S T A U G U S T I N E C AT H O L I C C H U RC H

185 N Oak Harbor Street, Oak Harbor, WA 98277 - (360) 675-2303

PARISH OFFICE HOURS Tuesday - Friday 9:00 am - 12 noon, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Parish E-mail Information@StAugustineOH.org Visit us on the web at www.StAugustineOH.org

Pastor Rev. Paul Pluth, JCL

Administration Mary A. Waters

Sacramental Prep & Adult Faith Formation

Peggy Smith

Religious Education Rowena Harless

Administrative Assistant Ruth Joy Abrea

Director of Music Kathleen Dodge-DeHaven

PARISH MINISTERS MASS

Saturday Vigil Filipino Music

5:00 pm 2nd Saturday

St Augustine

Spanish 1st Saturday 7:00 pm St Augustine

Sunday 8:00 am St Augustine

9:30 am St Augustine

11:15 am St Mary

Thu, Fri & 1st Sat 9:00 am St Augustine

Thursday 12:10 pm St Mary

CONFESSION

Friday 8:30 am St Augustine

Saturday 4:00 pm St Augustine

3rd Sunday 12:15 pm St Mary

ANOINTING OF THE SICK & HOLY COMMUNION

Please call the Parish Office

4 t h S u n d a y o f A d v e n t , C h r i s t m a s & H o l y F a m i l y 2 4 & 3 1 D e c e m b e r 2 0 1 7

Holy Mary, Mother of God Monday, January 1 9 am St Augustine

Mass

Christmas Sunday, December 24

4 pm St Augustine Family Mass

4 pm St Mary Family Mass

7:30 pm St Augustine Choral Mass

10 pm St Augustine Spoken Midnight Mass

Monday, December 25 9:30 am St Augustine

Christmas Morning Mass

New Year’s Eve Sunday, December 31

5 pm St Augustine Mass

Feast of the Holy Family

Saturday December 30

5 pm St Augustine

Mass Sunday, December 31 8 am St Augustine Mass

9:30 am St Augustine Mass 11:15 am St Mary Mass

We wish you God’s r ichest bless ings at Chris tmas and peace in the New Year

Father Paul Pluth , Father Jerry Kienzle , Mary Waters , Peggy Smith Rowena Harless , Ruth Joy Abrea , J im Kraft , Kathleen Dodge-DeHaven

EUCHARIST TO THE HOMEBOUND

Do you know someone who is unable to come to Mass and would like to receive Communion whether on a temporary or long-term basis?

If so, please call the parish office at 360-675-2303 to arrange a visit. Do you know that because of privacy laws, hospitals and care centers are prevented from notifying the parish if you are admitted? If you or someone you know would like a visit, please call the parish office.

Connect with Father Paul

ppluth@staugustineoh.org Facebook www.facebook.com/FatherPaulPluth Twitter www.twitter.com/@FatherPaulPluth

T HE G ATE OF THE Y EAR A New Year’s Poem

And I said to the man who stood at the gate of

the year: “Give me a light that I may tread safely into

the unknown.” And he replied: “Go out into the darkness and put your hand

into the Hand of God. That shall be to you better than light and safer

than a known way.” So I went forth, and finding the Hand of God,

trod gladly into the night. And He led me towards the hills and the

breaking of day in the lone East.

Minnie Louise Haskins

A CHRISTMAS PRAYER

Tears are falling, hearts are breaking, How we need to hear from God. You’ve been promised, we’ve been waiting: Welcome, Holy Child.

Hope that you don’t mind our manger, How I wish we would have known! But long-awaited Holy Stranger, Make Yourself at home: Please make Yourself at home. Bring Your peace into our violence, Bid our hungry souls be filled. Word now breaking Heaven’s silence: Welcome to our world.

Fragile finger sent to heal us, Tender brow prepared for thorn, Tiny heart whose blood will save us, Unto us is born. So wrap our injured flesh around You, Breathe our air and walk our sod. Rob our sin and make us holy, Perfect Son of God: Welcome to our world. -Chris Rice

Spring Baptisms April 21, 2018

Schedule of Mandatory Classes March 20, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm &

March 24, 10 am - 12 noon

Both classes will held in the parish office. Please call 360-675-2303 x5 to register.

Please Pray for Our Family & Friends

Bernadine Arbuckle, Lynn Brown, Tomosa Dagdagan, Raymond Ernest, Michael Gerrity, Virginia Gracey,

Cassie Head, Esther Hinojosa, Elizabeth McWilliams, Michele Mercer, Morris Nelson, Kathryn Nienhuis,

Lou Oravetz, Sharon Osorio, Loretta Railing, Brian Sloan

Permission is required from the individual prior to adding their name to the prayer list. To include a loved one’s name, please call the Parish Office at 360-675-2303.

