Pastoral Region XII In the Dayton Deanery DECEMBER 9, 2018 SECOND SUNDAY OF HOLY CROSS

OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY

SAINT ADALBERT

SAINT PETER

SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT DECEMBER 9, 2018

CALENDAR of EVENTS PASTORAL REGION XII SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8: Immaculate Conception Blessed Virgin Mary PARISH ADMINISTRATION OFFICE 8:30 am Mass of the Immaculate SP Church 6161 Chambersburg Road Conception of Blessed Virgin Mary 9:00 am CYO Games SP Gym Huber Heights, Ohio 45424 3:00 pm Reconciliation SP Church (937) 233-1503 Phone 4:00 pm Reconciliation OLR Church (937) 237-3523 FAX SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9: Second Sunday of Advent 8:00 am Pray the Rosary SA Church Parish Administration Office 9:00 am School of Religion Classes SP Classrooms Monday to Friday from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm 10:00 am Family Choir Rehearsal SP Church 12:00 pm CYO Games SP Gym REV. ANTHONY CUTCHER, Pastor 1:00 pm Secular Discalced Carmelites Family Life Center 4:00 pm Boy Scout Meeting Fehrenbach Hall [email protected] 4:00 pm Live Nativity ORL Church REV. DEEPAK D’SOUZA, Parochial Vicar 4:00 pm Contemporary Music Practice SP Church [email protected] 5:00 pm Adult Volleyball SP Gym REV. JOSEPH KINDEL, In Residence 7:00 pm Youth Ministry Meeting Youth Ministry Center MONDAY, DECEMBER 10

Deacons | LEO CORDONNIER, 6:00 pm Basketball Practices SP Gym 6:00 pm Cub Scout Den Meetings Fehrenbach Hall ROBERT GUTENDORF, TIMOTHY HARRIS, 6:00 pm Men’s Fellowship Group Ries Center ROBERT KOZLOWSKI, DAVID MCCRAY, 7:00 pm Girl Scout Leader Meeting SP Cafeteria NORBERT NAGY, and DANIEL WADE 7:30 pm Ultreya Meeting Senior Center TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11 DARREN BACKSTROM 6:00 pm Basketball Practices SP Gym Business Manager | 233-1503 6:00 pm Cub Scout Den Meetings Fehrenbach Hall JOY BLAUL 7:00 pm RCIA Class Senior Center Pastoral Associate | 237-3516 7:00 pm RCIA CIC Class SP Classroom 123 JACKI LOFFER WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12 Principal, OLR School | 222-7231 10:00 am 55+ Bible Study Senior Center RON ALBINO 12:30 pm BINGO HC Basement Principal, St. Peter School | 233-8710 2:00 pm Shepherds of Christ SP Chapel TERI VANMETER 6:00 pm ECC Program SP Gym Director, St. Peter ECC | 237-3526 7:00 pm OLR Altar Rosary Society Meeting Shumaker Hall DENISE DURICK 7:00 pm Outreach and Justice Meeting Senior Center Director, St. Peter Latchkey | 233-5527 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13 ANDREW LAROCHELLE 6:00 pm Basketball Practices SP Gym Music Director, St. Peter | 233-1503 6:30 pm BINGO Fehrenbach Hall LAURA JOLIAT 7:00 pm OLR Adult Choir Practice OLR Church Communications | 233-1503 7:00 pm SP Adult Choir Practice SP Church JACKIE ROBBINS 9:00 pm Adult Basketball SP Gym Religious Education Coordinator | 237-3516 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14 9:00 am Eucharistic Adoration SP Church 6:00 pm Basketball Practices SP Gym BULLETIN DEADLINE 6:00 pm Cub Scout Pack Meeting Fehrenbach Hall SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15 EARLY DEADLINE: Bulletin articles for 9:00 am CYO Games SP Gym December 23 are due by 12:00 noon on 3:00 pm Reconciliation SP Church December 11 and for December 30 on 4:00 pm Reconciliation OLR Church December 17, through email at SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16: Third Sunday of Advent [email protected] or in writing. 8:00 am Pray the Rosary SA Church 9:00 am School of Religion Classes SP Classrooms “Let us not stay imprisoned 10:00 am Family Choir Rehearsal SP Church within ourselves, but let us 12:00 pm CYO Games SP Gym break open our sealed tombs 4:00 pm Boy Scout Meeting Fehrenbach Hall to the Lord – each of us knows 4:00 pm Contemporary Music Practice SP Church what they are – so that he may 5:00 pm Adult Volleyball SP Gym 6:00 pm Kucios Dinner Holy Cross Basement enter and grant us life.” 7:00 pm Youth Ministry Meeting Youth Ministry Center POPE FRANCIS

