OFFICE HOURS St. Joseph 8 am - 3 pm Monday thru Friday St. Michael 9 am - 2 pm Monday thru Friday

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1 St. Joseph Church STAFF Pastor: Fr. Daniel Kresinski Resident: Fr. Edward Walk St. Michael the Archangel Office Manager: Julie Felix St. Joseph Office Manager: Eileen Stephen Religious Education Facilitator: Meg Hough Website: OFFICE HOURS St. Joseph 8 am - 3 pm Monday thru Friday St. Michael 9 am - 2 pm Monday thru Friday BULLETIN INFORMATION Must be submitted in writing to the parish offices by 2:00 p.m. (9) nine days prior to the weekend of the announcement. All announcements are subject to editing. St. Michael the Archangel Church DUBOIS AREA ROMAN CATHOLIC PARISHES MASS SCHEDULE Saturday Vigil: 4:30 p.m. St. Catherine of Siena 5:30 p.m. St. Michael the Archangel Sunday Morning: 7:00 a.m. St. Michael the Archangel 8:00 a.m. St. Catherine of Siena 9:00 a.m. St. Joseph Church 10:00 a.m. St. Catherine of Siena 11:00 a.m. St. Michael the Archangel Holy Day Vigil: 5:15 p.m. St. Catherine of Siena 7:00 p.m. St. Michael the Archangel Holy Day Mass: 7:00 a.m. St. Catherine of Siena 9:00 a.m. St. Michael the Archangel 12:10 p.m. St. Catherine of Siena 6:00 p.m. St. Joseph Church CONFESSION SCHEDULE Wednesdays 8:30-8:50 a.m. St. Michael the Archangel Saturdays 3:30-4:30 p.m. St. Michael the Archangel Sundays 8:30-8:50 a.m. St. Joseph RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Grades 1-10 meet 10:30 a.m.-11:45 a.m. at DCC Confirmation/Grade 11 as scheduled. DUBOIS AREA CATHOLIC SCHOOL Elementary School Office High School Office

2 November 29, 2015 Pg. 2 ST. JOSEPH/ST. MICHAEL MINISTRY SCHEDULE December 5th & December 6th 5:30 p.m. 7:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. READERS Joe Hoskavich Larry Cyphert Terry Adamson Rick Chapman EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS 5:30 p.m. Ed & Valerie Nowak and Don Brown 7:00 a.m. Mike Hassan, Mark McKolosky & Deb Miller 9:00 a.m. Pat Cousins (Host), Fran Marshall, Teresa Hand 11:00 a.m. Rick Chapman, Rosemarie Malewicz and Madonna Schwentner 5:30 p.m. 7:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. ALTAR SERVERS Andrew Boyle Tim Stainbrook Jennelle Adams Alyssa Dinger Noemi & Nick Swisher ST. MICHAEL S COLLECTION: NOV. 21ST & 22ND Available next week ST. JOSEPH COLLECTION: NOV. 22ND Available next week Need a great Christmas gift for someone special? How about a St. Joseph & St. Michael Cookbook delicious recipes! Copies available at the office for $12. Nomination Forms for the 2016 Pastoral Council are at the church entrances. Please return by November 30th. St. Michael s Holy Name Society Day at Luigi s in DuBois is Sun. Dec. 6th from 11a.m to 8 p.m. A portion of the day s sales will benefit HNS. Also a 50/50 and Basket Auction will be available. Come enjoy a wonderful meal and help a great group! SANCTUARY CANDLES burn this week in memory of: OUR BULLETIN SPONSOR THIS WEEK IS: & Isabelle Straub State FarmRoman Agent Stephanie Rindosh by: the Straub Family 43 N. Brady St. DuBois and for: Denise Statler by: John & Mary Joan Yargar Due to Thanksgiving, there will be no Religious Education class Sun. Nov. 29th. We resume class next Sun. Dec. 6th: Grades 1-10 at DCC 10:30-11:45 a.m. & Confirmation Class at St. Michael 6:00-8:00 p.m. We often miss Advent's power because of secular Christmas parties and preparations for Christmas. The busyness of this season distracts us from an Advent that truly prepares us for Christmas, with all its meaning. In addition, this year Pope Francis will open a Jubilee Year: on December 8th. There are opportunities on the internet to experience Advent during the Jubilee Year: the Dynamic Catholic group offers a program entitled: Best Advent Ever Rediscovering Mercy. To sign up or learn more about this free program visit BestAdventEver.com From Loyola Press Advent Moments of Mercy. Sign up to receive daily messages via . Visit and register. From Creighton University Praying Advent 2015 Visit onlineministries.creighton.edu and click on the Praying Advent 2015 box. OPŁATKI (Christmas Wafers) are available at St. Michael church on the Altar of St. Joseph and at St. Joseph Church in the back of church. Price: $2. Pope Francis prayer intentions for December: 1. that all experience God s mercy 2. that suffering families find hope in Christ s birth. The Masses for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception (a Holy Day of Obligation) will be Dec. 7 7 p.m. at St. Michael; Dec. 8 9:00 a.m. at St. Michael, and 6:00 p.m. St. Joseph. Mr. John Bradley, Former National President of the Holy Name Society, will speak on the history and role of the men s group in the Catholic Church on Thursday, Dec. 10th at St. Bartholemew Church in Sharpsville (near Sharon) at 11:00 a.m. All are invited.

