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FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT - DECEMBER 20, 2009 3

Readings for the Week December 20, 2009 - December 27, 2009

Sunday: Mi 5:1-4a/Heb 10:5-10/Lk 1:39-45 Monday: Sg 2:8-14 or Zep 3:14-18a/Lk 1:39-45 Tuesday: 1 Sm 1:24-28/Lk 1:46-56 Wednesday: Mal 3:1-4, 23-24/Lk 1:57-66 Thursday: Morning: 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16/Lk 1:67-79 Friday: Vigil: Is 62:1-5/Acts 13:16-17, 22-25/Mt 1:1-25 or 1:18-25 Midnight: Is 9:1-6/Ti 2:11-14/Lk 2:1-14 Dawn: Is 62:11-12/Ti 3:4-7/Lk 2:15-20 Day: Is 52:7-10/Heb 1:1-6/Jn 1:1-18 or 1:1-5, 9-14 Saturday: Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59/Mt 10:17-22 Next Sunday: Sir 3:2-7, 12-14 or 1 Sm 1:20-22, 24-28/Col 3:12-21 Or 3: 12-17 or 1 Jn 3: 1-2, 21-24/ Lk 2: 41-52

PARISH EVENTS and LITURGIES

Saturday, December 19 10:00 am Olive Branch Open (10-1pm & 4:30-7 pm) 4:30 pm Confessions 5:30 pm Mass - Purcell & Gripp Families Sunday, December 20 8:30 am RCIA, Rm 8/10 9:15 am CF Grades 1-5, FLC 10:30 am Pre/K, Rms 1 & 2 10:30 am Mass - Maria De Guzman Mungcal 11:45 am Jr. Choir, Choir Rm 11:45 am Youth Ministry, FLC & Worship 6:00 pm Evening of Lessons & Carols, Worship Monday, December 21 6:30 pm Knights of Columbus, SH Tuesday, December 22 8:15 am Mass - For the intentions of Frances & Phillip Getsi 5:15 pm Jr. Choir, Worship 7:00 pm Adult Choir, Worship Wednesday, December 23 7:35 am Men’s Prayer Group, Choir Room 10:00 am Church Decorating, Worship 1:00 am Olive Branch Open (1-4 pm & 4:30-7 pm) 3:00 pm Adoration, Chapel 6:30 pm Mass - Dorothy Harteis 7:00 pm Adoration, Chapel Thursday, December 24 - Christmas Eve OFFICE CLOSED 6:30 pm Mass - Purcell & Gripp Families 10:00 pm Mass - Stephen Nelson Friday, December 25 - Christmas OFFICE CLOSED 10:00 am Mass - OLPH Parishioners Saturday, December 26 4:30 pm Confessions 5:30 pm Mass - OLPH Parishioners Sunday, December 27 10:30 am Mass - Davis & Jumapao Families

In the commons the weekend of December 26-27: Haiti Solidarity Project, and

Tickets for the New Year’s Eve Party

LOOKING AHEAD

New Year’s Eve Party December 31 - 8:30 pm

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church is seeking a Business Manager to be responsible for the overall management of the church facilities, administrative office, human resources, bookkeeping and financial record keeping for the parish. Candidates should possess a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or related field or equivalent education and experience. Knowledge of double-entry bookkeeping is preferred as is the ability to multi-task and manage confidential information. To apply, please send a diocesan application (available through your parish office or the diocesan website) and a resume to Fr. Kevin Segerblom. Applications and resumes may be emailed to [email protected] or mailed to Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, 314 Turner Rd., Salem, VA 24153. Applications must be received no later than January 5, 2010.

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CHRISTMAS SCHEDULE

4th Sunday of Advent December 19-20 Sacrament of Reconciliation 4:30-5:00 pm (Sat.) Saturday Evening Liturgy 5:30 pm Sunday Liturgy 10:30 am An Evening of Lessons and Carols 6:00 pm

Christmas December 24-25 Christmas Eve Liturgy 6:30 pm Caroling begins at 6:10 pm “Midnight” Mass 10:00 pm Caroling begins at 9:40 pm Christmas Day Mass 10:00 am

Holy Family December 26-27 Sacrament of Reconciliation 4:30-5:00 pm (Sat.) Saturday Evening Liturgy 5:30 pm Sunday Liturgy 10:30 am

Mary, Mother of God December 31-January 1 Vigil Liturgy 7:30 pm (Thursday)

(There will be no Mass on Friday, January 1.)

The office will be closed from Thursday, December 23 until Sunday, January 3.

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CHRISTIAN INITIATION: Infant Baptism – During Mass on a designated weekend each month. Please contact Deacon Eric Surat, 387-0491, Ext. 320, for information regarding baptismal preparation. For information regarding the adult process (RCIA), please call the parish office. NEWCOMERS: Welcome to our community! Please call Bev Stith or Vicki Hubbard in the office to register, 387-0491. MARRIAGE PREPARATION: Please contact Father Kevin at 387-0491 at least six months prior to the intended date. ORDAINED MINISTRY & RELIGIOUS LIFE: For information about the life and ministry of priests, deacons, seminarians and communities of men & women in religious life, contact the pastor or visit the web page of our Vocations Office: www.richmonddiocese.org/vocations. PARISH FAMILY CRISIS: A resource for parishioners in need. Contact Father Kevin at 387-0491. HOSPITAL VISITS: If you are homebound or in the hospital, please call the parish office, 387-0491. When you are admitted to the hospital, please list yourself as Catholic and state that you want your church informed of your stay. Due to HIPPA regulations, this is the only way the hospital can release information to the church EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS-PASTORAL CARE: Lewis Gale – Nancy Harbach Salem Health – Joe & Debbie Brogan Richfield – Martha Dishner

AN EVENING OF LESSONS AND CAROLS This Sunday, December 20 beginning at 6 pm join us for an evening of beautiful Christmas music and Scripture readings followed by a reception. This is a wonderful way to take time out from the shopping and holiday preparations and center your mind and heart on Christ. Admission is a snack to share. KROGER CARDS Remember to use your Kroger cards as you do your holiday food shopping this year! We are grateful to all those who have purchased and used Kroger cards though this program. For just the few moments it takes to pre-load your card, OLPH reaps great financial benefits. FREE MONEY— just for buying products you were going to buy anyway! If you have a card, please remember to use it whenever you shop at Kroger! If you do not have a card, the Knights are in the commons monthly to make the cards available for you. Thank you! IS GOD TRYING TO GET YOUR ATTENTION? Do you find yourself attending Mass and feel drawn to the Catholic Church? Do you feel a hunger for something more in your life, but you’re not sure what? Or a persistent, nagging sense that you should do something spiritual? God may be quietly but constantly calling you through other people or situations to inquire about the Catholic faith. For more information, call Tommy Denton at 343–0027 or Diane at the parish office, 387-0491, ext. 303.

THE GREAT ADVENTURE CONTINUES

We continue reading for Lesson #22, “The Church, Part 2”: Acts 8:5–15:35. Additional readings and references include: 1 Timothy 1:12–17, Mt 15:11 and 15:19–20, and the Catechism #’s 880–892. We will meet again after the holidays, January 9 – 13, giving us a long time to complete the reading. Try using these Scriptures as part of your Advent prayer, reading and reflecting on these passages and the presence of Christ in your life.

The first Christmas crib was assembled by Francis of Assisi in 1223 in a cave on a windswept Italian mountainside. Its only occupants were the Christ Child, placed on an altar of stone, and two live animals -- an ox and a donkey. The idea behind the crib was to make the story of Christ's birth more vivid in the minds of shepherds and farmers who lived there. The townspeople were very enthusiastic -- they were the ones who suggested the ox and donkey.

(Christmas.howstuffworks.com)

Fact:

THE OLIVE BRANCH NEEDS YOU! We are still looking for someone to take over the ministry of the Olive Branch bookstore and gift shop. We also need volunteers to cover the Saturday shift from 10 am—1 pm and possibly Sundays before and after Mass and subs to cover occasional shifts.

With enough volunteers, the commitment for these shifts will not be for every week.

The current store hours are: Wednesdays 1–4 pm & 4:30–7 pm Saturdays 10 am–1 pm & 4:30–7pm

Sundays before and after Mass.

If you are interested and are willing to commit to any shift at any level (weekly, biweekly, etc.), please call Elizabeth Zirkle in the parish office at 387-0491.

DECEMBER 20, 2009

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Dec 19...Christi Chapman, Jeffrey Spichek, Nathaniel Yates Dec 20...John Almonte, Chuck Carter, Jimmy Cornett, Judy Lundie, Sue Thompson Dec 21...Patrick Croke, Martha Faw, Ellen Thomsen Dec 22...Patrick Dwyer, Linda Lyons, Gene Nervo, Marianne Seiger, Christina Stephenson Dec 23...Joyce Mezza Dec 24...Kristina Bagnasco, Andrew Boggs Dec 25...Renee Ata, Barbara Bailey, Zeljko Ljevar, Christopher Paige

BULLETIN SPONSOR OF THE MONTH

LIFEWatch USA (see back of the bulletin for all of our sponsors)

GET EXCITED! Please join us December 31st at our annual family-oriented New Year’s Eve Party from 8:30 pm to 12:30 am in our social hall. It promises to be new and exciting with a DJ playing beach music and

taking requests for any of your favorite songs. We’ll have a contest to see how you can twist with the best of ‘em, and we’re bringing back the limbo! (remember last year..!) A new ‘twist’...food will be provided by Community Life so you only need to bring yourself and BYOB! Tickets will be available before and after all weekend Masses in December.

