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MASS TIMES Saturday 4:00 PM Vigil Sunday 7:30 AM, 9:30 AM 11:30 AM & 5:30 PM Weekdays Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:30 AM Tuesday & Wednesday 6:15 AM SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Monday & Friday 8:15 AM Tuesday & Wednesday 6:00 AM Saturdays 2:45 PM—3:30 PM All others times by appointment only. BAPTISMS Please call the parish office in the early months of pregnancy. WEDDINGS Contact parish priest at least six months prior to anticipated date of wedding. CARE OF THE SICK Notify the parish office of homebound and hospitalized. PRAYER REQUESTS Contact Mrs. Theresa Himel at 755.3709 or email at [email protected]

PARISH OFFICE Phone 753.7950 Fax 753.7965 Website www.stjeanvianney.org E-Mail [email protected] Hours Monday thru Thursday 8:30 AM—6:00 PM Friday 8:30 AM—4:00 PM RELIGIOUS EDUCATION OFFICE Phone 751. 2926 Hours Monday thru Friday 9:00 AM—4:00 PM SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OFFICE Phone 751. 0502 Hours Monday thru Friday 9:00 AM—4:00 PM SJV PAROCHIAL SCHOOL Phone 751.1831 Hours Monday thru Friday 8:00 AM—4:00 PM PRESCHOOL Phone 752.5356 Hours Monday thru Friday 9:15 AM—2:00 PM

16166 S. Harrell’s Ferry Road

PARISH STAFF Pastor Rev. Tom Ranzino Deacon Rev. Mr. Brent Duplessis Deacon Rev. Mr. Dan Borne Director of Religious Education Mrs. Denise Louviere Religious Education Assistant Mrs. Betty Wright Director of Youth Ministry Mr. Craig Baker Receptionists/Secretaries Ms. Belinda Smith Mrs. Mickie Marchiafava Director of Social Responsibility Mrs. Lori Aucoin Facilities Manager Mr. Terry Blackwell Music Director Mrs. Karen Ullo SJV School Principal Ms. Wendy Gilmore Assistant Principal Mrs. Cherie Robinson Assistant Principal Mrs. Linda Tate Director of Preschool Mrs. Amie Williams Asst. Dir. of Preschool Mrs. Dana Sunseri

LAGNIAPPE Fouth Sunday of Advent, December 18, 2011

PARISH MISSION STATEMENT Our mission as the Body of Christ in the parish of St. Jean Vianney is to model the love of Jesus by discerning and doing God’s will, consciously Sharing the Word and Eucharist at worship, educating in faith all ages, evangelizing our parishioners for Christ’s mission, and serving justly God’s people, our sisters and brothers within our parish boundaries, our larger Baton Rouge community, and into the world.

Annual St. Jean Vianney Choir Christmas Concert

Featuring our Christmas Brass Quartet

December 24th, 11:30 PM

Please join us before Midnight Mass for beautiful Christmas music, including

traditional favorites and wonderful modern compositions.

Rorate coeli – Gregorian chant, arr. K. Ullo Puer Natus Est – Cristobal de Morales

And the Glory of the Lord – G.F. Handel Quia respexit (from Magnificat) – J.S. Bach

What Songs Were Sung – John Jacob Niles, arr. J. Cherry Stille Nacht/ Silent Night – J. Mohr, arr. D. Kantor & K. Ullo

Fall on Your Knees – Pepper Choplin

Come celebrate the birth of the Savior with us!

LIFE TOGETHER Dear Friends, I am appreciative of your interest in the parish’s plans to purchase a portable ultra-sound for the mobile van for Caring for Love Ministries. The actual second collection will be this weekend. Envelopes were placed in church last week for this purpose. We are attempting to raise at least $3,500 toward the purchase price of $25,000. We already have $10,000 and once we have the $3,500, the Knights of Columbus Supreme Council will provide for the remainder. This initiative is a partnership with Caring for Love Ministries, The Knights of Columbus and our parish. Please help us reach our goal this weekend. The Advent season seems to have a long-build up to Christmas, with 4 full weeks of Advent. This is our last week, with the focus of the Advent Scriptures definitely turned now toward the Nativity. If possible, get caught up in the Spirit of the season through the daily scriptures. Let these stories of longing speak of your own longings for peace, for clarity, for forgiveness, for love. You may have heard that recently there was some video filming on campus. It was for a DVD being prepared about the upcoming Capital Campaign. I am in the process, along with Campaign leadership, of organizing this effort for the coming year. Stay tuned for more information. I hope you will join me at St. Jean for the Christmas celebrations. There is a special Christmas Concert prior to the Midnight Mass on Saturday evening, beginning at 11:30pm in Church. There will be lots of music at all the Christmas Masses for which I am very grateful to our parish musicians and singers, under the direction of Mrs. Karen Ullo. I look forward to seeing you and yours at Christmas. Blessings of Advent until then. Love,

MOVING? CHANGE OF ADDRESS? If you are moving out of the parish or have a change of address and wish to remain in the parish, PLEASE NOTIFY THE PARISH OFFICE. Every week, envelopes are returned to us and the parish has to pay the postage due. It can get quite costly. The post office will not forward envelopes to a new address even if you have filled out a mail forwarding form. If you let us know your plans soon enough, your envelope service can continue uninterrupted.

MASS TIMES ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES

If you are traveling, there is a website to get the name of a church and mass times—www.masstimes.org

2012 - 25th & 50th Wedding Anniversary Celebration on March 4, 2012 at 3:00pm. Bishop Robert Muench will celebrate a liturgy at Sacred Heart Church

honoring couples on their 25th, 50th and 65th or longer wedding anniversary. The families of the honored couples are also invited to attend the liturgy and reception afterward in the Sacred Heart Gym. Couples contact your parish office for the registration form. Deadline for registration is Monday, February 1, 2012.

ANNUAL CHARITABLE DONATION LETTERS

This year the Parish will mail 2011 Charitable Donation letters by request only. If you would like to receive a statement of your 2011 Stewardship to St. Jean Vianney Church, please call the parish office at 753.7950 or email your request to [email protected]. Statements will be emailed or mailed out weekly.

The Five Giving Principles In the coming weeks, as part of our ongoing Total Stewardship program, we will discuss the significance of the

Ministry of Finance. Five elements of spiritual giving—the Five Giving Principles—help us remain a Church “renewed in the Spirit.” The five established principles include the following: Giving is planned. Giving is proportionate. Giving is sacrificial. Giving is a free expression, and giving is an act of prayer.

Parish Stewardship Summary

Fiscal Year to Date July1, 2011 to December 11, 2011

Special Collections for November: All Saint’s Day $1,860.71 Thanksgiving Day $ 552.08 St. Joseph Abbey $ 5,723.50 Nicaragua Mission $2,849.00 Campaign for Human Development $2,965.00 Parish Mission $1,076.00

Threads of Love Sewing Ministry: Interdenominational ministry that helps to respond to the needs of newborns and families during times of crisis; works in collaboration with the NICU at

Ochsner’s Hospital. [Monthly meetings.]

I will fix a place for my people. I will plant them so that they may dwell in their place without further disturbance (2 Samuel 7:1-5, 8b-12,

14a, 16).

The St. Jean Vianney Catholic Preschool has openings in the three year old program. Applications may be picked up in the preschool office.

Should you need further information, or if you would like a tour please contact the preschool office at 752.5356.

Goal Amt. Rec’d

Year to date Offertory

583,567.00 567,441.00

Weekly Offertory

34,456.00 21,241.11

Advent-Christmas Season at St. Jean Vianney Church

Monday Night of Advent Reconciliation December 19th 6:00-7:00pm Christmas Eve Vigil The Nativity of Our Lord Masses December 24th 4:00 & 7:00pm Christmas Day Choir Christmas Concert December 24th 11:30pm

The Nativity of Our Lord Masses December 25th Midnight, 8:00 & 10:00am Solemnity of Mary Mother of God Vigil December 31st 4:00pm

New Year’s Day January 1, 2012 7:30, 9:30, 11:30am & 5:30pm Solemnity of Mary Mother of God Solemnity of the Epiphany Vigil January 7th 4:00pm Solemnity of the Epiphany January 8th 7:30, 9:30, 11:30am & 5:30pm Called By Name National Vocations Awareness Week January 9th thru 15th Season of Ordinary Time Begins January 10th

REMINDER

A reminder to school parents that the cutoff date for tithing to the church parish is December 30th. Registered members of St. Jean Vianney Parish should pay a minimum of $250 in the calendar year to be identified as a contributor.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Monday: Jgs 13:2-7, 24-25a; Lk 1:5-25 Tuesday: Is 7:10-14; Lk 1:26-38 Wednesday: Sg 2:8-14 or Zep 3:14-18a; Lk 1:39-45 Thursday: 1 Sm 1:24-28; Lk 1:46-56 Friday: Mal 3:1-4, 23-24; Lk 1:57-66 Saturday: 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16; Lk 1:67-79 Sunday: Vigil: Is 62:1-5; Ps 89; Acts 13:16-17, 22-25; Mt 1:1-25 [18-25] Midnight: Is 9:1-6; Ps 96; Ti 2:11-14; Lk 2:1-14 Dawn: Is 62:11-12; Ps 97; Ti 3:4-7; Lk 2:15-20 Day: Is 52:7-10; Ps 98; Heb 1:1-6; Jn 1:1-18 [1-5, 9-14]

PARISH OFFICE CLOSED The Parish Office will be closed on Friday, December 23rd, Monday, December 26th, and Tuesday, December 27th for the Christmas Holiday.

Religious Education News Confirmation Candidates: Required paper work for reception of the Sacrament of Confirmation is past due. Please make an effort to get these necessary papers turned in to the parish office now. Thank You.

A REFLECTION ON THIS WEEK’S YES, LORD! God chose to announce the promised Savior to a young woman in a backwater village called Naz-areth. In a small painting created over a thousand years ago, the artist shows the angel holding up one hand in greeting. Mary is standing facing him with her hands extended in welcome. The words of the angel are rich in power and promise: “you have found favor with God . . . [your child] will be called Son of the Most High . . . The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will over-shadow you” (Luke 1:30, 32, 35). Pure of heart and trusting completely, Mary answered God with a wholehearted “yes.” Through her cooperation, God broke into our world, breathing the same air we breathe, experiencing our sorrows and joys. God became flesh in the Son, Jesus Christ, born of Mary. The world would never be the same. The time is here to let him into our hearts and change us completely. Copyright © 2011, World Library Publications. All rights reserved. “Lord, this week help me to……….”

Will meet December 24th at 3:00 PM for a bell choir rehearsal at the church. Children in 1st grade and up are invited to play. The Christmas concert is at 3:30 PM.

Together Baton Rouge, Making a Difference Our parish has been an active participant in the Together Baton Rouge grassroots organization of churches and institutions for the past two years. The TBR organization has grown in membership and in the number of issues it is addressing in our city. This month St. George and St. Paul the Apostle Catholic churches also joined TBR. Parishioners of SJV who serve on our TBR Target Group are active in all of the TBR Research Action Teams addressing the issues of Crime, Health, Food Access, Public Education, and Public Transit. Recently, we participated in the TBR action to clean-up the Gilbert Memorial Cemetery, one of Baton Rouge’s historical cemeteries. And, the opening of the Blue Grass Bridge will take place on November 19th, the first issue that TBR successfully addressed earlier this year. TBR is making significant strides in addressing the public transportation issue our city faces relative to lack of funds to run an adequate transit system. We will be offering more information on this particular issue in the near future as it affects our community. If you have an interest in any of the above mentioned issues, please contact one of our parish’s TBR Target Group members, Vicki Dauterive, 756.4796, or Mike Barrios, 751.7120.

ADORATION

Join Deacon Brent Duplessis every Tuesday evening at 7:00pm for Eucharistic Adoration. Taking special time with our Lord is a great way to grow closer to Him.

Monday, Monday 19 Preschool and School Out Tuesday, December 20 Preschool and School Out 7:00pm Adoration Wednesday, December 21 Preschool and School Out 7:00pm RCIA 7:00pm Choir Thursday, December 22 Preschool and School Out Friday, December 23

Parish Office Closed Preschool and School Saturday, December 24 Christmas Eve Masses 4:00 & 7:00pm Sunday, December 25 Christmas Day Masses 12:00 Midnight, 8:00 & 10:00am Monday, December 26 No 8:30am Mass Parish Office Closed

SJV CALENDAR

Monday, December 19 8:30am Tuesday, December 20 6:15am Kathy Attardo Rose Attardo Wednesday, December 21 6:15am Molly Langlois 8:30am Nathan Thibodeaux Thursday, December 22 6:15am Communion Service Friday, December 23 8:30am Edward Wartelle

Jean Lasard Emile Jacquin All Souls Saturday, December 24 4:00pm 7:00pm Lee Bartholomae Sunday, December 25 12:00am Brock Grace Charles Jumonville, III 8:00am Viry Fontenot 10:00am Maria DeLouise

MASS INTENTIONS

SANCTUARY LAMP (12/19–25/11)

Arthur Boudreaux, Jr.

AUTOMATIC BANK DRAFT Automatic Bank Draft is available as an option for your weekly or monthly tithing and building fund contribution. Please call 753.7950, or come by the parish office for more information.

No 8:30am Mass on Monday, December 26th.