24 December 2023 - VIGIL OF THE NATIVITY
DAILY MASS SCHEDULE:
Monday, 25 December, NATIVITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
Holyday of Obligation ---Masses: ..........................................Midnight, 8:00am, 10:00am
Tuesday, 26 December, ST. STEPHEN, FIRST MARTYR
/Intention: Poor Souls (rx/Soledad) ....................................................................... 9:00am
Wednesday, 27 December, ST. JOHN, APOSTLE & EVANGELIST
/Intention: Poor Souls (rx/Ivan Family) .................................................................. 9:00am
Thursday, 28 December, THE HOLY INNOCENTS, MARTYRS
/Intention: +Josefina Zaragoza (rx/Ivan Family) .................................................... 9:00am
Friday, 29 December, St. Thomas of Canterbury, Bishop/Martyr
/Intention: Michael Nguyen (rx/E. Ebeyer) ............................................................ 9:00am
Saturday, 30 December, Within the Octave
/Intention: Nancy Powers (rx/B. Powers) ............................................................... 9:00am
Perpetual Help Devotions ........................................................................ Following Mass
CONFESSIONS:
Monday thru Saturday ............................ 20 minutes before Mass; following Saturday Novena
Sunday ................................................. 07:30-07:50am; 09:20-09:50am; following each Mass
NOVENA TO OUR MOTHER OF PERPETUAL HELP ------- will take place Saturday morning, after 9:00am Mass. Whether your petitions be spiritual or temporal, Our Lady never fails to answer them through the means of this powerful Novena!
APPOINTMENTS: for Baptisms, Marriages, Sick Calls, etc., can be made by seeing one of the priests after Mass. IN CASE OF EMERGENCY please call: Fr. Zapp (925) 586-7924 or Fr. Larabee (513) 390-3070.
SANCTUARY LAMP is currently burning IN MEMORY OF: +ERNEST JACOB.
If you would like to sponsor the Sanctuary Candle for one week ($15) or two weeks ($25), "In Memory of n.n._______," or "For the Intentions of _____," etc., please fill out the envelope in vestibule and place in collection or candle box.
CHURCH CLEANING: (30 DEC) D. Mark & R. Christe
IN YOUR CHARITY -- please pray for all the sick of parishes, especially: Sergio Polanco, Jean Villanueva, Marin Ivan, Thao Nguyen, Kelly Nowrouz and Ramona Prado.
CHILDREN'S CATECHISM: is scheduled for 1st & 3rd Saturday of each month. Children of the parish, grades 1 thru 12, who are NOT attending a TRADITIONAL HOME SCHOOL PROGRAM, must attend this twice-monthly class. Instruction begins at 10am, for two hours. NEXT CLASS: Saturday, 13 January @10am
2024 ROMAN CATHOLIC CALENDARS ---have arrived and are available in the parish bookstore. They are a must for every Catholic home and workplace and they make excellent gifts! (Price per Calendar: $15)
PURGATORIAN SOCIETY: ... there is a monthly REQUIEM MASS (High Mass, if possible) offered in Martinez, for the repose of the souls of all who have been enrolled in the PURGATORIAN SOCIETY. (Members are also remembered at every Daily Mass). Enroll your loved ones (Catholics only), living or deceased, for a one-time stipend of $35 per person. For an additional $7, a Memorial Presentation Folder can be sent on your behalf.
MAY ALL OF YOU HAVE A BLESSED CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY, HOLY 2024!
DECEMBER IS THE MONTH OF
THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION