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“UNDER THE BIG TOP”
October 17, 18 & 19
(Friday—Sunday)
| FESTIVAL T-SHIRTS ARE HERE (AND APRONS, TOO!) The "Under the Big Top" merchandise is in and looks fantastic! These items are on sale after the weekend Masses (Saturday after the 5:00 p.m. Mass, and Sunday after the 9:00, 11:00 & 5:00 p.m. Masses). The price for these great looking tees is $10 each, with aprons going for $15 each. Show your “Parish Pride” and get yours today! CALLING ALL BAKERS! That’s right, you can show off your baking skills and help the Parish all in one shot! Bring your specialties to the Bakery Booth or the Cake-Walk Booth just before or during the festival and watch how fast they goes! Yummy! Any questions call Cynthia Olmos at (818) 216-5973 FESTIVAL SPONSORS NEEDED! This is a great opportunity to help our Parish Festival and advertise your business, too! Or maybe you’d like to honor someone special or advertise an upcoming event. In any case, our highly visible banners will surely help spread the word! WE NEED VOLUNTEERS! We are in great need of volunteers to work during the Festival. Currently, we need people to work in the prize room, which involves getting prizes ready to run out to the game booths! Please consider spending some time lending a helping hand during what is our biggest, most visible fundraiser! HELP WANTED: Seeking a motivated individual willing to solicit local businesses to advertise in our Festival Program. It really is a great deal and an easy sell! Please consider helping with this! RAFFLE REMINDER: Don’t forget to sell those tickets! Selling tickets is probably the easiest way to help the Parish Festival! Your friends, family, neighbors, and co-workers will surely be glad to help! STAY TUNED for more ways that you can make help to make this the “GREATEST FESTIVAL ON EARTH!” For more information, contact your festival “ringleaders”: Debbie Monarrez, Volunteer Coordinator, at 890-6515; or Damon Ayala, Festival Chairperson, at 483-0915. EGG-STRA! EGG-STRA! COME HELP US STUFF THE FESTIVAL EGGS this Thursday, Oct. 9! Many thanks to all those who have been part of the “egg team”. Feel free to keep eating eggs and SAVING THE SHELLS. “WHITE ELEPHANT” WISHES: 1. We wish you’d continue to collect donations; 2. We wish you would make sure that everything is clean and ready to sell; 3. We wish you would HOLD your donations until Oct. 10th, the week before the Festival… BECAUSE 4. WE WISH WE HAD MORE STORAGE SPACE!!! If you have questions, feel free to call Gerry at 284-7507 or Peggy at 285-2057. We really wish you would! |
| Just a reminder for parents of “little ones”: We have a “crying room” in the church. It is located to the right of the altar (the west side). The entry door is to the left of the red candles in front of the picture of the Sacred Heart—walk right in! The area is carpeted—perfect for crawling babies. Feel free to take advantage of this space created with your and your children in mind. |
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Join us for The Great Adventure Bible
Timeline VideoStudy to get the
WHEN & WHERE WILL THE CLASSES
BE HELD?: |
MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR
A NEW BIBLE STUDY PROGRAM!
| We will begin a new bible study program in the Parish Hall on Thursdays at 7:00 p.m., beginning on October 16. THE GREAT ADVENTURE: A Journey Through the Bible will be an ongoing study program featuring the lessons of Jeff Cavins, a renowned Catholic Bible teacher. More info next week! Or you may call our DRE, Javier Sandoval, at 284-0020, ext. 225. |
THINKING ABOUT HOW TO VOTE?
| Then come to the “Patricians” Catholic Discussion Group for our next meeting on Sat., November 1, from 6:15 to 8:25 p.m. in the Parish Meeting Room. REFRESHMENTS INCLUDED! Just listen—or add to the conversation. Bring a friend or meet new people. Non-practicing Catholics welcome. For questions, call Greg Placencia at 282-5340. |
DONATE YOUR CAR TO ST. THERESE!
| Do you have a car just sitting there rusting? Or an old clunker you want to get rid of? All you have to do is call Riteway Charity Services (in Sun Valley) at 1-888-250-4490 and say, "I want to donate a car to St. Therese Church." They will come pick it up and take care of the paperwork. You get the tax break—and St. Therese gets the proceeds. |
“A few years ago, I was in Jerusalem
and visited the Western (or Wailing) Wall. Several hundred Jews stood at the wall praying, bowing rhythmically
as they addressed their petitions to God. For many, this ancient Jewish custom is utterly foreign, even weird.
But in reality what’s weird is not that Jews bow to show reverence at the Western Wall, but that so many Catholics
have lost their sense of the sacred. For example, to see teens and adults come to Church on (Source: Does The Bible Really
Say That?: Discovering Catholic Teaching in Scripture by Patrick Madrid, Cincinnati: Servant Books 2006)
“SHOWING RESPECT AND DRESSING
APPROPRIATELY AT MASS”
BY PATRICK MADRID
Sunday dressed in shorts, tank-tops, flip-flop sandals, and T-shirts emblazoned with beer logos are common sights
at Mass. What does it say to God? Would they dress so carelessly for the prom if they were invited to have dinner
at the White House or to a party with some celebrity? Of course not! Irreverence for holy things takes forms other
than just dressing inappropriately for Mass. There are those, for example, who visit and chitchat loudly inside
the Church after Mass while others are trying to pray. Some people go up to receive Holy Communion while chewing
gum. Others never bother to genuflect or show any form of reverence to Christ in the
tabernacle. The fact is that we Catholics can learn something very important here from our Jewish friends at the
Wall about respect for holy things.”
