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Liturgical Ministers January 31– February 1
Holy Name
Saturday 5 pm
St. Peter
Sunday 10:00 am
Sunday 8:30 am
Immaculate Conception
Saturday 5:05 pm
Sunday 8:30 am
St. Francis
Sunday 10:30 am
Lector
Anessa Jones
Colleen
Guenther
John Chapman
Tom Miller
Holly Schemmel
Chad Ingels
Eucharistic
Ministers
Karleen Baumler
Kim Reichter
Ken Scholbrock
Ron Bodensteiner
Norm Einck
Barb Heins
Jerry Kelly
Joanie Goddard
Dawn Daughton
Lorraine Pipho
Margaret Teeling
Dave Teeling
Pat Duffy
Kelly Henderson
Lon Tisue
Jim Mitchell
Lori Kime
Anne Sellers
Kurt Wood
Gifts
Scott O’Hare
Family
Mike & Barb Heins Earl & Rosemary
Lehmann
Kelli Schellhorn
Mike Joebgen
Scott O’Hare
Craig Schmitt
Norm Einck
Loren Ihde
Leon Soppe
Doug Daniels
Joel & Nancy
Meyer
Pat Duffy
Lon & Barb Tisue
Jerad Trainor
Ushers
Jay & Ann Dibble
Greeters
Ken & Christi
Scholbrock
Mike & Barb Heins Jay & Ann Dibble
Kay Luebbers
Lynda Miller
Servers
Breana Baumler
Alyssa Jones
Abby Schmitt
Katelyn Tyler
Madelyn Tyler
Mason Schmitt
Shane Duffy
Isabelle Daniels
Brennan Duffy
Theadore Daniels Bennett
Christensen
Money
Counters
Craig Schmitt
Ken Scholbrock
Colleen
Guenther
Barb Heins
Kailee & JK
Prentice
Dennis & Joanie
Goddard
Gary Schmitz
Bill Meyer
Dennis Carey
Dan Fagle
Tom Lamphere
Leon Lentz
Kameryn Ingels
Collin Kime
Sue Frey
Ray Gavin
Please remember in your Masses and prayers people from our cluster who are sick or ailing,
we pray that all will have firm faith and improved health:
From Immaculate Conception: Juliana Blaylock, Dennis Bumgardner, Michelle Heidemann,
Margaret Kuethe, Terri Kuethe, Pat Loomer, Noreen Miller, Peggy Pagel, Don & Pauline Rader,
Fr. Jude Rochford OFM, Rhonda Rochford, Rita Schmitz, and Mark Smith.
From St. Francis of Assisi: Olivia Everett, Rita Manderfield.
From Holy Name: Donna Bodensteiner, Keith Franzen, Hayden Grimm, Jill Krambeer, Kathy Langreck, Jessica McDanel, Roger Michael, Marilyn Miller, Raelonna Patrick, Kenley Scholbrock, Betty Scott, Roland Steinlage, Sue Ungerer, Carl Wagner Jr., Linda Walz and Tom Trewin.
From St. Peter: Michelle Bridge, Ellen Kneeland, Viola Lerch, Julia Martin, & Ken Wagner, Jr.
Rest in Peace: We pray for those in our parishes who have died and for our families who have lost loved
ones. Lisa Baumler of Holy Name Parish in West Union (wife of Keith and mother of Joshua, Dillon, and Cody).
Happenings Around Our Area
Wednesday, February 11, 2015: Friendship Tea at 1:30 pm in St. John’s Parish Hall 324 East First Street,
Sumner, Iowa. Guest program will be “Quilts-Our Fathers Arms on Earth” presented by Marie Weber of Bethany Lutheran Church in Elkader. Refreshments and fellowship will follow the program. Please RSVP by
Wednesday, February 4th to the church office at 563-578-8564.
Monday, November 9 - Thursday November 19, Spain, Fatima & Lourdes Pilgrimage: Come along to some
of the most sacred places in all of Europe. We’ll visit Barcelona, Montserrat Monastery, Lourdes, Madrid,
Avila, Fatima, Lisbon and so much more! Mass each day in great Churches and Cathedrals along the way.
Cost is $3,279 with departure from Omaha. For a brochure and more information, contact Fr. Dan Guenther, Immaculate Conception Parish, P.O. Box 658, Cherokee, Iowa 51012 or call 712-225-4606 or email
[email protected]
January 25, 2015 - Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
St. Joseph the Worker Cluster - The Catholic parishes of Immaculate Conception, Sumner,
St. Francis of Assisi, Fayette, Holy Name, West Union, and St. Peter, Clermont.
Masses & Intentions
1/26/15 - Monday
9:00 am, HN
Charles Broghammer
1/27/15 - Tuesday
7:30 am, IC
Word & Communion
9:00 am, HN
Paul Kaiser
1/28/15- Wednesday
9:00 am, HN
No Mass
9:00 am, SFA
The Berkes Family
1/29/15 – Thursday
9:00 am, SP
Rev. Thomas Purtell
1/30/15 – Friday
9:00 am, IC
Hillcrest Nursing Home
Cecilia Rochford Molid
9:00 am, HN
Cecilia Hoeger
1/31/15 – Saturday
7:30 am, IC
Ed Easton
5:00 pm, HN
Catholic Daughters
Living & Deceased
5:05 pm, IC
For the People
2/1/15 – Sunday
8:30 am, SP
The Chizek Family
8:30 am, IC
Tom Smith
10:00 am, HN
Francis Hageman
10:30 am, SFA
For the People
MISSION STATEMENT: Celebrating parish identity as we work to
become one family of God and strive to serve in the name of Christ.
