Fasting and Abstinence

Catholics who are 18 year old and up, until their 59th birthday, are bound to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.

Catholics who are 14 years old and older are bound to abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday and on all Fridays of Lent.

The Holy Father’s Prayer Intentions for September 2011

General: That all teachers may know how to communicate love of the truth and instill authentic moral and spiritual values.

Missionary: That the Christian communities of Asia may proclaim the Gospel with fervor, witnessing to its beauty with the joy of faith.

Recommendation

When the need arises, Father Gonzales recommends the services of the following  funeral homes:

Heritage Funeral Chapel

6830 6830 W Thunderbird Rd Peoria, AZ 85381 (623) 974-3671

 

Menke Funeral Home

12420 N 103rd Ave, Sun City, AZ 85351 (623) 979-6451

Defend Us in Battle

Human Life International has launched an international campaign to promote praying the St. Michael prayer after every Mass. This is a grassroots campaign designed to encourage the laity to pray for St. Michael’s intercession for the conversion of abortionists. It is also a call to priests and bishops to include the St. Michael prayer after the final blessing at all Masses. The fight against the culture of death is primarily a spiritual battle, and Human Life International knows that with the aid of St. Michael, abortionists around the world will convert from their cooperation with evil.

Beginning Monday, March 23 this prayer will be said after all Masses.

Flawed Understanding of Second Vatican Council

Archbishop Malcolm Ranjith, the secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship, cites a flawed understanding of Vatican II teachings and the influence of secular ideologies are reasons:

“Some practices which Sacrosanctum Concilium had never even contemplated were allowed into the Liturgy, like Mass versus populum (toward the people), Holy Communion in the hand, altogether giving up on the Latin and Gregorian Chant in favor of the vernacular and songs and hymns without much space for God, and extension beyond any reasonable limits of the faculty to concelebrate at Holy Mass. There was also the gross misinterpretation of the principle of ‘active participation.’”

“Basic concepts and themes like Sacrifice and Redemption, Mission, Proclamation and Conversion, Adoration as an integral element of Communion, and the need of the Church for salvation–all were sidelined, while Dialogue, Inculturation, Ecumenism, Eucharist-as-Banquet, Evangelization-as-Witness, etc., became more important. Absolute values were disdained.”

“An exaggerated sense of antiquarianism, anthopologism, confusion of roles between the ordained and the non-ordained, a limitless provision of space for experimentation– and indeed, the tendency to look down upon some aspects of the development of the Liturgy in the second millennium– were increasingly visible among certain liturgical schools.”

Christmas Season

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

5:00 p.m. Family Mass

with Children’s Christmas Pageant

12:00 a.m. Traditional Latin

Midnight Mass

Thursday, December 25, 2008

10:00 a.m. Bilingual Mass

Saturday, December 27, 2008

5:00 p.m. Feast of the Holy Family

Sunday, December 28, 2008

8:00 a.m. La Sagrada Familia

10:00 a.m. Feast of the Holy Family

Thursday, January 1, 2009

10:00 a.m. Mary, Mother of God

Holy Day of Obligation

Saturday, January 3, 2009

5:00 p.m. The Epiphany of the Lord

Sunday, January 4, 2009

8:00 a.m. La Epifania del Senor

10:00 a.m. The Epiphany of the Lord

Saturday, January 10, 2009

5:00 p.m. The Baptism of the Lord

Sunday, January 11, 2009

8:00 a.m. El Bautismo del Senor

10:00 a.m. The Baptism of the Lord

Please note

In addition to Christmas and New Year’s Day, the Parish Office will be closed on December 24, 25, 26 and 31, 2008. No Masses will be offered on those days.

The Office will be open from 9:00 a.m. to noon on Friday, January 2, 2009.

Father Gonzales will be away January 12 to 16, 2009 for his holiday break with his parents in California.

Important Liturgical News from Rome

In an interview this Sunday to Spanish daily La Razón, the new Prefect of Divine Worship, Cardinal Cañizares Llovera, had this to say on an important liturgical matter:

[La Razón:] Nevertheless, Benedict XVI has reiterated in some instances the propriety of receiving communion kneeling and in the mouth. Is it something important, or is it a mere matter of form?

[Cañizares:] – No, it is not just a matter of form. What does it mean to receive communion in the mouth? What does it mean to kneel before the Most Holy Sacrament? What dies it mean to kneel during the consecration at Mass? It means adoration, it means recognizing the real presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist; it means respect and an attitude of faith of a man who prostrates before God because he knows that everything comes from Him, and we feel speechless, dumbfounded, before the wondrousness, his goodness, and his mercy. That is why it is not the same to place the hand, and to receive communion in any fashion, than doing it in a respectful way; it is not the same to receive communion kneeling or standing up, because all these signs indicate a profound meaning. What we have to grasp is that profound attitude of the man who prostrates himself before God, and that is what the Pope wants.

Bulletin Articles 12/21

This Thanksgiving St. Charles Borromeo’s St. Vincent de Paul Conference served over a 100 meals to individuals and families in need.

A special thanks goes out to members of the St. Charles Borromeo Parish for your assistance with restocking the food pantry. During our food drive we collected 83 bags/1,494 pounds of food and $80 in cash donations.

Don’t forget the Children, our annual Children’s Christmas Party is December 20th and all donations can be taken to the church office on or before December 12th.

God keep you and bless you for your continued support of SVdP.

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! Watch the bulletin for information about ticket sales!

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 (for example Yoplait yogurt, Suave hair care, baby products in general, etc).  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.  Expired coupons will also still be sent to military families overseas.  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. Also I will be teaching a class in December at our church to show parishioners how easy it is to save money using coupons, discounts and simple techniques.  If you have questions or suggestions email KathyChurch @YourSensibleSpending.com or call 623-878-4708.  Thank you.

The Diocese has informed us that The Sacrament of Confirmation and First Holy Communion will be celebrated Wednesday, May 20, 2009 by the Vicar for Priests, the Reverend James Wall. Details will be made known to the students and families involved as the date nears.

Envelope Using Parishioners! Father Gonzales has a gift for you. Please stop by the Parish Office and pick up your 2009 Calendar. Each family using envelopes have had labels attached to a specific calendar. A limited supply of additional non-labeled calendars will be made available at the Christmas Day Mass for those families not using Sunday contribution envelopes.

This Week’s News

This Thanksgiving St. Charles Borromeo’s St. Vincent de Paul Conference served over a 100 meals to individuals and families in need.

A special thanks goes out to members of the St. Charles Borromeo Parish for your assistance with restocking the food pantry. During our food drive we collected 83 bags/1,494 pounds of food and $80 in cash donations.

Don’t forget the Children, our annual Children’s Christmas Party is December 20th and all donations can be taken to the church office on or before December 12th.

God keep you and bless you for your continued support of SVdP.

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 (for example Yoplait yogurt, Suave hair care, baby products in general, etc).  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.  Expired coupons will also still be sent to military families overseas.  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. Also I will be teaching a class in December at our church to show parishioners how easy it is to save money using coupons, discounts and simple techniques.  If you have questions or suggestions email KathyChurch @YourSensibleSpending.com or call 623-878-4708.  Thank you.

Annual Christmas Contest-2008: The Catholic Sun is running a Christmas Contest for all students from K to 8th grade. For details consult the flyer that all students in our Religious Education Program have received. There is also a copy of the guidelines on the Bulletin Board in the narthex of the Church.

Attention Parents/Guardians: Our Religious Education Program for students in Grades 1st to 6th conclude this Wednesday. Dec. 17th / Thursday, Dec. 18th Please note as discussed earlier this summer that these last two classes are for all students and not just for Sacrament Only students as listed on the earlier schedule. We also ask you to bring some type of party food to the last class to help the catechists with their Christmas Celebration.  The next classes will meet on Wednesday, January 7th / Thursday, January 8th 2009. Thank You!

This will be the last week that students in Senior/Junior High School will meet. The next Classes will meet on Monday, January 5th / Tuesday, January 6th , 2009.

This will be the last week that R.C.I.A./R.I.C.A. will meet until Tuesday, January 6th., 2009

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! Watch the bulletin for information about ticket sales!

Coupon Trading

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 (for example Yoplait yogurt, Suave hair care, baby products in general, etc).  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.  Expired coupons will also still be sent to military families overseas.  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. Also I will be teaching a class in December at our church to show parishioners how easy it is to save money using coupons, discounts and simple techniques.  If you have questions or suggestions email KathyChurch @YourSensibleSpending.com or call 623-878-4708.  Thank you.