December 20, 2020 4Th Sunday of Advent

DECEMBER 20, 2020 4TH SUNDAY OF ADVENT

PARISH OFFICE Email: [email protected] Website: tresecclesiae.org Office Hours Immaculate Conception: Mon, Wed, & Fri | 9 am - 2:30 pm St. Boniface: Tues & Thurs | 9 am - 2 pm Immaculate Conception Parish 2 North Hill Street | P.O. Box 218 Fountain City, WI 54629 Office: (608) 687-8418 St. Lawrence Parish 206 Second Street South P.O. Box 246 | Alma, WI 54610 Kitchen: (608) 685-3898 St. Boniface Parish S 2022 County Road U Waumandee, WI 54622 Parish & School Office: (608) 626-2611 Facebook Pages: - Immaculate Conception St. Mary’s Catholic - St. Lawrence Catholic Church - St. Boniface Catholic Church PARISH STAFF Fr. Aruldoss, Pastor Rectory: (608) 687-3496 Mobile: (715) 451-5052 Deacon Edward Wendt Phone: (608) 626-2611, ext: 3 Connie Sweno, Office Administrator MASS SCHEDULE Saturday: 4:30 pm (SB) SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM NEW PARISHIONERS Sunday: 8:00 am (SL) & 10:00 am (IC) Contact Deacon Wendt 1-2 months Please call the parish office or fill out one of Tuesday: 5:30 pm (SB) Prior to date. the Family Registration sheets in the back of Wednesday: 8:00 am (SL) SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE church. They can be handed in the weekend collection Thursday: 8:00 am (SL) Arrangements to be made 6 months Friday: 8:00 am (IC) in advance. Contact the Pastor. VISITATION Friday: 11:00 am (SB) RCIA Please notify Deacon Wendt when a hospitalized / Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults homebound parishioner desires holy communion. CONFESSIONS Adults desiring baptism, confirmation or full ANNOINTING OF THE SICK Saturday: 3:45 pm (B) membership in the Catholic Church, contact Call the church office or Father. Sunday: 7:15 am (L) Deacon Wendt. Sessions begin in Fall. Sunday: 9:30 am (IC) KEY Immaculate Conception Parish = (IC) | St. Lawrence Parish = (SL) | St. Boniface Parish = (SB) | St. Michael’s A.L. = (M) FROM OUR PASTOR Waumandee parish. Thanks for your contribution this year. Dear People of God, I know what the year 2020 has brought into our life. I Greetings of love and Peace to you all. pray that all anxiety, fear, illness come to an end. Let I wish you a very Merry Christmas. How are all in Baby Jesus shine in our life bringing Healing and your family? I pray at the Altar of Christ for your Peace. Finally, my dear friends, hold on to whatever happiness and good health. Many more blessings of is true; whatever is honorable and whatever is just. God be with you all. Keep on doing the good things. Never be dismayed or frightened. Hope in the Lord always. The year, 2020 has brought chaos in our life. The Covid-19 has changed our life a lot. Mask, Sanitizer Once again, I wish you all a Joyful Christmas. Let and social distancing have become part of our life. It our Baby Jesus bring us the normality of life and seems that fear and anxiety has permanently stayed joyful sharing of love and peace with one another. with us in our days. “Be Positive” is the Yours In Christ Jesus, recommendation of good people to anyone but now, we pray after the test that let it not be positive. Fr. Doss A lot of things have changed this year. But this is the year that we need stronger Faith and fraternal Support for one another. This is the reason I write this to you in this Bulletin. I want you to know that I care and pray for you every day. Carve these words of Psalmist (73:26) in your heart, “My flesh and my MASS INTENTIONS heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.” Let God be our strength and let our prayer be our portion. Let us shine Monday —12/21/20 No Mass overthrowing all evils of life. Tuesday —12/22/20 St. Boniface I thank many of you for your continued support to 5:30 pm † Special Intentions by Alice Breitung our three Churches. It is amazing. By and large we Wednesday — 12/23/20 St. Lawrence are able to manage the expenses of our Churches 8:00 am † Bill & Delores Noll by Jim & Kathryn Ruff with your contributions. Your love for our Churches Thursday — 12/24/20 St. Lawrence 8:00 am † Elaine Rohrer by Her Family in the form of service and financial support is Thursday — 12/24/20 St. Boniface admirable. Thanking you so much. As a pastor, I 4:30 pm † Al Slaby & Jeff Anderson by Slaby Family gently encourage you to know that we need your Thursday — 12/24/20 St. Boniface support continuously for our parishes by your weekly 6:00 pm † All Entrusted To Our Pastor’s Care contribution. “Each of you should give what you Friday — 12/25/20 St. Lawrence have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or 12:00 am † Andrew Noll by Elizabeth Nuzum under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.” (2 Friday—12/25/20 Immaculate Conception Corinthians 9:7) Be a Cheerful Giver. 9:00 am † All Entrusted To Our Pastor’s Care Saturday—12/26/20 St. Boniface As for the Diocesan Annual Appeal, we reached the 4:30 pm † Esther Pronschinske by Her Family target in time last years. For this year, we need Ushers: Mike Schmidtknecht $4,520 to reach the target of $20,085 for Fountain Sunday — 12/27/20 St. Lawrence city Parish. We need $4,020 to reach the target of 8:00 am † Robert & Sharon Rotering by The Rotering Family $12,920 for Alma Parish. Good news is that our Usher: Dean Haigh Waumandee parish has reached the target now. But Sunday —12/27/20 Immaculate Conception Whatever our diocese gets extra over the target will 10:00 am † Deceased Family Members by Patti Cisewski Ushers: Donnie & Matthew Bjorge be given back (rebated) which will be used for our ANNOUNCEMENTS

