St. Boniface Catholic Church

1952 GA. Hwy. 21 S

Springfield , Georgia 31329

PARISH STAFF FR. MARTINO BÁ THÔNG NGUYEN, PASTOR

RICK RAFTER, DEACON PATTIE LIEBL, PARISH SECRETARY

CELESTE GISH, DRE KATHY O’SAKO, OUTREACH ASSISTANCE

DON SMITH, CUSTODIAN PARISH STAFF EMAIL

mnguyen@diosav.org secretary@sbcatholic.com

DRE@sbcatholic.com. WEB ADDRESS

www.sbcatholic.com BAPTISMS/WEDDINGS

Please contact Fr. Martino for an appointment. WEDDINGS

Please contact Fr. Martino for an appointment a minimum of four months before wedding date.

PARISH CONTACT INFORMATION Office: (912) 754-7473 Fax: (912) 754-1201

WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE Saturday, 5 p.m. Sunday, 8:30 & 11:00 a.m.

CONFESSIONS Saturday, 4:00 – 4:30 p.m.

Or Upon request WEEKDAY MASS SCHEDULE

Tuesday, 12:00 p.m. Wednesday, 8:30 a.m. Thursday, 8:30 a.m.

Friday 7:00 p.m. Religious Education

Sunday Mornings 9:45-10:45 a.m. When school is in session

ANOINTING OF THE SICK Please contact Fr. Martino at

706-825-3032 Bulletin Deadline

We welcome your contributions to the bulletin. Deadline for submission is Wednesday, by 12:00 noon

Pray for the Sick

Bob Ahlfeldt, Brad Arrington, Wendall Arnsdorf, Owen Austin, Joyce Baker, August J Breton, Justin J Breton, Rose Brisendine, Amy Brooks, Chuck Brown, Steven Burns, Stephen Bussey, Andy & Kathy Chester, Eliza-beth Cole, Jean Colon, Megan Corley, Keith Cornell, Jocelyn Cummings, Danny Dagon, Catherine Dagon, Rindy Denmark, Chuck Ellis, Melissa Folse, Manuela & Felipe Garza, Eric Guge, Marty Haloda, Ruthann Hein, Jim Hester, Stephanie Horton, Cindy Howard, Julie Hunt, Debra Johnson, Jean & Norman Johnson, Patricia Jordon, Josette Lafond, Linda Liebl, Rosa Lew-is, Sara Loredo, Sandra & Vince Mackey, Dawn Maes, Frances Maher, John Maher, Tom and Bridget Maher, Marie & Bob Martel, Andrew Miles, John Miller, Bruce Moss, Larry Moss, Lorraine Nessar, Laura Norberg, Roy O’Connor, Kimberly Osucha, Larry Paige, Fr. Tom Payton, Melanie Pitingaro, Chris Powell, Ann McDow-ell-Reynolds, LeAnn Sapp, Payton & Eric Seals, Alan Schwartz, Bill & Ada Seng, Anna Seymour, Michael, Jack and Luke Shean, Angel Smith, Joanne Skorich-Smith, Joy Stahl, Brent Tassitano, Hayden Theime, Ber-nie Weber, Morgan West, Sheila Whitehead, Edward Wonnink, Kristy Wynn

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES

Sunday: Second Sunday of Advent

Monday: St. Ambrose;

Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

Tuesday: The Immaculate Conception of the

Blessed Virgin Mary

Wednesday: St. Juan Diego

Thursday: International Human Rights Day;

Hanukkah begins at sunset

Friday: St. Damasus I

Saturday: Our Lady of Guadalupe

A time of war, and a time of peace: We pray for those that serve in our military. Protect and guide our men and women in uniform, strengthen them in their trials. Give them courage to face the perils which beset them;

and grant them a sense of your abiding presence wherever they may be, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. CW5 Scott Durrer, A1C Cameron Rahn, MSGT Brian Lafond, A1C Aubriana Butchko, SFC Steven Liebl

