DECEMBER 29, 2019 WEEKLY BULLETIN OF FEAST OF THE HOLY FAMILY YEAR A All Saints, Holy Family, and St. Rose Parishes All Saints Parish Office 303 Omaha Street PO Box 170 Fordyce, NE 68736 Email address: [email protected]Phone: 357-3506 Fax: 357-3551 Church Website: NOT AVAILABLE West Catholic School: 357-3507 Holy Family Parish Office 106 W. 889 Rd. (Bow Valley) Hartington, NE 68739 Email address: [email protected]Phone: 357-2465, 254-3311 PO Box 65, Wynot, NE 68792 Church Website: NOT AVAILABLE East Catholic School: 254-2146 St. Rose Parish Office 1316 West 5th Street Crofton, NE 68730 Email address: [email protected]Phone: 388-4814 Fax: 388-2680 Church Website: strosestandrew.com St. Rose School: 388-4393 Pastor: Fr. James E. Keiter, 357-3506 * [email protected]Associate Pastor: Fr. An Duy Phan, 388-4814 * [email protected]++++++++++++++Mass Schedule++++++++++++++ 12-30 +Mon 7:35AM SJB L/D mbrs +Ray & +Katie Keiser Family 1-04 +Sat 5:00PM IC L/D mbrs +Delores & +Dewey Becker Family 12-30 +Mon 8:30AM SH In Thanksgiving for the Judy Verschoor & Virg & Minette Paltz Families 1-04 +Sat 5:30PM SR +Rosemary Lange 1-04 +Sat 7:30PM SJ +Ralph Schieffer 12-31 +Tue 5:00PM SH +Vanita Arndt 1-05 +Sun 7:30AM SB +Floyd Albrecht 12-31 +Tue 5:30PM SR For the People of Our Parishes 1-05 +Sun 8:30AM SR L/D mbrs +Cyril & Laverta Mauch Family 1-05 +Sun 9:30AM SsPP L/D mbrs +Gary Hochstein Family 1-01 +Wed 7:35AM SJB Rod & Cindy Wiebelhaus Family 1-05 +Sun 10:30AM SJB For the People of Our Parishes 1-01 +Wed 8:30AM SsPP L/D mbrs Don & Genny Korth Family 1-05 +Sun 11:30AM SH +Joan Becker 1-01 +Wed 8:30AM SR +Donna Maibaum by C.M. 1-01 +Wed 6:00PM SB +Heidi Tramp 1-02 +Thu 8:30AM SsPP L/D mbrs +Donovan & Henrietta Sudbeck Family 1-02 +Thu 8:30AM SR L/D mbrs +Leonard & +Dora Tramp Family 1-03 +Fri 7:35AM SJB +Mary Arens 1-03 +Fri 8:30AM SR +All Souls Mary, Mother of God Holy Day Weekday Weekend Mary, Mother of God Holy Day Eve Adoration on First Friday, January 3: St. Johns (Fordyce). Key: St. John the Baptist = SJB Sacred Heart = SH Ss. Peter & Paul = SsPP Immaculate Conception = IC St. Rose = SR St. Boniface = SB St. Joseph = SJ
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DECEMBER 29, 2019 WEEKLY BULLETIN OF FEAST OF THE HOLY FAMILY YEAR A
1-02 +Thu 8:30AM SR L/D mbrs +Leonard & +Dora Tramp Family
1-03 +Fri 7:35AM SJB +Mary Arens
1-03 +Fri 8:30AM SR
+All Souls
Mary, Mother of God Holy Day
Weekday Weekend
Mary, Mother of God Holy Day Eve
Adoration on First Friday, January 3:
St. Johns (Fordyce).
Key: St. John the Baptist = SJB Sacred Heart = SH
Ss. Peter & Paul = SsPP
Immaculate Conception = IC St. Rose = SR
St. Boniface = SB St. Joseph = SJ
I hope and pray that everyone had a blessed and Merry
Christmas. This weekend we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Family.
In the Gospel passage for Mass at midnight we heard the
Christmas story from the Gospel of Luke. It is a story of faith so simple that even a child can grasp it. Yet, even after 2000 years,
it is a mystery so profound that the richness of its meaning remains inexhaustible. We are reminded again of God’s
providential care that makes all history sacred history. The powerful rulers of the world, whether an Egyptian pharaoh or a
Roman emperor, may have their armies and issue their decrees, but through the odd coincidences of history, God’s own purposes
are ultimately achieved. As foretold by the prophet, Mary gives
birth to the Savior, Who is Christ the Lord, in Bethlehem, the city of David.
Caesar Augustus, regarded by Romans as a god who would
bring peace and salvation to the world, is now only an unwitting instrument in the divine plan to bring God’s peace and salvation
through this Child born of a young Jewish woman. Mary is the faithful, willing agent of God’s loving purpose. After giving birth
to her Son, with great love she wraps Him in swaddling clothes and lays Him in a manger.
In the Gospel passage for Mass at dawn on Christmas Day, Luke
continues the love story of Christmas. Now Mary and Joseph share the Divine Gift of love that they have received by
welcoming shepherds—who, like tax collectors and prostitutes, are members of a despised class in their society. The shepherds,
like us who also have heard the Good News, are now able to
sing a new carol with the angels of the heavenly liturgy, glorify-ing and praising God for the gift of Jesus’ presence among us.
The meaning of Luke’s Christmas story is completed by the
prologue of John’s Gospel, the passage for Mass during the day on Christmas. Christ is born of Mary so that He might be born
and live in us. Those who accept the Word-become-flesh through faith become children of God, not by natural generation,
but as a Divine gift. The meaning of Christmas and God’s loving purpose will not be completely realized until the eternal
fulfillment of Jesus’ Last Supper prayer: “I pray…that they may all be one, as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also
may be in Us…”
Despite laments about the commercialism of the Christmas season, the universal instinct of people is correct: at the heart of
the mystery of Christmas is giving and receiving gifts. We sense
there is more to life than paying a wage or earning a wage. A gift is always a surprise and a joy because as a present of love,
it is unearned. Our hearts indeed are restless until we receive love and give love. A gift is the sacramental, symbolic presence
of a person. If my gift of love is accepted, it is I who am accepted; if my gift of love is rejected, it is I who am rejected.
One of the surprises of God’s self-giving to us is that it seems to be so ordinary, and thus can easily be overlooked. The Word that is God’s self-giving to us was to be found, not in a royal
palace, but in a manger as a helpless Baby in need of a mother’s
love. Today at our Mass the Risen Lord gives Himself to us as bread and wine. What could be more ordinary, and at the same
moment so extraordinary a gift of love? It is through the most
simple, ordinary means and in the most humble places that the
gift of love can be exchanged.
One of the great gifts we are each given is the gift of our family.
This weekend we celebrate this gift to each of us with the Feast of the Holy Family. The Gospel this weekend continues the story
of the wise men from the east, who, under divine guidance came to Bethlehem to pay homage to the Child Jesus. After their
departure, again under divine guidance, Joseph is warned to take Mary and Jesus to Egypt because Herod plans to kill the
Child. The family will remain in this land of refuge until the Lord
calls His Son out of Egypt, just as the people of Israel were once called out.
After returning to Israel, Joseph settles his family in Nazareth in Galilee because he fears Herod’s son Archelaus. Matthew
comments that all these things are not by chance, but in fulfillment of Divine Providence, here realizing obscure
prophecies that the future Messiah would be called a Nazorean.
Matthew composed the first two chapters of his Gospel as a
theological prologue to the themes he would develop in order to
explain the meaning of Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection. The meaning of the prologue as a whole is to guide the interpreta-
tion of this Sunday’s concluding section about the Magi.
Matthew affirms that Divine Providence was active, often in
surprising ways, throughout the long history which preceded the journey of the Magi and the flight into Egypt. Thus he makes a
point of including in his genealogy the “irregularities” of four women: Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, and Bathsheba. Jesus is surely
from earth, Son of David. Just as surely, Jesus is from heaven,
Son of God, conceived in His mother’s womb through the power of the Holy Spirit.
How can this Gospel be good news for us today? The unredeemed situation it addresses is as much our own as it was
for the people in Matthew’s time, or for the people named in Matthew’s prologue. We experience the situation when life
doesn’t seem to make sense, when an accident, a betrayal, a failure, a death seems to destroy meaning. And it is usually in
such a circumstances that we happen upon an article asserting
that science “proves’ that existence has no meaning or that meaning is no more than a subjective human construction. Often
we experience a serious trial of faith.
The Gospel today, even if we should be close to despair,
proclaims the Good News: God is with us. Every moment, every event of history, even its evil dimension, is somehow
transformed by God’s powerful and loving care for us to become a part of His Divine Plan.
