1. religion and spirituality
2. christianity
3. catholicism

Pastoral Staff:
FR. GREGORY VENEKLASE, OCD, ADMIN.
Dk. Robert Kostka, Permanent Deacon
Sue Hanmer, Business Administrator
Kathy Saylor, Secretary
Jean Zielinski, DRE, 906-284-3136
ST. AGNES PARISH
702 N. 4th Ave, Iron River, MI 49935-1304
Phone (906) 265-4557
Fax
(906) 265-7155
ST. CECILIA PARISH
P.O. Box 517
510 Brady Street, Caspian, MI 49915
Phone (906) 265-3777
Email: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.sasc.tcoinc.com/
Or www.dioceseofmarquette.org.
PARISHES’ MEMBERSHIP
New families and individuals are welcome to the
Parishes. It is important that every family or
independent adult register in the Parish of their
choice: to keep our records, especially addresses,
current. Please contact the Office, located at St
Agnes Rectory, to register, as soon as you are able.
Thank you, and Welcome!
BULLETIN NOTICES
Submit bulletin notices in writing to the
Rectory before 9:30am on Monday.
SACRAMENTS:
SUNDAY HOLY MASS SCHEDULE:
St. Agnes 4:00 PM Sat. & 10:00 AM Sun.
St. Cecilia 8:00 AM & 12 NOON Sun.
CONFESSIONS:
Saturday 8:45 AM—9:30 AM at St Cecilia,
2:30 PM—3:30 PM at St. Agnes,
before daily Mass, or by appointment
INFANT BAPTISM:
Parents desiring the Sacrament of Baptism for
their children must be registered and be actively
participating in parish life. Parents must also attend
a Baptism class before the Baptism of their first
child. Contact the office in advance.
MATRIMONY: Arrangements for marriages must be
made at least six months in advance. One of the
parties must be a practicing Catholic.
ANOINTING OF THE SICK:
Whenever someone is seriously ill, hospitalized, or is
dying, contact the parish office immediately.
ST. CECILIA
THE DEDICATION OF THE LATERAN BASILICA
November 9, 2014
ST. AGNES
Welcome to St. Cecilia Parish of Caspian and St. Agnes Parish of Iron River
Mass Intentions
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8
ST C 8:00 AM +Julie McDonald
by Bud Taetsch
ST A 4:00 PM For the parishioners
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9
ST C 8:00 AM +Keith Mitchell
by Vi Balducci
ST A 10:00 AM +Joe Reitmaier
by George & Anne Brunswick
ST C 12:00 PM +Jane Kinney
by her sister Domenica family
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10
ST A 7:35 AM Rosary
ST A 8:00 AM +Kathryn Bugni
by Mrs. Mary Raica & family
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11
ST A 5:05 PM Rosary
ST A 5:30 PM +Arciszewski & Ulanski
by Monica Fiorazo
+MEMORIAL SERVICE+
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12
ST A 7:35 AM Rosary
ST A 8:00 AM +Josephine Kohl
by her family
ADORATION—Benediction at 3pm @ St. Agnes
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13
St. C 7:35 AM Rosary
St. C 8:00 AM +Frederick Phillips
by Paul & Paulette Hytinen
ST C 5:30 PM +MEMORIAL SERVICE+
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14
ST C 7:35 AM Rosary
ST C 8:00 AM +Cirello Family
by Ken & Theresa
ADORATION—Benediction at noon @ St. Cecilia
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15
ST C 8:00 AM +Archie Carlotto
by Kathy Partington-McGuire
ST A 4:00 PM +Patty Waite
by William & Debbie Ketchum
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16
ST C 8:00 AM +Julie McDonald
by Tom & Gloria Ingold
ST A 10:00 AM For the parishioners
ST C 12:00 PM +Keith Mitchell
by Tony Fittante family
SCRIPTURE READINGS
Nov 10 Mon Ti 1:1-9/Lk 17:1-6
Nov 11 Tue—Veteran’s Day
Ti 2:1-8, 11-14/Lk 17:7-10
Nov 12 Wed Ti 3:1-7 Lk 17:11-19
Nov 13 Thu Phlm 7:20 Lk 17:20-25
Nov 14 Fri 2 Jn 4-9 Lk 17:26-37
Nov 15 Sat 3 Jn 5-8 Lk 18:1-8
Nov 16 Sun Prv 31:10-13 1 Thes 5:1-6 Mt 25:14-30
COMMUNITY NEWS
PRO LIFE CORNER
A realty of war is the MIA
(missing in action), those who
did not return home.
