Feast of the Immaculate Conception
Saturday, December 8th, is the Feast of
the Immaculate Conception of the
Blessed Virgin Mary, a Holy Day of Obligation.
There will be a Mass of Anticipation,
Friday evening, December 7th at 6:30pm

and on Saturday morning, December 8th at 8am.
The 4:30pm Mass December 8th is your normal
obligation Mass for the weekend.   

2018 Christmas & New Year’s Mass Schedule
Please join us. There will be music at all Masses.
Christmas Eve 4:00pm Youth Choir & Young Adults
11:00pm Adult Choir
Christmas Day
9am and 11am
New Year’s Eve
4:00pm
New Year’s Day
9am
PLEASE NOTE: The Masses on
Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve will
be at 4pm … NOT 4:30pm.
    

Alumni Moms
Boutique & Bake Sale
You are invited to come over to the Parish
Hall on December 8 - 9 for the Alumni Moms Boutique. We will have a variety of homemade holiday treats for reasonable prices at our Bake Shop. There will
also be holiday decorations and a good selection of gifts for all ages. We will be open after 4:30 Mass on Saturday. On Sunday come and enjoy donuts and coffee with other SHF parishioners in a festive atmosphere.

TWB Gift Cards Available

Holy Cross Academy 

Interested in the Catholic faith?  Please call the rectory at 314/638/3938 for more information.

41st Annual
 The Young Catholic Muscians Concert 
Thursday December 27 & Friday December 28 from 7:30p.m-9:00p.m

Weekly Notes
from Our Pastor

St. Vincent De Paul
Holiday Food Drive

The Giving Tree
Christmas trees filled with stars will
be in the Church vestibules. Take a star, purchase the item printed on the star,
wrap it as a Christmas present with
the star taped on the outside of the present. Place gifts in the back of Church by the statue of Mary, or drop off at the Rectory Office. Gifts will be distributed to the needy for Christmas by our St. Vincent de Paul Society.
Turn-in deadline is December 9th.

New ST. Vincent de Paul Christmas Assistance

New Years Day Bingo
Doors open at 3:00pm

ATTENTION ALL PARISHIONERS!!!
After the first of the year, beginning January 7, 2019, the Rectory will be changing their business hours:
Monday through Thursday
8am to 4pm
Friday
8am to Noon

Christmas Altar Poinsettias
To donate a poinsettia for the Christmas Altar, attach your remembrance card to the plant & drop in the sacristy before
December 20th.
For donations instead, please place $8 in a white
envelope marked “Christmas Altar”
with the remembrance card inside the envelope.

We Need Your 2019 Facility Usage Requests
At this time we ask ALL groups and organizations to submit their schedules for the use of the facilities for the upcoming year. Even if your organizations has met the same time and date for years, we must have it in writing so we can enter it into the 2019 schedule book. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

2019 Mass Book
Is Open

 King’s House Retreat Center in Belleville, IL, on Friday to Sunday, January 18 to 20, 2019.