St Brigid Catholic Church

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1 SECOND SUNDAY IN ADVENT: DECEMBER 4, 2016 St Brigid Caolic Church 5214 S. Western Ave. LA CA Phone: Fax: Website: PARISH STAFF Pastor... Rev. Kenne Keke, SSJ Spanish Ministry... Dcn. Hernando Rodriguez Parish Manager... Mrs. Cheryl Pyles Director of Religious Edu. Mrs. Floy Hawkins Parish Secretary... Ms. Claudia Edwards MASS SCHEDULES Saturday: 4PM Vigil Sunday: 7AM - English 8:30 AM -Español 10:30 AM - Gospel Weekdays: 8:15 AM - Bilingual CONFESSION Saturday: 3:30 4:00 PM Or by appointment Sábados: 3:30-4:00 o por cita OUR MISSION: W e e Fai Community of St. Brigid Caolic Church declare our mission is to know and imitate Jesus. We proclaim e reign of God in is community by preaching, teaching e Good News and celebrating our Roman Caolic worship. We witness e fai by demonstrating service and compassion for ose in need. As Community, we welcome, honor and respect all people wi e special emphasis on e culture and heritage of e African American and Hispanic Caolics. Infant Baptism: Prep Class for Parents & Godparents, 2nd Tuesday of e mon wi Baptism during Sunday Liturgy. Bautizos de Infanti: clase prebautismal para padres y padrinos, 2 º martes de cada mes con el bautismo durante la misa de Domingos. Religious Education (CCD): Saturdays, 9:30 AM 11:30 AM October ru May.Educación Religiosa: Sábados, 9:30 11:30 de Octubre a mayo. First Communion & Confirmation: Tw o years preparation rough e Religious Education Program. Preparación de dos años a través del programa de educación religiosa Adults (Rite of Christians Initiation of Adults) RCIA: Please contact e Director of Religious Education, Mrs. Floy Hawkins to register. Adultos (Rito de Iniciación Cristiana) RICA: por favor, contacten la Directora de educación religiosa, Floy Hawkins, para registrarse. Marriage: Please Contact e Priest at least six mons in advance. Do not book e reception hall until e wedding date in e church is confirmed. Matrimonio: Póngase en contacto con el sacerdote por lo menos 6 meses antes. Sick Calls: For visit to e Sick contact James Gibson: Visitas a los Enfermos: Contacte a Mario Ardon

2 SUNDAY MASS READINGS Dec. 4 Dec. 5 Dec. 6 Dec. 7 Dec. 8 Dec. 9 MASS INTENTIONS Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 4:00pm 7:00am 8:30am 10:30am 8:15 am Isiah 11:1-10 Romans 15:4-9 Matew 3:1-12 Isiah 35:1-10 Matew 5:17-26 Isiah 40:1-11 Matew: 18:12-14 Isiah 40:25-31 Matew 11:28-30 Immac. Concep. Mary Genesis 3:9-15, 20 Ephesians 1:3-6, Luke 1:26-38 St. Juan Diego Isiah 48:17-19 Matew 11:16-19 For e You For Brooksie Amos, RIP Love, DeLay Family Por la Unidad de la Familia For All deceased Members of e Choir, RIP NO MASS For Heal: Maria Matias, Robert Mensey, Marian Parent For Heal: John Spa, Beverly Robinson, Leonora Sandoval, Dcn. Jack & Joan Turner For Heal: Joyce Vause, Charles Walker, Eel Young, Lidia Zelaya For Heal: Ursula Bates, LaVonne Anderson, Lucia Anony, Mildred Battle CALL TO STEWARDSHIP Weekly Deposits (Envelopes, loose, holy days, building maintenance, St. Vincent De Paul 11/27/2016 = $5, As St. Brigid parishioners, we embrace stewardship and welcome e opportunity to share our time, talents and treasure wiin our Fai Community and e greater local community we serve. We are proud of our many accomplishments, improvements, successful projects and programs which form e foundation of our Call to Stewardship. St. Brigid is OUR church and OUR family. We have been entrusted wi e responsibility to maintain and preserve e physical plant of St. Brigid. We need and welcome your financial support and prayers as we make is Stewardship journey togeer. MINISTRY Aids Ministry Altar Servers - $ Art/Environment - Bereavement - Drum Ministry - $ Education Committee - Emmanuel - $3, Eucharistic Ministers- Finance Council - $ Gospel Choir- Guadalupanos - $1, Hospitality - KPC, Council #259 - $1, KPC, Court #259 - $1, Lectors - $ Legion of Mary - $500 Liturgy Committee - Ministry Thru Prayer - $ New Generation Choir - Parish Council - Religious Education - Resurrection Choir - Soup, Salad & Scripture - $ Spanish Evangelization - $ Spanish Lectors - Spanish Ushers - $2, St. Vincent de Paul - Traditional Choir - Tuesday Night Bible Study - Usher Board -$ Women s Ministry - Young at Heart - $ PARISHIONERS Debra Parson - $ Thelma Williams - $ Jan Davis $5, WILLS & ESTATE PLANNING Doris Fork - $15,

