February 3, 2019 Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time 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 When the people in the synagogue heard this, they all filled with fury. They rose up, drove him out of the town, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their town had been built, to hurl him down headlong. But Jesus passed through the midst of them and went away. Lk 4:289-30
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 Feb 2 Feb 3 Feb 6 Feb 6 Feb 10 Feb 14 Feb 17 Feb 18 Feb 19 Feb 24 Feb 25 Groundhog Day St Blaise-Blessing of the throat SM Parish Council Meeting Confirmation Class First Penance SB Gathering after Mass Valentine s Day Confirmation retreat President s Day SB Parish Council Mtg SB Gathering after Mass SM Rosary makers A Bible Study on the Book of Revelation will begin on Monday, February 4th at St. Mary's Parish Office at 6:30 pm. The 10 week course will meet every other Monday evening. To register or if you have any questions, please give Dixie a call at 837-8905. Now Enrolling for the 2019-2020 School Year State Licensed preschool Emphasis on Christian Values Experience & caring faculty Safe, faith based environment Kindergarten readiness programs Daycare on site Limited Spots Available Preschool Open House Bring your soon to be preschoolers and Join Us Monday, February 25th at the St. Paul Center, 2040 Locust St. Thursday, February 28th at the Ft. Madison Center 2213 Ave J 5:00pm 7:00pm For Additional Information Please Call 319-372-6428 Kindergarten Information Night Tuesday, February 26th at 6:30 p.m. at HTC Elementary School Join us for an opportunity to learn more about the advantages of Holy Trinity Catholic and our new state-of-the-art elementary school. Kindergarten Round Up Friday, March 8th at HTC Elementary in West Point Please call Eileen at 319-837-6131 ext. 106 to schedule a one hour appointment for you and your child. Since we are in the season of open enrollment for our Early Childhood Centers and our Kindergarten programs this is a good time to reflect on how important faith in education is. We are very blessed with schools that seek to teach our children not only academics but also strive to develop good character and strong morals. What makes Catholic schools unique is that we accomplish this, and much more, through God's guidance. We deepen the understanding of the traditions of the Catholic faith not only in religion class but also throughout the school day. Our faith comes through in weekly school Mass, daily morning and lunch time prayers. What a blessing it is to have God so thoroughly in our classrooms. Please help spread the word about the strong educational opportunities of Holy Trinity Catholic Schools. We always strive to foster scholastic achievement and to develop a culture of seeking the good of others above self - at school, at home, and in our communities. This is the stewardship taught in our schools and in our faith. We are building and growing by putting our faith in action at Holy Trinity Catholic. If you would like to learn more about our educational opportunities at Holy Trinity Catholic please contact Shelley Sheerin at 319-372-2486 x7 or Brenda Graham 319-372-2486 x5. For specific information about our preschool and pre-kindergarten programs you may contact the Early Childhood Center at 319-372-6428. We want to thank you for allowing our representatives to display olivewood carvings at your parish on January 5th and 6th, 2019. On behalf of the Christian families in the Bethlehem area, my family, and my staff, we wish to express our sincere appreciation for your trust. Thanks to the support of your parishioners, our total sales were $3,296.88. We are grateful for your understanding, interest and especially for your kind hospitality during our visit with you. Faithfully yours in Christ, ~Awad Qumseya
Pope Francis issued a powerful wake up call to hundreds of thousands of young people from 155 countries, in his homily at the closing Mass of World Youth Day in Panama on Sunday, Jan. 27. He told them, Dear young people, you are not the future but the now of God and he invites you and calls you in your communities and cities to go out and find your grandparents and elders; to stand up and with them to speak out and realize the dream that the Lord has dreamed for you. He urged these young people from all continents, as they waved the flags of their home countries, to realize that you have a mission and fall in love; that will decide everything, as Father Pedro Arrupe, former Father General of the Jesuits, once said. Francis reminded the young, we may possess everything, but if we lack the passion of love, we will have nothing. He appealed to them, Let us allow the Lord to make us fall in love! The vast majority of young people had slept in tents or sleeping bags in the extensive Metro Park overnight, after attending evening s prayer vigil with the pope. At six o clock the next morning, they received a stirring wake-up call over the public address system, to the sounds of drums and music. But that was nothing compared to the wake-up that Pope Francis issued to them in the presence of the presidents of Panama, Costa Rica, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Portugal. The evening s vigil of prayer and the next day s Mass were enriched by the presence near the altar of the blood-stained shirt that Archbishop Óscar Romero was wearing when he was shot while celebrating Mass, and his episcopal mitre on which was emblazoned the words to think with the church. Also, at the side of the altar stood the pilgrim statue of Our Lady of Fatima which had been brought here from Portugal. Cardinal Kevin Farrell, President of the Vatican s Dicastery for the Laity, the Family, and Life, which is co-organizer of the W.Y.D. along with the local church, announced that the next World Youth Day will be held in Portugal. He did not give an exact date, but it is widely expected to be held in 2022. In his homily at the festive Eucharistic celebration, which was concelebrated by 450 cardinals and bishops from many countries including the United States, and 4,000 priests, Francis told them that Jesus was inviting each one present to join him in his mission today, not tomorrow. He did so by drawing on the Gospel of the day which tells how, as a young man, Jesus began his public ministry when he went into the synagogue in Nazareth and stood up and put into action God s dream by proclaiming good news to the poor bringing liberty to captives and recovering of sight to the blind, setting at liberty those who are oppressed, announcing the year of the Lord s favor (Luke 4.20-21). Pope Francis explained that Jesus reveals the now of God, who comes to meet us and to call us to take part in this same mission today. Pope Francis explained that the now of God becomes present with Jesus. It is a merciful love that does not wait for ideal or perfect situations to show itself, nor does it accept excuses for its appearance, the pope said. He continued, It is God s time that makes every situation and place both right and proper. In Jesus, the promised future begins and becomes life. Francis warned the youth against thinking that your mission, your vocation, even your life itself, is a promise far off in the future, having nothing to do with the present. As if being young were a kind of waiting room, where we sit around until we are called. Lisbon, Portugal has been selected to host the next World Youth Day which is to take place in July, 2022 The Catholic Messenger provides news about the diocese and the world and offers a forum for readers to express their thoughts about faith-related issues. The Messenger is a source of evangelization and spiritual formation to enrich Catholic life and faith. It s a real value at $29 per year for 50 issues print or e-edition. Subscribe now through your parish.
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 Tuesday, February 5 Wednesday, February 6 Thursday, February 7 Friday, February 8 Saturday, February 9 Sunday, February 10 David Wood Sue Vandenberg Carl Bell Rozella Freitag Margaret Schierbrock 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 January 27, 2019 St. Mary s Adults $1,631.00 Offertory $103.00 EOMM/Second Collection $193.00 Votive lights $21.00 HTC $1,032.00 Total $2,980.00 Envelopes 70 Catholic Messenger $1,001.00 St Boniface Adults $787.00 Offertory $63.00 Total $850.00 Envelopes 25 Catholic Messenger $400.00 Readings for the Week February 3, 2019 Sunday: Jer 1:4-5, 17-19/Ps 71:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 15-17/ 1 Cor 12:31 13:13 or 13:4-13/Lk 4:21-30 Monday: Heb 11:32-40/Ps 31:20, 21, 23, 24/Mk 5:1-20 Tuesday: Heb 12:1-4/Ps 22:26b-27, 28 and 30, 31-32/ Mk 5:21-43 Wednesday: Heb 12:4-7, 11-15/Ps 103:1-2, 13-14, 17-18a/ Mk 6:1-6 Thursday: Heb 12:18-19, 21-24/Ps 48:2-3ab, 3cd-4, 9, 10-11/Mk 6:7-13 Friday: Heb 13:1-8/Ps 27:1, 3, 5, 8b-9ab/Mk 6:14-29 Saturday: Heb 13:15-17, 20-21/Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6/ Mk 6:30-34 Sunday: Is 6:1-2a, 3-8/Ps 138:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 7-8/ 1 Cor 15:1-11 or 15:3-8, 11/Lk 5:1-11 St. Mary Liturgical Roles Saturday, (February 9) at 5:30 pm Lead Rosary: Marilyn Watznauer Ushers: Matthew & Jill Garmoe Anthony Schulte & Dalton Robu Greeters: Bob & Jackie Schierbrock Servers : Caleb Rea, Mary Anderson, Dalton Boeding Lector: Karen Box Gift bearers: Bob & Jackie Schierbrock E. Ministers: Jan Holtkamp, Gary Peitz, Vera Boeding Bulletins: Brian & Judy Stuekerjuergen Lynn & Allison Robu Scrip: Susan Fedler, Deb Fullenkamp Sunday, (February 10) at 8:00 am Lead Rosary: Angela Hannum Ushers: Ron Fedler, Mel Sanders, Carl Johnston Greeters: Nate Menke, Sandy Bethurem Servers : Kara & Ellie Lake, Emmalyn Snaadt Lector: Deina Menke Gift bearers: Sue Myers, Maureen Kieler E. Ministers: Sue Anderson, Tom Boeding, Marvin Menke Bulletins: Gary & Laura Becker, Mike & Nancy Sanders Scrip: Sandy Bethurem, Betty Ellison Counters: Lu & Will Ward, Bob Schierbrock Sunday, (February 10) at 5:30 pm Ushers: Victor Conrad Greeters: Don & Geri Conrad Servers : Carter Nabors, Layne Schmitt Lector: Rebecca Hannum Gift bearers: George Kieler Family E. Ministers: Sarah Schierbrock, Rebecca Hannum Bulletins: Wes Schwanke, Victor Conrad St. Boniface Liturgical Roles Sunday, (February 10) at 10:30 am Ushers: Richard Millmier, Josh Wenke Greeters: Joyce Bugg, Kathy Fett Servers : Faith Neeley, Haylee Smith Lector: Kathy Bartholomew Gift bearers: Paige & Zach Keller E. Ministers: Kathy Fett, Todd Herdrich, Mike Linnenbrink Counters: Katie Burgess, Sarah Kruse World Day for Consecrated Life, February 2, 2019 Celebrated in parishes Feb. 2-3, 2019 In 1997, Pope Saint John Paul II instituted a day of prayer for women and men in consecrated life. This celebration is attached to the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord on February 2nd. This Feast is also known as Candlemas Day; the day on which candles are blessed symbolizing Christ who is the light of the world. So too, those in consecrated life are called to reflect the light of Jesus Christ to all peoples. The celebration of World Day for Consecrated Life is transferred to the following Sunday in order to highlight the gift of consecrated persons for the whole Church.