We Count Our Newest Blessings As Gifts from God.

These are the 27 newest parishioners who entered the waters of baptism this past year

March 15, 2020 to March 15, 2021

ST. PHILIP NERI CATHOLIC CHURCH | NAPOLEON

401 Broadway | Parish Office 701.754.2860 | stphilipnerinapoleon.org

Fr. Neil Pfeifer, Pastor 701.208.1124 | Emily Piatz, Secretary | Deacons Allen & Gary

Apr. 4—Caleb Martin Apr. 4—Hunter Schumacher Apr. 4—Dr. Bob Sperle Apr. 5—William Becker Apr. 5—Boone McCleary Apr. 5—Randy Regner Apr. 6—Brooke Weigel Apr. 6—Vincent Weigel Apr. 7—Tom Aberle Apr. 7—Khloee Grenz Apr. 9—Virginia Fettig Apr. 9—Mike Mann Apr. 9—Zelie Martin Apr. 10—Brady Fettig

This Week’s Birthday Blessings

DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY | April 11 2:00pm-4:00pm | St. Philip Neri SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

2:00 PM—Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Confessions | Litany of the Sacred Heart Act of Reparation of the Sacred Heart 2:30 PM—Stations of the Cross With Eyes of Mary 3:00 PM—Divine Mercy Chaplet Sung Benediction following | K of C Ice Cream Social

JESUS AWAITS YOU

COME HOME

YOU ARE MISSED!

Homebound? Contact Dea-con Gary to schedule a visit at 754-2579 for Holy Com-munion.

Do not be amazed! You seek Jesus of

Nazareth, the crucified. He has been raised; he is

not here.

PRAISE - N - WORSHIP HOLY HOUR Friday April 9th @ 7PM

Music led by Melissa Piatz He who sings, prays twice!

HE IS RISEN, ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA!

• Happy & Blessed Easter to all of you; we welcome those who are visiting family & friends. Welcome! We pray that you will encounter the Risen Lord in our parish family!

• Easter is the greatest event in the his-tory of the world: the Redemption of mankind through the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Jesus! Our Faith is completely depended upon this fact.

• Many hands & hearts go into making our Holy Week celebration a success. Thank you to the Deacons, Musicians, choirs, altar servers, lectors, ushers, gift bearers, those who decorated, the 12 men who had their feet washed.

• On behalf of Fr. Pfeifer, the deacons; Gary & Allen; & our staff Happy Easter.

May Christ’s Risen Peace & Abiding Love Be With

You & Your Family

MAKE HIM KNOWN

DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY

APRIL 11 | 2 PM - 4 PM

SEE BACK PAGE FOR INFO!

To receive this inconceivable” mercy, we must do 3 things: 1. Go to confession up to 8 days before

or on Divine Mercy Sunday & re-main in a state of grace. That means to avoid all mortal sin

2. Receive Holy Communion. 3. Trust in God’s merciful love.

• Gabriel Salazar

• Brekka Wald

• Anton McDurfee

• Brooke Weigel

• Heather Gruneich

• Stephanie Sauers

• Ronica Moch

• Kimber Moch

• Talyn Gross

• Quinn Gross

• James Neary

• Josephine Becker

• Brett Schumacher

• Cooper Jones

• Jayde Schumacher

• Corbyn Trotter

• Jon Leier

• Navy Weigel

• Joslyn Becker

• Kolby Bitz

• Henry Nieuwsma

• Holden Fettig

• Carter Weigel

• Beau Weigel

• Mercedes Schneider

• Saige Dronen

• Tate Dronen

Apr. 10-11 Sat. 7:00PM Sun. 8AM Sun. 10:30AM

Sacristan Dawn Becker Doris Leier Anita Fettig

Rosary Rick Regner Danny Schmidt Rich Gross

Lector Chuck Wald Sue Wald

Brenda Weigel Christina Gross

Jon Grunefelder Rich Gross

Usher/ Gift Bearer

Steph Holt & Lorraine Piatz

John & Sally Johs

Steve Gross Family

Altar Server

Bradley H. Brook-lyn H., Ximena S.,

Payton H.

