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Deacon Bill Rabjohn - Parish Deacon & Pastoral Associate

Deacon Tom Uschold - Parish Deacon

Barbara Lake - Pastoral Associate for Youth & Spec. Projects

Kathy Cammilleri - Parish Secretary

Julie Bailey - Coordinator of Religious Education

Jim Pudetti - Director of Finance

Lisa Sachs - Bookkeeper

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Serving • Breakfast • Lunch • Dinner

Weekend Mass Schedule: Saturday 5:00 pm, Sunday 7:45, 9:30 & 11:15 am

Weekday Masses & Holy Day Masses: See Bulletin Confession: Sat. 3:45 to 4:30, Wed. 5:45-6:15 pm or by appointment.

Baptisms: We look forward to the Baptism of your child.

Please call the Parish office to make arrangements.

Sacrament of Marriage: Couples are to meet with the parish deacon at least six months in advance. Pre-Cana attendance is required. Please call the parish office to make arrangements.

Prayer Chain Call 352-5481, ext.213, and leave a message.

Wills/Bequests/Memorials–Please remember St. John’s Parish. Hospital Visits: Please state you are a par ishioner from St. John’s Spencerport during your intake if you want to be visited or call the parish office.

Food Cupboard: 277-4917

Parish Cemetery: General Information: 352-4462 or 352-1287

This year, December 24th falls on a Sunday. That means we'll celebrate the Fourth Sunday of Advent in the early hours of the morning, and then before you know it we'll be celebrating the birth of Christ! (May God be pleased to grant that our longing to meet Christ, the experience of Advent in our own heart, should in like manner be not long delayed, but swiftly fulfilled!) What that also means, very practically, is that six Masses will be celebrated in St. John's church within a 24-hour period. Since I'm the only priest in Spencerport, it seems pretty likely that it is I who will be celebrating those six Masses. And now, for your canon law fun fact for the day: the Code of Canon Law only allows a priest to celebrate, at maximum, three Masses on a Sunday! Which is no cause for concern. All that means is that I need to write a letter to Bishop Matano asking for permission to celebrate more than three Masses that Sunday. But the necessity of writing that letter caused me to take a good hard look at the Mass schedule, and articulate why it was necessary that I should obtain this permission to exceed what is normally allowed by the universal law and practice of the Roman Catholic Church. In composing this request, I saw an opportunity to both reduce the exception I was seeking from six Masses to five, and also restore a practice that excites me and stirs something in my own heart, namely: the Mass formerly celebrated at 10:00p.m. on December 24th will this year be celebrated as a true Midnight Mass on Christmas Day. There's something magical about Midnight Mass. I don't know what it is. My mother (a Methodist!) tells me that as a child she used to go to Midnight Mass every year with a Catholic friend. At midnight on Christmas, people walk into a church who would never do so at any other time. And I don't mean those people (many of them, no doubt, our family and friends) who go to Mass twice a year on Christmas and Easter. There are people who have wandered far from God, and yet who see the lights on in church, and hear the carols ringing with joy out into the depths of the night on which we commemorate the birth of the One Who delivers us from eternal damnation and Who gives meaning and purpose to our lives … and something tugs at their heartstrings, and perhaps without even knowing why, they find themselves walking through those doors, and basking in the warmth of Christian charity on what would otherwise have been just another cold, empty night of their unconsummated lives. Or at least, that's what I tell myself to expect on Christmas! Whether God moves those lost souls to return to Him on that night is his business. But for us, the faithful, it is certainly the case that the celebration of Christmas can be a moment of particular grace in our lives also. As much as I enjoyed Christmas on the Canal last week, I am looking forward even more to celebrating my first Christmas in Spencerport!

