St. Joseph Catholic Church

Our Parish Mission Statement “The Spirit of the Lord is upon us, because the

Lord has anointed us to proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ!”

(Inspired by Jesus’ Mission Statement - Luke 4:18)

Nuestro Lema de la Misión Parroquial “El Espíritu del Señor esta sobre nosotros, porque el Señor nos ha Ungido para proclamar la Buena

Nueva de Jesucristo” (Inspirado por el Lema de la Misión de Jesús - Lucas 4:18)

330 East Fullerton Avenue Addison, Il 60101 Office: 630-279-6553 Fax: 630-279-4925 Email: stjoes@catholic.org Web Site: www.stjoeaddison.com Weekend Masses - English Saturday Vigil 4:30 p.m. Sunday 7:30 & 10:30 a.m. Weekday Masses - English Monday thru Thursday at 8:30 a.m. Friday 7:30 a.m. with Adoration ending at 7 p.m. Misas en Español Sábado 6:30 p.m. Domingo 9:00 a.m. y 12:30 p.m. Misa en Español entre Semana Lunes y Jueves 7:00 p.m. Viernes 7:15 p.m. Confessions/Confesiones Saturday/Sábado 3:30 - 4:15 p.m. Rosary-Monday - Thursday 7:45 a.m. Parish Staff Rev. Luís Gutiérrez Pastor/Párroco Rev. Mr. Philip Marrow Deacon Mrs. Edna Pasillas Office Administrator

Parish Office Hours Horario de Oficina Monday - Thursday Lunes - Jueves 9 am - 4 pm Friday/Viernes 9 am - 12 Noon

Children’s Faith Formation Office Oficina de Formación de Fe 630-832-5514 Mrs. Dolly Matthews Director Email: dolly2255@comcast.net

Holy Family Cath. School Escuela Católica de la Sagrada Familia 630-766-0116 Mrs. Corinne Alimento Principal Email: officeeast@hfcatholic.org Web Site: www.hfcatholic.org

Fourth Sunday of Advent December 18, 2011

Cuarto Domingo de Adviento

This Week

Masses for December 18-25, 2011

4:30 pm: †Angelo & Madeline Migliozzi 6:30 pm: †Beatriz Saavedra †Gonzalo Delgado

†Victor Hugo Hernandez

Fourth Sunday of Advent Sunday, December 18 7:30 am: † Bill Schraeder †Millie Hengels 9:00am: †Dolores Hernandez (2do Aniversario) 10:30 am: †Bill Schaeder 12:30 pm: Community Mass– Spanish Por las intenciones de Octavio y Lorena Estrada

en su 19 Aniversario. Por las intenciones de Er-endira Alexandropoulos y Aaron Badillo

†Amalia Figueroa (35 Aniversario) Monday, December 19 8:30 am: † Agustina Reyes 7:00 pm: Por las Intenciones de Faustino Chavez Tuesday, December 20 8:30 am: † Alejandro Gomez † Guadalupe Campos Wednesday, December 21, St. Peter Canisius 8:30 am: Por las Intenciones de Eliceo Perezchica Thursday, December 22 8:30 am: For the Int. of Pasillas Family 7:00 pm: Por todos los Feligreses Friday, December 23, St. John of Kanti 7:30 am: For the Health of Chuya Velasco 8:00 am - 7 pm: Adoration 7:00 pm: Por Todos los matrimonios Saturday, December 24, Christmas Vigil 4:30 pm: Children’s (English) Mass † 8:00 pm: Spanish Mass 11:00 pm: Bilingual Mass

Sunday of the Nativity of the Lord Sunday, December 25 7:30 am: For the int. of the Zelent Familiy 9:00am: Por las Intenciones de Edna Pasillas 10:30 am: †Benjamin Costa 12:30 pm: Community Mass– Spanish †Ruben Blanco (9 Aniversario) Por las intenciones de Adan Ruben Blanco y Jesus

Antonio Ontiveros en sus cumpleaños Por las intenciones de Erendira Alexandropoulos

y Aaron Badillo

Esther Gallegos, John Junokas, Jenny Vasquez, Benjamin Costa, Uriel Rodriguez, Ubaldo Morales,

Bertha Martinez, Michael Alexandropoulous & Luvia Saucedo

Rest in Peace †

Agnes Butler, Ralph Carsello, Josephine Pizzolanti, Maria Atrsico, Jesus Hernandez, Salvador Caldera,

Bill Fern, Carmen Sauceda, Mauricia Costilla & Trinidad y Yolanda Ibarra

Monday, December 19th 5:30PM RE Home School Children 7 PM RCIA Tuesday, December 20th 6:30 PM Choir Rehearsal 7 PM Worship Commission Wednesday, December 21st

