Special Announcements

 Please see the latest BULLETIN further below in this section for ALL the announcements.

 We Wish You A Happy And Blessed New Year!

Our Knights of Columbus are hosting Hospitality in the church Hall after all the morning Masses. Please stop by for coffee and doughnuts and say HI!

 MINISTRY VOLUNTEERISM

To those of you already in ministry - Thank you and God Bless You!!!! Pray daily for the strength you need to continue. For those who haven’t pushed themselves to take the plunge - begin asking yourself “What can I do to serve? Where are my gifts?” God gives us 168 hours each week. How many do we give back?

We have many wonderful ministries at QAS - all of which need more help and several which have no leadersor members at all. Please take a look at the ministry brochures in the pews and narthex.. (Several ministries are in need of coordinators).

Here are just a few ministries that really need more help:

Baptism Preparation - couples to walk with families
Adult and Teen Confirmation leaders
Sacristans/Altar Care
Faith Formation - catechists and aids
Children’s Liturgy of the Word Catechists
Ministers to the Altar (Altar Servers) - child & adult
Liturgical Ministers - GREETERS, USHERS, ministers of communion
Choir/Music Ministers
Grief Ministry - funeral companions
Liturgical Design Team Members
Hospital Ministers to take communion to the sick
Respect Life
Gabriel Project

I know our lives are incredibly busy, but it is the busy ones who get God’s work done. Please sign up today and HELP QAS THRIVE WITH THE GLORY OF GOD!!!!!!

(FIND OUT MORE IN THE MINISTRIES SECTION of this website)

God bless you all,
Nancy

  THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS ARE HOSTING (3) CONTESTS    

Poster Contest for ……. Ages 8 to 14 (Due No Later than 11-30-2011)

Free Throw Contest ….. Ages 10 to 14 (Due no Later than 1-6-2012)

Competition to be held 1-14-2012

Essay Contest ………... Ages 14 to 18 (Due No Later than 11-30-2011)

All contests are Free to Enter; First Place Prizes Only will be given to one overall winner of each Contest; winners will continue on to compete in District, Chapter, State, and International Levels.

Please see your QAS Teacher, Faith Formation, Edge, Life Teen Youth Minister(s)
or CYO Leader for Entry Forms and for more information.

Sign-up online and join the Catholic Legislative Network at this link: http://CACatholic.org  

 Announcements
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
January 22nd, 2012

A few highlights from the bulletin.

1. Everyone is invited to our parish Crab Feed to be held in two weeks on February 4^th. Tickets must be purchased in advance and will be on sale after all masses this weekend. Discounts for tables of ten so please bring a group.

2. Raffle prizes are needed for the crab feed and will gladly be accepted in the office anytime.

3. Thank you to all who signed up for ministries last weekend. Extra sign up forms are in the narthex and can be dropped off any time.

  

A representative from catholic radio will now speak. 

 The General Intercessions
January 22nd, 2012   

Presider:        With confidence in our God, let us present our prayers with faith and hope :

Lector:           That the church celebrate its unity in diversity, we pray to the Lord:

Lector:           That those who govern the nations heed the voice of Jesus and find remedies for every injustice, we pray to the Lord:

Lector:           That unborn children, the terminally ill, and those condemned to death be clothed in the same seamless garment of the right to life, we pray to the Lord:

Lector:           That the poor, the homebound and the needy feel God’s loving hand in their lives, through the love of God’s people , we pray to the Lord: 

Lector:           That all those who are ill, especially, Gloria Washington, William Osterberg, Eleni Sagredos, Arturo Cruz, Rene Hutchins, Catherine Ephraim, Mary Jane Walker, Betty Espinole, Lou Garidel, Janine Hope Dungca, June Rusconi, Mary Pedro, Daniel McCarthy, Hope Mazza, Cecilia Valenzuela, Chris Flannigan, Ronald Willis, DeeDee Otani, Scott Whittaker and Eliza Begley (and_______________________) may be touched by God’s healing hand. We pray to the Lord:

Lector:            That the faithful departed, especially Olga Maldonado and (____________________) may be with God forever in heaven. We pray to the Lord:

Presider:        Gracious Lord, listen to the prayers we present you. Change our hearts be the power of your Spirit. Through Jesus, our Lord.
Amen. 

