PRÍNCIPE DE PAZ



• • • 1st Sunday of Advent • • •



November 26 & 27, 2016

Pastor’s Corner A Purpose and a Desny Connued

… As we think about when we will meet God, whether at the me of our own passing or in the final judgment, we can also take comfort in the words of Basil Hume, Benedicne monk and CardinalͲArchbishop of Westminster, who is  remembered as a wise, faithful and compassionate pastor: 

“A priest started his homily at a funeral by saying, ‘I am going to preach about judgment.’ There was dismay in the  congregaon. But he went on: ‘Judgment is whispering into the ear of a merciful and compassionate God the story of my life which I had never been able to tell.’ It is a very great  encouragement to think of being in the presence of God who is both merciful and full of compassion, because God knows me through and through and understands me far be+er than I could ever know and understand myself, or anyone else. Only he can truly make sense of my confused and rambling story…” 

The me will come for each of us to appear before our God to render an account of our lives. It will not be a frightening moment, unless to the bi+er end we have turned away from him or consciously ignored him. Instead it will be a moment of deliverance and peace when we can whisper into his  merciful and compassionate ear the story of all our years  and be forgiven and made whole.

(Connect! Uning Word & World, Silas S. Henderson, SDS, MTS, Nov. 6, 2016)

Mass Schedule A Holy Day of Obligation December 8 8:15 am - School Mass - Church Noon & 7:00 pm - Church 5:30 pm - Hispanic December 7 - Vigil Mass 5:00 pm 

We would like to welcome all new parishioners to Prince of Peace Church! New Member Sunday will be held on the 1st Sunday of every month immediately following the 8:30 am Mass in Deasy Hall. Please join us for coffee and pastries and meet the church staff, priests and other new members. Information on ways to get more involved in the parish will be available. We look forward to seeing you at the next New Member Sunday on December 4!

4:00 pm Christmas Mass Changes As you may know, our parish is connuously blessed with new parishioners weekly. Due to this significant growth, we are faced with how to handle this blessing responsibly. Aer prayerful consideraon, we will no longer have the ‘reenactment of the Gospel’ during Mass. Even though it has been a long standing tradion within this Parish, the safety of all parishioners,  especially the large number of shepherds and angels, must come first. We thank you in advance for your  understanding in this safety manner. The pastoral staff prays that you and your family connue to enjoy one of the many Mass mes offered. Please see the bullen or website for our Christmas Mass schedule and may God bless you during this Advent Season.  Christmas Eve Mass Schedule: 4:00 pm Ͳ Church & Deasy Hall Ͳ English 6:00 pm Ͳ Church Ͳ English 8:00 pm Ͳ Church Ͳ English; Deasy Hall Ͳ Hispanic Christmas Day Mass Schedule: 9:00 am Ͳ Church Ͳ English 1:30 pm Ͳ Church Ͳ Hispanic

A  W lc  ... • 4600 Preserve Pkwy • Hoover, AL 35226 • 205.822.9125 • church.offi[email protected] • Fr. John Fallon, Pastor •



Pr, F mai  & Pi Ent Mass Intentions for November 28 - December 4

Monday  Tuesday  Wednesday  Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday    

8:30 am Rev. CJ Bogeo † 6:30 pm Beatrice Juliano † 8:30 am Sr. Mary Jude Clark † 7:00 pm Para la Iglesia 8:30 am Rosalie Sacco † 5:00 pm Beverly Kuerner 8:30 am Joseph Tambrello 8:30 am Alice Roper  † 5:00 pm Tony & Frances Troncalli † 7:00 am Frances Pardi † 8:30 am Libby Troncalli † 1:30 pm Para la Iglesia  5:00 pm Josephine Vizzinia  † 7:00 pm Para la Iglesia S.I. = Special Inten3on † = In Memory

Backpack Prep Anyone wishing to help pack backpacks for the  students in need at Simmons, Holy Family, and Our Lady of Fama Schools will meet on the 1st Thursday of each month at 6:00 pm in the St. Jude Room. Your total me invested will be an hour, but you may come and go as needed. No regular commitment necessary, just show up! Our next meeng is:

Thursday, December 1 6:00 pm - St. Jude Room

1st Fri^[y Nov_n[ M[ss & So]i[l Join us Friday, December 2, for an 8:30 am Novena Mass with coffee & treats in Deasy Hall to immediately follow. We encourage our Adults & Seniors to attend this fellowship event! We hope to see you there!

