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SCHEDULE OF MASSES SATURDAY:8:30 AM, 5:30 PM VIGIL
SUNDAY: 7:00 AM, 8:30AM,10:15AM,12 Noon,
4:00PM (Vietnamese), 6:30PM WEEKDAY: 6:30 AM, 8:30 AM
FIRST WEDNESDAY: 6:30 AM, 8:30 AM, 6:30 PM FIRST FRIDAY:
6:30AM, 8:30 AM, 6:30 PM 8:00 PM (Vietnamese)
HOLY DAY: 8:00 PM (Vietnamese/English) VIGIL
6:30AM, 8:30AM, 7:00 PM SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
SAT: 4:00 PM - 5 :00 PM, 6:30 PM - 7:00 PM, and by appointment
St. Christopher Church is a faith-community of diverse people who gather to joyfully celebrate life,
faith and love in Jesus Christ through serving others.
629 S. Glendora Ave., West Covina, CA 91790
TEL: (626) 960-1805 FAX: (626) 851-0595 OFFICE HOURS: Mon - Thu: 9AM to 1PM and 2PM to 6PM Fri & Sat: 9AM to 2PM Sun: 8AM to 4PM
EMAIL: [email protected] WEBSITE: www.sccwestcovina.net
Pastor
Rev. Joseph Dass
Associate Pastor/ Vietnamese Community Chaplain
Rev. Huy Nhat Nguyen
Permanent Deacons Deacon Douglas Moloney
Deacon Loc Nguyen Deacon Jesse Batacan Deacon Andrew Cho
School Principal Lucia Saborio
Director of Religious Formation Judi Peña
Administrative Secretaries Elizabeth Hudson
Sol Batacan
Facilities Supervisor Rene Rebong
Page 2 St. Christopher Catholic Church Easter Sunday
Your prayers are requested for the recovery of:
Virginia Alcantar Mary Amaral Oralia Angel Corazon Antonio Nemesio Baca Connie Bragado Steven Bryan Orry Buenaventura Rosalina Busaing Leonore Gama-Calaustro Evangelina Chavarria Jorge Chavez Kay Chesterfield Anita Clare
Florentino Conopio Gregorio De Leon Ann Marie Dower David Escalera Lourdes Faraon Adele Faucett Maria Fontan Ma. Gerlac Forgime Danie Garcia Henry Sr. Garcia James Paul Garcia Maria Gina Garcia Gloria Gomez Mercedes Gomez
Carlos Gonzales Kika Ibanez Juanita Laguitao Grace Lomeli Cirilo Magpantay Rosalina Magpantay Desiree Mangubat Marilen Masterson Mary Rose Merton Teresita Mindaro Emanuel Miranda Andrew Morgan Peter McGinn Helen Nance
Rodrigo Nava Aurora Nicolas Cristie Ng Victoria Pantig Marilyn Pateña Charlsea Prudente Mary Sarnecki Elizabeth Stephens Margaret Strazzere Colette Tramelle Carolyn Tate Anna Uslu Fe Vilches Margaret Wenker
Protecting Our Children Did You Know
Pray for the healing of abuse victims
Each of us, as members of our Catholic community, can contribute to the healing by remembering survivors of abuse in our prayers. The following prayer is from the USCCB.
Holy Spirit, comforter of hearts, heal your people’s wounds and transform brokenness
into wholeness.
Grant us courage and wisdom, humility and grace, to act with justice.
Breathe wisdom into our prayers and labors.
Grant that all harmed by abuse may find
justice.
We ask this through Christ, our Lord.
Amen.
REJOICE AND BE GLAD
"This is the day the Lord has made; let us
rejoice and be glad" (Psalm 118:24). Let us
remember that these words of today's
responsorial psalm are not only sung from the
hearts of those gathered in our parish. They are
also sung by the poor in tiny barrios throughout
Central and South America. They are sung by
those denied religious freedom in our world;
these Christians lift their voices in clandestine
places of worship. These words are sung by
people who have lost loved ones to acts of
terrorism and war around the globe. Even in the
midst of conflict and division, Christians still
come together to declare that poverty,
loneliness, violence, and division will never,
ever have as much power as the life, death, and
resurrection of Jesus Christ. Indeed, let us
rejoice this day and be glad!
