Third Sunday of Advent. Dec 17, 2017 SAINT ELIZABETH OF THE TRINITY PARISH. VISIT US... CELEBRATE WITH US...

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1 IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY CHURCH 5 FATIMA DRIVE RIVERVIEW, NB E1B 2X8 TEL: /FAX: HOLY GHOST CHURCH 2 CHURCH STREET RIVERSIDE ALBERT, NB E4H 3W8 TEL/FAX: HOLY FAMILY CHURCH 52 FALKLAND ST. MONCTON, NB E1E 4S8 TEL: ST. JUDE S CHURCH 3062 MAIN ST. SALISBURY, NB E4J 2L5 TEL: REGIONAL PARISH OFFICE TELEPHONE: FATIMA DR., RIVERVIEW, NB E1B 2X8 FAX: OFFICE HOURS: MONDAY - FRIDAY 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM PRIEST MODERATOR: FATHER PHIL MULLIGAN philoryguy@hotmail.com ASSISTANT: FATHER CHARLES BRODERICK PASTORAL ASSOCIATE: MARK MAHONEY charliebroderick@rogers.com markmahoney@rogers.com Business Manager: Anne Marcoux ihmc@rogers.com Secretary: Sara Perkison sperkison@rogers.com SAINT ELIZABETH OF THE TRINITY PARISH VISIT US... CONTACT US: businessoffice@blessedelizabe.org CELEBRATE WITH US... Regular Mass Schedule Moays 9:00 Holy Family Church, Moncton Wednesdays 9:00 Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Riverview Fridays 2:00 People s Park Tower Chapel, Moncton Satuays 4:00 Holy Gho Church, Riverside Albert 7:00 Holy Family Church, Moncton LOOK FOR US... Suays 9:00 Saint Jude Church, Salisbury 11:00 Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Riverview Private Confessions at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church Satuay afternoon from 1-1:30 pm secretary@blessedelizabe.org ARCHDIOCESE OF MONCTON WEBSITE: Welcome to Our Parish If you are new to our church or ju visiting, we are pleased to have you share in is celebration of e Euchari. If you would like to join our parish, regiration forms are available. Please ask one of e miniers you see in e church or in e foyer or call e office at We look forwa to meeting you! Thi Suay of Advent Dec 17, 2017 Director of Catechesis for Immaculate Heart of Mary & Holy Family Churches: Karen LeBlanc ihmccatechism@rogers.com FAMILY FAITH FORMATION Holy Gho Church - Teresa O Hara: , St. Jude s Church - Angela Hoogeyk TH TH LITURGIES FOR THE WEEK of DEC 18 to 25, 2017 (Chrimas Masses Included) Peoples Park Tower Chapel Fri. Dec 22 2:00 pm Anne Nelson - Edna & family Sun. Dec 24 10:00 am Special Intentions for Jeanne Doiron - Holy Gho Church Sat. Dec 23 4:00 pm Winnie Layden - Winnie & Harold Smi Mon. Dec 25 10:00 am Frederick Morrissey - Beulah Morrissey Phyllis Gallant Holy Family Church Mon. Dec 18 9:00 am Special Intentions for Stephen Wheeler - Missy & Susan Sat. Dec 23 7:00 pm Gerald Donovan (Anniv) - Marie Donovan & family St. Jude s Church Sun. Dec 24 6:30 pm Special Intentions for Fr Charlie - Prayer Group Immaculate Heart of Mary Church Wed. Dec 20 9:00 am Clair Fisher - Adeline & daughters Sun. Dec 24 10:00 am Tom Kehoe - Bill, Kimberley & Melissa Taylor Sun. Dec 24 4:00 pm Scott MacDonald - Geralda MacDonald Sun. Dec 24 8:30 pm Cay Kennedy - Eunice Cail UNTO EVERY SEASON THERE IS A TIME... Ecclesiaes 3 A time to mourn... A time to heal... Donna Hearnshaw Kelly Innes Doris LeBlanc David Puy, faer of Karen Leblanc

2 Readings for e Week Moay Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Satuay Suay Jer 23:5-8 Jgs 13:2-7, Is 7:10-14 Sg 2: Sm 1:24-28 Mal 3:1-4, Sm 7:1-5, 8-12, 14, 16 Rom 16:25-27 Mt 1:18-25 Lk 1:5-25 Lk 1:26-38L k 1:39-45L k 1:46-56L k 1:57-66 Lk 1:26-38 STEWARDSHIP STATEMENT: "Give a it shall be given to you" COLLECTIONS FOR LAST WEEKEND (Luke 6:38) Peoples Park Tower Chapel Church Support $297.00; Loose $ Maintenance Fu $40.00 Holy Family Church (inc PADs) Church Support $ ; Loose $ Maintenance Fu $ Holy Gho Church Church Support $277.00; Loose $5.00 Mail Envelopes $ Chrimas Flowers $80.00; Missals $5.00 St. Jude s Church (inc PADs) Church Support $463.00; Loose $37.00 Immaculate Heart of Mary (incl PADs) Church Support $ ; Loose $ Property Upkeep $ ; You $ Social Action $ Thank You for Your Continued Support! Thank you for using your special collection, Chrimas envelope, to make an extra donation to e life a work of our Churches! FOOD BASKET CHALLENGE Holy Gho a IHMC We are ocking up for e winter mons ahead, so if you can, please continue to se rice a oatmeal any size or ki a children's juice packs. St. Jude s - Crackers, Cereal, Coiments, Inant Coffee, Kraft Dinner Holy Family - inant rice; powdered coffee creamer; beef bouillon, canned a/or powdered milk a much needed, juice boxes. Thank you so much to all! Advent - Preparing for e coming of Our Lo Jesus Chri! Penitential Celebrations in e diocese: St. Auguine s: Moay, Dec 18 at 7:00 p.m. Private Confessions are celebrated at Immaculate Heart of Mary every Satuay afternoon from 1:00-1:30 p.m. St. Berna s Evening Prayer will continue celebrated during Advent on Thursday evening at 7:00 p.m. on December 21. Praying e Rosary - During Advent, e Rosary will be prayed at St. Lawrence O'Toole at 8:30 a.m. each Suay prior to e regular weeke liturgy. There is Mass celebrated during Advent at St. Auguine's on Tuesdays at 12:00 noon. S chedule of Chrimas Masses Suay, Dec 24 (morning) Dec 24 is e Four Suay of Advent a we will combine bo masses usually said on Suay morning for St. Jude s a Immaculate Heart a have one mass at 10:00 a.m. at Immaculate Heart of Mary. (Thank you St. Jude s.) Suay, December 24 (afternoon/evening) 10:00 a.m. -Peoples Park Tower Chapel 4:00 p.m. - Immaculate Heart of Mary 6:30 p.m. - St. Jude s 7:00 p.m. - Holy Family 8:30 p.m. - Immaculate Heart of Mary Moay, December 25 (morning) 10:00 a.m. - Holy Gho 2017 Charitable Donation Receipts Thank you to e many parishioners who make a donation to e church at is time of e year. Please note ough, at e parish office will be closed between Chrimas a New Year s, so if you wish to make a donation a have it included in your 2017 tax receipt, it mu be in e collection at one of our four churches (not St. Berna s or St. Auguine s) by December 25 or dropped off int e office in Riverview by noon on December 22. This way, we can have e monies deposited by December 31 a en everying will be included in your 2017 tax receipt. Thank you! Please note at e Parish office will be closing at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, Dec 21 for aff Chrimas get-togeer! S chedule of New Year s Masses During e weeke of Satuay, Dec 30 a Suay, Dec 31, we will follow our normal Mass schedule. There will be two additional masses ough, for New Year s, celebrating e Solemnity of Mary, Moer of God. Suay, December 31 (evening) 7:00 p.m. - Holy family Moay, January 1 (morning) 11:00 a.m. - Immaculate Heart of Mary Please note at ere will be no morning Mass at Holy Family on January 1. Envelopes: 2018 offering envelopes are ill available in e foyer. Please try to remember to pick yours up. Have a look at e mailing label a let us know if we need to make corrections. If you would like to receive a box of envelopes or if you wish to art a Pre-Auorized Debit (PAD) offering, please call Anne, IN MEMORY OF... We are accepting donations for environment in e church during e Chrimas season, in memory of deceased family a fries. A li will be printed in next week s bulletin of ose being remembered. On a piece of paper, please write who is being remembered, by whom a for which Church, a put is information a your donation in an envelope. Ju drop it into e parish office, or put it in e collection basket, clearly marked Chrimas Flowers. It s also fine to ju call e office a se your donation along afterwas!

