MASS SCHEDULE SATURDAY MASS: 5:30 p.m.

SUNDAY MASS: 9:30 a.m.

CONFESSION TIMES:

4:30 PM-5:00 PM Saturday at St. Peter 8:30 AM - 9:10 AM Sunday at St. Peter 5:30 PM-5:50 PM Tuesday at All Saints

PARISH SECRETARY’S HOURS Wednesday: 8 a.m. to noon Thursday: 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

MISSION STATEMENT: We, the people of St. Peter Parish, Montgomery, IN, profess our Catholic faith. We celebrate the seven sacraments of the Church. We pledge to witness to our Catholic faith in this community and to be examples of Christian love and service to all, regardless of their religious affiliation.

Address: 305 N. 2nd St. P.O. Box 10 Montgomery, IN 47558

Telephone: (812) 486-3149

Email: montstpeter@gmail.com

Website: www.stpetermont.com

Facebook: /stpetermont

FATHER SUDHAKAR Email: sbhastati@evdio.org In Emergency: (812) 449-8387 (Father’s cell)

PARISH MISSION:

DECEMBER 21 & 22, 2019

OUR PARISH FAMILY

MASS INTENTIONS The 4th Sunday in Advent SP | Saturday, Dec. 21 5:30 PM † The Intentions & Triumph of the B.V. Mary

SP | Sunday, Dec. 22

9:30 AM † Buck Sellers

SP | Monday, Dec. 23 8:00 AM † LaVerne Welp

AS | Tuesday, Dec. 24 Christmas Eve. 4:00 PM † Christmas Memorials

SP | Tuesday, Dec. 24 Christmas Eve. 6:00 PM † Christmas Memorials

SP | Wednesday, Dec. 25 Christmas Day

9:30 AM † Parishioners

SP | Thursday, Dec. 26 XX:XX AM † NO MASS

SP | Friday, Dec. 27 8:00 AM † Anthony, Billie Jo & Toni Kaye Hollander

SP | Saturday, Dec. 28 5:30 PM † Mary J. Seal

SP | Sunday, Dec. 29 9:30 AM † Carol Diane Sellers

SAINT PETER CATHOLIC CHURCH DECEMBER 22TH, 2

FROM THE DESK OF FR. SUDHAKAR…

GOD IS IN EVERYONE I recall a story that can help us understand what Christmas would really mean to each of us individually. A certain monastery discovered that it was going through a crisis. Some of the monks had left, there were no new candidates joining, and people were no longer coming for prayer and spiritual direction as they used to. The few monks that remained were becoming old, bitter, and depressed. Even the relationships between the monks were becoming stressed and unkind. The Abbot had heard about a holy man, a hermit, living alone in the woods and decided to consult with him regarding their problem. The Abbot told the hermit how the monastery had dwindled and diminished and now looked like a skeleton of what it used to be. Only seven old monks remained. The hermit told the Abbott that he had a secret for him. He informed the Abbott that one of the monks now living in his monastery was actually the Messiah, but he was living in such a way that no one could recognize him. With this revelation, the Abbott went back to his monastery, summand a community meeting and recounted what the holy hermit had told him. The aging monks looked at each other in unbelief, trying to discern who among them could be the Christ. Could it be Brother Mark who prays all the time! But has a “Holier-than-thou” attitude? Could it be Brother Joseph who is always willing to help? But who is always eating and drinking and can’t fast. The Abbott reminded them that the Messiah had adopted some bad habits as a way of camouflaging his real identity. This only made them more confused and they could not make any headway figuring out who was the Christ amongst them. At the end of the meeting what each of the monks knew for sure was that any of the monks, excluding himself, could be the Christ. From that day, the monks began to treat one another with greater respect and humility, knowing that the person they were speaking to could be the very Christ. They began to show more love for one another, their community life became more brotherly, and their prayers more fervent. Slowly people began to take notice of the new spirit in the monastery and began coming back for retreats and spiritual direction. All this because a man of God drew their attention to the truth that Christ was living in their midst as one of them, actually, that Christ was present in all of them. As Catholics, baptized and confirmed, we have Christ within us. And through the Holy Eucharist, we have the true body and blood of Christ physically united with our bodies. We need to aware of this fact that God is part of our lives and Christmas is a reminder of this fact to all of us. Christ is not somewhere up above or down below in manger but in each person.

