusek, Elaine Novak Chalice: Greg Dusek, Mary Dusek, Jon Jelinek, JoAnn Lizakowski
Stewardship Moment - “Everything I have is yours.” Luke 15:31 Our Heavenly Father gives us everything, including the chance to share in His eternal kingdom. Yet, like the Prodigal Son, we are often lured away by the materialism of our society. Do we really want to turn our backs on all that God offers in exchange for a material wealth that has no lasting value?
Weekly Prayer of the Faithful Petitions - That we understand each of us has a unique role in building God’s kingdom and to share our gifts beyond our parish boundaries.
It takes a Village…. of Parishioners to plan and execute our annual Fall Dinner here at St. John’s. Whatever your talent, there is a spot for you!
Bell Tower - As many of you know, we have recently had the bells ringing again. After a few months of the bells operating every day, the mechanical clock started to malfunction. The clock and motors used to ring the bells are all original equipment dating back to 1963.The company that originally installed the bells is still in business and we have contacted them for a bid to replace the clock mechanism with a newer digital format that will make it more reliable and easier to use. It will, also, give us more options as to how and when to ring the bells. The cost will be approximately $5,000 to purchase and install this new equipment. We are asking anyone who is willing to help offset these costs to please call the parish office or contribute on line. Please help us to get the bells ringing again.
St. John Memorials
Adelaide Dvorak $50 Bell Tower Adelaide Dvorak $20 Cemetery Fund Randy Dusek $20 Unrestricted Adelaide Dvorak $20 Bell Tower
Fall Dinners are coming:Zion English Lutheran Church in Grafton, Salad Lunch Thurs., Sept. 19, 11:00 am - 1:30 pm. St. Mary’s Fall Dinner, Bazaar & Fundraiser, Park River Sunday, October 6, 11:00 am - 2:00 pm St. John the Evangelist (that’s us folks!) Sunday, October 13, 11:00 - 2:00 pm. Grafton Lutheran’s Fall Dinner, Sunday, October 20, 11:00 am - 2:00 pm.
UPCOMING DATES AT ST. JOHN’S: Fall into Faith & Commitment Sunday Sunday, Sept. 15 Deanery Pastoral Council Tuesday, Sept. 17, 7:00 pm Faith Formation begins Wednesday, Sept. 18th Finance Council Thursday, Sept. 19, 7:00 pm Faith Formation Wednesday, Sept. 25 Choir Practice Wednesday, Sept. 25, 7:45 pm Pastoral Council Thursday, Sept. 26, 7:00 pm St. John’s Fall Dinner Sunday, October 13th Faith Formation Wednesday, October 2nd Choir Practice Wednesday, October 2, 7:45 pm
REMINDER: We have started to collect prizes for the mini-raffle; if you are willing to donate a new item, please drop it off at the parish office. Every gift, small or large, helps to make this event a success. The Country Store will also be asking for baking, canning, and decorations to sell. Please keep this in mind, also. Thank You!
Chairperson Needed for the Squires Shop Fashion Show, which will be held on Saturday, October 26th. Please call the parish office if you are willing to help. Thank you!
