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WELCOME TO THE PARISHES OF
Holy Spirit Parish 227 Third St. Two Harbors, MN
HOLY SPIRIT & ST. MARY’S
HOLY SPIRIT PARISH Mass Schedule Confession Schedule
Saturday: 4:30 pm Friday: 7:30 - 8:00 am
Sunday: 11:00 am Saturday: 3:30 - 4:15 pm
Or by appointment.
Eucharistic Adoration: Fridays 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Holy Spirit Office Hours:
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Monday - Thursday
7:00 am - 11:00 am Fridays
Office is located in parish basement.
Office ................................................. (218) 834-4659
Office E-mail ............................. [email protected]
Liturgy E-mail ........... [email protected]
Rectory ............................................... (218) 834-4313
Parish Website ............ www.holyspirittwoharbors.org
Deacon Tim Egan ............................... (218) 349-9175
Deacon Scott Peters ............................ (218) 834-2543
Youth Ministry ................................... (218) 834-4433
Prayer Intentions ................................ (218) 834-4659
Birthright ............................................ (800) 550-4900
ST. MARY’S PARISH Mass Schedule Confession Schedule
Saturday: 7:15 pm Saturday: 6:30 - 7:00 pm
Sunday: 8:30 am Sunday: 7:50 - 8:15 am
Or by appointment.
Eucharistic Adoration: Wednesdays 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
St. Mary’s Office Hours:
8:00 am - 2:00 pm Monday - Thursday
Office is located in St. Mary’s Rectory.
Office/Rectory .................................... (218) 226-3100
Church Hall ........................................ (218) 226-3691
Parish E-mail .............. [email protected]
Parish Website .................... www.stmarysilverbay.org
Deacon Fred Wright ........................... (218) 220-1790
Deacon Jack Ferris (Retired) .............. (218) 226-4753
Father Michael Lyons (in Residence) (218) 830-1600
Prayer Chain ......... (218) 226-3639 or (218) 226-3841
SACRAMENTS OF MARRIAGE, BAPTISM, ANOINTING OF THE SICK:
Please contact your parish office.
Pastor: Rev. Steven Laflamme
St. Mary’s Parish 57 Horn Blvd.
Silver Bay, MN
Second Sunday of Advent | December 4, 2016
BULLETIN SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Bulletin Announcements must be submitted to your parish office before
the parish office closes on Mondays.
[email protected] (218) 834-4313
St. Mary’s, Silver Bay
Parish News:
Family Faith Formation: We will meet Wednesday, December 7, starting with dinner at 6 pm, followed by class at 6:30 pm. Adult Faith Formation is at the same time. Everyone is invited and encouraged to join us for dinner and education.
Pancake Breakfast & Annual Bake Sale: The Knights of Columbus will serve their famous pancake breakfast after Mass next Sunday, December 11. Free will offering, with proceeds going to the Silver Bay Food Shelf, helping those in need. Plus, during the pancake breakfast be sure to check out the Annual Bake Sale by Knights of Columbus Ladies Auxiliary.
2017 Calendar The calendars are on the bulletin table, please take one. We are very grateful to our sponsors for making the calendars available without cost to us each year. Please acknowledge their generosity - Don Seipke Edina Realty, Lemon Wolf Café, Camp 61 Restaurant, John’s Sanitary Removal, Essentia Health Silver Bay Pharmacy, Zup’s, Carol Krynski Insurance, Beaver Bay Sports Shop, Beaver Bay Mini Mall, and Teddy’s Plumbing & Heating.
The Knights of Columbus Christmas Party The party will be Thursday, December 15 in the Parish Hall at 5 pm. Bring a dish to share and an inexpensive gift for the dice game.
Bible Study Little Rock Bible Study meets Sunday evenings in the Parish Hall from 6:30 pm to 8 pm. Our current study is on the Gospel of Luke. We are on Lesson 10, Chapters 20-22.
St. Mary’s Prayer Shawl Ministry Prayer Shawl will not be meeting during the month of December but will resume in January.
Registering for Upcoming Diocesan Events: There is a link on our parish website (stmarysilverbay.org) so you are just a click away for registering for TOBIT or the 2017 Men’s Conference.
The Bulletin Deadlines for the Upcoming Holidays:
Please Keep These People In Your Prayers:
Parishioners: William Cox passed away this week, may he rest in peace. Mary Bott, Joe Rollins, Steve Elam, Tom Bott, Marj Von Schenk, Suzanne Seguin, Terry Scallen, Deanna Larson, Marlene Petersen.
Clergy: Deacon Fred Wright, Fr. Francis Paquette.
Relatives & Friends: Dan Moudry, Steve MacMillan, Lorraine Livingston, Barbara Donahue, Collette Swanson, Bob Martinsen, Maci Dafcik, Natasha Kowalowski, Gary Modean, Dorothy Seipke, James Currier, Dan Clark, Jim Osterholm, Gary Garlie, Penny Hanson, Fred Paine, Rauri Byrnes, Stephanie (Clifford) Martin, Johnny Jerabek, Mae Dehnhoff, Jim Morcomb.
Military: Karen McGrane, Alex Seanger, Michael Seipke, Sam West, Chris Grensing, Sean Stebbins, Mike Ament.
Poinsettias
Again this year we will buy our Christmas flowers locally, which were also locally grown at Anderson’s Greenhouse in Two Harbors. You can purchase a poinsettia for St. Mary’s Church in memory of a loved one. The cost is $13. Please use a “flower envelope” so we have all the correct information for the Christmas Bulletin. If you have any questions, please call the Parish Office for more details.
Snow Removal Volunteers Needed
We need “snow angels” who are willing and able to Adopt a Weekend this winter to watch the weather and, if needed, to clear snow and ice from the sidewalks before each of the Masses. The church has a snow blower, shovels, and ice melt – we need people who can do the work. Please sign up in the back of the church if you’re able to commit to a weekend or, if it’s better for your schedule, to be an alternate. If you have any questions, please contact Cindy in the parish office.
Best Advent Ever
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Weekend Collection
Weekend Collection………...…………………….$1079.50 UCA…………………..….....………...………...………..$440.00 Campaign for Human Development…...……$140.00
Bulletin Date Submit Announcement By
December 18 Monday, December 12
December 25 Thursday, December 15
January 1 Thursday, December 22
January 8 Thursday, December 29
Fr. Steve’s Quotes for Consideration:
“Love Our Lady. And She Will Obtain Abundant Grace To Help You Conquer In Your Daily Struggle.” -St. Josemaria Escriva (1902-1975)
On Thursday, December 8th, we celebrate a major, major feast day in the life of the Church: The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This feast day is a holy day of obligation, so please
remember, we are required by our Lord through His Church to attend Mass to honor His mother, Mary. I have tried to make the holy day Masses as convenient as possible so that we can find at least one Mass between Two Harbors or Silver Bay that we can attend. You can check the bulletin for holy day Mass times. This feast day of the Immaculate Conception is perhaps one of the most confused and poorly understood holy days in the Church calendar. Many people incorrectly believe that on this feast day, we remember and celebrate Jesus’ miraculous conception in the Virgin Mary’s womb. That, however, is incorrect- we celebrate that event on March 25, which is exactly nine months before Christmas day, Jesus’ birthday, for obvious reasons. The Feast of the Immaculate Conception celebrates the fact that Mary was preserved from the stain of original sin, which we all otherwise inherit at the moment of conception and which can only be washed away through the waters of holy baptism, from the moment of her conception in the womb of her mother, St. Anne. God did this by applying to Mary, at the moment of her conception, the grace that He would win for us by His own death on the cross. In other words, God took the grace and forgiveness of sins that He accomplished by dying on the cross, and applied it backwards in time to Mary at the moment of her conception, so that she would be free of original sin. While this may seem odd or even incomprehensible to us, we should remember that since God is infinite, time is not a problem for Him. For God, there really is no such thing as past, present, and future: everything is one eternal present for Him. The point of all of this, and the reason for this feast