PO Box 421 — Lewistown, MT 59457 406-538-9306

Email: saintleoscatholicchurch@gmail.com Website: www.stleoscatholicchurch.org

Facebook: www.facebook.com/stleoparish

Parish Staff Pastor — Rev. Samuel Spiering

Email: stleopriest@gmail.com

Director of R. E. — Shawna Sandau Email: saintleodre@gmail.com

Office Manager — Amanda Schrauth

Email: saintleoscatholicchurch@gmail.com

Bookkeeper — Jodi DeMars Email: saintleosbookie@gmail.com

Maintenance — Janet Peters & Jesse Greenberg

Parish Council

Kerby Durbin, Jessica Jackson, Julie Reesor, Mack Jones, and Matt Moen

Finance Council

Shirley Barrick, Gary Barta, Alan Aldrich, Jodi Ruckman, and Neal Tucek.

2nd Tuesday

Dinner: 6:00pm

Meeting: 7:00pm

Lewistown has a Catholic radio station! Tune in to St. Joseph Radio, KSJR 105.5, for some good Catholic stuff!

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019 “THE 22nd SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME”

ST. LEO THE GREAT CATHOLIC CHURCH

Mass Schedule

*In the event of a funeral or wedding Mass, the daily Mass will be cancelled.

Eucharistic Adoration

After Friday Morning Mass 8:30am-9:30am 1st Thursday of the Month 8:30am-5:30pm 1st Sunday of the Month 10:00am-2:00pm

Sacrament of Reconciliation Tuesday: 5:45-6:30pm

After every daily Mass Saturday: 3:30pm-4:30pm or upon request

Religious Education Starts September 25th!

SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION

Baptism: Please call Fr. Samuel.

Marriage: Planning & Preparation 6 months in advance.

Sacrament of the Sick: Call the Parish office Emergency anointing only: 366-3064

OFFICE HOURS

Tuesday– Thursday:

9:00 AM—1:00 PM and 1:30 PM—5:30 PM

CLOSED ON MONDAY AND FRIDAY

Council Meetings Pastoral Council meets January, April/May & September. Finance Council meets January, April, May & October.

St. Leo’s Gift Shop • Books

• Rosaries • Statues

• St. Leo’s souvenirs • Prayer Cards

• And More!

Located in the Parish Office

Saturday Vigil

Sunday

Holy Family (Winifred)

Tuesday

Wednesday

1st Wed.

2nd Wed.

Thursday

Friday

1st Saturday

5:00pm

9:00am

11:30am

5:15pm

8:00am (every)

10:00am (Hospital)

10:00am (Villa)

8:00am

8:00am

8:00am (Latin)

Liturgical Ministers for the following weekend:

September 7 (5:00pm) September 8 (9:00am)

Coordinator Karen Phillips Shirley Barrick

Cross Bearer Lance Eller Ron Tucek

Altar Server Kaelen Krumwiede Davis Tucek, Abby Wichman

Lector Layne Krumwiede Tilda Whiteman, Bridgett Johnson

Communion Susan Standley, Catherine Murray Paul Tucek, Daniel Aylesworth, Allison Linhart

Hospitality Virginia Woodburn and Jeff Evans Jones Family

Eucharistic Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Thursday, September 5

8:30am—5:30pm

The Mother of Perpetual Help Devotions On Tuesday evenings we pray the

Mother of Perpetual Help Devotions. Please join us at 5pm in the side chapel

for these wonderful devotions.

“The Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time”

Saturday, August 31

4:30pm Rosary

5:00pm Mass — The Intentions of Andrew Reynolds

by his grandparents

Sunday, September 1

8:30am Rosary

9:00am Mass — People of St. Leo’s

10am-2pm Eucharistic Adoration

11:30am Holy Family Mass — People of Holy Family

Tuesday, September 3 — Pope Saint Gregory the Great

5:00pm Devotions to Our Lady of Perpetual Help

5:15pm Mass — † Don and Betty Hardy †

by Betsy & Mark Scally

5:45-6:30pm Confessions

Wednesday, September 4

8:00am Mass — in reparation for sins

10:00am Mass (Hospital) — † Marce French †

by Bobbie and Dan French and Family

1:30pm Rosary

Thursday, September 5

8:00am Mass — † Fr. Fabian Fehringt †

8:30a-5:30pm Eucharistic Adoration

Friday, September 6

8:00am Mass — † Fernand Paul †

by Denise Powell

8:30-9:30am Eucharistic Adoration

Saturday, September 7

8:00am Latin Mass — in reparation for sins

3:30pm Confessions

“The Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time”

