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Our Church year has begun anew. In this week’s School News, I would like to talk about a few things. First, I would like to let everyone know how much I enjoy working at St. Margaret’s School. It is such a dramatic change from public schools and has been such a joy for me to be able to work with our excellent staff of teach-ers, aides, parents and volunteers. They are all quite exceptional. Also, the dedication of parents, and even some prior students, is amazing. Groups, such as the employees of First Interstate Bank of Riverton, who come and read to our Kindergarten class have also made an impact on our school. I must also mention Joe and Rose Stanbury and their business, RTO. They have been huge benefactors of our school for a long time and they have added greatly to the efficiency, security, and excellence that our school enjoys today. Thank you all so very much! I believe our students are performing very well academically and we all hope desperate-ly that they are also growing in their faith. I am truly humbled and honored to be able to work in such a won-derful place. I am also very thankful to work and live in a place where we can still say the word “Christmas”, and be able to talk about the true meaning of Christmas. We all know that Jesus was born to save us all and that is why we celebrate His birth with such reverence and humility. We try to impress that upon our students regularly. That is why we have “Morning Prayers” every morning except the days when we have Mass or Adoration. That is why we have religion class, and that is why we have a Student Mass and Student Adoration. We hope to instill the love of Jesus into all of our students. Walk in the Light of the Lord, Nick Schafer.
Fr. Louie’s Corner
We are almost there, Christmas is just around the cor-ner, and so we are in that part of Advent when we are concentrating on the coming of our savior in the flesh, that he is born of Mary in the family stable. This week we hear the Angel Gabriel tell Joseph that he should not be afraid to take Mary into his home. This has lead some of our greatest saints to think that Mary told him how her pregnancy with Jesus came about. Rather than being incredulous with disbelief, he felt unworthy to be the earthly father of the messiah. That is certain-ly understandable, so Gabriel tells Joseph that he should take him in as his own and name him Jesus, which means “God saves” because God wants to save his people from their sins. Joseph is the first person in Matthew’s Gospel that obeys God. We have a wonder-ful example of humility and obedience in St. Joseph, let us all pray that we can learn from his example and have a truly joyous Christmas season!
December 24th, 2019
through
January 3rd, 2020
Classes resume on
Monday, January 6th, 2020.
The Feast of St. Stephen
The Feast of St. Stephen, first
martyr of the church, is on
December 26th. St. Stephens
will be hosting a celebration
in honor of our patron saint
and invite everyone to come
celebrate with us. Mass will be
at 9am followed by a blessing
with a relic of St. Stephen and
afterward everyone is invited
to join us for sleigh rides, re-
freshments and fun! Please join us and help us
celebrate during the Christmas season!
Confessions: Saturday 3:45-5:00 p.m. (and by appointment) Wednesday 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Mission Schedules Our Lady of the Woods Dubois
Sunday 5:00p.m.( Winter Schedule )
Monday 9:45 a.m.
Confessions 30 min prior to Mass
St. Edwards Kinnear
Sunday 11:00 a.m.
Confessions before & after Mass
St. Joseph Shoshoni
1st & 3rd Sunday 12:00 p.m. of every month. Confessions by appointment formed.org code: EQNWXP
St. Margaret’s Catholic
Church
Pastor: Fr. Louis Shea
Associate: Fr. Prakash Verunkal
Eucharistic Adoration
Monday: 3:00-7:00
Tuesday: 4:00-6:00
Thursday: 4:00-7:00
Sunday: 2:00-3:00
1st Friday (Starts Thursday at 4:00 pm
until Friday 4:00 pm)
Sick & Homebound
Cleo Medina, 307-240-4149
Baptism
Julie Fiebiger, 307-856-7556
Marriage Preparation
Mark & Carole Short, 307-857-3900
Church Choir
Pat LeMasters, 307-856-1483
Faith Formation Program
Bryan Thoman , 307-850-8164
Coordinator
RCCW: Barb Barber, 307-840-1797
2nd Monday of each month 6:30 p.m.
Funeral Dinners:
Daria Wood, 307--850-7694
Knights of Columbus
2nd Tuesday of each month
7:00 p.m. Rosary-church
7:30 meeting-Pate Hall Parish Council President: Mick Newlin
Parish Finance President: Dennis
Appelhans
Church 620 E. Fremont Ave. Riverton, WY 82501 [email protected] Rectory - 307-856-6226
Office 618 E. Fremont Ave. Riverton, WY 82501 307-856-3757 307-856-9396
St. Margaret’s Catholic School 220 N. 7th St. E. Riverton, WY 82501 307-856-5922
Fourth Sunday of Advent
December 22 , 2019
Merry Christmas! The Religious Education classes
will be on break until January 8, 2020.
I would like to take the time to thank everyone in-
volved in making the Religious Education classes
successful. A big thank you!, first and foremost, to
the volunteer catechists who take their time to bring
the faith to our youth. You are much appreciated!
Also deserving thanks are our Priests for guiding us,
answering questions, and being present for our
youth, and to the office secretaries, Sheri and Maria,
for all their hard work in helping things run smooth-
ly and supplying us with the resources we need.
Please join me in showing them all your gratitude!
May God bless you all abundantly this
Christmas Season!
Faith Formation
Family Movie Night!
Friday, December 27, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. in the downstairs CCD Room at St. Mar-garet’s School. We will be watching the 2013 British movie adaptation of The
Christmas Candle, which is based on a novel by Max Lucado. It is rated PG, and is 1 hour and 40 minutes long. Take some time to slow down from the mad rush of the world and spend a little of it with your family and parish community. No home-work involved! Feel free to bring any snacks or drinks to share if you would like. We will provide the popcorn! If you have any questions, please call or
text Hannah at (307)840-0930.
Thank you to the RCCW for the wonderful meal.
Thank you to the ladies that helped in the kitch-
en and all who brought salads and deserts. We
truly appreciate it.
The Richard Hall Family.
Thank you to the ladies that helped clean the
church on Saturday. Your time was greatly
appreciated!!
Christmas Mass Schedule
Tuesday December 24 -5:00 p.m. - Children’s Mass
7:00 p.m.
Wednesday December 25 - 12:00 a.m. - Midnight Mass
10:00 a.m.
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Solemnity of Mary Mother of God
Tuesday December 31 - 5:30 p.m. (Vigil)
Wednesday January 1 - 10:00 a.m.
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Dubois - December 24 & 31 - 5p.m.
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Kinnear - December 25 & January 1 - 11 a.m.
Daily Adoration Cancelled
December 24, 2019
&
December 31, 2019
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Confession Cancelled
December 25
( Available by appointment )
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Parish Office Closed
December 24 & 25, 2019
&
January 1, 2020
A Note Of Gratitude
A very big Thank You to all K of C members that
helped with the craft fair, CES Banquet, setting up
and clean up with last weeks events. The craft fair was
a huge success. All these things are not possible with-
out your help.
Merry Christmas to all!!, Jeff Schieffer, GK.
Attention all Chili Chefs! It’s
time again for the Knight’s 0f
Columbus Chili Cook-off!!
January 25, 2020.
Judging starts at 4 p.m.
Doors open to eat at 4:30 p.m.
There are 3 Catagories: Tasty, Spicy, & Green.
To enter contact: Jeff Schieffer at 851-5816,
Michael Mellado at 840-0032,
[email protected] or stop in to
Top of the Hill Auto Repair:396 S. 4th W.
DECEMBER 28 & DECEMBER 29, 2019
EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS
5:30 p.m. Ray & Bev Appelhance
Chris Jones & Minnie Appelhans
Dennis Appelhans (Host)
8:00 a.m. Dave Paskett & Jim Gores
Wayne & Carol Brown
Cleo Medina (Host)
10:00 a.m. Bill Styvar & Cathy Luoma
Bryan Thoman & Barb Barber
Jane White (Host)
ALTAR SERVERS
December 24 & 25, 2019
5:00 p.m. Rodrick Piquette &Basyn Anderson
7:00 p.m. Amelia & Eliot Tate
12:00 a.m. Cassandra & Moriah Miller
10:00 a.m. Dominic &Aiden Jarvis
December 28 & 29, 2019
5:30 p.m. Aiden Jarvis & Aiden Jones
8:00 a.m. Moriah Miller & Tate Green
10:00 a.m. Basyn Anderson & Cael Arbogast
Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion
Cleo Medina & Lindy Paskett
St. Margaret’s Collection 12/14- 12/15
Actual: $ 5067
Mission Collections:
St. Joseph: $ 134
St. Edwards: $ 514 - for 12/8 & 12/15
Our Lady of the Woods: $ 437- for 12/8 &
12/15
Thank you for your generosity!!
MONDAY 12/23 Mass - 12:15 p.m. Laurence Hylle
TUESDAY 12/24 Mass - 7:00 a.m.
Children’s Mass - 5:00 p.m. Tom Van Velson +
Mass - 7:00 p.m. Larry Meeboer
WEDNESDAY 12/25 Midnight Mass - 12:00 a.m. Maggie Martinez
Mass - 10:00 a.m. William Mallon +
THURSDAY 12/26 Mass - 7:00 a.m. Pat Cheney
FRIDAY 12/27 Mass - 7:00 a.m. Mary Voizard +
SATURDAY 12/28 Mass - . 5:30 p.m. Larry Rohrbacher
SUNDAY 12/29 Mass - 8:00 a.m. Jonathan Perez
Mass - 10:00 a.m. Ursula Marion McKerchie
Prayers for Healing
Jonathan Perez; Ralph Burlingham; Tonya Abernathy; Eli Steinberg: Matthew Thoman; Christopher Barber; Alicia; Patricia Andrews; Amber Jahnke; Pete Davis; Chandler Thoman; Nancy Kindle; Sandra S; Leonard Williams; Sean B; Carole Meyer; Jill McCarthy; Keith Kalbach; Caleb Stone; Jess; Camilla; Kayleen Gambler; Dianna Slater; Louis; Cortney; Darla Shepardson; Danny Kurtilla; Martha Chacon; Roberta Miller; Kurth Waren; The Gamble Family; Kurt Leininger; Elizabeth Reid; Wilma Thompson; Bob Luoma; Steve McNamee; Kristian Mitchell; Rita Leidy; Kevin; Sam Senkow; Mike Sanchez; Elizabeth Perdue; Rod Mosbrucker; Alyssa Vega; James Habeck; Mike Osborne; Angie Esvelt; Dora Flagg; Laura; Brittany Clarkson; Cloann Guernsey; Kim Bergen; Jo Acosta; Joel Rivera; Cody Thrasher; Colby Harris; Jack Romero; Joe Streeter Sr; Tyus Starr Fisher; June Hulme; Burnayse Neff; Steve Gresback; Dustee Martinet; Janet Hughes; Pierce Steen; Pat Mosbrucker; Aaron Duncan; William Apodaca; Hunter Jara-millo, John Roybal; Curry Matthiessen; Jimmy VanVleet; Marlene Keralis; Curtis Good; John Osborne; Erica Thoman; Janessa Burlingham; Josh Ward; Cristy Cragoe; Rod Slattery; Pete Sauer; Bill Leininger; Sharon Neel; Devin Senn; Tim Shelton Please notify the office if someone should be removed from the prayer list.
WEEK OF DECEMBER 23, 2019 - DECEMBER 29, 2019
Living & Giving in Christ Fiscal Year 2019-2020 Update as of 12/19/2019
Goal Pledge to date Pledge Shortage Actual paid to date:
St Margaret’s $ 40,113 $ 26,247 $ 13,866 $ 21,957
OLW $ 4,482 $ 670 $ 3,812 $ 495
St Edwards $ 2,561 $ 450 $ 2,111 $ 450
St. Josephs $ 667 $ 0 $ 667 $ 0
Goal: Assessed by the Diocese at 20% of previous year actual envelopes & collection plate.
Parishioners: Actual Pledge by parishioners.
Pledge Shortage: If amount is not pledged and fulfilled by parishioners then the parish may be
charged for the shortage.
Actual paid to date: Totals paid by parishioners on pledges made.
Boiler Fund
Total collections for the boiler fund to date are $92,385.34
Thank You for your support!
Anniversary Birthday Deceased +
Prayer Corner:
The virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel. Matthew 1:23
