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This Week at St. Therese
PARISH CONTACT INFORMATION
Pastor: Fr. Kevin O’Dell - [email protected] Cell Phone - 1-605-421-8553 Office Administrator: Sheila Haffeman… - [email protected] Finance Manager: Wendy Swedean - [email protected] Director of Religious Educ.: Allie Yaw - [email protected] RCIA Director: Doug Debelak - [email protected] Music Coordinator: Lisa Roers - [email protected] Maintenance: Jim Mergen - St. Therese 338-2433 St. Lambert School: Colleen Davis - [email protected] Bulletin Submission : [email protected] Ministry Schedule Requests: [email protected]
March 11, 2018 4th Sunday of Lent
Parish Mission Statement: Formed as people of God,
Called as a community of faith, Guided by Saint Therese,
Committed to caring for God’s whole family.
MASS TIMES Weekend Saturday: 4:00PM Sunday: 8:30 & 11:00AM Daily Refer to schedule on back
CONFESSIONS Saturdays: 3PM Sundays: 8AM & 10:30AM Weekdays: Refer to schedule on back Also by appointment
PARISH MEMBERSHIP Contact the parish office at 338-2433
PARISH OFFICE Pastor: Fr. Kevin O’Dell Parish Office Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00AM-4:00PM Phone: (605) 338-2433 Fax: (605) 339-2203 Website: www.st-therese.ws
PARISH SCHOOL: ST. LAMBERT Phone: (605) 338-7042 Website: www.sfcss.org
PRAYER REQUESTS Contact the parish office at 338-2433
901 N. Tahoe Trail · Sioux Falls, SD 57110
Religious Ed/Youth Group Announcements
St. Lambert School News: Ms. Colleen Davis, Principal Mar. 13 = 4th gr. Pigs and Pork field trip Mar. 14 = 4th gr. Water Festival field trip Mar. 15 & 16 = No School Mar. 22 = 2:00 3rd Grade Famous Person Museum School Enrollment is open for the 2018-2019 school year. Financial aid is available to those who need it. The deadline to apply for financial aid is April 1st. If you have questions about financial aid or enrollment call Jenni Struck, Admissions Coordinator, at 575-3358. If you have questions about St. Lambert School or would like a tour please call Colleen Davis, principal, at 338-7042.
Purchase gift cards through SFCS after most Masses on the weekends
and at the Catholic schools & churches during the week.
St. Lambert School
Elder abuse
K-7th Religious Education
March Schedule
March 14th—Class
YOUTH LIVING
STATIONS OF THE CROSS
March 28th @ 6pm
This event is open to the ENTIRE PARISH!!!
Following the Youth Living Stations of the Cross will be a soup sup-
SUN 11-Mar 4th Sunday of Lent
8:00 AM Confessions
8:00 AM KC Rosary
8:30 AM Mass St. Therese Parish
10:30 AM Confessions
10:30 AM KC Rosary
11:00 AM Mass St. Therese Parish
MON 12 8:00 AM Mass Ron Kagarise (Health) Walker Family
TUES 13 8:00 AM Mass Delmar & Rosemary Skluzak (d) Goetz Family
8:30 AM Respect Life Rosary
4:30 AM Confessions
WED 14 8:00 AM Mass Margot Schmidt (d) Tom & Carol Anderson
THURS 15 4:30 PM Confessions
5:30 PM Mass Sacred Heart Faith Sharing Group
FRI 16 7:00 AM Mass Mary Hill (& Her Intentions) Cameo & Jay Anders
5:45 PM Stations of the Cross
SAT 17 8:00 AM Mass Deacon Ed Oliver (d) Sharon East
3:00 PM Confessions
3:30 PM KC Rosary
4:00 PM Mass St. Therese Parish
SUN 18 5th Sunday of Lent
8:00 AM Confessions
8:00 AM KC Rosary
8:30 AM Mass St. Therese Parish
10:30 AM Confessions
10:30 AM KC Rosary
11:00 AM Mass St. Therese Parish
Mass
TimeServers
1-Gift Bearers
2-GreetersLectors Ushers
4:00 A. Labahn S. Margeson 1) C. Karolewicz T. Donohue R. Jones
PM L. Labahn S. Reeves NEED ONE J. Middlebrook
Sat P. Labahn J. Steele 2) C. Barnes
*C. Dandurand
8:30 A. Starr D. Lipetzky 1) J&K Seitz M. Bult J. Merron
AM A. Starr T. Lipetzky D. Puthoff
Sun C. Merron 2) L. Johnson J. Puthoff
*D&T Lipetzky K. Ramm P. Starr
11:00 J. Kranz B. Gully 1) NEED TWO E. Whalen K. Heiling
AM K. Kranz M. Parker T. Koch
Sun K. Kranz J. Zutz 2) M. Kanengieter T. Koch
M. Kranz *J. Zutz J. Zutz
Please find a substitute if you are unable to serve.Eucharistic Ministers
*Sacristan
Ministries for March 17th & 18th
Many Totus Tuus Volunteers needed!
