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SCHEDULE FOR HOLY MASS
Saturday Vigil: 5:30 p.m.
Sunday: 8:30 & 10:30 a.m.
Tue, Thur, Fri: 8:05 a.m.
Wed: 5:30 p.m.
Saturday: 10:45 a.m.
At Hartington Care & Rehab
CONFESSIONS SCHEDULE
Tue, Thur, Fri: 7:40-8:00 a.m.
Wed: 4:30-5:15 p.m.
Sat: 4:00-5:00 p.m.
PARISH CONTACTS
Physical Address .......... 404 S. Broadway
Mailing Address:………...….P.O. Box 278
Hartington, NE 68739
Parish Offices .................... 402-254-6559
Hours: (Mon—Fri) 8:30 a.m.—4:30 p.m.
Rev. Owen W. Korte, Pastor
Deacon Roger Filips 402-254-3210
Rosemary Kathol, Business Manager
Janet Creamer, Receptionist
Steve Heine, Plant Manager
Office Fax Line…………….402-254-6553
Elementary School…………402-254-6496
Chris Uttecht, Principal
Lisa Klug, Administrative Assistant
Religious Education........... 402-841-5594
Monica Kathol & Sierra Beckman, Co-Directors [email protected]
Council Leadership:
Pastoral Council
Dave Vlach .......... 402-254-9711
Finance Council
Brandon Baller ... 402-254-2272
School Board
Kurt Dendinger.. . 402-841-6546
Parish Website & E-mail:
www.holytrinityhartington.com
Parish Prayer Line:
Teresa Arens .............. 402-841-9729
Jolene Kathol .............. 402-254-3506
ONE FAMILY: IGNITING FAITH, NURTURING COMPASSION, PRODUCING DISCIPLES
BEAUTY IS TRUTH: In a letter to artists, St. John Paul II wrote: In order to commu-
nicate the message entrusted to her by Christ, the Church needs art. Art must
make perceptible, and as far as possible attractive, the world of the spirit, of the
invisible, of God. It must therefore translate into meaningful terms that which is
in itself ineffable. Art has a unique capacity to take one or other facet of the mes-
sage and translate it into colors, shapes and sounds which nourish the intuition
of those who look or listen. It does so without emptying the message itself of its
transcendent value and its aura of mystery. This is my desire to use Beauty which is
at the core of art to communicate what is otherwise ineffable (so far above us we can-not perceive it). Just the simple decluttering of the upper levels in the church so it is clean and therefore not making a distraction to the windows, the altar or the move-ments of the Liturgy—is a service to Beauty and therefore to God. Bringing art glass into our church that tell the story of salvation is a service to beauty and so it enables our spirits to be raised up and edified. When something gets old and worn, it often calls attention to itself and no long reflects beauty or points to God. Then it needs to be re-newed, cleaned, restored.
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FIFTH SESSION OF FAMILY FORMATION IS WEDNESDAY,
JANUARY 9TH at 6:15 PM
December 30th in the Year of Our Lord 2018 The Holy Family of Jesus Mary & Joseph
From the Pastor’s Desk by Fr. Owen Korte THE HOLY FAMILY
NEW YEAR’S MASSES: FEAST OF THE MOTHER OF GOD
and other scheduling issues....
Monday, Dec. 31—no mass in the morning
Monday, Dec. 31—5:00 pm mass Tuesday, January 1—9:00 am mass
No Masses or services: Jan. 3-4 Pastor is gone Jan. 3-7, Fr. Jeff Lorig
will be here to say masses this com-ing weekend.
During my absence, Fr. Dave Liewer is available for funerals.
