Celebration of the Eucharist

Fifth Sunday of Easter
April 24, 2016
Religious
Fr. Ross Burkhalter, Pastor PO Box B
402/843-2345
Deacon Dennis Wiehn
402/843-5808
Deacon William Camp
402/843-5464
Sister Patricia Hoffman PO Box 219 402/843-5461
Parish Office (for St. Boniface and St. Bonaventure)
Parish Website: www.stbonparishes.com
www.facebook.com/stbonparishes
Mailing Address: PO Box B, Elgin NE 68636
Parish Office Phone
402/843-2345
Fax
402/843-2253
St. Boniface Gym Phone
402/843-2249
Michele Reicks
mreicks@esu8.org
Linda Moser
lindam@esu8.org
Audra Borer
aborer@esu8.org
Office Hours:
Monday (closed in mornings)
1pm-4pm
Tuesday-Friday (Closed 12-1 pm)
9am-4pm
BULLETIN DEADLINE
WEDNESDAY NOON
NEWSLETTER DEADLINE
Third Tuesday of Month
Prayer Chain Request
St. Boniface: Call Betty Mackel or Linda Buelt
St. Bonaventure: Call Mary Ann Fangman or
Mary Ann Starman
Schools
St. Boniface School (K-6) / Pope John Central (7-12)
Betty Getzfred, Principal
402/843-5325
www.pjcc.esu8.org
Religious Education
(K-6) Family Formation
Cheryl Veik, Coordinator
402/843-5322
Sunday Youth Group (7-12)
Louise Schindler, Sunday Youth Group 402/843-5375
Fr. Ross Burkhalter, Confirmation Coord. 402/843-2345
Tintern Retreat Center, tintern.homestead.com 402/776-2188
Celebration of the Eucharist
St. Boniface Parish
Saturday
Sunday
5:30 pm
10:00 am
Weekdays
Monday (Communion Service)
7:20 am
Thursday-Friday
7:20 am
Wednesday & First Fridays
8:15 am
St. Bonaventure Parish
Sunday
8:00 am
Tuesday
8:30 am
Sacrament of Reconciliation
St. Boniface Parish
Saturday
4:15-5:15 pm
St. Boniface Parish
Wednesday
5:00-5:30 pm
St. Bonaventure Parish Sunday
7:30-7:50 am
Other times needed? Please call Fr. Burkhalter at
402/843-2345
St. Boniface Eucharistic Day of Prayer
The Day before First Friday, Each Month
Friends,
In less than two weeks you will be able to “shop” close to
home for some unique items at the St. Bonaventure Hall
Rummage Sale/Bake Sale April 29-30 and May 1. See more
information inside about when you can drop off items and
the times they’ll be open! Tell your friends, as many might
be interested in the rectory and church tours as well. All
proceeds to the new hall!
This weekend we will hold the “Hunger Doesn’t Take a
Vacation” collection to help Catholic Charities fund its
Emergency food pantries. If you did not have a chance to
give, you can still place your donation in next week’s
collection, made out to the church with a note what it is
for.
Contractors, please see our invitation inside for bids for
our St. Boniface Gym Locker Room Remodel
Project. Complete bid packets are available at the Parish
Office, during our normal business hours. For questions,
contact the committee: Mark Schmitt, Ray Payne, Bill
Mescher, Steve Kerkman, Denis Henn and Ben Meis.
Mark your calendars! On Sunday, May 15 at the 8:00 am
Mass, St. Bonaventure Parish will be honoring their World
Marriage Day couples, Senior Graduates, Altar Servers, and
First Communicants. A coffee and roll reception will be
held at the parish hall, following Mass.
The results of the St. Boniface Men’s Circle donations will
be published soon. If you haven’t given, it’s not too late.
Please give it to your circle leader this week. Thanks!
I want to thank Louise Schindler for the time she spent
with the Sunday Youth Group students each month! It is a
blessing to have parishioners committed to passing on the
faith.
Please join me in praying for the students who will be
confirmed this fall, on October 2. Confirmation Classes
wrapped up last week and I want to thank Anne Meis and
Chris Grundmayer for being my assistants with the
classes. I couldn’t do it without their organization!
Thank you to the St. Boniface/Pope John Students who,
when they cleaning up our community on Friday
afternoon, also cleaned up around our parish grounds and
flowerbeds. Thanks also to the women who helped them
out!! Everything looks great!
