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WEEKLY CALENDAR

SUN. DECEMBER 6, 2015 CCS Collection and Speaker

8:00 AM Mass

9:00 AM - Noon Hospitality Hour

10:00 AM Mass

1:30 PM Charismatic Renewal Mass

2:30 PM Charismatic Renewal Reception St. Benedict School Cafeteria

4:00 PM Reconciliation 5:00 PM Mass

MON. DECEMBER 7, 2015

7:45 AM Mass

8:30 AM Rosary

9:00 AM SMdP Sandwich Makers Parish Center, St. Teresa of Calcutta Room

TUES. DECEMBER 8, 2015 Feast of the Immaculate Conception

8:45 AM Mass

7:00 PM Mass

7:00 PM JustFaith

WED. DECEMBER 9, 2015

6:30 PM Mass

7:00 PM Worship and Spiritual Life Meeting Parish Center, St. Martha Room

THURS. DECEMBER 10, 2015

8:45 AM Mass

6:00 PM Baptism Class Parish Center, St. Mary Room

7:00 Choir Rehearsal Benedict House, St. Cecilia Room

FRI. DECEMBER 11, 2015

7:45 AM Mass

SAT. DECEMBER 12, 2015 Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe

10:00 AM Saturday Morning Prayer Group Parish Center, Lower Level

6:30 PM Cantaré Concert St. Benedict Catholic Church

SUN. DECEMBER 13, 2015

8:00 AM Mass

9:00 AM - Noon Hospitality Hour

10:00 AM Mass w/ CLOW & Baptism

4:00 PM Reconciliation 5:00 PM Mass

LITURGIES

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2015

SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT

Bar 5:1-9 Ps 126:1-6 Phil 1:4-6,8-11 Lk 3:1-6 8:00 AM Mass (RIP) Howard Murray by Bill & Jean Murray 10:00 AM Mass (RIP) Pete Barrett by Barrett Family 5:00 PM Mass (INT) The Parishioners of St. Benedict

MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2015 St. Ambrose, bishop, Doctor of the Church Is 35:1-10 Lk 5:17-26 7:45 AM Mass (INT) Kathleen Toliver By St. Benedict Parish & Staff 8:30 AM Rosary

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2015 IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Gn 3:9-15,20 Ps 98:1-4 Eph 1:3-6,11-12 Lk 1:26-38 8:45 AM Mass 7:00 PM Mass

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2015 St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin Is 40:25-31 Mt 11:28-30 6:30 PM Mass (RIP) David Mosey by Vicky Briones

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2015 Is 41:13-20 Mt 11:11-15 8:45 AM Mass (RIP) Esther Arevelo by Vicky Briones

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2015 St. Damasus I, Pope Is 48:17-19 Mt 11:16-19 7:45 AM Mass (RIP) Estrelita L. Placer by Placer Family

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2015 Zec 2:14-17 Lk 1:26-38

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2015

THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT

Zep 3:14-18a (Ps) Is 12:2-6 Phil 4:4-7 Lk 3:10-18 8:00 AM Mass (RIP) Gaetano Borriello by Rosa Borriello 10:00 AM Mass (RIP) Jacquie Willette by Tom & Jan Barrett 5:00 PM Mass (INT) The Parishioners of St. Benedict

We mourn the passing of our friend and parishioner Rojelio E. ‘Roger’ Alejo

PRAY FOR THOSE THAT ARE SICK Arlette Fellores, Chris Durbin, Teresa Townsend,

Alex Small, , Dan Reilly, Tom Weber, Willie Kleffner, Norm Taylor, Pat Gallagher, Zeny Zimmerman,

Michelle Pacheco, Bill Brown, Tony Horner, Carlos Calupas, Higinio Martinez, Rosanne Borden,

Robert Barnes and Mickey D’Almada Remedios

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From deacon Roy’s desk

Worship and spiritual life

OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE Behind the miraculous appearance and icon that define Our Lady of Guadalupe is a story of persistence and courage. When Our Lady appeared to Juan Diego, she sent him to the bishop to request that a church be built. Juan Diego, an indigenous peasant farmer, had no sta-tus, power, or influence with which to impress the bishop, yet he followed Our Lady’s request. Risking rejection or even ridicule, he returned twice with his amazing story of the vision. With the blooming flowers packed in his tilma (poncho), and the miraculous icon that emerged beneath them, Our Lady helped Juan Diego make his point. The story teaches us trust and the certainty that, when God calls us to proclaim his Kingdom, we are surrounded by the grace we need to see our mission through. May we persist in sharing the Good News, even in the face of great challenges. (2016 Sourcebook pg. 20