3 1st Sunday of Advent St. Joseph Church News ANGEL TREE Our Angel Tree is up in the Sanctuary. Information on sizes and suggestions are on the tags. Please wrap your gift and fasten the angel on the OUTSIDE. Place the wrapped gift under the tree by December 13, in order for the gifts to be distributed before Christmas. The DuBois Chapter of CCHL is selling religious Christmas ornaments as a pro-life fundraiser. There are 7 different ones with spiritual messages on the back. $5 for one or 5 for $20. See the display at various weekend Masses or at church events. This week the display will be at St. Joseph s and next week at St. Michael s. More info call Judy at St. Joseph Rosary Society meets Tuesday, Dec. 1st at 7:00 p.m. in the church hall. The Rosary Society will have a Christmas Bake Sale on Sunday, December 13, after the 9:00 a.m. Mass. Come and purchase your goodies for Christmas, If you would like to bake, we need candy, fudge, Christmas cookies etc. You may drop off your baked goods on Saturday, December 12th, in the church hall between 4-6 p.m. and Sunday morning before Mass. For more information call Fran at We welcome into St. Joseph s parish Susan Cook. St. Michael Church News St. Michael s Rosary Society s Christmas Party is Sun. Dec. 13th from 1-3 p.m. at the DuBois Diner. $14 buffet. Call Sandy before Dec. 6th to make reservations The Angel Tree is up at St. Michael. Select an angel off the tree. Register your name and phone number on the sign-up sheets. Gifts are due back NEXT SUNDAY December 6th. Thank you! Any questions call Cindy at There will be a meeting this Thursday at 7:00 p.m. in St. Michael Church Hall to discuss possible fund-raisers at St. Michael s in St. Michael s SANCTUARY CANDLES burn this week in memory of: Cecelia Carroll by Eileen Davis; & for: William Wascovich by: John, Madonna, Xavier & Liam Schwentner St. Michael s HOSTS This week s Communion hosts are given in memory of : Mary Lepionka By: Tom & Lori Herzing & family TICKET TOURNAMENT Our next Ticket Tournament will be held on Saturday, February 13th. This would make a great Christmas gift. Tickets are $50.00 each and admit 2. For more information call Fred at ST. JOSEPH MEMORIAL CANDLES The candles on the altar of Our Blessed Mother this week are in memory of Deceased Members of Novitsky & Ross families by Ron & Barb Ross & family Helen Galinis by Buzzell family Diocesan Pastoral Planning is proceeding well. At a recent update meeting our parish committees learned that 2 needs in most parishes are: adult education and training for catechists; our parishes are doing well in these areas. There will be a Deanery meeting in January with more details about parish changes. The plan will be fully enacted a year from now. There will be opportunities for input from parishioners from time to time.

4 COMMUNITY NEWS St. Joseph Church in DuBois is holding a craft and vendor show Sat. Dec. 12 from 10 to 3. Includes a soup luncheon, pictures with Santa and cookie sale. More info call Jennifer at (814) Catholic Daughters, Court of St. Mary s #890 will hold their Christmas party on Mon. Dec. 14th at the Bellamaura in Reynoldsville beginning at 6 p.m. Cost is $15. Call Betsy for reservations Last year Catholic Charities throughout our Diocese helped 9,500 people with clothing, and 3,500 with utility bills, and 26,000 people with food. Ho, Ho, Ho, says St. Nick St. Nicholas Orthodox Church In DuBois that is. They hoho-hope we will visit their Christmas Bake Sale on Saturday, Dec. 12, between 8:30 and 11 a.m. for Slavic sweets. Answer the Call is a special Advent prayer service at Cathedral Prep H.S., Erie, for religious vocations. Dec. 13 from 4:30 to 5:45 p.m. Free-will offering. Please join us as we welcome and celebrate the Birth of our Lord Jesus Christ with music at a Shalom Christmas Concert at the Reitz Theater on Sun. Dec. 20, Sunday at 2 p.m. Admission: Free. For more info contact Judy at Hope + Healing: A Retreat for Men + Women Struggling with Issues of Grief & Loss at St. Paul of the Cross Retreat Center, 148 Monastery Ave., Pittsburgh (412) Dec Suggested offering: $ Curwensville United Methodist Church invites all to a Christmas play, The Search for Peace Dec. 4 at 8 p.m., Dec. 5 at 4:30p.m. + 8 p.m. and Dec. 6 at 4:30 p.m. for info call Free will offering.

5 Mass Schedule Saturday, November 28 Weekday 5:30 p.m. Lamar Tubbs by wife Shirley SM Sunday, November 29 1st Sunday of Advent 7:00 a.m. People of Both Parishes SM 9:00 a.m. 1st Wedding Anniversary Judy & Dallas Rensel SJ 11:00 a.m. Mike Hynes by Jim & Polly Deemer SM Monday, November 30 St. Andrew, Apostle 9:00 a.m. Paul Krajewski by Karen, Jeff & Jenessa Booher SM 5:00 p.m. Virginia Zbieg by Paula Renosky Read SJ Tuesday, December 1 Advent Weekday 9:00 a.m. Millie Rutkowski by St. Michael Infant of Prague Rosary Society SM 5:00 p.m. Joe Godek by Diane M. Raymondo SJ Wednesday, December 2 Advent Weekday 9:00 a.m. Barbara Narvey by Tillie Renosky SM Thursday, December 3 St. Francis Xavier, Priest 9:00 a.m. Mary Lepionka by St. Michael Infant of Prague Rosary Society SM 5:00 p.m. Special Intention SJ Friday, December 4 St. John Damascene, Priest (1st Friday) 9:00 a.m. Jordan Andrulonis (bd) by Dad & Jackie Andrulonis SM 5:00 p.m. Anna Clark by Mary Ann Nicometo SJ Saturday, December 5 Advent Weekday (1st Sat.) 9:00 a.m. Rob Narvey (mm) by Dad SM 5:30 p.m. Thomas McClelland by Mr. & Mrs. John S. Yargar SM Sunday, December 6 2 nd Sunday of Advent 7:00 a.m. Special Intention SM 9:00 a.m. William Golubski by family SJ 11:00 a.m. People of Both Parishes SM Fr. Dan s Musing Will the real John DuBois please stand? Fr. Collins, our Mission speaker, is linked to John DuBois! Fr. John is from New York City, whose 3rd bishop was Most Rev. John DuBois, a contemporary of our town s forefather. His excellency is buried under the sidewalk in front of old St. Patrick s Cathedral (in Chinatown). His biographer claims he chose the location so people could walk on me in death as they did while I was living!

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