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Articles need to be submitted, in writing, to the Rectory by 11:00 am Friday the week before the Bulletin is printed.

Sainte Anne Parish is a faith community in the Roman Catholic tradition. We strive to live up to the mot-

to: "We Are Family". We see ourselves as a local expression of the universal Church, the People of God,

the Body of Christ. Through God's grace we seek to be welcoming and loving. Our life centers on the

weekend celebration of the Eucharist. We meet Jesus Christ in the Eucharist and are then challenged to

bring His love to others.

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RECTORY:

290 Jefferson Ave.

TEL: (978) 744-1930

stannesalem@aol.com www.stannesalem.org RELIGIOUS ED. OFFICE:

11 Cleveland St.

TEL: (978) 745-8915

WEEKEND MASSES: .................. ............Saturday 4:00 PM; Sunday 8:30 & 11:00 AM DAILY MASSES: ........................ Monday through Thursday and First Friday 9:00 AM HOLY DAY MASSES: ............................................................................As Announced ROSARY GROUP & EUCHARISTIC ADORATION: ......................................Tuesday 6:30 PM CONFESSIONS: .......................... .............Saturday 3:15 - 3:45 PM or by appointment

WELCOME TO NEW PARISHIONERS: Please introduce

yourself to us after Mass or contact the rectory to register.

SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM: Baptisms are celebrated on

the fourth Sunday of the month at 12:15. A preparation for

parents and godparents will take place on the second

Wednesday of the month at 7:00 PM at the rectory. Please

contact the rectory to arrange a baptism.

MATRIMONY: Please contact the rectory at least six

months in advance to arrange for the celebration of your wed-

ding.

HOME VISITATION: We are happy to visit for confession,

holy communion, anointing of the sick etc., anyone who is

unable to come to church. Please contact the rectory.

ANOINTING OF THE SICK: This sacrament is for anyone

who is seriously ill, in a weakened condition, facing surgery,

entering hospice care, or near death etc. Please contact the

rectory for this sacrament to be celebrated.

Fr. John G. Kiley, Administrator Charlene Carrier, Coordinator of Religious Education

Brink Bush, Director of Music Ministry Larry Blanchard, Sacristan

Diane Charette, Administrative Assistant Annette Pezzulo, Finance Will Matton, Maintenance

PARISH STAFF:

Good St. Anne, you were especially favored by God to be the mother of the most holy Vir-gin Mary, the Mother of our Savior. By your power with your most pure daughter and with her divine Son, kindly obtain for us the grace and the favor we now seek. Please secure for us also forgiveness of our past sins, the strength to perform faithfully our daily duties and the help we need to perse-

vere in the love of Jesus and Mary. Amen.

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Third Sunday of Advent The letter of Saint James – four little verses packed with mean-ing. Patient or patience appears four times. Do you think he's trying to tell us something? We live in an instant world. The average YouTube video is four minutes, 20 seconds – and that's too long for some viewers. Advent is a time to put the brakes on – slow down, breathe. The world will tell us that time is running out – buy, buy, buy. Now! The Church tells us that Jesus will come whether the stockings are filled or not. Patience. This week, try to build in some quiet time – really. You can do it. Just five minutes – a bit longer than a TV commercial or YouTube video. Take the time to remember a loved one in pray-er. Now that's a gift – for the giver and recipient.

Advent Evening Prayer: On this Wednesday evening join us for Advent Evening prayer led by the Carmelite Sisters. It will begin at 7:00 p.m.

Guadalupe: December 12 is the Feast of Our Lady of Guada-lupe. Under this title Mary is the Patroness of all the Americas and the Patroness of the unborn. Check out the movie Guada-lupe on the Formed Website. (cf. the bulletin info on Formed) Become more familiar with this apparition of the Mother of God during Advent.

Sacrament of Reconciliation/Confession: In addition to Sat-urday afternoons from 3:15p.m. – 3:45p.m. there will be addi-tional confession times in preparation for Christmas: Wednes-day, December 21, from 6:30p.m. – 8:00p.m. and Saturday, De-cember 24, from 10:00a.m. – 12:Noon. (There are no confes-sions on Saturday afternoon, December 24.) Masses for Christmas: Vigil Masses on Saturday, December 24, will be at 4:00p.m. and 6:00p.m. There will be a Midnight Mass. Mass on Christmas morning will be at 10:00a.m.

