St. Maximilian Kolbe

Renewed Catholic Church

All Are Welcome!

We are a young church made up of men,

women and children seeking a genuine re-

lationship with God. We extend love and

hope to all that seek to be in community

with one another and with God. We aren't

a strict Catholic church community, our

Faith is based on God's Word and His

Commandments, we are always welcoming

new member's of any sex and race.

We hope you and your family will have a

warm and spirit-filled experience with us

as we worship and fellowship together at

our services, events, and ministries.

Laurel, Montana

Phone: 520-261-7070

E-mail: stmkrcc@gmail.com

Rev. M.J. Leyden

Pastor

Celebrating the

Liturgy of the Church

Sunday Mass

Saturday Vigil 5:30 pm*

Sunday Morning 9:00 am (winter)

Daily

Monday—Saturday 8:30 am (privately said)

Anointing of the Sick1st Fridays by appointments

Confession

By appointment only

Holy Hour with Benediction

Day and Time coming soon

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Mass Request

Have you wanted to have a Mass said for a love one or someone

that is still alive. Now is your chance to request a Mass and a date

for it to be offered (some times are not allowed).

Please just email the office and request which Mass and who it will be for. Please put “Mass

Request” in the subject and share if they are alive or passed on to the reward.

Also, an address where the Mass card will be mailed to. Donations: $5.00 may be made via

PayPal, cash, or credit card.

WEDDINGS Upon your engagement, please contact the priest to set up your ceremony. Each couple must be-

gin the preparation before a date can be set for your wedding. Please anticipate 3 months for preparation. We are very relax when it comes to helping you with your scared vows for life.

BAPTISMS Baptism preparation for parents and godparents is offered usually on Sunday afternoons or

Wednesday afternoon by appointment. You can set up your child’s baptism during the meeting. Pre-registration is required please call, 520-261-7070 and leave a message asking for the form to be sent via email. Also, you are welcome to email us and ask for the form; stmkrcc@gmail.com

Basic Information Regarding the Sacraments

Holy Eucharist We truly believe in the Body and Blood of Christ that was broken and shed for us! We ask that you be in good standings with the Lord as you join us for every Mass for Holy Eucharist. All are Welcome to

His table!! “Jesus said to them, ‘I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life … For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood

remains in me, and I in him … so the one who feeds on me will live because of me.’”

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Feast of the Epiphany

Year C

MASS INTENTIONS & READINGS

Liturgy of the Hours—II

Sun Jan 6 Is 60:1-6 Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-11, 12-13

Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6 Mt 2:1-12 8:30 am Families of the World

Mon Jan 7 1 Jn 3:22-4:6 Mt 4:12-17, 23-25 8:30 am St. Kolbe Church

Tues Jan 8 1 Jn 4:7-10 Mk 6:34-44 8:30 am Sick & Ill of the Parish

Wed Jan 9 1 Jn 4:11-18 Mk 6:45-32 8:30 am Peace of the World

Thurs Jan 10 1 jn 4:19-5:4 Lk 4:14-22a 8:30 am Poor Souls in Purgatory

Fri Jan 11 1 Jn 5:5-13 Lk 5:12-16 8:30 am Healing Mass

Sat Jan 12 1 Jn 5:14-21 Ps 149:1-6a, 9b 8:30 am Love, Faith, Hope

Jn 3:22-30 5:30 pm Laurel School Students

Sun Jan 13 Is 40:1-5, 9-11 Ps 104:1-4, 24-25, 27-30

Ti 2:11-14; 3:4-7 Lk 3:15-16, 21-22 9:00 am All Unborn Children

All nations are invited to sing the Lord’s praises for they have been called to

hear the good news and worship the long awaited Messiah and King with the

gifts of their lives.

We gather to understand our life and where God is

calling us! Am I meant to be a part of St. Maximil-

ian Kolbe? Will this help me in my life, how can I

share about my faith with others?, family?

Then this group will help you answer many of those

questions! If your unhappy with the parish you are

with or unsure where God wants you in His plan,

please call or email us and allow us to help you.

“Rice” Rite of Christian Education

Are you a follower of Christ? Kyle Idleman invites you to take an honest look at your relationship with Christ and name Him the center of your life! This six-session small-group study includes an amazing looking

within yourself and your love for Christ and will draw you closer. This study course will run 6 weeks with each course lasting 1.5 hours long.

Cost for this study course will be $13.00 for your journal and study book.

Please contact the Parish Office to sign up for this amazing study course. This course will max out at 8 people, please register quick.

Starting in February!

Religious Education: “Not a Fan”

“Rise up in splendor! Your light has come.” ~Isaiah 60:1

Alleluia! Today is the highlight of the Christmas season. Jesus, the Light of the world (Jn 8:12) and the

bright Morning Star (Rv 22:16), has conquered the darkness. The Lord conquered the darkness by creating

light at the beginning of creation (Gn 1:2-3). Through His Incarnation and our re-creation, the Lord has also

triumphed over the darkness of sin and death.

We can share in the victory of Jesus the Light by doing what the wise men and women of all time have done

— by coming into Jesus the Light, prostrating ourselves before Him, and giving Him our gifts, that is, our

whole lives (Mt 2:11). When we by faith decide to love the Lord with all

our hearts, all our souls, all our strength, and all our minds (Lk 10:27), we

walk in the light (1 Jn 1:7), become “the light of the world” (Mt 5:14),

and even become “light of the Lord” and “children of light” (Eph 5:8).

With and in Jesus, we shine “on in darkness, a darkness” that will not

overcome us (Jn 1:5).

Love the Light. Love God, Who is Light (1 Jn 1:5). Love Jesus. Be

light. Happy Epiphany! Alleluia!

