Go and Make Disciples. - Matthew 28:19. know your faith live your faith share your faith SUNDAY MASSES DAILY MASS RECONCILIATION SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM

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1 2375 EAST ARIZONA AVENUE, DENVER, COLORADO SUNDAY MASSES Saturday: (Anticipatory) 5:00 pm Sunday: 7:30 am, 9:30 am, 11:30 am DAILY MASS Monday Friday: 6:30 am and 8:00 am Saturday: 8:00 am RECONCILIATION Monday Saturday: 7:30 7:45 am Saturday: 3:30 pm 4:30 pm Also by Appointment SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Contact Parish Office to schedule. SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY Contact Parish Office at least eight months prior to the wedding SACRAMENT OF THE SICK Contact Parish Office at onset of illness. In case of death in the family, contact Parish Office immediately. FINANCE COUNCIL Jody Block, John Groneman, Craig Saeman, and David Wolf THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT DECEMBER 11, 2016 PASTORAL COUNCIL Julie Buckley, Chuck Masur, Katie McCloskey, Philip Nearing, Lucas Stine, Shari Sullivan, Secretary: Virginia Zordani PARISH STAFF Pastor: Very Rev. Andrew Kemberling, V.F. Parochial Vicar: Rev. Douglas Grandon Deacons: Tim Kelly and Marvin Hegarty Pastoral Associate: Dcn. George Morin, ext 202 Business Manager: Jeff Babcock, ext 207 Director of Communications and Stewardship: Mila Glodava, ext 205 Director of Music: Mary Beth Church, ext 222 IT Director: Mark Weiland, ext 210 Secretary/Receptionist: Meg Robinson, ext 203 Bulletin Editor: Mark Weiland ext 210 PARISH SCHOOL Principal: Sr. Dominic Quinn, O.P., ext South Josephine Street Denver, Colorado Go and Make Disciples - Matthew 28:19 know your faith live your faith share your faith

2 Third Sunday of Advent Pastor s Message Dear Parishioners, I want to apologize for having a cold church. We took a chance at nursing our heating system for another winter. We took a chance and lost. We are not fixing what is broken; we are replacing the heating system at the tune of $185, I know I like to talk about the need to give before talking about a need, but we have a substantial need, please be generous at the end of the year. We do need it. Praying in a cold church makes me think of how the medieval churches must have prayed in those big cold churches. Please see it as an adventure that God has asked us to take. The Rose colored candle we light this week is a time of hope and joy. We have confidence assurance that things will get brighter and better. Remember to keep Christ in Christmas. Please be bold enough to greet people or answer Merry Christmas! Defending this very important belief of ours is everyone s responsibility. Sincerely in Christ, Stewardship of Prayer This Week s Mass Intentions: Monday, December 12: 6:30am Tom Peters 8:00am Sr. Mary Gertrude O.P. Tuesday, December 13: 6:30am Jennifer M Gerrells Wednesday, December 14: 6:30am Jennifer M Gerrells 8:00am Kathleen Fleming Thursday, December 15: 6:30am Jennifer M. Gerrells 8:00am Barnard Billinger Friday, December 16: 6:30am ElDon Watry Saturday, December 17: 5:00pm Kathryn & Emil Ballen Sunday, December 18: 7:30am Jean & Robert Smith 9:30am Jim Dunn 11:30am SVdP Parishioners Boiler Replacement Due to the age of our Cafeteria, Church, and Gymnasium Boilers they are being replaced. The project is underway and costly. Please see Father Andrew s Pastor s Message for more details! Our ill parish members & relatives: Bonnie LaFleur Margaret Mandel Nash Rider Michael Starnes Don Nicolaus Our deceased parish members & relatives: Dick Corser Fran Pol Eugene Sittenauer Veterans and deceased members of our Armed Forces who serve selflessly to protect our way of life. Due to the Privacy Act, only immediate family members may request a name to be placed on the prayer list. Please call the office at With the celebration of the birth of our Savior it might be good to reflect on the Holy Family and our families: To maintain a joyful family requires much from both the parents and the children. Each member of the family has to become, in a special way, the servant of the others. Pope John Paul II Readings for the Week of Sunday: Is 35:1-6a, 10/Ps 146/Jas Monday: Tuesday: 5:7-10/Mt 11:2-11 Zec 2:14-17 or Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab/Jdt 13/Lk 1:26-38 or Lk 1:39-47 Zep 3:1-2, 9-13/Ps 34/Mt 21:28-32 Wednesday: Is 45:6b-8, 18, 21b-25/Ps 85/ Lk 7:18b-23 Thursday: Is 54:1-10/Ps 30/Lk 7:24-30 Friday: Activities & Meetings Sunday, December 11th: Sunday Masses 7:30am, 9:30am, 11:30am Basque Club - 10am to 7pm, Cafeteria Monday, December 12th: Boy Scout Troop 140 meeting 6:00pm to 8:30pm, Cafeteria Men s Basketball 8:30pm to 10:00pm, Gym Tuesday, December 13th: Catholic Biblical School 8:00am to 11:00am, Garden Room Confirmation Meeting - 6:30pm to 8:00pm, Auditorium Wednesday, December 14th: Advent Reconciliation Service - 5:00pm to 8:00pm, Church K of C Business Meeting 7:15pm to 10:00pm, MCR Thursday, December 15th: Thursday Lunch Bunch - Cancelled Opus Dei - 6:30pm to 9:30pm, Church Friday, December 16th: Patriarchs 6:30am to 7:30am, Garden Room Saturday, December 17th: Confessions 3:30pm to 4:30pm, Church Anticipated Mass 5:00pm, Church Is 56:1-3a, 6-8/Ps 67/Jn 5:33-36 Saturday: Gn 49:2, 8-10/Ps 72/Mt 1:1-17 Next Sunday: Is 7:10-14/Ps 24/Rom 1:1-7/ Mt 1:18-24