Christmas Mass Schedule as Follows Sunday, December 24, 2017

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM - 12:00 AM (Midnight) Monday, December 25, 2017

8:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Here's your second canon law fun fact for the day: when Pope Pius XII first allowed for the universal celebration of evening Masses in the year 1953, he granted to bishops “the right to permit the celebration of Mass in the evening, but Mass shall not begin before four o'clock.” The Code of Canon Law continues to reference the 'start time' of evening Masses by referring to the time at which they may be celebrated as “the evening of the preceding day” rather than “the afternoon of the preceding day.” Much could be said about this (I have two friends from the world of canon law who literally wrote their dissertations on this topic!!!), but the long and short of it is that the Masses formerly celebrated at 3:00p.m. and 5:00p.m. on Christmas Eve will this year be celebrated at 4:00p.m. and 6:00p.m. The Chr istmas Morning Masses will be celebrated at 8:00a.m. and 10:30a.m. I hope that the changes to the Mass schedule will not pose a grave inconvenience to anyone whose usual Christmas routine has been formed around family gatherings and other celebrations. But I know that Christ rewards those who follow minutely the dictates of his law and who act in obedience to the disciplines of our holy mother the Church. So, while I might rightly be accused of being a stickler, I hope I can at least say that these changes to the Mass schedule were made for a good reason! May the Lord Jesus prepare our hearts to welcome Him this Christmas. God bless, Fr. Peter

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December 16/17 Ministry Schedule

5:00 p.m. 7:45 a.m. 9:30 a.m. 11:15 a.m.

Sacristans

Eileen Magin

Altar Servers (Captains in bold)

M. Shaw B. Morgan J. Glozer K. McAuliffe

E. Shaw E. Morgan A. Glozer P. McAuliffe

J. Shaw H. Lamirande J. Glozer E. Stanes

J. Latronica E. Krywy

Lectors

Masco Corona Mannoni Moyce

Mazza M. Flanagan Carroll

Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion

Clayton D. Gallagher Reger B. Stanes

O’Hara Wilcox Day Armstrong

Soper L. Flanagan Laistner

GOD’S PLAN FOR GIVING

Last Week’s Collection:……..………..……....$11,367.00 Weekly amount needed for budget:….......……$9,313.73 Year To Date Collection:….….………...…..$207,576.21 Year To Date Needed for budget:.…….........$214,215.79

Poor Box collections for December will go to St. Joseph’s Neighborhood Center, a clinic on South Ave. that provides healthcare services and support for local needy and

disadvantaged people.

Mass Schedule - Week of December 11, 2017

MONDAY 8:00

St. Damasus I Ken Gavigan-Bob & Pat Mossiss

TUESDAY 8:00 1:00 – 3:00

Our Lady of Guadalupe Maurice Hodder-Ray & Noreen Ehnot Exposition

WEDNESDAY 6:30

St. Lucy Jerry Carmen-Al & Teresa Benson

THURSDAY 8:00

St. John of the Cross Ruth Moore-Jim & Carolyn Bauman

FRIDAY 8:00

Advent Weekday Intention of Celebrant

SATURDAY 5:00

Advent Weekday Stephen Cozzaglio-Betty Carmen

SUNDAY Readings: 7:45 9:30 11:15

Third Sunday of Advent Is 61: 12-2a,Thes 5: 16-24, Jn 1: 6-8, 19-28 Walt Przybycien-Dee & Family Maurice Hodder-Eileen Magin Gene Stein-Family

Prayers for the soul of Tony Zamiara Our prayers and sympathy to Tom & Sally, Anthony & Lori and Mark & Louise Zamiara on the death of their father.

This Week at St. John’s

Monday, December 11

6:30 Deacon Tom’s Book Study School Conf. Rm A

Tuesday, December 12

11:00 Contemplative Prayer PC Library

1:00 Cancer Prayer & Support Tim Horton’s

6:00 Boy Scouts Scout Rm

7:00 Folk Gr. Practice Church

Wednesday, December 13

9:30 Quilting PC Dining

12:30 Book Club PC Library

2:00 PEACE Faith Sharing PC Library

6:30 RCIA PC Library

7:00 Sunrise Cantorum Church

Thursday, December 14

10:00 SEM PC Chapel

6:00 Pack 165 Den Meeting Scout Rm

Saturday, December 16

9:00 Dress A Girl PC Basement

6:15 Confirmation Yr 1 & 2 PC Basement

Sunday, December 17

9:30 Coffee Hour After 9:30 Mass PC Dining Rm

10:30 Social Ministry PC Chapel

PC = Parish Center

Coffee Hour 2018 Once a month, on the third Sunday of every month, the parish hosts a coffee hour after the 9:30 AM Mass where everyone is welcome to share donuts, coffee, and good

fellowship. We are looking for volunteers to join our group in hosting these monthly gatherings. We have two volunteers host per month. If you’d like more information, please contact Chris Kincaid 261-2719 or Pam Cooper 594-5494.

