Fr. Yovin Shayo, Pastor, 406-475-1218, yovinshayo@yahoo.com

Laura Toeckes, DRE & Pastoral Assistant: 406-463-2586; ltoeckes@3rivers.net Baptism: Contact Laura Toeckes Marriage: Contact a priest or deacon at least 6 months in advance

St. Joseph 320 Main Ave. N Choteau, MT 59422 St. John the Evangelist 519 1st Ave S Fairfield, MT 59436 St. Matthias 508 Broadway Augusta, MT 59410 Contact Person: Barb Arps 562-3477

Date Time Location Offered For

December 21, Sat. 6:00 p.m. Choteau Milton “Soup” VanAuken by Dave & Jane Hartman

December 22, Sun. 9:00 a.m. Choteau For the people

December 22, Sun. 9:00 a.m. Augusta For the people

December 22, Sun. 11:00 a.m. Fairfield Maureen Lear by Kurt & Korbey Sparing

December 24, Tues. 4:00 p.m. Choteau For the people - Merry Christmas!

December 24, Tues. 6:00 p.m. Augusta For the people - Merry Christmas!

December 24, Tues. 8:00 p.m. Fairfield For the people - Merry Christmas!

December 25, Wed. 9:00 a.m. Choteau For the people - Merry Christmas!

December 28, Sat 6:00 p.m. Choteau For the people

December 29, Sun. 9:00 a.m. Choteau Milton “Soup” VanAuken by Arlene Wolbaum

December 29, Sun. 9:00 a.m. Augusta For the priest’s intentions

December 29, Sun. 11:00 a.m. Fairfield For the people

Offertory Collection Reports

St. Joseph, Choteau: October $6,447.00 November $5,799.00 Monthly goal to meet budgeted needs: $5,541.00

St. John the Evangelist, Fairfield: October $4,316.00 November $2,977.00

St. Matthias, Augusta: October $1,394.00 November $841.00 Monthly goal for St. John & St. Matthias together to meet budgeted needs: $5,250.00

Mass Times and Locations and Offerings

Our Seminarians: Dillon Armstrong, Matthew Christiaens, Tyler Frohlich, Kaleb Mitchell & Kyle Tannehill

Our prayer chain: Vangie Scott, Darrel Sand, Allen Moore, Dan Corey, Dusty Seybert, Zimmerman

family, Sunny, Special Intentions, Jim Croff family, Bob, Kristi, Michael Flinn, Jo Clark, LeRoy Malsam, Craig

Bimler, Tim Alzheimer, Martin Gould, Cecil Cole, Jim Sloan, Gary & Justin Sheehan, Germaine Stivers, Ryan

Meeke, Gwen Hash, Shane Dellwo, Marvin Baker, Kathy Dannatt, Lori Tacke, Trudy, Finnley, Doug Clark,

Tom Cooper, Brook Kuster, Ilene Lake, Mike Leider, Johnna V., Dean & Julie Yeager, Andy Vandolah,

Linda Cook, Vicki Flanagan, Ann Dellwo, Patty Ripenburg, Tracey Hill, Bob Raemaeker, Devin Ard,

Synnove Gebhart, Dick Powell, Eileen Viall, Dan Pieper, Hallie Olson, Cody Bonner

To add or remove prayer requests contact Vangie Scott in Choteau (466- 2814), or Darrel and Dianne Sand in Fairfield (264-5942 or d2sand@3rivers.net).

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Website: jmjparishes.com

Reflect: How can you welcome a more personal encounter with Jesus this Christmas?

You can find each day’s readings at http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings

or download the Laudate app.

Weekend Mass Schedule Saturday: 6:00 p.m. Choteau Sunday: 9:00 a.m. Choteau

**9:00 a.m. Augusta **back to 5pm on Jan 5

11:00 a.m. Fairfield

Daily Mass Schedule Tuesday: 2p.m. Various locations Wednesday; 8:30a.m. Choteau

Thursday; 8:30a.m. Fairfield

Sacrament of Reconciliation: Choteau ~ Saturday 5:30 p.m.

Fairfield ~ 3rd Sunday 12-1 p.m. Augusta ~ 30 minutes before Mass

December 22, 2019 4th Sunday of Advent

Isaiah 7:10-14 Psalm 24:1-6 Roman 1:1-7

Matthew 1:18-24

Merry Christmas!

Christmas Eve Mass on December 24 4pm at St. Joseph, Choteau 6pm at St. Matthias, Augusta

8pm at St. John the Evangelist, Fairfield

Christmas Morning Mass on December 25 9am at St. Joseph, Choteau

Fairfield/Augusta Calendar

Dec. 22, Sun. NO Faith Forma-tion at Fairfield till Jan. 12

Dec. 24, Tues. Christmas Eve Masses 6pm Augusta; 8pm Fair-field

Dec. 25, Wed. Italy group flies out of Great Falls; 10:50am

Dec. 29, Sun. NO Faith Forma-tion at Fairfield till Jan. 12

Dec. 31, Tues. Vigil Mass for Mary, Mother of God 5:30pm Augusta

Jan. 1, Wed. Mass for Mary, Mother of God 9am Choteau; 11am Fairfield

Jan. 5, Sun. NO Faith Formation at Fairfield till Jan. 12

Jan. 5, Sun. Italy group return

SUN. 5:00 P.M. AT

ST. Matthias

Ministries as assigned

st john and st matthias announcements

MASS TIME in AUGUSTA Fr. Gasper has been given a permanent assignment, so Mass time in Augusta will be going back to 5pm starting the first Sunday in January - January 5. Sunday morning service will remain at 9am through December.

Christmas Poinsettias If you are able to help decorate for Christmas by providing any flowers to help deco-rate the sanctuary would be greatly appreciated! Please bring any contributions to St. John’s by De-cember 22. Thank you so much for helping make our church beautiful to celebrate the birth of Jesus!

Christmas break We are taking an extra long break this Christmas due to the Italy trip. No RE classes or youth night from December 22 till they resume on January 12.

Masses for Feast of Mary, Mother of God Mass for the Holy Day of Obligation will be a Vigil Mass at 5:30pm on December 31 at St. Matthias in Augusta and on January 1 at 9am in Choteau and 11am in Fairfield.

New Year’s Eve Dance The fundraiser will be held at the Fairfield Community Hall from 8 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Admission is $5 per person or $20 a family. All pro-ceeds will go to Farm in the Dell Rocky Mountain Front. Organizers of the dance also ask those attend-ing to bring a canned food product to donate to the Fairfield Community Food Bank. Mitch Konen and the Plow Boys will be playing. They invite musicians attending to feel free to bring an instrument and join them in playing. **Those attending the dance are welcome to bring their own food and drinks. Alcoholic beverages are allowed, but please remember to drink responsibly and arrange for a ride home

Pilgrimage to Italy Please pray for our 15 students & chaperones on Pilgrimage to Italy from December 25-January 5!

Serving December 29 SUN. 11:00 A.M. St. John

Greeter: Caroline Forseth

Servers: Jared & Jack

Lector: Leo Mueller

Eucharistic Ministers:

Phil Schroeder

Gregory Chapman

Offertory Recorders:

Leo Mueller

Loren & Charlotte Tacke

Sunday Night Youth Meal Host --

No RE or Youth Night till January 12 St. Joseph Social will resume Sunday, January 5

Choteau Calendar

Dec. 22, Sun. NO Faith Forma-tion at Choteau till January 5

Dec. 24, Tues. Christmas Eve Mass in Choteau; 4:00pm

Dec. 25, Wed. Christmas Day Mass in Choteau 9am

Dec. 25, Wed. Italy group flies out of Great Falls; 10:50am

Dec. 29, Sun. NO Faith Forma-tion at Choteau till January 5

Jan. 1, Wed. Mass for Mary, Mother of God; 9am Choteau; 11am Fairfield

Jan. 5, Sun. Italy group return

Lectionary Based Bible Study: Tuesdays 5:30p Choteau Rectory

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st joseph announcements New Christmas Mass Times!! Masses on

Christmas Eve will be at 4:00pm in Choteau; 6:00pm in Augusta and 8:00pm in Fairfield. Mass on Christmas Day will be at 9:00am in Choteau

Masses for Feast of Mary, Mother of God Mass for the Holy Day of Obligation will be a Vigil Mass at 5:30pm on December 31 at St. Matthias in Augusta and on Janu-ary 1 at 9am in Choteau and 11am in Fairfield.

Charging Before charging any purchases to St.

Joseph, please check with Father or a member

of the Finance council. Thank you! Follow the Italy Pilgrimage As possible, the group

in Italy will post regular updates on the parish Face-

book page (Saint Joseph Choteau or Saint John the

Evangelist Fairfield) while they are gone. Please keep

them in your prayers as they fly out on December 25!

Christmas Flowers A special collection for Christmas

flowers at St. Joseph is in the back of the church,

Please help contribute to making the church beauti-

ful this Christmas!

Year-end Giving Please consider a gift to your

church as part of your year-end giving. To thrive, our

church needs the generosity of every one contribut-

ing as they are able - financially and with time and

gifts. Thank you to all who support our church!

RE Christmas Break Sunday RE Classes will resume

in Choteau on January 5, and youth night on

Wednesday, January 8. Enjoy a great Christmas with

your families!

Serving December 29 SUN. 9:00 A.M. St. Joseph

Altar Servers: Harlee Trahan

Maili Miller

Lector: Joe Haas

Collection: need volunteers!

Eucharistic Ministers:

Mickey Hodgskiss

Bob Hodgskiss

Minister to Homebound:

Mark Walker

Serving December 28 SAT. 6:00 P.M. St Joseph

Lector: Nels DeBruycker

Eucharistic Ministers:

Jean Dale

Char Heron