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Pastor: Fr. Jim Brokman [email protected]
Rectory & Church Office:
1-888-578-5366 or 563-578-5366
Sacramental Priest: Fr. Dale Rausch,
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All bulletin information directed to:
[email protected] by 5 pm Tuesday evening
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Saturday and Sunday Mass & Reconciliation Times
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MASS TIMES on Saturdays:
7:30 am, Immaculate Conception, Sumner
5:00 pm, Holy Name, West Union / Confession 4:00 - 4:45 pm
5:05 pm, Immaculate Conception, Sumner / Confession 4:20 - 4:45 pm
MASS TIMES on Sundays:
8:30 am, Immaculate Conception, Sumner / Confession 8:00 - 8:20 am
8:30 am, Saint Peter, Clermont
10:00 am, Holy Name, West Union
10:30 am, St. Francis of Assisi, Fayette / Confession 10:10 - 10:25 am
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St. Peter, Clermont:
Bookkeeper/Secretary:
Kathy Turner, 563-423-6007
[email protected]
CRE/Youth/Young Adult:
Mary Olson, 563-380-6135 &
[email protected]
Immaculate Conception, Sumner:
Office Hours
Church office: 563-578-5366
Bookkeeper/Secretary: Cindy Jacob
[email protected]
Faith Formation Office, 563-578-8227
Faith Formation Program Manager:
Pam Schmitt: [email protected]
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St. Francis of Assisi, Fayette:
Bookkeeper: Delores Fagle Thom
563-425-4410 & [email protected]
Faith Formation Office, 563-425-3228
CRE, Holly Streeter,
563-425-5340 & 563-419-4661
Holy Name, West Union:
Office Hours 9 am to 12 pm Mon - Fri
Parish Office, 563-422-3184
Bookkeeper/Secretary: Donna Bodensteiner
[email protected]
Faith Formation Office, 563-422-5722
Faith Formation Program Managers:
Pam Rochford: [email protected]
Jamie Hoey:
[email protected]
Kathy Wenthold: [email protected]
Holy Name, West Union
St. Peter, Clermont
Immaculate Conception, Sumner
Thanks to Unit 3 of the Rosary Society and to all
others who helped with the Funeral Mass and
luncheon for Lisa Baumler. How blessed we are at
Holy Name to have so many good people who
bring God’s comfort in times of need.
Thursday, February 19, St. Peter’s Finance Council
Meeting, 7:00 pm.
Thursday, February 5, IC Finance Council Meeting , 7:00 pm in Kleiner Hall.
Thursday, February 19, St. Francis of Assisi Finance
Council Meeting, 7:00 pm.
Donations can still be made toward the Clavinova
project, envelopes marked Music can be placed
in the offering collection. Thank you, Music Dept.
NCYC—National Catholic Youth Choir is hosting a
choir camp June 15 – 30, 2015. Check out the flyer
on the bulletin board in the Gathering Space for
details and/or contact Pam Rochford for questions concerning the camp.
St. Francis: Prayer Chain: if you wish to be a recipient or prayer partner please contact Anne Seller
at 563-425-4116 or Pat Burghardt at 563-578-8258
or email [email protected]
We are now searching for a new Secretary /
Bookkeeper for Holy Name Parish. If you think you
might be interested in this position please contact
Fr. Jim or Bernice Holthaus for a job description.
We hope to have the job filled by April 1. Thanks
to all who are helping to cover the bases during
this time.
St. Peter's Bible study program has started. It will
be held the following dates from 7:00 to 8:30 each
evening. January 28, February 11, February 25,
March 11, March 25, April 8 and April 22. Feel free
to contact Mary Olson if you are interested.
Sacrificial Giving 1/18/15 Total: $844.26
Financial giving statements were sent out this past
week. If you notice a mistake in yours, please call
the parish office so it can be rectified. And,
thanks to everyone for your generosity during the
past year.
Thursday, February 12, Holy Name Finance Council Meeting, 7:00 pm.
“Sharing Gifts from God” - January is Soup and
Cracker Month. All soups & stews, snack crackers
and saltines, etc. would be appreciated.
Sacrificial Giving 1/18/15 Total: $2,164.91
Adult Envelopes
Offertory
Bldg. & Repairs
Holy Day
CRE
KC Birthright
1,344.00
92.19
30.00
25.00
5.00
668.72
Knights of Columbus Birthright Collection Report
Thanks to all the parishes that participated in this
year’s Knights of Columbus annual rose drive to raise
money for Birthright in Decorah. Proceeds go to help
those with unplanned pregnancies safely deliver and
care for their children. It’s hard to think of a more godly cause. This year the parishes of our cluster donated
$1,195.89 and on Monday night in West Union the
Knights decided to give an even $1,250 to Birthright.
