St Matthew Parish

 Reconciliation

 Saturday 4-5 or by

 Appointment

 

 School K-8th Grade

 Activities:

 Adoration

 Bible Study

 Divine Mercy

 Knights of Columbus

 Legion of Mary

 

 Life Teen

 Ministerios (en  espanol)

 Ministries:

 Altar Server

 Music Ministry

 

 Lectors

 Sacraments

 Baptisms, Baptismal 

 Classes

 

 Social Ministries:

 Parent Life

 Prayer Chain

 Rosary Makers

 St. Vincent de Paul

 Vocations Serra Club

 Newcomer

 Women’s Auxiliary

 

 

Micheal Smith

Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus

Listen to the soundtrack by “turning on” your speakers.

WE NEED YOU!!

24 hour Adoration of the Blessed sacrament Every Friday in Advent and then Every First Friday

Come

&

PRAY!

(one hour at a time for 24 hrs)

We need Night time  coverage from 12:00 AM on till 9:00 AM

This is a great time to spend with the LORD during Advent!

Advent

Learn More about Advent  in the Good News of St. Matthew

Quarterly Newsletter:

Winter Issue 12.2015

First Week in Advent:

HOPE!

PRAYER:

Lord, help me be at home with You, that I may listen to Your word and walk in Your way.

Action:

Perform an act of kindness for someone you do not know.

 

Second Week in Advent:

LOVE!

PRAYER:

Lord, clarify my vision that I may see You in others and sense You within my own soul.

Action:

Send a get-well card to someone in the hospital.

 

Third Week of Advent:

JOY!  Gaudete Sunday “REJOICE!

PRAYER:

Lord, make me confident anew of Your great gift of faith that I may tell others of Your goodness.:

Action:

Make something and share it with others!

 

Fourth  Week in Advent:

PEACE!

PRAYER:

O come, O Key of David, come And open wide our heavenly home; Make safe the way that leads on high, And close the path to misery.

Action:

Look around you for a sign of God's presence. When you find it, share it with someone.

Text Box: The Twelve Days of Christmas:
The songs gifts are hidden meanings to the teachings of the faith.
The "true love" mentioned in the song doesn't refer to an earthly suitor, it refers to God Himself. The "me" who receives the presents refers to every baptized person.
The partridge in a pear tree is Jesus Christ, the Son of God. In the song, Christ is symbolically presented as a mother partridge which feigns injury to decoy predators from her helpless nestlings, much in memory of the expression of Christ's sadness over the fate of Jerusalem: "Jerusalem! Jerusalem! How often would I have sheltered thee under my wings, as a hen does her chicks, but thou wouldst not have it so..."
The other symbols mean the following:
2 Turtle Doves = The Old and New Testaments
3 French Hens = Faith, Hope and Charity, the Theological Virtues
4 Calling Birds = the Four Gospels and/or the Four Evangelists
5 Golden Rings = The first Five Books of the Old Testament, the "Pentateuch", which gives the history of man's fall from grace.
6 Geese A-laying = the six days of creation
7 Swans A-swimming = the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, the seven sacraments
8 Maids A-milking = the eight beatitudes
9 Ladies Dancing = the nine Fruits of the Holy Spirit
10 Lords A-leaping = the ten commandments
11 Pipers Piping = the eleven faithful apostles
12 Drummers Drumming = the twelve points of doctrine in the Apostle's Creed
--Fr. Hal Stockert, Fishnet

Church Calendar 2015

December Calendar of Events:

 

 

December 1 Tuesday

 8:45 AM Liturgy of the hours

 9:00 AM Mass

 9:45-11:45 PM English Bible Study

Divine Mercy 3:00 PM

 

December 2 Wednesday

8:45 AM Liturgy of the hours

 9:00 AM Mass

 9:30 AM Fellowship Conference Room

 6:30 ~ 8:00 PM EDGE Parish Hall (middle School) SUMMER SESSION

 6:30 ~ 8:00 PM Bible Class

 

December 3 Thursday

 8:45 AM Liturgy of the hours   

 9:00 AM Mass

 9:30 ~ 12:00 PM Clase de Biblia en Espanol

 6-: 00 ~ 9:00 PM YAM ~>Young Adult Ministry ~>(19-35 year olds)

 7:00 PM English Bible Study

 

December 4 Friday

8:45 AM Liturgy of the hours

9:00 AM Mass

9:30 AM  24 Hour Exposition & Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

10:00 AM Bible Class

7:00 PM Our Lady Rosary Makers

 

December 5 Saturday

9:00 PM Benediction

4:00 ~ 5:00 PM Reconciliation

5:30 Mass

 

December 6 Sunday

Second Sunday in Advent ~ LOVE~

8:00 AM –3:00 PM Arts & Crafts Fair

 8:00  AM Mass

10:00 AM Mass

11:30 AM Mass

1:00   PM Mass (en espanol)

