ST. JOHN’S PARISH STAFF

Pastor, Rev. Thomas Huff ....... 352-3011

Deacon Greg Kaiser ................ 687-4669

Parish Sec., Joyce Kaiser ........ 572-0381

School Sec., Marie Stubbe ...... 352-3000

Principal, Jeff Gulan ................ 352-3000

CRE, Nancy Hackel .................. 352-7354

Church Dining Hall .................. 352-3111

Finance Coun., Troy Bemke .... 573-4800

Ministries, Ki"y Lehman ......... 352-2516

kelehman@charter.net

Sacristans: Tricia Kaiser .......... 687-4669

Marge Heidmann .. 352-2673

Custodian, Diane Dvorak ........ 352-7064

Music Ministry, Judy Trawicki 571-0866

Cemetery Board, Bill Tess ....... 352-2234

Ed. Com., Michelle Hafferman 352-7033

Fr. Tom—frtomhuff@fron"er.com

HOLY FAMILY PARISH STAFF

Pastor, Rev. Thomas Huff ....... 352-3011

Deacon Greg Kaiser ................ 687-4669

Secretary, Michelle Socha ...... 507-1975

Ministry Schedule, Tracy Paul 352-2258

CRE, Lori Gajewski .................. 257-7943

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WANT TO EXPLORE THE CATHOLIC FAITH?

Phone: 715-352-3011

MARRIAGE: See the Pastor at least 6 months in

advance for prepara#ons.

BAPTISM: Contact Fr. Tom & 715-352-3011 or

frtomhuff@fron#er.com

ST. JOHN SCHOOL : Is the educa#on and Chris-

#an forma#on of your

child(ren) in grades 4K-8 important to you?

Enroll them in St. John Catholic School. Phone

School—715-352-3000 or the rectory 715-352-

3011 for info.

St. John the Bap"st and Holy Family Catholic Parishes

Holy Family and St. John the Baptist Catholic Parishes

December 24, 2017 • Fourth Sunday of Advent

SATURDAY, December 30th, 7:00PM:

Server Cross: Erica Socha

Candle bearers: Brock Mauer & Gavin Mauer

Min. of Word: Be#y Urmanski

Eurcharis!c Ministers: Be#y Urmanski, Barb Rauen, &

Duane Rauen

Offertory Family: Cory & Jen Mauer Family

Ushers: Gary Urmanski & Eric Gajewski

SUNDAY, December 31st, 11:00AM:

Server Cross: Aus"n Miller

Candle bearers: Madelyn Wendtland & Taylor Hein

Min. of Word: Joanne Berens

Eurcharis!c Ministers: Joanne Berens, Lori Daul, &

Hugh Brodziski

Offertory Family: Michelle Grondin Family

Ushers: John Gajewski & Alex Gajewski

MERRY CHRISTMAS: Father Tom & Holy Family Staff would like to extend a

Merry Christmas to everyone! May the Lord grant you

blessings and yuletide during this Christmas Season. And

may you have a Blessed New Year!

Saturday Confession: 6:30pm

SATURDAY, Dec 30th, 7:00pm: †Judy Miller #Be#y Socha

Sunday Confession: 10:30am

SUNDAY, December 31st, 11:00am: †Lawrence Miller

#Sara Heidmann

SANCTUARY CANDLE: December 23rd—December 29th:

For Holy Family Parishoners #Pat Socha Family

24th of the Month—Please pray for seminarian, David

Dachel

JANUARY Birthdays—

Jan 22nd: Harvey Soczka

Jan 24th: Lorraine Myszka

Ministry Schedule

HOLY FAMILY PARISH

Due to the early deadline from LPI to complete this

bulle"n before Christmas, we will report the receipts

for December 17th in the next bulle"n.

DIOCESAN ANNUAL APPEAL — Nov 16th—Receipts Holy Family Target ............................................... $18,845.00

Amount Received ................................................. $13,180.00

DUE ......................................................................... $5,665.00

Steubenville 2018 REVEALED verse 1 John 4:9 is the theme this year for the

Steubenville conference. Meridian Messiahs will be going to

St. Paul, MN on July 27th-29th. Deposit will be $75/student.

If any 8th grade thru 12th grade students interested in going,

please contact Group Leader Michelle Socha, 715.507.1975.

Stewardship

Holy Family News & Area Events

Mass Schedule & Intentions

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CCD News/Youth Group

Knights of Columbus: The Knights of Columbus have blue bags at church

entrances. Please take a bag and fill it up with food and

non-perishable items to be given to area Circle of Joy

Pantries. The Group will pickup bags RIGHT AFTER

Christmas.

Children’s Christmas Mass: A Big THANK YOU for all the love and support given to

the students and CCD staff for the Christmas Program on

Dec 17th. Thank you to Lori Gajewski, CRE and all the

CCD Teachers for their hard work preparing for the

program. Also, a big thank you to Gayle Mauer for

working with the students with beau"ful music. And

Thank You to Duane and Barb Rauen, Pat Socha, and Kim

Hakala for organizing the recep"on a)er mass.

St. Anthony Spirituality Center, Marathon info@sarcenter.com—www.sarcenter.com-443-2236

Dec 31st-Jan 1st: New Year’s Eve Retreat

January 5th-7th: January Serenity Retreat for Recovering

Alcoholics (Theme: Bedrock 12-Steps)

January 18th-21st: Retreat for Mothers

December 30/31 CROSS BEARER:

4:00pm—Rebecca Hagen 9:00am—Jesse Jisko

CANDLE BEARERS:

4:00pm—Isabella Kaiser & Jessica Mucha

9:00am—Payton & Preston Dahlke

MINSTER OF THE WORD:

4:00pm—Grace Wirkus 9:00am—Jerry Sinz

MINISTER OF SONG:

4:00pm—Marilyn Sonnentag & Sally Bargender

9:00am—Rose Leffel & Sophia Hackel

MINISTERS OF HOSPITALITY:

4:00pm—Ken Schara, Tom Mroczenski,

Jerry Mroczenski & John Wirkus

9:00am—Kassidy Myszka, Bob Pelatzke, Rennie Lindner &

Frank Wirkus

SEE PAGE 5 OF THIS BULLETIN FOR ST. JOHN’S

CHRISTMAS INTENTIONS AND MINISTRY SCHEDULE.

DECEMBER 25TH INTENTIONS AND

MINISTRY SCHEDULE ON PAGE 5 OF BULLETIN

Tues., Dec. 26, 8:15am †George & Ann Stencil #Family

Wed., Dec. 27, 8:15am †Joseph Literski, Jr.

#Friends and Family

Thurs., Dec. 28, 8:15am †Mike Ze#ler

#Shirley & Tony Ze#ler

Fri., Dec. 29, 8:15am †Mark Ze#ler

#Shirley & Tony Ze#ler

SATURDAY, Dec. 30 RECONCILIATION: 3-3:30pm

4:00pm For Our Parish Families

SUNDAY, Dec. 31 RECONCILIATION: 8:30-8:50AM

9:00am †Jake, Marie & Jack Knauf

#Bill & Rita Lemmer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

SANCTUARY CANDLE OFFERING: Dec. 23-29

1) In memory of Hugh Newman #Gerry Newman

2) Steve Paul #Mark & Nancy Hackel

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Please pray for the repose of the soul of

Stacie Guralski who died Tuesday, Dec. 12th and whose

funeral service was Saturday, Dec. 16th and also her

husband and family. May her soul and the souls of the

faithful departed rest in Eternal Peace.

Ministry Schedule

ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST

ST. JOHN DIOCESAN ANNUAL APPEAL Target $34,915.00

Amount Received $22,800.00

Amount Due $12,115.00

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STEWARDSHIP FOR DECEMBER 17TH WILL BE LISTED IN

NEXT WEEK’S BULLETIN DUE TO THE EARLY DEADLINE OF

THE DECEMBER 24TH BULLETIN.

ST. JOHN’S RECTORY WILL BE CLOSED FOR THE HOLIDAYS

ON: DECEMBER 25TH & 26TH, 2017

AND JANUARY 1ST, 2018.

IN CASE OF EMERGENCY CALL:

FR. TOM—715.352.3011

JOYCE—715.572.0381

Stewardship

Dear Parishioners of St. Johns,

As we celebrate Christmas, we are thankful for

the gi) of faith that opens up for us the beau"ful

message of this Holy Season, namely, that God loves us

so much that He sent His only Son to redeem us and to

show us the way to the Father in heaven.

I am blessed and grateful to be in a parish where

many of you give of yourselves and your resources to

support and maintain this Parish. I am asking you to

con"nue your generous giving and asking those who

have not, to consider helping this Christmas Season with

your generosity.

Christmas blessings to all! Fr. Tom

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Dec. 28—Ken Knoeck

Dec. 30—Thomas Sommer

Dec. 31—Angeline Kurtzweil &

Sarah Schroeder

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St. John’s Holy Name Men are looking for somewhere

to store a 12’ X 30’ trailer they purchased.

Anyone who can accommodate the trailer please

contact:

Tom Mroczenski @ 715-680-0730 or

Kelly King @ 715-581-2292

Mass Schedule & Intentions

3 | Visit Our Website: www.church.stjohnedgar.org

Let us be similar to Mary in

our Spiritual Life

The Blessed Virgin Mary was given a

choice. The world waited for her

answer. She could have refused to allow God’s plan to

work through her. She could have agreed grudgingly to

the plan, like Zechariah, John the Bap"st’s father did

when the Angel Gabriel spoke to him in the Temple, or

Mary could have rejected God’s plan. But Mary allowed

the Word to enter her and transform her from a simple

maiden to the mother of the Second Person of the

Blessed Trinity. She said “Yes!” to the Word of God in

her heart and so she became the Mother of God in her

womb.

