Ss. John & Paul Catholic Community 1401 1st Ave S, Altoona, IA 50009

www.ssjohnpaul.org 515/967-3796

Over the past few months, the focus of our Teen Group sessions has been on getting to know various people in the bible. Through these sessions, we’ve learned how to identify characteristics that we have in common. We’ve also identified challenges that our biblical ancestors faced, and how they are very similar to challenges we face today. We were even able to look at how they over-came their obstacles and how to apply those same prin-ciples to our lives today.

King David, for example, was an outcast as a child. He was small in stature and took a lot of teasing as a young boy. His brothers and dad felt that he would never amount to anything and they put him out in the fields to tend sheep. Little did he know that all this time, God was preparing him for great things. He went on to slay a giant using only a slingshot, and was eventually made king. There were a lot of bumps along the way, but through it all he depended on the stability of friends, God’s for-

giveness, and the talents and gifts that God provided.

In the spirit of King David and all that we learned about his life, I would like to offer the following prayer for our graduating seniors this weekend as they start out on their journey, living the life that God has planned for them.

May you be content with who and where you are. Take time to discern and discover your gifts and talents, and how God is calling you to use them. Have the humility to admit when you are wrong, and ask God for for-giveness. I pray that you always have a community that is concerned for your holiness and the holiness of all its members. Amen.

This time of year means a lot of students in transition, from one grade to another, from high school to college, and from high school or college into the work force. Please join me in holding all of our students and young adults in prayer.

B Y J O A N A M M O N S

MAY 27, 2018

The Hockey-Lanphier family, Person St, Runnells

The Jasso family, Lincoln St SE, Bondurant

The Ahissou family, 8th St SE, Altoona

The Horton family, Falcon Dr, Altoona

The Mohr family, 17th St SE, Altoona

Please welcome these newcomers to our parish family!

Sat., June 2: 5:00 pm

Eucharistic Ministers:

Catherine McCoy Doris Peterson Ron Peterson* Renee Scott Kelsey Shollenbarger Allan Zadow Diane Zadow

Lectors:

Justine Denning Molly Hormann

Servers:

Isaac Denny Isaiah Denny Logan Quinones

Commentator:

Jenny Peterson

Greeters:

Charlie & Jan Hildreth

Usher Coordinator:

Connie Schumacher

Sun., June 3: 8:30 am

Eucharistic Ministers:

Christy Bartels Jan Barton Deana Boatwright Madison Delaney Chevy Freiburger Janel Huinker* Jeff Shaver

Lectors:

Maria Freiburger Darren Huinker

Servers:

Abbie Fitzpatrick Cadence Gulbranson Owen Gulbranson

Commentator:

Julie Sparks

Greeters:

Kasperbauer family

Usher Coordinator:

David Fitzpatrick

Sun., June 3: 10:30 am

Eucharistic Ministers:

Becky Gabriel Karen Hudson Jan Johnson Samantha Kline Bill Ludwig Cindy Majerus* Kevin Reddy

Lectors:

Polly Antonelli Randy Majerus

Servers:

Evie Kline Holly Majerus Alexander Schumacher

Commentator:

Megan Schumacher

Greeters:

Hammill family

Usher Coordinator:

Michael Daspit

Liturgical Roles

Altoona Nursing:

Prairie Vista:

Become a Liturgical Minister for Weekend Liturgies Immerse yourself more fully in the Liturgy by serving as a Liturgical Minister. Anyone from high school age through adult is welcome to train for any of the ministries; for altar servers, anyone 4th grade through adult is invited to train.

To train for any of the ministries; call the contact persons below by Tuesday, May 29 to arrange a time to be trained.

Altar Servers: Dar lene Huber ty, 707-3271 Ushers: Mike Daspit, 443-3636 Greeters: Diane Zadow, 967-3003 Commentators/Lectors: Katie Henry, 975-7856 Eucharistic Ministers: Madison & Abby Delaney, 612-710-8572 Nursing Home Eucharistic Ministers: Laur ie Delvaux, 967-3796

Help is especially needed with greeters at 10:30 mass, and Eucharistic ministers at 5 pm and 10:30 am, and commentators at all masses.

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SAH Moms Summer-Fall Park Schedule During the nice weather, the Stay-at-home Moms meet at various area parks. Beginning June 6th, the meetings will move from Thursdays to

Wednesdays. Go to www.ssjohnpaul.org to find the complete schedule. In case of inclement weather, the alter-nate location is the child care room at the FDC. All parents and children are invited to join

in, whether you are a full-time stay-at-home parent, just home for the summer, or just off on the meeting day! For more information, contact Jen-ni Lihs, jlihs@ssjohnpaul.org.

The parish office will be closed on Monday, May 28th

in observance of Memorial Day.

Summer parish office hours will be 9 am - 5 pm, Monday through Thursday, and 9 am - 12 noon on Friday from Memorial Day through Labor Day.

