STAFF: PASTOR: Fr. Simeon Etonu

DEACON: Larry Mitchell

SECRETARY: Amanda Durbin

COMMISSIONS:

PASTORAL: David Blackford

FINANCE: Phil Saunders

MAINTENANCE: Joe Dimmitt

FR BUHMAN CTR: Glenn Eagan

RELIGIOUS ED: Deacon Larry Mitchell

SOCIAL CONCERNS: Chris Dimmitt

LITURGY & WORSHIP: Paula Gough

CCD/PSR: Joann Wilcox

YOUTH: Eulynn Keller

MUSIC DIRECTOR: Beth Saunders

ORGANIZATIONS:

K of C: Al Meyers

ALTAR SOCIETY: Milly Rash

Dec 30th

Readings: Jan 6th-First Reading: Isaiah 60:1-6 Response: Psalm 72:1-2,7-8,10-11,12-13 Second Reading:

Ephesians3:2-3a, 5-6 Gospel Reading: Matthew 2:1-12

Feast & Holy Days

Jan 1st-Solemnity of Mary, Holy Mother of God

Jan 6th-Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord

Jan 13th-Feast of the Baptism of the Lord

Contact: St. Mary’s Catholic Church

307 E. Chestnut St. P.O. Pox 306

Shelbina, MO 63468

Ph. 573-588-4498

Email-stmaryshelbina@gmail.com

Visit: www.stmaryshelbina.org

Office Hours : 8.00 am—12.00 pm, Monday - Thursday

Feast of the Holy Family

ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH

“The shepherds went in haste, and found Mary & Joseph, and

the infant lying in the manger.”

Luke 2:16

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HOLY MASS

Dec 31at-Jan 6th

Mon, Dec 31st-5:30pm at St. Pat’s-Bob & Maranelle

Jarboe

Tues, Jan 1st-8am-Jeanne Darby

Sat, Jan 5th-5:00pm-Lenz, Schoene, & Hercules Families,

living & deceased

Sun, Jan 6th-St. Pat’s-The parishioners

Sun, Jan 6th-10:00am-Robert Robison

Confessions:

Saturday-4:30—4.50pm

Sunday- 9.30 – 9.50am

Friday– 8.00 - 8.30am or by appointment

Sacrament of Marriage:

Contact the parish office at least six months in advance.

Sacrament of Baptism:

Contact the parish office 6 weeks in advance.

Sacrament of the Holy Anointing of the Sick:

Parishioners facing surgery or struggling with serious illness

may request this Sacrament of Healing by calling the parish

office@ 573-588-4498.

Registering in the parish:

To join our parish, please contact the parish office.

RCIA:

Adults interested in joining the Catholic Church, contact the

parish office 573-588- 4498 or Mark Gough 573-588-7856.

Class starts Oct. 1st.

Vocations to the Priesthood and Consecrated Life:

If you are interested in becoming a priest, deacon, sister or

brother, please contact Fr. Christopher Aubuchon 573-635-

9127.

Fr. Buhman Center: For renting Fr. Buhman Center ( FBC)

contact Tim McClintock @573-515-0300

WEEKLY LITURGICAL MINISTRY

Jan 5/6

5.00PM 10.00AM

LECTORS

Angie Resa Clint Prange

USHERS

Jim Belt

Pat Greenwell

Daniel Dovin

Matt McWilliams

SERVERS

Joey White Carsen & Kayl Gough

GIFTS

Gale Buckman Family Scott Gough Family

COMMUNION MINISTERS

Tom Shively

Rose Shively

Al Meyers

Deacon

Glenn Eagan

Cathy Eagan

GREETERS

Maurice Eagan Family Phil Leatherman Family

ELEVATOR

Ken Broughton Tim Power

ROSARY LEADER

Roy Hamilton Barbara Greenwell

If you cannot fill assigned ministry, please find a

replacement or contact parish office. Thank you

for all you do.

2018 ADVENT SCHEDULE

Dec 31st-Mary, Mother of God, Mass at St. Pat’s 5:30pm

Jan 1st-Mary, Mother of God, Mass at St. Mary’s 8am

The 2019 Altar Society books are now being edit-

ed, if you want to change months, update your

contact number, or be moved to “members at

large”, please let Cathy Eagan know as soon as

possible by emailing her at

geagan@centurytel.net or call 573-699-2112. Also,

if you are new to our parish and wish to be added,

please let us know.

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PRAYER INTENTIONS of St. Mary’s…….. Wellness: Jenny Angstrom, Veronica Angstrom, Christina Osu, Teresa Minj, Deacon John DeGraff, Margot Eagan, Cam-eron DeGraff, Debbie Peacock, the youth of our parish, Joann Hillard, George Broughton, Barbara Thompson Kendrick, Lisa Ly, Mary Winkler, Janet Smoot, Bernadette Robison, Susie Heathman Spencer, Ed Smith, Herman Peeper, Ashlyn Schaefer, Lisa Westbrook Cancer: Susan Bentley, Mark Judy, Doris Hickman, David Farrell, Fr. Ed Doyle, Bert Wallace, Marissa Ebbing, Mark Greenwell, Gerald Pemberton, Vicki Hastings, Mary Ven-vertloh, Cheryl Wear, Peggy Burkhardt, Sylvia Power, Dian Kunce Long term &/or homebound: Cathleen Hercules, Lucilia Ber-mejo, Josiah Tuley, Charlie Coon, Linda Kempf, Ellen Winkler McGoldrick, Tim Williams, Barb Harlow, Ed Pollard, Linda Acree, Emily Barnes, Sue Roberts, Becky Roberts, Scott Kuntz, Harvey Fifer, Timothy Riley, Pauline Kendrick, JoAnn Hillard SRCC: Joan Bierly, Jean Clapper, Dorothy Howard, Rosemary Rozkiewicz, Pearl Little, Karen Baymiller, Linda Fleak, Char-lene and Jim Friedman, Emma Lu Dimmitt, Jo Williams, Car-lene Waack, Ken Broughton, Minnie Kate Hawkins Shelbina Villa: Lionel Bertrand, Joyce Greenwell Clarence Care Center: Ruth Lowe, Bob Greening of our Holy Father, Pope Francis…… “That young people, especially in Latin America, follow the example of Mary and respond to the call of the Lord to communicate the joy of the Gospel to the world. “

