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400 Country Club Road—Casper, WY 82609 PO Box 51010—Casper, WY 82605-0397 307-235-5535

www.stpatricks-casper.com St. Anthony Tri-Parish School

St. Patrick’S catholic church

Solemnity of Mary, The holy mother January 1, 2017

Happy New year to each of You From, Fr. Gary,

MSgr. JaMeS o’Neill & the Staff

JESUS CHRIST THE RETURNING KING

The Lay Apostles of Jesus Christ the Returning King will meet this Sunday, January 1, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. in St. Patrick’s Church. Please join us as we continue to offer prayers for our country and our Church. Jesus gives us His Message of encouragement which will be read at the prayer meeting. For information contact Ingrid 307-234-0842.

Thank you to all our Sunday CCD teachers and youth helpers for your time, and commitment to growing our children in Christ.

Thank you to all our Wednesday CCD teachers and Youth Ministers for your time, energy and faith growing our young people in a closer relationship with Christ.

Thank you to our Liturgy of the Word Teachers for your dedication to sharing Christ’s love and the gospel mes-sage to our youth.

Thank you to all our youth music and pageant volun-teers for sharing your gifts and graces with our parish!

Thank you to our music program for allowing us to praise our Lord with beautiful song and instrument.

Thank you to our Ministry leaders and all volunteers for giving us a thriving Christ centered community that takes care of each other with our time, talent and treas-ure.

Thank you to the Knights of Columbus for their contin-ued support and flexibility.

BABY BOTTLE BOOMERANG

Announcing True Care Women’s Resource Center’s Baby Bottle Boomerang!! Baby bottles from the Center will be available here at church for you to take home between January and President’s Day (February 19). Each bottle has a tag that lists the life-affirming services of True Care Woman’s Resource Center and the costs of some of the many materials needed to keep

the ministry going. Place your bottle in a prominent place in your home where you will remember to pray for the staff, volunteers and patients of the Center. Return your bottle on President’s Day weekend (February 19), filled with the coins, bills and checks you collect. Thank you for partnering with True Care to erase the perceived need for abortion in our com-munity!

*A True Care representative will join us on January 21 and 22.

St. Patrick’s Catholic Church Casper, WY

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ALTAR CLEANING

January 7th Becky & Mackenzie Colling St. Patrick’S

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

SUNDAY CLASSES

9:00-10:20 a.m.

Dec. 25th-NO CLASS Jan. 1st-NO CLASS

Jan. 8th - CLASS

WEDNESDAY CLASSES (6th-8th & SENIOR HIGH Youth Ministry)**

Dec. 28th-NO CLASS Jan. 4th-CLASS

**Please note the 8th grade Safari 2.0 meets at the home of Chris & Julie Perry (5010 E. 16th Street). Unless otherwise noted. (see above)

RCIA/VIDEO SERIES Tuesday 7:00-8:30 p.m. December 27th NO CLASS

January 3rd-Tour of the Church January 10th-Liturgy of the Word

January 17th-Liturgy Eucharist/Real Presence January 24th– History of the Mass

PARENT MEETINGS-JANUARY

Sunday 9:05-10:15 a.m. Jan. 8th-Sports and Religion

Jan. 22nd- Going out into the Deep

PARENT MEETINGS-JANUARY

Wednesday 7:00-8:30 p.m. Jan. 11th-Word on Fire

Jan.18th Sports & Religion Jan. 25th-Life in Christ

February 1st-Going out into the Deep

Volunteers Needed Do you have a little extra time in your day or over the weekend to shovel a neighbors walk? When you shovel your driveway, can you allow a little extra time to shovel another driveway down the street? If you are able to make this sacrifice, please volunteer with St. Isidore's Helpers. We will match you with someone who needs help, so that they are not trapped

inside their home this winter. We don't need any money, only a bit of your time. We current-ly have 3 unmatched clients and your help will make a difference in someone's life. To volun-teer, please email Nyrma Soffel at crisns2000@yahoo.com or call at 307.251.6232.

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION

Are you looking for a quiet hour to spend with Jesus? Is your soul starving because you haven’t fed it with prayer? You have the great-est opportunity to fulfill both these needs during Eucharistic Adoration. We are currently in need of filling the following hours of Eucharistic Adoration:

Monday 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Tuesday 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.

If you are interested in becoming involved with Eucharistic Adoration or sharing an hour please call Johnnie Dean @ 235-5535 or 265-6999.

MEN’S MONDAY NOON PRAYER Please join us to intercede for our families, the Church and the world; read scripture and share fellowship. We meet each Monday from 12:00 p.m. to 12:50 p.m. in the Shamrock Room (basement meeting room) at St. Patrick’s Parish. For information call Ralph Specht 237-7891.

MEN WIELDING TRUTH: Please join us for breakfast and DVD discussion pertaining to issues relevant to our roles as Catholic Men...husbands, fathers, employees, neighbors and friends! We are currently viewing the Crossing the Goal series from EWTN on the VIRTUES. We meet in the Shamrock Room (St. Patrick’s basement meeting room) 8:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m., 2nd Saturday monthly. Our next meeting will be Saturday, January 14th. For more information call Chuck Gray 251-1372 or Ralph Specht 237-7891.

ADORATION CLOSURE FOR NEW YEARS Adoration will RESUME:

Tuesday, January 3rd, at 9:30 a.m.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

St. Patrick’s Offices will be closed for the New Year’s Holiday:

Monday, January 2nd

The office will be open Tuesday, January 3rd for reg-ular business hours. Have a Happy New Year!!!

The latest winner in the Knights of Columbus Council 9917 6th Annual Gun-A-Week Raffle is #355577-Terry Hubenka of Lander, WY. Additional tickets are still available. Check out www.kofc9917.org or talk to any Knights of Columbus member.

Join Us for CANA CLUB! Cana Club is open to ALL married Catholic couples of ALL ages. We meet about 7 times per year, on a Saturday night, for a meal, conversation, and a presenta-tion or fun activity. Join us on Saturday, January 7, at 7 pm, in St. Patrick's for a yummy taco/burrito buffet. And check out next week's bulletin to find out what our program will be! To make a reservation, please call Larry & Nancy at 266-0967, Mike & Sharon at 234-5629, or Remy & Mary at 235-9962. We look forward to hearing from you, especially new members!

May the Christ Child bless you this time of year. Blessings & great thankfulness to the parish-ioners of St Patrick's Parish who continue to help with the funeral dinners for the

families of our parish. All involved are a great help in making these meals, which are appreciated by the families at their time of loss of a loved one. Thank you for your help with the recent dinner for the family of Robert "Bob" Steinle. I, Mary Therese, appre-ciate every one of you, especially my co-chairs Linda Spencer & Mary Ann Byrd. Couldn't do it without you!

If you would like to be a part of this vital ministry please contact Mary Therese @ 235-7057. We can al-ways use more helpers and some great cooks too. Mary Therese Reece, Martha & Mary's Funeral Dinner Ministry.

January 1, 2017 Solemnity of Mary, The Holy Mother

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St. Anthony Tri-parish school

St. Patrick’s

Church

Is Sacred Music Still

Alive

A Weekend With

Steve Angrisano

More Information:

Lynn Kahler

307-259-4579(cell)

lynnkahler@gmail.com

Julie Anne Milberger

307-235-5535 (office)

julieanne@tribcsp.com

CONCERT

Friday, February 24th

7:00 P.M.

St. Patrick’s Catholic Church

400 Country Club Road

Casper, WY 82609

There is NO fee for the

Friday evening concert.

WORKSHOP

Saturday, February 25th

9:00 A.M.-12 P.M.

St. Anthony’s Tri-Parish

School

1145 W. 20th St

Casper, WY 82604

Registration Forms will be

available through St. Patrick's

Church. RSVP and $10 fee for

the Saturday workshop is re-

quired. A light continental

breakfast will be served at 8:30

a.m.

Life Line Screening, a leading provider of community-based pre-ventive health screenings, will host their affordable, non-invasive, painless health screenings. Five screenings will be offered that scan for potential health problems related to: blocked arteries, which is a leading cause of stroke; abdominal aortic aneurysms, which can lead to a ruptured aorta; hardening of the arteries in the legs, which is a strong predictor of heart disease; atrial fibrillation or irregular heart-beat, which is closely tied to stroke risk; and a bone density screen-ing, for men and women, used to assess the risk of osteoporosis. All five screenings take 60-90 minutes to complete. Your Health is in Your Hands. Join the 8 million people who have been screened. We are com-ing to your neighborhood. WHERE: Hilltop Baptist Church WHEN: Wednesday, January 18, 2017 CALL: 888-853-6434 or EMAIL: karen.mcgaffney@llsa.com Please call toll free 888-653-6434 to register for your screening and to receive $10 discount or visit www.LifeLineScreening.com/community-partners

3rd ANNUAL INTERFAITH

PRAYER SERVICE

On behalf of Fr. Carl Gallinger, Diocesan Administrator for the Dio-cese of Cheyenne, Deacon Mike Leman would like to cordially invite you to the 3rd Annual Interfaith Prayer Service. The service will be held at St. Mary’s Cathedral on January 10, 2017, from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. with a breakfast/reception following in Hartman Hall.

We will be offering praise and thanksgiving to God for our Wyo-ming Legislators and for all government leaders. We will also be asking for God’s graces to be with everyone who is working for the common good of Wyoming during the 64th Legislative Session.

Please feel free to invite guests who would like to pray for our leaders. RSVPs are not required; however, they would be helpful in planning for food at the reception.

Please send RSVPs to Alana Leininger at aleininger@dioceseofcheyenne.org

Or call 307-638-1530

St. Anthony Tri-Parish School is having an Open House for pro-spective families. If you are looking for an exceptional education

for your child in grades preschool-8th, please join us on Sunday, January 22 from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. SAS teachers, staff, par-ents, and students will be available to give tours and answer questions helping you make the best, informed decision regarding your child’s education and their future. Dis-

cover the possibilities of what academic excellence in a faith based environment can do for your child.

1st Quarter Honor Roll Second Honor Roll 3.0–3.49 Alli Crossen, Matthew Ewing, Schuyler Fox, Emma Krueger, Kylee Paulson, Jestine Petley

First Honor Roll 3.5-3.79 Ella Bean, Allan Catellier, Haleigh Dawson, Mayoree Dresang, Tru Newsome, Thomas Sullivan, Samuel True, Madison Young

Principal’s Honor Roll 3.8 – 3.99 Ashton Bower, Sena Cur-ry, Jordan Delaney, Sydney Mohr, Faith Scholtz

4.0 Honor Roll Kelsey Anderson, Makenzie Anderson, Lauren DeGaugh, Rachel DeGaugh, Avery Delaney, Paige Gaither, Melissa Galles, Nolan Hornecker, Nicole Klosterman, Megan Lad-enburger, Samantha Veauthier, Brooklyn Youmans

CONGRATULATIONS ST. ANTHONY’S ARCHANGELS!!!

The St. Anthony’s Tri-Parish School offices will be closed Decem-ber 26th through Janu-ary 3rd for Christmas

break. Have a Blessed Christmas and Happy New Year!

FINANCIAL STATEMENT

MONTH OCT 1, 2016-OCT 31, 2016 Operating Income $ 72,574.81 Operating Expenses $(68,229.39 Net Income (Loss)** $ 4,345.42

YTD FISCAL YEAR JUL 1, 2016-OCT 31, 2016 YTD Operating Income $260,378.38 YTD Operating Expense $(281,060.41) YTD Operating NET Profit (Loss) $( 20,682.03)

ExtraOrdinary Items affecting Financial Statement For Reporting Purposes

Depreciation Expense-YTD $ (16,287.36) Market Value Adjustments-YTD $ (14,063.34) Capital Outlay-YTD $(199,677.76) (Music Upgrades, Parking Lot, Stairs/Landscaping) Investment Income-YTD $ 9,084.79 Extra Ordinary Items-YTD (Memorials, Donations, In-Kind) $ 80,535.30

If you have any questions about the financial report, please contact the Finance Dept., in the Parish Office, 235-5535. Thank you for your gifts to our Church and the many ministries we support.

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MASS INTENTIONS & READINGS FOR THE WEEK

SATURDAY 12/31 6:00 PM Kelly Meyer (Deceased)

SUNDAY 01/01 SOLEMNITY OF MARY

Nm 6:22-27 Ps 67:2-3, 5-6, 8 Gal 4:4-7 Lk 2:16-21 8:00 AM Peg Olson (Deceased) 10:30 AM Parishioners of St. Patrick’s MONDAY 01/02 Sts. Basil the Great & Gregory Nazianzen 1 Jn 2:22-28 Ps 98:1-4 Jn 1:19-28 9:00 AM Hazel Ordes TUESDAY 01/03 Most Holy Name of Jesus 1 Jn 2:29—3:6 Ps 98:1, 3c-4, 5-6 Jn 1:29-34 9:00 AM Tammy Washut (Deceased) WEDNESDAY 01/04 St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Religious 1 Jn 3:7-10 Ps 98:1, 7-9 Jn 1:35-42 9:00 AM Donna Sanchez (Hult) (Deceased) THURSDAY 01/05 St. John Neumann, Bishop (USA) 1 Jn 3:11-21 Ps 100:1b-5 Jn 1:43-51 9:00 AM Martin Stanley (Deceased) FRIDAY 01/06 St. Andre Bessette

1 Jn 5:5-13 Ps 147:12-15, 19-20 Mk 1:7-11 or Lk 3:23- 28 or 3:23, 31-34, 36, 38 9:00 AM Ann Krug SATURDAY 01/07 6:00 PM Gary Scharosch (Deceased) SUNDAY 01/08 Epiphany of the Lord Is 60:1-6 Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-13 Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6 Mt 2:1-12 8:00 AM Stella Ridgeway (Deceased) 10:30 AM Parishioners of St. Patrick’s

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Mercy Challenge: Shelter the Homeless

“If a brother or sister has nothing to wear and has no food for the day, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, keep warm, and eat well,” but you do not give them the necessities of the body, what good is it?” James 2:15-16

Imagine yourself homeless. Imagine that you cannot take a shower before a job interview; that you cannot give them contact information. Imagine the sleeplessness you expe-rience, worried about your physical safety. Would you be the same person you are now?

How many times will you walk across town to an interview, without a shower, without sleep, without contact infor-mation? How many times will you be turned down before you become discouraged and give up? What do you do then?

There are people right now in Casper experiencing these same feelings of despair. What can we do to help? Educate yourself. The National Coalition for the Homeless is an advocacy group that has a wealth of information re-garding research on homelessness. It also tracks National and local legislation that affects the homeless and has a comprehensive “Take Action” section. You can find them at http://nationalhomeless.org/. Support the Housing First program. https://www.usich.gov/solutions/housing/housing-first, including the Casper Housing First program: http://www.chaoffice.org/services.The Star-Tribune wrote an article in the program’s initial success in 2015 which you can search online using the key words Housing First Casper. Seton House (http://www.setonhousecasper.org/)helps single parent homeless families. Contact 307-577-8026 to learn how you can help. Volunteer at The Sandwich Ministry. This inter-denominational group puts together sack lunches for the homeless. Many of the places where the homeless can get food are closed on the weekends and this group helps to fill the gap. Join them to help put together the lunches or to help distribute them. Donations of warm items (socks, blankets, etc.) are needed, as well. Please email or call Terry at 333-4618 or winshipter-ry621@gmail.com for more information. A great op-portunity to help happens on January 27th. Please volunteer for the 2017 Point-in-Time Count. This is an annual count of persons who are homeless in each state. This year’s count will be held at King’s Corner Outreach Center at 112 N. Beech from 8:00am to 8:00pm. Volun-teers are needed for various tasks. Please contact Serve Wyoming- Nurieh@servewyoming.org, 234-3428.

Let’s work together to help our brothers and sisters in Christ by working to provide the necessities of the body, so that we may rightly say, “Go in peace, keep warm and eat well.” If you have questions or any ideas for living the Works of Mercy, and/or you would like to work together to explore the Works of Mercy, please contact Nyrma Soffel at crisns2000@yahoo.com.