We, though many, are one body in Christ Romans 12:5

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1 December 9, nd Sunday of Advent We, though many, are one body in Christ Romans 12:5 Tri-Parish Catholic Community Serving Bloomfield, Garfield, Lawrenceville and Polish Hill Immaculate Heart of Mary, Polish Hill 3058 Brereton Street Immaculate Conception Mission 300 Edmond Street Saint Maria Goretti Parish, Bloomfield-Garfield Office: 4712 Liberty Avenue St. Joseph Mission 4712 Liberty Avenue Our Lady of the Angels, Lawrenceville th Street St. Lawrence O Toole Mission 5323 Penn Avenue Administration Bro. John D. Harvey, O.F.M. Cap., Administrator...jharvey@capuchin.com Rev. Dam Nguyen, Senior Parochial Vicar...dnguyen@diopitt.org Rev. Richard Zelik, O.F.M. Cap., Senior Parochial Vicar...rzelik@diopitt.org Rev. Mr. Richard Fitzpatrick, Deacon...rfitzpatrick@diopitt.org Chrissy Jankowski, Music Minister...chrissy.ola@gmail.com Dr. Paula Calabrese, Director of Religious Education..drpaulacalabrese@gmail.com Parish Office Immaculate Heart of Mary recihm@verzion.net (Fax) Our Lady of the Angels parish@oloa.org (Fax) Saint Maria Goretti parish.secretary.smg@gamil.com (Fax) Saint Maria Goretti School smj@stmariagorettischool.org (Fax) Sunday Mass Schedule Saturday Vigil 4:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m. SMG ICM Sunday 8:00 a.m. IHM 9:30 a.m. 10:00 a.m. SMG SLM 11:00 a.m. IHM 11:30 a.m. SMG ICM Weekday Mass Schedule Monday ~ Friday 6:45 a.m. SMG ICM (Convent Chapel) Tuesday 8:00 a.m. IHM Thursday 8:30 a.m. SMG ICM (During School Year) Monday ~ Saturday 11:30 a.m. SMG SJM Monday ~ Thursday 6:30 p.m. (Parish House Chapel) First Friday 6:30 p.m. (Parish House Chapel) Confessions Saturday Noon ~ 1:00 p.m. Noon ~ 1:00 p.m. SMG SJM Sunday 9:00 a.m. IHM Diocesan Church-Related Abuse Hotline:

2 Page 2 December 9 Second Sunday of Advent Sacraments & Important Information BAPTISMS: A preparation class is required for parents and godparents. Contact the parish office to make arrangements. WEDDINGS: Couples planning to marry must contact one of the parish priests at least six months before the marriage to set a date and begin preparations for this sacrament. SICK and SHUT-INS: The Sacraments are available to those who are unable to celebrate Mass due to sickness or age. To make arrangements for visitation to your home, please call the parish office. FUNERALS: Funerals are scheduled Monday through Saturday at 10:00 a.m. Funerals cannot be celebrated on Sundays or Holidays. Arrangements can be made through the funeral director. SACRAMENTAL SPONSORS: To be a Sacramental sponsor, one must be: a practicing Catholic, at least 16 years of age, have been confirmed and be a registered member of a parish. Please contact the parish office to set up an appointment to speak to a priest. SACRAMENTAL RECORDS: Baptismal, Communion, Confirmation, Marriage and Death records before 2012 for the former parishes of St. Joseph, Immaculate Conception, St. Lawrence O Toole as well as St. Augustine, Holy Family, St. John the Baptist and St. Mary 46th Street have been relocated to the Diocese of Pittsburgh Archives & Records Center. Requests should be directed to: Sacramental Records for Immaculate Heart of Mary, Our Lady of the Angels and Saint Maria Goretti Parish can be obtained by calling the parish office. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: Family-Centered Religious Education Program (FCREP), formerly known as CCD, is available for students in grades K through 8. Please contact Grouping Director of Religious Education, Dr. Paula Calabrese at or drpaulacalabrese@gmail.com. RCIA: The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults is available for those who are interested in being received into the Church or, if you have not already done so, to receive the Sacraments of Eucharist and Confirmation. Please contact Deacon Richard at: richard.fitzpatrick@gmail.com for additional information or call your parish office. TRANSPORTATION: If you need transportation to Mass, please call the parish office. NEW MEMBERS: If you are interested in joining our parish family, please complete a Registration Form either on-line, in the back of church or at the parish office. We look forward to seeing you. BULLETIN DEADLINE: Information must be received no later than Monday at Noon. All articles will be subject to approval and editing. Hospital Chaplains in Residence Children s Hospital Fr. Nick Argentieri (nargentieri@diopitt.org) Saint Maria Goretti Parish House Magee Hospital Fr. Douglas A. Boyd (FRDAB@aol.com) Saint Maria Goretti Parish House West Penn Hospital Fr. Reginald Lyimo, O.F.M., Cap. (reginaldlyimo@gmail.com) Our Lady of the Angels Parish House Shadyside Hospital Fr. Pierre Sodini (psodini@diopitt.org) Saint Maria Goretti Parish House

3 December 9 Second Sunday of Advent Page 3 Mass Schedule SATURDAY December 8 Second Sunday of Advent 4:00 p.m. Fr. Dam James & Thelma Kelly (Family) 5:30 p.m. ICM Bro. John Mary & Anthony Davis (Daughters, Linda & Denise) SUNDAY December 9 Second Sunday of Advent 8:00 a.m. IHM Fr. Rich All Parishioners 9:30 a.m. Fr. Dam Elizabeth Cira Ty (Baird Family) 10:00 a.m. SLM Bro. John Eugene Ostrowski (Wife & Family) 11:00 a.m. IHM Fr. Rich Walter Golubski Family (Mary Ann & Joe) 11:30 a.m. ICM Bro. John Raymond McCauley (Adelia Ricci) MONDAY December 10 Advent Weekday 6:45 a.m. SMG Convent No Intention 11:30 a.m. SJM Jamie (DeSabetino) Miller (Mother, Karen Wolfe) 6:30 p.m. Chapel Lella Franzoso (Niece) TUESDAY December 11 St. Damasus I, Pope 6:45 a.m. SMG Convent Amelia Eva Podolinski (Tommy Connolly) 8:00 a.m. IHM Rose Marie Haberman (Family) 8:45 a.m. IHM St. Anthony Novena 11:15 a.m. SJM St. Anthony Novena 11:30 a.m. SJM Dolores Castor (Sharon Ranick) 6:30 p.m. Chapel Sp. Int. for Pete Frisko (Dee) WEDNESDAY December 12 Our Lady of Guadalupe 6:45 a.m. SMG Convent No Intention 11:30 a.m. SJM Guiseppe Rapone (Family) 6:30 p.m. Chapel Jeffrey & Joshua Turowski (Family) THURSDAY December 13 St. Lucy, Virgin and Martyr 6:45 a.m. SMG Convent No Intention 8:30 a.m. ICM Beatrice Pirollo (Madonna della Civita Society) 11:30 a.m. SJM Jesse Febbraro (Children) 6:30 p.m. Chapel Anthony Red Celender (Jim Quinlan) FRIDAY December 14 St. John of the Cross, Priest and Doctor of the Church 6:45 a.m. SMG Convent No Intention 11:30 a.m. SJM Francis Smith (Brother, Robert) SATURDAY December 15 Advent Weekday 11:30 a.m. SJM Lois Boyle, Birthday (JoAnn) 2:00 p.m. SJM Wedding David Juran and Kelly Schragl SATURDAY December 15 Third Sunday of Advent 4:00 p.m. Bro. John All Parishioners 5:30 p.m. ICM Fr. Rich Vincent and Agnes Berardone (Children) SUNDAY December 16 Third Sunday of Advent 8:00 a.m. IHM Fr. Dam All Parishioners 9:30 a.m. Bro. John Blanche Baird (Baird Family) 10:00 a.m. SLM Fr. Rich DiBucci & Scheirier Families (Family) 11:00 a.m. IHM Fr. Dam Marjorie Moore (Jim & Linda Christ) 11:30 a.m. ICM Fr. Rich Fred Mazzotti, Triano & Verrenti Families (Jean Mazzotti)

