December 28, 2014: The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary & Joseph Administration Office: Office: 2055 Woody Dr 2055 Woody Dr Billings, MT 59102 Billings, MT 59102 406-656-5800 406-656-5800 www.s!homasbillings.org st_thomas@qwestoffice.net www.s!homasbillings.org Facebook.com/SaintThomasBillings st_thomas@qwestoffice.net Facebook.com/SaintThomasBillings Rectory: 406-656-5578 Rectory: 406-656-5578 Sacrament of Reconciliation: Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturdays - 3:30 pm Saturdays - 3:30 pm Weekend Mass Schedule: Weekend Mass Schedule: Saturday - 5:00 pm Saturday - 5:00am, pm10:30 am Sunday - 8:30 Sunday - 8:30 am, 10:30 am Daily Mass Schedule: Daily Mass Schedule: Tuesday thru Friday - 9:00 am Tuesday thru Friday - 9:00 am Office Hours: Mon -Thurs: Office Hours:8:00 am - 5:00 pm Friday: 8:00 8:00 am - am 12:00 pmpm Mon -Thurs: - 5:00 Friday: 8:00 am - 12:00 pm Pastor: Father Steve Zabrocki Deacon:Father Tim Birkle Pastor: Steve Zabrocki Deacons: Greg Simpson Parish Staff: Tim Birkle, re#red Dir, Liturgy/Adult Ed: Nick Coffman Parish Staff: Dir, Religious Ed: Joyce Hollowell Dir, Ed: Cathy Nick Coffman Dir, Liturgy/Adult Youth Ministry: Day Dir, Religious Ed: Joyce Hollowell Dir, Liturgical Music: Carolyn Peters Dir, Youth Ministry: Cathy Day Outreach Coord: Kathy Lombardozzi Dir, Liturgical Carolyn Peters Finance Mgr:Music: Keith Lavachek Dir, Outreach: Kathy Lombardozzi Administrative Asst: Theresa Ball Finance Mgr: Paul Miron Custodian: Position Available Administrative Asst: Theresa Ball Custodial: Brian Etchart Merry Christmas season and Happy New Year! The Solemnity of Mary will be celebrated with Mass Wednesday, December 31st at 5:00 pm and Thursday, January 1st at 9:00 am. The church offices will be closed Thursday, January 1st and Friday, January 2nd. Continue to celebrate the coming of Christ! for all of the wonderful cards, good wishes, thoughtful gifts and baked goods - both for my birthday and Christmas. I feel truly blessed to be your pastor and part of this church family. And thank you, also, for the wonderful witness of service you continue to be in the Billings community. Fr. Steve Stewardship Treasure Report Weekend Collec!on of Dec. 14, 2014 Envelope Dona!ons .................... $20,741 Loose Checks ................................. $7,652 Loose Cash .................................... $1,027 Electronic Fund Transfer ......................... $ Total Collec!on ........................... $29,420 Weekly Budget ............................ $21,000 Over (Short) .................................. $8,420 Gi#ing opportunity for Parishioners 70 1/2 or older who own IRAs The IRA Charitable Rollover just passed through Congress and at this wri!ng was awai!ng the President’s expected signature. If you are 70 1/2 or older and own IRAs, you may have gi#s to the Church sent directly from your IRA administrator to the Church and, thus, not have to pay taxes on that money. This applies to a person’s required minimum distribu!on as well as other amounts, up to a total of $100,000. This law is retroac!ve for all of 2014, but will expire at the end of this month. Reminder: All gi#s made on or before December 31st are tax-deduc!ble for the tax year in which your gi# is made. Year-to-date Collec!on (start: July 1, 2014) YTD Total Collec!on ................. $490,788 YTD Total Budget ....................... $504,000 Over (Short) ............................. .($13,212) Thank you for suppor!ng your parish! Needing prayers Carol Gri%en, Merry Roberts, Anton Dinius, Ted Rieger, Bud Leuthold, Art Frank, Bunny Hansen, Dorothy Hauck, Sheila Rockman, Ed Greteman, Sebas!en Easton, Robert Barnhart, Judy Smith, Kathy McKinney, Don Kuehn, Sharon Signori, Roger Lee, Rob Richter & Lenny Cleary. Coming this week: The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph “...as the Lord has forgiven you, so you must forgive.” Colossians 3:13 Forgiveness - one of the hardest things for people to do. It’s amazing how long we can hold a grudge or be angry with someone. As we celebrate the feast of the Holy Family, take this opportunity to give the gi# of forgiveness to someone - maybe someone in your family, maybe a friend, maybe a co-worker or neighbor or - maybe yourself. 2 Welcome to St. Thomas the Apostle · Billings, MT 59102 Monday, December 29 No Prayer Group Tuesday, December 30 No RCIA No Youth Ministry/Edge Wednesday, December 31 No Christ at the Center No Adult Choir Rehearsal Thursday, January 1, 2015 Solemnity of Mary Parish Office Closed NO Prayer Yoga NO Parish Nurses Sunday, January 4 First Sunday Coffee a#er Masses Divine Mercy Recita!on, 3:00 pm, Church Liturgy & Worship Sacristy Linens for January - Susan King Sacristy/Holy Water, December 31 – Audrey Parks 1/3-4 Ushers Ch Alt Am Claves Vita. Inc. th 3012 4 Ave N, Billings | 248-5487 Kelly B. Rickard, CPA Tax Services—Tax Prepara!on & Filing [email protected] Sat 5:00 pm J Costello T Lechner D Sherman Sun 10:30 am Sun 8:30 am K Ruby L Pauley B Duray P Miron G Morgan T Casey Next Week’s Readings January 4, 2015 The Epiphany of the Lord Isaiah 60:1-6 (20 ABC) Ephesians 3:2-3a, 5-6 Ma!hew 2:1-12 Mass Inten!ons Tuesday 12/30, 9:00 am Wednesday, 12/31, 9:00 am Wednesday, 12/31, 5:00 pm Thursday, 1/1, 9:00 am Friday, 1/2, 9:00 am Saturday, 1/3, 5:00 pm Sunday, 1/4, 8:30 am Sunday, 1/4, 10:30 am Liturgical Ministers Altar Serv Bk Cr Ch Asst Collect Collec!on Cup 1 2 3 4 Plate 1 2 3 Greeters EE ME OD WD Proclaimer 1 Proclaimer 2 Sacristan † John Feeley by Vicki Coffman † Timothy Healey by the Healey Family † Emit Haeber by Alicia McFarlin Inten!ons of the Parish Family † Richard Brown by Alicia McFarlin † Margaret Nelson by Alma Bergerson † Roger Keeler by Darlene Dibble Inten!ons of the Parish Family Dec 31 –Jan 1 Wed 5.00 pm P Kraske K Dringman B Easton Thurs. 9:00 am M Ruffa!o NEEDED K Erlenbusch T Kea#ng C Brinkel Deacon Greg R Svee D Morrison C Kaiser A Abel J Jordan V Bell J/N Morey K Barth T Gregori M Fishbaugh A Parks N Ki!elson J Auzqui B Zuklic NEEDED M Hensley C Ganne! M Majerus J Michael D Thomas B/B Zuklic G Michael B Zuklic D Bo$o P Barnes Liturgical Ministers Altar Serv Bk Cr Ch Asst Collect Collec!on Cup 1 2 3 4 Plate 1 2 3 Greeters EE ME OD WD Proclaimer 1 Proclaimer 2 Sacristan Sun 8:30 am L Duray P Kraske F Duray B Duray J Trythall L Boyer N Ki!elson R Turley J Auzqui Deacon Greg K Mitchell V Boyer D Brimmer R Listoe K Simpson M Fishbaugh D Dibble B Belinski B Hayward A/E Parks P Svee E/J Whitman D/L Lemke D Kimmery S/B Duray J White J/N Morey J Michelo% M Johnson K Lombardozzi P Lowthian NEEDED A Parks Sat 5.00 pm R Peterson O Dostal T Mitchell Jan 3—4 Sun 10:30 B Easton O Easton K Dringman C Chandler K Studer Deacon Greg N Swanson J Miron D Chandler W Waite J/G Morgan S Lombardozzi T/M Hunt V Bell J Smith M Hagen K Studer 3 Faith Formation Youth Ministry Next EDGE: Tuesday, January 6th Religious Educa!on Classes will resume on January 7th. Joyce The Don Ryan Knights of Columbus Council sponsored a “Keep Christ in Christmas” poster contest for the Religious Educa!on classes. Dave Bo"o & Terry Johns presented the students who par!cipated in the contest with a cer!ficate of par!cipa!on and a “Keep Christ in Christmas” pin. The following students were the over-all winners & received a $10 gi" card for McDonald’s. BACK ROW: Gavin Sanders (6th grade), Cloe Baumann (5th grade), Layla Baumann (4th grade), Tori Wallace (3rd grade) FRONT ROW: Grayson Baumann (1st grade), Finley Eastlick (2nd grade, sec. I), Abby Erlenbusch (2nd grade, sec. II), Grace Jagodzinski (Kindergarten) Jesus is the Anointed One - the ul!mate priest, prophet & king foreshadowed throughout the Hebrew Scriptures. Join the Wednesday night Bible Study as they begin Fr. Robert Barron’s Priest, Prophet, King study on 1/7/15 at 7:00 pm in the mul!-purpose room. Call Paul Miron, 652-0097, for info or to sign-up. 4 Welcome to St. Thomas the Apostle · Billings, MT 59102 Blessings, Cathy Social Jus!ce Pope Francis visited a local Roman parish, San Giuseppe all’Aurelio, on December 15th and shared with the congrega!on his reminder that Chris!ans should reflect the happiness that comes with the season. He reminded the parishioners that Christmas is about a lot more than gi$s and par!es. “Some will say, ‘Father - we organized a party and everyone is happy.’ This is fine. Par!es are good, but they are not the core of the Chris!an joy we’re talking about… So how should we give thanks? Reflect on your life and think about all the good things you have. There are so many of them. Some will say, ‘yes, but my life has had its share of bad things.’ Yes, that’s true, but that happens to every one of us. Think about the posi!ve. There are people who don’t know how to give thanks to God. They’re always complaining about something. There was this nun I knew, not here. She was a good person, she worked, but she always complained. She complained about everything. ...In the convent, they nicknamed her, Sister Complaints.” Although we may feel unsure how best to comfort those who mourn, we must stand with them in their !me of suffering. ...As members of a community of faith ourselves, let us comfort those who mourn as we look forward together to a !me when all tears are dried and our families are whole once again. “Solace and Strength in the Sorrow of Miscarriage,” 2014-2015 Respect Life Program, USCCB Outreach A hear'elt thank you to the St. Thomas Parish from the 161 families with 489 children who were the recipients of the food baskets and gi$s. Your generosity provided these families not only with everything needed for a Christmas dinner, but also with groceries to help them get through the two-week break from school. EVERY ACT OF CARING COUNTS...CARING FOR OTHERS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU CAN DO. Each and every can or box of food, each turkey or ham that you contributed was extremely important to this ministry. One family upon receiving our help commented that they were shocked that we would do all this for strangers. It was amazing to see 978 gi$s for the children. WOW! For many of the children this is the only !me they receive something brand new. It does help their self esteem to have a new shirt or pair of pants to wear. The families were awed with the gi$ of pillows given with the Thanksgiving baskets. We were able to purchase the pillows and pillow cases with the grant from New York Life. We also purchased socks and underwear for all of the children with that grant money. Many thanks to the faithful volunteers who donated their !me and efforts to bring this ministry to fulfillment. From the ladies of St. Rose of Lima Circle who cut out the ornaments and wrapped gi$s, to the students from St. Francis Middle School and the large group of men who sorted and boxed the food, to the ladies who wrote out the ornaments and sorted the gi$s and to all those who delivered on Sunday: God bless you. St. Vincent de Paul is reques!ng clean, covered plas!c ice cream buckets to be used for transpor!ng soup, as needed. Please save yours and bring it to the church for pick-up by parishioner, Jan Winhofer. Thanks so much for helping with this ministry! Ques!ons? Call Jan at 697-3347. 5 Local Postings Rediscover your marriage. Retrouvaille simply means “rediscovery”. The program offers the chance to rediscover yourself, your spouse, & a loving rela"onship in your marriage. Retrouvaille is not a spiritual retreat, not a sensi"vity group, not a seminar, not a social gathering. For confiden"al informa"on or to register for the Feb. 27—Mar. 1, 2015 Great Falls program, call: 1-800-470-2230, 406-761-4830 or email [email protected]. Montana Boarding Program - Do you know a student who could benefit from a$ending a Catholic High School here in Montana? Great Falls Central Catholic High School is pleased to announce the “Montana Boarding Program”. Beginning with the 2015-16 school year, Great Falls Central Catholic will provide boarding for students from across the state who would like to a$end! Visit them at www.grea'allscentral.org and take a look at the Montana Boarding Program. “Put on, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, hear!elt compassion, kindness, humility , gentleness, and pa"ence, bearing with one another and forgiving one another.” Bring God’s graces into your marriage. Learn how at the Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend in Billings on January 23-25, 2015. Contact Jim & Daphne at 406-850-3174 or sign up online at h$p://wwmesec"on9.org. May we find new ways to be a blessing to others in 2015. ARE YOU NEW TO OUR PARISH? Please take a moment to fill out the quick form below to get you registered in the parish. Full Name ______________________________________________ Date of birth _______________ Religion ________________ Full Name ______________________________________________ Date of birth _______________ Religion ________________ Address ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Phone Number (s) ________________________________________________ E-mail ________________________________________ Preferred Mass Time: Saturday, 5:00 pm _____ Sunday, 8:30 am _____ Sunday, 10:30 am _____ Name(s) of child(ren) and date of birth : ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6 Welcome to St. Thomas the Apostle · Billings, MT 59102 Poinsettia Donations 2014 MEMORIALS Jackie Hurick Scott Schroeder John Hansen Jerry Sullivan, Sr Bob Smith Les & Gloria Barnes Jim & Hazel Walker Scott Walker Joseph McCoy Walker Dr. Richard D. 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