WE WELCOME OUR NEW BISHOP BISHOPELECT MICHAEL W. FISHER 15TH BISHOP OF BUFFALO
2nd Sunday Advent December 6, 2020 Mark 1:18 MASS SCHEDULE MF: 8:30 AM First Saturday of Month 8:30 AM Saturday Evening Vigil: 4:00 PM Sunday: 9:00 AM,10:30 AM(Signed),12 Noon DEVOTIONS: Rosary: MF 8:10 AM, Sunday 8:40 AM Divine Mercy Chaplet after daily Mass MF Sacred Heart Novena after First Friday Mass Adoration: 9:00 to 12 Noon (First Fridays) RECONCILIATION Saturday 3:153:45 $$$$BIG MONEY$$$$ $$$$RAFFLE$$$$ TODAY GOOD LUCK ALL AND THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT Resurrection Church Cheektowaga, New York
Mass Intentions My dear parish family, John the Baptist tells us prepare the way for the Lord. We Monday December 7, St Ambrose prepare our hearts, souls and minds for the 8:30 AM + Mary Roman (Family) commemoration of the birth of Christ. We ask ourselves, 7:00 PM Jon Spisiak (Helen Walkowiak) how are we preparing the way for the Lord, how are we Tuesday December 8, Immaculate Conception making straight the path. All of us are sinners, myself 8:30 AM + Louise Wernerski (Daughter) included, and we continue to try to make straight the way 12:00 PM GrandparentsMMuszynski,Gaik, in our own lives. Let’s pray for each other all the more this Kardas,Sturmer,Ciurzenski advent season, as we prepare together to make straight the (Robert & Ann Marie Gaik) way and welcome our Lord and Savior. Wednesday December 9, Advent Weekday 8:30 AM + Edward Kujawa I am sure all of you are excited and happy to hear that we (Mr/Mrs Pierre LaJoie) now have a permanent Bishop named for our diocese. As we know, we are called by name and sent. He was called Thursday December 10, Advent Weekday by name by the Holy Father and will be sent to our 8:30 AM + Elva McFarland diocese. We welcome, as he says, “Bishop Mike” to our (McFarland Family) diocese. Let’s remember him in our daily prayers. His Friday December 11, St Damasus I, Pope installation as our Bishop is scheduled for January 15, 8:30 AM + Elaine Niewiemski 2021. (Resurrection Bingo Workers) Let me take this time to thank everyone for their generous Saturday December 12, 3rd Sunday Advent donations for our yearly drive to feed the poor. Your 4:00 PM + Jeff Wypych generosity provided $762 to each of the three charities. As (Michael O’Brien & Family) the notes come in, I am hanging them on the bulletin board in the vestibule. Sunday December 13, 3rd Sunday Advent 9:00 AM + Frank & Gloria Federico Thanks for the many pairs of socks, scarves, hats and (Frank & Dee Federico) gloves. Many less fortunate people will benefit from your 10:30AM + kindness. My continued heartfelt thanks to all of you for your 12:00 PM + Mary Rymarczyk continued support of our parish, financially and all the (George & Terry) many ways we work together as family. May God continue to bless you abundantly for your generosity. **PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK** love and prayers, fr mike HOLYDAYS OF OBLIGATION This week is the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, a Holy Day of Obligation. The vigil Mass will be Monday, Dec 7, at 7 PM and on the Holy Day, Tuesday, Dec 8 at SANCTUARY LAMP Our sanctuary lamp is lit for Gary Wisniewski by Rita 830AM and 12 Noon. Wisniewski. Please pray for both Gary and Rita. Thurs, Dec 31, the vigil Mass will be 4 PM and Friday, COLLECTION Jan 1, at 830AM. This is a holy day of obligation. Our weekly operating expenses are $7,300.00 Week of Nov 22: $3177. CHRISTMAS Week of Nov 29: $5413. Mass on Christmas Eve will be at 4 PM and 10 PM. There will NOT be a midnight Mass. Mass on Christmas Day We Thank You For Your Generous Giving. will be at 9 AM and at 11 AM. The 11 AM Mass will be Please remember Resurrection Parish in your will. the signed Mass. Remember online giving as an option. 