Third Sunday of Advent
Sunday, December13, 2015
Zephaniah 3:14-18; Philippians 4: 4-7; Luke 3:10-18
Fourth Sunday of Advent
Sunday, December 20, 2015
Micah 5:1-4a; Hebrews 10: 5-10; Luke 1: 39-45
Day Date Mass For Status Requested By Celebrant
Saturday 12/12 5pm Patrick Downs D Cathy Samuels Fr. Gerald
Sunday 12/13 9am * Archibald Rose D Warren & Suzanne Rose Fr. Gerald
Sunday 12/13 11am Missa Pro Populo Fr. Gerald
Wednesday 12/16 9am Edward Wenchell D Barbara Senig Fr. Gerald
Thursday 12/17 9am* Theodore & Mathilda Knutzen D Warren & Suzanne Rose Fr. Gerald
Friday 12/18 9am David Moulton D Charlie and Gloria Van Slyke Fr. Gerald
Saturday 12/19 5pm Charles Guthrie D Kay & Bob Stanton Fr. Gerald
Sunday 12/20 9am * Missa Pro Populo Fr. Gerald
Sunday 12/20 11am Ted Schaefer D Joe & Mary Ann Schaefer Fr. Gerald
* Celebrated at St. Joseph's/Shrine of St. Katharine Drexel
Office Hours: Thursday after Mass until 12pm
Phone: (434) 842-3970
Weekend: Sunday 9:00AM
Holy Day: 9:00AM
Weekday: Thu 9:00AM
Sacrament of Reconciliation: Sunday: before Mass 8:30AM Adoration: Last Sunday of the Month 7:30 – 8:30AM
Weekend: First Saturday 9:00AM
Saturday Vigil 5:00PM
Sunday 11:00AM
Weekday: Wed & Fri 9:00AM
Mass With Children Sun 01/24 11:00AM
Latin Mass:
Our Lady of Peace Appomattox
1st & 3rd Sunday 3:00PM
Sacrament of Reconciliation:
First Friday after 9AM Mass or by appointment
Saturday 4:00PM
Adoration: Monday-Friday 6AM to 10:00PM
Rosary: After 9:00AM Weekday Masses
Parish Center Office Hours:
9:00 AM to 3:00 PM (M-F)
Saint Nicholas
Learning Center
7:15am – 6:30pm [email protected]
[email protected] Phone: (434) 589-5201 Fax: (434) 589-4463
Visit our Website: http://saintspeterpaul.org/
Rectory 15 Dogleg Rd
Palmyra, VA 22963 (434) 589-5200
Twinning with Saint Peter's Parish
Fond-Pierre, Haiti
Pastor: Rev. Gerald Francis Musuubire
Permanent Deacon: Rev. Mr. Robert Allen
Office Manager: Pamela Dempsey
Pastoral Council Chair: Rich Warren
Finance Council Chair: Carol Fernandes
New to Saints Peter and Paul?
We are delighted to have you join
our parish family!
We hope that you are finding love,
hospitality, and a sense of
community here.
Please stop by our
Welcome Newcomers table
after Mass to pick up our
Welcome Packet.