NO CLASSES 6—6:30 PM Christmas Eve Practice Thursday, December 22nd 7 PM Misa Friday, December 23rd 8 AM-7 PM Adoration 7:00 PM Misa Saturday, December 24th

NO CLASSES

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Jgs 13:2-7, 24-25a; Lk 1:5-25 Tuesday: Is 7:10-14; Lk 1:26-38 Wednesday: Sg 2:8-14 or Zep 3:14-18a; Lk 1:39- 45 Thursday: 1 Sm 1:24-28; Lk 1:46-56 Friday: Mal 3:1-4, 23-24; Lk 1:57-66 Saturday: 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16; Lk 1:67- 79 Sunday: Vigil: Is 62:1-5; Ps 89; Acts 13:16-17, 22-25; Mt 1:1-25 [18-25] Midnight: Is 9:1-6; Ps 96; Ti 2:11-14; Lk 2:1-14 Dawn: Is 62:11-12; Ps 97; Ti 3:4-7; Lk 2:15-20 Day: Is 52:7-10; Ps 98; Heb 1:1-6; Jn 1:1-18 [1-5, 9-14]

Christmas Eve & Day Schedule

Parish Offices will be closed from December 23rd thru January 3rd, 2012!

Horario de Noche Buena y Navidad

Las oficinas parroquiales estarán cerradas del 23 de diciembre al 3 de enero del 2012.

CHRISTMAS EVE 4:30 P.M. CHILDRENS MASS 8:00 P.M. SPANISH MASS 10:30 P.M. CHRISTMAS CAROLS 11:00 P.M. BILINGUAL - MASS

CHRISTMAS DAY

7:30 AND 10:30 A.M. ENGLISH MASSES

9:00 A.M. & 12:30 P.M.

SPANISH MASSES

NOCHE BUENA 8:00 P.M. MISA EN ESPAÑOL 11:00 P.M. MISA BILINGUE

DIA DE NAVIDAD

7:30 Y 10:30 A.M. MISAS EN INGLES

9:00 A.M. Y 12:30 PM MISAS EN ESPAÑOL

THE ETERNAL GOD King David wished that the ark of God might have a more permanent home. David may have envisioned something like the cedar palace where he resided. God had in mind something more: a throne where David's descendants would rule for ever, a kingdom where Jews and Gentiles alike would be welcome. Mary's prayerful nature led to an even more disturbing message. She would conceive and bear a Son though she was not yet married. "How can this come about?" Mary wondered. "The Holy Spirit will come upon you," she was told (Luke 1:35). Mary's acceptance of this difficult challenge ushered in this, the final age of God's reign. What was once a secret known only by chosen people like King David and his descendants must now be made clear to all so that, as Saint Paul wrote to the Romans, we can be brought to the "obedience of faith" "according to the command of the eternal God" (Romans 16:26). Copyright (c) J. S. Paluch Co.

SPECIAL REMINDER Christmas Season

There will not be Faith Formation classes on: Wednesday December 21, and 28 Saturday 24, and 31, 2011 nor

Wednesday January 4 and Saturday 7, 2012

Temporada Navideña No habrá clases de Formación de Fe para los Niños (catecismo) los días:

Miércoles 21, 28 y sábado 24 y 31 de Diciembre, 2011 ni el miércoles 4 y el sábado 7 de Enero, 2012

Classes will resume on:

• Wednesday, January 11, 2012 Saturday, January 14, 2012

Regresaremos a las clases de doctrina los días:

• Miércoles Enero 11, 2012 Sábado Enero 14, 2012

The catechetical Staff of the Children’s Faith Formation

Office would like to extend its wishes for a safe and blessed Holiday Season. See you in the next year of 2012

El personal catequético de la oficina de Formación de Fe quisiera ofrecer calurosos deseos para una segura y Bendecida Temporada Navideña.

Nos vemos el próximo año 2012

RECORDATORIO MUY ESPECIAL

Seventh grade giving...Congratulations to our 7th grade class who spent the month of October creating and implementing a service project from scratch. The class created and sold buttons with the Beatitudes on them. They raised enough money to purchase four chickens, one goat, one bucket of clean water, 60 fruit trees, and five pairs of shoes for a community in Haiti. What a wonderful way to put your faith into action -- great job, seventh grade! Free Tuition or $2500!...Once again, Parent Club is hosting our It's Hip to Be Square contest in which school families can win free tuition for a year or non-school families can win $2,500. Squares are $100 each and can be split between families. All pro-ceeds from the board goes directly to the purchase of a Smartboard. This contest is open to EVERYONE! The square board will alternate between parishes each week. This weekend the board is at St. Joseph, and next weekend the board will be at St. Charles Borromeo. For more information and to read the official rules, visit www.hfcatholic.org. Meet our faculty...Mrs. Janet DeBartolo is the 8th grade homeroom teacher and the 5th-8th grade math teacher. Mrs. DeBartolo has taught for over 15 years. She joined St. Charles Borromeo in 2000 and has been teaching mathematics, pre-algebra, and algebra at the middle-school level. She holds a BA degree in Elementary Education from the University of Illinois Chicago with a Master of Arts in Teacher Leadership from Roosevelt University, and is Illinois-certified in elementary education for grades K-9.