4 Page 4 December 9 Second Sunday of Advent Spiritual Reflection On this Second Sunday of Advent we are introduced to John the Baptist and it is fitting that we hear that he is preaching a Baptism of Repentance. What we are being invited to focus on is a twofold need for Mercy. The first focus is internal, as we examine our conscience and our hearts to see where the mercy of God needs to touch us and purify our intentions and bring us peace. Pope Francis called mercy the bridge that connects God and God s people, opening our hearts to the hope of being loved forever despite our sinfulness. It is the ultimate and supreme act by which God comes to meet us. The second focus of this call to repentance is to look around us and see in what ways our actions might better reflect the mercy that we have received and which so many in our world are so much in need of experiencing. The passage of Isaiah that is quoted in the passage from Luke today ends by proclaiming that all flesh shall see the salvation of God. That is the task that John the Baptist did his part in proclaiming and that is the task that we are being commissioned to spread by word and action. John the Baptist was the voice preparing the way of the Lord in his day and his cry is heard by us this Advent Season of 2018and he is inviting us to also prepare the way of the Lord in our hearts and in our world. We are invited not only make this our task for Advent but also to make this entire year a time to seek and extend the Mercy of our God. A special opportunity for experiencing this Mercy will be offered through the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Plan to come to the Reconciliation Service, with the opportunity for individual Confession, this Wednesday at 7:15 p.m. at Our Lady of the Angels Parish. Bro. John Grouping News FAMILY CENTERED RELIGIOUS ED This Sunday is the December Session of our Family Centered Religious Education Program. It begins after the 9:30 a.m. Mass at Our Lady of the Angels. All young people K 8th who are not in Catholic School are expected to be part of this Program. After the 9:30 a.m. Mass the young people will go with their teachers to the classrooms in the Parish House and the parents and guardians will meet in the Lower Room of the Church. TRI-PARISH ADVISORY COUNCIL Each new Grouping has been commissioned by the Diocese to form a new Advisory Council with members from all three Parishes. The purpose of this new Council will be focused on one goal: To build relationships and foster unity among all of the parishes in our grouping. This Advisory Council will assist the Clergy Team in helping to facilitate and bring about the unity of our three parishes as we fulfill the ultimate goal of becoming one new Parish in 2 3 years. There will be four parishioners from each of our three parishes to be chosen as members of the Advisory Council. The present Pastoral Council Members have been invited to declare if they would like to be considered for membership on this new Advisory Council, but membership is open to any registered parishioner of our three parishes. Those who would like to be considered for membership on this Council will be interviewed by members of the Clergy Team and the members will be chosen based on diversity as well as creativity in helping to bring about the one goal of the Council, which is fostering unity. If you would like to be considered for membership on this Advisory Council, you are invited to submit your name to Bro. John by ing him at jharvey@capuchin.com or you can call him at THE LIGHT IS ON FOR YOU This Tuesday, December 11 th, the Sacrament of Reconciliation will be offered at all the Groupings throughout the Diocese in preparation for Christmas. At our Grouping it was decided at our Liturgy Committee Meeting that a Communal Reconciliation Service will be offered after the 6:30p.m. Mass at Our Lady of the Angel Parish. The thought was to celebrate the Sacrament at Our Lady of the Angels this Advent and rotate the location for Lent and future celebrations. The Service will begin at 7:15p.m. with all three priests of our Clergy Team being available for individual Confession. Plan to take advantage of this opportunity for receiving this Sacrament.

