St. Joseph Parish and St. Patrick Mission

Diocese of Santa Rosa, California Deanery Humboldt - Del Norte

Saint Joseph Parish 14th and N St.

Fortuna, CA 95540

Saint Patrick Mission Park & Pershing Sts,

Loleta, CA 95551

Sunday, December 25, 2016 NATIVITY OF THE LORD—CHRISTMAS

McKenna James Goff, Patty Hamlin, Ray Kirkman, John Raymond, Bonnie Nelson, Derrick Oliveira, Sharlene Pereira, Ernestine Porro, Sabrina Goston, Mary & Douglas Griffiths, Janay Jacobs, Rosa Roete, Diane Garabay, Richard Summerfield, Jerry Renner, Raquel Reyna, Ofelia Madrigal, Melissa Lema,

Cindy George, Madeline Streight, Barbara Laplace, Lynn Duffin, Roberta Clark, Lin Lincoln, Buck Carroll, Cori Brito, Frances Henry, Mary Salazar, Judith Pankratz, James Coleman, Phyllis Davy, Jace Halverson, Barbara Wilson, Andrew Nichols, Henry & Angie Silva, Alberta Johnson, Amy Toroni, Craig Jacob, John Wunderlich, Gina Dillard, Alice Kiler, Carol Palasek, Denise Anaya, Evie & Jerry Colivas, Milton Freitas.

Mass Schedule - Horario de Misas Saturday: 5:00 p.m.

Sunday 8:00 a.m. (at St.Patrick’s, Loleta) Sunday: 10:00 a.m.

Domingo: 12:00 noon (Spanish) Daily Mass

Redwood Memorial Hospital Monday - Friday: 12:00 noon

Benediction and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

First Friday after noon Mass Reconciliation: Saturday 4:15-4:45 or by appointment

Parish Office - Oficina Parroquial 2312 Newburg Rd. Fortuna, CA 95540

Telephone: (707) 725-1148 FAX: (707) 725-1149

E-mail: stjosephchurch@suddenlink.net Website: http://www.saintjoeparish.org

Office Hours: 9:30–11:45 a.m. & 1-3:30 p.m. Mon.-Thurs.

Horario de Oficina: 9:30–11:45 a.m. & 1-3:30 p.m. Lunes a Jueves

Parish Activity Center (PAC) 2292 Newburg Rd. Parish Staff: Fr. Manuel Chavez, Pastor

Deacon Thomas Silva, Deacon Francisco Núñez Deacon Abraham Castillo, Deacon Rafael Meraz, Deacon Craig Brown. Secretary—Gloria Boots

FIRST FRIDAY Please join us for the noon Mass on Fri-day, January 6, at Redwood Memorial Hospital Chapel. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament will follow Mass.

Sunday, December 25 12 noon +Socorro Avila req by Ana Aguirre Monday, December 26 12 noon +Delphine Alves req. by Alves & Laplace families Friday, December 30 12 noon +Ed Wise req. by Joanne Luman

ST. VINCENT de PAUL UPDATE These past several months have been challenging times for the St. Vincent de Paul Free Dining Facil-ity. With the closure of the Palco Marsh, closure of the Budget Motel, and the shutting down of the overnight camping area we have seen our daily meals go from 220 to 450 served. At Thanksgiving over 500 including the homeless, people on disabil-ity, senior citizens, fish plant workers, and children enjoyed a hot meal. As part of Eureka's plan for rapid re-housing the homeless, we are serving those waiting for housing opportunities with food and shelter as needed. For these increased services we receive no support from the City or County and re-ly on our generous community to keep us afloat. Please help us to serve the poorest of the poor by sending a donation to St Vincent de Paul, P. O. Box 1386, Eureka, CA 95502.

JOB OPENING CARE PARTNER-CATHOLIC CHARITIES Catholic Charities currently has an opening for a Care Partner. Position works at the Shaw Center with memory impaired patients. For information please visit their website www.srcharities.org/employment.

LOVE Let those who never loved before,

love now: Let those who always loved,

love the more. --Anonymous

Parish Registration and Change of Address New to St. Joseph Parish? Moved or changed phone number? Please complete and drop in the collection basket or mail to

St. Joseph Parish, 2312 Newburg Rd., Fortuna, CA 95540

I am ___ New. ____ Change of address ___I would like Sunday envelopes

Name:________________________________________________ Phone Number____________________________ Address:___________________________________________________________________________________________

Dec. 11—$2,404 Dec. 18—Not available at time of publication

Next Second Collections

Jan. 15—Maintenance Fund Jan. 22—Church in Latin America

Thank you for your generosity!

CHRISTMAS SCHEDULE

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24 Vigil of the Nativity of the

Lord (Christmas) 5 p.m.—Mass—English

8 p.m.—”Midnight” Mass—Bilingual

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25 Nativity of the Lord (Christmas)

8 a.m. - St. Patrick’s—Loleta 10 a.m.—English

12 noon—Spanish

SUNDAY, JANUARY 1 Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God

8 a.m. - St. Patrick’s—Loleta 10 a.m.—English

12 noon—Spanish

COLLECTION ENVELOPES Envelopes are at the back of the Church and are in alphabetical order. If yours is not there, call the office.

Catholic Cursillo Movement Want a Catholic friend? Come join us. Develop friendships, enjoy singing and fellowship, hear how other Catho-lics are living their life of holiness and pray as a group before the Blessed Sacrament. Fel-lowship gatherings of Catholics are held gen-erally twice a month in Santa Rosa and Roh-nert Park. Catholic Cursillo is a movement within the Catholic Church based on friend-ship. We would love to be your friend. The January dates are Wednesday January 4 6-8 pm St. Eugene’s, Santa Rosa Saturday January 21 2-4 pm St. Elizabeth Seton, Rohnert Park For further information call Debbie Simonson at 707-763-7165 or 904-463-1070.

THE GIFT OF GOD'S WORD On this day of gifts and gift-giving, it seems appropriate that we take a moment to reflect on the great gift of God's Word. Because it is creative, God's Word always points to its author, always calls us to respond. Because it is power-ful, God's Word can link the sublime with the ridiculous, the transcendent with the immanent, the divine with the human. Because it is graceful, God's Word establishes a relationship of deep intimacy between us and God. At the heart of God's Word lies a tantalizing tension be-tween the mysterious and the mundane. In our liturgical celebration, this unresolved tension both reveals the mean-ing of life for us and calls us to respond, to act upon that meaning. Once accepted and opened, the gift of God's Word is a gift that keeps on giving and keeps on calling us to give in return. It dares us to be like the gift-giver and to become gifts for others, not only at Christmas, but at every moment of life.

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