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1 7801 Lowrance Road Memphis, Tennessee Office Hours: 8:30 am 4:00 p.m. Monday-Friday Phone: (901) Fax: (901) Pastor: Rev. R. Bruce Cinquegrani (Fr. Bruce) Deacon Jim Piatchek (901) JPMemphis@mail.com Parish Secretary Dir. Religious Education for Children Director of Music/Organist Helen Prewitt Rose Anne Hembree Donna Sloan hprewitt@stbrigidmemphis.org rhembree@stbrigidmemphis.org dsloan@stbrigidmemphis.org Pastor s Admin Renee Victor rvictor@stbrigidmemphis.org We welcome all visitors and invite newcomers to register at the Church Director of Youth Ministries Susan Mayer smayer@stbrigidmemphis.org Office Hours Celebration of the Eucharist Saturday 4:00 pm Sunday 9:00 am, 10:30 am & 5 pm (Contemporary) Weekday 8:15 am (W Th & F) Mon. Tues. 8:15 am Communion Service Holy Days As announced in the Bulletin Reconciliation Saturday 3:00 3:30 pm or by appointment Baptism By appointment. Please call the office several months before birth for parent preparation. Anointing of the Sick If you know of someone is sick or in the hospital, please notify the office so that we may visit and include them in our prayers. Communion Please call the office for Communion for the sick or shut-ins. Matrimony Couples planning to marry must call at least five months prior to setting a date. PRE Parish Religious Education CGS 3-5 years old Sunday 9:00 am 10:15 am Grades 1 st 4 th Sunday 9:00 am - 10:15 am Grades 5 th 8 th Sunday 1 2:00 noon - 1:30 pm Altar Servers & Cross Bearers Persons in Grade 4 or higher are encouraged to participate in the Liturgy. Training is held periodically. Call Cecilia Stahl Cstahl95@gmail.com Knights of Columbus Council Ed Stahl, Grand Knight ed.stahl@hamiltonbeach.com Lectors & Extraordinary Ministers of Communion Adults are encouraged to become approved Ministers by attending classes held periodically at The Catholic Center. For the next class, please call Gift Family Families are encouraged to volunteer to present the gifts during the Offertory at Mass. Social Services Ministry Ministry for providing meals to parishioners who have been hospitalized, seriously ill or have a death in the family. Marlen Fulton or marlenmary@yahoo.com Women s Guild Meets first Monday of each month-7:00pm. Judy Connelly, President or Jconnelly1@bellsouth.net Men s Club Tim Dixon, President Youth Group Open to all high school students & meets each Sunday at 6:30 pm. Susan Mayer Smayer@stbrigidmemphis.org Mother s Day Out Tuesday and Thursday from 9 am -2pm Call Renee Victor for additional information rvictor@stbrigidmemphis.org

2 Lisa Kiser Karen Mullen Tony Romain Don Stewart Hal Fulton Judy Connelly Mon. 12/22 8:15 a.m. Communion Service Tue 12/23 8:15 a.m. Communion Service Wed. 12/24 4:00 p.m. Wed. 12/24 Midnight Mass Thur. 12/25 10:00 a.m. Only Fri. 12/26 8:15 a.m. No Mass or Communion Service Sat. 12/27 4:00 p.m. People of Saint Brigid Parish (Pro Populo) Please pray for our parishioners who are in the hospital, homebound, nursing homes and/or recuperating or any other issues. Anyone who would like a home visit, please contact the Church office. McNess Anderson Lenora Lothian Dan Sampietro Michaeline Ballard Marlene Mahanes Cindy Small Andy Beyer Rose McGrew Mike Sobczak Gina Beyer Howard Mills Stella D. Stahl Anthony Egbuniwe Lora Montgomery Andy Swistak Cindy Ferrara Rayna Newcomb Candace Swistak Denise Fuller Rebecca Palo Tommy Vaughn Tom Hembree Allyson Pedigo Larry Victor Paige Hickman William Poggie III Bryce Welucky Bill Higdon Greg Rich Autumn Woods Concetta Simone Jones Christopher Rowlson Donald Wroblewski Jeannette Maddox Edgar Saavedra Pat Zambito MINISTER S CHRISTMAS SCHEDULE Dec. 24 th /25 th Ministry 4:00 pm Mass Midnight Mass 10:00 am Mass Lector Virginia Crocker Renee Victor Scot Bahrke Extraordinary Ministers of of Holy Communion Altar Server Gift Family Cross Bearer Joan Matthews + Helen Prewitt + Barbara Hanrahan + Mickey Rowlson Hal Fulton Rose Anne Hembree Cathy Lott Marlen Fulton Jeannette Fuchs Michael Burnett David Long David Fuchs Sue Burnett Tina Long Becky Crossnine Lisette Widmer Ed Stahl Kate Illig Jeremiah Goodwin Ed Stahl Ben Victor Don Mayer Emily Taylor Melissa Closson James Brewer Bobby Mayer Jack Kennedy Shannon Kennedy Connie Sherwin Rich Thomas Family Ushers Judy Connelly Deirdre Baker Lisa Kiser Matt Kiser Odie Mills MINISTER S WEEKLY SCHEDULE Dec. 27 th /28 th Ministry 4:00 PM 9:00 AM 10:30 AM 5:00 PM Thank You for Turning off Your Cell Phone! Please, lower and raise the kneelers quietly! Ministers of Communion please come up to the Altar immediately after Father takes Communion. There should be three (3) ministers on each side of the Altar. Altar servers and cross bearer will stand