The gospel for this Sunday’s liturgy invites us to accept a gift of
the same Holy Spirit, which enabled Joseph and Mary to trust in God’s providence and to play a role in the mysterious working
out of that providence in history. It is that gift of unconditional trust in Divine Providence that makes our lives meaningful and
full of hope even in the midst of tribulation and confusion. In this trust we can bless the Lord at all times, even when we do not
understand, and we can live in the peace of Christ that is beyond
all understanding.
Merry Christmas during this Octave of Christmas! Fr. Jim
Acolyte Greg Alice Klug Ron Wieseler Abby Klug Gavin Klug
Dennis Bruening Duane Bruening
Greg & Lyndsey Heine
January 4 Saturday / 5:30 PM
St. Rose, Crofton Set up-Jim & Mary Ann
Wortmann
Deacon Frank Shut ins:
Larry Heine
Deacon Frank Faye Heine Larry Heine
Vern Wuebben
Bo Drotzmann Zac Arens
Carter Guenther Brooklyn Guenther
Dan Guenther Roger Janssen Chuck Arens Clair Arens
Shane & Wendy Wieseler
January 4 Saturday / 7:30 PM
St. Joseph, Constance Set up-Terry Mueller
Deacon Rod Sheila Schieffer Mary Thoene Karley Schieffer Mike Mueller
Brad Schieffer
Mike & Terry Mueller
January 5 Sunday / 7:30 AM
St. Boniface, Menominee
Deacon Marcus Steve Jansen Tracy Mueller Nathan Schmidt
Jeff Birger
Jeff Birger Tom Pinkelman
Gerard Kast Tim Arens
Jeff & Shannon Birger Family
January 5 Sunday / 8:30 AM
St. Rose, Crofton Set Up-John Van Heek
Deacon Frank Shut ins:
Doug Steffen
Deacon Frank Dick Wortmann Doug Steffen
Peg Schieffer
Jace Panning Anthony Steffen
Elizabeth & Sophia Wortmann
Tony Arens Dave Arens Travis Arens
Ken Wortmann
Keith & Pam Goeden
January 5 Sunday / 9:30 AM
Ss. Peter & Paul, Bow Valley
Rosary-Gerard & Debbie Arens
Deacon Sylvan Carrie Heine Brian
Pinkelman Claire Rolfes Izzy Rolfes
Don Reifenrath John Lammers
Alvin & Laurie Kathol
January 5 Sunday / 10:30 AM
St. John the Baptist, Fordyce
Deacon Brian Amy Dickes Bruce Peitz Gracie Dickes
Gabriel & Gavin Potts
Bill Potts Jared Bowen
Pat Kuehn Steven Thoene
Jared & Angie Bowen Family
January 5 Sunday / 11:30 AM
Sacred Heart, Wynot Rosary-Ray & Crystal
Lenzen
Deacon Shane Roman Heimes Crystal Lenzen
Peyton Wieseler Carson Wieseler
Charlie Jones & Volunteer
Maurice & Vicky Koch
Liturgical Ministers for December 31 - January 5
Archbishop’s Annual Appeal Parish Goal $17,721.10 Amount pledged or given $15,129.67 85.4% of Goal Participation Goal 42.0% 29.7% Participation thus far
Monthly budgeted Sunday/Holy Day giving need: $19,730.
Dec. Sun/Holy Day giving received: $16,283.32
All Saints Parish News
>School News: Save a Label - Best Choice brand for East and West Catholic Schools. More information regarding this program can be
viewed online at https://bestchoicebrand.com/save-a-label/ Presently, this brand is carried locally by Food Town in Hartington and People’s
Grocery Store in Crofton. There is a container in back of each of our Churches for your labels. Thank you.
>ShopwithScrip.com Help raise free money for West Catholic Elementary School by buying Scrip and HyVee gift cards! For more information please contact: Ruth Wiebelhaus 402.841.5624; Beth Stevens 402.360.2793; Lori Hoebelheinrich
402.640.3314; Bridget Whitmire 402.649.0671. We do have the cards on hand and are available after 10:30 AM Sunday Mass at St. John’s, Fordyce. Cedar Security Bank in Fordyce and Carpenter Shop in Yankton also have HyVee cards on hand for your
convenience. Thank you for your support!!
>Anyone interested in joining West Catholic 100 Club, please contact Bridget Whitmire 402-649-0671. For November
and December 100 Club winners, see the bulletin Community Events’ Section.
>St. Boniface Advent Baby Shower held throughout the Advent Season. Donations can be left in the east entrance of
St. Boniface Church. No breakables or liquid shampoo, etc. All donations are sent to Birthright and greatly appreciated.
>St. Joseph News: A Baby Jesus Shower will be held during the month of December. Please bring a gift for Baby Jesus. The
items most needed are for ages 9-24 months. A basket will be located at the church entrance. Items will be delivered to Birth Right or Haven House.
>St. John’s Donations of Layettes will be accepted during the month of December and given to Birthright of Norfolk. A donations’ box has been placed in the back of St. John’s Church, Fordyce.
>National Christ Child Society-SES Amies Auxiliary: On Saturday, January 4th at St. John’s Parish Center there will be
a member appreciation and meeting at 9:00 AM for all members hosted by Father Jim Keiter. Anyone doing the good work and new members interested in joining please come. Our division cuts and sews baby blankets. With our membership dues, we buy
supplies to put together newborn bags then distribute them to Catholic Charities in the surrounding area. Visit website
www.nationalchristchild.org to find out about the history of Mary Virginia Merrick who started the organization in 1884 at the age of 16. Mission Statement: The National Christ Child Society is a non-profit organization of members dedicated to service
of children in need, for love of the Christ Child.
>Missing - St. John’s parish center cafeteria tubs. Need to be returned immediately.
Our Mission: Uniting the heart, mind and actions of all to become Saints Our Vision: One Church encountering Jesus, equipping disciples and living mercy Our Values: Inviting, Welcoming, Community Formation, Identity and Service
Almighty and Everlasting God, Who does enkindle the flame of Your love in the hearts of the Saints, grant unto us the
same flame of love and power of faith, that, as we rejoice in their triumphs, we may profit by their example to unite our hearts,
minds and actions through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
>Happy Anniversary: Congratulations to all our All Saints married couples!
January Cleaning SJ: C-Julie Fuelberth, Taylor Tramp, Ginger Schieffer, Terry Mueller SJB: C-Julie Arens, Morgan Zavadil, Mary Jean Zavadil,
>Yankton Area Banquet: Holy Family Parish is serving at the Yankton Area Banquet on Thursday, January 23, 2020. We are in need of the following: 25 people to serve (ages 13 and older please), 12 gallons of milk, 250 napkins, 65 lbs. tavern meat, 8 gallons of potato salad, 6 gallons of green beans, 6 lbs. baby carrots, 4 bunches of celery, 18 dozen scotcheroos/bars, money to cover the cost of slider buns. If you would like to volunteer or donate, please contact Michelle Paltz at 357-2163, [email protected] or Marsha Wuebben at 357-2104, [email protected]. Thank you for your generosity!
>Adorers, please be aware that there will be NO scheduled Adoration at our Holy Family churches the week of New Year's, HOWEVER, WE DO ENCOURAGE YOU TO MAKE A VISIT DURING THIS HOLY TIME IF YOU ARE ABLE... Jesus is in the Tabernacle waiting for us with many graces as we celebrate His Birthday and the start of a New Year. May He bless you all abundantly. PLEASE NOTE: Adoration will resume the week of January 5th and continue as usual. If you have any questions or concerns you may contact the Adoration Coordinator, Judy Verschoor, 402-357-2240 or email at [email protected] Thank you.
>Many, many thanks to all from Holy Family parish who donated so very generously to our "Cornucopia" collection this year. We had a family of five children and their parents and because of YOU they'll have a very fun Christmas. Let's be sure to keep them in our prayers as well! God bless you all. The Holy Family Pro Life Committee
>Free Ice Skating on Saturday, January 11, 2020, Yankton Area Ice Association, 901 Whiting Drive, Yankton from 7-9 PM. For all ages at Holy Family, All Saints, and St. Rose Parishes. Paid for by Ss. Peter & Paul Catholic Order of Foresters.
>Cedar Catholic is looking for a few more Prayer Friends for our seniors this year. Please call the school at 254-3906 or email [email protected] with questions and to sign up!"
>Thank You Fr. Keiter and Deacon Sylvan to our friends and neighbors for your help and support during these last months. We appreciate those who brought food, prepared the meal and worked at Denise’s Funeral. Thanks so much for the many acts of kindness. ~Merry Christmas- Melody, Mick, Midge Wieseler Family.
>Happy Anniversary: Congratulations to all our married couples!
January Cleaning Continued: Sacred Heart Ladies: Do not clean on Monday during Adoration.
Sacred Heart Men:
Ss. Peter & Paul: Group 4 in charge of maintenance for January 2020.
Most Holy Family, make our parish family one with You. Help us to be
instruments of peace. Grant that love, strengthened by grace, may prove mightier than all the weaknesses and
trials through which our parish families sometimes pass. May we always have God at the center of our hearts and homes and parish until we are all one family, happy and at peace in our true home with
You in Heaven. Amen.
The Perpetual Help Novena prayed on Mondays at Sacred Heart
Church, Wynot, will be said at 8:15 AM (before Mass).
Week of December 22, 2019
January Cleaning Immaculate Conception
Do not clean on Wednesday during Adoration. Ladies: Mary Jean Schmidt, Tami Wiepen, Sami Derickson, Becky Bruening Men: as appointed by the chairmen.
SH Bldg $ 90.00 Vestments $265.00 PP Vestments to date $8,929.41
Archbishop’s Annual Appeal Parish Goal $16,228.16 Amount pledged or given $12,683.00 78.2% of Goal Participation Goal 29.8% 24.8% Participation thus far
>Holy Family CCD January Calendar - Jan 08 ++ CCD resumes
Jan. Money Counters IC: (Sat) Jon Heine & Tanya Kuchta Jan. Money Counters SsPP: (Sun) Randy Koch & Deb DeBlauw Jan. Money Counters SH: (Sun) Gary Kaiser & Deb Harms
>Follow St. Rose parish news on social media! Find us on Facebook by visiting the username @StRoseofLimaCrofton for
St. Rose of Lima Parish.
>100 CLUB Weekly Winners: December 15: $50 - Charles Tramp; December 22: $50 - Card #316 Our 2019, $1000 GRAND PRIZE winner will be announced and awarded their prize at the St. Rose 5:30 PM Mass on Dec. 31st. Let’s Keep Rolling - Only 2 days left. So far, we've sold 86+ “100 Club” cards with only 2 days left for cards to be sold. Our goal is 200 cards, so we have a ways to go. Cards are available for sale in the family room at church after weekend Mass, from the school and parish offices and from council members. This fundraiser helps cover our parish and school with it’s third quarter fiscal year expenses. Thank you in advance for your generosity. For further information, contact Curt Arens or Donna Mae Guenther.
>Amount budgeted for Christmas $15,000.00. In addition to the amount needed for our Christmas collection, keep in
mind the shortfall of $16,000.00 carried over into December. December 31st will be the cutoff for all tax deductible donations to St. Rose Church. Prayerfully consider a generous gift before year’s end.
>February 8th Unity Supper tickets are available for gift giving. Contact Pam Goeden 388-4953 or Mary Thoene at
St. Rose Parish Office. Items are needed for the silent and grand auctions. Unity Supper 2020 “Sports” Theme: Champions of Faith.
>Ladies Guild News: Next Meeting - Monday, January 13 at 7:00 PM, in the Church Family Room and will include installation of new officers, Vice-President Kelly Wiebelhaus and Treasurer Sharlene Guenther. Division 9 - Chairman Charlotte Arens, serves next funeral; Division 6 - Chairman Barb Koch, takes down Christmas decorations
>CCD/FFY Program: CCD/FFY Classes resume Wednesday, January 8, 7:30 PM.
>Reminder: Please return your parish registration forms to St. Rose parish office as soon as possible. 384 registration forms were mailed out; approximately 208 have been returned. Those families/individuals who do not return their forms will need to be contacted.
>St. Rose Respect Life Group meets, Monday, January 6 at 5 PM at the St. Rose Church Family Room. All interested
persons, all ages welcome.
>Our Condolences to the family of Kelly Burbach, brother of Dale Burbach who passed away recently. May Our Heavenly Father welcome him home and comfort those he leaves behind.
>Attention do not park behind Fr. Andy’s garage. He does not want to accidentally back into someone’s vehicle parked in the
No Parking Area.
>Welcome New St. Rose Parishioners: David & Kathy Hofmaier, Drew, Daniel, and Brady.
>Newly Baptized at St. Rose: Kenzie Mae Wagner, daughter of Morgan and Chelsea.
