Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Church

Msgr. Craig F. Harrison, Administrator Rev. Sidath Wilegoda (Priest in Residence)

Mass Times:

Saturday 5:00 pm

Sunday 9:00 am and 11:00 am (Bi-lingual)

Confession: Saturday 4:00 pm Daily Mass 8:00 am Monday thru Saturday - Monday 7:00 pm Spanish Mass

7115 Lakewood Drive

Frazier Park, CA 93225

(661) 245-3741

For information contact Bernice Trojahn, Parish Coordinator

Parish Mission Statement:

We, the members of Our Lady of the Snows Church, are a community of Christian believers, empowered by the Holy Spirit, and nourished by Word and Sacrament. We dedicate our time, talents, and gifts towards the growth of God’s love to others. We celebrate our unity with the Body of Christ. We acknowledge that our love of Christ urges us to seek spiritual growth and respond to the needs of all; especially the sick, elderly, poor, and lonely. We shall accomplish this on-going mission through faith, prayer, service, and trust in God.

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SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM A preparation class is held for those with infants to be baptized. These classes will meet on the second Sunday of the month after the last Mass. The Sacrament of Baptism will be on the last Sunday of the month after the last Mass. The preparation class must have been completed prior. Please schedule with Father.

SACRAMENT OF ANOINTING OF THE SICK The Sacrament of Anointing shows the concern the Lord has for the physical and spiritual welfare of the sick. Anyone who is sick, elderly, or preparing for medical treatment may request this Sacrament.

SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY If you are planning to celebrate the Sacrament of Marriage, please contact Father Sidath at least four months in advance of the intended date of your wedding.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Confirmation II class meets Sundays at 10:00 am. Mass attendance is required. First Communion and primary classes are at 10:00 on Sundays. Mass attendance is required.

AVE MARIA PRAYER GROUP This group meets the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Tuesday after the 8:00 am Mass. Everyone is invited to join in. The Rosary and Divine Mercy are presented in prayer for all sick and deceased on prayer list.

PARISH MINISTRY CONTACTS Bulletin Bernice Trojahn 245-2276 Eucharistic Ministers Ed Safarik 245-3524 Finance Council Matthew Hintlian 245-2330 Lectors Michelle Maga 245-6950 Religious Education Bernice Trojahn 245-2276 Ushers Ann Morgan 245-3446 Retrouvaille 252-4882

MASS SCHEDULE Saturday, December 26, St. Stephen, First Martyr 4:00 pm – Mass – For the wellbeing of Marsha Petta by the Leos Family Sunday, December 27, St. John, Apostle & Evangelist 9:00 am – Mass – For the people of the Parish 11:00 am – Mass – Monday, December 28, Holy Innocents, Martyrs 8:00 am – No Mass – Tuesday, December 29, St. Thomas Becket, Bishop, Martyr 8:00 am – No Mass – Wednesday, December 30, 8:00 am – Mass – Thursday, December 31, St. Sylvester I, Pope 9:00 pm – Mass – Friday, January 1, Mary, Mother of God, Solemnity 9:00 am – Mass – Holy Day

LITURGICAL MINISTERS Saturday, 4:00 pm Mass: Eucharistic Minister: Vince Dobradenka Lector: Bernice Trojahn Usher: Ann Morgan Sunday, 9:00 am Mass Eucharistic Minister: Carole Trudeau Lector: Shirley Wilson Usher: DiAnn Dever Sunday, 11:00 am Eucharistic Minister: Marion Wong Lector: Barbara Rosen Usher:

Sacrificial Giving December 20, 2015 - $669.01 Retired Religious - $417.00

Give to the Most High as He has given to you, Generously, according to your means.

Sirach 35:9

Feast - HOLY FAMILY December 27, 2015

Offertory counters this week: Alma & Sue Fr. Sidath’s cell phone: 661 330-9451 SEES CANDY: There are a few boxes of lollypops and peanut brittle remaining. We also have gift certificates. DONATIONS FOR FLOWERS Please remember the box for donations for flowers on the side wall of the library. REGARDING FLU SEASON Please remember to be careful when you are in crowds and at Mass. If you have a scratchy throat or runny nose, do not shake hands at the sign of peace. Do not receive holy communion on the tongue if you are not feeling well – in fact, do not come to Mass if you are ill. Jubilee Year of Mercy December 27, 2015 Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph Imagine: three New Year’s celebrations in little over a month! In late November, Advent began the new liturgical year; December 8, the Jubilee Year of Mercy; this coming Friday, the New Year 2016. In today’s Gospel, after three days of anguish, Mary tells Jesus how desperately she and Joseph have been searching for him. Mary could be speaking for the whole human race. With religious persecutions raging, international and domestic conflicts seething, our family and friends suffering various difficulties, not to mention our own personal problems, how much our world needs Jesus as another New Year veiled in mystery begins! As we pray for God’s mercy to enfold our world and embrace each of us in 2016, let our New Year’s resolution be to live the Jubilee Year of Mercy by being for others, as Mary was, a channel of God’s mercy and an instrument of Christ’s peace. MASSES THIS WEEK: Wednesday and Thursday 8:00 am Friday, January 1, Holy Day 9:00 am

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION This New Year’s Eve, at the turning of the year, you may catch a glimpse of the old year, a cartoon figure of a hunched old man with a sickle, Father Time. Where else but in this column could you learn that this is in fact a pope? December 31 was in the old calendar the feast of St. Sylvester. Legend says that Sylvester healed the Emperor Constantine of leprosy, and presided at the liturgy of baptism for the grateful emperor. In 314, he was chosen pope, and it fell to him to organize the peacetime church, free at last from persecution. He founded the Lateran Basilica, the cathedral of the Diocese of Rome. In northern Europe “Sylvester Night” is a time of great parties with eating, dancing, and singing—recalling perhaps the joy of the church in the fresh air of Sylvester’s papacy. In Poland, there was great fear as the year 1000 approached that an immense dragon would devour the earth and set fire to the heavens. The people prayed earnestly to St. Sylvester, trusting that the saint would not permit such suffering on his feast day. They’ve been celebrating ever since! Many New Year’s customs have pagan roots, like the British “First Footer” tradition. The idea is that the first person setting foot into your house in the new year determines the luck for the year ahead. The ideal first footer was not a bit like old Pope Sylvester, but rather a tall, dark-haired man carrying the right gift. A handsome first footer meant the year ahead would be pleasant, and if he carried bread or a shovel of coal there would be food and warmth in the future. Who will be your household’s first footer?

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: 1 Jn 1:5 — 2:2; Ps 124:2-5, 7b-8; Mt 2:13-18 Tuesday: 1 Jn 2:3-11; Ps 96:1-3, 5b-6; Lk 2:22-35 Wednesday: 1 Jn 2:12-17; Ps 96:7-10; Lk 2:36-40 Thursday: 1 Jn 2:18-21; Ps 96:1-2, 11-13; Jn 1:1-18 Friday: Nm 6:22-27; Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8; Gal 4:4-7; Lk 2:16-21 Saturday: 1 Jn 2:22-28; Ps 98:1-4; Jn 1:19-28 Sunday: Is 60:1-6; Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-13; Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6; Mt 2:1-12

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