5 TH S UNDAY OF E ASTER – MAY 14 TH, 2017 4 TH S UNDAY OF E ASTER – MAY 12 TH, 2019 St. James the Less 2044 Locust Street, St. Paul, IA 52657 St. John the Baptist 105 Main Street, Houghton, IA 52631 Pastor............................ Fr. Bruce DeRammelaere Administrative Asst. ................. Joan Holtkamp Robyn Conrad Parish Office/Rectory Mailing Address: P.O. Box 100 Houghton, IA 52631-0100 Office Hours: M-F 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Phone .................................................... 319/469-2001 Emergency Phone .............................. 319/572-8110 E-Mail .......................... [email protected]Website ...................................... stjj.weconnect.com Religious Ed Coordinator.......... Dixie Booten Phone .................................................. 319/837-8905 319/371-5043 (cell) E-Mail ..............[email protected]Youth Coordinator Phone .................................................. 319/837-8905 E-Mail .............. [email protected]Mass Schedule Vigil at 4:00 p.m. Houghton............... Feb-Mar, June-July, Oct-Nov St. Paul ................... Dec-Jan, April-May, Aug-Sept Sunday at 9:30 a.m. Houghton.............. Dec-Jan, April-May, Aug-Sept St. Paul .................... Feb-Mar, June-July, Oct-Nov Weekday ................................................. See Inside Sacraments Reconciliation: Saturday before Mass 3:30- 3:45 p.m.; Sunday before Mass 9:00-9:15 a.m. or by appointment. Baptism: You must be a registered member of a parish. New parents must attend a Bap- tism Class prior to setting a date. Contact Parish Office to register for a class. Parents may attend the class before the baby is born. Marriage: By appointment, at least six months prior to marriage. Parish Priest will preside. Sick Calls: Contact the Parish Office if there is anyone at home who cannot attend Mass and receive the Sacraments because of illness or age. Please notify the Parish Office when you go into the hospital, often we are not notified. ST. PAUL · HOUGHTON · IOWA
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5TH SUNDAY OF EASTER – MAY 14TH, 2017
4TH SUNDAY OF EASTER – MAY 12TH, 2019
St. James the Less 2044 Locust Street, St. Paul, IA 52657
St. John the Baptist 105 Main Street, Houghton, IA 52631
Mass Schedule Vigil at 4:00 p.m. Houghton............... Feb-Mar, June-July, Oct-Nov St. Paul ................... Dec-Jan, April-May, Aug-Sept Sunday at 9:30 a.m. Houghton.............. Dec-Jan, April-May, Aug-Sept St. Paul .................... Feb-Mar, June-July, Oct-Nov Weekday ................................................. See Inside
Sacraments Reconciliation: Saturday before Mass 3:30- 3:45 p.m.; Sunday before Mass 9:00-9:15 a.m. or by appointment. Baptism: You must be a registered member of a parish. New parents must attend a Bap-tism Class prior to setting a date. Contact Parish Office to register for a class. Parents may attend the class before the baby is born. Marriage: By appointment, at least six months prior to marriage. Parish Priest will preside. Sick Calls: Contact the Parish Office if there is anyone at home who cannot attend Mass and receive the Sacraments because of illness or age. Please notify the Parish Office when you go into the hospital, often we are not notified.
S T . P A U L · H O U G H T O N · I O W A
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Our sympathy and prayers are extended to the family and friends of:
Loretta Sindelar Sister of Alan Sindelar
Tom Hutchinson Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord.
All The Single Ladies We will be having a special fun day on May 21st starting at noon. This time, lunch will be provided along with drinks and table service. After-wards we will play bingo. Come and join the fun. Any questions, call Dixie Booten.
Birthright of Keokuk Baby Bottle Campaign You are asked to prayerfully consider a donation to Birthright of
Keokuk to help in their effort to support women who are facing a crisis pregnancy. You can put your donation in the baby bottles found in the back of Church and either return it to the basket or directly to their office at 22 North 5th Street, Keokuk. The campaigh will run until Fathers Day.
