DECEMBER 31, 2017 THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY, AND JOSEPH

Our Mission We, Jesus Our Risen Savior Catholic

Church are a community of believers, composed of various ethnic

and cultural backgrounds from all walks of life.

United by our faith in God the Father, we are empowered by Christ and guid-ed by the Holy Spirit to be a beacon of

hope and a welcoming presence of the Church.

We manifest our faith by celebrating the sacraments, sharing in the

Eucharist, and by inviting others to share in our commitment to foster

Jesus’ Gospel values. We are commit-ted to follow the model of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. We are the people of

Jesus, Our Risen Savior Catholic Church .

Mass Schedule Weekends Saturday : 9:00 am Vigil: 5:00 pm Sundays: 8:00 am 10:00 am 12:00 noon 5:00 pm (español) Holy Days 7:00 pm Vigil Mass 12:00 noon; 6:00 pm; 7:30 pm (español) Daily Mass Monday - Friday: 12:00 noon College Campus Ministry Sunday: (August through May) 7:00 pm, Wofford College Campus

Confessions Saturday: 3:30 - 4:30 pm or by appointment.

Adoration

Perpetual Adoration (24 hours) in the Adoration Chapel next to the church.

Church Office Hours Monday - Thursday: 9:00 am to 3:00 pm; Friday: 9:00 am to Noon

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Exegesis

CLERGY Pastor

Rev. Edgardo Enverga, CRM

Parochial Vicar

Rev. Ryan Dela Peña, CRM

Deacons Rev. Mr. Peter Curcio

Rev. Mr. Robert Donofrio

PARISH STAFF Director of Religious Education

Beth Gross RE Assistant

Angeles Sanchez Director of Youth Ministry Rev. Ryan Dela Peña, CRM Youth Ministry Assistant

Kristine Anderson

Parish Secretary MJ Weiskircher

Bookkeeper Sharon Dobbins Maintenance

George Bleakley

Outreach St. Vincent de Paul Society

SACRAMENTS BAPTISM: Contact the par ish office for classes and registration. You or your parents must be registered members of our parish and actively practicing our faith. MARRIAGE: Contact Fr . Ed at least six months before your proposed marriage date. You must be registered members of our parish for at least six months and actively practicing our faith. ANOINTING OF THE SICK: If you or a loved one is sick, please contact the parish office. R.C.I.A. (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults): Anyone interested in becoming Catholic, please call the parish office.

*Hearing assistance is available for mass. Inquire at the sacristy.*

Gospel - Luke 2:22-40

Today the Church celebrates the Feast of the Holy Family. This cel-ebration is assigned to the Sunday within the octave of Christmas. The Gospel for today is taken from the Gospel according to Luke and is part of Luke’s Infancy Narrative.

Today’s Gospel describes the presentation of the child Jesus in the Temple and shows Joseph and Mary as devout Jews, following the prescriptions of the Law of Moses. The Gospel alludes to several aspects of the Law of Moses: circumcision, the dedication of the firstborn son to the Lord, and the purification of a woman after childbirth.

According to the Law of Moses as presented in the Book of Leviti-cus, a woman was considered ritually unclean during her menstrual period and for a prescribed period of time following the birth of a child. After the birth of a son, a woman was considered ritually un-clean for 40 days. After the birth of a daughter, a woman was con-sidered unclean for 80 days. In order to be restored to ritual purity, a Jewish woman performed the appropriate rites of purification and made the prescribed ritual offering.

Today’s Gospel notes that Jesus was circumcised on the eighth day after his birth, in accordance with the Mosaic Law. At that time, he was called Jesus, the name he was given by the angel Gabriel. On the 40th day after Jesus’ birth, Mary performed the appropriate purification rites and made her offering at the Temple. Although the Law of Moses required an offering of a lamb, those who could not afford a lamb could substitute two turtledoves or two pigeons. In this scene, Luke identifies Joseph and Mary as being poor, and indeed throughout Luke’s Gospel, Jesus will show special concern for the poor.

Another Jewish rite referenced in this Gospel is the dedication of the firstborn son to the Lord. In remembrance of the feast of Passo-ver, when the firstborn children of the Israelites in Egypt were saved from death, the Law of Moses prescribed that all firstborn males of Israel should be consecrated to the Lord. In this tradition, Mary and Joseph present the infant Jesus in the Temple in Jerusa-lem.

In Jerusalem, Luke reports that Mary and Joseph encounter two devout Jews, Simeon and Anna, who recognize the infant Jesus as the fulfillment of Israel’s hope for redemption. In Simeon’s words we find a prediction of Mary’s witnessing of Jesus’ death on the cross. The Canticle of Simeon, also called by its Latin name, Nunc Dimitis, is prayed at night prayer, or compline, during the Liturgy of the Hours. Loyola Press

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Remember the sick of our parish: Aaron Barett, Cody Barra, Kay Beerman, Rosemary Bergeron, Rebecca Bernard, Alexis Bezilla, David Bourke, Kristin Brown, Olide Bucci, Rino Bucci, Mary Burr, John Butler, Joann Campana, Pasalic Cazim, Walter Charron, Warren Chick, Michaela Christodolu, Ann Cisler, Ann Clark, Emily Correll, Armando Cortez, Lucy Culbreth, Corinne Danley, Jeff Dolin, Angie Donatelli, Anne Drugan, Bartek Dudek, Jeanine Dwelly, Sandra Eaton, Veronica Elverne, Joann Evans, Mary Jane Feagans, Lou Ferringer, Andrea Finucane, Marcia Glenn, Carlan Gombert, Pauline Groothedde, Ingrid Grana, Brian Hamilton, Chris Harris, Jay Harris, Rhonda Boswell Head, George Hillers, Jr., Muriel Hume, Yvonne Justice, Horst Kaska, Sharon Kaska, Juniper Kennemore, Rebecca Kennemore, Mary Kern, Maria King, Valerie Kirby, Art Krebs, Harvey Kulka, Robert Kulka, Buz Kuzan, Bill Lonon, Maria Lonon, Pat Magaletti, Ruth Martin, Louise McCarley, Mickey McGuigan, Ted Mencke, Vera Miller, Bridget Nelson, Erin O’Brien, Mary Oronato, Gerry Owen, Jim Painter, Dale Pallam, Charles Rebello, Ken Reitmeier, Mary Elizabeth Rhoads, Jim Riccio, Jane Rioux, Don Risenhoover, Karen Roberts, Ron Schaffer, Gerry Schmanski, Dan Schramm, John Schwartz, Kim Scott, Conchetta Sierici, Ron Sposato, Kerry Sposato, Jenny Stephens, Lily Stiwell, Debbie Thelen, Robert Thelen, Diane Tierney, Dottie Towery, Ann Turnage, Tina Turon, Dorothy Urban, Debbie Volpe, Jerry Volpe, Kathy Wagner, Brian Weiss, Pat Weiss, Anne Williams, Lindsey Wilson, Mary Wolny, Juliette Wright, Carolyn Yandle, Jonathan Zatorski, Art Ziegler.

Lord, hold our troops and their families

in your loving hands. Michelle Alano, Maj. S3, Honolulu, HA Regan Allen, Lt.. Col., Ft. Dix, NJ Christopher Baker, E4 Cpl., Afghanistan Curt Lee Byron, Maj. S3, Honolulu, HA Patrick Finucane, Mstr . Sgt., Ft. Campbell, KY Christian Guevara, USN, San Antonio, TX Patrick J. Kennemore, CPO., Norfolk, VA Anthony J. Renninger, USAF, Aviano, Italy Maria Renninger, P.F.C., US Army, Ft. Wainwright, AK Russell Self, SC Army National Guard, Afghanistan Tanner Spry, Maj., Norway

Mass Intentions: January 1 through January 7, 2018

Mon., 1/1: Noon - The repose of the soul of Albert Rosa as requested by Janet Miller.

Tue., 1/2: Noon - The repose of all souls who have no one to pray for them as

requested by Mary Ngo.

Wed., 1/3: Noon - The repose of the souls of the deceased members of

the Adorno Fathers.

Thu., 1/4: Noon - The repose of the souls of the Members of St. Michael’s Pious

Union.

Fri., 1/5: Noon - The repose of the soul of Gina Morse as requested by Caroline Morse.