behind Father for Communion. If the cross (+) is by your name on the Minister s schedule, you will need to get the ciborium and return it back to the tabernacle. Minister s of the Precious Blood please stand close to the steps. Minister s of the Body of Christ move up a little from the steps Ushers, Lectors, Ministers of Holy Communion, Altar Servers, and Cross Bearer. Please try to get a substitute if you cannot serve at your designated Mass time or call the Church office. If you are substituting, please let the Ushers know before Mass. Thank you. Sacristans, please be sure all the Church doors are locked securely. Ushers, please pick up any bulletins/music sheets that are left in the pews. Deadline for anything going into the Bulletin must be in the office by noon on Tuesday. Building Pledge December 2014 Monthly Requirement $19, Month-to-Date Collection $10, Balance Remaining $ 8, Y-T-D Total Building Fund $155, Operating Expense $ 6, Contribution Notes: If you do not use envelopes for your contributions, please make a note, in the memo space of your check, which account you wish your donation to be made i.e. offertory, building fund, capital improvements, etc. Also you may wish to write one (1) check for different accounts if you do so, please make a note of the amount you wish to go into each account. Please call Renee Victor at the church office if you have any questions. Lector Carolyn O'Connor Hal Fulton Paul Galluzzi Tim Dixon Extraordinary Lisa Kiser + Patty Oldham + Odie Mills + Linda Arnold+ Ministers of Mat Kiser Dan Mullen Cathy Lott A.J. Pappas of Holy Rose Anne Hembree Kate Illig Virginia Crocker Kitty Hoguet Communion Jon Hellen Mary Klein Ed Stahl, Jr. Michaeline Ballard Joe Gruber Lisette Widmer Cecilia Stahl Jennifer Pedigo Lynda Gruber Scott Traylor Helen Prewitt Lenora Lothian Altar Server Cecilia Stahl Connie Traylor Jeffery Ugwuanyi Ben Victor Bobby Mayer Onyi Ugwuanyi Renee Victor We welcome and encourage you to register in the Parish. It is very important to be a registered member in the Parish you attend, especially if you are in need of a priest for weddings, baptisms and funerals, etc. Registration forms are located on the table in the Narthex and side entrances or contact Helen Prewitt at the Church Office for a registration form. Anthony Madubuonwu Cross Bearer Janice Fernandez Jonathan Bilson Paul Madubuonwu Shannon Kennedy Ushers Matt Kiser Sam Oldham James Shaw

3 be placed on the Altar during the Lenten Season. Flower arrangements are $ Inclement Weather Policy Mass will always be celebrated unless there is a power outage but Father does not want anyone endangering themselves during bad weather. If you cannot get to Mass, please don t sit around feeling guilty about missing Mass. You will be dispensed from this obligation. We also have a phone-tree to notify parishioners and also contacting the Television stations if any activities are cancelled or for some unforeseen reason that Mass has to be cancelled. Any time the Shelby County Schools are closed, the Church office will also be closed during hazardous weather. Please make sure we have your current telephone number to receive these messages. Any time the Shelby County Schools are closed, the Church office will also be closed during hazardous weather. Dec. 21 st --- after the 5:00 p.m. Mass - Fully decorate church for Christmas. Jan. 5 th ---First meeting of :00 p.m. in Stewart Hall Feb. 14 th ---Annual Dinner-Dance and Auction -- Fundraiser for the Building Fund. This year we will have a Valentines Dinner Dance with Auction. We are in need of auctions items for this event. We would like to have fewer small items and more larger items, such as a week stay at a condo on the beach etc. but nothing will be turned down. Any questions contact Judy Connelly at jconnelly1@bellsouth.net or PRE: Today, December 21 st, all classes will celebrate the Birthday of Jesus! We will talk about the true meaning of Christmas, have a birthday cake for Jesus and party to celebrate the love of Jesus and one another. There will be no PRE classes on Sunday, December 28 th and January 4 th. Classes will resume on Sunday, January 11 th. The PRE catechists and Rose Anne wish everyone a Very Merry Christmas and a Peace Filled, Healthy and Happy New Year! Illness or Death When someone is ill and/or in need of a priest or if a death occurs in your family, please call the office and give the necessary information to the Church Secretary. If the office is closed, and if it is a true emergency, please call the rectory. Fishers of Men at St. Brigid meets each Tuesday morning from 6:45 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. in Stewart Hall. Facilitated by Deacon Jim followed by optional Communion