God’s Acre Sale Needs Buckets! The St. James the Less Altar and Rosary need ice cream buckets for
this years God’s Acre Sale. To help cut down on costs, they’re asking that after you enjoy all that delicious ice cream if you could bring in the buckets and place them in the back of church so that they could reuse them for turkey at the sale. What better way to recycle!
If your son/daughter/grandson/granddaughter is currently in Grades
8 - 11 and might be interested in attending NCYC this Fall we can still take registrations for a bit longer! Please contact Fr. Bruce for more information.
Anointing Mass An Anointing Mass will be held Tuesday, May 21st at 9:00 am at St. Mary's in West Point. All in need of heal-ing, or 60 years of age or older, are encouraged to attend. Like all the sacraments, the Holy Anointing was insti-tuted by Jesus Christ during his earthly ministry. The Cate-
chism explains, “This sacred anointing of the sick was instituted by Christ our Lord as a true and proper sacrament of the New Testa-ment. It is alluded to indeed by Mark, but is recommended to the faithful and promulgated by James the apostle and brother of the Lord” (Mark 6:13, Jas. 5:14-15). The anointing of the sick conveys several graces and imparts gifts of strengthening in the Holy Spirit against anxiety, discouragement, and temptation and conveys peace and fortitude (CCC 1520).
Prayer to the
Mother of the Lord for all Mothers
Mary, on this day when we honor all Mothers, we turn to you. We thank the Lord whom you serve for the great gift of motherhood. Never has it been known that anyone who sought your intercession was left unaided by grace. Dear Mother, thank you for your “Yes” to the invita-tion of the angel which brought heaven to earth and changed human history. You opened your-self to God’s word and the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us.
Dear Mother, intercede for all of our Mothers. Ask your Divine Son to give them the grace of surrendered love so that they could join with you in giving their own “Fiat.” May they find daily strength to say yes to the call to the sacrificial love, the very heart of the vocation of mother-hood. May their love and witness be a source of great inspiration for all of us called to follow your Son.
On this Mothers Day, Mother of the Word Incarnate, pray for us who have recourse to thee. Amen.
FYI Just a heads up that HTC’s Baccalaureate Mass will be next Sunday at St. John the Baptist. Fr. Dennis, Fr. Joseph and Fr. Bruce met and deter-mined that because of Fr. Mark’s health, at the end of May, we will be discontinuing the 5:30 p.m. Sunday Mass. Fr. Joseph has already modified their daily Mass schedule, and we decided not hav-ing a Sunday Night Mass would help the situation.
Wedding Banns Brittany Wellman and Travis Whitmore who will be married on June 1st at St. John’s.
Mikaela Foecke and Issac Richter Who will be married June 1st at St. James.
I learned recently that the first hospitals were founded by the church. Why? What other things have their origin in the church?
Many social institutions have their origin in early church life. Meeting the needs of people was the most basic expression of faith. Not only did God make people in his own image and likeness, but Jesus had given the command of love: "whatever you did for one of the least brothers of mine, you did for me" (Mt 25:40). The apostles had ap-pointed the first deacons to look after the needs of the poor widows. It wasn't long afterwards that hospices, hospitals, soup kitchens, and orphanages appeared. Universities came later, based on monastery and cathedral schools that had been ordered to provide education to young boys by Charlemagne. As the needs of society became more complex, the church would
champion the needs of the poor, the oppressed, the sick, and the needy. All of this was done out of respect for the dignity of each per-son and the need to prepare them to hear and embrace the Gospel. Organizing social institutions made for a more efficient use of re-sources, and a more visible sign of the ongoing work of the church in preaching and teaching the Gospel. In social services, education, lan-guage, and law, the church has left its imprint.
A big thanks to those who helped clean up the church grounds at St. John’s: Sally Denning, Randy Marrow, Herold and Joan Holt-kamp, Dan and Kay Wesely, Raymond and Marlene Bentler & Ruth Lampe. Your help is greatly appreciated and admired by every-one. Sharon Waldon
St. James Corner... Your gifts to the Lord: April 19th-21st, 2019 Sacrificial Giving: $1,2220.00 Offertory; $120.76 Holy Trinity; $425.00 TOTAL $1,765.76 Catholic Messenger: $29.00 Share the Faith $5.00 TOTAL $1,799.76 Amt Need/wk $2,065.38 Amt Need yr/date: $92,942.10 Amt Rec’d yr/date $82,421.59
St. Johns Corner… Your gifts to the Lord: April 18th-21st, 2019 Sacrificial Giving: $1,094.00 Offertory; $120.76 Holy Trinity; $490.00 TOTAL $1,704.76 Building & Energy Fund $25.0 Diocesan Volunteer $65.00 Home Missions $5.00 TOTAL $1,799.76 Amt Need/wk $1,791.53 Amt needed yr/date $78,827.32 Amt Rec’d yr/date $80,584.79
Stewardship
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The SUNDAY COLLECTION is by far our most important source of income. Just as we are called to make Sunday an important part of our
week, we are also called to be good stewards of our financial gifts. The
bills still come in over the Winter. Please be regular in your giving!
"To live charitably means not looking out for our own interests, but carrying the burdens of the weakest and poorest
among us."
~Pope Frances
Thank you for your generosity!
Saturdays 4:00 p.m. Sacred Heart - Ft. Madison 4:30 p.m. St. John the Baptist - Burlington 5:00 p.m. Sts. Mary & Patrick - West Burlington 5:30 p.m. St. Alphonsus - Mt. Pleasant St. Mary’s - West Point St. Joseph - Montrose
Sundays 8:00 a.m. St. Mary’s - West Point St. Alphonsus - Mt. Pleasant St. Paul the Apostle- Burlington 8:15 a.m. St. Mary - Dodgeville 8:30 a.m. Sacred Heart - Ft. Madison 10:00 a.m. St. John the Baptist - Burlington 10:30 a.m. St. Boniface - Farmington Sts. Mary & Joseph - Ft. Madison Sts. Mary & Patrick - West Burlington 11:00 a.m. St. Alphonsus - Mt. Pleasant 5:30 p.m. Sacred Heart - Ft. Madison 1st, 3rd & 5th Sundays St. Mary’s - West Point 2nd & 4th Sundays
To Report Child Abuse To report child abuse contact: Iowa Department of Hu-man Services Child Abuse Hotline: 800/362-2178 and if it involves clergy or church personnel also notify Alicia Owens, the Victim Assistance Coordinator: 563/349-5002; [email protected] or PO Box 232, Bettendorf, IA 52722-0004.
AREA WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULES
Ms. Schumaker has started a wonderful tradition at the Holy Trinity Catholic Elementary School. Each Monday morning all of the students gather in the hallway have a morning prayer and sing a song to praise God. They also recognize students who have a birthday that week with a hearty chorus of the "Happy Birthday" song. After prayers are said and songs are sung, the students then recite the following poem:
“Some kids are smarter than you. Some kids have cooler clothes than you. Some kids are better at sports than you.
It doesn’t matter. You have your thing, too.
Be the kid who can get along. Be the kid who is generous.
Be the kid who is happy for other people. Be the kid who does the right thing.
Be the nice kid.”
Our students are truly blessed to learn that being nice is so important and this is part of putting our faith in action. This is all part of educating physically, emotionally, and spiritually.
Pictured are our the young people from our parishes who received their first Holy Commun-ion on May 5, 2019: (L to R) Parker Overberg, Harper Wesely, Kaylee Moeller, Fr. Bruce, Brayton Van Niewaal, Annamae Timpe, Jamie Pollmeier, Nicholas Menke.
