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WELCOME TO THE PARISHES OF
Holy Spirit Parish 227 Third St. Two Harbors, MN
HOLY SPIRIT & ST. MARY’S
HOLY SPIRIT PARISH Mass Schedule Confession Schedule
Saturday: 4:30 pm Friday: 7:30 - 8:00 am
Sunday: 11:00 am Saturday: 3:30 - 4:15 pm
Or by appointment.
Eucharistic Adoration: Fridays 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Holy Spirit Office Hours:
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Monday - Thursday
7:00 am - 11:00 am Fridays
Office is located in parish basement.
Office ................................................. (218) 834-4659
Office E-mail ............................. [email protected]
Liturgy E-mail ........... [email protected]
Rectory ............................................... (218) 834-4313
Parish Website ............ www.holyspirittwoharbors.org
Deacon Tim Egan ............................... (218) 349-9175
Deacon Scott Peters ............................ (218) 834-2543
Youth Ministry ................................... (218) 226-3100
Prayer Intentions ................................ (218) 834-4659
Birthright ............................................ (800) 550-4900
ST. MARY’S PARISH Mass Schedule Confession Schedule
Saturday: 7:15 pm Saturday: 6:30 - 7:00 pm
Sunday: 8:30 am Sunday: 7:50 - 8:15 am
Or by appointment.
Eucharistic Adoration: Wednesdays 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
St. Mary’s Office Hours:
8:00 am - 2:00 pm Monday - Thursday
Office is located in St. Mary’s Rectory.
Office/Rectory .................................... (218) 226-3100
Church Hall ........................................ (218) 226-3691
Parish E-mail .............. [email protected]
Parish Website .................... www.stmarysilverbay.org
Deacon Fred Wright ........................... (218) 220-1790
Deacon Jack Ferris (Retired) .............. (218) 226-4753
Father Michael Lyons (in Residence) (218) 830-1600
Prayer Chain ......... (218) 226-3639 or (218) 226-3841
SACRAMENTS OF MARRIAGE, BAPTISM, ANOINTING OF THE SICK:
Please contact your parish office.
Pastor: Rev. Steven Laflamme
St. Mary’s Parish 57 Horn Blvd.
Silver Bay, MN
First Sunday in Advent | December 3, 2017
BULLETIN SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Bulletin Announcements must be submitted to your parish office
before 4:30 pm on Mondays.
[email protected] (218) 834-4313
St. Mary’s, Silver Bay
Important Parish Town Hall Meeting Please attend this important meeting this Wednesday, December 6, at 6:30 pm in the parish hall. Fr. Steve will go over the proposed plan for replacing the entrance wall in greater detail. Because of the complex work involved, the bid was higher than originally planned, and we will also be discussing fundraising efforts. Fr. Steve asks all parishioners to please plan to attend this meeting. It is vitally important that everyone be involved in this effort.
Bible Study Join us this Sunday, December 3 at 6:30 pm in the Parish Hall as we start our new study, Prayer: Finding Intimacy with God. The Bible Study Group meets Sunday evenings, 6:30 - 8 pm. New members are always welcome. Though prayer is one of the essentials of a thriving faith, we often feel as if we’re talking to ourselves—or, worse, as if we’re talking to no one at all. How can something so vital to the Faith be so elusive? Dr. Tim Gray masterfully uses the discipline of Lectio Divina to show you how to make prayer an effective effort of love and intimacy. In six video sessions, Prayer: Finding Intimacy with God captures the secret to opening our hearts and minds to Scripture as the means to hear from God and then respond in conversation, basking in his presence and resolving to live in and through his love.
Pancake Breakfast & Annual Bake Sale The Knights of Columbus will serve their famous pancake breakfast after Mass on Sunday, December 10. The Knights of Columbus Ladies Auxiliary will host their annual bake sale during the pancake breakfast.
St. Mary’s Prayer Shawl Ministry We will meet on Wednesday, December 13 at 1 pm in the Community Room at Silverpointe Apt. We welcome new members. Knit/crochet/goodies. If you have questions,
contact Lana at 353-7714.
