This is our house we are family. Let us celebrate the joy of Christmas together.

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1 Our Mission NOVEMBER 16, rd SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME United in Christ through Bap sm, our parish is a Catholic community of diverse cultures and experiences. Through educa on and worship, we share the word and celebrate the Sacraments. We welcome and embrace all to join us in the praise & service of God. You are cordially invited to our annual 923 S. LA BREA AVENUE, LOS ANGELES CA SCHEDULE OF MASSES Sunday: 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM & 12:00 PM Saturday: 8:30 AM, 5:00 PM (Vigil) Weekday: 9:00 AM (Monday-Friday) Wednesday: Holy Day: 8:00 AM, 6:30 PM; Vigil: 6:30 PM SACRAMENTS Confession: *1:00-1:30 PM, Sunday Baptism: Fourth Sunday of the month Matrimony: Six months notice required in advanced for marriage preparation Appointments available for private Baptism, Funeral, Quinceañera. Please call to schedule your event. *(Confession schedule is subject to change without notice. Thank you.) Friday, December 5, :30 PM to 12:00 AM Wilshire Country Club 301 North Rossmore Avenue, Los Angeles, California This is our house we are family. Let us celebrate the joy of Christmas together. HONORING THIS YEAR S PARISH LIFETIME AWARD RECIPIENTS MR. & MRS. RICHARD CUNNINGHAM PARISHIONERS SINCE 1962 RELIGIOUS EDUCATION First Communion: 3:45 PM Wednesday Confirmation: 11:00 AM Sunday RCIA: 7:00 PM Monday CONTACT US: Parish Office/Mailing: 926 S. Detroit Street, Los Angeles, CA Rectory: 922 S. Detroit Street, Los Angeles, CA Telephone (323) Fax (323) parish@cathedralchapel.org Website: Adult Dinner Ticket $100 per person Child Dinner Ticket $45 (12 years & under) Cocktails 6:30 PM Dinner 7:30 PM Music & Dancing ll 12:00 AM A re Formal Holiday Best Hosted Parking Cash Bar Join our Christmas Raffle and win! More details inside this bulle n. Christmas Raffle Tickets: $5 per cket $20 for five ckets We look forward to celebra ng with you! The courtesy of a reply is requested by the 28th of November, 2014.

