St. Joseph Parish
Holy Mass Schedule and Intentions
St. Mary’s Divine Maternity
Holy Mass Schedule and Intentions
Sunday, December 27, 2015, 8:00a.m.
+Emogene Cushman
Tuesday, December 29, 2015, 8:00a.m.
+Wilma Jung
Thursday December 31, 2015, 7:00p.m
+ Joe & Freida Meyer
Sunday, January 3, 8:00 a.m.
+People of St. Mary, St. Boniface
and St. Joseph
Liturgical Ministers for next week
Sunday, January 3, 8:00 a.m.
Ushers: R. Hasemeyer – A. Robert
Servers: L. Heck
Lector: M. Mathis
Gifts: G. Waltamate Family
Eucharist Ministers:
G. & M. Valleroy – E. Miller
St. Mary’s Offering December 20th
Thank you for your support
Envelopes (38) $1,035.00
Loose
$221.00
Catholic Urban $225.00
Total
$1,481.00
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Chester Area Christian Food Pantry Items
needed: Canned Fruit, Peanut Butter, Canned
Meats.
December 27, 2015 – Year C
Events for St. Mary’s
Dec. 27, No Donuts & Coffee
Dec. 31, New Year’s Eve Mass 7:00p.m.
Jan. 6, PSR Classes 6:00 to 7:30p.m.
Jan12, Holy Name Mtg. 7:00p.m.
Jan. 20, PSR Classes 6:00 to 7:30p.m.
Jan. 31, Donuts & Coffee
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Feast of the Holy Family
December 31, 2015
New Year’s Eve Mass 5:00 p.m.
Altar Sodality: Mary Esker
Please remember those of our families and
friends who have asked for our prayers.
Barb Brown, Joe Scheffer. Jr.,
Tracy Howard, Bonnie Bargman,
David Brandenburg, Andrew Brandt,
Chuck Hanton, Brad Sweetman, Bob
Bizaillion, Amelia Meyer, Diane
Averbeck, Joan Dandridge, Sue
Sweetman, Kaylee Gerlach, Glenda
York, Ethel Montroy, Margaret
Cashman, Linda Butler
Tammy Junger, Elizabeth Montroy
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Homebound and their caretakers:
Violet Chrisman, Ruby Korando,
Wilma Junger, Mary Meyer,
Loraine McCormick
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Those in Service to our Country:
Pvt. Patrick M. McMath
P.O.B. 547
Ft. Campbell, KY 42223
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St. Mary’s donated $200.00 to “Care for
Cairo Food Pantry” this was in
conjunction with Chester Walmart Fund
Drive.
Saturday, December 26, 2015, 5:00 p.m.
People of St. Joseph, St. Mary
and St. Boniface
St. Joseph Catholic Church
501 Broadway
Willisville, IL 62997
Rev. Ben Stern: Pastor
618-859-3541 or 618-853-4435
Weekend Mass Schedule
5:00 p.m. Saturday, Vigil
St. Joseph, Willisville
Reconciliation: 4:30-4:45 pm
8:00 a.m. Sunday, St. Mary’s Ellis
Grove
Reconciliation: 7:30 – 7:45 a.m.
10:00 a.m. Sunday, St. Boniface,
Evansville
Reconciliation: 9:40-9:50 a.m.
St. Joseph:
Trustee: James Grothaus, Gary Cleland
Parish Council: Pres. Jim Grothaus,
Darla Loos, Gary Cleland, Janis Guebert,
Ray Montgomery, Roger Shemonic,
Tony Esker, Russell Bogenpohl
We pray for healing of those members of our
community.
Barb Heck, Ken Schrader, Angie Alms
Rev. Leo Hayes, Lydia Jaskowiak,
Francis Rohlfing, Tom Loos,
Wayne Beisner, JoAnn Bowerman
Sabina Ayala, Monica Wilson,
Ignatius Doice, Father Karban
Antoinette Thorp, Clarlyn Giordano
Marie Giordano
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St. Joseph Hall Rental:
Call Marla or Gary at 965-9468
$75 without kitchen - $100 with kitchen
$10 fee for non-parish meetings_______
Sacrament Preparation
Please contact St. Boniface Parish Office
for Sacrament Preparation
Baptism: Please contact the office to
schedule a Baptism.
Sacrament of Matrimony: Please
Contact the parish office at least 6 Months
before the intended date so that the
required preparation can be completed. We
welcome all guests and those wishing to
become members to our Parish Family.
