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WELCOME TO THE PARISHES OF
Holy Spirit Parish 227 Third St. Two Harbors, MN
HOLY SPIRIT & ST. MARY’S
HOLY SPIRIT PARISH Mass Schedule Confession Schedule
Saturday: 4:30 pm Friday: 7:30 - 8:00 am
Sunday: 11:00 am Saturday: 3:30 - 4:15 pm
Or by appointment.
Eucharistic Adoration: Fridays 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Holy Spirit Office Hours:
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Monday - Thursday
7:00 am - 11:00 am Fridays
Office is located in parish basement.
Office ................................................. (218) 834-4659
Office E-mail ............................. [email protected]
Liturgy E-mail ........... [email protected]
Rectory ............................................... (218) 834-4313
Parish Website ............ www.holyspirittwoharbors.org
Deacon Tim Egan ............................... (218) 349-9175
Deacon Scott Peters ............................ (218) 834-2543
Youth Ministry ................................... (218) 226-3100
Prayer Intentions ................................ (218) 834-4659
Birthright ............................................ (800) 550-4900
ST. MARY’S PARISH Mass Schedule Confession Schedule
Saturday: 7:15 pm Saturday: 6:30 - 7:00 pm
Sunday: 8:30 am Sunday: 7:50 - 8:15 am
Or by appointment.
Eucharistic Adoration: Wednesdays 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
St. Mary’s Office Hours:
8:00 am - 2:00 pm Monday - Thursday
Office is located in St. Mary’s Rectory.
Office/Rectory .................................... (218) 226-3100
Church Hall ........................................ (218) 226-3691
Parish E-mail .............. [email protected]
Parish Website .................... www.stmarysilverbay.org
Deacon Fred Wright ........................... (218) 220-1790
Deacon Jack Ferris (Retired) .............. (218) 226-4753
Father Michael Lyons (in Residence) (218) 830-1600
Prayer Chain ......... (218) 226-3639 or (218) 226-3841
SACRAMENTS OF MARRIAGE, BAPTISM, ANOINTING OF THE SICK:
Please contact your parish office.
Pastor: Rev. Steven Laflamme
St. Mary’s Parish 57 Horn Blvd.
Silver Bay, MN
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time | August 20, 2017
BULLETIN SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Bulletin Announcements must be submitted to your parish office before
the parish office closes on Mondays.
[email protected] (218) 834-4313
St. Mary’s, Silver Bay
Parish News: Don’t forget Vacation Bible School is this week: Our theme is The Mass. You are never too young or too old to learn about the awesome beauty & mystery of the Mass! VBS will run Monday, August 21 - Wednesday, August 23, 10:30 am - 3 pm each day.
Knights of Columbus Annual Picnic: We will meet on Tuesday, August 22 at the Dugas Cabin at 5:00 pm. Meat and drinks are provided. Please bring an item to share, along with plates and utensils.
Coffee & Rolls: St. Margaret Circle will be hosting Coffee & Rolls after Mass on Sunday, August 27. Please plan to join us for delicious treats and great fellowship.
New Dynamic Catholic book - Into the Deep: Discover why growing in prayer, which sometimes can be compared to a battle, is worth every ounce of effort you give it. Even if you’ve never prayed, or if you’ve never developed the habit of daily prayer, God is waiting to meet you where you are and encourage you every step of the way.
Using a simple approach to prayer, you’ll learn how even ten minutes a day can change your life. Author Dan Burke explains how to set up your own sacred prayer space, discusses the common obstacles to prayer, and provides practical ways to overcome them. You’ll also read stories of others who are seeking to orient themselves to God through prayer.
If you’re ready for God to transform your heart and mind, you will know the life that Jesus has promised; a life of peace and joy that cannot be taken away by the trials of this world.
Please check these amazing resources on the bulletin table. Help yourself to the wonderful books & CDs. Once you have read or listened to them, pass them on to a friend or family member. What a great, easy way to share the faith!
Lectio: Eucharist - Discovering the Mass in the Bible: Jesus said “This is my Body” and “This is my Blood.” Some say they’re merely symbols of remembrance. Others say they’re really the Body and Blood of Christ, but can’t explain how that’s possible. The Eucharist is the center-point of the Mass – but why?
We will begin this Bible Study on Sunday, September 24 at 6:30 pm. In ten sessions, we will open Scripture to deepen our understanding of the mystery and wonder that is the Eucharist – and how it will transform your life. For more details contact Cindy in the Parish office.
Please Keep These People In Your Prayers
Parishioners: Rick Scheradella, Lino Rauzi, Gale Fredrickson, Tom Bott, Marilyn Johnson, Greta Stefanich, Ted Youngberg,
Tim Downey, Joan Scallen, Deanna Larson.