• • • Happenings • • •

Childcare services are available at the POP Nursery during Sunday morning programs and Wednesday night RCIA.

Monday - November 28 Centering Prayer - 9:30 - 10:30 am - St. Martin Knights of Columbus - 7:00 pm - St. Jude

Tuesday - November 29 PraySing! - 9:30 am - St. Elizabeth W.O.W. Women of Worship - 9:30 am - St. Jude Topic: Advent Light by Stephen J. Binz Adult Bible Study - “The Reformations” - 9:30 am - St. Monica Topic: Lessons and Legacies of the Reformations Caring Needles - 1:00 pm - St. Elizabeth

Wednesday - November 30 PraySing! - 9:30 am & 5:00 pm - St. Elizabeth Wednesday Night Dinner - 5:30 pm - Deasy Hall MS Youth Group - 5:30 pm - Deasy Hally, 6:00 pm - Cafeteria Glorybound Choir - Grades K-12 - 6:00 pm - Church Bible Study with Fr. Holloway - 6:15 pm - Chapel Topic: Book of Isaiah RCIA - 6:30 pm - St. Jude HS Youth Group - 6:30 pm - Youth Room

Thursday - December 1 Centering Prayer - 6:30 - 7:15 pm - St. Elizabeth Backpack Prep - 6:00 pm - St. Jude

Friday - December 2 1st Friday Novena Mass & Social - 8:30 am - Chapel, Deasy Hall M.O.M.S. Group - 9:30 pm - St. Jude Topic: Unglued by Lysa Terkeurst Contact: Isabelle Silko, 205.821.1390 Hispanic Adoration - 7:00 pm - 2:00 am - Church

Saturday - December 3 Fair Trade Sale - After 5:00 pm Mass

Sunday - December 4 Fair Trade Sale - After all Masses Scripture in Action - 9:45 am - St. Elizabeth Adult Education Series: “Catholicism: The Pivotal Players” - 9:45 am - St. Monica Topic: Bl. John Henry Newman - The Convert Cub Scouts Pack 326 - Den Meeting - 3:00 - 5:00 pm - St. Jude HS Youth Group - 6:00 - 8:00 pm - Youth Room

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Pr, F mai  & Pi Ent Financial Stewardship

Bread & Roses

“At an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come,” says today’s Gospel. Good stewards know that they are accountable to God for all they have and are and strive to live in readiness for His coming. 

Sunday, December 11     

Financial Stewardship for November 12 & 13: Building Fund $ 27,292.00 Offertory $ 17,655.00 Backpack $ 29.00 Faith Direct 10/16Ͳ31/16: $ 32,242.67

Contact Carol Binder at 205.540.5784 or [email protected] if you would  like to help serve or provide food at the  Church of the Reconciler. 

Breakfast with Santa! A Fundraiser for Adventure Ark Playschool

Tuesday, December 6 9:00 am in Deasy Hall

Care Packages for the Homeless

$5 per person - Tickets are available through December 4 in the Playschool Office.

The Middle School Youth Group is partnering with the Bread & Roses Ministry to create care packages for the homeless. We are in need of travelͲsized shampoo, soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, deodorant, loon,  ssues, chapsck, gum, wet wipes, and BandͲAids. If you have hotelͲsized toiletries in your home, please consider donang those as well. A basket has been placed in the Gathering Space for your donaons. The MSYG will  deliver assembled packages on December 11. 

Please bring an unwrapped gift for Baby Jesus. Gifts will be donated to underprivileged new mothers. Items suggested: hooded towels, crib sheets, onesies, sleepers, diapers (Newborn or Size 1), and baby lotion, shampoo or wash.

