WELCOME VISITORS! We invite you to become a member of St. Martin de Porres Catholic Parish. Registration forms are available at all Church entrances. Please return registration forms to the parish office or drop in the offertory basket.

Thank you for joining our family of faith!

S . M P C C

3300 Table Mesa Dr., Boulder, CO 80305 303-499-7744 303-494-8754 (fax)

www.smdpchurch.org

MASS SCHEDULE Saturday Anticipatory, 5:00 p.m.

Sunday, 8:30 & 11:00am Tuesday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.;

Confession, Saturday, 3:30-4:30 p.m. or by appointment; Holy Day Masses, consult the office or bulletin.

PARISH OFFICE HOURS Tues.—Thurs.: 9-4pm; Fri: 9 -12 (Closed for lunch 12-12:30 pm)

Deacon Rev. Mr. Karl Matz (Retired) Administrative Assistant JoAnn Ford, (Tues.& Thurs.) parishoffice@smdpchurch.org Business Administrator Ken Baird businessoffice@smdpchurch.org Director of Music Fernanda Nieto, D.M.A. Coordinator of RE Anaisabel Arena Ext. 103 RCIA Father Jim Baird and Jo Ann Ford Custodian George Ford

The Epiphany of the Lord January 5, 2020

In Our Prayers: Karen Whitaker, Russ & Marge Miles, Patricia DeBolt, & John McCafferty, Amanda Eastman

Saturday, January 4

♦ 5:00 pm + Margot Zenter-Magda Guillot Sunday, January 5

♦ 8:30am +Charles & Thelma Banschbach-Jeremy & Carolyn LIngo

♦ 11:00 am Pro Populo (for the people) Monday, January 6

♦ 8:30 am No Mass Tuesday, January 7

♦ 5:00 pm + Fr. Joseph & family Wednesday, January 8

♦ 8:30am +Marsha Schirmer-Dave Perkins Thursday, January 9

♦ 8:30am + Christmas workers & donators-Mary Ann Pittman

Friday, January 10

♦ 8:30am Sheila & Dan Kava- Mary Ann Pittman Saturday, January 11

♦ 5:00pm Bill & Janet Wehinger-In Thanksgiving-mary Ann Pittman

Sunday, January 12

♦ 8:30am + Patrick Miller-Judith & Mike Miller ♦ 11:00am Pro Populo- (For the people)

OFFERTORY FOR DEC. 29 NOT AVAILABLE AT PUBLICATION TIME

CHRISTMAS OFFERTORY $3,433.32 THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS

PASTORAL COUNCIL: Chair--Marsha Ruggeri, Carrie Lingo, Joan Fleming,

Jason Pastrick, Mario Mirville FINANCE COUNCIL:

Chair--Mario Mirville, Alexandria Keefe, Taylor Varoglu, Jeremy Lingo, Frank Shafer, Ken Baird

Both councils include Fr. Jim.

THE CATHOLIC FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN COLORADO

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There are several weekday and weekend Mass intention spots available starting the middle of January and continuing throughout 2020. If you have a loved one you want to offer Mass for, call or come by the Church office to request the Mass you want.

Readings For the week Mon: 1 Jn 3:22-4:6 Ps 2:7bc-8,10-12a Matt 4:12-17,23-25 Tues: 1 Jn 4:7-10 Ps 72:1-2,3-4,7-8 Mk 6:34-44 Wed: 1 Jn 4:11-18 Ps 72:1-2,10,12-13 Mk 6:45-52 Thur: 1 Jn 4:19-5:4 Ps 72:1-2,14 & 15bc,17 Lk 4:18 Fri: 1 Jn 5:5-13 Ps 147:12-13,14-15,19-20 Lk 5:12-16 Sat: 1 Jn 5:14-21 Ps 149:1-2,3-4,5-6a & 9b Jn 3:22-30 Sun: Is42:1-4,6-7 Ps 29:1-2,3-4,3, 9-10 Acts 10:34-38 Matt 3:13-17

The Epiphany of the Lord TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Before long, people will be throwing Mardi Gras beads in the streets of New Orleans—purple, gold, and green. A few will be in on the secret: the colors of the beads are derived from the gifts of the magi. Gold for wealth, purple for power, green for good health. The gifts are also a key to the identity of the Christ Child: the incense for God; the gold for a king; the myrrh, fragrant burial ointment for one who comes to die. Centuries ago, today’s feast bore the heavy burden of celebrating all the manifestations of Christ’s identity: the birth of Jesus, the coming of the magi, the baptism of the Lord, the wedding feast at Cana. It was too much for one day. Fortunately the one day has blossomed into a whole season of grateful celebration, stretching behind us into Advent, and ahead of us into the Baptism of the Lord and to Christ’s coming again in glory. Tonight, be sure to light the Christmas lights, and gather at the crèche for a favorite carol and a prayer. —James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

GROUP EVENTS CALENDAR Analytic Bible Study Group: meets Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m.—studying Isaiah. Open to all who are interested. Contact Dave: 303.999.9174. Legion of Mary: meets Tuesdays from 9:15-10:30 a.m. in the St. Anne Room. Contact Susan, 303.499.6170. Golden Needles Sewing Group: meets every Thursday at 1:30 p.m. We meet to sew, crochet, knit and socialize! Con-tact the parish office for more information. Art Guild meets on the 1st Saturday of the month. Contact Barb or Pete Schumacher, 303.494.2049. Koinonia Group : We meet at various restaurants in the area on the last Sunday of the month. Our next dinner will be on Sunday, Jan. 26th at 5:00PM. It will be held at Chez Thuy. All adults of the parish are welcome. Please join us for fellow-ship and a good meal. Contact Vi Beeby at 303-494-8371 to make your reservation. Scripture Study: Meets every Thurs. from 9:30-10:30 in the St.. Anne’s Room. Each week we explore the scripture readings for the week and how they apply to us today. Father Jim will lead this group. All are welcome!!!

Solemnity of the Epiphany of Our Lord Star dust. It turns out we are all made of it. Almost every element on Earth was formed at the heart of a star. How? When a massive star explodes, carbon, oxygen and nitrogen are released into the universe, providing the building blocks for planets, and plants, and human life. Everything in us is formed from residual stardust, and here’s the best part: you have stuff in you as old as the universe. So consider this: when those passionate astrologers saw that Star, might it have been the stardust in them, routed into them through eons, from the day God spoke the world into being, that shouted out, “We recognize You! We are made from You! We have literally longed for You, in every cell of our being, from the beginning of time!” Each of us carries those Wise Men in our own DNA. We too are made of the stuff that sees the Star and says, “Yes, I was made to seek You and find You. Nothing in my life will ever satisfy me until I do.” And so I ask you, Star gazers: where do you feel the most completely yourself, the most utterly at home? Allow yourself this epiphany: only by knowing what you know for sure will you ever truly find the peace that comes from God, who formed the world from the beginning of the beginning. If you are breathing, then you are stardust, and you won’t feel at home until you find the Star. Joni Mitchell had it right: We are stardust, we are golden, we are billion year old carbon. And we’ve got to get ourselves back to the Garden.

In what ways do you sense that you belong to God? Kathy McGovern ©2019 www.thestoryandyou.com

The Children’s RE classes will be off for the Christmas break and classes will resume on Sunday, January 12 at the regular class time. There will be a mandatory parent’s meeting on January 12th also during class time.

MANY THANK YOUS!!

There are so many things that have happened to give thanks for! The Social Concerns Committee sends a huge thank you to everyone who gave so generously to The Giving Tree. 31 children’s jackets were delivered to Gabriel House and 95 pair of socks, 20 pair of gloves, 2 hats, 1 sweatshirt and 3 packs of cough drops were delivered to The Homeless Shelter. Both agencies were so grateful! The Women’s retreat Over 30 women were blessed with a wonderful spiritual retreat given by Angelina Hubert. We are so very grateful for this time and treasure. The Knights gave us such joy and great food at their “Keep Christ in Christmas” luncheon. Thank you from all of us!! Last but definitely not least, thank you to all who set up, worked, donated, and shopped at our wonderful Christmas Market. It was a huge success bringing in $4,046.61. It brought the joy of Christmas and fellowship to our beautiful parish.

St. Martin de Porres Catholic Church 3300 Table Mesa Dr. Boulder, CO 80305 Phone: 303.499.7744 Contact Person: Jo Ann Ford: Tuesday through Thursday E-Mail: parishoffice@smdpchurch.org Software: Publisher 2013 Adobe Acrobat XI Standard Windows 10 Printer: Xerox Work Center 5135 Transmission Time: Tuesday 12 noon Sunday Date of Publication: January 5, 2019 Number of pages sent: 1 through 4