CHURCH OF THE HOLY FAMILY VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA

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NOVEMBER 29/30, 2014FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT

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REMEMBER THE SICK: Donna Boyle Amadio, Karen Anderson, Mary Bachu, Daniel Baggerly, Ryan Ball, Ed Bano, Bob Bishton, Donna Borsellino, Joey Bohanon, Millie Bowers, Cynthia Bowser, James Boyd, Evon Brown, Ann Cagigas, John Carney, Bina Chandra, Marie Cherney, Hilary Cohen, Robert Colaizzi, Elia Cuomo, Joan Dalo, Judy DeMonaco, Paula Dunkum, Kathryn Edmonston, David Edwards, Morgan Eller, Brendan Feely, Sarah Flumerfelt, David Green, Bob Gunter, Carol Hall, Pat Harney, Tim Hayes, Neil Hawley, Carol Henley, Kenneth Halloway IV, Mary Gerarde Hood, Candi Hubbard, Charles Jarrett, June Jennings, Mary Ann Johansen, Cindy Johnson, Kathy Jordan, Christopher Kelch, Shannon Kelch, John Kiernan, Amelia Koffman, Kathy Kohlstrand, Kathy Powers Krahling, Tina Krahling, Ann Lambert, Bill Laslo, Mark Libaers, Tony Liene, Nancy Light, Thomas List, Logan MacArthur, Pedro Maisonave, Patrick McCarthy, Bunnie McClennen, Debbie Merritt, Ernest Owens, Kevin Pigg, Paul Rambala, Betty Rehpelz, Harriet Robinson, Melissa Rozella, Frank Ryan, Paul Sclafani, Irene Shenasky, Sara Shenasky, Melody Smith, Pam Smith, Judy Spadaro, Bob Speaker, Barbara Stein, Jean Strangways,Tass Tucker, Maggie Tusmshi, Amy Underwood, Jacob Underwood, Patricia Flower Vermillion, Ryan Waddington, Ken Watson, Kevin Wein, Gene Wells, Oliver Wesolowski, Larry Williams, Fran Winn, Lena Wolff, Ron Wyles, Amelia Zentz

PRAYER REQUESTS: Sandy Aichinger, Brianna Alessandro, Vickie Alley, Bruno Baggio, Lumen Barbero, Ann Benegar, Paul Berger, Jack Boyd, Rose Brumley, Bob C., Mark Callahan, Donna Christman, Joseph Cianci, Jack Donahue, Joe Finn, Lorraine Forrer, Steven Lee Forrer, Alivia Grace Furr, Michelle Germano, Joan Geroe, Christina Gordon, Katie Gordon, Jill Haddox, Shelly Hanna, Richard Hegg, Blanche Henry, Ursula Hinkleman, Michelle & Jordan Jackson, Shannon Jennings, Theresa Lee, Nancy Loy, Maryann Lumley, Taccarra Mack, Mary Magoon, Jim Mahoney, Pedro Maisonave, Clara Marini, Maria McDonald, Michael McGrath, Bruce McKenna, John Meier, John Murphy, Robert Norbeck, Maria Oakes, Maureen Palmer, Patrick Parnell, Melissa Perkinson, Sandy Piscatelli, Monsignor Bill Pitt, Irma Reagan, Brad Richards, Fr. Michael Rigley, Paul Anthony Ross, George Louis Ross, Danny Santos, Colleen Seavey, Maria Sherman, Susan Smith, Barbara Stone, Dianna Stookey, Betty Taylor, Paul Valentine, Ryder Waddington, Margaret Walker, Linda Weed, Lena Wolff, Susy Wood, Lin Goodwin Yopp

PRAYERLINE REQUESTS:Please call the Parish Office at 481-5702.

CALENDAR

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30 – Advent IK of C Christmas Card Sale

MONDAY, DECEMBER 1The Chosen Ministry Gathering(Christmas Dance) 6:30 p.m.Bible Study (Timeline) 7:00 p.m.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2Holy Family Book Club 7:00 p.m.Laurel Cove House Church 7:00 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3J.O.Y. Club 11:00 a.m.Rosary 6:30 p.m.Family Addiction Education Support Group (FAESP) 6:30 p.m.Boy Scouts 7:00 p.m.Christmas Choir Rehearsal 7:00 p.m.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4Just Faith (Belonging) 6:30 p.m.Bible Study (Acts) 7:00 p.m.K of C Rosary 7:00 p.m.K of C Business Meeting 7:30 p.m.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5Bible Study (Acts) 9:30 a.m.Chaplet of Divine Mercy 9:45 a.m.NATO Wives’ Craft Fair

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6First Reconciliation Celebration 10:30 a.m.Rosary 5:00 p.m.Note: No Reconciliation todayGiving Tree UpK of C Christmas Card SaleFinance Council available to answer questions (after Mass) Wine, Cheese, and More (after Mass) (Theme: “O’Tannenbaum”)

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK

Monday, December 1: Morning PrayerTuesday, December 2: Viola Hogan by Scott & Michelle VachrisWednesday, December 3: Sharon Fischer by Stella WatsonThursday, December 4: Marge Benedetto by The Benedetto FamilyFriday, December 5: Conversion of Our Country by a ParishionerSaturday, December 6: Jane Saj by Terry & Gary McElroySunday, December 7: 8:15 a.m.: Margaret Martin by Bill & Mary Ann O’Prandy; 11:00 a.m.: Holy Family Parishioners

FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT NOVEMBER 30, 2014

2014/2015 BAPTISM CLASSES AND DATESClass: Thursday, January 15, 2015 – 7:00 p.m. Baptism Date: Sunday, January 18 – 11:00 a.m. Mass

Class: Thursday, April 16, 2015 – 7:00 p.m. Baptism Date: Sunday, April 26 – 11:00 a.m. Mass

2015 MISSALS are now available in the Parish Office for $3.70.

MUSIC NOTES: All choirs and instrumental ensembles will resume rehearsals after I complete my recovery from shoulder surgery. Watch “Music Notes” for updates!

~ Sylvia Chapa, Director of Music Ministries

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Holy Family Day School – Practicing Thanks and Practicing Giving! Each month, the Day School chooses a character trait to focus on in Chapel. In the month of November, we talked about being thankful. We showed how thankful we are by helping with the Thanksgiving Food Drive. We are so blessed in our community to be able to feed and clothe our families that we want to remember that God has given us the grace we need to be successful in our endeavors. Several classes brought in canned food, some decorated the bags, students helped sort, and every student saw the accumulation of donations, resulting in the final distribution for Thanksgiving and Christmas! This is an invaluable lesson for all of us!

Holy Family Day School enrollment is fantastic this year. The 3 year old, 4 year old, Pre-Kindergarten, and Kindergarten classes are brimming with enthusiastic and energetic students. Our Young 3 year old classes are growing not only intellectually and socially, but their numbers are increasing as well! We do still have room for a few more students who are at least 30 months old. Call today (481-1180), to schedule a tour!

FOUND: A parishioner found several Alex and Ani bracelets with the charms intact in our parking lot. If they belong to you, please contact the Day School Office at 481-2280 to arrange their return.

Box Tops For Education: Box Top collection is a year-round program and we are so pleased with the excellent response to this fund raiser for the school. The box outside the welcome office is the place to drop off your donation. Thank You!

Farm Fresh 1234 the Community Receipts: Tell your friends, tell your family – to save their Farm Fresh receipts, and then turn them in here at Holy Family Day School. The school earns points for each dollar spent and is able to buy educational supplies each summer so every new school year starts out on the right note!

DAILY SCRIPTURE READINGSSunday, November 30: First Sunday of Advent: Is 63:16b-17, 19b; 64: 2-7; Ps 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19; 1 Cor 1:3-9; Mk 13:33-37Monday, December 1: Is 2:1-5; Ps 122:1-9; Mt 8:5-11Tuesday, December 2: Is 11:1-10; Ps 72:7-8, 12-13, 17; Lk 10:21-24Wednesday, December 3: Saint Francis Xavier, Priest: Is 25:6-10a; Ps 23:1-6; Mt 15:29-37Thursday, December 4: Saint John Damascene, Priest, Doctor

of the Church: Is 26:1-6; Ps 118:1, 8-9, 19-21, 25-27a; Mt 7:21, 24-27Friday, December 5: Is 29:17-24; Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14; Mt 9:27-31Saturday, December 6: Saint Nicholas, Bishop: Is 30:19-21, 23-26; Ps 147:1-6; Mt 9:35–10:1, 5a,6-8Sunday, December 7: Second Sunday of Advent: Is 40:1-5, 9-11; Ps 85:9-14; 2 Pt 3:8-14; Mk 1:1-8

PARISH COUNCIL: Rick Paradiso, Chair; Greg Brown, Co-Chair; Laurie Steentofte, Secretary; Brian Alexander, Joe Kelly, Julianna Luecke (Youth Representative), Richard Serpe, Todd Solomon, Kathy Staskin, Gwen Stinard, Fr. Gaudy.

FINANCE COUNCIL: Andy Ward, Chairperson; Joy Bixler, Vice-Chairperson; Nancy White, Secretary; Steve Ambrose, Andy McClaskey, Terry McElroy, Fr. Gaudy.

NEW EVANGELIZATION TEAM (NET): Mike McCormick and Kathy Staskin, Co-Chairpersons; Mike DeJaeger, Shannan LePage, Elizabeth Panchik, Tom Rumely, Dean Schleicher, Steve Winter, Fr. Gaudy.

BULLETIN: The deadline for bulletin notices is Mondays at 9:30 a.m. Please submit to Carla, the Parish Secretary. Any inserts will need to be digital as everything is emailed to the publishing company.

COLUMBARIUM: There are Columbarium niches available. The cost is $2,000.00 for a double niche. Contact Terry McElroy at 481-5702.

PARISH OFFICE HOURSMonday-Thursday from 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Friday from 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

WEEKLY OFFERTORYBudget 2014/2015 is $1,115,584.00. This includes

Schools Parish Sharing Assessment of $71,674.00

Because of Thanksgiving, our bulletin had to be sent to the printing company on Thursday, November 20, for our November 29/30 Bulletin. Our financial report for November 22/23 and November 29/30 will be reported next week.

DIOCESAN APPEAL UPDATE: 251 families at Holy Family have donated $54,220.00, which puts us at 121.87% of our parish goal of $44,490.00.

GIVING TREE:The Giving Tree tags are up in the Commons. Please join in “The Season of Giving” and take a tag. We are supporting several agencies again this year. Your support is greatly appreciated!

The Giving Tree Committee

CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU!!! Congratulations to the winners of the two beautiful quilts

raffled by the J.O.Y. Club at their Fall Sale. The Christmas quilt was won by Veronica Frostad and the Iris quilt was won by Nancy Buckley. We appreciate your support and hope these ladies enjoy their winnings.

The J.O.Y. Club would also like to THANK EVERYONE who shopped with us and bought raffle tickets.We had a good sale and will be able to do more things for the church.

BAMBINELLI SUNDAY:

During the 3rd Sunday of Advent, families in Italy travel to Rome and bring their baby Jesus figurines from their Nativities. During that Sunday’s noon Angelus, the Pope blesses the figurines as well as the children and families that are gathered. This is called “Bambinelli Sunday” “The blessing of the Bambinelli as they are called in Rome-reminds us that the Nativity scene is a school of life where we can learn the secret of true joy”

Italian Nativity scenes are much more elaborate and filled with scenes of daily life within a village (women carrying water jugs, washing clothes, children playing, market place where things are sold, etc.) The concept is that Jesus came in the midst of our busy lives. This serves to remind us that Jesus is not in the past, but lives with us today and enters into the midst of our busy lives!

This year, Holy Family will be celebrating Bambinelli Sunday on December 14. We are asking that all children (and adults) bring their baby Jesus figurines from their Nativity scenes to Mass on December 14. After the homily, Fr. Gaudy will bless the figurines, children, and everyone. This will occur at the 8:15 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Masses.

