Christmas Party Today
You are invited to join your Church family and enjoy the
festivities at our Christmas party which will be held TODAY, December 13th at 4:00 p.m. We
ask each family to bring a covered side dish of their choice or a dessert to share. The
meat will be provided. There will be games and holiday fun for everyone. We hope to see
you and your family.
Giving Tree Ornaments
Give the gift of Christmas joy and choose an ornament from our
Christmas tree. Your wonderful generosity gives a child in need a special Christmas.
Please remember that these children do not receive a Christmas gift if you choose an
ornament and do not bring back a gift to put under the tree. Bring your wrapped presents
(with the giving tree tag attached) no later than December 18th. Thank you for giving
these children a Merry Christmas.
E W T N
Midnight Mass with Pope Benedict XVI will be broadcast live from
St. Peter’s Basilica on December 24th at 6 p.m. EWTN will also telecast Christmas
concerts and choral meditations during the month of December.
Daughters of Isabella
The Daughters will meet for a Christmas party on Monday, December
14th starting at 6:30 p.m. with a catered dinner served by the "Heavenly
Angels". All husbands and significant others are invited to join us. The cost will be
$10 each. All members are asked to bring 2 dozen cookies and soft candy to be used in
baskets for our shut-in members. Please bring an attendance prize. You may also bring a
gift for the "gift exchange" if you wish to participate ($5 maximum). We will
also take up a collection for a needy family.
Please call in your reservation to Claudine at 358-7516 by the
10th of December. Hope to see everyone there! Remember: no regular meeting in December!
Faith For the Future
Blank enrollment cards are available if you have not had an opportunity to pledge.
Please drop them in the collection basket or return them to the Parish office. Thank you
for your generosity.
Penance Services
Advent resounds with the theme of reconciliation and the call to repentance. That call
is not about dwelling on our sins and being even more burdened by them, but the opposite:
bringing them to God in sorrow and hope for forgiveness.
The Advent reconciliation services available are:
December 15 St. James
Potosi 7:00 p.m.
December 19 St. Joachim
Old Mines 12-3 p.m.
December 21 St. Joseph 7:00 p.m.
On December 21st, the Christmas Cantata performed by the choir will precede our penance
service. We will have 3 visiting priests.
Prayer for Advent
Dear God,
As an Advent candle is lit in joyous anticipation of your
Son’s nativity, remind us always of the reason for our joy.As the purple of the
candles stand for both penance and atonement for sin, give us the grace to do
penance for our wrongs, and to love Christ,whose sacrifice atoned for the sins of the
whole world. But just as the rose candle stands for joy in the midst of suffering and
expectation, give us the joy of your Son, Jesus Christ, Who came into a world that had so
longed for its Savior, and made the angels themselves sing with joy at His birth. Amen.
Trivia Night
The St. Pius X Alumni will host a Trivia Night on Saturday,
January 16, 2010. The cost is $15 per person and beer, soda and snacks will be provided.
To make a reservation, please call Paula Napier at 636-931-1939
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Bingo figures from December 3, 2009:
Gross Receipts: $2,471.25
Players: 115
Workers for Dec. 17 – Team #2 –
St. Anne
Thank you to all who work and those who support the Parish
Bingo. Come and have some fun with us on Thursday evenings. You might even win the
jackpot! Also, we can always use some extra helping hands. Everyone is welcome! |
