Saint Mary`s Santa Maria

Saint Mary’s
Catholic Church
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Iglesia Católica
Santa Maria
600 AVENUE B • STERLING, IL 61081
(815)625–0640
Office Holiday Schedule
Our parish offices will be closed on
Monday, December 27 as a continuation of our Christmas Holiday.
Holy Family of Jesus,
Mary and Joseph
St. Mary’s Church, Sterling, Illinois
Office Hours-Staff
Monday-Friday 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Phone: 815-625-0640
Parish Pastor: Fr. Don Ahles
Parochial Vicar: Fr. Juan Ayala
Parish Secretary: Donna Blum
Hispanic Secretary: Janie Atilano
Pastoral Associate: Jane Olson
Business Manager: Marilyn McBride
Deacon: John Kellen
Deacon: Jim Lopez
Deacon: Larry Zitkus
St. Mary School/Phone/ (815) 625-2253
Principal: Tom DePasquale
Religious Education/Phone/625-6688
Director: Gerry Williamson
Secretary: Dianne Williamson
Weekend Mass Schedule:
English: Saturday 5:00 pm
Sunday 7:00, 8:30 & 10:00 am
Spanish: Sunday 11:30 am
St. Mary’s Website
www.stmarysterling.com
Mass Intentions
Monday, December 27
8:30 am Martin Onken
Tuesday, December 28
8:30 am Bert Dekker
Wednesday, December 29
8:30 am Ed Hanlon
Thursday, December 30
8:30 am Veronica & Leo Potts
Friday, December 31
5:15 pm Hugh & Elizabeth
Hermes
7:00 pm Spanish Mass
Living & Deceased
Members of Atilano &
Marquez Family
For Your Information
2011 Mass Intentions
Saturday, January 1, 2011
10:00 am Living & Deceased Mem.
Marruffo Family
5:00 pm Thomas McFadden
Family
Sunday, January 2, 2011
7:00 am Concha Walls
8:30 am Herman Rodriguez
10:00 am St. Mary Parishioners
11:30 am Julio Marquez
Our Parish Wish List
Rectory: Central Air Condition and
Heating for the rectory. The window
units and old radiators have seen better
days.
ew windows: for the rectory which
would eventually pay for themselves.
ew wheelchair
entrance: For the
more accessible side
of the church.
If you would like to
donate towards any
one of these
projects, call the Parish Offices 1-815-625
-0640.
Keep Us Informed!
Have you changed your name, address, or
phone number? It is very important that
we continue our census updated, you can
call us at 815-625-0640.
Are you or someone you know in the
hospital or homebound? Please call our
parish office at 815-625-0640.
Helpers of God’s Most Precious
Children
This is a weekly prayer group that meets
after 8:30 Mass every Thursday, in the
chapel to pray for the end of abortions,
and for those who are suffering from
serious ailment..
Celebrate Marriage
2011 has been designated by the U.S.
Bishops as the Marriage-Building Year.
As part of this initiative, St. Mary’s would
like to monthly recognize the wedding
anniversaries of our couples in the parish,
but we are in need of some pertinent
information.
Please bring the following information,
cut it out, and return it in the Sunday
collection or to the Parish Center by
January 10.
< - - Cut Here - - >
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First names and last
Wedding date (including year)
Address
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Mass Intentions
What is a Mass Intention? A Mass
Intention is when you have a Mass
Intention for
someone
who has
passed away
or for
something
that is very
important example:
wedding anniversary, birthday.
Please call or stop by the Parish Office to
have a Mass scheduled. Only weekday
Masses are available for the remainder of
the year.
Collection Report will be announced at another
date, due the fact that this bulletin had to sent in
early because fo the New Year’s and collection
for December 26.
Our Families Are Important
Sunday, January 2
7:00 am Maureen Gainey
8:30 am Theresa Fay, Kelly Keaschall
10:00 am Sarah Campbell, Carolyn
Gaziano
Waiting, even for good things, might not be very pleasant. We always feel certain
impatience, particularly if we have been given an approximate time in which things
might occur. But waiting also has advantages. It makes us reflect deeply, it intensifies
the desire for something to haven and, often it makes us reexamine relationships, reasons
And motivations for our wait. It also forces us to prepare. In these preparations, and
particularly when we wait for the coming of a person we love, or the birth of new family
member, the real love that w have for each and for the person expected becomes very
clear. As we prepare, love is likely to grow. Love grows with waiting and preparing.
When we are asked for vigilance to wait for the coming of Christ, is not so that we can
grow frustrated, but so that we have an opportunity to prepare by reflecting on the person
we wait for, while we do good works that invite us to more and more love and we
deepen into the desire for salvation and justice that Christ will bring. It is unthinkable
that someone would be waiting for a loved one by being faithful. The same thing
happens with the coming of Christ. Until he comes, let us be watchful, that is, attentive
to what in in our hearts we consider is God’s desire for us. That way, we will be able to
offer that beautiful fruit when he comes. To say that Christ is King is to recognize the
living Christ as the one who gives us life from the cross, the Christ we love, listen to and
obey. And he is the only one who can bring obedience to the people who follow Him in
order to build a kingdom of peace and reconciliation.