Weekly Christian Message

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God’s visit to earth took place in an animal shelter with no attendants present and nowhere to lay the newborn king but a feed

trough. Indeed, the event that divided history, and even our calendars, into two parts may have had more animal witnesses than hu-

man ones. A mule could have stepped on him. How silently this wondrous gift was given. It was almost as if God wanted it to be

secret. But the angel’s couldn’t keep it a secret. That’s what I like about angels, they can’t keep a secret either. My idea of keeping a

secret is telling one person at a time. The angels made sure that there were some human witnesses.

But this person who had such a lonely, obscure and almost unheralded birth is the same one that was the gift who would restore hu-

manity from its lonely abandoned state. In 1994, two Christian missionaries answered an invitation from the Russian Department of

Education to teach morals and ethics in a large orphanage. About 100 boys and girls who had been abandoned, abused, and left in

the care of a government-run program were in the orphanage.

It was nearing Christmas and they decided to tell them the story of Christmas. It would be the first time these children had heard the

story of the birth of Christ. They told them about Mary and Joseph arriving in Bethlehem. Finding no room in the inn, the couple

went to a stable, where the baby Jesus was born and placed in a manger. Throughout the story, the children and orphanage staff sat

in amazement as they listened. Some sat on the edges of their stools, trying to grasp every word.

When the story was finished, they gave the children three small pieces of cardboard to make a crude manger. Each child was given a

small paper square, cut from yellow napkins that they had brought with them since no colored paper was available in the city. Fol-

lowing instructions, the children tore the paper and carefully laid strips in the manger for straw. Small squares of flannel, cut from a

worn-out nightgown an American lady was throwing away as she left Russia, were used for the baby’s blanket. A doll-like baby

was cut from tan felt which the missionaries had also brought with them.

It was all going smoothly until one of the missionaries sat down at a table to help a 6 year old boy named Misha. He had finished his

manger. When the missionary looked at the little boy’s manger, she was startled to see not one, but two babies in the manger.

Quickly, she called for the translator to ask Misha why there were two babies in the manger.

Crossing his arms in front of him and looking at this completed manger scene, Misha began to repeat the story very seriously. For

such a young boy, who had only heard the Christmas story once, he related the happenings accurately until he came to the part

where Mary put the baby Jesus in the manger.

Then Misha started to ad-lib. He made up his own ending. He said, “And when Maria laid the baby in the manger, Jesus looked at

me and asked me if I had a place to stay. I told him I have no mamma and I have no papa, so I don’t have any place to stay. Then

Jesus told me I could stay with him. But I told him I couldn’t, because I didn’t have a gift to give him like everybody else did.

But I wanted to stay with Jesus so much, so I thought about what I had that maybe I could use for a gift. I thought maybe if I kept

him warm, that would be a good gift. So I asked Jesus, “If I keep you warm, will that be a good enough gift” And Jesus told me, “If

you keep me warm, that will be the best gift anybody ever gave me.” “So I got into the manger, and then Jesus looked at me and he

told me I could stay with him-for always.”

As little Misha finished his story, his eyes brimmed full of tears that splashed down his little cheeks. Putting his hand over his face,

his head dropped to the table and his shoulders shook as he sobbed and sobbed. The little orphan had found someone who would

never abandon nor abuse him, someone who would stay with him-FOR ALWAYS.

The most incredible gift of Christmas is that we can also find someone who will never abandon us, never abuse us and would stay

with us for always. That someone is Jesus.

Why don’t we sing the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas”. And those of you with parts could stand at the appropriate times and

do your thing.

Schedule of Events

1/1—Solemnity of Mary, Mother

of God

1/3—Most Holy Name of Jesus

1/4—St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

1/6—Solemnity, Epiphany of the

Lord

1/13—Baptism of the Lord (Feast)

1st Wk of Ord. Time

1/31—St. John Bosco

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

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January 2013

As we grow this section will start to show

the budget and donations to our parish.

Financial

Please pray...for the ill of our Parish, and the

petitions written in our Book of Intentions.

“To everything there is a season and time for

every purpose under Heaven.”

“We, for our part, love because He first loved us.” ~ 1 John 4:19

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Honesty of Children

My sister, Ann, a third-grade teacher, invited her class to her wedding. The wedding was at 3:30 p.m. on a weekday, so the sub-stitute brought Ann's class

to the church.

The music started, the at-tendants took their places, and the bride came down the aisle on the arm of her

father. At this point one alarmed student ex-

claimed, "She's not going to marry that old man, is

she?"

—Cheryl A. Paden, Ne-

Pastor’s Notes

On this Feast Day of the Epiphany we are called to learn that the Wise Men traveling

from afar would come to see a King for all mankind. Over 180 days passed before

they arrived and when they did the bowed down to a King of all Kings.

Giving of yourself and pouring out your heart and love to all that you meet is a gift in

its self. Just as the Wise Men did so can each of us. Allow the smallest gift of Love

be the Greatest Act of Hope for the many that you meet this week and all year.

JMJ, +M.J.

We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God and inerrant in the original writings. We

believe that there is one God, eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We believe in the deity of our

Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed

blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and

glory.

We believe that the lost and sinful man must be saved, and that man's only hope of redemption is through the shed blood of

Jesus Christ, the Son of God. We believe in and practice the holy ordinance of water baptism, which signifies the believer's

death, burial, and resurrection into new life with Christ Jesus, and the regular celebration of Holy Communion as commanded

by our Lord.

We believe in the present ministry and baptism of the Holy Spirit. We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the

unsaved; those that are saved into the resurrection of life and those that are unsaved into the resurrection of death.

We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Our Belief

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