Mass Times St. Isidore Springville Weekend Mass: Saturday 6:00 p.m. Daily Masses: Tuesdays & Thursdays @ 8:00 a.m.

Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday 5:15-5:45 p.m., or by appointment @ phone 854-6141

Mass Times St. John the Baptist Mt. Vernon Sunday 8:30 a.m.

Rev. Andrew Awotwe-Mensah, Pastor Email DBQ137@dbqarch.org 319-895-6246 @ St. John’s

Cheryl Machovec Secretary/Bookkeeper p 854-6141 FAX 854-7161 email stizzy@netins.net or DBQ190SEC@dbqarch.org Office Hours. Wed & Thurs 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Michele Loehr Coordinator of Religious Education Ph 854-6141 email DBQ190RE@dbqarch.org

Theresa Pennington Site Coordinator P 854-6141 Tues & Thurs AM

Theresa Sundstrom Director of Music Ministry e: DBQ190S@dbqarch.org

St. Isidore Religious Education Class

Kindergarten-8th Grade Wednesdays 6:00 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. High School (9-12 grades) Wednesdays 6:15 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Prayer Chain Contacts Parish Office 854-6141 or stizzy@netins.net

Cheryl Machovec 329-5352 or cmachovec@netins.net

Connie Sjostrom 270-3774 or sjostrom.connie@gmail.com

Bulletin- Connie Sjostrom 270-3774 or email Sjostrom.connie@gmail.com Deadline is Wednesday at noon.

St. Isidore Pastoral Council

• Mike Machovec Finance Council Chair mmachovec@netins.net 854-7395

• Mike Gregoricka Council Chair mike.gregoricka@consumers-supply.com 480-2319

• Candy Lentner Vice-Chair cclentner@yahoo.com 389-7210

• Barb Pederson Council Secretary pedranch@aol.com 482-2055

• Mary LaGrange Liturgy Committee mllagrange@yahoo.com 854-7587

• Melissa Janssen Liturgy Committee mgerlach15@hotmail.com 321-0408

• Josh Sundstrom Community Life Nukesundstrom@gmail.com 563-451-5929

• Rosemary Dreismeier Community Life NaturalSettingPhoto@hotmail.com 482-7391

• Yvette Moravec Social Justice iamoravecfam@yahoo.com 563-210-4532

• John Roberts Social Justice jsroberts1951@gmail.com 540-9335

• Marilyn Andersen Faith Formation Chair 854-7435

603 6th St. South, PO Box 318, Springville Iowa 52336 www.stisidorespringville.org

ST. ISIDORE the FARMER CATHOLIC CHURCH Growing Faith, Family and Friendship since 1961

Mission

We, the parish of St. Isidore the Farmer, are dedicat-

ed to growing a life-long Catholic community. Be-

lieving in the Risen Christ, we are empowered by the

Holy Spirit to celebrate the Eucharist, to be nour-

ished by the Word of God, and to serve the needs of

the local and worldwide community.

May 2, 2020

Fourth Sunday

of Easter

Reading I: Acts 2:14a , 36-41

Responsorial: Psalm 23: 1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6(1)

Reading II: 1Peter 2:20b-25

Gospel: John 10:1-10

Stewardship : Jesus says, “I came that they may have life, and have it to the full.” Good stewards are grateful for the gift of life and joyfully share their abundance with others.

Vocation View: Traditionally on Good Shepherd Sunday, we celebrate World Day of Prayer for Vocations. Today of all days, pray for an increase in vocations to priesthood, the diaconate, and religious life. Invite someone you know to consider a life of leadership in the church. (John 10:1-10)

Stewardship For April 25th, 2020 & ACH Paymts

Adult & Youth $ 1,482.50

Easter Donations $ 750.00

Adult ACH $ 785.00

Total Collected Week 43 $ 3,017.50

YTD Collections Needed (43 wks) $ 117,411.00

YTD Collections Received (43 wks) $ 119,260.00

YTD Over $ 1,849.00

Thank you for your support!