Weekly Church Bulletin

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Contra Costa Times Cancellation Letter

To: The Editorial Staff of the Contra Costa Times
Re: Cancellation of Subscription
From: Fr. Michael Cunningham
Pastor of Queen of All Saints Church

I am sharing with the people of Queen of All Saints Church our decision to cancel our subscription to your paper.

I have felt for awhile that the only way the Catholic Church is ever mentioned in your paper is always in reference to abuse scandal. In case someone should forget what happened thirty or forty years ago a thorough review of the history of these tragic events is provided. Recently a letter came to light which you decided was front page news.

Information about this horrendous tragedy has brought about such a thorough reform that even ‘older ladies and gentlemen’ who have no more contact with children than the distribution of Eucharist in a Communion line must go through ‘safe children workshops’. We have been made painfully aware of what happened in the past, what ‘signs’ to look for in the present, as well as who and how to report it immediately.

I feel confident that our awareness is going to shed light on a problem that runs far deeper in our American culture than anyone is now willing to acknowledge, and beyond us the world, at least if you have seen the recent documentary on the ‘Dancing Boys of Afghanistan’. There are over 42,000 of us priests who work very hard with the nearly 70,000,000 in this country. When you compare our numbers with the now ‘former priests’ guilty of these statistics the percentage is very low. If the statistics quoted by Sam Miller*, the Jewish businessman, are reliable, our share in a much bigger issue is relatively small. We for our part are going to make sure this never happens again to the Body of Christ, and if it should happen, the ‘criminals’ involved will be dealt with swiftly.

You need not investigate the source of your anti-Catholic bias. Whether it comes from former Catholics who never knew the mystery of the cross of Jesus Christ or people of other persuasions who were raised on a diet of anti-Catholic rhetoric or people who are of no persuasion at all, who really cares? The moral standards of the church are in direct opposition to the standards of the world. This has always been the case and will no doubt continue.

So keep your staff and keep your paper far away from our front door. As far as what the Catholics who read this open letter will do, it is as in ‘all things catholic’, up to their own consciences to decide.

Sincerely yours,

Fr. Michael Cunningham

* Excerpts of an article written by non-Catholic Sam Miller - a prominent Cleveland Jewish businessman:

"Why would newspapers carry on a vendetta on one of the most important institutions that we have today in the United States, namely the Catholic Church?

Do you know - the Catholic Church educates 2.6 million students everyday at the cost to that Church of 10 billion dollars, and a savings on the other hand to the American taxpayer of 18 billion dollars? The graduates go on to graduate studies at the rate of 92%. The Church has 230 colleges and universities in the U.S. with an enrollment of 700,000 students.

The Catholic Church has a non-profit hospital system of 637 hospitals, which account for hospital treatment of 1 out of every 5 people - not just Catholics - in the United States today . . . But the press is vindictive and trying to totally denigrate in every way the Catholic Church in this country. They have blamed the disease of pedophilia on the Catholic Church, which is as irresponsible as blaming adultery on the institution of marriage.

Let me give you some figures that Catholics should know and remember. For example, 12% of the 300 Protestant clergy surveyed admitted at sexual intercourse with a parishioner; 38% acknowledged other inappropriate sexual contact in a study by the United Methodist Church, 41.8% of clergy women reported unwanted sexual behavior; 17% of laywomen have been sexually harassed.

Meanwhile, 1.7% of the Catholic clergy has been found guilty of pedophilia. 10% of the Protestant ministers have been found guilty of pedophilia. This is not a Catholic Problem. A study of American priests showed that most are happy in the priesthood and find it even better than they had expected, and that most, if given the choice, would choose to be priests again in face of all this obnoxious PR the church has been receiving.

The Catholic Church is bleeding from self-inflicted wounds. The agony that Catholics have felt and suffered is not necessarily the fault of the Church. You have been hurt by a small number of wayward priest that have probably been totally weeded out by now.

Walk with your shoulders high and your head higher. Be a proud member of the most important non-governmental agency in the United States. Then remember what Jeremiah said: ‘Stand by the roads, and look and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is and walk in it, and find rest for your souls’. Be proud to speak up for your faith with pride and reverence and learn what your Church does for all other religious.

Be proud that you’re a Catholic."

Catholic Website Links 

THE CATHOLIC VOICE PUBLICATION - WEB EDITION
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