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Saint Mar y of the Assumption West Point
& Saint Boniface Farmington
Third Sunday of Lent
March 24, 2019
St. Mary Parish Office 109 4th Street • P.O. Box 68 West Point, IA 52656
Phone ............................................. (319) 837-6808 Email .................... [email protected] Website ..................... www.westpointstmary.org Parish Council President ............ Bruce Wellman Trustee ........................................ Anthony Schulte Trustee ..................................... Roger Fullenkamp
Saint Boniface Parish Office 609 Washington Street • P.O. Box 247 Farmington, IA 52626
Phone ............................................ (319) 878-3736 Parish Council President ............. Gavin Burgess Trustee ........................................... Todd Herdrich Trustee ............................... Richard Breckenridge
Pastoral Staff Pastor Rev. Dennis Hoffman ................. (319) 837-8120 Office Phone ............................... (319) 837-6808 E-Mail .............................. [email protected] Rectory Address………………603 Bel Air Dr Fr. Dennis’ Office Hours: Tuesday ............................... 10:30 am to Noon Wednesday ..................... 10:00 am to 11:30 am
Parish Coordinator Rebecca Hannum ......................... (319) 837-6808 E-Mail .............. [email protected] Rebecca’s Office Hours Monday-Friday………....8:00 am to 4:00 pm
Secretary Deb Fullenkamp .......................... (319) 837-6808 Deb’s Office Hours Monday-Thursday ................ 8:00 am to Noon Every other Friday ............... 8:00 am to Noon
Director of Religious Education Dixie Booten ................................. (319) 837-8905 Cell ................................................. (319) 371-5043 Email .............. [email protected]
Weekend Mass Schedule Saturday 5:30 pm St. Mary’s Sunday 8:00 am St. Mary’s
Sunday 5:30 pm 2nd & 4th St Mary’s Sunday 10:30 am St. Boniface
“He said to the gardener, For three years now I have
come in search of fruit on this fig tree but have found none.
So cut it down.”
Lk 13:7a
LENT; REPENT AND BEAR FRUIT
Eucharistic Adoration First Friday (WP) 8:00 am-5:00 pm. Confessions Saturday (WP) 4:30-5:00 pm and as announced. Baptisms /Weddings Please fill out a form found on the Parish Website and call St. Mary’s Parish Office at (319) 837-6808 to make an appt. with Father. For weddings please contact the office 6 months prior to the wedding. Sick Calls: Contact the Parish Office if you or a family member are unable to attend Mass and receive the Sacraments due to illness or age. Please notify the Parish Office if you go into the hospital, we would like to visit you.
Parish Prayer Lines St. Mary…...Eleanor Menke @(319) 837-6895 St. Boniface……….(319) 835-5520/592-3238
Holy Trinity Catholic Schools Website .................. www.holytrinityschools.org
High School (Grades 7-12) 2600 Avenue A • Fort Madison, IA 52627 CAO: Michael Sheerin • (319) 372-2486 School Board President: Steve Link School Board Vice President: Loren Menke West Point Representative: Ray Menke
Elementary (Grades K-6) 413 Avenue C • West Point, IA 52656 (319) 837-6131
Early Childhood Center 2040 Locust Street • St. Paul, IA 52657 / 2213 Avenue J • Fort Madison, IA 52627 Phone (319) 372-6428
Mar 25 Rosary Makers Mar 26 SB Mass/Stations/Soup Supper EOMM Mar 28 Hospice House Mar 29 SM Mass/Stations/Potluck Mar 30-31 NCYC Jewelry Sale Mar 31 Hannum Baptism
Totally Catholic Jewelry Sales March 23-24 and March 30-31
Need a present for, Baptism, First Communion, Confirmation, or Easter? Would you like a new rosary or some Catholic jewelry? Stop by the Ossenbrink Center before or after Mass to see the religious jewelry and
rosaries that will be for sale. All money raised from the sales will help support our youth attending NCYC conference this fall.
Life and Dignity of the Human Person
Catholic social teaching inspires and guides how we are to live and work in the world. In this principle, Life and Dignity of the Human Person, Jesus reminds us that we are all made in God's image and likeness. That means that every human being has a special value and a purpose. We need to care for each other so we can be the people God calls us to be.
Encounter Norma
For young families living in the mountains of Guatemala, raising a baby can be hard. Most families grow corn and beans for a living, but a long-standing drought has caused harvests to shrink. There are few job opportunities, which means putting food on the table is a daily challenge. That’s why when Norma discovered she was pregnant, she wondered how she would manage. “When I was young, my mom and dad didn’t have money to buy much food,” she says. “My mom would split one egg among four children.” Norma wanted more for her son, Victor.
