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1 Roman Catholic Parish 300 East 16th Avenue, Apache Junction, AZ Fax: Website: Office Hours: M-F 8am-12 noon & 1-5pm DECEMBER 20, 2015 LITURGY SCHEDULE Masses Saturday: 11:30am, 1:15, 3:00 & 4:30pm Sunday: Weekdays: 8:00am 6:30, 8:15, 10:00, 11:30am 6:00pm (Life Teen Mass) Confessions: Saturday 10:30am Holy Days: 8:00 & 10:00am and 7:00pm PASTORAL STAFF Father Domenico Pinti, Pastor Father Stanley Nadolny, Parochial Vicar Ext. 16 Caroline Hodges, Bookkeeper Ext. 11 Janice Volk, Parish Secretary Ext. 19 Christine Ollive, Coordinator of Religious Ed Ext. 17 Grace Vozel, Receptionist Ext. 10 Denis McDonald, Maintenance COMMUNION TO THE SICK If you or someone you know is sick or homebound, please call for the assistance of a Minister of Care. Ministers of Care bring communion to those who cannot come to Mass. Please call Mary Ellen Akin at or the parish office to arrange a scheduled Minister of Care visit. INSTRUCTIONS FOR EMERGENCY If you or someone you know is in critical condition or near death call weekdays from 8:00am to 5:00pm. After hours and on weekends call Please do not use this service for any other reason. INFANT BAPTISM Parents requesting baptism for their children under 7 years old must attend a mandatory preparation class offered each month. Please call the Parish Office in advance for scheduling or other information. Infant baptisms are the last Sunday of each month. MARRIAGES/MARRIAGE PREPARATION Couples seeking the sacrament of marriage must be registered parishioners who are actively participating in the life of St. George Roman Catholic Parish. Notification of intent to marry must be provided six months in advance. For more information on the marriage preparation process, please call the Parish Office. Fr. Howie McGraw Fr. Vince Lieser Deacon Bill Jones WINTER PRIESTS PARISH DEACONS Fr. Jack Kissling Ministries Youth Altar Server Training, Fr. Stan Eucharistic Ministers, Fr. Pinti Lectors, Fr. Pinti RCIA, Fr. Pinti Ushers, Fr. Pinti Sick & Elderly, Ray Domke Divine Mercy, Joetta Carlos Grief Support Group, Susan Insalaco Spirit Prayer Group, Todd & Teresa Sanders Natural Family Planning, Darrin & Pems Tebon Organizations Knights of Columbus, Bill Motl Our Lady of the Desert Guild, Mary Lou Oberstar Respect Life Ministry, Fr. Pinti Finance Council Susan Insalaco Caroline Hodges Will Bublitz Arlene Showers Ray Kimble

2 4th THIS WEEK IN OUR MONDAY, DECEMBER 21 9:00am Prayer Shawl Makers (rm 6) 5:00pm Legion of Mary (rm 2) TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22 1:00pm Bridge (soc. hall) 3:00pm Divine Mercy Chaplet (Chapel) WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23 9:00am Rosary Makers 5:00pm Choir Practice (Atrium) THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24 Parish Office & Help for the Needy Closed FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25 Parish Office Closed SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26 SUNDAY, DECEMBER 27 DEVOTIONS Daily Rosary: 7:30am Monday through Friday Adoration daily: until 9:30am First Friday: 8:00am Mass, Anointing of the Sick, Adoration until 9:30am First Saturday: 8am Mass/Adoration until 9:30am Divine Mercy Chaplet: Daily 8:30am in Cry Room Tues. & Fri. 3:00pm in the Chapel GIFT SHOP Sat. 10:00am-4:30pm Sun. 7:30am-1:00pm Will be closed Christmas weekend and New Year s weekend. POLISH MASS Fr. Stan celebrates a Mass in Polish on the 1st Saturday of every month at 6:00pm. For January only, 2nd Saturday, Jan. 9th. UPCOMING EVENTS Dec. 30 Marian Healing Mass Jan. 9 Blood Drive Jan. 20 Ladies Guild Get Acquainted Party Jan. 22 Spaghetti Dinner Feb. 8 Ladies Guild Tea Merry Christmas from Fr. Pinti, Fr. Stan and all the parish staff. The parish office and Help for the Needy office will be closed Thursday & Friday, December 24 & NEW ORDER O, Little Town of Bethlehem. A Philadelphia clergyman named Phillips Brooks penned these popular words back in the mid-1800s, but the prophet Micah could have used them first. Micah knew that from small packages great treasures come. In today s first reading, he knew that from tiny Bethlehem would come the Lord. The writer in Hebrews explains that Christ came to us to do the will of God by establishing a new order and by becoming our perfect sacrifice. And Luke tells us that Elizabeth and John, the infant in her womb, understand that great and wondrous things are at hand with the coming of the Lord. This is the Fourth Sunday of Advent. Soon we celebrate anew the fruit of Mary s womb. As we are told in Hebrews, Jesus new order is being established even today. And as Micah proclaims, His greatness is reaching even now to the ends of the earth. For the full monthly calendar of Parish Events please visit our website at: Page 2

3 @LL VOLUNTEERS All volunteers and their families are invited to drop in between 4:00 & 6:30pm on Monday, January 4th, for a buffet dinner and a special gift for the volunteer from Fr. Pinti. The Blood Drive is scheduled for Saturday, January 9th,. The sign-up sheets are in the west vestibule starting this weekend. You may also call the office and sign up with Grace. Thank you in advance for helping to save lives. NO SMOKING St. George has become a non-smoking campus. Please extinguish all smoking material prior to entering the gates. We appreciate your cooperation as we make this change. Fr. Pinti, Pastor The children s choir is practicing on Saturdays at 9:00am in the Atrium. Parents call Sharon Stanton for more information at PR@YER SH@WL M@KERS The Prayer Shawl Group meets Mondays from 9-11am in room 6. We knit and crochet shawls for the sick and elderly. Please join in this ministry and meet new friends. The shawls are available in the Parish Office at no charge. If you have any yarn to donate it will be greatly appreciated. For more information call Carol at USHERS NEEDED As our congregation grows, our need for more ushers is growing. If you can assist us with ushering at the Mass you attend please let the ushers in attendance know. This can be a onetime service or a regular ministry. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you. HOLIDAY MASS SCHEDULE CHRISTMAS Thursday, Dec. 24th: Christmas Eve Masses (Vigil) 12 noon, 2:00, 4:00, 6:00, 8:00, and 10:00pm The 6:00pm Mass is the Family Mass. The Adult Choir will begin singing a cantata consisting of Christmas related music and narrations at 9:30pm. Friday, Dec. 25th: Christmas Day 8:00 and 10:00am NEW YEAR S Thursday, Dec. 31st: New Year s Eve 1:15, 3:00 & 4:30pm Friday, January 1, 2014: New Year s Day 8:00 & 10:00am We remember with gratitude our friends and generous benefactors, asking God s blessings upon them in the new year. Page 3

