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INFORMATION
Holy Mass Schedule
Church Contact Information
Reconciliation
Other Sacraments
Finance Council
Dr. Tony Fink Jim Pilon Fran Grooters Tim Schiller
Jim Kuenzel Pat Almus Betty Wassmer
DIRECTORY
Parish Groups
Pastoral Council
Brenda Bosch Johanna Gengler Kent Bosch Joe Phillips Scott Dorman Rosa Tapia
Pat Dzuris Betty Wassmer
Our Lady Of The Mountains
Roman Catholic Church
...and on entering the house they saw the child with Mary His mother. They prostrated themselves and did homage. Then they opened their treasures and
offered Him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Matthew 2:11
“...let your abundance supply their want, that their abundance may
supply your want…” 2Cor8:14 Offertory from last weekend
Offertory From Masses: $ 8,941.50
Church Preservation: $ 880.00
Christmas: $ 12,019.00
~ Religious Education K-12 ~ K-5 - Classes resume on Jan 6th
*Please contact the parish office or Beth Miller for more information at [email protected]
Middle School & High School - Classes are:
Wednesdays at 6:30 PM for Youth, 7:30 for High School. Any questions regarding the Youth Program or
Youth Confirmation, call Sharon at (970) 397-2613 or email her at [email protected]
MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER Need the perfect gift for your spouse this year?
Give your spouse the gift of your time and love by taking your spouse on a
Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend. 2016 Weekends January 29-31: Radisson Hotel in Aurora April 1-3: location TBD July 15-17: location TBD September 16-18: Radisson Hotel in Aurora
For more information, please visit: http://northerncoloradome.org
Questions? Feel free to contact Brenda & Gary Granger at: 303.604.6202,
or email: [email protected].
RETIREMENT
CELEBRATION
Our Lady of the Mountains Parish will honor SHIRLEY REECE for
her 16 years of service as our Pastor’s Assistant on January 17th after the 10 am
mass downstairs in the parish center.
Heartfelt Thanks Several parishioners brought in gifts, food, and
various treats for the office staff over the past few weeks.
I would like to thank all of you for your thoughtfulness and generosity. Joanne
WEDNESDAY MORNING SCRIPTURE STUDY
The Wednesday Morning Scripture Study class will resume our studies on Jan. 6, 2016. We read and discuss the Liturgy of the Word selections for the
upcoming Sunday in class, so no prepa-ration is required. The class meets year-round from 9:50
–11:30 AM and drop-ins are welcome! For more information, contact Claire at 970-577-1669.
Come join us!
Reminder If you have not already
done so, please pick up your 2016 Liturgical Calendar at the
back of the church.
Thank you!
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2016 YOUTH RALLY Middle school and high school students from all over the city and state will come together to
pray, worship and be inspired by local young people who have dedicated their lives to serving Christ in our brothers and sisters of all ages and stages. We would love for your students to join
the rally! Friday, January 15th, 2016 | 6 pm-9 pm
Bishop Machebeuf High School 458 Uinta Way, Denver, CO 80230
For more information, please contact Morgan Rosand, 303-742-0828 ext. 2059 or email
2016 MARCH TO CELEBRATE LIFE Join thousands of people from all over the
Rocky Mountain region in celebrating the dignity of life in all its ages and stages on January 16, 2016. In our first effort for the march for life
5,000 people gathered at the state capitol and we would like to increase that number to 20,000.
However, we cannot do so without the help of your entire parish and community!
Please help us to promote the March for Life. Saturday, January 16th, 2016 | 11:30am-3pm
Downtown Denver For more information, please contact Morgan
Rosand, 303-742-0828 ext. 2059 or email [email protected]
BEACON OF HOPE GALA
Can you spare some time to help women in need? We have some fun volunteer opportunities
coming up at the 2016 Beacon of Hope Gala, Saturday, January 30, 2016. The Gala raises
needed funds for all Women’s services at Catholic Charities (Lighthouse Women’s Center, Respect
Life Resources, The Gabriel House Project, Father Ed Judy House, Regina Caeli Clinical Services, Project Rachel Ministry, Holy Rosary at the
Samaritan House). Held at Wings over the Rockies, our need for volunteer help is great! Please contact Mark
Hahn, Catholic Charities at (720-377-1371 or email [email protected]) for complete
information on volunteer opportunities at the Beacon of Hope Gala!
In Sympathy To Deacon J. D. Dorwart and family
at the recent death of his wife Mary.
Sanctuary Candle
The Sanctuary Candle intention for the Week of December 27th
is donated for healing for Katherine White and
Sarah Brubaker-Gonterman
A wax candle, generally in a red glass
container, kept burning day and night wherever the Blessed Sacrament is reserved in Catholic churches or
chapels. It is an emblem of Christ's abiding love and a reminder to
the faithful to respond with loving adoration in return.
Daily Readings Week of January 3, 2016
Sun: Is 60:1-6; Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-13; Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6; Mt 2:1-12 Mon: 1 Jn 3:22--4:6; Ps 2:7-8, 10-12; Mt 4:12-17, 23-25 Tue: 1 Jn 4:7-10; Ps 72:1-4, 7-8; Mk 6:34-44 Wed: 1 Jn 4:11-18; Ps 72:1-2, 10, 12-13; Mk 6:45-52 Thu: 1 Jn 4:19--5:4; Ps 72:1-2, 14-15, 17; Lk 4:14-22a Fri: 1 Jn 5:5-13; Ps 147:12-15, 19-20; Lk 5:12-16 Sat: 1 Jn 5:14-21; Ps 149:1-6, 9; Jn 3:22-30
WEDNESDAY ADORATION
Interceding For Our Lady
of the Mountains Parish
In the midst of helping to renew our Parish as the Lord’s Amazing Parish, we want to begin with
the Adoration of Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament.
Wonderful WednesdayAdoration will be
Every Wednesday 9:15 AM until 12 Noon
Exposition and Adoration properly requires two people to be physically present in honoring Our Lord’s presence in the Blessed Sacrament.
At the church entrance, I have placed an Adoration Schedule divided into five sections for
each Wednesday of the month. I am asking every parishioner to select one or two
Wednesdays a month and the most probable time they can commit themselves to being in
attendance to the Lord.
In praying for one’s own intentions, I am asking that we particularly pray for Our Lord's
Spiritual Renewing of our parish.
Thank you so very much,
Rev. Joe Hartmann
Pope Francis’ Intentions for January 2016
Universal: Interreligious Dialogue
That sincere dialogue among men and women of different faiths may produce the fruits
of peace and justice.
Evangelization: Christian Unity
That by means of dialogue and fraternal charity and with the grace of the Holy Spirit, Christians may
overcome divisions.
OUR LADY OF THE MOUNTAINS
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
Wishes you and yours a most blessed and Happy New Year!
Our Lady of the Mountains Amazing Parish Vision Statement
“To revitalize our parish as both a respite and beacon of Catholic culture, by drawing
disciples of all ages and backgrounds into relationship with Jesus and each other, with Our Lady as our guide and model.”
Lost Rosary - A Murano Glass rosary from Medjugorje was lost
at mass on Christmas Day. If found,
please return to the parish office. Thank you!
Our Lady of the Mountains Christmas Decorations
Thank you to all who volunteered to make Our Lady of the Mountains Church a most beautiful place to worship during
the Christmas Season.
Pastor’s Corner
Dear Our Lady’s Families and Visitors,
“. . . and on entering the house, the magi saw the child with Mary his mother. They prostrated themselves and did him homage.” (Mt 2:11)
We’ve probably already noticed that most of the world’s businesses and families have already removed their Christmas trees, decorations and lights. Yet the Church continues to save and celebrate Christmas, the Christ-Event, as if it were one lo-o-o-n-g day. And it is! Why so? Because it’s about celebrating God’s Incarnation for our salvation, it’s that central.
One of the chief mysteries of our faith is in how the infinite glory of God became manifest (Epiphany) in the very simplicity of a stable and manger. Our Lord’s Incarnation would show how the divine presence of the Lord could be found in the most common places, in the most basic surroundings, and in the most ordinary and everyday circumstances of our lives and relation-ships.
God became one of us, a real human being, because of love for us. Everything He does comes from His love. By taking upon Himself human nature, God would heal and restore us from “within,” what rift the first Adam caused through the Original Sin of Disobedience. As a man and a woman, deeply in love with each other, commit and join their love together through the Sacrament of Marriage, so God does in the Incarnation. He wants us to KNOW Him and EXPERIENCE His infinite love for us by being joined to us.
The long Christmas season is reminding us that His Incarnation is making it possible for people to relate to Jesus in a truly personal way. He would be able to be held and kissed, seen and heard. Conversely, He was also able to be hurt, rejected and crucified. Through His Spirit, you and I can relate to Him in a truly personal way, Lover and beloved.
Last Friday, January 1st, we celebrated the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God (Theotokos, “Bearer of God”), and then the Holy Family on the weekend. This weekend the Church is celebrating the Epiphany of the Lord. Over the next weeks and months, the Church will be reflecting on the deeper meaning of Jesus’ Incarnation and Birth and His wanted impact in our lives. For this reason, on the first day of the New Year, we focus on our Lady who is known, not for what she achieved, but in how she avails herself completely and obediently to God. Christmas isn’t just ‘a day,’ it is the way of life, and the Invitation God is giving everyone.
On behalf of our Parish Office and R.E. Staff and Volunteers, Eucharistic Ministers, Lectors, Altar Servers and Sacristan, I wish to thank each of you, and wish you a most blessed and grace-filled Christmas and New Year.
May God bless you this New Year, 2016 and every day of your life.
Rev. Joe Hartmann
Please Pray For The Sick
Andy
Gretchen Collingwood
Jane Cornell
Cyd Deats
Dee
Mary & Bob Dorris
Victoria Escacega
Sarah Gonterman
Don Haden
Jeannie Hasenkamp
Carolyn Jones
Dan Kirkpatrick
Herman Mares
Mark Matthews
Larry McCoy
Jim Mount
Inge Niedringhaus
Kurt Niedringhaus
Jamie Banker Oberson
Wayne Schacht
John Shelley
Jane Swaney
Matt Thompson
Eleanor Vernon
Anne Wilke
Mary Williams
Sheila Zalewski
Mass Intentions SAT JAN 2 4:30 PM ✝ CLARK C. MARTIN
FR GREG ✝ GREG WESTLEY
SUN JAN 3 8:00 AM ✝ VIRGINIA VAN WESTEN
10:00 AM ✝ AMY OLTREMARI
6:00 PM ♥ OLM PARISHIONERS
MON JAN 4 8:30 AM COMMUNION SERVICE
FR. GREG ♥ FR. JOSEPH HARTMANN
TUE JAN 5 8:30 AM ✝ MICHAEL SCHAFMAN
WED JAN 6 8:30 AM ✝ LISA VAN DOREN
THU JAN 7 8:30 AM ♥ KAREN SAUCIER
FRI JAN 8 9:00 AM ♥ STEVE & OLGA HALL
SAT JAN 9 4:30 PM ♥ MOLLY NOSBISCH
OLM: Fr. Joseph Hartmann
Poland: Fr. Gregory Cioch
♥=Living, ✝=Deceased
***Please do continue to honor your living and deceased loved ones by requesting that the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass be offered for them.