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Catholic Church of the Nativity The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph December 27, 2020

MASS SCHEDULE Daily Monday – Saturday 8:00 am Weekend Saturday 5:00 pm (Vigil) Sunday 8:00 am 10:30 am 5:00 pm (Spanish) Filipino 1st Sunday of the Month 12:30 pm (Tagalog/English) Polish 2nd Sunday of the Month 12:30 pm (Except July & August) Holy Days 7:00 pm (Vigil) 8:00 am 6:30 pm 8:00 pm (Spanish) CONFESSIONS Saturday 3:30 – 4:30 pm Sunday 9:30 – 10:00 am 1st Sunday of the Month 4:20 – 4:50 pm (Spanish)

PASTOR Father Jacek Kowal

[email protected]

IN RESIDENCE Father Carlos Donato de Silva

DEACONS

Deacon Frank Larker

Deacon Chris Frame [email protected]

Deacon Chip Jones

[email protected]

Parish Office Information: Monday – Friday

9:00 am – 5:00 pm (901) 382-2504

www.nativitybartlett.com

www.facebook.com/nativitybartlett

Parish Administrator / PRE Director Candace Campbell

Administrative Assistant

Angie O’Neill

Bookkeeper Jim Moseley

Director of Music

Kyung-Won On

Director of Youth Ministry Stephen Peyton

Co-Directors – Hispanic Ministry

Lyz Candia & Lillian Luciano

After Hours Emergency Response Team (AHERT)

(901) 541-5555

MASS INTENTIONS

December 26th — January 3rd,

2021

SAT 12/26 8:00 am 50th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY ED & THERESA CHADY 5:00 pm DAVID & PATTE PETERSON Requested by The Peterson Family SUN 12/27 8:00 am † TOM MARINO Requested by Father Robert & Staff 10:30 am PARISHIONERS OF NATIVITY 5:00 pm † CATY LOZANO MON 12/28 8:00 am WEDDING ANNIVERSARY DAVID & PATTE PETERSON TUES 12/29 8:00 am † GUNDA ROMESBURG Requested by George & Eileen Kuehl WED 12/30 8:00 am † ERIC HOPSON Requested by Ralph Hopson THURS 12/31 8:00 am † BARBARA NOBLES Requested by George & Eileen Kuehl 6:00 pm † TOM DONOVAN Requested by George & Eileen Kuehl FRI 01/01 10:00 am † IRENE BRUCHAS Requested by Mike & Kathy Sweeney SAT 01/02 8:00 am † GILBERT & LAURA LEMA Requested by Gil & Linda Lema 5:00 pm † TOM DONOVAN Requested by George & Eileen Kuehl SUN 01/03 8:00 am PARISHIONERS OF NATIVITY 10:30 am † IRENE BRUCHAS Requested by Angie O’Neill 5:00 pm † ANTOIN ELIAS Requested by Liz Candia † = deceased

PRAY FOR OUR TROOPS

Senior Airman Christopher Dill, Private John

David Dill, A1C Ryan C. Marlin, AO1 Andrew

E. Hopson, Commander Derek A. Vestal, Private Maria

Witges, Captain Luke Sauber (USMC), Colonel Christopher

J. Martindale (Army), BM1 Richard A. Martin, Jr. (USCG),

Captain Tami Kerns (Army), Captain Kevin Kerns (Army),

Captain Nicholas Burton, Staff Sargent Carol Hopson, EF

Specialist Gabriel Graven, Captain Eric Wilder, MD

(Airforce), Commander Tim O’Kane

If you or a family member are hospitalized please notify the Parish Office.

Please also call to ADD or REMOVE someone’s name from the prayer list.

From the Pastor’s Desk

Today the Church celebrates the Feast of the Holy Family. The Gospel

for today is taken from the Gospel according to Luke and is part of Luke’s

Infancy Narrative.

Today’s Gospel describes the presentation of the child Jesus in the Tem-

ple and shows Joseph and Mary as devout Jews, following the prescriptions

of the Law of Moses. The Gospel alludes to several aspects of the Law of

Moses: circumcision, the dedication of the firstborn son to the Lord, and

the purification of a woman after childbirth.

According to the Law of Moses as presented in the Book of Leviticus, after

the birth of a son, a woman was considered ritually unclean for 40 days.

After the birth of a daughter, a woman was considered unclean for 80 days.

In order to be restored to ritual purity, a Jewish woman performed the

appropriate rites of purification and made the prescribed ritual offering.

Today’s Gospel notes that Jesus was circumcised on the eighth day after

his birth, in accordance with the Mosaic Law. At that time, he was called

Jesus, the name he was given by the angel Gabriel. On the 40th day after

Jesus’ birth, Mary performed the appropriate purification rites and made

her offering at the Temple. Although the Law of Moses required an offer-

ing of a lamb, those who could not afford a lamb could substitute two tur-

tledoves or two pigeons. In this scene, Luke identifies Joseph and Mary as

being poor, and indeed throughout Luke’s Gospel, Jesus will show special

concern for the poor.

Another Jewish rite referenced in this Gospel is the dedication of the

firstborn son to the Lord. In remembrance of the feast of Passover, when

the firstborn children of the Israelites in Egypt were saved from death, the

Law of Moses prescribed that all firstborn males of Israel should be conse-

crated to the Lord. In this tradition, Mary and Joseph present the infant

Jesus in the Temple in Jerusalem.

In Jerusalem, Luke reports that Mary and Joseph encounter two devout

Jews, Simeon and Anna, who recognize the infant Jesus as the fulfillment

of Israel’s hope for redemption. In Simeon’s words we find a prediction of

Mary’s witnessing of Jesus’ death on the cross.

Father Jacek

PRAYERS NEEDED

Claire Albino

Tina Albright

AnneMarie Lee Allen

Dolly Bagaglio

Carey Casad

Nancy Casad

Ann Cissell

Doris Dalton

Michael Ellis

Shelley Miller

Fr. Mike Morgera

Rosalie Owens

Felicya Parsels

Patricia Pugh

Fr. Robert Ponticello

Karen Raney

Gary Robertson

Jean Schober

Jim Smith

Betty Straign

Grayson Spellings

Archbishop Kurtz

Julia Moseley

Olivia Occean

Eileen Fitzgerald

Terrence Gallagher

Jean Geoghegan

Ashley Gragg

Frank Larker

Donna Lampen

Jerry Lampen

Ernest Kavoian

Mary Mahoney

After Hours Emergency?!

(when a priest is needed)

If you have an emergency when the

office is closed or on the weekend please

call the After Hours Emergency Response Team

(AHERT) @ (901) 541-5555. This will connect you with a

volunteer that will contact a priest for you.

Sunday 12/27 9:30 am Parish Choir Practice (Stelling Hall) 6:00 pm Armada Blanca (Sanctuary) Monday OFFICE CLOSED 12/28 Tuesday OFFICE CLOSED 12/29 Wednesday OFFICE CLOSED 12/30 Thursday OFFICE CLOSED 12/31 6:00 pm VIGIL MASS (Sanctuary) 8:00 pm MASS—Spanish (Sanctuary) Friday OFFICE CLOSED 01/01 10:00 am MASS (Sanctuary) NO ADORATION THIS EVENING Saturday 01/02 Sunday 01/03 9:30 am Parish Choir Practice (Stelling Hall) 6:00 pm Armada Blanca (Sanctuary)

BAPTISMS: A Baptismal Preparation Class is required for parents & godparents. *Must be a registered parishioner for at least 6 months before scheduling. WEDDINGS: Contact the Parish Office at least 6 months prior to planned date. *Must be a registered parishioner for at least 6 months before scheduling. FUNERALS: Arranged at the convenience of the family. SACRAMENTS: First Communion, First Reconciliation, and Confirmation The Diocese requires two years of preparation in a Catholic School or Parish Religious Education program. Contact Candace in the parish office for more information. NEW PARISHIONERS: Registration forms are available in the Church office.

Bulletin Advertising Opportunities Available

Attention Business Owners, Self-Employed and Families!

If interested in advertising in our bulletin please contact Sherry

Montell directly at (614) 301-7444 or [email protected].

SCHEDULING EVENTS AT THE CHURCH

To All Ministry Leads & Nativity Groups:

Facility request paperwork is past due.

With our new security system in place, if your events are

not scheduled through the office, the building may not be

accessible to you.

We have limited meeting space that is filling up quickly. We

will try to accommodate your needs and wishes.