5 December 9 Second Sunday of Advent Page 5 Grouping News CHRISTMAS MASS SCHEDULE The Christmas Mass schedule for our Grouping will be: Christmas Eve: Christmas Day: 4:00 p.m.: Our Lady of the Angels (with a childr en and youth choir ) 5:00 p.m.: St. Mar ia Gor etti ICM 5:30 p.m.: Immaculate Heart of Mary Midnight: Immaculate Hear t of Mar y (a joint thr ee par ish choir with Polish & English carols beginning at 11:30 p.m.) 9:30 a.m.: Our Lady of the Angels 10:00 a.m.: St. Mar ia Gor etti SLM (with Sweet Rejoicing Choir) MINISTERS NEEDED FOR CHRISTMAS We are seeking Liturgical Ministers (Ministers of Communion, Lectors, Altar Servers, and Ushers) to ministers at all the Christmas Masses. Since we have the 6 Masses for the three parishes of our Grouping and we are not sure which Mass our ministersare planning to attend, we are asking all minsters to sign-up for ministry at one of the Masses. Because of the increased attendance, especially at Christmas Eve Masses, one of the greatest needs will be for Ministers of Communion at all four of the Christmas Eve Masses. No matter which parish you are from, we are encouraging you to assist at any of our parishes. Please sign up for any of the 6 Masses by calling any of the Parish Offices. The minister needs are; 1 Lector at each Mass and: Christmas Eve : 4:00pm 6 ministers of Communion, 3 Altar Servers, 8 Ushers 5:00pm SMG ICM- 5 Ministers of Communion, 3 Altar Servers, 8 Ushers 5:30pm IHM 3 Ministers of Communion, 3 Altar Servers, 8 Ushers Midnight IHM 7 Ministers of Communion, 3 Altar Servers, 8 Ushers Christmas Day: 9:30am 5Ministers of Communion, 3 Altar Servers, 4 Ushers 10:00am SMG SLM -4 Ministersof Communion, 3 Altar Servers, 4 Ushers CHRISTMAS CHILDREN/YOUTH CHOIR On Christmas Eve we will be having the Children/Youth Choir singing for the 4:00p.m. Mass at Our Lady of the Angels Parish.Children/Youth in grades K-12 from all three parishes are invited to participate. The rehearsal for the Mass will be at 3:00 p.m. on Christmas Eve. If you are interested in being a part of the Children/Youth Choir, please use the sign-up sheets in the church. All Children are welcome! PARISH SHARE CONTRIBUTIONS Each week you can see on the individual Parish pages of our bulletin a listing of both the offertory income as well and the Assessed Amount for Parish Share and the contributions so far collected. As we come toward the end of the calendar year, if you are considering making a donation to our parishes we want to encourage you to make that donation toward Parish Share. Any monies contributed toward Parish Share helps us meet our Assessment and also those contributions are not taxable and will not appear in next year s Assessment. In other words those contributions designated as Parish Share benefit our parish in two ways they help us reach our Assessment and they are not taxed. SICK OR HOMEBOUND We want to make sure that all the Sick and the Homebound, who are not able to come to church, will have the Sacraments offered to them at home. If you or some parishioner you know is not able to come to the church at this time, please call the parish office so that we can get their name, address and phone number and can arrange for them to receive Holy Communion. One of the Clergy Team would like to visit them and we also want to arrange for one of the Ministers of Communion to visit them each week if that is desired. HELP WANTED YOUTH MINISTRY Do you have a heart for the teens in our parish and our community? Are you interested in learning more about an opportunity to serve our parish by helping with the Parish Youth Group? We would be overjoyed if you would prayerfully consider this request. Call or Mary Pollick to talk about how you can assist with this program at or zucky1234@comcast.net

6 Page 6 December 9 Second Sunday of Advent Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish Office Hours Monday-Friday 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Parish Phone Parish Fax General Parish recihm@verizon.net Staff Secretary Cecilia Mocello Safe Environment Coordinator Kimberly Topczynski LECTOR/CANTOR FOR SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9 8:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. Antoinette Mizorski Alison Sinicki Offertory Collection + December 2, Offertory Collected $1, CONGRATULATIONS to J onathan Kr ystopolskiczernics for having achieved Honor Roll status at Central Catholic High School for the First Quarter. Gratulacje! CHURCH CHRISTMAS DECORATING HELP IS NEEDED! Help is needed on Sunday, December 9, at 12:00 p.m. We will be bringing down the Christmas trees and decorations from the choir loft and storage room. Every bit of help is needed as we prepare our church for the celebration of the birth of Jesus our Savior. Advent is nothing other than annual meditation on the work of salvation and sanctification, the work of grace and love which the Lord began and continually begins in every man and in every generation down to the last coming of Jesus Christ. ********** Saint John Paul II Please pray for the soul of Anna Lewandowski whose funeral Mass was said here at Immaculate Heart of Mary. May she rest in God s mercy. 