Roseau Catholic Community

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News for our Roseau Catholic Communities

Sacred Heart Valentine Social
(Parish adult members)
Sign-up sheets are at the church entrance
Gene’s Bar & Grill Monday, February 11^th
Entrée choices: Roast Beef or Shrimp Dinner
Cost: $10/meal
Come socialize with other parish members and enjoy the many benefits!

Sacred Heart Church has invited you to join the Meal Train for Laterese Restad.
 
What is a meal train?
There are times in our lives when friends and family ask, "What can I do to help out?" The answer is usually to help them with a meal. When many friends give a meal, this is a Meal Train.

mealtrain.com is a free meal calendar tool that makes planning meals among a wide group easy and less stressful.

Please share this email with others.
You can view the Meal Train by clicking here.

Thank you to those who volunteered to help our youth perform their Advent Program this year. Click here for pictures!

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
We here at Sacred Heart are ready for a wonderful year of RE!
Registration forms are available Sacred Heart
Religious Education

Upcoming Events:

• Jan. 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th– Class resumes for all grades
• Jan. 20th– Parish Potluck after Mass, 1st Reconciliation after potluck (12:30p)
• RE Meals for grades 7-11 are needed for the month of January. List available at the church entrance or call parish office.

Youth Ministry

• Youth Ministry meeting on Jan. 9th at 5:15p
• Those who signed up for Steubenville need to pay the $50 deposit to Sacred Heart.

St. Mary's Religiuos Educaiton

FORMED Your Catholic Faith on Demand

Formed.org SPOTLIGHT

• Audio: Feminism Misunderstood Jane Brennan, a former member of NOW and former Planned Parenthood volunteer, shares her heart-wrenching story of abortion and subsequent years of depression, resulting in her eventual conversion to the Catholic Church.
• Video: Auschwitz, 1941. One of the prisoners, Jan, escapes from the German concentration camp while working at a gravel pit. Thanks to the help of kind-hearted people, he finds shelter. There Jan hears tragic news about ten random inmates sentenced by the Nazis to death by starvation as a punishment for his escape. One among the convicts is Fr. Maximillian Kolbe, a Franciscan priest who volunteered to die in place of one of the inmates. Run Time: 1 hr. 31 mins.
   
   

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

“To each individual the manifestation of the Spirit is given for some benefit.”
(1 Corinthians 12:7)

St. Paul tells us that God has blessed each of us for a reason. How has God blessed you? Are you using your gifts according to God’s plan? How are you helping to build God’s kingdom here on earth? Remember that if you don’t do the work God planned for you, no one else can do it. Live the life God has intended for you, feel His love, peace and joy!

Thinking of Others When the wine gave out, the mother of Jesus said to him, "They have no wine."
(Jn. 2:3)
 

Adults: When have you stepped in, as Mary did at Cana, to try and make a difficult situation easier for someone?
Kids: What can you do this week to help make someone's job a little easier?

Suicide- There has been much conversation in our community in light of the two recent suicides.
To be clear -- suicide is a most seriously sinful or wrong act to which we are accountable to God.  It offends God who is the author of our life and the sovereign Master of life.  It  also  offends God by its lack of trust in God’s love and care for us.  It is contrary to a true love of self  in contradicting the natural human inclination to preserve and perpetuate their life.  It is also offends our neighbor in failing to sustain obligations to family and community. 
Serious mental disturbance or grave fear of hardship, suffering or torture can diminish  the responsibility  of persons who have taken their life. 
We should not despair of the eternal salvation of persons who have taken their own lives.  By ways known to him alone, God can provide the opportunity for healing repentance.  The Church prays for persons who have taken their own lives.  (See Catechism -- #2280 ff)

How can we help prevent suicide? 
Very seldom do people directly talk about their intention to take their life.  However we can all take time to listen and be supportive of persons who are in a time of distress or depression.  By encouraging them to talk about or write about their issues they will be enabled to reflect on and understand their situation and not just act on feelings.  They need help to see that they are not alone in suffering or experience they are going through. Sometimes persons need to get medical help because there is an imbalance in their body chemistry. 
However, medicine alone will never solve problems as all people need to maintain physical, spiritual and social health.
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All of the discussion about suicide brings up the question of euthanasia or assisted suicide that some groups are promoting and have managed to get legalized in Canada and in some states in the US.   I have an excellent video and other materials on this equally serious offense to God  and family.  Call if interested or watch for program announcement  in the bulletin.   -- Fr.  John

Wellness in the Woods
QPR Suicide Prevention Training Question, persuade, refer is a one hour training that will offer tools that anyone can use to support a person who may be suicidal. Ask the question, save a life!
NO FEE, No tickets required.
Friday, February 15th 7-8p at Bear & Bean in Roseau