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2700 Horton Rd• Waverly, IA 50677

March 25, 2018 • Palm Sunday

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Hours: M.-F 8:30am-4:30pm

Phone: (319) 352-2493

Fax: (319) 352-1749

Website: www.StMarysFamily.com

Bulletin Deadline: Mon. 3:00 pm

The mission of St. Mary Parish is to make Christ real in our communities by living the gospel, worshiping together, & serving others.

Phil Paladino, Deacon

Email: [email protected]

Cell: 319-830-6306

Michelle Stone,

Coord. of Faith Formation

Office 319-352-2493 X17


Julie Feldhake,

Youth Minister

Office 319-352-2493 X16


Mollie Muntefering,

Coord. of Liturgy & Music

Office 319-352-2493 X14


Linda Nistler-Schnabel, Coord. of

Pastoral Care & Office Ass’t

Office: 319-352-2493 X13


Dixie Jacobs, Business Manager

Office: 319-352-2493 X10


Duane Schwickerath,

Building & Grounds Mngr

Office: 319-352-2493 X15


Fr David Ambrosy Pastor


Office: 319-352-2493 ext11

Pastoral Council: Justin Crouse, Jill Groth, Michelle Even, Renee Aschbrenner, Mary Ann Hinders, Ruth Schluter,

Jennifer Siech

Faith Formation Commission: Helen Melichar, Wayne Green, Amy Kangas, Andrea Dufner, Sigrid Brus

Finance Council: Michele Stevens, Chris Holthaus, Penny Toay, Karen Gebel, Dan Dufner, Steve Phyfe

!"#$%&'$()$*"#$+,-.,/0#1$$As we celebrate Palm Sunday and anticipate Easter Joy, we

continue our Lenten journey of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. Wherever we find ourselves in our good intentions for Lent this week, we realize the time is drawing near to prepare for the Risen Christ. Throughout the Lenten season, we are reminded that as Christ did for us so we must do for others in return. The second reading for this week’s liturgy from Philippians speaks of putting aside our human tendency of selfishness and instead act more Christ-like to humbly regard others as more important than ourselves. We are not alone on this journey and St. Mary invites us to approach this seemingly daunting task with wonderful resources. One of the gifts offered by our parish was the recent retreat lead by Fr. David Hemann of Holy Cross parish, in Sioux City, Iowa.

Due to an incoming winter storm, Fr. David was only able to share part of his message about the Universal Call to Holiness - What does it mean to be Holy? If you were able to attend Fr. David’s opening session and were open to his message, you would have heard the first step to Holiness is Humility – as we heard again in today’s scripture. His music and personal stories were truly inspiring! He will return to St. Mary on Sunday, April 15th to share more on this theme. Our family has marked the calendar to attend for many reasons, and we encourage you to also ‘Save the Date’ much as you would any other important, not to be missed event. Our family knows our own tendency to be tempted to pass on events that are not required by work or school. But our experiences with Generations of Faith over the years, our high school age boys’ preparation and participation with NCYC, and ongoing Confirmation classes have brought us to a deeper understanding of knowing and accepting that we are not able to authentically live out our faith on just our own will. Following our call to holiness, we need the support of our church community to keep our hearts focused on God. We can all strive to follow the examples of our fellow parishioners, church staff, and pastors who share the same journey together of unity and humility. May your preparation for the coming Easter Joy renew and strengthen the spirit within you!

Janet McCullough

�� Emiel Engels Wayne Fitzpatrick

Charles McCready Lavern Norton

Paul & LaDonna Shonka

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Burgart, Gertrude Boeckman,

Steve Koupal, Steve Nielsen, Ken

Grell, Sue Heine, Jeffrey Traeger,

Regina Milligan, Michelle Voyek,

Jamie Kraayenbrink, Rayla Leary, Donna

Nelson, Doug Nistler, Byron Podhajsky

(on deployment), Carter Stevens, Steve

Strohmeyer, Ruth Schissel, Pat Johanns,

Marv Walston, Deb Jones

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!�My new email, phone #, address

!�Candle Memorial $10 - Include name of person/preferred mo.

!�Mass Intention $5 donation

�� We are looking to begin a Meal Ministry here at St. Mary. If you are interested in preparing and/or delivering meals to sick/bereaved please call the office at 319-352-2493, x 13 and talk with Linda Schnabel.!

Holy Week Schedule Tues 5:30 pm Ken Schuler

Wed 8:00 am Sadie Byrnes Family

Holy Thursday

6:00 pm Virginia Knosby

Good Friday 5:00 pm Stations of the Cross

(led by youth) 6:00 pm Service

7:00 pm St Peter’s Fire Begins

Easter Vigil, Saturday (No 5:15 Mass) 8:00 pm Fr David Pepper

Easter Sunday

8:00 am For the People

10:00 am Louis & Virginia Knosby, Ellen McBroom!

�� for those who want to learn more about how to minister to persons dealing with loss of any kind.

Who should attend? If you are interested or currently involved in ministry to those in life-changing situations, i.e. the sick, the homebound, divorced, dying, bereaved, those who are dealing with diminishment of mind/body or anyone dealing with loss of any kind, please plan to attend.

What? Training in listening skills and how to be with people going through a significant loss.

When? Sat, Apr 21, 10am-Noon here at church.

Please contact Linda Schnabel at the office #352-2493 or [email protected] if you plan to attend or want more info.

