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St. Andrew Catholic Church

16300 Domain Lane

Eagle River, Alaska 99577

(907) 694-2170 fax (907) 694-1385

www.aksaintandrews.org

Pastoral and Staff Support Fr. Arthur Roraff frarthur@roraff.com Pastor Archbishop Roger Schwietz OMI abschwietz@caa-ak.org In Residence Dcn. Jim Lee deacnlee@mtaonline.net Deacon Dcn. Mark Merrill deaconmark@mtaonline.net Deacon Joshua Cordes joshua@aksaintandrews.org Director of Evangelization Margaret Holtz margaret@aksaintandrews.org Director of Faith Formation /Youth Ministry Janet Toenes janet@aksaintandrews.org Admin. Assist/ Data Entry Kristyne Montero kristyne@aksaintandrews.org Accountant Rita Fay parishsecretary@aksaintandrews.org Secretary Rita Montella ritamsacristan@gmail.com Sacristan

Church Office Hours: Tues-Fri 9am -4pm

The deadline for bulletin entries is Wed. @ noon.

Welcome Visitors and soon to be new parishioners: Stop by the welcome table after Mass to get information about our

parish and get registered.

Mass Schedule

Saturday: 5:30 pm Sunday: 10 am and 7 pm

Weekdays* : Monday-Communion Service 9 am Tues-Fri. Mass 9 am

*Unless otherwise noted in the weekly schedule

Holy Days: 9 am and 7 pm

Rosary—8:30 am daily, 6:15 pm on Thursday

Eucharistic Adoration—Perpetual Sacraments

Confessions—Saturday: 3:30 or by appointment

Baptism, Marriage, Anointing of Sick--contact the of-fice. Sacraments of Initiation--Adults interested in becoming Catholic --Please contact Deacon Mark or the office.

DEC 1, 2019 1ST SUNDAY OF ADVENT

ARCHDIOCESE ANNOUNCEMENTS

Prayer Chain Phone # 694-4771

Readings:Isaiah 2:1–5, Psalm 122:1–9 Romans 13:11–14, Matthew 24:37–44

Jesus exaggerates in today’s Gospel when He claims not to know the day or the hour when He will come again. He occasionally makes such overstatements to drive home a point we might otherwise miss (see Matthew 5:34; 23:9; Luke 14:26). His point here is that the exact “hour” is not important. What is crucial is that we not postpone our repentance, that we be ready for Him—spiritually and morally—when He comes. For He will surely come, He tells us—like a thief in the night, like the flood in the time of Noah. In today’s Epistle, Paul too compares the present age to a time of advancing darkness and night. Though we sit in the darkness, overshadowed by death, we have seen arise the great light of our Lord who has come into our midst (see Matthew 4:16; John 1:9; 8:12). He is the true light, the life of the world. And His light continues to shine in His Church, the new Jerusalem promised by Isaiah in today’s First Reading. In the Church, all nations stream to the God of Jacob, to worship and seek wisdom in the House of David. From the Church goes forth His word of instruction, the light of the Lord—that all might walk in His paths toward that eternal day when night will be no more (see Revelation 22:5). By our Baptism we have been made children of the light and day (see Ephesians 5:8; 1 Thessalonians 5:5–7). It is time we start living like it—throwing off the fruitless works of darkness, the desires of the flesh, and walking by the light of His grace. The hour is late as we begin a new Advent. Let us begin again in this Eucharist. As we sing in today’s Psalm, let us go rejoicing to the House of the Lord. Let us give thanks to His name, keep-ing watch for His coming, knowing that our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.—Scott Hahn

Copyright © 2019 The St. Paul Center for Biblical Theol-ogy, All rights reserved. www.stpaulcenter.com

CLARE HOUSE—. Clare house is in need of Cleaning solutions (ex. Fabuloso, Pine sol, floor cleaner, sanitizer for counters, oven cleaner Clorox wipes) , Liquid detergent, & Paper towels. Please drop off dona-tions to Clare House, at 4110 Spenard Road. Thank YOU!

NOVEMBER 12 – DECEMBER 17— Helping Holidays is an opportunity for community members to give holiday gifts to specific families working with Catholic Social Services. The family creates a wish list to help donors select Christmas gifts and/or cards. If your organization/business/family would like to adopt a family this year, please visit our website :https://www.cssalaska.org/donate/ways-to-give/helping-

It is not too late to give to support the Archdiocesan ministries. Pledges and gifts are accepted through December 2019. www.archdioceseofanchorage.org/donate.