Dalton F., Lo-gan F., Cole S.,

Kylie S.

Rachel D., Claire P., Joseph G.,

Blaise B.

Mon., Apr. 5 (Confessions: 6:15pm - 6:50pm)

7:00 PM † Yikealo Breidenbach by Rick & Maria

Regner *Eucharistic Adoration: 7:30pm - 9:30pm

Tues., Apr. 6 (Confessions: 6:15pm - 6:50pm)

9:15 AM **(AL) Fr. Ben Bachmeier by the parish

7:00 PM † Leo Kuhn by John & Sally Johs *Eucharistic Adoration: 7:30pm - 9:30pm

*RCIA: 8:00 pm - Jesus Christ Part 1

Wed., Apr. 7 (Confessions: 7:15am - 7:50am)

8:00 AM † Gerry Hilzendeger by Randy & Pam

Piatz *Jr. & Sr. High Bible Study: 6:15 pm - 7:00 pm

*7-12 CCD: 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm *Eucharistic Adoration: 7:30pm - 9:30pm

Thurs., Apr. 8 (Confessions: 7:15am - 7:50am)

8:00 AM † Mary Engelhardt by The Family

9:15 AM **(CC) † Margaret Gross by John Gross *Eucharistic Adoration: 5:30am - midnight(12:00am)

Fri., Apr. 9 (Confessions: 7:15am - 7:50am)

8:00 AM (L) Intentions of Fr. Neil Pfeifer by Greg

& Jen Stock Family *“No Greater Love” video series: 6:15pm - 7:15pm

*Eucharistic Adoration: 24-hours all day

Saturday, Apr. 10 (Confessions: 6:15pm - 6:50pm) *Eucharistic Adoration: 8:00am - 10:00am

7:00 PM † Willie P. Piatz by Marty Sperle Family

Sunday, Apr. 11 (Confessions: 7:30am - 7:50am & 9:45am - 10:20am) (10:30 Mass is Live-Streamed)

8:00 AM † Alvina F. Piatz by Boyd & Nancy Piatz *Eucharistic Adoration: 9:00am - 10:00am

*K-6 CCD: 9:15am - 10:15am

10:30 AM † Our Living & Deceased Parishioners

Daily Rosary 20 Minutes Before Each Mass

Facebook Live: “St. Philip Neri Catholic Church” YouTube Live: “St. Philip Neri Napoleon”

FORMED: Stphilipneri.formed.org

**NO GUESTS at Care Center (CC) or Assisted Living (AL) Masses due to Covid restrictions**

Last Sunday’s Collection:

Adults: $3,692.00 Children: $93.43 Online giving is possible: stphilipnerinapoleon.org Click on ‘donate' tab on the right side of the page!

““Think of what is above, not of what is on earth.” - COLOSSIANS 3:2

On this day we thank God for His Son, Jesus, who died and rose for us. We cele-brate and sing “Alleluia.” Let’s try to keep the joy of this Easter season in our hearts throughout the year! Pray daily and listen for how He is calling each of us to joyfully use our gifts to fulfill His salvation plan.

HELP WANTED! PARISH OFFICE ASSISTANT

BEGINNING IN MAY We are looking for an energetic person to assist Fr. Pfeifer & Emily in the Parish Office. The job would be two or three days a week . Wages are negotiable. Job would include: helping with the bulletin, mass scheduling, music scheduling, sacramen-tal record entry/creating certificates as needed, answering the phone & learning the financial side of things to be able to fill in when Emily is gone i.e. envelope entry, entering bills & writing checks. Being flu-ent in publisher, word, & excel are helpful but not required.

Interested parties, please talk to Fr. Pfeifer by April 15th!