The First Communicants and their parents gratefully acknowledge and appreciate the love, devotion and commitment that Erin Garmoe, Nicole Herdrich, Jessica Moore, Emily Neeley, and Karen Schumaker, gave in preparing them for this sacrament...and of course our fearless leader Dixie Booten.
Parish Councils St. James the Less Parish Council
D.J. DiPrima, President ............................................ 319/572-6461 Linda Menke, Vice President .................................. 319/470-5847 Stephanie Schinstock, Secretary ........................... 319/931-4471 Gary Holtkamp .......................................................... 319/470-2472 Jessica Menke ............................................................. 319/470-1784 Sandy Mohrfeld .......................................................... 319/371-5937 St. James the Less Lay Directors Dan Kempker ............................................................. 319/470-0370 Mike Mueller ............................................................... 319/469-6414
St. John the Baptist Parish Council
Rhonda Pieper, President ....................................... 319/470-3022 Glenn Steffensmeier, Vice President ................... 319/931-8133 Marcia Kruse, Secretary .......................................... 319/470-4856 Kenny Pieper .............................................................. 319/470-8011 Linda Pieper ................................................................ 319/470-4709 Tim Denning ............................................................... 319/469-7917 St. John the Baptist Lay Directors Cindy Wellman .......................................................... 319/470-1767 Frank Pieper ............................................................... 319/470-3451
Prayer Chain Kaye Conrad , St. James ............................................ 319/469-6411 319/470-2257 Florence Thompson, St. John ................................. 319/469-3591
319/931-1786
Holy Trinity Catholic School, Inc.
Chief Administrator.......................................... Michael Sheerin School Board President ............................................. Steve Link Vice President ........................................................... Loren Menke Secretary/Treasurer ................................................. Lisa Hansen School Board Representative St. Paul ........................................................................ Loren Menke Houghton ........................................................................ Lisa Hansen At Large ................................................................................ Brad Box
Jr./Sr. High School 2600 Avenue, A J, Ft. Madison, IA 52627 Phone ............................................................................ 319/372-2486
Elementary School 413 Avenue C, P.O. Box 39, West Point, IA 52656 Phone ............................................................................ 319/837-6131
Early Childhood Center Director .............................................................. Stefanie Drollinger 2213 Avenue J, Ft. Madison, IA 52627 Phone ............................................................................ 319/372-6428 2040 Locust Street, St. Paul, IA 52657 Phone ............................................................................ 319/469-3881
Marketing Director ........................................... Brenda Graham Phone ............................................................................ 319/372-6310
Week of May 13th - May 19th, 2019
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Monday 7:00 a.m. Houghton NO MASS Tuesday 8:30 a.m. St Paul Jack Hawks t Wednesday 6:00 p.m. St. Paul Holy Hour 7:00 p.m. St. Paul David & Adele Faeth t Thursday 8:30 a.m. Houghton Eleanor Denning t Friday 7 a.m. St. Paul Bob & Lucille Merschman t Saturday 4 p.m. St. Paul Bert & Pricilla Holtkamp t Sunday
9:30 a.m. Houghton Ernie Steffensmeier t
MASS INTENTIONS
“Let your old age be childlike, and your childhood like old age;
that is, so that neither may your wisdom be with pride,
nor your humility without wisdom.”
~ St. Augustine
Liturgical Roles
Saturday, May 19th, St. James the Less
Servers: Blake & Brody Moeller Lector: Tommee Pelky Euch. Min: Linda Menke, Cindy DiPrima, Linda Baker Ushers: DJ DiPrima, Terry Moeller, Loren Menke Gift bearers: Liz & Terry Moeller Scrip: Carol Klesner
Sunday, May 20th, St. John the Baptist
Servers: Claire Brock, Adalyn Kruse Lector: Tim Denning Euch. Min: Juanita Kruse, Tom & Deb Jacobsmeier Ushers: Ken Schinstock, Jerry Stukerjurgen Gift Bearer: Jerry & Amie Stukerjurgen Scrip: Jim & Cheryl Brock
“Give me an army saying the Rosary and I will conquer the world.”
