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Growing and celebrating through the teachings of Jesus Christ
12365 Sturgis Road, Piedmont, SD 57769
phone: 605.787.5168 fax: 605.787.4106 email: olbh@olbh.org web: olbh.org
Office hours: Monday – Friday, 9am – 3pm
Our Staff Pastor: Fr. Steve Biegler
steve.biegler@olbh.org
Deacons: Walt Wilson, John Osnes, Jim Scherr, & Greg Sass
Family Faith Festival Coordinators: John & Joni Osnes johnosnes@aol.com
Youth Ministry Coordinator: Life Teen & Edge: Teresa Thompson teresa.thompson@olbh.org
Children’s Ministry Coordinator: Jenny Scherr jenny.scherr@olbh.org
Liturgy Coordinator: Lorraine Rieth-Ptacek lorraine.ptacek@olbh.org
Parish Administrative Assistant: Kassi Jolley kassi.jolley@olbh.org
Bookkeeper: Lorinda Collings lorinda.collings@olbh.org
Maintenance Coordinator: Jim Wranek jim.wranek@olbh.org
Liturgy and Prayer Sunday Liturgy: Saturday, 5:00 pm Sunday, 9:00 am & 6:00 pm
Daily Liturgy: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday,
8:00 am
Eucharistic Adoration: Wednesday, 8:30 am – 8:30 pm
Sacrament of Reconciliation: Wednesday, 7:00 – 8:00 pm
Saturday, 3:30 – 4:30 pm
Bulletin Announcements Please email any announcements to bulletin@olbh.org by noon on Tuesday for the following weekend bulletin.
March 23rd
& 24th, 2013 – Palm Sunday
What is your 4 o’clock?
This week, clergy, parish staff and others from the diocese gathered
for Pastoral Ministry Days at the Terra Sancta Retreat Center. Of the 290
participants, 18 attended from OLBH. Curtis Martin spoke with great
energy on the New Evangelization. He founded FOCUS, Fellowship of
Catholic University Students, which trains college graduates to be
witnesses of faith on university campuses. He also serves on the Vatican
commission on the New Evangelization, so he has a wealth of
knowledge.
The center of the message was that Catholicism is a love story….. not
rules and obligations. It is like married love which brings with it all
kinds of duties, but it’s first a love story. If we fail to keep that love at the
center of our faith journey, then it will lose its fire. And people will drift
away. As Curtis said, “Rules without relationship lead to rebellion.” It is
true for families as well as the Church.
In John 1:35-39, we read the story of Andrew and another disciple
about the first time that they met Jesus. They remembered exactly when
it happened—4 o’clock in the afternoon. What is your 4 o’clock? When
did God speak to your heart in a way that changed everything? Was it an
experience of forgiveness? A word in the Bible that called you to
conversion?
Every baptized person is called to tell others about Christ. The official
word for telling others about God is to evangelize. The term means to “tell
the GOOD NEWS.” Curtis Martin asked us to recall when we were
struck by God’s love. Then to evangelize, or tell others how you met the
Lord and how it affected your life. He encouraged us to re-connect with
the story of God’s love told so beautifully in the Scriptures. The model
for re-igniting the faith used by FOCUS is small groups who study the
Bible.
Our parish will look for ways to incorporate this model. A group of
ten parishioners has been studying a document on the new
evangelization over the past six months. The group will explore various
ways of enlivening the faith life at OLBH. For sure, small groups for
Bible Study will be one avenue, but other means will be used.
The story of God’s love is told best this week. Holy Week is the climax of
God’s love for us. Celebrate the great liturgies on Holy Thursday, Good
Friday, Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday. Come not out of duty ….. but
to drink richly of God’s mercy.
In Christ, Fr. Steve
OLBH Parish News Holy Week Rehearsals
Rehearsals for Holy Week will be as follows:
4:30 pm Sunday March 24th: Good Friday
6:00 pm Monday March 25th: Holy Thursday
6:00 pm Wednesday March 27th: Easter Vigil
(Holy Saturday.)
If you are scheduled for a
ministry at any of these services,
please plan to attend the
corresponding rehearsal listed
above.
Parish Easter Gift This Easter, OLBH has partnered with the Catholic
Schools and a few other parishes to purchase books
and CD’s from The Dynamic Catholic Institute to give
away at our Easter Services. We have money in the
budget to cover part of this, but could still use some
help to cover $300 of the cost. If you’d like to help,
please let Fr Steve know. Thank you and God Bless!
