November 22, 2020 Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe SZR Q RTZZS T MASS SCHEDULE & INTENTIONS Our program for 2021 will begin in December with a Saturday, November 21 series of socially distant meetings – some for just parents 4:00 p.m. All deceased members of our parish family and some for students and parents. Reminders will be 5:00 p.m. All deceased members of our parish family sent via email and there is no need to register for the meetings. If your child was in the program last year – they have Sunday, November 22 already been placed in the correct grade level. Meetings for 8:00 a.m. All deceased members of our parish family grades 1-7 will take place on Saturday mornings. The 9:00 a.m. All deceased members of our parish family Confirmation meeting will take place on a Sunday after- 10:00 a.m. All deceased members of our parish family noon. All meetings will take place in the church. 11:00 a.m. All deceased members of our parish family The schedule is as follows: Wednesday, November 25 Grade 3: Saturday, December 5 at 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. John Carey, Donna Downey Meeting /Mass – for Parent and child Grade 8: (Confirmation) Sunday, December 6 at Thursday, November 26 5:45 p.m. - for Candidate and Parent 9:00 a.m. All deceased members of our families, Grade 2 (First Communion) Saturday, December 12 at and our parish 9:00 a.m. for Parents Grade 1: Saturday, December 19 at 9:00 a.m. for Parents Saturday, November 28 Grade 4: Saturday, January 9 at 9:00 a.m. for Parents 4:00 p.m. All deceased relatives and friends Grade 5: Saturday, January 23 at 9:00 a.m. for Parents 5:00 p.m. All deceased parishioners Grade 7: Sat., Jan. 30 at 9:00 a.m. for Parent and child Grade 6: Saturday, February 6 at 9:00 a.m. Sunday, November 29 Meeting/Mass for Parent and child 8:00 a.m. Thomas Hogan, Charles Farrell, Updates will continue to be posted in the weekly bulletin. Daniel Mason 9:00 a.m. Millie Craig ***** Religious Formation Registration: 10:00 a.m. All deceased parishioners New students to the parish and Catholic school students 11:00 a.m. Joseph Wolak, Irene & Rene Proulx, who are preparing for First Communion (grade 2) and Joseph & Madeline Kendzia ALL Confirmation (grade 8) students need to register for classes ONLINE- ctkri.org - Religious Formation. *#1#1###!&5##)_1 3**#2',$-02&#1!&#"3*#-$ CONFIRMATION 2021 5##)"711#1Q12&#1!&#"3*#5'**!&,%#$0-+ MARK YOUR CALENDAR – The first class will be 2'+#2-2'+#T with both the candidate and at least one parent on Sunday, Dec. 6, 5:45 p.m. in the CHURCH. We ask that RESERVATIONS are still required to attend Mass. you be mindful of social distancing when you enter and Visit www.ctkri.org to register. You will receive an email we will begin promptly. confirming your time. Please keep this email, if you need All registration forms must be completed online by class to cancel your spot, use the link provided in the email to time. If you were NOT baptized at Christ the King, make any changes. You may also call the office please attach your baptismal certificate to your applica- Mon.– Thurs from 9 a.m.- 2 p.m. tion and submit online. We are trying to keep the direct contact to a minimum so your assistance is requested in LIVE STREAM MASS completing all the paperwork on time and online. Saturday at 5 p.m. and Sunday at 11 a.m. The live stream Mass will appear on the link below when it goes live at 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Click the red “subscribe” button on our YouTube page to receive no- tifications whenever a new video posts. Here is the di- rect link to our CTK YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/ChristtheKingVideos Quotes of the Week “[The] culture of clerical privilege led to gross abuses If you don't have a place where you can go where you being tolerated. The revelation of those abuses, especially feel affirmed and accepted, then is that a church? If over the last 20 or so years, broke down the trust be- you're not accepted for who you are, then, well — we tween the faithful and their bishops, as the former were missed the boat on Christ's message.” betrayed by the latter, especially those who were victims - Latin Grammy nominee Gina Chavez, “Latin Grammy of known predatory priests… nominee Gina Chavez finds her voice as a queer Catho- “A new culture has already been born, a culture of ac- lic.” National Catholic Reporter. November 14, 2020. countability, a culture of care for victims, a culture of jus- tice — and a culture where the word of a bishop is no “There is no faithfulness without risk. Fidelity to God longer considered