APRIL 9, 2017 PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD Saint Patrick C A T H O L I C C H U R C H 120 Fifth Street N.W. Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52405 Parish Phone Number Parish Office... (319) 362-7966 Office Hours Hours... Mon-Fri 8:00 am-4:00 pm Staff Pastor...Father Ivan Nienhaus DBQ031@arch.pvt.k12.ia.us Deacons..Deacon Dan Hoeger deacondan@stpatrickscr.org..deacon Sean Smith deaconsean@stpatrickscr.org Pastoral Ministers... Penny Ackerman packerman@stpatrickscr.org... Cindy Koczo ckoczo@stpatrickscr.org Director of Religious Ed... Geralyn Ward gward@stpatrickscr.org Youth/Young Adult Minister Kristin Soukup ksoukup@stpatrickscr.org Bookkeeper... Tom Hanley thanley@stpatrickscr.org Secretary... Christine Kullander secretary@stpatrickscr.org Music Director... Sue May... smay@stpatrickscr.org Adult Choir Director... Sue May Children s Choir Director Kellie Jorgenson... kellies16@outlook.com Maintenance/Custodian...Larry Pesek lpesek@stpatrickscr.org Prayer Line Phone... (319) 365-2364 The ARK Book & Gift Shop Phone... (319) 200-4591 Metro Catholic Outreach... www.metrocatholicoutreach.com
Weekly Scripture Readings for the Week of April 9, 2017 Sunday: Mt 21:1-11/Is 50:4-7/Ps 22:8-9, 17-20, 23-24/Phil 2:6-11/Mt 26:14--27:66 Monday: Is 42:1-7/Ps 27:1-3, 13-14/Jn 12:1-11 Tuesday: Is 49:1-6/Ps 71:1-4a, 5ab-6ab, 15, 17/Jn 13:21-33, 36-38 Wednesday: Is 50:4-9a/Ps 69:8-10, 21-22, 31, 33-34/Mt 26:14-25 Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper: Ex 12:1-8, 11-14/Ps 116:12-13, 15-16bc, 17-18/1 Cor 11:23-26/Jn 13:1-15 Friday: Is 52:13--53:12/Ps 31:2, 6, 12-13, 15-17, 25/Heb 4:14-16; 5:7-9/Jn 18:1--19:42 Saturday: Vigil: Gn 1:1--2:2/Ps 104:1-2, 5-6, 10, 12-14, 24, 35/Gn 22:1-18/Ps 16:5, 8-11/Ex 14:15-- 15:1/Ex 15:1-6, 17-18/Is 54:5-14/Ps 30:2, 4-6, 11-13/Is 55:1-11/Is 12:2-6/Bar 3:9-15, 32-- 4:4/Ps 19:8-11/Ez 36:16-17a, 18-28/Ps 42:3, 5; 43:3-4/Rom 6:3-11/Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23/Mt 28:1-10 Next Sunday: Acts 10:34a, 37-43/Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23/Col 3:1-4/Jn 20:1-9 Financial Stewardship For the week of April 2, 2017: Contribution Envelopes: $14,813.75 Stewardship Needed: $12,250.00 Received Fiscal Year To Date: $490,593.87 Needed Fiscal Year To Date: $490,000.00 Remember St. Patrick in your last will and in memorials Capital Campaign 2015 For the week of April 2, 2017: Capital Campaign Goal: $250,000 Received to Date: $238,523.09 Yet to Collect: $11,476.91 Tuck Pointing, Window Painting and Concrete Work. Mass Intentions Saturday, April 8 4:00 PM Melvin Wesbrook Sunday, April 9 8:00 AM For the People 10:00 AM Bernard May 12 Noon Scott Tudor Tuesday, April 11 8:30 AM Beatrice Davis Wednesday, April 12 8:30 AM Carter Boyles Thursday, April 13 8:30 AM No Mass 7:00 PM Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper Friday, April 14 8:30 AM No Mass 12:05 PM Celebration of the Lord s Passion 5:30 PM Stations of the Cross Saturday, April 15 4:00 PM No Mass 7:00 PM Easter Vigil Sunday, April 16 8:00 AM For the People 10:00 AM Easter Sunday 12 Noon Easter Sunday EXTRAORDINARY MINISTER SCHEDULE APRIL 15 @ 7:00 PM EASTER VIGIL Servers: Jim Bell, Jacob Francois, Rick Kimbro Mary Reed, & Mackenzie Ties Lector: Dan & Joshua Rouse Eucharistic Ministers: Gary Ernst, Jeff Floyd, Becky Pippert Ed Gibbs, & Sandi Haman APRIL 16 @ 8:00 AM EASTER SUNDAY Servers: Mike Fandel Lector: Marian Biggins Eucharistic Ministers: Randy & Un Suk Ackerman, Kimberly Shaull, David Ackerman, & David Byrnes APRIL 16 @ 10:00 AM EASTER SUNDAY Servers: Brian & Hank Stubblefield Lector: Dawn Martin Eucharistic Ministers: Diane Ely, Kathy Ely, Shelley Helms, Mike Himmelsbach, & John Jorgenson APRIL 16 @ 12NOON EASTER SUNDAY Servers: David Byrnes & Carey Cavanaugh Lector: Craig Schulte Eucharistic Ministers: David Byrnes 2
STATIONS OF THE CROSS AT ST. PATRICK The Stations of the Cross a devotional path of reflection and repentance based on events in the passion and resurrection of Christ is being held in our Church every Friday evening at 5:30 PM during Lent. Please attend this spiritual pilgrimage commemorating the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. STATIONS OF THE CROSS - ALL FRIDAYS IN LENT 5:30 PM in the Church ST. PATRICK S RECONCILIATION SCHEDULE FOR HOLY WEEK Fr. Ivan will hear individual confessions on the following days: Monday, April 10 at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 11 at 12:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 11 at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 12 at 12:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 12 at 7:00 p.m. ALL CONFESSIONS WILL BE HEARD IN THE CHURCH. Confessions will end after all have been heard. No confessions will be heard during the Triduum: Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday. CHRISM MASS for 2017 will be at St. Patrick in Cedar Falls (705 Main St.), at 2PM. On April 11, Tuesday of Holy Week. At this Mass the Holy Oils will be blessed by the Archbishop and the priests of the Archdiocese will renew their priestly promises. All are invited to attend. FLOWERS FOR EASTER: Those who would like to make a special donation for Easter flowers and decorations are asked to do so by Monday, April 10th. Please put your donation in a plain envelope marked Easter Flowers, and drop in the collection basket. If you would like to make your donation in memory of someone special, please also indicate that on the envelope. Thank you very much. With gratitude and joy I have returned back at Mundelein and wite to you. My class completed our ten week pilgrimage to the Holy Land. I look forward to sharing my experience with you! On Tuesday, April 11th at 7pm in the St. Patrick Parish Hall, I will be giving a presentation about the land, the people, and Scripture, all of which have come alive for me after living, walking, and praying in the footsteps of Christ! Additionally, I am getting closer and closer to my Diaconate Ordination! It is on Friday May 26th, 2017. I will serve my final academic year at Mundelein as a deacon (this title comes from a Greek word that means "service") and be ordained a priest in May 2018. I am so appreciative of your daily prayers and your encouragement through this process. Here is a picture of us herding sheep in Neot Kedumim, Israel. (That's me in the middle with the bright St. Pat's shirt.) It is good training because we all are going to become shepherds one day! Peace, Jacob Rouse EUCHARISTIC ADORATION SCHEDULE FOR THE TRIDUUM: Holy Thursday Good Friday Holy Saturday 9AM 9PM No Adoration No Adoration THE PARISH OFFICE WILL BE CLOSING at noon on Good Friday, April 14th. The office will resume regular business hours on Monday, April 17th. TRIDUUM AND EASTER SCHEDULE APRIL 13, 14, 15, & 16, 2017 Seder Meal in the Parish Hall, April 13 Holy Thursday/Evening Mass of the Lord s Supper, April 13 Good Friday/Celebration of the Lord s Passion, April 14 Good Friday/Celebration of the Lord s Passion, April 14 Easter Vigil, April 15 Easter Sunday. April 16 5:00 PM Mass at 7:00 PM Service at 12:05 PM Stations of the Cross at 5:30 PM Mass at 7:00 PM Mass at 8AM & 10AM and 12Noon 3
Lucia got special permission to receive her First Holy Communion at age 6, a year earlier than normal, since she knew her catechism and explained the mystery of the Eucharist so well. In her Second Memoir, she gives the details and explains that the day before, right after her first confession, while kneeling in front of the statue of Our Lady of the Rosary in their church and asking Our Lady to keep her poor heart for God alone, Lucia said it seemed to me that she smiled and, with a loving look and kindly gesture, assured me that she would. Besides the smile, notice that the statue depicted Our Lady of the Rosary, as years later Mary would identify herself to the children during the last apparition. 4
Attached to our bulletins this Weekend is those red pamphlets entitled, Divine Mercy Novena and Chaplet. This Nine Day Novena starts on Good Friday and will conclude in the time to celebrate Divine Mercy. We are going to do Divine Mercy Sunday in a big way this year at St. Patrick Church. Please see Page Four for all those activities that we have planned. In 1926, a Polish woman named Helena Kowalska, entered the convent of the Congregation of Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy in Warsaw. Poland. Her religious name was Sr. Faustina. Sr. Faustina worked quietly and obediently. Her will was to do God s will nothing more and nothing less. The simplicity of Sr. Faustina was such that she had many visions of purgatory, heaven, and hell and of Mary along with many other mystical experiences. Sr. Faustina s spiritual director ordered her to write down on paper her many visions and mystical experiences. None of the other nuns in the order were aware of her many visions and experiences. On Feb. 22, 1931, our Lord appeared to Sr. Faustina in His vision on Divine Mercy. The Lord was clothed in a white robe with his right hand raised, showing the wound from the nail. His left hand was placed near His Sacred Heart from which sprung two rays of light: one white to represent water and one red to represent blood. Our Lord instructed Sr. Faustina to have this image painted. In doing so, the world might learn about the Lord s Divine Mercy. In looking back on history, it appears that, on the brink of World War II our Lord once again opened up His Sacred Heart for the comfort of His suffering people, beginning with the people of Poland. St. John Paul II, as a young man on his way to and from the stone quarry where he worked during World War II, frequently stopped at the convent where Sr. Faustina lived and died. On April 18, 1993, St. John Paul II beatified Sr. Faustina. On April 18, 2000, St. John Paul II canonized Sr. Faustina. At that same canonization ceremony, St. John Paul II established the Feast of Divine Mercy to be celebrated on the first Sunday after Easter throughout the entire world. In the year 2001, St. John Paul II emphasized the glory of Divine Mercy when he said, Jesus said to Sr. Faustina, Humanity will never find peace until it turns to Divine Mercy. Divine Mercy is the Easter gift that the Church receives from the risen Christ and offers to humanity. St. John Paul died on the Vigil of Divine Mercy, April 2, 2005. He was canonized by Pope Benedict XVI on Divine Mercy Sunday 2014. The Church now has two modern day saints who played prominent roles in the revealing of Christ s Divine Mercy. St. Faustina s diary, the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, the Divine Mercy image along with frequent confession are keys to understanding God s Divine Mercy. For those people who go to Mass on Divine Mercy Sunday and receive the sacrament of Reconciliation on Divine Mercy Sunday are extended a plenary indulgence (the full remission of their sins and the punishment due to their sins up to that point in their lives). As many of you know, our chapel s name is Divine Mercy Chapel with a prominant image of the Divine Mercy. We also have a 1 st class relic of St. Faustina that we obtained during World Youth Day in Poland last July. Secondly, we have a 1 st class relic of Blessed Michael Sopocko in our Chapel here at St. Patrick. I m sure that the ARK gift shop here at St. Patrick Parish also has many books on St. Faustina, Divine Mercy, and Fr. Sopocko. Sincerely, Fr. Ivan Nienhaus 5
St. Patrick s RE Program - Lenten Project For the 2 nd year, St. Patrick s RE program has chosen for their Lenten service project to benefit The Haitian Project, Inc. and its Louverture Cleary School in Croix-des- Bouquets, Haiti. Louverture Cleary is a tuition free, Catholic, coeducational boarding school that provides for the education of academically talented and motivated students from Haitian families who cannot afford the cost of their children s education. St. Patrick s Lenten goal is $4,000! To join us in learning more about The Haitian Project (THP), or to donate, visit www.haitianproject.org. You can also send your contribution to 120 5th St. NW Cedar Rapids, IA 52405 (checks payable to The Haitian Project ). Make sure to note St. Patrick on your gift! Why support Education in Haiti? The results of a Louverture Cleary education are clear. In a country where over 70% of college graduates leave Haiti, 90% of LCS graduates are studying in university or working in professional fields IN HAITI and giving back to their communities. Those working make 10 to 15 times the per capita income of the country on average, ending poverty for themselves, and in many cases their families and those around them. Currently, THP educates about 360 students each year at Louverture Cleary School. Soon, THP hopes to embark on a second school to make double the impact in Haiti. You can also watch THP s 60 second video at: https://vimeo.com/162816614#t=nans Education First Because Education Works. Questions? Want to know more? Email St. Patrick s Youth Minister (and former THP Volunteer!) Kristin Soukup: ksoukup@stpatrickscr.org RE & CONFIRMATION CALENDAR April 5 PS-8 th Grade 6:30-7:45pm April 12 PS-8 th Grade 6:30-7:45pm Living Stations of the Cross6:45-7:45pm April 19 PS-8 th Grade 6:30-7:45pm April 23 Retreat New Melleray April 26 PS-8 th Grade Living Rosary & End of the Year Party 6:30-7:45pm May 3 May 7 May Crowning 10am Mass June 17 Rehearsal/ Confessions 9:30-11:30am June 18 Mass