Winter is still with us! The cold temperatures have kept the kids inside for recess most of the week. I think everyone is going a little stir crazy being cooped up all day. The good news is that every day is a day closer to spring. We do have several events coming up in the next few weeks. The Wyoming Youth Retreat in Casper the 14th & 15th; No school on the 17th to celebrate President’s Day. Ash Wednesday and the County Spelling Bee the 26th. Registration for returning students and siblings, for next year, will begin on March 1st.

Also, with spring comes the season of Lent and then Easter. In school we are beginning to prepare for these most holy sea-sons. As I have been preparing, I came across a question that I have been asking myself for a long time. That question is: What is the Holy Spirit? I finally found an answer on mycatholic.life.

What is the Holy Spirit?

What is the Holy Spirit? Good question. It’s easy to think of the Holy Spirit as a powerful force from God. Or a mysterious aspect of God’s life. It’s confusing to many. So, what is the Holy Spirit? The proper question is not “what” but “Who.” “Who is the Holy Spirit” is the right question because the Holy Spirit is a Person. A divine Person. Equal in dignity and majesty with the Father and the Son. The Holy Spirit is one member of the Holy Trinity. As a Person, the Holy Spirit is one we can be in relation with. We can know and love the Holy Spirit just as we know and love the Father and the Son. And the Spirit loves us just as He loves the Father and the Son. Personhood means there is potential for love and union. The Holy Spirit has an intel-lect and will and with those characteristics freely knows and loves as God. At the beginning of time, we were slowly made aware of the reality of God the Father. The Great I AM. It was revealed to us through the prophets and patriarchs that there was one God and only one. But as time passed, we were also made aware of the Messiah who was the Son of God. As we came to know this Son, in the person of Jesus, we came to realize that He also was I AM. He also was God. Then the Son began to reveal to us that He would send His Advocate, the Holy Spirit. And we came to realize that this Holy Spirit is also God, also I AM. Confused? We shouldn’t be. This was God’s way of slowly revealing the full truth of Who He is over time. He is One, yet He is also Three. One God, three divine Persons. It is the Holy Spirit who is given to us in baptism. At that time, we are made adopted children of the Father, we are made one in Jesus the Son, and we are filled with the Holy Spirit to live out our new Christian calling as sons and daughters of God in Christ Jesus. It is the role of the Holy Spirit to enkindle within us the grace we need in order to know Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior and to know the Father as our Father. The Holy Spirit makes us who we are as Christians. These are the kind of things we need to pass along to our students.

Walk In The Light Of The Lord,

Nick Schafer.

St. Margaret's will be hosting the Jr. High Discipleship Retreat on March 7-8. We are in need of many items that

could be donated from our parishioners. Some things that you may have laying around that we could use would

be WORKING Christmas lights, firewood, boxes, paint shirts (old Large or XL shirts, clean), candles (real &

LED), streamers, acrylic paint & supplies, table clothes, white spray paint, snacks, heavy plates & plastic din-

nerware. Please see Bryan for a more complete list Our color themes are blue, red, white, orange & yellow. Any

donations would be appreciated! Thank you!

Faith Formation

Confessions: Saturday 3:45-5:00 p.m. (and by appointment) Wednesday : 5:30-6:30 p.m.

Mission Schedules Our Lady of the Woods Dubois

Sunday 5:00p.m.( Winter Schedule )

Monday 9:45 a.m.

Confessions 30 min prior to Mass

St. Edwards Kinnear

Sunday 11:00 a.m.

Confessions before & after Mass

St. Joseph Shoshoni

1st & 3rd Sunday 12:00 p.m. of every month. Confessions by appointment formed.org code: EQNWXP

St. Margaret’s Catholic

Church

Pastor: Fr. Louis Shea

louieshea@yahoo.com

Associate: Fr. Prakash Verunkal

prakashhgn@yahoo.com

Eucharistic Adoration

Monday: 3:00-7:00

Tuesday: 4:00-6:00

Thursday: 4:00-7:00

Sunday: 2:00-3:00

1st Friday (Starts Thursday at 4:00 pm

until Friday 4:00 pm)

Sick & Homebound

Cleo Medina, 307-240-4149

Baptism

Julie Fiebiger, 307-856-7556

Church Choir

Pat LeMasters, 307-856-1483

Faith Formation Program

Bryan Thoman , 307-850-8164

Coordinator

RCCW: Barb Barber, 307-840-1797

2nd Monday of each month 6:30 p.m.

