ST. MARGUERITE D’YOUVILLE CATHOLIC CHURCH 85 Gloster Road NW, Lawrenceville, Georgia 30044, USA Parish office: 770-381-7337 & 770-381-8062 Fax: 770-381-6568 The Holy Family of December 27, 2020 & , Mary & Joseph Email: [email protected]; [email protected] January 3, 2021 Feast of the Website: www.stmdy.org

PASTOR Fr. Tomy Joseph Puliyanampattayil, MSFS [email protected] [email protected] Pastor’s Office: 470-550-1087

POLISH APOSTOLATE Fr. Wieslaw Berdowicz, S.Ch. [email protected] Personal Phone: 770-935-1958

DEACON Rev. Mr. George Angelich [email protected]

MASS SCHEDULE Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri, Sat 8:30 am* WEDNESDAY 5:30 pm Adoration, Rosary, Benediction 6:30 pm Mass

Saturday Vigil 5:30 pm** Sunday 8:30 am** Sunday 11:00 am** (**livestream) Sunday 5:30 pm Sunday 2:00 pm Polish Mass

CONFESSIONS Saturday 9:15-10:30 am Saturday 4:00-5:15 pm

Please call the church office during office hours to make a confession appointment

OFFICE CLOSED: Call-in hours: Mon-Thu 9:00 am—3:30 pm Friday 9:00 am— 1:00 pm

St. Vincent de Paul (Parish) 770-381-7855

“If we approach with faith, we too will see Jesus... for the Eucharistic table takes the place of the crib. Here the Body of the Lord is present, wrapped not in swaddling clothes but in the rays of the Holy Spirit.”

- St. John Chrysostom, Father & Doctor of the Church (347-407) PAGE 2 The Feast of The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary & Joseph

Sunday, December 27th, is the feast day of the Holy Family and every family's feast day since the Holy Family is the patron and model of all Christian families. Today should be a huge family feast since it is devoted entirely to the Holy Family as a model for the Christian family life. As Rev. Edward Sutfin states: "The children must learn to see in their father the foster-father St. Jo- seph, and the Blessed Mother as the perfect model for their own mother. The lesson to be learned is both practical and theoretical, in that the children must learn how to obey and to love their par- ents in thought, word, and action, just as Christ was obedient to Mary and Joseph. Helping moth- er in the kitchen and in the housework, and helping father in his odd jobs about the home thus take on a new significance by being performed in a Christ-like spirit." The devotion to the Holy Family was born in with the birth of Jesus. The shepherds went to adore the Child and, at the same time, they gave honor to His family. Later, in a similar way, the three wise men came from the East to adore and give honor to the newborn King with gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh that would be safeguard- ed by His family. We can go further to affirm that in a certain sense Christ, Himself, was the first devotee of His fami- ly. He showed His devotion to His mother and foster father by submitting Himself, with infinite humility, to the duty of filial obedience towards them. This is what St Bernard of Clairvaux said in this regard, 'God, to whom angels sub- mit themselves and who principalities and powers obey, was subject to Mary; and not only to Mary but Joseph also for Mary's sake [….]. God obeyed a human creature; this is humility without precedent. A human creature commands God; it is sublime beyond measure.' (First Homily on the 'Missus Est'). This day's celebration demonstrates Christ's humility and obedience with respect to the fourth commandment while also highlighting the loving care that His parents exercised in His keeping. The servant of God, Pope John Paul II, in 1989, entitled his Apostolic Exhortation, 'Redemptoris Custos' (Guardian of the Redeemer), which was dedicated to the person and the mission of in the life of Christ and of the Church. After exactly a century, he resumed the teaching of Pope Leo XIII, for who Saint Joseph'.. shines among all mankind by the most august dignity, since by divine will, he was the guardian of the Son of God and reputed as His father among men' (Encyclical Quamquam Plu- ries [1889] n. 3). Pope Leo XIII continued, '.. Joseph became the guardian, the administrator, and the legal defender of the divine house whose chief he was.[…] It is, then, natural and worthy that as the Blessed Joseph ministered to all the needs of the family at Nazareth and girt it about with his protection, he should now cover with the cloak of his heaven- ly patronage and defend the Church of Jesus Christ.' Not many years before, blessed Pope Pius IX had proclaimed Saint Joseph, 'Patron of the Catholic Church' (1870). Almost intuitively, one can recognize that the mysterious, exemplary guardianship enacted by Joseph was conducted firstly, in a yet more intimate way, by Mary. Consequently, the liturgical feast of the Holy Family speaks to us of the fond and loving care that we must render to the Body of Christ. We can understand this in a mystical sense, as guardi- ans of the Church, and in the Eucharistic sense. Mary and Joseph took great care of Jesus' physical body. Following their example, we can and must take great care of His Mystical Body, the Church, and the Eucharist, which He has entrusted to us. If Mary was, in some way, 'the first tabernacle in history' (John Paul II Ecclesia de Eucharistia, n. 55), then we the Tabernacle in which Our Lord chose to reside in person, in His Real Presence, was also entrusted to us. We can learn so much from Mary and Joseph! What would they ever have overlooked in the care of Jesus' physical body? Is there something, therefore, that we can withhold for the right and adoring care of His Eucharistic Body? No amount of attention, no sane act of love, and adoring respect will ever be too much! On the con- trary, our adoration and respect will always be inferior to the great gift that comes to us in the Holy Eucharist. Let us ask the Lord, then, through the intercession of the Holy Family of Nazareth, for a greater love for their Son Incarnate, who has decided to remain here on earth with us every day until the end of time. - From the Congregation for the Clergy PAGE 3 OFFICE STAFF: Administrative Assistant: A Hearty Welcome to Our Second Home! Rick Kohrumel [email protected] or We extend a hearty welcome to every one of you to our Second Home, especially those [email protected] who are visiting St. Marguerite Parish. We are glad that you are here with us to worship the 770-381-7337, 770-381-8062 Lord with our community. God bless you all! Monday– Thursday, Hours: 9 am —3:30 pm Friday 9 am—1:00 pm Please support your parish, which is your second home,

