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! Christmas at the Cathedral

Christmas Vigil Mass 4:00 p.m. (with Children’s Pageant)

Christmas Vigil Mass 6:30 p.m.

Midnight Mass 12:00 a.m. with Cathedral Choir

Christmas Day Masses 8:30 and 10:30 a.m.

New Year’s Eve Mass 4:00 p.m.

New Year’s Day Masses 8:30 and 10:30 a.m.

For God So Loved

the World... SAINT J OSEPH C ATHEDRAL , M ANCHESTER , NH

MOST R EVEREND Peter Anthony Libasci Divine Liturgy Tenth of Manchester Saturday evening 4:00 p.m.

Pastoral Staff Sunday 8:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Reverend Monsignor Weekdays–(chapel) Anthony R. Frontiero Monday thru Friday 7:00 a.m. Rector Saturday 8:00 a.m. Reverend Eric T. Delisle Holy Days–as announced

Parochial Vicar Confessions Rev. Mr. Robert R. Potvin Monday-Saturday 7:30-8:00 Permanent Deacon a.m. Saturday 2:30-3:30 p.m. Colleen B. Lang Faith Formation Communion Calls for

Eric J. Bermani Homebound Director of Music Call the rectory for arrangements: 622-6404 Louis Franciose Dominique Lesieur St. Vincent DePaul Youth Ministry Call the rectory 622-6404

Office Staff St. Joseph Cemetery Office Louise A. Welsch Rick Welsch 622-9522

Parish Secretary Baptisms Pauline M. Reed Parents must be registered Parish Receptionist members of the parish and

Karol Carroll attend a prebaptismal Bookkeeper Blessed are you who believed meeting. Call Rectory for arrangements. In Residence that what was spoken to you by Marriages Most Reverend Arrangements should be made Francis J. Christian the Lord would be fulfilled. with one of the priests at least Auxiliary Bishop Luke 1: 45 six months in advance.

Most Reverend Pastoral Council John B. McCormack Daniel Wheeler 540-5310 Bishop Emeritus New Parishioners Rev. Michael Ciccone, Welcome and please register O.P by calling the Rectory as soon Bishop’s Secretary for as possible. Ministry Formation FOURTH S UNDAY OF A DVENT

FROM T HE R ECTOR ’S D ESK Finally, the weekend was crowned beautifully with the presence of Bishop Libasci, who, in union with Pope Francis in Rome, Dear Friends and Parishioners, solemnly opened the Holy Door here at our Cathedral as we begin the Jubilee Year of Mercy. It was a magnificent celebration, and it Last weekend was a whirlwind of grace-filled experiences both at is hoped that many graces will be realized in the lives of Saint Hedwig Parish and at Saint Joseph Cathedral. It all began individuals and in the life of the Church as we proceed into this with a beautiful, prayerful evening of Advent Lessons and Carols New Year of mercy. I am so very grateful to Ray Lizotte and in the Cathedral Chapel last Friday night. The candle lit intimacy Roger Perry, who worked tirelessly crafting the new Holy Door in of the Chapel, the superb music of the Cathedral Choir, and the the Cathedral. It is functional, but not quite finished. In the large number of participants this year was a magnificent prelude to coming weeks, Roger and Ray will continue to use their gifts and the great Feast of Christmas. Our heartfelt thanks goes to Mr. Eric talents to make the door more beautiful and a fitting symbol of this Bermani and the Cathedral Choir for continuing to serve and Holy Year. Please look for the schedule when the Cathedral will inspire our prayer and worship with a true sense of the be open during the week for visitations throughout the year. transcendent, beauty, and grace. We have much to be thankful for! May we never take for granted On Saturday morning, Father Eric and I had the privilege of the graces that our Lord showers upon us; may we always be there hearing the First Confessions of the young children preparing for for one another; and may this Year of Mercy be filled with a First Holy Communion, which is always a joyous occasion. It was renewed faith, hope and love for us all. a precious opportunity, particularly in this Holy Year of Mercy, to share with the children the infinite love of our God for each of us, Yours in the Lord, which is made all the more concrete in the great Sacrament of His mercy. Most of the parents of the children also availed themselves Monsignor Anthony of the Sacrament, re-affirming the exhortation parents accepted on the day of their child’s baptism: “You (dear parents) will be the first teachers of your child in the ways of the faith; may you always be the best of teachers, bearing witness to the faith by what you say, and what you do in Christ Jesus our Lord!” I thank Colleen Lang and Laura Brophy and the parents for their fine Our parish seminarians Ryan Amazeen, Michael Hennessy ministry in helping to prepare the children for this special day.