Sat., 1/6: 9:00 am - The intentions of Dottie Towery on her bir thday as requested

by Regnum Christi.

5:00 pm - The repose of the soul of Kay Heyob as r equested by

Brenda Brennan

Sun., 1/7: The Epiphany of the Lord

8:00 am - Repose of the soul of John Connors as r equested by the

Ladies Auxiliary.

10:00 am - The repose of the soul of G. Philipose as requested by

Jesse Philipose. .

12:00 pm - The repose of the soul of Kathleen Wade as r equested by

Vince Young and Rosemary Bergeron.

DECEMBER 31, 2017

Liturgical Ministers Schedule: The Epiphany of the Lord, January 6/7, 2018

5:00 8:00 10:00 12:00

EMs Sacristans Lectors Ushers Altar Servers J. O’Brien C. Corson T. Floyd

P. Barra M. Boncoddo K. Hankins M.E. Krebs M. Lagnese K. Neighbors S. Corson S. Dobbins A. Hedbloom T. Reisenberg J. Schroeder M. Bailey E. Boutin D. Dew T. Osment D. Stith K. Tallyen C. Arnone A. Boris K. Cook P. Palmer P. Regan T. Sippel

P. Ruminski M. Falk J. Reisenberg E. Card E. Sanders P. Sanders

J. Schmidt L. Schmidt A. Schmidt E. Schmidt W. Courchaine F. Falk B. Lestage L. Zieke R. Cisler M. Dew R. Stanley B. Tomes T. Walinski

S. Rodgers A. Andress M. Lynch J. Nguyen N. Reyes Avalos A. Reyes Avalos

Readings for the Week: January 1 through January 7, 2018

Mon., 1/1: Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God, Numbers 6:22-27; Ps 67; Gal 4:4-7;

Lk 2:16-21.

Tue., 1/2: Ss. Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops, Doctors of the Church,

1 Jn 2:22-28; Ps 98; Jn 1:19-28.

Wed., 1/3: The Most Holy Name of Jesus, 1 Jn 2:29-3:6; Ps 98; Jn 1:29-34.

Thu., 1/4: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Religious, 1 Jn 3:7-10; Ps 98; Jn 1:35-42.

Fri., 1/5: St. John Neumann, Bishop, 1 J n 3:11-21; Ps 100; Jn 1:43-51.

Sat., 1/6: St. André Bessette, Religious, 1 Jn 5:5-13; Ps 147; Mk 1:7-11 OR Lk 3:23-28.

Sun., 1/7: The Epiphany of the Lord, Is 60:1-6; Ps 72; Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6; Mt 2:1-12.

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MONDAY 1/1 TUESDAY 1/2 WEDNESDAY 1/3

UPCOMING WEEK AT JORS:

Daily Masses and Adoration Adoration: Perpetual Monday - Friday: Rosary - 11:30 am Mass - 12:00 noon Saturday morning: Mass - 9:00 am

THE SOLEMNITY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN

MARY, MOTHER OF GOD 12:00 Noon Mass

OFFICES CLOSED

10:15 AM Prayer Group 7:00 PM Young Adults 7:00 PM Centering Prayer Group Pray for our pilgrims in Rome.

6:30 PM KoC 3rd Degree 7:00 PM Ladies Auxiliary

Pray for our pilgrims in Rome.

Baptism Classes in English. Baptism classes in English are by appointment. Contact the office for more de-tails. Baptism Classes in Spanish. Baptism classes in Spanish are held the 2nd Friday of the month at 7:00 pm. For more information, contact the church office.

*ATTENTION ALL PARISHIONERS* If your addresses, phone numbers, email addresses have changed or if you want to receive or do not want to receive envelopes, please contact the office.

BAPTISMS If you would like to schedule your child’s Baptism, the sacraments are celebrated on the 3rd Saturday of the month at 10:30 am in Spanish and on the 4th Saturday of the month at 10:30 am in English. For more information, please call the office.

SACRIFICIAL GIVING

Collection information was not available at the time printing.

Reporting for December 24, Christmas, and December 31 will be

featured in the January 7, 2018 bulletin. Thank you for your continued support and generosity!

Sick & Shut-in Ministry. When you are unable to come to Sunday Mass, please call the church or have a family member call for you. For more information, call the church office.

. In preparation for the Quinceañera, the student must attend an interview with

THE STUDENT MUST HAVE RECEIVED THE SAC-RAMENT OF CONFIRMATION BEFORE MAKING

Financial Information

Want to give ONLINE? Go to www.jorscc.org/onlinegiving to download the app or call Sharon Dobbins in the church office for more in-formation.

BEARERS OF THE WORD The Church has placed a number of notable feast days immediately after Christmas. The feasts of Stephen, John the Evangelist, and the Holy Innocents form a summary of the life lived in Christ, the Word made flesh. What do these have to do with the feast of the Holy Family, which crowns the Octave of Christmas? These feasts remind us that suffering will occur in fulfilling the mission of Christ, and that we are all called to be bearers of this Word whose birth we cele-brate. We also see this manifested in the lives of Joseph and Mary, both of whom took social and religious risks in obedi-ence to the will of God, and both of whom were open to the word of God sent to them from on high. In these ways they prefigured the life of Jesus himself. Most likely, few of us found ourselves at Mass this past Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday, but the essence of these feasts and the essence of the holiness of Joseph, Mary, and Jesus remain central, a holiness we celebrate today. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

PORTADORES DE LA PALABRA La Iglesia ha puesto unos cuantos días de fiesta notables enseguida después de la Navidad. Las fiestas de Esteban, Juan el Bautista y los Santos Inocentes forman un sumario de la vida vivida en Cristo, la Palabra hecha carne. ¿Qué rela-ción tienen estas fiestas con la fiesta de la Sagrada Familia, que corona la Octava de la Navidad? Estas fiestas nos recuer-dan que habrá sufrimiento al tratar de cumplir la misión de Cristo, y que estamos todos llamados a ser portadores de esta Palabra cuyo nacimiento celebramos. También vemos la manifestación de esta verdad en las vidas de José y María, quienes se exponen a riesgos sociales y religiosos para obedecer la voluntad de Dios, y estaban abiertos a la Palabra que Dios les enviaba del cielo. Así am-bos fueron prefiguras de Jesús. Es muy probable que muy pocos de nosotros fuimos a la misa del jueves, el viernes o el sábado pasado, pero la esen-cia de estas fiestas y la esencia de la santidad de José, María y Jesús es central, santidad que celebramos hoy. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

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St. Vincent de Paul Society

Phone Number: (864) 606-1357

ATTENTION DONORS!

“THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!”

Every day of the month is...

FOOD COLLECTION DAY!

Leave canned food and non-perishables in the SVDP baskets in the gathering space...

Food needed: Canned tuna, canned chicken, beef stew, hash, soups, canned veggies, fruit, beans, pasta and pasta sauces, mac/cheese, rice, dried beans, oatmeal, grits, cereal, peanut butter, jelly, pancake mix and syrup, laundry detergent and toiletries. Brown paper grocery bags are always needed. Every Thursday starting at 9:00 a.m. the pantry is open and Panera Bread is offered to pantry clients. SVDP clients with appointments will be interviewed at that time. We are still collecting current coupons. PLEASE DE-POSIT THEM IN THE FOOD BASKETS IN THE GATHERING SPACE. If you need coupons, stop by the Food Pantry on Thursdays from 9:00 to Noon.

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St. Vincent de Paul Society

THURSDAY 1/4 FRIDAY 1/5 SATURDAY 1/6 SUNDAY 1/7

9:00 AM SVDP/Food Pantry 1:00 PM Mahjong 7:00 PM Regnum Christi 7:00 PM Spanish Prayer Group Pray for our pilgrims in Rome.

3:30 PM Confessions 5:00 PM Vigil Mass

THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD

8:00 AM Mass 10:00 AM Mass 10:00 AM Confirmation Class 12:00 Noon Mass 3:00 PM Boy Scouts 5:00 PM Spanish Mass

“The Gospel teaches what Jesus’

Once again, year after year, JORS is more than generous to the Giving Tree. Thank you for your zeal in reaching out to those who are in need, helping to make every-one’s Christmas one of hope and joy.

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION There’s no more unusual setting to celebrate today’s Feast of the Holy Family than Barcelona, Spain and the towering unfin-ished sandcastle known officially as the Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Familia. In 1882, the plan was hatched to build a vast place of worship in reparation for the revolutionary and liberal leanings of the city. The modern artist Antoni Gaudi dedicated his life to the project, living in the building, attending Mass daily, and giving up his personal wealth. When people pressed him to pick up the pace, he responded, “My client is not in a hur-ry.” (Gaudi’s cause for beatification is moving along, and he could be the first professional artist and architect to be beatified.) The Spanish Civil War, a disaster for the Catholic Church in which thousands of priests, brothers, and nuns were murdered, halted work in 1935. In the 1950s work began anew, speeded up by computers in the 1980s. Still, the final stage of construction is not due to end until 2026. If the original methods had stayed in place, it would take several hundred more years to complete the plan. So far there are eight towers, with four to go. The highest steeple is three feet shorter than the nearest hill, since the archi-tect didn’t want his work to surpass God’s artistry. The three fac-es of the basilica each have three doors, with the faces named Passion, Nativity, and Grace. The interior is crammed with geo-metric figures that almost seem to spin, crazy-quilt windows, spi-ral staircases, and jumbles of statues and figures. Although in-spired by ancient Gothic cathedrals, the style is called Expres-sionist, and very little is left unexpressed by the masonry. If you can’t afford a visit, Sagrada Familia maintains a web site, and virtual visits are free. —Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

TRADICIONES DE NUESTRA FE ¡Año nuevo, vida nueva! El día primero de enero, mientras muchos celebran las cábalas y cabañuelas de un año nuevo, los cristianos conmemoramos a quien dio a luz al autor de la vida. María, bajo el título de Madre de Dios, es como nosotros desea-mos celebrar la esperanza de un ¡año nuevo, vida nueva! El Concilio de Éfeso en el año 431 declaró a María como la Theotokos; la que “carga a Dios”. Este dogma tiene que ver más con el Hijo que con la madre y fue proclamado para afirmar que Jesucristo “desde toda la eternidad fue Dios”. Continúa la doctri-na y afirma “Así como toda madre humana, no es solamente ma-dre del cuerpo humano sino de la persona, así María dio a luz a una persona, Jesucristo, quien es Dios y hombre, entonces Ella es la Madre de Dios”. ¡Ésta sí que es vida nueva! Dios nace como ser humano y el ser humano carga a Dios. Gracias a Dios, todo ser humano puede ser como María Theotokos y cargar a Dios en su corazón. ¡Feliz Año Nuevo! —Fray Gilberto Cavazos-Glz, OFM, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

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RELIGIOUS EDUCATION RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

From

Religious

Education!!!

We wish everyone a

Wonderful 2018!

Classes will resume on Wednesday,

January 10th and

Sunday, January 7th

for Confirmation.

Confirmation Reminder: Your Retreat

is Saturday, January 13th. All

forms and payments are DUE NOW

First Holy Communion Parents and

Students: Our next Parent Meeting

will be held Sunday, January 21st @

1:30 pm in the church. AT LEAST

ONE PARENT OFEACH STUDENT

MUST ATTEND.

de parte del

departamento

de Educacion

Religiosa!!!

Les deseamos a todos un

Maravilloso Ano Ñuevo 2018!

Las clases reanudaran el Miercoles

10 de Enero y

el Domingo 7 de Enero

para la Confirmacion.

Recordatorio para la clases de

Confirmacion: Su Retiro sera el Sabado

13 de Enero. Todas las aplicaciones y

pagos deben ser entregados lomas

pronto.

Estudiantes y Padres de la Primera

Comunion: Nuestra siguiente Reunion de

Padres sera el Domingo, 21 Enero a la

1:30 pm dentro de la Iglesia. POR LO-

MENOS UN PADRE DEBE ASISTIR A

ESTA REUNION.

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YOUTH MINISTRY Yy

WE’RE OFF AND RUNNING...

HIGH SCHO0L YOUTH GROUP

MEETS ON

WEDNESDAY NIGHTS @ 6:30 PM

& FRIDAY NIGHTS AT 7:00 PM.

COME JOIN US!