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!