Saint Bernard
Alta Vista, IA
Our Lady of Lourdes
Lourdes, IA
Immaculate Conception
Elma, IA
Immaculate Conception
Riceville, IA
Saint Peter
New Haven, IA
Holy Rosary Cluster
Cluster Office at: 203 7th Street Elma, IA 50628-8391
Phone: 641-393-2520 | Website: http://holyrosarycluster.org
Staff
Rev. Steve M. Garner, Pastor [email protected]
Nancy Theis, Secretary [email protected]
Office Hours
The office this week will be staffed from 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.
Weekend Mass Schedule
St. Bernard - Alta Vista
Saturday – 5:00 p.m.
Our Lady of Lourdes - Lourdes
Saturday – 7:00 p.m.
Immaculate Conception - Elma
Sunday – 7:30 a.m.
Immaculate Conception - Riceville
Sunday – 9:00 a.m.
St. Peter - New Haven
Sunday 10:45 a.m.
Confessions
Weekdays before Mass
First Friday 3:00 - 3:45 pm at St. Peter, New Haven
First Friday 4:00 - 4:45 pm at Immaculate Conception, Riceville
Saturday 4:00 - 4:40 pm at St. Bernard, Alta Vista on
weekends when Mass is scheduled.
When there is No Mass scheduled at Alta Vista, confessions
will be available at Our Lady of Lourdes on Saturday from
6:00 - 6:40 pm.
March 22, 2015
Holy Rosary Cluster
Bulletin Deadline
Please have items emailed,
mailed or called to the office
by Monday at noon. We will
try to put as many
appropriate items in the
bulletin as possible.
Scripture Verse
Jesus told her, “I am the
resurrection and the life;
whoever believes in me,
even if he dies, will live, and
everyone who lives and
believes in me will never die.
Do you believe this?” She
said to him, “Yes, Lord. I
have come to believe that
you are the Christ, the Son
of God, the one who is
coming into the world.”
Jn 11:25-27
Mass Intentions For the Week
Monday, March 23
St. Turibius of Mogrovejo - Dn 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 or 13:41c-62/Jn 8:1-11
No Mass - Please pray for vocations
Tuesday, March 24
Lenten Weekday - Nm 21:4-9/Jn 8:21-30
8:00 AM (Elma) - Sister Mary Smith
10:00 AM (Riceville Care Center) - Genevieve Blake
Wednesday, March 25
The Annunciation of the Lord - Is 7:10-14; 8:10/Heb 10:4-10/Lk 1:26-38
8:00 AM (Elma) - Glen Cashman
Thursday, March 26
Lenten Weekday - Gn 17:3-9/Jn 8:51-59
8:00 AM (Elma) - Mike Mitchell
Friday, March 27
Lenten Weekday - Jer 20:10-13/Jn 10:31-42
8:00 AM (Elma) - Cyrus Freidhof
Saturday, March 28
Vigil of Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord - Jn 12:12-16/Is 50:4-7/Phil 2:6-11/Mk 14:1-15:47
5:00 PM (Alta Vista) - Mabel Geerts
7:00 PM (Lourdes) - For the People
Sunday, March 29
Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord - Jn 12:12-16/Is 50:4-7/Phil 2:6-11/Mk 14:1-15:47
7:30 AM (Elma) - Phyllis Dietrich
9:00 AM (Riceville) - Paul & Mary Catherine Retterath
10:00 AM (Elma Colonial Manor/Word and Sacrament) - Bernie Voves
10:45 AM (New Haven) - NO MASS
Liturgical Ministers - March 28/29
Alta Vista
Sue Mahoney (EM)
Rick/Cindy Holthaus (G)
Janell Swehla (L)
Mixed Choir (M)
Ashley Geerts (S)
David Gebel (U)
Dick Gebel (U)
Paul/Linda Gansen (U)
Deann/Tony Meirick (VC)
Lourdes
Bernie Voves (EM)
Joe Thraenert (EM)
Doris Anderson (EM)
Andrew Marr (EM)
Bill Chihak (L)
Cathy Chihak (L)
Mike/Elaine Farrington (R/G)
Justin Nibaur (S)
Eric Shatek (S)
Emily Roberts (S)
Ron Valvoda (U)
Bill Zweibohmer (U)
Mike Bielefeld (U)
Elma
Jane Mai (EM)
Ann O’Brien (EM)
Dennis O’Brien (EM)
Steve/Sheila Kobliska (G)
Sue Miller (L)
Dale Roethler (L)
Mary Heying (R)
Debra Lane (S)
Hannah Lane (S)
Pat/Renee Burke (U)
Dave/Carol Zobeck (U)
Lois McAvoy (VC)
Riceville
JoLynn Eastman (EM)
Mary Novacek (EM)
Joe Pospichal (EM)
Joanne Ries (EM)
Charles Retterath Family (G)
Andrew Marr (L)
Dave Smalley (L)
Zach Lee (S)
Matthew Green (S)
Cole Hale (S)
Jim/Sue Marr (U)
Jim/Becky Miller (U)
PRAY FOR THE SICK
Myrna Ballard, Leonard Barta, Gene Brinckes, Robert Chihak, Bud Counsell, Delores Felder, Joe Friedhoff, Msgr. Donald
Heineman, Millie Kolbet, Ed Kovarik, Linda Larson, Sue Lloyd, Ann Foxen Maas, Ellen Martell, Gladys McGrane, Kyler
Meyers, Delores Nehl, Joe Praska, Marilou Link Roberts, Avis Roethler, Floyd Roethler, Margaret Rouchka, and Bernard
Wendel.