Please Pray for the Sick

Debbie Carmichael Bettie Parisi Alda LaChapelle Kimberly Shaw Vivian Forrest Diane Carideo

Michael Carideo

Jason Alexander Dorothy Sherry Caroline Ouellette Armen Sarafian Pat John Kathleen Levy Mary Brien Joanne Judge Lianne Belkas Anne Marie Soucy

Please Pray for the Military Jason Boyle Rose Raynes Nicholas Budka Sean Patrick Moutone Keith Lovely David Irwin K. Ryan McKinley

Christmas Collection: This Christmas, the collection will once again benefit the Clergy Health and Retirement Trust which cares for the needs of our priests. Our priests are always there for us; they share Christ's good news, perform good works, and build communities of good faith. All are welcome to learn more and make a gift online at clergytrust.org. And don't forget to find the Trust on Facebook by searching "@ClergyTrust." Thank you in advance for your prayers and support. Heritage Missal: At the beginning of Advent we began using the Heritage Missal as our worship aid. You will have noticed that the weekend and holyday scripture readings are included. Un-less you have difficulty hearing the readings at Mass, continue to focus your attention on the lector and the priest. Also try to review the readings before Mass begins. The page number for the readings will be indicated at the top of the hymn boards. Ste. Anne Parish Choir: Our choir which sings on Sundays at the 11:00a.m. Mass always welcomes new singers. Rehearsals are held in the church on Thursday evenings beginning at 7:00p.m. We would like to augment the choir for the Christmas Midnight Mass. If you wish to sing at the Midnight Mass but are unable to commit to regular participation in the choir, please come to the Thursday evening rehearsals on December 15, and 22.

Ste. Anne Chapel: Now that we are back on standard time the Chapel will close earlier. It will be open for prayer each day from 8:00a.m. until 5:00p.m. On Tuesdays it will close at 7:00p.m. following the Tuesday evening Eucharistic Adoration and rosary.

Experience the Joy of Cursillo: The Cursillo weekend is an

invitation to experience the love of Jesus Christ on a more per-

sonal level and to bring this love and joy into our daily lives.

The Cursillo is "a short course in Christianity". Weekends are

held for men and women every other month at the Salvatorian

Center in Methuen, MA. Cursillo has brought the faith alive in

countless men and women over the years. Contact Father John

for more information. (978-744-1930)

Bequests to Ste. Anne Parish: Bequests to Ste. Anne Parish

are strongly encouraged and gratefully accepted. When a loved

one dies, advise relatives and friends to consider a donation to

our parish in memory of the deceased, and include this request

in the obituary notice. Also please include your parish in your

own will.

THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT DECEMBER 11, 2016

SAT DEC 10 Vigil: Third Sunday of Advent 4:00 P.M. ARCHAMBAULT & KELLEY FAMILIES

By Gloria & Paul Kelley JOHN DONAHUE, 19TH ANNIVERSARY

By Dianne and Family DORIS DUPUIS, 4TH ANNIVERSARY

By her Sister Dianne ROBERT GLABICKY, 1ST ANNIVERSARY

By his Wife Janine SUN DEC 11 Third Sunday of Advent 8:30 A.M. JEAN E. MICHAUD

By Marion Blanchette 11:00 A.M. PARISH FAMILY MON DEC 12 Our Lady of Guadalupe 9:00 A.M. SISTERS OF STE CHRETIENNE & ASSOCIATES TUE DEC 13 St Lucy, Virgin and Martyr 9:00 A.M. ARMAND & DELIA BELANGER

By Rene & Marguerite WED DEC 14 Saint John of the Cross, Priest and Doctor of the Church 9:00 A.M. HELEN CYR 7:00 P.M. VESPER SERVICE THU DEC 15 9:00 A.M. CYNTHIA BEDARD

By her Husband FRI DEC 16 9:00 A.M. NO MASS SAT DEC 17 Vigil: Fourth Sunday of Advent 4:00 P.M. LENA & ALBERT BERUBE

By Pauline SUN DEC 18 Fourth Sunday of Advent 8:30 A.M. PARISH FAMILY 11:00 A.M. MARIE ANTOINETTE "TONI" ERPS, 1ST ANNIVERSARY

By the Family NELDA & JOSEPH FOURNIER

By Doris Fournier RODNEY J. YETTS THERESA PEZZULO

By Diane Charette

Food Drive-2016, the food collected by the scouts which is donated to St Anne's.

