March 15, 2015 bulletin - Fort Madison Catholic Community

FORTY HOURS DEVOTIONS
AT SACRED HEART CHURCH
WITH FR. MICHAEL PHILLIPS
Thursday
Feast of St. Joseph
March 19
5:30 p.m.
Mass
Friday
Friday
Saturday
March 20
March 20
March 21
8:00 a.m.
5:30 p.m.
8:00 a.m.
Mass
Stations
Mass
Sunday
March 22
4:00 p.m.
Finale
EUCHARISTIC ADORATION
CONFESSIONS FROM 2:00-3:00 P.M. ON
SATURDAY & SUNDAY and
AFTER ALL SERVICES
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CARE OF THE SICK
SPECIAL EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS
March 22, 2015
POINTS TO
PONDER
FMHC/FMCH/SB— Joyce Kutscher
HOMEBOUND —
Donna Gengenbacher
KENSINGTON —
Paul & Betty Mohrfeld
FORTY HOURS DEVOTION
This Thursday afternoon, March 19th until Sunday
afternoon, March 22nd, Holy Family Parish will be having Forty Hours Devotions where Jesus in the Blessed
Sacrament will be exposed for prayer and adoration.
Everything will take place at Sacred Heart Church except the Sunday 10:30 a.m. Mass at Ss. Mary and Joseph. Volunteer sheets will be available in the pews.
During these 40 hours please volunteer to spend at least
an hour with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
5:30 PM
Mass
6:30 PM - midnight
Eucharistic Adoration
8:00 AM
Mass
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Eucharistic Adoration
5:30 PM
Stations of the Cross
6:00 PM - midnight
Eucharistic Adoration
8:00 AM
Mass
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Eucharistic Adoration
4:00 PM
Mass
5:00 PM - midnight
Eucharistic Adoration
8:30 AM
Mass
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Eucharistic Adoration
10:30 AM
Mass @ Ss. M & J
4:00 PM
Grand Finale
FEAST OF ST. JOSEPH
Thursday, March 19, is the Feast of St. Joseph. There
will be a special Mass at 5:30 p.m., which begins our
parish’s Forty Hours. Because the Feast of St. Joseph is
a Solemnity, all are excused from their Lenten penances.
COMMUNAL PENANCE SERVICE
This Sunday, March 15th, there will
be a communal penance service at St.
Paul at 2:30 p.m. and West Point at
4:00 p.m. Don’t forget Fr. Mike Phillips will be hearing confessions during
the March 19 - 22 Forty Hours.
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EVENT PROCEEDS
Holy Family Parish has received $5,594.88 for the proceeds of the “Night on the Town”. The proceeds will go
towards helping defray the winter heating bills of Holy
Family Parish properties.
K of C WINTER STAG
The K of C annual stag is this Monday, March
16th. Doors open at 6:00 PM with appetizers at 7:00 and
BBQ dinner to follow. Auction and raffle after dinner. Everyone welcome. Tickets are $7.00 and are available at the hall or the night of the event.
EASTER FLOWERS/DECORATIONS
Anyone interested in making a donation in honor of or
in memory of a deceased loved one is asked to put the
money in an envelope, mark it “Easter Flowers”, the name
of the loved one(s) and put it in the collection basket. The
money collected will be used for Easter flowers and/or
decorations for both churches. The names of those remembered will be put in the bulletin after Easter.
Look upon the hour of Eucharistic Adoration assigned to you as an hour in paradise.
