new 3rd sunday of advent · 2019. 12. 15. · fr. yovin shayo, pastor, 406-475-1218,...
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Fr. Yovin Shayo, Pastor, 406-475-1218, [email protected]
Laura Toeckes, DRE & Pastoral Assistant: 406-463-2586; [email protected] Baptism: Contact Laura Toeckes Marriage: Contact a priest or deacon at least 6 months in advance
St. Joseph 320 Main Ave. N Choteau, MT 59422 St. John the Evangelist 519 1st Ave S Fairfield, MT 59436 St. Matthias 508 Broadway Augusta, MT 59410 Contact Person: Barb Arps 562-3477
Date Time Location Offered For
December 14, Sat. 6:00 p.m. Choteau For the people
December 15, Sun. 9:00 a.m. Choteau Sharon McCollom by Angie Neill
December 15, Sun. 9:00 a.m. Augusta For the priest’s intentions
December 15, Sun. 11:00 a.m. Fairfield For the people
December 18, Wed. 8:30 a.m. Choteau Milton “Soup” VanAuken by Arlene Wolbaum
December 19, Thurs. 8:30 a.m. Fairfield Maureen Lear by Kurt & Korbey Sparing
December 21, Sat 6:00 p.m. Choteau Milton “Soup” VanAuken by Dave & Jane Hartman
December 22, Sun. 9:00 a.m. Choteau For the people
December 22, Sun. 9:00 a.m. Augusta For the people
December 22, Sun. 11:00 a.m. Fairfield Maureen Lear by Kurt & Korbey Sparing
Offertory Collection Reports
St. Joseph, Choteau: October $6,447.00 November $5,799.00 Monthly goal to meet budgeted needs: $5,541.00
St. John the Evangelist, Fairfield: September $2,493.00 October $4,316.00
St. Matthias, Augusta: September $949.00 October $1,394.00 Monthly goal for St. John & St. Matthias together to meet budgeted needs: $5,250.00
Mass Times and Locations and Offerings To request a Mass for your intention, please e-mail or call Laura Toeckes (463-2586 or [email protected])
and put your offering in the collection marked with your intention, your name, and your offering.
Our Seminarians: Dillon Armstrong, Matthew Christiaens, Tyler Frohlich, Kaleb Mitchell & Kyle Tannehill
Our prayer chain: Vangie Scott, Darrel Sand, Allen Moore, Dan Corey, Dusty Seybert, Zimmerman
family, Sunny, Special Intentions, Jim Croff family, Bob, Kristi, Michael Flinn, Jo Clark, LeRoy Malsam, Craig
Bimler, Tim Alzheimer, Martin Gould, Cecil Cole, Jim Sloan, Gary & Justin Sheehan, Germaine Stivers, Ryan
Meeke, Gwen Hash, Shane Dellwo, Marvin Baker, Kathy Dannatt, Lori Tacke, Trudy, Finnley, Doug Clark,
Tom Cooper, Brook Kuster, Ilene Lake, Mike Leider, Johnna V., Dean & Julie Yeager, Andy Vandolah,
Linda Cook, Vicki Flanagan, Ann Dellwo, Patty Ripenburg, Tracey Hill, Bob Raemaeker, Devin Ard,
Synnove Gebhart, Dick Powell, Eileen Viall, Dan Pieper, Hallie Olson, Cody Bonner
To add or remove prayer requests contact Vangie Scott in Choteau (466- 2814), or Darrel and Dianne Sand in Fairfield (264-5942 or [email protected]).
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Website: jmjparishes.com
Reflect: How are you keeping Christ in the center of your Christmas preparations?
You can find each day’s readings at http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings
or download the Laudate app.
Weekend Mass Schedule Saturday: 6:00 p.m. Choteau Sunday: 9:00 a.m. Choteau
9:00 a.m. Augusta 11:00 a.m. Fairfield
Daily Mass Schedule
Tuesday: 2p.m. Various locations Wednesday; 8:30a.m. Choteau
Thursday; 8:30a.m. Fairfield
Sacrament of Reconciliation: Choteau ~ Saturday 5:30 p.m.
Fairfield ~ 3rd Sunday 12-1 p.m. Augusta ~ 30 minutes before Mass
December 15, 2019 3rd Sunday of Advent
Isaiah 35:1-6, 10 Psalm 146: 6-10
James 5:7-10 Matthew 11:2-11
The Annual Catholic Appeal for 2019 has begun!
St. Joseph has pledged $9,750 of their $12,800 goal with 30% participation.
St. John and St. Matthias have given $6,190 of their $11,200 goal with 17% participation.
