First semester is nearly over so, I thought I’d define a few terms we’ve been using at St. Margaret’s. First, Phonemic Awareness – The ability to manipulate the sounds that make up the spoken language. A good way to think of phonemic awareness is that you can do it “with your eyes closed.” You just need your ears. · It requires an awareness of the distinctive features of individual phonemes. · It requires an understanding that individual segments of sounds at the phonemic level can be combined to form words. · It requires an understanding that single-syllable words such as “cat” can be divided into beginning, middle, and ending sounds. · Phonemic Awareness is difficult because there are 26 letters (graphemes) in the English language but approximately 40 sounds (phonemes). Those 40 sounds are represented in 250 different spellings (e.g., /k/ as in c, k, ck, ch, que). · Phonemic awareness is a better predictor of future reading achievement than more global measures of general intelligence (IQ) or reading readiness (Adams, 1990; Blachman, 1989, 1991; Catts, 1992; Stanovich, 1986; Yopp, 1995). · Phonemic awareness skills include: Listening, Rhyming, Awareness of Syllables, Initial/Medial/Final Sounds, Phonemes, and Intro-ducing Letters and Spelling Second, Phonics - The understanding that there are relationships between letters and sound. This requires making a connection to the sound and symbol (phoneme and grapheme). The National Reading Panel found that phonics instruction should be: · Systematic and explicit · Taught in kindergarten · One component of a complete reading program · Focused on introducing the relationship of letters to speech sounds in a language · The National Reading Panel also determined that Phonics instruction is beneficial for all children · Knowing phonics helps children know how to spell and which letters to use · Teaching spelling helps students be automatic readers and spellers · The amount of phonics instruction may vary depending on student needs and abilities So, now you know all about reading instruction. Right! Our teachers have all been trained in the Institute for Multi-Sensory Education, Orton-Gillingham, method of teaching reading which includes phonemic awareness and phonics. They meet each week, at “Teacher Co-llaboration,” to discuss what has happened in the past week and to plan for the upcoming week. Teaching reading is much more difficult that it seems, but our teachers are doing an excellent job of teaching reading and preparing our students to be great readers, writers, and spellers in the future. Please remember the St. Margaret’s School Christmas Program on Thursday, December 19th at 7:00 PM at the CWC auditorium. As usual, Mrs. LeMasters has an excellent program lined up for you. We will also be drawing the winning tickets for the RTO, Point S tire and fuel raffle. A prayer for our families, friends, and neighbors. Father, I dedicate this new day to You; As I go about my work. I ask You to bless those with whom I come in contact. Lord, I pray for all men and women Who work to earn their living; Give them satisfaction in what they do. Spirit of God, comfort the unemployed and their families; They are your children and my brothers and sisters. I ask You to help them find work soon. Amen. By St. Ignatius Loyola
Walk in the Light of the Lord, Nick Schafer.
It was recently brought to our attention that Sr.
Marie Monica Borden OSF passed away on May
22,2019. She was the first principal at St. Mar-
garet’s and a wonderful woman who worked hard
to get this school started. Please remember her in
your prayers!
Confessions: Saturday 3:45-5:00 p.m. (and by appointment) Wednesday 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Mission Schedules Our Lady of the Woods Dubois
Sunday 5:00p.m.( Winter Schedule )
Monday 9:45 a.m.
Confessions 30 min prior to Mass
St. Edwards Kinnear
Sunday 11:00 a.m.
Confessions before & after Mass
St. Joseph Shoshoni
1st & 3rd Sunday 12:00 p.m. of every month. Confessions by appointment formed.org code: EQNWXP
St. Margaret’s Catholic
Church
Pastor: Fr. Louis Shea
Associate: Fr. Prakash Verunkal
Eucharistic Adoration
Monday: 3:00-7:00
Tuesday: 4:00-6:00
Thursday: 4:00-7:00
Sunday: 2:00-3:00
1st Friday (Starts Thursday at 4:00 pm
until Friday 4:00 pm)
Sick & Homebound
Cleo Medina, 307-240-4149
Baptism
Julie Fiebiger, 307-856-7556
Marriage Preparation
Mark & Carole Short, 307-857-3900
Church Choir
Pat LeMasters, 307-856-1483
Faith Formation Program
Bryan Thoman , 307-850-8164
Coordinator
RCCW: Barb Barber, 307-840-1797
2nd Monday of each month 6:30 p.m.
Funeral Dinners:
Daria Wood, 307--850-7694
Knights of Columbus
2nd Tuesday of each month
7:00 p.m. Rosary-church
7:30 meeting-Pate Hall Parish Council President: Mick Newlin
Parish Finance President: Dennis
Appelhans
Church 620 E. Fremont Ave. Riverton, WY 82501 [email protected] Rectory - 307-856-6226
Office 618 E. Fremont Ave. Riverton, WY 82501 307-856-3757 307-856-9396
St. Margaret’s Catholic School 220 N. 7th St. E. Riverton, WY 82501 307-856-5922
Third Sunday of Advent
December 15 , 2019
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Faith Formation
Fr. Louie’s Corner
Wyoming Catholic Ministries Foundation (WCMF) and your parish invite you to make a Qualified Charitable Donation (QCD) tax free out of your retirement account if you are over 70 ½ years of age and are required to take distributions. If you have not taken all your Required Minimum Distribution, you can make a direct contribution to a charity. By making a QCD, you will avoid paying income tax on the distribution and the 50% excise tax penalty from the IRS. But this must be done before December 31. If interested in making an end of the year contribution to WCMF or have any questions regarding WCMF, please contact Esther McGann at [email protected] or 307-745-7039. Until further notice, she is the contact person for WCMF.
Penance Service Schedule
St. Stephen’s - Dec. 17, 6 p.m.
St. Margaret’s - Dec. 18, 6 p.m.
Merry Christmas St. Margaret’s School
Each year at Christmas there are those who are hard to shop for
---they have it all. The St. Margaret’s School Commission
thought that maybe this year you could shop for St. Margaret’s
School because they don’t have it all! So instead of stressing
over what to get that special person, you could simply put some
dollar amount in an envelope for St. Margaret’s School. You
can also donate a memorial gift in honor of a loved one, or give
a family donation if you no longer buy presents for one anoth-
er. The money will be used for unexpected expenses at the
school. There are envelopes at each of the church entrances,
and the envelopes can be deposited in the marked boxes in the
church, or dropped off at the school or parish office. We will
end this little Christmas project December 22nd.
Your generosity and kindness are always appreciated, and
please know you are prayed for always. May God continue to
bless us and our wonderful school.
Family Movie Night!
Friday, December 27, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. in the down-stairs CCD Room at St. Margaret’s School.
We will be watching the 2013 British movie adaptation of The Christmas Candle, which is based on a novel by Max Lucado. It is rated PG, and is 1 hour and 40 minutes long. Take some time to slow down from the mad rush of the world and spend a little of it with your family and parish community. No homework involved! Feel free to bring any snacks or drinks to share if you would like. We will provide the popcorn! If you have any questions, please call or text Hannah at (307)840-0930
Next week will be the last Religious Education classes before Christmas break. We will have a party for the students during the regular class time. The penance service will be at 6:00 pm, we encourage all students to attend and the later classes to join us afterward.
We have some Children's Guide to the Mass booklets available at the doors of the Church for children to fol-low along during the Mass. The children are welcome to use them during masses, but please return them so they are available for our school masses. Thank you!
Rejoice in the Lord always; I say it again rejoice. Indeed the Lord is near! The Lord is always near to us, the Holy Spirit dwells in our hearts. So we should rejoice always and on this Gaudete Sunday we should rejoice all the more. We hear of the imprisoned John the Baptist sending his disciples to inquire of Jesus if he is the one. Jesus tells them to go back and tell John what they have seen for themselves, and it is much to rejoice over. Many people say that John had become worried while in prison and was doubting if Jesus was the one. However I suspect that John knew that his disciples needed to stop following him and follow Jesus; he knew they needed to see for themselves the good works of Jesus. We could say, and I do, that he was inspired by God to send his disciples to Jesus. I think that we need to hear about it too. I believe that God in-spired Matthew to include this in his Gospel so that we would be reminded how important it is to follow Jesus, and to rejoice!
DECEMBER 21 & 22 DECEMBER 15, 2019
EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS
5:30 p.m. Dennis & Minnie Appelhans
Hank Kusel & Chris Jones
Pat Newlin (Host)
8:00 a.m. Mike & Lee Ann Greff
Wayne & Carole Brown
Larry Trompke (Host)
10:00 a.m. Karla Kucera & Kim Heil
John & Ruth Martinez
Cathy Luoma (Host)
ALTAR SERVERS
December 21 & 22, 2019
5:30 p.m. Talon Thoman & Peter Corbett
8:00 a.m. Moriah Miller & Tate Green
10:00 a.m. Basyn Anderson & Cael Arbogast
Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion
Daria Wood & Cathy Luoma
St. Margaret’s Collection:
12/07- 12/08 , 2019
Actual: $ 4,640
Mission Collections:
St. Joseph: $ 0
St. Edwards: $ 181.25
Our Lady of the Woods: $ 313
Thank you for your generosity!!
Please remember to mark your
selections on the envelope. We want
to make sure your money goes to the
funds of your choice. Thank You!!
MONDAY 12/16 Mass - 7:00 a.m Jack Corbett
TUESDAY 12/17 Mass - 7:00 a.m Mary Martinez.
WEDNESDAY 12/18 Mass - 7:00 a.m. Anjelei Martinez
School Mass - 8:15 a.m. Rachael
THURSDAY 12/19 Mass - 7:00 a.m. Chris & Francesca Jones
FRIDAY 12/20 Mass - 7:00 a.m. Toby Steen
SATURDAY 12/21 Mass - 5:30 p.m. William Liss +
SUNDAY 12/22 Mass - 8:00 a.m. Bob Strickler +
Mass - 10:00 a.m. Ashlyn Jones
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Prayers for Healing
Ralph Burlingham; Tonya Abernathy; Eli Steinberg: Matthew Thoman; Christopher Barber; Alicia; Patri-cia Andrews; Amber Jahnke; Pete Davis; Chandler Thoman; Nancy Kindle; Sandra S; Leonard Williams; Sean B; Carole Meyer; Jill McCarthy; Keith Kalbach; Caleb Stone; Jess; Camilla; Kayleen Gambler; Di-anna Slater; Louis; Cortney; Darla Shepardson; Danny Kurtilla; Martha Chacon; Roberta Miller; Kurth Waren; The Gamble Family; Kurt Leininger; Elizabeth Reid; Wilma Thompson; Bob Luoma; Steve McNamee; Kristian Mitchell; Rita Leidy; Kevin; Sam Senkow; Mike Sanchez; Elizabeth Perdue; Rod Mosbrucker; Alyssa Vega; James Habeck; Mike Osborne; Angie Esvelt; Dora Flagg; Laura; Brittany Clarkson; Cloann Guernsey; Kim Bergen; Jo Acosta; Joel Rivera; Cody Thrasher; Colby Harris; Jack Romero; Joe Streeter Sr; Tyus Starr Fisher; June Hulme; Burnayse Neff; Steve Gresback; Dustee Marti-net; Janet Hughes; Pierce Steen; Pat Mosbrucker; Aaron Duncan; William Apodaca; Hunter Jaramillo, John Roybal; Curry Matthiessen; Jimmy VanVleet; Marlene Keralis; Curtis Good; John Osborne; Erica Thoman; Janessa Burlingham; Josh Ward; Cristy Cragoe; Rod Slattery; Pete Sauer; Bill Leininger; Sha-ron Neel; Devin Senn; Tim Shelton Please notify the office if someone should be removed from the prayer list.
WEEK OF DECEMBER 16, 2019 - DECEMBER 22, 2019
Living & Giving in Christ Fiscal Year 2019-2020 Update as of 12/07/2019
Goal Pledge to date Pledge Shortage Actual paid to date:
St Margaret’s $ 40,113 $ 26,222 $ 13,891 $ 21,657
OLW $ 4,482 $ 670 $ 3,812 $ 495
St Edwards $ 2,561 $ 400 $ 2,161 $ 400
St. Josephs $ 667 $ 0 $ 667 $ 0
Goal: Assessed by the Diocese at 20% of previous year actual envelopes & collection plate.
Parishioners: Actual Pledge by parishioners.
Pledge Shortage: If amount is not pledged and fulfilled by parishioners then the parish may be
charged for the shortage.
Actual paid to date: Totals paid by parishioners on pledges made.
Boiler Fund
Total collections for the boiler fund to date are $91,958.75
Thank You for your support!
Anniversary Birthday Deceased +
Prayer Corner:
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring glad tidings to the poor. Luke 4:18