5.
PARISH COUNCIL
Winifed Maiben
FINANCE COUNCIL
Dave Alexander
CCD
Carridean Bolden
EUCHARISTIC
MINISTERS
Lee Portis
USHERS
Sidney Madise
MUSIC MINISTRY
Joseph Lewis
RIGHT TO LIFE/
VOCATIONS/
EVANGELIZATION
Sebastian Williams
EDUCATION
COMM. - Rhyon Ervin
YOUTH MINISTRY
Annette Howze
ROSARY GROUP
Earline Davis
Public Relations
Wanda Conner
ALTAR SOCIETY
Shirley McBride
DREXEL SOCIETY
Marietta Andry
BEREAVEMENT
MINISTRY
Joyce Winborn
LITURGY COMM.
Mary Ann Heningburg
PARISH LIFE
COMM.
Genelle Bennett ST. VINCENT de PAUL
Ursula Swann
MAINTENANCE &
BEAUTIFICATION
Edward Franklin
KNIGHTS OF PETER
CLAVER Robert Blakely
KPC LADIES AUX.
Rosemary Williams Parish Hall Coordinator
Gayle Sylvester
Marriage: For Marriage
Arrangements Contact The Rectory at
least 6 months before intended
marriage date.
When a Funeral is to be celebrated,
please contact the Rectory for Funeral
Arrangements. Funerals are not
permitted on Sundays or Holy Days of
Obligation.
30 minutes before weekend Masses
And upon request
CCD: Parents, please remember to
register your children for their CCD
Sunday School classes. Both First
Communion and Confirmation require
a 2 year preparation.
Anointing of the Sick: If you or a
family member is Sick or Shut-In,
please inform the Rectory so that we
may arrange to bring the Sacraments
to your home, hospital or nursing
714 N. College Street
Prichard, AL 36610
Pastor: Fr. Hyginus L. Boboh, SSJ
Rectory: (251) 456-6842
Fax: 456-6843
Parish Center: 456-0151
Website: www.stjamesmajor.org
Website: www.josephite.com/
parish/al/sjm -
E-mail: [email protected]
Saturday Vigil at 4:00pm
Sunday at
8:30am and 11:00am
Tuesday at 6:00pm
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at
7:00am
Parents desiring Baptism for their
children are encouraged to contact the
Rectory to arrange for the required
preparation class for parents and
Godparents.
Monday 11th
Mass - 6:00pm
Readings: Zec.2:14-17 and
Lk.1:26-38
Mass Intention: For Matthew & Leah Robinson
req. by Tommy & Shelia Green
Tuesday 12th
Mass - 7:00am Office Hours - 8:00am - 12:00pm
1:00pm -5:00pm Readings:
Is.40:25-31 and Mt.11:28-30
Mass Intention: For Vincent Tinsley req. by
Mobile, Chapter Drexel Society
Wednesday 13th
No Mass
Office Hours 8:00am - 12:00pm
1:00pm -5:00pm
Readings: Is.35:1-10
Lk.5:17-26
Last Week Our attendance was : 167
The Regular Offertory Collection:
5,982.40
Extra Items
Church Improvement: 10.50
SVDP: 184.14
Poinsettias: 87.00
Total Extra Items 281.64
Total Deposit: $6,264.04
Thanks For Your Stewardship
4:00pm
Kendle McCaskey, Dylan McCaskey-Hunter
Maxine Tinsley, Bessie Holloway
Carolyn Matthews, Juanita Dial, Margaret Goldsby
8:30am
Ryan White, Ashton Rogers
Shelia Green, Stephanie Danzy, Mary White
Herman Thomas, Shirley McBride, Ursula Swann
11:00am
Kennedi Franklin, Rosie Williams
Cornelia Culpepper, Carrie Bolden
Roy Jackson, Sebastian Williams, Dave Alexander
Altar Servers:
Lectors:
Eucharistic Ministers:
Altar Servers:
Lectors:
Eucharistic Ministers:
Altar Servers:
Lectors:
Eucharistic Ministers:
Schedule of Masses During December
Fourth Sunday of Advent - December 23rd & 24th
4:00pm Vigil Mass
8:30am Mass
11:00am Mass
Christmas Vigil Event (Sunday,
December 24th 2017)
Carol @ 6:00pm
Christmas Eve Mass 7:00pm
Christmas Day Mass ( December 25th)
One Mass @10:00am
Sunday, December 31st : The Holy Family
of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
Unity Mass @ 10:00 am
Monday, January 1st 2018: Mass of the
Solemnity of Mary the Mother of God
One Mass @ 9:00am (not a holy day of
obligation)
Join us Each Sunday
after the 8:30 a.m.
