Highway 60 Catholic Cluster July 22, 2018 Sixteenth 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 51232 standrewsibley@premieronline.net Phone 712-754-2739 Adm. Secretary Christy Funk Father Siby Punnoose, Pastor Saint Andrew Parish 716 8th St., PO Box 97 Sibley, IA 51249 standrewsibley@premieronline.net Phone 712-754-2739 DRE/Adm. Secretary Christy Funk st.andrewssibleyyouth@yahoo.com Saint Patrick Parish 310 10th St. Sheldon, IA 51201-1530 nclaar@nethtc.net Phone 712-324-0160 Adm. Secretary Nancy Claar Saint Patrick School Phone: 712-730-6480 Email: punnooses@scdiocese.org Website: hwy60catholiccluster.org Website: stpatssheldon.org 1020 4th Ave. Sheldon, IA 51201-1520 stpat@nethtc.net Phone 712-324-3181 Principal: Mr. Joe Mueting Lead Teacher: Mrs. Jessica Schmalen
Cluster Connection ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM AROUND THE CLUSTER St. Patrick s School News Summer hours for the school will be Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. Registration for current students can be done online at http://www.stpatssheldon.org. Please call the school at 712-324-3181 with any questions. Saint Patrick s Catholic School will hold its nineteenth annual 4-person best ball golf outing on Saturday, August 11, 2018 at the Sheldon Golf and Country Club beginning at 9:30 AM with a continental breakfast being served at 8:45 AM. All proceeds for the tournament will go into the tuition assistance fund at Saint Patrick s School. The tournament will be a 18- hole, 4 person best ball with a shotgun start. The cost to play in the tournament is $50 per person. This fee includes brunch, being served at 8:45 a.m., taverns being served in the club house at your leisure and many prizes. Anyone who does not golf, or is unable to golf that day, is invited to sponsor a hole ($100) or contribute any amount to help support the tuition assistance fund. This will be a fun day while at the same time contributing funds to a very worthy cause. Please contact Diane Burns at Saint Patrick s Catholic School 712-324- 3181. We need to have all reservations by July 27, 2018, in order to form teams of four persons and determine the number of golf carts needed. Two months ago Eunice Fettes took 30# of pop tabs in for Ronald McDonald House and last week she took in another 30#. Please continue to collective soda tabs and they can be dropped off at St. Patrick's School or the back of church. Thanks! Online School Registration is going on right now. Please go to the JMC link https://stpatrickscatholic.onlinejmc.com or on our webpage, login, and update/verify your information. If you do not have internet please come in during school hours and complete the forms. Cluster Events Ashton=St. Mary Sibley=St. Andrew Sheldon=St. Patrick School=St. Patrick School Sunday, July 22 Monday, July 23 Sibley/Sheldon 12 a.m. Mission Trip Leaves for Springfield Illinois Tuesday, July 24 Sheldon 6:30 p.m. Spanish Bible Study Presentation Room Friday, July 27 Ashton 9 a.m. Friday Morning Prayer Ashton 11 a.m. 1 p.m. Burger Barn, Super Foods Parking Lot, Sibley Saturday, July 28 Ashton 11 a.m. 1 p.m. Burger Barn, Super Foods Parking Lot, Sibley Sibley Monier/Schaeuble Wedding Saturday/Sunday, July 28/29 All Masses Mission Appeal Sr. Monica from the Mary Queen of Heaven Missionaries of Cebu, Philippines will be here on the July 28 & 29 weekend to ask your help and support in their mission of rescuing women and children from prostitution and human trafficking in the Philippines. They shelter and rehabilitate these women and children whom they have rescued through their center called Home of Love. Programs and services are given free of charge including shelter, food, counseling, spiritual formation, education, skills training, child care and re-integration programs. They are appealing to us and desperately need our help to support their program in fighting prostitution through education by helping poor children who can t afford to go to school. The cost to send a child to school is $25 a month or $ 300 for one year. Their community has successfully helped rescue thousands of these children from the possibility of human trafficking and prostitution in the Philippines. For more information about their community, you can check out the web site at // www.mqhm.org The sisters extend their prayerful gratitude for all parishioners who support their mission. We are inviting you to help us to build our Center the Home of Love, to rescue the waiting, 100 women and children they are willing to renew their lives but we don t have space for them to stay. There are envelopes at each of the church s area of communications for your use. A second collection will be taken up on July 28 & 29. Page 2