We celebrate & welcome our newly bap-tized to our St. Philip Neri Parish Family:

James Gregory Bitz,

Son of Jacob and Claire

Using our Talents for Jesus

If you are interested in serv-

ing as an Altar Server, Ro-

sary leader, sacristan, Lec-

tor, or as an Usher, please

let either Fr. Pfeifer or Emi-

ly in the Office know of your

willingness to serve.

New comers are always

invited & accepted!

Need Prayer? Parish Prayer Chain Call Helen Braun at 754-2219 or email fbrau@bektel.com

Diocese of Fargo God’s Gift Appeal 2021

May we be generous as our God is generous to us!

Diocesan Goal: $3,354,712 St. Philip Neri Goal: $47,475 Parish Participation: 52% Amount Pledged: $57,362.28

Fr. Pfeifer has been meet-

ing with & preparing Do-

novan Gross & Chelsie

Aker for Holy Matrimony on April 17th.

National Vocation Awareness – let’s be creative Our priests are being called into great heroic action by offer-ing the sacraments, finding creative ways to serve parishion-ers, and maintaining less than full churches with limited staff support in the midst of the pandemic. In response, Houston-based Vocation Ministry is launching its annual “Uplift Your Priest” campaign from April 12-23, 2021. The campaign is designed to inspire the laity to support and encourage their priests. We need to let our clergy know that their people rec-ognize their daily sacrifices.

DAILY IDEAS TO UPLIFT YOUR PRIEST: • Call/text/email/write your priest

• Send spiritual bouquets to him • Pray, fast, and offer sacrifices for him • Make a family video message/song of affir-mation for him • Post a picture of your family with your priest • Drop off or have meal delivered

• Challenge & tag three families to pray a Rosary for him on social media

When posting on Social Media: 1. Use Social Media Frame on Facebook Up-lift Your Priest 2. Tag Vocation Ministry in your Facebook/Instagram Posts 3. Use the Hashtags #Upliftyourpriest

#Vocationministry

Easter Flower Intentions 2021

We Remember Those We Love! A special thank you to who so generously contributed

to the Easter decorations that adorn our sanctuary

In Memory Of: • All aborted babies by Mathew 6:3-4

• Joseph & Helen Aberle by Sebastian & Betty

Aberle Family

• Joe Becker & Family by Francis Becker

• Deceased Becker Family Members by Viola Becker

• Adelaide Blendinger by Debbie Bedette

• Sebastian & Magdalena Braun by Frank & Helen

Braun

• Baltzer Fettig by Virginia & Paula Fettig

• Deceased Glatt Family Members by Viola Becker

• Roney & Theresa Glatt

• Philip & Elizabeth Grensteiner

• Clemens Gross Sr. by Christine Kimberling &

Clem Gross Jr.