SANCTUARY CANDLE MEMORIAL December
Donor: The Bockman Family
Memorial: George Bockman
If you wish to have a name added to the list, please notify the office (434) 589-5201
Barbara Acosta * Cindy Alira-Kiesler * Michael Amato * Connie Aspell * Derek Assink * Nancy Avers
Fran Allan * Sal Barcia * Amy Beck * Pat Bergor * Peggy Boggess * Debra Borowicz * Robert Bossong
Anne Branigan * Pamela Bronson * Bob & Rita Buzzard * Mary Callahan * Stephen Campagna * Mae Carey
Brady & Marge Casells * Maryann Cascio * Sister Mary Charles * Roberta Condon * Nancy Connors * Bob Cote * Jim Cullinan
Connie D’Amico * Kevin Dolan * Carol Donohue * Jack & Edna Donnelly * Nancy Dudley * Bruce Duncan * Monty Dunckan
Ellen Dunn * Helga Fallis * Joseph Favia * Leoncio Feliciano * Ellen Ferris * Donna Firth * John W. Fredericks * Dave Garner
Kevin Geiger * Margaret Goldberg * Helen Gomes * Gracie * Tom Griffin * John Groholski * Pat Hagger * Troxie Harding
Rick Hayden * Fred Hansen * Jeff Henrietta * Suzanne Hilbert * Caisey Rose Hoffman * Eleanor Holodak * Jim Holodak
Danielle Jones * John & Rosemary Kaiser * Carolyn Kerrigan * Tom Kinter * Raymond Lantz * Marcia Aulebach-Lagomarsino
George Lechner * Karin Lee * Stacey Maas * Diana Mariutto * Lynn Martin * Christi Maurer * Steven McCall * Eileen McCoy
Kathy & Bradley McNally * Art, Judy, and Debbie Menard * Joan Merk * Rose Millington * Mildred Monahan * Brenda Morgan
Rachel Morris * Jim Mullin * The Nelson Family * Nick * Jack and Lillian Nolfo * Joe Novak * Mary-Ellen O'Rourke
Natalie Palmer * Ryan Palmer * The Parson Family * Frank Persico * Sandi Petras * Matthew Picone * Richard & Denise Pillar
Agnes Pomeroy * Connie Porter * Nick Pugliese * Chris Ramirez * Solidad Ramirez * Margaret Reilly * Donald Rebarchak Sandra
Reynard * Nancy Richards * Patricia Robinson * Cliff Rodgers Emma Rose * Kathy Saurman * Bob and Mary Sedlak Robert Smith
* Frank Stewart * Susan Strong * The Starowicz Family * Jamie Steiner * Janet Supplee Cheryl Surrett
Linda Tansey * Thomas Family * Jimmie Utterback * Mary Vrennan * Stephanie Vinson-Campbell * Terry Walker * Mary Walsh
Robert Watts * Lenore Weir * Joyce White * Sister Regina Wilson * Diane Wolfe * Linda Wolfe * Morgan Yancey * Nick Zumar
SAINTS PETER AND PAUL CATHOLIC CHURCH DECEMBER 12-13, 2015
BREAD AND WINE MEMORIAL
December
Donor: Anne Branigan Memorial: The Branigan Family
OFFERTORY COLLECTION
December 5-6
First Offering
$ 5,089.13
First Offering - Faith Direct $ 1,491.50
Total: $ 6,580.63
Second Collection this weekend: Building Fund
Second Collection next weekend: Capital Campaign
SWAG Christmas Party
Wednesday
December 16
5:30
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Advent Communal Penance Service Rite for Reconciliation of Several Penitents with Individual Confession and Absolution,
from Vatican II edition, Number 22 states that
"Communal celebration shows more clearly the ecclesial nature of penance."
The reason for Communal Penance Service is to facilitate SEVERAL Confessors for a large
group of penitents to hear individual confessions. As your Pastor, I encourage you to avail
yourselves for our Advent Penance Service on
Tuesday
December 15, 2015
7:00pm
We often have 8-10 priests come to help hear individual confessions.
This year we celebrate the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy, were the Holy Father has invited
all of us in a special way to focus on the face of the Father of Mercy. He said
“We need constantly to contemplate the mystery of mercy.
It is a wellspring of joy, serenity, and peace. Our salvation depends on it.
Mercy: the word reveals the very mystery of the Most Holy Trinity.
Mercy: the ultimate and supreme act by which God comes to meet us.
Mercy: the fundamental law that dwells in the heart of every person who
looks sincerely into the eyes of his brothers and sisters on the path of life.
Mercy: the bridge that connects God and man, opening our hearts to the hope
of being loved forever despite our sinfulness.
At times we are called to gaze even more attentively on mercy so that we may
become a more effective sign of the Father’s action in our lives. For this reason I
have proclaimed an Extraordinary Jubilee of mercy as a special time for the
Church, a time when the witness of believers might grow stronger and more
effective.”
The infinite love and mercy of God will forgive any sin sincerely confessed
with a real contrition and a firm purpose of amendment.
SAINTS PETER AND PAUL CATHOLIC CHURCH DECEMBER 12-13, 2015
Sun 12/13
RCIA Group Meeting 9:30 - 10:45am M
CCD Classes 9:45 - 10:45am Parish Center
Christmas Pageant/Party 12 Noon F
Pie Contest
Mon 12/14
Yoga 11:00 - 12:30pm E
Body Focus 6:00 - 7:00pm 116
Saved by the Book Bible Study 7:00-8:00pm 122
Tues 12/15
Advent Communal Penance
Service 7:00-9:00pm Church
Priest Dinner 5:00-7:00pm F
Choir Rehearsal 5:30-6:30pm Church
Wed 12/16
Den 10 6:30 - 7:30pm 115
Den 6 6:30 - 7:30pm 116
Den 9 6:30 - 7:30pm 117
Den - Tigers 6:30 - 7:30pm 122
SWAG 7:00-9:00pm Lounge
Thurs 12/17 Piece Makers Quilts 1:00 - 3:00pm E
Rejoice Bible Study 1:00 - 2:00pm 122
Fri 12/18
ZUMBA 9:00 - 10:30 E
Bridge 10:00-2:30pm R
Legion of Mary 10:00-12:00 noon 123
Hand & Foot 1:00-5:00pm C
Boys Scouts Overnight 10:00pm - 7:00am C
Setup Hall for Baptism 6:30-8:30pm F
Sat 12/19
ZUMBA 10:30 - 12:30 pm C
Youth Band Rehearsal 11:00-1:00pm Church
Baptism Event 2:00-9:30pm F
Sun 12/20 RCIA Group Meeting 9:30 - 10:45am M
NO CCD Classes (resume 01/03) 9:45 - 10:45am Parish Center
St Michael Room; R= St Raphael Room; C= Commons; G= Gabriel � Parish Hall: E= St Elizabeth; F= St Francis
SAINTS PETER AND PAUL CATHOLIC CHURCH DECEMBER 12-13, 2015
DVD’s available in the Commons Now
Borrow or Purchase If you choose to borrow, please select one of the Borrow Copies and return it to the shelf after you finish with it. If possible, purchase a copy (suggested donations on the kiosk), use it for yourself and/or, in the spirit of Evangelization, give it to someone you think it might benefit.
SAINTS PETER AND PAUL CATHOLIC CHURCH DECEMBER 12-13, 2015
Joy of the Gospel Prayer Group
Join us
Tuesday December 22nd and
January 12th & 26th
4:00 pm
Parish Center Room 122
Thursdays
1pm
Room 122
For more information, please contact:
June Wimer (434) 589-2863
Mondays - 7pm
St Raphael's Room
All are welcome!
For more information, please contact:
William Buono, (434) 984-5630
(Sts Peter and Paul)
Celeste Shapiola, (434) 842-1869
(St. Joseph’s)
Does the way you live your life and especially your marriage give praise and glory to God? Let God transform your marriage relationship.
Sign up today to attend one of the upcoming
Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend:
February 19-21 Herndon April 22-24 - Fredericksburg
For more information or to apply, visit our website:
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or contact us: [email protected]
(757) 483-3209
Available in the Lobby Now!
Based on his best-selling book, Dr. Scott Hahn
reveals the early Christians' key to
understanding the Mass: the Book of Revelation.
With its bizarre imagery, mystic visions of
Heaven, and end-times prophecies, it mirrors
the sacrifice and celebration of the Holy
Eucharist. See the Mass with new eyes, pray the
Liturgy with a renewed heart, and enter into the
Mass more fully and enthusiastically!
Join us
Friday 8am January 22, 2016
Thousands upon thousands of Americans flock to the Nation’s Capital every year on January 22 to remember the more than 55 million Americans who have been lost to abortion. We march to remember the moms and dads who have suffered from the pain of abortion. We march with the vision of a culture of life, one where every child is welcomed into life, and protected by law. We are accepting reservations for our
March For Life bus. Please contact the office to reserve your
seat now: (434) 589-5201
SAINTS PETER AND PAUL CATHOLIC CHURCH DECEMBER 12-13, 2015
Craft Fair 2015
I am taking a moment of your time to thank a lot of people. They are the ones who put a lot of time and energy into making the 2015 Craft Fair and Bake Sale another rousing success.
We have a group of ladies who work tirelessly every Thursday, making and creating unique craft items that are sold at the fair. Ladies - We THANKYOU!
There is another group of ladies who work for at least six month’s gathering items to be raffled at our Angel Auction. Ladies - We THANKYOU!
Some of our ladies shop all year, gathering items and pairing them with other items to make the most beautiful Christmas Baskets you will ever see! Ladies - We THANKYOU!
A group of ladies take charge of making phone calls and pricing cakes and cookie and pies – oh my – to sell during our Cake Sale. Ladies - We THANKYOU!
We also have ladies who make up our Raffle Baskets, Wine Baskets, and Thanksgiving Baskets. Ladies - We THANKYOU!
To keep all our volunteers energized, we have a group of ladies and friends who prepare breakfast and lunch during the long days of setting up. They also sell lunches at our lunch counter. Ladies and friends - We THANKYOU!
We cannot forget to mention our special friends from the Knights of Columbus = who setup the Craft Fair – and the scouts of Troop 138 – who came in on Sunday to take down the Craft Fair. Gentlemen - We THANKYOU!
This year – because of all our special ladies and friends – we are able to donate to Father $7,800 toward our Parish Center.
Thank You ALL for your efforts and special gifts in making this a Wonderful Craft Fair.
A very Blessed and Wonderful
Christmas to everyone!
Patricia Amato
Parish Life
Happy Face
THANK YOU
Thank you to all who provided toys, service time, donations via vouchers or collections, baked cookies, donated canned food helped with the party for the FCSS - Fluvanna Christian Service Society
annual fund raiser Happy Face. The event was well attended and greatly appreciated. FCSS is the co-op that runs the food pantry and assists with emergency situations for the needy of our county. What a wonderful way to share the love.
May the Good Lord abundantly. Bless the cheerful giver.
Sincerely, Justice and Peace
We thank our Knights of
Columbus for their
donation of
Coats for Kids
We also thank
EVERYONE
who participated in our
2nd Annual
Coats for Babies
Drive
With special recognition
for Tyler Bockman for his
fundraising efforts
Knights of Columbus
Council 11475
Invites Fluvanna County boys and girls from
ages 5 through 14 to participate in the
organization’s international
“Keep Christ in Christmas”
Poster Contest
“By engaging the creative talents and imagination
of our young people, we hope they will come to a
deeper understanding of the true, spiritual
meaning of Christmas.”
Grand Knight Frank Feliciano
The contest will be conducted locally, with
winning entries advancing to the district/region
and then to state, national, and international
levels. The winning entries will serve as the basis
for a series of new Christmas posters that
encourage a deeper understanding of the holiday.
Posters must be submitted by December 15 to:
Saints Peter & Paul Knights of Columbus 11475
4309 Thomas Jefferson Pkwy
Palmyra, VA 22963
The posters will be distributed in the countries
where the Knights are active as part of our
“Keep Christ in Christmas” campaign.
Creative credit will also be given to the winning
artists.
Religious Christmas Cards Will be on sale in the Commons after mass to raise
money to help the poor.
Help “Keep Christ in Christmas” by sending religious
cards – an evangelization message from your heart.
Checks should be made payable to:
The Knights of Columbus
and may be dropped-off in the office.
Angel Tree
Thank you for adopting
ALL our angels this year!
We ask that the presents be brought to the
Lobby wrapped, with their tags attached by
next
Sunday December 20th
so we may distribute them to your angels.
God bless you for
your giving spirit
Benefit Concert
At The Dogwood Restaurant
THANK YOU!THANK YOU!THANK YOU!THANK YOU! Your generosity has touched our hearts and the lives of soo many this Christmas.
God bless you!
ALL are invited to
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Please pray for: John Blackburn * The Blackwell Family * Rosemarie Campbell * Lorraine Cottrell Alma Davis * Christine Fusaro * Angelica Galvez-Sobral * Rodolfo Galvez-Sobral Mike Genovese * Mauricio Granados * George Lewis * Leonard Joseph Mark Bill Miller * William Monola * Tom Nelson * Howell L. B. Newton * Alice Noel Angela Novosel * Richard Sharff * Jeff Slaydon * Lauren Taddei * Julie Waitz
Kathleen Miller Warn * Jordan Watkins * Christopher White * Kathie Williamson
Meredith Williamson
OFFERTORY COLLECTION
Weekly Offering for
December 6 $887
Georgia Wells $ 94
Maintenance and Repairs $130
Christmas Flowers:
Our Second Collection
Today
And
Next Sunday
Save the DATE!
Sunday December 20th
Christmas Brunch
We ask you to Bring a dish or dessert to share.
