March 21, 2021 For Reflection Fifth Sunday of Lent “Whoever loves his life loses it, and Jer 31: 31-34 whoever hates his life in this world will Heb 5: 7-9 preserve it for eternal life.” Jn 12: 20-33

St. Charles, Artesian St. Wilfrid, Woonsocket St. Joseph, Wessington Springs Saturday – 5 PM Jan. – June Sunday 10:30 AM Jan. – June Sunday 8:30 PM July – Dec. Sunday 8:30 AM July – Dec. Sunday 10:30 PM Pastor: Fr. Kevin Doyle

Mass Times and Intentions WELCOME! ( Masses are livestreamed on Fr. Kevin Doyle YouTube channel) ⴕ Fr. Kevin Doyle ARTESIAN Saturday, March 20 3:30-4:30 - Confessions (Or anytime upon request) PO Box 266 Woonsocket, SD 57385 5:00pm MASS - People of the Parishes Palm Sunday, March 28 8:30am Mass +Lee Hinker email: [email protected] Cell: (605) 220-6477 or (605) 796-4666 WESS SPGS

Sunday, March 21 8:00am Executive Secretary of the Parishes 8:30am MASS +Cole Hurley Gay Lynne Ames Monday, March 22 12:00-1:30 - Confessions (Or anytime upon request) Office: 605-796-4666 5:15pm MASS +Aaron Diedrich email: [email protected] 6:30pm - Adult Education Class Saturday, March 27 4:00pm MASS- People of the Parishes Please join us often; “Truly this is an abode of God,

the gateway to heaven!” (Gen. 28:17) WOONSOCKET Use form in entry to register so you can receive a Sunday, March 21 10:00am Rosary Bulletin, envelopes, a warm welcome 10:30am MASS +Louis & Hazel Kub and be a parish member. Monday, March 22 NO MASS Tuesday, March 23 8:30am MASS +Mahowald, Msgr Richard Wednesday, March 24 5:15pm MASS +For the Poor Souls in Purgatory Thursday, March 25 5:15pm MASS +Avis Elenz and a class beforehand; Friday, March 26 5:15pm MASS +Jacob Kolousek MARRIAGE must prepare at least six 7:00pm - Stations of the Cross - Confessions following months before; ANNOINTING of SICK at Saturday, March 27 8:30am MASS -Glen Hohn the church or the rectory before surgery 12:00-1:30pm - Confessions (Or anytime upon request) or in need, or any of these ask Fr. Kevin Palm Sunday, March 28 10:00am Rosary 10:30am MASS -Liv'g & +Dec'd Howard Family Ask for COMMUNION for shut-ins.

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Fr. Kevin’s Reflections: CALENDAR Some Greeks who had come to worship at the Passover Feast came to Philip, who Monday was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, "Sir, we would like to see ." MARCH 22 Lenten Weekday I would like to reflect on this quote this week as a backdrop to better appreciate the Dn 13: 1-9, 15-17, 19-30, Sacrament of Reconciliation. I am sure the Greeks were both excited and anxious to finally 33-62 coming to see Jesus (person to person). One of our important practices during Lent is the

Jn 8: 1-11 Sacrament of Penance. I hope your experience of Confession is not limited to Lent, but that it is a regular practice within your spiritual life. The CCD students are sometimes Tuesday surprised when I tell them I myself regularly go to confession and I love the experience of MARCH 23 preparing by way of reflection, and the renewal I experience through the grace of the Lenten Weekday Sacrament. Regular confession affords us a small block of time to truly see how we have

St. Turibius of Mogrovejo, either progressed in grace or maybe regressed further into sin. Regular confession allows the person (and the soul) to really grow in an understanding of God’s mercy and Nm 21: 4-9 forgiveness and be able to imitate it in our own lives. Jn 8: 21-30 The practical celebration time of the sacrament has changed within the last 50 years or so. Wednesday Prior to the changes of Vatican II, confessions were heard on Saturday afternoons for hours MARCH 24 until every confession was heard. There was no Saturday evening Mass at that time. Mass Lenten Weekday was only on Sunday. With the changes from Vatican II and the introduction of the Dn 3: 14-20, 91-92, 95 Saturday evening Mass, confessions remained on Saturday afternoon prior to the Jn 8: 31-42 Anticipated (Vigil) Mass. This is the system we have today. One unfortunate occurrence

is that confession just prior to Mass may be rushed, given time constraints (and may also Thursday not allow the the proper time needed to spiritually prepare and focus to preside at MARCH 25 Mass). Often confessions can go right up to the time Mass begins. THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD It has also become acceptable to make a private request to see a priest to go to confession. Is 7: 10-14, 8: 10 Requesting a time gives opportunities to take as much time as is needed to prepare and Heb 10: 4-10 celebrate the sacrament. Now, it is that time of year where I will be available more at the Lk 1: 26-38 convenience of those who have a working schedule (or having completed the home work) and would like to come for confession. Please, take a moment and look at the scheduled FRIDAY times for confession this week. Before our celebration of the Holy Triduum, plan time to MARCH 26 come celebrate the sacrament. Lenten Weekday Jer 20: 10-13

