Pastor Father Brian Corcoran Associate Pastor Father Ben Awongo AJ

Pastor Emeritus Monsignor Timothy Harnett Deacon Bob Beiner School Principal Dan Schuh Music Director Julie Marner

1001 Encinitas Blvd. Encinitas, CA 92024-2828 Phone: 760 753-6254 Fax: 760 753-7118

Saint John School : 760 944-8227 admin@saintjohnencinitas.org www.saintjohnencinitas.org www.saintjohnschool.com

“Welcome Jesus at Christmas time, not in a cold manger of our heart ... but warm with love for one another!” Mother Teresa ... Our Christmas celebrations begin on Thursday(24), Christmas Eve, with two Children’s Masses, one at 4:00pm, led by our Saint John School chil-dren, and a second at 6:00pm led by our children from Religious Education. We have a Family Mass at 8:00pm, with the ‘Midnight Mass’ at 11:00pm, preceded by a Choral Celebration at 10:30pm. ... On Friday (25), Christmas Day, our Masses are at 7:30am, 9:00am, 10:30am, and 12:00pm (Spanish). Please note, there will be no 5:00pm Mass on Christmas Day! Christ is born! ... The religious Christmas season extends from Christmas Eve (24), through the feast of the Bap-tism of the Lord, on Sunday, January (10). ... Saturday (26) is the feast of Saint Stephen, one of the seven deacons of the Acts of the Apostles, and the first martyr! ... Heartfelt thanks to all of our priests who as-sisted at our Parish Reconciliation Service on Monday (14)! And to Rosella and Rosanne Greco, Greg Picone, Andrea Norman, and Matt and Carol Williamson, who served up a delicious dinner for all! Forgiveness and freedom! ... Our church Christmas Flowers are a wonderful way to honor our loved ones, living and deceased, over the Christmas season. Special envelopes are still available in the back of the church. ... John of Kanty died in 1473, in Cracow, Poland. A scholar, he was noted for his austerity, simplicity and charity toward the poor. The story is told that once John was accosted by robbers who took his money. They asked if he had any more and he re-plied in the negative. When they had gone he dis-covered some coins sewn in his cloak, ran after the robbers, and gave them the money. They were so amazed that they gave back what they had taken. His feast day is this Wednesday (23). ... John Derrico, from our Saint Vincent DePaul So-ciety, and his great team, distributed over 150 Christmas Baskets to our needy families on Satur-day (19), with the support and assistance of so many! ‘Thank you’ for all you make possible. ... Our bulletin cover this week is a photo of the stained-glass window, donated by John and Adela Stanton to our old Saint John Church in 1946. All the stained glass windows from the old church now adorn our Parish Office Conference Room!

... Monsignor Ray Moore served as Pastor of Saint John from 1969 to 1974, and assisted here in his re-tirement years in the late 1990’s. He was a great advocate for the poor and the immigrant. Sunday (20) is the 14th Anniversary of his death. May he truly rest in peace. ... Congratulations to our neighbor, Saint Thomas More, Oceanside, on the dedication of their beauti-ful new church on Wednesday (16). The main door there has been designated as the ‘Holy Door of Mercy’ for the North County, in this Jubilee Year! That’s at 1450 S Melrose Drive, Oceanside! ... Our youth are preparing and serving a delicious Pancake Breakfast in our Hall today (20). All funds will go towards their ‘Building a home for a needy family in Tijuana’ project. Great cause, good food, and mighty people. ... Julie Marner and Burundi Friends Interna-tional have fresh and tasty Burundi coffee available for us to purchase at the gazebo today (20). ... Please remember to give generously to the spe-cial collection last weekend (13) for the Retirement Fund for our Religious … Priests, Brothers and Sisters. Special envelopes are still available. ... Liz Beiner and our RCIA team welcome adults who are interested in becoming Catholic. Join them each Tuesday at 7:00pm in the Hall! … Our Religious Ed, Junior-High ‘Faithways’ and Saint John School children return to the classroom on Monday (4)! Enjoy! … 376 families contributed a total of $18,062.00 this past weekend (13), while a further 108 families contributed $4,112.56 ‘Online’! Thank you! ... Need to know more? Why not visit our website at www.saintjohnencinitas.org and our school web-site at saintjohnschool.com ... Our Knights of Columbus still have a few great Christmas Trees for sale, at bargain prices, on our lower parking lot. All the proceeds go to charity. ... Our Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament re-sumes on Saturday (26), after the 8:00am Mass, and continues 24 hours a day, seven days a week, except for Sundays from 7:00am to 6:00pm. Come along and spend some quiet time with the Lord! ... Next Sunday (27) we celebrate the feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. ... Be sure to keep Christ in Christmas! ... “You better watch out ... you better not cry ... a greater than Santa is coming by!” A very ‘Happy Christmas’ to all!

