St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church

Holy Mary Mother of God Holy Day of Obligation

Vigil - December 31 - 7:00 pm January 1, 2021 - 9:00 am

11:00 am (bilingual)

The Blessed Sacrament will be reposed on Wednesday, December 23rd at 5:00 pm until Tuesday, January 5th at 9:30 am.

Merry Christmas Photo by

Fr. Larry Niese Pastor

God’s covenant gloriously shines forth in the birth of Jesus, son of David.

The Christmas season extends from Christmas day through The Baptism of Lord, Sunday, January 10th.

St. Michael the Archangel is open daily for public masses and private prayer

8:00 am - 6:00 pm in the Church and Chapel. The Sunday 7:30 am mass continues to be outside under the pavilion

(weather permitting). Please bring a folding chair. All other masses (daily & Sunday) are celebrated in the Church.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Dear Parishioners,

This past year 2020 is a year that has brought many difficulties and hardships for all! Yet we look forward always with hope. This Christmas we are reminded of Luke 2:14. “Glory to God in the highest: and on earth peace to men of good will.” We give glory to God for everything! Once again, we remember and celebrate the incarnation, God becoming man in the person of Jesus. We give glory to God for everything because all we have and are is a gift from God. The only thing that we can truly claim as our own is our sin. That is the reason for the incarnation, so that we who are sinners, can have hope of eternal life that our Lord offer us in the life of grace.

“Glory to God in the highest: and on earth peace to men of good will.” Peace comes to us on earth when we have good will. Those who have good will always seek the truth and we know that Jesus is the truth. If we are honest with ourselves, we do know the truth because Jesus said the truth is written on your heart! True peace is not the absence of conflict and war but knowing and loving the living God and the truth he sets before us. Are we men and women of good will?

As you pastor I pray for you daily and try my best to guide you in the way of truth in Jesus Christ. I pray that this Christmas and New Year will bring you true peace to you and your families.

May God bless you all! Praise God!

Fr. Larry Niese, Pastor

December 24 - 27th Christmas Cycle B

490 Arnold Mill Road Woodstock, GA 30188

Fr. Larry Niese, Pastor Fr. Fausto Marquez, Parochial Vicar

Rev. Mr. Victor Taylor Rev. Mr. Joe Pupo

Rev. Mr. Jack Herndon Deacons

www.saintmichaelcc.org Administrative Office

770-516-0009 Religious Education

770-516-9699 Preschool Office

678-213-1517 Hispanic Office 678-213-0685

FAX - 770-516-4664

Sunday Mass Schedule 5:00 pm - Saturday Vigil

7:30 am - Outside under the pavilion 9:00 am, 11:00 am,

12:45 pm, 2:30 (Spanish) 5:30 pm - Life Teen

Daily Mass Schedule Mon, Wed, Fri - 6:30 am

Mon - Sat - 9:00 am

Confessions Wednesday - 5:00 pm

Saturday - 9:30 am Fr. Larry - Bride’s Room

Fr. Fausto - Cry Room

Adoration to the Blessed Sacrament

Adoration Days and Times! Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

9:30 am to 5:00 pm In the Day Chapel

Substitute Guardians needed To volunteer as a Guardian, please contact

Carol Wolff - 678-827-5450 sma.adoration@gmail.com

Mass Intentions

5:00 pm Huminski Family (D) Family 7:30 am Donna Mosca (D) Vilardi Family 9:00 am James Marshal McCormick (D) Family 11:00 am Frank A. Ruggiero (D) Louise and Family 12:45 pm John McCormick (D) Family 2:30 pm Silvia Betancur (D) Family 5:30 pm Kathy Parodi (D) Charlie & Heidi Carignan

December 28 6:30 am Deacon Charlie & Heidi Carignan People of the Parish 9:00 am Mathea Family (D)

December 29 9:00 am Laura Osbourne (D) John & Tish Burns December 30 6:30 am Norm Wilkins (D) 9:00 am Heidi S Mohr (D) Kirk Family December 31 9:00 am Sick & Shut-ins of the Parish Vigil Mass 7:00 pm People of the Parish January 1 9:00 am Vita D’Ambrosio (L) People of Parish 11:00 am People of the Parish

January 2 9:00 am Vladimir Rus (D) Columbiettes

Baptism Parents must be registered and active parishioners of St. Michael’s (regularly attend mass, using envelopes, and involved in ministries). Before scheduling a baptism, you must attend a baptism class at St. Michael’s. The baptism classes are held on the second Saturday of the month. Godparents must also be active, practicing Catholics.

Next Baptism class - January 9, 2021, 10:00 am

Baptisms are the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of the month at 11:30 am in the church

You must attend a baptism class every three years. Please call the parish office to register for a baptism.

Confession The priests will hear your confession on Saturday morn-ings from 9:30 am to 10:30 am and Wednesdays 5 pm to 6 pm. Confessions in Bride’s Room and Cry Room

Marriage Couples are required to contact one of our priests at least 6 months before they wish to marry to arrange for instruction and spiritual preparation for the sacrament of marriage. A wedding date cannot be set until after the initial interview with the priest. Contact parish office. Our sympathy is extended to the family of Patricia McCall, grandmother of Chris McCall. Please keep this family in your prayers.

Sacraments

Coming Events at St. Michael’s

Knights of Columbus Dinner Auction ! Beginning January 10th. Due to circumstances, we will be conducting the Dinner Auction

ONLINE! On January 10th AFTER the 5:30 pm mass, we will activate a webpage

that will be found on our Knights of Columbus council website: www.kofc11768.org

On this webpage, all your favorite dinner auction dinners will be listed and a couple of new ones too. Click on a dinner, go to that sign-up page and purchase the dinner! You can pur-chase as many dinners as you would like. They will be compiled in a cart, then complete the

purchase of your cart when you are finished. The webpage will be open for 3 weeks until January 31, 2021. We hope that you will visit the webpage on January 10th and purchase the dinners you wish to attend as it will go a

long way to help charitable organizations and our parish.

It’s cold outside! It’s time for the

Annual Coat and Blanket Drive! We are collecting new and gently used coats, socks, hats, gloves and

blankets for men, women, and children from 1/2-1/24. All donations should be clean and free from rips, stains, or any damage. Please place your

donations into the crate in the Narthex. Thank you!

In every way I have shown you that by hard work of that sort we must help the weak, and keep in mind the words of the Lord Jesus who himself said, “It is more blessed to give

than to receive.” Acts 20:35

Baby Bottle Boomerang For the Hope Center, Pregnancy Crisis Center in

Woodstock Beginning Sunday, January 24th

Red Cross Blood Drive, Sunday, February 14th 8 am - 1 pm in the Family Center Register online at Red Cross.com

Counselors Available at St. Michael the Archangel

Bill Powers, MS, MBA, NCC, LPC Bill Powers, a Catholic therapist from Holy Family Counseling Center, will be at St. Michael’s on Tuesday and Wednesdays to provide mar-riage, family and individual counseling services. For information and

appointments, please call 678-993-8494 or www.holyfamilycounselingcenter.com

Ms. Dunia Lobo MA, LPC, RPT (bilingual) Individual, Couple and Family Psychotherapy

For information and appointments, 678-787-9543 Ms. Lobo also offers Play Therapy. In Play Therapy, the most trou-bling problems can be confronted and lasting resolutions can be dis-

covered, rehearsed, mastered and become lifelong strategies. For information on play therapy: infor@a4pt.org

Grief Counseling Please call Charmiel Teresi, parishioner, to set up an appointment -

678-880-1905

St. Michael’s takes up a collection for Debt Relief the first Sunday of each month (an envelope is provided in your

offertory packet or available to set up online). Your donations are 100% assessment free which means all the funds collected stay at the parish and are applied to our

building loan. To set up payments online, please go to our website:

saintmichaelcc.org and go to online giving As of October 31st the loan balance is $2,318,601

The December Offertories will be reported in January.

In these difficult times, we appreciate your continued financial support of St. Michael the Archangel.

“Every day in America, 8 mil-lion people do not have enough to eat. During the pandemic, that number has been estimated by Feeding America to be as high as 50

million people. Throughout 2020, your generous mone-tary and food donations have kept our pantry shelves full. St. Michael’s food pantry is providing 7,700 lbs. of food every week to families in need. We will distribute over 400,000 lbs. of food this year, a 25% increase from last year. This has only been possible due to your gen-erosity, thank you for your support of St. Michael’s Food Pantry. We could not serve those in need without your support. The food pantry is currently in need of Spaghetti Sauces, Canned Vegetables/Beans, Jelly and Soups.”

Our in person monthly meetings are on the 4th Monday of each month at 7:00 pm in the Bride’s Room, located off the lobby of the Family Center). For information on the Respect Life Ministry:

Christy Wynn: christywynn@bellsouth.net

Stewardship

St. Michael’s Food Pantry

St. Michael’s Respect Life Ministry

Columbiettes The Columbiettes are a Catholic women’s organization

that is dedicated to assisting not only our Parish and parishioners, but also supports the Knights of Colum-bus. We serve and provide food at special receptions,

we sew prayer blankets for the spiritual support of others and make rosaries that are used by different ministries. We participate in

various service and charity projects that benefit the local communi-ty, the homeless and our veterans.

For information, please contact Valerie Wheeler at 304-476-6479 or

gs_1794@hotmail.com. check our website: www.smtacolumbiettes.com

St. Michael’s Bookstore is sponsored by the Columbiettes and is open after the 11 am and 12:45 pm masses on the weekend.

Located in the hallway between the Church and Family Center

Knights of Columbus A big THANK YOU, from the Knights of Columbus for

your generosity in giving towards our Cherokee Christmas project! There is much need in our community, especially this year, and the money collected will ensure that many

families will be able to have a joyous Christmas. Thanks to Ralph Broughton for his steadfast commitment in chairing this event.

Who are the Knights of Columbus - we are Catholic men who lead, serve, protect and defend. We share a desire to be better husbands, fa-thers, sons, neighbors and to put charity and community first. We sup-port our church and our clergy. Through our charitable events and pro-grams, we give aid to widows, orphans, the sick and the poor and the

disabled. Through our programs and resources, we provide opportuni-ties to live and spread the Catholic faith.

Interested in joining the Knights of Columbus or new to the parish and have questions.

Please call Jon Marcum: 770-853-0124 jonkmarcum@gmail.com

St. Vincent dePaul

The SVDP Thrift Store Needs Your Help! Store Hours: 10 - 3, Monday - Saturday

Pick Your Day - Set Your Own Hours Great Co-Workers, Masks Worn in Store

Great Way to Start the New Year. We hope that all of our St. Michael’s Family has

a beautiful and very Merry Christmas and a Blessed 2021!

SVDP Help Line - 770-591-4643 St. Michael’s House - 770-367-0168 SVDP Thrift Store - 770-919-1458

Summer Street, Kennesaw, GA SVDP Job Board - 770-592-0183

***************************************************** PRESCHOOL NEWS

THANK YOU to everyone who donated to the Preschool on Giving Tuesday. We thank you for your generosity! Thank you for thinking of our

Parish Preschool on Giving Tuesday! You can still donate by cash or check. Contribute by 12/31/20 for tax benefit!

Registration for the 2020/2021 is ongoing. We offer a Catholic-based curriculum to start your child’s education off right! We only

have a few spots left, so give us a call if you are interested! Please call the Preschool - office at 678-213-1517 or e-mail

tbarnhill@saintmichaelcc.org for more information or schedule a tour.

Registration for the 2021/2022 school year will begin on February 5, 2021. Please note that we accept students in the

following order: presently enrolled in our preschool, family mem-ber enrolled in our preschool, Catholic families and then members

of our community.

mailto:tbarnhill@saintmichaelcc.org

Merry Christmas! We would like to wish everyone a blessed and joyous Christmas filled with the love of our

Lord Jesus Christ!

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the

power of the Holy Spirit. ~Romas 15:13

Questions?? Call Tricia St. Peter - 770-516-9699, 251 All Life Nights begin after 5:30 pm Life Teen Mass

January 2021 1/10 - L/N - Social (Coffee House)

1/17 - L/N - Service Night: Coat Drive 1/24 - L/N - Spiritual Not Religious

1/31 - L/N - Service - Man Made

Please keep our Youth Minister

Chris Berens in your prayers as she continues her battle with health issues.

EDGE invites all students in middle school to join this ministry. EDGE meets twice a month on Sundays

from 6:30 - 8:30 pm. BLUE EDGE registration packets are located in front

of Religious Education and online on St. Michael’s website

January 2020 1/10 - EDGE Night: Humble Beginnings

1/24 - EDGE Night: The Weight of the World

Please note that EDGE has moved to Sunday evenings in the Parish Hall and will start after the

5:30 pm Life Teen mass. Questions?? Call Emma Coulter

EDGE@saintmichaelcc.org

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