ST. MARK’S BOTTINEAU & ST. ANDREW’S WESTHOPE

PARISH OFFICE: (701) 228-3164 RECTORY: (701) 228-5164 stsmanda@utma.com

322 Sinclair St. • Bottineau, ND • 58318 - www.stmark-standrew.org

PARISH STAFF

Fr Michael Hickin, Pastor

Vickie Gangl, Secretary

Cathy Miller, Custodian - St. A’s

Patty Graber, Custodian - St. M’s

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Valerie Heth, DRE at

St. Andrew’s Parish

Mary Gorder &

Jessica Tagestad, co-DREs at

St. Mark’s Parish

WEEKEND MASS

SCHEDULE

Saturday: 5:30 pm, Bottineau

Sunday: 9:00 am, Westhope

And 11:00 am, Bottineau

CONFESSIONS

Saturday, 4:30 pm, Bottineau

Sunday, 8:30 am, Westhope

Or by Appointment

OFFICE HOURS

Mon.-Fri. 8:30am-5:00pm

PARISH NEWS AND EVENTS

UPCOMING EVENTS

St. Andrew’s St. Mark’s

May 2: SAHC Communion Service at 11:30a.m. and Adora-tion following until 12:45p.m.

April 28: St. Mark’s Appreciation Meal and AS raffle drawing after Church, about 12:15pm. The meat (Beef) and Pete’s special gravy will be provided. Warren Emmer will do mashed potatoes. All other food will be parishioners favorite Pot Luck dishes (that is veggies, salads, and deserts). The Parish Council will serve and clean up.

May 9th: Social Gathering Lunch - Widow/Widowers; Marie's back room from 11:30 to 2pm; Great fellowship time; come one come all - bring a friend. Next Meeting- Fall - October 10th at Marie's.

Farm Fresh Eggs for sale: text Teresa Pokiva 701-871-0460. Asking $3.00/dozen. So fresh you get to wash them yourself!

Bottineau Amvets Post 25 is having a pancake & sausage breakfast on Sunday, April 28 from 9am-1pm at the Bo. Co. Veterans Memorial Hall. Free will offering to support BHS Music Students Europe Tour 2019. American Legion Baseball Fundraiser Prime Rib Dinner on May 4, 2019 at the Bo. Co. Vets Hall, 104 N Main, Bottineau. Social 5:00pm, Dinner 6:00pm. $20/plate. Take outs available at the door. Raffles throughout the evening.

Report for April 20-21, 2019

St .Andrew’s: St .Mark’s

Adult env. $ 378.00 Adult env. $ 4776.00 Plate $ 85.00 Plate $ 260.00 Children $ 9.00 Children $ 127.88 Building Improvement Fund: $ 20.00

Saturday, April 27, 5:30p.m. St. Mark’s († Tom & Priscilla Fischer) Sunday, April 28, 9:00a.m. St. Andrew’s (Parishioners) Sunday, April 28, 11:00a.m. St. Mark’s († Del Haberman) There will be no weekday Masses because Fr. Michael will be facilitating a retreat for the U. of Mary in South Dakota. Warren will hold a Communion service every day at 11:30a.m. in the SAHC Chapel, Monday-Thursday, April 29-May 2. No 1st Friday Mass or Adoration on May 3, 2019

Saturday, May 4, 5:30p.m. St. Mark’s ( The Nero Family) Sunday, May 5, 9:00a.m. St. Andrew’s (Parishioners) Sunday, May 5, 11:00a.m. St. Mark’s († Darrel Vad)

Home Communion Any St. Mark parishioners desiring Holy Communion at home, call Anne Bergeron (228-2750) by Monday evening to be put on the list. To add or remove a name for St. Andrew’s , please contact Deb Wyman at 245-6538 or the parish office at 228-3164.

PARISHIONERS, FAMILY AND

FRIENDS: Military personnel & their families, Baby Noah, Carter Siverson, Pam Gunderson, Darwin Getz-

laff, Casey Benning, Marilyn Backman, Seth Bothwell, Monte Mikkelsen, Susan Brandjord, Francis Kritzberger, Marie Vargo, Mary Longtin, Tanya Buzzerd, Sara Saville, Howard Beyer, Diane & Mike Lee, John Wilcox, Darlene Sedivy, Eden Larson, Lyle Brandt, Charlotte St. Michel, Haylee Jo Jundt, Audrey Phillips, Joel Medallo, Marion Lynnes, Janet Kraft, Noah Signalness, Sandy Janzen, Karlee McCloud, Mary Holen, Harvey Soland, Russ & Jan Picard, and any special private intentions.