Mass.
For Coffee &
Doughnuts
Fellowship
“In the wilderness prepare the way of
the LORD!”
(Isaiah 40:3, NRSV).
May we also prepare our hearts for
the Messiah’s coming.
We are saddened by the loss of one
our parishioners, Mr. Council
Cleveland Hubbard. Funeral Mass
time is Saturday, December 9th at
10:30am, which will be followed
by the burial at the Catholic
Cemetery. Please keep him and his
family in your Masses and prayers.
May His Soul Rest In Peace
For the
People of the Parish
Mass - 7:00am
Readings: s.48:17-19
and Mt.11:16-19
Mass Intention:
For the Young
Adults
Mass-7:00am
Readings:Is.40:25-31
and Mt.11:28-30
Mass Intention:
For the
Sick & Shut In
Thursday 14th Friday 15th
Vigil Mass
4:00pm
Saturday 16th
Masses: 8:00am & 11:00am
For the People of
the Parish
Sunday 17th
Our Giving
Tree Project
is now in
place. Please
give the
names of those who are in dire
need in our community.
We will encourage everyone to
show their generosity in
reaching out to the needy in our
community.
For those seeking assistance
from St. Vincent De Paul
Society, please call 456-0151.
Also leave your name, address,
telephone number and a brief
message and someone will
return your call.
◄ November
2017 December 2017 January 2018
► Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1
First Friday
Devotion
Exposition of the
Blessed Sacrament
5:00 PM
Mass 6:00PM
2
Confession 3:15 PM
Mass 4:00PM
3 Mass 8:30 AM
Rel. Edu 9:45 –10:45
Mass 11:00
Confession b4 Mass
RCIA 12:30 –1:30
4
5
Mass 6:00PM
6
Mass 7:00 AM
Choir Practice
6:00 PM
7 Mass 7:00 AM
Bible/Catholic
Doctrine Classes
6:00pm-7:00pm
8 Immaculate
Conception
Holy Day of Obligation
Mass 7:00 AM
Mass 6:00PM
9
Confession 3:15 PM
Mass 4:00PM
10 Mass 8:30 AM
Rel. Edu 9:45 –10:45
Mass 11:00
Confession b4 Mass
RCIA 12:30 –1:30
11
12
Mass 6:00PM
13
Mass 7:00 AM
Choir Practice
6:00 PM
14
Mass 7:00 AM
Visit to the Sick
begins 10:00 AM
15
Mass 7:00 AM
16
Confession 3:15 PM
Mass 4:00PM
17 Mass 8:30 AM
Rel. Edu 9:45 –10:45
Mass 11:00
Confession b4 Mass
RCIA 12:30 –1:30
18
19
Mass 6:00PM
20
Mass 7:00 AM
Choir Practice
6:00 PM
21 Winter Solstice
22
Mass 7:00 AM
23
Confession 3:15 PM
Mass 4:00PM
24 Mass 8:30 AM
Rel. Edu 9:45 –10:45
Mass 11:00
Confession b4 Mass
RCIA 12:30 –1:30
25 Christmas
26
Mass 6:00PM
Parish Council
Meeting 6:30pm
27
Mass 7:00 AM
Choir Practice
6:00 PM
28
Mass 7:00 AM
Visit to the Sick
begins 10:00 AM
29
Mass 7:00 AM
30
Confession 3:15 PM
Mass 4:00PM
31 Mass 8:30 AM
Rel. Edu 9:45 –10:45
Mass 11:00
Confession b4 Mass
RCIA 12:30 –1:30
Notes:
Please consider making a
donation toward our Christmas
Poinsettias in memory of a
loved one. Our Christmas
Poinsettias will be available at
$12 each. Your Memorial
Poinsettia will decorate our
Church for Christmas, then you
may take it home after the
Christmas morning Mass. We
will only have 50 for sale
Upcoming Meetings
1. There will be a general liturgical practice for all liturgical
ministers (Lectors, Ushers, Altar servers, Eucharistic Ministers) on
Saturday December 23rd in the church at 11 am. It is required that all
members do plan to attend.
2. Our Young Adult group will be going out for a social gathering
(bowling) on December 15th@ 6:30pm. Members are encouraged to
respond to messages to coordinate this event.
