St . B o n a v e n t u re Pa r i s h

803 STATE ROAD ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ P. O. BOX 996 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ MANOMET MA 02345-0996 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ s t b o n a v e n t u r e p l y m o u t h . o r g

M A S S S C H E D U L E

Monday through Saturday - 8:00 AM Holy Days - As announced Saturday - 4:00 PM Vigil Mass Sunday - 8:00AM, 10:00AM Family Mass, 11:30AM

Reconciliation - Saturday, 3:00 - 3:45 PM, or by appointment

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament -

Friday - Noon to Evening Prayer and Benediction at 5:30 PM First Friday - After the 8:00 AM Mass to Evening Prayer & Benediction at 5:30 PM Rosary - Weekdays, after 8:00 AM Mass and Saturday, prior to the 4:00 PM Mass Divine Mercy Chaplet - Friday, 3:00 PM

All Parish Email - stbonoffice2@verizon.net Fund for the Needy - stbonffn@verizon.net

MAIN OFFICE TELEPHONE 508-224-3636

PARISH OFFICE FAX 508-224-5889 REV. KENNETH C. OVERBECK, PASTOR EXT. 113

Debbie Adams, Office Assistant Ext. 110 Sheilah Burleigh Segatore, Rel. Ed. Coordinator Ext. 111 Susan Healy, Parish Admin. Assistant Ext. 120 Heidi Law, Outreach Coordinator Ext. 125 Christopher Ricci, Music Director Ext. 151 Michael Richard, Maintenance Director Ext. 152 Fund for the Needy Ext. 124 Knights of Columbus Ext. 114

St. Bonaventure Parish Manomet, MA

Mass Intentions

Mon., Dec. 25 - 10:00 AM - No Intentions 11:30 AM - No Intentions Tues., Dec. 26 - 8:00 AM - Pamela Pepe Wed., Dec. 27 - 8:00 AM - Dr. John J. Curran Thur., Dec. 28 - 8:00 AM - Fr. Jim Lanergan Fri., Dec. 29 - 8:00 AM - Donald McGill Sat., Dec. 30 - 8:00 AM - Frank D. Silvio, Jr., Frank D. Silvio, III and Douglas M. Silvio 4:00 PM - Dorothy Idehen Sun., Dec. 31 - 8:00 AM - Betsy McGinn 10:00 AM - Donald J. Ryan & Regina Jacobson 11:30 AM - Amalia Puleo, Karen Kempt and the Parishioners Benefactors of St. Bonaventure Parish, Living & Deceased

The Fund for the Needy wishes to extend a most sincere “Thank You” to who all of the contributors to the Family-to-Family Christmas Wish program. Through your generosity, over 98 families and 235 children are receiving over 700 gifts along with 28 seniors who received “Wise Men” gifts this year. The Fund for the Needy also wishes to extend a very special thanks to the many volunteers and the Fund for the Needy Committee mem-bers and benefactors who helped to make this year’s program an outstanding success. May God bless you all.

Then the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus. He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his Father.” --Luke1:30-32

Christmas Eve Masses - Sunday, Dec. 24th 4:00 PM & 6:00 PM

Christmas Day Masses - Monday, Dec. 25th 10:00 AM & 11:30 AM

Christmas at St. Bonaventure’s

Church Christmas Eve Christmas Day

St. Peter - Plymouth Center

4:00 PM & 7:00 PM 7:30 AM & 9:30 AM

St. Mary - North Plymouth

4:00 PM, 6:00 PM

and Midnight: 12:00 AM

7:30 AM, 9:00 AM & 10:30 AM

St. Kateri Tekakwitha - West Plymouth

4:00 PM & 7:00 PM 10:00 AM

If you would like to attend an alternate Mass:

Coffee & donuts will not be served after the Masses on Sun-day, Dec 24th so that the wonderful volunteers who bring you Sunday Hospitality may enjoy more time with their families. Coffee & donuts will be resume on Sunday, Dec. 31st after the 8AM & 10AM Masses.

Monday, January 1st is not a Holy Day of Obligation

this year. Daily Mass will be celebrated at 8:00 AM.

Fund for the Needy Food Pantry

Please note that the food pantry is now closed for the Christmas and New Year holidays. The pantry will reopen for business as usual on Wed., Jan. 3rd, 9:00 AM -1:00 PM.

PARISH BOOK CLUB - will meet on Mon-day, Jan. 8th, at 6:30 PM in the Parish Center to discuss Life of Christ by Bishop Fulton Sheen. Book Club members will then begin reading Friday, the Rabbi Slept Late by Harry Kemelman for the next discussion meeting on Monday, March 8, 2018.

The St. Bonaventure Parish book club is infor-mal and always welcomes new members. Meet-ings are held on the second Mon. of every other month (Jan., Mar., May, Jul., Sep. & Nov.) to provide ample opportunity to complete the readings. You can check out our list of upcoming (and past) reads at stbonaventureplymouth.org. For more info, please send your email to Sue Healy at stbonoffice1@verizon.net or call her at 508-224-3636, Ext. 120.

We hope you'll join us. … "The book is always open!”

Home Blessing Kits

Epiphany is Sun, Jan. 7th, so gather all your family and with the kit that you pick up in the parish office, bless your home together! Fr. Ken has blessed the chalk, the holy water is from our very own font and the directions and prayers are attached. How easy is that? Come to the office for your kit soon as we have limited quantities of the complete package. The parish office is open Mon. - Fri, 8:30 AM (except Christmas & New

Year’s Day) and on Sun, 8:30 AM - 2:30 PM.

FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT & CHRISTMAS EVE DECEMBER 24, 2017

O f f e r t o r y & G i f t C o l l e c t i o n s

Week of December 16/17

In-Church Online Total

Additional Christmas Flowers $ 468.00 $ 25.00 $ 493.00

Main Offertory $ 12,062.50 $ 1,290.00 $ 13,352.50

My Winter Gift $ 9,999.00 $ 145.00 $ 10,144.00

For the convenience of our parishioners, St. Bonaventure Parish has partnered with Parish Giving to offer an online giving option that accepts Electronic Funds Transfers from checking accounts and payments from all major credit cards. To link directly to the parish program, go to our website at www.stbonaventureplymouth.org and click the icon:

PRAYER CORNER - Please include the following intention in your personal prayer this week: We pray for the safety of all traveling during this busy time, that they will be protected and arrive safely at their destination.

About the Christmas Collection …

There is only one collection at the Christ-mas Masses, and all proceeds are forwarded to the Clergy Benefit Trust as mandated by the Archdiocese of Boston. The Clergy

Benefit Trust is chronically underfunded and therefore in need of financial support. However, if you wish your dona-tion to remain in the parish, you must clearly mark you enve-lope “Parish Use Only.”

Mother of Divine Hope & St. Bonaventure Statues for Our Church

are 29 Weeks Away!

Please give today!

Donation packets may be found at each of the bulletin boards near the doors of the church.

We’re very near to reaching the goal!

Don’t forget. … The tax year ends December 31st, so there’s still time to make a tax-deductible donation to the parish Statue Fund. Watch for the financial update, com-ing in January.

It’s not so baaa...d!

RELIGIOUS EDUCATON CLASSES - will resume Wednesday January 3rd for the second half of the year. Merry Christmas to all!

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED TO WATER & MAINTAIN OUR CHRISTMAS PLANTS & DISPLAYS …

If anyone would like to help maintain our beautiful displays throughout the Christmas season by watering & caring for the plants, please contact Sheilah at 508-224-3636, Ext. 111 or by email at stboncre@verizon.net, so that we may work out a schedule.

Eucharistic Ministers at the altar, at the hospital, and in the homes of parishioners in need; Altar Servers for Mass and for funerals; Choir Members & Guitar Players; Lectors and Ushers, the Rosary, Divine Mer-cy, Prayer Shawl Ministry, Adora-

tion and Evening Prayer warriors, the Laundresses for the altar linens, the Church Decorators, those who tidy the church & grounds, Baptism Coordinators and Seamstress, RCIA Team Members, Wedding Coordinators, the Parish Nurses, Bereave-ment Ministers, the Sunday Hospitality Crew, the Religious Ed-ucation Teachers, Assistants, Aides & those who help with the children’s projects & programs throughout the year and those who help to prepare for the classes, the Knights of Columbus, the Book Club Coordinator, the Adult Education Program Present-ers, the Money Counters and all who help at the office, the Maintenance Volunteer, the Fund for the Needy Volunteers & Golf Tournament Committee, and most especially …

YOU - our faithful parishioners!

Thank you!