St. Patrick ST. PATRICK RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Paulette Karolczak, Director of Religious Education (DRE)-712-324-0160/712-348-3132 Promise Community Health Center, located at 338 First Ave. NW, Sioux Center, will host a Back-to- School Block Party 2-7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 1. At the event, Promise will provide free immunizations, dental screens and vision screens that students need for school. Promise also will offer $25 school and sports physicals. Free drawstring bags with school and health supplies will be handed out. The event also will feature free food, games and activities offered by several community organizations. All area students and their families are invited. CHURCH SUPPORT Week of July 15, 2018 Adults: 3308.00 Loose: 89.00 Spanish:293.72 Remember that scrip is available through the summer when someone is at the school - Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays - or after the 8:30 am Mass in Sheldon. Gift cards are wonderful gifts for bridal showers, weddings, birthdays, etc. and the scrip program has a lot of national and local retailers on hand. Cluster Connection Did you know? The average cost to educate a priest is $40,000 a year. It takes eight years of study to become a priest, bringing the total cost to around $320,000! Consider supporting the 2018 Seminarian Appeal by visiting https://scdiocese.org/ seminarianappeal/ Prayer for Vocations God our Father, we beg You for an increase in religious vocations. Help our people offer their lives in service to You. Let them hear Your Spirit s invitation and awaken in their hearts a desire to respond with courage, generosity, and joy. Raise up from our families faithful leaders who will serve as deacons, priests, and consecrated religious, as we entrust in Your care all who see to do You will. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen. Page 3 MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM AROUND THE CLUSTER In absence of a director of development for the Diocese of Sioux City, Bishop Walker Nickless has asked two long-time parish/school stewardship officers for their help with an important project. Development Directors Lisa Niebuhr of Le Mars Gehlen Catholic Schools and Dawn Prosser of Storm Lake St. Mary Parish and Schools will help to spearhead the 22 nd Annual Bishop s Dinner for Catholic Schools. The event will take place Oct. 21 at the Sioux City Convention Center. Sister Miriam James Heidland, a Sister of the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity, is the keynote speaker. Dan and Roxanne Flattery along with Dave and Debbie Flattery, all of Fort Dodge, are chairing the event. Tickets go on sale Sept. 3 and can be purchased at scdiocese.org or by calling the Diocese of Sioux City at (712) 255-7933.
Stewardship July 14 Adult $130.00 Loose $217.00 Total $347.00 Stewardship July 15 Adult $1,622.00 Loose $ 62.22 Children $ 7.00 Total $1,691.22 Religious Ed $ 154.00 Mission Appeal $ Peter s Pence $ 10.00 Building Fund $ 50.00 Building Fund Drive $ 200.00 St. Andrew St. Mary CDA NEWS: Just a reminder that the Ashton CDA ladies will be hosting the Burger Barn in Sibley on July 27th and 28th serving from 11:00 am-1:00 pm. Also on August 4th we will serving food for Ashton Town and Country day. This year we will be purchasing the hamburger for the taco meat and for the taverns and coney. If anyone is willing to donate toward the purchase or would be able to help prepare the meat please contact Brenda Thiner or Barb Tremmel. Also we will need help in bringing down tables/grills/supplies from the rectory. If you are willing and able to help please let us know. And we still need help on Saturday to serve, grill and clean up at the end. More information will be upcoming in the bulletin so keep watching. It takes a team effort to put on an event like this, so even the smallest amount of help is appreciated. Thank you to all of those that came to the Catholic Daughter Burger Barn fundraiser June 30 and July 