ST. DOMINIC • ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST

Fr. John Cyr, Pastor SCHEDULE St Dominic Saturday, November 23 303 North Galena Avenue St. Dominic 3:30pm Confessions Wyoming • IL 61491 St. Dominic 4:30pm Richard Matthew by the Sullivans (309) 695-4031 Sunday, November 24 Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe [email protected] St. Dominic 8:00am For the People of our two Parishes ST JOHN THE BAPTIST St. John 10:00am Tom Real by Mark & Carol Bobal Family 218 First Street Monday, November 25 St. Catherine of Alexandria Bradford • IL 61421 No Mass (309) 695-4031 Tuesday, November 26 [email protected] St. Dominic 5:15pm Mike Morrissey by Lee Anne & Brian Coble Wednesday, November 27 FIND US ONLINE St. John 7:30am Imogene Hall by Sean & Amanda Villager Thursday, November 28 Thanksgiving Facebook ...... @StarkCatholic Website .. starkcountycatholic.com No Mass Instagram ...... @starkcatholic Friday, November 29 St. Cecilia Twitter ...... @starkcatholic No Mass Bulletins ...... ParishesOnline.com Saturday, November 30 St. Andrew, Apostle Online Giving ... starkcountycatho- St. Dominic 3:30pm Confessions lic.weshareonline.org St. Dominic 4:30pm For the People of our two Parishes Sunday, December 1 St. Dominic 8:00am Philip Colgan by Vicki Waldschmidt St. John 10:00am Joseph Doyle by Pete & Mary McKean PRAYERS St. Dominic’s MINISTRY SCHEDULE Shirley Stabler, Michael Clifford, Saturday, November 30 Bill Abrams, Joanne Adams, Jim St. Dominic 4:30pm Mass Henehan, Paul Schupbach, Caroline Lector: Tim Colgan Bogner, Frances Graf, Rita Henne- Altar Servers: Cole & Cash Kinsella berry, Kim Hardy, Charlene Bour- Usher: Bill Cox & Matt Johnston let, Sally Knowles, Fred & Liz Eucharistic Minister: Patty Colgan

Rockwell, Gene & Carolyn Bogner, Sunday, December 1 & Ray Morrissey St. Dominic 8:00am Mass Lector: Chris Sullivan St. John the Baptist Servers: Patrick & Taylor Shafer Angie Barnes, Rosemary Owens, Ushers: Dan & Carol Ann Stephens Bill Real, Barb Bogner, Jane Blank, Eucharistic Minister: Vicki Waldschmidt Bonnie Miller, & Madelyne Dietz. Collection Counters: Mike Finnegan, Marie Green, & Carol Ann Stephens

Income: 11/10/19 St. John the Baptist 10:00am Mass St. Dominic Lector: Michael Lotspeich Collection ...... $2117 Altar Servers: Matthew Shipp & Charlie Rouse Online Giving ...... $326 Ushers: Larry Roberts & Jim Owens Building Fund ...... $95 Greeter: Marian Purtscher St. John the Baptist Collection Counters: Pete McKean & Charles Rouse Collection ...... $881 Online Giving ...... $102 Building Fund ...... $125

NOVEMBER 24, 2019 • OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST

ANNOUNCEMENT Saint of the Week—St. Catherine of Alexandria Bradford Senior Citizen Christmas Dinner St. Catherine was young woman who converted to The Annual Bradford Senior Citizen Christmas Dinner Christianity after receiving a vision. At the age of 18, sponsored by Bradford Beta Sigma Phi will be held Satur- she debated 50 pagan philosophers. Amazed at her wis- day, December 7 at 12pm at the Senior Citizens' Center. dom and debating skills, they became Christians—as did Call 897-8300 or 897-8489 by Nov 27 for reservations. about 200 soldiers and members of the emperor’s fami- Christmas Music at St. Dominic—December 9th ly. All of them were martyred. Sentenced to be executed The Stark County school choir will be singing Christmas on a spiked wheel, Catherine touched the wheel and it songs on Monday, December 9, 2019 at 7:00 pm at St. shattered. She was beheaded. Angels are said to have Dominic’s church. Please join us and help us promote this carried the body of Saint Catherine to a monastery at event. This is a great time for our church to connect with the foot of Mt. Sinai. Devotion to her spread as a result teenagers and their families. It is a great way to welcome of the Crusades. She was invoked as the patroness of them at our church. This is a critical time for our local students, teachers, librarians and lawyers. Catherine is churches and our global church to reach out to our youth one of the 14 Holy Helpers, venerated especially in Ger- and young families. We must pass on the faith because Je- many and Hungary. Her feast day is November 25th. sus commanded us to and because we need people in our Catechism of the Catholic Church churches. Please pray for our local youth and our CCD Conscience is a judgment of reason by which the human families as the birth of Jesus nears. Mark your calendars! person recognizes the moral quality of a concrete act. Advent Confession Dates and Times (1796) We will have extra confession times during Advent to pre- For the man who has committed evil, the verdict of his pare our hearts for the celebration of the birth of our Lord conscience remains a pledge of conversion and hope. and Savior, Jesus Christ. Father Mike Schaab will be hear- (1797) ing the confessions as follows: A well-formed conscience is upright and truthful. It for- Friday, December 13 at 12pm in Bradford mulates its judgements according to reason, in conform- Wednesday, December 18 at 6pm in Wyoming ity with the true good willed by the wisdom of the Crea- Christmas Mass Schedule tor. Everyone must avail himself of the means to form Our Christmas Mass schedule will be as follows: his conscience. (1798) Christmas Eve: Faced with a moral choice, conscience can make either 4pm at St. Dominic’s a right judgement in accordance with reason and the 6:30pm at St. John’s divine law or, on the contrary, an erroneous judgement Christmas Day: that departs from them. (1799) 8am at St. Dominic’s A human must always obey the certain judgement of his St. Therese Seminarian Fund Collection—Next Weekend conscience. (1800) We will be taking up a second collection next weekend for Conscience can remain in ignorance or make erroneous the St. Therese Seminarian Fund. This fund pays for the judgements. Such ignorance and erors are not always tuition, room and board for theologians. It covers the sala- guilt free. (1801) ries, office costs and marketing expenses that help keep our The Word of God is a light for our path. We must as- seminarian program afloat. Thank you for your generosity. similate it in faith and prayer and put it into practice. Catholic Charity Volunteers needed This is how moral conscience is formed. (1802) Volunteers are appreciated to help around the diocese dur- Alcoholics Anonymous ing the holidays. The greatest need for volunteers is with Reminder that AA meets every Saturday at 8:30 a.m. at packing the gifts. This gets really busy the first week of De- the St. Dominic Parish Hall. cember. All of the packing days take place in Peoria. Please Make a Planned Gift contact us if you can help or submit an online volunteer Where there is a WILL, there is a way… to be an angel request at https://cdop.org/catholic-charities/ . Volunteers for our Parishes. Please remember us in your will. Your are needed throughout the diocese for assistance with sever- attorney can add a simple, inexpensive amendment to al ministries. If you do not have extra time on your hands, your existing will to leave a gift for St. Dominic’s or St. you might consider a donation of some items from the John the Baptist’s parishes, or both! 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