Saint Mary of the Assumption & Saint Boniface

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015 23RD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

OUR SINCERE WELCOME TO ALL WHO ENTER OUR DOORS. WE ARE COMMITTED

TO GROW CLOSER TO GOD THROUGH LITURGY, FAMILY LIFE, RELIGIOUS EDUCATION, YOUTH MINISTRY, OUTREACH

TO THE INACTIVE AND A AWARENESS OF SOCIAL JUSTICE.

St. Mary Parish Office 119 4th Street • P.O. Box 68

West Point, IA 52656 Phone ............................................. (319) 837-6808 Email .................... westpointstmary@diodav.org Website ......................www.westpointstmary.org Parish Council President .......... Dustan Boeding 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

Parish Prayer Lines St. Mary ......... Eleanor Menke @(319) 837-6895 St. Boniface ................ (319) 835-5520/592-3238

Pastoral Staff Pastor Rev. Dennis Hoffman ................. (319) 837-8120 Office Phone ............................... (319) 837-6808 E-Mail .............................. hoffmand@diodav.org Fr. Dennis’ Office Hours: Tuesday .............................. 10:30 am to Noon Wednesday ....................... 9:30 am to 11:30 am

Parish Coordinator Rebecca Hannum ......................... (319) 837-6808 E-Mail .............. westpointstmarypa@diodav.org 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 .............. westpointstmarydre@diodav.org

Coordinator of Youth Ministry Mike Linnenbrink ........................ (319) 316-2115 Email .............. westpointstmaryym@diodav.org Bulletin Deadline: Monday 12:00 noon.

Eucharistic Adoration Friday (WP) 8:00 am-5:00 pm. Confessions Saturday (WP) 4:00-4:30 pm and as announced. Baptisms /Weddings Call St. Mary’s Parish Office Forms on Parish Website (319) 837-6808 to make an appt. 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.

Holy Trinity Catholic Schools Website .................. www.holytrinityschools.org

School Office Hours: ECC, FM ............................. 7:00 am to 5:00 pm ECC, SP ....... 8:00 am to 12:00 noon (M-W-F) Elementary, WP .............7:30 am to 3.30 (M-F) Jr/Sr High, FM ...... 7:30 am to 3:30 pm (M-F)

High School (Grades 7-12) 2600 Avenue A • Fort Madison, IA 52627 CAO: Michael Sheerin • (319) 372-2486 School Board President:: Mike Avery School Board Vice President: Deanna Barr West Point Representative: Terri Delaney

Elementary (Grades K-6) 413 Avenue C • West Point, IA 52656 (319) 837-6131

Early Childhood Center 2040 Locust St St. Paul, IA 2213 Avenue J Fort Madison, IA (319) 372-6428

Stewardship of Treasure August 30 St. Mary Adults .................................................. $1470.00 Offertory ................................................ $75.00 Second Collection ............................... $217.00 Holy Trinity Catholic Schools ........ $1306.00 Last week’s ordinary income ............. $3068.00 Amount needed per week ............... $6500.00 # of weekly envelopes ................................. 87 St. Boniface Adults .................................................. $1310.00 Offertory ................................................ $86.25 # of adult envelopes .................................... 32

Thank you for your support!

There will be a Knights of Columbus 4th Degree meeting on Tuesday, September 8th at "Sonny's- The Other Side", (old Grapevine building). Dinner begins at 6 pm with meeting to follow at 7 pm. Contact Marvin Menke if you have any questions.

Register NOW for the Day of Reflection in Quincy: IN TOUCH WITH GOD: Three Ideas from St. Francis of Assisi. The Day will be held on Saturday, October 3, 2015, at the new Parish Center at St. Francis Solanus Church in Quincy, Illinois. The Day begins at 9:30 a.m. with registration and ends at 4:00 p.m. St. Francis Solanus Parish conducts a 4:30 Saturday Mass. After supper on your own, the event concludes with Transitus - a celebration of St. Francis of Assisi's passing to his heavenly life at 7:00 p.m. in the Chapel on The Quincy University Campus. Call Dennis Dowell at 319-372-0786.