No Nursing home mass on Jan. 5
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MASS INTENTIONS
Monday, December 31st
5:00 p.m. Mass † LaVerne Kathol Sassen
L&D of Ludwig Heine Family
Tuesday, January 1st - Solemnity of Mary
9:00 a.m. Mass People of Holy Trinity Parish
Wednesday, January 2nd - Ss. Basil the Great
& Gregory Nazianzen
5:30 p.m. Mass † George “Gus” Pick
† Lucille Miller
Thursday, January 3rd - St. John - No Mass
Friday, January 4th - St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
No Mass
All Soul’s Day Intention (Fr. Korte Away)
Saturday, January 5th - St John Neumann
10:45 a.m. No Mass (at Hartington Care & Rehab)
Vigil for Sunday
5:30 p.m. Mass † Eleanor Burbach
† Edwin Fuchtman (Fr. Korte - away)
Sunday, January 6th - The Epiphany of the Lord
8:30 a.m. Mass † Eleanor Bergman
10:30 a.m. Mass † Dick Steffen
The People of Holy Trinity Parish (Fr. Korte - away)
OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP ICON:
Our Lady of Perpetual Help is a Byzantine icon that is believed to have its origin sometime during the 13th -15th cetury. The image is also known as “Our Lady of Perpetual Succour.” The icon is known for being miraculous; over the centuries count-less healings and special graces have been attributed to it, so much so that the image has been honored and venerated by many Popes. The miraculous icon is painted on wood and measures about 20" in height (54 x 41.5 centimeters) and depicts the Virgin Mary, under the title “Mother of God,” holding the Child Jesus.
The Archangels Michael and Gabriel, hovering in the upper corners, hold the instruments of the Passion. St. Michael (in the left corner) holds the spear, the wine-soaked sponge, and the crown of thorns. St. Gabriel (in the right corner) holds the cross and the nails.
The intent of the artist was to portray the Child Jesus con-templating the vision of His future Passion. Frightened by the vision, he runs to his mother for consolation. The anguish He feels is shown by the loss of one of His sandals as he quickly flees into the arms of his Mother.
Despite a foreboding vision of suffering, the icon also conveys the triumph of Christ over sin and death, symbolized by the golden background as a sign of the glory of the resurrection. The royal crowns on the heads of Jesus and Mary also sym-bolize their triumph as the King of Kings with his Queen Mother.
In a very beautiful way, the Child Jesus grasps the hand of the Blessed Mother. He seeks comfort from His mother as He sees the instruments of His passion. The position of Mary’s hands – both holding the Child Jesus (who seems like a small adult) and at the same time presenting Him to us – convey the reality of our Lord’s incarnation, that He is true God who became also true man. Just as the Child Jesus fled into the arms of his Mother when he was frightened, so too do we flee into the arms of our Blessed Mother with child-like confi-dence whenever fear envelopes our hearts. Just as the Virgin Mother consoled and comforted her Divine Child, so too does she console and comfort us, her spiritual children, in our af-flictions. We can always come to her in our time of need and receive her help.
In this iconography, Mary is represented as the one who guides us to the Redeemer. The Virgin Mother is also our Help who intercedes with her Son on our behalf. The star painted on Mary’s veil, centered on her forehead, highlights her role in the plan of salvation as both the Mother of God and our Mother.
To this day, the Church of St. Alphonsus in Rome displays the original icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help. They (Redemptorists) are the guardians and promoters of the holy icon, the only religious order entrusted with the task of doing so with a venerated image of Our Lady.
Our copy of that image was recently refurbished and paid for by a generous parishioner.
EXODUS 90: For Men: A band of brothers recently finished a spiritual journey to freedom where by we met weekly, shared our progress with the disciplines, reviewed our week and the insights we got from the Book of Exodus (which guided us on our journey). We all found a new sense of freedom and the strength to recognize the areas of our lives that are way to de-pendent on things, entertainment, food and drink. It was like boot-camp for spiritual draftees. Some of us are ready to go on this journey again and take others with us...forming new groups. Talk to us and see what we are talking about: Roger Filips, Casey Christensen, Carly Christensen, Keith Loecker, Marcus Heithold, Larry Lammers, Kevin Uhing and John Kleinschmit. We are going to meet on Jan. 13 at 8pm. The new co-hort of Exodus 90 would begin on Jan. 21 and end on Holy Saturday. An article in Our Sunday Visitor called Exodus 90 brutal, demanding and life-changing. It’s pillars are Prayer, Fraternity and Ascetism. Check it out...go to www.exodus90.com
PLEASE, NO ACTIVITIES: THE EVENINGS OF APRIL 7-10.
