Highway 60 Catholic Cluster

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1 Highway 60 Catholic Cluster September 23, 2018 Twenty-fifth Sunday In Ordinary Time Together we share our talents and resources to foster unity among ourselves and one another as we strive to live a life of Christian service with Christ as our example and the Holy Spirit Weekend Mass Times Saturday: Ashton, 4:30 p.m. Sunday: Sheldon, 8:30 a.m. (English) Sibley, 10:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m. (Español) Sacrament of Reconciliation Fifteen minutes prior to mass and any reasonable time by appointment. Baptism Please contact the parish office for more information about baptismal preparation and scheduling your baptismal ceremony. Holy Matrimony Please contact the parish office six months prior to the anticipated wedding date. Saint Mary 643 6th St. Ashton, IA standrewsibley@premieronline.net Phone Adm. Secretary Christy Funk Father Siby Punnoose, Pastor Saint Andrew Parish 716 8th St., PO Box 97 Sibley, IA standrewsibley@premieronline.net Phone DRE/Adm. Secretary Christy Funk st.andrewssibleyyouth@yahoo.com Saint Patrick Parish th St. Sheldon, IA nclaar@nethtc.net Phone Adm. Secretary Nancy Claar Saint Patrick School Phone: punnooses@scdiocese.org Website: hwy60catholiccluster.org Website: stpatssheldon.org th Ave. Sheldon, IA stpat@nethtc.net Phone Principal: Mr. Joe Mueting Lead Teacher: Mrs. Jessica Schmalen

2 Cluster Connection ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM AROUND THE CLUSTER St. Patrick s School News School News from September Friday, September 28 Mass - 4th Grade Receiving Bibles from Missionary Association 8:45 The winner of the Knights of Columbus 100 Day Raffle are: 9/5/2018 Duane Konz $50 9/6/2018 Tony Pape $50 9/7/2018 Gerald Portz $50 9/8/2018 Fr. Siby Punnoose $75 9/10/2018 Randy Kohn $50 9/11/2018 Karen Trei $50 9/12/2018 Joe Mueting $50 9/13/2018 Lori Nunes $50 9/14/2018 Tom Konz $50 9/15/2018 Christine Reiter $75 St. Pat's Scrip is sold anytime there is someone at the school. There are a lot of local and national retailers available in the scrip program. The businesses give the scrip program a discount and you buy the cards at face value so this is how the scrip program makes its money. Of the discount 60% goes to a designated school family and 40% goes to the scrip program. This is a wonderful program that raises money for the church and school and does not cost you anything. Any questions, call the school. The parishes of the cluster would like to offer their sympathy to Fr. Ries on the loss of his brother Fr. Donald Ries who died last Tuesday, September 14. SAVE THIS DATE SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7, 3 P.M. OSCEOLA COUNTY COURTHOUSE Bring your own rosary and chair. ROSARY RALLY FOR OUR COUNTRY There are now more than 700 rallies taking place across the country. All are starting at the same time to pray for our country. Think about it Thousands praying at the same time for our country. Prayer is powerful. Cluster Events Ashton=St. Mary Sibley=St. Andrew Sheldon=St. Patrick School=St. Patrick School Monday, September 24 School 4:15 p.m. 7th Volleyball at Home School 4:30 p.m. MS Cross Country at Alta Sibley 6:30 p.m. Nursing Home Singing Tuesday, September 25 Sheldon 11 a.m. Rosary at Fieldcrest School 4:15 7th Volleyball at Home Sibley 6 p.m. Council meeting Sheldon 6:30 p.m. Spanish Bible Study Presentation Room Wednesday, September 26 School 2:15 p.m. Early Dismissal Sibley Religious Education Classes 6-7 p.m. Kindergarten thru 5th Grade; 7-8 p.m. 5th Grade thru 8th. Confirmation 7 p.m. Sibley 6 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Kindergarten through 5th Grade Parent Meeting Sheldon 7 p.m. Religious Education Friday, September 28 Ashton 9 a.m. Friday Morning Prayer The 2018/2019 Diocesan Annual Appeal (DAA) hast started. This is your opportunity to assist the Diocese in its ministry work. You can assist our parish as well. When our parishes goes over their diocesan support goal of $15,936 for St. Patrick Sheldon and $19,937 for St. Andrew Sibley and St. Mary Ashton combined, 100% of that overage amount is returned to parishes for their use. Last year over $554,408 was given back to parishes across the Diocese. Calling all CDA women. Time for our Annual Cluster meeting to be held in Sheldon. When do you ask, is this important date. Oct. 2 at 5:30 p.m. Starting the night off with mass followed by a wonderful meal. Then having a speaker Tom Robert's from the Children's Home Society of South Dakota. He will have a table set up of books, etc that he has done. RSVP by Sept. 21 so you don't miss the wonderful evening of fun, fellowship, and all of our cluster coming together to spread God's word and doing his marvelous work. See you on Oct. 2. Page 2

