December 9, 2012 - Saint Peter and Paul Catholic Church

Pastor:
Fr. Mariano Varela, IVE
Associate Pastor:
Fr. Joseph LoJacono, IVE
Fr. Octavio Cortez, IVE
Administrator:
Mark Frederick, ext 108
Secretary:
Shirley Pestka, ext. 101
Faith Formation:
Beth Shank, ext. 109
Music & Liturgy:
Brian Kapp, ext. 102
Parish Trustee: Frank Cesario
Priest Residence:
512 Mulberry St, 388-8088
Loyola Catholic School: 388-2997
Prayer Chain:
387-1346 or 344-0625
IVE High School Seminary: 387-2565
Daily:
Saturday:
Sunday:
Holy Day:
Mass Schedule
7:00 am Monday thru Friday
8:00 am Saturday
5:15 pm
7:30, 9:30, 11:30 am
1:00 pm (Espanol)
See bulletin
SS Peter & Paul Parish Office:
105 North Fifth St., Mankato, MN 56001
Phone: 507-388-2995
Fax: 507-388-7661
www.sspeterandpaul.com
SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2012

SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT 2
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Saturday: 11 am-noon; & 4-5 pm
Daily: After the 7:00 am Mass
Other times by appointment.
Sacrament of Baptism
Contact the Parish Office at least one
month in advance of the desired date. The
usual time for Baptism is at 4:15 pm the
last Saturday of the month.
Sacrament of Matrimony
For registered, participating members of
the Parish, arrangements for preparation
and the date are made by contacting one
of the pastors, at least six months before
the wedding.
Bulletin Notices
All articles for the bulletin are due by 2 pm on
Tuesday. Bulletin articles should always be
turned in to the parish office with a contact
person’s name and phone number.
New Members Welcome
Please register at the Parish Office.
READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Monday: Is 35:1-10; Ps 85:9-14; Lk 5:17-26
Tuesday: Is 40:1-11; Ps 96:1-3, 10ac, 11-13;
Mt 18:12-14
Wednesday: Zec 2:14-17 or Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a,
10ab;
Jdt 13:18bcde, 19; Lk 1:26-38 or Lk
1:39-47, or any readings from the
Common of the Blessed Virgin
Thursday:
Mary, nos. 707-712
Is 41:13-20; Ps 145:1, 9-13ab; Mt
11:11-15
Friday: Is 48:17-19; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Mt 11:16-
19
Saturday: Sir 48:1-4, 9-11; Ps 80: 2ac, 3b, 15-
16,18-19; Mt 17:9a, 10-13
Sunday: Zep 3:14-18a; Is 12:2-6; Phil 4:4-7;
Lk 3:10-18
Mass Intentions
10 Monday: 7:00 AM
+Robert Weimar: Delores Weimar
+Anna Marie Hauch: Jan Bauer
+Vi Otto: Family
11 Tuesday: 7:00 AM
+Ione Burroughs: Family
+Rosella Huettl: Family
+Anniv. of Sister Mary Blanche Lysaght, RSM: Lillian Lysaght
Sehe & Famiy
Oaklawn Health Care: 9:45 AM Anna Marie Hauch:
Charlotte Mullin
12 Wednesday: 7:00 AM
+ Leo Kellen: David Wiltgen
+Dick Oberle: Maggie Oberle
In Reparation for our Sins
13 Thursday : 7:00 AM
+JoAnn Moldanado: Mallory Hoffman
+Howard Sweiger: Family & Friends
+Leon Dubbeldee: Dennis & Margaret Kelly
14 Friday 7:00 AM
+George Dussan: David & Marie Kvamme
+Carol Mamer: Family
+Souls in Purgatory: Mallory Hoffman
15 Saturday: 8:00 AM
+Anniv. of Francis Wiltgen: David Wiltgen
+Anniv. of Dennis Hodapp: Charlotte Hodapp and Family
+ Frank Willaert: Family
Weekly Schedule
Sunday, Dec. 9: 7:05 & 9:05 am Rosary
8:35 am Adult Catechism class in Room 302 Xavier Hall
10:35 am Adult Catechism class in Room 302 Xavier Hall
Coffee/Rolls after 9:30 am Mass in Jesuit Hall
Monday, Dec 10: 7:00 pm Catholic Order of Foresters
Tuesday, Dec. 11: 7:30 pm Chamber Schola rehearsal
7:30 am to 12 noon Adoration in Xavier Hall Chapel
Wednesday, Dec. 12: 4:15 pm Children’s Choir rehearsal
9:00 am to 12 noon—Mission Quilting—Upper Room
6:00 pm RCIA Room 205 Xavier Hall
6:00 pm Adult Bible Class Room 302 Xavier Hall
6:30 pm St Cecilia Choir rehearsal