Page 3 Points from the Parish & Community…
Fiscal Weekly Update - Dec. 26, 2018 Average Weekly Need: $23,984.13!
Sunday—Dec. 16 & 23 Envelopes. .$ 26,245.61 Calendar Yr. End Income: $ 45,500.00
Christmas .. ...................$ 32,360.00 Miscellaneous Income: $ 3,355.61
Tuition .......................$ 21,910.90 Fiscal YTD Excess/(Deficit): $ 59,960.84
GUILD NOTES: January’s church cleaning group is group 5, led by Louise Guy. Group 10, led by Diane Sudbeck will provide salads/bars for next funeral. Work Group B will serve.
PERPETUAL ADORATION: Open hours: Sun.: 1 a.m., 4 a.m., Tue.: 2 a.m., Wed.: 3 a.m., 6 a.m., Thurs.: 1 a.m., Fri. 7 p.m. & Sat. 3 p.m. This is a personal hour before the Blessed Sacrament! Please call the parish office to help out!
ARCHBISHOP’S ANNUAL APPEAL: Our gifts to the 2018 Archbishop’s Annual Appeal bear witness to God’s love and mercy. To date, our parish has committed $32,475 towards our goal of $38,363.
SEMINARY COLLECTION: The Seminary Collection will be held the weekend of January 5-6, 2019. The Archdiocese of Omaha is currently blessed with 23 men studying for the Priesthood. We humbly ask for your continued prayers, sacrifices and generous financial support.
ST. BENEDICT’S HEALING MINISTRY: for physical, spiritual, mental & emotional healing, Mass on 2nd Tuesday of each month at St Benedict’s in Yankton.
SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY: The Omaha Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women (OACCW) offers a $500.00 scholarship to Catholic female Seniors. Rural North Central Deanery (RNC) offers a $150.00 scholarship. Deadline is January 15, 2019. applications are available from the High School Guidance Counselor.
DONATIONS IN THE 2018 TAX YEAR: We will close our books for 2018 on January 7th. If you would like a donation acknowledged in the 2018 tax year, please date it on or before Dec 31, 2018, and put in the notation line “2018”. Also, there is a calendar year end envelope in your packet for anyone needing to do 2018 catch up. Please mark all checks clearly which year you want the contribution dedicated to.
FINANCIAL NOTE: The finance amounts reported in last week’s bulletin were exactly the same as the week before! So listed below are all of the current figures. The Christmas collection budget for 2018 was $43,500.00 So far we have collected $32,895.00 for Christmas over the last three weeks. We will have enough money to cover January payroll! I apologize for the bulletin error last week and thank you all for your Christmas & Year End generosity! Your 2018 personal contribution statements will be mailed to you about mid January. Happy New Year! Rosemary
CHRISTMAS FLOWER MEMORIAL: Memorial flowers were donated for Francis Dreesen. This did not make it onto the flyer in last week’s bulletin. Thanks to all who donated flowers.
CHILDREN’S ENVELOPES 2019: The envelopes for all parish HNPS Grades K-12 & Cedar Grades 7-12 are in the back of church.
LEGACY PLANNING: Do you and (if you are married) your spouse have a will? If not, you and your loved ones may be risking a great loss financially. You will also be leaving them unprepared at a time of sorrow Prepare a will today by contacting an attorney.
FOODTOWN GROCERY RECEIPT: Please SAVE your Foodtown receipts and turn them into Holy Trinity School or to the Parish Office.