14. Your generosity helped to make it a success. Lila Hatting, Regent and the Catholic Daughters. Do you like to work with children? Do you want to help children grown in their faith? Are you interested in learning more about your faith? Take this opportunity to reach out to the youth and be a catechist or classroom assistant. Everything is provided for your and there is support and guidance to help you with class. Please contact Christy if you are willing to take a couple hours out of your week to support our religious Education Program. St. Andrew will be putting together the Fiscal Year End Financial report. This will include envelope numbers and collection amounts to this date. No names are included. If you do not want to have your envelope number listed, please contact the office. Page 4 Weekly Readings Monday: Mi 6:1-4, 6-8/Ps 50:5-6, 8-9, 16bc-17, 21 and 23 [23b]/Mt 12:38-42 Tuesday: Mi 7:14-15, 18-20/Ps 85:2-4, 5-6, 7-8 [8a]/Mt 12:46-50 Wednesday: 2 Cor 4:7-15/Ps 126:1bc-2ab, 2cd-3, 4-5, 6 [5]/Mt 20:20-28 Thursday: Jer 2:1-3, 7-8, 12-13/Ps 36:6-7ab, 8-9, 10-11 [10a]/Mt 13:10-17 Friday: Jer 3:14-17/Jer 31:10, 11-12abcd, 13 [cf. 10d]/Mt 13:18-23 Saturday: Jer 7:1-11/Ps 84:3, 4, 5-6a and 8a, 11 [2]/Mt 13:24-30 Sunday: 2 Kgs 4:42-44/Ps 145:10-11, 15-16, 17-18 [cf. 16]/Eph 4:1-6/Jn 6:1-15 Religious Education Registration Registration packets have been mailed. Please complete and return as soon as possible. Christy will be available after Mass on July 22 and 29 to help with registration. If you are new or have a child starting class for the first time, there are blank registration forms at the communication center. You can also contact Christy at 712-754-2739. St. Andrew's Fall Bazaar will be held Sept. 29, 2018. An awesome Raffle in 2017 raised almost $ 3,000! It is with the generous hearts of our parish members who donated and sold raffle tickets! Once again, Raffle items, gift baskets, cash and gift cards are needed by Aug 20th so tickets maybe printed and passed out. Anyone wishing to donate may contact Lois Fleming 754-3301, Julie Schroder 754-2209 or Cindy Thole (712)736-2633 The success of the Fall Bazaar relies on everyone's charitable contribution to this wonderful church fundraiser. Thank you!
Liturgical Assignments Saturday, July 28, 4:30 p.m. Ashton EME Greeters/Gifts Sherry Nilles Stephanie Krogman, Nancy Marnach, Kris Schoo Shakota Burmeister, Stan Krogman Loren & Nancy Marnach Ron Thole, Gary Trei, Irv Block, Bill Budden Sunday, July 29, 8:30 a.m. Sheldon Communion Cup Bonnie Roder, Kevin Cain Ciborium Carla Miller, Cindy Barwick, Carol Perry Ron Plum Commentator Esther Nilles Hospital Bill & Mary Jean Nilles Route Joe Nilles Gift Bearers Peggy Brinkman Family Douglas Nilles, Tamson Budden Alan Jungers, Ryan Dobbins, Ken Seivert, John List, Matthew Budden Sunday, July 29, 10:30 a.m. Sibley EME Bruce & Kathleen Osterman, Nancy Nasers Michael Thole Madison Nunes, Alissa Palsrok Gifts Jim Sarringar Family Scott & Mindy Nasers, Robert Nasers, Ryan Nasers NH Communion Jerri Palsrok Home/HWH Communion Rob & Jan Walton Sacristy Assistant Bonnie Gregg Counters Rob & Jan Walton Mass Intentions Ashton=St. Mary Sheldon=St. Patrick Sibley=St. Andrew Saturday July 21 4:30 p.m. Ashton Cleo Klein Sunday July 22 8:30 a.m. Sheldon Robert Budden & Lee Pape 10:30 a.m. Sibley Darla Jacobson and For the Parishes of the Cluster 12:30 p.m. Sheldon (Español) Orville & Betty Gloden Monday July 23 No Mass Tuesday July 24 8:00 a.m. Sibley Sherry McElroy Wednesday July 25 8:00 a.m. Ashton Donna Krogman Thursday July 26 8:00 a.m. Sibley Dennis Wilcox Friday July 27 8:00 a.m. Sheldon Gerald Croatt and For the Souls in Purgatory and Special Intentions Saturday July 28 4:30 p.m. Ashton Heather Krogman, Chuck Klein and Klein Family Sunday July 29 8:30 a.m. Sheldon Jeremy Kuiper 10:30 a.m. Sibley Dallas Poss and For the Parishes of the Cluster 12:30 p.m. Sheldon (Español) Ray & Delores Portz come away by yourselves to a lonely place and rest awhile. MARK 6:31 Do you spend time, every day, alone and in silence listening to how God is calling you? If not, you are missing out on a wonderful opportunity to develop a more personal relationship with Him. Unless we talk and more importantly, listen to God every day, how else will we know how He is calling us? Consider making a retreat this year, spend some alone time with God.. Page 5