December 23, 2018 Forth Sunday of Advent St. Mary Parish Office 109 4th Street P.O. Box 68 West Point, IA 52656 Phone... (319) 837-6808 Email... westpointstmary@diodav.org Website... www.westpointstmary.org Parish Council President... Bruce Wellman Trustee... Anthony Schulte Trustee... Roger Fullenkamp Saint Boniface Parish Office 609 Washington Street P.O. Box 247 Farmington, IA 52626 Phone... (319) 878-3736 Parish Council President... Gavin Burgess Trustee... Todd Herdrich Trustee... Richard Breckenridge Pastoral Staff Pastor Rev. Dennis Hoffman... (319) 837-8120 Office Phone... (319) 837-6808 E-Mail... hoffmand@diodav.org Rectory Address 603 Bel Air Dr Fr. Dennis Office Hours: Tuesday... 10:30 am to Noon Wednesday... 10:00 am to 11:30 am Parish Coordinator Rebecca Hannum... (319) 837-6808 E-Mail... westpointstmarypa@diodav.org Rebecca s Office Hours Monday-Friday...8:00 am to 4:00 pm Secretary Deb Fullenkamp... (319) 837-6808 Deb s Office Hours Monday-Thursday... 8:00 am to Noon Every other Friday... 8:00 am to Noon Director of Religious Education Dixie Booten... (319) 837-8905 Cell... (319) 371-5043 Email... westpointstmarydre@diodav.org Saint Mary of the Assumption West Point & Saint Boniface Farmington Weekend Mass Schedule Saturday 5:30 pm St. Mary s Sunday 8:00 am St. Mary s Sunday 5:30 pm 2nd & 4th St Mary s Sunday 10:30 am St. Boniface Let us pray as Advent draws to a close that Christ will truly come into our hearts. Lord, fill our hearts with your love, and as you revealed to us by an angel the coming of your Son as man, so lead us through his suffering and death to the glory of his resurrection.
Eucharistic Adoration First Friday (WP) 8:00 am-5:00 pm. Confessions Saturday (WP) 4:30-5:00 pm and as announced. Baptisms /Weddings Please fill out a form found on the Parish Website and call St. Mary s Parish Office at (319) 837-6808 to make an appt. with Father Sick Calls: Contact the Parish Office if you or a family member are unable to attend Mass and receive the Sacraments due to illness or age. Please notify the Parish Office if you go into the hospital, we would like to visit you. Parish Prayer Lines St. Mary...Eleanor Menke @(319) 837-6895 St. Boniface.(319) 835-5520/592-3238 Holy Trinity Catholic Schools Website... www.holytrinityschools.org High School (Grades 7-12) 2600 Avenue A Fort Madison, IA 52627 CAO: Michael Sheerin (319) 372-2486 School Board President: Steve Link School Board Vice President: Loren Menke West Point Representative: Ray Menke Elementary (Grades K-6) 413 Avenue C West Point, IA 52656 (319) 837-6131 Early Childhood Center 2040 Locust Street St. Paul, IA 52657 / 2213 Avenue J Fort Madison, IA 52627 Phone (319) 372-6428 With the year nearly over what better time than now to make your contribution to the Annual Diocese Appeal. We have had a very good response so far. St. Mary s have met 88% of their goal of $24, 849.00. with $22,008.00 pledged and $2,841.00 needed to reach their goal. St. Boniface has reached 98% of the goal of $13,748.00 with $13,505.00 pledged with $243.00 remaining. Thank you to all who have given and hopefully we will be able to make our goals in the very near future. Your gift to the Diocesan Annual Appeal is used, without exception, to support the ministries, and programs of the Diocese. As fellow brothers and sisters in Christ, we are all called to serve one another according to our gifts and abilities. ~ Bishop Thomas Zinkula Video-making Contest for Youth Grades K-12: As part of the Vision 20/20 process all youth (individuals or groups) of the diocese are invited to create a 30-90 second video to celebrate their Catholic faith using one of these themes: 20/20 1. What makes me proud to be Catholic? 2. What about being Catholic brings me joy? 3. In what ways can I share my Catholic faith with others? Entries may be submitted by individuals or groups of up to 25 members. The winning video will be chosen based on clarity, visual appeal, and creativity. The creator/s of the winning video will join Bishop Zinkula for a surprise event. Entries are due by January 15. For contest rules go to https://www.davenportdiocese.org/vision-2020-video-contest. Food, Fellowship and a Fundraiser...The Knights will be sponsoring a chicken dinner at the Charleston Board of Board of Trade on January 27th. Wrist bands will be made available soon. All proceeds will go towards our goal of providing two $500 scholarships. The Knights of Columbus and St. Mary's parish invite you to join us for Mass and a Chicken Dinner. This is to correspond with the dinner being served at Charleston Board of Trade. Sunday, January 27th evening Mass will be held as usual @ 5:30 PM, the Knights will then deliver a Chicken Dinner at 6:30 PM. The dinner will include 2 pieces of Chicken, potatoes and 2 sides for $10 per person