Saint Gabriel Catholic Community At St. Paul Church in Franklin At St. Mary of the Assumption Church in Tilton

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1 Saint Gabriel Catholic Community At St. Paul Church in Franklin At St. Mary of the Assumption Church in Tilton How to reach us Phone: Parish Office: (603) Rel. Education: Fax Line: Mail: P.O. Box 490, Franklin, NH Street Address: 16 Chestnut St. Tilton 110 School Street Franklin Web site: stgabrielnh.org Pastor: Deacon: Office Mgr: Bulletin Editor: Rel Ed. Coord.: Music Ministry: Food Pantry: Cemeteries/Maintenance: We re here for you Rev. Raymond E. Gagnon Rev. Mr. Thomas Matzke Claire Connifey Meri-lynn Banton Mary Ellen Shaw Debbi Gibson John Bruno Gary Plourde & Mike Parmelee Office Hours Monday thru Thursday from 9AM - 4PM Food Pantry Monday & Friday from 9AM Noon (Tilton) Join us in prayer Weekend Mass Saturday at 4:00PM (Franklin) & 6:00PM (Tilton) Sunday at 8:30AM (Tilton ) & 10:30AM (Franklin) Weekday Mass Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday at 8:00AM in Franklin Reconciliation Saturday at 3:15PM (Franklin) & 5:15PM (Tilton) Eucharistic Adoration Every Tuesday from 1:15 to 3:15PM (Tilton) Second Sunday of the Month from 3:00 4:00PM (Franklin) Ministry to the Sick & Homebound Please call the office to request the Sacrament of Anointing or homebound visits. Baptism Marriage Call the Parish Office to schedule instruction and the ceremony St. Mary St. Paul

2 Third Sunday of Advent December 10 & 11, 2016 THIS WEEK s collection: RETIREMENT FUND FOR THE RELIGIOUS The aging Religious need your help. Senior Catholic sisters, brothers, and religious order priests have offered their lives in service to others educating the young, comforting the sick, seeking justice for the oppressed. Today, many are frail, elderly, and in need of assistance. Your gift to the Retirement Fund for Religious helps to furnish medications, nursing care, and other necessities. Thank you for your continued generosity! HAPPENING THIS WEEK Sun Dec. 11 9:00 AM CCD Classes K-8 (F) Sun God Bless our Newly Baptized We warmly welcome Otto Sebastian Albert son of Michael Albert and Tara Mae (Goodrich) Albert. He became a Catholic and a member of our faith community last Saturday. May our prayers and example help him get closer to God! Reading s for next Weekend Fourth Sunday of Advent, December 18 First : Isaiah 7:10-14 Second : Romans 1:1-7 Gospel : Matthew 1: Dec. 11 Confirmation: Christmas Project Sun Dec. 11 3:00 PM Advent Holy Hour Mon Dec. 12 6:30 PM RCIA (T) Tues. Dec. 13 1:00 PM Homebound Visits Tues. Dec. 13 1:15 PM Adoration (T) Tues. Dec. 13 3:00 PM Peabody Home Tues. Dec. 13 7:00 PM KC #12147 Meeting (F) Fri. Dec :00 AM NH VH Sat. Dec. 17 3:00 PM Christmas Confessions Sun Dec. 18 9:00 AM CCD Classes K-8 Jesus Birthday Party (F) Sun Dec 18 3:00 PM Christmas Confessions (F) Sun. Dec 18 6:30 PM Confirmation NO CLASS Mon Dec 19 6:00 PM Christmas Confessions (T) Mon Dec. 19 6:30 PM RCIA CHRISTMAS SOCIAL PARISH FINANCES Offering Dec. 04 Loose Money 1, In Envelopes 4, Building Fund & Fuel Masses Candles & Memorials Donations 1, Fundraising All Souls & All Saints Donations for Angels Flowers Sattler Fund TOTAL FOR PARISH 8, Catholic Campaign for HD Military Chaplains 5.00 St. Gabriel Giving Project In lieu of the Angel Giving Trees, this year we are helping out 5 families. We still have a few requests for assistance with Christmas needs coming into the office. If you are interested in helping out please call Claire in the Parish Office at !. Parish Cookbook! We have not given up on the idea of the Parish Cookbook and we sure would like your special recipes. So while you have them out doing those family favorites for Christmas, why not make a copy and drop them off to us. You can drop the recipes by the Parish Office, you can drop a copy in the collection basket, or you can them to office@stgabrielnh.org. Thanks for participating! 300 Club Congratulations to our November winners: $ Cecile White #194 $ Arthur Paradis #164 $ Wanda Hebert #024 Our thanks to all club members who help us pay our bills. May God repay your kindness!

