PARISH STAFF
Very 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
derickcranston@gmail.com

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 |  July 11, 2010 | July 18, 2010 | July 25, 2010

A MESSAGE FROM FR. RICH
Summer continues with its many activities going on. The Cluster Parishes just finished a great week of vacation bible school with its many lessons of living in God's love. This week many parishioners will be pedaling their way across the state of Iowa in RAGBRAI. We wish them a safe week and favorable weather. County fairs are buzzing and summer baseball/softball activities bring people together more and more. Vacations and family gatherings build summer memories that lasts for years. My prayers that your memories and summer plans become treasures you'll have forever.

Please note the message on the flip cover of our bulletin regarding the diocesan campaign "Moving Forward in Faith and Hope". Just shy of our diocesan goal of $22M the diocese wraps up this campaign this weekend. You will all be given the opportunity to support this goal and be a part of our diocesan celebration. Please read the message on what this campaign will do for our church, faith, and community.

May you all have a beautiful summer-filled week!   Fr. Rich

Welcome Cory Close
Welcome Cory Close, a seminarian for the Davenport Diocese who will be interning with our Cluster Parishes for the next 6 weeks. Studying in Rome and North American Seminary Cory just finished his 2nd year of Theology and has two more years before ordination. We welcome him and look forward to having Cory with us for the next several weeks.

HOLY HOUR of prayer for vocations!
Are you concerned about the shortage of priests, deacons and religious vocations in our Church? What are YOU willing to do about it? A good start is for us to join together and pray! Join with other Catholics throughout the Diocese of Davenport in asking our Lord to bless us with an abundance of committed priests, deacons and religious. A Holy Hour to pray for vocations will take place on August 11 at Holy Trinity, Richmond at 7:00 pm. In the words of Pope John Paul: "Considering that the Eucharist is the greatest gift our Lord gives to his Church, we must ask for priests since the priesthood is a gift for the Church. We must pray insistently for this gift. We must ask for it on our knees.”

Baptism Preparation
Baptism Classes will next be offered Tuesday evening August 31st, 6:30 in the St. Mary's parish hall. Please call the rectory if you plan to have a child baptized soon, 648.2331.

Parish Planning
The Diocese of Davenport will launch a major diocesan planning process at seven regional meetings that are scheduled between September 19 and October 3 for parish leadership. The following groups of people will need to attend one of these sessions: lay trustees, parish council members, finance council members, pastors, parochial vicars, deacons, parish staff members, parish life administrators.
The meetings will be held on:
Sept. 19: St. Mary, Solon, 4:30 p.m.
Sept. 19: Holy Trinity, Richmond, 7:00 p.m.
Sept. 20: St. Mary, Albia, 7:00 p.m.
Sept. 21: St. Alphonsus, Mount Pleasant, 7:00 p.m.
Sept. 26: St. Mary, Pella, 7:00 p.m.
Oct. 3: St. Paul the Apostle, Davenport, 3:00 p.m.
Oct. 3: St. Joseph, DeWitt, 5:00 p.m.
Meetings in October and November will be for all parishioners. Further details will be forthcoming.

RCIA
RCIA (Rite of Christian Initation for Adults) is a process for welcoming new members to the Catholic Church. Are you interested, or do you know someone who might be interested? Our meetings start in September. We also need community sponsors for each person. This is a wonderful opportunity to grow in your own faith as well as reach out to someone else. If you have questions or would like to sign up, please see Fr. Rich or call St. Mary’s Rectory 648.2331.

Christ Our Life Catholic Conference
If our local evangelization program "On a Journey Together" has you hungering for more food for thought, more teachings of the faith, consider going to the Christ Our Life conference Oct. 16-17 featuring keynote speaker Cardinal Francis Arinze, the first African to be considered for the papacy. Ticket information is at www.Christourlifeiowa.com or call 1-888-326-8033.

Hospital visits
Please call St. Mary’s rectory if there is someone at the Hospital (particularly University) that would like a priest to visit and bring Holy Eucharist. Also we can add them to our prayer chains. If you or someone you know is homebound and would like to receive the Holy Eucharist please contact St Mary rectory (648.2331) to make arrangements.

Welcome New Families! We are excited to have you as a part of our parish family. If you have questions or would like information on how to get involved, call St. Mary’s Parish Office 648.2321.

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