Wishing you and your families a blessed Advent and joyous Christmas!

Peace,Tiffany Watson Director of Religious Education

CALLING ALL PARENTS OF OUR YOUNGEST PARISHIONERS: Help us make the Holy Family Cooperative Nursery a reality! Please consider donating one hour each month during Mass to serve in our nursery. Parents who use the nursery for their children during Mass will also take turns staffing the nursery. To learn more, e-mail hfevangelization@gmail.com. Thank you.

HOLY FAMILY BOOK CLUB: Join us on Tuesday, December 2, at 7:00 p.m., for a discussion of My Life with the Saints, by Fr. James Martin. Fr. Martin masterfully weaves stories from his life into those of his favorite saints. Leading off with St. Jude, whom he affectionately dubs “the saint of the sock drawer” (where his statue of the saint of impossible causes took up residence after the author entered high school), Fr. Martin also relates how various saints have affected his life. For more information, please contact Mike McCormick at 419-0145 or sixmcc89@gmail.com.

GOLDEN SENIORS NEXT MEETINGThursday, January 15, 10:00 a.m. in the Family Room

(Everyone is invited to attend.)

NO SENIOR MEETING IN DECEMBER

WE WISH EVERYONE A BLESSED CHRISTMASAND A JOYFUL NEW YEAR!!

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Sandler Center on Monday, December 15, are $25.00 per person and can be purchased at the Box Office. Doors open at 7:00 p.m., and show time is 7:30 p.m.

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CATECHISTS NEEDED: Our Christian Formation Classes are in need of a First Grade catechist and a Fifth Grade co-catechist. Do you have a love of the Catholic faith and a desire to work with children in helping plant the seeds of their faith development? Then this is the ministry for you! Please contact Tiffany in the Parish Office if you are interested in this exciting and rewarding ministry. Christian Formation classes meet on Sunday mornings between the Masses (9:30-10:30 a.m.). VIRTUS training, background check, Pathways training, and occasional catechist meetings are required. CHECK IT OUT: Look at what we have been learning! Each month, a different class from our elementary Christian Formation classes will be displaying a poster to share what they have been discussing/learning in their class. Please take a moment to check out the posters in the Family Room.

The Immaculate Conception, a solemnity celebrated on December 8, is the patronal feast of the United States and a Holy Day of Obligation (Mass at Holy Family at 9:00 a.m.) In 1854, Pope Pius IX's solemn declaration, Ineffabilis Deus, clarified with finality the long-held belief of the Church that Mary was conceived free from original sin. In proclaiming the Immaculate Conception of Mary as a dogma of the Church, the pope expressed precisely and clearly that Mary was conceived free from the stain of original sin. This privilege of Mary derives from God's having chosen her as Mother of the Savior; thus she received the benefits of salvation in Christ from the very moment of her conception. This great gift to Mary, an ordinary human being just like us, was fitting because she was destined to be Mother of God. The purity and holiness of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a model for all Christians. Mary is honored at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception as the Patroness of the United States of America. In May of 1846, twenty-one bishops and one archbishop attended the Sixth Provincial Council of Baltimore, along with their theologians. It was at this Council that the American Hierarchy named for the first time, the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title of the Immaculate Conception as the Patroness of the United States. Pope Pius IX ratified this action of the American hierarchy in February 1847.

Immaculate Conception Fiesta Sunday, December 7, 2014: The SAMAHANG TAGALOG invites you, your family and friends to celebrate: The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary with Mass at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 7, 2014, here at Holy Family. We will have a grand fiesta to follow Mass. ALL ARE WELCOME (this will fulfill Holy Day of Obligation for Dec. 8). For more information please contact Lumen Barbero 718-4210 or Merla Marcelo 288-3524.

