33RD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME NOVEMBER 17/18, 2018 First Reading: Daniel 12:1-3 Psalm: 16:5, 8-11 Second Reading: Hebrews 10:11-14, 18 Gospel: Mark 13:24-32 BAPTISM: Please contact the Parish Office to fill out a baptismal registration form and to schedule with Fr. Draper or Deacon Prunty a date for your child's bap- tism. Note: If this is your first child being baptized, a bap- tismal preparation class must also be scheduled and taken with Fr. Draper or Deacon Prunty prior to the baptism. MARRIAGE: Arrangements are to be made by contacting the Parish Office at least six months in advance of the pro- posed date. Couples must meet in person with Fr. Draper to set their date and are required to participate in a mar- riage preparation program prior to the wedding. ANOINTING OF THE SICK: If you or a fellow parishioner’s health is in danger due to sickness or old age, please contact the Parish Office to be anointed by Fr. Draper. SICK VISITATION: If you are going to be hospitalized or are confined to your home and would like to receive Holy Communion, please contact the Parish Office to make ar- rangements. PARISH STAFF FR. TIMOTHY DRAPER, Pastor DEACON KEVIN PRUNTY, Pastoral Associate PAM FREUND, Parish Secretary CAROL PRUNTY, Parish Bookkeeper SUSAN MCCOY, CRE GERARD LEGNER, Custodian & Maintenance KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS: Meet 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month at 7:00 pm in the parish hall. FOOD PANTRY: Open the 3rd Wednesday every month at 9:00 am in the basement of St. Patrick Church. ST. VINCENT DE PAUL: Meet 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month at 7:00 pm in the school. † Communion Service led by Deacon Prunty: Mondays at 5:00 pm at St. Patrick, Amboy. † 1st Wednesday of the month 10:00 am Mass at Maple Crossing at Amboy. MASS SCHEDULE WALTON † Saturday 5:30 pm HARMON † Sunday 7:30 am AMBOY † Saturday 4:00 pm † Sunday 9:00 am † Tuesday 7:00 am † Wednesday 5:00 pm † Thursday 7:00 am † Friday 8:00 am Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Adoration Mass at 5:00 pm AMBOY RECONCILIATION: Saturday 3:00 pm - 3:45 pm Wednesday 5:30 pm - 6:15 pm HARMON & WALTON RECONCILIATION: Upon Request Parish Center For: St. Patrick, St. Flannen, & St. Mary 32 North Jones Avenue Amboy, IL 61310 Amboy Office: 815-857-2315 Harmon & Walton Office: 815-857-2670 Rectory: 815-857-4172 Fax: 815-857-3485 Office Hours: Monday-Wednesday, 8:30 am - 4:00 pm Thursday, 8:30am - 3:00 pm Friday, 8:30 am - 12 noon Website: stpatrickamboy.org 32nd Sunday In Ordinary Time - November 10/11, 2018 As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words but to live by them. ~ John F. Kennedy
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33RD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
NOVEMBER 17/18, 2018
First Reading: Daniel 12:1-3 Psalm: 16:5, 8-11 Second Reading: Hebrews 10:11-14, 18 Gospel: Mark 13:24-32
BAPTISM: Please contact the Parish Office to fill out a baptismal registration form and to schedule with Fr. Draper or Deacon Prunty a date for your child's bap-tism. Note: If this is your first child being baptized, a bap-tismal preparation class must also be scheduled and taken with Fr. Draper or Deacon Prunty prior to the baptism.
MARRIAGE: Arrangements are to be made by contacting the Parish Office at least six months in advance of the pro-posed date. Couples must meet in person with Fr. Draper to set their date and are required to participate in a mar-riage preparation program prior to the wedding.
ANOINTING OF THE SICK: If you or a fellow parishioner’s health is in danger due to sickness or old age, please contact the Parish Office to be anointed by Fr. Draper.
SICK VISITATION: If you are going to be hospitalized or are confined to your home and would like to receive Holy Communion, please contact the Parish Office to make ar-rangements.
