Highlights
- Please note the 10am Mass on New Year’s Day!
- The office will be closed from Christmas day until Friday, December 29th
- Weekday Mass on Friday, December 29th only at 9am
- Father’s Christmas Message is included!
- Donations intended for 2023 must be in before December 31, 2023.
Christmas and New Year’s Mass Schedule
Pastor’s Christmas Message
God’s glorious act of redemption in his birth is not an event and the story of the past. His redeeming grace in the Holy Spirit continues to create and re-create us and the world. It is a work in progress.
The noise of the world like wars, suff ering, plague and inequality are just the result of our fallen nature. But God, the Emmanuel, has and will never abandon us. It is for this reason that He gave us His Son to restore the beauty of our humanity, to bring peace to our hearts, a new vision of joy and hope that cannot be given by our material world but only by Jesus.
For all what God has done for us and for all what we have been through, we renew our invitation to our parishioners to “come back” to our Church. We long to see you, not only at this special season of Christ’s birth, but whole throughout the year, so that as a family, in our thanksgiving and worship, we can gain more strength once again by one’s presence.
To all of us, especially to our dedicated volunteers and generous parishioners, thank you for all your support. We continue to hope that as we journey together at this challenging times, we remain to be His people, a leaven in making our place brighter.
May God bless you and your family this Christmas! May Jesus by His light dispel the darkness in us, and may our hearts be fi lled with Christ ’s hope and joy! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Fr. Romelito Guillen
Adoration Chapel News
Consider making regular visits to the Adoration Chapel. Find the blessings, peace, solitude and love of Jesus by placing yourself in His presence. Call Don & Helen Waechter at 519-364-1185 to learn more about times of operation and open hours. Currently there is one hour needing a committed adorer.
Adoration Chapel Christmas Schedule: The Chapel will close as usual on the evening of Thursday Dec. 21st and remain closed until Tuesday, January 2nd at 9 am.
2023 Church Support
Please note: Receipts for donations for the year, will ONLY include those received by the parish on or before December 31st. If you are planning a year end contribution, please make sure we have it by the 31st. Thank you for your church support.
Christmas Flowers
We are most grateful for donations towards the cost of the Christmas Flowers. Please mark your donation as such. In thanksgiving, the 8 pm Christmas Mass will be offered for the intentions of the donors of the Christmas Flowers. It’s a lovely way to remember and pray for your deceased loved ones or special intentions.
Card Party Schedule: Begins again on Tues. Jan 2nd
This Sunday’s Gospel
Luke 1: 26-38
Discussion Questions:
- What do you think Mary was “greatly troubled” about?
- How was the arrival of the new king (Jesus) diff erent than
what people of that time would have expected? - How could your family make Christmas a time of spiritual
growth and renewal?
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Feast of the Holy FamilyDecember 30th/31st, 2023 Saturday Vigil Masses6:00pm Location: Holy Family Hanover Leander and Gertrude Meyers – The Estate Sunday Masses9:00am Location: Holy Family Hanover For all the people of the Parish and Parish Missions 11:00am Location: St. Francis Xavier Carlsruhe Eternal Happiness of Audrey Kuntz – Jerome and Marlene Montag Mary, Mother of God (New Year’s)New Year’s Eve (December 31, 2023)6 pm (Holy Family): Eternal Happiness of Bernie and Terry Hartman – the Family New Year’s Day (January 1, 2024)10 am (Holy Family): Intentions of Virginia Hammar |
