All school aged children and teens are welcome to sing in the Youth Choir at the 8AM Mass on Christmas Day. See attachment for more details and to register.
This year's theme is "Bolder, Prouder, Stronger Reader", and there is still time to attend and purchase gifts for the young ones in your life. It will be open in the school library from 8:15am-7:30pm from Nov 7-9 and 8:15am-Noon on Nov 10th. Contact the school at 563-547-4513 for more information.
A Father & Son BBQ was held in our parish hall on October 23rd to celebrate St. John Paul II's feast day on October 22nd! Thank you to all who attended and a huge thank you to our Family Ministry Committee for coming up with, planning and serving at these wonderful events to bring our parish family together!
The September Reverse Collection has generated 580 pounds of food items and 146 pounds of personal care items/soap products. We are very appreciative and grateful to the Notre Dame parishioners for their generous and ongoing support of the NEICAC Howard County food pantry to allow us to continue to serve the hungry in our community. We appreciate the church and the parishioners for this great donation.
Wee Families will meet this Sunday, October 16th from 4:30-5:00PM in the church. This is a wiggle-friendly ministry for children ages 1-5 and their families. We will have a short and sweet Tiny Tour of the Church based on the sacraments and then end with an activity, milk and cookies in the parish hall. No registration required and free to attend.
The Into the Deep video for October was posted on the parish YouTube page. The topic for October is "Why should I get married in the Catholic Church?" We will have a group discussion based on the video on October 16th at 7PM by the tabernacle. All are welcome to attend.
We need God and the rosary more than ever. Join us on Saturday, October 15th at Noon in the church to pray the rosary for America. If there is a funeral, etc., the rally will be held at Norb and Mary Gansen's. For more information, call Mary Gansen at 563-547-5495. All ages are welcome to join.
Thank you to the Family Ministry Committee for hosting the first Mother-Daughter Tea Party on October 2, 2022. Check out the Family Ministry page to view pictures from this fun event based on the little way of St. Therese of Lisieux.
Oct 2, 10:30AM-1:30PM serving Hot Beef Sundaes (roast beef, real mashed potatoes, gravy and topped off with cheese and a cherry tomato); salads, bun cookies/bar, bottle of water and eating utensils. Drive-thru and on-site dining. $12. Raffle tickets for many great prizes available.
Football Mania tickets are for sale again. This assists funding for field trips, enrichment activities, technology and other curriculum needs. Their goal is to sell 1,000 tickets. Tickets can be purchased at the school office, or they are available from K-6 grade students.
Table of Plenty is available. You can bring your extra produce to the front entrance of the church on Saturdays after 3:00PM through Sunday morning at 10:00AM to share. All produce left after 10:00AM Mass on Sunday will be donated to the local food pantry. You may take produce and make a donation. All donations are given to the local food pantry.
If you receive a text message saying that it is from Father Jacob asking for iTunes gift cards, please do not reply. It is not Father Jacob messaging you. Please help spread the word. Thank you!
June 30-July 3rd at East Park in Cresco. Contact any of the following for a short reading assignment that can be read when and where you choose. Duane Heit: 563-419-2385 or duaneheit@yahoo.com Julie Haslerud: 563-203-1971 Jimmy Sidebottom: jimmysidebottom@gmail.com
Reverse collection was held this weekend at the June 11-12 Masses. If you took a tag, buy the item and return it to the church to be donated to the local food pantry. There are food pantry boxes at each entrance. Note from the food pantry: Dear Notre Dame Church, Thank you for your continued support of the NEICAC Howard County Food Pantry. Your reverse collection in March brought over 500 pounds of food and 150 pounds in April into the pantry. Thank you all for helping to feed local families. Martin Ahrndt, Family Services Specialist.
Our Lady (Notre Dame) is asking each of us to pray the rosary every day. The rosary is so powerful and carries with it so many graces. Continue to tally the number of rosaries prayed on any piece of paper and drop the results in the collection basket as part of your offering. Rosaries, along with instructions on how to pray the rosary and tally slips can be found in the News and Literature stand in the church entry. Rosaries prayed in May: 478. Notre Dame, pray for us. Amen.
We will be doing a new pictorial directory this summer! More information to follow! Photography sessions will be held July 12-15, Aug 2-6 and Aug 16-20. If you would like to schedule your family photography session now, go online to www.ucdir.com, click on photography appointment, scheduling login on the right side, enter ia164 in the church code field and enter "photos" in the church password field or stop in the parish office to sign up. Plan to be part of this new parish directory!
Here is my mailing address for the summer. I will not be writing back because I need to focus on healing and the program work, but I welcome encouragement in the form of letters and cards. Thank you! Fr. Jacob Rouse 1601 Joslyn Road, Lake Orion, MI 48360 Note: Father Jacob's 4th anniversary of his ordination is May 26--please keep him in your prayers.
The Northeast Iowa Pro-Lifers are hosting a baby bottle drive at our parish. There are baby bottles in the back of church. Please take one, put your donation in it and return it to the parish office by Father's Day on June 19th. Thank you.
While Father is away, we will be switching live-streams to the parish YouTube channel instead of Father Jacob's channel. All links on the website have been updated to the Parish channel. Make sure to subscribe to the Parish channel to be notified when we go live for Mass and events this summer.