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Welcome Visitors! If you are new to our parish
please contact the Parish Office to register.
Reconciliation: Before each Mass or by appointment anytime.
At St. Lawrence every Saturday from 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm CT
Marriage: Arrangements must be made with the Pastor at least 9 months prior
to the wedding. Baptism:
Class required for the first child. Please contact the Pastor
to schedule.
Remember in Prayer Marilyn Roth, John Clarys, Amber Wibstad, Dan Roth,
Karen Reisenauer, John Schafer, Nick Reisenauer, Doris Hartman,
Eileen Paul, Ray Leingang, John Jochim, Pat Hauge,
Enid Steinkuehler, Duane Voigt, Blaise & Mary Ann Koch,
Kelly Breidenbach, Jodi Kim , Soren Sanderson,
Sheyanna Jevne To place a name on the Prayer List,
please call Darlene Friesz at
Dear Padre September 22, 2019
Is withholding or withdrawing life support a form of euthanasia?
While it’s always morally wrong to kill an innocent person, it can sometimes be morally right to allow someone to die. This implies that it is sometimes morally wrong to allow a person to die. To withhold antibiotics from a person who has every chance of recovering and living a full life if given the medication would be morally wrong. But there are times when we must accept that our death is inevitable and that additional medical treatment will place an excessive burden on us and our caretakers, with little benefit. To refuse such treatment is not a form of suicide; rather it’s a decision to allow the dying process to take its natural course. The key words here are excessive burden and little benefit. When is using a ventilator too burdensome to bear and able to be withdrawn? When is the natural care of nutrition and hydration failing to do what it should? Such life-sustaining treatment or care may be too burdensome for some but not for others. A young person after a car accident may be left a quadriplegic and unable to breathe without a ventilator. He might consider the ventilator an extraordinary means of preserving life and want to discontinue its use. Any determination that disregards the value of this person’s life—by the patient himself or anyone else—must be avoided. Ultimately, such judgments shouldn’t be made without a careful review of Catholic moral teaching, medical and spiritual consultation, and a well-formed conscience. —[email protected] From Life, Death, and Catholic Medical Choices, Frs. Kevin O’Neil, CSsR, and Peter Black, STD, © 2011 Liguori Publications
A Tweet from our Bishop David D. Kagan
Our Lady of Sorrows teaches us that if we remain faithful to Jesus, even our sorrows
are moments of grace and strength. Our Lady of Sorrows,
stay with us and pray for us.
Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
September 22, 2019
PRAISE THE LORD WHO LIFTS UP THE POOR. Psalm 113
Lectio Divina (praying with the Bible)
John 6:36-40
Pastor
Rev. Dennis Schafer
Cell: (701) 301-0609 Office: (701) 597-3228
Email: dschafer @bismarckdiocese.com
Parish Office
421 Court Street
Flasher ND, 58535
Phone/ Fax: (701) 597-3228
Office Hours Mon-Thurs 7:30 am-3:30 pm CT
Parish Administrative Assistant,
Director of Religious Education V. Noel Wax
Email: [email protected] Sacristan Rose Hintz
Maintenance
~ St. Theresa ~
Ralph & Iola Ruscheinsky
~ St. Lawrence ~ Chris Senff
SCRIPTURE READINGS FOR THE WEEK
SUN Sept 22: Amos 8:4-7; Ps 113:1-8; 1 Tim 2:1-8; Lk 16:1-13 Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mon Sept 23: Ezra 1:1-6; Ps 126:1-6; Lk 8:16-18 St. Pius of Pietrelcina, Priest
Tue Sept 24: Ezra 6:7-20; Ps 112:1-5; Lk 8:19-21 St. Gerard Sagredo, Bishop & Martyr
Wed Sept 25: Ezra 9:5-9; Tob 13:2-4, 7-8; Lk 9:14-6 St. Sergius of Moscow, Abbot
Thur Sept 26: Hag 1:1-8; Ps 149:1-6; Lk 9:7-9 Sts. Cosmos & Damien, Martyrs
Fri Sept 27: Hag 2:1-9; Ps 43:1-4; Lk -:18-22 St. Vincent de Paul, Priest
Sat Sept 28: Zech 2:5-15; Jem 31:1-13; Lk 9:43-45 St. Lawrence Ruiz and Companions, Martyrs
SUN Sept 29: Amos; Ps 146:7-10; 1 Tim 6:11-16; Lk 16:19-31 Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Deadline for Bulletin Items is Tuesday at 3 pm.
Complete ministry schedules and bulletins are on our website: www.catholic3nd.com
Paper copies of the ministry schedule for liturgical ministers are available at the front of the church
starting the second Sunday of the month.
