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Christ the King
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Finding Treasure in the Waiting Time
Practical Preparation for the
Advent Season
Monday, December 4 at 10am and again 7pm
St. Stephen Parish Hall
Speaker - Kathy Roberts
Advent is a time of waiting and preparation, and it can often be a time of uncomfortable stress. Join us for an unrushed hour in which we’ll explore real ways to find real treasure during the beautiful season of Advent. Treasure awaits…
Upcoming Events at Christ the King - St. Stephen
The Feast of the Immaculate Conception
Friday, December 8th
Join us for this Holy Day of Obligation honoring Mary's Immaculate Conception.
Mass times:
Christ the King
9:00 AM, 12:05 PM, and 7:00 PM
St. Stephen
8:00 AM and 6:00 PM
Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Sunday December 10 at the 4:00 PM Mass
Let's celebrate Our Lady of Guadalupe with our Hispanic community. A bilingual English-Spanish Mass complete with mariachi music. Fellowship to follow in the Parish Hall.
Advent Reconciliation Services
Come and experience the healing power of the Sacrament of Reconciliation as we prepare our hearts for Christmas.
Christ the King Campus
Saturday, December 9 at 3pm or
Monday, December 11 at 6pm
St. Stephen Campus
Friday, December 15 at 6pm
Simbang Gabi
The Filipino Society of Christ the King/St. Stephen Parish cordially invites you to join in the celebration of "Simbang Gabi", a nine-day novena in preparation for the birth of Jesus, at Christ the King Church from December 15th to the 23rd.
Mass begins at 6:00 pm. every night, except Dec. 16, 17 and 23 when mass will start at 4:00 pm. A celebration of gratitude with entertainment will be held after the last mass on the 23rd in the gym
Staying Connected
Dear Friends,
Two important feasts of the Blessed Virgin Mary take place during the Season of Advent: the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception on December 8th and the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mother of America and Star of the New Evangelization, on December 12th. Closely related to both feasts is the December 9th Memorial of Saint Juan Diego, (the messenger of Our Lady of Guadalupe).
The Immaculate Conception: On December 8th, we recall and celebrate how God preserved the Virgin Mary, from the very moment of her conception, from every stain of sin. In a mysterious and wonderful way, God permitted our Blessed Mother to receive, in anticipation, the grace of eternal salvation which her Divine Son would win for all mankind by His Passion and Death. In this way, the Virgin Mary was prepared to receive and fulfill her call to be the Mother of God; the Virgin Mary’s heart was totally pure from her conception and thus her womb was the fitting vessel in which God the Son could be received into the world. The purity of her heart is a sign to us of how our hearts must become pure, with the help of God’s grace, in order that we may welcome our Lord ever more fully into our lives and be ready to meet Him at His Final Coming.
Saint Juan Diego: On December 9, 1531, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception at that time in the Spanish Empire, Juan Diego, a native was on his way to his parish church for the celebration of the feast, when Mary appeared to him on Tepeyac Hill, and asked him to be her messenger in carrying out a special mission of love on behalf of his people and all the peoples of the American continent.
The mission was to have Bishop Juan de Zumárraga, O.F.M., First Bishop of Mexico, build a chapel on Tepeyac Hill, in which she might show to all peoples God’s mercy and love in her Divine Son. She announced her name as the Perfect Virgin Holy Mary of Guadalupe. God imprinted the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe on Juan Diego’s cactus-cloth mantle in which he gathered roses. There is no human explanation of how the image is imprinted. The cactus-cloth mantle which should have disintegrated within thirty to forty years remains intact today, so that we can still gaze upon the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe who is, by a very special title, our mother in America.
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~Fr. Paulson
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Mass Times
Christ the King Campus
Monday - Friday
9:00am (and livestreamed)
5:40pm Rosary (and livestreamed on Facebook)
Thursday Our Lady of Perpetual Help
5:40pm Rosary & 6:00pm Mass (and livestreamed)
First Friday Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and Mass
5:00pm - 6:00pm Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament followed by Mass ( and livestreamed)
Saturday
9:00am (and livestreamed)
3:00pm - 3:30pm Confessions
4:00pm Vigil Mass (livestreamed)
Sunday
7:30am
9:00am
10:30am (and livestreamed)
11:30am - 12:00pm (drive-thru Communion)
4:00pm
St. Stephen Campus
Monday - Friday
8:00am
Saturday
5:00pm
4:30pm-5:00pm Confessions
Sunday
9:30am
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