This Week at St. Therese

PARISH CONTACT INFORMATION Pastor: Fr. David Stevens .………………………….….. fatherdavid@st-therese.ws Rectory Phone ……………………………….…..………………………. 214-0321 Deacon: Harold Pardew …………………………………….…………………… 338-2433 Parish Minister: Shirley Donnelly ……...…………………... shirley@st-therese.ws Finance Manager: Heidi Solem……………………………….finance@st-therese.ws Children’s Ministries: Bridget Dahlin …………….…..….. bridget@st-therese.ws Youth Ministries: Stephany Anderson ………....………….. youth@st-therese.ws RCIA Director: Doug Debelak …………….…………………….... ddebelak@aol.com Music Coordinator: Hannah Johnson ….……………...hejohnson520@gmail.com Maintenance: Jim Mergen ……………...…………………………………….… 338-2433 St. Lambert School: Colleen Davis ………………….……………... cdavis@sfcss.org Bulletin Submission :……...……………………………………bulletin@st-therese.ws

April 17, 2016 · 4th Sunday of Easter

901 N. Tahoe Trail · Sioux Falls, SD 57110

Parish Mission Statement: Formed as people of God,

Called as a community of faith, Guided by Saint Therese,

Committed to caring for God’s whole family.

MASS TIMES Weekend Saturday: 4:00pm Sunday: 8:30 & 11:00am Daily Refer to schedule on back

CONFESSIONS Saturday: 3:00pm Weekdays: Refer to schedule on back Also by appointment

PARISH MEMBERSHIP Contact Shirley at 338-2433

PARISH OFFICE Pastor: Fr. David Stevens Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:00pm Phone: (605) 338-2433 Fax: (605) 339-2203 Website: www.st-therese.ws

PARISH SCHOOL - ST. LAMBERT Phone: (605) 338-7042 Website: www.sfcss.org

PRAYER REQUESTS Contact Shirley at 338-2433 or email shirley@st-therese.ws

Youth Announcements

JP II Rocky Mountain Expedition July 31 - August 6 2016

For men 16 or older. Join Fr. Shaun and Fr. Jordan on a camping trip

to Colorado; with day excursions like hiking a 14er, White Water Raft-

ing, Zip Lining in the Canyon, and celebrating Mass. Don’t miss it!!

JP II Vocation Camp May 31 - June 2 and June 3-5 2016

For guys age 12-16. At Abby of the Hills in Marvin, SD. “It will be

both physically and spiritually awesome!”

For more info or to sign up go to www.sfvoctions.org or call 605-988-3772

St. Lambert School

Sioux Falls Catholic Schools

SFCS Position Openings for 2015-16 Year: If interested in a position, please contact Human Resources at 605-575-3350. All positions posted on web site: www.sfcss.org

SFCS Certificates: Gift Certificates are now available to SIOUX FALLS FORD. The certifi-cates come in $50 increments. Remember to pick up certificates before your next oil change, tire rotation or even your next car purchase! Thank you Sioux Falls Ford for supporting Sioux Falls Catholic Schools! The O'Gorman High School Theatre Department will be offering the Center Stage Drama Camp from June 6 - 9th for kids 2nd - 6th grade. Sign up at myschoolbucks.com. Kids will practice and put on a show the final day. Register Today! O'Gorman High School Choirs Present "A Spring Concert" Tuesday, May 3, 7:00pm O'Gorman High School - Lorang Theatre Doors open at 6:30pm Admission = $5 O'Gorman Proudly Presents DISNEY'S THE LITTLE MERMAID this April! Musical runs April 19, 21, 23 at 7:00pm and a matinee on the 23rd at 2:00pm. This under the sea adventure is full of enchanting music and all the characters that you love from the movie! Box Office opens on Monday, April 4th. Hours are Monday thru Friday 12-4pm. Call 575-3300 for tickets or stop by the ticket office at O'GHS

St. Lambert School News: Ms. Colleen Davis, Principal Apr. 19 = Pizza Ranch Night. St. Lambert School receives 10% of take-out and dine-in orders between 5:00-8:00pm April 22 & 25 = No School For a tour of the school or questions about PK-6th grade registration, call Colleen Davis at 338-7042 or Jenni Struck in admissions at 575-3358. We offer the flexibility of all day, every day child care options for preschool students. We also offer PK5 for those students who are 5-years old, but not quite ready for kindergarten or just

missed the cut-off date for kindergarten.

