Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time ~ Sunday, January 31st, 2016

206 West Main ~ P.O. Box 670 Fort Pierre, S.D. 57532- 0670 Office: 605-223-2176 fax: 605-223-2805

Love God-Serve God

Love Others-Serve Others

Make Disciples

PARISH OFFICE

Rectory (605) 223 - 2176

Fax (605) 223 - 2805

Hours Monday - Friday 10am - 5 pm

Website www.stjohnsfortpierre.org

PARISH STAFF

Pastor: Fr. Ron Garry

ron.stjohns@midconetwork.com 605-850-8593

Parish Secretary: Sherri Stoeser

sherri.stjohns@midconetwork.com

Faith Formation: Josie Huck Tardiff

josie.stjohns@midconetwork.com

CSS Counseling: Tracy Palecek 222-4398

Rectory/Church Upkeep: Mary Welsh, Pat Storms

Building Maintenance: George Welk

Parish Council: Ryan Fowler

Finance Council: Mike Weisgram

Altar Society: Co-Leaders needed

Grand Knight: Tom LeFaive

Small Group Studies: Shirley Gross

Confessions:

Saturday 4:00 - 5:00 PM or appointment

Mass Times: Saint John’s, on the Lord’s Day

Saturday - 5:30 PM Sunday - 7:30 & 10:00 AM Sunday Evenings - 7:00-8:00 PM - Adoration Weekday Mass ***(check bulletin weekly schedule)

Monday, Wednesday, Thursday - 7:00 AM

Tuesday - 5:30 PM

Friday - 6:45 AM

Saturday - 8 AM (1st Saturday only)

Ss. Peter and Paul - Pierre, on the Lord’s Day:

Saturday - 5:00 PM Sunday, 8:00 & 10:00 AM, 5:00PM

SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION

Marriage - 6 months preparation: Call Father Ron.

Baptism - Call Father Ron for information.

Anointing - If a hospital stay or surgical procedure is

scheduled, please call to schedule the celebration of

the Sacrament.

Molly Gross Austin Hand Ella Hand Isiah Hand Emily Hughes Jordan Gourneau

2016 Confirmands Courtney Brown JonNikolai Byer Kelsey Cass McKenna Cass Andrew Coverdale Liz Duffy

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From Father Ron St. John’s Calendar

Sunday, January 31st

No classes due to Confirmation

9:00 am Confirmands meet with the Bishop

10:00 am Mass - Confirmation with the Bishop

7:00 pm Eucharistic Adoration

Tuesday, February 2nd

6:00 am That Man is You men’s formation

6:30 pm Stewardship Committee meeting in Padre Hall

Wednesday, February 3rd

**6:00 pm Confirmation Class Movie Night Life Lounge

6:30 pm Households of Faith on Corporal Works of Mercy

Potluck –please bring a dish to pass.

Thursday, February 4th

5:30 pm RCIA

6:30 pm Maranatha Prayer Group Sunday, February 7th

8:40 am Grades 1-7 Faith Formation Classes

8:35 am Good Shepherd Class 1 ... 9:15am Class 2

7:00 pm Devotions

Wednesday, February 10th is Ash Wednesday - No Classes

Please kneel down after Mass and pray Three Hail

Mary’s for the next person who dies from our parish.

Ft. Pierre Knights of Columbus News:

Next meeting: February 3rd., 7pm. Sunday, February 14th, 5pm, will be the KC’s Celebrate Marriage Dinner in Padre Hall. Widows and widowers of our parish are guests. Tickets are available or if you need a babysitter during the dinner call Tom LeFaive at 280-7865.

Knight’s of Columbus Winter Rummage Sale: Please hang on to items or call Tom LeFaive 280-7865 or George Welk 220-0426 and they will pick up items and store them for the sale. You are also able to consign items at this sale. No item too big or small!

High School Seniors of our parish are eligible for scholarships. Applications will be available Feb. 7th. The Knights of Columbus serve in many ways.

Men interested in joining may contact a Knight or call Tom LeFaive at 280-7865.

AFC Championship: Sunday -19 Sheri Lappe, Monday-53 Steve Blair, Vikings -57 Dave Bonde

NFC Championship: Sunday -47 Curt Severyn, Monday -2 Josh Larson, Vikings-65 Justin Jones

Catholic Schools Week January 31st - February 7th

Church in Central America and Eastern Europe collection will be taken next weekend - February 6th and 7th. For those living in Central and Eastern Europe, rebuilding in the wake of 70 years of Soviet rule is a constant struggle. Your support helps provide grants for the projects to restore the Church and build the future in these areas.

