Text Box: SPECIAL THANK YOU. May God reward with His blessings all parishioners and friends of St. Margaret Mary Church, who came to adore Our Lord by participation in Adoration and Rosary in the Election Day. A special thank you goes to leaders of the Rosary and other prayers throughout the day. MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL. BIBLE STUDY Revelation Bible Study Group meets Saturdays in Advent and January 2009 starting December 6. Exploration of the Catechism, the Bible, and the Gospel of St. Mark; Church teaching on "the last days". For more details, get a flyer in the vestibule of the church or contact Rebecca O'Hare at latin4all@sbcglobal.net LECTORS NEEDED Do you like to read aloud, and would you like to proclaim the readings, psalm and Prayer of the Faithful at Mass to the congregation? If so, please contact Father Stanislaw Zak: stanzak7@yahoo.com; or Lynn Suer (lynnsuer@aol.com), Lectors Coordinator, your contact information, and let us know which Mass you usually attend so we can make up a schedule. Also tell us when you are not available to read. God bless you! PRAY FOR OUR SERVICEMEN & SOLDIERS: Robert Hoops; Thomas Campana; Brian Duka-Smith; Connor O’Keefe; Matthew Valenzuela; Steven Mayer; & other American soldiers and servicemen. PRAY FOR ALL THE SICK: For all who are sick: members of our families, friends, parishioners, and, especially: Fr. Joseph Fiedorowicz; Titus Ekanem; Maynard & Irene Omernik; Andy & Vic Miloslavich; Martin Koch; Bro. Paul McCarthy; Jenny Maderious; Donald Braten; Nellie Lydon; Dave Van Sciver; Harry Garland; Maria Leskiw; Fr Teo Palis; Fr Vladimir Kozina; Sister Antonette Fong; Martha Tork; Lianne Claver; Rowland Sum; Emil Soljack; Margaret Olivier-Leary; Theresa Dinh; Debbie Edwards; Bill Miller; Greta Stratman; Ottilie Hayek; Halina Yelen; Robert Briggs; Hugo da Silva; Yanoosh Volski; Jose Nunez; William Miller; Juan & Nancy Duenas; Michael Berechula; Frank Binkowski; .............................................................. and those whose names are written in the Book of the Sick, and all sick people in the entire world. PRAY FOR THE DEAD: For deceased members of our families, friends, parishioners & benefactors of our Parish: Bill Leitao; Text Box: Harry Winkler; Inetta Calori; those who died recently: Carmen Rivera, Julia Taratula; Leila Cattoche - Rainwater (daughter of Yolanda Catoche) ; Rosalia Berechula; Eric Trowbridge;........................ and for all the faithful departed, especially for all the Poor Souls in Purgatory. DO YOU LIKE TO SING? CHOIR AT 10:30 am Sunday Mass The St. Margaret Mary Choir sings every Sunday at the 10:30am Latin Mass, except for Third Sundays when the St. Joseph Choir sings. We rehearse every Sunday morning prior to the Mass (as soon as 8:30 Mass is over) and we also rehearse once per month on a Sat. afternoon. If interested, contact David: by e-mail (dsundahl@yahoo.com) or after Mass. It is helpful to know how to read music, especially Gregorian notation, but not required. We will train you. OTHER PARISH CHOIRS and contact info: Sacred Heart Women's Choir, sings High Mass on First Fridays and other selected feasts. Paulann Dymond <pdymondo@yahoo.com>; St. Joseph's Choir (children), sings 3rd Sundays at 10:30am Mass - Beth Hockel <beth@hockel.com>; Choir of the Angelus (children), sings at 12:30pm Mass once per month I-Wen Connick: <iconnick@pacbell.net>; The Pacific Collegium, sings at 12:30pm Mass once per month. Chris Kula: <chrisk@pacificboychoiracademy.org>; Mixed Schola, sings at 12:30pm Mass on selected Sundays and feastdays. Arthur Connick <artconnick@yahoo.com> CHOIR AT FUNERALS If you are retired or otherwise home on weekday mornings, maybe you would like to help form a choir that sings at parish funerals. Music is usually Requiem chants, hymns, and responsorial psalm. contact: dsundahl@yahoo.com. November 21 – The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary – This memorial finds its origins in a 2nd c. apocryphal source, the Protoevangelium Sancti Jacobi (The Gospel of St. James), and the dedication on Nov. 21, 543 of the Basilica of St. Mary the New in Jerusalem. November 22 – St. Cecilia, martyr – known from her Passio, a poem which exalts Christian virginity; honored in Rome since the 5th century; mentioned in the Roman Canon; patroness