ST. MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH 2, 2018-3, 2018 MECHANICSVILLE Mechanicsville and Tipton TIPTON Contact Information MECHANICSVILLE 302 Reeder ST., POB 457 Mechanicsville, IA 52306 Email: mechstmary@diodav.org Phone: 563-432-6236 Confession Times 2nd & 4th Saturdays from 3:30 PM until Mass 4 pm. Contact Information TIPTON 208 Meridian St., POB 309, Tipton, IA 52772 Email: tiptonstmary@diodav.org Phone: 563-886-2506 Confession Times 1st,3rd, & 5th Saturdays from 3:45 PM until 4 pm.
2 WELCOME TO ST. MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH MECHANICSVILLE & TIPTON IOWA WWW.STMARYSTIPTON.NET St. Mary Church Reader List: 2018 9-10 th th (2nd) Mechanicsville Bethany Newman 16-17 th th (3rd) Heather Syring Cindy Weber Saturday 2 - Tipton 4:00 PM - Jamie Fletcher Sunday 3 - Mechanicsville 8:00 AM - Don Goetz Sunday 3 - Tipton 10:00 AM - Bob Finnegan Monday 4 - NO MASS Tuesday 5 - Tipton 8:00 AM - NO MASS Wednesday 6 - Mechanicsville 8:00 AM - NO MASS Thursday 7 - Tipton 8:00 AM - Anthony Walsh Friday 8 - Mechanicsville 8:00 AM - Bernard James Crock Saturday 9 - Mechanicsville 4:00 PM - Sunday 10 - Mechanicsville 8:00 AM - Carol Boyd Sunday 10 - Tipton 10:00 AM - Jack & Mary Ward Monday 11 - NO MASS 23 rd -24 th (4th) Mechanicsville Ann Pruess 30 th -July 1 st (5th) Cindy Kunde Diane Moon St. Mary Church Reader List: July 2018 July 7 th -July 8th (1st) Mary Jo Williams Cindy Weber July 14 th -July 15th (2nd) Mechanicsville Tom Salrin July 21 st -July 22nd (3rd) Cindy Kunde Kathy Laing July 28 th -July 29 th (4th) Mechanicsville Diane Moon Invitation from Our Lady of the Prairie We have rescheduled for August 1 st!! At 10 AM We would like to extend a special invitation to Tipton and Mechanicsville to come on Aug 1 st for Mass, a tour of the prairie and a luncheon. This would give us an opportunity to meet you and show you the beauty of these sacred grounds. We are located south of Wheatland, Iowa at 2664 145 th Ave. Please join us! Who will write your will? The state will if you don t, and the state won t include a bequest for St. Mary s Catholic Church, Tipton. Call The Catholic Foundation 563-324- 1911 for more information about planned giving for the Church. Genevieve Platner will be 90 years young on May 25 th! Come join us in celebrating at Gwen s in Lisbon on 3 rd 1-3PM You can remember your loved ones with Mass intentions at anytime - not just at the time of funeral arrangements. If you wish to place a Mass Intention, please specify the intention when making the request, $5 is suggested. When dropping off money for Mass Intentions, please include the name of who the mass is for and whom it is from. To report child abuse Contact: Iowa Department of Human Services Child Abuse Hotline: 800-362-2178 and if it involves clergy or church personnel also notify Alicia Owens, the Victim Assistance Coordinator, 563-349-5002; vac@diodav.org or PO Box 232, Bettendorf, IA 52722-0004.
