Our Lady Help of Christians Church Parroquia Maria Auxiliadora

(Valley Catholic Church) 2401 East Lake Avenue,

Watsonville, California 95076

Honoring Our Lady Help of Christians

RECTORY Telephone ........................................................................................ 831-722-2665 Fax .................................................................................................... 831-722-8305 E-mail ............................................................................. olhcchurch@yahoo.com Visit us on ......................................................... www.Valleycatholicchurch.org

OFFICE HOURS / HORAS DE OFICINA Monday - Friday (bilingual) ....................................................9:00 am - 6:00 pm Saturdays & Sundays ................................................................................... closed

PASTORAL STAFF / OFICINA PASTORAL Father Al Mengon, SDB Pastor ................................................................................... 831-722-2665 ext. 14 e-mail .............................................................mengonsdb@yahoo.com Father Luis Oyarzo, SDB Parochial Vicar & Coordinator of Youth Ministry ............ 831-707-4458 Sister Silvia Castillo, FMA Director of Religious Education .................................................... 831-722-2392

STAFF / PERSONAL Isabel Abundis João Bettencourt Maria Linan Martha Tapia Beverly Pini

MASS SCHEDULE / HORARIO DE MISAS Monday - Friday (English) .................................................... 7:00 am & 9:00 am Saturdays (English) ................................................................................... 8:00 am Saturdays (Spanish) .................................................................................. 7:00 pm Saturdays (English) ....................................................................... 4:15 pm (vigil) Sundays (English) ................................................................8:00 am & 11:00 am Sundays (Portuguese) ............................................................................... 9:45 am Sundays (Spanish) .............................................................. 12:30 pm & 7:00 pm 1st Friday of each month (Spanish) ...................... 7:00 pm (Holy hour & mass) 24th of each month (Spanish) ..................................... 7:00 pm (rosary & mass) ADORATION Monday - Friday .................................................................... 9:30 am - 11:30 am

VOLUNTEER STAFF Mildred McCabe .............................................................................. Altar Society Rita Eichhorn ................................................................................ Legion of Mary Juan & Juana Avalos ................................................................... Youth Group

MARRIAGE / MATRIMONIO At least 6 months of preparation is needed. Please come to the office for further information. Se requiere cuando menos 6 meses de preparación. Por favor, presentarse a la oficina para más información.

BAPTISM / BAUTISMO Please come to the office for further information. Por favor, presentarse a la oficina para más información.

QUINCEAÑERAS Please come to the office for further information. The 15ra has to be Parishioner of our church. Por favor, presentarse a la oficina para más información. La 15ra tiene que ser feligrés de nuestra parroquia.

SALESIAN COMMUNITY Brother Michael Herbers, SDB Father Al Mengon, SDB, Director ............................................ ext. 20 Father Luis Oyarzo, SDB ........................................................... ext. 17 Father David Purdy, SDB, Vice rector………… ........... 831-262-4490 Brother Abel Zanella, SDB ......................................................... ext. 24

ST. FRANCIS HIGH SCHOOL Mr. Keith Mathews, President, Principal .................................... 831-724-5933

CAMP ST. FRANCIS Brother Michael Herbers, SDB, Administrator

CONFESSIONS Saturdays ........................................................................................ 3:00 - 4:00 pm Confesiones en español media hora antes de cada misa

NOVENA: MAY 14 TO 22, 2012

6:30 p.m. Rosary - 7:00 p.m. Mass

SOLEMN MASS WEDNESDAY, MAY 23

AT 7:00 P.M.

Presider: Fr. Albert Mengon, Pastor

MASS INTENTIONS: APRIL 28 TO MAY 6 SAT. APR. 28

8:00 am 10:00 am 12:00 pm 1:00 pm 4:15 pm 7:00 pm

Rita Salazar † (Husband) First Holy Communions (34) Eng. Baptisms: Koa Mognoni Reandelar, Aiyeanna Raizel Villegas-Carlos Sp Baptisms: Axel Bernal, Juan Isaiah Rincon, Jaquiline Jimenez-Rincon, Darwing Alvarado P. Charles Signorino † ( Family) Maria Avis † (Lucille Carvalho) Louis & Ena Moresco † (Bob Moresco & Family) Reyes Maria Huidor de Los Santos † (Family)

