ST. JOHN THE APOSTLE CATHOLIC CHURCH TERRELL, TEXAS DECEMBER

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1 Christmas Eve & Christmas Day Mass Schedule St. John s Seniors Group The St. John s Seniors Group will meet Tuesday, December 15 th at 10:00am in the Parish Hall. Christmas Eve Masses (Dec. 24 th ) Children s Mass: Church Doors Open: Christmas Carols: Christmas Eve Mass: Christmas Day Masses (Dec. 25 th ) Mass in English: Mass in Spanish: 4:00 PM 7:30 PM 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 AM 11:00 AM ************************************************* Christmas Confession Schedule Our program this month will have a Christmas theme. We will have a sing-a-long of familiar Christmas carols. Plus, for those members, that wish to participate, there will be a white elephant gift exchange ($10 max per gift). And to round out the program, there will be several great door prizes. Lunch will be our Christmas lunch covered dish. The Senior Council will meet at 9:00am. Pro-Life News: Rosary for Life Join us for the Rosary for Life on th at 10:00am at the Church. All are welcome. Monday, December 21 Tuesday, December 22 12:30 PM 1:00 PM 3:00 PM 3:30 PM 5:15 PM 6:00 PM 11:30 AM 12:30 PM Wednesday, December 23 Richard Collier Richard Lozano Sr. Mike Gonzales Amalia Ibarra Ma. Mercedes Sanchez Kenneth Elliott Rebecca Elliott Odilia Vargas Patricia Reyes Frank Kasper Paul Gumler Lee Wilde Rosario Rodríguez Cindy Kinkaid Rosann Kinkaid Mayra Anguiano Michelle Elliott John Sonny Jones Bill Blankenship Patti Sikors Garrett Yamileth Martinez Nick Morales, Sr. Jack Sikors Raul Rivera Brenda Newburn Henry Taft Martha Kasper Edgar Reyes Mason Gumler Felipa Garcia Joe Wages Donna Lain Margarito Soto William Mellon Laurie Rangel Olivia Nicole Yates Erica Vargas Margaret Wages Claire Vargas Elaine Kasper Sheila Wages Jerry Lain

2 THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT/TERCER DOMINGO DE ADVIENTO Monday, December 14 1:00 PM Crochet meeting at Casa St. John 7:00 PM Grupo de Oración Casa St. John 8:30 9:15 AM Christmas Confessions 10:00 AM Sr. Citizens Group meeting at Parish Hall 6:30 PM R.E. evening classes 6:30 PM Pláticas Bíblicas para Adultos en el Salón Parroquial 6:30-7 PM Christmas Confessions 8:30-9:15 AM Christmas Confessions 10:00 AM Rosary for Life at Church 6:30 PM R.E. evening classes 6:30-7 PM Christmas Confessions 12:30-1 PM Christmas Confessions 6:30-7 PM Christmas Confessions 3-3:30 PM Christmas Confessions 4:00 PM Vigil Mass 5:15-6 PM Christmas Confessions Last Week s Collection: 7, nd Coll. (Parish Improvement Fund): 3, FY Budgeted Average: 6, FY Average Sunday Coll. thru 11/30/15: 6, Candles: Attendance: 1,001 Knights of Columbus Coffee & Donuts Come join us for coffee and donuts after the 8:00am Mass in the Parish Hall. Saturday, December 12 4:00 PM Pro Populo 7:00 PM En Honor de Ntra. Sra. de Guadalupe Sunday, December 13 8:00 AM Deborah Dubcak Krueger by James & Melody Zimmer 10:30 AM Bella Sanchez by Karen & Paul Mathers 12:15 PM Adela & Enrique Gutierrez by Carmen Sifuentes 8:00 AM Glena Sneed by Sherry Goelden 8:00 AM Teresa Mata Cardenas by Leticia Galvan 8:00 AM Paul Mathers by James & Melody Zimmer 4:00 PM Wayne Kretler In Memory of his 7 th Anniversary of Death by Terry Kretler Sunday, December 20 8:00 AM Pro Populo 10:30 AM Alicia Morales by Maria Carmona & Family 12:15 PM Dolores Valencia En Memorial de su Aniversario de Fallecimiento Int. de Estela Valencia Sound Catholic practice encourages us to offer the Mass for the departed and for those in any need. To request a Mass to be offered, please visit the parish office or return to the office a completed Mass intention card. Available cards are located in the foyer of the church. Anointing of the Sick Because of the Privacy Act, hospitals and nursing homes are no longer able to provide a list of the Catholic patients/residents for the Churches use in order to visit and administer the Sacraments of Holy Communion or Anointing of the Sick. Therefore, I need your assistance when you have a family member who is hospitalized or in a nursing home. Please call Fr. Orosco at the Church Office at (972) so that I may be of assistance.

3 Religious Education Classes for December: Sunday classes: 13 th. There will be no classes on the 20 th or 27 th. Tuesday classes: 15 th. There will be no classes on the 22 nd or 29 th. Wednesday classes: 16 th. There will be no classes on the 23 rd or 30 th. Children s Christmas Eve Mass and Pageant The annual Children s Christmas Eve Mass and Pageant will take place on Thursday, Dec. 24 th, at 4pm, if we have enough children interested in this event. Parents may sign up their children to be one of the characters in the pageant. The characters remaining include the 3 Magi (wise men), angels and shepherds. The children will dress in costume and participate in the pageant as an adult narrates the Christmas story. The children do not have speaking parts. There will be two practices for the pageant, Sunday Dec. 20 th at 3pm, and Monday, Dec. 21 st, at 6:30pm. The children must attend both practices. Adults are also needed to help with the following: Assist with costumes. Move the manger from the storage building to the sanctuary on Sunday, Dec. 20 th, and return it to the storage building after the pageant on the 24 th. Be a prompter for the shepherds, angels, and magi during the practices and during the pageant. Move the costumes and props to the Parish Center after the pageant. Remove props from the sanctuary after the pageant. To sign up your child or volunteer to help, send an to susanwarner0309@sbcglobal.net, a text to Susan Warner at , or stop by the Religious Education office during office hours or class time. Child Care Child Care is available during the 10:30am Mass in the Parish Center for children who have not reached the age of 4. The child caregivers include Barbara and Wayne Meshell, Elvia Valle, and Mary Robinson. Each caregiver has been screened through the Safe Environment program. Child care is available only on the Sundays that Religious Education classes are held. Occasionally, Child Care is cancelled when the number of caregivers is not sufficient to provide the supervision required. Thank you for your patience and understanding. Coffee and Catechism You are invited to coffee in the Religious Education office on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings from 6pm to 6:25pm followed by an hour helping in one of the Religious Education classrooms or monitoring a hallway during class time. This is a great way to learn more about the Catholic Faith or refresh some things you may have forgotten. We have excellent Catechists, but we are often short of the required 2 nd screened adult in the classroom. This is not difficult work and most of the adults comment that they really learn a lot and enjoy helping. At this time there are no inside hall monitors or outdoor monitors on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Perhaps you are a parent with children in the Religious Education program or your children did attend at one time. If you have never helped with this program, perhaps now is the time to pay it forward. We really need your help so that all of our children can have a memorable and safe experience as they study the Catholic faith. If you have a little free time to help, please contact Susan Warner in the Religious Education office, send an to susanwarner0309@sbcglobal.net, or text for details. Thank you. Third Week of Advent Sunday of the Third Week of Advent begins with the Prophet Zephaniah's announcement of liberation and God's presence among the people after decades of their own infidelity. In Luke's Gospel John the Baptist is the focus of the expectation in the people who come to him asking what to do. He exhorts them to integrity and charity and announces the one who is to come: He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. Monday is the Memorial of Saint John of the Cross, Priest and Doctor of the Church. We continue to focus on the first readings in this first part of Advent. From the Book of Numbers, we have the proclamation that "a star shall advance from Jacob..." Zephaniah is the prophet of impending doom, if the people don't abandon their idolatry. But this week we read about consoling healing, "on that day," when the Lord comes. Isaiah's message is full of promise: "Turn to me and be safe... for I am God; there is no other!" On Thursday, we reach the December 17th and in these last eight days of Advent the focus returns to the gospels with stories from Jesus' family in the time before he was born. Matthew's gospel offers the genealogy of Jesus' family. On the 18th we read Matthew's account of the nativity: Joseph decides to divorce the pregnant Mary until an angel appears to him in a dream, saying, "It is through the Holy Spirit that this child has been conceived in her." On the 19th, in the first chapter of Luke's gospel, Elizabeth

4 THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT/TERCER DOMINGO DE ADVIENTO are told they will have a child named John who will be filled with the Holy Spirit. When Zechariah doubts, he is struck speechless. Horario de Misas de Vigilia y Navidad Salón Parroquial. Para más información llamar a la oficina (972) Pláticas Bíblicas para Adultos Tenemos Pláticas Bíblicas para Adultos cada martes a las 6:30pm en el Salón Parroquial con el Diacono Mario Sánchez. Grupo de Oración El Grupo de Oración se reúnen cada lunes a las 7:00pm en la Casa St. John. Misas de Vigilia 24 de diciembre: Misa de Niños (Ingles): Las puertas de la Iglesia se abren: Villancicos: Misa de Vigilia (Ingles): 4:00 PM 7:30 PM 8:00 PM 8:30 PM Misas Día de Navidad 25 de diciembre Misa en Ingles: 9:00 AM Misa en Español: 11:00 AM ************************************************* Horario de Confesiones Navideña: Martes, 15 de diciembre: Miércoles, 16 de diciembre: Jueves, 17 de diciembre: Sábado, 19 de diciembre: Lunes, 21 de diciembre: Martes, 22 de diciembre: 12:30 PM 1:00 PM 3:00 PM 3:30 PM 5:15 PM 6:00 PM 11:30 AM 12:30 PM Miércoles, 23 de diciembre: Clases de Pre-Bautismales Unción de los Enfermos Si usted o alguien que usted conozca está necesitado en recibir comunión o el Sacramento de la Unción de los Enfermos favor de llamar al Padre Orosco en la oficina de la Iglesia al número Calendario para el mes de diciembre: Clases de los domingos: 13. No hay clases el 20 y 27. Clases de los martes: 15. No hay clases el 22 y 29. Clases de los miércoles: 16. No hay clases el 23 y 30. La Misa y desfile Navideña de Niños será el jueves, 24 de diciembre a las 4:00pm. Los personajes que quedan son los 3 reyes magos, ángeles y pastores. Vamos a tener dos ensayos: domingo, 20 de diciembre a las 3pm y el lunes, 21 de diciembre a las 6:30pm. Los niños deberán de a asistir a los dos ensayos. También se van a necesitar adultos para que ayuden. Para escribir a su hijo(a) o para ayudarle a Susan favor de venir a la oficina y hablar con ella. Tendremos clases Pre-Bautismales comenzando en el mes de enero

5 Necesito voluntarios para los martes y los miércoles para que cuiden los pasillos y las afueras del Centro Parroquial. Si puede ayudar favor de hablar a la oficina.