M A S S E S F O R T H E W E E K - Our Lady of Good Counsel

November 23, 2008 Our Lord Jesus Christ the King Page 5Attention: LadiesThe PTA of Our Lady of Good Counsel School would like to inviteyou to our “Ladies Night Out” - Craft & Gift Sale. The event willbe held Friday, December 5 th from 7:00 – 10:00 PM in ourschool’s multipurpose room. Tickets are $5 and will include:Food & Beverages: Appetizers by Montesini Catering& Desserts by Nicolle GoetzChance for Door Prizes: Provide by David Arlen Jewelers,Remember Me, Shear Joy Hair SalonOne Stop Shopping & Free Gift WrappingThere will be over 35 vendors – Specialty Boutiques as well asCrafters. Get started on your Christmas shopping while enjoyingthe company of family & friends. Tickets can be purchased inadvance, or at the door. Please contact: Jeanna Vizzard at (856)608-6098 or vizz44@comcast.net.2 nd ANNUALLUNCH WITH SANTAThe Knights of Columbus #1082 is having their annual Luncheonwith Santa in the OLGC cafeteria on Saturday, December 6 th at1:00 PM right after the Moorestown Christmas parade.If the parade is postponed due to weather…the Luncheon withSanta WILL STILL BE HELD ON DECEMBER 6 TH AT 1:00 PM.The lunch will include hot dogs, macaroni and cheese, potatochips, juice, soda, water, coffee, desserts, etc. Cost will be $4.00per person for ALL-U-Can-Eat.In addition, each child visiting Santa can have a photographtaken and will be given a Christmas candy cane. Cost of mailingcharge for picture to be $2.00 for Postal Service or $1.00 foremail or, free if you bring your own camera. Ho, ho, ho…see youthere!Jamaica Mission Trip Planning MeetingEach year, for over the last fifteen years, Our Lady of GoodCounsel parishioners have gone to Kingston, Jamaica to workwith Father Richard Ho Lung and the Brothers of the Missionariesof the Poor. This year a group is planning to go on Monday, April13 th through Friday, April 17 th . Anyone interested in moreinformation about joining this trip or just learning more about whatwe do is welcome to attend the planning meeting. The meetingwill be on Sunday, December 7 th at 7:00 PM in the HeritageHouse. For more information, please call Sondra or John at(856) 466-4100 or email at jfbsmd@aol.com. More information isavailable at www.missionariesofthepoor.org.Our Lady’s Parish StatueIf you would like OLGC’s Our Lady of Fatima statue tovisit your home for a week for your own quiet rosarytime, for praying together as a family, or with yourfriends, please callMarylou Relovsky at (856) 234-0094.Adopt a Family ProgramAmazing isn’t it, Christmas is just around the corner. Withoutquestion, this year is going to be one of the most troublingChristmas Seasons ever for many families. Unfortunately manyfamily primary wage earners have lost his or her job and peopleare hanging on by a thread. This year, the Burlington CountyOffice of Catholic Charities Emergency Services will beconducting an “Adopt a Family Program” similar to the one thatparishioners of Our Lady of Good Counsel participated in lastyear. This year’s program will involve only families fromBurlington County.Starting this week, there will be flyers placed on the back table ofthe church that describe the program. The contact person for ourparish at Catholic Charities is Linda Boyd who can be reached at(856) 764-6945, ext. 20 or lboyd@cctrenton.org. For yourconvenience, all gifts, properly labeled, can be dropped off in theParish Office (Rectory) during regular business hours.Parish Food DriveThe outpouring of generosity by many of the parishioners of OurLady’s Parish this month is nothing short of incredible! As ofWednesday when this article was written, we have delivered 473large bags and 11 boxes of groceries. Additionally, we have sent34 turkeys and 70 frozen casseroles. A volunteer at theEmergency Services facility mentioned that there has been anunbelievable showing of generosity from several parishes inBurlington County and the shelves at Catholic Charities arenearly full – at least for the short term.The OLGC parishioners that donated food are to be commendedfor their generosity. You should feel absolutely wonderful overthe fact that you have made a big difference in the lives of somany people that are suffering from the lack of nourishing food.Congratulations and many thanks go out also to the Boy Scoutswho ran a food drive in conjunction with our parish food drive.Your support of their efforts resulted in our overall numbersalmost doubling from what we totaled last year.Bible StudyThe November 14 th issue of The Wall Street Journal held a verytimely and interesting article entitled: “A New CounterReformation Starts at the Vatican.” Its opening sentence: “Formost of October, more than 200 Catholic bishops, along withsundry theologians and experts, met at the Vatican to figure outhow to get Catholics to read the Bible.”At OLGC we have bible study:• Thursday Morning Bible Study – Heritage House, 7:30 –8:30 AM. We are reading St. Paul’s Letter to Romans.• Adult Bible Study, Thursdays after the 9:00 AM Mass –Heritage House. We use high quality DVD videos thatfeature scripture scholars who discuss biblical themesand the authors and the people featured in thosethemes.Join us. If you are interested in a different time and/or format,call Dick Lohkamp (856) 231-7470.