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St. Mary's Catholic Church St. Mary’s Catholic Church The Epiphany of the Lord January 7, 2018 We saw his star at its rising and have come to do him homage. Mass Times St. Mary’s Warroad Saturday 6pm~Sunday 8:30am St. Joseph Williams~Saturday: 4:30pm Sacrament of Reconciliation Sacred Heart Baudette~Sunday 10:30am Tuesdays 5:45-6:45pm Are You a New Parishioner Saturdays 3-3:30 pm To help serve you better, Anytime by appointment please register with the Parish Office. Low Gluten Hosts are available at St. Mary’s Parish Office Please see Pastor before Mass if you 511 Cedar Ave NW need to receive a Low Gluten Host. PO Box 33 Warroad, MN 56763 218-386-1178 Homebound or in a health care facility? Website Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick stmaryswarroad.org Call pastor if Holy Communion/or a visit is desired. Hospitals will not call unless a Fr. Todd Arends-Pastor patient asks that a priest be notified. 218-280-7880 [email protected] Parishioners Jennifer Hilligoss - Sec/Bookkeeper Please notify the parish office of changes [email protected] of address or telephone number. If you would like the bulletin emailed to you send Planning a Marriage or Baptism? Jennifer an email at [email protected]. Contact pastor for more information Diocesan Victim Assistance Coordinator Cindy Hulst, LSW, 218-281-7895 (24-hour confidential number). Abortion Alternative Eucharistic Adoration Birthright~1-800-550-4900 Thursdays~7pm-10pm Crisis Pregnancy Helpline~1-888-4-OPTIONS The Week Ahead Mass Schedule and Intentions Saturday Jan. 6 6pm Mass +Dan McKinnon Sunday Jan. 7 Sunday Jan. 7 8:30am Mass +Richard Chase 8:30am Mass Tuesday Jan. 9 No Mass NO HS RE Thursday Jan. 11 10:30am Word & Comm. @ WSLC Saturday Jan. 13 6pm Mass +Roger Lien Wednesday Jan. 10 Sunday Jan. 14 8:30am Mass For the Parishes 10:30am Prayer & Fellowship 3-5pm Elem. RE Liturgical Ministers Thursday Jan. 11 Saturday Jan. 13 10:30am Word & Communion @ WSLC Commentator—Eileen Paquin Reader— Louise Dignan Saturday Jan. 13 Music—- Pat 6pm Mass Sacristan— Phil Sunday Jan. 14 8:30am Mass Sunday Jan. 14 Breakfast following Mass Commentator—Pat Larson KC Meeting Reader— Kim Hruba Music— Heather Come pray the Rosary with us Sacristan— Thiessens If you are unable to serve in the ministry you are scheduled Our Lady of Fatima asked us to observe the first five Saturdays for please contact a substitute. by going to reconciliation, receive Communion, recite 5 decades of the rosary, and spend 15 minutes with her meditating on the Our gift to God for mysteries of the rosary. We will be praying the rosary at 5:40 p.m. on the first Saturday of each month before Mass. Please 12-31-2017 $1337.00 join us! December Online $2905.00 Please welcome through the waters of We thank God for all gifts! Baptism, Charlie Ann and Chase Allen Johnson. Children of Jonathan & Amanda Bible Readings for the Week of January 8-14 Johnson. Monday Is 42:1-4, 6-7/Mk 1:7-11 Tuesday 1 Sm 1:9-20/Mk 1:21-28 (306) Wednesday 1 Sm 3:1-10, 19-20/Mk 1:29-39 Thursday 1 Sm 4:1-11/Mk 1:40-45 Our Sympathy to the family of David Hallett Friday 1 Sm 8:4-7, 10-22a/Mk 2:1-12 May he rest in the love and peace of Christ. Saturday 1 Sm 9:1-4, 17-19; 10:1a/Mk 2:13-17 Sunday 1 Sm 3:3b-10, 19/1 Cor 6:13c-15a, 17-20/ Jn 1:35-42 January 7, 2018 Epiphany of the Lord Prayer Requests “..they fell down and worshipped him. Then they opened Fr. Don Braukmann, Harold Forpahl, Dave their treasures and offered him gifts of gold, frankin- Willems, Loren Olson, Jacob Hartman, Walter cense, and myrrh...” - MATTHEW 2:11 Hurst, Dean Hahn, Karin Johnston, Knox Olafson, Barb Bue, Nanci Paulseth, Tami Notice the order of events in the Magi’s visit. First, they Gregory, Denise, Hall, Kevin Smith, Arne Freije, Lisa Lewis, knelt before Jesus and prayed to Him. Then they pre- Dale Telle, Phil Goulet, and Stephanie Schmitz. sented Him with their gifts. We, too, must take time to Please remember to call the office when a name should be added or removed. pray before we present our gifts to the Lord. We never Those listed in the “Prayer Request” box will listed for two months and know what God may be asking us to share! then removed unless a request is made to keep them on the list. I will be out of the office and away for some vacation from Student Ministry the morning of January 3rd until the evening of January 11th. While I am gone in case of emergency please contact Elementary Religious Education Deacon Jim at Sacred Heart in Baudette at 218-634-2689 or Wednesday Jan. 10 Fr. John Kleinwachter in Roseau at 218-463-2441. 