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Introduction

Welcome to the first St Patrick’s Parish Newsletter. As a response to concerns voiced at the town hall meeting on April 21st that there was not enough communication within the parish, we will try to send monthly updates to parishioners with an email address. The email will also be posted at the back of church.

Council News

Members of the Parish Council met to go over the results of the very successful town hall meeting and created three goals for the future of the parish.

By June 1, 2019, we will publish a monthly parish newsletter.
Collect emails and create database.
Include the following information in the newsletter:

Names and addresses of homebound/nursing home residents.
Minutes of pastoral council
Upcoming events
Leadership names and phone numbers

Make sure to put copies of the newsletter in the back of church for those who prefer paper/pencil copies.

By September 2020, we will visit the homebound as measured by the number of visits made in a year.

Get a list of those who are homebound or in the home.
Identify people willing to do the visiting by placing a note in the bulletin asking for volunteers.
Visit the homebound. Take Eucharist to them. Keep track of visits.

By December 1, 2019, we will build a new parish center. (Depending on the result of the pledge campaign)

Send out pledge cards and informational letter to parishioners.
Follow up with a phone call to those who do not respond.
Complete archdiocesan paperwork.
Obtain city permit.
Take proposal to Archdiocesan Building Committee and Finance Council.
Clean out rectory.
Take down garage and rectory.
Begin building process

Faith Formation

During Lent, Faith Formation students took turns saying the Stations of the Cross each Wednesday night. There is always one Wednesday night during Lent when students put on a special performance of the Live Stations of the Cross. If you’ve never seen this, you are missing out! Thank you to all that participated and to all those that went Beyond this Lent and attended our Stations.

St. Patrick’s had eight students that were Confirmed on March 17th.

Congratulations to Sierra Hartke, Dakota Hoffman, Ike Jones, Jake Jones, Josh Lange, Alexa Steger, & Cassidy Steger.

Faith Formation classes would like to thank everyone for their support over this past year. Special thank you to Father John for all you have done for our program! We finished our year with a family night--we enjoyed walking tacos and we ended with a prayer service on April 17th.

Faith Formation Upcoming Election - Meet the Candidates

Megan Bonert:
Megan lives outside of Colesburg on their farm with her husband Jeff and two children Mason (7) and Natalie (4). Megan is a Title 1 Reading teacher at Edgewood-Colesburg Elementary School. The Bonerts have been members of St. Patrick's since 2012 and attended mass there regularly before joining the parish. Megan has been on the Parish Life Committee and is also a RCIA sponsor.

Kris Hillers:
I live on a farm outside of Osterdock with my husband Jeremy. We have 2 children Carter and Haylee. In our spare time, we enjoy spending time as a family. We enjoy the outdoors and camping. I work in retail at Just For You in Dyersville. I also teach Faith Formation here at St. Patrick’s.

Julie Staner:
Hello my name is Julie Staner – I was raised and brought up in area of small town Colesburg. Lived here most of my life with the exception of about 4 Years. I am married to my wonderful husband Duane Staner for 25 years this August - Rick, Kelly and Austin complete our family.
I currently am an Assistance Office Manager for Anderson- Weber Toyota in Dubuque and have been there for 26 years. In my spare time I like to spend time with my family, read, and enjoy the sunny days going for long walks.
Please consider me for the Faith Formation committee, as I am willing to learn new things and share new ideas.

Upcoming Faith Formation News:

First Communion will be held on May 5th at 8:00 a.m. Our students are Josie Diers, Waylon Mormann and Olivia Thein.
May Crowning will be May 19th.
Elementary Summer School dates to be determined.

Sick and Homebound

Please let anyone on Council know of parishioners that are sick or hospitalized so that we can add them to our prayer listing and possible visit them.

If anyone would like to be on a group to visit or assist our elderly or homebound please let us know.

We have these parishioners in Lincolnwood in Edgewood at the present time.

Jim Helle
Dave Engelken
Rich Hermsen
Jim and Marie Pasker

RCIA

Congratulations to Walter Ollie, Mary Brown and Bridget Dugan who received the Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and First Eucharist at the Easter Virgil on April 20. The sponsors are Megan Bonert for Mary Brown and Jodi McCabe for Bridget Dugan.

Thank you to Deanne Wulfekuhle and Lester Simons for contributing the pictures for our first newsletter.

Leadership Information

Father John Haugen - Pastor
Email: dbq072@dbqarch.org
Phone: 563-928-7200
Alternate Phone: 563-543-5873

John Wessel - President
Email: pineviewangus@neitel.net
Phone: 563-856-5008
Alternate Phone: 563-590-4120

Carol Steger - Secretary/Stewardship
Email: stegfam@gmail.com
Alternate Phone: 563-580-6494

Sandy Klaus - Business Manager
Email: dbq072bm@dbqarch.org
Phone: 563-856-5365
Alternate Phone: 563-543-0566

Deanne Wulfekuhle - Faith Formation
Email: rickdeanne@outlook.com
Phone: 563-921-3340
Alternate Phone: 563-542-1358

Lucas Thein - Social Concerns
Phone: 563-856-5085
Alternate Phone: 563-599-3137

Jerry/Janet Nadermann - Parish Life
Email: jnadermann@gmail.com
Phone: 563-875-8920
Alternate Phone: 563-581-7382

Dean Boeckenstedt - Buildings and Finance
Email: turtlepaw1@aol.com
Phone: 563-580-9300

Rosalee Boeckenstedt - Liturgy
Email: turtlepaw1@aol.com
Phone: 563-920-4816

Liturgical Schedule for April, May and June can be found online here.