Saint Olaf Catholic Church
Saint Olaf Catholic Church
276 East 1700 South
Bountiful, Utah 84010
Phone: 801.295.3621
Melissa@stolafut.org
Office Hours:
Mon.-Thurs. from 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Saint Olaf Catholic School
1793 South Orchard Drive
Bountiful, Utah 84010
Office Hours: Mon-Thur. 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Phone: 801.295.5341
Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City
Liturgy Schedule
Weekend Masses:
Saturday Vigil: 5:30 p.m.
Sunday: 9:00 a.m., 11:30 a.m.
Daily Masses:
Monday 6:00 p.m.
Tuesday 8:00 a.m.
Wednesday 8:00 a.m.
** 9:00 a.m. (When school is in session)
Thursday 8:00 a.m.
Friday 8:00 a.m.
Holy Days of Obligation:
Call the office at 801.295.3621
Reconciliation
Saturday, 4:15 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the church
or by appointment
Eucharistic Adoration
First Fridays
9:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. in the Church
News & Events
Weekly Scripture Reading
December 20-29
Friday, December 20: Is 7:10-14/ Ps 24:1-2, 3-4ab, 5-6/ Lk 1:26-38
Saturday, December 21 St. Peter Canisius: Sg 2:8-14/ Ps 33:2-3, 11-12, 20-21/ Lk 1:39-45
Sunday, December 22 Fourth Sunday in Advent: Mic 5:1-4a/ Ps 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19/ Hb 10:5-10/Lk 1:39-45
Monday, December 23: Mal 3:1-4, 23-24/Ps 25: 4-5ab, 8-9, 10, 14/ Lk 1:57-66
Tuesday, December 24 Christmas Eve: 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16/ Ps 89:2-3, 4-5, 27, and 29/ Lk 1:67-79
Wednesday, December 25 The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas): Is 9:1-6/ Ps 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 11-12, 13/ Tit 2:11-14/ Lk 2:1-14
Thursday, December 26 St. Stephen: Act 6:8-10, 7:54-59/ Ps 31:3cd-4, 6 and 8ab, 16bc and 17/ Mt 10:17-22
Friday, December 27 St. John: 1 John 1:1-4/ Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 11-12/ Jn 20:1a and 2-8
Saturday, December 28 The Holy Innocents: 1 John 1:5-2:2/ Ps 124: 2-3, 4-5, 7b-8/ Mt 2:13-18
Sunday, December 29 The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph: Sir 3: 2-6, 12-14/ Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5/ Col 3:12-21/ Lk 2:41-52
.ONLINE GIVING
Diocesan Development Drive
Christmas Mass Schedule
Christmas Eve December 24
5:00 p.m. (Family Mass)
10:00 p.m. (Mass at night)
Christmas Day December 25
10:00 a.m.
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God Mass Schedule (Holy Day of Obligation)
New Year’s Eve December 31
6:30 p.m.
New Year’s Day January 1, 2025
10:00 a.m.
2024 Diocesan Simbang Gabi
A Traditional Filipino Christmas Novena of Masses. Mass with the Bishop Presiding Monday, December 23, 7:00 p.m. in the church. Dinner to follow.
Our Church has been blessed with our first Endowments!
Due to generous anonymous parishioners, two new endowments for our Church have recently been established.
The Saint Olaf Catholic Church Endowment Provides financial support for our church at the discretion of the pastor.
The Saint Charles Borromeo Endowment Provides financial support for the formation, development, or enrichment of Saint Olaf Catholic Church parish volunteers (Faith Formation and OCIA catechists, Lay Ecclesial Ministers) serving in catechetical, theological, or spiritual ministry.
Saint Charles Borromeo was responsible for significant reforms in the Catholic Church, including the founding of seminaries for the education of priests. He was canonized in 1610 and his feast day is November 4. Saint Charles Borromeo is the patron saint of bishops, catechists and seminarians.
