Saint Charles Parish South San Diego/ Imperial Beach

990 Saturn Boulevard San Diego, CA 92154

Phone: (619) 423-0242

Fax: 423-1966

Office Hours: Monday - Thursday

8:30AM-12:00PM & 12:30-5:00PM

Friday

8:30AM-12:00PM & 12:30-4:00PM

Saturday

8:30AM-12:30PM

Web Site: http://www.saintcharles.org

Bishop: Most Rev. Cirilo Flores

Pastor: Fr. James Bahash

Assoc. Pastor: Fr. Burt Boudoin

Deacons: Seodello (Sam) Martinez 429-3580

Mick Dennison 429-0716

Ken Montoya 575-1914

Raul Hernandez 423-0242

Bob Barretto 423-0242

David Lewis 423-0242 MASS SCHEDULE Saturday: 8:00 AM & 5:00 PM (Vigil Mass)

Sunday: 7:00, 8:30, 10:00 AM,

11:30 AM (Spanish),

1:00 & 5:00 PM

Weekdays: 7:30 AM & 5:30PM

Holy Days: 5:30 PM

DEVOTIONS Monday-Friday: Liturgy of the Hours (Morning Prayer

7:00AM; Evening Prayer 5:00PM)

Tuesday: To the Blessed Mother after 7:30 AM Mass.

1st Friday: Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament after

7:30 AM Mass until 5:00 PM Benediction.

Grupo de Oración at 7:00 PM.

1st Saturday: To Our Lady of Fatima after 8:00 AM Mass

RECONCILIATION (CONFESSIONS) Saturday: 3:30 - 4:30 PM & other days by appointment

BAPTISM Contact the Parish Office. Pre-baptismal classes are

required for Parents and Godparents.

MARRIAGE Contact the Parish office. Nine-month notice required.

Saint Charles School: Steve Stutz, Principal 423-3701

Saint Charles Catechetical Center: 575-2240

Alicia Policarpio, Director

Reyna Sanchez, Administrative Assistant

Marci Morrison, Youth and Young Adult Ministries

PARISH RELATED GROUPS & MINISTRIES

For more information please go to http://www.saintcharles.org

OFFICE STAFF

Lulu Corp Secretary Fabiola Gonzalez Secretary / Bulletin Editor Elvigia Habana Financial & Resource Analyst Veronica Kuehn Facilities Manager

December 1, 2013

First Sunday of Advent (A)

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FROM THE PASTOR Today marks the first day of Advent and the three advents, or “comings” of Christ, which we take this season to prepare for. Herewith are three reflections for our Advent Season. First we prepare to properly celebrate his first coming at Christmas. What a miraculous event! God becomes man so that man could share in the divinity of Christ who humbled himself to share in our humanity. Reflection: Take a few moments daily to meditate on the events surrounding his birth and how amazing it is. Read the first two chapters of the gospels of Matthew and Luke. Second, we prepare for his coming to us today. We recall that Jesus does not leave us alone or orphaned in this world. He is always with us and desires that we come to know him intimately. He wants us to have a personal relationship with him along with the entire community of believers. Reflec-tion: How would it be to know Jesus personally and inti-mately? Meditate on the many ways he comes to you today, especially in the Eucharist. Third, we prepare for his second advent. “He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead.” What a powerful thing this will be. The scriptures tell us this will be a great and awesome and terrible day. Are you looking for-ward to this day when the world as we know it ends and the Great Judgment takes place? Reflection: Read Matthew chapters 24 and 25. As we meditate on the three advents of Christ let us do so always from the point of view of gratitude. We can usually think of Christmas with some sense of joy remembering our own childhood and the presents. But that shouldn’t be the source of our joy. Christ Jesus is the reason for our joy. The same applies when we meditate on his daily coming to us. All of us should be taking time, several times a day, to say “Thank you Lord Jesus.” Finally, how do you picture his second coming? Hopefully, it is with gratitude as well. If not, we’ve got some work to do. Fear not, he and his bride, the Church, are here to make each of us ready for final con-summation of all things. Come Lord Jesus, come!

