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PARISH COUNCIL

Winifed Maiben

FINANCE COUNCIL

Dave Alexander

CCD

Carridean Bolden

EUCHARISTIC

MINISTERS

Lee Portis

USHERS

Sidney Madise

MUSIC MINISTRY

Joseph Lewis

RIGHT TO LIFE/

VOCATIONS/

EVANGELIZATION

Sebastian Williams

EDUCATION

COMM. - Rhyon Ervin

YOUTH MINISTRY

Annette Howze

ROSARY GROUP

Earline Davis

Public Relations

Wanda Conner

ALTAR SOCIETY

Shirley McBride

DREXEL SOCIETY

Marietta Andry

BEREAVEMENT

MINISTRY

Joyce Winborn

LITURGY COMM.

Mary Ann Heningburg

PARISH LIFE

COMM.

Genelle Bennett ST. VINCENT de PAUL

Ursula Swann

MAINTENANCE &

BEAUTIFICATION

Edward Franklin

KNIGHTS OF PETER

CLAVER Robert Blakely

KPC LADIES AUX.

Rosemary Williams Parish Hall Coordinator

Gayle Sylvester

Marriage: For Marriage

Arrangements Contact The Rectory at

least 6 months before intended

marriage date.

When a Funeral is to be celebrated,

please contact the Rectory for Funeral

Arrangements. Funerals are not

permitted on Sundays or Holy Days of

Obligation.

30 minutes before weekend Masses

And upon request

CCD: Parents, please remember to

register your children for their CCD

Sunday School classes. Both First

Communion and Confirmation require

a 2 year preparation.

Anointing of the Sick: If you or a

family member is Sick or Shut-In,

please inform the Rectory so that we

may arrange to bring the Sacraments

to your home, hospital or nursing

714 N. College Street

Prichard, AL 36610

Pastor: Fr. Hyginus L. Boboh, SSJ

Rectory: (251) 456-6842

Fax: 456-6843

Parish Center: 456-0151

Website: www.stjamesmajor.org

Website: www.josephite.com/

parish/al/sjm -

E-mail: sjm@josephite.com

Saturday Vigil at 4:00pm

Sunday at

8:30am and 11:00am

Tuesday at 6:00pm

Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at

7:00am

Parents desiring Baptism for their

children are encouraged to contact the

Rectory to arrange for the required

preparation class for parents and

Godparents.

Monday 11th

Mass - 6:00pm

Readings: Zec.2:14-17 and

Lk.1:26-38

Mass Intention: For Matthew & Leah Robinson

req. by Tommy & Shelia Green

Tuesday 12th

Mass - 7:00am Office Hours - 8:00am - 12:00pm

1:00pm -5:00pm Readings:

Is.40:25-31 and Mt.11:28-30

Mass Intention: For Vincent Tinsley req. by

Mobile, Chapter Drexel Society

Wednesday 13th

No Mass

Office Hours 8:00am - 12:00pm

1:00pm -5:00pm

Readings: Is.35:1-10

Lk.5:17-26

Last Week Our attendance was : 167

The Regular Offertory Collection:

5,982.40

Extra Items

Church Improvement: 10.50

SVDP: 184.14

Poinsettias: 87.00

Total Extra Items 281.64

Total Deposit: $6,264.04

Thanks For Your Stewardship

4:00pm

Kendle McCaskey, Dylan McCaskey-Hunter

Maxine Tinsley, Bessie Holloway

Carolyn Matthews, Juanita Dial, Margaret Goldsby

8:30am

Ryan White, Ashton Rogers

Shelia Green, Stephanie Danzy, Mary White

Herman Thomas, Shirley McBride, Ursula Swann

11:00am

Kennedi Franklin, Rosie Williams

Cornelia Culpepper, Carrie Bolden

Roy Jackson, Sebastian Williams, Dave Alexander

Altar Servers:

Lectors:

Eucharistic Ministers:

Altar Servers:

Lectors:

Eucharistic Ministers:

Altar Servers:

Lectors:

Eucharistic Ministers:

Schedule of Masses During December

Fourth Sunday of Advent - December 23rd & 24th

4:00pm Vigil Mass

8:30am Mass

11:00am Mass

Christmas Vigil Event (Sunday,

December 24th 2017)

Carol @ 6:00pm

Christmas Eve Mass 7:00pm

Christmas Day Mass ( December 25th)

One Mass @10:00am

Sunday, December 31st : The Holy Family

of Jesus, Mary and Joseph

Unity Mass @ 10:00 am

Monday, January 1st 2018: Mass of the

Solemnity of Mary the Mother of God

One Mass @ 9:00am (not a holy day of

obligation)

Join us Each Sunday

after the 8:30 a.m.

