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Dodgeball
Sunday after Newman Club Meeting
Pitch Card Game
Monday at 3:30pm
Capture the Flag
Monday after Mass
Skeet Shoot
Tuesday 4:00pm
Bowling
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Ping Pong Tournament
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From the Catholic Advance
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The elevation of the chalice helps those at Mass focus on the gift that our Lord gives - his very self.
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Mass can be the highlight of your week; learn more about the Mass
Our minds can wander at Mass. A crying child, inappropriate clothing, nearby whispering, or a cell phone's rap music can easily distract us.
Keeping our minds focused on the Mass is a life-long struggle, but one that can be made easier through a little training.
Father John Lanzrath suggests planning early in the week for the Sunday Mass.
"On Monday or Tuesday, begin reading the Scripture readings for the upcoming Sunday," he said. "Pray with these Scripture readings. Listen to the Lord speak to you and what is happening in your life through Sacred Scripture."
To prepare for the weekend Masses, Fr. Lanzrath recommends listening to Fr. Robert Barron's weekly meditation on the readings at www.wordonfire.org.
"This 13- or 14-minute reflection for the Sunday readings properly prepares yourself for the Sunday Mass. Knowing in advance what the readings will be for the Mass allows one to enter more deeply into the mystery of God's Presence at the Mass through the Liturgy of the Word. Naturally, this allows a deeper entrance prayerfully into the Liturgy of the Eucharist that follows."
Fr. Ken Van Haverbeke agreed with Father Lanzrath about being familiar with the readings, and suggests a person consider this: If I were the priest, what would I preach about?
"Then at Mass, see if the priest's homily is similar to your thoughts," Fr. Van Haverbeke said, "If they were not...you now have two inspirations from the Gospel message." More in the digital Advance here, online here, and in the printed Advance.
Suggested books to learn more about Mass
There are many books available about the Mass and about the Eucharist. And, of course, there are many articles at Catholic websites about the topics. Here are three suggestions:
* "Calvary and the Mass," by Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen is free here. * "The Lamb's Supper: The Mass as Heaven on Earth," by Scott Hahn * "The Mass: The Glory, the Mystery, the Tradition," by Cardinal Donald Wuerl and Mike Aquilina __________________________ |
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Congratulations to the 2013-2014 Leadership Board
Last week we elected the new Leadership Board. Please pray for those newly named as they prepare events and activities for the upcoming school year.
Those elected are:
Kathryn Wolfe, Executive Chair
Clara Maus, Financial Chair
Aaron Gouvion, Social/Intramurals Chair
Grace Simmons, Faith Formation Chair
Nicole Goetz, Service Chair
Emma Huskey and Jonathan “Fred” Fox,
Co -Alumni/Public Relations Chairs
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Bishop Jackels appointed archbishop of Archdiocese of Dubuque
The Most Rev. Michael O. Jackels, bishop of the Diocese of Wichita has been appointed archbishop of the Archdiocese of Dubuque, Iowa. He will be installed May 30.
Archbishop-elect Jackels said in a statement: "It has been a great experience for me to pray and work with the priests, religious, and lay faithful of the Diocese of Wichita, to yoke ourselves together, sharing responsibility to continue the mission of Jesus in his Church here. Thanks be to God! I am confident that I will be able to say the same about the Catholic faithful in the Archdiocese of Dubuque."
He continued, "It is with no little sadness that I prepare to leave the Diocese of Wichita. But in light of Mary's response to God's call to be the mother of the Savior, or of the example of Pope Francis who cheerfully took up a new and demanding ministry, how could I not say 'yes.' Let us pray for one another in this time of transition."
Monsignor Robert Hemberger, the diocesan moderator of the curia, stated that the diocese is sad Bishop Jackels is leaving us. "During his eight years here, he has worked so hard to get to know the people and customs of this place. He tried to reach out to people of all ages, locations, ethnic groups, and ways of life," he said.
Msgr. Hemberger added that when Bishop Jackels arrived in the diocese he said his primary goal was to help people know Jesus better. "Religious education and formation was his highest priority. He wanted even more for the young people of today than he received as a young person. He felt that way also when teaching adults about Jesus in ways they could relate to and remember.
"When Bishop Jackels first came here, I mentioned that the people of Wichita had been praying for a bishop who is a good shepherd," he said. "The shepherd knows his own, gathers and protects, nourishes and lays down his life. Our prayers were answered. Bishop Jackels did all those things. We wish him well and the church of Dubuque the blessings of what he learned here."
Bishop Jackels was appointed the 10th bishop of the Diocese of Wichita on Jan. 28, 2005, and was ordained on April 4, 2005. Bishop Jackels had been working in Rome for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith when it was decided he would succeed Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted who had been transferred to the Diocese of Phoenix.
Archbishop-elect Jackels will continue to lead the Diocese of Wichita as its administrator until he is installed in Dubuque. After that time, a diocesan administrator will be selected for Wichita.
The Archdiocese of Dubuque covers 17,403 square miles and consists of 168 parishes and 202,601 Catholics. It has 216 priests and 91 permanent deacons.
Bishop Jackels is also a member of the Subcommittee on the Catechism in the U.S. Conference of Bishops. He succeeds Archbishop Jerome George Hanus, a Benedictine.
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Complaining frequently and stewing over disappointments can easily become an obsession that blocks one’s view of Jesus’ presence in difficult situations, Pope Francis said.
Celebrating morning Mass April 3 with staff members from the Domus Romana Sacerdotalis, a nearby residence and guesthouse for clergy, Pope Francis preached about the Gospel story from St. Luke about the two disappointed disciples on the road to Emmaus after the death of Jesus.
“They were afraid. All of the disciples were afraid,” he said. As they walked toward Emmaus and discussed everything that had happened, they were sad and complaining.
“And the more they complained, the more they were closed in on themselves: They did not have a horizon before them, only a wall,” the pope said, according to Vatican Radio.
The disciples had had such high hopes that Jesus would be the one who would redeem Israel, but they thought their hopes were destroyed, he said.
“And they stewed, so to speak, their lives in the juice of their complaints and kept going on and on and on with the complaining,” the pope said. “I think that many times when difficult things happen, including when we are visited by the cross, we run the risk of closing ourselves off in complaints.”
When all people can think of is how wrong things are going, Pope Francis said, the Lord is close, “but we don’t recognize him. He walks with us, but we don’t recognize him.”
Like the disciples joined by the risen Lord on the road to Emmaus, people can hear beautiful things, but deep down, they continue to be afraid, the pope said.
“Complaining seems safer. It’s something certain. This is my truth: failure,” he said.
But the Gospel story shows how very patient Jesus is with the disciples, first listening to them and then explaining things step by step, until they see him.
“Jesus does this with us, too,” the pope said. “Even in the darkest moments, he is always with us, walking with us.”
Complaining and griping — about others and about things in one’s own life — is harmful “because it dashes hope. Don’t get into this game of a life of complaints,” he said.
— By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service
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