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Staff Contact Info NEW to St. Mary? Welcome! You can register from our website or through the church office. We Fr. Ken Schartz, Pastor 321-1207 will contact you to answer any questions. We are glad you are here! [email protected] x8102
Fr. Tom Dennemann 321-1207 Sacraments
Weekend Celebrant Baptism - Preparation class takes place on the First Thursday of the month. Sacrament takes place on the first and third Sunday of the month at 1:00pm. Parish Administrator 3 21-1207 Call the church office to begin this process. Godparent letters require 10 Jeff Rinear x8105 business days to process. Please email: [email protected]. Thank you! [email protected] First Eucharist & First Reconciliation - St. Mary School and Parish Religious Education Program students prepare in their second grade year. Call Parish Secretary 3 2 1-1207 the church office for more information. Connie Erdmann x8100 [email protected] Confirmation - St. Mary School and Parish Religious Education Program (PREP) Students prepare to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation in their 7th & 8th Deacon John Schuler 321-1207 grade years. Confirmation takes place in the Fall of their 8th grade year. Next [email protected] x8404 Confirmation is Fall 2019. Please contact Michele Carle-Bosch with questions. [email protected] Adults, not yet confirmed, please call the church office for Deacon John Thamann, Retired more information.
School Principal 321-0703 Reconciliation - Saturday: 3:00-3:45pm and by appt. Community Penance Marianne Rosemond x8309 Services take place during Advent and Lent. [email protected] Anointing of the Sick - Call the church office Catechesis & Education 321-1207 Marriage - Parishioners must contact the church office at least one year in Michele Carle-Bosch x8401 advance. A marriage preparation program is required. [email protected] Please Pray For... Evangelization 321-1207 Parishioners Called to Military Service: If you know of a parishioner who is called Margaret Shank X8400 into, or presently serving in, our country’s military forces please notify the church [email protected] office (321-1207.) In serving honorably, they contribute to the good of the nation Music & Worship 3 2 1-1207 and the preservation of peace (Catechism of the Catholic Church #2310). Please Katie Barton x8402 keep the following in your prayers: Benjamin J. Capannari, Sam Anderson, Craig [email protected] Blessing, Josue Vazquez, Tony DeFilippo, Jake Keefe, Ewan MacDougall, John McCormick, Mark McCormick, Michael O’Connor, Andrew Quatkemeyer, Sacristan 3 2 1 -1207 Amy Rohs, Todd Seurkamp, Todd Smyth. Ron Lamping x8403 rlampin @smshp.com Circle of Care Circle of Care is available to offer you support in difficult times. Meal assistance, Admin. & Volunteer Asst. 321-1207 Admin. & Volunteer Asst. housework, transportation etc. Please don’t hesitate to contact Emilie Kroner at x8406 VIRTUS Coordinator [email protected] or (513) 319-5028. Laura Nickol [email protected] Gift of Treasure - Thank You! School Development & 321-0703 Sunday, Nov 18….308 Gifts….$13,556.50 / Nov 25….215 Gifts….$18,904.00 Parish Communications X8 301 Thanksgiving - St VDP Collection….$849 Beth Mock Catholic Campaign for Human Development….$3088 [email protected] Projected Weekly Collection…………………………………………………………..$17,844.00 Thank you for your generosity! Business Associate & 321-1207 Want to write fewer checks? Sign up for Electronic Fund Transfer. To enroll go to our web- Volunteer Coordinator x8101 Orla Bowman site www.smchp.com and click on “Giving” found at the top of the main page. Questions? [email protected] Call Jeff Rinear 321-1207 ext. 8105. *to increase your electronic giving: Log in to smchp.weshareonline.org and click Payments/Schedules/Click Edit next to Sunday offerings Youth Minister Parish and School Space Reservations Bulletin Content Deadline: Monday NOON Ashley Gabriel Please reserve parish space with Connie: S u b m i t t o : [email protected] [email protected] Submit to: [email protected] [email protected] or 321-1207 Dec 30 & Jan 6 Bulletins….deadline is Church Office Hours Monday, Dec 17 Child Care is available during M-F 9:00-Noon and 1:00-5:00pm 9:30 am Mass in Robisch Hall. Mass Intentions From the Desk of Fr. Ken
