The 2nd Collection will be going to our Helping Hands Fund. It supports the poor at the door in Grafton and the surrounding area.

Congratulations to the newly Baptized Child into our Faith Community: Orion Carlos Gonzalez, son of Alexander & Stephanie Gonzalez

Immerse yourself in the Word of God. Allow the Holy Spirit to draw you into the immensity of God’s love found in the Scriptures. He will reveal Himself to you while pondering His Word. The Lord wants to be discovered, He wants to be found and embraced by every human heart. God is the true

lover of the soul. May we delight in Him and exclaim from the core of our being: “Set me as a seal upon your heart…!” (Song of Songs 8:6). It is true that the Heart of Jesus is physically present in the Holy Eucharist, but it is, also, true that the reverberations of His Heart have echoed across the millennia and found resonance in the minds of those inspired by God to write the Scriptures. The beating Heart of Jesus is found in every line of the Bible, for the Scriptures are written by God for love of you and I, and for every human being who will ever live until the end of time. Our Heavenly Father wants us to know through His written Word that we are loved and cherished by Him. Jesus Christ, Who is the Word of the Father, is first proclaimed in the Scriptures at every Mass, and then becomes flesh upon the altar. Christ literally gives Himself to us for our spiritual nourishment. He fills our souls with the very love of His Sacred Heart. He desires that we come to know Him as we are intimately known by Him. Reading and contemplating the Scriptures outside of Mass helps prepare our hearts for such a loving encounter with Jesus in the Holy Eucharist. Spend a little time each day reflecting on the Word of God, even if it’s just a single line of Scripture. Ask the Holy Spirit for guidance and insight. He will respond to our prayer because He is love. May God be praised and may you be blessed!

We encourage all Parishioners to register for “Formed”Formed is a platform of award-winning Catholic content, including, children’s programming, youth programs, bible studies, devotionals, audio talks, e-books, current topics and more. Formed is for the whole family and all ages! Instructions to sign up: Go onto the internet and go to:Formed.orgClick on - SignupClick on - I belong to a parish or organizationFind your parish or organization in the search bar and enter 58237Click on – St. John the Evangelist (it’ll show up under the zip code you entered)Click on – NextEnter your NameEnter your EmailClick on – Signup Now you should be in “Formed”Since you have now signed up, the next time you go to Formed.org, you can just click on – sign in (which is in the upper right of your screen) and it will take you right to the site. EEZY-PEEZY!

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, Grafton Sunday: 7:30 am - Sacred Heart, Oakwood 9:30 am - St. John, Grafton Reconciliation Saturday: 4:00 - 4:45 pm - St. John Sunday: 7:10 am - Sacred Heart, Oakwood 9:00 - 9:15 am - St. John

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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 Office Manager: DeeDee Vogsland Administrative Assistant: Kathy Swanson Environmental Services: David Demester, Paul Bina ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 Eucharistic Ministers of Communion - 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 fr.jeff@stjohnsgrafton.com DeeDee at deedee@stjohnsgrafton.com

Need a ride to church: Call Frank Janousek at 520-1730 or Jim Kosmatka at 360-2061 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Parish Lay Directors: Paul Houdek, Mary (John) Dusek

Pastoral Council: Jeff Blanchard, Kelly Dokken, 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, Kathy Maus, Donny Suda, Stacey Van Bruggen

Youth Committee: Marty Balderas, William Jiskra, Mary Kerian, Nancy Miller, Josie Suda, Maggie Suda, Molly Zahradka Meets 1st Tuesday of the month at 6:30 pm.

Bulletin Deadline - Wednesday 4:00 p.m.

St. John the Evangelist Sacred Heart - Oakwood February 2, 2020 1515 Western Ave. The Presentation of the Lord Grafton, ND 58237

Stop the presses! Set aside Sunday evening, March 1 through Wednesday night, March 4 for a mission being held, here, in our parish. Catholic Lay missionary and Evangelist, Bill Wegner, from Good News International will be leading this year’s mission. It will be a special time of renewal for our entire community. Please plan to attend and bring a friend!

