Epiphany Catholic Church January 6 th 2019 Epiphany Parish Vision Statement: “To offer every person in our community a life-changing encounter with Jesus.” Ministries across the Generations Page 2 “The future is in your hearts and in your hands. ” St. John Paul II Toddlers to age 3 High School Youth Ministry Children ’s Nursery Epiphany offers a Nursery service (for toddlers to age 3) during the 9 am Sheldon & Mass (8:45 - 10:15am) in the Kristen Bane Kathryn Marie Albee Learning Center 309 -212 -6478 (enter at the canopy entrance). Volun- teers needed: qualified adults who have taken the Safe Environment Class and submied to a background check; [email protected] contact Stacy Berry . [email protected] 3 and 4 Year Olds Lile Magi Epiphany offers cat- echecal program for 3 and 4 year olds during the 9 am Mass in the Kathryn Marie Albee Learn- ing Center (enter at the canopy entrance). Volunteers needed : qualified adults who have taken the Safe Environment Class and submied to a background check; con- tact Yvonne Tabb . [email protected] Age 5 through 2nd Grade Epiphany offers a CLOW for children age 5 through 2nd Grade during the 9am Mass in the Cenacle Room. Chil- dren are dismissed a er the Opening Prayer of Mass. Volunteers needed : qualified adults who have taken the Safe Environment Class and submied to a background check; contact Yvonne Tabb . [email protected] Gift of Treasure December 30, 2018…........$31,152 From Pope Francis E-giving…………..………..……….$3,372 Special………………………..…….$1,024 We are All Brothers and Sisters! Parish Endowment…..……..…….$817 School Endowment……….………..$96 Capital Improvement………..…..$111 Weekly Budget……………….. $24,000 YTD Budget (27 weeks)…..$648,000 YTD Income…………..……….$651,028 YTD Balance……………..…….....$3,028 Please Remember the Parish in your Will 2018 Parish Appeal Rectory: $110,308 Small Gym HVAC: $53,772 Mass and Reconciliation Incense is used at 9am Sunday Mass At Communion, come up in the Left Line for Gluten -free Hosts Sunday, Jan. 6 THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD 7:30am Kathy Albee ‘ 8:30am Reconciliation May the lile Child whom we contemplate today in the man- 9:00am Tom Krause ger, in the cold of the night, watch over all the children of the 11:00am Reconciliation 11:30am People of the Parish world, and every frail, vulnerable and discarded person. May 5:00pm Reconciliation all of us receive peace and consolaon from the birth of the 5:30pm Fr. David Buescher Savior and, in the knowledge that we are loved by the one Monday, Jan. 7 Christmas Weekday 7:00am Steve Fillippone heavenly Father, realize anew that we are brothers and sisters 7:30am Reconciliation and come to live as such! ’ Tuesday, Jan. 8 Christmas Weekday Like the shepherds who first went with haste to the stable, let us halt 7:00am Marj Lopinot 7:30am Reconciliation in wonder before the sign that God has given us: “A baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger ” (Lk 2:12). In silence, let us fall Wed., Jan. 9 Christmas Weekday Lectors: K. Kinate & Jim Hall to our knees and worship. 7:00am Casey & Helen Drag 7:30am Reconciliation What does that Child, born for us of the Virgin Mary, have to tell us? 8:15am Ralph Wargo 5:30pm Rachel Gettings What is the universal message of Christmas? It is that God is a good Father and we are all brothers and sisters. Thurs., Jan. 10 Christmas Weekday Lectors: Daryl Menke This truth is the basis of the Chrisan vision of humanity. Without 7:00am Steve Fillippone 7:30am Reconciliation the fraternity that Jesus Christ has bestowed on us, our efforts for a more just world fall short, and even our best plans and projects risk Friday, Jan. 11 Christmas Weekday Lectors: T. Shilgalis & V. Shroyer being soulless and empty. 7:00am Betty Kenneally 7:30am Reconciliation For this reason, my wish for a happy Christmas is a wish for fraternity. Saturday, Jan. 12 Christmas Weekday Fraternity among individuals of every naon and culture. Fraternity Lectors: Marty & Gerry Brogla among people with different ideas, yet capable of respecng and lis- 7:30am All Souls Memorial 8:00am Reconciliation tening to one another. Fraternity among persons of different reli- 3:00pm Reconciliation gions. Jesus came to reveal the face of God to all those who seek him. 4:00pm Bill & Ruth Harrington The face of God has been revealed in a human face. It did not appear Sunday, Jan. 13 THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD 7:30am Rose Mary Benz in an angel, but in one man, born in a specific me and place. By his 8:30am Reconciliation incarnaon, the Son of God tells us that salvaon comes through love, 9:00am June Huang 11:00am Reconciliation acceptance, respect for this poor humanity of ours, which we all share 11:30am People of the Parish in a great variety of races, languages, and cultures. Yet all of us 5:00pm Reconciliation 5:30pm Gene & Patricia Kernes are brothers and sisters in humanity! —Francis Page 4 Staff Listing From Charlotte Fr. Eric Powell 309-660-7860 [email protected] New Year ’s Resolutions Fr. Joe Baker 309-657-0966 [email protected] Deacons: Mark Cleary 531-1062 Have you made your New Year ’s resoluons? [email protected] , Michael An Me either. New Year for me is simply a calen- 454-9409 [email protected] dar event; I have no sense of any sort of “fresh Parish Corporation Trustees: 452-2585. Don start. ” The most it means is a new check regis- Bernardi, Mike Kabbes ter for my bank account, a new appointment Parish Senior Leadership Team: Staycee & calendar, and a hanging file for health insur- Murray Hynes, 824-8117 [email protected]; Julia ance claims. & Roger Nalewajka, 825-6288 [email protected], [email protected] It ’s not that I am opposed to resoluons. Not Parish Office: 452-2585. Domine King, Joyce at all. Recognizing the need for change, resolv- Tellman, [email protected] ; Angie ing to change for the beer, and then follow- O’Connor [email protected] ing through are definitely important. Socrates Bulletin Ads: Due Friday Noon, nine days out. supposedly said that “The unexamined life is [email protected] not worth living. ” And if we examine our lives, we will undoubtedly find Epiphany Catholic School Principal : Mike Lootens areas in need of improvement. We might, then, resolve to be more 452-3268 ext 301 [email protected] aenve to neighbors and maybe reconcile with someone who harbors Epiphany Catholic School Leadership Team : 452- hard feelings toward us (with or without what we think is a good rea- 3268. Mike Lootens, Father Eric, Chris Niebur, son). We might resolve to eat more healthfully and exercise regularly. Karen Overby In recognion of our own financial blessings, we might resolve to sup- ACTS Ministry: Men and Women’s In -Parish port a third world child through one of the Catholic charies. Or we Retreats [email protected] might resolve to re -energize our spiritual selves. Adoration Chapel Coordinator: Lyn Fedden, 309- 824-3443 [email protected] Typically, resoluons are difficult to fulfill because they require sacrifice, usually of me and o en of money -- two of our prized commodies. If I Alpha Ministry: A Reintroduction to Jesus Christ, Julia Nalewajka, 825-6288 resolve to be a beer neighbor, I am going to have to give up me in order to phone or visit or bake cookies. If I resolve to help the poor, I CCD Coordinator: Mary Ellen Kiley [email protected] am probably going to need to write a check. If I resolve to exercise rou- nely, I might need to purchase a staonary bike and then spend me Children's Sunday Ministries (Little Magi): Yvonne Tabb [email protected] riding it. To eat more healthfully, I will have to give up pizza in favor of broccoli. If I resolve to grow closer to Jesus, I will need to spend me Director of Information Technology Mike nurturing the relaonship, which probably translates as more me at Essington [email protected] prayer and in study. Finance Council: Joe Morrow Actually, most of us do make resoluons all the me, not just at New Ministries Scheduler: [email protected] Year. There are other seasons and events that may nudge us to consid- er a “fresh start. ” For those involved in educaon, the seasonal cue Music Directors: Sean & Jennifer Stevens music@ epiphanyparish.com might be the new school year. For others it might be Lent. For all of us, confession. The me frame for iniang beneficial resoluons is irrele- Nursery: Stacy Berry 314-623-6223 nursery@ vant. What is important is the resoluon itself. epiphanyparish.com Parish Communications: Kristen Bickett The weird thing is that as we follow through with our sacrifices, we will epiphany parish.communications @gmail.com be blessed 30 -, 60 -, or 100 -fold. In fact, Pope St. John Paul II spoke of “ ” “ RCIA : Rite of Christian Initiation, Rich Sealy the law of the gi . He said that The Divine life increases in you in the evangelization @epiphanyparish.com measure that you give it away. ” As we give away/live out our impulses Spiritual Directors : toward goodness, goodness mulplies in us. What a deal. Deacon Mark Cleary , [email protected] So resoluons are a good thing, and maybe the New Year is as fine a Mary Jo Cleary , [email protected] me as any to do a lile self -check followed by some resolve. As for Sylvia Hernandez , [email protected] me, I ’m geng ready to start my list.