Tuesday December 4 Advent starts this weekend. The older we get the 7:30 am For the People of the Parish faster the year goes. We have four Sundays to 6:45pm Murray Family - Haithcoat Family prepare ourselves for the celebration of the Lord
Wednesday December 5 coming to us as that Babe in Bethlehem. You know 9:00 am Sp. Int. Deacon John D. Thamann - Fr. Ken we busy ourselves with trivial matters during this time of year that we can forget the reason why we Schartz & St. Mary Parish Staff Thursday December 6 celebrate the 25th. Focus on the Lord more during these next 7:30 am Morgan Judd - Family weeks. Attend Evening Prayer on December 9th at 4:00. Come to the Advent/First Penance Service on December 13th at 7:00. Frida December 7 Jesus is the Reason for the Season. 9:00 am Sp. Int. for Vocations to the Church
7:00 pm - Vigil Mass - For the People of the Parish
Saturda December 8 The Immaculate Conception of Next Sunday’s Readings the Blessed Virgin Mary Second Sunday of Advent – December 9, 2018 9:00 am For the People of the Parish Baruch 5:1-9 4:00 pm - Second Sunday of Advent Mass - Sp. Int. Philippians 1:4-6, 8-11 Luke 3:1-6 Daniel Sandah - Muffy & Karl Kadon
Sunday December 9 8:00 am Gary Orzali - Christine & Joe Conte TREES 9:30 am Liz Seurkamp - Doe & Larry Healy † Take an ornament from the Giving Tree for families
11:30 am For the People of the Parish of Mother of Christ Church in Winton Terrace and for
To request a Mass intention, please contact the rectory residents served by Mercy Neighborhood Ministries. Return gifts with their tag no later than December 16. Thank you. The Week Ahead † Fr. Ken’s Christmas Tree Sale this weekend! In the Monday, December 3 rectory side yard. Sat 9am-4pm and Sun 9am-11am † 9:00 am - REJOICE! - Advent Meditations in SC
† 7:00 pm - Beatitudes Study - Seton Center From St. Mary School Office Tuesday, December 4 † 6:00 pm - Cub Scouts Wolves Den in SC We met in Saint Families this past week to prepare for † 6:45 pm - Mass - Followed by First Tuesday of the the Season of Advent. Families worked on Advent Month Holy Hour (@7:15) Wreaths, Random Acts of Kindness Advent Calendars, † 7:15 pm - Advent Divine Reading - Seton Center and read “Let Your Generosity Shine—Like St. Nicholas!”
† 7:15 pm - Voyage - Young Adult Group - SC
Wednesday, December 5 † 5:30 pm - Children’s Choir Rehearsal † 7:00 pm - Adult Choir Rehearsal † 7:00 pm - Boy Scouts
Thursday, December 6 † 6:30 pm - Brownies - Seton Center † 7:00 pm - Baptism Prep Class - Seton Center
Friday, December 7 † 6:45 am - Fathers Team in SC † 9:00 am-3:30 pm - Santa’s Workshop in Robisch † 7:00 pm - Jr. High Mixer in Gym † 7:00 pm - Vigil Mass for Immaculate Conception
Saturday, December 8 We are accepting New Student and Kindergarten Registrations for the † 9:00 am - Immaculate Conception Mass 2019-2020 school year! Please email [email protected] or call the † 4:00 pm - Second Sunday in Advent Mass school office, 321-0703, for school info or to schedule a personal tour. We Sunday, December 9 would love to have you visit! You can also visit us at www.smshp.com to † 4:00 pm - Advent Evening Prayer n Church learn more and to view photos of SMS Life! † 7:30 pm - Walk with Mary and Rosary in Church
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Word in Your Heart EVANGELIZATION
A Reflection on today’s scripture written by a Contemplation is a mode of St. Mary Parishioner prayer rooted in one’s simple and quiet center, where we can grow in First Sunday of Advent intimacy with our Lord, who invites Jeremiah 33:16. In those days Judah will be safe and Jerusalem us into the scene, so HE CAN shall dwell secure. reveal “something” to you. Settle Luke 21:25, 3434----36.36. There will be signs in the sun, the moon and in a quiet place where you will not the stars…Beware that your hearts do not become drowsy…be be distracted – open your hands vigilant…pray that you have the strength…to stand before the Son on your lap and ask God to open of Man. your heart and imagination as we “wonder” with Mary. In Jeremiah, we feel hope! However, in the gospel: “people will die of fright.” What is going on? This is the “Christmas” season—or is it? The sky of Nazareth burns with a low orange light. I step along the little path, careful not to stumble. After all, I am expecting a child