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Holy Name Church Church of St. Mary 1108 S. Carroll Street 1030 Blaine Street, PO Box 37 Rock Rapids, IA 51246 Larchwood, IA 51241 Parish Office: 712-472-3248 Parish Office: 712-477-2273 Parish Hall: 712-472-3248 Parish Hall: 712-477-2403 www.holymarycluster.webs.com www.holymarycluster.webs.com
Monday Tuesday
Weds Thursday
Friday Saturday
Sunday
5/18 5/19 5/20 5/21 5/22 5/23 5/24
No Mass No Mass No Mass No Mass No Mass No Mass No Mass
5/25 No Mass 5/26 No Mass 5/27 No Mass 5/28 No Mass 5/29 No Mass 5/30 No Mass 5/31 No Mass
This Week’s Mass Schedule Pastor: Rev. Francis Makwinja Office & Rectory: 712-477-2273 fax: 712-477-2162 Cell: 712-320-0723 Email: [email protected]
Admin. Assistant: Jess David
Parish Email: [email protected]
Parish Website: www.holymarycluster.webs.com
St. Mary Office hours: Mon. & Wednesday 8am-3:30pm Holy Name Office hours: Tuesday & Thursday 8am-3:30pm
Bookkeeper: Deb Blauwet cell: 712-470-0453 Office hours: Tuesday mornings
Holy Name FFF DRE: Beth Luze cell: 605-484-2649 Holy Name CCD DRE: Annie McMahon cell: 605-695-8804
Holy Name Hospitality Coordinators: Ashley Klaassen cell: 507-220-4400, [email protected] and Beth Luze cell: 605-484-2649, [email protected]. Contact the parish office to start a prayer chain.
St. Mary Family Faith DRE: Alicia Schonhardt: (712) 478-4602. St. Mary CCD DRE: Tracy Kramer: 477-2010
St. Mary Hospitality Coordinators: Virginia Scannell: 477-2113, cell: 712-363-3392, [email protected] and Co-Chair Needed- please contact the parish office if interested.
Deacon (retired): Jeff Gallagher 712-477-2405 [email protected] cell# 712-470-4484
FORMED Website info: holymarycluster.formed.org
Newcomers: Member registration forms are available in the main entrance to church, on the website, or by contacting the par-ish office via phone or email.
Baptism: Contact the pastor to schedule.
Marriage Prep: Contact the pastor at least 9 months prior to the date of marriage.
Reconciliation: half hour before weekend Masses
Adult Inquiry into Catholic Membership: RCIA program from September to Easter. Contact pastor for more info.
Flocknote: Text HMC to 84576 or by going to https://holymarycluster.flocknote.com/
May 17, 2020 & May 24, 2020 6th Sunday of Easter & The Ascension of the Lord
Tithing Please don’t forget your parish during this time. Please mail in your tithing envelopes to the parish office.
If you have already set up automatic withdrawal for offertory giving, I deeply appreciate it; and, if you have not, please consider setting that up for the weeks to come. Here are a couple ways to make your automatic withdrawal:
On our website are the sheets to fill out for automatic contributions.
You can go online at: https://scdiocese.org/parishioner-resources and make your gift. The direct link to the dona-tion page is https://secure.acceptiva.com/?cst=f9qCCK and 100% of your gift is sent to the parish. You can also go on our myParish App and click on the Giving icon and give directly to our parish there.
Interested in watching Mass at home?
10 am on KELO (Cathedral of St. Joseph) 7 am, 11 am, or 6 pm on EWTN
Daily Mass-
Fr. Patrick Behm (Daily Mass- Sioux City Diocese) https://m.youtube.com/channel/UC9hi3ngYGdwU7DIwWMzvLIQ?view_as=subscriber
7 am, 11 am, 6 pm, or 11 pm– EWTN
Jess David will be working from home. If you have any questions please call me at 712-477-2640.
Please make an appointment with Fr. Francis before stopping at the office.
“With regard to resuming public Masses in our parishes, the Diocese of Sioux City has based and will continue to base decisions on scientific data and reliable projections. There is a num-ber of criteria the Diocese is waiting to be met before it is deemed safe and responsible to open up churches again. This includes the downward trajectory of new COVID-19 cases reported within a 14-day period, the downward trajecto-ry of hospital bed, intensive care, and ventilator usage, and the downward trajectory of daily death reports. In addition to these things, it is necessary to have adequate contact-tracing and a robust testing program. Achieving these con-ditions will indicate that it is reasonably safe to resume, with precautions, the public celebra-tion of the Mass." -Bishop Nickless
Directions to register for the FREE Franciscan University at Home Online Courses for all adults in the parish:
1. Go to: https://franciscanathome.com 2. Scroll down the page until you see "Does your institution (parish, school, etc.) already have a membership?” 3. Click on “free sign up”. 4. Click on “Create a new account” 5. Enter in the required information. NOTE: You’ll select Diocese of Sioux City and enter in your home parish - either Holy Name or St. Mary 6. Click on “create new account” Once logged in, you’ll have access to many different workshops that will teach you more about the Catholic faith that aren’t specific to any track, as well as specific tracks that are currently available to Catechists, RCIA Track (for those who want to teach RCIA), Catholic Schools, Par-ish Catechetical Leaders (new name for DREs), and a Youth Ministry track. Over the next 2 years, more specific tracks will be added that anyone can take if they’re interested in them (i.e. Parent Ministry - for any parent that wants to learn more about the faith and teach it to their chil-dren, Hispanic Ministry, Music Ministry, Franciscan Spirituality, etc.). Each course is one hour and you can complete it on your own timeline.
Initial Considerations (TO RESUME THE PUBLIC CELEBRATION OF MASS) *No Date set at this time! Dispensation. All the faithful ar e to be r eminded that the obligation to attend Sunday Mass
is still dispensed. The elderly and more vulnerable/high risk parishioners should be reminded that because of this, it is not a mortal sin to miss Sunday Mass, even though it is being offered, and that it is preferable that they remain home at this time.
Unified Approach. To reduce the r isks associated with people migrating from one par ish to another, the entire diocese will follow the same protocols and all parishes will be treated as a whole with reference to opening churches, allowing public Masses and the distribution of the Eucharist. When the time comes, the entire diocese will open up together, but until then, all par-ishes will remain closed together.
Protocols. The instructions and preparations r equir ed for r esuming public Masses are not
optional. Pastors are strongly encouraged to utilize their pastoral councils and other groups in
the planning and preparations for recommencing with public Masses. Because of the social
strife that has occurred in stores and restaurants due to the lack of cooperation on the part of
some individuals, pastors need to address the need for goodwill and understanding when public
worship is resumed. The four Iowa dioceses have reiterated that if there is a lack of compliance,
Masses will be cancelled for the health safety of all.
Also, this month we are pleased to announce the release of six new workshops for you to enjoy:
Intercultural Ministry with Youth
The Evangelizing Classroom
Giving Counsel and Pastoral Care
Introducing the Liturgy to Children
A Guide to Echoing the Mystery: Unlocking the Deposit of Faith in Catechesis
Spanish: La Madre de Dios en la devoción hispana
“HOLY WATER” FONTS– ARE EMPTY DUE TO HELP REDUCE THE SPREAD OF VIRUSES.
Per the Bishops directive Holy Name & St. Mary will be locked. If you need to get into the church please contact the parish office.
“Life is precious, and it is our moral duty to protect and defend it.” -President Donald Trump
To all SM Parishioners:
The tree committee has met and has come up with a 5-10 year plan for removing the ash trees (before the ash bore comes) and other trees as needed (rotting or too many limbs breaking) and then planting a variety of new trees. The committee met with Raman Tree Service and makes the recommendation that we cut all of the men-tioned trees down and trim the other trees mentioned this spring so that we can start planting some new trees later this year. The parish council has approved going ahead with this recommendation.
Raman’s will cut down the 7 outside trees by the roads around Father’s house and trim the 2 big maples by the church and school. They will also cut down the inside trees by Father’s house that we have marked(except the 4 small trees that we can remove), clean up debris and remove all stumps for $7000.00. They will also trim the tree by the playground with limbs hanging over the road and trim the trees behind the school building for no ad-ditional fee.
