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Staff UPCOMING 2nd & DIOCESAN (D) COLLECTION Mass Times SANCTUARY LAMP Dec 25 Christmas Office Manager 996-8422 Saturday Mass: Sunday Masses: Dec 28 / 29 St. Leo’s - St. Vincent de Paul Society Dedication for December 5:00 p.m. 7:30 & 9:30 a.m. Michelle Levesque, ext. 17 nd Envelopes for most of the Diocesan (D) 2 collections will Weekday Mass: 11:30 a.m. in Spanish [email protected] be available the weekend before and the day of the collection Les Matthews & Kerry Amormino 8:30 a.m. daily, in the Church
at the back of church. 7:00 p.m. – Wed. – Spanish Mass and Adoration Parish Bookkeeper / Office Asst. ST. LEO’S YOUTH MINISTRY (HSYM)
Mayra Alvarez Nancy Gibson, 291-1916 [email protected] Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament: TODAY – Sunday, December 22, 2019 st 1 Friday of the month, 9 -10 a.m. [email protected] ➢ COFFEE AND DONUTS TODAY th CONFIRMATION St. Leo’s confirms 8 grade and Baptism Preparation (Spanish) Music Coordinator ➢ LAY MINISTERS NEEDED for all Christmas Eve above. Those wishing to be confirmed in the Spring nd 2 Monday of the month, 7-8:30 p.m. and Christmas Masses. Sign-up sheets are in the Sherrill Peterson 2020 must attend the Youth Group weekly meetings. Mother of Perpetual Help Novena For information, call 935-3986 sacristy. Every Tuesday after the 8:30 a.m. Mass MANDATORY PARENT / TEEN MEETING will be
COMING EVENTS: th Coordinator of Religious Education 996-7503 on January 12 , 2020, 11:00 – 12:00 p.m. This Sacraments
th Rosa Chavez meeting is for 8 grade and High School students. Baptisms: Call rectory, 996-8422 POINSETTIAS IN MEMORIAM St. Leo’s Ladies Confessions: Saturday, 4 – 4:45 PM, in the church [email protected] Guild invites you to join in their fundraiser that helps Registration fees for upcoming confirmation retreats Weddings: Call the office, 996-8422
are also due at this meeting. Coordinator of Youth Ministry 291-1916 to decorate our church for the Christmas season by st th MASS INTENTIONS: December 21 – 29
The Hight School registration fee is $115 and covers Nancy Gibson purchasing a poinsettia in memory of a loved one. A Sat 21 5:00 p.m. Lorraine O’Hern dedication list will be inserted into our bulletin supplies and the 3-day Mandatory Confirmation [email protected] Sun 22 7:30 a.m. Carol Torresan following Christmas. Please PRINT the name of the Retreat. 9:30 a.m. Dorothy & Erwin Tompkins The Jr. High registration fee is $60 for the Spring Parish Groups person or persons you wish to be remembered and Mon 23 8:30 a.m. Angelus Reyes
send your request and donation of $10 to St. Leo’s Mandatory Confirmation Retreat. Adult Education: ongoing Tues 24 4:00 p.m. the Children of the parish th th Church, Attn. Michelle Levesque, P.O. Box 666, HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH GROUP 9 - 12 graders 9:00 p.m. Gloria Durante Bereavement: Contact the office Boyes Hot Springs, CA 95416. Wed 25 7:30 a.m. The Hines Family meet on Wednesdays, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. in Hunt Hall. Brown Baggers 9:30 a.m. Frank Lynch th th Sharon Delaney, 575-0597 JR. HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH GROUP 7 – 8 CHRISTMAS MASS SCHEDULE ~ 2019 Thurs 26 8:30 a.m. Joseph McDermott
Centering Prayer (weekly) – Meditation th graders meet twice a month on Thursdays, 6:30 – Fri 27 8:30 a.m. Michael Seda Vigil of Christmas – Tuesday, December 24 Call Kathleen, 935-9017 or Virginia, 996-9134 7:30 p.m. Sat 28 5:00 p.m. Daniel Seda
4:00 PM Children’s Mass – English Sun 29 7:30 a.m. Joe Bernal & Tom Bernal Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians:
7:00 PM en Español GOOD TIMES HAD BY ALL – We wish to thank Toni 9:30 a.m. Robert Cherry Lynn Burkart, 935-3600
9:00 PM English Kuhry, Sherrill Peterson and Lea Rubin for providing Ladies Guild CALENDAR OF EVENTS: the entertainment prior to the Parish Holiday Dinner Ellie Dossee, 938-7053 Christmas Day – Wednesday, December 25th Dec 24 Christmas Eve, Office Closed
rd and Lombardi’s Catering for the delicious and Men’s Club: 3 Tuesday of the month Dec 25 Christmas, Office Closed 7:30 AM fantastic dinner prepared. A special thanks to the Steve Rogers, 771-9290 Dec 26 Office Closed 9:30 AM www.stleosmensclub.org Men’s Club, especially to Steve and Lois Rogers for Dec 28/29 2nd Collection: SVDP 11:30 AM en Español taking charge and decorating the Lillian Sanders Dec 31, 2019 New Year’s Eve, Office Closed Pastoral Assembly – [email protected] Wing, and everyone else involved in making the Mary Pat Manning, 939-1005 Jan 1, 2020 New Year’s Day, Office Closed RELIGIOUS EDUCATION - Though there will be no gathering a great success.
FISCAL LOG Dec. 14 / 15 Small Church Communities: class, during the holidays, Mass attendance is still Marion Williams, 933-9459 required. THE LEGEND OF LA BEFANA – ITALY’S OLDEST Sunday Collection: $ 4,403. AND MOST CELEBRATED LEGEND Retirement Fund for Religious: $ 1,248.
St. Vincent de Paul Society: th THANK YOU TO ALL THE SECRECT SANTAS - For Italians, La Festa dell’Epifania on January 6 is 4th Wednesday of the Month Greg Di Paolo, (707) 343-1486 Thank you to all of those who donated gifts for our as significant a holiday as Christmas Day; especially OUR WEBSITE HAS WHAT YOU NEED You will Religious Education students. Our children were very for Italian children! According to the Italian legend, La find Geoff Wood’s notes from his Lectionary talks Ministers to the Sick happy to receive a gift during the end of year as well as the weekly Sunday bulletin essays. Coming Soon Befana, a witch-like woman riding a broom, refused
celebration. to join the Wise Men on their journey to see the baby Visit us at www.stleosonoma.org
Jesus. When she regrets her decision, she sets out to Abbreviations of meeting locations THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY TO LAST SATURDAY CONFESSION OFFERED Fr. Jojo is bring gifts to the Child but never finds him. CH - Church HH - Hunt Hall WEEKS SECOND COLLECTION to the Retirement Local storyteller, Carol Carr-Colglazier, will present available to hear confessions in the church on BR - Benziger Rm. MH - Matthews Hall Fund for the Religious. Your donation helps hundreds th Saturdays from 4:00 – 4:45 p.m. this ancient legend on Saturday, January 4 , 2020, FINN - Finnegan Ctr. LSW – Lillian Sanders Wing of religious communities meet pressing retirement 10:00 a.m., Sonoma Valley Library, 755 West Napa needs while continuing to serve the People of God. Street. Recommended for children 4-9 years old. Wishing all a Merry Christmas