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special thanks goes to Mt. Mercy student Emily Speight for designing the logo.

The Holiday Season is fast approaching and

Waypoint Seeks Your Support
for holiday gift and food donations, volunteering, and
our annual Holiday Open House Event
Waypoint invites you to join us as we celebrate the season of giving! There are many great opportunities for you and your family, friends or co-workers to get involved with this wonderful celebration to help women and children at Waypoint who are homeless or victims of violence.

We are seeking support from the community to DONATE, VOLUNTEER and CELEBRATE

DONATE

Donate holiday gifts and/or food and toiletries for families at Waypoint – (items must be delivered to Waypoint by Dec. 12).
Consider displaying a giving tree in your workplace or organization adorned with wish list ornaments (provided by Waypoint). Contact us to receive ornaments.
Coordinate a holiday gift, food and toiletry drive within your family, friends, church, workplace or civic group.

CELEBRATE

Stop in at Waypoint’s Holiday Open House on Wed., Dec. 12, 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. to deliver your donations, receive an optional tour of the Waypoint facilities, and enjoy carolers, holiday cookies and punch.

VOLUNTEER

Waypoint is in need of volunteers for:

SHOPPING ROOM SET-UP: Thursday, Dec. 13, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. (three hour shifts) to sort items and set-up the shopping room.
GIFT DISTRIBUTION ASSISTANCE: Friday, Dec. 14 and Saturday, Dec. 15, 9 a.m. – 8 p.m. (three hour shifts) to greet families served, sort donations, help mothers shop, wrap gifts, or help families to their cars.

For more information, for tree ornaments, or to volunteer, contact Angela Quell at 319/365-1458 ext. 121 or angela.quell@waypointservices.org.

12th Fiesta Latina - Sun. Aug 26 at Ellis Park

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ICE CREAM SOCIAL 2007

Fr. Nils and Msgr. Bleich would like to thank Connie & John Fosdick and all who helped in any way to make this year’s Ice Cream Social such a success, either by helping at the social or donating one of the delicious pies or cakes. Thank you to John and Connie for their organization and planning of the social. Here are the lucky winners of the cash drawings:

$100 – Mark LaGrange $50 – Mike Valant

50 – David Nelson 50 – Adams Robbins

50 – Marilyn Dorrance 25 – Judy Overett

25 – Jean M. Maher 25 – Ron Coleman

25 – Jean Harrington

Another special thank you to Barb Klawiter and Ced-Rel Supper Club and all who helped Barb with the maid-rite style sandwiches. Ced-Rel donated the ground beef tenderloin and Walter Huk donated 50 pounds of ground beef.

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THANK YOU, AMY

In order to accept a full-time position elsewhere, Amy VanderVaart, pastoral minister at Immaculate Conception and St. Wenceslaus has resigned her part-time position, effective August 13, 2007. Those formerly contacting Amy for pastoral reasons should now contact the parish office. In case of a pastoral emergency, please call 654-5855.

We want to thank Amy for sharing her gifts with our parishes and we wish her the best in her new position.

50th JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS

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A reception was held July 29 to celebrate the 50th Jubilees of
Sr Nina Shephard and Sr Brian Kelly.

The staff celebrated with a luncheon August 1 prior to their staff meeting.
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Sister Nina Shephard, from Spokane, was a music teacher for nine years before becoming a missionary in

El Salvador

in 1969. After returning to La Crosse in 1973, she was director of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration social concerns office. In 1974 Sister Nina was elected assistant to the provincial for the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration western province in Spokane. After her term was completed, she spent six years at Franciscan Communications Center in Los Angeles. From 1985-2004 Sister Nina ministered as pastoral assistant in Stockton, (4 years), Oakland, (9 years), and Oakdale, Calif., (5 years), before moving to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where she now resides. She is currently serving as pastoral assistant at Immaculate Conception and St. Wenceslaus parishes and in ministry to the Spanish-speaking at the State Prison in Anamosa.

Sister Mary Brian Kelly was born on a farm near Elma, Iowa where she attended a country school. She graduated from Immaculate Conception Academy in Elma, Iowa in 1949. In January 1956, she entered Our Lady of Mercy Novitiate in Marion, Iowa.Sister Mary Brian Kelly graduated from Mount Mercy College and then taught school in Cedar Rapids, Oelwein, DeWitt, Clarion, Decorah and Kalispell, Montana. She retired from teaching first grade in Decorah and then served as a pastoral assistant there for nine years. Sister Mary Brian is now a pastoral assistant in Cedar Rapids at Immaculate Conception and St. Wenceslaus Catholic Churches and is a volunteer at Mercy Medical Center. She resides at Sacred Heart Convent.