4 TIRES FOR SALE—Nokian Entyre 2.0 235/60 r 18 107vxl. Used only 2 seasons (stored indoors during off season) great tread. Paid $628, asking $300—$100 of it donated to St. Andrew. Call or text Cathy @ 907 887-6277. ZUCA ROLLING BAG— Created for ice skaters but great for school, craft class, bible study or any heavy load. 90$. Call or text 1906-854-5394

BROTHER FRANCIS SHELTER— Brother Francis Shelter is in need of hand warmers and gloves. Please drop off donations at Brother Francis Shelter, 1021 E 3rd Avenue. Thank YOU!

Dec. 7-8 5:30 PM 10:00 AM 7:00 PM

Lector Terry Beaty - 1 Mary Jo Iagulli - 2 (sub req.)

Scott Williams - 1 Russ Hart - 2

Rachel Giannulis - 1 Gene Cyrus - 2

Eucharistic Minister

Katy Boneta – 1 Jeff Warner - 2 Doug Hunter – 3 Gene Augustine - 4 Dcn. Mark Merrill – 5 Janet Warner - 6 Jim Yeargan – 7 Rita Montella - 9 Cindi Nenahlo - 10 Lisa Wardle - 11

Dcn. Jim Lee – 1 Jennifer Witt - 2 Sharon Banicki – 3 Mary Remer - 4 Dolores Coates -5 Renee Henry - 6a Gregory Fast - 6b Donna Farley - 7 Lisa Butler – 9 Gary Agron - 10 Debbie Soltis - 11

Terry Huff - 3 Maegan Villarreal - 4 Regina Cruz - 5 Theresa Gabrys - 6 Mattie Lemaire - 7 Janet Huff - 9

Usher John James Joel Klessens Marian Maroney

Ken Cramer Al Dordan Frank Perez Mark Woscek

Kevin Boquet Raymond Brady Alan Szewczyk

Server Thomas Fitzgerald (1) Gabriella Schilling (2) Matthew Heaphy (3)

Don Remer (1) Rose Farley (2) Owen Hayes (3) Michael Mason (4)

Cody Boquet (1) Regina Paolucci (2) Izzy Jansen (3)

Greeter Cathy Medland Sara Riffer Bernie McClure Kristyne Montero Melissa Boquet

Sacristan Janet Toenes Sharon Prien Barbara Crittenden

Welcome Table NOT FILLED Mireya Lee NOT FILLED

Child Care Shelly Budde Tina McMaster-Goering

DECEMBER 6 |ADVENT CONCERT at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church (20111 Muldoon Rd., Anchorage, AK 99504) invites you to their 12th Annual Advent Benefit Concert, “My Soul In Stillness Waits: An Even-ing of Advent Music and Reflections.” Join us on Friday, December 6 starting at 7 PM. Admission is $7 per person for $20 for a family of 3 or more. Proceeds benefit Catholic Social Services’ Brother Francis Shelter,

DECEMBER 24 | BROTHER FRANCIS SHELTER CHRISTMAS EVE MASS —Brother Francis Shelter (1021 E 3rd Ave, Anchorage, AK 99501) will be hosting a Christmas Eve Mass again this year. Join us on December 24th. Caroling will begin at 5:30 PM and Mass will start at 6 PM

Mass Intentions week of Dec 2

Mon. Communion Service

Tues. Stan Pence

Wed. Dee Dee Rebischke

Thurs. Special Intentions of Marian Jones

Fri. Living & Deceased members of the Cook & Jones families

Sat. Jamie Yeargan Marmon ROS

Sun. 10am Evans Family SI

7 pm Esther Peters ROS

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION—“Frequently, only silence can express my prayer. However, this Divine Guest of the tabernacle understands all, even the si-lence of a child's soul filled with gratitude. When I am before the tabernacle, I can say only one thing to Our Lord: 'My God, you know that I love you' and I feel my prayer does not tire Jesus.” -St. Therese

These hours need more adorers soon:

Sunday midnight to 1 AM Monday 11 AM Wednesday 3 AM and 5 PM Thursday 12 noon Friday 8 PM Saturday 8 AM and 12 noon

Please call or text 632-0272 for more information about Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration.

Miscellaneous Items

Parish Activities for the week of Nov 24

Sunday Dec 1—9:00 am —(BSC)—Rosary

Sunday Dec 1—11:45 am (MOG) CGS I, 1:15pm (MOG) CGS II

Monday Dec 2—7:00 pm—(CR)—Men’s Bible Study

Tuesday Dec 3—6:30 pm (Church)—Faith Formation

Wednesday Dec 4—10:00 am (MOG)—Wednesday Bible Study

Wednesday Dec 4—6:30 PM (Church)—SPRED

Thursday Dec 5—10:00 am (TBD)—MOMS

Thursday Dec 5—4:30 PM (TBD)—American Heritage Girls

Thursday Dec 5—6:30 pm— Cub Scouts /7:00 pm—(Narthex) BS Troop 229 meeting

Friday Dec 6—7:00 pm—(Nave)—Young Adult Praise & Worship

Saturday Dec 7—7:00 pm (Narthex)—Shroud of Turin Presentation

Sunday Dec 8—9:00 am —(Nave)—Rosary

Sunday Dec 8— 11:30 am (MOG)—Middle School Youth group 11:45 am (MOG) CGS I, 1:15pm (MOG) CGS II 4:30 pm (MOG)—High School /Confirmation/Youth Group