This Week In Our Parish………
Parish
E
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Day
Monday
Tuesday
Friday
Friday
Fri-Sun
Saturday
Sunday
Date
April 25
April 26
April 29
April 29
Apr 29-May 1
April 30
May 1
Time
7:00 pm
7:00 pm
3-8 pm
7:30 pm
---------8 am-7 pm
9 am-5 pm
Event
EPS High School Spring Concert
Raeville Budget Meeting at Elgin Rectory
St. Bonaventure New Hall Rummage & Bake Sale
Pope John Spring Concert at St. Boniface Gym
Women’s CEC Weekend
St. Bonaventure New Hall Rummage & Bake Sale
St. Bonaventure New Hall Rummage & Bake Sale
Stewardship for April 16-17, 2016
Please keep our Parish Stewardship Needs in your Prayers
St. Boniface
Sunday Collection (79 Env.)
Children’s Collection
Easter
Initial Offering
$6,642.00
$4.00
$50.00
$5.00
Sunday Collection as of
Fiscal Week 41
Budgeted Total $175,254.91
Actual Total
$175,139.17
Amount Behind
($115.74)
St. Bonaventure Parish Hall Donations
Goal Amount:
$350,000.00
Received to Date (103 donors): $264,704.14
Addl. Pledged to be paid yet:
$6,300.00
The Committee for the St. Boniface Gym Locker Room
Project is requesting turn-key complete material and
labor bid for the remodel of two locker rooms. Bid
packets can be picked up at St. Boniface Parish Office
during regular business hours. Bids must be turned in by
May 5 and include a copy of your Certificate of
Insurance. Project must be completed by August 1,
2016.
Project includes:
-steel panels for ceiling
-replace 5 walk in doors
-install ceramic tile in shower stall
-add partition doors to stool areas
-all new stools, sinks, shower faucets, water heaters
-remove and replace 2 exhaust fans
-install new LED troffer lights
-remove and rehang existing ceiling mounted
furnaces
It is advisable to contact a representative of this
committee to look at all aspects of the project!
Committee names/contact numbers are included in bid
packet.
St. Boniface Pew Restoration
Goal***
Donations thus far:
Amt. yet to raise:
$30,000.00
$10,825.00
$19,175.00
**Matching Funds will provide $30,000 if we can raise $30,000!**
St. Bonaventure
Sunday Collection (16 Env.)
Children’s Collection
New Hall Donation
Sunday Collection as of
Fiscal Week 41
Budgeted Total
Actual Total
Amount Ahead
$944.00
$9.00
$100.00
$36,176.76
$39,479.99
$3,303.23
JC Camp is for students who will be
entering their freshmen year this fall (or
those older that have not made a JC
Camp)!! JC Camp is hosted by St. Michael’s Parish of
Albion and open to all area Catholic students. It will be
held at Tintern Retreat Center, Wednesday-Sunday,
May 25-29. Time is spent outdoors, engaged in sand
volleyball, basketball, softball, soccer, hiking 30 acres,
and evenings are spent around the campfire! There is
one adult and one junior counselor per 4-5 campers.
This camp gives them an opportunity to develop a
support system to help them live out good, moral
values. Extra registration forms are at the parish office.
Cost is $90. For more information about the camp,
please call coordinator Paul Weeder of Albion at 3956105 or Becky Kerkman at 843-5738.
The St. Boniface High School Alumni Banquet will be
held on Saturday, June 25, 2016 at the KC Hall in
Elgin. Mass is at St. Boniface Church at 5:30 followed by
a social time at 6:30 pm with dinner served at 7:00 pm.
Honored classes are 1941, 1946, 1951, 1956, 1961,
1966. All alumni are welcome. Deadline for prepaid
reservations is June 1. Price is $16 per person and must
be paid when reservation is made. No tickets at the
door. Send reservation and money to:
Nancy Selting
52545 839th Rd.
Elgin, NE 68636
The 11th Annual Christian Cross Festival
will be held Friday, June 12th-Saturday,
June 13th at Skyview Lake in Norfolk. This
is a FREE family friendly event that
includes Christian music, great speakers, food,
children’s activities, inflatables and fireworks. You are
encouraged to bring lawn chairs, blankets, etc. Free will
donations accepted. A number of food vendors will be
available. Please see the full schedule at
www.chrisiancrossfestival.org.
Mass Intentions for the Week……
Parish Day
Date
Time
Intention
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April 25
April 26
April 27
April 28
April 29
April 30
April 30
May 1
May 1
7:20 am
8:30 am
7:20 am
8:15 am
7:20 am
2:00 pm
5:30 pm
8:00 am
10:00 am
Communion Service
+Special Intention
+Jim & Paul Eischeid
Note time
+Don Selting
All School Mass;by PJ 12th Grade; note time
+LaVern Stuhr/+Philip Thiele
Wedding of Chelsea Eischeid & Austin Preister
+Bob Mescher/+Elizabeth Freese
For the People of St. Bonaventure and St. Boniface
+Ron Reestman/+Delores Bode
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Saturday
Sunday
Sunday
Please Remember In Your Prayers: Payson Guthard, Taylor Rudley, Bob Fritz, Cheri Cavanagh, Bob Spieker, Dodi Bauer, Jay Ericson,
Dallas Stuhr, Judy Wagner, Dona Elliott, Bob Redler, Travis McKillip, Logann Pelster, Juliann Starman, Paul Ahrendt, Vincent Vacha,
Meg Krause, Jerry McNally, Daniel Brunning, Veronica Koebel, Leta Hacecaky, Norm Kallhoff, Lincoln Schindler, Amy Mezzacappy,
Rose Gall, Karen Seger. Erin Cannon Rust, Lila Winger, Luke Kollars, Kurt Saner, Brian Furgeson, Jessica Peterson, Craig Allemang.
