upcoming events

R6 Boys Basketball Tourney MSU Dome

GLORY DAY! Ash Wednesday All-School Mass

1:45pm

Prospective Student Day 2019

Non-Uniform Dress Day Thank you for selling a record

number of Lot-O-Doughs!

Parent-Teacher Conferences

BR Family Night Out: Paradiso

5:00pm-10:00pm

ND State Class B Boys Basketball Tournament

MSU Dome

NO SCHOOL! Spring Break

KC Council 1150 Scholarship Breakfast

After both Sunday Masses St. John the Apostle

Catholic Church

Last Day of Third Quarter

UMary Vocations Jamboree

Assistant Chaplains Ski Trip

LION TIMES A MONTHLY BISHOP RYAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL FAMILY NEWSLETTER

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New Adventures 2

Prospective Lions 4

February Photos 5

Bishop Ryan Catholic School Office Information

Middle School/High School Office: Mrs. Brintnell, Secretary

Mr. Lee, Principal

(701) 852-4004, option 1

Elementary/Preschool Office: Mrs. Selk, Secretary

Mrs. Steckler, Principal

(701) 839-5882, option 2

Everyone knows how powerfully our school chaplain affects the lives

our students. Not only is the chaplain a teacher of the truth of God and

minister of the sacraments, but he is also a confidante, spiritual father,

and inspiration to our students. We have been tremendously blessed to

have Fr. Doug Krebs as our school chaplain for the last three years, and

I am deeply grateful for all that he has done for our school and, most

importantly, for our students.

Later this summer, Fr. Krebs will be returning to Rome to study and earn a license in Canon

Law. We wish Fr. Krebs well in all of the ways that he will serve God and His people in the future.

Thank you, Fr. Krebs, for your tremendous work!

Bishop Kagan has announced that the soon-to-be Fr. Gregory Crane will be taking Fr. Krebs’

place. Deacon Crane will be ordained this June and will accompany our students on the Rome

pilgrimage as one of his first duties as a priest. I’ve known Deacon Crane for some time now,

and I am ecstatic that he will be our new chaplain. He will be a wonderful addition to our Bishop

Ryan family.

Finally, as both the chaplain and the president of the school, I have worked closely with

Fr. Fred Harvey, pastor of St. Therese, Church of the Little Flower. Fr. Harvey will also be moving

on to a new assignment in July, and we all owe him a great debt of gratitude for his tireless

work and steadfast guidance of Bishop Ryan as the vice president of the school board for many

years now.

Please join me in praying for Fr. Krebs and Fr. Harvey in their new assignments, as well as for

Deacon Crane as he prepares for ordination and his arrival at Bishop Ryan!

Ash Wednesday Mass will be celebrated at Bishop Ryan on Wednesday, March 6th at 1:45pm.

All are welcome to attend!

In April 2016, I received an email from Bishop Kagan telling me that he was assigning me to be a

chaplain and religion instructor at Bishop Ryan Catholic School. I was really excited about this news

because I had heard so many good things about the school from Fr. Waltz and Fr. Nelson.

The last three years at Bishop Ryan have been the best years of my life. I love this school and all of its

students, who have been very warm and welcoming since day one. The students are very good kids and

they are the best part of our school.

Bishop Kagan has asked me to take a new assignment studying in Rome for the next three years, and I will no longer be

the chaplain here. This was something that took me a while to work through, but it is easier to accept this assignment when I

know the next chaplain is a very good man who I think will do an exceptional job.

I am just so grateful for everyone who is a part of Bishop Ryan. I am going to miss being in the school everyday, especially

the many good students who really are trying hard to be good and holy. God is guiding this school. I will always be grateful

for my time at Bishop Ryan, and I ask that you pray for me as I take my next assignment.

Hi, my name is Deacon Gregory Crane and I am proud and honored to have been named the next

chaplain of Bishop Ryan Catholic School.

I am originally from Minnesota and moved to Bismarck after college to work at the University of Mary.

I then taught high school religion for a year before entering seminary for the Diocese of Bismarck. I spent

two years in seminary in Washington, DC, and I’m now finishing my fourth year of seminary in Rome. This

year I'm in seminary with two Bishop Ryan grads, Jake Magnuson and Deacon Brandon Wolf, and Deacon

Wolf and I will be ordained priests at the Cathedral in June.

