Administrator: Fr Chrispine Otieno Email: pastor@shstl.org

Office Telephone: 503-792-4231 Parish website: www.shstl.org

Office Hours: Tuesday—Friday 9 am—4 pm Horario: Martes a Viernes 9 am—4 pm

Sacred Heart School 503-792-4541

Sacred Heart-St. Louis Catholic Parish Parroquía del Sagrado Corazón—San Luis

605 7th Street, Gervais, OR 97026 Mailing address: PO Box 236, Gervais OR 97026

Welcome all visitors to Sacred Heart-St Louis Parish and welcome to this most Holy and Christmas season!

CHRISTMAS SCHEDULE Mass: 24 and 25

December (Please plan ahead

on attending mass one for the 4th Sunday of Advent and one for Christmas).

24 December- 4th Sunday of Advent (8 am-St. Lou-is, 10 am-Sacred Heart)

Christmas Vigil-24 December (5 pm-family mass, 7 pm Spanish mass)

Christmas Day- 25 December (8 am-St. Louis, 10 am-Sacred Heart)

New Year’s only mass will be at 9 am (January 1, 2018) at Sacred Heart Church.

Sacred Heart-St Louis Parish is a Catholic community of

Christian believers devoted to the Holy Eucharist. We strive

to build God’s Kingdom by inviting all to faith formation, Sacred Liturgy, Evangelization

and outreach.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year December 24 and 31, 2017

SACRED HEART CATHOLIC SCHOOL Retirement of Mrs. Lucy Shawn Fellow parish members, our esteemed principal Lucy Shawn will retire at the end of the 2017-2018 school year. We appreciate her many years of service here at Sacred Heart School. We wish her all the best. The principal at St. Vincent de Paul School will retire at the end of the 2017-2018 school year as well. We will join with St. Vincent de Paul in the principal search process. The Department of Catholic Schools (at the archdiocese) will facilitate this process for a single prin-cipal to serve the communities of both Sacred Heart and St. Vincent de Paul Schools. We will have a team of seven parishioners including me helping with the pro-cess-we will begin meetings at the end of January. The data gathered by the strategic planning process recommends that smaller schools look for transforma-tive organizational structures that will better serve the vitality of the mission of their schools. St. Vincent de Paul shares this vision with Sacred Heart. We will work together to hire a visionary principal who will lead both schools into the future. This principal will be a collabo-rative, innovative leader, working to develop the faculty at both schools to embrace creative instructional prac-tices. This principal will develop a growth mindset, encouraging collaborative professional learning com-munities among the schools. Kindly thank Lucy for all she has offered to our school and pray for our school as we begin the search for new principal. Gratefully, Fr. Chrispine

FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT December 24 2 Samuel 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16, Romans 16:25-27

Luke 1:26-38

Brief Reflection: Have faith in God’s promises. Sometimes, as children, we think that a special day, such as Christmas or a birthday, will never arrive, but it always does, eventually. The people of the Old Tes-tament were waiting for centuries for the coming of the Messiah to free them. Jesus did come, but it took a long time before he was accepted.

**Just a friendly reminder that any donations that you may wish to be recorded as tax deductible gifts to Sacred Herat-St Louis Parish for 2017 must be received in the parish office no later than December 31, 2017. **To cut down on postage costs, we are able to email your end of year donation tax statements. Please email Barbara at secretary@shstl.org to update your email and to receive an emailed copy of your state-ment. Please inform the office if you need a hard copy of your tax statement.

Grade School FAITH FORMATION

January Classes January 3, 2018—class resumes! 10 — class 17—class; Called To Protect Parents Spanish 24—class; Called To Protect Parents English; students CTP 31—class; year 2 students tour confessional

In Christ, Nanette Kuga, GSFFC 503-792-4231 ext. 310

dre@shstl.org ______________________________

Youth and High School Faith Formation Katie Phelan - Youth Ministry Coordinator

503-792-4231 ext 305 ym@shstl.org CONFIRMATION is a 2 year PROGRAM

January 7, 2018 – CLASS from 11:15 am-12:30 pm January 13 - half day family retreat 10 am - 2 pm

Post Confirmation & Young Adult Bible Study – ages 16-24. Join us for some Java & Jesus. No homework is re-quired. Study and share together from 11:15 am -12:30 pm. This will follow the same schedule as regular faith formation classes. Cost is $15 and scholarships are available.