From Father John: I would like to share with you two prayers that

appear frequently in the Masses of Advent: "Father, may our commun-ion teach us to love heaven. May its promise and hope guide our way on earth." and "Father, you give us food from heaven. By our sharing in this mystery, teach us to judge wisely the things of earth and to love the things of heaven." In these prayers we ask that we may love heav-

en and the things of heaven. We pray that we may judge wisely the

things of earth and allow our hope for heaven to guide our life on this

earth. A prayer offered at graveside asks the Lord to "stir up in our

hearts a longing for heaven" These are very important prayers. All

too often we may find ourselves loving the things of earth and tending

to neglect or forget about the things of heaven. It can lead us during

Advent to center ourselves on the material aspects of our Christmas

celebration and to neglect or forget the spiritual. We may be tempted

to put a lot of energy into Christmas gifts, parties, pageants and con-

certs and perhaps find ourselves neglecting prayer, scripture, getting

ourselves to confession, and planning carefully when we will attend

Christmas Mass. We now have two weeks to prepare spiritually for

Christmas. Please check our parish schedule of Christmas Masses

and Confessions in this bulletin. May the Lord bless and enrich spir-

itually these final two weeks of Advent preparation. May your hearts

be ready to receive Christ with joy.

Father John

Once again this year, we have been blessed with

an anonymous donor who will match all dona-

tions made to the Salem St. Vincent de Paul So-

ciety during the month of December. This is an

opportunity for members of the Salem catholic

community to double the value of a gift to help Christ and his

poor. Think of it as your Christmas birthday present to Jesus.

What better way to celebrate this Christmas season than to help

the needy? We will be collecting at the doors at all the masses

in Salem December 10 and 11. Though this weekend is very

important for our fundraising effort, all December donations will

qualify for the match. You may also mail checks made out to the

Society of St. Vincent de Paul and addressed to St. Vincent de

Paul, 28 St. Peter St. Salem, MA. 01970.

The Society will be meeting in the St. James conference room

on the 12th of December at 7 PM. Come and see what we do!

Grand Annual Collection: Our Grand Annual Weekend originally

schedule for December 3/4 ) has been postponed until the weekend of

January 21/22. Please plan to make a generous gift to Ste. Anne Par-

ish in January.

There will be a meeting of the Sainte Anne Holy Name Society (HNS) on Sunday, December 11, in the School Hall following the 8:30 AM Mass.

As always, we invite all the men of the Parish to join us for cof-fee, doughnuts and good fellowship.

THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT DECEMBER 11, 2016

Pregnancy Help: Pregnancy Help is

a pregnancy resource center spon-

sored by the Archdiocese of Boston to

provide alternatives to abortion. Trained and caring

nurses and case workers are available to assist any

woman experiencing a difficult pregnancy. Pregnancy

Help provides free pregnancy testing, limited ultrasound,

referrals, material assistance, and ongoing support. All

services are free, confidential and available for English,

Spanish and Portuguese speaking clients. For assistance

call 888-771-3914, text 617-903-7960 or email

help@pregnancyhelpboston.org

Project Rachel: "Project Rachel helped me so much in

dealing with the shame that I have felt for

over 40 years. The retreat gave me hope. I

now know that I can once again be active in

my faith". Many women suffer from the pain

of a past abortion. The Project Rachel minis-

try of the Archdiocese of Boston provides

confidential support for post-abortion hope and healing

through its one-day retreats and referrals to specially

trained priests for sacramental Reconciliation

(confession). For more information, contact Project Ra-

chel at 508.651.3100 or help@projectrachelboston.com.

Trust in the tender mercy of God!

Please join us to meet the students and faculty at our Open

Fenwick where opportunity and achievement meet. Visit our

Merci and Thank You A weekly offertory budget of $4,300 has been established by the Finance Committee to help meet our fiscal 2017 annual operating expenses and avoid another deficit year. The following shows last week's collection and the year to date overage or shortage.

Period Actual

Week ended 12/04/2016 $ 4,949 Over Budget $ 649 YTD Under Budget $ (1,476) Your continuing generous and sacrificial giving will assist your parish to provide for your spiritual needs and to serve the wider community.

The Bell Choir We are looking for new bell choir members. If you

feel that this is an area of the music ministry that

you may want to participate, please see our Direc-

tor of Music, Brink Bush after the Mass, or call, 401-573-5639 or

email at brinkbush@gmail.com.

THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT DECEMBER 11, 2016

Due to your generous donations, we are no longer in need

nating items, please get them to the Rectory garage before

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Generosity: Ste. Anne Parish needs your continuing generosity. The new fiscal year began on July 1. On the first two weekends we exceeded our parish goal for the Offertory Collection. This was most encouraging. However, for the last several weekends we have fallen behind again. ($1,476) Please review prayerfully your contributions. If you are not using the Parish Envelopes, please consider beginning. Also the best and most regular way to support your parish financially is Online Giving. The website is www.parishpay.com

Bequests to Ste. Anne Parish: Bequests to Ste. Anne Parish are strongly encouraged and gratefully accepted. When a loved one dies, advise relatives and friends to make a donation to our parish in memory of the deceased, and include this request in the obituary no-tice. Also consider including your parish in your will.

Sacrament of the Sick: One of the gifts of the Second Vatican

Council was the renewal of the Sacrament of the Anointing of the

Sick. This beautiful sacrament is no longer reserved for a person

in danger of death, but should be celebrated by anyone with a

serious illness, a person facing serious surgery, or a person in a

weakened condition. Father John will offer this sacrament on the

third weekend of each month after one of the Masses. The next celebration of this sacrament will be following the 4:00p.m. Vigil Mass on Saturday, December 17. The sacrament is also

available for people in their homes by calling the rectory. Anyone

terminally ill or beginning Hospice Care should receive this sacra-

ment as soon as possible.

Formed: Since July your parish has been offering you free of charge the excellent Faith Formation Program entitled Formed. De-spite frequent encouragement from the pulpit and from the bulletin only 54 persons are taking advantage of this opportunity. Fr. John is asking every person/family that is online to register for Formed. (The simple instructions are below.) We hope to use this program to strengthen Faith Formation for all individuals and families in our parish.

Ste Anne Faith Formation

DECEMBER 14TH 7 P.M. VESPER SERVICE SUNG BY THE CAR-MELITE NUNS. PLEASE MAKE AN EFFORT TO COME.THANK YOU. PLEASE REFER TO THE CALENDAR FOR WEEKLY CLASSES.

Unwrapped gifts need to be dropped off in the Church no later than December 18, 2015.

Ste Anne parish is in need of Eucharistic ministers to bring

communion to the sick or those unable to come to church, due

to accident, recouping from surgery. The parish also needs 2

people for a nursing home. Anyone interested in this ministry

please call Charlene Carrier at 978-745-8915 or

email charlene.carrier25@gmail.com. Thank you.

Ste Anne parish is looking for someone to organize and train

altar servers. We are reaching out to the students of the reli-

gious education program to give time as altar servers. In order

that all masses on the weekend be covered it is necessary to

schedule servers at various times. If you think you would like to

work with the kids please call Charlene 978-745-8915 or

email charlene.carrier25@gmail.com

Thank you/ Charlene Carrier.coordinator of religious education

CHRISTMAS FLOWERS AND DECORATIONS

Its that time again, we ask you to make a donation in memory of a loved one so that we can purchase the necessary flowers and decorations.

The names of your loved ones will be listed in a bul-letin insert and we ask that they be remembered in all our prayers.

Please mark an envelope Flower Donation. Drop the envelope in the collection or bring it to the rectory.

Christmas donation in memory of: ________________________________________________

________________________________________________

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Donated by:______________________________________

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