“What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it? It is like a mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his garden; and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air made nests in its branches.” Luke 13: 18-19

Mustard Seed

May, 2018

VOLUME 38, ISSUE 4

Congratulations to Hannah Gavin who was baptized and

received her First Communion at the Easter Vigil.

Congratulations to Leighton Hackert and Brad Hesselbacher

who made their Profession of Faith,

were Confirmed, and received their First Communion at the

Easter Vigil. Welcome to the Catholic Faith!

Come Holy Spirit

Hannah Gavin

Brad Hesselbacher, with his sponsor and wife, Jean Hesselbacher.

Leighton Hackert, with his sponsor and fiancé Mackenzie Arthur.

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We Ran With Him Virgil Blocker

Sixteen years ago, July 2002, the Archbishop, through the Holy Spirit, assigned Father Hauer as pastor to Resurrection. Father came to Resurrection to be a pastor for all of us—not just those who are active, vocal, or involved—but for each of us. In one of his first homilies at Resurrection, Father shared with the parishioners his concepts of what “parish” and “pastoring” are about. His parish administration is beyond expectation and leaves no one to doubt that he is in charge at Resurrection. For pastoring, he is devoted to preaching God’s Word in a way that is understandable and applicable to life for all the members of Resurrection Parish. Father quoted from Abraham Lincoln in that homily, and I feel the quote is very applicable now: “You can please some of the people some of the time; maybe even all of the people some of the time. You cannot please all of the people all of the time.” He further stated in his homily the following, and I quote: “I am sure there will be times that I do something that will be displeasing to you. I am sure there will be times when some of you may do things that may be displeasing to me. But let us disagree with respect and treat one another with dignity. The image I would like to use of a pastor is one of walking with you. Journeying side by side toward our ultimate goal of Heaven. I am here to walk with you. At times, I may pull or push, but together we will journey toward Heaven. The hope of resurrection must bind us together.” Yes, we as the parish walked with you, but many times ran to keep up with you. Father, you are leaving Resurrection Parish, an outstanding Christian community, due to your superb administration and leadership. We thank you, Father Hauer, for this and ask God’s blessings with the following prayer:

Jesus, Eternal Priest, keep Father Hauer within the shelter of your Sacred Heart, where none may touch him. Keep pure and unworldly his heart, sealed with the sublime mark of the priesthood. Let your holy love surround him from the world’s contagion. Continue to bless his labors with abundant fruit, and may the souls to whom he ministers be their joy and consolation here and their everlasting crown hereafter. We ask this through Christ Our Lord, Amen.

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Holy Thursday

Good Friday

Easter Vigil

Easter Sunday

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The Holy Spirit Fr. Andrew Marr

Like the cartoon below says, we all are given the Spirit at baptism, and sometimes we forget why we were given it. Recently we celebrated confirmation and the Confirmandi were sealed with the gifts of the Holy Spirit. The grace of the sacrament has taken root in their lives and we pray for each of them that the grace given to them through the Spirit will guide them in the faith.

We read in Isaiah 11:1-3 that the gifts of the spirit are wisdom, understanding, counsel, strength, knowledge, fear of the Lord, and piety. Piety or holiness is not explicitly listed but is a gift, that we be holy, set apart from the world, that we are set apart to be with God. These are the traditional gifts associated with the Holy Spirit. What is the purpose of these gifts? Why did Jesus send the Holy Spirit?

The Holy Spirit was given to us, the Church, at Pentecost; given to us, individually, at baptism; and strengthened within us at confirmation that he might continually sanctify, make holy, the Church (a.k.a. us). The Spirit is always working within us and within the Church herself. The Spirit guides each of us. The Church has been gifted by the Spirit and when we look how the Church has manifested those gifts we see specific accounts in Scripture. Each of us has been given the gifts of the Spirit. Some, from time to time, are given special graces, called charisms. We see this in the miraculous healing of the crippled by Peter and John, and the extraordinary things that saints have done. The Spirit works in these extraordinary ways to build up the Body of Christ, the Church, you and me, in charity. The Spirit gives these gifts when they are needed to build up the Church. They are not given for our own gratification or spiritual edification, but are given for the growth in charity of the greater community of believers.

The Spirit is at work in us, through us, and with us. May we devote ourselves to God so that the Spirit can move more freely in and through us. May we trust that the Spirit is leading us, guiding us to do the Father’s will. May we pray:

Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created. And You shall renew the face of the earth. O, God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit, did instruct the hearts of the faithful, grant that by the same Holy Spirit we may be truly wise and ever enjoy His consolations, Through Christ Our Lord, Amen.

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Congratulations to our First Communicants Joseph Alkhoury

Mya Astgen Bode Berntgen Sarah Blum Zion Borgstahl Grace Brahmstedt Lawson Brehm Claire Brosius Wyatt Crosby Casin Dalsing Taylor Davis Kinslee DeMuth Adam Fredrick Payton Galle BriElle Geisler Natalie Goodpaster Bennett Habel Liam Hannan Evan Hefel Carter Hein Aidan Jaeger Addison Jenaman Ivy Jones Griffin Kempen Karli Kennedy Joel Klein Cecilia Lammer Hayley Lang Isabella Langenberg Trevor Lebeck Lauren Leibold Caleb Lightfoot Trentin Livingston Landon Lund Isabella Martin Morgan Mason Landon McDonell Carter Meyer Claire Mier Adalyn Noel Isabella Perez Jacob Pierro

Jack Poster Payton Poster Ruth Powers Jack Rausch Gavin Ready Anna Reschak Tavian Richardson Micah Ripperger Brady Rissman Mateo Rivera Carsyn Roling Marissa Runde Alexandria Rupp Celia Scherr Benjamin Scott Addison Shade Clara Spiegelhalter Tayte Steffen Brynley Teslow Eva Topping Luke Tracy Henderson Tran Evalena Tschiggfrie Sydney Van Dusen Alexis Vogel Drew Voss Drew Wernimont Vance Wolter William Woywood

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First Holy Eucharist 2018

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52nd Annual Resurrection Parish Festival Sunday, August 19, 2018

Jerry & Jennifer Elbert Jim & Carrie Kennedy

2018 Festival Co-Chairs

Summer is just around the corner and we want to make sure you mark your calendars for the 52nd Annual Resurrection Parish Festival on Sunday, August 19, 2018.

We are so impressed every year to see hundreds of people help make this day so fun and successful. We would like to thank the generous sharing of time, talent, and treasure from the amazing volunteers that make our festival possible. There are many ways to help before, during, and after this great event. You may wonder, “How can I help this year?” There are many opportunities to volunteer in the dining room, at a paddle wheel booth, assisting with setup and

teardown, bringing in a dessert for the meal, or by donating an item for the silent auction. This year we are also looking for weekend captains for our car raffle ticket sales. Please contact the parish office if you would like to volunteer for any of these many opportunities to get involved.

Parents of young parishioners, do your children need service hours? It’s not too early for them to accumulate service hours before school begins. We have many age- appropriate spots for your junior high and high school students.

Heather Hawkinson and Mary Leigh cataloging donated silent auction items.

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If you are unable to help the day of the festival, the work begins on Thursday, August 16th, when we will be setting up tents. Tent set up is fun and you can feel the excitement that the festival is finally here.

As co-chairs with young families, we have enjoyed being examples

for our children by showing them how important stewardship is in our lives. We are excited for them to enjoy the festival as guests, and we also like seeing them get excited about helping us behind the scenes, too.

Last but not least, please pray for nice weather for our hundreds of volunteers and for all who attend our festival. We look forward to working with you and having once again another successful festival!

The Spirit is Alive at the

Resurrection Parish Festival!

2017 festival tent set up

The Dynamic Role of the Holy Spirit by Paulist Evangelization Ministries

Our God is an unseen God, but the Third Person of the Blessed Trinity may be the most mysterious of all. Wind, breath, dove? What exactly does the Holy Spirit do in the celebration of the Eucharist? Learning to discern and respond to the movements of the Spirit – in ourselves and others – is a lifelong task. How does the liturgy help us to meet this challenge? Presentation

Do you know this prayer?

V. Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful R. And kindle in them the fire of your love. V. Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created R. And you shall renew the face of the earth.

Let us pray. Lord, by the light of the Holy Spirit you have taught the hearts of your faithful. In the same Spirit, help us to relish what is right and always rejoice in your consolation. We ask this through Christ, our Lord. Amen.

Devotion to the Holy Spirit is a beautiful part of traditional Catholic faith and piety. When Catholics think about the Holy Spirit, prayers like this one might spring to mind. Or they may remember what they’ve learned about the role of the Spirit in the Sacrament of Confirmation, or think of the story of Pentecost from the Acts of the Apostles.

For many, the first thing that occurs to them is probably not the role of the Holy Spirit in the Eucharist. Yet the Holy Spirit does have a crucial part to play in the Eucharist. The prayer “Come, Holy Spirit,” with which this presentation began, actually was composed from bits and pieces of the liturgy – how much more does the Eucharistic liturgy as a whole show us the work of the Holy Spirit! The role of the Holy Spirit in the Mass today is well worth exploring.

