December 21 2014 - St. Raphael Copemish, Michigan

8380 Fifth St., P.O. Box 150, Onekama, MI 49675
Phone: 231-889-4254 Fax: 231-889-3706
email - stjosephonekama@gmail.com
website - stjosephonekama.com
Pastoral Staff
Rev. Ruben D. Munoz, Pastor
Darlene Falk, Administrative Assistant
Chris Sattler, Organist/Music Director
Michael Nelson, Maintenance
M-115, Copemish, MI 49625
Mailing address: P.O. Box 150, Onekama, MI 49675
Office Phone: 231-889-4254
website - straphaelcopemish.com
ST. JOSEPH/ST. RAPHAEL PARISH MISSION STATEMENT
"We are a welcoming spiritual home that provides community and personal
growth through liturgy, evangelization, the Word of God and a call to His service."
Fourth Sunday of Advent
Mass Schedule
Weekdays 9:00 a.m.: Tues., Wed. at St. R
Thurs., Fri. at St. J
Saturday: 4:30 p.m. at St. J
7:00 p.m. at St. R
Sunday: 8:30 a.m. at St. R
11:00 a.m. at St. J
Office Hours
Mon., Tues., Wed. & Fri. at St. J
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sacrament of Penance
Saturday 4:00 p.m. at St. J
Sunday 8:00 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. at St. R
or by appointment
Sacrament of Baptism
Parents interested in having their children
baptized need to contact the Pastor for further
information.
Sacrament of Marriage
Those seeking this sacrament are required to
contact the Pastor at least six months in
advance. Pre-marriage instructions/classes are
required.
Sacrament of the Sick
Those in need should contact the parish office
as soon as possible. The sacrament can be
celebrated before and after Mass, home,
hospital or where it is convenient.
Christian Initiation of Adults
Anyone interested in becoming a Roman
Catholic Christian or who would like to
inquire about our faith should call the Pastor
at the parish office.
Parish Membership
Welcome new Parishioners! Please call the
parish office to schedule an appointment to
register. Please notify us if you have a change
of address or are moving outside the parish.
Bulletin Deadline - Wednesday 12:00 p.m.
“Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you
shall name him Jesus.”
My dear friends in Christ, 22 days! God has given us to prepare his
coming! I hope you took advantage and came to the reconciliation
service! If not you have another chance to do it! Only come early and I
will be in the confessionary waiting for you. Remember you have three
more days to prepare the way of the Lord.
In this Gospel, Mary showed us the response of faith. Mary gives us a
picture of faith that is a response to God’s grace. I read a phrase from P.T.
Forsyth, “Faith is not something we possess, but something that possesses
us.” Faith comes only as we discover for ourselves that we have been
favored, chosen, and blessed. When we think about this the only thing
that we can experience is gratefulness that we have a wonderful God that
gives us all that we need in order to be with him for eternity.
This is the last Sunday of Advent and in three days we are going to
celebrate Christmas. Every single year we have this celebration and every
single year God is telling us that we are chosen, favored, and blessed.
This year is not the exception God is telling us how much he loves us!
The Emmanuel is among us! He came to help us to love and to be loved,
He came to teach us how to be like him, and He came to show us how to
do little things with great love. In this Christmas season my invitation is
to remember all this advent time of 2014 when God told us that we need
to be always watchful and alert, to be prepare to his second coming, to be
aware of that we have been chosen, favored, and bless. Christmas time is
the great day when we can see in a little boy how much God loves us and
wants the best for us.
As your Pastor I should like to express my wish to all of you, my
beloved friends in Saint Joseph and Saint Raphael, who have gather here
to remember that you are chosen, favored, and bless during this time of
preparation. We gather today to see the mystery of the incarnation and to
live this true in our lives. I wish that you may live in Christ, in the Truth
and in the love which come from God.
Fr.
Rubén Darío Muñoz Jiménez
Schedule for
Dec. 22 - Dec. 28
MONDAY- 12/22
ST. JOSEPH CHURCH
Mass Times: Thursday & Friday, 9:00am, Saturday, 4:30pm, Sunday,
11:00am
1 Sm 1: 24-28, Lk 1: 46-56
TUESDAY - 12/23
Mal 3: 1-4, 23-24, Lk 1: 57-66
9:00am (St. R) - For the
Sick
WEDNESDAY- 12/24
2 Sm 7: 1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16, Lk
1: 67-79
4:30am (St. J) - For all
Parishoners Living &
Deceased, especially those
remembered with Flower
Memorials
7:00pm (St. R) - For all
Parishoners Living &
Deceased, especially those
remembered with Flower
Memorials
THURSDAY- 12/25
Is 52: 7-10, Heb 1: 1-6, Jn 1:
1-18
8:30am (St. R) - For all
Parishoners Living &
Deceased, especially those
remembered with Flower
Memorials
11:00am (St. J) - For all
Parishoners Living &
Deceased, especially those
remembered with Flower
Memorials
FRIDAY- 12/26
Acts 6: 8-10, 7: 54-59
(St. J) - No Mass
PLEASE remember to turn off all cell phones in
church. This is a time of quiet and prayer. Thank
you!!
