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www.stmarychurches.org St. Mary Churches-Omro, Winneconne
Second Sunday of Advent December 10, 2017
Pastoral Leader: Sr. Pamela Biehl 920-379-1674
[email protected] Priest Celebrants:
Fr. Tom Long Fr. Matthew Rappl
Sacraments/Membership To arrange for baptisms, weddings or to join call St. Mary, Winneconne: 582-7712 or
[email protected] St. Mary, Omro: 685-2258 or
DVD Series Fr. Girotti’s
“Know Your Faith” The Bible and Sacred Tradition
Thursday, December 14
@ 6:00 P.M. St. Mary, Omro
City Wide Reconciliation
December 12—7:00 PM @ MBS– St. Peter site, 435 High Ave., Oshkosh
December 14—2:00 PM @ St. Raphael, 830 Westhaven Dr., Oshkosh
Taizé Prayer
December 13th 6:30pm—7:15pm
St. Mary, Omro
All are welcome for a meditative service
that centers around music, prayer and
silence, to quiet the mind, open the
heart & feed the soul, in the presence
of God.
Our Lady of Guadalupe
December 10, 2017 St. Mary, Omro
1:00pm Mass in
Spanish followed by
a Guadalupe Fiesta.
Retirement Collection
Today, through the Retirement Collection, we are able to Share in the Care of our
retired sisters, brothers & religious order priests. Envelopes are available to make
your contribution. Thank you for your generosity!
PASTORAL LEADER’S NOTES REMINDER
If you have not returned your Stewardship of Sharing commitment sheets please bring them to church before Christmas. You can put them in the collection basket or the boxes at the church entrances. This is one important way for us to show that stewardship is a priority in our lives.
Remember stewardship involves changing our minds and hearts from “giving to a need”
to “having a need to give.”
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David Brennand, one of our Winneconne parishioners, has been recovering from heart surgery at St. Luke’s Hospital in Milwaukee for the past three weeks. I went to visit him this week and I know it means a lot to him to know that people are still praying for him. Would you consider sending him a card to remind him of our thoughts and prayers? You can write him at: St. Luke’s Hospital 2900 W. Oklahoma Avenue Milwaukee, Wi 53215
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150th Jubilee History Book In the main entrance of our churches you will find copies of history books of the Diocese of Green Bay. One is a coffee table book, which includes a page for each parish of the diocese. There is also a graphic novel, in both hard and soft cover, which gives a wonderful history of the Catholic faith in northeastern Wisconsin. Both of these books would make a great Christmas gift for anyone who has lived in our diocese or is interested in the history of the Catholic Church of Green Bay.
The purchase price for these books are: 150th Jubilee History Book—$35.00 Hardcover graphic novel—$20.00 Softcover graphic novel—$15.00
All of these books can be purchased before or after Mass in both Omro or Winneconne. You can also stop in the church office during the week to purchase them anytime between now and Christmas.
Sr. Pam
Dear Parishioners,
Last week we received the annual Christmas letter from Fr. Tom Charters, the pastor of our sister parish in Erwin, TN. I thought you’d be interested in hearing the latest “news” from St. Michael’s. Here’s a part of Fr. Tom’s letter:
“Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year.
The Mission continues to grow and we are ready to build a multipurpose building. We have sent plans to the bishop for a 5000 sq. ft. building. It will have a large area for Mass and parish celebrations. There will be a curtain between the hall area and the altar area. That will enable us to close off the sanctuary and keep the Blessed Sacrament there…
It will put us in debt and give us a tight budget but it will be worth having our own place. I dream of putting a trailer or a modular home on the property so I can live there. But that may have to wait for some time…
We had 3 children baptized and others are planned before the end of the year. We had 9 First Communions and 15 Confirmations. We will receive two adults into the church in the next few weeks…
My Wednesday Mass during the summer was celebrated at the Jones Farm for the farm workers from Mexico. When I celebrate Mass there it is like being at the stable in Bethlehem. Instead of a stable there is a small opened slatted shed that once kept a tractor dry. Instead of shepherds there are Mexican farm laborers. Instead of a crèche for the Christ to lay in, there is a simple table where Christ comes to us in the Eucharist… I have celebrated Mass in different cathedrals but celebrating Mass with the farm workers in that small shed is the most spiritual and beautiful of Masses for me…
Thanks to Kathy O’Brien’s work here in Religious Education children go home and ask throughout the week, “Is it time to go to Church?” That catechetical program has really caught the attention of the children. I wish you all a wonderful year. Please keep us in
your prayers. God bless you.” Fr. Tom
STEWARDSHIP NEWS (Winn. & Omro)
NEWS (Winn. & Omro)
Christmas Decoration Donation
If you would like to remember a loved one this Christmas with a donation toward our Christmas decorations, please fill out this form and return it to the office.
