Christ the King Church

SOCIAL JUSTICE SPEAKER EVENT

The presentation will take place at St. Thomas the Apostle on Sunday, February 22, after the 9:00 Mass

The CTK and STA Social Justice Team will host Steve Kraemer, the executive director of Conversations With Friends (CWF). CWF is a dedicated volunteer group that visits people detained in immigration custody. Both parishes participated with CWF in writing Christmas cards to detainees in December and many parishioners wanted to know more about this organization. Steve will tell us about the detention facilities and the detention process.

We also welcome Michele Garnett McKenzie, executive director of The Advocates for Human Rights. She has been an immigration attorney for thirty years. 

The two speakers will also provide ways for us to become involved in programs to assist detainees and their families and to advocate for immigration reform. 

Feel free to join the team at the 9:00 Mass at STA. Refreshments will be served. 

FOOD SHELF COLLECTION FOR ASCENSION

We will continue to collect food all month long to assist with the desperate need for food. If you would like to make a $ donation to put towards the purchase of food please place it in marked ASCENSION FOOD DRIVE envelope. Make checks to CTK and in memo put Ascension Food Drive.
 
Needed items: (They are requesting items in small packaging to serve more families)

LIST OF MOST NEEDED ITEMS
 
Please note the location change for the Food Drive. We have moved to the open area by the staircase.  Those tables will stay up for donation to be placed there and will be picked up each weekend.
 
With the current situation, families have fear of going out. They are not visiting the food shelf. We are going to help with delivering bags of food to the families.  If you are interested in helping with these efforts please contact Janell to sign up.

SUNDAY NURSERY IS ALMOST HERE

Thanks to some wonderful parish volunteers, including from the Saints Men’s Club, our repairs are complete and the final items are being set up for our Nursery Care!  We are so blessed to have had these folks take on the task of finishing our space so that our toddlers can have a safe place to be during our 9 am Masses. WE NEED VOLUNTEERS TO ASSIST OUR NURSERY CARE STAFF PERSON IF WE WANT TO BE OPEN!  Please contact Erin O’Leary, Director of Discipleship to help. Please watch for more information on our opening and check out these photos!  

JOIN THE LITURGICAL AND ENVIRONMENT TEAM

Christ, the King is looking to rebuild our liturgical art and environment team.  We are looking for interior designers, architects, or display artists and creative people who have an eye for large spaces. Knowledge specific to church liturgical environment is useful, but can also be easily learned.  We are also looking for able-bodied people to help do the work.  Work is seasonal, sometimes on weekdays and sometimes on weekends. 

If you are interested in offering your time and talent in this way, please contact Moya at mmmathews@ctkmpls.org.  The tentative first meeting of the team will be held on Sunday, February 15, at noon (after the 11 AM Mass) in the parish library.