50/50 Raffle and Holiday Baskets Tickets are on sale in the back of Church. The tickets are available before and after the Sunday, 8:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Masses. The second collection is for the Retirement Fund for the Religious. Please be gener ous MASS BOOK MASS INTENTIONS NOW THOUGH DECEMBER 31, 2019, ARE AVAILABLE. PLEASE CALL THE RECTORY. Please Remember Our Shut-Ins in Your Prayers. OPLATKI $2.00 PER PACKET Oplatki are available for sale in the back of Church. Oplatki remain the central ritual of Christmas Eve, when family members had gathered around the table, the head of the household would take the oplatki, bless it, break it in two and share it with the spouse. Each of them would then offer the wafers to the others. Everyone would share pieces of oplatki with everyone present amid tearful hugs and kisses and best wishes. They wished each other good health, bountiful crop, fulfillment of all their dreams and God s abundant blessings. All past wrongs were forgiven and even archenemies and feuding relatives make up on this occasion.

7 December 9 Second Sunday of Advent Page 7 Our Lady of the Angels Parish Office Hours Monday-Friday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Parish Phone Parish Fax Parish Website General Parish parish@oloa.org Facebook Our Lady of the Angels Food Pantry COLLECTION REPORT December 2, 2018 Weekly Offertory Needed $ 5, Collected $ 5, Parish Share Goal $91, Collected To Date $82, Dec. 9 Dec. 10 Church: Chapel: SANCTUARY CANDLES In Memory of James & Thelma Kelly In Memory of Dianna Colella the Sick and Homebound of our parish and those recently hospitalized and those recently deceased: Ellen E. Stephan Dolores Barry SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Return of Gifts under the Giving Tree Catholic Men s Fellowship, 7:00 p.m., Parish House GIFT FOR ADVENT If you did not receive one of the meditation booklets for Advent last weekend, there are still some available near the bulletins. There are two versions of the booklet one larger version has the readings for each day along with the meditation and the smaller version has just the meditation we ask that you please choose just one version or the other so that we have enough of the booklets for all the adults of the parish. CHRISTMAS OPLATKI WAFERS The traditional Oplatki Wafers are available on the back table near the St. Anthony Chapel and at the Parish Office. The cost is $1.00 per packet of four wafers. GIVING TREE THIS WEEKEND Hopefully all the gifts from the Giving Tree have been returned this weekend. If you were not able to bring the gift you purchased back this weekend, please do so by Tuesday. Rosemarie, Gina and Barbara, who are coordinating this project will be preparing the gifts donated to be picked up by Lawrenceville United by Wednesday. As was mentioned last week, you are asked NOT to wrap the gifts but rather place them in a gift bag and return them. Be sure to include the paper ornament with the gift so we can deliver it to the right person. JANUARY LOTTERY TICKETS ON SALE The January Lottery Tickets are on sale. There are only about 325 tickets still available. Each $5.00 ticket gives you a chance for $2,500 in prize money during the 31 days of January. The winner each day is determined by the first drawing of the Evening Lottery of Pennsylvania. These tickets make great Christmas gifts. If you take some tickets to sell make sure to record all the ticket numbers so that we can keep track of them. Once again we thank D Alessandro Funeral Home and Crematory for donating the tickets. HOLY NAME SOCIETY The Holy Name Society will meet Sunday, December 23 at 9:10 a.m. to pray a rosary for the sick of the Holy Name Society and our parish community. A renewal of the pledge will follow immediately afterwards. A business meeting will take place after the 9:30 a.m. Mass in the back room of the social hall under the church. All men of the parish 18 years and over are invited to join us for coffee and donuts CHRISTMAS FLOWER MEMORIAL If you would like to remember your loved ones (living or deceased) you may do so. Please place your donation in the envelope marked Christmas Flower Offering (or use a plain white envelope) with the name of the person(s) you wish to remember. Bring it to the parish office or drop it in the collection basket by December 17 so we can have the names listed for our Christmas bulletin.

