St. Joseph Catholic Church 505 N. East Avenue, York, NE 68467

December 3, 2017

Msgr. James Reinert, Pastor Fr. Denton Morris, Parochial Vicar

RELIGIOUS SERVICES EDUCATION Mass Schedule For Sunday Obligation– Saturday 5:30 pm; Sunday 8:00 am & 10:00 am Mass in Spanish– Saturday 7:00 pm

Weekdays & Holy Days As published in the bulletin Confessions Saturday 4:00 pm—5:00 pm, Sunday until 10 minutes before Mass. Weekdays until 5 minutes before Mass Thursday before First Friday 7-7:50 p.m. or by appointment Baptism Reborn, On-line baptism preparation class. Easiest to do before the birth of the child. FORMED.ORG:USER: stjoeyork@gmail.com -Code: STJOEYORK. Matrimony To assist those who plan to marry, all couples will be required to fulfill the diocesan marriage preparation policy, which includes the FOCCUS and Engaged Encounter Programs. This requires a minimum of 6 months. Contact the pastor early to begin the marriage preparation process. Anointing of the Sick Individual celebration upon request prior to surgery or hospitalization. Holy Commun-ion: For homebound 402 362-4595

St. Joseph Catholic School (Preschool – 8th Grade) 428 N. East Avenue—402-362-3021 Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. — 4:00 p.m., Mon. - Fri. Principal: Mrs. Rochelle Geiger Secretary: Mrs. Becky McGowan On the web: yorkstjosephschool.org

C.C.D. Program (During the School Year) In St. Joseph School, Grades 1-8 Wednesdays 6:15-7:30 p.m. Godparent Program (During the School Year) Religious education for youth in grades 9-12, Wed. 7:30-8:30 pm. NEXT CONFIRMATION OCTOBER 2018

CSS Counselor services:

800 961-6277 or 402-489-1834

Lay Ministry Assignments Dec 9-10

SAT. 5:30 PM SUNDAY 8:00 AM SUNDAY 10:00 AM

LECT Quinlan Dorcey Klitz

ACOL Dickey Dunavan Harlow

ACOL Martin Geiger Linhart

MUS Kloewer Hying Chavanu

MUS

GRET D Osentowski K Kear P Dravitski

GRET M Osentowski G Turnbull H Dravitski

OFFR* Osentowski’s Kear/Turnbull Dravitski’s

ROSARY D Torson T Schmid M Olsen

Ushers Volunteers Volunteers Volunteers

Home Com-munions

G Conrad

D Geiger R Haarmann

PARISH INFORMATION

Parish Office 402 362-4595 / StJoeYork@gmail.com In the Rectory, 505 N East Avenue, Office Hours 9:00 am—Noon, 1:00-4:00 pm, Mon.-Fri.

Parish Secretary Mrs. Granada Dooley 402 362-4595 (Emergency 402 363-8886) Kitchen in Mandeville Hall 362-3605 Convent 362-5860 Franciscan Apostolic Sisters

Altar Society Lindsey Propheter 620 960-0727/ lindseyproph eter@yahoo.com or Andrea Wright andreaf-36@hotmail.com

Bulletin Deadline All material is to be submitted to the parish office by Thursday prior to the Sunday it is to appear. New or Moving Parishioners Please call the parish office to arrange an appointment with the Pastor to register in the Parish. Please call the parish office to notify us of any address change. Your Will Ask your attorney to include remembrance of your Church and School in your will. Religious Vocations Any young woman interested in religious life, or young man interested in a vocation to the priesthood should contact your pastor. Please pray for vocations.

For more details of Parish Groups or Committees and Parish

Activities and Opportunities for Spiritual Growth, visit with our

Priests, Msgr. Reinert or Fr. Morris.

Rectory Phone-(402) 362-4595 Web Page: www.catholic-church.org/stjoseph-york E-mail: StJoeYork@gmail.com

First Sunday of Advent

St Joseph GIFTS TO THE LORD

November 25-26, 2017

Adult Envelopes ............................................................. $6,542.40 Plate .................................................................. 191.00 Youth ...................................................................... 7.50 Sister Support .................................................................. 193.00 School Support .................................................................. 396.00 Bldg. & Maintenance ............................................................ 117.00 Total ............................................................. $7,446.90 Cloistered Sisters ............................................................... $910.00 Orscheln Foundation for those in need .............................. $600.00 Joy of Gospel rebate #11 ................................................ $4,674.54 Anonymous donation Liturgical enhancement................. $1,164.07

Thank you!

