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DIVINE MERCY PARISH Schuyler, NE
St. Augustine’s Church - 619 Banner
St. Mary’s Church -1019 Banner
Parish Office - 308 West 10th
December 27th, 2020
Divine Mercy Parish Mission Statement:
Our mission is to be a living sign of God reflecting the Divine
Mercy of Jesus Christ.
Divine Mercy Parish Office
308 West 10th Street Schuyler, Ne 68661
Phone: 402-352-3540 Fax: 402-352-5971 E-mail:
[email protected] Web: divinemercyschuyler .com Pastor:
Fr . Jairo E. Congote
Retired Pastor: Fr . Ger ry Gonder inger
Deacons: Danny Hastings
Paul Doerneman
Bookkeeper Secretary: Patr icia Gonzalez
Secretaries: Yenny Delgado & Sue Heavican
DRE: Renee Blum
CFF Secretary: Adriana Alarcon
Facilities Mgr.: Deacon Danny Hastings
Maintenance: Jim Gonsior
Mauricio Rocha
Rosary Crusade: Carol Hastings
Mass Hours St. Augustine’s
Monday Eng. 7:00 a.m. (Comm. Serv.) Sp. (No Mass)
Wednesday Eng. 7:00 a.m. Sp. 8:15 a.m. Thursday Sp. 5:00
p.m.
St. Mary’s Tuesday Eng. 12:10 p.m. Sp. 5:00 p.m
Thursday Eng. 12:10 p.m. Friday Eng. 7:00 a.m. Sp. 8:15 a.m.
Weekend St. Augustine’s - Saturday Eng. 5:00 p.m.
Sunday - Sp. 9:00 & 11:00 a.m.
St. Mary’s - Saturday Sp. 5:00 p.m. Sunday Eng. 8:00 & 10:00
a.m.
Sp. 1:00 p.m.
New Years Eve Mass - December 31st: (SA) 5:00 PM
New Years Day Mass - January 1st: (SM) 10:00 AM
THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY, AND JOSEPH
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From Fr. Jairo The celebration of the Holy Family emphasizes for
the Catholic world the importance of family life. Providentially,
it is celebrated in the Christmas season, when the effort to
reconnect with family intersects with memory and tradition. Time is
the essential element of building up family life, and the lack of
time spent there wears down ultimately the very core unit of
society and church.
Jesus entered the world within the family unit. Mary and Joseph
smoothed the way for Jesus to come into Jewish culture bound to God
by the sacred covenant between God and Abraham. God was determined
to create a people for himself through the seed of Abraham and
Sarah. God needed a family setting to start his human connections
with his people. Strangely enough we are all branches of the tree
of Abraham and Sarah.
When Mary and Joseph took their son, Jesus, to Jerusalem to
fulfill the laws of purification for firstborn children, they
encountered within Simeon and Anna the wisdom of generations.
Simeon, the faithful prophet who assured the young couple that
their Son was indeed a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and
glory for
your people Israel. Indeed those words would stay with this
couple throughout their lives and perhaps brought Mary some
consolation when she stood beneath Jesus’ cross years later with
many more questions than answers.
Then there was the widow, Anna, a Jewish mystic. Her heart was
so filled with God that when Jesus entered the Temple she knew him.
She, too, saw the child as the one for whom all the generations
before her were waiting. He was the redemption of Jerusalem. Within
the family unit, the very seeds of salvation were nurtured by Mary
and Joseph as they educated the child Jesus. He grew in wisdom and
understanding of God. He also became a carpenter watching his
father build and we know today that he stayed in his home until one
day he heard the voice of the prophet, John the Baptist, crying out
for repentance and change of heart. The days of Jesus’ work in
Nazareth were coming to a close. The time for his emerging as
healer and teacher were at hand.
But it all started so far away and long ago in a humble home in
Nazareth wherein, like you and I, Jesus was formed by the
traditions, the memories, the stories, and the teachings of his
parents. It was all about family in the end. A good place to spend
our time! Like all parents, Mary and Joseph surely worried and
prayed for their son. They were instrumental in Jesus growing and
becoming strong, learning to be a wise young man. Both the joys and
the sorrows that defined their lives together as a family were met
with the firm belief that God was with them. It is this faith that
so many families need today. I wish you a happy Holy Family
week.
Christmas Cards and presents: Thank you for being so generous. I
received plenty of cards and presents. I wish you a very blessed
New Year.
Archbishop Annual Campaign: Thank you for your great generosity.
We have already reached our goal of $23,599.98. At this moment our
Divine Mercy parish has donated $24,070.30 that is 102.0 %. May God
bless your generous hearts!
Congratulations to Gabriel Cortez and
Arely Marino who were married last Saturday.
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Eternal rest to Donnette Jedlicka, Julie A. Gall, and
Francis C. Svoboda who died last week.
There will not be CFF classes on December 30th for Christmas
break. Students received notes to bring home to their parents
informing them of when they return and which Wednesdays they will
meet next semester. If you did not get this note, please call the
CFF office (402-352-2149). Please, keep this note where you can see
it as a reminder of when your students return to class.
