Third Sunday of Advent • Tercer Domingo de Adviento Sunday Mass Schedule: 8:30—English with Gospel Music • 10:30—Spanish with Spanish folk music • 6:15 pm– English, for young adults, especially Pastor Fr. Michael Bertram, OFM Capuchin • Parish Office Manager Gabriela Brunton Deacon Troy Major • Director of Religious Education Karen Hill and Aurora Brookens RCIA Program: Víctor Vela and Mable Johnson RCIC Program (Rite of Christian Initiation of Children) Lisa Barczyk Hispanic Ministry Coordinator Mariano Avilés • Youth Ministry Alice Samuel December 14, 2014 [email protected]Congratulations to the Hurtado Family, who baptized their son Josiah Eniel Hurtado on November 23 in St. Francis
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Third Sunday of Advent • Tercer Domingo de Adviento
Sunday Mass Schedule: 8:30—English with Gospel Music • 10:30—Spanish with Spanish folk music • 6:15 pm– English, for young adults, especially
Pastor Fr. Michael Bertram, OFM Capuchin • Parish Office Manager Gabriela Brunton
Deacon Troy Major • Director of Religious Education Karen Hill and Aurora Brookens
RCIA Program: Víctor Vela and Mable Johnson RCIC Program (Rite of Christian Initiation of Children) Lisa Barczyk
Hispanic Ministry Coordinator Mariano Avilés • Youth Ministry Alice Samuel
Mass Schedule Sunday Dec 14– Third Sunday of Advent 8:30 am † Edwin Bertram from Jim & Audrey Ditter † Neal Thom from friends 10:30 am † Felix Colón from his family Intention of the Capuchin Order 6:15 pm Parishioners
Monday Dec 15- Advent Weekday No Mass Tuesday Dec 16– Advent Weekday 5:45 pm Intention of the Capuchin Order Wednesday Dec 17- Late Advent Weekday 5:45 pm Intention of the Capuchin Order Thursday Dec 18- Late Advent Weekday 5:45 pm Intention of the Capuchin Order Friday Dec 19– Late Advent Weekday 7:00 am Intention of the Capuchin Order Saturday Dec 20– Late Advent Weekday No Mass Sunday Dec 21– Fourth Sunday of Advent 8:30 am † Edwin Bertram from Brunton Family † Annmarie Miller from Ana, Jerry and family 10:30 am † Elias Morales from Ana, Meno y Nini † Juanita Gonzalez and † Anita Gonzalez Campbell from Martinez family Intention of the Capuchin Order 6:15 pm Parishioners
If you would like a hospital visit, please call the Parish Office. Call the Parish Office to remove your name from this list.
Evelyn Bolar • April Booker • Sally Clytus • Trudy Klapperich • Drucilla Lyles
Beato Miranda • Juan Nieves • Mildred Pratt • Mother Shakespeare • Anthony Sims Roy Sims & Lillie Sims • Diane Stanfield • Jill Jenear • Rickey Lewis • Grant Bielinski
Yo soy la voz que grita en el desierto
8:30 am Mass
Readers: Shannon Evans & Carl Carby Cup: Fred Pettigrew Jr., Shannon Evans, Lyah Holmes & Pearl Jordan Counters: Raven Thurman & Anthony Hart
The House of Peace is holding its Holiday Food Drive for Christmas. If you would like to donate some food items, pick up one of the sheets on the little tables behind the last row of seats in the church. Boxes can be provided for your food items if you like. Thank you for answering the call of Jesus to feed the poor during this holiday season. The house of Peace needs to fill 1,000 boxes of food this year. La Casa de Paz esta organizando su Holiday Food Drive para la Navidad. Si puede donar comida, hay una lista de los artículos necesarios en las mesas que están en la parte de atrás de la iglesia. Si necesita cajas para sus donaciones se las podemos proveer. Gracias por responder a la llamada de Jesús para alimentas a los pobres durante las temporadas del Día de Acción de Gracias y la Navidad.
