They shall name him Emmanuel

which means “God is with us.”

~Matthew 1:23

Office Staff Rev. Carl Del Giudice

Pastor

Rectory 704-817-8813

Deacons Rev. Mr. Charles Knight 803-581-8713

Rev. Mr. Curtiss Todd 704-817-7285

Mr. Joseph McGuire

Maintenance - 704-375-4339

Mrs. Sarah Gross

Admin. Assistant - 704-375-4339

December 18, 2016 Fourth Sunday of Advent

Mass Schedule/Intentions Saturday Dec. 17 5:00 PM - Mass offered for the repose of the soul of Esther N. Amaechi requested

by Felicia Oduh

Sunday Dec. 18

8:00 AM - Mass offered for the

repose of the soul of Esther N. Amaechi requested by Felicia Oduh

11:00 AM - Mass offered for the

repose of the soul of Darryl Hughes as requested by Dorice Narins Tues. Dec. 20 8:30AM— Mass of-fered for the repose of the soul of Esther N. Amaechi requested by Felicia Oduh Wed. Dec. 21, 8:30AM— Mass offered for the repose of the soul of Esther N. Amaechi requested by Felicia Oduh

Thur. Dec. 22, 8:30AM Mass offered for the repose of the soul of Esther N. Amaechi requested by Felicia Oduh Fri. Dec. 23 8:30AM Mass offered for the repose of the soul of Esther N. Amaechi requested by Felicia Oduh

Reconciliation

Saturday’s 4PM or by appointment

Baptism Class required for parents and God

Parents. Contact the parish office for

information.

Marriage Please contact Fr. Carl Del Giudice

At least 6 months before the desired

wedding date.

Parish Office 1235 Badger Ct. Charlotte NC 28206

407-375-4339

Mass Schedule Christmas Eve

Saturday Dec. 24, 2016 5:00PM Children’s Mass 6:45PM Christmas Concert 8:00PM Mass

Christmas Day Sunday, Dec. 25, 2016 10:00AM Mass

Parish Weekly Income Report

Week of Dec 4, 2016

Offertory $ 8,250.53 $ 9,615.00

Deficit Reduction $ 407.00 $ 2,308.00

Building Repair $ 1,549.56

Total $10,207.09 $11,923.00

Budgeted Amount

Daily Readings & Calendar Dec. 18 – Dec. 24, 2016

Sun. Dec. 18

Is 7:10-14; Rom 1:1-

7; Mt 1:18-24

8:00AM Mass, Church 9:00AM Breakfast, PLC Atrium 9:20AM Faith Formation, PLC 11:00AM Mass, Church 4PM - 7PM Basketball, PLC

Mon. Dec. 19 Jgs 13:2-7, 24-25a;

Ps 71:3-4a, 5-6ab, 16-

17; Lk 1:5-25

6PM - Basketball, Gym 7PM - Bible Study, Chapel

Tue. Dec. 20 Is 7:10-14; Ps 24:1-4ab, 5-6; Lk 1:26-38

8:30AM Mass 10:30AM Golden Wings, PLC 6PM – 9PM Scouts, PLC

Wed. Dec. 21

Sg 2:8-14 or Zep 3:14

-18a; Ps 33:2-3, 11-

12, 20-21; Lk 1:39-45

8:30AM Mass 7PM RCIA, PLC

Thur. Dec. 22 1 Sm 1:24-28; 1 Sm 2:1, 4-8abcd; Lk 1:46-56

8:30AM Mass 6PM-9PM Basketball

Fri. Dec. 23

Mal 3:1-4, 23-34; Ps

25:4-5ab, 8-10, 14;

Lk 1:57-66

8:30AM Mass

Sat. Dec. 24

2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12,

14a, 16; Ps 89:2-5,

27, 29; Lk 1:67-79

4:00PM Confessions, Church 5:00PM Mass, Church

Youth Room Storage Area There are many unclaimed items in bins and boxes in the youth room. If you feel you or your group may have items located in this room, please claim and remove them by January 16, 2017. Access to the room can be arranged through the Parish Office. All leftover items will be discarded January 17, 2017. Thank you.

Prayer Intentions Please Pray For:

Thomasina Carr, Lamonte Bailey, Errin Rochelle, , Carmen Pantoja-Perez, Fr. Jim Goode, Joseph Castro, Pamela Gellineau, Michele Gellineau-Green, Bennie P. Evans, June Rousseau, Maria Rousseau, Ural

Covington, Harry Baptiste, Carolyn Oates, Sr. Bessie McCarthy, Jake Suggs, Robert Collins, Jr., Lucielle Tate, Kate Truesdale, Ricky Carr, Celeste Carr, Elizabeth Nance, Janice Rucker, Jensen McDonald, Priscilla Duncan, Dilvia Sanchez, Eric Polite, Regina Delgado, Dwight Kersey, Wilhelmina White, Victor Gellineau, Idalia Brown, Alberta Foree (sister of Clair Harvey), La-Rita Alvarado, Wilhelmina Grant, Jennifer Makeeff, Alan Jones, Marianne B. Holman, Barbara Block, Deborah Hurst, Elmira House, Adele Moore, Barbara Young and all the special intentions of our parishioners. If you or a member of your family is ill or recuperating, you may request a prayer shawl from our Prayer Shawl Ministry. Call Carol Gominiak at 704-614-5908.

The wait is almost over... The waiting we do during Advent is good for us, practically and spiritually. Our Advent waiting helps us to stay focused on the “reason for the season,” as we take to heart the truth that God is with us, throughout the days and years of our lives. As we wait in this season, we become more sensitive to those who wait for food, clothing, employment, friendship, compassion. Advent is a time for us to reach out to them, to make Christ’s love known through our actions and sharing. Especially when so much of our surrounding culture is already marking the “Christmas season,” it is not easy to wait patiently for all that Christmas brings - the special gatherings, meals, and gift-giving. Yet, wait we must, some things are simply worth waiting for. ©Catholic Life and Faith, 2016

Faith Formation Faith Formation classes begin with Fami-

ly Adoration today, Dec 18 at 9:30AM

in the Church. Today, is the last day for

classes in 2016. We will resume faith formation

Jan. 8, 2017. Merry Christmas!

Please Note Parish Email Change: The email address for the Parish Office is OLCCharlotte@Charlottediocese.org. Please check your contact list as we are no longer able to receive email from any other address. Parish Communication Requests should be sent using the parish web site www.ourladyofconsolation.org. There are internet based forms available under the “Communications” tab.

Our Lady of Consolation Catholic Church Charlotte, North Carolina www.ourladyofconsolation.org

PARISH NEWS Breakfast Between the Masses There will be a breakfast in the Parish

Life Center TODAY Dec 18th from

9:00AM-10:20AM. All are welcome to

join us for good food and fellowship.

Suggested donation is $2 a plate.

Parish Office Christmas Schedule The parish office will be closed December 22 through January 2 for Christmas and New Years. The office will reopen Tuesday, January 3, 2017.

DSA - Our Lady of Consolation

We will make our assessed amount for

the 2016 Diocesan Support Appeal!

If you have not yet contributed to the

DSA, you can donate online at

www.charlottediocese.org/dsa .

Remember, any amount over our goal

will be returned to the parish for our

own use. If you have an outstanding

pledge, please complete your pledge!

payments need to be made by

December 31st. Thank you!

Men’s Group-Hornet’s Game The OLC Men's Group invite you to

attend an upcoming Charlotte Hornets

vs Toronto basketball game, 7:00 pm,

Jan. 20, 2017 at the Spectrum Center,

Charlotte. The cost is $30.00 per

person in cash or checks made payable

to OLC. Seating is on the Upper Level -

sideline middle. All are invited for a

fun evening!

