Sacred Heart Catholic Church 502 2nd Ave SE - Aberdeen, SD

Phone: 605-225-7065 Fax: 605-226-5992

www.sacredheartaberdeen.net

Parish Office Hours:

Mon-Thurs: 8:30-4:30 - Friday 8:30-12:30

Sacred Heart Catholic Church: Inviting Everyone to Passionately Live the Gospel

December 29, 2019

Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God Holy Day of Obligation Mass times:

December 31st: 5:30pm January 1st: 7:30am, 9:30am, 11:30am

CLERGY

Reverend Mark Lichter Pastor

frmarklichter@sfcatholic.org

Reverend Patrick Grode

Parochial Vicar frpatrickgrode@sfcatholic.org

PARISH STAFF

Janean Block

Office Manager janean@sacredheartaberdeen.net

Paulette Hay Financial Secretary

paulette@sacredheartaberdeen.net

Chiara Wang

Pastorial/Homebound Ministry chiara@sacredheartaberdeen.net

Thomas Eskro

Director of Evangelization & Discipleship

thomas@sacredheartaberdeen.net

Dawn Wanttie

Asst. Director of Rel. Education dawn@sacredheartaberdeen.net

Jeff Swank

Maintenance, Grounds & Cemetery jeff@sacredheartaberdeen.net

Aberdeen Catholic Foundation David Vetch - Executive Director

david.vetch@acf.network MASS SCHEDULE Sat. Vigil 5:00pm Sun. 7:30, 9:30, &11:30am

DAILY MASS Mon. 5:30pm, Tues. 7:30am Wed. 12:10pm & 5:30pm Thur. & Fri. 7:30am, Sat. 8:15am CONFESSIONS Mon. 5:00pm, Tues. 7:00am, Wed. 5:00pm Thur. & Fri. 7:00am Sat. 7:30-8:00am & 3:30-4:30pm

BAPTISMMust attend 1 class - first Thursday of the month, 7:00pm in the school library. Call office for info and to register for class.

MARRIAGE Date must be set 6 months prior to marriage to allow time for classes & formation. Call priests at the office.

Welcome Into The Body Of Christ Sacrificial Giving and some thoughts….. “You have been enriched in every way for your great

generosity, which will produce thanksgiving to God.” (2 Corinthians 9:11)

May God reward you in your great generosity this Christmas to your parish and community.

SACRED HEART PARISH IS SEEKING A DIRECTOR OF MUSIC

Sacred Heart Catholic Church has an opening for a full-time Director of Music. The successful applicant will work

as a vital part of the parish staff team to bring the parish vision of ‘Inviting Everyone to Passionately Live the

Gospel’ to realization, specifically through the work of sacred music. Tasks include coordinating music to enhance

the liturgical services of the parish, including selecting music, playing the organ and piano for liturgies, directing

choirs, coordinating cantors and accompanists, and maintaining the pipe organ and piano. A full job description

can be found at sacredheartaberdeen.net/employment-opportunities. Interested candidates are asked to send a copy

of their resume and an accompanying cover letter to Fr. Mark Lichter, Pastor of Sacred Heart,

at sacredheartaberdeen@gmail.com, or by mail to 502 2nd Ave SE Aberdeen, SD 57401.

Merry Christmas! We continue the celebration of Christmas Day! We are in the octave days (8 days) that we celebrate the Incarnation, the Nativ-ity, and the Birth of our Lord Jesus Christ as one day. This weekend, it is appropriate that we celebrate the Solemnity of The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. And the eighth day falls on the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God. All of these solemnities center in on one of the most incredible gifts of God; “The Word Made Flesh and Dwells Among Us.”

Coming from a large family, I have a great deal of love for the family and in turn supporting the gift of fami-ly life. As a priest and pastor, I hope that as a parish we can do what it takes to strengthen our families. I have said it many times, as the family goes, so goes the Church. We are only strong in our parish life as our families are strong. As we celebrate Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, the Holy Family, may we look to them as a model of family life and ask them for help in our own families. The family is the first place we receive the gift of life through the marital embrace. It is the first place we are taught to love, to forgive, to say I am sor-ry, and to learn the lessons of life. Many popes have talked about the family being the “First Church” or the “Domestic Church”. Some have talked about the family being the first school of faith and vocation. It still boils down to the family being the single most important cell in our society. Please pray that we have strong and faithful families at Sacred Heart Parish.

One of the concerns that I have often heard in the parish is how we can better serve the youth and the elderly. We have tried to center in on the youth, religious education, and adult faith formation, by hiring Thomas Eskro as the Director of Evangelization and Discipleship. To address the issues of our elderly, we have re-cently hired Chiara Wang to help with homebound ministry and assist with the different ethnic groups in the parish.

We need the wisdom of our elderly and we as a parish need to build up and support those who are sick or homebound. The reality in our culture today is that our families are more spread out and many family mem-bers have left the Catholic faith. Some of our elderly have fallen through the cracks and no longer have a connection to the parish. We need your help in identifying those that are long time members of Sacred Heart Parish or even daily Mass attendees who have not been seen for awhile. We all need to be attentive to those around us and to let the parish office and Chiara know if there is someone we need to visit. It can even be a neighbor that you haven’t seen for a while and you know they are Catholic. We hope to build up our home-bound ministry through the leadership of Chiara and more volunteers to reach out to those in need. This is part of building strong families of faith in the parish. God bless you! Fr. Mark

From the Pastor

*Leo Walker Heinz son of Blake & Nichole Heinz, baptized on December 21, 2019.

Sacred Heart: Windows and statues

Have you ever wondered who was in the church be-sides you, me and Christ? Come join us for an information session to learn about the statues in the church and the stained-glass win-dows. Learn about the images, Saints and symbols that are represented around the church.

Sundays from 1:00-2:30 PM on the following days: January 5, 2020; January 12, 2020; January 19, 2020. Meet in the parish hall. Free will offering to benefit the window restoration project). Presented by: Michael Knapp (Sacred Heart Parishioner)

YOUTH FORMATION March for Life youth will be selling Lonely Goat Soap on Sundays of December from 8:30am-noon. Thank you for supporting youth to go on the March for Life trip 2020!

Going Deeper Retreat: Going deeper is a retreat put on by the diocese for youth (grades 9-12) who are actively involved in their parish or have participated in other retreats and events and who have a fervor to grow in the faith. The next retreat will be Feb-ruary 7-9, 2020 at St. Thomas More in Brookings. More info and register at http://www.sfcatholic.org/youth/going-deeper/ .

ADULT FORMATION

Reckless Diocesan Couples Conference February 1-2, 2020 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Sioux Falls. Find out more and register at sfcatho-lic.org/familylife/reckless/ only $75/couple - use promo code sacredheartab10 for $10 off cour-tesy of Sacred Heart.

Communion and Liberation Group Meets most Tuesday evenings at 7pm off campus. Contact thomas@sacredheartaberdeen.net for details or check out https://english.clonline.org/

Check out the new FORMED.ORG - no password needed! If you are new to formed visit sacredheartaberdeen.formed.org to setup an account for free.

Advent Wisdom from the Saints The Holy Family will not fail to help Christian families - indeed all the families in the world. - St. John Paul II (Familiaris Con-sortio, no. 86)

CLASSROOM STYLE FAITH FORMATION Upcoming Schedule:

Wed., Jan. 1st: No Class - Happy New Year! ***January 1st is the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, a Holy Day of Obligation.

Wed., Jan. 8th: Regular Class Night

CATECHESIS OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD Upcoming Schedule:

Jan. 1st-3rd: No Atrium - Happy New Year!

Jan. 8th-10th: Regular Atrium Sessions

Christmas/Epiphany Celebration: CGS families - our Christmas/Epiphany celebra-tion is next Sunday, January 5th at 2pm in the so-cial hall.

32 Points of Reflection: There are 32 points of reflection concerning CGS that help to define the Catechesis. We will be publishing each point weekly this year:

(19/32) This same guideline (as in #18) applies to the atrium environment itself. The Catechesis of the Good Shepherd can be realized in any social or cultural setting.

