Second Sunday of Advent

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL GIVING TREE
The St. Vincent DePaul Giving Tree is up in church. Please consider taking a tag from the Giving Tree and help provide Christmas to a family in our community. Each family that we deliver to receives your gifts, plus a box of groceries which we will collect on Thanksgiving. PLEASE RETURN YOUR GIFTS WITH THE TAG ATTACHED NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 15TH. St. Vincent will be delivering the gifts to all the families on December 21st. Thank you!

PARISH NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION:
The parish will be praying a Novena to Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception in anticipation of her feast day on December 9th. This Novena will begin on November 30 and conclude on December 8 with a procession to Our Lady’s Grotto after the 10:00 a.m. Mass. Bilingual Novena booklets will be available in the back of church for the parishioners to participate. Digital copies will be available on the website (see below). Please take a booklet home, so that you can pray along each day with the whole parish.
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PROCESSION FOR THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
St. Anthony will hold a procession for the Immaculate Conception after the 10:00 a.m. Mass on Sunday, December 8, 2024.

THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
Holy Day of Obligation: December 9, 2024; Mass at 8:00 a.m. Please Note: There will be no evening Mass on December 9, 2024.

PARISH ADVENT SERIES: THE FOUR LAST THINGS
During the season of Advent, the parish has invited Fr. Matthew Summe, LC, to provide a bilingual series of meditations on the Four Last Things: Death, Judgment, Heaven, and Hell. These meditations will be given on December 5th, 12th, and 19th in the Church at 8:00 p.m. as part of Adoration. Instead of the Advent Penance Service, a priest will be available for Confessions on these Thursdays from 7:00-8:45 p.m.

SACRAMENTAL NEWS:
John “Jack” Staub passed away on Tuesday, November 19, 2024.
Eternal rest, grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. May his soul, and all the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen. Please keep Jack’s family in your prayers.

VOCATIONS COORDINATOR
St. Anthony’s Parish Council is seeking a Vocations Coordinator to begin a three-year term, starting this January. The Coordinator is responsible for encouraging holy vocations to the priesthood, consecrated life, and sacramental marriage within the Church. As a voting member of the Council, the Coordinator shall attend Council meetings on the second Monday of the month, not including summer months. Please contact the Parish Office at 859-431-1773 to register or Tobias Nathe at tjnathe@gmail.com, if interested.

RETIREMENT FUND FOR RELIGIOUS COLLECTION – DECEMBER 14 AND 15, 2024
Your gift provides vital support for senior Catholic sisters, brothers, and religious order priests. Thank you!

PARISH ANNUAL FINANCE REPORT
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SURVEY RESULTS AND PARISH PRIORITIES
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