December 2, 2012    Saint Peter the Apostle Catholic Church

  The First Sunday                  320 College Blvd., Grenada, MS 38901
       Of Advent                                   (662) 226-2490
                                                                     Father Martin Ruane, Pastor 

                                                          www.olesouth.net/stpeter email: stpeter@cableone.net

 

    **Dates**              December 9, 2012: Parish Christmas Supper at 6:00pm, followed by a

         **To**                                                  Catholic Santa and goodies for the children.

 

Holy Day of          Because it falls on the same day as our Mass of Healing and we already have two

 Obligation           masses that day we will have our *Mass of Healing* on the *14^th of December*

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    Holy                4:00pm ------ St. John’s – Charleston 

    Day                        6:00pm ------ St. Peter’s - Grenada

Services                   9:00am ------ December 8^th at St. Peter’s - Grenada [The Immaculate Conception]

 

Christmas Family Supper… We hope that all of our church family will try to be with us on December 9^th for our Annual Parish Family Christmas Supper. We’ve had a wonderful time these past few years and we hope it will be even better this coming year. Our supper will consist of a covered dish. The meat for the supper will be furnished by our parish. We are expecting the Catholic Santa to show up and we will sing our Christmas Carols together in Honor of our Savior and to get into the Christmas spirit for our adults and children.

 

 Penance Service…  This is a wonderful opportunity for us to change gears and think of something special that we can give the Lord for His birthday. The Sacrament of Reconciliation is a wonderful gift from God and our using of it to receive His grace and forgiveness is our special gift to him. Our church Penance Service will be on Dec. 11, at 6:00pm. We are most grateful to Fr. Messina, Fr. Noonan, Fr. Hurley, Fr. O’Brian and yours truly Fr. Ruane.      

 

Angel Tree… We have names of children & seniors who are in need on our Angel Tree, details next week.

 

R. C. I. A.… The RCIA will meet this Tuesday evening, December 4^th, after the 6:00pm Mass.  

 

New Year … Today we begin a New Church Year following year “C” in our Sunday Cycle, and Cycle “1” in our weekday Cycle.

 

Choose Life…  The Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) provides free genetic testing during pregnancy for conditions that cannot be treated prenatally. This provision will expose more unborn children to abortion as government-funded genetic testing provides an increasing number of parents the opportunity to abort children with disabilities. (Pro-Life Reporter, Spring 2012)  

 

                     WEEKLY MASS CALENDAR

 

Mass Dates                                           Mass Times_                        Mass Intentions__ 

Saturday, December 1                                       6:00pm – St. Peter                          Special Intentions – MR

Sunday, December 2                                           9:00am – St. Peter                            People of St. Peter Parish Sunday, December 2                                       11:15am – St. John                           People of St. John Parish

Monday, December 3                                        8:00am - St. Peter                           ADID

Tuesday, December 4                                        6:00pm - St. Peter                           James Gardello - RIP Wednesday December 5                                    8:00am - St. Peter                           Thanksgiving - IC

Thursday December 6                                           8:00am - St. Peter                            Sick and Suffering

Friday, December 7                                           8:00am – St. Peter                           Marie Marascalco - RIP

 

                                                PRAY FOR THEM

 

Sherrye Bailey, Lynn Barker, Rick Bell, Shirley Black, Mike Bowles, Roscoe Boyett, James Bruno, Delsie Burton, Stefanie Carwile, Carolyn Cerniglia, Bernice Clark, John Collier, Kelly Collier, James Cook Sr., Sarah Criss, Rod Crosby, Ronald Dupont, Don Eldridge, Walter Fariss, Allie Fava, Mary Helen Ferri, Bill Finch, Wayde Flem, Rachel Fojtik, Charlie Fowler, Valinten Gagaboan, Christy Gant, James Gant, Helen Garrard, Mary Gessler, Gabby Godwin, Melonie Goolsby, Linda Gravlee, Christopher Griffin, Bonita Henson, James Huddleston, Jan, Leonard Janiszewski, Willie Kern, Jack Kilcrease, Carolyn & Bobby Laster, Bishop Latino, Misty Lewis, Mike Liddell, Rodney Lippincott, Bobby Love, Lisa Mann, Adelfia Marascalco, Joseph Marascalco, Laurie Marascalco, Louise Marascalco, Jody McAnnally, Betty McCormick, Mandi McKee, Ed Merriman Sr., Eddie Merriman Jr., Amanda McGee, Demp McGee, Johnny Michelle, Evelyn Morgan, Megan Morley, Lois Newton, Ann Oakes, Roger Patterson, Katie Parnell, Al Perry, Lamar Pitcock, Ernie Preshard, Jamie Pritchard, Wanda Ray, Eydie Ricks, Ralph Roe, Sr. Anthony Ruane, John Ruane, Roy Russelle, Bernice Sandersan, John Sarbou, James E. Smith, Carrie Snavely, David Sintes, Dan Thompson Jr., Pauline Triolo, Anne Upchurch, Carl Walker, Jan Walker, Lisa Ward, Joan Westin, Lisa Wimberley, Marguarite Womble, Ouida Yates, Betty Yonak.  If you would like to add or remove someone from the prayer list, please contact the rectory at 226-2490 Or email me at; stpeter@cableone.net

 

Collections: November, 25^th      Today’s Special Collection:      <<<BIRTHDAYS>>>

General Collection           $1,321.00                 Retirement Fund for Religious               Nov 24 – Ryan Upchurch

Building Fund                      $445.00                            Dec. 9^th 2012                          Nov 25 – Stanley Bloodworth

Hurricane Sandy                 $391.00                 Next Special Collection:                Nov 27 – Louis Marascalco III

Human Development              $5.00            Saltillo Missions January 13, 2013                                      

 

*Sacrament of Reconciliation, Saturdays 5:15pm – 5:45pm**and by appointment*

 

Knights of Columbus…  If you would like to contribute to the Knights of Columbus10443/Chris Harris Scholarship Fund, please send memorials to Knights of Columbus, PO Box 1822, Grenada, MS. 38901. Note: The K of C will meet the 2^nd Sunday of each month, the 4^th degree Knights will meet the 3^rd Sunday of each month, anyone wishing to join the Knights please contact any one of our Knights.

 

 Sick or In The Hospital … Just a friendly reminder because of the Hospital confidentiality requirement, if anybody you know from our church family please let us know so we can be sure to visit them.

 

Please Remember... to check thermostats, lights, doors, and clean up when leaving our buildings. We have received some high utility bills for the Family Life Center, please turn things off, check thermostats and lights, etc.