3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time January 24 2016

Staff Rev. Carl Del Giudice

Pastor

Rev. Mr. Charles Knight

Retired

803-581-8713

Rev. Mr. Curtiss Todd

704-817-7285

Mrs. Sarah Gross

Administrative Assistant

704-375-4339

Mr. Joseph McGuire

Maintenance

704-375-4339

All are welcome in this place

Mass Schedule/Intentions

Saturday Jan. 23:

5:00 PM-Vigil

Sunday Jan. 24: 8:00 AM

11:00 AM - Mass offered for

the repose of the soul of Terence Oli-

ver Moore Sr. in honor of the second

anniversary of his death Jan 20, 2014

by Adelee Moore

Tuesday, Jan. 26: 8:30AM

Wednesday, Jan. 27: 8:30AM

Thursday, Jan. 28: 8:30AM

Friday , Jan. 29: 8:30 AM

Reconciliation

Saturday: 4:00-4:30 PM or by

appointment

Baptism/Marriage Please contact Fr. Carl

Del Giudice

I am the light of the world, says the Lord; whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life. ~John 8:12

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring glad tidings to the poor...Jesus said to them, “Today this Scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing” ~ Luke 4: 14– 21

Parish Weekly Income Report

Week of January 10, 2016

Offertory $9,479.91 $ 9,615.00

Debt Reduction $ 565.00 $ 2,308.00

Building Repair $ 340.00

Total $10,384.91 $11,923.00

Prayer Intentions Please Pray For:

Thomasina Carr, Lamonte Bailey, the Bailey Family, Idalia Brown, Errin Rochelle, Vincent Gomez, Carmen Pantoja-Perez, Fr. Jim Goode, Joseph Castro, Pamela Gellineau, Michele Gellineau-Green, Bennie P. Evans, June Rousseau, Maria Rousseau, Alberta Lewis, Ural Covington, Adrena Taylor, Mattie Harvell, Harry Baptiste, Carolyn Oates, Christine Oates, Sr. Bessie McCarthy, Jake Suggs, Robert Collins, Jr., Lucielle Tate, Kate Truesdale, Ricky Carr, Celeste Carr, Elizabeth Nance, Janice Rucker, Jensen McDonald, Bennie Evans, Maria Allen, Priscilla Duncan, Dilvia Sanchez, Eric Polite, Regina Delgado, Dwight Kersey, and the special intentions of our parishioners. If you or a member of your family is ill or recuperating, you may request a prayer shawl from our Prayer Shawl Ministry. Please call Carol Gominiak at 704-614-5908.

Please pray for the Repose of the Soul of: Sherri Raglan Hughley, sister in law of Alvin and Deborah Hughley-Bond The father of Bartina Edwards

Budgeted Amount

If you are attending Mass regularly at Our Lady of Consolation, and have not registered in the parish, we invite you to become members of the Consolation family. Registration forms are available from the ushers or online at www.ourladyofconsolation.org on the home tab. The form may be dropped in the collection basket

Daily Readings & Calendar January 24-30

Sunday January 24 Neh. 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10, 1 Cor. 12:12-30 Lk 1:1-4; 4:14-21

8:00AM Mass, C 9:30AM Faith Formation, PLC 11:00AM Mass, C 4PM - Basketball, gym

Mon. January 25 Acts 22:3-16 MK 16:15-18

7PM, Bible Study, CH

Tue. January 26 2Tm 1:1-18: Mk 3:31-35

8:30AM Mass, CH 11:30AM, Food Pantry 6:00PM - Scouting, gym

Wed. January 27 2Sm 7:4-17 Mk 4:1-20

8:30AM Mass, CH 6PM - Wildcat Basketball 7PM - RCIA

Thur. January 28 2 Sm 7:18-19, 24-29 Mk 4:21-25

8:30 AM Mass, CH

Fri. January 29 2 Sm 11:1-4a, 5-10a, 13-17 Mk 4:26-34

8:30 AM Mass, CH 12:00PM - 2:00PM Men’s group cooking 11:30AM - Food Pantry

Sat. January 30 2Sm 12:1-7a, 10-17 Mk 4:35-41

6:30AM - 9:00AM Prayer Group, CH 9AM - 4PM Men’s Group shelter program 4:00PM Confessions, C 5:ooPM Vigil Mass, C

St Martin de Porres Ministry We are collecting non perishable food for the pan-try. Donations can be left on the gray cart in the PLC Atrium, in the vestibule of the church or dropped off in the Parish Office. Our most wanted items include peanut butter and jelly, canned chick-en and tuna and cereal. All contributions are appreciated. Thank you for your continued support!

Key: C - Church, CH - Chapel, PLC - Parish Life Center To reserve a room for a meeting or activity, please request a Facility Usage Form from the Parish Office or online at www.ourladyofconsolation.org

Ministry Schedule January 30 & 31, 2016

Extraordinary Minister’s of Communion 1/30 - 5PM J. Edouard, C Edouard, D Brown host 1/31 - 8AM S Lawerence, P Howey, W Jackson, L Johnson, Z Kenner Host 1/31 - 11AM F Dennis, E Hood, G Hood Host. M But-ler, D Wadsworth, S Fowler Chapel, K Rose Chapel Reader’s of the Word 1/30 - 5PM Deloris Brown 1/31 - 8AM Harry Scott 1/31 - 11AM Catherine Gomez 1st, Mary Jones RP, Sam Cooper 2nd

Thank you for all your support for the 2015 DSA Campaign! More information for the 2016 cam-paign will be available soon. All 2015 giving statement requests will be mailed by January 29, 2016. If you need one and have not requested it please do so as soon as possible.

Our Lady of Consolation Catholic Church Charlotte, North Carolina www.ourladyofconsolation.org

PARISH NEWS G.I.F.T. Winter Semester 2016 Course Spotlight Full course brochures are available in the vestibule or Parish office. The following

are some of the courses offered in the 2016 Winter Semester:

Course C: Hey! You Talkin' to Me?

Conversation with God

Presented by Fr. Pat Hoare

Thursdays (Feb. 4, 11, 18, 25), 7 to

8:30 pm, St. John Neumann Church

Registration fee $30

Course D: The History of the Catholic

Church in the United States

Presented by Dave Galusha, MA

Mondays (Feb. 1,8, 22), 7 to 9 pm,

St. Matthew Church Reg. Fee $30

Course E: The Book of Revelation

Presented by Sr. Mary Hugh

Mauldin, RSM, MA

Tuesdays (Feb. 2, 9, 16, 23), 7 to 8:30 pm, St. Gabriel Church

Reg. Fee $30

Course F: Genesis Revisited

Presented by Susan Brady, MA

Fridays (February 5, 12, 19, 26),

10 to 11:30 am, St. Matthew

Church Reg. Fee $30

Registration is available throught the brocheur in the vestibule, in the Parish Office or online at www.stmatthewscatholic.org/GIFT.

Monday Bible Study The Monday Bible study group will be meeting on Monday, January 25 at 7PM in the Chapel. All are welcome!

Altar Server Training - Have you

ever thought about

becoming an Altar Server?

Here is your chance. There

will be a mandatory

training for new servers and refresher

for all experienced Altar Servers on

Saturday, January 30, 2016 from 9:00

am to 2:00 pm in the Church. New

servers, youth and adults, who have

received the Sacrament of the Eucharist

(e.g. First Communion), are welcomed to

attend. Contact Sam Cooper at 704-

308-4661 for additional information.

Wildcats Basketball The Our Lady of Consolation Wildcats play basketball games on Saturdays this January and February. Most games are at

Mount Sinai Church, 1243 West Blvd. Come out and support our senior boys team! Please check for game times at www.mycaa.org OLC Men’s Group Hosting Breakfast The OLC Men’s Group will be hosting a breakfast for the 2nd Ward West Charlotte Men’s Breakfast club on Sunday Feb. 14 from 8AM-10AM in the gym. The group is lead by President Robert Parks and will also be joining us

for Mass that morning.

Red Heart Jazz Night The OLC Ladies Guild will be hosting the Red Heart Jazz night Saturday Feb. 6, 2016 from 8PM-11PM in the gym. There will be live music, dancing and light hors d’oeuvre’s. Tickets are $25 and available from any Ladies Guild member or in the Parish Office. For more information contact Wendy Cutting at 704 293 7060 or Clair

Harvey 704-531-6037

Shining Stars Adult Day Respite Shining Stars is a non-profit adult day respite program for members of our community with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s Disease. The program runs Mon.– Thurs. 10AM -3PM. For more information contact Suzanne Bach at

704-335-0253.

Living As The Body of Christ Some of St Paul’s best known and most beloved imagery is contained in the passages from First Corinthians that we have heard last week and this week: the many gifts granted by the one Body of Christ. Few passages from sacred scripture more accurately sum up how Christian vocations work together. Unlike some of Paul’s other writings, which are the product of the

social and religious conventions of his time, these enable us to look at our own lives and the lives of those around us to discern what gifts, what vocations the Holy Spirit has given for the good of all. We can like wise know the joys and sorrows of the other members of the Body and share in them for the strengthening of the whole Body of

Christ. ~Copyright © JS Paluch Co.

Attention All OLC Youth Grades 3

– 12! Save The Date for the Youth

Writing Event Feb. 28th 1:30PM-

3:30PM - On behalf of the Ladies

Guild and the Black Catholic Cultural

Committee we would appreciate your

support through participation in this

year’s Youth Writing Event!

The Youth Writing Event is designed to

help our children and parents distinguish

and learn about the two basic

responses to human need found in

Catholic Social teaching; charitable

works and social justice. We hope to

encourage the youth to find ways to put

their faith into action, demonstrating

both forms of Catholic Social Teaching.

Sample essay topics will be given and

all essay’s will be due by Sunday Feb.

21, 2016

If you are interested in participating

please contact Chanele Jackson,

olcladiesguild@gmail.com or 704-599-

5859 by Sunday, January 30, 2016.

2015 Giving Statements If you would like to receive a giving statement for 2015 please fill out the information below and return it to the Parish Office. The giving statement will be mailed to the address you provide. Thank you! NAME__________________________ ADDRESS_______________________ _______________________________ Envelope #_____________________

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