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St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Parish in Aurora Nǟǧǖǝǒǖǣ 29, 2020  1Ǣǥ Sǥǟǔǒǩ Ǟǖ Aǔǧǖǟǥ  St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Parish in Aurora NǟǦǕǝǒǕǢ 29, 2020 1ǣǤ SǥǞǔǑǩ ǟǖ AǔǦǕǞǤ Upcoming Events We continue to provide livestream daily Mass,Monday through Friday at 9:00 am, and on Saturday at 5:00 pm M The Spanish Mass is live streamed each Sunday at 2:30 pm. Here’s the livestream link: https://tinyurl.com/ycaog7o3. Compassionate and Loving Father, In the face of confusion and concern impart to us the calm of Your presence. In You allow us to find hope and healing. Be with those who serve the sick and give them Your caring hands. Be with those who lead and give them Your spirit of wisdom. Be with those who have fallen ill and give them Your comforting heart. Wrap Your arms around our world and hold us in Your love. Allow us at this time of trial to then serve as “Watch, therefore; you do not know when the Lord Instruments of that love to all we meet. of the house is coming, whether in the evening, or at We ask this in Your Name. midnight, or at cockcrow, or in the morning. May he Amen not come suddenly and find you sleeping.” Mk 13:3536 Pastor Fr. Terry Kissell Parish Office 3036906797 Parochial Vicar Fr. Mauricio Bermudez www.stmichaelaurora.org Saturday: Confessions 10:00 - 11:30 am, Monday Thursday, 8:30 am 4:00 pm (Anticipated Mass) 5:00 pm Friday, 9:00 am 4:00 pm Sunday: 7:00, 8:45, 10:30, 12:30 Lunch 12:00 pm 1:00 pm (closed) Misa en español: 2:30 pm Daily Mass: (Mon -Fri) 6:00 & 9:00 am World Wide Marriage Encounter ‘Amen, I say to you, Outreach whatever you did for one of the least brothers of mine, you did for me.’ Your care and concern for others should start with your spouse. Learn to love to the fullest by going on a Worldwide HAPPY TURKEYS! In previous Marriage Encounter Weekend on: years, we have asked for Turkeys to 2021 Virtual: Jan. 2931, Feb. 1921, April 2325, June 1113 help complete our Thanksgiving and 2021 Dillon: Sept. 1719, Nov. 57 Christmas Baskets for For questions,or to find out more about a Virtual Encounter Parishioners and Aurora residents in Weekend, feel free to contact: need. This year, we are asking for Brenda & Gary Granger: 303.604.6202 gift cards instead. Thank you for Space is limited, so reserve your weekend early. those of you who donated gift For more information about World Wide Marriage Encounter, cards for Thanksgiving, we are still please visitwww.wwme.org. collecting them for our Follow us on Instagram! @wwmeColorado Christmas baskets. If you would like to donate a gift card from King Soopers, Safeway, Walmart or Target, simply bring it to the Financial Peace University Parish Office. Thank you in advance for your thoughtfulness! No more money stressNever! It’s possible when you know how to handle your finances. Join my Cherry Creek Nursing Home Christmas Gift Collection virtualFinancial Peace University Take a moment and visit our giving tree and pickup a class, and we’ll learn how to dump Christmas tag. Each tag will have the name and gift for debt and build wealth. someone at the Cherry Creek Nursing Home. Once you have It’s God’s way of handling pickedup your tag, be sure to register your choice on the clip money.You won’t even have to leave home. And now, you can board next to the tree. You can also visit the tree during the try Financial Peace free for 14 days! Visitfpu.com/1128516to week when the crowds are sparse to pickup your tag. Please signup and learn more. Class startsTuesday, December 1, call Kathie at 7206784177 with your questions. You can also 2020. Questions call Don Graham 7202779807 or email [email protected] to get a name. Thank you [email protected]. for helping in making this Christmas special for the residents! St. Michael’s Gift Stable Will be in the Gathering Space starting on Sunday, November 29th through Sunday, December 13th. Place your unwrapped gifts into the stable during this time period. Thank you for your generosity! Worship EVENING PRAYER M Before you light your Advent Wreath each Sunday take a break from the hustle and bustle of your preparations for Christmas and join us in Evening Prayer at 6:00 pm each Sunday Habitat Helpers evening during Advent. The four Sundays are: Nov. 29, Dec. 6, Dec. 13 and Welcoming Dorothy's Family Home for the Holidays Dec. 20,2020 Dorothy has always set the bar high for herself, and has a lot of "firsts" to be proud of because of her determination. She's the Like burning incense, Lord, first person in her family to graduate high school, a first Let my prayer rise up to you. generation college student and graduate, and she'll soon be the first member of her family to own a home. As a Denver native who has experienced the negative effects of gentrification first hand, Dorothy is proud to be able to achieve Pastoral Council the dream of owning a "forever home" for herself and her sons. "I've looked into becoming a homeowner before but never thought it could happen as a single parent, and especially Q Will there be a Gift Stable and Cherry Creek Nursing with Denver's expensive housing costs." Home gift collection? A Yes. The Gift Stable will be in the Gathering Space. This Owning her own home couldn't come at a better time; Dorothy year parishioners are asked to NOT wrap gifts for the stable. and her sons were already feeling cramped in their apartment Unwrapped gifts are easier to distribute appropriately. before the pandemic, and felt it even more when schools revert- For Cherry Creek Nursing Home (CCNH) there will be a tree ed to remote learning.Dorothy has been doing her bestto work in the Gathering Space beginning November 14. The tree will full time while helping her 4th and 5th graders with their studies have gift request tags. The tags will list a name and at homeNbut ithas been challenging. suggested gift. Take a tag and return the wrapped gift Dorothy and her sons can't wait to purchase and move into their with the tag attached by 12/13. Or, email Christ- house this December, where they'll have more space and can [email protected] to request a name and gift suggestion. celebrate the holidays in their new home. MǑǣǣ IǞǤǕǞǤǙǟǞǣ Youth and Young Adult Ministry MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30 Middle School,High SchoolandYoung Adultgroups are 6:00 AM for: Juan Espinal † meeting both inperson and remotely! Signup for the Flocknotes by: Brunelda Espinal through the Parish Website to get the most uptodate schedule and reminders. 9:00 AM for: Anna Marie Kuhr † by: Edigna Herold High School meets on Mondays, Middle School meets on TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1 Thursdays and Young Adults (1835) meet on Tuesdays! 6:00 AM for: Maria Imelda Lamba † by: Mary Ellen Kemmerer 9:00 AM for: Patricia Winterrroth † by: The Winterroth Family A $300 “Abovetheline” Charitable Contribution Deduction WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2 is Available for Nonitemizers in 2020 6:00 AM for: Doris Pirnes TheCoronavirus Aid, Relief, by: Anh Le and Economic Security 9:00 AM for: Martha Jackson † Act(the CARES Act) enacted by: Noreen Ruff in March 2020 includes an THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3 incentive for charitable 6:00 AM for: Pauline Ruzicka donations. For 2020 only,taxpayers by: Paula Gilbert who do not itemize their deductionsmay claim a charitable 9:00 AM for: Laura Moran † contribution deduction of up to $300 for the taxable year for cash by: Mary K Gaudet contributions made to a public charity that is not a supporting FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4 organization or donoradvised fund. This new provision does not permit an abovetheline deduction for unused charitable 6:00 AM for: Vica Toledo contributions carried forward from a prior year. by: Fr. Mau Bermudez 9:00 AM for: Dr. Joe & Helen Dilger & Family † The CARES Act does not explicitly address whether couples by: The Dilger's Family filing a joint return may claim $300 each. We are not likely to SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5 have an answer until the instructions for the 2020 Form 1040 are 5:00 PM for: The People of St. Michael’s published. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6 7:00 AM for: Reparation for sins of clergy & Modification of Charitable Deduction Limit victims' healing The CARES Act also expanded the limit on the deductibility of cash contributions made by individuals to a public charity during 8:45 AM for: Janet & John Cesarz 2020 from 60% of adjusted gross income to 100% of adjusted by: Keith & Elizabeth Mueller gross income. The limit for noncash contributions remains at 30% 10:30 AM for: Sandy Sandoval † of adjusted gross income. by: Vickie M. Sandoval 12:30 PM for: Fred & Gary Winterroth The limit on the deductibility of corporate contributions of cash by: John & Rebecca Winterroth made during 2020 is increased from 10% of net taxable income 2:30 PM for: Clemente Evaristo & Jose B. Portillo † (before taking into account charitable contributions) to 25%. The by: Clemencia y Moises Hernandez B. limit for noncash contributions made by a corporation remains at 10%. You may post prayer intentions on our prayer wall http://stmichaelaurora.org/prayerwallrequests/ As with the abovetheline contribution deduction for non itemizers, the change in the charitable deduction limit does not apply to cash contributions made to a supporting organization or donoradvised fund. Upcoming December 2020 Archdiocesan Special Adapted from 2020 CapinCrouse LLP, email alert Collections December 56, 2020 Catholic Communication Campaign Ignatian Spirituality Program of Denver Locally, this campaign supports the various efforts that Advent Evening of Prayer contribute to the crucial communications of the Archdiocese of God is one with us! This evening we will reflect on how Jesus Denver, which include: Public relations & Operations, Creative enters our humanity as we once again prepare for His birth in our Design & Web Support, Parish Service, Engagement, & Training world today M a time not so different from when He was first and Advertising Admin.
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