Riverside, Richmond, Wellman To know God, and make God

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Riverside, Richmond, Wellman

“ToknowGod,andmakeGodknown,throughWord,Worship,Service,andFellowship”

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St. Mary’s Preservation

Campaign

Goal $750,000

Amount Raised$404, 690

Percentage 54%

Mass IntentionsSeptember 11th to September 15th

SJ=St. Joseph’s, HT=Holy Trinity, SM=St. Mary’s,

Parish Staff

St. Mary ’s Jane DuwaSecretary 319-648-2331

Holy TrinityJane Duwa Secretary 319-656-2366 (after5:00pm)

St. Joseph’s Karen Sojka Secretary 319-653-4274

Rev. Bill RoushPastor

319-648-2331319-430-6888

[email protected]

Cluster Parish Office319-648-2331

P.O. Box C360 N. Washburn St. Riverside, IA 52327

clusterparishes.org

Cluster Parish Staff

Dcn. Derick CranstonPastoral Associate [email protected]

Jane DuwaBusiness Administrator

[email protected]

Tami EdwardsFinancial [email protected]

Communion Service

Virginia McAndrew

Robert Eden

People of the Cluster Parishes

Dean Tucker

Martin Brophy

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Sun

8:30 am SJ

11:00 am HT

8:00 am SM

5:00 pm SJ

8:00 am HT

10:00 am SM

Weekly Collection Goal

Actual Collection

YTD Collection

YTD Goal

Under/Over Goal


Actual Collection

YTD Collection

YTD Goal

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Actual Collection

YTD Collection

YTD Goal

Under/Over Goal

Sept 14th & Sept 15th Sat (SJ) Sun (HT) Sun (SM)

Lector Collette McClellen Bette Brant Dan Hogan

EMHC Tom Sieren Jane Duwa Lois Schneider

Kathy Sieren Ed Mattes Julie Adam

Dan Hogan

Servers Grace Conway Joe Allred Taylor & Brendon Schnoebelen

Avery Slaubaugh Grace Allred Easton Schlabaugh

Dawson Bell & Grace Bombei

Greeters Doug & Leslie Slaubaugh Steve & Diana Haman Jason Schlabaugh Family

Mike Schnoebelen Family

Ushers John & Cathy Conway John & Cathy Gent Doug Kleopfer

Matt Gent Family Henry Vasquez

Mike Hora

Steve Musser

Gifts John & Cathy Conway Steve Lugar Family Mike & Cindy Hora

Rosary Mary A. Miller-Greiner Larry TeBockhorst Volunteers

St Joseph’s Collections - Aug. 31st

$ 644

$ 445

$ 3,041

$ 5,796

-$ 2,755

Holy Trinity Collections - Sept. 1st$ 1,542

$ 635

$ 9,309

$ 13,878

-$ 4,569

St. Mary’s Collections - Sept.1st$ 1,677

$ 713

$ 18,061

$ 15,093

+$ 2,968

Adoration and Confessions

Sep 14th - 11:00am at Holy Trinity

Sept 21st - TBA

Sep 28th - 11:00am at Holy Trinity

We will have Adoration at 6:30am with Confessions 7:45am to 8:15am every Wednesday at St. Joseph’s. starting on Sep 18th

“ToknowGod,andmakeGodknown,through

Word,Worship,Service,andFellowship”

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Fr. Bill’s Weekly ReflectionBy Fr Bill and Dcn Derick

We hear some shocking words in this Sunday’s Gos-

pel: “If anyone comes to me without hating his father

and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters,

and even his own life, cannot be my disciple.” Wow!

Isn’t this the same Jesus who told his followers that

the greatest of all commandments was to love God and

love your neighbor as yourself? Some explanation is

in order to make sense of this passage. The Gospels

were originally written in ancient Greek, and some-

times meanings are taken out of context and get lost in

translation.

The people Jesus was speaking to, lived in a culture

where the family and family honor was paramount and

took precedent over everything. In fact, a father had

the legal right to have any member of his family

stoned to death if they were disobedient! If you placed

anything before your family, it would be considered

the same thing as hating them.

And that is simply what Jesus is saying. Your love

of God and trust in Him will ultimately sustain you

when all else fails – even if your family fails you.

Spouses will divorce, parents and children can become

estranged from each other, and adult siblings may be

divided over certain things and never speak to each

other again.

When people lose everything they hold dear in life

though, God’s love for them still remains. God’s love

for you will never fail. That is why Jesus says that

God’s love should be primary, even above family rela-

tionships which are fallible.

Jesus goes on to say we must pick up our cross and

follow him to be his disciple. Your cross is any suf-

fering or hardships you experience in this life; to fol-

low Jesus as you bear your sufferings (your cross) is

trusting that Jesus will get you through it. We find this

message elsewhere when Jesus says, “ Come to me all

who are weary, for my yoke is easy and my burden is

light.”

For a Spiritual Exercise this week, reflect upon what

the crosses are in your life. Ask God for the Grace

and strength to bear your cross. Then pick up your

cross, and follow Him.

May God Bless You Always,

Fr Bill

Children’s Liturgy

We will again be offering Children's Liturgy starting

Sept 8th at the 10:00 a.m. mass at St. Mary's. After

talking with Fr. Bill, the children will be invited to go

to one of the classrooms in the Education Center to

listen to the gospel story which will be taught at their

level. Parents are always welcome to accompany their

children!

LABOR DAY 2019 – A HUGE SUCCESS!!!!

Thanks to all of our St. Mary’s and Cluster parish-

ioners – both adult and youth, friends and family - for

all of your help in making this Labor Day the best thus

far! Although final numbers will not be realized until

expenses are in, we can share these two facts: We

served 900 guests and…..our Live Auction brought in

over $25,000!!!!! Wow!

Special thanks to Jerry and Marge Sweeting (great

food), Dwight and Junell Duwa (great auctioneering),

and Ron and Theresa Sexton (tents) for their never-

ending contributions to make our day great! There are

many others to mention and space is short. Just know

that you are all AWESOME!!! - Dee Simon

Joy of the Gospel

If you would like to join a “Joy of the Gospel”

Study Groups, you may contact the following group leaders.

St. Mary’sCindy Michel 319-330-2832

Mary Davis 319-631-2474

Linda Krotz 319-631-4319

Phyllis Strabala 319-530-4555

Dee Simon 319-330-6531 Jean Lenz 319-330-6039

Jane Brokel 319-930-1955

Holy TrinityLaura Mallory 515-441-1384

Cindy Malichky 319-430-5073

Kara Troyer 319-750-8066

Bette Brandt 319-330-5598

Jeanie Jones 319-936-7648

Doug Goodner 319-541-7255

St. Joseph’sEvelyn Boyse 319-646-6085

Sue Thomas 319-698-2980

Cindy Adam 319-646-2086

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Adopt-a-Seminarian! New Adopt-a-Seminarian Cards at the back of church.

Instruc�ons on the back of card. Please pick one up

and consider praying for our new seminarians!

General Calendar for Sep

Sep 7

Sep 8

Sep 10

Sep 10

Sep 11

Sep 13

Sep 14

Sep 14

Sep 15

Sep 17

Sep 20

Sep 21

Sep 21

Sept 22

Sep 24

Sep 24

Sep 25

Sep 28

General Calendar for Oct

Oct 1

Oct 2

Oct 3

Oct 5

Oct 6

New Confirmation Class

New Freshman Confirmation Class kick-off is Sun

Oct 13th 5:00 p.m. More details to come!

Parents Before PhonesA presentation for all parents and community mem-

bers Sep 10th, Mid-Prairie High School auditorium

6:30-8:00PM.

Condolences

Condolences for Fr Mark Spring who passed away

Sunday. Fr Spring was the pastor at St. Mary’s from

1998 to 1999.

St. Peter's Pork Days

St. Peter’s in Cosgrove will have a Polka Mass Aug

18th 11:00 am. Pork meal at noon, auction at 2:30

pm.

Pictures from St. Mary’s

Labor Day Celebration!Adoration and Confessions

Second Collection for Charity

Staff Meeting

Vision 20/20 Meeting

Faith Formation Classes

Coffee Club

St Mary’s Food Pantry


Confirmation Mass - Bishop

Staff Meeting

Wedding Rehearsal


Light / Mathison Wedding

Capitol Campaign Dinner

Staff Meeting

Parish Commissions Meeting



Staff Meeting


KC Meeting

Knott/Troyer Wedding

St. Joseph’s Fall Dinner

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Adopt-a-Seminarian! New Adopt-a-Seminarian Cards at the back of church.

Instruc�ons on the back of card. Please pick one up

and consider praying for our new seminarians!

General Calendar for Sep

Sep 7

Sep 8

Sep 10

Sep 10

Sep 11

Sep 13

Sep 14

Sep 14

Sep 15

Sep 17

Sep 20

Sep 21

Sep 21

Sept 22

Sep 24

Sep 24

Sep 25

Sep 28

General Calendar for Oct

Oct 1

Oct 2

Oct 3

Oct 5

Oct 6

New Confirmation Class

New Freshman Confirmation Class kick-off is Sun

Oct 13th 5:00 p.m. More details to come!

Parents Before PhonesA presentation for all parents and community mem-

bers Sep 10th, Mid-Prairie High School auditorium

6:30-8:00PM.

Condolences

Condolences for Fr Mark Spring who passed away

Sunday. Fr Spring was the pastor at St. Mary’s from

1998 to 1999.

St. Peter's Pork Days

St. Peter’s in Cosgrove will have a Polka Mass Aug

18th 11:00 am. Pork meal at noon, auction at 2:30

pm.

Pictures from St. Mary’s

Labor Day Celebration!Adoration and Confessions

Second Collection for Charity

Staff Meeting

Vision 20/20 Meeting


Coffee Club

St Mary’s Food Pantry


Confirmation Mass - Bishop

Staff Meeting

Wedding Rehearsal


Light / Mathison Wedding

Capitol Campaign Dinner

Staff Meeting

Parish Commissions Meeting



Staff Meeting


KC Meeting

Knott/Troyer Wedding

St. Joseph’s Fall Dinner

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