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{ THIRD S UNDAY OF ADVENT }

PARISH OFFICE: (952) 474-8868 [email protected] FAX: (952) 444-3474 stjohns-excelsior.org OFFICE HOURS: Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 4:30pm (Office closed: 12:00pm - 1:00pm)

PASTORAL STAFF: (952) 474-8868 PHONE EXT.

Pastor Father Carlson [email protected] 216

Deacon Deacon Tony Pasko [email protected]

Deacon Deacon Gary Hoffman [email protected]

Parish Administrator Andrea McMerty-Brummer 204

Accounting Christa Vassallo 203

Faith Formation Taylor Gruber 207

Youth Ministry Michelle Davis 217

Marketing & Communications Kathleen Hollahan 208

Music Director Michaela Frie 205

Office & Cemetery Manager Megan Adam 200

Lead Maintenance Technician Scott Kragness 206

SCHOOL: (952) 474-5812 PHONE EXT.

Principal Nicholas Fonte 301

Administrative Assistant Robin Kragness 300

To email any parish/school staff: enter the first letter of their first name, followed by their entire last name, then ‘@stjohns-excelsior.org’ (e.g. [email protected])

COUNCILS

Trustees Barb Thomas and Randy Ross

Finance Joan Olson

A local Victim Assistance Coordinator is available to help you or anyone who has been abused or victimized by someone representing the Catholic Church.

Victim Assistance Hotline: (651)291-4497

MASS SCHEDULE

Weekend Liturgies: Saturday: 5:00pm; Sunday: 8:00am, 10:00am Weekday Liturgies: Tuesday: 5:30pm; Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday:

8:00am; Friday: 9:00am

Holy Days/Holidays — See bulle!n or call parish office at (952) 474-8868

SACRAMENT OF CONFESSION DURING ADVENT

Tuesday: 4:30pm; Wednesday and Thursday: 7:00am; Friday: 8:00am Saturday: 8:30am-9:30am & 3:15pm-4:30pm Or by appointment — (952) 474-8868

SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE

Couples must call Father Carlson at least six months in advance.

SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM

Please call the Parish Office at least two months prior to the child’s birth. Required parent prepara"on classes are held regularly. Call the parish office for the next date.

SACRAMENT FOR THE S ICK Call Father Carlson.

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION CHAPEL

Open to all, twenty-four hours a day! Please consider commi$ng to an hour.

PRAYER CHAIN A DDITIONS

Call the parish office at (952) 474-8868

R ESURRECTION CEMETERY

5555 Covington Road, Shorewood, MN 55331

NEW PARISHIONER R EGISTRATION

Please call or email the parish office to schedule a registra"on mee"ng with Father Carlson.

Let’s finish up the history of our parish,

using the history of the parish book pub-

lished in 2003 and other sources:

In August 1994, Father McIntyre

moved to St. Anne’s parish in Hamel. The

seventh pastor to come was Fr. James

Wolnik, who was made pastor in October

1994. At the "me that Fr. Wolnik came, the

Gathering Place was completed and within

months of his arrival, the parish finished the Adora"on Chap-

el, which was dedicated in December of 1994. Ever since

then, our parish has con"nued Adora"on of the Blessed Sac-

rament now for 23 years. Fr. Wolnik also ini"ated the proces-

sion of gi's every Sunday, a tradi"on we con"nue today. Be-

fore Fr. Wolnik came, there was already some debate about

the future of the school. This con"nued when Fr. Wolnik ar-

rived, and unfortunately it resulted in both Fr. Wolnik and the

school principal moving on to other assignments in early

1997. Fr. Wolnik moved to the Archdiocese of Vancouver for

a "me before returning to the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and

Minneapolis.

On June 18, 1997 Fr. Mark Dosh was assigned to St.

John the Bap"st in Excelsior, becoming our eighth Pastor. Fr.

Dosh was born on July 28, 1932 and a*ended Nazareth Hall

Seminary. He was chosen to finish his seminary studies in

Louvain, Belgium, where he spent 6 years of study. Fr. Dosh

was ordained June 25, 1958 for the Archdiocese of St. Paul

and Minneapolis. A'er ordina"on, he also received his PhD in

Philosophy and his Master in Theology. Fr. Dosh was a profes-

sor at the Saint Paul Seminary for 17 years, and then was as-

signed to a couple other parishes in the Archdiocese. In 1993,

Fr. Dosh volunteered to serve the mission parish of the Arch-

diocese in Venezuela, where he served un"l being assigned

to St. John’s.