Please contact St. Mary D. M. 859-3541 or
St. Boniface 853-4435 for information on
becoming a member. Also you may contact
the Parish Office for info on Rite of
Christian Initiation of Adults
December 27, 2015 – Year C
Neighboring Churches Mass times:
Spiritual Works Of Mercy
St. Mary’s, Chester 5:00 p.m. Sat.
9:00 a.m. Sun
St. John’s, Red Bud 4:00 p.m. Sat
10:00 a.m. Sun
Lady of Lourdes, Sparta
5:00 p.m. Sat
10:00 a.m. Sun
St. Joseph, Prairie du Rocher
5:00 p.m. Sat
8:30 a.m. Sun
St. Patrick, Ruma 8:00 a.m. Sun
Convent Chapel, Ruma
11:00 a.m. Sun
St. Pius V, Walsh 8:00 a.m. Sun
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Area Event
“Give Me Water Lord”
Vic Hamer with the non-for-profit
organization “Give-Me-Water-Lord”, will
be speaking to us on January 3rd about his
missionary work in Kenya, Africa. There
will be a second collection for his mission
work. There will also be an opportunity to
purchase hand-made items made by the
villagers in Kenya. If you have any used
shoes or handbags that you would like to
donate that day, please bring them with you
as this also helps to raise funds for providing
the wells in Kenya. (please see the bulletin
board for more information about this
wonderful missionary work.
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CATHOLIC RADIO 90.3
Please submit items for the bulletin by
12:00 p.m. Wednesday to Deacon Al
859-3640 or cosmooed44@hotmail.com
Admonish the sinner.
Instruct the ignorant.
Counsel the doubtful.
Comfort the sorrowful.
Bear wrongs patiently.
Forgive all injuries.
Pray for the living and dead.
Corporal Works Of Mercy
Feed the hungry.
Give drink to the thirsty.
Clothe the naked.
Shelter the homeless.
Visit the sick.
Visit the imprisoned.
Bury the dead.
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Mercy “demands justice”
“True mercy, the mercy God gives to us
and teaches us, demands justice; it
demands that the poor find the way to be
poor no longer,” Pope Francis notes, “it
asks us, the Church, us, the City of
Rome, it asks the institutions – to ensure
that no one ever again stand in need of a
soup kitchen, of makeshift-lodgings, of a
service of legal assistance in order to
have the legitimate right recognized to
live and to work, to be fully a person.”
In your own life, and in your faith
community, how do you work for
justice? Do you seek to address the root
causes of problems that affect those who
are vulnerable?
Feast of the Holy Family
St. Mary’s Divine Maternity
7362 Shawneetown Trail
Ellis Grove, IL 62241
St. Mary Divine Maternity
7362 Shawneetown Trail
Ellis Grove, IL 62241
Rev. Ben Stern: Pastor
618-859-3541 or 618-853-4435
Weekend Mass Schedule
5:00 p.m. Saturday, Vigil
St. Joseph, Willisville
Reconciliation: 4:30-4:45 pm
8:00 a.m. Sunday, St. Mary’s Ellis
Grove
Reconciliation: 7:30 – 7:45 a.m.
10:00 a.m. Sunday, St. Boniface,
Evansville
Reconciliation: 9:40-9:50 a.m.
St. Mary’s Divine Maternity:
Trustee: Clinton Gross & Ann Petrowske
Parish Council: Pres. Tammy Bert,
Nancy Warhausen, Ron Hasemeyer,
Kathy Korando, Maxine Mathis,
Larry Mitchell, Jeff Warhausen,
Harold Wesbecher, Gilbert McMath.
Religious Education: Tammy Bert,
Michael Hoelscher, Debi Hoelscher,
Sheri Asselmeier, Tonya Diskey
Maxine Mathis
Altar Sodality: Joan Derringer
Holy Name Society: Tony Meyer
To Rent Sense Hall: contact Tammy Bert
774-2415 $50.00 parishioner $75.00 non _
Sacrament Preparation
Please contact St. Boniface Parish Office for
Sacrament Preparation
Baptism: Please contact the office to schedule a
Baptism.
Sacrament of Matrimony: Please contact the
parish office at least 6 Months before the
intended date so that the required preparation
can be completed. We welcome all guest and
those wishing to become members to our
Parish Family. Please contact St. Mary’s
859-3541 or St. Boniface 853-4435 for info on
becoming a member or on Rite of Christian
Initiation of Adults._____________________
Confirmation Class News
Wanted: 8 dedicated adults to be “Prayer
Partners” for this year’s Confirmation
Class. If you are interested, contact Debi
Hoelscher at 559-4384 for more
information.
