St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church 710 10th Street South, Fargo, ND 58103 

Parish Office: 701.237.6063 | www.stanthonyfargo.org 

St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church is a diverse community of people, unified in Christ on a faith journey to salvation through worship, education and service.

Staff Fr. Raymond Courtright, Pastor raymond.courtright@fargodiocese.org

Fr. Antony Samy, Parochial Vicar antony.samy@fargodiocese.org

Deacon Stuart Longtin, Pastoral Ministry/Outreach stuart.longtin@fargodiocese.org

Maria Gietzen, Religious Education/Youth Ministry recoordinator@stanthonyfargo.org

Melissa Woinarowicz, Music/Liturgy/RCIA music-liturgy@stanthonyfargo.org

April Mitchell, Communications/Events/Technology cetcoordinator@stanthonyfargo.org

Deidra Lies, Office Administrator deidra@stanthonyfargo.org

Sunday Masses Saturday: 5:00 PM Sunday: 7:30, 9:00, 10:30 AM, 7:30 PM

Weekday Masses Tuesday-Friday: 6:45 AM Monday - Thursday: 5:15 PM Saturday: 8:00 AM

Confessions Saturday: 3:45-4:45 PM 15 minutes before daily morning Mass 30 minutes before daily evening Mass Other times available by appointment.

Parish Office Hours Monday: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM Tuesday-Thursday: 8:00 AM-5:00 PM Friday: 8:00 AM-12:00 NOON

Closed 12:00-1:00 PM for lunch.

Eucharistic Adoration Thursday: 7:30 AM to 11:59 PM Baptism: Contact Parish Office during pregnancy to register for classes. Marriage: Contact Parish Office 6 months prior to schedule a date. To Register in the Parish: Please see a priest after Mass. Prayer Chain: 701-235-0308 St. Vincent de Paul: 701-566-0638 St. JPII Catholic Schools Representative: Anna Grothmann, 701-306-7621

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*OFFERTORY for April 26, 2020. Please note that the amounts listed for Sunday collection were mailed in/dropped off donations since no in-person Masses were held. Thank you for your continued generosity!

Those who are sick and suffering, especially David Southern, Rose Olson and all those who are ill and affected by the COVID-19 virus.

Those who have died, especially Anna Dukar t, mother of Duke Dukart and Denny Unger, brother of Dawn Smith. 

Please Pray For... 

As Governor Burgum allows some businesses and other groups to re-open to the public, we, too, at St. Anthony’s, in conjunction with the Diocese of Fargo, are busy figuring out the best way to again celebrate Mass as a parish family. Undoubtedly, this will look different when we are again able to come back together. Please stay tuned for updates and know that we continue to pray and ask you to do the same for all of our St. Anthony’s parishioners.

What Our St. Anthony’s Re‐Opening Will Look Like 

Amount Given Budget Sunday Collection $ 5291.12 Online Giving $ 4,358.31 Total Giving $ 9,649.43 $15,600.00 Year to Date $ 605,059.93 $670,800.00

