Sacred Heart Parish

Parish Stewardship Committee gets a fresh start.
For the past year, parish leaders have been studying the new Manual for Parish Pastoral Councils, which, in the words of Archbishop Jerome Hanus,
“provides a framework ….to shape a faith-filled, life-giving community
that becomes the instrument of salvation for the members.”
With the direction of these new guidelines the parish Stewardship Committee
is ready to start fresh.
The purpose of the Stewardship Committee:
“To encourage parishioners to exercise stewardship as an expression of gratitude to God and as a way of life for disciples of Christ” (from the Manual).
All previous members are invited to be part of this new committee formation, but we are also hoping for new members. If you are somebody who exercises stewardship as a response in gratitude for God's gifts, and who would like to help promote stewardship in our parish, please consider offering your gifts as a member of the Stewardship Committee. Our meetings are the 3rd Monday of every month from 5:30 to 6:30 pm. The first meeting is Monday, September 20. Watch the parish calendar for details.
For information contact Nancy Rigel @ 234-4996, email dbq209s@arch.pvt.K12.ia.us
or Jill Weber @ 240-3975, email jrrebew@cfu.net


Confirmation 2011
Confirmation Meeting: Please mark your calendar to attend an information meeting on Sun. October 3rd at 9:30am in O’Hagan Hall. This is the initial session for potential Confirmation candidates and parents. It will be full of important information and offer you a chance to have your questions and concerns addressed. If you are high school junior and have not received a letter announcing this meeting in the mail, please call Pam at 234-8394.

Attention 2011 Confirmation Candidates! You will be required to offer 20 hours of service as part of your preparation for Confirmation. If you would like to gain some EASY & FUN service hours, please consider volunteering for our Parish Fall Festival on Sunday, Sept. 26th. You may contact Pat Sears at 232-3609 to volunteer.

Queen of Peace / Sacred Heart Religious Education

Welcome to the 2010-11 Religious Education year!!

CCD Registration for students attending public schools (grades 1-8) is scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 15th at 6:30pm in the Sacred Heart school gym. Families are invited to enjoy Ice Cream Sundaes with the CCD staff. This is considered the first night of class. Families will have the opportunity to tour the classrooms. Registration forms are mailed to families who had children enrolled last year. New CCD families and families with in-coming first graders are asked to contact Cathy Mills at 234-6593 ext 208 for more information or plan to come register your child(ren) on Sept. 15th. It is important that you are a registered member of Sacred Heart Parish. New families are asked to bring a copy of your child's baptismal certificate at the time you enroll in classes.

We are very excited about our upcoming year
and all the opportunities for growth that it provides.
We look forward to serving our parish families in a variety of ways. Continue to check our website page "CCD News"
for updates and the 2010-11 Calendar.



Information for
Adults Interested in Becoming Catholic

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Information Meetings
for Individuals Interested in Being Catholic:

September 8, 2010. 6:30pm
St. Matthew Room/St. Edward Parish

September 19, 2010. 9:30am
Rectory Classroom/Sacred Heart Parish


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Mass Server Invitation & Training
We would like to extend the invitation to be a Mass server. This will apply to NEW servers as well as an open invitation to current servers. If you are a 4th grade student or older, you are invited to be a server at parish liturgies. We are also inviting adults to partner with students to serve at Mass. It could be a partnership between parent/student, a grandparent/student, or an older adult friend/student combination. We will train you together and schedule you together at the same Mass. You will need to plan to attend ONE training sessions on either Sept. 11th OR Sept. 18th from 9:30-11:30am. Please consider this Mass Server ministry to the people of Sacred Heart! If you are interested, please contact Pam at 234-8394.



First Reconciliation Parent Meeting
Parent Update/Information Session
On Wednesday, September 29th from 6:30-7:45p.m
Parents should plan to attend an informational meeting in the church at Sacred Heart. This session will include a brief update on the Sacrament of Reconciliation, an explanation of the home study lessons you will be using and a calendar for completing the lessons.
This is an important meeting for all parents.
If you are unable to attend this meeting, please contact Pam Johnston (234-8394) to make an appointment for reviewing the necessary materials for your home study.



