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

PARISH STAFF

Fr Jared Kadlec, Pastor

Vickie Gangl, Secretary

Cathy Miller, Custodian - St. A’s

Patty Graber, Custodian - St. M’s

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Amanda Artz, DRE

At St. Andrew’s Parish

Mary Gorder &

Jessica Tagestad, co-DREs at

St. Mark’s Parish

WEEKEND MASS

SCHEDULE

Saturday at 5:30pm at St. Mark’s

Saturday at 8:00pm Lake Chapel

Sunday at 9:00am at St. Andrew’s

Sunday at 11:00am at St. Mark’s

CONFESSIONS

St. Mark: 4:30pm on Saturday

St. Andrew: 8:30am on Sunday

OFFICE HOURS

Mon.-Fri. 9:00am-5:00pm

PARISH NEWS AND EVENTS Announcements

St. Mark

Aug. 25: Yard work night at St. Mark ’s, if you can help call Adam Beyer at 201-0919.

Aug. 26: Altar Society meeting at 5:30pm to dis-cuss what to do since we are not having a fall supper. If you have an idea or an opinion please come and voice it.

St. Andrew

Report for August 8-9, 2020

St .Andrew’s St .Mark’s

Adult env. $ 395.00 Adult env. $ 2,034.00 Plate $ Plate $ 464.00 Children $ Children $ .00 Lake Mass $ 90.00 Building Improvement Fund: $ 0.00

Saturday, August 22, 5:30p.m. St. Mark’s

(† Russ Picard)

Sunday, August 23, 9:00a.m. St. Andrew’s

(† LaVonne Janzen)

Sunday, August 23, 11:00a.m. St. Mark’s

(Parishioners)

Tuesday, August 25, 12:00p.m. St. Mark’s

(† Murl Hill)

Wednesday, August 26, 7:30a.m. St. Mark’s

(† Barney Honer)

Thursday, August 27, 9:00a.m. St. Andrew’s

(† Duane Sebelius)

Friday, August 28, 8:00a.m. St. Mark’s

(† Curt Beyer)

Saturday, August 29, 5:30p.m. St. Mark’s

(† Jerry LaCroix)

Sunday, August 30, 9:00a.m. St. Andrew’s

(Parishioners)

Sunday, August 30, 11:00a.m. St. Mark’s

(† Barney Honer)

Home Communion Any St. Mark parishioners desiring Holy Commun-ion at home, call Anne Bergeron (228-2750) by Sunday evening to be put on the list. To add or remove a name for St. Andrew’s , please contact Deb Wyman at 245-6538 or the parish office at 228-3164.

PARISHIONERS, FAMILY AND FRIENDS: Military personnel & their families, Jo Khalifa, Cecelia Holen, Sylvia Bailey, Jesse Henes, Mary

Keeling, Shirley Vandal, Pete Anderson, Neil Kinney, Lakken Wall, Hadley Hoffert, John Lacey, Drue Eliot, Mary Longtin, Audrey Phillips, Alice Christenson, Linda Abel, Darrell Van Der Busch, Katie Torgerson, Marcie Dubrow, Linda Ysulan, Rosemary LaCroix, Bill & Cool Baumann, Amy Artz, Flora Carlson, Marlys Richard, Monte Mikkelsen, Susan Brandjord, Francis Kritzberger, Marie Vargo, Sara Saville, Diane & Mike Lee, Janet Kraft, Noah Signalness, Mary Holen, and any special private intentions. Good Sam: Regan Benning, Pete Anderson, Judy Bau-mann, Harvey Soland Maple View: Shirley Pasicznyk Somerset Assisted Living: Pauline Deschamp The Wellington: Ray and Donna Sharkey Jenkins Living Center: Carol Carbonneau Watertown, SD

The Rosary is prayed every Saturday at 5:00pm at St. Mark’s.

MASS INTENTION REQUEST

A Mass intention is requested for :

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Suggested offering $10.00 per Mass intention.

Stewardship Moment : “Or who has given the Lord any-thing that he may be repaid?” - Romans 11:35 St. Paul reminds us of a central fact of stewardship. We cannot give the Lord anything - God already owns it all. God made everything. All we can do is return a portion of God’s many gifts back to Him. Sincere grat-itude for our gifts opens our hearts to joyful generosity! Through your generous sharing, you just may be the answer to someone’s prayer.

St. Mark’s Mass is on YouTube!

For those who choose to stay home, we now have the ability to watch Mass by Fr. Kadlec from St. Mark’s on the internet! Fr. Jared records it every weekend and puts it out on his YouTube channel. To get there, go to www.YouTube.com. In the search bar at the top of the page, type in Jared Kadlec, choose Jared Kadlec YouTube from the drop down menu, hit ENTER and it will take you to his YouTube page. There you can choose which Mass you would like to watch; and/or you can subscribe to his channel by clicking on the SUBSCRIBE button.

Upon this rock

I will build my church,

And the gates of the netherworld

shall not prevail against it.

(Matthew 16:18) August 22-23, 21st Sunday in OT

St. Mark’s Masses on August 29th & 30th, 2020 DATE EUCHARISTIC MIN. READER GIFT BEARERS USHERS GREETERS ALTAR SERVERS COUNTERS

Sat. NONE Susan Haberman NONE Bruce Miller/ Alan Cote NONE NONE

Sun. NONE Jerry Migler NONE Corey Bercier/ Evan St. Michel

NONE NONE TBD

From the Pastor’s Pen

St. Andrew’s Mass on August 30th, 2020

DATE EUCHARISTIC

MINISTERS READER GIFT BEARERS ALTAR SERVERS USHERS COUNTERS

Sun. NONE Trudy Artz NONE NONE Wayne Miller/

John Wyman Steve & Roger

this vaccine were to become the property of this nation or another, ra-ther than universal and for all. And what a scandal it would be if all the economic assistance we are observing - most of it with public money - were to focus on rescuing those industries that do not contribute to the inclusion of the excluded, the promotion of the least, the common good or the care of creation (ibid.). There are criteria for choosing which in-dustries should be helped: those which contribute to the inclusion of the excluded, to the promotion of the last, to the common good and the

care of creation. Four criteria.

If the virus were to intensify again in a world that is unjust to the poor and vulnerable, then we must change this world. Following the example of Jesus, the doctor of integral divine love, that is, of physical, social and spiritual healing (cf. Jn 5:6-9) - like the healing worked by Jesus - we must act now, to heal the epidemics caused by small, invisible virus-es, and to heal those caused by the great and visible social injustices. I propose that this be done by starting from the love of God, placing the peripheries at the centre and the last in first place. Do not forget that protocol by which we will be judged, Matthew, chapter 25. Let us put it into practice in this recovery from the epidemic. And starting from this tangible love - as the Gospel says, there - anchored in hope and found-ed in faith, a healthier world will be possible. Otherwise, we will come out of the crisis worse. May the Lord help us, and give us the strength to come out of it better, responding to the needs of today’s world. Thank

you.

I cordially greet the English-speaking faithful. My thoughts turn especial-ly to those families who have had to forego their summer holidays this year; I entrust them to the Lord that he will grant them peace and joy.

May God bless you!

Summary of the Holy Father's words:

Dear Brothers and Sisters, in our reflection on the current global pan-demic, we have seen that it has made us sensitive to an even graver virus affecting our world: that of social injustice, lack of equal opportuni-ty and the marginalization of the poor and those in greatest need. Christ’s example and teaching show us that a preferential option for the poor is an essential criterion of our authenticity as his followers. Chris-tian charity demands that, beyond social assistance, we listen to their voices and work to overcome all that hinders their material and spiritual development. Our desire for a return to normality should not mean a return to social injustices or to a delay of long overdue reforms. Today we have an opportunity to create something different: an ethically sound economy, centred on persons, especially the poor, in recognition of their innate human dignity. How sad it would be if, for example, access to a Covid-19 vaccine were made available only to the rich, and not to

others in equal or greater need! May the Gospel inspire us to find ever more crea-tive ways to exercise that charity, grounded in faith and anchored in hope, which can heal our wounded world and promote the true welfare of our entire human fami-ly. (http://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/audiences/2020/documents/papa-

francesco_20200819_udienza-generale.html#_ftnref1)

Dear Parishioners and friends,

Reflection Points

First Reading

In the verses preceding the ones we hear in today’s first reading, Isaiah details Shebna’s excesses, particularly the tomb he had hewn for himself. Isaiah goes so far as to say that the LORD would see to it that Shebna would make use of his tomb much earlier than he expected. Isaiah’s Judah was threatened by foreign adversaries from without and moral decay from within and Isaiah had no time for leaders who served only themselves. Instead, the LORD favors Eliakim, who serves God, and so to him God entrusts the key of the house of David. Eliakim is made a part of David’s lineage, ensuring that a Messiah, one

anointed to bring salvation, would eventually be born.

Second Reading

Jesus’s disciples initially tell him that people say he is John the Baptist or Elijah or Jeremiah or one of the prophets, like Isaiah. A prophet is not one who can predict the future; a prophet is one chosen by God, sent by God, who speaks on God’s behalf, and commits to spreading God’s message. In this sense Je-sus is a prophet, but not just “one of the prophets” (Matthew 16:14). He is not just chosen by God, he is the Word of God. He is not just pointing to salvation,

he is our salvation. Peter realized this uniqueness of Jesus, and so Jesus gives him the authority over all believers.

Each time we gather together at Mass, we listen to the word of the Lord. We eat at the table of the Lord. We grow in knowledge of the Lord and are sus-tained in the Lord’s mission. We become a part of something much larger than ourselves for we are a part of the parish community, of a diocese, of the

whole Church, indeed, of the body of Christ.

Last week, I had a chance to hear a song that I have heard so many times, Christ, Be Our Light. However, the lyrics of the second verse spoke to my soul as it does to our world situation: “Longing for peace, our world is troubled. Longing for hope, many despair. Your word alone has power to save us. Make

us your living voice.” It has caused me to ponder the insights of Pope Francis.

Pope Francis’ Observations

In the Holy Father’s Wednesday General Audience, he has been addressing the social gospel of the Church. He has done so within the broader concern of

the coronavirus pandemic. It is curious how he is tapping into the thermal current we watch unfolding on the news. I will let him speak for himself.

Pope Francis General Audience, August 19, 2020

Dear brothers and sisters, good day!

The pandemic has exposed the plight of the poor and the great inequality that reigns in the world. And the virus, while it does not distinguish between people,

has found, in its devastating path, great inequalities and discrimination. And it has exacerbated them!

The response to the pandemic is therefore dual. On the one hand, it is essential to find a cure for this small but terrible virus, which has brought the whole world to its knees. On the other, we must also cure a larger virus, that of social injustice, inequality of opportunity, marginalisation, and the lack of protection for the weakest. In this dual response for healing there is a choice that, according to the Gospel, cannot be lacking: the preferential option for the poor (see Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii gaudium [EG], 195). And this is not a political option; nor is it an ideological option, a party option… no. The preferential option for the poor is at the centre of the Gospel. And the first to do this was Jesus; we heard this in the reading from the Letter to the Corinthians which was read at the beginning. Since He was rich, He made Himself poor to enrich us. He made Himself one of us and for this reason, at the centre of the Gospel, there is this

option, at the centre of Jesus’ proclamation.

Christ Himself, Who is God, despoiled Himself, making Himself similar to men; and he chose not a life of privilege, but he chose the condition of a servant (cf. Phil 2:6-7). He annihilated Himself by making Himself a servant. He was born into a humble family and worked as a craftsman. At the beginning of His preaching, He announced that in the Kingdom of God the poor are blessed (cf. Mt 5:3; Lk 6:20; EG, 197). He stood among the sick, the poor, the excluded, showing them God's merciful love (cf. Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2444). And many times He was judged an impure man because He went to the sick,

to lepers… and this made people impure, according to the law of the age. And He took risks to be near to the poor.

Therefore, Jesus’ followers recognise themselves by their closeness to the poor, the little ones, the sick and the imprisoned, the excluded and the forgotten, those without food and clothing (cf. Mt 25:31-36; CCC, 2443). We can read that famous protocol by which we will all be judged, we will all be judged. It is Matthew, chapter 25. This is a key criterion of Christian authenticity (cf. Gal 2:10; EG, 195). Some mistakenly think that this preferential love for the poor is a task for the few, but in reality it is the mission of the Church as a whole, as Saint John Paul II said. (cf. St. John Paul II, Sollicitudo rei socialis, 42). “Each indi-

vidual Christian and every community is called to be an instrument of God for the liberation and promotion of the poor society” (EG, 187).

Faith, hope and love necessarily push us towards this preference for those most in need, [1] which goes beyond necessary assistance (cf. EG, 198). Indeed it implies walking together, letting ourselves be evangelised by them, who know the suffering Christ well, letting ourselves be “infected” by their experience of salvation, by their wisdom and by their creativity (see ibid). Sharing with the poor means mutual enrichment. And, if there are unhealthy social structures that prevent them from dreaming of the future, we must work together to heal them, to change them (see ibid, 195). And we are led to this by the love of Christ, Who loved us to the extreme (see Jn 13:1), and reaches the boundaries, the margins, the existential frontiers. Bringing the peripheries to the centre means

focusing our life on Christ, Who “made Himself poor” for us, to enrich us “by His poverty” (2 Cor 8:9),[2] as we have heard.

We are all worried about the social consequences of the pandemic. All of us. Many people want to return to normality and resume economic activities. Cer-tainly, but this “normality” should not include social injustices and the degradation of the environment. The pandemic is a crisis, and we do not emerge from a crisis the same as before: either we come out of it better, or we come out of it worse. We must come out of it better, to counter social injustice and environ-mental damage. Today we have an opportunity to build something different. For example, we can nurture an economy of the integral development of the poor, and not of providing assistance. By this I do not wish to condemn assistance: aid is important. I am thinking of the voluntary sector, which is one of the best structures of the Italian Church. Yes, aid does this, but we must go beyond this, to resolve the problems that lead us to provide aid. An economy that does not resort to remedies that in fact poison society, such as profits not linked to the creation of dignified jobs (see EG, 204). This type of profit is dissociat-ed from the real economy, that which should bring benefits to the common people (see Encyclical Laudato si’ [LS], 109), and in addition is at times indifferent to the damage inflicted to our common home. The preferential option for the poor, this ethical-social need that comes from God’s love (cf. LS, 158), inspires us to conceive of and design an economy where people, and especially the poorest, are at the centre. And it also encourages us to plan the treatment of viruses by prioritising those who are most in need. It would be sad if, for the vaccine for Covid-19, priority were to be given to the richest! It would be sad if

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9th Annual Fundraising Banquet. NEW This Year - 2 Locations - Minot & Stanley Minot Stanley

September 21, 2020 September 22, 2020

Doors open 5:30pm Doors Open 6:00pm

Dinner Served 6:30pm Dinner Served 6:30pm

ND State Fair Event Center Mountrail Co. S. Complex

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Guest speaker: Rebekah Hagan

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