FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT

Saturday, December 22

4:00 – 5:00 PM – Confession

5:30 PM – Harry Bowers

Sunday, December 23

8:00 AM – People of the Parish

10:30 AM – Members of Lawrence Redding Family

Monday, December 24 - Christmas Eve – Office

Closed 5:30 PM – Children’s Christmas Choir

6:00 PM – Jack Busbey

11:30 PM – Christmas Carols

12:00 Midnight Mass – Bob Barefoot

Tuesday – December 25 – Office Closed

Christmas Day

9:00 AM – People of the Parish

Wednesday, December 26 – Office Closed 7:00 PM – NO MASS

Thursday, December 27

8:00 AM – Mary Martin

Friday, December 28

8:00 AM – Sally Weaver

Saturday, December 29

8:00 AM – John Tinkler

HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY AND

JOSEPH

Saturday, December 29

4:00 – 5:00 PM – Confession

5:30 PM – People of the Parish

Sunday, December 30

8:00 AM – Living & Deceased Members of Bob &

Miriam Clabaugh Family

10:30 AM – Yvonne Carol Six

Christmas Eve

ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER CHURCH

MISSION STATEMENT

We, the members of this Christian Catholic

Community of St. Joseph the Worker Church in

Bonneauville, Pennsylvania, endeavor to live the Gospel of

our Lord Jesus Christ and practice the teachings of that

same Gospel in our worship, our beliefs, what we learn,

and the way in which we serve others.

As a Catholic Community of Faith, Hope, & Love,

we invite others to join us in our goal of renewal, and

welcome them into our gospel fellowship.

IS ANYONE SICK AMONG YOU? Please notify Fr. Benny or Deacon Weaver of any

parishioner admitted to the hospital. If confined at home and desiring to receive Communion, contact Bob Funari at 334-5737 or call the Parish Office. Call the Office to arrange for the Anointing of the Sick.

Barbara Dinges, Brooke McMaster, Helen P. Weaver, Nancy Defeo, Ambrose Martin, Maureen Johnson, Elizabeth Fetter, Lorena Lamb, Walter Angevine, Tim Clabaugh, Emily Elizabeth Schmidt, Clara M. Redding, Barbara Heromin, Robert Strasbaugh, Jayden Ford, Kathi Barefoot, Fred & Rosalie Schenker, Rick Phillips, Joan Ford, Danielle Gallina, Michael Clabaugh, Andrew Kendris, Rose Weaver, Stacy Welty, and Kerry Chrismer, Barb Orndorff, Julie Eckenrode, Becky Garder, Greta Foster, Janet Staub, Cresson Lambert, Audrey Clabaugh, Mary Zimmerman, Larry Legore, John Hawbaker, Lily Staub, Pete Smith, Merle Hankey Jr., Brian Weaver, Richard Kuhn, Ebin Anthony, Kim, Ann, Ed Little, Edward Warren, Jonathan Dehoff, Jane Benner, Nancy Myers, Larry Weaver, Bernard Sneeringer, Virginia Schriver, Pam & Brian Arentz, Patrick McMaster, Jose T. K. and all the rest of our brothers and sisters in need of healing of mind, body and spirit. Please call the parish office to add a name to our prayer list. Help us to keep our list current by letting us know when we may remove a name.

Christmas Masses Monday, December 24

th

Christmas Eve

5:30 p.m. – Children’s

Christmas Choir

6:00 p.m. – Children’s Mass

11:30 p.m. – Christmas Carols

12:00 – Midnight Mass

Tuesday, December 25th

Christmas Day

9:00 a.m.

CHRISTMAS EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS LECTORS ALTAR SERVERS

12/24 – 6:00 pm – Dave Orndorff, Vivian Small, Jodi Hahn – Jeffrey Small – Kaitlyn Baumgardner, Sophia Busbey

12/25 – 12:00 midnight – Betty Clabaugh, Bob Clabaugh, Viola Legore – Roger Weaver – Luke Keller, Sam Keller

12/25 – 9:00 am – Brigit Soliday, Kathi Barefoot, Louise Tinkler – Donna Livelsberger – Seamus Waggoner, Josh Bramble

PARISH

ANNOUNCEMENT

PCCW Our annual Christmas Dinner will

be held in the Parish Center on

January 3rd, at 6:00 pm with a

covered dish social. The PCCW will

provide the meat. If you would like to join

us RSVP parish office 717-334-2510 or

Marcia Mojica 717-253-8378 by December

28th so we know how many to prepare for.

We will be decorating the church on Monday, December 24th at 8:30 AM for anyone who

can help.

Religious Formation

December News!

Fourth Week of Advent –

Jesse Tree. Thank you to everyone who

participated and helped out with this! We

hope to have it again next year and have

more participation!

December 23 & 30, Sundays – NO CCD!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

January 6, 2019, Sunday – CCD

Classes resume for the New Year!

Feast of the Epiphany!

8th GRADE – RITE of CHOICE, Sunday,

January 6 at the 10:30 AM Mass.

Details will follow in an emailed for the

RITE. Confirmands mark their choice

on this day to continue to see and learn

to follow Jesus even more closely.

Clare Crone, CCD Coordinator,

ccronecrestjoe@gmail.com.

DO YOU SUPPORT OUR GROCERY CARD

PROGRAM? Grocery gift cards for Giant, Weis,

and Walmart are available on weekends after the

Masses and Monday through Friday from 8:30 am

to 12:00 pm at the rectory office. Grocery gift

card sales the weekend of December 16h of $1,250.00 made a profit of 55.02.

400 CLUB Week – 3

# Winner Seller 5 Deacon Rich Jeff Small 48 Jim Topper Cindy Hartlaub 244 Bob Weishaar Cindy Hartlaub 321 Helen Marie Tulis Mary Keller 351 Gina Gebhart Gina Gebhart

FINANCIAL REPORTS

For the weekend of December 15/16, 2018

Adults $2,544.00

Children 9.23

Loose 81.00

On-Line Giving 1,072.00

Poor of the Parish 121.00

Total 3,827.23

Budgeted - $4,160.00 less 332.77

Immaculate Conception 31.00

Christmas flowers 150.00

Retirement for Religious 15.00

99 of 298 Adults used envelopes

3 Children’s envelopes used

19 Online Giving

UPCOMING SECOND COLLECTIONS

January 13th

- Aid to the Catholic Church in

Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America

and Africa.

HOLY FAMILY EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS - LECTORS ALTAR SERVERS

12/29 – 5:30 pm – John Defeo, Robert Lynch, Steve Arthur – Leslie Nieves – Ivy Nieves, London Nieves

12/30 – 8:00 am – Clare Crone, Mike Shanebrook, Roger Williams – Bill Getz – Ben Getz

12/30 – 10:30 am – Kim Beitler, Rose Bollinger, Kathi Barefoot – Robert Funari – Josie Eckenrode, Josh Bramble

MASS CHANGE Due to the request of parishioners for over a year we are considering changing

Saturday evening Mass time. Beginning January 12th, Saturday evening mass may be changed to 4:30 PM. There will be confession from 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM because of the lack of people going to confession – Rosary will be recited at 4:00 PM and mass at 4:30 PM. If you have any opinion to the time changes please talk to Fr. Benny or fill out form in the pews. 'NEW' Extraordinary Ministers: Have you ever prayerfully considered becoming an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion, either to serve at Mass or to visit the sick and homebound (or both)? Talk to Fr. Benny or call the parish office if you have considered being a Eucharistic Minister of Holy Communion. Altar Servers and Lectors are also needed to serve at Mass.

Due to Christmas on December 25th it was voted on at the last meeting that we will not have a meeting on

the December 23rd. We have a work session on Saturday, December 29th to clean up the garage. Everyone is welcomed to come and help. We will start around 9am and hope to be done by noon. Movie Knight There will be NO Movie Knight in December. The Knights remind everyone to Keep Christ in Christmas!! The next Movie Knight will be on January 20th. The movie will be from the God is Not Dead series – “A Light in Darkness”. The story details the fight between the university administration and the college congregation, as the university ties to push the congregation off campus.

March 2nd we will hold our Knight at the Races. . March 30th we will be marking our 6th year as Knights of Columbus in

Bonneauville. We will meet for the Saturday night Mass and then proceed to the Parish Center for a meal, etc. Everyone is welcome to attend. Both events will be held in the Deacon Weaver Parish Center. More information to follow.

Mass dates are available for “2019” for anyone who would like to have a Mass said in honor of or in memory of a living or deceased loved one. Mass stipends are $10.00.

St. Teresa of Calcutta Catholic School is celebrating Catholic Schools Week Sunday, Jan. 27 - Sunday, Feb. 3rd, 2019. During this week, we will highlight our Catholic identify through our parishes, community, family, and vocations. We end the week with our Kindergarten Open House at our Conewago Campus on Sunday, Feb. 3rd from 11am - 2pm. The Adams Deanery Perpetual Adoration Chapel - are in desperate need of adorers for the following hours: Sunday @ 4pm, Tuesday @

3pm, Wednesday @ 1am & 7pm, Thursday

@ 12pm, Friday @ 5am & 12pm, Saturday

@ 8 am “Can you spend just one hour with our Lord.”