PRAYER SHAWLS: We have a new supply of Prayer Shawls. Please give warmth & comfort to your friends or relatives who need it. For more information call Joyce Gentrup, 254-3271, or Laurie Kathol, 254-3307.
May you all receive God’s blessings in the New Year!
School Dates of Interest
Jan. 4: Feb. ACT Registration Deadline
Jan. 15-20: March for Life
Jan. 18: Feb. ACT Late Registration Deadline
Jan. 26: Honor Band at WSC
Feb. 9: ACT Test Date
Feb. 14-16: State Wrestling
Feb. 28-Mar. 2: CCHS &HNPS Girls BB State
Mar. 7-9: CCHS & HNPS Boys BB State
Mar. 12: HNPS USD Coyote Jazz Festival
Mar. 14: FFA Labor Auction
Mar. 22: HNPS State Speech
Mar. 25: CCHS NECC Jazz Festival
Mar. 30: HNPS Prom
Apr. 12: CCHS & HNPS District Music
Apr. 13: CCHS Prom
Patron Saints for the Week St. Sylvester I builders
Mary, Mother of God mothers
St. Basil the Great hospital administrators
St. Gregory Nazianzen theologians
Holy Name of Jesus
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in-law problems
St. John Neumann Catholic schools
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Servers: Wednesday, Jan. 2nd - 5:30 p.m.
Olivia Kleinschmit, McKinlee Lammers, Ryan Pick, Jacob Steffen
If you are unable to be at the Mass for which you are scheduled, please exchange with another liturgical minister or arrange for a substitute.
Saturday, 5:30 p.m. Sunday, 8:30 a.m. Sunday, 10:30 a.m.
Lectors Lois Lammers (Lee), Chris Miller Ray Weier, Alissa Bartling Audrey Freeman, Karl Koch
Greeters & Gift-bearers
Stan Sudbeck’s, Daryl Sudbeck’s Rick & Stacey Kuehn Family Bob & Michelle Heimes Family
Servers Owen Heimes, Josie Heine,
Weston Heine, Kayden Jueden Lydia & Regina Herbolsheimer,
Grayden Hochstein, Eric Hoesing Tom Hillis, Abigail Hochstein, Molly
Hochstein, Dayton Kadavy
EMHCs Deacon Filips, Lee Lammers,
Bil Meyer Judy Kuchta, Stacey Kuehn,
Jolene Kathol Steve Rokusek, Brenda Steffen,
Chris Uttecht
Musicians JoAnne Hamilton, Don Noecker Julie Wiegum, Amber Leise Rose Koch, Lana Jueden
Video Jerry Wintz
LITURGICAL MINISTERS FOR NEXT WEEK: JANUARY 5TH - 6TH 2019
THE WEEK AHEAD AT A GLANCE…
See what’s happening in our Catholic parishes and schools
Christmas Break Dec. 22—Jan. 6, School Resumes Jan. 7
SUNDAY DECEMBER 30TH
The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
8:30 a.m. Mass and 10:30 a.m. Mass
MONDAY DECEMBER 31ST
5:00 p.m. Vigil Mass - Choir sings at 4:50 p.m.
TUESDAY JANUARY 1ST
Solemnity of Mary - Holy Day of Obligation
9:00 a.m. Mass
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 2ND
4:30—5:15 p.m. Confessions and 5:15 p.m. Evening Prayer
5:30 p.m. Mass
THURSDAY JANUARY 3RD
7:30 a.m. Morning Prayer at Church 7:45 a.m. Rosary
8:05 a.m. No Mass
2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Prayers for Priests Holy Hour at Church
4:30 p.m. CCHS G/B BB vs Laurel
HNPS Classic BB Tourney
FRIDAY Day of Penance JANUARY 4TH
7:30 a.m. Morning Prayer at Church 7:45 a.m. Rosary
8:05 a.m. No Mass
HNPS Classic BB Tourney
SATURDAY JANUARY 5TH
9:30 a.m. WR at Winside
10:45 a.m. No Mass at Nursing Home
2:00 p.m. CCHS G/B BB at Fremont vs NE City Lourdes- varsity only
5:30 p.m. Vigil Mass
SUNDAY The Epiphany of the Lord JANUARY 6TH
8:30 a.m. Mass and 10:30 a.m. Mass
Bringing a Sexual Abuse Complaint 1) Call Child Protective services 800-652-1999 and/or 2) Call Mary Beth Hanus, Archdiocese Victim Assistance
Coordinator: 888-808-9055
Monday Evening, 5:00 p.m. Tuesday Morning 9:00 a.m.
