4th Sunday after Pentecost
Weekly Mass Schedule For the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church
Please go to "Mass Location" tab on top of the page for details for the Mass Schedule for each Mission, for the current month.
SUNDAY: June 21st - 4th Sunday after Pentecost (sd)
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Berger (Anniversary)........................................ 7:00 a.m. Mass
† Suzanne Clayman...................................................................... 9:00 a.m. Mass
MONDAY: June 22nd - St. Paulinus, BpC (d)
Bishop Santay in honor of his 25th Anniversary............................ No Mass Scheduled
TUESDAY: June 23rd - Vigil of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist
Michael Sulewski............................................................................ No Mass Scheduled
WEDNESDAY: June 24th - Nativity of St. John the Baptist (d1cl)
Kasia Sulewski and her baby.......................................................... 8:00 a.m. Mass
THURSDAY: June 25th - St. William, Ab (d)
Michelle Sulewski to do God’s Holy Will......................................... 8:00 a.m. Mass
FRIDAY: June 26th - Sts. John & Paul, Mm (d)
Ben Zarn.........................................................................................8:00 a.m. Mass
SATURDAY: - June 27th - Within the Octave of St. John the Baptist (sd)
Dube Families ................................................................................8:00 a.m. Mass
SUNDAY: June 28th - 5th Sunday after Pentecost (sd)
Missa Pro Populo............................................................................7:00 a.m. Mass
† Barbara Moore.............................................................................9:00 a.m. Mass
~ Sanctuary Lamp ~
Sanctuary Lamp is burning for the soul of Father Francis E. Fenton S.T.L.
~ Confession Schedule ~
Saturday — 7:30 a.m. - 7:55 a.m.
Sunday — 6:30 a.m. - 6:55 a.m. — 8:10 a.m. - 8:55 a.m.
~ Altar Boy Serving Schedule ~
June 21 — 1st Mass: Seamus Dube & Alexander Bogner
— 2nd Mass: MC - Quentin Skierka Th - Jeremy Lowder CB -Jack Merja
Ac - Martin Skierka & Robert Skierka
TB - Zachary Lightner, Roman Marshall, Shawn Skierka
TB - Aiden Lightner, Jordan Skierka, Logan Beeley
June 28 — 1st Mass: Zachary Drewes & Everett Fleshman
— 2nd Mass: Quentin Skierka & Blaise Skierka
Aug 5 — 1st Mass: Maurice Marshall& Eliahs Bogner
— 2nd Mass: Peter Skierka & Charles Lightner
~ Rosary Leader ~
June 21 — 1st Mass: Tim Riley — 2nd Mass: Damian Skierka
June 28 — 1st Mass: Andrew Dubé — 2nd Mass: Stephen Skierka
Aug 5 — 1st Mass: Brian Drewes — 2nd Mass: Cole Lowder
~ Church Cleaning Schedule ~
June 21 — Christina Bogner & Michelle Bogner
June 28 —Maria Fleshman & Angela Skierka
Aug 5 — Jordee Bomgardner, Justina Merja, Jacynta Bomgardner
~ Treat Schedule ~
June 21 — First Communion Picnic
June 28 —Sarah Rollins, Jennifer Springer, Jeanette Kalafat
Aug 5 — Lisa Skierka, Theresa Koch, Nicole Bogner
~ Announcements ~
Sunday, June 24, is 1st Communion Sunday. The parish picnic will follow the 9:00 a.m. Mass. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend. Benediction will take place in the early afternoon. Any boy who has received their First Communion now has the privilege to serve at the altar. They will be serving for the first time today, at Benediction.
Blessing of Religious Articles: On the First Sunday of the Month.
6 Day Votive Lights: The price per candle is $3.00, $70 per case; the small 8 hour votive lights are 50¢ each.
Confessions: Priority should be given especially the last thirty minutes of confessions to those who drive a great distance, have little children, elderly and or are disabled. Those living in closer proximity please be here early; Confessions begin at 8:00 a.m. Of course, and I think that it goes without saying, that those who live in close proximity to the church, should come for confessions on Saturday morning if at all possible.
If you or a loved one is admitted to the hospital, please let your parish priest know.
Fr. Jenkins online instructions: wcbohio.blogspot.com
Our church is dedicated to the practice of the traditional Roman Catholic religion. This includes the traditional Latin Roman Rite of Holy Mass and the sacraments. We do not regard the New Mass created after Vatican Council II to be a true Catholic Mass. Only those who regularly attend exclusively the traditional Latin Rite of Mass, who are properly dressed (see below), and are in the state of Sanctifying Grace may receive.