In the war on the pre-born,
57,000,000 human beings are
missing in action as well.
They, too, did not return home.
Those soldiers who did not
return from war, and those preborn who died are all a great
loss to our nation and
weaken us as a country.
Please Pray for Vocations.
Celebrating the Wisdom Of
Venerable Bishop Baraga
“And so He willed me to be a
bishop, although I am unworthy, and He gave me all the
Christian Indians here and
wants me to take good care of
them, to exhort them well to
always practice their religion,
to pray well and to behave well
until death. And that is now
what I shall do as long as I
live.” Frederic Baraga from
Kitchi Mekatewikwanaiey
St. Vincent de Paul
In the Gospel Jesus challenges
us to “stay awake” by taking
time to seriously look at ourselves, the priorities of our
lives, and how we are growing
spiritually.
Ask yourself, “what would
Jesus Christ do?”, and then
give a gift to the Society of
St. Vincent de Paul so that
those who are suffering will
be able to celebrate Thanksgiving.
This week our featured advertiser is:
“?”: “Is the Coptic Church in Egypt a
part of the Catholic Church, or an
off-shoot?”
Fr Greg: The Coptic Church in Egypt, by
its tradition, traces its origin back to the
Evangelist [Gospel writer] Saint Mark.
There are two divisions to the Coptic
Church: the Catholic Copts [a minority]
and the Orthodox Copts [a majority]. 
ST. AGNES MEMORIAL SERVICE
ADDITIONS:
David Gendron
Albert Rizzardi
Andrew Carlson
Daniel Gunderman
Nathalie Contardi
Nancy Beber
With great appreciation we
thank Nancy Nelson for donating
the two giant pumpkins and to
Dale Bemis and Faye Atanasoff
for donating all the other pumpkins that the CCD students
decorated so nicely to adorn the
altar at St. Agnes.
Please pray for the Eternal Repose of:
Robert Andree
WILD RIVERS REALTY
427 N. Cedar Ave., Iron River
Jill Ponozzo
Associate Broker Owner-Realtor
906-265-7325
[email protected]
UPCSA—TOTALS:
83 RETURNED ST. AGNES=$16,331
103 RETURNED ST. CECILIA=$16,445
THANK YOU!
NOVEMBER 9, 2014, THE DEDICATION OF THE LATERAN BASILICA
FR. GREG’S NOTES
The Bible Readings for Holy Mass this
week are for the Feast of the Dedication of
the Basilica of St John Lateran in Rome,
Italy. This ancient basilica, made from the
3rd century palace of the Lateran family, is
actually the Pope’s Cathedral in Rome.
Originally called the Church of the Holy
Savior, it is now known as St John Lateran.
As St Peter’s in the Vatican is the “head”
Church for the Pope, as Pope, so the Basilica of St John Lateran is the “head” Church
for the Pope as Bishop of Rome—his Cathedral Church.
The First Reading presents to us the
vision of a heavenly temple, as given to the
Prophet Ezekiel. It symbolizes the spiritual
“water” of God’s Grace “flowing” out from
His Catholic Churches through the Seven
Sacraments which He has given us: Baptism, Confession, Holy Eucharist {Holy
Mass & Holy Communion}, Confirmation,
Holy Matrimony, Holy Orders and Anointing of the Sick. These Sacraments provide
food, water, medicine and Joy for the soul!
The Second Reading reminds us, as did last
week’s Feast of the Poor Souls, that our bodies are made temples of God by Baptism,
and: “If anyone destroys God’s temple, God
will destroy that person; for the temple of
God, which you are, is holy.”
The Gospel shows us just how much
Jesus cares about the temple of the body: He
says that He will raise up the temple of His
body three days after it is destroyed! 
Wish List [St Joseph, O.P.N.]
* an electronic carillon [bells] for St Agnes
* new Church flooring at St Cecilia, repair
and paint walls
* video security system for each Parish
Dream List {St Joseph, O.P.N.}
* 26 yet-needed windows at St Agnes Rectory [replacing the rest of the rotted ones]
* repair/re-surface both parking lots
* camp-style steel pipe gates and concretefilled steel posts to fence-off the St Agnes
property along 3rd Ave, and between the
school & Church, for safety & preservation
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR SICK
Fr. Norm Clisch, Roland Kwasny, Richard Roche,
Jean Ross, Mike Manfrom, Cheri Dennis, Rita
Marlowe, Doug Damp, Ken Damitz, Adeline
Brunell, Suzzette Camomilli, Robert LaMarche,
Corrine Williams, Andrew Tomasoski, Gary P.