Fr. Dosh requested that he be sent to a parish with a

school, and his appointment to our parish resolved any

doubts about the future of our school. Fr. Dosh served as

pastor at St. John the Bap"st un"l June 30, 2013. During this

"me, he helped bring our parish stability and helped count-

less parishioners grow in their faith by his teaching and most

especially witness of faith. Fr. Dosh served as our pastor for

16 years and “re"red” at the age of 81 (most priests re"re

from being a pastor at 70). Un"l recently, Fr. Dosh helped out

at St. Charles Borromeo in Northeast Minneapolis. He now

resides at Li*le Sisters of the Poor in St. Paul. Although there

is much to write about Fr. Dosh and the years that he served

here, I think it best that you ask fellow parishioners about

him and about his years here. There is no doubt in my mind

that our parish was served by a very holy man, who truly is in

love with God.

To bring us up to the future, I was assigned to St.

John’s as the ninth Pastor on July 1, 2013. Since then we have

purchased a rectory for the priests to live in, our school has

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C?K@_^`+_ Fj[{=K_ Thank you to the families who provided dona"ons to

enhance our Christmas environment:

James Babatz in memory of Patricia Babatz

Jim & Joan Hardy in memory of Rose Mrachek & Bill Mrachek

Edward & Gaylene Schmitz in memory of Edward & Gertrude

Schmitz, Preston & Gertrude Lewis, Ronald Schmitz, Harold

Thompson

Mary Rogers in memory of the Mase Family and Don Rogers

Steve & Karen Vavrichek in memory of Stephanie Vavrichek

James & Mary Frerich in memory of Our Parents and Our

Brothers

Berniece Schmidt in memory of Walter Schmidt and

Jay T. Schmidt

Alice McCormick in memory of Duane McCormick

Lon & Geny Augdahl in memory of Janet Stoll

Christopher & Katherine Simmer in memory of

John & Sue Walton

Kal & Kari Bedford in memory of Keith Bedford and Mike

Moores and in honor of Kathy Bedford

Paul Fasching In memory of Ed, Monica & Mary Fasching, Leo

& Toby Karels, and Jerome & Millie Artmann

Delores Kohman in memory of John Kohman, Dean Young,

Henry & Elma Young, Bill & Liefa Kohman, and Merl & Doris

Swenson

Florence Hennessey in memory of Delbert Hennessey

John & Joanne Duda in memory of Norman & Edna Arnold

and Ernest & Helen Duda

Maurice & Alice Leuthner in memory of Stephen Goethke,

James Goethke, and Mary Lou Leuthner

John Dupont in memory of Dr. Joe & Helen Dupont

Jane Fournier in memory of Mark & Eileen Dalton and

Don & Marion Fournier

David & Sheila Halbmaier in memory of Victor McDermo*

Kathern Phleger in memory of Thomas & Patricia Mooney,

Joseph Spencer Bennis, George & Helen Bennis, Louise Nath,

and Peggy O’Connell, CSJ

transi"oned to a new educa"onal model, now opera"ng as a Cath-

olic Montessori school, and we are about to embark on the second

phase of our Campaign that started in 1993. Our parish has been in

existence for 114 years now, and ever since that first Mass on East-

er Sunday 1904, our mission has remained the same: helping the

residents of Excelsior and surrounding communi"es experience

Christ through the sacraments. The history of this parish in no way

encompasses all that our parish has done over the years, but I hope

that it has helped you see a li*le bit of where we came from, and

how God has blessed us over the years.

God Bless,

Fr. Carlson

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B = Y = \ @ ^ # � � : “A Holy Hour before the Most Blessed Sacrament

so pleases the Heart of Jesus, that every man, woman and child on

earth receives a new effect of God’s graces.“ — St. Faus"na

We are looking for individuals to fill open hours. A

regular adoration hour means that each week at the same time, you

have a quiet hour with our Lord in the Adoration Chapel. Here are

the hours currently needing coverage:

Mondays: 12:00am

Tuesdays: 1:00am, 10:00am, 12:00pm, 4:00pm, 5:00pm

Wednesdays: 12:00am, 11:00am, 1:00 pm, 11:00pm

Thursdays: 12:00am, 1:00am, 6:00pm

Fridays: 8:00pm, 11:00pm

Saturdays: 12:00am, 7:00am, 10:00am, 3:00pm, 4:00pm

Please contact Maristel Conry at (612) 590-8882 or via email at

[email protected] if you are available and willing!