CRS Operation Rice Bowl Update
Assisting our Neighbors
25% of contributions to CRS Rice Bowl remain in our
diocese, helping to support local poverty and hunger
alleviation programs. This week, we pray for people in
our own community who struggle with poverty and
hunger. For those of you participating in our Rice
Bowl collection for Lent, please bring your Rice
Bowls for turn-in on Holy Thursday evening Mass!
Good Friday Collection Christians around the world are united in a special
way during Lent and Easter. Our hearts, minds and
prayers are also especially aware of the Holy Land. As
a pontifical collection requested by Pope Benedict XVI,
the annual Good Friday Collection offers a direct link
for parishioners to be witness of peace and to help
protect holy places. Franciscans and others are
housing and feeding the poor, providing religious
formation and education, maintaining shrines and
parishes, and conducting pastoral ministry. For more
information, visit www.myfranciscan.org.
Attention Lectors! Holy Thursday Adoration: There is a sign-up sheet on
the back counter in
the Gathering Area
for Lectors needed
during Holy
Thursday Adoration.
We are in need of 8
Lectors for the
different times.
Please sign up for a
time that would work for you.
Thank you for all you do!
Boy Scout Breakfast Join our Boy Scout Troop 88 for a fundraiser breakfast
and bake sale downstairs after the 9:00 a.m. Mass on
Sunday, March 24th. Proceeds will go to fund the
boys' camping and other activities. Your support is
greatly appreciated! Thanks!
Easter Triduum Holy Thursday: March 28
8:00 am Morning Prayer
7:00 pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper
8:30—11:00 pm Eucharistic Adoration
Good Friday: March 29
8:00 am Office of Readings and Morning Prayer
7:00 pm Celebration of the Lord’s Passion
Holy Saturday: March 30
8:00 am Office of Readings and Morning Prayer
8:30 am Blessing of Food for Easter
8:00 pm Easter Vigil Mass
Easter Sunday: March 31
8:00 am and 10:30 am Easter Sunday Masses* *please note the time change to 10:30 am for the 2nd Easter
Sunday Mass
This Week at Our Lady of the Black Hills March 25th to March 31st, 2013
Monday, March 25th Readings: Is 42:1-7; Ps 27:1-3,13-14; Jn 12:1-11 (violet)
8:00 am: Daily Liturgy
Mass Intention: +Fr Reuben Valades
6:00 pm: Rehearsal for Holy Thursday
Tuesday, March 26th Readings: Is 49:1-6; Ps 71:1-4a,5-6ab,15,17;
Jn 13:21-33,36-38 (violet)
8:00 am: Daily Liturgy
Mass Intention: Pam Jones
10:30 am: Staff Meeting
5:00 pm: Praying the Bible
Wednesday, March 27th Readings: Is 50:4-9a; Ps 69:8-10,21bcd-22,31,33-34;
Mt 26:14-25 (violet)
8:00 am: Daily Liturgy
Mass Intention: +John Osnes Sr.
6:30 am – 7:30 am: Bible Study with Fr Steve
8:30 am – 5:30 pm: Adoration
9:00 am – Noon: Food Pantry
6:00 pm: Rehearsal for Easter Vigil (Holy Saturday)
Thursday Morning, March 28th Readings: Is 61:1-3a,6a,8b-9; Ps 89:21-22,25,27;
Rv 1:5-8; Lk 4:16-21 (violet)
8:00 am: Morning Prayer
Thursday Evening, March 28th Thursday of the Lord’s Supper
Readings: Ex 12:1-8,11-14; Ps 116:12-13,15-16bc,17-18;
1 Cor 11:23-26; Jn 13:1-15 (white)
7:00 pm: Holy Thursday Liturgy
Mass Intention: The Sick
8:30 pm – 11:00 pm: Eucharistic Adoration
Friday, March 29th Friday of the Passion of the Lord (Good Friday)
Readings: Is 52:13-53:12; Ps 31:2,6,12-13,15-17,25; Heb
4:14-16; 5:7-9; Jn 18:1-19:42 (red)
8:00 am: Office of Readings & Morning Prayer
Parish Office Closed