Our two new endowments will be managed by the Catholic Foundation of Utah, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation dedicated to providing financial support for the Catholic Church and Catholic entities in Utah. Anyone is welcome to add to an established endowment at any time to help grow the funds for the parish and to support the mission. You can give online You will need to select “Parish and Places of Worship Endowments.” When choosing an endowment they are listed in alphabetical order by name of endownment.
From the Center of Hope
Thank you to St. Olaf Parish and especially Holly Dodge for hosting the Interfaith benefit Christmas Concert. The benefit concert was a beautiful, well-attended event that benefitted many of our food-vulnerable neighbors. Thank you for your support!
Choir
* Children in K - 2nd grade are invited to learn Away in a Manger to be sung before Christmas Eve, December 24 at the 5:00 p.m. Mass. Practice 4:30 p.m. December 23.
* AIM (Artist in Motion) will sing at the 9:00 a.m. Mass December 29.
* The St. Olaf Children’s Choir will sing at the 11:30 a.m.Mass December 29. All children that sang at the Christmas Eve Mass are encouraged to sing at this Mass.
Rosary Prayer
NO Rosary Prayer December 25 or January 1.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Office Notes
* We mailed our Parish Christmas Letter last week. If you are a registered parishioner and did not receive a letter and would like a letter, please call the church office.
* The Rectory Office will be closed December 24 -January 5 for Christmas Break.
* There is a new assisted hearing device system in the church. If you’d like to use the LOOP hearing system please find an Usher in the back of the church.
Epiphany Family Celebration!
Saturday, January 4, 6:30 p.m. in the Father McNamara Center. Please join us for a potluck dinner, crown making, Epiphany stories, King Cakes, and Epiphany home blessing boards.
If your family received a board last year bring it for a 2025 blessing. We will have boards for those families that did not receive a board last year.
Anyone interested in helping with this event, please contact Kathy and Ralph Carson at 801-232-7596.
Catholic Faith Study Group
Come explore our Catholic Faith while studying A Journey Through the Catechism Part 1. Join us after Mass every Friday in the Chapel Meeting Room January 10 - February 28. Topics will include Faith, the Life of Christ, The Holy Spirit, The Church, and the Blessed Mother. Cost is $17 for the book. Please contact Kit at cummingsck@yahoo.com to sign up.
Faith Formation
December 22 or 29: No Class—Christmas and New Years Break
January 5: Regular Class
From all the Faith Formation catechists, we wish you all a blessed and holy Christmas Season!
When God is the only goal, all disagreements are smoothed out, all difficulties overcome. ~St. Virginia Centurione Bracelli
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Saint Olaf parish is a Catholic community committed in faith to witness the good news of Christ in our daily lives.
In order to build the kingdom of God on earth, we gather to worship, educate, serve and grow in God’s love.
Please remember the sick of our parish in your prayers that they may be healed, strengthened, and know the love of God during their suffering:
Madeline Droubay
Roy Gallivan
Catherine Garcia
Emily Karrick
Geri Kilpatrick
Callan Long
Shirley Lynch
Tony Macklyn
Veronica Markisich
José Mendoza
Reinette Schultz
These names will be printed in our bulletin for the next 4 weeks. Call the office at 801.295.3621 to make changes, remove or add a loved one to the prayer list.
Anointing of the Sick
If your loved one is suffering from a serious or life-threatening illness, please request a Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick. Father Andrzej will gladly minister the sacrament and pray for God’s healing.
Our Mission
PRAYER TO MAKE A “SPIRITUAL COMMUNION”
Saint Teresa of Avila wrote: “When you cannot receive Communion and cannot attend Mass, you can make a spiritual communion, which is a most beneficial practice; by it the love of God will be greatly impressed on you.”
My Jesus,
I believe that you are present
in the Most Holy Sacrament.
I love you above all things,
and I desire to receive you into my soul.
Since I cannot at this moment
receive you sacramentally,
please come spiritually into my heart.
I embrace you now
as if you were already there
and I unite myself wholly to you.
Never permit me
to be separated from you.
Amen
~ www.usccb.org