Catholic Schools Week is over for this year, and our teachers and students performed admirably once again. For those of you that came by the school, you saw some really strange outfits on different days. Sports jerseys, cowboy gear, pajamas and at the student Mass on Wednesday, dresses and suits. I’m so proud of our entire school. The week was also National School Choice Week. You may have seen some yellow neck scarves that were given to the students. The Knights really put an exclamation point on Catholic School Week, each staff member received a gift certificate to El Sol de Mexico. A free meal is always welcome after working all day. Their generosity is above and beyond. As I reflect on Catholic Schools Week, and what it means to our school, I’ve come to a few conclusions. First, our school is a very special place. In it we try to help our students become proficient in reading, writing, math, science, and social studies, along with several other topics. The most important topic though is to love themselves, love each other, and to love Jesus. Even though we teach these subjects to our students at school, the fact is that all education starts at home, we just continue it at school. It’s rather ironic that while preparing this newsletter I found the following prayer on mycatholic.life: Lord Jesus, as an infant You were brought to the temple by Your parents out of religious duty. Help all parents to take their duties to God seriously, to inculcate (instill [an attitude, idea, or habit] by persistent instruction) their faith in the next genera- tion by their words and by their actions, so that the faith will be handed on where the faith is first learned—in the family and in the home. Working together, hopefully, we will instill in our students and children, the positive habits they will need to grow into faithful, intelligent, and decent adults that love Jesus. Monday was a snow day for all schools in Riverton. With the generous snow fall we had, our snow plowers made huge snow- banks for the kids to play on. On Tuesday, when the temperature was warm enough, many kids were playing on the snow- banks. It looked like so much fun that I was tempted to join them. But only tempted. The good Lord is providing us with, what I hope, is ample snowfall in the mountains to help everyone get through the summer with enough irrigation water to en- sure a profitable crop and harvest. We are so very lucky to live where we do. I have visited 45 of our 50 states and have no desire to live anywhere but here. I’ve been places where you have to drive for an hour, in any direction, to get out of town. Then there is a town every few miles. I’ve been places where, due to traffic jams, it’s taken three hours to go twenty miles. I’ve been places where the smog is so thick you can barely see through it. I’ve been places where the summer time weather is 98/98, that is temperature/humidity. I’ve been places where you pass 500 people every block you walk. We do live in a great country, and I’m glad people like to live in cities, but I’m also very glad and thankful that they don’t all live here. I love the wide-open spaces of Wyoming. The history and geography here are mesmerizing. I love to take my horse and ride in the mountains, or a four-wheeler and drive through the public lands. I feel that those of us who call the Wind River Basin home are truly blessed and the luckiest people in the nation. All of this and to be in the company of so many wonderful, friendly, helpful, generous, and sincere people, is a blessing that is hard to top. Walk in The Light of The Lord, Nick Schafer The Jr. High Discipleship retreat will be held in Riverton on March 6-8 for students grade 6-8. Mark your calendars, more information to come. We also need high school age students to help facilitate, minister to the middle school students, run small groups, provide entertainment, set up and clean up. If you know of a student who would be good in one of theses roles, please put a bug in their ear and contact us. The RCIA will be discussing the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick. Not only is it administered at the end of life, but it is appropriate anytime we are struggling with health issues. A big part of Jesus' ministry was healing those with ailments, and He left us with this wonderful Sacrament to continue that ministry. Join us at 7 pm on Wednesdays. Faith Formation Confessions: Saturday 3:45-5:00 p.m. (and by appointment) Wednesday : 5:30-6:30 p.m. Mission Schedules Our Lady of the Woods Dubois Sunday 5:00p.m.