LAF Walk and Dinner June 27. Life After Fifty is going to Bondurant on Wednesday, June 27 for a walk around Lake Petocka from 5:30 to 6:15 pm, followed by din-ner at Polito's Pizza House, 210 Lincoln Street NE. If you

plan to just walk, there's no need to RSVP. If you’d like to join us for dinner, please RSVP to Dennis or Sharon Pavelka, dwp007@aol.com or 262-5917 by Tues-day, June 26. Hope to see you there!

Diocesan Memorial Day Services at Glendale Cemetery Bishop Richard Pates will celebrate the annual Memorial Day Mass on Monday, May 28 at Glendale Cemetery, 4909 University Ave., DSM, at 10 am. In case of inclement weather, Mass will be cele-brated at 10:15 am at St. Theresa Church, DSM. Everyone is welcome to join the Catholic community in remembrance of the men and women who died in mili-tary service to the United States.

Eileen Creager/ Michaela Funaro

Christy Bartels/ Doris/Ron Peterson

Mon., May 28: Parish office closed

Eucharistic Adoration, 7 pm, day chapel

Tue., May 29: K of C Officers, 7 pm, FDC social room

Wed., May 30: Prayer Shawl, 12:30 pm, FDC room 10

Thu., May 31: Stay at Home Moms, 9:30 am, Village Park, Altoona

Fri., June 1: Parish office closes at 12 noon

Sat., June 2: Men’s Bible Study, 7:30 am, FDC room 10

FDC rental, 11 am, FDC social room

Lord’s Day, June 3:

Weekly Schedule

Eucharistic Intentions Mon., May 28: No Mass

Tues., May 29: 5:30 pm for Pat Wilson

Wed., May 30: 9:00 am for the unemployed

Thu., May 31: 9:00 am for Rosemary Assink

Fri., Jun 1: 9:00 am for the hungry

Sat., Jun 2: 5:00 pm for Walter Whittle

Sun., Jun 3: 8:30 am for the people of the parish

Sun., Jun 3: 10:30 am for those serving our country

Parish Staff

Pastor: Fr. Timothy Fitzgerald

Deacon Dennis and Sarah Luft

Business Manager: John Mineart

Office Manager:Laurie Delvaux

Faith Formation Director Paulette Chapman 967-8047

Youth Ministry Coordinator: Liz Donner 967-8047

Senior High Youth Minister: Joan Ammons 967-7911

Pastoral Associate: Sr. Virginia Jennings 967-3796

Coordinator of Music & Liturgy: Patty Hormann 967-3796

Faith Formation Office Assistant: Denise Wadle 967-8047

Bookkeeper: Pam Bailiff 967-3796

Parish Nurse: Linda Gries 263-0268

Knights of Columbus: Mike Kockler 681-2232

Website: www.ssjohnpaul.org

E-mail: ssjohnpaul@ssjohnpaul.org

FAX: 967-7197

Eucharistic Celebrations: Saturday 5:00 pm Sunday 8:30 am 10:30 am Tuesday 5:30 pm Wednesday - Friday 9:00 am

Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturday 4:00 pm and by individual appointment

Eucharistic Adoration every Monday 7:00 pm

Prayer Chain: 967-3796 or Email: ssjohnpaul@ssjohnpaul.org

SSJP will host Family Promise Guests June 10-17 Family Promise of Greater Des Moines (FPGD) assists homeless families with children through a network of 14 area faith-based host congregations that provide clean, safe overnight shelter and nutritious meals for a period of one week. Ss.

John and Paul will host guests the week of June 10-17 in our Faith Development Center. Go to www.ssjohnpaul.org, or scan the tag for more information and sign up to help in the gathering space starting this weekend. Many volunteers are needed to pro-vide hospitality! Please consider helping with this wonderful minis-try, assisting homeless families.

Contemplative Prayer at Emmaus House each First Friday of the month, 7-7:45 am. We begin with a scripture reading, fol-lowed by 20 minutes of contemplative prayer, then spoken intentions, both per-sonal and for the mission of Emmaus House. Open to all! We look forward to joining together for this time of prayer. Coordinator of Communications, Oper-ations & Events opening for the St. Jo-seph Educational Center, WDM. PT posi-tion oversees general maintenance of the SJEC website and maintains a social me-dia presence. Strong communications and computer skills are required. Visit sjecio-wa.org for more information or contact Matt Halbach at 515-222-1084. The Iowa Catholic Conference (ICC) seeks a full-time administrative assistant to provide administrative and clerical sup-port to the executive director, staff, com-mittees, and Board of Directors. To apply, send a cover letter and resume to: Search

Committee, Iowa Catholic Conference, 530 42nd St., Des Moines, IA 50312 or tom@iowacatholicconference.org. Find more information at ssjohnpaul.org under the eCommunity tab. InnerVisions Health annual gala Thurs-day, June 7 at the Holiday Inn, DSM, fea-turing Cal Thomas as the keynote speaker! Visit ivhcare.org/2018gala/ for more in-formation or to purchase tickets or find the link at ssjohnpaul.org under eCommunity. Fr. Lawrence Hoffmann Retirement Party, July 8: St. Luke the Evangelist Parish invites you to attend the retire-ment celebration of Fr. Larry. Mass at 10:30 am with Open House from 12-2:30 pm. Program begins at 1 pm. Christ our Life Regional Conference coming September 29-30 to Wells Far-go Arena, DSM. Early bird tickets and more information are available at Chris-tOurLifeIowa.com or find the link at www.johnpaul.org under e-Community.