UPCOMING DATES AT ST. JOHN’S: Faith Formation Wednesday, Feb. 5 Quilting, after 9 am Mass Thursday, Feb. 6 Adults and Teens welcome to join us for the upcoming Bible Study on the Book of Romans with Deacon Mike, which will be held on Tuesdays at 7:00 pm. The startup date will be announced soon. The book fee will be $26.95 each. Please call and sign up to attend this study of God’s Word. 352-1648

STEWARDSHIP Thank you for giving God the first fruits rather than the leftovers! God bless you! January 26, 2020 $5,168.50Given in 2020 Goal for 2020 $ 23,392.30 $385,000.00$ 67,253.00 God’s Gift (Pledged $67,403.00) $ 82,942.00

Eucharist & Intentions Saturday, February 1 5:00 p.m. - Dorothy Bittner +Sunday, February 2 7:30 a.m. Oakwood - Parishioners 9:30 a.m. - Randy Dusek +Monday, February 3 No MassTuesday, February 4 5:15 p.m. - June French +Wednesday, February 5 10:15 a.m. Sunset - Richard Langowski +Thursday, February 6 9:00 a.m. - Louise Hoffman + 1:45 p.m. LSTC - Frank & Elinor Nelson Misialek + Friday, February 7 9:00 a.m. - George Nelson +Saturday, February 8 5:00 p.m. - Alyos & Gertyee Lutovsky + Sunday, February 9 7:30 a.m. Oakwood - Cyril Seeba + 9:30 a.m. - Parishioners

Please Pray for the Sick: Steve Dolan, Les Aasand, Jane Zidon, Karsyn Bladow, Ed Boura, Vivian Collette Secriest, Gene Hagen, Clifford Bailly, Graham Baker, Chris Loveless, Linda

Loveless, JoAnne Sevigny, Ken Jarolimek, Frances Schuster, Aldo Rodriguez, Barb Estad-Foerster, Daryle MacDonald, Marvin French, Kevin Bailly, Brian Fehr, Francis Boulduc, Paul Lunski, Bonnie Shannon, Judy Wolter, Michelle Such, Robert Carroll, Jon Hills, Richard Anderson, Judy Jiskra, Suzanne Burns, Jodi McCarthy, Diane Lee, Hope Reis, Patrice & Thea Katz, Brad Schuster, Hiladore Osowski, Ron Nowacki, Monica Rudnik, Chad Demers, Jeanne Silewski, Ray Capp, JoAnn & Roger Mattson, Ryan Suda, Emma Basting, John Campbell, Jennifer Osowski, Michelle Collette Donarski, Roger Amiot, Kevin Hoenke, Adly Galle Jaehning, Kathy Ruzicka

We really need Volunteers to help with the NDSU Sugarbeet Growers Seminar, this Thursday, Feb. 16th from 7:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Please call the office if you can help. 352-1648 Thank You!

Mardi Gras will be held on Tuesday, February 25th from 6:00 - 8:00 pm. to raise money for our Youth Ministry. Tickets are available for $40 per person. Please consider volunteering to help. Call 352-1648 (parish office) and speak to Kathy if you are interested in helping or if you would like to purchase tickets.

