August 27, 2017

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St Columbkille Parish Picnic

• Mass on the Field at 10 am • Followed by Moracco Chicken Dinner in Presentation Hall

• Games/Inflatables etc. on Dunn Field • Paddlewheels • Country Store in School Gym • Photo Booth

This Week Sunday, August 27 Parish Picnic on Dunn Field beginning with 10 am Mass

Monday, August 28

7:00 pm Spiritual Growth—Convent Bldg. 7:00 pm Folk Group — Church Tuesday, August 29

Fr. Hilary leaves for Ghana Thursday, August 31

9:00 am School Mass 6:30 pm Choir Practice Saturday, September 2

Clyde & Rose Flynn 50th Wedding Anniversary Sunday, September 3

22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mass Intentions Monday, August 28

9:00 am † Charles, Marjorie & William Schrup † Sally Flejszar Tuesday, August 29

9:00 am † Hugh McCarron Wednesday, August 30

9:00 am † John Schwendinger Thursday, August 31

9:00 am † John Schwendinger Friday, September 1

9:00 am † Dick Locher † Thomas Travers Saturday, September 2

4:15 pm † Roger & Lois Gerardy † Art Trausch Jr. † Elmer Bousselot Family † Marie Dorr In Honor of Clyde & Rose Flynn’s 50th Anniversary Sunday, September 3

8:00 am † Dr. Richard Kane & Ruth Kane Meyers

† Roger Bahl † Dorothy Tigges † Kaye M. Running 10:00 am † Tim Steele † Dr. Tom Sr., Margie & Dennis Benda † Roy & Millie Schlickman † Tom & Betty Sacco

Financial Report Week of ........................................ 8/20/2017

Weekly Received ............................... $12,152.75 Weekly Budgeted ............................. $17,981.00 Weekly Shortage .............................. ($5,828.25) Corporate Donations .................................... $0.00 Year to Date (Since 7/1/17) .......... ($5,655.55)

The Loose Coin Collection for next Sunday, September 3,

2017 is designated to go to our sister parish in Oglala, S.D. Monies

collected will be used to help with expenses at Our Lady of the

Sioux Parish. Please be generous with your prayers and financial

support. Thanks to all who contributed to the Dubuque Area

Hispanic Ministry on August 20th. Money was sent to assist with

educational needs of Hispanic children in our community. Sanctuary Lamp: September, 2017

In Memory of Todd Faley

I received money to cover the cost of Hosts &

Wine for the month of September, 2017 from an

anonymous parishioner. What a wonderful Gift!!

Men’s Faith Study Group: “That Man Is YOU!” every Saturday from 7-8:30 am in Presentation Hall at St.

Columbkille Church from Sept. 9 thru Dec. 9th, 2017.

Contact: Riley Fairchild @ 563-590-4840.

Confirmation Grade 10 Parent/Student

Registration Sunday, Sept. 10th. Informational

Meeting for Parish Grade 10 Parents and Students will

be held after 10 am Mass on Sept. 10th in

Presentation Hall.

Grade 2 Parent First Holy Communion Registration Sunday, Sept. 17. Informational Meeting after 10 am Mass in Presentation Hall on

September 17th.

WISDOM by renowned bible teacher Jeff Cavins is a personal

growth series based on the biblical books of Wisdom. This city-

wide Bible Study will be held in Presentation Hall and begins on

Tuesday, Sept. 26th at 8:30 am and on Thursday, Sept. 28th at 7

pm. Cost: $20. Call 563-451-2939 to register before Sept. 12th.

Pilgrimage—Veneration of the Major Relics of St. Padre Pio & The Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe: Deacon Travis & Melissa

King and family will be hosting this pilgrimage. Wed., Sept. 20th

we will visit the Cathedral of St. Joseph the Workman in La Crosse,

WI and attend the 12:10 pm Mass. After lunch we will spend the

afternoon at The Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe. For more

information contact Travis at DBQ061d2@dbqarch.org.

