P. O. Box 1056
Winter Park FL 32790
407-677-0072
The Angelus
Volume 3 Number 50

Holy Angels Catholic Community
A Parish of the Catholic Church, Inc.

November 8, 2009
32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mailing
P. O. Box 1056
Winter Park FL 32790-1056

Parish House
5330 Poinsetta Avenue
Winter Park FL 32792-7234
                              
Phone: 407-677-0072
Fax: 407-657-6396
Monday through Friday 4:30 to 5:00 PM Daily

Web Site: http://www.holyangelscatholiccommunity.com
Email: HolyAngels@cfl.rr.com

Rt. Rev. Msgr. William R. Cavins, Pastor
Pastor@holyangelscatholiccommunity.com

Mr. Gordon Barcalow
Deacon@holyangelscatholiccommunity.com

Baptisms:     Please contact Parish.
Sacrament of Reconciliation: before Mass
First Eucharist: Please contact the Parish.
Anointing of the Sick: Celebrated within Mass the Second Sunday of each month.
Weddings or Holy Unions: Please make arrangements with Parish 4 Months before announcing a date.
Funerals: Please contact Parish before arrangements are made public.
Holy Orders: Contact the Bishop
Sick Calls: Please contact the Parish

Sunday Mass Locations
9:30 AM at St Raphael Oratory
12:30 PM at First UCC Orlando
4605 Curry Ford Road

Mass Intentions for this Sunday:
  9:30 AM – Rev. Edward Hinds - RIP
12:30 PM – Zachary A. Cavins - Happy Birthday

Mass Intentions for next Sunday:
9:30 AM – Harriet Mieszcak - RIP
12:30 PM – Lillian Trebino - RIP

If you wish to have a loved one, living or deceased, or a special intention remembered at Mass, please contact the Parish Office.

From the Pastor’s Desk

The recent shootings at Ft Hood and now in Orlando’s Gateway center remind us all that individual lives are being stressed to the breaking point by events  here at home and around the world. Many find it difficult to remain grounded and slip deeper into despair and desperation.  Some might argue that we as a society have had things to easy. We have become spoiled and soft and don’t know how to tough out a bad situation. Others are saying we are simply reaping what we have sown because we have become a godless society.
The actions of these individuals are deplorable. However, as a society, and we as Christians in that society, need to reach out to those who have been hurt. We are also called upon to examine the conditions that led to the situations and work to change them. Catholic social teaching for years has called upon the faithful to be activists working toward the betterment of all segments of our society. The Western Patriarch Paul VI, stated, “If we want peace, we must work for justice.” Let each of commit this weekend, while praying for the dead and injured, to working for justice here in Central Florida and beyond.

Prayer Requests for the Living: Helen Reed, Michael Cavins, Bernie Thompson, Jr., Patsy Warren, Kyle Critchfield, Jay Dever, Jr., Wayne Ritter, Gene L. Thompson II, Rev. Joseph Long, Shirley Cavins, Gene Strickland, Hazel and Richard Denig, Loraine Nagy, Bishop Norbert M. Dorsey, CP, Joan and Peter Podunavac, Suzannah Cavins, missing and exploited children, the armed forces of the USA, the Homeless and Unemployed in our community; and those infected and affected by HIV/AIDS.

Prayer Requests for the Dead: Don Green, Annie L. Newman, Harriet Mieszcak, Leo McGachey, and the Souls in Purgatory.

Pray for Our Seminarians: Gordon Barcalow, Jeff Bray, and all seminarians.

Church Support: Envelopes for the Year of Grace 2010 will be distributed to registered members beginning next weekend.

FOOD SUNDAY: This month we will collect food November 22 to support Rebecca’s Pantry at First UCC. That is the Sunday before Thanksgiving.

Operation Christmas Child: The shoeboxes for this project are due to the Church next Sunday, November 15, 2009.  See the insert in The Angelus for details.

Baby Shower for Jesus: Our third annual Baby Shower for Jesus drive is now coming up. Please purchase a new baby item in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Bring it to church December 13.

Messiah Choral Society: The 2009 concert is on Sunday, November 29th at 3:00 pm at the Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre. NO TICKETS REQUIRED Plan now to attend.

Festival of Trees: The Council of 101 Festival of Trees to benefit the Orlando Museum of Art begins Nov 13. Stop by and see the tree sponsored by our parish.

For the Ride Home: Reflection
Have you ever felt called to do something by God?
Have you ever thought that you should put your best talents and significant effort to a worthy but unprofitable cause?
Have you ever devoted effort that did not return a direct benefit to you and in fact may have cost you opportunity or personal gain?
Have you sacrificed your lifestyle for a cause that others thought was a waste of your time and ability?
Middle class rich boy that I was, I never would have thought that it would be the poor who would be my salvation.  Owing to the upbringing that I had received at my mother’s hands, as well as the attitude of the church I had been attending up until that time, I had always thought that it was the rich and well-to-do who would be the ones to rescue the poor.  The latter depended on us, and our generosity was their salvation.  Without us they would have been destined to death.
What blindness was ours and mine! The truth was just the contrary, and now life was demonstrating this to me.  It was the poor who would be my salvation, and not I theirs.

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