4 INTENTIONS 2015 Mon. December 21 8:00am + Cletus Pistulka + Francisca Tenorio Souls in Purgatory Tues. December 22 8:00am Maria Celestina Abdegano + Aura Munoz Wed. December 23 8:00am + Margaret Roberts + Anna Mae Friebohle + Adeline Sandberg Thurs. December 24 12:00pm + Anthony John Williams II + Maurice & Mary Coillouette + James Doeden 2:00pm Melanie Slate In Thanksgiving to St. Jude + Anna Mae Friebohle 4:00pm + James Slavin + Helen & Clarence Dyckman + Barbara Domke 6:00pm Past & Present Winter Visitors 8:00pm Priests of the Parish 10:00pm People of the Parish Fri. December 25 8:00am + Eugene & Mary Farrell + Dennis & John Farrell + Dorothy & Phillip Rychlak 10:00am + Anne Kirkpatrick + Nancy Blickensdorf Sat. December 26 11:30am Souls in Purgatory 1:15pm Our Nation Gerald D. + Gerald Kleman 3:00pm + Jerry Windels 4:30pm All Members of the Wegrzyn Family Sun. December 27 6:30am People of the Parish 8:15am + Robert & Margaret Smith + Gerard Tomas + John Diaz Rodriguez 10:00am + Joan Beauvais + Guadalupe, Andy, David Serrato + Marion & Ralph Emerick 11:30am + Esperanzo Tapia 6:00pm Trinidad Logan + Oscar + Nicole Glass & Melissa Mason MINISTRIES Altar Flowers Tillie Kula or Betty Bublitz Prayer Shawl Makers Mon. 9:00am room 6 Carol Legion of Mary Mon. at 5:00pm room 2 Josie or Kathy or Martha Knights of Columbus room 3 Grand Knight: Bill Motl Council: 1st Mon. of month, 7pm Assembly: 2nd Mon. of month, 7pm Divine Mercy Chaplet Tues. & Fri. at 3pm in the Chapel Daily after 8am Mass in the Cry Room Bridge Players Tues. 1:00pm Welcome Back Margie Rosary Makers Wed. 9:00am social hall Our Lady of the Desert Guild 1st Wed. 9:30am Mary Lou Oberstar Quilters Thurs. 8:30am social hall Grief Support Thurs. at 9:30am room 6 Diane or Susan Divine Mercy Formation Thurs. at 10am room 3 Lee /roedellr@gmail.com Catholic Discussion Group (Patricians) 3rd Sat. 9am room 2 Topic: Top 10 questions Catholics are asked Josie NOVEN@ TO INF@NT JESUS Honoring the Birth of Jesus began Thursday, December 17 and ends on Friday, December 25th. Holy cards are available at the Infant Jesus BIBLE STUDY The study of Luke starts Thursday, January 7th in the social hall, from 6:30-8:00pm. Page 4

5 Wishing all our Life Teen students and their families a blessed Christmas. Life Teen classes resume, Sunday, January 2. For more information contact Christine ext. 17. Wishing our EDGE students and their families a very Merry Christmas! For more information contact Christine at ext. 17. SPAGHETTI DINNER Friday, January 22 St. George Social Hall Seating at 5:00 or 7:00pm Proceeds benefit the Life Teen Retreat Fund. Tickets available after all Masses January 16/17 or through the parish office Adults: $10 Kids (10 & under): $5 THE FR@NCISC@N W@Y Group meets at St. George on the 2nd and 4th Friday of the month at 9:45am in room 3. More information call Mary Vand, OFS at or Ray Domke, OFS at or franciscanjoyinaj@aol.com. HOSPITAL STAYS For those of you who may be going into the hospital for a scheduled procedure, please call the parish office and ask for an Anointing of the Sick BEFORE you go in to the hospital or see a priest after Mass. If you are admitted for an emergency please call for a priest as soon as you are admitted. You do not have to be dying to be anointed. If you are calling to have someone anointed in the hospital please have the hospitals correct name and phone number, the persons full name, and the room number. Wishing [ \l_ss_^ Christm[s to [ll of our R_ligious E^u][tion f[mili_s. Classes resume: Life Teen Sunday, January 3 EDGE & SPC 6-12 Tuesday, January 5 Grades K-5 Wednesday, January 6 Grades K-3 Sunday, January 10 RE@DINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Sg 2:8-14 or Zep 3:14-18a; Ps 33:2-3, 11-12, 20-21; Lk 1:39-45 Tuesday: 1 Sm 1:24-28; 1 Sm 2:1, 4-8abcd; Lk 1:46-56 Wednesday: Mal 3:1-4, 23-34; Ps 25:4-5ab, 8-10, 14; Lk 