Our Lady of Malibu Catholic Church 3625 Winter Canyon Road, Malibu, California 90265 Telephone (310) 456-2361 Fax (310) 456-3942 Website: olmalibu.org E-Mail: [email protected] PARISH STAFF Parish Office (310) 456-2361 Fax (310) 456-3942 Rev. William F. Kerze, Pastor Sr. Brigid McGuigan, Pastoral Associate Peggy Thomas, Parish Manager Tom Thomas, Parish Bookkeeper Marie Slaton, Director of Religious Education WORSHIP AND PRAYER Daily Mass (Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri.) 8:00 AM (Thurs) Eucharistic Service 8:00AM Saturday morning Mass 8:00 AM (unless otherwise listed) Liturgical Morning Prayer 7:50 AM Rosary 8:30 AM Sunday Vigil Mass (Saturday) CONVENT Sister of St. Louis (310) 456-6156 MUSIC MINISTRY Peter Torsiello, Director (310) 281-9603 Laura DeMieri, Associate Director (310) 456-2361 RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Marie Slaton (310) 456-2361 OLM SCHOOL (310) 456-8071 Michael Smith, Principal Karen Medrano, School Secretary Tom Thomas, School Bookkeeper Sunday Masses 7:00, 8:30, 11:00 AM Holy Day Masses 8:00, 12:00 PM, 7:30 PM First Friday Mass 8:00 AM SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Saturday Daily MINISTRIES 4:00 to 4:45 PM By Appointment SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION Altar Servers Jean Muldoon (310) 457-5017 Catholic Student Association Dr.Tom Vandergon (805) 604-1938 Detention Ministry Jerry Vogeler (310) 397-1376 Lectors & EM’s Debra Domeyer (310) 589-2690 Legion of Mary Bill Baldau (310) 456-2252 Ministry to Homebound Shirley D’Haenens (310) 457-5383 Pro-Life Chair Katherine Cimorelli Safeguard the Children Karen Dion 5:00 PM Baptism Instruction: A parent wishing to have a child baptized at Our Lady of Malibu must contact the Parish Office to register. Baptisms: Confirmation: Marie Slaton Fourth Sunday of the Month (310) 456-2361 Marriage: Anyone within Our Lady of Malibu Parish boundaries wishing to contract the Sacrament of Marriage must contact a priest at least six months in advance of the wedding date. RCIA Program: Sr. Brigid McGuigan (310) 456-2361 Picture of OLM Done By: Ellen Cerniglia (310) 456-2361 Page 2 Our Lady of Malibu Catholic Community December 21. 2014 Fourth Sunday of Advent Our Mission The Catholic Community of Our Lady of Malibu welcomes all people to worship God, to grow spiritually in the Catholic faith, and to receive encouragement and direction in shaping the wider world in light of the Gospel. TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION By the year 800, when anointing was defined as the proper office of priests, very complicated rituals began to take shape. Perhaps this was to reassure the laity, who had memories of an earlier practice, that the new way was not only better, but impossible for a layperson to conduct. Blessings and sprinkling of holy water, the singing of as many as seven psalms, penance, anointing of all the senses, viaticum, all capped off by the clothing of the sick person in penitential garments, were part of the rite. This proved unwieldy, and creative spirits got to work. By the 1500s people made distinctions between visiting the sick, anointing, and viaticum. The attempt of the Church to be faithful to the image of a healing Christ has some complicated history, including centuries when the celebration was rare. Most sick people had no access to the rites at all; only monastics or the well off had much hope of this care. Today, those unhappy days are long behind us, and the care of the sick is an essential task in every parish’s life. As Christmas approaches almost everyone comes in contact with someone who is a candidate for pastoral care. You live out the best of our tradition when you arrange for a sick person to receive Holy Communion or the sacrament of the sick and the consolation of regular contact with the faith community. 2014 Mass Schedule Christmas Eve Wednesday, December 24 Family Mass, Children’s Choir………...….5:00pm Prelude Music, Congregational Caroling….8:15pm Evening Mass, Adult Choir…………….….9:00pm Christmas Day Thursday, December 25, 2014 8:30, 11:00am New Year’s Day Thursday, January 1, 2015 10:00am Feast of the Epiphany Saturday, January 3, 2015 5:00pm Vigil Mass Sunday, January 4 7:00, 8:30, 11:00am Sacrament of Reconciliation Individual Confessions Saturday, December 20 3:30 - 4:45pm Tuesday, December 23, 2014 Communal Rite of Reconciliation With Individual Confessions 7:30pm —Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co. Christmas in the Heart Christmas! ‘Tis the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial fire of charity in the heart. The child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God. —Luke 1:35 "Is Catholicism consistent with capitalism?” Join us on December 21st in Sheridan Hall at 9:45am to discuss this topic based on the material on Chapters 20, 21 and 22 of the book On Heaven and Earth we have been reading. If you do not have the book and want to participate excerpts from the chapters have been posted on the OLM Sunday Symposium website. Any questions contact Rosario (424)644-0679 or [email protected]. Mexico Mission Shopping bags will be at the back of the church all during December. Please take some when you leave the church after Mass. Page 3 CALENDAR Sunday Symposium Sun, 21st Fourth Sunday of Advent Children’s Choir Practice, Hall, 9:30am Mon, 22nd AA Meeting, Hall, 6:30pm Adult Choir Practice, Church, 7:00pm Al Anon Meeting, Hall, 8:00pm Tues, 23rd Reconciliation Service, Church, 7:30pm NA Meeting, Hall, 7:30pm Wed, 24th Christmas Eve Family Mass, 5:00pm Christmas Mass in the Evening, 9:00pm Thurs, 25th Christmas Day Masses, 8:30, 11:00am Fri, 26th School and Parish Office closed Men’s AA, Hall, 6:00pm Al Anon Meeting, Okoneski Room, 6:15pm Sat, 27th Legion of Mary, Rectory, 8:30am Confessions, Church, 4:00- 4:45pm Vigil Mass, Church, 5:00pm Calling All Children for the Christmas Eve Children’s Choir, the 5 pm Mass. We are singing the same awesome songs from last year, "Mary Had a Baby," "Go Tell It On he Mountain" and "He Came Down.” If you participated last year, and you saved the CD, then listen to it and learn the songs. If you need the music and words, email me at [email protected]. (I will send you the songs digitally, so you can upload them onto your device or burn a CD yourself. If technology eludes you, I am happy to make you a CD and leave it in the parish or school office.) There will be two rehearsals: Sunday, December 21st, 9:45-10:30am in the Hall, and Christmas Eve, before the 5:00pm Mass. Please be there at 3:45pm on Christmas Eve. We will be serving pizza prior to the Christmas Eve Mass, so if anyone would care to donate, we would be most appreciative. Thank you, we are so excited, Cindy Colburn and Sky Kunerth Daily Mass Schedule Dec 22 Hilda and Victor Handal 12/21/14 R.I.P. Welcome! If you are new in the Parish or have moved to a new address, please complete this form,and return it to the Parish Office or place it in the collection basket. 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