The Work of Transformation

Let’s start at the top. The action of the Holy Spirit in transforming the elements of bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Christ is central to the Eucharist. When the priest extends his hands over the elements of bread and wine and calls down the Spirit upon them, we see a visual icon of the Spirit descending. In faith, we know the Spirit is at work here.

This may seem like old hat to us today, but before the Second Vatican Council it would not have happened. Eucharist Prayer I, which was the sole Eucharistic prayer in the Latin Mass for about four hundred years before Vatican II, is the one Eucharistic prayer that does not include this extension of hands over the elements, nor does it mention the Holy Spirit. The action of the Holy Spirit is implicit in the prayer, but is not stated. In order to make clear that the Holy Spirit is active, the Eucharistic prayers newly composed after Vatican II added explicit references to the Spirit and included an extension of hands. As the Catechism of the Catholic Church affirms, the power of Christ’s word and the Holy Spirit are what make Christ present in the Eucharist (see CCC 1373-1375 and 1104-1107).

Here’s a bit of additional background. During the early twentieth century, scholars, churchmen, and popes began to pay more attention to the liturgy of the Eastern churches, in which the role of the Holy Spirit is prominent. These ancient liturgies from our sister churches in the East had an influence on the composition of the new Eucharistic prayers. By naming the work of the Spirit, the Latin Rite Catholic Church is being true to herself in an ecumenically sensitive way.

Later on in the Eucharistic prayer (again, all except Eucharistic Prayer I), the

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Confirmed in the Spirit May 3, 2018

Gabriel Anstoetter James Bonifas Emma Brooner Jacob Brosius

Brendan Cantril Lindsay Coble

Peyton Connolly Ryan Connolly John Cornelius

McKinzie Culbertson Benjamin Cummer Lindsay Cummer

Seth Dalberg Emma Dietz Tyler Dodds

Nicholas Dolphin Michael Duax Riley Dupont

Kyle Felderman Hunter Feltes Ava Gebhart

Benjamin Gourley Maria Hallenbeck

Hannah Hefel Sophia Hefel Luke Heying

Paige Hummel Elizabeth Johll

Joshua Kapparos Zachary Kelchen

Lauren Klein Jacob Konrardy Hannah Krapfl

Zachary Leibfried Maxwell Leicht Rob Ludescher

Trent Maiers Gabrielle Moran

Kathryn Nedder Jake Nevins Gabriel Noel

Zachary Noonan David O'Brien Anna Ottavi

Cameryn Pauls Stephanie Perez

Olivia Pfeiler Brady Potts

Cameron Queck Emily Richter

Isaac Rima Emily Rober Maria Sabers

Morgan Schaul Ella Schmidt

Nathan Schroeder Devin Schwarz Elijah Shubatt

Cole Smith Keegan Steines Sophia Sutter Logan Teslow

Chloe Timmerman Ellie Timmerman Jake Timmerman

Samuel Timp Luke Tressel

Maya Wachter Abby Wagner

Abigail Wallace Evelyn Ward

Sierra Watters Dave Weis III Haeley Wolter Brady Woods

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priest also prays that the Holy Spirit will make the people holy. This is not accompanied by the extension of hands, but it is nevertheless part of the calling down of the Spirit. Through it, we see the marvelous truth that the Holy Spirit does more than transform the gifts of bread and wine. The Holy Spirit also transforms us (see CCC 1109).

Preparation, Prayer, Communion, and Sending

The Holy Spirit empowers us. This empowering role is experienced in many aspects of the celebration. The Spirit is constantly working within us to make the Mass fruitful for us and for the world. The Holy Spirit prepares us to receive God’s Word with faith. The Holy Spirit fills our hearts as we pray and sing, interceding with and for us at all times. The Holy Spirit knits us together in unity, especially during the Communion Rite, but also in the celebration as a whole. Finally, the Holy Spirit strengthens us as we are sent out to live the mission.

The Spirit does not “speak on his own” but is always speaking to us through others (see CCC 687). The Spirit speaks to us through the inspired words of Scripture, and through the prayer, faith, and witness of the Church.

The Spirit always points us to the revelation in Christ. Thus, although the Spirit moves freely and in some surprising ways, the Spirit does not contradict the truth that has been revealed in Jesus Christ.

Who is the Holy Spirit?

