524 3rd Ave NE - Valley City, ND December 16, rd Sunday of Advent

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1 524 3rd Ave NE - Valley City, ND December 16, 2018 Parish Team Parish Office Office Hours: 8:00am to 4:30 pm Monday-Thursday 9am Noon Friday Pastor: Msgr. Dennis Skonseng cell phone dennis.skonseng@fargodiocese.org Deacons Rev. Mr. Arlie Braunberger Rev. Mr. Ed Didier Rev. Mr. Ray Grim Rev. Mr. Gene Klein Rev. Mr. Joe Leitner Rev. Mr. Carl Orthman Parish Office Administrator: Chris Koslofsky Liturgy Coordinator: Sue Judd Religious Education Coordinator: Jackie McGlade Lay Directors: Bob Lemnus Joe Tykwinski Parish Council: Natalie Boe Jeff Differding Jeff Bopp Lauri Kupitz, Pres Jim Breckheimer Diane Sherman Doran Chandler Joan Smith Kristie Steffen St. Catherine School Dean of Students: Dawn Ihry Office Assistant: Jenny Faure Rectory Fax Nearly Nu Store Baptisms: Contact the Parish Office. Marriage: Contact the Pastor at least 6 months prior to the wedding. RCIA: Contact Deacon Carl Orthman at Home Bound Eucharist: Darlene Kerzman, ,or Bulletin Deadline: Wednesday at 3pm Church Decorating for Christmas Monday, December 24 at 9am Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) The sacrament of Reconciliation is a great way to prepare to celebrate with joy the Birth of Christ at Christmas and to be prepared for when we come before Him at the end of our lives and His Final Coming. In the sacrament of Reconciliation, Jesus gives you the grace of His forgiveness, freedom from your sins, reconciliation with God and others, healing and peace to your soul, and restoration of your friendship with God. There will be a Communal Reconciliation Service on Sunday, December 23 rd, at 7:00 PM. Several priests will be here to assist with confessions. In addition to the regularly scheduled times for the sacrament of Reconciliation, other times will be on: Wednesday, December 19 th, 5-8pm Thursday, December 20 th, 6-8pm Friday, December 21 st, 6-8pm Retirement Fund for Religious Collection Your gift to last week s collection helps hundreds of religious communities meet pressing retirement needs. Our parish gave $1,688. Thank you!!! 2019 Giving Envelopes children and adult

2 MON 17 TUE 18 WED 19 TH 20 FRI 21 SAT 22 SUN 23 6:30pm RCIA Sacred Heart Room 6pm Bible Study 8:30am 24-Hour Adoration 3:30pm Christmas Eve Play rehearsal 6-8pm Reconciliation 9am Mass 1pm Quilters 6-8pm Reconciliation 6:30pm Quilters 2:30pm Mass at Sheyenne Care Center 5:30pm Mass 8:30am Mass 10:15am Divine Mercy Chaplet 10:30am Mass 11:45am Christmas Eve Play rehearsal 6:30pm RCIA Sacred Heart Room 7pm Penance Service MASS INTENTIONS December Monday 8am Christine Ficek Tuesday 8am Ed McGough Wednesday 8am Mae McLaughlin Thursday 9am Special Intention Mary and Ed Hollinshead Friday 8am George and Helen Gratz 2:30pm Mass as Sheyenne Care Center Saturday 5:30pm Joe H. Riedmann Sunday 8:30am Travis Robinson 10:30am People of the Parish ROSARY: 7:30am Mon, Tues, Thurs, Friday Saturday 5pm Sunday 8am RECONCILIATION: Monday - Friday 7:30-7:50am Saturday 4-5:15pm Sunday 7:30-8:15am MARYVALE MASS SCHEDULE: Mon Fri 7:30am SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES (Zephaniah 3:14-18a). Second Reading Rejoice in the Lord always. I shall say it again: rejoice! (Philippians 4:4-7). Gospel Whoever who has two cloaks should share with the person who has none. Whoever who has food should do likewise (Luke 3:10-18). READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Gn 49:2, 8-10; Ps 72:1-4ab, 7-8, 17; Mt 1:1-17 Tuesday: Jer 23:5-8; Ps 72:1-2, 12-13, 18-19; Mt 1:18-25 Wednesday: Jgs 13:2-7, 24-25a; Ps 71:3-4a, 5-6ab, 16-17; Lk 1:5-25 Thursday: Is 7:10-14; Ps 24:1-6; Lk 1:26-38 Friday: Sg 2:8-14 or Zep 3:14-18a; Ps 33:2-3, 11-12, 20-21; Lk 1:39-45 Saturday: 1 Sm 1:24-28; 1 Sm 2:1, 4-8abcd; Lk 1:46-56 Sunday: Mi 5:1-4a; Ps 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19; Heb 10:5-10; Lk 1:39-45 Dona Eis Requiem Please remember in your prayers the repose of the souls of Agnes Cook, mother of Colette (Dave) Jenson; Mindy Erickson, sister of Darin (Jenna) Hannig, and Irene C. Vandrovec, who recently passed away. May they rest forever in the Father s loving care. PRAYER NETWORK Remember in your prayers our parishioners and friends who are ill or are in need of our Prayers: Carlos Gonzalez, Jessica Murphy Illies, Renee Aarseth, Jude Bodnar, Mary Mitzel, Duane Stahl, Karen Monson, Herman Wiechman, Monica Sather, Jeff Differding, Barb Brovold, David Huber, Jan Drake, Roxanne Reed, Rose Koslofsky, Kathy Taxis, Shawn Morlock, Adam Anderson, Daniel Suhr, Linda Hoff, Jonathon Langer, Marlys Kunze, Deacon Carl Orthman, Pat Schilling, Matt, Lizzie and Emersyn, Rebecca Radermacher, and any others who are in need of

3 Christmas Eve Children s Mass at 4:00pm At the Children's Mass this Christmas Eve, the Family Faith Formation will be organizing a short program involving willing children who will dress in costumes depicting the Holy Family Nativity Scene and help lead carols during the mass. If you are interested in having your child/ children participate in this wonderful expression of love for the Holy Family and the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ, please contact Religious Education Coordinator Jackie McGlade at jamcglade@outlook.com or Year to Date 175, , (30,026.69) Registered families.528 Adult Envelopes , Children s Envelopes Plate Collection Total Collection 7, Thank you for your generous gifts Elevator/New Addition Pledges The end of the year is fast approaching. If you have not made your 2018 elevator/new addition pledge payment please do so as soon as possible. Outstanding balances can be verified by calling the Parish Office, Serving group activities for January January 6: coffee and rolls Your contact person is Margaret Winkler. Phone: and mwinkler@bektel.com free. Join fellow parishioners during 24 hour Adoration every Tues. after 8:00 am Mass until 8 am, Wed. If you have questions or would like to answer God's promptings to commit to an hour, contact: Dcn. Ray & Lela Grim Budget and Finances for St. Catherine s Parish I thank all of you for your financial gifts to St. Catherine s Parish for our regular parish collections and capital campaigns for the rectory, stained glass windows, organ, and most recently the Good Shepherd Gathering Space with our new elevator and the rectory garage, plus the extra collections for needs of others beyond our parish. In today s bulletin the financial report shows we are behind $28, of the amount budgeted for income needed in order to meet our expenses. I remind you that we continue to need your generous gifts to the regular parish collection so we can meet the operational expenses of our parish. Let us thank God for all of our gifts! God bless you! --- Msgr. Skonseng Consecration to the Holy Family All families and members of St. Catherine s Parish will participate in the Consecration to the Holy Family, Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, at the Masses for the Feast of the Holy Family on Sunday, December 30 th. This consecration is sponsored by the Knights of Columbus.

4 dinner a success year after year. This year we are asking for monetary donations and donations of pies and those can be delivered to the church anytime on Sunday, December 23 or Monday, December 24. We will be slicing the hams on Saturday, December 22 at 9am and setting the tables on Sunday, December 23 at 2pm. On Monday afternoon, December 24, we will be preparing the food and getting everything ready. We will start serving the meal at 5:30pm. Those who can help on Monday come around 5:00pm. Any local singers and musicians that would like to share their talents during the dinner serving hours are welcome. If you are able to help in any way please call or text Mary Hollinshead or Bernadette Nelson address is emrepairllc@live.com. God bless each of you for giving and serving Him and His people. In Peace, Love and Joy Bernadette, Mary, and Sue Tuition Assistance Program TAP is available to any St. Catherine School family that qualifies for assistance. To date, the program is needing funds to fulfill scholarships awarded for this current school year. If you are looking for a worthy cause for an end-of-year donation please consider the TAP fund. 100% of all donations are used for TAP. Experience God in a personal and real way. SEARCH for Christian Maturity has a retreat coming up January 11-13, 2019 at Maryvale Convent in Valley City, ND. Youth and young adults, 16 and older are invited to attend. Details and application at Applications due 12/27. Family Faith Formation There will be no Family Faith Formation until Wednesday, January 2 nd. I pray that all of our families will be blessed with the love, peace, and joy of Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.

5 longer fear/questioning, but boldness. Do questions for Session 7. Watch DVD on Session 8. His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, that through these you may escape from the corruption that is in the world because of passion, and become partakers of the divine nature. For this very reason make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. For if these things are yours and abound, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Peter 1:3-8 MEMORY VERSE: Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this which you see and hear. Acts 2:33 Visit formed.org; register; enter Parish Code: VWKDQ6; enter your and create a password. Click on Study, Bible Study, Lectio PETER. Remaining dates for class: January 7 and 21, God bless you. Anne Ski Trip Opportunity for Youth and All Parishioners After Christmas, on Friday, December 28 th, all youth in grades 7-12 are invited to have some fun on a ski trip to Andes Tower Hills, Kensington, MN, near Alexandria. In addition, any families and individuals who want to go on this ski trip are welcome. If we get at least 10 people to go, the group rate for ski lift tickets and ski rental per person is $35. We will celebrate Mass at 8:00 AM, have a light breakfast, and leave at 9:00 AM. We will be back around 9:00 PM in the evening. If you want to go on this ski trip, please register at the Parish Office by Thursday, December20th. More Information and forms that need to be filled out are on a table in the Good Shepherd Gathering Space and at the Parish Office. A Parental Consent Form and Liability Waiver must be filled out for all youth and children under 18 years of age. Snowboarding and Tubing are also possibilities, and the cost of these activities is different from skiing. For more information, contact Msgr. Skonseng at or