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May 24, 2020 The Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord During this difficult time, pray for an end to the spread of the coronavirus and for all healthcare workers and those personally affected by the virus. Please remember to practice social distancing, covering coughs and sneezes, and diligent hand-washing.
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May 24, 2020
The Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord
During this difficult time, pray for an end to the spread of the coronavirus
and for all healthcare workers and those personally affected by the virus.
Please remember to practice social distancing, covering coughs and sneezes,
and diligent hand-washing.
STEWARDSHIP OF TIME
We put God FIRST in our lives by watching Mass every Lord’s Day and spending time in
prayer each day. If we are family, we spend time together as often as possible.
Readings for the Week of May 25, 2020
Monday Acts 19:1-8/John 16:29-33 Tuesday Acts 20:17-27/John 17:1-11a Wednesday Acts 20:28-38/John 17:11b-19 Thursday Acts 22:30; 23:6-11/John 17:20-26 Friday Acts 25:13b-21/John 21:15-19 Saturday Acts 28:16-20, 30-31/John 21:20-25 Sunday PENTECOST SUNDAY Acts 2:1-11/1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13/ John 20:19-23
May 24, 2020
The Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord
Private Mass Intentions for the Coming Week
Monday, May 25 All the faithful departed Tuesday, May 26 James Herrity, Leo & Elsie McEleney, Fr. Tom Parlette Wednesday, May 27 Ruth Herrity, John Hargrave Thursday, May 28 Sid & Madeline McDonald Friday, May 29 Evelyn Mueller, Fr. Tom Parlette Saturday, May 30 Joe & Jane Dunlavy, Ron Dixon Sunday, May 31 Pentecost Sunday All the faithful departed
During this time when public Masses are not being offered, Fr. Ken and Fr. Stack are honoring Mass intentions in their daily private Masses. Because of the Covid-19 crisis, these Masses are not open to the public.
Prayer Line A group of dedicated individuals pray privately each day for the special needs of our parishioners. Contact the Parish Office at (563)242-3311 or email Annette Lyons at [email protected] to have your requests added to the Prayer Line.
Rest In Peace Please pray for George Rickerl of our parish who died last week. May he rest in eternal peace.
STEWARDSHIP OF TALENT
We share the gifts and abilities we have received from God by being actively involved in at least
one ministry in our parish, school and/or community.
STEWARDSHIP OF TREASURE
As Parish members, our goal is to share 5% of our household income through our church
envelopes, 1% to the Annual Diocesan Appeal and 4% to other charities. We give in gratitude
to God for the many blessings we have received.
Parish Support
Envelope Giving Goal for May: $81,795.00
Date Amount Rec’d % of Goal
May 3/4 $22,936.33 28%
May 10/11 $9,142.08 39%
May 16/17 $21,607.83 66%
Other Contributions
Diocesan collections……………………………….…..$71.00 Peru…..…………………………………….…..….…..$45.00 Catholic Messenger……………………..………...... $58.00 Local Charities ……………………………………….$311.00 Tuition………………………………….…………........$57.00 Easter………………………………...……………...…$20.00 Holy Day………………………………..……..…...…$100.00 Hall.…..……………………………………………….... $25.00
Total…... ………………………………………..…… $687.00 “Together In Faith” Campaign
Pledged: $1,889,119.00 (577 Pledges) Paid: $1,922,002.00 (Cash & Stock Gifts)
Hall Loan Balance: $332,342.06
Walking with Hope Join us for our annual summer walk beginning on Sun-day, May 31st. What a fun way to become or remain physically and spiritually fit during the summer months! The packet can be downloaded on our website, emailed, picked up at the Parish Office, or delivered to your doorstep. Call or text Annette Lyons at 563-357-7380 for more information. This is another great way to keep in touch with your parish family during this time of HOPE!
2020 Knights of Columbus Scholorship Recipients for the 2020 Knights of Columbus Scholarship are: Madison Schnier, a freshman at Prince of Peace. Graduating seniors include Grant Rickertsen (Northeast) and Nathan Moeller (Prince of Peace). Scholarships are awarded annually to those entering Prince of Peace High School and graduating seniors who are Knights or whose father or grandfather are Knights.
Memorial Day While no public Memorial Day Mass will be offered this year, the Knights of Columbus honored deceased Knights, parishioners of Visitation and Prince of Peace, as well as veterans from the Gateway community. For over 20 years Council 707 has donated flowers for the Vietnam Memorial on the courthouse lawn.
Consecration to the Holy Family We urge parish families to devote themselves to the ideal model of familial love set by Jesus, Mary and Joseph.
O Lord Jesus, You lived in the home of Mary and Joseph in Nazareth.
There you grew in age, wisdom and grace as you prepared to fulfill your mission
as our Redeemer. We entrust our family to you.
All Parishioners are invited to attend an online program to learn more about Knights of Columbus insurance pro-grams. Call or email Dean at [email protected] or 503-9872 or Dave Meyer at [email protected] or 259-1542.
