of Nativity Mary 313 E. WALL S TREET • JANESVILLE, WISCO NSI N 53545 -3047

December 30, 2018 • The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph

Rectory 313 E. Wall Street Janesville, WI 53545-3047 Website ............. www.nativitymary.org Phone ............................... (608) 752-7861 Father Rob Butz ……. (608) 620-9910

Pastor ............................. Rev. Robert Butz Email: pastor@nativitymary.org

Dir. of Liturgy ........................... Bob Craig Email: liturgy@nativitymary.org Coord. Religious Ed ...Kathy Hookham Email: re@nativitymary.org Business Manager .... Arwen Twitchett Email: accounts@nativitymary.org Parish Secretary ..……....Sharlet Collins Email: psec@nativitymary.org

St. Mary School 307 E. Wall Street Janesville, WI 53545-3047 Phone ............................... (608) 754-5221 Principal .......................... Matthew Parish Secretary ………………...Sue Vodak & Sue Dickman

Religious Education Phone ............................... (608) 752-7861 Coordinator…………….Kathy Hookham

Prayer Network Mary Ann Venable…..(608) 754-5284

Nativity of Mary ................ Sat. 4:30 pm Sun. 8:30 & 10:30 am

St. Patrick ............................. Sat. 4:00 pm

St. John Vianney ................ Sat. 5:00 pm Sun. 8:15 & 9:45 am

St. William ............................ Sat. 4:00 pm Sun. 8:00 & 10:30 am

St. Mary - Milton ............... Sat. 4:00 pm Sun. 9:00 am

We, the Catholic family of Nativity of Mary, are empowered by the Holy Spirit to be disciples of Jesus Christ. Through worship, the sacraments, fellowship, evangelization and outreach, we will share the word of Christ in our community. -Mission Statement

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News & Notes

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St. Mary School

Received Budgeted Variance

Week 25

12-16-2018 16,121.71 15,929.03 192.68

YTD $271,925.92 300,250.84 -28,324.92

Money Counts for 2018-2019

Received Budgeted Variance

Week 24

12-09-2018 9,994.76 14,325.22 -4,330.46

YTD $255,804.21 284,321.81 -28,517.60

Money Matters

News & Notes

School News: Merry Christmas from St. Mary students and staff! We celebrated with Christmas programs as well as band and strings concerts! Thank you to everyone who showed up to watch our really fun programs. Throughout the Advent Season, the school community did a fantastic job raising items for our community including baby items, canned fruits and veggies, and pasta items. The middle school grades each adopted a family from ECHO and bought close to $1000 in gifts! Additionally, the school community helped raise hundreds of dollars in support of Isaac, who at age 3 was diagnosed with high risk Stage IV Neuroblasto-ma. Giving was certainly a part of the Advent Season this year.

SCRIP: Thank you so much to all our parishioners who help support our SCRIP program. In the recent masses we have been selling over $10,000 in product which results in hundreds of dollars coming back to the school. Your support is extremely appreciated! Thank you for making 2018 our most successful SCRIP year yet!

Dates to Remember: 1/2: Classes Resume 1/3: Middle School Field Trip to Milwaukee Art Museum 1/4: Student Art Night at JPAC (5:30 pm)

SCRIP REMINDER

SCRIP cards are available for purchase in the school office and after Mass twice per month ….. next up, the weekend of January 5th/6th and 19th/20th..

Thank you for supporting your parish and school!

A New Year’s Prayer

May God make your year a happy one! Not by shielding you from all sorrows and pain, But by strengthening you to bear it, as it comes;

Not by making your path easy, But by making you sturdy to travel any path;

Not by taking hardships from you, But by taking fear from your heart;

Not by granting you unbroken sunshine, But by keeping your face bright,

even in the shadows; Not by making your life always pleasant,

But by showing you when people and their causes need you most,

and by making you anxious to be there to help. God’s love, peace, hope and joy to you

for the year ahead.

- Anonymous

2019 Calendars—Please pick up a “Feasts and Saints” 2019 calendar, located at each entrance to the church. A very special “THANK YOU” to McDonald Law Office for generously donating these calendars to our congregation again this year.