Finance Manager: either by envelope giving or online giving! Tom Wetzel [email protected] Parish Offertory Office Phone: 470-550-1086 Mon, Tues, Wed, & Fri “Until the needy are fed, the hungry are clothed, and the Hours: 9 am —2 pm Gospel is spread to all nations, the Church will need Facilities Maintenance Person resources.” Our giving is to our Lord Jesus!! [email protected] Office Phone: 770-905-2126 Operating Account*: Fridays Hours: 9:30 am—2:30 pm Regular Collection Need—Average Operating Costs Per Week $10,900.00 *The operating account consists of money taken from offertories for day-to-day operations of the parish. Music Director: [email protected] To Our Parishoners:

Due to the early publishing date of this bulletin, the collections for the Youth Music Director: [email protected] weekends of Dec. 20-21 and 27-28, as well as our collec- Office Phone: 770-212-0864 tions will be printed in the bulletin dated January 10, 2021. Youth Director: Hayley Russell [email protected]

Office Phone: 470-550-1083 6th-12th Grades Sundays 11:00 am-3:00 pm (includes

Mass) The following are the steps for ONLINE GIVING: PSR: Kindergarten-5 Grades Go to www.stmdy.org and in upper right go to “My Online Donation” Sunday: 8:30—10:45 am (includes Enter donation amount desired in “Enter Amount” box then click “Go” Mass) Offertory is the default fund, but select other funds (2nd collections,, e.g.) from the Director of Adult Education & drop-down menu. Formation: Inocencia Marvin If you want any gift to repeat, whether weekly, monthly, or annually, check “Recurring.” You will then be asked to indicate the frequency. Chairperson of the Parish Council: (pending) Enter your credit card or bank account information, and you’re all set! An email receipt is sent to you for each one-time or recurring donation. Chairperson of the Finance Council: David King Mass Schedule: Director of RCIA: Rick Kohrumel, M.A.-Theology Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God* [email protected] 770-639-0558 st Vigil Mass Thursday, December 31 5:30 PM English Altar Servers Coordinators : st Alex Fuentes Friday, January 1 8:30 A.M. & 11:00 AM English [email protected] (678) 939-7088 2:00 P.M. Polish Mass

(*Holy Day of Obligation) PAGE 4 — An Atheist, an American

Christian, a Missing Hand, and War Peter Sanfilippo Dec 14, 2017

All can be plotted along a spectrum. On the one end, we have “religious reverence and Christian service to God”, and “winter-related nonsense” on the other. If “Baby It’s Cold Outside” and “Jingle Bells” sit on the “Winter-Related Non- sense” end, “O Holy Night” pretty much sits exactly opposite it. This carol has been a staple in churches and holiday films for decades, and its notoriety is well deserved. The song is epic, like the Lord of the Rings in carol form, with huge, swelling chords climbing to peaceful resolve. It’s glorious, yet serene, with just a little darkness mixed in. Adolphe Adams — 1847

“O Holy Night” is the product of circumstance in southern France. In the medieval town of Requemaure in 1843, the parish priest of the local church wanted to commemorate the renovations to the church organ. This led him to poet and wine mer- chant Placide Cappeau, a man with little to no interest in religion. Cappeau accepted the request, and on a stagecoach en route to Paris, penned the poem “Minuit, chrétiens,” or “Midnight, Christians.” Totally unrelated to the poem, but Cappeau had one hand, having lost his right hand as a child when his friend accidentally shot him. Impress your friends and family next time “O Holy Night” plays.

The priest suggested Cappeau bring his poem to Composer Adolphe Adams. Adams was actually a friend of Cappeau (not the one that shot him), and used the poem as the basis for a composition. Adams was a prolific composer, writing music for sev- eral operas and ballets including Giselle, and can be placed on the lengthy list of Jewish composers who’ve written Christmas music. The resulting carol was simply titled “Cantique de Noël” or “,” and premiered in 1847, performed by local opera singer Emily Laurey. The carol was instantly popular, but took a sharp nosedive once word got out about Cap- peau. Cappeau was an atheist with strong disdain for religious authority. Upset, the church leadership removed the song from the French liturgy. The French people wouldn’t let the song go, and for a time it lived on outside the church. Eventually, this tune reached the ears of John Sullivan Dwight (pictured to the right), an American Unitarian Minister, influential music critic, and part-time Santa impersonator.

In 1855, Dwight decided to translate it to English, and the resulting translation is what we now know as “O Holy Night.” Due to his more religious philosophies, Dwight decided to take a few liberties with Cappeau’s lyrics, and “O Holy Night” is much less subdued by comparison. Dwight changed Cappeau’s refrain “People, kneel down, await your deliverance. Christmas, Christmas, here is the Redeemer” to “O night divine, the night when Christ was born!” Dwight was a Transcendental- ist, essentially a reactionary movement to Intellectualism that states there is an in- herent goodness to everything and everyone. “O Holy Night” presents the night and the event itself as being holy, an element absent from the original. This version be- came popular, overshadowing the original, and with a few tweaks here and there over the last hundred and sixty-odd years, we have the modern version.

There is one more little oddity with this story. Legend has it that “Cantique de Noël” played a part in the Franco-Prussian War. During a lull in battle on December 24th, 1870, French troops started singing the carol from their trench, and it moved the German soldiers so much, they began to sing one of Martin Luther’s hymns. The impromptu battle of the bands resulted in a 24-hour truce so the soldiers on both sides could celebrate Christmas. There isn’t much proof that this actually happened, but it may have lead to the growth in popularity of the tune across France at the time and its eventual reinstatement into French churches.

So that’s “O Holy Night,” a song written by a Jewish man, based on a poem by a French atheist, initially rejected by the church, translated by an American Transcendentalist, maybe sung on battlefields with German troops, and most certainly sung every year by more and more people around the world. PAGE 5

Readings

Monday—December 28

December 27th: 8:30 a.m. All Deceased Souls Tuesday—December 29 Holy Family of 8:30 a.m. Dorothy C. Hoffman (D) Jesus, Mary & Joseph Wednesday — December 30 Sirach 3:2-6,12-14 † Psalm 128:1-5 6:30 p.m. Cenovia Galvin (D) & Jose Dolores Salazar (D) Colossians 3:12-21 Thursday —December 31 † Luke 2:22-40 † 8:30 a.m. Souls in Purgatory 5:30 p.m. Arthur Oneal Draine (D) New Years Day—January 1 January 1st: Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God Solemnity of Mary, 8:30 a.m. Brenda Draine & Family (SI) Mother of God 11:00 a.m. Souls in Purgatory Saturday—January 2 Numbers 6:22-27 8:30 a.m. Pastor’s Intention Psalm 67:1-3,5,6,8 5:30 p.m. Ed Gutknecht (D) Hebrews 1:1-6 Sunday—January 3 8:30 a.m. Veronica Nnoli (B) † John 1:1-18 † 11:00 a.m. John Scordo (D) 5:30 p.m Living & Deceased Members January 3rd: of our parish Monday— January 4 Isaiah 60:1-6 8:30 a.m. The Ruffing Family (SI) Psalm 72:1-2,7-8,10-13 Tuesday—January 5 Ephesians 3:2-3a,5-6 8:30 am Dorothy C. & Charles O. Hoffman (D) † Luke 1:26-38 † Wednesday—January 6

