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General Email: [email protected] www.sacred-heart-online.org
Phone: 608-524-2412
Fax: 608-524-3831
PARISH STAFF
Fr. David Carrano, Pastor
Deacon Tom Hale, Pastoral Minister [email protected] Home phone 415-1165
Deacon Ron Pickar Home phone 524-4187
Patrick Andera, Dir. of Faith Formation [email protected]
Andrea Williams, Coord. of Rel. Ed. [email protected]
Andrea Kozlowski, Director of Music & Liturgy [email protected]
Angela Miller, Administrative Assistant [email protected]
Karyn Brunken, Administrative Asst. [email protected]
Michael Schwerman, Maintenance
SACRED HEART SCHOOL www.shsreedsburg.org
524-3611
Karen Marklein, School Principal [email protected]
Robin Hilgendorf, School Secretary [email protected]
Lori Gutierrez, 768-0372 Director of Early Childhood Development [email protected]
Inside this week’s bulletin:
Parish Liturgy Schedule – see page 2
Ministry Schedule for Christmas – see page 3 (Volunteers Needed)
Contributions donation information for 2017 – see page 3
Upcoming Youth & Adult Activities (Important dates) – see page 4
December 17, 2017
Third Sunday of Advent
SACRED HEART
CATHOLIC CHURCH
624 North Willow Street
Reedsburg, WI 53959
4th
Sunday of Advent
5:15 p.m. Saturday Vigil Mass – December 23
9:00 a.m. Sunday – December 24
1:00 p.m. - 2nd
& 4th
Sunday Spanish Mass
Christmas Masses
4:00 p.m. Sunday, December 24
6:00 p.m. Sunday, December 24
10:00 p.m. Sunday, December 24
9:00 a.m. Monday, December 25
11:00 a.m. Spanish Mass – Monday, December 25
CONFESSIONS
4:15 p.m.–5:00 p.m. Saturday
30 minutes before the Sunday Masses
ADORATION
First Friday – 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Third Saturday – 4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
LITURGY SCHEDULE
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PARISH SCHEDULE
Liturgies & Prayer Services – Dec. 18 – Dec. 25
TUESDAY, Dec. 19 5:15 p.m. ........... (Michael & Yvonne Straka)
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 20
8:15 a.m. ...................................... (Don Ryan)
5:00-6:00 p.m. ........................ Reconciliation
THURSDAY, Dec. 21 7:45 a.m. ............................................. Rosary
8:15 a.m. Mass ........... (Vi & James Tourdot)
11:00 a.m. Senior Life Mass
......................................... (Dorothy Clemitus)
FRIDAY, Dec. 22 7:45 a.m. ............................................. Rosary
8:15 a.m. Mass .................. (Erv Foss Family)
SATURDAY, Dec. 23 4:00 p.m. ................................ Reconciliation
5:15 p.m. Mass .............. (Victor McDermott)
SUNDAY, Dec. 24 8:30 a.m. ................................. Reconciliation
9:00 a.m. ....................................... (Dean Alt)
4:00 p.m. ........................... (All Parishioners) Incense will be used at the 4 & 10 pm Mass
6:00 p.m. ........................... (All Parishioners)
10:00 p.m. ......................... (All Parishioners)
MONDAY, Dec. 25 9:00 a.m. Mass .................. (All Parishioners)
11:00 a.m. Spanish Mass ... (All Parishioners)
Cluster Parish Christmas Mass Times
Sunday, December 24: 4:00 p.m. Mass ............ Holy Family, LaValle
8:00 p.m. Mass ...... St. Boniface, Lime Ridge
Monday, December 25: 8:00 a.m. Mass ..................St. Patrick, Loreto
10:15 a.m. Mass .......... Holy Family, LaValle
Incense Incense will be used at the 4 p.m. and
10:00 p.m. Christmas Eve Masses.