soon. But I It is Advent (not Christmas)—the beginning of the new liturgical could not resist coming one more to the place where the mystery began. year—and the message we are given is to have hope, just as Jeremi- I settle on a rock by the spring and watch the sun’s low rays sparkle in ah preaches to the people of the water. I remember as though it were yesterday. Israel in exile in Babylon that God has not forgotten them. In I had come with my water skins that day, hurrying ahead of the sinking Luke, if we listen carefully—and sun. A peasant girl moving in the predictable regularities of life. The same spring. The same chore. The same routine. But somehow that not “die of fright”—there is the day found me full of heightened awareness, alive to God and the world sign of hope for us who “stand and the possibilities hidden all around me. I was like a child full of won- erect and raise (our) heads because (our) redemption is at hand.” der and expectation. The preparation for this is being vigilant in waiting and in prayers. The spring was deserted. I stood there alone for a moment, alert to the presence of God in the rushing water. I dipped my water skin into the First a word about signs. There are signs all around us—a dear col- stream. league and I used to call them “God winks.” A chance meeting with an old friend, thinking about someone who then just happens to “Mary” the voice broke into the silence. I looked up. No one was about. Only a slanting shaft of sunlight. call—so many “God winks” in life. Advent (a beginning) gives us an opportunity to be alert (vigilant) to those moments—and act on “Mary” the voice poured forth from the streaming light. I froze, my hands them, or perhaps just be grateful. A “thank you, God” is one of the steeped in the waters of the cold spring. Slowly I lifted my eyes. best prayers ever! He stood only a few feet away, surrounded by the light. “Do not be And now this waiting for “the Son of Man coming in a cloud”—we’ve afraid, Mary,” he said. “I am sent from God. You will conceive in your been waiting for over 2,000 years! Ever thought this description womb and bear a son.” You shall call him “Jesus.” might also be a personal or singular “waiting”? The end that might be near might be my end, not the end of the world! Am I ready for How can that be I whispered I have no husband? this? “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will If I accept and live with the idea that at any time “the Son of Man overshadow you. Therefore, the child to be born will be called holy.” coming in a cloud” is coming only for me—and not the entire world— Silence hung like a white mist around us. Slowly the words arose from how might I change how I live? Perhaps we might be governed by a my heart. “Let it be.” I said. And the stranger was gone. different set of values: to serve more than we are served; give more than we receive (both very evident in this season of Advent and The memory fades. Yet even now as I sit by the spring, I feel the wonder Christmas). of that time. And I think of how strange it is that God breaks through to us in the midst of small, common moments…how strange it is that every If this were your last day on earth, would you spend that time on ordinary moment of existence is poised on the brink of miracles. “making a (gift) list and checking it twice”? Take some time over these next four wonderful Advent weeks to pause (ponder with And I wonder. If in that day my eyes and ears had been closed…if my sense of awe and expectancy had been asleep…if my sensitivity to God’s Mary) what all THIS is about—to eliminate, as Luke says, the coming had been dim…would I have heard the angel’s voice? And even “anxieties of daily life” and set aside the need for everything to be too, long ago, would my forefather Moses have seen the bush burning in perfect to focus on what really is lasting. the wind had he not been alert to God’s presence? The spring gurgles and the question looms large in the gentle falling light. Margaret Shank
Margaret Shank has been a pastoral associate at St. Mary since No, I think God comes. The extraordinary occurs. And common bushes burn. And there are those who are aware… 2009. Margaret and her husband Marc Petullo are parishioners and their son, Reed, attended St. Mary School, 1997-2006.
