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Sun Dec. 27 10:30 am People of St. Cyril-all families of St. Cyril
Mon Dec. 28 Holy Innocents, Martyrs
No Mass
Tues Dec. 29
No Mass
Wed Dec. 30
No Mass
Thu Dec. 31 Solemnity of Mary
4:30 pm
Fri Jan. 1
No Mass
Sat Jan. 2 Sts. Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen,
Bishops, Doctors of the Church
No Mass
Sun Jan. 3 The Epiphany of the Lord
10:30 am People of St. Cyril
Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
December 27, 2015
St. Cyril Church 517 E. Main St., PO Box 96, Bannister, MI 48807
Parish Staff: Pastor Fr. William Gruden
[email protected] Administrative Assistant Kris Pullman
Bookkeeper Jean Burns Lay Minister Margaret Horak Organist Geraldine Winkler Maintenance Jim Porubsky Faith Formation Theresa Sopocy (989) 862-5909
Phone Numbers: Parish Office (989) 862-5270 Parish Fax (989) 862-4534 St. Peter Parish (989) 845-1794
Parish Office Hours: Tuesday & Friday 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
(Bulletin items need to be in by 4:00 pm Tuesday prior.) Liturgical Schedule: Saturday @ St Peter* 4:30 pm Sunday @ St Peter* 8:30 am Sunday 10:30 am * St. Peter Parish, 404 S. Wood Street, Chesaning Weekday Schedule: Friday Word & Communion: 8:00 am Wednesday Mass: 9:00 am Thursday Mass @ St Peter 8:00 am
Sacraments: Reconciliation: Sunday, 11:30 am Baptism: Please contact the parish office to make arrangements. Marriage: Engaged couples must contact the priest at least six (6) months prior to anticipated date of marriage. Weddings are not celebrated during the Lenten Season. Sick or Homebound: If someone in your family or neighborhood is Sick or homebound, please contact the Parish Office. When entering a hospital, please register as a member of Saint Cyril Parish and notify the parish office. New Parishioners: Welcome to Saint Cyril Parish. Please call or stop by the parish office to register for our parish family.
Tithes & Gifts
December 20, 2015
70 Adult Envelopes: $2,271.00
Loose: 92.00
Children: .00
1-Special Needs: 2.00
Total: $2,365.00
Amount needed each week..............$2,250.00
+/- For Year Ending 6/30/16……...($8,238.54)
Retired Religious Collection-$40
Stewardship Message: The first reading today provides a
challenging blueprint for the good, stewardship of our family
relationships. How do I measure up?
Greeters for January Ushers for January Mary Galko William Chapko, William Chapko, Jr.
Lynn Fruchey Tamara Chapko, Robert Kral
Money Counters Knight of the month –Jan.
December 28 Jerry Kusnier
Cliff & Carol Clark
December 29
Mary Jane Schoendorf & Alice Steavens
Family of the month-January
Geraldine Winkler family
Altar Servers: December 31–Aaron & Katy Hurst
January 3-Emily, Christy, Sarah & Mary Sopocy
Sacristans: December 31-Tamara Chapko
January 3-Margaret Horak
Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion:
December 31-Toni Ornelas, Terry Loznak and Ann Pesda
January 3-Theresa & Steve Sopocy and Ellie Bowles
Please Pray for Our Sick & Shut-Ins: Kyle Salyer, Rose
Wolfe, Kevin Sopocy, Barb Pumford, Mary Bernath, Jerry Horak,
Frank Kral, Carl Bowles, Marcella Baese, Ron Betts, Brian Courter,
Mary Galko, John Smolka, Kim Babyock, Joe Batora, Tillie Bohil,
Helen Fabus, Sally Foreit, George Goscinski, Mary Hanacek, Betty
Kirby, Ann Luznak, Jim Schneider, Joanne Sisco, Frances Surdenik,
Josie Vondruska, Elizabeth Chandler
Faith Formation Classes: The next class will
be Sunday, January 3rd at 9:00 am. There will be a
parent meeting for those receiving Reconciliation also
on Sunday the 3rd.
