december 10th, 2017 2nd sunday of advent

Mass Schedule Weekend�

Saturday 4:15 pm��BLS�Sunday 8:00 am��ICC�Sunday 10:00 am��BLS�* Sunday 10:00 am��Side Lake Chapel�

Weekday�Monday�Friday 8:00 am��BLS�** Wednesday 9:00 am��BLS��

* Memorial Day�Labor Day only.�** During school year only.�

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Reconciliation Monday, Tuesday, Friday 7:30 am …...BLS�Wednesday 8:30 am**…………………….BLS�Thursday 12:00 noon��………..BLS�Saturday 11 :00 am ICC & 3:00 pm ….BLS�Sunday 9:30 am….…………………………..BLS�

Baptism

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Marriage

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New Parishioners Please register at the Parish Center�

at your earliest convenience.�

Key: BLS�Blessed Sacrament Church�ICC�Immaculate Conception Church�

SLC��Side Lake Chapel�

Parish and School Directory��

Blessed Sacrament Church�

2310 East 7th Avenue�Hibbing MN 55746�

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Immaculate Conception Church�1924 East 5th Avenue�

Hibbing MN 55746��

Parish Center / Assumption School / St. Leo’s Hall�

2310 East 7th Avenue�Hibbing MN 55746�

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www.blsachibbing.org��

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Parish Center��(218) 262�5541�Parish Center Fax��(218) 263�3682�Parish Kitchen………(218)262�5541 ext 235�School Office��(218) 263�3054�School Office Fax��(218) 263�3682�Kids Club��(218) 969�0440��

Emergency�

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Parish and School Staff Pastor��Rev. Gabriel Waweru�Associate Pastor……….Rev. Beau Braun�Deacons��Jim Griffiths�

Ray Sampson�� Grant Toma�Outreach Ministries...….Mary Wanhala�Business Manager��Susie Marchetti�Religious Education………Deb Toma & …………………………………...Jen Steinbrecher�Music………………………………Vicki Gornick �Liturgy/Adoration��Sue Schwartz�Parish Secretary��Jessica Koland�Maintenance……………Jim Hemmingson�School Principal……………Gabe Johnson�School Secretary��Gwyn Brandt�

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Eucharistic Adoration �Blessed Sacrament Chapel�

Mon., Tues., Wed. 6 pm � 8 pm�

Thu. 8:30 am through Fri. 8 am ��

Immaculate Conception Church�

8:30 am � noon the first Saturday of the month after the 8 am Latin Mass�

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Natural Family Planning�Northland Family Programs�

Call Susie Marchetti at 218�966�0899�

Bulletin Deadline

Articles needed by Noon on Friday��

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Blessed Sacrament Parish has two Prayer Chains:�Call Nancy at 262�4401 or Carolyn at 263�4684�

The Homebound of the parish may receive the Holy Eu-

charist through Visitation Ministry. If you are, or know

someone, who is unable to attend Mass due to long term illness or infirmity, please contact the Parish Center at 262�5541.�

If you are, or know someone who is, homebound or in the hospital, please call the Parish Center so that we can

assist with spiritual care.�

Visit our homepage www.blsachibbing.org �

The 6th Annual Women of Faith Confer-ence will be Sat., Feb. 24th at Marshall School in Duluth. Come join us for a faith�filled day with our two fantastic speakers � Teresa Tomeo and Father Jim Sichko! You will come away from the day blessed by their humor, in-

spiration, and passion for Christ. Registration details to fol-low! �

Advent Penance Service�Sunday, December 17th at 4pm at Blessed Sacrament. Several Priests will be available to hear confessions. �

Non�perishable canned goods, cereals, baking supplies are needed for the Christ-mas food baskets. Please check expiration dates� no expired goods. Please place items in the wooden boxes at the Church main en-trance or bring them to the Parish Office. �

The 4th Degree Knights of Columbus, will be selling Holy and Religious Christmas Cards in the East Link after the 4:15pm and 10:00am Masses now till December 17th. � Stop by for Christmas magnets, pins and cards!�

Stocking Stuffer Idea: for your husband, your son, your father, your brother or your friend/Register him for the 2018 Catholic Men’s Conference Men of Faith �Men of Spirit/The conference is Feb. 17, 2018 at Mar-shall School in Duluth/Registration available on

�line at www.duluthcatholicmen.org/Only $30 on or before Feb. 5th, 2018.�

Advent morning prayer� Everyone is invited to attend, especially our CYA students and their parents, in an Advent morning prayer. We will pray the rosary at 7:10am each Friday during Ad-

vent. Gather in the back rows of the Church to participate.�

Deck the Halls! �Sat., Dec. 23rd at 9am�

Come and decorate Blessed Sacrament for Christmas! �

ANGELUS��

Some of you may have heard of the beauti-ful�Cescena si Maria, the Angelus in Slovanian. It is so beautiful and so common at funeral services that some people thought it was the

national anthem for Slovania. It is the Angelus prayer. This prayer is very important for us Catholics. For a while it was encouraged and in practice prayed three times a day. The praying of the Angelus would correspond with the ringing of the Church bells. Many in the fields would hear the bells and stop work and pray the Angelus.� Through the message of the angel, an incredible reality was made mani-fest. We must rekindle this custom to enable us to realize that at Christmas, our Salvation entered into our nature. Christ became flesh, and his becoming flesh was made know by the message of an angel and he was born of Mary.��

�The Annunciation to Mary inaugurates "the fullness of time", (Gal. 4:4) the time of the fulfilment of God's prom-ises and preparations. Mary was invited to conceive him in whom the "whole fullness of deity" would dwell "bodily"( Col. 2:9). The divine response to her question, "How can this be, since I know not man?", was given by the power of the Spirit: "The Holy Spirit will come upon you" Luke 1:34�35, Catechism of Catholic Church 484. .��

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Pray the Angelus as you prepare for Christmas.��

THE ANGELUS��The Angel of the Lord declared to Mary: ��

And she conceived of the Holy Spirit.��Hail Mary,��

Behold the handmaid of the Lord:��Be it done unto me according to Thy word.��

Hail Mary . . .��And the Word was made Flesh:��

And dwelt among us.��Hail Mary . . .��

Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God,��that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. ��

��Let us pray:��

Pour forth, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy grace into our hearts; that we, to whom the incarnation of Christ, Thy Son, was made known by the message of an angel, may by His Passion and Cross be brought to the glory of His

Resurrection, through the same Christ Our Lord.��Amen.��

�� Jesus thy Kingdom come! In my heart through Mary! � Fr. Gabriel��

Sacraments�

Knightly News�

School News� Pro�life Corner : “If you know someone who has had an abortion, express your sympathy for her loss. Assure her of God’s unconditional love, and encourage her to seek healing and for-giveness.” �

DECEMBER CALENDAR 2017�

CHECK OUT OUR WEB SITE, hckofc.org FOR

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION�

Please pray for Fay Cameron and Blanche Lau-rich who died recently. May God grant them eternal rest and peace in His Kingdom. �

Religious Education��

CYA � � Regular Class Please continue to bring in food for our parish’s Christmas Food baskets.� �

CYA Christmas Cookie Fundraiser! Please help our Religious Ed programing by purchasing a Christmas cookie platter ($15) or tin ($10), all CYA students have order forms and are able to take your order. The parish office also has order forms. Pick up on December 17th after the 10am mass or delivered by CYA students who sold it to you. �

Sunday School � Regular classes� Dec. 17th from 8:30am�9:45am. �

Job Opportunity! "The Knights of Columbus" has an opening for an Insurance Field Agent, servicing Councils across the Iron Range.� If you are interested in this paid position, pleases contact Grand Knight Tom Potocnik (969�4319) or Financial Secretary Joe Checco (208�7539). �

12�12� Mass @ Guardian Angels� 2:30 pm�

12�14� KC Meeting� 7:00 pm�

12�17� Pancake Breakfast St. Leo’s Hall� 8:00�12:00�


12�24� Christmas Eve� ��

12�25� Christmas� ��


12�31� New Year’s Eve� ��

Congratulations to our 2nd grade students who met Jesus for the 1st time in the Sac-rament of Reconciliation this weekend: Evan Abate, Braylah Anderson, Ellie Baudeck, Samuel Baumgardner, Mikko Boben, Daxton Cary, Deena Dougherty, Taylor Egan, Henry Fre-deen, Jenna Gabardi, Jesse Haneg-

mon, Connor Heaton, Samuel Jacobsen, Kash Ko-land, Takera Lappi, Autumn Linder, Ava Olson, Hanley Ortiz, Corbin Pearson, Gabrielle Pearson, Julian Perez, Lauren Ringhofer, Jillian Taylor, May they continue to seek the healing mercies of this beautiful sacrament! �

Hey, Hey, Hey, Pray, Pray, Pray�Many of you know that I started school for my Master’s Degree about two years ago. After be-ing out of college for about 15 years, I can safely say this took quite an adjustment for me to go back. College has changed since I was there last.

The cost is significantly more than I remember. For the first time in all of my years in school, I had to take out loans to be able to cover the cost of continuing my education. I appealed to the CREED Fund, which assists in making many miracles happen for people and parishes in need. I would like to thank the CREED Fund for supporting me by covering half of my tuition cost during the school year. Without their help, it would not have been possible for me to have gone back to school.��

This also struck another chord with me. I at least have a means to be able to afford something for school. What about all of those kids out there that are just coming out of high school and will be sending themselves into thousands of dol-lars of debt before they see any return on their investments. � Last year, Assumption Catholic School started a scholarship for seniors that were moving on to college. We were able to collect and distribute 3,000 dollars last year thanks to three very generous donors. In the next week, I will be composing a letter along with a scholarship application for any students that attended Assumption and are graduating this year. A point system will be established based on years at Assump-tion, activities they are involved in, in what ways they have been involved in their church, and an essay on how Assump-tion has helped them along the way. Monetary amounts will be distributed based on interest and response. ��

I am thankful to be able to give back to the students that gave so much to us when attending Assumption School. Even if the scholarship covers one semester of books, it saves these students from higher loans that can take decades to pay back. These students continue to give back to their old school by helping with events such as our Halloween party, Christmas events, and Catholic School Week. It is inspiring to see these “kids” come back to help out with events that they themselves used to enjoy. Thank you to all of our alum-ni, young and old, that have continued to support Assump-tion School. Good luck to our scholarship applicants!��

In closing, I would also like to thank the CREED Fund for offering us $2,981 dollars in tuition assistance for our chil-dren. With their help, we were able to give assistance to a family that would not have been able to come to Assumption otherwise. The CREED Fund generously supports each Catholic school in the Diocese of Duluth yearly in tuition assistance. �

Date�� Place/Time��

Dec� 12th�� St. Joseph’s Grand Rapids 7pm��

Dec 13th�� Blessed Sacrament 6:30pm��

Dec 17th�� Blessed Sacrament 4:00pm��

Dec� 19th�� St. Mary’s Deer River 6:00pm��

Dec 20th�� St. Joseph’s Chisholm 6:00pm��

Dec 20th�� St. Cecilia Nashwauk� 7:00pm��

HibbingDeanery2017AdventPenanceServices��

Mass Intentions� Weekly Parish Calendar�Sun., 12/10 �Sunday School 8:30am�9:45am SLH Coffee Social hosted by Altar Servers/Mary Maids BLS�Voice of Reason Concert 3:00pm BLS�Cenacles of Life 7:00pm BLS �

Mon., 12/11 ��

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Tues., 12/12�Rosary for Life 7:30am� BLS �ECFL 5:30pm REC�Grief Support 6:00pm MPR�

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Wed., 12/13 �Rosary for Children 10:00am BLS Eucharistic Apostles of Divine Mercy 3:00pm CA�Grandparents Ministry 10:30am CA�CYA 5:30pm�6:20m Meal in Gym/6:30pm�8pm Class on Campus ��

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Thurs., 12/14��

Cursillo 8:30am SLH�Widow’s of Prayer 9:00am CA�

Women’s Christmas Tea 12:00pm CA�

Knights of Columbus Meeting 7:00pm IC Basement�

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Fri., 12/15��

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Masses: 8am BLS; 12:05pm IC��

Sat., 12/16��

Sun., 12/17 �Sunday School 8:30am�9:45am SLH Knights of Columbus pancake breakfast 9am�12pm BLS�Advent Penance Service 4:00pm BLS�Holy Hour for Marriage and Life 7:00pm BLS �

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BLS Blessed Sacrament Church * CA Courtyard Annex� ICC Immaculate Conception Church * SLH St. Leo’s Hall �

MPR Multipurpose Room * REC Religious Ed Center�

Mon.12/11 8:00am Arlene Stiglich BLS �Tues. 12/12 8:00am Dolores Cerar BLS � 2:30pm Constance Hetcke G. Angels�Wed. 12/13 9:00am Bill Sabin BLS � 1:00pm Dorothy Simpkins Lee Center�Thurs. 12/14 8:00am Olga P. Simonson BLS �Fri. 12/15 8:00am Gerald L. Simonson, Jr. BLS �Sat. 12/16 4:15pm Jeff Baratto BLS �Sun. 12/17 8:00am Allen Minerich IC � 10:00am All Parishioners BLS � �

B Birthday, A Anniversary , WA Wedding Anniversary �

Weekly Readings�

We make a living by what we get;�We make a life by what we give.�

Plate, Envelopes, Kids: $12,013.35�E�Giving: $1,398.57�Weekend Contributions: $13.411.92��

Debt Balance:� � $137,050.14�Weekend Contributions (Debt) $2,437.12��

UCA Balance $118,790.07�UCA Contributions collected to date $69,797.75�Balance Due (UCA) $49,002.32�

Stewardship Corner�

Voices of Reason will present “Magnificat and The Many Moods of Christmas” on �

Sunday, Dec. 10th at 3pm. Please come and enjoy this beautiful concert at the �

Blessed Sacrament Church. �

FORMED.org Feature “Juan Diego: Messenger of Guadalupe” tells the true story of how the Blessed Mother chose a humble man for a key role in a beautiful miracle that would unite diverse peoples and change the course of history.� This animated children’s video can be found at www.formed.org under “Watch” � “Youth.”� Parish Code is 6TMZPC.�

The Widow’s Lunch will be on Dec. 20th at Sportsman’s Café at 11:30am. Please call 263�6786 to RSVP.�

The annual Women's Christmas Tea, for all women of the Parish, is scheduled for Thurs., December 14th at noon.� There is no charge for this event but R.S.V.P. is necessary.� � Call Parish Center at 262�5541

by Tues., Dec. 12th for reservation.�

Readings for the Week of December 10, 2017�Mon: Is 35:1�10/Ps 85:9ab and 10, 11�12, 13�14 [Is 35:4f]/Lk 5:17�26�Tues: Zec 2:14�17 or Rv 11:19a; 12:1�6a, 10ab/Jdt 13:18bcde, 19 [15:9d]/Lk 1:26�38 or Lk 1:39�47�Wed: Is 40:25�31/Ps 103:1�2, 3�4, 8 and 10 [1]/Mt 11:28�30�Thurs: Is 41:13�20/Ps 145:1 and 9, 10�11, 12�13ab [8]/Mt 11:11�15�Fri: Is 48:17�19/Ps 1:1�2, 3, 4 and 6 [cf. Jn 8:12]/Mt 11:16�19�Sat: Sir 48:1�4, 9�11/Ps 80:2ac and 3b, 15�16, 18�19 [4]/Mt 17:9a, 10�13�Sun: Is 61:1�2a, 10�11/Lk 1:46�48, 49�50, 53�54 [Is 61:10b]/1 Thes 5:16�24/Jn 1:6�8, 19�28�

�Behold, I am sending my messenger ahead of you;�

he will prepare your way.�A voice of one crying out in the desert:�

“Prepare the way of the Lord,�make straight his paths.”�

� Mk 1:2b�3�

New Emails! Parish Staff email changes in bold:�[email protected] �[email protected]�[email protected] [email protected]�[email protected] � [email protected]�[email protected] �[email protected]�[email protected] �[email protected]�[email protected] �[email protected]�[email protected] �[email protected]�

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