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Advent & Christmas 2018 St. Mary Hyde Park
Friday, December 7 Vigil Mass for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception - 7:00 pm Saturday, December 8 Feast of the Immaculate Conception - Mass at 9:00 am Second Sunday of Advent Mass at 4:00 pm Sunday, December 9 Advent Evening Prayer - 4:00 pm Fellowship follows in Robisch Hall Thursday, December 13 Advent Penance Service - 7:00 pm First Reconciliation for Second Grade Students Monday, December 24 Christmas Eve First Mass…………...3:00 pm Christmas prelude music begins 30 minutes prior to Mass Second Mass………...5:00 pm Third Mass………….10:30 pm Christmas prelude music begins 30 minutes prior to Mass Tuesday, December 25 Christmas Day Fourth Mass………...9:30 am Fifth Mass………….11:30 am Christmas prelude music begins 15 minutes prior to Mass Monday, December 31 Vigil Mass for the Feast of the Blessed Virgin - 4:00 pm
Tuesday, January 1 Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Mass at 9:00 am
Sunday Evenings in Advent During this season turn to Mary in a new way 7:30 pm….Come and walk with Mary in song and prayer followed by the Rosary, the prayer Mary herself prays with us. ADVENT CELEBRATING ADVENT AT HOME Purple is for Advent by Rita Burns Senseman
With the start of Advent, you will likely see an Advent wreath as well as splashes of purple around the church. By now, you have heard Advent described as the four-week period prior to Christmas when Christians prepare for the coming of Jesus Christ. So, why the purple?
Purple is a penitential color. That means that the color is to remind us of our need to repent and change our hearts. The purple of Advent is a little different from the purple you may see during Lent. In fact, sometimes the purple we use during Advent has more of a blue undertone. This blue-purple is intended to distinguish the Advent season from the Lenten season. So, what is the difference?
Both Advent and Lent have penitential themes. Lent is a longer, more intense time of spiritual recollection and penance. Advent is a more hopeful season and our acts of penance are part of our preparation for the Lord’s coming both now and at the end of time.
Thus, when we suggest that your child and your family do acts of penance, what we are suggesting is that you do something extra to help you focus more intentionally and prayerfully on the coming of the Messiah. Although you may already have an activity or reflection booklet that gives you suggestions for each day of Advent, here are some other ideas that might be a bit more penitential in nature.
• Volunteer to deliver Christmas baskets to needy • Use the Advent wreath as a focus of prayer before families. Or, volunteer to serve a meal at your local the evening meal. As you light each candle, pray soup kitchen or work a shift at the food pantry. “Come, Lord Jesus.” (Or, “Maranatha”.) Then, bow your heads and observe thirty seconds of silence • Make a special effort to pray before bedtime before you begin to eat. each night with your child. Use one of the traditional prayers of the Catholic faith. Or, pray • Make homemade Christmas cards and mail or spontaneously from your heart. You may also deliver them to those who are homebound. The choose to sing an Advent song or refrain such as parish office will have a list of folks in your parish “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” or “Soon and Very who are homebound. Or, contact your local Soon”. assisted living facility to see if you might share your cards with the residents there, particularly • Attend an Advent Penance and Reconciliation residents who have no family members or friends service at your parish or at a nearby parish. Even nearby. if your child has not yet celebrated First Penance and Reconciliation, such services foster a spirit of penance and reflection.
Rita Burns Senseman is a co-author of Young Apprentices, RCL Benziger’s unique online resource for those who facilitate the RCIA process with children and youth. In addition, she is widely known for her writings and presentation work focusing on the RCIA with children and youth.
Copyright © 2017 RCL Publishing. All rights reserved. Permission to reproduce this page for classroom use is granted. FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT
God’s Justice God of justice, you surprise us with your choices of the smallest nation to bless the world, a shepherd boy to be their king, and a baby born in a stable to be the King of Kings. Give us a heart like yours that loves the least among us and values them as the greatest. Teach us your justice that will always forgive and bring forth life from death. We make our prayer through Jesus, the long-awaited Messiah, the fulfillment of the promise from all ages. Amen.