St. Boniface Fall Dinner is FAST approaching! Please mark your calendars for September 20th. Mass will be Saturday night, September 19th at 7:30 at St. Boniface. If you are cooking a turkey, you can pick them up after September 11th. If you need to change your assignment/donation, please let a committee member know as soon as possible. Committee members: Tom

and Sarah Kruse, Dan and Shelia Smith, Carl and Diane Sanders, Peggy Sanders, Ben and Sunny Hunold, Mike and Sherri Rider and Mike and Liz Linnenbrink.

Start thinking now of something fun, creative and/or memorabilia to donate to this year’s St. Mary’s Fall Festival! The Festival Committee will be in the O-Center the weekend of 9/19 and 9/20, 9/26 and 9/27. Please stop in and report what you would like to donate. Thank you for your support.

The Public School Confirmation students will have there first class on Wednesday, September 23rd. We will begin with Mass at 7 pm at St. James Church in St. Paul. Class will conclude at 8:34 pm. Questions: call Mike @ 316-2115.

A visiting Priest will be at our parishes the weekend of September 12th and 13th to talk about the ministry Food for the Poor. This ministry is the largest international relief and development organization in the United States. Our work is motivated by our faith in God, spreading His unconditional love, regardless of race, wealth, or creed as we minister to the poorest of the poor in 17 countries throughout the Caribbean and Latin America. By providing lifesaving food, secure housing, clean water, healthcare, emergency relief, micro-enterprise projects and education opportunities, we are giving the poor a chance at a better future, and showing them God’s love. More than 95 percent of all donations go to programs that help the poor.

Unpack Your

School Bag was held at HTC

Elementary School on Sunday, August

23rd.

Pictured: Gehling Family, Mick & Max Kruse,

Jacob Walker and parents with students in the

kindergarten classroom.

FALL DINNER

EN THEOS On Labor Day, we honor the worker and the role of labor in the social and economic development of our country. What does the church say about labor? Labor has been the cornerstone of the social justice teaching of the church. At the very beginning of the labor movement, Pope Leo XIII wrote an encyclical letter called Rerum Novarum. In it, he discusses the right to private property and the rights of workers. It was seen for many years as a masterpiece of work, bringing traditional Catholic teaching to the new problems that the Industrial Revolution brought to the workplace. In fact, this document was so significant that later popes issued encyclicals on its anniversary: Pope Pius XI wrote Quadragesimo Anno and John XXIII, Pacem in Terris. Paul VI issued Octagesima Adveniens while John Paul II wrote Centesimus Annus. Pope Benedict XVI added his voice with Caritas in Veritate. These documents all furthered the teaching of the church concerning the dignity of workers, the right to a fair wage, the importance of hous-ing, and the need to take care of those who were in need. In 1967, Pope Paul VI wrote in Populorum Progressio that work "is something willed and approved by God." God gave people intelligence, sensitivity and the power of thought-tools with which to finish and perfect the work God began. Every worker is, to some extent, a creator-whether artist, craftsman, executive, laborer or farmer (#24-25).

MASS AND LUNCHEON WITH BISHOP AMOS AT ST. BONIFACE ~Pictures from Peggy Sanders

St. Mary Mass Schedule

Weekend Saturday (WP) 5:30 pm Sunday (WP) 8:00 am, (FA) 10:30 am Weekday Monday No Mass Tuesday (FA) 9:00 am Wednesday (WP) 8:45 am 1st & 3rd Thursday (WPCC) 10:00 am Other Thursdays (WP) 7:30 am 1st Friday (DNCC) 10:00 am, (WP) 5:30 pm Other Fridays (WP) 7:30 am

Area Weekend Mass Schedules Sunday 9:30 am

St. John’s: Dec, Jan, April, May, Aug, Sept. St. James: Feb, Mar, Jun, July, Oct, Nov

Saturday 4:00 pm St. John’s: Feb, Mar, Jun, Jul, Oct, Nov St. James: Dec, Jan, Apr, May, Aug, Sept