~ St. Peter Julian Eymard
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HOLY FAMILY MINISTRY SCHEDULE
DATE
TIME
Saturday, March 14, 2015
4:00 PM
John Wellman
5:30 PM
Pat Griswold
Sunday, March 15, 2015
8:30 AM
For the Parishioners
10:30 AM
Mary Keith
Monday, March 16, 2015
8:00 AM
Gen Barker
5:30 PM
Ross Sadler Family
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
8:00 AM
Eileen & Mark
McCannon
11:30 AM
Harriet Anderson
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
8:00 AM
Dec. Members of
John Enderle Family
5:30 PM
Kenny Galle
Thursday, March 19, 2015
11:00 AM
Private Intention
5:30 PM
For the Fathers of
Holy Family Parish
Friday, March 20, 2015
8:00 AM
Frank, Maxine, Albert
and Joyce Hoenig
5:30 PM
Stations of the Cross
Saturday, March 21, 2015
8:00 PM
Bert Wiggenjost
4:00 PM
Jim St. Clair
5:30 PM
For the Parishioners
Sunday, March 22, 2015
8:30 AM
Mark Druppel
10:30 AM
Ralph Wiggenjost
4:00 PM
40 Hours Grand Finale
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March 21
4:00 P.M.
March 22
8:30 A.M.
March 22
10:30 A.M.
MINISTRY
NAME
NAME
NAME
Euch. Min
Host
Bob Reding
John King
Lauren Pothitakis
Euch. Min.
Host
Lynn Meierotto
Stella Etka
Glenda Jackson
Euch. Min.
Host
Pat Martinez
Linda Senf
Judy Sugars
Euch. Min.
Cup
Dale Fullhart
Ted Schneider
Chuck Osmanski
Euch. Min.
Cup
Alberta Fullhart
Deacon Stein
Kathy Osmanski
Lectors
Merlin Hellman
Joe Harmon
Pat Hawes
Lectors
Rick Larkin
Peggy Hirte
Connie Lake
Servers
Eion Powers
Jordean Stein
Raquel Schneider
Josh Caruso
Quentin Schneider
Servers
Gift Bearers
M/M Fred Otte
Boy Scouts Pack 7
M/M Chuck
Osmanski
Ministers of
Hospitality
Jesse Dorman
Larry & Pat Harrison
Merlin Boyd
Alexis Boyd
Ministers of
Hospitality
Mary Burk
John & Kathy
McKillip
Eugene Wilmesmeier
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Ministers of
Hospitality
Jim Conaway
Joyce Burton Conaway
Sandy Martinez
Leora Holland
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Scrip
Workers
Diane Powers
Mike & Kathy Pence
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SJM
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MASS LOCATION KEY
Sacred Heart Church
St. Mary & Joseph Church
Sunnybrook
St. Joseph Church, Montrose
The Kensington
The Madison Care Center
Annette Hanenberger
Readings for the Week
Sunday: 2 Chronicles 36:14-16, 19-23
Ephesians 2:4-10
John 3:14-21
Monday: Isaiah 65:17-21
John 4:43-54
Tuesday: Ezra 47:1-9, 12
John 5:1-16
Wednesday: Isaiah 49:8-15
John 5:17-30
Thursday: 2 Samuel 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16
Romans 4:13, 16-18, 22
Matthew 1:16, 18-21, 24a or Luke 2:41-51a
Friday: Wisdom 2:1a, 12-22
John 7:1-2, 10, 25-30
Saturday: Jeremiah 11:18-20
Jn 7:40-53
Sunday: Jeremiah 31:31-34
Hebrews 5:7-9
Jn 12:20-33
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ST. JOSEPH’S CORNER
LAY MINISTRY SCHEDULE
5:30 p.m., March 21, 2015
Eucharistic
Ministers
Lector
Rosary
Barb Schau
Diane Burgess
Mary Older
Kent Dobson
Carolyn Hocker
St. Joseph is still short $497 for the annual subscriptions to the Catholic Messenger. If you have not paid for
your subscription yet, please do so as soon as possible.
Thank you to all of those who have paid.
MEMORIAL
Holy Family Parish would like to thank the family and
friends of Gen Bever Barker for their donations in the
amount of $1,325 for the stained glass windows at Sacred
Heart Church. May her soul rest in peace.
