St. John the Baptist of New Brighton


	O JESUS, I pray for Your faithful and fervent priests; for Your unfaithful and tepid priests; for Your priests laboring at home or abroad in distant mission fields; for Your tempted priests; for Your lonely and desolate priests; for Your young priests; for Your dying priests; for the souls of Your priests in Purgatory. BUT ABOVE ALL, I recommend to You the priests dearest to me; the priest who baptized me; the priest who absolved me from my sins; the priests at whose Masses I assisted and who gave me Your Body and Blood in Holy Communion; the priests to whom I am indebted in any other way. O JESUS, keep them close to Your heart and bless them abundantly now in time and in eternity. Amen.

Nursing Home Schedule

Tuesday, December 20
Word/Comm. 11:45 AM Presbyterian Homes
Word/Comm. 2:15 PM New Brighton Care Ctr.

Thursday, December 22

Mass 11:45 AM Benedictine Health Ctr.
Word/Comm. 2:15 PM Trevilla
Word/Comm. 7:00 PM St. Anthony

SJB FOODSHELF: M-W-F, 10-12, St. Joseph Hall.

MINNESOTA DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Crisis Hotline is 1-866-223-1111 (toll free).

ST. JOHN'S HOSPITAL is asking for Eucharistic Ministers to bring Communion to all Catholics on a rotating Thursday basis. They will provide orientation for you. We have a St. John's presence there currently and need some more help. If you are interested, call Anne Marie at (651) 633-8333, ext. 1237. Thanks.

WE ARE STILL IN NEED of someone to help with the Word/Communion Service at St. Anthony Health Care Center on the first Monday of the month. The women who currently minister there are wonderful to work with and will walk with you as you begin. This ministry is so fulfilling and touching. You will be glad you said "yes." Call Anne Marie if you can help, (651) 633-8333, ext. 1237.

A BIG THANK YOU to Margaret Nelson who has stepped forward to coordinate the food shelf. You are so appreciated...

THIS IS A TIME OF YEAR when so many feel the losses in their lives in a bigger way. Let us be with one another and extend an extra word of care and love. We can all attest to what a difference one small gesture can make in our day. Even to the stranger in our midst... remember the old adage, "you may be entertaining angels unaware."

MEALS ON WHEELS DRIVERS NEEDED! St. John's delivers on Monday and Friday from the New Brighton Family Service Center. Drivers needed for this winter. If interested, call Mary Justin at (651) 636-8599.


	Stewardship Notes will return next week: Thank You! NOTE: For tax purposes per IRS guidelines, all contributions for 2005 must be received in or postmarked 2005. Contributions received in 2006, but earmarked for 2005, will be added to your 2006 contribution record and taken off your 2005 pledge. Call Bob with questions, (651) 633-8333, ext. 1215.

PLEASE PRAY FOR...

Those who have entered eternal life:
...pray for the dead... loosed from sins. (2 Maccabees 12:45)

Those in our community who are ill:
Beau Anderson, Kenneth Bailey, John Battmer, Donald Beaubien, Yvonne Beseler, Marcelline Beseler, William Bleise, Marcella Boomer, John Bona, Shawn Brewer, Willy Burks, Joseph Callier, Kathy Carlson, Wayne Carlson, Carole Casura, Barbara Compton, Diane Cooke, Louis Czech, Fredrick David, Britta Erickson, Linda Franklin, Bonnie Hayes, Sally Herbst, Dorothy Holmers, Bernice Hopkins, Anna Horbatuck, Fr. Michael Joncas, Dan Kaiser, Br. Joseph Katzmarek, Tim Keohen,
Annette Kirwan, Esther Knapp, Elsbeth Kovash, Julie Martinez, James Mathews, Deacon Joe McPherson, Nancy Mehrer, Ann & Lance Moe, Jean Moriarity, Ron Oswald, Irma Petersen, Mary Peterson, Raymond J. Pouliot, Lisa Sage, Rita Schermann, Dorothy Schill, Cynthia Schwall, Bob Sorem, Frances Sventek, Judith Tschida, Bill Urbanski, Father Tim Vakoc, Margaret VanHatten, Jackie Varhol, John Varim, Frances Vonacek, Donna Waldoch, Harriet Warming, Elmer Wawers, Mildred Werner, Betty Williams, Helen Winger, Catherine Wisner


	OUR NEXT MEETING is Wednesday, January 18, and we'll start with lunch with our parish school's 4^th graders at 12:00 noon in the school cafeteria. No December meeting! Call Judy Q., (651) 633-8333, ext. 1229, with questions.