International Festival 2008
May 17th & 18th

Saturday Hours 2:00 p.m. ~ 11:00 p.m.
Blanca’s Dinner Night
Chicken Breast in Mushrooms & Pasta Primavera
Live Music throughout the night

Sunday Hours 11:00 A.M. ~ 7:30 P.M.
Live Entertainment By
Christ the King Students
And
Susie Hansen’s Latin Jazz Band

Plants for the International Festival

If you can donate any plants, flowers, vases or ceramic pots for our Plant booth, please call Ruth Anderson at the school. (323) 462 -4753

Please considering signing up yourself and passing this on to others to sign-up at www.cacatholic.org or leginfo@cacatholic.org - it’s a little confusing to find the email signup so the direct link is at: http://capwiz.com/cacatholic/mlm/signup/.

It takes only a couple of minutes to enroll.

Requirements:

• Catholic, and
• Live in California.

Please pass this along to those that may be interested in signing up.

IMPORTANT:

Help out Christ the King while you shop: 

Would you like to help the parish and not have to spend a dime? If so, please register your grocery card with the “Giving Back to Our Communities!” program at Ralphs.  Then, every time you shop and use your Ralphs card, the parish earns money.

To Enroll:

1. Visit the Community Program page at Ralphs: http://www.ralphs.com/ccprogram.htm
2. Click on the “Sign Up” button under “Participant“.
3. A window will pop-up - click “agree“
4. Enter the NPO number for Christ the King: 82414
5. Enter your grocery card number (the number is found on the back of all Ralphs cards)
6. Fill out the rest of the information and click on the “submit” button.
7. You’re done!

Thank you for supporting Christ the King!

As many of you may already be aware, I have decided to take advantage of the opportunity offered to priests by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and take a sabbatical starting early May. During this time away, I will be engaged in studying bioethics and communications as well as renewing my calling to the priesthood. My hope is to recharge and deepen in my own intellectual and spiritual journeys.

We are very blessed to have Fr. Paddy Tuffy from the Diocese of Killala in Ireland at the parish during my absence. Fr. Tuffy comes very highly recommended, having served at St. Mel’s in Woodland Hills when the then pastor, Msgr. Padraic Loftus went on his own sabbactical. Please warmly welcome Fr. Tuffy when he arrives in the parish next week.

I hope to find you all well when I return in September. Please keep me in your prayers as I keep you in mine.

Yours in Christ,

Fr. Antonio

Divine Mercy Chaplet:
Every Tues. during the Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament,
7:00 to 9:00 PM

Divine Mercy Chaplet:
Wednesdays at 8:10 AM Mass by School Children (Singing One Decade)

First Fridays Divine Mercy Devotion:
After the 6:30 PM Mass.

Divine Mercy Pilgrim Image: Weekly “FAMILIES TAKE THE IMAGE HOME FOR ONE WEEK”
10:30 MASS: January, March, May, July, September & November
12:30 MASS: February, April, June, August, October & December

Divine Mercy Feast: March 30, 2008
Divine Mercy Congress: November 21, 22, & 23

Divine Mercy Formation - 2008 Schedule
Monthly- 3:00 to 5:00 PM @ Hall
March 15, April, 19, May 10, June 21, July 12, August 9, September 13, October 11

Alleluia! He is Risen! The resurrection of Jesus is the basis for our faith. To celebrate Easter means to be alive in Jesus Christ our Risen Lord. The glorious mystery of the resurrection of Jesus is a great gift that God gives to us.

Next Sunday is Divine Mercy Sunday. In preparation, our parish is offering a Divine Mercy Novena which began on Good Friday and continues through Saturday, March 29th (the Novena continues with the schedule below). Please join us on Sunday, March 30 for the Feast of Divine Mercy. There will be a reception in the Parish Hall after the 8:30am, 10:30am and 12:30pm Masses.

Happy Easter!

Yours in Christ,
Fr. Antonio, Pastor

“I give thanks to the Divine Providence that I have been enabled to contribute personally to the fulfilment of Christ’s Will, through the Institution of the Feast of Divine Mercy. I pray unceasingly that God will have Mercy on us and on the whole world.”

Pope John Paul II ( 7/6/97 )
Shrine of Divine Mercy, Cracow, Poland.
Divine Mercy Novena as follows:       
starts on 3/21 and ends on 3/29.

Easter Monday      
3/24 - 7:10 AM  
before 7:30 AM Daily Mass

Easter Tuesday      
3/25 - 7:10 AM   
before 7:30 AM Daily Mass

Easter Wednesday   
3/26 - 7:10 AM
before 7:30 AM Daily Mass

Easter Thursday         
3/27 - 7:10 AM
before 7:30 Daily Mass

Easter Friday
3/28 - 7:10 AM  
before 7:30 Daily Mass

Easter Saturday        
3/29 - 5:10 PM   
before 5:30 Vigil Mass

Divine Mercy Sunday celebration during 8:30, 10:30 and 12:30 Masses, the Pilgrim Image to be exposed in the Hall, stamps and chaplet and novena leaflets to be distributed.

As I’ve mentioned after Mass, our church gives us many opportunities to renew ourselves spiritually during this Lenten Season. I want to take this opportunity to remind you that we celebrate mass every morning at 7:30. If it fits your schedule, we hope you can find time to attend at least one weekday mass during Lent.

We also offer the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament from 7:00-9:00pm every Tuesday, and a bilingual Stations of the Cross at 7:00pm every Friday. Prior to the Stations of the Cross, at 6:00PM, we offer complimentary soup and bread in the auditorium.

Most importantly, I’d like you to mark Monday, March 10 in your calendar. We will have penance service at 7:00PM, and it is a privilege for us to have 10 priests to hear confession. Please mark this date in your calendars. Again, I wish you a very good Lenten season, and may God Bless You.

Yours in Christ,

Fr. Antonio, Pastor