Sacred Heart Catholic Church 502 2nd Ave SE - Aberdeen, SD

Phone: 605-225-7065 Fax: 605-226-5992

www.sacredheartaberdeen.net

Parish Office Hours:

Mon-Thurs: 8:30-4:30 - Friday 8:30-12:30

CLERGY

Reverend Mark Lichter Pastor

frmarklichter@sfcatholic.org

Reverend Patrick Grode

Parochial Vicar frpatrickgrode@sfcatholic.org

PARISH STAFF

Janean Block Office Manager

janean@sacredheartaberdeen.net

Paulette Hay Financial Secretary

paulette@sacredheartaberdeen.net

Carissa Baustian Director of Music

carissa@sacredheartaberdeen.net

Thomas Eskro

Director of Evangelization & Discipleship

thomas@sacredheartaberdeen.net

Dawn Wanttie

Asst. Director of Rel. Education dawn@sacredheartaberdeen.net

Jeff Swank

Maintenance, Grounds & Cemetery jeff@sacredheartaberdeen.net

Aberdeen Catholic Foundation David Vetch - Executive Director

david.vetch@acf.network

MASS SCHEDULE Sat. Vigil 5:00pm Sun. 7:30, 9:30, &11:30am

DAILY MASS Mon. 5:30pm, Tues. 7:30am Wed. 12:10pm & 5:30pm Thur. & Fri. 7:30am & 5:30pm Sat. 8:15am CONFESSIONS Mon. 5:00pm, Tues. 7:00am, Wed. 5:00pm Thur. & Fri. 7:00am & 5:00pm Sat. 7:30-8:00am & 3:30-4:30pm

BAPTISM Must attend 1 class - first Thursday of the month, 7:00pm in the school library. Call office for info and to register for class.

MARRIAGE Date must be set 6 months prior to marriage to allow time for classes & formation. Call priests at the office.

Pascal Triduum Schedule Holy Thursday Mass (4/18): 7:00pm Good Friday Service (4/19): 3:00pm

Easter Vigil Mass (4/20): 8:30pm Easter Morning Mass (4/21): 7:30am, 9:30am, 11:30am

April 14, 2019

Fr. Mark will be broadcasting live on Real Presence Radio! Tune into FM 88.9 on Wednesday May 29th from 9-11am to hear him on EWTN programing. You can also stream it from: yourcatholicradiostation.com

REQUESTING A FEW MINUTES OF QUIET TIME

As a Parish Staff continuing to grow in Christ’s love, we have prayer each day from 9:30-10:00. Not only does this give us time to reflect on how we can serve the Lord bet-ter, but also better serve our Parishioners and the commu-nity around us. If you need to call or stop by, we would ask if you would do so before or after this half hour. Thx!

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Sacrificial Giving April 7th

Monthly Budget : 85,200.00

Weekly Budget: 19,650.00

Collection Total: 25,183.31

Adults: 24,065.81

Loose: 1,117.50

Over: +5,533.31

From the Parochial Vicar

EASTER FLOWER DEDICATIONS We invite those who wish to make donations in honor of loved ones during the Easter season to please do so. Dedications may name one person, a couple, or family group. All names will be printed in the church bulletin. Honorees may be living or deceased. Please use this form to send your gift to the parish office or put in the regular collection.

Enclosed is my gift of $___________, to be used for the Easter flowers at Sacred Heart.

In memory of or in dedication to: ________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

From:___________________________________________

Wherever you usually sit in church, there is probably a statue that has come to feel like an old friend. For me, it’s St. Therese of Lisieux. If you sit in the presider’s chair and look towards the ambo, you’ll see St. Therese in the distance. But last Sunday, you probably noticed that there is a lot more purple fabric in the church, and a lot less artwork.

After Mass last week, one of our youngest parishioners asked me why we had draped coverings over all the statues. Our statues are meant to inspire us, and to lift our minds to things of heaven. It does seem counterin-tuitive, doesn’t it, to veil them during a time when we are particularly encouraged to contemplate the eternal? The practice of veiling statues and images is an old one. We are encouraged to veil images in churches starting on the Fifth Sunday of Lent. This does several things. First, it is a striking reminder that these two weeks of Lent, when we remember Jesus’s Passion, are not merely different from the rest of the year. They are different from the earlier part of Lent, too. The images we are used to seeing — the Crucifix, the Blessed Mother, St. Therese, St. Francis, the Pieta, the angels — they are all gone. Our church feels different.