STAINED GLASS WINDOWS
So far, $170,211.09 has been raised for the stained
glass windows at both churches. Recent monies were
given in memory of: James & Robert St. Clair; Ted &
Rita Schneider’s parents; Eunice Saathoff; Rev. Sebastian
Castaneda and Sr. Isabel Castaneda; and Virgil & Joan
Schumaker. We thank everyone for their generous donations.
PARENT SESSION FOR
INFANT/CHILD BAPTISM
The next session for parents wishing
to have an infant/child baptized is
Monday evening, April 6th, at 6:30
p.m. at McAleer Hall. Parents need to
be registered members of Holy Family
Parish. To register for the class, please
call Danelle at the parish office, 3722127.
CATHOLIC MESSENGER
Holy Family Parish is still short $8,139 for the annual
subscriptions to the Catholic Messenger. If you have not
paid for your subscription yet, please do so as soon as
possible. Thank you to all of those who have paid.
“Making a decision to have a child—it is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.
~ Elizabeth Stone
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CALENDAR OF UPCOMING
EVENTS/MEETINGS
RCIA
Tuesday, March 17, 6:30 p.m. @ McAleer Hall
Prayer Shawl
Wednesday, March 18, 10:00 a.m. @ Parish Office
Religious Education
Wednesday, March 18, 7:00 p.m. @ HTHS
Grief Support
Thursday, March 19, 10:00 a.m. @ McAleer Hall
Liturgy Commission
Thursday, March 19, 1:00 p.m. @ Parish Office
Rosary @ The Madison Care Center-Circle 3
Thursday, March 19, 3:15 p.m. @ CC
Forty Hours
Thursday, March 19, 5:30 p.m. Sunday, March 22 @ 4:00 p.m. @ SH
LITURGY MEETING
The Liturgy Commission will be meeting this Thursday, March 19th at 1:00 p.m. at the parish office.
CEMETERY CLEAN-UP
Spring clean-up for Sacred Heart, Elmwood, Oakland
& City Cemetery will begin this Monday, March 16th.
ALL items must be removed. Any items left will be disposed of during cemetery clean-up. No items are to be
placed until Saturday, March 28th. Thank you!
CALLED & GIFTED WORKSHOP
The Hancock County (Illinois) Catholic Churches are
proud to host a Called and Gifted Workshop put on by
the Catherine of Siena Institute. This workshop seeks to
assist Christians with discerning the spiritual gifts that
God has given to them. It will take place on March
18th (7 pm - 9 pm) and March 19th (9am-4pm) at Ss.
Peter and Paul School (1115 Young St., Nauvoo). Lunch
will be provided on March 19th. The only cost is a $6
fee for materials, but a free will offering will be taken
up. All are welcome to attend. To register or for more
information, go to HancockCountyCatholic.org or call
the rectory office at 217-453-2428.
THE LAST SEVEN WORDS OF CHRIST
On Wednesday, March 25th at 7:00
p.m. at St. Mary of the Assumption
Church in West Point, all are welcome to
join Father Dennis Hoffman (St. Mary’s)
and Rev. Richard Eis (West Point Presbyterian Church) for a service of prayer and
reflection on Christ’s last words on the
cross.
Fourth Sunday of Lent
CATHOLIC RADIO STATION
To know more about your Catholic faith, tune into
KDME, 98.3 FM, your Truth and Life Catholic radio station.
YOUTH MINISTRY
At the last After School
Faith Formation Retreat, small
groups of K-6th grade students were read the “Wedding
at Cana” Bible story. Then
the small groups created posters that represented each person. Everyone then had a chance to share what they
wrote and drew on the poster. As in the Bible story, Jesus made wine from water in stone jars. Jesus' concern
was what was in the jars, not what the jars looked like.
