Father Siby Punnoose, Pastor Phone: 712-730-6480

Email: punnooses@scdiocese.org Website: hwy60catholiccluster.org

Website: stpatssheldon.org

Together we share our talents and resources to foster unity among ourselves and one another as we strive to live a life of Christian service with Christ as our

example and the Holy Spirit as our guide.

Highway 60 Catholic Cluster

MARCH 19, 2017 THIRD SUNDAY

OF LENT Weekend Mass

Saturday: Ashton: 4:30 p.m. Sunday: Sheldon: 8:30 a.m. Sunday: Sibley: 10:30 a.m.

Sunday: Sheldon: 12:30 p.m. Hispanic

Saint Mary Parish 643 6th St. Ashton, IA 51232 ashton_marys@frontiernet.net Phone/Fax 712-724-6411 Adm. Secretary Christy Funk

Saint Patrick Parish 310 10th St. Sheldon, IA 51201-1530 nclaar@nethtc.net Phone/Fax 712-324-0160

Saint Patrick School 1020 4th Ave. Sheldon, IA 51201-1520 stpat@nethtc.net Phone 712-324-3181 Principal: Mr. Joe Mueting Lead Teacher: Mrs. Jessica Schmalen

Saint Andrew Parish 716 8th St., PO Box 97 Sibley, IA 51249 standrewsibley@premieronline.net Phone/Fax 712-754-2739 DRE/Adm. Secretary Christy Funk st.andrewssibleyyouth@yahoo.com

Saturday March 18 4:30 p.m. St Mary...Heather Krogman Sunday March 19 8:30 a.m. St Patrick…Joe Verchoor 10:30 a.m. St Andrew...Tim McCarty and For the Parishes of the Cluster 12:30 p.m. St. Patrick Spanish...Mary An-na Culligan Monday March 20 No Mass Tuesday March 21 8 a.m. St. Andrew...Karlee Gustaf 6:30 p.m. St. Patrick...Confirmation Stu-dents

Wednesday, March 22 8 a.m. St. Mary...Bob & Edna Seivert Thursday March 23 8 a.m. St. Andrew…Carl & Donna Liechty Friday March 24 8:45 a.m. St. Patrick…Edna Seivert Saturday March 25 4:30 p.m. St Mary...Ed Thole Sunday March 26 8:30 a.m. St Patrick…Eleanor Thole 10:30 a.m. St Andrew...For the Parishes of the Cluster 12:30 p.m. St. Patrick Spanish...Grace Honkomp

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St. Patrick’s School News St. Patrick's School News for March 20-24

Wednesday, March 22 Early Dismissal 2:15 p.m. Friday, March 24 Mass at 8:45 (First Grade will be doing

the readings) Stations of the Cross at 2:30 (All are wel-

come to join us)

St. Patrick's School would like to thank everyone who attended the Pot O' Gold on March 11. We appreciate everyone who supports our school! It was another successful year and we are excited to do it all again next year. We would also like to thank all of the people who served on the Pot O' Gold committee and those who who made donations to the special event. Your time and generosity are greatly appreciated!

Parents and Future Parents of St. Patrick's School Students, Please remember to fill out your FACTS form for next year's tuition assistance/scholarship program. FACTS will be due on March 31st. If you have any questions please contact the school. You can find out how to apply on our website at www.stpatssheldon.org. Go under the Parents link and go to Diocese of Sioux City Scholar-ship Program. You will then be directed to the FACTS application!

Scrip is sold anytime there is someone at the school or after the mass in Sheldon. The scrip program benefits both the church and school. Some national retailers with local stores that support the scrip program are Cenex, ShopKo, Subway and Pizza Ranch. Some

popular national retailers that we have on hand are Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Bath & Body, Best Buy, Target and WalMart.

CATHOLIC GLOBE INFORMATION Be sure to check out The Catholic Globe’s website, catholicglobe.org, for photo galleries and nifty videos! Got stories, photos? Email news@scdiocese.org or call (712) 255-2550 or (800) 352-9035.

