HUNGRY?... FOR GOD? July 22, 2012 SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

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1 July 22, 2012 SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME HUNGRY?... FOR GOD? When we ask the Lord for something he gives us more than we need with surplus! When the Lord heard Moses prayer for food He rained down bread from heaven for forty years! At the wedding feast of Cana, Jesus Mother asked for a little wine to save the wedded couple from embarrassment and what was Jesus response, - to miraculously turn six stone jars filled with 150 gallons of water into premium wine! That s the equivalent of 700 bottles of wine! The wedding party could drink to their hearts content. With five loaves and two fish, Jesus feeds 5000 men not counting women and children and gathers left-over!! How generous, how magnanimous, how great is our God in His love for us, in His care for us. When the Lord looks on us, He sees all of our needs, our hopes, our desires and He provides for those who put their faith and trust in Him. But so many a time the Lord finds that the human soul has no desire for God s greater gifts and blessings. That is why opportunities for retreats, for bible studies, for Eucharistic adoration, for reconciliation and for faith formation are so difficult to fill up. Let us pray for a hunger for spiritual things, most of all for a real hunger for God, for prayer, for heaven. O taste and see that the LORD is good; How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him! For to those who fear Him there is no want. But they who seek the LORD - shall not be in want of any good thing. Psalm 34:8-10

2 July 29, th Sunday of Ordinary Time There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish; but what good are these for so many? JOHN 6:9 Give thanks with your Sunday-Giving Sacrificial Gift; Give Praise with your Gift of Ministry as an EMHC, Musician, Lector, Usher, Server,... Walk in Faith,... Spend Time in Daily Prayer,... Be Faithful to Weekend Mass,... See God at Work,... Multiplying What We Offer to Protect, Provide, to Feed So Many!! Many times what we have to offer, - our time, money, energy or talents, seems so inadequate to what we need to renew our lives, our church, our homes or our businesses. In other words we are often confronted with the same challenge that the Apostles and Jesus faced, with a mere five loaves and two fish to feed a multitude of five thousand men not counting women and children! In our local Church for over 130 years through fire, depression, wars and seemingly insurmountable odds, the Lord has always blessed and multiplied whatever is offered in faith and trust in Him to meet the needs of the many and the many needs that we had. He will supply what is lacking. As Christians we are called to live in total surrender to the Lord, putting Him FIRST, surrendering joyfully what we can offer and do at his service and the service of the Church, even if we think it does not amount to much. The Lord will take our meager and inadequate offerings and use them for the greatest amount of good. This rings true of staff employed in Churches and Catholic schools, missionaries and hospitals around the world, who administer to so many with so little and who are compensated not according to the world but with blessings from above, now and beyond. Called to be generous in our offerings and service by the Lord, who blesses us abundantly, we are also reminded to be good stewards, not letting any gift or offering go to waste. Don t feel inadequate,... give thanks,... walk in faith,... spend time in daily prayer,... Be faithful to Weekend mass... see God at work multiplying for us to provide more than we need. Fr. Francis Nigli ++SUNDAY-GIVING AUTO-PAY TRANSITION IN PROGRESS++ You will receive a letter and form in the mail with detailed instructions and return envelopes. We will also have our staff available after designated weekend masses to assist and help anyone through the process and answer their questions. Please help to initiate us into the 21 st century paperless world, that could also give us stability in our budget projection for each month, help to reach all of our registered parishioners and hope to fix the budgetary shortfall and be able to better serve our parish and its budgetary obligations. ++CAMPAIGN PROJECTS UPDATE +FRONT OF GRADE SCHOOL TO COMPLETE AUG 18 +HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS & BOYS LOCKERS TO BE COMPLETED AUG 4 +GRADE SCHOOL ROOF TO BE COMPLETED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE +DEMOLITION & WORK TO BEGIN ON HANDICAP RAMP & GROTTO AUG 5 +HALLWAY CONNECTION BETWEEN GRADE & HIGH SCHOOL START AUG 8 ++FR. FRANCIS SABBATICAL AUG 1- OCT 8, DURING THE SABBATICAL REGULAR MASS & RECONCILIATION SCHEDULE WITH ONLY TWO SMALL ADJUSTMENTS: +NO SATURDAY 8AM MORNING MASS +HOLY COMMUNION SERVICE ON TUESDAY MORNINGS AT 7AM +PLEASE KEEP FR. JAMES & FR. FRANCIS IN YOUR PRAYERS DURING THIS TIME+

