Pastoral Region XII In the Dayton Deanery DECEMBER 9, 2018 SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT HOLY CROSS OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY SAINT ADALBERT SAINT PETER SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT DECEMBER 9, 2018 CALENDAR of EVENTS PASTORAL REGION XII SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8: Immaculate Conception Blessed Virgin Mary PARISH ADMINISTRATION OFFICE 8:30 am Mass of the Immaculate SP Church 6161 Chambersburg Road Conception of Blessed Virgin Mary 9:00 am CYO Games SP Gym Huber Heights, Ohio 45424 3:00 pm Reconciliation SP Church (937) 233-1503 Phone 4:00 pm Reconciliation OLR Church (937) 237-3523 FAX SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9: Second Sunday of Advent 8:00 am Pray the Rosary SA Church Parish Administration Office 9:00 am School of Religion Classes SP Classrooms Monday to Friday from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm 10:00 am Family Choir Rehearsal SP Church 12:00 pm CYO Games SP Gym REV. ANTHONY CUTCHER, Pastor 1:00 pm Secular Discalced Carmelites Family Life Center 4:00 pm Boy Scout Meeting Fehrenbach Hall [email protected] 4:00 pm Live Nativity ORL Church REV. DEEPAK D’SOUZA, Parochial Vicar 4:00 pm Contemporary Music Practice SP Church [email protected] 5:00 pm Adult Volleyball SP Gym REV. JOSEPH KINDEL, In Residence 7:00 pm Youth Ministry Meeting Youth Ministry Center MONDAY, DECEMBER 10 Deacons | LEO CORDONNIER, 6:00 pm Basketball Practices SP Gym 6:00 pm Cub Scout Den Meetings Fehrenbach Hall ROBERT GUTENDORF, TIMOTHY HARRIS, 6:00 pm Men’s Fellowship Group Ries Center ROBERT KOZLOWSKI, DAVID MCCRAY, 7:00 pm Girl Scout Leader Meeting SP Cafeteria NORBERT NAGY, and DANIEL WADE 7:30 pm Ultreya Meeting Senior Center TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11 DARREN BACKSTROM 6:00 pm Basketball Practices SP Gym Business Manager | 233-1503 6:00 pm Cub Scout Den Meetings Fehrenbach Hall JOY BLAUL 7:00 pm RCIA Class Senior Center Pastoral Associate | 237-3516 7:00 pm RCIA CIC Class SP Classroom 123 JACKI LOFFER WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12 Principal, OLR School | 222-7231 10:00 am 55+ Bible Study Senior Center RON ALBINO 12:30 pm BINGO HC Basement Principal, St. Peter School | 233-8710 2:00 pm Shepherds of Christ SP Chapel TERI VANMETER 6:00 pm ECC Christmas Program SP Gym Director, St. Peter ECC | 237-3526 7:00 pm OLR Altar Rosary Society Meeting Shumaker Hall DENISE DURICK 7:00 pm Outreach and Justice Meeting Senior Center Director, St. Peter Latchkey | 233-5527 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13 ANDREW LAROCHELLE 6:00 pm Basketball Practices SP Gym Music Director, St. Peter | 233-1503 6:30 pm BINGO Fehrenbach Hall LAURA JOLIAT 7:00 pm OLR Adult Choir Practice OLR Church Communications | 233-1503 7:00 pm SP Adult Choir Practice SP Church JACKIE ROBBINS 9:00 pm Adult Basketball SP Gym Religious Education Coordinator | 237-3516 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14 9:00 am Eucharistic Adoration SP Church 6:00 pm Basketball Practices SP Gym BULLETIN DEADLINE 6:00 pm Cub Scout Pack Meeting Fehrenbach Hall SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15 EARLY DEADLINE: Bulletin articles for 9:00 am CYO Games SP Gym December 23 are due by 12:00 noon on 3:00 pm Reconciliation SP Church December 11 and for December 30 on 4:00 pm Reconciliation OLR Church December 17, through email at SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16: Third Sunday of Advent [email protected] or in writing. 8:00 am Pray the Rosary SA Church 9:00 am School of Religion Classes SP Classrooms “Let us not stay imprisoned 10:00 am Family Choir Rehearsal SP Church within ourselves, but let us 12:00 pm CYO Games SP Gym break open our sealed tombs 4:00 pm Boy Scout Meeting Fehrenbach Hall to the Lord – each of us knows 4:00 pm Contemporary Music Practice SP Church what they are – so that he may 5:00 pm Adult Volleyball SP Gym 6:00 pm Kucios Dinner Holy Cross Basement enter and grant us life.” 7:00 pm Youth Ministry Meeting Youth Ministry Center POPE FRANCIS 2 SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT DECEMBER 9, 2018 MASS TIMES and INTENTIONS SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8 4:30 pm @ St. Peter Thomas and Michael Tarquinio (DD) 5:00 pm @ OLR Raymond Gonzalez – Birthday, Anita Nielsen (AC) SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9 | Second Sunday of Advent 7:30 am @ St. Peter Betty Hampshire (JK) 8:30 am @ St. Adalbert Irene Golba, John D. and John S. Rose, Living and Deceased of the Wolski Family, Leonard Wysinski (AC) 9:00 am @ St. Peter David Drinnon (DD) 10:30 am @ Holy Cross Stephen and Sharon Almasy, Rita Ambrose (JR) 11:00 am @ OLR Bill Booher, Tom Byrne, Joanne Koester (AC) 