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2012
Christmas Mass Schedule.
St. Augustine Schedule
Christmas Eve, Dec. 24
4PM, 6PM, 10PM
Christmas Day, Dec. 25
8AM, & 10:30AM
December 31
4PM
January 1
9AM
Immaculate Conception
Schedule
Christmas Eve, Dec. 24
5:30PM & 10PM
Christmas Day, Dec. 25
10AMDecember 31
5:30PM
January 1
10AM
St. Augustine ChurchCHRISTMAS NEWSLETTER
Dear Parishioners,
Another wonderful year is coming to a close!
As always, there is never a time when the opportunity to get
together and share the Christmas spirit is more present than
at the end of the year. From spiritual opportunities, like Ad-
vent Communal Reconciliation, to volunteer opportunities,
like the Annual Christmas Day Dinner, St. Augustine is so
excited for the Christmas season because it is a time when
our entire Parish Community can come together and cele-
brate the wonderful spirit of our Faith with our community
and with each other.
Please take a look through this newsletter and see what ex-
citing things we have planned. And make sure to keep an
eye on the Parish Bulletin and our Parish Website, as they
are always up-to-date with what is going on in our Parish.
Many Blessings to you and your families during this Season
Christmas Walk: November 24The Barberton Christmas Walk is this Saturday, No-vember 24. Saint Augustine will be sponsoring its an-nual Cookie & Chili Booth and we are looking for vol-
unteers. If you would like to spread some ChristmasCheer, we are in need of Christmas Cookie donationsas well as volunteers to help serve the donated good-
ies, please contact Mary King at the Rectory.
Also, please join us for our Annual Christmas Con-cert in the Church at 7PM staring the St.
Augustine Childrens Choir & the K-3 St. AugustineSchool Students as they sing wonderful songs toput us in the Christmas mood.
Make sure to stop by and visit our Cookie Booth aftervisiting our Christmas Concert! This event is in con-junction with the Downtown Barberton Christmas
Walk. Join us as the City of Barberton lights up LakeAnna.
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Around the Parish
St Augustine School News Monday, November 19, is Eucharistic Adora-
tion day. All classes will make a holy hour onthis day.
The first quarter academic awards assembly isscheduled for Tuesday, November 20, at 8:30AM, in the SAC.
First grade will participate in the ThanksgivingDay Mass at 9:00 AM on Thursday, November22.
Kindergarten through third grade will par-ticipate in the Barberton Christmas
Walk. They will be singing traditional and
new Christmas carols and songs in St.Augustine Church at 7:00 PM on Saturday,November 24. The St. Augustine Chil-dren's Choir will also perform.
Mark your calendars for a Christmas con-cert performed by fourth through eighthgrade on Wednesday, December 12, at 7:00PM in the SAC.
Basketball uniform pick-up is on Wednesday,November 28, in the school basement. Bas-ketball and cheerleading pictures are sched-uled for Monday, December 3, in the SAC.
The last day of school before Christmas va-cation is Friday, December 21. School re-sumes on January 3, 2013
The Advent season is upon us. Let us prepare torejoice and be glad!
There are many opportunities to incorporateprayer into Christmas preparation and cele-
bration. If you do not already do it, this is agood Year of Faith to turn your eyes to Jesusby: Blessing an Advent Wreath, Christmastree, and Creche. Handouts with the prayersare available on the bookrack in the church
vestibule, as are Little Blue Books, SacredSpace for Advent and many other materialsfor Advent reflection.
PASS IT ON! Spend an enjoyable eve-ning learning how to simply and casuallyshare your faith with others. Terrie Baldwinfrom the Evangelization Office will shareideas that will empower listeners to witness
to their faith in everyday encounters. TUES-DAY, DECEMBER 4, 7-9:00 PM,SCHOOL CAFETERIA. Please join yourfellow parishioners as we learn how to letJesus light shine through us!
Prepare your heart to celebrate Jesuspresence with us here and now, His
birth 2000+ years ago, and His antici-pated coming again in glory An AD-
VENT COMMUNAL RECONCILIATIONSERVICE will be held in the church onMonday, December 10, beginning at7:00 pm. Numerous priests will be
available for confession. This evening
will be the primary time for folks toreceive this sacrament in preparationfor Christmas. If youve never been toa reconciliation service at St.
Augustine, now is the time to try it
youll like it!
Once again, St. Augustine Churchis hosting our annual freeCHRISTMAS DAY DINNER.The full meal is served from1:00-3:00 pm on Christmas Day.
Anyone who would like to cele-brate with others is invited. Asalways, volunteers and dona-tions are needed. Share the joyof the Lord through your in-
volvement!
For more informationabout any of the aboveor to volunteer, pleasecall Karen at 745-0011, x18. Thank you!
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Youth News & EventsStart the holiday season off right.
Join 1st graders of our parish school
and PSR as they celebrate Mass
Thanksgiving morning at 9:00AM.Bring a canned good to go to the St.
Vincent DePaul program for Christ-
mas Baskets.
The Youth Group will be making tie
blankets during the end of November
and the month of December to donate
to the Elizabeth Ministry for the chil-
dren who will be baptized in the par-
ish. If you would like to donate two
different one yard piece of fleece fab-ric. You may drop it off at the rectory
or contact Renee Barker at 330-745-
1080. Thank you for your support of
this effort.
The best way to spread holiday
cheer is to sing loud for all to
hear Buddy the Elf.
The youth group will be spreading
holiday cheer at area nursing
homes this season. This is a yearly
event that is loved by all.
What a better way to end the
holiday season then to join the
Kindergarten class of St.
Augustine School at the Christ-mas Eve 4:00PM Mass where
they will be presenting baby Je-
sus with gifts that will be do-
nated to the Elizabeth Ministry
for children being baptized in
the coming year.
Whats Been Happening at St. Augustine Preschool?November has been a busy month at the preschool. Conferences were offered duringthe month as a way to communicate the students progress to parents and we had awonderful turn out. Our Food Drive was a great success due to the generosity and sup-port of our families and the children earned a Pizza Party for their efforts. The children
will also enjoy their own Thanksgiving Feast together as they learn about givingthanks. We have many events planned for December as we all prepare for Jesusbirthday. Our Christmas Program is December 6th at 7:00pm and the children andteachers have been practicing many traditional Christmas songs together. As a centerwe will be celebrating and learning about St. Nicholas Day, St. Lucia Day, Polar Ex-press Day and of course Christmas Day.
Many Blessings for the Holidays,Kathleen Bogdan, Director
Christmas Reconciliation
Schedule.
St. Augustine Reconciliation
Schedule Monday, December 10
Advent Communal Reconcilia-
tion Service, 7PM
Tuesday, December 11
School Reconciliation , 1PM
Wednesday, December 19
Reconciliation, 6PM
Immaculate Conception Rec-
onciliation Schedule
Saturday, December 8, 4PM
Saturday, December 15,
9Am & 4PM
Saturday, December 22,
9AM & 4PM
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St. Augustine Church6th St, NW & Lake Ave.
Rectory Office: 204 6th St, NW
Barberton, OH 44203
Phone: 330-745-0011
Fax: 330-745-0012
Email: [email protected]: www.staugustinebarberton.org
STEWARDSHIPNo one who lights a lamp conceals it with a
vessel or sets it under a bed; rather, he places iton a lamp stands that those who enter may seethe light. (Luke 8:16)
What we do with our gifts can be obvious.Have a way with words? Write devotions. Havea beautiful voice? Join the choir. Have a knackfor cooking for a crowd? Head up the kitchencrew at a Parish event.
But God did not say our lamps have to be Tif-fany caliber, only that we need to light them.
You don't have to be a brilliant writer to createa note that will make someone smile. Youdon't have to be a marvelous singer to join withfriends for a nursing home serenade. You don'thave to be a gourmet chef to help at a foodkitchen.
Thats the thing about gifts: God makes themgreat. All we have to do is offer them up.
Lord, let me use the gifts you so graciously pro-vide to shine a light on your greatness
Melanie Rigney