Parish Staff

Reverend William J. Upah……………….….……………..Pastor Deacon Wally Calabrese ...............……..……...…….Deacon Deacon Jim Strange…………………………………………..Deacon Bethany Strange……………...Faith Forma on Coordinator Kim Strange……….………..….Faith Forma on Coordinator Teresa Rodney ….…………………………Office Administrator

secretary@annuncia onparish.org www.annuncia onparish.org

Liturgy Schedule Weekday Masses Tues. 7:00 PM, Wed.-Fri. 8:30 AM Saturday 5:30 PM Sunday 8:30 AM & 11:30 AM Holy Days (see inside bulle n) First Saturday 8:30 am (see inside bulle n)

Sacrament of Reconcilia on Saturday 4:00-5:00 PM or by an appointment

Faith Forma on Classes Sunday 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM Sept. - May Bap sm: Class required for parents and godparents. Call the parish office to register for class. Marriage: Requires six months prepara on before wedding. Call the parish office for details. Anoin ng of the Sick: Please call the office or priest if you are in need of the anoin ng.

.Annuncia on Catholic School Phone: (252) 447-3137

Anna Bragg……..………………..……………………………Principal Bob Benedict…………………………………………...Maintenance Jeanne Benedict and Ana Or z Millan……………….Finance Joy Sarisun………………………………School Office Manager

Parish Ministries Adult Faith Forma on….Dave & Anne e Williams Altar & Rosary Society………..Jennifer Passarelli Altar Servers…….…………Jason Gordon Catholic Daughters……………..Denise Miller Extraordinary Ministers………JoAnn Radicella Finance Council Chair……. …...Roy Evans Head Ushers: Sat……..5:30 p.m. ~ Chuck Roeckell Sun….8:30 am ~ Jimmy O’Connor 11:30 am ~ Ben Cruz Hispanic Ministry……………Eduardo & Patricia Macias Knights of Columbus/Grand Knight………Jim Morrison Faithful Navigator………………....Ed Mullis Music………………..…………..Ronald Thomas, Nathan Pope ………………………………….Helen Emerson Parish Council Chair……... Shawn Waldrep Prison Ministry……………….Deacon Jim Strange RCIA Coordinators………….Dcn. Wally & Amy Calabrese Readers………………………… Frank Radicella Stewardship……………...…..Mary Ellmann

January 2nd ~ January 10th Saturday, January 2nd 8:30 AM ~ People of the Parish 5:30 PM ~ William Lewis Curt & Patty Stegemann Sunday, January 3rd ~ 8:30 Live on Facebook 8:30 AM ~ People of the Parish 11:30 AM ~ Kent Slagle Bob, Elsa & Chris Famulare Tuesday, January 5th 7:00 PM ~ Tina & Gordon Gift Wednesday, January 6th 8:30 AM ~ Elizabeth Ahles Ralph & Carol Williams Thursday, January 7th 8:30 AM ~ People of the Parish Friday, January 8th 8:30 AM ~ John Moore (healing) Saturday, January 9th 5:30 PM ~ William Lewis John & Gina DeBona Sunday, January 10th ~ 8:30 Live on Facebook 8:30 AM ~ George & Mary Bille 63rd Wedding Anniversary 11:30 AM ~ People of the Parish This schedule is tentative and subject to change. Check the website.

If you are ill please do not attend Mass. We do not want to spread COVID-19.

There is still a dispensation in place if you are unable to attend.

John Baggett George Bille Michael Bohannon Kevin Bowen Acacia Bragg

Melissa Howard Kevin Hynes Christopher Jones Shirley Kelly

Melba Krumm Father Philip Johnson Ronald Keesee

Kathleen LaMonica Miriam Leroux Nicole McGuiness Mhe-ann Montoy John Moore Jo Morin John Nebraski Judy Nebraski Bob Nelson Kay Nelson Doris Nunez Nancy Nutter Norah Oehnke Jimmy O’Connor Pat O'Neale Marie Openshaw Margaret Pardini

James Settle Monsignor Jerry Sherba Margarita Stallings John Stark Stephanie Steren Wanda Stoll Gay Turner Linda Warner Willie Williams

January 3, 2021 The Epiphany of the Lord ****************************************************************************************

Please remember in your prayers all those who are sick especially:

Please call the Parish office if you want to add someone to the prayer list. If your name was

removed & you still need prayers please call the Parish.

With all the food allergies that are in our environment today there are sometimes people who are allergic to gluten. We now provide a low gluten host to those individuals. It contains less than .001% gluten and is ap-proved for use by the Vatican. You

must speak to Father Bill to let him know that you need low gluten host and it will be made available to you.

Please welcome Sharon Wright & Jordan Bittner

The Epiphany of the Lord January 3, 2021

All kings shall pay him homage, all nations shall serve him.— Psalm 72:11

GENTLENESS Feelings are everywhere—be gentle.

—J. Masai

If you need to schedule a baptism, please enroll in the next class that is being held at the Parish office. The next class is January 24th in the Parish Office at 9:45 am. Please call the Parish office to register. (252)447-2112

"In compliance to the State of North Carolina and CDC requirements, everyone participating during school masses will have to wear masks and their temperatures taken prior to entering the church.

Thank you for your cooperation."

If you are attending Annunciation and are not registered with the Parish as a member, we have no idea if you are a participating Catholic or not, so please register and if you can not afford to give monetarily please put a blank visitors envelope in the

offertory so that we know you are attending. Also for all of you who pay by cash we really appreciate it but if you would put it in an envelope we could track that you are attending as well. It is important when it comes to all the Sacraments. We can not say you are active if we do not know. Thank you…

Now is the perfect time to call the parish office at (252)447-2112 to update your

records. If you did not get info on Mass cancellation please call the parish office. If you are not receiving envelopes or the NCC Catholic Magazine and would

like to, call and we will have them sent to you. Update your email today...Thank you...

Saturday 1/2 Reconciliation 4-5 pm Mass 5:30 pm Sunday 1-3 Mass 8:30 am No Faith Formation No Adult Faith Formation Mass 11:30 am Monday 1/4 Count Team 2 9:00 am The Parish Staff wish

you all a very Merry Christmas and a Blessed Healthy New Year. The Office will

close on Christmas Eve and will reopen on

January 4th.

Flowers & Sanctuary Candle We depend upon your gi for

flowers and the Sanctuary Candle each week to beau fy our

Altar & Mary. There are Mass Inten ons available for the new year.

Please call the Parish Office.

(252)447-2112

TODAY’S READINGS First Reading: Rise up in splendor, Jerusalem! The Lord shines upon you and the glory of the Lord appears over you (Isaiah 60:1-6). Psalm: Lord, every nation on earth will adore you (Psalm 72). Second Reading: The Gentiles are coheirs, copartners in the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel (Ephesians 3:2-3a, 5-6). Gospel — Magi from the east arrived, looking for the newborn king of the Jews (Matthew 2:1-12). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from the Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: 1 Jn 3:22 — 4:6; Ps 2:7bc-8, 10-12a; Mt 4:12-17, 23-25 Tuesday: 1 Jn 4:7-10; Ps 72:1-4, 7-8; Mk 6:34-44 Wednesday: 1 Jn 4:11-18; Ps 72:1-2, 10, 12-13; Mk 6:45-52 Thursday: 1 Jn 4:19 — 5:4; Ps 72: 1-2, 14, 15bc, 17; Lk 4:14-22a Friday: 1 Jn 5:5-13; Ps 147:12-15, 19-20; Lk 5:12-16 Saturday: 1 Jn 5:14-21; Ps 149:1-6a, 9b; Jn 3:22-30 Sunday: Is 42:1-4, 6-7 or Is 55:1-11; Ps 29:1-4, 3, 9-10 or Is 12:2-3, 4bcd-6; Acts 10:34-38 or 1 Jn 5:1-9; Mk 1:7-11

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: The Epiphany of the Lord;

National Migration Week Monday: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Tuesday: St. John Neumann Wednesday: St. André Bessette Thursday: St. Raymond of Penyafort; Julian Calendar Christmas

THE HOLY STAR O Father, may that holy star Grow every year more bright

And send its glorious beams afar To fill the world with light.