KFHC/KOIA 88.1 FM Business/Office Manager Catholic radio KFHC/KOIA 88.1 FM is seeking a business/office manager for its Sioux City opera-tion. This is a full-time position for an individual whose lifestyle is in compliance with the tenets of the Catholic faith. Day-to-day operations include – but are not limited to – financial & clerical func-tions, FCC oversight, pledge-drive management, volunteer coordination, some programming produc-tion, & record-keeping. This position may be an opportunity to advance in employment at the sta-tion. Applicant should have an associate’s degree or bachelor’s degree in a related field or equiva-lent experience. A complete job description is available upon request. Interviews will begin imme-diately. Send resume to: KFHC/KOIA 88.1 FM, Attn: Don Stevens, 705 Douglas St., Suite 238, Sioux City, IA 51101 or email: fhcra-dio@fhcradio.com

HEAD START RECRUITMENT BEGINS FOR THE 2017-2018 SCHOOL YEAR

Applications are now being taken for the Sheldon Head Start preschool pro-gram which will begin in the fall of 2017. Any child who is age 3 or 4 by Sep-tember 15, 2017, will be eligible to apply. Please call the home visitor at 712-298-4169 or the main office at 800-245-6151 to request an application.

CONFIRMATION FOR THE CLUSTER, MARCH 21, 6:30 P.M. ST. PATRICK.

Abortions are scheduled at Planned Parenthood Fridays, March 17th and March 31st. March 31st already has a full schedule. Mass will be celebrated at 8:15 a.m. at Mary's Choice. Come if you can, please pray for the unborn, and ex-pect a miracle.

St. Andrew would like to thank all of the ladies from the cluster that took time to attend the

Women’s Retreat. The weather held out and we were able to immerse ourselves in understanding God’s Mercy for us. We look forward to the next

retreat for the Parish Cluster.

All ladies of the cluster are invited: “A Women’s Stations of the Cross,” 7 p.m.

St. Andrew church. Take this time during lent to gather with other women of the cluster and offer

our prayers to God.

DAA REMINDER If you pledged money for DAA, please remember that all payments need to be in by April 9. Any questions, please contact your parish office.

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Calendar of Events

Sunday, March 19 9:30 a.m. Knights of Columbus Breakfast 3-5 p.m. Sheldon Lenten Reconciliation 3-4 Confirmation Practice

Monday, March 20 7 p.m. 8th Grade Parents meeting at Sheldon

High

Tuesday, March 21 6:30 p.m. Confirmation Mass 6:30 p.m. Spanish Bible Study

Wednesday, March 222 2:15 p.m. Early Dismissal 7 p.m. Religious Education-Stations of the

Cross 8 p.m. Choir Practice

Friday, March 24 8:45 a.m. Mass 2:30 p.m. Stations of the Cross

Sunday, March 26 9:30 a.m. Guild Coffee and Rolls

St. Patrick

The Personal Giving Report for 2017 for St. Patrick Church is at the back of the church and the west entry-way.

ST. PATRICK RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Paulette Karolczak 712-724-6513

Reminder to Court Bernadette members. If you have not paid your 2017 dues please do so. You may send your $25 check to Janis Chapin, 705 9th Street, Sheldon or put it in the collection basket. Thank you and see you at the March 7th meeting!

Congratulations to our Confirmation Candidates who have chosen to be Confirmed on Tuesday, March 21 at 6:30 pm by Bishop Nickless! Cassidy Bart, Bobby Beldt, Jocelin Farias, Haidi Garcia, Annie Groeneweg, Pilar Guadarrama, Alicia Mar-tinez, Logan Moore, Brian Nilles, Mallory Nilles, Marialy Ocampo, Alejandro Olivares, Jessy Padilla, Jennifer Pennings, Daniel Pimentel, Manual Pimentel, Emily Prewitt, Paola Ramirez Padilla, Evan Reiter, Alex Reyes, Noah Rohlfs, Anessa Schoo, Karlie Schoo, Drew Theis, Kate Theis, Cody Vaselaar, McKenzie Wagner, and Lexi Winkel. A big thank you also to the Confirmation teacher, Todd Ka-rolczak; to the parent assistants and to Gloria Radt-ke for translating for us! Thank you also to the Guild, CDA and KCs for giving the Confirmation students each a Bible at the beginning of their sacramental formation, the Guild for providing the reception and to the Grand Knights for participating at the Confirmation Mass!

