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St. Gabriel Catholic Church
309 West Lake Ave.
Fulda, MN 56131
PASTOR
Rev. Msgr. R. Paul Heiting Cell: 507-458-5702
Do you or someone you know have a desire to
become Catholic?
Contact Msgr. Heiting for scheduling all Baptisms, Weddings
and RCIA.
CHURCH OFFICE
305 S. Lafayette Ave. Fulda, MN 56131
Phone: 507-425-2369
Fax 507-425-3362 cfwtriparish.com
FAITH FORMATION
Phone: 507-425-2369 ext.#2
Faith Formation Director:
Lisa Kremer O.F.S Cell: 507-360-3423
Administrative Assistant
Nico Doom Phone: 425-2369 ext. #1
Cell: 507-227-8239
Bookkeeper Sue Post
Cell:651-341-6659
Maintenance Doug Daniels
OFFICE HOURS:
Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 9 a.m.– 3 p.m.
PRAYER CHAIN
JoAnne McCormick: 507-425-2568
Agnes Malters: 507-425-0023
ST. GABRIEL
CATHOLIC CHURCH December 24, 2016
who was recently buried from Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in Currie. May his soul and the souls of all of the faithfully departed through the mercy of God rest in peace.
FROM THE DESK OF MONSIGNOR HEITING MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Saint Luke’s gospel for Christmas night (Luke 2: 1-14) gives a wonderful account of Mary and Joseph traveling to find a place in which Mary could give birth to the Savior. The story concludes with: “…a multitude of the heavenly host(s) with the angel praising God and saying: “Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.” We celebrate in Christmas the coming of Jesus Christ into the world. As the touching Christmas song “Mary Did You Know?” recounts, the Savior whom Mary delivered came to deliver her. Christ our Savior comes to deliver all of us. He delivers us from sin, death, and division to establish a new kingdom on earth which foreshadows the Kingdom of Heaven. Truly, “glory to God in the highest!” May the commemoration of the birth of Christ our Savior bring to you, to your family, and to all those dear to you many blessings and much peace. May 2017 be a year of much happiness and health to you as well! PARISH CLUSTER WISHES… Thank you to everyone who helped in any way to prepare
the three churches of our parish cluster for the great Feast of Christmas. Outdoor nativity scenes, outside decorations, the inside decorations with flower arrangements…all of this could not be done without willing hands and hearts. Our churches look beautiful for this special occasion thanks to your generous help. Our sympathy and prayers to the family of John Jacobson
SACRIFICIAL GIVING
MASS INTENTIONS
UP COMING EVENTS:
December 25: Christmas Day St. A @9:30A January 1: New Year Dec 31: : Solemnity of Mary I.H.M.@5:30P January 1: St. G@ 8:30A & St.A 10:30A January 3: Cemetery Board Mtg 1 p.m. January 4,5,6 Adoration: St. A, I.H.M, & St. G January 5,12,26: High school Release January 8: Epiphany January 9,16,23,30: Elem Release January 20: Trumpet January 21-22: Second Collection Latin American January 25: St. G Faith Formation Board Mtg
at 6:00 p.m.
We have a New shipment of Guatemala Coffee. Stop in for your fresh coffee supply.
If you know of someone who is
homebound and would like to receive
Holy Communion please call the office
425-2369
NEXT WEEKEND’S LITURGICAL DUTIES
THIS WEEK’S LITURGICAL DUTIES
Sun. Jan 8 Epiphany of the Lord 8:30 a.m. Altar Server: Youth Program
Reader: Youth Program
Comm: Youth Program
Euch Min: Steve Clarke, Renee Dorpinghaus,
Bill Fuerstenberg
Min of Hosp: Youth Program
Tues 27 Maple Lawn Nursing Home 10.00 a.m. † Jack A Holinka
Wed 28 St. Anthony 8:30 a.m. † Doris Determan
Thurs 29 Immaculate Heart of Mary 8:30 a.m. † Bernice Silva
Fri 30 St. Gabriel 8:30 a.m. † Leo Hogan
Sat 31 Immaculate Heart of Mary 5:30 P.m. † Rosemary Carlson
Sun 1 St. Gabriel 8:30 a.m. parishioners
Sun 1 St. Anthony 10:30 a.m. † Deceased Members of the Martin Olsem Family
CEMETERY BOARD MEETING IN ST. GABRIEL
CHURCH BASEMENT ON JANUARY 3, 2017 AT 1 PM.
