April 8, 2018 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... Angie Box 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... 9:30 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 Coordinator of Youth Ministry Mike Linnenbrink... (319) 316-2115 Email... westpointstmaryym@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 Have you come to believe because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed. ~jn 20:29BC
Eucharistic Adoration First Friday (WP) 8:00 am-5:00 pm. Confessions Saturday (WP) 4:00-4:30 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:: Brad Box 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 There will be practice for all confirmation students along with their sponsors on April 14th at 10:00 am at St. John s Church in Houghton. Confirmation is on Sunday, April 15th at St. John s. Please pray for those receiving their First Holy Communion at St. Mary s this Sunday. May Christ s life and love fill you this day and every time you receive Him in Holy Communion Come join us for Radical Listening in the Family an enrichment event for all couples. Saturday, June 9th from 9:00 to 4:00 PM at St. Mary s in Riverside, IA. The day will help enrich your marriage and family relationships, learn to model effective listening skills, develop attitudes and skills necessary to live out Pope Francis call to be radical listeners and devote intentional time to listen to God, self and others. Sponsor couples are especially encouraged to participate in the workshop. The West Point/ Farmington Knights of Columbus will be hosting a breakfast on Sunday, April 15th after the 8:00 am Mass at St. Mary s. Please join us in the Ossenbrink Center for a great way to help raise money for one of the Diocese's seminarians. The pancakes will be cooked up by our local cake master, Joe Moran. Joining Joe will be Aunt Jemima and Mrs. Butterworth. Please come support our young men studying to be priest. Free will donation!! Please help out our scrip program by buying scrip cards for all your needs and wants. The scrip program helps our school with no cost to you, purchase a scrip card for what you need and help our parish and school grow. Scrip is sold before and after the Saturday night and Sunday morning Mass. It may also be purchased at school or ordered through the HTC website. Apr. 15 Apr. 15 Apr. 11 Apr. 17 Apr. 22 Apr. 22 Apr. 27 Apr 29 APRIL SHOWER Confirmation @ Houghton SM Finance Mtg SB Parish Council SB 1st Communion SCF Painting Party Stewards of the Earth: An Earth Day Conference. Iowa Wesleyan University invites you to attend the 2018 Manning Lecture and Earth Day Conference on Sunday, April 22 at 1:30 pm in the Chapel Auditorium. Professor Robert Grant will deliver the keynote address, Eco-Librium: A New Stewardship of Creation. The lecture will be followed by two workshop sessions including: Composting in your Backyard; Planting for Pollinators; Recycling for Everyone; The Quilt Game for Climate Change; Organic Farming; Wind and Solar Energy; Water Quality in Iowa; Stewardship and the Bible; Reducing Your Ecological Footprint; Aldo Leopold s Land Ethic, and much more! Free and open to the public. For more information joy.lapp@iw.edu or 319-385-6403, www.iw.edu/earth-day. Knights of Columbus is missing their travel crucifix, if everyone knows where it might be please contact Marvin Menke. Thank you.
Parish Mission Trip: Seven months after Hurricane Harvey the people of Texas are still in full force working to repair damage caused by the hurricane. St. Mary's is looking for 12 individuals 18 years or older who would like to travel to Texas to work repairing buildings and grounds that where damaged. This mission trip will take place June 23rd to June 30th. The first two days will be spent driving from Iowa followed by four work days and two days on the return trip. Transportation and accommodations will be set up by the church, but each individual will be expected to pay for their travel and food costs. We will work to keep costs to a minimum. If you have an interest in serving others through this trip please contact Mike Linnenbrink 319-316-2115, Rebecca Hannum 837-6808 or Sue Anderson 319-561-1502. If you are interested in helping with disaster relief but cannot participate in this trip you can make a monetary donation to St. Mary's. Please drop donations at the parish office marked for Hurricane Harvey Relief. Stewardship -St. Boniface will be have a stewardship sign - up April 8, 15, 22, 29. God has blessed everyone with their own unique gifts, please share yours. We ask that all those who have participated in the past still fill one out to update our lists. This will help ensure our information is up to date. Any questions contact Diane Sanders Pictured are members of St. Boniface having their feet washed by Fr. Hoffman during Holy Thursday Mass. This simple act is what Jesus is calling everyone to do. Let us go and serve others! Fr. Hoffman getting ready to take the Eucharist to repose in the Ossenbrink Center for adoration after Holy Thursday Mass at St. Mary s.
Tuesday, April 10 Wednesday, April 11 Thursday, April 12 Friday, April 13 Saturday, April 14 Sunday, April 15 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 Parishioners Sue Vandenberg Pat Winnike Bertha Todd Henrietta Blindt Pauline Fedler FA 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 St. Mary s April 1 Adults $2,459.00 Offertory $386.00 Second Collection $234.00 HTC $1,513.00 Easter $2,310.00 Envelopes 164 St Boniface Adults $1,014.00 Offertory $171.00 Easter $360.00 Envelopes 30 St. Mary Liturgical Roles Saturday, (April 14) at 5:30 pm Lead Rosary Dixie Booten Ushers: Anthony & Michelle Schulte Dalton Robu & Mike Salata Greeters: Dick & Diane Jennings Servers : Emily Boeding Lector: Dixie Booten Gift bearers: Mary Jane Montgomery & Vic Conrad E. Ministers: Mike Schierbrock, Karen Box Bernice Rickelman Bulletins: Carl & Rita Holtz Imelda Groene, Rita Harmeyer Scrip: Bob & Jackie Schierbrock Sunday, (April 15) at 8:00 am Lead Rosary Jackie Pranger Ushers: Carl Johnston, Mel Sanders Don Pollpeter, Marvin Menke Greeters: Lorene Fedler, Sandy Bethurem Servers : Mya Lawlor, Cade Goodrich, Grace Fedler Lector: Dennis Menke Gift bearers: Ralph & Doris Kassmeyer E. Ministers: Steve & Sue Conrad, Barb Groene Bulletins: Mel Sanders, Wes Schwanke Larry & Pauline Strayer Scrip: Mike & Sue Anderson Counters Flavian & Barb Boeding, Ginger Westberg St. Boniface Liturgical Roles Sunday, (April 15) at 10:30 am Greeters: Sam & Rita Wenke Lector Nicole Herdrich Servers Oliver Tackett & Cameron Smith Gifts Marcia Smith Family E. Ministers Dave & Rita Smith, Michelle Wenke Counters Tom Bartholomew, Sam Wenke Readings for the Week April 8, 2018 Sunday: Acts 4:32-35/Ps 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24/1 Jn 5:1-6/ Jn 20:19-31 Monday: Is 7:10-14; 8:10/Ps 40:7-8, 8-9, 10, 11 / Heb 10:4-10/Lk 1:26-38 Tuesday: Acts 4:32-37/Ps 93:1ab, 1cd-2, 5 /Jn 3:7b-15 Wednesday: Acts 5:17-26/Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 /Jn 3:16-21 Thursday: Acts 5:27-33/Ps 34:2 and 9, 17-18, 19-20/ Jn 3:31-36 Friday: Acts 5:34-42/Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14/Jn 6:1-15 Saturday: Acts 6:1-7/Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19/Jn 6:16-21 Sunday: Acts 3:13-15, 17-19/Ps 4:2, 4, 7-8, 9 /1 Jn 2:1-5a/ Lk 24:35-48