Service. For more information, contact Deacon Jim at And Jesus said to them, Come after me and I will make you Fishers of men. Knights of Columbus "Your Knights of Columbus will be selling St. Brigid Coffee - For your perfect brewed cup of coffee! $10.00 for a ground 12oz bag (whole bean can be ordered). Forms at Church entry. Roasted by one our parishioners. St. Brigid Special Blend (dark roast), Morning Lauds Blend (Regular Roast) and Evening Vespers Blend (Decaf)." Altar Flowers If you would like to honor or remember a loved one or celebrate a special event in your life by placing flowers on the Altar during the weekend liturgy celebrations, please call the Church office at least one week in advance. Flowers cannot SBYM has completed the fall semester and will not meet again until January 4 th. Watch the bulletin for details. SBYM is participating in a Penney War with other youth groups of the diocese. This year youth groups of the diocese are collecting for St. Sebastian Veteran Services to help provide veterans with housing, employment support, financial and other needs. Look for the huge bucket on the SBYM table in the Narthex. It doesn t only have to be pennies. We gladly accept other coins, paper money and checks. Please make your check payable to St. Brigid Youth Ministry and note Penny War on the memo line. Thank you for all the generous donations we have received so far! St. Brigid Youth Ministry is open to all 7 th -12 th grade students of the parish and their friends. For more information contact Susan Mayer at or smayer@stbrigidmemphis.org Lord, keep our servicemen and women safe, whether they serve at home or overseas. Hold them in your loving hands and protect them as they protect us. Amen. Sr. Chief John Goodwin, U. S. Navy MSgt. Mike Maglio, U.S. Air Force Spc. Timothy Rhodes, U.S. Army Pvt. Jerould Russell, U.S. Army Captain John Sax, U.S. Marines Staff Sgt. Scotty Simpson U.S. Air Force Please call Helen Prewitt at the Church office or hprewitt@stbrigidmemphis.org if you have a family member serving in the military. Please give name, rank and branch of service.

4 Offices closed Dec. 24 th - Jan 2 nd Offices closed Dec. 24 th - Jan 2 nd New Year s Day Mass 10:00 a.m. This is a Holy Day of Obligation The choir is always in need of more singers (no experience needed) and instrumentalists (will need to audition and have good sight reading skills) Choir rehearsal for the 4:00 p.m., 9:00 and 10:30 a.m. Masses are on Thursday evenings (men at 6:30, women at 7:00). Rehearsal for the Sunday 5:00 p.m. Ensemble is at 4:00 p.m. Sunday, (right before mass). For more information, please contact Donna Sloan at dsloan@stbrigidmemphis.org or Project Outreach Please bring food to church on any Sunday and leave it by the box in the narthex. Here are some suggestions: canned ham, canned sweet potatoes, canned vegetables, Cereal Lower Sugar, Powdered Milk, Peanut Butter and Jelly, Crackers, Canned fruit with no sugar added. Canned Chicken or Tuna, Granola Bars and Low Sodium Soups, Canned Pasta and Personal hygiene products. ** Money donated will be used to buy fresh fruit. The Catholic Diocese of Memphis, in Tennessee encourages all victims or parents of minors who are victims of sexual abuse by a priest, deacon or diocesan employee or agent to report such abuse by phoning any of the following numbers; Tennessee Child Abuse Hot Line Victim Assistance Coordinator for Memphis Diocese of Memphis Shari Lee (901) or Office of Child and Youth Protection and Professional Responsibility - Jim Latta (901) All reports will be treated in a confidential manner. The Diocese offers a program of psychological and spiritual assistance to abused victims in need. Christmas Eve 4:00 p.m. (Christmas Music begins at 3:30) Christmas Midnight Mass (Christmas Music begins at 11:30) Christmas Day Mass 10:00 a.m. Villa Vianney Each year at Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Masses, our parishes take up a second collection for Villa Vianney. The senior priests residence. The finds we gather hep to cover the costs of running Villa Vianney, located in Cordova, Tennessee, the residence is a place for Senior diocesan priests to live comfortably and safely. Although the pace of life is slower at Villa Vianney, our senior priests continue to offer Masses for our intentions, support parishes while a pastor is away, and advise pgroups like Cursillo. Their priesthood lasts a lifetime, are they still loved and still needed? Please give generously to the second collection for Villa Vianney. Catholic Campus Ministry Calling all college students! The school year has started and Campus Ministry in the Diocese of Memphis is in full swing! Come by our Catholic Student Center on the corner