DECEMBER 1-7 SUN 1 7:00AM Thanksgiving Intentions of Andy Wong 7:00AM For the Special Intentions of Gemma Torres and Family 8:30AM +Narcisa Quileza 8:30AM +Edward Braga 10:00AM +Guillermina & Arturo Fernandez Jr. 10:00AM +Rogelio Diaz 11:30AM +Jasmin Ariana Guinto 11:30AM Happy Birthday RosaMaria Castorena 1:00PM For the Intentions of Our Parishioners 1:00PM +Benjamin Barbin 5:00PM +Carolina Velasco 5:00PM +Jose & Amelia Padilla MON 2 7:30AM +George Litonjua 7:30AM Good Health Richard Palmer 5:30PM +Rafael Martinez 5:30PM +Eduardo Garcia TUE 3 7:30AM +Edgar Paglumotan 7:30AM Happy Birthday Carlos Sanchez 5:30PM +Milagros L. Janasak 5:30PM Thanksgiving Frank Novilla WED 4 7:30AM +Eufemia Quileza 7:30AM +Andrew Crotty Sr. 5:30PM +Rudy Aragones 5:30PM +Alicia Hernandez THU 5 7:30AM +Hermogenes Ricafort SR. 7:30AM +Jose Isagani Nini 5:30PM Happy Birthday Tee Nouvong 5:30PM +Jennie Pawluczyk 5:30PM +Julio Prado FRI 6 7:30AM Happy Birthday Lolita Javier Santos 7:30AM Happy Birthday Winston Pascua dela Cruz 5:30PM +Ponciano P. Ignao 5:30PM +Leoncia & Daniel Estacio SAT 7 8:00AM For More Priestly & Religious Vocations 8:00AM +Fernando & Edith Cruz

5:00PM +Alfonsa delaCruz 5:00PM +Salvador Bernal

Our Parishioners in Poor Health; Michael Peterson, Jose Luis Montaño, Dino Panuga, Santiago Breillatt, Robert Stanovik, Crestita Eduad, Rosita Solis, Rosario Castorena, Jim Baker, Benito

Fayloga, Jenoveva Fayloga, Roger Palmer, John C. Flaviano, Amparo Rivera, Nelia Constran, Perse Macawile, Elvira Lorenzo, Matilde Zeiss, Kim F. Gill, Julito Dompor, Salvador Valencia, Jannise Stone, Lourdes Pecundo, Rebecca McCarthy, Rosellie McCarthy, Milagros Vandiver, Anthony Boudoin, Elena Dela Rosa, Mary Fernandez, Lynne (Krejci) Cudnik, Vicky Gar-cia, Joshua Bigornia, Cesar Barrientos, Emmanuel Encarnacion, Victor Garcia, Jackie Noel, Paul & Mary Odermatt Phillip Avila, Andrea Kuehn, John Nicholas Briski, David R. Hines, Marissa Domaguin, Bob Obertin, Kaitlyn D. Ordaz, Antonio Alviz, Melissa & Angelo Tirado, and Mary Wheler.

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St. Charles School News

Mark your Calendars! Help us celebrate our 65th anniver-sary and join us on February 1st for our Greek Themed Din-ner/Dance! Don't forget about our $10,000 raffle because it's back again!!! Only 300 tickets are printed. Each ticket is $100. Who's going to walk away with $10,000 this year? Look for our insert next week for ticket reservations. Ques-tions? Please call 619-423-3701.

The Rosary Makers will host the Bake Sale TO-DAY at the West Patio. Bond with fellow parishion-ers over a cup of coffee, delicious baked goods and

other delicious foods. The Marriage Encounter Group will host the Bake sale, Sunday December 8, at the West Patio.

Collection Report for November 24, 2013 $ Not Available May God bless you more for your sacrificial gift and ever generous support of St. Charles Parish.

CATECHETICAL CENTER 575-2240 Office Hours: Monday—Friday,

9-12:00 & 12:30-5PM

For information and questions, please contact the Catechet-ical Ministry center at 619-575-2240 or check the Parish website.

You are invited to the St. Charles Annual Christmas Party

& Dinner Dance

December 7, 2013 6pm-11pm

Anchors Catering & Conference Center 2375 Recreation Way/Yama Street

Bldg. #3210 San Diego, CA 92136

Tickets are $35.00 and include a wonderful night of food, entertainment and dancing.

We hope to see you there! For questions please call

423-0242

2013 Advent Penance Service

Tuesday Dec. 3 St. Pius X 7:00PM Thursday Dec. 5 Most Precious Blood 7:00PM Sunday Dec. 8 Sacred Heart 4:00PM Monday Dec. 9 St. Michael 7:00PM Tuesday Dec. 11 Corpus Christi 7:00PM Friday Dec. 13 OL MT Carmel 7:00PM Monday Dec. 16 St. Charles 7:00PM Wednesday Dec. 18 St. Rose Of Lima 7:00PM Thursday Dec.19 OL Guadalupe 7:00PM

HANDMADE ITEMS FOR SALE—DECEMBER 1st St. Charles Crafters will have handmade placemats, aprons, scarves and more at very reasonable prices. ALL money will be given to the St. Charles Building Fund. Please visit us on the West Patio.

DIOCESAN INSTITUTE CLASS AT ST. CHARLES!!! Take advantage of this rare opportunity to study the Canon Law of the Church, which is more than merely human regu-lations, but rather a “holy discipline.” It will be offered on Wednesdays, from January 22, 2014 thru April 9, 2014 (no class on March 5 Ash Wednesday) from 1:00pm-3:45pm at the Catechetical Ministry Center Room B. The cost to pa-rishioners of St. Charles will be $45 for audit and $50 for credit or professional development. The instructor will be Rev. Agustin Opalalic, JCD. For more information, please contact the Catechetical Ministry Center at 619-575-2240 x104.

Please join us in celebrating our “Simbang Gabi” Novena from December 15 - 23 at 5:00 a.m. A light breakfast will be served after the Mass at the Parish Hall.

The Young Adult Ministry is hosting "The Giving Tree." Celebrate the true meaning of Christmas and give to our parish families in need by purchasing a toy for a child. Stop by the West Patio after Mass and sponsor a child. Monetary donations may be put in an envelope labeled "The Giving Tree" and

dropped in the collection basket at Mass. YAM members will be on the West Patio starting December 1 through De-cember 15 with the last drop off date of Friday, December 20. For more information, contact us at 619.575.2240 ext 2

ATTENTION PARISH ORGANIZATIONS: we are now accepting request for the 2014 BAKE SALE schedule. Please pick up the form at the Parish office.

COINS AND CAN WEEKEND is this week-end. All coins received in the offering will be made available to the St. Charles Pantry which supplies emergency food to needy in the South Bay and to Parishioners of St. Charles Parish.

As always easy open cans and other food supplies can be made available by bringing them to parish office. Food and baby items brought to the office will be distributed locally or given to BIRTHLINE to help expectant mothers in need. God bless you for your consistent generosity.

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Colecta del 24 de Noviembre, 2013 $ No Disponible Que Dios los bendiga por sus generosas ofrendas y su eterna generosidad para la Parroquia de San Carlos.

