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WEEKLY MASS INTENTIONS

Sunday MaSSeS

Low Latin (Traditional) 7:30 a.m. Sung Latin (Novus Ordo) 9:15 a.m. German 11:00 a.m. English 12:30 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.Holy day MaSSeS

Low Latin (Traditional) 7:15 a.m. English 12:10 p.m. Sung Latin (Novus Ordo) 7:00 p.m.Weekday MaSSeS

Monday thru Friday 7:15 a.m. | Traditional Latin Mass 12:10 p.m.| Rosary before Mass Saturday 12:10 p.m.| Rosary before MassFirSt Friday MaSS & all nigHt Vigil

7:00 p.m. | Traditional Latin Mass 6:45 a.m. | Traditional Latin Mass (concludes First Friday All Night Vigil)

WEEKLY MASS SCHEDULE

If you are home bound or sick and need Holy Communion or a visit, contact parish office for a priest.

THE SACRAMENTS

ADORATION AND DEVOTIONSeucHariStic expoSition

Sunday: 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.Tuesday: 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Holy Hour with Benediction: 7:30 p.m.Wednesday: 5:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.First Friday – All Night Vigil Mass and Exposition: 7:00 p.m. Benediction: Saturday 6:30 a.m.Sunday VeSperS and Benediction: 3:30 p.m.

SacraMent oF penance

Sunday - Thirty minutes before 9:15 a.m., 12:30 p.m., & 7:00 p.m. MassesWeekdays - After 12:10 p.m. Mass until 1:00 p.m.Tuesday - 7:30 p.m. thru 8:15 p.m. BaptiSMS

Contact parish office at least one month prior.WeddingS

Contact parish office at least six months prior. Wedding Coordinator – Mrs. Amy Schneideranointing oF tHe Sick

Contact a parish priest as soon as possible.FirSt coMMunion and conFirMation

Contact the Parish Office.

- For the repose of the soul of Pro Populo - For the People of the Parish

Per Annum - During the Year

Sunday – Fourth Sunday of Advent 7:30 a.m. Celebrant's Intention 9:15 a.m. Earl Feldman – The Meyer Family11:00 a.m. 40th anniversary Ronald & Katharina Schneider12:30 p.m. Pro Populo 7:00 p.m. Neil Parrello – EAB Monday – Greater Feria of Advent 12:10 p.m. Shirley DeHaven – Dennis DooleytueSday – Greater Feria of Advent12:10 p.m. Earl Feldman – The Meyer FamilyWedneSday – St. Peter Canisus 12:10 p.m. Archbishop Dennis SchnurtHurSday – Greater Feria of Advent 12:10 p.m. Earl Feldman – The Meyer FamilyFriday – St. John of Kanty 12:10 p.m. Donald Edward Dooley – Dennis DooleySaturday – Vigil of Christmas 12:10 p.m. Leo Schroeder – The Sieverding FamilySunday – The Navity of the Lord 12:00 a.m. Midnight Mass - Pro Populo 7:30 a.m. Celebrant's Intention 9:15 a.m. Earl Feldman – The Meyer Family11:00 a.m. Bruene Gerdes 12:30 p.m. Ann Kaufman – EAB

PRAY FOR THE SICKPray for healing for Lovre Dzolic, Jack Schmetzer, John Paul Downes, Paul Phillips, Jeanne Stevens, Kathy DeWine, Larry DeWine, Jennifer Borek, Emily Rosen, Noelle Polisso, John & Erin Hays, Natalie Anderson, Mary Jane Anderson, Jack, Dea-con Ken DeHanes, Meg Crall, Sandy Jones, Wilma & Gary Brown, Mark Kleane, Tina Phillips, Loraine Dunseth, Karl Fry, Steven Mueller, Bob Gruber, Anneliese Anneken, Kendra Gul-lett, Gale Campbell, Mary Ann Lohre, Jim Stratman, Richard Buettner, Kathleen Hoenninger, Margaret Larkins, Paul Wich-mann, Margaret Lang, Caleb Reed, Rene & Amanda Kortus, Car-olyn Wieland, John Patrick Munoz, Sharon Gerdes, Paul Brond-haver, Mary Gardner, Edie Nehus, Julia Ziebro, Aleisa Koester/Yusko, Ariadne Seta, Michael Woosley, Bob Ball, Mary Frances & Sophia Sharpshair, Agnes Oevermeyer, Tom & Maria Grow, Beth Garfinkle, Linda Boehm, Nancy Corbett, Larry Robers, Jean Theobald, Sonia Carrero, Angela Shaw, and Steven Marsh.

GUIDED TOURS BY APPOINTMENT

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Laudetur Jesus Christus! Gelobt sei Jesus Christus! Sia lodato Gesù Cristo! Praised be Jesus Christ!

