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tongue; then he looked up to heaven and groaned, and said to
him, “Ephphatha!”— that is, “Be opened!”" -- Mark 7:33-34
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
P.O. Box 70 Fr. Cory Sticha - Pastor Office: (406) 654-1446
Malta, MT 59538 RE Center: (406) 654-1311
office@SaintMarysMalta.org Fax: (406) 654-1467
September 9, 2018 — Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time www.SaintMarysMalta.org
Mass Schedule
9/10: Malta 8:30 AM: Repose of the soul of Willis McKeon r/b John & Terry McKeon
9/11: Malta 8:30 AM: Special Intentions r/b Lana Ulrich
9/12: Malta 8:30 AM: Repose of the soul of Don Nevrivy r/b Bruce & Darlene
Cummings
9/13: HiLine 10:00 AM: Repose of the souls of Mr. & Mrs. Jim Schumacher r/b
Patrick Schumacher
9/14: Malta 8:30 AM: Special Intentions r/b Lana Ulrich
9/15: Malta 4:00 PM: Repose of the soul of LaVonne Compton r/b The Howell's
9/16: Dodson 8:30 AM: Repose of the soul of Katherine Marshall r/b Helen DePuydt
Malta 10:00 AM: For the Parishioners
Saco 12:00 PM: Repose of the soul of Evelyn Brandt r/b Helen DePuydt
Knights of Columbus # 2124 Parish Council of Catholic Women
Meets First Tuesday of the month Meets Second Sunday of the Month
Weekly Eucharistic Adoration
Every Friday from 9 to 10 AM (following daily Mass)
Confessions: Saturdays Noon 1p.m., 1/2 Baptism: Normally celebrated at weekend
hour before daily Mass (Tues., Weds., and Masses. Parental sessions are required.
Fri.) or by appointment Marriages: Six month couple preparation
Anointing of the Sick: Please contact Fr. period required. Please meet with Fr. Cory
Cory as soon as possible for anointing. before scheduling marriage date.
Collections Totals For 9/2
Monthly
Goal Remaining Past Due 9/2 Needed Online
Malta: $22,941.00 $16,330.75 $69,839.37 Malta: $1110.00 $2721.00 $445.00
Dodson: $2,684.00 $279.00 $0.00 Dodson: $205.00 $441.31 $0.00
Saco: $5,015.00 $4,560.00 $0.00 Saco: $46.00 $441.31 $225.00
Please send bulletin announcements to frcory@SaintMarysMalta.org by Thursday evening. Thanks!
Daily Scripture Readings
9/9 — TwentyThird Sunday in Ordinary Time (Grandparents Day)
Isaiah 35:47a; Psalm 146:710; James 2:15; Mark 7:3137
9/10 — Monday of the TwentyThird Week in Ordinary Time
1 Corinthians 5:18; Psalm 5:57, 12; Luke 6:611
9/11 — Tuesday of the TwentyThird Week in Ordinary Time (Patriot Day)
1 Corinthians 6:111; Psalm 149:16, 9; Luke 6:1219
9/12 — Wednesday of the TwentyThird Week in Ordinary Time;The Most Holy
Name of Mary
1 Corinthians 7:2531; Psalm 45:1112, 1417; Luke 6:2026
9/13 — St. John Chrysostom, Bishop & Doctor of the Church
1 Corinthians 8:17, 1113; Psalm 139:13, 1314, 2324; Luke 6:2738
9/14 — The Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Numbers 21:4b9; Psalm 78:12, 3438; Philippians 2:611/John 3:1317
9/15 — Our Lady of Sorrows
1 Corinthians 10:1422; Psalm 116:1213, 1718; John 19:2527 or Luke 2:3335
9/16 — TwentyFourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Isaiah 50:59; Psalm 116:16, 89; James 2:1418; Mark 8:2735
Please Pray For
Dallas Green, Richard McNamara, Lois Goodheart, Joyce Boos, Leona Keinenberger, Makayla
WilkeHofeldt, Michael Fred Ereaux, C.J. Bishop, Bruce Hould, Cleo Phillips & her daughter,
Bobby Ereaux, Janeen Brookie, Linda Berg, Myrtle Hould, Jeanie Engebretson, John Murray,
Terry Stiles, Payton Kill Eagle, Mary Kelly, Roberta Pospisil, and those from our area serving
in the military.
For the repose of the souls of the Poor Souls in Purgatory, and for comfort and peace for their
families.
Anyone who needs to have prayers said for someone can call Dianne Salsbery at 6541443 or 6544675;
Jean Niebur at 6542822. Names will be listed in the bulletin for one month unless specified.
Everyday Stewardship There is no television program that features
replays of the actual miracles Jesus
I love watching replays of great sports
performed 2,000 years ago. However, there
highlights. Sometimes you see something
are miracles every day for the world to see.
so extraordinary that you tell others they
Many of those come about by allowing
have to see it to believe it. The onehanded
God to work through us. People are
catch, the inthepark home run, and the
waiting to be healed and fed, and
photo finish are all examples of these types
mountains are waiting to be moved. There
of moments. They are amazing feats that
might not be a replay for these miracles
boggle the mind.
either. However, people will be amazed by
I wonder how many people in biblical the power of God. Jesus said we could do
times saw Jesus perform miracles and told these things if we had faith. Blessed are
others they wouldn't have believed it unless those who believe but who have not seen.
they saw it with their own eyes. Of course, Furthermore, blessed are those who
we believe the stories of his miracles, and perform great works with God so that
we didn't see them in person. We do others may see.
believe them, don't we?
Tracy Earl Welliver, MTS
Catechists Needed
St. Mary's Religious Education is about to begin the 20182019
year!
While most positions are filled, youth ministers are still needed
for both preK and 3rd grades. Please consider volunteering
your time to teach and model the importance of Jesus and our
Catholic Faith to and with our children.
Contact Brenda at 3010936 or brenda@saintmarysmalta.org
for more information!
Mass Intentions Please consider having Masses celebrated
for family and friends on special occasions
Mass Intentions: As Catholics, we have a
and anniversaries, as well as those who are
long tradition of having Masses celebrated
in need of prayers. Masses are also
for those we offer up in prayer. The Mass is
encouraged in memory of those loved ones
the ultimate form of prayer, and each Mass
who have died, especially on the
is celebrated for an intention. We ask $10.00
anniversaries of their deaths. Please contact
per mass intention.
Fr. Cory for more information.
Join the Knights of Columbus Today!
Catholic Men, are you ready to accept the challenge? Our communities need strong
Catholic men to answer the call to lead with faith, protect our families, serve others and
defend our values. For over 100 years, Knights of Columbus have done exactly that,
standing up for the Church, serving the least among us, and strengthening our parishes
and families. Eligible Catholic men can now join the KofC online in a simple,
streamlined process. As a member you join a worldwide community of nearly 2 million
men, including 5,000 members in Montana who stand together. Men have a duty to lead,
protect, serve and defend. The world needs more committed, unified Catholic men to
answer the call. Will you answer? Visit kofc.org/joinus to learn more about the many
benefits of membership in the KofC. Join the Knights of Columbus on line today!
Marriage Encounter
Married couples – consider doing something
great for yourselves and your marriage. A
Marriage Encounter weekend involves 15
20 couples. A series of presentations are
given by a team of Catholic couples and a
priest. The focus of the weekend is the
Trivia at Blue Ridge Brewing couple, not group sessions. The
Think you're a trivia expert? St. Mary's presentations allow each couple a rare
Parish and Blue Ridge Brewing is giving opportunity to look at themselves as
you the chance to prove it! Know a lot about individuals, then look at their marriage and
popular music from many eras and styles? relationship to each other, and finally to look
Show us! at their relationship to God, the church, and
the world. After each presentation, the
Join us on Thursday, September 20th at 5:30 husband and wife have time in the privacy
PM at Blue Ridge Brewing, 320 S 1st St E of their room for their own personal
(next to the car wash), for our next trivia discussion.
night. St. Mary's Parish is sponsoring this
evening of trivia, music, and fun. $5 will Upcoming Marriage Encounter Dates:
buy into two rounds of trivia, with Blue September 2830, 2018 Helena, MT
Ridge Brewing gift certificates available to November 24, 2018 UCross, WY
win in each round. January 2527, 2018 Billings, MT
Bring your friends and Contact Paul & Tracy McElvery @
plan for an evening of 3076892820
trivia fun! or visit www.wwme.org
New to the Parish?
Welcome! We’re glad you will be joining us. If you would like to register with the
parish, please fill out this form and drop it in the collection basket. You may bring it by
the parish office or send it to us.
Name:_________________________________________________________________
Address:_______________________________________________________________
Phone number:__________________________________________________________
Email address:__________________________________________________________
You may also use this form for a change of address.
Thanks!
Gospel Meditation to settle down, the more they proclaim! The
Jewish people expected a Messiah but a
"Jesus went by way of Sidon into the district
Messiah with very particular qualifications.
of the Decapolis." For most of Jesus'
The Greeks and pagans anticipated no such
ministry, he remains in Galilee and areas
savior. There were no expectations to meet.
with a predominantly Jewish population.
They had a special capacity to be
Today, however, we see Jesus traveling
completely, utterly surprised.
through a heavily pagan area. This makes
the utterance of faith in today's Gospel all As Catholics, it can be easy to become
the more astounding. "He has done all accustomed to the songs and the prayers, to
things well." the routine of religious education dropoffs
and Sunday Mass attendance. By now, we
In this story, a deaf man is brought to Jesus.
may have very particular expectations.
This man is not without community! Despite
When was the last time you allowed
communication difficulties due to a speech
yourself to be surprised by God? Sometimes
impediment, his people bring him before
we are all like the deaf man in today's
Jesus. Jesus lays hands upon the man and
Gospel. God wants to speak to us, but we
commands his broken body to change. "'Be
can't hear clearly. In your prayer this week,
opened!' Immediately the man's ears were
go before God honestly. Give yourself
opened, his speech impediment was
permission to drop your expectations and
removed, and he spoke plainly." The
assumptions. Ask Him to renew your faith
community is stunned. They can't stop
to show you how, in your life, "He has done
telling the story. The more Jesus asks them
all things well."
Why Do We Do That? - Catholic forced to love Him or to love our neighbor.
Traditions Explained We must make the decision ourselves. This
means, of course, that we have the ability to
Question: If God is good, why is there evil choose against love.
in the world?
One small decision of selfishness, jealously,
Answer: The problem of evil is perplexing. or pride may not seem so bad. But every
If God is allpowerful and allgood, why decision good or bad is like a stone
doesn't He stop bad things for happening? dropped into a still pond. The ripples extend
He must either not be allpowerful, or much farther than the original stone. When
perhaps He's not very good after all. Human decisions against love begin to compound,
beings have faced the possibility of evil they affect families, neighborhoods, and
since the very beginning of our existence. In nations. This is all the more reason for
granting us free will, God gives us the Christians to be faithful to our baptismal call
ability to make free choices. God does not to love one another as Christ has loved us!
force us into moral perfection. We are not
Pope’s Universal Intention
For September: Young people in Africa. That young people in Africa may have access
to education and work in their own countries.
Live The Liturgy
We often associate the word "healing" with something that produces dramatic, physical
results: the blind see, the crippled walk, and the deaf hear. Witnessing such miraculous
events is few and far between for most. Healing happens more frequently in very
ordinary ways using very ordinary means. And we can all be God's instruments for
bringing it about. Kindness, love, mercy, and compassion can go a very long way.
Treating people with kindness ? being inclusive and welcoming of the poor, the weak,
and the powerless ? listening to another's story and pain ? offering compassion and love
to those who have wronged us ? avoiding hurtful criticisms and watching our tongues. All
can go a long way to changing and healing human hearts. There is power in love and
kindness. Does this power not speak of someone greater than ourselves working in and
through us?
Catholic Quotes
Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears. Charles Dickens
Parish Council
Regina Webb (Malta) Cliff Merriman (KofC) Leona Kienenberger (Dodson)
Charlie Mears (Malta) Wilma Mavencamp (PCCW)
Shawn Bleth (Malta) Tom DePuydt (Saco)