3rd sunday of advent december 11th, 2016
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BAPTISM Expectant parents please contact the parish office to arrange for baptism preparation
and for the celebration. Baptism Prep: November 9/16, 2016, January 18/25, 2017, April 5/12, 2017
Baptism: November 19/20, 2016, January 28/29, 2017, April 22/23, 2017
MARRIAGE Arrangements for marriage can be made by contacting the parish office six months prior
to the date of the marriage.
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Pastor: Fr. Matthew Ramsay
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217 Lenore Drive, Saskatoon, S7K 6Y2
Web-site: www.saintannes.ca
3rd Sunday of Advent December 11th, 2016
Today’s Readings: Isaiah 35:1–6a, 10 / James 5:7–10 / Matthew 11:2–11
A Garden Well-Tended—By Mary Katharine Deeley
I’m not much of a gardener . When our family was young, we planted vegetables to connect our
children with the miracle of growing things. But the truth is, I kill houseplants regularly, and the clay
soil in our back yard made growing things a little harder than I was willing to tolerate. So I spent my
time tending to children and other pursuits.
When I look at the wonderful young women my children have become, I don’t regret any of it—
they’re evidence of a garden well-tended. We all have gardens we cultivate in the soil we work and
in the lives we lead.
In today’s readings, Isaiah and Jesus point to gardens of a different sort. Isaiah imagines God as the
great gardener who brings flowers and trees out of arid sand and clay soil and then moves on to
bring sight to the blind and hearing to the deaf. What a glorious image of a promise made—where
we all grow and are made whole.
Jesus doesn’t answer John’s disciples. He simply points them in the direction of the garden of Good
News he’s tended. He sends them to John with tales of what they’ve seen and heard in all its abun-
dance because John will know a garden when he hears about it and will rejoice in its growth.
Finally, James, laboring in the Lord’s garden decades after the Lord’s death, reminds us of the truth
every farmer, landscaper, and household gardener knows so well: Making things grow—crops, flow-
ers, faith, or people—takes patience.
What’s growing in your garden this Advent? †
Weekend Mass Times: Saturday—5:00 pm, Sunday—9:00 am & 11:00 am
Weekday Mass Times: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday - 8:30 am
MONDAY, DECEMBER 12th, 2016 2:00 pm - RCIA
3:45 pm - RCIC
4:30 pm - Mass @ St. Angela Merici Residence
4:45 pm - Rosary & Divine Mercy Chaplet
6:30 pm - RCIA
7:00 pm - St. George School Advent Liturgy
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13TH, 2016 8:30 am - Mass (SI Barzeele Family)
12:00 pm - BJM Pancakes
4:30 pm - Mass @ St. Angela Merici Residence
6:30 pm - St. Anne’s School Advent Liturgy
7:30 pm - Knights of Columbus General Meeting
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14TH, 2016 8:30 am - Mass (†Dave Grombacher)
10:00 am - Advent Bible Study
11:30 am - Mass @ St. Angela Merici Residence
6:00 pm - (9:00) Choir Practise
7:00 pm - Familia
8:00 pm - Adoration
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15TH, 2016
8:30 am - Mass (†Theodore Nieman)
10:20 am - BJM Advent Mass
4:30 pm - Mass @ St. Angela Merici Residence
6:30 pm - (5:00) choir practise
8:00 pm - (11:00) choir practise
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16TH, 2016
8:30 am - Mass (SI Darlene Britton)
9:00 am - BJM Reconciliation
11:30 am - Mass @ St. Angela Merici Residence
2:00 pm - Mass @ Primrose Chateau
7:00 pm - Musical Adoration
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17TH, 2016 4:00 pm - Reconciliation
5:00 pm - Mass
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18TH, 2016
9:00 am - Mass
11:00 am - Mass
Knights of Columbus Pancake Breakfast
12:00 pm - Church Decorating
1:30 pm - Birthday Party for Jesus
7:30 pm - Intercessory Prayer Group
Kids for Christ
Knights of Columbus Birthday Party
for Jesus All children of St. Anne's parish up to Grade 3,
along with Kids for Christ par-
ticipants are invited to an Ad-
vent/Birthday Party for Jesus
on Dec. 18, 2016, sponsored
by The Knights of Columbus.
Sign up sheets for this party
are available in the Welcome
area at Church.
Parents are asked to stay with their children. SIGN UP SOON! we need to know numbers
in order to prepare for this party.
POINSETTAS: Envelopes for
your monetary donations are avail-
able. A receipt will be added to
your church offering. Help beauti-
fy your church for the Christmas
season.