Please contact Angie O’Neill @

[email protected] with any questions.

Thank you for your patience and understanding as we all

work together as a large faithful family. May God continue to

bless each of us and the work that we do together as the Cath-

olic Church of the Nativity.

Father Jacek

Please contact Candace Campbell, in the parish office, with questions or to request space in the bulletin. Requests must be made (and approved) a minimum of 2 weeks ahead of time.

KEEP YOUR INFORMATION CURRENT

If you have moved, changed telephone numbers, changed email

addresses or have had a name change please notify the parish

office @ (901) 382-2504.

NEW YEAR Mass Schedule

December 31st

4:00 pm Vigil Mass

8:00 pm Mass (Spanish)

January 1st

10:00 am Mass

New Parish App Coming Soon!

In the coming weeks Church of the Nativity will

launch our own app for iPhone and Android smart

phones. This will allow us to better communicate with

you throughout the week and keep you updated with relevant

parish news or updates. The app is very well designed and very

intuitive. It will be a great resource for parishioners by providing

daily Mass readings, Catholic news and prayers, convenient

prayer and Confession reminders, our bulletins and more.

We hope for our new app to be a tool for fostering stronger

parish life at Church of the Nativity and better engaging the New

Evangelization.

Please watch in the coming weeks for our official launch

announcement.

Join us for Holy Mass:

Sunday: 10:30 am (Mass in English)

5:00 pm (Mass in Spanish)

New Year’s Eve: 6:00 pm (Mass in English)

8:00 pm (Mass in Spanish)

New Year’s Day: 10:00 am (Mass in English)

Become a member it is FREE.

To set up an account go to formed.org

then follow the instructions.

New Parish App Coming Soon!

In the coming weeks our parish

will launch our own app for iPh-

one and Android smart phones.

This will allow us to better com-

municate with you throughout

the week and keep you updat-

ed with relevant parish news or

updates. The app is very well designed and very intui-

tive. It will be a great resource for parishioners by

providing daily Mass readings, Catholic news and pray-

ers, confessions reminders, our bulletins, Fr. Jacek’s

homilies and more.

We hope for our new app to be a tool for fostering

stronger parish life at the Church of the Nativity and

better engaging the New Evangelization.

Disabled Section

The first row on the right in the

front of the church is reserved for

those who are disabled. If you are

sitting there a priest will bring the

Offerings for Weekend

December 19 and 20, 2020

Regular Collection: $9,094

St. Joseph Fund: $1,253

Month to Date Totals:

Regular Collection: $27,894 ($39,667 budget)

St. Joseph Fund: $5,398

The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph December 27, 2020

Online Giving

To set up a recurring giving schedule, visit

us at www.nativitybartlett.org. Locate the

Online Giving button and set up your recur-

ring giving schedule. The first time you

give, you will select a password that will

enable you to login at anytime and make

changes to your giving or view your com-

plete online giving history.

Download the Vanco Mobile

Giving App with this QR

Code.

New Year’s Mass Schedule

The Catholic Church of the Nativity

December 31st, 2020

New Year’s Eve

Mass 6:00 PM (English)

Mass 8:00 PM (Spanish)

January 1st, 2021

Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God

New Year’s

Day Mass

10:00 AM

(English)

On behalf of Fr. Carlos, all our Deacons,

and the entire Parish Staff

I would like to wish all of you

There is so much to be thankful during the Christmas sea-

son. I want to personally thank everyone that has contribut-

ed to this beautiful time of year here at the Catholic

Church of the Nativity.

The Women's Guild has once again coordinated and sold

all the beautiful poinsettias that you see throughout the

church. We had a wonderful group of volunteers that

shared their time and talent to helped decorate the church.

I am grateful for the Ushers, Altar Servers, Eucharist Min-

isters and Deacons for making the celebration of Christ-

mas so seamless and special. The music provided by our

Music Director Kyung - Won On “KW,” the musicians,

and the choir was perfect for this special occasion. I would

also like to thank Gragg Higginbotham for helping us live

stream Mass for those of you that were not able to join us

in person.

I am thankful for all of you that make the Catholic Church

of the Nativity such a wonderful and beautiful place to wor-

ship our Lord not just today but all throughout the year.

The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph December 27, 2020