Summer Totus Tuus: Register NOW! Join us this summer for Totus Tuus: June 19-24. All of our kiddos and teens going into Grades 1-12 are invited to have an AWE-

SOME week getting to know Jesus more, hanging out with friends, doing skits, singing songs and having fun! You won’t want to miss it - we hope you all can join us! Registration forms and all kinds of volunteer

opportunities can be found on the youth table! Thanks for helping build up this program! Questions? Contact Bridget or Stephany 338.2433.

Prayer for Vocations

Generous God,

You show us the way that leads to everlasting life.

Through baptism you have called us

to proclaim the Good News.

Bless and strengthen those

who have made a commitment

of service in the Church.

Guide and give wisdom

to those discerning their vocation.

Enrich our Church with dedicated

married and single people,

with deacons, priests,

and with people in consecrated life.

Filled with your Holy Spirit

we ask this blessing that

we, your people, may follow Jesus,

our Good Shepherd, now and always. Amen.

6th - 8th grade Lock In: Saturday, May 21st at 4pm through

Sunday, May 22 8am at St. Therese.

Come hang out with us, have fun, pray, get messy and eat awe-

some food! For more info or to get signed up stop by the youth

table or email youth@st-therese.ws

2nd - 5th grade join us from 4-8:30pm on Saturday, May 21st.

We will be starting our lock-in with a Youth Mass at 4pm fol-

lowed by supper and a 1 night VBS. We would love for you to

come! For more info or to get signed up stop by the youth table.

Sun 17 4th Sunday of Easter

8:30 AM Mass: Fran & Joel Breidenbach (d) brothers of Mike Breidenbach

by James & Mary Morrison

11:00 AM Mass: St. Therese Parish / Adoration Sisters

6:00 PM Vespers and Benediction

Mon 18 No Mass or Confessions

Tue 19 4:30 PM Confessions (or by appointment)

5:30 PM Mass: John Griffith (d) Waldner family

6:00 PM Rosary

Wed 20 7:45 AM Morning Prayer

8:00 AM Mass: Aria Pappini (godchild of Jay & Cameo Anders)

Thu 21 4:30 PM Confessions (or by appointment)

5:30 PM Mass: Charlie Persing (d) Persing family

Fri 22 7:00 AM Mass: Sr. Eileen O'Connor (d)

7:30 AM Morning Prayer

Sat 23 3:00 PM Confessions (or by appointment)

4:00 PM Vigil Mass: Scott Barnes & Lee Engelbrecht (d) Barnes Family

Sun 24 5th Sunday of Easter

8:30 AM Mass: Benita Lunski (d) Ray Lunski family

11:00 AM Mass: St. Therese Parish / Adoration Sisters

2:00 PM First Communion Mass: Frist Communion Children & Families

Mass

Time

Altar

Servers

1-Gift Bearers

2-GreetersLectors Ushers

4:00 I. Feterl P. Carr 1) A. Heitkamp T. Tatone C. Berg

PM S. Reeves & Family R. Collins

Sat R. Rogers

8:30 M. Lacasse J. Lacasse D. Timmer 1) J. Lockwood S. Carlson J. Merron

AM M. Lu D. Lipetzky R. Timmer family K. Cross J. Pellman

Sun T. Lipetzky A. Waldner 2) S. Peters S. Pellman

J. Rasmussen 2) A. Wilson T. Pellman

11:00 K. Henry B. Gully 1) J. Anders K. Schreck M. Breidenbach

AM R. Koch A. McKay family P. Schreck P. Breidenbach

Sun K. McKay 2) L. Feller K. Heiling

2) T. Lenning J. Zutz

Ministries for the Weekend of April 23rd & 24th

Eucharistic Ministers

From Father David... Christ is risen! Indeed, He is risen! We are approaching the midway

point of the Easter season, so let me do a “check in” on stewardship. In other

words, how we are living and taking responsibility for the life of our community

here at St. Therese Parish.

- Thank you, thank you, and again thank you to all who signed up for ministries

and volunteering at the end of the Lent, our parish Stewardship Sign-up Sunday.

I am grateful for those continuing in the same ministries or for those who wanted

a change and something new.

- Common sense tells me that not everyone is present on Stewardship Sign-up

Sunday. Busy people, on the go. Worshipping at different parishes on some

weekends. So, I would invite those who have not taken the time to fill out a

form to do so as soon as possible. We need you, and the Lord chooses to need

us to do His work. You will find the blank forms in the Gathering Space

through the end of the Easter.

- Thanks to our generous volunteers all submitted Stewardship forms have been

entered into our database. This process takes some time and attention, so we are

just beginning the process of providing the reports to our various committees.

As the committees receive the names of new volunteers, they will begin contact-

ing you. We want to honor your “yes” to God with a timely response.

- One last thought. A once-a-year stewardship form does not meet all the needs

of the work of God and would venture does not fit perfectly with your lives. In

other words, throughout the year, different committees and ministries will con-

tinue to reach out for help and volunteers. Stay tuned through the bulletin, news-

letter and Mass announcements. Or maybe later in the year you are interested in

helping or have time to volunteer, even though you did not sign up on the form

in Lent. Or perhaps there are items on the form that you do not really know

what it is about, how much time, etc. Finally, you might want to volunteer but

have no idea where you would fit in. If any of the scenarios are where you are

at, Shirley and I would love to visit with you. We are a parish that wants to an-

swer God’s call to serve. I would love to help you grow in your faith life as a

generous steward.

Blessings on your week! FR DAVID

Come and pray with the whole Church, Vespers and Benediction of the

Blessed Sacrament, today Sunday, April 17, 6 PM.

Today, the Fourth Sunday of Easter or Good Shepherd Sun-day is a special day for everyone in our parish. We cele-brate World Day of Prayer for Vocations. We ask that we

may be filled with joy and the Holy Spirit as we carry on the mission of Jesus, our Good Shepherd. Let us pray for one another that we may be strengthened in our Christian vocations as married and single people, priests, deacons, and religious. May our youth listen to God’s call and be encouraged to respond generously.

Parish Announcements Community Events

Broom Tree - Silent Retreat Schedule: Women’s: May 12-15, June 16-19, August 11-14, September 15-18, October 20-23, November 3-6 Men’s: August 18-21, September 22-25, November 17-20

GRIEVING LOSS FROM SUICIDE April 19-May 24, 2016 from 6:30 – 8:30pm at Catholic Family Services, 523 N. Duluth Ave., Sioux Falls, SD. A program for families who have lost a loved one from suicide. This is a time when professional support is needed. Directed by Dr. Marcie Moran. Cost- Donation Call 988-3775 or email cfs@sfcatholic.org

Stewardship Announcements

Can you help us meet and exceed our goal this year? Anything re-

ceived over and above our goal stays right here in the Parish to be

used in ministry at St Therese Church. Please contact the office if

you need a pledge card. Thank you!

As we move toward our centennial, we invite you to join us on a pilgrimage to the

National Shrine of St Therese in Darien, IL. We plan to leave on July 18th and return

on July 20th, with a stop at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Lacrosse, WI. Our

estimated cost is $275 dollars. We need to have our commitment to reserve a bus and

rooms by April 30th. Please register at the information center. A $25 deposit will be

required. For additional information please contact Ron Seaman at 334-9409.

Life in Spirit Retreat. Grow deeper in relationship with God and appreciation of the Holy

Spirit given in baptism. Friday April 22nd 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.and Saturday April 23rd

9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. St. Lambert's Parish. Come experience fruit from the gospel joy found

in the Holy Spirit. Registration requested for lunch. Free will offering appreciated. RSVP

to julie.quillan@gmail.com or call Joan Brown 605-332-9009.

Rachel’s Vineyard Retreat –May 13-15- Strictly Confidential. A safe, loving, non-judgmental environment. Open to men, women, mothers, fathers, grandparents who have been af-fected by abortion. Non-denominational. Sponsored by Catholic Family Services. For more information, call Margi at 605-988-3775 or 1-800-700-7867 or email mcul-hane@sfcatholic.org.

Broom Tree Days of Recollection begin at 10 a.m. and include conferences, time for Adora-tion, Mass, and an opportunity for the Sacrament of Reconciliation. The day ends in mid-afternoon. Because lunch is served, please register. A prayerful donation is requested. May 10 - True Devotion to the Holy Spirit - Directed by Father Andrew Dickinson

The North American Lourdes Volunteers will present an extraordinary "Virtual Pilgrimage to Lourdes" on the First Friday, May 6th at 7:00 p.m. and the First Saturday, May 7th at 10:30 a.m. in the Holy Spirit Parish Hall. This will be an amazing experience, the next best thing to being at Our Lady's Grotto in Lourdes. All are invited.

NFP CLASSES AVAILABLE Did you know that couples from our diocese are teaching Natural Family Planning in person and through online courses that couples can take in the comfort of their own home? Visit the “Natural Family Planning” page of the OMFRL website.

Here are some great books to read for the Year of Mercy from Loyola Press 1.)The Church of Mercy (paperback) 2.)The Church of Mercy (Discussion Guide) 3.)Mercy in the City 4.)Luke: The Good News of God’s Mercy

SIDEWALK ADVOCACY TRAINING Saturday May 21st. Sidewalk Advo-cates for Life are coming to the Alpha Center and will have training from 10 AM to 5 PM. This training helps you be more effective in un-derstanding and being able to reach these women who so desperately need support. Sara Beaner has the details - 605.421.8378

PRISON MINISTRY Join us for a forum to learn about opportunities to participate in the prison ministry. Also learn how important the ministry is to the inmates and their families. St. Therese Parish, Thursday May 12th at 7 PM

Your St. Therese garden has several plots available. If you are

interested, please obtain a copy of the garden rules from the of-

fice. Each plot costs $25. Questions can be directed to John &

Cheryl Faundeen (605-759-4558 or faundeen@gmail.com).

MATT MAHER “THE SINNERS AND SAINTS” Tour coming to Mount Marty College! A special night of music and worship in Cimpl Arena on Wednesday, May 4, at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are on sale now at www.itickets.com. Tickets are $18 or $14 for groups of 10 +, plus appropri-ate fees. For more information contact events@mtmc.edu or visit www.mtmc.edu/concert

We would like to take a group from St. Therese. If interest email Stephany at youth@st-therese.ws

Fall Event Planning: Can you help? The Fall Event is St. Therese’s big-gest all-parish celebration of the Feast of St. Therese and also our larg-est fundraiser of the year! Mark your calendars for Sunday, October 2, 2016. Please consider being involved on the planning committee this year. As folks who have faithfully served on the committee now rotate off, is it your turn to help? There are several subcommittees to help with: Raffle, Food, Tickets, Mass, Auction, Games, Sponsorships, Farm-ers Market, Co-chairs. Meetings are kept to a minimum and notes/mentors are available to make your job easy. Contact us – Barbara & John Lockwood #582-2401; lockwooj@alliancecom.net

CENTENNIAL CORNER: Thinking about joining us on the pilgrimage to the National Shrine Museum of St. Therese? Not sure but want some more information? Go to the National Shrine website www.saint-therese.org. Here you can get information about the Shrine and the life of St. Therese. Stop by the information center in

the back of church after Mass to sign up & answer any of your questions.

John & Barbara Lockwood recently visited the Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine in

Lacrosse, WI. A must see for everyone- incredible artwork, inspiring setting, lots to

see/do, and accessible for all. We would be happy to answer questions and share

photos. Flyers are by the Pilgrimage sign-up at the Information Center. The Parish

Pilgrimage includes not just one, but two incredible shrines. Sign up today!

St. Michael’s Catholic Cemetery: Visitation hours are 8am-8pm until November 5th.

Eternal Rest Grant unto: Helen Kokes aunt of Anne (Aaron) Jensen and great aunt of Hannah Johnson, Emma and Ethan Jensen

TOTUS TUUS is June 19 -24! We are so excited but it can only hap-

pen with everyone’s help! There are many big and little ways to

volunteer. You should have received a bright pink volunteer form in

your April Newsletter. Thank you for taking a moment to fill it out.

Please turn the form in at the Youth Table or sign up after Mass.

If you are over the age of 16 and love the outdoors St. Michael Catholic Cemetery is looking for you! We are currently taking applications for Summer/Grounds Lawn Maintenance Posi-tions. Call Dan @ 338-3376 or email: Djohnson@sfcatholic.org

I would like to thank each and everyone who has a part of

delivering Communion to me on Sunday morning, preparing

and delivering meals on special days, coming to play Bingo

with us and for the treats we receive on holidays. Thank you

for your thoughtfulness! Kathy Eich

If you are interested or know of someone who you would like to invite, we will be starting Adult Confirmation Sessions on Wednesday evenings beginning on May 11th at Holy Spirit and St. Michael Churches. These sessions are for: 1.) adult Catholics who have not yet been confirmed 2.) people from other Christian denominations who have been attending Mass and wish to look into joining the Catholic Church. Also, any Catholics wishing an update on the teachings of the Catholic Church are invited to attend. Please call or e-mail the parish office at either Holy Spirit or St. Michaels if you are interested in attending the sessions.

"Spring Cleaning!" Parish Rummage Sale - Sat. Apr. 23 (8-4pm) & Sun Apr. 24 (8-1pm) Cathedral of St. Joseph is having an 'In-House' rummage sale! Featuring: Discarded library books, discarded office and school furniture, knick-knacks, jewelry, odds and ends, and even antiques! Contact the parish office at 336-7390 for more information.

Now Available at the Information Table: ‘Abba or Allah’ from Light House Catholic Media "An amazing explanation of Islam and Christianity!"