St. Patrick Church 2:00pm July 16-21 Totus Tuus Youth Camp Totus Tuus Summer Youth Camp July 16-21 St. Patrick Church & Immaculate Conception Grade School Program Students entering Grades 1-6, July 17-21 (M-F) 9:00am-2:30pm at St. Patrick Parish Center Jr. High & High School Program Students entering Grades 7-12, July 16-20 (Sun-Th) 7:00pm-9:00pm at Immaculate Conception Church Cost: $25 per student Please pick up a registration form either on the Church bulletins, in the Parish Office, next to the Divine Mercy Adoration Chapel, or online at stpatrickscr.org. Youth Activities High School All High Schoolers (9-12th Grade) are welcome to join Fridays 4-5pm in St. Patrick's coffeeshop (in the Parish Center) for discussion about The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis. This will take place each Friday 4-5pm, and you are welcome whether or not you attended the first week! Questions? Contact Youth Minister, Kristin Soukup, at ksoukup@stpatrickscr.org or 362-7966. 6
Mon.: Tues.: CALENDAR OF EVENTS For the week of April 10 16, 2017 Pietra Fitness 5PM Parish Hall Friends in Faith Book Study 9-10AM Coffee Shop Cindy: MethWick 10:30 AM Senior Citizen 500 Card Players 12:30 PM St. Patrick Catholic Daughters Mtg. 6:30 PM Adult Ed. Rm. Jacob Rouse Presentation 7PM Parish Hall Wed.: Joyful Hearts Book Club 10AM Ad. Ed. Rm. Thurs.: Padre Pio Prayer Group 9AM Youth Room Seder Meal 5 6:30 PM Parish Hall Fri.: Sat.: Sun.: Parish Office closes at 12noon. Fish Fry #7 5:00 7:30 PM Stations of the Cross 5:30 PM Church Young Adult Ministry 7:30 PM Celtic Grounds Happy Easter! Join Father Ivan Nienhaus, Pastor of St. Patrick Catholic Church, Cedar Rapids on a pilgrimage to GREECE, walking in the FOOTSTEPS OF ST. PAUL, October 13-23, 2017. We often hear the words of St. Paul in the readings of Mass; now we have the chance to walk in his footsteps. We start in Philippi, where Paul delivered his first sermon in Europe and baptized Lydia, the first Christian convert in Europe, the Roman forum, Thessaloniki, and Delphi, will move on to Athens, one of the most glorious cities in the world. We will cruise for three day, visiting Mykonos, Kusadasi & Ephesus (Mary s House) & Patmos. We will see the small house where the Virgin Mary is believed to have spent her last days (The site has been officially sanctioned by the Vatican for pilgrimage.) and see the Grotto of Apocalypse. (Here silver niches mark the pillow and ledge used as a desk by the author of the book of Revelation.) We will go on to Santorini, the most breathtaking island of all the Greek Islands. The cost is $4,594. from Cedar Rapids for the trip and daily breakfast & dinner. For a flyer or information, contact Mary Johnston at 319-560-5138 or blessu45@gmail.com or download a flyer at www.pilgrimages.com/johnston. 7 Mass Schedule Weekend: Saturday 4PM; Sunday 8AM, 10AM and 12Noon Weekday: Tuesday Friday 8:30 AM in the Chapel Eucharistic Adoration Monday - Saturday 9AM 9PM in the Chapel Sacraments Confessions Weekdays: (Tuesday Friday): 7:45 8:15 AM Saturdays: 3:00 3:45 PM Baptisms Parents must be registered in the Parish and have attended a Baptismal class. Please call the Parish Office for a schedule of classes and to schedule baptisms. Weddings Arrangements should be made at least six months in advance of the wedding date. Ministry to the Sick Please notify the Parish Office if you know of a parishioner who is homebound. WE ARE PAINTING AGAIN! Spring time CORK N CANVAS is happening at the Parish Center on Sunday, April 30th, 1-4PM. No painting experience is needed...trust me! Bring your own beverage and a light snack to share. We will be doing a beautiful spring time picture of flowers. The first 35 to RSVP are guaranteed a spot, so call now! Questions and RSVP to Lynn Ties 319-981-0808 PARISH GARAGE SALE! This year we have new times for dropping off and for the actual sale itself. Also a Bake Sale has been added this year! New dates and times... Sunday, June 25th 12-4 drop off items Monday, June 26th 10-6 drop off items Tuesday, June 27th 8-12 drop off items Wednesday, June 28th 8-6 Sale Opening day! Thursday, June 29th 8-6 Sale Friday, June 30th 8-12 Sale The Garage Sale Committee would appreciate your donations to be in good usable condition Please: NO Mattresses, car seats, tv's, electronics with the exception of cell phones and accessories. Again, thank you very much. Please direct all questions to Lynn Ties 319-981-0808. More info to come to sign up and volunteer!