2nd Sunday Advent December 6, 2020 PROLIFE INFORMATION position he has held for the last twelve years. In this role, Bishop Fisher oversees the recruitment, for- MEETING mation and care of the clergy for the archdiocese. As you know, we are trying to establish a prolife com- mittee here at the parish. This Thursday, Dec 10, at 7 He was named an auxiliary bishop for the Archdio- cese of Washington by Pope Francis on June 8, 2018 PM, Cheryl Calire, director of the Prolife Office for the diocese will be here to speak on how we can establish and ordained to the episcopate on June 29, 2018 at this in our parish. Any interested parties, please join us. the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immacu- Please remember to wear masks as always, and maintain late Conception. proper distancing. See you there. Over his nearly thirty years in priestly ministry Bish- BASKET RAFFLE op Fisher has served on various boards and commit- tees of the archdiocese, including, College of Con- Thanks to all who have contributed to the basket raffle. sultors, Priest Council, Administrative Board, Priest Due to the demolition project and the fact that we do not Retirement Board, Clergy Personnel Board, Deacon have water or gas in the hall yet, the basket raffle portion Review Board, Deacon Council, Needy Parish Com- of our fund raiser is postponed. We are hoping we will mittee, Forward in Faith Committee. He also serves be able to have the raffle later in January. As we know as an Ecclesiastical Counselor to the Centesimus details, we will keep you posted. Thanks much!!!! Annus Pro Pontifice Foundation. Much of Bishop Fisher’s ministry has involved the continuing educa- BISHOP FISHER tion of priests, particularly in aiding new pastors in their roles and the planning and implementation of Bishop Michael William Fisher was born on March 3, ongoing clergy training via convocations and re- 1958 in Baltimore, Maryland. He is the eldest of five treats. children, two sisters and two brothers. As a youth, he played Little League baseball, and wrestled, and was ac- On December 1, 2020,Pope Francis appointed Bish- tive in the Boy Scouts, andattained the rank of Eagle op Michael William Fisher, Auxiliary bishop of the Scout. Bishop Fisher recalls always working, starting as Archdiocese of Washington, as the 15th Bishop of an eightyearold paperboy for The Baltimore Sun. Bish- Buffalo. op Fisher attended the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute high school, and received a Bachelor of Science in Busi- Bishop Fisher attributes much of his call to the ness Administration and Accounting at the University of priesthood to the love and sacrifices of his parents Maryland in 1984. and family, the constant prayers of a grandmother, the encouragement and example of wonderful With his business and accounting degree, Bishop Fisher priests, and a lifelong desire to serve and leave this worked as a comptroller for a psychiatric practice in Be- world a better place. Bishop Fisher’s family has thesda. Feeling compelled to discern a vocation to the roots across Maryland and Washington D.C.: his fa- priesthood, he entered seminary at Mount Saint Mary’s ther was a Baltimorean and his mother was a Wash- Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland in 1986. He was ingtonian, and extended family reside throughout the ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Washington by region. Cardinal James A. Hickey at the Cathedral of St. Mat- thew the Apostle on June 23, 1990. In his spare time Bishop Fisher loves to read and study history, especially American and Church his- Upon ordination, Bishop Fisher was assigned to Sacred tory. He enjoys camping and hiking in the mountains Heart parish, La Plata. He was appointed pastor at Holy and touring historical sites. He once attempted to Family parish in Hillcrest Heights in 1995 and then pas- plant an orchard on a few acres of land in the North tor at St. John Neumann parish in Gaithersburg in 1999. Mountains of West Virginia. Bishop Fisher is a life He was named a Chaplain to His Holiness, a distinction long Baltimore Orioles fan, but he will root for the that comes with the title of “Monsignor,” by Pope John Washington Nationals …when they don’t play the Paul II in 2005. Later that year, he was appointed Vicar O’s! 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