Bldg. Fund ACH $ 100.00

Other Collections: Rice Bowls $ 75.00

Thank you to the catechists for continuing to provide lesson plans by email to the parents and students. This has been es-pecially challenging as some classes use textbooks and other materials. Thank you to the "new" catechists (parents) for working with your children to continue as normally as possi-ble with faith formation for your children. We would have officially been done with classes on May 6th, closing with Mass but as you know that is not possible. We continue to hold all of you, your children, and families in prayer. Stay safe and we hope to see you all next year! Totus Tuus Fundraising - We are coming to an end to the fundraising efforts for Totus Tuus, the week long summer religious education opportunity for St. Isidore and St John youth. If you have taken a One Mission candle, please turn in your "collection banks" when you are able. You can drop the banks off at the church by appointment. Please contact Michele Loehr to arrange a time to drop off your "collection bank". Michele's cell is 319-560-0018. Thank you for help-ing with this effort.

ST. ISIDORE the FARMER CATHOLIC CHURCH

Refer to the St. Isidore website or Facebook page

for a copy of the complete letter from the Iowa

Bishops on the continuation the Liturgical re-

strictions now in place due to Covid 19.

Information for the faithful of the Archdiocese is

available at dbqarch.org/coronavirus. This in-

cludes public messages from Archbishop

Jackels.

During this time, the Archbishop will live stream

a celebration of Holy Mass each Sunday and

will lead the Rosary each week on Thursday.

Visit www.DBQArch.org for more information

about these live streamed events.

Pray to God for speedy deliverance from the evil

of the coronavirus, for those who are sick or who

live in fear of infection, for those who care for the

sick and elderly, for those whose lives and liveli-

hood are adversely affected by the spread of the

virus. God, come to our assistance. Lord, make haste to help us. Mary, health of the sick, pray for us. St. Raphael, patron of the Archdiocese of Dubu-que, and patron of healing, pray for us.

Father Andrew’s daily message is on the main website page each day, the then moved to the Liturgy page for everyone to have a chance to view it. If we have your current email address it is also being sent to you daily.

Mass Intentions Already Scheduled: Please note that Fr. Andrew will be celebrating daily and week-end Masses during all the Coronavirus-related cancel-lations. Therefore, he will say your already-scheduled Mass Intentions during these Masses. If, however, you wish to move and re-schedule your in-tentions for a later date when Masses resume, please contact Cheryl in the Parish Office to re-schedule.

Pastoral Council Nominations: A nomination form

for the 2020 Parish elections is also on the main page

of the Parish website. It includes members currently

serving on Council, Faith Formation and Finance

Council as well as parish staff who are not eligible to

be nominated. We need to fill three spots on the

Council and your nominations should be in to the

Parish office by May 8th.

Mass Intentions May 2

May 5

May 7

May 9 George and Alice Gaul

May 12 Al Opatz

May 14

May 16 Thomas & Vernita Welch & Family

May 19 Harold Lake & Roxanne Troester

May 21

May 23 Roy & Delphina Takes

May 26

May 28

May 30

If you would like Mass said for your deceased loved one on any of

the available days, you can contact the Parish Office 854-6141.

We will live stream Mass on Saturday evening on Facebook. If you follow the St. Isidore Face-book page you will receive notifications of any live events, including Mass this Saturday at 6:00 p.m. If you do not have Facebook, you can still watch by following this link: https://www.facebook.com/St.IsidoreCatholicChurch/live/

You can find the Act of Spiritual Communion (which we will pray together after Communion) on the St. Isidore website main page. Our recordings will also be available for viewing on Springville Cable channel 11 for 24 hours on Wednesdays, alternating with the Springville Unit-ed Methodist service. Help Wanted: See the back page for the full de-scription of a position opening at St. John’s in Mt. Vernon for Coordinator of Youth and Young Adult Faith Formation.

May Birthdays

5/7….David Shaw 5/11...Annette Waldron, Bailey Fah 5/30...Elaine Shaw

May Anniversaries

5/8….Michael and Dawn Frederick 5/12...Bill and Sue Schettler 5/15...Jeff and Michelle Gourley 5/17...John and Joan Roberts

****************************** Please check to verify that the church office has your most current contact information includ-ing your current phone/ address/ and email if you have had any changes in the past few years.

