Cathedral of St. Helena
FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME JANUARY 28TH, 2018
If today you hear His voice, harden not your hearts.
Psalm 95
The Most Reverend George Leo Thomas, PhD. Bishop of Helena Rev. Msgr. Kevin S. O’Neill, V.G.
Father Christopher Lebsock
Pastor/Rector
Parochial Vicar
Mr. Michael Vreeburg
Pastoral Associate Liturgy
Jason R. Phillips Director of Music
January 28TH - February 4TH
Deacon Bob Fishman
Director of Faith Formation
Mr. Louis Gloege Business Manager
Join us for coffee and donuts following the 9 am and 11th am Mass next Sunday, February 4 in the Brondel Center. Be sure to thank Adina Timmerman and family as well as St. Andrew School. Tickets for the Emerald Isle Auction will be available for puchase.
Liturgical Calendar at your Cathedral of St. Helena
Sunday, January 28 - Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time 7:30 am - Mass
EVENTS OF THE WEEK
9 am - Mass; Liturgy of the Word for Children 11 am - Mass Monday, January 29 - Ordinary Weekday 7 am - Mass; Rosary after Mass
MONDAY JANUARY 29 *Children’s choir 3:30-4:30 pm Choir Room *Handbell practice 6:30 pm Choir Room
Tuesday, January 30 - Ordinary Weekday 7 am - Mass; Devotions; Rosary after Mass
TUESDAY JANUARY 30 *RCIA 6:00 pm Brondel
Wednesday, January 31 - Saint John Bosco, Priest
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 24 *Faith Formation 3:45-5:00 pm *Youth Group 7:00-8:15 pm
12 noon - Mass; Devotions
7 am - Mass; Rosary after Mass 12 noon - Mass
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 1 *First Reconciliation 6 pm Cathedral
Thursday, February 1 - Ordinary Weekday
7 am - Mass; Rosary after Mass 12 noon - Mass
Cathedral of St. Helena Council Members
Friday, February 2 - The Presentation of the Lord 7 am - Mass; Rosary after Mass;
Pastoral Council: Rick Ahmann Jim Carney Terry Cosgrove Billie Jo Meglen Donna Weiner
Adoration until 4 pm
Saturday, February 3 - Ordinary Weekday
8:30 am - Rosary 9 am - Mass Reconciliation 5 pm - Mass
after
Mass till 11 am
Sunday, February 4 - Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
7:30 am - Mass 9 am - Mass; Liturgy of the Word for Children 11 am - Mass
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Finance Council: Jack Berry Curtis Chisholm Cathy Givler Nate McCarthy Kathy Ramirez David Roberts
Cathedral of St. Helena Parish Office Location:..................530 N. Ewing St., Helena, MT 59601 Office Hours............................................9:00 am - 4:30 pm Phone.....................................................................442-5825 Fax....................................................................... 449-5113 Rectory Emergency...............................................449-0280 Good Samaritan Store............................................442-0780 Website....................................................www.sthelenas.org KNEH Catholic Radio....97.3 FM.......stream live kneh.org
OF GREATER HELENA
PARISH FUN DAY
Join us for Family Promise’s Annual Comfort Food Challenge on Sunday, February 11th from 4-6:30pm at the Lewis and Clark County Fairgrounds. Taste a variety of comfort foods prepared by churches involved with Family Promise as well as a number of local restaurants. Admission includes all the samples you can eat as well as soda, water, and coffee. In addition, there will be entertainment and desserts and raffle tickets for purchase. Our entry this year is Nacho Dip.
Just a friendly reminder to mark your calendars for our Parish Fun Day that is scheduled for February 11, 2018 following the 11:00 a.m. mass. There will be food, games for the children and BINGO! Still looking for a few volunteers to help with this event. If you are interested please contact Theresa Corbett at 442-5825. Thank you!
Tickets are $15 and are available at the door as well as Payne West, Leslie’s Hallmark, and Birds and Beasley’s. Admission is free for children 10 and under (no ticket needed). We hope to see you there!