FROM:__________________________
IN MEMORY OF:______________ _________________________________________________________________________________
AMOUNT: $_____________
ENVELOPE NO.:_____________
______ St. Mary Omro
______ St. Mary Winneconne
Advent is a time to prepare for the coming of Christ. The following provides
opportunities to pray, serve and share in thanksgiving.
Week 2 12/ 9 Build a bridge at school or work. Tell a person who bothers you something you appreciate about him or her. 12/ 10 Increase your monthly contribution to the church. 12/ 11 Visit the night sky. Thank God for the creation & life. 12/ 12 Mary protects the Americans as Our Lady of Guadalupe. Ask her to bless our country. 12/13 Write Christmas cards to your oldest & newest friends 12/14 Prayer for all victims of abuse. Eliminate all violence from your heart and language today. 12/15 Treat everyone you meet with respect.
St. Mary—Winneconne Oreck Commercial U2000RB1 $185 each
2 Vacuums for Office & Kaudy Hall
ViewSonic PA203X 3600 Lumens XGA HDMI Projector $349.99
St. Mary—Omro 2 sets RE speaker $90 each RE Projector $600 2 Projector carts $90 each Chair set for conference room $80 each DVD spinning stand $150
For Marian Hall DVD’s for Library $15 each
Wish List Items
WINNECONNE NEWS Calendar
St. Mary, Winneconne Mon. Dec. 11 7:30am LOW* w/Communion
Tues. Dec. 12 1:00pm Bible Discussion
6:00pm Parish Council Meeting
Wed. Dec. 13 7:30am LOW* w/ Communion
3:10pm Elementary Class
6:30pm MS Class
6:15pm HS Class
6:30pm Taizé Prayer in Omro
Thurs. Dec. 14 2:00pm Rosary
6:00pm DVD series in Omro
Sat. Dec. 16 3:30pm Confession
4:00pm Mass w/Blood Pressure
Check & Santa
Sun. Dec. 17 10:30am Mass w/CLOW** & Santa
Sat./Sun. 3rd Sunday of Advent *LOW: Liturgy of the Word **CLOW: Children’s Liturgy of the Word KC Bake Sale SVdP Non-Perishable Food Collection
STEWARDSHIP OF SHARING
Given week ending 12/3/2017: $4,771.10
YTD (July 1, 2017 – December 3, 2017)
Budgeted Offertory Collection: $119,223.02
Actual Offertory Collection: $109,117.16
Difference: -$10,105.86
Building Maintenance Fund Balance: $1,433.46
Faith Formation Wednesday, December 13
Elementary Class: 3:00pm—4:30pm Middle School Youth Group: 5:30pm—6:30pm High School Class: 6:15pm—8:00pm
Winter Session Classes
Saint of the Day
The Patron Saint for December 13 is St. Lucy
Learn more about St. Lucy Here http://www.catholic.org/saints/
saint.php?saint_id=75
Ponder & Pray
Today’s Gospel Reading – Mark 1:1-8 The readings leading up to the birth of Jesus are full great images and words to reflect on. Listen to or read this week’s gospel. Don’t you just love the wild images of John dressing in camel hair and eating locusts and honey? He was different, that is for sure! Have you ever noticed anyone-at school, in your social circles, or in your neighborhood – who is different? Maybe they are left out because of these differences. But they, too, have a gift to share. John had enough confidence in himself to let his ego dissolve and show us that the message of God reigns over everything else. He knew his role to prepare the way for Jesus Christ. How might you, in word or deed, be inclusive? How might you teach others about Jesus Christ? Spend time in prayer this week pondering this reading and these thought provoking questions.
Important message for
Middle School parents
Middle School classes for the month of December will be December 6th and December 13th. We will not have class on December 20th as scheduled due to a music concert that affects many of our middle school families.
Dec. 13th High School Field Trip
All High School youth will board a bus in the St. Mary Winneconne parking lot at 6:15 and head to St. Mary Omro for a Taize Prayer Experience. The bus will have you back to Winneconne by 8pm.