ST. DAMASUS I St. Damasus I reigned as pope for twenty-four years. He is remembered for revitalizing devotion to the relics of martyrs by adorning catacombs, building churches, mak-ing shrines more accessible, and marking the resting places of the martyrs with unique inscriptions and epi-grams. (2016 Sourcebook pg. 20)

TRANSISTION OF A CHRISTIAN LIFE A Catholic funeral liturgy planning workshop, sponsored by Associated Catholic Cemeteries and the Archdiocese of Seattle, will be facilitated by Greg Simard at St. Bene-dict Church after the evening Mass (6:30 PM) on Wednesday night December 16

th. Please come to find

out everything you always want to know but are afraid to ask about the church’s teaching, liturgy, cemetery tradi-tion, cremation and burial options.

ST. JOHN Most notably, St. John (267 - 749) is remembered for his avid defense of the use of sacred art in churches, monas-teries, and homes against iconoclasm which sought to destroy all images of devotion, resulting from the misinter-pretation on the part of the emperor and many others that Christians were using sacred art as a means of idol wor-ship. St. John composed three treatises with the goal of lifting up images of Christ, the saints, and Mary as a door-way to the mystery of God’s saving work. (2016 Source-book pg. 17)

CHRISTMAS CONCERT WITH THE CHOIRS OF ST. ANNE AND ST. BENEDICT

Mark your calendars: on December 19th and 20th the combined choirs of St. Benedict and St. Anne Parishes, along with some friends from Assumption Parish, will be giving a Christmas con-cert. Please come and enjoy, there are no tickets, no free-will of-fering, it's all just a Christmas present from the choirs to you. Sat-urday, December 19

th the concert will be in St. Benedict Church at

7:30 PM and Sunday, December 20th we will be at St. Anne

Church at 4:30 PM. The address for St. Anne is 1411 1st Ave West, 98119, on Queen Anne Hill between Galer and Lee.

Sisters and brothers in Christ:

If you weren’t at our 10 AM Mass last Sunday, you missed a great celebration of First Communion for four young women in the parish. Anabel Alfarozierten, Mathilde Vega, Drew Sheppard and Jensen Sheppard stepped up in the last few months to prepare for and receive the Eucharist for the first time. They are all in local area schools and are beyond 2nd grade so we fast tracked their catechesis. Mathilde even joined the Church fully when she made a profession of Faith for the first time. She and her family are all joining the Church this year from their devout Lutheran faith experience. Please join me in congratulating these four wonderful young women. And if you know of anyone, adult or young person, who has not been fully initiated into the Church, please contact me and let’s discuss the options.

Also, in response to the Engaged Church survey that many completed in late spring, we are continuing to seek more ways to feed our parish spiritually. For adults, we have copies of “The Word Among Us” and the Year of Mercy Spiritual Companion from Magnificat available in the vestibule. Please pray with these resources in the coming year beginning this week. When they are all gone, we will order more. And for young people, we have copies of “Magnifikid” which is a weekly publication packaged by month available so you can use this at home to enrich your children’s understanding of the weekly readings. And for the youngest of our Parish (or the child within) you will find special coloring sheets beauti-fully drawn and donated by Kathleen Toliver, sister of parishioner Mary Anne Reynolds. The drawings cover each week of the Gospel and will aide the parent in engaging their children to learn more about the Gospel as they color. This year covers St. Luke’s Gospel for Year C. All of these wonderful prayer, teaching and engagement tools are available in the vestibule at no charge. Please use them.

If you have any other suggestions for strengthening spiritual growth for everyone, please send them to me! Blessings for Advent to you all. Your servant,

Deacon Roy

“...But when you pray; go to your inner room, close the door and pray to your Father in secret. And your

Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.” MT 6:6

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stewardship

HOSPITALITY HOUR

Please join our Coffee Hour Hosts:

8:00 AM Len Kannapell & Mary Anne Prussing

10:00 AM Catherine Sweeney

We use your help to host a future coffee hour. There is not a cost to host other than your time and energy, the parish provides the rest. Sign up in the school cafeteria or call the Parish Office at 206-632-0843.

STEWARDSHIP OF TREASURE Good stewards believe that God, who has begun this good work in them, will carry it through to completion. In words and deeds, they can sing with the psalmist, “The Lord has done great things for us; we are filled with joy!”

