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SS. Peter & Paul School
“All Are Welcome” Preschool through Grade 8
317 Baldie St. Ionia 616-527-3561
Great Beginnings Preschool 616-527-3531 3-year-olds: Tuesday thru Thursday, AM program
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Suite A, Ionia
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601 E. Washington St. Suite A
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343 W. Main St.
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Lehman Funeral Homes
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SS. Peter & Paul Catholic Church Ionia County
Community Mental Health
Open Mon.-Fri., 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Saturdays by Appointment
375 Apple Tree Drive, Ionia 616-527-1790 ~ www.ioniacmhs.org
24-hour Toll-free Crisis Line 1-888-527-1790
Pastor: Fr. Tom Brown
616-527-3610, ext. 12
616-755-1742 (evening)
Associate Pastor: Fr. Oscar Londoño, mxy
616-527-3610, ext. 14
Seminarian Intern: Johnathan Johnson 616-527-3610, ext. 39
Parish Office Hours Monday - Friday: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Weekend Mass Schedule Saturday: 4:00 p.m.
Sunday: 8 & 11:30 a.m., and 1 p.m. (Spanish)
Reconciliation Schedule Wednesday: 6:00-6:45 p.m. (Spanish)
Saturday: 3:00–3:45 p.m. or by appointment
Daily Mass Schedule (subject to change) Monday: 12:10 p.m. in the chapel
Tuesday: Communion Service, 7:30 a.m.
in the chapel
Wednesday: 12:10 p.m. in the chapel
7:00 p.m. in the chapel (Spanish)
Thursday: 7:30 a.m. in the chapel
Friday: 7:30 a.m. in the chapel
Sacraments For questions regarding Baptism, Marriage,
Anointing of the Sick, or any other sacrament,
please contact our parish office.
Prayer Chain If you have a prayer request for immediate need,
please call 616-522-0279, or 616-527-0438.
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July 1, 2018 Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Gary Ferguson, Manager
Leo Trese, author of Seventeen Steps to Heaven, writes The
director of a proposed supercolossal movie was engaged in the task of
choosing an actress for the leading part in the picture. He sat at his
desk with dozens of photographs spread out before him that had been
supplied by various agents who were seeking the part for a client.
Eventually the director put his finger on one photograph and said to
his secretary, “There is exactly the one I want. Phone the woman and
get her in here.” It is a big jump from Hollywood to Heaven, from a
movie director to God. Yet we have here an example, however inade-
quate, for the reason of your existence. Back in the limitless reaches
of eternity, God made his plans for the universe and did the casting
for all the parts that must be filled, down to the end of time. In his
divine mind, He looked over all the pictures of all the souls, limitless
in number, whom He could create. When He came to the image of
you, He stopped and said, “This is a person who moves me to love.
This is a person I want with me for all eternity. This is the person,
too, whom I need for a special part in my plan.”
Human images are always inadequate in describing God and His
actions, but this story is still fundamentally true. God made you. He
chose you out of all the countless millions of other souls he could
have created and did not. His thoughts of you moved God. Moved
Him to love you, desire you. Loved you so much He did not want to
be without you. And even though there are billions of others He loves
equally and did create, for you there was a special part in His plan of
creation. A role for you that, while many others could do it, none
could do it quite as well as you. And so God chose you. This is your
vocation in life both here and for eternity.
All this speaks to just how special you really are. You are called
by God to fill a special part in this world and the next. You are not
just one of a hundred billion souls created by God in an absent-
minded moment of creativity. You are important to God and He has
an intense, personal interest in you. He has poured out countless
blessings on you. Our vocation imposes on us the obligation to justify
God’s love for us, his hopes for us. We meet that obligation when day
by day we try to do his will to the best of our ability. In all our deci-
sions and in all our choices we should ask ourselves “What does God
want?” instead of “What do I want?” This doesn’t mean our will and
God’s will are always going to be different. God loves us totally.
Frequently, He will help us know his desires for us by the gifts and
talents he has given to us. We come to know his will for us in part by
his making it attractive to us; by letting us think that the course of ac-
tion He wants is the one we have gladly chosen for ourselves. Yet
conflicts will arise and when they do we must be willing to surrender
our desires to God. This unswerving attachment to God’s will is key.
We rarely know what special job God has chosen for us…that job
which no one else can do as well as we. It may be a particular person
he will be able to reach only through us. It may be some chain of
events only you can initiate or some evil only you can avert. In most
cases we will not know until we are home in heaven what the particu-
lar task that only we could do was. So it is of great importance that
we strive every day, in all things, no matter how large or small they
may be to do God’s will.
So how do we know God’s will? That will be a topic for our next
column. But for now remember this. God never gives up on you. He
even died for us instead of replacing us when we failed to listen to
Him, fail to follow Jesus. God is our loving Father who is constantly
forgiving, constantly giving us another chance. He is the God of sec-
ond chances.
- Father Tom
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Please note that “Our Parish Offering” reflects the income from Sunday and Holy Day offertory only.
Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Wis 1:13-15;2:23-24/Ps 30:2,4-6,11-13/2 Cor 8:7,9,13-15/Mk 5:21-43 Saturday, June 30 4:00 p.m. Michael Smith (Family)
Sunday, July 1 8:00 a.m. John and Mary Simon (Julie Bennett) 11:30 a.m. Elizabeth Wizorek (Ralph and Michele Westbrook) 1:00 p.m. Misa en español
Monday, July 2 - Weekday Am 2:6-10,13-16/Ps 50:16-23/Mt 8:18-22 12:10 p.m. Jim and Ce Luke (Family)
Tuesday, July 3 - Saint Thomas, Apostle Eph 2:19-22/Ps 117:1-2/Jn 20:24-29 7:30 a.m. Communion Service
Wednesday, July 4 - Independence Day Am 5:14-15,21-24/Ps 50:7-13,16-17/Mt 8:28-34 8:30 a.m. Peace and Justice No Holy Hour No Misa en español
Thursday, July 5 - Saint Anthony Zaccaria, Priest; Saint Elizabeth of Portugal Am 7:10-17/Ps 19:8-11/Mt 9:1-8 7:30 a.m. People of Saints Peter and Paul Parish
Friday, July 6 - Saint Maria Goretti, Virgin and Martyr Am 8:4-6,9-12/Ps 119:2,10,20,30,40,131/Mt 9:9-13 7:30 a.m. Souls in Purgatory
Saturday, July 7 - Weekday Am 9:11-15/Ps 85:9,11-14/Mt 9:14-17 8:30 a.m. Scriptural Rosary
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Ez 2:2-5/Ps 123:1-4/2 Cor 12:7-10/Mk 6:1-6 Saturday, July 7 4:00 p.m. Martin Kendregan and Jason Tate (Family)
Sunday, July 8 8:00 a.m. Intention of Ed and Joan Blyth - 50
th Wedding Anniversary (Children and Grandchildren)
11:30 a.m. People of Saints Peter and Paul Parish 1:00 p.m. Misa en español
God’s Housekeepers for this week
GENERAL CLEANING: Maria Cardenas, Teresa Nuñez, Mela Reyes, Carolina Velasco
VACUUMING: John and Phyllis Powell
OUR PARISH OFFERING - June 23/24 2018
Adults $4,837.50 Students 1.92 Loose 515.32 Penny Bucket 115.62 Electronic Giving 580.00 Total $6,050.36 -5% Tithe -296.74 Net Total $5,753.62 Cemetery $40.00 Budgeted Weekly: $9,423.07 Deficit for the Week: $3,372.71
July 1 - June 24, 2018 Fiscal YTD Offertory Collection
Year-to-date: $462,977.31 Budgeted Year-to-date: $480,576.57 Deficit Year-to-Date: $17,599.26
Sunday, July 1st 9:00 a.m. Decision Point (VR) Monday, July 2nd 6:30 p.m. Scripture Study - The 7 Deadly Sins (PO) Wednesday, July 4th - Independence Day Happy Fourth of July! 8:30 a.m. Mass (CH) No Holy Hour No Misa en español Saturday, July 7th 8:30 a.m. Scriptural Rosary (CH) Sunday, July 8th 9:15 a.m. Decision Point (VR)
SS. Peter & Paul Parish Staff (616) 527-3610 Permanent Deacon Zenon Cardenas 527-8942 Secretary Cecilia Luke ext. 10 Office Manager Adam Rewa ext. 11 Pastoral Services Toni McKay ext. 13 Music Director Whitney Crooks ext. 30 Faith Formation Vanessa Booth ext. 21 Maintenance Dan Schmitz 527-3610 Cemetery Sexton Mike Bledsoe 527-3610
SS. Peter and Paul School www.ssppcatholic.com (616) 527-3561 Principal Julie Baty ext. 18 Secretary Diane Grummet ext. 23 Pre-School Audra Searfoss ext. 20 Daycare Audra Searfoss ext. 19
SS. Peter & Paul Parish - Pastoral Council David Fitzpatrick, Chairman Yolanda Preston Deb Trierweiler Chris Brown Alice Samani-Zozo Tony Velasco Deb Campbell Karen Thelen Tim Wall
SS. Peter & Paul Parish - Finance Council Chris Christensen Jane Hemenway Dave O’Mara Deb Conrad John Klein Denise Peabody Ron Drysdale
SS. Peter & Paul School - Board of Education Nick Cusack Kevin Heinlein Brian Siemen Troy Droste Matt Johnson Kristi Wizorek Jessica Drown Laurie Palmer
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Liturgical Ministers for Saturday & Sunday, July 7th/8th
4:00 p.m. 8:00 a.m. 11:30 a.m.
Lector: Kara Griffith Veronica Meyer Johnathan Johnson
Ministers of Madolyn Richardson, David Richardson, Brad Starks, Laurie Tjalsma, Ron Drysdale, Mellissa Harvey,
Communion: Richard Esparza Johnathan Johnson Johnathan Johnson
Altar Servers: Elliot Rewa, Tiffany Ferguson Avery Roundtree, Carter Starks Rachel Siemen, Gracie Morgan
Hospitality: Carol Cope, Mary O’Connor, Yolanda Preston, Jerry Preston, Patricia Klein, Anderson Family
Toni Montgomery Deb Porter
Please Pray For . . .
We continue to pray for all who need healing in body, mind, or spirit. If you would like to add or remove a name, please call the parish office. Be sure you have the consent of the person or a family member. Names will remain on the prayer list for three months and then be removed. Requests may be renewed.
Diana Dehn Allen Coble Leo Rowland Elaine Nash Diane Wilson Kathy Kranz Bill Westrick Abigail Ramirez Catherine Dusenbery Larry McKaig Pam Coggan Helen Schneider Steffani Robison Nichole Munsell Cindy Moon Pat McKinstry Brian Lyons Chad Wickerink Sandy Randall
Steve Bailey Danna Dingman Sue Tucker Gary Glownia Tom Renucci Lisa Tompkins Dalilah Tubergen Lorie Shaw Jon Caswell Jack Clayton Jean Barker Karen Hoskins Dominic Essich Susan Renee Montgomery Jane Emelander Georgia Sibert The Unborn John McKay Ivan Stebbins
Kim Mailand Jessica Drown Ian David Faist Kirsten Buys Johnson Suzanne Rosenburg Deborah Kaminski Sue Swinehart Irene Kneale Annie Bales-Ludwick Ashley Sue Montgomery Dorcas Spurlock Mary Lou Greenhoe Larry Lafler Larry Northrup Mchalie Walter Janet Beeman W. Patrick Burns Marcia Cook
CHRISTIAN SERVICE CENTER 301 W. Washington St., Box 396
Ionia 616-527-1530
OPEN Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday 9 a.m. to Noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
DONATIONS ACCEPTED WHEN OPEN
Receive. Believe. Share.
Recibir. Creer. Compartir.
Thirteenth Sunday in ordinary time
Faith Formation Religious Education Vanessa Booth [email protected]
Sandra Thelen [email protected]
We would like to thank Johnathan Johnson for giving a talk on Discernment to our Catechists at both St Edwards and Saint Peter & Paul during their Appre-ciation Dinners this year. The first dinner was held in Ionia on the 13
th followed by the dinner in
Lake Odessa this past Sunday. Inspired by a video clip called 4 Helpful Rules for Discernment by
Father Mike Schmitz, Johnathan helped explain to us the importance of discernment in our lives at any stage and age. He offered wonderful personal examples as well as insight into ways that we can help our youth grow into responsible young adults through discernment. Thank you Johnathan for sharing your gifts of time and talent with us, we truly treasure you and ap-preciate all that you have shared with us over these past few months; from coming into our classroom to talk to every class to leading one of our Youth Group sessions in Ionia. We appreciate the time you have spent with us in both parishes!
An Invitation to Come and See!
RCIA is an opportunity for:
those who have not been baptized.
those who have been baptized, but have little affiliation with, and/or training in the Catholic religion.
those who want to learn and ask questions about the Catholic faith.
If you would like to inquire, please call Toni McKay at 527-3610, or email to [email protected].
Becoming Catholic The “Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults” or “RCIA” is the par-ish-based process by which persons interested in the Catholic faith are invited to inquire about the Church, and if they so desire, join the worldwide Catholic community. RCIA provides the outline for this entire process as well as the ritual celebrations marking entry into the Catholic faith. Becoming a Christian and a Catholic is serious business, but because God is ultimately the one who calls a person to such a life-changing experience, all that is need-ed is an open heart to his word and trust in the journey he sets before you. Throughout the process of Christian initiation, usually lasting a year or longer, the entire Church promises to be there for those wishing to grow in their Christian faith. The Church stands by to patiently water and nourish and cultivate new seeds of faith, trusting in the Lord to provide a great harvest.
There are SO MANY to thank for the success of our Parish Garage Sale this year! Our parish family members were so generous in donating treas-ure for our sale! THANK YOU! We managed to realize more than $1,000 in proceeds for spiritual enrichment opportunities! An added bonus of this sale is that the unsold items go on to help many different organizations in our commu-
nity such as the PSIC (pregnancy service center), Enrich, and the Christian Service Center. Thank you also to the many who came out and shopped our sale! We hope you found that special item you simply couldn’t live without! Special thanks to our SUPER VOLUNTEERS: Maria Cardenas, Roger Cardenas, Zenon Cardenas, Kay Con-ner, Deb Conrad, Helene Dunn, Jackie Franz, Donna Hol-berg, Emma Martin, Katherine Martin, John McKay, Toni Montgomery, Mary O’Connor, Dave O’Mara, Dan Schmitz, Theresa Scholtens, Sharon Van Ett, and Sue Wizorek. We couldn’t have done it without you! You came forward and took charge as you realized the need. THANK YOU! We look forward to the opportunities that the proceeds of this sale will bring to the parish. Thank you, one and all!
Toni McKay
I wanted to give a shout out to every-one who came out to help celebrate my retirement from the best school in the world. A big thank you to my fami-ly, friends, and co-workers who made it a night to remember. You all hum-bled me with your kind words, music,
food, cards, and gifts. My life is so blessed with some amaz-ing people. Thank you for being a part of my journey!
With much love and thanksgiving, Nancy McGuire
Coffee and Rolls - Sunday, July 8th
9:00 a.m., in Apostles’ Hall Our Hosts: The Trierweiler Family! Our parish has been trying to revitalize our Sunday morning hospitality time that follows the 8:00 a.m. Mass. We were off to a GREAT start at the end of April, having volun-teer hosts through June 3rd. Since then, however, we have not been able to secure an on-going schedule of volunteers for this worthwhile time of sharing and community building. We are still hopeful that the Holy Spirit will breathe new life into this ministry. Is the Holy Spirit calling on you to help? We invite all parishioners to prayerfully consider how you might serve our parish in this area. To volunteer, please contact Diane Grummet, Deb Trierweiler, or the parish office. Thank you!
July 1, 2018
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR CLERGY AND RELIGIOUS!
Copies of the JULY Prayer Calendar
are available on the table in the back of the church.
LIFE FIT for Women! Life Fit for Women meets on Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. in the Veritas Room. Walk and Talk is from 5 to 5:30 p.m. - all you need is a comfortable pair of shoes. Life Fit is free of charge to all participants. Kip Geldhof
Catholic Services Appeal Update We now have 173 pledges totaling $60,020. We have less than $4,000 to go to reach our goal! Thank you to all who have made pledges to this vital appeal! If you haven’t made your pledge yet, we ask your prayerful consideration to do so. Thank you!
Miles Christi - Summer Silent Retreat Friday, August 17, 2018
Augustine Center, Conway, MI Brochures and registration forms can be found in the back of church. Praised by Popes and saints throughout the centuries, the Spiritual Exercises are an excellent means of sanctification. As Pope St. John Paul II expressed, “the Exer-cises are, in fact, a set of meditations and prayers in an at-mosphere of contemplation and silence, and above all, a spe-cial interior impulse, deriving from the Holy Spirit, to open am-ple spaces of the soul to the action of grace. The highest quality of the Exercises lies in the power they have to lead men and women to the very summit of prayer and divine love. This is shown through experience, by the changes in moral conduct that a single Ignation retreat has effected in the lives of thousands of people throughout history. Among the saints are Charles Borromeo, who was led by the Exercises “to adopt a more perfect form of life”; St. Francis de Sales, who wished “to serve God with the greatest possible fidelity”; St. Teresa of Jesus, who then became “the lover of lofty contemplation.” If you register and would like to carpool, please contact Yolanda Preston at 616-560-3945.
HYMNAL DRIVE! If you need an envelope, they are available on the back table of church, in the office, or you can ask Whitney. Let’s keep up our rich tradition of singing with our new hymnals!
Grief Support Group Sessions The Ministry of Consolation would like to invite anyone who has suffered the death of a loved one or a loss in their per-sonal life to join them at monthly Grief Support Group Ses-sions. The next session will be held in the SS. Peter & Paul Parish Office living room on Tuesday, July 10
th, at 6:30 p.m.
Each of the sessions offers a topic of discussion as well as time to reflect, listen, and share if one chooses. If you are interested in learning more about the Ministry of Consolation and its benefits to you or a loved one, please contact Vanessa in the Faith Formation Office at 527-3610.
Summer Decision Point
Do you love learning about our Faith? Did you see Matthew Kelly and want to learn more? Did you miss the event and want to know what the excitement is about? Chris Brown and Shana Herrman are offering the Deci-sion Point Confirmation program as make-up sessions for those confirmands who missed classes during the year, as well as anyone who is interested in attending. Our parish has been using Decision Point for the past 3 years as our Confirmation program, and it really is a world-class program. This is an opportunity to learn more about the faith, explore how the Holy Spirit is already working within you, and spend time with others with the same desire. Each session is 2 hours long, occurring between the Sunday morning Masses in the Veritas room. The six sessions in-clude 5-10 minute videos with discussion. The sessions are also independent, so you can show up to any session any time, and don't need to be at all of them.
Devotion to Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal As part of our spiritual growth, let’s come together and pray the rosary to honor our Lady of the Miraculous Medal and foster our devotion to her. To know more, call Dr. Alice Sama-ni Zozo at: 646-915-4857. Do not hesitate to leave a mes-sage. Last Sunday, seminarians in the Diocese of Grand Rapids
visited our parish. They spoke about their vocations and experiences as seminarians. This was a great opportunity for parishioners to meet our diocese's potential future priests!
Our Parish Purpose Statement - Saints Peter & Paul Parish
Our Pastoral Council has been working intensely with Father Tom to develop a Pastoral Plan for our parish. Parish Pastoral Planning is a prayerful and participative process through which a parish characterizes itself as a particular community of faith by developing its own purpose statement, assessing its strengths and resources, as well as its limitations and needs. All of this leads to making recommendations to the pastor concerning establishment of priorities and goals, and devising ways to accomplish its mission. Parish Pastoral Planning helps to answer the questions: Who are we as a parish? What are we called to do? How are we best going to do it? All of us are called to participate fully in the life and mission of the Church. The mission of the Church is rooted in the mission of Christ who commanded everyone - clergy, religious, and laity - to "Go into the whole world and proclaim the gospel to every creature." (Mark 16:15). From its earliest days the Church has responded to this mission in various ways depending upon the times and circumstances. Creating this statement of our parish’s purpose was a great challenge. The council could have simply quoted the parish purpose from the great commission of Matthew 28: “Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.” Jesus’ commission rings loud, yet there is great need in the world for the Catholic faithful to be moved to a renewed zest for the gospel, both personally and in sharing it with others. By establishing a purpose statement for our parish, the council hopes to eliminate any question as to our parish’s sacred purpose, and to ensure that the work of the parish, in all its forms, is directed toward this purpose. Our parish purpose statement: Our sacred purpose as Saints Peter and Paul Parish is to . . . use our God-given gifts . . .
Every parishioner is called upon to exercise the divinely-inspired calling and gifts conferred in Baptism for a particular function in carrying out the mission of Jesus Christ.
to awaken faith, inspire discipleship, and trust in God’s plan . . . Being a member of Saints Peter & Paul Parish is not only aimed at one’s personal sanctity. We are called to bring Christ out into the world, wherever our journey takes us, to affect the sanctity of all people. Each of us is to exude our Catholic faith as to rouse faith in others, to be an example of Christian discipleship, and to exemplify trust in God’s divine plan in all things.
so that all who enter our doors may receive, believe, and share God’s love. Whether one “enters our doors” by simply coming into contact with a parish member, or physically passes through the doors of our church building, our purpose is the same: To stir the hearts of people, through the power of the Holy Spirit, to become open to receive all the Lord unconditionally offers to every person, to attain certainty in the Gospel message, and to share in God’s love by embracing his love personally and becoming a vessel in bringing his love to others.
RECEIVE. BELIEVE. SHARE.
STEWARDSHIP CAMPAIGN
CAMPAIGN PRAYER
Heavenly Father, we thank you for always being
present to us in the Church which you gave as the means
for our salvation and that of the whole world. A Church
through which life-giving and sustaining graces are
poured into and over us by the holy Sacraments. A
Church which is truly your “body” here on earth. We are
members of that body, filled with the Holy Spirit and
bountiful graces, and compelled to use the blessings,
gifts, and favors which have been given us to build up
that body.
Renew us with your grace and the gifts of the Holy
Spirit that we may give serious thought to how each of us
can better use our time, talent, and treasure to build up
your Church and to love better our brothers and sisters
who make up your holy Church.
May the Parish of SS. Peter and Paul continue to be a
community of believers who are willing to spend time
learning about God’s Word and will, about the words and
works of Holy men and women who have loved
Jesus and his Church, and may we then serve one another
and our fellow human beings, in showing
them God and his Holy Church.
This we pray, dear Father, through our
Lord Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns
with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one
God for ever and ever. Amen.
The Stewardship Campaign Prayer was written by
a Saints Peter and Paul Parishioner.
Liturgical Ministers – July 2018
Date/Mass
Time
Lector Ministers of Com-
munion
Altar Servers Hospitality
July 7
Saturday
4:00 p.m. Mass
14th Sunday in
Ordinary Time
Kara Griffith Madolyn Richardson
David Richardson
Richard Esparza
Elliot Rewa
Tiffany Ferguson Carol Cope
Mary O’Connor
Toni Montgomery
July 8
Sunday
8:00 a.m. Mass
14th Sunday in
Ordinary Time
Veronica Meyer Brad Starks
Laurie Tjalsma
Johnathan Johnson
Avery Roundtree
Carter Starks Yolanda Preston
Jerry Preston
Deb Porter
July 8
Sunday
11:30 a.m. Mass
14th Sunday in
Ordinary Time
Johnathan Johnson Ron Drysdale
Mellissa Harvey
Johnathan Johnson
Rachel Siemen
Gracie Morgan Patricia Klein
Anderson Family
July 14
Saturday
4:00 p.m. Mass
15th Sunday in
Ordinary Time
Richard Esparza Jane Emelander
Cecilia Luke
Johnathan Johnson
Joseph Harvey
Kendall Cusack Julie Bennett
Toni Montgomery
July 15
Sunday
8:00 a.m. Mass
15th Sunday in
Ordinary Time
Marilyn Flanagan Donna Holberg
Robert Holberg
Johnathan Johnson
Sam Meyer
Ben Meyer
Roger & Karen
Thelen Family
Mary O’Connor
July 15
Sunday
11:30 a.m. Mass
15th Sunday in
Ordinary Time
Jacqueline Franz Ryan Ford
Johnathan Johnson
Tim Wall
Audrey Wall
Avelin McGuire Ford Family
Patricia Klein
Date/Mass
Time
Lector Ministers of Com-
munion
Altar Servers Hospitality
July 21
Saturday
4:00 p.m. Mass
16th Sunday in
Ordinary Time
Cecilia Luke Gloria Hozeski
Denny Hybarger
Theresa Scholtens
Carmen Rewa
Elliot Rewa
Mary O’Connor
Mary Lou Mulick
Garry Mulick
July 22
Sunday
8:00 a.m. Mass
16th Sunday in
Ordinary Time
Marilyn Flanagan Denise Peabody
Sue Huver
Mary Perrien
Nicole Trierweiler
Addyson Roundtree
Trierweiler Family
Jim Huver
July 22
Sunday
11:30 a.m. Mass
Ryan Ford Ron Drysdale
Tim Wall
Evelyn Velasco
Hannah Wirtz
Grace Droste
Roger & Karen
Thelen Family
16th Sunday in
Ordinary Time
July 28
Saturday
4:00 p.m. Mass
17th Sunday in
Ordinary Time
Johnathan Johnson Johnathan Johnson
Mary Lou Mulick
Garry Mulick
Kendall Cusack
Tiffany Ferguson
Theresa Scholtens
Richard Esparza
July 29
Sunday
8:00 a.m. Mass
17th Sunday in
Ordinary Time
Johnathan Johnson Marilyn Flanagan
Cheryl Hildebrandt
John Hildebrandt
Connor Pung
Paul Meyer
Pat Brockman
Judy Hamblin
Laurie Rosekrans
Donald Rosekrans
July 29
Sunday
11:30 a.m. Mass
17th Sunday in
Ordinary Time
Johnathan Johnson Mellissa Harvey
Ron Drysdale
Johnathan Johnson
Serena Ford
Amelia Ford
Pilya Christensen
Chris Christensen
Linda Droste
Dane Droste
