QUEEN OF PEACE
PARISH MISSION
STATEMENT
We, the people of
God, of the church of Queen of Peace, in union with the church of the Diocese of Bismarck,
under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, are called to be enablers and facilitators of all
the gifts and ministries within this faith community. We commit ourselves to create
a welcoming atmosphere, encouraging all members to accept their call to ministry.
We commit ourselves
to celebrate liturgies with utmost planning and care. We will strive to proclaim the
good news in word and in deed to people of all ages and abilities to enable them to grown
in their relationship with their God and with one another.
May 11, 2008
Our
Pastor,
Fr. Jeff Zwack
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May 11, 2008
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PASTOR’S COLUMN
Today we celebrate Pentecost Sunday, the celebration of the
coming of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles, and other disciples.
The following is a reflection on
Pentecost by Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa the preacher to the
papal household.
“Pentecost
was an event in the subjective order, an experience. The shift from
the slave-heart full of fear to the filial heart, brimming with
love, is not something that can happen without the one to whom it
happens being aware of it; it is not the kind of heart transplant
done under general anesthetic!
On the contrary, the experience of the love of God was one of
overwhelming intensity for the apostles: to be loved by God and to
love God in return! They were literally inundated, ‘baptized’ in
love. That was what moved them so much that they were beside
themselves, to such an extent that people thought them drunk (see
Acts 2:13). The sudden change in the apostles cannot be explained
in any other way; it was the fire of divine love itself that flared
up in them…
Every time someone has a genuine, strong experience of the
Spirit, the most vivid memory of the moment that the person retains
is of an intense perception of the Father’s love. Witnessing to this
someone said: ‘All my life long I had felt unloved. The next day,
that feeling vanished entirely. I felt myself immersed in a new
experience of the love of God, and from that day on it has never
left me.’
This is the most beautiful moment of any creature’s life: to
know that one is loved, personally, by God, to feel oneself lifted
to the bosom of the Trinity and to find oneself in the flood of love
that flows between Father and Son, enfolded in their love, sharing
their passionate love for the world. And all of this in one instant,
without any need to think about it or for words to say it.”
God
bless you, Fr. Jeff
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My dear sisters and brothers in the Lord,
Many Catholics remember that each Friday
was observed as a day of abstinence from meat. This day was chosen to
commemorate the death of the Lord. The Church still encourages us to make this
day special by offering some form of penitential practice in our lives.
Since we are called upon to contribute to a
more just and peaceful world, I encourage every person in the Diocese of
Bismarck to be morally responsible by offering special prayers and fasting
each Friday for God’s gift of peace in our war torn world, in our families and
in our personal lives.
Your Shepherd, Most Reverend Paul A.
Zipfel
Bishop of Bismarck
UPDATED LINKS AVAILABLE
The Prayer
Calendar is now available on the PRAYERS LINK ABOVE
CATHOLIC
CAMPAIGN FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT (CCHD) Poverty in
America continues to rise. Nearly 36 million Americans, many working full-time,
are unable to provide for the basic needs of their families. As the body of
Christ, we are bound together, and we share the grief and anxieties of those who
live in poverty. But we can also share the joy and hope that comes from joining
in solidarity to break the cycle of poverty. The CCHD supports self-help
projects of poor and low-income people working together to improve their lives
and their communities. Thank you for giving generously to the CCHD in today’s
collection. If you are a stewardship household, a gift has been given for you.
PLEASE
KEEP IN YOUR PRAYERS the safety of Evan Beauchamp and
the people in the African missions.
PLEASE
REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS
the sick especially
Jessica
Scherr, Raphael Brinster, Ann Sadowsky, Pat Kubas, Art Ridl Jr, Anthony Bren,
Cherie Neal, Donovan Buckman, Teresa Weinand, Lorraine Karsky, Leonard Marquart,
Andy Ficek, Rebecca Gjovik, Yvonne Stockert, Elsie Maershbecker and Steve Kainz.
