SOLEMNITY OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST OUR KING NOVEMBER 26, 2006
MASS INTENTIONS NOVEMBER 25 – DECEMBER 3, 2006
SATURDAY 11/25 4 PM +Robert C. Plume (by his family), +Frank Barbieri (by his family), +Joseph Geier (by his family), and +John and Margaret Bryant (by the Puls family) SUNDAY 11/26 8 AM +Jean M. Lyons (by Sherry and George Dixon) 10 AM +William Scully Jr. (by Yvonne and Donna), +John Motler (by Frankie Motler), +Joseph Keefe (by John and Julie Sanford), +William Claxton (by his family), and +Helen and John Janenka (by Frederick and Joanne Zalucki) TUESDAY 11/28 12:10 PM +Sister Mary Andre Becker (by America Cardazzi) WEDNESDAY 11/29 12:10 PM +Wrenn Sherwood (by Barbara Medrick) and +Margaret “Peg” Nagel (by Frederick and Joanne Zalucki) THURSDAY 11/30 12:10 PM +Claude Bonacquisti (by Ruth Bonacquisti) FRIDAY 12/1 12:10 PM +Harriette Millea (by Mary Farinacci and Georgeann Greene)
SATURDAY 12/2
SUNDAY 12/3
FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT 4 PM +Mary Brew (by Dot DeMarco), +Michael Kawola (31st anniversary, by his mother Mary and sister Cheryl), Sister Mary Andre Becker (by Mary and Cheryl Kawola and Linda Armstrong), and +Joseph (Duffy) Downes (by Mamie and Pete Brahm) 8 AM +Jean M. Lyons (by Mike and Lois Rohloff) 10 AM +Raymond Verrelli (3rd anniversary, by Wife Anita and family), Helen and Nancy Whitford and +Don Hogan (by David and Pat Whitford), +Rose Smith (by her family), and +Elena Greci (by Mr. and Mrs. Angelo DiTommasis)
First Sunday of advent DECEMBER 2, 2006 4 PM Altar Server Emily Dixon Lectors Linda Remington (1), Diane Allen (2) Eucharistic Ministers Sandy Raus (CH), Dorothy Teator (MC), Chloe Van Aken (TC), John White (MPH), Mary Ann West (TH), Debbie Harrienger (gallery) Altar Care Mary Ann West, Sandy Raus and Lisa DeThomasis DECEMBER 3, 2006 8 AM Altar Server Pierre Sandaire Lectors Helen Russo (1), Bill McLoughlin (2) Eucharistic Ministers Mary Agars (CH), George Agars (MC), Therese Bonacker (TC) 10 AM Servers Farron Mahar and Aaron Pereira Lectors Marisa Donovan (1), Ron LaCoy (2) Eucharistic Ministers John Bennett (TPH), Marion Barlow (MPH), Doris Felts (CH), Debbie Wilson (TC), Janice Presti (MC)
The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King
Established by Pope Pius XI in 1925, this solemnity celebrates an aspect of Jesus’ identity rather than an event in his life: his everlasting reign over all things: “of his kingdom there will be no end.” This Sunday concludes the church year, and its readings, like those of the First Sunday of Advent next week, point us to the Day when Christ “will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead.”
LAST WEEK’S COLLECTION $ 5 2 1 0 BLOOD PRESSURE clinic TODAY
Judy Wainman, our parish nurse, will be monitoring blood pressures before each mass this weekend.
DIED IN THE HOPE OF RISING AGAIN
Ellen A. Abair Koonz died Friday, November 10 at the age of 72 years, eleven months and two weeks. A funeral mass was celebrated at the Church of St. John the Evangelist on Tuesday, November 14th, with burial in Holy Sepulcher Cemetery. May God open the gates of paradise for her, and may those who remain comfort one another with assurances of faith.
REBORN AN HEIR OF EVERLASTING LIFE
Paul William Mueller IV, infant son of Kara Ann Mahar Mueller and Paul William Mueller III, became an heir of everlasting life through Holy Baptism last Sunday, November 19, after the 10 AM mass.
We bid YOUR PRAYERS
Your prayers have been requested for Paul Carlotti, Michele Cramer, Barbara Forcinella, Melissa Kirschbaum, June Mahan, Nobel Messenger, Mary Spath, and Dominick Verrelli.
LECTORS !
Please come to the sacristy to sign for and pick up your new “Workbook for Lectors and Gospel Readers.” The readings for the new liturgical year, centered on the Gospel of Luke, begin next weekend.
If you’re interested in having your sixth-twelfth grade son attend LaSalle Institute in Troy, they are scheduling two entrance and scholarship exams this and next month: Saturday, December 2 and January, 6, 2007 at 8:15 AM. You must call to register, however, at 283-2500, ext 237.
LOOKING AHEAD Entrance and scholarship exams
ROSARY ALTAR SOCIETY
The Rosary Altar Societies will meet on Monday, December 4 at 6:30 PM in the Parish House meeting room and at 7 PM the same evening in St. Joseph’s Parish Hall. They invite you to help clean both our churches on Saturday, December 9, beginning at 9 AM.
CHRISTIAN SERVICE NEWS
In preparation for the approaching holy day and holiday season, the Christian Service Team will be offering a number of opportunities to reach out to those in our community who are homebound, ill or economically needy. Watch for their bulletin insert next weekend, as they seek to help us be the hands and feet of Christ this Advent.
DECEMBER MISSION IN OUR DEANERY
We will join the other parishes in our Southern Rensselaer deanery in welcoming Fr. John Collins to conduct a Paulist Mission among us December 9-13, just as our pastor returns from sabbatical. Fr. Collins’ preaching schedule brings him to St. Joseph’s for the vigil mass on Saturday, December 9, and he will conduct his retreat on Wednesday, December 13 at 7 PM at St. John’s. The full schedule for the entire deanery, including morning retreats, will be published beforehand. Plan to attend these opportunities for spiritual sustenance and renewal.
UPDATE ON ST. JOHN’S ORGAN CONSOLE
Plans were for the connection of pipe work of the gallery organ to have been completed this past week, along with the installation of the adjunct one manual (keyboard) and pedal instrument in the east (Pieta) transept of the nave. The final voicing and finishing of the gallery organ should be completed with a week or so. 142 donors have now contributed $40,966. We are more than half way there! $39,509 more in tax-deductible donations will complete this project. If you’ve been considering a contribution, there’s no time like the present!
DIOCESAN CHRISTMAS MASS
Bishop Howard J. Hubbard invites you to join him as his annual Christmas Mass is videotaped early for later broadcast on the holy day itself. The mass will be celebrated at 10:30 AM at Our Lady of Fatima Church, 2216 Rosa Road, Schenectady, on Wednesday, December 13. Arrive by 10 AM dressed as you would be for Christmas mass.
THIS WEEK IN THE LIFE OF OUR PARISH
MONDAY 11/27 7 PM Our Lady of Peace prayer group (PHMR) TUESDAY 11/28 12:10 PM Mass (PHMR) 6:30 PM Advent wreath makers final session (SJPH) 6:30 PM Choir rehearsal (McMC) WEDNESDAY 11/29 12:10 PM Mass (PHMR) 3:30-5 PM Faith Formation (grades 1-5) 6:30-8 PM Faith Formation (grades 6-11) THURSDAY 11/30 12:10 PM Mass (PHMR) FRIDAY 12/1 12:10 Mass (PHMR)
IRELAND TOUR OCTOBER 10-17 2007
The price for the 8 day and 6 night tour (Wednesday-Wednesday), with round trip air fare, 6 tours and all ground transportation by luxury coach, first class hotels, daily breakfasts and all but one dinner (five are provided) is $1659/person, double occupancy. Interested? Need more information? Call Linda Remington at 465-0932, ext. 17.
(And MAYBE the Last until we see him face to face!)
Bishop Hubbard called Father to see how his sabbatical was going, a fact which amazed most of the other priests there, whose bishops are rather inattentive to their priests. Father’s Thanksgiving holiday began last Tuesday, the 21st, when he went to Seattle, WA for three nights, followed 2 nights in Reno, NV and 2 nights in Oakdale, CA (via Tahoe and Yosemite). He will return to the Vatican II Institute this Tuesday, 11/28 to complete the last ten days of his sabbatical and prepare to come home. Fr. assures us that his sabbatical has been life-transforming and grace-filled, for which he is most grateful to God, to Bishop Hubbard, to the faculty and to us. We expect our pastor back in Rensselaer sometime in the afternoon two weeks from today on Sunday, December 10. In the meantime, he extends to us his wishes for a blessed holiday season. Pray for him, as he does for us.
THE LATEST FR. CALI - FORNO REPORT
HOLIDAY Comfort for the bereaved
St. Pius X Church at 23 Crumitie Road in Loudonville invites you to the bereavement program “From Grief to Grace” in their parish chapel this Wednesday, November 29 from 7-8:30 PM. The evening’s theme is “Cherished Memories: Grieving the Ones We Love During the Holidays.” For more information, call Linda Banker at 465-0482, ext. 16.