St. Andrew’s Health Center: Barney Honer Good Sam: Regan Benning, Maria Borbolla, Pete An-derson, Jane Kuntz, Shirley Pasicznyk, Judy Baumann The Wellington: Ray and Donna Sharkey

Rosary @ St Mark’s: 5p.m., Saturday 10:30a.m., Sundays in May The rosary will be recited at St. An-drew’s Church at 8:30a.m. every Sunday in May.

Stewardship Moment: “Jesus said to them again, ‘Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.’” (JOHN 20:21) Peace – the first gift of the risen Lord. Just as Jesus sent the apostles out into the world, so too, He sends us. As disciples of Jesus, we are called to be grateful and gener-ous. Look for opportunities to share His peace, not only within our local parish boundaries, but outside of them as well. In giving, we receive the peace of Jesus Christ.

April 27-28, Divine Mercy Sunday

St. Mark’s Ministries for May 4th & 5th, 2019 DATE EUCHARISTIC MIN. READER GIFT BEARERS USHERS GREETERS ALTAR SERVERS COUNTERS

Sat. Bread: Vickie G. Julie H./ Susan H.

Anne Bergeron Darwin & Kayla Getzlaff

Mike Haberman/ Don Arends

Marlys Richard/ Cynthia Kihle Tianna & Tylor

Sun. Bread: Marlys Vad Bev J./ Priscilla S.

Pete Artz Wayne & Janell Barbot

Wayne Barbot/ Justin Barbot

Flora Carlson/

Colleen Holen Alice/ Logan Priscilla S./ Carla E.

From the Pastor’s Pen

St. Andrew’s Ministries for May 5th, 2019

DATE EUCHARISTIC

MINISTERS READER GIFT BEARERS ALTAR SERVERS USHERS COUNTERS

Sun. Trudy & Paul Tom Henry Ellsworth Family Kimberly & Jude Mark Radzwill & Lenny Artz

Mark & Roger

Anyone who needs a ride to Mass, please call the office at 228-3164 and we will make

arrangements for someone to pick you up.

If you know someone who needs a little assis-tance, please call the office and we will do our best to help. 228-3164.

May 15: Bible Study 7:00pm

Greeting Card Ministry - if you know anyone in the parish to whom we could send a card for any reason, call:

Marie Vargo (701)204-1654 and Marlys Vad 228-2049 for St. Mark’s and Paulette Martin 245-6202 for St. An-drew’s. They will be happy to send them out. Thank you, ladies.

Join us for Session 5, Conquest & Judges, and Royal Kingdom of this 8-part study to understand the Bi-ble. Unlocking the Mystery of the Bible helps you uncover the story woven throughout Scripture. This time we will be studying the Israel-

ites entering the Promised Land and God establishing a King-dom in Israel. Get the “big picture” of the Bible so it’ll be easi-er to understand what it’s all about. The Bible is a story about the Father’s unfailing love for you—a love that you’re bound to

share with others. Next meeting: Wed, May 15, 7:00pm, St. Mark’s Social Hall

On Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 12, the Mass times will be switched. St. Mark’s - 9:00a.m. with brunch to fol-low, served by the KC’s.

St. Andrew’s - 11:00a.m. with breakfast served by the KC’s. The KC’s will also lead the rosary before Mass.

Confirmation is Saturday, May 4, 2019 at 10:00a.m. at St. Mark’s with Bishop John Folda presiding.

Trinity Youth Camp is for students entering 4th-8th grade, who want to have a fun, faith-filled camping experience. Through the five days of fun, faith-filled experiences in a natu-ral camping environment, campers will learn important values and experience a closer rela-tionship with God through sacraments, friend-ships, nature, songs, games and more.

Camp dates: Red Willow: June 19-23 Pelican I: July 10-14 Camp of the Cross: July 17-21 Pelican II: July 24-28

Register at https://trinityyouthcampnd.com/

Congratulations to Brooke Beyer who was baptized and made her Profession of Faith at the Easter Vigil Mass on April 20, 2019. Welcome to our parish family, Brooke!