"Do justly, have mercy, walk humbly with your God.” Micah 6:8

ADVENT/CHRISTMAS SCHEDULE Mass: 24 and 25 December (Please plan ahead on attend-ing mass one for the 4th Sunday of Advent and one for Christmas). 24 December- 4th Sunday of Advent (8 am-St. Louis, 10 am-Sacred Heart) Christmas Vigil-24 December (5 pm-family mass, 7 pm Spanish mass) Christmas Day- 25 December (8 am-St. Louis, 10 am-Sacred Heart) New Year’s Day mass will be at 9 am (January 1, 2018) at Sacred Heart Church.

To support our school, always shop at smile.amazon.com (not Amazon.com) and select Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Gervais, OR as the charity you would like to support. The money we receive from this goes directly to the school.

From Fr. Chrispine: Dear par ishioners, I will be out of the office after Christmas. I will be on vacation till the 31st of January 2018. I have arranged for priests to cover the weekend and school masses only. No daily masses except Fridays. For emergencies (e.g anointing and funerals) where a priest is needed, please call Barbara Daniels in the office(503-792-4231) or Fr. Coleman at St. Luke in Woodburn (503-981-5011). You may also talk with the available priest at the weekend masses. A priest will also be available in the parish office on some Fridays, please consult with Barbara ahead of time if you need to meet a priest in the office. For any maintenance needs or more immediate attention, please feel free to call Lupe at 503-881-7960. Also, the office will remain open as usual and our staff members will all be available to assist you. Have a blessed new year 2018. Fr. Chrispine

DOMINGO, 6 de enero 7:00 pm español Lectores Hector Mora y Edith Flores Ministros: Belen Estrada / Nora Estrada / Felipa Arellano Servidor Principal: Victor Mora Monaguillo: Mario E. Luna Huapeo Acomodadores Clemente Calleja/ Arcadio Hernandez/ Eduardo Chacon/ Luis Moran Dar la Bienvenida María Rodriguez Llevar ofrenda. Fam Cid Coro Guille Cruz

Calendario de Ministros

FORMACION DE LA FE PRIMARIA

Clases de enero

3 de enero de 2018, se reanuda la clase! 10 - clase clase 17; Llamado a proteger a los padres españoles 24-clase; Llamado a proteger a los padres inglés; estudiantes CTP clase 31; año 2 estudiantes tour confesionario

Nanette Kuga 503-792-4231 ext. 310 dre@shstl.org ______________________________________________

Formación de la Fe Secundaria y Preparatoria (Grados 7-12)

Katie Phelan - Coordinadora de Ministerio Juvenil ext 305 ym@shstl.org

7 de enero de 2018 - CLASE de 11:15 am a 12:30 pm 13 de enero - Retiro familiar de medio día 10 am-2 pm

"Haz justicia, ten misericordia, anda humildemente con tu Dios." Miqueas 6: 8

Devuelva la tarjeta de Ofertorio completa a la oficina o deposítela en la cesta de la colección para su comodidad.

** Solo un recordatorio amistoso de que cualquier donación que desee registrar como donaciones deducibles de im-

puestos a Sacred Herat-St Louis Parish para 2017 debe reci-birse en la oficina parroquial antes del 31 de diciembre de

2017.

CUARTO DOMINGO DE ADVIENTO

24 de diciembre del 2017 2 Samuel 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16, Romanos 16:25-27

Lucas 1:26-38 Breve Reflexión: Tengan fe en las promesas de Dios. A veces, como niños, pensamos que un día especial, como Navidad o un cumpleaños, nunca llegará, pero con el tiempo, siempre lo hace. La gente del Antiguo Testamento estaba esperando durante siglos la venida del Mesías para liberar-los. Jesús vino, pero tardó mucho tiempo antes de ser acepta-do.

Sábado, 30 de diciembre Misa 7:00 pm Colección-2 colectas –

Lectores: María Rodríguez / Karla Morales

Ministros de Eucaristía: Héctor Mora / Lulu Dueñas / Pilar Zamora

Servidor Principal: Samuel Gómez

Monaguillos: Misael Diaz

Acomadores y

Bienvenida:

Germán Villa / Ramiro Diaz / Rosa Rivera / Luis Moran Héctor Mora

Limpieza: Flor Manzano, Angy Gonzalez, Elvira Rios LLEVAR OFRENDA: Fam. Moran

El P. Chrispine estará de vacaciones desde el 26 de dic-iembre hasta el 31 de enero de 2018. Por favor, no dude en llamar a Barbara primero en la oficina los martes, miércoles o jueves al 503-792-4231 y luego al 503-651-2895 si está lejos de la oficina. Ella tendrá acceso a los sacerdotes si alguien necesita uno. Para cualquier nece-sidad de mantenimiento o atención más inmediata, no dude en llamar a Lupe al 503-881-7960.

