All Saints Catholic church & School Love God Serve Others Form Disciples February 13th & 14th, 2021; 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time
The leprosy left him immediately, and he was made clean. —Mk 1:42
WEEKEND MASS TIMES WEEKDAY MASS TIMES ADORATION Saturday 4:00 PM Tuesday 8:00 AM (temporarily postponed) Sunday 10:30 AM Wednesday 8:00 AM RECONCILIATION 5:30 PM By appointment only Thursday 9:00 AM Friday 8:00 AM
Parish Office Center ~ 363-6130, Open Monday - Friday, 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Pastor Rev. John R. Flaherty [email protected] Ext. 116 Deacon Mike Klappholz [email protected] Ext. 107 Deacon Ed Martin [email protected] Ext. 105 Business Manager Tracy A. Huk [email protected] Ext. 111 Bookkeeper Jeremy Lutz [email protected] Ext. 108 Pastoral Associate Linda Stavropoulos [email protected] Ext. 109 Dir. of Music Ministries Matthew Burrier [email protected] Ext. 106 Dir. of Communications Brian Conway [email protected] Ext. 104 Dir. of Faith Formation Dan Tatara [email protected] Ext. 112 Office Manager Ivy Werner [email protected] Ext. 100 Scrip Coordinator Scott Dorrity [email protected] 363-4110 Parish School ~ 363-4110 School Principal Megan Carter [email protected] Ext. 234 School Office Manager Elaine Collins [email protected] Ext. 233 Early Childhood Director Cheryl Moore [email protected] Ext. 275
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Sacrament Information Please Pray For The Following People Sacrament of Reconciliation: (Why people want prayers isn't important, the prayers are!) By appointment only during this time. Geraldine Richards, Leon & Vera Mehring, Brette Dostal, Shelly Sargent, Pat Sacrament of Baptism: Malloy, Scott Bembenek, Kevin Conway, Tina Schmitz, Christina Rinderknecht, Baptism preparation class is required for Randy Krejci, Kerry Lynn, Christina Lynn, Tammy Fox Hingtgen, Fern Merfeld, parents. Contact Deacon Ed Martin Isabelle Werner, Joyce Jeanblanc, Bette & Patrick Logan, Jim Thompson, Deb ([email protected] or Gallagher, Mindi Van Gilder, Imelda Tatara, Stacey Lehr, Jenny Owens, Autum Gauley 364-7524) to schedule a class and date Allan Murray, Angela Svoboda , Jack Cosgrove for the baptism (some date restrictions Parishioners & Family Members on Active Duty may apply). Andy Murtha, Stephen Ocenosak, Zachary Gilbert, Ryer Sacrament of Matrimony: Barnes
Couples are to make arrangements at To add a name call Brian Conway, Communications Director, at 363-6130, ext. 104. Names will be least six months before the intended listed for 4 weeks and may be renewed. Recently deceased will be listed for two weeks. date of the wedding in order to fulfill the necessary requirements. Please Supporting Scrip is More Important Than Ever! contact Deacon Mike Klappholz at Please either order online or drop an order form in the Scrip box in [email protected] to the Narthex and we will fill orders on Tuesdays and Fridays and leave begin the process. them in the parish office for you to pick up. Rite of Christian Initiation for To participate on-line, enroll at shopwithscrip.com and use the Adults (RCIA): Classes are scheduled enrollment code A6399D1L1346. then go to www.raiseright.com for Sunday Mornings beginning in the and download the new ordering app to your apple or android device. Fall. Contact Dan Tatara, Director of It is INCREDIBLE! Formation, for more information at [email protected]. We will contact you by email when your order is ready. Either pay Confirmation: online when you order, or you can pay when you pick up. If you have ANY questions High school sophomores through seniors at all, please contact the Scrip coordinator at [email protected]. meet the second Sunday of each month Remember, scrip costs you nothing to participate in, but the profits are split from September through March before 50% to the APT, and 50% to where you designate. It can be school tuition or the 10:30 Mass to prepare. scholarship, our Haiti sister parish, loaves and fish or even church operating costs! Contact Dan Tatara ([email protected]) for Can You Help Disinfect After Mass? more information. After each Mass we disinfect the pews, kneelers, hand First Reconciliation & Eucharist: rails, etc. It doesn’t take more than 20 minutes if we Second graders combine home study and have a full team. Many hands make light work! retreats to prepare for these sacraments. Thank you for your stewardship of our facilities and Contact Dan Tatara, Director of concern for your fellow parishioners’ wellbeing. Formation, for more information at [email protected]. Please Remember Anointing of the Sick: Parishioner Gary Anhalt died February 5th. Please remember Gary and his Please contact Pastoral Associate Linda family in your prayers. Stavropoulos at [email protected] Please Continue to Bring in Your Hy-Vee Receipts to schedule anointings. Please continue to save your local Hy-Vee, Hy-Vee Gas and Hy- Vee Drug receipts, and turn them in outside the parish office doors. Last year we raised over $4000 for school by collecting over $800,000 worth of receipts. We would like to break that record this year! Thank you for your generous and continued support of this and all our fundraising efforts. Stewardship Corner In today’s second reading, St. Paul urges the Corinthians to “do all for the glory of God.” If we follow that advice in everything we do, we cannot help but be good stewards!
Ash Wednesday is February 17th Mass Intentions Masses for Ash Wednesday will be held at Tues Feb 16 8:00 AM 9:00 AM and 5:30 PM, as we begin the season John Overmann of Lent. Ash distribution will be a bit different Wed Feb 17 9:00 AM this year, but still in keeping with Catholic Rosemary & Lawrence tradition, to best protect every one’s health. Schenden The Faith Formation Commission has Wed Feb 17 5:30 PM identified several on-line resources to enhance Rev. Carl J. Manternach your individual Lenten experience. These Thurs Feb 18 9:00 AM include: Lloyd Aller • Best Lent Ever, a series of daily reflections from Dynamic Catholic, delivered Fri Feb 19 8:00 AM via email daily. You can register at https://www.dynamiccatholic.com/ Tony Benedict • Bible in a Year, a 30-minute podcast with Fr. Mike Schmitz exploring Sat Feb 20 4:00 PM Scripture. Available at https://media.ascensionpress.com/podcast/all- bible-in-a-year-episodes/ Marge Jacobs • Adult Lenten Devotionals, Sun Feb 21 10:30 AM For the People http://www.allsaintspress.com/Devotional-Booklets/A-Beautiful
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http://www.allsaintspress.com/Devotional-Booklets/Growing-in Scripture Readings -Friendship-with-Christ-p904.html Week of February 14, 2021 https://bishopbarronbooks.com/lentreflectionbooks2021 Sunday: • Children’s Lenten Devotional, http://www.allsaintspress.com/ Lv 13:1-2, 44-46/Ps 32:1-2, 5, 11/ Children-s-Resources/Be-Like-Jesus-p923.html 1 Cor 10:31-11:1/Mk 1:40-45 • Lenten on-line Retreat, https://www.danschuttemusic.com/ Monday: wordpressstore/lenten-retreat-individual/ (This costs $100) Gn 4:1-15, 25/Ps 50:1 and 8, • The Faith Formation Commission is putting together a series of short, weekly 16bc-17, 20-21/Mk 8:11-13 videos and an information packet on the seven themes of Catholic Social Tuesday: Teaching. Each week of Lent through Easter Sunday, a new video will be released with a page for further information and reflection questions. Gn 6:5-8; 7:1-5, 10/Ps 29:1a and 2, 3ac-4, 3b and 9c-10/Mk 8:14-21 Due to the pandemic, we will not have Stations of the Cross, Mass and Soup Suppers at the church on Tuesdays this year. Instead, we will release a new Stations of the Wednesday: Cross every Sunday via video, for you to participate in at home. Additionally, we Jl 2:12-18/Ps 51:3-4, 5-6ab, 12-13, will have Stations books available in the Church office to be taken home for personal 14 and 17/2 Cor 5:20-6:2/Mt 6:1-6, use. We hope to return to the Tuesday evening tradition next year. 16-18 Fast and Abstinence Thursday: Dt 30:15-20/Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6/ Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are obligatory days of fasting and abstinence for Lk 9:22-25 Catholics. In addition, Fridays during Lent are obligatory days of abstinence. Friday: For members of the Latin Catholic Church, the norms on fasting are obligatory from Is 58:1-9a/Ps 51:3-4, 5-6ab, 18-19/ age 18 until age 59. When fasting, a person is permitted to eat one full meal, as well Mt 9:14-15 as two smaller meals that together are not equal to a full meal. The norms concerning abstinence from meat are binding upon members of the Latin Catholic Church from Saturday: age 14 onwards. Is 58:9b-14/Ps 86:1-2, 3-4, 5-6/ Lk 5:27-32 If possible, the fast on Good Friday is continued until the Easter Vigil (on Holy Saturday night) as the "paschal fast" to honor the suffering and death of the Lord Jesus Sunday: and to prepare ourselves to share more fully and to celebrate more readily his Gn 9:8-15/Ps 25:4-5, 6-7, 8-9/ Resurrection. 1 Pt 3:18-22/Mk 1:12-15 © 2021 United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Service to Others Preparing Before Lent Begins Metro Catholic Outreach Taking some time to get ready for Lent will ensure that we aren't going to miss the first week or two of Lent, because The food pantry we are just getting started. Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, served 130 but we want to be ready to really take off on that day, people from 46 rather than just beginning to think about Lent on that day. families and 6 Part of what makes a vacation or a special anniversary so homeless people last week. This week special is the build-up to it. we could especially use the following: Before we get to Ash Wednesday, we should start asking Pantry Needs ourselves some questions and we should start with some preparations. "What does Milk! Peanut Butter God want to give me this year?" This question may require that I slow down a bit and Soup Stew/Chili listen to my inner spirit. For example, even if I'm very busy, I realize I'm hungry when Mac & Cheese Rice I hear my stomach start "growling." "What am I going to be doing on Ash Canned Pasta Tuna Wednesday?" Too often, Ash Wednesday is like every other day, except that I manage Canned Meat Cooking Oil to get to church and get ashes on my forehead. Is there anything else I can do on Ash Pancake Mix Syrup Wednesday? How will fasting and abstaining happen for me, for my family on that Potatoes Shampoo special day? Laundry Pods Toilet Paper It doesn't take a lot of time to prepare for the beginning of Lent. It just takes desire Household Cleaning Supplies and focus. God can do so much with that. We can give God more of a space to touch Thank you all for everything you our hearts if we begin to establish some simple patterns. We could wake up each do for MCO! morning, and for something like a half a minute to a minute, stand by the edge of our beds, and just ask the Lord for the grace to let this day be one in which I long for the All Saints Nights at Green beginning of Lent. Perhaps we need to ask for specific helps or graces to get ready to Square Meals begin Lent. Whatever we try to say, our Lord can understand the Spirit trying to All Saints helps speak through our simple words. And all it takes is the time to find and put on our prepare and serve slippers. And each night, in the days ahead, we can practice giving thanks to God dinner at Green before I go to bed. This simple pattern, in the morning and evening can stir our spirits Square Meals soup to look forward to and prepare for Lent, as a season of grace. kitchen, 2-3 times a month. Sign up to May our Lord bless us all on this journey ahead. help at the link below or contact Taken from the Praying Lent pages of Creighton University's Online Ministries web Melissa Peckosh (847-975-1785 or site: www.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/online.html. Used with Permission. [email protected]). ALL SAINTS NIGHTS: 2nd & 5th Tuesday, 3rd Monday Knights of Columbus Drive-thru Fish Fry All volunteers in grades 6 and up Knights of Columbus Council 5677 Annual Lenten Fish Fry’s are now are welcome. Sign up at: drive-up only. Dinner includes fried battered Cod Fish, a bake potato, http://tiny.cc/AllSaintsGSM coleslaw, dinner roll, and a large fresh baked cookie, all for $10, cash only. You never need to get out of the car. Located behind Casey’s at Take Away Hunger Food the corner of Hwy 13 & Mt Vernon Rd. Hours are 4:30 PM - 7:30 PM. COVID-19 Protocol Compliant. Packaging We have temporarily National Catholic Scouting Service Scholarships Available postponed the The National Catholic Committee on Scouting awards seven service packing events the scholarships totaling $20,000. If you are a service oriented Catholic last Sunday of even Scout, who is a high school senior, has received the Ad Altare Dei, numbered months after mass. When Light is Life or Pope Pius XII award, and earned the Eagle Scout, pandemic restrictions are eased, you Summit or Quartermaster Award you may qualify. Check the NCCS may also host an event; the more Website at http://nccs-bsa.org/index.php/college- events, the better! Contact Bea scholarship for complete eligibility requirements and application Rethwisch at 373-5363 or information about the Emmett J. Doerr Memorial Scout Scholarship. Applications are due [email protected]. by March 31st, 2021.
IMPACT 2021-2023 Cohort – REGISTRATION NOW OPEN! Activities and meetings on This two-year program for adults offers spiritual, the All Saints campus are theological, intellectual, and pastoral formation in the suspended until further Catholic faith in order to help participants live out notice. missionary discipleship in their parish and community. The Committees are encouraged next two-year cohort begins in September of 2021 and will meet at St. Mark Church in Iowa Falls. Please consider to meet via Zoom ™ parishioners you can invite to participate. More information is available at www.DBQArch.org/IMPACT. Registration is now open!
2021 Archdiocese of Dubuque Men’s Conference The 25th Annual Catholic Men’s Conference will be held on Saturday, March 13, 2021 and will feature keynote speaker Patrick Madrid, along with breakout sessions, Mass with Archbishop Jackels, and more. Due to COVID-19, participants can register to join either virtually (via a live-stream) or in- person at Xavier Catholic High School, Cedar Rapids (where guidelines will be followed to prevent the spread of the virus). Groups of 5 or more virtual participants may register at a discounted group rate. For more details and registration, visit: www.ArchMensConference.org. All Saints Parish App Christian Experience Weekends (CEW) Postponed Search “All Saints Cedar Rapids” in Due to Covid-19, the Spring 2021 CEW weekends have been either the App Store or Google Play postponed to October. The new target dates are: and get the All Saints App for smart Women’s CEW - October 1-3 phones and tablets! Men’s Weekend - October 15-17 Notifications on events If you have not made a CEW weekend, please consider this powerful Prayer resources opportunity to renew your faith. If you have previously attended, Weekend homilies please invite others who would benefit from this chance to grow And so much more! closer to God.
Catholic Daughters of the Americas High School Scholarships National Catholic Daughters Court will award two $1,000 scholarships to 8th grade students entering the 9th grade in the Fall of 2021 to a Catholic High School. Requirements: Must be a Catholic girl or boy, attending a Catholic High School in the Fall, write a 250-500 word essay on “How do you show compassion and bring the spirit of God to others?” and provide letters of reference and list of church, community, and school activities. Miscellaneous Information Entries must be postmarked by April 1, 2021. For entry forms, please contact Susan Newcomer Registration: at 389-5512. Call the Parish Office at 363-6130, ext. 100, or register on line at www.allsaintscr.com. Bulletin Deadline: Items must be submitted electronically to the parish office by Noon on the preceding Monday to: There will be a prayer service at Murdoch-Linwood Cemetery, on Wilson Ave SW, [email protected]. on February 14 at 2:00 PM to kick off Forty Days for Life.
Parish Committees & Ministries For more information, or to volunteer please call the contact listed below
Altar Servers Deacon Mike [email protected] 363-6130 All Saints Quilters Ann Tow [email protected] 362-4498 APT Scott Dorrity [email protected] 491-5738 Bereavement Linda Stavropoulos [email protected] 363-6130 Boy Scouts Nick Klein [email protected] 360-6029 Catholic School Board Aaron Kelly [email protected] 721-0067 Cub Scouts Andy Lang [email protected] 651-9412 Eucharistic Ministers Deacon Mike [email protected] 363-6130 Faith Formation Commission Cate Biro [email protected] 721-3102 Finance Council Emmett Scherrman [email protected] 363-1436 Foundation Lisa Wallerstedt [email protected] 365-7746 Funeral Luncheon Ministry Margie & Bob Pence [email protected] 533-9074 Girl Scouts Green Square Meals Melissa Peckosh [email protected] 847-975-1785 Haiti Committee Steve Schmitz [email protected] 389-0677 Homebound Ministry Stacy Cataldo [email protected] 363-0493 Hospitality Ministry Sue Bright [email protected] 247-4844 Lectors Deacon Mike [email protected] 363-6130 Liturgy Committee Theresa Kirpes [email protected] 363-5149 MOMs Katrina Bueckers [email protected] 651-4043 Men of the Eucharist Mike Schulte [email protected] 366-6788 Mother Cabrini Circle Cindy Erger [email protected] 270-3950 Money Counters Jeremy Lutz [email protected] 363-6130 Pastoral Council Dan Goiffon [email protected] 365-6104 Parish Life Sharon Kennedy [email protected] 366-8606 Parish Plant Brian Talyat [email protected] 213-1334 Prayer Group Ann & Larry Hunter [email protected] 366-6873 R.C.I.A. Dan Tatara [email protected] 363-6130 Respect Life Patty Kauffman [email protected] 310-6083 Sacristans Sherry Casey [email protected] 270-0500 Social Justice Melissa Peckosh [email protected] 847-975-1785 Sponsor Couple Tom & Mary Takes [email protected] 558-6931 St. Anne Circle Monica Magee [email protected] 362-3292 St. Monica Circle Bonnie Spaight [email protected] 361-0752 Stewardship Chris Conway [email protected] 651-6249 Take Away Hunger Pete & Bea Rethwisch [email protected] 373-5363 Young at Heart Kathy Nelson [email protected] 362-7695
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