WINTER RELIEF EFFORTS .THANK YOU !!

There are seven each of the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy. Below is a list of some the works of mercy that were witnessed this past Monday and Tuesday by our Parishoners.  We are blessed by your presence.

Feeding the Hungry   Give drink to the thirsty   Shelter the Homeless

Comfort the Sorrowful   Care for the Sick   Counsel the doubtful

 A classic work of art. To the right in the group, somewhat in the background, Christ makes a blessing gesture, feeding the hungry, 'esuriens cibatur', one of the (seven) Acts of Mercy . Christ present, crippled, anonymous, Leiden (possibly), c. 1510 - c. 1520

To all the people who contributed to the Winter relief effort by St. Chares Of Brazil on Monday and Tuesday of this past week.  THANK YOU !! We are always reluctant to provide names because we do not want to forget anyone.  For all those who made or contributed food.  THANK YOU !! For all those who came and volunteered to serve the food.  THANK YOU !! For any contributions made “behind the scenes”. THANK YOU !!

DONATE POINSETTIAS FOR CHRISTMAS LITURGIES

 

We will be accepting donations of Poinsettia's to be used to decorate our Altar for the Christmas Eve and Christmas Masses on December 24th and December 26th.  We ask that you bring them in next Sunday December 19th and you can pick them up on the following Sunday after Mass on December 26th. 

HOMELESS PERSONS MEMORIAL SERVICE / BALTIMORE COUNTY

 

Homeless Persons' Memorial Service

*** Please note; this is an "in person event", "outdoor viewing option" and "Virtual option". Details below ***

 

Tuesday, December 21, 2021

Gathering: 5:00pm Service: 5:30pm

Join Baltimore County Communities for the Homeless(BCCH)

This is the longest night of the year, as we remember and honor the lives of those who experienced homelessness and passed away in 2021.

In-person service:

Trinity Episcopal Church 120 Alleghany Avenue,

Towson, MD 21204

Live outdoor screening:

Prologue's Outreach Center 609 Baltimore Avenue Towson, MD 21204

Live streaming via Facebook: fb.com/BaltCoGov

Email bcchboard@gmail.com with

ADVENT POEM BY THE IRISH POET PATRICK KAVANAGH

 

Irish poet Patrick Kavanagh’s reflection on the beauty of Advent

We have tested and tasted too much, lover-
Through a chink too wide there comes in no wonder.
But here in the Advent-darkened room
Where the dry black bread and the sugarless tea
Of penance will charm back the luxury
Of a child's soul, we'll return to Doom
The knowledge we stole but could not use.

And the newness that was in every stale thing
When we looked at it as children: the spirit-shocking
Wonder in a black slanting Ulster hill
Or the prophetic astonishment in the tedious talking
Of an old fool will awake for us and bring
You and me to the yard gate to watch the whins
And the bog-holes, cart-tracks, old stables where Time begins.

O after Christmas we'll have no need to go searching
For the difference that sets an old phrase burning-
We'll hear it in the whispered argument of a churning
Or in the streets where the village boys are lurching.
And we'll hear it among decent men too
Who barrow dung in gardens under trees,
Wherever life pours ordinary plenty.
Won't we be rich, my love and I, and
God we shall not ask for reason's payment,
The why of heart-breaking strangeness in dreeping hedges
Nor analyse God's breath in common statement.
We have thrown into the dust-bin the clay-minted wages
Of pleasure, knowledge and the conscious hour-
And Christ comes with a January flower.

WINTER SOLSTICE SERVICE

 Linthicum Heights United Methodist Church hosting Winter Solstice Service

Linthicum Heights United Methodist Church is located at 200 School Lane in Linthicum.  The "Longest Night of the Year" Service will be on Tuesday December 21st at 7:00 p.m. 

ADVENT PRAYER SERVICE / PAX CHRISTI

 

PAX CHRISTI BALTIMORE ADVENT PRAYER SERVICE 2021

Advent Prayer Service:  Sunday, December 12, 2021 from 5:00 pm-6:30 pm

This year’s speaker: BALTIMORE BISHOP DENIS MADDEN

It will be held at St. Vincent DePaul Church

Front Street in downtown Baltimore

(next to the Main Post Office and across Fayette Street from the Shot Tower)

Admission is free (donations graciously accepted), parish parking available

(Masks required, we encourage all attendees to be vaccinated)