Funeral Dinners:

Daria Wood, 307--850-7694

Knights of Columbus

2nd Tuesday of each month

7:00 p.m. Rosary-church

7:30 meeting-Pate Hall Parish Council President: Mick New-

lin

Parish Finance President: Dennis

Appelhans

Church 620 E. Fremont Ave. Riverton, WY 82501 stmargchurch1@gmail.com Rectory - 307-856-6226

Office 618 E. Fremont Ave. Riverton, WY 82501 307-856-3757 307-856-9396

St. Margaret’s Catholic School 220 N. 7th St. E. Riverton, WY 82501 307-856-5922

The Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

February 16, 2020

Fr. Prakash’s Corner

The Diocese of Cheyenne has an opening for Director of His-

panic Ministry. The Director of Hispanic Ministry, in close col-

laboration with the Director of Pastoral Formation, assists the

Diocesan Bishop in cultivating lay leadership and directing a

Pastoral Hispanic Ministries Plan for the Diocese of Cheyenne.

The Director of Hispanic Ministry will be located in Casper.

Candidates must be bilingual (Spanish and English), conversa-

tional and written. Submit an application, letter of interest, and

a current resume by mail, e-mail, or in person by March 9, 2020

to: Tammy Skala, Human Resource Director, Diocese of Chey-

enne, 2121 Capitol Ave, Cheyenne, WY 82001, Office: 307-

638-1530 - tskala@dioceseofcheyenne.org - Find complete job

description and application online:

www.dioceseofcheyenne.org/employment.html

El Diócesis de Cheyenne tiene una vacante para un Director del

Ministerio Hispano. En estrecha colaboración con el Director

Diocesano de Formación Pastoral, el Director ayuda al obispo a

fomentar el liderazgo laico y dirigir un Plan para el Ministerio

diocesano de Pastoral Hispana. La oficina del Director Dioce-

sano del Ministerio Hispano estará en Casper. Los candidatos

deben ser bilingües (español e inglés), conversacional y escrito.

Envía una solicitud, carta de presentación, y resumen por cor-

reo, e-mail, o a la oficina diocesano antes del 9 de marzo, 2020

a: Tammy Skala, la Directora de Recursos Humanos, Diócesis

de Cheyenne, 2121 Capitol Ave., Cheyenne, WY 82001, tska-

la@dioceseofcheyenne.org, 307-638-1530 – La descripción

completa y aplicación están nuestro sitio web: https://

dioceseofcheyenne.org/employment.html.

To all the Eucharistic Ministers who filled in for us

during our illness, and brought communion to us.

We truly appreciate you and your dedication to this

ministry. Thank you, Ray & Beverly Appelhance.

Lenten Soup Suppers/Fish Fry & Stations of the Cross -

There will be soup suppers at 6:00 p.m. every Friday during Lent starting February 28 until

Good Friday, April 10, with 2 exceptions. The soup supper on Friday, March 20, is changed/moved to a carry-in dinner on Saturday, March 21, at 6:30 p.m. (right after mass), and RCCW will be providing the main dish (fried chicken) while everyone else is encouraged to bring a favorite side dish or dessert to share. Also, there will be a fish fry instead of a soup supper on Friday, March 27. The fish fry supper, hosted by the Knights of Colum-bus, is $12 for adults and $6 for children un-der 12 and includes a drink, fish, coleslaw, potato wedges, and a roll. All 7 of the Lenten suppers will be in the gym except for the supper on March 13 - which will be in Pate Hall. If you would like to host one of the soup suppers, bring food, or help in any other way, please contact Francesca at 856-6986. Each Friday during Lent there will also be Stations of the Cross in the church at 7:00 p.m.

The Parish Office will be closed on President’s Day

February 17, 2020.

Ash Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Mass Schedule

St. Margaret’s - 7:00 a.m. - 8:15 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Dubois - 12:00 p.m.

Kinnear - 5:30 p.m.

“If you choose, you can keep the commandments . . be-fore you are life and death, whichever you choose shall be given you.” The Book of Sirach contains the clearest statement in the Old Testament concerning the God-given freedom of the human will. The author Sirach asserts that there should be no compromise with the prevailing culture when it comes to keeping God’s law. God seldom forces us to do good. It is our free choice to obey or disobey God’s laws, and we are responsible for the serious conse-quences of our choices. Life and death! We choose one or the other with our daily

lives. We know that we can talk a lot about God and not

do His will. We can observe rules without giving our

hearts to the Lord. But our God is a consuming fire and

wants us to give ourselves completely to Him. That is

why Jesus states, he does not abolish the laws and the

prophets but rather inclines to fulfill them. His fulfill-

ment of the laws and the prophets came to a reality when

he asked us to write and observe them in our hearts.

