St. Patrick Parish, Weaverville, CA Holy Trinity Mission, Hayfork + St. Gilbert, Lewiston + Trinity Center

Fr. Derek R.P. LaBranch, Parochial Administrator † Fr. Keith Canterbury, Pastor Emeritus Parish Office: 102 Church Street, Weaverville Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1219, Weaverville, CA 96093 Phone: (530) 623-4383

e-mail: dlabranch@diocese-sacramento.org Website: www.stpatricksparish.net

Parish Liturgical Schedule Confessions: Saturday 2:00-3:00 Weaverville Anytime by appointment Sunday Mass Schedule: Vigil 4:00 PM Lewiston Sunday 9:00 AM Weaverville 11:45 AM Hayfork Daily Mass: Tuesday 5:00 PM Weaverville Wed.-Fri. 9:00 AM Weaverville Trinity Center: 2nd Saturday of the Month 12:00 noon This Mass fulfills the Sunday obligation Nursing Home Mass: 1st Thursday of the month at 11:00am. All are welcome! Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament: First Fridays 9:30- 11:00 Benediction

Mass Intentions for the Week of 12/3-4/2011

Sat 12/03 Fr. Derek (I)

Sun 12/04 9:00am Fr. Derek (I)

12/04 11:45am Chad Capelli (I)

Tue 12/06 5:00pm Russel Riley (R)

Wed 12/07 9:00am Bishop Weigand (I)

Thurs 12/08 9:00am Irene Love (I)

Fri 12/09 9:00am Fr. John Hannan (I) Legend: I= Intentions R= Repose of the Soul

Administrator’s

Accounting

Celebrating Our Lady of Guadalupe Our Lady of Guadalupe (Spanish: Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe), also known as the Virgin of Guadalupe (Spanish: Virgen de

Guadalupe; Nahuatl: Tonantzin Guadalupe) is

a celebrated Catholic icon of the Virgin Mary.

According to tradition, on December 9, 1531 Juan Diego, a simple indigenous peasant, had a vision of a young woman while he was on a hill in the Tepeyac de-sert, near Mexico City. The lady told him to build a church exactly on the spot where they were standing. He told the lo-cal bishop, who asked for some proof. He went back and had the vision again. He told the lady that the bishop wanted proof, and she said "Bring the roses behind you." Turning to look, he found a rose bush growing behind him. He cut the roses, placed them in his poncho and returned to the bishop, saying he had brought proof. When he opened his poncho, instead of roses, there was an image of the young lady in the vision.

According to the account of Juan Diego, the Virgin Mary described herself

COLLECTION INFORMATION

November 26-27, 2011 Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1593.28

Diocese Debt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 500.00

DC Christmas Party. . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 387.00

Roman Missal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 145.00

Filipino Dinner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 135.00

Stipend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..$ 100.00

KEEPING YOU INFORMED

Past Due Debt to the Diocese as of Nov 20, 2011

Priest Pension Plan $ 0.00 Priest Health Insurance $24,239.82 Parish Self-Insurance $ 0.00 Parish Assessment $14,355.82

D. C. SOUP KITCHEN

December 2011

Tues., Dec. 6th……………………St. Patrick

Tues., Dec. 13th ………….......Congregational

Tues., Dec. 20th …….………….First Baptist

Tues., Dec. 27th .…………….….....Nazarene

using the Aztec Nahuatl word-name of C o a t l a x o p e u h ( p r o n o u n c e d "quatlachupe") which the Spanish misun-derstood as being the word "Guadalupe". In Nahuatl "Coa" meant serpent, "tla" the noun ending which can be interpreted as "the", and "xopeuh" means to crush or to stamp out, translating to mean: the one "who crushes the serpent," although Glo-ria Anzaldua translates it as "the one who is at one with the beasts" (Gloria An-zaldua, Borderlands, 3rd ed., p. 51). This reflects Catholic theology, in understand-ing that Mary is the woman described in the twelfth chapter of St. John's Apoca-lypse.

Today, the icon is displayed in the nearby Basilica of Guadalupe, now one of the most visited Catholic shrines in the world.

[1] The Virgin of Guadalupe is Mex-

ico's most popular religious and cultural image, with the titles "Queen of Mexico",[2]

"Empress of the Americas",[3]

and "Patroness of the Americas";

[4] both Mi-

guel Hidalgo (in the Mexican War of Inde-pendence) and Emiliano Zapata (during the Mexican Revolution) carried flags bearing the Our Lady of Guadalupe, and Guadalupe Victoria, the first Mexican president changed his name in honor of the icon.

There will be a vigil Mass on Wednesday,

Dec 7th at 6:00pm

Also no Confessions on Saturday, Dec.

10th due to Our Lady of Guadalupe Mass

in Hayfork.

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623-4261 Wednesday Advent Services Soup will be served at 6:00pm and Worship

will be at 7:00pm. The schedule is as

follows:

Holy Trinity Lutheran. . . . . . . . . . Dec. 7th

Trinity Congregational Church . . Dec. 14th

Church of the Nazarene . . . . . . . Dec. 21st

Calling all Elves (Santa Needs Help!)

There will be a gift wrapping party today in the Hall for the Douglas City Christmas Party. Please consider helping. Many hands make for light work. Donuts and coffee will be served.

Our Lady of Guadalupe Mass and

Fundraiser Mexican Meal Dec. 10th Hayfork

See insert

TAMALE SALE Bodega Café &

Casa de Castellanos, Hayfork To support

St. Patrick Parish Debt Reduction Fund (See order form and pricing

insert in this week’s bulletin.)

Parish Registration If you have not registered and are regularly

attending please fill out a census card in the

back of the Church. This helps us keep an ac-

curate account of parish members. This is vi-

tally important to keep our parish records up to

date. You do not need to list your adult chil-

dren, unless they are living in the same house-

hold.

REMINDERS…...

Solemnity of the

Immaculate Conception A Holy Day of Obligation

Thursday, December 8

Mass Schedule

9:00am Weaverville

12:00 Noon Hayfork

THANK YOU

We wish to thank Deanna Bradford for her

four years of service on the

Finance Council

Deanna has resigned her position and we

thank her for her dedicated service.

A 6 week series for Catholics who

have been away from the church and

are considering returning. Please see

brochures in the back of the church

marked Catholics Returning Home

for details. Sessions start Tuesday,

January 3, 2012 at St. Joseph in Red-

ding.

Sees Candy The orders have arrived, please see Bar-

bara Bagnod for more information.

Magnificat Advent

Companion Booklets As an early Christmas present, there

should be Magnificat Advent Prayer

booklets for you in the back of the

Church. We ordered only 100, so

please take one per family. May Advent

be a time of renewed prayer & Grace.

Parish Calendars We have also ordered Parish Calendars

for you that should be arriving soon.

A Special Thank You To : All who came out and supported our

Scentsy Fundraiser on December 3rd.

Especially to Cynthia and Barbara who

were the hostesses!

Also to John Knight who coordinated

the clean up of the property below the

Way of the Cross Grotto

Advent Penance Services at

Other Parishes Dec 5th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Burney

Dec 13th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Red Bluff

Dec 14th. . . . Our Lady of Mercy, Redding

Dec 19th . . . . . Sacred Heart, Anderson

Douglas City

Christmas Party

The Douglas City Christmas Party is

only 10 days away. We are still looking

for donations of Toys, Blankets, Paja-

mas, Gloves, Hats and Socks. Items

can be dropped off at St. Patrick’s

Church or call 623-3308 / 410-4556