Welcome, Isaac Doucette! We are happy to welcome Isaac Doucette, a seminar-ian from our Diocese, who will be with us at Prince of Peace from May 26th until July 31st. Isaac is in his sec-ond year of theological studies at St. Mary of the Lake Seminary in Mundelein, Illinois. He hopes to be or-dained in 2022. Isaac grew up attending Saint Mary’s Church in Iowa City when Father Ken was Pastor there. For several years, he was one of Father Ken’s altar servers. Hopefully, you will have the opportunity to meet Isaac during his time with us. We will definitely have him as an acolyte and lector at our Masses. He will also do some Scripture reflections and present vari-ous talks. Please keep Isaac and all of our seminarians in your prayers. Pray also that more vocations will come forth from our parish and from the Diocese to serve our church in the future.
ON-LINE RESOURCES
English Masses EWTN Mass (https://www.ewtn.com/ ) - Daily at 7 am, 11 am, and 6 pm.
Relevant Radio 92.5 FM (https://relevantradio.com/) - Daily Mass from the Chapel of the Nativity at 12:00 pm.
Mass from Bishop Robert Barron’s Chapel can be found daily at 7:15 AM on our Parish website (https://www.jcpop.org/ ).
CatholicTV Live Mass (http://catholictv.org/masses/notre-dame-mass) from the Basilica of the Sacred Heart at Notre
Dame's campus in South Bend, Indiana. 9:00 AM every Sunday 8:30 AM Monday-Friday.
St. Patrick's Cathedral Live Mass (https://saintpatrickscathedral.org/live) from St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York.
9:15 AM every Sunday
Spanish Masses
CatholicTV (catholictv.org) 7:00 AM, 4:30 PM, 9:00 PM every Sunday.
San Fernando Cathedral Live (https://vimeo.com/sanfernandocathedral) from San Fernando Cathedral
in San Antonio, Texas.
8:00 AM and 12:00 PM every Sunday
Additional Resources
KXJX 92.5 FM radio – our local Catholic radio station
Daily Scriptural Readings http://usccb.org/
Click the calendar date for the appropriate readings for the day.
The Catholic Messenger website https://www.catholicmessenger.net/
Provides updates from Bishop Zinkula, live streams, and relevant news.
Diocese of Davenport website https://davenportdiocese.org/prayer-and-support
Liturgy of the Hours (http://www.universalis.com/-700/today.htm)
Find Morning, Daytime, Evening and Night prayer online.
Pray the Rosary (https://therosary.online/ )
Our Parish Mission As the people of Jesus Christ, Prince of Peace Parish, our MISSION is to
CELEBRATE OUR FAITH, LIVE OUR FAITH, and PASS OUR FAITH ON TO OTHERS.
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O Mary,
you always brighten our path of salvation
and of hope.
We entrust ourselves to you, health of the sick,
who, at the Cross, took part in Jesus’ pain
while remaining steadfast in faith.
O loving Mother, you know what we need,
and we are confident you will provide for us
as at Cana in Galilee.
Intercede for us with your Son Jesus, the Divine Physician,
for those who have fallen ill, for those who are vulnerable,
and for those who have died.
Intercede also for those charged with protecting the health and
safety of others and for those who are tending to the sick
and seeking a cure.
Help us, O Mother of Divine Love,
to conform to the will of the Father
and to do as we are told by Jesus,
who took upon himself our sufferings and carried our sorrows,
so as to lead us, through the Cross,
to the glory of the Resurrection.
Amen.
Under thy protection we seek refuge, O Holy Mother of God.
In our needs, despise not our petitions,
but deliver us always from all dangers,
O glorious and blessed Virgin. Amen.
(Adapted from the prayer of Pope Francis)
A PRAYER FOR PROTECTION
IN TIME OF PANDEMIC
AN ACT OF
SPIRITUAL COMMUNION
My Jesus,
I believe that you are present
in the most Blessed Sacrament.
I love you above all things
and I desire to receive you into my soul.
Since I cannot now receive you sacramentally,
come at least spiritually into my heart.
I embrace you as if you were already there,
and unite myself wholly to you.
Never permit me to be separated from you.
Amen.
The Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord
Immediate Openings:
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M, T, TH, F
K-8 PT Spanish Teacher Approximately a 20% Contract
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Academic Support Assistant PT M-F during school year
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Child Care Assistants FT positions available
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May 24, 2020 - The Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord
Today, we celebrate the great feast of the
Ascension of our Lord, that glorious
moment when Jesus, 40 days after his
resurrection, was lifted up — quite liter-
ally— into heaven, as the apostles
watched in stunned amazement. It is
recounted in both our first reading from
Acts as well as the Gospel passage from
Matthew. It must have been an extraordi-
nary thing to witness.
But the first reading tells us that the
apostles were not permitted to simply
bask in the moment for very long.
“While they were looking intently at the
sky as he was going, suddenly two men
dressed in white garments stood beside
them. They said, 'Men of Galilee, why
are you standing there looking at the
sky?'”
In other words, “Don’t just stand there,
do something!”
This verse is a call to each one of us Christian stewards this very day. We have been
given every grace and blessing through the Mass and all of the sacraments, through
the Word of God, the rich teachings of our faith, and even our talents and our material
possessions.
And like those first apostles, we are not meant to just stand here, but to do something
with these gifts — in love and gratitude to the one who gave them to us. We are
called, just as much as the first apostles “to be his witnesses… to the ends of the
earth,” not with our own power, but through the power of the Holy Spirit in us.