As the Church articulated its theology in the early centuries, it drew on the revelation of both the Old and New Testaments to formally define the Holy Spirit as the Third Person of the Blessed Trinity. The Holy Spirit is not an impersonal force or some kind of energy, but is a divine person.

The New Testament gives us a rich picture of the Holy Spirit, one that has been affirmed through the ages by the experience of Christians. Thus we can say, with St. Paul, that the Holy Spirit intercedes for us when we do not know how to pray (Romans 8:26-27). With St. John, we can affirm that the Holy Spirit is sent by Jesus to be our advocate, to guide us into all truth (John 16:7-11). We can rejoice with St. Luke, that the Holy Spirit is always present and active in the Church (Acts 11:15-18). With St. Mark, we hold in awe the Holy Spirit, who is associated with fire, prophecy, and the end times (Mark 1:8, 13:11). And with St. Matthew, we can see the Holy Spirit fulfill God’s promises (Matthew 1:20-23, 12:17-21).

The Spirit and the Christian Life

We profess faith in the Holy Spirit in the Creed, affirming that we believe: in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets.

Yet our faith in the Holy Spirit is perhaps never better expressed than when we are obedient to his promptings in our lives. Discerning the Spirit, responding to the Spirit, and rejoicing in the Spirit are indispensable movements of the Christian life.

We learn how to discern and respond to the Spirit through evangelization and catechesis, but we also develop a taste for this – indeed a flair for this – by the way we worship. How do we know what is good? What to pray for? How to thank God? How to praise him? The Spirit teaches us these things through the prayer of the Church.

The Holy Spirit is active in the world, too. We can know the joy of recognizing the Spirit’s presence among strangers, the unchurched, non-Christians – sometimes where we least expect to find him – because the Holy Spirit goes ahead of us in mission. Copyright © 2011 by Paulist Evangelization Ministries. All rights reserved, permissions granted for reprinting.

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Corpus Christi Amy Dolan, Music & Liturgy

On Sunday June 3

rd, Resurrection will

celebrate the feast of Corpus Christi, or the feast of the Body and Blood of Christ (as it is often called today). At the conclusion of the 11 am Mass, we will have a procession of the Blessed Sacrament around the church

grounds, returning to the church and culminating with Benediction. The feast of Corpus Christi goes back to the 13th century, but it celebrates something far older: the institution of the sacrament of Holy Communion at the Last Supper. While Holy Thursday is also a celebration of this mystery, the solemn nature of Holy Week, and the focus on Christ's Passion on Good Friday, overshadows that aspect of Holy Thursday. In 1246, Bishop Robert de Thorete of the Belgina diocese of Liège, at the suggestion of St. Juliana of Mont Cornillon (also in Belgium), convened a synod and instituted the celebration of the feast. From Liège, the celebration began to spread, and on September 8, 1264, Pope Urban IV issued the papal bull(decree) "Transiturus," which established the feast of Corpus Christi as a universal feast of the Church, to be celebrated on the Thursday following Trinity Sunday, or, in countries where it is not a holy day of obligation, on the following Sunday. At the request of Pope Urban IV, St. Thomas Aquinas composed the office (the official prayers of the Church) for the feast. This office is widely considered one of the most beautiful in the traditional Roman Breviary (the official prayer book of the Divine Office or Liturgy of the Hours), and it is the source of the famous Eucharistic hymns Pange Lingua Gloriosi and Tantum Ergo Sacramentum. For centuries after the celebration was extended to the universal Church, the feast was also celebrated with a eucharistic procession, in which the Sacred Host was carried throughout the town, accompanied by hymns and litanies. The faithful would venerate the Body of Christ as the procession passed by. In recent years, this practice has almost disappeared, though some parishes still hold a brief procession around the outside of the parish church, as we will do here at Resurrection. Please join us for this joyous celebration of the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ and help us share the presence of Christ outside the walls of our church, as we carry the Eucharist into the world. In the words of the “Tantum Ergo”:

Tantum ergo Sacramentum Veneremur cernui

Et antiquum documentum Novo cedat ritui

Praestet fides supplementum Sensuum defectui.

Holy sacrament, most holy Let us bow on bended knee

Visions of the ancient promise Now fulfilled in mystery.

Faith declares what none dare fathom Faith reveals what none may see.