1:57-66 Thursday: 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16; Ps 89:2-5, 27, 29; Lk Friday: Vigil: Is 62:1-5; Ps 89:4-5, 16-17, 27, 29; Acts 13:16-17, 22-25; Mt 1:1-25 [18-25] Night: Is 9:1-6; Ps 96:1-3, 11-13; Ti 2:11-14; Lk 2:15-20 Dawn: Is 62:11-12; Ps 97:1, 6, 11-12; Ti 3:4-7; Lk 2:15-20 Day: Is 52:7-10; Ps 98:1-6; Heb 1:1-6; Jn 1:1-18 [1-5, 9-14] Saturday: Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59; Ps 31:3cd-4, 6, 8ab, 16bc, 17; Mt 10:17-22 Sunday: Sir 3:2-6, or 1 Sm 1:20-22, 24-28; Ps 128:1-5 or Ps 84:2-3, 5-6, 9-10; Col 3:12-21 [12-17] or 1 Jn 3:1-2, 21-24; Lk 2:41-52 Page 5

6 LITURGY SCHEDULE Monday through Friday 8:00am Mass year round December April: Saturday Masses: 11:30am, 1:15, 3:00, 4:30pm Confessions: 10:30am Sunday Mases: 6:30, 8:15, 10:00, 11:30am & 6:00pm May August: Saturday Mass: 4:00pm Confessions: 3:00pm Sunday Masses: 7:00, 8:30, 10:00am & 6:00pm September October: Saturday Mass: 4:00pm Confessions: 3:00pm Sunday Masses: 7:00, 8:30, 10:00, 11:30am & 6:00pm November: Saturday Masses: 1:15, 3:00, 4:30pm Confessions: 12:00pm Sunday Masses: 6:30, 8:15, 10:00, 11:30am & 6:00pm Holy Days of Obligation: 8:00, 10:00am and 7:00pm FROM OUR Many of our most treasured traditions link the liturgy of the church with the hearth of the home. The food on the table at certain feasts and fasts helps to extend the mystery into everyday life. Tonight, for example, many families of Italian heritage, especially those with links to the south of Italy, will settle down to the Feast of the Seven Fishes, or La Vigilia. It is a command performance for the whole family, as the saying goes: Natale con I tuui, Pasqua conchi vuoi, or Christmas with your family, Easter with whomever you wish. Seven different fish, some say one for each day of Mary and Joseph s journey to Bethlehem, others say one for each sacrament, or one for each day of creation, are served. Eel and shrimp, lobster and crab, calamari, pasta with clam sauce, flounder and hake all abound, but most especially baccala, dried salted cod. Why? Many say that it is a way to pay homage to the beasts of the stable who witnessed the holy birth and relinquished their manger to make way for God. Tonight, if someone asks you to pass the shrimp, you ll be able to shed a little light on a menu that is a delicious treasure in our tradition! TOD@Y S RE@DINGS First Reading From you, Bethlehem, shall come forth one who is the ruler in Israel (Micah 5:1-4a). Psalm Lord, make us turn to you; let us see your face and we shall be saved (Psalm 80). Second Reading By Christ doing the will of God, we have been consecrated (Hebrews 10:5-10). Gospel Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb (Luke 1:39-45). JUBILEE YE@R OF MERCY A tour is coming to Arizona in January 2016, Faustina - Messenger of Divine Mercy (live drama performance - 90 minutes). The live theatrical one-woman drama performed by Maria Vargo and directed by Leonardo Defillipis of Saint Luke Productions, will be presented at several locations in Arizona. Audiences experience firsthand the spirit and life of Polish mystic St. Faustina, whose personal encounters with Jesus have inspired a world-wide zeal for Christ s Divine Mercy. Our L[^y of Mount C[rm_l Chur]h 2121 S. Rur[l Ro[^, T_mp_ or W_^n_s^[y, J[nu[ry 6th 7:00pm Fr -will off_ring For other locations, dates & times go to: pr@stlukeproductions.com or call Performance suitable for ages 13 & up. Admission price varies. TH@NK YOU Family Health Center Of East Valley for advertising in our bulletin. Page 6