SUN. APR. 29

8:00 am 9:45 am 11:00 am 12:30 pm 2:30 pm 7:00 pm

Maria Gomez † ( ISTW Society) Maria, Joseph & Jose Santos † (M. Bettencourt) Connie Zorra † ( Joe Zorra & Family) Joe Carvalho † ( Manuel & Olinda Sousa) Mouzart Avila † ( Louis Avila) Ed Staka † ( Family) Mijo Obad † ( Blazenka Staka) Parishioners, Celina Zuñiga †, Catalina Marquez, Sherlyn Puga Macario & Gabriela Montiel B-Day Baptism: Alexia Naima Duron Angel Guzmán B-Day, Familias Rocha & Zamora, Joseph Fernández Thanksgiving, Rafaela, David & Alicia Romero

MON. APR. 30

7:00 am 9:00 am 11:00 am

Fr. Larry Byrne † (Tom & Joyce Kalich) Kalich Family (Tom & Joyce Kalich) John Nunes †, Funeral Mass:

TUE. MAY 01

7:00 am 9:00 am 11:00 am

Fr. Paul Caporali † (Tom & Joyce Kalich) Frank Bolante † (Lita Bolante) Frank Oliver †, Funeral Mass

WED. MAY 02

7:00 am 9:00 am

Elizabeth Powers † (Bill Murphy) Joe Carvalho † (Damiao & Tina Nunes) Pauline & Joe Herber † (Joe Parker)

THU. MAY 03

7:00 am 9:00 am

Thomas Avila † (Salesian Community) Garcia Family (Tom & Joyce Kalich)

FRI. MAY 04

7:00 am 9:00 am 8:00 pm

Joao & Eduina Quaresma † (Family) Joe Carvalho † (Frank & Carmen Zorra) Baptism: Laila Zuniga-Garcia

SAT. MAY 05 8:00 am 4:15 pm

7:00 pm

Pedro Lima † (Family) Antone & Pauline Resetar † (Family) Joe Herber † (Marlene & Barney Radovich) Francisco Javier Zepeda † (Maria Osorio) Celerina Castañeda-Fuentes & Antonio Vázquez † Jose Luis Aguirre † (Martha Aguirre)

SUN. MAY 06

8:00 am 9:45 am 11:00 am 12:30 pm 7:00 pm

Ted & Ramona Persons † (Glen Alan Witmer) Loved Ones Relatives † (Erlinda Navor) Herminia Mendonca † (Mario & Celeste Luis) Miguel Avelar † (Family) Jose C. Silveira † (Joe & Natalia Costa) Tedd & Ramona Persons † (Family) Joe Carvalho † (Damian & Tina Nunes) Jorge Sousa † (Elias & Wife Gregorio) Jose Luis Vega † (Vega Family), Parishioners, 1st Holy Communion: Briana Garcia-Rodriguez Refugio Leon †, Goagina Ortiz Diaz † Artemio Garcia † (Garcia Family)

Fourth Sunday of Easter World Day of Prayer for Vocations * St. Pius V * St. Joseph the Worker * St. Athanasius * Ss. Philip and James * National Day for Prayer * First

Friday * First Saturday * Cinco de Mayo

April 21 & 22, 2012 Regular Collection $ 3,754.00 Candles Donations $ 375.00 FHC Donations $ 668.00 Total Donations $ 4,997.00

Thank you for your generosity!

¡Muchas gracias por su generosidad!

Weekly Collections / Colecta Semanal

Janet Natalie Arias Gonzalez Samantha Sofia

Balderas Alonzo Yahir Cantolan Brian Lozano Cardenas Pricilla Inez Castañeda Gallo Ruben Castañeda-Suarez Melissa Colimote Steve Valdez-Escamilla Fátima Elizabeth Fernández Zamora Ricardo Fernández Zamora Jasmine Garcia Avalos Josue Salvador Garcia Avalos Alexander Guzman Garcia Desiree Garcia Julian Alejandro Garcia Ivan Garcia Jennifer Garcia-Martinez Wendy Ruby Garcia-Zuniga David Gonzalez-Figueroa

Erika Guzman Ashley Guadalupe Lobato Dondiego Jessica Lizbeth Lobato Marvin Joshua Lobato-Martinez Jose Refugio Morales Gonzales Daniel Ortiz-Rodriguez Jaylin Aliyah Piñon-Sanchez Julie Alyanna Piñon Tony Ramirez Aguado Cristina Lizbeth Ramirez Jasmine Evelyn Ramirez-Meza Fatima Surisaday Reyes Gama José Heriberto Rocha Zamora Carolina Adialani Rocha Zepeda Xiadani Rodriguez Alvarez Andres Mauricio Rodriguez-Marin Natali Rosas-Ixta Jessica Guadalupe Ruiz Garcia Everardo Sánchez III Desiree Marie Torres

May 12, 2012

3:00 p.m.

Andrea Marie Alanis Nohely Arteaga Maresca Austodillo Alexandrina Barba Gabriela Cabrera Barocio Shania Berumen Edsel Collazo Mattew Lewis Clifton Brianna Flores Ivan Garcia Enrique Garduño-Diaz Abraham Garduño-Diaz Oscar Farid González Figueroa Ruby Jacobo Elvira Saraely Lopez Jose Lopez Edith Morales Roberto Magana Jr.

Gerardo Medina Leonor Medina Joann Josephine Mondragon Alfredo Martin Jr. Muñoz Erica Nuñez Jessica Ortiz López Kimberly Guadalupe Pedroza Angelic Palomera Sanchez Jose Ignacio Pichardo Figueroa Jessica Pulido Carlos Quezada-González Alexandra Monique Rios Matthew Joseph Rodríguez Uriel Ruiz Gabriela Sanchez-Ramirez Aidee Fernanda Valdez Martínez Yesenia Valdivia

4:15 pm Mass will be delayed.

Fourth Sunday of Easter

See what love the Fa-ther has bestowed on

us that we may be called the children of

God. 1 John 3:1

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION There are few openings for “Shepherds” in the classified ads today, but few occupations are as dear to the Christian heart. Most of us tenderly place shepherds by our Christmas cribs, name the Twenty-third Psalm as our favorite, and recognize “Good Shepherd” as a title of Jesus. Bishops carry a staff, called a crozier, modeled after the shepherd’s walking staff. Long before Christian artists painted Jesus on the cross, they traced on the walls of their worship places images of a strong young shepherd, shouldering a lost sheep and bringing it to safety. Springtime is the season of lambing, a time when the shepherd not only learns the faces of the new arri-vals, but also when the newborn sheep become attuned to the voice of the shepherd. This is exactly what we do as a community in Easter as we shelter and guide the newly received Christians, and also put our Lenten muscles to good use: listening more attentively to God’s Word, and responding with springtime vigor to God’s call. —James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

Tuesday, May 1st,

7:00 p.m.

Finance Committee

Meeting

PARISH OFFICE CLOSED Tuesday, May 8th

Staff Study Day!

CLERGY STUDY DAYS

Monday, April 30th to Friday, May 3rd

Cuarto Domingo de Pascua 29 de abril de 2012

Miren cuánto amor nos ha tenido el Padre, pues no sólo nos llamamos hijos de Dios,

sino que lo somos. 1 Juan 3:1

TRADICIONES DE NUESTRA FE En el año 1674 una Argentina, Doña Ana Mattos de Siqueyras se llevó a su casa una imagen de la Virgen María para hacerle una capillita en sus terrenos a un lado del rió Luján. La imagen era de reputación milagrosa y Doña Ana deseaba tenerla cerquita de su ho-gar. Al día siguiente la imagen se había regresado a un eremitorio donde la cuidaba un esclavo africano llamado Manuel. Esto le pasó un par de veces hasta que se le ocurrió a Doña Ana llevarse en peregrinación a ambos María y Manuel. Desde entonces en una capilla abierta al públi-co María se quedo sin ningún problema. Como muchos ricos, Doña Ana quería echarse a Dios en el bolsillo llevándose para si misma la imagen de María. Pero nuestra Señora de Luján tenia otro plan. Ella deseaba estar con el esclavo Manuel y con el pue-blo. En fin, Doña Ana se fijó que a Dios y su madre no los controla nadie y nadie los puede hacer su propiedad, a lo contrario, ellos se entregan a los pobres y desampa-rados. —Fray Gilberto Cavazos‑Glz, OFM, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

May They Rest in Peace!

Thomas Avila

Frank Oliver