Sunday, 11/12 • No RE Classes/ No CLOW • Confirmation, Parish Hall 6 pm • ChristLight Monday, 11/13 • RCIA, Room C 7 pm • RE Grades 1-5 & Older Sacraments Tuesday, 11/14 • Perpetual Help Devotion, Church 7 pm • RE Grades 1-5 & 7-8 • Knights of Columbus, Yth House7 pm

Wednesday, 11/15 • Sewing Ministry, Hall 9 am • RE Grades 1-5 & Grade 6 Thursday, 11/16 • Centering Prayer, Hope Ctr (934-1938) • Youth Group, Parish Hall 7:30 pm Friday, 11/17 Saturday, 11/18 • Men’s Fellowship, Rm D 7:30 am • Secular Franciscans, Rm D 9 am Sunday, 11/19 • CLOW, 9:15 am Mass • RE 3yr., Pre-K, K sessions 9:15 am

11/13 8 am - Felipe D. Hernandez+ Richard Ang+

11/14 8 am - William & Nancy Cruz+ 11/15 8 am - Neuza Cunha Simoes+ 11/16 8 am - Fr. Pearse Timoney+ 11/17 8 am - Camile Erickson Saturday, 11/18 8 am - Leonardo Cordero, Sr. + 5 pm - Nino Mascioli+ Sunday, 11/19 7 am - CTK Parishioners 8 am - Maureen Marcelo+ 9:15 am - Yvonne Granzotto+ 10:45 am - Alfred Quintans Sr. +

12:15 pm - John & David Macaluso+ 6:00 pm - Jake Warran+

Upcoming Mass Intentions

WEEK AT A GLANCE

SCHEDULE OF MASSES

Daily Masses: Monday-Friday,

8:00 am

Saturday Masses: 8:00 am & 5:00 pm

Sunday Masses:

7 am, 8 am, 9:15 am, 10:45 am, 12:15 pm,

6:00 pm

CONFESSIONS:

Saturday: 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm

Parish Office: 682-2486 199 Brandon Rd.

Pleasant Hill www.ctkph.org

Religious Ed: 686-1017

www.ctkreligious education.org

Youth Ministry: 676-0979

www.ctkym.org

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Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time

First Reading: Wisdom 6:12-16

The book of Wisdom was written by a teacher who lived in Alexandria, Egypt, a center for Greek philosophy in the ancient world. Fearful that the Jewish people might be captivated by this secular thought, the author con-trasts it with the true wisdom of God. In today’s passage, wisdom is person-ified as a woman.

Second Reading: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

Paul’s first letter to the Thessaloni-ans contains the earliest written refer-ence we have to Jesus’s death and resurrection. Paul and the early Christians expected Jesus to return in glory immediately. Some Thessaloni-ans felt sad because members of their community had died, and they won-dered how the dead would participate in the Second Coming. Paul address-es this issue in today’s passage. (The description of Jesus’s Second Coming is clearly symbolic and is not meant to be taken literally.)

PARISH STAFF CONTACTS Fr. Paulson Mundanmani 682-2486 paulson.ctk@gmail.com Fr. Vince Cotter 682-2486 vcotter643@aol.com Fr. Brian Timoney, Michael Dibble and Fr. Tom Burns 682-2486 Deacon John jashmore1108@gmail.com Fr. Brian Joyce brianjoyce.ctk@gmail.com Sr. Dominic Bonnici OP 682-2486 sisterdominic.marie@gmail.com Religious Education Director Sr. Maureen Viani , SNJM 686-1017 mvianictkre@gmail.com Joan Smits, Assoc. Director 686-1017 jsmitsctkre@gmail.com Rick Lejano, Youth Minister 676-0979 ctkyouthminister@gmail.com Chris Caban, Principal 685-1109 ccaban@ctkschool.org Al Garrotto: RCIA/faith share 849-6319 algarrotto@comcast.net Phyllis Gurnett, Music Director pgurnett6@aol.com Robin Morley, Office Admin 682-2486 ctk.robin@gmail.com Helen Christian, Office Staff hchristian326@gmail.com Kathy Ridgway, Office Staff kridgway02@gmail.com

