From the desk of Sister Stella
PWC President
Parish News
Paulist Choristers Function
Traffic Duty Assignments
Weekly Readings/Reflections
Student School Activies
Playground Volunteer
Fall Festival
Miscellaneous

Pray for Advent

O Wisdom,
Come to teach me the way of truth.

O Lord of Israel,
Come to redeem me with outstretched arm.

O Root of Jesse,
Come to bring me new life, do not delay.

O Key of David,
Come to open my prison doors and set me free
.
O Radiant Dawn,
Come to bring light to the darkness in my life.

O King of Nations,
Come to save me and give me peace.

O God-With-Us,
Stay with me and send me forth in your name.

Amen                         O Antiphons Adapted

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PWC President

Dear Parents,

JCPC Christmas Decorating Many thanks to Santa’s helpers for decorating the Upper Social Hall last Monday. The hall looks wonderfully festive for the upcoming holiday season.

High School Night
High School Night was a big success. It was great to hear from our local Catholic High Schools. Thank you to all those who were a part of this very informative program. We appreciate the help from Head Room Parents, Marietta Newbern and Claudia Fox.

PWC Annual Christmas Party
This years PWC Christmas Party Committee included Meg Grant, Terri Wojahn and Georgette Kelsey. Thank you for planning and executing this annual holiday event. We are looking forward to seeing you there tonight.

PWC Senior Citizen Luncheon
Join us for a lovely lunch honoring the St. Paul’s Senior Citizens on Thursday, December 14th. Our very own Kindergarten class will be singing. RSVP: Anne Marie Scibelli. (number in the directory)

Advent Wreath Making
Many thanks to the Amos Family for the annual SPA Advent wreath Sunday.

Thanksgiving Outreach
Thank you to all families who participated in the various Thanksgiving Outreach programs. On Thanksgiving Day, many families were able to have a nice, hot dinner and walked away with personal supplies because of you.

Have a great week.
Julie Chait
PWC President

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Parish News

IMPORTANT NOTICE FROM
ST. PAUL THE APOSTLE PARISH OFFICE
TO
ALL SPA SCHOOL PARENTS!

Dear SPA school parents - - this is a courtesy reminder.

If it is your intent to qualify for the in-parish reduced tuition rate this year, please call our office to inquire as to what you have contributed towards the required $780.00 thus far. We are no longer sending out individual reminders – please call Lois Massey at 310-474-1527 ext. 246 before November 31st for a final figure.

Again, thank you for your continued support and participation in St. Paul the Apostle Parish. If I can be of assistance to you in any way, please feel free to contact me

Sincerely,
Lois Massey
Administrative Assistant

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Paulist Choristers Funtion

"CANTUS ANGELORUM"
Song of Angels


Featuring…
Poulenc: Gloria

Wagner: Christmas Story
Rutter: GloriaPaulist Choristers of California

Elissa Johnston, soprano
Singers of the Chapel Royal
Sinfonia Orchestra
Celebrity Guest Narrator

Luke McEndarfer, conductorSaturday, December 10, 2005
7:00PM
St. Paul the Apostle Church
10750 Ohio Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90024

Discount Tickets for sale online at www.paulistchoristers.org
http://www.paulistchoristers.org

Luke McEndarfer
(310) 721-5256

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Traffic Duty Assignments

For the month of December 5ht Grade Parents

Note: Please arrive \by 7:20 am or 2:30 pm to complete your assignment. Should you have questions about your duty do not hesitate to contact your room parents, Marcie Newby and Nancy McDonald or Mary Ann McQueen.

Thank you to the 6th grade for completing their November traffic service. Thank you to the room parents, Michele Shalloe and Ana Paiva, for organizing and troubleshooting over the course of the month!

Parents, we are still having a few of the chronic problems with traffic. Parents continue to drop off on Selby across the street from school. We have several safe and available drop-off locations. Please use them. If additional parents begin to do what some parents are doing we will have a fractured system and some potential safety accidents. If you are having difficulty with a drop-off location, please let us know what we can do to help you.

In the afternoons there is some congestion on Selby just prior to the gate opening for the school yard parking. It would be great if a few more families each day would carpool to reduce the number of cars entering the yard or park in the neighborhood rather than line-up to enter the yard. In addition, the number of very large and powerful vehicles making the turn into the driveway, sometimes, at speeds that are too fast, is a concern. Slow down, please, turn off the cell phones, and take every precaution to make the environment safe for everyone. Convenience must take a "back seat" to safety and consideration/cooperation. Think about carpooling, parking nearby, and easing the traffic on Selby. If you park on the yard please make it back to your car swiftly as others are attempting to access the yard as well.

