Find the Bulletin-Worship Aid here.
Christmas Masses will Require Reservations
While we are excited to welcome all for our Christmas celebrations, if you plan to attend Mass on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day at St. Theresa, you will need to make a reservation, and present tickets when you arrive. This is to allow for the required social distancing during Mass. Reservations are free of charge and can be made on the parish website beginning December 2nd. Each Mass time and location (church or gym) will have a limited capacity of 150 people.
Christmas Mass Schedule (reservations required)
Christmas Eve
4:00 PM—Church and gym (this Mass will also be livestreamed)
6:30 PM—Church and gym
Midnight Mass—Church
Christmas Day
10:00 AM—Church (this Mass will also be livestreamed)
Dan Girardot Announces New Direction
Our longtime and much beloved Director of Music at St. Theresa, Dr. Dan Girardot, announced today that he will be leaving St. Theresa parish at the end of the year to pursue new opportunities in academia at Catholic universities, in ministry formation, and in writing. Dan has been a fixture at St. Theresa for 37 years and is one of the longest serving members of the staff.
A safe farewell celebration for Dan is being planned for the last weekend in December. Details to come.
Join Chase Crouse in this weeks episode of The Ark as we prepare to celebrate the Feast of Christ the King!
Drop Off Donations this Weekend
If you have signed up to bring donated items for Welcome Home Baskets for new residents of Foundations Communities please drop them off by 1 p.m. this Sunday, Nov. 22nd at Elmer Hall. The baskets, filled with essential household items, will be presented in December to those moving into efficiency apartments, many of them previously homeless.
DRIVE BY ELMER HALL TO DROP OFF ITEMS
BEFORE OR AFTER MASS:
NOV. 21-22
More details on the parish website and in the Narthex. We are in need of a few people to help sort items the afternoon of December 4th.
Sign up here to:
Thank you for a tremendous response to help our neighbors in need!
Save the Date for the Parish Advent Mission
December 14-15, 6:30 - 8:30 PM
Inspirational Talk, Adoration, Confession*
The event will be also livestreamed on our YouTube and Facebook pages
These opportunities for Reconciliation serve as our Advent Penance Service
Pick up your Knights of Columbus Nuts this Saturday
Pre-order only this year. Second round order due Dec. 7th.
If you pre-ordered holiday nuts from KofC prior to Nov. 17, your order pick up time is this Saturday, Nov. 21, between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. in the parish parking lot near the Family Center. There is still time to order for a second delivery online at this link, or use the a form found in the Narthex or on the parish website. Pick up for orders placed by Dec. 7 is Dec. 12. Learn more here.
St. Theresa School News
Save the Date- #GIVINGTUESDAY: We invite you to join us on Tuesday, December 1st as we participate in #GivingTuesday, the online global generosity movement. It is one day of giving to specifically support STCS student technology. We have an anonymous matching challenge: all gifts on this day will be doubled up to $10,000! Please share this info with friends of STCS as this outreach is especially geared toward our greater community. Gift link for December 1st
Early Applications for the Fall:
We are opening our application process early this year; November 20th for prospective families. If you have a new student (sibling) planning to enroll in the Fall –please fill out this form to save a spot for your future Tiger. We cannot wait to have them join our STCS family!
Special Collection
There is a special collection this weekend for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development which is the domestic anti-poverty program of the U.S. Catholic Bishops that works to break the cycle of poverty.