Jn 10: 31-42 All moneys raised from the

How much should I be Rice Bowl Campaign SATURDAY giving to the Church MARCH 27 will go to help and to the poor? Lenten Weekday Fr. Paul’s missions and other mission works in India Ez 37: 21-28 (Boxes and coin cards are located in the vestibule Jn 11: 45-46 )

Sunday Removal of the Revised Dispensation MARCH 28 Bishop Donald DeGrood has removed the revised dispensation that he previously granted PALM SUNDAY OF THE to Catholics over the age of 65 and/or with underlying health conditions related to COVID PASSSION OF THE LORD from fulfilling their obligation to attend Sunday Mass and Holy Days of Obligation. Mk 11: 1-10 Effective March 27, 2021, the Church’s obligation of Catholics to attend Sunday Mass Is 50: 4-7 weekly and Holy Days of Obligation is being reinstated for all Catholics in the Diocese of Phil 2: 6-11 Sioux Falls. Mk 14: 1 – 15: 47 For Catholics who have serious reasons for not physically attending Mass, here is guidance the Church provides in the Catechism of the 2181: “The Sunday Eucharist is the foundation and confirmation of all Christian practice. For this reason the faithful are obliged to participate in the Eucharist on days of obligation, unless excused for a serious reason (for example, illness, the care of infants) or dispensed by their own pastor.”

Coming Events

March 26 – St. Wilfrid’s Knights of Columbus Fish Fry April 10 – Annual Gift of Hope event at the Cathedral of St. Joseph at 8:00 p.m. June 7 & 14 – Bishop’s Fishing Tournament Benefiting Seminarian Education June 7th at Big Stone City, SD; June 14th at Pierre, SD

Saint Turibius of Mogrovejo, Bishop 1538-1606

Saint Turibius of Mogrovejo was the second Arch - Bishop of the second most important city in Spain’s Latin American empire in the 1500s. When Lima’s first Archbishop died in 1575, the King of Spain, searched for a suitable candidate to send over sea and land to replace him. The King found his man close at hand, Turibius of Mogrovejo, a learned scholar of the law who held teaching and other posts in Spain’s complex of Church and civil courts. Turibius was not a priest, nor even a deacon. He was a very good, albeit unmarried, layman. After the Pope approved the appointment, over the candidate’s fierce objections, Turibius received the four minor orders on four successive weeks, was ordained a deacon and then ordained a priest. He said his first Mass when he was over forty years old. About two years later, Turibius was consecrated as the new archbishop, and then sailed the ocean blue, arriving in Lima in May 1581.

Archbishop Turibius convoked synods (large Church meetings) to standardize sacramental, pastoral, and liturgical practice. He produced an important trilingual catechism in Spanish and two native dialects, learned to preach in these indigenous dialects himself, and encouraged his to be able to hear confessions and preach in them as well. Archbishop Turibius’ life also providentially intersected with the life Isabel Flores de Oliva, to whom Turibius gave the name Rose when he confirmed her. She Prayer – Participation – Generosity was later canonized as Saint , the first saint born in the New World.

Turibius’ desire was to make the Spanish colonists of recover St. Joseph: 03/14 – Env. (15) $615; Loose $121; Mass the integrity of their own baptisms. Saint Turibius’ greatest enemy, Intentions $40; Memorial for St. Placidus $200; CFSA $850; then, was simply original sin, which returns to the battlefield every Total $1826 time a baby is born. St. Charles: 03/13 – Env. (4) $215; CFSA $650; Total $865 St. Wilfrid: 03/14 – Env. (30) $1520; Loose $20; Mass Saint Turibius fell ill on the road and died at age sixty-seven in a Intentions $20; CFSA $1000; Total $2560 small town far from home. In his twenty-four years as Archbishop, Saint Turibius had baptized and confirmed half a million souls, had trekked thousands of miles on narrow paths made for goats, had Why Do We Pray? A little Baltimore Catechism never neglected to say Mass, and did not accept any gifts in return for what he gave. Turibius was canonized in 1726 and named the First, to adore God, expressing to him our love and loyalty; Patron Saint of Latin American Bishops by Pope Saint John Paul II in Second, to thank Him for His favors; 1983. Saint Turibius bloomed late and bloomed beautifully, Third, to obtain from Him the pardon of our sins and remission becoming the Spanish equivalent of his great contemporary, the of their punishment; Italian Saint . Fourth, to ask for graces and blessings for ourselves and others.