TIPTON Mary Barnum, DRE 319-321-0715 stmarymaryb@gmail.com Adult: Please join other adults any Sunday at 9 a.m. in the religious education office in the parish hall as they study and reflect on the Scripture and liturgical seasons of the church. Families: Keep inspired throughout the summer by checking out these websites for both Moms and Dads to help guide the whole family in keeping the faith: www.catholicmom.org, www.pflaumweeklies.com, www.loyolapress.com CONGRATULATIONS to the following members of St. Mary Tipton who received the sacrament of Confirmation, Wednesday, May 23, 2018: Kael Christopher Brisker Colin David Chambliss Elizabeth Genesius Donohoe Ashlynn Mary Downs Megan Cecelia Driscoll Britney Rita Ford Jack Sebastian Frerichs Alyssa Catherine Gossman Haylee Tabitha Ham Kael Bernard Jauron Caleb Andrew Jedlicka Kyley Philip Neri Kordick Taylor Theresa Kordick Trent Lawrence Pelzer Kayden Christopher Rezac Paige Faith Rouse Jacob Anthony Sander Maycee Anne Smith Jenna Katherine Drexel Syring Kayla Monica Syring Emma Thérèse Thompson Keith William Urmie Andrea Joan Wachendorf 3 Tipton Contributions for: May 26 - May 27 Your gift of treasure: Needed each week to make our Budget: $3,766.45 Loose: $ 146.00 Envelopes: $ 1051.00 Children s Collection $ 15.00 Total: $ 1212.00 A very heartfelt thank you to our youth group and their families, and leaders for the delicious meals prepared for our family. It was very thoughtful, helpful and appreciated while Paulette was laid up. Thank you The Meier Family Thank you to altar servers Jaxson Schott, Emma Axline, Madison Meier, Halle Williams, and Ace McDonald who assisted and served beautifully at the Confirmation Mass with Bishop Thomas Zinkula presiding, Father Okumu, Concelebrant, and Kay Temple from the Davenport Diocese, Master of Ceremonies. Also, thank you to Michelle Barton for coordinating the servers for this special Mass. And thank you to the song leaders, greeters, Eucharistic Ministers and all who shared in the joy of this celebration. The beautiful new red banners at the entrances of the church added greatly to the celebration of Pentecost and Confirmation. They, along with the table coverings, were designed and made by Karen Rohlf and Virginia Kotz. Other members of the Liturgy Commission include Diane Wehde and Bethany Newnum who also quietly add touches of beauty throughout the liturgical year and seasons also. Knights Corner Knights of Columbus are raising funds for Ultrasound Initiative to purchase one ultrasound machine for Informed Choices Medical Clinic in Iowa City. Donations can be made to Ultrasound Initiative and can be dropped off at Community State Bank in Tipton or to any Knights of Columbus member.
4 WELCOME TO ST. MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH MECHANICSVILLE & TIPTON IOWA WWW.STMARYSTIPTON.NET Ministries-Mechanicsville If you are unable to fulfill your responsibility, please find a replacement. MECHANICSVILLE Knights Corner Eucharistic Ministers Sat Sun Volunteers Susan Pisarik Shirley Jarzombek Jane Malaby Knights of Columbus: The meeting is planned for Sunday, 17 immediately following the 8am Mass in the church basement. We will be electing and installing new officers and make a few donations. Please plan to attend. Thanks! Ron Lector Sat Gretchen Sutherland Sun Jennifer Hubler Altar Set-up Sat Sadie Stabenow Women's Guild: The Guild will meet on Wednesday, 6. Nancy Walshire is the hostess. Mass Servers Sun 3 10 17 Tom Poduska Elyse and Kiah Madelynn Wagner and Logan Luke and Wyatt Today we celebrated with our High School Graduates. We are excited to watch them as they continue their life journey We hope their time with us at St. Mary s has helped form a spiritual bond that will stay with them. Graduating Seniors are Leah Crock, Grace Pisarik, Kaden Kilburg, Brittyn Wilhau, Brady Lehrman, Brody Kurtenbach and Logan Nolz. Please congratulate and pray for them. They will be honored at a breakfast following Mass today. 24 Haley and Kiah Host Family 3 Graduating Seniors Money Counter 10 17 24 Michael Kern Family Ryan Crock Family Mike Wilhau Family Donna Robinson Thank you to everyone who helped with or attended Memorial Day Services throughout the area. It is a fitting tribute to our Fallen Military. Per OSHA regulations, we must remove all flammable material from the boiler room. There are 3 Exit lights that did not meet code for our church and were replaced with proper ones. There are also several gallons of exterior sealant roof, concrete.. If anyone knows why we should keep these items, please contact Francis McCloy. If we find no reason to keep them, and a parishioner could use them, a donation to ST. Mary s would make them yours. We will keep these items for 2 weeks, and then they will be recycled. Mechanicsville Contributions for May 26- May 27 Your gift of treasure Loose: $ 5499.00 Envelopes: $ 360.00 Diocesan Collection: $ 0.00 Total: $ 5859.00