3 St. Patrick ST. PATRICK RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Paulette Karolczak, Director of Religious Education (DRE) / Religious Education A huge thank you to our volunteer teachers and assistants this year! Jill Jungers is our hall monitor, Michelle Frick 2 nd grade, Bobbie Glassmaker 3 rd grade, Mary Winchester 5 th grade, Kevin Miller/Amber Lippert/Carla Miller 6 th grade, Trista Budden 7 th grade, Tricia Dagel 8 th grade assistant and Amy Strouth/Brenda Gloden 9/10 Confirmation grades. We are still in need of 1 st, 4 th and 8 th grade lead teachers. These students will be home schooled until/unless teachers can be found. Diocese Youth Rally and Chris Stefanick event We are excited to take our 7-12 grade youth to the Diocese Youth Rally on Sunday, October 7 in Carroll, IA and a smaller group to hear Chris Stefanick, an international Catholic speaker, talk in Sioux City on Wednesday, October 17. These experiences are great opportunities to see our Catholic faith being actively lived out! These events cost money on top of recent Religious Education fees ($45 per year). If anyone would be willing to donate the cost ($43 Youth Rally or $22 Chris Stefanick event) for youth who cannot afford the cost or if any adults over age 18 are willing to be drivers or chaperones for these events, please contact Paulette Karolczak, DRE. CHURCH SUPPORT Week of September 16, 2018 Adults $ 5, Loose Youth 1.00 Guadalupe Spanish Total Parish Income 5, We were short $ of meeting the weekly goal of $6, needed to meet the Parish s expenses. Year-to-Date Summary 2018 $ 194, , , Cemetery Campaign Goal $120, Pledges 68, Total Received 50, The rosary group will start on September 25, 6:30 p.m. at my home. You are still welcome to join. If interested in joining, please call Karen at Love INC is preparing for the start of their fall session of Loving Help classes in both Sheldon and in Primghar. Classes are available for anyone living in O'Brien County. The fall session will begin on October 11, 2018 and run through December 20, Classes are free and will be held Thursday evenings from 6:30-7:30. Free childcare is provided. The classes being offered in Sheldon include EmployABLE (new class), Faith & Finances, and Bible Study. The classes being offered in Primghar include Making Parenting a Pleasure and Bible Study. For more information or to reserve your spot in one of these courses, please call (712) before Thursday, October 4, Page 3

4 St. Mary Stewardship Sept. 16 Adult $ Loose $ Total $ Looking for extra pumpkins, gourds, mum plants or donations to help decorate church for Fall. Call Karen DeVries Thanks! Attention CDA Ladies: The annual cluster supper/meeting will be held in Sheldon on Tuesday Oct. 2nd. Mass will be at 5:30 pm. Cost for the meal is $8.00. We will be writing out a check for the entire amount and you can reimburse the court for this. If you wish to attend please contact Barb Tremmel by Sept. 20th. We will be carpooling so meet at the Church by 5:00 pm. **Friday Morning Prayer** at St. Mary s 9 a.m. each week. The rosary and prayers are offered for peace in the world, for the sick, for our country and other intentions. Come and enjoy refreshments following prayer. Stewardship September 16 Adult $2, Loose $ Children $ Total $2, Religious Ed. $ Cemetery Fund $ Building $ Building Fund Dr. $ Building Fund Drive Goal $75,000 Received $ 4,770 St. Andrew TOMATOES ARE NEEDED FOR THE FALL BAZAAR. If you have tomatoes to share, please bring them to the church basement on September 28 or the morning of September 29. THANKS Students going to Camp and on the next mission trip will be doing different fundraisers in the upcoming months. There will be an apple pie bake sale. To help with costs, we are looking for donations of apples, flour and sugar. If you are able to donate, please contact Christy at St Andrew's Fall Bazaar Saturday, September 29 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Coffee & Rolls 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Lunch-barbecue, ham sandwiches potato salad & pie 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Bake/Produce Sale Raffle tickets will still be available for sale Saturday morning Please call Lila Hatting to volunteer to work on Saturday. Please call Sheila Storbakken to sign up to bring pies for lunch, or use sign up sheets in the communication center. You may bring your bake sale items (already priced) &/or produce on Friday or early Saturday. If you have tomatoes to share please also bring them on Friday or early Saturday since we use them at lunch. All women in the parish are Guild Members & your participation in this event is encouraged. If you are unable to donate your time, pies or items for bake sale, etc., you may still participate by donating $20.00 to the guild by dropping an envelope (clearly marked for Bazaar) in the collection. This fund raiser allows the guild to assist with parish expenses in the kitchen & basement, assist with Religious Education, provide Achievement Awards to our youth, and so much more. Please plan to come on Saturday & bring your friends to enjoy food, fun & fellowship! Thank you for making this event successful. St. Andrew Catholic Daughters of the Americas will hold their October meeting at St Pat's Church in Sheldon on Tuesday, October 2, This is the annual Cluster meeting with a 5:30 P.M. mass followed by a meal, featured speaker, & our meeting. Cost of the meal is $8.00 and we need to RSVP the number planning to attend. We will car pool by meeting at St. Andrew's Church at 4:45 P.M. A state court representative will be sitting in on our meeting that night so would be nice to have a good turn out. Contact Lila Hatting - ( ) if you have not yet signed up. Please join us for a fun evening with friends. Fall Bazaar September 29, 2018 Fall Bazaar Raffle Tickets are now available at each door information center. Each family is asked to sell 1 package of tickets. Tickets and money may be dropped in the collection basket by Sunday, September 23 or the day of the Bazaar. Please place in an envelope marked Fall Bazaar Raffle. Items donated to the raffle may be brought down the day before to the church basement. A big thank you to all who donated and purchased tickets. Looking forward to another successful year for our wonderful parish fundraiser. Nursing Home Sing-A-Long Monday, September 24 6:30 p.m. Sibley Specialty Care, 7 p.m. Country View Manor. Please put on your calendar to attend. Also let Melanie Seivert know that you will be joining in the fun. Page 4

