Mass Schedule for New Year’s
St. Joseph will have the following Mass schedule for New
Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day: Mass on December 31, 2010 will be at 8:00 a.m.
and 5:00 p.m.; and on January 1, 2011 the Mass will be celebrated at 8:00 a.m.
Solemnity of Mary
On Saturday, January 1, 2011, New Year’s Day, the
Church celebrates the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God. This is not a Holy Day of
Obligation because it falls on Saturday.
Thank You
Thanks to all who participated in the Parish Mission at
St. Joseph/St. Anne. I appreciate your hospitality. Thanks to those who helped at the
liturgies by leading the music, serving, reading, ushering, and ministering Holy
Communion. Thanks to all who made donations to support Catholic Home Study Service.
I’m grateful to Father John for inviting me, and to all of you. May God bless you.
You are in my prayers. Please pray for me. Father Luke (Father Oscar Lukefahr)
Knights of Columbus
Come and enjoy our famous Chicken & Dumpling Dinner
on Thursday, January 6, 2011, at the Knights of Columbus Hall on Berry Road. These
delicious dinners are all you can eat in house and serving will start at 3:30 p.m. and
continue until 6:30 p.m. Carryouts will be available.
Feast of the Holy Family
Let us pray today: Father, help us to live as the Holy
Family, united in respect and love.
Bring us to the joy and peace of your
eternal home. Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, Who lives and reigns
with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.
Prayer for the New Year
Dear Lord, at the beginning of this New Year,I remember
that you are a God of beginnings and endings.You created the world, with all its eternal
patterns.Winter begins in frost, and ends in Spring’s thaw.Spring begins in new,
green life, ending in Summer’s heat.Summer begins in sunshine, and ends in
Autumn’s breezes.
And Autumn’s color leads to the white of
Winter again.As another year ends and begins in our lives, help us to remember that You
have made aworld of cycles.When fortune turns to trials, or hardships turn to joy, Help me
to take delight in the life I’ve received from You.
Remind me that I will one day pass from this world and
enter a new life like those who’ve gone before me. Amen.
Happy New Year!
Father John and the Staff wish each of you a healthy and
prosperous New Year.
Thank You
A special thank you to everyone for the cards, gifts,
prayers and good wishes that have been extended to us this holiday season.
We also appreciate everyone who decorated, cleaned, and
helped in any way to prepare for this holiest of Christmas seasons. Each of you will be
remembered in our daily prayers. May the blessings of this Holy Season be with you always
.Father John,
Father Ray,
Father George,
Deacon Mark Byington
& Deacon Don Schmitt
Happy Birthday
When you see Deacon Don this weekend,
please wish him a Happy Birthday! He was born on the 27thof December just a few years ago.