This difference, this starkness, emphasizes the Scriptures we will read during Holy Week. This Sunday, we read St. Luke’s account of the Crucifixion. This coming Friday, we will read St. John’s account of the Cruci-fixion. They are long readings, and intense readings. Covering our statues, removing some of the beauty from our church, is an act of mourning for our dying Savior. And the starkness, the knowledge that something is missing, should increase our anticipation for Easter. At East-er, all our statues will be visible again. Those veils are not meant to be in place for ever. Just as Jesus will not be in the tomb forever, just as the trials of this passing world will not last forever. The bigger reality is not the veil. The bigger reality is not sorrow, or suffering, or death, or the grave. The bigger reality is the Resurrection. And that’s why the veils will come off at Easter.

NOTE - CFSA 2019 update: Thank you for your generosity and response to Catholic Family Sharing Appeal for 2019. Our goal this year is $118,500 and we have received a pledged amount of $95,196.50. This amounts to 80% of our goal. We have had 350 families return their cards out of 1,350 families in the parish. We are praying for 100% participation. If you are unable to give financially, we ask you to return the pledge card with a prayer request and ask you to pray for the success of CFSA-2019. Remember, if we go over our goal the proceeds stay with our parish for our own needs. The overage this year will be placed in a growing fund for the restoration of our stained glass windows. Thank you for your generosity! God Bless! Fr. Mark

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ACSS School News

RONCALLI WEEKLY CALENDAR Week of Apr. 15-21, 2019

Mon. Apr. 15 - Girls Golf at Milbank Boys Tennis at Sioux Falls Tues. Apr. 16 - Boys Tennis at NSU Courts Wed. Apr. 17 - NO RHS Mass Living Stations of the Cross at RHS - 9:29am RE Mass - 12:10pm - Sacred Heart 5th Grade Presentation of the Living Stations at RE Gym - 2:15pm Cavalry Club Mtg at Americinn - 6:00pm Thur. Apr. 18 - K-12 dismissed at 2:00pm (Teacher Col- laboration Day) (Snow make-up day) Fri. Apr. 19 - Good Friday - NO SCHOOL Sun. Apr. 21 - Easter Sunday - May you have a joyful Easter!

For the most up-to-date athletic schedule changes, log on to northeastsdconference.org.

Complete school calendar can be found at aberdeenroncalli.org.

Readings for the week of April 14, 2019 Sunday: Lk 19:28-40 (37)/Is 50:4-7/Ps 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24 [2a]/Phil 2:6-11/Lk 22:14--23:56 or 23:1-49 Monday: Is 42:1-7/Ps 27:1, 2, 3, 13-14 [1a]/Jn 12:1-11 Tuesday: Is 49:1-6/Ps 71:1-2, 3-4a, 5ab-6ab, 15 and 17 [cf. 15ab]/Jn 13:21-33, 36-38 Wed: Is 50:4-9a/Ps 69:8-10, 21-22, 31 & 33-34/Mt 26:14-25 Thursday: Chr ism Mass: Is 61:1-3a, 6a, 8b-9/Ps 89:21-22, 25 and 27 [2]/Rv 1:5-8/Lk 4:16-21 Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper: Ex 12:1-8, 11-14/Ps 116:12-13, 15-16bc, 17-18 [cf. 1 Cor 10:16]/1 Cor 11:23-26/Jn 13:1-15 Friday: Is 52:13--53:12/Ps 31:2, 6, 12-13, 15-16, 17, 25 [Lk 23:46]/Heb 4:14-16; 5:7-9/Jn 18:1--19:42 Saturday: Vigil: Gn 1:1--2:2 or 1:1, 26-31a/Ps 104:1-2, 5-6, 10, 12, 13-14, 24, 35 [30] or Ps 33:4-5, 6-7, 12-13, 20-22 [5b]/Gn 22:1-18 or 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18/Ps 16:5, 8, 9-10, 11 [1]/Ex 14:15--15:1/Ex 15:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 17-18 [1b]/Is 54:5-14/Ps 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11-12, 13 [2a]/Is 55:1-11/Is 12:2-3, 4, 5-6 [3]/Bar 3:9-15, 32--4:4/Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11 [Jn 6:68c]/Ez 36:16-17a, 18-28/Ps 42:3, 5; 43:3, 4 [42:2] or Is 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6 [3] or Ps 51:12-13, 14-15, 18-19 [12a]/Rom 6:3-11/Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23/Lk 24:1-12 Next Sunday: Acts 10:34a, 37-43/Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23 [24]/Col 3:1-4 or 1 Cor 5:6b-8/Jn 20:1-9 or Lk 24:1-12 or Lk 24:13-35

