Bianca Cihacek Alexa Dewitt Aiden Gaul
Connor Hathaway Jackson Hughes Rowan Jackson Bennett Johnsen
Josslyn Keller Keegan McCaffrey
Patrick McGill Connor McGrath
Ellie Mosher Kara Selken
Piper Trescott Tighe West
NOTES FROM FATHER CHUCK
Saint Peter’s Catholic Church 5th Sunday of Easter April 29, 2018
FIRST COMMUNION Today we celebrate the first communion for 15 of our children. This is one of the holiest and grace filled masses. I ask that you remember our children in your prayers today. It is truly a blessed time for them and their families. Each year I encourage you to find your first communion picture and to remem-ber what a blessed day your first communion day was for you and for all the graces that the Eucharist gives you each time you receive communion.
MOTHER’S DAY BRUNCH This is just a reminder that next Sunday, May 6, the Knights of Columbus will be serving the Mother’s Day brunch from 8:00 a.m. to noon. This brunch is a week early so that families can have their Mother’s Day celebrations. Please come, enjoy the wonderful breakfast and honor all of our mothers for the gift of life that they have given to all of us.
ADULT PARTY I wish to thank the parish life committee for the wonderful party we had on Saturday, April 14. The food was outstanding. I don’t ever remember play-ing bingo and having so much fun. The weather did affect the crowd but those who attended had the time of their life. These parties are always a great way to build up our parish family.
CRAZY WEATHER
I think everyone would agree with me that this spring has been one of the most unpredictable. Last Sunday the snow and cold effected our atten-dance at masses. Please remember to keep cur-rent on your tithing as we need everyone's help for us to meet our financial obligations.
ANSWERS TO BIBLE QUESTIONS 1. The two Old Testament characters that were with Jesus at the transfiguration were Moses, who was the father of the Law and Elijah, who was the father of the prophets. 2. Jesus showed the Judas would be the one who would betray him by dipping the bread with him. 3. The place of the crucifixion was called Golgotha. 4. Jesus appeared to his disciples forty days after the resurrection. This was followed by Pentecost on the 50th day after the resurrection.
OKTOBERFEST LEADERS We are in need of a couple or a team of two people to become part of the leadership team for Oktober-fest. This is a wonderful opportunity to work with a wonderful team of people and also it is a great op-portunity to know more members of our parish fam-ily. If you are interested please contact me at the office.
THREE MINUTE PRAYER I spoke about this prayer process on Sunday and I wish to share this process with you. Begin this proc-ess by making the sign of the cross and the praying the glory be. 1. In the first minute ask the Father, the Son and Holy Spirit to forgive you for any failing that you have experienced in the past day. 2. In the second minute pray about all the bless-ings that you have received in the day and thank the Father, Son and Holy Spirit for these blessings. 3. In the third minute pray about you greatest chal-lenges for the next day and ask the Holy Spirit to help you with those challenges. This process is a wonderful way to bring the Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit more deeply into your life.
CHURCH TOUR I spoke about this on Sunday but it is worth repeat-ing. Our church is a marvelous teacher about our faith. I was so impressed with questions that the children shared during the Wednesday evening tour of the church. If you do not have a copy of the book, “Sacred Symbols of St. Peter’s Church” we do have copies in the office. If you would like a copy please stop by and we will gladly give one to you. Thank you to all of the parents who attended the church tour.
DIOCESAN APPEAL We are coming to end of our Diocesan Appeal cam-paign. We have had 370 people make a pledge to the appeal which is an outstanding number. I wish to thank you for your generosity to the appeal. We were very blest this year to receive a refund of over $12,000. Many priests ask me how we reach our goal so quickly and I always tell them this is a gen-erous parish!!!!!!!!
Saint Peter’s Catholic Church 5th Sunday of Easter April 29, 2018
Liturgy Corner
1. Who went with Saint Paul on his first missionary journey? 2. Paul and Silas were imprisoned during the second missionary journey, but in what city did this happen? 3. During Saint Paul’s third missionary journey, how long did the minister in the school of Tyrannus at Ephe-sus? 4. On what Island was Saint Paul shipwrecked as he made his way to Rome?