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MASS TIMES and INTENTIONS

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8 4:30 pm @ St. Peter Thomas and Michael Tarquinio (DD) 5:00 pm @ OLR Raymond Gonzalez – Birthday, Anita Nielsen (AC)

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9 | Second Sunday of Advent 7:30 am @ St. Peter Betty Hampshire (JK) 8:30 am @ St. Adalbert Irene Golba, John D. and John S. Rose, Living and Deceased of the Wolski Family, Leonard Wysinski (AC) 9:00 am @ St. Peter David Drinnon (DD) 10:30 am @ Holy Cross Stephen and Sharon Almasy, Rita Ambrose (JR) 11:00 am @ OLR Bill Booher, Tom Byrne, Joanne Koester (AC) 11:00 am @ St. Peter Paul Vargo (DD) 6:00 pm @ St. Peter For the Parish (JK)

MONDAY, DECEMBER 10 6:30 am @ St. Peter Special Intention for Randy and Bethany Leik 8:30 am @ St. Peter Kristian Johnson

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11 | St. Damasus I, Pope 6:30 am @ St. Peter Steve Martin 8:30 am @ St. Peter Mary Abraham – 40th Anniversary of Death

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12 | Our Lady of Guadalupe 6:30 am @ St. Peter Shirley Widmeyer 9:00 am @ St. Peter Alex Rhoads – Birthday

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13 | St. Lucy, Virgin and Martyr 6:00 am @ St. Peter Jean Marshall 8:30 am @ St. Peter Special Intention for Father Earl F. Simone 9:00 am @ OLR For the Parish

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14 | St. John of the Cross, Priest and Doctor of the Church 6:30 am @ St. Peter Obedia Jones 8:30 am @ St. Peter Living and Deceased Members of the Honingford and Cortes Families

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15 8:30 am @ St. Peter Robert Huston 4:30 pm @ St. Peter Rick Schlorman (AC) 5:00 pm @ OLR Paula Horn, Everett and Julia Plummer, Michael Powley (DD)

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16 | Third Sunday of Advent 7:30 am @ St. Peter For the Parish (AC) 8:30 am @ St. Adalbert The Borkowski and Golba Families, Dee – Anniversary of Death, Lewis Koos, Mary Merta (JR) 9:00 am @ St. Peter Juan Delos Santos (DD) 10:30 am @ Holy Cross Theodore Sluzas (AC) 11:00 am @ OLR Al and Marcella Larger, Bill Larger, Frank Moravec, Frank Spanbauer, Lynn (Larger) Wasserman (DD) 11:00 am @ St. Peter Kris Kern (JK) 6:00 pm @ St. Peter Deacon Jack Gould (JK)

NURSING HOME MASSES

On the second Friday of the month, Father Deepak will celebrate Masses at 10:15 am at the Danbury Senior Living in Huber Heights; and on the third Friday of the month, at The Laurels of Huber Heights at 10:15 am.

DECEMBER 13 FEAST DAY SAINT LUCY

“Those whose hearts are pure are temples of the Holy Spirit.”

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POPE’S UNIVERSAL INTENTION ST. PETER FOOD PANTRY

for DECEMBER The December items of need are canned fruit and cereal. Donated nonperishable food items can be In the Service of the Transmission of Faith. placed in the donation box located in the back of the That people, who are involved in the church, dropped off Monday through Friday at the Parish service and transmission of faith, may find, Administration Office between 8:00 am and 4:00 pm, or in their dialogue with culture, a language on Saturday at the Food Pantry between 9:00 am and suited to the conditions of the present time. 12:00 noon. Please make sure the food items are in original, unopened packages with good expiration dates. FAMILY FAITH MOMENTS The Food Pantry cannot accept expired foods, bulk food products, open packages or home canned/baked items. We continue on our Advent journey and see Mary,