Cluster News
This Weeks Lenten Schedule
Lenten Luncheon & Reflection
March 25th-11:30 am (Riceville Care Center)
Speaker/Topic - Fr. Steve Garner on Mary Magdalene
Individual Confessions
March 27th - 4:00-4:45pm (New Haven)
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
March 27th - 5:00-6:00pm (New Haven)
Lenten Video Series
March 25th - 6:30 - 7:30pm
Lourdes/Elma/Alta Vista (Lourdes Parish Hall)
I.C. Riceville (Riceville Church Basement)
Lenten Communal Penance will be
held Sunday, March 22nd at 2:00 pm
at I.C. Church in Elma. Please take
advantage of this opportunity to receive the sacrament of reconciliation
before Easter. We will have priests to
assist with confessions.
Print/Media Displays
We will have available soon at each of our cluster parishes a “Print and Media Display” rack containing Care
Notes, Lighthouse CD’s, and books for spiritual and faith
enrichment. We are very grateful to those who helped
with the costs of the display and materials either through
direct donations or restricted memorial contributions. The
materials on these racks cover a variety of topics and
address some of the challenges confronting us in this
day and age. Please feel free to make use of these items
and then pass them on to your loved ones.
Marriage Enrichment
The Holy Rosary Faith Formation Committee will be
sponsoring a Marriage Enrichment, “Men are like
Waffles, and Women are like Spaghetti”. Couples of all
ages from the surrounding areas are invited on Sunday,
April 12th. A spaghetti lunch will be served at 12:00, with
presentations from 1:00-4:00pm at the Elma IC Parish
Hall. (Free will donation). Please RSVP to Lyle and Lynn
Ries at 364-5201 or [email protected]. (Please
include couple’s names, phone number, email address,
and if you will be joining us for lunch.)
5th Sunday of Lent
"Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am,
there also will my servant be." In today's Gospel, Jesus
speaks about death. He gives the analogy of the grain of
wheat that must fall to the ground and die in order to produce much fruit. Later, he speaks about how he will be
"lifted up from the earth," making reference to his crucifixion. He says that the fruit of this will be that he will
"draw everyone" to himself.
Jesus is telling us that death yields a greater good, that
it produces fruit. So, when he insists that we must follow
him, we can take courage. Yes, following Jesus means
accompanying him all the way to the cross. It means that
we too are called to carry our own cross and die to ourselves: "Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever
hates his life in this world will preserve it for eternal life."
But this death leads to a greater kind of life. When we
stay connected to Jesus through thick and thin, we receive eternal life in the end! Jesus says, "The Father will
honor whoever serves me."
The season of Lent is designed not only to help us reflect a bit more deeply on the sufferings and death of
Christ, but also to prepare us for the glory that follows.
The joy of Easter and the triumph of the Resurrection are
all the more powerful precisely because they emerge out
of the darkest, most "hopeless" of situations. When we
cling to Jesus even through these kinds of circumstances
in our own lives--whether they be sickness, unemployment, conflict, or disappointment--we are those servants
that Jesus spoke of, the ones who go where Jesus goes,
even when the going gets tough. But let us remember,
as we march through Lent, that this journey will bear
much fruit.
