December 6th, 2020 Philomena Parish

Parish Office/Mailing Address Staff 1790 South 222nd St. 5 Rev. Stephen Woodland, Pastor St. Philomena Parish Office Des Moines, WA 98198 5 Rev. Gilberto Mora, Parochial Vicar, ext. 123 Open Monday—Friday (206) 878-8709 5 Jerry Graddon, Deacon, ext. 132, [email protected] 5 8:00 AM—4:00 PM Fax (206) 824-3480 Kara Montplaisir, Parish Business Mgr., ext. 121 Teen Confirmaon, [email protected] parishoffi[email protected] 5 Dr. Steve Morissee, Principal, St. Philomena School www.stphilomenaparish.com Youth Minister, [email protected] 5 Michelle Marie Miller-Liss, Administrave Assistant, St. Philomena School ext. 122 [email protected] 1815 South 220th Street 5 Isabel Gomez, Receponist, ext. 120 Des Moines, WA 98198 PA for Hispanic Ministry, parishoffi[email protected] 5 Holli Neigel, Religious Ed. Director, [email protected] (206) 824-4051 5 Derrin Walter, Facilies Manager, ext. 126 Fax (206) 878-8646 5 James Middaugh, Organist & Choir Director offi[email protected] 5 Barela, Associate Organist www.stphilomenaschool.com 5 Eduardo Ramirez, Spanish Mass Music Director CHURCH IS OPEN! JOIN US. RESERVATIONS REQUIRED. Please call (206)878-8709 to reserve. Sunday Mass Schedule

Saturday Vigil 5:30 PM Sunday 8:30 AM, 10:30 AM, 5:30 PM Misa en Español 6:30 AM, 1:00 PM

Weekday Mass Schedule

Monday 7:30 AM Please wear a mask and observe social distancing. Tuesday 7:30 AM Wednesday No Morning Mass Misa en Español 7:00 PM Thursday 7:30 AM Friday 7:30 AM

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We now have updates available by email for our church families. Please call or email Michelle at the Parish Office (206)878-8709 or [email protected]

December 6th, 2020 From the desk of Christmas schedule and procedures Kara Montplaisir Reservaciones para las misas [email protected] 206-878-8709 navidenas y como hacerlas

CONFIRMATION People have been asking about how we We have class today. Every year at this time the Confirmation class does a service project to support the St Martin de Poore are going to manage Christmas masses men's shelter in Seattle. We are also helping our Outreach Committee and doing gift bags for each of the residents of Fal- this year. My response has been, “With con Ridge Skilled Nursing Facility here in Des Moines. extreme caution.” The Christmas

Letters have been mailed out to all the Confirmation parents and schedule will be as follows. sponsors with their date of Confirmation. Please call the parish office if you did not receive a letter or have questions. Christmas Eve / Vigilia Navidena th Our last class is January 10, 2021. Check with your student to December 24 make sure all their work has been turned in, including their Saint Report. 4:00 pm Vigil Mass Our Confirmation retreat is Friday January 15, 2021 from 7:00 pm Vigil Mass in Spanish/ 5:30pm - 10:00pm, then again on Saturday January 16th from 8:30pm - 4:00pm. Please watch the bulletin for more details Misa vigilia en Espanol about the retreat. 10:00 pm “Midnight” Mass in English/ On behalf of the Teen Confirmation team we wish all of our Misa de gallo Candidates, their parents, families and sponsors a very blessed Christmas season. Christmas Day, December 25th Miss Kara 8:30 am English / ingles 10:30 am English/ ingles

Mass Schedule 1:00 pm Spanish / espanol

Reservations are still required to attend weekend Masses. Our numbers are Reservations will be required. increasing every week with more parishioners deciding to venture out. Reservations for Christmas will NOT Please call the parish office be received until Monday December 206-878-8709 by noon Friday th to secure your spot. 14 . Please remember that the