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The Chapel will close Thursday at noon (Christmas Eve) and open again 9:00am Saturday,

December 26 Volunteers are needed for: Sunday 1:00am, 2:00am

Tuesday 1:00am Wednesday 2:00am, 3:00am, and 4:00am

Friday 4:00am and 5:00am Saturday 11:00pm

We also need another volunteer for Day Captain to take charge of arranging substitutes for regular

adorers on the Captain’s assigned day. Ken Poggenburg 760 635-2573

Lupe Cardona (Sp) 760 519-3287 Perpetual Adoration is prayer in the presence of the Most Blessed Sacrament ... 24 hours, day and night, seven days a week. All are welcome!

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Perpetual Adoration

MASS INTENTIONS Saturday December 19 5:00pm Carolyn Matzinger † Sunday Fourth Sunday of Advent December 20 Mi 5:1-4a; Heb 10:5-10; Lk 1:39-45 7:30am Parishioners 9:00am Msgr. Ray Moore † Maurine Rohm † 10:30am Jerry Thissen † 12:00pm Joanne Rodriguez Parker † 5:00pm Chris Fitzpatrick † Monday Saint Peter Canisius December 21 Sg 2:8-14 or Zep 3:14-18a; Lk 1:39-45 8:00am Thomas Hermoso † Tuesday 1 Sm 1:24-28; 1 Sm 2:1, 4-8abcd; Lk 1:46-56 December 22 8:00am Pauline and Edward Baker † Wednesday Saint John of Kanty December 23 Mal 3:1-4, 23-34; Lk 1:57-66 8:00am Jeanne Meehan † Thursday 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16; Lk 1:67-79 December 24 8:00am Jeanne Parsons † 4:00pm Jim Connors † Tony Petraglia † 6:00pm Special Intention 8:00pm Teresa G. Lee † 11:00pm Parishioners Friday The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas) December 25 Is 52:7-10; Heb 1:1-6; Jn 1:1-18 [1-5, 9-14] 7:30am Laurie Kolakowski † 9:00am Sandy Vena † 10:30am Sandy Vena † 12:00pm Patrick and Lydia Enright † Saturday Saint Stephen December 26 Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59; Mt 10:17-22 8:00am Jose Garcia † Special Intention 5:00pm Don and Joan Sielaff † Sunday The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph December 27 Sir 3:2-6, 12-14 Col 3:12-21; Lk 2:41-52 7:30am Gene Walsdorf † 9:00am Doris Kelsall † 10:30am Jesse Romo † 12:00pm Parishioners 5:00pm Truman King †

Christmas Mass Schedule

Christmas Eve, Thursday (24) 4:00pm Children’s Mass, 6:00pm Children’s Mass,

8:00pm Family Mass, 11:00pm Midnight Mass

Christmas Day, Friday (25) 7:30am, 9:00am, 10:30am,

12:00pm (Sp) (No 5:00pm Mass)

Please Keep in Your Prayers Karen Adamsen, Martha Amador, Ruth Ariza, Phyllis Azarro, Anthony Baggio, Thomas Baglio, Rosily Baratono, Cindy Bausch, Bob Behler, Aiden Blenderman, Maura Brown, Taylor Camisa, Joe Corder, Rob Crewse, Jack Da-vare, Edward Dillon, Barbara Dorion, Kathy Fix, Patty Fix, Hiram Lee-Gonzalez, Manny Gonzales, Carolyn Goohs, Monsignor Harnett, Maria Jaque, Maria Johnson, Cheyne Johnston, Jim Kelly, Paul Kenny, Eva King, Skyler Koehne, Stella Lubera, Pat McKinley, Robert McLoughlin, Lucy Mee, Maria Mendez, Joey Mixon, Patty Moore, Luz Nieve, Eileen O’Connor, Grace Oreb, Mary Ann Pavnic, Joaquin Perez, Peter Pongwattana, David Quessenberry, David Rambeau, Ashley Ray, Elizabeth Roney, Lori Smith, Gina Stack, An-drew Todd, Grant and Griffin Waller, Bernard Wessel and John Whitty.

We pray for our sick and deceased at daily Mass.

Christmas Flowers

A wonderful way to remember your loved ones, both living and deceased, over the entire

Christmas season. Please use the special envelopes from your packets mailed home

or at the back of the Church.

Hawkes Home Inc. Thank you!

Thank you all who joined us on December (6) to enjoy our Annual Christmas BBQ and Strings Concert with Mark

Sander and Greg Shirer. Your encouraging words and kind generosity are greatly appreciated!

Music Ministry Share your talents!

Please contact our Music Director, Julie

at 760 753-6254 or music@saintjohnencinitas.org

Altar Society Catwalk for a Cause

Fashion Show & Champagne Luncheon Saturday, March (5)

$30 ticket Perfect gifts!

Call Michele at 760 846-1006

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Jubilee of Mercy

Friday, January (1), Mass at 9:00am Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God

World Day of Peace Opening of the Holy Door of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major

Live on the Internet Sunday 9:00 am Mass www.saintjohnlive.com

Remember to patronize our advertisers for making the bulletin possible. Thank you!

Saint John School

School Resumes Monday (4)

Pre-school - Grade 8

Principal : Dan Schuh 760 944-8227 or

www.saintjohnschool.com

Pancake Breakfast Join us Sunday (20) from 8:30am - 12:00pm

for pancakes, fruit, bacon, orange juice and donuts.

All proceeds go to the ‘Tijuana House Build’ project.

Many of our most treasured traditions link the liturgy of the church with the hearth of the home. The food on the table at certain feasts and fasts helps to extend the mystery into everyday life. Tonight, for example, many families of Italian heritage, especially those with links to the south of Italy, will settle down to the “Feast of the Seven Fishes,” or La Vigilia. It is a command perform-ance for the whole family, as the saying goes: Natale con I tuui, Pasqua conchi vuoi, or “Christmas with your family, Easter with whomever you wish.” Seven differ-ent fish, some say one for each day of Mary and Joseph’s journey to Bethlehem, others say one for each sacra-ment, or one for each day of creation, are served. Eel and shrimp, lobster and crab, calamari, pasta with clam sauce, flounder and hake all abound, but most especially baccala, dried salted cod. Why? Many say that it is a way to pay homage to the beasts of the stable who witnessed the holy birth and relinquished their manger to make way for God. Tonight, if someone asks you to “pass the shrimp,” you’ll be able to shed a little light on a menu that is a delicious treasure in our tradition! —Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

Merry Christmas! May the Christmas season fill your home with joy,

your heart will love, and your life with laughter.

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UN ORDEN NUEVO “Oh, pequeña aldea de Belén”; un clérigo de Filadelfia llamado Phillips Brooks escribió este popular villancico a mediados de los 1800, pero el profeta Miqueas hubiera podido hacerlo primero. Miqueas sabía que el tesoro grande viene en estuche pequeño. En la primera lectura de hoy, él sabía que

del pueblito de Belén vendría el Señor. El escritor de la carta a los hebreos explica que Cristo vino a nosotros para hacer la voluntad de Dios de establecer un nuevo orden y ser un sacrificio perfecto. Y Lucas nos dice que Isabel, Juan, y el pequeño en sus

entrañas, comprenden que grandes maravillas han llegado con la venida del Señor.

Este es el Cuarto Domingo de Adviento. Mañana celebramos de nuevo el fruto de tu vientre, María. Como se nos dice en Hebreos, el nuevo orden de Jesús se está creando hoy mismo.

Y como proclama Miqueas, su grandeza llega ahora mismo hasta los confines de la tierra.

HORARIO DE LAS MISAS DE NAVIDAD El jueves 24, habrá Misa a las 8:00 am. A las 4:00 pm. Misa de niños A las 6:00 pm. Misa de niños A las 8:00 pm. Misa de la familia A las 10:30 pm. Villancicos Navideños A las 11:00 pm. Misa de Media Noche

El viernes (25), Día de Navidad Las misas serán a las 7:30 am., 9:00 am., 10:30 am. Y a las 12:00 de medio día en español

(No habrá Misa a las 5:00 pm.)

Les deseamos a todos una

FUE UNA BONITA CELEBRACION EN HONOR DE LA VIRGEN DE GUADALUPE

Diciembre (12)

POSADAS NAVIDEÑAS

Si desean tener una Posada en su casa, o si necesitan más

información por favor llamen a Tere Mora al 760-436-1535.

Itinerario de la semana

Domingo 20, - Grupo Guadalupano con Tere Mora 856 Del Riego Ave., Encinitas, CA 92024 Tel. 760– 436-1535

Lunes 21 - Nos falta

Martes 22 - La familia Villalobos 2108 Summerhill Dr., Encinitas Tel. 760-846-0439

Miércoles 23 - Con Abelina Cruz 939 Passiflora Ave., Encinitas CA. 760-815-4636

EL INSTITUTO DIOCESANO DE SAN DIEGO Nos ofrece próximamente, la siguiente clase:

S830s Espiritualidad de la Vida Familiar (15 hras) Los martes, 19 enero - 23 febrero 2016

Maestra: María Arroyo, M.A. 6:30pm - 9:00pm En el California y San Dieguito Room

Para más información, llamen al 760 436-4366 Para Inscribirse llamen al : 858-490-8212

MUCHAS GRACIAS A TODOS LOS QUE AYUDARON

Religious Education Saint John School Dan Schuh 760 944-8227 Religious Education Ann McGinnis 760 436-0664 ‘Faithways’ Junior-High Nicole Steele 760 753-4279 Youth Ministry Isaac Deken 760 753-3679 Hispanic Ministry Mary Moran 760 436-4366 Music Ministry Julie Marner 760 753-6254 Adult Faith R.C.I.A Liz Beiner 760 753-6254 Perpetual Adoration Ken Poggenburg 760 635-2573 Perpetual Adoration (Spanish) Lupe Cardona 760 519-3287 Centering Prayer Shirley Shetula 760 525-6721 Organizations Altar Society Joi Catlin 760 470-6316 Boy Scouts Blane Adessa 760 944-0626 Cub Scouts Richard Weston 760 230-6183 Catholic Men’s Fellowship David Pavnic / Chris Cammack 760 753-6254 Culture of Life Jennifer Grethel 760 753-6254 Guadalupañas Olivia Reynaga 760 753-5230 Holy Name Rick Decker 760 753-6254 Knights of Columbus Pat Connors 760 822-3639 Saint Vincent de Paul Sandra Watson 760 753-3056 Seniors Nettie March 760 753-6254

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Saturday 5:00pm Sunday 7:30am 9:00am 10:30am 12:00pm (Spanish) and 5:00pm Daily Monday - Saturday 8:00am Rosary Daily, after morning Mass Novena Tuesday, after morning Mass

Perpetual Adoration 24 hours Sacrament of Penance Saturday 3:30pm - 4:30pm and 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Vocation Holy Hour 1st Friday, 8:00am Mass

Baptism and Marriage Please call Parish Office