GOD’S DELAY In times of great difficulties scoffers taunt us, “Where is God? Why hasn’t your Lord come to save you now?” And we of faith respond much in the same way as Peter did in today’s second reading: the “delay” of the Lord’s second coming is not any type of punishment or failure to keep the divine promise, but a loving sign of God’s patience. God is giving everyone the chance to seek repentance. God does not make life more difficult. Rather, God lessens our burdens as once before for the Jewish exiles returning home to Judea after captivity in Baby-lon. It was God who personally led them, making a “straight highway” for them across the desert. We join with our ancestors of faith, who hoped that they might see God’s Chosen One before them and who eventually realized that the Lord was also walking with them side by side. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

December 6, 2020

2nd Sunday of Advent

“Prepare the way of the Lord…” - Mark 1:3

We are all called to live a holy life. We are all called

to invite others to live holy lives. Living a steward-

ship lifestyle, being grateful and generous with our

gifts, puts us on the path to holiness and is an example

for others to be holy, too. We are responsible not only

for our own lives, but for the lives of others as well.

6 de diciembre de 2020

2º Domingo de Adviento

"Preparen el camino del Señor ..." - MARCOS 1: 3

Todos estamos llamados a vivir una vida santa. Todos esta-

mos llamados a invitar a otros a vivir vidas santas. Vivir un

estilo de vida de corresponsabilidad, ser agradecidos y gen-

erosos con nuestros dones, nos pone en el camino de la

santidad y es un ejemplo para que otros también sean san-

tos. Somos responsables no solo de nuestras propias vidas,

Ministry Schedule Dec. 08 Immaculate Conception –Holy Day 12:00 pm AS Volunteer EM G Klock L D Smith U G Hixenbaugh 7:00 pm AS Volunteer EM C Felipe L P Walers U M Felipe Dec. 12 5:00 p.m. AS Volunteer EM N McEvoy L R Kitchen U Donna Smith Dec. 13 8:30 a.m. AS J Whatley EM C Cordeiro L L Morgan U M Vinson 9:45 a.m. AS Volunteer EM Volunteer L P Walters U Volunteer 11:00 a.m. AS R Clark EM P Rodriguez L A Monaco U B Powell

Weekly Collection with YTD figures Week of Nov. 29, 2020

Weekly Offertory Collection: $4,007.50 Online Weekly Donations: $902.80 Year to Date Collection: $127,629.70 Bills Paid this week: $5,871.65 Bills Paid to Date: $117,870.83 Building Fund Collection: $2,282.20 Building Fund YTD: $26,155.00 Thank you for your continued generosity Online Giving Available on our website www.sbcatholic.com

Mass Intentions For the Week

Sunday 12/06 +Souls in Purgatory-8:30 am ♥Sheila Whitehead-11:00 am Tuesday 12/08 +Manuel Andrade-12:00 pm Wednesday 12/09 +Souls in Purgtory-8:30 am Thursday 12/10 +Larry Tenneries-8:30 am Friday 12/11 ♥Hoat & Y Nguyen-7:00 pm Saturday 12/12 +Sean Smith

+John Broom

TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — The rugged land shall be made a plain; the rough country, a broad valley (Isaiah 40:1-5, 9-11).

Psalm — Lord, let us see your kindness, and grant us your salvation (Psalm 85).

Second Reading — Conduct yourselves in holiness, hastening the coming of the day of God (2 Peter 3:8-14).

Gospel — I have baptized you with water; he will bap-tize you with the Holy Spirit (Mark 1:1-8).

The English translation of the Psalm Responses from the Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Monday: Is 35:1-10; Ps 85:9ab, 10-14; Lk 5:17-26

Tuesday: Gn 3:9-15, 20; Ps 98:1-4; Eph 1:3-6, 11- 12; Lk 1:26-38 Wednesday: Is 40:25-31; Ps 103:1-4, 8, 10; Mt 11:28-30 Thursday: Is 41:13-20; Ps 145:1, 9, 10-13ab; Mt 11:11-15 Friday: Is 48:17-19; Ps 1:1-4; Mt 11:16-19

Saturday: Zec 2:14-17 or Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab; Jdt 13:18bcde, 19; Lk 1:26-38 or Lk 1:39-47, or any readings from the Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary, nos. 707-712 Sunday: Is 61:1-2a, 10-11; Lk 1:46-50, 53-54; 1 Thes 5:16-24; Jn 1:6-8, 19-28

PURE HEARTS

Those whose hearts are pure are the temples of the Holy Spirit.

—St. Lucy

BARREN TREE CCW will have the Barren Tree set up in St. Boniface Hall on Sunday, December 6, 2020. There will be 322 tags for children, ages infant through 10 years, and the maximum amount for these gifts should be $10.00. These gifts will go to the needy in our community. There will be 7 tags for the Treutlen House boys, ages 13 through 18. The counselor at Treutlen House suggests $15.00 Wal-Mart gift cards. There will be 3 tags for the Family Promise children. The suggested gift is a $15.00 Wal-Mart gift card. Please take a tag and return your wrapped or bagged gift with the tag by Sunday, December 20, 2020. Have a Blessed and Merry Christmas and thank you for sharing with those less fortunate.

Christmas Food Baskets

The Outreach Assistance office will be gathering items

for the Christmas food basket giveaway, set for Decem-

ber 22, 2020. If you or someone you know in the parish

may need a basket please contact the Parish Office. Be-

low is a list of items needed.

Spaghetti Sauce Cranberry Sauce

Syrup 1lb. Bag of Sugar

Green Beans Canned Potatoes

Dinner rolls or French Bread

If you prefer to give a monetary donation please drop it

in the poor box in the narthex and mark as Christmas

baskets. Thank you for your continued support.

Keep Christ in Christmas Poster Contest The Knights of Columbus is sponsoring the, "Keep Christ in Christmas" poster contest again this year. En-tries must include a slogan reflecting the topic and an original visual image. The contest is open to youth ages 5 through 14. Entrants will compete in one of three age groups - ages 5 through 7, ages 8 through 10, and 11 through 14. A $25 prize will be awarded to the winning poster in each group. Posters must be submitted by Fri-day, December 25, with the winners being announced January 3. Entry forms, and 11 x 17-inch paper, will be available on the literature rack at the rear of the parish hall. A complete set of contest rules is shown on the back of the entry form.

Christians of the Middle East

Next weekend, December 12 & 13, 2020, we

will have the pleasure of hosting Christians of

the Middle East as they display Religious Arti-

cles and Statues of the Middle East for you to

purchase. There will be tables set up outside

after Mass if the weather is good, or if it is rain-

ing or cold, we will set up in the back of the

Church.

The Immaculate Conception of the

Virgin Mary is Tuesday, December 08,2020.

This is a Holy Day of Obligation, and we will

have 2 Masses for you to attend, 12:00 pm and

7:00 pm.

If you were unable to attend the Wednesday

evening Advent Penance Service, Fr. Martino

and Fr. Minch will hear confessions Tuesday,

from 11am-11:45am before the 12pm Mass.

Southern Cross Drive

Thank you to those of you who donated to the

Southern Cross Drive during November. For

those of you who are not familiar with the

Southern Cross, it is the Diocesan newspaper

that is sent to every Catholic household in Dio-

cese of Savannah. Each parish is invoiced by

the number of families registered, and this and

the cost per household is $15. To date we have

collected $977 of the $4,890. If you have not

donated to the Southern Cross Drive, we ask

that you prayerfully consider doing so today.

Envelopes can be found on the ushers table in

back of the church. As always, we are grateful

for your generosity.

Faith Formation News Congratulations, Confirmandi! Alexander Blackmon, Lily Bragg, William Bragg, Nicholas DeRiso, Mia Fitzpatrick, Harris Goebel, Thomas Jobe, Abrianna Kaunath, Christian Kimbrell, Daniella Lamparski, Oscar Sistos and Kaden Thompson received the Sacrament of Con-firmation on December 5. We’re so proud of you and all your hard work! Special thanks to our lector, Kathryn Klock-Powell, and altar servers. And of course, to the catechists and parents for their role in preparing the class for the Sacrament. So many people played a part in making this day memorable. Well done, everyone! Celebrate Advent at home This week we observe the second Sunday of Advent with the lighting of the second purple candle, a sym-bol of faith. The Advent wreath is one of the most fa-miliar and beloved symbols of the season, symboliz-ing the joyous anticipation and hope of celebrating Christ’s birth. Children love lighting the candles, one each week, as a way of counting down the time until Christmas. Darkening the room and praying by can-dlelight is also a good way to signal that we are enter-ing a very special time. Preparing for First Communion 2021 Please take time each week to practice the required prayers with your First Communion candidate. If you need a copy of the prayers, please contact the DRE. Contact celestegish@windstream.net or 404.695.0948 with any questions or concerns.

We are Here to Listen and Take Action

DIOCESAN 24-HOUR CHILD ABUSE

REPORTING HOTLINE

888-357-5330

Abuse hotline for bishops only:

https://reportbishopabuse.org

or call (800) 276-1562.

Volunteer VIRTUS recertification If you have volunteered for a ministry but haven’t yet

been scheduled, it may be because you haven’t com-

pleted online VIRTUS recertification. Per the Diocese

of Savannah, all volunteers who previously participat-

ed in the VIRTUS® Protecting God's Children for

Adults program are required to be VIRTUS® recerti-

fied every five years. This is easy to accomplish online

by logging in to your VIRTUS account. If you need

help, please contact Joan Altmeyer at jbaltmey-

er@diosav.org or 912.201.4074.

FEAST OF FAITH Watching for Christ’s Coming In the season of Advent, we look to the com-ing of Christ at the end of time, and we prepare ourselves to celebrate his first coming among us at Christmas. Remembrance of the past is com-bined with preparation for the future. Memory meets action. In a certain sense, the Mass is an Advent prayer. At the Last Supper, Jesus did not tell his disciples, “Never forget what I did for you.” In-stead, he said, “Do this in remembrance of me.” He calls us to remember by doing, to combine memory with action. In the celebration of the Eu-charist, remembering and doing become one. Je-sus is as present in our midst as he was in that upper room, breaking the bread and sharing the cup; but it is a new kind of presence, seen only with the eyes of faith. In the heavenly liturgy, there will be no need of sacraments, for there, “celebration is wholly communion and feast” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1136). Here, things are different. We have only glimps-es and flashes of the beauty that is yet to be. And yet, in the liturgy, we truly participate in the heavenly liturgy. The Mass is our foretaste of the joys of heaven. —Corinna Laughlin, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

Second Sunday of Advent TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION “Outward signs instituted by Christ to give grace” is the often-memorized definition of sacrament, but through more than five decades of reform we have rediscovered the power of sacrament to bestow grace by reshaping our lives as individuals and communities. Not so long ago, most people were not attentive to the nature of sac-rament as an act of the Church, a power that flows from the Body of Christ. Fifty years ago, we were inclined to see a sacrament as an encounter between Christ and an individual. Today, we see that definition does not go far enough. God’s grace is not a trickle, but a gushing torrent wash-ing over the whole Church. Like a photographer pulling back the camera for a broader picture, today we are not only interested in the person who is being baptized, rec-onciled, or anointed. We think about how celebrating a sacrament transforms a community. We think about the grace given by Christ to the community that baptizes or marries or ordains or confirms. Sacraments are for the good of the community. Even when it appears to be a private, hidden moment, as in individual confession, a sacrament is always for the sake of the whole body, al-ways more than “meets the eye.” —Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

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