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March 14, 2021 FOURTH SUNDAY of LENT
LITURGICAL CALENDAR Monday, Mar. 15 Margaret Schroeder+ Fr. Remmes Tuesday, Mar. 16 FB live-streamed Morning Prayer & Mass 7:45 am L/D of the Otmar & Elaine Bierl Family Fr. Remmes Lois Grote+ Fr. Friedrichsen Clara Stangl Schreck+ Fr. Pick 5:00 pm FB live-streamed Evening Prayer Fr. Tim Wednesday, Mar. 17 FB live-streamed Morning Prayer & Mass 7:45 am For All CTKCC Parishioners Fr. Tim 8:30 am Rosary @ Holy Angels Church Building-Roselle 10:00 am Norma Henkenius+ Arcadia 12:00 pm Eileen Conklin+ Templeton 5:30 pm Rev. John McGuirk+ Glidden
5:30 pm Dan Lychwick+ Mount Carmel Thursday, Mar. 18 FB live-streamed Morning Prayer & Mass 7:45 am Rev. Robert Leiting+ Fr. Remmes Lucinda Ocken+ Fr. Tim 8:00 am Don & Diane Hinners+ Halbur 12:00 pm Rita Schettler+ Breda
5:00 pm FB live-streamed Evening Prayer Frs. Tims Friday, Mar. 19 FB live-streamed Morning Prayer & Mass 7:45 am Marietta Ricke+ Fr. Remmes Anton & Ida Williams+ Fr. Friedrichsen Lenny, Jean & Marty Thelen+ Fr. Pick
5:00 pm FB live-streamed Evening Prayer Frs. Tims Saturday, Mar. 20 5:00 pm L/D of the Leonard & Sabina Sporrer Family Templeton 5:30 pm Joleen Stork+ Glidden Sunday, Mar. 21 FIFTH SUNDAY of LENT 8:00 am Betty Halbur+ & Lori Handlos+ Halbur 8:00 am Richard Claussen+ Mount Carmel 10:00 am L/D of the Billy & Jackie New Family Arcadia 10:00 am Paul J. Koster+ Breda
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION by APPOINTMENT ONLY
ST BERNARD-Breda Office Hours Mon - Fri: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Phone: 712-673-2582; Rectory Ph: 712-673-2351
OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL PO Box 39 Breda, IA 51436-0039
ST JOHN THE BAPTIST-Arcadia Office Hours: Mon & Fri 7:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Phone: 712-689-2595; [email protected]
ST AUGUSTINE-Halbur Office Hours Fri: 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Phone: 712-658-2464; [email protected]
SACRED HEART-Templeton PO Box 104 Templeton, IA 51463-0104
ST ELIZABETH SETON-Glidden PO Box 513 Glidden, IA 51443-0513
PASTOR
Rev. Timothy A. Friedrichsen
Breda Rectory Office (712-673-2351)
PAROCHIAL VICAR
Rev. Timothy A. Pick
Breda School Office (712-673-2582)
PRIEST IN RESIDENCE [RETIRED]
Rev. Richard Remmes [Arcadia]
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
Donna Wesely at office in Breda
BOOKKEEPERS
Donna Wesely Breda, Mt Carmel
Halbur, Templeton
Julie Eich Arcadia
Denise Best Glidden
Rosie Sporrer Halbur,Templeton
FAITH FORMATION
Rev. Mr. Tim Murphy CCRE
Robin Lawler Arcadia
Lori Danner Glidden
BULLETIN ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE DUE WEDNESDAYS EVENINGS [email protected]
FROM THE PRIESTS: We Frs. Tims hope that all of us are encouraging young men to consider participating in “The Quest 2021”, which we wrote about here last week (see below for that announcement; see also our website). Although that is not specifically aimed at only young men thinking about priesthood, this experience might well encourage them to reflect on the vocation of priesthood. Our diocese currently has 8 wonderful seminarians who are in college or major seminary. Please pray for them as well! We thought we would update you on the statistics concerning priests in our diocese—the numbers going forward are certainly not set in stone, but they remind us all of how important it is for each of us to encourage young men to consider priesthood in any ways we can.
Active Priests in the Diocese of Sioux City 1980 = 166 1990 = 146 2000 = 109 2019 = 48
Age Distribution of Active Priests in the Diocese of Sioux City 25-29 = 1 30-34 = 5 35-39 = 6 40-44 = 1 45-49 = 1
50-54 = 7 55-59 = 9 60-64 = 11 65-69 = 8 If nothing changes—which is unlikely—in the next 9 years, 19 priests may retire and 8 seminarians might be or-dained. That net loss of 11 means 37 active priests for the 24 counties of our diocese. May our seminarian and newly ordained numbers grow! May good health allow retiring priests to help the active priests when they are on retreat or vacation, with visits to and care for the infirm and homebound, and other needed ways. May the hard work of our Bishop and Vocation Director help attract some more foreign-born priests, which has become more and more challenging. — Thanks be to God for the wonderful foreign-born priests who already have sacrificed so much to serve us!
