St. Mary on the Hill Catholic Church Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph 'HFHPEHU ORDAINED MINISTERS PARISH MISSION DECEMBER 29, 2019 HYMNS Fr. Mark Ross, Pastor St. Mary on the Hill Parish, a Catholic Processional Hymn 530 Fr. Vernon Knight, Parochial Vicar community, is committed to caring for God’s Fr. David Arnoldt, retired people through stewardship. We are bound Offertory Hymn 554 Fr. Thomas Healy, retired Communion Hymn 533 Fr. John Markham, retired together by the Eucharist, directed by the Gospel teachings and the teachings of the Recessional Hymn 520 Deacon Jason Lanham Church, enlightened by the Holy Spirit, and Deacon Ken Maleck Deacon Donald McArdle are committed to sharing in the ministry of CHURCH STAFF Deacon Al Sullivan Jesus Christ. As stewards, we will proclaim the Deacon Tony Wagner Gospel, promote peace and justice, and use our Administrative Assistant Martha Kearns MASSES time, talents, and treasure [email protected] Saturday Vigil 5:00 pm to advance God’s Kingdom. Sunday 7:45 am, 10:30 am, 12:15 pm, 5:30 pm Organist & Director of Music Weekdays Monday through Friday 7:00 am Andrew Barnick Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 9:15 am [email protected] Wednesday Miraculous Medal Novena & Evening Mass 5:15 pm CCD Saturday Morning Mass 9:15 am Joan Purucker RECONCILIATION [email protected] Saturdays 3:45 – 4:45 pm Mothers’ Day Out & Nursery ROSARY Gina Craw Monday 5:00 pm and Saturday 4:30 pm [email protected] PRO-LIFE HOLY HOUR Wednesday 6:00 pm Senior Center Patty Lezotte SACRED HEART PERPETUAL [email protected] ADORATION CHAPEL 1210 Monte Sano Avenue Youth Ministry Available to all parishioners to spend time in the Michael & Missy Lammers presence of the Blessed Sacrament and is open Joanna Watwood 24 hours per day 7 days per week. [email protected] BAPTISMS Secretaries Baptisms are celebrated on Saturdays and Sundays. Mary Bowles Preparation classes are held usually each month. Karen Brooks 3OHDVHFDOOWKHRI¿FHWRUHJLVWHU$QRI¿FLDOELUWK FHUWL¿FDWHLVUHTXLUHG Finance Rich Peritore WEDDINGS [email protected] Arrangements should be made at least Facilities four months in advance. Cris Edge [email protected] NURSERY Available at the 10:30 am and 12:15 pm Sunday Masses for ages 6 months to Pre-K4. A pre-school SCHOOLS religious program is offered during the 10:30 am St. Mary on the Hill Catholic School Mass for 3 and 4 year olds. www.stmaryssaints.org Laura Webster, Principal EMERGENCIES PARISH MEMBERSHIP &DOOWKH2I¿FH Welcome new members! [email protected] $IWHU+RXUV 3OHDVHVWRSE\WKHFKXUFKRI¿FHRUFDOOWRUHJLVWHU Aquinas High School MINISTERIO CATOLICO HISPANO Active parishioner status is determined by the following: ZZZDTXLQDVKLJKRUJ Misa en Español: Domingo 2:00 pm, Iglesia You are registered with the parish; You attend Sunday de Saint Teresa of Avila, 4921 Columbia Road, Mass and Holy Days regularly, You use parish envelopes Maureen Lewis, Principal Grovetown, GA POHZLV#DTXLQDVKLJKRUJ weekly to indicate your mass attendance, You have a Tim Przybysz, Admissions Director Domingo 4:00 pm, Iglesia de Saint Joseph, 6WHZDUGVKLS&RPPLWPHQW&DUGRQ¿OHHYHU\\HDUDQG WSU]\E\V]#DTXLQDVKLJKRUJ 2607 Lumpkin Road, Augusta, GA You honor your pledges of time, talent, and treasure. 7RUHFHLYHWKHVWHZDUGVKLSEHQH¿WVRIRXUSDULVK Deadline for bulletin is COLUMBARIUM Monday at noon. Send information by email For more information, supported school, a family must be [email protected], fax or phone. email [email protected] active parishioners for at least one year. 0RQWH6DQR$YHQXH$XJXVWD*$(PDLOVPRWK#NQRORJ\QHW:HEZZZVWPDU\RQWKHKLOORUJ 3DULVK2I¿FH )D[ 6XPPHU+RXUV0RQGD\±7KXUVGD\$0±30)ULGD\$0±30 :HHNO\6FKHGXOH 'HFHPEHU 6XQGD\'HFHPEHU Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph 6LU3V&RO0W DP )U5RVV †Helen Smith; †Clifford Carey NO CCD DP )U0DUNKDP Mass for the People Church League Basketball 12:30 - 5:30 pm G SP )U5RVV Youth Choir Practice 4:00 pm C jJan Bush Men’s Basketball 5:30 - 7:00 pm G SP )U.QLJKW †Martha Baumann Rev. Daniel O’Connell & Rev. John Johnson / Noah Pace, College IV* 0RQGD\'HFHPEHU Sixth Day within the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord 1 Jn 2:12-17; Lk 2:36-40 7:00 am †Humberto O. Migone SMCS Closed MDO Closed 9:15 am †Joan Schenkel Senior Center Closed Rosary & Miraculous Medal Novena Walking Aerobics 9:00 am PH 5:00 pm C Rev. Sooho Lee & Rev. Peter Hung Nguyen, SOLT / Lewis King, Theology II* 7XHVGD\'HFHPEHU Seventh Day within the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord; Memorial of Saint Sylvester I, Pope -Q-Q 7:00 am SMCS Closed 3DULVK2I¿FH&ORVHVDWQRRQ MDO Closed NO RCIA No 915 Mass ADORATION CHAPEL CLOSES AT 12:00 NOON 6:00 pm Vigil †Joe Ward