Come check out Holy Family Catholic School where we proclaim Christ!

www.hfcatholic.org

Qualities of a Holy Family “When the magi had departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, ‘Rise, take the child and his mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you.’” -Matt 2:13a

Reflection: A father, a mother, a child! A family com together for the long haul, be the weather fair or foul. And we have here a “holy” family for it was love that empowered Joseph to assume his heavy responsi-bility of protecting and providing for Mary and Jesus. It was God’s love that enabled Mary to continue her life of obedience and self-giving. It was the Spirit of love that Jesus made manifest in his concern for his parents and the whole world. St. Paul reminds us that a family and a community need to be holy. The apostle to the Gentiles writes: “Put on, as kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if one has a griev-ance against another; as the Lord has forgiven you, so must you also do” (Col 3:12-13). He then goes on to proclaim that love is the bond of perfection that holds everything together. Living in close proximity is no easy task. We step on each others’ toes; we can so eas-ily be inattentive to others; we are bothered by various eccentricities. Without the presence of the Holy Spirit to assist us, we los patience, become hard of heart, and even bitter. Family life, meant to be holy and life-giving, turns into an atmosphere of negativity and discord. St. Paul gives us a secret in all of this: be grateful for the blessings given and welcome Christ to dwell deep within us.

Meditation: What do you have to contribute to fam-ily life? What qualities do you consider to be essential for a family to be holy? What advice would you give to a newly married couple regarding how they can fos-ter a holy family?

Prayer: Lord Jesus, you lived with Mary and Joseph for so many years. You shared with them your joys

and sorrows, your dreams and hopes. Help us to become communities of deep sharing and love. Empower us to be holy and compassionate. Send your Spirit into our hearts and into the heart of our families. Daily Rflections for advent & Christmas-Liturgical Press

"Woman's Choice Services (WCS) was founded in 2005 as a concrete response to the need in our communities for real options and true choices. At Woman's Choice Services we open doors for women who believe them to be shut. Those women who may feel alone, abandoned, scared, or pressured; they may feel they don't have a choice. By providing vital counseling and resources Woman's Choice Services helps women to see that they have a real choice for themselves. Our mission is to provide outreach, counseling and referrals to create a culture where no preg-nant woman will feel forced to have an abor-tion, to provide support for those women who decide to have their babies and to help in heal-ing for those who have been personally im-pacted by abortion." Please spread the news about Woman’s Choice Ser-vices. Thank you for promoting life at all stages and prayerfully supporting our women who come through the doors of WCS, in Lombard and Crest Hill. For more information about our work or if you wish to be a benefactor, call us at 630.261.9564. Fr. Peter Jarosz, -Vice President, WCS

VOLUNTEER TUTORS NEEDED

The Congregation of St. Joseph of La Grange Park is greatly in need of volunteers for its adult literacy program, School on Wheels. Tu-tors are needed to teach one hour or so per week from 9 am to 2 p.m. or evenings from 3:00 to 8:00 p.m. in Cicero, Hodgkins, Woodridge, Westmont, Villa Park, or Summit. A two-day training will be provided on Saturday, January 14, 2012 and on Saturday, January 21, 2012 from 9:00 am-3:00pm. Volunteers must attend both training days. No prior second language skills are needed. For more information, call (708) 482-5060 or (708) 482-5077.

There will be an Advent Taizé Prayer Service on Monday, December 19, at 7:00 p.m. at St. Philip the Apostle Church, located at 1233 W. Holtz Avenue in Addison. All are welcome to attend this meditative prayer experience. For more information, please contact Music Director Erin Creighton at 630-543-4015.

HOLINESS RETREAT – The Diocese of Joliet and the Archdiocese of Chicago are co-sponsoring a retreat entitled “Men Seeking Holiness” for men ages 18-35 (single or married) from December 27 (5:00 pm) until December 29 (noon), 2011. This is not just a vocation re-treat, but for all young men who desire to grow in holiness and their relationship with Jesus Christ. Cost is $30.

The retreat will be held at the St. Charles Borromeo Pastoral Center in Romeoville at the corner of Route 53 and Aiport Road. Men will have the opportunity to hear talks about growing in holi-ness, prayer and discerning their vocation. There will be plenty of time for personal prayer as well as sharing with other men seeking to grow in holiness. If you are interested, please contact Fr. Burke at frburke23@aol.com or 815-834-4004. Registration deadline is December 26, 2011.