DEL PASTOR

Hoy es el primer día de Adviento y los tres advientos o "venidas" de Cristo, de lo cual tomamos esta temporada para prepararse para ello. Aquí se incluyen tres reflexiones para nuestro tiempo de Adviento. Primero nos preparamos para celebrar su primera venida en la Navidad. Un hecho milagroso! Dios se hace hombre para que el hombre pudiera compartir en la divinidad de Cristo, que se humilló a sí mismo para compartir nuestra humani-dad. Reflexión: Tómese unos minutos diariamente para me-ditar sobre los acontecimientos que rodearon su nacimiento y lo sorprendente que fue. Lea los dos primeros capítulos de los evangelios de Mateo y de Lucas. En segundo lugar, debemos de prepararnos para su venida el día de hoy. Recordamos que Jesús no nos deja solos o huér-fanos en este mundo. Él está siempre con nosotros y desea que nosotros lleguemos a conocerlo íntimamente. Quiere que tengamos una relación personal con él junto con toda la comunidad de creyentes. Reflexión: ¿Cómo sería conocer a Jesús personalmente e íntimamente? Mediten en las muchas formas en que el se nos presenta el día de hoy, sobre todo en la Eucaristía. En tercer lugar, debemos prepararnos para su segundo adve-nimiento. "Y de nuevo vendrá en la gloria a juzgar a los vi-vos y los muertos." Esto será una cosa muy poderosa. Las escrituras nos dicen que esto será un gran y maravilloso y terrible día. ¿Esperan con impaciencia este día, cuando el mundo, tal como lo conocemos, termine y el gran juicio se lleve a cabo? Reflexión: Lea Mateo capítulos 24 y 25. Al meditar en las tres venidas de Cristo lo hacemos siempre desde el punto de vista de gratitud. Normalmente podemos pensar en la Navidad con un sentido de alegría recordando nuestra propia infancia y los regalos. Pero eso no debe ser la fuente de nuestra alegría. Jesucristo es el motivo de nuestra alegría. Lo mismo se aplica cuando se medita sobre su veni-da diaria a nosotros. Todos nosotros deberíamos de tomar tiempo, varias veces al día, para decir "Gracias Señor Jesús." Por último, ¿Cómo nos imaginamos su segunda venida? Es-peremos que también sea con gratitud. Si no, tenemos traba-jo por hacer. No tengas miedo, él y su esposa, la Iglesia, es-tamos aquí para hacer que cada uno de nosotros estemos listos para la consumación final de todas las cosas. Ven, Se-ñor Jesús, ¡Ven!

MINISTERIO CATEQUETICO HISPANO 575-2240

Horario de Oficina: Lunes-Viernes 9-12:00 & 12:30-5PM

Para mas información y preguntas, por favor póngase en contacto con el Centro de Catequético en 619-575-2240 o en el sitio web de la parroquia.

Está cordialmente invitado a la Fiesta de Navidad de San Carlos

Cena/Baile Anual

7 de diciembre, 2013 6pm-11pm

Anchors Catering & Conference Center 2375 Recreation Way/Yama Street

Bldg. #3210 San Diego, CA 92136

Los Boletos son de $35.00 e incluye una noche maravillosa de comida, entretenimiento y baile.

Esperamos verlos allí! Para mas información , por favor llame

423-0242

Ministros Extraordinarios De La Santa Comunión: Habrá junta el sábado, 7 de Diciembre del 2013 después de la misa de 8:00 am. Sera en el Centro de Nutrición. Favor de ser puntual.

ATENCION ORGANIZACIONES PARROQUIALES: ya estamos aceptando peticiones para el BAKE SALE 2014. Puede obtener la forma de petición en la Oficina Parroquial.

El Grupo Rosary Makers tendrán venta de Pasteli-tos y comida HOY en el patio. El Grupo Marriage Encounter tendrán venta el próximo domingo 8 de Diciembre del 2013.

Este fin de semana es de Monedas & Latas, todas las monedas recibidas en la ofrenda serán usadas para surtir la alacena de la parroquia, la cual sirve para brindar alimentos de emergencia a los parroquianos de San Carlos. Todos los artí-

culos de comida serán distribuidos a personas de nuestra parroquia o dados a los clientes necesitados de Birthline. Que Dios los bendiga por su constante generosidad.

Celebración de la Virgen de Guadalupe

Celebremos juntos la novena a La Virgen de Guadalupe. Las Misas de la Novena serán los días del 3 al 11 de diciembre a las 5:30PM (lunes a viernes), sábados a las 5:00PM y domingo a las 11:30AM. Las Mañanitas serán el jueves, 12 de

diciembre a la 5:00AM con la celebración de la Misa a la 6:00AM.

Bulletin Cover Sheet

Church Name: Saint Charles Parish 990 Saturn Blvd. San Diego, CA 92154 Bulletin No.: 160900 Contact Person: Fabiola Telephone No.: (619) 423-0242 Comments/Information: