Easter Sunday April 12, 2020

St. Anthony of Padua Church ~ St. Augustine Church

St. John the Baptist Church

Weekly Readings Sun Apr 12: Easter Sunday Acts 10:34a, 37-43 Col 3:1-4 Jn 20:1-9 Mon Apr 13: Monday within the Octave of Easter Acts 2:25,22-33 Mt 28:8-15 Tues Apr 14: Tuesday within the Octave of Easter Acts 2:36-41 Jn 20:11-18 Wed Apr 15: Wednesday within the Octave of Easter Acts 3:1-10 Lk 24:13-35 Thurs Apr 16: Thursday within the Octave of Easter Acts 3:11-26 Lk 24:35-48 Fri Apr 17:Friday within the Octave of Easter Acts 4:1-12 Jn 21:1-14 Sat Apr 18: Saturday within the Octave of Easter Acts 4:13-21 Mk 16:9-15

Word of Life Intercessions for Life Apr 12 ~ Easter Sunday

For those mourning the loss of a loved one: May they find peace in the hope of the Resurrection and Christ’s promise of eternal life;

We pray to the Lord: Lord hear our prayer.

Mobile Food Pantry 11:00am-1:00pm 4-H Building, Ipswich Date: Tues Apr 28

Baptism: Pre-Baptism Class for parents required before all Baptisms. Please call Rectory for appointment. Holy Matrimony: Couples planning marriage must contact their Priest at least 6 months before the wedding date. A year in advance is not too early. Anointing of the Sick: Before a hospital stay, surgical procedure, or any serious illness, please call the rectory to arrange the celebration of the Sacrament.

We would like to welcome all visitors , friends, and families who are visiting our parishes this weekend. If you are interested in becoming a member of one of our parishes, please stop by or call the rectory.

PASTOR: Fr Dar in Schmidt

Email: frdarinschmidt@sfcatholic.org

Phone: 948-2245

St Anthony of Padua Church

SECRETARY: Melissa Sauer

Email: stanthony@venturecomm.net

CCD COORDINATOR: Noreen Glodt

Email: nglodt@hotmail.com

BOOKKEEPER: Judy Weishaar

Email: jweishaar@sfcatholic.org

WEBSITE: https://saintanthonyofpadua.wordpress.com

WEEKEND LITURGIES: Saturday… Cancelled - Hoven Sunday … Cancelled - Bowdle Weekday Masses: Look for times inside this bulletin. SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: Saturday’s 6:00 PM - Hoven Sunday’s 10:00 AM – Bowdle Monday’s 6:00 PM - Hoven

OR any time upon request

St Augustine Church SECRETARY: Melissa Sauer Email: staug@venturecomm.net CCD COORDINATOR: Stacy Preszler Email: ycats58@hotmail.com BOOKKEEPER: Judy Weishaar Email: jweishaar@ sfcatholic.org WEBSITE: https://staugustinebowdle.com TELEPHONE NUMBERS: St Anthony Rectory 605-948-2451 Sacristy/Parish Hall 605-948-2570 Fax 605-948-2245 St Augustine Rectory 605-285-6466 Sacristy/ Parish Hall 605-285-6160 OFFICE HOURS: Monday’s - Closed Tuesday’s 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM - Melissa Wednesday’s 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM - Melissa Thursday’s 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM - Judy Friday’s 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM - Melissa MAILING ADDRESSES: St. Anthony of Padua/St John St. Augustine PO Box 339 PO Box 310 Bowdle, SD 57428-0339 Bowdle, SD 57428-0310

FROM HOVEN: Eleanor Schmidt, Tom Frost, Steve Klingman, Mary Joan Arbach, Lila Simon, Jeanette Schaefer, Marvin Schmidt, Billy Baus, Ruby Rausch, Ronnie Kaup, Randy Pruys, Gary Reuer, Sylvia Huber †, Irene Arbach †, Terry Klocker †

FROM ONAKA: St John’s Parishioners, Mary Barondeau, Beth Witte, Phil Heintzman, Valerian Goetz

FROM BOWDLE: Cleo Schneider, Tate Kaiser, Nursing Home Residents, Bernice Dewald, Elaine Geier, Leon Beitelspacher, Amber Drake, Rose Schmaltz

