PARISH ACTIVITIES THIS WEEK

SUN., DEC. 10 2nd Sunday of Advent Abbey of Regina Laudis Collection Coffee & Doughnuts

9am - Adult Ed Bible Study 9am - CReeD 11:30am - Christmas Portrayal Practice 5pm - Youth Mass & Potluck MON., DEC. 11 8:35am - MMP 10am - Incorporation Comm. 6pm - French - Beginners 7pm - Karate TUES., DEC. 12 9am - Adoration 9am - French - Advanced 10am - Tuesday Morn Women’s Disc 1pm - Rosary for Peace 6pm - Baptism Class 6:30pm - RCIA 8am - AA WED., DEC. 13 5:45pm - Christmas Portrayal Practice 6pm - Island Planning Meeting 7pm - Choir THUR., DEC. 14 9am - Earth Ministry 9am - Helping Hugs, Inc. 9am - SFO 7pm - BSA Ship 214 7pm - Bell Choir Rehearsal 7pm - Karate FRI., DEC. 15 8:15am - Daily Mass SAT., DEC. 16 10am - Karate 11:30am - Women’s AA 2pm - Karate Christmas Party 4:30pm - Reconciliation SUN., DEC. 17 3rd Sunday of Advent

St. Vincent de Paul Collection Religious Retirement Collection

Coffee & Doughnuts 9am - Adult Ed Bible Study 11:30am - Christmas Portrayal Practice 5:45pm - Youth Progressive Dinner

MASS INTENTIONS Liturgy of the Hours Week I

SAT., DEC. 9 8:15AM +BOB GILLESKI

5:30PM +RENEE WILLIAMSON

SUN., DEC. 10 8:00AM PARISHIONERS

10:30AM +GEORGE BELOFSKY

MON., DEC. 11 8:15AM +LANNY BROCK

TUES., DEC. 12 8:15AM +LOU GONZALEZ

6:00PM +POOR SOULS

WED., DEC. 13 8:15AM +WAS BRADLEY

THURS., DEC. 14 8:15AM +DAVID PATTERSON

FRI., DEC. 15 8:15AM +JAMES MOLLOY

SAT., DEC. 16 8:15AM +BETTY JO GRIER

5:30PM +DAVE BEHREND

SUN., DEC. 17 8:00AM PARISHIONERS

10:30AM +ANNE E. MCDONOUGH

8:15am Mass

8:15am & 5:30pm Masses

8:00am/10:30am & 5pm Masses

Help us keep our above prayer list current. You may add a name to the list by calling

the church office at 638-2647 or e-mailing us at stwilliamschurch@comcast.net.

St. William Prayer Line is a group of people who pray daily for the intentions received from

voice mails left at 638-4287 or by email at stwilliamsprayline@gmail.com.

8:00am/10:30am Masses

STEWARDSHIP MOMENT

2nd Sunday of Advent - December 10, 2017

Our readings from Holy Scripture on

this Second Sunday of Advent remind us of

what we are supposed to be doing during

Advent, in fact throughout our lives. The

reading from Isaiah anticipates the coming

of Christ and John the Baptist as it

proclaims “… prepare the way of the

Lord.” This is a time of preparation for us.

That message is repeated in our Gospel

from St. Mark. Today’s Gospel is the

absolute beginning of Mark’s Gospel and it immediately gives

us that same signal by declaring, “Prepare the way of the Lord,

make straight his paths.” Of course, we all realize that the path

to the Lord may not always be straight for us, but now is a

time to correct that.

God is waiting for us. St. Peter in his Second Letter, from

which our Second Reading is drawn, indicates that God,

however, “is patient with you.” You might say on this Second

Sunday of Advent that the Lord is giving us a second chance

to respond to His call. One of the basics of St. John the

Baptist’s messages was that we need to get ourselves right

with the Lord, perhaps turn our lives in a different direction.

We can change; now is the time to do that.

Pope St. John XXIII once stated during a homily in

Advent, “We are all part of an immense family. This is proven

by what is in our hearts during Advent and Christmas.” Now

is the time to put love in our hearts and to prepare truly the

way of the Lord.

Copyright @2017 Catholic Stewardship Consultants, Inc.

Offertory Stewardship

December 3 - $13,099.75 (December 4, 2016 - $15,013.00) PARISHIONER ENVELOPES/CHECKS - 263

CHILDREN’S GIFT - $43.35

CAPITAL CAMPAIGN TO DATE Pledged - $1,803,514 Received - $1,201,567

Thank you, Parish Family!

We are all called to live a holy life. We are all called to invite others to live holy lives.

Living a stewardship lifestyle, being grateful and generous with our gifts, does just that – it puts us on the path to holiness

and it invites others to be holy, too.

'The human being is single, unique, and unrepeatable, someone thought of and chosen from eternity, someone called and

identified by name' - Pope John Paul II

St. William ’s Annual Fundraiser for

St. Francis Xavier Catholic School

WINES of the WORLD and COASTAL CUISINE has been rescheduled for Sunday, January 28, 6:30pm.

Crusaders Reserved Room - $75 per person (very limited availability)

Main Hall Ticket - $50 per person

While tickets are available in the office, we will begin selling after all Masses beginning January 7.

Any tickets purchased for the event prior to the rescheduling will be honored.

VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED FOR COFFEE & DOUGHNUTS!

Please call RaeAnn Allen at 404-791-1043, if you are interested in helping with this very

popular Sunday event..

