St. Francis Church
Msgr. Kevin McCoy
Couples planning a wedding at St. Francis need to
contact the rectory 6 months in advance.
Pre-Cana or a similar marriage prep program is required.
Baptism is by appointment and takes place usually
after Saturday evening or Sunday a.m.
MARCH 23, 2008
MASS SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK MARCH 24
Monday 8:00 Jan Hugeback
Tuesday 8:00 NO MASS
Wednesday 8:00 Lucy
Topf
Thursday 8:00
Friday 8:00 Floyd
Patton
Saturday 5:00 Confessions
5:30 Floyd
Holder
Sunday 8:30 Confessions
9:00
MINISTERS FOR THE WEEKEND OF FEBRUARY MARCH 29/30
SATURDAY-5:30 P.M.
SUNDAY-9:00 A.M.
EM: Joyce Schoenbaum/Dean Ellis/Judy Ellis
Margareet Feld/Paul
Feld/Ron Hammen
LECTOR: Merle Wuebker
Paul
Kutz
SERVERS: Tate Klocke/Jeremy Wildt
Matthew
Dischler/Michael Dischler
USHERS: Scott O’Tool/Kevin Monahan
Gary Nicholson/Loren
Wuebker
Sunday, March 23, 2008-Easter Sunday: Sisters and brothers in the risen Christ,
this is the day that the Lord has made.
This is the day of the resurrection of Christ. The Holy Spirit gathers us together in this
sacred place to offer praise and thanksgiving to the God of life. We are called to unite our own joys and
sorrows to the Lord, who promises new life to all who put their trust in
him. Let us lift up our hearts, joining
the angels and saints in a song of endless praise and thanksgiving.
Parish Support for March 15/16, 2008: Adults-$1488.00 Students-$5.30 Loose-$87.00
Total-$1590.30 Funds received for others-$10.00
Parish Support YTD as of 3/17/2008: Projected receipts to meet budget: $88,800.00
Actual receipts year to date: $99,695.13
Thanks for your financial and spiritual
support!
Christ the Lord is Risen, Alleluia! To
each and everyone of you, may this Easter be filled
with great joy. I pray you are renewed
in faith personally; and I pray that our witness to the Risen Lord will spill
into our community near and far. Happy
Easter!
A thousand thanks who
joined in the parish Lenten Wednesday evening Mass and soup supper. It was a
wonderful time of parish unity and camaraderie.
To all of the soup makers, the set up and clean up crews-all of us
partakers are particularly grateful for your superb culinary creations! Kudos to the officers of
the Ladies Altar Society who oversaw the soup supper project from week to week.
“Alleluia” is their song! Our
parish family is indebted to the marvelous music provided by St. Francis choir
throughout Holy Week. We thank you for
your weeks of rehearsal-the final product testifies to your commitment. Your song added to our prayer and to our
experience of Easter joy. Thank you!
I will be away
from the parish after Mass on Monday until late Tuesday evening. Cardinal Daniel DiNardo will be in
Our United Family Knights of Columbus thanks all who helped make our
Omelet Breakfast sponsored by the St. Francis Youth Group will be held on Sunday, April 13 from 10:00 A.M.-1:00 P.M. in the
church basement of St. Francis. Money
raised will help fund the Habitat for Humanity trip in July.
St. Joseph Catholic Church in
Chris Kummerfeld Benefit Dinner and Silent Auction will be held on Saturday, April 5 from 4:30 P.M.-7:00
P.M. at the Peterson Legion Hall. A
pork loin dinner and ice cream Sunday bar will be served. Money raised will help Chris with expenses
for treatment at Mayo Clinic for brain tumors.
Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish in Fonda will have their annual Turkey Supper on Sunday, March 30, 2008 from 4:00 P.M.-7:00 P.M. at the Knights of Columbus Hall, Main Street Fonda. Menu includes turkey and all the trimmings with homemade pies. Tickets will be $6.50 for adults, children age 5-12 $3.00 and children under 5 are free.