Money Counters - Dec. 26: Donna Mae G., Sue A., Karen S.
Please Pray for the Sick: Craig Wilken, Junior Tomsu, Arlan Poppe, Tracy (Lammers) Brandt, Jody Neuhalfen, Darin Guenther, Ethan Lenhoff, Margaret
Arens Yates, Allan Arens, Heather Hegge, Jeanine Johnson, Christy (Tweedy) Hebeisen, Ray Poppe, Sr. Janet Guenther, Jeanne Schmidt, Terry Woockman, Donna (Kube) Schmidt, all the troops overseas, and those suffering from natural disasters and incidents of violence.
“Heavenly Father accept our prayers offered for them.”
You filled the heart of St. Rose with charity and missionary zeal, and gave her the desire to make You
known among all peoples. Fill us who honor her memory as a Parish Family, with that same love and zeal to
extend Your kingdom to the ends of the earth. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, who lives
and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God forever and ever. Amen.
The First Sunday of the month: Christian Mothers pray after 8:30 a.m. Mass
Archbishop’s Annual Appeal Parish Goal $14,841.63 Amount pledged or given $13,246.00 89.2% of Goal Participation Goal 29.2% 21.1% Participation thus far
Borrowed
from Legacy
in November
$16,000.00
Community News & Events
Community News & Events
ADORATION SCHEDULE: Holy Family: No Adoration during the week of New Years.
St. Rose: No Adoration during the week
of New Years. All Saints: No Adoration at St. Boniface
the week of New Years. St. John’s will have First Friday 7:35 AM Mass and
Adoration during the day on January 3rd.
December 2019
Tue Dec 31: Mary, Mother of God Vigil Masses
NO Regular Morning Masses on New Year’s Eve
Tue 5:00 PM Sacred Heart, Wynot
Tue 5:30 PM St. Rose, Crofton
January 2020
Wed Jan 01: Mary, Mother of God Masses
Wed 7:35 AM St. John the Baptist, Fordyce
Wed 8:30 AM St. Rose, Crofton
Wed 8:30 AM Ss. Peter & Paul, Bow Valley
Wed 6:00 PM St. Boniface, Menominee
Mon Jan 06: St. Rose Respect Life Meeting, 5:00 PM, SR Church
Mon Jan 06: East Catholic School Board Meeting, 7:00 PM
Tue Jan 07: Safe Environment Training, 7:00 PM, St. Rose Hall
Tue Jan 07: St. Rose Unity Supper Meeting, 7:00 PM, Educ Ctr
Sat Jan 11: Ice Skating, 7-9 PM, Yankton Ice Arena, by COF
Mon Jan 13: Holy Family Finance Meeting, 7:00 PM
Mon Jan 13: St. Rose Ladies Guild Meeting, 7:00 PM, Church
Tue Jan 14: RNC “Winter” Deanery Meeting, 1:00 PM
registration, 1:30 Meeting, St. Joseph, Constance
Sat Jan 18: “Walk for Life”, Lincoln, for Grades 7-12. Contact
Traci Steffen 402-961-0569 for more information.
Mon Jan 20: Holy Family Pastoral Council Meeting, 7:00 PM,
Immaculate Conception Hall, St. Helena
Sun Jan 26: St. Rose School Breakfast
+Sun. December 29:
*Sir 3:2-6, 12-14/Col 3:12-21
or 3:12-17/Mt 2:13-15, 19-23
+Mon. December 30:
*1 Jn 2:12-17/Lk 2:36-40
+Tues. December 31:
*1 Jn 2:18-21/Jn 1:1-18
+Wed. January 1:
*Nm 6:22-27/Gal 4:4-7/
Lk 2:16-21
READINGS
Dec. 29 - Jan. 4
SEMINARIAN COLLECTION:
The annual Seminary Collection will be held the weekend of January 11 & 12, 2020. The Archdiocese of Omaha is currently blessed with twenty-three men studying for the Priesthood. We humbly ask for your continued prayers, sacrifices and generous financial support.
Holy Family, All Saints and St. Rose Parishes FREE ICE SKATING for all ages!