Trinity Carpentry Contact John Clarys
102 Oliver Ave
Center ND
Duric Hoff Custom Spraying Phone: 701-391-8716
EXPERIENCE YOU CAN TRUST
Have the ability to apply: Liquid Fertilizer Pre & Post Burn down In Crop Herbicides, Fungicides & Insecticides
Rep. Brad Doll P:597-3535
F:597-3537 117 N. Main PO Box 77
Bammer’s Gutters
Allan Bahm
6502 47th Ave, SW Flasher ND 58535
(c) 701-471-3294 1-877-597-3249
(fax) 701-597-3250
When you were born, you were crying and everyone
around you was smiling. Live your life so at the end, you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying
COUNTRY EMBROIDERY
6750 43rd Ave Flasher, ND 58535
www.bulldogcountryembroidery.com
701-597-3689
Allan & Nancy Malm
Community
Elgin
601 East St. North Elgin, ND 584-3338
Clinic
Raleigh Grain Co Inc. .
. 701-597-3571
360 Railway St Raleigh, ND
Elgin Dental
Clinic
Dr. John Sanderson DDS
306 N. Main St. Elgin ND 58580
1-701-584-2580
For all your
SEED CORN SOYBEANS
& ALFALFA contact:
Florian Zins
597-3661
PJ Deichert-Owner 211 MAIN ST. N
Flasher ND 58535 (701) 597-3694
Your local Auto Parts Deal-
PJ’S FARM SUPPLY INC.
T R U C K I N G
We cannot better assure our eternal happiness than by living and dying in the service of the poor, in the arms of
Providence, and with genuine renouncement of ourselves in order to
follow Jesus Christ. ~St. Vincent de Paul
3 Saints Gift Shop is open If I had a thousand lives, I would give them all to the Lord.
~St. Lawrence Ruiz
Father, guide us, as You guide creation according to Your law of love. May we
love one another and come to perfection in the eternal life
prepared for us. Amen.
St. Lawrence Catholic Church 421 Court Street Flasher, ND
St. Theresa of the Child Jesus Catholic Church
Carson, ND
St Gertrude Catholic Church Raleigh, ND
Mass Schedule
St. Lawrence T 5:30 pm CT W, Th, F 7:00 am CT Sun 9:00 am CT
St. Theresa Wednesday 5:30 pm MT Sunday 10:30 am MT
St. Gertrude Thursday 5:30 pm CT Saturday 7:30 pm CT
Eucharistic Adoration St. Lawrence -Tues 4:30 pm CT
St. Theresa - Wed 4:30 pm MT
St. Gertrude - Thur 4:30 pm CT
Reconciliation: Before each Mass or by Appointment anytime.
At St. Lawrence every Saturday from 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm CT
I praise You, God, for I am poor!
Did You Know?
Every day, the Catholic Church feeds, clothes, shelters, and
educates more people than any other organization in the world.
Are you Cross-training?
Is my rosary still usable if the crucifix fell off?
Yes, it is still usable. A rosary is an aid to prayer, it is not the prayer
itself. You simply need to remember the proper prayer (Apostles Creed) at
that part of the rosary.
Eucharistic Adoration at our Thirst Conference
The diocese is asking that all parishes within the diocese
participate in Eucharistic Adoration during the Thirst Conference.
The time for our parishes is on Saturday October 26, 2019
from 5:00—6:00 pm CT at the Bismarck Event Center.
If you are willing to spend some special time with Jesus at that time
and place, please call the parish office so we can let the co-ordinators know
that we have people who will be there at that time.
You are invited to spend time in adoration during the conference
outside of our assigned time.
Mass Intentions
Sun {Sept 22} +Adam Schafer by His Children
Tue {Sept 24} Needs of Leo Zins
by Tim and Gloria Wanner
Wed {Sept 25) + Bill Ternes
by Hilda Hinderer
Thurs {Sept 26} +Eileen Friesz
by Isabelle Schmidt Family
Fri {Sept 27} +Don Ripplinger
by Ervin & Janet Ripplinger
Sun {Sept 29} For the People
Liturgical Ministries September 29, 2019
Readers: Bob Hintz EME: Jolene Jochim Shelly Meyhoff
Servers: Aaron Fitterer Logan Fleck
Gifts: Mike Jochim Family
Ushers: Jim Breiner Owen Erhardt
Music: V Noel Wax
Rosary: Jeannie Fitterer
Counters: Amy Richter Jolene Jochim
Mass Intentions
Sun {Sept 22} +Rose Grimm
by Peter & Val Reis
Wed {Sept 18} +Lloyd LeBeau
by Bruce LeBeau
Sun {Sept 29} for the People
Liturgical Ministries September 29, 2019
Reader: Anna Hauge EME: Ann Hertz Reed Hertz
Servers: Kaitlyn Hauge Cole Martin
Gifts: Kevin Jensen Family
Ushers: Allan Bahm Ray Hintz
Rosary: Joanie Bahm
Counters: Karen Ulrich Ann Hertz