RCIA UPDATE Last Saturday, on the Feast of St. Mark, St. Anthony's welcomed a new member to our parish family. Alan Olson has been preparing for re-ception into full communion of the Catholic Church throughout this past year in the RCIA process. Alan was baptized and grew up in the Lutheran church and has a long history of friendship and mentorship with some great Catholics who led him to seek the Sacra-ments in the Catholic Church. Alan's sponsor, Chris Thoms, works with him in construction, and they both knew and worked with Deacon Math Prom for many years. Al mentioned that he actually grew up in St. Mark's Lutheran church, so it was a blessing to be received into the Church on the feast of St. Mark. That same day, we also celebrated the Sacrament of Confirmation with Mallory Suchy, who is a member of St. Anthony's and has been preparing to complete her Sacraments of Initiation in RCIA this past year. Mallory was Baptized and received her First Communion as a child in the Catholic Church, but realized she needed to complete her Sacraments of Initiation when she began preparing for the Sacrament of Marriage. Mallory and her fiancé, Kole Myszka, were married this Saturday here at St. Anthony's! Mallory's sponsor this year was Joan Schaefer, another member of the St. Anthony's RCIA team. ST. ANTHONY’S VIDEO LIBRARY Have you seen everything on Netflix, AmazonPr ime Video and even Formed.org? Especially if you don't have online access but have a DVD player crying out for attention, come and check out our DVD/VHS collection at St. Anthony's! Learn how to pray, learn about saints, the Mass, and Church Fathers. Call the Parish Office to setup a time to check out videos for yourself or your fami-ly. Be warned, your faith will come alive as you witness how God is working through other people! EASTER CANDLE DISPLAY Last week, we mistakenly left off mentioning another individual who helped craft our Easter candles for many years - St. Anthony’s parishioner Al Baumgartner. Thank you Al for your dedication and giving for many. If you haven’t had an opportunity, please stop by St. Francis Gathering Place and take a look at the display of several of our past Easter Candles.  SCRIP GIFT CARDS AVAILABLE! Don’t forget about your SCRIP gift cards for your everyday shopping needs. JPII Catholic Schools SCRIP gift cards are still available for purchase at Hurley’s Religious Goods, Monday-Friday 9:00 AM-5:00 PM and Saturday 9:00 AM-1:00 PM. Questions may be directed to Janelle Ped-erson at 701-371-0512 or janelle.pederson@jp2schools.org CAMPUS MINISTER POSITION OPEN AT NDSU NEWMAN The duties of this full-time position in-clude oversight of the Peer Ministry program and Student Advisory Board, coordinating Liturgical planning, Event planning, Religious Education and execution of a media plan. Preferable candidate will be proficient in MS Office, Graphic design and Web design, and have the ability to be part of a team. Compensation depend-ent on experience. Send cover letter, resume and a list of three references to frcheney@bisonCatholic.org – for more information call 701-235-0142 or visit www.bisonCatholic.org. Apply immediately; position open until filled. REAL PRESENCE RADIO SPRING LIVE DRIVE Real Presence Radio will be holding their annual Spring fundraising event May 12-15. You can support RPR by calling 1-877-795-0122 during the drive or by donat-ing online at: yourcatholicradiostation.com/donate. Thank you for your support!

Parish and Community Happenings

Pope Francis recently sent a letter encouraging Catholics to unite through praying the rosary during the month of May. He also shared two new prayers to recite at the end of the rosary to implore the help of Our Lady during the coronavirus pandemic. First Prayer: O Mary, You shine continuously on our journey as a sign of salvation and hope. We en-trust ourselves to you, Health of the Sick, who, at the foot of the cross, were united with Jesus’ suffering, and persevered in your faith.

“Protectress of the Roman people”, you know our needs, and we know that you will pro-vide, so that, as at Cana in Galilee, joy and celebration may return after this time of trial.

Help us, Mother of Divine Love, to conform ourselves to the will of the Father and to do what Jesus tells us. For he took upon himself our suffering, and burdened himself with our sorrows to bring us, through the cross, to the joy of the Resurrection. Amen.

We fly to your protection, O Holy Mother of God; Do not despise our petitions in our necessities, but deliver us always from every danger, O Glorious and Blessed Virgin.

Second Prayer: “We fly to your protection, O Holy Mother of God”. In the present tragic situation, when the whole world is prey to suffering and anxiety, we fly to you, Mother of God and our Mother, and seek refuge under your pro-tection.

Virgin Mary, turn your merciful eyes towards us amid this coronavirus pandemic. Comfort those who are dis-traught and mourn their loved ones who have died, and at times are buried in a way that grieves them deeply. Be close to those who are concerned for their loved ones who are sick and who, in order to prevent the spread of the disease, cannot be close to them. Fill with hope those who are troubled by the uncertainty of the future and the consequences for the economy and employment.

Mother of God and our Mother, pray for us to God, the Father of mercies, that this great suffering may end and that hope and peace may dawn anew. Plead with your divine Son, as you did at Cana, so that the families of the sick and the victims be comforted, and their hearts be opened to confidence and trust.

Protect those doctors, nurses, health workers and volunteers who are on the frontline of this emergency, and are risking their lives to save others. Support their heroic effort and grant them strength, generosity and contin-ued health.

Be close to those who assist the sick night and day, and to priests who, in their pastoral concern and fidelity to the Gospel, are trying to help and support everyone.

Blessed Virgin, illumine the minds of men and women engaged in scientific research, that they may find effec-tive solutions to overcome this virus.

Support national leaders, that with wisdom, solicitude and generosity they may come to the aid of those lack-ing the basic necessities of life and may devise social and economic solutions inspired by farsightedness and solidarity.

Mary Most Holy, stir our consciences, so that the enormous funds invested in developing and stockpiling arms will instead be spent on promoting effective research on how to prevent similar tragedies from occurring in the future.

Beloved Mother, help us realize that we are all members of one great family and to recognize the bond that unites us, so that, in a spirit of fraternity and solidarity, we can help to alleviate countless situations of poverty and need. Make us strong in faith, persevering in service, constant in prayer.

Mary, Consolation of the afflicted, embrace all your children in distress and pray that God will stretch out his all-powerful hand and free us from this terrible pandemic, so that life can serenely resume its normal course.

To you, who shine on our journey as a sign of salvation and hope, do we entrust ourselves, O Clement, O Lov-ing, O Sweet Virgin Mary. Amen.

Pope Francis Urges Catholics to Unite Through Praying the Rosary During May

*Mass intentions will be said at private Masses by Father Courtright and Father Antony Samy.

For the week of May 4-10, prayers will be offered for the following individuals and families: ++Lee and Alice Klocke, +Kim Eisenbeis, +Elias Hoffart, Langer-Herding Families, +Noel Drummond, +Rudy Fronk, +Werner Schuler, ++Jim and Kay Kennelly, +James VanRaden, Melissa Woinarowicz, +Jerry Sapa, ++Merrill and Maxine Schleich, Rich and Mary Langer, and the Parishioners of St. Anthony’s.

MONDAY, MAY 4 Acts 11:1-18/Jn 10:11-18

TUESDAY, MAY 5 Acts 11:19-26/Jn 10:22-30

WEDNESDAY, MAY 6 Acts 12:24-13:5a/Jn 12:44-50

THURSDAY, MAY 7 Acts 13:13-25/Jn 13:16-20

FRIDAY, MAY 8 Acts 13:26-33/Jn 14:1-6

SATURDAY, MAY 9 Acts 13:44-52/Jn 14:7-14

SUNDAY, MAY 10 Fifth Sunday of Easter Acts 6:1-7/1 Pt 2:4-9/Jn 14:1-12 PRAYER NOVENA RELAY FOR COVID-19 Thank you to those who signed up to participate in our prayer novena relay. It was uplifting to see the many who chose to join us in prayer for those impacted by the coronavirus. Thank you also to those who joined silently. May God know our intentions and allow them to bear fruit. GOD’S GIFT APPEAL UPDATE Thank you to all our parishioners who have made their gift to the 2020 God’s Gift Appeal! As of April 24, 2020, St. Anthony’s has pledged 87% of our goal of $94,102. If you haven’t pledged yet, please pick up a pledge envelope in the Parish Office or visit fargodiocese.org/godsgiftappeal to contribute. STEWARDSHIP MOMENT “And Peter said to them, ‘Repent, and be baptized, every one of you…” A 2:38 The word “repent” means to turn from sin, to change our actions. Change that is permanent requires prayer, discipline and perseverance. Ask Jesus daily for guidance and listen patiently!

Mass Schedule

MASS AT ST. ANTHONY’S *LIVE* Join us each day at 9:00 AM *Live* on Facebook as Father Courtright or Father Antony Samy celebrate daily and Sunday Mass. If you do not have a Facebook account, you can access these same Masses through the St. Anthony’s YouTube page. Go to youtube.com and search for St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church Fargo, ND to see each day’s Mass by 10:00 AM.

Don’t Have Internet Access? Television - Sunday Mass on WDAY TV at

10:30 AM Radio - Daily Mass at 3:15 PM on AM 1280

(Real Presence Radio) and Sunday Mass at 7:30 AM and 10:30 AM.

Prayer of Spiritual Communion: My Jesus, I believe that you are in the Blessed Sacrament. I love you above all things, and I long for you in my soul. Since I cannot now receive you Sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. As though you have already come, I embrace you and unite myself entirely to you; never permit me to be separated from you. Amen.

CONFESSIONS AVAILABLE Confessions are available at St. Anthony’s by individual appointment. Please call the Parish Office to schedule. A DESIRE TO PRAY St. Anthony’s Church is open for individual prayer throughout the day until 6:00 PM each evening. Come and spend some time with our Lord!

ST. ANTHONY’S PARISH ZOOOOOM CALL! Are you missing your St. Anthony’s parish family? We want to stay connected during this time of isolation! If you’d like to join a Zoom video call where you’ll be able to see other parishioners and pray evening prayer with Father Courtright, Father Antony Samy or Deacon Stu, make plans for next Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday evening at 7:00 PM (any or ALL of the days!). Please email April at cetcoordinator@stanthonyfargo.org for a code to join the meet up and prayer time. We hope to see as many parishioners as possible...register right away, as we have a limit of 100 per session!

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