This upcoming week we enter into our final week of prepara-tion for Christmas Day. Christ-mas is the day on which the Word made flesh in the womb

of the Blessed Virgin is born. It is a day that seemed like any other day, but it is a day that has completely changed the entire world. The Lord came on that first Christmas so that we would have the opportunity to have Him come to us. He desires us to be like Him so much, that He was willing to become like us. There has never been a person more generous than God. Something we ought to reflect upon often. He never promised to wipe away our every tear. He never promised us that life would be easy. He never promised that we would always be liked. In fact, His life also shows us a lot of tears, a lot of hard work, and a lot of hatred. But what His life does show us, that if we are faithful, if we sacrifice, if we have deep charity, that we have the opportunity for eternal life. The story of His life is perhaps the greatest tragedy story of all time. The coming of God was mostly unnoticed, and He was sent from the world re-jected and defiled by His creation. But yet, He was so madly in love with us, that He came to offer us great gifts. The most important gift being divinity itself. As we enter into our final week of Advent,

when we celebrate the 'advent' or the coming of God in time, may we ready our own souls for His coming to us. Please be sure to try to get to Confession some-time before Christmas. Try to make it to a few extra Masses in the course of this week. It is an ancient prac-tice of the Church to fast on Christmas Eve, until the sun begins to go down. This way, we are well prepared for the Christmas feasting, and more appreciative, the next day. I also suggest pulling out your Bibles this week, and reading for yourself or with your family and children the Nativity narratives. Reflecting upon the birth of the Lord in the words of the Evangelists themselves. Finally, be aware of those not as fortunate. Perform some act of mercy for them, just as someone in Bethlehem looked with mercy upon the Holy Fam-ily as they desperately looked for a place to stay. Doing these few things will help prepare us for Christmas, and make us more worthy of the coming of Christ. Like Holy Week, these are days that altered human history. May we truly live our life as if we have been effected by Christ Himself. May the whole world be set on fire for the love of Christ through our own love and example. Christ can continue to come into the world each day, through us. But we must allow ourselves to be His instruments. Have a blessed week ahead!

FROM THE PASTOR

PARISH STAFF Fr. Jon-Paul Bevak Pastor, x123 jpbevak@oldstmarys.org Fr. Lawrence Juarez Parochial Vicar, x124 ljuarez@oldstmarys.org Fr. Adrian Hilton Parochial Vicar, x125 ahilton@oldstmarys.org Br. Brent Stull Interim Dir. of Sacred Music bstull@oldstmarys.org Mrs. Stephi Sieverding Parish Secretary ssieverding@oldstmarys.org Mrs. Terri Huwel Pregnancy Center Director, x126 thuwel@oldstmarys.org Mrs. Amy Schneider Wedding Coordinator, x127 weddings@oldstmarys.org Mr. Bill Diemler Maintenance bdiemler@oldstmarys.org

WEEKLY OFFERING

Bulletin Submissions and DeadlineSend to bulletin@oldstmarys.org

by Thursday of prior week.

Sunday Total (Attendance = 396) $ 5,636.78Online Giving $ 818.00Other Income $ 3,783.00Budgeted Weekly Expenses $ 7,500.00

$ 2,737.78

oFFering - Sunday December 11, 2016

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Upcoming Adoration Schedule Please note that there will be no Adoration on Tues-day, December 20. There will be no Holy Hour in the Evening. There will be no Adoration Wednesday, De-cember 21. There will also be no Adoration or Vespers on Christmas Day, December 25 nor New Year's Day, January 1. We apologize for any inconvenience. Thank you for your understanding.

Christmas Decorating - Wednesday, December 21 Mark on your calendars now that we will be decorating for Christmas on Wednesday, December 21 at 6:00 p.m. Please come out to help us decorate the Church for the Nativity of the Lord. There is cleaning, fluffing of Christ-mas Trees, placing of the Nativity Scene, and climbing above the church doors to place the garland above the doors. There is something for everyone, please come out to help. There will be no Adoration this evening.

Sorrowful Mother Group News The Sorrowful Mother Novena and All-Night Vigil will be cancelled on Friday, December 23.

Christmas Schedule 2016 Masses at Old St. Mary's on Christmas are as follows:

• Midnight Sung Latin Mass (Ordinary Form)• 7:30 a.m. Low Latin Mass (Extraordinary Form)• 9:15 a.m. Sung Latin Mass (Ordinary Form)• 11:00 a.m. German Mass• 12:30 p.m. English Mass• Please note that there is no 7:00 p.m. Mass

Mary, Mother of God Schedule 2017 Masses for Mary, Mother of God (New Year's Day) are as follows:December 31

• 10:00 p.m. Sung Vigil MassJanuary 1

• 7:30 a.m. Low Latin Mass (Extraordinary Form)• 9:15 a.m. Sung Latin Mass (Ordinary Form)• 11:00 a.m. German Mass• 12:30 p.m. English Mass• Please note that there is no 7:00 p.m. Mass

Children's and Adult Catechism Schedule December 13 will be our final class before Christmas. Please note that there will be no Catechism on December 21, 28, or January 3. We will resume Catechism on January 10.

