Church Office: 223-1549 • Website: www.stannesbismarck.org • Fax: 250-9214

Daily Mass Schedule Tuesday 12:10pm Wednesday—Friday 8:00am Weekend Mass Schedule Saturday 4:30pm Sunday 8:00am, 9:30am, 11:15am Office Hours Monday—Friday from 9am-4:30pm

Pentecost Sunday • May 31, 2020

CHURCH OF SAINT ANNE 1321 Braman Avenue, Bismarck, ND 58501

Sacrament of Reconciliation Wednesday—Friday 7:30am—7:50am Saturday 3:00—4:00pm Anytime by appointment Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Eucharistic Adoration is currently suspended, however, you may pray in front of the Blessed Sacrament from 7am-7pm in the church

PARISH NEWS

Readings for the week of May 31, 2020

Sunday:

Vigil: Gn 11:1-9 or Ex 19:3-8a, 16-20b or Ez 37:1-14 or Jl 3:1-5/Ps 104:1-2, 24, 35, 27-28, 29, 30 [cf. 30]/Rom 8:22-27/Jn 7:37-39.

Extended Vigil: Gn 11:1-9/Ps 33:10-11, 12-13, 14-15/Ex 19:3-8a, 16-20b/Dn 3:52, 53, 55, 56 [52b] or Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11/Ez 37:1-14/Ps 107:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 [1]/Jl 3:1-5/Ps 104:1-2, 24, 35, 27-28, 29, 30 [cf. 30]/Rom 8:22-27/Jn 7:37-39.

Day: Acts 2:1-11/Ps 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34 [cf. 30]/1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13/Jn 20:19-23

Monday: Gn 3:9-15, 20 or Acts 1:12-14/Ps 87:1-2, 3 and 5, 6-7/Jn 19:25-34

Tuesday: 2 Pt 3:12-15a, 17-18/Ps 90:2, 3-4, 10, 14 and 16 [1]/Mk 12:13-17

Wednesday: 2 Tm 1:1-3, 6-12/Ps 123:1b-2ab, 2cdef [1b]/Mk 12:18-27

Thursday: 2 Tm 2:8-15/Ps 4-5ab, 8-9, 10 and 14 [4]/Mk 12:28-34

Friday: 2 Tm 3:10-17/Ps 119:157, 160, 161, 165, 166, 168 [165a]/Mk 12:35-37

Saturday: 2 Tm 4:1-8/Ps 71:8-9, 14-15ab, 16-17, 22 [cf. 15ab]/Mk 12:38-44

Next Sunday: Ex 34:4b-6, 8-9/Dn 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56 [52b]/2 Cor 13:11-13/Jn 3:16-18

CONTRIBUTIONS May 9 & 10 Collections 13,565.00

Building 245.00

Automatic Regular 2,110.10

Needy 55.00

May 16 & 17 Collections 13,180.03

Automatic Regular 1,777.00

Needy 150.00

Ways to contribute to the Church of Saint Anne Along with the loose offering and envelope offering (placed in the offertory baskets during Mass), Saint Anne’s also has two other giving options available: the ACH/bank account method through the church, and now the new WeShare online giving method. The difference between the ACH method and the WeShare method is the amount of control you have and the types of donations that are available. With the WeShare method, you are able to use your credit card and/or bank account, choose the amount, whether or not you want it to be a recurring donation, what type of donation you would like to use (regular, building, needy, etc.), and you may cancel at any time at your own convenience. With the ACH/bank account method, you work directly with the church office to start up, cancel, and to change information. There is no credit card option with the ACH method. If you are currently using the ACH/bank account method, or putting your offering in the offertory baskets at Mass, there is no need to switch to the WeShare method. If you have any questions, please give Melanie a call at the office at 701-223-1549.

Schedule of Mass Intentions *You may join in the celebration of the Mass via our link on our website if you are unable to physically join us within the congregation. The link will be posted daily by 9:30am.

Sunday, May 31 {Pentecost Sunday} 8:00am Mass—Korczak Family 9:30am Mass—Pro Populo 11:15am Mass—+Matt Brown

Monday, June 1 {The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church} No Mass

Tuesday, June 2 {Sts. Marcellinus and Peter} 12:10pm Mass—Nick & Christa Rutschke Family

Wednesday, June 3 {St. Charles Lwanga and Companions} 7:30am Confessions 8:00am Mass—+Lori & +Brady Bartnick

Thursday, June 4 7:30am Confessions 8:00am Mass—+Chris & +Barbara Bantz

Friday, June 5 {St. Boniface} 7:30am Confessions 8:00am Mass—Rachel Pankratz

Saturday, June 6 {St. Norbert} 3:00-4:00pm Confessions 4:30pm Mass—Carol Letteer

Sunday, June 7 {The Most Holy Trinity} 8:00am Mass—Pro Populo 9:30am Mass—+Lorraine Hilzendeger 11:15am Mass—+Sean & Maureen Stockert

*The Mass intentions that had been scheduled for Monday and Saturday mornings and the Wednesday and Thursday morning nursing home mornings will be offered in private by one of the priests on that day.