World Day for Consecrated Life: Please pray for the local Benedictine sisters in service to St. Joseph School, St. Marys hospital, SD Women’s Prison, parish and community life and all those who have made commitments in the consecrated life and thank them on their special day. May they continue to be inspired by Jesus Christ and respond generously to God's gift of their vocation. Sister Mona

Grateful to Bishop Gruss for being our shepherd, and being here Sunday for the Confirmation of our youth and adults. It is so good to see their growth in faith, hope, and love. Thanks to catechists Josie Tardiff, John and Kit Schmidt, and Rose Anderson, for working with our youth and families. Come Holy Spirit!

For the renewal of our facilities: In the past months, through the efforts of our parish council, finance/building council, and the research of a Task Force, we have assembled some options and rough cost estimates. Some of our stairways and doors need to be safer. We can't get parts anymore for the old church boiler and air handlers. We need 3 new classrooms for our Sunday faith formation. After more review by building council, we will begin working with the diocesan building commission. We will present some of them soon, and have an open house to help in your review and discernment and moving forward.

Support St. Joseph School this week in prayer, and at the Saturday 6 February Carnival.

The bishops—successors of the apostles Catechism of the Catholic Church 861 “In order that the mission entrusted to them might be continued after their death, [the apostles] consigned, by will and testament, as it were, to their immediate collaborators the duty of completing and consolidating the work they had begun, urging them to tend to the whole flock, in which the Holy Spirit had appointed them to shepherd the Church of God. They accordingly designated such men and then made the ruling that likewise on their death other proven men should take over their ministry.”

862 “Just as the office which the Lord confided to Peter alone, as first of the apostles, destined to be transmitted to his successors, is a permanent one, so also endures the office, which the apostles received, of shepherding the Church, a charge destined to be exercised without interruption by the sacred order of bishops.” Hence the Church teaches that “the bishops have by divine institu-tion taken the place of the apostles as pastors of the Church, in such wise that whoever listens to them is listening to Christ and whoever despises them despises Christ and him who sent Christ.”

Please pray for the sick and suffering: Bob Rasmussen, Reina and Rolla Scott, Shirley Gross, Jim Steele, Marie Giddings, Duane Pomham, Milton Tiper, Ed Hartman, Julie Jeffries, George Huck, Jim Nagel, Denny Weaver, Ginny Walker, Joan Palmer, Ken Stewart, Kendal and Kenedi Breyfogle, Freda Lawhon, Darlene Harris, Misty Brown, Lynette Singleton, David Gross, Carl Rathbun, Mike Kelly, Steve Zaiko, Pat Welsh, Spencer Young, Marilyn Tassler, Donald LeClaire, Mike Iversen, Ashlynn Fitts, Claudia Scotter, Heidi Shepherd, Jean Petersen Wilson, Brian Dumas, William Anderson, John Manning, Rich Garrity, Richard Brown, Pam Patton, Terry Hughes, Kathryn Schlechter, Keri Hendrickson, Heidi Alban, Yvonne Ehlers, Steeley Moore, Eleanor Unterbrunner, Leanne Goff, Cassie Miller, Bernie Duffy, Adam Walter, Mary Beth Moser, June Wheeler, Richard Abernathy, Mona Lierly, Kathy Fenwick, Lynae Benham, Theresa Severyn, Kaylee Jo Gallagher, Eva Fischer, Eric Buchmann, Grady Jacobson, Maddox Rowland, Eileen Hofer, Barb Brown, Cindy Foreman, Cindy Hogman, and all who have asked for our special prayers.

If you’d like to add/remove someone from the list, call Irma LeFaive - 280-9055 or the parish office.

Birthdays

Sat.30 Nancy Surprenant

Sun.31 Will Clark

Tue.02 Lisa Zachary

Wed.03 Talia Schmidt

Thu.04 Lance Roberts

Fri.05 Leander Austin

Sat.06 Mary Giddings

Sun.07 Patty Lihs, Jerry Mikkelsen, Joe Pitlick

Anniversaries

Sat.06 Doug and Annette Reiman

1/24/ 2016 SACRIFICIAL GIVING

Regular Collection $ 2,941.15 Online Giving $ 3,000.00 Plate $ 494.50 Total $ 6,435.65

Adopt a Seminarian: $125.00 Building Fund: $150.00 PRAA-West River Priest Retirement: $102.00

Our building repair loan payment is $2,494.28 a month. Our loan balance is $37,375.66

We are grateful for the stewardship of our parish family!

Please use your weekly envelopes — it makes much shorter and accurate recording.

If you are interested in giving through automatic transfer giving please contact the church office.