Advent Food Drive
We will be visiting WAAC on December 13 and taking any food
donations from our parish. Please help the children & youth of St. Mary Church stock the
Winneconne Area Assistance Center (WAAC) Pantry shelves. We’d like to spread some cheer to area
families this Christmas season. Advent is a time to share what we have with others. Please consider sharing food
items this Advent season. Drop off your items at the Faith Formation entrance at church
(the door off the parking lot) on Wednesdays between 8:00am-6:00pm
CALENDAR ST. MARY, OMRO
Mon. Dec. 11 6:00pm Parish Council Meeting
Tues. Dec. 12 2:00pm Staff Meeting 7:00pm KC Meeting Wed. Dec. 13 10:30am LOW* w/Communion at Omro Care Center 4:30pm NO FF Gr. 1-6 6:30pm FF MS & HS & Taizé & Class 6:30pm Taizé Prayer Thurs. Dec. 14 6:00pm DVD series Sat. Dec. 16 5:30pm Confession 6:00pm Bilingual Mass Sun. Dec. 17 8:30am Mass
Sat./Sun. 3rd Sunday of Advent *LOW: Liturgy of the Word
KC Bake Sale
OMRO NEWS
F F 0 R M A T I O N I T H
STEWARDSHIP OF SHARING
Given week ending 12/3/2017: $6,583.15
Includes $2,233.00 from Nov ACH contributions
YTD (July 1, 2017 – December 3, 2017)
Budgeted Offertory Collection: $82,938.71
Actual Offertory Collection: $82,108.17
-$830.54
Building Maintenance Fund Balance: $6,160.80
FAITH FORMATION CLASSES
December 13, 2017: NO CLASS Gr. 1-6 NO FAMILY FAITH FORMATION 6:30-8:00pm MS & HS Taizé Prayer experience 6:30—7:15 Class 7:15pm—8:00pm
December 20, 2017: 4:30-5:45pm Gr. 1-6 Class 6:30-8:00pm MS & HS Class December 27, 2017: NO CLASSES
Thank you for your generous donations to the Omro Food Pantry!
The pantry is in need of Personal hygiene & cleaning items such as: toothbrush, toothpaste, bar soap, shampoo, deodorant, feminine hygiene products, toilet paper, paper towels, laundry soap, dish soap and all purpose cleaners.
The pantry is ALWAYS in need of canned or packaged food items, especially fruit (apples & oranges), canned pineapple, pickles & ketchup.
Please place all donations in the basket in Marian Hall or drop off at the pantry on Tues. & Thurs. from 9:30am—3:00pm
Thank You for your support!
CAM helping victims of Hurricane Harvey in Houston
Residents of Houston are still recovering from Hurricane Harvey and CAM wants to help! CAM is collecting socks and underwear, for males and females, all sizes, to send to Catholic Charities of the Greater Houston area to help those people in need of these very basic necessities. Please donate new socks and underwear in the donation boxes located at all church entrances on the weekends of Dec. 9 & 10, and ending Dec. 16 & 17. Our goal is to send these items to Catholic Charities before Christmas. Please help CAM make Christmas a little merrier for the many Houston residents who were impacted by this devastating storm. In giving we truly receive.
St. Mary Church, Winneconne
Santa & Mrs. Claus will be coming for a visit after each Mass in Winneconne ONLY
December 16 & 17
Winneconne
COMMUNITY NEWS Readings for the Week of December 11
Monday: Is 25:1-10 / Lk 5:17-26 Saint Damasus I
Tuesday: Zec 2:14-17 / Lk 1:26-38 Our Lady of Guadalupe
Wednesday: Is 40:25-31 / Mt 11:28-30 Saint Lucy
Thursday: Is 41:13-20 / Mt 11:11-15 Saint John of the Cross
Friday: Is 28:17-19 / Mt 11:16-19
Saturday: Sir 48:1-4, 9-11 / Mt 17:9a, 10-13
Sunday: Is 61:1-2a, 10-11 1 Thes 5:16-24 Jn 1:6-8, 19-28
Third Sunday of Advent
For the month of December,
St. Mary, Winneconne is collecting
Toilet Paper & Napkins for
Fr. Carr’s. Please place your
donations in the white cart on wheels on the
parking lot side entrance.
Omro During the 8:30am Mass
December 10 & 24
Winneconne During the 10:30am Mass
December 17
St. Vincent Food Donations Next weekend, December 16 & 17, St. Mary, Winneconne will be collecting food for St. Vincent De Paul. Food donations are needed and appreciated! Food baskets are located at all the church entrances. All donations are delivered to and distributed from the Oshkosh Area Community Pantry located in the St. Vincent De Paul Thrift & Furniture Store, 2551 Jackson St. Oshkosh. You may contact them at www.svdposhkosh.org or 920-235-9368. Thank you for your continued support.