Lectors Dave Konz, Lois Lammers (Ron) Bette Beckr, LouAnn Creekmore
Chris & Rhonda Miller Family Karl Koch’s & Mike Emanuel’s
Servers Carsen, Cole & Jozie Becker, Sara Burbach Shay Dickes, Garrett Guy, Cole & Lane Heimes
EMHCs Charlotte Feilmeier, Matt Kathol, Dan Kollars Ed Lammers, Ron Lammers, Renae Mainquist
Musicians Rose Koch & Choir Casey Christensen
LITURGICAL MINISTERS - SOLEMNITY OF MARY - HOLY DAY: DECEMBER 31, 2018 - JANUARY 1, 2019
Greeters/Gift-Bearers
Daily Readings for This Week www.usccb.org/bible/readings
Mon: 1 Jn 2:18-21 Ps 96:1-2, 11-13 Jn 1:1-18
Tue: Nm 6:22-27 Ps 67:2-3, 5-6, 8 Gal 4:4-7
Lk 2:16-21
Wed: A1 Jn 2:22-28 Ps 98:1-4 Jn 1;19-28
Thu: 1 Jn 2:29—3:6 Ps 98:1, 3cd-6 Jn 1:29-34
Fri: 1 Jn 3:7-10 Ps 98:1, 7-9 Jn 1:35-42
Sat: 1 Jn 3:11-21 Ps 100:1b-5 Jn 1:43-51
Sun: Is 60:1-6 Ps 72;1-2, 7-8, 10-13
Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6 Mt 2:1-12
VOCATION CRUCIFIX Dec. 30-Jan. 5: Ken & Carol Hochstein
Jan. 6-12: Gary & Cindy Howey HARTINGTON CARE & REHAB ROSARY LEADERS
Jan. 1: Sherry Wortmann Jan. 8: Joan Steffen and Jean Yates
HOLY TRINITY PARISH JANUARY – 2019
1- Mary Ann Hansen
4- Sherie Litz
4– Roman Sudbeck
5– Kelly Steffen
7– Rose Wieseler
13– Don Noecker
14- Elsie Lauer
14– Kay Steffen
15- Mary Gay Feilmeier
18- Dorothy Kathol
19– Sherrie Becker
19- Theresa Fuchtman
22– Sherry Wortmann
27– Janie Tuttle
JANUARY
Pope’s Intention for Evangelization:
Young People and the Example of Mary. That young people, especially in Latin America, follow the example of Mary and respond to the call of the Lord to communicate the joy of the Gospel to the world.
PATRON SAINTS FOR JANUARY
1st Mary, Mother of God mothers
2nd St. Basil the Great hospital administrators
St. Gregory Nazianzen theologians
3rd Holy Name of Jesus
4th St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in-law problems
5th St. John Neumann Catholic schools
6th St. André Bessette the sick
7th St. Raymond of Peñafort canon lawyers
13th St. Hilary against snakes
17th St. Anthony the Abbot domestic animals
20th St. Fabian
St. Sebastian athletes, archers
21st St. Agnes breast disease
23rd St. Vincent deacons
St. Marianne Cope lepers
24th St. Francis de Sales writers, the deaf
25th Conversion of St. Paul converts
26th Sts. Timothy & Titus bishops
27th St. Angela Merici handicapped people
28th St. Thomas Aquinas scholars, students
31st St. John Bosco youth
Deacon Filips
A Word from Your Deacon…
Greetings fellow prayer-warriers!