3:20-5pm Peace and God Bless, Fr. Todd High School Religious Education Early Out Lunch Friday Jan. 12 Adoration Moment "Yes, dear brothers and sisters, our Christian commu- Middle School Religious Education Wednesday Jan. 17 nities must become genuine “schools” of prayer, where 6:30-8pm the meeting with Christ is expressed not just in implor- ing help but also in thanksgiving, praise, adoration, contemplation, listening and ardent devotion, until the Time Is Running Out heart truly “falls in love”. Intense prayer, yes, but it Students Grade 8-12 don’t forget about does not distract us from our commitment to history: Steubenville North When is Steubenville? by opening our heart to the love of God it also opens it The conference runs from July 27-29, 2018 and takes to the love of our brothers and sisters, and makes us place on the campus of the University of St. Thomas. capable of shaping history according to God’s plan." We are again looking to leave the night before the con- Pope St. John Paul II ference (July 26th) and drive as far as Park Rapids to Jan. 6, 2001 - Apostolic Letter "Novo Millennio Ineunte stay overnight and catch the bus and we are hoping to (At The Beginning Of The New Millennium)" time after the conference to relax together and then serve at “Feed My Starving Children.” So, the tentative dates are July 26-30, 2018. How much does it cost? Piece Makers Prayer Quilt Ministry The total cost for registration is $385, with a non- Quilt & Craft Retreat refundable deposit of $75 needed to hold your spot. DO Friday & Saturday January 19-20 not let finances make or break your decision to join us at Friday Noon-Saturday 4pm this great conference. Quilters, scrapbookers, knitters, etc. come an work on your craft and enjoy some food How do I sign up? and fellowship. We have a limited number of spots available, so all reg- No charge but a free will offering will be taken to istration will be on a first-come, first-serve basis. A help cover the cost of the food. place will be held for you after you contact Fr. Todd Come for all or part. Feel free to stop in and see ([email protected] or 218-386-1178) and what everyone is working on. we receive your $75 deposit. th For more information contact Jennifer at 242-0268. The cutoff date for registration is January 17 , 2018. Breakfast sponsored by the Knights of Columbus Sunday Jan. 14 KC Meeting Following breakfast HONOR OUR SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN We Keep in our prayers… Maksymilian Crompton, Jacob Larson, Tyler Larson, Brett Hebel, Nic Gray, Joseph Larson, Shane Thompson, Krista HAPPY BIRTHDAY Birthday wishes (Jan. 8-14) go out to…. Johnston, Kampton Conway Marvin, Kathleen Thunder, Terrie Carpenter, Alex Johnston, Pamela Genereaux, Dignan, Tim Thunder, Connie Borowicz, Derek Woodward, Jason Hilligoss, Jessica Boyd, Cody Kvarnlov, Jeff Deb Lien & Kyle Mohrbacher. O’Donnell, John Huerd, Kris Monshaugen, & Zoey Tesmer. Catholic Social Teaching Foundations on Immigration Both the Old and New Testament communicate compelling stories of refugees forced to flee because of oppression. Exodus tells us the story of the Chosen People, Israel, who were victims of slavery in Egypt. They were utterly helpless by themselves, but with God’s powerful intervention they were able to escape and take refuge in the desert. For forty years they lived as wanderers with no homeland of their own. Finally, God fulfilled his ancient promise and settled them on the land that they could finally call home. The Isra- elites’ experience was so painful and frightening that God ordered His people for all time to have special care for the stranger: “When a stranger sojourns with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. The stranger who sojourns with you shall be to you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.” (Leviticus 19:33-34) One need not look further than the life and words of Jesus to understand that people on the move — migrants, immi- grants and refugees — are special in the eyes of God. The New Testament begins with Matthew’s story of Joseph and Mary fleeing into Egypt with their newborn son, Jesus. Our Savior Himself lived as a refugee because His own land was not safe. In His public ministry, Jesus Himself was an itinerant man, moving from place to place, “with nowhere to lay His Head.” (Matthew 8:20) Jesus reiterates the Old Testament command to love and care for the stranger, a criterion by which we will be judged: “For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you wel- comed me.” (Mt 25:35) The Apostle Paul asserts the absolute equality of all people before God: “There is neither Jew nor Greek.
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