January 10, 2016

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Baptism of the Lord

This Week Sunday, January 10

Baptism of the Lord

Sign-up for Directory after Masses

Monday, January 11 7:00 pm Folk Group — Church Tuesday, January 12 11:30 am Let’s Do Lunch—Fogarty 6:00 pm St. Vincent De Paul—Fogarty Wednesday, January 13 8:50 am School Mass NO RE 5:30 pm Babysitting—Fogarty 6:00 pm Mid-Week Date Nite—PH Thursday, January 14 HAPPY BIRTHDAY Fr. Hilary!!!! Friday, January 15

7:30 am Eucharistic Adoration Saturday, January 16 7:00 am TMIY—PH 10:00 am Dubuque March For Life Sign-up for Directory after Mass

Sunday, January 17

11:15 am Vocation Committee—Fogarty Sign-up for Directory after Masses

Mass Intentions Monday, January 11

7:00 am † James & Sheila Finn † Sally Flejszar Tuesday, January 12

7:00 am † Susan Reilly † Sally Flejszar Wednesday, January 13

8:50 am † Lillian Spoo † Sally Flejszar Thursday, January 14

7:00 am † George Banworth † Sally Flejszar Friday, January 15

7:00 am † John Schwendinger † Sallly Flejszar Saturday, January 16

4:15 pm † Robert & James Willis † John Ploessl † Jack Crahan † John A. Baumgartner † Sally Flejszar Sunday, January 17

8:00 am † Gerald Manderscheid † Robert Linden † Susan Wild † Barb Swanson 10:00 am † Don & Tim Steele † Gerard Bennett † M/M Neil Carew † Jack Crahan † Sally Flejszar

Financial Report Week of .......................................... 1/3/2016

Weekly Received ............................... $31,146.80 Weekly Budgeted ............................. $18,173.00 Weekly SURPLUS—THANK YOU.. $12,973.80 Corporate Donations .................................... $0.00 Year to Date (Since 7/1/15) ........ ($10,186.22)

The Loose Coin Collection for next Sunday, January 17, 2016 is designated to go to Birthright, Inc. Monies collected will be used to help provide assistance to unwed

mothers with positive alternatives to abortion. Please be generous with your prayers and

financial support. Thanks to all who contributed to our sister parish on January 3.

Money was sent to assist with their monthly operating expenses.

To Order SCRIP Call: 563-557-9091, Ext. 220

Lenten Enrichment Opportunity: Consoling the Heart of Jesus

by Fr. Michael Gaitley is a ten-week reflection series beginning Tuesday,

Jan. 26 from 8:30-10:30 am or Thursday, Jan. 28 from 7-9 pm at St.

Columbkille Presentation Hall. Consoling the Heart of Jesus will deepen

our relationship with Jesus and equip us for the battles we face.

Register by Jan. 13. Cost of materials — $35. To register call 563-451-

2939.

St. Columbkille Parish Pictorial Directory dates are: February 2-6 and February 9-13. ALL photos will be taken on the stage in Presentation Hall. Hours: Weekdays from 2 pm to 8:30 pm and on Saturdays from 10 am to 2 pm. Sign-ups online at www.stcolumbkille.net OR you can sign up after all Masses on January 9/10, January 16/17, January 23/24 and January 30/31. REMEMBER: No

obligation to purchase photos! Every family receives a FREE 8 x 10 and a FREE Pictorial Directory. LIFETOUCH will be using a blue, horizontal background. St. Columbkille receives $5 for EVERY family who has their photo taken! LIFETOUCH will give us a monetary donation equal to 4 meals for every family that is photographed! They will give us a check that we can give to any local organization we choose. Help us help those in need by simply having your photo taken! Important: Our parish directory is for parishioners, however, Family & Friends can come have their photo taken and St. Columbkille still receives $5 for them, even though they are NOT parishioners. They still receive their 8 x 10 free. However, they will not be in our pictorial directory to receive a free directory. LIFETOUCH asks that you do not wear uniforms of any type. NO group photos other than staff group/individual photos will be taken.