7:00 pm: Celebration of the Lord’s Passion
Saturday Morning, March 30th Holy Saturday 8:00 am: Office of Readings & Morning Prayer
8:30 am: Blessing of Easter Food
9:00 am – Noon: Food Pantry
Saturday Evening, March 30th Easter Vigil in the Holy Night
Readings: (white) (1) Gn 1:1-2:2; Ps 104:1-2a,5-6,10,12-
14,24,35c
(2) Gn 22:1-18; Ps 16:5,8-11
(3) Ex 14:15-15:1 (Ps) Ex 15:1-6,17-18
(4) Is 54:5-14 Ps 30:2,4-6,11-12a,13b
(5) Is 55:1-11 (Ps) Is 12:2-3,4bcd,5-6
(6) Bar 3:9-15,32-4:4 Ps 19:8-11
(7) Ez 36:16-17a,18-28 Pss 42:3,5bcd;43:3-4
(8) Rom 6:3-11 Ps 118:1-2,16ab-17,22-23
(9) Lk 24:1-12
8:00 pm: Easter Vigil Liturgy
Mass Intention: RCIA Candidates
Sunday, March 31st Easter Sunday
Readings: Acts 10:34a37-43; Ps 118:1-
2,16ab-17,22-23; Col 3:1-4; Jn 20:1-9 (white)
8:00 am: Liturgy
Mass Intention: +Veronica Tuschen
10:30 am: Liturgy
Mass Intention: OLBH Community
Weekly Ministry Schedule March 28th - 31st – Holy Week
Holy Thursday
7:00 pm
Good Friday
7:00 pm
Saturday – Easter
Vigil 8:00 pm
Sunday - Easter
8:00 am
Sunday
10:30 am
Bread Baker Mary Blauvelt
Altar
Servers
Liam Schroeder
Kevin Chamberlain
Jessie Gray
Morgan Sears
Taygen Johns
Isabella Sears
Kevin Chamberlain
Corben Mahaffy
Curt Mahaffy
Aric Dyczek
NEEDED
Daylen Rhodes
Isaac Gehlsen
Madyson Gamroth
Savannah Inman
Abigail Harmon
Richard Harmon
Adam Jerzak
Andrew Corbine
Isabella Sears
Morgan Sears
Analie Seyer
Precious
Body
Precious
Blood
Larry Williamson
John Osnes
Joyce Williamson
Barb Erickson
Gary Erickson
N/A Jim Scherr
Christine Didriksen
John Osnes
Jim Scherr
Barb Scherr
Jean Schubauer
Dean Antonsen
Mary Antonsen
Walt Wilson
Judy Wilson
Joni Osnes
John Osnes
Marlys Sears
Dennis Fischer
Lorinda Collings
Lectors
Joni Osnes
Michelle Bucholz
Paige Gehlsen
Taylor Thies
Jim Scherr
Teresa Thompson
Chad Thies
Joni Osnes
Judy Wilson
Mary Coffin
Kathy Van Asma
Bernadette Usera
John Usera
Carrie Baker
NEEDED
Michelle Bucholz
Pauline Stoffel
Sacristans Marlys Sears Frank Boner Ken Van Asma
Kathy Van Asma
Marc Jacobs
Brenda Jacobs
Patty Cresalia
Greeters
Bob Wentz
Pam Wentz
Aaron Denekamp
Cathleen
Denekamp
Dave Noble
Priscilla Noble
Duane Schubauer
Billie Inman
Barb Coyle
Mike Coyle
*Intercessory Prayers Life and Health Concerns
Nina Oxborrow (sister of Don Hobbs)
Joe Creek Jean Schacher
Susan Stokes
John Kraft
Pam Jones (daughter of Judy & Dennis Schumacher)
Doyle Roseland (son of Dorothy Roseland and brother to
Darcy Randle)
Vicki Crowley
Kip Fode (brother in law to Bridgette Fode)
William Schroeder
Repose of the Soul
Fr Reuben Valades
John Osnes Sr. (father of Deacon John Osnes)
John Honerkamp (father of Bill Honerkamp) *Names will remain on our list for one month. Please
contact the parish office to request continued prayers
The Collection Basket March 16th & 17th
Loose $2756.00
Envelopes 2037.00
Student 65.38
Adopt a Seminarian 80.00
Copy Money 23.85
Mass Intentions 20.00
Blessed Mary Shrine 50.00
Matthew Kelly 100.00
Soup Supper – Rice Bowl 142.00
Catholic Relief Services 125.00
McLaughlin Missions 100.00
Reimbursement 50.00
Black & Indian Missions 10.00
SCOPE 52.00
Rectory 135.00
Total $5504.23
Rapid City Diocese News Novena of Divine Mercy
In preparation for the Feast of The Divine Mercy,
Jesus asked St. Faustina to make a novena prayer
from Good Friday to the following Saturday. Join us
in praying the Divine Mercy Novena in your home
or at the Blessed Sacrament Chapel at 3:00 p.m.
starting on Good Friday through Easter Saturday
(Mar. 29-Apr. 6).
