WELCOME TO THE PARISHES OF

Holy Spirit Parish 227 Third St. Two Harbors, MN

HOLY SPIRIT & ST. MARY’S

HOLY SPIRIT PARISH Mass Schedule Confession Schedule

Saturday: 4:30 pm Friday: 7:30 - 8:00 am

Sunday: 11:00 am Saturday: 3:30 - 4:15 pm

Or by appointment.

Eucharistic Adoration: Fridays 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Holy Spirit Office Hours:

1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Monday - Thursday

7:00 am - 11:00 am Fridays

Office is located in parish basement.

Office ................................................. (218) 834-4659

Office E-mail ............................. hspirit@outlook.com

Liturgy E-mail ........... jfleischer-hspirit@outlook.com

Rectory ............................................... (218) 834-4313

Parish Website ............ www.holyspirittwoharbors.org

Deacon Tim Egan ............................... (218) 349-9175

Deacon Scott Peters ............................ (218) 834-2543

Youth Ministry ................................... (218) 834-4433

Prayer Intentions ................................ (218) 834-4659

Birthright ............................................ (800) 550-4900

ST. MARY’S PARISH Mass Schedule Confession Schedule

Saturday: 7:15 pm Saturday: 6:30 - 7:00 pm

Sunday: 8:30 am Sunday: 7:50 - 8:15 am

Or by appointment.

Eucharistic Adoration: Wednesdays 9:00 am - 3:00 pm

St. Mary’s Office Hours:

8:00 am - 2:00 pm Monday - Thursday

Office is located in St. Mary’s Rectory.

Office/Rectory .................................... (218) 226-3100

Church Hall ........................................ (218) 226-3691

Parish E-mail .............. stmarysilverbay@outlook.com

Parish Website .................... www.stmarysilverbay.org

Deacon Fred Wright ........................... (218) 220-1790

Deacon Jack Ferris (Retired) .............. (218) 226-4753

Father Michael Lyons (in Residence) (218) 830-1600

mjlyons16@gmail.com

Prayer Chain ......... (218) 226-3639 or (218) 226-3841

SACRAMENTS OF MARRIAGE, BAPTISM, ANOINTING OF THE SICK:

Please contact your parish office.

Pastor: Rev. Steven Laflamme

St. Mary’s Parish 57 Horn Blvd.

Silver Bay, MN

Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time | February 12, 2017

BULLETIN SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Bulletin Announcements must be submitted to your parish office before

the parish office closes on Mondays.

slaflamme@dioceseduluth.org (218) 834-4313

St. Mary’s, Silver Bay

Parish News:

Pancake Breakfast: The Knights of Columbus will serve their famous pancake breakfast after Mass this Sunday, February 12. Please join us for great fellowship & delicious pancakes. If you attend Mass on Saturday, please come back Sunday morning for the breakfast. Free will donation.

Knights of Columbus Valentine’s Dinner: Will be Tuesday, February 14 at Camp 61. We will have dinner at 6 pm but come early. Dinner for $22 includes beverage & dessert, tax & tip. See or call Greg at 226-3104 for reservations & dinner choices by February 12.

Lenten Soup Suppers: Love to cook? We are need of volunteers to prepare meatless soups for our Lenten soup suppers that are held before Stations of the Cross on Fridays during Lent. If you are interested in preparing a soup or providing bread, please contact Cindy in Parish Office. The soup suppers not only warm you up inside before Stations, they are also a part of our Rice Bowl program. The soup supper is free but we accept donations for the Rice Bowl program.

Little Rock Bible Study: We are concluding our final lesson this Sunday on our study on “Pilgrim People.” Our next study will be “The Passion & Resurrection Narratives of Jesus.” This 7 week study compares the particular insights found in the passion and resurrection accounts of the four gospels. The core of our faith incorporates both the pain of the cross and the hope of the resurrection into daily living. Cost will be $25 for supplies, but couples may share supplies if they’d like. This is study is designed for both newcomers and experienced Bible students; we would love for new members to join us! We meet Sunday evenings, 6:30-8 pm, and this next study will start on Sunday, March 5. If you have any questions, contact Cindy in the parish office or Gerry Bahar at 353-6008, he will lead our study.

RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) If you know someone who has expressed a desire to join the Catholic Church, either as a non-baptized person

(catechumen) or an already baptized person (candidate), please encourage them to contact Cindy in the Parish Office at 218-226-3100.

Faith Formation We will meet February 15, starting with dinner at 6 pm, followed by class at 6:30 pm. Parent & Adult Faith Formation is at the same time. Everyone is invited.

Please Keep These People In Your Prayers:

Parishioners: Tim Downey, Dorothy Cox, Tom & Mary Bott, Joe Rollins, Marj Von Schenk, Suzanne Seguin, Joan & Terry Scallen, Deanna Larson, Marlene Petersen.

Clergy: Deacon Fred Wright, Fr. Francis Paquette.

Relatives & Friends: Donny Thompson, Dan Moudry, Donna Rosentreter, Steve MacMillan, Lorraine Livingston, Barbara Donahue, Collette Swanson, Bob Martinsen, Maci Dafcik, Natasha Kowalowski, Gary Modean, James Currier, Dan Clark, Jim Osterholm, Gary Garlie, Penny Hanson, Fred Paine, Rauri Byrnes, Stephanie (Clifford) Martin, Johnny Jerabek, Mae Dehnhoff, Jim Morcomb.

Military: Karen McGrane, Alex Seanger, Michael Seipke, Sam West, Chris Grensing, Sean Stebbins, Mike Ament.

Ash Wednesday, Wednesday, March 1

Mass times for Ash Wednesday are 8:15 am and 5 pm. Also, on Ash Wednesday we are honored to have Nic Davidson join us at St. Mary’s to share his faith on the “Call to Discipleship.” He will begin his talk after our 5 pm Mass. We would like to invite everyone to join in the wonderful opportunity.

Server Training

Fr. Steve would like all current servers, along with anyone wishing to become a server, to join him on Wednesday, March 22 at 7:30 pm (immediately following our Faith Formation) for training. This is not just for students; adults servers are welcome. If you are new to serving, let Cindy know so she can add you to the liturgy schedule.

Thrivent Choice Dollars

Based on member recommendations, St. Mary’s has received $1,218 in charitable outreach funding in 2016 through Thrivent Choice dollars. Thrivent would like to remind members with Thrivent Choice dollars - You have until March 31 to allocate your dollars. After that date, Choice Dollars expire so make a call to 800-847-4836 today and state "Thrivent Choice" to designate your dollars. If you have questions, contact Greg Hanson at 218-226-4998.

St. Mary’s would like to say Thank you to those who have designated St. Mary’s with your dollars.

Registering for Upcoming Diocesan Events

There is a link on our parish website (stmarysilverbay.org) so you are just a click away for registering for Men’s or Women’s Conference held next month at Marshall School.

Upcoming Diocesan Events

Men’s Conference - March 4 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Women’s Conference - March 11 from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Both of these great conferences will be held at Marshall High School. They are both wonderful opportunities to grow in your faith. Go to http://www.dioceseduluth.org/ to register.

Hospital Privacy Laws

Due to privacy laws, if you or a loved one are in the hospital, the hospital will not contact me to inform me that you are there, unless you ask them to contact the Church. So, if you or a loved one are hospitalized for any reason, please let us know by contacting Treasaigh at 218-834-4659 or Cindy at 218-226-3100, or by calling me at 218-834-4313 so that I can arrange a visit.

Fr. Steve’s Teaching for Consideration:

“The Truth is not always the same as the majority decision.” - St. John Paul II

This week, I’d like to try to tackle a very important principle that must guide our future discussions on various teachings of our Catholic faith if these discussions are to bear any fruit in our lives. That principle is this: there is such a thing as objective truths in the realm of morality. Any rational person would be willing to recognize that there are certain objective truths that can be discovered in our world apart from morality. An objective truth is a principle that is always true no matter what- regardless of particular circumstances, situations, or opinions. If a principle is objectively true, then that means that it is true for all persons, of all cultures and societies. For example, two plus two equals four. That is objective truth. There is no situation or special circumstances that could make two plus two not equal four. And even if

every single person on the planet firmly believed that two plus two equaled five (as ridiculous as that sounds), it would not change the fact that two plus two equals four. Always. No matter what. Another example would be the fact that water is composed of two parts hydrogen, one part oxygen. That is scientific fact that is true no matter what any one person may think about it. However, for some reason, when we begin to talk about morality, that is, what is right or wrong regarding human behavior, then our modern society becomes very uncomfortable with the idea that there are moral truths about what is right and what is wrong which are objective truths. Our modern culture would rather that we believe that moral truth is relative to your own personal opinion, culture or religious beliefs; that there is no objective moral or ethical truths that are true for everyone and thus are binding upon everyone. But this is nonsense. There are certain truths that are objectively true, apart from the situations or circumstances that may be connected to them. Where do they come from? Ultimately, they come from God, and are communicated to us through our human nature or through God’s divine revelation (sacred scripture and sacred Tradition). In other words, because of the kind of creature that a human person is, as one created in the image and likeness of God, possessing an eternal soul and a rational mind, and who therefore possesses a dignity and eternal worth, there are certain objective truths about human life and behaviors that hold true for each and for all. For example, it is objectively true that abortion, the killing of innocent human life in the womb of one’s mother, is always gravely wrong. This is because to abort a child is to commit murder, and to commit murder is a violation of the law of God placed in every human heart, as well as a violation of the human dignity that each person possesses as a member of the human race. In other words, there is no circumstance, particular situation or reason that could ever justify or make the intentional carrying out of an abortion a morally acceptable act. To murder, to intentionally take the life of an innocent person, is always wrong, no matter what. This truth about abortion is just one example of many objective truths that flow from our human nature, and which are true for everyone, of every time and place. And, like the truth that two plus two equals four, objective moral truths, such as the fact that abortion is always and everywhere morally wrong, remain true whether everyone agrees with it or whether no one agrees with it. Sometimes, the majority opinion is wrong. However, there is also an important difference between objective truth and imputability. Imputability is the theological term for the level of moral responsibility that a person bears for a specific act that they have committed. So, for example, abortion is always and everywhere and for everyone morally wrong and can never be justified, and that truth can never be affected by particular circumstances or situations; but the imputability of a person who has an abortion- the level or degree of moral responsibility that they

bear for the act of abortion (i.e., the gravity of sin incurred), can potentially fluctuate with particular circumstances or situations. I will explain this idea of imputability more fully in next week’s article. God bless you! ~ Fr. Steve

Fr. Steve’ s Schedule

Fr. Steve will be out of town on a retreat from Sunday, February 12th through Saturday, February 18th. If you are in need of a priest during this time due to a sacramental emergency (i.e., Last Rites), please contact Fr. Michael Lyons at (218) 830-1600.

Bulletin Sponsors

Please remember the local businesses who have sponsored our bulletin by placing an ad on the back page, helping to provide the bulletin free of charge to the parish. Please thank them for their generosity by supporting them with your business.

Holy Spirit, Two Harbors

Please Keep These People In Your Prayers:

PARISHIONERS: Arthur Barthman, John Erickson, Ron

Kor, Joanne Payment.

FRIENDS & RELATIVES: Bill Carlson, Patty Harrison-

Isakson, John Jerich, Betty L’Esperance, Betty Marynowski,

Walter Casper Marynowski, Ralph Lucian Weidner, and

Victoria Cecilia Weidner.

MILITARY PERSONNEL: Garrett Aho, Nate Berger,

Keith Dahl, Jacob Kearin, James Mickle, Ryan Ray,

Christopher Uremovich, Maddison Zavoral and Sophia

Zavoral. SACRED HEART CANDLE: The John Erickson family.

Prayer Requests: Please call the church office if you’d like to

submit a prayer request; these requests will run for 3 weeks. If

continued prayers are needed after that time, prayer requests can

always be renewed by calling the church office, 834-4659.

Youth Ministry

Vacation Bible School: Mark your calendars now for

V.B.S. coming June 25th- 29th for ages 4-12. Never too

early to sign up! We are also looking for helpers.

Please see Connie for more information.

March is Food Shelf month! We will be having a

contest between Sunday and Wednesday classes.

Whenever you bring in an item, your name will go

into a drawing for $50 certificate to Do North Pizza.

Prayer Shawl Ministry

Prayer shawls and lap robes are made in prayer by

volunteers to be given to someone with a prolonged

or serious illness, in hospice, as a comfort after a loss

of a loved one or in times of stress. If you know someone

who could benefit from a prayer shawl or would like

more information, please call Liz Scheidt at 834-6492 or

Linda Hoffman at 830-0605. The Prayer Shawl Ministry

meets on the second Tuesday of each month after

morning Mass. New people are always welcome to join.

Men’s Prayer Group

The Men’s Prayer Group meets in the library area

every first and third Thursday of each month.

We discuss our faith, share our experiences and end

with praying the rosary together. The next meeting

will be Thursday, February 16th. Please come and

join us, all are welcome.

From the Desk of Fr. Steve:

As I announced a few weeks ago at the Sunday Masses,

our current Director Religious Education, Connie Koss,

has requested to resign her position, effective July 1, 2017.

First of all, we thank Connie for her years of dedicated

service to our parish and pray that God may bless her

for her hard work at Holy Spirit! Second, we are now

beginning the process of hiring a new DRE for our

parish. If you are interested in applying for this position,

please stop by the parish office during business hours

and pick up an application from Treasaigh. The

position requires roughly 10-15 work hours per week.

I would like to offer this position to parishioners first,

and depending upon response, may then advertise this

job opening to the larger Catholic community. Deadline

to apply is Monday, February 20, 2017 by the end of the

business day. If you have any questions, or for more

information about the position, please email me or give

me a call. Died in Christ: Please pray for the repose of the soul of

Dave Battaglia. We extend our condolences to his wife

Jeanne and to the members of his family as well as to

his many friends. May he live in God’s eternal peace! Family Mass: This Sunday, February 12th, is “Family

Mass.” Please join us for fellowship and refreshments

in the parish hall after Mass. The treats are provided by

the 7th & 8th grade students. All are welcome. Rosary: Our Blessed Mother Mary is pleading with all

of us to pray the Rosary – a very powerful prayer.

Besides praying the Rosary prior to weekday Masses,

we also pray the Rosary at 4:00 pm before the 4:30 pm

Saturday evening Mass and at 10:30 am before the

11:00 am Sunday morning Mass. Please join us in

praying the Rosary. If you are interested in leading the

Rosary prior to one of the weekend Masses, please call

Linda at 834-3568. Catholic Men’s Conference, Men of Faith – Men of

Wisdom is scheduled for Saturday, March 4th at

Marshall School in Duluth. Trent Horn of Catholic

Answers will be our featured speaker. The conference

schedule and registration forms are available at

www.duluthcatholicmen.org.

Conference registration is $30 for registrations received

on or before February 20th , and $40 for registrations

received after February 20th.

Saturday OUR LADY OF LOURDES 2/11/17

6:30 p.m.

7:15 p.m.

Sacrament of Penance

Mass - Intention for Mary Manley

Reader…....Greg Johnson

Cantor........Rick Frericks W/Guitar Accpt.

Plate……...Shelley Fredrickson

Chalices….Michael & Cindy Rowlee

Servers...…Thomas Rowlee & Natalie Reineccius

Sunday 6TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 2/12/17

7:50 a.m.

8:30 a.m.

Sacrament of Penance

Mass - Intention for All Parishioners

Reader…...Jim Frericks

Cantor........Rick Frericks W/Guitar Accpt.

Plate……...Deacon Jack Ferris

Chalices….Lanay Frericks & Marge Jorgenson

Servers…...Jada Kirk & Mita Frericks

Monday WEEKDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 2/13/17

No Mass

Tuesday ST. CYRIL & ST. METHODIUS 2/14/17

7:50 a.m.

8:15 a.m. Rosary

Mass - Intention for Edward Zupancich

Wednesday WEEKDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 2/15/17

7:50 a.m.

8:15 a.m.

8:50 a.m.

3:00 p.m.

Rosary

Mass - Intention for Dr. Mary Wright Birthday

Adoration

Benediction

Thursday WEEKDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 2/16/17

7:50 a.m.

8:15 a.m. Rosary

Mass - Intention for Eleanor Majewsky

Friday THE SEVEN HOLY FOUNDERS

OF THE SERVITE ORDERS 2/17/17

7:50 a.m.

8:15 a.m. Rosary

Mass - Intention for Deanna Larson

Saturday BLESSED VIRGIN MARY 2/18/17

6:30 p.m.

7:15 p.m.

Sacrament of Penance

Mass - Intention for William Cox

Reader…....Tom Frericks

Cantor........Andy Buell

Plate……...Don Seipke

Chalices….Leanne Buell & Jeff Asmussen

Servers...…Giovanni & Corrina Marolt

Sunday 7TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 2/19/17

7:50 a.m.

8:30 a.m.

Sacrament of Penance

Mass - Intention for All Parishioners

Reader…...Marge Jorgenson

Cantor........Kim Josephson

Plate……...Deacon Jack Ferris

Chalices….Gerry & Sue Bahar

Servers…...Owen Zabrocki & Caleb Geissler

St. Mary’s Mass Schedule Holy Spirit’s Mass Schedule

Weekend Collection

General…………………………………………….….$1775.00

Saturday OUR LADY OF LOURDES 2/11/17

3:30 p.m.

4:30 p.m.

Sacrament of Penance

Mass — Intention for All Parishioners

Reader…....Paulette Moreland

Cantor........Judy Fleischer

Chalices….Liz Scheidt & Beth Egan

Servers…...Luke Johnson & Hayden Johnson

Sunday 6TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 2/12/17

9:30 a.m.

11:00 a.m.

12:00 p.m.

Faith Formation

Family Mass — Intention for Al Aldinger

Reader…....Confirmation Student

Cantor........Judy Fleischer

Chalices….Joanne Button & Laura Lien

Servers…...Nathan Campbell & Casey Underdale

Fellowship—Parish Hall

Monday WEEKDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 2/13/17

No Mass

Tuesday SAINT CYRIL & SAINT METHODIUS 2/14/17

No Mass

Wednesday WEEKDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 2/15/17

6:30 p.m. Faith Formation

Thursday WEEKDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 2/16/17

No Mass

Friday THE SEVEN HOLY FOUNDERS OF THE

SERVITE ORDER 2/17/17

No Mass

Saturday BLESSED VIRGIN MARY 2/18/17

3:30 p.m.

4:30 p.m.

Sacrament of Penance

Mass — Intention for All Parishioners

Reader…....to be assigned

Cantor........Mary Simonsen

Chalices….Kathy & Shawn McMahon

Servers…...Ava Fosness & to be assigned

Sunday 7TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 2/19/17

9:30 a.m.

11:00 a.m.

Faith Formation

Mass — Intention for Frank Giacomini

Reader…....Shanna Groothausen

Cantor........Larry Groothausen

Chalices….Jeannie Shaw & Nancy Olsen

Servers…...Christian & Isaiah Beamer

Weekend Collection

Weekend Collection .............................. $2,703.00

UCA ............................................................ $295.00

Bldg. Fund.................................................. $405.00