I was very excited when the Bishop told me that I would be the next chaplain of Bishop Ryan. I enjoyed my assignment in

Minot two summers ago at St. Leo's and I look forward to returning. Know of my prayers for the whole community, and

please pray for me, too, that I can be a faithful and holy chaplain!

It is with mixed emotions, sadness to excitement, that I share the news that I have been asked by

Bishop Kagan to take a new assignment, becoming the new pastor of Christ the King Parish in Mandan.

My fourteen years in Minot have seen many changes and endured many challenges, both with the

parish of Little Flower and Bishop Ryan Catholic School, but I believe all has happened for the greater

glory of God and His people. There are many in the surrounding area that I have come to know quite well

and consider good friends, having had the opportunity to be their Spiritual Father or working together on

various committees. I will leave Minot knowing that God’s work continues to move forward at Little

Flower and at Bishop Ryan Catholic School, and I will always have a special place in my heart for all the people I have come

to know and love in these communities.

Know that my prayers will continue for all and I ask that you pray for me as I now embark on a new part of my journey as a

priest of Jesus Christ in the Diocese of Bismarck. Peace to all!

New Adventures

Celebrate our Living Faith! Morning Mass (7:30am in the Chapel) Thursday, March 7th - Friday, March 8th Monday, March 11th - Thursday, March 14th Monday, March 18th - Friday, March 22nd Monday, March 25th - Friday, March 29th

Holy Hour for Families (8:00pm in the Chapel) Wednesday, March 13th

The boys are into the Region 6 semifinals at the MSU Dome,

and four teams are left vying for one ticket to the State B in two weeks.

Even though it might not look like it’s the case outside, Lion baseball,

softball, track and golf teams are prepping to get seasons officially

underway at the end of the month!

The BR Class of 2022 students who are going to Rome are hosting a

Family Friendly 5K and Fun Run on April 27th.

This Roman-themed run will have prizes for best costumes,

fun Italian-inspired snacks and beverages,

and fun facts about Italy and Ancient Rome along the course.

This is not a timed run, so grab a friend

or bring the whole family.

Pre-register or sign up the day of the run, but the first 100 registered

get a free “Running for Rome” t-shirt! Come join the fun rain or shine!

For more information or to register,

visit bishopryan.com/runforrome.

Do you know any prospective Lions? Prospective Student Day 2019 is coming up on Thursday, March 7th,

and this is a great day for interested students to have the opportunity to spend the day with our students, meeting teachers and experiencing a day in the life of a Lion.

If you know someone who’d like to share the day with us, please encourage them to visit

bishopryan.com/psd to register! Students currently in grades 1-11 are invited to visit for the whole day,

and we take care of lunch!

If you have any questions, please contact Jaimie at jbrunner@brhs.com or (701) 838-3355.

WANNA PLAY?

The Andrew Crockett Spring Basketball Tournaments, open to teams in 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th grades.

Girls Tournament: April 6th-7th Boys Tournament: April 13th-14th

For registration and more information:

bishopryan.com/andrewcrockett

The Big Dig Volleyball Tournaments, open to teams of current high school seniors and older.

Women’s Tournament, Power and Fun: April 27th Co-Ed Tournament, Power and Fun: April 28th

For registration and more information:

bishopryan.com/bigdig

Taking Lion Pride WORLDWIDE!

At the 2019 State LEGO Robotics competition at the University of North Dakota in Grand

Forks, the Bishop Ryan LEGO Lions and their robot, Leo, did something that no other

western North Dakota team had done in the history of the FIRST Lego League state

competition: win the championship. And as our team members claimed their awesome

trophy made of gold lego blocks, the biggest news was that the trophy came with an

invitation to the FIRST World Festival in Detroit at the end of April. The LEGO Lions will now compete against more than 100 teams from the United States and countries around the world from Central America, South America,

Africa, Europe and Asia.

You can follow the LEGO Lions on their journey and even support them through upcoming

FUNdraisers by visiting

bishopryan.com/legolions .

DON’T FORGET... Because of the awesome job we did in selling Lot-O-Dough calendars,

Bishop Ryan students have earned a Non-Uniform Dress Day on Friday, March 8th!

February