THE JUNIOR HIGH RALLY will be held at Regina Catholic Center in Iowa City on Sunday, March
22nd. The theme is "Live Like Jesus Did", LLJD. The
day will have interactive games, learning sessions on
how to serve, pray, worship and talk like Jesus did. This
is a great chance for our 6-8th grade students to meet
other peers from around the diocese. This year in conjunction with the junior high rally, our students will be
involved with several hands on projects. We will be
making fleece blankets for the Ronald McDonald House
children, sending our soldiers that are deployed care
packets and providing cleaning items to food pantries.
This goes along with the theme of the rally and also connects faith with works for our junior high students. A
list of things needed are:
Fleece (for tie blankets);
Crayons (new); Note cards or card stock; Travel-size
personal hygiene items (deodorant, toothbrushes, toothpaste, combs, razors, shaving cream, soap, shampoo,
wash cloths, quart-size and gallon-size ziplock bags);
Rosary-making supplies; Prayer cards; Notebooks; Thank You or Thinking of You greeting
cards; Ribbon; Pet toys. If you secure donations, please
email
Grace
right
away
at:
[email protected] with the subject line of
Rally donations. We need to know no later
than Monday, March 16. Go to davenport diocese.org/
faithformation/junior highrally.htm for more information
or call Mike at 316-2115.
THE ANNUAL PORKY PIG BINGO will be
held Sunday, March 22nd at St. Boniface in Farmington.
The day will begin with Mass at 10:30 am, dinner
at 11:30 am and bingo to begin at 12:15 pm. The bingo
will help pay for our high school students attending National Catholic Youth Conference in Indianapolis this
November. There will be 20 games of bingo, great food
and a wonderful way to build community.
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CRUSADER’S
CORNER
PIES ON PARADE orders need to be turned in by this
Wednesday, March 18th. Any 5-12 Holy Trinity music or
band student has the form. All fruit, crème or sugar free
pies are $11.00 and beef or chicken pot pies $5.00. All pies
are delivered frozen. Pies will be delivered just in time for
Easter, Wednesday, March 25th. This is an annual fund
raiser for the Holy Trinity Music Boosters. Any questions or
if you would like to place an order please contact Julie Hellman 319-371-5313.
HELP NEEDED: We need kitchen help on Friday during the day (March 20th) and Saturday during the day and in
the evening. If you are willing to help, please call or e-mail
Donna at [email protected] or 372-2486 x
5 or Shelley at 372-2486 x 7 or [email protected].
Blue & Silver Celebration Update – A Tribute to Our
Teachers, March 21st - Raffle tickets are available for purchase at any of our school offices or by calling Donna at
319-372-2486 x5 or Shelley at 319-372-2486 x7. Tickets are
$20 each. Grand Prize is $5000; 2nd Prize is $2000; 3rd Prize
is $1000; 4-6th Prizes are $500. Tickets to the event may be
purchased by calling Donna at 319-372-2486 x 5. Remember – all proceeds from the raffle and the event go directly
towards teacher and staff bonuses in 2015. Thank you for
your support!
Varsity Men's Doo-Wop - Our Varsity Men's Doo-Wop
will be available for performance starting in mid-late March.
Doo-Wop is a 10-man a cappella group specialized in
showcasing our school's finest musical talent of the male
persuasion. We sing a repertory comprised of hits from the
60s, 70s and 80s all the way to modern pop, and we're darn
good at it. Song requests are also an option for those who
book at least two weeks in advance.
Anyone seeking information in regard to hiring DooWop should contact director Stewart Beyer @ 641-7808087 (cell) or [email protected]. Call
now and book today!
HTC TAPS - Celebrate Easter and Spring and get fit while
supporting HTC! HTC TAPS is inviting everyone to come
participate in the Bunny Hop Run/Walk 5 and 10 K
event. The event is scheduled for Saturday, April 4th, the
starting line at West Point City Hall.
Registration
at 8am and the race 9am. Registrations forms can be found
on the school's website, http://www.holytrinityschools.org.
