215 Foothill Boulevard La Cañada Flintridge, California With God, we belong to a Catholic community 818-949-4300 striving to provide loving fellowship, enrichment of faith, and service to all.
Mass/Liturgy Times December 8, 2019 Saturday Vigil: 5:30pm Sunday: 7:30am, 9am, 11am & 5:30pm Weekday Masses: Mon. thru Sat.: 8:10am Holy Days: 8:10am, 12noon & 6:30pm Adoration: Tuesdays 7pm to 8pm Vespers: M-F 5:30pm Morning Prayers: M-Sat. 7:45am Confessions: Sat. 4pm to 5pm
Parish Center Hours M-F 8:30am to 5:00pm Closed 12:30pm to 1:30pm Saturday Closed Sunday 8:30am to 12:30pm
CLERGY FATHER ANTONIO CACCIAPUOTI Pastor FATHER ALBERT BAHHUTH Priest-In-Residence FATHER TONY MARTI, OFM Cap. Weekend Presider DEACON AUGIE WON Permanent Deacon
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Masses of the Week Adopt A Family 2019 Saturday - December 7 Delivery Day/Event Day December 14, 2019 5:30 pm Concepcion Gines JoAnne Schaack Sign Ups After Mass December 7th and December 8th Stan Stanislawski Or online at www.bedeadopafamily.org Questions: [email protected] and/or [email protected] Sunday - December 8 7:30 am St. Bede Parishioners 9:00 am Bella Britz Christmas 2019 Catholic Store Brought to Cal Elshoff 11:00 am Rose Park Mass Schedule You Mark Artukovich See Page 5 Come browse the Courtyard on 5:30 pm Rachel Pascual Saturday evening, December 7th Marissa Sacco Men’s Morning Coffee and after all masses on Sunday, Monday - December 9 December 8th as we host the 8:10 am Patricia Reilly Meeting on December 16th from religious inventory of the beloved Kevin Francis Reilly 6:30 am—7:15 am in the John 23rd Flowering Tree. All items will be for Christopher Sayas Room. Questions and scheduling? sale/donation (Fontanini brand Tuesday - December 10 Contact Michael at excluded). [email protected] for info. 8:10 am Christopher Nastro This is a wonderful opportunity to Wednesday - December 11 purchase gifts for those on your 8:10 am Cal Elshoff Monthly Book Club holiday gift list. Our Lady of Guadalupe On Wednesday, December 18th at Mass & Reception 10:00 am in the Mother Teresa Always Our Thursday - December 12 Room, the Book Club will discuss Children 8:10 am Joana Parducho Paris Orphan by Natasha Lester. Zana Zefi New members and visitors are St. Bede Always always welcome. Contact Edna at Our Children Friday - December 13 626-577-7155 for information. ministry meets 8:10 am Mary Carreiro monthly at 7:00 pm the 3rd Tuesday Saturday - December 14 each month to inform and support 8:10 am Tom Halpenny St. Vincent de Paul asks family and individuals who identify as 5:30 pm Angelina Garcia for Help lesbian or gay in a confidential and Kurt Kocourek nurturing environment. Anyone who is Stan Stanislawski The St. Vincent de Paul Society at St. LGBT or has a family member or close Sunday - December 15 Bede needs your help. The ministry friend who identifies as such is warmly 7:30 am Kwei Tong Ying has been working with a 71 year old welcome. 9:00 am St. Bede Parishioners woman with terminal cancer who is in 11:00 am William Park URGENT NEED of housing. Please For location or more information Frank Mc Cormick contact Bill McCormick if you can help contact Lynda & Dave Hennon at 5:30 pm Angelina Garcia at 818-957-1247. 818-790-9838. Around the Parish Around the Parish Around the Campus
Parent Ed Makes Soup
This week we read, Stone Soup, a European folk story in which hungry strangers convince the people of a town to each share a small amount of their food in order to make a meal that everyone enjoys, emphasizing the value of sharing.
Each family was asked to bring in a vegetable to add to the pot of soup that we all shared for our snack. It was a fun (and yummy!) activity that everyone really enjoyed.
We welcome all parents with their small children to join us on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday morning from 9-11:30 a.m. in the Parish Annex, Room 2, to join the fun and see what we are all about.
A side-by-side learning experience for parents and their preschool age children emphasizing faith and values. Everyone is Welcome! Contact us at: [email protected] Director: Pa Sternau St. Bede School Principal Elizabeth Bozzo 818-790-7884 [email protected] Interested in sending your student to St. Bede School? School Tours: To schedule an appointment, please call the school office at (818) 790-7884. Applications: Applications for the 2020-21 school year will be available Jan6th and will be due Jan 31st. Open House - Kindergarten: Sunday, January 12th, 10 - 11am Open House - All Grades: Sunday, January 26th, 10:15 am School Tours: To schedule an appointment, please call the school office at (818) 790-7884. Prospective Student Screening (By Appointment) will be February 1st 9am-12pm. Acceptance letters mailed – First week of March If you have questions, please contact Cindy Sercel at [email protected] or call (818) 790-7884 Upcoming Dates December 10th: Noon Dismissal/ Spirit Day December 13th: 10am Powder Puff/ Noon Dismissal December 19th: 7pm School Christmas Concert December 20th: Noon Dismissal/ Spirit Day December 23rd - January 3rd: Christmas Break January 8th: No School January 20th: No School/ MLK Jr. Day January 26th: 10:15am Open House Around the Campus — Cont.
