Dear RE parents,
- Dec 8 - Immaculate Conception Holy Day Mass schedule
- Dec 10 - Christmas Pageant Rehearsals begin
- Dec 11 - St. Nicholas at Coffee & Doughnuts after 10:30 Mass. Kids can take home their very own Jesse Tree ornaments to decorate!
- Dec 12 - Parish Penance Service - 7pm
- Dec 18/19, Dec 25/26 and Jan 1/2 - No RE - your child's catechist will send the Gospel Weeklies home with your children for this timeframe. You can teach the Gospel readings and do fun activities with your kids at home. Click on here for ideas!
- Dec 24 - Children's Christmas Pageant - 7pm - prior to the 7:30 pm Mass
- Jan 8 - Children's Liturgy of the Word (C.L.O.W.) begins
Children can decorate Jesse Tree ornaments
at Coffee & Doughnuts after the 10:30 Mass this
3rd Sunday of Advent - Gaudete Sunday - Dec. 11.
The Jesse tree helps us connect the custom of decorating Christmas trees to the events leading to Jesus’ birth. The Jesse tree is named from Isaiah 11:1: “A shoot shall come out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots.” Jesse was the father of King David. We adorn a Jesse tree with illustrated ornaments that represent the people, prophesies, and events leading up to the birth of Jesus. The ornaments of the Jesse tree tell the story of God in the Old Testament, connecting the Advent season with the faithfulness of God across four thousand years of history. Loyola Press
CHRISTMAS PAGEANT
Deadline for sign up is Friday, Dec. 9. Sign up at the link below.
CHILDRENS LITURGY OF THE WORD (C.L.O.W.)
Children's Liturgy of the Word is a wonderful opportunity for children to hear God's Word during Mass. The children will be invited to process out and head to the reception room in the church when the readings begin and return when the gifts are brought up. They will listen to the same readings that the adults are hearing, but at an age appropriate level at the 10:30 Mass on the following dates:
We need more adult volunteers to take turns serving.
Materials are provided. Please sign up below!
Looking at Mary, we
will understand better
the transforming power
that the Eucharist
possesses. Listening to
her, we will find in the
Eucharistic mystery the
courage and energy to
follow Christ, the Good
Shepherd, and to serve
him in the brethren.
–Saint John Paul II