3 MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK Sat. December 10 4:00 PM (F) 6:00 PM (T) Sun. December 11 8:30 AM (T) 10:30 AM (F) Mon. December 12 Tues. December 13 Wed. December 14 Anticipated Masses Rita Menard by Sam & Gloria Davis Nancy Sleeper by Dee & Andy Third Sunday of Advent Deceased Members of the Larivee Family by Cecile Nelson Sylvestre & Megan Burley by Michelle Our Lady of Guadalupe Special Intention by a Parishioner St. Lucy, Virgin & Martyr All Parishioners Thurs. December 15 Advent Weekday No Mass Fri December 16 Sat. December 17 4:00 PM (F) 6:00 PM (T) Sun. December 18 8:30 AM (T) 10:30 AM (F) St. John of the Cross, Priest & Doctor Thomas Paquette by his Family Advent Weekday Gene Banton by Meri-lynn (B'Day) Anticipated Masses Lorraine & Frank Bonk by Jean & Family Shawn Laughy by his Mom & Family Fourth Sunday of Advent Medford Sattler by Ron & Judy Mills Shirley Hayes by her Family Sanctuary Lamp From this Sunday thru next Saturday, the sanctuary lamp in church will burn in memory of: St. Paul s: All Parishioners St. Mary s: All Parishioners ST. GABRIEL S PRAYER LINE If you d like to call in your prayer requests, this month s contact is Carol Seely, You can also write in your request in the book at either church. Prayers Requested Richard Doucet Paul Winsor Pope Francis Prayer Intentions for December: End to Child-Soldiers: That the scandal of childsoldiers may be eliminated the world over. THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK Should we look for another? At our clergy conferences on Dec. 1-2, Bishop Peter stated that New Hampshire was the least religious State in the nation. I was so embarrassed! Here I have been preaching and celebrating sacraments for 45 years just to help us reach rock bottom! I have been asking myself: What could I have done better? What did I fail to do? What opportunities to witness my faith did I miss? After one of last weekend s masses, a parishioner stated: I m not surprised! Where are the kids? And that s a fair question. Where are they? We don t have a youth program in the parish, though we tried to start one four times in the past ten years. We don t follow up with our young adults once they are confirmed. We don t follow up with new parents once their infants are baptized. We have just barely started looking for active parishioners we no longer see in church. Our church is quickly becoming a place where we pray and celebrate sacraments while it should be a gathering of people who help each other live their faith and share it. When you take the focus off of people and place it on activities, programs and property, you naturally lose the people. If John the Baptist (or Jesus) were to ask me: Are you the one who is to come or should we look for another?, I would not know how to answer. How about you? Ever wonder why you were baptized and raised in a Catholic family? Sure, God wants you to embrace the faith and allow it to sanctify and transform your life. But that s only half the job! He wants you to get your kids back to church, get your grandchildren baptized, get your non-practicing friends and neighbors back to prayer and use your voice and your vote to get our nation back under God. God knows it won t be easy! But if the faith is not important to those God has placed on our path, could it be because it s not important enough to us? Our words and actions will probably put someone on the spot (even us). But if we don t act and speak, God might put us on the spot. And I wouldn t blame Him. I wouldn t want God to feel He has to look for someone else... Servers Lectors Eucharistic Ministers Greeters Liturgical Ministers - Fourth Sunday of Advent December 17 & 18, 2016 Joe Landry Mark Williams Christine Dzujna Claire Wallace Judy Manning Joan St. Pierre 4:00 PM 6:00 PM 8:30 AM 10:30 AM Betty Meyerhoefer Connie Forest Betty Femenella Mike Murphy Alan Cushing Ayden Cushing James & Jesse Potter Rebecca Emery John Bruno Donna Harmon Ken Merrifield Meri-lynn Banton Deacon Tom Bill Driscoll Deacon Tom Betty Flaherty Peg Halm Kelly Chandonnait

4 Assembly # 12147will be meet Tuesday, December 12 at 7:00PM in Franklin. UPDATE ON OUR TWO SUMMER TRIPS Cruise to Canada: The trip is coming together nicely. We currently have 47 people booked. We would like to have at least 3 more, but have room for 54 in all. (The cost is $1304 per person). If you are considering it, please talk to us soon. We have to release the unclaimed cabins on Jan. 1st. Amish Country Tour: We currently have 26 people signed up for this trip. We need an additional 14 people to make this trip a go! If you have an interest, but are not ready to pay the $25 deposit, please let us know. The total cost is $ If we can t fill the bus by Jan. 1st, we ll have to cancel and disappoint the 26 who are looking forward to seeing the play, the Amish and sharing a great adventure. Either trip (or the deposit) would make a great Christmas gift! La Salette Shrine, 410 NH Route 4 A Enfield, NH The Lights are on nightly thru December 31 from 5PM to 9PM. Visit their web site at call (603) for more information regarding their scheduled programs. Please refer to the insert in the bulletin this week You will find the schedule for Christmas and New Year s Masses and Christmas Confessions. Please note that there are no confessions scheduled on Friday/Saturday December 23/24. LAST WEEK Our Parish Family Christmas trees are a big hit. Many families have already claimed their spot on one of the trees. How about you? It s easy to do and just takes a couple minutes (before or after Mass). In church, you will find a label with your name on it. You simply take the label for your family, choose one of the four angel designs, put the label on the angel and then have your family hang the ornament on the tree. THERE IS NO COST ANGELS ARE ALL PAID FOR! We made an attempt to ensure that we have all the families in the parish listing each person who lives in the household. We are not perfect and we apologize if we have missed someone. Please put the name(s) on an angel and then please let us know so that we can correct our records.

5 CATHOLIC SERVICES & PROGRAMS Knights of Columbus St. Mary of the Assumption Council #11868 Grand Knight: Aaron Boudreau Bishop Leo O Neil Council #12147 (Franklin) Grand Knight: Brian LaValley Fr. A.J. Timon Assembly #638 (4 th Degree) Faithful Navigator: Tim Stangroom At Catholic Schools Holy Trinity School (Pre-K to 8) 50 Church Street Laconia, NH Web: Phone: St. John Regional School (Pre-K to 8) 61 S. State Street Concord, NH Web: Phone: Bishop Brady High School (9 to 12) 25 Columbus Ave Concord, NH Web: Phone: Catholic Charities Laconia District Office Gilford Ave., Laconia, Counseling - Elderly Services - Adoption/Maternity Parish Nurse - Children s Home - Food Bank St. Francis Rehabilitation & Nursing Center 406 Court St., Laconia, NH Phone: Parish Outreach Franklin Regional Hospital Leo St. Pierre At Merrimack County Nursing Home Meri-lynn Banton - Janet Jurta NH Veterans Home Rev. Ray Gagnon - Steve Archambault Mt. Ridge Nursing Home Nancy Carr - Mildred Sullivan - Chrissy Avila Golden Crest Senior Resort Nancy Carr - Mildred Sullivan At Peabody Home Angela Mundy Christine Dzujna