Thank you for your generous support of the ministries of our Diocese!! Legendary Lodge, the mission in Guatemala and care for our elderly priests is just a few services your dollars provide.
updated on 12/12/19
Fairfield/Augusta Calendar
Dec. 15, Sun. Faith Formation PreK-6 at 9:45-10:45 and JH/HS at 6:00-8:00 in Fairfield
Dec. 15, Sun. Christmas Pro-gram; after Mass at St. John parish center; group 4 host & fruit; group 2 rolls, group 3 breakfast casseroles
Dec. 16, Mon. Reconciliation Services; 6pm in Augusta, 6pm in Fairfield
Dec. 22, Sun. NO Faith Forma-tion at Fairfield till Jan. 12
Dec. 24, Tues. Christmas Eve Masses 6pm Augusta; 8pm Fair-field
Bible Study; Thurs. 10:15 am at Marlene Konen’s home;
SUN. 5:00 P.M. AT
ST. Matthias
Ministries as assigned
st john and st matthias announcements
New Christmas Mass Times!! Masses on Christmas Eve will be at 4:00pm in Choteau; 6:00pm in Augusta and 8:00pm in Fairfield. Mass on Christmas Day will be at 9:00am in Choteau
??? MASS TIME in AUGUSTA Fr. Gasper has been given
a permanent assignment, so Mass time in Augusta will be
changed again. Watch for Facebook posts and an e-mail
with updates as the new schedule is sorted out.
Christmas Program & Luncheon On Sunday, Dec. 15 the RE Christmas program will be right after Mass in our beautiful updated parish center. Group 4 host & bring fruit; Group 2 bring rolls, Group 3 breakfast casseroles
Reconciliation Services: It is a precept of the church to confess your sins to a priest a minimum of once a year. Whether it has been a few days since your last Confession or years, you are invited to experience the mercy of God on Monday, De-cember 16 at 6pm in Fairfield (Father will discuss an alternative time with Augusta this weekend)
Christmas Poinsettias If you are able to help decorate for Christmas by providing any flowers to help deco-rate the sanctuary would be greatly appreciated! Please bring any contributions to St. John’s by De-cember 22. Thank you so much for helping make our church beautiful to celebrate the birth of Jesus!
Christmas break We are taking an extra long break this Christmas due to the Italy trip. No RE classes or youth night from December 22 till they resume on January 12.
Serving December 22 SUN. 11:00 A.M. St. John
Greeter: Ron & Carol Ostberg
Servers: Jacob & Devin
Lector: Cari Ostberg
Eucharistic Ministers:
Karen Forseth
Leo Mueller
Offertory Recorders:
Marge Konen
Darrel & Diane Sand
Sunday Night Youth Meal Host Dec 15: Matthison Family
No Youth Group or RE Classes on Dec. 22 St. Joseph Social for December 15:
Ladies of the Parish
Choteau Calendar Dec. 15, Sun. RE Christmas Pro-
gram; after Mass
Dec. 18, Wed. Advent Recon-ciliation Service; 6pm in Cho-teau
Dec. 24, Tues. Christmas Eve Mass in Choteau; 4:00pm
Dec. 25, Wed. Christmas Day Mass in Choteau 9am
Jan. 1, Wed. Mass for Mary, Mother of God; 9am Choteau; 11am Fairfield
Lectionary Based Bible Study: Tuesdays 5:30p Choteau Rectory
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st joseph announcements
New Christmas Mass Times!! Masses on Christmas Eve will be at 4:00pm in Choteau; 6:00pm in Augusta and 8:00pm in Fairfield. Mass on Christmas Day will be at 9:00am in Choteau
Reconciliation Service Advent Reconciliation service on Wednesday, December 18 at 6pm. Come experi-ence the mercy of Jesus and the freedom of forgive-ness in this powerful Sacrament. Youth night for 7-12th graders will happen after they each have an op-portunity to go to Confession.
Advent Lessons On Tuesday, December 17 at 6pm in the lower rectory at Choteau. Fr. Yovin will be teaching about the Blessed Mother. Come enjoy a great chance to learn more about our faith!
Elementary Christmas Program Come enjoy the Christmas Program after Mass on Sunday, December 15 with great food and company at the social after the program. Thank you for supporting the youth of our parish!
Charging Before charging any purchases to St.
Joseph, please check with Father or a member
of the Finance council. Thank you!
St. Joseph Library - Thank you so much for the gen-erous donations to our library in the church base-ment! Your giving is greatly appreciated!!
Follow the Italy Pilgrimage As possible, the group
in Italy will post regular updates on the parish Face-
book page (Saint Joseph Choteau or Saint John the
Evangelist Fairfield) while they are gone. Please keep
them in your prayers as they fly out on December 25!
Serving December 22 SUN. 9:00 A.M. St. Joseph
Altar Servers: Colin Trahan
Matthew Haas
Lector: Becky Rappold
Collection: Johnny Rappold
Bowen Rappold
Eucharistic Ministers:
JoLynn Miller
Brigid Miller
Minister to Homebound:
Jean Dale
Serving December 21 SAT. 6:00 P.M. St Joseph
Lector: Bill Hill
Eucharistic Ministers:
Karen Ferris
Arlene Wolbaum