St. Charles, Artesian St. Wilfrid, Woonsocket St. Joseph, Wessington Springs ARTESIAN Saturday, January 2 4:45 Rosary 5:00pm -People of the Parishes Saturday, January 9 5:00pm -Don Klinkner Surgery Recovery WESS SPGS Sunday, January 3 8:30am +Hollis & LaVaughn Grieve Sunday, January 10 8:30am - Mona Naser Family WOONSOCKET Sunday, January 3 10:00am Rosary 10:30am +Myrna Knigge Monday, January 4 NO MASS Tuesday, January 5 NO MASS Wednesday, January 6 5:15pm -Prayers for Married Couples Thursday, January 7 5:15pm -Return of Fallen Away Catholics Friday, January 8 5:15pm +Jeanne Sandness Saturday, January 9 8:30am +Jim Grassel Sunday, January 10 10:00am Rosary 10:30am -People of the Parishes BBQ Lunch after Mass (Sponsored by CDA) Pastor: Fr. Kevin Doyle Mass Times and Intentions (All Masses are livestreamed on Fr. Kevin Doyle YouTube channel) (All Masses are livestreamed on Fr. Kevin Doyle YouTube channel) CONFESSIONS – Wessington Springs Anytime upon request. BAPTISMS and a class beforehand; MARRIAGE must prepare at least six months before; ANNOINTING of SICK at the church or the rectory before surgery or in need, or any of these ask Fr. Kevin Ask for COMMUNION for shut-ins. January 3, 2020 EPIPHANY OF THE LORD Is 60: 1-6 Eph 3: 2-3a, 5-6 Mt 2: 1-12 For Reflection The Epiphany is an older Christian feast than Christmas. The Solemnity of the Epiphany is one of the richest feasts in the Christian liturgy. CONFESSIONS - Artesian Anytime upon request. CONFESSIONS - Woonsocket Anytime upon request. WELCOME! ⴕ Fr. Kevin Doyle PO Box 266 Woonsocket, SD 57385 email: [email protected]Cell: (605) 220-6477 or (605) 796-4666 Executive Secretary of the Parishes Gay Lynne Ames Office: 605-796-4666 email: [email protected]Please join us often; “Truly this is an abode of God, the gateway to heaven!” (Gen. 28:17) Use form in entry to register so you can receive a Bishops Bulletin, envelopes, a warm welcome and be a parish member.
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St. Charles, Artesian St. Wilfrid, Woonsocket St. Joseph, Wessington Springs
ARTESIAN Saturday, January 2 4:45 Rosary
5:00pm -People of the Parishes
Saturday, January 9 5:00pm -Don Klinkner Surgery Recovery
WESS SPGS Sunday, January 3 8:30am +Hollis & LaVaughn Grieve
Sunday, January 10 8:30am - Mona Naser Family
WOONSOCKET Sunday, January 3 10:00am Rosary
10:30am +Myrna Knigge
Monday, January 4 NO MASS
Tuesday, January 5 NO MASS
Wednesday, January 6 5:15pm -Prayers for Married Couples
Thursday, January 7 5:15pm -Return of Fallen Away Catholics
Friday, January 8 5:15pm +Jeanne Sandness
Saturday, January 9 8:30am +Jim Grassel
Sunday, January 10 10:00am Rosary
10:30am -People of the Parishes
BBQ Lunch after Mass
(Sponsored by CDA)
Pastor: Fr. Kevin Doyle
Mass Times and Intentions
(All Masses are livestreamed on Fr. Kevin Doyle YouTube channel)
(All Masses are livestreamed on Fr. Kevin Doyle YouTube channel)
CONFESSIONS – Wessington Springs
Anytime upon request.
BAPTISMS and a class beforehand;
MARRIAGE must prepare at least six
months before; ANNOINTING of SICK at
the church or the rectory before surgery
or in need, or any of these ask Fr. Kevin
Ask for COMMUNION for shut-ins.
January 3, 2020
EPIPHANY OF THE LORD Is 60: 1-6
Eph 3: 2-3a, 5-6
Mt 2: 1-12
For Reflection The Epiphany is an older Christian feast
The Solemnity of the Epiphany is one of the richest feasts in the Christian liturgy, and for this
reason, it is also among the most misunderstood. The Greek word which we translate epiphany
simply means “appearance” or “manifestation”, and in the Western liturgical tradition the
Epiphany is linked most strongly to the visit of the Magi to the Christ Child. But in the Eastern
liturgies, the Epiphany is focused not only on the visit of the Magi but on every early event by
which Christ is revealed to the world as the Messiah: His birth, the visit of the Magi, His
presentation in the Temple, and His instruction of the elders in the Temple, His Baptism in the
Jordan, and His first miracle at the wedding feast of Cana. For this reason, ancient liturgies
refer to the Epiphany as a festival of illumination, declaration, and theophany, and in many
Eastern Christian Churches (like the Armenian), January 6th is the primary or only celebration
of the Birth of Jesus, not December 25th.
