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630 S. West Silver Lake Road, Traverse City, MI 49685 Phone:
231.943.4633, Fax: 231.943.8886
Web Address: www.stpatricktc.org Email Address:
[email protected]
Facebook: facebook.com/stpatricktc/ Parish App: myparishapp.com
Office hours: Mon-Fri: 8:30am-5:00pm
Please call the parish office to begin preparation.
Arrangements/instructions must be made with the pastor at least
6 months in advance. Parish membership of the bride and/or groom or
their family is required.
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The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph December 27, 2020
IN OUR PARISH THIS WEEK
Sunday, December 27th, The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and
Joseph
9:00am—MASS James Hammond by David & Lynn Basler
11:00am—MASS Special Intentions of the Parish
Monday, December 28th
Tuesday, December 29th 10:00am-12:00 pm Food Pantry Open
By Appointment Only
Wednesday, December 30th NO MASS
Thursday, December 31st
NO MASS 10:00am-12:00 pm Food Pantry Open
By Appointment Only
Friday, January 1st Solemnity of Mary Mother of God
11:00am—Bernadine Budzinski
by Stephen & Brenda Skiera Parish Office Closed
Saturday, January 2nd
Confessions 3:30pm-4:30pm 5:00pm—MASS Special Intentions of the
Parish
Sunday, January 3rd, Epiphany of the Lord 9:00am—MASS James
Hammond 11:00am—MASS Therese Strang
by Bob & Margy Glazier
Financial Report—Week 12/13/2020
94 Envelopes & Direct Deposit $7,490.00
Children’s Gifts 0.00
Loose Cash ...323.00
Weekly Total $7,813.00
Income Total 2020-2021(wk 24) $246,119.30
Budget to Date $275,307.69
Annual Budget 2020-2021 $596,500.00
There will be NO MASSES on Wednesday,
December 30th & Thursday, December 31st.
There will be Mass on Friday, January 1,2021 as it
is the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God and a Ho-
ly Day of Obligation.
CONTRIBUTION ENVELOPES This year the contribution envelopes will
not arrive
in small boxes. They will be mailed quarterly to
each parishioner. Starting January 1st, your first
envelope will arrive in your mailboxes and it will
include envelopes for January, February & March
On or around
April 1st, your
second envelope
will arrive and
include April,
May, and June.. If
you have any
questions, please contact the parish office
Christmas Eve: Closed, Christmas Day: Closed
Monday, December 28th through Thursday,
December 31: Limited Hours
New Years Day: Closed
Should you need to contact the parish office be-
tween Monday, December 28th and Friday the
31st, please call Sue Korson at 231-499-0755.
THANK YOU!! Dear Friends at St. Patrick’s,
Thank you so much for participating in this year’s
Baby Bottle Boomerang event. As of today, your
total is $2,086.65.
Every penny raised goes to help Pregnancy Care
Center equip abortion-vulnerable women and men
with the solutions, resources and support they
need to choose life for their unborn baby, and
abundant life for themselves. Your support of Ba-
by Bottle Boomerang is saving the lives of pre-
cious unborn babies. We appreciate you so much!
Sheila Weber, Financial Secretary
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St. Patrick Church December 27, 2020
Live Christmas All Year Long Christmas is about a way of life.
Knowing the depths of God’s love for us in this Christmas time, we
stretch
ourselves to live as Christ’s people every day.
“I wish I could put some Christmas spirit in jars and open a jar
of it every month.” Pope John XXIII. Why
does the warm feeling we have around the Christmas season
suddenly disappear? Many people say that
Christmas is their favorite time of year. But why? What does
this season have that the others are lack-
ing? After the liturgical Christmas season is completed, the
holiday lights come down, we walk past dried-
out Christmas trees and over filled garbage totes. When the
props have all but disappeared from view, so
often does the Christmas spirit that had recently filled our
hearts. At Christmastime, people are often a bit
kinder, merely based on the fact that it's Christmas. Why do we
limit ourselves to only keeping this cheery
feeling one month out of the year? Why do we put time
restrictions on ourselves? It's the time of year
when we all act a little nicer, we smile a little easier, we
cheer a little more. We are the people that we
always hoped we would be. There are people that are having
trouble making their miracle happen. There
are people that don't have enough to eat. There are people that
are cold. You can go out and say hello to
these people. But what if we didn't limited it? What if we kept
that spirit all year long? Unfortunately,
most of us tuck away our Christmas spirit until the next year.
