Christ the King
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FROM OUT PASTOR
Dear Parishioners,
"Those who lead the many to justice will shine like the
stars in the firmament". This weekend we celebrate the Feast
of Christ the King. The Reign of God in the teaching of Jesus
and in the prophets involves the establishment of justice. Justice
has been described as the minimal requirement of love. It is also
associated with the creation of the conditions for the living
of a decent human life for all of God's children. One of the great
justice programs established by the US Catholic Church is the
Catholic Campaign for Human Development. It supports self help
programs led by poor people. St. Charles participates in Virginians
Organized for Inter-faith Community Engagement (VOICE). This initiative
receives funding from CCHD. You will find information on the parish
website that documents some of its accomplishments over the past
year. I thank St. Charles for your continuing support to the collection
and to the activities that support human development and the fight
against poverty.
In this season of thanksgiving I am so grateful for the many
expressions of service highlighted by our Centenary Celebration
recently. With gratitude,
Gerry Creedon
PS: Come to our Conversations with Creedon on Africa on December
6 at 7:15 pm and learn more about important outreach.
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Highlights at St. Charles November 22-30, 2009
- See Mass, Confession and other Sacramental information
- Sundays - Bilingual Divine Mercy Noon in the Chapel.
- Sun., Nov. 22 - On The Way; 7:00pm; Gym, Room 103 and Room
104
- Sun., Nov. 22 - Young Adult Pizza and Beer; 7:00pm; Benedict
Hall
- Sun., Nov. 22 - WAY meeting; 7:00pm, Gym, Room 202 and Room
203
- Mon., Nov. 23 - JustFaith meeting ; 7:00pm; Room 104
- Thanksgiving - Parish Office closes at noon on wed and remains
closed until Saturday morning. Gobble Gobble
- Sat., Nov. 29 - Young Adult Planning meeting; 7pm, Room
101, all welcome
- Sat/Sun Nov 29/30 - 1st Sunday of Advent. Our Parish Giving
Tree goes up this weekend. Take a tag & buy a gift for someone
in need.
See the Parish online calendar for more
details and the list of highlighted
events.
SPONSOR OF THE WEEK: Our thanks to Clover Plumbing, Heating
& Air Conditioning for their support.
MICHELLE MILLER'S GOING-AWAY WINE & CHEESE SAT DEC 5, 6PM -
BENEDICT HALL
As Michelle gets ready to head to Canada as a married woman in December,
let's gather and celebrate. --Those with last names beginning with A-L
are kindly asked to consider bringing a bottle of wine to share. --Those
with last names M-Z are kindly asked to consider bringing a block of
cheese or other fun snack/dip to share. Soda, breads and crackers will
be provided. RSVP online on our website or at the binder at the Welcome
Kiosk in the Parish Center lobby. Email CathleenObrien@yahoo.com.
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+ MASS SCHEDULE, READINGS AND INTENTIONS
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(Daily
Readings from US Bishops' website)
Sunday, November 22, 2009: Our Lord Jesus Christ the King
7:30am Rosalie Monaco (L) by Mark Monaco
9:00am Patricia Spatola by Patricia Fisher
11:00am John Prasert Vidhyaphum by Maria Lucas
1:00pm Fernandino Aroni Sheera by Agritina Aroni
6:00pm Parishioners
Readings: Dn 7:13-14; Rv 1:5-8; Jn 18:33b-37
Monday, Nov. 23, 2009: St. Clement I/St. Columban
9:00am Barbara Goulet by Maureen McEllegott
7:30pm (Arlington Detention Center) for the Inmates
Readings Dn 1:1-6,8-20; Lk 21:1-4
Tuesday, November 24, 2009: St. Andrew Dung-Lac
9:00am Julia Muller by Viola Muller
Readings: Dn 2:31-45; Lk 21:5-11
Wednesday, November 25, 2009: St. Catherine of Alexandria
9:00am J. Robert Jones by Maggie Jones
Readings: Dn 5:1-6,13-14,16-17,23-28; Lk 21:12-19
Thursday, November 26, 2009
9:00am Donald Coffield by Annette Talbot
Readings: Dn 6:12-28; Lk 21:20-28
Friday, November 27, 2009
9:00am Harry Shooshan by Michael Mesmer
Readings: Dn 7:2-14; Lk 21:29-33
Saturday, November 28, 2009
9:00am Alexander Dimaranan by Betina Dimaranan
Readings: Dn 7:15-27; Lk 21:34-36
Vigil for Sunday: First Sunday of Advent
5:00pm George & Mercedes Carbonice (L) by Camille Burruto
Readings: Jer 33:14-16; 1 Thes 3:12-4:2; Lk 21:25-28,34-36
Pray for those who are sick in our community, especially: Jennifer
Moire, Edward Sullivan, Concordia Aoanan, Margaret Canoli, Alexandra
Lamanna, Milby Parker, Margaret Canole, Fidelina Castro, Carmen
Miniño, Nick DeCarlo, Paul Steinmetz, Juana Garcia, Martha
Zarceno, Connor Cozoli, Thomas Crisp, Josephine Neuland Adrian
Knowles and Magaly Espinoza.
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2010 WAY CABARET NEEDS YOUR TALENT & TIME!
Sunday, February 28, 2010, 7:15-9pm, Werthmann Gym
Rehearsal/SoundCheck: Wed. Feb. 24, between 6pm-8pm
SHOW YOUR SUPPORT OF OUR TEENS ATTENDING WORK CAMP BY…Share Your
Talents: You are never too young or too old! Come & share your song,
dance, music, poetry/drama reading/acting, etc. Purchase Dinner Tickets
& Enjoy the Show: Support & celebrate the talents of our Community.
Pizza, soda & assorted cookies will be available. Contact Germaine,
leahyhome@aol.com or 703.525.3250.
YOUNG ADULTS (in their 20s and 30s)
PIZZA & BEER - Tonight after the 6pm Mass in Benedict Hall. Don't
forget your ID. Donations at the door. To receive an invitation to join
the St. C Young Adults listserv for those in their 20s and 30s, send
an email to youngadults@stcharleschurch.org or check Facebook.
COMMUNITY LIFE
CHECK OUT ST. CHARLES VIDEO ON CABLE!
"St. Charles Is"…will be on Comcast channel 69 or Verizon
channel 38 on Wednesdays at 6:30pm and on Thursdays at 9:30am through
the end of November.
CENTENNIAL HISTORY NOW ON SALE
For a mere $15, you can own a handsome history including stories and
pictures of the first 100 years of this outstanding Catholic community.
"A Century of Spirit" is a keepsake for all of us who value
this church. Contact Joe O'Neil at JONEIL1712@comcast.net.
PLAN NOW TO BE STILL FOR ADVENT
Our tradition continues as we carve out time in our busy weeks to reflect
and pray during Advent. Mark your calendars now for weekly Advent Evening
Prayer on Tuesday December 1, 15, and 22, 7:30-8:30pm in the Chapel.
Note that Tuesday, Dec 8 is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception and
a Holy Day. Mass that day is at 9am, noon, and 7:30pm. A 30min discussion
on the Immaculate Conception will follow the Mass at 7:30pm and all
are welcome.
SOCIAL JUSTICE
FAIR TRADE GIFT SALE
Start your Christmas shopping now while supporting just wages and beautiful
crafts! Always a hit at St. Charles, HandCrafting Justice will return
to share its mission with the parishioners of St. Charles Borromeo Church
on December 12/13. This Fair Trade economic justice project of the Sisters
of the Good Shepherd, will be selling Fair Trade handcrafts made by
women in 20 countries throughout the developing world. Your support
of our partners makes a tremendous difference in their lives, supporting
their efforts to live a dignified life, provide food, education, and
shelter for their families. Please join us to celebrate Fair Trade following
all Masses December 12 &13. NOTE: the Fair Trade sale will NOT take
place after the 6pm Mass.
SOCIAL SERVICES & EMERGENCY NEEDS
THANKSGIVING TURKEYS
Calling all Turkeys! St. Charles Parishioners will be cooking a complete
thanksgiving dinner for 25 families in need. Here's how you can help…
--Financial donations to be placed in the "turkey containers"
at the entrances of the church after the weekend Masses.
--We need help to prepare the dinners on Wed. Nov 25 beginning at 8am
in Benedict Hall. Call Fran Hobbs 703-525-6872.
--In addition to the cooked dinners, we are collecting Thanksgiving-type
food to help out other low-income families in our community. Please
bring in canned sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, corn, gravy, stuffing
and other non-perishable food items to the Parish Office. Thank you!!!
AFRICA OUTREACH SPONSORSHIP DRIVE
Africa Outreach continues its annual drive to sponsor the education
of children in Nairobi, Kenya. We will be in Benedict Hall. Full sponsorship
$200; any and all donations welcome.
CENTENNIAL CAMPAIGN ANNUAL REPORT
Many, many thanks to all of our parishioners for their support of our
Centennial Campaign. For those of you who do not already know, our campaign
runs through the end of 2010. Our most recent campaign in-pew appeal
raised $114,000. Since the October appeal, we have raised an additional
$12,475 in pledges. Our total amount pledged to the campaign as of November
5th is $1,018,670.00. A total of 254 households use the regular Centennial
Campaign envelope to make their payment. For the month of October, payments
made to the campaign via the regular campaign envelope totaled $20,925.00.
The total number of households that make an EFT payment each month is
58 for a total of $4,566.00. Currently there are 104 households making
monthly credit card payments to the campaign totaling $7,571.00. There
have been 65 single gifts made to the campaign for a grand total of
$20,295.00. In order to reach our goal of 1.5 million, we still need
to raise an additional $481,330.00. If you have any questions about
the campaign, would like to make a pledge, or set up a meeting with
Rebecca A. Kimball, Director of Development, please feel free to call,
or email. We greatly appreciate all of your generous support!!!
TAX SAVINGS THRU GIVING
You may make a gift of stock as a donation to our parish or our diocese.
In exchange for a gift of long-term, appreciated securities (stock),
you can receive an income tax deduction and avoid capital gains taxes
on stock appreciation. If you are 70½ or older, you can make
a gift tax-free from your IRA to our parish or the Diocese thru 12/31/09.
While this gift will not result in a tax deduction, the amount will
be excluded from your taxable income for 2009. Other benefits and restrictions
apply - for more information, please call (703) 841-3896
CATHOLIC CAMPAIGN FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
CCHD funding supports low-income people by addressing the root causes
of poverty nationally and locally, i.e., 25% of funds remain in the
diocese. When you give to the CCHD collection, you give a hand UP to
people in poverty. For more information, visit www.arlingtondiocese.org