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Children's Choir Christmas Schedule

Wednesday, December 20th at 6:00pm

Sunday, December 24th at 5:00pm Mass (3:30pm call "me)

Christmas Choir Rehearsal & Mass Schedule:

à Tuesday, December 19th at 6:30pm

à Sunday, December 24th — 8:30pm call "me

à Sunday, December 24th — 10:00pm Mass

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a r o u n d s t . j o h n ’ s

C?XK~? D=~[K+^@Y< Help us prepare the church as we wait to celebrate the birth

of the Christ child!

Sunday, December 24th 11:00—1:00

To sign up for to help, go to the Sign-Up Genius at

h*ps://"nyurl.com/y94vjvzn

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Sunday, December 24th

5:00pm—All-Parish Christmas Choir

10:00pm—Celebra"on Choir

Caroling in the church 30 minutes before each

Christmas Mass on Christmas Eve

Monday, December 25th

9:00am Christmas Day Mass—Celebra"on Choir

SXYQ+Z O�j@<+^@[Y Please note that Sunday, December 24th is the fourth

Sunday of Advent and carries the regular Sunday Mass

obliga"on. Masses will be offered Saturday, December

23rd at 5:00pm and Sunday, December 24th at

10:00am There will be no 8:00am Mass on

Sunday, December 24th.

BXjj=^@Y AQ]=K^@_@Y< John Kirschner, our representa"ve from LPI, our bulle"n

provider, will be in St. John’s Parish Office December

18th—22nd. If you would like to place an ad on the

back of our bulle"n for 2018, please call John to discuss.

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Your Gi's Are Welcome and Appreciated!

Christmas Envelopes

There is a Christmas envelope in your December packet. We

hope that you will maintain your regular weekly support

along with making a special Christmas contribu"on.

Stock Contribu"ons

Appreciated stock is a great way to make a contribu"on AND

perhaps maximize your tax benefit.

IRA Charitable Deduc"on

Under the Pension Protec"on Act, anyone age 70.5 or older

who has an Individual Re"rement Account (IRA), may make a

direct transfer of those IRA funds to our parish. The distribu-

"on may be up to $100,000 in the calendar year, and this

provision has been made permanent. The tax incen"ve re-

garding IRA contribu"ons provides a marvelous gi' oppor-

tunity for senior parishioners owning IRA’s.

Direct Contribu"on through Faith Direct

You may wish to consider a very convenient way to offer your

regular and sustaining support through our electronic giving

process. Automa"c deduc"ons can be drawn from your

checking account or charged to a credit card each month.

You don’t have to worry about wri"ng weekly or monthly

checks – it’s all handled electronically! Enroll today at

h*ps://membership.faithdirect.net/enroll/MN855

Employer Matching Funds

Consult with your employer to determine whether a match-

ing gi' from your company can double the value of a contri-

bu"on to St. John the Bap"st Catholic Montessori School.

Please note that the IRS requires that gifts must

be postmarked or received into the parish office by

Dec. 31st in order to qualify for a 2017 deduction. Enve-

lopes placed in the collection basket at Sunday, De-

cember 31st Masses will count towards 2017 giving, and

those placed in the collection on Monday, January

1st Masses will count towards 2018 giving, regardless of

check date.

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8:00am Mass (Hospitality)

10:00am Mass (Hospitality)

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5:00pm No Open Youth Room

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6:30pm Christmas Choir Rehearsal

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6:00pm Children’s Choir Rehearsal

6:30pm No Faith Forma"on/No RCIA

6:30pm Advent Program

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6:30am Men Who Pray

5:00pm Mass (An!cipatory)

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10:00am Mass

5:00pm Christmas Eve Mass

10:00pm Christmas Eve Mass

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9:00am Christmas Day Mass

Parish Office Closed

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Parish Office Closed

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9:00am Youth Skiing Day

6:30pm No Faith Forma"on/No RCIA

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6:30am Men Who Pray

5:00pm Mass (An!cipatory)

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P r o v i d e n c e A c a d e m y , P l y m o u t h — J a n u a r y 1 1 t h

S t . J o h n t h e B a p t i s t , S a v a g e — J a n u a r y 1 8 t h

For more session dates and loca!ons or to register, please

visit virtusonline.org

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Sun Is 61:1-2a, 10-11/Lk 1:46-48, 49-50, 53-54 [Is 61:10b]/1 Thes

5:16-24/Jn 1:6-8, 19-28

Mon Jer 23:5-8/Ps 72:1-2, 12-13, 18-19 [cf. 7]/Mt 1:18-25

Tues Jgs 13:2-7, 24-25a/Ps 71:3-4a, 5-6ab, 16-17 /Lk 1:5-25

Wed Is 7:10-14/Ps 24:1-6 [cf. 7c and 10b]/Lk 1:26-38

Thurs Sg 2:8-14 or Zep 3:14-18a/Ps 33:2-3, 11-12, 20-21 [1a; 3a]/Lk

1:39-45

Fri1 Sm 1:24-28/1 Sm 2:1, 4-5, 6-7, 8abcd [cf. 1a]/Lk 1:46-56

Sat Mal 3:1-4, 23-24/Ps 25:4-5ab, 8-10, 14 [cf. Lk 21:28]/Lk 1:57-66

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Rom 16:25-27/Lk 1:26-38

Christmas Eve: Vigil: Is 62:1-5/Ps 89:4-5, 16-17, 27, 29 [2a]/Acts

13:16-17, 22-25/Mt 1:1-25 or 1:18-25 Midnight: Is 9:1-6/Ps 96:1-2,

2-3, 11-12, 13 [Lk 2:11]/Ti 2:11-14/Lk 2:1-14

Christmas Day: Is 52:7-10/Ps 98:1, 2-3, 3-4, 5-6 [3c]/Heb 1:1-6/Jn

1:1-18 or 1:1-5, 9-14

Tues: Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59/Ps 31:3cd-4, 6 and 8ab, 16bc and 17 [6]/

Mt 10:17-22

Wed: 1 Jn 1:1-4/Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 11-12 [12]/Jn 20:1a, 2-8

Thur 1 Jn 1:5--2:2/Ps 124:2-3, 4-5, 7b-8 [7]/Mt 2:13-18

Fri 1 Jn 2:3-11/Ps 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 5b-6 [11a]/Lk 2:22-35

Sat 1 Jn 2:12-17/Ps 96:7-8a, 8b-9, 10 [11a]/Lk 2:36-40

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We invite you to keep in your daily prayers the sick and confined of our parish who seek God’s joy in their infirmity, in par"cular:

Elvera Hoops Be*y Roy Mary Rosa"

Viviana Wright Bob Grathwol Lou Presco*

Bill Ashenbach Fr. Dosh Audrey Cronick Margaret Davis

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website? Let us pray for you!

stjohns-excelsior.org/prayer-request.html

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Sat. December 16 5:00pm � Bernie Hennessy

Sun December 17 8:00am

10:00am For the Parish

� Edward & Lucille Huntington

Mon December 18 No Mass

Tue December 19 5:30pm � Bill Luech

Wed December 20 8:00am Colleen & Charlie Kelchner

Thu December 21 8:00am � Michael Renard

Fri December 22 9:00am Nick Smith

Sat December 23 8:00am

5:00pm

Fr. Mark Dosh

Mary Mitchell

Sun December 24 All Masses For the Parish

Mon December 25 9:00am For the Parish

Tue December 26 5:30pm Fr. Mark Dosh

Wed December 27 8:00am � Jack Hastreiter

Thu December 28 8:00am Carol Butler

Fri December 29 9:00am Jack & Mona Aeshliman

Sat December 30 8:00am

5:00pm

Jordyn Gruber

� Mary Sadek

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Guided by our Roman Catholic faith, St. John the Bap!st Catholic Montessori School prepares students to live out the Gospel message, achieve academic excellence,

and joyfully lead by faith, virtue and reason.

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O � _ = K]+^ @ [ Y _ Did you know that you can visit our school during the school day to see what we’re all about? Observa"ons for the

Children’s House, Elementary, and Middle school are available on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from

9:30am-10:30am. Observa"ons for the Toddler Community are available on Wednesdays and Thursdays from

9:30am-10:00am. Mr. Fonte is usually available to meet following observa"ons. To schedule an observa!on,

please contact Robin Kragness in the school office at (952)474-5812.

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St. John's is looking for reliable, servant-hearted teenag-

ers to spend "me with our children in A'ercare. The

opportuni"es for service are Monday - Friday from 3:30

to 5:30 p.m. If you are interested, please contact Robin

Kragness at 952-474-5812 or rkragness@stjohns-

excelsior.org to receive a volunteer applica"on.

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Classroom subs"tute training is back! Due to high inter-

est, another 2-day classroom subs"tute training will

take place at Na"vity School in St. Paul on January 8 &

10, 2018. Please forward the link below to anyone you

believe may be interested, or whom you would recom-

mend. Registra"on is online at h*p://bit.ly/2jGvjDG

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Please join us for our annual Advent Program!

All Children's House through 8th grade St. John's students

will be performing in our annual Advent Concert!

When: Tuesday, December 20th at 6:30 p.m.

Where: St. John's Gathering Place

Montessori integrates

learning in mul"ple sub-

jects! The elementary

students have been study-

ing Christmas Around the

World, which promoted

other geography work.

Three students are drawing

the USA and all the states,

while another child is

learning flags from

Central America.

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We are working on Christmas Around the World, so

please mark your calendars!

Thursday, December 21st

2:00-3:30pm (open house style)

Come and learn about how other countries

celebrate Christmas and sample a taste of

tradi"onal foods from the countries studied.

Family, friends and parishioners are welcome!

Y o u t h M i n i s t r y

F a i t h f o r m a t i o n &

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Saturday, January 20th—Bingo Fundraiser

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a*ending Lifeline at the NET Center this weekend. The

evening will be filled with Mass and guest musician

Connor Flanagan!

Plan on joining us Next Month Saturday, January 6th

Obey Your Thirst

Mass and Evening Program with Fr. Emanuel Mansford,

C.F.R. for 8th-12th grade. We o'en think of prayer as

primarily asking God for something. We know we are

supposed to pray every day and to

make prayer an important part of our

life. But if we’re honest with ourselves,

do we really know what prayer is? Do

we know how to pray? Are we

convinced that we need to pray?

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Who: 9th-12th Grade

Date: Sunday, January 14th

Time: 12pm-8:30pm

Loca"on: Sacred Heart Church

Cost: $20

Speakers Include: Dr. Peter Kree'

www.peterkree'.com

Chris"na Marie Benne*

www.chrismarie.com

The 2018 Minnesota Teens for Life Conference will feature

speakers covering topics from pro-life apologe"cs, post

abor"ve tes"monies, how to talk to people about being pro-

life, prayer and the prolife movement, and what you can do

to help. We will conclude the day with Mass at 7:00pm.

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What: Ski Mania at A'on Alps

When: Wednesday, December 27th

Time: 9:00 AM—7:00 PM

Who: Youth grades 6 – 12 and friends welcome

Where: A'on Alps (Has"ngs, MN)

Pricing: $38 Li' Ticket, $29 Rental & $8 Bus

Total Package = $75 Package DEADLINE WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 20TH

Forms Available Online

www.stjohns-excelsior.org

It is the beautiful task of Advent

to awaken in all of us the

memories of goodness and thus

to open the doors of hope.

- Pope Benedict XVI

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Holy Family Catholic High School in Victoria is pleased to an-

nounce the Hildebrandt Family Scholarship for public school

families. Up to twelve Hildebrandt Family Scholarships of

$3,000 each will be awarded to incoming 9th graders (2018-

19 academic year) who a*ended public middle schools.

Scholarship winners may also qualify for addi"onal financial

aid or merit scholarships. Visit [www.hfchs.org/tui"on-

assistance] www.hfchs.org/tui"on-assistance for more infor-

ma"on or contact our admissions team at (952) 443-1955.

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As we begin the wai"ng of advent, let us strive to become

the work of his hands by registering for a Worldwide Mar-

riage Encounter Weekend. The next Weekends are Feb 9-11,

2018 in Buffalo, MN and May 4-6, 2018 in Buffalo, MN

For more informa!on, call Brent & Tracy Chessen at 612-756-

8720 or visit them at twinci!eswwme.org.

For more informa!on, please visit wwme.org

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Saturday, January 13, 2018—8:30 am – 4 pm

St. Olaf Catholic Church in Minneapolis

Endow envisions a world where every woman has the opportuni"es, the knowledge, the courage and the support to be the

best version of themselves – made in the image and likeness of God. And, being made in God’s image, it is our vision that

each woman encounters her infinite value and dignity, untold talents and beauty, each deserving of respect and of love.

For more informa!on, go to www.endowgroups.org

LECTORS & EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS—December 23-24-25

4th Sunday of Advent Christmas Eve Christmas Day

5:00pm 10:00am 5:00pm 10:00pm 9:00am

Nicki Bartholomew Suzi Fannon Monica Kosvic Carole Sayer Lou Presco*

Carole Sayer Lucy Smith Ben Kosvic Open Open

1 Tom Bauman 1 Keith Thomas 1 Mike Fannon 1 Jean Gray 1 Gil Golding

2 Ed VanPelt 2 Barb Thomas 2 John Dupont 2 Debbie Burns 2 Judith Bortscheller

3 Amy Spaniol 3 David Flores 3 Bill Currie 3 open 3 Sue O’Donoghue

4 Mark Spaniol 4 Jane Fournier 4 open 4 open 4 Mary Frerich

5 Theresa DeMun 5 Susan Bannon 5 open 5 open 5 Mary Leirdahl

6 Sue O’Donoghue 6 open 6 open 6 open

7 open

8 open

9 open