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WEEKLY CALENDAR SUN. NOVEMBER 20, 2016 Capital Campaign Commitment Sunday Scrip available after all Masses

8:00 AM Mass

9:00 AM - Noon Coffee Hour in School Cafeteria

9:00 AM - Noon Benny’s Faithful Art in Cafeteria

10:00 AM Mass with Baptisms

11:30 AM Teen Confirmation Class

4:15 PM Reconciliation

5:00 PM Mass

MON. NOVEMBER 21, 2016

7:45 AM Mass

8:30 AM Rosary

9:00 AM SMdP Sandwich Making

7:00 PM RCIA in the Parish Center TUES. NOVEMBER 22, 2016

7:45 AM Communion Service WED. NOVEMBER 23, 2016

6:00 PM Ecumenical Prayer Service 6:30 PM Mass THURS. NOVEMBER 24, 2016 Parish Office Closed—Happy Thanksgiving

9:00 AM Thanksgiving Day Mass

The Parish Staff wishes you a very Happy and Blessed Thanksgiving.

FRI. NOVEMBER 25, 2016 Parish Office Closed

No Mass or Communion Service Today

SAT. NOVEMBER 26, 2016

10:00 AM Saturday Morning Prayer Group

SUN. NOVEMBER 27, 2016 Scrip available after all Masses

8:00 AM Mass

10:00 AM Mass

4:15 PM Reconciliation

5:00 PM Mass

LITURGIES

Byzantine Mosaic -

Christ the Pantocrator

A common icon used to depict

Christ the King

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2016

OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, KING OF THE UNIVERSE 2 Sm 5:1-3 Ps122:1-5 Col 1:12-20 Lk 23:35-43 8:00 AM Mass (RIP) Gaetano Borriello by Rosa Borriello 10:00 AM Mass (INT) In Thanksgiving by Lucrey & Rose Cabansag 5:00 PM Mass (INT) The Parishioners of St. Benedict

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2016 The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Rv 14:1-3,4b-5 Ps 24:1b-4b,5-6 Lk 21:1-4 7:45 AM Mass (RIP) Kay Pike by The Pike Family

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2016 St. Cecilia, Virgin, Martyr Rv 14:14-19 Ps 96:10-13 Lk21:5-11 7:45 AM Communion Service

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2016 St. Clement I, Pope, Martyr; St. Columban, Abbot: Blessed Miguel Agustin Pro, Priest, Martyr Rv 15:1-4 Ps 98:1-3b,7-9 Lk 21:12-19 6:30 PM Mass

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2016 In Thanksgiving to God Ps 138:1-5 1 Cor 1:3-9 Lk 17:11-19 9:00 AM Mass (INT) The Parishioners of St. Benedict

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2016 St. Catherine of Alexandria, Virgin, Martyr Fv 20:1-4,11—21:2 Ps 84:3-6a,8a Lk 21:29-33 No Mass or Communion Service Today

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2016 Rv 22:1-7 Ps 95:1-7b Lk 21:34-36

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2016

FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT 1: Is 2:1-5 Ps 122;1-9 Rom 13:11-14 Mt 24:37-44 8:00 AM Mass (RIP) Guzman Family by Mattea Bermudez 10:00 AM Mass (INT) 46th Wedding Anniversary by Lucrey & Rose Cabansag 5:00 PM Mass (INT) The Parishioners of St. Benedict PRAY FOR THOSE THAT ARE SICK

Al Gemora, Arlette Fellores, Carmen Gonzales, Chris Durbin, Norm Taylor, Tom Weber Sr. & Jr., Monica Salle-Ilacqua, Willie Kleffner, Dale Steen, Janice Mosey, Roseanne Borden, Lenard Alvarez, Den Costales, Eugene Haydu, Zeny Zimmerman

John Bulman, Lucille Jasper, Nora Taylor, Tim Day Easton Brown, Xavier Schmitt and Francisco Ortiz

FAMILY MASS Join us on the first Wednesday of each month for Family Mass at 6:30 PM. Bring the kids, sit up front and enjoy the gift of daily Mass. Kids can bring a stuffed animal to snuggle and share God's love. Everyone is welcome; please help spread the word! Join us on December 7th!

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A Note from Parish Leadership

Worship & spiritual life

REFLECTION DAY ON CONSECRATED LIFE “Go out to the margins and bring the joy of the Gospel.”

We invite those that are looking to explore the call to Religious Life. Saturday, December 10

th from 9:30 AM to 2:30 PM. Meet

us at the St. James Cathedral Outreach Center located at 907 Columbia St. in Seattle. Morning treats as you arrive and lunch is provided. Our gathering will include prayer, quiet time, multi-media information on religious life and an opportunity to meet with religious women & men. Parking is available at O’Dea High School. Contact jmiller@csjp-olp.org or text 206-920-8560.

People who follow Christ do not listen to "prophets of doom," silly horoscopes or sermons that frighten and divide people. Christians persevere in hope and love -- no matter what upheavals and difficulties arise. This is important to distinguish the word of wisdom that God speaks to us each day from the shouting of those who seek in God's name to frighten, to nourish division and fear." ~~ Pope Francis

WOMEN'S MINISTRY UPCOMING EVENTS: Dec. 6

th - Our monthly gathering in Parish Center from 7:00 to

9:00 PM. Relax, put your feet up, make new friends and join our lively discussion. Dec. 10

th - $ Sale set-up from Parish Center to

School beginning 10:00 AM. Dec. 11th - $ DOLLAR SALE in the

School (9:00 AM - Noon). We are in need of small gently used items for men, women, and children which may be dropped off in vestibule, Parish Center or on that day. This event allows children and others to purchase and wrap gift items for friends/family members. Proceeds used to buy baby formula for the Food Bank. Dec. 20

th - Cookie Exchange from 7:00 to 9:00 PM in Par-

ish Center. More information, leave a message @ 206.755.1751.

IN THANKSGIVING FOR BLESSINGS Unknown God our protector, God our hope,

We turn to you in times of hardship, but in our struggles and fears, we often forget to thank you

for the grace you have given us to overcome hardship, for countless unknown blessings... we give you thanks.

For waking with us as we have prepared for storms and for sharing our joy when disaster is averted…

we give you thanks. For wars that never happened, where tempers flared but reason and mercy prevailed… we give you thanks.

For the crops that have flourished, and the child who now knows nothing of hunger… we give you thanks.

For all the nights we spent in fear, but by your grace saw mornings filled with hope… we give you thanks.

For all the joys of this year, the moments when light shone through the darkness

when angels stood triumphant when we saw past our sin and strife

and glimpsed beyond the veil at what the kingdom of God truly could be…

we give you thanks. Amen

Dear Friends,

This week is a busy one! At all the Masses we will be celebrating COMMITMENT SUNDAY - the culmination of our Capital Campaign - Strengthen and Grow: The Path to our Future. Today is truly a celebration. You may have noticed the pathway lining the wall in the vestibule of the church with the footprints signed by members of our community. This is a visual representation of the progress we have made in our efforts to renovate and improve the school and church buildings. It is your generous giving that makes this all possible. Thank you for all of you who have pledged and who will pledge today.

In the Liturgical Calendar, this week is the Feast of Christ the King, the final Sunday in our liturgical year. In particular, today marks the end of the Jubilee Year of Mercy. I have been reflecting on this past year, and the challenge for the Church to be “the visible face of the invisible Father, of the God who manifests his power above all by forgiveness and mercy.” (excerpt from Pope Francis’ Prayer for the Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy). The Socktober collection for the homeless, our ongoing support of the local foodbank, the work of St. Vincent de Paul, and the ministry of our Cabrini Ministers who reach out to the sick and homebound are all excellent examples of our successes. But I cannott help but look critically at my own participation and my everyday encounters—with co-workers, neighbors, strangers and beggars. When we are honest before God, we see the work yet to be done in our own hearts. Thanks be to God that the end of the Year of Mercy is not the end of our efforts to live mercy - as recipients and vessels.

Finally, this week we will celebrate Thanksgiving. For many, this is a time for family and friends to gather together to enjoy good food, fun, (football) and laughter. Our St. Vincent de Paul will be busy this week delivering food to families in need and individual meals to residents at Patrick’s Place. Thank you for your contributions that make this all possible. We will gather for Mass on Thanksgiving at 9:00 AM and pray for our parish, our community, our nation and our world. We will also be collecting food for the foodbank and sending you home with bread, blessed at the Mass to share at your dinner table later that day. It is a living reminder of the one meal that we share through faith.

I am grateful to all of your for the ways you live out your faith right here in Wallingford! Together we are accomplishing more than we could ever do alone. Let’s continue to pray for one another as brothers and sisters in Christ.

Marti Lundberg, Pastoral Coordinator

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stewardship

SCHOOL NEWS

Parish Stewardship - Fiscal Year 2017

July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2017 Total Budget - $396,000

Actual Budget Variance

October $ 31,419 $ 36,920 $ (5,501)

YTD $ 127,931 $ 137,384 $ (9,553)

** Amounts include collections from ALL Masses **

COFFEE HOUR Join our hosts: 8:00 AM Betty Cantrell & Mike Egan

10:00 AM The Rutar Family

Thank you for the support of our coffee hour, we continue to hosts. The signup sheet is in the cafeteria. There is no cost to host, the church purchases all of the refreshments (donuts, coffee and juice). For your convenience, the set-up and clean-up directions are on the same easel with the sign-up sheet. We need your help as the coffee hour is now the destination for Benny’s Faithful Art Corner for the kids, so let’s keep it going!.

CURRENT PLEDGE TOTAL: $737,042! TODAY is Commitment Sunday!

This is your opportunity to turn in your Capital Campaign pledge at ALL three Masses! Please consider a gift to help us raise the necessary funds for upgrades to both the church and the school. Our goal is to have 100% participation – please help up realize that goal! If you have already pledged, thank you for your support! Contact Teresa Gillett at t.gillett@stbens.net with any questions

DONOR WALL: We are planning a donor wall to recognize all those who have participated. The donor wall will include donors from our community, corporate matching and foundation grants that have supported the capital campaign which will also include a special area for memorial gifts. More information coming soon.

Human concerns social justice

STEWARDSHIP OF TREASURE Today’s readings paint a somewhat frightening picture of the end of time. But the Gospel ends with the assurance to faithful stewards that those who persevere will be saved.

ST BENEDICT GIVING TREE — COMING NOV. 27TH

The Giving Tree will be in the vestibule beginning Sunday, November 27

th. Our parish is well known for our generosity through the years

regarding the Giving Tree. As in the year's past there will be gift requests from people served by the following groups: St. Martin de Porres: providing safe shelter for homeless men over 50, Mary's Place: providing a welcoming and accepting environment for women, children and families, King County Juvenile Detention Center: providing services for youth awaiting to go through the court system or for sentencing, Columbia Lutheran Home: provides care for the whole person in a skilled nursing facility with long term nursing care, St. Francis House: providing services for men, women and children in need , St. Vincent de Paul: striving to provide assistance to the poor and finally Friends of Limulunga: part of the St. Benedict Parish Family that assists our sister parish of St. Lawrence of Brindisi with scholarships for high school, college or trade school.

When you take a tag off the Tree, you make a promise to buy the gift listed on the tag or to provide scholarship monies and to put that unwrapped gift, with the tag securely tapped or stapled to it, under the Giving Tree no later than 5:00 PM on December 11

th. Thank

you in advance for blessing a special person in need this Christmas! Let us continue our great tradition of generosity with our annual Giv-ing Tree. Please call Brenda Stratton 206.527.8593 with any questions or if you would like to volunteer to help us out with this project. This process and project is organized and distributed by our Human Concerns and Social Justice Commission.

2017 STEWARDSHIP CAMPAIGN

This is the time of year when we ask you to prayerfully re-flect on your financial support of our parish and make a pledge to contribute in the coming year. We will be kick-ing off this campaign during Advent and want you to know that your pledge allows our staff and the Parish Council to budget for the coming year in planning programs according projected resources. You will be receiving a letter from leadership shortly after Thanksgiving and we ask that you return your pledge card and if used, to set up your Electronic Fund Transfer account through the St. Benedict Web-site at stbens.net which enables you to control your own account.

SCRIP AVAILABLE AFTER EVERY SUNDAY MASS Help support St. Benedict School by buying scrip cards. Cash and checks accepted. We sell over 50 stores, including most grocery stores. See our order form for details. A percentage of each card goes to the school. Use QFC scrip to buy donations for the Food Bank or the Giving Tree. Also, if you do any Christmas shopping from Amazon Smile, St. Benedict school gets a rebate. Go to: http://smile.amazon.com/ch/91-0567737, log into your account, do your shopping and our school automatically gets a rebate from your purchases. Thank you for your support!

2016/2017 ST. BENEDICT SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE SCHEDULE

Invite your friends and family to join you at one of the St. Benedict Catholic School Open Houses. Enjoy a power point presentation by Principal, Brian Anderson, a tour of the school, that includes seeing our wonderful teachers and students in action! Prospec-tive parents can also arrange a personal tour by appointment if needed. Please call 206-633-3375 or email our Development Director at t.gillett@stbens.net to sign up or for more infor-mation. The next open house is December 4

th.

It’s not too early to think about all the Christmas shopping you will be doing; and this is a perfect time for St. Bens to get a rebate from Amazon Smile. Go to http://smile.amazon.com/ch/91-0567737, log onto your amazon account, do your shop-ping and the school automatically gets the rebate of 0.5% of your purchase price! Quick and easy!

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Faith formation

What else is happening

Human concerns social justice

FIGHTING HUNGER IN WALLINGFORD 2016 We have surpassed 6750 pounds! Our food bank total stands at 6,794 pounds with a deliv-ery of 219 pounds last Friday and a delivery from QFC of 360 pounds. We have 2 months to make our goal of 10,000 pounds. Please keep the donations coming in, the QFC order form is in the vestibule for the QFC at 45

th and

Wallingford. Thank you for your support!