—William Cullen Bryant

Count Team 2 1/4/2021 Count Team 3 1/11/2021 Count Team 1 1/19/2021 Count Team 2 1/25/2021

The Knights Corner Catholic Daughters of the Americas

Court #2588, Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, meets the second Tuesday of each Month after 7pm Mass. Have you been thinking about different ways you can help less fortunate people in

our area, especially women and children? Would you like to belong to a group of active, spiritual Catholic women who have answered that call to help? If you are a Catholic woman over 18 years of age, please consider joining the Catholic Daughters of the Americas! Through CDA with our Court here at Annunciation, you will have many opportunities to share your talents and gifts in many various and meaningful ways. We have several local, State, and National charities that we help such as The Coastal Women’s Shelter, Habitat for Humanity, and Havelock Pregnancy Center – just to name a few. The Run for Life race in January is one of our fund-raising events, that and Bunco! We are a social bunch so we also host several social events such as Hospitality Sunday on Father’s Day and Feast of the Annunciation. We invite you to join us! We are still meeting as scheduled and we are practicing all required social distancing measures. Contact our Court Regent via email for more information: cdacourt2588@gmail.com. Please visit the Catholic Daughters website in the meantime at www.catholicdaughters.org for more information about Catholic Daughters of the Americas! We look forward to seeing you and welcoming you to Court 2588!

Catholic Daughters Socks –n- Undies Program Court 2588 is collecting new socks and undies for school-age children in our local community who are in need of these basic necessities. At this time, we are only collecting new socks and undies, ages 4 to 14. Your donations are greatly appreciated and can be dropped in the box in the Narthex. For more information, contact Denise Miller. God bless you for your generosity.

Diocesan Mass for Life “A great prayer for life is urgently needed, a prayer which will rise up throughout the world…let us therefore discover anew the humility and the courage to pray and fast so that the power from on high will break down the walls of lies and deceit: the walls which conceal from the sight of so many…the evil of practices and laws which are hostile to life.” (Pope St John Paul II, Evangelium Vitae 100)

Come and join us on January 16, 2021, at Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral as we pray and proclaim the dignity of human life. Rosary begins at 10:30; Mass with the bishop starts at 11:00.

L A M B (Least Among My Brethren)

The LAMB program started by the Knights of

Columbus provides funds for Intellectually Disabled Exceptional Children. You may have seen us in the past outside various locations in our yellow vest and the all too famous Tootsie

Rolls. Over the coming months we will be sharing more information about this very

worthwhile program. But right now, consider this; consider using AmazonSmile with your

Amazon account, and choose LAMB Foundation of NC as your charity. Let's try to make our Council 6648 and our Parish give at

least half of the State's Smile collection!

Our monthly schedule 1st Wednesday of every month,

Regular Council Meeting 7:30PM St. Benedict Bldg.

2nd Wednesday of every month,

Assembly Meeting, 7:30PM St. Benedict Bldg.

3rd Wednesday of every month,

Monthly Rosary, 7:30PM St. Benedict Bldg. Everyone is invited!!

The Knights of Columbus Council 6648 in-vites all Catholic men over 17 to join us in serving our families, our parish, our Church, our God. The process can now be completed

on line and within less than an hour you can attain the rank of 3rd degree. For more infor-mation go to KofC.org/joinus or contact us by

email to kofc@annunciationparish.org.

HELP OUR MINISTRY HELP OTHERS BY

VOLUNTEERING YOUR TIME AND TASTY

RECIPES ON MONDAY FROM 5:00 TO 7:15

NO EXPERIENCE

NEEDED… JUST A LOVE OF

FELLOWSHIP, PLUS GOOD FOOD!

