ST. MARK’S BOTTINEAU & ST. ANDREW’S WESTHOPE

PARISH OFFICE: (701) 228-3164 RECTORY: (701) 228-5164 stsmanda@utma.com

322 Sinclair St. • Bottineau, ND • 58318 - www.stmark-standrew.org

March 25—26, Fourth Sunday of Lent

PARISH STAFF

Fr Michael Hickin, Pastor

Ursula Palmer, Secretary

Cathy Miller, Custodian

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Valerie Heth, DRE

St. Andrew’s Parish

Ursula Palmer, DRE

St. Mark’s Parish

WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE

Saturday 5:30 pm, Bottineau

Sunday 9:00 am, Westhope

And 11:00 am, Bottineau

CONFESSIONS

Saturday, 4:30 pm, Bottineau

Sunday, 8:30 am, Westhope

Or by Appointment

OFFICE HOURS

Tue 12:30pm-5:00pm

Wed 9:00am-3:30pm

Thurs 12:30pm-5:00pm

Fri 9:00am-5:00pm

PARISH NEWS AND EVENTS

UPCOMING EVENTS St. Andrew’s— K-6 Religious Ed.— April 2, 12, 23, 30 (CYO) Parish Council Mtg, Weds, Apr 5, 5:30 pm, followed by Stations of the Cross @ 7 pm. St. Mark’s— Religious Ed Classes K-6— March 29, April 5, 19, 2 Altar Society meeting– April 6 @ 5:30pm

STEWARDSHIP MOMENTS “Not as man sees does God see, because man sees the appearance but the Lord looks into the heart.” – 1 Sam-uel 16:7

How often do we invest our time, talent and treasure in creating an appearance that does not matter at all to God? We strive to impress with our clothing, home, ca-reer, possessions, car and other marks of distinction. But none of these illusions of greatness will impress God. Instead, He will look into our hearts to see how much we loved Him, how much we loved others and how we showed that love by the way we used our time, talents and treasure here on earth.

Report For March 19, 2017

St Andrew’s: Ad env $ 895 Pl $ 47 and Ch $ 14 St Mark’s: Ad env $ 2158 Pl $ 86 Ch $ 25 Build. Impr. $ 100

Sat, March 25, 5:30 p.m. St. Mark’s

(† Duane Sebelius)

Sun, March 26, 9 a.m. St. Andrew’s

(Parishioners)

Sun, 11 a.m. St. Mark’s

(† Delmar Haberman)

Tue, March 28, 12 p.m. St. Mark’s

(† Tom & Priscilla Fischer)

Wed, March 29, 12 p.m. St. Mark’s

(† Stanley Estenson)

Thurs, March 30, 9 a.m. St. Andrew’s

(† Mary Pugh)

Fri, March 31, 11 a.m. Good Samaritan

(† Mary Pugh & Albert Pugh)

Sat, April 1, 5:30 p.m. St. Mark’s

(† Robert Brunelle)

Sun, April 2, 9 a.m. St. Andrew’s

(† Shawna Deschamp)

Sun, 11 a.m. St. Mark’s

(Parishioners)

Home Communion Any St. Mark parishioners desiring

Holy Communion at home, call

Claudia Trebas (228-2339) by

Monday evening to be put on the list.

To add or remove a name, please

contact Deb Wyman at 245-6538 or

the parish office.

PARISHIONERS, FAMILY, AND FRIENDS: Military personnel &

their families, Cindy Volk, Wayne Barbot, Kenadi Zappone, Bridget

Herpel, Jerry Burns, Glen Brandjord, Eloise Halvorson, Dakota,

Lloyd McKeown, Todd Pigeon, Duane Indridson, Arvid Anderson,

Ryan Volk, Donna Estenerson, Candice Fulsebakke, Brenda Mar-

quardt, Marlys Hummel, Tanya Buzzerd, Sandy Hoffman, Clay

Gunderson, Sylvia Frazer, Shirley Pasicznyk, Harvey Soland; a

special private intention.

