270-683-8444 | blessedmotherchurch.com 3rd Sunday Of Advent December 13, 2020 Welcome to Blessed Mother Catholic Church PASTORAL TEAM Rev. J. Michael Clark, Pastor Phone ext. 25 Fr. Jamie Dennis, Parochial Vicar Phone ext. 22 Deacon Bill Bach phone 270-685-3743 Deacon Brett Mills Phone ext. 23 Mary Colburn, Business Manager phone ext. 21 [email protected] Christina Barnard, Youth Director phone ext. 28 [email protected] Cyndi Vaughan, Office Assistant phone ext. 24 [email protected] Patty Woerter, Music/Liturgy phone ext. 27 [email protected] Sharon Hudson, Pianist [email protected] Scott Wheatley, Maintenance Phone ext. 30 [email protected] OFFICE HOURS 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM | Monday - Friday I know well the plans I have in mind for you, Says the Lord, plans for your welfare, not for BULLETIN DEADLINE Monday at Noon to Cyndi Vaughan woe! Plans to give you a future full of hope. [email protected]. Holiday When you call me, when you go to pray to deadlines will be determined by publisher. me, I will listen to you. When you look for me, you will find me. Yes, when you seek me with PRAYER LINE NUMBERS Bulletin Prayer Line: Cyndi Vaughan all your heart, you will find me with you, says phone ext. 24. E-mail Line: Barbara the Lord, and I will change your lot… Cecil [email protected] or phone 270-929-3690 Jeremiah 29:11-14 Blessed Mother Catholic Church 3rd Sunday Of Advent December 13, 2020 Fr. Mike Fr. Jamie Calendar for the Week Clark Dennis Pastor Parochial Monday 6:30 AM Mass Vicar December 14 7:30 AM– 4 PM Eucharistic Adoration BAPTISM Parents must be registered in the parish and attend the baptism class. Call the parish office to set up an Tuesday 6 AM–10 PM Eucharistic Adoration appointment for the baptism class. Arrangements for December 15 6 PM Mass the Baptism may be made at that time. MARRIAGES Wednesday 6:30 AM Mass Arrangements must be made six months in advance December 16 *7:30 AM—10 PM Eucharistic Adoration of the ceremony with Fr. Mike Clark or Fr. Jamie Thursday *No Eucharistic Adoration Dennis. December 17 12 Noon Mass ADULT CATECHUMENATE Friday 6AM– 3PM Eucharistic Adoration The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) is open December 18 12 Noon Mass for all who would like to inquire into our Catholic faith. Call the parish office. Saturday 12:30-2PM Confessions December 19 4 PM Mass CELEBRATION OF THE EUCHARIST Sunday 7 AM, 10 AM, 5 PM Mass WEEKEND: Saturday 4:00 P.M. December 20 7:30 PM AA Meeting (School Cafeteria) Sunday 7:00 & 10:00 A.M., 5:00 P.M. WEEKDAYS: 6:30 A.M. Monday *Note Changes to Eucharistic Adoration* Tuesday & Friday Adoration will be paused for daily Mass 6:00 P.M. Tuesday and resume after disinfecting the church. 6:30 A.M. Wednesday Noon Thursday and Friday HOLY DAYS: 9:00 A.M., 12:00 Noon, 6 P.M. Intentions for the Week (Unless otherwise noted) Monday, December 14 Adoration: Eucharistic Adoration 6:30 AM Bernard Cecil † Tuesday 6:00 A.M.-10:00 P.M. Tuesday, December 15 Wednesday 7:30 A.M.-10:00 P.M. 6:00 PM Donna Powers Friday 6:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. Wednesday, December 16 RECONCILIATION 6:30 AM Jeanie Murphy † Saturday 12:30 - 2:00 P.M. Any time by appointment. Thursday, December 17 12:00 Noon Pillip Hagan † VISITATION OF THE SICK Friday, December 18 In order to meet the spiritual needs of our sick we ask 12:00 Noon Joyce Powers † that you please keep us informed of those who are ill at home, in the hospital, or a nursing facility. Our Saturday, December 19 4:00 PM John Calhoun † priests visit the hospital on a weekly basis. Arrangements may be made for Communion calls to Sunday, December 20 the homes of our homebound parishioners by the 7:00 AM Hoyt Robertson † priest and/or by lay ministers to parishioners who are 10:00 AM Linda Shouse † 5:00 PM Blessed Mother Parish unable to attend Mass. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CLASSES During the school year for grades K-8 BEREAVEMENT DINNERS Dinners for family and friends after the funeral. Contact the parish office. 