11:00 am @ St. Peter Paul Vargo (DD) 6:00 pm @ St. Peter For the Parish (JK) MONDAY, DECEMBER 10 6:30 am @ St. Peter Special Intention for Randy and Bethany Leik 8:30 am @ St. Peter Kristian Johnson TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11 | St. Damasus I, Pope 6:30 am @ St. Peter Steve Martin 8:30 am @ St. Peter Mary Abraham – 40th Anniversary of Death WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12 | Our Lady of Guadalupe 6:30 am @ St. Peter Shirley Widmeyer 9:00 am @ St. Peter Alex Rhoads – Birthday THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13 | St. Lucy, Virgin and Martyr 6:00 am @ St. Peter Jean Marshall 8:30 am @ St. Peter Special Intention for Father Earl F. Simone 9:00 am @ OLR For the Parish FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14 | St. John of the Cross, Priest and Doctor of the Church 6:30 am @ St. Peter Obedia Jones 8:30 am @ St. Peter Living and Deceased Members of the Honingford and Cortes Families SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15 8:30 am @ St. Peter Robert Huston 4:30 pm @ St. Peter Rick Schlorman (AC) 5:00 pm @ OLR Paula Horn, Everett and Julia Plummer, Michael Powley (DD) SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16 | Third Sunday of Advent 7:30 am @ St. Peter For the Parish (AC) 8:30 am @ St. Adalbert The Borkowski and Golba Families, Dee – Anniversary of Death, Lewis Koos, Mary Merta (JR) 9:00 am @ St. Peter Juan Delos Santos (DD) 10:30 am @ Holy Cross Theodore Sluzas (AC) 11:00 am @ OLR Al and Marcella Larger, Bill Larger, Frank Moravec, Frank Spanbauer, Lynn (Larger) Wasserman (DD) 11:00 am @ St. Peter Kris Kern (JK) 6:00 pm @ St. Peter Deacon Jack Gould (JK) NURSING HOME MASSES On the second Friday of the month, Father Deepak will celebrate Masses at 10:15 am at the Danbury Senior Living in Huber Heights; and on the third Friday of the month, at The Laurels of Huber Heights at 10:15 am. DECEMBER 13 FEAST DAY SAINT LUCY “Those whose hearts are pure are temples of the Holy Spirit.” 3 SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT DECEMBER 9, 2018 POPE’S UNIVERSAL INTENTION ST. PETER FOOD PANTRY for DECEMBER The December items of need are canned fruit and cereal. Donated nonperishable food items can be In the Service of the Transmission of Faith. placed in the donation box located in the back of the That people, who are involved in the church, dropped off Monday through Friday at the Parish service and transmission of faith, may find, Administration Office between 8:00 am and 4:00 pm, or in their dialogue with culture, a language on Saturday at the Food Pantry between 9:00 am and suited to the conditions of the present time. 12:00 noon. Please make sure the food items are in original, unopened packages with good expiration dates. FAMILY FAITH MOMENTS The Food Pantry cannot accept expired foods, bulk food products, open packages or home canned/baked items. We continue on our Advent journey and see Mary, who was so excited about the angel’s news, going to visit her cousin Elizabeth who was also going to SIMPLY GIVE CAMPAIGN have a baby. God’s angel had promised that The St. Peter Food Pantry has been selected to take part Elizabeth’s child would later lead others to the Savior. in the 2018 Meijer Holiday Simply Give Campaign, which Elizabeth and Zechariah were very excited the day runs now to Saturday, December 29. The Meijer food-only their son, John, was born. Now Mary and Joseph are gift cards from the campaign are used weekly to traveling to Bethlehem to register for the census. purchase food items for our clients. Simply Give donation Celebrating Advent with your family. Light the cards will be located at each church entrance and at second candle on your Advent wreath. Pray for the Meijer Store checkout counters located on Executive every member of your family. Ask God for the words Boulevard. If you prefer the Food Pantry purchase the to say to lead others to Jesus. Mary and Joseph had card, place your donation in an envelope marked “Food a difficult journey to Bethlehem. They were tired and Pantry – Simply Give.” hungry and could find no place to stay. Is there a family or a friend that could use a welcome smile? Is ADULT BIBLE STUDY there anyone you know who might feel lonely this time of year? What can you do? The Adult Bible Study Group at St. Peter has begun reading the Book of Genesis. It’s not too late to join us for ST. PETER GIFT SHOP our weekly gathering at 10:00 am in the Senior Center at St. Peter. If you will miss Joe Hand’s study lectures, he is a Come visit the St. Peter Gift regular and greatly contributes to the study. Remember, Shop to do some Christmas praying is us talking to God, the scripture is God talking to shopping, and put your name us. Questions? Please call Theresa Beiring at 371-2600.