Youth Choir Camp: Invitation to Join the Choir

At this time, students in grades 2-6 from both the school and CCD programs are being invited
to become a member of the Sacred Heart Youth Choir for this school year 2010-11.
Students in grades 7-8 who have previously been a choir member may continue to be a part of this choir if they so choose
- and we hope you do!!

We will usually schedule one practice each month and will be scheduled to sing at either the
Saturday 5:30 Mass or on Sunday at 10:45 twice each month.
If choir members are not able to sing at both Mass times,
it is still expected that he/she will attend the practice session in order to learn new music.
This is a commitment on the part of both student and parent(s).
The Sacred Heart Youth Choir is also asked to lead song on a number of special parish occasions:
First Communion Celebration, Catholic Schools Week Mass, Trunk or Treat, etc.

In order to have choir members become familiar with cantoring skills and action enhancement,
we plan to kick-off this year with a "Choir Camp" on Saturday, September 25 from 9:00-11:30am.
We will have donuts and juice as a mid-morning snack for the kids.
Please pick up your children at 11:30am.
It is important that all choir members plan to attend.
This will be a time full of singing, energizers, fun, and music-making!

Our Mass schedule for September is listed below and a complete fall schedule will be distributed at the Choir Camp.
Sept. 25 Choir Camp: 9:00-11:30am
Sept. 26 Sing at 10:45 Mass
(This is Fall Festival Sunday, so treat your family to some
time together - eating and playing games with your SH family!)
We plan to have a great time this year!



"A Tour Through the Bible"
Adult Formation Opportunity

Presented by
Eric Stromberg

Fall 2010
On a day and time to be chosen by Participants
Suggested fee: $40


Here is a unique opportunity for adults and young adults who want to understand the "big picture" and see the Bible in perspective,
from Genesis to Revelation.

This eight-week series will provide an overview of Salvation History found in Sacred Scripture.
Participants will have an opportunity to examine how God's revelation unfolded in history,
was recorded in the Hebrew and Christian testaments, and is interpreted by Catholic Tradition.

Weekly sessions will examine:

From the Old Testament
• the Torah
• the Historical Books
• the Wisdom Books
• the Prophets
From the New Testament
• the Synoptic Gospels
• the Gospel of John
• Acts and the Epistles
• the Book of Revelation

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About the Presenter
Eric Stromberg is director of faith formation at St. Mary Parish in Waverly. He has a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Notre Dame,
where he specialized in the sociology of religion and social movements.
Before entering parish ministry he was assistant professor of sociology at Goshen College in Indiana.
Eric and his wife JoAnn live with their two children, Lucy and Anna, in Waverly.

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Registration
• By phone: call 319-234-9912
• By email: DBQ208s3@arch.pvt.k12.ia.us



Mini-Retreat Series
Adult Formation Opportunity

Co-hosted by the Catholic Parishes in Waterloo
and American Martyrs Retreat House


Spiritual Retreats offer participants an opportunity to interrupt the normal busyness of everyday life in order to spend some time
in study, quiet reflection and prayer.
Retreats provide an opportunity for spiritual renewal, a prayerful encounter with God, oneself, and others,
and an opportunity to re-focus on one's core values.

This series of Sunday afternoon “mini-retreats” is designed for adults and young adults who are not able to participate in longer retreats
but wish to spend some time nurturing their spiritual life and deepening their faith.

Each mini-retreat begins at 1:00pm and concludes at 4:00pm. The format may vary from retreat to retreat but will generally include a presentation, time for reflection, discussion and prayer, and in some cases celebration of the Eucharist or Reconciliation.

Suggested fee: $10.00 for adults; $5.00 for students. (Overnight accommodations Saturday or Sunday evening and meals
are available at the Retreat House for an additional charge.)