If that were not enough, Saturday afternoon saw the Cathedral Our service men and women filled to the brim with brothers and sisters from throughout the Angela Averill, Charlie Biron, Roland Boisvert, III, City of Manchester who struggle with poverty and homelessness. Randy Donaldson, Jeffrey Michael Fredette, Travis Gelinas, For the second year in a row, the Cathedral most happily hosted Michael Haas, Stefan Kammer, Richard LaSalle, Collin Locker, what I believe to be one of the most powerful experiences of Matthew Lodge, Monique Martineau, Kyle Pelletier, ecumenism in our neighborhood: You’re a Gift Christmas Christopher Prunier, David Vallauri, Elizabeth Wagner, Richard Wagner, Thomas Wagner, Timothy Wagner, Ryan Williams Event— an hour of prayer and praise followed by an opportunity to lavish Christmas gifts—(clothing, warm blankets, and other basic Our sick needs items), great food, and most especially Christmas joy, love Lucy Barrett, David Bilodeau, Lori Bishop, Merin Blake, Ed Blais, and peace—upon our struggling brothers and sisters living in the Ethan Brown, Kevin Brown, John Caldwell, City. Last year, we opened the doors to the Cathedral for 200 of Anne Foye Campaiola, Dominick Ceppetelli, Karen Cloutier, these friends; this year we more than doubled that number!! It was Riley Crowder, Jamie Cucinotta, Lucille DeRochers, truly an awesome experience of our common humanity and a Paul DesRochers, William Deveau, Kathy Dion, Roger Drolet, shining example of what it means to “love one another as Christ Jaxson Field, Donna Fowler, Norah Lynne Frank, Anet Garneau, has loved us.” And, what better timing to share this love with one Mary Gavin, Madelaine Gilmartin, Richard Groux, Charlie Hunt, another as a local Christian community than at the very start of the Patrick Joyce, Christine Labrecque, Nancy Lorenz, Helene Nya, Holy Year of Mercy! I cannot begin to thank the many, many Judith Maurer, John Meehan, Lee Morin, Joseph O’Sullivan, businesses who donated goods to be given, the generous and June Prunier, Roger Prunier, Megan Ross, Dolores St. Pierre, loving volunteers from our Cathedral parish, Saint Hedwig’s, and Colin Swegart, Richard Walas, Abigail Yeomans other area churches (all told, around 200 volunteers made this happen!). You all worked long hours to pull this event off. Words fall short of expressing the joy and thanksgiving that was present in the Cathedral that day. I know that the Lord will reward each of you for your goodness!

Saturday evening, at Saint Hedwig, we celebrated the Annual Wigilia —a venerable tradition of delicious Polish food, music and SANCTUARY L AMP ! fellowship. Indeed, this year saw a marked increase in participants, both in the preparations the week before, and at the Wigilia itself! Many, many thanks go out to all who organized, Deceased Members of the assisted, and supported the event in any way. It was truly a joyful evening, and a wonderful opportunity to be together to celebrate Welsch and Errico families ! as a parish family the miracle of Christmas. DECEMBER 20, 2015

CALENDAR F OR T HE W EEK

SUNDAY Retired Religious Collection DECEMBER 20 Sunday Social —following the 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. Masses—Church Hall