But at age 20, she didn’t have much experience beyond helping her mother around the house. So, she looked for help. She found it in a CRS-sponsored program that teaches young mothers how to raise healthy children, grow nutritious food in small gardens and manage a healthy diet. Plus, CRS provided Norma with food throughout her pregnancy and monthly medical check-ups during Victor’s first two years of life.
“I learned a lot of beautiful things,” Norma says. “I learned how to take care of my boy and what foods to feed him so that he can grow healthy and strong.”
Now, Norma is sharing what she learned with others as a “mother monitor.” “It makes me proud to share the experience I had and the lessons I learned with other women,” she says. It makes Norma proud—and makes her community a better place to raise a family.
Burlington Divine Mercy Parishes are working toward getting a bus for the Chrism Mass in Davenport on Sunday, April 15th. The Mass this year is at 2:30 in the afternoon. Our parishes have been invited to ride the bus, attend the Mass and go to Machine Shed for dinner. The cost of the bus is going to be around $20-$25. The bus would leave around 12pm. If interested please contact Heather, the Divine Mercy parish administrator at [email protected].
Lenten Reconciliation Schedule
Communal Penance:
March 24th 11:30 AM St Boniface, Farmington
April 10th 7:00 PM St. Mary’s Rel. Ed
April 7th 1:30 PM Sacred Heart FM
April 7th 3:00 PM St Mary’s, West Point
April 7th 4:30 PM St. James, St. Paul
April 3rd 9:20 AM HTC HS, Fort Madison
April 3rd 12:30 PM HTC Elem., West Point
Holy Thur. April 18th 9:00 PM St. Mary’s, West Point
Good Fri. April 19th 4:00 PM St. Mary’s, West Point
Tuesdays during lent St Boniface will have Mass at 6:00 followed by the Stations of the Cross and soup supper. See you there.
St. Mary’s has a potluck dinner during Lent on Friday’s after Mass and Station of the Cross. Please bring a meatless casserole, sandwiches or soup to share to the Ossenbrink Center. Drinks and place setting will be provided.
Come join us for Mass, Stations, food and fellowship.
The Fireworks Committee will be having a Fish Fry on Friday April 19th from 5-8 PM. It will be held at the West Point American Legion Hall. We will serve Fish, baked beans, coleslaw, fried potatoes, bread and butter. The cost will be $10 for Adults and $5 for children ages 10 and under and children under 2 are free. All proceeds will go towards our annual Fireworks Display, scheduled for Saturday, June 29th. Real Conversation about Migration in Your Community. Iowa Wesleyan University invites you to attend the 2019 Manning Lecture and Migration Forum on Sunday, April 7 at 1:30 pm in the Chapel Auditorium. Rev. Alexia Salvatierra will deliver the keynote address, “Faithful Responses to Migration.” The lecture will be followed by two workshop sessions including presenters from a wide range of groups involved with migration in Iowa: Mount Pleasant Chamber Alliance, the Iowa Department of Human Rights, the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), Justice for our Neighbors, IowaWINS, and many more! Free and open to the public. For more information [email protected] or 319-385-6403, www.iw.edu/immigration. The 2019 Blue & Silver Celebration for our teachers was a tremendous success. Thank you to all who attended, donated, helped decorate, and especially to Rita Holtkamp and her kitchen team. They worked and cooked for days and the food was excellent. The evening was topped off with Mrs. Teri Holtkamp receiving the 2019 Teacher of the Year award. Her dedication and her patience with our students is recognized not only by her peers but by her students. We truly are blessed with amazing teachers. Pictured is Mrs. Holtkamp and Lucy Arevalo a sixth grader who wrote the paper to nominate Mrs. Holtkamp. Our students and teachers continue to focus attention on Lent. Each Friday we have students participating in the Stations of the Cross and learning more about Jesus' love and sacrifice for us. What a wonderful tradition to keep in our schools.
HTC Athletic Board Fish Fry will be held at the Houghton Knights of Columbus Hall Friday, March 29th, 5:00 to 8:00 PM.
Serving Fish Fillets, Jumbo Shrimp and French Fries (includes 2 sides) $11.00 (adults) or $6.00 (children) Take outs welcome!
HTC Music Boosters Pies on Parade and Papa Murphy’s Pizza fundraiser. Please contact a Holy Trinity Music Student, grades 4-12, or Maria Sobczak @
319-470-6010. If you would like to place an order the deadline is Friday, April 5th. All items will be delivered on Wednesday, April 17th just in time for Easter.
Thank you for your support.
Through the sacrament of Confirmation, those who have been born anew in Baptism receive the inexpressible Gift, the Holy Spirit, by which they are endowed. . . with special strength. . . Moreover, having received the character of the sacrament, they are bound more intimately to the Church and they are more strictly obliged to spread and defend the faith both by word and by deed as true witnesses of Christ.
Many of our local parishes confidants will receive confirmation in Mt Pleasant on Sunday, March 31st. We ask that you pray for them.
Father of love and power, it is your will to establish everything in Christ and to draw us into his all-embracing love.
Guide these candidates as they begin their preparation for Confirmation. Strengthen them in their baptismal promises,
build them into the kingdom of your Son, and seal them with the Spirit of your love.
We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen
St. Mary Liturgical Roles
Saturday, (March 30) at 5:30 pm Lead Rosary: Bernice Rickelman Ushers: Matthew & Jill Garmoe Dalton Robu, Mike Salata Greeters: Sasha Rea, Mary Beth Fedler Servers : Laura & Andy Mehmert, Brandon Delaney Lector: Karen Box Gift bearers: Mitch & Nancy Hunold E. Ministers: Ralph & Doris Kassmeyer, Jan Holtkamp Bulletins: Mitch & Nancy Hunold Dick & Diane Jennings Scrip: Susan Fedler, Deb Fullenkamp
Sunday, (March 31) at 8:00 am Lead Rosary: Eleanor Menke Ushers: Carl Johnson, Marvin Menke, Mel Sanders Greeters: Bob & Jean Mann Servers : Kara & Ellie Lake, Emmalyn Snaadt Lector: Vicki Kokjohn Gift bearers: Pat & Peggy Steffensmeier E. Ministers: Betty Schroeder, Tom Boeding, Mya Lawlor Bulletins: Mike & Nancy Sanders Gary & Laura Becker Scrip: Tad Boeding, Jan Steffensmeier Monday Counters: Kathy Neuweg, JoAnn Lampe
St. Boniface Liturgical Roles Sunday, (March 31) at 10:30 am Ushers: Mark Meek, Richard Millmier Greeters: Kirk & Denae Meek Servers : Faith Neeley, Haylee Smith Lector: Mark Meek Gift bearers: Marcia & Haylee Smith E. Ministers: Ellen & Mark Meek, Julie Roth Counters: Katie Burgess, Sarah Kruse
Readings for the Week March 24, 2019 Sunday: Ex 3:1-8a, 13-15/Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8, 11/ 1 Cor 10:1-6, 10-12/Lk 13:1-9 Monday: Is 7:10-14; 8:10/Ps 40:7-8, 8b-9, 10, 11/ Heb 10:4-10/Lk 1:26-38 Tuesday: Dn 3:25, 34-43/Ps 25:4-5ab, 6 and 7bc, 8-9/ Mt 18:21-35 Wednesday: Dt 4:1, 5-9/Ps 147:12-13, 15-16, 19-20/ Mt 5:17-19 Thursday: Jer 7:23-28/Ps 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9/Lk 11:14-23 Friday: Hos 14:2-10/Ps 81:6c-8a, 8bc-9, 10-11ab, 14 and 17/Mk 12:28-34 Saturday: Hos 6:1-6/Ps 51:3-4, 18-19, 20-21ab/ Lk 18:9-14 Sunday: Jos 5:9a, 10-12/Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7/ 2 Cor 5:17-21/Lk 15:1-3, 11-32
Tuesday, March 26 Parishioners
Wednesday, March 27 Special Intentions
Thursday, March 28 Greg Sallen
Friday, March 29 LeRoy Walljasper
Saturday, March 30 LeRoy Steffensmeier
Sunday, March 31 Rita Harmeyer Parishioners
St. Mary Mass Schedule Weekend Saturday (WP) 5:30 pm Sunday (WP) 8:00 am, (FA) 10:30 am 2nd & 4th( WP) 5:30 PM Weekday Tuesday (FA) 9:00 am Every Third Tuesday (FA) 7:00 pm Wednesday (WP) 8:45 am 1st & 3rd Thursday (WPCC) 10:00 am Other Thursdays (WP) 7:30 am 1st Friday (DNCC) 10:00 am, During Lent (WP) 5:30 pm
Mass Intentions
The Parishioners of St. Mary’s & St. Boniface pray the rosary for world peace before Mass on Saturday night
and Sunday morning.
Stewardship of Treasure March 17, 2019 St. Mary’s
Adults $1,403.00 Offertory $59.00 SC/NCYC $148.00 Votive lights $10.00 HTC $994.00 Envelopes 73
St Boniface Adults $1,115.00 Offertory $51.00 Catholic Relief Services $5.00 Envelopes 27
Catholic Broadcasts KCDM 98.03 Local Catholic radio EWTN (Cable channel 94) (319) 752-9560
Report Abuse To report child abuse contact: Iowa Department of Human Services Child Abuse Hotline: 800-362-2178. If it involves clergy or church personnel also notify Alicia Owens, Victim Assistance Coordinator, 563-349-5002;[email protected] or PO Box 232, Bettendorf, IA 52722-0004.
