Third Sunday of Lent March 4, 2018

Fr. Kevin Doyle frkevindoyle@sfcatholic.org

Mailing: PO Box 310 - Bowdle, SD 57428

Bowdle Rectory/Office: 285-6466 Melissa Sauer & Judy Weishaar

Hoven Rectory/Office: 948-2451 Dawn McClure

or Melissa Sauer Cell: 216-0124

Bowdle Office Email: staug@venturecomm.net

Hoven Office Email: stanthony@venturecomm.net

Webpage: staugustinebowdle.wordpress.com

Baptism: Pre-Baptism Class for parents required before all Baptisms. Please call Rectory for appointment.

Holy Matrimony: Couples planning marriage must contact their Priest at least 6 months before the wedding

date. A year in advance is not too early.

Weekly Readings Sun Mar 4: Third Sunday of Lent

Ex 20:1-17 1 Cor 1:22-25 Jn 2:13-25

Mon Mar 5: Lenten Weekday

2 Kgs 5:1-15b Lk 4:24-30

Tues Mar 6: Lenten Weekday

Dn 3:25,34-43 Mt 18:21-35

Wed Mar 7: Sts Perpetua and Felicity, Martyrs

Dt 4:1,5-9 Mt 5:17-19

Thurs Mar 8: St John of God, Religious

Jer 7:23-28 Lk 11:14-23

Fri Mar 9: St Frances of Rome, Religious

Hos 14:2-10 Mk 12:28-34

Sat Mar 10: Lenten Weekday

Hos 6:1-6 Lk 18:9-14

Ministry Lists for Mar 4

Ministry Lists for Mar 11

Hosmer-Lec– Margaret W Rosary– Teri H

Bowdle– Lec– Carrie B Serv– Matthew, Krystal

Comm– Josh B, Mary Z

Gift– Peter & Sandra Frickson Rosary– Norbert T

Bowdle– Lec– Josh B

Serv– Krystal, Mackenzie

Comm– Sandra F, Josh B

Gift– James & Lisa Geier

Rosary– Margy B

Anointing of the Sick: Before a hospital stay, surgical procedure, or any serious illness, please call the

rectory to arrange the celebration of the Sacrament.

Fr. Kevin’s Reflection

Saturdays 5:00pm St Anthony’s Hoven * Saturdays 7:00pm St John’s Onaka (Even Weekends) Sundays 8:30 am Holy Trinity Hosmer (Odd Weekends) * Sundays 10:30 am St Augustine’s Bowdle

Word of Life Intercessions for Life Mar 4 ~ 3rd Sunday of Lent

Through their work, may lawmakers protect the conscience rights of those who stand up for life; We pray to the Lord: Lord hear our prayer.

Mobile Food Pantry 11:00am―1:00pm

4-H Building, Ipswich Date: Tues Mar 13th

Mass Times at a Glance Saturdays: 5:00 pm Hoven

5:30 pm Roscoe 5:30 pm Herreid (Jan-Mar 2018)

6:00 pm Faulkton 7:00 pm Onaka* (2&4 Sat only)

Sundays: 8:30 am Hosmer*(1,3,5 Sun only)

8:30 am Selby (Jan-Mar 2018)

9:00 am Faulkton 9:00 am Ipswich

9:00 am Onida 10:30 am Bowdle

10:30 am Eureka (Jan–Mar 2018) 11:00 am Gettysburg

11:00 am Leola

So, Lent, how are you doing? We are about half way through the season of Lent; how are you doing with your

disciplines of prayer, charity, forgiveness, fasting and abstinence? It is important to remember that Lent is not just

about being 100% perfect in what we chose to “give up” or decided to “take on.” Lent is about striving to perfect our

ways and to start over - and over again - if we should fail during the season. I often reflect on why Jesus fell three times

as He carried the cross. Couldn’t He, as God, carry the cross without falling under the cross? Of course He could. I

believe Jesus exhausted Himself - fell three times - to teach us a human lesson. The lesson is that we will fall

(ourselves); but, when we fall, we are to pick ourselves up and continue on. (And sometimes, like the song says - asking

“With a little from my friends.”) We are not done when we fail, but we are done when we give up trying or when we no

longer desire to even try. I recall another great line that I once heard in a movie: (paraphrased) “You are not defined by

your failures in life - but you are defined by how you rise after you fall.”

So, how are you doing this Lent? If you are 100 % on track – excellent! If you have stumbled a little in the

Lenten disciplines, see this as an opportunity to pick yourself up and start again! (That is what the Sacrament of Confes-

sion is all about.)

Having talked about Lent, how are you doing with planning the celebration of Holy Week and Easter? Among

my best and strongest memories growing up are those revolving around that week. My parents taught us to allow the

Church and our celebration of the Paschal event to regulate our lives that week. As a family, on Holy Thursday we cel-

ebrated the Mass of the Lord’s Supper and did the pilgrimage to visit Our Lord in Repose at seven churches around our

area (as I know some of you still do as a family / friends tradition). I recall this was so ingrained in me that when I was

a senior in college, I still went to the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday night and took all of the guys with me

throughout Boston! Let’s admit it … these devotions are difficult in our area … but maybe … at least stop into church

to spend some quiet time for prayer.

