July 17, 2016 - Blessed Sacrament Church

Blessed Sacrament Church
Rapid City, SD
‘Continuing the Work of Jesus…’
July 17, 2016
Sixteenth Sunday
in Ordinary Time
Parish Office
4500 Jackson Boulevard
Rapid City, SD 57702
605.342.3336
605.341.5668 FAX
www.blessedsacramentchurch.org
[email protected]
Pastor
Fr. Brian Lane
[email protected]
Associate Pastor
Fr. Matt Fallgren
[email protected]
Permanent Deacons
Deacon Larry Kopriva
[email protected]
Deacon Jim Van Loan
[email protected]
Weekend Mass Schedule
Saturday:
5:30pm
LESS LIKE MARTHA AND MORE LIKE MARY!
Most of us connect easily to the distracted and stressed Martha. Isn't she the one who is really doing what is right and
taking care of Jesus? Isn't cooking and cleaning a basic part
of true hospitality? Twice a year, when my mother hosted a
couples bridge night, she would spend days cleaning the
whole house (even upstairs and the basement!)! I sometimes wondered if she would be too tired after all that cleaning to play good bridge and be a pleasant host? I do believe
that Jesus is inviting us to a form of hospitality that is deeper
than a clean house and meal on the table. He is inviting us to
welcome him into our home and our heart! If we want to
welcome God as our guest, we need to open our door to
our heart (not just our house).
Studies are coming out now that say being perpetually connected and distracted by technology has in some cases temporarily lowered our IQ by 10 points. That is about as much
as skipping a night's sleep! It begs the question that: If multiple distractions do this to our work life, what do they
do to our spiritual/interior lives? Mary is practicing a
new hospitality that welcomes Jesus into her home and her
person. She sits at the feet of Jesus and takes His Word of
Life into her heart, mind, soul, and strength.
Sunday:
7:00am
9:00am
11:00am
1:30pm (in Spanish)
Reconciliation
Saturday, 3:30-4:30pm
or by appointment
Please note: it is a custom in our
parish to pray three Hail Mary's after Mass for the next person who
dies in our parish.
I think the key to hospitality is to bring both Martha and
Mary to the table of the Lord. There is a gift to invite and entertain an honored guest, but if God is at home in our heart,
the experience will be all the richer for the depth of our encounter. Let's keep the light on and the heart open.
Father Brian
Parish Staff
Director of Liturgy & Music
Lisa Wattenhofer
Secretary, Baptism Information
Sr. Eleanor Solon, OSB
Accountant
Ruth Zagala
Religious Education Director and
Safe Environment Coordinator
Mary Farrell
Youth Minister
Jackie Kuhn
Director of MS/HS Youth Formation
Denise Maher
Receptionist, Ministry Schedule
Rose Hockhausen
Bulletin, Masses, Building Schedule
Pauline Staufacker
Community Life
Rose Medauer
Director of Facility Operations
Marshall Clement
Custodial Staff
Jay Glanzer
Joseph Venjohn
Prayer Ministry for the Dying
We pray three Divine Mercy chaplets for those
near the end of life. Volunteers are contacted by
text or email and asked to pray from home or
church. Contact Patrick to join or request
prayers. 605.569.1012
[email protected].
Mass Schedule & Intentions
† indicates deceased
Monday (7/18)
7:00am † Daniel & Hunter Smith
12:10pm † Mary Jo Marshall
Tuesday (7/19)
7:00am † Carl Gene Deck
10:00am † (Holiday Hills) Waneta & Gerard
Thibeault; Billie, Roger & Erin Dowse
12:10pm † Percy Fox & family
Wednesday (7/20)
7:00am † Jim & Mildred Murphy
10:00am
(Meadowbrook Manor Nrsg. Home)
† Ryszard Sieplinski
Thursday (7/21)
7:00am † June LaCroix
12:10pm † Bonnee Kinsella
Friday (7/22)
7:00am
End to Abortion
12:10pm † Richard Ravellette
Saturday (7/23)
5:30pm
Parishioners
Sunday (7/24)
7:00am † Everett Reindl
9:00am
(signed for hearing impaired)
† Hughes family
11:00am † Jack Giacoletto
1:30pm
(in Spanish) Souls in Purgatory
Scripture Readings for the Coming Week
Monday, weekday: Mi 6:1-4, 6-8 Ps 50:5-6, 8-9, 1617, 21, 23 Mt 12:38-42
Tuesday weekday: Mi 7:14-15, 18-20 Ps 85:2-8 Mt
12:46-50
Deanery One Day of Mercy
Live Streamed
Wednesday, weekday: Jer 1:1, 4-10 Ps 71:1-6, 15,
17 Mt 13:1-9
Tuesday, July 19, is a Day of Mercy in each parish. For Deanery One it will be held at St.
Therese the Little Flower. Confession is 8:00am7:00pm with two priests available at all times
and four-five priests available 5:00-7:00pm.
Adoration will be throughout the day with the
presentation at 7:00pm. Fr. Brian Christensen,
Rome, will talk about “Lectio Divina.” Benediction at 7:45pm. Social to follow. Those unable to
attend can view it live streamed from the diocesan Website, www.rapidcitydiocese.org. It will
also be available for regular viewing at that address.
Thursday, weekday: Jer 2:1-3, 7-8, 12-13 Ps 36:611 Mt 13:10-17
Friday, St. Mary Magdalene: Song of Songs 3:14b Ps 63:2-6, 8-9 Jn 20:1-2, 11-18
Saturday, weekday: Jer 7:1-11 Ps 84:3-6, 8, 11 Mt
13:24-30
Seventeenth Sunday in OrdinaryTime: Gn 18:2032 Ps 138:1-3, 6-8 Col 2:12-14 Lk 11:1-13
Did You Know?
The day dedicated to St Mary Magdalene in the Church
calendar has been raised from a memorial to a
feast. She is now called “apostle to the apostles.”
Parish Schedule
Prayers, Pastoral Needs & Pastoral Council
Monday, July 18
Our deceased: We extend our sympathy and prayers
Eucharistic Adoration—6:00-9:00pm (Chapel)
Tuesday, July 19
St. Ignatius Prayer Group—7:30am (29)
Wednesday, July 20
BSC Prayer Group—7:30am (101)
Thursday, July 21
BSC Quilters—8:00am (101)
Patriotic Rosary—6:00pm (Chapel)
Friday, July 22
Saturday, July 23
Reconciliation—3:30pm (Church)
Sunday, July 24
Rosary—6:30am (Chapel)
Rosary—10:30am (Chapel)
St. Faustina Prayer Group—4:00pm (107)
Weekly Financial $coreboard
Weekly budgeted expenses:
Weekend: July 9-10, 2016
Collection (envelopes & plate):
Difference:
$19,421.31
$19,435.33
$14.02
You're invited to a Thank You BBQ! If you have
ever partnered with Leah Nielson in her mission
work as a Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS) Missionary, please join her for a
BBQ in the parish hall on Tuesday, July 26th at
6:30 pm. Call with questions or to RSVP
at 605.430.4749.
Save the Date!
The Annual Stewardship Summit will be held October
29-30 at Terra Sancta Retreat Center. The Keynote
speaker is Jim Beckman of the Augustinian Institute.
Diocesan Pilgrimage
The next diocesan pilgrimage will be held August 20,
at Holy Rosary Church, Timber Lake. Schedule:
11:00am Exposition and Presentation, Speaker:
Bishop Robert Gruss. “Mary, Mother of Mercy;”
11:30am Prayer Experience; Noon-2:00pm Reconciliation and lunch; 2:00pm Benediction; 3:00pm Mass
with Bishop Gruss presiding (Sunday Liturgy);
4:00pm Healing Service. Everyone welcome.
Planning a Trip?
Check www.masstimes.org
to the family and friends of Rose Wendell.
Our ill and homebound: Marlene Mills, Quin
Landguth, Janell Scherr, Tyler Soulek, Dick Hoff, Al
Lammers, Josh Magbuhat, and all our homebound,
assisted living, chronically ill and nursing home
residents. (Names will remain on this list for four
weeks. Call the office to request prayers.)
Our deployed military listed below and all our
military: Michael Saeger, Tyler Ghents, Courtney
DeNeire, Benjamin Strong, Cody Johnson, and Joey
Matejcik, Brian Ireland. (Names of deployed will
remain on this list for one year.)
Prayer Chain: If you have need of prayer or would
like to be included in the e-mail prayer chain, please
call Rose in the office. If you would like a prayer
shawl (there is no cost), please contact Joan Oertell
at 721.0502 or Margaret Smith at 343.2571.
Communion to the Homebound: If you would like
to receive Communion while confined to your
home, please contact Debbi Roberts at 716.1591.
Meals during Recovery: If you, or someone you
know, has recently been released from the hospital
and is in need of meals on a short term basis, please
contact Rose in the office at 342.3336. If you would
like to help prepare and deliver meals, please
contact Ruby Matejcik at 342.6871.
Pastoral Council: Kelly Bickett-342.1848; Gogie
Enstad - 721.3708; Christina Ketchum - 593.3294;
Ron Koth - 721.2979; Paul Rezich - 341.0029; Randi
Roerick - 431.0622; Kelly Thomas - 716.0915;
Teresa Vining - 209.3790; Romeo Vivit - 342.1583;
Jennifer Wilson - 787.4919.
Social Justice Commission
“The inviolability of the person which is a reflection
of the absolute inviolability of God, finds its primary
and fundamental expression in the inviolability of
human life. Above all, the common outcry, which is
justly made on behalf of human rights-for example,
the right to health, to home, to work, to family, to
culture- is false and illusory if the right to life, the
most basic and fundamental right and the condition
for all other personal rights, is not defended with
maximum determination. On the Vocation and
Mission of the Lay Faithful (Christifideles Laici. . . ),
#38” www.usccb.org
Isaiah 1:16-17 “Seek justice, rescue the oppressed,
defend the orphan, plead for the widow.”
(From
www.rapidcitydiocese.org/family-lifeministries-social-justice/social-justice-commission)
High School Teens—join our
Summer Beach Party
Limbo
Fear Factor Challenge
Beach Volley Ball!
+++ Outdoor Mass +++
+ Bon Fire +
Sunday, July 24, 5:00pm
Behind Terra Sancta
Gotta friend? Bring’em!
For questions, please contact
Denise 342.3336
ATTENTION :
Middle School
Parents
Registration Forms for 6th,
7th & 8th Grade
Confirmation classes for the
upcoming year are now available on-line and
by the Youth Office. Registrations must be
received by Friday, August 25th.
Classes will be held Wednesday evenings,
6:00-8:00pm, September-April.
The following items need to be included with
the Registration Form.
+
+
Baptismal Certificate
Completed Sponsor Form
For additional information, please contact
Denise Maher at 342.3336 or
[email protected]
THRIVE is a new program designed to see youth
discover the joys of productivity in a safe, supportive environment where they can know their value,
purpose and place in Christ and our community.
Specifically, THRIVE plans to establish a store that
sells used sports equipment and aims to employ atrisk youth in the area. The THRIVE store will include outdoor gear, home decor and used furniture. Right now, THRIVE is looking for a building
to set up the store and for donated sports equipment. For more information and/or to donate, contact Dan Linde at the Love INC office 718.5683.
Steubenville Reunion
Please join us for a reunion lock-in for the Steubenville participants at St. Therese on Friday, July 22,
6:00pm, to Saturday, July 23, 10:00am. Bring your
sleeping bag and pillow and a snack to share. Please
RSVP to Rita Dupres at [email protected] so we
can be sure we have enough food!
World Youth Day!
WYD participants leave Monday, July 18. Please
pray for this group of young people from our diocese as they experience WYD, especially those from
our parish including Matthew Eastmo, Jordan Miller,
Skylar Larson and Kate Alley.
World Youth Day Donors...
WYD Donors — please remember the dessert social
on August 6 at 7:00pm to hear about the trip, see
pictures and get your rosary.
Dear Friends…
Happy Hot Weather!! Keep in mind
that in a few short months, we will
wish we had some more of it!! Our
Deadwood trip is Thursday, July 21st,
so join us for a fun day. By the way,
John and I couldn’t be happier - our first greatgrandson is here, Grayson Scott, and he is perfect (of
course, we could be just a bit biased). Questions?
Call me, Annette Ellison, at 348.9069.
Job Openings - RCCSS
The Rapid City Catholic Schools are seeking individuals for various position openings. All job opportuni ti es
m ay
be
found
o nli n e
at
http://rccss.org/district-information/employmentopportunities/
Diocese of Rapid City
Vacancy Announcements
—Full time Technology Support Specialist
Function: The Technology Support Specialist has
the following responsibilities:
1. Provides network design, maintenance and support of the Diocesan computer services, hardware and software.
2. Provides support and education to staff members regarding the use of technology.
For more information and Application Process:
http://www.rapidcitydiocese.org/chancellor/
employment/ Download and complete the application form and submit it by mail or e-mail with a resume and a cover letter to: Office of the Chancellor,
Diocese of Rapid City, 606 Cathedral Drive, Rapid
City SD 57701 or send to [email protected]
—Administrative Assistant, Development Office
Function: Performs administrative, secretarial and
clerical duties for the Office of Development and
assists in the design, implementation, tracking, and
reporting for the Annual Diocesan Appeal, Terra
Sancta Guild and other funds as assigned.
Application Process: Send a resumé and letter by
e-mail or postal mail listing three professional references along with a completed application form
that can be downloaded from the diocesan website
at: http://www.rapidcitydiocese.org/chancellor/
employment/ Open until filled. The Diocese of
Rapid City offers a competitive salary and benefits
package. Development Office Diocese of Rapid City
606 Cathedral Drive Rapid City SD 57701 [email protected]
Mass is offered at the Newman Center, 316 East
Kansas City Street, Sundays at 7:00pm.
Heart to Heart:
A Weekend Retreat for the Engaged
This is a weekend getaway for engaged couples to
deepen their relationship with each other and with
God by exploring the Catholic Church’s vision of
marriage. Held at Terra Sancta Retreat Center, the
dates for the final weekend retreats for 2016 are
July 29-31 and September 23-25. Please register online at www.westriverheart2heart.com. For more
information, contact Amy at Family Life Ministries,
716.5214 x 236 or [email protected]. Please note:
Because this retreat is such a powerful preparation
for the sacrament of marriage, attendance at a
“Heart to Heart” Weekend Retreat is a requirement
for couples doing marriage preparation in the Diocese of Rapid City.
An Update from the Hope For New Life Jail Ministry - Father Ed Witt Joins the Ministry
On occasion we like to share with you information about our Hope For New Life (HFNL) members. We have been
blessed recently with the addition of Father Ed Witt from the Parish of St. Isaac Jogues to our ministry. He describes his jail ministry experience as follows: "In addition to serving as Catholic Chaplain for the Rapid City Police
Department, for the past three months I have accompanied members of Hope For New Life Jail Ministry. I have
been very impressed by the men and women of this ministry and the well organized program they conduct. It is
obvious that they have charisms suited for jail ministry. They have an excellent rapport with the men and women
prisoners who respect them and know that they themselves are respected. My only other experience of this kind
of ministry was back in the 1990s when I assisted a fellow Jesuit at the prison in Waupon, Wisconsin. My role then
was to hear Confessions and preside at Eucharist. Under the current circumstances, unfortunately, I am unable to
offer Eucharist at the Pennington County Jail. However, I have heard Confessions at the jail. That has given me a
wonderful opportunity to be an instrument of the Lord’s mercy in this Jubilee Year of Mercy. The honesty, humility, and contrition of the inmates has touched me profoundly. In the future I am hoping that we will be able to offer the Eucharist or conduct Communion services. In the meantime, I see my primary role as a support for the
Hope For New Life team. Once in a while I am free to pinch hit for a member who may not be able to make it to the
jail. I think that it is important that HFNL continue to be a lay driven ministry rather than a clerical one. I am delighted to accompany these dedicated HFNL ministers of God’s mercy."
To learn more about the HFNL ministry, please contact Bill Gradoville at 341.2721.
Bishop’s Golf Invitation
The Third Annual Western South
Dakota Bishop’s Golf Classic and
Bunco Social will be held Monday,
August 15, at Arrowhead Country
Club, Rapid City. Enter a team for
$600 or play individually for $150.
The Bishop’s Parish Challenge awards $1,000 to
the winning parish team. Not interested in golf? A
Bunco Social for $50 (including dinner with golfers)
will be held at the country club in the afternoon. Enter at www.wsdcf.org or call Doris at 343.3541. Your
support will benefit the Western South Dakota Catholic Foundation, Catholic Social Services, and Rapid City
Catholic Schools.
Catholic Daughters
Our summer picnic will be Monday, July 18, 6:00pm,
at Terra Sancta, South Patio. Chicken, utensils and
paper goods will be furnished. Please bring a potluck dish for ten persons. Table games and lawn
chairs would be welcome too. In case of weather
concerns, the patio adjoins an indoor party
room. Look for the large tent and picnic tables. This
picnic is for the whole family including your out-of
town guests. A playground and other outside games
are available, as well as indoor table games. Great
food with great friends and their families is a combination we love. Questions? Call Bonnie, 342.1651 or
Florence, 431.0851
A Special Invitation!
Save the date! Tuesday evening, July 19, at the
Southside Pizza Ranch on Stumer Road. Please come
and support our Catholic Daughters Fundraiser. We
will be working at the Ranch hostessing and clearing tables for your tips and a percentage of the evening receipts. You are always so generous! Enjoy a
friendly atmosphere, have a great meal and help us
give to the church building fund in Hermosa. Thank
you!
SD Right to Life 2016 State Convention
Save the Date! September 17!
This convention will be hosted by the Rapid City
Right to Life Chapter at Blessed Sacrament Church.
Speakers include: Fr. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, Yvonne
Florczak-Seeman, Dr. Patrick Castle, Dr. Patrick Castle, Eric and Jenny Scherr. Registration is $25 prior
to September 1, $30 after September 1. Registration
at the door, space permitting, will be $40. For information visit our website at www.rcrighttolife.org,
or call Diane Ange at 605.721.3065 or email
[email protected]
NFP, Good for your Body, Great for your Soul
The next Natural Family Planning Seminars will be
offered: Saturday, July 30-St. John the Evangelist,
Ft. Pierre; and Saturday, September 17-St. John
the Baptist, Custer. The NFP Seminars are required
for all couples planning to marry in the Diocese of
Rapid City, however they are open to anyone who is
interested in learning more about Natural Family
Planning. There is no NFP presentation at the
Heart to Heart Engaged Couples Retreat Weekend. Couples need to sign up for both the NFP
Seminar and The Heart to Heart Weekend. For
more information or to register, contact Amy at 716
-5214 x 236, [email protected].
Food Certificates/Gift Cards
Don’t forget to purchase Food Certificates after mass.
They are the same as cash at Safeway, Family Thrift
Center and Wal-Mart. This program benefits Church
Response, needy families in our parish, and our youth
programs. Food Certificates are also available for purchase during the week in the office.
Humanae Vitae 48th Anniversary!!
On July 25, 2016, the Church will celebrate the 48th
Anniversary of Pope Paul VI’s encyclical on married
love, Humanae Vitae, a timeless teaching, which is
incredibly timely today! Pope Paul VI predicted that
contraception would lead to a myriad of unintended
consequences including marital infidelity, lower
moral standards, a lessening of the “reverence due
to a woman” and increased interference by the government into “the most personal and intimate responsibility of husband and wife.” Unfortunately,
one doesn’t need to be a social scientist to see that
his warnings were sadly prophetic. But there is
hope! St. John Paul II’s Theology of the Body increased the Church’s understanding of the beauty of
married love, and scientific advances in Natural
Family Planning have made it possible to responsibly live out the call to authentic married love in the
21st century. Come find out and celebrate how the
timeless, yet timely, teaching of the Church is more
relevant today than ever! Your prayers, your witness, your knowledge, and your willingness to
share all of this can change our culture and
change our world! Join us for a Celebration of
Humanae Vitae, NFP and Married Love Including
a Talk, Holy Hour and Reception St. Joseph
Catholic Church, Spearfish, July 25, 6:308:30pm.
For questions, call Amy Julian, 605.716.5214 x236 or
email [email protected] RSVP’s are not necessary,
but are appreciated to help us plan!