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Third Sunday of Advent
VOL. 3 DECEMBER 10-11, 2011 ISSUE
Welcome to Good Shepherd Chapel
Scripture
he has sent me to bring glad tidings to the poor, to heal the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the cap-
tives and release to the prisoners, (Isaiah 61:1))
He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent away empty (Luke 1:53,54))
Rejoice always. Pray without ceasing. In all circumstances give thanks,. (1 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18)
I baptize with water; but there is one among you whom you do not recognize, the one who is coming
after me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to untie.” (John 1:26,27)
Reflection
Why does Jesus enter the world? How does Jesus change the world through the actions of His followers?
How do you change the world a little bit at a time?
What parish ministry is making a difference in the lives it touches?
What encourages you and sustains you? What makes you happy?
Nothing is more practical than finding God, that is, than falling in Love in a quite absolute, final, way. Whatyou are in love with, what seizes your imagination, will effect everything. It will decide what will get you out
of bed in the morning, what you will do with your evenings, how you will spend your weekends, what youread, who you know, what breaks your heart, and what amazes you with joy and gratitude. Fall in love, stayin love, and it will decide everything. 1
1 Arrupe S.J., Pedro, Company, Jesuits of the Chicago Province, Winter 2006, p. 7.Retrieved from For the Ride Home by Ted Bergh, ParishVision Llc 2011 © Visit ParishVision.org.
Our Lady of Guadalupe This WeekendWe are pleased to announce that we will celebrate a special Mass in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe,
“Patroness of the Americas,” this weekend, on December 11, at 4pm. This Mass will be celebrated in Spanishby Father Lea. Help us to spread the word among the Catholic Spanish-speaking community. We will haveour social gathering after Mass. Bring a dish to share. Please, contact Herman Gonzalez at (706) 951-7883 if you have any questions, or you would like to help in any way. Also, contact the Music Director, Sonia Rivera
(706) 627-0637 , if you would like to sing or play an instrument at this Mass. Join us!
Visit ―The Signal,‖ the Fort Gordon’s newsletter to read an article about this event
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Pastoral CouncilExecutive Board
(COL) JEFF LEPAK, PRESIDENT [email protected] HERMAN GONZALEZ, VICE-P
[email protected] SIMPSON, SECRETARY
[email protected] TINA RABY, FINANCIAL ADVISOR
Pastor: Fr. Joseph Lea (267) 243-5861
Co-Pastor: Fr. Aniekwe (706) 791-4307
NCOIC: SSG. Clarence Slaughter (706) 791-4308
Deacons:- George Foster (706) 860-2379- Mike Marchek (706) 855-2107- David Kriegel ( 706) 869-9781
PLC: Lola Rivera (706)[email protected]
RE Coordinator: Sherry Wodicka (706) [email protected]
Music Director: Sonia Rivera(706) 627-0637
MCCW: Kim Besel [email protected]
Knights of Columbus: Allen Lar-son
[email protected] Youth Ministry: Nisa Vera
[email protected]: Judy Kriegel, (706) 869-9781Altar Servers: Alex Besel [email protected], (706)855-9275Lectors: Tom Dean, (706)860-
6946Ushers: Ron Shannon706-868-5960
Flowers Ministry: Fran Simpson [email protected]
Welcome Sunday: Adriana [email protected]
Editor : Lola Rivera (443) [email protected]
DESIGNATED OFFERINGSt. Michael’s is conducting a designated offering this weekend for the “ Institute of Religious and Health Program.” Thank you for
generosity. Please know that this offering is directed by the office of the Chief of Chaplains. Parish Council Financial Advisor, Tina Raby
Food Drive for Those in NeedHelp us collect TONS of food by donating food this month for those individu-
als and families less fortunate in the Augusta area! The Knights of Columbusare collecting non-perishable food items this month to donate to the CatholicSocial Services. Please, place your donations in the collection box located inthe social room. Contact the Grand Knight Allen Larson if you have any
question. Thank you for your support and charity!
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PARISH HAPPENINGS
Pro-Life RosaryWe will meet on Wednesday January the fWednesday of each month starting on Ja
ary 3rd before Adoration at 6:00pm. Join u
Wedding Anniversary &Marriage Vow Renewal
Send us an email if you are celebratingyour wedding anniversary next month,
[email protected]. We also encour-age you to let us know if you would like
to renew your marriage vows at Mass, atleast two weeks in advance. Requests can
be submitted at: stmichaelpar-
PLC’s Office Hours The Parish Life Coordinator is availableto assist you the following days:
Mon — Wed – Fri
9:30am to 1pm.
After hours assistance only by appoint-ment at (706) 993-1816.
A Christmas workshop at Ft. Gordon’s North Pole!!! Last Sunday, the Catholic Youth Ministry (CYM) had its monthly meeting in building 13 at tReligious Education Complex. Almost two dozens of youngsters and adults gathered together to help filling and wrapping 204 Christmas gifts bags f
our Veterans. These bags were filled with candy and chocolate. The Christmas gifts were distributed early this week at the VA Hospital on Decemb7th. Photos of this community service will be published in next week’s bulletin. Thank you St. Michael’s CYM for serving our Veterans!
For further details on youth activities, please contact Nisa Vera, [email protected] or call (706) 589-1071
Choir RehearsalChoir practices are
Thursdays in Building
located in the Religi
Education Complex.
Children: 6:30-7:15p
Adults: 7:30-8:30pmSingers and musicians
welcomed! Contact SoRivera at (706) 627-0637
Ministry Retreat in January!Our next Ministry Retreat and training will
be on January 7th, 2012, 9:30-4pm. ALLMinistries are required to attend this one-day retreat/training. Ministry heads are alsoasked to prepare a 10 minutes brief on their
programs. More information to come soonvia email. Contact Lola Rivera if you haveany question.
Confessions/ ReconciliationPrivate confessions at St. Michael’s are
available for you before Mass on Saturdays
4pm and Sundays at 8am in theconfessional box located in theBlessed Sacrament Chapel, butalso face-to-face and by appoint-
ment at your convenience. Con-fessions are available in Spanishwhen Father Joseph celebrates mass.
Survey Going On Now!St. Michael’s is conducting a survey at thismoment to rediscover this parish as a com-
munity of faith, grace, and service. We needto know how you feel and how we can meet
your needs. Your input will help us improve
our mission. This is survey per household.Please visit our website to complete your survey. Your input is very important to us.Please contact the PLC if you need a copyof this survey. Thanks for your continued
support!
http://stmichaelparishfg.blogspot.com/
Parish Council MeetingSt. Michael’s Parish Council Meeting is
scheduled for Monday December 12th,
2011. The meeting will be at Good Shep-herd Chapel (GSC), social room at
5:30 pm.
Volunteer WantedWe are looking for volunteercoordinate the following mi
tries:
Evangelization
Please, contact Lola Riverayou are interested in coordin
ing this ministry, or if you nm o r e i n f o r m a t i o n
Richard & JoAnn Capozzoli
Dec 9th, 39th Anniversary
Steve & Maisy Rozic Dec 16, 46th Anniversary
May God continue to bless you.
Children's Christmas PageantThe Children’s Christmas Pageant will be on December 2
at 4pm Mass. We need children for the play and also for choir. We will provide costumes for the participants. Ang
lambs, shepherds, and other characters are needed. Rehearwill be next Sunday at 1pm, right after CCD. Parents, encoage your children to participate in this activity. Please, c
tact Sherry Wodicka today if your children would like participate at [email protected]
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YOUTH MASJoin us!!
Adoration onWednesday
Join us for adoration thiscoming Wednesday at
18:30pm. We meet everyweek to spend and dedicatean hour in Eucharistic Ado-ration. This is a great way to
increase your faith and help
you with your prayer life.
Military Archdiocese WebsiteDo you need to request sacramental information? Visitthe Military Archdiocese website to inquire any sacra-
mental information you may need at http://www.milarch.org
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EME, Lectors and UshersSchedule
The new schedule for Lectors, EMEs and Ushers has bmailed. The Schedule can also be found on the St.
chael's Website and Facebook page. A copy is also poon the bulletin board and the rear of the Chapel.
New to our Parish?Please take a minute and fill out our registration form. Ycan find these forms in the counter located in the so
room. You may give the form to the Parish Life Coorditor, or to the chaplain assistant on duty. You can adownload the form from our website if this is more cvenient for you, and send it to stmichaelp
[email protected]. Welcome!