MONTHLY FATIMA PILGRIMAGE:
To
commemorate the appearances of the Blessed Virgin to the children of Fatima on the 13th of the month from May until
October in 1917, we will hold a monthly Fatima pilgrimage every 13th of the month through October. The next one
will be Monday, October
13. Each pilgrimage
begins with Mass at 7:00 p.m., followed by a procession to the Missionaries of Charity convent on Granada. Once
there, we will spend a short time in prayer and then process back to the church for benediction. Take advantage
of this opportunity to honor our Blessed Mother and to pray for the world and the salvation of souls.
OUTREACH MINISTRY
DETENTION MINISTRY
Nelida Constenla, 792-5336
“I
was in prison and you visited me”
(Matt. 25:36).
“FOR THE LOVE OF GOD
AND NEIGHBOR, KNOWING THAT LOVE CONQUERS ALL FEAR…”
For first-time detention volunteers, the next visit to Juvenile Hall
for which you can sign up will be on the 1st Sunday of next month, November 1. Our next follow-up meeting will take place from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m., on Sat., October 25, in the Parish Meeting Room. To sign up for
next month’s visit or for any other questions, please call Nelida and leave your name and phone number.
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OFFICE OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION RCIA & INQUIRY SESSIONS:
CONFIRMATION / YOUTH MINISTRY For Download => "Permission Slip" & "Confirmation Registration" |
POPE BENEDICT XVI
PROCLAIMS PAULINE YEAR
| Our Holy Father, Pope Benedict, dedicated
the year from June
28, 2008, to June 29, 2009,
as a special Jubilee to the Apostle Paul to mark the bimillennium of his birth. Pope Benedict said that the Pauline
Year will have a particular ecumenical dimension and will follow the example of the Apostle of the Gentiles, showing
in a special way that “the action of the Church is credible and effective only insofar as those who are part of
Her are prepared to pay in person for their faith in Christ in every situation.” It is that witness, which united
Paul and Peter right up until their martyrdom, that the Pope spoke of in the Roman Basilica dedicated to the Apostle
of the Gentiles, St. Paul. Designed to celebrate the bimillennium of the birth of St. Paul, which historians place between the years 7 and 10 AD, the Pauline Year, in the words of the Pope, will include “a series of liturgical, cultural and ecumenical events in Rome, as well as various pastoral and social initiatives, all inspired by Pauline spirituality”. Seminars and special publications on the Pauline texts will also be prepared in order to make better known the great wealth of teaching that they contain, a true patrimony of humanity redeemed in Christ. Furthermore, in all parts of the world, similar initiatives can be organized in dioceses, shrines and places of worship by religious institutions, by social or educational institutes bearing the name of St. Paul or inspired by his character and teaching. “Finally,” the Pope added, “there is one particular aspect to which careful attention must be paid during the various celebrations of this bimillennium of Paul’s birth: I am referring to the ecumenical dimension. The Apostle of the Gentiles, who was particularly committed to bringing the Good News to all people, gave everything he had for unity and harmony among all Christians. May he guide and protect us in this bimillennium celebration, helping us to go forward in the humble and sincere search for full unity between all the members of the mystical body of Christ.” The Pope added, “These encounters and initiatives are not merely a courteous exchange between the Churches, but instead they wish to express our common commitment to do everything in our power to increase the momentum towards full communion between Christians of the East and the West. This basilica, which has witnessed significant ecumenical events reminds us how important it is to pray together to implore the gift of unity, that same unity for which St. Peter and St. Paul gave of themselves completely, right up to the supreme sacrifice of their lives.” |
| The Catholic Bishops of the United States have affirmed repeatedly
that persons with a homosexual orientation "must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity."
Accordingly, the Bishops condemn all forms of violence, scorn, and hatred—whether subtle or overt—against men and
women who are homosexual. All people, regardless of sexual inclination, are called to holiness; and "should
be encouraged to take an active role in the faith community" and to live according to its teachings. Nonetheless, the Church cannot approve of redefining marriage, which has a unique place in God's creation, joining a man and a woman in a committed relationship in order to nurture and support the new life for which marriage is intended. The meaning of marriage is deeply rooted in history and culture, and has been shaped considerably by Christian tradition. Its meaning is given, not constructed. "When marriage is redefined so as to make other relationships equivalent to it, the institution of marriage is devalued and further weakened. The State has a primary and fundamental obligation to protect and promote the family, which is rooted in marriage and sustained by it. Some benefits currently sought by same sex partners can already be obtained without regard to marital status. For example, individuals can agree to own property jointly with another, and they can generally designate anyone they choose to be a beneficiary of their will or to make health care decisions in case they become incompetent. Other desired benefits such as sharing in a partner’s health insurance could be made available without the drastic step of a cultural or legal redefinition of marriage. Let us strengthen our resolve to respect the dignity of each human being and to protect the sanctity of marriage, asking God's guidance in our efforts to promote the common good central to a free and democratic society. |