Confirmation Candidates

Saturday, December 16, 2018 from 6:15-7:30pm- Eucharistic Adoration- all Confirmation candidates are required to attend Eucharistic Adoration. We will meet in the basement of the

Parish Center at 6:15-6:55pm for education regarding the history and practice of Eucharistic Adoration; light refreshments will be

available. We will then go over to Church from 7:00-7:30pm for silent adoration and Benediction with Fr. Peter. Families and

ALL parishioners are encouraged to join us for this special time spent with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.

Ask any of these Confirmation Year One Candidates how the Precepts (Rules) of the Catholic Church are expressed in daily

living and they can definitely give examples. This group (missing from photo is Elysa Sugar) hand carried the basement boxes and items that were packed upstairs in the Parish Center, down the stairs, and then organized the items for comprehensive access. This task

aligns to precept #five…You shall help to provide for the needs of the Church. (USCCB) “The fifth precept means that the faithful are obliged to assist with the material needs of the Church, each according to his own ability.” ST. JOHN’S GIVING TREE!

ALL GIFTS ARE DUE BY THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14th

Please take an ornament and return that gift UNWRAPPED to the church or the Parish Center. Members of the Social Ministry Committee will deliver them to the House of Mercy that week. If you would like more information please contact Robin Kepler at 392-5305. Thank you!

Save The Date St. John’s Women of Faith Winter Retreat

January 26, 2018 Details to follow after Christmas

A Great Christmas Gift Idea Our Jubilee Keepsake Ornament

On Sale today at the Christmas Carnival & Breakfast with Santa or stop by the parish

office to pick up our commemorative 150th celebratory ornament!

The cost is $15 each or 2 for $25. This fundraiser benefits our Youth Group

with their various needs and activities!

A Children’s Christmas Pageant

will take place just prior to the 4:00 PM Mass on Christmas Eve, Sunday, Dec. 24th

at St. John’s.

Practice will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 19th

at 6:00 PM in church.

If you would like your child to participate, or you have any questions,

please contact Theresa Johnson at [email protected]

or Katie Courtney at [email protected]

March For Life 2018

Are you ready to be a part of the world's largest pro-life event?

We will be joining many other parishes from our diocese on a pilgrimage to Washington DC.

Our bus will leave from Our Mother of Sorrows Church the evening of Thurs. Jan 18th & arrive in DC Friday morning the 19th. Bishop Matano will celebrate Mass before the walk. There will be some downtime, and then the bus will leave DC at around 4pm to head back to Rochester. An expected arrival back here will be about 11pm.

Please call Barbara Lake or the office at 352-5481 x205 with your name, phone #, and number of people who may be interested. Cost is $60.00 per person ($30.00 for students), checks only please -payable to Our Mother of Sorrows (memo line: “March for Life 2018”) submitted to the Parish Office. We are currently registering parishioners for this bus. Let us know as soon as possible if you're interested as seating is limited! If you cannot attend, please consider a donation or sponsoring a student.

Spencerport Ecumenical Food Shelf The Spencerport Food Shelf is looking for new drivers to help deliver food boxes to the needy. Drivers should be able to carry boxes, climb stairs when necessary, as well as delivering in winter conditions. Drivers are on duty for one week (Thursday to Wednesday), and would deliver once every 3 or 4 months. Typically, a driver would deliver food (within 24 hours) to 3 or 4 families per week. If interested, please contact Dick Gallagher, 352-0834 or [email protected]. Thanks and God Bless.

Wedding Banns St. John’s congratulates the following couple

on their upcoming celebration of the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony

I Nicholas Sirianni & Sarah Brongo

Opportunities for confession

Monday, December 11, 2017 12:30 PM to 7:00 PM

A visiting priest will be hearing confessions in our confessional here at St. John’s.

Monday, December 18, 2017 Penance Service

1:00 PM to 3:00 PM 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Friday, December 22, 2017 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Fr. Peter will hear confessions

Night Prayer Tonight Sunday, December 10, 2017

Please join Fr. Peter in church at 6:30 PM.