NEW MISSALETTES & CALENDARS Christmas Masses The new missalettes and the 2021 calendars are in. If you would like new St. Boniface—Eve 4:30pm ones, please let your usher or Connie in St. Boniface –Eve 6 pm the office know. If you do get a new ST. BONIFACE CHRISTMAS EVE St. Lawrence—Midnight missalette, please put your name on it in MASSES case it is left behind. There is also some Our wish is that as many families as Immaculate Conception –9am new calendars in the entrance way of the possible are able to attend 4:30pm and 6:00pm Christmas Eve Masses while Parish Life Center in Fountain City. New Year’s Day social distancing. In order to St. Boniface—Dec 31 5:30 pm EMAIL SCAM accommodate as many as we can, we are asking that you phone in reservations St. Lawrence— 8 am Father and Deacon Wendt's emails have with your name and family number that Immaculate Conception—10am been hacked. Only open emails from will be attending with the Mass time of [email protected] and your choice. You will be assigned a pew CHRISTMAS CONFESSIONS [email protected] side and number for your family so we can arrange seating for as many as The Arcadia Deanery will have RETIREMENT FUND FOR THE possible. Please call LaVerne at (715)495- Christmas confessions RELIGIOUS 1208 for reservations. You will receive a tonight, December 20th, from call back as to your seating assignment. Religious give thanks. “‘Thank you’ hardly 3pm to 5pm at Holy Family in seems adequate to convey what it means "PREPARING FOR THE BIRTH OF THE Arcadia. Everyone is welcome. to us,” says a Catholic sister regarding the CHRIST CHILD THROUGH THE EYES OF financial assistance her community ST. JOSEPH received from the Retirement Fund for The purpose of this mission is to bring Religious. Prayer-filled thanks for your people together to prepare for Christmas donation that was collected in the and strengthen the community in light of envelopes. so much isolation. Each presentation will SUPPORT THE BEAUTIFUL WORK OF be available at diolc.org/advent. The link CATHOLIC CHARITIES to each presentation will be available on Immaculate Conception Food the Friday and will be available Catholic Charities provides warm shelter Pantry throughout the rest of Advent. The and clothing to homeless people, gives presenters and titles of the presentations The Immaculate material assistance to those in need, for each of the Four Weeks of Advent Conception Food helps families struggling to provide Pantry is still open every Christmas gifts for their children, assists  Week 4) "Joseph, Son of David…You Thursday from 4pm-5pm at the birthmoms in crisis and parents wishing are to Give Him the Name Jesus" – Parish Life Center. But the to adopt, and does so much more. Please Bishop William Patrick Callahan Tres Ecclesiae Southern Buffalo consider supporting this great work, County Mobile Food that is held whether you can help financially, through the first Tuesday of every month, volunteering, through your prayers or all is canceled until further notice. three. To learn more, visit cclse.org and click on “Get Involved.”

