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November 10, 2025November is our tradition Month of Remembrance, honoring the souls of ancestors, family members, relatives, friends and neighbors who have died. Those who have touched our own lives with their God given dignity, their personality and character. Below are the names of parishioners who have died in the past year (November of ‘24 - October,‘25) from our Ascension Parish of St. John Church, St. Malachy Church and Sacred Heart Church. Listed below each individual is the names of the parents.Michelle Miller - 1969-‘25Kenneth Rossing & Carol MartinMary Jo Wickman - 1957-‘24Robert & Doris WickmanKaren Anderson - 1934-‘25Bernard & Madgel JudgeMary Lou Spenla - 1934-‘25John & Mary CoadyHarriett Weeg - 1927-‘25William & Mae SmithBarbara Stanley - 1936-‘25Rufus Choate and Hazel HogendornCynthia Staebler - 1938-‘25Vernon and Aileen ShadleRaymond Moorman - 1935-‘25Alva & Eva MoormanRobert Uthe - 1923-‘25John & Elizabeth UtheLois Guldenpfennig - 1941-‘25George & Helen KennedyHelen Hopkins - 1938-‘25John & Genevieve WaltersGlenda Tullis - 1947-‘25Raymond & Helen PetersElizabeth Boesen - 1958-‘25John & Gayle SaylesEd Cline - 1951-‘25Gerald ClineLoretta Heinen - 1954-‘25Pierre & Marjorie PoundsCharles Haberer - 1934-‘25Leo & Mary HabererBarbara Warrick - 1947-‘25Donna & C.P. ParisEva Stansbury - 1927-‘25John & Addie SherwoodBilly Jo Shank - 1945-25Christian & Cecilia ShankJohn Kolenz - 1949-‘25John & Pansy KolenzShirley Robertson -1935-‘25Frank & Lorine SextroMary Jane Walters - 1943-‘25LeRoy & Edith Long WalkerRita Brim - 1950-‘25Martin & Loretta PestotnikCharles Burbach - 1943-‘25Arthur & Gertrude BurbachMark Blanshan - 1952-‘25Floyd & Mary BlanshanRichard Schmidt - 1939-‘25Clarence and Luella SchmidtDelos Patzner - 1933-‘25Charles & Hilda PatznerMarvin Farley - 1930-‘25Simon & Gertrude FarleyBarbara Farley - 1934-‘12Howard & Dorothy FarleyDennis Steele - 1957-‘25John & Betty SteeleEternal Rest Grant unto them, O Lord ~ And let the perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace. May the Souls and the souls of the faithfully departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.
We welcome Bishop John Keehner next week Sunday at the 8:30am Mass, St. Malachy, and the 10:00am Mass, Sacred Heart Depending on his schedule, Bishop Keehner enjoys celebrating the Eucharist within the parishes of the diocese, meeting the parishioners without any special pomp. Though his time is limited at each parish because of his schedule next Sunday, we welcome his presence at the other end of the Sioux City diocese.Because the feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica falls on the 9th, it supplants the normal Sunday of Ordinary time readings and prayers. St. John Lateran Basilica in Rome is considered the mother church of all the Catholic churches in the Western world. Inscribed on the church facade are the Latin words“omnium urbis et orbisecclesiarum mater et caput,”meaning,“The mother and head of all the churches of the city and of the world.” Signiicantly the feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica is to encourage Catholics to keep strong ties to our past and to the universal Catholic Church. The building of St. John Lateran was a mark of religious freedom.The church home of a diocesan bishop is the cathedral. Here the bishop is enthroned on the cathedra, or chair, the symbol of his teaching authority. Among his celebrations in the cathedral are ordinations to the diaconate and priesthood. Though St. Peter’s Basilica is the most noted Catholic Church in the world, the official church of the Bishop of Rome—the Pope—is St. John Lateran.God Bless, Fr. TimFYI:“November comes, and November goes. With the last red berries and the first white snows.”(Clyde Watson)