October 28, 2012

We Journey Together in Faith and Love All are Welcome

Saint Maximilian Kolbe Catholic Church

5801 Kanan Road, Westlake Village, CA 91362 818-991-3915 www.stmaxchurch.org

Weekend Liturgies: Saturday: 5:00PMSaturday: 5:00PM

Sunday: 7:30AM, 9:00AM and 11:00AMSunday: 7:30AM, 9:00AM and 11:00AM

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Who Do You Call??

Website: Polly Toohey 818-991-3915 X 110 polly@stmaxchurch.org Bulletin: Susan Craddock 818-991-3915 X 112 susancraddock@stmaxchurch.org Calendar: Amy Laliberte 818-991-3915 X152 amy@stmaxchurch.org

Receptionists

Annette Krause Amy Laliberte kolbe@stmaxchurch.org

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Secretary to the Pastor & Funerals

Sarah Ruffing sruffing@stmaxchurch.org

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Pastor

Jarlath Dolan jarlath@stmaxchurch.org

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Deacons Deacon John Kruer dcnjohn@stmaxchurch.org Deacon Chris Laliberte chris@stmaxchurch.org

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Weddings Amy Laliberte amy@stmaxchurch.org

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Liturgy & Program Coordinator

Polly Toohey polly@stmaxchurch.org

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Religious Education

Susan Craddock susancraddock@stmaxchurch.org

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Confirmation &Youth

Laura Diaz ldiaz@stmaxchurch.org

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Music Ministry

Merrick McMahon merrick@stmaxchurch.org Paul Fagundes paul@stmaxchurch.org

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Business Manager

Cathy Brauer cathy@stmaxchurch.org

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Kolbe’s Korner Pre-School

Paula Kruer pkkorner@stmaxchurch.org

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O’Reilly Hall Information

Lisa Capobianco lisa@stmaxchurch.org

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Kolbe’s Village Gifts

Maryann Kleinman X111

Phone: 818-991-3915 Fax: 818-991-7152

www.stmaxchurch.org kolbe@stmaxchurch.org

OFFICE HOURS Mon.— Fri. 9:00 am to 5:30 pm

Closed for lunch 12:30-1:30pm After Hours Emergencies.818-991-3915 ext. 9 WEEKDAY LITURGIES: Mon., Tues., Wed. & Fri.–7AM SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Saturday: 3:45-4:30 pm SICK CALLS Call the Parish Office at any time. BAPTISMS First and third Sundays of every month by appointment only. Pre-Baptismal classes required and held the second Monday of every month at 7:30 pm. WEDDINGS Minimum 6 months advance notice required.

COMMUNION TO THE SICK Ray and Stephanie Donckels 805-495-9383

Parish Information Staff Directory

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Our Newly Baptized

Third Age Thanksgiving

Christmas Adoptions

Welcome New Parishioners

Lori & Kevin Thompson Patricia Centurioni Erika DeAlday & John & Ethan Tran Elizabeth, Paul & Emily Jones Melissa & J.R. Rackley

We are blessed by your presence

Taming the Wolf

A Series of Spiritual Conversations

Continues…

Thursday, November 8th Thursday, November 15th

At 7:00PM

O’Reilly Hall at St. Maximilian Kolbe Catholic Church

5801 Kanan Road, Westlake Village, CA. 91362

Learn to manage conflict and rekindle your spiritual journey with St. Francis of Assisi as your guide. Includes presenta-tion, small group discussion, and the fel-lowship of friends and family. Refresh-ments supplied. The Taming the Wolf Institute delivers conflict resolution workshops, seminars, and consultation. Our ministry contributes to the Church as an instrument of peace in a troubled world. A donation of eight dollars for you and a guest supports the Taming the Wolf ministry.

2012 CHRISTMAS FAMILY ADOPTIONS

The St. Maximilian Kolbe Conference of the Society of St Vincent de Paul will again coordinate the adoption of needy families by our generous parish-ioners. The families selected for adoption live in the Conejo Valley and are taken from our St. Vin-cent de Paul files. You may sign up to adopt a family on the weekend of November 10th and 11th or you may call Ray Donckels at (805) 495-9383.

