May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him. Rom. 15:13

When the Word of God became flesh, He entered into the gift of the human family. God the Son could have just appeared on the scene looking human as he had done with some of the Old Testament patriarchs, but He didn’t. It was our heavenly Father’s will that God the Son should assume our human nature in order to become one with the humanity He is saving.

This miracle of the Incarnation happened through God’s cooperation with a humble human: Mary. God did not force Himself on her; He gave her a choice. Through the Archangel Gabriel, God the Father revealed His divine plan of salvation and asked the Virgin Mary to aid Him in this plan. Her sinless and Immaculate Heart was entirely focused on loving God and so she readily gave her “fiat,” her “yes” to Him. Mary, although only about 14 years or so old, had already filled her mind and heart with love of the Divine Word through deep prayer and pondering the Scriptures. She possessed a continuous intimacy with God. It was no surprise then, she would lovingly embrace the gentle overshadowing of the Holy Spirit, Who united the Second Person of the Holy Trinity to one her eggs. Hence, the humanity of Jesus was taken exclusively from and through Mary. As Eve was brought forth from Adam, so now the New Adam, Jesus Christ, is born from the New Eve, the Blessed Virgin Mary. It pleases the Father that the Savior of the world should come to us through the humble Virgin. It, also, pleases Him that we go to the Savior through her. The best way to do this is by praying the Rosary. Our Lady draws us to her prayerful heart, as a mother to her child, and places us firmly in the mysteries of salvation found in and through her Son. She is a good Momma, who loves us, and wants us to be saved. So, pray the Rosary and rejoice in the gift of our salvation. May God be praised and may you be blessed!

Mission Statement To walk by Faith, to be known by Love and to be a Beacon of Light in our community. We are asking that you pray 3 Hail Marys after each Mass for people to come back to their Catholic Faith. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Eucharist Schedule Saturday:5:00 pm - St. John’s, Grafton Sunday: 7:30 am - Sacred Heart, Oakwood 9:30 am - St. John’s, Grafton 11:30 am - Mass in Spanish, Grafton Reconciliation Saturday: 4:00 - 4:45 pm - St. John’s Sunday: 7:10 am - Sacred Heart, Oakwood 9:00 - 9:15 am - St. John’s

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Parish Office: 352-1648 Fr. Jeff’s Cell phone - 1-314-750-8937 Parish Kitchen: 352-0499

Pastor: Fr. Jeffrey Eppler Retired Priest in Residence: Fr. Bernard Schneider Deacon/Pastoral Minister: Rev. Mr. Michael Grzadzielewski Faith Formation/Music: Brent Hermans Parish Secretary: DeeDee Vogsland Environmental Services: David Demester, Paul Bina

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Parish Lay Directors: Paul Houdek, Mary (John) Dusek

Pastoral Council: Jeff Blanchard, Leanne Campbell, Kelly Dokken, Paul Dolan, Brittany Dusek, Ernie Dusek, Sandra Irmen, Lee Lessard, Denise Moe, Sean Osowski, Micky Schumacher, Al Szklarski, Marta Balderas - Hispanic Ministry Liaison.

Finance Council: Matt Beneda, Mary (John) Dusek, Paul Houdek, JoAnn Lizakowski, Kathy Maus, Donny Suda, Stacey Van Bruggen Baptism Prep Classes - On the 2nd Thursday of the month at 7:00 pm in the Gathering Space. Call 352-1648 to register. Training for EMOC - on the 2nd Thursday of the month at 6:15 pm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~FORMED: Youth and Adult Faith Formation at formed.org Parish Access code:PNWMV2

Bulletin - find it at stjohnsgrafton.com+Emails: Father Jeff at fr.jeff@stjohnsgrafton.com DeeDee at deedee@stjohnsgrafton.com Need a ride to church: Call Frank Janousek at 520-1730 or Jim Kosmatka at 360-2061

Bulletin Deadline - Wednesday 4:00 p.m.

St. John the EvangelistSacred Heart - Oakwood

July 14, 2019 1515 Western Ave.15th Sunday in Ordinary Time Grafton, ND 58237

Young Disciples 2019 Will be this week!

Monday - Thursday, July 15-18 from

9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. (Mass at 2:45)

Open to youth who havecompleted grades K-6.

Students are asked tobring a sack lunch and

a water bottle.

(nut free event - No peanutor tree nuts)

STEWARDSHIP Let us honor God with our first fruits rather than the leftovers July 7, 2019 $8,922.00

Given in 2019 Goal for 2019 $183,500.57 $385,000.00$ 65,926.00 God’s Gift (Participation 27%) $ 82,942.00$ 55.00 Jail Ministry$ 1,865.00 Unrestricted $ 250.00 Adoration Chapel$ Music$ 9,014.10 Haiti School$ Parish Center Floor$ Media Upgrade$ 960.00 Cemetery Upkeep/Memorials

“Sowing Seeds for Our Future”, given sinceinception $666,600.15 of pledged amount of $741,989.00

Memorials Allen Groven $10 UnrestrictedFrances Givens $20 Cemetery FundJanice Ledbury $10 Cemetery Fund

Eucharist & Intentions Saturday, July 13 5:00 p.m. - Maurice B. Collette +Sunday, July 14 7:30 a.m. - Parishioners 9:30 a.m. - Frank Rose + 11:30 a.m. - Mass in Spanish - Michael Frank Misialek +Monday, July 15 2:45 p.m. - Gene Burns +Tuesday, July 16 2:45 p.m. - Alma Collette +Wednesday, July 17 10:15 a.m. Sunset - Orell Sevigny + 2:45 p.m. - Pat Silewski +Thursday, July 18 1:45 p.m. - Louis & Alma Collette + 2:45 p.m. - Monica Aguilar +Friday, July 19 9:00 a.m. - Ed Shereck +Saturday, July 20 5:00 p.m. - Mary Ann Schrank +Sunday, July 21 7:30 a.m. Oakwood - Edward French + 9:30 a.m. - Parishioners 11:30 a.m. - John Curran +

Prayers for the Sick Kevin Bai l ly, Brian Fehr, Larry & Shirley Durand, Randy Dusek, G l e n n S c h n e i d e r, Francis Boulduc, Paul L u n s k i , B o n n i e S h a n n o n , L i n d a Loveless, Judy Wolter, Michelle Such, Robert

Carroll, Jon Hills, Richard Anderson, MaryAnn Brockway, Mike Callahan, Judy Jiskra, Suzanne Burns, Jodi McCarthy, Diane Lee, Hope Reis, Beverly Desautel, David Moe, Patrice & Thea Katz, Brad Schuster, Hiladore Osowski, Ron Nowacki, Monica Rudnik, Chad Demers, Jeanne Silewski, Ann (Mickey) Shaver, Judith McMillian, Ray Capp, JoAnn & Roger Mattson, Ryan Suda, Emma Basting, John Campbell, Theresa Moen, Jennifer Osowski, Michelle Collette Donarski, Roger Amiot, Kevin Hoenke, Adly Galle Jaehning, Kathy Ruzicka

Diocese of Fargo is taking applications for a PT Respect for Life Director. Email cover letter, resume and three references to: barbars.Augdahl@fargodiocese.org

Piano Talk - 7:00 pm in the Parish Center:August 6 -Fifty Nifty States of MusicAugust 20-The Return of the Jedi Piano (movie songs)

Finance Council will meet on July 18th at 7:00 pm.

Ministry July 20 July 21 July 27 July 28

JulyEucharisticMinisters

Proclaimers Lunette Kliniske Kevin Frederickson Linda Restemayer Patricia Dusek

AltarServers

Matt HouskaChris Fehr

Robert ParsonsElijah SmallbeckSeth Smallbeck

Chris FehrMatt Houska

Joshua BlanchardEthan LundKatie LeClercLaila Miller

Greeters Frank & Cindy JanousekJesse Forster

Griselda MorenoJanelle WoinarowiczJill Pederson

Doug & Susan KirkebyDelores Novak

Jon Jelinek FamilyLuke Holt

MoneyCounters

Sue CallahanJim Kosmatka

LaRae OsowskiJudy Keeley

Sacred Heart - Oakwood Sunday: July 21, 2019

Proclaimer: Ed Altar Server: Kayden & Zachary Swanson July Cleaning: Group 3

Collection: 7/07/19 $ 996.00 Year to Date $17,892.00 God’s Gift Goal $ 7,816.00 Participation 54% $ 6,195.00

Lay Directors: Ed Sevigny, Lori Cyr

Pastoral/Finance Council: Susan Suda, Cindy Collette, Mark Gourde, Lee Osowski, Bobby Osowski

5:00 pm Paten: Cindy Janousek, Mary Dusek Chalice: Lillian Houska, Doris Dahlgren, Brigita Bovaird, John Dusek9:30 am Paten: Jim Dusek, Elaine Novak, Dorothy Koester Chalice: Debbie Aasand, Kelly Lessard, Amy Lynn Suda, Jim Schieffer

Stewardship Moment - “Jesus said to him, ‘Go and do likewise.’” Luke 10:37 This was Jesus’ command at the end of the Good Samaritan story. Did you know that the Samaritans and Jews despised each other? The moral of the story is to love our neighbor. That means loving someone you may not know or someone that looks different than you or someone that you don’t like. All without expecting anything in return.

Weekly Prayer of the Faithful Petitions - That we may strive to be more like the Good Samaritan, helping those in need, without expecting anything in return.

St. John’s Youth Committee is hosting a Mini VBS on August 14 for youth entering grades K-6.

VBS will start at 5:15 p.m. with a family mass followed bya potluck supper and a family movie with s’mores!Please register by texting Maggie at 612-386-2883.

If your last name starts with:A-H - please bring a salad

I-Q - please bring a main dish R-Z - please bring a dessert

Oakwood Memorial Orell Sevigny $100 Cemetery Fund