Parishioners: Helen Neukirch, Margaret Dozler, Neil Childers, Christine Studley, Alfreda Pelster, Eve Kallhoff, Don & Shirley
Henkenius, Don Skillstad, Dee Bode, Yvonne Heithoff, LaVern Jochum, Tracy Hoefer, Sally Beckman, Herman Starman, Charlene
Beckman, Bertha Farris, Genny Henn, Mary Beelart, Marjorie Bode, Evelyn Pelster, Emma Voborny, Percy Payne. [Please let us
know if a name can be removed.]
Please pray for the soul of Joyce Thramer of Ewing, who passed away last week. Joyce is the sister-in-law of June
Kerkman, of St. Boniface Parish. May her soul and all the souls of the faithful departed, rest in peace. Amen.
Please remember to save your Box Tops for Education
and Campbell’s Soup Labels for St. Boniface School. You
can either give them to any St. Boniface students or
leave them in the box in the west entrance of St.
Boniface Church.
St. Bonaventure
Rummage Sale
at Raeville Hall
Fri, Apr 29-- 3-8 pm
Sat, Apr 30-- 8 am-7 pm
Sun, May 1-- 9 am-4 pm
Church and Rectory tours available and old and new
items for sale. Vendors in the Rectory include: DoTerra
Oils, Thirty One bags, Mary Kay, Jamberry Nails, Treat
your Feet Foor and Nail Care, Tastefully Simple, It
Works, Ditzy Chics Designs, Damsel and Younique.
LUNCH STAND
BAKE SALE
JoAnn and Tami will be at the Raeville Hall on Sunday,
April 24, 9 am to 5 pm for item drop offs and will accept
items until day of sale. CAll JoAnn Mattner, if she’s not
at hall, at 386-5358. Please bring in your "stuff"! Baked
goods will be accepted the day of sale also!
Pope John XXIII Central Catholic High School will
present their annual spring concert on Friday, April 29th
at 7:30 pm in the St. Boniface Gym. The junior high
show choir and junior high bands will be performing
numbers that they performed at the Wayne State
College Middle School Festival. The high school choir
will be performing as well as the women’s choir and
men’s ensemble. Soloists and vocal duets from District
Music Contest will be featured also. The evening will
be a variety of music, a mix of popular music and
exciting choral repertoire.
St. Bonaventure households (L-Z) will
Clean Church Mon-Thurs, May 9-12.
Looking ahead to Ascension Holy Day, our Masses will
be:
Wednesday May 4 at 7:00 p.m. in Elgin
Thursday, May 5, 8:15 a.m. in Elgin
Thursday, May 5, 7:00 p.m. in Raeville
Altar Society Worklist
Church Cleaning:
Circle 5, 3rd Week in May
Kookie Klatch at the Willows: Circle 6, May 14th
Next Funeral: Circle 1
Charity:
Circle 6 – Lunches for KC Hall painters
Charity:
Circle 1 - Bake Sheet Cakes for
Fr. Ross Farewell on June 5th
Charity:
Circle 2 - Salads for Fr. Ross’ Party
Charity:
Circle 3 – Serve and Cleanup
Fr. Ross’ Party
Next Meeting: May 16th at 7:00 pm
June 26 will be Father Ross’ last day with us. To gather
as parishes to say “goodbye” and send our blessings
with him as he begins his new assignment at St.
Anthony’s in Columbus, the following farewell
gatherings are planned:
Sunday, June 5, 5:30 p.m. at KC Hall, Elgin
Sunday, June 12, 5:00 p.m. St. Bonaventure Hall
If you are unable to attend your parishes gathering,
please feel free to attend the other! Also, the Parish
Office has ministry appreciation cards for sale.
“He gives strength to the weary and
strengthens the powerless.”