Aberdeen Roncalli Catholic School System invites applica-tions for the following position: 7-12 English Teach-er. We offer qualified applicants competitive salaries, benefits and the opportunity to work in a faith-filled envi-ronment. To apply submit letter of interest, application, resume, transcripts, credentials and a copy of current teach-er’s certificate. Send application to 1400 N. Dakota St., Aberdeen, SD 57401 or email paula.florey@aberdeenroncalli.org. Job description and applications may be accessed at aberdeenroncalli.org.

All-Parish Faith Formation

Holy Week Wisdom Christ conquered the devil with the same weapons the devil used against us: a virgin, a tree, and death. These tokens of our demise have now become the to-kens of our victory. Instead of Eve, there is Mary; in-stead of the tree of knowledge, there is the wood of the Cross; and instead of Adam’s death, there is the death of Christ. - St. John Chrysostom

Living Stations of the Cross Wednesday, April 17th. 5:30pm daily mass followed by living stations at 6:15pm in the church. All are in-vited to come pray with us.

Please pray for the 7 people enter ing into the full-ness of the Catholic faith at the Easter vigil, along with our 25 confirmation students and 39 first communion students as they draw closer to receiving these sacra-ments this Easter season on May 5th (Confirmation) and April 28th (First Communion). May the Lord pour out His grace and love on His sons and daughters and help them to come to know Him who is love itself!

The Divine Mercy Novena begins on Good Friday and extends for 9 days leading up to the Feast of Di-vine Mercy the Sunday after Easter. We will be pub-lishing each days prayers on the Parish App at 3pm (without the push notification) and encourage every-

one to pray the novena together as we draw closer to the cele-bration of Divine Mercy!

RONCALLI NEARLY NEW Our normal hours are Tues, Wed, Thurs, & Sat from 12-4pm but we will be closed Saturday, April 20th in observance of Holy Saturday. Have a Blessed Easter.

Roncalli High School Blood Drive—Monday April 15th 2:00pm - 6:15pm at Roncalli High School Cafeteria.

BISHOP SWAIN TO BLESS THE ORGAN Bishop Paul Swain will be here to bless the organ on Sunday, May 5th following the 11:30am mass. The blessing will take place approximately at 12:30pm - all are invited to come witness and celebrate the completion of the organ project!

ORGAN CONCERT An organ concert is scheduled for Thursday, May 23rd at 7pm with Dr. Nathan Knutson. All are invited to come and encounter beauty through music.

Scrip cards are available after all weekend masses. Buy a gift card and the Aberdeen Catholic School System gets a percent-age back! Buy your gift cards soon we will not be selling East-er weekend.

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BIBLE STUDY Lenten program lead by Deacon Kelley: a study of Cham-pions Of The Rosary. Begins Tuesday, March 12th follow-ing the 7:30am Mass in the Parish Hall (six sessions).

***In The News/Parish News**** Information will now be posted on bulletin boards by the Parish Hall. News articles, event an-nouncements, retreat information etc will all be posted here.