DECORATING THE CHURCH
Putting up the Christmas tree
and decorating the church will
take place Sunday, December
18th at 12:00 pm (after the
11:00 am Mass). Many hands
make light work! Please plan
to help!
INTERCESSORY PRAYER GROUP
St. Anne’s intercessory prayer group is
meeting on Sunday, December 18 at 7:30
pm in the chapel to pray for our parish com-
munity. Everyone is welcome. If you have
any specific prayer intentions you would
like the group to pray for, please contact
Luke Hergott at [email protected] or
306-715-5357.
Advent and Christmas celebrations at Catholic parishes in the city of Saskatoon – A schedule of penitential services
and Christmas Mass times for Saskatoon parishes is posted at: www.saskatoonrcdiocese.com/christmas-schedule
**Christmas Potluck “Lessons and Carols” will be held 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11 at the STM College auditorium, 1437 College Dr., hosted by the African Catholic Community of Saskatoon in partnership with St. Thomas More College Campus Ministry at the University of Saskatchewan. The event will feature Christmas carols in various African dialects, Scripture readings, multi-cultural potluck and socializing. There will be an op-portunity to make a free will offering, with half of donations going to a local charity. For more information contact Gabriel at (306) 203-6658 or Anthony at (306) 203-0330.
**Pure Witness Family Christmas Concert: An evening of family fun to prepare our hearts to celebrate the incarnation of Our Lord this Christmas will be held Monday, Dec. 12, at St. Mary's Parish Hall, Avenue O South and 20th Street W. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the concert starts at 7 p.m. Admission is by donation. This event will also feature the CD release of the Pure Witness Christmas album, Evermore Proclaim: 1 for $20 | 2 for $30 | 5 for $60. There will also be fun for children in celebrating the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe with a pi-ñata. Come celebrate the joy and wonder of Christmas.
**Holy Spirit Parish Mission - Living the Catholic Life: Fullness of Purpose will be held Dec. 12-14, from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. each day at Holy Spirit Church. Could there be more to our faith experience than what we have come to know? Dynamic speaker and author Ken Yasinski will be leading a 3-day parish mission designed to help answer life’s questions – Why have I been created? Where is joy found? Does my Catholic faith matter? This mission offers Catholicism in everyday simple language that makes the timeless truths of our faith relevant.
**Men’s Breakfast at Queen’s House - The Knights of Columbus Brothers Keeper Men’s Breakfast will be held 7 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 13 with prayer and reflection followed by breakfast, $10, 601 Taylor Street West; register at: (306) 242-1916.
**Marian Movement of Priests Cenacle - all are invited to this Holy Hour, which consists of adoration, the ro-sary, benediction, hymns and various other prayers, 3 pm. Wednesday, Dec. 14 at St. Paul's Co-Cathedral, 720 Spadina Crescent. For info contact Edna at: (306) 382-1680.
**A Day Away with Gisele Bauche will be held 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 14, $25 (includes lunch) at Queen’s House, 601 Taylor St. W., Saskatoon; call: (306) 242-1916.
**Are you looking for a unique Christmas gift or a Hawaiian getaway without leaving home? Serena Saskatche-wan presents: A Hawaiian Gala Fundraiser Saturday, February 4, 2017, 5:00-8:30pm at St. Anne’s parish hall (217 Lenore Drive, Saskatoon). The fundraiser will include a catered banquet, silent auction, 50/50 draw, enter-tainment, wine toss, and photo booth. To reserve tickets ($100/ticket, you will receive a tax receipt for $60). or make a silent auction donation, please call/text 306-934-8223 or email [email protected].
**The Friends of Sion are looking for all FORMER STUDENTS OF SION ACADEMY. If you attended Our Lady of Sion Academy any time from 1919 to 1967 or if you someone who did, we would like to hear from you. Please call Sharon 306-374-6323, or Terry 306-651-3133, or Donna 306-665-2003 or contact Eleanor at [email protected] or visit our website: www.sionreunion2017.org
**Seeking leaders for Emerge summer camp Aug. 21 to 25 – Leaders are needed for Emerge, a new camp for students entering grade 8 that will be run by a team of high school and university students (current Grade 10+) trained and overseen by the Youth Ministry Office in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saskatoon. We are seeking the next generation of disciples to emerge and change the world! E-mail Colm at [email protected] to apply to be a leader. Deadline for prospective leaders to apply is Janu-ary 15, 2017.
Let Us Pray …… Prayer remains a constant that unites and draws us closer together. Please advise us of
your prayer needs and let the power of our parish’s collective prayer support you. A parish united in prayer creates a mighty power!