6:30 p.m. Timothy Caulfield (D) Thursday— January 7 8:30 a.m. Thomas Caulfield (D) Friday—January 8 8:30 a.m. The Caulfield Family (SI) Saturday—January 9 Saturday—December 26 8:30 a.m. All Seminarians Worldwide 8:30 a.m. Teresita Grefal (SI) 5:30 p.m. Luis Enrique Cardoza (D) 5:30 p.m. Robert Weber (D) Rigorberto Ramirez (D) Sunday—December 27 Patrick Biancotti (D) 8:30 a.m. Fr. Tomy Ordination Anniversary Sunday—January 10 11:00 a.m. Living & Deceased Members 8:30 a.m. John Scordo (D) of our parish 11:00 a.m. Ronald Erb (D) 5:30 p.m. Ed Gutknecht (D) (DMemorial) 5:30 p.m. Living & Deceased Members of our parish

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Solemnity of Mary Mother of God Livestreaming Mass Schedule

 Dec 31 Vigil Mass 5:30 pm  Jan 1 Mass 8:00 am & 11:00 am To view, go to Facebook.com (also, on TV apps such as YouTube TV, open “Facebook Watch”), then type “St Marguerite d’Youville Church” under “Search” & click on

St. Marguerite Thanks Poinsetta Contributors!

St. Marguerite gives a shout out to those who contributed to this Christmas’s poinsettia displays: Donor In Memory of Joan Perere Don Perere (D) Suellen Gerth deceased members of the Gerth family, Wilson Family & Ward family Lete Petros Petros Lagos (D) Lete Petros Hailemichael Weldeghiorghis (D)

Archive of St. Marguerite Parish

We are trying to gather all the information and pictures about our parish beginning from its very inception. If you have information or historical data, pictures of our parish, activities, ministries, or any sort of valuable infor- mation, please share them with Rita Carlson, who is coordinating the records for the parish. I would like to thank Rita, our parishioner, for being the archivist for our parish by providing this valuable service to our com- munity. Her email address is [email protected], and her cell phone is 678-772-6943.

Are You Looking for a Catholic Bookstore Nearby?

If you are looking for a Catholic gifts and bookstore in the local area, please visit Ave-Maria Fransalian Gifts and Books Managed by Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales (Fransalian Fathers) Location: 3887 Rosebud Road, Loganville, Georgia 30052 Operating hours: 10:00 am to 2:00 pm Tuesdays & Saturdays, on Honor System. Phone: 770-569-9094 Email: avemari- PAGE 7 Our Parish’s Weeks-at-a-Glance: Monday, December 28th through Sunday, January 10th, 2021

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GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

 Important News from the Archdiocese of Atlanta: Due to the recent spike in Covid-19 cases, we have been advised by medical professionals to offer the 32nd Annual Mass For the Unborn virtually and not in person.. The Mass will be aired on Friday, January 22, at noon on the archdiocesan Facebook page, as well as the archdiocesan livestream page (it will not appear until then).

 STMDY 2021 Calendars: The publisher of our 2021 Calendars is experiencing a delay in production due to Covid -19. Our new calendars should be available and placed in the Narthex no later than by the middle of January. We appreciate your patience!

 Those who are receiving Communion during the Mass, please line up in the aisles before the priest leaves the altar with the Body of Christ. The ushers will help you, and please follow their instructions.

 When you choose a pew as a first comer, please consider taking a position in the middle so that others can also use the other ends of the pew. Please take it as an act of charity.

 Thank you to everyone for your generous support for our Christmas program of the St. Vincent de Paul Ministry. It was a great success! Thank you, and May God Bless you.

 Our weekend Masses are in need of volunteers to help advance the projector slides with the prayers and songs. Please contact Mary Lou Schwaner at [email protected] or call: 678-462-9911 if you can help.

 The Music Ministry is in need of guitarist, pianists, or organists to assist at weekend Masses. Please contact Mary Lou Schwaner using the contact information above if you will share your talents!

 Please note: We have a new website: WWW.STMDY.ORG (no longer www.stmdy.com)