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Gospel: Luke 2: 41-52
His parents found Jesus sitting in the
midst of the teachers.
Obtaining A Plenary Indulgence
During The Holy Year of Mercy
What is a plenary Indulgence?
An indulgence is the remission in the
eyes of God of the temporal punishment
due to sins, the guilt of which has been
absolved through the Sacrament of
Reconciliation. The Christian faithful
who are rightly disposed and observe the
definite, prescribed conditions gain this
remission through the effective
assistance of the Church. A plenary
indulgence frees a person from all of the
temporal punishment due to sins and
may be gained only once on any one day.
Indulgences are only applicable to
oneself and to the dead.
How can one obtain a plenary
indulgence during the Holy year of
Mercy?
By having the intention of acquiring the
indulgence – while also having the
interior disposition of complete
detachment from sin, even venial sin;
going to confession (before or after the
visit): receiving Holy Communion,
making a profession of faith; praying for
the Holy Father and for the intentions
that he bears in his heart for the good of
the Church and of the entire world while
doing any of the following:
The faithful: by visiting one of the
diocesan pilgrimage churches;
The sick and people who are elderly and
alone: by receiving Holy Communion or
attending Holy Mass and community
prayer (even through the various means
of communication):
Those who are incarcerated by visiting
the chapel in the prison;
The faithful: by personally performing
one or more of the Spiritual and
Corporal Works of Mercy.
The faithful by remembering the
deceased at Holy mass and praying that
they be freed from every remnant of
fault and thus be embraced by God in
the blessedness of life eternal.
Year of Mercy
Pilgrimage Churches in the Diocese of
Belleville
The Cathedral of St. Peter in Belleville
Holy Cross Church in Wendelin
St. Mary Help of Christians in Chester
St. Joseph Church in Marion
St. Mary, the Immaculate Conception
Church in Mount Vernon
(Church of Historical Importance to the
Diocese and to the U.S.A)
Holy Family Log Church in Cahokia
(1699)
(Large Residences of Women Religious)
The Poor Clare Monastery of Our Lady
of Mercy in Belleville
Chapel of the Adorers of the Blood of
Christ in Ruma
(Catholic Hospital Chapels)
St. Elizabeth Hospital – Belleville
St. Joseph Hospital – Breese
St. Mary Hospital – Centralia
Good Samaritan Hospital – Mt. Vernon
St. Joseph Hospital – Murphysboro
“I have asked the Church in this Jubilee
Year to rediscover the richness
encompassed by the spiritual and
corporal works of mercy. The experience
of mercy, indeed, becomes visible in the
witness of concrete signs as Jesus
Himself taught us. Each time that one of
the faithful personally performs one or
more of these actions, he or she shall
surely obtain the Jubilee Indulgence.
Hence the commitment to live by mercy
so as to obtain the grace of complete and
exhaustive forgiveness by the power of
love of the Father who excludes no one.
The Jubilee Indulgence is thus full, the
fruit of the very event which is to be
celebrated and experienced with faith,
hope and charity.”
“As we see in Sacred Scripture, mercy is
a key word that indicates God’s action
towards us. He does not limit himself
merely to affirming His love, but makes
it visible and tangible. Love, after all,
can never be just an abstraction.
By its very nature, it indicates something
concrete: intentions, attitudes, and
behaviors that are shown in daily living.
The mercy of God is His loving concern
for each one of us. He feels responsible;
that is, He desires our well-being, and
He wants to see us happy, full of joy, and
peaceful. This is the path which the
merciful love of Christians must also
travel. As the Father loves, so do His
children. Just as He is merciful, so we
are called to be merciful to each other.”
Pope Francis. “The Face of Mercy”
Pope Francis Prayer for the Jubilee
Year of Mercy
You are the visible face of the invisible
Father, of the God who manifests his
power above all by forgiveness and
mercy: let the Church be your visible
face in the world, its Lord risen and
glorified. You willed that your ministers
would also be clothed in weakness in
order that they may feel compassion for
those in ignorance and error: let
everyone who approaches them feel
sought after, loved and forgiven by God.
Send your Spirit and consecrate every
one of us with its anointing, so that the
Jubilee of Mercy may be a year of grace
from the Lord, and your Church, with
renewed enthusiasm, may bring good
news to the poor, proclaim liberty to
captives and the oppressed, and restore
sight to the blind. We ask this through
the intercession of Mary, Mother of
Mercy, you who live and reign with the
Father and the Holy Spirit for ever and
ever. Amen.