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FOURTH SUNDAY
ORDINARY TIME
February 1, 2015
Our Lady of the Ozarks Catholic Church
951 Swan Valley Drive
Forsyth, MO 65653
Our Lady of the Ozarks
Mission Statement
We are a unique parish,
called together from far and near.
We bring our talents and our shortcomings,
our histories and our hopes.
Most of all, we bring our faith,
and together in this faith we grow in loving and serving
our parish and our community.
We are blessed to belong to
Our Lady of the Ozarks Catholic Church.
Parish Office: 417-546-5208
Father Rick L. Jones
Pastor
[email protected]
417-334-2928
Father Joji Vincent, OSB
Associate Pastor
[email protected]
417-334-2928
Sister Charlotte Flarlong, SSND
Parish Office Hours:
8:00am ~ 3:00pm
Monday, Wednesday, Friday
Pastoral Associate
[email protected]
417-546-5208
emergency/cell: 417-231-5300
Check out our Web-Page at: www.ourladyoftheozarks.org
MINISTERS: Sunday, February 1 8:30AM
MINISTERS: Sunday, February 8 8:30AM
Lectors: T Krueger, T Silvis
Lector: J Loughner, D Ratermann
Euch. Ministers: *Sr. Charlotte, D Gabel, J Silvis
Euch. Ministers: * N Loughner, N Nance, M Luberda
Ushers: J Fargo, A Danna, T Kinsella, R Terrien
Ushers: J Silvis, F Otto, D Carr Jr., K Jones
Servers: P Hadaller, A Hadaller
Servers: S Hutchison, I Schmitz
Offertory: Sue Higginbotham, Jane Carr
Offertory: Dee Walton & Ann Forester
Welcome/Greeters: G Ohlson, N Loughner
Welcome/Greeters: M Luberda, D Vincent
Homebound Communion: D Vincent
Homebound Communion: M Little, G Ohlson
Wednesday, February 4 9AM Mass
Lector: M Terrien
Wednesday, February 11 9AM Mass
Lector: D Ratermann
Friday, February 6 9AM Mass
Lector: T Krueger
Friday, February 13
Lector: D Walton
9AM Mass
Sunday
February 1
Monday
2 Presentation of 3 St. Blaise
the Lord
Fourth Sunday
Ordinary Time
8:30AM Mass
Jim McKelvey+
8
Tuesday
Office Closed
Office Open
8AM—3PM
Wednesday
4
Office Open
8AM—3PM
Office Open
8AM—3PM
8:30AM Mass
Mel Lamp+
9AM Eucharistic
Adoration
Office Closed
Friday
Saturday
6 St. Paul Miki &
7 Blessed Virgin
Companions
Mary
Office Open
8AM—3PM
Confessions in
Branson from
3PM—4PM
9AM Mass
For All the
Deceased+
10 St. Scholastica 11 Our Lady of
Fifth Sunday in
Ordinary Time
5 St. Agatha
9AM Mass
Ted Strom+
9AM Eucharistic
Adoration
9
Thursday
Office Closed
Lourdes
12
13 St. Paul Miki & 14 St. Cyril &
Companions
Methodius
Office Open
8AM-3PM
Office Open
8AM-Noon
9AM Mass
Fredie Carr+
9AM Mass
Larry Hopke+
Confessions in
Branson from
3PM—4PM
Office Closed
UPCOMING EVENTS
Today: Sunday, February 1—PSR after Mass
Tuesday, February 3—6:30 PM Parish Council—Discuss Chapter 3 of Intentional Discipleship
Wednesday, February 4—Liturgy Music Planning after Coffee/Donuts
A Special Thank You
Sunday, February 8—KC Breakfast after Mass
Wednesday, February 11—6:30-8:00 PM “Journey Through the Bible” Session 1
Thanks to everyone for your
Thursday, February 12—6:30 PM KC Meeting
prayers, supports, visits,
Friday, February 13—10:00 AM PCCW Meeting
cards, meals etc. during the
past few weeks. We are
Sunday, February 15—PSR after Mass
very grateful and ask for
Tuesday, February 17—6:00 PM Parish Mardi Gras Celebration
your continued prayers for
Wednesday, February 18 Ash Wednesday 9:00 AM and 6:00 PM Mass
healing.
6:30—8:00 PM “Journey Through the Bible” Session 2
Thursday, February 19—6:30 PM Parish Council Meeting
Joyce & Mike Stenger
Remember in Prayer All Those Who are Sick or Homebound
O God, who willed that our infirmities be born by Your only begotten Son to show the value of human suffering, listen in kindness to our
prayers for our brothers and sisters who are sick; grant that all who are oppressed by pain, distress or other afflictions may know that they are
chosen among those proclaimed blessed and are united to Christ in his suffering for the salvation of the world. (Collect for Mass of the Sick)
Fern Abell
Harold Blood
Debbie Davis
Elaine Hood
Jan Olsen
Joyce Stenger
Norbert & Lil Aurit
Sang Booth
Patricia Fargo
Gloria Hudson
Fritz Otto
Christopher Sullivan
Faye Austin
Miles Brook
Frank/Ann Grimm
Julia Marie Kress
Rose Reynolds
Helen Tarnowski
Dana Austin
Jane Carr
Phil Harter
Trudy Krueger
Cathy Rice
Mary Traeger
Dena Baer
Anna Danna
Carl /June Henke
Colleen McGowan
Mike Stenger
Bill Watson
Mutually Shared Vision Diocese
of Springfield-Cape Girardeau
Our Sacred Purpose
The sacred purpose of the Diocese of Springfield-Cape
Girardeau is to joyfully live our Catholic faith as intentional
disciples, leading all to a full life in Jesus Christ.
Weekly Financial Report
1/27/2015
Income:
Envelopes
Plate (loos e)
Repair & Maint Fund
Dioces an Collections
K of C & PCCW
Mas s Offerings & All
Souls
Holy Days
Special Collections
Advertis ing
Grants
Mem orial Gifts
Other Incom e
Total Income
Expense:
Adm in & Salaries
Office Expens es
Education (Adult & PSR)
Altar, Liturgy Books ,
Flowers
Maint Grounds
Maint Bldg & Equip
Telephone & Utilities
Ins urance
Kitchen/Dining Supplies
Dioces an As s es s m ents
Dioces an/Special
Collections
Trus t Fund
Total Expenses
Increase (Decrease)
Funds
Last Week Month Total
YTD
January
$834.00
$4,845.00 $34,455.25
103.00
506.00
5,057.78
135.00
4,183.50 20,262.50
281.75
674.75
5,438.43
9,143.00
1,007.00
806.00
464.00
1,300.00
5,000.00
35.00
75.00
400.00
800.00
60.00
1,848.75
65.00
11,149.25
410.85
83,344.81
120.40
138.20
4,858.88
303.40
138.20
32,957.96
2,306.81
1,541.56
291.54
291.54
2,382.10
263.23
2,703.86
500.00
2,729.80
3,914.50
10,831.01
12,124.26
7,150.00
602.20
290.80
1,366.49
2,265.00
2,932.24
11,614.91
5,675.74
1,000.00
82,200.33
-$1,083.49
-$465.66
$1,144.48
Cash in Bank, 7/1/14
Cash in Bank, current
Unpaid Bills
$3,509.56
$4,654.04
$918.78
COLLECTION FOR THE CHURCH
IN LATIN AMERICA
Thank you for your generous donations to the Collection for the Church
in Latin America. Your support helps
ensure the availability of adequate
catechesis, marriage and family life
programs, and seminarian formation. Thank you for taking this opportunity to share your faith. To learn more
about how your donations are making a difference,
please visit www.usccb.org (search “Collection for the
Church in Latin America”).
Our Core Values
Prayer, Generous Service, Enthusiasm
The Thoughtful Giver: When you name the
Church in your Will (or Living Trust) to receive a specific
amount or a percentage of your estate, you make one
final gift — your crowning gift — to your family in faith that
you have supported during your life. You declare in your
Will that you believe in the mission of the Catholic Church
and that you want a portion of your accumulated assets
to be invested in furthering the good work that it does in
Christ’s name.
Example of How to Make a Bequest:
I give, devise and bequeath to The Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield—Cape Girardeau, a Missouri not-forprofit corporation, for the exclusive use and benefit of Our
Lady of the Ozarks Parish, Forsyth, Missouri, (insert here
the sum of money or percentage of the estate).
Pope Francis has named 2015 as the Year of Consecrated Life,
devoted to the renewal of religious life, the celebration of the willingness of members of religious orders, and an invitation to young people
to consider a vocation to the religious life.
FEBRUARY 2 IS WORLD DAY OF
CONSECRATED LIFE — See insert in today’s
bulletin to see how Srs. Charlotte and Francine are
celebrating the Year of Consecrated Life.
The following is a prayer for consecrated persons.
God Our Father, we thank you for calling men and women to
serve in your Son’s Kingdom as sisters, brothers, religious
priests, consecrated virgins, and hermits, as well as members of Secular Institutes. Renew their knowledge and love
of you, and send your Holy Spirit to help them respond generously and courageously to your will. We ask this through
our Lord Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and
the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Love INC Needs:
Love INC is scheduled to begin new
classes in February. The pantry is in need
of the following items:
Chunky soup, canned pasta (Spaghetti O’s), Mayo, salsa,
salad dressing, boxed mashed potatoes, tuna helper,
crackers (saltines) Thanks so much for all donations!
HIGH SCHOOL MISSION TRIP
Calling all high school students—we are now taking applications for a diocesan summertime mission trip to Winnebago, NE, July 5-11. This mission experience will offer
teens and chaperones a week of growing in faith, prayer,
and serving those in need. Adult chaperones are
needed. $50 will hold your place. Total trip cost is $390/
participant. All high school youth in the diocese are invited to participate. For more information, contact Annette Peterson, [email protected] or (417)
540-8614.
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings: Deuteronomy 18: 15-20; Psalm 95;
1 Corinthians 7: 32-35;
Mark 1: 21-28
Reflections Questions:

Do you know anyone who
speaks “with authority”?
What characterizes someone who possesses such
authority?

Do you agree with Saint
Paul, that a married person is, more preoccupied
with the concern of his or her spouse than with
those of the Lord? Does being single help one to
be more “anxious about the things of the Lord” (1
Corinthians 7: 32)?

While many who walked with Jesus didn’t recognize his true identity, the “unclean spirit” always
did. What do you think the unclean spirits saw
that the others missed? Are there times in your
life today when you fail to recognize Jesus?
Taken from At Home with the Word 2015 website.
PSR Classes — February/March
Sunday, February 1—Semester 1 review; begin Chapter 7
Snack/Aide: Donna Covelli
Sunday, February 15—Finish Chapter 7; Mardi Gras; Lent
Snack/Aide: Angie Hadaller
Sunday, March 1—Chapter 8
Snack/Aide: Joanne Hall
Sunday, March 15—Reconciliation; Chapter 12
Snack/Aide: Jennifer Hutchison
Sunday, March 29—Holy Week,
Paschal Mystery, Resurrection
Snack/Aide: Karen Koehn
Congratulations to Tim and
Angela Hadaller!
GUMI CAMP USA is now a registered non-for-profit entity and donations are now tax exempt. Donations can be put in the GUMI Mailbox located in the Gathering Area and checks can be
made payable to:
New Horizons Foundation
Memo: GUMI CAMP USA
5550 Tech Center Drive.
Colorado Springs, CO 80919
Check out the new website: www.gumicampusa.com.
Grand Opening Celebration!!! Memorial Day Weekend 2015—May 23, 24, and 25
SCRIPTURE STUDY
ON WEDNESDAY EVENINGS
Our Lady of the Ozarks is sponsoring “A Journey Through the Bible”
using a video Scripture study with Professor Jeff Cavins, facilitated by Carl & Nancy Buffa. This study series has proven to be remarkably effective in helping
Catholics uncover the Bible. As you grow in the knowledge and appreciation for the written Word of God, you
will undoubtedly grow in love of Jesus Christ, the Eternal Word of God. This 8 week series begins Wednesday, February 11th at 6:30 pm. (Each session is
about 1 1/2 hours.) The last session will be on
Wednesday, April 1 (Wednesday of Holy Week).
Cost for the workbook is $15.00 and payable when
workbooks arrive.
HELP NEEDED: One additional small group leader is
needed so that discussion groups can be a bit smaller
in size. Carl & Nancy Buffa and Sr. Charlotte will facilitate two of the three discussion groups.
Thanks!
Sr. Charlotte
It’s time now to get ready for Lent
which begins February 18. See insert
in today’s bulletin for a listing of parish
opportunities.
Remember in prayer Elleanor Crouch, who is preparing to be received into the Catholic Church on
Easter Sunday at Our Lady of the Ozarks.
COME JOIN THE FUN
MARDI GRAS PARTY
With . . . Food, Drinks,
Prizes
And . . . Funny Money Auction
DATE: February 17th
TIME: 6:00 PM . . . ?
PLACE: Marian Hall
Our Lady of the Ozarks
MARK THE DATE — MARCH 15 ST. PATRICK’S
DAY DINNER AND SILENT AUCTION
All proceeds from the St. Patrick’s
Day Dinner and silent auction will
go towards the purchase of a sign.
To report child abuse call the Missouri Child
Abuse Hotline: 1-800-392-3738 or call the police.
To report violations of the Code of Conduct for Clergy, Employees and Adult Volunteers Working with Minors to the
Chancellor at 417-866-0841 or [email protected] or a Victim
