Mass Schedule and Parish Events

 

There  will  be  no  coffee  and  donuts  after  next  Sunday’s  

Masses.  Please  join  us  at  the  CSA-­‐sponsored  

parish  breakfast  instead.  

Readings for the Week of December 22, 2013

Sunday Fourth Sunday of Advent Is 7:10-14; Ps 24; Rom 1:1-7; Mt 1:18-24 Monday Mal 3:1-4, 23-24; Ps 25; Lk 1:57-66 Tuesday 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16, Ps 89; Lk 1:67-79

Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord Is 62:1-5; Ps 89; Acts 13:16-17, 22-25;

1-25 Midnight: Is 9:1-6; Ps 96; Ti 2:11-14; Lk 2:1-14 Dawn: Is 62:11-12; Ps 97; Ti 3:4-7; Lk 2:15-20 Day: Is 52:7-10; Ps 98; Heb 1:1-6; Jn 1:1-18

Thursday Feast of St. Stephen, First Martyr Acts 6:8-10, 7:54-59; Ps 31; Mt 10:17-22

Friday Feast of St. John, Apostle & Evangelist 1 Jn 1:1-14; Ps 97; Jn 20:1a, 2-8 Saturday Feast of the Holy Innocents, Martyrs

1 Jn 1:5-2:2; Ps 124; Mt 2:13-18 Sunday Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary

and Joseph Sir 3:2-6, 12-14; Ps 128; Col 3:12-21;

Mt 2:13-15, 19-23

Saturday,  December  21  5:00  pm  Mass—James  Polando  Wine  and  Cheese  Reception  after  Mass    

Sunday,  December  22  9:00  am  Mass—For  the  Community  11:00  am  Mass—Eli  &  Frances  Momchilov    

Monday,  December  23  Office  Closed  until  January  6    

Tuesday,  December  24—Christmas  Eve  5:00  pm  Mass—The  deceased  members    

of  the  Hostler  &  Sawyer  Families  10:00  pm  Mass—Charles  Dunick,  Jr.    

Wednesday,  December  25-­‐-­‐Christmas  10:00  am  Mass—Loretta  Fisher    

Saturday,  December  28  5:00  pm  Mass—Betty  Fussner      

Sunday,  December  29  9:00  am  Mass—Joe  &  Gwen  Calnon  11:00  am  Mass—For  the  Community  

December 22, 2013 – Fourth Sunday of Advent Welcome to the University Parish Newman Center. We cherish your presence among us and invite you to enter wholeheartedly into our worship. As Catholics, we understand our worship as our community’s grateful response to God’s goodness and love. Thus our liturgy is not a “spectator” experience; participation in prayer and in song is everyone’s responsibility and privilege. Please do not be a stranger. Pray and sing with us as members of God’s human family.

Music for Worship

Gathering Song: Creator of the Stars of Night (420)

Psalm 24: We Long to See Your Face (37)

MASS FOR ADVENT (on blue card in pew)

Presentation of Gifts: I Sing a Maid (458)  

MASS FOR ADVENT Holy, Holy Memorial Acclamation Great Amen Lamb of God

Communion: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

(395)

Sending Forth: God of All People (412)

LITURGICAL MINISTERS

Christmas: December 24-25 5:00 pm

Lectors—Carl Riccilli & Jennifer Colgrove Eucharistic Ministers—Jennifer Garretson (H),

Lucille Esposito, Ralph Esposito, Laura Heater, Mary Lou Martin

10:00 pm Coordinator—Robert Patrick Lectors—Tracey Gidden & Mary Parr Eucharistic Ministers—Bob Stadulis (H),

Heather Crow, Terri Crow, Vanessa Earp, Cindy Rude

Altar Servers—Andrew Bissler & Alexa Valverde

10:00 am Coordinators—Christine & Larry Callahan Lectors—Linda Roebke & Chris Bauer Eucharistic Ministers—Ellen Freemal (H),

Barb Boltz, Jim Boltz Altar Server—Adam Gretsinger

December 28-29 5:00 pm

Lectors—Ann Bolek & Melanie Rafferty Eucharistic Ministers—Timothy Toppen (H),

Mary Kenneley, Matthew Wilson

9:00 am Coordinators—Carol & Pat DiMauro Lectors—Joanne Sweeney & Holly Rickard Eucharistic Ministers—Carl Ricilli (H),