40 Hour Eucharistic Exposition and Adoration
As part of the celebration of the Feast of Divine
Mercy, Blessed Sacrament Church will be having
Forty Hours of Adoration. You are invited to sign up
to spend time in prayer. Sign-up sheets can be
found at the Gathering Area. Exposition begins after
the 12:10 p.m. Mass Friday, April 5, through 6:45 a.m.
Sunday, April 7 (Divine Mercy Sunday) except for
5:30 Mass Saturday.
Divine Mercy Sunday Celebration at Blessed
Sacrament Church
Sunday, April 7 ~ 2:30 p.m. Eucharistic Exposition
after the Spanish Mass and veneration of Divine
Mercy Image; 3:00 p.m. Chaplet of Divine Mercy,
Benediction, blessing of items, veneration of the relic
of St. Faustina. Please bring any items that you want
to be blessed.
Worldwide Marriage Encounter Stop! Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend date change!!! If you wanted to attend the next Marriage Encounter Weekend but you couldn’t because it was already a busy weekend, you’re in luck! We have changed the date! Maybe this is just the nudge you have been waiting for. The new weekend date is April 19-21, 2013 in Pierre, SD at the Clubhouse Hotel and Suites. For more information, call John and Dawn Elsinger at 605-362-0924 or visit www.wwme.org.
Community Cantata We will be performing the community cantata
"Wondrous Love" on Palm Sunday, March 24th, at
3:00 p.m. at Grace United Methodist Church with a
time of coffee and fellowship to follow.
Happiness is an Inside Job Beginning Experience® Level 2 Support Group,
Happiness Is an Inside Job, is an eight-week non-
denominational support group that begins at 7:00
p.m. on Thursday, April 4th, at St. Therese the Little
Flower Catholic Church, 532 Adams Street, Rapid
City. The group uses John Powell’s book by the same
name to help participants deepen their healing
experience following a significant loss due to death,
divorce, or any major life change. Christian adults
who are looking for peace, joy, and contentment in
their lives are encouraged to participate! Pre-
registration is requested, but not required. The
registration fee is $38.00. Need-based scholarships
are available. For more information or to register, call
Family Life Ministries - Jill at 716-5214 x 236 or Kathy
at 716-5214 x 220.
Rachel’s Vineyard Retreat™ A Rachel’s Vineyard Retreat™ will be held April 26-
28, 2013 in Rapid City, SD. The confidential retreats
are for those who are spiritually hurting after an
abortion and want to experience the healing love of
Christ. The cost for the retreat is $100.00 for meals, a
private room, and all retreat materials. Financial
assistance is available. Registration deadline is
Friday, April 19! For more information or to register,
contact Carol Kling at 605-374-5639 or
ckling@sdplains.com.
Cursillo Fourth Day Retreat A Cursillo Fourth Day Retreat will be held April 5-7
at Terra Sancta Retreat Center. It will be led by Sister
Florence McManeman, OSB. Register on the Terra
Sancta web site terrascanta.org or by calling Shirley
Drimmel, 605-390-2736.
Christian Family Planning Seminar The next Christian Family Planning Seminar will be
offered by the Natural Family Planning Ministry on
Saturday, April 20, 9:00 a.m. - Noon at All Saints in
Eagle Butte. This seminar is a requirement for
engaged couples getting married in the Diocese of
Rapid City. Married couples, or anyone who wants
to learn more about Natural Family Planning, are
encouraged to attend. For more information or to
register, call Family Life Ministries - Jill at 716-5214 x
236 or Kathy at 716-5214 x 220.
Year of Faith – April 2013
“Receiving the Treasures of Divine Life” –
Sacraments of Initiation “The sacraments of
Christian initiation—
Baptism, Confirmation,
and the Eucharist—lay
the foundations of every
Christian life . . .” --
Catechism of the
Catholic Church. Susan
Safford, Director of
Faith Formation for the
Diocese of Rapid City
will be the presenter. The talk will be held April 10
at Terra Sancta, Rapid City; April 21at St. John the
Evangelist, Ft. Pierre; April 28 at St. Francis of Assisi
Church.
Summer Child Care at
St. Elizabeth Seton St. Elizabeth Seton at Terra Sancta is excited to offer
Summer Child Care. Summer Child Care will be
available for full and part-time children. For more
information please contact St. Elizabeth Seton at 716-
5213 or visit our website at www.rccss.net.