Let us pray for our Indigenous sisters and brothers across Canada, through-
out our province and in our diocese, and especially for Our Lady of Guadalupe
parish in Saskatoon. As we prepare to celebrate the National Day of Prayer in
Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples Dec. 12, we ask our Lord Jesus Christ to lead us al-
ways to walk together in unity and loving care, on a journey towards justice, reconciliation and
wholeness.
Let us pray that those weakened by life’s burdens may find hope in the care they receive
from others.
Let us pray for those who are estranged from their families, may they embrace the healing
comfort of God’s grace and experience a reconciliation that mends broken hearts.
Let us pray that those preparing to minister to us in song during the coming Christmas sea-
son will be blessed and strengthened in their ministry.
Let us pray for the sick and homebound. We pray for Bill Dmytrowich, Claudie Dick, Mar-
cia Urban, Layne Baumung, Ken Meyer, Margaret Podilsky, Leonard Neidermeier, Robert
Lamy, Doreen Lloyd, Sarah Denis. May they find strength and patience in the scriptures.
Let us pray for those who have died and for those who are mourning. We remember Julia
Palmer, on the 1st anniversary of her death, mother of Dorothy & Brent Fraser and Berna-
dette & Frank Garritty. We remember Anne Gursky, grandmother of Derrick & Cristin Saw-
chuk. May they enter the kingdom of heaven amid songs of joy and gladness. Loving Father, we ask that you hear our prayers and help us to continue to grow in faith. We pray through
your Son Jesus Christ. Amen.
OFFERING FOR DECEMBER 3RD/4TH:
Loose Collection $ 991.70
Envelopes & PAD 9,852.23
$10,843.93
2017 OFFERTORY ENVELOPES
Please pick up your 2017 offertory envelopes as
soon as possible.
Donations that you would like to be includ-
ed on your 2016 tax receipt should be into
the office no later than noon Friday, Decem-
ber 30th.
CWL QUILT RAFFLE
THANKS to everyone for supporting our
Roughrider quilt raffle. We have a total of
$850.00 that is designated for the Syrian Family
Sponsorship Fund. The winner of the quilt is:
Janel Gregoire.
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT REQ’D
St. Angela Merici Residence, a retirement home
for the Ursuline Sisters of Prelate is currently
seeking a part-time Microsoft Office/Excel Sav-
vy Administrative Assistant to provide adminis-
trative, secretarial and clerical support to the
leadership team. The successful candidate loves
working with seniors, has excellent interperson-
al skills and interacts with all in a professional,
friendly and welcoming manner. This person is
very organized, able to prioritize tasks and com-
plete projects in a timely manner.
Education and Experience
- Business college training an advantage
- Previous office experience desired
- Competent computer skills including MS Of-
fice or equivalent
- Salary is dependent on skills and experience
Resumes can be submitted to:
CHRISTMAS HAMPERS
St. Anne's Parish is assembling Christmas hampers for those in need in our com-
munity.
When families request a Christmas hamper, we do our best to meet their needs
with regards to the food we include, and also the gifts we provide for their chil-
dren. Food slips for non-perishable items and envelopes for monetary donations
to purchase perishables are located on the hamper display table in the welcome
area. The requested non-perishable food items include: canned cranberries,
boxed stuffing, coffee, black tea, hot chocolate, white sugar, brown sugar, peanut
butter, quick oats, mixed nuts, cake mix and boxed chocolates.
If you wish to purchase a gift for a child, personalized gift tags are on display in the welcoming ar-
ea. Unwrapped gifts, food and monetary donations must be returned by December 18th.
Thank you for your prayerful generosity
Saturday, December 24th: 5:00 pm (5:00 choir caroling at 4:40 pm)
7:30 pm (9:00 choir caroling at 7:10 pm)
11:00 pm (11:00 choir caroling at 10:30 pm)
Sunday, December 25th: 10:00 am
Saturday, December 31st: 5:00 pm
Sunday, January 1st : 9:00 am & 11:00 am
SASKATOON CORRECTIONAL CENTRE
Parishioners have generously contributed to Christmas gifts, now we are seeking volunteers to help
distribute these gifts. This would mean arriving at the Correctional Centre at 8:30 Christmas morn-
ing. The more volunteers the faster this will go. There will also be Christmas Mass at 1:00 pm. Any
one interested in distributing gifts or attending the liturgy should contact Dorothy Fortier at forti-
[email protected] for a clearance form. These must be completed and dropped at the parish of-
fice by December 13.
1) Musical Adoration: Our next event will be on Friday, December
16th at 7:00pm in the church. All par ishioners are welcome.
2) Edge: Our last Edge night of the 2016 year will be on Tuesday, Decem-
ber 20th. This is open to all students in grades 6 to 8.