6,000lb

8,000lb

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RCI A - RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION FOR ADULTS If you or someone you know is interested in learning more about the Catholic Faith? Contact m.lundberg@stbens.net to register. We meet on Monday nights at 7 PM in the Parish Cen-ter. This weeks topic: Proclaim the Gospel!

SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION Have a 2

nd grader? Are they ready for Sacramental Preparation

for First Reconciliation and First Eucharist! Registration forms are in the vestibule and online. An information meeting will be held on Sunday, December 4

th . Classes start in January. Please contact

Heidi Elston for questions at h.elston@stbens.net.

WEEKLY KIDS’ TRIVIA What is the name of the bear in The Jungle Book? Answer in next week’s bulletin! Last week’s riddle: Which is taller? The Eiffel Tower or the Statue of Liberty? The Eiffel Tower!

HELP THOSE AFFECTED BY HURRICANE MATTHEW Haiti is one of the world's poorest countries and billions of dollars in damage have been assessed in the United States. To help, you can donate at: www.crs.org.

SUPPORT SEMINARIAN EDUCATION Come Celebrate with Comforting Casseroles, Wonderful Concert, and Creative Wreaths on Saturday, December 3

rd after the 5:00

PM Mass at St. Stephen the Martyr Parish in Renton. This event is sponsored by the Central Deanery (South King County area) of the Council of Catholic Women. For $10.00 advance tickets or VIP package. Contact Kathleen Tansey at 253-630-7755.

BAPTISM PREPARATION CLASSES Our next Baptism Class is on Saturday, January 7

th in the Parish

Center after the 1st

Saturday Mass. Sign up to prepare yourself and your chosen God-parents.

ADULT CONFIRMATION WILL BEGIN IN JANUARY If you are a baptized Catholic adult and haven’t yet received the Sacrament of Confirmation, please contact Marti Lundberg (m.lundberg@stbens.net). Confirmation date is May 25

th, 2017.

WOMEN'S ADVENT RETREAT Join Sr. Gabriella Yi, OP at the Archbishop Brunett Retreat Center at the Palisades from December 2

nd through 4

th. Our Holy Mother

Church knows our longing for beauty goes deeper than mere appearances. In this season of Advent take the time and space to prepare your heart in union with the Blessed Mother. Join us in this Advent Retreat for Women, to allow the Holy Spirit to beautify your heart for the birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ, He who is beauty, truth, and goodness incarnate. Call 206-274-3130 or Contact: palisades@seattlearch.org .

An Advent Evening of Prayer ”Welcoming a Stranger Home"

What would it mean to welcome and make a home in our hearts for the immigrant...the stranger...the Other? Might we encounter Beauty in an unexpected place? Jesus on earth? Consider the immigrant stories of the Holy Family, our presenters, and your own. Join us, Tuesday, December 6

th from 7:00-9:00 PM at St.

Joseph Church, Seattle with presenters Fr. Trung Pham, S.J. and Catherine Punsalan. All are welcome, the event is free of charge.

NO MIDDLE SCHOOL YOUTH GROUP NOV. 23RD

To celebrate Thanksgiving, there will be no Youth Group this Wednesday, Nov. 23rd. See you next week on Nov. 30th!

BENNY’S FAITHFUL ART Don’t forget to check us out at the coffee hour after Mass !

ST. MARTIN de PORRES SHELTER Our ministry group meets the first and third Monday’s of the month to make sandwiches for the 225 homeless men of the shelter. Thank you for your generous donations and join us when you can. We appreciate your donations, if every parish family donates $5.00 per month, we are able to continue to make a dif-ference. We accept donations of boiled eggs and cookies and are always seeking sandwich makers. Our next sandwich mak-ing day is tomorrow, Monday November 21

st.

SAVE THE DATE - Monday, December 5th, 7—8:30 pm AN ADVENT REFLECTION with Fr. Bryan Dolejsi Please plan to join us for an evening of reflection and prayer as we celebrate the season of Advent. We will retreat from the hectic pace that December can bring and create time for a deeper reflection on the Holy Days ahead.

DINNER WITH MARTI & FR. BRYAN Monday, December 12th, 6:00 PM

*More dates to be added soon

You can sign up for a community

dinner by calling the parish office or

clicking on this link from the parish

web site (www.stbens.net). We are

looking forward to sharing a meal!

DID YOU KNOW? CABRINI MINISTERY Our community has ministers who take the Eucharist to the sick and homebound in our parish. If you, or someone you know, are unable to attend Mass and would like to have a visit from one of these ministers, please call the Parish Office at 206-632-0843. This can be arranged as a one-time visit or ongoing—depending on the circumstances and need. And if you are interested in be-coming a minister, please let us know!

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