New Year’s Day—Tuesday, January 1st

Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God Holy Day of Obligation

Mass at 9:15 AM

Parish Office Closed No Reconciliation

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The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph

He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them; and his mother kept all these things in her heart. And Jesus advanced in wisdom and age and favor before God and man. - Lk 2:51-52

************************************************************** "After three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions, and all who heard him were astounded at his understanding and his answers." As we celebrate the feast of the Holy Family, this Gospel exposes us to a strange tension. While this family is one we can look to for an example, they are not quite the same family unit as everyone else. There is an otherness to Jesus, something profound. And yet, perhaps on second thought, are our families so different? When Mary and Joseph encountered Jesus in the temple, "they were astonished." But at what? Mary's response is surprised. They're not astonished that Jesus is preaching in a place for respected teachers. They're not astonished that their son has captured the attention of the wisest men of the time period. They're astonished at his seemingly disobedient behavior! "Son, why have you done this to us? Your father and I have been looking for you with great anxiety." All our children have an "otherness" about them, something that makes them unique and different. They are distinctly not "me." What will our own children become? What temple will they wander off to? Who will they astound?

Scripture Focus on Faith

Readings for Sunday, December 30, 2018 The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph Sir 3:2-6, 12-14 / Col 3:12-21 / Lk 2:41-52 Readings for Next Sunday, January 6, 2019 The Epiphany of the Lord Is 60:1-6 / Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6 / Mt 2:1-12

Please Pray For Our Parishioners:

Barbara Allen, Bill, Peter Barrett,

Bill and Judy Bever, Valerie Boggs,

Karen Bullis, Noah Cotter, Jeanette Durant,

Linda Fredell, LeeAnn Gilligan, Gerri, Jackie H.,

Alice Jensen, Caroline McNally, Pat,

Max Rammer, Phyllis Rice, Madelynn Schieve,

Colleen Schroeder, Edna Thorp, Kelly Dooley,

Trewartha, Peter Weirich, Lola Williams,

Avalon Widner, Lucille Willegal

Sacraments

Anointing of the Sick:

Infant Baptism: Registered members of the parish are welcome to arrange for their baby’s baptism by signing up for the necessary preparation program for parents.

RCIA Please call anytime if you would like to discuss Catholicism and see how joining the Church may offer you a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ.

Catholic Women’s Club Contact Jan Bier at 752-4387 for more information.

Knights of Columbus Meetings held 2nd Tuesday of the month at 7:30 pm. Contact Ed Gilligan 449-6468 for more information.

Bulletin Deadline Mondays at 9:00 AM. Please contact the Rectory at 752-7861.

Traveling Chalice

This week the Traveling Chalice will be hosted by Carol

Ambrose.

Any questions regarding our Traveling Chalice program may

be directed to: Colleen at 868-6386 OR

irishcatholic56@gmail.com.

Would You Like A Pastoral Visit?

REMINDER: If you, a family member or someone you

know is confined or hospitalized and would benefit from a

pastoral visit, please contact your parish office and let them

know. Staff does not always know of hospital admissions for

a variety of reasons and often has no way of knowing of other

situations in which a parish contact would be beneficial.

Incense Alert! Incense will be used at the 4:30 and 10:30 Masses during Advent. As always, the 8:30 AM Sunday Mass is incense free. We will use incense through Sunday, January 6, which is the Epiphany of the Lord.

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What’s Happening

Please note: Lifetouch Directory Pictures Please note, if you had your portrait taken for our pictorial directory, but did not order any extra pictures, then your free 8 x 10 will be delivered to the rectory office. (If you did order additional pictures, these will be delivered to your home, including the free 8 x 10.) Call before stopping by to be sure someone is available to assist you 752-7861. If you were unable to attend our photography dates or times, let Lifetouch assist you in scheduling a session at a nearby location. Once photographed, your image will be provided back to us. Call them at 1-866-756-0281, 9 am-5 pm EST for more information.

March for Life 2019 Washington, DC.—Registration is closing on January 3rd. Event is January 16 to January 20, 2019. Cost is $350 a person for double occupancy hotel. One day is sleep in bus. Other day is hotel going there and same coming back. Food is extra cost. Go to www.WRTL.org/DCMarch for more information. March for Life Chicago—Sunday, January 13, 2019 from 2pm to 4pm, at Federal Plaza, 50W Adams St., Chicago. See marchforlife-chicago.org for more information. Wisconsin March for Life—The official start is January 22, at 11:30 am in Madison, WI on the Capital steps followed by an inside event from 12 to 1. For more information, call Wisconsin Right to Life at 877-855-5007.

Celebrating the Twelfth Day of Christmas

The Madison Diocesan Choir and the Our Lady of Assumption Parish Choir will present a joint celebration of Lessons and Carols on the Twelfth Day of Christmas, Sunday, January 6 at Our Lady of the Assumption Parish in Beloit (2222 Shopiere Rd.) at 3 p.m. The concert will feature Scripture readings, choral music, and congregational singing celebrating the seasons of Advent and Christmas and the Epiphany of the Lord. The concert is free and open to all. A freewill offering will be taken to support the Diocesan Choir Youth Scholarship. Go to www.madisondiocese.org/diocesanchoir for more information.

to all who made our Christmas services so special this year.

The entire decorating committee once again ensured the

church was beautiful. Their hard work and eye for detail

was apparent. All those who helped in ministry positions

during our liturgies; your service is appreciated.

The members of our Choirs were exceptional by presenting

lovely prelude music prior to the 6 pm Mass on Christmas

Eve and the 10 am Mass on Christmas Day. They then

wonderfully lead the congregation in song and prayer

during the service. They are an example of “true stewards

of Christ” to share so much of their time and talent with us.

Finally, it wouldn’t have been a St. Mary's Christmas

without our fantastic Young Voices choir. The kids worked

very hard and did a great job. A SPECIAL THANK YOU to

the choir’s fine director, Laura Schuler, and, pianist, Ann

Allen. And thanks to the parents who supported these fine

young men and women.

For today in the city of David a savior has been born for

you who is Christ and Lord.

Luke 2: 1-14

A big THANK YOU

….. for those who are Homebound

Tune in for Sunday Mass 6 AM on WISC-TV Channel 3

7 AM on TVW Channel3000.com 7 AM on Direct TV14

What’s Happening

FROM: Ms. Carol Ambrose Mrs. Marsha Austin Mr./Mrs. Thomas Berner Mrs. Helen Campion Miss Mary Casper Mrs. Maria Caya Mr./Mrs. John Collins Mrs. Sharlet Collins Mrs. Dolores M. Dilley Miss Tricia Dooley Mrs. Rose Donagan Mr./Mrs. Rick Donahue Mrs. Betty Easton Mrs. Frances Groene Mr./Mrs. Carl Hahn Mr. Randall Hanssen & Mr. Robert Urquhart Mr./Mrs. P. Michael Hanus Mr./Mrs. Fred Hookham Mr./Mrs. Charles Isackson Mr. Robert E. Jenson Ms. Betty Jordan Mrs. Betty Klukas Mrs. Beverly Liston Mrs. Anne Lucey Mr./Mrs. Bradley Mair

Thank you to ALL the parishioners who donated so generously toward our

Christmas decorations.

Those who gave in memory or in honor of

a loved one are listed below.

FOR: Elmer & Dorothy Ambrose Robert C. Austin Louis M. & Mary Berner Louis J. & Jo Berner Al & Marion Berner Ed Campion Family Frank & Cecelia Casper Reuben & Margaret Casper Cathy & Francis Felten Peter & Adela Felten Charles Steed Eva & Paul McNally Ed & Althea Steed Tom & Mary Moccero Warren & Georgia Collins Robert Warner Jr. Gerald Dilley Alice Dooley & John F. Dooley Kay Barry, Veronica McBride John Donagan Robert/Mary Neeson Family Margaret & Bill Hein Mary & John Gaffney Don & Isabel Donahue Clifford E. Easton Richard J. Showers, Sr. LeRoy Groene Bob & Doreen Trunnelle Robert & Jane Hanus Glen & Millie Hahn May Urquhart, Dan Buckner Willard and Lucille Wonka Goorge H. W. Bush Bishop Morlino Mr./Mrs. Robert P. Hanus Mr. & Mrs. Frank Nomellini Louise Hookham, Phil Eiden Charlie Smith Gert, Kathy & Bruce Bell Ruth, Ralph, Jerry & Rolf Isackson Helen and George Jenson Lois Frank Dorothy McDermott Nick & Betty Quint Don Klukas, Alma Butler Howard Liston Lucey Family Mary Lou Hainstock Roger Beck, Jan Okas John Prusansky Thomas G. Mair

FROM: Mrs. Marlys Martelle Mrs. Jennifer McBride Mrs. Mary McGuire Mrs. Ginny Mills Mr./Mrs. Robert Monson Mr./Mrs. Thomas E. Murray Mrs. Gladys Nally Dr. Thomas O’Connor Mr./Mrs. James Peterson Mr./Mrs. Ted Renkas Mrs. Mary Saxe Mrs. Sharon Schaefer Mr./Mrs. Gary Schieve Mr. Henry C. Schoeberle Mrs. Patricia Schuler Mrs. Kathleen Steed Mr./Mrs. David Sudmeier Mr./Mrs. Daniel Swanson Mr./Mrs. Steve Thompson Mrs. Terry Thurner Mr./Mrs. David Voegeli Mrs. Patricia Wagner Mrs. Joan Wanninger Mr./Mrs. William Waterbury Mrs. Jean Weaver Mr./Mrs. Robert C. Wirth Mrs. Beverly Zahn