3. A meeting is scheduled on Tuesday, December 12th for leaders of
some church groups: Lectors, Ushers, Eucharistic Ministers,
Religious Education Director, Altar Society, Bereavement Committee
and Endowment Board. Meeting will start at 6:30pm in the parish
conference room. If any of these groups do not have a leader
someone in that group could represent that group.
A special way to remember
and pay tribute to our
deceased loved ones is to
make a contribution on their
birthdays to the SJM School
Endowment Fund. Consider
m a k i n g m e m o r i a l
contributions in memory of
your grandparents, parents,
children and other relatives
annually on special days.
Contributions may also be
made at any time in honor of
living family members and
friends. No contribution is too
small and, at your request, a
card will be sent to an
honoree or bereaved family.
To make a tribute gift or a
donation to the Endowment
Fund, please contact Sybil
Whitfield at 471-3978.
For those who are sick and in
the hospital or other wise ailing. Please keep the following
members/family members in your prayers: Brenda Jones, Doretha
Whitfield, Afthiner Evans, Joyce Butler, Mary Kyser, Lee D.
Streeter, Sidney Brinkley, Luberta Portis, Cleveland Hubbard, David
Hall, Esther Turner, Levi Williams, Juanita Wilson, Rosemary
Robinson, Beatrice Davis, Marva Davis, Mary Francis Sawyer,
Fannie Wright, Ronald Robinson, Keith Winborn, Iletha Moore,
Lillie Bush,Gwendolyn Williams, Dorothy Lewis, Oliver Poellnitz,
Celestine Hamilton, Brenda Lewis, Joseph Williams, Jr., James
Ledbetter, Tyrone Poellnitz, Xavier Poellnitz, Cynthia Beckham,
Martha Bradford, Delores Washington,
Pamela Tinsley 1st, Cardis Mosley 2nd, Sandretta Miller 4th,
Kenneth Johnson 5th, Earlean Rogers, 7th, Mary Wilson 7th,
Lekeisha Junior 9th, Quinton Miles 9th, Courtney Dunning 9th,
Bridget Eubanks 11th, Alex White 11th, Dylan McCaskey 12th,
Rose Mary Mosley 15th, Roger Chestang 19th, Jakayla Cunningham
22nd, Sybil Whitfield 24th, Carolyn Cunningham 26th, Regine Hall
26th, Alexandria Eubanks 28th, Caroline Belt 30th, Lauren
Lipscomb 31st.
Happy Anniversary -
John & Mary Finch,
Wedding Anniversary
on the 18th of December
(53yrs.)
Save the Date - Grace-Filled Black Catholic
Women Standing on the Promise - 4th National
Black Catholic - Women’s Gathering Sponsored by
National Black Sister’ Conference
Friday, July 27 - Sunday, July 29, 2018
New Orleans Marriott Hotel
829 Convention Center Blvd, New Orleans, LA
Reservation is now open - 1-800-305-6342
Members - $200.00 per person
Non Members - $260.00 per person
For more information contracts - NBSC Office - 202-529-9250
Search Retreats, a ministry of
the Archdiocesan Office of
Youth & Young Adult
Ministry, are weekend
experiences "for teens, by
teens" and are led by the
Search Team (adults and
teens who have previously
attended a Search Retreat and
have been formed in
discipleship and leadership).
On a Search Retreat, teens
will experience a faith
community, encounter Christ
and his Church, and grow in
their relationship with God
and others. Search #1 8 is
January 5-7 at Children's
Harbor on Lake Martin in
Alexander City.
For more information or to
register, visit http://
www.ArchMobYouth.org/
Search
Junior Legion of Mary
The Legion of Mary in Mobile is preparing to start a Junior Legion of
Mary for children in the archdiocese from 7-17 years old. The first
meeting ever is scheduled for Sunday, January 7, 2018 at St. Dominic
Parish in the Murphy Center! Fr. Stephen Vrazel is the Legion's Curia
spiritual director and Fr. Chris Boutin will be the spiritual director for
the Junior Legion.
714 N. College St. - Prichard, AL 36610
Phone: 251- 456-0151 - Fax: 251- 456-6843
Name ____________________________________
Phone Number _____________________________
Number of Orders___________
Fried Fish
Chicken/ Fried
Chicken/ Baked
Green Beans
Baked Beans
Hush Puppies
Potato Salad
Cake - Drink
Condiments
Macaroni &
Cheese
Dinners - $7.00 Sandwich- $5.00
Last Friday Of Each Month
10:30am until
@ SJM Parish Center