ST
CHARLES OF BRAZIL CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE
Our Christmas Eve Service this year is on Friday December 24th
at 6:00 P.M. Our choir will be offering a set of prelude music starting at 5:30
p.m. Everyone is encouraged to come
early and participate in the singing. We
are located at 116 Marydell Rd. off Maple Ave. in North Linthicum.
We Need Your Help! Winter Relief at St. Christopher's Christmas Week (12/20/21- 12/27/21)
We have offered to provide Breakfast for the Winter Relief
Program at St. Christophers on Sunday December 26th. We will have casseroles prepared in
advance. We will be heating and serving
the casseroles and will include coffee,tea, juice and donuts.
If you are interested in helping you would need to be there
by 7:00-7:30 a.m.on the morning of the 26th to help serve. Clean up of the kitchen afterwards is also
needed to be done.
We would be finished by approximately 9:00 a.m. If you are interested in helping please
contact Charlie Ernst (410-859-8298) We currently have five people who have
offered to help. We could use at least one more person to ensure
that we have adequate staffing.
Due to the recent increases in Anne
Arundel Co. We are requesting that
everyone wear a mask indoors per the A.A. County recommendations. See below.
THANK YOU
Department of Health
Strongly Advises Businesses and Public to Wear Face Masks Indoors
ANNAPOLIS, MD, December 20, 2021 — Due to a sustained increase in
COVID-19 hospitalizations and outbreaks, the Anne Arundel County Department of
Health strongly advises that all people 2 years and older should wear a mask in
indoor public areas and outdoors in crowded areas where distancing is not
possible. All businesses should require that staff and customers wear masks in
indoor and outdoor settings with the exception of activities that cannot take
place while masked. Masks should be well fitting and cover the nose and
mouth.
Over the past three weeks, COVID-19 hospitalizations
at the two county hospitals, Anne Arundel Medical Center and Baltimore
Washington Medical Center, have more than doubled to approximately 95 people
and the number continues to rise. This has put extreme stress on our hospital
systems and health care professionals and will lead to changes in service as
outlined by the Governor’s order last week.
Over the past two weeks, outbreaks across all
settings in the county have increased by over two-thirds to over 80. Outbreaks
are recorded in settings like schools, nursing homes, child care facilities,
assisted living and other similar settings.
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.
1520To 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
!!
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
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.
Linthicum Heights United Methodist Church hosting Winter Solstice Service
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)