Saturdays 4:00 PM Sacred Heart - Ft. Madison (October-March) 4:00 PM St Mary/Joseph-Ft. Madison (April-September) 4:30 PM Sts. John & Paul - Burlington 5:00 PM Sts. Mary & Patrick - West Burlington 5:30 PM St. Alphonsus - Mt. Pleasant St. Joseph - Montrose Sundays 8:00 AM St. Alphonsus - Mt. Pleasant Sts. John & Paul - Burlington 8:30 AM Sacred Heart - Ft. Madison 9:30 AM Sts. John & Paul - Burlington 10:15 AM Sts. Mary & Patrick - West Burlington 10:30 AM Sts. Mary & Joseph - Ft. Madison 11:00 AM St. Alphonsus - Mt. Pleasant Sts. John & Paul - Burlington

Readings for the Week September 6, 2015 Sunday: Is 35:4-7a/Jas 2:1-5/Mk 7:31-37 Monday: Col 1:24--2:3/Lk 6:6-11 Tuesday: Mi 5:1-4a or Rom 8:28-30/Mt 1:1-16, 18-23 or 1:18-23 Wednesday: Col 3:1-11/Lk 6:20-26 Thursday: Col 3:12-17/Lk 6:27-38 Friday: 1 Tm 1:1-2, 12-14/Lk 6:39-42 Saturday: 1 Tm 1:15-17/Lk 6:43-49 Sunday: Is 50:5-9a/Jas 2:14-18/Mk 8:27-35

Upcoming Events

Sept 5 Children’s Liturgy Sept 6 SB Rel Ed Classes starts Sept 10-12 FM Rodeo Sept 12 Peitz Baptism Sept 13 Food Pantry/Donut Sunday Grandparent Day Sept 16 SM Religious Ed starts (Mass @ 7:00) Sept 19 Children’s Liturgy Sept 20 SB Fall Dinner Sept 28-30 NET TEAM

Mass Intentions

Monday, September 7 NO MASS (WP) Tuesday, September 8 9:00 am Bentler Family (FA) Wednesday, September 9 8:45 am Special Intentions (WP) Thursday, September 10 7:30 am Peggy Turner (WP) Friday, September 11 7:30 am Jim Judy (WP) Saturday, September 12 5:30 pm Roland Reil (WP) Sunday, September 13 8:00 am Herman Kruse (WP) 10:30 am Parishioners (FA)

The Parishioners of St. Mary’s & St. Boniface pray the rosary for world peace before every Mass.

St. Mary Liturgical Roles

Saturday, (September 12) at 5:30 pm Lead Rosary Dixie Booten Ushers Matthew & Jill Garmoe Bernie & Ann Abolt Greeters Mike & Diane Holtkamp Servers Kayla & Emily Box Mykayla Watznauer Lector Kevin Overton Giftbearers Norbert & Karen Box E. Ministers Mary Overton, Angie Box Cheryl Wellman & Volunteer Bulletins Mike & Diane Holtkamp Bob & Jackie Schierbrock Scrip Ed & Eileen Medland

Sunday, (September 13) at 8:00 am Lead Rosary Marvin Menke Ushers Shawn & Kelsey Bales Paul Walker, Marvin Menke Greeters Dave & Vicki Kokjohn Servers Aden Alfred, Maggie Walker Bailey Schwartz Lector Ray Menke Giftbearers Pat Steffensmeier Family E. Ministers Dennis & Kate Menke Linda Peitz, Eleanor Menke Bulletins Ben & Leah Link Virgil & Marjorie Fedler Scrip Mike & Sue Anderson Counters Larry Fedler, Lu Ward Stan & Rita Pomberg

St. Boniface Liturgical Roles

Sunday, (September 13) at 10:30 am Greeters Dan & Sheila Smith Lector Pat Millmier Servers Blake Burgess & Grace Thomas Gifts Mark & Ellen Meek E. Ministers Richard & Gloria Breckenridge Kathy Fett Counters Dave Smith & Mike Linnenbrink