FOR: Jim Martelle Roy & Alice Murphy Helen & Fred Wehler Helen & James McBride Mary & Thomas Moccero Georgia & Warren Collins John McGuire Gwen Mills, Barbara Mauel Lawrence & Elizabeth Cavanaugh Ted & Ona Monson Jack & Claire Damrow Christopher Ceranski Nally Family Willard & Margaret O’Connor Robert & Dolores Coyne Mel, Jean & Ron Peterson Stanley & Anna Renkas Bob & Jeanne Prueher Paul & Gert Arner Anita Schaefer Richard & Florence Holznecht Madelynn Schieve Carol and Peter J. Schoeberle Bahr Family Schuler, Aversano, Maure and Olownik Families Charles Steed, Nancy McCann Paul & Eva McNally Mr./Mrs. Edward Sudmeier Constance LaZachek Mr./Mrs. Frank Weix Benny & Betty Marshall Donald Swanson Frank & Norene Babcock Mary Pat Babcock Maria and Marvin Thurner Mary Heitsman Willis, Brenda and Cheryl Kreger Gene Wagner, Ann Lucey Mary Lou Hainstock Dave, John & Marie Wanninger Dorothy Kauffman Harold Fuss Ruth and Don Clifford Richard Weaver James & Mary Oakley Frusher and Wirth Families Daniel, Janette & Bob Zahn Damien & Clay Bienash

Mass Intentions = Living Sunday, December 30 8:30 AM Robert & Mary Neeson 10:30 AM Felisa Booc Monday, December 31 No Mass Tuesday, January 1 9:15 AM Catherine Negus Wednesday, January 2 8:15 AM Thursday, January 3 8:15 AM Friday, January 4 No Mass Saturday, January 5 4:30 PM Marcy Marklein Sunday, January 6 8:30 AM Bishop Robert Morlino 10:30 AM Parishioners of Nativity of Mary

Cluster Corner

New Year’s Eve

New Year’s Day

Wednesday Thursday Friday

Saturday

Sunday 1/6

Nativity of Mary 9:15 am 8:15 am

8:15 am

4:30 pm 8:30 & 10:30 am

St. John Vianney 8:15 am 8:15 am 8:15 am 8:15 am 8:15 am

5:00 pm

8:15 & 10:00 am

St. Patrick 5:15 pm 8:00 am 8:00 am 8:00 am

4:00 pm

9:00 am 12:00 Noon en Español

St. William 4:00 pm 9:00 am

4:00 pm

8:00 & 10:30 am

St. Mary’s Hospital

St. Elizabeth Nursing Home

7:00 am 9:15 am

St. Elizabeth Manor Footville

11:00 am

Parish Event Calendar

Wednesday, January 2 7:00 PM Choir Practice, Church Sunday, January 6 9:30 AM Knights of Columbus Rosary, Church

ALL ACTIVITIES ARE OPEN TO MEMBERS

OF ANY PARISH IN THE CLUSTER

December 31 9:00 AM-2:00 PM Red Cross Blood Drive, St. John Vianney, Marian Hall Call 1-800-RED-CROSS to make an appt. Walk-ins welcome. January 1 Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, Holy Day of Obligation January 1 6:00-7:00 PM Adoration and Devotions in Spanish, St. Patrick January 3 9:00 AM-1:00 PM Adoration, St. Patrick January 3 11:30 AM-2:00 PM Catholic Charities/Second Harvest Mobile Food Pantry, St. John Vianney—11:30-12:30 Registration, 12:30-2:00 PM Distribution. All in need are welcome. January 4 9:00 AM-Noon Adoration, St. John Vianney

New Year’s Day—Tuesday, January 1st Mass at 9:15 AM

Parish Office Closed No Reconciliation

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No Mass Friday No Adoration Friday

No Reconciliation Saturday

Mass Schedule—Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God

New Year’s Eve—31st New Year’s Day—1st Nativity of Mary 9:15 am

St. John Vianney 8:15 am

St. Patrick 5:15 pm

St. William 4:00 pm 9:00 am

St. Mary, Milton 9:00 am

St. Joseph, Edgerton 5:30 pm