Social Justice Committee
Tuesday, March 31
7:00 pm
Social Justice Committee meeting will be held in the
IC Elma church basement. All representatives and
volunteers are asked to attend this meeting. All parishioners are welcome to attend.
Cluster Stewardship Survey
A reminder this weekend we will again have available at the back of church our Cluster Stewardship
Survey for those who have yet to pick them up.
Please do take the time to fill out this survey and
return it to the cluster office by April 6th (You may
mail the survey to the cluster office or place it in the
weekend collection basket during the offertory).
+ Knights of Columbus +
Corporate Communion
Knights of Columbus will have Corporate
Communion at St. Bernard in Alta Vista on
Saturday, March 28th at 5:00 p.m. Members please
sit at the front of church.
+ Combined Religious Education+
Religious Education Recognition Mass
All are welcome to attend the Combined Religious
Education Mass that will be held at Our Lady of
Lourdes on Saturday, March 28th at 7:00pm.
Thank you to all the students, parents and
catechists for another successful year.
+ St. Bernard +
A BIG thank you to the many
hard workers for another HUGE
success of our annual pork chop
dinner, financially and socially. A
special thanks to Fr. Steve and Andrew Marr for
their many hours of service. The one, much
needed time a year, we pull together as a parish.
So many compliments on a job well done! So
many people have supported us. Again, thanks to
everyone!!! Rick & Cindy Holthaus
Thank you from St. Bernard’s Parish
We would like to thank everyone who attended
and supported our St. Pat’s Pork Chop Dinner.
Also a special thanks to the non-parishioners who
helped us out during this annual event. It was very
much appreciated!
Church Cleaners
Liz Geerts, Mary Lee Geerts, and Suezen Glaser
are church cleaners for the week of March 22nd.
Choir Practice
St. Bernard Choir will have practice on
Wednesday, April 1 at 7:00pm for Good Friday &
Easter Sunday Mass.
+ Our Lady of Lourdes +
Steeple Day (July 26, 2015)
1. Lourdes Steeple Day planning committee
meeting will be Monday, March 30th at 7pm.
Everyone’s input is needed and welcomed.
2. Contact Nancy Valvoda for raffle items,
Margaret Randak for quilts and Margaret
Steinlage or Elaine Farrington for auction items.
It’s not too early to start your projects now.
3. New t-shirt logo for 2015 Steeple Day. Send
entries to Denny Ptacek by April 15th. Winning
entry receives $100.00.
+ St. Peter +
Thank You
Thank you to everyone who attended the
Religious Education recognition and meal. Thank
you to all the families for your donations and to the
students who will be attending the National
Catholic Youth Conference (NCYC) for hosting the
meal.
Calendar Events
Dad’s Belgian Waffles Fundraiser
Sunday, March 29th - 8:30am-12:30pm at
Crestwood High School, Sponsored by CHS
Foreign Travel. $8.00 for All-You-Can-Eat, 5 and
under free. Carry-outs available.
American Martyrs Retreat House
Turning Point Retreat - April 17-19, 2015
Check in Friday, April 17 @ 6:00-8:00pm; Check
out Sunday, April 19 @ 1:00pm. Cost is $135.00.
Call Bernie F. @ 319-350-3345 for more
information or to reserve your spot.
Stewardship Reflection
“If anyone would serve me, “says Jesus in today’s
Gospel, “let him follow me; where I am, there will my
servant be.” In what way is Jesus inviting me to follow
Him? What service is He asking of me?
The Stewardship Committee
Weekly Collection
March 14/15
St. Bernard - Alta Vista
Budget Envelopes
Offertory
Our Lady of Lourdes
Act of Kindness
Budget Envelopes
Easter
Easter Flowers
Immaculate Conception - Elma (No Mass)
Budget Envelopes
Easter Flowers
Immaculate Conception - Riceville
Budget Envelopes
Easter
Easter Flowers
Energy
Offertory
Out of Parish
St. Peter - New Haven
Budget Envelopes
Easter Flowers
Energy
Offertory
Out of Parish
$730.00
96.50
63.00
1,902.00
100.00
50.00
1,106.00
10.00
1,148.00
200.00
45.00
5.00
205.25
20.00
495.00
90.00
130.00
103.00
200.00