OTHER: Pope Francis I, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, Bishop Emeritus Paul Swain, Bishop Donald DeGrood, priests, seminarians, Sisters of our Diocese, Fr. Darin Schmidt, all former pastors, World Peace, sanctity of all

human life, our military personnel, Laura Keller-Huber, Sheila Hoke, Brecken Kaup, Cindy Baus, Brad Helget, Lynette Singleton, Lenny Uhrich, Roy Bechard, Traci Karst, Mindy Greenfield, Jerry Lacher, Christe Laverack, Katie Tuff, Laura Kaup, Kevin Holt, Dan Kaiser, Dan Lown, Dan Hawkinson, Kris (Kaup) McIntire, Chad Gutenkauf, Jack Mills, Sheila Robeck, Diane Colombe(mother of Sara), Galen Gisi, Krista Seurer, Fr Bill Osborn, Virgil Binfet, Bob Malsam, Megan Medvec, Amy (Frost) Cordell, Berta Oster, Su-zette Schreter,

Please contact the Rectory Office to help this prayer list keep up to date.

Please Note: In the event of Ed-

munds County, South Dakota

would go into a total lockdown due

to COVID 19. Melissa would not

come to work at the rectory. Bulle-

tins notices, phone calls, mail and

emails may go unanswered. As

soon as the order would be lifted

she would resume her work duties.

At the current time Melissa will re-

main working at the rectory.

Parish Assignments for April St Augustine: Chair: Rosemary Sandmeier; Wally & Mary Grismer, Cate Dominicak, Maria Sandmeier St Anthony: April Cleaning: Circle 5 Next Funeral Luncheon: Circle 4 Special Activity: Circle 5

April 12, 2020 — Easter Sunday

“Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.” (Colossians 3:2)

Do you put God first in all things? Possessions, money, power, ego can easily become gods to many of us. Do a quick check of what is important to you. Is God at the very top of the list? If not, your priorities need to be re-adjusted. Don’t let earthly things become a god before God. This is also the first commandment—I am the Lord your God, you shall not have any strange gods before me.

With the COVID – 19 Pandemic currently gripping our country. By Order of Bishop DeGrood, upon advice from the Center for Disease Control (CDC), has suspended Public Masses until further notice. Bishop DeGrood invites everyone to pray the rosary and view the TV Catholic Mass Sunday Mornings 10:00AM televised on the Kelo-Land channel or from your computer go to the website sfcatholic.org for the TV Mass.—Regarding Confessions see times on front of bulletin.

Regarding tithing, if you wish to mail your offering, the church’s mailing address is on the front of the bulle-tins, you may drop them off at the churches or sfcatholic.org/online-donations/.

Bulletins: can be picked up at churches, viewed on the websites… www.hovensd.com or www.staugustinebowdle.com. If you wish to have a bulletin mailed directly to you, call and leave a message with Melissa or email her.

An Act of Spiritual Communion

My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament. I love You above all things, and I desire to receive You into my soul.

Since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart.

I embrace You as if You were already there and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You in life or in death. Amen.

St Anthony Easter Flower donations by~

Jack & Linda Feldmeier

Melvin & Annette Frost

Dennis & JoLynn Hawkinson

Kurt & Donna Rausch

Viola Rausch

Don & Diane Sevigny

Thank you for your generosity.

Holy Eucharist

Sat Apr 11 Hoven For the People

Sun Apr 12 Bowdle Ruben & Leona Bollinger †

Mon Apr 13 Hoven Bev, Mike Jr & Kurt Niemiller †

Tues Apr 14 Onaka St Anthony Altar Society & Foundation L&D

Wed Apr 15 Hoven Harlan Rausch †

Thurs Apr 16 Bowdle Mike Mitzel, Sr & Mike Mitzel, Jr †

Fri Apr 17 Bowdle Ted & Betty Nowatzki †

Sat Apr 18 Hoven Jerome Hageman † & Wayne Stuwe † (1 yr Ann’s)

Sun Apr 19 Bowdle For the People

Church Support March 23 - April 8

Just a bit from Fr. Schmidt Hungering for the Flesh of God

I definitely didn’t plan on spending my first Easter as a pastor of parishes in a general quarantine with public Masses suspended, but then, Fr. Kopel probably never planned to spend his last before retirement this way ei-ther. In his 43 years of priesthood, he says he’s never experienced anything like this. And it’s most difficult for those in nursing homes or alone at home unable to have visitors, unable to receive sacramentally the greatest Visitor of all, Jesus in the Most Holy Eucharist. For all the graces that God is able to pour out through spiritual Communions, through knowledge of His pres-ence everywhere and more particularly through His sanctifying grace in our souls, through the words of Scrip-ture and prayer, there’s no denying that being unable to receive Jesus in sacramental Communion is a heavy cross that you’ve been asked to continue to bear even into the Easter season. But God is faithful. Whatever He asks of you, He will also give you the grace to bear.

