Christmas Prayer

Greetings to you as we enter into the final moments of Advent and gather with heightened anticipation of the coming of the King of Kings! We pray for you and your family and friends many blessings during this time and into the new year.

Please find below a prayer for your use as you gather with loved ones to celebrate the coming of the Light of the World and hope for all humankind. It is from About.com: Catholicism.

This beautiful prayer reminds us what Christmas is all about. A Child is born, but He is no ordinary child; He is the Lord of all, Jesus Christ, Whose kingdom will have no end. And we, if we follow Him and grow in holiness, will live in that kingdom eternally.

This is a perfect prayer to pray after arriving home from Midnight Mass, or on Christmas morning, before opening presents. You can also pray it as part of your table grace before Christmas dinner. And, of course, any prayer for Christmas can be prayed every day up through the Feast of Epiphany (January 6). There is no need even to change the words "this day": The celebration of the feast continues through the Twelve Days of Christmas, as if it were a single day.

Prayer for the Feast of Christmas

Ant. A light shall shine upon us this day: for our Lord is born to us; and He shall be called Wonderful, God, the Prince of peace, the Father of the world to come, of Whose kingdom there shall be no end.

V. A child is born to us.

R. And to us a Son is given.

Let us pray.
Grant, we beseech Thee, O Lord our God, that we who rejoice in celebrating the birthday of our Lord Jesus Christ may deserve by holiness of life to attain unto fellowship with Him. Who liveth and reigneth forever and ever. Amen.

CRS' Food Fast Program - REMINDER

There are great resources available from Catholic Relief Services to promote and implement a hunger retreat program in your parish, school or deanery.

Food Fast resources are available in both english and spanish.

Do you want to do an impactful retreat for Confirmation? Do you want to prepare your group for a mission trip by grounding them in Catholic Social Teaching and a lived experience of solidarity? Are you looking for a way to get your parish community involved in youth ministry?

Food Fast is a great program for all of the above!

You can collaborate and partner with neighboring parishes to share the work load and to organize the event. All permission slips, schedules, activities, prayers, ice breakers are available on line at the Food Fast website and are new, fresh and powerful. www.foodfast.org

Speakers can be brought in for an additional powerful element of the experience.
CRS has more than 70 priests, deacons, and seminarians committed to spreading the message about our gospel call to global solidarity. Our Global Fellows have witnessed firsthand how the work of CRS helps bring joy and assistance to those in need around the world.A CRS Global Fellow can visit your youth group and community and share how CRS is helping those who are hungry overseas. To invite a Global Fellow to your community contact Mikaele Sansone at 410-951-7336 or msansone@crs.org.

UW Newman Center - UW Common Book Symposium - "Dreams from my Father", Thursday, November 5, 7pm

The UW Newman Center is hosting a symposium on this year’s UW Common Book (the book that all the freshman are required to read and everyone else is encouraged to read), "Dreams from my Father" by President Barack Obama.

While directed to the UW student population, all young adults are welcome to attend!

The event is on:
Thursday, Nov. 5th @7:00pm
and will feature a panel of distinguished guests including;
Ed Taylor, Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Education,
Hubert Locke, Professor and Dean Emeritus of Public Affairs
Fr. Jordan Bradshaw, O.P., Director of UW Newman Center

The discussion will be moderated by Christine Ingebritsen, Professor of Scandinavian Studies.

If you have any questions about the event or the UW Newman Center, please contact Janet Heva, Campus Minister.

Janet Heva
Campus Minister
Prince of Peace Catholic Newman Center
at the University of Washington

office: (206) 527-5072
fax: (206) 527-2140
email: janet@uwnewman.org

Catholic Newman Center
4502 20th Ave NE
Seattle, WA 98105
www.uwnewman.org

Catholic Relief Services Food Fast - Who is doing it in Region II?

A request has gone out to see who in Region II is doing Food Fast and whether there would be interest in collaborating. This is a great way to get youth involved in parish youth ministry who might not be involved in other ways and/or to prepare/develop a group for summer mission experiences. You probably have already received your postcard and ordered materials but if not you can get materials and more information online here.

Region II Gathering - Thursday, Oct. 22, 7-9pm, St. Madeline Sophie

We will be coming together to follow up our meeting time at the Fall Gathering at the Palisades Retreat Center on September 10. This will be an important meeting to discuss, among the following:
1. ACCY for 2009-10
2. Gathering schedule for 2009-10
3. Goals, purpose, mission of Region II - what will we focus on in 2009-10.
There will be a formal agenda sent out the week of the meeting. Please contact Tauno Latvala at tauno.latvala@seattlearch.org if you have thoughts!
Address at St. Madeline Sophie is 4400 130th Place SE, Bellevue, WA 98006

Region II Blog Page Up and Running...

This blog page will give all those involved in Youth and Young Adult Ministry in Region II an opportunity to find out what is going on in regards to the region. If you have ideas about what would be helpful in regards to information or posts, please contact Tauno Latvala at tauno.latvala@seattlearch.org. Look for posts to come...