4:00   PM Mass Life Teen

 

December 7 Monday

8:45 AM Liturgy of the hours

9:00 AM Mass

9:30 AM Legion of Mary

1:00 PM Knitting Class

6:30 ~ 8:30  High School Life Teen

 

December 8 Tuesday

 8:45 AM Liturgy of the hours

 9:00 AM Mass

 9:45-11:45 AM English Bible Study

 

December 9 Wednesday

8:45 AM Liturgy of the hours

 9:00 AM Mass

 9:30 AM Fellowship

 6:30 ~ 8:00 PM EDGE Parish Hall (middle School) 1

 6:30 ~ 8:00 Bible Study

 

December 10 Thursday

 8:45 AM Liturgy of the hours   

 9:00 AM Mass

 9:30 ~ 12:00 PM Clase de Biblia en Espanol

7:00 PM English Bible Study

 

December 11 Friday

 8:45 AM Liturgy of the hours

 9:00 AM Mass

 9:30 AM  24 Hour Exposition & Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

10:00 AM English Bible Study

 7:00 PM Our Lady Rosary Makers

7:00 pm  Virgen de Guadalupe Mass & Reception

 

December 12 Saturday

8:00 AM Benediction

4:00 ~ 5:00 PM Reconciliation

5:30 Mass

 

December 13 Sunday

Third Sunday of Advent _~JOY~

 8:00  AM Mass

10:00 AM Mass

11:30 AM Mass

1:00   PM Mass (en espanol)

4:00   PM Mass Life Teen

 

December 14 Monday

8:45 AM Liturgy of the hours

9:00 AM Mass

9:30 AM Legion of Mary

1:00 PM Knitting Class

6:30 ~ 8:30 High School Life Teen 

 

December 15 Tuesday

 8:45 AM Liturgy of the hours

 9:00 AM Mass

 9:45-11:45 AM English Bible Study

 6:30 to 8:00 PM ADVENT Confessions

 

December 16 Wednesday

8:45 AM Liturgy of the hours

 9:00 AM Mass

 9:30 AM Fellowship

 6:00 PM POSADA

 6:30 ~ 8:00 PM EDGE Parish Hall (middle School)

 6:30~ 8:00 PM Bible Study

 

December 17 Thursday

 8:45 AM Liturgy of the hours   

 9:00 AM Mass

 9:30 ~ 12:00 PM Clase de Biblia en Espanol

7:00 PM English Bible Study

 

December 18 Friday

 8:45 AM Liturgy of the hours

 9:00 AM Mass

10:00 English Bible Study

9:30 AM  24 Hour Exposition & Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

 7:00 PM Our Lady Rosary Makers

 

December 19 Saturday

 8:00 AM Benediction

 4:00 ~ 5:00 PM Reconciliation

 5:30 Mass

 

December 20 Sunday

Fourth Sunday of Advent ~PEACE~

Knights of Columbus are cooking Breakfast!

 8:00  AM Mass

10:00 AM Mass

11:30 AM Mass

1:00   PM Mass (en espanol)

4:00   PM Mass Life Teen

 

December 21 Monday

8:45 AM Liturgy of the hours

9:00 AM Mass

9:30 AM Legion of Mary

 

December 22 Tuesday

 8:45 AM Liturgy of the hours

 9:00 AM Mass

 

December 23 Wednesday   Office Closed @ 12:00—5:00 pm

8:45 AM Liturgy of the hours

 9:00 AM Mass

 9:30 AM Fellowship

 

December 24 Thursday Christmas eve

Office Closed:

5:00 PM Mass

7:00 PM Mass

12:00 AM Mid Night Mass

 

December 25 Friday Happy Birthday Jesus! Merry Christmas!

Office Closed:

8:00 AM Mass

10:00 AM Mass

11:30 AM Spanish Mass

 

December 26 Saturday

 4:00 ~ 5:00 PM Reconciliation

 5:30 Mass

December 27 Sunday

The Holy Family of

 8:00  AM Mass

10:00 AM Mass

11:30 AM Mass

1:00   PM Mass (en espanol)

4:00   PM Mass Life Teen

 

December 28 Monday

8:45 AM Liturgy of the hours

9:00 AM Mass

9:30 AM Legion of Mary

1:00 PM Knitting Class

6:30 ~ 8:30 High School Life Teen

 

December 29 Tuesday

 8:45 AM Liturgy of the hours

 9:00 AM Mass

 

December 30 Wednesday

8:45 AM Liturgy of the hours

 9:00 AM Mass

 9:30 AM Fellowship

 

December 31 Thursday

 8:45 AM Liturgy of the hours   

 9:00 AM Mass

 5:30 PM MASS Vigil for Solemnity of Mary