Advanced registration before March 20 is $20 and includes
a t-shirt. Registration after March 20 is $25 (t-shirt available for late registration is first-come first served). Drinks
and fruit will be provided for participants. Medals will be
awarded to winners of each age group. Following the Bunny
Hop there will be an Easter parade, an Easter egg hunt,
& lunch in the park all sponsored by various West
Point businesses/groups. Great fun for all.
Fourth Sunday of Lent
STEWARDSHIP OF TIME
Invite a friend or acquaintance to Mass.
STEWARDSHIP OF TALENT
Six stewards gave of their time, talent and treasure to
stain the pews at Ss. Mary and Joseph Church. Twenty
stewards prepared and served a funeral luncheon. Six
stewards stuffed last weekend’s bulletins.
STEWARDSHIP OF TREASURE
SUNDAY, March 8, 2015
HOLY FAMILY PARISH
Regular Envelopes................. $11,069.00
Electronic Giving ....................... $823.85
Offertory ..................................... $523.64
Children’s Envelopes ..................... $6.00
Restricted Gifts ........................... $275.00
HTC Schools .............................. $760.00
TOTAL PARISH GIFTS....... $13,457.49
Also received: Votive Candles - $60; Brown Bag Sunday - $525; Catholic Messenger - $319; Catholic Home
Missions - $20.00; Catholic Relief Services - $643.84;
Rice Bowl - $38.20
ST. JOSEPH PARISH
Envelopes ................................... $756.00
Offertory ..................................... $179.00
Catholic Messenger ...................... $29.00
TOTAL PARISH GIFTS............ $964.00
Stewardship of Treasure Goal
5% of income given in gratitude
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PASTORAL & OFFICE CONTACT INFORMATION
Rev. David Wilkening, Pastor
Rev. Mark Spring, Parochial Vicar
Rev. Mr. Robert Gengenbacher, Deacon
Rev. Dr. Ronald Stein, Deacon
Rev. Mr. David Sallen, Deacon
Sr. Peggy Duffy, Minister of Care, 372-2068
Mike Linnenbrink, Youth Ministry Coordinator, 316-2115
Anita Helling, Business Manager
Danelle Peitz, Secretary
Office Hours:
Mon.-Thurs.: 8:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Friday: 8:30 a.m. – Noon
Office Phone:
372-2127
Office E-Mail:
[email protected]
Office Web Page: www.fortmadisoncatholiccommunity.com
Flocknote:
Flocknote.com/fmcatholic
Facebook:
Fort Madison Holy Family Parish
Prayer Chain:
Mary Neuweg, 372-5444
Cindy Greenwald, 372-1956
MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER WEEKEND
Today’s gospel says “But whoever lives the truth
comes to the light, so that his works may be clearly seen
as done in God”. Let your marriage live in truth and work
through God. The next Worldwide Marriage Encounter
Weekends are on March 20 – 22 in Ankeny, May 1 – 3 in
Iowa City, September 18-20 in Ankeny or October 23-25
in Cedar Falls. For more information visit our website at:
www.iowa-wwme.org or call 563-927-4352.
CRADLE OF HOPE
Unexpected pregnancy? Would like to
learn more about your pregnancy, baby and
how to care for your baby? Cradle of Hope
is here for you and can help. Call the 24hour hotline at 319-931-5759. Fort Madison site hours
have expanded to every Thursday, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
at the Living Hope Nazarene Church, 503 - 22nd Street.
DIVINE MERCY BOOKSTORE HOURS
Saturdays: 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Sundays:
9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Your Catholic bookstore has a wide selection of Baptism, First Communion and Confirmation gifts as well as
rosaries, cards, medals, pictures, books, crucifixes and
much more. Stop in and take a look!
VICTIM ASSISTANCE
To report child abuse contact: Iowa Department of Human
Services Child Abuse Hotline: 800-362-2178 and if it involves
clergy or church personnel also notify Alicia Owens, the Victim Assistance Coordinator, 563-349-5002; [email protected] or
PO Box 232, Bettendorf, IA 52722-0004.
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