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

Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God

Monday, December 31

Vigil Mass

5:30 PM – Pete Weaver

Tuesday – January 1 – Office Closed

9:00 AM – Barbara Noel

Wednesday, January 2 7:00 PM – John Tinkler

Thursday, January 3

8:00 AM – Int of Deacon Rich Weaver

6:00 PM – PCCW Christmas Party – Parish Center

First Friday, January 4

8:00 AM – Int. Father Benny 7th

Anniversary of his

Ordination

8:30 AM – 4:00 PM – Adoration

First Saturday, January 5

8:00 AM – Holy Souls in Purgatory

EPIPHANY OF THE LORD

Saturday, January 5

4:00 – 5:00 PM – Confession

5:30 PM – People of the Parish

Sunday, January 6

8:00 AM – Jim & Margaret Weaver

10:30 AM – Living & Deceased Members of

Raymond Weishaar Family

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.

First Friday Adoration 8:00 AM - Mass

8:30 AM – Exposition 3:00 PM – Divine Mercy Chaplet

3:30 PM - Evening Prayer Followed by Benediction

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS - LECTORS ALTAR SERVERS

1/5– 5:30 pm – Vivian Small, Jodi Hahn, Dave Orndorff – Jeffrey Small – Dylan Lawrence, Sophia Busbey

1/6 – 8:00 am – Joyce Williams, Bob Clabaugh, Viola Legore – Teresa Chrismer – Kellee Staub, Sara Keller

1/6 – 10:30 am – Elaine Clabaugh, Regina Gebhart, Brigit Soliday – Crystal Noel – Colby Noel, Tara Noel

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.

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 will 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.

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.

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. '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.

FINANCIAL REPORTS

Due to a publication deadline of Friday,

December 21st it is not possible to report the

offertory collection for December 29th

and 30th

This information along with the Grocery card

and 400 Club winners will be included in the

next bulletin.

UPCOMING SECOND COLLECTIONS

January 13th

- Aid to the Catholic Church in

Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America

and Africa.

Movie Knight 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. Are you an Aero Energy Customer? Aero Energy

has a unique program where it will donate to the

parish $0.03 for every gallon of heating oil or propane

you purchase during this heating season. There is NO

COST to you – we just need your name and phone

number. If you are a customer please contact the

parish office and get signed up. If you already signed

up you do not need to do so again.

Thank you for using Online Giving. Parishioners who use the service are pleased with how easy it is to set up and manage. If you have not yet signed up for Online Giving, then please consider this option. This is a perfect tool for anyone who shops online! By using Online Giving you are helping the parish to improve our opperational efficiency. Visit our parish website www.stjosephtheworkerpa.org and select Online Giving.

New Student Admissions for Delone Catholic HS ; Delone Catholic High School is accepting admission applications for new students for the upcoming school year. New student who apply by Dec. 31 can save $25 off the registration fee. Delone Catholic HS has much to offer its students, and we are excited to tell you all about it! Contact Mrs. Jennifer Hart, Director of Marketing and Admissions, at 717-637-5969 x206 or jhart@delonecatholic.org to schedule a personal tour of the school or a shadow day for your new student. The 2019-20 New student Admission Application is available on the school web site at www.DeloneCatholic.org

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. 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.

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How to have holy families

The scriptures for this Feast Day instruct us on how to have holy families. The reading from Sirach tells chil-dren (young and old)

to "honor" and "revere" their parents, to be considerate of them when they get old and feeble and to be kind to them even if they fail to love us well. It does not say that we have to obey our parents all the time. This scrip-ture never uses the word "obey". We are to only obey God, and if a parent instructs us to do what God wants us to do (as in the responso-rial Psalm), then by obeying Mom or Dad, we're obeying God, but if a parent disobeys God, we are not to follow him or her into sin. We can honor and re-vere our parents by respecting their personhood even while refusing to cooperate with their sins. The reading from Colossians instructs us to "put on love, the bond of perfection", and to make sure that the peace of Christ controls our hearts. How? Saint Francis de Sales put it this way: "Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems up-set." Verse 18 is not saying that wives should do this by obeying their husbands as if in a child-father relationship. To understand this scripture, replace the word "subordinate" or "submit" with "accept his loving protection". God has put the husband in charge of providing protection for the family (which is why in the Gospel reading it's Joseph, not Mary, who was given the dream). This in-

cludes spiritual protection, teach-ing holiness and leading the fami-ly to heaven. In other words: The husband is in charge of providing God’s radical love to the family. Notice that the husband is com-manded to love his wife. Why is-n't the wife told to love her hus-

band? Because by nature she's a nurturer and a care-giver. But the man, created to protect, is by nature a warrior. To be ho-ly, the husband overcomes his innate urge to protect himself so that he can make loving sacrifices to protect his family – just like Jesus. When a wife submits her-self to the protection of her

husband, if he is being the man whom God created him to be, she is placing herself into God's protection. And the husband is giving her Christ's radical love.

Reflect & Discuss:

1. Which of your family relation-ships needs to become holi-er?

2. How does the husband's pro-tective nature imitate Christ?

3. How does submission to this protection nurture the mar-riage?

4. How is this similarly played out in a priest's relationship with his parish?

The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14 or Colossians 3:12-21 Psalm 128:1-5 Matthew 2:13-15,19-23