Bulletin

St. Patrick Parish Council will meet Tuesday, March 16th, at 7:00 PM in the Cluster Office.

Are you the person for Parish Council or is it the person sitting next to you? Please pray for all who are nominated today.

Our 2nd fish fry is just around the corner. Reserve March 26th on your calendar!! Sign up today to work or bring desserts. With your help, we can make this another success!

Do you have some pop cans or bottles that are cluttering up your house? You can donate them to the St. Patrick’s Youth by dropping them off at the Story County Redemption Center, 1420 Lincolnway, Nevada. Just inform one of the workers that the cans/bottles are a donation for St. Patrick’s. Thank you!!!!!

Good Samaritan Fund

Please consider helping out your friends, neighbors, or a complete stranger in the upcoming months. The Good Samaritan Fund is also going through some lean times, just as everyone else is experiencing. If you could help in anyway; prayerfully, or with a donation, you will be helping someone who has a dire need. The Good Samaritan Fund is driven by your donations and by donations from other churches and individuals here in Eastern Story County. We have helped many families in the past year, all from our smaller towns, where you may live. Our clients aren’t asking for a “handout” but a “hand up.” Please take the time to consider helping others in our community.

Thank you!!

MEMORIAL AND ST. PATRICK’S TEAM UP TO FEED THE HUNGRY: Members of Memorial Lutheran and St. Patrick’s churches will provide workers for “Food at First” United Methodist Church in Ames on four Thursdays in 2010. There is an open invitation of anyone-any family-to get the free meal, and everyone has their own reason for attending. The major focus is to help those who are not able to simultaneously meet their basic needs of food and shelter. Two shifts of workers prepare and serve/clean up after the meals: 3-5 p.m.-preparation (4 people needed); 5-7 p.m.-serve/clean up (8 people needed). Children and youth are welcome, when accompanied by an adult. For more info contact Mike Coverdale at 382-5232 or mjcoverdale@mchsi.com or click here to sign up

REMINDER: All lay ministers (Eucharistic ministers, lectors, altar servers, etc.) are meeting in the reconciliation room for prayer about 15 minutes before Mass starts.

JUST A REMINDER if you need to reserve the social hall for events, you will need to contact the Cluster Office to reserve the hall.

Special Intentions

All caregivers, the ill and homebound, Alvin Klein, and all special intentions. and all special intentions. Please also remember our service men and women in your prayers.

Let us support one another in prayer

Sacred Triduum Liturgy Schedule

Holy Thursday, April 1, 2010

7:00 PM, St. Patrick, Nevada

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament until 9:00 PM

Good Friday, April 2, 2010

3:00 PM, St. Mary, Colo

Good Friday Liturgy

7:00 PM, St. Gabriel, Zearing

Good Friday Liturgy

Easter Vigil Liturgy, Saturday, April 3, 2010

7:00 PM, St. Patrick, Nevada

Easter Sunday, April 4, 2010

8:30 AM, St. Mary, Colo

8:30 AM, St. Joseph, State Center

10:30 AM, St. Gabriel, Zearing

Everyone is invited to St. Gabriel’s Annual Soup Day on Sunday, March 21st. Serving will be from 11 AM to 2 PM at the Dakin’s Community Center in Zearing. A free will donation will be accepted and there will also be a bake sale!! Hope to see you there!!

Anyone wishing to be part of the Cluster Choir for the Easter Vigil may contact Shawna Dumbaugh at 515-387-1398.

Once again Loras College in Dubuque is offering every parish in the Archdiocese of Dubuque the opportunity to designate one new student recipient for their $500 parish grant, which is renewable while enrolled at Loras College. If you will be enrolled as a new student at Loras College for the Fall 2010 semester, you just might be the recipient of the parish grant. Please contact Fr. Dagit by March 31 to be considered for this $500 renewable grant to Loras College.

A $500 scholarship will be awarded to a high school senior who is Catholic and from an area parish. The student must have a GPA of 2.5 or greater and plan to pursue postsecondary education fulltime (12 hours or more).

Consideration will be given to all relevant information, including scholarship record, financial need, extracurricular activities, school and community service, participation in church activities, and personal references.

The scholarship will be awarded at the beginning of the semester to be used for tuition and book expenses only. The check will be made payable to the student and the educational institution.

Please submit your application before May 1, 2010 to the CDA Scholarship Committee. Application forms may be obtained at the Cluster Office, or call 515-382-2974 and one will be sent to you.

Tune in EWTN (channel 370 on Direct TV or 261 on Dish Network) to see the Mass, direct programs from the Vatican and excellent speakers. For Catholic radio programs, check KWKY, 1150AM.

Donations of nonperishable food, paper products or cash are always gratefully accepted!

Catholic Charities offers the following services:
Individual, marital, and family counseling; confidential assistance with marital problems, depression, stress and other issues. Affordable sliding fee schedule. For an appointment call 515-296-2759.

3. God disliked wickedness very much. In the book of Genesis, what did God almost do to the wicked?