day, is not just to honor Mary, it is also to remember the utter holiness and purity of God. God is so holy, so pure, so almighty, so perfect, that sin cannot exist in his presence. Therefore, the mother of Jesus Christ would have to be preserved from all stain of original sin in order that she could be a worthy vessel to carry God in her womb. So, on the Immaculate Conception, we celebrate God’s special plan for Mary to be His mother from the moment of her conception, and we also celebrate indirectly the fact that God similarly has a reason and purpose for bringing each of us into existence, and has a special call for our lives as well. In addition, the feast of the Immaculate Conception is particularly special for us as Americans since Mary, under the title of The Immaculate Conception, is the patroness of the United States of America. Blessed Mary, ever Virgin, conceived immaculately in the womb of your mother, St. Anne, Pray for us! God bless you! ~ Fr. Steve
Note From Fr. Steve: Please be aware that due to privacy laws, if you or a loved one are in the hospital, the hospital will not contact me to inform me that you are there, unless you ask them to contact the Church. So, if you or a loved one are hospitalized for any reason, please let us know by either calling the parish office or calling me at the rectory 834-4313 so that I can arrange a visit.
Upcoming Diocesan Events:
January 13-15 - TOBIT Retreat for grades 9-12. The retreat is filling up fast, register right way!
March 4 - Men’s Conference at Marshall High School
March 11 - Women’s Conference at Marshall High School
July 31 - August 4 - Camp Survive for grades 6 - 8
Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
For this Holy Day of Obligation our Mass times are: Holy Spirit in Two Harbors Wednesday, December 7th - 7:00 pm Thursday, December 8th - 8:15 am & 5:00 pm St. Mary’s in Silver Bay Thursday, December 8th - 8:15 am & 7:15 pm
Men’s Conference - Men of Faith, Men of Wisdom
March 4 at Marshall High School. Register today to save your spot. www.duluthcatholicmen.org.
Session 1: Refuting Relativism - "That's true for you, but not for me!" In this talk you'll learn how to refute relativist slogans and provide compelling evidence for the objective truth of the Catholic Faith.
Session 2: No More Mr. Nice Guy - In this version of his popular talk "The Beginners Guide to Defending Your Faith," Trent rallies men to use the masculine gifts God gave them in order to defend their families and their Faith.
Session 3: Why Be Catholic? - Trent shows why the Bible can't be our sole rule of faith, why the Catholic view of salvation makes sense, and why Catholics pray to Mary and the saints.
Session 4: Answering Atheism - In this talk Trent not only answers the most common arguments for atheism; he presents a powerful case for the existence of God.
Holy Spirit, Two Harbors
Reminder!!! Thursday, December 8th is a Holy day of
Obligation. It is the solemnity of The Immaculate
Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Please refer to
Mass times on the back of the bulletin.
Christmas Toy Drive:
You can bring a smile to a child's face this Christmas
Season! Don’t forget to return your gift
(unwrapped) to the church by next Sunday,
December 11th. All donations made will be
distributed to children right here in Lake
County.
Retirement Fund for Religious: Please support next
week’s collection and give to those who have given a
lifetime. Your gift to the Retirement Fund for Religious
helps provide nursing care, medications, and other
necessities. Please be generous.
Coming Home Basket: At the end of the liturgical year, the
names in the coming home basket are removed. If you had
previously placed the name of someone in the coming home
basket who still could benefit from prayer to come back to
the church, please once again place their name in the basket
for prayer during this new liturgical year.
Christmas Poinsettias:
Parishioners wanting to donate Christmas flowers
should bring them to the church no later than
December 23rd. Thank you for your help in providing
Christmas flowers.
Liturgical Schedule Deadline:
Eucharistic Ministers, Readers, Ushers, and Altar Servers:
“Can’t Serve” times are to be in to Judy Fleischer by the
10th of each month. Post to MSP or call 834-3109 or
e-mail [email protected]. Thank you again
for your ministry!!
Advent Booklets, Calendars, Contribution Envelopes:
Please pick up your copies in the Church entryway.
The Bulletin Deadlines for the Upcoming Holidays: Bulletin Date Submit Announcement By
December 18 Friday, December 9 December 25 Thursday, December 15 January 1 Wednesday, December 21 January 8 Wednesday, December 28
Please Keep These People In Your Prayers:
PARISHIONERS: Arthur Barthman, John Erickson, Ron
Kor, Tom Kucinski, Joanne Payment.
FRIENDS & RELATIVES: Bill Carlson, Patty Harrison-
Isakson and Betty L’Esperance.
MILITARY PERSONNEL: Garrett Aho, Nate Berger,
Keith Dahl, Jacob Kearin, James Mickle, Ryan Ray,
Christopher Uremovich and Maddison Zavoral.
Youth Happenings
Winter is tough. So is high school. So join us for a winter
retreat this January! TOBIT (Theology of the Body Immersion
for Teens) retreat will be held at Big Sandy Camp near
McGregor, MN. Join us for a weekend as we delve deep into
Saint John Paul II’s teaching on TOBIT. We will delve into
some of the deepest questions of human existence.
Time: 6pm Friday -2pm Sunday, January 13-15, 2017.
Cost: $150 before Dec. 16th. After Dec. 16th - $170. Please
register through the Diocese of Duluth A Candy Cane for Christmas Play will be on Saturday,
Dec. 17th, 6:00-7:30 pm. Students need to be here by 5:30.
Please join us afterwards for a chili dinner (free will offering).
ALL ARE WELCOME! Annual Cookie Bake: Mark your calendars for the
annual “Christmas Cookie Bake”. December 18th @ 1:00 in
the kitchen. This is open to people of all ages! The more
people, the more variety. Bring your pre-mixed dough or
the ingredients to make your favorite treat for Christmas.
We will bake them and package them at the church, then
donate them all to our local food shelf. If you are unable to
make it and would like to donate cookies or cookie containers,
please leave them in the kitchen marked “cookie bake”.
Thank you, hope to see you there!
Prayer Shawl Ministry
Prayer shawls and lap robes are made in prayer by volunteers to
be given to someone with a prolonged or serious illness, in
hospice, as a comfort after a loss of a loved one or in times of
stress. If you know someone who could benefit from a prayer
shawl or would like more information, please call Liz Scheidt at
834-6492, or Linda Hoffman at 834-3905. The Prayer Shawl
Ministry meets on the second Tuesday of each month after
morning Mass. New people are always welcome to join.
Last Week’s Contributions
Weekend Collection .................................................. $2,533.00
UCA ............................................................................. $245.00
Bldg. Fund ................................................................... $375.00
Military Collection ......................................................... $15.00
CCHD ............................................................................ $10.00
Saturday ST. FRANCIS XAVIER 12/03/16
6:30 p.m.
7:15 p.m.
Sacrament of Penance
Mass - Intention for Dean Roffers
Reader…....Tom Frericks
Cantor........Andy Buell
Plate……...Deacon Fred Wright
Chalices….Jeff Asmussen & Leanne Buell
Servers…...Giovanni & Corrina Marolt
Sunday 2ND SUNDAY OF ADVENT 12/04/16
7:50 a.m.
8:30 a.m.
Sacrament of Penance
Mass - Intention for All Parishioners
Reader…....Laura Swartz
Cantor........Kim Josephson
Plate……...Deacon Fred Wright
Chalices….Bonnie Kruger & Judy Zupancich
Servers…...Zack Fredrickson & Carter Zabrocki
Monday WEEKDAY OF ADVENT 12/05/16
No Mass
Tuesday ST. NICHOLAS 12/06/16
No Mass
Wednesday ST. AMBROSE 12/07/16
7:50 a.m.
8:15 a.m.
8:50 a.m.
Rosary
Mass - Intention for Deanna Larson
Adoration
Thursday IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE
BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
(HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION)
12/08/16
7:50 a.m.