8:15am & 6pm Masses

8:15am Mass

Deadline to Pre-Register For Your 2018 GRACE Schol-ars Tax Credit is December 15, 2017

GRACE Scholars makes awards to students with demon-strated financial need to attend Catholic school in Georgia. GRACE is fueled by no-cost contributions eligible for a 100 percent tax credit against Georgia income taxes. Go to www.gracescholars.org and click on the button for the online form on the home page. A paper form is also available. For more info, con-tact: Frank Ferra at Fferra28@yahoo.com

TWIN PARISH NEWS - Please don't forget the poor in Haiti when shopping this holiday season. Shop smile.amazon.com, and identi-fy Helping Hugs. Inc. as your charity, and they will receive .5% of the price of your eligible purchases at no cost to you.

The Gift Shop at the Moore Methodist Muse-um, located on the campus of Epworth by the Sea, has many items for Christmas pre-sents. As an extra bonus, the large, annual Nativity display is open Monday-Saturday, from 10am to 4pm.

Names for dedication of Poinsettias are due in the office by December 13.

Collection for the Retirement Fund for Religious will be December 16 and 17.

Help religious communities. “Your generous contribution helps us

to care for our retired sisters and enables our younger sisters to con-

tinue in active ministry,” writes a religious sister. Your gift to today’s

collection for the RETIREMENT FUND FOR RELIGIOUS helps pro-

vide medications, nursing care, and more for thousands of senior

sisters, brothers, and religious order priests. It also helps ensure

younger members can continue the good works of their elders!

CALLING ALL ANGELS AND SHEPHERDS! Partici-pants are needed for the live portrayal of the Gospel at the Children’s Christmas Mass at 5PM on Christmas Eve. Children, Kindergarten to 5th grade, are invited to be a part of the story of our Lord’s birth. We will be practicing on Wednesdays at 5:45pm and Sundays after 10:30 Mass,

beginning November 29. We are in need of CHILDREN and TEENS (all ages). Contact Terri Mikowski to sign up or for more information. 912-223-0293 or email fishssi@comcast.net.

Karen Alfano, Eddie Arbo, Mario Artesiano, Tony Blanda, Bea Bo-glione, Rooks Boynton, Tommye Cashin, Marion Clark, Cartan Clarke, Larry Clarke, Linda Cooper, Don Daleen, Mark Davis, Doris Daw, Barbara Driscoll, John Fe-dak, Jerry & Connie Fonseca, Re-

becca Gaylor, Christine Gelardin, Max Germain, Janet Goggins, Jacqueline Grady, John Grimsley, Gloria Hair, Jeanne Hannon, Fred Hegeman, Don Heinecke, Cheryl & Larry Hutchinson, Veronica Joseph, Mark Kelso, Ben Koreski, Kathleen Koreski, Dale Long, Charlotte McGranaghan, Marion & Luke Hughes, John LaBoone, Brian Mallon, John McCauley, Nina & Ralph Murphy, Nickie Nelson, Nell Pidgeon, Amy O’Connor, John Oechsle, Jane O’Hagan, John Parkins, Diane Patterson, Frank Paul, Peny Phelps, Pat Ragsdale, Mary Rath, Patricia Reilly, A.J. Salimando, Gordy Seaman, Douglas Seaman, Richard Sedlacek, C.J. Sharpe, Lucy Shaw, Emma Sosa, Larry Tucker, Mary Whit-ney, Kay Willis, Richard Wineman, Charlie Yodor and our service men and women.

PRAYER

REQUESTS 8:15am Mass

This year’s Angel Tree is up! Share the joy of the season by helping those in our community.

Please wrap each requested item separately and tape the ANGEL securely to the package.

Then place your gift under the tree no later than Wednesday, December 13.

Contact Nancy Power at (912) 638-2651 or PowerNancy@comcast.net with any questions.

Gold-Silver Anniversary Mass Those couples married in 1968 (50 years) and 1993 (25 years) are

invited to the Gold-Silver Jubilee Anniversary Mass at the Cathedral in Savannah on Sunday, February 11. All registrations should be made on line at https://www.diosav.org/familylife-marriage-jubilee no later than December 18. If you are unable to register on line, please contact 912-201-4068.

W e welcome Mother Dolores Hart, former actress, and Mother Eliz-abeth Evans, descendant of a St. Simons Island slave. Both ladies serve at the Abbey of Regina Laudis in Bethlehem, CT and will be speak-ing at all Masses this weekend followed by receptions in the Parish Hall. A special collection for the Abbey of Regina Laudis will be taken up at each Mass.

CHRISTMAS AND HOLY DAYS MASS SCHEDULE

4th Sunday of Advent Vigil at 5:30pm, Sunday at 8am & 10:30am

Children’s Christmas Eve Mass at 5:00pm Midnight Mass - Carols begin at 11:20pm

Christmas Day Mass at 9:00am

Solemnity of Mary December 31 at 6pm & January 1 at 9am

SEW & SO is taking a break until January 10. Wishing all a very Merry Christmas and a big thank you to all who have given so much of their time and talent. Merry Christmas, Sue

The Church Office will close at noon on December 21 and reopen on January 2.

All contributions for 2017 must be in the office by December 31. TUESDAY MORNING WOMEN’S DISCUSSION will meet De-cember 12 at 10am in the Parish Hall. There will be a presenta-tion on Thomas Merton facilitated by Pat Kota. All ladies of the parish are welcome to attend.

Sympathy & Prayers are extended to… Barbara Pelletier, Linda and Dan Hefty, Cindy Cross, Jenny & Alex Berry, and A.J. Salimando upon the death of their niece and cousin, GAIL SPICER, and to Ginny Ross upon the death of her brother, JOSEPH L. WALUKIEWICZ, and brother-in-law, ROBERT O. BARNES. May their souls and all the souls of the faithful departed rest in peace.

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