CHRIST REIGNS!!!
+ST. JOSEPH CHURCH in SIOUX CITY during this time of loss of their worship space. May God continue to bless your community and your faith. May God's peace be with you.
+ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH in QUIMBY who closed their parish July 11. We open our hearts and arms in support and welcome!
+ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI CHURCH in MAPLE RIVER who closed their parish October 4.
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church at 419 Jones Street, Moville, IA 51039-0802 US - MONTHLY NEWSLETTER
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NOVEMBER 2009
DIOCESAN PASTORAL PLAN 2009 UPDATE: In September 2009 Bishop Nickless gave acceptance of the plan that has been in the works with the Diocesan Viability Study Committee since summer 2008. This plan was updated from the plan that was presented in February 2009 based on comments from parishioners from around the Diocese. The proposed plan for Immaculate Conception-Moville and St. Michael-Kingsley remains the same as presented in February 2009, namely by 2014 Immaculate Conception-Moville will become the Parish Center with St. Michael-Kingsley as a Liturgical Site with a cemetery; and by 2019 Immaculate Conception-Moville remains the Parish Center with St. Michael-Kingsley as a Liturgical Site with a cemetery.
A PARISH CENTER is the location of: the rectory, parish office, and pastoral and finance council. It is a sacramental site with Sunday and weekday Mass, reservation of the Blessed Sacrament, and the celebration of Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, Matrimony, Anointing of the Sick, Reconciliation, and funerals. It is also a catechetical site where youth and adult faith formation programs are held.
A LITURGICAL SITE is a sacramental site with Sunday Mass, the reservation of the Blessed Sacrament, and the celebration of Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, Matrimony, Anointing of the Sick, Reconciliation, and funerals. Weekday Mass may be celebrated there if deemed necessary. It is an optional catechetical site where youth and adult faith formation programs may be held if deemed necessary.
It was proposed at the cluster meeting of February 15 that by 2014 that Immaculate Conception-Moville will be the PARISH CENTER: with the rectory, parish office, and pastoral and finance council; a sacramental site with Sunday and weekday Mass, reservation of the Blessed Sacrament, and the celebration of Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, Matrimony, Anointing of the Sick, Reconciliation, and funerals; and a catechetical site where youth and adult faith formation programs are held. And that St. Michael-Kingsley will be a LITURGICAL SITE with Sunday and weekday Mass, the reservation of the Blessed Sacrament, and the celebration of Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, Matrimony, Anointing of the Sick, Reconciliation, and funerals; a catechetical site where youth faith formation programs are held; and with the care of the St. Michael Cemetery.
Now that the plan is approved parish leadership from both parishes [pastor, staff, and Councils] will begin meeting to discuss and decide on the details of how to implement the plan in this area. It will be important to listen, sacrifice, and pray as we work to continue to make both parishes viable under the leadership of one pastor for many years to come. Please stay tuned for additional information in the future.
June 19, 2009—June 19, 2010
Pope Benedict XVI has declared a “Year for Priests” beginning with the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on June 19, 2009. The year will conclude in Rome with an international gathering of priests with the Holy Father on June 19, 2010. With the announcement of this Year for Priests, the Pope has declared St. John Vianney the Universal Patron of Priests on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the death of the Curé d’Ars. Please pray for our priests that they might always be faithful to their sacred calling.
About the Icon of Christ the Great High Priest
Iconographer Marek Czarnecki of Seraphic Restorations in Meriden, Connecticut, has graciously given the USCCB the rights to use the icon of Christ the Great High Priest during the Year for Priests.
This icon (egg tempera and gold leaf on wood panel, 28” x 22”) is “based on a fifteenth century Greek prototype; here Christ is shown in Latin Rite vestments with a gold pelican over His heart, the ancient symbol of self-sacrifice. The borders contain a windig grapevine and altar prepared for the celebration of the liturgy of the Mass; in the borders are smaller icons of Melchizedek and St. Jean-Baptiste Vianney.” Incidentally, it is St. John Vianney whom Pope Benedict XVI, with the announcement of this special year, has declared the Universal Patron of Priests.
Czarnecki explains: “I wrote the icon about seven years ago [for seminarians and priests] to be able to see Christ in themselves, and themselves in Christ. We often hear that the icon is called a window; in this case, it’s also meant to be a mirror.” The Good Shepherd reminds the priest that he is to “lay down his life for his sheep.” (www.seraphicrestorations.com)
A PRAYER FOR PRIESTS
Gracious and loving God, we thank you for the gift of our priests.
Through them, we experience your presence in the sacraments.
Help our priests to be strong in their vocation.
Set their souls on fire with love for your people.
Grant them the wisdom, understanding, and strength they need to follow in the footsteps of Jesus.
Inspire them with the vision of your Kingdom.
Give them the words they need to spread the Gospel.
Allow them to experience joy in their ministry.
Help them to become instruments of your divine grace.
We ask this through Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns as our Eternal Priest.
Amen.
YEAR FOR PRIESTS PLENARY INDULGENCE
Pope Benedict XVI is granting plenary indulgences for both priests and the faithful during the Year for Priests, which runs June 19, 2009 through June 19, 2010.
According to a May 12 Vatican decree, the means to obtain the indulgence are as follows:
For priests, the plenary indulgence may be received by praying lauds or vespers before the Blessed Sacrament exposed to public adoration or in the tabernacle. They must also "offer themselves with a ready and generous heart for the celebration of the sacraments, especially the Sacrament of Penance." They will be granted partial indulgences “every time they devotedly recite the prayers duly approved to lead a saintly life and to carry out the duties entrusted to them.”
For the faithful, the plenary indulgence may be obtained by attending Mass and offering prayers to Jesus Christ — “the supreme and eternal priest” — and praying for priests during the first and last days of the Year for Priests, on the 150th anniversary of the death of St. John Vianney (Aug. 4, 2009), on the first Thursday of the month or any day established by local ordinaries. All faithful may receive partial indulgences each time they pray five Our Father, Ave Maria and Gloria Patri, or any other approved prayer “in honor of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, to ask that priests maintain purity and sanctity of life.”
The elderly, sick and homebound may receive a plenary indulgence if “on the days concerned, they pray for the sanctification of priests and offer their sickness and suffering to God through Mary, Queen of the Apostles."