Capilla de la Santa Cruz 1534 Whitesville Road Albertville, AL 35950

St. William Catholic Church 929 Gunter Avenue

Guntersville, AL 35976

Deacon Ken Hall 256-673-1024

Music coordinator Kevin McGarrahan 256-586-6784 St. Vincent de Paul Joe Snead *for Assistance 256-582-4245 ext. 201 RENEW Mary Fritts 256-582-7389 Ladies Sodality Susan McKinney 256-558-1983 Knights of Columbus Council 12618 John Bannan 256-753-2725 Assembly 3328 Paul McKinney 256-558-2297 Marshall County Homeless Ministry Janice Slaughter 256-738-1677 Worldwide Marriage Encounter Jason & Susan Poyer 256-881-1526 Young at Heart Jeanette Seppamaki 256-656-0662

Parish School of Religion Coordinator— Debbie Still

Office Hours Monday thru Thursday 9:00 am—1:00 pm 256-582-4245 ext. 104 debbie@stwilliamchurch.com

Pre-K through 8th Grade Children age 4 through 15. Catholic Youth Formation meets on Sundays in Mary’s House from 9:30 am to 10:45 am. Please see the calendar for the full schedule.

Senior Youth Catechism High School Catechism is held each Sunday in Angel House from 9:30 am to 10:45 am. Please see the calendar for the full schedule.

Adult Formation Interested in learning about the Catholic Faith? Classes meet on Sundays at 9:30 am at 919 Gunter Avenue house. Please see the calendar for the full schedule.

Ministries Would you like to serve in one of the church ministries? Please contact Deacon Ken Hall at 256-673-1024 for training.

Sacraments Weddings

Please contact Fr. Tim at least 6 months prior to your proposed wedding date.

Baptisms Please contact Fr. Tim for schedules and preparation information.

Bulletin deadline—Monday noon

Coros Coro Santa Cruz: Ensayo los viernes a las 6 pm en la Capilla. *Coordinador: Raúl Garduño, 256-558-5286 Coro Alabanza y Gloria: Ensayo los miércoles a las 6 pm en el centro. *Coordinador: Tomás Ackerman, 251-402-3626 Arpa de David: Ensayo los jueves a las 6 pm en el centro. *Coordinador: Emiliano Soriano, 256-960-1662 Ángeles de Dios: Ensayo los domingos a las 4 pm *Coordinador: Oscar Torres, 256-744-0145

Catecismo Preparación para la recepción de los sacramentos y para el crecimiento en la fe. Clases los viernes, sábados y domingos en el centro. Se requie-re dos años de clase para la recepción de la Primera Comunión y para Confirmación. Para la recepción de Comunión el/la estudiante necesita tener 7 años de edad antes del primero de octubre. Para empezar la clase del primer año de Confirmación, necesita tener 12 años antes del primero de octubre. Y para la recepción de Confirmación, necesita tener 13 años antes del primero de octubre. *Contacte: Yolanda Nieto, 256-891-0550 Clases de Crecimiento. Para los jóvenes y adultos que quieren apren-der más de su fe. “Cuando era niño, hablaba como niño, pensaba y razo-naba como niño. Pero cuando me hice hombre, dejé de lado las cosas del niño” (1 Corintios 13:11). *Coordinador: Pedro González, 256-486-7890

Sacramentos Cursos Pre-Matrimoniales. Dichoso quien ama de corazón los Man-datos del Señor. Anímate a recibir la bendición de Dios en tu matrimo-nio. Te esperamos. *Contacte: 256-891-0550 x101 Clases Pre-Bautismal. Cada segundo sábado del mes a las 1:00 pm. *Para más información contacte: 256-891-0550 Preparación Quinceañeras. Son solamente tres veces al año. *Para más información contacte: Ramona Solís, 256-202-9164.

