St. Mary’s Dorchester

04/11/2026

Our Final Pastorate Model has been released-

Weekend Mass Locations & Numbers:
• 2 English Masses – Waukon
• 1 Spanish Mass – Waukon
• 2 English Masses – Lansing
• 2 English Masses – Monona

Priest Assignments:
• Fr. Joseph Sevcik, Pastor
• Fr. Philip Agyei, Parochial Vicar
• Fr. Benjamin Valentine, Parochial Vicar

Please keep our new pastorate in your prayers as we begin this journey together. May the Lord form in us the virtues of Christ, raise up joyful leaders rich in faith, and send us forth with a burning zeal for the mission of evangelization.

Click on "Waukon Area" for our specific Pastorate
https://www.dbqjourneyinfaith.org/final-pastorate-plan

03/26/2026

Just a reminder that we will be counting people again in church until July.

02/28/2026

Church tonight is canceled due to the weather.

02/20/2026

Good morning. I have some follow up from our meeting earlier this week.

-We will continue our regular scheduled Saturday mass of rotating with Hanover until mid July.

-Father was very open to the idea of having a weekday mass. He said he will wait until after the new pastorates come out in April to look at the schedule. He said he can not promise that we could have it on Wednesdays but was open to considering a weekday mass and having a conversation about it.

-Starting next weekend, we will have count at each of our Saturday masses, like the October count. This will be through mid July.

-We will have stations of the cross during lent every Wednesday, 6:30pm

Thanks everyone.

02/12/2026

Hello all. Peggy, Bev, and I have been attending meetings again in regard to Journey in Faith. We want to share, inform, and update you on what is being discussed at these meetings. There are also some things we want your input on. We are planning to meet this Monday, February 16, at 7:00pm. This will be at Dorchester in the church basement. Please help spread the word. This is for all parishioners.

Thanks everyone!

12/23/2025

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We are looking forward to celebrating Christmas with you.

12/13/2025

Church in Hanover is cancelled tonight 12/13

11/29/2025

Mass for tonight is cancelled. Stay safe everyone!

11/19/2025

Peggy, Bev, and I met with Mike Ericson this morning and submitted our final feedback regarding Journey in Faith. We did our best to share your thoughts and concerns and to speak up for our Parish Family. A reminder that you still have a chance to voice your opinion on the website, dbqjourneyinfaith.org The deadline however is November 21st. You can do this anonymously if you so choose. There is not much room for feedback but you can put your thoughts on a word doc and then attach it.
On a separate note, Father Joseph will be gone this weekend and Father Mark will be here helping out. Father Mark will be saying the 6:00pm mass on Saturday at Dorchester.

Trust. Transform. Together. Text of Archbishop Zinkula’s Journey in Faith Pastorate Models for Review Video Text of Archbishop Zinkula’s Journey in Faith Pastorate Models for Review Letter to the Faithful Text of Archbishop Zinkula's Journey in Faith Homily from the weekend of September 6-7, 202...

11/03/2025

11/03/2025

A reminder of the meeting coming up this Thursday, details below. I will not be able to car pool this time but plan to be there. If you can not be there, there is information below on how to give feedback on line, https://www.dbqjourneyinfaith.org it is on the homepage, in the upper right hand corner. This will be the last meeting, or online, opportunity, to share your questions, thoughts, concerns and recommendations. If you have been on the website and have seen the maps, there were 3 options. Our St. Mary's parishioners that attended the last meeting agreed the the first one was our best option. Please look them over again and if you have anything to share, fill out the online form or contact myself, Lisa Schwartzhoff, of Peggy.
Thanks everyone!

Trust. Transform. Together. Text of Archbishop Zinkula’s Journey in Faith Pastorate Models for Review Video Text of Archbishop Zinkula’s Journey in Faith Pastorate Models for Review Letter to the Faithful Text of Archbishop Zinkula's Journey in Faith Homily from the weekend of September 6-7, 202...

10/27/2025