Monday, June 1 Brandon & Jessica Martel Family

Thursday, June 4 Missouri Slope Intention +Myron Senechal

Saturday, June 6 Ben & Anne Chambers

You can feel so small standing by the seashore. The vastness of all that is before you expands much farther than your eye can see. What is happening on the other side? As tides continue to ebb and flow, what occurs as they come and go remains largely a mystery and the effects of their presence unknown in your sight. Yet, things are moving and changing as you gaze upon the water, as the thumbprint of their presence is left behind. The greater the wind and wave, the greater the effect. But even a gentle breeze leaves its humble mark upon the seashore on which you stand. The smallest pebble still makes a ripple in the great blue expanse of ocean waters. It doesn’t need to be big. You never know the full impact of your smallest gesture or simplest of words. A yes or no, agree or disagree, here or there, this or that can influence time and history in ways you may never know. The Holy Spirit is like that: fierce and torrential, and then almost still and silent, creating and recreating nonetheless. Coming as a gentle breeze or a gusty wind, God’s Holy Spirit continues to move over, around, and into the waters of our lives. The Spirit brings fruit and unknown possibilities to what we humbly bring with us and that same Spirit eventually brings all to fulfillment in Christ. The first disciples didn’t have much. They possessed simple faith and a willingness to go into unchartered territory with a love of their friend-God, humble offerings, and a knowledge that they were not alone. This allowed them to do amazing things with very little. Do you believe that you are being led and that you have a purposeful life? We often do not realize our value because we do not think that the little we have is good enough. How wrong we are! A little flour mixed with water and embraced by a prayer of blessing transforms simple offerings into the magnificent Eucharistic presence of God. If the Holy Spirit can do such amazing things with these humble gifts of the earth, even more can happen with you. Don’t underestimate the value of the smile you gave a stranger, the door held open for an elderly widow, the listening ear offered to one who was lonely, the tolerance given to the wounded soul who is angry, and the loving shoulder you offered as a cradle under the head of someone in pain. Modest gifts offered with love can be transformed by the Spirit into wondrous blessings you may never know. It’s Pentecost. Trust. You are not alone.

“The future is in your

hearts and in your hands.

God is entrusting to you the task,

at once difficult and uplifting,

of working with Him

in the building of the

civilization of love.”

~St. John Paul II

Saint Anne Parish is committed to the protection of our children, young people and vulnerable adults. The awareness of child abuse in society demands we take responsibility to make ourselves aware of its cause and take steps toward its prevention. Safe Environment information is accessible from St. Anne’s Website under the Home tab or from the Diocese of Bismarck’s Website.

May Baptisms

Mavis Mae DeMars Daughter of Jeffrey and Ashley

Luna Rose Paluch Daughter of Austen and Julia

Pearl Lorine Unterseher Daughter of Logan and Lindsey

Congratulations on your Baptism!

Are you interested in accompanying for Mass? The Church of St. Anne is looking for more

pianists/organists!

For more information, call Director of Music, Anne Storick, at 223-1549, ext. 279,or email

astorick@stannesbismarck.org

PARISH NEWS

An Act of Spiritual Communion My Jesus,

I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament. I love You above all things,

and I desire to receive You into my soul. Since I cannot at this moment

receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart.

I embrace You as if You were already there and unite myself wholly to You.

Never permit me to be separated from You. Amen.

GOSPEL MEDITATION

CLERGY & STAFF

Parish Office 1321 Braman Avenue, Bismarck ND 58501 Hours: Monday - Friday, 9 am - 4:30 pm Phone………………………………………………………………..701.223.1549 Fax…………………………………………………………………….701.250.9214 Website …..…………………………………...www.stannesbismarck.org

Clergy and Parish Staff Pastor Fr. Wayne Sattler……………….………...frsattler@stannesbismarck.org

Deacons Deacon Joe Krupinsky, Deacon Wayne Jundt, Deacon Jerry Volk, Deacon John Bachmeier

Manager of Business & Operations/Marthas & Marys Coord. Melanie Korczak..………………..…....mkorczak@stannesbismarck.org

Administrative Assistant/Director of Outreach/Scheduling of Ministries Sara Keller…………….……………….…......skeller@stannesbismarck.org

Director of Religious Education Holly Keller…………..….………..………....hkeller@stannesbismarck.org Days: Monday - Thursday

Director of Music Anne Storick………….……...…………....astorick@stannesbismarck.org

Assistant to the Director of Music Krista Goettle

Church Custodian Doug Zander

Please contact the parish office for the Sacrament of Baptism, Sacrament of Matrimony, or for

becoming a member of the Church of Saint Anne.

