April 28, 2013

LITURGIES FOR THIS WEEK

Fifth Sunday of Easter

ST. CATHERINE of SIENA

Monday, April 29 Tuesday, April 30

Forest City 5:00 PM

No Mass @ Garner Forest City 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

OFFERTORY FOR THE NEEDY Parishes of the Archangels Catholic Cluster will be collecting for

Adoration
Reconciliation

Winnebago/Hancock Counties Relay for Life

the month of May. All the loose change & currency on Saturday, May 4, & Sunday, May 5, 2013
will go for this worthy cause. The envelope in your box can be put in the collection box anytime throughout the month of May. (Lake Mills use the St. Patrick Charity envelope found in your budget box) Thank you for your generous donation.

ST. PIUS V

Forest City

5:30 PM

Rosella Daniels
ST. JOSEPH the WORKER

Wednesday, May 1
Duncan 8:00 AM No Mass @ Britt No Mass @ Lake Mills FF Three Fingers 6:30 PM

Betty Schnider

Kay Pistek
ST ATHANASIUS

Thursday, May 2
No Mass @ Forest City Garner 8:00 AM

Bill Young
SS PHILLIP and JAMES

Friday, May 3
Garner Britt
Garner Duncan

6:00 AM-6:00 PM Adoration 7:30 AM James & Ida Foy

10:00 AM 3:45 PM Holy Hour & Reconciliation Reconciliation

Saturday, May 4
Duncan Buffalo Ctr.
Britt

St. Boniface 12 Hour Adoration First Friday, May 3 Hours: 6:00 AM - 6:00 PM in the Spiritual Room. Spend ONE hour in the real presence of Christ and experience how it can change your day, your week or even your life. HE is waiting for you...will you come? Sign-up sheets @ church entrances or contact Melany Hejlik 641-923-8041, hejlikfamily5@live.com Volunteers wanted for all offices of the Parish Life
(Altar Society) at St. Patricks Lake Mills. Please call Su Evans 641-588-3333 or Mary Sorenson 641-592-6575.

4:30 PM 6:15 PM
7:15 AM

Jeff Horstman Helen Wingert

Reconciliation

No Reconciliation @ Buffalo Ctr.

Sunday, May 5
Britt Britt
Lake Mills

ST. PATRICKS MAY BREAKFAST

Everyone is invited to St. Patricks May Breakfast Sunday, May 5, following the 8:30 AM Mass in Lake Mills. Join us as we welcome our new members and our newly baptized babies. Come and enjoy good food and friendly fellowship.

7:30 AM 8:00 AM
7:45 AM

Rosary for the Unborn For the People

Reconciliation

Lake Mills 8:30 AM Maxine Dugger Garner 10:00 AM Irene Hiscocks (Holy Name Seniors honored at Mass) Forest City 10:10 AM Rosary Forest City 10:30 AM John & Agnes Liska
RETIREMENT CELEBRATION FOR MOST REVEREND ARCHBISHOP JEROME HANUS

THANK YOU FROM ST. PATRICKS LAKE MILLS

A big Thank You to all the members of St. Patricks who participated in the spring cleaning this past week. We accomplished so much. We couldnt have done it without you! Thank you! Thank you! Social at St. Wenceslaus: Circle 4 of the St. Wenceslaus Rosary Society is serving a Social on Saturday, May 4, after the 4:30 PM Mass in the Church Basement. First Communicants & Graduates will be honored. All are welcome! ST. JAMES SPRING CELEBRATION Join us, Sunday, May 5, as we honor and bless this special time in the lives of our Graduates, First Communicants, Confirmands and those in Full Initiation to the Church. After the 10:30 AM Mass, a reception will be held in Cigrand Hall at St. James. All are invited to join in the festivities.

Newman Catholic Elementary Gymnasium 2050 S. McKinley Ave. - Mason City, IA Saturday, May 4, 2013 Open House 6:00 - 7:30 PM Short program at 6:30 PM Refreshments to follow.

B-eing U-nder S-atans Y-oke?

SPIRITUAL SPONSORSHIP The unborn baby you have been praying for is already 3 weeks in the womb. The tiny heart begins to beat at 21 days. Your babys mother is just now wondering if she might be with child. This is a frightening time for her. Pray for her, too, that no matter what the difficulties, she will trust in the Lords provision for her and her child. The Lord has known and loved this child from all eternity, and calls him/her by name.

Spring 3-In-1 Appeal will be taken up this weekend in all our parishes. Please be as generous as possible, using the envelope you received in the mail. If you forgot your envelope, please bring it next weekend. Thank you for your financial support.