Totus Tuus Meal Sign-up: The Totus Tuus team needs our assistance in providing
them with their noon and evening meals during their
weeklong stay at St. Therese. This is a great opportuni-
ty for the 4 team members to get to know some of the
families participating in the program! Meals are needed
beginning with the evening meal on Saturday, June 9th thru
the lunch meal on Saturday, June 16th.
Volunteers for Grade School Program: We need
several volunteers to come and be present throughout parts of the day
during the grade school program. These volunteers will be helping with the
break times, drinks and snacks throughout the day, lunch set-up and clean
up, and recess supervision. Volunteers are also needed to help our in the
first and second grade classrooms. Adults and/or high school youth may
volunteer to help with these areas.
Volunteers for Evening Junior/High School Program: We need adults to come and help supervise during the evening program.
Come enjoy the contagious energy! Anyone wishing to volunteer to help with the Totus Tuus Sum-mer Program, provide meals or be an adult chaperone in the junior/high school evening program please contact Allie at the Parish office (338-2433) or email: [email protected]
There will be sign-up sheets on the youth table coming soon and also a signupgenius online—keep an eye on your email!
God Bless You for your generosity!
FIRE IN FAITH
Middle School
High School
Opportunities!!!
D-Camp High School
June 25-28, 2018 July 8-11, 2018
Junior High July 12-15, 2018
See Sioux Falls Diocese website
for more info!
Totus Tuus (Totally Yours)
A summer catechetical youth program, is being held at St. Therese June 10th-14th. For
grade school children (1-6) the program runs Monday-Thursday (9am-2:30pm). The day includes catechetical instruction, daily Mass, songs, games and recess. For the teens (7-12 grades), the
program runs Sunday-Wednesday (7:30pm-9:30pm).
Come out and join us! The ener-gy is contagious! Registration
forms are available on the youth table. Cost is $20, $40 max.
Parish Announcements From Father O’Dell
Community Events
WEEKLY OFFERING *For the Week of March 4th: Envelopes $8,418.00 WeShare (online giving) 4,453.00 Visitors / Loose Cash 658.34 Total $13,529.34 Need $8,996.00 *Year to Date (July 1—June 30) YTD Total $355,130.96
YTD Need $323,854.62
Catholic Family Services Programs Surviving Divorce: Six week program / Beginning Monday March 26, 2018 6:30-8:30PM. Cost of $45 per person includes a “Personal Survival Guide,” refreshments and all materials. Scholarships are available. Children’s Grief Program: Four week program / Beginning Thursday April 5, 2018 5:30-7:00PM. Directed by Mary Weber. Designed for children according to their age and specific loss. To register for these programs or for more information contact Catholic Family Services at 605-988-3775.
BEING OF ADVANCED YEARS IS NOT A CURSE – BUT
A BLESSING FROM GOD
By: Fr. O’Dell
Not long ago, I was watching a documentary on poverty. The commentator was
talking about how difficult it is for people beyond the age of 50 to leave their current
jobs and to get hired in a new position. In fact, he claimed that it was almost an impossi-
ble situation. The reporter said that people in their 50’s are: “Too young to retire and too
old to hire.” Unfortunately, this is but one example of a problem that until 1970 was not
even identified – the problem of AGEISM. Ageism is the bias or prejudice that is ap-
plied to “older” people that claims that they are no longer a valuable asset to society and
that their skills and talents are both expendable and outmoded.
If this were the only example of prejudice it would be bad enough – but hun-
dreds of examples exist in our society that openly discriminate against those of ad-
vanced years. Some of them include: the fact that many elderly people are living below
the poverty line and are not able to adequately meet their nutritional and housing need
because their social security benefits are too low; the fact that older people are regularly
discriminated against when it comes to jobs, insurance, social services, transportation
and a variety of other life necessities, that people of advanced years are often unable to
procure needed medical and pharmaceutical products for their health and welfare be-
cause they lack insurance or financial resources. The list goes on and on. I’d like to
spend just a minute or two exploring some of the more blatant myths we entertain about
aging and how they betray a lack of honoring the lives of those of advanced years.
First, there is the myth that the elderly are FRAIL. Certainly, some elderly
people are frail, but many of them are vibrant, full of energy and even fierce. When we
stereotype all people of advanced years as “frail” we are failing to acknowledge the
contributions that most of them can continue to make in our society. When we assign
them the category of being frail, we also see them as feeble and unable to do even the
most elementary task before them. I have known a lot of people that are getting older
(myself included) that are filled with an energy that is often astounding. Consider some
of these folks: Mohr Keet from South Africa made his first bungee jump at 96, John
Glenn last went into space at age 77, Gladys Burill ran a marathon at age 84 – pretty
awesome don’t you think?
Second, there is the myth that most elderly people are DISABLED. Again,
some older people have become disabled because of illness or injury, but most elderly
people are far from disabled. Because we often stereotype people of advanced years as
being disabled, we also label them as impaired, withered, useless, over the hill – and
because we see the elderly in this way, we discount the potential contributions they can
make to the welfare of our culture and society. Consider these folks: Lt. Col. James
Warren (Ret) – one of the original Tuskegee Airmen who was a navigator, but earned
his pilot license at age 87 and Christopher Plummer who earned an Oscar for a role he
played when he was 87. Amazing!