• Maggie, Herman, and Timmy Haas by Kyle Haas &

Family

• Mike & Maggie Hilzendeger by Ben & Ruby

Hilzendeger

• Deceased Family Members of John & Sally Johs

• All Deceased K of C Members by the K of C

• John P. & Leona Kuhn by Francis & JoEll Braun

• Sheldon Malmedal by Kyle Haas & Family

• Deceased Family Members of Fr. Neil Pfeifer

• Roy Pfeifer by Fr. Neil Pfeifer

• Tillie Piatz by Willie J. Piatz

• Willie P. Piatz by Deb & Bob Humann Family

• Willie P Piatz by the Piatz Family

• The Deceased Family Members of Lorraine Reis

• The Souls by Salazar Family

• John W. “Butch” Schumacher Jr. by Virginia &

Paula Fettig

• Joe & Clara Leier by Christine Schwartzenberger

• Veronica and Pius Schmidt by Danny Schmidt

• Baltzer “Bill” Schmitt by Delrose Schmitt

• Andrew Schneider by Stephanie & Larry Holt

• Deceased Family, and Friends by Brian and Mary

Schneider

• Jim Schneider by Jane Schneider & Family

• Bert Schumacher by Mary Beth Schumacher

• Eugene & Veronica Schwartzenberger by Chris-

tine Schwartzenberger

• Fr. Eugene Schwartzenberger by Chrstine

Schwartzenberger

• Jerome Schwartzenberger by Christine

Schwartzenberger

• Anton & Ann Schatz by Sebastian & Betty Aberle

Family

• Lois Shaughnessy by Debbie Bedette

• Louise Shaughnessy by Debbie Bedette

• Al & Christine Weigel by Anonymous

• Aloysius Weigel by Dennis & Jackie Weigel

• Aloysius M. Weigel by Frank & Helen Braun

• Ben & Katie Weigel

• Mike & Catherine Welder by Mike& Peggy Welder

• Ted & Marcella Woehl by Mike & Peggy Welder

In Honor Of: • Christian Mother’s Altar Society

• Deacon Allen & Deacon Gary—committed ser-

vice to our parish

• Fire Men

• First Responders

• Our children by Tony & Alvera Leier

• Fr. Neil Pfeifer

• Local Police & Sheriff’s Department

• St. Philip Neri Parish Staff

• Parish Volunteers

• Youth of our Parish

K of C State Essay Champion - Sabrina Haas 8th grade “How Does the Future of the Church Give Me Hope”

Sponsor: Napoleon K of C 4496 Sabrina writes:

I have been a member of St. Philip Neri Catholic Church my whole life. It is a church that makes you feel at home, and you can go to when you are in the need of God. This church has amazing people: priests, deacons, and faithful lay commu-nity. I desire for my future to receive these sacra-ments; marriage, the baptism of my children, and to attend Sunday Masses with my family next to me at St. Philip Neri Catholic Parish, learning about God. I love this church and will stay faithful to it. For I believe God called me to be in Napoleon and to St. Philip Neri to improve the community and help the parish grow and hopefully make it brighter. This past week, I talked with my priest because I desired to begin a junior high bible study group.

Fr. Pfeifer said “yes!”, and gave me the permis-sion to proceed. I was excited to see so many people attend the bible study for the first night. We would not have been able to sponsor a bible study without the church for a meeting place. The church provided a space to feel closer to God as well as protection and security. Some big milestones I celebrated in my church are Sunday Mass, religion, First Holy Commun-ion, and baptism. These milestones will stay with me forever since St. Philip Neri Catholic Church was where I received God for the first time and had all my original sins washed away. The future of this church will be great as the building will be here infinitely and the faith of the followers is strong. It will be a place where peo-ple will go to praise the Lord the next 40 to 50 years, because God will protect a church of glory.

Question: Why does the date of Easter change every year, while most other celebrations

are celebrated on the same day?

Answer: Every feast is celebrated at a certain time for a reason. Saints feast days are com-

monly the day of their death. While we don’t know Jesus’ exact birthday, we celebrate the

“light of the world” around the time of winter solstice, as dark, wintery days begin to length-

en again. We have a historical clue, however, to when the Easter events occurred. We

know that Jesus was crucified the day before Passover. The Jews calculated the date for

Passover based on both the solar and lunar calendars. It corresponds to the first full moon

after the spring equinox. The early Christians maintained this connection in their celebra-

tions of Easter on the first Sunday after the paschal full moon.

We don’t re-calculate the full moon every year. As astronomy developed, so too did the

forecasts of when Easter would occur. The Church has created a table of calculated

dates, projecting the date of Easter decades in advance. The date of Easter also deter-

mines the date of Ash Wednesday and the season of Lent, as well as the feast days follow-

ing in the Easter season, including Pentecost. So these feasts move, too! This tradition may

seem complicated, but it connects our Christian faith now to what has come before — our

Jewish roots and the real, historical reality of Christ’s suffering, death, & resurrection.

Did you Know? A long-standing tradition in the

Church has designated each day of the week with

a particular theme to be recognized at the Mass.

Sunday — Resurrection of Jesus

Monday — Souls in Purgatory

Tuesday — Holy Angels

Wednesday — St. Joseph

Thursday — Eucharist

Friday — Passion of Jesus

Saturday — Our Lady