The Baptism of the Lord The Baptism of the Lord SAINT MARY`S

The Baptism of the Lord The Baptism of the Lord SAINT MARY`S

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SAINT MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH
COMUNIDAD CATÓLICA DE SANTA MARIA
2612 W. State St., Boise, ID 83702
Oficina/Parish Office: 344-2597; Fax: 344-9337
Escuela/School: 342-7476
Parish Office Hours: Monday - Friday 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Horario de Oficina: Lunes a Viernes 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
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Pastor / Párroco ~ Rev. W. Thomas Faucher, [email protected]
Assisting Priest / Asistente del Párroco ~ Rev. Jesús Camacho, [email protected]
Assisting Priest / Asistente del Párroco ~ Rev. Bruno Segatta, [email protected]
OUR PARISH PRAYER
Blessed Mary,
Inspiration for our past,
Surrounded by angels and saints,
Pray for your parish family
That we may always praise and worship our loving God,
That we rejoice in our gifts of time and talent
And share all that is good with our brothers and sisters,
That we, filled with thanksgiving,
Will enjoy eternity with you and your son,
Our Lord Jesus Christ, Amen
Bendita Virgen María, inspiración de nuestro pasado
rodeada de ángeles y santos,
ruega por nuestra parroquia.
Que siempre alabemos y glorifiquemos a nuestro Dios.
Que alegres por los dones y talentos que se nos han
concedido los pongamos al servicio de nuestros hermanos y
hermanas.
Que llenos de agradecimiento y regocijo,
podamos participar de la vida eterna contigo y tu Hijo,
nuestro Señor Jesucristo. Amén.
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SAINT MARY’S STAFF / PERSONAL DE STA. MARIA
Rev. W. Thomas Faucher, Pastor / Párroco ~ [email protected]
Rev. Jesús Camacho, Assisting Priest / Asistente del Párroco ~ [email protected]
Rev. Bruno Segatta, Assisting Priest / Asistente del Párroco ~ [email protected]
Deacons / Diáconos
Bill Petzak ~ [email protected] ~ 658-8892
Francis Hess ~ [email protected] ~ 409-4103
ADDRESS: 2612 W. State Street, Boise, Idaho 83702 ~ PHONE: 208-344-2597
John Krueger, Parish Manager/Gerente de la Parroquia
[email protected] (Ext. 206)
Roxanne Harlow, Administrative Assistant / Secretaria
[email protected]
(Ext. 214)
Alejandra Díaz, Administrative Assistant / Secretaria
[email protected]
(Ext. 201)
Meg Lawless, Coordinator, Children’s & Family
Ministry / Coordinadora del Ministerio de los Niños y de la Familia
[email protected] (Ext. 207)
Nancy Krueger, Bookkeeper / Contadora
[email protected] (Ext. 208)
Marianne White, Principal, St. Mary’s School /
Directora de la Escuela de Santa María
[email protected] 342-7476
MASS SCHEDULE / HORARIO DE LAS MISAS
Saturday / Sábado, 5:00 p.m. English - 7:00 p.m. Español
Sunday / Domingo, 8:30 a.m. & 10:45 a.m. English -12:45 p.m. Español
Weekdays – 8:30 a.m. Misa diaria – 8:30 a.m.
RECONCILIATION / RECONCILIACION
Saturday 4:00 – 4:30 p.m., or by appointment/Sábado 6:30 - 6:50 p.m. o previa cita
BAPTISM / BAUTISMO
Expectant parents should call the office to arrange for baptismal instructions before the birth of their child.
Bautizos en español, comuníquese con el Padre Jesús Camacho quien le informará sobre los requisitos.
MARRIAGE / MATRIMONIO / QUINCEAÑERAS
Contact the office six months in advance/ Reservaciones en español favor de comunicarse con el Padre
Jesús Camacho por lo menos con 6 meses de anticipación.