Thursday, Dec. 13: 6:00 pm Pastoral Council –Room 302
6:30 pm German Club meets in Upper Room Xavier Hall
7:00 pm Legion of Mary—Room 203
Friday, Dec. 14: 7:30 am to 6:00 pm Adoration - Xavier
Chapel
Saturday, Dec. 15: 10 am Spiritual Exercises –Upper Rm

ASSOCIATE PASTOR’S MESSAGE 3
Rather than give you any of my words this week. I would like to just point you toward an
address of our Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, on the Year of the Faith. The below is
from his audience November 21. His addresses are worth reading in their entirety. You
can find them at www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/audiences/2012/index_en.htm.
“Let us proceed in this Year of Faith bearing in our hearts the hope of finding all the joy
there is in believing and of rediscovering the enthusiasm of communicating the truths of
the faith to all. These truths are not a simple message about God, a particular piece of information
on him. On the contrary they express the event of God’s encounter with human beings, a salvific and liberating
encounter which fulfills the deepest aspirations of the human heart, the yearning for peace, brotherhood and love.
Faith leads to the discovery that the meeting with God enhances, perfects and exalts all that is true, good and beautiful
that exists in man. So it happens that while God reveals himself and lets himself be known, man comes to realize who
God is and in knowing him, discovers himself, his true origin, his destiny, the greatness and dignity of human life....
The Catholic faith is therefore reasonable and fosters trust in human reason as well. (The Holy Father gives an example
of this), The virtual relationship between science and faith is also founded on these premises concerning the fertile connection
between understanding and believing. Scientific research leads to the knowledge of ever new truths about man
and about the cosmos, as we see it. The true good of humanity, accessible in faith, unfolds the horizons within which
the process of its discovery must move… Faith, lived truly, does not come into conflict with science but, rather, cooperates
with it, offering the basic criteria to promote the good of all and asking it to give up only those endeavours which
— in opposition to God’s original plan — produce effects that are detrimental to the human being.
Let us trust, therefore, that our commitment to evangelization may help to restore a new centrality to the Gospel in the
life of untold men and women of our time. .. It is worth expending oneself for Christ, he alone satisfies the desires for
truth and goodness that are rooted in every human being’s soul: now, in time that passes, and in the never ending day of
blessed Eternity.
Father Joseph LoJacono, IVE
Note from the Director: December 9, 2012
Today we encounter commands from Baruch in our first reading, which urges us to take off our robes of mourning and
misery and to stand upon the heights. Missing from this are the verbal pacifiers we encounter in contemporary discourse,
such as: “Let us discern which direction we are moving into self-actualizing our inner herald.”
Isaiah is full of direct commands, starting with his announcement, “Prepare the way of the Lord.” Or from Isaiah in today’s
debut of John, campaigning for reform and conversion to the people living around the Jordan River: “Prepare the
way of the Lord, make straight his paths...” This text has numerous musical settings, ranging from a tenor solo in Handel’s
Messiah to the twentieth-century pop cantata Godspell by Michael Tebalak and Stephen Schwartz—clear proof
that the promised Messiah has come and will come to all.
Baruch elaborates: “Jerusalem, take off your robe of mourning”—or if you missed
the instructions the first time, you are urged (as Jerusalem was) to “stand upon the
heights and see your children gathered from the east and the west at the word of the
Holy One rejoicing that they are remembered by God.” Hardly language one would
expect from the liturgy of the Second Sunday of Advent, when we begin to feel a little
nostalgic for Christmases past with Christmas two weeks away. Mild panicky
trembling would not be appropriate. Quiet joy, however, would be very appropriate.
Please consider the music program in your holiday giving.
Brian

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Marriage Celebrations for December
The parishioners of Saints Peter & Paul Catholic Church
joyfully acknowledges the Dec. wedding anniversaries:
Mark and Mary Frederick, December 17, 1977-35 years
Jerry and Mary Huettl, December 26, 1964-48 years
Dan and Margie Larson, December 27, 1969-43 years
LaVern and Joan Goettl, December 28, 1957-55 years
Our Lady of Guadalupe Feast
celebration is today, Sunday, December 9
at 1: 00 pm. After the Mass there will be a
traditional Hispanic meal and cultural presentation.
All are invited.
The 2013 Church Calendars
are now available. Please thank our
sponsors for providing these calendars
for the year 2013. Lamm, Nelson
and Cich, Mankato Mortuary and
Monuments by Tom Miller.
Christmas Flowers and Music
If you would like to help defray the cost of the Christmas
flowers on the altar, and/or for the music program,
please put your donation in a plain envelope and clearly
mark it Christmas Flowers and/or Music and drop it in
the collection basket or drop it off at the parish office.
Thank you. Your generosity is warmly appreciated.
DOUBLE YOUR MONEY
Double your money ends Monday December 10th
Thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor, we
have an opportunity to match financial contributions
to our parish! Every dollar donated, up to $25,000, will
be matched to assist with the needs of our parish. This
means your donation will be doubled, but you need to
act quickly. Please consider making a donation to Ss.
Peter and Paul by Monday December 10th. Your donation
is tax deductible and will go even farther thanks to
this kind donor. Thank you for your consideration and
your gift to our parish. Your regular weekly offering
does not apply to the matching funds.
Alone for Christmas Dinner
If so, please come and join us for a special meal which
will be provided for you. We ask you to reserve your
spot by calling Rosie at 382-8012 or Ss Peter and Paul
Parish Office at 388-2995 by December 14.
Limited seating. Traditional meal will be featured.
What: Christmas Dinner
When: December 25 at 12 noon
Where: Jesuit Hall
Helping Hands
If you would like to help serve the funeral lunches for
the month of December, please call Barb Johnson at 625
-5945 or Helen Crandall at 387-5917.
Minister Schedule for December 15-16, 2012
Saturday 5:15 pm Sunday 7:30 am Sunday 9:30 am
Sunday 11:30 am
Extraordinary
Ministers of
Holy
Communion
Mike/Sandy Bach, Jim/
Lorraine Schweiss, Mike/
Ruth Woitas, JoAnn
Hensel
D. Slater, Vicky Goettl,
Tom Kotthoff, Charlene
Ubl, JoAnn Vetter,
D. Reimann, C. Wersal
Dan Silver, Paul Willaert,
Kate Johnson,
Leo Roth, A. Jurgens,
Joe Mocol, J. Lamm
Glenn Barnette,
Anne McCargar,
Lorraine Carpenter-
Kruse
Altar Servers
James and Matthew Bach,
Hanna Shank
Logan and Maria
Goettl, Ashley Burgess
Ellie & Molly Hodapp,
Cassidy Krueger
Lector
Barb Johnson
Leah Rodriguez
Bill Dickmeyer
Glenn Barnette
Greeters
Dennis/Margaret Kelly,
Paul Scheurer, Mike/Jean