8 Page 8 December 9 Second Sunday of Advent St. Maria Goretti Parish Office Hours Monday-Friday 9 a.m. ~ 4 p.m. Parish Phone Parish Fax Parish Website General Parish parish.secretary.smg@gmail.com Facebook Staff Parish Secretary Maxine Cooke parish.secretary.smg@gmail.com Safe Environment Coordinator... Patricia Juliano parish.secretary.smg@gmail.com Youth Minister Mary Pollick zucky1234@comcast.net Music Ministry Sweet Rejoicing Choir Patti Cummings pcummings2@msn.com Outreach Ministry Dirty Vagabond Ministries Milan Chaump milan@dirtyvagabond.com Dirty Vagabond Ministries David Goscinski david@dirtyvagabond.com Resources St. Vincent DePaul Society Saint Maria Goretti Catholic Community of Bloomfield Food Pantry Offertory Collection December 2, 2018 Offertory Needed Weekly Collected $ $ Parish Share Assessment Collected To Date $ 95, $ 61, ST. LAWRENCE MISSION GIVING TREE Gifts are due by 11 a.m., December 9! If you took a tag from the Giving Tree at St. Lawrence Mission, please be sure to return the wrapped and tagged gift to St. Lawrence Mission by 11 a.m. on Sunday, December 9. If you took a tag but won't be able to provide the gift, please give Carolyn a call at , , PARISH SHARE UPDATE: Our Parish Share assessment for this year is $95,469. So far we have received $61,793 towards that goal. We are short by $33,676. As you know, if we do not get enough to cover this debt we will have to take the money from our Offertory collection. We are asking that if you haven t made your gift or pledge yet, please do so as soon as possible. You still have time - until February to pay it off. Whatever you can give is greatly appreciated and will help us in our financial need. Thank you for your generosity. Donation envelopes for Christmas flowers are available in the back of the church. Please return envelopes by December 16. Thank you. MISSING! If you borrowed an Assistive Listening System (ALS) device during the 5:30 p.m. or 11:30 a.m. Mass and forgot to give it back after Mass, please return it. These devises only work at the Immaculate Conception Mission. Thank you in advance! The season of Advent Means there is something On the horizon The likes of which we have Never seen before. - Jan Richardson

9 December 9 Second Sunday of Advent Page 9 St. Maria Goretti School School Administration School Principal Sr. Mary John Cook, SHS School Administrative Assistant LaVerne Manes School Phone School Fax General School smj@stmariagorettischool.org School Website Breakfast with Santa Our annual Breakfast with Santa is scheduled for Sunday, December 16, at Saint Maria Goretti Social Hall (Immaculate Conception Mission). The menu consists of pancakes, sausages, bacon, donuts, juice, milk and coffee. This breakfast with Santa is FREE for all children, and it is sponsored by the Paul Sciullo Foundation. Adult Tickets are available for $6.00. All children attending must have a ticket, which is available at the school office and in the vestibule of Immaculate Conception Mission today. This is necessary for we need to have an account for food preparation. Come and Enjoy! Christmas Concert Saint Maria Goretti School will present its Annual Christmas Concert on Thursday, December 13, at 7:00 p.m. All are invited to attend! A free will offering will be collected for the benefit of the school. Contest Winners Congratulation to Elyse Brennan, Grade 6, who won first place in the Diocesan Vocation s Office Vocation Awareness Week Poster Contest. Elyse was awarded a $40 Amazon gift card for her poster which will be printed in an upcoming issue of the Pittsburgh Catholic Newspaper. Also, Congratulations to Vayda Caruso, Grade 8, who won first place for her poster in the Diocesan Contest for the Homeless Children Fund. Vayda was awarded $ toward her tuition fee for the school year. In addition to this award, Vayda was invited to pack lunches for the homeless, she attended an award assembly and a pizza party. Saint Maria Goretti School is proud for the both of you! Winning Lottery Numbers November November November November CONGRATULATIONS to our following students for having achieved Honor Roll status at Central Catholic High School for the First Quarter. Evan Airhart Steven Costa James Genco Jacob Gorham Colin Hollihan Anthony Klecha Josh Baker Ethan Baker John Hollihan High Honors Honors Brandon O Toole Anthony Pascale Nicholas Pho Isaias Scott Austin Stevwing Lottery Calendars for the Year 2019 Jonathan Krystopolski-Czernics Alexander Larkin Lottery Calendars will be sold before and after Masses at Immaculate Conception Mission for the remaining weekends in December. Lottery Calendars will be available for $25.00 each, and benefit Saint Maria Goretti School. One hundred eighty prizes of $50.00 appear throughout the year, plus twelve prizes of $ on selected holidays. All prizes are determined by the evening Pick Four daily drawing of the PA State Lottery. Youth Ministry/Young Adult December 16 Youth Ministry Schedule Youth Ministry Meeting/Christmas Celebration - 12:30 p.m. at St. Joseph Mission

10 Page 10 December 9 Second Sunday of Advent DECEMBER Second Sunday of Advent Family Centered Religious Education Program #5 9:30 a.m. 10 Monday Catholic Men s Fellowship, Parish House RCIA Faith Study, Parish House 7:00 p.m. 7:15 p.m. 11 Tuesday The Light is On for You - Reconciliation Service 7:15 p.m. 12 Wednesday Eucharistic Adoration Combined Choir Practice A.O.H. Rosary 13 Thursday Christ Life Meeting, Sweet Rejoicing Choir Practice 14 Friday 15 Saturday 9 a.m.-4 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. IHM SMG SLM SMG ICM 16 Third Sunday of Advent Breakfast with Santa Secular Franciscan Order (SFO) Meeting Lower Room Youth Group Meeting /Christmas Party 17 Monday 18 Tuesday 9:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 12:30 p.m. SMG ICM SMG SJM 19 Wednesday Eucharistic Adoration Combined Choir Practice A.O.H. Rosary 9 a.m.-4 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. IHM SMG SLM 20 Thursday Sweet Rejoicing Choir Practice 7:30 p.m. SMG SLM 21 Friday Early Dismissal Noon SMG School 22 Saturday 23 Fourth Sunday of Advent Blessing of Baby Jesus Statues, All Masses Holy Name Society Meeting Lower Room Church Decorating after All Masses 24 Monday Christmas Eve Parish Offices Closed Children/Youth Christmas Choir Rehearsal 10:30 a.m. 3:00 p.m. IHM, SMG, IHM, SMG, IHM, SMG, 25 Tuesday Christmas Day Parish Offices Closed IHM, SMG, 26 Wednesday Parish Offices Closed A.O.H. Rosary 27 Thursday 28 Friday 29 Saturday 30 Sunday Holy Family Blessing of Families, All Masses 7:00 p.m. IHM, SMG SMG - SLM 31 Monday New Year s Eve Parish Offices Closed IHM, SMG, JANUARY Tuesday New Years Day Parish Offices Closed IHM, SMG, 2 Wednesday 3 Thursday Sweet Rejoicing Choir Practice 7:30 p.m. SMG SLM 4 Friday Eucharistic Adoration 8:00 p.m. SMG SLM 5 Saturday 6 The Epiphany of the Lord Family Centered Religious Education Program #6 9:30 a.m.

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