Assistance Coordinator: Judy St. John, LPC, NCC:
573-587-3139 or [email protected] or William J. Holtmeyer,
Jr., MS at 417-860-3858 or [email protected].
Concerns may be discussed with your supervisor, a Victim
Assistance Coordinator, the Office of Child and Youth Protection or the Chancellor. The TIPS online reporting system may
also be used, and is available on the diocesan website. Go
to www.dioscg.org to view the Code of Conduct for Clergy,
Employees and Adult Volunteers Working with Minors and for
other important information, including a link to the United
States Conference of Catholic Bishop's document, Charter for
the Protection of Children and Young People. If you are unable to access the website and desire printed information,
contact the diocesan Office of Child and Youth Protection
at 417-866-0841.
WINTER WEATHER REMINDER
Weekdays: If the Forsyth Schools are closed,
the Church is closed. School closings are
announced on TV and radio.
AUCTION ITEMS NEEDED
The PCCW would appreciate any donation
for the silent auction, big or small. Baked
goods, gift cards, and services are also welcomed.
Every donation gets us closer to our goal. We will post
a complete list of the auction items March 1. Please
contact Marie Terrien (546-2334) or Kathy Strader
(546-8039) if you can donate to the silent auction or
help with the dinner. Thank you so much. Let’s
proudly make Our Lady of the Ozarks Catholic Church
sign a reality in 2015!
BULLETIN REMINDERS
1. The bulletin deadline for submitting articles, reminders
etc. is noon on Monday. The bulletin is completed on
Monday afternoon, proofed and printed on Wednesday.
2. All information for the bulletin must be submitted in writing.
3. The contact person for any parish event is responsible
for preparing the bulletin article as well as for preparing
and posting fliers for the event.
When you get to your wit’s end,
you’ll find God lives there.
Sundays: Branson Hometown Radio (KOMC 100.1 FM)
sometimes announces Church closings beginning at 7:00
AM. Sr. Charlotte will e-mail those who have e-mail. The
parish call list will also be activated.
Pope Francis’ Prayer Intentions
for February 2015
Prisoners
That prisoners, especially the young, may be
able to rebuild lives of dignity.
Separated Spouses
That married people who are separated may find welcome
and support in the Christian community.
Saint of the Week: St. Paul Miki &
Companions
One of 26 Christians killed in
the first martyrdom of Nagasaki, Paul Miki was a
member of a noble samurai clan. He joined the
Jesuits in 1580, becoming a distinguished
preacher during the missionary effort that accompanied the age of exploration. After their arrest by Japanese
officials, Paul and his companions were tied to crosses and
pierced with lances on a hill overlooking Nagasaki Bay. The
martyrs - 6 Franciscans, 3 Jesuits, one Korean, and 16
Japanese Laymen - were canonized in 1862. Feast Day is
February 6.
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LENT 2015
Our Lady of the Ozarks
MASS

Ash Wednesday
9 AM and 6 PM

Wednesday and Friday
9 AM

Sunday
8:30 AM
CHRISTIAN FORMATION

A Walk through the Bible
Wednesday 6:30-8:00 PM
February 11 - April 1

Women’s Retreat Day
Saturday, March 21 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

