END OF YEAR CONTRIBUTIONS Final contributions for 2012 should be made by THIS Monday, January 14th, 2013. You can put them in the collection or mail them to the rectory. OFFERTORY ENVELOPES 2013 Offertory Envelopes are in the back of the Churches. They have (hopefully) been placed in the Church that you most frequently attend. If you can’t find yours, please call the parish office at 5532288 and we will provide them for you. If you have never received envelopes in the past and would like to have them this year, please call the parish office. MASS SCHEDULE Church - VIGIL: THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD MARIE SAFKO by Deacon Ken & Barb Brennan St. Francis Church - THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD ED CONBOY by Jim & Jane Conboy & Family St. Augustine Church - INTENTIONS OF OUR PARISHIONERS St. Francis Church - CHRIS COLEMAN by Mary Keenan St. Augustine Church - JOSEPH L. REICH by Claire & Rick Woidt St. Francis Church - WALTER GREGG by Jennifer & John Purtell St. Francis Church WANDA & STEVE PURR by Joe Purr St. Francis Church - FRANK PERLICK by Rosalynd Perlick-Spencer St. Francis Church - VIGIL: 2ND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME INTENTIONS OF OUR PARISHIONERS St. Francis Church - 2ND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME GERALD MURPHY by the Family St. Augustine Church - EVELYN NIETUPSKI by the Pichette Family
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CONFESSION SCHEDULE Saturday - 4:30PM Mass - St. Francis Church - Confessions - 4:00 to 4:20PM Sunday - 8:00AM Mass - St. Francis Church - Confessions before & immediately following Mass Sunday - 10:30AM Mass - St. Augustine Church - Confessions - immediately following Mass Or any convenient time upon request. WEEKLY STEWARDSHIP REPORT Thank you for your kindness & generosity in our Parish collections: St. Francis (4:30PM) $ 1,180.00; St. Francis (8:00AM) $ 949.00; St. Augustine (10:30AM) $ 1,232.00. NOVEMBER FINANCIAL NEWS DECEMBER FINANCIAL NEWS November Income: + 20,107.73 December Income: + 40,012.21 November Expense: - 19,067.34 December Expense: - 38,246.80 Balance for November: - 2,238.11 Balance for December : + 1,765.41 COLLECTION FOR CARE & EDUCATION OF PRIESTS Thank you all for your generous donations to last weekend’s collection for the Care & Education of Priests. The total collection was $ 444.85. Your generosity is greatly appreciated. LIFELINES There is also a need to acknowledge and promote the natural structure of marriage as the union of a man and a woman in the face of attempts to make it juridicially equivalent to radically different types of union; such attempts actually harm and help to destabilize marriage, obscuring its specific nature and its indispensable role in society. ~Pope Benedict XVI, “Message for the World Day of Peace,” January 1, 2013 HOLY COMMUNION UNDER ONE ELEMENT AND SHAKING HANDS As the winter cold & flu season is upon us already, we are suspending shaking hands at the sign of peace. Please acknowledge those around you with a wave or nod of the head. We will also have Holy Communion under one species; the Precious Blood will not be offered until further notice.
CHILI, SOUP & BREAD SALE The Altar & Rosary Society will be having a Chili, Soup & Bread Sale the weekend of January 26/27. Chili will be $ 6.00 a quart; Potato & Bacon Soup will be $ 5.00 a quart; and fresh baked bread will be $ 2.00 a loaf. Sign-up sheets are in the back of the Churches until January 21st. Call in orders can be made to Joyce Barnum (570-623-4377), or Mary Shaughnessy (607-727-4107). No orders will be taken after January 22nd. Help making the chili, soup & bread would be greatly appreciated. If you can help, please be at Neumann Hall on January 25th at 9:00AM. Soup & bread will be available for pick-up after the 4:30PM Mass at St. Francis Hall; after 8:00AM Mass at St. Francis Hall; after 10:30AM Mass at Neumann Hall. PASTORAL COUNCIL MEETING The next Pastoral Council Meeting will be held on Wednesday, January 23rd at 6:00PM in St. Brigid Rectory. All Pastoral Council Members are encouraged to attend. PARISH LOTTERY CALENDARS Parish Lottery Calendars are available in the back of the Churches. Again this year calendars are $ 20.00 each. They run from April 1st thru December 31st, 2013. Each family in our Parish is asked to take at least (5) calendars to sell. There are both packages of (5) calendars and loose (single) calendars available. (Please do not break up the packages.) You are asked to please sign the calendars out on the sign out sheet provided. Please help to make this very important fund raiser a success again this year. 2012 MAJOR PARISH FUND RAISER REPORT Lottery Calendars: all 1000 calendars were sold and our profit was $ 10,000.00. Parish Picnic: profit was $ 8,966.79 Irish Festival: profit was $ 10,984.00 Ad Book: profit was $ 4,520.71 Turkey Party: profit was $ 1,119.15. Harvest Dinner: profit was $ 1,809.25 DIVINE MERCY DEVOTIONS Divine Mercy Devotions are held following Sunday Masses at St. Francis & St. Augustine. You are encouraged to stay for a few minutes after Mass for this wonderful devotion. Thank you to those who have already made the commitment to “Serve One Another”. St. Brigid Parish Appeal Goal this year is $ 23,750.00. Our Appeal donations total $ 21,452.00 to date. The balance needed to reach our goal is $ 2,298.00.