WEEKLY OFFERINGS St. Boniface, Garner Budget ~ Adult Envelopes Offertory Student/Youth Envelopes Offertory For Needy Maintenance & Repair Initial Offering Bequests, Gifts Marys Meals Capital Improvement Holy Name Youth Group

4/21/2013 $2,555.00 84.50 7.00 15.00 15.00 5.00 50.00 .63 679.00 20.00 $3,431.13 $2,370.87 45.81 4.70 165.00 10.00 15.00 325.00 351.24 1,345.00 $4,632.62 $2,445.00 174.00 3.50 105.00 170.00 85.00 94.00 5.00 $3,082.00 $740.00 14.00 10.00 50.00 $814.00 $500.00 92.00 30.00 380.00 $1,002.00 $1,079.00 87.35 .90 30.00 50.00 $1,247.25

Our Advertiser of the Week

HANCOCK COUNTY CO-OP OIL GARNER Thank you for supporting our advertisers. Your patronage helps make our monthly bulletin possible. St. Patricks Catholic Study Group (LM) will begin studying the book New Evangelization: Passing on the Catholic Faith Today By Cardinal Donald Wuerl. First Study Group meeting is Wednesday, May 15. Cost for book is $4.50. If you are interested in joining the group, please contact Regina Adams 641-592-9811.

FAITH FORMATION NEWS Archangels Cluster Faith Formation

End of the Year Family Mass and Picnic will be Wednesday, May 1 at 6:30 PM at Three Fingers Campground about 4 miles West of Forest City. Mass at 6:30 PM followed by a potluck. Please bring a dish to share. Beverage & Table service will be provided. There are chairs available inside, but if the weather is nice, bring a lawn chair.

St. James, Forest City Budget ~ Adult Envelopes Offertory Student/Youth Offertory for Needy ACCW Initial Offering Capital Improvement Marys Meals Charity Fund

ALL PARISHIONERS ARE INVITED!!! St. Patricks Youth Group (LM) would like to say a Big Thank You to everyone who worked and donated bars for the Volleyball Concession. A good amount of money was raised that day to help with our NCYC trip. Thank you so much!!

St. Patrick, Britt Budget ~ Adult Envelopes Offertory Student/Youth Offertory for Needy Energy Needs Bequests, Gifts Liturgical Income (Votives) Holy Places

HOLY NAME NCYC UPCOMING FUNDRAISERS

Rummage Sale: Sale: Friday & Saturday May 10th & 11th Holy Name NCYC group will be having their rummage sale Fri. & Sat., May 10 & 11. Looking for donations. Donations can be accepted starting Sunday, May 5. Bring them right to the garage. We will be accepting baby clothes, kids clothes & teen clothing (washed and in good condition please). No womens or mens clothing. Will also accept household & miscellaneous. Thank you for your support! ALSO - Looking for donations for our Silent Auction to be held on Saturday, June 15, after Mass. Are you a good baker? Maybe you have a home-based business? Are you crafty? Maybe you received a really nice gift that you are unable to use? A themed basket? Be creative! NEW FUNDRAISER: Holy Name NCYC would like for you to go through your cupboards and collect all Best Choice brand UPC symbols. See flyers around church for clarification. You can place them in an envelope marked NCYC in the collection basket We will get 3 cents for every UPC symbol we submit. But we have to submit them in lots of 1,000! Your support is greatly appreciated.

St. Patrick, Buffalo Center Budget ~~ Adult Envelopes Offertory Energy Needs Bequests, Gifts

St. Patrick, Lake Mills Budget ~ Adult Envelopes Offertory Marys Meals St. Patrick Youth Group

St. Wenceslaus, Duncan Budget ~ Adult Envelopes Offertory Student/Youth Offertory for Needy Maintenance & Repairs

CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Tuesday, April 30 7:00 PM FC - Cluster Faith Formation Commission meeting in Cigrand Hall. Wednesday, May 1 6:30 PM Cluster Faith Formation Closing Mass/Potluck at Three Fingers Campground. Thursday, May 2 7:00 PM BC - Parish Life meeting in Church Hall. Friday, May 3 6 AM - 6 PM G - First Friday Adoration in Spiritual Room. Saturday, May 4 5:30 PM D - Social honoring First Communicants & Graduates in Church Basement. Hosted by Rosary Society Circle 4. 7:15 PM BC - Reception honoring First Communicants & Graduates in Church Hall. Sunday, May 5 9:30 AM LM - St. Patricks May Breakfast to welcome new members and newly baptized babies. All are welcome to enjoy the good food and friendly fellowship. 11:00 AM G - St. Boniface CDA Mother-Daughter Event in Church Hall. 11:30 AM FC - Luncheon honoring Graduates, First Communicants, Confirmands and those in Full Initiation to the Church. All welcome!

