St. Therese of Deephaven Catholic Parish

December 9, 2018—Second Sunday Of Advent

CLERGY

Fr. Leonard Andrie, Pastor

LITURGY SCHEDULE

Weekend:

· Saturday: 5:00 pm

· Sunday: 8:00 and 10:00 am

Weekdays:

· Tu, Th, Fr 7:00 am

· Tu 3:30 pm Deephaven Woods

· We and Sa 8:00 am

S A C R A M E N T S

Reconcilia!on:

Wednesday 7:30—7:50 am

Saturday 8:30 to 9:30 am

4:00 to 4:30 pm

Bap!sm:

Call Liz Lammers, 952-473-4422, to

schedule Bap!sm and prepara!on

class.

Matrimony:

Call Geri Korman, 952-261-0560,

at least six months in advance to

schedule wedding prepara!ons.

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION

· Tuesday: 8:00 am to 4:00 pm

· Wednesday: 7:00 am to 8:00 pm

· Thursday: 8:00 am to 3:30 pm

· Friday: 8:00 am to 2:00 pm

· Saturday: 8:30 am to 10:00 am

PASTORAL CARE

For the sick, homebound, dying

and bereaved, contact the Parish

Office at 952-473-4422.

Emergency answering service for

Anoin!ng or funerals when office

is closed: 952-473-4422 (op!on 6)

St. Therese Parish and School is a

powerful Catholic witness,

commi#ed to vibrant growth

by living out Jesus Christ’s call

to “Go and make disciples” (Ma# 28:19)

through our sacramental life,

prayer, catechesis, fellowship,

evangeliza!on and financial stewardship.

18323 Minnetonka Boulevard � Deephaven, MN 55391 � www.st-therese.org

Parish 952-473-4422 � School & Early Childhood 952-473-4355 � Deephaven Woods 952-288-2187

St. Therese of

Deephaven

Catholic Parish

A Message from Father Andrie

December 9, 2018—

St. Therese, pray for us!

Fr. Andrie

Doing Something New

When I was younger, my father, brother and I took a trip from Los Angeles to San Francisco. This was before

the birth of GPS, so I was in charge of the paper map. I sat in the back seat announcing the approximate distance for

each city. In my mind, I was “preparing the way” for my father as he drove the car.

California Highway 1 is the major state highway that runs along the Pacific coastline. We took this route be-

cause of the scenic mountain and ocean views. Unfortunately, it is a winding road and gave me carsickness. Part way into the trip, I

pleaded, “Dad, I think you need to pull over. I’m going to throw up.” He didn’t make it in !me. …That poor map.

We are given the theme of a highway in today’s first reading from Baruch and our gospel from Luke. Baruch, Jeremiah’s

scribe, lived during what was probably the most disastrous !me in Israel’s history. The Babylonians swept through Jerusalem, de-

stroyed their Temple, and carried off the best and brightest Jewish people as slaves to Babylon. It was like September 11 !mes hun-

dred.

Their whole world was turned upside down. In their minds, God abandoned them. The promises He made to the patriarchs,

Moses, and David appeared broken forever. When all seemed lost, Baruch exclaims, “Up, Jerusalem! Stand upon the heights; look to

the east and see your children gathered from the east and the west at the word of the Holy One, rejoicing that they are remembered by

God.”

“What’s that Baruch,” you say? “God will level the mountains and fill in the gorges as He brings His people home?” Baruch

announces a “glimmer of hope” by telling the Jewish people that God is going to “pave the way” or “build a highway” and lead His peo-

ple back home in joy. Baruch, then, reminds the people “Put your trust in God because He is about to do something new!”

Fast-forward roughly 500 years. While the Jewish people were not physically exiled as in Isaiah and Baruch’s day, they were in

spiritual exile because of widespread poli!cal and religious corrup!on. Like lost sheep, they were in need of consola!on and hope.

In this light, John enters the scene where we hear that he is in the Judean desert at the Jordan River. Providen!ally, this is

where God brought the Israelites into the Promised Land a'er wandering in the desert for 40 years. In other words, we have a new

exodus on our hands. Quo!ng Isaiah 40:3-5, John essen!ally proclaims, “Get ready! God is about to do something new!” Despite the

challenging !mes, John proclaims that they are about to see the salva!on of God.

As in Baruch and John’s day, we too, can become discouraged because of our distressing !mes. Even a cursory glance at the

news headlines can cause us to despair. There are plenty of headlines about depressing news in the world and disheartening corrup-

!on in the Church.

In light of such news, we may wonder, “Is God napping? Has He forgo#en us? Why does He allow such things to happen?

Why doesn’t He take ac!on?” Today’s beau!ful readings remind us that God has not forgo#en us and is ready to do something new.

With God, there is always newness! In short, be encouraged and stay close to Him!