3 Advent is e beginning of a new year, a new art. Join us for a time of meditation, a time spent wi Jesus in e gaen or e desert, praying, being in e Presence of His Faer. In Matew 6, Jesus told us to "go into at secret interior space a pray in silence" a emptying ourselves, getting rid of e ego, giving up our will a becoming poor in spirit, allows e Holy Spirit to fill up e empty spaces. Our Sacred Space Chriian Meditation Community invites you to join us on Friday evenings at 7:30 p.m. in e Day Chapel at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church for a time of silence, being in e Presence of God, rough Jesus a e Holy Spirit who dwells wiin us. There is one remaining Friday, Dec 22. Please call Dianne at for more information or if you have any queions. Our WEDNESDAY PRAYER DAY, held at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, will resume on January 10. You are welcome in e church anytime Moay to Friday 9 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. for time in prayer or meditation. Thank you to everyone who donated to White Gift Suay! IHM s Church foyer was overflowing wi your gifts! Prayer Group meets every Moay evening from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. in e Holy Family Church foyer. Please join us for a time of quiet, peace a prayer. If you d like more information, please call Roberta at Development a Peace at Chrimas! Chrimas is approaching quickly a we each prepare in our own way. We all have great demas on our time a on our money but e needs across e Global Sou are growing. Exiing issues ill require our support a new crises continue to emerge. Piece by piece, togeer in solidarity, we are making a difference in is world, God s world! This year why not let your light of kiness a good shine on Development a Peace? A short prayer for real peace, a little time taken to learn about e world wide work of is organization or maybe show your support for Development a Peace by becoming a member! No geure is too small to help. You can learn more about Development a Peace on our Facebook page or by visiting or by contacting Dan Stote at or danote@yahoo.com. Peace be wi you! Congratulations to our very own Al Daly for his years of work a dedication on behalf of Development a Peace! Al was presented wi a certificate of appreciation for his efforts at a jubilee celebration wi Archbishop Vienneau, marking e 50 Anniversary of Development a Peace. We are pleased to announce at repairs are on schedule a at Our Lady of e Assumption Caedral will be open for Chrimas masses in French on December 24 at 7:00 pm a December 25 at 10:00 am. Welcome! Please note - We are sorry to announce at Big Hearts Small City s 4 Annual Santa s Gift Shop has been cancelled. Paoral Associate Job Poing The parish of St. Auguine's is seeking a full time Paoral Associate. The successful caidate mu be fully initiated into e Roman Caolic Church a meet e requirements of e "Diocesan Policy on e Prevention of Violence Towa Vulnerable Persons". The position will include some weeke a evening hours. Salary will be based on experience in e field. Position requirements: Mu be a practising Roman Caolic Be willing a available to participate in maatory, ongoing formation Possess rong leadership skills Experienced in program cooination Have rong written a oral communication skills a working knowledge of computer software programs Qualifications: Depeable Highly organized Able to work iepeently a wiin a team Possess po-secoary training in various job settings Boable Application deadline has been exteed to December 20, Please submit resumé, in confidence, to epwallace9@gmail.com New Weekly Bulletins for St. Elizabe of e Trinity (SET) Parish Grouping! Advertisers are signing on a we will be going to print in January 2018, so if you own a business or know of a credible company at may benefit from is advertising, e deadline to get aboa is Thursday, December 21. After at, e bulletin advertising will be locked in for one year. The person you need to reach is Shani Court; by phone at or by at church.bulletin.adverising@gmail.com. The advertising on e back of our bulletin will be an effective, local way to advertise in a highly respectable venue, so please don t miss out! We are encouraging businesses to support our new bulletins a parishioners to support our advertisers! As e Albert County Action Committee (ACAC) prepares for eir annual Chrimas Aid Program, e Dan Bohan Centre is booked for food deliveries a for packing e boxes. Committee volunteers are doing eir jobs a now ey are asking our fai community to help out. The average co of a Chrimas Aid food box is $55.00, not including e turkey. The turkeys come from e Sue Stultz turkey drive but e re of e food is purchased using donations. Donations can be made rough your church offerings or mailed to ACAC, c/o 30 Honour Court, Riverview, NB E1B 3Y9. Thank you to all who have already donated! Your support is greatly appreciated!

4 Open to all - Call Karen to Regier! Great Family Activity! The Nativity Keepsake you will be making is absolutely sweet! Hope to see you a your family at e Dan Bohan Centre on Suay afternoon from 3:00-6:00 p.m. HOLY FAMILY Chrimas carol sing-along! Holy Family will be having a Chrimas carol sing-along, followed by refreshments on Suay, December 17 at 3:00 p.m. in e church. Come a help us sing your favourite Chrimas carols! Once again is year, Holy Family will be hoing a lovely Chrimas Dinner. If you have no family nearby wi whom to share e holiday spirit, please plan to join us on Moay, Dec 25 at noon. Regiration will be limited to 50 people, so regier early by calling e parish office at If you have any queions, call Gera at LET S DO LUNCH! This year, inead of so many Chrimas gifts to family a fries, why not consider sharing your blessings wi ose less fortunate, by donating a number of dinners to e Karing Kitchen at $1 a serving! It is a great gift idea a we have nice red Karing Kitchen cas at bo Holy Family a Immaculate Heart of Mary at you can put uer e tree at Chrimas! Karing Kitchen says ank you for your caring, generosity a love. After e Holy Family Seniors Dinner a Dance at e Dan Bohan Center on Dec 7 - did you go home wi e wrong men's coat a gloves? A black coat wi leaer gloves is missing a a black coat wi grey trim was left in its place. Please call e church office to arrange for a swap! ( ) ST. JUDE S The Food Bank is always looking for Volunteers. The shifts are Tuesdays a Wednesdays from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. or 1 p.m.-4 p.m. You will always be working wi an experienced volunteer. Please call for any inquiries. If ere is ever an emergency a you know of someone in need of food a e Food Bank is closed, please contact Tracy Lagace at Canadian Tire money is also being accepted to help purchase Chrimas presents for families in our local area. All donations appreciated! Thank you to everyone for seing in your Canadian Tire money! HOLY GHOST We are going to have two Wrea Draws! $2 squares are available at e church entrance for your chance to win! We ank Grace Elderkin for e donation a to Bernadette Elliott for making em. Draw date December 18 so you ill have time! Good Luck! IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY Grocery cas make terrific Chrimas gifts! Thank you to all who have been taking advantage of is great gift idea for ose ha to buy for people! Remember, a $25 gift ca could buy food, cloes, housewares, great desserts, supper out, flowers - you name it, between Sobeys a Superore, ey got it! Please consider supporting is great church furaiser while taking away some of at Chrimas ress! Glad we could help! Families a young people who would like to sing at e 4:00 p.m. Mass Chrimas Eve at Immaculate Heart of Mary are welcome to join us! We will only have one more practice, so please, you need to be here! Note e time change! Our final practice will be on Suay, December 17, beginning at 1:30 p.m. a eing arou 3:00 p.m. Any queions, please contact Claudette at deaelec@gmail.com. Knights of Columbus Council 9270 are supporting e Albert County Chrimas Aid Project a here is how you can help too! December 19 - bringing groceries into e Dan Bohan Centre. December 20 - packing boxes. December 21 - loading boxes into e delivery vehicles. (Snow date Dec 22 ) For more information contact Paul at or Eric at Thank you! Local Paoral Council (LPC) elections are set for Suay, January 28! A Local Parish Council is a leadership group where pries a people work togeer as partners. The LPC considers e needs of e whole parish a works to ensure at all parishioners are included in parish life. A sincere ank you to our outgoing members, Maureen Mills, John Coughlan a Chris Spencer for eir dedication a contributions during eir terms on e LPC. Sooooo, in oer to have our election, we mu have nominations! Look arou you - who in our parish community do you see as having e gifts to be a member of is committee? Nominations close at 12:00 p.m. on Friday, January 12, I NOMINATE Name: Phone No.: to be a representative on Immaculate Heart of Mary s Local Paoral Council (LPC)

5 COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS Vocal Magic - The Gentlemen of Harmony Barbershop Chorus, female a cappella ensemble Riversong, e Harrison Trimble High Vocal Ensemble, a awa winning male quartets "Gale Force" a "Seven Wave", will warm e cold winter night as ey present Vocal Magic, Feb. 3, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. at e Riverview Arts Centre. Tickets are available now a would make a great Chrimas gift for parents, graparents or oer music lovers on your li. Visit or call Tickets are $25.35 advance/$28.23 at e door, all taxes a fees included. St. John's Anglican Church (15 Kay St., Salisbury) is hoing Dinner a Movie night on Suay, December 17 at 4:30 p.m. a will feature two VeggieTales Chrimas Specials - great for all ages! We gaer for a pot-luck supper, watch while we eat, a have a short discussion afterwas. No charge - by donation. Contact e Rev. Chris Hayes ( ; chris.hayes@anglican.nb.ca). All are invited! FROM THE OFFICES OF FAITH DEVELOPMENT, LITURGY & YOUTH FAITH DEVELOPMENT To contact us: Ellen: or ellen.diocesemoncton@gmail.com Trevor: or trevo.diocese@gmail.com Deb: liturgymoncton@gmail.com Join us as we take a photographic journey rough Advent towas Chrimas. You can po as many photos as you want, providing ey follow e designated eme for e day/week. For more information, follow e you office at #YouFaiMoncton in Inagram a check out e daily challenges. People of all ages are encouraged to join us. For more information, contact Trevor at trevo.diocese@gmail.com, or PM e you office on Inagram. Church Unplugged at Saint Elizabe of e Trinity You ve seen in e bulletin, we will be hoing anoer woerful Advent event for young people a eir families before Chrimas! Families from any parish in e diocese are encouraged to regier wi Karen at The co for e event is for each family to bring non-perishable food items. Keepsake Chrimas (for families wi children of all ages up to Grade 5). Join us on Suay, December 17 from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. to create your own nativity set as you hear e ory of Jesus' bir. This session will take place at e Dan Bohan Centre, but spaces are limited, so please contact Karen as soon as possible. It s gonna be fun!!! Mark Your Calears for Dr. Fiona Black's session on e Myics taking place on Satuay, February 3 at St. Berna's Church Hall. Watch future bulletins for furer details. Exploring Our Fai Sharing Joy! Pearl's daughter. Mary Lou's husba. Michael's wife. How many times, a in how many ways, do we define ourselves by who we are? A, like John e Bapti, in today's gospel, are ere times a ways we define ourselves by who we are not? John made it clear at he was not e Chri, not Elijah, a not e Prophet. What he was is what we are called to be -- ones who teify to e light, ones who prepare e way of e Lo a ones who proclaim His message of tru to all. How do we, as oinary people, do is? Through our wos a actions we can be examples of e way of life Chri proposed. Moer Teresa once said, "Let no one ever come to you wiout leaving happier." This bles well into is 3 Suay of Advent. This 3 Suay is known as Gaudete Suay. Gaudete means "rejoice". This is e Suay of Joy. Joy can come upon us unexpectedly. It jumps out at us behi sunsets, peeks out in e smile of a ranger a takes hold in a child's laughter. Pierre Teilha de Chain, a Jesuit biologi a philosopher, once wrote, "Joy is e infallible sign of e presence of God." Advent is a time when we hope for little moments of joy a invite God to use us as inruments of joy to e world. We could take time today to recall ings at have brought us joy a one ing we could do is to share joy wi someone in e coming week. Also, in today's gospel, it ates at John was "sent from God" not as e light, but "he came to teify to e light". This remis us at Jesus brings light to e world. A where ere is light, ere is joy a peace a assurance. Think of situations when ings are dark -- in e middle of e night when we wake up a cannot get back to sleep due to anxiety/worries. Or it could be felt darkness, such as times when we are frightened a feel alone a hopeless. Then remember how it feels to have light, eier physically experiencing light at breaks apart e darkness, or feeling comforted a joyful because our feelings of darkness have eed. We may not have every problem figured out, but we serve a God who loved is world enough to join us in it. During Advent we can pray at we may remember again God's gift of Jesus to e world a know e joy at gift brings to all people. Help us live in such a way at our wos a actions help oers know of e joy God gives. Cay Keiread