CHRIST THE KING CATHOLIC COMMUNITY http://christthekingcatholiccommunity.org/
We still have some remaining special times for Reconciliation this Lent. For 1st Reconciliation, please bring your child to one of the opportunities for the Sacrament of Reconciliation; everyone wel-come as well:
Sun., March 21, St. John, Arcadia @ 3:00pm (3 priests; Fr. Remmes helping);
Fri., March 26, Sacred Heart, Templeton, with Adoration, 6:15pm until all heard.
We will continue to hear confessions by appointment. Reconcilia-tion rooms are too small for confessions during this pandemic, but we are able to hear them in other spaces. We are also bringing standing screens to each of our parishes—you may stand behind the screen to go anonymously, or stand to the side of the screen to go face-to-face. SACRED TRIDUUM & EASTER Holy Thursday, April 1 7:00pm: St. Bernard, Breda & Sacred Heart, Templeton Good Friday, April 2 1:00pm: St. Elizabeth Seton, Glidden & St. Augustine, Halbur 3:00pm: Our Lady of Mount Carmel & St. John the Baptist, Arcadia Holy Saturday, April 3—EASTER VIGIL 8:00pm: St. Bernard, Breda & St. Elizabeth Seton, Glidden Easter Sunday, April 4 8:00am: Our Lady of Mount Carmel & St. Augustine, Halbur 10:00am: Sacred Heart, Templeton & St. John the Baptist, Arcadia FIRST EUCHARIST: Weekend Masses of April 10-11 (2nd Sun-day of Easter).
THE FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT, YEAR B Readings: 2 Chronicles 36:14-16, 19-23; Psalm 137:1-2, 3, 4-5, 6 (R. “Let my tongue be silenced, if I ever forget you!”); Ephesians 2:4-10; John 3:14-21 The 4th Sunday of Lent is called “Laetare Sunday”, because the first word of the opening antiphon in Latin is laetare, “rejoice”: “Rejoice, Jerusalem, and all who love her. Be joyful, all who were in mourning; exult and be satisfied at her consoling breast” (Is 66:10-11). We rejoice, for our celebration of Easter approaches; “…may [we] hasten toward the solemn celebrations to come” (Collect, i.e., opening prayer for the Mass). We rejoice, for the mood and theme of the Mass focus on hope, on good things that God is doing in the midst of his people. The Chronicler begins with quite a different mood than hope. This recorder of court history spares no critique of the princes, priest, and people of Judah (southern kingdom). To him, they were rotten to the core, even “polluting the LORD’s temple.” They didn’t listen to the prophets who, out of compassion, the LORD sent to them. As a result, they were overrun by the Babylonians: Jerusalem was sacked; the Temple was destroyed; many were taken into exile in Babylon (modern day Iraq). The despair and distress of the exiles is poetically put in the responsorial Psalm 137, but so too is the en-during love and longing for their holy city, Jerusalem. But now there is HOPE! Babylonian was taken over by the Per-sians; King Cyrus of Persia (modern day Iran) is “inspired” by the LORD to officially proclaim that it was the LORD who made him successful in his conquests and that Cyrus was “charged to build [the LORD] a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.” To do that, Cyrus frees the descendants of the Israelite exiles to return to their land, and he provides materials to rebuild the Temple. The opening antiphon from Is 66 (see above) comes from this time period and succinctly shows the reason for rejoicing in Jerusalem after the years of mourning noted in Psalm 137.