The seniors at St. Maximilian are having their Thanksgiving luncheon on Tuesday, November 20th, at 12:30PM. There is no charge for the luncheon. Those attending are encouraged to bring a non-perishable food donation for Manna. Please RSVP to Diane Zimmerman at 818-889-5692 so we will have enough food for all those attending.

Shane Michael Austin Son of Phillip and Nicole Ashlyn Jennifer Konish Daughter of Kevin and Katie

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Did You Know? RCIA Information

Youth Ministry

The Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) is a process for all inquirers seeking to enter the Catholic Church. Inquirers fall into three categories, Catechu-mens, people who have never been baptized, Candi-dates, those who have received a valid Baptism in an-other Christian faith, and anyone baptized as a Catholic who has not completed initiation sacraments of First Communion and/or Confirmation. Topic for October 29: Revelation: New Testament If you are interested in more information about RCIA, please contact Dcn. John Kruer at 818-991-3915, ext. 104 or dcnjohn@stmaxchurch.org.

The next meeting of your Men’s

Club will be on:

Monday, November 5th

Our Guest Speaker Will Be:

Ramsay Devereux

What is in the food you are eating?

Ramsay will be talking to us about Genetically En-gineered food products. An understanding of GE is important if we are to vote knowledgeably on Proposition 37 on November 6th. This proposition would require labeling on specific food products to allow the consumer to make a choice. He will ex-plain what Genetically Engineered food is and what it is not, how long it has been available for use in this country, how much of our processed food contains GE material, what if any studies have been conducted and the results, and why we should know what is in the food that we provide for our families. Ramsay Devereux has been a General Contractor for over 30 years. He became interested in all things related to health since his wife was diag-nosed with M.S. 6 years ago. He is a volunteer on the “Yes on # 37” campaign. Come and join us for a fun and informative evening of socializing, presentations and talk plus excellent food with your fellow parishioners. So-cial time at 6:30, complimentary dinner at 7:00 and our meeting at 7:30 Contact Bill Keane at keane4@mindspring.com

Reporting Child aAbuse

Priests, deacons, school faculty and administrators and other staff members in our parishes and schools have been designated as mandated reporters under Califor-nia law. When one of these persons receives infor-mation leading to a “reasonable suspicion” that a child is being abused or neglected, he or she must make a report to the appropriate child protection or law en-forcement agency. For Information on responding to an allegation of suspected child abuse, please visit the Archdiocese’s Safeguard the Children webpage: http://archla.org/protecting. For particular help, you may call Assistance Ministry at (213) 637-7650.

MAX PAX – Junior High Youth Ministry 7th & 8th Graders, this coming Tuesday the 30th is our annual “Teaching Touching Safety” Presenta-tion. You are all welcome to come learn more about how to keep yourself safe by understanding personal boundaries and knowing how to ask for help if you or a friend’s boundaries are not being respected. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE TURNED IN A PARENT’S PERMISSION FORM TO ATTEND THIS PRESENTATION. If you need one, they are available in the Youth Ministries white cubbie on the wall in the Breezeway. Call or e-mail Laura Diaz with any questions at (818) 991-3915 or ldiaz@stmaxchurch.org. Youth 2 The Max – High School Youth Ministry This coming Wednesday the 31st is the last Wednesday of the month so there is NO Y2TM due to the SMK YM Team meeting. We’ll see all of you back on November 7th! Have a Happy Hal-loween! Service Project Opportunity for High Schoolers Sunday, November 4th we will be meeting at the Cerebral Palsy Home to help with the Sunday Prayer Service from 10 to 11:15am. We need your help with the readings, music and bringing smiles and love to the residents there! Call or e-mail Laura Diaz at (818) 991-3915 or ldiaz@stmaxchurch.org to sign up.

