ST. LEO THE GREAT CATHOLIC CHURCH DECEMBER 1, 2019 “THE FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT”

PO Box 421 — 102 W Broadway St Lewistown, Montana 59457

406-538-9306 www.stleoscatholicchurch.org www.facebook.com/stleoparish

Office Hours Tuesday — Thursday:

9:00am—1:00pm and 1:30pm—5:30pm

CLOSED ON MONDAY AND FRIDAY

Mass Schedule

* In the event of a funeral or wedding Mass, the daily Mass will be canceled.

Saturday Vigil

Sunday

Holy Family (Winifred)

Tuesday

Wednesday

1st Wed.

2nd Wed.

Thursday

Friday

1st Saturday

5:00pm

9:00am

11:30am

5:15pm

8:00am (every)

10:30am (Hospital)

10:30am (Villa)

8:00am

8:00am

9:00am (Latin)

Sacramental Preparation Baptism: Please call Fr. Samuel.

Marriage: Planning and preparation 6 months in advance.

Sacrament of the Sick: Please call the parish office.

Emergency anointing only: 399-3064.

Eucharistic Adoration After Friday Morning Mass: 8:30am-9:30am 1st Thursday of the Month: 8:30am-5:30am 1st Sunday of the Month: 10:00am-2:00pm

Rosary 30 minutes before each weekend Mass

Wednesday: 1:30pm

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Devotions Tuesday in the side chapel: 5:00pm

Sacrament of Reconciliation Tuesday: 5:45pm-6:30pm

After every daily Mass Saturday: 3:30pm-4:30pm or upon request

Religious Education Wednesdays

Kindergarten — Junior High: 4:00pm-5:20pm High School Youth Group: 7:00pm-8:30pm

Youth Choir: 6:00pm-7:00pm

2nd Tuesday Dinner: 6:00pm

Meeting: 7:00pm

Lewistown has a Catholic radio station! Tune into St. Joseph Radio, KSJR 105.5,

for some good Catholic content!

Parish Staff Pastor — Rev. Samuel Spiering

email: stleopriest@gmail.com

Director of R.E. — Shawna Sandau email: saintleodre@gmail.com

Office Manager — Amanda Schrauth

email: saintleoscatholicchurch@gmail.com

Bookkeeper — Jodi DeMars email: saintleosbookie@gmail.com

Maintenance — Janet Peters & Jesse Greenberg

Parish Council Kerby Durbin, Jessica Jackson, Julie Reesor,

Mack Jones, and Matt Moen Parish Council meets January, April/May, and September.

Finance Council Shirley Barrick, Gary Barta, Alan Aldrich,

Jodi Ruckman, and Neal Tucek Finance Council meets January, April/May, and October.

Let’s keep in touch! Get important updates & Parish Announcements.

Text: @LeoGreat to 81010

Parish Announcements

December 7 (5:00pm) December 8 (9:00am)

Jeri Lynn Witt Coordinator Ron Tucek

Layne Krumwiede Cross Bearer Kendall Barta

Kaelen Krumwiede Altar Server Carson Barta, Thomas Simpson

Catherine Murray Lector Bridgett Johnson

Susan Standley, Ron Hrubes Communion Ron Tucek, Pete Smith, Mack Jones

David and Jeri Lynn Witt Hospitality Long Family

Liturgical Ministers for the following weekend:

Elementary Religious Education Classes Please remember that parents are to pick

their children up from the Church. We will be in the Church from 5:05pm-5:20pm.

Come in and join us for prayer and announcements.

Youth Corner

November 24, 2019

Contributions: $3,237.00

Weekly Average: $4,325.24

2019 Care & Share Assessment: $50,670

Contributions: $29,203

Balance Owed: $21,467

Contribution and Gratitude Report

First Sunday of Advent Saturday, November 30

4:30pm Rosary

5:00pm Mass — the Intentions of Olin Rindal for God’s blessing

Sunday, December 1

8:30am Rosary

9:00am Mass — People of St. Leo’s

10am-2pm Eucharistic Adoration

11:30am Holy Family Mass — † Patsy Simac † by Bobbie Jo French and Family

Monday, December 2

Tuesday, December 3 — Saint Francis Xavier

5:00pm Devotion to Our Lady of Perpetual Help

5:15pm Mass — † Anna Simmons † by Kitty Foreman

5:45-6:30pm Confessions

Wednesday, December 4 — Saint John Damascene

8:00am Mass — † John Sciuchetti † by the Sharon Sciuchetti Family

10:30am Mass (Hospital) — for the Intentions of the Pope and our Bishop

1:30pm Rosary

Thursday, December 5

8:00am Mass — † John and Alice Janicek † by their family

Friday, December 6 — Saint Nicholas

8:00am Mass — † John Johnson † by Janice Johnson

8:30-9:30am Eucharistic Adoration

Saturday, December 7 — Saint Ambrose

9am Latin Mass — † William Cardinal Levada † by Fr. Samuel Spiering

3:30pm Confessions

Second Sunday of Advent Saturday, December 7

4:30pm Rosary

5:00pm Mass — People of St. Leo’s

Sunday, December 8

8:30am Rosary

9:00am Mass — † Claire Eloise Winn † by the Zane and Janelle Fulbright Family

10am-2pm Eucharistic Adoration

11:30am Holy Family Mass — People of Holy Family

November 30 — December 8

The Holy Father’s Prayer Intention for December 2019

Universal: The Future of the Very Young — That every country determine to take the necessary measures to make

the future of the very young, especially those who suffer, a priority.

St. Leo’s Holy Gift Shop The Gift Shop located in the parish

office has a variety of items for Advent and Christmas including

Advent candles, Advent calendars, Christmas cards, and Christmas books.

Get 20 Christmas cards for $10 or a set of Advent candles for $5!

Volunteers Needed Volunteers are needed to ring the Salvation

Army Bells on Saturday, December 14th in front of the Post Office from 10am-2pm.

Please check the sign-up sheet in the back of the Church. Thank you!

Annual Hat and Mitten Tree The annual Hat and Mitten Tree will be returning to St. Leo’s during Advent. If you have any clean hats,

mittens, or scarves that you would like to donate, please pin them to the

tree that will be in the back of the Church starting December 3rd.

We will give the collected items to those in need. Thank you!

Teen Choir and Dinner — next practice Dec. 4th.

Ethnic Dinner The monthly ethnic dinners will be returning in December. Saturday, December 7th will

be Italian night following the 5pm Mass. Please join us and bring your favorite

Italian dish to share!

Get Your Breakfast! Join your church family for our monthly

parish breakfast. Come, eat, and chat after the 9:00am Mass on Sunday, December 15th.

Donations will go to our local Catholic radio station.

Adult Education

Come and See Thursday, December 5, 2019

after the 8:30am Mass in the East Classroom.

We are currently watching videos and discussing the Blessed Mother, Queen of

Heaven and Earth. Come join us for coffee and fellowship.

Bible Study Coming in January following the Tuesday 5:15pm Mass!

We will be working through the Book of Revelation

using the Great Adventure Bible Study series

by Jeff Cavins and Thomas Smith.

Thank you for your prayers for our youth who attended the National Catholic Youth Conference last weekend in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Christmas Flowers

If you would like to get a poinsettia in the honor of a loved one, we invite you to make a donation towards the poinsettias. Please use the envelope sent with your December collection envelopes or pick one up in the back of the church. Please

fill out the envelope with the person’s name and ensure that your check is marked with “Christmas Flowers.”

You may have noticed that the kiosk at the back entrance of the church has been restocked!

You can find an assortment of CDs, books, and booklets.

Please browse the selection and feel free to ask at the office if there is something you do not see.

Beginning on Saint Andrew the Apostle’s feast day, November 30th, the following prayer is traditionally recited fifteen times a day until Christmas. This prayer helps us increase our awareness of the real focus of Christmas and helps us prepare ourselves for His coming.

Hail and blessed be the hour and moment in which the Son of God was born

of the most pure Virgin Mary, at midnight, in Bethlehem, in the piercing cold.

In that hour vouchsafe, I beseech Thee, O my God,

to hear my prayer and grant my desires, through the merits of Our Savior Jesus Christ,

and of His blessed Mother. Amen.

The sign up sheets for liturgical ministers for Christmas Masses are available on the whiteboard at the back of the church.

This year the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary is transferred to Monday,

December 9th and is NOT a holy day of obligation. Mass will be offered at 12:10pm on December 9th.

Shawna Sandau, Becca DeMars, Ellie Fulbright, Sam Fulbright, Daniel Aylesworth, Kendall Barta, and Carson Barta