Sunday Dec 8—6:00 pm—Community Adoration with Benediction

ITALIAN FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENT is looking to stay with a Catholic family while she is here attending school (Jan.-May 2020). She is here through the STS foundation. STS Foundation is a Department of State sponsored high school exchange program. https://www.stsfoundation.org/ . Please contact Nicoletta Mitaritonna Meissen 217-415-5787 nmeissen@gmail.com

ALL POSTINGS ON THE BULLETIN BOARD MUST BE AP-

PROVED BY THE OFFICE, CONTAIN A REMOVE BY

DATE, AND BE PLACED ON THE APPOPRIATE SIDE OF

THE KIOSK.

COME CELEBRATE OUR BLESSED MOTHER IN DECEMBER!—Please support Holy Rosary Academy as we host a special fiesta dinner in honor of Our Lady of Gua-dalupe, whose feast day is Dec 12. We are selling $25 tick-ets for a special Mexican fiesta dinner on Saturday, Dec 14 at 7 pm in the Nar thex.

A free viewing of the movie "The Blood and the Rose" will be offered after the fiesta dinner.

KEEP CHRIST IN CHRISTMAS —The Knights of Co-lumbus Keep Christ in Christmas sales has started and will continue until the 2nd weekend of Advent. If you need reli-gious cards or advent candles please stop by the KCIC table in the Narthex.

First, THANK YOU to those who have already contributed to the One Bread, One Body Archdiocesan Annual Appeal. The monies from this appeal go to particular programs, not administration costs. These include rural outreach, youth and young adult ministries, vocations, Hispanic, native and multi-cultural ministries and other programs. As members of the larger church in Alaska, these are important initiatives for us to support.

If you have not contributed to the annual appeal I earnestly, ask that you contribute some amount to it. Your support not only goes towards reaching our annual goal of $102,980 but is also a way of unifying our local parish family at St. Andrew. Currently 21% of the parish families have paid 72% of our goal. This leaves 79% of our families to make up the remaining 28%.

To this end, we will have a second collection this weekend, November 30/December 1 to cover this difference. The amount doesn’t need to be large but your contribution is important.

THANKSGIVING BLESSING —Thank you again to all butter donors for this year’s Thanksgiving Blessing. The Food Bank of Alaska and Love INC volunteers provided complete turkey dinners to 250 families this year, thanks to your prayers, volunteering and contributions. All leftover food will remain in our local Chugiak & Eagle River food pantries.

A HUGE THANKS—Thanks to the bakers and buyers of last weekend's Thanksgiving Debt Reduction Bake Sale, we made over $2200 from your generosity! Special thanks also to members of the Parish Life and Ladies Group who helped "man" the tables.

COME ONE COME ALL-HELP NEEDED—Church decorating for Christmas will take place on Dec. 21 at 10am. "Many hands make light work" as we build the crèche and decorate the parish trees. Hope you can join us.

PARISH FAMILY CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS—The tradition continues to decorate our Parish Christmas Trees with family ornaments brought in by parishioners. If you are new to the parish or haven't yet brought an ornament please do! Put your family name and year you came to St. Andrew on it and place in the box on the entrance table beginning Dec. 7.

THE SHROUD OF TURIN—Dr. Cheryl White will be giving a presentation examining what the Shroud is and what we know about it scientifically on Saturday Night Dec. 7th after the 5:30 Mass. Everyone is encouraged to come to the lecture by this renowned expert on the Shroud.

Please pickup your free copy of the “The Vigil—Ignite Your Journey” album featuring a compilation of songs and short talks curated exclusively for Advent and Christmas 2019. Each CD includes 5 Lyrical Songs for Ad-vent,5 Lyrical Songs for Christmas, Medita-

tive Instrumental Songs, 4 Quick Talks on Advent and Christmas from Fr. Dave Pivonka of “The Wild Goose” Series Free Digital Download with Every Hard Copy (for those without CD players) www.igniteyourparish.com : password ADVENT3842

LADIES GROUP—Come join the Ladies of St. Andrew Parish for our monthly meeting at St. Andrew Church, Sat-urday, December 14, 2019, 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Our projects include Beanie Boxes and Staff Cards.