CALENDARIO DE ADVIENTO / NAVIDAD

Misa: 24 y 25 de diciembre de 2017 (Por favor planifique asistir a misa dos veces, para el 4º domingo de Adviento y Navidad). Vigilia de Navidad-24 de diciembre (5 pm-misa familiar, 7 pm misa en español) Día de Navidad: 25 de diciembre (8 am-St. Louis, 10 am-Sacred Heart) La única misa de Año Nuevo será a las 9 am (1 de enero de 2018) en la Iglesia del Sagrado Corazón.

Atención, todos los Acólitos y los Servidores de Altar: en agradecimiento por su servicio al Sagrado Corazón y a la Iglesia Católica de San Luis, los Caballeros de Colón quisieran invitarlo a pasar la noche en un juego de Winter-Hawks. El 27 de diciembre de 2017, dejaremos Sacred Heart a las 5:45 pm para ir a Portland y ver un partido de Winter-hawks Hockey. Si puede asistir esa noche, por favor llame / envíe un mensaje de texto a Dan Saalfeld al 503-507-7378 antes del 23 de diciembre. Si su hijo o hija asistirá al juego y usted estaría dispuesto a conducir, hágale saber eso también.

Parish Activities for the Week

Sunday / Domingo December 24 8 am Mass St. Louis +Ralph Dryden 10 am Mass SHC Special Intention

Christmas Eve Mass 5 pm +Bert Gottsacker 7 pm Spanish Parishioners Christmas Day Mass 8 am at St Louis Church +Ralph Dryden 10 am at Sacred Heart Church Special Intention

Tuesday / Martes December 26 OFFICE CLOSED NO Mass SHC

Wednesday / Miercoles December 27 NO GSFF Class NO Mass SHC Acolytes and Altar Servers- in apprecia-tion Winter Hawks Hockey game NO confessions at 5:30 Thursday / Jueves December 28 NO Mass

Friday / Viernes December 29 NO school NO Mass SHC

Saturday / Sábado December 30 3:30 - 4:30 pm Confessions 5 pm vigil Mass SHC Special Intention 7 pm Parishioners Sunday / Domingo December 31 8 am Mass @ St. Louis +Margaret Partsch 10 am Mass @ SHC K of C and families

Parish Activities for the Week

Sunday / Domingo December 31 8 am Mass St. Louis +Margaret Partsch 10 am Mass SHC K of C and families

Monday/Lunes January 1, 2018 9 am Mass at SHC

Tuesday / Martes January 2 NO Mass SHC

Wednesday/Miercoles January 3 Sacred Heart Food Bank 1 - 4 pm GSFF Classes start up again at 6 pm in gym and FFC

NO Mass SHC NO confessions at 5:30

Thursday / Jueves January 4 NO Mass

Friday / Viernes January 5 8:15 am Mass SHC +Alice and Bill Stravens

Saturday / Sábado January 6 3:30 - 4:30 pm Confessions 5 pm vigil Mass SHC Catholic Daughters 7 pm Spanish +Angela Lara, +Rodolfo Coria

Sunday / Domingo January 7 maintenance fund 8 am Mass @ St. Louis +Pat Ferschweiler 10 am Mass @ SHC Parishioners

December 30 - - 5:00 pm December 31 - - 8:00 am December 31 - - 10:00 am

Reader: Ed Adelman Susan Belleque David Gonzales

Extr Min: Judy Brutka & Laura Hagenauer Veronica Davidson & Mark Strong Robert Tesch, Pati Kiley, Bob Nelson

Lead Servers: volunteers Peter Bennett David Gonzales

Altar Servers: volunteer (none) Diego and Sofia Contreras

Head Usher: Hagenauer Mike Steinkamp Gilbert Contreras

Greeters: Bette Gottsacker Janet Steinkamp volunteers

Cantor & Organist: Pete Petrowski Amanda Belleque Melanie and Toby Saalfeld

Church Cleaning: Flor Manzano, Angy Gonzalez, Elvira Rios

January 6 - - 5:00 pm January 7 - - 8:00 am January 7 - - 10:00 am

Reader: Thomas Lear Tom Mahony Katie Phelan

Extr Min: Judy Brutka & Ed Adelman Kent and Susan Belleque Catherine Z, Bill Phelan, Bob Nelson

Lead Servers: volunteers Peter Bennett Joshua Gallagher and William Phelan

Altar Servers: volunteer Brian Beyer Daniel Phelan and Joseph Sanchez

Head Usher: Roger Eder Tim Herinckx Bill Phelan

Greeters: Larry and Laura Schiedler Frank Davidson volunteers

Cantor & Organist: Pete Petrowski Toby Saalfeld and Marge Pranger Melanie and Emily Saalfeld

Church Cleaning:

Please note: there will be this ONE same bulletin for these last 2 weekends of the year.

**12/26 - OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED ALL DAY

**Dec 27 —Attention all Acolytes and Altar Servers- in appreciation for your service to Sacred Heart and St. Louis Catholic Church, the Knights of Co-lumbus would like to treat you to a night at a Win-ter Hawks game. We will leave church at 5:45 pm Please return the completed Offertory Card back to the office or drop it in the collection basket for your convenience.

**Jan 2 - CDA meeting at 6:30 pm in FFC **Food Bank - 1st & 3rd Wednesday of each month from 1 - 4 pm January 3 and 17

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Lloyd Ferschweiler is now living at the towers in Mt Angel and would really love to get Christmas cards, phone calls or visits from his long time friends in Gervais. Lloyd has attended church at St Louis for 90 of his 92 years. His health is good but he truly misses his connections to Gervais and the phone # he had for most of those 90 years as well. Address is: One Towers Ln, #2006, Mt Angel 97362 phone #: 503-845-7693

CHRISTMAS AUCTION At any local church or mission in your local town or city: DECEMBER 25 All morning; selling Peace On Earth, Good Will to Men! Real Estate: A heavenly home is too beautiful to describe, comes with caretaker — you must see it — for a preview, call your local church — if you don’t have a home, ask some local church member to help you find this new home! Personal property: open doors — friendship — peace — relaxation — refreshments — good health — greater blessings — service — no wants — no fears — no pain — welcome mats — inspiration — communion — helping hands — fellowship — goodwill — honor — beautiful hymns — prayer books — a best selling book, the Bible — much much more! Auctioneer’s note: this is a sale you don’t want to miss. Heaven has everything to offer, you have nothing to lose. Terms: all you need to do is ask God — it’s free!! Refreshments on grounds —- Jesus will provide for you! AUCTIONEERS: local priest, deacons, pastors, missionaries OWNER: YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER

Scholarship Available Catholic Daughters, Gervais Court is offering a $2,000.00 scholarship to Sacred Heart Pa-rishioners (or children of parishioners) cur-rently enrolled in college (not available for high school seniors). Please visit the Sacred Heart Parish website and look under Minis-tries/Catholic Daughters/Vivian Duda Scholar-ship, for the application form. Please mail the completed form, a resume, an essay based on topic on the form, and school transcript to Sandi Belleque, 940 Cater Ct NE, Keizer OR 97303 by May 1, 2018.

Events around the area . . .

The Christmas Season is an especially hard time for women and men who are still carrying around the pain, loss, and guilt from past abortion experiences. Rachel's Vineyard Retreats for anyone who has been impacted by abortion heal hearts, spirits, and lives. "It was amazing and restorative - a safe beginning of healthy grieving & acknowledgement- initiating a begin-ning of the ability to move forward in other aspects of my life." May this holy season of fulfilled longing and hope through Our Savior lead you toward a life-change at a Rachel's Vineyard Retreat where mercy, compassion, and forgiveness bring Jesus' healing. Upcoming 2018 retreats: February 16-18 in Portland, April 27-29 in Med-ford. For more information and registration call Project Aurora at 541-942-2861, email ProjectAuro-ra@aol.com, or visit www.project-aurora.org.

America's Deadly Silence! Abortion is the most common, least regulated medical procedure and the number one killer in America. More lives are lost each year through abortion than all deaths due to cancer, heart attacks, accidents, AIDS, natural disasters, wars, illness and diseases combined. The savagery of war, the atrocities of the Nazi holo-caust, graphic violence, natural disasters and critical and bloody medical procedures are routinely shown on the media. But never an abortion! Women are denied critical information on the risks of an abortion, including increased risk of Breast Cancer, Post Abortion Syndrome, the sale of body parts etc. The truth about abortion has been censored by the me-dia, silenced by our courts, politicized by our politicians and even silenced in our churches and schools. Babies in the womb have no voice except yours and mine. We cannot remain silent any longer! Pro-Life Articles Author

It’s Not Too Late to Make an End of Year Gift

It’s the end of the year, and if you are like many individuals, you are thinking about ways to offset your current taxable income. The good news is that it’s not too late to make a tax deductible charitable gift, providing you with valuable tax savings on this year’s return. Best of all, your generous gift will help benefit (parish/school name). Now is a great time to make your end of year gift! You might consider making an outright gift of cash, appreciated stock or real estate. If you desire life income, consider a charitable remainder trust or gift annuity. Please feel welcome to call the Archdiocese of Portland’s Office of Stewardship & Development with any questions about your year-end giving plans. They would be pleased to answer your questions, and discuss the options available with you and your advisors on a complimentary basis. You can contact them at 503-233- 8312, or email gift@archdpdx.org.

