St. Michael & St. Francis Bulletin November 26 & 27, 2011 Pastor: Fr. Steve Schaftlein

St. Michael & St. Francis Bulletin November 26 & 27, 2011 Pastor: Fr. Steve Schaftlein

First Sunday of Advent

THE WAITING GAME

Every Sunday, after the Lord’s Prayer, we hear the words of an Advent prayer: “We wait in joyful hope for the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ.” In Latin, these words are Exspectantes beatam spem et adventum Salvatoris nostri Jesu Christi. We see our own words “expectant” and “advent” in them. Another way to say this might be “We are expectant, in joyful hope, at the advent of our Savior, Jesus Christ.” Mothers and fathers know that being expectant, while it is a time of joyful hope, is not always an easy time. It is a mistake for us to think that our waiting in joyful hope for the coming of Christ can be a passive, uninvolved time. Quite the contrary! Like expectant parents, we must constantly be working to make sure everything is ready for the important arrival! As Isaiah prays to the coming Lord: “Would that you might meet us doing right, that we were mindful of you in our ways!” (Isaiah 64:4).

WATCHING, NOT WAITING

In the Gospel, Jesus moves us from passive waiting to the attitude of waiting in its active form—watchfulness. It is possible, when we are merely waiting, to occupy ourselves with other things. What Jesus tells us today is that we must be occupied with the work of the master; we must be alert, we must be met by him upon his return doing right and being mindful of him in our ways. Paul consoles us that this vigilant watchfulness need not tire us out, for Christ himself has enriched us and strengthened us to remain firm in our expectation, our joyful hope. It is in this way that we wait and watch for the day of our Lord Jesus Christ, when he is revealed to us in glory.

Today’s Readings: Isaiah 63:16b–17, 19b; 64:2–7; Psalm 80:2–3, 15–16, 18–19; 1 Corinthians 1:3–9; Mark 13:33–37

St. Michael
Charlestown

Eucharists
Sat – 5:30 pm
Sun – 11 am
Misa en Español
Domingo – 1:00 pm / Fr. Steven Schaftlein, Pastor

Website - www.stmichaelstfrancis.com
St. Michael - 101 St. Michael Drive, Charlestown, In 47111
Ph. 812-256-3200 - Fax 775-307-6142
E-mail
Office Hours – 8:30 am-1:00 pm Tues. Wed., & Fri.
St. Francis Xavier – 101 North Ferguson, Henryville, IN 47126
Ph. 812-294-4682 - Fax 775-307-6142
E-mail –
Office Hours – Thursday Afternoon
Reconciliation – 5:00 pm Saturday or call the Rectory
Marriage – Please contact the pastor a year in advance. Advent and Lent are not times for celebrations.
Baptisms of Infants or Adults Joining the Church – Please contact the DRE: St. Michael–Juliann Eickholtz, St. Francis–Sandy Banet.
New To The Parish: Please call the office to register. Please introduce yourself to the pastor at mass.
Parishioners Who Are Ill: Please call the pastor if a relative or friend is sick. Due to privacy laws hospitals no longer inform churches.
Bulletin Announcements: Get all bulletin announcements to the office in writing by Tuesday evening.
Corpus Christi Place - A spiritual support ministry with gay people & their families. www.corpuschristiplace.com Confidentiality is assured. / St. Francis Xavier
Henryville

Eucharists
Sunday
At 9:00 am
St. Michael Early Childhood Center – Infancy Care, Pre-S, Pre-K, Kindergarten & Day Care
Rita Poff – Director – Ph. 256-3503 Infancy Care - 2563500

Mass Schedule

28 / Mon / NO MASS
St. M / 29 / Tue / 6:00 pm / NO MASS
St. M / 30 / Wed / 6:00 pm
St. FX / 1 / Thurs / 7:00 pm
St. M / 2 / Fri / 8:30 am
St. M / 3 / Sat / 5:30 pm / Mary Warren
St. FX / 4 / Sun / 9:00 am / Jim Harbeson, Jr.
St. M / 4 / Sun / 11:00 am / George Lee Bueter
St. M / 4 / Sun / 1:00 pm / For the People

Sat., Dec. 3 – 5:30 pm – St. Michael

Eucharistic Ministers: C. Ledbetter, J. Schafer

Server: J. Worley

Gift Bearers: R. & L. Cecil Family

Cantors: S. & S. Buit

Musician: C. Eickholtz

Lector: C. Stauffer

Sun., Dec. 4– 9:00 am – St. Francis Xavier

Eucharistic Ministers: Janice Furnish, Martha Harbeson,

Jennifer Haycraft

Servers: Zachary Staples, Vivien Terselic

Ushers: Annie Bolger, Angie Crabtree

Gift Bearers: Don & Maureen Rue Family

Lector: Philip Carter

Sun., Dec. 4– 11:00 am – St. Michael

Eucharistic Ministers: M. Cox, M.P. Beach, C. Dunn

Servers: T. J. Jackson, S. Cole

Gift Bearers: C. Mann Family

Cantors: J. & M. Wafford

Musician: N. Kinder

Lector: C. Peek

ST. MICHAEL

Classes (pre-school thru high school) 9:30 a.m.

If your child is absent please call 256-3503 on Sun. a.m. Assistants needed every week.

Rosary at 10:30 in the church

Each week we collect non-perishable canned goods for

the North Clark Outreach Center. They are in need of peanut butter, crackers, boxed cereal, shampoo, toothpaste, spaghetti, spaghetti sauce and instant oatmeal.

Faith Formation

Preschool thru high school begins at 9:30am. Thanks to last week’s assistant: Jamee Stromblad., Cheryl Mann, Kim Stamper. Assistants will be needed each week. If your child is going to be absent, please call the Faith Formation Office at 256-3503.

If your children have been absent, please contact the catechist to keep up with their current assignments either before or after faith formation classes.

Faith Formation Meeting is Tuesday, November 30 at 7:00PM in the Rectory Chapel.

Faith is a gift from God and Faith Formation is a life-long growth process. We encourage parents to attend Mass with their children. This enables them to integrate what they learn in their classes with weekly participation in the liturgy.

Upcoming Class Schedule

Nov. 27 No class-Thanksgiving weekend

Dec. 4 Session 13

Dec. 11 Session 14, NCO Rosary &Music Practice

11:00 Mass Youth Choir (Gift Bearers FF Youth)

Dec. 18 Session Fifteen, Youth Choir Practice

Christmas Program Prep 6:00pm

December 25 and January 1 Christmas Break

St. Francis Live Nativity on December 22 and 23rd. Youth from St. Michael will have a choir sing along with the live Nativity on December 23rd. We will need young voices. Practice is Sunday, December 11th and 18th at 6:00pm-7:30pm. We will also practice for the Christmas Eve Program. These activities are open to any youth regardless of the school they attend. Questions? Call Juliann.

The RCIA “Rite of Welcome” presentation of candidates will be this Saturday, at 5:30 pm Mass. Please extend a warm welcome and keep in your prayers: Wanda Lindenmayer, Azalee Sheehan, Benjamin Sheehan, and Brenda Sheehan.

St. Michael and St. Francis Xavier Sacrament Preparation: A child (grade 1 through high school) must be enrolled and attend Faith Formation classes the YEAR BEFORE and the YEAR of receiving the Sacrament of First Reconciliation, First Eucharist, or Confirmation. Baptism of children under school age requires the parents to meet with the pastor before the sacrament is received.

Music Practice will be Monday December 5th, Tuesday, December 13 and Tuesday December 20th 7:00pm-8:30pm in the Church. Everyone is welcome to come and share your talents.

Knights of Columbus Christmas Party and gift exchange will be after the 5:30 mass, Saturday December 10th. Please bring a covered dish and a $10 gift.

1st Sunday of Advent “May he not come suddenly and find you sleeping.” What Lures me most to be complacent about my Catholic Faith? Mark 13:33-37

Collections for November 20

St. Michael $ 2,848.00

St. Francis Xavier $ 1,343.60

Family’s house burned down, and they are in need of kitchen, bath and utility supplies. Please call Carol Bower at 812-725-2844 if you can help.

If you support cancer research, please consider sending your contributions to The Breast Cancer Prevention Institute, Polycarp Research Institute, or The Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer. These three organizations are pro-life advocates. The Susan G. Komen Foundation is associated with Planned Parenthood., American’s largest abortion provider. Komen donated $730K in 2009 and $569K in 2010 to Planned Parenthood in support of abortion. Many studies have linked a risk of developing breast cancer after an abortion. Read more of this on the bulletin board in the Lobby.

It’s Not If, It’s When. Karen Cook will return to Holy Family on November28th from 6:30-9:30pm in the cafeteria to train anyone who is interested in becoming an emergency shelter volunteer, either at Holy Family or elsewhere. Registration is requested for this session to prepare materials and refreshments. Contact Theresa Shaw at 944-8283 X2 or

The Pastor’s Corner

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The Year Of The Liturgy

Liturgical Bits & Bytes

The Book of the Gospels

You may also have noticed that there is a separate book for the Gospel reading. Called “The Book of the Gospels,” it contains only those excerpts from the Scripture that are from the Gospels. They are contained in this separate special volume so that more honor can be given to these readings that are specifically the account of Christ present in our world, showing us who God is for us.
Liturgical Bits and Bytes © 2010 Resource Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. www.rpinet.com

Funeral For Gary Cradock

We will have the mass of the Resurrection for Gary Cradock on Monday at 11:00 am. There will be visitation from 10 to 11:00 am.

Faith Formation At St. Francis
Dec. 4 – Class & Angel Tree & Feast Day of St. Francis
11 – No Class - Christmas Meal, Program, & Santa
18 - Class
19-Jan 2 – No Classes - Christmas Break
22 & 23 – Live Nativity

Snow Shovel Volunteers At St. Francis

If you would like to help clean snow off the steps and sidewalks around St. Francis let me or Buddy Barret know.

Mass Schedule

Tuesday – Mass at The Prison 6:30 pm

Thursday – 9:00 am at St. Michael – Bring a dish for a

special blessing.

Friday – No mass

In Memory of Sandy Banet

Today we will have the blessing of the bench in memory of Sandy Banet. It will take place at the cemetery immediately after the mass.

Advent-Christmas-Epiphany Calendar

1st Sunday of Advent - Nov. 27

2nd Sunday of Advent – Dec. 4

The Feast of the Immaculate Conception – Dec. 8

9:00 am St. Michael

7:00 pm St. Francis

Advent Communal Reconciliation

For St. Michael & St. Francis

Thursday, December 15, 7:00 pm at St. Michael

3rd Sunday of Advent “Gaudete Sunday” – Dec 11

The Feast Of Our Lady Of Guadalupe

We will celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe on Dec. 12 at 7:00 pm with a Spanish Mass. Alter the mass there will be a “pitch-in fiesta” in the multi-purpose room

4th Sunday of Advent – Dec. 18

Live Nativity At St. Francis

Thursday, Dec 22-6-8:00 pm

Friday, Dec. 23 – 6-8:00 pm

Christmas Eve

St. Michael – Children’s Program - 4:30pm

English Mass - 5:00 pm

Spanish Mass – 7:00 pm

St. Francis – Mass at 9:00 pm

Christmas Day

9:00 am Adult Choir Mass at St. Michael

New Year

St. Francis – 5:00 pm Anticipation (Dec. 31)

St. Michael – 6:30 pm Hispanic Mass (Dec. 31)

St. Michael – 9:00 am New Year’s Day

Epiphany – Sunday, Jan 8

Feast of The Baptism of Jesus – Monday, Jan 9

Fr. Steve

ST. FRANCIS XAVIER

Rosary before Mass

If possible please send the oldest living member of our parish Mr. Kenny Yost a Christmas card. His address is:

Mr. Kenny Yost, Riverbend Assisted Living 2715 Charlestown Pike, Jeffersonville, In 47130. He is 93 years old and doing quite well at the present time, with 24 hour supervision. Please place St. Francis Parish under your name. Thank you.

Come out and enjoy St. Francis Xavier’s Fish Fry on the 1st Friday of every month, 5-7pm.

The menu will include fish, fries, slaw, fried biscuits, drinks & desserts. Joyce and Tom Nolot would like to thank everyone for your support.

To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under heaven, a time to be born, a time to love, a time to heal, a time to die and a time of peace.” Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

PLEASE PRAY FOR HEALTH & STRENGTH:

Kyle Anderson, Nolan Banet, John Barthold, Bea Beach, Joel Bischoff, Jadyn Brooks, Melchor Carillo ,Wilma Conard, Sydney Cole, Kaydance Couch, Gary Craddock, Bobby Cross, Brody Curtis, Nashiea Edmiston & Child, Danny Fleming, Judi Foreman, Erma Fouts, Bob Hahn, Martha Harbeson, Hector Hernandez, Kathleen Hensley, J. T. Higdon, Pat Hollkamp, Curtis Ingram, Kinney Jackson, Hayden Jent, Aiden Johnson, Peggy Kelshaw, Stephen Korty, Debbie Lyons, Rovilla Lyons, Beverly Martin, Bill Martin, Kelly Newland and twins, Mitch Newland, Mary Ann Pemberton, Eathan Phillips, Zachary Phillips, Pat Phillips, Lonnie Rager, Lisa Reynolds, Bodie Riggs, Gail Saunders Marie Schafer, Linda Scott, Joey Sullivan, Lucy Tormoehlen, Bonnie Underwood, Judy Vannoy, Lynn Vogt, Joyce Warren, Alice Watson, Logan Westerhouse, Nancy Williams, Katherine Williams, Kenneth Yost, and Emma Yount.

Names will remain on the list for 6 months unless you tell us to remove them or request that they be kept longer.

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR MEN & WOMEN WHO ARE SERVING IN THE MILITARY

Matthew Beer, Brandon Beswick, Donald Bloss, Michael Bower, Jonathan Dean, Cathy Jo Donahue, Christopher Donahue, Joseph Kyle Donahue, John Emery, David Fouts, Sam Goffinet, Bradley Guernsey, Christopher Hahn, Steven Hahn, Alex Henson, Joseph Brent Kaelin, Dustin Kavanaugh, Cody Kelshaw, Kyle Kelshaw, B. J. Meredith, Brian Meredith, John Mulhall, Stephen Mulhall, Thomas Mulhall, Joshua Mullins, Roman Nalley, Ashton Napier, Jay Rutledge, Olivia Vessels, Travis Williams, Troy Williams

If you know someone who needs to be put on this list, please call the Rectory.

The New Albany Knights of Columbus Council #1221 will be hosting “Christmas with the Crashers” on Friday, December 2nd featuring the Louisville Crashers from 9 p.m. – 1 a.m. Tickets are $10 per person with a canned good donation. Guests attending must be 21. Ticket sales are limited to 500 guests. Contact the K of C for more information at 944-0891.