Mass Intention Request

A Mass intention is requested for :

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From:

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Suggested offering is $10.00 per Mass intention

Fast from judging others; Feast on Christ dwelling in them. Fast from fear of illness; Feast on the healing power of God. Fast from words that pollute; Feast on speech that purifies. Fast from discontent; Feast on gratitude. Fast from anger; Feast on patience. Fast from pessimism; Feast on hope. Fast from negatives; Feast on encouragement. Fast from bitterness; Feast on forgiveness. Fast from self-concern; Feast on compassion. Fast from suspicion; Feast on truth. Fast from gossip; Feast on purposeful silence. Fast from problems that overwhelm; Feast on prayer that sustains. Fast from anxiety; Feast on faith. -Author Unknown

St. Mark Parish First Reconciliation retreat and First Reconciliation on April 2 @ 5:30 for our 2nd graders and Communal Penance Service for the Parish @ 7pm

St. Mark’s Ministries for April 1-2 DATE EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS READER GIFT BEARERS USHERS GREETERS COUNTERS

Satr. Bread: Anne Bergeron Bobbi Aus / Vickie Gangl

Jan Picard Mitch & Nicole Schmidt

Matt Brandjord / Dennis Lagassse

Monte Mikkelsen family

Sun. Bread: Kathy McGhan Megan & Tyler Rogers

Jared Nelson Schweitzer family Mike Nero / Chuck Nubauer

Nero family Priscilla Sturdevant / Karen Sollin

From the Pastor’s Pen

SEEING IS BELIEVING. Today, Jesus heals a man born blind. The man later meets Jesus, who

asks him if he believes in the Son of Man. “Who is he?” “The one speaking with you.” Then the

man worships Jesus and professes, “I do believe, Lord.”

What a literal application of the saying, seeing is believing. Jesus gives sight to a man who

then puts his faith in Jesus.

How does it work for us? For the man in the Gospel, getting physical sight leads to a spir-

itual seeing, faith. For those who just open their eyes and see automatically without any miracle, how do we believe?

This winter, lots a people have been battling severe colds. They hope to tamp down the effects with meds. Be the meds

or the sickness, one experiences how the pistons aren’t all firing upstairs. ‘Seeing’ anything mentally or spiritually is tough.

‘Connecting the dots’ to ‘see’ any deeper truth is like sending a messenger in snowshoes across drifts to trace a figure in a

field. Even after trudging out his course, by the time he returns the winds have erased his tracks.

Fortunately, we’re not always been this woozy. In former times, we’ve seen things. Now, you have to trust what you ‘used

to see.’ The simplest formulas can escape us sometimes, but we have tools to help us recover our faded memories.

But here, there’s another kind of miracle. Despite the mental sludge that makes ‘seeing’ almost impossible, we find that we

still believe.

Sometimes seeing is believing, other times believing is what happens when we can’t see. It’s one thing to come to faith

and another thing to remain faithful.

Coming to faith has to entail some degree of seeing. You put your faith in something that at some point in your life made

sense to you. That is, you saw something. You recognized that Jesus Christ filled a gaping void in your life and you felt safe,

thus saved.

Remaining faithful oftentimes entails a lack of sight. We believe because we do not see

clearly where life is going. Maybe it’s like when you say, ‘I believe that sounds like so-‘n-so’s car

pulling in the driveway.’

Whether we see him or not, the Lord Jesus is right there in front of us, right there in the cen-

ter of our being, our family, in the Poor, etc.

Lent is a time for turning mercifully to those in need. See him or not, Jesus is out there in

abundance. It is a special kind of spiritual sight that looks for ways to give to those near and far

who will never be able, in this life, to see you and say Thanks. But because we believe, we give.

Would you say that giving is a kind of seeing?

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LAST FISH FRY & BAKE SALE— April 7 at

ST. Mark’s Parish Hall from 4:30 to 7pm.