Rev. Mariusz Fuks & Rev. William Leahy / Luke Bowdre, Theology I* Wednesday, January 1 Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God; Holy Day of Obligation: Octave Day of the Nativity of the Lord Nm 6:22-27; Ps 67; Gal 4:4-7; Lk 2:16-21 9:00 am †Ed Goodwin Adoration Chapel Closed Senior Center Closed NO Pro Life Holy Hour SMCS Closed MDO Closed 11:00 am †Adam Gilmour 3DULVK2I¿FH&ORVHG NO Walking Aerobics Our Holy Father, Pope Francis / Francisco Gamboa, Theology I* Thursday, January 2 Memorial of Saints Basil the Great & Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops & Doctors of the Church -Q-Q 0HPRULDO(SK0W 7:00 am †Fr. Michael Hull SMCS Closed Adoration Chapel Opens at 12:00 noon 9:15 am †Ann M. Leonard - 13th Anniversary Senior Center Closed Prayer Group 7:30 pm FCH MDO Closed Youth Holy Hour 9:00 - 10:00 pm AC Rev. Jason Adams & Rev. Theodore Agba / Kevin Braski, Pre-Theology II* Friday, January 3 Memorial of the Most Holy Name of Jesus; First Friday -Q-Q 0HPRULDO3KLO/N 7:00 am †Helen Smith SMCS Closed 9:15 am Walking Aerobics 9:00 am PH SP )LUVW)ULGD\ Rev. John Ariko, AJ & Rev. David Arnoldt / Michael Downey, Pre-Theology II* Saturday, January 4 Memorial of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Religious; First Saturday -Q-Q 0HPRULDO'W0W th &KXUFK%DVNHWEDOO/HDJXHDPSP* 9:15 am †Thomas Edward Bailey, Sr. - 10 Anniversary 0HQ¶V%RRN&OXEDP)&+ 5:00 pm jAll Who Serve & Protect; Reconciliation 3:45 - 4:45 pm C †Bobbie Mulherin - 9th Anniversary CSS Food Drive 5:00 pm N Rev. Tomas Beroch & Rev. Jacob Almeter / Ziemowit Janaszek, Pre-Theology II* Sunday, January 5 Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord Is 60:1-6; Ps 72; Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6; Mt 2:1-12 CSS Food Drive before each Mass N 7:45 am †Mary Selzler NO CCD j Church League Basketball 12:30 - 5:30 pm G 10:30 am †Vola & Harry Jacobs; Joseph Prohaska Baptism Prep Class 1:30 pm DC 12:15 pm †Joe Ward Youth Choir Practice 4:00 pm C 5:30 pm Mass for the People Men’s Basketball 5:30 - 7:00 pm G Most Rev. Bishop J. Kevin Boland, DD / Noah Pace, College IV* A = SJC Atrium BR= Bride Room MC = SMCS Media Center SA = St. Anne’s Hall UR= SJC Upper Room AC= Adoration Chapel C = Church N = Nursery SC= Senior Center *= Please pray daily for our AH=Annunciation House CAF=SMCS Cafeteria NX= Narthex SH = Scout Hut Priests & Seminarians. MR1=Meeting Room 1 CL= SMCS Computer Lab 2 2I¿FH SJC = St. Joseph Center †=Deceased MR2=Meeting Room 2 FCH = Fr. Charlie’s House PH= Parish Hall SJDC = St. Joseph Day Chapel j Living YC=Youth Center st)ORRU G = School Gym R = Rectory SMCS = St. Marys Catholic School St. Mary on the Hill 'HFHPEHU Today, as we continue our celebration of the Christmas season, we focus our attention in a special way on the Holy Family. This is a great time thank God for the gift of family life. The Catechism of the Catholic Church refers to the family as the “domestic church,” so today’s feast is also a fitting time to consider the importance of the virtue of hospitality — a fundamental aspect of the stewardship way of life — within the context of our domestic churches. Why is hospitality so important to a stewardship way of life, beginning with family life? Well, we can hardly expect our family members to pray together, study their faith, and serve others if we have a home where we are disconnected from each other or the atmosphere is stressful and tense. Of course there will be moments like this. But we must be intentional in creating homes where everyone feels cherished, accepted and important. We want our homes to be the place where we can get recharged and filled up to go out and bring love to everyone we encounter outside our home. Today’s first and second reading are full of practical wisdom on how to create an atmosphere of true hospitality within our homes. Our first reading, from the Book of Sirach, speaks of the of the blessings that will come when children give honor to their parents — both young children who respect the authority of their mothers and fathers, and adult children who lovingly care for older parents. These are the actions and attitudes that create an atmosphere of respect, tenderness and unity in the family, all key elements of hospitality. Our second reading, from St. Paul’s letter to the Colossians, gives still more specific instructions on fostering hospitality within our homes. Paul reminds us of our great dignity as “God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved.” This applies to every member of the family, from youngest to oldest and all those in-between. In the daily drudge of family life it is important to remember that each one of us is cherished by God.