This feeling needs to stay alive long after the
snow has melted. “Christmas isn’t just a day, it’s frame of
mind” – Miracle on 34th Street. It needs to stay
alive during the dog days of summer. It needs to stay alive when
family and friends gather for camping,
picnics, BBQ cookouts, walking the trails, resting on a beach.
It needs to stay alive as we admire the colors
of the leaves changing in the fall. The Christmas spirit needs
to live bright not only when it is 20 degrees
outside but also when it is 80 degrees. These “actions”,
“feelings” and “state of mind” MUST live all year
long. Christmas is a time of great joy. Think about it: GOD,
himself, came to this Earth as a baby to live a
life that was just for us. So shouldn’t we celebrate this every
single day of our lives?
Christmas is not a day or a season, but a condition of heart and
mind. Each day dawns an opportunity,
which sets in motion achievements, no matter how small. If we
live this way, then every day is Christ’s day
and Christmas is always near. If we love our neighbors as
ourselves, then our riches can be seen by being
poor in spirit.
Christmas can be a season of great joy. It is a time of God
bestowing His great love onto us. It can be a
time of healing and renewed strength. Christmas is the time we
celebrate the fact that God sent His Son,
Jesus, into the world to be born. His birth brought great joy to
the world. Shepherds, wise men, and angels
all shared in the excitement. They knew this was no ordinary
baby. Jesus was born so one day the price
could be paid for the things we have done that are wrong. We can
truly be happy at Christmas! No matter
what may be happening, we can know that we are His children. We
then become sons and daughters of
God. Heaven will be our home one day. Look at Christmas in a new
way this year. This is the year to invite
Jesus into your heart. You will then have a "Merry Christmas."
If you constantly invite Jesus to be born in
your heart, the joy and peace you will receive will last all
year. One of the most remarkable stories of
Christmas comes from one of the darkest moments of modern
history. World War I ravaged a continent,
leaving destruction in its wake. The human cost still staggers
us. But from the midst of this dark conflict
comes the story of the Christmas Truce of 1914. The Western
Front, only a few months into the war, was a
deplorable scene of devastation. Perhaps as if to give the
soldiers one day to breathe again, a truce was
called from Christmas Eve through Christmas Day. As darkness
settled over the front line, the sound of
exploding shells and gunfire faded. Suddenly, faint carols, in
French and English voices on one side and in
German on the other, rose to fill the silence of the night. By
morning, hesitant soldiers, began filing out of
the trenches and into the dreaded and parched soil of No Man’s
Land. There was more singing and gifts of
rations and cigarettes were exchanged. Family photos were passed
around. Soccer balls appeared. Up and
down the Western Front, soldiers, who only hours before had been
locked in deathly combat, now faced
off in soccer games.
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The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph December 27, 2020
For one brief but entirely remarkable day, there was peace on
earth. Some have called the Christmas
Truce of 1914 “the Miracle on the Western Front.”
The Times of London reported on the events of the Christmas
Truce. Soldiers recorded the day in letters
home and in diaries. Some of those lines made it to newspapers.
Here’s one such line from the diary of a
German infantryman:
“The English brought a soccer ball from the trenches, and pretty
soon a lively game ensued. How marvel-
ously wonderful, yet how strange it was. The English officers
felt the same way about it. Thus Christmas,
the celebration of Love, managed to bring mortal enemies
together as friends for a time.”
So, Christmas is supposed to be the time of year when we
celebrate the birth of Christ. Unfortunately, it
has become a commercial holiday rather than a religious one.
It's mostly known as a time for businesses
to make money. The "reason for the season" is supposed to be the
recognition and appreciation of the
birth of the one who loves us and died in our place. Give God
the highest place in your life this Christmas.
Understand, first hand, what the real meaning of Christmas is.
Just “thinking about it,” or going through the
motions of the holiday is not what we are called to do. Accept
that this baby, born in a manger, came to
earth to pay your debt. Receive the peace and enter the new year
a changed person.
“I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the
year.” Charles Dickens
It is my sincere wish that you have a glorious Christmas season,
both now and all year long.