DEACON BILL VAGENAS SPEAKS AT SERRA DINNER DECEMBER 19TH The Serra Club of DuPage invites you to join them for their Dinner Meeting on Monday, Deceember 19 at St. Petronille Parish. The evening will begin at 6:00 PM with Rosar y and Mass in the Church. At the dinner which will follow in the Parish Hall ,guest speaker, Deacon Bill Vagenas will share his vocation story. Dea-con Vagenas is a fourth year Theology student at Mundelein Seminary and is scheduled to l be ordained as a priest for the Diocese of Joliet in 2012.. The Serra Club is a national organization fostering vocations to the priesthood and religious life. To make a reservation to attend the dinner on December 19th or to find out more about the Serra Club, please call Joann Carr at 630-665-0994

Church Decorating

Would you please come and help us decorate our Church for Christmas!

Today, Sunday at 2 PM

Everyone is welcome!! Humes Funeral Home

For the generous donation towards our Christmas Tree

Time, Talent & Treasure Fostering Stewardship as a way of life

This week’s Stewardship of Time & Talent Salute In gratitude of God’s gifts of time and talent to us,

we gratefully acknowledge and salute:

Andresens Bakery Who have donated countless hours of hard work, dedication

and devotion to the parish. Thank you!

Stewardship Thought for the Week God promised David a dynasty that would stand firm forever. This promise was a source of hope for the Jewish people. They anticipated a time when a great leader would arise and defeat Israel's enemies. Jesus came from the House of David; his reign has endured, and the enemies -- including sin and death -- have been defeated for all who believe

December 11, 2011

258 Adult Envelopes $5,151.45+ Loose Cash $4,369 + Children’s $328..61

= Total Sunday $9,849.06

Our Goal each Week to cover our expenses is $11,500. Thank you for your kind generosity and your deep love of Saint Joseph.

Nuestra Meta por Semana para cubrir los gastos es de:

$11,500. Gracias por su generosidad.

Saint Joseph Church 630-279-6553

Sacrament Procedures

Baptisms: Pre-baptism Class is required before your date will be set. Please register two to three months in advance.

Weddings: Spiritual Preparation begins at least SIX months in advance. Do not make your reserva-tions until you have met with pastor.

Sacrament of the Sick: First Fridays 7:30 am. & Communion Visits: Call the Parish Office.

Requisitos de los Sacramentos

Bautizos: Las Charlas Pre-bautismales son requieri-das antes de fijar la fecha de Bautismo. Favor de inscribirse con dos a tres meses de anticipo.

Bodas: Preparación Espíritual empieza por lo menos con SEIS meses de anticipo. No haga prepara-ciones para su Celebración antes de reunirse con el párroco.

Sacramento de los Enfermos: Primer Viernes a las 7 am., durante la misa.

y Visitas de Comunión: Llame a la parroquia.

Quince Años: ¡Solamente para miembros activos de la parroquia!

Pantry News

On Wednesday December 14 we gave out 77 bags.

Thank you to all who have so generously supported the pantry.

Gracias a todos los que generosamente han ayudado con la despensa.

If you have any questions please call the parish of-fice: 630-279-6553. Thank you.

Holy Family Catholic School Escuela Catolica Sagrada Familia

630-766-0116 Mrs. Corinne Alimento - School Principal

Email: - officeeast@hfcatholic.org Web Site: - www.hfcatholic.org

Joseph Faith Formation Office Oficina de Formación de Fe - Doctrina

630-832-5514 Dolly Matthews– CFF Director

dolly2255@comcast.net

OFFICE HOURS– HORAS DE OFICINA

Tuesday/ Martes Wednesday/ Miércoles

Thursday/ Jueves Friday/ Viernes

Saturday/ Sábado Sunday / Domingo

Monday / Lunes

9:00 a.m.—4:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m.—8:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m.—1:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m.—4:00 p.m. 8:00 a.m.—12:00 p.m. CLOSED– CERRADO CLOSED– CERRADO

“ As often as you did it to one of the least of My brothers and sisters, you did it to Me”

Matthew 25:40

CHURCH NAME & ADDRESS St. Joseph Church #512139 330 East Fullerton Avenue Addison, IL 60101 TELEPHONE 630 279-6553 CONTACT PERSON Edna Pasillas or Fr. Luis SOFTWARE MS Publisher 2003 Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Windows XP Professional PRINTER OKI C5500 NUMBER OF PAGES SENT Pages 2 through 5 SUNDAY DATE OF BULLETIN December 18, 2011 SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS