DIVINE MERCY PARISH Schuyler, NE

St. Augustine’s Church - 619 Banner St.

St. Mary’s Church -1019 Banner St.

Parish Office - 308 West 10th St.

August 8th, 2021

Divine Mercy Parish Mission Statement:

Our mission is to be a living sign of God reflecting the Divine Mercy of Jesus Christ.

Divine Mercy Parish Office 308 West 10th Street Schuyler, Ne 68661

Phone: 402-352-3540 Fax: 402-352-5971

E-mail: divinemercyschuyler@gmail.com Web: divinemercyschuyler .com

Pastor: Fr . Jairo E. Congote

Retired Pastor: Fr . Ger ry Gonder inger

Deacons: Danny Hastings , Paul Doerneman

Librado Maiz, Pablo Tovar

Bookkeeper Secretary: Patr icia Gonzalez

Secretaries: Yenny Delgado & Sue Heavican

DRE: Renee Blum

CFF Secretary: Adriana Alarcon

Facilities Mgr.: Deacon Danny Hastings

Maintenance: Jim Gonsior

Mauricio Rocha

Rosary Crusade: Carol Hastings

Mass Hours

St. Augustine’s Monday Eng. 7:00 a.m. (Comm. Serv.)

Sp. (No Mass) Wednesday Eng. 7:00 a.m. Sp. 8:15 a.m.

Thursday Sp. 5:00 p.m. Friday Eng. 7:00 a.m.

St. Mary’s Tuesday Eng. 12:10 p.m. Sp. 5:00 p.m

Thursday Eng. 12:10 p.m. Friday Sp. 8:15 a.m.

Weekends St. Augustine’s - Saturday Eng. 5:00 p.m.

Sunday - Eng. 8:00 Sp. 9:30 & 11:00 a.m.

St. Mary’s - Saturday Sp. 6:30 p.m. Sunday Eng. 10:00 a.m. Sp. 1:00 p.m.

Reconciliation: Saturdays 4:00 pm St. Augustine’s and 6:00 pm St. Mary’s

19th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

“I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live

forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world”

John 6:41-51

From Fr. Jairo

It takes the grace of God and years to understand what Jesus is saying to us today. He claims to be the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever. As a priest it has been amazing to see how some people, in certain stages of life, and in certain situations, God has given them the grace to experience the wonderful presence of Christ in the Holy Eucharist. Tears came out of my eyes, when for the first time as a priest, I administered first communion to a couple of children. These two children enthusiastically tasted and savored this living bread. Children seem to always have this experience of Jesus on the day of their first communion.

When I worked at St. Cloud Hospital, I gave communion to patients who were really ill. It was so touching to see how joyful and hopeful they were at the moment they received communion. When a person is at their deathbed or in the intensive care unit, the person receives communion with tears, because they understand what Jesus is saying in the Gospel; the one who eats the body of Jesus does not die.

Once a month, I used to have a very profound and spiritual moment at Tecumseh State Correctional Center when I visited some of the prisoners who had life imprisonment and lived in protective custody. The only opportunity they had to receive the body of Christ was when I went to see them. When I said to the inmate, “This is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world,” the moment became very sacred and prayerful, as if an army of angels had arrived and the Holy Trinity were present to help them understand, that the one who eats this bread; the bread they could not eat often, would live forever.

This is the reason the Eucharist is at the center of our parish life. All of us within the church, come true as a sign of unity, peace and salvation for all. The search of God is fundamental to understanding the meaning of life. And the Eucharist invites us to serve others. This encounter with Jesus always invites us to action.

The following, is a note from Deacon Brett addressed to all our parishioners.

A Transformative Summer

When I first came to Divine Mercy Parish in Schuyler, I was surprised at how welcoming everyone was towards me. It seemed that every group in the parish was excited to have me here.

From this openness bore many opportunities to serve in a way that many Deacons do not get. As a Deacon here, I have had the opportunity to preach in English and Spanish, baptize fourteen children, minister at a wedding, serve at two funerals, mentor young men discerning the priesthood, assist at a vocations holy hour, and help lead a youth retreat. Each of these experiences proved to be very transformative because each of these opportunities has increased my desire to become a healthy, holy, and joyful priest. For all of the blessings that I have received, I want to offer my sincere thanks to all of you for your openness to having me here. In a couple of weeks, I will return to Kenrick-Glennon Seminary in St. Louis for one more year of seminary study. On June 4th of 2022, I will be ordained a priest at St. Cecilia Cathedral. Please keep me in your prayers as I continue to pursue the Most Sacred Priesthood of Jesus Christ.

Peace of the Risen Lord,

Deacon Brett Jamrog

Important Celebrations this week:

Monday, August 9th: Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. Edith Stein, also known as Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross or Saint Edith Stein; October 12, 1891 – August 9, 1942) was a German, Jewish philosopher who converted to Catholicism and became a Discalced Carmelite nun. She is canonized as a martyr and saint of the Catholic Church, and she is one of six co-patron saints of Europe. From reading the life of the reformer of the Carmelite Order, Saint Teresa of Ávila, Edith Stein was drawn to the Catholic faith. She was baptized into the Catholic Church on January 1, 1922 and was admitted as a postulant to the Discalced Carmelite monastery in Cologne on October 14th, on the first vespers of the feast of Saint Teresa of Avila, and received the religious habit as a novice in April 1934. All baptized Catholics of Jewish origin, according to police, reports 244 people, were arrested by the Gestapo on Sunday, August 2, 1942. They were sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp, where they died in the gas chamber on August 9, 1942.

Tuesday August 10th: Saint Lawrence, Deacon, Martyr. He was one of the seven deacons of the city of Rome, Italy, under Pope Sixtus II who were martyred in the persecution of the Christians that the Roman Emperor Valerian ordered in 258. After Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Lawrence is venerated as patron of Rome.

Continued ………….

ADORATION:

St. Augustine’s Church Wednesday from 6-8 PM and at St. Mary’s Church Thursday from 1 - 4:30 PM and Friday from 9AM - 5PM

We are in need of English speaking/reading group

leaders for CFF levels 7, 8/Conf. & 9/Conf. These classes will not be able to begin until we have adequate volunteers and making up these classes is

very difficult. Please, call the CFF office to volunteer.

It is important to register students NOW because class assignments are based according to availability

of catechists etc.

If you have children in the first grade, or if you know of children in the first grade, please tell their parents this is the time to begin formal Catholic Faith

Formation. Please, register them now.

We encourage you to keep your children in the CFF program & coming to classes. If you do not continue to enroll them, then want to get them in when it’s time for Confirmation, they will have to “make up”

the years they missed.

For students doing Catch-Up… Please, continue working in your books at home this summer. When you complete a unit including the unit review, come

to the CFF office Monday – Friday, 8-11am & 1-4pm to test on that unit. Students should complete catch-up work by August 11.

Important Celebrations (Cont’d):

Wednesday August 11th: Saint Clare of Assisi. She was a disciple of Saint Francis; founded the Poor Clares whose first convent at Assisi she directed as abbess for forty-two years; led an austere life, rich in the practice of charity and loving care.

Thursday August 12th: Saint Jane Frances de Chantal. She was the wife of Baron the Chantal and mother of six children, two of whom died at birth; as a widow, with Saint Francis de Sales, her spiritual director, she founded the Visitation nuns in 1610; established some eighty-five monasteries before her death.

Saturday August 14th: Saint Maximilian

Kolbe He offered his life in exchange for the father of

a family. He died at Auschwitz by lethal injection in 1941.

Holy Trinity Parish Chicken Dinner Klein Center, Brainard, NE, Sunday, August 15th 10:30 am - 2:30 pm

St. Benedict Center Retreats:

August 7, 2021: How to Deal with Stress and Tension in Our Lives.

(More information for this event is on flyers in the back of church.)

The summer meeting of the Rural Southwest Deanery will be Thursday, August 12, 2021 at St. Mary’s, 220 West 3rd St., Leigh, NE. The meeting will begin at 1:30 pm.

The Women of Divine Mercy will NOT have a meeting in August.

Lectors, EMHC’s, Altar Servers, & Ushers:

Saturday, August 14, 5:00 pm (SA) Lector: Denise Hron EMHC: Kitty Bailey Deacon: Danny Hastings (Homily) Altar Servers: Hayden & Lindley Bailey Ushers: Larry & Barb McGowan Sunday, August 15, 8:00 am (SA) Lector: Ron Kluck EMHC’s: Art Bailey & Jill Ruskamp Deacon: Danny Hastings (Homily) Altar Servers: Caleb Bailey Ushers: Roy & Deb Papa Sunday, August 15, 10:00 am (SM) Lector: Sharon Doerneman EMHC: Sue Heavican Deacon: Danny Hastings (Homily) Altar Servers: Riley & Collin Hopkins Ushers: Ernest Shonka & Allen Shonka

Readings for August 9th - August 14th

Monday: Dt 10: 12-22 / Mt 17: 22-27

Tuesday: 2 Cor 9: 6-10 / Jn 12: 24-26

Wednesday : Dt 34: 1-12 / Mt 18: 15-20

Thursday: Jos 3: 7-10a, 11, 13-17 /

Mt 18: 21 - 19: 1

Friday: Jos 24: 1-13 / Mt 19: 3-12

Saturday: Jos 24: 14-29 / Mt 19: 13-15

Sunday: August 15th

1st: Rev 11: 19a; 12: 1-6a, 10ab

2nd: 1 Cor 15: 20-27

Gospel: Lk 1: 39-56

Usccb.org/bible/readings/today

Mass Intentions August 7th - August 15th

Saturday, August 7th: (A) 5:00 PM † Tom Spale & Delores Koliha. Sunday, August 8th: (A) 8:00 AM Divine Mercy Parishioners. (M)10:00AM † Herbert Vogel Monday, August 9th: (A) 7:00 AM Communion Service. Tuesday, August 10th: (M) 12:10 PM No Mass. Wednesday, August 11th: (A) 7:00 AM No Mass. Thursday, August 12th: (M) 12:10 PM No Mass. Friday, August 13th: (A) 7:00 AM No Mass. Saturday, August 14th: (A) 5:00 PM † Kathy Jonas. Sunday, August 15th (A) 8:00 AM † Ann Ernesti. (M) 10:00AM † Dave Vanek & Leonard & Marie Shonka.

Religious sets

for Sale

We have a variety of accessories for baptism,

first communion, confirmation, and

weddings for sale in our parish office.

Divine Mercy Parish Contributions: July 31st and August 1st Collection

Weekly budgeted income is: $ 6,926.92 Envelopes: $ 5,608.00 Loose Cash: $ 1,948.59 Assumption: $ 30.00 Air Conditioner $ 15.00 Maintenance $ 20.00 Seminarians $ 2,196.82 Total Received: $ 9,818.41 ___________________________________

19th Sunday in Ordinary Time “Get up and eat or the journey will be too much for you!”

1 KINGS 19:7 God knows that committing to a stewardship lifestyle is difficult. However, we were not designed to do it on our own, we need His help. Fortunately, God gave us the greatest gift of all, His son, Jesus. Through the gift of the Eucharist we join our sacrifice with the sacrifice of the Holy Mass and receive the strength and courage to be His joyful disciples.