~ Blessed Pope Pius IX
Parish Councils St. James the Less Parish Council
D.J. DiPrima, President ............................................ 319/572-6461 Linda Menke, Vice President .................................. 319/470-5847 Stephanie Schinstock, Secretary ........................... 319/931-4471 Gary Holtkamp .......................................................... 319/470-2472 Jessica Menke ............................................................. 319/470-1784 Sandy Mohrfeld .......................................................... 319/371-5937 St. James the Less Lay Directors Dan Kempker ............................................................. 319/470-0370 Mike Mueller ............................................................... 319/469-6414
St. John the Baptist Parish Council
Rhonda Pieper, President ....................................... 319/470-3022 Glenn Steffensmeier, Vice President ................... 319/931-8133 Marcia Kruse, Secretary .......................................... 319/470-4856 Kenny Pieper .............................................................. 319/470-8011 Linda Pieper ................................................................ 319/470-4709 Tim Denning ............................................................... 319/469-7917 St. John the Baptist Lay Directors Cindy Wellman .......................................................... 319/470-1767 Frank Pieper ............................................................... 319/470-3451
Prayer Chain Kaye Conrad , St. James ............................................ 319/469-6411 319/470-2257 Florence Thompson, St. John ................................. 319/469-3591
319/931-1786
Holy Trinity Catholic School, Inc.
Chief Administrator.......................................... Michael Sheerin School Board President ............................................. Steve Link Vice President ........................................................... Loren Menke Secretary/Treasurer ................................................. Lisa Hansen School Board Representative St. Paul ........................................................................ Loren Menke Houghton ........................................................................ Lisa Hansen At Large ................................................................................ Brad Box
Jr./Sr. High School 2600 Avenue, A J, Ft. Madison, IA 52627 Phone ............................................................................ 319/372-2486
Elementary School 413 Avenue C, P.O. Box 39, West Point, IA 52656 Phone ............................................................................ 319/837-6131
Early Childhood Center Director .............................................................. Stefanie Drollinger 2213 Avenue J, Ft. Madison, IA 52627 Phone ............................................................................ 319/372-6428 2040 Locust Street, St. Paul, IA 52657 Phone ............................................................................ 319/469-3881
Marketing Director ........................................... Brenda Graham Phone ............................................................................ 319/372-6310
Week of May 13th - May 19th, 2019
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Monday 7:00 a.m. Houghton NO MASS Tuesday 8:30 a.m. St Paul Jack Hawks t Wednesday 6:00 p.m. St. Paul Holy Hour 7:00 p.m. St. Paul David & Adele Faeth t Thursday 8:30 a.m. Houghton Eleanor Denning t Friday 7 a.m. St. Paul Bob & Lucille Merschman t Saturday 4 p.m. St. Paul Bert & Pricilla Holtkamp t Sunday
9:30 a.m. Houghton Ernie Steffensmeier t
MASS INTENTIONS
“Let your old age be childlike, and your childhood like old age;
that is, so that neither may your wisdom be with pride,
nor your humility without wisdom.”
~ St. Augustine
Liturgical Roles
Saturday, May 19th, St. James the Less
Servers: Blake & Brody Moeller Lector: Tommee Pelky Euch. Min: Linda Menke, Cindy DiPrima, Linda Baker Ushers: DJ DiPrima, Terry Moeller, Loren Menke Gift bearers: Liz & Terry Moeller Scrip: Carol Klesner
Sunday, May 20th, St. John the Baptist
Servers: Claire Brock, Adalyn Kruse Lector: Tim Denning Euch. Min: Juanita Kruse, Tom & Deb Jacobsmeier Ushers: Ken Schinstock, Jerry Stukerjurgen Gift Bearer: Jerry & Amie Stukerjurgen Scrip: Jim & Cheryl Brock