Belated Baptism Congratulations! Congratulations to Edith Catherine Tenhundfeld, daughter of Keith and Aimee Tenhundfeld. Edith was born October 12 and baptized on November 26. Con-gratulations also to Rose Marie Thomson, daughter of John and Susanne Thomson. Rose Marie was born on September 25 and baptized on October 15. Congratula-tions to Edith and Rose Marie!Calling our Altar Boys We are in need of servers for our Christmas Masses. The morning 9:15 a.m. Mass is always particularly difficult to find servers. Please speak to Fr. Jon-Paul or Fr. Adrian for more information or if you are not trained to be an altar boy but would like to serve at the Altar.Parish Office Closed The Parish Office will be closed December 28, 29, 30 and January 2. The parish office will re-open on January 3.Donation Envelopes Please be sure to pick your donation envelopes located in the back of Church. Thank you for your generosity!Parish Calendars The annual parish calendar will be here soon. Please be sure to get one when they arrive. We are asking for a do-nation of $3 this year.Congratulations Archbishop Schnurr! December 21, marks the seventh anniversary of Arch-bishop Schnurr's elevation as the Archbishop of Cincin-nati. May the Lord continue to bless him in the Apos-tolic Ministry that has been entrusted to him.

PARISH AND OTHER NEWS

UPCOMING EVENTS12/21 - Christmas Decorating @ 6:00 p.m.1/6 - First Friday/Epiphany Mass @ 7:00 p.m.

WEDDING BANNSNo upcoming weddings

SACRED HEART SCHEDULESunday 9:00 a.m. (English) & 11:00 a.m. (Traditional Latin)

Monday-Saturday 9:00 a.m. (Traditional Latin) Tuesday - Miraculous Medal Novena after Mass

Saturday - 7:50 a.m. Holy Hour with Confession Sacrament of Penance offered 30 minutes before Mass.

You may drop your collection envelope in the basket at either Church, it will make its way to its intended destination

Fourth Sunday of Advent

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All Oppression Shall Cease

The Christmas song “O Holy Night” includes the fol-lowing words: “Truly he taught us to love one another. His law is love, and his gospel is peace. Chains shall he break, for the slave is our brother, and in his name all oppression shall cease.”

This is a reminder that as we celebrate Christmas, we renew our commitment to ending all oppression, par-ticularly of those who are most oppressed, the children living before birth within their mothers…children who have been deprived of legal protection, and are op-pressed by the mythology of choice.

In the name of the newborn Christ, the oppression of our unborn children will cease. May Christmas give us the strength to be silent no more, and more active than ever in the pro-life cause.

PREGNANCY CENTER NEWS

OTHER DEVOTIONSSorrowful Mother Novena and All-Night VigilJoin the Sorrowful Mother Adoration group on the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Fridays of the month for Mass and all night Eucharistic Exposition. Mass begins at 7:00 p.m., followed by the Novena. The All-Night Vigil goes until 6:30 a.m. Saturday morning, concluding with Benediction followed by Mass at 6:45 a.m. Call: Mrs. Jane George at 513-733-3047 or Mrs. Dolores Brandstetter at 513-561-4155.

CATECHESIS AND SPIRITUALITYFrom the Saints"Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have be-lieved.” - Our Lord to St. Thomas the ApostleCatechesis When did we begin to celebrate Advent? It cannot be determined with any degree of certainty when the celebration of Advent was first introduced into the Church. The preparation for the feast of the Nativity of Our Lord was not held before the feast itself existed, and of this we find no evidence before the end of the fourth century, when, according to Duch-esne, it was celebrated throughout the whole Church, by some on 25 December, by others on 6 January. Of such a preparation we read in the Acts of a synod held at Saragossa in 380, whose fourth canon prescribes that from the seventeenth of December to the feast of the Epiphany no one should be permitted to absent himself from church. We have two homilies of St. Maximus, Bishop of Turin (415-466), entitled "In Ad-ventu Domini", but he makes no reference to a special time. The title may be the addition of a copyist. There are some homilies extant, most likely of St. Caesarius, Bishop of Arles (502-542), in which we find mention of a preparation before the birthday of Christ; still, to judge from the context, no general law on the matter seems then to have been in existence. A synod held (581) at Mâcon, in Gaul, by its ninth canon orders that from the eleventh of November to the Nativity the Sacrifice be offered according to the Lenten rite on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday of the week....Read more at: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01165a.htm

Submit questions to: questions@oldstmarys.org

ADORATION NEWSCould you not spend but one hour with Me? Please con-tact the parish office if you are interested in signing up for an hour, or to substitute. You may also visit: adora-tion.oldstmarys.org. Everyone is welcome at anytime during Exposition, even if you can't take a scheduled hour or be a substitute. The Church is open for you. Two is only the minimum, 900 the goal!

Images of the Faith

Mary and Joseph prepare to travel to Bethlehem

CATECHISM NEWSJoin us for our weekly Catechism Classes on Tuesday evenings at 7:00 p.m. Please find an upcoming list of the topics:December 20 No Catechism December 27 No Catechism January 3 No Catechism

Enjoy your Christmas Break!