3 This Week at SBC. Parish Goal: $22,400 Amount Pledged: $10,594 Amount Paid: $7,195 Please give prayerful discernment in making a donation to Togeer in Mission, which helps support caolic Schools SUNDAY MISSALS-$3 NOVEMBER ADVENT BOOKS - $1 SEE ANY USHER TO PURCHASE GOSPEL CHOIR CONCERT Sunday, December 11, 3:30 PM, in e Church. ANGEL TREE Volunteers are needed to contact e care givers, wrap gifts and help wi e Christmas Party on December 17. Please contact Geraldine Haynes -wor at e 7am Mass and Annette Lockett and Donna Bristow at e 10:30am mass. VIRGIN GUADALUPE NOVENA December 3-11, 7PM, in e Church. Join e Guadalupanos Ministry for 9 days of Rosary, asking for e intersession of our Blessed Moer. VIRGIN GUADALUPE CELEBRATION Saturday, December 12, 5AM Mass and reception in e hall immediately following. Join us for Mass, Mariachi, and Food. 2ND COLLECTION Religious Retirement Fund: Weekend of December 10-11, during all Masses. SISTERS OF SOCIAL SERVICE FRUIT CAKE SALE These gourmet fruit and nut holiday treats are eagerly awaited by all who love fruitcakes. Each cake is $17.50 and includes shipping & handling. Christmas orders must be placed by December 15. To order, you may also visit: whollycakes-sss.com/ or Call: St. Brigid Caolic Church DECEMBER 4, SUNDAY 7:00 am Guadalupanos Brunch Hall 12:45 am KPC, #259 Jrs., R 5 & 7 12:45 pm - Hospitality Christmas Lunch DECEMBER 5, MONDAY 12:00 pm Heart, R 7 6:30 pm Drum Ministry, R 5 DECEMBER 6, TUESDAY 10:00am Ministry ru Prayer, R 7 7:00 pm Emmanuel Leaders, Rm 1 7:00pm - Gospel Choir Rehearsal, Church DECEMBER 7, WEDNESDAY 12:00 pm Food Outreach Hall 12:00 pm Soup, Salad &Scripture Rm 4 2:30 pm Legion of Mary Rm 7 7:00 pm Trad. Choir Reh. Crying Rm 7:00 pm Sp. Bible Study Rm 5 7:00 pm You Lector Rehearsal Ch. DECEMBBER 8, THURSDAY 6:30 pm Education Committee, R 5 7:00 pm Eucharistic Ministry, R 7 7:00 pm - Resurrection Choir, Church DECEMBER 9, FRIDAY 6:00 pm Altar Servers Ch. 7:00 pm OA Meeting Rm 7 7:00 pm Emmanuel Prayer Church DECEMBER 10, SATURDAY 9:00 am CCD CLASSES 1:00 pm KPC, Cn/Crt #259 R 2 & 3 2:00 pm AA Meeting Rm 1 6:30 pm Sp. Eucharistic Ministers Ch.