The Julius Foundation was founded to assist Fr. Julius Bwowe with the many needs of the Cathedral’s Sister Ministry in Uganda, Africa. Construction of the Holy Trinity School addition, largely funded by the Cathedral’s 2017 Lenten Project, is now complete. The Carroll College Engineers Without Borders team traveled to Uganda to rehabilitate three shallow wells and do site work for a deep well at the school. Please pray for the success of these projects. If you would like to help with this ministry, contact Teresa at 461-6543. To learn more or to make a donation visit www.thejuliusfoundation.org.
MARCH FOR LIFE - JANUARY 19
A WORD ABOUT THE WORD by Deacon Bob Fishman
This week’s readings are a very interesting mix of different themes and concepts. In our first reading from Deuteronomy, the people are afraid of God’s voice and power, and want Moses to ask God to raise up another prophet who will hear the voice of the Lord and relay it to the people. God allows this but warns that this authority should not be abused or there will be deadly consequences. In our own lives, how often are we like the nervous Israelites who for one reason or another became afraid of God? We choose to do our own thing rather than listen to God’s Church. We forget the Church is established by Christ’s authority and not ours. Our society has replaced God’s commandments with worldly ones, and our own attitudes and choices replace what God wants in our lives. Pope John Paul II called this thinking “the culture of death”. St. Paul reminds us not to let the cares in our lives drive us crazy. Rather we should turn to God and offer Him our concerns and anxieties for He is the remedy to what ails us. Finally, the gospel of St. Mark relays in powerful fashion the divinity and authority of our Lord Jesus shining through as He casts out demons and unclean spirits who, incidentally knew who He was. If the demons know of Jesus, how much more should we as Christians know Him? The bottom line is this…Are we going to continue trying to juggle as fast as we can? Will we continue to disregard God’s teachings and the teachings of His Church just to fulfill our own sinful choices? It reminds me of the guy on the old Ed Sullivan show who spun plates on sticks. As he got one going, another would start to wobble and ultimately all would crash to the ground. When we try to do it all our selves without God we can be certain the plates of our lives will ultimately crash and become a mess. Therefore, it is now time to turn all we have, and all of our attitudes and our own self authority over to Him once and for all. We give up our ways to Him who is “the Way”. We lay down our truths to Him who is “the Truth”, and finally we give our lives over to Him who is “the Life”. It is much better then juggling…Something to think about…May God richly bless you always…
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THE BLESSING OF THROATS will be given on the memorial of Saint Blaise, Bishop and Martyr, at the conclusion of the 9 am Mass on Saturday, February 3rd. All who have diseases of the throat or any other illness are encouraged to receive this blessing.
CATHERINE MARY KEIM Stephen Keim & Family DAN BARTSCH Peter Sullivan LOIS A HUGHES Peter Sullivan MARGAYLE PRESTIPENO Peter Sullivan
MARILYN SAMSON Forrest & Christy Berg Lew & Pauline Hames NORMA JEAN GREENFIELD Gary / Maria Goebel & Family SHEILA SULLIVAN Peter Sullivan TOM TWICHEL Peter Sullivan
MARIE VANISKO WARD SHANAHAN Peter Sullivan Peter Sullivan Gary / Maria Goebel & Family
LENT STARTS AT ASH WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2018 THE FEAST OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE LORD with the traditional blessing of candles to be used throughout the year will take place at Mass, Friday February 2nd at 7:00 A.M. All are invited to celebrate “Candlemas” and to bring candles to be blessed for use in your home.
Vocations Prayer
Heavenly Father, please abundantly bless these men who are in formation for the priesthood of Your Son, Jesus Christ. Grant them gifts of wisdom, knowledge and most of all, generous hearts, that they may be enflamed with love for You and Your Church. Through Christ, Our Lord, Amen.
Shannon Augare Tyler Frohlich Nathan Scheidecker Kyle Tannehill
Matthew Christiaens Codi Krueger T. Aidan Toombs Liturgy The readings are on page 1119 in the hymnal
Organ Prelude
Introit: Laetetur cor Let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice; seek the Lord and be strengthened; seek his face for evermore.
