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The Holy See
Manson, Iowa 50563
Rev. Richard
Ries, Pastor
Robert Lenz, Deacon
Deb Troshynski, Director Religious Ed.
Mary Jo Waller, Secretary
Shannon Manely, Secretary
712-469-3743
St. Thomas Parish Center
1100 8th Street
Manson, Iowa 50563
712-469-3515
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WORSHIP SCHEDULE
Saturday evening at 5:00 p.m.at St. Thomas, Manson
Sunday morning at 8:00 a.m. at St. Thomas, Manson
Sunday morning at 9:30 a.m. at St. Francis, Rockwell City
Sunday morning at 11:00 a.m. at St. Mary, Pomeroy
Monday, Wednesday & Friday weekday masses are at 7:30 AM at Manson and subject to change
Wednesday, Thursday & Friday weekday masses are at 8:00 AM at Rockwell City and subject to change
Tuesday & Thursday weekday masses are at 7:30 AM at Pomeroy and subject to change
Reconciliation is 1/2 hour to 10 minutes before weekend masses, otherwise by appointment.
BULLETIN Twenty-Seventh Sunday In Ordinary Time Oct. 4, 2009
_______Mass Schedule St. Thomas Parish, Manson______
Sat. Oct. 3, 5:00pm----- Dave Fitzgerald, Al & Betty Peters
Sun. Oct. 4, 8:00am-----Clarence Bradley, Nell & Jim Horan
Mon. Oct. 5, 7:30am-----LuVerne Jante
Tues. Oct. 6 6:15pm------KOC Mass
Wed. Oct. 7 7:30am------Herb O’Brien, Richard & Elizabeth O’Brien
Friday Oct. 9 7:30am----Joe O’Brien
Sat. Oct. 10, 5:00pm-------Mary Steinberg, marguerite Nelson, Maxine Foley
Sun. Oct. 11, 8:00am--------Nieland/Wittry Families
Schedule of Ministers - St. Thomas
Saturday Oct. 10 , 5:00pm Euch. Min. ~ Jack & Marilyn Pierick, Pat Weishaar
Saturday Oct. 10 , 5:00pm Greeters ~ Jerry & Pam Chizek
Saturday. Oct. 10 , 5:00pm Gifts ~ Randy & Shirley Stein
Saturday. Oct. 10 , 5:00pm Lector ~Janine Lynch
Saturday. Oct. 10, 5:00pm Servers ~Tom & Kaitlyn McColley, Austin Zinnel
Saturday. Oct. 10, 5:00pm Cantor: ~Dana Rae Snell
Sunday, Oct. 11, 8:00am Euch. Min. ~ Joe Horan, Denise Besch, A. Robert Miller
Sunday, Oct. 11, 8:00am Greeters ~ Steve & Lisa Leppert
Sunday, Oct. 11, 8:00am Gifts ~ Mark & Amanda Korte
Sunday, Oct. 11, 8:00am Lector ~Peg Seivert
Sunday, Oct. 11, 8:00am Servers ~Emma Snell, Julie Quade, Samantha Kraft
Sunday, Oct. 11, 8:00am Cantor~ Dana Rae Snell
Weekday Ministers Acolyte: Lloyd Schreier
Weekday Cantor: Pat Schreier
St. Thomas Announcements:2nd Grade Parents are to attend class on Wednesday, October 7th for Reconciliation Learning Stations and Activities with your students.
St. Thomas Announcements: KOC meeting Tues. Oct. 6. Mass at 6:15pm follwed by 1st degree, meal & Meeting.
St. Thomas Announcements: Sunday, October 4th is the 6th Grade Student Mass. Students should be at the church no later than 7:45 AM.
St. Thomas Announcements: Fr. John Malieckal V.C & all the Vincentian Missionaries thank you for your prayers & generous mission offering last weekend.
St. Thomas Announcements: CCD Oct. 7 k-6 classes 6-7pm;4th grade server prep in church; 7-12 grades 7-8:15pm.
St. Thomas Announcements: Please remember in your prayers the family Andy & Rachel Miller. Rachel’s father Emmet Dewall passed away on 9-29.. Eternal Rest Grant to Him O’Lord.
St. Thomas Announcements: Youth Rally in Spencer for High School students is the last Sunday of October. Please get registration forms in to Deb by October 4th.
St. Thomas Announcements: St. Thomas is responsible for Meals on Wheals Oct. 4-10.
