Readings for Next Sunday December 3, 2017 First Sunday of Advent First Reading: Isaiah 63:16b-17, 19b; 64:2-7 SATURDAY, November 25 Weekday Psalm Reading: Psalm 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19 3:30P Confessions Second Reading: 1Corinthians 1:3-9 Vigil, Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ Gospel: Mark 13:33-37 5:00P Charles & Jackie Nikolaus SUNDAY, November 26 Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ OUR PARISH WORKS FOR GOD 8:00A People of the Parish 10:30A Marian Gonyea Totals will be in next weeks bulletin. MONDAY, November 27 Weekday Envelopes out of 600 collected $ 8:00A Special Intentions Loose Collection $ TUESDAY, November 28 Weekday Children’s Envelopes $ 8:00A ALL SOULS Total Gifts to God $ WEDNESDAY, November 29 Weekday To meet our budgeted expenses for the fiscal year, 5:00 Adoration / St. Mary’s the sum of $7,200 is needed on a weekly basis 5:15P Confessions / St. Mary’s in the Sunday collection. 6:00P Evelyn Flanagan THURSDAY, November 30 St. Andrew Due to the early deadline, all totals will be printed in next 8:00A Sr. Terrance Flanagan week’s bulletin. FRIDAY, December 1 Weekday 8:00A Rosemary Nobile 7:00P First Friday Devotions / St. Mary’s CHRISTMAS BAZAAR SATURDAY, December 2 Weekday This year at our Christmas Bazaar, not only will there be 8:00A Rev. Paul Rindos / 1st Saturday Devotions / St. Mary’s hand-made crafts, themed-gift baskets, music by our Youth 3:30-4:30P Confessions Choir, and a delicious turkey dinner, but you will have a Vigil, First Sunday of Advent chance to win a flat-screen SMART TV. Just write your 5:00P Mary Loreto name on the back of your dinner ticket for the door prize SUNDAY, December 3, First Sunday of Advent drawing at 12:45 on Sunday, December 3, 2017. You must 8:00A Helen Hahn be present to win. The Bazaar will also be open following 10:30A People of the Parish the 5:00PM Saturday evening Mass and on Sunday morning Bishop Gainer will be visiting our parish and celebrating following the 8:00AM Mass, with a Continental breakfast the mass at 10.30 AM on December 3, the first Sunday of available. advent. Turkey rice soup will be available on Saturday, December 2nd after 3:30pm for take out and after the 5pm Mass and OUR PARISH PRAYS TOGETHER 8am Mass and at the bazaar dinner at noon. There will be no advanced orders on soup. The craft table will be available PRAY FOR THE SICK AND HOMEBOUND after all Masses as well as the dessert table. Marg Barton Ray Baxter Deacon Jeff Baylor Helen Bologa Elizabeth Buzzendore John Collier TURKEY DONATIONS Nellie Conlin Marilyn Drummer Peggy Fisher The Parish Christmas Bazaar dinner is scheduled for Sunday, Abby Fritsch Diane Flanagan Jim Gambler Katrina Gibson Peg Hartman David Hauck December 3rd. Donations of turkeys for the dinner are so Clyde Newcomer Kathleen Kauffman Paul Kline much appreciated. Turkeys can be dropped off at the Parish James George Teresa Knighton Olga Korol Office during normal business hours or to the cafeteria Greg Fisher Brian LaPrairie Beulah Livelsberger during weekend Masses where someone will put them in the Buddy Hano Betty McBride Steve McBride freezer after the Mass. Thank you so much! Barbara McEvoy Ashley Mable Lillian Hoffer Karen Mundorf Ken Murphy Teresa Musser APOSTOLATE TO THE HOMEBOUND Kathleen Nobile Michelle Panyik Henry Walsh Are you called to be a St. Christopher and carry Christ to Charles Rees David Riger Elliot Ross Lorraine Rupard Irene Shields Joanne Shillow people or are you called to be a St Jeanne Jugan and carry Joe Shillow Joanne Skammer Kim Smith people to Christ? A new Apostolate is forming at St. Peter's Kathryn Spangler Marguerite Spangler Joseph Spence to become a Missionary to the Homebound. If you want to Leo Storm Sharon Swanger Bev Thomas do more in your local community where better to begin then Caroline Weitzel Jack Aument Robert Dean Saxman Homebound right next door? An information meeting is Robert Gainer Tom Bentley planned for November 29th at 7:00 pm in the Union Street HOLY NAME SCOIETY House. Come taking a journey with and for Christ. For We will be cleaning the Church on Tuesday. December 12, more information contact: David Riger 201-248-4899 or 2017 starting at 5:30pm. Please bring a bucket, all other [email protected] supplies will be provided. ALL adults are welcome! PASTOR’S CORNER Spirituality of St. Francis de Sales - Practice of Virtues, OUR LADY OF THE ANGELS SCHOOL “Patience” Our Lady of the Angels in conjunction with the Columbia When the culture coaxes with false ideals like, “Might is Borough Police Department will be collecting Toys for Tots right”, “I am first”, “I need to be taken seriously”, “I am this year. Toys for Tots accepts any new, unwrapped right” etc., for a happy and successful living, St. Francis de presents. Donations may be placed in the Toys for Tots box Sales gives real ideals for a truly humane, happy and outside the school office. OLA will be accepting donations peaceful living through his teaching on virtues. Here are until December 15th. some of his teachings on Patience. -Honey made from the flowers of thyme, a small herb is the Donate to OLA and Toys for Tots by using your Five Below best of all. So also, the virtues practiced in the bitterness of certificate when buying a new toy. (In last week’s bulletin.) the most vile, low and mean trials and humiliations are the Thank you for your continued generosity! most excellent of all. On December 14th students at OLA will be preforming in our -A man of self-control possesses great happiness. The more annual Christmas Pageant. The students will perform a live perfect our patience, the more perfect our self-control. Nativity. The show is held at 7:00pm in Holy Trinity -It is easy to find courage to face loathsome, criticism, Church. accusation from the evil or enemy; but to face the same from good people, friends, family and relatives is the ultimate test st On December 21 the students will be collecting hygiene of patience. Remember, the stings from bees are more items for the less fortunate. If you would like to donate, painful than those of flies. please drop off in the church office. -Complain as little as possible about the wrongs done to you. Because, self-love magnifies the offences than what th Angels Among Us Gala RSVP’s are due on December 4 , they really are. One who is truly patient neither complains Please mail or drop off in the church office. nor seeks pity. -When you find your trials hard to bear, look often with your HERSHEY BEARS HOCKEY interior eyes on Jesus Christ crucified, naked, blasphemed, Celebrate Catholic Schools’ Week with the Hershey Bears slandered, abandoned and overwhelmed by every kind of Hockey team vs. Charlotte Checkers at the Giant Center in trouble, sorrow and pain. Consider that all your sufferings Hershey, for the Annual Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg are not comparable to his either in quality or in Night on Saturday, February 3, 2018 at 7 p.m. Tickets are quantity. Consider you will never be able to suffer anything discounted to $15.00 each for all ages from the regular for his sake compared to what he suffered for you. admission price of $23. For tickets get an order form from your school or parish office or contact Janet Dise - SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN [email protected] . The deadline for orders is Monday, Beginning December 28th thru January 14th, 2018 January 29, 2018. containers will be placed in both Narthexes for your GOSPEL REFLECTION donations to the Shelter. These women and children leave Do you desire to be more fulfilled by Sunday’s gospel home with only the clothes on their backs. Your donations reading? If so please join us each Tuesday evening to of personal items will be appreciated and will be delivered to Encounter Christ through the upcoming week’s gospel the shelter after January 14th, 2018. Thank you! reading at 6:30 pm in the Parish Cafeteria. This is open to all parishioners of any age who desire to better prepare REMEMBEREANCE TREES themselves for the message of our Lord. If you have any The trees will stand in both Narthexes from December 9th questions please contact Candice McClellan at 717-880- thru January 1st, 2018. Parishioners are invited to place 8320. names of deceased family and friends on the trees a Mass will be celebrated on New Year’s Day, January 1st for all the KNIGHTS NEWS names on the trees. The Knights of Columbus are having their Annual Children’s Christmas Party at the Council Home on Friday, “WISH” CHRISTMAS MUSICAL December 1st from 6-8pm. Food and beverages will be “Wish” is a Mychal’s Message project and is directed and provided. Please RSVP to Luke Parrish at 818-8776 or via choreographed by teens with an all child/teen cast. This email at [email protected] by November 26th. year’s show is BRAND NEW and will “bring” you to NYC Catholic Charities Ireland Trip Announced at Christmas time where you’ll “visit” St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Rockefeller Center, Macy’s at Herald Square and Celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Diocese of Harrisburg Broadway! You’ll see a live nativity, Aladdin’s Genie and of and visit the grave of St. Patrick, the Diocese's Patron Saint, course, Santa Claus. With all new songs and choreography, on a 12-day pilgrimage to the Emerald Isle with Bishop this year’s show brings you our LARGEST CAST ever.