ST. WENCESLAUS CHURCH • CORNER OF DAVENPORT & DODGE STREETS • IOWA CITY

We remember in prayer St. Wenceslaus’ own John Lamansky and Joe Cain as they continues their seminary training to be ordained a priest. May God continue to bless them and lead them to faithful service in the Catholic Church.

FARNOST SV. VÁCLAVA VÍTÁ VÁS K TÉTO MŠI SVATÉ The Parish of St. Wenceslaus Welcomes You to This Holy Mass

SUNDAY MASSES Saturday: 4:00 PM

Sunday: 8:00 & 10:00 AM

WEEKDAY MASS 7:00 AM

HOLY DAY MASSES Please check bulletin for

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RECONCILIATION Saturday: 2:30-3:30 PM

Sunday: 7:30-7:45 & 9:30-9:45 AM

BAPTISMS

By appointment—call the church office WEDDINGS

Make arrangements with a priest a minimum of nine months in advance

PRAYER LINE

If you have a prayer request, please call the church office. Also, please contact us if you would like to participate in the prayer line.

HOSPITAL OR HOME VISIT

If you or someone you know is hospitalized and would like a visit from one of our homebound ministers or Father Beckman, please call the church office at 337-4957.

PARISH STAFF

Pastor: Rev. Gary Beckman Deacons: Deacon Dave Reha - Deacon Chris Kabat Parish Youth Minister/Office Assistant: Ellen Poliskey Parish Secretary: Pat King Parish Staff Volunteer: Sr. Theresa Kruml, 351-2592 Lay Directors: Sam Abusada, Teri Brennan Parish Council President: Teresa Morgan Parish Council Members: Jeff Banas, Don Pohnl, Kim Nuxoll, Ben Kratz, Debra Kratz Regina School Board Members: Ellen Abusada, Jason Dumont, Alaina Welsh

CONTACT US

Church Office: 618 East Davenport Street, Iowa City, IA 52245 Church Office Hours: 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM, Monday - Friday Church Office Phone: 319-337-4957, Fax: 319-337-5822 icstwencpa@diodav.org / www.stwenc-ic.com / “Like” us on Facebook Church Phone Number: 319-337-4869 Church Building Address: 630 E. Davenport St.

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Christmas

Bazaar

November 11, 2017 Sat. 8:00-11:00 AM

3:00 - 6:00 PM

November 12, 2017 Sun. 8:00 AM - Noon

Cinnamon Roll Baking Fri., Nov. 10 beginning

at 1:00 PM Kolache Baking

Fri., Nov. 10 beginning at 3:30 PM

Contributions of baked goods, homemade craft items and ‘attic treasures’ may be dropped off in the church hall anytime Friday or before 8:00 AM on Saturday.

Gently used or new in the

box, you’ll find it a

ll at

“Attic Treasures.”

YUM...Kolaches, Cinnamon Rolls Baked Goods...

Handcrafted Advent Candles for your home wreath. Made from previously blessed candles.

Need a new ‘scrubby’… We’ve got that. Need a bowl warmer… We’ve got that, too

November 5, 2017 Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mass Intentions 11/04 Saturday 7:00

4:00 AM PM

Pro Life † Diane Schreiber

11/05 Sunday 8:00 AM Our Parishioners

10:00 AM Special Intention 11/06 Monday 7:00 AM † John Lenoch

10/07 Tuesday 7:00 AM † Victor Mougin 11/08 Wednesday 7:00 AM Dr. Michael &

Sarah Masteller 11/09 Thursday 7:00 AM † Leo Buell 11/10 Friday 7:00 AM † Cyril & Helen Williams 11/11 Saturday 7:00

4:00 AM PM

End to Abortion † Raymond P. & Bessie K. White

11/12 Sunday 8:00 AM Our Parishioners 10:00 AM Special Intention

Weekly Budgeted Actual

Envelopes $7,308.00 $ 3,883.00

Offertory $1,346.00 $ 990.11

FORMED.org! Check it out -Go to FORMED.org and enter our parish code: YF BZWM.

Vocation Views: “National Vocation Awareness Week will be celebrated in our country November 5-11. Please ask Our Lord for more dedicated, holy priests, deacons and consecrated men and women. May they be inspired by Jesus Christ, supported by our faith community, and re-spond generously to God’s gift of a vocation.”

Respect All Life “Human life must be respected and protected absolutely from the moment of conception. From the first moment of his existence, a hu-man being must be recognized as having the rights of a person -- among which is the invio-lable right of every innocent being to life.” Since the first century the Church has affirmed the moral evil of every procured abortion. This teaching has not changed and re-mains unchangeable." -- Catechism of the Catholic Church, n. 2270-2271

Readings For The Week Monday: Rom 11:29-36; Ps 69:30-36; Lk 14:12-14 Tuesday: Rom 12:5-16; Ps 131:1-3; Lk 14:15-24 Wednesday: Rom 13:8-10; Ps 112:1-9; Lk 14:25-33 Thursday: Ez 47:1-12; Ps 46:2-9;1 Cor 3:9-17; Jn 2:13-22 Friday: Rom 15:14-21; Ps 98:1-4; Lk 16:1-8

Baby Bottles were distributed by the Respect Life Committee. Please fill bottles with change, currency, or checks. If you have not had a chance to return your bottle please do so.

We invite youths in grades K-6 in our diocese to participate in our annual contest to create a 2017 Christmas card for The Catholic Messenger. Drawings should be done on white, 8 ½ by 11”paper in colored pencil, crayon, marker or paints. Please submit original artwork only; no black and white draw-ings. The artwork should focus on the religious nature of Christmas. If using yellow, please use a deep yellow or make sure it is surrounded by a dark color. The contest is open to youths living in or attending school/rel. ed. in our diocese. Messenger staff will judge based on originality and the ability to convey what Christmas means to Catholics. Entries must include first and last name, age, grade, home address, school (public, private or home school with the school’s loca-tion) and parish (name and city) on the back of the drawing. Please do not fold entries. Any info omitted could be grounds for disqualification. Winning entries will be featured in the Christmas edition (Dec. 21). The drawings also will be fea-tured on The Catholic Messenger web-site:catholicmessenger.net. All entries must sent to The Catholic Messenger, 780 W. Central Park Ave., Davenport, IA 52804-1901 by Nov. 20.

The annual Regina Parents in Support of the Arts (PISA) Wreath, Garland, Poinsettia, Cookie Dough and Butter Braid frozen pastry sale has started! Proceeds from the sale benefit the K – 12 drama, music, band, or-chestra, journalism, speech, and visual arts programs at Regina. Order forms can be found in the church narthex or you may place orders directly online at www.regina.org. All orders must be completed by Friday, November 10. If us-ing the paper order forms, they need to be turned into the Regina elementary or high school offices. Pick-up will be at Regina High School on Sat., Dec. 2, 10 AM – 2 PM. For further information, email dchawkeyes@aol.com or call Tracy Kueter at 703-919-0565.

Please join us in praying

a Rosary For Life Tuesday, Nov. 7

7:00 PM

Welcome New Member Registration Form Please take a moment to introduce yourself to us. Fill in the information below and drop it in the collection basket or mail it to our office. Welcome to our parish family. Thank you for calling St. Wenceslaus ‘home.’ Name

Address

City/State/Zip

Phone Date

I am not old enough to remember the Latin Mass. Before Vatican II, was the Mass al-ways in Latin?

For many centuries, the Mass was in Latin, but prior to the eighth century, it was not. In the early church, the Eucharist was cele-

brated in the context of Jewish rituals and prayers, so ob-viously the language used was Hebrew and Aramaic. In the first centuries in Rome, Greek was the language used, but as Latin came to be more universally used by clerics and the faithful, it gradually replaced Greek. In the rest of Europe, the local language was used. Latin became the standard of the Mass around the eighth century, though a universal ritual was not established until the Council of Trent, hence the Tridentine Mass.

The development of the ritual of the Mass is very interest-ing indeed. It is important to note that the essential ele-ments of the Mass were always present: readings from Scripture, the words of consecration, the use of bread and wine, and Communion. It was at Trent that the prayers and rituals were standardized and remained unchanged for the four hundred years before Vatican II.

A good history of the church would be a great resource for more detailed information. ©2009 Liturgical Publications

There is a book near the front of the church that contains a page for list-ing your deceased family and friends. These names will be re-membered in prayer throughout the month of November. The names of our parishioners who died since last Novem-ber were read and remembered in a special way at the 7:00 AM Mass on Nov. 2.

St. Nicholas PARTY! Bring a gift for Baby Jesus to share with Birthright and Informed Choices on SUN., Dec. 3, 3:00-5:00 PM in the church hall. Bring your friends! Fun and festivities for all ages! Sugar cookie decorating, card making, bingo and more! Learn the story of St. Nicholas. Invite families with children to join us. Sponsored by our St. Wences-laus Pro-Life Ministry.

Next Sun., Nov. 12 is Pantry Sunday. Thank you to all who have and continue to help sup-port the Crisis Center Food Pantry. They are always in need of paper products, as well as

our non-perishable, protein rich, food items.

As mowing season ends we thank all our volunteer mow-ers: Gary Busche, Rod Kuenster, Michael Shey, Tom Sauegling, Eric Nuxoll, Ben Waterbury, Sam Abusada, Fr. Beckman, Kent Kline, Brian Beckman, Gary Sieren, Phil Kean, Peter Jochimsen, Kevin Grauer, Greg Brennan, Mike Simpson, Chris Wilson, Jeff Banas, Paul Kaefring, Richard Anderson, Mike Olney, Jerome Lansink, David Delgado, Michael Schmidt, Michael Keefer, Thomas Steffen, Jacob Poliskey, David Marth, David Poe, Ralph Cox and Nester Lobodiak,

There are envelopes on the tables at the church doors if you wish to have someone remembered this year with a poinsettia that will adorn the altar at Christmas. You may place a $10.00 donation in the enve-lope with a notation given as a Memorial of or In Honor of a loved one. These envelopes may be dropped in the collection or brought to the office NO LATER THAN DEC 4. For more info/questions contact Luann Williams 337-2005.

This school year, we'll have. . . • Middle School youth group on the first and third

Wednesdays of the month… • High School youth group on the second and fourth

Wednesdays. On Wednesday, Nov. 29, middle and high school youth are invited to a special holy hour and game night! At the holy hour for vocations that evening (6:30 p.m.), we will have confessions, praise & worship, reflections on voca-tions, and time for silent meditation. Game night will follow at 7:30 p.m.--come join us!

Monday-Saturday 7:00 AM Mass - church 7:30 AM Rosary - church Monday, Nov. 6 Tuesday, Nov. 7 7:30 AM Bible Study - hall 7:00 PM Rosary for Life - church 8:00 PM FOSJ Set - up - hall Wednesday, Nov. 8 5:45 AM FOSJ - hall 1:30 PM FPS - hall 6:30 PM Holy Hour - church 7:30 PM Confirmation Class - hall 7:30 PM High School Youth - conf room Thursday, Nov. 9 7:00 PM RCIA Friday Nov. 10 Holiday Bazaar Set - up - hall 12:10 PM Chaplet of Divine Mercy - Goldman Clinic 2:00 PM Mass - Emerson Point Saturday, Nov. 11 HOLIDAY BAZAAR 8:00 AM Holiday Bazaar until 11:00 AM - hall 8:20 AM Rosary at Planned Parenthood 2:00 PM Junior Sacristans - church 2:30 PM Confessions - church 3:00 PM Holiday Bazaar until 6:00 PM - hall 4:00 PM Mass - church Sunday, Nov. 12 Pantry Sunday 7:30 AM Confessions 8:00 AM Mass - church 8:00 AM Holiday Bazaar until Noon- hall 9:00 AM Reconciliation Class - rectory 9:30 AM Confessions - church 10:00 AM Mass - church

Please check online schedule for weekend Liturgical Ministers

While worshipping, socializing, etc., please observe these respectful gestures in church and in our parish hall: • Please turn off cell phones or put them on vibrate mode. • Please accompany children to the church hall when us-

ing the restroom during Mass. • Changing tables are available for diaper changes in the

three hall restrooms. • Please refrain from standing or sitting on the tables in the

hall, as well as the outer ledge. • Please refrain from allowing anyone to climb the car-

peted poles in the hall. • Please return any toys to the toy bin in hall or infants

room. • If you spill something, please use a towel and water and

clean it up. Dust pans and broom are located in the hall. • Please take out all garbage. Dumpster is located behind

Rectory Garage • Children are not allowed in the kitchen area.

Thank You.

Thank you to all who have already given to our Annual Diocesan Appeal Campaign. Our success in reaching and exceeding our

goal of $60,769.00 depends on your support. If you haven’t completed a pledge or con-tribution, you can still do so. We are getting so close to our goal and anything over is returned to the parish 100%. Envelopes are at the church doors or simply mark your check ADA.

They Are Back!!!! Don’t Miss Out - Texas Roadhouse Gift Cards are for sale at the Scrip table in the church hall after all Masses thru Nov. 26. Distribution will be Dec. 9/10 & 16/17. Please consider buying one or several cards as Christmas gifts. We receive 10% of all sales. Texas Roadhouse has been a great supporter of our Fall Dinner by donating the rolls and butter. Hope to see you at the Scrip table!!!

Chesterton Iowa City Society meets 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. in the “Brides Room” lower level of the Newman Catholic Student Center on the second Wednesday of every month. It is open to those of all faiths and has a diverse member-ship. Join us for our next gathering on Wed., Nov. 8. For more info call Mike at 621-0880.

Calling the Called: We Are All Evangelists with Rev. Jeff Belger - Priest Director of the

Newman Catholic Student Center Here Thurs., Nov. 16 - 7:30 - 9:00 PM “As baptized members of the Body of Christ we are all priests, prophets and kings. It is our responsibility to see Christ in others and bring Christ to others.” Free and open to the all. Sponsored by our Parish and the Journeys in Faith Speaker’s Forum.

Come join us on Sunday, November 12! St. Mary, Riverside “Pancakes for Preservation - Raising Funds to Restore our Beautiful Church” 7:00 AM - Noon. “All You Can Eat” sausage patties, pancakes, eggs, orange juice and coffee. Plus huge Bake Sale and Raffles. St. Mary, Oxford “All You Can Eat Soup Luncheon” to raise money for our new parish center. 11:00 AM-12:45 PM. Soups include homemade chicken noodle/vegetable beef/chili; relish & desserts. Bingo with turkeys as the prizes. Raffle and kid-friendly crafts. St. Bernadette's Parish in West Branch: Fall Soup Supper and Bake Sale. Serving will be from 3:00 to 7:00 PM. Home-made chicken noodle soup/homemade chili along with pie, cake, ice cream and a beverage. Bake/Craft Sale, too.

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