READINGS FOR NOVEMBER 29 Jeremiah 33:14-16

1 Thessalonians 3:12-4:2

Luke 21:25-28, 34-36

With heartfelt thanks for your

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NOVEMBER 14 & 15

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ST. HELEN CHURCH

RIVERSIDE, OHIO November 22, 2015

BAPTISMS Congratulations to Coraline Jean Guinaugh,

daughter of David and Brandy who recently received

new life through the waters of baptism. Welcome

sweet little one, to the body of the Body of Christ!

ADVENT BY CANDLELIGHT Only a few days left to register!

Invite your female family members, friends

and neighbors for a Christ-centered preparation for the

holiday season. It will be held Sunday, November 29

in the Smith Building. Programs are at 2:00pm or

6:30pm (please choose one). There is no charge for

this event. Space is limited; we recommend that you

make your reservations early! Sign up using the ABC

website http://www.sthelenparish.org/advent-by-

candlelight or by calling the Rectory. Reservations

will not be accepted after November 24.

WE REMEMBER OUR DECEASED In your prayers please remember Joshua

Laepple. Please also remember his family, friends,

and all who mourn his death. Eternal rest grant unto

him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. ADVENT BEGINS IN ONE WEEK

Our liturgical colors will switch from green to pur-

ple. The green draping over the corpus and cross

will be replaced by four Advent banners, and our

Advent Wreath will take on a new look this year—

one that hopefully more people will be able to see!

Hope . . . Waiting . . . Transformation

“Behold, I make all things new!”

JOIN US FOR 9:OO A.M. MASS ON THANKSGIVING DAY!

THE RECTORY OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, NOV. 26 & 27th, AND WILL REOPEN MONDAY, NOV. 30th.

THE YEAR OF MERCY IS COMING:

Open Wide the DOORS OF MERCY! In solidarity with the Holy See and cathedrals,

basilicas, and churches all over the world, St. Helen

Parish has designated the vestibule door closest to the

paver entrance and steps as our symbolic “Door of

Mercy.”

The Door will be “sealed” (ribboned off) at

the end of the 10:30 Mass on Sunday, November

22—the Feast of Christ the King—until the start of

the 10:30 Mass on Sunday, December 13—the

Third Sunday of Advent.

On that day, Pope Francis will open the sealed

holy door at the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome,

and designated Doors of Mercy in dioceses around the

world will be opened to mark the beginning of the

JUBILEE YEAR OF MERCY.

OUR PARISH SYMBOL

FOR

THE YEAR OF MERCY: The Bleeding Heart flower repre-

sents the heart chakra, which is the wellspring of

love, warmth, compassion, and joy located in the

center of the chest at the heart level.

EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY

PLEASE DIRECT ALL PRAYER REQUESTS

TO MEL AT 254-6233 OR

mel.mcwilliams@sthelenparish.org

CALENDAR OF EVENTS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22

8:00 a.m. Mass (Rosary at 7:30 a.m.)

Coffee and Conversation- HR 9:00-10:15 a.m.

SVDP/Feed the Spirit Food Collection-St. Julie

Foyer & Garage 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

10:30 a.m. Mass

Zumba-GYM 4:00 p.m.

Baptismal II-Keep the Flame-SJN 4:30 p.m.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23

Novena-CH 9:00 a.m.

Legion of Mary-SJA 2:00 p.m.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24

Rosary-BSC 9:00 a.m.

Leisure Club-SB 1:00 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25

Centering Prayer-SJN 3:15 p.m.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26

Thanksgiving Day Mass-9:00 a.m.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27

Regional Mass Immaculate Conception-8:15 am

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28

Men’s Group-SJN 7:30 a.m.

5:00 p.m. Mass

OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, KING OF THE UNIVERSE

EUCHARISTIC CELEBRATIONS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22

8:00 a.m. Tom Bauer (Family)

10:30 a.m. In Honor of Fr. Dave & Fr. Satish

(Anonymous)

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23

8:15 Richard Strathearn (Family)

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24

8:15 a.m. Doug Hoover (Imelda “Ambo” Brown)

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25

8:15 a.m. Louis Hoelscher (Family)

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26

8:15 a.m. Eugene Crabtree (Jim & Sylvia Bertke)

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27

Regional Mass at Immaculate Conception Church

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28

5:00 p.m. Chuck McCoy (Charles McCoy

Family)

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29

8:00 a.m. Paul Knapke (Knapke Family)

10:30 a.m. John Madden (Family & Friends)

FAIR TRADE ITEMS FOR SALE AT THE

CHRISTMAS BAZAAR Have you been thinking about the upcoming holi-

days?? Fair Trade products will be available at the Christ-

mas Bazaar on December 5th to help with your baking and

holiday shopping needs! Many varieties of coffee, tea, and

chocolate (including chocolate chips!) will be available,

along with honey, raisins, and olive oil. Many of these

items make the perfect stocking stuffer! Special orders can

also be taken! The Holiday Bazaar sale is the last sale that

St. Helen's social justice committee will have before

Christmas so stop by and stock up on your favorites! All

items are sold at cost.

INFANT JESUS SHOWER The Infant Jesus Shower committee is working

hard to contact everyone who has volunteered to help

make a child’s Christmas a little brighter. All calls should

be completed before Thanksgiving weekend. If you have

not had a chance to sign-up to help this year please

contact Amy Comer at 231-9226. All gifts are due by the

10:30 mass on December 13th.

Introducing the St. Helen’s playgroup!

Join us every other Friday morning as we explore

parks and other fun activities for the kids.

For more information,

contact parishioner Ashley Andrews @

ashleylynnandrews11@gmail.com.

OFFICE ASSISTANT St. Helen Parish has a part-time (19 hours) open-

ing for a Rectory Office Assistant. Among the primary

responsibilities of this position are hospitality and service

to our parishioners and visitors, both in person and over

the phone, support of the parish staff and finance manag-

er, correspondence utilizing MS Word, Outlook, Google

Docs, and database management using Excel and PDS.

The successful candidate will be an organized, detail-

oriented, motivated self-starter with a pleasant and pro-

fessional manner, and ability to maintain confidentiality.

Please send resume and cover letter by email

(don.reimer@sthelenparish.org), fax (937/256-6117), or

mail to Don Reimer, 605 Granville Pl., Riverside, OH

45431 no later than November 27, 2015. EOE.

THE LITURGICAL MINISTERS’ SCHEDULE FOR NOV 28 AND 29

GLOBAL CATHOLIC CLIMATE MOVEMENT The Global Catholic Climate Movement is now collecting signatures around the world to show our leaders that we

support Pope Francis’ encyclical on the environment. Would you like to join the Pope in caring for creation by

signing the Catholic Climate Petition which he has endorsed? On November 30, world leaders will begin meeting

at the U.N. climate summit in Paris with the goal of signing a treaty to tackle climate change. The Catholic Climate Petition

aims to collect 1 million signatures to urge our political leaders to commit to ambitious climate action and solve this urgent

crisis, with the goal of keeping the global temperature increase below 1.5 degree Celsius (aligned with the Catholic Bishops’

2014 Lima statement). Please consider adding your name to the petition! Sign within the next few days at

www.CatholicClimateMovement.global/petition/. Petitions will be presented to world leaders on Nov. 28th.

IT’S LEISURE CLUB TIME AGAIN Parishioners 50 and over are welcome to join this

great group for conversation, cards, and games. Join us at

1:00, this Tuesday, in the Smith Building!

HELP WANTED A volunteer from the parish is needed to transport

donated food from the Kroger store on Burkhardt Ave to

the ‘House of Bread’ community kitchen on Orth Avenue

in Dayton each Monday morning. If interested, check this

link (www.houseofbread.org) to read more about the

House of Bread and contact Bob Jasko at 252-6295.

SANTA NEEDS YOU!

AND SO DOES THE CHRISTMAS BAZAAR BAKE SALE It’s not too early to start baking and freezing items to donate to this year’s Christmas Bazaar. We’re

looking for homemade cookies, breads, brownies, cupcakes, and other sweet treats to sell at the baked goods

table on Saturday, December 5. Single-layer decorated cakes, fudge, and Rice Krispy treats are always popular

as well. We’d love to have a batch or two of whatever your specialty is. All items should be well wrapped and labeled.

Donations should be dropped off at St. Helen School office on Friday, December 4.

Please support St. Helen School PTO by baking/donating to this event. It can’t be a success without your help! Contact Lat-

asha Blake Hubbard at lbhubb13@yahoo.com or Jackie Skiple at

jskiple@sthelenschl.org if you have any questions.