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT CURT POPE AT

WCPBLUE@YAHOO.COM HOPE TO SEE YOU MONDAY’S @ 5:00.

Cancelled until further notice.

Thank you for your generous donations of food that we all make to the food pantry. We collected numerous items this week. Times are hard for a lot of families. Thank you for your continued support of this ministry. The item of need for

January is 48 cans of meat items.

Angel’s Attic Corner

(252) 447-2113 angelsattic@annunciationparish.org

Tuesday ~ Friday 9am~4pm Saturday 10-2

New items arrive daily Come check them out!

Thank you for all who donated for our First Annual Toys for Tots Program. We were able to fill a truck and a trailer

that was delivered to our local children in need. Wishing you all a safe and

Healthy Happy New Year See you in 2021...

Please do not send expired food items. They are not able to give them out. Thank you

for your generous contributions.

LIGHTHOUSE CATHOLIC MEDIA:

Check out the Lighthouse Catholic Media stand in the vestibule of the church. Books & CD’s are available.

Your support is greatly appreciated Please remember your Parish during

these trying times!

Missals are now on sale for $5.00 each. Please get them while we have them.

Flowers & Sanctuary Candle We depend upon your gift for flowers, Mass Intentions and the Sanctuary Candle each week to

beautify our Altar & Mary. Please call the Parish Office.

Where all are Welcome…

In His Place ...

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Faith Formation

The Pope’s Intention for January

For evangelization-Human fraternity: May the Lord give us the grace to live in full fellowship with our brothers and sisters of other religions, praying for one another, open to all.

There will be NO Faith Formation,

Adult Faith Formation, or Youth Group

January 3rd. All classes will resume

January 10th. Have a very blessed New Year!

Epiphany Prayer O God

Who by a star guided the wise men to the worship of your Son

we pray you to lead to yourself the wise and great of every land

that unto you every knee may bow, and every thought be brought into captivity

Through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen

Meeting! January 10, 2021

12:15 pm School library

All Adults interested in mentoring our youth, teaching the faith, and

guiding them through the struggles of today’s world, please join us!

1.3.21

Did you know… Each January, families at Annuncia-tion are asked to confirm that they will enroll for the next school year. This part of our planning process allows us to admit new students without going over our class size limits! Please plan now to complete your re-enrollment forms next month! Counselor’s Corner from Mrs. Rykhus: “Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning to dance in the rain.” Saints Day Out: Annunciation Catholic Preschool is hosting a “Saint’s Day Out” every Friday morning from 9am to 10:30am. We will start up for the new year again on Friday, Jan. 9. Join our Pre K 3 stu-dents for some awesome activities and introduce your-selves to our amazing preschool teachers. North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarship program applications will open Feb. 1 for the 2021-2022 School Year. It provides private school vouchers to children of low-income households. Families can use these school vouchers to pay for tuition, transportation, equipment and other necessary private school expens-es. Learn more about this program’s eligibility require-ments, rules and regulations at https://myportal.ncseaa.edu/NC

“Thank you” to Fr. Bill, as always, for providing our students with the opportunity for the sacra-

ment of reconciliation during Advent. We believe that the sacramental grace works miracles in their hearts, and we are so grateful for the opportunity

to have a Catholic School here in Havelock!

January and February Events

Mon Dec 21—Fri Jan 1 NO SCHOOL—CHRISTMAS BREAK Mon Jan 4 School Resumes, Q3 Begins New Student Applications Begin Wed Jan 13 4pm School Advisory Board Thur Jan 14 4pm ASPA Meeting Fri Jam 15 3-5pm Snowball Dance for Grades 5-8 Mon Jan 18 No School—Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Jan 19—22 Winter Benchmarking Jan 24—Jan 31 Catholic Schools Week Tue Feb 2 Faculty Meeting Mon Feb 15 Presidents’ Day—NO SCHOOL Wed Feb 17 Ash Wednesday

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