MONDAY Decorate the Cathedral —6:00 p.m.— SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19 DECEMBER 21 Cathedral VIGIL OF THE F OURTH S UNDAY OF A DVENT 4:00 P.M. +William Bucky Welch by the Welch family TUESDAY Communion Service —6:00 p.m.—Gallen DECEMBER 22 Apartments SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20 THE F OURTH S UNDAY OF A DVENT Saint Vincent de Paul- 3:30 p.m.—Church Hall 8:30 A.M. Intentions of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Riggs 10:30 A.M. For the People of the Parish WEDNESDAY Christmas Pageant Rehearsal —4:30-5:30 p.m. DECEMBER 23 —Church Hall 7:00 P.M. +Angela Brisson by her husband

MONDAY, DECEMBER 21 LATE ADVENT W EEKDAY THURSDAY Parish Office Closed ECEMBER 7:00 A.M. +Armand Sinotte by his wife Janice D 24 Christmas Collection Christmas Vigil Mass and Pageant —4:00 p.m. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22 LATE ADVENT W EEKDAY Cathedral 7:00 A.M. +Mary Ramaska by her family Christmas Vigil Mass —6:30 p.m.—Cathedral WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23 LATE ADVENT W EEKDAY Christmas Midnight Mass —Midnight 700 A.M.. +Robert LeBlanc by his wife Cathedral; Carols begin at 11:00 p.m. Christmas Midnight Mass —Bishop Peter A. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24 ATE DVENT EEKDAY L A W Libasci, Celebrant—Cathedral 7:00 A.M. For the People of the Parish FRIDAY Parish Office Closed THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24 HRISTMAS IGIL C V DECEMBER 25 Christmas Collection 4:00 P.M. For the People of the Parish Christmas Masses at 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. 6:30 P.M. For the People of the Parish —Cathedral 12:00 A.M. For the People of the Parish Christmas Mass —10:30 a.m.—Bishop Peter A. FRIDAY, D ECEMBER 25 CHRISTMAS D AY Libasci, Celebrant—Cathedral 8:30 A.M. For the People of the Parish 10:30 A.M. For the People of the Parish

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26 SAINT S TEPHEN Readings for the Week of December 20, 2015 8:00 A.M. +Andre Petion by his daughter Eve Sunday: Mi 5:1-4a/Ps 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19/ SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26 VIGIL OF THE H OLY F AMILY Heb 10:5-10/Lk 1:39-45 4:00 P.M. +Joseph Hinchliffe by his family Monday: Sg 2:8-14 or Zep 3:14-18a/Ps 33:2-3, 11-12, 20-21/Lk 1:39-45 Tuesday: 1 Sm 1:24-28/1 Sm 2:1, 4-8/Lk 1:46-56 VOCATION C ROSS FOR D ECEMBER ! Wednesday: Mal 3:1-4, 23-24/Ps 25:4-5, 8-10, 14/ Lk 1:57-66 Thursday: Morning: 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16/Ps 89:2-5, Are you doing your part to beg the Lord of the 27, 29/Lk 1:67-79 harvest to send more laborers into the vineyard? Friday: Vigil: Is 62:1-5/Ps 89:4-5, 16-17, 27, 29/ We invite you to join us in prayer each day for Acts 13:16-17, 22-25/Mt 1:1-25 or 1:18-25 increased Church vocations! Maybe you’d be Night: Is 9:1-6/Ps 96:1-3, 11-13/Ti 2:11-14/ interested in taking home the Vocation Cross like Lk 2:1-14 Jim and Kathy O'Connell who will take the Cross Dawn: Is 62:11-12/Ps 97:1, 6, 11-12/Ti 3:4-7/ Lk 2:15-20 home this week. For more information, please call ! Day: I s 52:7 -1 0/Ps 98:1 -6 /Heb 1:1 -6 / the rectory (603.622.6404). Jn 1:1-18 or 1:1-5, 9-14 Saturday: Acts 6:8- 10; 7:54 -59/Ps 31:3-4, 6, 8, CHRISTMAS F LOWER 16-17/Mt 10:17-22 Next Sunday: 1 Sm 1:20-22, 24-28 or Sir 3:2-6, 12-14/ DONATIONS ! Ps 84:2-3, 5-6, 9-10/1 Jn 3:1-2, 21-24 or Col 3:12-21 or 3:12-17/Lk 2:41-52 If you wish to honor your deceased loved ones ©Liturgical Publicaons Inc. or to remember living family members by making a donation for our Christmas flowers in their names, please place the offering in an envelope with the list of names. You may use the envelope mailed to you, those in the Cathedral pews, or write “Christmas Flowers” ON THE COVER: Prodigal Son Window Saint Joseph on the outside of a plain envelope and place it in the collection Cathedral, Manchester NH . basket. ! FOURTH S UNDAY OF A DVENT