PARISH FINANCIALS

ENVELOPES PLATE TOTAL ATTENDANCE # ENVELOPES

Immaculate Conception $1,058.00 $32.00 $1,090.00 55 28 Envelopes Received

St. Lawrence $1,915.00 $268.00 $2,183.00 32 22 Envelopes Received

St. Boniface $1,005.00 $241.00 $1,246.00 40 13 Envelopes Received SAINT LAWRENCE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION ORGAN ELEMENTARY We made it over half way. We are still taking donations A new schedule will be emailed out in December. If you for the organ. The organ cost $32,895 of which we raised have any questions, please get ahold of Michele Klein at $18,024 already. It means we still need to raise $14,871 to 608-738-8045. pay the remainder of the purchase. Thank you to all of HIGH SCHOOL RELIGIOUS ED - 7TH TO 10TH GRADE you who have contributed towards the purchase of our For the new year all classes will be held new organ already. We have had the following memorials at Immaculate Conception Church . Classes for the organ: will meet on alternate Wednesdays from *Ed Helmueller * Lloyd & Florence Johnson 7pm- 8:15pm. *Duane Engstrand *Carol Jean Adler Wednesday; Jan 13th, 7th and 8th grades *Eli & Mary Maule *John Stiehl Wednesday; Jan 20th, 9th and 10th grades— *Mary Jane Wanek * LeRoy Bechly Confirmation classes *Mary Anne Glentz If you have any questions contact Deacon Wendt at 608- 626-2611 xt 3.

SAINT BONIFACE CHRISTMAS DECORATING St. Boniface Parishioners are encouraged to help deco- rate the church for the Christmas season after 5:30pm Mass on Tuesday evening, December 22, the more hands the better!

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION

CHRISTMAS DECORATING Immaculate Conception will be decorating the church after today’s mass. Everyone is welcome to help make our church look beautiful for the Christmas season. Thank you to Jim & Bernice Semling for all you do to make the church beautiful all year long! ST. BONIFACE CATHOLIC SCHOOL & LITTLE LAMBS DAYCARE SCRIP St. Boniface School Scrip is available. If interested in putting in an order, call Emily @ 608-626-2195 or enroll online at shopwithscrip.com using enrollment code: 16B2L53F5915 OTHER WAYS TO DONATE Kwik Trip Rewards - Coca-Cola Gives Points Box Tops For Education - Amazon Smiles Rewards SAINT LAWRENCE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION ORGAN ELEMENTARY We made it over half way. We are still taking donations A new schedule will be emailed out in December. If you for the organ. The organ cost $32,895 of which we raised have any questions, please get ahold of Michele Klein at $18,024 already. It means we still need to raise $14,871 to 608-738-8045. pay the remainder of the purchase. Thank you to all of HIGH SCHOOL RELIGIOUS ED - 7TH TO 10TH GRADE you who have contributed towards the purchase of our For the new year all classes will be held new organ already. We have had the following memorials at Immaculate Conception Church . Classes for the organ: will meet on alternate Wednesdays from *Ed Helmueller * Lloyd & Florence Johnson 7pm- 8:15pm. *Duane Engstrand *Carol Jean Adler Wednesday; Jan 13th, 7th and 8th grades *Eli & Mary Maule *John Stiehl Wednesday; Jan 20th, 9th and 10th grades— *Mary Jane Wanek * LeRoy Bechly Confirmation classes *Mary Anne Glentz If you have any questions contact Deacon Wendt at 608- 626-2611 xt 3.

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