That same Word of God whispers into our ears,

yours and mine. He calls us to con"nue the

transforma"on of the world. Will we reject the Word

and force Him to look for another ear, another

heart? Will we obey grudgingly and limit His ac"on

through us? Or will we offer ourselves to God like Mary

did?

We a#end church weekly because we have

chosen Jesus Christ. We recognize our humanity, our

weakness, and we seek strength to remain faithful to

this choice. Mary’s great virtue was her

obedience. Mary became the New Eve who was able to

bring Divine Life into the world. The Word of God calls us

to have the living presence of Jesus within us and to

nurture His presence through prayer and the

Sacraments.

What a wonderful "me of the year. Christmas is

upon us! We are reminded of the Word of God taking on

our humanity, our flesh and being born in

Bethlehem. We also ought to be reminded of His desire

to dwell within us. The Word of God whispered into

Mary’s ear, and she conceived. The Word of God is

whispering into our ears and calls upon us to bring this

Divine Presence within us to others, and hopefully we

will allow His Presence within us to transform us, and

through us, the world around us.

From the Pastors Desk. . .

Wishing all of you a blessed and joyous Christmas

CCD Classes will resume on January 10, 2018.

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The Knights of Columbus are spearheading the Parish and

School Advent Project. Near the gathering space there are

blue bags with a pink sheet a"ached. Families are asked to

put non-perishable items in the blue bag and return it at a

Christmas Mass. Members from the Knights of Columbus

will pick up the bags and donate them to area

Circle of Joy Pantry’s. Go to the parish/school web site and

view a video the Knights put together.

Thank you for your generosity.

CCD/Youth

4 | St. John the Bap#st and Holy Family Catholic Parishes

School News

St. John the Bap"st Catholic School

ww.stjohn-edgar.org - 715-352-3000 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Dec. 24.—Christmas Break Begins

Jan 2—Classes Resume

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Winter Weather

As a reminder with winter weather here, St. John’s School

follows the same policies and procedures for inclement

weather as the Edgar Public Schools. Please listen to your

local radio and television sta"ons and keep an eye on

both the website and Facebook page for the appropriate

announcements. Every a#empt will be made to no"fy

families as soon as possible of any delays, cancella"ons, or

early dismissals due to the weather.

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ST. JOHN SCHOOL CHRISTMAS PROGRAM

Great job Students and Teachers!!

St. John Christmas Mass Schedule & Inten"ons SUNDAY, Dec. 24

4:00pm †Dick Ashbeck #Carol Ashbeck

7:00pm For Our Parish Families

MONDAY, Dec. 25

9:00am †Mary Niewolny #Karen Dallman

December 24 (Christmas Eve) Ministry Schedule CROSS BEARER:

4:00pm—Ethan Lemmer 7:00pm—Adam Hannemann

CANDLE BEARERS:

4:00pm—Brady & Mason Lemmer

7:00pm—Kateri & William Hackel

MINSTER OF THE WORD:

4:00pm—Stacy Daniels 7:00pm—Isadore Hackel

MINISTER OF SONG:

4:00pm—Kris#ne Hafferman & Youth Choir

7:00pm—Adult Choir

MINISTERS OF HOSPITALITY:

4:00pm—Ken Schara, Tom Mroczenski,

Chuck Mroczenski, Jus#n Schilling & Xavier Hackel

7:00pm—Kelly & Elizabeth King, Mark Hackel &

Jerry Mroczenski

EXTRA ORDINARY MINISTERS:

4:00pm—Marge Heidmann, Lori Kavajecz, Pa"y

Myszka, Carol Ashbeck, Brenda Werner, Sandy

Durr, Dennis Kaiser & Steven Schaefer

7:00pm—Joseph & Diane Paul, Steve Trawicki,

Grace & Richard Wirkus

December 25 Christmas Ministry Schedule CROSS BEARER: 9:00am—Karson Bu"

CANDLE BEARERS: 9:00am—Ma%son & Karter Bu"

MINSTER OF THE WORD: 9:00am—Lynn Hilts

MINISTER OF SONG: 9:00am—Mika Brusky & Sophia Hackel

MINISTERS OF HOSPITALITY: 9:00am—Tom & Jean Burke,

Bob Pelatzke & Frank Wirkus

EXTRA ORDINARY MINISTERS:

9:00am—Tom & Mary Ugoretz, Barb Brehm, Joe Burke & Al Nowak

IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO FULFILL YOUR MINISTRY ASSIGNMENT,

PLEASE BE SURE TO FIND A REPLACEMENT!

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MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY NEW YEAR & THANK YOU

to everyone who has worked so hard to make the Advent &

Christmas Season special. Thank you Fr. Tom for your guidance

through the Advent season, the Choir for sharing your wonderful

talents, the sacristans & decorators for readying the church for

the arrival of Jesus, the ministers for sharing your "me at Mass

and thank you to anyone we may have missed.

God bless you all for sharing your "me and talents!!!

St. John Christmas Mass Schedule,

Intentions,

& Ministry Schedule

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