THIS W EEK ’S M USIC FAITH F ORMATION U PDATES

Processional Hymn: The King Shall Come When Morning December 23 -Christmas Pageant rehearsal, 4:30 p.m., Church Dawns, found in Today's Missal at #32. Hall and Cathedral Responsorial Psalm: THURSDAYS ON P ENNACOOK S TREET

The couple parked their old van at the far end of the Planned Parenthood lot and stayed a long time. The man eventually approached the sidewalk counselors to hear what they had to say. He said, “We already have two children and she has thought Gospel Acclamation: Advent Alleluia about this for a long time. It's her body and I can't tell her what to Preparation Hymn: O Little Town of Bethlehem, found do." He went back to the van and got his wife–who was carrying in Today’s Missal at #83. an infant–and they went into PP. Children are not supposed to be Mass Ordinary: Chant inside PP. Shortly afterward, they left and told the counselors the Communion Hymn: O Come, O Come Emmanuel, found in wife didn’t have an abortion because she wasn't pregnant. They Today’s Missal at #20 were overjoyed and so relieved. They had the same look people Choral Anthem Ave Maria (Arcadelt) have when they decide not to have an abortion. The counselors Lo, How a Rose e'er Blooming were not surprised that PP booked an appointment for an abortion without any prior exam or consultation–it happens often. Recessional Hymn: Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates found in Today’s Missal at #54. The number of pregnant women going to the Pennacook Pregnancy Center (one block from PP) has increased. The Center is currently working with a young couple that just received the A F EW “N OTES ” F ROM E RIC very good news that twins are due in the spring. They have several children and are thrilled to be blessed with a baby boy and The structure of the Advent season allows the emphasis to move a baby girl. The Center accepts donations of new and gently used from one dimension to the other on 17 December. Until 16 baby clothes and furniture. Please email December, the liturgical provision focuses very much on the [email protected] or call 206-5306 if you would Second Coming, but on 17 December there starts a ‘countdown to like to help in any way. Christmas’, the scripture readings taking us through the gospel ONGRATULATIONS material in Luke and Matthew that leads to the birth of Jesus. C ! These ‘countdown’ days are marked by special antiphons, often known as ‘The Great Os’. In origin, they are a series of antiphons Congratulations to all the children who celebrated the Sacrament to be sung before and after the Magnificat at Evening Prayer and, of Reconciliation for the first time. Please keep them in your if used in that original way, they are still wonderfully appropriate prayers as they continue to prepare for First Communion in May today. Often known by their Latin names: O Sapientia, O Adonai, O Radix Jesse, O Emmanuel, etc. (which have almost THANK Y OU V ERY M UCH ! become synonymous with the days themselves) they can, nevertheless, be sung or said in English. They are also often taken Thank you to all who took tags from the “Giving Tree” and out of their original liturgical use and employed in Advent brought in gifts. More than 150 gifts were distributed this year. liturgies of different sorts and as introits and communion The generosity of our parish is remarkable and always antiphons at Mass. The antiphons are woven into the familiar appreciated. Advent hymn, “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel,” which, particularly in its seven-verse version, is little more than a metrical paraphrase. Those who use them should be aware of the discrepancies of date. The medieval Sarum tradition inserted an REGULAR E NVELOPES additional Marian antiphon, O Virgo virginum , which was allotted $2,877.00 LOOSE to 23 December. This pushed all the other antiphons back a day, $2,131.36 ON-L INE G IVING so that the sequence began on 16 December. In general, however, $1,221.50 TOTAL :$6,229.86 this Sarum sequence is not followed today and it is 17 December that marks the change of gear in Advent. IMMACULATE C ONCEPTION C OLLECTION $1,607.86