Larry Callahan, Lynn Moss, Ginger Murphy, Mitch Murphy

Altar Servers—Andrew Bissler & Tyler Rickard

11:00 am Coordinator—Robert Colecchi Lectors—Marlene Wetshtein & Tom Larkin Eucharistic Ministers—Frank Smith (H),

Vanessa Earp, Keith Hodar, Jackie Smigel, Steve Smigel

Altar Servers—Luke Larkin & Alex Smigel

Sunday Collection

Average weekly expenses $5,088.00

December 15 Collection $5,637.00

Thank you for your generosity.

Fina nc ial Up dat e

Due to scheduling conflicts, we are presenting you with the finance report for 2012-2013 as an insert. If you have questions,

Sewing for the Needy meets the first Saturday of every month in the parish hall. We need persons to cut patterns, sew, and bind lap quilts. Call

Bulletin announcements must be submitted to by Wednesday morning of the week you want them to appear. Please e-mail to kentnewmancenterparish@gmail.com. Submission does not guarantee publication but we will make every effort include announcements that concern the entire parish.

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Acme  Fresh  Market’s  Community  Cashback  program  has  begun  again!  Receipts  should  have  a  Community  Cashback  total  at  the  bottom.  Please  fold  and  place  these  receipts  in  an  envelope  or  bind  together  with  a  paper  clip  or  rubber  band.  You  can  drop  them  off  at  the  parish  office  or  in  the  back  of  the  church.  In  February,  we  will  add  all  the  receipts,  and  Acme  will  give  us  5%  of  the  total.  

Service  and  Social  Justice  Corner    

Donate  all  your  Thanksgiving  favorites  for  this  month’s  collection  for  Catholic  Charities’  food  pantry.  Drop  off  your  non-­‐perishable  food  items  in  the  back  of  the  church  by  this  weekend.  

 

COFFEE  &  DONUTS  VOLUNTEERS:    December  29    

Set  up:  Larry  &  Diane  Ohman    

Refresh:  Schmucker  Family    

Clean  up:  Jacqui  Lohr/Rachael  Stratton  

 

To all who donated to the Giving Tree:

Thank you!

And congratulations! All gifts were returned before packing started, serving 66 families and individuals for a total of 350 gifts purchased. A big thank you to all who donated packing boxes.

A special thank you to Eileen Kelly and her team of volunteers who make this program happen every year: Denise Bognar, Barb Boltz, Jen and Josh Garretson, Penny Gretsinger, Marge Hayden, Carolyn Keegan, Riley Larkin, Katie Milton, Tracy Pawlikowski, Mary Reith, Nancy Smith, Rachael Stratton, and Mary Young. Many thanks to Marilyn

and Ken Hodar who every year on gift-due-day sort and record the gifts received. Gifts for 35 families were delivered by Glenn Leppo, Tom Lewzinski, Mitch Murphy and Al Smalley. Blessings for a job well done!!!

News and Noteworthy

A wine and cheese reception will be held after the 5 pm Mass this weekend. Enjoy a nice evening with fellow parishioners.

Offertory envelopes are available in the social hall. If you are new to the parish or didn’t order offertory envelopes but would like them, see Carmen.

Goodshop is a website that donates money to our parish when you shop online. Register at goodsearch.com. Enter Kent State University – University Parish Newman Center as the organization you support. Participating stores will donate a percentage of your purchase to us.

Christmas Mass Schedule

December 24 5:00 pm & 10:00 pm

December 25 10:00 am

Join us for Portage County Dinner and Doctrine  

Fr.  Steven  J.  Agostino    

Let Us Build Bridges, Not Walls Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Rusty Nail Restaurant 7291 State Route 43

Kent

Dinner at 6 pm; Speaker at 7 pm. Tickets are $25. Cash bar available. See Carmen to purchase your tickets.

 

Save the date! Fr. Steve has scheduled a training session for new and returning Altar Servers, Saturday, January 11 from 10:30 am - 12:30 pm. Lunch will be provided. Servers who are unable to attend should contact Fr. Steve.

The parish office will be closed for the holidays, December 23 through January 3. The office will reopen Monday, January 6.