Contact: Gloria Murren @ 717- 479-1071 Inclement Weather Policy

When there is an upcoming storm, please call the Chapel Announcement line (717-632-2154)

concerning any closings and when the chapel will reopen. Please do not leave a message on this line. Any

questions, call Gloria at the number above.

2018 Federal Tax Deduction* For the Bishop’s Annual Lenten Appeal All payments on pledges must be received at the Diocese by Saturday, December 30, 2018 in order to receive your tax deduction for your generosity to our annual appeal. Make checks payable to, Diocese of Harrisburg Mail payments to Diocese of Harrisburg, HCAS-LA, 4800 Union Deposit Road, Harrisburg, PA 17111-3710. Payments can also be made online via Visa or MasterCard www.hbgdiocese.org/blacc *your donation may be deductible, please refer to your tax advisor.

Bishop Gainer will be hosting Listening Sessions in January and February throughout the Diocese. He invites all members of St. Joseph the Worker Parish with questions or concerns regarding the Grand Jury Report, the Diocese’s response to abuse and the path forward to attend one of these sessions. He will be at St. Joseph’s, Hanover, Wednesday, January 16th at 7:00 PM

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4th Sunday of Advent, Cycle C

The final Sunday of Advent shows Elizabeth and her un-born son, John, reacting to the nearness of the unborn Christ. We know that Eliza-beth immediately understood that Mary was pregnant with the Lord, because the Gospel says she was filled with the Holy Spirit. But how could the fetal John understand? How could he leap for joy while still in the womb? If it's true that an unborn baby is not a person with a soul un-til it takes its first breath, as is claimed by many who believe that abortion is okay, how could the unborn John recog-nize the presence of the un-born Savior? The faith to recognize the presence of Christ -- in the womb of people's lives, in the Eucharist, in the humanity of unborn children, etc. -- comes from being fully alive in the Holy Spirit, who was given to us fully during our baptisms. However, it takes a humble willingness to let God change our minds about what we think is true in order to be open to God's Spirit teaching us what is indeed true.

John as a fetus was incapable of understanding any-thing, especially when it happened outside the womb, yet he leapt for joy. This teaches us that we don't need to see God working in the world or solving our personal problems before we can leap for joy. We don't have to understand what God is doing, and we don't even have to know his plans.

The Holy Spirit enlivened the faith of Elizabeth and John through an act of grace that depended on Christ's fu-ture activity. For us, our faith is enliv-ened by the grace God provides in the Sacraments. The joy that comes from recognizing the presence of Christ is God's Christmas gift to us. It's a joy that's meant to last all year. It's a lifestyle, not a holiday. It comes from a faith that appreciates God for working mercifully in ways that we can see and ways that we cannot see, be-cause we trust in his goodness. Even when we suffer or feel sorrow, we can learn to recognize the presence of Christ. And then what? Like John, we are called to be heralds of Christ's pres-ence. How? First by sharing our joy with others.

Reflect & Discuss:

1. How much is the joy of Christ's Spirit within you affecting your outward life?

2. What will you do this Christmas to become more aware of the Holy Spirit increasing your faith?

3. Give examples of how the Spirit of Christmas is really the Holy Spirit.

4. What activities have helped you get into the Spirit of Christmas? How has this affected your prep-arations for celebrating Christ-mas as a holy day?

Micah 5:1-4 Ps 80:2-3,15-16,18-19

Hebrews 10:5-10 Luke 1:39-45

Monday December 24

2 Samuel 7:1-5,8b-12,14a,16

Ps 89:2-5,27,29 Luke 1:67-79

Tuesday December 25

Christmas Day Isaiah 52:7-10

Ps 98:1-6 Hebrews 1:1-6

John 1:1-18

Wednesday December 26 St. Stephen

Acts 6:8-10;7:54-59 Ps 31:3cd-4,6,8,16,17

Matthew 10:17-22

Thursday December 27 St. John

1 John 1:1-4 Ps 97:1-2,5-6,11-12

John 20:1a,2-8

Friday December 28 Holy Innocents 1 John 1:5 -- 2:2 Ps 124:2-5,7b-8

Matthew 2:13-18

Saturday December 29 1 John 2:3-11

Ps 96:1-3,5b-6 Luke 2:22-35