2 | 3rd Sunday Of Advent December 13, 2020 • 3rd Sunday Of Advent Liturgical Ministers Dec. 19 & 20 Parish News Eucharistic Ministers Please be patient as we do our best to keep our pa- rishioners safe. A mask must be worn during mass 7 Eucharistic Ministers May Be Needed For All and an usher will seat each person to stay within the Weekend Masses. If you are able to help, CDC guidelines of social distancing. If you are ill, please see Father in the sacristy been exposed to COVID19, or your health is compromised, please continue to view the Saturday 4:00 PM weekend Mass on our website. If you have trav- Rob Harris, Teresa Henry, Lisa Higdon, Richard How- eled out of the area please quarantine for 14 ard, Shirley Kent, Dan Pearl days before returning to mass. Bishop Medley Sunday 7:00 AM has suspended the obligation to attend mass un- Dan Thomas, Mike Thompson, Joy Bach, Sr. Mary til further notice. Please keep yourself and others Timothy, Mary Margaret Brown, Charlotte Cecil, Sta- safe. cy Duke The parish office is open by appointment only. Sunday 10:00 AM Charlie Dees, Heidi Dees, Sophia Eldridge, Chris Giving Tree Ford, Judy Goetz, Jim Hagan, Becky Hagan Please help those in need this Advent by taking a tag from our giving tree. We ask Sunday 5:00 PM that you please return your gift to the Bev Payne, Billy Pogue, Larry Roby, Connie Rouse, church or church office, with the tag attached to the Debbie Smeathers gift (they are coded as to where each gift goes) no later than December 14th. The gifts will be delivered Readers on Thursday December 17th. Anyone who is able to Sat. 4:00 PM Mike Clark help with deliveries, please call the office 270-683- Sun. 7:00 AM Donna Hinton 8444 ext. 24. Sun. 10:00 AM Lanell Lilly Sun. 5:00 PM David Marshall Christmas Mass Times Christmas Eve Thursday December 24 Servers Sat. 4:00 PM Vincent Hayden, Hunter Haynes 4 PM Church– 4 PM School Gym-Over Flow Parish Hall Sun. 7:00 AM Curtis Watts, Joseph Watts 8 PM Church- Over Flow Parish Hall 12 Midnight- Church– Over Flow Parish Hall Sun. 10:00 AM Stephen Eaves, William Eaves Sun. 5:00 PM Ella Cason, John Hudson Christmas Day Friday December 25 9 AM– Church– Over Flow Parish Hall Ministers of Hospitality December Eucharistic Ministers, Ushers & Servers will be needed for all masses. Please call the parish office 270-683- 4:00 PM David Higdon, Jan Hubbs 8444 or email Cyndi [email protected] Mark Hubbs, Gage Johnson 7:00 AM Billy Hamilton, Diane Hoffman Steve Hoffman, Eddie Jackson In compliance with social distancing, we will 10:00 AM Steve Wall, Debra Burden not be having communal penance services Kevin Carrico, Charlie Dees this Advent, we will be adding an extra day 5:00 PM Kenneth Hamilton, Tricia Hamilton for confessions on Monday’s 5-6 PM , begin- Volunteers Needed ning Monday November 30 thru Monday December 21. Join Us For A Mass Honoring the Weekly Collections — November 29, 2020 Feast Day of St. Lucy Actual Budget Monday December 14th 6:00 PM Reg. Collections $10,923.00 21,153.85 The Mass will be live streamed for the Xavier Society for the Blind and the blind community. Online Collections $3,361.00 Weekly Total $14,284.00 YTD Total $414,828.25 -50,556.45 3rd Sunday Of Advent | 3 December 13, 2020 • 3rd Sunday Of Advent Bible Study (Wednesday Evening) Bible Study meets on Wednesday’s from 6:00 to 7:00 PM. We will meet in either the St. John Bosco Room Diocesan Guidelines will be followed for Gatherings on Parish Property. We won’t be sharing Bibles or Cat- Deacon Brett's Discourse echisms, but you can access the USCCB website for that content. The year I was ordained also marked the 100th Do you have personal relationship with Jesus? anniversary of the promulgation of the Church's first Dec. 16– Luke 1:26-38 Code of Canon Law. Fr. Mike suggested making the Dec. 23– No Session (Christmas) path from the Code of 1917 to the current Code of Dec. 30– No Session (New Year’s) 1983 a discourse topic. I'm happy to oblige. Starting with the immediate circumstances K-8 Religious Education surrounding the 1917 Code helps make sense of Are your children being catechized in the Faith? moving toward the 1983 Code. In 1904 Pope St. Pius Join us in the parish hall on Sunday’s 8:30 AM. Ac- X chose a man named Pietro Gasparri to lead a cording to state and diocesan guidelines, masks must universal collection of Church law. What be worn. Gasparri wound up doing was codifying the canons December 13- No Class through a long consultative process. Pope Benedict December 20– No Class XV promulgated the first Code of Canon Law on December 27– No Class Pentecost of 1917. The 1917 Code served initial January 3– Class needs for a streamlined source of comprehensive Church law, but it lacked adaptability, making it Rite of Christian Initiation (RCIA) prone to extant circumstances. RCIA meets 6 PM -7PM on Wednesday’s. We will meet in the Parish Hall.