Adults $10—Kids $5

Congratulations to our Confirmands. Saturday morn-

ing, Mar 25, Bishop Folda confirmed children from Bottineau,

Westhope, Rolla, and Rock Lake.

In our parishes of St. Andrew’s and St. Mark’s, this week-

end I will be enrolling the newly confirmed in the Confraternity

of Mount Carmel and they will receive from their parish as a

gift a Rosary and a Brown Scapular.

In the year 1251, in the town of Aylesford in

England, Our Lady appeared to St. Simon

Stock, a Carmelite. She handed him a brown

woolen scapular and said, “This shall be a privi-

lege for you and all Carmelites, that anyone dying in this habit

shall not suffer eternal fire.” In time, the Church extended this

magnificent privilege to all the laity who are willing to be in-

vested in the Brown Scapular of the Carmelites and who per-

petually wear it.

Saint Mark’s feast—will be celebrated on April 30th. We will put out some sign-up sheets for attendance starting next weekend, April 1st through April 20th. We are all encouraged to sign-up and participate in our patron’s feast.

God’s Gift Appeal. The blind man was willing to let Jesus minister to him and willingly did all Jesus asked of him. The Pharisees were resistant to His message. They spent their time and energy disproving the miracle. How am I spending my time and energy? Lent is a great time to make your donation to

God’s Gift, energy for the Kingdom at home and abroad.

St. Andrew’s Ministries

DATE EUCHARISTIC

MINISTERS READER GIFT BEARERS ALTAR SERVERS COUNTERS USHERS

Sun. April 2 TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD

Stations of the Cross

Wednesday Evenings 6pm sim-ultaneously at St. Mark’s and St. Andrew’s, March 29 – Altar Society April 5 – E M H C April 12 – Northern Lights Apostles

St. Mark’s soup-suppers on Wednesdays 5pm—6pm will be offered by the group leading Stations of the Cross and the free-will offerings will go to the Northern Lights Apostles.

Some ideas for this Lenten Season—

1. Pray for the people on our parish prayer list. 2. Pray for priest, deacons and religious. 3. Pray for the millions of Christians suffering under per-secution in various Muslim and Communist countries around the world such as Somalia, Ni-geria, Syria, Iraq, Indonesia,

China, Viet Nam, and North Korea. 4. Pray for Christian unity, that there would be one flock and one shepherd. 5. Pray for the evangelization of those who have not yet accepted the Good News about Jesus. 6. Pray for your enemies. Think of a person who has hurt you or who annoys you. Thank God for that per-son and ask God to bless him or her.

FELLOWSHIP Charisms, Saints, & Me. Carla Eisenzimmer is leading a unique study Thurs evenings, 7 pm, in St. Mark’s rectory base-ment. We are considering the various charisms in the life of the Church, how they are exemplified in the lives of the Saints, and how they help us discover our own unique gifts as members of God’s family.

Support for community members that are dealing with the death or terminal illness We are interested in forming a planning committee that will help us improve how we may improve our support for families that are experiencing, or have experienced, the death or ter-minal illness of a loved one. Please contact Warren Emmer 701-220-5041 or Janel Agnes 701-201-0294.

Rosary at St. Mark’s 20 to 30 min prior to Sat & Sun Masses. Volunteers needed to lead the rosary. Brochure available in the back of the church, along with a sign-up sheet. Please con-sider being part of this important ministry.

Marlys Hummel offers her heartfelt thanks for all our prayers. “As we all know,” she writes, “life can change on a dime…. Keep the can-dles burning.” If you wish to write to Marlys, she is staying at her son Aaron’s home: 1010

Breton Drive, Unit A, Bismarck, ND 58503.

We are extending Our deep and heartfelt sympathy to the Nelson family. JoAnn Nelson passed away Friday morning. May God’s Grace console you and give you peace.

St. Mark’s Altar Society’s mtg April 6 @ 5:30 pm,Parish Hall.

Volunteers needed to work funerals at St. Mark’s. Please contact Claudia @ 228-2339.