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St. Ann Catholic Parish St. Mary Catholic Parish

We look back and thank God; we look forward and trust God.

Pastor: Fr. Paul T. Josten Office (605) 853-2207 Cell (605) 661-7636

E-mail: frpaul@santel.net P.O. Box 198 709 East 4th Street Miller, South Dakota 57362-0198

Website: www.stannmiller.com St. Ann Parish Secretary - DeAnn Beckett

Office (605) 853-2207 Fax (605) 853-3037

E-mail: stann1962@mncomm.com

St. Mary Parish Secretary - Shannon Moser

Office (605) 852-2733

St. Ann DRE - Sandy Mullaney Office (605) 853–2735

E-mail: stannyouth@mncomm.com

St. Mary DRE - Shannon Moser Office (605) 852–2733

**Bulletin information must be submitted to the

St. Ann Parish office by Monday at 5:00 PM.

MASS TIMES

Saturday 5:00pm *1st Saturday of the month at St. Ann - Miller;

all other Saturdays in Wessington�

Sunday 9:00am St. Ann -Miller

11:00am St. Mary -Highmore

CONFESSIONS

Saturday 12:00-1:00pm St. Ann

4:15-4:45pm in Wessington

Sunday 8:15-8:45am St. Ann

Thursday 1:30-2:00pm St. Mary

PLEASE PRAY FOR: Tina Danielson, Dennis Eisnach, Yvonne Evans, Kayleen Fulton, Dot Hanson, Leo Istas,

Samia McManus, Joyce Meyer, Robert Meyer, Jack Peck,

Sandy Schulz, Donna Morseth-Seeman, Michael Strain,

Jack Ufen, Roger Venjohn, and Betty Jo Welch.

SACRAMENTS Engaged? Call the office at least six months before

the wedding date regarding pre-marriage classes.

New Parents or Expecting? Call the office for pre-baptism

class and to schedule a baptism.

Going in for surgery or for a procedure or are sick at home or in the hospital? Call for Anointing.

Cemetery Questions? Call either par ish office.

Prayer Requests? Call Norma Carr (605) 853-3330 or DeAnn

Beckett (605) 204-0430 or the parish office.

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RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Wed. Jan. 10th-St. Ann CCD Classes resume Sun. Jan. 14th-St. Ann 6th Grade Class Mass

Rolls 10:00am Jan. 14th- St. Ann—sponsored by the 12th Grade CCD Class.

Volunteer Appreciation Dinner: The St. Ann’s Dinner is tonight, Sunday, 5:00pm social hour followed by the 6:00pm dinner in the parish center. The St. Mary’s dinner is next Sunday, in the parish hall, same schedule. RSVP is closed for the Miller dinner. You may still RSVP for St. Mary’s.

Adoration at St. Ann ~ Come join us at St. Ann for a Holy Hour of Prayer and singing of the Divine Mercy Chaplet every Tuesday morning at 10:30am.

The KC’S: The St. Ann’s Council will meet Wed, Jan. 10th at 8:00pm at

the Parish Center. The St. Mary’s Council will meet Tuesday, the 15th in

the Rectory basement at 7:00pm.

St. Mary Altar Society: Wed, Jan. 10th –6:00pm–Bride’s room.

Mark you calendars and join us for the St Ann Souper Sunday Festival - Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018 at 10am. On the menu: Leo Istas’ delicious soup and BBQ’s. There will be live and silent auctions as well as children’s activities available throughout the Festivall!! Here are some of the new auction items added: Wurlitzer Organ, Rustlers sports package, 4 airline tickets, a lift chair, processed pork, Grandfather Clock, hand crafted child’s rocking chair, and a pie a month for a year. Any donated auction items would be greatly appreciated. Thank You!!

The following is a partial listing of the 2017 Christmas Flower Honorees & Memorials from both parishes. The rest of the list will be in next week’s bulletin. Thank you to all who donated. In Memory of: Leo Aesoph, Thom & Gail Andersen, Abbie Ankrum, Bill & Lucille Beaner, Doug Beckett, Leo Beranek, Marvin Beranek, Bernt Berntsen, Karla Berntsen, Nikki Carr, Wayne Carr, L. R. Chesbro, Peggy Christenson, Lana Eichstadt, Robert Hamiel, Brad Hancock, Darin Hancock, Carl & Elizabeth Hardes, Travis James Hardes, Janice Harrow, Sean Hartman, Justin Hedge, Vernon Hedge, Mary Joan Hoftiezer, Geraldine Houdek, Bob Jensen, Robert & Doris Jensen, Beau Keeter, John & Josephine Kieffer, Walt Krueger, Deceased members of the Lakner Family, Mary Anne Lakner, Deceased members of the Lichty Family, Ed & Dorothy Lichty, Raymond Lichty, Guy & Gladys Major, Richard Major, John Martin, Jerry Martin, Jim Mathieu, Jack & Kate McCloud, and Speed McCloud. (To be continued next week.)