LOVE Inc. is requesting volunteers from our church to fill in four weeks of babysitting on Thursday evenings. Babysitters are required for the children of parents taking part in the Love Inc. classes. The current need for spring session would be for volunteers on the following dates: April 6, April 27, May 18 and June 8. If you have any questions please con-tact Paulette Karolczak at 712-724-6513.

The family of Robert P. McCarty would like to thank the parish for the support received when Bob passed away. A special thank you to Fr. Siby, mass servers and ushers at the funeral, and the Guild for their assistance with the meal and for providing the cakes. It was greatly ap-preciated.

The Sheldon Area Unity Meal will be held Monday, March 20 at Living Water Community Church - Sheldon Campus. Serving starts at 6:00 p.m. Thank you to Shel-don United Methodist and WIDA for providing the meal.

The Parish's prayers go to the family of Bob McCarty. Bob passed away on

March 6 and his funeral was at St. Pat-rick's on March 11.

The Parish's condolences go to the family of Mary Williams. Mary passed way on March 11 and her funeral was at St. Pat-

rick's on March 15.

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St. Andrew

St. Andrew Calendar of Events March 19—CDofARosary St. Andrew 10:00 a.m. March 19—Confirmation Presentation of Candidates St. Andrew during Mass March 19—Confirmation Practice 2:00 p.m. St. Patrick March 21—Confirmation 6:30 p.m. St. Patrick March 22—Religious Education Classes Kindergarten through 5th Grade 6-7 p.m., 6th—8th Grade 7:15 p.m., Confir-

mation and Youth Group 7:15 p.m. March 22—Religious Education Reconciliation for Grades 2—Youth Group 5:30 p.m.—6:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.—

8:00 p.m. March 22—Parent/Student meeting for 7th and 8th grades 8:00 p.m. St. Andrew Church

CDofA meeting Sunday, March 19, 2017 Rosary 10:00 a.m.

Monday, March 20, 2017 7pm meeting Program: “A Woman’s Stations of the Cross” all women

of the cluster are invited to attend. Program Committee: CDofA Officers

Good of the Order & Closing Prayer: Mary Wick Serving Committee: *Kathy Ver Steeg, Marlene Kerrigan

KC Meeting Ashton, April 3 at 7pm.

Thank you to all that helped at the Women’s Retreat. Everyone was

able to enjoy the day with no wor-ries because of you.

Congratulations to St. Andrew Confirmation Candidates who will receive the Sacrament of

Confirmation Tuesday, March 21. Gannon Atherton, Emma Cosgrove,

Brooke Hatting, Erin Hatting, Eric Jungers, Adrian Mejia,

Brian Miranda, Corey Nasers, Jacob Nasers, Robert Nasers, Nicole Olvera, Erick Olvera,

Alberto Ortiz, Branigan Steichen, Trevin Wasmund.

Saint Mary’s Liturgy committee is seeking donations or flowers

to decorate church with for Easter. Please contact one of

them if you are interested.

St. Mary Ladies should

pick up the Guild Programs in the entrance of the

church.

Prayer Partner Books are in the communication center of St. Andrew. Please take time to pray for those that will be receiv-ing their First Communion. Please pick one up and pray for St.

Andrew Youth receiving their First Communion. Consider the Divine Mercy Chaplet as part of your

Lenten obligation. For more information on Divine Mer-cy you can visit www.divinemercysunday.com

for more information.

