SUNDAY MASS November 30, 2008

Father in heaven,
our hearts desire the warmth of your love
and our minds are searching for the light of your Word.
Increase our longing for Christ our Savior
and give us the strength to grow in love,
that the dawn of his coming
may find us rejoicing in his presence
and welcoming the light of his truth.
We ask this in the name of Jesus the Lord.
Amen

 

ADVENT WREATH MAKING
Don’t forget to join us Sunday, November 30 following the morning Masses by making your own family Advent Wreath. Volunteers from our RE classes will be available to help you in creating your own family Advent Wreath. Forms and greenery will be available in the parish center. Cost is $5.00 [new price] which covers the cost of the materials.

THE ADVENT PENANCE SERVICE
“Lord our God, help us to prepare for the coming of
Christ your Son.
May he find us waiting eager in joyful prayer.”
These lines from the opening prayer for Mass for Monday of the First Week of Advent encourage us to look within and see what needs to be changed in order to be ready for the return of the Lord. One of the best ways to do this is through the Communal Penance Service. Through the celebration of the Word and a communal examination of conscience we are given the opportunity to offer our sin to God that he, in turn, might offer us clean hearts, truly ready for his return. Join us Wednesday evening, December 3 at 7:30pm for our annual Advent Penance Service.

SOLEMNITY OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY - A HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION
On Monday, December 8 our Mass schedule for the Immaculate Conception
will be the following:
8:00am Mass [English]
10:30am Mass at Hope Village Retirement Center
7:00pm Mass [Spanish]

NO ADULT SCRIPTURE CLASS NEXT WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3 DUE TO THE PENANCE SERVICE.

 

Reflecting the Gospel

Listen up! Pay attention! I’m talking to you! Hey, you! Urgent! Fragile! Do not bend! Virus alert! These and a hundred other pithy sayings are ways we call attention to what matters to us. We shouldn’t be surprised, then, to hear Jesus use two short imperatives at the beginning of this Sunday’s gospel: “Be watchful” Be alert!” Jesus is telling his audience and us that something important is happening. Yet how often we find ourselves not alert but sleepy. We are worn out, worn down-even the good we do sometimes seems worthless. The Advent season calls us to overcome our drowsiness by calling out to God for help and watching for the One who comes to renew us. This is how we begin Advent: we watch and wait by taking the time to pay attention to something important that is happening now and is yet to happen. We take time out of our busy-ness to be aware of the One for whom we watch and the One whose coming we await. Advent brings new energy for encountering Christ when we open ourselves to the many ways Christ is already present to us. We begin Advent not be looking to Christ’s first coming into our midst at the Incarnation, but by looking to Christ’s return at the end of time. Christ has come, fulfilled his mission, and then, like the “lord of the house” in the gospel, is “traveling abroad.” We, “his servants in charge,” have each been given out our own work to do until Christ returns. And what is our first and most important work? Watching for God’s coming! At the same time we must always remember that the watching is never in vain: our watching hastens encounters with the very One on whom we wait. Our watching is now and in it the past and future meet. Yes, during this wonderful time of the liturgical year we look to the past to remember Jesus’ becoming incarnate and dwelling among us and anticipate the future when Christ will come again. But we live now and in this present moment Christ is within us and among us. The first reading reminds us that our watching isn’t something passive; we must be “mindful of God in our ways.” Thus our watching is seeing God in our “doing right,” seeing God in the simple, everyday things we do. Our lives often seem to bog down with the endless “sameness” of things. We spend Advent in the time and place we live and we still find God anew because our encounters with Jesus always bring us new life. The work of Christian living is to constantly watch for the redeeming possibility of every moment.

Parish Community News

OUR PRIVILEGE, OUR RIGHT, AND OUR DUTY

As it is written ‘Even if these forget, yet I will not forget you.’ (Is 49:15):
We in the Catholic Church in the Community of St. Patrick remember, hold in our memory, and pray for the men and women who serve in the Armed Forces especially: Ryan Thomas Blackwood, Ryan Bridges, Lonnie Brown, Nathan Brown, Douglas Bower Jr., Carlos Bustamante, Adamm Creel, Isaiah Creel, David Davis, Brad Dunn, Brian Dykeman, Bill Ellis, Adam Ferrell, Andrew Gibby, David Hannon, April Kennedy, Mike Krzmarzick, Jessica Krzmarzick (wife of Michael Krzmarzick) Johnny Lugo, Alex Martin, Ryan McInnis, John Nguyen, Robert Selner, Tarl Spencer, Leah Sundquist, Kenneth Thorpe, CJ Trillo, Jonathan Tuner, William Walsh, Erik Wiesehan and Ivan Wilson, may they be servants of Christ through service to those in need, and may they be kept safe from all harm.

PARISH SUPPORT
Parishioners of St. Patrick through the Sacrificial giving program gave to God the gift: November 23, 2008
Building Fund $99.00
Cemetery $5.00
Envelopes’ $5480.00
Loose $451.03
Children’s $
Poor $544.00
Campaign Human Dev. $1170.51
Total $7749.54

SPECIAL CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations to Bill & Marie Trumm on the occasion of their 63rd Wedding Anniversary.

Mass Intentions for the Week
December 2-5, 2008
Tuesday, December 2, 2008

COMMUNION SERVICE
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Special Intention for Dick Carroll in honor of his 80th Birthday by his loving family
Thursday, December 4, 2008
+William Kruger by Kruger family
Friday, December 5, 2008
+Dick Brown by Mary & Jerry Schoen

 

MONASTERY MUSTARD. . .the perfect gift to spice up your holiday gift giving.
If you are looking for a unique “Oregon” gift, without breaking the bank, consider Monastery Mustard made locally by our own Benedictine Sisters of Mt. Angel. Their award winning mustard varieties are now available in 9 flavors, something to please every palate. With names like Devoutly Dill, Glorious Garlic and Heavenly Honey, it has to be good. Mustard can be ordered on line at MonasteryMustard.com or purchased directly at the Shalom Prayer Center bookstore on the monastery grounds in Mt. Angel. It is not every day that a great gift idea coincides with the advancement of Catholic ministry. Consider including MONASTERY MUSTARD in your holiday gift giving! If you have questions, contact Jo Recht at 503-266-4538.

BABY BOTTLE FUNDRAISER DEADLINE
If you took home a plastic baby bottle in October to collect money to support the Canby Pregnancy Care Center, we ask that you return it, filled or unfilled. We would like to complete the fundraising by Nov. 30. Place the bottle in the basket in the back of the church. Thank you to those who have already contributed.

Advent
It can be difficult to prepare our lives for Christ
amidst the busy preparations
of a material Christmas.
The four weeks before Christmas
are a time to prepare our families
to celebrate Christ's birth:
To prepare our minds to accept
that God's Son became a baby
and lived and died for us;
to prepare our hearts to accept
God's forgiveness, and to change our ways;
to prepare our souls to receive
God's healing grace through the celebration of Mass;
to take part in not only the work of preparation
but also the hope and joy in the midst of our work.

 

 

 

Religious Education

DEAR RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PARENTS -
REMEMBER NO CLASS SUNDAY,
DECEMBER 30. There will be class on Dec. 7. Have a beautiful and Blessed Thanksgiving weekend with your families.

RECONCILIATION PARENTS AND PARISHIONERS OF ALL AGES.....
Our own Father John Waldron will be doing a presentation Monday evening, Dec. 1 at 7PM, in the parish center. Father John will be speaking on the history of the sacrament of reconciliation and the preparation of our hearts and souls for our upcoming Advent Reconciliation Service Dec. 3 at 7:30 pm. Please come to spend an evening with Father John in preparation of Advent!

DEAR RELIGIOUS EDUCATION FAMILIES, THE DATE FOR OUR CHRISTMAS PROGRAM HAS BEEN CHANGED TO DEC. 15TH at 7PM. PRACTICE FOR THE PLAY WILL BE SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14 at 9:45AM DURING CLASS TIME.
Please mark your calendars. We are hoping the change will give us more time to make the evening special for your children and family. The evening will be in the parish center on stage! Please invite all of your family and especially grandparents! This is a parish event! If you would like to help with the play or reception please call Connie 503-266-9411.Thank you!

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
You must be registered for Religious Education unless you are in a Catholic School to be able to prepare for Sacraments. If you are receiving Sacraments this year you must provide a baptismal copy at the time of registration if you were not baptized at St Patrick. Registration forms will also be available in the Church vestibule.

SACRAMENT PREPARATION
Our classes for the Sacrament of Reconciliation are in progress. The date for First Reconciliation is January 24th. First Eucharist classes will begin with Introduction Parent night, February 2 at 7pm. Enrollment for the sacramental classes are final for this year. Students wishing to enroll for next year may do so in the fall of 2009. All students receiving the sacraments must be enrolled in the religious education program one year prior to enrollment. For more information call Connie 503

OUR "CHRISTMAS GIVING TREE"
in the Parish Center will have gift tags to be given to our special families. The tags will be on the tree from Nov 30th, the last chance to give will be Dec. 14th. You may leave the gift wrapped with the tag from the tree attached and bring them to the Parish Office or place them under the tree. We will pick them up daily. Thank you and have a blessed Advent and Christmas. Questions. . . Call Connie at 503-266-9411.

BEAUTIFULLY DECORATED CHRISTMAS TREE AND WREATH
The large box beside the tree is for food donations. Each time you bring 3 cans of food, large bag of rice/beans or take a tag from the Giving Tree you will be eligible to fill out a chance to win the Santa tree or Santa wreath. Fill out the form to win and place it in the designated box for the drawing! The drawing for the tree and wreath will be at the Santa Breakfast December 13. Thank you for your gift of giving!

R.E. TEACHERS MEETING DEC. 7TH at 12:30p.m.
This meeting will be for ALL TEACHERS and assistants for ALL PROGRAMS. We will meet again to touch bases with each other then break in our own groups. Maybe share a Advent cookie or two. See you then!

CHRISTMAS PROGRAM UPDATE
All children in the play will need to be there about 6:30pm to dress in their costumes!. Thank you. Questions - call Connie at 503-266-9411

WHAT HAPPENING

IT’S ABOUT TIME. . . .
It’s about time to upgrade our electrical systems. . . When we upgrade to phase three we will save money on our electrical bills. It will also allow us to install a new heating system, air-conditioning, and lights. Our progress towards the goal of $400,000 is remarkable. We have raised $324,138 and have $75,862 to go. The green envelopes are available in the back of the church if you need one. Thanks to everyone who has donated so far.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Volunteers are needed to help with an upcoming mailing. You will be folding, stuffing, stamping and sealing. Please call Debbie Newbury or Sara Creel if you can give some time to this project.

FOOD FUNDRAISER FOR THE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
The Hispanic community will be selling food on Saturday, December 6 from 12noon - 6:00pm in the Parish Center. Menu will include: Tacos: Beef [ssada], pork sausage[chorizo] & beef tongue [Lengua]; Dessert: bunuelos [like an amercian elephant ear], ponche [fruit flavored drink] & Champurrado [thick hot chocolate drink]; drinks: sodas, orchata & Jamaica. ALL PROCEEDS TO GO TO THE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN.

SANTA CLAUS BREAKFAST - DECEMBER 13, 2008
Tickets are on sale now for this special breakfast. Doors open at 8:30am, breakfast will be served at 9:00am. Menu: homemade cinnamon rolls, scrambled eggs, ham, hashbrowns, O.J., coffee, chocolate. Prices: adults $5.50, children $4.00 [new price].

SANTA CLAUS BREAKFAST TALENT SHOW
The Santa Claus Breakfast is Saturday, December 13 and we are excited to have a kid’s talent show again this year. Do you love to sing, dance, have a skit or funny act to perform? We would love to have you. Please call Cortney Tamimi at 503-266-3479 or email at cortneytamimi@yahoo.com. There will be one rehearsal on Sunday, December 7th at 12:30pm. Ho! Ho! Ho!

NEW LIVING LITURGY, LECTOR’S WORKBOOKS AVAILABLE
The new 2009 Living Liturgy workbooks for lector’s are available in the sacristy of the church. Lector’s, please pick up your copy and check your name off on the list provided.

CHRISTMAS CHILDREN’S CHOIR
The seasons of Advent and Christmas are fast approaching. Children, would you like to use your musical gifts and talents to beautify our Christmas liturgies? We would love to have you join us! The Children's Choir, open to children from kindergarten through middle school, will have its first rehearsal in the church on Sunday, Nov. 30 following the 11:00 am Mass--app. 12:20 to 1 pm or shortly thereafter. (Yes, it is Thanksgiving weekend, but it is also the 1st Sunday of Advent and time to get started.) We will continue rehearsals on the next 3 Sundays: Dec. 7, 14 & 21. The Children’s Choir will be singing for the Family Mass on Christmas Eve (5 pm) as well as for the Feast of the Epiphany on Jan. 4 at the 11:00 am Mass. It is really vital that we have some older children in addition to the younger ones, so that there will be good leaders. Parents, please encourage your middle school sons and daughters to join the choir and develop some excellent leadership skills. Also, please come to the first rehearsal with your children to register and/or update their information. For more information, please call Lora Heli at 503-263-3840.
Thank you!

What's Happening

November 30 - December 6
Sunday
12:20pm Children’s Choir practice
5:00pm Hispanic Bible Study
5:30pm practice for children -Hispanic community
Monday
7:00pm Sacramental prep group - speaker Fr. John Waldron on Reconciliation
7:00pm Charismatic prayer Group
Tuesday
6:00pm practice with Hispanic Community children
7:00pm Communion Service
7:00pm Knight of Columbus
Wednesday
7:00pm RCIA & Journey in Faith
NO ADULT SCRIPTURE CLASS
7:30pm Penance Service
Thursday
12:00noon Eucharistic Adoration
6:30pm Spanish RCIA
6:30pm Spanish RE
8:00pm Benediction
Friday
7:00am Marian Prayer Group
4:00pm Prayer Group Choir
7:00pm Hispanic Prayer Group
Saturday
9:30am-12noon Adult Choir practice12:00noon-6pm Hispanic Community Food Fundraiser
for Capital Campaign

Show us, Lord, your love;
and grant us your salvation

 

 

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