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Greetings!

With hearts full of gratitude, we gather in the presence of the source of all love and goodness to celebrate and give thanks.   Please join us for our:

Christmas Around the World Celebration 
 Merry  Christmas from Maryknoll

6 p.m.   Mass
7 p.m.   Dinner and Reception

Tuesday, December 14th
 
Maryknoll Center
16642 Ashland Ave., San Lorenzo, CA  94580

 


On behalf of the Maryknoll family, we wish you a blessed Advent and a wonder filled Christmas.

 

Deacon Matt Dulka
Maryknoll Fathers & Brothers Western Region


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Please join us for these other upcoming events...

Movie Night:  Capitalism: A Love Story

  

Capitalism:  A Love StoryMon., Dec. 6, 6:30 pm


Note:  The movie will be shown at the Maryknoll Center and not in the Meeting Room by the Gym where it is usually shown.

In presenting a "fireball of a movie that might change your life" (Peter Travers, Rolling Stone), Moore "skewers both major political parties"  (Claudia Puig, USA Today) for selling out the millions of people devastated by loss of homes and jobs to the interests of fat cat  capitalists. Moore has "dug up some astonishing dirt" (Brian D. Johnson, Macleans), stories told in the faces of the foreclosed and evicted, in the food stamps   received by hungry airline pilots, and in the courage of fired factory workers who refuse to go quietly. But more than a cry of despair, Moore's film raises the possibility of hope.

 

Economics cannot be separated from faith.   Join us after the movie for a discussion of how our pocket books are connected to our call to discipleship.

This movie is offered in conjunction with the St. John the Baptist Parish Faith Formation Program.


Taize Prayer Gathering
 
Second Wednesday of the Month
Next Gathering: 
Wednesday, Dec. 8th at 7:00 pm

Taize is a meditative common prayer using song, chants, scripture, reflection and periods of contemplative silence, a prayer that does not end, but continues in the silence of the heart. Within this sacred space one is drawn into a deeper awareness of God's presence; it is a prayerful opportunity for self-reflection.
 
Contemplative prayer is seen as a critical path in mission.   It is through prayer that we are connected with God and it is in the silence of our hearts that God communicates and shares with us God's mission of love for the world.

Taize will be held the second Wednesday of every month in the chapel at the Maryknoll Center at 16642 Ashland Avenue, San Lorenzo. The hour long service will start at 7:00 p.m. with Ruth Picha, a Spiritual Director who trained at Mercy Center in Burlingame.
Lunch with Jesus:  Weekly Liturgy and Potluck

 

Jesus at TableEvery Wednesday

12:15 am Liturgy

12:45 am Potluck Lunch

 

One of the most significant ways in which Jesus did mission was around table, sharing a meal.  Join us at our weekly liturgy (Mass if a priest is present, otherwise Liturgy of the Word with Communion) in our Chapel, followed by a potluck lunch in our Dining Room.  

 

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Maryknoll Fathers & Brothers
Western Region
16642 Ashland Ave., San Lorenzo, CA  94580
510-276-5021