welcome to st. joseph’s

P.O. BOX 25 • 235 WEST NORTH STREET • MANHATTAN, IL 60442 December 21, 2014 and Christmas 2014

Welcome to

St. Joseph’s Church

MERRY CHRISTMAS

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P a r i s h S t a f f

PARISH STAFF

Pastor, Rev. John Lindsey…………[email protected]

Deacon, Patrick Forsythe…………………………………………….

St. Joseph School Principal, Colleen Domke.........815-478-3951

Religious Education, Melissa Novak …………….815-478-4452

…..……………………………[email protected]

Business Manager, Laura McGuire ……………………….………

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Parish Music, Marija Lamas……….......................815-953-5039

……………………………………[email protected]

Cemetery Sexton, Franklin Forsythe………….…815-462-2498

Pastoral Counselor, Joanna Avignone…………...630-386-3230

Rectory Office…………………………………….815-478-3341

Kathleen Mackay/ Mary Jane Walsh,

…………………………………[email protected]

St. Joseph Rectory Office Fax ………………....815-478-7046

RCIA, Theresa Lawson…………………………..815-474-8560

Protecting God’s Children, Bev Betts…………..815-478-7506

CCW President, Phyllis Harris……………………….……….

Men of St. Joseph President, Jim Robbins ……..708-258-9088

St. Joseph Community Support……………………...815-478-3341

Funeral Dinners, Mary Lee & JoAnn Randolph………………

Shepherd's Table, Mary Lee…………………………………..

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PARISH OFFICE

Monday-Thursday 8:30-4:00, Friday 8:30-3:00 .................................................. 815-478-3341 Parish Fax Number��..�.815-478-7046 Religious Education ............... 815-478-4452 School ...................................... 815-478-3951 Church Website .....www.sjpmanhattan.org School Website�...www.sjsmanhattan.org

MASS SCHEDULE

Weekend Saturday Evening Vigil 4:30 p.m. Sunday 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Children’s Liturgy 10:30 a.m. Weekday Weekdays 7:00 a.m. Morning Mass 8:45 a.m. Tuesday Mass on School Days Holy Days Please see the Parish Website

SACRAMENTS

Confessions Saturday: 3:45-4:15pm. Anytime upon request (call the rectory office) Baptisms Baptisms are celebrated on Sundays for registered members of our parish. Parents having their first child baptized at St. Joseph are required to attend a class before the Baptism. Please contact the parish office at 815-478-3341. Marriage Diocese of Joliet requires a 6 month marriage preparation time for all registered couples planning their wedding here at St. Joseph Parish (couples not registered will have a one year prepara-tion time). The time will begin with the first meeting with Fa-ther. Please call the rectory office to make an appointment. Care of the Sick and Homebound Any parishioner unable to attend Mass is asked to please contact the parish office for the Sacraments of the Eucharist and the Anointing of the Sick. Funerals

www.sjpmanhattan.org New Parishioners Welcome! You may register at the rectory office

Monday-Friday or call the rectory office at 815-478-3341

BEQUESTS Many parishes occasionally receive bequests from

grateful parishioners. These bequests are usually in

dollar amounts larger than these same parishioners’

annual contributions. Please remember the good

works of our parish in your will..

The contribution total from December 14 and 15 was not available at the time of pub-lication. We will print the information in

next week’s bulletin.

December 24th 3:30pm Christmas Eve Mass

December 24th 5:00 PM Children's Mass

December 24th 12:00 midnight

Traditional Midnight

Mass with Blessing of

Crèche

December

25th 8:30am Christmas Day Mass

December

25th 10:30am Christmas Day Mass

December 26th 8:00am Mass

December 31st 4:30pm New Year's Eve Mass

January 1st 9:00am Solemnity of Mary

Mother of God Mass

CHRISTMAS MASS SCHEDULE:

“THOSE SERVING IN THE MILITARY” Please Remember Our Men & Women Serving Our Country

in your Prayers:

Jimmy Cantrell, Marines

David Newtoff, Air Force

Christopher Vavouleas, Air Force

John (Jay) Holland, Jr., Marines

Matthew Cook, Navy

Sam Persin, Navy

Scott Gerdes, Marines

Zac Magallones, Navy

Robert Wellen, Marines

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S c h e d u l e s

Please remember in your prayers our sick parishioners,

friends and relatives. We pray especially for:

Lauren Adeszko, Bryce Bartaczyk*, Sandy Beno, Audrey

Bernas, William Blackman, Judi Boyle, Michael Boyle, Marilyn

Brandau, Marion Brooks, Brad Bumber, John Cantone, Janice

Casper, Patrick Deloian*, Eileen DiMiele, Tim Doyle, Nathan

Falkenthal*, Mary Gaik, Terry Gaik, Jacki (Forsythe) Gearman,

Kathleen Geary, Tim Geary, Mary Grando, Carol Grisko, James

Hanly*, Michael Hanly*, Cannon Heusing*, Tim Hornick,

Tracy Hurley, Allison Kijewski*, John Kivelehan, Scott

Krupkowski, James E. Lawson, Sydney Lawless*, Andrew

Long, Edward Loughran, Ed Loughran, Jr., Bud Matlage, Allan

Matulis, Peggy Ann McDermott, Tina Merritt, Ronald North,

Helen Nugent, Dave Offerman, Marilyn Offerman, Gene

Osmus, Al Panttila, Nick Persin, Roxanne Rodgers, Faye Rossi,

Joseph Burke Schuster, Christiana Scott, Karen Simpson, Carol

Sims, Carley Smith, Cody Smith, Pauline Putman-Smith,

Cynthia Snyder, Bill & Laura Struse, Emily Tierney*, Maureen

Tucker, James Valentinas, Aidan Walsh*, Christopher Amelio-

Warf, Bob Weber, Brian Wellen, Glory Whalen, Terry

Wilmoth, Shirley Wottrich, (child*).

N e w s & N o t e s

REST IN PEACE

Please remember in your prayers, our deceased friends, relatives

and parishioners. May their soul and the souls of the faithful de-

parted, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.

CANDLE BURNING

Sanctuary Candle in memory of

Deceased Members of George Kuhn Family

by Helen Nugent & Family

Blessed Virgin Mary Candle special intention

For all Mothers during this Christmas Season

St. Joseph Candle in memory of

Deceased Members of Michal Nugent Family

by Helen Nugent & Family

LECTORS

Saturday, December 20, 2014

4:30 pm Sue Walsh

Sunday, December 21, 2014

8:30 am Barb Schultz

10:30 am Mary Diemer

Saturday, December 27, 2014

4:30 pm Maureen Pinta

Sunday, December 28, 2014

8:30 am Ken Morrissette

10:30 am Mary Kay Cooper

EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS

Saturday December 20, 2014

4:30 pm Judy Bunte, Ed Crawford, Conrad Grisko

Sunday December 21, 2014

8:30 am Jennifer Christiansen, Marian Patricoski, Rick Walsh

10:30 am Tom Diemer, Annie Persicketti, Jerry Siadek


4:30 pm Deacon Pat Forsythe, Dorothy Forsythe, Rick Walsh


8:30 am Jan Ulrich, Mary Cochran, Libby Budd

10:30 am Laurie Keigher, Kathy McGrath, Amy Walsh

USHERS/GREETERS


4:30 pm Ken Morrissette, Eric Byar, Joey Deloian (student),

Olivia Deloian (student)


8:30 am Jim Baskerville, Harry Budd, Warren Schultz

10:30 am Steve Joutras, Jim Kirby, Kathy Kirby


4:30 pm Tom Doyle, Jerry Siadek, Dave Kestel


8:30 am Joe Olszta, George Ruban, Nicholas Shizas, Eric O’Neill

10:30 am Jack Fitzgerald, Jamie Doyle, David Beck

MASS SERVERS


4:30 pm Amber Kunz, John Broderick, Brennan Broderick


8:30 am Joseph Offerman, Joe McGrath, Claire McGrath

10:30 am Julie Grygiel, Jack Peterson, Adam Nichols


4:30 pm Hunter Sakiewicz, Joe deBoer, Jake deBoer


8:30 am Madison Hayes, Chloe Lillie, Gea Alberico

10:30 am Clare Walsh, Ellie Persicketti, Riley Graham

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Pastor’s Message

4th Sunday of Advent and Christmas www.sjpmanhattan.org page 4

Religious Education News

There will be no December 22, 23 & 24, and Decem-

ber 29, 30 or 31 classes due to Christmas break.

Classes will resume January 5, 6 and 7, 2015.

ENJOY YOUR BREAK and

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Youth ministry

We would like to form a database of both High school students and parents. We will send a monthly email with upcoming event information, and more! Please COMPLETE THE FORM ON OUR WEBSITE and return in the collection or drop off at the rectory.

SJS School News St. Joseph School and Parish Families,

Thank you to all who have helped make St. Joseph

School such a wonderful place of loving and learning

over this past 2014 year. With that in mind, we would

like to send Christmas Blessings filled with peace and

joy, and the true meaning of Christmas to all St. Jo-

seph School and Parish families from our entire

staff. Finally, thank you most of all for sharing your

most precious gift your children with all of us.

Merry Christmas!

Monday, December 22, 2014 Choir Practice 7-8:30 pm

Wednesday, December 24,

2014 CHRISTMAS EVE; Parish Of-

fices Closed at Noon

Thursday, December 25, 2014 CHRISTMAS DAY; Parish Of-

fices Closed

Friday, December 26, 2014 Parish Offices Closed

THIS WEEK AT A GLANCE

W h a t ’ s H a p p e n i n g Providence Catholic to Award Placement Exam Schol-

arships to Top Testers

Providence Catholic High School will host its Incoming Freshman Placement Exam on Saturday, January 10, 2015, beginning at 8 a.m. The exam is open to all eighth graders interested in attend-ing Providence Catholic for the 2015-2016 school year. Pre-registration is not necessary, but there is a $25 testing fee due on the day of the exam. All testers are asked to bring two #2 pencils and a completed Student Information Form, which is available on the Placement Exam page of the school’s website. Calculators are not allowed to be used for the exam. The top fifteen scorers on the Placement Exam will receive a $1,000 scholarship toward his/her freshman year tuition. Signifi-cant scholarship and grant opportunities are available to prospec-tive students; information will be provided to students the day of this exam. More than $1.5 million in scholarships and grants were awarded to current students. Please call Mrs. Rachel Ellingson at 815-717-3160 if you have any questions. For more information about PCHS, please visit www.providencecatholic.org.

Joliet Catholic Academy

Joliet Catholic Academy Placement Exam is on Saturday, Janu-ary 10, 2015, beginning at 8 a.m. The exam is open to all eighth graders interested in attending Joliet Catholic Academy for the 2015-2016 school year. Students are asked to register for the exam by mailing a completed JCA Application for Admission form and $30 test fee to the school at 1200 N. Larkin Avenue, Joliet, Il 60435. All testers are asked to bring two #2 pencils. Calculators are not allowed to be used for the exam. For more information, please contact JCA’s Admission Office at815-741-0500 or [email protected].

Dear Parish Families,

Pope Francis, in a recent Advent address, said:

“Dear brothers and sisters, It is the Lord’s invitation expressed by the words of the prophet Isaiah: “Comfort, give comfort to my people, says your God.” (Isaiah 40,1). With these words, the Book of consolation is opened, in which the prophet addresses to the people in exile the joyful announcement of liberation. The time of tribulation is ended; the people of Israel can look towards the future with confidence: the return home finally awaits them.”

As Christians, we too can look forward to the Incarna-

tion of God made Man, in which the light is returned

to our world and we are offered hope. Hope that never

again will God be distant from us. That God knows

each one of us by name.

On behalf of the Parish Staff and myself, we want to

wish you a Blessed Christmas and a Joyful New Year!

Fr. John Lindsey and Staff

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S t . J o s e p h

Readings for the Week of December 21, 2014 Sunday: 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16/Rom 16:25-27/Lk 1:26-38

Monday: 1 Sm 1:24-28/Lk 1:46-56

Tuesday: Mal 3:1-4, 23-24/Lk 1:57-66

Wednesday: Morning: 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16/Lk 1:67-79

Thursday: 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

Friday: Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59/Mt 10:17-22

Saturday: 1 Jn 1:1-4/Jn 20:1a, 2-8

Next Sunday: Gn 15:1-6; 21:1-3 or Sir 3:2-6, 12-14/Heb 11:8,

11-12, 17-19 or Col 3:12-21 or 3:12-17/Lk 2:22-40 or 2:22, 39

-40

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MASS INTENTIONS


4:30 pm Fr. Tom Murphy by Dorothy Ormsby

Alma Morrical by Mary Ellen Keigher


8:30 am People of Our Parish

10:30 am Ida Varriale by Carmen Varriale

Deceased Members of the

Bob Fitzgerald Family by Family

Monday December 22, 2014

7:00 am Pat Curran by Maggie McInerney

Tuesday December 23, 2014 7:00 am William Bogusz by Sharon Bogusz

Wednesday December 24, 2014 CHRISTMAS EVE

3:30 pm For Those Who Have Gone Before Us

5:00 pm For the Children of Our Parish

12 Midnight For Pope Francis and his efforts towards World Peace

Thursday December 25, 2014 CHRISTMAS DAY

8:30 am Jan Ruban by George Ruban

10:30 am Deceased Members of the William & Susie

Delaney Families by Kaye Thompson

Adeline Rush by Jay & Kathy Johnson

Friday December 26, 2014

8:00 am Special Intention


4:30 pm Dorothy O’Neill Anniversary by Dorothy

Ormsby

Eugene Sowa by Sowa Family


8:30 am John Michael Carroll, Birthday Anniversary

by Family

Jan Ruban by George Ruban

10:30 am People of Our Parish

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