Make a New Year's resolution that will really make a
difference in your life. Deepen your Faith!!
Join us for Fr. Michael Gaitley's "33 Days to Morning
Glory" designed to bring us to a deeper understanding of
Mary. This program was held this past summer and was so
successful that we are repeating it!! This 6 week program
will begin the first week of January so reserve your spot
now.
There are three groups and locations to choose from:
- St. Raphael's on Tuesdays at 10:00 a.m. Call Pat
Mullen at 231-885-2469 to reserve your spot.
- St. Joseph's on Thursdays at 10:00 a.m. Call Maria
Somsel at 231-499-8313 to reserve your spot.
Visit this website to learn more!!
http://www.allheartsafire.org/33days/overview.php
If you would like to learn more before committing to a
group, call Maria Somsel.
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ST. JOSEPH'S CHRISTMAS MASS SCHEDULE
CHRISTMAS EVE
4:30 p.m.
CHRISTMAS DAY
11 a.m.
NEW YEARS DAY
11a.m.
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ST. JOSEPH'S
STEWARDSHIP OF
TREASURE
May Our Lord bless us
through our generosity
ENVELOPE
OFFERTORY
$ 1,674.00
LOOSE
OFFERTORY
S
558.00
CHILDREN'S
OFFERTORY
$
-------
STIPEND
$
50.00
DONATION
$
-------
TOTAL
$ 2,283.00
D & L FUND-BLG.
$23,277.78
FOOD PANTRY
$
503.00
June Bartlett, Janice Berben, Carl
Foster, Cheryl Debano Griffin, Addy
Hollifield, Tammy Holmes, Retta
Jurczak, Florence Levandowski,
George Macko, Rose Ann Maue, The
Nielsen Family, Nancy Satal, Mary
Steen, Faith Swanson, Tommy
VanIttersum, The Viol Family, Ann
Whelan, Shirley Yondo
Happy Birthday!!!
Dec. 20th - Veronica Sidor,
Dec. 21st - Nathan Redman
Dec. 22nd - Robert Courneya, Hope
Showalter
Dec. 25th - Janice Haase, Robert
Porter
Dec. 28th - Duane Anderson
Dec. 29th - Jacob Kequom
Happy Anniversary!!!
Dec. 27th - M/M Eduardo Barlan
SATURDAY - 12/27
1 Jn 1: 1-4, Jn 20: 1a, 2-8
4:30pm (St. J) - Tom
VanIttersum (Chuck &
Nancy Reckow)
7:00pm (St. R) - Margie
Romanik (George & Marty
Bailey)
ST. JOSEPH'S MINISTRY SCHEDULE FOR DECEMBER 24 & 25
Christmas Eve, 4:30pm
Lector - Del Sawka
Body of Christ - Jack Sawka
Precious Blood - Beth Klajda & Jacque Boyd
Altar Servers - Lilly & Andre Brown
Christmas Day, 11:00am
Lector - Maria Somsel
Body of Christ - Dan Long
Precious Blood - Linda Showalter & Maureen
Phillips
Altar Servers - Hope Showalter & Adam Porter
SUNDAY- 12/28
Sir 3: 2-6, 12-14, Col 3: 12-21,
Lk 2: 22-40
8:30am (St. R) - For all
the People
11:00am (St. J) Deceased members of the
Sedlar Family (Pearl &
Frank Sicilano)
ST. JOSEPH'S MINISTRY SCHEDULE FOR DECEMBER 27 & 28
Saturday, 4:30pm
Lector - Beverly Knoche
Body of Christ - John Baribeau
Precious Blood - Chris Goodrich & Nancy Smith
Altar Servers - Madison Miller
Sunday, 11:00am
Lector - Mary Jerore
Body of Christ - Meg Barlan
Precious Blood - Tom Berard & Peaches Sanovic
Altar Servers - Chole Wisniski & Michael Deising
ST. RAPHAEL CHURCH
Mass Times: Tuesday & Wednesday, 9:00am, Saturday, 7:00pm, Sunday, 8:30am
ST. RAPHAEL'S
STEWARDSHIP OF
TREASURE
May Our Lord bless us through
Happy Birthday!
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Dec. 26th - Lynda Kenny
Dec. 29th - Florence Smith
Dec. 31st - Joseph Rebman
ST. RAPHAEL'S CHRISTMAS MASS
SCHEDULE
CHRISTMAS EVE
7:00 p.m.