Before going ahead with this project, we would like input from the parish. You may call or email the office with any questions or concerns. You may also call anyone on the tree committee with questions – Shorty Blauwet, Mark Roemen, Deb Blauwet & Father Francis.
Congratulations to Marvin & Mary Roemen who celebrated 65 years of marriage on May 14!
Check out Opening the Word, a program offering prayer and insights for the Sunday Readings found at http://holymarycluster.formed.org
Opening the Word: Sunday, May 17 (6th Sunday of Easter): https://bit.ly/May1720
Opening the Word: Sunday, May 24 (7th Sunday of Easter): https://bit.ly/052420
Holy Name & St. Mary
As Central Lyon School & West Lyon School is closed until further notice, there is no CCD at Holy Name & St. Mary's until further notice. Please look in the bulletin, at group text messages and on the Youth Group Facebook page for any updates.
My brothers and sisters, recently we forwarded to you the Iowa Bishops' statement about the suspension of Masses. This was in reference to the governor's statement on the reopening of churches in our state. Our Bishops and the Iowa task force on COVID-19 which the Bishops set up, agreed that it is not prudent to start reopening before preparing ourselves for it. They decided that we need to slow down and make sure we all know what needs to be done to make sure that every life is protected. The Bishops know that it is everyone's desire that we go back to church, but for the greater good, we are being asked to wait until all things are in place. That task force will come up with detailed guidelines which we will discuss with groups like the ushers and Eucharistic ministers among others. When this is done and the bishop's are sure that we are ready, they will reopen the churches for Mass.
In the meantime, let us continue to pray in our home as a family. St Paul tells us that 'everything works for the good for those who trust in the Lord.' May we see the good that God wants us to get from this experience.
-Fr. Francis
SM Vacation Bible School 2020 Mark your calendars! The dates are set for St. Mary's VBS, which will be held in the evenings August 2nd through 6th for children ages 3 to 11. More details will follow.
In order to have a successful program, we'll need volunteers to serve in lot of ways from decorating to teaching to cleaning up. Contact Alicia Schon-hardt 712-478-4602 or [email protected] if you'd like to volunteer.
HOLY NAME
Contributions from last 2 weeks
ACH Contributions on May 11 $200 ACH Contributions thru diocese $1155 General Fund $810 Fiscal Year-to-Date Income: $101,471 Fiscal Year-to-Date Budget: $105,267
ST. MARY Contributions from last 2 weeks
ACH Contributions on May 11 $960 ACH Contributions thru diocese $695 General Fund $2,885 Aid to Domestic Churches $25 Haiti $100 Building $50
Our Special Intention Prayer List
St. Mary: Donnie Horn Randy Simons Fr. John Todd Flanagan Jim Grotjohn Andy Block Special Intention Lincoln Reinke Father Jeff Justin Brower Pat Doherty- FL Sophie Gehrke Trish Lombard
Holy Name: Kellie (Katt) Sylliassen Gary Clasen Alice Moeller Fr. Jeff
SM Family Faith DRE needed! Is God calling you? This position has become available because David & Alicia Schonhardt will be relocating their family. Thank you Alicia for giving of your gifts this year. Please con-tact the parish office if interested in this position.
Together for Life https://togetherforlifeonline.com/
Spirituality: Place Your Family Under the
Patronage of These 10 Saints Turn to these saints for support, comfort, and counsel when dealing with the struggles and joys of family life.
Communication: Pope Francis Recom-mends Embracing Patience as Jesus Did During these challenging times, these words from Pope Francis offer some comfort and con-solation. Patience IS a beautiful virtue.
Romance and Intimacy: Spouses, Here’s Why You Should Never Use Your Love Life as a Weapon If you or your spouse have fallen into this bad behavior, there is a way out. Check out these steps to recommit to true spousal love.
Finance: Investing in Good Conscience More and more Catholics are investing in ac-cordance with their moral principles and it is pay-ing off. Learn more about socially responsible investing from Gerald Korson.
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