Faith Formation

January 4 - January 5: The Epiphany of the Lord ******Team 10 Counts Collections*****

Please see the sign-up sheets in the east entryway for liturgical ministry at the New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day masses (Feast of Mary, Mother of God). Thank you for your help!

Saturday, Jan 4

5:00 PM Sunday, Jan 5

7:30 AM Sunday, Jan 5

9:30 AM Sunday, Jan 5

11:30 AM

Usher

Dennis Biedenfeld Mel Heinz Scott Lunzman Bryan Schmidt

Donald Lipp Steven Nemmers Zachary Peterson Robert Sayler

Clarence Fjeldheim Gary Gauer Paul Marnette Tom Werlinger

Maria Mata LeRoy McComsey Kap Scherr Dustin Wirt

Greeter Deborah Heitz Warren Heitz Linda Kezar

Richard Eschenbaum Elizabeth Haller Mary Raile

Susan Eckrich Tamera Kucker Bernice Wald

Vickie Haiar Mary McHugh David Merxbauer

Lector Scott Solberg (1) Ann Stein (1) Cherie Shishnia (1) Andrew Bergan (1)

Altar Server Benjamin Goebel Anna Moore Hayden Scott

Devon Larson Kaleb Norton Matthew Peterson

Parker Grieben Andrew Lewno Landon Zikmund

Samuel Goulding Preston McCallister Ella Waltman

Extraordinary Minister of the Eucharist

Janice Glau Peg Goetz Kathy Lovaas Connie Solberg Tobias Wolf Kathryn Wolf

Curtis DeWalt Vickie DeWalt Barbara Hoerner Paul Hoerner Alexander King Adolph Renner

Dennis Lewno George Rausch Shirley Rausch John Vander Hoek Nicole Zikmund Brinna Zikmund

Lizzie Guiliani Denise McComsey Bonny Merxbauer Kathy Mitzel Allison Schock Angie Walth

Gift Bearer NOT FILLED Ellen Renner

Adolph Renner Christopher Allen Elissa Allen

James Raba Liberty Raba

Rosary Leader Kathryn Wolf Nancy Desautels Elissa Allen Margaret Moore

MISC. PARISH HAPPENINGS Aberdeen Right to Life Meetings 7:00pm 1st Thur. of the month, Brown County Courthouse basement Family Rosary - December 31st at St Mary’s -7:00pm Serra Club 9:00am following the 8:15am Mass 1st & 3rd Saturdays of the month, Sacred Heart Parish Hall Knights of Columbus Good news! You can now join the KCs online in a couple of minutes! Check it out at KofC.org/Joinus and join the worlds largest lay-Catholic organization. Contact Henry Artz at 380-9252 for more information. Catholic Daughters of the Americas For information contact Nan-cy Vander Hoek at 377-3218 Anointing of the Sick After Mass 1st Sat. of the month Cemetery Hours Sun-up to sun-down Young Catholic Adults 7-8pm on the 2nd Tuesday of the month in the church Prayer Shawl - 1st Saturday each month, 9-11am Women’s Group - Meets 6:30am on Saturdays, parish hall St. Mary & Martha (formely Band 6-8) will meet the 2nd Thursday of each month @ 5:45 in the Parish Hall. Any ladies interested in joining or learning more can contact Karen Marnette, Promoter 605-216-4101 (call or text). Eucharistic Apostles Of Divine Mercy Prayer Group will meet the first Sunday of each month at 2pm in the bridal room. Contact James Raba at 605-381-9633 for more information.

Schedule Of Masses Week Of December 30th Mon. 5:30pm † John Thomas Tues. 7:30am † J. Xiao Tues. 5:30pm Int. Sacred Heart Parish Wed. 7:30am † Margaret Malsam Wed. 9:30am † Bobby Eskro Wed. 11:30am † Don Keelin Thur. 7:30am † Marcella Thomas Fri. 7:30am Special Intention Sat. 8:15am † Andrew Gisi The Epiphany of the Lord January 5th Sat. 5:00pm † Larry Brotzel Sun.7:30am Int. Sacred Heart Parish Sun. 9:30am † Beryl Van De Rostyne Sun. 11:30am † Joe & Dorothy Turmes & Connie Hare

SUPPORT & HELP Rachel’s Vineyard is for women & men who suffer from the pain of previous abortions. Call 1-800-700-7867. Natural Family Planning Classes: Learn more about a way of responsible parenthood that is supported by the Catholic Church. Call 226-2232 or 225-7065. Annulments: A possible 2nd chance for marr iage in the Catholic Church. Call 225-7065. Catholic Family Services: Call 226-1304

PERPETUAL EUCHARISTIC ADORATION Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration is available 24/7 at Avera St. Luke's Hospital. Open hours at this time are: Sun. 3 a.m., Tues. 4 a.m., Fri. 3 & 8 a.m., and Sat. 1 p.m. Call Theresa 226-1304

Aberdeen Catholic School System

RONCALLI NEARLY NEW Roncalli Nearly New staff would like to wish everyone a joyous

New Year! We look forward to seeing you in 2020! We are open Tues, Wed, Thurs, & Sat from 12-4pm. Thank you for your

business and donations!

RONCALLI WEEKLY CALENDAR Week of Dec 30 – Jan. 4, 2019

No School all week - Christmas Break

Happy New Year to Everyone!

Fri., Jan. 3 - Girls Basketball vs. Castlewood at RHS - 6:30 pm Boys Basketball vs. McLaughlin at RHS - 8:00 pm Sat., Jan. 4 - Girls Basketball vs. St. Thomas More at RHS - 6:30 pm Boys Basketball vs. St. Thomas More at RHS - 8:00 p.m. Wrestling at Mitchell

For the most up-to-date athletic schedule changes, log on to northeastsdconference.org.

The complete school calendar can be found at aberdeenroncalli.org.

SCRIP GIFT CARDS are available for purchase after every weekend Mass and at the RHS Central Office, Monday - Friday 8:00 - 4:30 pm or by calling 226-2100.

Aberdeen Catholic Schools is seeking Substitute Teach-ers for all levels. Please complete an application found on the website and submit to 1400 N. Dakota St., Aberdeen, SD 57401. A teaching certificate is welcome but not re-quired. www.aberdeenroncalli.org

Advent Candles & Rings are available in the par ish office. $4 for candles and $6 for rings.

Advertising/Bulletins Boards: If you are wanting to hang an announcement or flyer, please contact/stop in the office

first. Fr. Mark would like to approve these initially. Thanks

Sacred Heart Snowman Luncheon: Saturday, January 18th at noon in the parish hall. Price is $12. Reservations required and can be made starting Jan-uary 2nd by calling Helen at 225-7088. Door prizes! Snowmen, bars and candy for sale. Join us for lunch and stay to play cards or visit with friends. Fun for all!

Readings for the week of December 29, 2019 Sunday: Sir 3:2-6, 12-14/ Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5 [cf. 1]/Col 3:12-21 or 3:12-17/Mt 2:13-15, 19-23 Monday: 1 Jn 2:12-17/Ps 96:7-8a, 8b-9, 10 [11a]/Lk 2:36-40 Tuesday: 1 Jn 2:18-21/Ps 96:1-2, 11-12, 13 [11a]/Jn 1:1-18 Wednesday: Nm 6:22-27/Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8 [2a]/Gal 4:4-7/Lk 2:16-21 Thursday: 1 Jn 2:22-28/Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4 [3cd]/Jn 1:19-28 Friday: 1 Jn 2:29—3:6/Ps 98:1, 3cd-4, 5-6 [3cd]/Jn 1:29-34 Saturday: 1 Jn 3:7-10/Ps 98:1, 7-8, 9 [3cd]/Jn 1:35-42 Next Sunday: Is 60:1-6/Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-11, 12-13 [cf. 11]/Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6/Mt 2:1-12

Instilling Catholic Values and promoting academic excellence by nurturing mind, body, and soul.