CHRISTMAS DAY
8:30 a.m.
GIVE THE GIFT OF LIFE!!!
GIVE BLOOD
NEW YEARS DAY
9:00 a.m.
Monday, December 29, 2014
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3:30 pm - 6: 30 pm
our generosity
ENVELOPE
OFFERTORY
$
486.00
LOOSE
OFFERTORY
$
901.00
STIPEND
$
-------
V. LTS/PAPER
$
23.75
COFFEE
$
21.35
FUEL
$
-------
DONATION
$
-------
CHRISTMAS
FLOWERS
$
105.00
TOTAL
$ 1,537.10
St. Joseph Church Fellowship
Hall
Eternal rest grant Unto
Edna Chandler
and may Perpetual Light Shine upon
her and may she rest in peace.
All who register to donate
will receive a free movie
ticket & a $5 Subway gift
card!!!
Questions? Contact Darlene
Falk @ 231-889-4254
David Clous, Barbara
DeVoll, Caitlin DeVoll,
Jeremy DeVoll, Johnathan
DeVoll, Charles DeVoll,
William Hogarth, Tammy
May, Craig Meredith,
Kelly Miller, Kenneth O.
Milliron, Virginia Platter,
Kelli Sattler, Chad
Schualer
ST. RAPHAEL'S MINISTRY SCHEDULE FOR DECEMBER 24 & 25
Christmas Eve, 7:00pm
Lector - Marian Marcero
Body of Christ - Vicki Tarker
Precious Blood - Janet Hobart & Vival Kastl
Altar Server - Michael & Stephanie Schaub
Christmas Day, 8:30am
Lector - Carlina Breitner
Body of Christ - Therese Gaylord
Precious Blood - Gerry Kast & Cinday Saarm
Altar Server - Bob Saul
ST. RAPHAEL'S MINISTRY SCHEDULE FOR DECEMBER 27 & 28
Saturday, 7:00pm
Lector - Betsy Schaub
Body of Christ - Marylyn Nabozny
Precious Blood - Viva Kastl & Cindy Saarm
Altar Server - Michael & Stephanie Schaub
Sunday, 8:30am
Lector - Maria Saul
Body of Christ - Herb Dyer
Precious Blood - Pat Mullen & Therese
Gaylord
Altar Server - Bob Saul
Thank you! "We can
certainly call you friends
because of the way you care
for our retired members,"
writes a religious brother.
Your gift to last weeks'
collection for the
Retirement Fund for
Religious benefits some
35,000 senior sisters,
brothers, and religious order
priests. May God bless you
for your generosity!!!
Please pray for all service men and women who are serving our country.
Tim Brandt, Sgt. Chris DeVoll, Army, Spc. Renada DeVoll, Army, Navy, SFC Jeremy A.
Kott, Army, Jay Long, USMC, Adam O'Neill, Army, 2nd Lt. Courtney Pierce, RN, Army,
Staff Sgt. Philip Sedlar, Jr., Andrew Saul, Navy, Adam Schuessler, Army, USAF, Sgt. Dylan
Somsel, Pvt. First Class Justin Zupin, USMC
Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them as they protect us. Bless them and their families for the
selfless acts they perform for us in our time of need. I ask this in the name of Jesus, our Lord and Savior Amen.
If you know of someone serving our country and would like a his/her name printed in our military corner please call the
parish office or put their name in the collection basket and mark it military corner. Thank you.
ST. JOSEPH LADIES GUILD NEWS
**There will be no Ladies Guild Meeting until March 2015.
ALL women of the parish are invited to join us when we
meet!! Come and meet your fellow parishioners. Our church
needs your helping hands, and the good ideas in your heads.
Need a ride? Call the church secretary and she will contact us
to help. SEE YOU THERE!!! **Ladies Guild is still collecting
Oleson's receipts. We receive 1% of each receipt. Every
penny counts. We are also collecting used postage stamps,
General Mills box tops for education, Campbell Soup UPC's
and Spartan UPC's. When you are cutting out the box top for
education we need the General Mills Box Top for
Education not the save 25-75%. Also, on the Campbell
Soup we need the UPC's. Please place your receipts in the
box in the church vestibule.
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ST. JOSEPH'S COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY: The next
month's Food Pantry will January 23, 2015
beginning at 10 a.m. Your financial support is
appreciated and encouraged. Every dollar you
contribute goes toward purchase of food and household
items.
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FAMILY PERSPECTIVE - Question: What do you call a
family that began with a couple who married after a
pregnancy was discovered; who had a twelve year old who
ran away from home and was eventually executed as a
criminal by the state? Answer: Holy. The lesson of today’s
gospel is: no matter what is happening in your family, “The
Lord is with you”. Let go and let God direct your family.
Imitate Mary and “do not be afraid” for “nothing is
impossible with God”.
Stewardship by the Book - In the first reading God
promises King David that his house and his kingdom will
endure forever. It is through Mary's "Yes" - "I am the
handmaid of the Lord. Let it be done to me as you say." that the promise finds fulfillment.
Reflecting on Stewardship - ““Hail, full of grace, the Lord
is with you!” – Luke 1:28Faith is a gift from God. During
this Christmas season take time in silence and pray to God.
Thank Him for all the gifts He has given you. Try to set
aside any anger or resentment you have and really open
your heart to receive the gift of God’s grace.
Televised Sunday Mass - The weekly Eucharistic Liturgy at
St. Mary Cathedral is broadcast on Fox TV 32/45 at 8 AM
Sunday mornings. The broadcast is funded through gifts to
the annual Catholic Services Appeal (CSA) as well as private
donations. Anyone interested in making a financial
contribution specifically to this telecast ministry may send
donations marked “For Televised Mass” to Diocese of
Gaylord, 611 West North Street, Gaylord, MI 49735.
Donations may also be made online through the diocesan
website by clicking on “Make a Gift” on the home page of
www.dioceseofgaylord.org.
Promise to protect; pledge to heal - In an effort to protect
all children and to promote healing, the Diocese of Gaylord
encourages victims of child abuse or neglect to report the
matter. In fact, many professionals are required by
Michigan
State law to report suspected abuse or neglect of a child or
minor. Individuals should contact their local office of the
Department of Human Services. If an allegation involves
sexual misconduct of a minor by clergy or any employee of
the Diocese of Gaylord, even if it is in the past, individuals
may also contact Tom Tenerovicz at 989.732.5147.
Annual Vocations Awareness Dinner - Join Bishop Steven
Raica and the Vocations Awareness Committee at the
Annual Vocations Awareness Dinner on Saturday, January
3, following the 5:00 p.m. Eucharistic Liturgy at St. Mary
Cathedral in Gaylord. There is no cost to attend but a
freewill offering will be accepted. Due to limited space, an
RSVP is required. Please call 989.705.3502 and leave a
message with your name, parish, and number in your party
no later than Tuesday, December 30. For any questions,
contact Susan Roundy at 989.732.5147 or via email at
sroundy@dioceseofgaylord.org.
Blessed are the merciful - WYD 2016 - Registration for
World Youth Day 2016 in Krakow, Poland is now open!
Join the Diocese of Gaylord on a life-changing pilgrimage
with your fellow young adults. Cost for the 13-day
pilgrimage is $3,999 per person and includes round-trip
airfare from Detroit, accommodations, World Youth Day
registration, and most meals. This WYD pilgrimage is open
to young adults from the Diocese of Gaylord who will be
between the ages of 18 and 35 by July 1, 2016. More
information is available at www.dioceseofgaylord.org or by
contacting Priscilla Oddo or Fr. Peter Wigton at
wyd@dioceseofgaylord.org or 989.732.5147. Space is
limited and a $200 deposit is required to guarantee your
spot.
For Your Marriage - The United States Conference of
Catholic Bishops has launched www.foryourmarriage.org, a
website dedicated to providing tips, advice, and support
those called to the vocation of marriage, as well as
providing
information on Catholic marriages. Sign up for the daily tips
and advice, find humor in blog posts from others in all
stages of marriage, or find Catholic marriage support by
using the Office Locator tool. “For Your Marriage” is
sponsored by the USCCB and the Catholic Communication
Campaign.
Word of Life - “Are we moved by the suffering of those
without shelter? Do we seek to alleviate the fear, confusion
and panic that women facing unexpected pregnancies may
be experiencing? Do our hearts ache for elderly patients in
nursing homes who feel abandoned and unwanted, having
no one to visit them? Our mission is to show each person
the love of Christ. As uniquely created individuals, we each
have unique gifts which we are called to use to share
Christ’s love.” — Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap.,
Chairman, USCCB Committee on Pro-Life Activities, 2014
Respect Life Month Statement
Lector Workshops - The Center for Catholic Studies will be
hosting workshops for those who wish to serve the Church
as a lector and those already serving, who would like
additional training. Cost is $10 per person and classes will
be offered throughout the diocese. Visit
www.dioceseofgaylord.org for a complete listing of classes.
For more information or to register, contact Tammy Boylan
at 989.732.5147 or via email at
tboylan@dioceseofgaylord.org
Keep an eye out for these upcoming classes:
- Wednesday, January 21, from 7:00-9:00 p.m. at St.
Anne Parish in Alpena
- Thursay, January 22, from 1:00-3:00 p.m. at Sacred
Heart Parish in Elk Rapids
- Tuesday, January 27, from 7:00-9:00 p.m. at St. Ann
Parish in Frankfort.