Sunday, December 2, 2018 A Season of Waiting
Today’s Readings: Jeremiah 33:14–16; 1 Thessalonians daily Mass, reading and reflecting on each day’s readings, 3:12—4:2; Luke 21:25–28, 34–36. Many good things praying Morning and Evening Prayer, praying the Rosary, require waiting and planning: a wedding celebration, the and meditating in silence for fifteen minutes each day. birth or adoption of a baby, running a marathon. For such The work of the heart we choose keeps our eyes fixed events, we enter into a mode in which much attention is on the miracle that in God’s plan, he spoke his Word and the focused on the preparation, even while the obligations of our Word became flesh and dwelt among us. Jesus is the Word daily life continue. expressed in flesh and blood, to allow us to draw closer to This kind of preparation is needed to have a good the God of infinite mystery. Jesus gives his very flesh and Advent. It may be hard to imagine even more preparation blood to us—once in history on Calvary, and for all time in when already there are presents to be bought and wrapped, the Eucharist. a tree and lights to be put up, cookies to be baked, and cards While we await his return, we have good reason to to be written. “stand erect and raise [our] heads,” as today’s Gospel coun- Preparing for Advent is not hard work; it is a work of the sels. We cannot become too fatigued or too anxious to heart. There are many ways to prepare our hearts—attending remember that “[our] redemption is at hand.” Monday, December 3 Thursday, December 6 St. Francis Xavier, Priest St. Nicholas Prophets know that God’s saving work is not just for the Advent is a good time to evaluate whether our religious prac- Jewish people. Isaiah calls his countrymen to “walk in the tices are built on the rock-solid foundation of Jesus or a lack light of the Lord,” anticipating the day when “all nations of trust. Isaiah says that peace will reign when we fully trust shall stream toward [Jerusalem].” Jesus meets a Roman cen- God. St. Nicholas, who remains a revered saint 1,800 years turion whose faith amazes him compared to many “children after he lived, is remembered for his generosity to the poor of the kingdom.” As Advent begins, we might ask ourselves and the secrecy of his good deeds. He heard the words of whether we, who have had the benefit of hearing the Word of Jesus and acted on them. Today’s Readings: Isaiah 26:1–6; God and receiving sacraments, have weak or strong faith. Psalm 118:1 and 8–9, 19–21, 25–27a; Matthew 7:21, 24–27. Today’s Readings: Isaiah 2:1–5; Psalm 122:1–2, 3–4b, 4cd–5, 6–7, 8–9; Matthew 8:5–11. Friday, December 7 St. Ambrose Tuesday, December 4 When Jesus heals two blind men, they tell everyone they Blessed Are We know. In the fourth century, St. Ambrose was renowned for Isaiah speaks of a time when the earth will be filled with both his preaching and his arguments against heresy while knowledge of the Lord, and there will be peace among bishop of Milan. People loved him best for his first act as nations and even animals. These events await the fulfillment bishop: selling all he had and giving to the poor. During this of God’s plan when Jesus returns in glory. Yet Jesus knows holy season we beg Christ to remove our blindness to our how blessed his disciples are to see him in the flesh and hear sins, open our lips to tell others about him, and open our his words. When we take the Risen Christ into our body in hearts to care for the poor among us. Today’s Readings: the Eucharist and listen to the Word, we are blessed with a Isaiah 29:17–24; Psalm 27:1, 4, 13–14; Matthew 9:27–31. foretaste of the time when we will know him fully. Today’s Readings: Isaiah 11:1–10; Psalm 72:1–2, 7–8, 12–13, 17; Saturday, December 8 Luke 10:21–24. Immaculate Conception During Advent, while the whole Church waits with Mary, we Wednesday, December 5 ponder her special role in salvation history and celebrate that Making God Known she, the perfect vessel who would give birth to the Savior, For the third day, we hear Isaiah describe a mountain where was conceived without sin. The angel who brought her the all will come to know God as he provides rich, plentiful food news called her “favored one.” The Church echoed those and destroys death. In Matthew’s Gospel, Jesus feeds more words when, in 1854, it proclaimed as doctrine the than four thousand people and heals all who are sick. Surely, Immaculate Conception. So widespread was this belief that God is making himself known in their midst! When we pre- eight years before the Vatican pronouncement, United States pare food for others or tend them when they are sick, are we bishops had embraced Mary as America’s patroness under aware that we are making God known? Today’s Readings: the title of the Immaculate Conception. Today’s Readings: Isaiah 25:6–10a; Psalm 23:1–3a, 3b–4, 5, 6; Matthew Genesis 3:9–15, 20; Psalm 98:1, 2–3ab, 3cd–4; Ephesians 15:29–37. 1:3–6, 11–12; Luke 1:26–38.
© 2018 Liturgy Training Publications. 800-933-1800. Written by Barbara Matera. Illustrated by Tamar Messer. Scripture texts are taken from the New American Bible, revised edition © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970, Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC. All rights reserved. Used by permission. Permission to publish granted by the Archdiocese of Chicago, on March 9, 2018. We prepare for everything we consider important in life. And that includes Christmas. We visit family and friends, bake cookies, decorate our trees, and shop for gifts until we’re ready to drop.
This year, prepare for Christmas in a different way. Join our parish for BEST ADVENT EVER, a free email program from Dynamic Catholic that will help you slow down and focus on what matters most during the busy holiday season. Each day of Advent, you’ll receive an email with:
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