SAINT V INCENT DE P AUL C OLLECTION $3,630.00 SERVICE , F ELLOWSHIP , AND F UN ON-L INE G IVING $115.00 TOTAL : $3,745.00 Our annual Cathedral decorating night will be held from 6:00-9:00 !! ATTENDANCE 822 p.m. Monday, December 21. Please come and join us as we work together to prepare our worship spaces for the joyous celebration We are grateful this week for all stewards in our parish who of Christmas. It is always a great time of fellowship. If you can recognize that it is through the open hands of generous attend please call Deacon Bob at 622.6404 8 stewards, willing to share their many gifts, that God’s people are fed and their needs met. DECEMBER 20, 2015

YEAR OF MERCY HOLY D OOR

Pope Francis put the mercy of God at the center of this jubilee year and urged all the faithful “to live this year in the light of the Lord’s words: ‘Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.’” (Luke 6:36)

Volunteers are needed to welcome pilgrims into the Cathedral. If you could help please call the rectory office.

HOLY D OOR H OURS

Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Saturday 3:00-5:30 p.m. Sunday 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. and 6:30-8:30 p.m.

CONFESSION TIMES (In Blessed Sacrament Chapel)

Monday-Saturday 7:30-8:00 a.m. Saturday 2:30-3:30 p.m.

RETIREMENT F UND FOR R ELIGIOUS ! THANK Y OU !

Aging religious need your help. In the United States today, Thank you to all the parishioners who contributed to the You’re a there are more than 33,000 senior Catholic sisters, brothers, and Gift Event sponsored by Café 1269 on December 12. The religious order priests. These religious worked tirelessly in Daughters of Isabella contributed platters of sandwiches, another Catholic schools, hospitals, and agencies, usually for little to no team of parishioners made more sandwiches, we had countless pay. As a result, many religious communities lack adequate plates of cookies donated, and a hardworking kitchen team who savings for retirement and eldercare. Your gift to today's served all afternoon. Hundreds of people were welcomed into the collection for the Retirement Fund for Religious helps provide Cathedral, prayed together, had lunch and a chance to get medications, nursing care, and more. Thank you for your Christmas gifts. generosity. PAGEANT R EHEARSAL APPRECIATION D INNER

Children and youth, Grade 1 and older, are invited to participate in Every year Saint Joseph Cathedral invites all volunteers to an the Christmas pageant at the 4:00 p.m. Vigil Mass on Christmas Appreciation Dinner. This invitation is extended to anyone who Eve. The final rehearsals will be on, December 23 at 4:30 pm in volunteers in any ministry or organization in our parish the Church Hall (please use the ramp door entrance). For more communities. This year’s Appreciation Dinner will take place on information, please call Colleen Lang at the rectory office. Friday, January 7, at 7:00 p.m. in the Church Hall. Join us for Christmas Cheer and Hors D’oeuvres. Please RSVP by January 4, to Louise at 622-6404 or [email protected]. 10% OFF 669-5713 Your Next Plumbing, Master Plumbing Lic. #1 Heating, Air Conditioning or www.billshats.com Electrical Work*

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