JAN. 29-30

We have a very few tickets left for the Pastor's Awards Dinner if you would still like to join us in celebrating four of our parishioners. You can purchase them outside of Church today at the table.

 

Fr. Bill's Bible classes will resume this week on Wed. at 7pm and on Friday mornings.

 

I hope you have had time to clean out your garage and put aside all those electronic goodies to bring to the recycling event on Sat. Feb. 12^th from 9am till 4pm. You can also bring them with you on Sunday, Feb. 6^th and we will have bins to collect them.

 

Those long awaited calendars are here!!! Now I hope there are enough for you to be able to take at least one. Please do not take more than one per household. Thank you.

 

Don't forget the Valentine Dance on Friday, Feb. 11. Proceeds go to our Religious Education.

 

The Feast of the Presentation or Candelmas day is this Wed. If you would like to bring candles to have blessed to take home on that day, please do so at the 8am Mass. St. Blaise is celebrated on Thursday, so we will have the blessing of throats on Thursday evening.

 

Last but not least, the bathrooms are hopefully going to be finished by the first week-end of Feb., next week, but we will be happy even if it takes another week. Thank you to all who contributed to the collection last week.

 

Let us welcome missionary Mauricio who has a special message. 

JAN. 22ND-23RD.

There is a second collection today for the bathroom reconstruction. Anything you can give will help greatly.

There are still a few tickets available for the Pastor's Awards Dinner on Feb. 5th. You can get them after the Masses today at the table behind the church. Don't loose out by waiting!!

Bus vouchers are available today at the S.H.A.R.E. table in the parking lot.

There are a few things coming up that I will mention and you can get details on these in the bulletin.

Valentine Dance on Feb. 11

Electronic Recycling Event on Feb. 12th and Sunday Feb. 6th

Fr. Bill's Retreat at Mary & Joseph Retreat Center on Jan. 29th

Hope you can help out or attend some of these.

Fr. Bill will be attending a funeral of one of his Trinitarian confreres in Baltimore, this week, so he will be out of the office from Tuesday through Friday. There will, therefore be no English Bible Study on Wednesday evening, nor will there be Adult Ed on Early Christianity on Friday morning. This will be back to normal the following week. Thank you for your understanding.

JAN. 15TH 16TH

Discount Metro Bus Vouchers for Feb.-June 2011 will be distributed next Sunday January 23 after all the masses at the S.H.A.R.E. Ministry table in the parking lot.   If the weather is cold please come to the hall.

Next Sunday also please bring the pennies that you have been saving for our penny jar.  Our pennies when we put them together will help our Ministry buy the supplies for the meal for our Saturday guests.

 

Tickets are available for the Pastor's Awards dinner after all Masses today and in the Parish Office.

 

As you can see the bathrooms next to the Church are being re-done. This is thanks to some of our parishioners. We will be taking up a second collection next week for those who can help with paying some of the costs. I know you will be very pleased when you see the finished product.

 

There will be a Valentine's Dance on Friday, Feb. 11 in the Hall from 7pm till 11pm. Tickets are only $10. Hope many of you can join us for a fun evening of dance.

 

We will be having an electrical re-cycling event on Saturday, Feb. 12^th. There will be more information to come. Please save those things you think you can bring to help us raise money for our youth going to WYD in 2011.

 

 

JANUARY 8TH-9TH

1.Tickets are available for the Pastors Awards dinner after Masses this week-end. It will be held on Saturday, Feb. 5^th from 6:30pm to 11pm in the Herbert Johnson Hall.

2.There are still tickets available for the Martin Luther King Breakfast on January 17^th. Please call the office to reserve yours now.

3.Brochures for the Parish Trip to Egypt and the Holy Land are at the doors of the Church. If you would like to go, please fill out the enclosed form and mail it with your down payment to Catholic Travel as soon as you can. I know it will fill up quickly.

4.We will have another re-cycling event in February, so save all those old TV's computers, cell phones or other electronic things you would like to get rid of. More information will follow in the next weeks.

5.Fr. Bill will be offer the following mini retreat at Mary & Joseph Retreat Center located at 5300 Crest Road, Rancho Palos Verdes, 90275. Call Irma Manley at (310) 377-4867 Ext. 234 for reservations or general information.

Symbolism of the Mass                                          Fr. Bill Axe, OSST
Saturday, January 29, 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm

"It is the role of religious symbols to give meaning to the life of man." Carl Jung. The divine element of ritual, including its symbolisms, is ever present, hidden in ancient gestures that continue to stir feelings within us. But has something new emerged? What meanings does the Mass impart for the Body? Retreat concludes with Mass. Cost: $20 ($15 if paid in full by January 21)

6. Donuts are being served in the Hall after Masses this morning.

7. We have our Knights of Peter Claver with us this morning at the 10:00am Mass. They will be available to answerer questions about the organization after Mass. We would love to see our Council grow in numbers.

8. Fr. Bill and Sr. Karen will be gone from Tuesday thru Thursday this week. Mass on Monday will be at 8am and there will be communion services on the other days.