Eucharistic Ministers
Friday, December 31-New Year’s Eve
5:15 pm Deacon
7:00 pm Spanish Mass
For Reflection
What do you wait for impatiently? How do you prepare for the arrival of a person you
love? Do you think those details you prepare with so much love make your love grow
further? How do you prepare for the coming of the Lord? Do you allow many distractions to overcome you? What do you hear inside your hear that the Lord wants of you?
Liturgical Schedules
Lectors
Friday, December 31-New Year’s Eve
5:15 pm Jean McCue
7:00 pm Spanish Mass
Saturday, January 1-ew Year’s Day
10:00 am Nancy Rajnowski, Audrey Dekker
5:00 pm Joan Kreps, Lavone Finkle
Saturday, January 1-ew Year’s Day
10:00 am Deacon
5:00 pm Deacon, Julie D. Gowers, Flora
Whitman, Tanya Craft, Gloria
Olds
Sunday, January 2
7:00 am Joel Downie, Lori Downie,
Melinda Guentert
8:30 am Deacon, Ann Stroup, Patrick
Anello, Beth Summers, Lorna
Anello
10:00 am Deacon, Jennifer Williams, Linda
Campbell, Liz Moreno, Steve
Randall
Sunday
January 2, 2011
Epiphany of the Lord
And behold, the star that they had seen
at its rising preceded them, until it came
and stopped over the place where the
child was.
—- Matthew 2:9
The beam of God’s light is always there to
guide us, but all too often the clouds of our
own concerns and anxieties obscure it and
leave us wandering in the shadows.
Altar Servers Schedules
Friday, December 31-New Year’s Eve
5:15 pm Julie Hurd, Mady Feather
7:00 pm Spanish Mass
Saturday, January 1-ew Year’s Day
10:00 am Ryan Rude, Jacob Rude
Sunday, January 2
7:00 am John Beien
8:30 am Dillon Gallentine, Michael Healy,
Agustin Tavares
10:00 am Aaron Schoaf, Drew Burger,
Spencer Mauch
Sunday, December 26
The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
Put on then, as God’s chose ones, holy
and beloved, heartfelt compassion,
kindness, humility, gentleness, and
patience, bearing with one another and
forgiving one another, if one has a
grievance against another, as the Lord has
forgiven you, so must you also do.
-Colossians 3:12-13
All Christians are now part of the holy
family of God. Even as we venerate the
original holy family, we grow in the
qualities that perfected their love. And,
like Mary and Joseph, we are chosen to
accompany Jesus in every place and thus
introduce to the world God’s presence and
grace.
Collection Report-Fiscal Year
December 11-12, 2010
Description
Weekly
Required Amount
$15,546.42
Envelope Collection
$13,015.50
$ 793.91
Loose Collection
Children's Collection
$
15.00
Total Collection
$13,824.41
Over (Short) of Required
$(1,722.01)
Description
Required Amount
Envelope Collection
Loose Collection
Children's Collection
Total Collection
Over (Short) of Required
Year To Date
$373,114.15
$272,686.73
$ 19,275.78
$
372.33
$292,334.84
$80,779.31
Members Contributing
227
New Consolidated Loan Total $169,200.87
Observer Bill:
$ 2,996.00
Due to the holidays and the need to send
in the bulletin earlier than usual, we will
continue to update you.
A special
“Thanks”
To all
Of our
Bulletin
Advertisers
This
Year!
Santo Familia
Teléfonos 626- 5735 / 625- 0640
Página de Internet: www.stmarysterling.com
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Ministros para el Epifania
31 Diciembre, 2010 7:00 p.m.
Lectores: Juana Hernandez, Blanca Ibarra
Ministro de Eucaristia: Janie Atilano, Dora
Brooks, Carmen Serrano, Martha Cavazos,
Linda Balderas
Monaguillos: Karina Huaracha, Natalia
Herrera, Sonia Ashman
Acomodadores: .Adrian Ibarra, Jose
Camacho,Carlos Garcia, Juan Trujillo
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Ministros para el fin de semana del
2 Enero, 2011
Lectores: Javier Olivas, Roman Moreno
Ministro de Eucaristia: Elvira Brown, Juan
Castaneda, Elisa Cisneros, Longinos Ambria,
Rocio Velasquez
Monaguillos: Lucia Castro, Maria E. Castro,
Elizabeth Serrano
Acomodadores: Ruben Cisneros, Ramiro
Estada, Juan Herrara, Gonzalo Lemus
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La Importancia de Nuestra Familia
Nos definimos siempre como parte de una familia. Siempre añadimos nuestro apellido, porque llamarse Juan, o Pedro, o María, en realidad no comunica nuestra identidad
total: hay que decir de dónde venimos, es decir, de qué familia somos. Nos definimos
por quiénes son nuestros padres, nuestros hermanos, nuestros hijos. Es parte de nuestro
ser humano.
Pero la vida familiar no es siempre tan fácil. Hace poco me decía una señora que, al no
tener suficiente educación, ni ella ni su esposo sabían comunicar sus verdaderos sentimientos. Les faltaban instrumentos para la comunicación, que es la base de la convivencia humana. Y, al no haber comunicación, se van enfriando hasta los propios sentimientos de amor o de afecto que pudiera haber. La relación se va cortando.
La vida familiar hoy día se ve amenazada por muchas cosas: falta la comunicación
porque faltan las palabras o porque falta el tiempo para pronunciarlas. Estamos tan
llenos de trabajos, preocupaciones y prisas, que no tenemos apenas tiempo de sentarnos
a comer juntos. Una cosa tan sencilla como comer siempre juntos puede tener una importancia vital para mantener la unión familiar. Por otro lado, la idea que se va colando
de que las relaciones no tienen por qué ser permanentes, también amenaza a la familia.
Hoy se nos invita a escuchar a nuestro corazón y a nuestra identidad y a afirmar de
nuevo la importancia de nuestra familia. No sólo declarándolo como valor, sino
favoreciendo los gestos de comunicación de afecto, al escuchar de unos a otros. Es decir, tomando tiempo para su familia.
Para La Reflexión
¿Cómo son nuestras vidas diarias? ¿Tomamos tiempo para sentarnos a cenar, para
conversar? ¿Acudimos demasiadas veces a un restaurante de comida rápida, porque no
tememos tiempo? ¿Cuidamos, los signos de afecto que van fortaleciendo poco a poco
nuestra relación?
Clases de Preparación Para Bautismo
Las platicas serán el 8 de Enero de las
2:00pm a las 4:00pm, en el
Centro Parroquial. Por
favor de no traer sus niños.
Unicamente para los papas
y padrinos.
Los Bautismos:
Los bautismos se realizan
unicamente el 16 de Enero,
el tercer domingo. Para los papas y
padrinos es obligatorio asistir a las clases.
No habra bautismos si no recibe la
preparacion bautismal.
Por favor programe su bautismo con su
familia y sus padrinos para el Tercer
Domingo de Mes. Los padrinos tienen que
estar casados por la iglesia o ser solteros.
No habra bautismos en sabado.
Presentaciones de niños en la Iglesia
Diciembre 29
Enero
5
Catecismo
no clases/Año Nuevo
no clases
Confesiones:
Sábados de 4:00 a 4:30 pm, o por cita en
la oficina del Padre.
Actualización de
Teléfonos
Si tiene celular, favor de notificarlo a la
parroquia con Janie.
Adoracion
Acompáñenos en la oración al Santísimo
Sacramento todos los martes de 9:00 a.m.
a 7:00 p.m. en la capilla.
Por Favor!
Si usted quiere presenter su niño o niña en el
templo, unicamente las presentaciones serán
el cuarto domingo del mes durante la misa o
despues de misa.
Es muy importante que su familia esté
registrada en nuestra iglesia de Santa
María. Favor de llamar a Janie al 6250640 ext. 43 o 626-5735 en la oficina
parroquial.
Matrimonios y Quinceañeras:
Hacer cita con el sacerdote por lo menos 6
meses antes de la fecha deseada. Favor de
no hacer planes antes de tener la fecha
confirmada con el sacerdote.
Confesiones:
Sábados de 4:00 a 4:30 pm, o por cita en la
oficina del Padre.
Por favor de avisar a la oficina parroquial si
usted o un miembro de su familia se encuentra
internado en el hospital o en su casa.
Atencion!...
El Estudio y la Fe Deben Ir Juntos
Ya hace meses de la reflexión que Karen
Ristau, presidente de la National Catholic
Education Association hizo ante un numeroso
grupo de educadores, pero el mensaje es hoy
urgente, después del primer semestre del año
escolar y ante unos meses que se presentan
llenos de actividad y mucha preparación
sacramental. “El estudio académico y la fe
deberían ir juntos.” Mi pregunta, dijo Ristau,
“es cómo podemos hablar de identidad
católica y una educación excelente en el
mismo párrafo.”
En respuesta a su propia pregunta,
Ristau dijo que los católicos tendrían que
promover un modo católica de vida y
cultivar un sentido de gratitud y
reverencia, deseo de verdad, y la
capacidad de continuar aprendiendo sobre
el mundo, y la seguridad de que somos
amados por Dios de una manera especial.”
Comentando sobre la vocación de los
maestros, dijo que hay tres maneras de
entrar en la profesión docente: “como
vocación, como trabajo que luego se
convierte en pasión y vocación, y como
piedra de paso para otra carrera.” Desafió
a los maestros a pensar por qué están en
una escuela católica, ya que nadie se
siente inspirado por la neutralidad, sino
por la pasión y la compasión.
Por último, dijo Ristau, “Ustedes son un
Sacramento para los alumnos. Están
haciendo la Palabra real para ellos en las
Vidas que tienen en este momento.”
Feast of the Holy Family
December
26
2010
26 de
Diciembre
2010
La Sagrada Familia
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