“Give and it shall be given to you. For the measure you measure with will be measured back to you.” Luke 6:38

Saturday, January 30th 5:30 PM + Larry Giddings By: Jerry and Marie Sylva Sunday, January 31st 7:30 AM + Delores Melvin By: Lyle and Phyllis Kenzy 10:00 AM For Parishioners and Confirmands Monday, February 1st 7:00 AM + Rose Mary Deleo Tuesday, February 2nd 7:00 AM + Eva Weaver By: Jerry and Patty Lihs Wednesday, February 3rd 7:00 AM Mass for Life Thursday, February 4th 7:00 AM + Joe LeFaive By: Tom and Irma LeFaive Friday, February 5th 6:45 AM + Evelyn Wooten By: Lyle and Phyllis Kenzy Saturday, February 6th 8:00 AM SI Pilgrims in Fatima and Lourdes By: Patty Lihs 5:30 PM Evelyn Wooten By: Frank and Diane Larson Sunday, February 7th 7:30 AM For Parishioners 10:00 AM + Jerry Kutil By: Steve and Sherri Stoeser

Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday 4 - 5pm Mass Intentions: If you would like to have a Mass for your loved one — Living or

Deceased please find Mass Intentions envelopes at the church entrance.

Friday, February 5th Sirach 47:2-11 Mark 6:14-29 Saturday, February 6th 1 Kings 3:4-13 Mark 6:30-34 Sunday, February 7th Isaiah 6:1-2a, 3-8 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 / 15:3-8, 11 Luke 5:1-11

Sunday, January 31st Jeremiah 1:4-5, 17-19 1 Corinthians 12:31—13:13 Monday, February 1st 2 Samuel 15: 13-14, 30; 16:5-13 Mark 5:1-20 Tuesday, February 2nd Malachi 3:1-4 Hebrews 2:14-18 Luke 2:22-40

Saturday, February 6th 5:30 pm Sacristan: Mary Welsh Readers: Diane London, Jill Richardson EM’s Mary Welsh, Need Servers: Kara Weiss, Emma Hunt Gift Bearers: Steve and Deanne Sprenger

Cantor: Joan Schueller

Sunday, February 7th 7:30 am Sacristan: Kelly Madsen Readers: Wade Pogany, Christine Olson

EM’s: Kelly Madsen, Judy Ackley Servers: Juan and Jazmine Flores Gift Bearers: Kelly and Teresa Madsen Family

Sunday, February 7th 10:00 am Sacristan: Pat Storms Readers: Frank Sack, Noreen Plumage EM’s: Bob and Carolyn Riter, Sandy Spencer, Irma LeFaive, Kelsey VanDenHemel Servers: Isiah and Samuel Hand, Shay VanDenHemel Gift Bearers: Brad and Beth Hand Family Cantor: Michelle Hunter Homebound: Noreen Plumage, Pat Durkin

Ministry schedule Mass Readings

Wednesday, February 3rd 2 Samuel 24:2. 9-17 Mark 6:1-6 Thursday, February 4th 1 Kings 2:1-4, 10-12 Mark 6:7-13

***Parish Data Update: We do not have phone numbers for many of you. Many postal

mailing addresses are also outdated. Please contact the parish

office or email sherri.stjohns@midconetwork.com with current

information or fill out and drop in collection basket.

Name___________________________

Home phone number: ___________________________________

Cell Phones: ___________________________________________

Address: ______________________________________________

Email addresses:________________________________________

FOSTER PARENTS make a world of difference in the lives of South Dakota children. Foster families are needed in our community to help children in need. PRIDE (Parents Resource for Information Development and Education) foster parenting classes begin on February 9th at 6:00 pm. Contact Megan Reindl the Department of Social Services at 773.3612 ext 213 or www.FosterOneSD.org

Pierre/Ft Pierre CDA will host guest speaker Travis Benson, Tuesday, February 2nd at 7pm. Travis will speak on the Culture of Life matters concerning the 2016 legislative session. He is from the pro life office Sioux Falls diocese. Join us in Good Shepherd Hall at Ss. Peter and Paul. All are invited.

Faith Formation: Sunday, January 31st No classes due to Confirmation

9:00 am Confirmands meet with the Bishop

10:00 am Mass - Confirmation with the Bishop

Wednesday, February 3rd

6:00 pm Confirmation Class Movie Night in Life Lounge.

6:00 pm Households of Faith Potluck in Padre Hall.

Please bring a dish to pass.

Father will teach on the Corporal Works of Mercy.

Sunday, February 7th

8:40 am Grades 1-7 Faith Formation Classes

ST. JOSEPH SCHOOL CARNIVAL

Saturday, February 6th

10am to3pm

at

Ss. Peter & Paul Family Center

Games, Bingo, Raffle, Lunch and More!