Mary, Help of Christians Bulletin
December 21, 1997
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! Wednesday, December 24th & 31st, NO
meeting; the next meeting will be January 7th, 1998, 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.
From The Bulletin Editor
Due to Holiday scheduling, 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.
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".
Fr. John recently suggested a book that would be nice to have in our
Parish Library. "Lives of the Popes: The Pontiffs from St. Peter to
John Paul II" by Father Richard P. McBrien. Published by HarperCollins,
1997. The cost is $29.50. Is anyone interested in donating this book to
our library? A book donated in the name of a loved one makes a nice
Christmas gift for someone who has everything.
The library will be closed for the Christmas and New Year Holidays on
today, Sunday, December 21st and Sunday, December 28th. We will reopen
on January 4th, 1998. The library volunteers wish each of you a joyful
Christmas and a blessed New Year.
New Year's Eve Dance
Sponsored by the Knights of Columbus, Dayton Council 500, Wednesday,
December 31st, from 9:00 PM through 1:00 AM at Bainbridge Hall, 4th &
Bainbridge St., near the Oregon District. Hors d'oeuvre's, party favors
and champagne at midnight. Cost: $20.00 per person, 21 & over please. For
more information and reservations call 224-8566, 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM or
leave message & number, or e-mail Michael-Anne@msn.com.
CHURCH HISTORY COURSE TO BE OFFERED
You are invited to attend a four-week CHURCH HISTORY Course at St. Joseph
Parish Center beginning on Thursday, January 4 from 7:00 to 9:30 PM.
Father Edmund Hussey, Pastor of St. Raphael Church will be the facilitator.
The course will examine Church History through a series of "snapshots" of
the church through the centuries. REGISTRATION IS NECESSARY! Flyers with
additional information and Registration Forms are available in the back of
church. For more information call: Sister Angela, 327-4057.
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.
CATHOLICS "COME HOME PROGRAM"
COME HOME- An invitation to Catholics in the Greater Dayton area
who feel separated from the Catholic Church, to come and tell their story
and take a look again at the Church. If you would like to refer persons
for an invitation to Come Home, call 225-8901 or send their name(s) to Come
Home Program, Trinity Center, 266 Bainbridge Street, Dayton, Ohio, 45402,
before January 31st, 1998. MHC is a sponsoring parish for Come Home.
CATHOLIC WOMEN OF CINCINNATI SPONSORING
"CONTINUE WITH CONFIDENCE" SCHOLARSHIP
Catholic Women of Cincinnati is accepting applications for the "Continue
with Confidence" Scholarship to be awarded in May of 1998 to an active,
practicing, Catholic woman, age 25 or older who wishes to begin or continue
her undergraduate college education. This $2,500.00 grant is intended for
a candidate who would not be able to attend college without this financial
assistance. Deadline for application is March 30, 1998. For more
information or to receive an application contact Carolyn Sweeney at 984-
8842.
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.
WOMEN'S PERSONAL GROWTH GROUP
In this nonthreatening supportive educational group you will feel safe
to explore relationship struggles and sources of emotional pain, self
esteem and assertiveness issues, work related and personal concerns,
control and lack of control issues, childhood issues and rediscover your
powerful inner spirit and many other for women only topics.
The group meets each Tuesday evening from 7:15-8:45 PM. Space is
limited. Call Ginger Killian, MS.LSW (937-294-6250) today for registration
information and location.
Volunteers Needed
Franciscan Medical Center is currently in need of volunteers in the
following areas:
Gift Shop - running the register, assisting customers, pricing,
arranging flowers;
Patient Services - escorting patients, delivering mail and flowers,
running errands;
Mailroom - sorting mail and reports, delivering mail and small
packages;
Clerical - answering phones, filing, data entry, shredding;
E R Receptionist - answering phones, directing patients and family,
running errands and keeping family informed of patients' condition.
If you can spare just four hours a week, call 229-6546 for more information
about our volunteer opportunities. Daytime, evening and weekend
assignments are available.
WIN-WIN-WIN
Donate your used vehicle, get a tax credit, help someone become self-
sufficient. Your donation of a used vehicle helps support work at the St.
Vincent Hotel/DePaul Center (a 501 (c)(3) organization). All donated
vehicles are tax deductible to the extent allowed by the law. The process
simply involves you signing over the title and us arranging to pick up the
car. Receipts provided. For more information about the DePaul Center or
the Car Donation Program contact 222-3661.
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.
Merry Christmas
FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT
1) Micah 5, 1-4
2) Hebrews 10, 5-10
3) Luke 1, 39-45
"I can't do anything. I'm too: a)small; b)unimportant; c)poor; d)dumb;
e)other." We are often ready with excuses but slow with faith. "Blessed
is she who trusted that the Lord's words to her would be fulfilled." (3)
Mary never questioned God's will for her. She trusted that God would
provide whatever she needed to accomplish his word. Bethlehem-Ephrathah
was a small town with little to recommend it(1), and yet, from it came the
savior of the world. Stewardship of the time, talent and treasure that God
has given us is not a hedge against the future -- it is an opportunity to
say with Jesus "I have come to do your will, O God."(2)
Next Sunday's readings will be: 1)Sirach 3, 2-6. 12-14; 2)Colossians
3, 12-21; 3)Luke 2, 41-52.
Mass Intentions for the Week
TODAY: 7:00 AM Sunday Mass
9:00 AM For the Parish
10:30 AM Nicholas Welks, off. Catherine Welks
12:00 PM Sunday Mass
MON: 7:00 PM John (Jack) Lehrke, (Christmas Remembrance) off. Margo Lehrke
TUE: 7:00 AM Rosemary Bolger, off. Mary Strohm
9:00 AM Thomas (Benny) Quinones, off. Lillian Quinones
WED: 9:00 AM Frank Lamb
5:00 PM Family Christmas Mass
THU: 12:00 AM Christmas Midnight Mass
7:00 AM Mass of Christmas Dawn
9:00 AM Mass of Christmas Day
10:30 AM Mass of Christmas Day
12:00 PM Mass of Christmas Day
FRI: 9:00 AM Mary Eklum, off. St. Vincent de Paul
SAT: 8:00 AM Helen Palm, (Anniv.) off. Al & Sally Borchers
5:00 PM MHC Purgatorian
SUN: 7:00 AM Sunday Mass
9:00 AM For the Parish
10:30 AM Michael Viet Su Nguyen, off. Linda Haman
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 have been rehearsing on Tuesday nights from 7:00 to 8:30 PM. Please
come out and join us on 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.
Liturgical Assistants
EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS - DECEMBER 27/28
5:00 Deacon Max Roadruck, E. Gulbransen, C. Gay, T. Metzmaier, S.
Borchers, J. Lorenzetti, L. Cherpeski
7:00 Deacon Max Roadruck, L.R. Smith, M.J. Martin
9:00 Deacon Max Roadruck, P. Gros, B. Jurick, B. Jurick, A. Smith, G.
Martin, K. Samuelson, R. Dean, M.L. Dean
10:30 P. Pitstick, P. Pitstick, R. Wimsatt, C. Hewitt, J. McKee, D.
Compton, K. Boyle
12:00 C. Kleysteuber, B. Fonzi, V. Hobbs, P. Hobbs, M. Rodin, K. Justice
LECTOR COMMENTATORS - DECEMBER 27/28
LECTOR COMMENTATOR
5:00 E. Allen - A. Metzmaier
7:00 B. Lorenzetti - R. Green
9:00 A. Mahrer - K. Cypher
10:30 J. Polander - T. Boland
12:00 B. Roadruck - A. Gilbert
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.
HOLY SMOKE
Incense will be used:
Christmas Midnight Mass & Epiphany (January 4) at 9:00 & 10:30AM.
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Coffee and Donuts
There will be no Coffee and Doughnuts available after Sunday Masses on
December 28th, the Sunday between Christmas and New Year's Day. The
Religious Gift Shop in the Usher's Room will be closed also.
Wedding Banns
John Bevis and Leslie Miller - December 27
This Week
TODAY: 7:00 AM - Coffee & Doughnuts until 12:00 Noon, 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
MON: 3:00 PM - Private Reconciliation until 4:30 PM & after the
7:00 PM Mass
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
SCHOOL CHRISTMAS BREAK - DECEMBER 22ND - JANUARY 2ND
TUE: 3:00 PM - Private Reconciliation until 4:30 PM
6:30 PM - JH Gp until 8:30 PM, Sch APR
7:00 PM - Private Reconciliation until 8:30 PM
7:00 PM - Folk Gp Practice, Ch
7:30 PM - Bible Study, ER
WED: CHRISTMAS EVE
PARISH OFFICE CLOSING AT 1:00 PM
5:00 PM - Family Christmas Mass
11:30 PM - Choral Program
THU: CHRISTMAS DAY
12:00 AM - Christmas Midnight Mass
7:00 AM - Mass of Christmas Dawn
9:00 AM - Mass of Christmas Day
10:30 AM - Mass of Christmas Day
12:00 PM - Mass of Christmas Day
FRI: PARISH OFFICE CLOSED
9:30 AM - Bible Study until 12:00 Noon, SFH
SAT: 7:30 AM - Rosary, Ch
10:00 AM - Benediction, Ch
10:15 AM - Confessions until 11:00 AM
SUN: 9:45 AM - Transportation Sunday to 10:30 AM Mass
7:00 PM - Scripture Study until 8:30 PM, SFH
School News
Merry Christmas to all of our students, parents and parish friends.
May the peace of Christ enter your hearts and give you contentment during
the coming year. School will be closed during Christmas Break, December
22nd through January 2nd. Classes resume Monday, January 5th.
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.
STEWARDSHIP
Adult Envelopes (377) $11,273.50
Loose Checks (10) 135.00
Youth (14) 8.40
Total Collection for Dec. 14th $11,416.90
Retirement Fund for Religious $ 4,724.21
Religious Education
"Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your
womb." Luke 1
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.
The Religious Education program is on break for the Christmas season.
Classes will resume on Sunday, January 4th.
TODAY'S COFFEE AND CONVERSATION
The next session will be held on Sunday, January 4th, 1998. Please
join us, 10:30 AM in the school cafeteria.
Baby Sitting
There will be NO Babysitting during the RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Christmas
break.
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.
LEARN THE NEW CATECHISM
There will be NO class on December 23rd. Our next class will be January 6.
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