The liberating, redeeming work of the LORD through Cyrus his “anointed” (i.e., in Hebrew, Messiah! See Isaiah 44:24–45:25) is now seen in the Messiah, the Christ, Jesus of Nazareth. Neverthe-less, Nicodemus is not so sure. Our Gospel passage picks up in the midst of the story (Jn 3:1-21); Nicodemus, a Pharisee and “ruler of the Jews” (3:1) came to Jesus under the cover of “night”. While he can say to Jesus that he believes him to be “a teacher who has come from God, for no one can do these signs that you are doing unless God is with him” (3:2), he has not yet come to full faith in Jesus. Jesus tells him that to truly know him, Nicodemus needs to be “born from above” (3:3) and “of the Spirit” (3:8). Nicodemus takes this too literally, understanding it to require him, a grown man, to “be born again” (3:4). Jesus continues to “explain” this deep reality with various images, including how the Son of Man will be lifted up as Moses had “lifted up the serpent in the desert” (3:14). This leads to the summation of the liberating, redeeming and saving plan of God being accomplished in Jesus Christ: “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life” (3:16). This is truly cause for rejoicing! We can rejoice all the more as the Letter to the Ephesians en-courages us with the strong message of God’s mercy that is availa-ble to all “by grace” and “through faith”—another way of saying, being born “from above” and “of the Spirit.” This “life with Christ” is “the gift of God”, it is not something we have earned. Through this great gift and life in Christ, “we are his handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for the good works that God has prepared in advance, that we should live in them.” This is truly cause for rejoicing! The LORD God worked through Cyrus to liberate and redeem his peo-ple. God the Father brings fullness of liberation, redemption and salvation through his only begotten Son. The Holy Spirit continues the work of the Father and his Son through us, the Church, whenev-er we bring the great mercy of God to others through our words and works. May our rejoicing this Laetare Sunday lead us to help others to rejoice, too, most especially by being the presence of God’s mer-cy to them. To enrich your Lenten journey, take time to visit the selection of posters from The Vatican International Exhibit of the Eucharis-tic Miracles, which is on display in Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church (open Tues.–Fri.). At the age of 11, Blessed Carlo Acutis began documenting stories of these miracles. The flesh and blood and apparitions in the consecrated host, apparitions of angels and saints, the survival of fire, theft and desecration, the averting of wars and disasters, and the science verifying these miracles all witness to Christ’s True Presence. May this deepen your appreciation of the miracle of Christ’s real presence every time we celebrate the Eucha-rist! Kuemper Calendar Notes: Mon., March 15: Parent/Teacher Conferences Tues., March 16: 4:00pm, Board of Education Meeting; 5:00pm, Diocesan
Long Range Plan Meeting Thurs., March 18: Parent/Teacher Conferences Fri., March 19: No School WANTED: Kuemper needs a used full-size refrigerator in good condition
for the school nurse. Please contact Nick Wittrock at Kuemper 792-3313, ext. 155. THANKS!
FISH FRIES: Drive-thru or Carry-Out March 19 Templeton, Sacred Heart (see below for details) March 19 Vail, St. Ann March 26 K of C—site to be determined (either Holy Spirit or St. Lawrence) March 26 Jefferson, St. Joseph, pre-paid tickets only
Young men in high school or college: There is an opportunity for you to grow in your faith and spirituality by taking part in “The Quest 2021”, which is a trip sponsored by the Office of Vocations (June 6–10). Young men throughout the diocese (rising HS sopho-mores and older) will spend time in beautiful Estes Park in Colora-do at the YMCA of the Rockies Camp Site (ymcarockies.org).
Happy Birthday to Fr. Tim Frie-
drichsen on Saturday, March 13.
May God bless you with many
more.
There will be communal prayer opportunities (morning and evening prayer, Mass), as well as outdoor activities, such as whitewater raft-ing (the camp also has mini golf, swimming pool, rock climbing, horseback riding, fishing, archery, disc golf, ropes challenge cours-es & hiking trails). The trip costs $250, which covers coach bus transportation, housing, rafting expenses, meals, entrance fee & parking at the camp. Registration is due by March 30. Contact Michelle Stein-bach, who works with Fr. Shane Deman in the Office of Vocations ([email protected]; 712-233-7523). — Due to COVID-19, there will be only 2 persons per room with it’s own private bath-room. See the website for the “camp”—it looks like a great place! The Catholic Daughters of the Americas National Organization will be awarding two $1000.00 scholarships to two students enter-ing the 9th grade at a Catholic School in the fall of 2021. Applications are available through the elementary schools and must be postmarked no later than April 1, 2021. St. Rose of Lima #6 Catholic Daughters will be awarding a $200 Scholarship to an 8th grade student attending Kuemper Catholic High School in the fall of 2021. Applications are due by May 1, 2021 and are available through the local elementary schools or by calling Bev Vonnahme at 712-689-2211 or 712-249-1308. St. John Paul II will be having a drive thru Staley’s Chicken Sup-per on Sunday, March 21, 4:30-7:00 p.m. at St. Lawrence Church. Meals are $10.
ST. BERNARD-BREDA CONGRATULATIONS to our newly CONFIRMED young people: Carter Allman (St. Ignatius of Antioch); Nicholas Lucas (St. Joseph); Wade Obrecht (St. Isidore); Owen Pietig (St. Isidore); Jordan Stork (St. Gianna Molla); Jair Tiefenthaler (St. Joseph); Ma-cy Tiefenthaler (St. Ann).
