PASTORAL TEAM: Parish Office 777 East Ohio Street, PO Box 40, Circleville, OH 43113 (740) 477-2549 St. Joseph Mack Blankenship/Secretary [email protected] Patty Fouch/Parish & Cemetery Finance & Personnel [email protected] Mona Allen/Bookkeeper [email protected] Vanessa Butterbaugh/PSR Coordinator and Parish Director of Youth Ministry [email protected] Patricia Immell/Director of Music 134 W. Mound Street [email protected] P.O. Box 40 Mark Fouch/Building & Grounds Caretaker [email protected] Circleville, Ohio 43113 Chuck Estel/Cemetery Caretaker saintjosephcircleville.com facebook.com/stjosephcc PARISH OFFICE HOURS: facebook.com/saintjosephcatholiccemetery Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 9:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Tuesday, Thursday: PASTOR: 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Fr. Ted Machnik (740) 477-2549 [email protected] Bulletin deadline: Tuesday, 10:00 a.m. Rectory: (740) 474-1821 Emergency: (740) 352-9401 PARISH COUNCIL: Mary Logan So Home (614) 357-9006 Email [email protected] MASS SCHEDULE: Saturday, 5:00 p.m.; Sunday, 8:00 and 11:15 a.m. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 9:00 a.m. Tuesday, at 7:00 p.m., NO Thursday Mass; Holy Days: check the bulletin. EUCHARISTIC ADORATION: First Sunday of the month at 2:00 p.m. SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM: Contact the Pastor to schedule an appointment. SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: Saturdays, 4:00 to 4:30 p.m. or by appointment. SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE: Contact the Pastor at least six months in advance. CONTINUING EDUCATION: Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) Wednesdays, at 7:00 p.m., in the Church Hall, September through Easter Parish School of Religion (PSR) Preschool (3-year-olds) through Grade 12 Sundays, 9:30 to 10:45 a.m., September-May At St. Joseph Parish Center. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS, COUNCIL NO. 5297 Fr. John S. Hannan 777 East Ohio Street, P.O. Box 38, Circleville, OH 43113 Meetings: First & Third Mondays, at 7:00 p.m. ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH CIRCLEVILLE, OHIO December 13, 2020 OUR PRAYERS FOR OTHERS: Hold in your prayers Ed Bohenko, Tony Wilson, Anne Canan, Larry Third Sunday Fannin, Joseph Hatem, Donna Kottenstette, Joan Of Advent Shires, Sr. Mercedes Geib, CSA, Mason Jones, Linda Adams and all those who are on our prayer chain. If you have permission and wish to put a friend or loved one on the email prayer chain, or are interested MONDAY, DECEMBER 14 – in praying as part of our prayer chain, please contact St. John of the Cross Jackie Rose at [email protected] or (614) 9:00 a.m. Weekday Mass 595-7633. If you would also like to have a name listed Richard Baranick in our church bulletin for prayers, please notify us at by The Baranick Family [email protected] or call 477-2549, 12:00 Noon AA (H) ext. 300. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15 BANNS III Cole Biller and Rebecca Maddox 7:00 p.m. Weekday Mass BANNS I Jacob Mogan and Samantha Butterbaugh Bill Carle by Joseph & Mary Ann Carle FIRST RECONCILIATION AND ADVENT PENANCE SERVICE will be held Sunday, December 20th, at WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16 4:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m. Weekday Mass Bill Wood by Esther Rhoads CHRISTMAS MASS SCHEDULE Christmas Eve: 5:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17 Christmas Day: 12:00 Midnight & 10:00 a.m. NO MASS Father Ted’s Day Off **The 5:00 p.m. Christmas Eve Mass will not be a Children’s Mass!** FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18 NO MASS Father Ted’s Day Off SUNDAY 5:00 P.M. MASS: There will be no Sunday 12:00 Noon AA (H) 5:00 p.m. Mass on December 20th. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19 THE HOLY FATHER’S PRAYER INTENTIONS FOR 4:00 p.m. Confessions DECEMBER: We pray that our personal relationship 5:00 p.m. Vigil Mass with Jesus Christ be nourished by the Word of God Joseph William Theado, Jr. and life of prayer. by Joan Theado & Family CHRISTMAS DINNER: Christian Services will SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20 be serving Christmas Dinner, December 25, from 7:30 a.m. Rosary (CH) noon to 1:00 p.m. This day requires many hands. 8:00 a.m. Sunday Mass Contact Lisa McKeivier at 614-395-6146. Please The People of St. Joseph leave a message. The dinner serves Pickaway Parish County residents who have special needs, senior 9:30 a.m. PSR (C) citizens, handicapped, unemployed, and those who are alone. This is St. Joe’s 36th year serving 11:15 a.m. Sunday Mass Pickaway County. Store bought desserts are Irene Alessandrini welcome. Delivery people needed. By Lisa McKeivier 4:00 p.m. First Reconciliation and Communal Penance THE MOUND STREET FOOD DRIVE will Service be in the St. Joseph Church parking lot on December 19th, from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 *****NO 5:00 P.M. MASS THIS WEEK***** p.m. Please bring nonperishable food items to help those in need in our community. THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT DECEMBER 13, 2020 PSR NEWS WATCH OR LISTEN TO CHRISTMAS MASS FROM COLUMBUS TO ROME! PSR will resume in person on Sunday, January 10, with Group B. Group A will be on-line and will be in There are many opportunities to watch or listen to person on January 17. Mass this Christmas. Below are a few options. ADVENT BAGS: Advent Bags are due December Radio : 20. Bags can be dropped off at Church on Sunday St. Gabriel Catholic Radio: Pope Francis’s or the Parish Center on Monday, December 21, Midnight Mass at the Vatican at 3:30 PM on between 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. Bags will be December 24, 2020; Christmas Day Mass, from delivered to needy families during the Christmas the Vatican, will be 8:00 am and noon on December Season. Thank you for contribution. 25, 2020. FIRST RECONCILIATION: 2nd Graders and TV: parents will be meeting on December 13, at EWTN: Pope Francis’s Midnight Mass at 3:30 the Church at 9:30 a.m., to prepare for First p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Reconciliation to be held on Sunday, December 20 NBC 4: Saint Joseph Cathedral Christmas Mass at 4:00 p.m. Please bring “LOVE” bag to December at Noon. 13th meeting. There will be a small reception for 2nd Graders and their parents following the service Livestream: in the hall. Please let Vanessa know if you plan to Saint. Joseph Cathedral: Christmas Eve attend the reception. December 24, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. and Midnight. Saintjosephcathedral.org. CONFIRMATION PREPARATIONS: Confirmandi Saint Mary’s Catholic Church, Portsmouth and Parents next preparation meeting – December Ohio: 4:00 p.m. Christmas Eve web site is 13 will be held at the Parish Center instead of the sciotocatholic.org. Hall due to the Giving Tree sorting. Group A will Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Grove City: All meet from 3:00-5:00 p.m. and Group B from 6:00- Masses will be livestreamed. Christmas Eve, 4:00 8:00 p.m. p.m., 6:00 p.m., 8:00 p.m.,10:00 p.m., and Christmas Day, 9:30 a.m. Visit ourladyofperpetualhelp.net for more details. LESSONS AND CAROLS EVENT: St. John Church, Logan, will be holding a “Lessons and Carols” event in Church on December 20th at 6:00 p.m. During the MASS ATTENDANCE Liturgy, there will be Reconciliation. Father will be DECEMBER 5-6 stationed in the cry room to hear Confessions while the Lessons and Carols is being presented. 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