185 N Oak Harbor Street, Oak Harbor, WA (360) PARISH OFFICE HOURS. Tuesday - Friday 9:00 am - 12 noon, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

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1 S T AUGUS TINE C ATHOLIC CH URC H 185 N Oak Harbor Street, Oak Harbor, WA (360) PARISH OFFICE HOURS Tuesday - Friday 9:00 am - 12 noon, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Parish Information@StAugustineOH.org Visit us on the web at MASS SCHEDULE Saturday Vigil 5:00 pm St Augustine Spanish 1st Saturday 7:00 pm St Augustine Sunday 8:00 am St Augustine 9:30 am St Augustine 11:15 am St Mary Latin 2nd & 4th Sunday 11:00 am St Augustine Thu, Fri & 1st Sat 9:00 am St Augustine Thursday 12:10 pm St Mary Latin Friday 12:00 pm St Augustine CONFESSION Friday 11:30 am St Augustine Saturday 4:00 pm St Augustine 3rd Sunday 12:15 pm St Mary PARISH MINISTERS Pastor Pastoral Assistant for Administration Pastoral Assistant for Sacrament Prep & Adult Faith Formation Pastoral Assistant for Faith Formation Administrative Assistant Rev. Paul Pluth, JCL Mary A. Waters Peggy Smith Rowena Harless Tamara Sykes

2 CHRIST S LIGHT SHINES THROUGH ALL THE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS WELCOME, JESUS! Join us at Mass to Celebrate! CHRISTMAS EVE, DECEMBER 24 5:00 PM St Mary, Coupeville 7:30 PM & 10 PM St Augustine, OH MIDNIGHT St Mary, Coupeville CHRISTMAS DAY, DECEMBER 25 9:30 AM St Augustine, OH Christmas Day December 25 Holy Family December 28 Mary, Mother of God January 1 Epiphany January 4 CHRISTMAS PEACE Mary, Mother of God Masses Holy Day of Obligation December 31 6:00 PM St Augustine, Oak Harbor January 1 9:30 AM St Augustine, Oak Harbor 9:30 AM St Mary, Coupeville We Pray that the Christ Child will fill your Heart and Home with His Light and Joy at Christmas and throughout the New Year. The Parish Ministers of Saint Augustine and Saint Mary Father Paul Pluth, Pastor ~ Father Jerry Kienzle Mary Rose Anderson, Kathleen Dodge-DeHaven, Rowena Harless, Jim Kraft, Peggy McCormick, Peggy Smith, Tamara Sykes, Mary A. Waters

3 E V E N T S & A N N O U N C E M E N TS CDA Warm Clothing and Blanket Drive donations are being accepted until January 2, Please place new or gently used warm clothing and blankets in the boxes in the Vestibule and Parish Hall. Start saving items for our 15th annual White Elephant Silent Auction. Look for like new decorative or kitchen items, jewelry and those Christmas gifts you really can t use. Donate a small piece of your talent: a crocheted baby blanket, fresh baked pie, handmade candies, etc. Donations will be accepted starting January 8. Prayer Fair 2015 planning meeting will be Friday, January 16 at 5:00 pm in the Parish Office. Complete a Spiritual Needs Survey to help the parish help you in your spiritual growth. See insert for more details. March for Life in Olympia on Tuesday, January 20, See insert for further details or call Walt Daspit (360) or Susan Tibbles (360) Rachel s Corner - Hope and Healing after Abortion Begin the New Year with a peace that surpasses all understanding. Join a Rachel s Vineyard Retreat March 6-8, Call Valerie: HOPE (4673). Sat Sun Mon Tues Wed Thu Fri Sat December 20th - January 3rd 4:00 4:30 pm Confessions 5:00 pm Vigil Mass Simbang Gabi (Jim Foxgrover, RIP, Tom Walsh, Father & Son, RIP, Joseph Mark Dady, RIP) 6:00 pm Simbang Gabi Reception, PH 8:00 am Mass (Our Parishioners, INT) 9:30 am Mass (Donald Shaw, RIP, Ver Starr, INT) 10:30 am CDA meeting, PH 4:30 pm Agape, PH/K 4:45 pm Exercise Group, CR 1/2 6:00 pm Choir Rehearsal, CH 7:00 am POETS, CH Christmas Eve Office Closed 7:30 pm Mass 10:00 pm Mass Christmas Day Office Closed 9:30 am Mass (Our Parishioners, INT) Office Closed 9:00 am Mass 9:30 am Adoration, CH 4:00 pm Confessions 5:00 pm Vigil Mass (Jim Foxgrover, RIP) Sun 8:00 am Mass (Our Parishioners, INT) 9:30 am Mass (Dionisio Pedimonte, RIP) 11:00 am Latin Mass Mon Office Unavailable 4:30 pm Agape, PH/K 4:45 pm Exercise Group, CR 1/2 Tues 7:00 am POETS, CH Weekly Parish Expense: $11,853 Stewardship Total for December 14: $14,899 Thank you for your generosity! Please Note: All 2014 donations to the parish must be received by 12/31/14 in order to be counted towards your 2014 income tax. Prayer Requests For all who are ill, needing surgery, or are recovering from surgery. Jill Reed, Barb Dumit Ana & Joaquin Laguana Liza Neyrand Lord, hear our prayer. To submit names of people who are in need of prayers, please contact the parish office at , and their names will be published in the bulletin. Wed Thu Fri Satt Vigil of Mary, Mother of God 6:00 pm Mass (Fulfills the Holy Day obligation) 7:00 pm New York New Year s Eve Potluck 9:00 pm Adoration, CH Mary, Mother of God Holy Day of Obligation Office Closed 9:30 am Mass (Our Parishioners, INT) 7:30 pm Adoration, CH 9:00 am Mass (John De Avilla, RIP, Shirley Cole, RIP, Erlinda Peralta, RIP, Terersa Ramos, INT) 9:30 am Adoration, CH 9:45 am First Friday Reception, PH/K 9:00 am First Saturday Mass 9:30 am Adoration Join us on December 31st from 7:00-9:00 pm in the Parish Hall for a New York New Year s Eve Potluck. Bring a favorite dish to share for the potluck. We re planning to play card games and will have a White Elephant gift exchange. Bring a gift that might be better suited to someone else, make sure it s wrapped and join in the fun! One gift per participant.) See you there!

4 Pastoral Care FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT. S t. A u g u s t i n e & S t. M a r y C a t h o l i c C h u r c h e s WHY ARE RCIA PARTICIPANTS DISMISSED IN THE MIDDLE OF MASS? After the homily, these catechumens and candidates are dismissed to further study the readings they have just heard in Mass. We wait in happy expectation for their joining us fully at Easter! Please make an effort to meet them and encourage them in their faith walk. Catechumens: Beth Dion, Rick DeBrosky, Phil Bercov, Melissa Horton, Johnell and Jannelle Moody, Tomi & Brisa Castro. Candidates: Rhiannon DeBrosky, Michelle Beesley, & Aaron Marek. Lent Living Living the Eucharist Making LENT a Time of Growth: Sign up during Advent! If you enjoyed being part of the study groups last Lent, or would like to join a group this coming Lent (in February), please call the office or psmith@staugustineoh.org You can also sign up in the Vestibule, for either the couples groups, or individuals groups. We need to order the $5.00 booklets in January, so please sign up soon! MARCH FOR LIFE The March For Life in Olympia will be held on Tuesday, January 20th. There will be a Mass at 8:00am at St Mary, and we will depart for Olympia at 8:30am. The bus fare will be $15 for adults and children 12 years of age and over. For children ages 5 to 11 years the fare will be $5 and children under 5 years of age will ride free. Signups will begin after Masses the weekend of January 3 & 4 and continue with the following weekend Masses. All reserved signups must be paid in advance by January 11, after which all unpaid seats will be open to those on a first-come, first-serve basis. We will provide muffins, coffee, oranges, and juice for the kids for breakfast. Each person will need to provide their own lunch. Those who cannot attend but would like to help a person or a family who cannot afford the expense can make a donation to St Mary Church (Anacortes) designating that it is for the March For Life. If you have any questions or special needs with bus fare, call Susan Tibbles-Anacortes ( ) or Walt Daspit-Oak Harbor( ), Co-Chairs for the Respect Life Committee.

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6 January Daily Scripture Readings The Octave Day of Christmas Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God Nm 6:22-27 Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8 Gal 4:4-7 Heb 1:1-2 Lk 2: Memorial of Sts. Basil the Great & Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops & Doctors of the Church 1 Jn 2:22-28 Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4 Heb 1:1-2 Jn 1: Christmas Weekday 1 Jn 2:29 3:6 Ps 98:1, 3cd-4, 5-6 Jn 1:14a, 12a Jn 1: The Epiphany of the Lord Is 60:1-6 Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-11, Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6 Mt 2:2 Mt 2: Memorial of St. John Neuman 1 Jn 3:22 4:6 Ps 2:7bc-8, 10-12a See Mt 4:23 Mt 4:12-17, Tue after Epiphany 1 Jn 4:7-10 Ps 72:1-2, 3-4, 7-8 Lk 4:18 Mk 6: Wed after Epiphany 1 Jn 4:11-18 Ps 72:1-2, 10, See 1 Tm 3:16 Mk 6: Thu after Epiphany 1 Jn 4:19 5:4 Ps 72:1-2, 14 & 15bc, 17 Lk 4:18 Lk 4: Fri after Epiphany 1 Jn 5:5-13 Ps 147:12-13, 14-15, See Mt 4:23 Lk 5: Sat after Epiphany 1 Jn 5:14-21 Ps 149:1-2, 3-4, 5-6a & 9b Mt 4:16 Jn 3: The Baptism of the Lord Is 42:1-4, 6-7 or Is 55:1-11 Ps 29:1-2, 3-4, 9-10 or Is 12:2-3, 4abcd, 5-6 Acts 10:34-38 or 1 Jn 5:1-9 Alleluia CF. Mk 9:7 or CF. Jn 1:29 Mk 1: Mon 1 st wk in Ord Time Heb 1:1-6 Ps 97:1 & 2b, 6 & 7c, 9 Mk 1:15 Mk 1: Tue 1 st wk in Ord Time Heb 2:5-12 Ps 8:2ab & 5, 6-7, 8-9 See 1 Thes 2:13 Mk 1: Wed 1 st wk in Ord Time Heb 2:14-18 Ps 105:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8-9 Jn 10:27 Mk 1: Thu 1 st wk in Ord Time Heb 3:7-14 Ps 95:6-7c, 8-9, See Mt 4:23 Mk 1: Fri 1 st wk in Ord Time Heb 4:1-5, 11 Ps 78:3 & 4bc, 6c-7, 8 Lk 7:16 Mk 2: Memorial of St. Anthony, Abbot Heb 4:12-16 Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 15 Lk 4:18 Mk 2: nd Sunday in Ord Time 1Sm 3:3b-10, 19 Ps 40:2, 4, 7-8, 8-9, 10 1 Cor 6:13c-15a, Jn 1:41, 17b Jn 1: Mon 2 nd wk in Ord Time Heb 5:1-10 Ps 110:1, 2, 3, 4 Heb 4:12 Mk 2: Tue 2 nd wk in Ord Time Heb 6:10-20 Ps 111:1-2, 4-5, 9 & 10c See Eph 1:17-18 Mk 2: Memorial of St. Agnes, Virgin & Martyr Heb 7:1-3, Ps 110:1, 2, 3, 4 See Mt 4:23 Mk 3: day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children Heb 7:25 8:6 Ps 40:7-8a, 8b-9, 10, 17 See 2 Tm 1:10 Mk 3: Fri 2 nd wk in Ord Time Heb 8:6-13 Ps 85:8 & 10, 11-12, Mk 3: Memorial of St. Francis de Sales, Bishop & Doctor of the Church Heb 9:2-3, Ps 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9 See Acts 16:14b Mk 3: rd Sunday in Ord Time Jon 3:1-5, 10 Ps 25:4-5, 6-7, Cor 7:29-31 Mk 1:15 Mk 1: Memorial of Sts. Timothy & Titus, Bishops 2 Tm 1:1-8 Ti 1:1-5 Ps 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 7-8a, 10 See 2 Tm 1:10 Mk 3: Tue 3 rd wk in Ord Time Heb 10:1-10 Ps 40:2 & 4ab, 7-8a, 10, 11 See Mt 11:25 Mk 3: Memorial of St. Thomas Aquinas, Priest & Doctor of the Church Heb 10:11-18 Ps 110:1, 2, 3, 4 Mk 4: Thu 3 rd wk in Ord Time Heb 10:19-25 Ps 24:1-2, 3-4ab, 5-6 Ps 119:105 Mk 4: Fri 3 rd wk in Ord Time Heb 10:32-39 Ps 37:3-4, 5-6, 23-24, See Mt 11:25 Mk 4: Memorial of St. John Bosco, Priest Heb 11:1-2, 8-19 Lk 1:69-70, 71-72, Jn 3:16 Mk 4:35-41

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