Processional Hymn: #720 The Kingdom of God
Ordinary of the Mass (Lord Have Mercy): from Mass for the Parishes, Jason Phillips Ordinary of the Mass (Holy-Amen): from Mass of the Immaculate Conception, Peter Latona Ordinary of the Mass (Lamb of God): from Mass for the Parishes, Jason Phillips
Gloria: from A New Mass for Congregations, Carroll Andrews
Responsorial Psalm: If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
Hymn: #831 As We Gather at Your Table
Communion Antiphon: Illumina faciem tuam Let your face shine down upon your servant, deliver me in your mercy. Lord, let me not be confounded, for I have called upon you.
Hymn of Praise: #602 Christ is the World’s Light
Organ Postlude
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Warm Hearts: blanket & towel drive to gift the poor on Valentine’s Day Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Associates of Helena Needs: new twin blankets, bath towels, hand towels & washcloths Dates: This drive is taking place in January, at many churches. Warm Hearts is an ecumenical ministry of the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Associates of Helena. Last year we donated several blankets to God’s Love. We received a thank you note expressing how the children felt warm and loved on Valentine’s Day when they received their new blankets. The poor in Helena are in need of new twin blankets, bath towels, hand towels and washcloths. This January, we invite you to help us donate hundreds of blankets and towels to fulfill their needs for a year. Donated new blankets and new towels will be distributed through organizations serving the poor in the Helena area—God’s Love, Florence Crittenton Home, Good Samaritan Ministries, Rocky Mountain Development Center, The Friendship Center and YWCA. Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Associates are women and men invited to partner with the vowed members of the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth “to witness and share the mission of Jesus who calls us to love God with our whole hearts and to love our neighbor even as God loves us.” Contacts Bobby Lavinder:
[email protected] or 406 431-1277 Linda McCray:
[email protected] or 406 439-2073
Every Friday from 8 am until 4 pm, Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament takes place in the Cathedral. Come and spend a little time on your lunch hour before the Blessed Sacrament. This is a wonderful opportunity to consecrate one hour to Our Lord at the Hour of his Passion. Please join anytime following the 7:00 A.M. Mass.
VOLUNTEERS FOR THE RITE OF ELECTION
The Rite of Election is a special liturgical celebration where the adult Candidates and Catechumens across the Diocese of Helena publically express their desire to come into the Catholic Church by signing the book of election. We need about 16 volunteers for this special liturgical event. To volunteer please call the parish office at 442-5825 or email
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MARRIAGE PREPARATION
Diocesan policy states that couples wait 6 months from the time they first approach a priest regarding marriage. During that 6 month period the couple must participate in preparatory classes for the Sacrament of Marriage. Our next session will be February 5th through March 19th. For information, contact Kathy Surbrugg at 442-5825.
February 2-4, 2018 Ursuline Centre – Great Falls, Montana Stress in Your Marriage? - There is less than a week left to sign up for Retrouvaille. Retrouvaille is a program for married couples that feel bored, frustrated, or angry in their marriage. Some experience coldness and simply shut down. Others experience conflict and arguments in their relationship and don’t know how to change the situation or even communicate with their spouses about it. Retrouvaille is for any couple who would like to rediscover their marriage and improve communication. For more information about an upcoming Retrouvaille Weekend program for couples, contact registration team: at 1-800-470-2230 or visit our website: www.retrouvailleMT.org or www.HelpOurMarriage.com
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Fourth Sunday in Ordnary Time
Fifth Sunday in Ordnary Time
Dt 18:15-20 Moses challenged the Israelites to listen to God’s voice. Ps 95:1-2, 6-9 “If today you hear His voice, harden not your hearts.” 1 Cor 7:32-35 We are to live out Jesus’s teachings by what we say and do. Mk 1:21-28 We are called to hear the voice of Jesus and live out His teachings.
Jb 7:1-4, 6-7 Job cries out in hopelessness. Ps 147:1-6 “Praise the Lord, who heals the brokenhearted” 1 Cor 9:16-19, 22-23 Jesus “heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” Mk 1:29-39 Those who put their trust in Jesus, have hope.
