Sunday, October 25, 2015

— Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

REMINDER: When we gather to share the Eucharist, we gather to share our needs, our prayers, and our thanks. At the time of Offertory, you will notice that the basket is passed from person to person. Each person is asked to touch the basket as a sign of placing

their lives, their prayers, and their thanksgivings together with those of all that share in that Celebration. Each person passes the basket to the next person as a sign of unity in faith, hope, and love. The ushers will begin a basket in the front of each section, walk halfway back to start a second basket, and wait there until the first basket reaches them. The ushers asked during their annual review, “What if they (the congregants) do not pass the basket?” I said, “God or Father will have to go and get it.” We are always looking for additional people to help with the various ministries. God calls each of us to share our gifts and talents. —Fr. Michael R. Schneider, Pastor

Nicole Fuhrer, Development Director

I would like to take this opportunity to thank my Board of Directors for their amazing stewardship of their time, talents, and treasure in support of our Foundation. We continue to make great strides in

building our financial strength in support of Catholic Education here in Mitchell. This does not happen without the leadership and wisdom of many hearts and hands. I especially would like to thank Jeff Smith, who is stepping down from our board after MANY years of faithful discipleship. I would also like to welcome and give thanks to our newest board member, Mike LeBrun. Mike was installed at our Annual Meeting this past week. I have no doubt he will bring invaluable insight to our board. Please continue to prayer for our Foundation and our mission to Protect the Future of Catholic Education here in Mitchell! Dear Lord, I am your instrument. I love and trust you. This work is not mine, it is Yours. Use me as you see fit. Amen!

Holy Spirit Parish Calendar of Events: Sat/Sun, Oct 24/25: Gift Bearers & Greeter Training after Masses

Tues, Oct 27: 10:15am Rosary & Scripture Discussion, HS Cnf Rm

Wed, Oct 28: 5:30-8pm Faith Formation Classes, JPII School

Sat/Sun, Oct 31/Nov1: SCRIP sold after all Masses

Sun, Nov 1: Set clocks back one hour—Daylight Savings Time Ends

Faith Formation News Christine Lemmer, Faith Formation Director

Faith Formation News Classes as usual this Wednesday, October 28, for Grades K-12.

Grade 10 Confirmation: Papers are due next week. RCIA NEWS

RCIA class will be Thursday, Oct. 29, 7pm, Holy Family Nazareth Rm. Youth Conference Calling all Grades 6-12 youth from the Parishes: The “I Thirst” Youth Conference will be Saturday, November 14, at the

Swiftel Center in Brookings. We are taking a bus — leaving at 7:30am and returning around 11:00pm. Cost: $30/youth, non-refundable.

The registration form & payment are due in the FF Office.

Area Happenings—See bulletin board for more details.

Oct 25: Salem Armory, Salem—St. Mary’s Annual Church Bazar

Oct 28: Old Courthouse Museum, SF—CUF Estate Planning Seminar

Oct 31: Sacred Heart Monastery, Yankton—Praying w/Your Eyes

Nov 13-14: Broom Tree, Irene—Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius

Nov 15: O’Gorman HS, SF—Grace Before Meals Cooking Demo

Nov 20: Moose Lodge, Mitchell—Cool Nights/Warm Hearts, CASA

Nov 20-22: Sacred Heart Monastery, Yankton—Exploring Rel. Life

We welcome through the Living Waters of Baptism Brynn Marie Hohn, daughter of Jeff & Mary Hohn. May God shower you with an abundance of His grace and blessings!

Holy Spirit Parish extends its deepest sympathies to Chuck (Lois) Paulson and family on the death of his sister, Doris Ford, on October 14, and to Connie (Rod) Vermeulen and family on the death of her mother, Agatha Ebersdorfer, on October 14.

May you find comfort in our Lord’s healing love.

Thank you for your generous response to the Society for

the Propagation of the Faith last weekend on World

Mission Sunday. Our parish raised $1,623. Some people

are called to go to serve in other countries to develop the

Church and serve its people, but all of us can pray and

support the Missions from right here in the parish.

Time to check your calendars! The Dec-Jan-Feb

Ministry Schedule will be run in a couple of weeks.

Now is the time to notify Merrillee in the Parish

Office of any dates you or your family will not be

available for the Ministry(ies) for which you have

volunteered. E-mail: church@holyspiritmitchell.org or call the

office, 996-7424, by November 9 with your unavailable dates.