Service Project

The Middle School Youth Group is also accepng  donaons of le6over Halloween candy for a service  project benefing the Posada and Our Lady of  Guadalupe celebraons. A basket has been placed  in the Gathering Space for your donaon. 

Fair Trade Sale December 3 & 4

Please make plans to a;end POP’s Fair Trade Sale aer all the Masses the weekend of December 3 & 4. As the Year of Mercy comes to a close, you can connue to show mercy to your brothers and sisters around the world. By purchasing Fair Trade gis and items, you are pu?ng your faith into acon and changing lives in  profound ways. When arsts and crasmen and women are given fair wage, they are able to provide for their families and build up their community. This holiday, give meaningful gis that provide sustainable income for those in developing countries and helps to break the cycle of poverty in their communies. 

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Pr, F mai  & Pi Ent Religious Education Love Endures All Things

This means that love bears every trial with a posive a9tude. It stands firm in hosle surroundings. This ‘endurance’ involves not only the ability to tolerate certain aggravaons, but something greater: a constant readiness to confront any challenge. It is a love that never gives up, even in the darkest hour. It shows a certain dogged heroism, a power to resist every negave current, an irrepressible commitment to goodness. Here I think of the words of Marn Luther King, who met every kind of trial and  tribulaon with fraternal love: ‘The person who hates you most has some good in him; even the naon that hates you most has some good in it; even the race that hates you most has some good in it. And when you come to the point that you look in the face of every man and see deep down within him what religion calls ‘the image of God,’ you begin to love him in spite of (everything). No ma+er what he does, you see God’s image there. There is an element of goodness that he can never sluff off…...Another way that you love your enemy is this: when the opportunity presents itself for you to defeat your enemy, that is the me which you must not do it…...When you rise to the level of love, of its great beauty and power, you seek only to defeat evil systems. (Taken from Pope Francis’ The Joy of Love)  Upcoming Dates: November 27: No classes: Happy Thanksgiving!  December 4 & 11: Sunday School for all grades. December 25, January 1: No classes: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Please contact Megan Evere$, megan.evere @popcatholic.org, for more informa&on or ques&ons. 



Nearly 100 children who are  preparing for First Eucharist in May 2017, along with their parents, enjoyed a Sunday a6ernoon  retreat at POP. Hispanic children prepare for their First Eucharist in a separate twoͲyear program that acknowledges their cultural  heritage and customs. EightyͲfive students in that program will also receive First Eucharist in May, bringing the total to about 200 students! 

Six priests were present to hear the children’s First  Reconciliaon: Fr. John Fallon, Fr. Gerald Holloway,  Fr. José Guevara, Fr. Jerry Deasy, Fr. Ray Dunmyer, and Msgr. Michael Sexton, V.G.. Also as part of the retreat, students decorated felt squares with symbols of the Eucharist that will be assembled into a quilt and  displayed. They also worked alongside their parents to embellish a pillowcase preprinted with a “60Ͳsecond prayer” to the Trinity to help them with bedme prayer: “God, thank you for a great day; Jesus, forgive me for my sins; Holy Spirit, help me make good choices.” 

The retreat was led by Megan Evere+ (Director of  Formaon) and Connie Angstadt (School Principal) with muchͲappreciated assistance from parishioners Ericka Zoeblein, Tiffany Young and Kaitlyn Brown. 

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Pr, F mai  & Pi Ent

Best Advent Ever What would it take for you to have your best Christmas ever?

We prepare for everything we consider important in life and that includes Christmas. We shop for gifts, bake cookies, decorate our trees, and visit family and friends until we’re ready to drop. Best Advent Ever is a free email program that will help you prepare for Christmas in a different way. Beginning the first Sunday of Advent (November 27) and continuing everyday until December 26, you’ll receive short inspirational videos, practical tips, or free Christmas music that will help you slow down during the busy Christmas season to focus on what’s really important in life.

Sign up on www.dynamiccatholic.com/best-advent-ever.

Casting Lots for the Seamless Garment (John 19:23-24)

Quote from Pope Francis

“To clothe the naked: what does it mean if not to restore dignity to one who has lost it? Certainly giving clothing to one who has none; but let us also think about the women vicms of trafficking, cast onto the streets, or of other many ways of using the human body as a  commodity, even that of minors. Likewise, not having a job, a house, a fair wage are forms of nakedness; being discriminated against on account of race, of faith, are all forms of ‘nakedness,’ to which as Chrisans we are called to be a+enve, vigilant and ready to act.” Ͳ Pope Francis, General Audience, 10/26/16  (USCCB Dept of Jusce, Peace and Human Development) For more informa!on on the Seamless Garment, please contact Tom & Elsbeth Germanson: 205.565.3456, [email protected].

Stewardship: Parishioner’s Answering God’s Call in Service

Recently, at a 6 month checkup appointment, a parishioner was sharing with her denst the great work being done by one of our ministries for the children in the Weekender Backpack Program. The local denst was so moved by what she heard that she donated travel sized toothpastes to be given away. A kind and thoughOul deed.  Please submit your stewardship story examples to [email protected].  They may be edited for space consideraon. 

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Pr, F mai  & Pi Ent BBQ Pork Butt Sale $35 

Sponsored by the POP Knights of Columbus 

PickͲup is Friday, December 2, 5:00 Ͳ 8:00 pm and Saturday, December 3, 8:00 am Ͳ Noon. 

Buy now at any Mass with cash, check or credit card! On sale in the Church Office by cash or check only.  Enjoy the SEC Championship Weekend with family and great BBQ!

The Welcome Desk Needs You

Does life keep you too busy to volunteer countless hours? Consider spending just a few short minutes welcoming new  members of our parish. The Hospitality Pillar is in need of 5 volunteers to work the Welcome Desk in the Gathering Space once a month for 10Ͳ15 minutes following the 5:00 pm Saturday Mass. Please  contact Bridget Carter if you are  interested: 205.441.8992 or [email protected].

Sock and Underwear Drive!

The families of Simmons, Holy Family and Our Lady of Fama Schools that we provide Weekend Backpacks to, o/en lack the basic necessies. Therefore, we are collecng socks and underwear to deliver to these schools over the winter. If you would like to parcipate, most sizes are acceptable  (K Ͳ 8th grade, male and female students). Socks must be SOLID white or black with no logos (no stripes). Look for the bin  labeled “Sock and Underwear Drive” in the Gathering Space. Donaons will be  accepted from present thru December 14. Thank you for making a difference in these young children’s lives. 

Prince of Peace Catholic School Kindergarten Information Meeting 2017-2018 School Year

Are you interested in finding out more about our Catholic School? Please join our team for an informaon meeng on Monday, December 5 at 8:15 am in the school library. Families are also welcome to sign up for a school tour by calling 205.824.7886. Tours are given on Thursdays. Applicaons are accepted year round and are available on our website www.popcatholic.org or by picking one up in the school office. Families will be nofied of acceptance in February. 

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Pr, F mai  & Pi Ent Knights of Columbus members from both Prince of Peace and St. Peter the Apostle presented a check to Gold Star Family, Marynell & George Winslow, for Wreaths Across America. The Winslow’s will coordinate the placement of wreaths upon the graves of some 700 veterans in the  Birmingham and Trussville areas. George & Marynell’s son, U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal Ryan Winslow, gave the ulmate sacrifice for his country in Iraq in 2006. Paul  DeMarco, parishioner and former state representave, helped the Knights connect to the Winslow’s.  Prayer List - Lista de Oraciones Please remember to pray for all of our sick and recovering loved ones. If you would like to add or remove someone to/from the prayer list, please contact the parish office. Names will remain on the list for 3 months unless notified. To be part of the parish prayer chain, email [email protected]. Paul Kesterson Amy Judge Leah Jane Robey Susan W. Wright Lenora Sharkey Karen Real Jack Pflaum Evelyn Pflaum Andy Simulia

Lisa Woof Graham Woof Angela Judge Tamara Fee James Delano Mary Davis Terri Sams Dolly Carrol Dee Bissett

Military & First Responders Prayer List Please pray for all of our military serving here and abroad: Jared Fitzgerald, USMC Joseph Byrd, USNG Craig Hollis, USAF

Rick Crocker Doris Greg Errol Austin Curtis Austin Mike Vesta Nicholas Lanzi Zeek Hughes Alan Cruz Denis Abercrombie

Debra Rice Anna Hamblen Jake Culotta Carol Jean Miranda Patricia Muldowney Carmella Pistone Virginia Guarino Charles Pardi Virginia Lorino

John Okon, USN Jessica Stephens, USN Matt Stephens, USN Mark Okon, USN Laurin Okon, USN Harold Eddy, USA Francisco Rodriguez, USMC Duffy Towey, USCG Joey Gable, USAF

George Holloway Caroline Sammis Madison Sammis Guadalupe Espada Claudia Charme Lowell Pannell Virginia Renta Sally Lee Linda Carnattio

Amy Williams, USN Philiip West, USA Bradley Hallmark, USAF Matthew Russell, USMC Aaron Torczynski, USAF Austin C. Daniel, USN Charles L. Kidd II, USA Joseph Lujano, USN Eduardo Reyes, USNG

Donna Dogil Rick Goff Joe Miranda David Andreas Bernard Scalisi Kathy Benner Clara Bragg

Chris Silko, USAF Anthony Roth, USAF Justin Roberts, POLICE Nicholas Tylka, USA Ryan Menasco, USMC Dennis Wigge, POLICE Bernard F. Ceravolo IV, USAF Eugene Elking, USAF

We are a Stewardship Parish The four pillars of stewardship: Prayer, Forma'on, Service and Hospitality help parishioners witness,  experience and live the stewardship way of life. These four pillars support the parish community and we are all called through our bap#smal promises to contribute our #me, talent and treasure to them. 

ANOINTING OF THE SICK

If you are ill and would like to receive the Sacrament of the Sick and/or the Eucharist, please contact the parish office. 

MARRIAGE

Arrangements must be made six months in advance with the parish. A marriage  prepara'on class is required. 

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PARISH MEMBERSHIP

All families and individuals are welcome.  Registra'on forms are in the church lobby at the welcome desk or in the church office. Please inform the church office of address changes. 



Misi Hi pn La Esquina del Padre Un Propósito y Un Desno

La segunda venida de Cristo y la vida eterna, impregnan las oraciones de la iglesia y las liturgias durante las úlmas  semanas del año litúrgico. Y aun así, para muchos esto  parece innecesariamente negavo y hasta macabro. Sin  duda para muchos, finales de noviembre es un empo para dar gracias y el inicio de la fiebre preͲnavideña. Por eso, la posibilidad de la venida de un juicio o la idea de estar  atentos y preparados no es precisamente bienvenida.  Algunos podrían tratar de tachar estas ideas como teología ancuada y hasta como una mala interpretación de las  escrituras. 

Tristemente muchos Crisanos han tenido el anuncio del juicio usado como una arma en contra de ellos, como una especie de vara divina que deambula sobre sus cabezas, siempre lista para casgar. Pero el negar o ignorar la  expectava del juicio y la promesa de plenitud del reino de Dios es negar que nuestra fe ene un propósito y un desno. Pero nosotros si tenemos un propósito y un desno: Unión con Dios y entre nosotros mismos en el reino de Dios Como decía el padre jesuita, filósofo y cienYfico Pierre Teilhard de Chardin “Se siempre fiel a  mismo pero siempre  dirigiéndote hacia arriba, avanzando hacia una conciencia y un amor superior. En la cima te encontraras con todos  aquellos que vienen de diferentes direcciones, que han  tomado el mismo ascenso.

Nuestras Felicitaciones A Emigdio Castañón y Maura López, de Calera, Al, quienes celebraron sus 50 años de Matrimonio este 25 de noviembre en la iglesia Príncipe de Paz. El padre José Luis Guevara  Celebro la bendición de sus bodas de oro. La pareja ene 10 hijos, Marco Antonio, Emigdio, María Isabel, Alejandra,  Laurenno, Octavio, María de Jesús, Víctor Hugo, San Juana,  y María Dolores quienes celebraron con ellos.  Los dos son muy acvos en las misas de la Iglesia, Emigdio es ministro de la EucarisLa, y miembro de la adoración nocturna. Maura es parte del equipo de Cursillos y también organiza viajes grupales a la basílica de nuestra Señora de Guadalupe en México. La pareja fue casada por el padre Juan Narvais en la Capilla de Fáma, en Pozo Bendito, Rayón S.L.P, México, el 3 de Febrero de 1967.

Proximos Eventos Se les invita a todos los niños de la parroquia a las Posadas el  18 de Diciembre después de la misa de 1:30 pm. 

Mas información en los próximos bole&nes.

¡Les Deseamos Muchas Felicidades! ¡Rodrigo Cisneros y Lise;e Hernández! Por su boda

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Misi Hi pn Horarios de Oficina

Padre José Luis Guevara Lunes 10:30 am Ͳ 4:30 pm Martes y Jueves 2:00 Ͳ 8:00 pm

Número de teléfono de la oficina: 205.822.9125 x 22

Nubia Kosoglow Lunes Ͳ Jueves 9:00 am Ͳ 2:30 pm

Celebración de la Virgen de Guadalupe

[email protected]

Educación Religiosa El amor lo puede todo

Esto quiere decir que el amor soporta toda prueba con una  actud posiva. Se manene firme en cualquier adversidad, esto incluye no solo la capacidad para tolerar ciertas  provocaciones, pero algo mayor, una preparación constante a confrontar cualquier obstáculo. Es un amor que nunca se rinde, aun en las horas mas oscuras. Un poder que resiste cualquier corriente negava, un incontenible compromiso a la bondad (Papa Francisco).



         

Fechas Especiales 

Noviembre 27 Ͳ No hay clases Deciembre 4, 11, 18 Ͳ Se resumen las clases de Educación   Religiosa Ͳ 12:00 pm y 6:00 pm

11 de Diciembre será la vigilia, iniciaremos con la santa Misa a las 7:00 pm a connuación será la procesión, seguida por el rosario, terminado con un pequeño convivio.

Aviso



12 de Diciembre iniciaremos con la Santa misa a las 7:00 pm que será celebrada por el excelen#simo señor Obispo  Robert J. Baker, seguida por un convivio y festejo.   

Para mas información comunicarse a las oficinas de la Iglesia.

Clases Pre-Matrimoniales No habrán Clases PreͲmatrimoniales el mes de Diciembre,  revisar próximo boleYn para las fechas en que se reanudaran  las clases.

Ya se abrieron las clases de perseverancia en Educación  Religiosa, para los niños que sean menores de quince años,  y todavía no pueden empezar las clases de Confirmación, para mas información comunicarse con Laura o llamar a las  oficinas de la iglesia 205.822.9125 ext. 22.

Respondiendo al Llamado de Dios

Nunca subesmemos el poder de la oración. Recientemente una de nuestros feligreses estaba muy agradecida de estar en la lista de oración de la iglesia, recibiendo las oraciones de muchas personas. Ella fue la beneficiaria de un exitoso  trasplante de riñón y ella atribuye este gran éxito a todas las oraciones ofrecidas en su nombre. 

Platicas Bautismales No habrán placas Bausmales en el mes de Diciembre, las  próximas placas serán el Jueves 12 de Enero del 2017.

Muchas felicidades a nuestras Quinceañeras del mes de Noviembre!!!

¡Nueva Misa los Domingos en Español!

Cynthia Zavala Castro, Jennifer Acosta,  y María Concepción Urquiza Romero

Los invitamos a la nueva Misa que  ofrecemos los domingos a las 7:00pm.

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