ST. MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH October 20, 2018 - October 21, 2018 MECHANICSVILLE Mechanicsville and Tipton TIPTON Father Eric Justin Urma will be helping say mass while Father Okumu recuperates. He is Father Okumu s Nephew. Mass will be held at regular times starting the week of October 22 nd. Vision 20/20 As part of his initiative Vision 20/20: From Pentecost to Pentecost Bishop Zinkula asks each parish to hold a Listening Session to respond to specific questions regarding evangelization based on Pope Francis book, Joy of the Gospel. The meeting will be led by a diocesan representative with the parish responses recorded and presented to the bishop. Our meeting will be held Thursday November 8 th in the parish hall at 6:30 PM in Tipton. It will last no more than 1 ½ hours. All are welcome to attend. Copies of Pope Francis s book are in the church; please check one out and read it. This book can also be purchased in bookstores or online. 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. 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.
2 WELCOME TO ST. MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH MECHANICSVILLE & TIPTON IOWA WWW.STMARYSTIPTON.NET St. Mary Church Reader List: October 2018 20th-21st (3rd) Mary Jo Williams Ann Pruess 27th-28th (4th) Mechanicsville Tom Salrin Saturday Oct 20 - Tipton 4:00 PM - Dalton Harms day Oct 21 - Mechanicsville 8:00 AM - Ethel Boyd day Oct 21 - Tipton 10:00 AM - Theresa Pelzer Monday Oct 22 - NO MASS Tuesday Oct 23 - Tipton 8:00 AM - Theresa Pelzer Wednesday Oct 24 - Mechanicsville 8:00 AM - Mary Weiland Thursday Oct 25 - Tipton 8:00 AM - Theresa Pelzer Friday Oct 26 - Mechanicsville 8:00 AM - Mary Weiland Saturday Oct 27 - Mechanicsville 4:00 PM - Mary Weiland day Oct 28 - Mechanicsville 8:00 AM - Mike and Bonnie Pottebaum day Oct 28 - Tipton 10:00 AM - Theresa Pelzer Monday Oct 29 - NO MASS Fall is a season full of color and beauty. A Worldwide Marriage Encounter weekend is like autumn because it is a weekend full of beauty and bountiful blessings! It's a great time to rekindle communication and enjoy a weekend away. Upcoming dates: Nov. 2-4 Coralville For more information visit our website at: iowa-wwme.org or call 563-608-3305 or email JLJwwme08@gmail.com 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. St. Mary Church Reader List: November 2018 Nov. 3 rd -4 th (1st) Mary Jo Williams Bethany Newnum Nov. 10 th -11 th (2nd) Mechanicsville Cindy Kunde Nov. 17 th -18 th (3rd) Tom Salrin Kathy Laing Nov. 24 th -25 th (4th) Mechanicsville Cindy Weber The Catholic Messenger Christmas Card Contest The Catholic Messenger invites youth in grades K-6 in the Diocese of Davenport to participate in our annual contest to create a 2018 Christmas card. Drawings should be done on white, 8 ½- by 11- inch paper in colored pencil, crayon, marker or paints. Please submit original artwork only; no black and white drawings. The artwork should focus on the religious nature of Christmas. If using the color yellow, please use a deep yellow or make sure it is surrounded by a dark color. Yellow is hard to reproduce. The contest, which has a Nov. 15 postmark deadline, is open to youths living in or attending school, home school or religious education in the Diocese of Davenport. Messenger staff members will judge the entries based on originality and the ability to convey what Christmas means to Catholics. Entries must include first and last name, age, grade, home address, school (public, private or home school with the school s location) and parish (name and city) on the back of the drawing. Please do not fold entries. Any information omitted could be grounds for disqualification. Winning entries will be featured in The Catholic Messenger s Christmas edition (Dec. 20). The drawings also will be featured on The Catholic Messenger Web site: www.catholicmessenger.net. All entries should be postmarked by Nov. 15 to The Catholic Messenger, 780 W. Central Park Ave., Davenport, IA 52804-1901.
