Saint Peter’s Church Lowville, New York Saint Mary’s Church Saint Thomas’ Oratory Glenfield, New York Greig, New York Saint Hedwig’s Church Houseville, New York Rev. James Seymour second Sunday of advent Pastor Email: [email protected] December 8, 2019 Deacon Ronald J. Pominville Permanent Deacon Email: [email protected] Sanctuary Lamp Deacon Kenneth Seymour St. Peter’s Church ~ In Memory of Gert McDonald by Tim & Cindy Dosztan Permanent Deacon, Emeritus St. Hedwig’s Church ~ In Memory of Jarecki Family Members by Genevieve & Jannet Seelman Email: [email protected] Deacon Ron Gingerich Permanent Deacon Youth Minister Celebrating the Eucharist Email: [email protected] Monday, December 9 The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Deacon Thomas Yousey Virgin Mary Permanent Deacon Daily Scriptures Gn 3:9-15, 20/Eph 1:3-6, 11-12/Lk 1:26-38 Email: [email protected] 11:00 AM (LCNH) Nursing Home Mass for All Souls _________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Deacon Jude Nnadibuagha Tuesday, December 10 Advent Weekday Transitional Deacon Daily Scriptures Is 40:1-11/Mt 18:12-14 Email: [email protected] 8 AM (SP) Helen O’Connor (56th Anniversary) by Jerry _________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Deb Mullin Wednesday, December 11 Advent Weekday Faith Formation Coordinator Daily Scriptures Is 40:25-31/Mt 11:28-30 Email: [email protected] 5:30 PM (SP) Tom Nortz by Jerry _________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Parish Office Thursday, December 12 Our Lady of Guadalupe 5457 Shady Avenue Daily Scriptures Zec 2:14-17 /Lk 1:26-38 Lowville, NY 13367 12 Noon (SP) Communion Service & Liturgy of the Word www.spsmshcatholic.org _________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Liz’s Email: [email protected] Friday, December 13 Saint Lucy Jenny’s Email: [email protected] Daily Scriptures Is 48:17-19/Mt 11:16-19 11:00 am (SP) Funeral Mass for Ronald Walter Sr. Office Hours: Monday 9 AM - 12 Noon _________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Tuesday-Friday 9 AM - 12 Noon, 1-5 PM Saturday, December 14 Vigil: Third Sunday of Advent Radio Mass: WLLG-99.3 FM Sunday at 11 AM Daily Scriptures Sir 48:1-4, 9-11/Mt 17:9a, 10-13 Office telephone 315-376-6662 4:00 PM (SP) Mr. & Mrs. George Haley by Joan & Family _________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Office fax 315-376-6663 Sunday, December 15 Third Sunday of Advent Daily Scriptures Is 35:1-6a, 10/Jas 5:7-10/Mt 11:2-11 Faith Formation 315-376-6662 9:00 AM (SP) Mildred Zehr by Betty, Sharon, Ashley, & Kids St. Peter’s Parish Hall 315-376-6662 11:00 AM (SH) Josephine Repak by Genevieve & Jannet Seelman Sacrament of Sacrament of Sacrament of the Sacrament of Baptism Penance Anointing of the Sick Marriage Infants: parents should contact the parish Every Saturday from 3:00-3:30 PM Contact the parish office in advance Contact the parish office at least six office before or soon after birth. Older at St. Peter’s ~ after Mass at St. of surgery or as soon as possible months before the proposed children/adults: inquire about the RCIC Mary’s ~ before & after Mass at St. when serious illness has set in. wedding date in order to begin or RCIA. Hedwig's ~ Anytime by preparations. appointment. Parish Happenings Pastor’s Desk Rosary Altar News Evangelizing Our Families 200 Club Winners Week # 1 are Hollee Lee & Jennifer In Bishop LaValley’s column of this week’s North Jantzi LaFlesh. Country Catholic he continues his reflections on his St. Hedwig's News recent ad limina visit to Rome where he reports to the Holy Father on the current state of affairs in the Diocese International Nativity Exhibit of Ogdensburg. In his personal conversation with Pope All are welcome to an International Exhibit of Francis our Bishop asked him what he found most Christmas Creches-Nativities at St. Hedwig's Church, challenging in his ministry in light of all the urgent Houseville. The display may be seen on the following needs of the world. The Holy Father responded with Sundays: December 15, 22 and 29, 2019 and January 5, some sadness that the first challenge he found most 2020, before or after the celebration of the ll:00 a.m. difficult was the state of the family and Christian Mass, or between 1-3 p.m., on the above dates, or by marriage today. appointment during the week. Contact 315-348-6260. The exhibit is free and open to the public. Help keep Strengthening married and family life is not only a Christ in Christmas. Bring family and friends and priority of our Pope but has been a priority of our experience the universality of the Birth of the Bishop for some time. It was clearly