Highlights

• Light in our Darkness – A great opportunity to invite friends and neighbours to this Community Christmas Service
• Could you be, or co-share the position of Lenhard Kitchen Volunteer?  Read more below

Prepare Your Heart Advent Penitential Service, with visiting priests helping with confessions we be Wed. Dec. 14th at 7 pm  Holy Family Church The Christmas Mass Schedule Dec. 24th  – 4pm St. Anne, Chesley,  6 pm & 8 pm  Holy Family Dec. 25th –  9 am Holy Family,  11 am St. Francis Xavier, Carlsruhe Adoration Chapel Invitation Consider spending some time in silence before the Blessed Sacrament this Advent.  That Adoration Chapel is open Monday at 9 am continuous until Thursday evening at 9 pm, excluding one overnight period  (Tuesday midnight to Wed. at 6 am).  During the daytime hours you are welcome to come sit in anytime.  If you would like a night time hour, please contact Don Waechter at 519-364-1185. The Christmas Holiday Schedule for the Adoration Chapel is posted  – pick up a copy from the Chapel. Light in our Darkness – A Community Christmas Service Holy Family’s Evangelization Team is organizing a Community Christmas Service on Wed. Dec. 21st at 7 pm   It is being held at the Saugeen Academy, 381 10th St. Hanover.  This is a wonderful opportunity to invite others to experience the love, hope and joyful message of Jesus Christ.  Let us all invite the Holy Spirit to enlighten our minds of someone we can bring to this community service.   For more information:  holyfamily.ca/light Lenhard Kitchen Volunteer Holy Family is seeking a volunteer to purchase and maintain kitchen supplies for our Lenhard Kitchen.  If you are interested in helping out in this way, please contact the parish office. St. Vincent de Paul Christmas Hamper Project Help us reach out to those in need this Christmas.   Three ways to help:  Contribute non-perishable food, participate in the giving tree, or financial contribute to St. Vincent de Paul.  Envelopes are available and donors will be receipted for income tax purposes. Parish Photo Directory—March of 2023 Our parish photo sessions for the new directory are schedule for the dates of March 14-18 & march 21-25th.  More details will be forthcoming in the new year.  If you would like to be part of the committee that assists with this project, please contact the parish office. Don’t be alone on Christmas Day . . . Grace United Church is offering a free Christmas Dinner Doors open at 11:30, Dinner served at 12 noon.  All Welcome Please let Faye know you are coming! 519-377-9774 2023 Boxed Evelopes Ready for pick up.  If you would like to know more about donating through E-Transfer or sign on to a monthly Pre-Authorized Remittance, Please contact Anne at the Parish Office.  Thank you.

This Sunday’s Gospel

Matthew 3: 1-12 Discussion Questions

•  Describe ‘a baptism with the Holy Spirit and fire’  Have you experience this power?
• What is meant by John’s appeal “Bear fruit worthy of repentance”

This Week’s Schedule & Mass Intentions

This weekend:  4:00 pm  Location:  St. Anne, Chesley Eternal Happiness of Hugh Chornaby – Ed & Anne Hahn 6:00 pm   Location:  Holy Family, Hanover Eternal Happiness of Helen Weber – Marg & Ken Waechter 9 am Mass   Location:  Holy Family, Hanover For all the people of the Parish & Parish Missions 11 am Mass Location:  St. Francis Xavier, Carlsruhe Eternal Happiness of Rick Hunt & Doug Wainscott – Jane Voisin   Tuesday 10:30 am Mass  Location:  Hanover Care Centre Eternal Happiness of Ralph & Phyllis Poechman – The Estate  7:00 pm  Eternal Happiness of: Elizabeth Kueneman – K of  C #5607 Donald Kroetsch – Donna Helen Weber – Diane McNichol Irmgard Kossits – Ed & Anne Hahn Diane Rys – Don & Helen Waechter MaryLou Spielmacher – K of C #5607 Intentions of Leon Aarts – Mom Wednesday  9:00 am Intentions of Jeff – Mom

Thursday  10:30 am Mass Location: Villa (The Village Senior’s Community) Patrick & Michael O’Hara & Joseph Filsinger – Theresa Filsinger 7:00 pm Mass Eternal Happiness of: Helen Weber – Cory Weber Stu Hartman – Pat & Dan Anna Arnold – Larry & Sharon Hoffarth Irmgard Kossits – Theresa & Ken Bester Intentions of: Marcus & Gloria Terfloth – Donna Kroetsch Doug & Marie McGilvray – Donna Kroetsch Friday   9:00 am Mass    Eternal Happiness of Helen Weber – Roy & Bernice Henhoeffer   Next Weekend –   Sunday, Dec 11th  Saturday Vigil Mass 6:00 pm   Location:  Holy Family, Hanover Eternal Happiness of Diana Stewart & for her family tree – Barb Schuknecht 9 am Mass   Location:  Holy Family, Hanover For all the people of the Parish & Parish Missions 11 am Mass Location:  St. Francis Xavier, Carlsruhe Eternal Happiness of Andy & Reta Fortney – The Estate