2018 Giving Envelopes & 2018 Calendars Please pick up your envelopes at the back of the church. If you don’t find your name and would like envelopes, please contact the parish office. Also, the 2018 calendars are on the table, please help yourself.
Old Red Hymnals Parishioners may take home an old red hymnal, they are at back of the church for your convenience. Because of copyright laws, these can only be for personal use.
Thank You from the Knights of Columbus We would like to thank everyone who participated or donated in any way to our annual Turkey Bingo.
Please Keep These People In Your Prayers
Parishioners: Joe Rollins, Elwood Youngberg, Mary Wright, Rick Scheradella, Lino Rauzi, Gale Fredrickson, Greta
Stefanich, Ted Youngberg, Tim Downey, Joan Scallen, Deanna Larson.
Clergy: Deacon Fred Wright, Fr. Francis Paquette.
Relatives & Friends: Jeremy Tedrick, Michelle Stebbins, Cyndi Correll, Mae Dehnhoff, Jeff Mitchell, Mark Rollins, Jan Hardel, Brad Hove, Dan Moudry, Johnny Jerabek..
Military: Todd Curry, John Ferguson, Karen McGrane, Michael Seipke, Sam West, Chris Grensing, Sean Stebbins.
Family Faith Formation
We will meet next on Wednesday, December 6 at 6 pm. We’ll start our night with dinner at 6 pm, followed by classes at 6:30 pm. For our Adult Faith Formation time, Father Steve scheduled a parish town hall meeting to discuss the construction & fundraising efforts for the front entry wall of the church. He planned the meeting during Adult Faith Formation so all parents could be there. There is child care available for those who have children younger
than kindergarten.
Poinsettias
Again this year we will buy our Christmas flowers locally, which were also locally grown at Anderson’s Greenhouse in Two Harbors. You can purchase a poinsettia for St. Mary’s Church in memory of a loved one. The cost is $13. Please use a “flower envelope” so we have all the correct information for the Christmas Bulletin. If you have any questions, please call the Parish Office for more details.
The Knights of Columbus Christmas Party
The party will be Thursday, December 14, in the Parish Hall at 5 pm. Bring a dish to share and an inexpensive gift for the dice game.
Music Ministers
For any of you wishing more practice for the Heritage Mass parts, I will be available for the next few Sundays after the 8:30 am Mass. Thanks, Lana
Weekend Collection
General…………....…...…………....…….………..…....$1521.00 Building Fund…………………………….……….......……..$50.00
Fr. Steve’s Prayer for Consideration: Opening Prayer for the 1st Sunday of Advent
“Grant your faithful, we pray, Almighty God, the resolve to run forth to meet your Christ with righteous
deeds at his coming, so that, gathered at his right hand, they may be worthy to possess the heavenly
Kingdom. Through our Lord Jesus Christ...”
As we may know, with the First Sunday of Advent this weekend begins a new Church year. And, it is also a great opportunity for me to change the subject matter for my bulletin articles. As you recall, my first year here as your pastor, I wrote a series of articles called, “Fr. Steve’s Quotes for Consideration,” in which I shared a quote from a saint and expounded upon it. This past year, I wrote a series called, “Fr. Steve’s Church Teaching for Consideration,” in which I discussed different teachings
of our faith. I would like to shift gears now for this new Church year and run a series of bulletin articles entitled, “Fr. Steve’s Prayer for Consideration.” My plan is to take the opening prayer, known as the “collect,” from the current weekend’s Sunday Mass and pull it apart, piece by piece, and offer something of a meditation or things to ponder about what that prayer means and what it is saying.