Marriage MidWeek Date Night, Session 7, “Internet Images—Impact of

Technology on Your Family & Finding a Healthy Balance” presented by Deacon Phil and

Julie Paladino is Wednesday, Jan. 13, 6-8 pm. Childcare is free and runs from 5:30-8:00

pm, Fogarty Hall. Check out www.stcolumbkille.net for more info: Look for MidWeek

Date Night under News and Information—then scroll to the bottom of the page and sign-

up, or you can simply email your sign-up to Gina @ ginaburkart@gmail.com or Pat @

Love2bcatholic@aol.com.

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Hospice of Dubuque is sponsoring two six-week bereavement support groups open to anyone in the tri-state area who has experienced the loss of a loved one in the last

twelve months. Group meets on Wednesdays, beginning Jan. 27th through March 2nd.

Morning group meets from 10am—Noon and the evening group meets from 6-8 pm.

Meetings will be held at 1670 JFK Road, Theisen Education Center in the Hospice of

Dubuque Office. Call 563-580-1220 for a registration form before January 20th.

Serra Club of Dubuque is sponsoring an appreciation night for altar servers from Dubuque parishes on Saturday, February 6, 2016 at St.

Columbkille Church. Registration by Noon on February 3, 2016. Mass begins

at 4:15—parents are asked to drop off servers at 4 pm in the Church. After Mass

(5 pm) there will be an open gym where they can enjoy activities with their friends. There

will be a free-throw shooting contest with prizes also. At 6:15 pm supper will be served

consisting of pizza, drinks and treats. Following supper there will be carnival-type

paddlewheel games with prizes for all to enjoy. This event will conclude at 7:30 pm and

servers should be picked-up by their parents at the St. Columbkille gym. Questions — call

Dr. Mike Ward @ 583-5481 or John Freund @ 590-1203. Sunday

Readings for the Week Week of January 10, 2016

Sun: Is 40:1-5, 9-11/Ti 2:11-14, 3:4-5/ Lk 3:15-16, 21-22 Mon: I Sm 1:1-8/Mk 1:14-20 Tues: 1 Sm 1:9-20/ 1 Sm 2:1, 4-8/ Mk 1:21-28 Wed: 1 Sm 3:1-10, 19-20/Mk 1:29-39 Thurs: 1 Sm 4:1-11/Mk 1:40-45 Fri: 1 Sm 8:4-7, 10-22a/ 1:1-12 Sat: 1 Sm 9:1-4, 17-19, 10:1a/Mk 2:13-17 Next Sun: Is 62:1-5/1 Cor 12:4-11/Jn 2:1-11

Liturgical Roles Monday, (Jan. 11) - Friday, (Jan. 15)

Servers 7:00 am M. Heiar and T. Hesseling

Saturday, (Jan. 16) and Sunday, (Jan. 17)

Servers 4:15 pm J. Chapman, N. Melin, H. Tomecek 8:00 am T. Specht, C. Cronin, M. Klauer 10:00 am D. Steele, S. Jochum, Q. Walsh

Lectors

4:15 pm T.J. Schissel, M. Derby 8:00 am P. Maloney, D. Stabenow 10:00 am M. Ward, V. Sullivan

Eucharistic Ministers

4:15 pm B. Miller, R. Hoefer, M. DeMoully, M. Nauman, D. McDermott, J. Hanson, A. Hanson 8:00 am P. Maloney, J. Dodds, T. Ochs, D. Ochs, B. Frye, D. McCoy, S. Hesprich 10:00 am P. Blewett, A. Tomecek, M. Parkin, M. Tittle, T. Kouba, L. Oelke, P. Kircher

Ushers

4:15 pm C. Flynn, B. Cahill, J. Birch, T.J. Schissel 8:00 am T. Weidemann, T.J. Weidemann, B. LaPage, P. Maloney 10:00 am M. Gronen, D. Schlickman, D. Bruck, J. Arensdorf