PARISH STAFF
FR. TIMOTHY DRAPER, Pastor
DEACON KEVIN PRUNTY, Pastoral Associate
PAM FREUND, Parish Secretary
CAROL PRUNTY, Parish Bookkeeper
SUSAN MCCOY, CRE
GERARD LEGNER, Custodian & Maintenance
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS: Meet 2nd and 4th Wednesday of
the month at 7:00 pm in the parish hall. FOOD PANTRY: Open the 3rd Wednesday every month at
9:00 am in the basement of St. Patrick Church.
ST. VINCENT DE PAUL: Meet 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the
month at 7:00 pm in the school.
† Communion Service led by Deacon Prunty: Mondays
at 5:00 pm at St. Patrick, Amboy.
† 1st Wednesday of the month 10:00 am Mass at Maple
Crossing at Amboy.
MASS SCHEDULE
WALTON
† Saturday 5:30 pm
HARMON
† Sunday 7:30 am
AMBOY
† Saturday 4:00 pm
† Sunday 9:00 am
† Tuesday 7:00 am
† Wednesday 5:00 pm
† Thursday 7:00 am
† Friday 8:00 am Exposition of the
Blessed Sacrament & Adoration
Mass at 5:00 pm
AMBOY RECONCILIATION: Saturday 3:00 pm - 3:45 pm
Wednesday 5:30 pm - 6:15 pm
HARMON & WALTON RECONCILIATION:
Upon Request
Parish Center For: St. Patrick, St. Flannen, & St. Mary
32 North Jones Avenue Amboy, IL 61310 Amboy Office: 815-857-2315 Harmon & Walton Office: 815-857-2670 Rectory: 815-857-4172 Fax: 815-857-3485 Office Hours: Monday-Wednesday, 8:30 am - 4:00 pm Thursday, 8:30am - 3:00 pm Friday, 8:30 am - 12 noon Website: stpatrickamboy.org
32nd Sunday In Ordinary Time - November 10/11, 2018
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget
that the highest appreciation is not to utter words
but to live by them. ~ John F. Kennedy
MASS INTENTIONS
Tuesday, November 13th
7:00 am, Amboy NO MASS
Wednesday, November 14th
5:00 pm, Amboy HELEN ANN BECKER †
By: Tom & Deb Mead
DOUG O’ROURKE †
By: Denny & Judy Marsili
Thursday, November 15th
7:00 am, Amboy REGINA MORRISSEY †
By: Larry & Eileen Piper
Friday, November 16th
5:00 pm, Amboy KEN & RITA SPITZ †
By: Sheila & G.G. Garcia
Saturday, November 17th
4:00 pm, Amboy URBAN BECKER †
By: Junior Becker & Family
5:30 pm, Walton THE PARISHIONERS OF ST. MARY,
ST. FLANNEN & ST. PATRICK PARISHES
Sunday, November 18th
7:30 am, Harmon DICK ELY †
By: His Family
9:00 am, Amboy LEROY & BRIAN GOY †
By: Barb Goy
LITURGICAL MINISTERS NOVEMBER 17/18, 2018
Sunday, 9:00 am
Servers: Mason Ely Jairon Hochstatter
Lector: Kim Becker
Extraordinary Minister: Ken Burkhardt
Sacristan: Ken Burkhardt
Music Ministers: Nancy & Stella
Saturday, 4:00 pm
Servers: Addison Shaw Marie Shaw
Lector: Beth Shaw
Extraordinary Minister: Judy Nickel
Sacristan: Frank Lachat Jr.
Music Ministers: Youth Choir
Father Draper will be gone through November 16th. Father Kramer and Monsignor Hermes will celebrate the Masses while he is away. There will be NO Mass on Tuesday, November 13th.
► There will be NO Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament November 16th, or 23rd.
► Our office will be closed on Monday, November 12th for the Veterans Day Holiday. The office will close at 3:00 pm on Wednesday November 14th.
“ GREAT LAKES CATHOLIC MEN’S CONFERENCE
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2018
Want to be inspired and uplifted? Does your faith life
need a boost? Then come to the 24th Annual Great Lakes Catholic
Men’s Conference. Conference speakers include Elvis Grbac, Fr.
Stan Fortuna, Brian Greenfild, and Pete Burak. Emceed by Wayne
Messmer. Mass celebrated by Bishop David J. Malloy.
The Conference will be held at the Holmes Student Center at North-
ern Illinois University, in DeKalb, from 8:50 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tickets
include lunch and parking. Cost is $45 for pre-registration or $50 AT
THE DOOR; $15 for college students or younger, For tickets visit
www.thetalk.org or pick up registration form in the back of church.
YOUTH & KID’S CHOIR NEWS!
Kathy Mekeel has started a St. Patrick’s
Church Youth Choir for 5th through 12th
graders. The Youth Choir will sing once
a month at Mass. They will also sing at
the 4:00 pm Christmas Eve Mass. Re-
hearsals are at St. Patrick’s from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. eve-
ry Wednesday evening. Anyone who is interested,
please contact Kathy (see below). Thank you, and
please consider this opportunity for the youth of our
parish to get involved and participate in the Mass!
There will also be a K-4th grade Children’s Choir who
will sing before our Christmas Eve Mass. Kathy Me-
keel is rehearsing with these children on Sundays
from 8:00-8:45 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Hall. All children
in these grade levels are invited to participate at this
very special Mass! If you have questions about either
My dear parishioners, Two weeks ago, I shared with you paragraphs 13 and 14 of Pope St. Paul VI’s Encyclical Letter On the Regulation of Birth Humanae Vitae. This week we continue with paragraphs 15 and 16, where he discusses the lawful therapeutic means and Re-course to Infertile Periods: “15. [T]he Church does not consider at all illicit the use of those therapeutic means necessary to cure bodily diseases, even if a foreseeable impediment to procreation should result there from—provided such impediment is not directly intended for any motive whatsoever. “16. Now as We noted earlier, some people today raise the ob-jection against this particular doctrine of the Church concerning the moral laws governing marriage, that human intelligence has both the right and responsibility to control those forces of irra-tional nature which come within its ambit and to direct them toward ends beneficial to man. Others ask on the same point whether it is not reasonable in so many cases to use artificial birth control if by so doing the harmony and peace of a family are better served and more suitable conditions are provided for the education of children already born. To this question We must give a clear reply. The Church is the first to praise and commend the application of human intelligence to an activity in which a rational creature such as man is so closely associated with his Creator. But she affirms that this must be done within the limits of the order of reality established by God. If therefore there are well-grounded reasons for spacing births, arising from the physical or psychological condition of husband or wife, or from external circumstances, the Church teaches that married people may then take advantage of the natural cycles immanent in the reproductive system and engage in marital intercourse only during those times that are infertile, thus controlling birth in a way which does not in the least offend the moral principles which We have just explained. Neither the Church nor her doc-trine is inconsistent when she considers it lawful for married people to take advantage of the infertile period but condemns as always unlawful the use of means which directly prevent conception, even when the reasons given for the later practice may appear to be upright and serious. In reality, these two cas-es are completely different. In the former the married couple rightly use a faculty provided them by nature. In the later they obstruct the natural development of the generative process. It cannot be denied that in each case the married couple, for ac-ceptable reasons, are both perfectly clear in their intention to avoid children and wish to make sure that none will result. But it is equally true that it is exclusively in the former case that husband and wife are ready to abstain from intercourse during the fertile period as often as for reasonable motives the birth of another child is not desirable. And when the infertile period recurs, they use their married intimacy to express their mutual love and safeguard their fidelity toward one another. In doing this they certainly give proof of a true and authentic love.” Fr. Draper
GIVING MADE EASY!
Everything we have is a gift from God. We are
called to be wise stewards of those gifts. One
simple way to carry out our call is to support the
church’s mission through sacrificial giving. Our
new eGiving options for St. Patrick, St. Mary &
St. Flannen make it easy. eGiving allows you to
set up one time or automatic recurring contribu-
tions and view your complete online giving his-
tory all at your own convenience.
If you would like to give electronically, visit the
parish website at: https://www/stpatrickamboy.org
and click on the “Online Giving” button.
With GivePlus Church, our mobile giving app,
you can make giving easier. Visit the App Store
or Google Play and search for “GivePlus
Church” to download the app for free and start
donating today. Simply type in St. Patrick
Church.
Have questions? Call Carol or Pam in the Parish
Office 857-2315 or 857-2670.
Food Pantry this Wednesday, November 14th, 9:00-10:00 am.