Please read "Word of Introduction" on the Home page.
Catholic Living by Hugh J. O’Connell
DUTIES TO GOD AND HIS CHURCH
Sacramentals
The knowledge of Catholics with regard to the sacramental of the Church may be compared to the knowledge of most people about electricity. Every day we turn on the light; we plug in the vacuum sweeper; and we live and die with our favorite television heroes. However, if one were asked: just what is electricity, we would not know the answer. We simply know that it is something good, something very useful for our daily living.
In much the same ay Catholics make use of sacramentals. They bless themselves with holy water; they would not think of driving without the protection of a St. Christopher meal. How often they say: “Father, please give us your blessing.” and yet if one were to ask; just what are sacramentals, or how do they work, very few wold be able to answer. They simply know that they are something good, something conducive to our eternal salvation.
Sacramentals are holy things and actions which the Church employs in order to obtain for us from god, through her intercession, spiritual and temporal favors. These favors are obtained from God through the prayers fo the Church offered for those who make use of the sacramentals.
The prayers of the Church are a very powerful hep to assist us to obtain from God the things that we need and desire, if it be God’s will. The prayers of the Church are more powerful than those of nay individual because she is the Mystical Body of Christ, and her prayers, therefore, are offered with Christ Himself, the Head of the Mystical Body.
We make use of Sacramentals: 1) in order to remind us of God and of holy things; 2) because they are blessed, that is, the Church invokes the assistance and protection of God upon those who piously make use of thee sacred objects; 3) because the are indulgenced. An indulgence is not, as some non-Catholics mistakenly believe, a forgiveness of sin or a permission to commit sin. It is a remission in whole or in part of the temporal punishment due to sin.
During this ceremony a picture for the Sacred Heart or a statue is hung or set in a prominent place. This proclaims to all that Christ is King in this house. It is also a reminder to those dwelling there that they have pledged allegiance in a special way to the Sacred heart.
Where the Sacred Heart rules, charity, purity, and pace will also reign. For the Sacred heart will give abundant graces to all those of good will living in the home where He is enthroned.
For the enthronement of the Sacred Heart, after arranging the day and hour with the priest, the family prepares an altar with flowers and lighted candles. If convenient, the picture or statue of the Scared Heart is set on the altar to be put in its permanent place during the cere-mony. Otherwise, the image may already be put in place before the arrival of the priest. The entire family should be pre-sent in order to consecrate themselves to the King of their home, the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Daily Prayers
In this day and age, we are so busy that we often forget the role that God plays in our life. Perhaps the most effective way to remind ourselves of this is to make certain that our daily life contains a pattern of prayer.
No Catholic should begin his day without first thanking God for having preserved him during the night, and asking God to guard and help him during the day to come. It is not necessary that the morning prayer be long but it should be faithfully and fervently said. An excellent morning prayer would consist of a whispered thanks to God for another day in which to know, love, and serve Him, and the reciting of the brief but beautiful Morning Offering, which gives our every thought and word and deed to God; and the reciting of three Hail Marys to obtain from our Lady purity of body and soul.
During the day, we should turn to God from time to time with short but fervent ejaculatory prayers. In this way we will walk in God’s holy presence and obtain His grace for our lives. When evening has come, before going to bed we should kneel down and examine our conscience. We then ask God’s forgiveness for our faults and sins by an act of contrition. We thank Him for all the blessings of the day, and add three Hail Marys to our Lady for the grace of purity and perseverance in God’s love until death.
Prayer should be woven into family life. Morning and night prayers should be said with the children. Before and after meals, we should ask God’s blessing and give thanks to Him for all His benefits. There is a beautiful practice in many Catholic homes throughout the world, after the evening meal, or at some other convenient time, for all the family to join together in saying the Rosary. Blessed is that home in which the Rosary is said every day to the Mother of God.
A Rosary should also be found in the purse of every Catholic woman and in the pocket of every Catholic man. So impor-tant does our Lady esteem the Rosary that when she opened the doors of heaven and appeared at Lourds and Fatima, she explicitly requested its recitation. No day in the life of a Catholic should pass without his having said the Rosary, or at least a part of it.