31st Sunday in Ordinary Time Deuteronomy 6:2-6

Hebrews 7:23-28 Mark 12: 28-34

Next Sunday’s Readings

Our Catholic Traditions

Today’s Readings Catholic Women’s Bible Study

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Fr. Dave Heney will continue to lead us on our journey through these two new studies. Thursdays from 9:15 AM to 11:30 AM at St. Maximilian’s. Please join us and learn in our first study about the peoples, places and events in our Church’s history. In our second study, learn about the pro-found significance of every part of the Mass and understand it like never before. This two-subject course promises to be our most fascinating yet! For questions or more info contact Lisa Maxey at maxey7@sbglobal.net or 818 618-3570 or Janet Fenerin at jfenerin@aol.com or 805 279-1598

As we prepare for our Christmas Gala we turn once again to you, our parishioners, for support. We are in need of items for the Silent and Live Auctions. In the past, you have so generously do-nated sports or theatre tickets, vacation homes, art pieces, wine baskets, golf oppor-tunities, jewelry, decorative items, toys, etc. and other items that you have come up with, that have made for great auction items. We ask, please, that all items donated be new. Your finest contribution of all may be your energetic participation on the Auction Commit-tee. We are looking for volunteers to join us in keeping the Auction special and different each year. Your involvement, at any level, would be greatly appreciated, helping us help St. Max and all of its worthy Ministries. If you would like to contribute, join the committee or have questions please call: Mary Kay Doane 805-496-1213

CHRISTMAS GALA

AUCTION ITEMS NEEDED

NEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS WELCOME

RECOGNIZING JESUS The star of today’s Gospel is a panhandler. Barti-maeus is blind, yes, but he is probably also home-less and filthy, a real nuisance to respectable citi-zens. Even so, it is Bartimaeus who recognizes Je-sus as the Messiah, places all his faith in him, throws aside everything he has (his cloak), begs him for mercy, receives new vision, and follows Jesus on the way to suffering and death in Jerusa-lem. How desperate will we have to get before we can do the same? Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

“What is the Church if not the as-sembly of all the saints?” wrote the fifth-century bishop Niceta. Each Sunday, in the Profession of Faith, we express our belief in the com-munion of saints, the one body—with Christ as its head—made up of

“those who are pilgrims on earth, the dead who are being purified and the blessed in heaven.” We are not alone! The preface for All Saints begins, “For today by your gift we celebrate the festival of your city, the heavenly Jerusalem, our mother.” What astound-ing words! All Saints Day (like every solemnity) is nothing less than the festival of the fullness of the paschal mystery, our dying and rising in Christ. Of course, now in autumn the mystery comes “clothed” in glorious autumnal garb, and so we celebrate our Easter faith with signs of the har-vest, signs of nature’s dying, signs of the “homecoming” that happens naturally when the weather gets cold and families find themselves to-gether more often. While the dying can point to our own mortality, the homecoming reminds us of the mystery of our own resurrection with Christ. —James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

Community Bulletin Board

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For more info call Fran Dornan (805) 418-7478 or Mike Borawski (805) 497-3024 Pray with us! Come and join us in praying the rosary the first Sunday of every month. Directions to North Ranch Playfields: From the 101 freeway going south, exit Lindero Canyon and make a left. Make a left on Rockfield Street. The park will be on the right. Address: 950 Rockfield St., Thousand Oaks

Chaminade College Preparatory High School is hosting its annual “Club Nade,” step-up day for 8th grade students on Friday, November 2nd from 1:00-3:00PM. For more information please call the Chaminade Admissions office at 818-347-8300, ext. 355 or visit the website at www.chaminade.org

Louisville High School invites you to join us on FRI-DAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2012 from 8:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. for our annual 8th Grade Visit Day. Come meet our students, faculty and staff, experience an all-girl classroom and enjoy our hospitality as we showcase our campus and our students. We’ll provide snacks, lunch and entertainment. Don’t miss this special day de-signed especially for you. Permission to Visit forms can be found on our Admissions page at www.louisvillehs.org or call us at 818-346-8812. We can’t wait to meet you!

Divine Mercy Mission Special Presentation by Fr. Dan Cambra, MIC, and

Br. John Paoletti, MIC Tuesday ● October 30, 2012

7:00 PM – 9:00 PM St. Rose of Lima

1305 Royal Avenue, Simi Valley, CA 93065

Join us for a very special evening with The Mari-ans of the Immaculate Conception, the Religious Community entrusted to spread the message and

devotion of the Divine Mercy, with a final Blessing with the relic of St. Faustina

Contact: Maureen Whalen at (818) 324-6209 /

MCorrConsulting@sbcglobal.net

Scripture says about married people that “Two shall live as one”. How often do you find yourselves living as two? A Worldwide Marriage Encounter Week-end can help you get back to what God wants for your marriage. The next WWME Weekends are November 2-4 in Chatsworth and January 18-20 in Ventura. Apply on line at www.twocanlove.org or call Jeanine and Russ Walker: 805-648-4244.

St. Peter's Claver 20th Annual Holiday Boutique.

Sat. Nov 3 (9am-5pm) & Sun.Nov.4 (9am-3pm). Crafts, Jewelry, Clothes, 50/50 draw, raffles, photo with Santa and our famous hot cinnamon rolls. Corner of Stearns & Cochran (#118) in Simi Valley.

Chaminade College Preparatory High School is hav-ing its annual OPEN HOUSE on Sunday, November 18th from 1:00pm to 3:00pm. Families are invited to tour the campus, meet the faculty and administrators, and experience all that Chaminade has to offer. For more information call Chaminade’s Admissions office at (818) 347-8300 extension 355 or visit Chaminade on the Web at www.chaminade.org.

The La Reina High School Admissions Office is pleased to announce that the application season for the 2013-14 school year opened on October 1, 2012. A variety of informational events are planned for the coming months. La Reina invites eighth grade girls to a “Step-Up Day” on Friday, November 16 from 8:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m.

La Reina High School Director of Admissions, Cristy McNay, is available at 805-495-6494, ext. 307 for more information on all admissions events and for private campus tours. Applications for 2012-13 may be down-loaded from www.lareina.com or by contacting the num-ber above.

The Westlake Junior Women’s Club (WVJWC) will host its 31st annual Gingerbread Fundraising Boutique on November 8th and 9th at St. Maximilian Kolbe Church. Forty vendors will be present featuring unique gifts, jewelry, clothing apparel and home goods. On No-vember 8th at 5:00PM there will be a VIP Shopping Event and Reception. Tickets are $30.00. Proceeds this year go to Many Mansions. For information go to www.manymansions.org

Catholic Adult Diners’ Club: An opportunity for Catholic adults (singles and couples, 20s to 50s) to gather in an upbeat and lively social setting in order to meet other Catholic adults and discover culinary de-lights. The restaurant pick for Saturday, November 10th, 7:00pm is: Applebee’s

291 West Ventura Boulevard Camarillo

Please call Deanna at 805/409-7411 by November 7th for additional information and reservations.

This Week’s Mass Intentions

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Mark Your Calendars

Mary Health of the Sick Benefit

Mon., Oct. 29- 7:00am—Jack Butler + & Ms. Ruiz + Tues., Oct. 30- 7:00am—Guido Vargas + & Mary J. Fallon + Wed., Oct. 31- 7:00am— Louise Fee + Thurs. Nov. 1- 7:00am— Carol Phillips + 7:00pm— Lisa Intekafor s.i. Fri., Nov. 2- 7:00am— Guido Vargas + & Jack Bunte + Sat., Nov. 3- 5:00pm— Judy Miller + Sun., Nov. 4 7:30am— Lina Canzona + 9:00am— John Naso + 11:00am — Greg Mallaley +

Any adult who works with children in the Archdi-ocese of Los Angeles must be fingerprinted and attend a Virtus (child abuse awareness ) class. Information on child safety is located in the breezeway. Parents: For your children’s safety, please ac-

company them to the restrooms during Mass.

Catholic Business CommunityCatholic Business Community

Serra Retreat House in Malibu is offering the following retreat opportunity through November 2012:

• Women’s Retreat November 2-4 For more information or registration call 310-456-6631 or see the website: www.serraretreat.com

All Souls’ Day Mass

Mary Health of the Sick Presents Care and Compassion Dinner and Dance Gala

1940’s Live Big Band Celebra on North Ranch Country Club -

November 10, 2012 All Proceeds Benefit the Low Income Elderly At Mary Health of the Sick Addi onal informa on 805-498-3644 x254 or Registra on at www.maryhealth.com

Special Mass Times

All Saints’ Day, November 1st- 7a.m. & 7p.m.

Thanksgiving Holidays – November 22nd & 23rd 9:00 a.m. Christmas Eve – December 24th – 4:00, 6:30, & 10:00 p.m. Christmas Day – December 25th – 9:00 & 11:00 a.m. Day after Christmas – December 26th – 9:00 a.m New Year’s Day – January 1st – 9:00 a.m.

We invite you, the Parishioners of St. Maximilian Kolbe Church, to join us for our All Souls Day Mass on Friday, November 02, 2012 at 10:00am at Assumption Cemetery 1380 Fitzgerald Road Simi Valley, CA (805) 583-5825 Our Principal Celebrant will be Cardinal Roger Mahony

Tuesday,November 6th, Catholic Business Community (CBC) Presents:

After you’ve Voted – Let’s Talk About TAXES! A Real Estate Panel with: Toni Hanson (Prudential California Realty) and Paul DuRoss (Aviara Real Estate) Moderator: Selina H. Medina, CPA MST (SHM Tax Ad-visors, Inc) TOPIC: What is the 3.8% tax on home sales – and how

are you affected?

We meet from 4:30-6:00PM in the Youth Room

Contact Selina Medina at 818-707-1112 or selina@SHMTaxadvisors.com

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“You are not alone, call for help”

CRISIS PREGNANCY HOTLINE Life Center of Ventura County 1-800-973-7334 www.vclifecenters.com Offers confidential counseling, pregnancy tests, post-abortion and abstinence counseling ABORTION RECOVERY HELP Project Rachel 1-626-398-6100 www.righttolifeleague.com Offers confidential and compassionate counseling to help men, women, parents and families following this loss. MATERNITY HOMES Tender Life www.tenderlife.org Sarah’s House www.sarahshouse.org CHILD SHARE MINISTRY: Opportunity to participate in Foster Care/Adoption or to assist in this ministry Christine Reale: 818-889-4177 QUESTIONS: Kathleen McLaughlin 805/493-1861 CONTACT INFORMATION ON CURRENT LIFE ISSUES California Catholic Conference – www.cacatholic.org - click ‘Take Action’ The Administration – www.whitehouse.gov The Respect Life & Foster Care Ministry has its standing meeting the last Tuesday of each month, at 7:15 p.m. in Room 1.

Parish Registration

We welcome our new parishioners to their new spiritu-

al home. You enrich us with your presence.

We invite all new parishioners to register.

Name: ____________________________________ Address:_____________________________________ City/Zip:________________________________ Phone: ______________________________________ Email: _____________________________________ You may drop your registration form in the office or in the offertory basket at any weekend Mass. In addition , you may register by e-mailing your information to Kolbe@stmaxchurch.org or calling our parish receptionist at 818-991-3915. Check our web site at http://stmaxchurch.org to register online.

KOLBE’S KORNER PRESCHOOL KOLBE’S KORNER PRESCHOOL

Space available in 3 year old Space available in 3 year old --2 day program 9am2 day program 9am--Noon.Noon.

PARENT/ TODDLER CLASSESPARENT/ TODDLER CLASSES--TUE & WED 9TUE & WED 9--1111

3 YEAR OLDS3 YEAR OLDS–– 2 day or 3 day2 day or 3 day-- 9AM9AM––NOONNOON

4 & 5 YEAR OLDS4 & 5 YEAR OLDS–– 3 or 5 day 3 or 5 day -- 9AM9AM——NOONNOON

LUNCH BUNCH EXTENDED CARE AVAILABLE LUNCH BUNCH EXTENDED CARE AVAILABLE FOR INFORMATION AND FEE SCHEDULE CALL THE FOR INFORMATION AND FEE SCHEDULE CALL THE

PREPRE--SCHOOL OFFICE AT 818SCHOOL OFFICE AT 818--874874--12411241

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Polish Festival October 13th