�� Monday

Saints Café, 5-6:30pm, St Paul. By St Paul

Tuesday

Rosary, 4:30pm, chapel

Chrism Mass, 2pm, St Raphael, Dubuque

Wednesday

Generations of Faith, 6pm, hall

Holy Thursday

Setup for Holy Thurs, 12:30pm, church

Holy Thurs Altar Server practice, 5:15pm

Good Friday

Parish Office Closed at Noon

Good Fri Altar Server practice, 10am

Teens Practice Stations, 4pm

St Peter’s Fire begins 7pm

Holy Saturday

Decorate for Easter, 9am, church

RCIA practice, 10am, church

Easter Vigil Altar Server practice, 11am

Monday, Apr 2

Parish Office closed all day

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science, but could give the conference in your place.”

They decide to switch places for the night with Einstein sitting in the audience. A scientist, wanting to impress everyone, asks a very difficult question hoping Einstein won’t be able to answer.

The driver looks at the scientist & says, “Sir, your question is so easy that I’m going to let my driver reply to it for me.”

�� Join�Fr Dave Ambrosy & Fr Ivan Nienhaus on a trip to Ireland on Nov 6-14. We will visit Cork, Waterford, Knock, Belfast & more. Daily Mass & prayers. $3,799 includes air & all flight taxes from Cedar Rapids, breakfast & dinner daily. Call Fr Dave at #319-229-3014, if interested.

�� !�"�to Serve Cookies at Bartels on Sun, Apr 15 (please note date change!), 1:30-3pm, Good Shepherd Chapel. Great outreach opportunity to our elderly community. Cookies provided. Volunteer with Linda at #352-2493; [email protected]

#�$��… Mon, Apr 9, 7pm. Parents need to attend a class before their child is baptized. $20 donation. If you have attended a class in the past 5yrs, you do not need to attend again. Register with Linda at #319-352-2493 X13 or [email protected]

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Offertory Gifts ........................... $265

Fiscal Year July 1, 2017-Mar 16, 2018

Weekly offertory budget $9,612

Offertory Received ............. $394,668

Offertory Budgeted ............ $355,627

Budget Overage ............... + $39,041

The weekend collection was not counted

before this bulletin was printed. Please

check next week’s for an update.

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#��of Black Hawk County would like to thank the kind parishioners of St. Mary’s for their generous support of our recent raffle. Over $550 was raised that weekend! By your donation we are able to continue our work with women who need support with unplanned pregnancies, thus supporting the culture of life.

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Changes Coming for

Faith Formation! This year, the Faith Formation Commission and staff have been hard at work assessing our current ministries and planning for our future. Our offerings will be changing next year. Here's what you can expect: Generations of Faith will end. Although we will still strive to offer faith formation to all ages. Preschool - 4th Grade will slowly be switching over to Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, which is a hands-on method of faith formation based on the Montessori method, over the next few years.

2018/19 will look something like this:

Ages 3-6: All will participate in Catechesis of the Good Shepherd (CGS).

Ages 6-9: Parents have a choice of CGS or a traditional faith formation program (using the textbooks we used this year at GOF).

Ages 9 - 10: All will participate in a traditional faith formation program.

Grades Preschool - 4th will come 3 times a month, either on a Wed or Sunday. Times will vary.

Grades 5-8 will be meeting twice a month for Edge youth ministry nights instead of once a month.

Grades 9-12 will include monthly youth ministry opportunities, trips to NCYC, summer camps, and Confirmation prep for grades 10-11.

Adults will have a speaker series. It is accessible to all adults and a small group ministry. We are still

developing this. We see much time, effort, and

resources being put into adult ministry that

engages each adult parishioner and assists them in

their journey of growing in faith and

understanding. We will gather all together for 2 intergenerational learning evenings per year, one in Advent and one in Lent. These will include interactive lessons, prayers, and service opportunities for all ages.

We are looking forward to the coming year and the steps we’ll be taking to make our programs more inviting and accessible to parishioners of all ages. Please pray with us for a smooth implementation and a fruitful year.

Catechesis of the Good Shepherd…

It is with much excitement St Mary will start Catechesis of the Good Shepherd (CGS) for our children ages 3-10yrs in the 2018/19 school year! In the CGS method of faith formation, children learn in a specially prepared room called the Atrium. This is a sacred, “hands on” space where catechists & children hear, ponder & celebrate the most essential mysteries of our faith as revealed in Sacred Scripture & Liturgy.

We are in need of 4-6 adults willing to go through training. Catechist training consists of learning how to proclaim God’s Word & aspects of the Mass to children; how to make materials children can use to think & reflect on the stories & teachings that are proclaimed. It leads adults into a deeper, more joyful, more complete relationship with God & understanding of their Catholic faith.

Please prayerfully ask if this program is something you are being called to. A successful CGS catechist can be male or female, young or old. A background as a teacher or parent is not needed!

The 80 hrs of training is broken up into manageable pieces. St Mary covers the cost of training, mileage, & lodging. Contact Michelle for more info, [email protected] or #319-352-2493 X17

Parents, you’re invite to join us for EDGE on Wed, Apr 4! This is our last EDGE meeting for 2017/18. Parents, please come to

EDGE with your child and experience EDGE with us. We’ll have dinner, activities, Eucharistic Adoration

and a review of our year.

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Commercial

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Eddie Wichman • Parishioner

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Jean Harrington-Britt OTR, Administrator, Parishioner

Wendy Mulert, PT, Parishioner

Ted Mulert, PT, Parishioner

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Waverly & other locations

319-352-1234217 E. Bremer Ave., Waverly

Occupational, Physical, Speech

Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning

Air Duct Cleaning

Residential and Commercial

Janitorial

Al & Nancy Stern, Parishioners

352-5411

We have come to know and to believe inthe love God has for us.

God is love, and whoever remains in loveremains in God and God in him.

-1 John Chapter 4

Jerry and Marti Roling Jerry Roling Motors, Waverly

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Thank you for your business for the past 35 years!

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