To authentically hand on the Catholic faith by leading people to Jesus in the Eucharist; so that our living Savior will help us to Know Him, Love Him as he desires, to use our gifts to Serve Him and to fulfill our purpose of living with him in heaven. PARISH MISSION Parish Staff and Office Hours Office Hours: Monday– Closed Tuesday –Wednesday: 9a.m.-12:00p.m. Thursday –Friday: Afternoon Office Phone Number: (641)-747-384 Staff: Business Manager: Judee Vaughan — [email protected]Children’s Catechesis Coordinator: Courtney Redfern — [email protected]Parish Secretary: Gale Armbrecht — [email protected]Pastor: Fr. Tom Kunnel Rectory: (641) 747-2569 Cell: (712) 404-2305 603 Main St. Guthrie Center IA. 50115 Email: [email protected]Des Moines Diocese Information: www.dmdiocese.org Vocations: www.vocationsonline.com Please call for Sacramental Emergencies If you have a loved one hospitalized, please call Father Tom or our office to inform us as we cannot obtain pa- tient information from the hospital directly. Sacrament Guidelines: Baptism: Make prior arrangement with the pastor Marriage: Make prior arrangements with pastor Mass Intensions: Mass intension envelopes are at the back of each church. Please fill out, deposit donation, and place in the weekly collection. Parish Locations: St Mary Parish 603 Main Street Guthrie Center, IA 50115 Parish Hall– St Mary St Cecilia Parish 220 N 1st St, Panora, IA 50216 St Patrick Parish 214 Prairie Street, Bayard, IA 50029 St. Cecilia † St. Mary † St. Patrick Catholic Churches November 26, 2017 Sunday in Ordinary
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To authentically hand on the Catholic faith by leading people to Jesus in the Eucharist; so that our living Savior will help us to
Know Him, Love Him as he desires, to use our gifts to Serve Him and to fulfill our purpose of living with him in heaven.
Please call for Sacramental Emergencies If you have a loved one hospitalized, please call Father Tom or our office to inform us as we cannot obtain pa-tient information from the hospital directly. Sacrament Guidelines: Baptism: Make prior arrangement with the pastor Marriage: Make prior arrangements with pastor
Mass Intensions: Mass intension envelopes are at the back of each church. Please fill out, deposit donation, and place in the weekly collection. Parish Locations: St Mary Parish 603 Main Street Guthrie Center, IA 50115 Parish Hall– St Mary
St Cecilia Parish 220 N 1st St, Panora, IA 50216
St Patrick Parish 214 Prairie Street, Bayard, IA 50029
St. Cecilia † St. Mary † St. Patrick
Catholic Churches
November 26, 2017 34th Sunday in Ordinary
Sacrament Guidelines
Baptism: Make prior arrangements with the pastor. Marriages: Make prior arrangements with the pastor.
St Marys
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Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
On the Roman Catholic liturgical calendar, today is the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ,
King of the Universe, more commonly known as the Feast of Christ the King. The last Sunday
of the liturgical year (next week is Advent!), this feast reminds us that whatever earth powers
may do or ask of us, Christ is the true king that should reign in our hearts. It was instituted less
than 100 years ago in 1925. In the aftermath of the First World War, in the midst of the rise of
Communism in Russia, and during the 16th centenary of the Council of Nicaea (325), Pope Pius
XI instituted the feast in his 1925 encyclical Ouas Primas, though its first celebration took place
in 1926. Pope Pius XI’s first encyclical was Ubi arcano Dei Consilio of December 1922. Writ-
ing in the aftermath of World War I, Pius noted that while there had been a cessation of hostili-
ties, there was no true peace. He deplored the rise of class divisions and unbridled nationalism, and held that true peace
can only be found under the Kingship of Christ as "Prince of Peace". For Jesus Christ reigns over the minds of individu-
als by His teachings, in their hearts by His love, in each one's life by the living according to His law and the imitating of
His example. The growth of secularization, atheism, and communism has caused humanity a lot of distractions in spiritual
growth.