FOOD BANK HOURS / HORARIO DEL BANCO DE COMIDA
3890 W. State St., Boise, Idaho 83703
Monday, Wednesday & Friday: 11am–3pm
Lunes, Miércoles y Viernes: 11am–3pm
BULLETIN ITEMS: [email protected]
WEBSITES/PAGINAS DE INTERNET
Church/Iglesia: www.stmarysboise.org ~ School/Escuela: www.stmarys-boise.org
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FROM THE PASTOR
This is another one of my columns from past years. This one is from the "Bulletin" newspaper in Bend,
Oregon and was published in May, 2001. I am often asked about good reading material and this gives
some ideas.
Father Faucher ~ Pastor
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------THE CHALLENGE OF TWO VIEWS OF GOD AND LIFE
Two books. The cover of the first shows an intense tattoo-covered young man with rings piercing various facial features. The
second is a smaller book, with just a simple hand uplifted in prayer. Both are written by Protestant ministers, both tell a personal
story, both challenge me to think in new directions. The first is Son of a Preacher Man (Harper, San Francisco, 2001) by Jay
Bakker. The second is The Prayer of Jabez (Multnomah Publishers, Sisters, Oregon, 2000) by Bruce Wilkinson. Bakker subtitles his book "My Search for Grace in the Shadows." Wilkinson’s says, "Breaking Through to the Blessed Life."
Bakker is the son of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, the disgraced televangelist and his flamboyant wife. He simply and powerfully tells the story of his pampered and protected childhood, the crash of his father’s scandal, his parents’ divorce, his personal journey into drugs and depression, and his slow climb out of that life and into a ministry to troubled youth. He is scathing
in his description of the Christian Right as he meticulously describes how Jerry Falwell, Jimmy Swaggart and other preachers
betrayed and abandoned his father and his family.
Wilkinson is the founder and president of Walk Through the Bible Ministries, a published author and distinguished lecturer.
He tells the story of his discovery of an obscure member of the tribe of Judah in the First Book of Chronicles (4:9-10) who is
said to be "more honorable than his brothers" and whose prayer God grants. This is Jabez, whose name means "pain," and
whose little tiny prayer has been one of the foundations of Wilkinson’s life for many years.
The prayer is given in a number of different ways in the book and in various translations. In the book it says: "Oh that you
would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that your hand would be with me, and that you would keep me from evil, that I
may not cause pain." This translation is New King James Version. The Jerusalem Bible says, "If you truly bless me you will extend my lands, your hand will be with me, you will keep harm away and my distress will cease."
Wilkinson writes that all we need to do to have true prosperity is pray this prayer, and God will respond with everything we
need. His book tells us how to be blessed, how to ask for more lands, how to accept the hand of God, how to keep from evil.
Part of me responds strongly to Wilkinson’s form of prayer. It is a warm book, a comforting book, a satisfying book. I like his
God and I like the assurance he gives that Jabez had figured something out that we all need to learn, just what button to push
to get God absolutely on our side. Wilkinson’s God loves the prosperous. The author stops just short of manipulation of God.
Bakker’s book has no such warmth. It’s not a particularly well written book, the author’s learning difficulties come through
more than once, even with a good co-author (Linden Gross). It is a little boy’s story of having his world be destroyed and not
knowing how to build a new one. The story doesn’t always make sense, Bakker’s journey is not a straight line, and his search is
not over.
But the power of the book is precisely in its honesty, its simplicity, its ambiguity, its contradictions. Jay Bakker is an innocent
man whose life was nearly destroyed by the people around him, the people who said they loved him, and the people who publicly claimed they loved God. This is a story of sin, not just the sin of his father, but the sin of the underbelly of religion, and the
hypocrisy of religious leaders. Jay was sinned against, and part of his struggle to find God is the struggle to be able to forgive
those who sinned against him. This is what he shares with us.
Bakker unlearns one image of God – one that demands perfection, and comes to know a different God. Bakker’s new God is
patient, understanding, humorous, and likes tattoos and pierced body parts.
There is no room in Wilkinson’s book for what happened to Jay Bakker, and there is no reason in Bakker’s book for the optimism of Wilkinson. I want Wilkinson’s God more than I want Bakker’s God. Wilkinson’s God is the God of the prosperous successful person. Bakker’s God is the God of a sinner in need of a good hug. I want Wilkinson’s God, but I need Bakker’s God.
Wilkinson and his God warm the cockles of my heart. Bakker and his search for God send a chill up my spine. Slowly the
question has been forming in my mind. Is the God Wilkinson is selling and the God Bakker is finding even remotely related to
each other?
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Fiesta del Bautismo de Jesús. El Bautismo de Jesús en el río Jordán es la primera manifestación pública de la identidad
mesiánica de Jesús, después de la adoración de los Magos. Por eso la liturgia liga el Bautismo con la Epifanía, con un salto
cronológico de casi treinta años: ese Niño a quien los Magos adoraron como Rey mesiánico, hoy lo vemos consagrado por el
Padre en el Espíritu Santo. Jesús baja al río Jordán para abrir a los seres humanos las puertas de la verdadera Tierra Prometida:
el cielo, la vida eterna. "En el Bautismo en el Jordán ya se vislumbra claramente el 'estilo' mesiánico de Jesús: viene como
'Cordero de Dios' para cargar con el pecado del mundo y quitarlo" (Juan Pablo II). Por eso cuando nos preguntamos por qué
Jesús, siendo limpio e inocente, pidió ser bautizado, la respuesta la encontramos en el hecho de que Cristo quiso solidarizarse
con la raza humana: "ha sido probado en todo igual que nosotros, a excepción del pecado" (Hebreos 4,15); o mejor todavía:
"Dios hizo cargar con nuestro pecado al que no cometió pecado, para que así nosotros participáramos en El de la justicia y
perfección de Dios" (2 Cor 5,21).
Su amigo y servidor ~ Padre Jesús Camacho.
Feast of the Baptism of the Lord. The baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River is the first public manifestation about the Messianic
identity of Jesus himself, after the Wise Men adored him. That is why the liturgy makes a link between the baptism and the Epiphany, with a chronological leap of nearly thirty years. The child whom the Wise Men worshipped as Messianic King is the one we
see consecrated in the Holy Spirit this weekend at Mass. Jesus goes to the river to open the doors of the true promised land to
human beings: Heaven, eternal life. "The baptism in the Jordan clearly envisions the Messianic ‘style’ of Jesus; he comes as the
'Lamb of God' and accepts and takes away the sins of the world" (John Paul II). So when we ask why Jesus, being clean and
innocent, asked to be baptized, the answer can be found in the fact that Christ wanted to show solidarity with the human race:
He "...has been tested in every way like us, with the exception of sin" (Hebrews 4, 15); or better still, "God made Him carry our
sins which He did not commit, so thus we participate in Jesus himself in the justice and perfection of God" (2 Cor 5, 21).
Your friend and servant ~ Fr. Jesus Camacho
FESTA ITALIANA!
NFP STRENGTHENS MARRIAGES!
CLASSES START JAN. 19! Natural
Family Planning courses teach married
and engaged couples the scientific
symptom-thermal method of fertility
awareness. NFP calls for shared responsibility by husband and wife, eliminates the use of harmful hormones and chemicals, can be used by
women with irregular or painful cycles (and often improves them),
and helps couples celebrate God's vision of human sexuality.
Through NFP, fertility is viewed as a reality to live, not a problem to
be solved. It is over 99% effective at postponing pregnancy and has
greater success than other interventions at helping couples struggling with infertility. Couples regularly report a rediscovery of God's
plan for married love and a strengthening of their faith. Classes will
be held at St. Al's Family Center from 1-3:30pm, Jan. 19, Feb. 16,
and Mar. 16. To register, go to ccli.org or contact Kim and Kevin Van
Den Wymelenberg at [email protected].
SADDLE UP AND SAVE THE DATE!
Saint Mary’s School cordially invites you
to attend the annual Saint Mary’s Ball and
Auction to be held Saturday, February 22,
2014 at Bishop Kelly High School. This
year’s theme is “Corralling the Spirit”.
New this year is the opportunity to
register to buy tickets and bid on auction items online at www.stmarysschoolauction.com. For more
information, please call the school at 342-7476.