Sunday

Join us for the Rosary at 8:30 am Monday thru

Thursday followed by the 9

am daily Mass. Labor Day Mass — 9 am

Readings for the Week Week of August 27, 2017

Sun: Is 22:19-23/Rom 11:33-36/ Mt 16:13-20 Mon: 1 Thes 1:1-5, 8b-10/Mt 23:13-22 Tues: 1 Thes 2:1-8/Mk 6:17-29 Wed: 1 Thes 2:9-13/Mt 23:27-32 Thurs: 1 Thes 3:7-13/Mt 24:42-51 Fri: 1 Thes 4:1-8/Mt 25:1-13 Sat: 1 Thes 4:9-11/Mt 25:14-30 Next Sun: Jer 20:7-9/Rom 12:1-2/Mt 16:21-27

Liturgical Roles Saturday, (Sept. 2) and Sunday, (Sept. 3)

Priest Fr. Gabriel Anderson Deacon Deacon Bill Biver Lectors

4:15 pm M. DeMoully, M. Derby 8:00 am J. Herrig, P. McNamara 10:00 am T. Cuvelier, M. Tittle Eucharistic Ministers

4:15 pm S. Biver, R. Flynn, R. Wolf 8:00 am T. Bierie, B. Frye, R. Hoefer, D. McCoy, D. Ochs, T. Ochs, K. Smith 10:00 am P. Blewett, B. Gockel, John Lundstrom, M. O’Neill, L. Oelke Servers 4:15 pm B. Freed, Q.Walsh 8:00 am C. Cronin, T. Specht, W. Specht 10:00 am B. Fitzgerald, P. Fitzgerald, S. Freund Ushers

4:15 pm J. Birch, B. Cahill, C. Flynn, T.J. Schissel 8:00 am T. Weidemann, D. Welsh 10:00 am A. Curtis, K. Hinkel, M. Thill Musicians

4:15 pm Adorare 8:00 am Women’s Group 10:00 am Men’s Group Children’s Liturgy

10:00 am Abby Blatz

Ladies Luncheon Wednesday, Sept. 6, 11 am at

Dubuque Golf & Country Club — we are celebrating

the kickoff of another school year! Lunch is $20.

Please RSVP by calling Christine McAllister at 563-

582-5456 ext. 255 by August 31st.

Twenty-five Mazzuchelli Catholic Middle School students will represent the

initial class to be enrolled in a personalized, blended-learning pilot program,

named EDGE, that Holy Family Catholic Schools plans to implement over the

course of the next five years. Holy Family will be the first school system in Iowa

to implement this visionary approach to education through a partnership with

California-based Summit Learning. The implementation of EDGE will begin at

the 6th grade level in 2017-18, adding to the roll-out with incoming Wahlert

Catholic freshmen, sixth and seventh grades in 2018-19, and so on through

2021, at which point the implementation of EDGE will be realized throughout

the secondary level. Call Mazzuchelli Catholic Middle School Principal Phillip

Bormann at 582-1198 or visit our website holyfamilydbq.org/EDGE to learn

more.

Clergy Meals Ministry: The purpose of this ministry is to

plan, prepare and deliver meals to our dedicated priests. We plan meals Monday thru Friday ONLY. The program used is called Meal Train. Here is the link to the meal train: https://www.mealtrain.com/trains/98vl9k. Simply set-up an account, login, and begin adding any meals you would like to provide. You receive a reminder the day you cook. Any questions contact Pat Derby @ 563-451-3557 or Love2bcatholic@aol.com.

August 27, 2017

Dear Parishioners,

I remember something that Bishop Robert Barron told us once at

the seminary. He was teaching my class on the doctrine of God and

the Trinity. The very first thing he said was this: “If you think you

know everything about God, then it’s NOT God.”

The point that he pushed was that when we speak of God, it is easy

to make God in our own image. We make God agree with us, have

the same thoughts and opinions we do. In other words, we

domesticate God. That is not God.

The glory of God is so great, the knowledge of God is great, that we

simply cannot fully understand Him. St. Paul speaks to this in the

second reading. All we can do is to give Him glory and honor and

praise, for we do not know the mind of the Lord. We can know what

has been revealed us.

Jesus tells Peter that his confession of faith that Jesus is the Christ

(the Anointed One) is based upon revelation. Peter did not know this

through human knowledge, but what has been revealed to him. It is

easy for us to want to make God in our own image, to domesticate

Him according to our thoughts.

Nothing is far more dangerous to our own faith life than to make

God what He is not. Nothing is more poisonous to our spiritual life

than to not be challenged, stretched, pulled to conversion.

Discipleship demands constant conversion of our lives. If God were to

think like us, then discipleship has lost its meaning.

God bless,

Fr. Davis

As requested by the Archbishop, we are

dedicating more time to Eucharistic

Adoration. Except for conflicting funerals

and visitations, ALL Fridays, 7:30 am to

9:00 am Mass at St. Columbkille.