Isaiah 40:29
Liturgical Ministers for Sunday, April 30-May 1, 2016
Mass
Ushers
Greeters/ Rosary
Leaders
Hunter
Charf
Taylynne
Charf
Garrett Dwyer
Mike Dwyer
Steve Heithoff
Brian Henn
Ben & Anna Meis
Family- W, N, S
Ben &
Anna
Meis
Family
Alan Reicks
Donna
Mackel
Pastor, Jessica
Niewohner
SUNDAY
May 1
8:00 am
RAEVILLE
Emily Seier
Lauren
Seier
Bob Bode
Jerry Bode
Ken & Joan Stuhr
Jerry &
Tami
Schrage
Family
Brian Stuhr
Joyce
Reestman
Paul Kuhlman
SUNDAY
May 1
10:00 am
ELGIN
Skyler
Reestman
Kayce
Kallhoff
Gene Heithoff
Jerry Heithoff
Dave Hoefer
Gary Hoefer
Jay & Kristen
Evans Family- W
Mike & Connie
Dvorak- N & S
Lyle &
Betty
Mackel
Dan Polk
Rachel
Becker
Liz Selting
Jordan
Mescher
& Choir
Precious BloodPastor, Deacon,
*Kyle Kallhoff to
choir, *Sister Pat,
*Dave & *Janice
Eischeid, Jerry
Heithoff
SATURDAY
April 30
5:30 pm
ELGIN
Servers
$$$ Calendar Lottery Winners $$$
4-18-16
4-19-16
4-20-16
4-21-16
4-22-16
4-23-16
4-24-16
Grandkids of Helen Preusser
Ms. Arlene Nissen
Jack & Joanie Stoltz
David & Juanita Benson
Jim & Jenny Score
Carol Koinzan
Jarret & Jayden Lordemann
$50.00
$50.00
$50.00
$50.00
$50.00
$50.00
$75.00
Lighthouse CD-- Jesus the Bridegroom:
The Greatest Love Story Ever Told
Dr. Brant Pitre is an enthusiastic and engaging speaker
who regularly lectures throughout the country. In this
stunning talk, Dr. Pitre applies his knowledge of the
Jewish roots of Christianity to the very heart of the
Gospel: the love of Christ. You will learn what it really
means to have a “personal relationship” with Jesus Christ
as Lord, Savior, and Bridegroom.
Lighthouse media CD’s are in the
west entrance of church entrance.
Annulment Seminar – Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at
Sacred Heart Parish Center, (next to St. Mary’s church)
2300 Madison Avenue, Norfolk Neb. 6:30 p.m. - 8:30
p.m. Rev. Scott Hastings, JCL, of the Archdiocese of
Omaha Metropolitan Tribunal, will examine the meaning
of the term “annulment”, the Archdiocese process for
granting an annulment and the currently acceptable
grounds for obtaining an annulment. You will have the
opportunity to review the required documents, and time
expectations. Questions and concerns you may have will
be addressed as well. Please rsvp to Kay Buhrman at 402551-9003 ext. 1304 or ekbuhrman@archomaha.org or
Philip Zimmerman at 402 371-2621.
Rides Needed: There is a need for rides to Norfolk, for
someone who wishes to visit their loved ones in the
hospital/nursing home. If anyone feels they are being
called to offer this good deed on a regular basis, please
contact the Parish Office, 402-843-2345, and they will
put you in contact with them. Thank you.
Gift
Bearers
Lectors
Music
EMHC *To the sick
The Jubilee Pilgrimage to St. Cecilia Cathedral on
Pentecost will be held May 15. This pilgrimage is a
wonderful opportunity for faithful people from all our
parishes to make a pilgrimage of mercy and unity on the
Solemnity of Pentecost. This is an occasion which will be
long remembered by families, confirmandi, neophytes
and those with devotion to Divine Mercy. It is also a
special gift for all involved in ministry of any kind. Please
share with others in your networks and join in the
pilgrimage. Information regarding this pilgrimage can be
found at http://archomaha.org/jubileepilgrimage/.
Pray for the Hungry
We live in a hungry world, Lord. Please help us to
remember that in our world, where kitchen tables are
full and grocery stores abound, many people even in
this country go hungry or have to make a choice
between food on the table and other necessities of life.
Help us to share what we have with all those in need.
We live in a hungry world, Lord. Please help us
remember that in our world there are many people
who have disposable income, and yet there are many
who live from paycheck to paycheck. Help us to work
for a more just economy beginning with a living wage
for all. We live in a hungry world, Lord. Please help us
remember that in a world where the ideals of equality
and the dignity of each person should abound, there
are many all over the world denied these rights; men
and women are held as prisoners for living their faith
with conviction. Help us to work for equality and
dignity and to ensure religious freedom both here and
abroad. We live in a hungry world, Lord. Please help us
remember that, as we raise our voices to you in prayer,
there are many, even in this country, who do not know
you or deny your existence. Help all us to truly know
that our lives and our hearts are restless until they rest
in You. Help us to do all we can, with your constant
help, to satisfy our very hungry world, Lord. Amen.