PARISH BULLETIN DEADLINE: Announcements must be received by noon on Monday. Send information to Holly Keller at the Church of St. Anne office or

email to hkeller@stannesbismarck.org.

This Sunday, we celebrate the feast of Pentecost. As we have heard in the Mass readings throughout the Easter season, Jesus spent the two previous months preparing the apostles for this great day. When Jesus returned to the earth after the Resurrection, he continued to teach the apostles so they would be ready to take up their own unique work in God’s plan once the Holy Spirit came upon them.

We need to remember the difference in the apostles between the beginning of the season on Easter Sunday and the close of the Easter season on the feast of Pentecost. At the beginning of the season, the apostles were hiding and afraid for their lives. Jesus suddenly and quietly appeared within the locked room, extending his peace to them. At the end of the season, the apostles were not hiding in fear. Rather, they were praying and preparing for the Holy Spirit to come. Did they expect the Holy Spirit to come in a quiet manner as Jesus did on Easter morning? Perhaps, but that isn’t how it happened. On the feast of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit descended upon the apostles in a great, rushing wind; flames of fire appeared and rested on the apostles, and they suddenly found themselves speaking words in languages in which they had no previous fluency. The apostles took great courage from these wondrous signs instead of hiding in fear, and they immediately set out to do the work that God had entrusted to each of them individually. These same men who courageously set out to share God’s message of love and salvation both are and are not the same men that we heard about almost two months ago. Physically, yes, they are the same people. But, spiritually, they underwent such a change that we might wonder if they truly are the same people. Gone are the boys who hid in fear, and present now are the men who are ready to die while carrying out their mission from their loving Lord. Like the apostles, each of us has been commissioned with a special task from God. In the moment that God lovingly created each one of us, He poured into our beings specific and special gifts that enable us to do something so unique and important in His mission that He couldn’t entrust it to anyone else but us because of the specific gifts He gave us. If we all strive to utilize and share those special gifts with the world, we could allow God to accomplish such great things through us. One of the key moments in our life in which we allow this to transpire is in our Confirmation. In the sacrament of Baptism, we become members of the body of Christ, and later on, the sacrament of Confirmation more perfectly binds us to Christ’s Church, making us more strictly obliged to spread and defend the Catholic faith through our words and deeds because we freely profess that we are ready to go forth into the world and spread the Gospel (CCC 1285). In the beautiful sacrament of Confirmation, we receive seven gifts from the Holy Spirit that strengthen the gifts that we already received in our Baptism. These gifts are given to us freely by the Holy Spirit, and they give us the needed strength to go forth, just as the apostles, and carry God’s message of salvation to the world. We receive the gifts of:

Fortitude (or courage)—a steady will to do good in spite of difficulties

Wisdom—help sus respond to God as we contemplate divine things

Understanding—help us grasp revealed truths more easily

Counsel—helps us judge quickly and correctly

Knowledge—awareness of God’s plan for our lives

Piety—loyalty to God and divine things

Fear of the Lord (or Wonder and Awe)—deep respect for God that helps us avoid sin

On this great feast of the Church, let us each recall our role in the Church. Call to mind your Confirmation and remember the details of the day and how you have carried out your mission to share the Gospel with the world since then. If you have not yet been confirmed, ask the Holy Spirit to help you prepare your heart and soul to receive this great sacrament.

PENTECOST & CONFIRMATION

The Memorare Remember, O Most Gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thine intercession was left unaided. Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother, to thee do I come, before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me. Amen.

Bishop Kagan has asked us to pray the Memorare during this time, asking for our Blessed Mother to intercede for us.

MONTH OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS

Job Opening—Director of Faith Formation (Full- Time) – Church of the Ascension, Bismarck, ND Ascension Parish has a full-time (35 hours/week) job position open for a Director of Faith Formation. The Director of Faith Formation is responsible for the development, coordination, and promotion of a comprehensive plan for the spiritual growth and faith development of grades Kindergarten through 12th. Qualifications: Individual must be an active Catholic who is organized, committed, creative and has a degree with classes in theology, education and/or pastoral ministry. Experience teaching within a parish faith formation program is preferred. Possessing good communication skills and an ability to work collaboratively with pastor, parish staff, catechists, parents and students is vital. A complete background check is required by the Diocese of Bismarck. Compensation/Benefits: This is a salaried position based upon education and experience and includes a full-range of benefits including a 401K plan. Please submit a cover letter and resume to Beth Kathol, Parish Business Manager, Church of the Ascension, 1905 South 3rd Street, Bismarck, ND 58504 or bkathol@ascensionbismarck.org.