While the world was increasingly telling Christians that they must compartmentalize their religion and give their highest
allegiance to the government, Pope Pius XI wrote regarding the feast: If to Christ our Lord is given all power in heaven
and on earth; if all men, purchased by his precious blood, are by a new right subjected to his dominion; if this power em-
braces all men, it must be clear that not one of our faculties is exempt from his empire. He must reign in our minds, which
should assent with perfect submission and firm belief to revealed truths and to the doctrines of Christ. He must reign in
our wills, which should obey the laws and precepts of God. He must reign in our hearts, which should spurn natural de-
sires and love God above all things, and cleave to him alone. (Ouas Primas,33).
Pius hoped the institution of the feast would have various effects. 1. That nations would see that the Church has the right
to freedom, and immunity from the state (Ouas Primas 32). 2. That leaders and nations would see that they are bound to
give respect to Christ (Ouas Primas 31). 3. That the faithful would gain strength and courage from the celebration of the
feast, as we are reminded that Christ must reign in our hearts, minds, wills, and bodies (Ouas Primas 33).
Today, the same distrust of authority exists, although the problem has gotten worse. Individualism has been embraced to
such an extreme, that for many, the only authority is the individual self. The idea of Christ as ruler is rejected in such a
strongly individualistic system. Also, many balk at the idea of kings and queens, believing them to be antiquated and pos-
sibly oppressive. Some even reject the titles of "lord" and "king" for Christ because they believe that such titles are bor-
rowed from oppressive systems of government. However true these statements might be (some kings have been oppres-
sive), these individuals miss the point: Christ's kingship is one of humility and service. For he says “You know that those
who are recognized as rulers over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones make their authority over them felt.
But it shall not be so among you. Rather, whoever wishes to become great among you will be your servant; whoever
wishes to be first among you will be the slave of all. For the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to
give his life as a ransom for many”. And Pilate said to Jesus, "Are you the King of the Jews?"... Jesus answered, "My
kingdom does not belong to this world. If my kingdom did belong to this world, my attendants would be fighting to keep
me from being handed over to the Jews. But as it is, my kingdom is not here." So Pilate said to him, "Then you are a
king?" Jesus answered, "You say I am a king. For this I was born and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth.
Thus, Jesus knew the oppressive nature of secular kings, and in contrast to them, he connected his role as king to humble
service, and commanded his followers to be servants as well. In other passages of Scripture, his kingdom is tied to his
suffering and death. While Christ is coming to judge the nations, his teachings spell out a kingdom of justice and judg-
ment balanced with radical love, mercy, peace, and forgiveness. When we celebrate Christ as King, we are not celebrating
an oppressive ruler, but one willing to die for humanity and whose "loving-kindness endures forever." Christ is the king
that gives us true freedom, freedom in Him. Thus we must never forget that Christ radically redefined and transformed the
EMHC: Richard Fiedler, Carlene Murrane Gifts: Brian & Angie McAlister Greeter: Kay Vaux Lector: Brian McAlister Servers: Samuel Shirbroun, Sam Obert Usher: Gary Haverman, Pat McAlister
St Cecilia — Sunday, 8:30 AM, December 3 EMHC: Page Arganbright, Tom Arganbright, Jean Higgins, Lauri Webner Gifts: DeeDee Buchanan, Ed Buchanan Greeters: Marti Russell and Moe Russell Lectors: Tim Fitzgerald, Carla Fitzgerald Ushers: Tom Watts, Carol Wendl, Jim Wendl Video: Sean Crees Servers: Payton Douglass, Jordan Douglass, Morgan Crees
St Mary — Sunday, 10:30 AM,
EMHC: Cindy Ahrens, Dennis Flanery, Sandy Eivins
Gifts: Amy Hoover
Greeter: Cass Fronapfel
Lectors: Cass Fronapfel, Judy Bauler
Server: Mason Wahl, Carter Hanson
Ushers: Dustin Clark, Paul Clark
Stewardship Gifts
St. Cecilia $1,773.00
St. Mary - $1,567.00
St. Patrick -$1,132.00
November 25, 4:30 PM Matt Murrane
November 26, 8:30 AM Tim & Carla Fitzgerald & family
November 26, 10:30 AM Matt Murrane
November 27, 5:30 PM Matt Murrane
November 28, 5:30 PM Bradford Family
November 29, 8:00 AM Tim & Carla Fitzgerald & family
November 30, 8:00 AM Orville & Kathleen & family
December 1, 8:00 AM Ambrose & Mary Dentlinger
November 26th - Solemnity of Christ the King Jesus
says "Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of the
least brothers of mine, you did for me."
