ST. PIUS X & HOLY CROSS

PARISH COMMUNITIES

AINSWORTH, NE 69210 & BASSETT, NE 68714

Fr. Phil Flott, Pastor

(402) 387-1275 e-mail:

Website: www.stpiusxainsworth.com

April 24, 2016 5th Sunday of Easter

Mon. St. Pius 9:00 am Vocations to priesthood

Tue. St. Pius 9:00 am . Irma & Dan Frederickson

Wed. Long Term Care 9:30 am Marty Connealy

Thurs. St. Pius 9:00 am Scarlett Clements

Fri. St. Pius 9:00 am Grant & Jackie Flott

Sat. St. Pius 6:15 pm Steve Higgins family

Sun. Holy Cross 9:00 am Members of both parishes

Sun St. Pius 10:30 am Success of St. Pius repair

31 Club Prayer Reminder: Pray for vocations.

4/25 / 4/26 / 4/27 / 4/28 / 4/29 / 4/30 / 5/1
Lorraine Pozehl / Fred Pozehl / Tanya Cole / Martha Rasmussen / Mike/Charlotte Arens / Barb Crooker / LouAnn Williams
Helen Stec / Rodger Kaup / Kirk Bruns / Diane Sybrant / Phyllis Harlan / Mark/Lee Stec / Marge Bonenberger

5th Sunday of Easter: Our Lord commands us to love one another. Just as loving us cost Jesus his very life, so, sometimes when we love as Jesus asked us to love, it will cost us.

Financial Contributions: (April 16 & 17) --Thank you for your generosity.

St. Pius X Holy Cross

Envelopes $738.00 $415.00

Plate 89.00 31.00

Youth 31.00 26.34

Appeal 100.00 100.00

Total: $ 958.00 $572.34

St. Pius Improvement Fund: $111.00

Holy Cross Confirmation class will be raising money with bake sales to go to Omaha to be enthused with God’s teaching from Matthew Kelly. Please support them.

Holy Cross: Grand Island DCCW Spring Assembly April 29 & 30.

“ “ “ “ “ “ raffle, many prizes:

St. Pius X: The new crucifix was donated in honor of Ralph and Shirley Lentz by their family. Our many thanks go out to you.

Holy Cross tithe: $250.00 to Rock County Food Pantry.

St. Pius tithe: $1,000.00 to Rice Bowl.

Monday, 7:00 pm, April 25, 2016: Holy Cross Parish Council is Cancelled.

Tuesday, 7:00 pm, May 10: St. Pius Parish Council

Bible Study, St. Pius: This Tuesday, 7 pm

PRAYER CHAIN: Need prayer for anything? Call Irma, 402-387-1308. Prayer works.

St. Pius Church Remodel: The drywall on the ceiling contains asbestos, to a dangerous level. We have to remove it all. We will then replace the drywall and insulation. We will add to our lighting. We will then replace the carpet and the pews. The estimate of how much this will cost is $135,700.00. Of that amount, we have saved in our improvement fund, $73,687.00 So, we have to save/collect another $61,368.00 in order to do the project. Thank you for your generosity. We are past the half-way point.

Please mark “IMPROVEMENT FUND” on your check. It is a separate account.

Our end result will be a more beautiful place to worship our God and King.

Our goal is to do the work over the summer. That would mean we need to collect the funds by July—is that possible??

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Fund-raising Pasta Dinner: It was a fun evening. So many of you helped to make it a success. It was a delight to have our parish together. The supper income was $2,334.00. The raffle income this week was another $281.80. We are still waiting on the final count for the silent auction.

These figures bring our grand total in the Improvement fund to $76,021.00. This means we still must collect $58,754.20. This is great progress. May God multiply your generosity back to you.

Congratulations: Marv & Pam Schmitz on winning the Television.

Congratulations to Marlene Quinn on winning the hundred dollars.

Thanks to Arlene & Junior Ries for donating the Divine Mercy picture to St. Pius X.

Let’s remember the bishop’s annual stewardship appeal.