STEWARDSHIP COMMITMENT RENEWAL Thanks to those of you who have already returned your Parish Stewardship com-mitment card. To date we have received pledges of 301,416 or 78% of our $385,000 goal. 166 families made these pledges. If you have not made your

pledge for 2016, please carefully consider how you can give back a portion of what God has given you. Return your pledge card at Mass on Sunday or make your pledge online at www.stbens/net!

Parish Stewardship - FY 2016

July 1, 2015 - June 30, 2016 Total Budget - $385,000

Actual Budget Variance

November $ 40,577 $ 33,897 $ 6,680

YTD $ 162,834 $ 164,635 $ (1,801)

** Amounts include collections from ALL Masses **

RAISING THE ROOF! - BUY A SHINGLE! Thank you to all that have donated to help us complete the roof project and replenish the church maintenance reserves and gen-eral savings account. We will continue to accept donations through envelopes in the pews and vestibule or online to the stbens.net website until we have satisfied the debt. Thank you for all of your donations and if you would like to help, make your do-nation today. Thank you!

SCHOOL NEWS

Human concerns social justice

PEACEFUL CRAFTERS The Peaceful Crafters would like to thank all that have generously donated items for their “Boxes of Joy” this year. On Thursday morning they gathered to complete the process of putting all items together in preparation for delivery to the are women’s shelters. If you would like to be a part of helping them deliver the boxes, call the parish office at 206-632-0843 and leave a message that you would like to take that last step with them. They would love the help and to have you join them each Thursday morning.

ST. MARTIN de PORRES The SMdP ministry group meets on the first and third Monday mornings of each month to make sandwiches for 225 homeless men, and is seeking volunteers to help with set up and clean up of the sandwich making process. This involves a time commitment of between 2-3 hours each session but it is not necessary to be there every time as there is currently one active person for this. It would be great to have back up for this position in case of sick chil-dren or travel, etc. If interested please contact either Becky Ortiz (b.ortiz@stbens.net) or Andrea Vaught (andrea.vaught@gmail.com). Thank you !!

SHOP AT AMAZON AND ST. BENEDICT SCHOOL GETS $$! With all the upcoming Christmas upcoming shopping you will be doing, this is a perfect time for St. Bens to get back a rebate from Amazon Smile. Go to http://smile.amazon.com/ch/91-0567737, log onto your amazon ac-count, do your shopping and the school automatically gets the rebate of 0.5% of your purchase price! Quick and easy!

ST. BENEDICT GIVING TREE All of the tags have been placed on the Giving Tree and we are starting to transfer and organize the gifts in the Parish Center in preparation for the different organizations to pick them up in time for their Christmas Parties. Thank you for your promise by taking a tag off of the tree to provide the gift listed on the tag. Please know that this gift is the only one some of these people will re-ceive at Christmas. You can help us by placing your unwrapped gift, with the tag securely taped or stapled to it, under the Giv-ing Tree no later than 5:00 PM next Sunday (December 13

th).

Thank you in advance for blessing a special person in need this Christmas. We are St. Benedict Catholic Church and proud of all we do for our families and the community that surrounds us and half a world away! FIGHTING HUNGER IN WALLINGFORD

QFC representatives delivered another 225 pounds of food to the food bank from our Par-ish donations, just before Thanksgivng, bring-ing our donation total to 8,093 pounds of food!! Please continue to bring your donations or give the next time you go shopping at the Wallingford QFC. We are less that 2,000 pounds away from the goal of 10,000 pounds envisioned by Dn. Roy with only 4 weeks to get there. Thank you!

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Faith formation

What else is happening

ANNUAL CATHOLIC APPEAL MATCHING GIFTS Thank you to those who have already fulfilled your Annual Catho-lic Appeal pledge! If you would like to help maximize our Annual Catholic Appeal Rebate this year for our parish project, please check if your employer has a Matching Gift program. Once your gift has been paid in full, you can apply for the match per your employer’s instructions. The Annual Catholic Appeal, Archdio-cese of Seattle, is a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Tax ID # 91-0778147. Call 800-809-4921 if you have any questions. Mailing address: Annual Catholic Appeal, PO Box 14964, Seattle 98114

OUR NEXT BLOOD DRIVE ! Bloodworks NW will park the Blood Mobile in front of the Parish Center on Tuesday, January 5

th from 11:30 AM to 5:30 PM for our

first Blood Drive of 2016. We will have the signup sheets in the vestibule by next week so you can plan to make you appointment. The time has been adjusted because of the early darkness.

WE NEED SUNDAY SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS! Thank you all for responding to our survey! We have made some changes to the structure of our Sunday School to bet-ter fit your needs. We plan to have Sunday School after the 10am Sunday mass, for about 30-40 minutes, while parents enjoy coffee hour. BUT we can't do it without you! We are calling for volunteers to help teach our classes. Being a part of your child's Sunday School can be very rewarding and is a great way to give back to the community. Please contact Lucy Gillett at l.gillett@stbens.net or call the parish office if you are interested in teaching, supervising, or just want more information on the program. Thank you so much for your support and we hope to see you and your child in the class-room!

CELEBRATE THE EASTER SEASON IN ITALY Join Fr. Pete Peterson, Senior Priest from the Seattle Archdiocese from April 12

th to 22

nd, 2016 on a 10 day

journey including Rome, Vatican City with Papal Audi-ence, Assisi, Padre Pio sites, and stop at the Marian site of the "Holy House of Loreto." To learn more contact Fr. Pete directly at 425-941-2799 or come by the Parish Of-fice and pick up some literature regarding the trip. Fr. Pete is hoping you will join him on this incredible trip.

SOUNDS OF THE SEASON Cantaré Vocal Ensemble, directed by Mark Adrian, re-turns to St. Ben's to present their Christmas concert. The 60-member choir performs a variety of Christmas music: traditional arrangements, new settings, unaccompanied works, and many accompanied by the CVE Chamber Or-chestra. The concert is Saturday, December 12 at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are available by calling 206-551-4544 or online by going to www.cantarevocalensemble. Tickets purchased before December 9

th are at a reduced rate of

$22 for adults and $20 for seniors/students ($3 more at the door). Children 5 - 12 are admitted free when accom-panied by a paying adult. This concert may not be suita-ble for children under 5.

A NEW YEAR’S EVE MEDITATION …Walking the Labyrinth for Peace in the World

St. Mary-on-the-Lake -- Labyrinth and Chapel Thursday, December 31, 2015 1:30-3:30pm -- Walk the Labyrinth Anytime 3:30-4:00pm -- Prayer in the Chapel 1663 Killarney Way, Bellevue, WA 98004

No RSVP Needed. Families With Children Are Most Wel-come. If you have questions, contact Valerie Ross at vross@csjp-olp.org or 425-635-3600

Sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace

SIMBANG GABI COMMISSIONING MASS You are cordially invited to join Archbishop Peter Sartain in the Simbang Gabi Commissioning Mass at 11:00 A.M. on December 12, 2015 at St. James Cathedral. A reception to follow the Mass in the Cathedral Hall. Please RSVP to philip.tran@seattlearch.org or call Phillip at 206-382-4828.

TENS OF THOUSANDS OF MARRIAGES HELPED Is your marriage in trouble? Are you considering separation or divorce? Are you losing hope? There is hope – it’s called Retrouvaille (pronounced retro-vī). Retrouvaille can bring reconcil-iation and healing to seemingly hopeless marriages. You are not alone. For confidential information about, or to register for our up-coming program beginning Jan 22-24, 2016 call 360-671-6479 or visit our website at www.helpourmarriage.com. RACHEL’S CORNER

HOPE AND HEALING AFTER ABORTION When we have experienced God’s forgiveness, we are new crea-tures! We can live a life beyond the regrets of yesterday. We can live with a forward-looking hope of glory.

- Reflections from Footprints Become a new creation in Christ! Join us on our next Rachel’s Vineyard™ retreat and experience His redeeming grace. Our next retreats are: March 4-6, 2016 in Seabeck, WA and April 15-17, 2016 in Stanwood, WA. Call Valerie at 1-800-822-4673. You are loved with an everlasting Love!

-Project Rachel is a program of Catholic Community Services

GIVE THE GIFT OF SOLIDARITY This holiday season give beautiful fair trade gifts from CRS partner SERRV. All products are handcrafted by artisans and farmers. The CRS Fair Trade Gift Card is the perfect gift for friends and family. Also, gifts from the

CRS Gift Catalog are blessings to our poorest brothers and sisters overseas. Put your faith to work. To find out more about this, go to crsbriefing@crs.org. Catholic Relief Services is the official internation-

al humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States.

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