May God bless you and Have wonderful Christmas!-

Fv. Sudhakar Bhastati

STAFF/CONTACTS Pastor : Fr. Sudhakar Bhastati

Music Director. Organist St. Peter: Angie Traylor

Parish Secretary/Bookkeeper: Marisa Bradley

Parish Catechetical Leader: Donna Bradley

Janitor: John Taylor

REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS... ...the sick of our parish family: Please send an email to the parish: montstpeter@gmail.com to add your intentions to this space. You may also call the office:

COLLECTION FOR 12/15/2019

Total Deposit: $6799.00 (Collection, $6,539.00, Candles$25.00, Retirement for Religious, $25.00,

Flowers, $210.00) Extra Deposit: $1,561.00 (Donations for Hall

Rental: $275.00, Rebates from Utilities: $1286.49)

Stewardship

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS

LITURGICAL LIFE

WWW.SAINTPETERMONT.COM 3 4 SUNDAY IN ADVENT

MINISTRY SCHEDULE Dec. 28th & 29th

Saturday 5:30 PM

Sunday 9:30 AM

Reader Donna Bradley Lucas O’Connor

Host Diane Reilly Imogene Lechner

Cup Rodney Babrick Trudy Fuhs

Cup Josh Kirsch Sharon Grindstaff

Server Nicholas

Kavanaugh Bristol Yoder

Server Levi Traylor

Greeters Linda Parsons

Linda Strosnider Bill & Shirley Wade

Collection Glen Spaulding

Jim Traylor PJ Craney

Terry LaMar

Gift Bearers

Anna Craney Linda Parsons

Mark & Stephanie O’Brian

Collection Counters

Mike Kavanaugh, Raymond Hart, Brian Colvin, Albert Kavanaugh

Come and visit Santa and enjoy Donuts from The Bakery House and Coffee after 9:30 Mass in the school cafeteria. After Mass on Monday, we will be decorating the church for Christmas. We need all the help we can get! Confessions will be heard on Monday evening 6—7 PM.

These pavers were placed in the Garden of Sorrow and Joy recently: “BRIAN & KEVIN LOVE THERESA EDWARDS, IN MEMORY OF GRAF & FLOREK FAMILIES, THE BEST DAD “BUCK” THERESA & DIANE, DECEASED MEMBERS OF THE B-R CLASS 1974 and MARY NORTON LOVE THERESA EDWARDS”. If you would like to sign up for a ministry, there is a binder with ministry sheets in the back of church. Jason Novicky, from LPi, is working on advertisements. Please consider purchasing an ad to promote your business. Your participation makes our bulletin successful; you attract customers and your support for the church is so appreciated. Please call or email Jason! 216-258-6185 or Jnovicky@4LPi.com.

RELIGION CLASSES Religion Classes for grades 1 –12 will resume the week of January 6, 2020. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!

Confirmation class will meet on January 19, 2020 after Mass in the Fellowship Center.

WATY “WE ARE THE YOUTH!” Thank You to everyone who came to help clean the church . We enjoyed pizza and watched “Santa Claus” on the new Roku TV that was recently installed in the Fellowship Center.

MEN’S BIBLE STUDY The Men’s Bible Study meets every Tuesday evening from 6:30—8:30 in the Fellowship Center. We will be discussing Romans.. We will be very happy to have anyone who would like to be a part of it

WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDY The Women’s Bible Study meets every Tuesday from 9 -11 am. We will not meet on Dec.24 or 31, 2019. We will resume our study of 1 Corinthians on January 7, 2020.

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