3 Stewardship of Time & Talent Jesse Tree Gifts are due this weekend! Sacred Song in a Sacred Space A video of this concert is now available Please visit our Saint Vincent de Paul website or copy this link: com/ into your browser. Those who attended the concert and scriptural readings said it was uplifting and inspirational. Please thank our choir members, Lisa Marks, and Mary Beth Church for inspiring us with their many talents! Calling all Choristers Please consider joining one of the choirs for Christmas! The Jubilate Youth Choir (4pm Christmas Eve) rehearses Thursdays at 3:45. The Hand Bell Choir (4pm Christmas Eve) rehearses Sundays at 1pm. The 5pm Saturday Choir (6pm Christmas Eve) rehearses Saturdays at 4Pm. The Laudate Adult Choir (11pm) Christmas Eve and Christmas day (9:30am) Mass rehearse Wednesdays at 7pm. For further information call Mary Beth Church at ext. 222 Sandwiches Twice per month volunteers make about 500 sandwiches for the sandwich line at the Cathedral. Sandwiches are made after the 7:30am Mass on the second Sunday of the month and after the 9:30am Mass on the third Sunday of the month. Contact: Parish Office, Today - December 11th at 8:30am to 9:30am in the cafeteria Next Sunday - December 18th at 10:30am to 11:30am in the cafeteria Third Thursday Lunch Bunch Due to the lack of heat in our Cafeteria along with concerns for the comfort of our attendees our normally scheduled December Lunch Bunch has been cancelled. We hope to resume on Thursday, January 19th! Please contact the church office at (303) with any questions or concerns. Please take time to thank our Volunteers! In this time of giving many volunteers help to make Saint Vincent de Paul Catholic Parish and School a special place! When you see someone who helped with the Spaghetti Dinner, the Pancake Breakfast, or helping at the school, please thank them for their gift of Time and Talent! The next Spaghetti Dinner and Pancake Breakfast will be in February. Altar Servers Saturday, December 17: 5:00pm Cate Crowley Claire Crowley Marc Papineau Sunday, December 18: 7:30am Tristan Christofferson Grant Keelin 9:30am John Burns Natalie Burnham Ellie Johnson Annie Tartell Matthew Tartell 11:30am Jacob Swanno Sofia Zienkewicz St. Vincent de Paul Catholic School Our Week at a Glance Wednesday, December 14: Early Dismissal - 2:15pm Thursday, December 15: All School Mass - 8:10am Saint Vincent de Paul Catholic School is in the News! Saint Vincent de Paul Catholic School has been in the news with several articles being posted hightlighting our innovating and engaging learning opportunities for our school. You may view these by going to the school s website and looking for SVdP has been in the news! Click here to read more on the homepage. By clicking on the link you will be taken to our In the News... where you can view a short synopsis of the article posted on the Denver Hub.

