Fr. Brian Bergeron, Pastor, 406-202-1525, [email protected] Laura Toeckes, DRE & Pastoral Assistant: 463-2586; [email protected] Baptism: Contact Fr. Bergeron Marriage: Contact a priest or deacon at least 6 months in advance St. Joseph 320 Main Ave. N Choteau, MT 59422 St. John the Evangelist 519 1st Ave S Fairfield, MT 59436 St. Matthias 508 Broadway Augusta, MT 59410 Contact Person: Barb Arps 562-3477 Website: jmjparishes.com Offertory Collection Reports St. Joseph, Choteau: April $6,060.00 Monthly goal to meet budgeted needs: $5,541.00 June 2, 2019 St. John the Evangelist, Fairfield: March $6,676.00 April $2,611.00 St. Matthias, Augusta: March $1,228.25 April $1,537.00 The Ascension of the Lord

Monthly goal for St. John & St. Matthias together to meet budgeted needs: $5,250.00 Acts of the Apostles 1:1-11 Mass Times and Locations and Offerings Psalm 47:2-3, 6-9 Ephesians 1:17-23 Date Time Location Offered For Luke 24:46-53 June 1, Sat. 6:00 p.m. Choteau For the people June 2, Sun. 9:00 a.m. Choteau Lennie Krone by Rodney & Caroline Cole Acts 1:9 June 2, Sun. 11:00 a.m. Fairfield For the people June 2, Sun. 5:00 p.m. Augusta For the priest’s intentions June 4, Tues. 2:00 p.m. BTMC NO MASS June 5, Wed. 8:30 a.m. Choteau NO MASS Reflect: Does your life witness to the presence of Jesus in our world? In what ways? June 6, Thurs. 8:30 a.m. Fairfield NO MASS You can find each day’s readings at http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings or June 8, Sat 6:00 p.m. Choteau For the priest’s intentions download the Laudate app. June 9, Sun. 9:00 a.m. Choteau For the people June 9, Sun. 11:00 a.m. Fairfield Jodi McInerney by Jack & Rita Anderson After the Resurrec- June 9, Sun. 5:00 p.m. Augusta For the people tion, Jesus repeatedly Weekend Mass Schedule tells His followers not Saturday: 6:00 p.m. Choteau Our Seminarians: Deacon Nathan Scheidecker, Dillon Armstrong, Sunday: 9:00 a.m. Choteau to hold on to him - that He Matthew Christiaens, Tyler Frohlich, & Kyle Tannehill 11:00 a.m. Fairfield must ascend to the Father. By ascending, Our prayer chain: Ann Deegan, Jo Clark, LeRoy Malsam, Craig Bimler, Tim Alzheimer, Martin Gould, Cecil 5:00 p.m. Augusta Jesus is no longer limited to interacting with us in Cole, Jim Sloan, Gary & Justin Sheehan, Decker family, Germaine Stivers, Sue McNeal, Special Intentions, Ryan Meeke, Gwen Hash, Andre Wilke, Jerry Cummings, Shane Dellwo, Marvin Baker, Kathy Dannatt, Lori Daily Mass Schedule one geographical location at a time with human limi- Tacke, Kevin Neill, Bruce & Diane Johnson family, Trudy, Finnley, Doug Clark, Tom Cooper, Brook Kuster, Tuesday: 2p.m. Various locations tations. He is with us always - in each other, in His Ilene Lake, Marie Ferris, Mike Leider, Johnna V., Brian Nesbit, Dean & Julie Yeager, Andy Vandolah, Linda Wednesday; 8:30a.m. Choteau Cook, Vicki Flanagan, Riley McKillop, Ann Dellwo, Patty Ripenburg, Tracey Hill, Bob Raemaeker, Devin Ard, Thursday; 8:30a.m. Fairfield church, in the Sacraments, in Scripture, through wit- Synnove Gebhart, Dick Powell, Eileen Viall, Dick Neill, Dan Pieper, Hallie Olson, Cody Bonner, nesses and gifts in all places and times. As Jesus dis- Sharon McCollom Sacrament of Reconciliation: Choteau ~ Saturday 5:30 p.m. appears from the sight of the disciples, our call is to To add or remove prayer requests contact Vangie Scott in Choteau (466- 2814), or Augusta ~ 30 minutes before Mass be witnesses keeping Jesus present in our time. Darrel and Dianne Sand in Fairfield (264-5942 or [email protected]). Fairfield/Augusta st john and st matthias announcements st joseph announcements Calendar Choteau Calendar  CCW meeting on June 2 with coffee and rolls.  June 9, Sun. Europe Trip Meet-   June 2, Sun. St. John CCW Save the Date! On Sunday, June 23rd, Mass will Group 4 is hosting with Groups 2 & 3 bring rolls ing; 12:30 at St. Joseph be at 11am at St. Matthias in Augusta for all 3 of Meeting; noon in Fairfield and fruit. Thanks!  June 18, Tues. Young Adult Bi- our churches to gather and thank Fr. Brian for his  June 9, Sun. Europe Trip Meet- ble Study; 10:00 a.m.; location  Save the Date! On Sunday, June 23, our 3 service to our communities before he begins his ing; 12:30 at St. Joseph TBA churches will gather for one Mass and send new assignment in Missoula. No Masses in Cho-  June 18, Tues. Young Adult Bi-  June 23, Sun. Fr. Brian Send-off teau or Fairfield on June 22 or 23rd! For the ble Study; 10:00 a.m.; location off for Fr. Brian before he moves to his new Mass 11:00 a.m. at St. Mattias luncheon, St. Matthias will host. Parishioners TBA assignment in Missoula. Mass will be at in Augusta from St. John’s are asked to bring salads, fruit or  June 23, Sun. Fr. Brian Send-off 11am at St. Matthias in Augusta with a re-  June 27, Thurs. Singalong at vegetables Parishioners from St. Joseph are Mass 11:00 a.m. at St. Mattias ception following. No Masses in Choteau or BTMC; 1:30 asked to bring cookies or desserts. Come gather in Augusta Fairfield on June 22 or 23rd! For the lunch-  June 28, Fri. Priesthood Ordina- to express appreciation & gratitude to Fr. Brian for his time leading our churches!  June 28, Fri. Priesthood Ordina- eon, St. Matthias will host. Parishioners tion of Deacon Ned Scheidecker tion of Deacon Ned Scheidecker 5:00 p.m. at the Cathedral of St. from St. John’s are asked to bring salads, Helena  Bridal Shower for Sierra Gramm All are invited to come 5:00 p.m. at the Cathedral of St. wish Sierra many blessings on Monday, June 10 at Helena fruit or vegetables Parishioners from St. Jo- 6:30pm at Trinity Lutheran Church. Any questions, con- seph are asked to bring cookies or desserts. Lectionary Based Bible Study: tact JoLynn Miller at 466-3946. Come gather to express our appreciation & Tuesdays 5:30p Choteau Rectory Bible Study; Thurs. 10:15 am basement ?s 466-5977 at Marlene Konen’s home; gratitude to Fr. Brian for his time leading  VBS Due to scheduling conflicts, Choteau will not Contact Darrel & Diane Sand have their ecumenical VBS this summer. Mark your with any questions 264-5942 our churches! Serving June 8 calendars: Catholic Fun Day on Wednesday, August 7! SAT. 6:00 P.M. St Joseph  Enjoy the cool of the pool! St. John’s is sponsoring Lector: Char Heron  Singalong with the Catholic Ladies at BTMC Ex- Serving June 9 Tuesday, June 11 at the Fairfield city pool. Come take Eucharistic Ministers: tended Care - the next is May 23, Thursday, at SUN. 11:00 A.M. St. John advantage of the opportunity for fun & exercise! Becky Nichter 1:30pm and will continue on the 4th Thursday of Greeter: Loren & Charlotte Karen Ferris every month thru Oct. Tacke  Young Adult Bible Study The next Bible Study will be Tuesday, June 18 at 10:00a.m. Location TBA. All Servers: Luke & Jack Serving June 9  Young Adult Bible Study The next Bible Study will are welcome - especially moms with young ones! Lector: Shar St. Onge SUN. 9:00 A.M. St. Joseph be Tuesday, June 18 at 10:00 a.m. All are welcome! Eucharistic Ministers: Questions? - Laura Toeckes at 463-2586. Altar Servers: Bowen Rappold Questions? - Laura Toeckes at 463-2586. Stephen Ostberg Kyle Haas  Fairfield VBS June 24-28 from 9-1:30 are the dates Leo Mueller and times for Vacation Bible School at Grace Lu- Lector: Joe Haas  Ordination Deacon Ned Scheidecker invites all parishion- Recorders: theran Church in Fairfield. All students preschool Collection: Alexis Morris ers of Fairfield, Choteau & Augusta to his ordination to Ray St. Onge through grade 6 are welcome for the week. Registra- Maili Miller the priesthood on Friday, June 28th at 5:00 pm at the Ca- Darrel & Diane Sand tion forms are available in the church. The commu- Eucharistic Ministers: thedral of St. Helena. Deacon Ned spent his summer as- nity picnic is Thursday the 27th at 6 in the community Bob Hodgskiss signment in our parishes 2 years ago and it would be won- hall and everyone is welcome! Mickey Hodgkiss derful to have a large show of support from our churches SUN. 5:00 P.M. St. Matthias Minister to Homebound: as he becomes a priest for our diocese. Check your local schedule Mark Walker