Parish Staff

Administrator: Fr. Chrispine pastor@shstl.org

Secretary: Barbara Daniels secretary@shstl.org

Assistant Secretary: Arcelia Pelayo (español)

Asistencia en español - miercoles de 9 am - 4 pm

Bookkeeper: Melanie Saalfeld bookkeeper@shstl.org

Faith Formation: Nanette Kuga dre@shstl.org

Youth Ministry: Katie Phelan ym@shstl.org

Pastoral Council - meets 2nd Tues of month

Amy Ferschweiler - chair

Marty Miller - vice chair/admin rep

Amanda Belleque - secretary

Robert Tesch

Mary Miller

Karla Morales

Finance Council - meets 3rd Tues of month

Larry Schiedler - chair

Kent Belleque - secretary

Laura Hagenauer

Frank Davidson

Sacred Heart School Staff

Lucy Shawn-Principal lashindler@gervais.com

Mrs. Cindy Schnurbusch-School Secretary

Mrs. Corina Espericueta

Mrs. Lucia Ries

Mrs. Mariana Hill

Mrs. Amy Lear

Mrs. Judy Adams

Miss Marissa Casanova

Please remember Sacred-Heart-St. Louis Parish in your Will. Please use the following language when making your estate plans. “I give, devise, and bequeath _________ (describe gift and purpose) to Sacred Heart-St. Louis Catholic Church, Gervais, Oregon (our official and legal name). It is understood in making this gift that it can only be used by Sacred Heart-St. Louis Catholic Church, Gervais, Oregon, for the purpose stated.”

We thank the advertisers shown on the back page for their generosity in allowing our bulletin to be printed weekly at no cost to our parish. If you would like to advertise your business on the back page of our bulletin, please contact or for more info, call Catholic Printery: 1-800-867-0660 With your help, we can keep our bulletin free of charge.

Parish Ministries Coordinators Adoration Chapel: Carol Kuschnick Baptism Class (English): Merissa Zielinski Baptism Class (Spanish): Arcelia Pelayo Catholic Daughters: Marge Pranger Welcoming Committee: Mary Miller Comité Hispano: Karla Morales/Maria Rodriguez Grupo Carismático de Oración: Maria Rodriguez Knights of Columbus: Tony Weathers Liturgy (Spanish): Karla Morales/Maria Rodriguez Liturgy (English): Pati Kiley (patianddoug@mac.com) Music coordinators: Toby Saalfeld and team Stewardship: Marty Miller St. Louis Altar Society: Anna Mahony St. Rita’s Altar Society: Marianne Branaman RCIA Program: Bob Nelson Flowers SH worship space: coordinator NEEDED Event coordinator SH hall: Robert Tesch Wedding coordinator: Anjali Gallagher Funeral coordinator: NEEDED!

Welcome to Sacred Heart - St. Louis Parish. If you are new to the par ish or you have updated information, please cut and fill out this form and bring to the office or put it in the collection basket. Bienvenidos a la Parroquia del Sagrado Corazón—San Luis. Regístrese con esta pequeña forma y entregue a la oficina o pongala en la canasta de coleccion. Name / Nombre:______________________________________________________________________________ Address / Dirección:_______________________________________ Phone / Teléfono:_____________________ □ New Parishioner/Nuevo en la Parroquia □ New Address/Nueva Dirección □ New Phone/Nuevo Teléfono □ I would like Father to call me/Necesito que el Padre me llame □ Interested in Parish Ministries/Me interesa servir □ I would like offertory envelopes/Necesito sobres para ofretorio □ Visitor/Soy Visitante

Archbishop’s Catholic Appeal Update The Archdiocese has received a total of $11,749.00 which is 57% of our goal of $20,516.00. Thank you!

COLLECTIONS AMOUNT

December 3, 2017 $3,921.81

December 10 $2,919.63

December 17 $4,523.13

School fund $1,008.98

WeShare 1x per mo $835.00

Financial Stewardship

Needed Weekly: $ 6,000