_______Mass Schedule - St. Francis, Rockwell City______
Sun. Oct. 4, 9:30am.------ Rich Rodenborn Family, Ardis & Rowena Collins
Tues. Oct. 6 8:00am------Tom Adams
Wed. Oct. 7 8:00am------Bill & Marilyn Bernhard
Thurs. Oct. 8 8:00am-----Laura Boes
Sun. Oct 11 9:30 am----Stumpf/Stumbo Families
Schedule of Ministers St. Francis
Sunday, Oct. 11, 9:30amEuch Min.: Paul Feld, Ron Hammen, Doug Klocke
Sunday, Oct. 11, 9:30am Lector: Peg Stoolman
Sunday, Oct. 11, 9:30amServers: Whitney Stoolman, Brett Nicholson, Ben Wozniak
Usher for Oct.: Bill Lawson, Andy Miller
St. Francis Announcements: ST. Paul's Lutheran Church Men's annual spaghetti supper will be held on Sunday, October 11 from 4:30-6:30 P.M. Adults $6, Children 5-12 $3, children under 5 are free.
St. Francis Announcements: Please join the proven effective, powerful, prayerful 40 Days for Life campaign to end abortion. Sponsored by the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women and Diocesan Pro-Life Commission, with the support of the Knights of Columbus.
St. Francis Announcements: Attention Ladies: 1. Our Annual Turkey Dinner is Sunday, October 25th from 11:00 A.M. to 4;00 P.M. Men of the parish, please pick up your schedules and tickets in the vestibule this weekend. All parishioners, please remember to bring your pies to the rectory garage by 9:00 A.M. on the 25th.
St. Francis Announcements: CCD Students and Parents: Thank you for putting the new pick up routine into practice. It went smoothly last week .Please continue to follow through with this routine. Parents/guardians of the 1st through 6th grades are to pick up their children at the South Door Exit. You may park behind the Religious Education Building and come to this Exit to pick up your children. This helps ensure their safety and easier transition for our students in all grades. Thank you.
St. Francis Announcements: Oct 4 --- We pray for women who are at risk of having an abortion, may the Holy Spirit guide them to the life preserving options they have.
St. Francis Announcements: Confirmation students and parents: We will have a rite of enrollment service for all confirmation students and their parents this Wednesday, the 7th at 6:30 P.M. You are expected to participate in this Confirmation commitment ceremony. You will need to contact Brian, Michelle, or Lisa prior to Wednesday, if you cannot make it. This is a special time for our children and their families. Please make this a priority. Thank You and God Bless.
St. Francis Announcements: United Family Knights of Columbus will have their Annual Tootsie Roll Drive at St. Francis' Church Mass October 4th (9am). Please be generous as the donations are used to support citizens with intellectual disabilities and stays local. Proceeds in the past have gone to Opportunity Living here in Calhoun County.
St. Francis Announcements:Altar Server Training will take place this month for the 5th Graders. We will meet from 7:00-7:30 P.M. on Wedesday, October 14th and 21st at the church. I will be contacting a few of the High School boys to help with this, so on those nights, the 5th graders will be staying till 7:30. Call me if you have questions. Thank you. Lisa : ) 297-5116
Oct 11 --- We pray for all the innocent children who are at risk of perishing, may God open the hearts of their parents and provide them with the strength and courage to carry those children to term.
_______Mass Schedule St. Mary's, Pomeroy______
SunSun. Oct. 4, 11am.----Urban Korte, Bob Barrett
Tues. Oct. 6 7:30am----Noonan & Unkel Families
Thurs. Oct. 8 7:30am----Michael & Ann Kennedy
Sun. Oct. 11, 11am----Ray Fitzgerald
Schedule of Ministers St. Mary's, Pomeroy
Sunday Oct 11, 11am Euch. Min. - Mike & Laurie Barrett
Sunday Oct 11, 11am Greeters:Ed & Dorothy Weinzetl
Sunday Oct 11, 11am Gifts: Chris Fitzgerald Family
Sunday Oct 11, 11am Lector: Mel & Rozella Hartman
Sunday Oct 11, 11am Servers: Faith Meyer, Grace Meyer
Sunday Oct 11, 11am Rosary: - Jerry Clancy
Sunday, October 4th, maidrites & chips will be served after the 11:00 Mass. Deann & Russ Buddin and Joyce & Ray Majorwicz are co-chairmans. Altar Society Meeting will follow. Also, the October committee is responsible for helping with crafts and coffee on October 2nd at the Pomeroy Care Center.