December 23 – 24 – Fourth Sunday of Advent
Saturday, 5:15 PM Sunday, 9:00 AM
Comm Tina Brooks
Lector Jim Hofrichter Tina Moritz
EMHCS
Deacon Tom
Deacon Ron
Ann Rocha
Cheryl Fry
Deacon Tom
Chris Lee
Greeters Angela Miller
Chloe Miller
Ed Miller
Helen Miller
Servers Lorraine Balda
Gabe Brooks
Julius Moritz
Bryson Sukup
Ushers
Joseph Hasler
Jack Kaun
John Miller
Mike Rocha
Tom Scanlon (H)
Mark Bass
Dylan Dunse
Danny Lee (H)
Bailey McGlynn
John Tourdot
Ministry Head Agnes Pickar Rich Braun
Christmas Flower
Memorials
Flowers are one way in which we wel-
come Christmas. Each year parishioners
may make donations for Christmas trees and flowers in
memory of a loved one. If you would like to contribute to
this fund, you may pick up a form from the side table in
the vestibule.
Advertiser of the Week Please support the advertisers in your bulletin, and thank them
for their continued support. They make your bulletin possible.
We encourage you to use the services of this week’s Special
Advertiser: M & M Sports
"A savior has been born for you who is Christ and Lord!" - Lk 2:11
Brothers and sisters, praising our Savior for all He has done is the greatest joy of life! It is wonderful to be able to do this together this Christmas. A most heartfelt welcome to all of you!
This summer I had a unique opportunity to go on a long retreat and also work with Mother Teresa's sisters in Ethiopia. I lifted you up often in my prayers before God. Through those experiences, I am coming to realize more and more how our American culture, as blessed as we are materially, is suffering deeply from spiritual sickness. So many of us feel unloved, struggle to find meaning and purpose in life, or are enslaved to our own desires and our own will.
Jesus has come to heal and save. He is love made flesh; he is the meaning we are searching for; he is the great liberator. But he comes not to overpow-er us, rather we see him born as a helpless child to invite our adoration and our free choice of love. Doing his will is what makes us truly happy. But he does not force us to do his will. We must freely relinquish our own plans and desires and choose his plan and desire. This is what it means to truly call Jesus "Lord."
As we sing "Joy to the world, the Lord is come!" this Christmas, let us truly make him the Lord of our lives. This is the greatest response to the gift of the Savior.
A very merry Christmas to you and yours! Fr Dave
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Ministry Schedule for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day!
Sunday - 4:00 PM Dec. 24 - Christmas Eve
Sunday - 6:00 PM Dec. 24 - Christmas Eve
Sunday - 10:00 PM Dec. 24 - Christmas Eve
Monday - 9:00 AM Dec. 25 - Christmas
Comm. Student Needed Sandy Edwards Needed
Lector Student Marty Krueger Larraine Bertrang Needed
EMHC
Deacon Tom Theresa Weitzel Mary Connors 1 Needed
Deacon Tom Marty Krueger Tracy Gruber
Deacon Tom 6 Needed
Deacon Tom Deacon Ron
Greeters 2 Needed 2 Needed 2 Needed Agnes Pickar +1 Needed
Servers Haylee Kast Anika Drexler 1 - Needed
2- 3 Needed
Mason Hess 2 Needed
2 Needed
Ushers Jordan Roberts 6 Needed
Jeromy Gruber 5 Needed
5 Needed 5 Needed
Ministry Head Tracy Gruber Agnes Pickar
PARISH OFFERTORY CONTRIBUTIONS Envelope Contributions last week .................. $9,281.97
Electronic giving last week ............................. $1,159.00
Capital Maintenance ........................................... $60.00
2017 Contributions: In order for your contributions to be
counted as deductions for 2016, your contributions must be
received at the Parish Office on or before Saturday, De-
cember 31, 2017. Anything after that date, no matter what
the date on the check is, will be counted for 2018.
PASTORAL MINISTRY
DEACON TOM
"Never be afraid of loving the Blessed Virgin too much.
You can never love her more than Jesus did."
— St. Maximilian Kolbe
"He who carries God in his heart bears heaven with him
wherever he goes." — St. Ignatius of Loyola
"To use this life well is the pathway through death to ever-
lasting life." — St. John Almond
We are searching for a new bowl for our
Baptismal Font
Size of this bowl is a 16 ½-16 ¾ in diameter and 4 ½ to
5 inches deep, should be a smooth bowl as to not dam-
age the marble. The current bowl was a punch bowl.
If you have a bowl that you want to donate, please con-
tact Angela in the office.
SACRED HEART SCHOOL
KAREN MARKLEIN
Monday, December 18 – 8th Grade Band Concert at
school. BBB game at. St. Mary’s (Portage) at 5:00 p.m.
Tuesday, December 19 – K-8 Christmas Programs at
1:30 and 6:30 p.m. in school gym.
Wednesday, December 20 – PJ/Comfy Clothes Day.
BBB Banquet at SHS in the evening.
Thursday, December 21 – Mass at 8:15 a.m. led by Gr.
2. Festive Wear Day. Birthday Party for Jesus at 12:30
p.m.
Friday, December 22 – No school at SHS.
SHS will be on Christmas break from December 22-
January 1st. There will be no set office hours during this
time. Messages and emails will be checked. Classes will
resume on Tuesday, January 2nd
The K-8 Christmas program, “The Night Before Christ-
mas,” on Tuesday, December 19th. There will be perfor-
mances at 1:30 and 6:30 p.m. in the gym with singing,
dancing, and playing of the instruments. There will be a
free-will bake sale in the evening with the proceeds going
towards the music program.
Condolences Please remember Jerry Downing and Vonie
Schorer in your prayers for the deceased. May
God grant them eternal rest and may the Holy
Spirit strengthen the members of their family in their grief.
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FAITH FORMATION
PATRICK ANDERA
Thank you to all of those who have helped us this year! For
all of the donations, parent volunteers and prayers for our
faith formation programs! May you all continue to have a
blessed Advent and joyful Christmas season!
CONFIRMATION
The Sacrament of Confirmation will be held on Wednes-
day, May 23rd
at 7 p.m. at St. Cecilia Parish in Wisconsin
Dells.
CLASS SCHEDULE Wednesday December 13
th was the last Faith Formation
Class of 2017. We will meet again on Wednesday, January
10th
, 2018.
Vacation Bible School is beginning to plan already. We
could use empty wrapping paper tubes. We would greatly
appreciate any you wanted to give to us. They can be
dropped off with Andrea at the parish office. Thank you!
YOUTH MINISTRY
LOVE BEGINS HERE REGISTRATION
Registration is now open for the Love Begins Here sum-
mer mission trips. Registration will be done online this
year. You can click on the following link to sign-up.
https://madisondiocese.org/lovebeginshere Space is limited! Email [email protected] if you
have any questions.
High School LBH: June 17-22 (Sun Prairie)
Middle School LBH: July 15-18 (Monona)
UPCOMING YOUTH MINISTRY EVENTS
Middle School Board Game Night - January 14th
High School Tubing @ Cascade Mountain - January 21st
Middle School Hoonting & Gargoyles - January 28th
Middle School Gladiator Night - February 16th
YOUNG ADULT MINISTRY
SPIRITS & SPIRITUALITY All Young Adults are invited to UNO’s Pizza in Lake Delton on
Thursday, January 11th
at 6:30 p.m. for a speaker and social
gathering. January’s featured speaker is Father Scott Jablonski
who will be giving a talk entitled, "Why do we need the Church
(and not just Jesus)"? Grab a beer, meet other young adults and
come listen to Father Scott. This is event is co-sponsored by
Sacred Heart Parish, St. Cecilia Parish and St. Joseph Parish.
Carpenter
MUSIC
ANDREA KOZLOWSKI
The Legend Behind the Carol: Some of our popular traditional carols come with some
very interesting history. This week we look at Silent
Night.
The legend goes that in the country of Austria in 1818, a
young priest by the name of Father Joseph Mohr faced a
rather large disappointment. The organ for his church, St.
Nicholas’s, would no longer work. Mice were thought to
be the guilty culprits. He was devastated that there would
not be any music for the Christmas Eve mass. Father
Mohr took a poem he composed, “Stille Nacht”, and asked
a local organist to set it to music that would only need a
guitar accompaniment and would be mostly sung.
Thank you to those involved in the Children’s Choir!
Our final rehearsal is this weekend, December 17th
between the 8:00 a.m. and 10:30a.m. Masses.
Thank you to those of you involved in the Young Adult
Choir! We could still use more! Please join us for next
rehearsal this Wednesday, December 20th
from 6-7
p.m.
Prayer Request
Greg and Tammy Wilcox would like to ask for your prayers for
their upcoming Mission Trip to Trinidad with “Family Mission
Company” December 26th
through January 4th
. They would also
like to ask for your prayers for the needy people of Trinidad and
the entire Mission group. The Mission group consists of volun-
teer lay Catholic missionaries, families and singles. On this trip
they will engage in Christian service through work projects,
visiting the elderly and handicapped, prison ministry, and ex-
tending the healing ministry of Jesus. The whole experience is
centered around prayer and fellowship.
To find out more information about Family Mission Company
please visit their website at:
https://www.familymissionscompany.com
If you would like to donate towards this mission, please contact
Melissa Seihan at:
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KNOW YOUR LITURGY
O Antiphons. During the week before Christmas, the
Church sings / prays the “O Antiphons.”
“The Roman Church has been singing the ‘O’ Antiphons
since at least the eighth century. They are the antiphons
that accompany the Magnificat canticle of Evening Prayer
from December 17-23. They are a magnificent theology
that uses ancient biblical imagery drawn from the messi-
anic hopes of the Old Testament to proclaim the coming
Christ as the fulfillment not only of Old Testament hopes,
but present ones as well. Their repeated use of the im-
perative "Come!" embodies the longing of all for the Di-
vine Messiah.” (from “The ‘O Antiphons’ of Advent” on
the USCCB web site)
The antiphons name Jesus by the Old Testament refer-
ences to the coming Messiah (O Wisdom, O Israel, O
Root of Jesse, O Key of David, O Radiant Dawn, O King
of All Nations, O Emmanuel). If you read the verses of
“O Come, O Come, Emmanuel, you will find the seven O
Antiphons incorporated into the hymn.
St. Vincent de Paul
Third Sunday of Advent
In today’s Gospel John the Baptist says, “I am the voice of
one crying in the desert; make straight the way of the
Lord.” Let us ask for the grace to help others to know the
love of the Lord.
Christmas is a time of love and gift giving…please give
to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul so that those who
do not have clothes and food can share in the blessings
of Christmas.
Meetings & Other Parish Events
December 18 – December 24, 2017 Tuesday, December 19
1:00 p.m.School Christmas Program (Gym)
6:30 p.m. School Christmas Program (Gym)
Wednesday, December 20
6:00 p.m.Young Adult Choir Practice (Church)
Thursday, December 14
7:15 p.m. .................... Choir Rehearsal
Parish Information
HOME & HOSPITAL VISITS
If you have a family member who is hospitalized or homebound
and needs a visit, please call the Parish Center and ask for Deacon
Tom.
ST. VINCENT de PAUL SOCIETY
Envelopes for your contributions can be picked up in the church
entry and placed in the regular collection basket and marked, St.
Vincent de Paul. New members are always welcome. Large item
donations call the store at 524-7714. Pick-ups are Saturday morn-
ings from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
NEED A RIDE TO CHURCH?
Call Deacon Tom at 524-2412 or 415-1165. (You must be able to
get into and out of a car).
PRAYER LINE
Please call 768-7014 or 415-1165 if you have special concerns and
would like a group of people to pray for your intentions; or if you
would like to join this ministry of prayer.
SACRAMENTS
For information regarding the Sacraments of Baptism, Matrimony
or Reconciliation refer to our website or call the parish office.
Website: www.sacred-heart-online.org
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