Mary, Help of Christians Bulletin
December 14, 1997
THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT
1) Zephaniah 3, 14-18
2) Philippians 4, 4-7
3) Luke 3, 10-18
"What ought we to do?" the crowds asked John the Baptist. "Let the man
with two coats give to him who has none. The man who has food should do
the same." he replied. "What ought we to do?" we ask Paul and Zephaniah.
"Shout for joy...sing joyfully!" replies Zephaniah. "Rejoice!...I say it
again. Rejoice!" responds Paul. It is possible to see all these responses
as equivalent. What could make us happier than to find a fulfilling way to
live our lives, and what more fulfilling thing can we accomplish than being
good stewards of God's gifts to us? Our joy comes in having enough but not
too much. Our happiness comes from raising others to happiness.
Next Sunday's readings will be: 1)Micah 5, 1-4; 2)Hebrews 10, 5-10;
3)Luke 1, 39-45.
Mass Intentions for the Week
TODAY: 7:00 AM Sunday Mass
9:00 AM For the Parish
10:30 AM Kevin Lay, off. Ruthie Knoepfle Lay
12:00 PM Sunday Mass
MON: 7:00 PM Sp. Int. Liz Ehlers, off. Wednesday Bridge Ladies
TUE: 7:00 AM Gwen Hall, off. Joanne & Dean Benasutti
9:00 AM Lawrence Dapore, off. Jerry & Barbara Rouch
WED: 7:00 AM Joseph Flick, (Anniv.) off. Flick Family
9:00 AM Michael Viet Su Nguyen, off. Do Nguyen & Family
THU: 7:00 AM Rose Willard, (Anniv.) off. The Batman Family
9:00 AM Ethel Ruehl, off. Family
FRI: 9:00 AM James Burke, off. Mr. & Mrs. Al Bruns
SAT: 8:00 AM Robert M. Glaser, (Christmas Remembrance) off. Ginny Glaser
5:00 PM MHC Purgatorian
SUN: 7:00 AM Sunday Mass
9:00 AM For the Parish
10:30 AM Nicholas Welks, off. Catherine Welks
12:00 PM Sunday Mass
COME SING FOR CHRISTMAS!!
Christmas is coming and we are getting ready! Every year we ask families
to join us in the choir to sing with us at the 5:00 PM Mass on Christmas
Eve. If you and/or your child/children would like to join our 9:00 AM
choir for the 5:00 PM Family Christmas celebration, we'd love to have you!!
We are rehearsing on Tuesday nights from 7:00 to 8:30 PM. Please come out
and join us at the following rehearsals: Tuesday, December 9th, Tuesday,
December 16th, Tuesday, December 23rd. Mass is 5:00 PM, December 24th--
with prelude music beginning at 4:30 PM. If you have any questions or need
more information, please call Peggy Cook at 878-7190. We look forward to
seeing you on the 9th of December!
Wedding Banns
John Bevis and Leslie Miller - December 27
Liturgical Assistants
EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS - DECEMBER 20/21
5:00 Deacon Max Roadruck, J. Bowling, R. Winfree, C. Jaksic, W. Gilbert,
C. Stroble, E. Gulbransen
7:00 Deacon Max Roadruck, M.J. Martin, A. Cavo
9:00 Deacon Max Roadruck, R. Latham, A. Gros, P. Gros, B. Jurick, B.
Jurick, A. Smith, G. Martin
10:30 R. Wimsatt,C. Hewitt, J. McKee,D. Compton, K. Boyle, C. Slocumb, R. Gros
12:00 M. Rodin, A. Yokell, T. Langenderfer, C. Kleysteuber, V. Hobbs, P. Hobbs
LECTOR COMMENTATORS - DECEMBER 20/21
LECTOR COMMENTATOR
5:00 M. Hellmann A. Metzmaier
7:00 C. Marth J. Martin
9:00 F. Ivancic R. Green
10:30 H. Yarwick D. Wetzel
12:00 T. Pitstick K. Gros
FROM THE PASTORAL MINISTER...
I need your help! Many times during the week I receive requests and
more often than ever before I am having to say "no". I don't have the
volunteers to help--the most recent requests have been raking leaves,
babysitting, snow removal, rides to doctor appointments and wanting a ride
to church. The most pressing need right now is that we have six people
who want to come to church every Sunday. Presently I can do this for
them the fourth Sunday of the month. If I had several drivers we could
take turns. Please call the office, 879-8803, and leave your name and
number. I will call you on an as need basis. Thank you.
Also, the parish has a Port-A-Potty, a Wheelchair and Walker, adult size
Depends and Ensure to donate. If interested, please call Anne at the
above number.
STEPHEN MINISTRY
Stephen Ministry training can help you to lead a Christian life...what was
Jesus like as a caregiver? How does He teach us to serve others? Come to
Stephen Ministry training and find out. Classes begin January 12th,
1998. Applications are in the foyer of the church or contact Anne Rusen,
879-8803.
ARE YOU REGISTERED IN THE PARISH?
Please do not take for granted that you are registered in the parish just
because you attend Mass here or that you were registered as a child with
your parents. Are you on our mailing list? Do you receive parish support
envelopes? If not, it could be quite embarrassing to us, or to you or your
family, when someone wants to make wedding plans, have a baby baptized, or
if you have been asked to act as a sponsor for Baptism or Confirmation
which requires a note from us of your practical Catholicity. If we have no
record of your parish membership, we cannot do this. Please contact the
parish office, 878-8353, Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, if you
have a question about registration.
This Week
TODAY: 7:00 AM - Coffee & Doughnuts until 12:00 Noon, AD
8:30 AM - Parish Library open until 1:15 PM
9:00 AM - REL ED: 3-5 yrs
10:30 AM - REL ED: Grade 1-12 & Adult
1:00 PM - Baptism Class, ER
7:00 PM - Scripture Study until 8:30 PM, SFH
MON: 7:00 PM - Boy Scouts, Sch APR
7:00 PM - Girl Scouts until 8:00 PM, Sch Cafe
7:30 PM - Rosary, Ch
8:00 PM - Prayer Group, Ch
TUE: 6:30 PM - Cub Pack Mtg. until 9:30 PM, Sch APR
7:00 PM - Folk Gp Practice, Ch
7:30 PM - Bible Study, ER
WED: 9:30 AM - Mom's group until 11:30 AM, SFH
10:30 AM - Mass at Villa Fairborn Nursing Home
12:30 PM - Bible Study, SFH
7:00 PM - HS LIFE Gp until 9:00 PM, SFH
7:00 PM - Girl Scouts until 8:30 PM, Sch Lib
7:00 PM - Choir Practice, Ch
7:30 PM - St. Vincent de Paul, SFH
THU: 1:30 PM - Prayer Service, Collinswood Nursing Home
3:20 PM - Girl Scouts (#1193) until 5:00 PM, Sch Cafe
7:00 PM - Cub Scouts (#37) until 8:30 PM, Sch Lib
7:00 PM - Mystagogia, SFH
7:00 PM - RCIA, SFH
7:00 PM - RCIC, SFH
7:30 PM - MHC Communal Penance Service, Ch
FRI: ----
SAT: 7:30 AM - Rosary, Ch
10:00 AM - Benediction, Ch
10:15 AM - Confessions until 11:00 AM
3:00 PM - Confessions until 4:30 PM
SUN: 7:00 AM - Coffee & Doughnuts until 12:00 PM, AD
9:00 AM - K of C Pancake Breakfast until 11:00 AM, K of C Hall
1:00 PM - Baptisms
7:00 PM - Scripture Study until 8:30 PM, SFH
LEAVING THE AREA?...
Parishioners leaving the area are asked to PLEASE notify the secretary at
the rectory office so we can send you your financial statement and to also
keep our records current. Thank you.
School News
Save your Meijer's Receipts! Save and bring to the school or
church your receipts from the Dayton and Springfield Meijer Stores that are
dated between September 29 and through December 13, 1997. MHCS can receive
up to $1,000, if we receive enough receipts (we can earn $5 for every $100
in receipts). Please bring your receipts in before Christmas.