CDA members, for those who have not paid your dues for this year please get your dues of $25 sent to Beth

Thole soon.

You are invited to attend the Community Potluck held on the third Sunday of each month at the Senior Citi-zens Center. Bring a dish to share and your own table service; coffee is furnished. Join us for dinner at 12:30 on March 19.

I would like to thank everyone for their prayers, cards, and get well wishes for my surgery and re-covery. Six weeks from home seemed awful long. I am home now and doing well. God Bless You All

Bonnie Krogman

Good Ole Summertime will be here in 3 months. (June 10th) I am looking for help. We are asking for some talented people that could sing or play an instrument. We would like the talented people to put out their hat for cash. Any talent would be good and just know that we would love to hear you no matter what you play. Maybe you could even play the “spoons” We will use the shelter house on the west end of Central Park. Bring your lawn chair and listen.

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LITURGICAL MINISTERS Saturday, Mar 25, 4:30 p.m. St. Mary, Ashton

Lector David Strouth EME Leon Nilles Sherry Nilles Donna Roder Servers Darci Konz and Danna Konz Greeters/Gfits Bob & Kriss Schoo Family Ushers Bob Schoo Walt Seivert David Strouth Ron Thole

Sunday, Mar 26, 8:30 a.m. St. Patrick, Sheldon Communion-Cup Tim & Karen Pottebaum Ciborium Esther Nilles, Mike Olson, Joe Nilles Lector Jody Olson Commentator Matt Ascherl Hospital/Sanford Bill & Mary Jean Nilles Route Joe Nilles Gift Bearers Ron Jansen Family Servers Eric Nilles, Hailey Dobbins Ushers Tom Youngers, Myles DeBates, Chuck Beldt, Justin Jonas, Doug Heiliger, Annie McCabe, Jon Rozeboom, Bobby Beldt, McKenzie Wagner Children’s Liturgy Lead: Paulette Karolczak Assist: Hayden McHugh and Laura Van Der Zwagg Organist Mary D. Song Leader

Sunday, Mar 26, 10:30 a.m. St. Andrew, Sibley

EME Jerri Palsrok Carol VerSteeg Dennis VerSteeg Kevin Storbakken (choir) Lector Crystal Strouth Servers Garrett Sarringar Alissa Palsrok Gifts Kevin & Sheila Storbakken Ushers Terry Gregg Corey Nasers John Heiliger Jim Kerrigan NH Communion Julie Schroder Home/HWH Communion Mindy Nasers Sacristy Assistant Mindy Nasers Counters Pat/Julie Eddy Children’s Liturgy Julie Steichen Stations of the Cross Alberto Ortiz, Branigan Steichen and Trevin Wasmund

CHURCH SUPPORT SAINT MARY Stewardship March 11

Adult $539.00 Loose $119.00 Total $658.00 Black & Indian Mission $ 5.00 Catholic Relief Services $ 90.00

DAA Goal $5,263 Total Pledges $6,117.64 Paid to Date $6,022.64

SAINT PATRICK Stewardship March 12

Adult $4,426.00 Loose $ 80.99 Youth $ 10.00 Spanish $ 177.00 Aid to World Wide Church $ 25.00 Home Missions $ 80.00 Flowers $ 110.00 Cemetery $ 100.00 DAA $ 406.71

We were $1,539.30 short of meeting the weekly goal of $6,850.00 needed to meet the Parish’s expenses

Year-to-Date Summary 2017 $45,226.31 2016 $50,547.07 2015 $48,713.32

DAA Goal $17,024.00 Total Pledges $16,554.96 Paid $15,429.96

SAINT ANDREW Stewardship March 12

Adult $2,140.00 Loose $ 48.00 Children $ 10.00 Total $2,198.00 Aid to world Wide Church $ 120.00 Blad & Indian Mission $ 100.00 Easter Flowers $ 115.00 Religious Education $ 490.00 Building Fund $ 245.00

DAA Goal of $13,340.00 Total Pledges $12,107.59 Total Payments $10,532.09