Youth Support Group Thank you to all who donated and supported our first bake sale. All monies will go to help our Youth attend the Black Catholic Congress in 2017! Stay tuned for future events. Interested in becoming a part of our group? We always invite OLC members to join us. Contact Kathryn Johnson at 704-332-7370 or Naomi Byrd at 704-595-3490 for more information.

Reflection As Christmas draws near, Advent’s scriptures lure us into a world of dreams, signs, wonders, and the miracle

of the virgin birth. Too often we allow the great stories of our faith, the ones that are most familiar, simply to wash over us. Today’s Gospel account of the events leading up to the birth of the Lord reads like a present-day soap opera. Yet Joseph’s courage, even in the midst of what must have been an incredibly confusing time, provides a model for us. Each week, we are summoned by God to embrace the way of goodness and truth through the proclamation of God’s holy word. Like Joseph, we are called to do as the Lord commands us. As we stand at the threshold of Christmas, let us have the courage to be open to whatever it is that the Lord will require of us as we celebrate the miracle of Bethlehem. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION By now, the first Christmas carols are heard in the home, but usually not yet in church. What is a “carol” anyway? Originally, a carol was any kind of communal song sung at a festival such as a harvest. By the thirteenth century or so, carols were associated with household celebrations. “Carol” comes from the Old French carula, meaning a circular dance. Carols weren’t for church, since the language of liturgy was Latin and the carols were in the common language. Their characteristic sound comes from medieval chord patterns, and they often have strong refrains for everyone to sing. Even in the churches of the Reformation, carols didn’t make it into church services until the 1870s or so, since there was a preference for psalms. Anglicans resisted popular carols; most of our beloved carols came via the Methodists, an offshoot of the Church of England. The Catholic Church generally didn’t admit carols to liturgy either, but we didn’t make laws against them. We are told that the beloved carol “Silent Night” comes from Catholic Austria and a harried parish music director. Joseph Mohr, the priest of St. Nicholas in Oberndorf, had written the words in 1816, but offered them to his music director, Franz Gruber, when the church’s organ broke. Mohr asked him to write a melody that could be played on guitar as a prelude to Mass. Gruber finished the tune just hours before

midnight Mass in 1818. The people were shocked to hear a guitar in church, but were charmed by the sweet lullaby. The church was swept away by a flood in the 1990s and the village later relocated, but the townspeople have set up the “Silent Night Memorial Chapel” at the site. Today the carol is in print in some three hundred languages. How wonderful that the pipe organ broke on that night! - Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

Around the Diocese Charlotte Catholic Women’s Group All women within the Diocese of Charlotte are invited to attend the Charlotte Catholic Women’s Group January Morning Reflection on Monday, January 9th. Mass at St. Vincent de Paul Church begins at 9am with reflection to follow at 10:30am. Our guest speaker is Fr. Cory Catron. This event is free, RSVP for the event on our website: www.charlottecatholicwomensgroup.org.

The following classes are offered at St Matthew’s, taught by Sr. Mary Hugh Mauldin. Online registration available at www.stmathewcatholic.org/SMU EPIC: The Early Church - Meets on Thursday’s Jan 12 to March 23 7PM - 9PM. Ten Sessions covering the first 500 years of Church history. Cost = $25 Catholicism 101- Meets on Mondays starting Jan. 9th 7PM - 8:15PM. Come be refreshed by the study of the basic teachings of the Catholic Church. Shining Stars Memory Care A non-profit adult day respite program for members of our community with early to moderate Alzheimer’s Disease. Activities and Games provided. Program hosted from 10AM- 3PM. Staffed by St Gabriel on Monday’s and Wednesday’s and by Sardis Presbyterian on Tuesday’s and Thursday’s. Call Suzanne Bach at 704-335-0253 for more information.

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Charlotte NC 28206

704-375-4339

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