( Winter Schedule ) Monday 9:45 a.m. Confessions 30 min prior to Mass St. Edwards Kinnear Sunday 11:00 a.m. Confessions before & after Mass St. Joseph Shoshoni 1st & 3rd Sunday 12:00 p.m. of every month. Confessions by appointment formed.org code: EQNWXP St. Margaret’s Catholic Church Pastor: Fr. Louis Shea [email protected]Associate: Fr. Prakash Verunkal [email protected]Eucharistic Adoration Monday: 3:00-7:00 Tuesday: 4:00-6:00 Thursday: 4:00-7:00 Sunday: 2:00-3:00 1st Friday (Starts Thursday at 4:00 pm until Friday 4:00 pm) Sick & Homebound Cleo Medina, 307-240-4149 Baptism Julie Fiebiger, 307-856-7556 Marriage Preparation Mark & Carole Short, 307-857-3900 Church Choir Pat LeMasters, 307-856-1483 Faith Formation Program Bryan Thoman , 307-850-8164 Coordinator RCCW: Barb Barber, 307-840-1797 2nd Monday of each month 6:30 p.m. Funeral Dinners: Daria Wood, 307--850-7694 Knights of Columbus 2nd Tuesday of each month 7:00 p.m. Rosary-church 7:30 meeting-Pate Hall Parish Council President: Mick Newlin Parish Finance President: Dennis Appelhans Church 620 E. Fremont Ave. Riverton, WY 82501 [email protected]Rectory - 307-856-6226 Office 618 E. Fremont Ave. Riverton, WY 82501 307-856-3757 307-856-9396 St. Margaret’s Catholic School 220 N. 7th St. E. Riverton, WY 82501 307-856-5922 The Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time February 9, 2020
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Catholic Schools Week is over for this year, and our teachers and students performed admirably once again. For those of you that came by the school, you saw some really strange outfits on different days. Sports jerseys, cowboy gear, pajamas and at the student Mass on Wednesday, dresses and suits. I’m so proud of our entire school. The week was also National School Choice Week. You may have seen some yellow neck scarves that were given to the students. The Knights really put an exclamation point on Catholic School Week, each staff member received a gift certificate to El Sol de Mexico. A free meal is always welcome after working all day. Their generosity is above and beyond.
As I reflect on Catholic Schools Week, and what it means to our school, I’ve come to a few conclusions. First, our school is a very special place. In it we try to help our students become proficient in reading, writing, math, science, and social studies, along with several other topics. The most important topic though is to love themselves, love each other, and to love Jesus. Even though we teach these subjects to our students at school, the fact is that all education starts at home, we just continue it at school. It’s rather ironic that while preparing this newsletter I found the following prayer on mycatholic.life:
Lord Jesus, as an infant You were brought to the temple by Your parents out of religious duty. Help all parents to take their duties to God seriously, to inculcate (instill [an attitude, idea, or habit] by persistent instruction) their faith in the next genera-tion by their words and by their actions, so that the faith will be handed on where the faith is first learned—in the family and in the home.
Working together, hopefully, we will instill in our students and children, the positive habits they will need to grow into faithful, intelligent, and decent adults that love Jesus.
Monday was a snow day for all schools in Riverton. With the generous snow fall we had, our snow plowers made huge snow-banks for the kids to play on. On Tuesday, when the temperature was warm enough, many kids were playing on the snow-banks. It looked like so much fun that I was tempted to join them. But only tempted. The good Lord is providing us with, what I hope, is ample snowfall in the mountains to help everyone get through the summer with enough irrigation water to en-sure a profitable crop and harvest.
We are so very lucky to live where we do. I have visited 45 of our 50 states and have no desire to live anywhere but here. I’ve been places where you have to drive for an hour, in any direction, to get out of town. Then there is a town every few miles. I’ve been places where, due to traffic jams, it’s taken three hours to go twenty miles. I’ve been places where the smog is so thick you can barely see through it. I’ve been places where the summer time weather is 98/98, that is temperature/humidity. I’ve been places where you pass 500 people every block you walk. We do live in a great country, and I’m glad people like to live in cities, but I’m also very glad and thankful that they don’t all live here. I love the wide-open spaces of Wyoming. The history and geography here are mesmerizing. I love to take my horse and ride in the mountains, or a four-wheeler and drive through the public lands. I feel that those of us who call the Wind River Basin home are truly blessed and the luckiest people in the nation. All of this and to be in the company of so many wonderful, friendly, helpful, generous, and sincere people, is a blessing that is hard to top.
Walk in The Light of The Lord,
Nick Schafer
The Jr. High Discipleship retreat will be held in Riverton on March 6-8 for students grade 6-8. Mark your calendars,
more information to come. We also need high school age students to help facilitate, minister to the middle school
students, run small groups, provide entertainment, set up and clean up. If you know of a student who would be good
in one of theses roles, please put a bug in their ear and contact us.
The RCIA will be discussing the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick. Not only is it administered at the end of life, but
it is appropriate anytime we are struggling with health issues. A big part of Jesus' ministry was healing those with
ailments, and He left us with this wonderful Sacrament to continue that ministry. Join us at 7 pm on Wednesdays.
7:30 meeting-Pate Hall Parish Council President: Mick Newlin
Parish Finance President: Dennis
Appelhans
Church 620 E. Fremont Ave. Riverton, WY 82501 [email protected] Rectory - 307-856-6226
Office 618 E. Fremont Ave. Riverton, WY 82501 307-856-3757 307-856-9396
St. Margaret’s Catholic School 220 N. 7th St. E. Riverton, WY 82501 307-856-5922
The Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
February 9, 2020
Fr. Louie’s Corner
The RCCW monthly luncheon will be held on Wed. Feb. 12 at the Trail Head restaurant at 11:30 AM. Reservations, call Jan at 851-3923.
In the spirit of justice and transparency, the Diocese of Cheyenne must report that a credible allegation of sexual misconduct with an adult female has been made against Father Michael Mary Wight, a priest of the Society of our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity. This occurred while he was serving on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation in the Diocese of Fargo, North Dakota.
Father Wight (who was Brother Michael Mary Wight at the time) also served at St. Stephen’s Indian Mission, be-ginning August 2010 until approximately 2012.
If you or anyone you know has been a victim of sexual abuse by a member of the clergy, we urge you to contact your local law enforcement agency or the Department of Family Services if you suspect abuse of a minor.
Upon notification of authorities or if you have questions, please call or email Chancellor Jean Chrostoski at 307-638-1530, ext. 105 ([email protected]) or Diocesan Victim Assistance Coordinator Mary Adams at 307-220-0485 ([email protected]).
2020 Seminarian Education Fund Collection
It’s time again folks to help support our seminarians!
Please prayerfully consider giving a financial gift to
support seminarians in the Diocese of Cheyenne.
Please send donation to :
Diocese of Cheyenne
Attn: Seminarian Education Fund
P.O. Box 1468
Cheyenne, Wy. 82003
You can also drop donations in the collection basket
or drop them off at the office.
In our Gospel reading this Sunday we hear Jesus use two metaphors to describe what a good disciple should be. He tells them that they are the salt of the world, but if salt loses its taste it is no good for anything but to be trampled underfoot, proof that he never spent a winter in Riverton! Seriously though I believe that he was warning them not to allow their ministry to be over-shadowed by things that are contrary to being a good disciple. We need to be steadfast and remain true to the calling that Jesus has blessed us with. He then tells them that they need to let their light shine for all to see, not just to see their good deeds but so that everyone can glorify our God in heaven. We, as Christians, are to let our lights shine not to bring attention to ourselves, but to humbly show people what can be accomplished when we allow God’s Grace to work through us.
The Diocese of Cheyenne has an opening for Director of
Hispanic Ministry. The Director of Hispanic Ministry, in
close collaboration with the Director of Pastoral For-
mation, assists the Diocesan Bishop in cultivating lay
leadership and directing a Pastoral Hispanic Ministries
Plan for the Diocese of Cheyenne. The Director of Hispan-
ic Ministry will be located in Casper. Candidates must be
bilingual (Spanish and English), conversational and writ-
ten. Submit an application, letter of interest, and a current
resume by mail, e-mail, or in person by March 9, 2020 to:
Fr. Prakash will be celebrating all the other masses.
FEBRUARY 15 &16, 2020
EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS
5:30 p.m. Pat Newlin & Pat Dalton
Ray & Bev Appelhance
Mick Newlin (Host)
8:00 a.m. Dave Paskett & Tom Nirider
John & Holly Caproni
Cleo Medina (Host)
10:00 a.m. Karla Kucera & Mike Harris
Carol Eicke & Bill Styvar
Norm Moss (Host)
ALTAR SERVERS
5:30 p.m. Peter Corbett & Ashlyn Jones
8:00 a.m. Cassandra Miller & Sawyer Tate
10:00 a.m. Cael Arbogast & Jordan Hanson
Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion
Mary McNeill & Jim Gores
St. Margaret’s Collection 02/01 & 02/02
Actual: $ 6,436.36
Mission Collections:
St. Joseph: $ 20
St. Edwards: $ 452 (1/27/20 & 2/2/20)
Our Lady of the Woods:$ 336 (1/26/20)
Thank you for your generosity!!
MONDAY 2/10 Mass - 12:15 p.m. Souls in Purgatory
TUESDAY 2/11 Mass - 7:00 a.m. AJ Steen
WEDNESDAY 2/12 Mass - 7:00 a.m. Hank
School Mass - 8:15 a.m. Bill Leininger
THURSDAY 2/13 Mass - 7:00 a.m. Bob Meeboer +
FRIDAY 2/14 Mass - 7:00 a.m. Lynn Romer +
SATURDAY 2/15 Mass - . 5:30 p.m. Carol & Bill Leininger
SUNDAY 2/16 Mass - 8:00 a.m. Toby & Monica
Mass - 10:00 a.m.
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Prayers for Healing
Taylee; Jean Hankins; Jonathan Perez; Tonya Abernathy; Eli Steinberg: Matthew Thoman; Christopher Barber; Alicia; Patricia Andrews; Amber Jahnke; Pete Davis; Chandler Thoman; Nancy Kindle; Sandra S; Leonard Williams; Sean B; Carole Meyer; Jill McCarthy; Keith Kalbach; Caleb Stone; Jess; Camilla; Kayleen Gambler; Dianna Slater; Louis; Cortney; Darla Shepardson; Danny Kurtilla; Martha Chacon; Roberta Miller; Kurth Waren; The Gamble Family; Kurt Leininger; Elizabeth Reid; Wilma Thompson; Bob Luoma; Steve McNamee; Kristian Mitchell; Rita Leidy; Kevin; Sam Senkow; Mike Sanchez; Elizabeth Perdue; Rod Mosbrucker; Alyssa Vega; James Habeck; Mike Osborne; Angie Esvelt; Dora Flagg; Laura; Brittany Clarkson; Cloann Guernsey; Kim Bergen; Jo Acosta; Joel Rivera; Cody Thrasher; Colby Harris; Jack Romero; Joe Streeter Sr; Tyus Starr Fisher; June Hulme; Burnayse Neff; Steve Gresback; Dustee Martinet; Janet Hughes; Pierce Steen; Pat Mosbrucker; Aaron Duncan; William Apodaca; Hunter Jara-millo, John Roybal; Curry Matthiessen; Jimmy VanVleet; Marlene Keralis; Curtis Good; John Osborne; Erica Thoman; Janessa Burlingham; Josh Ward; Cristy Cragoe; Rod Slattery; Pete Sauer; Bill Leininger; Sharon Neel; Devin Senn; Tim Shelton Please notify the office if someone should be removed from the prayer list.
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 10, 2020 - FEBRUARY 16, 2020
Living & Giving in Christ Fiscal Year 2019-2020 Update as of 01/28/2020
Goal Pledge to date Pledge Shortage Actual paid to date:
St Margaret’s $ 40,113 $ 28,152 $ 11,961 $ 23,987
OLW $ 4,482 $ 670 $ 3,812 $ 495
St Edwards $ 2,561 $ 525 $ 2,039 $ 525
St. Josephs $ 667 $ 500 $ 167 $ 500
Goal: Assessed by the Diocese at 20% of previous year actual envelopes & collection plate.
Parishioners: Actual Pledge by parishioners.
Pledge Shortage: If amount is not pledged and fulfilled by parishioners then the parish may be
charged for the shortage.
Actual paid to date: Totals paid by parishioners on pledges made.
Boiler Fund
Total collections for the boiler fund to date are $ 97,613.54
Thank You for your support!
Anniversary Birthday Deceased +
Prayer Corner:
I am the light of the world, says the Lord; whoever follows me will have the light of life John 8:12