Students in Fr. Gerry’s CFF Level 7 should be doing the classes
online and writing in your Decision Point books as per guidelines
given at the meeting
with parents in November. When you return to classes in January,
you should bring your books with Chapters/Sessions 1 – 6 done.
Group 1 will meet on
Jan. 6, Group 2 on Jan. 13 and, Group 3 on Jan 20 in St. Mary’s
church basement.
WOMEN OF DIVINE MERCY
From: The Rural Southwest Deanery
Dear Ladies:
The Rural Southwest Deanery is offering $250 scholarship for any
high school senior women in our deanery. Our deanery scholarship
winner’s application is then sent on to the OACCW for consideration
for their $500 scholarship. All scholarship information was sent to
school counselors last October. All young ladies should contact
their high school counselor or me for more information. All
applications need to be sent to me by January 15, 2021.
Deanna Reardon 50143 Central Hwy., Genoa, NE 68640 (402)
678-2567 [email protected] (Note: The Women of Divine Mercy
will also have a scholarship application due at a later date.)
Schuyler Historical Society: Is again sponsoring Tree of
Memories. Remember loved ones with a crocheted snowflake on our
tree. Send your name of Loved one or one’s along with your name and
address to: Schuyler Historical Society, 309 E. 11th Street,
Schuyler, NE 68661 or call: Theresa Shonka 615-2061 or Betty
Brichacek 615-0857 Snowflakes will be mailed after January 2nd.
Retirement Fund for Religious: “We are conscious of the great
generosity of the many benefactors who support the Retirement Fund
for Religious each year,” says a Catholic sister. “Support from the
fund has been a tremendous blessing to our retired sisters.” Thank
you for donating to last week’s second collection.
8:00 and 10:00 Mass Times
As of January 2021, Sunday 8:00 am Mass will return to St.
Augustine’s Church.
Beginning January 4th, the 10:00 am Mass will temporarily take
place at
St. Mary’s Hall.
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Readings for December 28th-January 2nd.
Monday: 1JN: 5 - 2: 2 / MT 2: 13-18
Tuesday: 1JN 2: 3-11 / LK 2: 22-35
Wednesday: 1 JN 2: 12-17 / LK 2: 36-40
Thursday: 1 JN 2: 18-21 / JN 1: 1-18
Friday: January 1st: Mary Mother of God
Solemnity, Holy Day of Obligation
1st: NM 6: 22-27
2nd: GA 4: 4-7
Gospel: LK 2: 16-21
Saturday: 1JN 2: 22-28 / JN 1: 19-28
Sunday, January 3rd.
1st: IS 60: 1-6
2nd: EPH 3: 2-3A , 5-6
Gospel: MT 2: 1-12
Usccb.org/bible/readings/today
December 26th-January 3rd
Saturday, December 26th: (A) 5:00 PM † Pearl Kosinski, Ron
Hulsey & Marcella Johannes. Sunday, December 27th: (M) 8:00 AM
Divine Mercy Parishioners. (M) 10:00AM † Hattie Pabian & Dale
Jedlicka. Monday, December 28th: (A) 7:00 AM Communion Service.
Tuesday, December 29th: (M) 12:10 PM † Clara Meister & Deacon
Carl A. Perrin. Wednesday, December 30th: (A) 7:00 AM † Lambert
& Agnes Jonas, & Sharon Evert. Thursday, December 31st, New
Year’s Eve: (A) 5:00 PM † Mark Connealy, Bob Marsh & Sylvester
Nepper. Friday, January 1st, New Year’s Day: (M) 10:00 AM † Ron
Hulsey. Saturday, January 2nd: (A) 5:00 PM Divine Mercy
Parishioners. Sunday, January 3rd: (A) 8:00 AM † Sylvester Nepper.
(SM)10:00AM † Daniel Cogdill & Hattie Pabian.
Divine Mercy Parish Contributions
Our weekly budgeted income is: $ 7,211.54 Received : $ 9,674.00
Envelopes: $ 5,776.50 Loose Cash: $ 1,051.00 Immaculate Conception:
$ 114.00 Fuel & Maint: $ 30.00 R.F.R: $ 1,356.50 Seminary: $
7.00 Christmas: $ 1,339.00
Religious sets
for Sale
We have a variety of accessories for baptism, first communion,
confirmation,
and weddings for sale in our parish office.
New Year’s Eve, December 31st, 5:00 pm (SA)
Lector: Sue Heavican Ushers: Jim and Kathy Horn
New Years Day, January 1st, 10:00 am (SM) Lector: Bob Cummings
Ushers: Ernest Shonka and Al Jakub Saturday, January 2nd, 5:00 pm
(SA) Lector: Larry McGowan Ushers: Matt and Jill Bailey
Sunday, January 3rd, 8:00 am (SA)
Lector: Sara Bailey Ushers: Roy and Deb Papa
Sunday, January 3rd , 10:00 am (SM)
Lector: Sharon Doerneman Ushers: Ernest Shonka and Kaleb
Sobota