5 Page 5 Liturgical Assignments Saturday, Sept. 29, 4:30 p.m. Ashton EME Greeters/Gifts David Strouth Lee & Sherry Nilles, Karen DeVries Anessa Schoo, Kris Schoo Stan & Stephanie Krogman Wayne Krogman, Leon Marnach, Loren Marnach, Leon Nilles Sunday, Sept. 30, 8:30 a.m. Sheldon Communion Cup Mike & Jody Olson Ciborium Mark Nilles, Tim & Karen Pottebaum Lisa Youngers Commentator Aubren Budden Hospital Harvey & Marlyss Bauman Route Colleen Perry Gift Bearers Ryan Dobbins Family Savanna Nilles, Douglas Nilles Alan Jungers, Ryan Dobbins, Kein Seivert, John List, Matthew Budden Children s Lit Lead: McKenzie, Laura Wagner, Assist: Katie Prewitt Sunday, Sept. 30, 10:30 a.m. Sibley EME Pat & Julie Eddy, Christy Funk Bonnie Gregg Kevin Soat Gavin Hensch, Cody Rud Gifts Terry & Bonnie Gregg Mark Wiersma, Brad Block, Pat 7 Julie Eddy NH Communion Jerri Palsrok Home/HWH Communion Rob & Jan Walton Sacristy Assistant Bonnie Gregg Counters Hatting/Steinke Children s Liturgy Nicole Eddy If anyone wishes to be first, he shall be the last of all and the servant of all. MARK 9:35 Jesus teaches us that we are called to serve one another. Sacrifice is not a word that many people like to hear. We think it means that we must give up something that we want. However, the literal meaning of sacrifice is to make holy, from the words sacer = sacred and facere = to make. In other words, we make our lives holy by sharing our gifts in the service of God. Mass Intentions Ashton=St. Mary Sheldon=St. Patrick Sibley=St. Andrew Saturday September 22 4:30 p.m. Ashton Albert & Marjorie Roder Sunday September 23 8:30 a.m. Sheldon Donald Schwarz and Special Intention DH 10:30 a.m. Sibley Melinda Newkirk and For the Parishes of the Cluster 12:30 p.m. Sheldon (Español) Orville & Betty Gloden Monday September 24 No Mass Tuesday September 25 8:00 a.m. Sibley Dennis Wilcox Wednesday September 26 8:00 a.m. Ashton Kathleen Richter Thursday September 27 8:00 a.m. Sibley Carl & Donna Liechty Friday September 28 8:45 a.m. Sheldon Robert Budden and For the Poor Souls in Purgatory and Special Intention Saturday September 29 4:30 p.m. Ashton Sally Marnach Sunday September 30 8:30 a.m. Sheldon Jeremy Kuiper 10:30 a.m. Sibley Glen & Teresa Nasers and For the Parishes of the Cluster 12:30 p.m. Sheldon (Español) Orville & Betty Gloden Weekly Readings Monday: Prv 3:27-34/Ps 15:2-3a, 3bc-4ab, 5 [1]/Lk 8:16-18 Tuesday: Prv 21:1-6, 10-13/Ps 119:1, 27, 30, 34, 35, 44 [35]/Lk 8:19-21 Wednesday: Prv 30:5-9/Ps 119:29, 72, 89, 101, 104, 163 [105]/Lk 9:1-6 Thursday: Eccl 1:2-11/Ps 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14 and 17bc [1]/Lk 9:7-9 Friday: Eccl 3:1-11/Ps 144:1b and 2abc, 3-4 [1]/Lk 9:18-22 Saturday: Dn 7:9-10, or Rv 12:7-12a/Ps 138:1-2ab, 2cde-3, 4-5 [1]/Jn 1:47-51