Of course, Good Friday night was the time to color our Easter eggs! Holy Saturday was going to Confession and then

staying around to lock the church doors and help to decorate the church for the Vigil.

Sometimes, we would come back and celebrate the long (but great) Easter Vigil Mass on Holy Saturday night! It

was an awesome experience to recount the darkness of life without the Light of the Resurrected Christ (as we celebrated

the Old Testament readings in “the dark” and the New Testament readings in “the light”). If we couldn’t make the Vigil

- then it was Mass on Easter Sunday morning - then off to a great Easter Buffet Brunch … with orange juice mimosas.

These are my memories of the Triduum and Easter (and how I learned to celebrate it from my parents within the

life of the Church). I share them with you and ask you to plan and question for yourself: what Easter memories are you

creating for your family?

Fr Kevin Doyle will have Weekend Masses for Hosmer and Onaka during these dates:

8:30 am Sun Mar 4 Hosmer 7 pm Sat Mar 10 Onaka

8:30 am Sun Mar 18 Hosmer 7 pm Sat Mar 24 Onaka

8:30 am Sun Apr 1 Hosmer 7 pm Sat Apr 7 Onaka

8:30 am Sun Apr 15 Hosmer 7 pm Sat Apr 21 Onaka

8:30 am Sun Apr 29 Hosmer 8:30 am Sun May 6 Hosmer 7 pm Sat May 12 Onaka

8:30 am Sun May 20 Hosmer 7 pm Sat May 26 Onaka 8:30 am Sun Jun 3 Hosmer

Parish Cleaning Assignments

St. Augustine: March Church Cleaning:

Chair: Josh & Makayla Mitzel; Mary Fischer, Margy Bobby, Theresa Beitelspacher

Holy Trinity: March Church Cleaning: Gerard Heier, Tillie & David Heier

NOTE: The Holy Trinity men on for the monthly cleaning are also to be usher-

ing and taking up the collection during

your assigned month. Thank you to all those who work so hard to keep the churches clean. It is very much appreciated!

Abbey of the Hills March 9-11, 2018 ~The Matthew Ministry: Inner Healing Retreat This weekend event offers hope and freedom to those seeking a way out of hurt and sorrow by inviting Jesus into the source of our hurt and allowing his truth and light into the original situation. The weekend begins at 7:00pm on Friday March 9 and ends with lunch on Sunday, March 11.

Abbey of the Hills info: 605.398.9200 or www.abbeyo�hehills.org

Retrouvaille: Help for Troubled & Strained Marriages

The next Retrouvaille weekend is scheduled for March 16-18, 2018. The weekend will take place

at The Abbey of the Hills near Marvin, S.D. This is a confidential weekend that offers hope and help

for couples to heal and renew their marriage relationship. To register and for general information

visit: www.retrouvaille.org or call 605-988-3755.

PRESENTATION SISTERS LEADERSHIP CAMP - JULY 16 – 20, 2018 Attention middle school girls who will be entering grades 7th, 8th, and 9th grade in the fall of 2018 – registration forms for the 2018 Leadership Camp have been mailed to your parish and/or school. Please check with your director of religious education or school for a registration form. We encourage you to complete and return the form at your earliest convenience. Registration forms are also available for download at the Presentation Sister’s website – www.presentationsisters.org. Please call Karen Harrington (605) 770-3671 for more information.

Pilgrimage to Spain, Lourdes & Fatima: Come along Nov. 5 -15, 2018, to some of the most sacred places in all of Europe! We'll visit both of the great Shrines to Mary, Lourdes in southern France and Fatima in Portugal, and many great places in Spain. Mass each day in great Churches and Cathedrals along the way. Cost is $3,249 with departure from Omaha. For a brochure and more information, contact Fr. Dan Guenther, St. Mary's Parish, 311 - 4th St. N., Humboldt, Iowa 50548 or call 515-332-2856 or email frdanguenther@gmail.com

Weekly Collections February 25, 2018 Adult Loose Mass

Stipends Easter

Flowers CFSA Total

Bowdle $ 595 $ 46.36 $ 100 $ 145 $ 1,400 $ 2,308.36

Votive Candles

$ 22

Generous giving produces rejoicing in one’s soul

Mass Intentions

Sat., Mar 3 5:00pm

Hoven

Onaka

Sun., Mar 4

8:30am

10:30am

Hosmer

Bowdle

People of our Parishes

† Jacob & † Katie Engelhart

Mon., Mar 5 5:15pm Hoven Mass/Rosary

Tues., Mar 6 4:30 pm Onaka Mass

Wed., Mar 7 5:15pm Hoven Mass/ Rosary

Thurs., Mar 8 9:00am Hosmer † Peter & † Agnes Heilman

Fri., Mar 9 9:00 am Bowdle † Erv & † LaVerne Gross

Sat., Mar 10 9:00 am

5:00pm

7:00pm

Bowdle

Hoven

Onaka

†LaVern & † Helen Bobby Weekday Mass)

People of our Parishes

Sun., Mar 11

10:30am

Hosmer

Bowdle

Thomas Family

Pope Francis’ Prayer Intentions for March

Evangelization: Formation in Spiritual Discernment

That the Church may appreciate

the urgency of formation in spiritual

discernment, both on the personal

and communitarian levels.