Clergy: Deacon Fred Wright, Fr. Francis Paquette.
Relatives & Friends: Jeff Mitchell, Mark Rollins, Steve MacMillan, Jan Hardel, Brad Hove, Linda Powers, Dan Moudry, Johnny Jerabek.
Military: Todd Curry, John Ferguson, Karen McGrane, Michael Seipke, Sam West, Chris Grensing, Sean Stebbins, Mike Ament.
Prayer Updates
Mary Fredrickson and the Dan Clark family would like to thank you for your prayers this past year. Dan passed away on July 26; may he rest in peace.
Rick Scheradella would like to thank everyone for all your prayers. He has completed his first day of chemo and is feeling great.
Family Faith Formation
Mark your calendars, we will kick off our Faith Formation school year on Wednesday, September 6 at 6 pm. We will start the night with dinner at 6 pm, followed by classes at 6:30 pm. If you have a student in Kindergarten-Grade 12 who hasn’t attended our program in the past and you’d like to enroll them for this year, please contact Cindy in the Parish office. Our Faith Formation program meets the first and third Wednesday of each month. Remember, our Faith Formation program is not just for the kids, the parents will meet in the Social Hall so they can also grow in their faith. All parishioners are invited to join the parents on this Adult Faith Formation journey.
Adult Faith Formation
Looking for a way to grow in your faith? Plan to attend the Adult Faith Formation starting Wednesday, September 6. Join us for dinner & fellowship at 6 pm, followed by class at 6:30 pm. This is an opportunity to not only grow in your faith but to meet new people, too.
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Fr. Steve’s Church Teaching for Consideration: Priestly Celibacy
“Priestly celibacy has been guarded by the Church for centuries as a brilliant jewel, and retains
its value undiminished even in our time when the outlook of men and the state of the world have
undergone such profound changes.” -Pope Paul VI
As I continue our discussion of marriage and human sexuality in my bulletin articles, I would like today to speak about the reason why priests in the Catholic Church (at least in the West), are required to abstain from marriage and must live lives of celibate chastity. Most of us know that priests cannot get married, but I wonder if many of us know why that is the case. In fact, especially in recent times, many have wondered if Catholic priests should be permitted to get married. Some
argue that allowing priests to marry would increase the amount of priestly vocations. And some argue that not getting married and engaging in a healthy, marital sexual life is unnatural or unhealthy in that priests are required to unnaturally suppress healthy desires for sexual intimacy, which can be detrimental to the priest’s psychological, physiological and social development as a mature and well-balanced human person. These are serious objections. So, before answering them directly, I’d like to point out a few things about priestly celibacy itself. First of all, the life of celibate chastity, that is, making a promise or vow to God to intentionally forego sexual intimacy and marriage, is itself a vocation, or calling from God. It is true that a man cannot be ordained a Catholic priest in the Latin Church without also making a promise to live a life of celibacy, but we also believe that celibacy itself is a calling from God. In other words, if God is calling a man to become a priest, then He is also calling Him to live a life of celibacy. And when God calls us to do something, He always provides us with the grace to accomplish it. Second, it’s important for us to understand why the Church currently requires Her priests to forego marriage. Some believe that it’s simply practical- it would be too tough for a man to both attend to his wife and children and, at the same time, adequately attend to the parishioners entrusted to his spiritual care. That is indeed part of the reason why priests cannot get married. But it’s not the whole reason. It’s also because of who the priest becomes. On the day he is ordained to the holy priesthood, a priest literally lays down his life, his wants, his desires, in order to follow Jesus Christ very closely and to serve the needs of Church. In fact, this promise to serve the Church who is the Bride of Jesus Christ is so total, that one could say that the priest marries the Church. In imitation of Jesus, Whose priesthood he shares, the Catholic priest sees the Church, and in a special way, the parishes or people that he is assigned to serve, as his bride- they are the people whom he is supposed to lay down his life for in love, just as a husband does for his wife and vice versa on their wedding day. And this dedication to Jesus and His Church is meant to be so total, so complete, that it even includes the priest’s body. In other words, the priest gives himself completely and totally to Jesus Christ and to the Church, soul and body; he literally forgoes human marriage to be a witness to the kingdom of Heaven, because in Heaven, there will be no marriage, no sex, no bearing of children. Now, allow me to respond to the objections I mentioned above. It is simply not the case that if we allowed priests to marry, then we would have more priests. The reason for the shortage of priests is not due to the Church’s rule that priests can’t get married- all one has to do is look to some of our Protestant brothers and sisters and see how even though