3 Parish Schedules Mass Schedule & Intentions Monday, July 30 St. Peter Chrysologus 7:00 am + Helen Classen Tuesday, July 31 St.Ignatius 7:00 am Int. Denny & Karri Allen Wednesday, August 1 St. Alphonsus Liguori 7:00 am + Ray Walnofer Thursday, August 2 St. Eusebius of Vercelli 7:00 am Int. Georgia Blumenstock 4:00 pm + Bonnie O Connor Friday, August 3 7:00 am Int. Connie Dowd Molvig Saturday, August 4 St. John Vianney 8:00 am Communion Service 6:00 pm + Parish Family Sunday, August 5 18h Sunday if Ordinary Time 8:00 am + Fr. Lawrence Fenton 9:30 am + Peter Sojka St. Joseph s 11:15 am + Jim Jarman Monday, July 30 Niobrara Canoe trip for Youth Group. Meet for Mass at 7 am. Tuesday, July 31 1:00 pm Legion of Mary PC Wednesday, August 1 1:00 pm Kraft Korner Thursday, August 2 4:00 pm Nursing Home Mass Friday, August 3 Upcoming Week Saturday, August 4 6:00 pm Mass Sunday, August 5 8:00 am Mass 9:30 am Mass YG Service Project Week - Collecting School Supplies 11:15 am Mass at Amelia 2:00 pm Holy Hour of Grace & Mercy ~ Servers for Daily Mass ~ Mon. Jul 30 7:00 am Kyle Loecker & Traci Vandersnick Tue. Jul 31 7:00 am Kaylee Harvey & Marcus Schneider Wed. Aug 1 7:00 am Casey Vandersnick & Sybil Scofield Thu. Aug 2 7:00 am Zac & Jacob Wiese Fri. Aug 3 7:00 am Abby Riley & Karissa Nichols ~ August 4 & 5 ~ SERVERS 6:00 pm Riley Sibbel & Peyton Birkel 8:00 am Brooke Benson & Christian Walsh 9:30 am Mackenzie and Michael Wecker MUSICIANS 6:00 pm Toni Schneider & Keith Willis 8:00 am Susie Kramer & Jozette Kozisek 9:30 am Danny Leger LECTORS 6:00 pm Cheri McConnell 8:00 am DiAnne Gilg 9:30 am Preston Renshaw EMHC s 6:00 pm Jim & Carol Sibbel, Makayla Wiese, Jeremiah Cuddy, Onie Walters 8:00 am Cameron & Jill Everitt, Alex Fuhrer, Nancy Berg, DiAnne Gilg 9:30 am Janice Vosler, Janette Asher, Brad Reynoldson, Jacob Reiman, Steve Bahrij USHERS 6:00 pm Jim Sullivan, Joe Fuhrer, Leo Vandersnick, Mike Parks 8:00 am Gary Hostert, Tom Schneider, need two volunteers 9:30 am Tony Allen, Norm Kallhoff, Joe Krotter, Rock Closson GREETERS 6:00 pm Chad Dean Family 8:00 am Matt Otte Family 9:30 am Chuck & Betty Hamik Vocation Cross & Prayer Pat Bakerink ***Vocation Cross and Prayers are in the adoration chapel***

4 Parish, School & Community News Please Pray for the Sick Please remember in your prayers Darrel Carr, Andrew Schmaderer, Helen Babl, Monica Huber, Beth Johnson, Mary (Tomjack) Neujahr, Vicky (Spittler) Nickeson, Matthew Peed (brother of Megan Kelly), Kay Shannahan, Lucas Richards, Michael Wedige (brother of Jill Gettert), and all those with long term illnesses. Prayer for Rain Dear Heavenly Father, you said whatsoever any two or more come together and agree and ask in your Son s name, it shall be given. We come to You, humbly, and ask that you bring down the rain to our parched lands. Our famers and ranchers need it desperately, as well as our firefighters. We ask this all in Jesus name, Amen. NEW EMHC AND LECTOR TRAINING There will be training for new lectors and EMHCs at St. Patrick s on Wednesday Aug. 1, at 7pm. Archdiocesan Training & Mandation will be held on Aug. 12th from 1:30 4:30 pm (training) at St. Mary s Church in Norfolk and Wednesday Aug. 29th at 7:30 pm (mandation) at St. Mary s Church in Norfolk. Rides will be provided for those attending. CONCUSSION SCREENING There will concussion screening July 30, - Aug 1, from 5-7 pm at St. Mary s High School Gym conducted by Dr. Preston Renshaw. This is available to all junior and senior high school student athletes who have not had a concussion screening in the last year. Screenings are available to the student athletes in non-contact sports as well. Concussion Presentation Mandatory parent presentation on concussions will be held on Aug. 1st at 7pm in the Parish Hall. At least one parent from each family of students in 3rd-12th grade must attend if you did not attend the May presentation. This is hosted by Dr. Preston Renshaw. Please look on Sycamore Education for more details. For questions, call Tony Allen at ANNUAL ARCHDIOCESE MARRIAGE CELEBRATION MASS Marriage Celebration Masses will be Sunday, Sept. 9th at St. Cecilia Cathedral in Omaha and Sunday Sept. 16th at St. Mary s Parish in Norfolk at 2pm with rosary at 1:30 pm. Marriage Celebration is for parishioners who are celebrating milestone anniversaries of 5, 25, 40, 50, 55, and 60 or more years of marriage. Couples can RSVP for this Mass and the reception afterwards by sending their names, address, and how many years they ve been married to the Family Life Office, Nazareth Hall, 3300 N. 6oth St., Omaha, NE or calling Reggan Simons at You may also register at the parish center in O Neill. Deadline to register is Aug. 7, Lighthouse CDs Half-Price! Available Now in the Kiosk Used CDs Random Titles St. Patrick s Youth Group is working cooperatively with CNCS to collect school supplies for needy families in our area. We will be collecting supplies through Aug. 10th. You may drop your supplies at the following locations: St. Patrick s Parish Office, Avera St. Anthony s Hospital, or at the back of St. Patrick s Church. Supplies needed include: K-Grade 2 Grades 3-8 Grades 9-12 backpack backpack back pack #2 pencils #2 pencils #2 pencils & erasers crayons crayons highlighters pencil box pens pens glue sticks glue sticks calculator single-pocket folder 2-single subject 2-single subject notebooks notebooks Sacrificial Sunday Giving (7/22/12) Give to the Most High as He has given to you, generously, according to your means. Sirach 35:9 Total Weekly Needed for Budget Amount (till 7/1/13) $15, Actual Amount Received $10, Plate (Without Envelope) Total Collection for the week 11, Under Pledge Amount (-3,932.57) Current Sunday UNDER (-12,626.54)

5 Parish, School & Community News St. Joseph s News Call for Mass updates. Mass Schedule Sunday, August 5 11:15 am Sunday, August 12 11:15 am Tuesday, August 14 7:00 pm Liturgical Ministers Sunday, August 5 11:15 am - Intention + Jim Jarman Lector: Lee Tomjack EMHCs: Maureen Metschke, Daryl Tomjack, Cathy Pavel Offering: Mr. & Mrs. Mark Barelmann Servers: Dan Doolittle, Kenade Tomjack Cleaning: Andrea Gartner Vocation Cross: Mr. & Mrs. Mark Barelmann Sunday Stewardship Week s Collection (07/22/12) Weekly Budget Needed (till 7/1/13) Actual since 07/01/12 1, Projected 1, Over projected giving ( ) Balance to date over 4, Church News Parish Council elections will be held August 12. Elections have not been held for several years so four new members will be elected. If you are interested in please contact Father Nigli as soon as possible. The new lector/server schedule is done. Check by the doors for your copy. We are getting ready to rework the prayer chain lists. Unless you contact Sandra at you will be put on a list. As we all now, prayers are very powerful and the more people praying the better. Please Pray For: Darri Carr, Vicki Walter, Brian Brewster, Faye White, Mary Neujahr (Tomjack) and anyone needing a little extra support in their day, may God be there to offer both them and their families comfort and peace. All the firefighters and people that are being affected by all the wild fires in the country. If you have someone you would like added to our prayer list, please contact Sandra at Stewardship From St. Patrick s Kraft Korner Since 1977 $100 towards a Scrubber, a Screen, 100 Bulbs for Grade School, Money for Library Chairs, Books for 1-2 Grades, Dryer Rack for Art Room, Utilities $3,520, Lumber for Library Shelves, $82.50 for Grade School Song Books, $360 for TV, Donated a Quilt, Nativity Set, White Dry Erase Boards, Lettering for Name on Grade School $560, 26 Desks and 24 Chairs $1,188.20, PA System $1,262.50, Home and School $2,000, Vacuum Cleaner $1, , Computers for School $3,200, Fax Machine $256.42, Cartridge $29.96, Revolutionary War Books/Costumes $300, Dinosaur Eggs, Classroom Gifts $1,200, Library Books $25, Kindergarten Table & Chairs $225, Art Room $1,000, Advanced Reading Globe, 2nd & 3rd Math books & Materals$1,653.94, 40 Flag Football Belts, Phonics Readers, Stories of Saints, 25 O.T. Videos $800.60, In the Beginning Videos, Primary Writing, Encounters with the Saints $805.65, Pre School Reading Chairs and Learning Logs, Library Bags, Pots & Seeds, Costumes for Saints, Bulletin Board $350 to each Class for Supplies Sponsor Over 60 Birthday O Neill Nursing Home Had an Annual Quilt Raffle, ending March 17, Made 154 Baptism Bibs & Contributed to St. Patrick s Annual Auction. Many thanks from all at St. Patrick s to Marie Ramold who led the Kraft Korner ministry and the dedicated members for many years. We appreciate all the wonderful gifts you ve provided our church and community. We welcome Betty Hamik ( and JoAnn Schaaf ( ) who will take up the reins of the Kraft Korner Ministry. May God bless all your efforts! WE NEED YOUR HELP! Jane Kersenbrock, director of Religious Education, is desperately looking for CCD teachers for Kindergarten, 1st, and 7th grade religious education program. All interested persons should contact Jane at Classes begin Sept. 5, Looking ahead: School Events 1. Football conditioning starts July School potluck Sunday Aug. 19th at 6:30 pm in parish Hall 3. Aug. 20th First day of School 8 am with early dismissal and SM Parent meeting 7pm 4. Aug. 16th Booster Club Piano Bar Fundraiser at O Neill Community Center