2 A MESSAGE FROM FR. TRUC Zeal for your house will consume me...jesus answered and said to them, Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up (John 2). Dear Parishioners and Visitors: A Member of CCSV Family Since We are One Family of Faith! Last week Saturday was November 1st; I celebrated my 4th year as pastor of CCSV although I have been here since summer of This house of prayer and of God at CCSV has been my home. There is a special place in my heart because of all the members of this family. After I completed my degree in Canon Law at St. Paul University in Ottawa, I officially resided in CCSV at the end of 2006 as a priest in residence. I was working full-time at the archdiocesan office as a director of the Cardinal McIntyre Fund for Charity and a judge for the tribunal. As a priest in residence, I was only assisting the parish with celebrating the Eucharist on weekday masses; many of you did not know me and that I belong to this CCSV family. For the first 6 months of 2007, I was asked to temporarily assist at St. Marcelinus in the city of Commerce to celebrate all their weekend masses for Father Jules Mayer, who was recovering from his illness. Little did I know that Father Mayer as a young priest served as an associate pastor for CCSV. After the sudden death of Father Chuck Schwehr on November 3rd, 2007, I became an administrator for CCSV and still holding the other two positions. Last Monday, I remembered Father Chuck during the morning mass for All Souls. Becoming Administrator of CCSV Family ~ My adoption to be an active member of CCSV family was happening rapidly and without hesitation I was welcomed by many of you. To this day, I am grateful. There was so much to learn and so much to do in such a short period of time, especially preparing the funeral liturgy for Father Chuck, when only a few people knew who I was in the parish. A lot of people came forward to help and volunteered assisting Father Chuck s family, the parish staff and me. Our parish from the church and the school bonded in such a unique and spiritual way. Becoming Pastor of CCSV Family ~ Three years later, on November 1st, 2010, as our parish celebrated the funeral mass for Father Earl Walker, another former and beloved long-time pastor of CCSV, I was appointed by Cardinal Mahony as the fourth pastor of this parish. During these past four years, together as a parish we have accomplished so much -- from repairing and renovating the church and the school. There was a great sense of spiritual transformation at CCSV that we are becoming and bonding as a family of faith. Christmas Gathering of CCSV Family In light of Pope Francis initiative on the Synod of the Family this past October, our parish committee with Dolly Tidalgo as chair person for this year s Christmas Annual Dinner, has chosen the theme: This is our house; we are family! Starting this weekend s bulletin, you will see different pictures of CCSV parishioners highlighting that we are one family. This year we honor a longtime parishioner family, Richard (Dick) & Helen Cunningham. I invite you to join our CCSV family Parish Retreat - Call to be Saints! Last weekend the parish retreat was a special blessing because of our presenter, Sr. Cecilia Canales. Her prayerfulness and Dominican spirituality inspired us in a unique way especially calling each us as saints of God. In each of us there is An Interior Diamond that God has created for us (cf. Rev. Richard Rohr). I am thankful also for a generous & anonymous CCSV family who helped pay for five people to attend the retreat (RE catechist, choir members, and parish staff). Be informed, Be interested, and Be involved in our CCSV family. God bless and have a blessed week ahead. WEEK OF NOV. 16-NOV. 22, 2014 SAINTS, SPECIAL OBSERVANCES, MASS INTENTIONS AND PARISH EVENTS SUNDAY, NOV. 16: Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00 Chris na Delara 10:00 Consejo & Demetrio Tanagon; 7th Gr School Mass 11:00 Confirma on Classes 12:00p For All Our Parishioners 1:00p Elsa Cas llo s Re rement Party 1:00p Confession* MONDAY, NOV. 17: Saint Elizabeth of Hungary 9:00 Trixie Lewis TUESDAY, NOV. 18: Dedica on of the Basilicas Ss. Peter & Paul; St. Rose Philippine Duchesne 9:00 Bahn Nguyen 7:00p Finance Council Mee ng WEDNESDAY, NOV. 19 9:00 For Our Volunteers; Gregoria M. Perez; Fr. Walker; Emma Dueñas; Jeanine Hoen 3:45p First Communion Classes 6:30p Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena THURSDAY, NOV. 20 9:00 Mary Jo Dulaney FRIDAY, NOV. 21: The Presenta on of the Blessed Virgin Mary 9:00 Cesar Espiritu SATURDAY, NOV. 22: St. Cecilia 8:30 In Loving Memory of Joe Lathroop 5:00p Flaviano A. Garde PARISH ADMINISTRATION Rev. Truc Q. Nguyen, Pastor frtruc@cathedralchapel.org, ext. 224 Nancy G-Sheehan, Parish Business Manager nancy@cathedralchapel.org, ext. 223 Mayela Albarran, Office Assistant mayela@cathedralchapel.org, ext. 235 Sister Anna Tom, SDSH, Rel. Ed. Director religioused@cathedralchapel, ext. 234 Lis Brady, Office Support liseth@cathedralchapel.org, ext. 221 In Residence: Most Reverend Bishop Edward Wm. Clark (928 S. Detroit St. Los Angeles, 90036) Elementary School Cathedral Chapel School, Grades K-8th Tina Kipp, Principal 755 S. Cochran Ave., L.A. CA T: (323) ; F: (323)