Around the Diocese

NEW JustFaith: Living simply, loving compassionately. JustFaith is a small group program of JustFaith Ministries comprised of three phases that will help you explore today’s issues through the lens of your faith, and discover how you can make a dif-ference. Through reflection, discussion and encounter you will learn more about how to live more simp-ly and love more compassionately. Phas-es can be taken separately or together. Contact the Center for Social Ministry at centerforsocialministry@gmail.com or 515-782-3054, or for more information visit www.centerforsocialministry.org/programs/justfaithministries/justfaith .

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Looking at the Gospel for this Sunday Happy Trinity Sunday! In today's Gospel, we hear Jesus declare together all three Persons of the Trinity. "Go therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit."

When we speak of the Trinity, two different theologi-cal words are sometimes used: immanent and eco-nomic. The immanent Trinity is the life of the three Persons within themselves, the inner harmonious rela-tionship between Father, Son, and Spirit. We see this

in the Gospels when Jesus speaks of his Father and promises to send the Holy Spirit. The term "economic" has its roots in the Greek word oikonomia, roughly meaning "household man-

agement." The economic Trinity is our three-Personed God's relationship with creation; it is creation and redemption and ongoing relationship with us.

Made in the image and likeness of God, we are called to imitate God's immanence by giving and receiving love with one another in community. Howev-er, this is not limited only to those close to us, though that's where love often starts. We also imitate the economy of God when we go out, when we extend our love and care in a life-giving way.

Every believer is invited to follow Jesus and the Apostles to the margins, to the people who require a little extra reach. This could be a distant relative, the residents of your local homeless shelter or even the forgotten neigh-bor next door! When we love well, we create something beautiful-a relationship, a holy moment, a foretaste of heaven. This Trinity Sunday, take some time to examine the relationships in your life. How well do you love those nearest to you? How well do you reach out to those far-ther away? How are you creating something beautiful? © Liturgical Publications Inc

Monday: 1 Pt 1:3-9 Mk 10:17-27

Tuesday: 1 Pt 1:10-16 Mk 10:28-31

Wednesday: 1 Pt 1:18-25 Mk 10:32-45

Thursday: Zep 3:14-18 or Rom 12:9-16 Lk 1:39-56

Friday: 1 Pt 4:7-13 Mk 11:11-26

Lord’s Day: Ex 24:3-8 Heb 9:11-15 Mk 14:12-16, 22-26

©Liturgical Publications Inc

Readings for the week of May 27th

Faith Formation News

Faith Development Center #967-8047 Registration for VBS is still open! Shipwrecked; Rescued by Jesus, for children ages 4 through 5th grade is coming June 17-21! VBS t-shirts are no longer available, but registrations will be accepted through Sunday, June 3rd! Register or volunteer online at www.ssjohnpaul.org/vacation-bible-school. You can also find registration forms on the website or pick one up in the gathering space, complete it and return it to the office. For questions contact Jenni Lihs, jlihs@ssjohnpaul.org or 210-6594.

Catholic Heart Work Camp meeting June 6. CHWC participants will meet in The Rock at 6:30 pm for dinner and planning for the Catholic Heart Worker Camp

service trip this summer. Contact Joan Ammons, 314-8714 or teengroup@ssjohnpaul.org for questions or more information.

Time, Talent and Treasure

This week marks the end of the formal Annual Diocesan Ap-peal drive for the parish. Thanks to the 275 donors who supported this year’s drive. In total between pledges and gifts we raised $97,534.61 towards our goal. Your generosity makes a differ-ence in diocesan-wide projects Thank you!

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Franciscan Common Venture Summer Service Opportunities There are several opportunities to share your time and talent in service to others. For a full listing, more information, or to apply, please contact Sr. Shell, 563-583-9786 or balekm@osfdbq.org, or visit www.osfdbq.org/commonventure.

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Save the date!

Family Fun Fest June 23 Finish up the week of Vaca-tion Bible School and cele-brate the start of summer in style with the Family Fun Fest on Saturday, June 23rd. Bike ride, walk/run, games for the kids, picnic style food, raffle and Bingo and movie and more! Fun for young and old alike! Watch for more details coming soon.

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