4 ~ REFLECTION ~ On is Second Sunday of Advent our focus begins to shift from e end of time to e time immediately before e first coming of Christ into e world. Yet e message is still e same: God s reign is at hand. As we worship togeer today, let us heed John e Baptist, whose message of preparing ose people of Israel so long ago echoes in our own hearts: Prepare e way of e Lord, make straight his pas. ~ REFLEXION ~ En este segundo domingo de Adviento nuestro enfoque comienza a cambiar del final de los tiempos hacia el tiempo inmediatamente antes de la primera venida de Cristo al mundo. Mas sin embargo, el mensaje es el mismo: el Reino de Dios está cerca. Juntos aquí hoy para dar culto a Dios prestemos atención a Juan el Bautista, cuyo mensaje de tanto tiempo atrás para preparar a aquellos en Israel encuentra eco en nuestro propio corazón: Preparen el camino del Señor, enderecen sus senderos. DID YOU KNOW? No matter how you handle Christmas gifts, you re likely to have to go to e mall wi your kids during e holiday season. In e midst of e crowds, children can easily become separated from eir parents. Be alert in crowds and maintain awareness of what oers around you are doing. Institute e buddy system have your kids hold your hand or one anoer s. Talk wi your children about what to do, and who to go to for help, should you become separated. Also, it is important to give your child your cell phone number so mall security can contact you quickly if needed. For more information, visit shopping-wi-kids/ SABIA USTED? Asegúrese que las compras de la temporada navideña se hagan con seguridad No importa cómo usted maneje los regalos navideños, lo más probable es que tenga que ir al centro comercial con sus hijos durante la temporada de Navidad. En medio de las multitudes, los niños fácilmente se pueden separar de sus padres. Manténgase alerta en las multitudes y esté consciente de lo que estén haciendo las demás personas a su alrededor. Institucionalice el sistema de amigos, que sus hijos se tomen de su mano o entre ellos. Platique con sus hijos sobre qué hacer y a quién acudir para ayuda, en caso que se separen de usted. Además, es importante darles a sus hijos su número de teléfono celular para que el personal de seguridad del centro comercial puedan contactarla/o rápidamente si es necesario. Para más información, por TEN REASONS FOR GOING TO MASS Not so long ago Caolics felt ey had to have a 106 o fever and a fractured pelvis to be excused from Sunday Mass. Now, some Caolics (especially young ones, but many older ones too) miss a succession of Sundays for much lighter reasons and still consider emselves active members of e Church. 9. WHY GO TO MASS? BECAUSE I NEED ROOTS & FUTURE There are no "ghosts of Christmas past" in my parish church, but as I walk rough it, empty, wi e sun lighting ose old German stainedglass windows, I know at my moer and faer looked at em, and my grandmoer and grandfaer. I see e pew at my grandfaer always managed to rent not too far up, not too far back. There's where we knelt as children, for "First Communion". There's where good old Gertrude Reilly knelt for 60 years and prayed up a storm. There's e altar, where I hammered e chimes at e precise moment e priest began to lift e host. I'm lucky. I had a solid beginning. The church (building, people, spaghetti dinners, bells) - as well as e Church (still unsuspected, but implicit: e whole Body of Christ) was e Rock at e center of life. It was an extension of home. Here was absolute certainty and security, not yet challenged and still e Rock when doubts and darkness did reaten. Though religious practices may change (as ey did at Vatican II), here is where hundreds, ousands, will come after me, after I walk on to join Moer and Dad and e rest ousands who will hear e same words of Jesus, eat e same body and blood, under e appearance of e same bread and wine be e same Body of Jesus, but in a future period of time. I am no rootless wanderer. I belong to e past and future, centered around a cross and a sun-filled morning. 4 St. Brigid Caolic Church

5 Children s Column Let e Children come to Me, Do not Stop em - Matew 19:14 RELIGIOUS EDUCATION DEPARTMENT CALENDAR You Sunday Masses: 1st Sunday of e mon: 10:30 AM Liturgy CCD Classes: Saturdays as listed below; 9: 30 AM 11:30 AM Parent Sessions: Date TBA; 7: 00 PM 8:30 PM, Room 4 OCTOBER 2016 st Classes (4): 1, 8, 15, 29 Advent Coloring Page Events/Activities: NO CLASS NOVEMBER 26, Thanksgiving Weekend 24 Thanksgiving Day 27 1st Sunday of Advent DECEMBER 2016 Classes (3): 3rd, 10, 17 Events/Activities: (NO CLASS ON DECEMBER 24 : Christmas Eve) (NO CLASS ON DECEMBER 31st: New Year s Eve) 3rd DEADLINE FOR YOUTH DAY REGISTRATION (Confirmation ONLY) 25 CHRISTMAS DAY 5