We are getting new carpet in the Window Walk this week so we've made the following adjustments:

All daily Masses this week and Monday night Adoration will be in Seton Hall.

Doors to the church will be locked. Please use the Parish Office doors.

December 15, 16, 17 from 6 – 7:30 PM, Individual Confessions

December 12 at 10:30 AM, Reconciliation Service

Christmas Eve: 5 PM, 7 PM, 9 PM

Christmas Day: 8:30 AM

Livestreaming information TBD

Matthew 18:19 - Again I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven.

This year’s Breaking Bread missals are available for you and your family to take home. The books are available for you to pick up from the book shelves in the Narthex. We hope you'll use them at home and you're welcome to bring them back and forth to Mass.

The church will not be ordering new 2021 editions of Breaking Bread. However, you can order copies at www.ocp.org/en-us/missals/BB/breaking-bread to have both music and Scriptures for the new liturgical year. We will continue to make worship aids available online for the livestreamed Mass each week and for special occasions. If you have any questions, please contact Phil Carver.

Advent is the perfect time to grow closer to Jesus and to one another. This Advent we are offering virtual small groups for adults, focused on St. Elizabeth’s Advent message theme - “Unwrapping Christmas.”

These groups require no prep other than joining us for Mass, online or in-person, and then discussing the weekly theme with a small group of parishioners. Sign up for the day and time that works for you.

You can access the study guide for this weekend here.

Thank you to everyone that has designated St. Elizabeth Ann Seton as your Amazon Smile beneficiary charity! We just received $64.23 from orders between July and September!

We have immediate ministry openings to fill. If you're feeling called to help in any of them, please contact Kelli DeVries at kdevries@seasp.org.

During Advent, it is our tradition to send a banner signed by our parish to our Sister Parish, Parroquia Santiago, wishing them a very holy Christmas season.

This year, we'll also be sending homemade masks for them. That's where you come in - we are looking for homemade mask donations!

If you make masks and would like to donate them or have masks you're not using, please drop them off at the bin located by the church entryway. We'll be taking donations until November 29th. Masks for adults and children are needed.

The Advent Giving Tree is returning but will look a little different due to organizations limiting acceptance of physical donations.

This year, we're requesting that your gifts be in the form of gift cards. One great enhancement to the program is that you can make your gift directly online!

You'll have the option to sponsor a family or child from HACAP, a family within our parish, or an individual at the Catholic Worker House Homeless Shelter. You can make a gift at any time before December 7th. You don't need to pick up a mitten from the tree to participate.

Please do not send money or drop off money at the church. HACAP donations will be made directly to them. If you are sponsoring a Catholic Worker House individual or a parish family, you can drop off gift cards at the church in the box next to the Giving Tree, or mail them to the Parish Office.

To learn more or to make a gift, visit www.seasp.org/advent.

If you've turned in your Share Kit, THANK YOU! If you haven't, you can help us meet our goal of 600 Share Kits returned!

We're a THIRD of the way to meeting our goal of having 600 Share Kits returned!

If you haven't turned yours in yet, you can drop them in the mail, bring them to Mass or fill it out electronically by going to www.seasp.org/share-weekend.

If you'd like a kit mailed to your home, please email Kathy Lester (klester@seasp.org) to request one or call the Parish Office.

Pull up a chair to the virtual fireplace and join Archbishop Jackels for a family-friendly evening with warm conversation, entertainment and good cheer. Archbishop will be hosting a first-ever virtual "Fireside Get-Together" on Wednesday, December 9 from 6:30 - 7:30 PM.

The evening will include scripture, reflections by Archbishop on this crazy year we’ve had, surprise musical performances and opportunity to spread Christmas cheer….and much more. You have to register in advance at www.dbqarch.org/fireside. You’ll be emailed a special link you will use to electronically join when you sign up. “See” you there.

Knights of Columbus Council #15921 is sponsoring a “Keep Christ in Christmas” poster contest.

There are three age divisions: ages 5-7; ages 8-10; and ages 11-14. Prizes will be awarded to the winners of each division.

Posters should be created on 11 X 17 sheets of paper and should reflect the theme of “Keep Christ in Christmas.” Please submit completed posters to the parish office by Friday, December 11. Be sure to include full name, age, and contact information on the back of the poster.

Any questions, please contact Brandon Sinnock at 319-550-4747 or brandon_sinnock@yahoo.com.

St. Vincent de Paul Update - thrift store is open!

Christmas Cookie Drive - Buy cookies while helping Birthright of Cedar Rapids and the Bridgehaven Pregnancy Support Center. Place your orders by December 4th.

Bridgehaven Job Opening - Treasures full-time manager.

Sunday, Nov. 29, First Sunday of Advent, (Mk 13:33-37)

Mass livestreamed and at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton at 8:30 AM, Sharyl Hohnecke

Mass at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton at 11:00 AM, For the Parish

Monday, Nov. 30, Saint Andrew, (Mt 4:18-22) NO MASS

Tuesday, Dec. 1, Advent Weekday, (Lk 10:21-24)

Mass at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton at 5:30 PM, Kay Finn

Wednesday, Dec. 2, Advent Weekday, (Mt 15:29-37)

Mass at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton at 12:15 PM, Tim Garrity

Thursday, Dec. 3, Saint Francis Xavier, (Mt 7:21, 24-27)

Mass at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton at 9:00 AM (Fr. Phil), Tim Garrity

Friday, Dec. 4, Advent Weekday, (Mt 9:27-31)

Mass at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton at 9:00 AM, Tim Garrity

Saturday, Dec. 5, Vigil: Second Sunday of Advent, (Mt 9:35—10:1, 5a, 6-8)

Mass at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton at 5:00 PM, Samuel Tyo

Sunday, Dec. 6, Second Sunday of Advent, (Mk 1:1-8)

Mass livestreamed and at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton at 8:30 AM, For the Parish

Mass at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton at 11:00 AM, Loyd Jasper

If you'd like to update your online giving, please visit https://www.seasp.org/stewardship to see your options.

 Pastor, Rev. Gary Mayer - W: 319-393-3778 

 Phone: 319-393-3778 Email: office@seasp.org - Fax: 319-393-7165 - Website: www.seasp.org