The Mini-Retreat Series is made possible in part by a grant from the
Archbishop Kucera Center for Catholic Intellectual
and Spiritual Life at Loras College

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Fall 2010 Series

“Music As a Door to the Sacred”
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Presented by
Fr. Jerry Kopacek

Music is one of God's greatest gifts to us and it can evoke powerful feelings and memories within us.
Throughout the centuries and in our own time composers have given us songs and other musical forms
that express the beauty and power of God as well as the daily challenges we face.
In this mini-retreat we will listen to different pieces of music and reflect on how they speak to us
of the reality and presence of God in our lives and in the world.

Fr. Jerry Kopacek is pastor of St. Edward Parish in Waterloo. He attended Iowa State University and the University of Iowa College of Law and earned his Masters of Divinity degree from St. Mary Seminary in Baltimore. Fr. Kopacek was ordained in 1988 and has served on the faculty at Catholic high schools in Dyersville and Mason City and as pastor or associate pastor at parishes in Dyersville, Marshalltown, Forest City, Lake Mills, Buffalo Center, Springbrook and Marion.
He was pastor of St. Edward Parish from 1999 to 2004 and was reassigned to St. Edward in 2006.

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“Connected to the Earth”
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Presented by
Sr. Marie Gemar OSF

Here is an opportunity to step back from the busyness of everyday living and to examine what the history of the universe tells us
about our own connections to God's creation--literally, seeing the forest through the trees.
This mini-retreat will include prayer, small group discussion and some time outside experiencing nature firsthand.
(Wear comfortable clothing and be prepared in case of rain.)

Sr. Marie Gemar is a member of the Sisters of St. Francis of the Holy Family in Dubuque. She was born in Seattle but grew up in South Dakota. She received her BS degree in biology from Briar Cliff College in Sioux City and her MA degree in physiology from from St Mary's College in Winona MN. She is currently working on a Masters in Earth Literacy from St. Mary of the Woods College in Indiana. Sr. Marie has been teaching for the past 38 years at Columbus High School in Waterloo, where she currently teaches forensics, human biology and ecology.

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“Living in Love, Abundance and Gratitude”
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Presented by
Sr. Lucy Slinger FSPA

Nature invites us to recognize our wholeness and mutuality with other human beings and with the whole of Creation.
In this pre-Thanksgiving mini-retreat, Sr. Lucy will help participants open their minds, hearts, bodies and souls
to the Divine Mystery all around us by contemplating the sacredness of the cosmos and considering new ways of being at home in the universe. This new awareness leads naturally to a a deeper, more faithful life shaped by love, abundance and gratitude.

Sr. Lucy Slinger has a BS degree in biology and an MA degree in servant leadership from Viterbo College, and MS doctorate degrees from Michigan State University. She has formal training in cosmology and earth literacy from Genesis Farm. Her work and travel have taken her to every continent. She spent 20 years as a professor of Teacher Education before joining the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration in LaCrosse, Wisconsin in 2002. She currently serves as the Congregation's Ecological Advocate.

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Registration
• By phone: call 319-266-3543.
• By email: DBQAMRH@arch.pvt.k12.ia.us

For more information contact:
American Martyrs Retreat House
2209 N. Union Road, Cedar Falls, IA 50613.
Phone: 319-266-3543.
E-mail:
or
Director of Adult Faith Formation
320 Mulberry Street, Waterloo IA 50703
Phone: 319-234-9912
Email:







There are LOTS of adult formation and youth ministry events scheduled every month.
To catch a glimpse of what is going on in the Waterloo area this month, click on the links below for a listing of all offerings.


For a complete listing of Adult Formation Opportunities contact Dave Cushing at 234-9912
or go to the Metro Adult Formation page of this website OR simply click on the following link: 
http://www.waterloocatholics.org/


For a complete listing of Middle School and High School Youth Ministry activities and offerings,
contact William Brandle (dbq208ym@arch.pvt.k12.ia.us) for high school youth ministry
or
Annie Zeets (dbq208ym2@arch.pvt.k12.ia.us) for middle school youth ministry

You may also call them at 233-3358 Ext. 134 OR simply click on the following link: 
www.WCYM.net