December 1 & 2, 2018

St. Patrick Contacts Deacon Mike Carney 712-310-2921

Office: Michele Wilson 712-642-2611 M, T, W, F afternoons

Faith Formation: Annette Lorenzen 712-642-3155

Knights of Columbus: Brian Otterpohl

Parish Pastoral Council Chair: Steve Wertzberger

Parish Finance Council Chair: Laura Meier 402-980-1278

Trustees: Mike Kenealy 402-651-3729

Patricia Kocour 712-642-2974

Parish Ministries contact: Sharon Solon 402-689-5116

RCIA: Deacon Carney

Homebound/Shut-in Ministry: call church office

Cemetery: Mary Palmer Mon-Wed. 9-11 am 712-642-2611

Music Ministry: Lyle Waterhouse 402-203-4738

Mass Schedule St. Anne Mass Times: Saturday 4 pm; Sunday 8 am

Daily Mass: Tuesday through Friday 9 am

St. Patrick Mass Times: Sat. 5:30 pm; Sunday 9:30 am

Daily Mass: Tuesday through Friday 8 am Except the First &

Third Wednesday 10 am at Longview Care Center

Hall Rental St. Anne Hall & St. Anne Basement

Please call 712-644-2520 for more information

St. Pat’s Houdek Hall & St. Patrick Library Lounge

Please call 712-642-2611 for more information

St. Anne & St. Patrick C A T H O L I C C H U R C H E S

Mailing: 112 W 3rd St Logan, IA 51546

Location: 104 W 3rd St. Logan 215 N., 7th St. Mo. Valley, IA 51555

email: stanne@iowatelecom.net email: stpatsch@loganet.net www.logancatholic.wordpress.com www.movalleycatholics.wordpress.com

St. Anne Contacts Deacon Dennis Lovell: 402-689-8940

Office: Annette Lorenzen 712-644-2520 Tues/Fri 9:30-3:30

Faith Formation: Kyle Haffey 402-306-7186

Knights of Columbus: Joe Esser

Parish Pastoral Council Chair: Elaine Hansen 712-644-2808

Parish Finance Council Chair: Gerry Pinter 712-644-3477

Trustees: Kay Barry 712-648-2508; Joe Esser 402-981-1295

Parish Ministries contact: Deacon Lovell

RCIA: Deacon Lovell

Faith Sharing (Study) Group: Kathy Lovell 712-644-2092

Eucharistic Adoration-First Fridays: Kathy Lovell

Music Ministry: Judy Dinkel 712-644-2628

Fr. Raphael Masabakhwa 712-644-2520

Every person touched by our Parish communities is Welcomed, Valued & Enriched in Christ.

PASTOR

Dear Friends: Welcome to the Season of Advent 2018.

A Parable: You die. You are dead. And in that place between wakefulness and dreams, you discover that you have crossed and gone to the other side of this life. There are no distinguishing features save for the fact that you suddenly see the Lord standing there before you holding a red huge book. The Lord asks, “What is your name?” You announce your name. The Lord begins to turn page after page; page after page of the huge book. Finally, after what seems like for-ever, the Lord says, “Here’s your name on this page, but the page is empty; how old are you?” You announce your age and the Lord says, “What did you do with those years of the life I gave you? Your page is empty!” There is a long pause, and you don’t know what to say. Suddenly, you hear loud, frightening and horrible noises and voices of wailing, grinding and gnashing of teeth from what seems like a room down the hall. The Lord says to you, “You don’t belong here, you belong to that room down the hall.” You are visibly shaken and shocked and intuitively you instinctively fall on your knees and beg: “Please Lord, let me go back to the other side of life, just give me one year of life back to my former life and I will surely fill up the empty page with good works; I will serve and minister to my sisters and brothers so that my page is not empty; please Lord.” The Lord says to you, “No, you cannot go back; you had your chance of those years I gave you and you made your decision already; you cannot go back.” You suddenly wake up from this dream and check the time: it is 3:00 am. You are sweating profusely and you sit up on your bed. You try to go back to sleep but cannot. This dream stays with you till the next morning and several days after. After a while you realize this was no coincidence: God is trying to tell you something. After several times of prayer, reflection, and meditation it becomes very clear to you that you ought to do something with your life: you need to change the direction of your life. What are you going to do? How are you going to live your life differently? Are you going to assume and just continue to live your life as you have been doing? What major changes are you going to make? The Lord has certainly spoken to you; what is your response? xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx During this Advent Season, what do you want to change about the way you are presently living your life? Do you want to continue same in and same out? Do you want to continue operating on “auto-pilot?” The Advent scripture readings are pretty powerful. What’s your response going to be? The homily at the weekday Masses will be omitted to allow and provide for a moment of quiet reflection on the richness and power of God’s Word in the readings of this season. Make Advent a time for personal reflection on where you stand as a Christian accepting the gospel challenges in thought, word and deed. Assess your relationship with your family, friends, working colleagues and other people you come in contact with, especially those of your own parish. Examine whether you are able to give any positive contribution to other people’s lives and to eradicate the abuses which are part of our society. Attending weekday Masses will assist you in these various areas of your life.