St. G OFFICE CLOSED
DECEMBER 26—28. Regular
Hours on Thursday and
Friday December 29 & 30
Sun. Jan 1 Solemnity of Mary 8:30 a.m. Altar Server: Sam Goedtke, Tristan Steiner
Reader: Sharon Fuerstenberg
Comm: Shannon Welling
Euch Min: Joanne Bartosh, Ray Bartosh, Barry Holinka
Min of Hosp: Delano & Renee Dorpinghaus,
Mark & Sue Sandhurst
Giving:
Sunday 12-18-2016 Week #25
Member /Envelope/checks $ 1,385.00
plate offertory $ 117.00
TOTAL $ 1,502.00
flowers $ 93.50
adult via office deposit 12-16-16 $ 1,364.00
Note: Office deposits during the
week of 12-18-16 are not
included yet.
Needed weekly on average
per unrestricted fund budget $ 2,979.84
needed year to date (WK 25) $ 74,496.00
received year to date gen. fund $ 69,848.54
Short $ (4,647.46)
CMA 2016 as of 12-13-16
Goal $ 12,610.00
Pledged and received $ 7,900.00
* shortage of goal $ 4,710.00
# of donors 44
$ received $ 7,900.00
Note: 2016 CMA shortage as of 12-31-16 will be billed
to St. Gabriel's parish.
The new 2017 CMA will start about Feb. 2017.
ST. GABRIEL FAITH FORMATION - Lisa Kremer OFS—Coordinator December 25th, 2016
[email protected] Office Phone– 507-425-2369 ext. #2 , cell—507-360-3423
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Dec. 26th—January 2nd—Christmas break—no
release time classes.
Thursday, January 5th, 2017—8:00—9:45 a.m.—
High School Release time classes resume.
January 8th—8:30 a.m. Mass—Epiphany program
for the children and youth of St. Gabriel.
Monday, January 9th, - 2 – 3 p.m.—Elementary
Release-time classes resume.
Wednesday, January 11th—7:00 p.m.—
Confirmation session at St. Gabriel.
March for Life
Sunday, January 22nd, 2017
State Capitol, St. Paul, MN
Contingent on interest, buses are being arranged across the
Diocese. The March begins at 2:00 p.m. in front of the
Capitol and there is a program at 2:30 p.m. on the Capitol
front steps. We’ve had a number of our youth and adults
participate in March for Life in the past—let’s get organized
and get a group together for this year! Contact Lisa in the
Faith Formation Office if you are interested!
LET’S BE A VOICE FOR LIFE!
Our children will do a short program, and youth will fill
the liturgical roles for Mass. Please let Holly Zins (507)
360-6958 know if your children/youth would like to
participate. We also need parents to help supervise the
children. We are very pleased that Holly Zins is directing
the Epiphany program again this year! She has told us
that because of her upcoming marriage, this will be her
last year. We are currently seeking people who would be
willing to work with Holly this year, and take over the
direction of this special program in future years. If you
are interested and willing (it’s a lot of fun!) contact Holly
or Lisa in the Faith Formation office. We are also
planning to again have a pancake breakfast (fundraiser
for Faith Formation) following the Mass. Thanks to Edie
and Jim Troje, who have agreed to supervise this, but we
need others to help! If you can help out please contact
Edie or let Lisa know.
ATTENTION CONFIRMATION CANDIDATES Our next
Confirmation session is Wednesday, January 11th at
7:00 p.m. at St. Gabriel. Your Confirmation sponsor
should come with you to this session.
Please note— The Faith Formation Board meeting
previously scheduled for Wednesday, January 18th
has been changed to Wednesday, January 25th at
6:00 p.m. at St. Gabriel School.
From St. Gabriel Faith Formation—a very blessed and Merry Christmas to all! This past Monday, our 4th and 5th grade classes took ornaments that they had made and gave them to residents of Maple Lawn. A special thanks to all the kids and to Catechists Sue Post and Suzi Zins for
this special Christmas act of kindness.