Dates that may cause availability issues: Mitchell

schools Christmas break, Dec. 19 - Jan. 3; weekend following

Christmas, Dec. 26-27; weekend following New Year’s, Jan. 2-3;

JPII School Carnival, Jan. 31; Mitchell schools 4-day weekend,

Feb. 12-15; Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14; and school activities such

as show choir, wrestling, gymnastics, and basketball.

NOTE: For the Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and Solemnity of

Mary eve & day (Jan. 1) Masses, Fr. Schneider will once again

have volunteer sign-up sheets to cover all of the needed

ministries. These Masses will not be automatically scheduled.

Reminder: Please notify the office if you want to be

removed from a Ministry temporarily or permanently. Do

you have a college student that is no longer available at Holy

Spirit on the weekends? Has your schedule or that of your

child changed so you are no long as available to volunteer for

a Ministry that you are currently signed up for? Generally, a

volunteer is not removed from a Ministry unless they

specifically request to be removed. If you are not available

for a date/time you have been scheduled, please try to find

a replacement first. Within the next month or two, you will

receive an updated Ministry list of volunteers for each of the

Ministries you or your family have volunteered for to assist

you in finding a replacement. If you are unable to find a

replacement, please let the Parish Office or Fr. Schneider

know so we can try to find a replacement for you. Thanks!

Holy Spirit Parish sends congratulations to Jim & Doris Schafer, who will celebrate their

65th Wedding Anniversary on Friday, October 30. May God’s love and abundant blessings be

showered upon you and your family.

Fall Fashion Show & Luncheon This annual fundraiser for the Catholic Daughters will be held on Saturday, Nov. 7, 11:30am, at the John Paul II School Gym. All tickets are general admission for $10. Call the MFCE Office, 999-9127, e-mail:

mfce@mit.midco.net, or go to the Parish Office to purchase tickets.

Fr. Charles Duman has daily Mass at 10:30 AM

in the Avera Brady Home Chapel except Monday. _ MASS TIMES & INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK_ Mon, Oct 26 - 7:30 AM Therese Raml +

Tues, Oct 27 - 5:15 PM Don Walters +

Wed, Oct 28 - 7:30 AM Kathy Schwalm +

Thur, Oct 29 - 7:30 AM Don Yungbluth +

9:30 AM Mass at Firesteel

24 Hr Eucharistic Adoration Thurs 8:00am-Fri 7:30am

Confessions heard Thursday from 8:00 to 9:00pm

Fri, Oct 30 - 7:30 AM Fr. Leonard Fox +

9:00 AM JPII School Mass

Sat, Oct 31 - 5:30 PM Bussmus & Schelle Families

Sun, Nov 1 - 9:00 AM Mineriva Hohn +

11:00 AM Holy Spirit Parishioners

May the souls of the faithful departed rest in peace, Amen!

. Church Support (90) $3,771.00 . Direct Deposit — . Loose Offering 491.00 . Children 44,22 Propagation of the Faith 1,623.00 God Bless You! Total: $5,929.22 Automatic withdrawals for contributions: If you would like to have your Church contributions automatically deducted from your account, please call the Parish Office at 996-7424 for more information. Thanks. Stewardship Reflection: Today’s Psalm says, “The

Lord has done great things for us; we are filled with

joy.” Good stewards demonstrate by their living

and giving that they understand God as the Source

of all they are and have.

A Family Perspective by Bud Ozar: When Jesus

asked the blind man, “What do you want from

me?” he asked for sight. If Jesus asked you the

same question, what would you say? Okay, that

is your prayer.

24 Hour Eucharistic Adoration Thursday 8:00AM to Friday 7:30AM

8:00 pm to 9:00 pm --- opportunity for Confession during Adoration

John Paul II School News Robin Cahoy, Principal — 996-2365

We are so blessed at John Paul II to be able

to pray with our students. Feel free to join us at

8:30am on Monday in the church to pray the

Chaplet of Divine Mercy. It is so touching to watch and listen as

the youngest to the oldest of our school family gathers to pray this

wonderful prayer in honor of our Blessed Mother Mary.

Come one and all to the October Family Dance! The PTO will

be sponsoring this fun Halloween evening on Saturday, Oct. 24,

from 6:00-8:30 in the John Paul II School Gym. Please remember

this is a family evening so each child must be accompanied by an

adult. There will be a free-will offering at the door.

Our Student Council’s activity for October is for

the students to donate items for the patients receiving

treatment at the Cancer Center in Mitchell. Some of

the items include chapstick, hard candy, word puzzle

books, Sudoku books, and lotion.