I have Fr. Paulson’s permission to occupy this space but I am solely responsible for its content. Two weeks ago I made an appeal to you to make a financial pledge in support of urgent repairs to our parish property. Fr. Paulson got an e-mail from a parishioner very upset that the appeal was made during Homily time. The decision to do so was made by me, not by Fr. Paulson. Just in case there are others similarly upset I would like to explain the rationale behind my decision. I can fully understand that some people, after hearing the ap-peal might decide that, at the present time, they are regrettably unable to support it financially. But I wanted everybody to at least hear the appeal. If I had waited until after the Communion time, there would have been between 10-40 people at any given Mass, perhaps 200 in all, who wouldn’t have heard the appeal. Why? Because, after receiving Holy Communion, they continue walking right out the door. They too are a valued part of our Parish family and should have the oppor-tunity of contributing to the repair of their Parish property. The writer of the e-mail went on to say that she was so upset that she decided not to contribute. That of course is her prerogative. Such action, however, is not hurt-ing Fr. Paulson, nor is it hurting me. The only entity being hurt is the wider Parish family, which relies on everyone contributing to the best of their abilities. I regret that anyone was upset by my decision, but I do not regret the decision it-self. May God bless us all. Brian Timoney.

TheMonumentCrisisCenter’s(MCC)mis-sion is to provide food, education, tools & assistance, concrete referrals, workshops and resources for families, seniors and indi-viduals in crisis situations, and to promote community awareness of hun-ger and poverty challenges in Contra Costa County, thereby providing a strong path to independence, health, safety, sustainability and stability. We operate a comprehensive familyresourcecenter for extreme low in-come residents living in every city in Central and East Contra Costa Coun-ty. Our nonpro it is profoundly dedicated to addressing the needs of low income, at-risk families, seniors and individuals by providing safety net services at one central location. Food & nutrition, adult education, re-source & referrals, health access & wellness are delivered through critical, targeted programming. All this is possible because of the dedicated and generous support of volunteers and donors from business, faith, academ-ic, community and civic groups. Since 1986, SHELTER, Inc. has provided housing in addition to services such as counsel-ing, budgeting, tutoring and employment ser-vices to help rebuild lives. Through strong community partnerships, SHELTER, Inc.

served over 2,300 people and 1,000 of those served were children. SHEL-TER, Inc.’s main program areas include: (continued on flap)

A message from Fr. Paulson, Dear Friends, It has been one of my joyous responsibilities to attend and support the Faith in Action core team meetings. Kate Doherty used to be our parish representative in those meetings and she did a marvelous job. Christ the King Parish has been supporting three important ministries over the last many years, and they look to us for continued financing and volunteering . The second collection next week will support them and I would love us to be generous in our assistance. Read the following about the three groups:

Pray for Our Sick Dear God, we place our worries in your

hands. We place our sick under your care

and humbly ask that you restore your servants to health again. Above all, grant us the grace to acknowledge your will and know that whatever you do, you do for the love of us.

Amen. Shawn Roy Schiller,

Lloyd Poynter, Rosalinda Advincula

Forgot your cash, check-book or donation envelope? Scan this QR code to con-nect with our donation site.

Church Support 11/5/17 $30,496.00(plate collections $21,804 + online giving $8,692.00.)

The Altar Society will be raffling off a Christmas quilt handmade by Bev-erly Spurs in memory of her mother, Winnie Spurs. Only 60 tickets at $10 per ticket will be sold! Look for this beautiful quilt hanging in the vesti-bule this weekend. Tickets will be sold after mass on November 18/19. All proceeds will benefit CTK.

Kick off the holiday season with Ca-rondelet High Schools’ Visions of Christmas, at one of their fabulous teas or at a family Breakfast with Santa. Guests will enjoy food catered by A Sweet Affair Bakery, a silent auction, Christmas tree raffle, shop-ping in our boutique and roaming carolers singing holiday cheer. Wine, champagne and sparkling cider will be available for purchase. Don’t miss your chance to win one of our extrav-agant raffle trees and all the gifts un-derneath. To purchase tickets or for more information, visit Caron-deletHS.org/Visions.

Our annual food collection for St. Vincent de Paul is begin-

ning! To support St. Vincent, you can leave bags of groceries in front of church beginning this week, through Dec. 4th. Below is a list of requested items. Please leave only items on the list: canned vegetables, canned beans, pasta, rice, dried beans, canned fruit, tuna, soups, tomato sauce, peanut butter and cereal. (All normal sizes only - no giant sizes). Thank you for your generous support.

