Second Sunday of Advent
Christmas boutique and bake sale today. Please visit the tables outside church to purchase Advent and Christmas items. All proceeds benefit families/parishioners in need.
Christmas giving tree instructions. Please choose an ornament from the tree, purchase the item/items and return it to the church office WRAPPED with the ornament attached by December 21, 2020. Thank you for your generosity.
Second Collection schedule: today to benefit the SSPX Foreign Missions. December 13 to benefit the Building Fund. December 20 to benefit the Academy. Thank you for your generosity
Bookstore Sale: All statues, including Nativities, are 20% off during the month of December. Just arrived: 2021 Angelus Press Daily Planner.
Mothers of Lu prayer for fostering parish vocations:
“O God, grant that one of my sons may become a priest! I myself want to live as a good Christian and want to guide my children always to do what is right, so that I may receive the grace, O God, to be allowed to give you a holy Priest! Amen”
(Pray one Hail Mary)
Feast of the Immaculate Conception: Tuesday, December 8th is a Holy Day of Obligation. Morning Masses will be at 5:45 AM, 7:30 AM and 8:30 AM (Sung). There will also be Vespers and Benediction at 5:00 PM with total Consecration to Mary according to the method of St. Louis Grignon de Montfort and Militia Immaculatae, followed by Mass at 6:30 PM.
St. Stephen’s Guild Open House: Inviting all men and boys of the parish to a St. Stephen’s Guild Open House, Saturday, December 12th from 9:30 to 11:00 AM. All those wishing to learn how to serve Mass or desiring to enter St. Stephen’s Guild are welcome.
Pray for an end to abortion. Please join us in praying the Rosary in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe on Saturday, December 12th at 6:00 PM.
Young Adults Group Event: All young adults are invited to join us for the Phoenix ‘ZooLights’ on December 12th at 6:00 PM. We will be meeting at the church and carpooling there. Please purchase your ticket online in advance and sign up in the vestibule.
Christmas Novena of Masses: Christmas cards with the gift of a novena of Masses are available in the vestibule. Donations will benefit the building fund and may be turned in to the church office, bookstore or placed in the collection basket. The novena of Masses will begin with the Christmas Midnight Mass. Deadline to turn in intention envelopes: Monday, December 21st.
Rosary Crusade: Fr. Davide Pagliarani, Superior General of the Society of Saint Pius X, has asked members of the SSPX, as well as faithful and friends, to embark on a rosary crusade with the special intentions of freeing the Mass and gaining Vocations, from November 21, 2020 (Feast of the Presentation) to April 1, 2021 (Holy Thursday). To download a rosary crusade booklet or use the Online Tally Form, visit https://sspx.org/en/rosary-crusade.
Second Collection for Building Fund: December 13, 2020
Mortgage payment amount $11,051
Current Church Debt: $1,654,666