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The Holy Spirit Brings a New Staff Member Sr. Francine Quillin

You would never guess that such an unassuming woman is a computer expert. But Mary Leigh fits those descriptions! And she comes to her part-time staff position of Computer Software Application Support person well-qualified with a master's degree in computer science obtained from the University of Iowa. Mary was born in Beloit, WI, to Richard and Anne Godin. She has one sibling, Sarah, who lives in Omaha. After high

school Mary attended Creighton University to obtain a BS in computer science. But she acquired more than that at Creighton: She met her future husband, Chris Leigh, now a local pathologist. They will celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary this summer. When Chris completed his residency, they moved to Dubuque with their newborn daughter, Elizabeth. Nearly three years later, son Eric was born. Elizabeth is now attending St. Louis University, and Eric, a senior at Wahlert, is on the college search. Mary formerly worked as a computer programmer/analyst at the University of Iowa Hospitals and in Dubuque at McGraw-Hill. Mary states, "I love programming, and it’s rewarding to provide people with customized computer applications that they appreciate. I won’t be doing any programming at Resurrection, but I’m enthusiastic about learning the parish systems and hopefully being useful.” Mary has many other interests. She tutors at the Lantern Center, a welcome center sponsored by the Sisters of the Presentation for persons from other countries. In addition, she helps with the SCRIP program at Resurrection, and she has co-chaired the parish festival silent auction for numerous years. In her "spare time" she loves gardening, especially flowers, including a hosta garden. Mary is a great addition to the Resurrection Parish staff, both as a person and for her computer skills and generous help.

Welcome New Parishioners Leighton Hackert joined Resurrection in April. Leighton was received into the Church, confirmed and made his First Eucharist at the Easter Vigil. Leighton is engaged to parishioner Mackenzie Arthur. They plan a November wedding at St. Bede Catholic Church in Williamsburg, VA. Matt and Lindsay Axtell joined Resurrection in March. Matt is a systems programmer for IBM. Lindsay is a hairstylist for Kalon Salon. Lindsay is the daughter of parishioners Martin and Patti Sanchez. They have two children. Adam and Cathy Merkes joined Resurrection in February. Adam works for Heartland Financial as a Loan System Administrator. Cathy works for Cottingham & Butler as an accountant. They are the proud parents of a baby daughter who was born last fall. Molly Welu joined Resurrection in February. Molly grew up at Resurrection and is in marketing at Cottingham & Butler.

Ministry of Presence Mary Schmidt, RN

On March 22, Sr. Camilla Hemann, OSF, gave a talk on the Ministry of Presence for parishioners involved in visiting and/or Eucharistic Ministers to the elderly and homebound as well as respite caregivers. Sr. Camilla has been a nurse her whole life. She worked in Mississippi for 18 years as a hospice nurse. During that time she developed a three-hour program for visitors to sit with the dying. She worked in hospitals, nursing homes, and taught LPNs. Through all her positions, she has always been involved in music liturgy.

Before Sr. Camilla’s talk, participants shared the years of affiliation with Resurrection and what ministry they are involved in or hope to enter. Sr. Camilla was impressed by the participants and felt they could give the in-service. Sr. Camilla helped us recognize our own bias about people through her examples of years of ministry and how Christ works in transforming hearts of those who serve through this ministry of presence. When called to visit a HIV patient on hospice, Sr. asked, “Why couldn’t he have cancer or heart disease?” She began her visits and through her presence to the family and this young man, she became the face of Christ. When she received a call in the middle of the night requesting she come to be with him during his last dying hours, she realized this had transformed her and recognized her own bias. Sr. Camilla was mentioned in his obituary as one of the family. Another example that Sr. Camilla gave was a woman she visited who was going to host a gathering involving a friend of her husband, whom she despised. This woman told Sr. Camilla she was going to kill that man when he arrived. The woman had a plan and a gun. Sr. Camilla did not react but listened intently. One thing Sr. Camilla asked her to do before she carried out her plan, was to call her. Sr. Camilla did not receive a call and found out the woman was able to cope. The listening ear has worth more than we can imagine. With the power of the Holy Spirit we can change our attitudes and change lives as we continue to be present to those we visit.

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Sr. Camilla

Richard (Dick) and Patricia (Pat) Theisen joined Resurrection in January. Dick and Pat retired to Dubuque from St. Catherine’s parish where they were members for 56 years. They love the people and music at Resurrection. Maxine Menadue is retired. Maxine joined Resurrection in January and is looking forward to the Senior Socials held at Resurrection. Maxine has three adult daughters and one adult son. Marcus and Jennifer Hamilton, from Wheaton, IL, joined Resurrection in January. Marcus works in finance for Flexsteel. They have four children; one in college and one at Wahlert, Mazzuchelli, and Resurrection schools.

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