Please Remember in Your Prayers.... Randy Skilling, Frank Byrne, Vickie Danner, Gladys Kramer, Tom Porteous, Scott Holland, Mary Schwenk, Pete Fitzpatrick, Larry Schmitt, Emily Markert-Wileke, Maxine Moriarty, Pat Minnick, Harold Wolter, Sierra Mueller, Joseph Parthenais
Please Remember in Your Prayers.... Randy Skilling, Frank Byrne, Vickie Danner, Gladys Kramer, Tom Porteous, Scott Holland, Mary Schwenk, Pete Fitzpatrick, Larry Schmitt, Emily Markert-Wileke, Maxine Moriarty, Pat Minnick, Harold Wolter, Sierra Mueller, Joseph Parthenais
Catholic Extension
In 1998, Father Jerome Degen, now retired, brought up the idea to St. Thomas parishioners of helping a parish in another state.
"I had thought of doing this for quite some time," said Father Degen. "I'd always had the idea that I'd like to have a parish, if possible, that could financially do some outreach work to another parish that needed it."
When Father Degen arrived at Manson, he knew that St. Thomas would be able to help. Originally when he proposed the idea to parishioners they did not seem interested, but later began helping a parish in North Dakota after the devastating floods and fires in 1997.
"After a year of that, when they were back on their feet in North Dakota again, I talked to the parish council about continuing what we'd been doing, but find some other place to send the money," he said. The parish agreed to continue helping a Catholic parish in the U.S.
Through the help of The Catholic Extension, Father Degen and his parish were given several parishes to pick from. "I knew that they worked at putting parishes together for this sort of thing," explained Father Degen.
In the end, St. Thomas Parish picked St. John Neumann Mission in Eupora, Miss. The mission parish was run by two lay ministers, Mary and Gene Grabbe. The Catholic community of Eupora holds church in a large house in downtown Eupora.
Eupora is located in northern Mississippi, and the mission parish currently serves about 40 families. In an area predominantly settled by Southern Baptists, the Eupora parish had a difficult time getting started, but now, with the help of the Grabbes and St. Thomas Parish, the mission has been able to grow.
Once a month, the people of St. Thomas take up a second collection during the weekend Masses. "The money that comes in from the second collection would be sent to the parish in Mississippi," said Father Degen.
"We have more than enough money in this parish and I think it is really important," said Father Dale J. George, the current pastor of St. Thomas Church. "I think it's really good to get us in the habit of looking beyond ourselves."
The parishioners in Manson felt so good about helping the Catholics in Eupora that when Father Degen would forget to announce the second collection at Mass, he would be reminded immediately.
St. John Neumann Mission occasionally sends pictures and letters to St. Thomas in Manson so that the two parishes are linked, and the people in Manson can know who they are helping. Father George also includes news of the St. John Neumann Church in the parish bulletin.
Although Father Degen retired in August of 2001, St. Thomas Parish still assists St. John Neumann Parish in Eupora. "I really think the parish becomes more aware of their mission responsibilities and their responsibility to evangelization," said Father Degen.
When Father George came to St. Thomas Parish after Father Degen's retirement, he had not heard about the Adopt-a-Parish program.
"When I first came here, I wasn't aware that this had gone on," explained Father George. "The parish council wanted to know if we would continue it and of course we did. In general, I think the people like to do this, give something where they don't get anything back." By TAVIA MALONE, Globe Staff Writer
PARISH HISTORY
On August 9, 1855, Michael Collins, a native of Ireland, moved into a cabin on Section 13 of Lizard Township in Pocahontas County. It was here on August 15, 1857, that the first Mass was offered by Father John Vahey, a resident priest of Fort Dodge. In 1870 Fr. M.C. Lenihan took charge and erected St. Patrick's Church on the Lizard, later establishing missions at Fonda, Pomeroy, Pocahontas, and Manson. Fr. Lenihan came to the Halligan home, now occupied by the James Cunningham family, once a month for three years before construction of St. Thomas was started. Father Lenihan was later consecrated as bishop of the Diocese of Cheyenne, Wyoming. It is in his honor that the parish bears the name of his patron, St. Thomas, the Apostle. St. Thomas Church was the first Catholic Church in Calhoun County.
Church property was purchased in 1883 from Mrs. A. Kautz. The first marriage in St. Thomas Church took place on November 9, 1885. On that date Matthew John Foley and Mary Clarke exchanged their wedding vows. Workmen had to sweep the middle aisle for the couple to proceed to the altar because the church had not been completed.
In 1890, Father M. C. Daly was appointed the first resident pastor. He served the parish as well as the missions of Barnum and Pomeroy. A residence was built for the pastor and land was purchased for the parish cemetery from Jack Christmas.