Something to think about:

Three men died and went to heaven. St. Peter met them at the front gate and said, “Heaven is a great big place, and we always assign

people a vehicle to get around based on how faithful the people were to their wives or husbands.” Peter turned to the first man and gave

him a Cadillac; the second man got a motorcycle and was somehow disappointed, but he figured that it was fair, based on his degree of

faithfulness to his wife. The third man got a scooter and although disappointed, he knew what his life had been like. The man who had got a

motorcycle went driving down one of the streets of heaven, and he saw the man who got the Cadillac parked on the curb, and he was crying

loudly. The motorcycle man stopped and asked, “What in the world are you crying about? You got the Cadillac.” “I know,” said the Cadillac

man, “and I just saw my wife go by on a skateboard.”

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The assistant minister was much impressed with the new minister, and he could hardly wait to tell his neighbor, a skeptical farmer about the

new minister. “He’s got a B.S., and M.S., and a Ph.D.,” the assistant minister proudly said to the farmer. “Well, I’m not much on these

educated preachers,” the farmer said. “We all know what B.S. stands for. M.S. means ‘More of the Same’ and Ph.D. means ‘Piled higher

and Deeper.’ ” Masabakhwa says: “Go figure.”

May you have a blessed, reflective and transforming Advent Season! Fr. Masabakhwa, R.

St. Anne Ministry

Sat. Dec. 8 4:00 pm Mass

Lector: Tammy H.

EMHC: Dave & Julie E.

Hospitality: Matt G.

Money Counters: Deb L., Dave E.

Sunday, Dec. 9 8:00 am Mass

Lector: Mark G.

EMHC: Mike O’., Joe E.

Servers: Grant G., Jack G.

Hospitality: Roger & Carol S.

Money Counters: Wayne R., Joe E.

EME for Westmont/homes: Kevin L.

Dec. Chairpersons: Kay Barry, Peg Kurth

St. Patrick Ministry Sat. Dec. 8 5:30 pm Mass Sacristan: Wayne Honz

Lector: Renee Carney

EMHC: Wayne Honz, Matt Kolb

Hospitality: Barb Schulte, Sharon Solon

Sunday, Dec. 9 9:30 am Mass

Sacristan: Mike Oehler

Lector: Dana Orten

EMHC: Sharon Buss, Pat Kocour, Annette Lorenzen, Michele Wilson

Gift Bearers: Kocour family

Hospitality: Steve & Linda Van Riper, John Meier

Counters: Pat K., Regina L.

Saturday, Dec. 1: 4:00 pm Mass St. Anne for Suzie Pinter 5:10 pm Rosary St. Patrick 5:30 pm Mass St. Patrick for Helen Withem

Sunday, Dec. 2: 8:00 am Mass St. Anne for Lor i Wear 9:30 am Mass St. Patrick for Judy Vana

Tuesday, Dec. 4: 8 am Mass St. Patrick for Carol Stuckey 9 am Mass St. Anne for Tom Guinan

Wednesday, Dec. 5: 10 am Mass Longview for Dave Kleveter 9 am Mass St. Anne for Gene Miller 6:30 pm Evening Faith Formation classes @ St. Pat’s

Thursday, Dec. 6: 8 am Mass St. Patrick for Dave Jones 9 am Mass St. Anne for Dorothy King

Friday, Dec. 7: 8 am Mass St. Patrick for Dianna Becker 9 am Mass St. Anne for Suzie Pinter

Saturday, Dec. 8: 2-3 pm Reconciliation @ St. Anne 4:00 pm Mass St. Anne for Carmen Robero 5:10 pm Rosary St. Patrick 5:30 pm Mass St. Patrick for Donna Maixner

Sunday, Dec. 9: 8:00 am Mass St. Anne for Gene Miller 9:30 am Mass St. Patrick for All Par ishioners

Please pray for:

Dennis & Kathy Massku, Barb Schulte, Dave Meyer, Laura

Meier, Bill Lynch, Jerry Skelton, Dennis Schroeder, Veronica

Dayhoff, Hermelindo Lopez Garzia, Josh Anderson, Jeff

Freed, Duane Chevalier, Mike Kirlin, Andy Adams, Helen

Herman, Marshall Wagner, Tom Kiminski, Damien Garza,

Jean Balsano, Linda McIntosh, John Taylor, Pat McEvoy,

Roseann Brummer, Avett Wigdahl, Paul Lane, Bonnie

Boughton, Jenene Rauth, Gene & Evelyn Pitt, Burnith

Chalfant, Mary Kirlin, Peg Gilmore, Muriel Alger, Druann

Campanella, Mary Alice McKain Coyle, Donna Wendt, Jerry

Helmke, Kim Kunkee, Jean Collins, Connie McLaughlin,

Rocky Perez, Jerry Powell, James Kirlin, Carmen Schemmer,

LaVonne Stewart, Juanita Torgerson, Morgan Stanislav, Kelly

Tucker, Jennifer Small, Lori Colberg, Marilyn Clinkenbeard,

Barb Hinchey and others you know

To request prayers, email stpatsprayernet@msn.com

Weekly Readings for the Week of Dec. 2

Sunday: Jer 33:14-16/Ps 25:4-5, 8-9, 10, 14 [1b]/1 Thes

3:12—4:2/Lk 21:25-28, 34-36

Monday: Is 2:1-5/Ps 122:1-2, 3-4b, 4cd-5, 6-7, 8-9/Mt

8:5-11

Tuesday: Is 11:1-10/Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17 [cf. 7]/Lk

10:21-24

Wednesday: Is 25:6-10a/Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 [6cd]/

Mt 15:29-37

Thursday: Is 26:1-6/Ps 118:1 and 8-9, 19-21, 25-27a

[26a]/Mt 7:21, 24-27

Friday: Is 29:17-24/Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14 [1a]/Mt 9:27-31

Saturday: Gn 3:9-15, 20/Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4 [1]/Eph

1:3-6, 11-12/Lk 1:26-38 Next Sunday: Bar 5:1-9/Ps 126:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6 [3]/Phil

1:4-6, 8-11/Lk 3:1-6

AA Meetings

Held on Thursday & Saturday evenings 7 pm at St. Anne’s.

SHARING OUR BLESSINGS

Thank you to everyone who supports our parishes with

their time, talents and financial support! May God

continue to bless you for your generosity and kindness.

Please pray for the financial health of our parishes and

that all members will generously share the many

blessings that God has given them with our parishes.

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION

By appointment and 2:00-3:00 PM on 1st Saturdays @

St. Pat and 2nd Saturdays @ St. Anne.

SACRAMENT OF THE SICK (ANOINTING)

Anointing is available upon request for serious

illness, before surgery & in emergency any time.

SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM

To have your child baptized, you must be a registered

parishioner in good standing for at least 3 months.

Baptismal requests must be made at least one month

before the desired date. A baptismal class is required

for first time parents. Please call the office to schedule.

SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY

To be married at the parish, you or your intended

spouse or your parents must be a registered parishion-

er in good standing for at least six months before a

date can be requested, with a minimum of six months

for marriage preparation. The couple needs to talk with

a priest or deacon six months before the anticipated

wedding date. If a prior marriage is involved; one year

notice is necessary.

PASTORAL VISITATIONS

Please call the parish office when a parishioner is

admitted to any of the area hospitals/care centers, and

desires Holy Communion or a visit. Due to a

confidentiality law, hospitals no longer alert us to this

information. If a homebound parishioner would like a

pastoral visit, or to receive the Eucharist, call the

parish office. The Eucharist is taken to the care

centers on Sundays by EMHC.

UPDATES

Please let the parish offices know if you have a change in

phone, email or address, or wish to join a ministry.

ST. BRIDGET CEMETERY

185TH STREET & TERRACE STREET

HONEY CREEK, IA

PLOTS AVAILABLE

712-642-2611

This cemetery is owned and maintained by the Roman Catholic Church. Buyers agree to respect and abide by the policies of the Catholic Church as outlined by the Diocese of Des Moines, and will not use in a way contrary to or in conflict with

the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church.

Save the dates: Advent Weekend

Thursday, Dec. 13 = 6:30 pm Movie Night

Featuring—“I Can Only Imagine” at both parishes

Saturday, Dec. 15 = Mass, Parish Dinner, Movie Discussion

at both parishes

Sunday, Dec. 16 = Advent Communal Reconciliation with

several priests available. 2 pm @ St. Patrick Church

CHRIST OUR LIFE CONFERENCE FOR OUR

SEARCHING SOULS SHARING FORUM

Thoughts, Reactions, Inspirations, Feedback,

Impressions, Reflections… Christ our Life Points of Interest:

Matt Fradd took the very difficult topic of pornography and

made it comical, interesting, and very informative. I came to

realize that as technology advances, we need to stay in front of

these issues by attacking them head on with honesty with those

we love. Very good information to have even as our children are

older and out of the house because it is information we can use

as we become grandparents.

Father Leon Pereira reminded me that we may be spoiled in our

western culture and religious beliefs. I realized that we are only

doing the minimum. We live in a great nation and many people

participate in the season of Lent but really we are minimalists

when it comes to practicing the difficult aspects of Catholicism.

This nation is rich in many ways, but poorer, in religion, than

many countries we may view as inferior. His entire presentation

was a reflective hour that made me realize I may not be OK

with God and caused me to take a deeper look at what I am

doing as a Catholic; really taking part in what I believe.

I always need to be reminded of the importance of understand-

ing and partaking in the Sacrament of Reconciliation. I am very

glad that it was offered and once again reinforced in my life.

Wilfred (Bill) Uhing

Finance Reports

St Anne

11-18-18: Tithe $1,348 Plate $77.38 Kids $12.70

Harambee $53.50 Bldg fund $96

11-25-18: Tithe $915 Plate $83 Kids $9.48

Harambee $59 Bldg fund $180 Please remember St. Anne’s Parish, Logan, in your will.

St. Patrick

11-18-18 Tithe $4,002 Plate $133 Kids $8.02

11-25-18 Tithe $1,738 Plate $87.85 Kids $15.50

ADA still needs $3,653

Please remember St. Patrick’s Parish, Mo. Valley, in your will.

PROJECT EMMANUEL—2018 Advent Project

Our parishes will take up monetary donations for the

Phoenix House in Council Bluffs during Advent. See your

Advent mailing or next week’s bulletin for more details.

Holy Father’s December Intention

That people, who are involved in the service & transmis-

sion of faith, may find, in their dialogue with culture, a

language suited to the conditions of the present time.