As we move deeper into Advent, receive John’s message and open your hearts. Ask God to do something new in your life,

family, and in the Church. Maintain hope and ask for God’s help as you take ac!on to bring Christ to your families, school, work, and

our parish.

As we wait pa!ently for our baby King, may

today’s readings give you great encouragement that

while Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and

forever (Heb. 13:8), He is always doing something

new!

“Goldy, we’re lost!” “Don’t be silly. We’re fine!”

(Seriously Jesus, where are we? Lead us home, Lord!)

Monday 12/10 Chapel open for private prayer

Tuesday

12/11 7:00am

3:30pm

†Miriam Vandankara

†Jack Hastreiter

Mass At Deephaven Woods

Wednesday

12/12 8:00am

†Pat Orth

Thursday

12/13 7:00am

Marshall Boersma

Friday

12/14 7:00am

†Dick & Geneta Daly

Saturday

12/15 8:00am

5:00pm

Stephi Korman

Living & deceased members of the

Frank George Budke family

Sunday

12/16 8:00am

10:00am

†Benjamin Jansen

For The People

Eucharis!c Liturgy Calendar and Inten!ons

Remember in Your Prayers

Randa Fagen, William Barre#, Angie Wilz, Geraldine Mock, Robert

Lahr, Philip Hardy, Charlie Schwen, Julia Ruelle, Chase Zurn,

Jessica Shepard, Gretchen Rivers, Gary Voigt, Ron O’Heron, Aleen

Okey, Pat Schirmers, Philomene Schultz

To be included in our Prayer Requests, you or a family member should call the

parish office, 952-473-4422. Names will be shown for 30 days unless renewed.

BULLETIN SUBMISSIONS

Staff liaison please submit ar!cles and

inserts two weeks prior to:

[email protected].

Inserts are normally forms to be

completed or informa!on that will not fit

in the bulle!n.

PULPIT ANNOUNCEMENTS

Submit the announcement to your

group’s staff liaison at least one week

in advance. Send to:

[email protected]

Upcoming Events

Readings for the Week

December 9, 2018—

More From Fr. Andrie

Dec 9: New Parishioner Brunch, 11:00am

Community Room

Dec 11: Catholic Watchmen, 6:30pm

Community Room

Dec. 11: Women’s movie night, 7:00pm

Deephaven Woods theater, watch

Holiday Inn

Dec 13: Parish Penance Service, 7:00pm

Sanctuary

Dec 14: Deadline for Christmas Flowers

Dec 15 & 16: ICA food shelf dona!on

Weekend

Dec 15 & 16: Gi' card sales a'er Mass

Dec 18: School Christmas concert, 6:00pm

Dec 20: Gospel of Mark Bible study

9:00am or 7:00pm

JAN 3: St. Elizabeth’s women’s book club

10:00am, Gathering Space

The Girl In Transla!on by Jean Kwok

JAN 5: Wine and cheese a'er Mass and

new parishioner registra!on

JAN 6: Hospitality Sunday a'er Masses

and new parishioner registra!on

Jan 25 & 26: Women’s retreat

Feb 9: Cana Dinner, 6:00pm Community

Room

Readings for the week of December 9, 2018

Sunday: Bar 5:1-9/Ps 126:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6 [3]/Phil 1:4-6, 8-11/Lk 3:1-6

Monday: Is 35:1-10/Ps 85:9ab and 10, 11-12, 13-14 [Is 35:4f]/Lk 5:17-26

Tuesday: Is 40:1-11/Ps 96:1-2, 3 and 10ac, 11-12, 13 [Is 40:10ab]/Mt 18:12-14

Wednesday: Zec 2:14-17 or Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab/Jdt 13:18bcde, 19 [15:9d]/Lk

1:26-38 or Lk 1:39-47

Thursday: Is 41:13-20/Ps 145:1 and 9, 10-11, 12-13ab [8]/Mt 11:11-15

Friday: Is 48:17-19/Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6 [Jn 8:12]/Mt 11:16-19

Saturday: Sir 48:1-4, 9-11/Ps 80:2ac and 3b, 15-16, 18-19 [4]/Mt 17:9a, 10-13

Next Sunday: Zep 3:14-18a/Is 12:2-3, 4, 5-6 [6]/Phil 4:4-7/Lk 3:10-18

Our Parish Penance Service is Thursday, Dec. 13, at 7:00 pm. We will have seven visi!ng priests that will hear confessions

that evening.

Pope St. John Paul II once said in a homily, “Confession is an act of honesty and courage – an act of entrus!ng ourselves,

beyond sin, to the mercy of a loving and forgiving God.”

I some!mes call confession the Sacrament of Honesty. It is an encounter with Christ where we are honest with Him and

ourselves. And in doing so, we experience God’s forgiveness and love. If it has been awhile, do not be afraid. God is good

and wants to forgive you!

December 9, 2018—

Early Learning Center

St. Therese School News

The Early Childhood Program at St. Therese is a fun and enriching place to be!

Want to join the fun? Contact Jo Ellen Begalke at 952-261-0587 or on-line at [email protected] or Emily Rohla at erohla@st-

therese.org.

The virtue for December is

Patience Pa!ence is wai!ng or enduring

without complaint.

We will earn about St. Monica, St. Isaac

Jogues and St. Rita of Cascia.

More Photos From

Our Genera!ons

Day Celebra!on!

From The Preschool Room: Owls

We hope that everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I know that the teachers all enjoyed some down !me with family and friends

and came back ready to tackle these next weeks before Christmas.

One week we con!nued our work with our Community Helpers unit. We focused on their clothing. We talked about what specific

community helpers wear and why they wear what they do. We also talked about special clothes that we might wear at different

!mes. We worked on rhyming, number recogni!on, beginning sounds, and fine motor skills. We are also doing a lot of prac!cing for

our Christmas program coming up on December 18. Ms. Ca!e's Owls will visit Mr. Miller in the gymnasium and we will all visit Ms.

Lara in the music room.

Coming Soon

Dec 10 and 17, 7:40 – Advent prayer

Dec 10 – Select MS students to Sharing and

Caring Hands

Dec 11 – School Geographic Bee

Dec 14 – All School Holy Hour

Dec 17 – 8 Grade Archdiocesan Quiz Bowl

Compe!!on

Dec 18 – All School Christmas Program 6:00 pm

Dec 19 – Liturgical Choir sings at Deephaven

Woods

Dec 20 through Jan 2 – Christmas Break

Prepare your hearts for the newborn King!

Please join us for our school all-school

Christmas program,

Sing With Us the Christmas Story

Tuesday, December 18 at 6:00 pm, in the sanctuary.

Financial Stewardship

Faith Forma!on

Ques!ons of the Week

Adult: In order to celebrate the spirit of

Christmas, what area in your life do you

need to make straight?

Child: What one ac!vity will you do this

week to prepare room in your life for

God?

December 9, 2018—

Grade 5, Faith Forma#on

class in the outdoor

classroom.

A Prayerful, Magical Catholic Family Advent & Christmas

Advent can be a !me to build magical memories for your children, even without Christmas

par!es, decora!ons and lights because it has its own beau!ful symbols and tradi!ons. Here are

some ideas for how you can establish Catholic family tradi!ons and spiritual prac!ces related

to Advent and Christmas. Don’t feel like you need to do them all – at least not at first!

SHOP MORE MINDFULLY – Focus your gi' shopping on the people, not the things, and try not

to get caught up in the rush to make things “perfect.” Take !me to enjoy the season and savor

the prepara!ons. Put aside at least a small amount of your gi' spending for items to be

donated to the poor. Above all, try to see Advent as a special !me to prepare for Christmas, not

to celebrate it yet.

ADVENT WREATH – Purchase or make a simple evergreen wreath and

four candles, tradi!onally three purple and one pink (lit on the third

week) or, you can use four white or four purple candles. Decorate the

wreath with purple and blue ribbons or small ornaments. Stars are

especially good. Place it in the middle of your table. Beginning on the

Saturday night before the First Sunday of Advent, dim the lights and light

the first purple candle, using the prayer found below. Then, light that

candle every evening at dinner!me, adding another candle each Saturday night un!l all four

are lit. Be sure to eat by candlelight. Your children will love this because it makes Advent meals

special. Older children can take turns ligh!ng the candles. Pray around the wreath each night

for the needs of your family, neighborhood and the world before blessing your food.

JOURNEY TO BETHLEHEM – Some!me in the early weeks of December, set up your family

Na!vity scene, but start with just the empty stable with the empty

manger in it. Put the figures of Mary, Joseph and the donkey on the

other side of the room, and move them closer to the stable each

evening, having them “arrive” just before Christmas Eve. Children

can take turns moving the figures. If you use real straw in your

stable, you can have each child add a s!ck of straw every day as

well. (some families have them add straw for every good deed they

do.) On Christmas Eve, as the sun goes down, add the baby Jesus

figure to the manger, then the angels and shepherds. Be sure not

to add the Three Kings just yet – they are s!ll on their way!

LIGHT THE ADVENT WREATH In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit …

Come Lord Jesus, be our light! Grant us eyes to recognize you as we wait and watch for you in

the world around us.

PRAY Lord, you call us to be watchful because we do not know what tomorrow may bring.

We pray that we may be ready to answer your call without delay and help one another along

the way. Amen.

Christmas Box and Giving Tree Efforts

Thank you so much for your support of this year’s Christmas Box and Giving

Tree projects! This is delivery week for everything we collected and packaged.

St. Therese parish will touch many people in this community through these

outreach projects. Look for a complete wrap up in next week’s bulle!n.

Young Adult

Listening

Sessions

with the

Archbishop

Archbishop Hebda invites young

adults (ages 18-39) of the

Archdiocese of Saint Paul and

Minneapolis to join him for listening

sessions regarding the abuse crises

in the Church. He will respond to the

open le#er young adults of the

archdiocese sent him this fall, and

listen to their ideas for crea!ng and

maintaining safe environments,

healing the Church, and moving

forward together.

Monday, December 10, 7 – 9 p.m.,

Archdiocesan Catholic Center (Saint

Joseph Hall), Saint Paul.

Wednesday, December 19, 7 – 9

p.m., Basilica of Saint Mary (Teresa

of Calcu#a Hall), Minneapolis.

Find more informa!on for this event

at h#p://www.archspm.org/

archspm_events/

"Calling all Middle School & High

School students: Extreme Faith

Camp is 5 days of faith, fun, and

friends! Mark your calendars for July

7th

-12th

, 2019. More informa!on will

be out soon!”

December 9, 2018—

Parish Staff & Phone Numbers

952-473-4422

Email: [email protected]

Fax: 952-261-0585

Monday - Friday: 8:00am-4:00pm

Office closed Saturdays and Sundays

www.st-therese.org

Fr. Leonard Andrie Pastor 239

MUSIC MINISTRY

Dr. Jeff Judge Dir. of Music 227

SCHOOL & PRE-SCHOOL

Lauren Caton Principal 323

Sue Bokros Admin Asst. 322

School Office Direct 952-473-4355

EARLY LEARNING CENTER

Jo Ellen Begalke Co-Director 247

Emily Rohla Co-Director 333

FAITH FORMATION

Liz Lammers Director 223

Addy Diaz Youth Minister 226

Jocelyn Johnson Youth Minister 229

Angie Wilz Faith Forma!on Specialist 224

OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

Jeanne Ferrian Network Admin 237

Diane Swenson Office Coord. 257

Geri Korman Admin Asst./Recep!onist 220

Catherine Rupp Event Coord. 238

Laura Hoiseth Accoun!ng/HR Specialist 236

Parish Councils

PARISH FINANCE COUNCIL (PFC)

Bob Jasper Mark Klos

Charlie Marini Mary Jo Mar!n

Art Speck Ron Watson

DeWayne Ullsperger Jylan Johnson

Adam Lukens

Dewayne Ullsperger

P a r i s h a n d C o m m u n i t y

PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL (PPC) Tim Larson Roselin Cherian

Pat Sandkamp Teresa Syme

John Thomas Brandon Price

Bill Keneally John Gunelson

Joan Lee Jerry Noack

Bruce Van Sloun

Lisa Schmitz

Banns of Marriage First Proclama!on

Kyle Rickbeil and Sarah Fink

Spiritwear

Go to www.ontourllc.com, enter

password: std17 for all your school

sprit and parish clothing needs.

Great for Christmas presents!

Youth Choir—Kids Of All Ages

Parish Youth Choir invites all children to join us when we sing on December 23

for the 10am Mass. A#end only one rehearsal on December 12 at 5:45pm.

Reading is not required. If your child can repeat a'er me, they can learn our

song. Lend your voice in celebra!on of the last Sunday in Advent and make our

choir grow! Please register in advance for crowd control purposes.

Christmas Flowers

Memorial dona!ons for Christmas flowers will be taken this

weekend and next weekend a'er Masses. Dona!ons may also be

sent to the church office. Names for the memorial must be into

the church office by Friday, December 14.

Shrine Of Our Lady Of Guadalupe

On Saturday, October 27, 28 women made a pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our

Lady of Guadalupe in LaCrosse, WI, sponsored by St. Martha's Circle of St.

Therese. The Shrine is

dedicated to Our Lady

of Guadalupe, marking

her appearance on the

American con!nent in

1531, and serves to

spread Mary's message

of mercy and love. We

enjoyed a wonderful

day visi!ng the lovely

devo!onal areas,

a#ending Mass in the

beau!ful Shrine Church,

sharing lunch and learn-

ing the history of the

Shrine's origin through a guided tour. With prayer and fellowship, we encoun-

tered a truly spiritual and memorable experience!

Extraordinary Ministers Needed—Visit Methodist Hospital

Ministers are needed to visit Roman Catholic pa!ents with the Eucharist, one or

two Monday mornings per month. Please no!fy Marilyn Olson at 952-474-4344

or [email protected] if interested in this beau!ful opportunity.

Re!rement Fund For Religious

Today, many re!red religious are elderly and need assistance. Their religious

communi!es struggle to meet re!rement needs while con!nuing to serve the

People of God. St. Therese will offer an addi!onal collec!on next week. Please

consider dona!ng in next week’s second collec!on.

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