Musicians

4:15 pm Leslie/Sue/Dick 8:00 am Kim/Singers 10:00 am Folk Group Greeters

4:15 pm B. Frye 8:00 am B. Frye, K. Kisting 10:00 am C. & B. Pasnik Children’s Liturgy

10:00 am Jenni Bauer

Just the Facts Ma’am by Michelle J.K. Rahe, Director of Business Thank you very much for your year-end donations to our parish. When we prepare our budget for the operating costs of the parish each year, we hope to receive $50,000 in Christmas donations from you. So far, we have received $49,162 in Christmas donations!! Zip-a-Dee-Doo Dah!! Also, we received many last minute 2015 donations and several stock transactions so you can see that we are in better shape than we were a month ago. We are still short $10,186.22 from what we need from your weekly Sunday envelopes/EFT giving. We need $18,173 per week or $945,000 per year from your donations. Our other major sources of income are: The Golf Outing, The Parish Picnic, Apartment rent from four apartments in our Convent building and Convent Suites rent from our retreat area/hotel in the Convent building. We are very grateful when we receive Memorial money and Special Donations during the year but that is not money that we can count on receiving each year. Many times, Memorial money and Special Donations are given for a specific project. So, that is not money that we can use to pay our ongoing bills eg) electricity, water, gas, maintenance, snow removal, assessment to Holy Family Catholic Schools etc. We have a big, beautiful campus ― thank you for your help in keeping it operating from year to year. Father Anderson and I have met with Jeff Morton, Mike Hoffmann, Joe Faley, and Barb Roling regarding our parking lot/alley renovation project. If you will recall, last spring, our parishioner, Larry Gasper, gave us his house and we sold it. Per Larry’s request, the proceeds are to be used to update the south and west parking lot and the alley between the Church and the Convent building. The main thing we have to address is the drainage of the water and the melting snow. The hill behind the Convent building is being held up by a bench behind the baseball backstop. That hill “slid” when we had 11 inches of rain several years ago. We need to build a retaining wall in that area. We also need to resurface the alley and make some safety improvements to block off the alley when our Grade School students are in that area to go to Hot Lunch. We would like to make the door south of the glass entrance handicap accessible. Our goal is to start this project after school gets out this summer. The surveyors have already been here. We will keep you posted on the progress. Questions can be directed to st.colmichelle@aol.com or 583-9117 Extension 226.

January 10, 2016

Dear Parishioners,

Christmas Season concludes with today’s Feast of the Baptism of the Lord.

Jesus models for us the personal pathway of conversion—rebirth and renewal by

the Holy Spirit. With Baptism we personally enter into the Life of Jesus Christ!

It is the Holy Spirit that gradually transforms us from self-centered to Jesus

centered. This is not based upon some super strength or great virtue. It is

opening our heart to accept Jesus as the Lord of our Life.

Often our parents help us to do this from the earliest days of our life. We grow

up, learning to follow the Holy Spirit as One in Christ Jesus. We renew the vows

of our Baptism, receiving additional sacraments and grow in the light of God’s

Love! My dad, like many others was Baptized later in life as an adult. Others

make death bed conversions such as John Wayne and Oscar Wilde. Ultimately,

we realize that we are not on earth to build our own kingdom. We are called to

personal growth in holiness and the building up the Kingdom of God!

This is the first week of our Grace 2.0 sermon series—everyone’s journey of

spiritual renewal! In the second week, we bring this grace of renewal into our

relationships, especially in the Sacrament of Marriage. Third, this powerful grace

calls us into the Mission of God’s Kingdom—Yes, in everyday life. Fourth, the

Holy Spirit renews our community and our culture. Fifth, the very structure of

our society in one Body in Christ!

May Jesus smile upon you and grant you His Eternal Blessings!

Fr. Gabriel