8:15 a.m.
7:15 p.m.
Rosary
Mass - Intention for Special Intention
Mass - Intention for All Parishioners
Reader…....Marge Jorgenson
Cantor........Rick Frericks w/ Guitar Accpt.
Plate……...Shelley Fredrickson
Chalices….Lois Kaari & Michael Rowlee
Servers…...Lucas Stadler & Zack Fredrickson
Friday ST. JUAN DIEGO CUAUHTLATOATZIN 12/09/16
7:50 a.m.
8:15 a.m. Rosary
Mass - Intention for Special Intention
Saturday WEEKDAY OF ADVENT 12/10/16
6:30 p.m.
7:15 p.m.
Sacrament of Penance
Mass - Intention for Special Intention
Reader…....Susan Frericks
Cantor........Rick Frericks w/ Guitar Accpt.
Plate……...Lanay Frericks
Chalices….Jeff Asmussen & Ken Kruger
Servers……Mita Frericks & Jason Blood
Sunday 3RD SUNDAY OF ADVENT 12/11/16
7:50 a.m.
8:30 a.m.
Sacrament of Penance
Mass - Intention for All Parishioners
Reader…....Susan Michels
Cantor........Rick Frericks w/ Guitar Accpt.
Plate……...Deacon Jack Ferris
Chalices….Bonnie Kruger & Lois Kaari
Servers…...Brooke & April Velcheff
St. Mary’s Mass Schedule Holy Spirit’s Mass Schedule
Saturday SAINT FRANCIS XAVIER 12/03/16
3:30 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
Sacrament of Penance
Mass — Intention for All Parishioners
Reader…....Paulette Moreland
Cantor........Mary Simonsen
Chalices….Carol Anderson & Beth Egan
Servers…...Hattie & Kayden Edlund
Sunday 2ND SUNDAY OF ADVENT 12/04/16
9:30 a.m.
9:45 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
Faith Formation
Faith and Fellowship Sunday
Mass — Intention for Marion Rodewald
Reader…....Mike Hoffman
Cantor........Rosemary Guiney
Chalices….Linda Hoffman & Laura Lien
Servers…...Christian & Isaiah Beamer
Monday WEEKDAY DURING ADVENT 12/05/16
8:15 a.m. Mass — Intention for Vickie Udovich
Tuesday SAINT NICHOLAS 12/06/16
8:15 a.m. Mass— Intention for Bill Merhar
Wednesday SAINT AMBROSE 12/07/16
6:00 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
Choir Practice
Faith Formation
Mass — Intention for Fr. Alfred Kaster
Reader…...Mike Hoffman
Chalices….Linda Hoffman & Chris Lemke
Servers…...to be assigned
Thursday THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF
THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
(HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION)
12/08/16
8:15 a.m.
5:00 p.m.
Mass— Intention for John Schaefer
Reader…....Liz Scheidt
Chalice…...Joanne Button
Mass — Intention for All Parishioners
Reader…....Harold Ek
Chalice……Jeannie Shaw
Servers…….to be assigned
Friday SAINT JUAN DIEGO
CUAUHTLATOATZIN 12/09/16
7:30 a.m.
8:15 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
12:00 p.m.
Sacrament of Penance
Mass — Intention for Vickie Udovich
Eucharistic Adoration
Benediction
Saturday WEEKDAY DURING ADVENT 12/10/16
3:30 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
Sacrament of Penance
Mass — Intention for All Parishioners
Reader…....Harold Ek
Cantor........Judy Fleischer
Chalices….Liz Scheidt & to be assigned
Servers…...Kate Thomasen & to be assigned
Sunday 3RD SUNDAY OF ADVENT 12/11/16
9:30 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
Faith Formation
Mass — Intention for Carol Burger
Reader…....Confirmation Student
Cantor........Mary Simonsen
Chalices….Joanne Button & Nancy Olsen
Servers…...Nathan Campbell & Casey Underdale