We are trying something new by including our Ministry of Praise newsletter in the bulletin as an insert. That way we only have to mail it to the out-of-towners and home-bound. This should save money and help to reach more people.
The Christmas season is a great time to re-connect to Mary, or to finally get to know her if you never had a great connec-tion. Remember that the thing Mary wants most is for you to become friends with her son. She will never lead you astray, but there are two ways we can miss the mark with Marian spirituality: We can ignore her and not develop a rela-tionship with her or we can go overboard to the point that we start to treat Mary as an equal with God, worthy of worship, and ignore her attempts to point us toward her son.
For converts who grew up Protestant, the first problem is common. Protestants are often told that Catholics worship Mary and that to do so is idolatry, but we do not and should not worship Mary. We honor her, and ask her to intercede for us with her son, the same as we would ask any other friend to pray for us, but she probably has Jesus’ ear more than any other friend we have. The subject is further confused by the word pray. The word pray comes from the old English word meaning to ask. You might hear the term in an old movie when a lawyer might “pray” that the judge allow a wit-ness, or in the term “pray tell.”
So don’t be afraid to pray (ask) Mary to intercede for you, just remember that we are not worshiping her because she is not God. She is the queen mother in the kingdom of God. This was foreshadowed in the time of David. When David died and his son Solomon became king, David’s widow Bathsheba became the queen mother. She was given a throne at Solomon’s right, and he would not refuse her requests. Right now Mary sits at the right hand of Jesus and intercedes for us like Bathsheba did with Solomon. Have a talk with her. Pray her rosary.
I have included the 4th page of my book “Pearls of the Universal Church” on the nature of God the Father on the back
side. Copies are available for sale on the back table if you want to read ahead.
a. are playing hide and seek. I hid myself, but none of the children is trying to find me." Rabbi Mendel turned to his disciples and said, "Can you imagine the anguish of God, Who concealed Himself within the physical world, but no one is trying to find Him!"
(http://www.jewishworldreview.com/twerski/twerski_spirituality2.php3#.Ur2c 0XmBCAE) b. Ultimately, we believe in God’s existence because we have encountered him in a
relationship! (CCC 45) An atheist with no God-relationship is almost impossible to convince of God’s existence unless God makes himself known to him first. Then he can build his knowledge of God, which will further help his relationship.
2. How can we describe God?
a. He is a perfect spirit, (John 4:24) an entity who has always existed. b. He told Moses he was YHWH, which translates as “I AM HE WHO IS” or “I AM
WHO AM” or “I AM WHO I AM” … expresses God as what he is – infinitely above everything we can understand or say… (CCC 206)
c. He is omnipresent (everywhere all the time). d. He sees all of us, all we do, and all we think. e. He can do anything that is not contrary to his own will. Nothing is difficult or im-
possible for him to do. f. God is just. God is holy. God is merciful. He is infinitely perfect. g. God is life and love. He loved us into existence. God is a family. Our families
should model God by being loving and creating children. h. Because God is pure love, he desires someone to love and to have a relationship
with before the universe (and we) existed. This explains our model of the Trinity (CCC 245-246):
The Father loves the Son The Son loves the Father That love is so powerful, it is its own person, the Holy Spirit! All persons of the Trinity are co-
equal, co-eternal, and co-divine. Our God is one God in three persons, the “consubstantial trinity.” (CCC 253)
i. We can conclude that God’s nature is - love given, love received, love returned -
for all eternity! What an awesome God we have! j. God is the fullness of both masculinity and femininity “God created man in his own
image; in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them” (Gen 1:27), but Jesus called him “Father” so we do too, but he is far more than a human father.
How are our souls like God’s? Our soul is a spirit that will never die (CCC 366)
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