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St. John the Apostle Catholic Church
August 16, 2020
Website: www.StJohnsNorwalk.org
Facebook: StJohntheApostleNorwalkIowa
Parish Office: 720 Orchard Hills Drive, Norwalk, IA 50211-9669
Phone: 515-981-4855 Fax: 515-981-9475
Office Hours: 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM, Monday through Friday
Pastor: Rev. Dan Kirby, 515-981-4855
Emergency 712-242-6242 Email: [email protected]
Deacons: Rev. Mr. David Miller, 515-229-5537
Email: [email protected]
Rev. Mr. Kelly Stone, 515-981-4855
Email: [email protected]
Office Manager: Tim Mineart, 515-981-4855
Email: [email protected]
Emergency 515-689-9077
Facilities Coordinator: Glenn Soyer 981-4855
Email: [email protected]
Emergency Cell 515-556-9553
Custodian: Ned Kluever, Emergency Cell 515-669-1069
Faith Formation Director: Melissa Hill, 515-981-4855
Email: [email protected]
Youth Ministers: Rachel Weeks, 515-981-4855
Email: [email protected]
Secretary: Alayne Pieper, 515-981-4855
Email: [email protected]
Accountant: Kathy Ballard, 515-981-4855 (Wednesday AM)
Email: [email protected]
Baptism Class: First Thursday of the month - 6:30 PM:
Feb., May, Aug., Nov. Please call the office to register.
Altar Rosary Society:
Second Tuesday - 6:30 PM: Feb., Apr., Jun., Aug., Oct.,
Dec. New members are welcome.
Knights of Columbus:
First Monday of the month - 7:00 PM
Mass Schedule
Weekdays: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday - 8:15 a.m. Thursday - 6:00 p.m.
Weekends: Saturday - 5:00 p.m. Sunday - 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m.
Adoration & Rosary Thursdays - 5:00 p.m.
Rosary Sundays - 8:30 a.m.
Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturdays 4:00-4:30 p.m. or by appointment
Mass Intentions
Aug. 15: Ray & Mary Kelly †
Aug. 16: 7:00 For the Parishioners
9:00 Bonnie Perdue †
Aug. 18: Dianna Wenndt †
Aug. 19: Gary Runge †
Aug. 20: Roxie † & Dan Miller
Aug. 21: Lyle Stevermer †
Aug. 22: Bob & Lola Hill †
Aug. 23: 7:00 For the Parishioners
9:00 Ken Kuhlman †
Rosary On The Go!
We would love to come and record the Rosary with your family! (socially distanced and with precautions, of course)
We could do it during the day or early evening, either outside or inside your home. Our hope is to continue growing the St. John community in praying this beautiful devotion together.
Let us know if you'd like us to come visit your home. Reply to this email or call/text Melissa at 515-778-0019.
Attention: Due to construction, our temporary
office is located in the social hall. Please access the new office by entering the marked door on the east side of the social hall.
Please Note: If you have your own masks, please use them at Mass. Due to the pandemic it is becoming more difficult for us to obtain masks and our supply is running low.
Prayer Chain
Judy Peters has kindly volunteered to take over the
Prayer Chain ministry. If you have a request for the
prayer chain or the bulletin, please email or call Alayne
in the office. If you are already on the prayer chain
email list, but not receiving emails, please contact
Alayne to update your email.
Last Week’s Contributions
Tithes: $9,510.50 Needed: $11,200 Building: $ 189.00
Connection Café: $500 Catholic Charities: $525
My dear people,
This coming Friday and Saturday the diocese of Des Moines celebrates two important feast days. Friday August 21st, the memorial of St. Pius X the secondary patron of the diocese of Des Moines. Our diocese was erected under his pontificate in 1911. Our Bishop at the time Bishop Edward Daly thought it would be appropriate to have this saintly pope as a special spiritual helper. St. Pius teaches us to never forget the poor and those in need. He teaches us to love the Eucharist and the apostolic teaching that we have been graced with. Our secondary patron reminds all of us to continue to “Restore all things in Christ.” St. Pius X pray for us!
On Saturday, August 22nd we celebrate our patronal feast day, which is the Queenship of Mary. This Marian feast day is rooted in the words of Elizabeth during the visitation, “Who am I that the mother of my Lord should come to me.” St. Elizabeth was using the words that mean, “Queen-Mother.” Jesus is the Lord and king of heaven and earth. So Mary who was chosen by the Father and open to the spirit can be considered to be the “Queen-Mother. As Queen-Mother she manifests a tenderness and love for all of her children. Her arms always open for us to experience her motherly love.
St. Bernard, whose feast we will celebrate Thursday, says this about Mary our Queen. “In danger, in doubts, in difficulties, think of Mary, call upon Mary...with her for guide, you shall never go astray; while invoking her, you shall never lose heart; so long as she is in your mind, you are safe from deception; while she holds your hand, you cannot fall; under her protection you have nothing to fear...” Mary, our Queen, pray for us!
Let us never forget the wisdom of St. Pius the X, but also cultivate a beautiful devotion for our patron, Mary our Queen, who always leads us to her son, our Savior, Jesus Christ.
Fr. Dan
This Sunday's Readings Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Isaiah 56:1,6-7
The Lord reveals his salvation to all.
Psalm 67:2-3,5-6,8
All the nations will praise God.
Romans 11:13-15,29-32
God’s favor to Israel is irrevocable.
Matthew 15:21-28
Jesus heals the daughter of the Canaanite woman
because of her great faith.
Construction Update
Next we will start to see the steel beams and studs
going up and the office renovation will begin. We
will update you with more information soon. Please
call Tim Mineart at the parish office if you have
questions.
Please remember in your prayers: (We’ll list prayer requests for three weeks. Then, we’ll remove them unless you ask us to re-list
them.)
Ann Garvey; Ann Arnold; Sue Van Dyke, aunt of Matt Van
Dyke; Lois Alitz, sister of Lyle Battleson; Roger Dhabalt,
friend of the Battleson’s; Eli Daniel Berns; John & CC
Blaskovich; Richard Kraft; Sheila Bakken, friend of Patty
Battleson; Bernard Hammes, father of Marlene Tuggle;
Steve Cox, brother of Carol Dennis; Viola Dubay; Mike Abel;
Larry Weier; Scott Maher, son of Donella Maher; Donna
Tucker, sister of Donella Maher; Jim Lacey, father of Kathy
Danielson; Paul Swift, brother of Anna Cimino; Jesse Sellers;
Conor O’Leary
Please remember those who have died: Merideth Winfrey; Patrick Washburn; Lewis McLaughlin,
father of Dennis McLaughlin; Jean McNulty; Edward Harkin;
Debbie Gustafson King, wife of Bill King; Jeanette Kathryn
Gassmann grandmother of Brett Walderbach; Frances
Paulsen, mother of Joe Paulsen; Connie Lacey, step-mother
of Kathy Danielson; Michael Shelledy; Glendola De Walle
mother of Sandy Lauen; Doug Pomrenke, brother of Carol
Ihnen, uncle of Luke and Chelsi Wright; Mary Graham;
Leo Campbell, father of Dave Campbell