As June begins, we enter into the month that the Church dedicates to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. We celebrate the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on the Friday that follows the second Sunday after Pentecost, but we do spend the entire month remembering this particular devotion. There are numerous devotions to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

that we can take up in our own lives. One of these devotions is the Practice of the First Fridays. Many Catholics are unfamiliar with this particular devotion, but it is such a beautiful and pious devotion that we ought to take some time to dig into its history and significance. In 1673, a French Visitandine (Visitation) nun named St. Margaret Mary Alacoque received visions of Jesus, and in these visions, Jesus asked for the Church to honor His Most Sacred Heart. The specific form of devotion that Jesus requested included for the faithful to receive Communion on the First Fridays for nine consecutive months. It is thought that the reason that Jesus specified that this devotion be carried out over nine months is tied to the significance of the Pentecost novena; the number nine is associated with the usual length of a novena, and the very first novena that the Church has record of took place during the nine days that the apostles and Mary spent in prayer between the Ascension and Pentecost. Additionally, a novena provides us with an ample amount of time for preparation and interior renewal. On these nine First Fridays for this devotion, we are to go to Mass and receive Holy Communion with the sincere intention of honoring Jesus’ Sacred Heart. Jesus promised St. Margaret Mary Alacoque that if we do this faithfully that we would receive the great grace of final repentance, meaning that we would have the privilege of receiving the last rites (if needed), repenting of our sins, and finding peace and comfort in His heart during our final hours. This promise is the last of the twelve promises that are connected to the Devotion to the Sacred Heart:

I will give them all the graces necessary in their state of life.

I will establish peace in their homes.

I will comfort them in all their afflictions.

I will be their secure refuge during life, and above all, in death.

I will bestow abundant blessings upon all their undertakings.

Sinners will find in my heart the source and infinite ocean of mercy.

Lukewarm souls shall become fervent.

Fervent souls shall quickly mount to high perfection.

I will bless every place in which an image of my heart is exposed and honored.

I will give to priests the gift of touching the most hardened hearts.

Those who shall promote this devotion shall have their names written in my Heart.

I promise you in the excessive mercy of my Heart that my all-powerful love will grant to all those who receive Holy Communion on the First Fridays in nine consecutive months the grace of final perseverance; they shall not die in my disgrace, nor without receiving their sacraments. My divine heart shall be their safe refuge in this last moment.

The purpose of this devotion is not to obtain a ticket to Heaven after nine months of practicing this devotion and then “phoning in” our minimal effort for the rest of our lives. On the contrary, this devotion is supposed to draw us closer to Jesus’ heart, helping us to more deeply fall in love with God. This devotion helps us to be more prepared for our earthly death by providing us the opportunity to know, love, and trust in Jesus more readily.

PARISH & AREA NEWS

CHI Health at Home—As we experience these times of COVID-19 and are mostly quarantined to our homes, you may find yourself considering how you are spending your time. Our agency is always in great need of volunteers to assist us. Some of the areas that we are in need of assistance with are:

Flower Delivery Volunteer—deliver flower to patients

Tuck-In Volunteer—weekly phone contact to caregivers of hospice patients

Visiting Volunteer—visiting patients and families and providing support

Respite Volunteer—giving families a much needed break to run errands, etc.

Bereavement Volunteer—following up with our bereaved families

Crafting Volunteer—sewing pillowcases and knitting prayer shawls

Clerical Volunteer—assist with mailings and computing of volunteer hours

Pet Therapy—visiting our patients at home or in a facility with a certified pet

Music Therapy—singing or playing an instrument for a hospice patient

Veteran to Veteran Volunteer—veterans spending time with veteran hospice patients

We do know that most of these volunteer activities are not possible at this time, however, the training could be completed now so volunteers can be completely ready to go when our city opens up again. If you or someone you know may be interested in completing the volunteer training online or via Zoom, please contact Jasmin Yoder at jasminyoder@catholichealth.net or 701-400-8408.

St. Mary’s Cemetery Memorial Day Clean Up—The rules at the cemetery state all things placed on graves except three day before and one week after Memorial Day must be in a vase attached to the headstone base or to the headstone itself. This includes solar lights etc. We will be removing all items that do not meet this criteria on Tuesday June 2nd. If you have questions you may contact Deacon Michael Marback, cemetery manager, at 223-5562 or michael@stmarysparishfamily.net.