Dec212014 - St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church

Saint Martin of Tours
Louisville, Kentucky
December 21, 2014
Mass Intentions for the Week
Saturday, December 20th
Margaret & Willie Sullivan †
Fourth Sunday of Advent, December 21st
8:00 a.m.
Lawrence & Marie Stich †
10:00 a.m.
For the Parish
12:00 p.m. (E.F.)●
Pat Wheatley †
Monday, December 22nd
12:00 Noon
Pregnancy Resource Center
Tuesday, December 23rd
12:00 Noon
Nancy Bowling †
Vigil of Christmas, December 24th
5:30 p.m.
Alice B. McMahan, R.F. “Skip” McMahan, Jr.,
Dennis J. Liebert †
12:00 Midnight
Marion Strange †
The Nativity of the Lord, December 25th
9:00 a.m.
Pula & Bob Lowry †
12:00 Noon (E.F.)●
Joel Abuton †
Friday, December 26th
12:00 Noon
Maria Gonzalez † & Lola Binay †
Saturday, December 27th
4:00 p.m. (Vigil)
For the Parish
Holy Family, December 28th
8:00 a.m.
Lawrence & Marie Stich †
10:00 a.m.
Joseph, Delores, & Steve Thornberry
12:00 p.m. (E.F.)●
Charles & June Wehrley †
4:00 p.m. (Vigil)
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Extraordinary Form
The Spire Shines
During the Month of December
In Memory of
Holy Innocents Killed by Abortion
Extraordinary Form Ordo
December 21st: Fourth Sunday of Advent
Lectors for December 21st
8:00 a.m. Marilyn Malone
10:00 a.m. Phil Swain & Kelly Bedan
Lectors for December 28th
8:00 a.m. Marilyn Malone
10:00 a.m. Larry Baird & Shirley Bedan
EMHC December 21st
8:00 a.m.
Stan Fitch & Jeanie Hollenkamp
10:00 a.m.
2.Jim Gnadinger 3. Cheryl Zoldak 4. Jeremy Hudson
6. Rosemarie Gambill 7. Theresa Hughes 8. Shirley Bedan
Choir: Denny Higgins
EMHC December 28th
8:00 a.m.
Stan Fitch & Jeanie Hollenkamp
10:00 a.m.
2.Shirley Bedan 3. Kelly Bedan 4. Gene Cundiff
6. Denny Higgins 7. Ann Derrick 8. Ralph Hughes
Choir: Jeremy Hudson
Why Keep the Adoration Chapel Open Twenty-Four Hours a
Day Seven Days per Week?
St. Martin of Tours is blessed to have Perpetual Adoration. The
Chapel is open to everyone as a place to pray and adore Our Lord in
the Blessed Sacrament. Please take advantage of this wonderful
opportunity. Adorers are always welcome, either on a regular basis or if
you just want to drop in for a visit. If you would like to volunteer for a
regular hour, please contact the parish office (502) 582-2827.
We need adorers for the following hours:
Monday – 8am & 3pm Tuesday – 8am, 9am, & 11pm
Friday – 8am, 9am, 4pm, & 6pm
Please Remember in Your Prayers:
Bud Ober, Fr. John Lesousky, Andrew Cook, Debbie Hood, Cheryl
Hughes, Jeff Thorson, Elijah Thorson, Ben Thorson, Larry Huber,
Frank Arter, Bill Morgan, Marce Louis Byrd, John Budway, Fred
Mike, Jim Stich, Elizabeth Hobby, Carey Winters, Sr. Mary Prisca
Pfeiffer, RSM, Martha Maloney, Quinn Greer, James Thomas, Bill
Molnar, Mary Hurt, Larry Foushee, Adolph Nopper, Paul L.
Timberlake, Barbara Grivatti, Deacon Jarvis Jackson, Colleen
Clines, Rick Rossini, Alicia McAdam, Joey McNaughton, Maria
Redmond, Carole Spath, Steven & Julie Villwock, Eleanor
Schweickhardt, Jaquelyn Castro O’Hare, Joseph Aloysius Boone,
Cherie Zoldak, Mary Halbleib, Max Fisher
Please Pray for Our Military:
Midshipman Michael Karas, 1LT Craig McGreal, PFC Paul Kelley,
Col Greg Smith, Capt Maria Borders, Lt Col Michael Borders, Capt
Joshua Ford, Capt Addison Tafel USMC, CW2 Patrick Koenig, Maj
Mac Mitchell
*Office closed this week*
Christmas Mass Schedule
Christmas Eve, Wednesday, December 24th
Children’s Mass 5:30 p.m.
With Christmas carols beginning at 5:00 p.m.
Mass at Midnight
Preceded by a concert of Christmas Music at 11:20 p.m.
Christmas Day, Thursday, December 25th
9:00 a.m. and 12:00 Noon (Extraordinary Form)
New Year’s Mass Schedule
New Year’s Eve, Wednesday, December 31st
7:00 p.m.
New Year’s Day, Feast of Mary, Mother of God,
Thursday, January 1st
10:00 a.m. (Extraordinary Form)
Fourth Sunday of Advent
The Golden Arrow Center
The Golden Arrow has been providing clothing for children at a
record pace, over 400 a month for the last several months! At this
time we are completely out of winter clothes for Boys size 5T, 6T, 7
and 8 and we are very low on Girl's size 3T and 5T and 6/ 6x. We
are also desperately in need of winter coats, hats and mittens. If
you could ask friends and neighbors to think of us when they are
cleaning out their child's closet. Winter has come early this year
and our empty bins show it! Donations can be placed in the bin in
the church entranceway or given to the guard. Thank you for your
continued generosity!
Volunteers still needed to help sort donations, to assist clients, and
to do light office tasks. We are open to serve clients Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday from 9-12. If you are interested in
volunteering please call Emily Nolan 550-5584.
“Help the mother, help the child!”
The Schuhmann Center
Counts for November: Men 696
Women 320
Children 383
Families assisted with food 69
Many thanks to the parishioners
and friends of St. Martin for their
gifts of time, talent, and treasure
and best wishes for a Blessed
Christmas and a Holy and
Prosperous New Year to all.
The Schuhmann Center is in
need of volunteers, men’s,
women’s and children’s winter
clothing, especially men’s slacks, backpacks, laundry detergent,
shampoo, soap, deodorant, disposable razors, toothpaste,
toothbrushes, paper to wels, kleenex, toilet tissue, and large paper
grocery bags with or without handles. We are open Monday
through Friday from 9:00 to 11:45am. You may call the Schuhmann
Center at 589-6696.
Please call the Schuhmann Center to donate a car,
truck, or van to be auctioned to help with the ongoing
day-to-day operating expenses of the center.
Please pray for the success of our work and the people we serve.
Make year –end gifts
on the church website
In the course of year-end tax planning, you
may find yourself considering special onetime donations. There is a growing trend
among donors to make contributions to their
favorite organizations online during the final
week of the year. As you contemplate year
end gifts, please keep the church in mind.
We welcome your donations through the
giving page on the church website.
R
ELIGIOUS ED NEWS:
Our Sunday Religious Education Classes and the Children’s
Liturgy of the Word, which takes place at the 10 o’clock Mass
each week, will meet once more today before
taking their next break. There will be no
classes nor Children’s Liturgy of the Word on
Sunday, December 28th and Sunday, January
4th. This will be in observance of Christmas
and Epiphany.
Our classes will resume
meeting again on Sunday, January 11th. Have
a very happy and blessed Christmas and New Year’s!
Children’s Christmas Eve Nativity Practice Our one and only
practice for our annual Children’s Nativity pageant
that is presented at the end of the 5:30 Christmas
Eve Mass, will take place on this coming
Tuesday morning, December 23rd, at 9:00 a.m.,
in the church. It should take us approximately two
hours to fit all the children for their costumes and
practice their roles in the pageant.
Christmas Card Project Our religious education classes are once
again performing a corporal work of
mercy during Advent! They will be
using the old Christmas cards,
recently donated by parishioners, to
make special cards for nursing home
residents and shut-ins. If you have an
elderly, sick or lonely family member,
neighbor or friend, who might appreciate receiving one of these
special handmade Christmas cards, please contact the rectory by
the end of the day and we will be happy to send them one!
Religious Ed Christmas Parties Today! After working very hard
for the last few months, all of our children and teens are having
Christmas parties today in class! Thanks to all
those parishioners whose thoughtfulness and
generosity helped to provide goodies and treats
for the occasion!
Heartfelt Thanks! Saint Martin of
Tours is blessed with a most wonderful group of
volunteer catechists who put their hearts and souls –
not to mention a great deal of their time – into
teaching the Catholic faith to our children and teens
here each Sunday. Please take a moment this
Christmas season to thank them for their service to the Church and
to our parish! (Many thanks also to our Sunday morning “go-fer”,
Cathy Berendsen, for helping to make it all run as smoothly as
possible!)
K-1st Grade – Emily Nolan, Cheryl Topp
2nd Grade – Joan McGee, Luz Powell
3rd Grade – Susan Botner, Brian Mazar
4th Grade – Terri Hillary, Ken Botner
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5 Grade – Paul Heitkemper, Dana Guyer
6th Grade – Kathryn Hillary, Kelsey Hillary
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7 /8 Grade – Jim Gnadinger, Marcus McGraw
High School – Rose Mazar, Bill Hillary, Jason Mucci,
Matt Guyer , Kevin Murphy