Soup Kitchen Sharing At last week’s Soup Kitchen, some of

our younger volunteers joined in knitting as well! Pictured here are Caitlyn Bauer, Irene Monzelowsky, Timothy Bauer and Bernice Kuntz

practicing their knitting skills. Please feel free to join us Thursdays at 11:30 for a great lunch of soup and sandwiches. If you would like more information on our meal or wish to volunteer, please call Mari Jo at the parish office, 663-1660. You will be

blessed by serving a need in our community as well as building

friendships!

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February Happenings

NEW PARISHIONERS Ryan & April Allery

Duane & Sharron Schwab Ronald & Zita Quaschnick

BAPTISMS Arianna P. Allery

Quade L. Kraft Brooklyn L. Ricker

Teagen A. Krous Wendy M. Holzer

Brecken M. Berger Bentley J. Fetch

PA RIS H N EWS & E VE NTS Lord Hear Our Prayers… Please pray for the following parishioners who are struggling with illnesses:

Lance Prange, Jessica Hanson, Doris Brown, Clem Stein, Leona Haas, Wayne Lang, Bill Tescher, Toni Snider, Kristi Sorbo, Adam Francisco, Jerry Feist, Jeannette Doll, Jerry Lee, Kelvin Kopp, Rachal Wald, Bernard Kraft, Hannah Miller, Brian O’Harra, Shirley Banyai, Ella & Duane Kitzman, Helen Bullinger, Rachel Wald, Brandon Kuhn, Richard Schulz, John Swallow, Mark Franck, Rose-mary Meyhoff, Eunice Miller , Gordon Polanchek, Lenore Keller, Daniel Kundert, and Nancy Miller.

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TEEN NIGHT Calling all Teens

FRESHMAN to SENIOR: You are invited to join us for Teen Night,

Every other Weds. night at 6:30 pm.

March 5 Ash Wednesday – see you at Mass

March 14 – 16 Search Weekend March 19 Meet in Teen Room 6:30

March 28 Deadline for registering for April Search April 2 Meet in Teen Room 6:30 April 11 – 13 Search Weekend

Did You Know? Matthew 5:23-24 states: “Therefore, if you bring your gift to the altar, and there recall that your brother has anything against you, leave your gift there at the altar, go first and be reconciled with your brother, and then come and offer your

gift.” (NAB) Ash Wednesday is this Wednesday. It is a good time to begin your examination of conscience for your Lenten Reconciliation. Are there relationships that need healing – especially within the family? Go - ask for, give, and receive forgiveness – and your return to the altar to offer your gift will bear much fruit. Additionally, you will feel an inner peace as promised by our Lord.

Vocation Views God promises never to forget us. If you feel distant from God, who has moved? Seek a closer relationship with God and all that you need will be given to you. (Isaiah 49:14-15 & Matthew 6:24-34)

Spirit of Life KC Lenten Fish Fry Dates The Spirit of Life Knights of Columbus will be hosting Lenten Fish Fry’s on Friday March 7th, March 21st, and April 11th from 5-7:30 pm each night. They will be serving deep fried fish, jumbo shrimp, mashed potatoes, gravy, coleslaw and buns. There will be a children’s option of macaroni & cheese. Adults:$8; Children K-6:$5

African Missions Appeal Mission Appeal Weekend This weekend is our 25th Annual African Mission Appeal collection. As Catholics, we all have a shared responsibility to support our churches' work. This can be done through your prayers and generous support of our African Missions team. Please be as generous as you can in supporting the important work of Leon and Alicia Heck, and Patricia Clark, as they minister on our behalf to our brothers and sisters in Kisii, Kenya, East Africa. You are also encour-aged to follow the African Mission– Missionary’s blog: Www.kenyamission-dioceseofbismarcknd.blogspot.com If you are interested in serving as a member of the Diocesan Mission Team or would like more information, please write to: Chuck and Tip Reichert Diocese of Bismarck PO Box 1137 Bismarck, ND 58502-1137

ST E WA RD SHIP A W A Y O F L I F E

SEARCH At SEARCH, the individuals are reminded of God’s call and invite each one to respond with a renewed commitment, faith and action. Sometimes it is hard to hear that call because of all the distractions in our lives. Each SEARCH is organized by a student director, usually a young person out of high school with SEARCH experience. Working with the SEARCH adult leadership, a team is selected to share a set of talks, lead activities and direct the weekend. The daily search for Christian maturity means addressing important life and faith issues. SEARCH has been designed to help the youth discern these issues for the perspective of other youth. Please join us for a weekend of SEARCH! For more information or to register, check the teen bulletin board for brochures or contact Ken Roshau at 701-225-5509/701-290-4137 or at kroshau@bismarckdiocese.com

Because of your generosity, 257adults and 242 children were fed through the Spirit of Life Food Pantry in January, 24 people were assisted in other areas. TIME: Adoration, saying the Rosary, praying for others in need, help with funerals, assisting homebound, funeral lunches, hospital or nursing home visits, soup kitchen TALENT: Parish committees, office help, music SERVICE: Altar Server, Eucharistic Minister, Hospitality, Ushers, Music, Educational Ministries TOTAL MEALS SERVED AT SOUP KITCHEN IN JANUARY: 551 TOTAL NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS IN JANUARY: 196 TOTAL NUMBER OF HOURS CONTRIBUTED IN JANUARY: 592.25 STEWARDSHIP THOUGHT: There is a special happiness in returning to God, through gifts to Church and charity, a grate-ful portion of the time, talents, and treasure God has given to us. Doing so is called stewardship.

Weekly Contributions Feb. 1 & 2 ................................................ $10,607.07 Feb. 8 & 9 ................................................... $7,775.11 Feb. 15 & 16 ............................................... $8,428.58 Feb. 22 & 23 ............................................... $7,751.55

Automatic Deposit Donations Feb. .. $3,569.00

Building on Our Spirit Capital Campaign Amount Received in Feb.................................... $1,980.00

Contributions made to the building fund will be used for building maintenance.

Thank you for your generosity and continued support of this important ministry

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A REA A NN OUN C EM EN TS

Catholic For a Reason The Catholic For a Reason series offered at the Church of Saint Anne March 9, and April 2, is cancelled. An announce-ment will be made should later dates be offered to complete the series

Soup Kitchen Lenten Luncheons For the past several years, Spirit of Life has offered a series of Lenten Luncheon talks in conjunction with our Thursday Soup Kitchen. Please join us during Lent over your Thurs-day lunch hour for soup, sandwich and an opportunity to deepen your relationship with Christ as we prepare for Easter. Our first Lenten Luncheon will be Thursday, March 6, with Soup served at 11:30 am and our speaker beginning at 12:00. Everyone is welcome to attend.

SPEND MORE TIME WITH JESUS THIS LENT As Lent approaches and we contemplate how God is calling us to a deeper relationship with Him, please consider spending time with Him in adoration. Several of you have been so faithful in your weekly commitment at the Perpet-ual Adoration Chapel at Spirit of Life. There are some time slots that we have been filling on a week to week basis. Some people have formed small groups of 2-4 people to cover an hour between them. That means a commitment of only an hour every other week or even once a month. The toughest hours to fill – yet the most peaceful – are the mid-night through 4 AM times. Perhaps you could form a prayer group to cover one of those hours one day a week. Please make it a priority for this Lent to spend more time in adoration. To schedule individually or as a group on an open hour, call Spirit of Life @ 663-1660.

Prayer Blanket Makers We are asking for your help to restock our supply of Prayer Blankets! We have found the popular fleece fabric tied blan-kets work very well. The blanket size preferred takes 1 ½ Yards fleece fabric. You’re welcome to make it larger if you’d like. This will be the size we give to almost everyone. Patches for the blankets are available in the Spirit of Life office. In addition, we are requesting a smaller number of the 30 x 30 fleece blankets for infants, keeping in mind the fabric selection should be appropriate for babies. Thank you for your caring support of this Ministry. There are sheets in the church entry that have additional information about the Prayer Blanket Ministry. If you have any questions or would like to join this ministry, please can call Trish at 222-0663 or Mari Jo at the church office, 663-1660.

Mailing address for Msgr. Gion CHAPLAIN BASIC OFFICER LEADERSHIP COURSE (CLASS #14-001)

CH(1LT) CHAD GION USACHCS 101000 LEE ROAD FT JACKSON SC 29207-7090

Church of Saint Martin Huff, North Dakota March 9th , 11 am Mass

Mass Intention .......................... † Deceased Family Members of …………………………………………………….Donald & Eleanor Miller Reader ................................................................................Lenore Kuntz Eucharist Ministers .............................. John Boehm & Joe Bauer Server ................................................................................. Kendra Miller Collections Feb. 23rd ....................... $222 Envelopes; $6 Loose On March 9th we will be having an Altar Society Meeting following mass, we will also be collecting yearly dues for all our Altar Society members.

PA RIS H N EWS & E VE NTS

Business of the Month

A Heartfelt Thank You! A heartfelt thank you to all the volunteers as well as the par-ticipants for making our Valentine Dinner a success. Many volunteers helped in several areas which included meal preparation, decorating, registration, serving the meals and clean up. God Bless all the helping hands and all who partici-pated. The proceeds will go to our Food Pantry! And a special Thank You to Mari Jo Sigl and Tom Stastny in making this event a success.

Bulletin Announcement Deadline If you would like an announcement posted in our weekly bul-letin, you must have the information to us no later than 10am the Monday before your requested weekend. Requests can be sent to office@myspiritoflife.com Have a blessed Lenten season!

Ash Wednesday Mass Times Mass times at Spirit of Life for March 5th/ Ash Wednesday are as follows: 7am, 9am, and 6pm

Joe Zambon Concert Saturday March 15th 7:15pm at Spirit of Life A free will collection will be taken to benefit the Outreach Program.“Joe Zambon is an acoustic singer songwriter who speaks heart to heart through honest words and music.” Born and raised just outside the small town of Iroquois, Ontario. Music began in the home at a young age firstly through piano lessons and then later on by teaching himself guitar on his brother’s acoustic guitar. To date, Joe has 4 albums released. All Albums are available through CD Baby or iTunes. Joe cur-rently resides in Toronto Canada where he works as a Pas-toral Assistant at York University’s Catholic Chaplaincy.

Church of Saint Anthony Saint Anthony, North Dakota March 9th , 9 am Mass

Mass Intention ..................................................... †Frances Urlacher Reader ........................................................................................ Kye Black Eucharist Ministers ................................................... Shawn Berger ……………...……………….…..Bonnie Tomac & Melissa Rebenitsch Sacristan ........................................................................ Greg Westberg Servers ......................................................... Tyler & Jake Rebenitsch Gift Bearers ...................................................... Justin Berger Family Prayers ......................................................... Jonathan Marohl Family Collections Feb 23rd………..$190 Envelopes; $ 127.97Loose

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Parish Office 801 1st Street SE • Mandan, ND 58554 Phone ...................................................................................... 701-663-1660 Hours ............................................. Monday-Friday, 8:30 am-4:30 pm ............................................. Staff attends Mass from 9:00 to 9:40 am Website ............................................................. www.myspiritoflife.com Prayer Chain Call the parish office at 701-663-1660 for Prayer Line. Hospitalized or Homebound Call Mari Jo of Outreach Ministry at 663-1660.

