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.