Confessions will be available

Saturdays Noon – 1:30pm Bowdle (except Mar 31)

3:30pm - 4:30pm Hoven 6:30 pm-6:55pm Onaka only w/scheduled

Masses

Sundays 8:00am-8:25am Hosmer only w/ scheduled

Masses

10:00am-10:25am Bowdle OR any time upon request

“ Every human being has a right to life, the fun-

damental right that makes all other rights possible…..”

Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship, USCCB

“O God our Creator give us courage in making our voices heard on behalf of the rights of your Church and the freedom of conscience of all people of faith.”

USSCB, “Prayers for the Protection of Religious Liberty”

Sta�ons of the Cross Schedule:

Wednesdays Stations 7:00pm ~ Hosmer

Fridays Stations 5:00 PM~ Bowdle

Fridays Stations 7:00 PM~ Hoven and Onaka

Note: When Fr Kevin leads Stations he will be availa-

ble for confessions at that parish afterwards.

St Augustine could use a few more Mass inten-

tions. Prefer with no specific dates to be used

when a date is open. Suggested donation is $10.

CFSA 2018 Pledged Paid Goal

Bowdle/Hosmer $ 9,430 $ 5,145 $ 15,200

About the Catholic Family Sharing Appeal Your gi� to Catholic Family sharing Ap-

peal helps provide the necessary funding for

many of the ministries within our diocese such

as training our future priests, giving a voice to

the unborn through the Respect Life Office, faith

forma'on for youth and adults, ministry to the

homebound and support of New-

man Centers at our state universi-

'es. Most of these have or will,

directly or indirectly , touch the

lives of everyone in our parish.

These are ongoing ministries and

Bishop Swain needs our help to

serve the many needs of our brothers and sisters

in East River South Dakota.

Anti-Catholicism and Abortion

You do not have to be Catholic (or even religious) to know that medical and scientific evidence confirms that what grows in a mother’s womb is a new, distinct human being. Moreover, everyone can understand that each human being—-without discrimination——merits dignity and respect. At the very least, respecting human life must exclude the deliberate

and direct destruction of life—and that is exactly what abortion is.

However, the fact is that no institution has stood up against the abortion industry more than the Catholic Church. The Church has consistently and will continue to teach that abortion is evil, whether its words are popular or unpopular, po-litically correct or incorrect, because the “values” of different cultures may change from time to time, but the truth does not

change.

Pro-abortionists disparage Catholicism because it is the bulwark against abortion, just as the communists vilified the

Catholicism because it was a bulwark against communism.

Bernard Nathanson, a renowned and reformed abortionist, admitted that demonizing the Catholic Church was a spe-cific tactic of the pro-abortion movement. He stated, “We systematically vilified the Catholic Church and its ‘socially back-

ward ideas’….. We fed the media such lies as ‘we all know that opposition to abortion comes from the hierarchy and not from

most Catholics’…..and that Catholics in favor of abortion are enlightened and forward looking”.

What is even more disturbing about Nathanson’s statement is that the pro-abortion propaganda fed to the main-

stream media is uncritically accepted by it.

By Pro-Life Articles Author

Faith Formation Thursdays @ 7:00 pm @ St Au-gustine “Something More” Faith Series created by those who publish The Word Among Us.

Mark your calendar to attend the Spring Spin spon-sored by the parish of St. Thomas at the Roscoe Le-gion on March 18! The Pinochle Tournament start at 3:00pm, followed by kids’ games, Bingo, Silent Auction, and a meal of Swiss Steak with homemade pie. The evening will be topped off with the drawing of the $10,000 raffle winner at 7:07 pm. For tickets please contact 287-4380 Cindy Heinz or 281-0670 Kris Scherr or 216-0124 Melissa Sauer.

Thank you to all those who have

returned their St Augustine Altar

Society Dues envelopes. Thank you

so much for your kindness!

Reconciliaon Opportunies during Lent Mar 19 Hoven Noon & 7:00pm Mar 20 Hoven Noon & 7:00pm Mar 21 Bowdle Noon, 3:30pm & 7:00pm

Mar 22 Hosmer 9:30 am and Bowdle Noon & 7:00pm

Mar 23 Bowdle Noon & 7:00pm

Mar 24 Bowdle Noon-1:30pm

Mar 26 Hoven Noon & 7:00pm Mar 27 Hoven Noon & 7:00pm and Onaka 4:30pm Mar 28 Hoven Noon & a�er Living Sta'ons (or any$me upon request) Hoven 948-2451/ Bowdle 285-6466

Cleo Schneider

Tate Kaiser

Nursing Home Resi-

dents

Lenny Uhrich

Dennis Bieber

Jeanne Bieber

Jack Mills

Sheila Robeck

Dan Lown

Don Lang

Cecelia Imberi

Amy Kappenman