of Mynders and Patterson off the University of Memphis Campus or check out our Facebook pages to get involved. It may be the most important thing you do in your college life! University of Memphis: Rhodes College: St. Benedict Holiday Hoops Basketball Camp For boys in grades 4-8, 8am 12 Noon, Mon & Tues, Dec $60/camper. With the extra days off from school, players have the opportunity to work on their game. SBA Holiday Hoops is the answer! Contact Coach Sebren at , sebrend@sbaeagles.org or visit sbaeagles.org for a registration form. Our Lady Queen of Peace Retreat Center New Year s Eve Celebration December 31 st 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm. Mass at 6:30 pm with Father Ben Bradshaw. Social followed by Dinner. $75.00 per person. Overnight Option - $90.00 Room and Brunch. New Year s Eve Celebration Please join Our Lady Queen of Peace Retreat Center for a New Year s Eve Celebration December 31, 2014, beginning with mass with Fr. Ben Bradshaw at 6:30

5 followed by a social and dinner. The cost is $75.00 per person. We also have an overnight option for $90.00 per room includes Brunch. For more information contact the retreat center: or debbie.voyles@olqp.cdom.org door includes live music, dinner, dessert, setups, and beverages. Come Hear the Notre Dame Chorale The University of Notre Dame Chorale will be performing a free concert at the Church of the Holy Spirit. The event is presented by the ND Club of Memphis and hosted by the Holy Spirit Schola Choir. The program begins at 7:00 PM, Friday, January 9. All are invited and admission is free. There will be a reception following the musical performance and everyone is invited. More information on the Chorale, including some samples of the group's music, is available at Bilingual Healing Mass Catholic Church of The Ascension, 3680 Ramill Rd, Memphis, TN. January 10 th from 6PM-9PM. Start the New Year Right. Enrich your marriage with Natural Family Planning (The Billings Ovulation Method.) Class series begins Saturday, January 10 th at 10:00am at the Catholic Center. Register online at or call Mary Pat Van Epps (901) for more information. Ministry to the Sick New Minister Training Diocesan Ministry to the Sick Training for patient visitors will be held on Saturday, January 24, 2015 from 8:30 AM- 1:00 PM at the Catholic Center, 5825 Shelby Oaks Drive, Memphis, TN This training includes sessions that will be helpful in becoming an effective minister. As a minister you are trained to bring compassion, communion and become a sacramental presence of Christ for those sick and homebound. Candidates are required to send completed registration form signed by the pastor or representative by January 20 th. Registration forms are available at your parish office or on line at: pdf For more information call the office of Pastoral Services at or alma.abuelouf@cc.cdom.org The annual St. Anne Catholic School Alumni Dinner- Dance will be Saturday, January 24, 2015, in St. Sebastian Hall at St. Anne. Dinner will be prepared by the Oliveus cooking team and served from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. A live band Elmo & the Shades will play from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. St. Anne alumni, parishioners, friends and families are welcome. A $15 per person donation at the Peace to all It is time to mark your calendars for a special opportunity -- Make a New Year s Resolution to Move the Needle! Break the Cycle of Poverty: eight (8) Practical Ways, Saturday, January 24, 2015 From 8:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. at St. Francis of Assisi Church Seating limited. Registration: therese.gustaitis@acc.cdom.org or Free will offering toward hot breakfast prepared by the St. Francis Knights of Columbus. So many have told us that they hear Pope Francis when he speaks about the poor. They understand that Memphis has the highest poverty rate in the nation for a city our size. In addition they are disheartened by a child poverty rate that is 44.3% - double the national rate. The challenge is What to do about this? Where do we find concrete solutions that offer the hope of change? Etc.? Join us make your resolution to Move the Needle! Women s Morning of Spirituality: Come join over 1,200 women on Saturday February 28, 2015 at the Church of the Incarnation from 8:15 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. with a Continental Breakfast beginning at 7:15 a.m. Keynote Speaker is EWTN Talk Show Host Teresa Tomeo. Witness Speaker is Dr. Rocio Diaz. Mass will be celebrated with Bishop J. Terry Steib. Carpooling is encouraged. Register at Catholic Charities Please support the work of Catholic Charities of West Tennessee during the season of Advent and this, the last week of their annual Providing Help Bringing Hope campaign. Through their Fig Tree program, this year, CCWTn will distribute over 50 tons of food to our neighbors in West Tennessee. In addition their Clothes Closet serves thousands of individuals and families each year. Much of this work is done with the help of hundreds of men, women and children who volunteer their time to CCWTN. Please donate at ccwtn.org or by returning the envelope found in their brochure. To volunteer, please contact Peggy Stehling at (901)