or $4 for children 10 and under. To sign up please stop in the back of church after Mass on Dec 22nd, Dec 30th, Jan 6 or Jan 13th to buy your presale wristband. At the time of purchase tell them you would like your dinner to be a delivered to St. Mary's! All are invited to stay and enjoy their dinner in the Ossenbrink Center. St. Mary's will provide refreshments. If you have any questions please contact Mike Linnenbrink @ 316-2115 or Rebecca Hannum at the parish office. As a family of Christians we at St. Mary's are called to donate to those less fortunate than us. In keeping with the theme from The Bishops 20/20 Vision those attending the group discussion it was brought before the parish and finance counsel that we should be doing more to help others in need. Beginning the first weekend of January the second collection at Mass will be donated to charity Charities will be designated on a monthly basis and posted in advance in the bulletin and announced each month. January all second collection offerings will be donated to the End of the Month Meals that are served in Fort Madison. We thank you in advance for your generous support. The Holy Trinity Elementary School Project is well underway. If you want to see how the project is going you can follow all the progress at www.facebook.com/ HTCElementaryschoolproject/ this page has photos and videos for you to view. We thank everyone for your contributions to the project that will provide for future generations of HTC students. Christmas Mass Schedule Monday, December 24th St. Mary s @ 4:00 pm (Children may bring an unwrapped gift to Baby Jesus such as diapers, wipes, formula, etc.) St. Boniface @ 7:00 pm St. Mary s @ 10:00 pm (Choir sings Christmas Carols at 9:30 pm) Tuesday, December 25th St. Mary s @ 8:00 am
The Holy Trinity Catholic Elementary School has the theme of "Anchored in God's Love" for the current school year. This season of Advent and the anticipation of Christmas is a wonderful time to focus on God's love. We are so blessed with families who truly care about the values of education and faith. We are immensely proud of our mission to help each student grow academically and spiritually. Each day in December is a day to appreciate the true celebration of Christmas and the gift of Jesus in our lives. Holy Trinity Catholic is always busy engaging our students from preschool to high school. We encourage you to come to our events and activities. It is truly inspiring to see our young people working in their endeavors and taking pride in themselves. Coming together to cheer on our student athletes or to applaud the talents of our musicians is time well spent. Most importantly, we wish for everyone in our parishes to feel anchored in God's love and to let Christmas fill your hearts and homes with joy. Blessings to you, Holy Trinity Catholic Schools As we gather to celebrate Christmas, another year has passed with many events, public and private, touching our lives in different ways. No doubt this year has brought joys and sadness in different measure to each person, all coloring our memories of 2018. Traditionally, we see Christmas as a time of peace and joy, a time to celebrate with family, with friends and loved ones. We do hope that your Christmas will have something of that peace, joy and celebration. Such joyful celebrations may not be possible for some. You may have lost a loved one since last Christmas, or you may be overburdened by money worries, family problems or for many other reasons. If you are, we want to assure you that, as a parish community, we do care and offer you our support. At St. Mary s we have seen some exciting changes occur as we near the end of the year. We have a new school going up that will enable us to bring student learning into the 21st century. Many people have been involved in bringing about these initiatives. We give thanks for the many parishioners who have given generously of their time and talents in making this parish such an energetic, faith-filled community. Maybe the Christmas message this year is a challenge for all of us to become more involved. It is not so much a question of giving more; instead of giving more of ourselves. Our Bishop, Thomas Zinkula has asked us to help him find ways to better the Diocese of Davenport. After all, that s what God was doing when He got involved with us and our world at the first Christmas. Christmas belongs to believers, to those who believe that Jesus Christ, Son of God, was born of the Virgin Mary to reconcile us to one another and to the Father. This is why He came. God will fill us with His peace if there is room in our lives for Him. Thank you for helping us along the journey. May you be blessed with peace and joy at Christmas and in the New Year. A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!