Identifications of a Catholic Home
The home of a Catholic should be able to be recognized as such. There should be at least a picture of the Sacred Heart and of our Blessed Mother. These will not detract, but add to the beauty and tastefulness of the decoration. Some of the greatest artists throughout the ages have dedicated their talents to religious art.
The Catholic bedroom should have more than a stuffed dog on the bed and knickknacks in the corner. At the door should be a holy water font, and hanging in a prominent place, a crucifix.
Every Catholic home, too, should have some Catholic books, especially the Bible, and it should be the Douay Rheims edition, at least one solidly instructive Catholic magazine, and some current Catholic pamphlets. Continued on inside Only by good sound Catholic literature can the Catholic of today learn to know his faith, to love it, to live up to it, and able to explain it to others.
The most effectual prayer we can offer for our departed loved ones is the Mass. The Church makes the Mass the focal point of her funeral service, and establishes various special Masses to be said on the anniversary days. The Catholic with faith, therefore, will, at the death of friends and relatives, have Masses said for the repose of their souls. The value of the Mass is infinite; expensive floral pieces last only a few days.
Christian Family Celebrations
Not only secular feasts, but also days of religious significance should be celebrated by the family. The day of Bap-tism, First Communion, Confirmation, Marriage, and the Ordination are days on which members of the family have re-ceived special graces from God. It is fitting that on the anniversary of such days the family attend holy Mass and receive Communion together. A better than usual dinner or some special treat will help make the day a joyous one. However, the feasting and presents should not overshadow the religious sig-nificance fo the day. This is true especially of Thanksgiving day, which is too often changed into a day of feasting and amusement, without a thought of God, from Whom all blessings come.
How To Explain What You Believe As A Catholic
Can Faith Alone Save You?
Many good people have been taught from childhood that they need only a strong faith in Jesus Christ as their personal Redeemer to be saved. By this they mean that obedience to God’s law, the practice of virtue, good works have no effective part to play in the saving of one’s soul. Hee are the reasons why this is illogical and unscriptural;
1. Faith in Christ is incomplete and superstitious if it does not mean faith in everything Christ was and said and did. He presented Himself to the world a Redeemer, indeed, but also as a teacher and lawgiver. His constant stressing of the importance of obedience to God can only mean that this is necessary for a man’s salvation, just as is belief in the merits of His passion and death.
2. Faith in Christ as a Redeemer cannot save a man who neglects to heed these specific warnings which He gave: “But if thou wilt enter into life, keep the com-mandments.” :”not every one that saith to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven: but he that doth the will of my Father who is in heaven. . . .”
3. Faith in Christ as a Redeemer should not blind one to the great effort He made to show to the world the evil and the punishments of sin and to inspire men to repent of and renounce sin. His passion and death, while they paid a debt that men could not have paid, were at the same time a dramatic appeal for sorrow for sin and reformation of life as necessary for salvation.
4. The doctrine of faith alone as a means of salvation has led inevitably to the minimizing of the importance of some of Christ’s more severely promulgated laws. It has led many to deny His statement that divorce and remarriage are the same as adultery; it has induced many to renounce obedience to spiritual authority, which He inculcated so clearly; it has made it easy for men to defend their avarice and social injustice.
5. If faith alone were necessary for salvation, there would be no point in a general judgment at the end of the world, which Christ described as an event in “which eery man will be judged according to his works. If good works are not necessary to salvation, why should any man be judged by the? Faith in Christ is necessary to salvation, that is indeed clear. But it must be complete faith, faith in everything Christ said, faith that overflows into action, virtue, good works. St. James put it simply when he said: “So faith also, if it have not works, is dead in itself. But some man will say: Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without works; and I will shew thee, by works, my faith.
Great Falls: (Black Eagle - Immaculate Heart of Mary)
Mass every Sunday, 7:00 & 9:00 a.m.: Holy Days, 7:00 & 9:00 a.m
Helena: (Holy Cross)
Mass every Sunday, 7:00 & 9:00 a.m.: Holy Days, 7:00 & 9:00 a.m See Church Bulletin
Missoula: (East Missoula - Holy Shroud)
Mass 2nd, 4th & 5th Sundays of the month 1:00 p.m.
Holy Days 6:00 p.m.
Billings: (Pompeys Pillar - St. Martin de Tours)
Mass 1st, 3rd & 5th Sundays of the month 4:00 p.m
Holy Days 6:00 p.m.
Lethbridge: (St. Theresa the Little Flower)
Mass 2:00 p.m. 3rd Sunday of the month
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