who was so excited about the angel’s news, going to visit her cousin Elizabeth who was also going to SIMPLY GIVE CAMPAIGN have a baby. God’s angel had promised that The St. Peter Food Pantry has been selected to take part Elizabeth’s child would later lead others to the Savior. in the 2018 Meijer Simply Give Campaign, which Elizabeth and Zechariah were very excited the day runs now to Saturday, December 29. The Meijer food-only their son, John, was born. Now Mary and Joseph are gift cards from the campaign are used weekly to traveling to to register for the census. purchase food items for our clients. Simply Give donation Celebrating Advent with your family. Light the cards will be located at each church entrance and at second candle on your . Pray for the Meijer Store checkout counters located on Executive every member of your family. Ask God for the words Boulevard. If you prefer the Food Pantry purchase the to say to lead others to . Mary and Joseph had card, place your donation in an envelope marked “Food a difficult journey to Bethlehem. They were tired and Pantry – Simply Give.” hungry and could find no place to stay. Is there a family or a friend that could use a welcome smile? Is ADULT BIBLE STUDY there anyone you know who might feel lonely this time of year? What can you do? The Adult Bible Study Group at St. Peter has begun reading the Book of Genesis. It’s not too late to join us for ST. PETER GIFT SHOP our weekly gathering at 10:00 am in the Senior Center at St. Peter. If you will miss Joe Hand’s study lectures, he is a Come visit the St. Peter Gift regular and greatly contributes to the study. Remember, Shop to do some Christmas praying is us talking to God, the scripture is God talking to shopping, and put your name us. Questions? Please call Theresa Beiring at 371-2600. in for a drawing for an olive wood Musical Nativity. No SPIRITUAL ADOPTION purchase necessary; just browse our giftware. The drawing will be held on Your spiritually adopted baby was born this month; month December 23, you do not need to be present to win. nine! The only change at birth is a change in the external Many of the gifts from the St. Peter Gift Shop are life support system of the baby. She is no different now displayed and for sale on December 9 in the main than before birth except she breathes and eats foyer of the church. The gift shop is opened on differently. She is truly a miracle. She began as a 46- Sundays after the 9:00 and 11:00 am Masses in chromosome cell and has grown over the past nine Fehrenbach Hall. months into this unique human baby people can now see. Never before in history, nor ever again, will anyone EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS exist who is exactly like your spiritually adopted baby. Your prayers saved her life. Thank you on behalf of all of Eucharistic Ministers of Holy Communion to the sick the little babies and their mothers for your loving prayers are needed for Miami Valley Hospital. If you are that helped to bring them to birth “so that they might interested in helping with this comforting ministry or have life and have it to the full!” would like more information, please contact Father Jesus, Mary and Joseph, I love you very much. I beg you Chris Worland at 293-1191 or through email at to spare the life of the unborn child that I have spiritually [email protected]. We ask that you adopted who is in danger of abortion. get a letter from your pastor commending you for this ministry. Please pray about taking part in this — Bishop Fulton J. Sheen — most important ministry.

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St. Peter Early Childhood Center Christmas Program CATECHISM CORNER Secret Message The Christmas Program is on Wednesday, December 12 in the St. Peter School Gym. Transitional by Josh Miller

Kindergarten and 3-year-old students will perform Have you ever sat next to a from 6:00 to 7:00 pm; and the 4-year-old students will texting family member and perform from 7:00 to 8:00 pm. Refreshments following each looked over to read his phone performance will be in Fehrenbach Hall. just because? Curiosity, both innocent and malicious, has posed a problem for polite St. Peter School in society for a long time. Medieval kings and popes sealed their correspondence for protection. December 10: 8th grade trip to UD Nativity Displays. The wax melted into the scroll or envelope, December 12: National Junior High Society Inductions. binding itself inseparably with the message. December 14: Spelling Bee. The writer presses his signet ring into the wax so December 17: Band Field Trip. everyone knows to whom the letter belongs. December 18: Band & Choir Concert at 9:30 am & 6:30 pm. December 19: 7th/8th Grade Dance. While we don't much use wax seals any longer, December 20 to January 2: Christmas Break. Christianity has used a far more permanent seal since the time of Christ. “The Holy Spirit has marked us with the seal of the Lord BAND INSTRUMENTS (‘Dominicus character’) ‘for the day of

Students in grades 5 to 8 in the redemption.’ ‘Baptism indeed is the seal of Our Lady of the Rosary School Band are eternal life’” (CCC 1274). Christ let Himself be in need of used instruments: four flutes, baptized by John the Baptist. In doing so, He three saxophones, four trombones, sealed in Himself a message for the Father to and one trumpet. Please call the School be opened on the day of His death. Office at 222-7231 if you are able to help As Christians, Christ sends the same message these students. to the Father through us. The seal of Baptism melts into our soul, binding there permanently. We may break and damage the seal. We may KNIGHTS of COLUMBUS take the message and feed it to the swine.

