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

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This Week’s Mass Schedule Pastor: Rev. Francis Makwinja Office & Rectory: 712-477-2273 fax: 712-477-2162 Cell: 712-320-0723 Email: fmakwinja@yahoo.com

Admin. Assistant: Jess David

Parish Email: holymarycluster@yahoo.com

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, ashkla256@gmail.com and Beth Luze cell: 605-484-2649, Bethluze@gmail.com. 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, vburkard@alliancecom.net and Co-Chair Needed- please contact the parish office if interested.

Deacon (retired): Jeff Gallagher 712-477-2405 ndjef@alliancecom.net 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 31, 2020 & June 7, 2020 Pentecost Sunday & The Most Holy Trinity

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

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 be-cause 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 an-other, 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 parishes will re-main closed together.

Protocols. The instructions and preparations r equir ed for r esuming public Masses are not op-tional. Pastors are strongly encouraged to utilize their pastoral councils and other groups in the plan-ning 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, pas-tors 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.

Vulnerable Persons. Those who are 65 and older and/or have under lying medical conditions are considered be at a high risk if they contract COVID-19. Therefore, no special Masses or com-munion services are to be offered for this group, as doing so would convey a mixed message about both the dispensed Mass obligation and the strong preference for such groups to remain at home.

Capacity. Canon Law allows for up to four Sunday Masses to be celebrated (one on Saturday evening and three on Sunday). Given the work of Ministry 2025, it is highly advisable to refrain from anticipating overflow crowds and adding extra Masses without first assessing the actual attend-ance of the first two or three weekends of public celebration. Bishop Nickless must give his permis-sion for any priest to celebrate more than three Masses for the Sunday liturgy.

Mass Location. As public masses r ecommence, the pastor of a cluster or a par ish with multiple churches may initially celebrate Mass only in the primary church and not in the secondary church(es). This ensures that proper controls are in place and followed, and eases the pressure of acquiring supplies and training personnel in sanitizing and liturgical procedures. The schedule of Mass times for a parish in this situation may be temporarily adjusted to accommodate sanitization or other ex-traordinary needs.

Mass Times. Mass times and schedules may be temporar ily adjusted to provide the necessary time for sanitizing and disinfecting. The temporary schedule may accommodate the current need for more or less Masses, depending on the observed attendance and capacity over the first two to three weekends.

Weddings, Funerals, and Quinceañeras. Once public Masses r esume, weddings and funerals may be celebrated utilizing the same social distancing guidelines applicable for Sunday Mass. This is to be done within reason, still preferring that only close family and friends are present. Quinceañeras, because they are a cultural and not sacramental celebration, will remain suspended for the time.

THE GLOBE HAS CHANGED TO ‘THE LUMEN’!

This is a reminder that The Catholic Globe has re-branded. The last issue of the diocesan newspaper named The Catholic Globe was printed May 21. Starting June 4, subscribers will see newspapers in their mailbox www.lumenmedia.org named The Lumen, which means The Light in Latin (and trans-lates nicely into Spanish!) Look for the fire of the Holy Spirit in the new logo of the banner. It will still be printed twice monthly and subscriptions are still $30 per year or $1.25 per issue. Be looking for en-LIGHTENing new features! For more information or to subscribe, go to www.lumenmedia.org or call (712) 255-2550.

By this time most of you are aware that I have been given a new assignment by the Bishop of Sioux City. I have been asked to take up the role of a chaplain at Holy Spirit Retirement Home in Sioux City. This assignment will become effective on July 1, 2020. The new pastor for our two parishes will be Fr. Sunny Dominic. He is coming from West Bend where he was the Rector of Grotto.

Fr. Francis

Thank you to the kids on Old Mill Lane (Easton, Callen, Clara, & Baylor) for your donation to Holy Name Catholic Church.

That was so thoughtful of you.

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 31 (Pentecost Sunday): https://bit.ly/May3120

Opening the Word: Sunday, June 7 (The Most Holy Trinity): https://bit.ly/June0720

St. Mary's First Communion As public Masses begin to be offered again, we can start to think about First Communion for our 2nd graders! For now the tentative plan is to do rolling dates with only two chil-dren receiving the Eucharist for the first time at any Mass in order to minimize the crowd and respect the rules for Mass set out by the diocese. Please keep our 2nd graders in your prayers, and stay tuned for more details. St. Mary's VBS Given the uncertain situation, unfortunately St. Mary's has decided to cancel Vacation Bible School for 2020. We'll have to wait until 2021 to have fun and learn with the Marvelous Mystery: The Mass Comes Alive theme. St. Mary's Family Faith Formation: Although the year didn't end as we expected, we are grate-ful for the teachers, musicians, speakers, meal-donators, and families who made Family Faith Formation possi-ble. Thank you! May God bless you for your efforts to grow the faith! Now it's time to start thinking about next year. - Registration is open! Please fill out a registration form and mail it in or drop it off at church. If you don’t have ac-cess to a printer, the church will have some copies availa-ble to pick up on the door of the rectory. https://holymarycluster.webs.com/Blank%20copy%20St%20Mary%20Religious%20Ed%20Registration%20Form%202019-2020-1.pdf - Can you help teach the youngest of our parishion-ers? Family Faith Formation meets nine times a year (typically the first Wednesday of the month). Contact the office if you're interested in serving. - St. Mary's is still in need of a DRE for grades PK-5. The position requires about 10-12 hours per month. Are you being called? Contact the office for details– Applications can be picked up from the office or emailed to those inter-ested in this position. Applications are due by June 15th.

Watch these live-streamed concert events on Facebook, sponsored by Catholic United Financial, every Tuesday in June starting June 9. Your virtual ticket is free for each performance. Each musician/band will select a charity of their choice which will be featured during the concert. Please consider a freewill donation to these charities to show your support for their efforts in COVID-19 relief. June 9 - Aly Aleigha https://www.facebook.com/events/533312624002626/

June 16 – Sonar Worship (Nate’s band) https://www.facebook.com/events/2929261913788430/

June 23 – Jon Jonz https://www.facebook.com/events/660840074738750/

June 30 – Luke Spehar https://www.facebook.com/events/249720129444523/

HOLY NAME

Contributions from last 2 weeks

ACH Contributions on May 20 $875 ACH Contributions thru diocese $950 General Fund $100 Fiscal Year-to-Date Income: $103,281 Fiscal Year-to-Date Budget: $109,805

ST. MARY Contributions from last 2 weeks

ACH Contributions on May 20 $476 ACH Contributions thru diocese $400 General Fund $2,325 Haiti $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 Alice Moeller Family of Gary Clasen Fr. Jeff

“HOLY WATER” FONTS– ARE EMPTY DUE TO HELP RE-DUCE 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.

Congratulations and Best Wishes to: Tyler Kruse and Andrea Hanson

who were united in the Sacrament of Marriage at St. Mary on Friday,

May 22, 2020. May God bless them with many years

of happiness together!

Our deepest sympathy to the family of Mary Herbst who passed away on April 26th. May she rejoice forever in the glory of God’s Kingdom. Our deepest sympathy to the family of Loretta Quinn who passed away on May 9

th. May she rest in peace, and may her

family know comfort and consolation. THE WEEK OF THE APPEAL Support the Catholic Home Missions Appeal today! Right now over 40% of dioceses in the United States are considered mission territories because they are un-able to fund essential pastoral work needed in their communities. Your support funds religious education, seminary formation, lay ministry training, and other programs that build vibrant faith communities right here in the United States. Please be generous. More information can be found at www.usccb.org/home-missions.

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