ADULTS…$15.00 CHILDREN 4-11…$5.00

CHILDREN UNDER 4...FREE

Call Glenn or Cecelia Nalls at 776-5418 or Bev Stith at 591-9017 if you need more information.

Special request….volunteers help make this event one of the best of the year for OLPH. If you can help with decorating, help to serve for a half hour or so at the party, or help with clean-up on January 2….please let Glenn, Cecelia or Bev know. We will also have sign-ups available in the commons. Thanks for your help!

BOOK DISCUSSION The Shack

By William Young

• If God were to invite you somewhere, where would it be?

• What were some of the things The Shack tells about God, faith and life that you disagreed with?

Join us for a discussion on January 18th and 25th in Room 9 in the Family Life Center from 7 to 8:30 pm.

DECEMBER 20, 2009

A Thought from St. Teresa of Avila “Christ has no body now on earth, but yours; no hands but yours; no feet but yours. Yours are the eyes through which He is to go about doing good; yours are the hands with which He is to bless people now.”

The Wonderful Gift of Humor...

A catechist decided to have her 2nd grade class memorize Psalm 23, one of the most quoted passages in the Bible. She gave the children a month to learn the chapter.

One little boy was excited about the task, but he just couldn't memorize the Psalm. Although he practiced and practiced, he could hardly get past the first line. The day came for the children to recite Psalm 23 before the class. The little boy was nervous. When his turn came, he stepped up and proudly said, "The Lord is my Shepherd and that's all I need to know!"

JOHN OF THE CROSS

Priest & Doctor of the Church

St. John of the Cross grew up near Avila in poverty. His father died when he was young, and his widowed mother struggled to support the family. Shortly after his ordination in 1567, he met Teresa of Avila and was drawn into her reform of the Carmelites. The reform set Carmelite brother against brother, and John was even imprisoned, but he used the time to write the Spiritual Canticle. For this and his other great work, Dark Night of the Soul, he is considered one of the greatest poets to write in Spanish.

His feast day is December 14.

Stewardship is organizing your life so God can spend you. Lynn A. Miller

WHEN GOD GIVES US LIFE, WE DON’T KNOW HOW MUCH TIME

WE HAVE TO USE THAT LIFE.

BUT, WHATEVER TIME WE HAVE IS A GIFT FROM GOD

AND WE ARE CALLED TO USE IT WISELY

IN EVERY ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

Merry Christmas

! PLEASE NOTE LOCATION CHANGES On Saturday, January 9, the Great Adventure DVD will be shown AFTER the 5:30 pm Mass in the Social Hall. On Sunday, January 10, the DVD will be shown in the Social Hall BEFORE Mass and in Room 6 of the family life center AFTER Mass.

Liturgical Ministry Schedule 6:30 pm

Thursday December 24

Christmas Eve

10:00pm Thursday

December 24 Christmas Eve

10:00 am Friday

December 25 Christmas

5:30 pm Saturday

December 26

10:30 am Sunday

December 27

Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion

Paul Purcell Pat Purcell Eric Surat Roger Boucher Susan McKnew Michael McKnew Jeffrey Krajnik Sheila Krajnik Glenn Nalls

Bill Thompson Tammie Brightwell Eric Surat Kathleen Brightwell ? Marilyn Reed ?

Terri Therrien ? ?

? ? Eric Surat Kathleen Brightwell ? ? ?

Roger Boucher Susan McKnew Eric Surat Michael McKnew Pat Purcell Glenn Nalls Terri Therrien Dan McBride ?

Lectors Lloyd Abdelnour Christina Nifong

Nancy Harbach Wade Thompson

Bill Murphy Brenda Holtzlander

Bill Murphy Lloyd Abdelnour

Christina Nifong Nancy Harbach

Altar Servers Julie McKnew Jeremiah Krajnik

Kaitlyn Johnson ? ? Julie McKnew Hannah Guthrie

Cantors Heather Clark Jenny Lewis John Pendarvis Frances Tracy

Sound Board ? Pat Lewis Carl Lober Carl Lober Marisa McKnew

Bread Bakers Bess Hannigan, Monica Keyes, Judy Kristoff, Deborah Lucci & Renee Riquelmy

Altar Linens Sharon Nelson

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WE ARE WITH YOU IN SPIRIT The Haiti Solidarity Project offers a way to be engaged in spirit with Fr. Kevin and those traveling to our twin parish in Haiti for nine days in January through simple, concrete daily actions of meals or prayer. Information, recipes, prayers and sign-ups are available in the commons after each Mass. HABITAT FOR HUMANITY The OLPH Justice and Peace committee is looking into getting involved with Habitat for Humanity. Several of the Roanoke Valley churches, including OLN, are working on projects. We are seeking parishioners for PART TIME help. If you swing a hammer, wire a light switch or paint a wall, this might be your call to help others who really need it! If you are interested in helping or just want more information, please contact Paul Wyar at 520-4937 (daytime) or 591-9994 (evening).

CHRISTIAN FORMATION

CLASS SCHEDULE There will be no classes, preschool thru grade 11, on December 27 or January 3. All classes will resume on Sunday, January 10.

This page is sponsored by the Salem Knights of Columbus

Council #10015

PARISH STAFF

Clergy

Pastor Rev. Kevin Segerblom [email protected]

387-0491 Ext. 301

Deacon Rev. Dr. Eric Surat

[email protected] 387-0491 Ext. 320

Ministries

Music & Worship Betsie Pendarvis


Adult Faith Formation Diane Drahos


Youth Ministry Nikki & Dan Lieber


Children’s Faith Formation Barbara Hairfield


Roanoke College Ministry

Nhat Nguyen [email protected]

375-2301

Administrative Staff

Business Manager Elizabeth Zirkle


Parish Secretaries Bev Stith & Vicki Hubbard


Custodian Milka Ponjavic

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OUTSIDE THE PARISH

INTERNET HOMILY SERVICE FOR ADVENT Are you looking for a new way to create a spiritual focus for Advent? The Office of Vocations is launching a daily on-line Advent homily service called "Prepare the Way." These daily reflections, based on the Scripture readings for Mass, are intended to provide a spiritual resource for adults, young adults and teens throughout the Advent Season. Go to www.behindthecollar.com, and click on the "Prepare the Way" banner. You can also sign up for a daily email reminder and link for each homily. Please join us as we "Prepare the Way of the Lord" together! PARISH EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY St. Andrew’s Parish is accepting applications for a Maintenance Helper/Custodian. This is a full-time position requiring 40 hours per week. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, maintaining the cleanliness of the Church, Parish Center, Administration Building, Rectory and Church Grounds. Other responsibilities include building security and setup for parish functions, as well as small repair tasks. Qualifications include 1-3 years of related experience, good interpersonal and communication skills, and the ability to take direction and carry out assigned tasks in a timely manner. Applicants must have a valid Virginia driver’s license. Please call Jill Blanchard at the Parish Office, 344-9814, for an application and more information. MARCH FOR LIFE The 37th Annual March for Life is in Washington, DC on Friday, January 22, 2010. A chartered bus will leave Roanoke from St. Elias Catholic Church at 6:30 am and return at 10:00 pm. The early registration cost is $35 for adults and $15 for students. After December 15, it will be $40 for adults and $20 for students. Grants are available. Donations are gladly accepted. Make your check out to St. Gerard Church and mail it to Shirley Joslin, 636 Timberidge Rd., Vinton, VA 24179. Any questions: call Shirley Joslin at 345-3389 or Perri Boardwine at 353-1412. ADOPTION INFORMATION MEETINGS Commonwealth Catholic Charities hosts free monthly information meetings for people interested in domestic or international adoption. The next meeting is December 21 at 7 pm at the CCC offices on the main floor of the Jefferson Center. For more information and a reservation for any meeting, please call 540-278-1654. COME JOIN US on a pilgrimage to Medjugorje from April 5-12, 2010. For more information, call Suzanne Gallagher at 977-1485 or visit www.pilgrimages.com/gallagher.

“The wonder we feel before the enchantment of Christmas is reflected in a certain sense in the wonder that every birth arouses and invites us to recognize the Child Jesus

in all children, who are the joy of the Church and the hope of the world.” —Pope Benedict XVI

OLPH FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP Operating budget

November income $45,655.79 November expenses $42,943.21 + $ 2,712.58 Year-to-date income $187,475.16 Year-to-date expenses $229,478.78 – $ 42,003.62

Average regular/holy day collections needed per week: … $8,976.00 Our treasure from last weekend’s collection: … $7,431.99 - $1,544.01

In addition to the above, our treasure from last weekend included $109 for Capital Improvements, $100 for Christmas, $105 for Christmas Flowers, $45 for the Immaculate Conception, $25 for the family crisis ministry, $10 for the Seasonal Outreach baskets and $845 for the Retired Religious collection. Thank you for your generosity!

Total 2009-2010 budget: $ 491,112

We currently have $30,432.46 collected for the stained glass/art project, which is

in the design stage. Thank you for your generosity!

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