Pray for... Si desea una visita a un hospitalizado favor de llamar a la oficina. Por favor avisa a la oficina cuando ya no necesitas estar en esta lista.
Church Support
Sunday Collection December 7th $2,923.61 Second Collection December 7th $1,046.37 Budgeted to date 50,320.46 Received to date 53,789.67 Difference to date 3,469.21 Building Fund to date 3,739.75
Thank you for your generosity
Ministers for December 21st The Prison Ministry of St. Francis needs your help to bring a little joy in to the lives of the children of the incarcerated
by donating Christmas cookies or bake goods to our Family. Christmas gathering of the children and their
fathers held on Dec. 21. For more information please contact Deacon Troy or call
414-370-5750 ext 10 or ext 13
DECEMBER 14, 2014 ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI, MILWAUKEE
Would you like to be baptized in the Catholic faith? Would you like to formally join the Catholic Church?
Did you not receive your First Communion or Confirmation? Then RCIA is for you! Classes are on Mondays at 6:30 pm in St. Martin de Porres, anyone interested in RCIA is welcome to attend an information meeting. If you have questions, feel free to call Fr. Mike or Mable Johnson or Victor Vela who participate
in the RCIA/RICA Program.
Christmas Eve, December 24th
4:00 PM and 7:00 PM
Christmas Day, December 25th
9:00 AM
St. Francis of Assisi Church Please join us for Christmas Mass
The Pope’s Prayer Intentions for December 2014
Christmas, Hope For Humanity That the birth of the Redeemer may bring peace and hope to all people of good will. Parents That parents may be true evangelizers, passing on to their children the precious gift of faith.
www.apostleshipofprayer.org
ARISE UPDATES! ARISE (Association for Religious Instruction, Special
Education) offers classes geared to meet the special learning needs of children, teens and adults who are cognitively
disabled, learning disabled or emotional disabled. Classes are held on Monday evenings, starting up again on January 12th for the youths and adults at St. Gregory the Great Parish (60th and
Oklahoma Avenue, Milwaukee). Parent orientation for new child/teen and adults will be held on the first night of classes.
This is a specialized one-on-one program. Small group classes as well as RCIA preparation will be offered for adult with
disabilities. As of now we have 18 students with two on a waiting list.
ARISE needs volunteer catechists to be substitutes to work 1:1 with students. Catechist orientation and materials are provided.
If you are interested in enrolling your child in ARISE or becoming a volunteer catechist, please leave your name and
The Spiritual Services Department of Froedtert Hospital is seeking additional volunteer Communion Ministers
who would like to be involved in the sacred and meaningful work of bringing Communion to Catholic patients. Being a
regular Communion Minister requires approximately one to two hours per week. We are also seeking substitute Communion
Ministers who would fill in for those who are away. If you would like to become a part of this fulfilling ministry, please contact
Sister Helen Harry at (414) 805-4663. Thank you.
Bach Chamber Choir and Orchestra Concert Sunday, January 4, 2015 – 3:00 p.m.
St. Joseph Chapel, 1501 S. Layton Blvd. (Greenfield Ave. at 27th St.), Milwaukee
The School Sisters of St. Francis invite you to St. Joseph Chapel on Sunday, January 4, when the Bach Chamber Choir
and Orchestra present a concert featuring Antonio Vivaldi’s “Gloria,” selections from Handel’s “Messiah” and J.S. Bach’s
“Christmas Oratorio,” and two original compositions by director Brian McLinden, with other contemporary pieces. Tickets are
$18 at the door, $17 in advance, $10 for students, and $1 discount for seniors. Call (414) 319-9816 or
visitwww.bachchoirmilwaukee.com.
For more than 30 years, the Archdiocese of Milwaukee and the parish of La Sagrada Familia have been united at the heart. You can help our brothers and sisters. A $25 gift provides one month of food and education for a child; $125 provides a micro-loan to start a small business. Make your gift at worldmissions.archmildonate.org. And you’re invited to visit the parish, to experience the faith, joy and friendship of this special bond for yourself! Learn more today. Help your family today!