Now, my hope is that doing this will provide a source of meditation for you, the parishioners, to reflect upon during the upcoming week. As you are aware, the prayers at Mass in the “big red book,” called the Roman Missal, that the priest prays are not of his choosing or making: they are the same prayers heard around the world in all Catholic Churches that particular weekend. But, sometimes, we may not catch all the beauty and impact of a particular opening prayer at Mass for a whole host of reasons- perhaps we are distracted at the moment of the opening prayer, or our kids are crying, or the language is a bit too poetic to take in all at once. Thus my hope is that by providing a bulletin article in which we walk through the opening prayer, it will help to open up to us the beauty of the composed prayers of the Mass. So, a brief reflection on this weekend’s opening prayer for the First Sunday of Advent. Remember, at this moment, the priest is praying to God the Father on your behalf, as your representative. The opening prayer, which from here on out I will be calling the “collect,” is meant to do exactly that: it gathers together, or “collects” the hearts and minds of the people gathered for Mass and unites them in a common prayer to the Father, spoken by the priest. Typically, the collect reflects in its subject matter the particular season or time of year that the Church is celebrating. Thus, with the collect printed above: notice a few important features. First, the prayer reminds us right away about an important principle regarding Advent: during the season of Advent, we remember and prepare for the Lord Jesus’ coming as a baby in Bethlehem 2,000 years ago. But, we also are reminded during Advent to make sure that we are spiritually ready and prepared for Jesus Christ’s Second Coming, when He will return to earth to judge all the living and the dead. And notice something really quite neat: remember last weekend’s Gospel reading for the Feast of Christ the King? It was the Gospel story in which Jesus described His Second Coming and the Last Judgment. Listen to the connection between that Gospel reading and this weekend’s opening prayer- we pray that we may meet the Lord Jesus with “righteous deeds” at his coming (“coming” here refers primarily to his Second Coming). Remember that the people whom Jesus welcomed to Heaven in last weekend’s Gospel had carried out good works of feeding the hungry, visiting the sick, etc? Then the prayer says, “so that gathered at his right hand, they may be worthy to possess the heavenly kingdom.” Remember that in the Gospel last weekend, the persons who were judged worthy to enter into Heaven were placed at Jesus’ right side, while those going to hell were at Jesus’ left side? In sum, the priest is praying for you, brothers and sisters, that you may be saved: “that they may be worthy to possess the heavenly Kingdom.” That’s what Advent, and what our entire faith is all about- salvation! God bless you! ~ Fr. Steve
THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION)
Holy Spirit - Two Harbors Thursday, December 7 - 7:00 pm
Friday, December 8 - 8:15 am Friday, December 8 - 5:00 pm
St. Mary’s - Silver Bay Friday, December 8 - 8:15 am Friday, December 8 - 7:15 pm
The Bulletin Deadlines for the Upcoming Holidays:
Bulletin Date Submit Announcement By
December 25 Thursday, December 15 January 1 Wednesday, December 21 January 8 Wednesday, December 28
Deadlines for the Upcoming Holidays
Bulletin Date Submit Announcements By
December 17 Friday, December 8 December 24 Thursday, December 14 December 30 Wednesday, December 20 January 8 Friday, December 29
Christmas Mass Schedule
Christmas Eve - December 24: The Nativity of the Lord 4:30 pm at Holy Spirit, Two Harbors
7:15 pm at St. Mary’s, Silver Bay
Christmas Day - December 25: The Nativity of the Lord 9:00 am at St. Mary’s, Silver Bay
10:00 am at Holy Spirit, Two Harbors
Holy Spirit, Two Harbors
From the Desk of Fr. Steve: I wish to formally offer my thanks as Pastor to several of our
parishioners who volunteered hours of their free time to help
organize, plan and execute our recent photo shoot for our new
parish directory: Gina Lemke, Kristine Underdale, Jennifer
Johnson as well as many other volunteers. When you see them
next, please thank them for their generous service to our parish!
Parish News: Retirement Fund for Religious: Please support next week’s
collection and give to those who have given a lifetime. Your gift
to the Retirement Fund for Religious helps provide nursing
care, medications, and other necessities. Please be generous.