One Million Rosaries for Unborn Babies: The multinational campaign to end the surgical & non-surgical killing of unborn human persons will take place Friday, May 3, thru Sunday, May 5. The CDA of Britt & Garner are asking parishioners to participate by saying at least on rosary during these three days. For more information go to www.SaintMichaelTheArchangel Organization.org or the bulletin in the church entrances.

From the Desk of Fr. Dennis Miller, Your Pastor

5th Sunday of Easter ~~~~~ April 28, 2013

I love Spring. I feel like weve been waiting extra long for Spring this year. Spring is a time of new life and growth. This is especially true for both the Universal Church and our local Archdiocese. Each day I hear something about Pope Francis that seems to astound and impress me. He teaches and lives out the dignity of the human person in a truly remarkable way. And, each time people believe they can easily categorize his thoughts in purely political categories, he reminds us that he is Christs representative on earth and was sent to call all people to repentance and forgiveness. One moment hes washing and kissing the feet of a Muslim woman and next he is reminding us that there is no salvation outside of the church. For our Archdiocese, we are in a period called interregnum awaiting the installation of our new Archbishop. Yet, we are also saying goodbye to a faithful servant in Archbishop Jerome Hanus. Archbishop Hanus has been a great leader for the last two decades of this Archdiocese. He is a remarkably kind, intelligent, and spiritual person. Im glad that hes getting the rest that he deserves. One of the nicest things that Ive ever heard about Archbishop Hanus comes from one of the monks from his monastery at Conception Abbey. He said Archbishop Hanus does not make disciples of himself. He knows that its his job to make Disciples of Christ. Speaking of being Disciples of Christ, recently the pastoral leaders of the Archdiocese got together to talk about the New Evangelization. The first presenter was Kevin Feyen, the Director of Adolescent & Young Adult Faith Formation. His presentation really stuck out in my mind for two reasons. First, he very dynamically presented the challenges that we face. He showed the audience an advertisement for a national hotel chain. The point of the advertisement was that people choose what is best for them. So they would have some words like choose your art floating over a museum or a priceless painting. When the advertisement was finished, Kevin asked if we noticed what was incongruous. He then showed us the statement, choose your faith which was placed over a baseball field. It wasnt a mosque or a church or a synagogue. It was a baseball field. The writers of the advertisement decided that people associate nature or sports with prayer more than a church or another place of worship. Needless to say, I was astounded. But, the second part of Kevins talk was to ponder what we need to do to challenge that perception. We need to be better at reaching out to those who are distanced from the church to invite them back. But, we also need to make sure that, if they do come back, the quality of what they experience is such that theyll want to come back again the next week. I know there have been times when my preparation for mass hasnt been as good as it could have been. Ive heard people say things that seem to imply that good enough for church means something that you throw together at the last minute or something you would have replaced in your homes 10-15 years before. We can do better. Im going to rely on the members of the Cluster Pastoral Council and the Cluster Stewardship Committee to bring forth ideas of what we need to do better. Spring is also the time for endings. This week will bring an end to the year of faith formation for our students at an outdoor mass at Three Fingers Campground. I have thoroughly enjoyed the special sacraments that weve celebrated during this Easter season that are also, in a sense, ends. Congratulations to the members of the RCIA who entered the church at our Easter Vigil celebrations. I hope this last year was a time of growth and learning for you. And thank you to Jody Smith for all the hard work you did with them. The first communion celebrations are always such a joy for me. Its so exciting to watch the children come forth to receive Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. I always chuckle at the one or two who forget to say Amen when they receive the Precious Body and make a face after they receive the Precious Blood. Nonetheless, you can see the grace of the sacrament already at work in these young people. Thank you to all the catechists who prepared them so well. And, lastly, I want to commend the newly confirmed students for their dedication and openness to learn. I look forward to your greater involvement in our parish as leaders with a vision for the needs of the future. We need to listen and learn from you as to what we can do to be better at communicating the faith to the next generation. Thank you to the catechists who prepared them for this great sacrament. As you can see, there have been and will continue to be a lot of transitions for our church, our cluster, our parishes, and ourselves. Perhaps it is a good time to reflect on Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 There is an appointed time for everything, and a time for every affair under the heavens. 2 A time to give birth, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to uproot the plant.