We don’t often consider that for huge portions of the Church’s history, frequent Communion was not all that common. To receive at only the highest feasts, just a few times throughout the year—always after making a good Confession—was the much more typical practice. Otherwise, Catholics would attend Mass every Sunday or more often, praying for a Spiritual Communion almost every time. And yet, God raised up countless Saints in His Church during those centuries. His grace was never lacking to those willing to cooperate with it. And I’m sure each time they did receive Holy Communion was almost as memorable as their First.

There is a danger in anything frequent becoming merely routine. Hopefully this unique time gives us a chance to better reflect on the matchless Gift of the Most Holy Eucharist and not take for granted or pass over with indifference the God who took on Flesh that He might feed us with His very Self. “And whoever feeds on Me will have life because of Me. And I will raise him up on the last day” (Jn 6:57, 40).

Christ is risen! He is truly risen, never to die again. And He promises the same to all those who hope in His word, those who do not merely call Him “Lord, Lord,” but who put into practice what He commands (Cf. Lk 6:46; Mt 7:21). As difficult as it may be be-cause of all that is happening, “do not be sad this day, for rejoicing in the Lord must be your strength” (Nehemiah 8:10). Alleluia! Praise the Lord! Happy Easter to you and yours!

Word of Life “Those who die in God’s grace and friendship live forever with Christ. Heaven is not an ab-stract idea, but a true and lasting relationship with God that is beyond all earthly description and understanding. We look forward to the res-urrection of the dead and everlasting life be pre-paring now, in hope, for our passage from this life into eternal life.”

USSCB Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities “Catholic Considerations for Our Earthly Passing”

Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of the unborn, pray for us.

St. Joseph, patron of the unborn, pray for us.

Formed.org Parish Code: 12ec1

St Augustine Easter Flower

donations by~

Bob & Judie Beadle

Jerry & Carrie Beadle

Margaret Bobby

Patty Dewald

Catherine Dominicak

James & Lisa Geier

Joe & Betty Geier

Berkeley & Helen Gisi

Vernon & Pam Grismer

Regina Jackson

Travis & Stacy Preszler

Carmen Rohrbach

Gary & Rosemary Sandmeier

Gloria Sukut

Don & Bea Thomas

Doug & Mary Turner

Lane & Makena Vocu

Mary Zimmer

Please pray a Rosary every Tuesday at 3:00 PM from the safety of

your home.

Thank you for your generous church support!

St Anthony

Envelopes $ 8,580 Loose $ 160.01 Mass Stip $ 210 Candles $ 89 Rel Goods $ 15 CFSA $ 800

$ 9,854.01

St Augustine

Envelopes $ 1,280 Online Gvg $ 100 Loose $ 20 Mass Stip $ 120 Rel Goods $ 2 Memorial $ 940 CFSA $ 1,525

$3,987

St John

Envelopes $ 2,621.94

CFSA $ 1,300 $3,921.94

CFSA 2020 Paid Goal

Bowdle $ 10,575 $ 13,000

Hoven - Onaka $ 24,852 $ 30,000

Pledged

$ 12,375

$ 25,992

Fr Schmidt will pray Mass-es daily in private. The Mass Intentions listed will be prayed on those days.

Sorry NO Public Masses

until further notice.

This Week’s Events:

Coming Events:

Mon Apr 20 Roscoe - Catholic Daughters Meeting (CANCELLED)

Sat Apr 25 Hoven - 10:00 AM Funeral Irene Arbach w/9:00 AM Rosary (PENDING)

Hoven - Practice for St Anthony/St Augustine Confirmation (TO BE RESCHEDULED)

Hoven - St Anthony/St Augustine Confirmation (TO BE RESCHEDULED)

Bowdle - St Augustine First Communion (TO BE RESCHEDULED)

Hoven - Funeral Helen Osowski (TO BE RESCHEDULED FROM 3/24)

Hoven - Funeral Terry Klocker (TO BE SCHEDULED)

If you would like to have a meeting or other event put in here. Please email

staug@venturecomm.net or call the Bowdle office 605-285-6466 ext 2.

Bulletin deadline Friday’s 9:00 AM, unless notice given for an earlier time.

Pope Francis’ Prayer Inten!ons

for April Universal: Freedom from

Addic!on

We pray that those suffer-

ing from addic)on may be

helped and accompanied.

** Online Giving totals as of 4/2/2020.

St Anthony February & March Project Giving Foundation $ 470 Choir $ 75