January 28, 2018
February 4, 2018
Word of the Day Monday, January 29
2 Sm 15:13-14, 30; 16:5-13
Thursday, February 1
Ps 3:2-7 Mk 5:1-20
1 Kgs 2:1-4, 10-12 (Ps) 1 Chr 29:10-12 Mk 6:7-13
Tuesday, January 30
Friday, February 2
Wednesday, January 31
Saturday, February 3
2 Sm 18:9-10, 14, 24-25, 3019:3 Ps 86:1-6 Mk 5:21-43 2 Sm 24:2, 9-17 Ps 32:1-2, 5-17 Mk 6:1-6
LATIN MASS IN THE EXTRAORDINARY FORM SUNDAYS - SAINTS CYRIL & METHODIUS CHURCH East Helena 12:30 p.m. Sung High Mass Rosary at 12:05 p.m. ** Collection taken ** February 11th March 11th April 15th May 13th June 10th July 1st (FIRST) FRIDAYS - CARROLL COLLEGE IN BORROMEO’S ST. JOSEPH’S CHAPEL 5:30 p.m. Low Latin Mass February 2nd March 2nd April 6th May 4th June 1st
Mal 3:1-4 Ps 24:7-10 Heb 2:14-18 Lk 22-40
1 Kgs 3:4-13 Ps 119:9-14 Mk 6:30-34
The 2017 contribution statements for the Cathedral of St. Helena have been mailed. If you did not receive them by Friday, January 26, please contact the office.
Join Us to provide meals for God’s Love
We invite you to join us with this wonderful project! Our next two meals will be on February 20th (pork/beef roast) and March 20th (beef enchiladas). There are opportunities to help with the meals including prep, cooking, baking, and serving the meal at God’s Love. Some of the food can be prepared at home. We will prepare and assemble the rest of the meal in the Cathedral kitchen. We will be available at Coffee and Donuts after the 9 a.m. Mass on Sunday, February 4th. We hope you will stop by to hear about this project and opportunities to participate. If you would like to help with the meals for God’s Love, please contact Carolyn Parry through the Parish Office at 442-5825.
Helena Catholic Young Adult Group Helena Catholic Young Adult Group. This group is open to all Helena Area young adults in their 20s and 30s. The Group offers an opportunity to form new friendships and support each other in our faith lives. For more information on the group and events, Contact Clare Smillie 406 461 1375 or Oscar Velasquez 626 485 1604 or join our Facebook group “Helena Catholic Young Adults (HCYA)
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Opportunities to serve your sisters and Being a sign of God’s love to others, we know that our gifts of treasure are essential to our mission of followbrothers in your Cathedral Parish: EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION Parishioners who are Confirmed in the Catholic Faith are invited to be Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion at Sunday Mass. We need additional Ministers for the 7:30 A.M. Mass and the 11:00 A.M. Mass on Sunday. If you would like to participate in this important ministry, please call the Parish Office at 442-5825
ing the loving path of Jesus. Our faith in the future urges us to continue the journey in gratitude, holiness and service. This past weekend we received through Stewardship $14,108.00 in envelopes, $2884.00 in ACH and $531.00 in loose currency and checks for a total of $17,523.00. Our weekly goal is $18,115.38. Please Note....
When you provide a check as payment, you authorize us either to use information from your check to make a electronic fund transfer from your account or to INVITATION TO BE A GREETER AT SUNDAY one-time process the payment as a check transaction.
MASS Families and individuals are invited to serve as Greeters once a month at Sunday Mass and at other Liturgies. If you have the gift of hospitality, a friendly smile and would like to serve in this ministry, please call the Parish Office.
Thank you for your generosity!
VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED TO ASSIST WITH LAUNDERING Albs, Server robes and altar linens used at Mass If you are able to assist with any of these, please call the Parish Office.
CATHEDRAL OF ST. HELENA pledged as of 1/22/18 $235,854 is 135% of our goal of $175,300 THANK YOU!!!!
Sunday, February 4 is Charitable Giving Sunday.
You can place your food donations in Mary’s Chapel and a basket will be available for monetary contributions.
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