PARISH STAFF
Rev. Rich Adam, Pastor
Office | 648-2331
Cell Phone | 330-2478
Fax | 648-5024
smrvside@iowatelecom.net

Derick Cranston, Youth Minister
Youth Ministry Page
Phone | 936-0927
derickcran@mchsi.com

Laura Fugate, Pastoral
Assistant
Phone | 646-5219
Cell | 325-8296
holytrinity@kctc.net

SECRETARIES
Jane Duwa, Holy Trinity
656-2366
Karen Sojka St. Joseph's
653-4274
Linda Kron, St. Mary's
Office | 648-2331
rvsec@iowatelecom.net

OFFICE HOURS
Tues - Wed - Thur
8:30 am - 4:30 pm

BULLETIN DEADLINE
Tuesday 8:30 am
* Holy Trinity parishioners call Jane Duwa with bulletin announcements
* St. Joseph's parishioners call Tina Peck.
* They will forward all announcements to the St. Mary's office.

COUNCIL MINUTES
Holy Trinity
St. Joseph's
St. Mary's

RECTORY ADDRESS
51 St. Mary's St.
PO Box C
Riverside, IA 52327

New Parishioner Page

PLC EVENT CALENDAR
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September 2009
October 2009
November 2009
December 2009

QUICK LINKS
Davenport Diocese
FaithFirst.com
The Catholic Messenger
Mass Readings
Catholic News Service
Catholic Online
MassTimes.org
Share Iowa.com
Why Catholic?
Religious Supply Co.

Welcome to The Cluster Parishes of

Holy Trinity | Richmond	St. Joseph's | Wellman	St. Mary's | Riverside

The Catholic Churches of Holy Trinity, Richmond; St. Joseph's, Wellman, and St. Mary's, Riverside make up the cluster parishes.  We are people of the Diocese of Davenport walking together in faith.

WALKING TOGETHER IN FAITH | Our Vision as Diocesan Church
God our Father, God of Love, give us your blessing, as we join together to do your work.  Help us to cherish each person in our care as a precious gift from you, for we are all your beloved children. In your ministry may we seek only Jesus and his truth, may we boldly proclaim his gospel, and may we call upon him often in prayer.  Be with us now as we accept our call to WALK TOGETHER IN FAITH.
AMEN!!

WEEKLY BULLETIN LINK |  June 14, 2009

A MESSAGE FROM FR. RICH
Today’s special feast of Corpus Christi is one of the most special “Catholic” Feast Days celebrating and thanking God for ‘source and summit’ of our faith: the Eucharist! Amen! we say to the actual Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus - may we never take for granted this gift of our faith but grow in the richness of who we are as Catholics and becoming Eucharist in our daily lives. It doesn’t seem I could emphasize more how special this gift is and what it truly means, but I pray all Catholics revere the awesome presence of Christ and grow in the holiness of our faith. Enjoy your week! Fr. Rich

WE WELCOME NEWCOMERS TO PARISHES!! | Check the New Parishioners Page
If you are interested in becoming a member of our parishes, or would like to join our Catholic faith contact Fr. Rich or Laura Fugate.

Please note the liturgy schedules this week.
Once again this year I’ll be attending a National Priest’s Conference in Steubenville, Ohio this week, returning later on Friday. If you are in need of a priest you may call Fr. Paul Appel (Washington) 319.653.4504 or Fr. Charles Fladung (Keota) 641.622.3426.

Prayers
Many of you may be familiar with Randy and Mary Patterson (Ladora Patterson’s son) who used to live in Wellman and attend St. Joseph’s. Last Saturday evening Randy and his son, Andrew, were in a serious car accident which took Andrew’s life. Randy is recovering. Their address is: Randy and Mary Patterson, 263 John Sugg Road, Fayetteville, TN 37334.

Share Iowa 
Orders for June’s Share Iowa program are due by noon Tuesday June 16^th.  Delivery will be Saturday morning June 27^th. Don’t miss the June specials and fine packages for summer barbeque, fruits and vegetables.  Call Sue Hansen for more information 319.330.5634.

Vacation Bible School
July 13-17 from 6-8pm at St Marys.  Our theme will be SonRock Kids Camp.   We are looking for volunteers to help with the program.  Please contact Kim Cranston 936.9376 or email angelsmom.cranston@gmail.com.

Servers, Readers, Eucharistic Ministers, Gift Bearers
Please be particularly mindful these summer months of your ministries and responsibilities for Sunday masses. If you are scheduled to serve, read etc., and cannot make it, please find a replacement to cover for you. Your attentiveness to this will be greatly appreciated.

Traveling this summer
and wonder where the church is and what times mass are?  This information is always available at masstimes.org.  Just write in the city and state of your destination and all area churches will be listed. Remember to keep the flame of faith burning through the summer months in the practice of our faith.

2009-2010 Parish Council Members
St. Mary’s:  Dee Simon - president,  Jane Brokel, Ken Frauneholz, Sue Hansen, Linda Milder, Steve Musser, Jim Rose, Steve Streb, Lloyd Weber and welcoming Rodney Cole, George Hospodarsky, and Paul Shebek

Holy Trinity:  Cathy Gent - president, Julie Adam, Julie Berger, Ryan Harland, Jim Hauth, Katie Karnes, Greg Murphy and welcoming Deb Fuhr, Jeannie Jones, and Bill Kessel.