The Knights of Columbus
and “Chef” Fr. Bruno Segatta along with Chef Lou
from Westside Drive-in invite you to the second annual Festa Italiana on Sunday, January 26,
2014 from 4:00 – 8:00 p.m. at Saint Mary’s
Parish Hall. Cost: $8/single & $25/immediate family (parents and children under 18). Tickets will be
available at all of the Saturday and Sunday Masses on
January 4/5, 11/12, and 18/19 plus they will be available at the school or the parish office during the
week. Seating is limited so get your tickets early!
HONORING LIFE Please join us in honoring
life and praying for an end to abortion on
Saturday, January 25, 2014, with a LIFE MASS
at 11:00 am. Bishop Michael Driscoll, will be the
celebrant at St. John’s Cathedral (sponsored by
St. John's Social Justice). MARCH FOR LIFE
1:00 pm, begins at Julia Davis Park (sponsored
by Idaho Right to Life). MARCH FOR LIFE
RALLY begins at 1:30 pm at State Capitol
(immediately following the March hosted by Idaho Right to Life).
There will be a reception in St. John’s Parish Hall after the March.
Please join us in honoring life and praying for an end to abortion.
Questions? Contact Joni at 208-860-6992 or [email protected]
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CALENDAR – CALENDARIO
Ministry Schedule for January, 2014
Alt. Eucharistic
Minister - Host 1
Head Eucharistic
Minister - Host 2
Eucharistic
Minister - Host 3
Eucharistic
Minister- Host 4
Alternate - Cup 1
Eucharistic
Minister - Cup2
Eucharistic
Minister - Cup 3
Eucharistic
Minister - Cup 4
Hospitality
Captain
5:00 PM
8:30 AM
10:45 AM
Rod Jaszkowiak
Angie Purcell
John Kralovek
Larry Winner
Vic Haus
Tom Ditter
Jan Winner
Cathy Stephenson
Elaine Davis
Jason Jaszkowiak Barbara Spence
Maryann Hogg
Cece Pratt
Sunday
January 12
Isabell Yale
Margo Mojica
Monday
Virginia Medek
Merikay Jost
Carolyn Crooks
Judy Murdock
Sandy Banta
Janet Casabonne
Marty Downey
Kathy Carney
Karena Whitmore
D'Souza Family
Debbie Ashworth
Vince Huerta
Lorry Roberts
Mary/Mark Dunlop
January 13
Tuesday
January 14
• Our Mother of Perpetual Help Devotion after
morning Mass-Church
• Choir practice, 7pm-Church
• K of C monthly meeting, 7:30pm-Room D
• Acts of the Apostles, 7pm-Church
Wednesday • RCIA, 7pm-Room D
January 15
Thursday
Lectors
• Coffee Hour after 8:30am Mass-Gym
• Religious Education, grades 1 thru 8, 9:40amvarious classrooms
• Preschool Religious Ed., 10:45am- Classroom 1
• RCIA, 11:15am-Rooms A & G
• Inscripciones para la Confirmación, 1:45pmGimnasio
• Confirmation class, 4pm-Room G
• Pinochle Club, 5:30pm-Gym
January 16
• Choir practice, 7pm-Church
Sun. Jan. 19,
8:30am
Gloria McDonald
Sun. Jan. 19,
10:45am
Vince Huerta
Friday
Lector 1
Sat. Jan. 18,
5pm
Ray Hoobing
January 17
• Adoration, 9am-3pm-Church
• Centering Prayer, 11:45am-St. Anne’s Room
Lector 2
Sam Murano
Kent Brown
Margo Mojica
Saturday
• Cookie Sales after the English Mass
January 18
Altar Servers
Sat. Jan. 18,
5pm
Sun. Jan. 19,
8:30am
Sun. Jan. 19,
10:45am
Cross 1
Chloe Kerr
Josie Pape
Roan Bernal
Cross 2
Caleb Wolbach
Erin Heffner
Garan Machado
Candle
Emma Harrington
Sophia Wieber
Aspen Cotten
Candle
Ella Wolbach
Peter Wieber
Sid Martinez
OPPORTUNITY TO WITNESS TO THE SANCTITY OF LIFE
2014 is the 41st year since the Roe v. Wade decision that allowed
abortion in our country to be legal. All are invited to join Respect
Life ministries and the Knights of Columbus on Saturday, Jan. 18,
10:30 am, at St. Mark’s, 7960 Fairview, Boise, as we again erect
crosses in memory of 3,200 lives lost daily to abortion in the
United States. Remember to dress warm and bring your own
hammer. Families are welcome! Coffee, hot chocolate and donuts
will be available.
Sunday
January 19
• Coffee Hour after 8:30am Mass-Gym
• Cookie Sales after all English Masses
• Religious Education, grades 1 thru 8, 9:40amvarious classrooms
• Preschool Religious Ed., 10:45am-Classroom 1
• RCIA, 11:15am-Room A & G
CALLED & GIFTED WEEKEND Pope Francis is encouraging the
Christian faithful to embark upon a new chapter of evangelization
marked by joy. This call to joy encourages us to deepen our faith,
believe in the Gospel message and go forth to proclaim the Gospel.
The Holy Father has called each Catholic to participate. He wants us
to actively help spread the faith by living a holy life and by sharing our
faith at work, in our families and among friends, with confidence and
joy. On January 24 & 25, 2014, Sacred Heart Church, Boise, will offer
a two-day program, the Called & Gifted Weekend. The program
teaches about the role of lay Catholics in the Church's mission to the
world and about the gifts that each of us has been given in order to
fulfill that mission. Call Carol at Sacred Heart (208-344-8311) for
more details or for registration forms, go to www.sacredheartboise.org
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PARISH MINISTRIES AND CONTACTS/
MINISTERIOS PARROQUIALES Y CONTACTOS
Altar Servers/Lectors
Sam Murano ……………………………………….. .. 921-9534
Bishop Kelly Rep/Representante
Bryan Smith.............................................................. 853-0909
Robert Wehde, Principal.......................................... 375-6010
Choir Directors/Directores del Coro
Robert Parsley ......................................................... 703-2568
Juan Moreno ............................................................. 570-1826
Benny Garcia…………………..................................286-5408
Development and Finance Council/Consejo de Desarrollo y
Finanzas
Roy Schiele .............................................................. 385-9364
Nathan Drashner...................................................... 854-3046
Bob Ancin................................................................. 938-9853
Saul Huerta .............................................................. 899-2108
Merikay Jost ............................................................. 384-5160
Billy D’Souza ............................................................ 853-3631
Food Bank Coordinator/Banco de Comida
Red Edwards, Coordinator …………………………..407-8556
Questions: Isabell Yale ........................................... 850-6818
Knights of Columbus/Caballeros de Colón
Bob Tratz.................................................................. 342-3480
Liturgy/Liturgia
Catherine Petzak ..................................................... 658-8892
Magnificat/Revista Magnificat
Joanne Lechner ([email protected])……….. . 344-2782
Music Director/Director Musical
Patty Gabica Haas ................................................... 322-7010
Prayer Network/Cadena de Oración
Lenora Brown........................................................... 376-5446
Prayer Network by Email ………….. [email protected]
Prison Ministry/Ministerio de Prisión
Bill Teske.................................................................. 514-8717
Carlos Castro ........................................................... 440-1214
Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA)/Rito de Iniciación
Cristiana de Adultos
Gene Fadness ........................................................ 890-2712
Coordinadores para la Confirmación
Rosy y Luis Carrillo ……. ........................................ 344-2597
Sacristan (Bilingual)
Imanol Betikoetxea ……………………………… ..... 284-5225
Salt and Light Ministry
Michelle Hill.............................................................. 713-7471
St. Mary’s School Governing Board
Ben Blaine................................................................ 484-4173
St. Mary’s School P.T.O/
Presidente Padres de Familia Escuela de Sta. María
Emily Kane .............................................................. .949-5229
Small Church Communities/Pequeñas Comunidades de Base
Mary Johnson .......................................................... 853-8136
Stephen Ministry/Ministerio de Esteban
Darcy Amburn .......................................................... 342-2988
Linda Leonard.......................................................... 336-8773
PARISH COMMUNITY COUNCIL
CONSEJO PASORAL
Chairperson............ Robert Parsley ........... .703-2568
[email protected]
Parish at Large....... Carol HerringKKK.....342-7476
[email protected]
St. Anne .................. Marilyn Tratz .............. .342-3480
[email protected]
St. AnthonyK.. ....... Catherine Dillon KK...344-9459
[email protected]
KKK...Barb SpenceKKK... 424-5155
[email protected]
St. Cecelia
St. Francis .............. K.Pat Ware ............... 853-3813
[email protected]
St. Joan KKKKK..John Francis.............. 484-8838
[email protected]
St. Juan Diego........ Margo Mojica ............. 939-2053
[email protected]
St. Michael
St. Theresa ............. Deb Ashworth ............ 336-7829
[email protected]
St. Sylvester ........... Christine Landram...... 908-3046
[email protected]
St. Winefride........... K...Ann Fisk..KKK...830-2816
CONSEJO HISPANO/HISPANIC COUNCIL
Coordinador/Coordinator
Francisco y Socorro CoronaKKKKKKKK 861-4846
Saúl Huerta ...................................................... 899-2108
Tesorero/Treasury
Alfredo Garibay KKKK...KKKKKKK.. 371-1612
Scripture Readings
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SUN.
MON.
TUES.
WED.
THURS.
FRI.
SAT.
SUN.
Is 42:1-4., 6-7; Ps 29:1-2, 3-4, 3, 9-10; Acts 10:3438, Mt 3:13-17
1 Sm 1:1-8; Ps 116:12-13, 14-17, 18-19;
Mk 1:14-20
1 Sm 1:9-20; 1 Sm 2:1, 4-5, 6-7 8abcd; Mk 1:21-28
1 Sm 3:1-10, 19-20; Ps 40:2 and 5, 7-8a, 8b-9,10;
Mk 1:29-39
1 Sm 4:1-11; Ps 44:10-11; 14-15, 24-25;
Mk 1:40-45
1 Sm 8:4-7, 10-22a; Ps 89:16-17, 18-19; Mk 2:1-12
1 Sm 9:1-4, 17-19; 10:1; Ps 21:2-3, 4-5, 6-7;
Mk 2:13-17
Is 49:3, 5-6; Ps 40:2, 4, 7-8, 8-9, 10; 1 Cor 1:1-3;
Jn 1:29-34
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ADDITIONAL CHRISTMAS
MEMORIAL FLOWER FUND DONORS - 2013
Margaret Huerta Anderson
Mrs. Jeanmarie Baumann
Mr. & Mrs. John Brueck
Mr. Thomas Byrne
Mr. & Mrs. Glen Campanella
Bernadette Fernandes
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Gibbons
Mr. & Mrs. Brian Granvall
Mrs. Leonard Hadzor
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Headlee
Mr. & Mrs. Ray Hoobing
M.H. & R.K. Hughes
Liliana & Jesus Jimenez
Mrs. Rebecca Leffler
Cathleen McHugh
Ms. Lauren Pennisi
Mr. Jim Perez
Mr. & Mrs. Doug Racine
Palmer Sheils Morrow
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Stephenson
Rosemary Swanson
Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Yee
Marian Zubizareta
PLANNING FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR It’s that
time of year for Saint
Mary’s as we reserve
meeting space on our parish calendar for the upcoming year.
Each year we ask all heads of committees and groups to let us
know what dates/rooms to reserve for your events. Even if you
scheduled meetings in 2013, you need to reschedule for 2014.
Remember that all dates are now open and are on a first-come
first-served basis. Call or email the parish office to reserve your
meetings on the calendar. NOTE: If you have contacted the
office within the last few months for dates in the 2014 calendar,
your space is already reserved.
Thank you for your generosity!
THANK YOU, THANK YOU , THANK YOU
Our cookie sale in December was the best
we have ever had! $853.00 was raised for the
Scholarship Fund at St. Mary's School.
Our January Cookie Sale will be next weekend, January 18/19.
Advertiser
of the
Week
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