Ministry February 8 February 9 February 15 February 16

FebruaryEucharisticMinisters

Proclaimers Mary (Tom) Dusek Roger Allmaras Kathy Grzadzielewski Greg Campbell

AltarServers

Chris FehrMatt Houska

Joshua BlanchardTyler MayerJosie SudaPaige Suda

Matt HouskaChris Fehr

Tony Balderas August MillerLaila Miller

Greeters Doris DahlgrenJanice HouskaJesse Forster

Laurie JohnsonJudy KeeleyLuke Holt

Paul & Sandi HoudekMary (Tom) Dusek

Dave DemesterMickey SchumacherPat Dusek

MoneyCounters

Judy KeeleyJim Kosmatka

Bev DolanCynthia Holt

Sacred Heart - Oakwood Sunday: February 9, 2020

Proclaimer: Bob Altar Server: Kayden & Zachary Swanson February Cleaning: Group 2

Collection: Jan. 26 $. 569.00 Year to Date $ 1,723.00 God’s Gift Goal $ 7,816.00 Pledged Amt. $ 7,800.00 Amount Given $ 7,800.00

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 Chalice: Sheila Trontvet, Cindy Janousek9:30 am Paten: Pat Dusek, John Dusek Chalice: Rosa Aguilar, Mary Dusek, Elaine Novak, Donald Suda

Book of the Month - The Devil in the City of Angels: My Encounters with the Diabolical by Jesse Romero. Jesse Romero encountered the demonic while working for the LASD. Discover the true stories of spiritual warfare being waged in the streets and alleys of L.A. “The Devil in the City of Angels” is much more than a catalog of strange and terrifying events. It exposes Satan as the Father of Lies so we can see how he works, and how to defeat him. Drawing on his own experiences, as well as the most authoritative sources, Romero offers the reader numerous cautionary tales but, also, that hope that is only found in Jesus Christ and his Church.

St. John Memorial Mike Callahan $310 Unrestricted Mike Callahan $10 Cemetery Fund Mike Callahan $50 Haiti School

Bottles for Life - Sanctity of Human Life - Please pick up a Baby Bottle to support the Pregnancy Help Center of Park River. You can fill it with either pocket change or a check. We ask that you return it to the church by Sunday, February 16th. Thank you for your help!

The residents, staff and board of directors of Care and Share of Crookston, wish to thank the

parishioners of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Grafton for their support of our shelter. Your generous contributions to Care and Share are greatly appreciated. They enable us to continue our mission of feeding families and children, sheltering those that need a home, and providing services to those in need. May God bless your parish for its generosity. Thank you from Care and Share.

Knowing Our God Through The Psalms - Women’s Retreat 7:00 pm, Friday, March 6th until 12:30 pm Sunday, March 8th

in Valley City, ND 701-845-2864 Presenters are: Sister Dorothy Bunce and Sister Anne Germaine Picard

Suggested Donation: $85.00. Should anyone be unable to make this donation, the Spiritual Life Center will accept any offering within one’s means.

What is Furnished? You will be provided with a simple private room with a single bed, bedding, pillow, desk, chairs and a Bible to use. Meals are provided.

What Do I Need to Bring? Bring leisurely clothing, towel and toiletry items. You may bring your own bible if you prefer.

The psalms express a variety of subjects, moods and attitudes experienced by all people. These ancient prayers have formed the spiritual life of people for centuries. Jesus himself, prayed the psalms. Input sessions, prayer times and

group activities will be used to focus and to reflect on deepening your relationship with God. You are invited to come away for a weekend in order to take a closer look at your life and your experience with God.

Come to relax, be still, pray, listen, be alone and talk with others as you seek your God. To Register: Call 701-845-2864 or email dorothy.bunce@fargodiocese.org

Maryvale - 3150 116A Ave. SE. - Valley City, ND 58072

Give your BURDENS to the Lord, and He will take care of you. - Psalm 55:22

Walsh County Food Pantry Requests: Canned Tuna or Salmon

Jello - PuddingCanned Fruit

Hamburger HelperCake Mixes

Laundry SoapThank you for your Donations!

He who has compassion on the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his good deed. Proverbs 19:17

ARE YOU NEW TO THE PARISH?

If you are new to St. John’s, we extend to you a warm and heartfelt welcome. Please call the office to register, or fill out the following information and drop it into the mail or the Sunday collection. We’ll be in touch with you right away.

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We would like to keep the parishioner records up to date and need your help to do so.Thank You!