Spellacy
Ken/Alice Hermer,
Don/Eileen Weller,
Rita Masberg
Doug/Karen
James,Robert/Donna
Schaffler, Dean
Wellner/Cai Thi Tran
Kathy Morris,
Marlene Houg,
Pat Roesch
Ushers
Les Schneider, Mike
Spellacy, David Wiltgen,
Jim Schweiss
Phil Chester, Duane
Mettler, Earle Peters,
Dave Schwamberger
Ervin Stueber, Stan
Huettl, Bob Kreuzer,
Dave Mrotz, Jim Pfau
Tom Mocol, Mark
Brosnan, Tom Ngo

SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT 5
Contact Beth Shank with questions
or for further information
388-2995, ext. 109
faith4u@hickorytech.net
Faith Formation Session:
Wednesday, December 12 th
• 5:15pm - Taco Meal in Jesuit Hall
• 6:00pm - Report to regular classrooms
Pre-K - Xavier Hall #305
Grades 1-8 - Fitzgerald Building
Confirmation - Upper Room
Adults - Xavier Hall #302
• 7:15pm - Closing Prayer in Church
• 7:30-8:45pm - Grades 6-8Youth Group held in the
Upper Room
• 7:30-8:45pm - Grades 9-12 Youth Group held in
the Upper Room (Couch Room)
All are invited
and encouraged to attend!
Reconciliation/First Eucharist:
Learning Centers: Wed, Dec
12, 2012; The self-paced Learning
Centers will be available
3:30 – 7:30pm. Please begin no
later than 6:00pm. Bring your
completed Penance home study
book.
Sacrament of First Reconciliation will be held
Sunday, December 16 th ; 6:00pm in the Church. A
Soup Supper will follow in Jesuit Hall.
Help support the youth of our parish
attending March for Life in Washington
DC this January and other summer
camps, (i.e.; Steubenville North, Lead,
YTM, and the first ever Diocesan Jr.
High leadership camp, and much more)!
With the business of the Christmas Season,
let us bake for you!
Bake Sale held in the Narthex of
Church after all Masses
Saturday, December 15 th
& Sunday, December 16 th
Sale includes everything
from platters & gift boxes
to individual treats!
Salvation Army And
Echo Food Shelf
Each year, individuals and families turn to The Salvation
Army and Echo Food Shelf for help during the holidays,
whether it's needing food for a Thanksgiving dinner or wanting
to see their children's eyes light up when they see presents
under the tree Christmas morning. The Giving Tree
will begin next weekend and have information slips for you
to take home as a reminder of what is needed.
The following may be brought to Church and placed in the
appropriately marked boxes in the Narthex of Church
through:
Sunday, December 16th.
Salvation Army Giving Tree
Unwrapped toys and NEW
clothing for children birth to 18.
Echo Food Shelf
Non-perishable food
and toiletries.

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New Sound System
The new sound system is in!
We hope everyone can hear more
clearly. The total cost will be
$44,800. To date we have donations
of $21,458 or 47.90% of the
project. If you would like to donate
to the sound system we are asking
you to make your check payable to
the Annual Diocesan Appeal, and
either drop it into the Sunday Collection
Basket or mail it directly to
the Diocese of Winona, P O Box
December 2
Budget
Adult Env. $10,954.00 $8,625.00
Plate 699.36 1,058.00
E Transfer $ 3,021.00 3,000.00
TOTAL $14,674.36
Thank You
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30098, Winona, MN 55987-1098. If you send your donation
directly to the Diocese, please indicate Saints Peter
and Paul Mankato. By having the donations go
through the Annual Diocesan Appeal we will not be assessed
the 6% Diocesan Tax and 100% of the money will
come back to the Parish because we have met our goal
for this year. Questions please contact Mark Frederick at
388-2995. Your donation to the Sound System will be
matched thru Monday December 10.
In Our Generosity We Imitate God
$12,683.00
From the Parish Administrator
Dear Fellow Parishioners,
Thank you to everyone who has given so generously to
the support of Saints Peter and Paul Church. We are
currently running an operating deficit of $35,735.00. At
our last Finance Council meeting it was recommended
that we cut 10% out of our expenses to help cover the
weekly giving shortfall from last year. This shortfall
amounts to $3.90 per week per family. I ask that you
prayerfully consider increasing your weekly giving to
help us meet the needs of Saints Peter and Paul Church.
“By works of Charity one offers fine
flour, and one who gives alms presents
a sacrifice of praise”
(Sirach 35:3-4)
PHÚC ÂM: Lc 3, 1-6
"Mọi người sẽ thấy ơn cứu độ của Thiên Chúa".
Tin Mừng Chúa Giêsu Kitô theo Thánh Luca.
Đời hoàng đế Tibêriô năm thứ mười lăm, Phongxiô Philatô
làm toàn quyền xứ Giuđêa, Hêrôđê làm thủ hiến xứ
Galilêa, còn em là Philipphê làm thủ hiến xứ Ituria và
Tracônitêđê; Lysania làm thủ hiến xứ Abilêna; Anna và
Caipha làm thượng tế; có lời Chúa đã kêu gọi Gioan, con
Giacaria, trong hoang địa.
Ông liền đi khắp miền sông Giođan, rao giảng phép rửa
sám hối cầu ơn tha tội, như lời chép trong sách Tiên tri
Isaia rằng: "Có tiếng kêu trong hoang địa: Hãy dọn đường
Chúa, hãy sửa đường Chúa cho ngay thẳng, hãy lấp mọi
hố sâu và hãy bạt mọi núi đồi; con đường cong queo hãy
làm cho ngay thẳng, con đường gồ ghề hãy san cho bằng.
Và mọi người sẽ thấy ơn cứu độ của Thiên Chúa". Đó là
lời Chúa.
Reconciliation Prayer Service
The whole community is invited to attend
the Communal Reconciliation Prayer service
Sunday, December 16 th at 6:00 pm
held in the Church. A delicious homemade
Soup Supper will follow in Jesuit Hall!
Respect Life
God is the Savior; we are those who are
in peril. He is the physician; we are the
infirm. To realize this is the first step
towards salvation, towards emerging
from the maze in which we have been locked by our
pride. To lift our eyes to heaven, to stretch out our
hands and call for help is our means of escape, provided
that there is someone who hears us and can come to our
assistance. Jesus Christ is the proof that God has heard
our cry. And not only this! God’s love for us is so
strong that He cannot remain aloof; He comes out of
himself to enter into our midst and to share fully in our
human condition (cf. Ex 3:7-12)….Only the God who is
love, and the love which is God, could choose to save us
in this way, which is certainly the lengthiest way, yet the
way which respects the truth about Him and about us:
the way of reconciliation, dialogue and cooperation.
~Pope Benedict XVI, Urbi et Orbi Christmas Message, 2011
Rosary Society
Rosaries prayed for the weekend of Dec. 8-9,
for expectant mothers, Sundays: 7:05 and
9:05 in the main Church and Wednesdays,
3:30 pm in Xavier Hall Chapel. On Tuesdays,
at 9:00 am there is a Marian Holy Hour including
the rosary in Xavier Hall Chapel.

2 DOMINGO DE ADVIENTO 9 DE DICEMBRE 2012
San Juan Diego
nació en 1474 en el
"calpulli" de Tlayacac
en Cuauhtitlán, México,
establecido en 1168
por la tribu nahua y
conquistado por el jefe
Azteca Axayacatl en
1467. Cuando nació
recibió el nombre de
Cuauhtlatoatzin, que
quiere decir "el que
habla como águila" o
"águila que habla".
Juan Diego perteneció
a la más numerosa y baja clase del Imperio Azteca, sin
llegar a ser esclavo. Se dedicó a trabajar la tierra y fabricar
matas las que luego vendía. Poseía un terreno en el
que construyó una pequeña vivienda. Contrajo matrimonio
con una nativa pero no tuvo hijos.
Entre 1524 y 1525 se convierte al cristianismo y fue bautizado
junto a su esposa, él recibió el nombre de Juan
Diego y ella el de María Lucía. Fueron bautizados por el
misionero franciscano Fray Toribio de Benavente, llamado
por los indios "Motolinia" o " el pobre".
Antes de su conversión Juan Diego ya era un hombre
piadoso y religioso. Era muy reservado y de carácter
místico, le gustaba el silencio y solía caminar desde su
poblado hasta Tenochtitlán, a 20 kilómetros de distancia,
para recibir instrucción religiosa. Su esposa María Lucía
falleció en 1529. En ese momento Juan Diego se fue a
vivir con su tío Juan Bernardino en Tolpetlac, a sólo 14
kilómetros de la iglesia de Tlatilolco, Tenochtitlán. Durante
una de sus caminatas camino a Tenochtitlán, que
solían durar tres horas a través de montañas y poblados,
ocurre la primera aparición de Nuestra Señora, en el lugar
ahora conocido como "Capilla del Cerrito", donde la
Virgen María le habló en su idioma, el náhuatl.
Juan Diego tenía 57 años en el momento de las apariciones,
ciertamente una edad avanzada en un lugar y época
donde la expectativa de vida masculina apenas sobrepasaba
los 40 años. Luego del milagro de Guadalupe Juan
Diego fue a vivir a un pequeño cuarto pegado a la capilla
que alojaba la santa imagen, tras dejar todas sus pertenencias
a su tío Juan Bernardino. Pasó el resto de su vida
dedicado a la difusión del relato de las apariciones entre
la gente de su pueblo.
Murió el 30 de mayo de 1548, a la edad de 74 años. Juan
Diego fue beatificado en abril de 1990 por el Papa Juan
Pablo II y proclamado santo el 31 de Julio de 2002.
Ejercicios Espirituales de San Ignacio
de Loyola para hombres
Un fin de Semana de retiro en Silencio. Predicado
por el P. Mariano y el P. Octavio.
Cuando: Viernes 4 de Enero al Mediodía hasta el Domingo
6 de Enero después de la Misa en Español.
Lugar: Seminario Menor en Mankato
Inscripciones: llame al Tel (507) 387-2565 o mande un
email a ivehss@ive.org
“Pues, que provecho tiene el hombre que ha
ganado el mundo entero, si a si mismo se
pierde” (Lucas 9:25)
Clases de Biblia
La Escritura es el camino que nos lleva
al conocimiento de Jesús. Como enseña
San Jerónimo, “El desconocimiento de
las Escrituras es desconocimiento de Cristo”.
Lugar: Oficina del P. Mariano, segundo piso. Room
203. Horario de las reuniones para el mes de Diciembre
Miércoles 26 de Diciembre 6:00 pm a 7:10 pm
Oración de Nuestra Señora de
Guadalupe
Oh Virgen Inmaculada! Escucha
la oración que te dirigimos y preséntala a
tu Hijo Jesús.
Da la paz, la justicia y la prosperidad
a nuestro pueblo. Queremos ser
totalmente tuyos y fieles siempre a Jesucristo
en su Iglesia. Virgen de Guadalupe,
bendice a nuestras familias. Compadécete
de nosotros y guíanos siempre a Jesús. Y así,
libres de todo mal, podremos llevar a los demás la alegría
y la paz que sólo pueden venir de tu Hijo Jesucristo.
Amén.
Un Padre Nuestro, Ave María y Gloria...en agradecimiento
por el milagroso Retrato, milagro y continuo testimonio.
Posadas Desde el Lunes 17 hasta el
Lunes 24 de Diciembre a las 7:00 pm. Nos
juntaremos en la oficina de la parroquia para
terminar con el Rosario en la Iglesia. Los
esperamos!

Saints Peter and Paul
Bulletin # 791650
Contact: Shirley Pestka
Phone: 507.388.2995
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