Turkey Collection - Donate a frozen turkey to Monument Crisis Center and help a family have the Thanks-giving everyone deserves. If you are interested in donating money to-wards this distribution, we are asking for $20 per turkey. Help us reach our goal of giving 1,200 Thanksgiving turkeys to families in need in Contra Costa. Turkeys accepted Nov. 13 - 21st. Monument Crisis Center, 1990 Market St., Concord. 925-825-7751.

Save the Dates: Parish Advent Reconciliation Services - Saturday, December 16 at 3:30 pm and Mon-day, December 18 at 7:30 pm. Make plans to join us for one of these reconciliation services.

The Book of Re-membrance will be in the front of the church (near the

baptism font) during the month of November. You are invited to write in the names of your deceased loved ones ~ who will be remembered at all Masses this month.

CONCERNED ABOUT HUNGER AND HOMELESSNESS? Next weekend, November 18/19, we will have the opportunity to support three wonderful organizations that are re-sponding to humanity's most basic needs - the need for food and shelter. Read more about the work of Monu-ment Crisis Center, the What IF? Foundation, and Shelter, Inc. in this bulletin.

Fr. Brian Joyce is being honored at a dinner by Oakland Catholic Work-er. The dinner will be held at St. Joan of Arc Church on November

18, 2017. For more information or for tickets, call 510-533-7375.

Handmade olive wood products from Bethlehem will be sold on the weekend of November 25/26.

Our next Healing Mass will be on Saturday December 9 at 10 am. The sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick will be celebrated during the Mass.

Wreaths are arriving just in time for the holi-days! Boy Scouts will be selling fresh Christ-mas wreaths outside of

church after all masses, beginning next weekend. Cash or checks ac-cepted. Be sure to support the local Scouts while adorning your home for the holidays.

Taize Prayer Around the Cross will celebrate our beloved dead in a special way during the Taize service on November 19th at CTK. Join us at 7:30 pm for a quiet, prayerful, gen-tle and refreshing service.

Magnificat SOTI, a Ministry for Catholic Women invite all to join them at their Advent Prayer Break-fast on December 9, 9:30-12:30. Please join us for a morning of praise, prayer and inspiration by our speaker, Fr. Gary Thomas. For more information and for tickets, call Kim at 925-683-8220.

(continued from Pastor page) • Preventing Homelessness: SHELTER, Inc. helps families and indi-

viduals on the verge of homelessness stay housed. Most clients receive one-time rental assistance. For families that need additional support, we offer short-term rental assis-tance plus intensive serviced such as budget counseling and employment support to keep the family housed.

• Ending the Cycle of Homelessness: SHELTER, Inc. takes homeless families and individuals off the streets, places them in safe, temporary homes and provides ser-vices such as mental health counseling, tutoring, budgeting and employement assistance to help them regain self-sufficiency and a permanent home. Homeless programs include a family emergency shelter and rapid re-housing programs.

• Providing Affordable Housing: SHELTER, Inc. also owns or master leases approximately 200 affordable hous-ing units throughout Contra Costa, offering a solution to vulnerable residents who need permanent, supportive housing, often due to disabilities such as mental illness.

The What If? Foundation has been providing nutritious meals to impoverished children in the Ti Plas Kazo neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti since 2000. What started as a modest program serving 500 children once a week, has expanded to respond to the changing needs in the community. The backbone of the food program is the daily meal distribution that serves about 3000 meals each week to hungry boys and girls from the community. There is also a lunch program at the Father Jeri School, which opened its doors in September 2016. More than 1,200 meals are served each week in the school cafeteria which is helping to ensure that students have the nutri-tion they need to be able to study, learn and succeed. For the majority of these children, this is their only nu-tritious meal of the day.The extreme weather in recent years has resulted in food becoming more scarce and even more expensive. Families are finding it very diffi-cult to provide food at home. This program remains critically important to the health of hundreds of chil-dren. The What If? Foundation is deeply grateful to Christ the King for its generous support, both past and pre-sent. Haiti’s needs are as great as ever and it is a privi-lege to respond to those needs in partnership with your parish community.

Christ the King Church #519944 199 Brandon Road Pleasant Hill, CA 94523 TELEPHONE 925 682-2486 CONTACT PERSON Robin Morley EMAIL: ctk.robin@gmail.com SOFTWARE MSPublisher 2010 Adobe Acrobat 9 Windows 7 TRANSMISSION TIME Monday, 4:00 pm SUNDAY DATE OF PUBLICATION November 12, 2017 NUMBER OF PAGES SENT 1 through 6 SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS