Author: SMDP Office

St. martin de porres buffalo, ny

Sun., Dec. 12 - Third Sunday of Advent
Zep 3:14-18a/Phil 4:4-7/Lk 3:10-18
8:00am - St. Martin de Porres Parishioners
9:30am - Corvonte Jones by Carol Jones
Mon., Dec 13 - St. Lucy, Virgin and Martyr
Nm 24:2-7, 15-17a/Mt 21:23-27
12:00pm - Andy Quin
Tue., Dec. 14 - St. John of the Cross, Priest
and Doctor of the Church
Zep 3:1-2, 9-13/Mt 21:28-32
12:00pm - Andy Quin
Wed., Dec. 15
Is 45:6c-8, 18, 21c-25/Lk 7:18b-23
12:00pm - Andy Quin
Thu., Dec. 16
Is 54:1-10/Lk 7:24-30
12:00pm - Andy Quin
Fri., Dec. 17
Gn 49:2, 8-10/Mt 1:1-17
12:00pm - Personal Mass
Sat., Dec. 18
Jer 23:5-8/Mt 1:18-25
12:00pm - Andy Quin
Sun., Dec. 19 - Fourth Sunday of Advent
Mi 5:1-4a/Heb 10:5-10/Lk 1:39-45
8:00am - St. Martin de Porres Parishioners
9:30am - Erik C. Counts - Nikkei Goodwin

Compassion Ministry
Special Intentions Prayer for Our Parish
Our Deceased Members
Our 1st Responders, Health Care Workers
Our Military Personnel
All those in need of our prayers especially our sick &
shut-ins :
Joseph Bugman, Denise Dickinson, Richard Ersing,
Lillie Favors, Catherine Horton, Leroy Jeffries,
Sarah Howard, Sal Howard, Susan Hutchins,
Karl Magby, Mary Magby, Daisy McGill Crespo,
Thomasina McDougald, Renee Mills, Ernestine
Morrell, Vanessa Newton, Daisy Pleasant,
Loreda Reese, Monica White, Chevelle Wiggins, and
Josephine Williams.

Holiday Mass Schedule
Friday, Christmas Eve, December 24, 2021 - 7pm
Saturday, Christmas Day, December 25, 2021 - 12noon
Friday, New Year’s Eve, December 31, 2021 - 7pm
Saturday, New Year’s Day, January 1, 2022 - 12noon
Please join us as we celebrate Christ’s Birth
and the beginning of a New Year

St. Martin de Porres Mass Intentions 2021
A Mass stipend is not only for your deceased loved ones. It is also for anyone in need of prayer and consolation: family, friends and all who may be going through a difficult time. Each Mass intention can be secured for $15 in the Church Office.
“Live as if you were Living a Second time, As though you had acted wrongly the first time” Viktor Frankl.

Father Peter’s Contact Information
Cell Phone - 1-646-709-4821, Email - peecimb@gmail.com,
or by calling the Church Office - 716-883-7729

Lector Schedule for December
At the 8:00am Mass, the Lector will do both Readings,
the Responsorial Psalm and the Prayers of the Faithful.
12/5 - Andre Allen
12/12 - Luke Dyer
12/19 - Patricia Howling
12/26 - Stephen Williams
At the 9:30am Mass, the Lector will do the Readings.
12/5 - Laurie Alford
12/12 - Carol Cole
12/19 - Lurita Boyd
12/24 - Ndidi Nwabugwu
12/26 - Maureen Satchell

Third Sunday of Advent December 12, 2021

It is that time of year when weather will effect activities here at St. Martin’s. Church and event closing information can be found on TV stations 2, 4 and 7 and also on WBEN 930am Radio.
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Prayer for Renewal
In every age, O God, you have called us To be your
people, to be your ‘church
In this time, we begin anew to discern the pathways that will lead us, your people closer to you.
Continually Bless our journey as we proclaim your Good News, celebrate your saving presence among us, serve others with charity and justice, and steward the world you have entrusted to our care.
Send your spirit to lead and guide our Emmaus journey as we commit ourselves to the renewal of our Church. This we ask through Christ our Lord, Amen.
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November Report from the Pantry and Closet:
Thank you all for your generosity and support of our ministry.
We distributed 138 turkeys for Thanksgiving! During the month of November 68 families received clothing and household goods from our clothing closet. 990 individuals received food during November!
We are in need of volunteers to help us with packing food, picking up donations, delivering food and maintaining the pantry and closet.
We are low on spaghetti and elbows as well as canned fruit right now. We always accept non-perishable food, cleaning supplies, hygiene items, usable clothing and household goods.
Our Christmas toy distribution Saturday December 18 from 930 am until Noon is rapidly approaching. We always need toys suitable for teenagers and hope you can help. Please consider helping us pick up toys Thursday December 16th at 9 am, sorting toys Thursday December 16th from 6 pm to 830 pm, or distributing toys Saturday December 18th from 930 am until Noon.
Please see Luke Dyer or Laurie Alford if you have any questions, or even better, join us Mondays and Thursdays from 9 am until Noon or Fridays from 10 am until Noon at the pantry or help with toys December 16th or 18th. We can be reached by phone at (716)-896-0047.
Luke R. Dyer, MAPM, Practice Manager

NEW YEAR’S EVE VIRTUAL GALA & AUCTION
A friendly reminder that this year the SMDP Holy Name Society will again host its annual New Year’s Eve Gala virtually on Friday, December 31st, 9: 3 0 pm until Midnight (please note that there will still be an in-person New Year’s Eve mass at our church, which begins at 7 pm, that same evening).
Only $25 Per Household. Must pre-register by Sunday, December 26th; make checks or money orders payable to the SMDP Holy Name Society and mail or drop off to the Parish Office at 555 Northampton St. Buffalo, NY 14208. If you would like to donate an item to be auctioned, please contact us by Sunday, December 19th!
For more information, visit us online at stmartindpbuffalo.org or call the Parish Office at (716) 883-7729 -or- call/text Adam Sumlin (716-462-7332) or Terry Alford (716-435-0258).
The Booster Club is selling Poinsettias,
see Helen Smith-Porter after Mass
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Please check the bulletin insert for additional
events in our Family of Parishes
Scholarship Information
The scholarship forms for the Albert Lenhard Family Scholarship and the Martin Luther King Scholarship are now available in the Gathering Space.
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The St. Martin de Porres Knights of Peter Claver Ladies Auxiliary would like to thank our parishioners for the toys they donated to the St. Lawrence Food Pantry. Lady Krysten Goins-Singletary was the Chairperson for this Community Event.
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The St. Martin de Porres 2022 calendar will be
distributed after the 7pm Mass on Christmas Eve .