Mass.

For Coffee &

Doughnuts

Fellowship

“In the wilderness prepare the way of

the LORD!”

(Isaiah 40:3, NRSV).

May we also prepare our hearts for

the Messiah’s coming.

We are saddened by the loss of one

our parishioners, Mr. Council

Cleveland Hubbard. Funeral Mass

time is Saturday, December 9th at

10:30am, which will be followed

by the burial at the Catholic

Cemetery. Please keep him and his

family in your Masses and prayers.

May His Soul Rest In Peace

For the

People of the Parish

Mass - 7:00am

Readings: s.48:17-19

and Mt.11:16-19

Mass Intention:

For the Young

Adults

Mass-7:00am

Readings:Is.40:25-31

and Mt.11:28-30

Mass Intention:

For the

Sick & Shut In

Thursday 14th Friday 15th

Vigil Mass

4:00pm

Saturday 16th

Masses: 8:00am & 11:00am

For the People of

the Parish

Sunday 17th

Our Giving

Tree Project

is now in

place. Please

give the

names of those who are in dire

need in our community.

We will encourage everyone to

show their generosity in

reaching out to the needy in our

community.

For those seeking assistance

from St. Vincent De Paul

Society, please call 456-0151.

Also leave your name, address,

telephone number and a brief

message and someone will

return your call.

◄ November

2017 December 2017 January 2018

► Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

First Friday

Devotion

Exposition of the

Blessed Sacrament

5:00 PM

Mass 6:00PM

2

Confession 3:15 PM

Mass 4:00PM

3 Mass 8:30 AM

Rel. Edu 9:45 –10:45

Mass 11:00

Confession b4 Mass

RCIA 12:30 –1:30

4

5

Mass 6:00PM

6

Mass 7:00 AM

Choir Practice

6:00 PM

7 Mass 7:00 AM

Bible/Catholic

Doctrine Classes

6:00pm-7:00pm

8 Immaculate

Conception

Holy Day of Obligation

Mass 7:00 AM

Mass 6:00PM

9

Confession 3:15 PM

Mass 4:00PM

10 Mass 8:30 AM

Rel. Edu 9:45 –10:45

Mass 11:00

Confession b4 Mass

RCIA 12:30 –1:30

11

12

Mass 6:00PM

13

Mass 7:00 AM

Choir Practice

6:00 PM

14

Mass 7:00 AM

Visit to the Sick

begins 10:00 AM

15

Mass 7:00 AM

16

Confession 3:15 PM

Mass 4:00PM

17 Mass 8:30 AM

Rel. Edu 9:45 –10:45

Mass 11:00

Confession b4 Mass

RCIA 12:30 –1:30

18

19

Mass 6:00PM

20

Mass 7:00 AM

Choir Practice

6:00 PM

21 Winter Solstice

22

Mass 7:00 AM

23

Confession 3:15 PM

Mass 4:00PM

24 Mass 8:30 AM

Rel. Edu 9:45 –10:45

Mass 11:00

Confession b4 Mass

RCIA 12:30 –1:30

25 Christmas

26

Mass 6:00PM

Parish Council

Meeting 6:30pm

27

Mass 7:00 AM

Choir Practice

6:00 PM

28

Mass 7:00 AM

Visit to the Sick

begins 10:00 AM

29

Mass 7:00 AM

30

Confession 3:15 PM

Mass 4:00PM

31 Mass 8:30 AM

Rel. Edu 9:45 –10:45

Mass 11:00

Confession b4 Mass

RCIA 12:30 –1:30

Notes:

Please consider making a

donation toward our Christmas

Poinsettias in memory of a

loved one. Our Christmas

Poinsettias will be available at

$12 each. Your Memorial

Poinsettia will decorate our

Church for Christmas, then you

may take it home after the

Christmas morning Mass. We

will only have 50 for sale

Upcoming Meetings

1. There will be a general liturgical practice for all liturgical

ministers (Lectors, Ushers, Altar servers, Eucharistic Ministers) on

Saturday December 23rd in the church at 11 am. It is required that all

members do plan to attend.

2. Our Young Adult group will be going out for a social gathering

(bowling) on December 15th@ 6:30pm. Members are encouraged to

respond to messages to coordinate this event.

