Welcome to Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church

Mass Schedule Saturday: 4:00 pm Sunday: 8:30 am & 10:30 am Holy Day: 5:30 pm

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Rev. Joseph Cardone Pastor

Dave Lang Parish Manager

Rev. Joseph Newman, OSFS Rev. Alan Zobler, OSFS

Weekend Celebrants

Gary Thrun

Deacon

Sr. Ritamarie Miller, OSF/T Director of Liturgy & Music

Lisa Pierson Office Manager, CRE

PARISH OFFICE: 419-865-2345 OFFICE HOURS: Monday-Friday

8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. & 12:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.

ADDRESS: 6149 Hill Ave., Toledo, OH 43615

REGISTRATION: New members should call or visit the

Parish Office

RECONCILIATION:

3:00 - 3:30 p.m. every Saturday or by appointment

BAPTISMS:

Call Parish Office

MARRIAGES:

Please contact Parish Office 6 months in advance

RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults): Call Marty Charney at 419-865-7252

Christian Formation Program

(classes for public grade school children) Call the Parish Office

MASSES:

Saturday: 4:00 p.m. Sunday: 8:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

Holy Days: 5:30 p.m.

ST. BENEDICT CATHOLIC SCHOOL Martha Hartman,

Principal/ St. Benedict Catholic School Diane Spetz,

Secretary/ St. Benedict Catholic School

SCHOOL PHONE - 419-536-1194 SCHOOL FAX - 419-531-5140

Parish Activities for This Week

Sunday, December 10: 2nd Sunday of Advent Farewell for Fr. Cardone Donuts and Coffee After Masses Mass: 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. 8th Grade Confirmation Catholic Social Teaching

Session: 9:15 a.m., Parish Office RCIA: 9:30 a.m., Lourdes Room Monday, December 11: St. Damasus Deadline for December 17th Bulletin: Please

submit articles in email format to Parish Office by noon.

Prayer Shawl: 1:00 p.m., Lourdes Room Elizabeth Ministry: 2:30 p.m., Lourdes Room RCIC: 6:00 p.m., Lourdes Room Tuesday, December 12: Our Lady of Guadalupe Wednesday, December 13: St. Lucy Hospitality Kitchen: 10:00a.m.-12:00p.m., Parish

Life Center Family Faith Formation: 6:00 p.m., Parish Life

Center Women’s Bible Study: 6:30 p.m., Lourdes Room Thursday, December 14: St. John of the Cross Early Deadline for December 24th Bulletin: Please

submit articles in email format to Parish Office by noon.

Bingo: In the Parish Life Center. Doors open at 10:00 a.m. Hard Card and Paper Lightning at 11:00 a.m. Series at 1:00 p.m. To volunteer call 419-865-2345.

Choir: 7:00 p.m., Church Friday, December 15: Saturday, December 16: Daughters of Mary Craft and Bake Sale After

Mass Reconciliation: 3:00-3:30 p.m. Mass: 4:00 p.m. Sunday, December 17: 3rd Sunday of Advent Daughters of Mary Craft and Bake Sale After

Masses Mass: 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. RCIA: 9:30 a.m., Lourdes Room

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SACRIFICIAL GIVING REPORT Offertory: Sunday/Holy Day/Initial Offering: 12/3….$ 8,439.50 Weekly Sunday Offering Budget………..$ 9,500.00 Over (under) for the week #23– 12/3…...$ (1,060.50) Year-to-date thru 12/3/2017….................$ 199,133.76 Year-to-date budgeted thru 12/3/2017….$ 218,500.00 Over (under) thru 12/3/2017…................$ (25,515.60)

THANKS so much to all who support our parish.

Call the parish office or drop us a note if you would like to receive contribution envelopes. Please call the Parish

Office if you have any changes in your address, phone, household, etc.

