Resurrection of Our Lord Bulletin
December 7, 1997

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Mass Intentions

Monday, December 8th
6:45am Ruth Gorg
9:00am Fred Pelant & Julius Grimm
7:00pm Becker & Schmidt Families
Tuesday, December 9th
6:45am Betty Friedmann
8:00am Peter Sertic
Wednesday, December 10th
6:45am John & Pat Durauski
8:00am Karl & Marie Schwarz
Thursday, December 11th
8:00am Richard Bathe
Friday, December 12th
6:45am John Benz
8:00am Katherine Witkowski
Saturday, December 13th
5:00pm Richard Norath
Sunday, December 14th
7:00am People of the Parish
9:00am Vera A. Smith
11:00am Kleba, Brinkmann, Furrer Families
Living and Deceased.

Monday is our National Catholic Holy Day, a day of Obligation. Masses will be at 6:45 and 9 a.m., and 7 p.m.

ADVENT CONFESSIONS will follow the 7 p.m. Mass. This will be our Advent penance service, with Mary's feast serving as scriptural preparation. This will be your best opportunity to make a confession before Christmas.

Your Gifts to God and Parish

Envelopes - $3,384.87
Tuition - 4,362.00
Loose - 205.00
Total - $7,951.87
Children's Envelopes - 14 10.45
Envelopes received this week - 251

New Year's Eve Dance

RESURRECTION MEN'S CLUB is having a New Year's Eve Dance on Wednesday December 31st. Doors open 7:00p.m., advance reservations are $15.00 per person ($20.00 at the door). This includes Beer, Set-ups, Food and Champagne. Also included are noise makers. Music provided by DJ $ DJ. For reservations call Dave 752-5566, Bill 752-0418 or Mike 773-4536. Men's club workers we be needed also.

WOMEN'S CLUB CHRISTMAS BAZAAR Today Dec. 7th from 10 a.m. till 1:00 p.m. Come over and do your Christmas shopping early.

Advent leads us to Christ

from the Pastor's Pen

A warning: The season of Advent, as it leads into Christmas, is meant to be a beautiful, quiet, spiritual lead-in to Christmas, to ready us to appreciate Christ's presence in our lives. Doesn't sound very much like it usually goes, does it? It's frustrating for me to see how stressed-out people (priests included) can get this time of year, in a way that takes us far from what it's meant to be. Remember that our culture will not promote the values of spiritual reflection, or working on the bonds of love that unite us. It will be "Do Do Do, Buy Buy Buy," frantic behavior and activity that we will wind up in if we let these forces take us. Find a way for moments of peace and quiet-read the Christmas story in Scripture, or the prophet Isaiah. Spend one dinnertime having each one say what they think the world would be like if God was really in charge of how we live. Spend a little more time before or after Mass to reflect on the Scriptures of the beautiful Advent liturgies. Do the real preparation for Christmas-let Advent and Christmas be what they are meant to be for us.

THANK YOU FROM ALL OF US! Judy Kohler and family would like to express their sincere gratitude for all of your prayers for her mother Betty Rosario. She is home and doing better.

AND IT JUST KEEPS ON GIVING.........

Every year when we trim our beat-up old Giving Tree in the back of church, one of the volunteers comments, "I wish someone would give us a beautiful new tree." We have to remind her that our Giving Tree should never be "beautiful and new." As the story about the Giving Tree goes, the tree gave and gave - even when it seemed like there was nothing left to give. The tree belonged to a little boy who used it and used it. He climbed in it, swung on its branches, played in it, sat under its shade, ate its apples and when he was an old man, came back to sit on its stump.
And that explains the spirit of Resurrection's Giving Tree. By their very nature, Giving Trees shouldn't be allowed to retire and the last thing they want is to be replaced! They just want to keep giving. Parish Help is well aware that Resurrection parishioners embody the Giving Tree. You re the ones who enable it to give. You have been truly generous over the years. God bless every branch of our beat-up old Giving Tree. You truly are the branches.

Turkeys & Hams are gratefully welcomed. Pick-up available.
Adopt-a-family: We will arrange for would-be Santas to adopt a family or individual for Christmas. We will supply you with first names, sizes & a wish list. You do the shopping & bring wrapped gifts with name tags and numbers to Parish Help by Dec. 19. 776-0198.
A heartfelt Thank You to: Our school children who donated 489 lbs. of canned goods; all who donated turkeys and hams; parishioners who donated cash & food on Thanksgiving Day. WE ARE INDEED BLESSED BY YOUR GENEROSITY.