3 WORSHIP, LITURGY & FAITH GET READY The Letters of Paul to the Thessalonians are among his earliest writings, and are driven by his belief and the belief of the entire early Christian community that the return of Christ was imminent. Therefore, to devote time or attention to anything else was foolish. As time progressed, this fervor receded a bit. Today we may wonder, when we hear these readings about the coming endtimes, if we should take them to heart. What should we do when we hear that the day of the Lord will come upon us "like a thief at night"? (1 Thessalonians 5:2) Does this mean we are to stop our long-range goal-setting, get rid of our yearly calendars and planners, or stop putting money in the college education fund? Of course not. What it does mean is that we need to change our lives, living like children of the light and illuminating the world around us with the light of the gospel. Then, on that day, when the details of our daily living become unimportant, we will be ready to find our peace and security in Christ Jesus. J. S. Paluch Co Treasures from our tradition All Christians in both East and West embraced the care of the sick as essential to church life. In the West, the importance of the visit of the priest is stressed, while in the East, the sick person is brought to the church for a full Liturgy of the Word. Some, such as the Armenians, even call it the "Ritual of the Lamp," since the oil is poured out of the lamp by which the Word is read. This may be why Eastern Christians sometimes anoint the sick with this oil, since the trip to church might kill them. Our tradition in the West also unfolded in monasteries, where it was possible for infirm monks to be attended with a full and beautifully consoling liturgy. In 950 the monks of St. Alban's Abbey in Mainz produced a ceremonial book that was instantly a pastoral hit everywhere. There were two lengthy rituals for the sick, one an extended vigil, and the other a liturgy of anointing that included Communion under both species. While this ritual was a house formula for monks, it is easy to see how monks who had the care of parishes desired to serve their parishioners in a similar way. The first form included the chanting of penitential psalms, and the second form required a confession beforehand. Both forms included a laying on of hands, which everyone understood as being an essential part of penance. PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR CANDIDATES Tyler Craft, Stephanie Yvette Hampton, Tannis Napoles, Joan Marie Santos, Ronnen C. Vallejo, Living Prayer Who prays as they ought will endeavor to live as they pray. ~ Anonymous

4 You are all invited to our special Thanksgiving Mass Thursday, November 27, 2014 ~ 10:00 am PARISH next 2-weeks CALENDAR November Archdiocese 2nd Collection: Campaign for Human Development November 25 9:00a School Mass, 3rd Grade Parish Office will be closed on November in observance of Thanksgiving Holiday. November 27 (Office is closed Nov ) CATHEDRAL CHAPEL ANNUAL THANKSGIVING FOOD DRIVE The holidays are coming and there are many families and homeless in our community that needs our love and support. Let s help our neighbors by making a difference in their lives today. Our annual Thanksgiving drive of food gift cards from Ralphs, Vons, or from any supermarket, have proven to be very useful to families that come to our church and ask for assistance. Please drop them off at the parish office, Mondays through Fridays, from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. You can also donate non-perishable food items or sundry items (dry goods and toiletries) to our SVON drive. You may drop these items in one of the red bins located inside our church. THANK YOU FOR GENEROSITY! The Advent Season is coming! Schedule of Advent Parish Events Saturday, November 29: Advent Cleaning & Decoration Sunday, November 30: 1st Sunday of Advent Monday, December 8: Immaculate Conception, A Holy Day of Obligation, 9:00am & 6:30pm Friday, December 12: Our Lady of Guadalupe, 7:00pm Sunday, December 14: Confirmation Group Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser, after the 8:00am & 10:00am Masses Tuesday, December 16: Parish Penance Service, 7:00pm Thursday & Friday, December 18 & 19: Simbang Gabi (Filipino Mass at Night), 7:00pm November 30 1st Sunday of Advent December 4 10:30am School Penance Service Inspira ons to live by.. Start each day by talking with our loving God. It is a small thing to do to carry His peace with you throughout the day. Good morning, Lord, I have some things to tell You. eprayer.com DID YOU KNOW? Who should report child abuse? ~. Priests, deacons, school faculty and administrators and other staff members in our parishes and schools have been designated as mandated reporters under California law. When one of these persons receives informa on leading to a reasonable suspicion that a child is being abused or neglected, he or she must make a report to the appropriate child protec on or law enforcement agency. For Informa on on Responding to an Allega on of Suspected Child Abuse visit: org/protec ng/vam VISITING OR NEW TO OUR PARISH? We are delighted to have you join us and welcome you into our humble li le parish community in the heart of Los Angeles. If you have recently moved into our community, you may register via at register@cathedralchapel.org or by calling the parish office at Also visit to learn more about our parish. God Bless You. PARISH SUPPORT: NOV. 8-9, 2014 Weekly Offering: $ Bldg. Fund: $ We are grateful for your continued support of our parish. God bless you!

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