For the Ride Home Palm Sunday
By Ted Bergh
Scripture
I gave my back to those who beat me, … my face I
did not shield from buffets and spitting. (Isaiah
50:6)
They have pierced my hands and my feet; I can
count all my bones. (Psalm 22:17,18)
Rather, he emptied himself, taking the form of a
slave, … he humbled himself, becoming obedient
to death, even death on a cross. (Philippians 2:7)
"Father, into your hands I commend my spirit";
and when he had said this he breathed his last.
(Luke 23:46)
Reflection
Why does Jesus suffer and die on the cross?
Why didn’t Jesus just find a way out? an escape
clause?
How are you able to reconcile yourself to
suffering?
How did Jesus “resolve” the evil in the world that
causes suffering?
He triumphs over death by accepting enslavement by
it so that humanity can be set free. This is the whole
meaning of death and resurrection of Christ, who
descends into the most inaccessible depths of
suffering and so destroys evil at its roots. There is
but one solution to the mystery of evil: the
triumphant Cross of Christ. Every explanation
becomes unbearable in the face of suffering; every
human effort becomes ridiculous in the face of evil.
We are unable to bring consolation or explanations to
someone in the midst of suffering; all we can do is try
to relieve some of his or her suffering. Jesus Christ
alone brings victory over suffering of bodies and
souls. … We believe that Christ resolves the whole
human drama because he alone reaches its ultimate
depths. We must avoid leaving Christianity on the
surface; it is neither a system of morality, nor a social
order, nor a system of metaphysics. Rather, it’s the
fact that what is inaccessible to humankind, what
reveals the very mystery of his existence as neither
morality nor sociology could do, has been achieved
by the Word of God.1 1Danielou, Cardinal Jean, Prayer, The Mission of the Church, W. B.
Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, MI, 1996, p. 89. Ted
Bergh, © ParishVision Llc 2012 –Visit ParishVision.org.
Reflection on the Papal Election By Adam Hofer, Seminarian
Pontifical North American College
“Is it really white?! I think it is…IT IS…We have
a pope!” I had just arrived in St. Peter’s Square
only about 20 minutes earlier to join the
thousands of people there
waiting in expectation of
the white smoke emerging
from the chimney of the
Sistine Chapel. Honesty, I
did not really expect to see
white smoke so early into
the conclave, but I wanted
to be there just in case. Now, 20 minutes later, I
joined in the excitement and praise that the next
successor of St. Peter had been chosen and that
he would soon address the world for the first
time from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica.
When Pope Francis emerged onto the
balcony, cheers of “Papa Francesco” and “Viva il
Papa!” resounded throughout the piazza and
grew silent only as he began to speak. From his
first simple and ordinary words, “Dear brothers
and sisters, good evening,” with which he
greeted the crowd and the world, a love for our
new Holy Father and thanksgiving to God and
the Church welled up inside of me…only
evident by my inability to stop smiling and the
‘goose bumps’ running down my arm. As he
continued his first address, he told us that he
wanted to impart his blessing, but that first he
wanted to take a moment of silence for us to
pray to God for him. For the first time during
my studies here in Rome, it was as if the entire
city fell silent to offer a prayer to God for our
new shepherd. It was an incredibly powerful
moment and witness of humility on the part of
Pope Francis in which the silent presence of the
Holy Spirit could be felt.
Since that Wednesday evening, I have been
blessed to be part of several of his public
appearances, including his Inaugural Mass on
the Feast of St. Joseph (March 19). I think that
we all share a similar thanksgiving and gratitude
for God’s faithfulness to guide His Church
under the direction of Pope Benedict XVI and
now with the next Successor of St. Peter, Pope
Francis. Only a little over a week into his time as
Pope, he has already given beautiful witness to
His love for Christ and for the whole world. His
message to the world in these early days has
consisted of a call for the Church to proclaim to
the world God’s tireless mercy as shown
through the love of Christ on the cross, saying:
“Let us never tire, let us never tire! He is the
loving Father who always pardons, who has that
heart of mercy for us all. And let us too learn to
be merciful to everyone. Let us invoke the
intercession of Our Lady who held in her arms
the Mercy of God made man.”
As we learn from his spiritual wisdom and
lived witness to the Gospel message, let us join
the Catholic faithful throughout the world as we
do our part and continue to enter into that silent
prayer that he asked of us in his first moments as
Pope and pray that God continue to bless and
guide our new shepherd Pope Francis. Viva il
Papa!