PSR
February 15; March 1, 15, 29

Lenten Reflection Materials
See Table in Gathering Area
PRAYER

Eucharistic Adoration
Monday 9:00—10:00 AM

Stations of the Cross
Friday 5:30 PM
RECONCILIATION
“The Light is on for You” is an initiative of the Springfield/Cape Girardeau
Diocese to allow all Catholics to avail themselves of the Sacrament of
Reconciliation. Confession is a wonderful opportunity to set aside our sinful ways and to draw closer to our lord. Confessions will be held every Friday during Lent from after the 5:30 PM Stations of the Cross until 7:00 PM.
This time set aside for prayer and the Sacrament of reconciliation will conclude each week with the Divine Mercy chaplet.
ALMS AND GOOD WORKS

Participate in Catholic Relief Service’s Rice
Bowl Program where your sacrifices help
change the lives of others especially in Tanzania, Nicaragua, Niger, Lebanon, and the
Democratic Republic of Congo. Rice Bowls
and accompanying information can be
found on the table in the Gathering Area.
Your gift of alms can be returned on Good Friday or Easter.

Reach out to someone sick or homebound in our parish community or
the broader community - call, write, visit, prepare a meal etc.
FASTING
During Lent, Catholics in the United States abstain from meat on Ash
Wednesday and on all the Fridays of Lent. They fast on Ash Wednesday
and Good Friday.
To abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday and all the Fridays of Lent means
to not eat meat on those days. It does not intend the omission of eggs or
dairy products.
The required fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday involves eating only
one full meal on those days. One or two smaller meals may be taken on
those days, but may not total one full meal. The required fast does not allow eating anything between meals.
All Catholics who have completed their fourteenth year are bound by the
law of abstinence; all adults are bound by the law of fast up to
the beginning of their sixtieth year.
Nevertheless, pastors and parents are to see to it that minors who are not
bound by the law of fast and abstinence are educated in an authentic sense
of penance.
Year of Consecrated Life 2015
50th Jubilees of Sisters Charlotte and Francine, School Sisters of Notre Dame
Pope Francis has declared 2015 as the Year of Consecrated Life. This same year is
also the 50th Jubilee Celebration of Sisters Charlotte Flarlong and Sister Francine
Koehler, School Sisters of Notre Dame ministering in Taney County, in our two
parishes in Forsyth and here in Branson.
For us consecrated religious women, these are two exciting events that happily
coincide. They provide an opportunity to explain a bit what consecrated life is
and how these two SSNDs wish to celebrate with you, our parish family.
In his recent letter to men and women in consecrated life, Pope Francis states the
aims of the year of Consecrated Life. Briefly stated they are:
1. To look at the past with gratitude
2. To live the present with passion
3. To embrace the future with hope.
(21 November 2014, Feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.)
Much in his letter resonates with our own constitution called You Are Sent. Our
rule invites us to “gratefully celebrate life” as we continually respond to the new
ways our God invites us to live the gospel in the spirit of our foundress, Blessed
Theresa of Jesus Gerhardinger. As apostolic religious we are “deeply inserted in
our world to address its basic needs…we are called to transform the world by
making Christ visibly present through our ministry as educators.” p. 12, You Are Sent.
The gift of our internationality challenges us to witness to unity in a divided world,
and to encourage a sense of global responsibility.
With this framework of the Year of Consecrated Life in mind, let us see how we
School Sisters of Notre Dame renew our vowed commitment to God.
At certain milestones in our vocational journey, we do so in a renewal celebration
called a Jubilee. Married couples would call it an anniversary. It is a time to
capsulize the past, present, and future of our religious vocation by renewing our
vows publicly. Similar to the aims of the Year of Consecrated Life mentioned
above, Jubilee is a time of deep gratitude for God’s faithful love over the past 25,
50, 60, etc. years of religious life. We recommit to live our vows of consecrated
celibacy, gospel poverty, and apostolic obedience in community forever. We do
this through our charism expressed in the particular ministry we are responsible
for here and now. Together we embrace the challenge of the unknown future,
confident of the one star that shines for us—“the infinitely wise and gracious
providence of God.” (Trust and Dare, January 1, p. 19.)
So it is with great joy that we invite you to celebrate with us our 50 years of
vowed life! Come to one or both of the following celebrations.
Sunday, June 14, 2015
Our Lady of the Ozarks Catholic Church
Forsyth Missouri
9:00 am Eucharistic Celebration
********************
Sunday, June 28, 2015
Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church
Branson, Missouri
10:30 am Eucharistic Celebration
Thank you for your support and love throughout the years, and for all the ways,
by fidelity to your own vocations, we mutually enrich the entire Church. Amen!