1st Sun of Advent Sat., 11/28 5:00 p.m. Sun., 11/29 8:00 a.m. Sun., 11/29 10:30 a.m.

Altar Servers Braun, Megan MacLeod, Donald Perez, Dominic

Reed, Cavan MacLeod, Judi Perez, Joe

Wourms, Kaleb Saunders, Adam

Saunders, Nicholas

Eucharistic Ministers Eckhardt, Maryann Bentz, Bryan Friel, Erin

Eckhardt, Rich Bentz, Tabitha Friel, Jan

Kalis, Ben Buechele, Jacob Geisel, Lin

Kalis, Shawn Buechele, Ryan Madden, Diana

Marino, Nora Potts, Bill Madden, Kari

Monell, Allie Whitney, Jim Madden, Tim

Monell, Ray Whitney, Phyllis Notestine, Greg

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Lectors Snyder, Kathy Flaute, Bill

Otoski, Tom Schmid, Abby

CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE FOR GREAT ADVENT RESOURCES

ST. HELEN CHURCH

RIVERSIDE, OHIO November 22, 2015

OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, KING OF THE UNIVERSE

CREDIT UNION NEWS Second Semester College expenses are fast

approaching! Instead of using high-interest credit

cards that charge 20% APR or more to pay for tui-

tion, books or other expenses, consider getting a St.

Helen Federal Credit Union loan first. We have a

Second Semester School Loan special of up to

$7000 for 12 months AT 4.99% APR. Not only

will you be saving on lower interest rates with us,

you will also be building your personal credit.

Don’t wait for the semester to start; get your financ-

ing in order now. For a loan application or more

information on our Second Semester Special and

other loans, please contact the Credit Union at 252-

7477.

CHRISTMAS AND BEYOND At the Manger: World Nativity Traditions

The University of Dayton Libraries will

once again open their doors to the Dayton communi-

ty for Christmas and Beyond, an all-new display of

Nativities from around the world. Saturday, No-

vember 28, 2015-Sunday, January 24, 2016.

UD’s Marian Library has one of the largest

collections of international Nativities in the United

States.

Our parishioners have been invited to enjoy

and celebrate these marvelous sets during At the

Manger Grand Thanksgiving Open House; 1-5

p.m. Saturday, November 28th. The afternoon will

include five exhibits, children’s activities, refresh-

ments, the Dayton Celebration Chorus, the Manger

Market, and a place to catch football games and

scores. It is free and open to all. Parking is plentiful

and convenient. For complete information:

go.udayton.edu/manger.

ADVENT EVENING OF RECOLLECTION Dec. 3rd 7--9 pm

Si Lounge, Sieben Hall, Mount Saint John You and your friends are cordially invited to an Advent

evening of recollection focused on the Annunciation-

Incarnation. An interconnection with our celebration of the Jubi-

lee of Mercy comes from Thomas Merton who wrote: "Yet the

best thing of all is the love of the Virgin Mother of God, who

never offended Him, but who received from Him the greatest

mercy of all: that of knowing her nothingness in the midst of the

greatest perfection, and of being the poorest of all the saints be-

cause she was the richest" (No Man Is An Island, p. 209). Berga-

mo's Jubilee Retreat Guide Anthony Franchina, who was taught

how to lead Ignatian meditations by the Jesuits while working at

Georgetown University, will facilitate this prayerful experience

complete with an Application of the Senses. You may register

for this free will offering event by calling the Bergamo Center at

937-426-2363. or online at the Bergmo Center website: http://

www.bergamocenter.org/ under the Jubilees tab.

SAVE THE DATE FOR THIS YEAR'S

ANGEL NIGHT Our free, family friendly event is Thurs-

day, December 3 from 5:30 to 9:00 PM at Calvary

Cemetery Dayton. Music in the historic St Henry's

Chapel featuring The Beavercreek Brass, The Gem

City Chorus, the Kettering Children's Choir, Holy

Angels Contemporary Choir, the Combined choirs

of Chaminade-Julienne High School and the Miami

Valley Music Men. Walking and riding tours of illu-

minated Victorian Angels, cookie decorating and

children craft area, refreshments. All parking is on

cemetery grounds. Rain or shine. For more infor-

mation call 293-1221

CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE FOR GREAT ADVENT RESOURCES