S T A U G U S T I N E C AT H O L I C C H U RC H
185 N Oak Harbor Street, Oak Harbor, WA 98277 - (360) 675-2303
PARISH OFFICE HOURS Tuesday - Friday 9:00 am - 12 noon, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Parish E-mail [email protected] Visit us on the web at www.StAugustineOH.org
Pastor Rev. Paul Pluth, JCL
Administration Mary A. Waters
Sacramental Prep & Adult Faith Formation
Peggy Smith
Religious Education Rowena Harless
Administrative Assistant Ruth Joy Abrea
Director of Music Kathleen Dodge-DeHaven
PARISH MINISTERS MASS
Saturday Vigil Filipino Music
5:00 pm 2nd Saturday
St Augustine
Spanish 1st Saturday 7:00 pm St Augustine
Sunday 8:00 am St Augustine
9:30 am St Augustine
11:15 am St Mary
Thu, Fri & 1st Sat 9:00 am St Augustine
Thursday 12:10 pm St Mary
CONFESSION
Friday 8:30 am St Augustine
Saturday 4:00 pm St Augustine
3rd Sunday 12:15 pm St Mary
ANOINTING OF THE SICK & HOLY COMMUNION
Please call the Parish Office
4 t h S u n d a y o f A d v e n t , C h r i s t m a s & H o l y F a m i l y 2 4 & 3 1 D e c e m b e r 2 0 1 7
Holy Mary, Mother of God Monday, January 1 9 am St Augustine
Mass
Christmas Sunday, December 24
4 pm St Augustine Family Mass
4 pm St Mary Family Mass
7:30 pm St Augustine Choral Mass
10 pm St Augustine Spoken Midnight Mass
Monday, December 25 9:30 am St Augustine
Christmas Morning Mass
New Year’s Eve Sunday, December 31
5 pm St Augustine Mass
Feast of the Holy Family
Saturday December 30
5 pm St Augustine
Mass Sunday, December 31 8 am St Augustine Mass
9:30 am St Augustine Mass 11:15 am St Mary Mass
We wish you God’s r ichest bless ings at Chris tmas and peace in the New Year
Father Paul Pluth , Father Jerry Kienzle , Mary Waters , Peggy Smith Rowena Harless , Ruth Joy Abrea , J im Kraft , Kathleen Dodge-DeHaven
EUCHARIST TO THE HOMEBOUND
Do you know someone who is unable to come to Mass and would like to receive Communion whether on a temporary or long-term basis?
If so, please call the parish office at 360-675-2303 to arrange a visit. Do you know that because of privacy laws, hospitals and care centers are prevented from notifying the parish if you are admitted? If you or someone you know would like a visit, please call the parish office.
Connect with Father Paul
[email protected] Facebook www.facebook.com/FatherPaulPluth Twitter www.twitter.com/@FatherPaulPluth
T HE G ATE OF THE Y EAR A New Year’s Poem
And I said to the man who stood at the gate of
the year: “Give me a light that I may tread safely into
the unknown.” And he replied: “Go out into the darkness and put your hand
into the Hand of God. That shall be to you better than light and safer
than a known way.” So I went forth, and finding the Hand of God,
trod gladly into the night. And He led me towards the hills and the
breaking of day in the lone East.
Minnie Louise Haskins
A CHRISTMAS PRAYER
Tears are falling, hearts are breaking, How we need to hear from God. You’ve been promised, we’ve been waiting: Welcome, Holy Child.
Hope that you don’t mind our manger, How I wish we would have known! But long-awaited Holy Stranger, Make Yourself at home: Please make Yourself at home. Bring Your peace into our violence, Bid our hungry souls be filled. Word now breaking Heaven’s silence: Welcome to our world.
Fragile finger sent to heal us, Tender brow prepared for thorn, Tiny heart whose blood will save us, Unto us is born. So wrap our injured flesh around You, Breathe our air and walk our sod. Rob our sin and make us holy, Perfect Son of God: Welcome to our world. -Chris Rice
Spring Baptisms April 21, 2018
Schedule of Mandatory Classes March 20, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm &
March 24, 10 am - 12 noon
Both classes will held in the parish office. Please call 360-675-2303 x5 to register.
Please Pray for Our Family & Friends
Bernadine Arbuckle, Lynn Brown, Tomosa Dagdagan, Raymond Ernest, Michael Gerrity, Virginia Gracey,
Cassie Head, Esther Hinojosa, Elizabeth McWilliams, Michele Mercer, Morris Nelson, Kathryn Nienhuis,
Lou Oravetz, Sharon Osorio, Loretta Railing, Brian Sloan
Permission is required from the individual prior to adding their name to the prayer list. To include a loved one’s name, please call the Parish Office at 360-675-2303.
Dec 30
Sat
3:00 pm Choir Rehearsal 4:00 pm Confessions 5:00 pm Vigil Mass (Joseph McMahon RIP)
Dec 31 Sun
8:00 am Mass (Our Parishioners, INT) 9:30 am Mass 5:00 pm New Year’s Eve Mass
(Blessings & Peace in the New Year, INT) 6:00 pm New Year’s Eve Potluck, PH/K
Jan 1 Mon
MARY, MOTHER OF GOD New Year’s Day - Office Closed 9:00 am Mary, Mother of God Mass
(Our Parishioners, INT)
Jan 2 Tues
7:45 am POETS, CH 4:30 pm Fitness Group, PH/ST
Jan 4 Thu
9:00 am Mass (Virginia Sapinoso, RIP; Bill Leitch, RIP)
9:30 am Divine Mercy Chaplet, CH 10:00 am Ladies Prayer Group, CR3/4 10:00 am St Maria Guild, CR 1/2 3:00 pm RCIS-C/SS; PO 4:30 pm Fitness Group, PH 6:30 pm RCIA, CR 1/2 6:30 pm Spanish Choir, CR5 7:30 pm Adoration
Jan 5 Fri
8:30 am Confessions 9:00 am Mass & Anointing 9:30 am 1st Friday Reception 9:45 am Adoration
Jan 6 Sat
Epiphany 9:00 am 1st Saturday Mass (Father Paul
Pluth, INT; Baltazar Rabago, RIP) 9:30 am Adoration, CH
Jan 3 Wed
4:00 pm RE Elem, ALL 6:30 pm Confirmation Class, PO 6:30 pm RE MS/HS, ALL
Dec 23 Sat
3:00 pm Choir Rehearsal 4:00 pm Confessions 5:00 pm Vigil Mass (Margarita Neal, RIP;
Vicente Santos, RIP; Antonia Santos, RIP; Nicolas Santos, RIP)
Dec 24 Sun
8:00 am Mass (Gregorio & Mercedes Ramirez, RIP)
9:30 am Mass (Our Parishioners, INT) 4:00 pm Christmas Eve Family Mass
(Blessing for Families, INT) 7:30 pm Christmas Eve Choral Mass
(Waters Family, INT) 10:00 am Christmas Eve Spoken
Midnight Mass (Members of Armed Forces away from home, INT)
Dec 25
Mon
Christmas Day Office Closed 9:30 am Christmas Day Mass
(Our Parishioners, INT) 4:30 pm No Agape
Dec 26 Tues
Office Closed 7:45 am POETS, CH 4:30 pm Fitness Group, PH/ST
Dec 28 Thu
9:00 am Mass Cancelled 10:00 am Ladies Prayer Group, CR3/4 10:00 am St Maria Guild, CR 1/2 4:30 pm Fitness Group, PH 6:30 pm Spanish Choir, CR5 7:30 pm Adoration
Dec 29
Fri
8:30 am Confessions 9:00 am Mass (Phillip Rivera, RIP) 9:45 am Adoration
Dec 30 Sat
No activity in the morning
Dec 27 Wed
Office Closed RE Christmas Break
The Parish Office will be closed for the Christmas and New Year holidays on December 25–27 and January 1.
Pancake Breakfast, Sunday, January 7 after the 8 am Mass with blood pressure screenings in classrooms 1/2.
Warm Clothing and Blanket Drive through January 14 is underway! Please place new or
gently used warm clothing and blankets in the marked boxes in the Vestibule.
Anointing of the Sick will be offered during the first Friday Masses (barring unforeseen circumstances).
Nine-day Novena
for the SANTO NIÑO January 11 to 19, 2018
There will be a potluck on January 20, Saturday, at the Parish
Hall after the 5:00 pm Mass. Kindly bring your favorite
hot dish to share.
For more information, please contact Ms. Bibi Albornoz at
360-679-2102
New Year’s Eve Potluck & White Elephant
Join us on
December 31, 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm in the Parish Hall for a
New Year’s Eve Potluck.
Bring a favorite dish to share. We’ll eat, and then have a
White Elephant gift exchange.
Bring a gift that might be better suited to someone else, make sure it’s wrapped
and join in the fun! One gift per participant.
New Year’s Eve Mass at 5 PM
Please Note
All 2017 contributions
to the parish must be received by
December 31, 2017 in order to be counted
towards your 2017 income tax. Merry Christmas from my family to yours! Fr Paul