MISC. PARISH HAPPENINGS Aberdeen Right to Life Meetings 7:00pm 1st Thur. of the month, Brown County Courthouse basement Family Rosary - April 16th at St Mary’s 7:00pm Serra Club 9:00am following the 8:15am Mass 1st & 3rd Saturdays of the month, Sacred Heart Parish Hall Knights of Columbus Good news! You can now join the KCs online in a couple of minutes! Check it out at KofC.org/Joinus and join the worlds largest lay-Catholic organization. Contact Henry Artz at 380-9252 for more information. Catholic Daughters of the Americas For information contact Nancy Vander Hoek at 377-3218 Anointing of the Sick After Mass 1st Sat. of the month Cemetery Hours Sun-up to sun-down Young Catholic Adults 7-8pm on the 2nd Tuesday of the month in the church Prayer Shawl - 2nd Saturday each month, 10am-12pm Women’s Group - Meets 6:30am on Saturdays, parish hall Altar Society St. Mary & Martha Band 6-8 will meet every third Monday of the month at 6:15 in the Parish Hall.

APRIL 20TH AND 21ST

READERS Sat. 5:00pm Angie Walth Sun. 7:30am Jeff Swank Sun. 9:30am Chris Uhler Sun. 11:30am Randy Holsing EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS Sat. 5:00pm Jan Glau, Peg Goetz, Joseph Goetz, Kathy & Toby Wolf Sun. 7:30am Curtis DeWalt, Jen Slaight-Hansen, Paul & Barb Hoerner, Alex King Sun. 9:30am Jessica Cihak, Patty Martin, Jim & Michala Heller, Ike Kvasnicka, Ed Mitzel Sun. 11:30am Bob Graham, Katy Grote, Vickie Haiar, Bonny Merxbauer, Angie Walth, Kathy Mitzel ALTAR SERVERS Sat. 5:00pm Matthew Martinez, Hayden Scott, Cade Young Sun. 7:30am Connor Hansen, Kaleb Norton, Devon Larson Sun. 9:30am Parker Grieben, James Griffin, William Griffin Sun. 11:30am Reese Schock, Coen Vogel, Alice Vogel USHERS Sat. 5:00pm Dean Maag, Eduardo Martinez, Steve Redler, Bryan Schmidt Sun. 7:30am Rod Artz, Dale Church, Scott Cunningham, Jon Hansen Sun. 9:30am Dennis Lewno, Gary Gauer Tom Werlinger, Clarence Fjeldheim Sun. 11:30am Dustin Wirt, Leonard Willett Kap Scherr, LeRoy McComsey GREETERS Sat. 5:00pm Linda Kezar Mary Kolb, Jean Weber Sun. 7:30am Rich Eschenbaum, Andy & Mary Raile Ralph & Mary Peterson Sun. 9:30am Susie Eckrich, Bernice Wald Kirby & Kari Kiesz Sun. 11:30am Elizabeth Haller, Mike & Mary McHugh, Dale & Vickie Haiar GIFT BEARERS Sat. 5:00pm Mary Kolb Sun. 7:30am Patricia & Stacey King Sun. 9:30am Jeris & Kristen Timmermans Sun. 11:30am Lenny & Julie Willett ROSARY LEADERS Sat. 5:00pm Ed Brown Sun. 7:30am Paul Hoerner Sun. 9:30am Barry Eske Sun. 11:30am Jeff Harms

Schedule of Masses week of April 15th Mon. 5:30pm † Jessica Cameron Tue. 7:30am † Gleva Ewing Wed.12:10pm †Lawrence & Evelyn Kaven Wed. 5:30pm Int. Holy Souls of Purgatory Thur. 7:00pm Int. Sacred Heart Parish Fri. 3:00pm No Int. (service, not Mass) Easter Sunday April 21st Sat. 8:30pm † Jane Hengel Sun. 7:30am Int. Sacred Heart Parish Sun. 9:30am † David Dornbusch Sun.11:30am † Tom Gubin

SUPPORT & HELP Project Rachel is for women & men who suffer from the pain of previous abortions. Call 1-800-700-7867. Natural Family Planning Classes: Learn more about a way of responsible parenthood that is supported by the Catholic Church. Call 226-2232 or 225-7065. Annulments: A possible 2nd chance for marr iage in the Catholic Church. Call 225-7065. Catholic Family Services: Call 226-1304 Grief Support - will meet 4th Thursday of each month in the Bridal Room from 6:30-8pm

Please join in praying the nine day Divine Mercy Nove-na starting after the 3pm Good Friday service and con-tinuing each night at 6pm, and concluding with a Divine Mercy holy hour on Divine Mercy Sunday at 3pm, which will include a sung Chaplet, a adoration and con-fessions.