School Christmas break-- Monday December 22nd through Friday,
January 2nd.
STEWARDSHIP
Adult Envelopes (464) $20,017.00
Loose Checks (8) 150.00
Loose Currency & Coin 572.20
Youth (17) 12.82
Total Collection for Dec. 7th $20,752.02
Religious Education
"Shout for joy, O daughter Zion! Sing joyfully, O Israel! Be glad
and exult with all your heart, O Daughter Jerusalem!." Zephaniah 3:14
The Sunday morning Religious education are: Early childhood ages 3-5 meet
from 9:00 to 10:00 AM; grades 1-12 meet from 10:30 to 11:45 AM. Fee: $25
per student; $75 maximum per family. No one will be turned away because of
inability to pay. All classes, with the exception of the high school are
held in the school. High school sessions are held in St. Francis Hall.
TODAY'S COFFEE AND CONVERSATION
As the Religious Ed program breaks for the Christmas season, Today's
Coffee and Conversation will host a breakfast and an evaluation of
our program thus far. The next session will be held on Sunday, January
4th, 1998. Please join us, 10:30 AM in the school cafeteria.
Baby Sitting
Babysitting is available in the Carepoint Center (the modular classroom
unit) during the 9:00 AM and 10:30 AM Masses every Sunday that the Sunday
Religious Ed program is in session.
BAPTISM PREPARATION
Parents of unbaptized children, ages 3-6, wishing to have them baptized
should call the Religious Ed office, 878-7325, to arrange for baptismal
preparation for the children.
SORRY...
We extend our sincere apologies to all those who purchased gifts from the
Innisbrook Company. We promised delivery on November 23rd. For reasons
beyond our control they were not delivered as promised. Thank you for your
patience.
Retirement Fund for Religious
Today a special collection will be taken for the Retirement Fund for
Religious. This national appeal is to help religious congregations care
for their elderly and infirm sisters, brothers, and order priests.
Religious women and men have served the Church in the United States for
more than 200 years. Let's be generous in our thanks to them now in their
need. Please use the special envelopes, or mark your checks Retirement
fund for Religious.
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Welcome
WELCOME! Welcome to all who celebrate the Mass with us this
morning. May God's grace and peace fill all of us so that we can serve one
another in unity and love. If you have a question, a prayer request or any
need, please speak to one of the priests, the parish ushers or with any
parishioner.
Youth Activities
HS LIFE Community--Every Wednesday, Open House, 6:00 - 7:00 PM, SFH--
Come, play games and socialize! Next Meeting:Wednesday, December
17th, 7:00-9:00 PM, SFH.... JH GROUP--Tuesday, December 23rd, 6:30-8:30
PM, School All Purpose Room....For more information, call Holly Gros, Youth
Minister, 878-8092.
PARISH LIBRARY
The library is located in St. Francis Hall and is open on Sundays from
8:30 AM to 1:15 PM. There are books, audio and video tapes on many
subjects, including special ones for Teens and Children. Anyone interested
in donating books, audio or video tapes, please call Linda Knueve at 879-
5303 or Pat Scanlon at 878-0461. We are currently looking for books on
"Advent" and "Lent".
John & Carol Maiorano recently answered our prayers for books on
"Advent". We have two new books in the library: "Living and
Celebrating the Advent Christmas Seasons" and "Walk With the Lord:
Advent and Christmas".
The library will be closed for the Christmas and New Year Holidays on
December 21st and December 28th. We will reopen on January 4th, 1998. The
library volunteers wish each of you a joyful Christmas and a blessed New
Year.
BAZAAR NEWS
The bazaar is history but Christmas items can still be purchased in the
basement where coffee and doughnuts are sold. Religious articles and
Advent wreaths are available at the Church entrance.
From the Bulletin Editor
Due to Holiday scheduling, bulletin items for the December 28th, 1997
bulletin are due in the parish office by 12:00 NOON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER
18th; and bulletin items for the January 4, 1998 are due in the
parish office by 12:00 NOON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23rd. Thank you.
NEW CHURCH ROOFING UNDERWAY...
The days of water dripping into the church with every heavy rain or snow
should soon be over. A new roof is now being installed. The color will be
white -- the original color of the roof -- which will help in summer time
energy saving. We did not think that we would be able to afford this
during this fiscal year, but the generosity of the late C. Marie Humbarger,
who remembered us in her will, has made it possible. Remember her in your
prayers.
**ADVENT COMMUNITY PENANCE SERVICES**
Monday, December 15
St. Luke, Beavercreek 7:30 PM
Thursday, December 18
Mary, Help of Christians 7:30 PM
TOYS FOR TOTS
The United States Marine Corps for the last fifty years has been
conducting a program that brings the joy of Christmas to economically
disadvantaged children. Toys for Tots is a national collection and
distribution program organized by Marines in partnership with thousands of
businesses, charitable organizations, and community groups across the
country. Marines collect NEW UNWRAPPED toys donated by private
individuals and businesses and distribute them to a wide variety of
charitable organizations. In 1996 the Marines in Dayton serviced more
than 9,000 children in the Miami Valley area.
What can you do to help? We ask that you get involved in the collection
of these toys. Then all you need to do is call (937) 268-3261 and
Marines will promptly arrive to collect the toys. The distribution of
the toys will be December 15th through December 19th. If you have any
questions regarding the program or what else you may do to get involved
please contact the Toys for Tots coordinators at (937) 268-3261.
"LUNCH WITH THE LORD"
Trinity Center, 266 Bainbridge St., Dayton presents "Lunch with the Lord",
Thursday, December 18th from 12:10 to 1:00 PM. Informal bible study
and reflection experience. Bring your lunch and a friend and enjoy Advent.
Questions? Call: Office of Evangelization at 228-1223.
WTJC-TV, CHANNEL 26, TO AIR "THE GREATEST DAY ON EARTH",
AS TOLD BY FATHER JIM WILLIG
No time for Christ this Christmas? Take a break with Father Jim Willig to
hear the Christmas story explained as you've never heard it before. Father
Willig will recall "The Greatest Day on Earth" in a fast-moving half hour
TV special at 9:00 AM, December 21st -- the Sunday before Christmas --
on Dayton's WTJC-TV, Channel 26. It's just the thing to help you focus on
the reason for the season. If you are at Mass at 9 o'clock that day, tape
the program and watch it later.
IS YOUR MARRIAGE HURTING IN ANY WAY?
If your marriage has become unloving and uncaring, or if your relationship
has grown cold and distant, then please consider and inquire about
Retrouvaille. Retrouvaille is a program designed to help
heal and renew troubled marriages, even those marriages to the point of
separation and/or divorce. The next scheduled program begins January
9th,10th,11th at the Kings Island Inn. For more information and/or
registration call (513) 922-6045 (Cincinnati)/767-7053 (Dayton)/(513) 398-
3137 (Cincinnati), or write to: Retrouvaille, P.O. Box 1215, Fairborn, OH
45324.
CARING FAMILIES
Please consider volunteering some of your time and talents to Caring
Families. Caring Families is a non-profit organization looking for
volunteers to help strengthen ordinary, typical families an extended
family. For more information or to volunteer please call 643-4000.
WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS MINISTRY CENTER
Attention Parents, Grandparents and other family members of Wright State
students! If you have loved ones attending Wright State, let them know
that the Catholic Church maintains a full time campus ministry at WSU. We
invite your young men and women to stop in any time to say hello and get
acquainted with our program. We are located opposite Allyn Hall and the
Woods (426-1836). We offer opportunities for prayer, weekend Mass, service
projects, retreats, Tuesday lunches and quarterly social functions.
IF YOU'VE BEEN CONSIDERING HELP...
Seeking help when we need it is a sign of strength and good sense.
Professional counseling helps us to see our worries in constructive new
ways, leaving us free to solve our own problems. Sometimes that's the
difference between struggling with a concern or resolving it now. Catholic
Social Services of the Miami Valley offers professional, confidential
counseling for family, marital and personal concerns. Appointments are
currently available. For further information, contact the Centerville
office at 434-3802.
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