Vacation Bible School- 2007

Jesus- Fisher of Men

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CONGRATULATIONS to Oswaldo Aguirre, who received First Communion on June 10
at the noon Mass in Spanish.

FROM ARCHBISHOP JEROME HANUS

“The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, through its Committee on Migration and Refugee Services, [asked] Catholics to join in prayer during the week preceding Pentecost. The US Congress appears to be on the verge of debating possible new legislation regarding immigration. The bishops have developed five principles for comprehensive immigration reform.” WE ACT: in support of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, 5 principles for Comprehensive Immigration Reform:

To make family a priority in immigration law
To insist the worker programs contain protection for U.S. & migrant workers
To allow for an earned legalization program for the undocumented in the country
To restore due process protections
To respond to the economic, political, and social root causes of migration

CALL NOW! Call your U.S. Senators: to contact yours, call 202-224-3121. Tell them to support the Catholic Bishops’ 5 principals.

AND WE PRAY as a parish community, in unity with the Catholic Church of the United States, on this Pentecost Day, the following prayer:

THE JUSTICE PRAYER: Come, O Holy Spirit! Come, open us to the wonder, beauty, and dignity of the diversity found in each culture, in each face, and in each experience we have of the other among us. Come, fill us with generosity as we are challenged to let go and allow others to share with us the goods and beauty of earth. Come; heal the divisions that keep us from seeing the face of Christ in all men, women, and children. Come, free us to stand with and for those who must leave their own lands in order to find work, security, and welcome in a new land, one that has enough to share. Come, bring us understanding, inspiration, wisdom, and the courage needed to embrace change and stay on the journey. Come, O Holy Spirit, show us the way.

Justice for Immigrants website
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CATECHISTS APPRECIATION NIGHT
MAY 16
Thank you to all the catechists and Board of Education members!
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FIRST COMMUNION

CONGRATULATIONS to our young parishioners who are made their First Communion on May 6. They are: Blake Adams, Crystal Peterson Barajas, Reese Barton, Brennan Haddish Bell, Olivia Bell, Conan Chapa, Luis Corona, Acceia Kuennen, John Le, Mary Le, Lizbeth Luna, Katie McGrane, Joseph Meyer, Nicole Miller, Jasmin Rosales, Alma Torres, Kristen Wampole, Mauricio Ordaz, Bryam Jaurequi, Erik Rodriguez, Peter Ward and Nicholas Ward.

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CONFIRMATION
Congratulations to the class of 2007 who received the
Sacrament of Confirmation on Wednesday, May 2

Confirmation Class – 2007

Joseph Bredl, Jake Brummer, Colton Bulicek, Rachel Callahan, Jordan Elliff, Patrick Fagan, Joseph Gallet, Bertha Garcia, Jose Garcia, Rosalia Garcia, Troy Hansen, Ryan Jansa, Jordan Johnston, Jessica Karminski, Will Martin, Jennifer Martin, Joe Mescher, Gina Montague, Zachary Pilcher, Jessica Riha, Jakub Schmitz, Thomas Shanley, Evan Troendle,Kaleb VanderVaart, Zulema Veruzco,Andrew Ward, Brandon White

CONGRATULATIONS to Cesar Juan Diego Jasso Flores, who received the
Sacrament of Confirmation at Easter Vigil.

Online greeting card shop specializing in Catholic and Inspirational Greetings.
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VISIT OUR RELIGIOUS GOODS STORE

If you are looking for items for First Communion, Confirmation or Mother’s Day stop in before or after the weekend Masses and before and after the 12:05 p.m. weekday Masses to see what lovely items they have to sell at a very reasonable price.

COOKBOOK PREORDER FORMS are available at the entrances to the Church. Preorder now and save $2.00 per book. Great for Mother’s Day, birthdays, or even Christmas

Movin' for McAuley - Feb 17

A BIG THANK YOU TO all who helped make this event a success!! We exceeded the goal to have over 1,000 walkers and raise $12,000. We did that plus some....there were 1,002 people registered for the event and we raised $15,500 and then Panera generously gave us a check for $5,000 putting us at $20,500+!!!

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