Saturday, September 7

4:30pm Rosary

5:00pm Mass — † Tom Powell † by Denise Powell

Sunday, September 8

8:30am Rosary

9:00am Mass — People of St. Leo’s

11:30am Holy Family Mass — † Tom DeMars †

by Jackie DeMars

12:30-1:00pm Holy Family Eucharistic Adoration

Would you like to have a Mass offered for someone?

It is a great way to ask for extra graces for them as well as supporting the Church. We

have open slots for intentions for our Masses. Please contact the parish office

if you are interested. Suggested donation per Mass intention is $10.00 .

Let’s keep in touch. Get important updates via email & text

TEXT: LeoGreat to 84576 Flocknote lets you choose what info you’d like to

receive via text message and email from the various groups in our church.

Rosary: we, as a parish, are praying the rosary 30mins before weekend Masses.

If you would like to lead, the rosary leader signup sheet is in the back of the church.

August 31 — September 8 Religious Education

Starts September 25

First Reconciliation, First Communion, and Confirmation will be received in 3rd Grade.

Kindergarten through Junior High will meet Wednesday afternoons.

More information and registration forms will be available soon. Look for them in the mail, at the church, and online!

Saint of the Week

Parish Announcements

Pope Saint Gregory the Great (September 3)

The Pope at the end of the sixth century who called for a greater

service to the poor and established a form of music known as Gregorian

chant. He is the patron of musicians, singers, teachers, and students.

“The proof of love is in the works.

Where love exists, it works great things. But when it ceases to act, it ceases to exist.”

FRIDAY MORNING ADORATION After every Friday morning Mass, there

will be one hour of Eucharistic adoration. Join us in adoring Our Lord and Savior!

Get Your Breakfast! Join your church family for our

monthly parish breakfast. Come, eat, and chat after the 9am Mass

on Sunday, September 15.

The proceeds of this breakfast will go towards the youth who are planning to travel to the National Catholic Youth

Conference in Indianapolis in November.

Community Cupboard Need of the Month

Fruit Juice, Toothbrushes, Toothpaste

The Protection of the Oceans — That politicians, scientists, and economists work

together to protect the world’s seas & oceans.

The Holy Father’s Prayer

Intention for September 2019

August 25, 2019

Contribution and Gratitude Report:

Contributions: $5,325.20 2019 Care & Share Assessment: $50,670

Weekly Average: $4,558.00 Contributions: $25,823

Balance Owed: $24,847

Youth Ministry

Starts September 25

Junior High Youth Group will meet from 4:00pm-5:30pm on Wednesday afternoons.

High School Youth Group will meet from 7:00pm-8:30pm on Wednesday evenings.

More information and registration forms will be available soon. Look for them in the mail, at the church, and online!

Five students will be attending NCYC (National Catholic Youth Conference) in Indianapolis in November. This conference offers our youth a Catholic setting in which they can encounter Christ, experience the Church, and be empowered for discipleship. Our youth will participate in daily Mass, Eucharistic Adoration, have opportunities for Confession, and hear a variety of speakers. Please keep them in your prayers.

September

Month of Our Lady of Sorrows

September is the month

traditionally dedicated to Our

Lady of Sorrows as the Feast of the

Exhalation of the Cross falls on

September 14th and the Memorial

of Our Lady of Sorrows falls on

September 15th.

The devotion to the Seven Sorrows

of Mary meditates on the various sorrows of Our

Blessed Mother beginning with the prophecy of

Simeon in the Temple and ending with the Blessed

Virgin leaving the Body of her Son in the tomb.