Christmas Masses: Our parish will hold five Masses this Christmas: two vigil Masses, a Midnight Mass, and two on Christmas day. I ask your patience because, un-derstandably, we have no idea what to expect for attend-ance. Socially distant seating will be available in the church until we reach 25% capacity. Additional seating will be available in the church halls. St. Isidore will be live-streaming in the large hall for the 6 pm vigil Mass. Thank you for your generosity! Our parish communi-ty has responded with great love and generosity to the needs of others this season. This fall, we have spon-sored several families for Christmas, collected over $1,600 for the Laingsburg and Elsie food banks, collected 55 sweatshirts for Holy Cross children's Ser-vices, made and distributed 425 pairs of mittens and hats throughout the greater Lansing area, and distribut-ed 14 new winter coats to Laingsburg Schools. Thank you also to those of you who participated in this week-end's collection of diapers and formula for local preg-nancy resource centers. First Reconciliation: This past week, we celebrated First Reconciliation with five of our young ones. Mo-ments like this are among the great joys of the priest-hood! Since much of our religious education content has had to occur in the home, I am very grateful for the par-ents' work in preparing their children for this sacrament. Please keep our second graders in prayer as they contin-ue to prepare to celebrate their First Communion this spring.

Baby shower for Jesus: Next weekend is another op-portunity to support those in need. We invite people to bring unwrapped gifts for babies (especially diapers or formula), which we will donate to a local pregnancy re-source center in the Lansing or Owosso area. Christmas Star: The three Wise men followed Bethle-hem's Star to see the newborn King, Jesus Christ. Per-haps you have heard about the phenomenon that some astronomers call the "Christmas Star" that will take place on December 21. Jupiter and Saturn will align in the western sky and appear as one great light. The last time such a close pairing was observable to the naked eye was 800 years ago! You can already notice the plan-ets coming together, but on the 21st, we will look up and see the "Christmas Star!" Like the Wise men, let us seek after the newborn King! Have a blessed week. Know of my continued daily prayers for you and your families. Fr. Bob

NOTES FROM FR. BOB

CHRISTMAS MASS SCHEDULE

Christmas Eve 4:00 pm—Holy Family 6:00 pm—St. Isidore MidNight—St. Isidore

Christmas Day

10:00 am—St. Isidore Noon—Holy Family

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Jan. 13— Business Meeting—7pm—Large Hall Knight of the Month: Clare Greene Family of the Month: Jack & Julie Risch

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION FORMATION (REF) Questions, contact Mary Stevens for further in-formation. marystevens@stisidorechurch.org.

REF is currently Virtual

MITTENS FOR THE HOMELESS St Isidore

Always in need of dark sweaters and dark colors of yarn.

GIVING TREE— ST. ISIDORE GIFTS MUST BE RETURNED THIS WEEKEND The school will distribute items before Christmas Break.

GIVING TREE—HOLY FAMILY The tree has been set up in the main hall by the Kitchen. Please take a few minutes after church to read the infor-mation posted by it. Take a gift tag “reminder” to make a donation for the Ovid Christmas Basket Program. All donations should be mailed or taken in person to the Ovid Service Agency, Main St., Ovid.

KEEP CHRIST IN CHRISTMAS PROGRAMS:

KEEP CHRIST IN CHRISTMAS Poster Con-test, We asking our kids to make their posters at home. Entry forms and contest instructions will have been mailed to all of the REF kids. Extra forms and blank posters can also be found on the table near the parish office door, or at Holy Family in the hall. Completed poster must be returned by De-cember 16 and placed in the box. We will an-nounce the winners on December 20.

Retirement for Religious Collection

This Weekend Dec. 12 & 13

Reminder: All Huntington ACH offertory donations need to be switched to the online platform posted on our website by January 1st. Contact Sharon in the office as soon as

you have switched so the old dona-tion can be stopped.

SWEATSHIRT DRIVE — THANK YOU

55 sweatshirts were sent to Holy Cross Children’s Ser-vices along with stocking hats and mittens donated by the ladies who make the mittens for the homeless. We have a great group of people from both our churches. You make us proud.

RECYCLE

Looking for someone to recycle the old missalettes. There are 6 boxes in the large hall at St. Isidore ready to go.

PRAYERS: PLEASE PRAY FOR MELVIN PAMMENT, - OLIVER WASHINGTON, - GERRY PACE, - PAT SIMPSON, - RAY DOYLE, - KYLE WALLER, - JUDITH MARTELL (MOTHER OF TERESA PICKENS), - JIM (MAYO) HURST, - CHARLES OLENICZAK (BROTHER OF BARB WRIGHT), - BRUCE CHANDLER (BROTHER OF MARTI ROWLEY), - JIM OLENICZAK (BROTHER OF BARB WRIGHT), - ROSE MORRILL, - JULIE STONER (DAUGHTER OF GENE & BARB STONER), - FRANK LUNDIE, - JANET ARTHUR, - PAM DELONG, - SUSAN DELONG, - LANA MIERSEN, - MARY STEIN, AGGIE CASSADY, - TERESA KECK, (SISTER OF PHYLLIS HART & HELEN STELZER), - DENNY LEE, - DAVID OLENICZAK, - JEANNE OLENICZAK, - DON ELLIOTT, - TONI DOYLE, - MARY LOU DOYLE, - DAWN WROBEL., - THERESA PICKLER (FRIEND OF JESSE ANGUI-ANO), - JULIE JUSTICE (GRANDDAUGHTER OF LARRY & DEBBIE EARL), - BERRY DECKER (JESSE ANGUIANO), - CHRISTIAN GARZA (DEPLOYED TO IRAQ, GRANDSON OF MARY STEIN), DON NEGUS (SON OF MARY STEIN), - MEREDITH MIERSEN (GRANDDAUGHTER OF RON & LANA MIERSEN), - JENN HILL MCCAUSEY, - HELEN STELZER, - JOSEPH NEUMANN— ARLENE GUTIERRES, (COUSIN OF JESSE ANGUIANO), VIRGINIA BERNAL (COUSIN OF JESSE ANGUIANO), MATTHEW BALCARCEL, (GRANDSON OF GARY & BARB KOONTER), CHARLES BERNAL (COUSIN OF JESSE ANGUIANO), - MARY CHADWICK, - RUDY RIOS (FRIEND OF JESSE ANGUIANO). - AUTUMN MICHELS, JACKIE TREIB (NIECE OF CAROL JUHL), NICK & JESSICA HARRIS, ARTHUR ANGUIANO, JACK LENNIMANN, PEG FELTMAN, - KAREN & CHUCK SPIESS, - JULIE WALSH (SISTER OF MARY SHAW). - BARB KOONTER, - SAMATHA ROIS (NEICE OF JESSE ANGUIANO), - BILL LULHAM (FRIEND OF JESSE ANGUIANO), - ANITA RIOS (SISTER OF JESSE ANGUIANO), JOHN BACHELDER, (BROTHER OF MIKE BACHELDER)

PAMELA MORGAN, SYLVIA MCKAY, CRAIG & CAREN HENNING (NEPHEW & NIECE OF LEONARD MITCHELL), SHARON DARLING, (SISTER-IN-LAW ART & KAREN KELLEY), JUSTIN COLE, (NEPHEW OF COURTNEY & ANDY BATES); VAL THELEN, CONNIE WELLER, ROBERTA STANTON, SHELBY PORUBSKY, MIKE HEEG, CHARLES WADDELL FAMILY, JOHN OLINGER, BEVERLY DELANEY, THERESA HEEG, RANDY BOWLES (SON OF ELLIE BOWLES), SUE NETHAWAY (SISTER OF ADRIANNE BOCEK), NICK DUNAY, JEFF WASON, BARB REWERTS, (GINGER KUSNIER’S MOTHER), GENE SCHOENDORF, EILEEN STRICKLAND (FRIEND OF ROSEMARIE THERING), MARY MAPES (MOTHER OF MIKE MAPES), JANE MCCALLISTER, VINCE MINARIK (SON-IN-LAW OF LEONARD MITCHELL), ROBERT GARCIAS, MARIA JONES, BOB MCCUE, TOM HULBURT (SON OF NITA HUGHES), BETTE ALEXANDER (FRIEND OF ROSEMARIE THERING), CHRIS CHANDLER, MILDRED TEJKL, CARY LEN, LARRY HUGHES. CHERYL CHANDLER, LARRY MILLER, NANCY BEHRENS, ROBERT GALECKA,. JURLINE LEN, CAROL BOZUNG (FRIEND OF THE SMITH FAMILY) MARY SMITH, TERRI SUE (DAUGHTER-IN-LAW OF LEONARD MITCHELL). CAROL DARLING, PAT LATZ, MICKY CHAPKO (MOTHER OF ELAINE BARTHOLIC), KATIE KELLEY, DIANNE MEAD (FRIEND OF JOANN EVANS), ELIZABETH CHANDLER, MARJRI BOLLOUGH (FRIEND OF SYLVIA MCKAY), DAN MORGAN, CINDY BROOME, STACY WOODBURY (DAUGHTER-IN-LAW OF BLANCHE WOODBURY), BOBBIE JO HARTSUFF (DAUGHTER-IN-LAW OF DOUG & CHAR ANGELL), BRAD WALKER

MASS SCHEDULE FOR THIS WEEK

WEEKLY OFFERTORY

Dec. 5 & 6, 2020

St Isidore Offertory—$4,400

Online Giving—$1,550 Total: $5,950

_________________________________ Holy Family

Offertory—$1,766 Online Giving—$185

Total: $1,951

ST. ISIDORE, LAINGSBURG Saturday—Dec. 12 —(5:30 PM ) † Jerry Barnum by Ann & Family

Sunday—Dec. 13—(9:00 AM) † Bob McMonagle by the Family

Wednesday— Dec. 16 — (6:30 PM) † Don Smith by Don & Pat Brown

Thursday—Dec. 17— (8:30 AM) † Harriet Delaney by Bruce & Barbara Martin

Friday—Dec. 18—(8:30 AM) † Anna Hurst by Robert & Mary Shaw

Saturday—Dec. 19 —(5:30 PM ) † Sylvester “Bud” Rourke by the Family

Sunday—Dec. 20—(9:00 AM) † Charles H. & Dorothy Kendall by the Family

————————————————————————————————————————————————- HOLY FAMILY, OVID Saturday—Dec. 12—(4:00 PM) † John & Helen Bartkowiak by their Children

Sunday—Dec. 13- (11:00 AM) † Deceased Members of the VanGeertruy Family by their Children

Tuesday—Dec. 15 -(12:10 PM) Frances Lorenzetti 95th Birthday by Sid & Angie Wittenberg

Saturday—Dec. 19—(4:00 PM) † John VanGeertruy by theFamily

Sunday—Dec. 20- (11:00 AM) † Harold Kasowski

2021 OFFERTORY ENVELOPES The new envelopes are out along with 2021 calendars in the parish hall at both churches. St. Isidore children’s envelopes are here. Please write the child’s name and envelope number on the sheet pro-vided. Even if you use the online offer-tory you can still pick up your envelopes which contain the annual extra dioce-san collections.