ACTIVITIES AT THE CENTER

Mon. 12/ 8 Bingo 12:15pm
Tues. 12/ 9 Volunteer 8:30am
Breakfast
Walmart Trip 12:30pm
Wed. 12/10 Bingo 12:15pm
(Thurs. 12/11 Blood Pressure 10:30am
Luncheon Bingo 11:00am
Fri. 12/12 Christmas Movie 12:30pm
PLEASE HELP us to continue delivering meals to home bound seniors by donating one hour of your precious time by driving either on Thursdays or Fridays. Please call the center at 773-2501 if you can help.

LUNCH WITH SANTA Saturday December 20th, 11:00 a.m. in the school cafeteria sponsored by Women's Club. $6.00 includes lunch and a gift from Santa. For reservations call 776-7090 or purchase tickets from any 8th grader.

8th Grade Selling butter braids. Please contact any 8th grader or Gen Friese, 353-7142.

The season of Advent is just beginning but we look forward to the celebration of the birth of the Christ Child. Once again this year, we offer parishioners an opportunity to donate the poinsettias which will decorate our Church. If you want to make a donation, place your donation in an envelope marked "flowers" and put it in the collection basket. If you are donating in memory of a loved one, please write name of deceased and include with donation. Memorials will be in the bulletin after Christmas.

CHRISTMAS LUNCHEON ST. ANN'S SODALITY

The annual Christmas Luncheon will be held Saturday December 13, at 12 Noon. Reservations at $6.50 will be taken until December 8th. EVERYBODY WELCOME Call Dorothy 353-7981 or Clara 351-0367.

WOMEN'S CLUB ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY

Thursday Dec. 11th at 6:30p.m. Dinner and Drinks $8.50 per person. Secret Santa Ornament exchange optional. Reservations call Yvonne at 771-8199 or Michele at 752-4296.

CHRISTMAS & ADVENT CONCERTS

1. St. Francis Xavier College Church 12/6 7:30pm Tickets $5.00. Waiting for the Light, A Vigil.
2. St. Hedwig Choir 12/14 at 2:00pm. Christmas Concert.
3. Holy Family 12/19 at 7:30pm. Cry out with Joy & Gladness.

You are invited to the "MASS IN MEMORY OF OUR CHILDREN" at the Old Cathedral on December 14th at 2p.m. The celebrant will be Fr. Gregory Kirsch.

ST. JOSEPH'S HOME FOR BOYS established in 1846 & located in south St. Louis is looking for former residents of the home to form an alumni group. If you are a former resident or know a former resident, please contact St. Joseph's Home 481-9121.

Meeting

Advent Penance Service following 7 p.m. Mass
Finance Board Tues. 8 p.m.

Mass Servers

December 8th, 9th & 10th - 8:00 Mass
Steve Ferndo & Michael Kohne
December 11th & 12th - 8:00 Mass
Mick Barbeau & Ryan Cole
December 13th & 14th
5:00pm Joe Wiese & Ellen Hart
7:00am Dominique Harp
9:00am Brian Friese & Ben Seiter
11:00am Natalie Button & Danielle Ehrhard

Readers and Lectors

We will need volunteers for December 8th Masses.
December 13th & 14th
5:00pm 7:00am 9:00am 11:00am
G. Pope J. Benz JoAnn Vess M.M. Kleba

Eucharistic Ministers

Sat. December 13th 5pm
Jeanette Basch*
BERNICE HILL
Otto Sanker*

Sunday December 14th 7am
Sr. Mary deMontfort

Sunday December 14th 9am
Lucille Byrne*
Kathy Geldmacher*
ROSE MOSBLECH
Bob Justin
Mary Justin
Marge Giraudo

Sunday December 14th 11am
Doris Jung*
Sue Wiese*
J. PACHAK
Mary Kloeckner
Kay Parker
Isabelle Kuppinger

The Lord's Word

Mon. 12/8 Gn 3:9-15,20 Eph1:3-6,11-12 Lk 1:20-38
Tues. 12/9 Is 40:1-11 Mt 18:12-14
Wed. 12/10 Is 40:25-31 Mt 11:28-30
Thurs. 12/11 Is 41:
Fri. 12/12 Reading from Common of BVM (707-712)
Sat. 12/13 Sr 48:1-4,9-11 Mt 17:30-13
Sun. 12/14 Zep 3:14-18 Phl 4:4-7 Lk 3:10-18

SPORTS INFO. Uniform pick-up and return will be on Wed. Dec. 10th from 5:30 to 7:30p.m. Please return all Volleyball & Soccer uniforms at this time. Basketball uniforms will be given out. Please look in your child's Dec. 5th Friday folder for times of pick-up and return of uniforms and equipment.

Advent leads us to Christ

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