The weekend Mass schedule will be as follows: obligation to attend Mass has been Monday/Tuesday & dispensed (suspended) until the end of Thursday/Friday 7:30 am Wednesday 7:00pm Spanish the pandemic, whenever that may be. Saturday 5:30pm English Sunday: Please make generous use of the many 6:30am Spanish livestreamed masses online or on 8:30am English 10:30am English television. 1:00pm Spanish 5:30pm English 7:00pm Spanish Tienen que reservar para las misas No Saturday Morning Mass navidenas. Las reservaciones se In order to attend Weekend Masses, you must make a reservation by calling the parish office, during empezaran a recibir a partir del 14 office hours. 206-878-8709 We must have your de diciembre, hasta que llenemos el reservation by 12pm Friday before the Sunday desired. We do this in order to facilitate ‘contact tracing’. Those who cupo. Recuerden que la obligación simply ‘show-up’ for Mass, unfortunately may not be admitted. de asistir a la misa esta dispensada No reservations are necessary for weekday masses, but there will be a durante este tiempo de la sign-up sheet for those attending. At this time there will be no Mass on Saturday mornings. pandemia. Las pueden vivir en línea

Confession available by appointment: o por la television. 206-878-8709

December 6th, 2020

We will have class for First Year students We will be playing a game this week called 135 Questions tomorrow night. It will be our last class until about the . There will be prizes awarded. January 4, 2021. Don't miss out.

Our last class is next week, December 15th. We will be We will have a takeout celebration for discussing the role of and how the other Jesus' birthday. characters in the Nativity Story relate to people in our lives today. . Remember our contest. If you are a first year student you must If this year has you asking questions, scratching your memorize the Sign of the Cross, Our Father, head, and wondering what happens next, if you are searching for Catholic companionship to Hail Mary, Glory Be, Grace Before Meals. navigate the 2021, come and meet other seekers. You If you are a second year student, you must know can join at anytime for discussions, scripture reflections the first year prayers plus the Act of Contrition. and prayer. Call the office for more details. If you have completed these prayers, please your teacher for more prayers to learn or call the office and talk to Sra. Isabel or Miss Holli for more prayers. For every prayer you learn over the required prayers, you can earn an extra chance to win a plush Jesus. We are excited to see how much we can learn during Christmas break. Upcoming Dates: Last class for Year Two Students Dec. 14, 2020 First class for Year One Students Jan. 4, 2021 First Class for Year Two Students Jan 11 2021 Pre-Baptism Classes

English Baptism classes are normally offered the 1st and 2nd Wednesdays of the month from 7:00pm to 8:30pm in the Parish Hall.

Next classes: English- (English, 2 parts) January 6th. and 13th. Both English classes must be attended.

Español- La Sigiente Clase Enero 2nd. (Español, Una Clase Desde 5:45-9PM)

Parents & Godparents are required to attend.

December 6th, 2020 November 29, 2020

Liturgical Changes

Want to help out those in need during the upcoming My dear friends holidays? Why not consider taking part of SCRIP with Heart? Many families in the St. Philomena School and Parish are struggling to make ends meet. Over the summer, Archbishop Etienne issued As hard as it is for some of us to imagine, we have a pastoral letter on the Eucharist. There is families who receive food stamps, use the Food Bank much that is beautiful therein, and I as a source for feeding their families and live in commend it to your reading. subsidized housing. You can bring hope to these It is available on the parish website: families and make a difference in their lives, by giving stphilomenaparish.com to SCRIP with HEART. When you are buying SCRIP, please consider buying an extra gift card for groceries In the closing paragraphs of this document, or gas that will be distributed to these families he included a couple of changes in regard to anonymously. All purchases go into the SCRIP with our posture at various times of the Mass. HEART account and are distributed equally to those Without going families in need. Please have a HEART!! into the reasons why he thought that these Scrip will be sold: changes were important, abiding by these Mondays from 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM changes will standardize our posture during Wednesdays from 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM Fridays from 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM our weekday and Sunday masses. I noticed You can order Scrip by choosing one of the following when I arrived here ten years ago that our options: practices were kind of a crazy quilt wherein  Print and fill out order form and bring with you to some were kneeling, some were standing, pick up order some were sitting. So, for the record, and our  Email order to [email protected] practice the following changes will be  Text order to 206-396-8451 implemented the first Sunday of Advent  Order online through Presto Pay, Pay by check or 2020. During the Eucharistic Prayer, from credit card the end of the Holy, Holy, we kneel until the Thanksgiving Meal Planning Scrip- Amazon, B&E Meats, Fred Meyer/QFC, Safeway, Smart & Final and great Amen. We stand for the Our Father WalMart!! Buy Scrip for your holiday meal!! through the Sign of Peace. We kneel for the Now is a great time to start purchasing Scrip for “Behold the Lamb of God” until we rise to Christmas!! go to Holy Communion. Once we receive The Splash Auction will once again be an online auc- Communion, we return to our places and tion. The dates are set for Thursday, March 18th, 2021 either kneel or sit to make our prayers of through Saturday, March 20th 2021 with item pick up on Sunday, March 21, 2021. thanksgiving. We rise for the Prayer after We need sponsors for our Splash Auction. If you or Communion until the end of Mass. Many of anyone you know owns a business and would like to be you were already doing these things, but a sponsor please contact Pam Blood at many more have not been. Don’t worry, I’ll [email protected]. Our goal is to secure enough remind you for the first few weeks of it. It support to cover the expenses of the SPLASH Auction will become second nature to us, I am sure. so that all proceeds from the auction can go directly towards tuition assistance, technology upgrades, im- Again, if kneeling is a problem for you, you proving our school facilities and safety, and securing may simply be seated---I have achy joints the heritage and tradition of St. Philomena School for too! many years to come. Your support will help us realize these goals! We are a 501(c)3 non-profit organization In Christs love, and your donation may be tax deductible. (Check with Fr. Steve your tax advisor.) Paperwork and money for being a sponsor to claim on this year's taxes need to be to Pam by Dec. 18th.

Mass Intentions December 6th, 2020 Saturday, December 5th 5:30pm Augusto Francisco RIP Edwin Campos RIP Readings for Hoda Chaaya SI the next week ... Sunday, December 6th 8:30am All the Faithful SI 10:30am All the Faithful SI 5:30pm Frederick Rinold RIP Monday, Dec 7th Friday, Dec 11th Monday, December 7th St. , and Advent Weekday 48:17-19 7:30am Excel Valdez SI Isaiah 35:1-10 Mahew 11:16-19 Frederick Rinold RIP Luke 5:17-26

Saturday, Dec 12th Tuesday, December 8th Tuesday, Dec 8th 7:30am Frederick Rinold RIP Immaculate Concepon Zechariah 2:14-17

of the Blessed Luke 1:26-38 Wednesday, December 9th Mary 7:00pm Por Todos los Fieles SI Genesis 3:9-15, 20 Sunday, Dec 13th

Ephesians 1:3-6, 11-12 Third Sunday Of Advent Thursday, December 10th Luke 1:26-38 Isaiah 61:1-2a, 10-11 7:30am Frederick Rinold RIP 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24 Anna Nguyen Thi Ba RIP Wednesday, Dec 9th John 1:6-8, 19-28 Advent Weekday Friday, December 11th Isaiah 40:25-31 7:30am Frederick Rinold RIP Mahew 11:28-30

Saturday, December 12th Thursday, Dec 10th 5:30pm Frederick Rinold RIP Advent Weekday VanDeVan John Paul RIP Isaiah 41:13-20 VanDeVan Tania RIP Mahew 11:11-15

Weekly Collecon Recap For these Special Intentions and Our budget is based on an expectation of all Intentions in our $798,000.00 in collection donations for the Book of Prayer. fiscal year (July ‘19-June‘20). Beatrice Flores Garrido We need an average of $15,346.15 per week. Deaths How are we doing? Beatrice Flores Garrido For November 29th. Robert Bentler Envelope Collecon: $ 4,008.00 Loose Collecon: $ 2,460.00 Let your perpetual light shine EFT: $ 1,521.00 upon them, O Lord, and Total: $ 7,989.00 may they rest in peace. Under ($7,357.15)

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