Parish UPDATE: Sunday, November 23

Beloved of God, 

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Here is what is making news in our parish:

1. THIS WEEKEND  AT ST. MARY: 

• Sunday, November 23: Feast of Christ the King/The Last Sunday after Pentecost. 
• Read more of the above Feast at http://www.churchyear.net/ctksunday.html
• Join us for our Masses at 10 am (English) and 1 pm (Spanish).  

2.   Thanksgiving Day joint-Eucharistic Service with Grace Lutheran Church, Culver City, November  27 at 10 am at Grace Lutheran Church, 4427 Overland Ave, Culver City

3.  FR. FEDERICO & FR. JUAN BARRAGAN:

• Fr. Federico, who has nurtured our Hispanic community at St. Mary from day one, will be leaving St. Mary at the end of December 2014. His last Sunday here will be on December 28, The First Sunday after Christmas.
• Please, join us in a celebration on Sunday, December 28 at 3 pm at the church, to celebrate and thank him for his ministry with and among us.This is a potluck event, so bring some food and beverage to share.
• Fr. Juan Barragan, who is presently in charge of St. Bartholomew Episcopal Church, Pico Rivera, will be taking the place of Fr. Federico beginning Sunday, January 4, 2015. 
• Join the Vestry and the Staff in welcoming Fr. Barragan and  Petra to St. Mary in Palms.

4. UPCOMING EVENTS:  

• Sunday, November 30: The First Sunday of Advent
• ADVENT QUIET DAYS: 
• Saturday, November 29, 
• December 13 and 
• December 20. 10 am to 12 pm each Saturday. 
• Br. Derek Ford, SSF, will lead all these Quiet Days. Join us.
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• Diocesan Convention (Ontario Convention Center): 
• Friday, December 5 and 
• Saturday, December 6.

5.  FASTING OPPORTUNITIES IN PREPAREDNESS FOR CHRISTMAS:  

• Take some time for "inscaping" - tending your interior spiritual life this Advent by observing the following days of fasting.
• Wednesday, December 10:   Meditate on Hymn 657 (1982 Hymnal)
• Thursday, December 11:       Meditate on Hymn 84 (1982 Hymnal)
•  Friday, December 12:           Meditate on the following hymn: 

                                  Thou didst leave Thy throne and Thy kingly crown,
                                  When Thou camest to earth for me;
                                  But in Bethlehem’s home was there found no room
                                  For Thy holy nativity.

Refrain

O come to my heart, Lord Jesus,

There is room in my heart for Thee.

 

                               When the heav’ns shall ring, and her choirs shall sing,

                                At Thy coming to victory,

                                 Let Thy voice call me home, saying “Yet there is room  

                                There is room at My side for thee.”

6.    OF YOUR CHARITY, PLEASE, PRAY FOR:

• Continued healing for Gerda, Anthony Jo, Fr. Anderson
• all travelling at this time: Sean. Angela, Raymond Anderson
• a cure for the Ebola disease. God's blessings on the work of Health Care professionals working in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. For all who have died in the Ebola pandemic and for their families as they mourn.
• Our youth: Natasha, Vincent, Simone, Audrey, Michelle, Larry Jr, Jeffrey, Yasmine

7. For news about:

• the Diocese of Los Angeles, please click on www.ladiocese.org

• the Expo Line construction, please, click on www.buildexpo.org

• the Palms Neighborhood Council, click on www.palmsla.org

8: Like us on Facebook; follow us on Twitter.

See you at Mass. Bring a friend and your family to church.

Fr. Vincent

www.stmarypalms.org