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Saint Mary of the Assumptio n West Point & Saint Boniface Farmington The Most Holy Body and Weekend Mass Schedule Blood of Christ Saturday 5:30 pm St. Mary’s June 23, 2019 Sunday 8:00 am St. Mary’s Sunday 10:30 am St. Boniface St. Mary Parish Office 109 4th Street • P.O. Box 68 West Point, IA 52656 Phone ............................................. (319) 837-6808 Email .................... [email protected] Website ..................... www.westpointstmary.org Parish Council President ............ Bruce Wellman Trustee ........................................ Anthony Schulte Trustee ..................................... Roger Fullenkamp Saint Boniface Parish Office 609 Washington Street • P.O. Box 247 Farmington, IA 52626 Phone ............................................ (319) 878-3736 Parish Council President ............. Gavin Burgess Trustee ........................................... Todd Herdrich Trustee ............................... Richard Breckenridge Pastoral Staff Pastor Rev. Dennis Hoffman ................. (319) 837-8120 Office Phone ............................... (319) 837-6808 E-Mail .............................. [email protected] Rectory Address………………603 Bel Air Dr Fr. Dennis’ Office Hours: Tuesday ............................... 10:30 am to Noon Wednesday ..................... 10:00 am to 11:30 am Parish Coordinator Rebecca Hannum ......................... (319) 837-6808 E-Mail .............. [email protected] Rebecca’s Office Hours Monday-Friday………....8:00 am to 4:00 pm Secretary Deb Fullenkamp .......................... (319) 837-6808 E-Mail…………[email protected] Deb’s Office Hours Monday-Thursday ................ 8:00 am to Noon Every other Friday ............... 8:00 am to Noon Director of Religious Education Dixie Booten ................................. (319) 837-8905 Cell ................................................. (319) 371-5043 Email .............. [email protected] Eucharistic Adoration Pope St. John Paul II said, "To maintain a joyful family requires Friday (WP) 8:00 am-5:00 pm. much from both the parents and the children. Each member of the Confessions family must become, in a special way, the servants of the others". Saturday (WP) 4:30-5:00 pm and as announced. It is a common refrain from our Holy Trinity Catholic families that Baptisms /Weddings our school feels like family. This is a high compliment as we strive to Please fill out a form found on the Parish serve our families with high standards of Catholic based education. This education goes Website and call St. Mary’s Parish Office at well beyond the normal academics. We focus on the grace of God's teachings and mercy (319) 837-6808 to make an appt. with Father. for others. We certainly strive to maintain a joyful family in our Holy Trinity Catholic For weddings please contact the office 6 months School System. We are so grateful for the support of our parishes and our families in prior to the wedding. how we all work to serve one another and to serve our community. Sick Calls: Contact the Parish Office if you or a family member are unable to attend Mass and There will be an Open House, will small group tours, at the new Elementary School on receive the Sacraments due to illness or age. Friday, August 9th from 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM. We invite the public to please join us! Please notify the Parish Office if you go into the The HTC Dance Team will once again have a Kid's Clinic from August 5-7, 2019. It will hospital, we would like to visit you. be held in the Elementary Gym in West Point. Grades Pre-K though 3 will be from 8:00 Parish Prayer Lines -10:00 AM and grades 4-8 will be from 10:00 AM - Noon. Cost is $55 You can go to St. Mary…...Eleanor Menke @(319) 837-6895 HTC web page to register. Registration deadline is July 12th.Participants will perform St. Boniface……….(319) 835-5520/592-3238 with the HTC Dance Team at the Sweet Corn Festival immediately following the Crowning of the Sweet Corn Festival Queen on Thursday, August 8th. Holy Trinity Catholic Schools The 2019-2020 HTC Website .................. www.holytrinityschools.org Volleyball teams would like High School (Grades 7-12) to thank everyone for their 2600 Avenue A • Fort Madison, IA 52627 support of another CAO: Michael Sheerin • (319) 372-2486 successful pajama run! School Board President: Steve Link If you ran, walked, made a School Board Vice President: Loren Menke donation or cheered our West Point Representative: Ray Menke runners on, we thank you for your continual support Elementary (Grades K-6) of HTC Athletics! 