TIPTON Mary Barnum, DRE 319-321-0715 K 7: Meet in the hall classes start at 9 a.m.! We will pray the rosary together during classtime on October 21 bring your rosary if you have one but we have plenty if you need one! Next gatherings are November 4, 11, and 18. Confirmation Class of 2020 students in this year s 8th and 9th grades: Wednesdays November 5 and 12 at 7 p.m. in the hall. Grades 10, 11, 12 The plan is to meet first and third Wednesdays in November in the hall! Check in with Katie Ryan or another member of one of these grades for more information. Adults, young and old, day Studies are at 9 a.m. in the religious education office in the parish hall. We study and reflect on the lectionary Scripture of the day and liturgical seasons of the church. Singing/Praying: People interested in singing for the joy of singing are invited to sing through some new and some familiar music Wednesday, October 24, 7:30 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. in the Church. Please contact Mary Barnum if you have any questions. The music is intended for adults and students in grades 8 12. NEXT SUNDAY, October 28th Coffee and rolls will be served following 10:00 AM Mass at the Parish Hall. Everyone is welcome to come and enjoy! Rolls and Coffee will be sponsored by: Ken Crock 3 Tipton Contributions for: 13-14 Your gift of treasure: Loose: 143.00 Envelopes: 1005.00 Children s Collection: 49.00 DCCW/Guild 15.00 Diocese Appeal 360.00 Total: 1572.00 The annual meeting for the Women of St. Mary's will be at 6:00 pm on November 7th at the church hall. Supper will be served prior to the meeting. Door prizes!! Hope you can make it!! Please let Mary Agne, Alice Finnegan, or Ann Pruess know if you will be attending so we have some idea how much food to prepare There is a sign-up sheet for the Women of St. Mary's Annual Meeting, November 7th, in the back of the church. Please let us know by November 4th if you are planning on coming so we have some idea how much food to prepare. Thank you! Knights Corner The intent of the Campaign for People with Intellectual Disabilities (CPID) Drive is that the money is to be used specifically and explicitly benefit individuals who have Intellectual Disabilities. Fr. Eugene Benda Council #11468 donates the funds collected to the Tipton Life Skills which serves all of Cedar County. Last year our council donated 1,367.10 to the Life Skills class. We will be handing out Tootsie rolls after all masses in October for donations to People with Intellectual Disabilities. Thank you in advance for your help in making this Campaign possible. Jerry Droll Grand Knight
4 WELCOME TO ST. MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH MECHANICSVILLE & TIPTON IOWA WWW.STMARYSTIPTON.NET Ministries-Mechanicsville October If you are unable to fulfill your responsibility, please find a replacement. Eucharistic Ministers Sat Volunteers Mike Meyer, Jen Meyer, and Mollie Fisher Lector Sat Diane Schroeder Altar Set-up Mass Servers Host Sat 21 28 21 Shirley Jarzombek Sadie Stabenow Shirley Jarzombek Luke Crock and Wyatt Farrington Kiah Wendt and Haley Farrington Mike and Jamie Wilhau MECHANICSVILLE MCC Food Pantry: We served 27 families consisting of 27 adults, 18 children and 25 seniors during the month of September. 12 of the 27 families utilized the pantry twice this month. Our HACAP pick-up is scheduled for Tuesday October 23 rd at 9:00 am. We will need help unloading, shelving and bagging beginning around 9:45 at the pantry on this day. Special Thank you to all our volunteers for completing the Civil Rights Training in September. Our October distributions are scheduled for the following dates: Thursday, October 25 th 6:00 7:00 pm Saturday, October 27 th 9:00 10:00 am It s hard to believe but we are starting to plan for our November & December distributions. Our distribution dates will be as follows for the months of November & December: Thursdays, November 8 th & 15 th and Saturday, November 17 th Thursdays, December 13 th & 20 th and Saturday, December 15 th We will be providing Thanksgiving Baskets again this year during our distributions on November 15 th & 17 th. We could use the following items: corn, green beans, peas, peaches, mixed fruit, apple sauce, and spaghetti sauce. Thanks! Scott 28 Money Counter Knights Tara and Troy Jarchow Jerry Inman Corner Thanksgiving Baskets for MCC Food Pantry: All three churches in town are contributing to these Thanksgiving Baskets again this year. We hope to give 60 baskets this year. St. Mary's Church is asked to provide 60 cans of pumpkin for these baskets. It can be any brand of pumpkin in a 15-15.5 oz can. This is used as part of a pumpkin dessert. Please bring your cans of pumpkin to the church on or before day, November 11, 2018. Thanks for your help with this worthy project! The knights of Columbus will be selling Tootsie Rolls after mass for 20 a box. All proceeds will go to disabled kids. Your support will be greatly appreciated. Knights of Columbus Meeting is planned for day, October 21 following 8:00am Mass not Oct 14. Thanks! Ron Mechanicsville Contributions for 13-14 Your gift of treasure Loose: 227.00 Envelopes: 166.00 Total: 393.00