their ministers are married, they too are often suffering from a shortage of ministers. The priestly vocation shortage is due to a much deeper source that will have to be the topic of a future bulletin article. As to the objection that living an entire life without marriage or sex is somehow unnatural, well, in a certain sense, it’s not natural; it’s supernatural. Marriage and begetting children is the natural desire and state of affairs for most men and women. The call to give up marriage for the sake of the kingdom of heaven is a supernatural calling from God. Now, does that mean that living a life of celibacy is easy? No, it’s a challenge. But just because one chooses to abstain from sexual activity doesn’t mean that they are somehow living a life that is unhealthy. Here, I’d like to let Pope Paul VI speak: “It is not right to continue repeating that celibacy is against nature because it runs counter to lawful physical, psychic and affective needs, or to claim that a completely mature human personality demands fulfillment of these needs. Man, created to God's image and likeness, is not just flesh and blood; the sexual instinct is not all that he has; man has also, and pre-eminently, understanding, choice, freedom, and thanks to these powers he is, and must remain, the chief work of creation; they give him mastery over his physical, mental and emotional appetites.” In other words, we are called to control our desires, and not allow our desires to control us. By God’s grace, the priest is able to abstain from marriage and family life for a greater purpose- to effectively serve God’s people and to be a witness of a life totally and wholly dedicated, body and soul, to God. God bless you! ~ Fr. Steve
Upcoming Diocese Events: Sunday, September 17: Built Upon a Rock Fest at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary in Duluth. Saturday, September 30: God’s Gift-To Love Every Body at UW Superior. Saturday, October 14: 2017 Diocesan Assembly at Marshall School in Duluth.
Holy Spirit, Two Harbors
Family Faith Formation:
It is time to register your family for Faith Formation!
You can register after Mass on Sunday, August 27 or
register ahead of time by email. To register by email
contact me at [email protected]. Our first
night of Family Faith Formation will be Wednesday,
September 13. The families will start out with dinner
together at 6 pm followed by classes at 6:30 pm. All
parishioners who would like to attend the Adult Faith
Formation are welcome to meet with us in the Church
at 6:30 pm. I am so excited to join you on this new faith
formation journey and am looking forward to an
amazing year together. If you have any questions, please
don’t hesitate to contact me at 226-3100. ~ Cindy Rowlee A New Opportunity for Parish Involvement: We are looking for people who would be willing to help
prepare the suppers for Family Faith Formation and for
clean up. Neither will be hard as we are planning
pretty simple suppers and are using paper products for
serving. Please call Gwen at 834-2605 or Linda at
834-3568 to volunteer. Family Faith Formation starts
Sept. 13th and we would need help at about 4:30 to
prepare and serve and at 6:00 for clean up.
Annual Fall Bazaar
Save the date: Saturday, Sept. 30th from 9 am -2 pm for
our annual Fall Bazaar. If you do woodworking, sew,
paint, knit/crochet or know of anyone with these talents
and are interested in having a table at $20 per table,
please email Connie at [email protected] or call
834-4433.
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Sacred Heart Candle: You may have noticed
the red candle at the base of the Sacred Heart
statue. These candles may be purchased for
$2.00 and will burn all week long for your
personal prayer intention.
Please Keep These People In Your Prayers:
PARISHIONERS: Arthur Barthman, John Erickson, Ron
Kor, Mary Murphy, JoAnn Payment, and Verna Rafn.
FRIENDS & RELATIVES: Bill Carlson and Patty
Harrison-Isakson.
MILITARY PERSONNEL: Garrett Aho, Nate Berger,
Jacob Kearin, James Mickle, Christopher Uremovich,
Maddison Zavoral and Sophia Zavoral. SACRED HEART CANDLE: The Lundgren Children.
Coming Home Basket
The basket located in the vestibule (Church
entrance) on the right side is a “Coming Home
Basket.” Anyone who knows of someone who has
drifted away from their Catholic faith is encouraged
to write the name of the person on a sheet of paper
located in front of the basket and place the paper
inside the basket. As a faith community we are
encouraged to pray for the people whose names have
been placed in the Coming Home Basket as well as to
encourage those who have drifted away to return.
Eucharistic Adoration
We have Eucharistic Adoration every Friday 9:00 am
until noon. There is a sign-up sheet in the back of the
church to be certain that someone is always in
attendance during the time of Exposition. If you are
available during this time, please consider signing up
to spend an hour with the Lord in prayer.
Rosary
Our Blessed Mother Mary is pleading with all of us to
pray the Rosary—a very powerful prayer. Besides
praying the Rosary prior to weekday Masses, we also
pray the Rosary at 4:00 pm before the 4:30 Saturday
evening Mass and at 10:30 am before the 11:00 am
Sunday morning Mass. Please join us in praying the
Rosary. If you are interested in leading the Rosary
prior to one of the weekend Masses, please call Linda
at 834-3568.
Saturday ST. JOHN EUDES 8/19/17
6:30 p.m.
7:15 p.m.
Sacrament of Penance
Mass - Intention for Deacon Fred Wright
Reader…....Marge Jorgenson
Cantor........Rick Frericks w/Guitar Accpt.
Plate……...Steve Rohloff
Chalices….Michelle Geissler & Emma Rohloff
Servers...…Lucas Stadler & Michaela Geissler
Sunday 20TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 8/20/17
7:50 a.m.
8:30 a.m.
Sacrament of Penance
Mass - Intention for All Parishioners
Reader…...A.J. LeGeault
Cantor........Rick Frericks w/Guitar Accpt.
Plate……...Deacon Jack Ferris
Chalices….Ken & Bonnie Kruger
Servers…...Mita Frericks & Jason Blood
Monday ST. PIUS X 8/21/17
No Mass
Tuesday THE QUEENSHIP OF
THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY 8/22/17
7:50 a.m.
8:15 a.m. Rosary
Mass - Intention for John & Ben Wright Birthdays
Wednesday ST. ROSE OF LIMA 8/23/17
7:50 a.m.
8:15 a.m.
8:50 a.m.
3:00 p.m.
Rosary
Mass - Intention for Special Intention “H”
Adoration
Benediction
Thursday ST. BARTHOLOMEW 8/24/17
7:50 a.m.
8:15 a.m. Rosary
Mass - Intention for Ed Grahek
Friday ST. LOUIS & ST. JOSEPH CALASANZ 8/25/17
7:50 a.m.
8:15 a.m. Rosary
Mass - Intention for Gen Grahek
Saturday BLESSED VIRGIN MARY 8/26/17
6:30 p.m.
7:15 p.m.
Sacrament of Penance
Mass - Intention for Joan Paulson
Reader…....Emma Rohloff
Cantor........Patty Armstrong
Plate……...Don Seipke
Chalices….Tom Frericks & Steve Rohloff
Servers...…Giovanni & Corrina Marolt
Sunday 21ST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 8/27/17
7:50 a.m.
8:30 a.m.
Sacrament of Penance
Mass - Intention for All Parishioners
Reader…...Thomas Clifford
Cantor........Tom Palen
Plate……...Deacon Jack Ferris
Chalices….Lois Kaari & Judy Zupancich
Servers…...Jake & Lucas Stadler
St. Mary’s Mass Schedule Holy Spirit’s Mass Schedule
Weekend Collection
General…………….…..…………...…….…………...$2642.30 UCA…………………………………………………….…….$565.00
Saturday ST. JOHN EUDES 8/19/17
3:30 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
Sacrament of Penance
Mass — Intention for All Parishioners
Reader……Barb Haynes
Cantor........Mary Simonsen
Chalices….Carol Anderson & Kathy McMahon
Servers…...Luke Johnson & Hayden Johnson
Sunday 20TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 8/20/17
11:00 a.m.
Mass — Intention for Marge Giacomini
Reader…....Harold Ek
Cantor........Mary Simonsen
Chalices….Shari Hendren & Nancy Olsen
Servers…...Sid & Livy Hendren
Monday ST. PIUS X 8/21/17
8:15 a.m. Mass
Tuesday THE QUEENSHIP OF
THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY 8/22/17
8:15 a.m. Mass — Intention for Dave Battaglia
Wednesday ST. ROSE OF LIMA 8/23/17
No Mass
Thursday ST. BARTHOLOMEW 8/24/17
8:15 a.m. Mass— Intention for Special Intention “H”
Friday ST. LOUIS & ST. JOSEPH CALASANZ 8/25/17
7:30 a.m.
8:15 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
12:00 p.m.
Sacrament of Penance
Mass — Intention for Toni Malfeo
Eucharistic Adoration
Benediction
Saturday BLESSED VIRGIN MARY 8/26/17
3:30 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
Sacrament of Penance
Mass — Intention for All Parishioners
Reader……Liz Scheidt
Cantor........Judy Fleischer
Chalices….Shawn & Kathy McMahon
Servers…...Kate Thomasen & To be assigned
Sunday 21ST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 8/27/17
11:00 a.m.
12:00 p.m.
Mass — Intention for Dan Welle
Reader…....To be assigned
Cantor........Rosemary Guiney
Chalices….Chris & Gina Lemke
Servers…...Anthony Lemke & Ethan Bopp
Faith Formation Registration
Limited Office Hours: Treasaigh will be out of the office
until September 4th. In her absence, Judy Fleischer will be
in the office periodically checking messages. Please use
[email protected] during the weeks of August 21st
thru September 4th.
Weekend Collection
General .................................................... $2,700.85
Building Fund ........................................... $660.00
UCA……..……...…….….....……..……....$312.50
