Monthly Archives: February 2009

This Week @ SCB

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Monday, March 2

8:00 a.m. Traditional Latin Mass Church

9:00 a.m. Holy Mass Church

6:00 p.m. ESL Rm 3/8

7:00 p.m. High School Ministry Hall

Tuesday, March 3

8:00 a.m. Traditional Latin Mass Church

9:00 a.m. Holy Mass Church

6:00 p.m. ESL Rm 3/8

7:00 p.m. RCIA R5

7:00 p.m. RICA Jerusalem Rm

7:00 p.m. Junior High Ministry Rm 7

Wednesday, March 4

8:00 a.m. Traditional Latin Mass Church

9:00 a.m. Holy Mass Church

6:00 p.m. Religious Ed Classes

Thursday, March 5

8:00 a.m. Traditional Latin Mass Church

9:00 a.m. Holy Mass Church

3:00 p.m. Choir Church

6:00 p.m. Religious Ed

6:30 p.m. SVDP Jerusalem

7:00 p.m. Encuentro Matrimonial R7

Friday, March 6

8:00 a.m. Traditional Latin Mass Church

9:00 a.m. Holy Mass Church

6:00 p.m. Holy Rosary Church

6:30 p.m. Stations of the Cross Church

7:15 p.m. Lenten Supper Hall

7:00 p.m. Clases Biblica R4

Saturday, March 7

9:00 a.m. English Baptisms

3:30 p.m. Confessions Church

5:00 p.m. Holy Mass English Church

Sunday, March 8

8:00 a.m. Santa Misa Español Iglesia

10:00 a.m. Holy Mass English Church

This Week’s Bulletin

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The Social Committee would like to thank everyone who attended our Fifth Annual Mardi Gras Dance this past weekend. It was fantastic to see everyone having a really fun time. We thank you for your continued support of your parish and we look forward to seeing everyone again next year.

March Baptisms Please register in the Parish Office: CLASS —Saturday, March 21 at 9:00 A.M. in Room 5. BAPTISMS — Saturday, March 28 at 9:00 A.M in the Church

The Women’s Guild will be collecting baby clothes — newborn to 1 year or 2 — for the Pro Life Ministry, after all the Masses throughout the Lenten Season.

Bilingual Rosary and Stations of the Cross followed by a Lenten Supper will take place every Friday of Lent beginning at 6:00 p.m. Each week a different ministry of the parish will lead the Stations as well as host the supper.

The Gift Shop is in need of more volunteers. Please strop by the office and leave your name and number if you are able to assist. Thank you.

Hike for the Homeless! The Hike will take place at Estrella Mountain Regional Park on Saturday, March 7, 2009. Registration is $25 ($15 student rate) and includes trail options for all levels, a T-shirt and breakfast burrito. Sign up online at http://www.hikeforthehomeless.org or call Blue at (602) 417-9854.

The Sacrament of Confirmation and First Holy Communion will be celebrated Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at 7:00 p.m.

Bautizos en Marzo – Favor de inscribirse en la oficina parroquial: ORIENTACION — domingo, 8 de marzo después de la Misa en el salón Reíd. CLASE — sabado 14 de marzo a las 7 de la tarde en salón 5. BAUTIZOS — sábado, 21 de marzo las 9 de la mañana en la iglesia.

Están invitados a las Clases Bíblicas “Elías” los viernes a las 7:00 de la tarde y a “platicas familiares” los miércoles a las 6pm a 7pm,en la Iglesia.

Lent Begins Wednesday, February 25

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Every Friday of Lent is a day of Abstinence Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of Fasting and Abstinence

ABSTINENCE – The Law of Abstinence requires a Catholic 14 years of age until death to abstain from eating meat (beef, chicken, pork) on Fridays in honor of the Passion of Jesus on Good Friday. Also forbidden are soups or gravies made from them. Salt and freshwater species of fish, amphibians, reptiles, and shellfish are permitted, as are animal-derived products such as margarine and gelatin which do not have any meat taste.

FASTING – The Law of Fasting requires a Catholic from the 18th to 59th birthday to reduce the amount of food eaten from normal. The Church defines this as one meal a day, and two smaller meals which if added together would not exceed the main meal in quantity. The fast is broken by eating meals and by drinks which would be considered food.

THOSE WHO ARE EXCUSED from fast and abstinence besides those outside the age limits – Those of unsound mind, the sick, the frail, pregnant or nursing women according to need for meat or nourishment, manual laborers according to need, guests at a meal who cannot excuse themselves without giving great offense or causing enmity, and other situations or moral or physical impossibility to observe the penitential discipline.

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Of Interest This Week

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The Knights of Columbus would like to thank all donors for a very successful blood drive last Sunday, January 25th. The next blood drive will be April 19th.

The Sacrament of Confirmation and First Holy Communion will be celebrated Wednesday, May 20, 2009 by the Vicar for Priests, the Reverend James Wall.

Mardi Gras Update: The Social Committee wishes to thank everyone who cast a ballot for the King and Queen of Mardi Gras. The King and Queen will be selected from the nominees and announced at Mardi Gras Celebration 2009!

If you want to decrease your expenses and increase your savings in 2009, please join us for “Simple Ways to Save Money”.  This class is being provided for FREE to St. Charles parishioners.  Come learn how easy it is to spend less without changing what you currently buy or where you buy it – the important thing is how.  Topics to be discussed will be price matching, becoming a preferred shopper, couponing and other simple techniques to save you money.  Date, time and classroom location will be provided in the near future.  If you have any questions please contact Kathy Church at 623-878-4708 or by email at KathyChurch@YourSensibleSpending.com. Thank you.

Our coupon trading box is a huge success thanks to everyone that has donated, clipped and sorted. But it seems that parishioners canʼt find what they want or they donʼt have enough time to look or they just donʼt use coupons, so currently there are more donators than users. The new change will help these issues and allow parishioners to request the specific coupons they want. This will allow you to receive your own envelope with only the coupons you want and need. The coupon box will still remain in the church foyer for everyoneʼs use but this change will make the process user-friendly. And extra coupons remaining after our parishionersʼ selections are made, will be used in a monthly paid coupon service that will be offered to non-parishioners so that our expended community can benefit as well.  In the coming weeks look for product selection sheets near the coupon box and please fill one out and drop it in the sealed box next to the trading box. If you have questions or suggestions email KathyChurch @YourSensibleSpending.com or call 623-878-4708. Thank you.

Gift Shop Inventory: Ida Griffin is hoping to take inventory of the gift shop ítems. If you are able to assist please join us on February 14 at 9:00 a.m. in the office. Thanks!

Hike for the Homeless! The Hike will take place at Estrella Mountain Regional Park on Saturday, March 7, 2009. Registration is $25 ($15 student rate) and includes trail options for all levels, a T-shirt and breakfast burrito. Sign up online at http://www.hikeforthehomeless.org or call Blue at (602) 417-9854.

Modesty in Clothing

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Parents are often obliged to correct their children over and over again – about the same thing. They would really prefer not to have to do it, but if they didn’t they would be guilty of sinning by omission. Priests feel the same way. One of the things that we often have to correct people about is the use of immodest clothing.

We most especially need to remind girls and women to not wear immodest low-cut dresses or blouses. Women and girls should be careful that their dress is not revealing at all, even when they bend over or kneel down. Maybe some women do not know that revealing clothing is a source of temptation for most men.

Someone might argue that the wearing of revealing clothing now meets with society’s standards. It may indeed meet with society’s standards; however, we can safely say that it does not meet with God’s. As Christians, we are not to be followers of society’s standards, but the standards of Christ. We urge every woman to examine her wardrobe (and that of her minor children if she has any), and get rid of all clothing that is immodest unless it can be adapted to be worn modestly.

If a woman has doubts about the modest use of a particular article of clothing, it may be helpful to ask herself if our Blessed Mother would wear such clothing if she lived in this day and age. Or, to ask herself if our Blessed Mother would be pleased with her wearing the article of clothing in question.