CORPORATE COMMUNION is held on the fourth Sunday of the Yet, baptismal wax still clings to our soul. We month at St. Peter Church at 10:00 am (following the 9:00 am Mass). All have but to ask forgiveness for Christ to rewrite are welcome to pray with us. the message and repair the seal. With our

FISH FRY will not be held in December. The new Fish Fry schedule baptismal grace in place, anyone who looks for 2019 is January 18, February 15, March 15, March 29, April 12, and at our lives will know to whom we belong. May 17 from 6:00 to 8:30 pm at the Our Lady of Peace Hall located at 4293 Powell Road in Huber Heights. What are the words of this spiritual letter hidden by our baptismal seal? The message is Please call 233-1711 for more information on the Knights of Columbus. coauthored. Christ died so that you and I could deliver this message from Him to His Father, but the message is also from us. CATHOLIC FAITH on DEMAND Christianity is about learning and living its Access the truth, beauty, and meaning. In this baptismal letter, the meaning of the Catholic Faith handwriting is Christ’s, but the ink is yours and anytime. FORMED is a revolutionary mine. Rather, the ink is you and me. Christ digital platform that gives you writes with the events of our lives. And what unprecedented access to does He write? It is among the oldest video-based study programs, messages ever written or spoken by man or feature films, audio presentations, woman. Together, Christ and I write to our and eBooks from the Church’s Father, “I love You.” foremost presenters. Josh is a Youth Minister for high school and Sign up at formed.org; the Dayton junior high students at St. Peter. For more Region XII code is N9N6AD. Please information, please contact Josh at 674-0763 call 237-3516 for more details. or at [email protected]. 5

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Wednesday, December 19 GIVING TREE Penance Service 7:00 pm at St. Peter The Giving Tree at OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY will benefit the St. Vincent Hotel. The hotel has sheltered a record Monday, December 24 number of homeless children this year, so we will place several additional tags on the Giving Tree for children 3:00 pm at St. Peter and babies who may be spending their Christmas at the shelter. Our Giving Tree allows parishioners to 5:00 pm at St. Peter (Children’s Mass) express Christ's message of love through gift giving to 6:00 pm at St. Adalbert those less fortunate who may not experience the 7:00 pm at St. Peter fullness of the Christmas season. Please take as many 9:00 pm at Our Lady of the Rosary tags as you would like from the tree, and return your (Carols at 8:30 pm) gifts by December 16.

Midnight at Holy Cross ST. ADALBERT CHURCH is happy to participate in Midnight at St. Peter Elizabeth New Life Center Giving Tree Project. All items (Carols at 11:30 pm) donated will be used to restock our baby boutiques. Our Women's Centers are pro-life, non-profit, Tuesday, December 25 pregnancy medical centers, providing positive solutions Christmas Day to those faced with unexpected pregnancies by offering free pregnancy tests, ultrasound scans, 7:30 am at St. Peter consulting/mentoring, prenatal care and material 9:00 am at St. Peter assistance. 10:00 am at Our Lady of the Rosary The consultants at our centers encourage the mother 11:00 am at St. Peter to choose life for her child and then provide assistance

with her spiritual, material, educational and medical Monday, December 31 needs. These material needs include baby clothes, Eve of Mary, the Holy Mother of God diapers, wipes, and bottles. We are asking your family 4:00 pm at Our Lady of the Rosary to share the joy of Christmas by donating an item listed 4:30 pm at St. Peter on the Giving Tree ornament your family chooses. Items should not be gift-wrapped; they are used throughout the year. Please return your donated item by Sunday, Tuesday, January 1 December 16, to St. Adalbert. Please contact Janee Mary, the Holy Mother of God Walski at 776-7928 or email at [email protected] for 9:00 am at St. Peter details. 10:00 am at Our Lady of the Rosary 11:00 am at St. Peter HOLY CROSS CHURCH will also be participating in the Elizabeth New Life Center Giving Tree. Please see above on what the needs are for the center. The deadline for the Giving Tree is Christmas Eve . Please contact Annamarie Berger at [email protected] for more details.