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Weekly Readings/Reflections

December 4, 2005
Second Week of Advent
Psalm: Sunday 52

Reading I
Is 40:1-5, 9-11

Comfort, give comfort to my people,
says your God.
Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her
that her service is at an end,
her guilt is expiated;
indeed, she has received from the hand of the LORD
double for all her sins.
A voice cries out:
In the desert prepare the way of the LORD!
Make straight in the wasteland a highway for our God!
Every valley shall be filled in,
every mountain and hill shall be made low;
the rugged land shall be made a plain,
the rough country, a broad valley.
Then the glory of the LORD shall be revealed,
and all people shall see it together;
for the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
Go up on to a high mountain,
Zion, herald of glad tidings;
cry out at the top of your voice,
Jerusalem, herald of good news!
Fear not to cry out
and say to the cities of Judah:
Here is your God!
Here comes with power
the Lord GOD,
who rules by his strong arm;
here is his reward with him,
his recompense before him.
Like a shepherd he feeds his flock;
in his arms he gathers the lambs,
carrying them in his bosom,
and leading the ewes with care.

Reading II
2 Pt 3:8-14

Do not ignore this one fact, beloved,
that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years
and a thousand years like one day.
The Lord does not delay his promise, as some regard "delay,"
but he is patient with you,
not wishing that any should perish
but that all should come to repentance.
But the day of the Lord will come like a thief,
and then the heavens will pass away with a mighty roar
and the elements will be dissolved by fire,
and the earth and everything done on it will be found out.
Since everything is to be dissolved in this way,
what sort of persons ought you to be,
conducting yourselves in holiness and devotion,
waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God,
because of which the heavens will be dissolved in flames
and the elements melted by fire.
But according to his promise
we await new heavens and a new earth
in which righteousness dwells.
Therefore, beloved, since you await these things,
be eager to be found without spot or blemish before him, at peace.

Gospel
Mk 1:1-8

The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ the Son of God.
As it is written in Isaiah the prophet:
Behold, I am sending my messenger ahead of you;
he will prepare your way.
A voice of one crying out in the desert:
"Prepare the way of the Lord,
make straight his paths."
John the Baptist appeared in the desert
proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
People of the whole Judean countryside
and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem
were going out to him
and were being baptized by him in the Jordan River
as they acknowledged their sins.
John was clothed in camel’s hair,
with a leather belt around his waist.
He fed on locusts and wild honey.
And this is what he proclaimed:
"One mightier than I is coming after me.
I am not worthy to stoop and loosen the thongs of his sandals.
I have baptized you with water;
he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."

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Student School Activies

Little League registration is open on the
web site www.lalittleleague.org

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Playgound Volunteer

PLAYGROUND VOLUNTEER PROGRAM

Help our coaches supervise our children during lunchtime recess! We need two parents each day.
Questions? Contact Kathleen Felesina

SECOND GRADE: 11:45-12:15
DECEMBER

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Fall Festival

 

Festival News

Last Call for Sweat Shirts!!!!

The 2005 All-Star Festival is still in the process of wrapping up! Slowly but surely the paperwork is coming in. Please don’t forget to turn in your reimbursement forms. Also, booth captains and committee chairs please take a few minutes to complete the follow-up sheet.

We have a few dozen sweatshirts left @ $5.00 each…. Limited sizes … (Child’s Large Zip, Adult Pullovers in M, L, & XL). We will be in the pavilion Monday & Tuesday (Dec. 5th & 6th) from 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. If this doesn’t work for you, call Mary Ann in the Parish Office at 310-474-1527, ext.240. We will do our best to be available until we sell out!!!

Thanks again, it was truly a great weekend. Sincerely appreciate all you did to make the 2005 Festival a success.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year,

Vicki, Debbie, Mary Ann, Lisa, Claudia & Jewel

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Miscellaneous

St. Martin of Tours Proudly Invites you To Be Our Guest

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4TH

A Free Live Holiday Puppet Show at 3:45 p.m.
Wonderful Holiday Gift Boutique
Fabulous Live Holiday Piano Music
And Complimentary Refreshments
(9:00am - 5:00pm)

11967 Sunset Blvd.
(Corner of Sunset Blvd. & Saltair in Brentwood)

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