Dec 30

Sat

3:00 pm Choir Rehearsal 4:00 pm Confessions 5:00 pm Vigil Mass (Joseph McMahon RIP)

Dec 31 Sun

8:00 am Mass (Our Parishioners, INT) 9:30 am Mass 5:00 pm New Year’s Eve Mass

(Blessings & Peace in the New Year, INT) 6:00 pm New Year’s Eve Potluck, PH/K

Jan 1 Mon

MARY, MOTHER OF GOD New Year’s Day - Office Closed 9:00 am Mary, Mother of God Mass

(Our Parishioners, INT)

Jan 2 Tues

7:45 am POETS, CH 4:30 pm Fitness Group, PH/ST

Jan 4 Thu

9:00 am Mass (Virginia Sapinoso, RIP; Bill Leitch, RIP)

9:30 am Divine Mercy Chaplet, CH 10:00 am Ladies Prayer Group, CR3/4 10:00 am St Maria Guild, CR 1/2 3:00 pm RCIS-C/SS; PO 4:30 pm Fitness Group, PH 6:30 pm RCIA, CR 1/2 6:30 pm Spanish Choir, CR5 7:30 pm Adoration

Jan 5 Fri

8:30 am Confessions 9:00 am Mass & Anointing 9:30 am 1st Friday Reception 9:45 am Adoration

Jan 6 Sat

Epiphany 9:00 am 1st Saturday Mass (Father Paul

Pluth, INT; Baltazar Rabago, RIP) 9:30 am Adoration, CH

Jan 3 Wed

4:00 pm RE Elem, ALL 6:30 pm Confirmation Class, PO 6:30 pm RE MS/HS, ALL

Dec 23 Sat

3:00 pm Choir Rehearsal 4:00 pm Confessions 5:00 pm Vigil Mass (Margarita Neal, RIP;

Vicente Santos, RIP; Antonia Santos, RIP; Nicolas Santos, RIP)

Dec 24 Sun

8:00 am Mass (Gregorio & Mercedes Ramirez, RIP)

9:30 am Mass (Our Parishioners, INT) 4:00 pm Christmas Eve Family Mass

(Blessing for Families, INT) 7:30 pm Christmas Eve Choral Mass

(Waters Family, INT) 10:00 am Christmas Eve Spoken

Midnight Mass (Members of Armed Forces away from home, INT)

Dec 25

Mon

Christmas Day Office Closed 9:30 am Christmas Day Mass

(Our Parishioners, INT) 4:30 pm No Agape

Dec 26 Tues

Office Closed 7:45 am POETS, CH 4:30 pm Fitness Group, PH/ST

Dec 28 Thu

9:00 am Mass Cancelled 10:00 am Ladies Prayer Group, CR3/4 10:00 am St Maria Guild, CR 1/2 4:30 pm Fitness Group, PH 6:30 pm Spanish Choir, CR5 7:30 pm Adoration

Dec 29

Fri

8:30 am Confessions 9:00 am Mass (Phillip Rivera, RIP) 9:45 am Adoration

Dec 30 Sat

No activity in the morning

Dec 27 Wed

Office Closed RE Christmas Break

The Parish Office will be closed for the Christmas and New Year holidays on December 25–27 and January 1.

Pancake Breakfast, Sunday, January 7 after the 8 am Mass with blood pressure screenings in classrooms 1/2.

Warm Clothing and Blanket Drive through January 14 is underway! Please place new or

gently used warm clothing and blankets in the marked boxes in the Vestibule.

Anointing of the Sick will be offered during the first Friday Masses (barring unforeseen circumstances).

Nine-day Novena

for the SANTO NIÑO January 11 to 19, 2018

There will be a potluck on January 20, Saturday, at the Parish

Hall after the 5:00 pm Mass. Kindly bring your favorite

hot dish to share.

For more information, please contact Ms. Bibi Albornoz at

360-679-2102

New Year’s Eve Potluck & White Elephant

Join us on

December 31, 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm in the Parish Hall for a

New Year’s Eve Potluck.

Bring a favorite dish to share. We’ll eat, and then have a

White Elephant gift exchange.

Bring a gift that might be better suited to someone else, make sure it’s wrapped

and join in the fun! One gift per participant.

New Year’s Eve Mass at 5 PM

Please Note

All 2017 contributions

to the parish must be received by

December 31, 2017 in order to be counted

towards your 2017 income tax. Merry Christmas from my family to yours! Fr Paul