Prayer Shawl Ministry: Prayer shawls and lap robes are made
in prayer by volunteers to be given to someone with a
prolonged or serious illness, in hospice, as a comfort after a loss
of a loved one or in times of stress. If you know someone who could
benefit from a prayer shawl or would like more information,
please call Liz Scheidt at 834-6492 or Linda Hoffman at
830-0605. The Prayer Shawl Ministry meets on the second
Tuesday of each month at 9 am. New people are always
welcome to join.
Parish Envelopes: Your assigned packet of envelopes is
available at the back of Church for the coming year. Envelope
usage is very important as it helps support intentional steward-
ship by everyone. We urge you to use your envelopes, it makes
our record keeping much easier when you do. If you need
envelopes, please let us know.
Advent Booklets, Calendars:
Please pick up your copies in the Church entryway.
Coming Home Basket: The basket located in the vestibule
(Church entrance) on the right side is a “Coming Home
Basket.” Anyone who knows of someone who has drifted away
from their Catholic faith is encouraged to write the name of the
person on a sheet of paper located in front of the basket and
place the paper inside the basket. As a faith community we are
encouraged to pray for the people whose names have been
placed in the Coming Home Basket as well as to encourage
those who have drifted away to return.
Christmas Poinsettias:
Parishioners wanting to donate Christmas flowers should bring
them to the church no later than Friday, December 22nd. Thank
you for your help in providing Christmas flowers.
Please Keep These People In Your Prayers:
PARISHIONERS: Deel Hoffman, Arthur Barthman, John
Erickson, Ron Kor, Bonnie McGregor, Mary Murphy, JoAnn
Payment, Verna Rafn and Joe Seeber.
FRIENDS & RELATIVES: Bill Carlson and Patty
Harrison-Isakson.
MILITARY PERSONNEL: Garrett Aho, Nate Berger,
Jacob Kearin, James Mickle, Christopher Uremovich,
Maddison Zavoral and Sophia Zavoral. SACRED HEART CANDLE: Tom Kucinski.
Family Faith Formation
We will meet next on Wednesday, December 13. The
families will start with dinner together at 6 pm, followed
by classes at 6:30 pm. All parishioners are invited to
attend the Adult Faith Formation with the parents in the
Church at 6:30 pm. Fr. Steve will continue his series on
the Mass. There is child care available for those who have
children younger than kindergarten. If you would like to
know more about our program, contact Cindy at 226-3100.
Eucharistic Adoration:
We have Eucharistic Adoration every Friday 9:00 am until
noon. There is a sign-up sheet in the back of the church to
be certain that someone is always in attendance during the
time of Exposition. If you are available during this time,
please consider signing up to spend an hour with the Lord
in prayer.
UCA Update:
Please Note: As of today, our parish has currently collected
$23,180.43 towards our UCA goal of $25,667.93. We still
need to collect $2,487.50 by December 31st to meet our
parish goal. Please remember that all UCA monies go
directly to assist our diocese in its many programs which
directly benefit our parish. Please also remember that if we
do not meet our goal, we will have to make up the rest of
the monies from our general parish funds. Thank you!
Weekend Collection
Last Week’s Contributions
General ............................................................ $2,402.00 UCA..................................................................... $350.00 Building Fund..................................................... $565.00 Christmas Flowers. .............................................. $10.00
Saturday BLESSED VIRGIN MARY 12/2/17
6:30 p.m.
7:15 p.m.
Sacrament of Penance
Mass - Intention for Lee & Betsy Ramsdell
Reader…...Tom Frericks
Cantor........Terri Frericks-Blood
Plate……...Don Seipke
Chalices….Jeff Asmussen & Deacon Fred Wright
Servers...…Jason Blood & April Velcheff
Sunday FIRST SUNDAY IN ADVENT 12/3/17
7:50 a.m.
8:30 a.m.
Sacrament of Penance
Mass - Intention for All Parishioners
Reader…...Susan Michels
Cantor........Kim Josephson
Plate……...Deacon Jack Ferris
Chalices….Bonnie Kruger & Deacon Fred Wright
Servers…...Natalie Reineccius & Zack Fredrickson
Monday ST. JOHN DAMASCENE 12/4/17
No Mass
Tuesday WEEKDAY DURING ADVENT 12/5/17
7:50 a.m.