Grupos Grupo Juvenil Reuniones Miércoles 10:00 am a 12:00 pm, y Domin-gos 5:00 pm a 7:00 pm *Contacte: Marvin Toledo, 256-744-5208 y Mario Francisco, 256-641-4802

Caballeros de Colón *Consejo 15845: Gustavo Linares, 256-557-0532 *Asamblea 3499: Heriberto Vásquez, 256-572-5323

Grupos de Oración. “Eran asiduos a la enseñanza de los Apóstoles, a la Convivencia fraterna a la fracción del pan y a las oraciones” (Hechos 2:42). Domingos desde las 2 p.m. hasta las 5 p.m. en la capilla. *Coordinador 1: Juan Martínez, 256-763-1863 *Coordinador 2: Juan Ramírez, 256-293-2648

Comité Organizador de los Eventos de la Iglesia *Contacte: Rosalinda Vega, 256-572-1642

Church Office 256-582-4245

www.stwilliamchurch.com Monday-Friday 9:00 am - 1:00 pm

Office Manager—Laura Hodge laura@stwilliamchurch.com

Mass Schedule Monday—Friday 8:30 am

Vigil Mass—Saturday 5:00 pm Sunday—8:30 & 11:00 am

Confession - Saturday 3:45-4:30 pm

St. William Catholic Church 929 Gunter Avenue, Guntersville, AL 35976

www.stwilliamchurch.com Pastor—Rev. Tim Pfander

256-582-4245 ext. 102

Capilla de la Santa Cruz 1534 Whitesville Road, Albertville, AL 35950

256-891-0550 256-279-0169 Padre Raúl Bedoya 256-505-1584

Miércoles, jueves, & viernes sábado Misa de Vigilia

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6:00 pm 6:00 pm 8:30 am,11:00 am & 6:00 pm

Horario de Misas:

Confesiones: Miércoles 4:30-5:30 pm, Sábado 4:30-5:30 pm, o por cita

Director-Juan Núñez DRE-Yolanda Nieto

Asistente-Liliana Trejo

256-891-0550 x101 256-891-0550 x104 256-891-0550

Horario de Oficina lunes - cerrado martes - viernes 9:00 am - 1:00 pm & 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm

sábado - domingo 9:00 am - 2:00 pm

In the Gospel today, Jesus asks “What are you looking for?” Often we are looking for happiness in very selfish ways, but we find that when we look for ways to make others happy, it is then that we truly become happy. As you place your gift in the Society of St. Vincent de Paul poor box, know that you are a sign of God’s love to those who are suffering and you give them reason to believe and to trust.

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Tickets available for purchase following all Masses January 13-14 & 20-21.

Saturday, January 27 11:00 am. to 2:00 pm. St. Elias Parish Hall.

Speaker—Sylvia Bresowar Tickets are $15 and are available by contacting Donna Chmielarski at (205) 408-0308, from Alpha Church Supply and from any Ser-vice Team Member. No tickets are sold at the door.

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION

“Ordinary Time” began for us this week. On the old calendar, the feast of the Pres-entation, still more than two weeks away, was the last day of the Christmas season. Sadly, Bethlehem is hardly a place of peace on earth these days. The ancient Christian community has been largely uprooted by political strife. The Church of the Nativity stands (barely) in remark-able disrepair and disorder in Manger Square. The roof is crumbling, the major doorways are blocked, the wiring is faulty, and the worship life is disrupted by quar-rels among Eastern Christians. The church was founded by the Em-peror Constantine in 325, destroyed in a Samaritan revolt in 539, and rebuilt

by the Emperor Justinian. When the area came under Muslim control in 638, the holiness of the church was respected, and in return Christians allowed Mus-lims to pray in the south aisle, a right still upheld. Earlier in that century, invading Persians were ordered to destroy all churches, but when they saw the magi carved over the doorway of the Church of the Nativity, they spared it out of re-spect for their ancestors who bore gold, frankincense, and myrrh to the same city. The Crusaders restored and redecorated the church by the twelfth century, and it is their plan that survives. Down a few stone steps is a stone grotto

with a silver star marking the place of Christ’s birth: when the star was stolen in 1847 it triggered an international crisis that exploded into the Crimean War. Since 1852, the church has been shared by the Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox, and Armenian Churches. The Greeks are in charge of the grotto, but don’t enjoy the best of friendships with the Armenians. Catholics have the care of the Chapel of the Manger, and

avoid the squabbles by a separate en-trance to the Franciscan monastery church of St. Catherine. Pray for peace in Bethlehem!

—Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

Magnificat Prayer Luncheon

Colectas de la Capilla

Cantidad necesaria cada semana $ 7,500

Colección la semana pasada $ 6,606

Segunda Colecta: Fondo de Construcción

Colectado este mes $ 10,270

Mas venta de comida este mes $ 1,010

Colecta total en enero $ 11,280

El saldo del fondo de Construcción $ 830,825

ESTE ES EL CORDERO DE DIOS La introducción de Juan fue una declaración sencilla: "Este es el Cordero de Dios". Los dos discípulos inmediatamente res-pondieron. Jesús sintió las volun-tades de sus corazones y los invitó a seguirlo. ¿Algunas veces deseas que reconocer a Dios fuera algo directo en tu propia vida? ¿Acaso

no sería maravilloso que un amigo pudiera señalar con exactitud a Cristo? Aunque no siempre tene-mos un sentido claro de la presen-cia de Dios con y dentro de noso-tros, tenemos una oportunidad regular de encontrarnos con Cris-to, en la celebración de la Misa. Como los discípulos, también escuchamos, "Este es el Cordero

de Dios". Después de la consagra-ción, justo antes de que reciba-mos la sagrada comunión, el sa-cerdote eleva la hostia y dice: "Este es el Cordero de Dios, que quita el pecado del mundo. Di-chosos los invitados a la cena del Señor". Es como tener un amigo que nos está señalando al Señor. Aquí esta Cristo, listo para que

nosotros recibamos su Cuerpo y su Sangre, para entrar a una pro-funda comunión con él y vivir nuestras vidas como sus discípu-los. Alimentados en palabra y sacramento, estamos llamados para señalar el camino hacia el Señor como testigo del amor de Cristo.

Nació en Poitiers (Francia) y durante su juven-tud abrazó el cristianismo junto con toda su familia. Gracias a su ejemplo cristiano, su misma gente lo eligió como obis-po en el año 353. Como obispo destacó por su formación intelec-tual y su firmeza en la defensa de la fe, especialmen-te contra los arrianos, un gru-po de cristianos que negaban la divinidad de Cris-to. Fue desterrado a Frigia (Asia) en el año 356, pero esto no le impidió de-fender a la Iglesia de los ata-ques, debatiendo incluso, a los obispos arrianos. Debido

a la firmeza y conocimiento de causa con que combatía a sus interlocutores, los mis-mos arrianos pidieron al Em-

perador que lo regresara a casa, a su Iglesia, don-de se habían mantenido fieles a sus enseñanzas. Con los obispos que habían cedi-do a los arrianos fue firme para hacerles ver sus errores, pero compasivo en su trato con ellos. Su celo por la fe, así como sus escritos le valie-

ron el título de “maestro de las Iglesias”. En 1851 el Papa Pío IX lo declaró Doctor de la Iglesia. —Miguel Arias, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

SAN HILARIO DE POITIERS (c. 315-367) 13 de enero

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Minister’s Schedule (schedule available online at www.stwilliamchurch.com)

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Jan. 27-28 Ministers of Communion Lectors Servers Ushers

Saturday 5:00 pm

Linda Hodge Norb Patla

Billie Ellen Simpson

Patty Gurley John Summers

Erin Summers Gene Doyle Sean Landry

Sunday 8:30 am

Rick Hoepfner Sandy Whitaker

Tony Hoeppner Dianne Thomas

Cabe Dunn Christopher Gore

William McLaughlin

William Busic Harold Davis Kevin Young

Sunday 11:00 am

Kristen Skaziak Betsy Traynor

Maria Go Cindy Hammond

Ryan Buchanan Lauren Buchanan Matthew Corbin

Brad Corbin John Eason Rommel Go

Jan. 20-21 Ministers of Communion Lectors Servers Ushers

Saturday 5:00 pm

Robert Crowell Terri Rushing John Summers

Linda Hodge Norb Patla

Erin Summers Gene Doyle Sean Landry

Sunday 8:30 am

Karen Kee Lawrence Kee

Finie Higgins Joseph Peanasky

Brayan Castro Matt Laski

Magen Tomas

Dale Lee Jackie Todd

Kevin Young

Sunday 11:00 am

Tina Hoang Kay Nolan

Alice Beck Raul Ortiz

Maggie Skaziak Vincent Tenchavez

Payton Uchaker

Jimmy Chavez Rickey Hammond

Joe Snead

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Capilla de la Santa Cruz Calendario de Eventos St. William Calendar of Events Sun, Jan 14, 2018

Following all Masses Religious Articles Sale

Following all Masses

Following all Masses Ticket Sales - Casino Night

Vestibule

9:30 AM Music Rehearsal

St. William

9:45 AM PSR Classes

Mary's House

9:45 AM RCIA

Parish Office

Mon, Jan 15, 2018

6:40 PM Rosary - hosted by SVdP

St. William

7:00 PM Society of St. Vincent de Paul

Mary's House

Tue, Jan 16, 2018

Wed, Jan 17, 2018

9:15 AM Adult Bible Study

Craven Hall

Thu, Jan 18, 2018

7:00 PM St. Thomas More Assembly

Craven Hall

Fri, Jan 19, 2018

Sat, Jan 20, 2018

Following Mass Ticket Sales - Casino Night

Vestibule

10:00 AM WWME

Craven Hall

4:30 PM Rosary

St. William

Sun, Jan 21, 2018

Following all Masses Ticket Sales - Casino Night

Vestibule

9:30 AM Music Rehearsal

St. William

9:45 AM PSR Classes

Mary's House

9:45 AM RCIA

Parish Office

domingo 14 de enero

2:00 PM Clases de Crecimiento

Sala mediana

2:00 PM Grupo de Oración

Capilla

3:00 PM Infancia Misionera

Sala Grande

4:00 PM RCIA Clase

Sala Mediana

5:30 PM Jóvenes Pastoral

Sala Grande

lunes 15 de enero

martes 16 de enero

5:00 PM St. Vicente de Paul

Centro

6:00 PM Coro: Fuego Divino

Centro Sala Mediana

6:00 PM Movimiento Juan XXIII

Centro (Sala Chica)

miércoles 17 de enero

5:30 PM Youth Group (Grupo de Jóvenes)

Sala mediana

6:00 PM Santa Misa

jueves 18 de enero

8:00 AM Adoración Eucarística

6:00 PM Ensayo del coro: Tomas

Centro - Sala Grande

6:00 PM Santa Misa

6:00 PM Ensayo del Coro: Arpa de David

Sala mediana

6:30 PM Coro: Santa Cruz

Centro, Med. Room

viernes 19 de enero

6:00 PM Santa Misa

sábado 20 de enero

4:00 PM Reunión de Caballeros de Colon

Sala mediana

6:00 PM Misa de Vigilia

domingo 21 de enero

2:00 PM Clases de Crecimiento

Sala mediana

2:00 PM Grupo de Oración

Capilla

3:00 PM Infancia Misionera

Sala Grande

4:00 PM RCIA Clase

Sala Mediana

5:30 PM Jóvenes Pastoral

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Please pray for Our Sick and Recovering Parishioners

Saturday, January 13th

5:00 pm Ruth Holthaus, RIP

Sunday, January 14th 8:30 am St. William—St. William Parishioners

Monday, January 15th

8:30 am St. William—Dorothy Arbir, RIP

Tuesday, January 16th 8:30 am St. William—Paul Bartinaikitis, RIP

Wednesday, January 17th

8:30 am St. William—Al & Zita Huebel, RIP

Thursday, January 18th

Friday, January 19th

Saturday, January 20th 5:00 pm St. William—Victor Hawkins, RIP

Sunday, January 21st

11:00 am Chapel—St. William Parishioners

Matthew 25: “I was sick and you visited me.” If you or a loved one is sick or hospitalized and would like a visit from a priest, please contact the office at (256) 582-4245 or via e-mail. They will be happy to arrange a visit. Prayer List Request Policy: Requests must be made by the individual or with family member’s permission before adding name to prayer list. This is to protect the privacy of the family or individual.

Offertory Last Weekend Poor Box Building Fund Collection January

PRAYER FOR THE SICK Almighty and Eternal God, You are the everlasting health of those who believe in You. Hear us for Your sick servants for whom we im-plore the aid of Your tender mercy, that being restored to bodily health, may they give thanks to You in Your Church. Through Christ our Lord. Amen

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Cathy Lee Bentley Danny Bright

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Betty McEntyre Pete, Vicky, and Sharron

Barbara Norton Christine Amos

Taryn Krol Cole Brown

Our Soldiers Stationed Overseas

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