4 Third Sunday of Advent Stewardship of Faith Stewardship of Treasure Parish Access Code: XFTDNJ for Formed.org As part of our Stewardship of Faith Saint Vincent de Paul Parish has subcribed to an online platform called FORMED. Every parishioner will have 24/7 access to the best Catholic content on any device, including computer, smartphone, and tablet with internet access. It truly is the Catholic faith on demand. Children s Content is now available on FORMED! Your children will love the new content we have for them on FORMED programs, ebooks, movies, and talks that will entertain, engage, and inspire them with the beauty and wonder of their faith. Some of the highlighted programs are: Kristoph and the First Christmas Tree, Skiff & AJ s Fantastic Voyage, Saint Thomas Aquinas, and Our Lady of Guadalupe. Please visit FORMED.org for a complete listing of children s content today! Sacramental Preparation The total commitment to our 2017 Stewarship of Treasure: Commitments Received: Adults: 278 (includes online) Number of registered families: 1,037 Percent: 27% Total Pledges Received: $691,487 Children: 80 Number of Children Registered: 526 Percent: 16% Total Pledges Received: $6,196 If you have not turned in your commmitment cards, please do so today! Stewardship and Tax Credit for 2016: As we come to the end of 2016 you should start planning your tax deductions. If you are including your 2016 Stewardship as part of your deductions, you need to have your checks dated and turned into our office by December 31. Next Meeting: Tuesday, December 13, School Auditorium - 6:30 to 8:00 pm. Both parents and students are invited. Please contact Kelly Archer at kelly@saintvincents.org or for information on Confirmation and our upcoming First Reconcilation and Communion meetings will be starting in January. Keep Christ in Christmas Pickup your sign today! The Knights of Columbus are beginning their: Keep Christ in Christmas campaign and will be passing out signs on the weekends of December 10th and 11th. then again on December 17th and 18th. There is a suggested donation of $10.00 per sign to help the Knights continue their work for the chruch. What a great way to remind the world what this season is truly about! Gabriel House is committed to assist pregnant women and families with small children in need. If you would like to make a donation, we need diapers sizes: #4, #5 and #6, wipes, toiletries, formula, clothes T sizes 0 to 6. We are always looking for volunteers to sort clothes and help clients. If you are interested, please contact MaKenzi Loutsch, or mloutsch@ccdenver.org IRA Charitable Rollover is now a Permanent Law Each IRA owner over age 70½ may make a transfer of up to $100,000 per year to a qualified charity. IRA charitable rollovers are tax-free and not included in adjusted gross income. An IRA charitable rollover may fulfill part or all of your required minimum distribution (RMD). To learn how you and the Church can benefit, contact Jean Finegan at The Catholic Foundation at

5 Second Sunday of Advent Do you feel like you re stuck in a holding pattern? Have you prayed the same prayers for years, with little or no sign of an answer? If you re nodding your head and saying, Yes, Yes, Yes then this is your season. Advent is your seedtime. You may never see the harvest in your life. But your prayers are in some awesome company. Take St. Teresa of Calcutta, for example. We now know that she spent the last five decades of her life praying for the return of the consolation of God. That s okay. She has eternity to rest in it now. John the Baptist is an Advent saint. Locked up in Herod s dungeon, we can imagine that he looked back at his ministry at the Jordan and wondered whether he had it right or not. Israel was lousy with false prophets. He himself had railed against them. And yet, chained in and far away from the desert stars, he may have feared that he had thrown his life away for no good reason. His disciples carried his prison prayer to Jesus: are you the One who is to come? You can feel Jesus love traveling faster than the speed of light from the Galilee into the Jordan Valley and right into John s cell. Go and tell John what you hear and see. Stewardship of Vocations The harvest is abundant, but the laborers are few; pray therefore the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest. Matthew 9:37 Men s Advent Retreat Sunday, December 18, am to 5 pm Saint John Vianney Seminary PARISH PHOTO DIRECTORY Our Parish Photo Directory is such an important part of getting to know the parishioners of our Saint Vincent de Paul family. Please consider having a family portait taken while your family members are home for the Christmas Break! Please call (303) to schedule an appointment. Which takes us back to our own Advent lives. Have you, over time, experienced the healing of an illness, the reconciliation of a broken relationship, the growing out of an addiction or an immature behavior? Go and tell someone what you ve heard and seen. It may be the message they ve been longing to receive while they themselves are in chains. What answered prayers will you share with someone this week? Kathy McGovern Support our Advertisers Facebook Please Like us on Facebook. St. Vincent de Paul Parish and School is available via this link: Did you know you can find our Bulletins on our website or on this link: There is no act of charity that is not accompanied by justice or that permits us to do more than we reasonably can. St. Vincent de Paul