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Christian Experience Weekend St. Mary of the Visitation Catholic St. Mary of the Visitation Catholic Church NEWSLETTER February 2018 Volume 2 Christian Experience Weekend Take a weekend to grow in faith and community Article By: Mark & Rosemary Fiagle Now that the New Year is upon us and The CEW can be a very motivating we are formulating our New Year’s experience. Through the power of the resolution, a wonderful one to keep in Holy Spirit, you may actually be lead mind is to attend a CEW, or Christian in directions that you never thought Experience Weekend. of. Two great examples of CEW impacting our home parish of What is CEW? A Christian Experience St.Mary’s are Fr.’s William (Bill) Roush St. Mary’s Church in Riverside Iowa Weekend is an opportunity to take a and Ray Powell. Rosemary and I have where CEW will be held weekend to step away from the many been Friends with Fr. Bill and his family CONTENTS things in life that compete for our for many years. After the death of his time. It gives us a chance to take a look wife Cindy, we took many trips with RENEWING OUR FAITH P. 2 at who we are and where we are him, his daughters, and several headed. Throughout the weekend we exchange students we had. I will be given the time and tools to remember prior to the first CEW I THANKING GOD P.3 rediscover ourselves, our Faith and attended, he placed a registration our God. At CEW, we will listen to form in front of me and said, «sign up. ordinary Faith-filled speakers share I’m going and we should share the the joys and challenges of life. experience.» It was a fantastic ST. MARY’S IN THE MAKING P.4 weekend for each of us, and I am If you open your heart and mind to positive that through attending everything presented to you, the CEW subsequent weekends, these PASTOR’S LETTER P.5 can be a life changing experience. My experiences helped him to discern wife, RoseMary, and I each attended that he wanted to become a Priest. I our first CEW’s several years ago. The met Fr. Powell on a similar weekend ST. IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA P.7 weekend helped me to realize that I and feel the same might be said of was basically just living my life day- him. They are two very Faith-filled to-day and what I needed was a more men of God that want to be the Faith-filled, prayerful life. I needed to mouth, hands and feet of our Lord, in WHY THE NAME FRANCIS P.6 be more of a participant in my Faith service to others. and in my church. The weekends helped RoseMary and I grow closer as The Iowa City Deanery CEW weekends LESSONS FROM THE EARLY CHURCH P. 7 well. We started to spend more time have been scheduled for 2018. The together praying and reading women’s weekend will be held scripture. They helped us to better February 23rd-25th, and the men’s recognize God’s blessings. I also began weekend will be held March 2-4. Both CEW CONTINUED P.8 assisting Rosemary teach Religious events will be held at the Retreat Education at Regina on Wednesday Center at St. Mary’s Church in evenings. continued on pg. 8 ST. MARY’S NEWSLETTER VOL. 2 Renewing our Faith On a Mission to Love Through a Changing Church Article By: Jeanette Roush-Krafka 1) “The number of parishes in the and as we face these changes, Fr. Weldon United States declined from 19,559 in calls us to, “reach out to all demographics 1990 to 17,337 in 2015 while the and try to keep everyone gathered around Catholic population increased the table. Put histories and disagreements proportionally, remaining at 25 aside so that we may stay in sacred percent of the total U.S. population.» communion. Doing this will help us on our mission.” 2) There is a shortage of priests. “In 1990, there were just over 34,000 While we hold the teachings of our fathers diocesan priests in the U.S.; in 2014 close to our hearts, as a tradition of what has there were 16,462 active diocesan always been done, we must simultaneously priests.” embrace change, so that we might bring what we hold to be true in tradition to our 3) “There have been significant ever changing demographic. Hope for our decreases in Mass attendance and faith in the next generation of Catholics is participation in the sacraments. More based on the truths of tradition mixed with Fr. Mike Weldon speaking at the renewal of the than 100 million in the United States in enlightenment, justice, equality, and above faith event 2014 were baptized Catholics and more all love for all those who gather around the than 78 million self-identified as table to join us in Faith. n November 14th and Catholic, but only 18.7 million 15th St. Mary’s of the attended Mass on a weekly basis.” Fr. Weldon explained that “Church doesn’t Visitation in Iowa City have a mission; the mission has a Church. hosted a renewal of the faith event that REACH OUT TO ALL DEMOGRAPHICS AND TRY TO celebrated the 175th anniversary of the completion of the first KEEP EVERYONE GATHERED AROUND THE TABLE. OChurch of St. Mary in Iowa City. Father Mike Weldon, pastor of St. Mary’s Basilica in 4) “There has been a major increase in Jesus came because he loved us so much Phoenix, Arizona was the keynote speaker. cultural/ethnic diversity in the that word became flesh and the church Fr. Weldon, a native of Parnell, Iowa spoke American church. About a third of all participated in that mission to spread that of the history of the church in Iowa City Catholic parishes serve a particular love and all parts of the church should be but emphasized the renewal of faith racial, ethnic, cultural and/or linguistic focused on that.” Fr. Weldon’s parting community, and some serve two or words were a quote from Pope Francis, more of these communities.” “Let Church always be a place of mercy OUR MISSION AS and hope, where everyone is welcomed, CHURCH, TO PUT IT What these changes beget is more change. loved and forgiven.” Let us remember this The afore to mentioned changes will as we live to bring a changing Church to SIMPLY, IS TO LOVE inevitably lead to reconfiguration. Some the world. churches may need to close, others may need to merge, but as Catholics, we are Fr. Mike Weldon Speaking at Event through our mission as Church, which to familiar with change. Catholicism, as we put it simply, is to love. Father Mike pointed know it today, is built upon change and out very clearly that Church is constantly reformation. We made it through Vatican changing. The way we perceive church, II intact, maybe even stronger than before, whether that be as a servant church (a church whose purpose is to serve the Community Gathered at Event world), or a cultic church (ritualistic and organized through hierarchy). However you look at it, Church is changing. Fr. Weldon led the two- evening session and following Mass on the first evening, he assigned homework, to read an American Magazine Article entitled, “The Uncertain Future of Parish Life.” The article indicates four major changes that will and are currently impacting the way in which we experience church. 2 ST. MARY’S NEWSLETTER VOL. 2 Thanking God at St. Mary’s Thanksgiving Day Dinner Article By: Bill Doucette a difficult time for their family, and to be thankful that their loved one was receiving quality care. It takes dozens of volunteers to make and serve St. Mary’s Thanksgiving Day Dinner. The leader of them all is Sr. Agnes Giblin, who has helped serve these meals since St. Mary’s started serving Thanksgiving Day Dinner many years ago. In addition to the cooks, volunteers help serve the food, prepare meals for delivery, and clean up. Some volunteers return year after year, finding that serving others is an outstanding way to thank God. Volunteers range from children to older adults. While a core of volunteers comes Volunteers serving thanksgiving dinner from St. Mary’s Fellowship Commission, other helpers come from outside the parish to participate in the bustle and ne way we can show people who are unable to travel to the church joy of the community meal. our thanks to God for to eat. all we receive is by Like any Thanksgiving meal, there are sharing our blessings The meal typically serves 150-200 leftovers. In this case, remaining food with others. In the U.S. people between guests and either is given to guests to take with many people observe volunteers. them or is brought to other places for Thanksgiving Day by partaking in meals feeding others. This year some food was Owith family and friends to celebrate Each year the guests are a mix of people brought to the Catholic Worker House the benefits in their lives. However, not looking for food and fellowship. Some folks and some was brought to the Iowa everyone has an opportunity to gather with are homeless or in poverty, while others are City Free Lunch program, which does their family and friends in a Thanksgiving far from home. The Thanksgiving Day Dinner not serve a meal on Thanksgiving Day. meal. They are separated from family or gives them all a chance to gather with others Participating in the Thanksgiving Day may lack the means to join their loved to enjoy warmth, good food and St.
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