Christmas & New Years—Liturgical Ministers
Omro Winneconne
Monday, December 25 @ 8:30am Usher 3 Volunteers Communion 3 Volunteers Greeter 4 Volunteer
New Year’s Eve Weekend Saturday, December 30 @ 4:00pm Altar Server 1 Volunteer Ushers 4 Volunteers
Sunday, December 31 @ 10:30am Sacristan 1 Volunteer Greeter 1 Volunteer Please contact Sue in the Parish Office if you
are available to help. Thank you!
Sunday, December 24 @ 6:00pm Servers 2 Volunteers Ushers 1 volunteer
Monday, December 25 @ 10:30am Sacristan 1 Volunteer Servers 2 Volunteers Ushers 2 volunteers Greeters 2 Volunteers
Saturday, December 30 @ 6:00pm Altar Server 1 Volunteer
Sunday, December 31 @ 8:30am Lector 1 Volunteer
Monday, January 1, 2018 @ 9:00am Servers, Lector, Communion Minister, Ushers,
Sacristan are all NEEDED Please contact Jody in the Parish Office if you are
available to help. Thank you!
All Contributions that you would like
recorded for the 2017 tax year must
be turned in the parish office’s by December 28th or postmarked by December 31, 2017.
Deadline for the Bulletin
Noon on Tuesday E-mail bulletin announcements to
Jody Ruark:
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MASS INTENTIONS SATURDAY: December 16 4:00pm (SMW) Jane Ochowicz & Marie Johnson 6:00pm (SMO) Carlene Resop
SUNDAY: December 17 8:30am (SMO) Joe Biebl 10:30am (SMW) Ron Koerner
Stewardship of Serving-Liturgical Ministry Schedule
Altar Servers: 4:00pm (SMW) Isaac & Emmy Day 6:00pm (SMO) Volunteer 8:30am (SMO) Volunteer 10:30am (SMW) Mairin & Kambelle Syth Lectors: 4:00pm (SMW) Mike Jordan 6:00pm (SMO) Evan Gitter 8:30am (SMO) Judy Schuster 10:30am (SMW) Connie Boehnlein Ushers: 4:00pm (SMW) Jim Day, Rick & Roxanne Lee, Volunteer 6:00pm (SMO) Lila Ellis, Mary Jo Hinderman 8:30am (SMO) Jerry & Sue Nowicki 10:30am (SMW) Jerry, Emma & Addi Cegielski, Erin Szulczewski
Sacristans: 4:00pm (SMW) Donna Stratton 6:00pm (SMO) Gwenn Jessen 8:30am (SMO) Margaret Potratz 10:30am (SMW) Tammy Miller Communion Ministers: 4:00pm (SMW) Donna Stratton, Kristin Day, Mike Jordan, Tracey Losse, Mike Losse 6:00pm (SMO) Kim Anderson, Bob Hinderman
8:30am (SMO) Jill Pernaski, Kathy Hayes, Fran Gilbride, Cherie Kiley 10:30am (SMW) Connie Boehnlein, Konnie Syth, Lynn & Jerry Szulczewski, Chesly Cegielski Greeters: 4:00pm (SMW) Katie, Cavin & Camryn Becker, Karen Kaphingst 6:00pm (SMO) Marchese Family 8:30am (SMO) Diane Emmrich 10:30am (SMW) Chelsy Cegielski, Mary Materna, Lynn & Jerry Szulczewski
St. Mary, Omro 730 Madison Ave. Omro, WI 54963
[email protected] Parish Office: 920-685-2258 Office Hours: Monday-Thursday 8:00am-Noon 12:30-4:00pm Fridays: Closed Administrative Assistant: Jody Ruark Bookkeeper: Jodi Hess Custodian: Jodi Hess Faith Formation Coordinator: Rose Unser Faith Formation Assistant: Heidi Seaman & Sadie Huth Hispanic Ministry Coordinator: Sr. Pat Flanigan Special Projects Coordinator: Pam Vanden Heuvel Pastoral Ministry Coordinator: Anne Baldwin
St. Mary, Winneconne 210 Pleasant Dr, P.O. Box 487 Winneconne, WI 54986-0487
Parish Office: 920-582-7712 Office Hours: Monday-Thursday 8:00am-Noon 12:30-5:00pm Fridays: Closed Administrative Assistant: Sue Kuhn Bookkeeper: Jodi Hess Custodian: Janet Wegner Faith Formation Coordinator: Andy Krueger Pastoral Associate: Rose Unser Pastoral Ministry Coordinator: Anne Baldwin
Saturday & Sunday December 16 & 17
SMO- St. Mary, Omro SMW– St. Mary, Winneconne