FEBRUARY 22 &23, 2020

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS

5:30 p.m. Dennis & Minnie Appelhans

Hank Kusel & Chris Jones

Pat Newlin (Host)

8:00 a.m. Mike & Lee Ann Greff

Mike & Carole Brown

Larry Trompke (Host)

10:00 a.m. Karla Kucera & Kim Heil

John & Ruth Martinez

Cathy Luoma (Host)

ALTAR SERVERS

5:30 p.m. Gunner Patterson &

Talon Thoman

8:00 a.m. Gustavo Peña & Kail Suhn

10:00 a.m. Jayden Olheiser &

Roderick Piquette

Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion

Barb Barber & Linda Trompke

St. Margaret’s Collection 02/08 & 02/09

Actual: $ 4,937.08

Mission Collections:

St. Joseph: $ Not Available

St. Edwards: $ Not Available

Our Lady of the Woods: $ Not Available

Thank you for your generosity!!

MONDAY 2/17 Mass - 12:15 p.m. Doris Fry +

TUESDAY 2/18 Mass - 7:00 a.m. Robert

WEDNESDAY 2/19 Mass - 7:00 a.m. Logan

School Mass - 8:15 a.m. Jess Corbett

THURSDAY 2/20 Mass - 7:00 a.m. Krause Family

FRIDAY 2/21 Mass - 7:00 a.m. Scarlett

SATURDAY 2/22 Mass - . 5:30 p.m. Nancy Hart +

SUNDAY 2/23 Mass - 8:00 a.m. Lynn Romer +

Mass - 10:00 a.m.

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Prayers for Healing

Mary Rohrbacher; Roger Hulme; Kyle Bowman; Taylee; Jean Hankins; Jonathan Perez; Tonya Aber-nathy; Eli Steinberg: Matthew Thoman; Christopher Barber; Alicia; Patricia Andrews; Amber Jahnke; Pete Davis; Chandler Thoman; Nancy Kindle; Sandra S; Leonard Williams; Sean B; Carole Meyer; Jill McCarthy; Keith Kalbach; Caleb Stone; Jess; Camilla; Kayleen Gambler; Dianna Slater; Louis; Cortney; Darla Shepardson; Danny Kurtilla; Martha Chacon; Roberta Miller; Kurth Waren; The Gamble Family; Kurt Leininger; Elizabeth Reid; Wilma Thompson; Bob Luoma; Steve McNamee; Kristian Mitchell; Rita Leidy; Kevin; Sam Senkow; Mike Sanchez; Elizabeth Perdue; Rod Mosbrucker; Alyssa Vega; James Habeck; Mike Osborne; Angie Esvelt; Dora Flagg; Laura; Brittany Clarkson; Cloann Guernsey; Kim Ber-gen; Jo Acosta; Joel Rivera; Cody Thrasher; Colby Harris; Jack Romero; Joe Streeter Sr; Tyus Starr Fisher; June Hulme; Burnayse Neff; Steve Gresback; Dustee Martinet; Janet Hughes; Pierce Steen; Pat Mosbrucker; Aaron Duncan; William Apodaca; Hunter Jaramillo, John Roybal; Curry Matthiessen; Jimmy VanVleet; Marlene Keralis; Curtis Good; John Osborne; Erica Thoman; Janessa Burlingham; Josh Ward; Cristy Cragoe; Rod Slattery; Pete Sauer; Bill Leininger; Sharon Neel; Devin Senn; Tim Shelton Please notify the office if someone should be removed from the prayer list.

WEEK OF FEBRUARY 17, 2020 - FEBRUARY 23, 2020

Living & Giving in Christ Fiscal Year 2019-2020 Update as of 01/28/2020

Goal Pledge to date Pledge Shortage Actual paid to date:

St Margaret’s $ 40,113 $ 28,152 $ 11,961 $ 23,987

OLW $ 4,482 $ 670 $ 3,812 $ 495

St Edwards $ 2,561 $ 525 $ 2,039 $ 525

St. Josephs $ 667 $ 500 $ 167 $ 500

Goal: Assessed by the Diocese at 20% of previous year actual envelopes & collection plate.

Parishioners: Actual Pledge by parishioners.

Pledge Shortage: If amount is not pledged and fulfilled by parishioners then the parish may be

charged for the shortage.

Actual paid to date: Totals paid by parishioners on pledges made.

Boiler Fund

Total collections for the Boiler fund to date are $ 98,174.58

Thank You for your support!

Anniversary Birthday Deceased +

Prayer Corner:

Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth; you have revealed to little ones the mysteries of the kingdom. Matthew 11:25

Please remember to mark your

selections on the envelope. We

want to make sure your money

goes to the funds of your choice.

Thank You!!