Saturday, May 5 4 pm Rosemary Forcucci Altar Servers: Madison Bergman, Aiden Bergman, Beth King Lectors: Jim Beck, Phylis Whitesel Euch. Minis. Lucile Gerjevic, Liz Jensen, Blake Rallis Gifts: Glenn Hansen Family Ushers: Linda Bonham, Maxine Gotto, Mike Sommer, Noah Whitesel
MASS SCHEDULE Mon. Apr 30 8 am Communion Service St. Francis Tue. May 1 8 am Mass: Carol Rath St. Peter’s Wed. May 2 8 am Mass: Artuno Mendoza St. Francis Thu. May 3 8 am Mass: Jerry Thompson St. Francis Fri. May 4 8 am Mass: Francis Messbarger St. Peter’s
Sunday, May 6 8 am Joseph Mendez Altar Servers: Steven Evezic, Alex Gast, Ben O’Neill Lectors: Susan O’Neill, Thomas Schechinger Euch. Minis. Norma Finn, Pat Snook, Roger Snook Gifts: Al Brummer Family Ushers: Lindsay Andersen, Sue Brownlee, Eric Ledger, Tom Weihs
Sunday, May 6 10 am Kenneth Finnegan Altar Servers: John Ross Biederman, Brady Myers, Alexis Otto Lectors: Maureen Garrigan, Pat Hensley Euch. Minis. Jeremy Brockelsby, Chris Fink, Leo Garrigan Gifts: Patty Gantt Family Ushers: Jill Clevenger, Dan Lighthipe, Craig Menges Child. Lit.: No Children’s Liturgy
Sunday, May 6 Noon Oliver Moser Altar Servers: Abby Barnes, Luke Evers, Nolan Peters Lectors: Casey Peters, Tony Peterson Euch. Minis. Andrea Barnes, Emma Barnes, Janet Hogsed Gifts: Lynne Smith Family Ushers: Sharon Finerty, Kyle Maher, Steve Osier, Rob Peters
READINGS FOR SUNDAY, MAY 6 First Reading: Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48
Second Reading: 1 John 4:7-10 Gospel: John 15:9-17
BAPTISM Congratulations to Brad & Jennifer (Liston) South on the baptism of their son, Phoenix Archer Riley, who was re-ceived into the Catholic church on April 22.
☺CHRISTIAN HUMOR☺ Just before Easter, I remarked to my husband that with the children grown and away from home, this was the first year that we hadn’t dyed eggs and had an Easter-egg hunt. “That’s all right, honey,” he said. “We can just hide each other’s vitamin pills.” ***************************************** A professor was at a party and became indignant when asked if college professors were absent-minded. "Professors haven't got bad memory," he declared. "They're not absent-minded. Don't you think I know where I am right now, and don't you think tomorrow I'll know where I was today? Would somebody like to ask me an-other question?" "Yes," said another guest. "Is it true that professors are absent-minded and have bad memory?" "Good!" said the professor. "I knew sooner or later some-body would ask me that question."
ALTAR SOCIETY St. Ann’s Altar and Rosary Society will meet on Thursday, May 3, in the social hall at 6 p.m. All ladies of the parish are invited to attend.
MEN’S PRAYER GROUP The men’s prayer group will meet on Thursday, May 3, at 7 p.m. in the Rectory.
THANK YOU
A special thank you to everyone at St. Peter’s for your donations to support the CDA Life Savers Drive fund-raiser. Because of your awesome donations, St. Peter’s contributed $634.53 to help financially support shelters and organizations that assist victims of domestic vio-lence. God Bless you for your generosity.
Social Concerns Committee
BOOK DRIVE The Social Concerns Committee will be collecting paper-back books for the incarcerated. The books must be pa-perback (no exceptions) and any age level and genre are being collected. Containers will be available at both church entrances. If you have specific questions, please contact Nicole Juranek at [email protected] or 402.968.2762
CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS COURT ST. ANTHONY #330 Please join us on Thursday, May 3, 5:15 p.m. at Our Lady of Carter Lake site for a Rosary, for the repose of member Catie Thompson, followed by Mass, dinner and the monthly meeting in the social hall. The theme this month is WEAR A HAT. Election of officers will be held. GIK collection is for BITHRIGHT in honor of Mother’s Day. See our Home Page at www.cda330.org for a list of needed items. All Catholic women in our Council Bluffs Parishes are welcome.
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