Congratulations to Rodney Bursinger who made his Profession of Faith at the Easter Vigil Mass on April 20, 2019. Welcome to our parish family, Rodney!

Congratulations to Joe & Karissa Berg who will have their daughter, Karleigh Ann, baptized on Sunday, April 28, 2019 at St. Mark’s. Welcome to our parish family, Karleigh Ann!

Bottineau Co. Right to Life will collect the baby bottle change anyone has for Dakota Hope Clinic at the weekend masses of May 4 and 5. Thank you for helping us with this much needed project to support parents and their babies in so many ways.

Bottineau Co. Right to Life will again have carnations available for our Moms on Mother's Day weekend May 11 and 12. Free will donations

are always appreciated.

There are envelopes in the pews for the Catholic Home Mission Appeal collection. Please be generous.

DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY. We began our Divine Mercy Novena on Good Friday.

Jesus himself requested, in a 1931 visit to Sister Faustina Kowalska, that the Sunday after Easter be the Feast of Mercy. St. Faustina wrote that Jesus told her: “On each day of the novena you will bring to My Heart a different group of souls and you will immerse them in this ocean of My mercy.... By this

novena I will grant every possible grace to souls” (Diary 1209, 796).

Sister Faustina was a young lady in Poland during the 1930s. She came from a poor family that struggled during the years of World War I. She had only three years of education, and could barely write. Hers were the humblest tasks in the convent, usually in the kitchen or garden. However, Jesus chose her to receive extraordinary messages, asking her to record these experiences. She compiled them into notebooks, known today as the Diary of Saint Maria

Faustina Kowalska.

In 1936, Jesus said to her, “My Daughter, do whatever is within your power to spread devotion to My Divine Mercy, I will make up for what you lack.”

Faustina died, age 33, October 5, 1938. She was canonized a Saint on April 30, 2000.

Act of Family Consecration to Divine Mercy

O Jesus, Divine Mercy, we consecrate our home life to you. Into your hands we place our past,

our present, and our future. Look after us and help us

be a family of Mercy,

putting your love into practice: in how we help one another,

how we speak to one another, how we welcome guests and share with others.

May Your Divine Mercy be the Rock on which our family is built:

our joy in life, our hope in death and our glory in Eternity. Amen.

THANK YOU to all who helped us to celebrate the Great Easter Triduum. Special thanks to those who helped create an atmosphere appropriate for following

Christ through his Passover mystery: the choirs, the decorators, the servers and all who pitched in with the many details.

An extra-special thanks to Brooke Beyer and Rodney Bursinger, along with your sponsors and loved ones who joined you as you received the Sacra-ments and became members of the Catholic Church. Our prayers are with you for the lifelong journey ahead. May your example remain fresh to us of what a

great gift our Catholic Faith is.

May Our Risen Lord reward with profound TRUST all you who contribute to making known the truth that he is ALIVE and active in our midst.

CLERGY CONTINUING EDU. Every Spring the priests of the Diocese of Fargo gather in Carrington for continuing education.

The speaker this year is Fr. Sean Kilcawley, who will speak on Healing and Ministry instruction for Pornography problems, and the Safe Haven Sunday materials we distributed to our families on March 2-3. Tuesday morning, Scott Hoselton will speak on retirement planning and answer questions related to the new tax forms/code. Tuesday afternoon, Ashley Grunhovd will speak about last December’s Convocation and help us hold onto the seeds planted there for our

parishes and the Diocese.

UNPLANNED. I see over at the Botno theatre the poster for the movie Unplanned, but I haven’t been able to find out

when it is showing.

Unplanned tells the real-life story of Johnson, the former director of a Planned Parenthood clinic who became an anti-abortion activist. The film beat all box office expectations after its March 29 release. The film cost $6 million to make,

and made that back the very first wkend.

The new trend of creators for pro-life movies like Unplanned are pursuing a different approach. They’re us-

ing storytelling to change people’s minds on abortion.

“What we liked about Abby’s story is it kind of covers both extremes and the middle of the abortion issue,”

Joe Knopp, producer for Unplanned. “There’s an on-ramp for whatever you believe or what you think you believe.”