Text Box: THE CASE FOR SAINT G.K. CHESTERTON. Come hear Dale Ahlquist, president of the American Chesterton Society, present the case for the canonization of G.K. Chesterton! The most widely quoted man in modern times, Chesterton was both profound and prolific in his defense of Christianity and the Church. His rollicking and good-humored battle of words with his contemporaries over such important issues as euthanasia, fascism, communism, atheism, and social injustice rings just as fresh and true today as it did during his lifetime. Don’t miss this opportunity to gain a new perspective on Chesterton's writings—and Chesterton himself! The talk will be held in the Fr Kozina Parish Hall of St. Margaret Mary Church in Oakland on Monday, November 16th 7.00pm. Admission is free. SOLEMNITY OF CHRIST THE KING Next Sunday we will celebrate the Solemnity of Christ the King. It is the last Sunday of the Liturgical Year. The Solemnity of Christ the King is a Holy Day in the liturgical calendar of the Roman Catholic Church. This feast was instituted by Pope Pius XI on 11 December in 1925 in his encyclical ''Quas Primas''. At that time he saw the rise of Atheism, Communism and Secularism as a direct result of man's turning away from Christ's sovereignty, and man's denying of the authority of Christ's Church. This result was "disorder" or a move away from the Divine Order. The Feast of Christ the King was set on the last Sunday in October. After the Second Vatican Council, the calendar reforms of 1969 moved the date of the Feast of Christ the King to the last Sunday before the next liturgical year's Advent (Advent marking the start of the liturgical year; Advent begins four Sundays before Christmas Day. Before this change, the Sunday before Advent bore the designation "Last Sunday After Pentecost" and had its own special Mass), regardless of the number of Sundays there were between Pentecost and Advent (23 to 28) in that particular year. ST. ANNE’S GUILD CORNER: Scheduled upcoming events, please mark your calendars! Wednesday, December 2 - Guild meeting. Sunday, December 13 - Gaudete Bake Sale and Boutique after all Masses. Parish Christmas Party after all Holy Masses (Dec. 27) Pastor’s Dinner for Parish Volunteers (Sat. Jan.2. 2009 after 5pm Mass will be a Concert of Carols & Dinner) “Mardi Gras” Saturday, February 6, 2009. OUR PARISH BULLETIN Additional advertising support is needed to cover expenses of printing our Parish Bulletin. Now we have 8 pages every week. If you are a business owner, or know of someone who might wish to place an add in our BULLETIN PUBLICATION, please send them an e-mail: mpublications@sbcglobal.net; or call at: 888-253-4358. Please patronize our advertisers. PRAY FOR ALL THE SICK: For all who are sick: Members of our families, friends, parishioners, and especially: Fr Vladimir Kozina; Fr Joseph Fiedorowicz; Fr Theo Palis; Msgr. Robert Adams; Martha Tork; Lianne Claver; Juan & Nancy Duenas; Frank & Imogene Martin; Ted Price; Harry & Betty Garland; Anthony Krzyzanski; Giovanni & Elisa Mancarti; Titus Ekanem; Truyen Ha; Robert Dale; Rachel Ott; Dale Text Box: Sherry; Peter McDonough; Albert Hill Sr; Jeanette Zugnoni; Vivian Tuma; Patricia Campos; Zofia Leszowska; Theresa Dinh; Tito Tayco; Sara Zendejas; Dora Martinez; Joseph Fiedorowicz Sr; Isadora da Silva; Fr Jorge da Silva; Robert Krowicki, Concha Marina...................... and those whose names are written in the Book of the Sick, and all sick people in the entire world. HOLY MASS INTENTIONS We have empty spots for Holy Mass intentions in 2nd part of December. If you would like to have Holy Mass celebrated for your intentions or for your loved ones (living or dead), please contact the parish office at: 510.482.0596, or email: stmargaretm@yahoo.com ALTAR LINEN MINISTRY Do you like to iron? Do you want to help out with our beautiful Masses at St. Margaret Mary? We need a few more people to help wash and iron our altar linens and priestly garb. This is a job that you can do at home - just pickup the linens after Mass and return them at the next Mass that you attend. Please contact St. Anne's Guild at st.anneguild@yahoo.com to let us know if you can help. Thanks so much if you can. MARIAN MOVEMENT of PRIESTS CENACLE - 4th Sunday of every month at 3:30 p.m. in our church. Next Sunday November 22, at 3.30PM Holy Mass will be said for the Marian Movement of Priests (this is a movement for lay people, priests and religious who wish to pray for priests), followed by Holy Hour with Benediction afterwards. Please come to pray for our priests. Everybody is welcome. Please inform and invite others. Next month Marian Movement Mass: Dec. 27, 2008, at 3.30pm. THANKSGIVING DAY (4thThursday of November; this year November 26th) Thanksgiving Day is meant to be more than a single day on which we express thanks. Originally, of course, it was intended as an occasion to show appreciation for the abundant harvest season. We have literally thousands of reasons to be appreciative. Our litanies of thanksgiving would normally include: good health, plenty of food, a fine home, a caring family, loving friends and a strong country. Then, there are all the wonderful freedoms we possess as citizens of the United States. The list is practically unending. How easy it is to take them all for granted and never reflect or recall where our blessings originated. Who died that we would have these many benefits? Who has been especially good to us? Have we, or how have we, said thanks? The Old Testament recommends spending not only a day for celebrating thanksgiving but 7 weeks each year. Jesus asks us not only to be thankful but to express our thanks. Could we transform this annual holiday into a personal holyday? In our church on November 27th we will celebrate three Holy Masses: 8.00 & 10.30AM, and 12.00 NOON - Extraordinary Form Holy Mass. After the all Holy Masses, bread and wine will be blessed for the Thanksgiving Table. Please bring bread and wine to these Holy Masses (or if you don’t drink wine, only bread and some juice) to be blessed. During all Holy Masses, a collection will be taken up to help poor and needy people. In the vestibule of the church, there are barrels designated for canned and imperishable foods to share with poor families. Please support this project!!!