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PRAYERS: PLEASE PRAY FOR PAUL PLATTE, - MELVIN PAMMENT, - JIM CARBARY, (FATHER OF MAGGIE SAYLES), - DON SMITH, - KEVIN PLATTE, - OLIVER WASHINGTON, - PRISCILLA MAHONEY, - ARMANDO ANGUIANO (BROTHER OF JESSE), - MARY ELLEN SCHRAUBEN (SISTER OF BARB FOOTE & GEORGE LEHMAN)—ALBERTO ZA-MARRIPA (COUSIN OF JESSE ANGUIANO), - RICK SPICKARD, - LINDSEY KING (GRANDDAUGHTER OF GEORGENE KING), - GERRY PACE, - PAT SIMPSON, - RAY DOYLE, - BEN SINIARSKI, - KYLE WALLER, - SR. MARY JONELLA PIEPER (AUNT OF NANCY CLARK), - TYLER KING (GRANDSON OF GEORGENE KING), VIRGINIA BERNAL (COUSIN OF JESSE ANGUIANO), - JULIE SHAFFER.,— JUDITH MARTELL (MOTHER OF TERESA PICKENS), - CARRIE SCHULTZ, - DAVID RHODABECK, - TERRY MILLER, - FRANCES BOERNER (MOTHER OF GERALD BOERNER), - - JASON CHUBB, - JIM HURST (BROTHER-IN-LAW OF JANICE HURST & KEN BRINK) - JIM (MAYO) HURST, - CHARLES OLENICZAK (BROTHER OF BARB WRIGHT), - PAT ROWLEY (SISTER OF JIM ROWLEY), - BRUCE CHANDLER (BROTHER OF MARTI ROWLEY), - JIM OLENICZAK (BROTHER OF BARB WRIGHT), - GREG HUTCHINGS (GRANDSON OF KEN BRINK), - NATHAN BECERRA (COUSIN OF JESSE ANGUIANO), - NICHOLAS SCOTT (SON OF VERONICA SCOTT), - MERCEDES RIOS (NIECE OF JESSE ANGUIANO), - ROSE MORRILL, - JULIE STONER (DAUGHTER OF GENE & BARB STONER), - JOHN MARTINEZ, - MARK THOMAS ROSTAR, - FRANK LUNDIE, - RICK FEZATTE (SON OF RON & JANICE), - JANET ARTHUR, - KIM BALCARCEL

Saturday— December 16 5:00 PM Special Intentions of the Jack & Julie Risch Family

Sunday— December 17 9:00 AM Jack Doyle by Dick & Mary Lou Doyle

Monday NO MASS

Tuesday NO MASS

Wednesday 6:30 PM Sheila Doyle by LaVone (Argersinger) Suski

Thursday 8:30 AM Special Intentions of the Jack & Julie Risch Family

Friday 8:30 AM Steve Rourke by the Nakfoor Family

Saturday— December 23 5:00 PM Ed & Tom Wrobel by the Family

Dec. 24—4th Sun. of Advent Christmas Eve Christmas Eve

9:00 AM 5:00 PM 10:00 PM

Gene Stewart by Keith & Nancy Kienitz Bernard Hurst and Don & Gerry Ryde by Jack & Elaine Hurst Harold Hurst by Janice Hurst

Monday—Christmas Morning 9:00 AM Charles & Dorothy Kendall by the Family

OFFERTORY Dec. 9 & 10, 2017

87 Adult Envelopes $3,030 Loose Collection $362 2 Children’s Envelopes $2 8 Building Fund Envelopes $370 17 ACH Electronic Offertory $1,215 Total Weekly Offertory $4,979

SPECIAL PRAYERS FOR

Dolores Curtis

who died this past

week.

NOTE: Confession will now be

Saturday between 3:00 & 4:00 PM Or by appointment

WOMEN’S ANNUAL RETREAT WEEKEND At St. Francis Retreat Center, DeWitt

January 5—7 Theme: Entering the Heart of God: Praying the

Lord’s Prayer Suggested Donation for Weekend—$175

For Information or to Register call: 517-669-8321

www.stfrancis.ws

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS

Dec. 17—Pancake Breakfast Dec. 27—Planning Meeting—CANCELLED

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION FORMATION (REF)

10:20 AM—11:30 AM Dec. 17—REF Sessions Dec. 24 & 31—NO REF Jan. 7—REF Sessions Resume

PBJ Youth Group Wed., Dec. 20th

Youth Group & Confirmation Class

12:00 - 4:00 - Make Cookies 4:00 - 8:00 - Make Fleece Tie Blankets &

Blessings in a Bag (There will be a box in the Small Hall to donate items)

Pizza Dinner - bring $5 Anyone can join us. Contact Lisa Kingsbury (cookies) or Melissa Byrnes (blankets, Blessings in a Bag), if you have any questions. Donations of fleece would be greatly appreciated. We will need 3.5 yards of fleece for each blanket. Donations for Blessings in a bag are also appreciat-ed. These bags will be distributed in the Shiawassee County Area. We will be assembling approximately 20 bags. The items we need are: Socks, Hats, Gloves, Cocoa, Tea, Instant Soup, Instant Oatmeal, Granola Bars, Fruit Chews, Mints, Gum, Handwarmers, Shampoo/Conditioner (travel size), Band Aids, Deodorant, Quarters, Chapstick, Combs, Prayer books

PARISH WIDE Rosary ~ Mondays 6:30 PM in the Chapel Dec. 19 –Tues.– 6:30 PM—Potluck & Christmas Pageant

CHRISTMAS MASS TIMES Dec. 24—Fourth Sunday of Advent 9:00 AM

Dec. 24—Christmas Eve—5:00 PM

Dec. 24—Christmas Eve—10:00 PM

Dec. 25—Christmas Morning—9:00 AM

Holy Family Church

Dec. 24 –Fourth Sunday of Advent 10:00 AM

Dec. 24 Christmas Eve—5:00 PM

Dec. 25 –Christmas Morning—10:00 AM

A big Giving Tree Thank you to all who participated this year. Our parish helped to brighten Christmas for seven families that had a total of 34 children. Only two gifts were not returned.

Help Decorate The Church for Christmas! Next Sunday, after the 9:00 AM Mass we need people to help put up the Christmas decorations for the Christmas Eve Masses later that day. Let’s continue with this family / parish tradition. The more help the quicker it will go. We would also like someone to water the poinsettias during the Christmas Season.

THIS SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17th we will cele-brate the Rite of Acceptance in RCIA. We will accept and welcome this year’s catechumens into our parish family. At this rite we will present them a cross to remind them that Jesus died for our sins and that we will be able to better accept the crosses in our life when we know that God is always with us. We will also present them with a Bible, the Word of God that sustains and guides us on this journey of life. The other thing that will sustain them and anyone else who decides to join RCIA is the example, love and prayers of St. Isidore’s family. Remember we all are responsi-ble for their journey.

This year please pray for Kim Sprague and Angela Soderberg.

CHRISTMAS POTLUCK & PAGEANT Dec. 19 at 6:30 PM

K of C will provide the meat Please bring a dish to pass

The Real Christmas Story pageant will follow the meal

NO WINGS meeting this month. January will be a Movie Night.

More details coming later.

The Parish Code:

NH8RB3

Our Witness to Hope Campaign:

122% - $229,690 from 122 pledges The parish will now receive 100% of the money pledged.

Well done Good & Faithful Servants!

Extra Pledge Cards are available near the bulletins.

2018 OFFERTORY ENVELOPES

The new offertory envelopes are in the back of church. If you would like envelopes and did not receive them this past year please contact the office with your request and leave your name and phone number. Your new envelopes will be available for pick up the following weekend. If you are taking children’s envelopes please be sure to record their names and envelope numbers on the sheet provided. 2018 calendars are also available near the new envelopes.