Date: Saturday January 11, 2020 Time: 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM Place: Yankton Area Ice Association 901 Whiting Drive Yankton, S.D. Fun Night for the whole family! Paid for by St. Peter and Paul Catholic Order of Foresters
+Thur. January 2:
*1 Jn 2:22-28/
Jn 1:19-28
+Fri. January 3:
*1Jn 2:29—3:6/
Jn 1:29-34
+Next Sat. January 4:
* 1 Jn 3:7-10/Jn 1:35-42
www.usccb.org/bible/
readings
Crofton Community Blood Drive Friday, January 3, 2020
12:30 - 6:00 PM Crofton Auditorium
To make an appointment, call 1-800-287-4903
Rural North Central - Winter Deanery Meeting
Tuesday, January 14, 2020
St. Joseph’s, Constance 1:00 PM Registration - 1:30 PM Meeting
Weather Notice: If Cedar Catholic Schools cancel school
that day due to weather, the RNC Meeting is also cancelled.
LIFE IS GOD’S
PRECIOUS GIFT
Community News & Events
Registration Reminder
All Saints, Holy Family and St. Rose parishes are requesting an updated registration to be filled out by every family and any individual who is 23 years or older even if you are living under the same roof as your parents, roommate or significant other; whether Masses are attended every weekend or only on Holidays; whether you are single, married, divorced or widowed. Extra registration forms can be found in the back of church or online at: strosestandrew.com Completed forms can be mailed or dropped off at your respective church office or dropped into the collection basket during the Mass collection.
Bulletin Ad Space Available
If interested in advertising in the All Saints, Holy Family,
St. Rose Parish bulletin, please contact Mary Thoene at (402) 388-4814, Monday through Thursday,
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM. $200 per ad space. May leave message on answering machine.
2020 OACCW College Scholarship
The Omaha Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women (OACCW) and its deaneries are accepting scholarship applications from high school senior girls who are Catholic and plan to attend a public or private college or university. Each deanery may award a scholarship, and the application and essay of the winner of each deanery scholarship will be sent to the OACCW Scholarship Chair to compete for a $500 OACCW Scholarship. Requirements and mailing addresses for each deanery contact are available from high school guidance counselors. Scholarship application forms are available on the OACCW Facebook page in “Photos” in the menu bar on the left side of the page.
All documentation should be submitted to the applicant’s Deanery Council of Catholic Women contact, and be postmarked by January 15, 2020.
Late applications will not be considered.
Single and Pregnant? Get Support, Find Hope, Experience Joy, when you join an Embrace Grace Group.
Mondays at 6:30 PM - Starting January 13, 2020
St. Gerald’s Catholic Church, 9602 Q Street, Ralston, NE
Make friends in a judgment-free community of women who want to encourage and support you.
We’ve got your baby needs covered! Get a free baby shower thrown for you!
Say goodbye to fear, and hello to joy! We help you find hope when life doesn’t make sense.
Safe Environment Class Jody Paulsen (instructor) will be holding a Safe Environment Class for anyone needing this training and for those who need to recertify but do not want to do it online. The class is scheduled for Tuesday, January 7, 2020 at 7:00 PM in St. Rose Parish Hall, Crofton. Must pre-register online for class at www.archomaha.org
Snow Date: January 21
SACRED HEART PARISH MISSION WITH DEACON
HAROLD BURKE-SIVERS
Monday, January 27 - Thursday, January 30 7:00 PM each night
St. Mary’s Church - Norfolk, NE
Retrouvaille
Is your marriage going down the right road . . . or is it a little off track? Life can be difficult, and so can the challenges you face in marriage. Does the distance between you seem wide? Are you al-ready separated? Looking for a better way? Retrouvaille can help and offers hope for a better relation-ship. Retrouvaille is a peer ministry of volunteer couples that can help you learn the tools of healthy communication, build intimacy and heal, just as they have done in their own marriages. Retrouvaille is Christian-based, and Catholic in origin, but welcomes couples of all faiths as well as non-religious couples. Retrouvaille can help get your relationship back on track. For more information about a Retrouvaille Weekend program. February 14-16 2020 to register: call 1-800-470-2230 Or www.helpourmarriage.org, www.retrouvaille.org
Last day to sign up January 31, 2020.
Walk for Life
St. Rose is talking a bus of 7-12th grade students to Lin-coln for the annual Nebraska Walk for Life on Satur-
day, January 18th. The event begins at the State Capital and ends at the UNL Student Union. Cost is a $10 bus
fee and lunch. A sign up and the permission forms are at the back of
church. This is a great opportunity to
be a witness to the Gospel message and take a stand for life. Call or text
Traci Steffen at 402-961-0569 for more information. Let's fill the bus!