MINISTERS-March 21 Reader: Chris Uhlenkamp Ushers: George Wernimont, Evan Wernimont Money Counters: Joan Schettler, Muriel McDermott
Stewardship for March 7-No Report
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-ARCADIA
CONGRATULATIONS to the newly CONFIRMED Emily Geh-ling (St. Ann). New Servers Sought: Young people who are in 5th grade or above, if you’d like to be trained as a server, please have your par-ent call or email Fr. Pick. Thanks!
MINISTERS-March 21
Reader: Joel Dentlinger Ushers: LuAnn Vollstedt, Cindy Neil
Stewardship for March 7 Adult $2,640.00; Aid to Global Churches $200.00; Fish Fry $350.00; Easter Flowers $5.00; Cemetery $100.00 OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL-MOUNT CARMEL
Condolences and prayers for the family and friends of Robert “Bob” Wittrock. — Saints of God, come to his aid! Come to meet him, angels of the Lord! Receive his soul and present him to God most high! CONGRATULATIONS to the newly CONFIRMED Kaylyn Wiederin (St. Francis of Assisi).
MINISTERS-March 21
Rosary Leaders: Ron Lenz Reader: Gabriel Clausen Ushers: Wayne Bruening, Russ Pudenz March Church Cleaners: Randy/Erin Lenz Family
Stewardship for March 7-No Report
ST. AUGUSTINE-HALBUR
Holy Angels Church Building CONGRATULATIONS to our newly CONFIRMED young people: Matthew Borkowski (St. Vincent Ferrer); Mason Rohe (St. Isidore); Logan Sibenaller (St. Sebastian); Aubrie Snyder (St. Gian-na Beretta Molla); Carlee Trecker (St. Ann); Madison Tunning (St. Therese of Lisieux). New Servers Sought: Young people who are in 5th grade or above, if you’d like to be trained as a server, please have your par-ent call or email Fr. Pick. Thanks!
Holy Angels drawing for “Pot of Gold” is March 20. Tick-ets: Book of 6 for $100 or $20 a ticket. Grand Prize is $1000 with a total of 14 cash prizes. Call for tickets: Russ 712-790-6110 or Tom 712-830-8592.
MINISTERS-March 21 Reader: Jeanne Riesberg Ushers: Jason/Tina Gehling
Stewardship for March 7
Adults $2,645.00; Loose $20.00; Candle Money $31.00
SACRED HEART-TEMPLETON CONGRATULATIONS to our newly CONFIRMED young men: Max Irlmeier (St. Thomas the Apostle); Carter Wieland (St. Hubert). THIS COMING FRIDAY, March 19: The Sacred Heart Fish Fry, sponsored by Sacred Heart Ladies Guild and the Templeton KCs. Drive thru only, from 4:30–7:00. Only $10 for a dinner of fish, cheesy potatoes, green beans, coleslaw and a bun. New Servers Sought: Young people who are in 5th grade or above, if you’d like to be trained as a server, please have your par-ent call or email Fr. Pick. Thanks! Church Cleaning has been scheduled for Saturday, March 27, 9 a.m. Please mark your calendars!! Easter Egg Hunt, Saturday, April 3, 11 a.m., Templeton Center.
MINISTERS-March 20 Reader: Gene Langel Ushers: Holly Warner, Terry Romey
Stewardship for March 7
Adult $230.00; Loose $32.00
ST. ELIZABETH SETON-GLIDDEN Please keep Dcn Gary Schon in your prayers—and Sheri as well. Dcn Gary is in St. Anthony Nursing Home and enjoys receiving mail. Consider sending a note or card: St. Anthony Nursing Home, Attn: Dcn Gary Schon, Rm 234, 406 E. Anthony, Carroll, IA 51401.
MINISTERS-March 20 Reader: Della Lappe Ushers: Kevin Schon, Dave Hamilton
Stewardship for March 7-No Report
PERSONS WISHING TO JOIN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, whether baptized in another faith or unbaptized and over the age of seven [7], may contact the pastor at any time of the year to begin the pro-cess known as RCIA [Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults]/RCIC [Rite of Christian Initiation of Children].
NEW PARISHIONERS may register in the parish of their choice by visiting http://christthekingcatholiccommunity.org/parish-registration [under the ABOUT drop-down menu] and completing the form.
BAPTISM CLASS is currently being offered to individual couples who are having a child baptized for the first time in one of the parishes of CTKCC. —New parents, CONGRATS! PLEASE email one or both of the Frs. Tims so a day and time can be scheduled with you.
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MARRIAGE PREPARATION is to begin 6-12 months before the wedding day. If either the bride or the groom is not a Catholic or has been previously married, additional time may be neces-sary for preparation. Please contact the pastor so that all preparations may be completed in time for the wedding and marriage. Remember, a wedding is just a day, a marriage is a LIFETIME!
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