September 6, 2015
Page 2 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time September 6, 2015 STAFF DIRECTORY PARISH INFORMATION Phone: 818-991-3915 Fax: 818-991-7152 WWW.STMAXCHURCH.ORG KOLBE@STMAXCHURCH.ORG After Hours Emergencies Only: 818-991-3915 ext 9 OFFICE HOURS Monday - Thursday 9:00 AM -12:30 PM & 1:30 PM 5:30 PM Friday 9:00 AM -12:30 PM WEEKDAY MASSES Monday & Friday Tuesday & Wednesday 8:30 AM 7:00 AM SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Saturday: 3:45-4:30 PM SICK CALLS Call the Parish Office at any time. COMMUNION TO THE SICK Ray and Stephanie Donckels 805-495-9383 FUNERALS Sarah Ruffing ext 102 BAPTISMS Please call office 1st & 3rd Sundays of every month by appointment only. Pre-Baptismal classes required. Held the second Sunday of every other month at 12:15 PM. WEDDINGS Polly Toohey ext 110 Minimum six months advance notice required. NEXT SUNDAY S READINGS 24th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Isaiah 50:5-9a The Lord GOD is my help; who will prove me wrong? James 2:14-18 Faith, if it does not have works, is dead. Mark 8:27-35 Jesus asked his disciples, Who do you say that I am?
Page 3 23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time September 6, 2015 MASS INTENTIONS The University Series 2016 Planning is coming up soon and we need excited parishioners to join the team. Many hands make for light work! Short monthly luncheon meetings with all eleven parishes start in early September and continue until the start of the series, the Thursday after Ash Wednesday of Lent. From September to December, we will go over the past list of speakers and adding on new ones, picking the parishes and then going to press for our 2016 Program. For 2016, St. Max is expecting a very active year and we need a lot of help in what St.Max does best: planning, promoting, hosting, baking, serving, and welcoming. And we do it with a lot of love and fun. DID YOU KNOW? Bullying is a form of abuse Did you know that bullying is a form of abuse, and therefore is forbidden in our Catholic schools? Bullying typically consists of direct behaviors, such as teasing, taunting, threatening, hitting, shoving and stealing. But it might also be indirect, such as spreading rumors that cause victims to be socially isolated through intentional exclusion. Cyberbullying, which involves the use of the Internet or mobile phones to send inappropriate messages and images to or about others, is also behavior that is not tolerated in our Catholic schools. If you suspect bullying of a child at school, please contact the school principal with your concerns. Please contact Kay Mallaley: mallaley@verizon.net or 805-492-2289 to join our planning committee and gracious wonderful on-going hospitality team for 2016. Put on your thinking caps, September is here! Find out what s happening at St. Maximilian Kolbe Catholic Church. Please go to our web site. Front cover photo by James Doane WWW.STMAXCHURCH.ORG
Page 4 September 6, 2015 WORLDWIDE MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER Your love as husband and wife is a gift to one another as well as a gift from God. Attend a World Wide Marriage Encounter Weekend to receive the tools needed to make the most of this precious gift. Deepen your communication, strengthen your relationship, rekindle your romance and renew your sacrament by attending the next WWME weekend Sept 11-13 in Winnetka or Nov 14-15 at St. Jude In Westlake Village. Contact Jeanine and Russ Walker at 805-648-4244 or go online a www.twocanlove.org. We help make good marriages better. For more information on the tea or if you are interested in decorating a table, Contact Katie Marcon at ktmarcon@gmail.com
Page 5 September 6, 2015 R.C.I.A. Welcome Dinner Do you have questions about Catholicism because you re of another Christian faith? Do you currently identify yourself as a non- Christian but want to explore becoming Christian? Are you disappointed that you never completed your Catholic initiation rites as a child? Have you completed the sacraments of Baptism, First Communion, and Confirmation but wished you knew more about your Catholic faith (you knew it once but that was before Vatican II)? Do you want to be a part of the Catholic Church? RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults) will be starting up again in September with a Welcome Dinner for all inquirers. If any of our questions felt like they were directed at you, please join us at our upcoming Welcome Dinner and see how we can help with answers. On Thursday, September 10, 2015, at 6:30 PM, the 2014-2015 RCIA class will be hosting our Welcome Dinner, which will be held outside in the Gathering Space, on the Labyrinth. To find out more information about the St. Max RCIA process, please call Deacon John Kruer at 818-991- 3915; to RSVP for the dinner or for more dinner details, please call Linda Huybrechts at 818-486-1226. All are welcome! Welcome Back to all our group returning after our summer hiatus. Our meeting this month will be an orientation meeting with discussion of our annual activities, membership signup and dues collection, ideas for speakers and luncheons, and getting to see friends we have missed over the summer. Our meeting will be held on September 15, 2015 at 12 noon in Room C of the O Reilly Hall. Please bring your dues and any changes to your address or phone number. We will be compiling our membership roster and we want all the info to be accurate. Dues are $10 annual for one person and $15 annual for a couple. A light lunch will be served at no charge and we will have a chance to share ideas for the upcoming year. Don't miss this chance to be a part of our Third Age senior group, new members are desired and welcome (so bring a friend). See you there!
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