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News for our Roseau Catholic Communities

Sacred Heart Church
August 6-August 9th
"Earth Keepers"

The Sacred Heart Parish would like to THANK YOU ALL who helped with the Vacation Bible School this past week. 

Teachers:
Tracy Borowicz
Amanda Kvien
Kaitlyn Mooney
Helpers:
Matt Kvien
Linda Pavek
Amy Brateng
Rachel Hambrook
Abby Cobb
Jazmine Dirks

We had a great week with our young kids talking about being Earthkeepers for God.  We made shirts with the letter “R”, which represents Respect, Reuse, Recycle, Reduce and Refuse.  Thank you parents for bringing your children to our wonderful program this year.

Tracy Borowicz is the Director of Religious Education for grades K-12 this fall. Books and supplies are starting to arrive.

HELP NEEDED!

We are looking for volunteer teachers for grades K-6 (from 3:30-5p) and 7-11 (7-8:15pm). Please call the office if interested. Thank you!

The Youth Lock-in was a success!
The Youth Ministry Committee would like to thank the following people:

• 23 youth who participated (and their parents for allowing them to participate)
• Food providers -- Patty Bennett, Judy Bernat, Tracy Borowicz, Kristi Dahl, Judy Hanson, Debbie Higgins, Sarah Jack, Amanda Kvien, Martha Lystad, Caleb & Ashlyn Mellstrom, Julie Pahlen, Linda Pavek, Ann & Frank Rentfrow, Christy Severson, and Theresa Sylskar
• Adult helpers -- Patty Bennett, Jason & Kristi Dahl, Jana Helgeland, Martha Lystad, Ashlyn & Caleb Mellstrom, and Diane Roseen 
• Father John for leading us in prayer

SACRED HEART RAFFLE
Raffle Tickets for Capital Campaign Once again we will be selling raffle tickets with proceeds going toward the building renovation.
Tickets will be handed out after the Masses and will also be available for pick up in the office. Last year we raised almost $10,000!!!  Hopefully we can do it again!!! The family that turns in the most tickets by church night at the fair will receive $100 cash!! Good Luck.
(Please turn tickets into the office, put them into the collection plate, or give to one of the raffle team members: Amanda Kvien, Donna Dostal, Judy Hanson, Kristi Dahl).
 
Thank you in advance for your support.
 
Renovation Raffle Team
Amanda Kvien, Donna Dostal, Judy Hanson, & Kristi Dahl

Judy Hanson takes prayer requests. If you are in need, please feel free to contact us. 

#218-469-1575 
hansong@centurytel.net

FORMED Your Catholic Faith on Demand

Formed.org SPOTLIGHT

To access Formed.org, please visit our parish website, www.roseaucatholic.org

 
Pick of the Week: (1hr 25min video) Convinced
Why would intelligent, successful people give up careers, alienate friends, and cause havoc in their families...to become Catholic? As he was considering his own move into the Church, Donald Johnson traveled around the country to get the story for himself, from some of today's most interesting and articulate Catholic voices.
Audio: (49min) Design not by Default
With so much technology at our fingertips, it's tough not to be swept away in all the noise and clutter. In our society, there's often a tendency to live passively by simply "going with the flow." In this talk given at a FOCUS national conference, Fr. Mike Schmitz explains how we need to live an intentionally Christian life within a technological age.
 
Fr. Mike Schmitz is one of the leading speakers to young people in the Church today, serving as both the director of youth and young adult ministry in the Diocese of Duluth and as the chaplain for the Newman Catholic Campus Ministry at the University of Minnesota—Duluth.
 

To register click on this link below:
ROSEAUCATHOLIC.FORMED.org
You will be brought to the Sacred Heart Formed page where you enter your name, email address, password, confirm Terms of Service Agreement and Create an account.

If you have a smart phone or mobile device and you want to get an app for FORMED visit app.formed.org
From there you select the type of system you have (Android or IOS) for your device. For a short video on how to download the app click here:  https://vimeo.com/246817147

Fr. John will be on out 8/19-8/31. If you have a spiritual crisis and need help, please contact the parish office #218-463-2441
or Fr. Todd Arends 218-280-7880/Fr. George Noel 218-289-1735

SACRED HEART CEMETERY REMINDER
Grave decorations that are not on the gravestone should be removed.  Live flower pots should not be around the graves unless they are in a pot attached to the grave.  Live flowers should not be planted on the grave site either.  The removal of these items is appreciated to ensure for reasons of safety and maintenance of the cemetery.
 

MASS INTENTIONS
Mass Intentions are an opportunity to share intentions that we hold in our hearts to give in prayer with your parish family.

Intentions:

• Alive/Deceased family or friends
• Illnesses, Cancer, injuries, surgeries, etc.
• Anniversaries, birthdays, special occasions

If you would like to honor your intention (s) at Mass, please fill out the form on our parish website, www.roseaucatholic.org, complete an envelop at the church entrance, or inform the parish office.

 Each intention is a recommended donation of $5.


We are looking for 2-3 from each parish to be delegates to the
Convocation of Leaders
Friday, Novermber 30th to Saturday, December 1st
Fargo, ND
If you are interested in evangelization and outreach for your parish, please contact Fr. John this week. 
The deadline to register is Friday, August 10th
This is a very important effort.  Please pray about it.
Fr. John #218-463-2441

THANK YOU
Sacred Heart Parish thanks Theresa Sylskar, Mary Ross and Adam Jack for taking care of several unfinished general cleaning tasks in the church basement.  Note that there are still one or two more tasks to finish such as the cleaning of the church ovens.


 
ROSEAU CATHOLIC COMMUNITY IS ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter! We are sharing God's Word from the USCCB website. You can also stay uptodate with some of the parish events!
Facebook: @RoseaCatholicCommunity
Twitter: @RoseauCatholic

The U.S. bishops urge our participation each Friday in a nationwide
Novena for the Legal Protection of Human Life
August 3–September 28. Participants will receive weekly email or text reminders to pray and fast, along with little-known facts about Roe v. Wade to share with others. Sign up at www.usccb.org/pray!

19th Sunday in Ordinary Time
 Jn 6:41-51 A balanced diet

We take health very seriously these days. Pick up any magazine or newspaper and you’ll be bombarded with ads touting whole foods, purified water, herbal supplements. In our desperate efforts to live longer, healthier lives the world has become obsessed with what goes into our bodies. A balance between the four food groups isn’t good enough these days. You need to track vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, cholesterol and a myriad of other factors. It may be healthy but it’s also exhausting.
 
Sad that this health consciousness doesn’t apply to the health of our souls. When was the last time you heard anyone discussing a balanced diet for the Christian life?  Where are the ads and web sites touting prayer, belief, church attendance as building strong hearts and spirits? We know what our carbohydrate intake is, but we’ve forgotten the healthiest food there is: The Bread of Life. Our eyes are too much on the calorie counter and not enough on Jesus. This week, let’s try a diet that does more than slim our waistline. Let’s invite Jesus to our table and balance our diet for eternity. ©Copyright 2005 C L Enterprises

NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING
Celebrated 7/22 to 7/28

Marriage and the family express generations of love!Husband and wife, parents and children, grandparents,aunts, uncles, and cousins make family. And families can share their love with neighbors and the wider society. God has given married couples the unique responsibility to show His divine love in the world. This is a love that demonstrates self-donation, faithfulness, and fruitfulness—co-creating new life with God—and building the family. Even if a married couple finds themselves unable to have children,their unique love is oriented toward building family. That is because marriage is a vocation unlike any other—it truly represents God’s call to holiness in service of love and life!Given the special nature of marriage, questions about marital sexual intimacy and when to attempt to have children,or not, take on special meaning. The Church can help married couples with God’s gifts.

What is Natural Family Planning?

NFP methods are based on the observation of the naturally occurring signs and symptoms of the fertile and infertile phases of a woman's menstrual cycle. No drugs, devices, or surgical procedures are used to avoid pregnancy.

Since the methods of NFP respect the love-giving (unitive) and life-giving (procreative) nature of the conjugal act, they support God's design for married love!

For daily tidbits about NFB during this week, Like us on Facebook @roseaucatholiccommunity 
For more information visit the diocese website at www.usccb.org