St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Church

December 18, 2016

December 18, 2016 Fourth Sunday of Advent

St. Frances X Cabrini Catholic Church

Fr. Jim Cogan Administrator 12001 69th Street East, Parrish, FL 34219

Voice: (941)776-9097 Fax: (941)776-1307

Website: sfxcparrish.com E-mail: homesfxc@verizon.net

Bulletin: home@sfxcparrish.com

Parish Office Hours Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 9:00am-3:00pm

Closed Wednesday Emergencies day or night: (941) 201-9741

Bulletin submission deadline Monday 2 weeks prior to publication date

Weekend Mass Schedule

Saturday Vigil 4:00pm Sunday 8:00am & 10:30am Baptism Mass First Sunday of Month 12:00pm

Devotions

Monday 9:00am—10am Holy Hour Tuesday 9:00am— Blessed Virgin Mary Thursday 9:00am — St. Frances Cabrini Novena Friday 9:00am –2:30pm - Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in Church

Weekday Mass Schedule

Monday Tuesday Thursday Friday 8:30am Wednesday 7:00pm

Sacraments

Reconciliation Saturdays 3:00 pm

Marriage Please contact the office at least 6 Months prior

to wedding date.

Baptism Please contact Church office;

Parent baptism instruction is required

December 18, 2016 Fourth Sunday of Advent

Rev. David Baehr 12/15/1938– 11/23/2016

Ordained 5/16/1964 Funeral December 2, 2016 Burial December 19, 2016

November 20,2016 Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ King of the Universe December 18, 2016 Fourth Sunday of Advent

Notes from Fr. Jim: It is the time of year to be thankful and give thanks and I am especially thankful for being at St. Frances Cabrini and look forward to being here for many years. I realize that I still have to learn many names but the faces are becom-ing familiar and I am feeling more and more comfortable each day. I thank you all for your patience. Did you attend the Jewelry Show at the Cabrini Center? I stopped by and it was a lot of fun. Everyone did a great job to make it a success and they raised $1,500.00 which will go to the CFA. So I don’t miss any names I want to thank and bless all those involved for their hard work. In the same thought of thanking people for their hard work, I need to acknowledge Brenda and her group that weekly put in their time to run our Scrip Card Program. As you know all the proceeds go to the CFA and this year we are sending a check for $15,000.00. I am very thankful that I was sent to a parish like St. Frances with a group of truly devoted volunteers that are so deeply involved in the activities of our church. May God bless you all, Fr. Jim

It’s that time of the year again… Company coming, gifts for grandma and grandpa, mom and dad, husband or wife, teens, tweens and children. Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to please them all without all that mall shopping? Scrip has everything you need: department and home improvement stores, movies, restaurants, gas and grocery cards. Some-thing for everyone on your list. Stop by the ticket office at the front of the church. There is someone there to help you after masses. Now, wasn’t that easy? Time left over so put your feet up and enjoy your favorite holiday beverage.

BIBLE STUDY NEWS:

The next study will be on the "Prophets: Messengers of God's Love" and will begin on January 10, 2017 @ 6:30 pm and January 13, 2017 at 10:00. All parishioners are invited to

join this dynamic and interesting study. Pre-registration is required, please call Cathy

LaDisa at 776-3390 or email to cladisa@outlook.com to register and/get more

information. Looking forward to seeing new faces in the

New Year. Blessings for an inspiring and holy Advent.

Cathy

November 20,2016 Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ King of the Universe Mass Intentions Week of

December 18,2016

Saturday December 17 4:00pm +Eleanor Fienman Req by: TJ and Cheryl Keegan Sunday December 18 8:00am Parishioners 10:30am + Herb Shindler Req by: Frank and Susan Ward Monday December 19 8:30am + Arthur and Mildred Brady Req by Peg and Ed Brady Tuesday December 20 8:30am + Mary and Francis Hoberg Req by: Peg and Ed Brad Wednesday December 21 7:00pm + Geraldine Williams Req by: Elizabeth Carmody Thursday December 22 8:30am + Mary Kroner Req by: SFXC Friends Friday December 23 8:30am + Christine Mueller Req by: Loving Family Saturday December 24 4:00pm MCC+George &Rosalie Baehr Req by: Family 4:00pm Bruce Carmody Req by: Mother Sunday December 25 12:00am Miaya White Req by: A friend 8:00am Benefactors of SFXC 10:30am + Ann Foyle 12:00pm + Rachel Rodriguez Req by: Lydia

December 18, 2016 Fourth Sunday of Advent

Faith Formation Christmas Pageant Las Posada

It is hard to believe that Christmas is just around the corner. This means that preparations for the Faith Formation Christmas pag-eant are fully under way. We are excited to announce that the pageant will be on the Sunday before Christmas, December 18th at 4:30 PM in the Cabrini Center. Many of the children in the Faith For-mation program, from grades Pre-K through high school, will be participating in this pageant. The script for the pageant will be new this year. The children will be presenting “Journey to the Inn: An Advent Celebration.” It will be a reenactment of the story of Mary and Joseph’s journey to find shelter. The celebration comes from the Spanish missionar-ies who wanted to introduce Christ and His beloved mother to the New World. The Spanish missionaries referred to these cer-emonies as Las Posada – meaning “the inns” or “the shelters” – as they gave emphasis to Mary and Joseph’s search for shelter before Our Savior’s birth. Parishioners are encouraged to join the Faith Formation families for this wonderful Christmas experience. Light refreshments will be served after.

Winter Retreat

St. Frances Cabrini Parish will be hosting a winter retreat series on the theme of Consoling the Heart of Jesus in the Mother Cabrini Center. The retreat will be based on Fr. Michael Gaitley's book of the same title.

The retreat will take place on Tuesday for ten weeks beginning on Tuesday

January 3rd and ending March the 7th. from1-3 pm

Please join us for an experience of faith building and re-newal.

Sister Anne Marie; Maryann Allen; Barbara Atwell; Jack Berg; William Ber-rholder; Gerald Berry; Deborah Bifulco;Meredith Bishop; Richard Blake; Kate Brantner; Victoria Brown; Cheryl Ann Bronder; Buck Buchanan; Mary Ann Bueso; Dennis Byrne; Ray Cade; Dave Cannon; Betty Carr; Terry Carter, Don-na Lee Casto; Amy Charny; Deirdre Clark; Billy Clark; Kathleen Cornell; Tracy Slaton Crosson; Norma Cyr; Kenzie DeLaurier; Megan DeLaurier; Alice Em-

mert; Patricia Evans; Joseph Everman; Delanie Falkner; Joan Foley; Ann Gaglione; Marguerite Gagner; Beth Gallent; Benjamin Gilkey: Pat Greg-ory; Julea Giannillo; Keith Gramling; Frank Guetteraz;Carmelita HaydenThomas; Pete Huber; Anthony Ionetti;Lottie Johnson; Mike Jones; Patri-cia Jorke; Catherine Knox; Joan Kock; Don

Kopp;Deb Kovak ; Helen Koval; Sarah Kraemer;Josephine Kurina; Kwesi Kwapong; Lorene Kwapong; Judith Lammers; Nathan Lockwood; Dolores LaDisa; Delores LaMere; Eddie Livingston; John Leonard; Ashlee and Natalie Luallen; Nathaniel Mathis;Breanna Matthews;Betty Mattingly;Greg McCart-ney; Mc Comas Family; Jerry McCormick; Donna McGrath; Fr.Maurice Maroney; Candace Mendez; Lucille Merendino;Mary JaneMitchell; Gail Morri-son;Hazel Mulkern; John Mulkern; Hedy Nuspl; Andrea Grace Ogden; Nancy Paha Paredes-Galindo; Marie Pechet; NancyPellegrino; Larry Pelletier; Pricilla Pouliot; Abigail Pyell; Bob Reid ; Peg Reid ; Jeanie Reavis; Beth Riegle; Nancy Rizzo; BillRobinson; Linda Roche; Brenda Rodriguez; Marjorie Rogers; Craig Shafer; Marilyn Shander; Kevin Shannon; Blanca Soledad; Dan Sassong;Mary Saxton; Jeanne Soucy; Beverly Stefani; Jack Taber; Dolores Tewksbury; Kaitlyn Weninger; Anna Whipple; Miaya White; Linda Wright

Military Col. David Bissonnette; Sgt. Amy Cook; Sgt. Thomas Cook; SFC Kevin A. Correira; Sgt. John M. Dank, Jr; SSgt. Patrick Devito; SSgt Nathan E. Dietsch; Lt JG Julie Dumais; Cp5 Kathleen Foley; Ln Cpl Christopher Frank; Capt. Joseph Gill III; Maj John W. Ginn; Sgt. Jonathan D. Ginn; Sgt FC Joseph Jackel; CPO Jennifer Keisacker; Sgt. Jeffery Keisacker; 1st Lt. William Knox; Sgt Austin W. Kommick; Major Bonnie Meister; Cpl Jaclyn Monnerjahn; Cpl Matthew Mon-nerjahn; SSgt. Francois Moreau; Spc.1st class Anthony Mottaz; LCpl Patrick O’Houlahan; PFC Timothy O’Houlahan; Cpl Matthew Ortiz; SSgt Jeremy Pelkey; Maj. AllenPepper; SSgt Alex Dante Ponzi; Sr.A Chelsey Danielle Ponzi; Sgt Steven Popek; Capt. John A. Scott; Pfc Jason Stinton; Lt.Cmdr. Steven Szachta; Sgt. Eric Terlau; 1st Lt. William P. Traeger; Capt. Edward Vazquez; Sgt. Nicholas Weaver

Readings for the Week of

December 18, 2016

Sunday

Is 7:10-14/Ps 24/Rom 1:1-7

Mt 1:18-24

Monday

Jgs 13:2-7, 24-25a/Ps 71/Lk 1:5-25

Tuesday

Is 7:10-14/Ps 24/Lk 1:26-38

Wednesday

Sg 2:8-14 or Zep 3:14-18a/Ps 33

Lk 1:39-45

Thursday

1 Sm 1:24-28/1 Sm 2/Lk1:46-56

Friday Mal 3:1-4, 23-24/Ps 25

Lk 1:57-66

Saturday

Morning: 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a,

16/Ps 89/Lk 1:67-79

Next Sunday

Vigil : Is 62:1-5/Ps 89

Acts 13:16-17, 22-25

Mt 1:1-25 or 1:18-25

Night: Is 9:1-6/Ps 96/Ti 2:11-14

Lk 2:1-14

Dawn: Is 62:11-12/Ps 97/Ti 3:4-7

Lk 2:15-20

Day: Is 52:7-10/Ps 98/Heb 1:1-6

Jn 1:1-18 or 1:1-5, 9-14

Observances for the

Week of December 18, 2016

Sunday:

4th Sunday of Advent

Wednesday

St. Peter Canisius, Priest and

Doctor of the Church

Friday

St. John of Kanty, Priest

Saturday

Christmas Eve

Next Sunday

Nativity of the Lord

December 18, 2016 Fourth Sunday of Advent

REFLECTIONS FOR ADVENT ADORATION PREPARING FOR THE CELEBRATION OF CHRISTMAS: FOOD

Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him. Just as the living Father sent me and I have life because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on me will have life because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your ancestors who ate and still died, whoever eats this bread will live forever.” John 6:53-58 As we prepare for Christmas, let us remember that we will be celebrating on Christmas day “the bread that came down from heaven” so that we would have life. PRACTICE: When thinking about Christmas meals we think of the turkeys and hams, the cookies and “special” fudge and cakes and all kinds of goodies that are part of our traditional parties and dinners; but put this aside as much as you can this Advent and Christmas season and focus on the true nourishment, the truly life giving food that is Christ in the Eucharist. Pray over each sentence of Jesus’ quote individually. Take in the message. Consider what each statement means in your life. For example, do you approach Holy Com-munion understanding the life that it brings you? Do you live each day with the reali-zation that through Holy Communion you remain in Christ and He in you? Spend time reflecting on these words about the Eucharist: "When the bee has gathered the dew of heaven and the earth's sweetest nectar from the flowers, it turns it into honey, then hastens to its hive. In the same way, the priest, having taken from the altar the Son of God (who is as the dew from heaven, and true son of Mary, flower of our humanity), gives him to you as delicious food." - St. Francis de Sales "O Lord, we cannot go to the pool of Siloe to which you sent the blind man. But we have the chalice of Your Precious Blood, filled with life and light. The purer we are, the more we receive." - St. Ephraem Prepare yourself to receive God’s “delicious food” fully on Christmas day. Go to confession with this goal in mind. “The purer we are, the more we receive”. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament every Friday 9:00am to 2:30pm in the Chapel of Adoration. The Divine Mercy Chaplet is prayed at 2:00pm every Friday. All are welcome. If you would like to join The Adoration Program at St. Frances Cabrini call or email Alice Burns 919-306-6292 tpburns@aol.com.