Parish Staff Pastor Msgr. Chad Gion .................................................... frgion@gmail.com Associate Pastor Fr. Chris Kadrmas ............................... fr_chris_kadrmas@yahoo.com Deacons Dcn. Jerry Volk ................................................................. 701-590-0488 Dcn. Gary Mizeur ............................................................ 701-751-1112 Liturgical Music Director Nancy Darling ......................................... nancy@myspiritoflife.com Director of Religious Education Deb Rath ........................................................ deb@myspiritoflife.com Outreach Ministry Mari Jo Sigl .............................................. marijo@myspiritoflife.com Sheila Scholl ............................................. sheila@myspiritoflife.com Finance/Business Administrator Cheryl Hansen ........................................ cheryl@myspiritoflife.com Parish Secretary Sandy Marcellais .................................... office@myspiritoflife.com Magen Dinga .......................................... magen@myspiritoflife.com Maintenance .......................................... Tom Stastny & Tim O’Keefe Trustees ........................................... Pat Lengenfelder & Karen Rohr

Eucharistic Liturgies Weekend ................................... Saturday 9:00 am and 5:00 pm .....................................Sunday 9:00 am, 11:00 am and 6:00 pm Weekday .................................................................. Monday 8:00 am .............................................. Tuesday-Friday 7:00 am & 9:00 am .......................... Mass in Extraordinary Form, Friday 5:30 pm

Please refer to the inside of the bulletin for possible changes in Mass times.

Perpetual Adoration Adoration occurs every day, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Everyone is welcome to stop in any time the church is open from 8 am – 4:30 pm, Monday – Friday, and Sunday morn-ings from 8 am – noon. We can still use a second adorer on several hours. Anyone interested in signing up for an hour a week should call the office at 663-1660.

Sacraments Reconciliation: Saturday 8:40-8:55 am & 3:30-4:30 pm Sunday: 8:00-8:30 am Tuesday thru Friday: 6:40-6:55 am & 8:40 am-8:55 am or you may call for an appointment.

Baptism: Contact the parish office at 701-663-1660. Bap-tism are scheduled for the 1st and 3rd weekend of every month.

Marriage Preparation: Contact the parish office at least 12 months, but no less than 6 months, prior to wedding date. See parish website for Wedding Ceremony Guidelines.

Parish website: www.myspiritoflife.com

Mass Schedule Monday, 3/3 8:00 am Mass Tuesday, 3/4 through Friday, 3/9 7:00 am Mass 7:30 am Morning Prayer 9:00 am Mass Wednesday 3/5 7:oo am Ash Wednesday Mass 9:00 am Ash Wednesday Mass 6:00 pm Ash Wednesday Mass Friday, 3/7 5:30 pm Tridentine Mass (Traditional Latin Mass) Saturday, 3/8 9:00 am Mass 5:00 pm Mass of the Lord’s Day Sunday, 3/9 9:00 am Mass of the Lord’s Day 11:00 am Mass of the Lord’s Day 6:00 pm Mass of the Lord’s Day

Weekly Schedule of Events Mon. 3/3 6:00 pm LTMTP (1) Tues. 3/4 7:00 pm LTMTP (2B) RCIA Weds. 3/5 7:00 pm Ash Wednesday Thurs. 3/6 11:30 am Soup Kitchen/Lenten Luncheon Fri. 3/7 5:30 pm KC Fish Fry

Mass Intentions Mon. 3/3 8:00 am †Donald Kadrmas Tues. 3/4 7:00 am †Mike Fleck 9:00 am Wed. 3/5 7:00 am †Cliff Caya 9:00 am 6:00 pm Thurs. 3/6 7:00 am 9:00 am Fri. 3/7 7:00 am †Shawn Pfleger 9:00 am Sat. 3/8 9:00 am 5:00 pm Sun. 3/9 9:00 am †Cody Breuer 11:00am †Jacob Fleck 6:00 pm

Readings for the Week of March 2, 2014 Sunday: Is 49:14-15/1 Cor 4:1-5/Mt 6:24-34 Monday: 1 Pt 1:3-9/Mk 10:17-27 Tuesday: 1 Pt 1:10-16/Mk 10:28-31 Wednesday: Jl 2:12-18/2 Cor 5:20--6:2/Mt 6:1-6, 16-18 Thursday: Dt 30:15-20/Lk 9:22-25 Friday: Is 58:1-9a/Mt 9:14-15 Saturday: Is 58:9b-14/Lk 5:27-32 Next Sunday: Gn 2:7-9; 3:1-7/Rom 5:12-19 or 5:12, 17 -19/Mt 4:1-11 ©Liturgical Publications Inc