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Saturday, December 13: Memorial of St. Lucy 4:00pm, Confessions-Holy Childhood 5:00pm, Mass-Holy Childhood 6:00pm, Benner Baptism-Holy Childhood 6:00pm, HCCCW Cookie Walk-Holy Childhood Sunday, December 14: Third (Gaudete) Sunday of Advent 8:00am, Mass-St. Liborious 10:00am, Mass-Holy Childhood 11:00am, Cook Baptism-Holy Childhood 11:00am, HCCCW Cookie Walk-Holy Childhood 12:00pm (Noon) until 6:00pm, Confessions-Holy Childhood Monday, December 15: Advent Weekday NO MASS 5:00p

From Fr. Mark THIRD (GAUDETE) SUNDAY OF ADVENT Each year, the Knights of Columbus have sponsored Keep Christ in Christmas poster contest for all local K‐8 students. After the masses this weekend, you are invited to look over the artwork of the students and select your favorite from each grade level. As much as it is important in our lives to gather together as family and friends, eating and drinking, and exchanging gifts; “Keep Christ in Christmas” sets out to remind us that

Date: November 11, 2025 (7pm in Rectory Conference Rm) Council Members Present: Fr. Mark Stec, Paula Proffitt, Kent Hoerchler, Matt Athy, Mike Brennan, and Margie Berry. Absent: Margaret Wienstroer A. Opening Prayer – Fr. Mark led opening prayer. B. Approval of Minutes – October meeting canceled. No minutes to approve. C. Review of Finances a. Monthly financial reports were reviewed by the Council. New doors in parish center gathering space and breezeway have been paid in f

Saturday, December 6: Advent Weekday 1:00pm, Gratton/Daugherty Nuptial Mass-Holy Childhood 4:00pm, Confessions-St. Liborious              5:00pm, Mass-St. Liborious   Sunday, December 7: Second Sunday of Advent             8:00am, Mass-St. Liborious             10:00am, Mass-Holy Childhood             11:00am, Donut Sunday-Holy Childhood             11:00am, OCIA-Holy Childhood             11:30am, HCCCW Christmas Luncheon   Monday, December 8: Solemnity of the Imm

From Fr. Mark    SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT   Situated between the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (celebrated on Monday, December 8) and the Feast of Our Lady of Guadelupe (celebrated Friday, December 12), celebrated on Wednesday, December 10 is the Memorial of Our Lady of Loreto. Pointing to the Virgin Mary, it celebrated a revered relic-the Holy House of Loretto.  In the Autobiography of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux  she wrote: “ I was indeed ha

Saturday, November 29: Weekday of Ordinary Time 9:00am, Church cleaning/Advent Preparation-Holy Childhood 4:00pm, Confessions-Holy Childhood         5:00pm, Mass-Holy Childhood   Sunday, November 30: First Sunday of Advent             8:00am, Mass-St. Liborious             9:00am, Donut Sunday-St. Liborious             10:00am, Mass-Holy Childhood   Monday, December 1: Advent Weekday             NO MASS             6:00pm, CIR Ministry-Holy Childhood             Tuesday, De

From Fr. Mark        FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT   C.S. Lewis, the great Christian writer who gave us Narnia, wrote a superb parody about Christmas, describing a baffled time traveler visiting Britain and finding people forced to buy squares of decorated cardboard and mail them to one another.             It is true that many semi-obligatory things, apparently belonging to Christmas in Western countries, bear very little relation to the awesome reality of the birth of Jesus Chris

Saturday, November 22: Memorial of St. Cecilia             4:00pm, Confessions-Holy Childhood             5:00pm, Mass-Holy Childhood   Sunday, November 23: Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe Thirty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time             8:00am, Mass-St. Liborious             10:00am, Mass-Holy Childhood   Monday, November 24: Memorial of St. Andrew Dung-Lac and Companions             NO MASS             6:00pm, CIR Ministry-Holy Childhood           

From Fr. Mark SOLEMNITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST    KING OF THE UNIVERSE   Jesus said to his disciples: “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit upon his glorious throne, and all the nations will be assembled before him. And he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will place the sheep on his right and the goats on his left. Then the king will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who

Saturday, November 15: Memorial of St. Albert the Great             4:00pm, Confessions-Holy Childhood             5:00pm, Mass-Holy Childhood             Sunday, November 16: Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time             8:00am, Mass-St. Liborious             10:00am, Mass-Holy Childhood   Monday, November 17: Memorial of St. Elizabeth Hungary             NO MASS             6:00pm, CIR Ministry-Holy Childhood             Tuesday, November 18: Dedication of the Basilicas

From Fr. Mark      Before our entire attention turns toward the festivities of Thanksgiving and Christmas, I wanted to return towards November being the time we remember and pray for the Faithful Departed. It is difficult at times to think about what happends to us and our loved ones when they die. Any prayer or pious act applied to the souls in purgatory can be a way to pray for them. The most effective manner of praying is to have Masses offered for them or to apply the fru

Saturday, November 8: Weekday of Ordinary Time 4:00pm, Confessions-Holy Childhood 5:00pm, Mass-Holy Childhood Sunday, November 9: FEAST OF THE DEDICATION OF THE LATERAN BASILICA 8:00am, Mass-St. Liborious 1 0:00am, Mass-Holy Childhood Monday, November 10: Memorial of St. Leo the Great OFFICE CLOSED NO MASS 6:00pm, CIR Ministry-Holy Childhood Tuesday, November 11: Memorial of St. Martin of Tours VETERANS DAY OFFICE CLOSED 8:00am, No Mass-Holy Childhood 9:00am, Adoration-

From Fr. Mark The teaching torch has been passed. Pope Leo XIV’s first formal document as pope, the apostolic exhortation Dilexi Te (I Have Loved You), was promulgated Oct. 9, the feast day of St. John Henry Newman. The exhortation is the completion of work begun by Pope Francis before he died—a striking resemblance to Francis’s own first document, the encyclical Lumen Fidei (The Light of Faith), which completed work begun by Pope Benedict XVI before his resignation. And ju