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1. There will be no reconciliation or Mass on Tuesday, December 30, due to the Bishop’s Christmas Gathering for Priests in Artesia. 2. The Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, is on January 1. It is a Holy Day of Obligation, and we will have three Masses. On the 31 st , we will have a Vigil Mass at 6 PM that will be celebrated as a thanksgiving for all gifts that were received from God this past year, and also for Assumption donors. On the 1 st , we will have Masses at 9 and 11 AM. 3. The parish office will be closed on New Year’s Day. 4. The United in Ministry campaign officially ends on December 31. However, there is a grace period of ten days until January 10. Gifts received after that date will count towards 2026. All checks must be dated no later than December 31. Credit card gifts given directly to the diocese have a hard deadline of December 31. Thank you for your generosity. 5. Next Sunday, we celebrate the Epiphany, also known as “Three Kings Day”. Each year, we have blessed chalk available at the Masses, used for marking the doorposts of our homes with an inscription of the new year separated by C+M+B. 6. The Marriage Group will resume sessions in the new year, starting with a Marriage Retreat on January 17. It will be a time to strengthen your bond, meet other couples, and give your marriage the gift of focus. The deadline to register for the retreat is January 13. Please see the poster or call the office for more information.
1. Please remember to register or re-register your family. 2. We are in need of lectors for daily Masses, as well as lectors for 5:30 PM and 11 AM Masses. If you are interested in volunteering, please call or come to the parish office for more information. 3. There will be an Advent Reconciliation Service on Monday, December 22 nd , at 6 PM. 4. On December 23 rd , Fr. Jarek would like to visit homebound parishioners for confession, anointing of the sick, and communion. If you would like Fr. Jarek to visit, or you know someone who would, please call the office no later than Monday the 22 nd . 5. On Christmas Eve, we will have a children’s Mass at 5:30 PM. After the Mass, we will have a living Nativity and hot chocolate outside the church. We would like the younger children to dress as shepherds for the living Nativity. We have twenty-five shepherd costumes. If parents would like to dress their child as a shepherd, please come to the office on Monday or Tuesday to pick up a costume. 6. The parish office will be open until noon on Wednesday, December 24, and closed the rest of the week. 7. Now, we would like to invite Tracy from Gentiva Hospice to come to the ambo to give an announcement. 8. Now, we would like to invite Floyd and Vivi to give us important information about the parish marriage group.
1. Please remember to register or re-register your family. 2. We are in need of lectors, especially for 5:30 PM and 11 AM Masses. If you are interested in volunteering, please call or come to the parish office for more information. 3. Thank you to everyone who gave blood at the blood drive. Vitalant’s goal was 45 units, and they collected 54. This means the Blood Drive helped save up to 162 lives. For all three blood drives of 2025, we helped save up to 375 lives, which exceeded the goal of one per day. 4. The funeral for Fr. Joshe Duplissey will be held on Monday, December 15, at 10 AM, at San Felipe de Neri in Albuquerque. We have posted a flyer with all the information. 5. Due to Fr. Jarek’s helping with the Reconciliation Service in Carlsbad, there will be no Adoration this Thursday, December 18. 6. On Saturday, December 20, at noon, we will have a Rehab & Fall-Prevention Workshop with Tomasz Jankowski, Director of Therapy Operations at Eastern New Mexico Medical Center. Please RSVP by Monday/tomorrow, December 15. See the poster for more information. 7. There will be an Advent Reconciliation Service on Monday, December 22 nd , at 6 PM. 8. On December 23 rd , Fr. Jarek would like to visit homebound parishioners for confession, anointing of the sick, and communion. If you would like Fr. Jarek to visit, or you know someone who would, please call the office no later than Monday the 22 nd . 8. Now, Parish Council members will share important information with us.