In January 2018, Pope Francis prayed before the relics of Saint Prayer as God’s Gift: "Prayer is the raising of one's mind and heart Turibius in Lima and invoked his memory in a talk to Peru’s bishops. to God or the requesting of good things from God." Saint Turibius did not, Pope Francis said, shepherd his diocese from Prayer as a Covenant: According to Scripture, it is the heart that behind a desk, but was a “a bishop with shoes worn out by walking, prays. If our heart is far from God, the words of prayer are in vain. by constant travel, by setting out to preach the Gospel to all: to all places, on all occasions, without hesitation, reluctance, and fear.” Prayer as Communion: Prayer is Christian insofar as it is communion with Christ and extends throughout the Church, which Excerpt from: St. Turibius De Mogrovejo (catholicnewsagency.com) is his Body. Ref. CCC 2559, 2562, 2565

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Starting April 6th, St. Wilfrid will no longer have Tuesday Starting April 6th, there will be 5:15 daily Mass on daily Mass. Tuesday daily Mass at St. Wilfrid will be moved Tuesdays. to St. Joseph. Ministry schedule Date Lector E. Min Servers Gift Carrier Rosary Easter Lilly Donations - If you would like to make a donation 21-Mar Jason Meggin/Chris Walz Boys Kolousek Family Darold for Easter Lilies, please contact Bobbi White at 999-4629. 27-Mar Alicia Julie/Cathy Roesler Girls Cindy Hine Family Alicia

Anyone wanting old fire extinguishers for tractors/farm equipment, old fire extinguishers are available for free for St. Augustine Bible Conference your use. Contact the office at 796-4666. JOIN US ONLINE SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 2021

Prayer Quilt is Missing for Rod Weber. Anyone who knows This event is FREE for all registrants! where the quilt is located, please contact Marlene Howard at 796-4928. Are you seeking to grow in your love and knowledge of God’s

Ministry schedule Word? Join some of the nation’s most dynamic Scripture Date Greeter/Usher/G.B. Lector E. Min. Servers 21-Mar D Regynski, J Tiede B Steichen A Jost K Swenson/Hansen scholars on March 27 for a one-day virtual event that will be 28-Mar T Fouberg, J Howard B Steichen & Steichen, Howard K & K Fridley C Howard Money Counters: streamed via Zoom. 21 Mar – D. & S. Larson https://bibleconference.augustineinstitute.org/ 28 Mar – Drew and Jennifer Hansen

The myParish App is a great tool for staying connected St Charles Parish to your parish. It is also a great resource for bulletins, parish Ministry schedule information, parish messaging, group messaging, a link to Date Servers Lector Youtube Mass, Praying the Rosary with Bishop Swain, as well as some other great tools. 20-Mar Evie Steff Edwards 28-Mar Carley Katie Olson The myParish App is an easy and free app that you can download on your cell phone. It not only serves Sts. Wilfrid, Joseph and Charles, but also other parishes in the United States. It’s great for finding other Catholic churches while traveling on the road. St. Wilfrid’s Rachel’s Vineyard Retreat Fish Fry April 30-May 2, 2021

Strictly Confidential. A safe, loving, non-judgmental Friday, March 26th environment. Open to men, women, mothers, fathers, 5:30-8:00 PM grandparents who have been affected by abortion. Non- denominational. Sponsored by Catholic Family Services. For more information, call 605-988-3775 or 1-800-700-7867 or St. Wilfrid’s Parish Hall email [email protected] $10.00 Suggested Donation Camp Sydney

Sponsored by Grief Camp for Youth and their Families St. Wilfrid’s Knights of Columbus Broom Tree Retreat Center June 18-20, 2021

Catholic Family Services will be offering a Grief Camp for Youth Upcoming Easter Schedule (April 1-4) and their Families at Broom Tree Retreat Center, beginning at 6:00 pm June 18 until 11:00 am June 20, 2021. This two day Holy Thursday: 6:30 PM Mass at St. Joseph camp will include fun activities, discussion and support. Good Friday: 3:00 PM Communion Service at St. Wilfrid Easter Vigil: 7:30 PM Mass at St. Joseph The Grief Camp is non-denominational and is offered free of charge. Easter Sunday: 8:30 AM Mass at St. Charles 10:30 AM Mass at St. Wilfrid Call Catholic Family Services at 1-800-700-7867 or 605-988-3775 for more information.