SCHEDULE OF MASSES INTENTION ST. JOSEPH Mon. Dec 4 7:00 am †Linda O’Brien 8:10 am †All Souls Bob & Eleanor Weiler Tue. Dec 5 7:00 am †Dick Bedford 8:10 am †Gordon Wemhoff Jr. Wed. Dec 6 7:00 am Intentions of Celebrant 8:10 am †Ralph Pfeifer Thur. Dec 7 7:00 am Intentions of Celebrant 9:00 am †Marian Luber Holy Day Vigil 6:30 pm †Darlene Wallace Fri. Dec 8 7:00 am †Gwen Vrbka HOLY DAY 8:10 am Intention of Celebrant Hearthstone 10:30 am †Dr. David Wilhelm Sat. Dec 9 8:00 am Intentions of Celebrant 5:30 pm †Ray & Bernice Soukup Spanish 7:00 pm Intention of Celebrant Sun. Dec 10 8:00 am †Sharon Smith 10:00 am People of the Parish

♦PARISH MEETING & EVENT CALENDAR♦

COFFEE & ROLLS: TODAY after 8:00 a.m. Mass. Hosted by the Godparents. All welcome!!

LEGION of MARY: Mon. after 7:00 a.m. Mass - Marian room

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS:Mon., Dec. 4th, 8:00 p.m. KC Hall.

ROSARY PRAYER GROUP: Tuesdays after 8:10 Mass.

CHRISTIAN MOTHERS’ PRAYER GROUP: Each Wednesday in Mandeville Hall– 9:00 a.m. Join in anytime. RCIA: No class Dec. 5– Next Class will be Dec.19th.

CCD: Dec. 6 Confessions—6:15 p.m.

GODTEENS: Dec. 6 Confessions—7:30-8p.m.

BIBLE STUDY: Dec. 7, 3:30 p.m.-Mandeville Hall. OUR LADY of GUADALUPE: celebration begins before 7:00 p.m. Mass Sat. Dec. 9th.

SOLEMNITY OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION: Dec. 8th. The HOLY DAY of OBLIGATION Vigil Mass is Thur. Dec 7th at 6:30 p.m. and on the 8th at 7:00 a.m. & 8:10 a.m.

JCDA members meet in Mandeville Hall on Sunday, Decem-ber 10th a little before 4:30 p.m. and proceed to The Hearth-stone to sing Christmas Carols. Will return to Mandeville Hall for treats. All girls in 4th grade and above are encouraged to join us. Bring a friend!!! All are welcome.

SENIOR CITIZEN COFFEE: Dec. 11th, Mon. 9:00 a.m.

CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS: Dec. 11th, Mon. 7:30 p.m.

Mark your calendars: Communal Penance Service, Tuesday, December 12 at 7:00 p.m. There will be several priests here to help with your prep-arations for Christmas and the New Year. Don’t put off your Advent Confession until the last minute!

Let us see your face and

we will be saved

Dec 10 A-Paul Coffey Jr. L--John Seigel Dec 17 A-John Smith L– Buck Breazeale

St. Patrick GIFTS TO THE LORD Nov 26, 2017

Adult Envelopes ......................................................... $592.00 Plate .............................................................................. 64.00 Total ......................................................................... $656.00 Cloistered Sisters .................................................... $590.00 Joy of Gospel rebate#11 ......................................... $461.37

♦PRAYER INTENTIONS ST. Patrick ♦

Tom Scholz, Tom White, Dale Green, Shannon Jones, Beth Seigel, Melody Jurgens, Grady Koch, Ernie Eckard, Chad Cuda, Joe Huber, Jr., Patrick Hoarty, Cindy Hogman, Zach Johnson, Lauren Dick, Noah Lambrecht, Mary Willms, — Sgt. Jason Hood (disabled vet.), Jacque Erks, Rob Coffey, & Cpls. Anthony & Alex Due & all all those who serve our country especially our local Marines, Luke Bowman & Lucy Ruhl.

Don’t forget to pack your bulletin when you eat out at Kerry’s : Both St. Patrick & St. Joseph benefit from a % of your meal ticket when you hand them your bulletin with payment.

St. Patrick Church

305 E. M Street, McCool (402) 362-4595

December 3, 2017

First Sunday of Advent

MASS INTENTION

Dec 6 Wednesday 7:30 am †Herbert Wiedel

Dec 8 Fri. Holy Day 7:30 am Intention of Celebrant

Dec 9 Saturday 8:00 am †Bob Reinert

Dec 10 Sunday 10:00 am †All Souls Tom Walter

SCHOOL NEWS yorkstjosephschool.org

Holy Day of Obligation: Dec. 8th, Immaculate Conception —No School.