3) Christmas cards: Thank you very much to everyone who made
cards for our brothers in the correctional centre. They will be delivered on
Christmas day.
BISHOP’S ANNUAL APPEAL 2016 “The Face of Mercy”
As of Dec. 6, 2016, gifts to the Bishop’s Annual Appeal in the Diocese of Saskatoon total
$1,264,501 – about 84 percent of the $1.5 million goal for 2016. Thank you from the Diocese of
Saskatoon to everyone who has so generously given to the Bishop’s Annual Appeal 2016.
Your gift in support of much-needed ministry and outreach in our diocese is greatly appreciated.
There is still time to give!
Drop your donation in the collection basket or contact the parish office or the BAA office at
(306) 659-5851 for more information. You can also give online at:
www.dscatholicfoundation.ca/online-giving
From our St. Anne’s BAA Coordinators:
Armand & Claudette Thibodeau and Laurent & Jocelyne Senecal:
The 2016 Bishop’s Annual Appeal is almost over. We reached our goal! Thank you to all who
donated.
We had a team of amazing people to make phone calls to remind and encourage parishioners to
respond to the Bishop’s invitation. Thank you for your “yes”.
Please take a minute to personally thank as many of the following people as you can for their
dedication.
Helen Anderson Anne Ashcroft Dan Beck Murray Blanch
Randy Bokshowan Denise Bremner Len Britton Mary Caleo
Bev Canaday Marc Casavant Greg Cherewyk Cascilla Christophe
Michelle Christopher Loraine Churko Myra Dele Rosa Joel Denis
Paul Donovel Dolores Douglas Betty Field Garry Fix
Dorothy Fraser Nadine Gartner Mel Gerspacher Brian Gilje
Cathy Gilje Don Griffith Mavis Hartell Lance & Marla Hartman
Peter & Phyllis Jansen Wade Kindrachuk Carmen Koss Wayne Kzyzyk
Charlene Lavier Gerard Lepage Henrietta LeStrat Margaret Lyons
John Marshall Ed McLeod Allan Merkowsky Don Nakoneshny
Vanessa Nyssen Yvonne Parker Ron & Yvonne Pellegrini Ed Pirot
Marcella Pirot Louise Rodgers Margaret Schmidt Nancy Sparling
Lois Spizawka Val Stone Shirley Sturgeon Gene & Linda Swejda
Doug Tremblay Marion Tremblay Arianna Ward Neil Ward
John Wolchak
Thank you to Armand & Claudette Thibodeau and Laurent & Jocelyne Senecal who jointly coor-dinated this year Bishop’s Appeal. Your hard work and dedication is greatly appreciated.
LITURGICAL MINISTRY SCHEDULE FOR: 4th Sunday of Advent - December 17th/18th
CHRISTMAS NOVENA
The Filipino Catholic Community invites all to participate in
“Simbang Gabi”
– a Novena of Masses leading up to Christmas.
(Please note that there is a pot luck after every Mass.)
• 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 15 at St. Mary Parish, 211 Avenue O
South, Saskatoon
• 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 16 at Holy Family Cathedral, 123 Nelson Rd,
Saskatoon
• 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17 at Holy Spirit Parish, 114 Kingsmere Place, Saskatoon
• 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 18 at St. Paul Co-Cathedral, 720 Spadina Crescent, Saskatoon
• 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 19 at St. Augustine Parish, 602 Boychuk Drive, Saskatoon
• 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 20 at St. Anne Parish 217 Lenore Drive, Saskatoon
• 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 21 at St. Peter Parish, 1121 Northumberland Ave., Saskatoon
• 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 22 at St. Philip Neri Parish, 1902 Munroe Avenue South, Saskatoon
• 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 23 at St. Patrick Parish, 3339 Centennial Drive, Saskatoon
Coordinator 5:00 pm Millie Walliser
9:00 am Jill Koch
11:00 am
Lectors Millie Walliser
Wes Kotyk
Wayne Kzyzyk
Chris Lavier
Darcy Todos
Dietta Todos
Matthew Todos
Jesse Todos
Shirley Sturgeon
Darlene Britton
Brian Klashinsky
Heather Buchholz
Communion
Ministers
Chantelle Kane
Andrea Schmidt
Andrea Dielschneider
Neil Dielschneider
Kylen Rioux
Carol Lynch
Helen Engel
Shawna Arnold
Moira Mcdonell
Anja Gilje
Cathy Gilje
Celine Bergeron
Caroline Laviolette
Aira Bautista
Joel Denis
Sarah Denis
Ushers Jack Moldenhauer
Murray Blanch
James Dasiuk
Jerome Engele
Ray Longmuir
Vern Baier
Joseph Amodia
Pascal Okorie
Aira Bautista
Charles Schmidt
Greeters Gerein Family
Bronwynn Cutts
Frank Brown
Grace Klein
Florence/Fern Chabot
Elaine/Peter Zakreski
Dennis Forster
Loraine Churko
Yvette Marchand
Margaret Lyons
Aira Bautista
Servers Jarod Christopher
Kiandra Christopher
Jean Tana
Liam Burgess
Lauren Burgess
Gieven Badiana
Angelino Badiana
Mary Derpo
LWC No LWC No LWC No LWC
Gift Bearers Lisa/Patrisha Ibanez Gilje Family Lahey-Wiggs Family
WEEKDAY READINGS December 12to 16th
Monday - Our Lady of Guadalupe: Zechar iah 2:14–17 or Revelation 11:19a; 12:1–
6a, 10ab / Luke 1:39–47
Tuesday - St. Lucy: Zephaniah 3:1–2, 9–13 / Matthew 21:28–32
Wednesday - St. John of the Cross: Isaiah 45:6b–8, 18, 21b–25 / Luke 7:18b–23
Thursday - Advent Weekday: Isaiah 54:1–10 / Luke 7:24–30
Friday - Advent Weekday: Isaiah 56:1–3a, 6–8 / John 5:33–36
Saturday - Advent Weekday: Genesis 49:2, 8–10 / Matthew 1:1–17
Prepare Ye the Way By James S. Torrens, SJ
John the Baptist was the last of the great servants preparing God’s way. With his rough austerity, he had learned to live wholly off of God. The sight of him subsisting on God and the sound of him calling for a change of life drew the city people of Israel to him in great numbers. He did not flinch from blunt speaking to soldiers, to tax collec-tors, to the whole “brood of vipers” taking advantage of others. John was preaching the old evangelical message, “Repent.” He still has successors in parks and public squares, endowed with megaphone voices. His great concern was the forgiveness of sins. The watery immersion he practiced was a prayer full of desire to be cleansed by God. In the presence of the Baptist’s leading us into Advent today, enough of the old excuse for our weaknesses: “Sorry, I can’t help it. That’s just how I am.” Enough of just going through the motions. John, as the new Elijah paving the way for the anointed of God, won’t let us off the hook. He looks for an energetic response, re-pentance from whatever is slowing us down in God’s service.† Source: Daybreaks, © 2011 Liguori Publications
Defining Christmas
Without Words
It’s December and almost Chr istmas. It’s also time to hear about
the usual “War on Christmas.” You probably have heard about this so-
called war. Certain writers, commentators, and politicians assert that
corporate Canada and America and the government are waging a war
to remove “Christ” from Christmas. The story goes that only they—those writers, commentators,
and politicians—are paying attention or doing something about it.
This war plays out at retailers, where greeters share the sentiment “Happy holidays” instead of
“Merry Christmas.” It’s fought in corporate offices, where companies erect “holiday” trees. It’s
waged at government centers, where officials position Jewish symbols next to Nativity scenes. It
takes place in public schools, where “holiday” instead of “Christmas” breaks take place.
This controversy is a distraction. For some of us, it becomes a subject of confrontation. We utter
“Merry Christmas” as if daring someone to challenge us on the matter. When we enlist in this
war, we, unintentionally, veer sharply from the true meaning of Christmas. The battle over words
obscures what marks a true Christian—Christian acts.
Isn’t it more authentically Christian to visit a nursing home, serve in a homeless shelter, or help
out a stranger than to say “Merry Christmas” through gritted teeth? It’s fine to ask retailers and
other institutions to use the word Christmas. But let’s not make such a quest our main focus. As
Catholics, it’s our Christian duty to explain and, more importantly, share our faith. So let’s not
rely on stores or public schools or governments to evangelize. That’s up to us. †
Source: “From the Publisher,” Liguorian, December 2015
Lord, you are patient with me and give me time to
correct my faults and be-come a better person.
Help me to be more pa-tient and loving toward
others.
—From Joyful Meditations for Every Day of Advent and the 12
Days of Christmas,
Rev. Warren J. Savage and Mary Ann McSweeny
A Word From Pope Francis
The Church exists to proclaim her Bride-groom...to proclaim this word even to mar-tyrdom....When we contemplate the life of [John the Baptist], so great, so powerful—everyone believed he was the Messiah—when we think of how this life was annihilat-ed, his last days spent in a dark prison, we discover a mystery. We are offered [a model of] a Church ever at the service of the Word.
—Morning meditation, “The example of John,” June 24, 2013