December 9, 2018 Upcoming Parish-Related Meetings/Events

12/8-9 Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary

12/9 Bingo 1:00pm

12/12 Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament 9:00am-9:00pm

12/12 Middle School Youth Group 6:00pm

12/12 High School Youth Group 7:30pm

12/15 Religious Education Christmas Party 9:15am

12/15 RCIA 9:15am

12/15 Adult Faith Formation 9:15am

12/19 Penance Service 7:30pm

12/21 Outreach Christmas Party 2:00pm

MASS INTENTIONS

Saturday, December 8,

8:30am: Marty Strauss-Beth Strauss

5:00pm Dominic Murphy-Janice Murphy

Sunday, December 9,

8:00am Mary Brocato-Joe Brocato

11:00am Ellen Stanton-Ed & Tina Sleyzak

Monday, December 10,

6:45pm Chit Wattananuchit-Angie Chanisara

Tuesday, December 11,

6:45am Matt Hebert-Bridget & Hugh Costello

Wednesday, December 12,

6:45am John Broad-Annabelle & Michelle Broad

9am-9pm Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

7:00pm Donna Gauvin-Pete & Mary Gallar

Thursday, December 13,

6:45am Samuel Adam McKitrick-Ahn McKitrick

Friday, December 14,

6:45am Grace Williams-Devanie Cooper

Saturday, December 15,

5:00pm Herb Nagel-Cathy Nagel

Sunday, December 16,

8:00am John Ryan-Mary Help of Christians Parish

11:00am Ellen Stanton-Edwin & Kathy Celeiro

PRAYER LIST

Lorraine Anctil, Mary Gallar, Dori Bass, Maria Pereira, Joyce Mungai, Thom-

as Epp, , Richard Ratke, The White Family, Vivian Diaz, Fr. John Masiello,

Fr. Sid Figila, Cathy Nagel, Theresa Fitzgerald, Josie Martinez, Carol Ryan,

Mary Ann Clark, Sharon Rossiter, Brune Ortiz, Julie Bianchi, Donna O’Mara,

Mark Foster, Joe Brocato, Elaine Jones, Michael Ortiz, Ernie Gamble , Jenny

Donahue, Carol Ryan, Tony Franz, Genevieve Johanni, Alice Kerrigan’ Fami-

ly, “Honey” Mullen, Bart Ingoglia, Lilian Ortiz, Liam Whelan, Gilles Du-

charme, Matt and Mary Wilbur, Melissa Ritter, Mary Ellen Riley, Vivian

Perez, Hugh Costello, Nora White, Juanita Vilal, Imogene Rodrigues, Gabby

Lanigan Gracie Anne, Cassandra & Duke Christie, Jimmy Costello, Zenaida

Torres, Tom & Liz Riley, The Carroll Family, Della Sarsfield, Ralph Alfonso,

Tom Costa, Oliver Rodrigues, Mike Riley, David & Rosie Gratz

Birthday Blessings & Prayers

12/2 Angela Avancena

12/2 Natasha Rodriguez

12/2 Jordan Fameree

12/3 Sophie Stowell

12/3 Alexandra Seelig

12/6 Jocelle Santiago

12/8 Maria De Guzman

12/8 Edward Sleyzak

Wisdom of Don Bosco “Everything and everyone is won by the sweetness of our words and works .”

The Comedy Corner Our Gifts Mary Help of Christians Attendance Envelopes Offertory December 2, 2018 245 43 $1974 Online Giving $563.88 Weekly Amount Needed $4,000 Weekly (Over +/Under—) — $1462.12 Korean Attendance Envelopes Offertory December 2, 2018 130 101 $3004

Third Sunday of Advent ZEP 3:14-18A, PHIL 4:4-7, LK 3:10-18

-Don Bosco

Sunday, December 9 at 1:00pm MHC Hall

FUN! FUN! FUN!

MUST BE 18 YEARS OLD TO PLAY!

Fr. Steve Dumais, SDB. Pastor

A man went to his lawyer and told him, "My neighbor owes

me $500 and he won’t pay up. What should I do?" "Do you

have any proof he owes you the money?" asked the lawyer.