413 Avenue C • West Point, IA 52656 (319) 837-6131 Early Childhood Center 2040 Locust Street • St. Paul, IA 52657 / 2213 Avenue J • Fort Madison, IA 52627 The West Point Fireworks Committee would like to Phone (319) 372-6428 invite you to this years’ Fireworks Celebration. It will be held on Saturday, June 29 th . We will be serving up West Point Fireworks hamburgers, hot dogs, brats, pulled pork and other JUNE June 29th goodies. There will be activities for the kids, including face painting! Kaleb Booten will be providing a variety June 24 R osary makers of live music, including country, contemporary and clas- June 25 3rd Degree Knights Mtg sic rock starting at 6PM. All other activities start at 5PM. Parking is $2 per car which June 26-29 SM Directory Photo Sessions goes to help support the Special Olympics! June 27 Hospice House June 29 WP Fireworks Making a difference through the journey of life June 29-30 Mass celebrated by Bishop Zinkula and death one person at a time . Fort Madison Community Hospital Home Health and Hospice is sponsoring a grief support group. The group is held Congratulations to Kyle monthly on the first Tuesday of each month from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm FMCH and Natalie (Young) conference room. These groups are intended to be a time to share, receive support, Steffensmeier who were make new connections, and discuss suggestions for coping. They invite you to come be married at St. Mary’s on a part of this special group as you manage your grief after the loss of a loved one. Future Saturday, June 13th. May bereavement series dates: Monday. July 29, September 30, and December 2. God bless their life with For more information call 319-376-2166. happiness, fill their home with joy and peace and guide them through all their years together. St. Mary’s would like to thank the family and friends of Helen Loving for the memorial of “I think that if any good thing $350.00 to Calvary Cemetery. May God bless shall go forward, her family and welcome Helen into the fold of his heavenly kingdom. something must be Adventured. ” ~St Thomas More Life is Wild, God is Good Vacation Bible School! We are looking for kids to stampede to this year’s adventure in God’s word at Roar! Life is wild, God is good Vacation Bible School! This year’s program will begin July 22nd and end on July 26th. Sessions will be held from 8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. in the morning in West Point. Please go to westpointstmary.org for updates or give Dixie Booten a call. A bus will be available for transportation. Registration forms are available in St. Mary’s breezeway. Fill out and return with your $15.00 registration fee ($30.00 maximum per family) Please make checks out to St. Mary’s. Place in collection or send to Dixie Booten at PO Box 68, West Point, IA 52656 by July 22nd . If you have any questions please call Dixie at 837-8905 or 371-5043. The 4th degree Knights of Columbus give a fifty dollar donation each year to each of the 4 Catholic schools in the area; HTC Elementary School, HTC Jr/SR High School, St. Vincent's Elementary School in Keokuk and Sts. Peter & Paul Elementary in Nauvoo, to be used for there library funds. Pictured with this years donation is Marvin Menke on behalf of the 4th degree Knights of Columbus and the Sasha Rea from the Holy Trinity Catholic Schools business office. Next week, we will take up the Peter's Pence Collection, which provides Pope Francis with the funds he needs to carry out his charitable works around the world. The proceeds benefit our brothers and sisters on the margins of society, including victims of war, oppression, and natural disasters. Please be generous. For more information, visit www.usccb.org/peters-pence. St. Thomas More Feast Day: June 22 Canonized: 1935 Beatified: 1886 On June 22, the Catholic Church honors the life and martyrdom of St. Thomas More, the lawyer, author and statesman who lost his life opposing King Henry VIII's plan to subordinate the Church to the English monarchy. Thomas More was born in 1478, son of the lawyer and judge John More and his wife Agnes. He received a classical education from the age of six, and at age 13 became the protégé of Archbishop John Morton, who also served an important civic role as the Lord Chancellor. Although Thomas never joined the clergy, he would eventually come to assume the position of Lord Chancellor himself. He seriously considered joining either the Carthusian monastic order or the Franciscans, and followed a number of ascetic and spiritual practices throughout his life – such as fasting, corporal mortification, and a regular rule of prayer – as means of growing in holiness. In 1509, King Henry VIII had acceded to the throne. For years, the king showed fondness for Thomas, working to further his career as a public servant. He became a part of the king's inner circle, eventually overseeing the English court system as Lord Chancellor. More even authored a book published in Henry's name, defending Catholic doctrine against Martin Luther. But when the king decided to overrule the church belief for his own and demanded that More do the same More refused and was imprisoned.