Volunteers Name TagsAll volunteers are asked to pick up their name tags inSacristy behind the door before each mass to wear dur
Mass. Please return name tags after Mass.
Families WantedOur Parish is looking for families who would like to brup the gifts at each mass. Please contact Ron Shannon
[email protected] if you are interested.
Knights of Columbus
Monthly Meeting
Please know that our next meeting will be on Tuesday December 20th, 2011 inBldg. 13 at 1830. Social and the meeting starts at 1900 hours. Contact the Grand Knight AlLarson at [email protected] if you have any question.
Christmas Cards Orders
This weekend will be the last weekend that Knights of Columbus will be taking orders for “Keep Christ in Christmas” cards. Please support this program as 100 percent of the profitssupport local charities. Thank you for your support.
Free Throw Championship!
The Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championship is open to all boys and girls in the
community, ages 10 to 14 . Proof of Age is determined by the contestants age as of Janu-
ary 1, 2012. Entry forms with parental consent is also required. Each contestant can com-
pete in all levels .(Council level, District level, Regional level, and State level. The council
level will be on Jan 7 2012 at Hephzibah High School gym at 1:00 pm . Entry forms can
be obtained by calling POC : Bill Holt @ 706 793 3354. Also forms should on the table
in the rear of the chapel where the KofC board is located on the left side when leaving the
auditorium.
Access Parish updates, Council meetings minutes, current newsletters, and more
http://stmichaelparishfg.blogspot.com/
Pulpit Announcements Please know that all weekend an-
nouncements should be sent by Fri-
day noon to [email protected] received after thedeadline, they might not be an-
nounced.
& MINISTRIES NEWS
11 Dec – Our Lady of Guadalupe Spanish mass, 4
15 Dec – Advent Reconciliation Service, 7pm
24 Dec – Christmas Children Mass, 4pm
Saturday 24 Dec 5pm Mass — CANCELED
24 Dec – Christmas Midnight Mass, 12am
Sunday 25 Dec 8:30am Mass — CANCELED
25 Dec – Christmas Mass 10am
31 Dec- New Years’s Eve Mass, 5pm
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CYM is asking you to donate toiletry itemssuch as soap, shampoo, toothpaste, tooth brushes,
deodorants, and combs, and also white tubesocks for men and women, as well as, underwear in all sizes, white preferred. Please place allgoods and toiletry items in the collection box
located in the social room. Contact us if you haveany question. Thank you!
Military Council of Catholic Women (MCCW)
Faith Study
The MCCW faith study will meet on Monday, December 12 in Building13 at 9:30am. Childcare is available, but you must sign up in advance. Contact Tina Raby at
[email protected] for more information.
Hygiene Items and Laundry Soap Needed! This year MCCW will support Catholic Social Services as our designated charity. We havelearned from Sister Janet Roddy, the director, that they really need hygiene items such astoothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, shampoo, etc. and small bottles of laundry detergent to hand
out to homeless and jobless families and individuals in the Augusta area. Please help ussupport those who so desperately need it in our very own community. We will have a boxin the back hallway where you can deposit your gifts. Thank you!!
Altar Servers Training!!!There will be Altar Server Training session onJanuary 7. from Noon - 1300 at Good Shepherd
Chapel. All current and new servers must attend.A schedule will be drawn up and distributed atthat time. For more information please contactAlex Besel at [email protected] or (706) 855
-9275.
Welcome Sunday will be celebrate
the last Weekend of January!!! Please, contact the Welcome Sunday Coordinator
more information, Adriana Gramer at [email protected]
Bulletin AnnouncementsBulletin announcements must be
submitted by Sunday 5pm to
[email protected]. Announce-ments received after the deadline,
they might not be announced. ContactLola Rivera if you have questions.
Thank you.
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St. Michael the Archangel,defend us in battle.
Be our protection against thewickedness and snares of the
devil.May God rebuke him, we hum-
bly pray; and do Thou, O
Prince of the Heavenly Host—
by the Divine Power of God -thrust into hell,
Satan and all the evil spirits,who roam throughout the world
seeking the ruin of souls.Amen.
