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Mass Intentions
For The Week of
Sunday December 2, 2007
Mon.03 8:00 a.m. James Christopher
Tue. 04 8:15 a.m. Comm. Service
Wed.05 8:15 a.m. Comm. Service
Thurs06 8:15 a.m. Comm. Service
Fri. 07 8:00 a.m. Alma Boehle
Sat. 08 5:00 p.m. Jim Wissler
Sun. 09 7:00 a.m. Bernard Vallo
(SA) 8:30 a.m. Mario Mondello
10:00 a.m. Ted Mueller

LITURGICAL ASSISTANTS

Sat. Mass: Dec. 08 at 5:00 P.M.

Lector Frances Haug
Sp. Min. G. Ferraro, K. Dalaviras
Servers A. & A. Willette
Ushers C. Kohut Jr., F.Sewald,
J. Clancy, P. Meagher
Crossbearer Merlin Schneider

Sun. Mass: Dec. 09 at 7:00 A.M.

Lector Jean Smith
Sp. Min. C. Dodson, T. Willette
Servers A. M. Pace, J. Pace
Ushers N. Meyer, V. Neubrand, J. & T. Pace
Crossbearer Jacob Pace

Sun. Mass: Dec. 09 at 10:00 A.M.

Lector Paulette DeGonia
Sp. Min. M. Mueller, J. Keller S. Reiter©
Servers R. Basden, R. Basden
Ushers C. Farr, B. Farr, J. Akins, L. Lappe,
Crossbearer Holly Yoder

St. Anne Mass: Dec. 09 at 8:30 A.M.

Lector Janet Mecey
Sp. Min. Jr. Bender, Jean Carron
Servers Chris & Eli Govero
Gift Bearers Bob & Jane Schmidt
Crossbearer Josh Govero

We are looking for parishioners to clean the church in 2008. Sign up sheets are in the back. Please volunteer and help your parish.

Coming Events

Dec. 02: First Sunday of Advent
Dec. 7 & 8: Salvation Army Bell Ringing at at Country Mart
Dec. 8: Holy Day of Obligation-Immaculate Conception Observed
Mass at St. Joseph at 5:00pm
Follow regular Sunday Schedule
Dec. 9: Holy Day of Obligation –Immaculate Conception Observed
Dec. 10: D of I Christmas Party at 7:00pm
Dec. 13:Our Lady Sodality Christmas Party

Our Lady Sodality

This weekend we will be holding our "CHRISTMAS CANDY – COOKIE SALE"
Come downstairs to get your fresh home made goodies.

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Bingo Figures for November 25, 2007
Gross Receipts - No Bingo
Players –
Workers for Dec. 06, 2007
Team #5 – St. Joseph Parish

ST. ANNE CHURCH
FRENCH VILLAGE, MO.

A Golden Opportunity

Dear Father John,

This note is to thank you for the privilege to serve as a bell ringer.

Last year, when the weather was much colder and we had to stand inside the lobby area, it was difficult to not overhear the man on the public telephone calling to see if the utility company had turned off his heat or if he could still make the payment so a hook-up charge would not be incurred. When he finished the call he went inside to purchase a few items, but upon leaving he came by the kettle and dropped a dollar in for the "truly needy."

This year as I was taking the kettle into the store to be put into the vault over night, I hear a voice with an impediment say, "Wait, wait." Looking up I saw what many would say was a typical Down’s syndrome child.

I am really never able to determine the age of a victim of this condition, perhaps one of the blessings God grants to them. But there was his mother, again typical, probably in her seventies, who most certainly had this blessed child late in life, looking in her purse while her child looked on with eagerness with his hand out.

When she handed him the money, he quickly came to me, and I asked if he wanted to put his money into the kettle. He smiled his amazing smile and dropped in his 15 cents. I said thank you and Merry Christmas as he put out his hand for me to shake.

I later told my spouse to "break my arm" if I ever pass another bell ringer and do not put in my "15 cents."

On behalf of all, I leave this unsigned so that you will know that the blessings received from the money raised by the bell ringers are not only for the needy but for those of us who have the privilege to help. Thank you.

Church Cleaners 



Dec. 03: Team #1
Dec. 07: Ron & Deb. AuBuchon
(Week #2)

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

The Church and the world have a great need of Eucharistic worship. Jesus waits for us in this sacrament of love. Let us be generous with our time in going to meet Him in adoration and in contemplation that is full of faith and ready to make reparation for the great faults and crimes of the world. May our adoration never cease.

Pope John Paul II
Dominica Cena (1988)

What is Eucharist Adoration?

Eucharistic adoration is the act of worshipping God as He is present in the consecrated Eucharist. Since the Last Supper, when Jesus broke the bread and distributed the wine, saying "This is my Body" and "This is my Blood", Catholics have believed that the bread and wine are no longer merely baked wheat and fermented grape juice, but the actual living presence of the Second Person of the Trinity. Spending time before the Blessed Sacrament, in prayer and devotion, is exactly the same as spending time before the living God. Adoration occurs whenever someone kneels in front of a tabernacle that contains the Blessed Sacrament, genuflects toward a tabernacle, bows before receiving the Blessed Sacrament at Mass, or, in a more focused way, when the Blessed Sacrament is exposed for adoration.

Come and spend an hour with God in the Blessed Sacrament on Friday, December 7, 2007. Eucharist Adoration is from 8:30am – 5:oopm. Benediction following.

Daughters of Isabella

Our Christmas party will be Monday, December 10, 2007 beginning with dinner at 6:30pm. The cost of the dinner is $7.50 per person. All members and their guests are invited. Please call Claudine at 358-7516 before December 5th to make reservations. We will have a gift exchange. Please bring an attendance prize. Once again we are asking you to bring cookies to fill the Christmas baskets for our shut - in members.

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