We want to express our gratitude in a special way at this time of year to all of our volunteers who give so much of themselves to teach our children/youth and to our families for their support. Remember—this weekend is only the beginning of the Christmas season, and we have a very special parish family celebration coming up on Epiphany, which is January 8th. We hope that you and your family will take part!
In the joy and peace that Jesus brings to us ~ Lisa
Epiphany Program
January 8th, 2017
We want to welcome
children of all ages to join us
in celebrating the Birth of our Lord, and the
visitation of the Wise Men.
St. Gabriel’s Classifieds
UPDATING YOUR PHONE NUMBER: If you have decided to eliminate your ‘land line’ and rely on your cell phone, please don’t forget St. Gabriel's with your new numbers (if you don’t mind). St. Gabriel’s church needs to keep up-to-date!! Texting is very popular this day and age and email is another method of communicating to each other. You can call, text, email, ect our office. The numbers are on the page of our weekly bulletin and in our monthly ‘Trumpet’.
IMPORTANT DATES IN DECEMBER TO REMEMBER
December 31st – Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God: Mass at 5:30 PM in Currie
January 1st – Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God: 8:30 AM Mass at Saint Gabriel in Fulda; 10:30 AM Mass at Saint Anthony in Westbrook
Calendars~ Get your 2017 Religious Art Calendar here. Located at the north and south entrances of the St.
Gabriel church. Compliments of the Totzke Funeral Home.
Important End of Calendar Year Reminder Regarding Charitable Donations: In order to claim a
contribution as a charitable deduction for income tax purposes for 2016 you must have your contribution post marked by December 31, 2016. The IRS states that no matter what date is on the check that a mailed contribution must have been postmarked on or before December 31, 2016 to be considered a 2016 contribution.
Catholic Charities Counseling Services~ Catholic Charities provides a full range of counseling services to help
individuals, couples, and families deal with a variety of concerns. We accept most insurances or offer a sliding fee for non-insured. Call Catholic Charities at 507-376-9757.
FCCW News~ St. Gabriel Church had many building repairs this year and then the furnace, the boiler, in the school
needed repair work done also. The cost on the boiler is $3,000 that needs to be paid by the end of the year. When I talked with Msgr. Heiting he said it would be okay to appropriate the funds to the church from our FCCW account. I talked with many women last Sunday morning and they agreed it would be the thing the FCCW needs to do. We are committed to supporting our youth and certainly a working furnace is necessary in the school where we educate our youth. So, I did appropriate $3,000 for the repair of the boiler. After making our donations, dues and other expenses we will still have in our funds over $6.000, and it seems our funds are growing. Thanks to all who make the FCCW a healthy organization.
2017 CONTRIBUTION ENVELOPES ARE LOCATED IN THE BACK
OF CHURCH. PLEASE PICK YOURS UP. THANK YOU
Immigration Retreat~ St. Mary’s School; Worthington, MN; Saturday, Jan 7, 2017 beginning at 1:00 p.m. and ending
with Mass at 5:30 p.m. Join us to prayerfully consider the issues of immigration, solidarity and our Catholic responsibility. The day will include information, reflection, and shared stories, as well as prayer. All are welcome and encouraged to attend! If you have questions, please contact the St. Mary’s Parish office at 507-376-6005.
Prepare your hearts for Christmas -Check out two awesome Lighthouse CD's in the south entrance of church (On
the table; on the CD display rack): "The Mystery of Christmas" by Fr. Larry Richards and "Prepare the Way of the King" by Dr. Scott Hahn. Both CD's do an amazing job of bringing to life the amazing miracle/gift of the Christ child at Christmas and what that means for living day to day in our present world. Check out the other new CD's as well ~ Guaranteed to deepen your faith!
R.S.V.P. For Knights of Columbus Appreciation Supper~ Supper is January 17th at City Limits. 6:00 p.m. social;
6:30 p.m. meal served; and 7:00 p.m. Knights Col Program starts. All catholic men and their spouses are welcome to attend.
R.S.V.P. Your name and number in party by January 8, 2017 to James Cowan: call or text (507)360-7879 or email to
[email protected]. Please be sure to leave a message if you call. Thank you.