Please remember to return the gifts to the ST. PETER CHURCH Giving Tree by the 11:00 am Mass on December 16. Time is needed to sort and deliver the gifts in time for Christmas. Thank you for your generosity MASS SCHEDULE and kindness in making Christmas brighter for about 1,000 people. 6

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HOLY CROSS KUCIOS DINNER CHRISTMAS FLOWERS Holy Cross Parish Cultural Through the Flower Committee will be holding Donation Program, you its Annual Kucios Dinner on have the opportunity to Sunday, December 16, at help beautify our 6:00 pm in church churches with flowers for basement. Donation this Christmas. A flower year will be $10 per adult donation envelope is and $5 for children ten and under. We are asking for included with your December offertory envelopes so canned food donations (please check the dates) for that you can make a contribution for flowers in your the needy for the Old North Dayton Food Pantry. Due name or in that of another. A list of those who to the size of our undercroft, RESERVATIONS ARE donated will be listed in bulletin after Christmas. NECESSARY; please call Fran Petkus at 236-0395 or email Fran at [email protected] by Monday, BLESSING for a GATHERING December 10. God of love and kindness, as we gather together this SENIOR BREAKFAST day, we recognize the bonds of unity and purpose that unite us as one. You created the world and all Our regional senior breakfast at that is in it, and brought forth man and woman in Your Our Lady of the Rosary, in own image and likeness, initiating the human family. Shumaker Hall, is on the third Send Your blessing upon our gathering this day. May Thursday of the month at 10:00 all we do reflect Your goodness. Bring us together as am. Join us for breakfast on one so that we may accomplish Your will in our lives. December 20. We serve a Amen. wonderful breakfast of bacon, eggs, sausage, potatoes, fruit, desserts, coffee, and juices; and vary the menu some months to include pancakes, biscuits and gravy, and other surprises, all Live Nativity for just a donation.

We are in need of help in preparing and serving the breakfast, and cleanup. If you can offer some time from 8:00 am to 12:00 noon once a month or every DECEMBER 9 other month, it would be greatly appreciated. For more information, please contact Phyllis at 236-5378. 4:00 to 7:00 pm PRAYER CHAIN We are called to pray for each other as a region family. If you or a loved one is in need of prayers, please send your prayer request to the Parish Administration Office by calling 233-1503 or email [email protected]. The prayer request will be sent out so that others may know of and pray for your intention. Your privacy will be respected.

MEDICAL EQUIPMENT Region XII has medical equipment available for all parishioners to use such as wheelchairs, walkers, crutches, shower chairs, and more. If you have items that you would like to donate, we will gladly accept them. To request or donate items, please contact Deacon Leo Cordonnier at 879-5408.

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WEDDING BANNS MINISTERS of LITURGY

(First Time) SATURDAY, December 15, 4:30 pm at St. Peter CONNIE BAYNE, daughter of Paul and Vicki (Buschur) Eucharistic Ministers: C. Cwiklinski, T. House, Bayne of St. Peter Parish, and MICHAEL VIGUS, son of J. Correale, I. Gambert, B. Caramat, M. Morgan, John and +Debbie (Bankston) Vigus C. Niebrugge, M. Niebrugge, L. Ramage Lectors: B. Caramat, D. Weed Servers: M. Kadel, B. Niebrugge, C. Niebrugge SYMPATHY 5:00 pm at Our Lady of the Rosary Please keep in your prayers the family of the recently Eucharistic Ministers: S. Morrison, deceased member in Region XII: Jean Marshall from St. P. Wysinski, D. Daugherty, A. Siefker Peter Parish. Greeter: TBD Lector: D. Daugherty ST. VINCENT DE PAUL Servers: J. Burke, D. Schwendeman, C. Durr

Next weekend, December 15 and 16, is the monthly SUNDAY, December 16, 7:30 am at St. Peter collection for St. Vincent de Paul at St. Peter. All we Eucharistic Ministers: S. Brinkman, have is a gift from God. Will you again be generous to a M. Dryfuse, K. Howard, R. Huth neighbor? Christ is waiting to receive your gift. We Lector: A. Hanf Servers: L. Lyons, S. Lyons would give anything to see His face, to hear His voice. When we give to a neighbor in need, we give to Him; 8:30 am at St. Adalbert we see HIS face. Eucharistic Ministers: C. Flanagan, R. Collin, A. Rose, J. Wolski In September and October, your contributions helped Lector: J. Fisher 11 families threatened with eviction stay in their homes, Server: K. Collin over 50 families were helped with the utilities, and many were helped in other ways. What you did for them, you 9:00 am at St. Peter did for Him. Thank you for your continued support of St. Choir: Adult Choir Vincent de Paul. Eucharistic Ministers: R. Romie, L. Delos Santos, C. Fletcher, J. Yaney, M. Schafer, J. Vargo, R. Whipple, N. Calvelage, B. Williams STEWARDSHIP of TREASURE Lectors: D. Walker, P. Grembowski

for December 1 and 2 Servers: A. Kneer, E. Kneer, I. Kneer

HOLY CROSS $ 529.00 10:30 am at Holy Cross OUR LADY of the ROSARY $ 5,358.25 Eucharistic Minister: T. Scott ST. ADALBERT $ 1,292.00 Greeters: F. Petkus, E. Geiger ST. PETER $34,598.45 Lectors: M. Petkus, R. Liaugminas Server: A.J Geiger, B. Slagley, K. Evanchuck

READINGS WEEK of DECEMBER 9 11:00 am at Our Lady of the Rosary Eucharistic Ministers: K. Kreitzer, R. Evans, J. Holmes Sunday: Bar 5:1-9/Ps 126:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6/ Greeter: V. Tischler Phil 1:4-6, 8-11/Lk 3:1-6 Lector: J. Loffer Monday: Is 35:1-10/Ps 85:9ab and 10, 11-12, 13-14/ Servers: N. Thomas, S. August Lk 5:17-26 11:00 am at St. Peter Tuesday: Is 40:1-11/Mt 18:12-14 Choir: Family Choir Ps 96:1-2, 3 and 10ac, 11-12, 13/ Eucharistic Ministers: D. Irwin, J. Menart, Wednesday: Zec 2:14-17 or Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab/ B. Foster, D. Foster, S. Corcoran, M.J. Corcoran, Jdt 13:18bcde, 19/Lk 1:26-38 or Lk 1:39-47 M. Coyle, P. Liberty, M. Liberty Thursday: Is 41:13-20/Ps 145:1 and 9, 10-12, 13ab/ Lector: J. Gates Mt 11:11-15 Servers: C. Joseph, C.J. Kamden, Friday: Is 48:17-19/Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6/Mt 11:16-19 J. Kimerling, I. Vazquez Saturday: Sir 48:1-4, 9-11/Ps 80:2ac and 3b, 15-19/ Mt 17:9a, 10-13 6:00 pm at St. Peter Next Sunday: Zep 3:14-18a/Is 12:2-3, 4, 5-6/Phil 4:4-7/ Choir: Contemporary Ensemble Lk 3:10-18 Eucharistic Ministers: K. Fusco, G. Gehl, J. Blankenship, M. Barhorst Lector: J. Mihelcic Servers: H. Brzozowski, J. Walter, D. Walter 8

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SACRAMENTS

BAPTISM: The baptismal preparation class is on the first Saturday of each month from 9:00 to 10:30 am in the Senior Center at St. Peter Parish. Please call 237-3516 to RSVP for the baptism class and 233-1503 to schedule the baptism. Baptisms are held after the 11:00 am Sunday Mass at St. Peter. Baptisms at Holy Cross, Our Lady of the Rosary, and St. Adalbert are by request.

MARRIAGE: Arrangements are to be made six months in advance. Please call the Parish Administration Office at 233-1503.

RECONCILIATION: On Saturdays from 3:00 to 4:00 pm at St. Peter and from 4:00 to 4:30 pm at Our Lady of the Rosary. First Sunday of the month at St. Adalbert from 8:00 to 8:30 am and at Holy Cross from 10:00 to 10:30 am. Also, by request.

ANOINTING of the SICK: Priests are available to administer the Sacrament of the Sick. Please call the Parish Administration Office at 233-1503.

BULLETIN SPONSORS

Did you know that the business sponsors, who advertise on the back of the bulletin, make our weekly bulletin possible without any cost to our region? Please, patronize these businesses and thank them for their continued generosity and support of Dayton Region XII.

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CELEBRATION of SPECIAL DATES

Calling all REGION XII members... are you celebrating a special birthday, a significant anniversary, or a major milestone… is someone in your family graduating or getting married outside the region? If you would like any noteworthy family or parish event posted in the bulletin, please email details, along with a picture, to Laura Joliat at [email protected]; please call 233-1503 for more information. NEW MEMBER REGISTRATION

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Perhaps there was a Sister Clare in your life. Perhaps a special woman or man religious shared with you love, faith, and a belief in all you could become. Maybe you knew more than one. Today those sisters, brothers, and religious order priests may be elderly, and their religious communities may struggle to meet retirement needs. Your gift to the Retirement Fund for Religious supports necessities — such as medications and nursing care — and helps ensure the next generation of Sister Clare’s can continue in ministry. Please give generously to this week’s collection. For more details, visit retiredreligious.org.

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