Mail for the church is PO Box 318, Springville IA 52336-0318 Phone is 319-854-7435 Email is: stizzy@netins.net or DBQ190SEC@dbqarch.org.

Connect High School Seniors with College Campus Ministry This is a particularly difficult year for high school seniors. Make their transition to college easier! Newman Connections is a non-profit with the sole mission of connect-ing incoming college students with the Catholic Student Center on campus. Please look for a direct mailer from the Newman Connection soon. You can learn more about their free services by going to their website: http://www.newmanconnection.com/. Catholic Charities: Visit Catholic Charities’ COVID-19 Resources Page for additional disaster resources for parishes and families or call 800.772.2758 to speak with our staff about your specific needs. Pre-Canas Moved to Virtual Platform Pre-Cana marriage preparation days scheduled through early May (at least) will take place virtually via Zoom. The sched-ule has been modified to accommodate the virtual platform and the price has been reduced to $25. Engaged couples may learn more and register here: www.DBQArch.org/Pre-Cana. Rice Bowl and Holy Land Collections For those parishes which voluntarily participate in the Rice Bowl program, contributions are usually returned during Ho-ly Week. Without the opportunity to bring contributions to Holy Week liturgies, these can be collected by parishes at any time after Mass resumes and sent to the Stewardship De-velopment Office which will ensure the gifts get to Catholic Relief Services. The collection for the Holy Land has nor-mally been taken on Good Friday. Absent a liturgy, there is no expectation for this collection to be taken. Should you receive gifts for this cause, send them to the Finance Office through Who’s Where. The Archdiocese will then forward them as required. A deadline for these gifts will be set after Mass resumes. Archdiocese of Dubuque Relief Fund If you are looking for a way to support the COVID-19 disas-ter relief efforts of Catholic Charities, please consider con-tributing to the COVID-19 Relief Fund for the Archdiocese of Dubuque. More information is available at the following website: https://dbqarch.org/donate-covid-19-relief-fund. Family Matters To view the May 2020 issue of the Family Matters e-newsletter or subscribe to the newsletter list @ https://dbqarch.org/family-matters-newsletter.

FOR BULLETIN ENTRIES Contact Connie by Tuesday at Noon. | 319-270-3774 |

Follow us on Facebook

https://www.dbqarch.org/

stisidorespringville/

Baptism Catechesis: The following dates are scheduled for Baptism catechesis at St. John’s: May 12, 2020 Tuesday @ 6:30 pm

November 10, 2020 Tuesday @ 6:30 pm

Please contact Cheryl in the parish office, 319-854-6141 for more information and to pick up a packet.

Coordinator of Youth and Young Adult Faith Formation: St. John's Church, Mount Vernon, IA, is looking for a

dynamic and faith-filled individual to coordinate the Youth and Young Adult Ministry in the parish. This position

involves providing formation, including preparing candidates for Confirmation and mentoring in a relational ministry

that fosters authentic evangelization within the Church and community while integrating them into parish life. The

person will also serve as a member of the RCIA team. Interested individuals need to have a bachelor's degree in the-

ology or related field, strong organizational and communication skills, including the use of social media, and be a

practicing Catholic in good standing. This is a full-time position, with benefits, requiring regular office hours, with

some evenings and weekends.

Interested individuals may submit a cover letter with resume, including three references, via email to:

Dbq137@dbqarch.org or mail to: St. John the Baptist Catholic Church Attn.: Fr. Andrew Awotwe-Mensah 212 7th street, S.E. Mount Vernon, Iowa 52314 Application deadline: May 15, 2020

ST. ISIDORE the FARMER CATHOLIC CHURCH www.st is idorespringv i l le.org

Debra K. Oldham,

DDS

Joslyn Slater,

DDS Complete Family

Dentistry

Accepting New

Patients www.anamosadental.com