trustworthy by his brother bishops, his means handing over our life, letting our carefully laid priests, the lay faithful and the surrounding culture.” plans be disrupted by our need to serve. ‘But I have my - Father Raymond J. de Souza, “The McCarrick Report plans, and if I have to serve…’ Let your plans be upset, tests the Catholic Church’s accountability.” National go and serve! It is sad when Christians play a defensive Catholic Register. November 13, 2020. game, content only to observe rules and obey command- ments. Those ‘moderate’ Christians who never go be- “[T]he Vatican report on McCarrick, released Nov. 10, yond boundaries, never, because they are afraid of risk. reveals that at least three bishops knew of his abuse and And those, allow me this image, those who take care of did nothing. This is a sign that clericalism was at work as themselves to avoid risk begin in their lives a process of much as incompetence. It makes one wonder how many mummification of their souls, and they end up as mum- other accusations against bishops were treated in the mies. Following rules is not enough; fidelity to Jesus is same way.” not just about not making mistakes, this is quite wrong. - Thomas Reese, “Worse than bungling, McCarrick re- That is what the lazy servant in the parable thought: for port shows Vatican failed to take abuse seriously.” Relig- lack of initiative and creativity, he yielded to needless fear ion News Service. November 11, 2020. and buried the talent he had received. The master actually calls him ‘wicked.’ And yet he did nothing wrong! But he “[Pope John Paul II], proclaimed a Catholic saint by did nothing good either.” Pope Francis in 2014, willfully put at risk children and - Pope Francis, in his homily last weekend. “Pope Fran- young adults in the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., cis' full homily at World Day of the Poor Mass.” Rome and across the world. In doing so, he also undermined Reports. November 16, 2020. the global church's witness, shattered its credibility as an institution, and set a deplorable example for bishops in “There is a vast unknown toll of persecution in East Af- ignoring the accounts of abuse victims.” rican countries, but I estimate at least three million Chris- - “Editorial: US bishops, please suppress the cult of St. tians face persecution in East African countries, includ- John Paul II.” National Catholic Reporter. November 13, ing Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, and Sudan. Three 2020. of these countries – Eritrea, Somalia, and Sudan — rank in the top 10 of Open Door’s 2020 World Watch List, “Pointing to Rome, [Bishop Cornelius] Sim said that to indicating the intensity and frequency of persecution.” outsiders like himself, at times it can seem like another “Anti-Christian persecution on the rise in East Africa.” world filled with ‘overdressed cardinals and other guys Crux. November 13, 2020. stomping around in lovely costumes.’ “I hope they are in touch with the reality of the people “Government restrictions on religion are at their highest on the ground, because sometimes it seems for us who since tracking began in 2007, the Pew Research Center are looking on that they live in their own little world. I has said in its new report, finding that 56 countries may be wrong, but with the feedback from the bottom I reached ‘high’ or ‘very high’ levels of restrictions on relig- think there must be a double movement; from the bot- ion in 2018.” tom, the people at the grassroots, and [from] the people “Government restrictions on religion reach new peak, at the top.” Pew Research Center says.” Catholic News Agency. - “Brunei cardinal says he was ‘hijacked’ into priesthood November 15, 2020. after saying, ‘Oh, hell no!’” Crux. November 16, 2020. (Sim, the bishop of Brunei, was recently named a cardinal by Pope Francis.) CONSIDER THIS FEAST OF CHRIST THE KING This weekend, on this last Sunday of the liturgical year, As Americans gather – in small numbers – around their the church celebrates the feast of our Lord Jesus Christ, Thanksgiving tables this year, there will be no way to ig- King of the Universe. As our parish patronal feast day, nore the harsh reality of what this year has been. The we remember this in a special way. Although we cannot food may be the same, but our families will be distant gather in the usual way, the Gospel today remind us of and separated. And, because of the virus, there will be the many ways we are called to be good stewards: 250,000 empty chairs around dining room tables this “This feast lifts us to the majestic, toward the awesomeness of year.