What are the key first steps to enter into Advent?
We can all slow down. We can all breathe more deeply.
We can all begin to trust that this will be a blessed time.
Then, when we let ourselves be who we are, and hear
the Scriptures, we can begin to quietly pray, “Come,
Lord, Jesus.” We might expand that prayer, in quiet mo-
ments of our days ahead, “Come into my life. I trust you
don’t mind if it is still messy. I believe you love me,
because I need your love. I don’t fear you can’t find the
way to my heart. Come and fill me with peace and the
love only you can give.” Some of us will want to open
our hands on our laps or hold up our arms in the privacy
of our rooms and say out loud, “Come, Lord, Jesus,
come into this house, into my family, into our struggles.
Come and heal us, and give us join again. Come and
unite us and let us experience, each in our own way, a
bit of the joy you are offering me now.” And, before a
single decoration goes up, we have prepared for Christ-
mas’ message with the foundation of faith, with the
mystery of Advent’s gift. God wants to be with us. Ad-
vent is letting God’s will be done in our hearts and in
our everyday lives.
Reminders:
Installation Bishop Pates has announced the dates and time of his visit to our parishes to install Fr. Tom as our pastor. He was extremely happy to be with us when he visited us for the celebration of Marriage. Let us make another opportunity for Bishop Pates to meet with us.
December 9th, Mass at 4.30 PM St Patrick Church, Bayard
December 10th, Mass at 8.30 AM St Cecilia Panora
St Mary, Guthrie Center 10.30 AM
Catholic Youth Camp at St. Thomas More center Registration for summer 2018 has started Contact Information: Email: [email protected] Phone: 515-309-1936 Fax: 515-309-1885 Address: 6177 Panorama Road Panora, Iowa 50216
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Mass
Please join us for the diocese’s annual Pregnancy and Infant Loss Memorial Mass On November 28,
2017 at 7 PM at Christ the King Church, 5711 SW 9th St, Des Moines, IA 50315.
Bishop Pates will preside at the Mass, which is offered for all families and individuals who have suffered from the loss of a child. A reception will
follow the Mass, where resources offering healing and education will be provided.
For more information contact the Office of Marriage and Family Life 515.237.5056
Urgent message from the parish office.: If you need
to purchase any items for any of our parishes or your
ministry within the parishes please contact the office to
get a pre-purchasing order form, then complete the
form and send it to Fr. Tom to get his approval prior to
making any purchase.
Thank you
The Liturgical Year culminates in the celebration of the
Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Uni-
verse. Honoring Christ as King is in harmony with the
eschatological theme: "[W]e journey toward the consum-
mation of human history, one which fully accords with
the counsel of God's love: "To reestablish all things in
Christ, both those in the heavens and those on the
earth" (Eph. 11:10). The Lord Himself speaks: "Behold I
come quickly! And my reward is with me, to render to
each one according to his works. I am the Alpha and the
Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end
(Rev. 22:12-13)."
Next weekend we begin
the new liturgical year
with the first Sunday of
Advent. This is a new year
of grace and favor in our
Lord Jesus Christ.
Remember please to keep
Christmas in Christmas.
This is the Advent Season,
not the Christmas season.
This is a time to anticipate and prepare for the Nativity
of the Lord, as a reminder of our own personal need to
prepare for meeting the Lord, whether in death or at the
end of the world.
Feast of Immaculate Conception A holy day of Obligation