Many blessings,
Sherrie Clutts
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The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph December 27, 2020
Please Pray For Our Ill and Infirm & Their Caregivers
Tom Hammond Erich Zimmer Joe Donati Joan Frixen
Richard Sarber Lucy Herman Mary Kramer Tony Bischof
Dorothy Rohde Jane Kekic Bill Walton Alex Webb
Adell Maksimowicz Ann Drury Jack Denninger LillianRoseBloss
Al Staley Baby Gino Lafave III Sadie Binford Carla Metcalf
Bob Moler Marilyn Ruedisueli Laura Coleman MichaelCouturier
Richard Russell Judith Ann Stroup Joan Richards Patti
DeAgostino
Margy Moeggenberg Sophie Cobb Bill & Mary Lipuma Annamay
Godin
Frances Schroeter Richard &Beth Cieslik Rchard Watkins John
Gruber
Maris Kramer Helen Niccum Terrance Corcoran Debby Regiani
Kim Gipson Ken Godin Morris Kolarik Dorothy Kolarik
Paul Lajko Al Walenbach Marilyn St. Germain Pat Staley
Tom Richter Cindy & Angie Carolyn Priest Sarah Favara
FabianaSanchez Jody Woodcox Terry John Erica Such
Amanda Reenders Hazel Krappitz Chris Combs Art Korson
Ray Moore Patrick Pahl Tom Nicolini Curt & Debbie Coe
Robert Belanger Agnes Okoli Hyacinth Okoli Joey Santa
Laura Miller
GOD IS
GOOD
ALL THE
TIME!
ALL THE
TIME GOD
IS GOOD!
Scripture Readings for the Week of
December 27, 2020
Sunday Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and
Joseph
Sir 3:2-6, 12-14 or Gn 15:1-6, 21:1-3;
Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5 or Ps 105:1-2, 3-4, 5-6,
8-9;Col 3:12-21 or Col 3:12-17 or Heb 11:8,
11-12, 17-19; Lk 2:22-40 or Lk 2:22, 39-40
Monday Feast of the Holy Innocents, Martyrs
1 Jn 1:5—2:2; Ps 124:2-3, 4-5, 7cd-8;
Mt 2:13-18
Tuesday Saint Thomas Becket, Bishop and Martyr
1 Jn 2:3-11; Ps 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 5b-6; Lk 2:
22-35
Wednesday 1 Jn 2:12-17; Ps 96:7-8a, 8b-9, 10; Lk 2:
36-40
Thursday Saint Sylvester I, Pope
1 Jn 2:18-21; Ps 96:1-2, 11-12, 13;
Jn 1:1-18
Friday Solemnity of Mary, The Holy Mother of God
Nm 6:22-27; Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8; Gal 4:4-7;
Lk 2:16-21
Saturday Memorial of Saints Basil the Great and
Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops and Doctors of
the Church
1 Jn 2:22-28; Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4;
Jn 1:19-28
Sunday Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord
Is 60:1-6; Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-11, 12-13;
Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6; Mt 2:1-12
DIRECT YOUR DOLLARS
For every $150,000 worth of
Family Fare cash register re-
ceipts, we will get $1,000. We
have collected $65,090
towards our Fifth goal.
Please save your Family Fare
receipts. You can either drop
them off at church and put in
canister by the restrooms, or
mail into the parish office.
Thank you.
DIRECT YOUR
LABELS
Family Fare has a
new house brand of
products called OUR
FAMILY. For every
500 UPC’s not log-
os collected, we
receive $25.00. We
need the labels with
the UPC Code. They
can be put in the
second container in
the vestibule near the restrooms.
Thank you.
Oleson Receipts
We hope you are
saving your Oleson
receipts! For every
5000 points we re-
ceive $50. Please
continue to drop
them in the “Big
White Box” marked
“Oleson’s”
Thank you.
“Protecting our children—
Diocese Promise to protect;
pledge to heal
In an effort to protect all children
and to promote healing, the
Diocese of Gaylord encourages
victims of child abuse or neglect to
report the matter. In fact, many
professionals are required by Michi-
gan State law to report suspected
abuse or neglect of a child or
minor. Individuals should contact
their local office of the Department
of Human Services. If an allegation
involves sexual misconduct of a
minor by clergy or any employee of
the Diocese of Gaylord, even if it is
in the past, individuals may also
contact Larry LaCross at
(989) 705-9010.”
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