Cluster Office
Pastor
Rev. Raymond A. Burkle
1209 State St.
Osage, IA 50461
Rectory: 641-832-2671
Cell: 563-580-2197
Office:
218 South 12th St.
641-732-4342
888-792-0286
Fax: 641-832-2447
Office Hours:
Monday - Friday
8 am - 4 pm
Sacred Heart Church
1204 State St.
Osage, IA
50461
Visitation Church
604 N. Broad St.
Stacyville, IA
50476
Welcome to St. Isidore Cluster!
Extraordinary Ministers - Commissioning and Refresher Training
ALL Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion (including those who
take Communion to the Homebound) will need to attend a refresher training on November 22 and 23. There will be Commissioning during each of the three Masses and refresher training immediately following each of the three Masses at Sacred Heart and Visitation on November 22 and 23. There will be a form to fill out at the conclusion of Mass.
Commissioning is for three years. Our last commissioning was October 2011.
If you are unable to attend, but wish to remain on the schedule, please contact Fr. Ray to set up an appointment.
Second Collection
As Rich Curran said at the Pastoral Leadership Study Day on November 2nd, "The primary Mission of the Church is to the poor. That is what Jesus did."
We will have a 2nd Collection the First weekend of each month.
See the newsletter for upcoming recipients. There will be a notice in the bulletin the week before each collection.
When donating to a second collection, please make your check out to St. Isidore. That way we can record it on your contribution statement and we will write one check to the beneficiary. Thank you!
Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT)
You may have noticed that we have added a line in the Stewardship report in the left column. Electronic Funds Transfers (EFT) are when parishioners have their weekly donation taken directly out of their checking or savings account. We currently have 19 parishioners using this option. It is easy to sign up and you won’t have to remember your envelope every week
Isidore is the patron saint of Madrid (Spain), of farmers, and of the National Catholic Rural Life Conference in the United States. He began working in the fields of a wealthy Madrid landowner, Squire John de Vergas, when he was very young. Isidore spend his whole life in those fields.