Monday, December 24 Tuesday, December 25 Wed, Thurs., Fri Saturday, December 29 Sunday, December 30 Monday, December 31 St. Mary Mass Schedule Weekend Saturday (WP) 5:30 pm Sunday (WP) 8:00 am, (FA) 10:30 am 2nd & 4th( WP) 5:30 PM Weekday Tuesday (FA) 9:00 am Every Third Tuesday (FA) 7:00 pm Wednesday (WP) 8:45 am 1st & 3rd Thursday (WPCC) 10:00 am Other Thursdays (WP) 7:30 am 1st Friday (DNCC) 10:00 am, (WP) 5:30 pm Other Fridays (WP) 7:30 am Mass Intentions WP 4:00 Marjorie Fedler FA 7:00 Parishioners WP 10:00 Parishioners Greg Sallen NO MASSES Art Menke Gary Kruse FA Parishioners FA 5:30 PM Parishioners The Parishioners of St. Mary s & St. Boniface pray the rosary for world peace before Mass on Saturday night and Sunday morning. Stewardship of Treasure December 16, 2018 Adults $1,310.00 Offertory $69.00 Second Collection $169.00 HTC $1,375.00 Total $2,923.00 Envelopes 80 St Boniface Adults $1,505.00 Offertory $49.00 Total $1,554.00 Envelopes 32 Any donations you would like to make for 2018 should be dropped in the collection basket before December 30th or be post marked by December 28th. Contribution statements will be available in the back of church in late January. Please contact the office if you have any questions. Parish Offices Closed Saturday Dec. 22rd - Tuesday, Jan. 1st. For Christmas & New Years St. Mary Liturgical Roles Saturday, (December 29) at 5:30 pm Lead Rosary Marilyn Watznauer Ushers: Dalton Robu, Mike Salata Matthew & Jill Garmoe Greeters: Myrna McVey, Mary Jane Montgomery Servers : Adam & Maria Rauenbuehler Grace Fedler Lector: Dixie Booten Gift bearers: Mitch & Nancy Hunold E. Ministers: Mary Overton, JoAnn Lampe, Vera Boeding Bulletins: Mitch & Nancy Hunold, Gary & Joan Harmeyer Scrip: Susan Fedler, Deb Fullenkamp Sunday, (December 30) at 8:00 am Lead Rosary Kate Menke Ushers: Ron Fedler, Marvin Menke, Mel sanders Greeters: Bob & Jean Mann Servers : Nick Booten, Nathan Box, Chase Menke Lector: Nathan Menke Gift bearers: Sue Myers, Maureen Kieler E. Ministers: Emily Otte, Tom Boeding, Linda Peitz Bulletins: Kelly Goodrich Family Marcella Holtkamp, Martha Steffensmeier Scrip: Kate Menke, Jan Steffensmeier Counters Will & Lu Ward, Bob Schierbrock St. Boniface Liturgical Roles Sunday, (December 30) at 10:30 am Ushers: Craig Witting, Jermi Wilken Greeters: Ted Wenke Family Servers : Isaiah Meek, Oliver Tackett Lector: Rita Smith Gift bearers: Jessica & Austin Moore E. Ministers: Gavin Burgess, Bette Burke, Kathy Fett Counters Alfred Fraise, Rita Wenke Readings for the Week December 23, 2018 Sunday: Mi 5:1-4a/Ps 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-18/Heb 10:5-10/Lk 1:39-45 Monday: 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16/Ps 89:2-3, 4-5, 27 and 29/Lk 1:67-79 Tuesday: Vigil: Is 62:1-5/Ps 89:4-5, 16-17, 27, 2/ Acts 13:16-17, 22-25/Mt 1:1-25 or 1:18-25 Midnight: Is 9:1-6/Ps 96:1-2, 2-3, 11-12, 13/ Ti 2:11-14/Lk 2:1-14 Dawn: Is 62:11-12/Ps 97:1, 6, 11-12/Ti 3:4-7/ Lk 2:15-20 Day: Is 52:7-10/Ps 98:1, 2-3, 3-4, 5-6/ Heb 1:1-6/Jn 1:1-18 or Jn 1:1-5, 9-14 Wednesday: Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59/Ps 31:3cd-4, 6 and 8ab, 16bc and 17/Mt 10:17-22 Thursday: 1 Jn 1:1-4/Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 11-12/Jn 20:1a, 2-8 Friday: 1 Jn 1:5 2:2/Ps 124:2-3, 4-5, 7cd-8/Mt 2:13-18 Saturday: 1 Jn 2:3-11/Ps 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 5b-6/Lk 2:22-35 Sunday: 1 Sm 1:20-22, 24-28/Ps 84:2-3, 5-6, 9-10/ 1 Jn 3:1-2, 21-24/Lk 2:41-52