St. Michael & St. Francis Xavier Bulletin December 16th 17th, 2017 Pastor: Fr. Harry Tully
Third Sunday of Advent
AN UPSIDE DOWN WORLD
The Church has just celebrated two great Marian feasts: the Immaculate Conception and Our Lady of Guadalupe. It is appropriate in this Advent time that we look to Mary’s great song, the Magnificat, as a lens for today’s readings, and to her life as the first of faithful disciples. In her canticle, Mary describes a world similar to the one for which Isaiah tells us the Spirit anoints the prophet: where the mighty arm of God scatters the proud and lifts up the lowly (the Lectionary, unfortunately, omits this verse today), where the hungry are filled with good things and the rich are sent away empty. This world is upside down from the one most of us experience. But if we are to follow our call to be disciples of Jesus, as Mary did, we must be committed to believing in and proclaiming a world like this.
SENT IN THE SPIRIT
Today we hear from John’s Gospel, which serves as the first of a number of interjections during this year of the proclamation of Mark’s Gospel. (This is because Mark’s is the shortest of the Gospels.) John the Baptist once again speaks of his role as the forerunner, the herald of the light. He himself is not the light, but the one who “makes straight” the way before the Lord. John is describing our own vocation, the one given to us when we were baptized in water and the Spirit. We proclaim the coming of the light by living out our own Spiritanointing to bring glad tidings to the poor, to strive for the world God desires, the one described by Isaiah. As Paul tells us today, it is through our witness that we do not despise the prophetic utterances of John, Mary, and Isaiah, and that we do not quench the Spirit. As we prepare for the coming of the light in whatever vocation God has anointed us for, we must live as Paul insists: in continual prayer, and always rejoicing!
Today’s Readings: Isaiah 61:1–2a, 10–11; Luke 1:46–50, 53–54; 1 Thessalonians 5:16–24; John 1:6–8, 19–28
Fr. Harry Tully, PastorEmergency #812-218-9219 or 502-931-1499
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St. Michael - 101 St. Michael Drive, Charlestown, In 47111 Ph. 812-256-3200
Office Hours – 9:00 am-1:30 pm Tues. Wed., & Fri.
St. Francis Xavier – 101 North Ferguson, Henryville, IN47126, Ph. 812-294-4682
Office Hours – Thursday 10:30am-1:30pm
Reconciliation – 4:00 pm Saturday at St. Michael 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 – Must be a practicing/registered member for three months. Please contact the DRE: St. Michael–Juliann Eickholtz, St. Francis–Father Tully
New To The Parish: Please call the office to register. Please introduce yourself to Father Tully at mass.
Parishioners Who Are Ill: Please call the pastor if a relative or friend is sick.
Bulletin Announcements: Get all bulletin announcements to the office in writing by Tuesday evening.
Los Enfermos Es muy importante comunicarse con el Padre (debido a las leyes privadas, los hospitales no se comunican con las iglesias).
Doctrina Cristiana: Las clases de educación religiosa para niños son cada domingo de 9:30 a.m. - 10:50 a.m. en la escuela. Recuerden que la Arquidiócesis requiere que los que van a recibir los sacramentos estén inscritos en las clases de religión.
Monaguillos: Los niños que quieran ayudar como monaguillos en el altar tienen su ensayo el segundo domingo de cada mes después de la misa de 11:00 a.m. Estos niños y niñas tienen que haberhecho la Primera Comunión. Los interesados comunicarse con Pbro.
Mass Schedule Mass Intentions
St M / 12/18 / Mon / No MassSt. FX
St. M / 12/19 / Tue / No Mass
St. M / 12/20 / Wed / 4:30pm / Mass
St. FX / 12/21 / Thurs / 4:30PM / Mass
St. M / 12/22 / Friday / 12:00PM / Mass
St. M / 12/23 / Sat / 4:30PM
7:00PM
Note time change / Calvin & Florence DeVary
En Español
St FX / 12/24
12/25 / Sun
Program
Christmas
Eve Mass
Christmas
Day Mass / 9:00AM / For the People of St. Michael & St. Francis Xavier
St. M / 11:00AM / The Rash & Looney Families
St. M
St. M
St. M
St FX
St. M / 4:00PM
4:30PM
7:00PM
9:30PM
11:00AM / For the People of St. Michael & St. Francis Xavier
En Español
For the People of St. Michael & St. Francis Xavier
For the People of St. Michael & St. Francis Xavier
St. Michael and St. Francis Xavier
Parish App Available!
It is for Apple or Android products. You can download it for free in the App Store or Google Play Store by searching (Northern Clark County Catholics). For questions you can call the Rectory 812-256-3200. We are very excited to be able to offer this to everyone; it is full of helpful information and updates for both Parishes! We hope you will sign up and enjoy the App!
Remember: Faith is a gift from God. Faith Formation is a life-long growth process. We encourage parents to attend Mass with their children. This enables the children to integrate what they learn in their Faith Formation classes with weeklyparticipating in the liturgy.
The Rosary is said at St. Michael at 4:00pm before Saturday Evening Mass and at 10:30 before Sunday Mass.
The Rosary is said at St. Michael for Vision of our Lady of Guadalupe on the 12thof each month at 7:00pm.
ST. MICHAEL
CHARLESTOWN
Eucharist
Sat – 4:30 pm
Sun – 11:00 am
La Misa en Español
Domingo – 12:30 pm
Mass Intentions
Saturday Evening: Kathleen Hodge
Sunday 11:00 am: For the People of St. Michael & St. Francis Xavier
Gift Bearers for this week’s Masses:
4:30 Tim Baltz Family
11:00 Robert Mueller Family
Faith Formation classes are held on Sunday mornings for children Preschool through high school.
Faith Formation Classes have begun! If you missed registration it’s not too late to sign up!
Our calendar & registration forms are available online at
Classes begin at 9:30 am Please be on time. It means to come 5-10 minutes early.
Children’s Liturgy of the word is held during the 11:00am. Mass, during the readings, gospel and homily. If your child has not yet received First Communion, they are welcome to attend.
Assistants are needed each week!
Please keep in your prayers our First Reconciliation students: Jonathan Carrillo, Axel Diaz, Alexis Lopez Garcia, Aurora Mendiola, LillianaMendiola, Tyler Mendiola, Jorge Reyes Nino, Jesus Diaz, Fernando Diaz and Avery Allgeier, St. John Paul.
Calendar
December 17thwill be counted as class as class, we need a reader, choir singers, shepherds & angels for the Christmas Program
December 17-Session Fourteen Practice for Christmas Program (Dress Rehearsal) at 9:30am. This is counted as class time
December 24th at 3:45 pm. is the time for the child/children to be at St. Michael
4:00pm. Christmas Program
4:30pm. Christmas Family Mass
December-24-31 (Christmas Break)
January 7-Session 15
Choir Practice
Come join us for Christmas Day Mass
Choir practice on Thursday December 21st
at 6:00pm. Like the “Little Drummer Boy”, let this be our gift to the Christ Child.
St. Michael Ministries Schedule
Sat. Dec. 23,4:30pm– St. Michael
Eucharistic Ministers: G. Minnick & S. Seals
Servers: Volunteer
Gift Bearers: Adam Allgier Family
Cantor: Bridget Meyer
Musician: Bridget Meyer
Lector: Steve Buit
Sun. Dec. 24, 11:00 am – St. Michael
Eucharistic Ministers: S. Fouts & M. Edmonds
Servers: J. Worley
Gift Bearers: Adam Doherty Family
Cantors: Jan Meyer
Musician: Bridget Meyer
Lector: Michael Howard
SundayDec. 24, 4:30pm Christmas Eve-St Michael
Eucharistic Ministers: S. Seals & M. Edmonds
Servers: Volunteer
Gift Bearers: Lawrence Lyons Family
Cantors: Youth Choir/Jessica Sarver
Musician: Nancy Kinder
Lector: Mary Pat Beach
MondayDec. 25, 11:00am- Christmas Day St. Michael
Eucharistic Ministers: Volunteers
Servers: Volunteer
Gift Bearers: Volunteers
Cantors: All Cantors
Musician: Bridget Meyer
Lector: Chuck Ledbetter
ST. FRANCIS XAVIER
Henryville
Eucharist
Sunday 9:00am
Sunday Mass Intention:
Patrick Phillips
Gift Bearers for this week’s Mass: Tim & Cindi Walker Family
St. Francis Xavier Ministries Schedule
Sun. Dec. 24, 9:00am
Eucharistic Ministers: Tom Mayes, Darlene Reul & Lawrence Yochum
Servers: Kayla Martin, Ben Ulrich & Allison Banet
Ushers: Bill Short & Jacob Coomes
Gift Bearers: Dan & Kim Young Family
Lectors: Philip Carter
Sun. Dec. 24, 9:30pm Christmas Eve-St. Francis Xavier
Eucharistic Ministers: Dan Young, Kim Young & Toni Allen
Servers: Conner Martin, Andrew Banet & Clayton Higdon
