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Next Sunday, Dec. 21, we need help in transforming our always beautiful St. Ann church into our stunningly beautiful “St. Ann at Christmas” church. Trees need to be wrestled into place, light strands need to be untangled and strung, crèche figurines and stands need to be unpacked and placed, and most things need to be put into place on that Sunday afternoon. We will begin after the 11:00 a.m. mass – so if you are coming from another mass that weekend, already dressed in sap-resistant clothes, then 12:15 should be a perfect time to be put to work to help us put up MOST of the decorations.
That being said, the Poinsettias will not be arriving until SOMETIME on Tuesday, Dec. 23rd. We are hopeful they will arrive in the morning. All 85 of them will be arriving then. So if you could be on a ‘short list’ of hale and hearty Indians, (not chiefs) willing to move them where commanded, we would love to hear from you. Let Pat Marstall know a phone number where you can be reached on short notice that Tuesday morning.
I do want to take this opportunity to thank Kate Garrett for overseeing our Art and Environment for all things liturgical these past few years. She, assisted by Velja and Bob Lacey have been a huge blessing for our worship space. And a belated thanks goes to Eileen Nebel for creating some new coverings for the side credence tables in the sanctuary (where the chalices and ciborium from mass are placed after communion). The former ones had endured too many stains to be cleaned, and needed to be gently ‘retired’. Thanks, Eileen, for that gift to our worship.
The schedule for Christmas and New Years is as follows:
Christmas eve – masses at 5p.m. and MIDNIGHT and on Christmas morning at 10:00 a.m. Masses for the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God will be at 5p.m. on New Year ’s Eve and at 10:00 a.m. New Year’s Day.
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Finally, in a separate note, let me say a word of thanks to Gary Uthoff’s law partner, Dave Adam, for donating a snow blower to the parish for use in cleaning the side-walks. The good news about this donation is that it practically guarantees a warm winter, just like carrying an umbrella on a golf course guarantees a dry round. If you have it, you don’t usually need it. But if you need it, you usually don’t have it. Now that we have it… 😉