Christmas Program: Mark your calendar for Dec. 18th 7 p.m. Thank you for the anonymous donation of a refrigerator- For our Science Room! SCRIP for Christmas! Great easy gift ideas—Everyone loves!! Contact the School 402 362-3021 or after most Masses on Sunday. Orders can be placed on-line stjoseph home & school on facebook. Mark your 2018 Calendar for The Pot Of Gold fundraiser March 24th, 2018.

♦PRAYER INTENTIONS St. Joseph♦ Kerry Johnson, Steve Stastka, Diana Lewis, Kristine Schoening, Carol Thompson (Glen & Jake Snodgrass’ mom), Eleanor Eickmeier, Les & Ann Olson, Eldon Breiner, Jim Lar-kin, Dick Elder, Suzanne Kolterman, Fr. Mel Rempe, Analu Cantu’ (cousin of Maria Hines), Dave Krejci, Galen Maresh, Wilma Maresh Jenny White, Bengtson family, Roger Hall, Jen-na Moshiri, Laura Haller, Ann Romohr, Barb Songster, Carolyn O'Brien, Brian Erdkamp, Ardith & Gerry Hinze, Barb Skaden, Elroy Huebert, Eddie Kennedy, Emry Hoffman, Roger Krumbach, Raymond Palik, Msgr. Bob Roh.

♦PRAYER’S for the deceased & their families♦ Randy Bohnart (Brenda Sorenson’s brother), Louie Knopik (Mary Gdowski’s brother), Eddie Komenda Jr., Mary Jo McGowan. POINSETTIAS FOR THE CHRISTMAS ALTAR: Envelopes are in the flower pot in the Narthex. Turn the envelope into the Sunday offering basket. Pam Bengtson 402 417-8317 Or Jane Seigel in McCool 402-724-2509.

The Advent wreath is a symbol of the four-week wait for Jesus’ birth. The green branches remind us of the new life we have in Jesus, the circle represents the eternity of God’s love for

us, and the candles represent the light and hope Jesus brings into a dark world. Set up an Advent wreath in the center of your dinner table and a candle for each week of the Advent season. ADVENT PRAYER: Loving God, help us to wait with patience and anticipation, to not be caught up in the rush of the season, but resting in your ever-present love. AMEN

O Mother of Good Counsel, patroness of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women, intercede for us, that we may be wise, courageous, and loving leaders.

Dec. 7-10, Men—Fr. Michael Mitchell, LC & Fr. Peter Krezalek, LC Tegnum Christi: Spiritual Exercises, $245. Dec. 15-17, Men & Women Bishop James Conely & Fr. Gary Coulter Advent Retreat. Jan. 12-13, Women Fr. Thomas Lux & Fr. Thomas McGuire LDCCW Winter Symposium Jan. 19-21, Men & Women Fr. William Holoubek Unbound: Breaking Free from Spiritual Wounds Feb. 2-4, Men & Women Fr. Joseph Walsh Stewardship: Shar-ing the Master’s Joy (Mt 25:21) Feb. 14, Women Ash Wednesday LDCCW Day of Reflection

Please Pray for the Seminarians This week especially pray for Wade Anthony Bakhit from Lincoln, Theology 1 and Lane Matthew Barnhill from Falls City, College 4.

The annual Mass of the Holy Innocents: Thur., Dec.28th. All are invited to attend this Memorial Mass, especially those families who have suffered the loss of a baby through miscarriage, stillbirth, infant death or abortion. Reading of names will begin at 6:30 p.m. with Mass at 7:00 p.m. at John XXIII Diocesan Center Chapel, 3700 Sheridan Blvd., Lincoln. If you would like your child's name to be remembered & placed on the banner for this year, please call the Family Life Office at 473-0620 before 5:00 p.m. on Dec. 19th. If you placed your child's name previously, it will remain on the list.

Introduction to Deliverance: Have you ever wondered what exactly deliverance is or how it fits into our Catholic Faith? The Diocesan Office of Evangelization will be hosting this free event consisting of four 20 minute talks. This is open to ALL: laity, religious, clergy, members of the Christian community & anyone who would like a better understanding of the meaning of deliverance, the Unbound ministry & how each person can benefit from it. Join us in Beatrice at St. Joseph Parish Hall on Thursday, January 4th 7:00–8:30 p.m. No registration needed. Contact Matt at matthew-mons@cdolinc.net or 402-805-9668 with questions.

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Envelopes to help defray snow removal equipment & ice melt

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Dave Langner 363-1704 Jerry Stahr 366-0602

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