A Reflection on the Gospel from the 2015 Living
Liturgy: This feast and these readings remind us that being
a “holy” family is a matter of valuing the memories and
traditions that make us who we are—a holy family, a holy
people.
So much tradition shapes the event in the gospel: Passover
in Jerusalem, significance of being twelve years old, traveling
in caravan, being in the temple, obedience to parents. A
surprising interruption of tradition also shapes this event: “the
boy Jesus” astounded the teachers “at his understanding and
his answers.” Each family—the Holy Family, our own
families—must find a way to keep worthy traditions alive
while at the same time remain open to something astoundingly
new. Holiness consists in finding that way. We know whether
to accept something new into our family tradition when that
change in tradition deepens our holiness.
The Holy Family provides us the model we need. They
were faithful and obedient to the traditions that formed who
they were. They were also open to God’s astoundingly new in-
breaking and willing to undergo the change that divine in-
breaking invited for their lives. They teach us what it means to
be “in our Father’s house,” where we learn our religious
traditions and form the memories that make us who we are as
members of the larger family of God. They teach us that we
really belong to God, and everything about our living must
reflect that we are most at home “in our Father’s house.” The
Holy Family also teaches us to be obedient to the unknown
and un-understood things to which God might be calling us.
They teach us that our lives are about always growing “in
wisdom and age and favor.”
Holiness is finding the way to be who we are in God’s
sight: people of a tradition and people open to God’s new in-
breaking.
Parish Offices Closed: St. Peter Parish offices will
close at noon on Monday, December 28th. We will be back in
the office on Monday, January 4th.
Blood Drive: On Tuesday, December 29th from 12-
5:45 pm at the ZCBJ Hall in Bannister co-sponsored by
the Knights of Columbus and ZCBJ Lodge. Walk in are
welcome or you may call 1-800-733-2767 to make an
appointment. Give the gift of life this Christmas season by
donating blood.
Ornaments: Please save your caps from mayo and peanut
butter jars and similar caps that size and also the front of used
Christmas cards. These will be used at the Ashley Country
Christmas by a church group that helps children make ornaments.
We will be collecting them throughout the year. I will put a box
for these things by the choir stairs. Thank you. Diane Korienek
Lectors: December 31-Diane Korienek and Terry Ornelas
January 3-Dylan Dysinger and Sonja Homer
Usher Schedule: We are working on updating the Usher
Schedule. If you would like to become an usher, please call Jim
Korienek at 989-221-7717.
Solemnity of Mary Holy Day Mass Schedule: December 31st-4:30 pm at St. Cyril Church
January 1st-9:00 am at St. Peter Parish, Chesaning.
Save the Date: Cabin Fever Chicken Dinner:
St. Peter Parish once again is having their Cabin Fever
Chicken Dinner on Saturday, January 16th from 5-7 pm in
the parish hall. This is an all you eat dinner! The cost is
$10 for adults; $5 children ages 4-12 and children under
three are free. See you there!
Knights of Columbus Breakfast: Mark your
calendars for the Knights of Columbus Breakfast on Sunday,
January 24th following Mass. More information in upcoming
bulletins.
“Accompanying and Praying with the Sick and
Dying”: Presented by Rev. Jim Bessert on Saturday,
January 16th from 9 am to 3 pm at the Diocesan Center for
Ministry in Saginaw. Many lay people generously seek to be
the face of Jesus to those who are sick and dying. Some
bring Holy Communion to the elderly and to those suffering
from illnesses; others make frequent visits to hospitals and
assisted living facilities. Please join Fr. Bessert for a
workshop especially designed to assist all of those involved
in these beautiful ministries to the sick and dying. The cost is
$35 which includes lunch. To register call 989-797-6607.
The deadline to register is Saturday, January 9th.