Mass Intentions

Sat. 12/16 4:00 p.m. Martin Carrigan Bonnie & Kellie Matesz Sun. 12/17 8:30 a.m. OLL Parishioners Sun. 12/17 10:30 a.m. Loretta Smith Daniel & Mary McCarty John & Helen Gasparovic

Church Laundry: December 10-16: Mary Alice McGuire

December 17-23: Judy Hartranft

Church Cleaners: December 11: Mary Alice McGuire December 18: Rose Dennis

Ministry of Praise Petitions

1) World Peace 2) OLL Families 3) Those Who Suffer Depression

December 16 & 17, 2017 4:00 p.m. Mass CELEBRANT: Fr. Joseph Cardone EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS: Connie Kuyoth, Debbie

Corson, Marty Charney, Mike Peiffer, Mike Wood, Barb Schmiedebusch, Volunteer

LECTOR: Sr. Joan Jurski SERVERS: Eileen Tippin, Dylan Burnham 8:30 a.m. Mass CELEBRANT: Fr. Joseph Newman EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS: Dave Zaborski, Todd

Gross, Floyd Zitzman LECTOR: Joyce Mowery SERVERS: Bob Owens 10:30 a.m. Mass CELEBRANT: Fr. Joseph Newman EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS: Doll Ho, Janet Veith,

Jennifer Ruiz, Roz Needham, Janell Toth, Jason Toth, Tom or Donna Urban

LECTOR: John Needham SERVERS: Kathleen Ho, Delaney Toth

Liturgical Ministers

The Sanctuary Lamp burns to remind us of the presence of Christ in the Blessed Sacrament. Sponsorship this

week is in memory of OLL Parishioners.

Please join us after Masses this weekend in the Parish Life Center for a Farewell Reception for Fr. Cardone.

Christmas Mass Schedule: Sunday, Christmas Eve: 4pm, 10pm Monday, Christmas Day: 10:30am

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Readings for the Week of December 10, 2017 Sunday: Is 40:1-5, 9-11/Ps 85:9-10, 11-12, 13- 14 [8]/2 Pt 3:8-14/Mk 1:1-8 Monday: Is 35:1-10/Ps 85:9ab and 10, 11-12, 13 -14 [Is 35:4f]/Lk 5:17-26 Tuesday: Zec 2:14-17 or Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab/Jdt 13:18bcde, 19 [15:9d]/Lk 1:26 -38 or Lk 1:39-47 Wednesday: Is 40:25-31/Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 8 and 10 [1]/Mt 11:28-30 Thursday: Is 41:13-20/Ps 145:1 and 9, 10-11, 12- 13ab [8]/Mt 11:11-15 Friday: Is 48:17-19/Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6 [cf. Jn 8:12]/Mt 11:16-19 Saturday: Sir 48:1-4, 9-11/Ps 80:2ac and 3b, 15- 16, 18-19 [4]/Mt 17:9a, 10-13 Next Sunday: Is 61:1-2a, 10-11/Lk 1:46-48, 49-50, 53-54 [Is 61:10b]/1 Thes 5:16-24/Jn 1:6-8, 19-28 ©Liturgical Publications Inc.

Annual Christmas Bake & Craft Sale The Daughters of Mary/Altar Rosary Society will be having their bake, raffle, and craft sale the weekend of Dec. 16th starting at 12:00 till 6:00 and the 17th at 8:00 am till 12:00. Any donations of bake goodies would be greatly appreciated and can be dropped off on Saturday, Dec. 16 by 10:00a.m. Thank you for your support!

Christmas Oplatki is available in the Parish Office during normal business hours. Donations gratefully accepted.

Funeral Luncheon Committee Now Forming We are in the process of putting together a committee to provide a meal to families after they have celebrat-ed a funeral here at the parish. If interested, please contact Dave Lang in the Parish Office.

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Come join us on Sat. Dec. 16th at OLPH in Meeting Room 2, from 1 to 4 pm for a free movie "The Fourth Wise Man". FREE popcorn, pop, coffee, and tea.

Martin Sheen stars as Artaban, a Magi who hopes to find the Messiah. Along his 33 yr. journey he keeps missing Jesus.

John the Baptist appeared in the desert proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. John was clothed in camel's hair, with a leather belt around his waist. He fed on locusts and wild honey. And this is what he proclaimed: "One mightier than I is coming after me." - Mk 1:4, 6-7a

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