Ushers: Buddy Barrett & Butch Furnish
Gift Bearers: Randy & Robyn Allen Family
Lectors: Jack Murphy
St. Francis Xavier Faith Formation Calendar
December 17- Class
December 24-NO CLASS Winter break
December 31-NO CLASS
Collection
December 910
St. Michael $ 2,997.18
St. Francis Xavier $ 2,126.00
Fish Fry at St. Francis Xavier
The first Friday of every month, 5-7pm St. Francis will host a Fish Fry. The menu includes fish, fries, slaw, fried biscuits, drink and desserts. Thanks to everyone for your support!
Confirmation Teamis meeting and planning for the first class. The next meeting will be Sunday, January 14th at 2:00pm, at St. Michael. If you are interested in helping with this importation sacrament please see Fr. Tully or call Julianne. As we invite young people to prepare to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation, we must encourage them to develop their relationship with Jesus Christ,so that they can movefrom a place of inherited faith to a place of established, personal faith.
Angel Tree
Thank you to everyone for who took an ornament this year.
Please bring gifts unwrapped in a garbage bag by December 17th. Gifts will be handed out on December 18th, before school lets out for Christmas break. Gifts can be dropped off at the school building Monday - Friday before 6:00 pm. or during mass. Please make sure the numbered label ornament is on the outside of the bag.
2018 Calendars are at the Church doors. Help yourself to the calendars they were donated to us by Grayson Funeral Home!
Explanation of our Special Collection
Religious Retirement:Provides support for thousands of elderly Catholic sisters, brothers and religious order priests.
Collection Envelopes are in the Church Lobby!
Penance Services Schedule
Dec. 19, 6-7pm. at St. Anthony of Padua, Clarksville
We ask parishioners to please bring a non perishable item to be donated to the North Clark Outreach Center and for The Food Pantry in Henryville. There is a box for donations in the back of church. Thank you for your contribution.
Third Sunday of Advent
Theme: John baptized with water, but the Messiah will baptize with the Holy Spirit and with fire. Advent-The twofold character of Advent calls us to prepare for the remembering of the Word made Flesh at Christmas, and directs us to wait with alertness for Jesus’ second Coming.
Step 1: As you hear this reading what words or phrases strike you? What in this reading touches your heart?
Step 2: Look into your life.
Children:What do you remember from stories about your Baptism? What does your Baptism mean to you now?
Youth & Adults: Why is it so important to keep promises which you have made? How can you live the promise of your Baptism each day?
Special Thanks!
To the Knights of Columbus for hosting a wonderful Christmas party. It was enjoyed by many of the parishioners. It was a special time to visit with friends and enjoy a delicious meal!
ST.MICHAEL EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER
812-256-3503 Rita Poff Director
Monday - Friday 6:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Infant & Toddler Care: starting at 6 weeks
Childcare: 6 weeks - 12 years old
Before & After Care and Summer Camp: KG - 5th grade
Preschool, Pre Kindergarten & Kindergarten 2017-2018 School Registration now in progress.
Preschool: Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday
8:15 am - 11:15 am & 12:15 pm - 3:15 pm
Pre-Kindergarten: Monday - Thursday
8:00 am - 11:30 am & 12:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Kindergarten: Monday – Friday 8:20 am - 3:00 pm
As Catholic Christians, we are called to care for one another, to be responsible together for the blessings that God gives us. Thank you for choosing to support the United Catholic Appeal.
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.”
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The Knights of Columbuswould like
to thank everyone who attended the Christmas Party! It was a great success.