6 Friday: Saturday: Sunday: 14; Lk 2:1-14 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] Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59; Ps 31:3cd-4, 6, 8ab, 16bc, 17; Mt 10: Jn 1:1-4; Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 11-12; Jn 20:1a, 2-8 Sir 3:2-6, or Gn 15:1-6; 21:1-3; Ps 128:1-5 or Ps 105:1-6, 8-9; Col 3:12-21 [12-17] or Hb 11:8, 11-12, 17-19; Lk 2:22-40 [22, 39-40] ECHOING MARY S DECISION The angel Gabriel today confronts Mary with a mystery. The mystery of salvation in Christ is not a mystery that is solved, but a reality beyond our comprehension that we must choose to enter into. In the liturgy of the Eastern Church, everyone waits to see if Mary will enter into the mystery: God waits, Adam and Eve and all the souls of the dead who long for paradise wait, angels wait for new heavenly companions. And there is much rejoicing when her decision is yes. We have less dramatic choices offered to us, but the mystery of our salvation in Christ is by no means solved. We may understand it a bit better due to Mary s yes. We may be a bit closer to it through the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. But it still remains a mystery to which we all must give our own yes. Soon we will be singing O come, let us adore him. May our Advent prayer, our echo of Mary s yes, continue then, so we may enter into the mystery of our salvation in Jesus Christ, God among us. Copyright J. S. Paluch Co. TODAY S READINGS First Reading I will fix a place for my people. (2 Samuel 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16). Psalm For ever I will sing the goodness of the Lord (Psalm 89). Second Reading To the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, be glory forever and ever (Romans 16:25-27). Gospel Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word (Luke 1:26-38). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from the Lectionary for Mass 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved. READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: 1 Sm 1:24-28; 1 Sm 2:1, 4-8abcd; Lk 1:46-56 Tuesday: Mal 3:1-4, 23-34; Ps 25:4-5ab, 8-10, 14; Lk 1:57-66 Wednesday: 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16; Ps 89:2-5, 27, 29; Lk 1:67-79 Thursday: 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-

7 SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: ; Winter begins Tuesday: St. John of Kanty Wednesday: The Vigil of Christmas Thursday: The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas) Friday: St. Stephen; First Day of Kwanzaa Saturday: St. John TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION By the year 800, when anointing was defined as the proper office of priests, very complicated rituals began to take shape. Perhaps this was to reassure the laity, who had memories of an earlier practice, that the new way was not only better, but impossible for a layperson to conduct. Blessings and sprinkling of holy water, the singing of as many as seven psalms, penance, anointing of all the senses, viaticum, all capped off by the clothing of the sick person in penitential garments, were part of the rite. This proved unwieldy, and creative spirits got to work. By the 1500s people made distinctions between visiting the sick, anointing, and viaticum. The attempt of the Church to be faithful to the image of a healing Christ has some complicated history, including centuries when the celebration was rare. Most sick people had no access to the rites at all; only monastics or the well-off had much hope of this care. Today, those unhappy days are long behind us, and the care of the sick is an essential task in every parish s life. As Christmas approaches almost everyone comes in contact with someone who is a candidate for pastoral care. You live out the best of our tradition when you arrange for a sick person to receive Holy Communion or the sacrament of the sick and the consolation of regular contact with the faith community. Rev. James Field, Copyright J. S. Paluch Co. CHRISTMAS IN THE HEART Christmas! Tis the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial fire of charity in the heart. Washington Irvin

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