Father McAuliffe succeeded Fr. Daly in October, 1902. Church records before 1902 were destroyed. The first baptism of record was that of Agnes Booge, daughter of Francis Booge and Frances Debener on October 26, 1902, by Fr. McAuliffe. The first funeral was that of Anna Lang, wife of Anton Lang, who died on October 21, 1903. The sacrament of confirmation was administered for the first time in St. Thomas by Rt. Rev. Phillip J. Garrigan, the first bishop of Sioux City diocese, on September 20, 1903. During Fr. McAuliffe's pastorship the rectory was moved, a basement was built under it, a furnace was installed; a sanctuary, sacristy, and belfry were added to the exterior of the church, a choir loft, metal ceilings and stained glass windows were added to the interior of the church.
Fr. Bernard O'Reilly followed in July, 1908. On June 20, 1909, Fr. O'Reilly witnessed the first class of record to recieve First Communion. There were 21 communicants.
In May of 1919, Fr. Sweeney was appointed pastor. The interior of the rectory was remodeled, a sleeping porch added to the west side of the house, the old board walk north of the church was removed, the old barn was replaced by a cement block garage and a small indebtedness cleared.
Fr. Lynch was chosen pastor of St. Thomas in September, 1922. During his stay the interior of the church was redecorated and Stations of the Cross were erected.
Succeeding Fr. Lynch as pastor was Fr. James Greteman. During the nine years of his pastorate, the rectory was refurnished and redecorated both inside and out. An oak floor was laid in the body of the old church and new oak pews installed. The interior of the church was redecorated and the exterior repainted. Fr. Greteman influenced the parishioners to buy U.S. Governments bonds as the start of a building fund.
On May 8, 1945, Fr. O.A. Dentlinger assumed charge of the parish. Improvements made during his pastorate were installation of the Verdin electric bell ringing system, the Angelus Mass bells and funeral toller, a new electric organ, the new pew kneelers throughout the church were fitted with leather, cushions, and a double acoustic confessional was installed.
R. Knobbe took charge of St. Thomas in August, 1952. Improvements in the parish included the installation of a furnace in the church, a main altar, a crucifix, communion rail and two side altars. The choir stairway and loft were paneled and carpeted, a baptistery built, and doors, both inside and out were replaced. A new kitchen, bathroom and a 12' x 39' addition were added to the rectory. Property was purchased to the north for future needs.
In August, 1956, Fr. Charles M. Kneip was appointed pastor of St. Thomas. During his pastorate, the present church was built. The Ebersole property was purchased on December 6, 1957. On May 28, 1962, the Langenwalter property was purchased. In April, 1964, plans were made for the new church parish hall and classrooms by the building committee. The church was completed in 1966, with a total seating capacity of 402 people.
Fr. David McGoey became pastor in April, 1969 and served until 1971. Fr. McCoy served from 1971 to 1972.
In 1972, Fr. John Turza was appointed to St. Thomas. Fr. Turza generously opened up the use of the church to the Manson Mennonite congregation after the tornado in 1979.
August of 1979 brought us Fr. E.D. Thom. During Fr. Thom's tenure, the church was reshingled.
The following priests served our Parish - Father Daly served the parish until 1902. Subsequent pastors were: Father John McAuliffe (1902-1908), Father Bernard O'Reilly (1908-1919), Father Clement P. Sweeney (1919-1922), Father Patrick T. Lynch (1922-1932), Father August J. Nuel (1932-1936), Father James B. Greteman (1936-1945), Father Otto A. Dentlinger (1945-1952), Father Clemens A. Knobbe (1952-1956), Father Charles M. Kneip (1956-1969), Father David T. McGoey (1969-1971), Father Alfred E. McCoy (1971-1972), Father John R. Turza (1972-1979), Father Elmer D. Thom (1979-1985), Father Jerome B. Koenig (1985-1987), Father Roger J. Linnan (1987-1989), Father Robert J. McClintock (1989-1996), Father Jerome A. Degen (1996-2001) and Father Dale George (2001-2003) . Father Richard Ries is pastor of St. Thomas.
There have been a number of vocations to sacred order and the religious life nurtured in the parish. Father Robert M. Kelly, S.J., born in Manson in 1877, entered the Jesuit Society in 1889. Florence Adams entered the Sisters of St. Francis in 1932 and was given the name Sister Mary Matilda. Other women religious from the parish are Sister Dorothy Sievers, OSF; Sister Madonna Lang, OSF; and Sister Regina Markert, OSF.
Msgr. Kenneth Seifried was ordained for the Diocese of Sioux City in 1963. Thomas Lang, who served many years as an army chaplain, was ordained to the permanent deaconate for the diocese in 1982.
On Oct. 1, 1998, the parish clustered with St. Mary Parish, Pomeroy, and St. Joseph Parish, Palmer. St. Joseph Parish was closed shortly thereafter.
St. Thomas presently serves 181 households and has 125 children in religious education classes.
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