"Nope," replied the man. "OK, then write him a letter asking

him for the $5,000 he owed you," said the lawyer. "But it's

only $500," replied the man. "Precisely. That’s what he will

reply and then you’ll have your proof!"

Dear people of God,

On this Second Sunday of Advent, we are given the wonderful person of St. John the Baptist to

consider. What a gift he is! Jesus Himself stated that “among those born of women there has been none greater than John the Baptist” (Matthew 11:11).

What a compliment!

John was great not only because of his special call-ing, he was great because of the virtue he had in his life. It is this gift that we should reflect on more than

any other this week.

The particular virtue John had was that of humility. He saw himself as nothing more than a voice crying out in the desert,” and as someone unworthy to stoop

down and untie the sandal straps of Jesus ((Mark 1:7). The word he spoke was Jesus. He was praised and followed by many and yet he continually said of Jesus that “He must increase and I must

decrease” (John 3:30). His humility was such that he was focused only on Jesus and desired only to point to Him. Maybe we could reflect today upon

this humility in our own life.

Prayer: “Lord, thank You for the gift of John the Baptist. May his witness of humility inspire me in my Christian journey. Help me, Lord, to always

point others to You rather than to myself. Jesus I trust in You.”

Please remember to be generous in your response to our request for our annual Christmas Giving Tree

and Christmas Food Drive.

I hope you rayed the Novena to the Immaculate Con-ception. On this weekend of December 8-9, at all the Masses we will officially Consecrate our parish to

the Immaculate Conception, Help of Christians.

Our Home Visitation Project will begin shortly after the New Year. Please be open to accepting an invita-tion to join one of our Host Families for one evening.

. . . and maybe even becoming a Host Family your-self! Pray that these visits will prove to be moments of grace for all involved.

As usual please remember to pray for all of the

Salesians in our presence here at MHC . . . especially those at St. Philip Residence. Be assured we will be doing the same for you.

Peace and Joy Always!

The Parish Advent Penance Service is Wednesday, Dec 19, 7:30pm-9:00pm

Please note that there is a 7:00pm Mass beforehand in the GS Chapel

Craft Fair Vendors for Don Bosco Festival Needed

The Craft Fair Committee is looking for vendors for the Craft

Fair which will be held on January 26th & 27th as part of the

Don Bosco Festival. If you would be interested in having a

booth, or know someone who might be interested, please call

Salesian Lay Missionary Gladys Johanning 812-639-1110

Second Collection This Week for Retired Religious

Aging religious need your help. Senior Catholic sisters,

brothers, and religious order priests ministered for years

for little to no pay. Their sacrifices now leave their reli-

gious communities without adequate retirement savings.

Your gift to the annual collection for the Retirement Fund

for Religious on Dec. 8 & 9 helps to provide medications,

nursing care, and more for tens of thousands of elderly

religious. Please be generous.

Holy Day Mass Schedule Immaculate Conception Vigil Mass 12/7 7:00pm

Immaculate Conception Mass 12/8 8:30am

Christmas Vigil Mass 12/24 5:00pm

Christmas Caroling 12/24 11:30pm

Christmas Midnight Mass 12/25 12:00am

Christmas Morning Mass 12/25 11:00am

Solemnity of the Mother of God 1/1/19 7:00pm

Our annual children's Christmas

Pageant will be at the 5:00pm

Christmas Vigil Mass. We’d like to

invite all youth to be involved!

Please contact Jennyfer Rodriguez

at cre@mhctampa.org or 626.7588

Please be sure and grab an

ornament off of our giving tree

and return it with a wrapped gift

by Sunday, December 16. Thank

you all for your continued

generosity! Please remember to

place tag back on gift.

We need your donations for our annual Don

Bosco Festival Flea Market! You can drop off

Monday-Friday. Please note we are not ac-

cepting appliances or clothing. Thank you all!

You are welcome to join us on Friday, December 21, as we

give away the Christmas toys you have donated. We’ll be

distributing to the children/families of Collaboratory Prep

from 2:00pm-3:00pm then neighborhood families from

3:15pm-4:15pm. RSVP with the parish at 626.7588 or

parish@mhctampa.org Also, if your or someone you know is

in need of a toy or bag of food please let us know.

Outreach Christmas Party

Can you help us decorate the church for Christmas on

Sunday, December 23, 3:00pm? If so please call the parish

813.626.7588 or email parish@mhctampa.org

Administered by the Salesians of St. John Bosco

Fr. Steve Dumais, S.D.B. Pastor Fr. Franco Pinto, S.D.B. Center Director

Fr. Benjamin Kim , S.D.B- Korean Ministry

Deacon Ed Anctil

Weekday Masses

In Good Shepherd Chapel Monday — Friday 6:45 am Wednesday Evening 7 pm

Weekend Masses

In Mary Help of Christians Church 5 pm Vigil Mass

Sunday 8 am & 11 am Korean Masses Sunday 9:20 am

Wednesday 10:30 am Thursday 7:00 pm

Holy Day Masses

7:00 pm Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults

Sunday 9:15—11:00 am

The Sacrament of Reconciliation Half hour before Saturday Vigil Mass and Sunday Masses or anytime. Just

ask a Priest.

Baptisms By Appointment

Anointing of the Sick First Saturday of Every

Month at 5pm Mass Marriages

By appointment 6 months prior to wedding

Mary Help of Christians

Tampa’s Salesian Parish

6400 EAST CHELSEA STREET, TAMPA, FL 33610

PHONE: 813-626-7588 E-mail: parish@mhctampa.org

Online: www.mhctampa.org

Office Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 9:00a.m. to 3:00p.m.

ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

Every Wednesday

Adoration 9am—9pm Praise & Worship 7:30pm -9pm

Then He returned to His disciples and found them sleeping, “Could you not watch one hour with Me?”

Matt 26:40

Mary Help of Christians Foundation, INC.

Helping the needy is our goal!

Bill Palmisano, Executive Director

Harold Rossiter, Chairman

Office 813-620-1225

Cell 813-294-2894 ● Estates ● Wills ● Endowments Email bpalmisano@mhcfoundation.net ● Camps ● Retreats ● Donations

315 West Columbus Drive, Tampa, FL 33602

Phone: (813) 229-1322

Knights of Columbus ST. JOHN BOSCO COUNCIL 12746

Now is the time to join. Ask any brother for application

information or email:

kofc12746@gmail.com

Harold B. Welch D.M.D. 807 W. Martin Luther King Blvd.

Seffner, FL 33584 Phone: (813)684-2279

www.drharoldwelch.com Parishioner

Joe Pullaro INC. Construction/Building & Parking

Lot Maintenance/Painting

813-999-1473

www.joepullaroinc.com

Parishioner

Now Enrolling for 2019-20!

Charles Imbergamo President & CEO cimbergamo@cristoreytampa.org (813) 621-8300 www.cristoreytampa.org

Clearing-Earthwork-Utilities-Paving

All your development needs!

Call or email Jeff Joaquin today!

813-927-2484

jmjsitedevelopment@gmail.com

Mary Help of Christians

CCW meet the first

Wednesday of every

month. All women over

18 are encouraged to join

us. For more info contact

Julie Fameree

juliefam@aol.com

or 813-417-9326

SALESIAN

Cooperators

Contact Beth Strauss at

813-886-1572 for

information on how you can

become a cooperators.

Parishioner

Rick Caldevilla rickc@caldeco.net

LIC. #CAC042723

1721 N. Howard Tampa, FL 33607

Phone: 254.2211 Fax: 254.3264

www.caldeco.net

Kathy Celeiro Realtor

Direct: 813-918-2003

Email: KathyCeleiro@gmail.com Parishioner

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Mission Statement

Our Parish here in Tampa, FL, a Catholic Church dedicated to the Mother of God under her title as Help of Christians, is a place of joy,

worship, welcome, evangelization and reconciliation. As a Salesian Parish in the Diocese of St. Petersburg we commit ourselves to having

a deep-seated preference for the young, especially those who are poor, while striving to minister to the corporal and spiritual needs of all

our members and visitors as well. We pray and work for peace, love, truth, and social justice through active stewardship and service -

notably with the assistance of our advocate Mary Help of Christians, and her great devotee St. John Bosco. We hope to provide an oppor-

tunity for everyone who worships with us to be transformed into people courageously living the Gospel.

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