Whose
voice will you follow - the Good Shepherd’s or a stranger’s? Pray for a
listening heart. (John 10:1-10)
STEWARDSHIP
EUCHARISTIC ADORATION
God gifts you with 168 hours each week - do you have 1 hour to give to Him in
prayer and thanksgiving? We are in need of additional people to help fill
Eucharistic Adoration hours. Please consider committing to an hour or as a
sub. Please call the office and leave a message for Linda Weiler.
AREA
EVENTS
See the bulletin board in the south entrance for more details of upcoming
events.
May 11 4:30-7pm A Taste of Italy sponsored by St. Paul’s/St.
Katherine’s
Catholic Youth Group, Hazelton Community Center, call Char, 782-6281 for
required reservations and tickets.
May 12 2:30 pmCatholic Daughters Rosary at St. Luke’s & St. Ben’s.
May 19 2:30 pmCatholic Daughters Rosary at St. Luke’s & St. Ben’s.
7
pm Badlands Right to Life meeting,
Gate City Bank meeting room.
May 26 2:30 pmCatholic Daughters Rosary at St. Luke’s & St. Ben’s.
June 22 11 am – 4 pm Town and Country Celebration. Mass with Bishop Paul
Zipfel, food, blessings of fields, machinery, animals.
LITURGICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
THE ROSARYis prayed 30 minutes before the Mass on the weekends and weekdays.
Please join us in prayer!
PARISH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Prayer for
Rain
O God, in Whom we live and move, and have our being, grant us rain, in due
abundance, that, being sufficiently helped with temporal, we may the more
confidently seek after eternal gifts. Through Christ, our Lord. Amen.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS! VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL AT QUEEN OF PEACE WILL BE
JULY 27-31 THIS YEAR. WATCH THE BULLETIN FOR MORE DETAILS!
GRADUATES We will be honoring all our graduating high school seniors at each
Mass the weekend of
May 17-18. Please join in praying for these graduates as they go onto
the next step of their journeys.
GOD’S SHARE APPEAL FOLLOW-UP SUNDAY Thanks to the generosity of many
parishioners, to date we have pledges totaling $40,186.00 which represents 44%
of our parish goal. If you have not yet had the opportunity, please return a
pledge envelope with your response today. Together with your support we can
accomplish many beautiful works of faith, hope and charity.
SUMMER YOUTH SERVICE PROJECTS Registration forms are available on the bulletin
board in the south entrance. Projects will be held
June 2-5 at
Mandaree and
August 4-8 at
Fort Yates.
BENEDICT RULES! A Catholic leadership camp for youth entering grades 6, 7, and 8
will be held
June 3 & 4 at the University of Mary. This is a time to learn more about
our Catholic faith make some awesome new friends and enjoy crafts, music and
games. Registration forms are available on the bulletin board in the south
entrance.
CONFIRMATION PRAYER PARTNERS NEEDED We need prayer partners for those
sophomores who will be confirmed in
January 2009. Please call Sister Phoebe 483-2134 if interested
DICKINSON CATHOLIC SCHOOLS (DCS) NEWS
The winner of
the Catholic Schools Raffle this week is Bernie & Carol Sadowsky $75.
Congratulations Bernie & Carol!
CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS will be saying the rosary
every Monday during May at St. Luke’s at 2:30pm.
THE BADLANDS RIGHT TO LIFE is selling flowers after all Masses
on May 10 and 11 (in observance of
Mother’s Day). Remember to thank your mother for the precious gift of
life.
FILL THE CRIB Please help new mothers in our community with donations for the
needs of their new babies. Starting
May 1st and throughout the month of May we will be assisting Stark County
Social Services by having a baby crib in the main foyer of the church. We ask
each family to donate a much needed baby item such as: Diapers, wipes, diaper
rash ointment, baby shampoo, baby wash, baby lotion, and clothing. Please do
not donate infant formula, this is already provided. Thank you for sharing
Christ’s love with a new mother and her baby!
THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE is the incredible true story of two brothers searching
for light in a dark world as the experience living homeless in
New York City, the Lost Children of
Lima, Peru and the never before seen lepers of Ghana, Africa. Journey
with them through suffering, forgiveness, faith, hope and love. Screening of
the “Human Experience” is April
30th, 6 pmat THS, followed by a spaghetti supper prepared by Fr. Shea.
Tickets are available at THS and parish offices, $10 includes supper.
MOM’S
PRAYER GROUP meets at Queen of Peace at 9:30 am.
2008 dates are: May 22
PILGRIMAGE TO ROME
Fr. James Shea of Killdeer is offering a pilgrimage to Rome and Assisi in
celebration of the Oct 9, 2008 ordination of seminarians Josh Ehli and Nick
Schneider as Deacons of Bismarck Diocese. Space is very limited. For more
information call 764-5357 or e-mail
stjosephs@ndsupernet.com.
THE
DIOCESE OF BISMARCK
is firmly committed to the health and protection of our children and young
people. We encourage anyone who has suffered abuse from a priest or other
person in the church to please come forward and let us know. To report
allegations of sexual abuse, please contact: Deacon
Joel Melarvie, chancellor, Diocese of Bismarck, PO Box 1575, Bismarck, ND
58502-1575, phone 701-223-1347 or toll free 1-877-405-7435. The complaint form
and policies can be found on the diocesan website at: www.bismarckdiocese.com.
All information received will be treated with confidentiality. All alleged
victims are advised of their right to report the alleged abuse to public
authorities. We want to make every effort to assist those who have suffered
from abuse in the past and provide assurances that such abuse will not happen
again.
FOR YOUR MARRIAGE BRACELETS
Yellow stretch band bracelets with the message “What have you done for your
marriage.org” are available to promote this Website and the pro-marriage
message. Email
brent@pinsource.com.
PRAYER OF BLESSING FOR
FIELDS AND FLOCKS
O God, from the very
beginning of time you commanded the earth to bring forth vegetation,
fruit, and flowers of early kind. You provide the sewer and seed and
give bread to eat. Grant, we pray, that our land, enriched by your
bounty and cultivated by human hands may be fertile with abundant
crops. Then your people, enriched by the gifts of your goodness,
will praise you unceasingly now and for ages unending. Amen
-Edgar A. Guest
A DRIVER'S PRAYER
O Lord into my hands you
have entrusted an instrument f great power. Give me the grace to
drive with care for the lives that are my responsibility, and with
thoughtfulness for all who share the roads. If I am careless, make e
watchful, if I am rushed, give me patience, and in all things give me
self-control. Amen
TIME SLIPS AWAY
"If I only had
time." - how often it's said. By each one of us in lives that
are led. In pursuit of a dream or the seeking of fame, in a task to
be done or winning a game. But year after year and day after day,
time always, it seems, keeps slipping away! "If I just had the
time, how gladly I'd spend more hours with family or visit a friend.
How great it would be to sit by a brook and write a long letter or read a
good book". But month after month and day after day, time
always, it seems, keeps slipping away! "If I could find the
time, I'd help those in need and service to others would soon be my creed." Yes,
most of us feel there's much we should do but the minutes fly by and the
weeks are too few. So month after month and day after day, time
slides through our fingers and just slips away! If only we knew, ere
we run out of grace, the time we have left to kiss a dear face. To
hold someone's hand who is faithful and true and whisper these words:
"My dear, I love you!" For moment by moment and day after day,
our lives, just like time, keep slipping away! John C
Please remember to
continue your prayer support for our parishioners and their families who
are separated by serving our Country in the military. May God grant
them peace in a world where peace is missing..
WEBSITES OF INTEREST
 
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JUST FOR KIDS
CALLING ALL KIDS - CHECK OUT OUR JUST FOR KIDS
SECTION IN OUR RELIGIOUS EDUCATION LINK AT www.queenofpeacedickinson.org/religiou.htm
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