Parish Religious Education Program Moira Arjani, Director 818-949-4323 — [email protected]
♦ PREP Sessions meet Sunday, December 8. Pre-School Combo meets from 9-10am and elementary grades 1-6 meet from 10:15-11:30am. All sessions are held in the Educa- tion Center. Registration is still being accepted! See below for more information. ♦ Second Grade Parents can now sign up their second grade student to participate in the 3:30 Christmas Eve Children’s Liturgy on December 24. Sign ups are out side the PREP Office. Practice and distribution of costumes will be Wednesday, Dec. 18 from 4-5pm in the Church. Contact 818-949-4323 or [email protected] with questions. ♦ PREP Sessions will not meet December 22, December 29 or January 6, 2020. Sessions resume Sunday, January 12, 2020. ♦ PREP Home Study meets again Wednesday, January 8, 2020 at 6:30pm in the John 23rd Room. Although Home Study is already in session, registration is still being accepted. Please register at https://www.bede.org/94. ♦ Second Grade Parents can mark their calendars for the First Reconciliation Retreat on Saturday, January 25, 2020 from 9-11:30am. We will gather in the Church for prayer to begin our morning together. Formal invite to follow. ♦ First Reconciliation will be celebrated on Saturday, February 8, 2020 at 10am in the Church. ♦ Registration for 2019-20 PREP Sessions is still open on our webpage: https://www.bede.org/94. Paper packets are available in the PREP Office and the Parish Center. Sessions meet from 9-10am on Sundays for our Pre-School Combo class. Grades 1-6 meet Sundays, from 10:15-11:30am. All sessions meet in the Education Center.
Advent By Candlelight Advent Prayer from Dynamic Catholic dynamiccatholic.com
Dear Jesus, You entered our world on Christmas as the Prince of Peace. This Advent, as we strive to become the-best-version-of-ourselves, fill us with a deep and abiding peace. Help us share 60+ parishioners enjoyed a complimentary candlelight that peace with everyone we encounter, lasagna dinner after the especially those who need it most. 5:30pm Mass. Make plans to join us next year! Amen. Around the Campus — Cont.
Instagram/Twitter/Snapchat: @stbedeym YOUTH MINISTRY & CONFIRMATION Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ ANDRE NICDAO StBedeYM/ Director of Confirmation and Youth Ministry Cor 1.0: http://www.bede.org/135 818.949.4325 - [email protected] Cor 2.0: http://www.bede.org/96 Confirmation: http://www.bede.org/113
Parent Cor Advent Mini-Retreat Parents, please come on Sunday, December 15th from 6:30pm-8pm in Padre Serra for an Advent Mini-Retreat. We’ll have dinner and take time to slow down in anticipation of the joy that will be born on Christmas Day. Please RSVP to Andre, [email protected], by Dec. 13th.
When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, filled with the holy Spirit, cried out in a loud voice and said, “Most blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. And how does this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For at the moment the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the infant in my womb leaped for joy. Blessed are you who believed that what was spoken to you by the Lord would be fulfilled.” Luke1:41-45 Cor 1.0 (Grades 7-8) Teen Confirmation Cor 1.0 is our youth ministry program for 7th and 8th graders. Cor 1.0 Nights The Year 2 Confirmation Retreat is on March 20-22, 2020. Please go online take place every 1st and 3rd to www.bede.org/113 for the Docusign Thursday of the year from 6:30pm - forms. Thank you! 8:00pm Coffee and Donuts: Cor is serving coffee and donuts at all morning Masses on Upcoming Cor 1.0 Nights: December 15 and 22nd. Email or call Andre to volunteer. Thursday, December 5 Thursday, December 19 The Second Virtus session on Internet Thursday, January 9 Safety will be on Sunday, January 12, Thursday, January 23 2020 at 6:30pm-8:00pm in John 23rd (second floor Parish Center). One Life LA is on January 18, 2020. Please contact Andre, [email protected] At Cor 1.0 Nights, we not only discuss OneLife LA is a walk for life in downtown LA to celebrate the beauty and various topics in the Catholic faith, but dignity of every human life from conception to natural death. OneLife ends we also provide an informal, social with a festival, live music, food trucks, and inspiring speaker testimonies. environment for youth to be themselves, ask questions, have fun, and grow spiritually. Cor 2.0 (Grades 9-12) Cor 1.0 is great for all Catholic youth, whether in public school or Catholic Cor 2.0 is our youth ministry program for high school teens on Sunday nights school, as it provides a non-academic after the 5:30 Teen Mass, from 6:30-8:00pm atmosphere to explore their faith identity. Dec 8: Immaculate Conception-Parish Tree Lighting & Caroling Registration for 2019-2020 is still Dec 15: Christmas Party! available online at www.bede.org/135 Registration for 2019-2020 is still available Registration fee: $90 online. Registration fee: $90 (not including Confirmation Year 1 or 2, or retreats.) For For more information, contact the new more information, contact Andre Nicdao. Youth Minister, Andre Nicdao. Around the Parish & Community
Knights of Columbus Sponsored Annual Blood Drive
Support St. Bede the Venerable Catholic Church Sunday, December 8th by shopping at Amazon Smile. When you shop at 8:00 AM to 2:30 PM Amazon Smile, Amazon will donate to St. St. James Catholic Church
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