THE CHOSEN MINISTRY is a ministry dedicated to ministering to persons (middle school to adults of any age) who experience disabilities. We learn that we are all “chosen” to serve God and God loves all of us just as we are. We have Holy Family The Chosen Ministry gatherings the first three Mondays of the month from 6:30-8:00 p.m. during the school year. The next meeting is 6:30 p.m. on Monday, December 1. For more information, contact Susie Stefonowich at 342-8540 or parishadvocate@gmail.com.

40 DAYS FOR LIFE is a focused pro-life campaign with a vision to access God’s power through prayer, fasting, and peaceful vigil to end abortion. Please join us as we pray in front of Planned Parenthood on Newtown Road on Thursdays from 10:00-11:00 a.m. For more information, e-mail or call Mary Sorrentino at mmsorrentino@gmail.com or 757-481-0766.

CHILDBIRTH CLASSES: A parishioner who is Lamaze Certified and a Registered Nurse is providing childbirth preparation classes at Holy Family. Class content includes pregnancy changes, labor signs and stages, relaxation and comfort techniques, medical procedures, and birth stories. Videos/handouts will be available. Please e-mail Charlotte Zeiders at cwzeiders@gmail.com or call 703-795-8874 for more information and to register. There is no fee.

PRAY FOR THE SICK AND PRAYER REQUESTS: If you have added someone’s name to our “Pray for the Sick” and/or “Prayer Requests,” please let us know if that person needs to be taken off the list because they have recovered or because they have died.

“CARE FOR OUR EARTH”In the past few years, vegetable gardens have become more popular. What a wonderful turn of events in the campaign to preserve the Earth’s well-being! Gardening in any form offers numerous benefits, some of which would be: it is one of the best stress-relieving activities; it exercises our muscles and burns calories; gives a feeling of excitement and anticipation as you await the rewards of your labor; the vegetables are fresh and tasty. Admittedly, this is not the proper season to discuss gardening, but it provides an opening for my topic. Gardening, especially vegetable gardening, is a great learning tool for children, teaching lessons about delayed gratification and where our food comes from, offering opportunities for them to be working with the soil, providing them the experience of watching the plants grow and the awareness that they contributed towards the harvest of the produce. Well, our pre-school students have planted a vegetable garden located against the outside wall in the back of our worship center by the playground. Our thanks to eagle scout, Ryan Schleicher, who headed up the construction, and to Lynnhaven River Now, who provided materials and consultation. The garden is a 2 ft. wide raised garden, having 4 rain barrels. Recently having toured it myself, I was amazed at the variety and growth of the plants, some of which are herbs, lettuce, spinach, swiss chard. Our students have done a great job!!! Give yourself a treat and tour the garden yourself!

Ed Marroni (587-4887)Holy Family Parish Environmental Committee

FROM THE FOOD PANTRY The Food Pantry was open this past Saturday, and our shelves are bare. We help between 120 and 180 people and families at each Saturday Food Pantry! We hope to give each of these people two bags of food, but sometimes we can only fill one bag. Please be as generous as you can. This week we are asking for: Spaghetti Sauce, Jelly, Pancake Mix, Oatmeal.

A Challenge The call to overcome poverty and to uphold human dignity is not new. It is as old as the prophets and as current as today’s headlines. Today, this challenge is especially compelling because we have the capacity to make a difference and because the impact of rapid globalization makes it more urgent. Building on past progress and new opportunities, we can make this a time for hope. Hope offers the promise that, with God’s help, shared sacrifice, wise investment, and renewed commitment, we can actually reduce substantially the levels of poverty, hunger, and human deprivation in our own land and around the world.

The First Letter of John calls us to the task:If anyone is well-off in worldly possessions and sees his

brother in need, but closes his heart to him, how can the love of God be remaining in him? Children, our love must be not just words or mere talk, but something active and genuine.

This is a time not for “just words or mere talk,” but for “active and genuine” commitment by Catholics in the United States to work with others to make a place at the table for all God’s children.

From “A Place At The Table: A Catholic Recommitment to Overcome Poverty and to Respect the Dignity of All God’s Children – A Pastoral Reflection of the U.S. Catholic Bishops. Issued by USCCB, November 13, 2002”

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