3. A meeting is scheduled on Tuesday, December 12th for leaders of

some church groups: Lectors, Ushers, Eucharistic Ministers,

Religious Education Director, Altar Society, Bereavement Committee

and Endowment Board. Meeting will start at 6:30pm in the parish

conference room. If any of these groups do not have a leader

someone in that group could represent that group.

A special way to remember

and pay tribute to our

deceased loved ones is to

make a contribution on their

birthdays to the SJM School

Endowment Fund. Consider

m a k i n g m e m o r i a l

contributions in memory of

your grandparents, parents,

children and other relatives

annually on special days.

Contributions may also be

made at any time in honor of

living family members and

friends. No contribution is too

small and, at your request, a

card will be sent to an

honoree or bereaved family.

To make a tribute gift or a

donation to the Endowment

Fund, please contact Sybil

Whitfield at 471-3978.

For those who are sick and in

the hospital or other wise ailing. Please keep the following

members/family members in your prayers: Brenda Jones, Doretha

Whitfield, Afthiner Evans, Joyce Butler, Mary Kyser, Lee D.

Streeter, Sidney Brinkley, Luberta Portis, Cleveland Hubbard, David

Hall, Esther Turner, Levi Williams, Juanita Wilson, Rosemary

Robinson, Beatrice Davis, Marva Davis, Mary Francis Sawyer,

Fannie Wright, Ronald Robinson, Keith Winborn, Iletha Moore,

Lillie Bush,Gwendolyn Williams, Dorothy Lewis, Oliver Poellnitz,

Celestine Hamilton, Brenda Lewis, Joseph Williams, Jr., James

Ledbetter, Tyrone Poellnitz, Xavier Poellnitz, Cynthia Beckham,

Martha Bradford, Delores Washington,

Pamela Tinsley 1st, Cardis Mosley 2nd, Sandretta Miller 4th,

Kenneth Johnson 5th, Earlean Rogers, 7th, Mary Wilson 7th,

Lekeisha Junior 9th, Quinton Miles 9th, Courtney Dunning 9th,

Bridget Eubanks 11th, Alex White 11th, Dylan McCaskey 12th,

Rose Mary Mosley 15th, Roger Chestang 19th, Jakayla Cunningham

22nd, Sybil Whitfield 24th, Carolyn Cunningham 26th, Regine Hall

26th, Alexandria Eubanks 28th, Caroline Belt 30th, Lauren

Lipscomb 31st.

Happy Anniversary -

John & Mary Finch,

Wedding Anniversary

on the 18th of December

(53yrs.)

Save the Date - Grace-Filled Black Catholic

Women Standing on the Promise - 4th National

Black Catholic - Women’s Gathering Sponsored by

National Black Sister’ Conference

Friday, July 27 - Sunday, July 29, 2018

New Orleans Marriott Hotel

829 Convention Center Blvd, New Orleans, LA

Reservation is now open - 1-800-305-6342

Members - $200.00 per person

Non Members - $260.00 per person

For more information contracts - NBSC Office - 202-529-9250

thenationalblacksistersconfer@verizon.net

Search Retreats, a ministry of

the Archdiocesan Office of

Youth & Young Adult

Ministry, are weekend

experiences "for teens, by

teens" and are led by the

Search Team (adults and

teens who have previously

attended a Search Retreat and

have been formed in

discipleship and leadership).

On a Search Retreat, teens

will experience a faith

community, encounter Christ

and his Church, and grow in

their relationship with God

and others. Search #1 8 is

January 5-7 at Children's

Harbor on Lake Martin in

Alexander City.

For more information or to

register, visit http://

www.ArchMobYouth.org/

Search

Junior Legion of Mary

The Legion of Mary in Mobile is preparing to start a Junior Legion of

Mary for children in the archdiocese from 7-17 years old. The first

meeting ever is scheduled for Sunday, January 7, 2018 at St. Dominic

Parish in the Murphy Center! Fr. Stephen Vrazel is the Legion's Curia

spiritual director and Fr. Chris Boutin will be the spiritual director for

the Junior Legion.

714 N. College St. - Prichard, AL 36610

Phone: 251- 456-0151 - Fax: 251- 456-6843

Name ____________________________________

Phone Number _____________________________

Number of Orders___________

Fried Fish

Chicken/ Fried

Chicken/ Baked

Green Beans

Baked Beans

Hush Puppies

Potato Salad

Cake - Drink

Condiments

Macaroni &

Cheese

Dinners - $7.00 Sandwich- $5.00

Last Friday Of Each Month

10:30am until

@ SJM Parish Center