How about some fresh, warm, chewy cookies to

share with your families? Our students are selling

Classic Cookie Collections. In addition to many

varieties of cookie dough, there are also soup

mixes, dip mixes, desserts, and soy candles.

Please call the office if you would like to “stock

up” for the upcoming holiday season! These boxes/tubs of frozen

cookie dough and other awesome treats will be sold by our

students and staff through November 6. Please call the school

office if you wish to purchase any of these wonderful snacks!

When you have a chance, check out all the photos on John Paul

II’s Facebook page of our many activities taking place at school!

—Blessings, Mrs. Robin Cahoy

LITURGICAL ASSISTANTS October 31—November 1 LECTORS: 5:30 PM: Bunny Koester, Tom Lichter 9:00 AM: Linda Holmes, Hit Mayer 11:00 AM: Mary Liz Crockett, Jeff McEntee EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS: 5:30 PM: Paula Heida, M/M Charles Herrmann, Carol Krcil, Shanna Weiss 9:00 AM: M/M Merl Bechen, Briana Fiegen, Linda Holmes, Trevor Meaney 11:00 AM: Elaine Goldammer, Deb Lorenzen, M/M Clay Mick, Cliff Pederson ALTAR SERVERS: 5:30 PM: Ryan Krall, Ashley Miedema 9:00 AM: Madison Bechen, Jonah and Felicity Honomichl 11:00 AM: Jacob Goldammer, Elizabeth Mick, Andrea Thelen GIFT BEARERS: 5:30 PM: Rod & Connie Vermeulen Family 9:00 AM: Rick & Joleen Mueller Family 11:00 AM: Steve & Lynette Schoenfelder Family HOSPITALITY/GREETERS: 5:30 PM: Pat Adam, Fred & Joan DeRouchey 9:00 AM: Murray & Cindy Brooke, Arlette Hettinger 11:00 AM: Steve & Noel Ahlers Family, Naomi Nutter USHERS: 5:30 PM: Fred DeRouchey, Rod Heida, Jim Radke, Chuck Thuringer 9:00 AM: Duane Haiar, Dick Muth, Chuck Paulson, Dick Prostrollo 11:00 AM: Chad Cahoy, Craig Haiar, Clet Schoenfelder, Steve Schoenfelder CANTOR: 5:30 PM-Jane Schoenfelder 9:00 AM-Diane Way 11:00 AM-Trudy Morgan ROLLS & COFFEE: Month of November Pick-up & Prep: Homer Holmes 9:00 AM: Arlette Hettinger, Joan Honomichl SCRIP SALES: 5:30 PM-Marilyn Schneider and Mary Jo Wittstruck 9:00 AM-Merrillee Osterloo 11:00 AM-Nicole Fuhrer

Daily Readings: October 26—November 1 Mon, Romans 8:12-17 Luke 13:10-17 Tues, Romans 8:18-25 Luke 13:18-21 Wed, Ephesians 2:19-22 Luke 6:12-16 - Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles Thur, Romans 8:31b-39 Luke 13:31-35 Fri, Romans 9:1-5 Luke 14:1-6 Sat, Romans 11:1-2a, 11-12, 25-29 Luke 14:1, 7-11 Sun, Revelation 7:2-4, 9-14 1 John 3:1-3

Matthew 5:1-12a - ALL SAINTS DAY - Vocation Awareness Week Begins

Food Pantry Needs: Hamburger & Tuna Helper, fruit, pasta, spaghetti sauce, mac & cheese, tuna, chili beans, cereal, meat, and pasta. The total served in the month of September was 399 for 325 families and 74 single people. Total food orders were 170 with 1,063 bags of food sent home with those in need. There were 1,457 pounds of food donated to the Food Pantry in September. Holy Spirit Church has been asked to provide 500 boxes of pudding mix and 500 boxes of jello mix for the Christmas Baskets this year. Look in future bulletins for notification of when we will begin collecting these items. Please check the expiration dates on the boxes as expired items are not accepted. Thank you!

Catholic Daughter News! Mark your calendar for Saturday, Nov. 7, and attend the CDA Fall Luncheon and Style Show to be held at JPII! Tickets are $10 & available now! Contact Nicole Fuhrer at MFCE or any CDA member for information. Jan Auch was the winner of two CDA Luncheon tickets given away on Catholic Daughter Sunday. Welcome NEW MEMBER, Kim Mohr! The next meeting will be on November 12 at Holy Family – 7PM. For more information call Barb Young at 996-6839.