ST. ANN Building Fund: $1,140,206.90 Please remember to make your pledge payments.

Congratulations to Evelyn Froning St. Ann’s newest 500 Club Winner of $30.00!!

FromFr.Paul�� Happy New Year Again! Here are the

answersfromlastweek’sbulletinChristmasCarol

game. (If you haven’t played and want to, don’t

look at these answers yet!) 1) Jingle Bells, 2)Walking in a Winter Wonderland, 3) Santa Claus is

ComingtoTown,4)JoytotheWorld,5)RudolphtheRed

Nosed Reindeer, 6) O Come All Ye Faithful, 7) I’m

DreamingofaWhiteChristmas,8)OChristmasTree,9)

What Child is This?, 10)WeThreeKings, 11) Deck the

Halls,12)ISawThreeShipsComeSailingIn,13)OHoly

Night,14)Noel,15)Away inaManger,16)TheTwelve

Days of Christmas, 17) I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa

Claus, 18) All I Want For Christmas is My Two Front

Teeth, 19) Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire, 20) It

Came Upon a Midnight Clear, 21) Let it Snow, Let it

Snow,Let itSnow!,22)SilentNight,23OLittleTownof

Bethlehem,24)SilverBells.�� Say… A word about the bulletin.

Sometimes I hear comments fromWessington or

Highmorepeopleaboutthingsfromtheirterritory

not being put in the bulletin. Here’s the scoop:

ThebulletiniswrittenhereinMillerattheparish

of&ice. Anytime you want the names of sick

personsoranyoneoranythingputinthebulletin,

the best way to handle that is to contact the St.

Ann’s parish of&ice here inMiller and speakwith

me or DeAnn Beckett or leave a message and if

your message needs clari&ication we will contact

you.Ifeverthereissomethingnotinthebulletin

it isquitepossible thatnoonegot the info tous.

Regarding helpwithMass, sometimes I don’t list

anyoneinthebulletinandindicatethatvolunteers

areneeded. Ioftendothis whenitcomestothe

Saturday night Mass so that persons aren’t

assignedtoaMassthattheydonotintendtogoto.

If ever you see in the bulletin that I need

volunteers,pleasevolunteerdaysbeforetheMass

andnotminutesbeforetheMass,ifpossible.You

cancheckminutesbefore tomakesure thebases

arecovered,butIprefermorenotice.Thanks.�� Toletyouknow,themergerofSt. Joseph’s

inWessingtonwith St. Ann’s inMillerwhich has

beengoingonforthreeplusyearsnowwill&inally

be completed in the coming months. Any

Wessington people choosing to register at a

different parish will need to let us know and

of&icially register at that parish. A reminder, the

decision tomergewasmadeby theBishopyears

ago;weareseeingitthrough.MaytheLordguide

us in these months ahead as we implement the

Bishop’sdecision.WeputourtrustintheLord.�

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MASS INTENTIONS JAN. 8TH—14TH

Mon. 1/8 NO MASS Tue. 1/9 5:15pm M-d. Florence Coyle

Wed. 1/10 9:30am MNH– d. James Clement

Thur. 1/11 8:00am M-d. Donna Schultz

10:30am HHC– For the homeless

Fri. 1/12 8:00am M-d. Alice Wagner

Sat. 1/13 5:00pm W-d. Dorothy Lichty

Sun. 1/14 9:00am M– d. Alfred Schulz

11:00am H– For the People

Ministry Schedule Jan. 13th & 14th 5:00pm Wessington―Saturday

Lector:Unavailableatprinttime�EM:Unavailableatprinttime�

Server:Volunteers�Off:Volunteers�Usher:Unavailableatprinttime� 9:00am Miller –Sunday

Lector:6thGradeCCDClass�EM:Al&JaneDeRoos,MikeOrtmeier�

Server:KaiaHeilman,AlanaHoward,&CoraPeterson�Off:6thGradeCCDClass�Usher:6thGradeCCDClass� 11:00am Highmore –Sunday.

Lector:DwightGutzmer�EM:� JaneMcCloud�Server:� KendallCermak&GunnerBrueggeman�Off:Diane&MariaPazour�Usher:DorisMewes&ShirleyDittman�

Weekend Support December 30th & 31st

5:00pm Saturday―Wessington Regular.….……………….……………………….$ 280.00

Loose…………………………..…………………..$ 36.00 Total…………………….……………………...….$ 316.00 9:00am Sunday―Miller

Regular.…………………………………………...$ 1,560.00 Loose ………………………………………….…..$ 79.00 Total ………………………………...…………….$ 1,639.00 11:00am Sunday―Highmore

Regular …………………………………….……..$ 920.00 Loose………………………………………….…...$ 155.00 Total………………………………………..…….. $ 1,075.00