St. Joseph’s:  Dwight Duwa - president, John Conway, Dave Ockenfels, Scott Slaubaugh, Milt Schmida, Angela West, and welcoming Maryanne Miller-Greiner, Judy Nagel, and Pat Schmida

 Thank you, Thank you, Thank you to the following people who will be going off the council after three years serving: Alan Beers, Nate Kasdorf, Jeff Wieland, Doris Greiner, Tim Mattes, Denny Brown, Barb Eash and Lori Yoder.

Parish Trustees are
St. Mary’s:  Denny Bush, Bob Schneider
Holy Trinity:  Jim Cayton, Clint Shalla
St. Joseph’s:  Jeff Bohr, Doug Slaubaugh

Marriage Preparation Weekend
if you’re planning on a wedding anytime within this year, you are required attend ‘Precana’, a weekend preparing couples for this milestone step in their lives. Upcoming weekends are:
June 27-28, 2009: Sigourney, St. Mary (registration by 6.19.09)
August 15-16, 2009: Newton, Sacred Heart (registration  8.7.09)
October 17-18, 2009: Muscatine, SS. Mary &  Mathias (registration deadline, October 9, 2009)

Informed Choice of Iowa
 “Did you know that 95% of women, after having an abortion, said they wish they would have been given more information, 90% of post-abortive women said knowing what they know now, they would not have had an abortion?” Our 2^nd collections for the first Sundays of February and March provided more than $687.00 for this worthwhile cause. We will continue this collection on each month’s first Sunday. Thank you for your care and support!

 Catholic Messenger
For a perspective on issues affecting Catholics today, read The Catholic Messenger’s Opinions Page. If you’re looking for books on faith-related subjects, read The Catholic Messenger’s book reviews. If you have teenagers at home, invite them to read columns by their peers on The Catholic Messenger’s features page. Subscribe to The Catholic Messenger through your parish. It’s a real bargain at $25 per year for 50 issues.

St. Mary’s Gift Shop
There’s a new vast array of gifts for Confirmations, Baptisms, Birthdays, Anniversaries and much more in the gift shop. Please stop by and check them out. Shop at home! Shop at St. Mary’s!

Do It Anyway
People are often unreasonable, illogical and self-centered; forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; be kind anyway
If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you; be honest and frank anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous; be happy anyway.
The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow; Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough; give the world the best you have anyway.
You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God; it was never between you and them anyway.
- Mother Teresa

**Check out our New Parishioner Profile** (click the link to see our first column)
Welcome to a new column. We will be featuring new parishioners from all three parishes. This is a way for other parishioners to find out more information on new members, and welcome them into our parish family

BIBLE = Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth
Where to look when:
You are weary, read Psalm 95:1-7
You seem too busy, read Ecclesiastes 3:1-15
You can’t sleep, read Psalm 4, 56, 130
Tempted, read James 1
Friends disappoint you, read 1 Corinthians 13
Business is poor, read Ecclesiastes 5
Nothing is going right, read 2 Timothy 3
Bear a grudge, read Ephesians 4
In sorrow, read John 14
You worry, read Matthew 6:19-34
In danger, read Psalm 91
God seems distant, read Psalm 139
Discouraged, read Isaiah 40
Doubts come, read 1 Peter 5:6-7
Lonely or fearful, read Psalm 23
Down and out, read Romans 8:31-39

Interested in becoming a Deacon?
Men who are discerning a call to the diaconate and their wives are invited to attend a Deacon Inquiry Day to find out more about life and ministry of deacons and about what formation for the diaconate is all about. Meetings will be held this fall for those who may be interested. For more information, or if you’d like simple inquire about the program please talk with Fr. Rich, or you may call Deacon Frank Agnoli 563.324.1912 x255.

50^th Wedding Anniversary Celebration:
Those who are celebrating their 50^th Wedding Anniversary are invited to a Diocesan Mass and Commemoration of this special event. Please let Fr. Adam know (or remind him?!!?*!) of your special date and anniversary and he will submit your name and address to the Bishop for an invitation. 

Help Youth Ministry with your Online Searches:
Use Good search, a Yahoo search engine, to search online and the diocese gets a penny for each search. Start by going to www.goodsearch.com. You’ll see two fields. In the second, type in Diocese of Davenport and hit the verify button. Then start searching! This site also gives simple directions to put Goodsearch in your toolbar or make it your home page, making searching even easier. Every search you do earns a cent for diocesan youth ministry!

SHARE IOWA
The Cluster Parishes are involved with this wonderful program that provides multiple benefits for those taking advantage of the food savings involved. Great quality foods at a much discounted price and all that is asked in return is a couple hours of community service. Community service as simple as
a.) just praying for our neighbors, peace, or special needs of our community
b.) spending time helping out schools or community organizations
c.) visiting the hospitals
d.) helping with the faith formation of our youth
e.) writing a letter and the list goes on and on and on.
To learn more of this program and all that is involved, check out their website: www.shareiowa.com Contact people for our parishes are:  St. Mary's: Peggy Bush, 6483861 | Holy Trinity: Cathy Latta, 648.5912 | St. Joseph's: Leslie Slaubaugh 646.6796

Give your children wings for their faith future by giving yourself deep roots in your own faith.  What more important thing could you do for your family?
JOIN A Why Catholic small group!!

SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM
Parent's must be registered members of the parish.  Baptism instructions are required, ideally before the child is born.  Call Fr. Rich for times on instruction.

SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE
One of the couple must be a registered and active member of the parish for a least one year before marriage.  Couples are required to make an appointment with Fr. Rich at least six (6) months before the wedding so that the initial preparation process may be completed.

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