8:15 a.m. Rosary
Mass - Intention for Johnny & Joey Jerabek
Wednesday ST. NICHOLAS 12/6/17
7:50 a.m.
8:15 a.m. Rosary
Mass - Intention for Lois Peterson-Braun
Thursday ST. AMBROSE 12/7/17
7:50 a.m.
8:15 a.m. Rosary
Mass - Intention for Deanna Larson
Friday THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
(Holy Day of Obligation)
12/8/17
7:50 a.m.
8:15 a.m.
7:15 p.m.
Rosary
Mass - Intention for Phil Carlson
Mass - Intention for All Parishioners
Reader…...Jessalyn Hansen
Cantor........Marilyn Frericks
Plate……...Tom Frericks
Chalices….Mike & Cindy Rowlee
Servers...…Thomas Rowlee & Lucas Stadler
Saturday ST. JUAN DIEGO 12/9/17
6:30 p.m.
7:15 p.m.
Sacrament of Penance
Mass - Intention for Char & Larry Byrnes
Reader…...Emma Rohloff
Cantor........Andy Buell
Plate……...Leanne Buell
Chalices….Mike Rowlee & Steve Rohloff
Servers...…Giovanni & Corinna Marolt
Sunday SECOND SUNDAY IN ADVENT 12/10/17
7:50 a.m.
8:30 a.m.
Sacrament of Penance
Mass - Intention for All Parishioners
Reader…...Laura Swartz
Cantor........Tom Palen
Plate……...Deacon Jack Ferris
Chalices….Bonnie Kruger & Evan Swartz
Servers…...Brooke Velcheff & Nicholas Swartz
St. Mary’s Mass Schedule Holy Spirit’s Mass Schedule
Saturday BLESSED VIRGIN MARY 12/2/17
3:30 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
Sacrament of Penance
Mass — Intention for All Parishioners
Reader……Harold Ek
Cantor........Mary Simonsen
Chalices….Liz Scheidt & Jeannie Shaw
Servers…...Ava Fosness & To be assigned
Chili Dinner
Sunday FIRST SUNDAY IN ADVENT 12/3/17
11:00 a.m.
Mass — Intention for Carol Giacomini
Reader…....Mike Hoffman
Cantor........Judy Fleischer
Chalices….Laura Lien & To be assigned
Servers…...Ethan Bopp & Isaiah Beamer
Monday ST. JOHN DAMASCENE 12/4/17
No Mass
Tuesday WEEKDAY DURING ADVENT 12/5/17
5:30 p.m. Mass — Intention for Richard Johnson
Wednesday ST. NICHOLAS 12/6/17
No Mass
Thursday ST. AMBROSE 12/7/17
8:15 a.m.
6:30 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
Mass — Intention for Alex VanHorn
Men’s Prayer Group
Mass
Reader…....Mike Hoffman
Chalices….Linda Hoffman
Servers…...To be assigned
Friday THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
(Holy Day of Obligation)
12/8/17
7:30 a.m.
8:15 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
5:00 p.m.
Reconciliation
Mass—Intention for Jerry & MaryAnn Viktora
Reader……Liz Scheidt
Eucharistic Adoration with Benediction
Mass — Intention for All Parishioners
Reader……Paulette Moreland
Chalices….To be assigned
Servers…...To be assigned
Saturday ST. JUAN DIEGO 12/9/17
3:30 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
Sacrament of Penance
Mass — Intention for All Parishioners
Reader……Gloria Uremovich
Cantor........Judy Fleischer
Chalices….Liz Scheidt & Beth Egan
Servers…...Kate Thomasen & To be assigned
Sunday SECOND SUNDAY IN ADVENT 12/10/17
11:00 a.m.
Mass — Intention for Mary Jane Smith
Reader…....Louis Button
Cantor........Mary Simonsen
Chalices….Joanne Button & Nancy Olsen
Servers…...Nathan Campbell & Casey Underdale