laid out in Bishop Christ-child as experienced in the eyes of many different LaValley’s 2014 Pastoral Letter, “Find Your Home in cultures. Christ”, which led to a greater emphasis on Family Cat- echesis. That emphasis was much in evidence this past St. Therese’s Guild News Sunday with the family catechetical experience engi- St. Therese's Guild Christmas Cookie and Candy Sale neered by Deacon Yousey. (It would be worthwhile to will be Saturday Dec. 14 in St. Peter's Church Hall check out the pictures on our parish facebook.) The fo- from 9:30 am to 12 noon. Want to save some time and cus of those two hours was on Eucharist. This was so not have to bake those cookies that you promised appropriate since, as the Catechism of the Catholic everyone? Let St. Therese’s Guild bake them for you. Church reminds us, the Eucharist is the “source and We will have sugar cookies, Christmas cookies, bars summit of our faith”. and candy. All cookies will be sold by the pound and you will get to choose which ones you want. If we are to build up and strengthen married and family life, we have to begin with Christ in the Eucharist. It Christmas Sharing was heart-warming to see the wonderful turnout of fam- ilies for Sunday’s catechetical and prayer experience. Please return all gifts for the “Giving Tree” by Sunday, Sincere thanks to Deacon Yousey and our religious December 15 with the tag attached. Once again this education coordinator, Deb Mullin, along with the many year, we will be collecting cans of juice for the food volunteers who made up the leadership team in helping baskets. We need 350 cans of juice. All gifts and juice must be returned to church by Sunday, December 15. to realize this family religious experience. Hopefully, this family catechetical Sunday will be but the first of Religious Retirement Collection many such experiences but, for that to happen, we will need the continued support of all of our families. One Aging religious need your help. Senior Catholic sisters, of the reasons the family has been referred to as the brothers, and religious order priests ministered for years “domestic church” is that evangelization begins at for little to no pay. Their sacrifices now leave their home. May we all do our part to improve the state of religious communities without adequate retirement married and family life so as to help turn our Holy savings. Your gift to today’s second collection for the Father’s and our sadness into joy. Retirement Fund for Religious helps to provide Welcome Aboard medications, nursing care, and more for tens of thousands of elderly religious. Please be generous. We welcome a new member to our office staff. Sarah Neddo will be replacing Jenny Law as our part-time Notice secretary. We are grateful to Jenny who was willing to We are entering into the flu season and, with this in give it a try and assisted us so generously and mind, we will not be distributing the Precious Blood for competently these past few months. Sarah will begin communion until warmer weather in the Spring. Also, after the Christmas holidays. please use good judgement when it comes time for the Sign of Peace. If not feeling well, a warm smile is more Father Jay prudent than a handshake. Advent Penance Services Youth News Sunday, December 8 ~ St. Peter’s Church, Lowville ~ Christmas Activities 2:00 pm We’ve received word that we will be Monday, December 9 ~St. Stephen’s Church, Croghan~ having a “special visitor” for the 7:00 pm children in St. Peter’s Church Hall Sunday, December 15 after 9:00 am Mass on Sunday, ~ St. Mary’s Church, Constableville ~ December 22! There will be coffee 2:00 pm and doughnuts for all. Sunday, December 15 ~St. Martin’s Church, Port Leyden ~ Once again this year, we 4:00 pm will have a hay wagon ride Monday, December 16 around town for some ~ St. James’ Church, Carthage ~ Christmas caroling. We 7:00 pm were overflowing with Regular Confession Time on Saturdays participants last year, so it ~St. Peter’s Church, Lowville ~ is possible that we will need some extra cars/drivers. 3:00-3:30 pm We will be meeting the evening of Sunday, December 22 at 6 pm at St. Peter’s church parking Pocket Guide to Confessions: lot. You don’t need a good voice, only a joyful heart. Please dress warm and bring a flashlight. • Make the Sign of the Cross Hot chocolate and cookies will be served in the church • Say: “Forgive me Father for I have hall following the caroling. sinned. It has been (time) since my last The Catholic Faith… On Demand confession. These are my sins.” • Confess your sins or discuss. Diving into the beauty of the Faith has never been • Listen to the priest’s counsel.