Third, is the myth that the elderly are FORGETFUL. Of course, what we mean
by that is that they are no longer mentally with it. Because we may see them in this light
we tend to avoid them and their advice believing that it is really not worth our time lis-
tening to them. Again, some of the elderly are forgetful, but most know exactly what
they are doing. What about Dr. Leila Denmark a physician that retired from practice at
age 103, or Bertha Wood who published her first novel at 100, or Ronald Reagan who
was serving as President of the United States when he was nearly 80 years of age.
That’s fantastic!
Because we have so many stereotypes about what it means to be of advanced
years, we cheat ourselves out of benefiting from the talents and contributions of those
who are entering their eighth decade of life. We fail to make use of their advice and
their wisdom – as a result we are the poorer for it. Further, our stereotypes can also
make us less patient, less open, less charitable when it comes to dealing with those of
advanced years. That can even lead to incidents of abuse and mistreatment.
….. Continued
18th Annual Catholic Family Services Gift of Hope Concert Featuring Matt Maher Saturday March 24—7:00 p.m. (one show only!) Harrisburg High School Performing Arts Center All proceeds benefit the Catholic Family Services’ Gift of Hope Fund—which provides support for people of all faiths, ages and walks of life through their counseling services, grief programs and adoption services. Order tickets on-line at ccfesd.org For concert or ticket information call 605-988-3765. General admission tickets will also be available at all Sioux Falls HyVee stores after February 1st (while supplies last).
Holy Triduum and Easter Sunday Liturgical Ministers are needed.
Volunteers please sign up in the gathering space! Thank you!
The Knights of Columbus will be hosting a Fish Fry each Friday
evening following Stations of the Cross at 5:45. Cost is $7 for adults, $5 for children 12 & under, and $25 for a family. Come enjoy some good food and fellowship!
4th Degree Knights of Columbus Annual Dinner with the Bishop—
Tuesday March 22 at St. Joseph’s Cathedral. 6:15 Rosary, 6:30 Social, 7:00 Dinner. Cost $20 per person. RSVP by March 15 — 360-2121 or 201-1081.
From conception to natural death!
LENT for LIFE—ELDER ABUSE In Proverbs 23 God tells us not to despise our mothers when they are old. "Jesus help us to provide for our elders as they grow old...help us to value them, to see how much they need us at this time in their lives
as we needed them when we were babies/children. Help us to care for all those who need us as long as their journey continues on this earth."
ADULT ED Want to know more about your Catholic Faith? Join us for
Robert Barron’s Catholicism Series. This week we will be studying: Ss. Pe-
ter, Paul, and the Missionary Journey. Pick the class time that works best
for you, Monday or Thursday 6:30 pm, or Wednesday 9:30 am.
A great Lenten Retreat - Koinonia Koinonia is a weekend retreat designed to help you develop your relationship with God and others. It is built around the death and resurrection of Jesus. Koinonia #47 is being held March 16-18 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, it is an English speaking retreat. Please call Cindy at 605-988-3763 for more information or to register.
St Therese Parish will be serving THE BANQUET on March 21st.
Several volunteers are still needed to serve at the evening meal.
Please sign up in the gathering space. If you are unable to help serve,
please consider making a donation to help defray the cost of the meal.
We are short approximately $300 yet. Please mark donations specifically
for “The Banquet” if you drop them in the collection basket.
This meal is a wonderful way to prepare for Easter with prayer and almsgiving.
St. Therese Parish is collecting donations for the Adoration Sisters and the Bishop Dudley Hospitality House. Please see items of need and collection receptacles in the gathering space for each group. Your generous donations are greatly appreciated. Thank you!
ATTENTION... ATTENTION... ATTENTION St. Therese Parish is getting a new website & email domain: sttheresesf.org
New staff email addresses are located on the back of this bulletin. The website is a work-in-progress, so you will have to use the old address temporarily.
The old address is: www.st-therese.ws— The new address will be: www.sttheresesf.org
Continued …..
As Christians, we are called to remember what the Lord gave us in the Fourth Com-
mandment when He said: “Honor your father and mother so that it will go well with
you in life.” That also goes for our “mothers and fathers” who are of advanced years.
Honoring the elderly is really about honoring life.
St. Therese is now using MailChimp to send out bulk emails; ie. Lent for LIFE, Prayer Requests, etc. Since MailChimp is a marketing tool, those emails often end up in the “Promotions” section of your email inbox. We have sent
several emails via MailChimp, so please make sure you are receiving them!
Stations of the Cross—
From Mary’s Perspective
Tuesdays during Lent starting at 2PM
Please join us!
Two Special Collections this month for Lent 1) CRS Rice Bowl is Catholic Relief Services’ Lenten faith-in-action program for families and faith communities worldwide. Rice Bowls can be found in the gathering space or you can give online at: crsicebowlorg/give. If you want your donation recorded, please give using the Rice Bowl Special Offering Envelope you received in your monthly mailing. 2) The Holy Land. Also in your monthly mailing, is an envelope marked Good Friday. All donations made on Good Friday will go to the Holy Land.