This helps us understand the profound link between the Western feasts of Christmas and
Epiphany and why this celebration is the traditional Twelfth Day of Christmas. The revelation
of the Son of God to the world begins with His birth, continues with the visit of the Magi and
with His presentation in the Temple, is intensified at His Baptism, and finds its first miraculous
expression at Cana. Though separated by thirty years, the events at Bethlehem and Cana are
truly but one continuous unfolding of the eternal plan of salvation, and of all these mysteries
we can speak with equal force the words of the Preface of the Epiphany from the Roman
Missal: “Father … today you have revealed the mystery of our salvation in Christ as a light for
the nations, and when he appeared in our mortal nature, you made us new by the glory of his
immortal nature.”
The Epiphany is an older Christian feast than Christmas, and from antiquity it has been kept
on January 6th. The first recorded mention of this feast was in 361, and by 385 the Epiphany
was celebrated in Jerusalem for eight days, like the present Octaves of Easter and Christmas
and the old Octave of Pentecost. All of this points to the supreme importance of the sacred
mysteries we celebrate today: by His incarnation and birth, by His revelation to the Magi and
His presentation in the Temple, by His Baptism and the miracle at the wedding feast of Cana,
the Son of Mary is gradually shown to be “God from God, Light from Light, true God from
true God.”
Fr. Kevin’s Reflections: Monday
JANUARY 4 St. Elizabeth Ann Seton,
Religious 1 Jn 3: 22 – 4: 6
Mt 4: 12-17, 23-25
Tuesday JANUARY 5
St. John Neumann, Bishop 1 Jn 4: 7-10 Mk 6: 34-44
Wednesday JANUARY 6
Christmas Weekday St. Andre Bessette, Religious
1 Jn 4: 11 -18 Mk 6: 45-52
Thursday JANUARY 7
Christmas Weekday St. Raymond of Penafort,
Priest 1 Jn 4: 19 – 5: 4
Lk 4: 14-22
Friday JANUARY 8
Christmas Weekday 1 Jn 5: 5-13 Lk 5: 12-16
Saturday JANUARY 9
Christmas Weekday 1 Jn 5: 14-21 Jn 3: 22-30
Sunday JANUARY 10
BAPTISM OF THE LORD Is 55: 1-11 1 Jn 5: 1-9 Mk 1: 7-11
CALENDAR
Religious Ed Classes to Resume on Wednesday, January 6th
St. Wilfrid (Tentative Schedule)
6:30 – 7:45 PM 1st will meet in the basement 2nd will meet in the South (Priest) Sacristy 4th thru 6th will meet in the church basement (There are no 3rd grade registered) 7:00 – 8:30 PM 7th thru 12th will meet in the Chapel as Fr. Kevin will be preparing the young adults for their Confirmation in 2022.
St. Joseph
K-3rd will be home schooled 4th thru 6th grade will meet after school till 4:30 PM. 7th thru 12th grade will meet 6:30 for supper (provided by the parents on a rotating schedule basis). Class starts at 7:00 PM and ends with Fr. Kevin at approximately 8:30 PM. Note: Mass will be held on the second Wednesday of the month at 4:00 PM. (All are invited.)
Those preparing for Confirmation in 2022 will need to meet with Fr. Kevin for their primary meeting. A secondary meeting will arranged next year for a one-on-one with Fr. Kevin for preparation of Confirmation. The students (not the parents, not the godparents but the students themselves) need to contact Fr. Kevin or Gay Lynne Ames to set up an appointment with Fr. Kevin.
Religious Ed Classes to Resume on Wednesday, January 6th
Prayer – Participation – Generosity
St. Joseph: 12/24 – Env. (23) $820; Oil Collection $20; CFSA $60; Total $900; 12/27 – Env. (14) $1125; Loose $120; Oil Collection $20; CFSA $20; Total 1285 St. Charles: 12/25 – Env. (6) Total $425; 12/26 - Env. (5) $520; Other $80; Total $600 St. Wilfrid: 12/24 – Env. (21) $923; Loose $61; Other $75; Total $1059; 12/27 Env. (19) $590; Loose $15; CFSA $100; Mass Intentions $20; Total $725
Coming Events
Jan 31, 2021 - SD Right-to-Life Annual Rally and Hour of Reflection. Gather and march 12:30-1:30 pm. Hour of reflection 2:00-3:00 pm. All CCD classes (7th-12th) required to attend. All are invited. State Capitol, Pierre. Ground floor.
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton’s Story (August 28, 1774 – January 4, 1821)
Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton was born just two years before the Declaration of Independence. By birth and marriage, she was linked to the first families of New York and enjoyed the fruits of high society. Reared a staunch Episcopalian, she learned the value of prayer, Scripture and a nightly examination of conscience. Her father, Dr. Richard Bayley, did not have much use for churches but was a great humanitarian, teaching his daughter to love and serve others.
The early deaths of her mother in 1777 and her baby sister in 1778 gave Elizabeth a feel for eternity and the temporariness of the pilgrim life on earth. Far from being brooding and sullen, she faced each new “holocaust,” as she put it, with hopeful cheerfulness.
At 19, Elizabeth was the belle of New York and married a handsome, wealthy businessman, William Magee Seton. They had five children before his business failed and he died of tuberculosis. At 30, Elizabeth was widowed, penniless, with five small children to support.
Three basic points led Elizabeth to become a Catholic: belief in the Real Presence, devotion to the Blessed Mother and conviction that the Catholic Church led back to the apostles and to Christ. Many of her family and friends rejected her when she became a Catholic in March 1805.
To support her children, she opened a school in Baltimore. From the beginning, her group followed the lines of a religious community, which was officially founded in 1809.
Mother Seton suffered great trials of sickness, misunderstanding, the death of loved ones (her husband and two young daughters) and the heartache of a wayward son. Mother Seton became the first American-born citizen to be beatified (1963) and then canonized (1975).
Mother Seton founded the first American religious community for women, the Sisters of Charity. She opened the first American parish school and established the first American Catholic orphanage. All this she did in the span of 46 years while raising her five children.
Reflection Elizabeth Seton had two great devotions: abandonment to the will of God and an ardent love for the Blessed Sacrament. She wrote that she would prefer to exchange the world for a “cave or a desert.” “But God has given me a great deal to do, and I have always and hope always to prefer his will to every wish of my own.”
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton is the Patron Saint of: Catholic Schools Loss of Parents Excerpt taken from: https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/saint-elizabeth-ann-seton
When all the wintry storms of time are past, we shall enjoy the delights of an Eternal Spring.
St. Wilfrid Parish received $250 from Catholic United Financial for volunteerism of the MinisTree. This is an ongoing volunteer project sponsored by Catholic United Financial. For more information in how you can volunteer to earn money for our parish, please contact Jeanette Luthi at 796-4163.
A Thank You for the choir for the uplifting Christmas Music on Christmas Eve to glorify our Lord Jesus and Savior.
Memorializing a Family Member Those interested in donating funds for speakers would be a great gift to the parish for years to come. The cost is $1000 per speaker – a total of 10 speakers once the project is complete.
Ministry Schedule
Date Greeter/Usher Lector E. Min.
3-Jan R Westendorf, J Steichen B Steichen D Larson
10-Jan J Ames, T Fouberg B Steichen A Larson
St. Wilfrid Parish
BBQ Beans & Chips After 10:30 AM Mass
Sunday, January 3rd
Come and enjoy fellowship with our parish family. Free will offering to benefit the many charitable projects by
the Catholic Daughters.
You can pick up your contribution
envelopes in the vestibule
(entrance) of the church.
The Advent Crib will continue till the end of Christmas
Season, January 10th. Any items collected will go to
Birth Right offices throughout the state. Parish Calendars will be arriving soon! There will be a choice of two different styles
of calendars.
“…They prostrated themselves and did him homage. Then
they opened their treasures and offered him gifs of
gold, frankincense, and myrrh.” Matthew 2: 11
The Sioux Falls Diocese has gotten multiple reports from pastors and parish staff about emails and texts being sent to parishioners and staff, claiming to be from the parish priest and asking for the recipient to purchase gift cards. This is a scam that has been going on for multiple years now and unfortunately, there isn't much we or the South Dakota Attorney General or the South Dakota Department of Consumer Protection can do about it, other than warn and educate people.
Fr. Kevin or any priest will never solicit gift cards via email or text. Always check by calling the parish office or contacting Fr. Kevin.