LITURGICAL LIFE
WeddingsDeacon George Foster
BaptismsDeacon Mike Marchek
LiturgyDeacon David Kriegel
AdorationWednesday 18:30
Religious Education (RE)Sunday 11:30
(RSO and RE Complex)
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December’s Calend
Dec 3rd — 1st Communion Woshop.Dec 11 — Christmas Party w/clDec 24 @ 4pm Children Mass
Christmas break from
Dec 18-Jan 1Classes resume on January
Volunteers NeededWe are in need of several Catechists and
substitute teachers to help with the CCD program, grades Pre-K through High
School. Co-Teachers and assistants are
needed too!! Anyone interested in volunteer-ing to teach Religious Education this year,
please contact Sherry Wodicka @[email protected] or (706) 592-6478.
ADULTS PROGRAM
CHILDREN PROGRAMS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RELIGIOUS EDUCATIO
PRAY FOR OUR MILITARY
CW2 Clarence W. Raby, III COL William Walker
HM1 Genell Cody
Please remember in your prayers all those who are deployed, their families and friends during tdeployments. If your love one is one of them, or you know any deployed military personnel sen
his or her name, so we can include it in our daily prayers. Send your prayer [email protected] .
PRAY FOR EXPECTANT MOTHERS Please pray for our expectant mothers and their babies. If you are a member of St. Michael’s Parish and expecting a baby, or have a friend or relative who is a expecting a baby, please send us her name to add it
to our list @ [email protected].
Kirsten Fontimayor
Susan Wersal
SSG Carl W. Thompson
SFC Nathan Varner
SrA James Varner
Coffee and TheologyCoffee and Theology is a religious
education for adults that meets onSundays at 11:30am at the RSOBld. 29601. Contact Tom Dean(706) 860-6946 if you have anyquestion.
CCD RegistrationCCD registration is openthroughout the year. Please
know that in order to receivethe Holy Sacrament of FirstCommunion or Confirma-tion, children need to attend
Religious Education as re-
quired. Contact Sherry if youhave questions.
Bible StudySt. Michael’s Bible Study
Tuesdays at 7:30pm inactivity room. We are studa Bible Study on the BookHebrews.
Weekend MassesSaturday 17:00
Sunday 08:30 & 10:00
Daily MassMon, Wed, Thurs. 11:30
Mon-Friday DDEAMC 11:45
ReconciliationSaturday 16:00Sunday 08:00
RosarySaturday 16:30Sunday 08:00
Communion (Sick/Homebound):
Deacon George Foster
The Beatitudes: “Blessed are the Poor in Spirit” Blessings Come to those who are Broken and Humbled before God
The Beatitudes are a collection of promises recorded in the book of Matthew. They present seven different attitud
the heart that come with a promise of blessing. Jesus spoke these promises in His Sermon on the Mount, to a multof followers who needed more than just physical healing and deliverance. Jesus was giving them an opportunity to an intimate relationship with God through a right heart.
Each beatitude, which simply means supreme blessedness, begins with the phrase 'blessed are.' These words im
that whoever participates in that right heart attitude will benefit from being in a perpetual state of receiving Godvor. It was this continual blessing that Jesus knew was going to fulfill the needs of His followers. The first beatitufor the poor in spirit. Jesus said, “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”
When Jesus spoke of the poor in spirit, He did not mean those who lack spirituality, or those who have limited stual resources. Nor was He talking about individuals who have a poor view of their spiritual state, as if they are simworthless and nothing but a throw-away. Rather, Jesus was speaking to those who have a balanced and positive hof humility, recognizing that they themselves have nothing to offer to God and are in great need of the incredible that they know He gives freely to those who ask. Yet they also do recognize that their own abilities are limited,
that they have to rely entirely on the sovereignty of God.This first attitude of the heart is one that lays the foundation for all the others that Jesus addressed. If one can
come to God with a heart of humility, they cannot benefit from God's promise of blessing; their self-pride hinders ability to receive. Only when God's people allow themselves to remain broken and humbled before God can He t
lift them up.Jesus emphasized the inheritance of the kingdom of heaven as a benefit for
those who are humble enough to admit their dependence on God. In truth, thisis the first step to salvation: acknowledging sin and the inability to self-save.
Without this kind of humility, salvation is not available. But those who come toGod poor in spirit will inherit every spiritual thing that God has for them. Writ-
ten by Amy Miller. Retrieved from http://www.sharefaith.com
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