Johnson, Sharon Trapasso, August Menghini,
Cari & Pierce Dzanbazoff, Jody Pederson, Debbie Ponozzo Clark, Chris Bal, Betty Webber- Williams, Mary S., Shelly Silfven, Ann Brunamonti,
Lee Routheaux, Sharon Warner, Shirley LaBocki,
Patricia Sebastian, David Ross, Jacob Tomasoski, Donna Hibbard, David Eberhard, Lorraine
Saigh, Joyce Singleton, Jerry Schinella, Ed Lau,
Irene Guisbert, Pat Cole, Charlotte Serena, Juanita Frostell, Aloysius Hasenberg, Marshall
Henke, Carol Hoover, Tony Fittante, Leila Hope
Adamson, Stephanie Tinkey, Bill Koepsell, Gloria
Vjak, Zachary Lambert, Dora Bobula, Helen Shubat, Shannon DeRoche, Clare Gross, Mary Ann
VanWagner, Mary Nelson, Shirley Sartorelli,
Allyce Westphal, Verna Pedranzan, Gene Zanon,
Mary Hall, Kathleen Miller, Jerry Koski, Arla Thomas, Jayni Angeli, Marilyn Uren, Ginny Benson,
Helen Jones, Terri Ann Johnson, Amy Fisco,
Rica Watts, Jim Condon, Corinne Ross, Teresa
Cristan, Ernest Sorby, John Trottier, Regina Robinson, Valerie Tomasoski, Ryan Swee-Hoover,
Vickie Johnson, Irene Youngren, Blanche Gursky, Antoinette Sova, Sandy Moln, Lila Sadino,
family of Dean Choquette, Julius Scalcucci,
Adam Wilson, Marge Phillips, Ted & Frances
Kozicki
Stained-Glass Series
St Cecilia: Baptism of the Lord Jesus
Our next window is in the little alcove
where many of our votive candles are
placed. Judging by the location, size &
shape of the alcove, plus the stained-glass
window, I would say that this alcove was
originally the Baptistery. This means that
the Baptismal font was located there, and
the Sacrament of Baptism was administered there.
And that brings us to the window itself,
which portrays St. John the Baptist baptizing the Lord Jesus in the Jordan River.
Feast Day: Last Day of the Christmas
Season
PARISH CONTRIBUTIONS
118 St. Agnes envelopes were returned last week, representing 42%
of all envelopes sent out. The total
was $2405.50 averaging $20.39 per
contributor.
ST. AGNES
Adults…………....... $2405.50
Loose………………..
189.00
Children…………….
1.00
Fuel/utility………...
155.00
World missions……
22.00
All Saints…………… 266.00
All Souls……………. 362.00
Christmas flowers… 418.00
Votive lights………..
23.00
Total last week……. $3841.50
ST. CECILIA
Adults………………. $3394.50
Loose………………..
101.00
Fuel/utility..……….
436.00
Christmas flowers… 575.00
All Saints…………… 186.00
All Souls……………. 304.00
Propagation of Faith.
78.00
Votive lights………… 114.00
Total Last Week…… $5189.40
145 St. Cecilia envelopes were returned last week, representing 59%
of all envelopes sent out. The total
was $3394.50 averaging $27.16 per
contributor.
Thank you for your generosity!
To all our veterans,
HAPPY VETERAN’S DAY
NOVEMBER 11th
and thank you!
UPCOMING EVENTS AND MEETINGS
Nov. 18 & 25, 6:30pm
Faith Class, St. Agnes Little Flower Room
Nov. 20, 6:30pm
Bible Study, St. Agnes Church Hall
Men’s Club Sunday, Nov. 9, after 8am Mass
St. Agnes Altar Society, Tues, Nov.11, 1pm
Parishes’ Council, Wed., Nov. 12, 6pm
K of C meet Thurs., Nov. 13, 7pm
St. Anne’s Society, Mon., Nov. 17, 1pm
MEMORIAL MASSES
St. Agnes, Tues., Nov. 11, 5:30pm
St. Cecilia, Thurs., Nov. 13, 5:30pm
Call Jan Perlongo, 265-3049, for St. Agnes
Irene Rhines, 906-472-2579, for St. Cecilia
or the office on Mon., Tues., Thurs. or Fri.
and speak to Kathy Saylor