Liturgical Ministries September 28, 2019
Reader: Kelly Hetzel EME: Tess Kraft Gerard Kraft . . Servers: Cyndi Deichert Braeden Fergel . . Gifts: Gerard & Tess Kraft . Ushers: Miles Miller * Francis Fergel . Rosary: Gerard Kraft
Music: V. Noel Wax
Week of 09-15-19 $ 232.00 Fiscal Year 2019-2020 $ 5,279.32
Children’s Offering $ 0.00
Children’s Charity $ 7.00
Weekly Budget Goal $ 463.50
Participation Rate 7/32 (22%)
Week of 09-15-19 $1,545.82
Fiscal Year 2019-2020 $ 13,327.55
Children’s Offering $16.00
Children’s Charity $ 12.82
Weekly Budget Goal $ 1,345.65
Participation Rate 25/98 (25.5%)
Week of 09-15-19 $982.00
Fiscal Year 2019-2020 $ 8,45900
Children’s Offering $ 11.00
Children’s Charity $31.00
Weekly Budget Goal $ 806.85
Participation Rate 21/79 (26.6%)
Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time September 22, 2019
Søren Kierkegaard, the Danish philosopher, once told about a make-believe country where only ducks lived. On Sunday morning all the ducks came into Church, waddled down the aisle, waddled into their pews and squatted. Then the duck minister came in, took his place behind the pulpit, opened the Duck Bible and read, “Ducks! You have wings, and with wings you can fly like eagles. You can soar into the skies! Ducks! You have wings!” All the ducks yelled, “Amen!” and then they all waddled home. No one flew or even tried. Don’t you think there is a great deal of truth in that little fable? Using the parable of a rascal manager in today’s Gospel, Jesus challenges us to see that it is time for the children of light to quit waddling. It’s time for us to soar by wisely using our God-given talents and blessings for the welfare of others, thus glorifying God and becoming eligible for our eternal reward. May we be the people that Jesus praises because we saw something that needed to be done and we did it.
In Him we have new life,
Mass Intentions
Sat {Sept 21} +Rose Weinhandl
by Gerard & Tess Kraft
Thurs {Sept 26} +Rachel Miller by Oscar Miller
Sat {Sept 29} +Lyla Schreiner
by bob & Brenda Ternes Kendall K. Frank (4) 09-23
Mary, Companion of the sorrowful, pray for us.
Our Beloved Dead Pray for our Beloved Dead and those who have no one to pray for them.
+Timothy Nagel 09-01-03 +Richard Kraft 09-04-04 +Ardys Schafer 09-04-05
+Richard Reinke 09-09-11 +Lambert Miller 09-11-02 +Amelia Miller 09-12-06 +Irene Ternes 09-13-16
+Darlene Gammell 09-15-09 +Donald Hertz 09-15-15
+Gordon Uhlman 09-18013 +Blaise Grosz 09-19-11
+Max Ruscheinsky 09-20-01 +Adam Schafer 09-22-18 +Oscar Borchert 09-23-02
+Cynthia Deichert 09-30-06 +Belbine Klein 09-30-06
Congratulations
Ashley Schmitt Dusty Frank
married September 21, 2019 Prayer is part of our stewardship.
Kyle & Stephanie Craine 09-27 Calvin & Ashley Meyer 09-28
Corporate Board Meeting
Meetings are required by ND state law.
St. Lawrence 6:15 pm MT
Tues. September 24
St. Theresa 6:15 pm MT
Wed. September 25
September is dedicated to the
Seven Sorrows of Mary
Fellowship {September 29, 2019}
Kathy Hoff, Amy Schriock,
Andrea Muggli, Desiree Olson
Confirmation Meeting for St. Theresa & St. Lawrence
7:45 pm CT Wednesday October 2, 2019
for ALL confirmands and their parents at St. Lawrence,
in the church Meeting and Prayer Service
Oktoberfest St. Theresa
October 13, 2019
Meal 11:00 am—1 pm MT Bingo: 1-3 pm MT
Local Fall Suppers
St. Michael Church Watauga, SD
September 29, 2019 11 am-1 pm MT
St. Anthony Church St. Anthony, ND October 6, 2019
12 noon– 2:30 pm Sacred Heart Church
Wilton, ND October 6, 2019
11 am - 1:30 pm CT
The Carson Community Cemetery is in need of donations to help in
mowing and maintenance. Make the donations payable to Carson Community Cemetery
and send them to Ralph Ruscheinsky,
PO Box 303, Carson, ND, 58539
Evelyn Schmid 09-25
Catechetical Sunday
We would like to recognize our
PREP teachers and helpers at Masses on Sunday October 6.
Randy Schafer 09-23
Enid Steinkuehler Medical fundraiser
Sausage, Knoefla & Kraut Dinner
Wednesday September 25, 2019 5:00– 7:00 pm MT
Rock Ridge Event Room 218 N Main St., Carson ND
Free Will Offering
ND Right to Life Annual Life Chain October 6, 2019 1:15– 2:30 pm CT
6th St & Blvd Ave, Bismarck, ND Silent Prayer & Reflection
