St. Dominic Catholic Church

Bulletin For The Week of December 4th

It Is The Season of Advent

What does the second candle of Advent mean? It is appropriate that the second Advent candle symbolizes peace and peace is represented by the colors purple or blue. Peace on earth, goodwill to men with the love of Jesus and the promise of a Savior who would be born in Bethlehem. So appropriately, the 2nd Advent candle is called the Candle of Preparation. The Advent Partnership reconciliation service is December 15th beginning at 7pm at St. Dominic.

If you or your family would like to light the Advent Candle or carry a banner, please call Carol at 618-526-7746 or email her at carolatstdominic@gmail.com

Elderly Religious Need Your Help

Nearly 25,00 senior sisters, brothers, and religious order priests have devoted their lives to prayer and ministry while educating the young, tending the sick, aiding the needy, and more. Yet years of serving for little or no pay have left a profound shortage in retirement savings. Your support of the Retirement Fund for Religious helps furnish care, medicine, and other necessities.

Please give generously.

John the Baptist was preaching in the desert. What was he saying?

John the Baptist came to prepare the way for Jesus. Learn what he had to say.

Please help the less fortunate families in our area by purchasing gift cards. Gift cards to Walmart-Mart, Dollar General, Farm Fresh Market, Sugar Creek Valley Meats, Fischer’s Butchering and Deli, gas stations or local restaurants are preferred. Gift cards can be returned to the box in the back of church or in the secure dropbox in the breezeway.

St. Dominic Has Partnered With Hallow

We have partnered with “Hallow” this Advent to encourage all parishioners to prepare their heart this season by incorporating prayer into each day. This Advent, we’re inviting you to join Hallows #Prayer25 Challenge. Hallow is the number one prayer app worldwide and includes 1,000 prayer sessions available for free. Next weekend after mass there will be people to answer any questions you might have and to help you sign up.

Our New Family of Parishes Mass Schedule

• Saturday - 4:00pm at St. Augustine
• Saturday - 5:30pm at St. Dominic
• Sunday - 8:00am at St. Augustine
• Sunday - 9:30am at St. Anthony
• Sunday - 11:00am at St. Dominic

Ride To Church

We have a parishioner who lives in the Diamond Circle apartments (behind McDonalds) who needs a ride to Church. If you would like to help a fellow parishioner celebrate mass and are able to provide a ride for him, please call the parish office at 618-526-7746 or email Carol at: carolatstdominic@gmail.com

Servers Needed

Fr. Pat needs servers for the following mass times. Christmas, 5:30pm, and 10:30pm on Christmas Eve and 9:00am on Christmas morning and 5:30pm on Saturday, New Years Eve and 11:00am on Sunday, New Years Day. If you would like to volunteer please email Carol at: carolatstdominic@gmail.com or call 618-526-7746.

Administrative Assistant Opening

The parish has an opening for an Administrative Assistant. The duties of this position are answering the phone, preparing the weekly bulletin, making schedules for ministries, updating Sacramental Records and many other various duties. Hours are 9:00-5:00 Monday through Friday. If interested, please send resume to St. Dominic Church, 493 North 2nd Street Breese, IL or email your resume to carolatstdominic@gmail.com