of our Bishop, Shawn McKnight……. ““For the gift of peace within families, our community and the world: that violence shall cease and the destruction of human life from conception until natural death will be no more. ”

Please keep in prayer two young men from our par-ish, Masen Rash & Dylan Durbin as they make the pilgrimage to Washington D.C. Jan 16th for the March for Life with our diocese. That it may be a safe & uplifting journey for them.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS

Dec 30th-Donut Sunday

Jan 3rd-K of C meeting, 6:30 meal & 7:30 meeting

Jan 6th-CCD resumes

Jan 9th-Youth Group resumes

Jan 13th-Parish carry-in

Jan 16th-Dylan Durbin & Masen Rash make pil-

grimage to March for Life in Washington DC

Jan 20th-Adult Ed meets in FBC, 6pm

Jan 27th-Donut Sunday

March 9-13th-Parish Mission

March 17th-St Pat’s Dinner, Mass times switched

March 25th-Confirmation at St. Mary’s

March 31st-Diocesan Retreat Day for Youth lead-

ers and Catechists at FBC. 9am-4pm

(2019 Catholic Summer Camp July 22nd-28th)

Your Support

Dec 3rd-$3168.25

Dec 9th-$3024.00

Dec 16th-$2732.00

Dec 23rd-$3007.75

Christmas-$4011.00

Seminary/priest retirement-$1039.00

CSA : Goal-$13,500 Received-$11,197 82.94%,

47 donors. Thank You

2018/19 budgeted income $226,621.00

YTD actual Income $132,591.33

2019 envelopes are located in the back of the church,

please take yours. If you do not find one or are new

to St. Mary’s, contact the office. 588-4498.

(Adoration will continue each Friday during Fr.

Simeon’s absence; however, there will be no daily

Mass until February 5th.)

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*K-6th Youth group meets each Wed at 4:30 in the

FBC, followed by a meal at 5:30.

*Middle school youth group meets in the FBC each

Wednesday. Meal at 5:30, group following.

*High School Youth Group/GLOW meets one Sun-

day each Month.

*K-10th CCD classes are each Sunday at 8:45 am,

confirmation class meets each Sunday as well.

CCD & Youth Groups on winter break, all resume

Jan 6th.

PLEASE continue to PRAY

for VOCATIONS!

(2019 Catholic Summer Camp July 22nd-28th)

Next mtg. Jan 3rd

6:30 meal, 7:30 meeting

Tootie Eagan

Pam Ross

Janet Bichsel

Pat Buckman

Jill Douglass

Mandy Eagan

Maria Eagan

Kaye Elsen

Jean Hercules

Susan Hillard

Kristen Kuntz

Lisa Owens

Lola Pollard

Kelly Saunders

Sam Stoneburner

Cathy Weatherford

Cathy Winkler

Jan/Feb Committee Every Catholic Woman

is privileged to be a

member of the Altar

Society and of the Na-

tional Council of Cath-

olic Women.

MARY

As the Mother of God, the Virgin Mary has a unique posi-tion among the saints, indeed, among all creatures. She is exalted, yet still one of us.

Redeemed by reason of the merits of her Son and united to Him by a close and indissoluble tie, she is endowed with the high office and dignity of being the Mother of the Son of God, by which account she is also the beloved daughter of the Fa-ther and the temple of the Holy Spirit. Because of this gift of sublime grace she far surpasses all creatures, both in heaven and on earth. At the same time, however, because she belongs to the offspring of Adam she is one with all those who are to be saved. (Lumen Gentium, no. 53)

Mary embraces God's will and freely chooses to cooper-

ate with God's grace, thereby fulfilling a crucial role in

God's plan of salvation. Throughout the centuries, the

Church has turned to the Blessed Virgin in order to come

closer to Christ. Many forms of piety toward the Mother of

God developed that help bring us closer to her Son. In

these devotions to Mary, "while the Mother is honored,

the Son, through whom all things have their being and in

whom it has pleased the Father that all fullness should

dwell, is rightly known, loved and glorified and . . . all His

commands are observed." The Church honors her as the

Mother of God, looks to her as a model of perfect disci-

pleship, and asks for her prayers to God on our behalf.

(Source: usccb.org)

`We will be hosting a pro-life dinner/fundraiser event on

the evening of May 11th at the FBC. Mark your calendars

early!

~Thank you to all who participated in the 2018 gun raffles

and congratulations to all 12 winners.