Thanks especially go to Bill Bouska for all his efforts to
arrange the logistics of this act of charity and thanks to
Clem Schemmel for heading up the charge in Sumner.
May God Bless the Knights of Columbus for all they
do.
Upcoming Knights of Columbus Events
Feb. 4 - 7:30 pm Travel Gavel - Clermont
Feb. 16 - 8:00 pm Travel Gavel - West Union
Mar. 13 - KC LENTEN FISH FRY - West Union
Adult Envelopes
Youth Envelopes
Offertory
Christmas
741.00
4.00
49.26
50.00
Pope’s intentions for January
Universal: Peace - That those from diverse religious traditions and all people of good will may
work together for peace.
Evangelization: Consecrated life - That
in this year dedicated to consecrated
life, religious men and women may rediscover the joy of following Christ and
strive to serve the poor with zeal.
Stewardship Quote
There is a certain urgency in today’s Gospel as Jesus calls
His first disciples---Andrew and Simon, James and John.
Each one follows Jesus immediately, unhesitatingly abandoning nets and boats and father and fellow-workers. To what
is Jesus calling me---at this moment, in these circumstances?
What will I need to abandon in order to follow Him?
Read about these topics in the Jan. 25 Witness:
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Hundreds from Dubuque Archdiocese prepare to
travel to Washington for National March for Life,
Iowa bishops join crowds at Midwest March for
Life in Des Moines
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Coverage of Catholic Schools Week
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Aquin elementary school reaches $100,000
fundraising goal, and aims to establish tuition
assistance program with help from anonymous
matching donor
Crisis Pregnancy Center- # 1-800-395-HELP
and Iowa website: www. heartbeatinternational.org
Divine Mercy is doing a new ministry and is asking
for the parish assistance in providing a meal once
a week for Fr. Brokman. The dates that are available are February 3, 10, 17, and 24. Please contact
Nancy Meyer at 563-578-8402 to reserve a date
and get additional information
“His Hands Food Pantry” January is paper month.
Suggested items are: Paper towels, toilet paper,
tissues, aluminum foil, baggies, etc.
Update Prayer Chain: If you change your email
address or want to be added to the prayer chain,
please contact Lorraine Pipho. If you do not have
email, but would like to be contacted, call Lorraine or the rectory office.
The traveling Virgin Mary statue….has she been to
your home yet? A sign up sheet is in the west entrance to church for anyone interested in having
the statue in their home for one week.
Sacrificial Giving 1/18/15 Total: $1,508.00
Adult Envelopes
Youth Envelopes
Offertory
Pro-life
Birthright
1,386.00
9.00
103.00
10.00
354.00
Martha & Mary Women’s Conference - February
21st at the Grand River Center in Dubuque. Women of
all ages are invited to attend. There will be dynamic
Catholic speakers, music, and more. Special sessions
for teens! Register by February 7th and take $5 off the
registration fee! To register, call 563-580-9373 or go
online at www.springtimeofhope.org.
Hearing Aid Assistance Available
Know someone who needs hearing aids and can’t afford them--- Starkey Hearing Foundation-Hear Now
program provides help! Call 800-328-8602 to discuss
eligibility with a Hear Now representative.
E-Mail: [email protected] to request an application for assistance.
St. Francis of Assisi, Fayette
Do you have unneeded coats. The Peacocks for
Progress organization at Upper Iowa University is
collecting coats for the Family and Children’s
Council of Greater Waterloo. Look for the donation box in church to drop off yours.
American Legion Post 339 is sponsoring a Patriotic
Pasta Dinner on Monday, Jan. 26, from 5:00-7:30
pm in the Fayette Legion Hall. Come and support
your local Legion as they continue to serve us all.
“Sharing Gifts from God” – January is Soup and
Cracker Month: All soups & stews, snack crackers
and saltines, etc. would be appreciated.
Sacrificial Giving 1/18/15 Total: $1,199.34
Adult Envelopes
Youth Envelopes
Offertory
Rice Bowl
Birthright
889.00
9.00
84.06
44.11
173.17
Saturday, February 7, a night of dancing, gaming, auctions,
and hors d’oervres awaits you at the Fayette Opera House
beginning at 7:00pm. Advance tickets for this fundraising
event benefitting the Opera House and Fayette Lions Club
are $20 and tickets are available at the door for $25. Tickets
are available by calling 563-425-4526 or 563-425-3232.
A silent auction will run throughout the evening! You can
also experience the excitement of a live auction to help
spend all your Gala Chips Winnings! Many exciting items
will be up for auction ranging from sports packages and
memorabilia to fine art and culinary art, gift certificates,
theme baskets and so much more!
Northeast Iowa Area Agency on Aging host a Caregiver
Support Group monthly in Oelwein, The support group is
held the third Tuesday of each month at the Arlington Place
Assisted Living. Individuals providing care to an older adult
are invited to attend and discuss the many challenges and
rewards of care giving in a confidential environment. For
more information contact Barb Labosky at 1-800-233-4603.
Archdiocesan web site is: http://
www.dbqarch.org/