Copyright (c) J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.
April 16, 2017 St. Christopher Catholic Church Page 3
READINGS
Reading 1 Acts 10:34a, 37-43 Peter proceeded to speak and said: "You know what has happened all over Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John preached, how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power. He went about doing good and healing all those oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. We are witnesses of all that he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree. This man God raised on the third day and granted that he be visible, not to all the people, but to us, the witnesses chosen by God in advance, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. He commissioned us to preach to the people and testify that he is the one appointed by God as judge of the living and the dead. To him all the prophets bear witness, that everyone who believes in him will receive forgiveness of sins through his name."
“Responsorial Psalm”
Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23
R. / (24) This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad.
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his mercy endures forever. Let the house of Israel say, "His mercy endures forever." R. / "The right hand of the LORD has struck with power; the right hand of the LORD is
exalted. I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD." R. / The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. By the LORD has this been done; it is wonderful in our eyes. R. /
Reading 2 Col 3:1-4 Brothers and sisters: If then you were raised with Christ, seek what is above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Think of what is above, not of what is on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ your life appears, then you too will appear with him in glory.
Alleluia Cf. 1 Cor 5:7b-8a Christ, our paschal lamb, has been sacrificed; let us feast with joy in the Lord. Gospel Jn 20:1-9 On the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them, "They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don't know where they put him." So Peter and the other disciple went out and came to the tomb. They both ran, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and arrived at the tomb first; he bent down and saw the burial cloths there, but did not go in. When Simon Peter arrived after him, he went into the tomb and saw the burial cloths there, and the cloth that had covered his head, not with the burial cloths but rolled up in a separate place. Then the other disciple also went in, the one who had
SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES
Sunday:
Easter Sunday of the
Resurrection of the Lord
Monday to Saturday:
Within the Octave of Easter
arrived at the tomb first, and he saw and believed. For they did not yet understand the Scripture that he had to rise from the dead.
Antonia Miranda
Appolonio Reyes
Edwin Oquendo
Maria Arredondo
May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in peace.
Amen.
1st Sunday of April Sunday
Collection
Plate $3,331.65 Envelope $8,570.00 TOTAL $11,901.65
Thank you for your generosity!
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“Be Not Afraid ” Cancer Ministry
Everyone whose life is touched by Cancer is invited to come JOIN US!
Date: April 18, 2017 - 7:00 p.m.
Place: Parish Center Meeting. Rm. D
For more information, please contact Lydia at (626)960-9110 or Julie at (626)780-6212
Find us and like us on: www.facebook.com/benotafraidcancerministry
Visit us on the web at:
http://benotafraidcancerministry.org/
EASTER SUNDAY 7:00 a.m. St. Christopher Church Parishioners 8:30 a.m. (D) Joshua Correa Marcelo † (D) Epifanio Correa † 10:15 a.m. (D) Jose Alfredo Valerio † (D) Patrick & Kathleen Kilduff † 12:00 p.m. (D) Nenita Minguillan † (D) Renato Cruz † 6:30 p.m. (D) Doretha Lear † (D) Jowell Sabado †
Monday, April 17
6:30 a.m. (D) Alyce Herrick † (D) Filipinas R. Del Castillo † 8:30 a.m. (D) Felipa Navarro † (D) All Souls in Purgatory †
Tuesday, April 18
6:30 a.m. (D) Sally Magbanua † (D) James Haughey † 8:30 a.m. (D) Bienvenido Mindaro † (D) Dionisio Gonzales †
Wednesday, April 19
6:30 a.m. (D) Dexter Flores † (D) Aurelio Villa † 8:30 a.m. (D) Maria Rung Dinh † Michelle Amaral
Thursday, April 20
6:30 a.m. (D) Timothy O. Lane † (D) Maria Elena Bonilla † 8:30 a.m. (D) Josep Cuong Nguyen† Michelle Amaral
Friday, April 21 6:30 a.m. Maria Del Carmen Benjamin Lopez 8:30 a.m. (D) Dominic Quat Dinh † Michelle Amaral
Saturday, April 22
8:30 a.m. Friends of St. Bridget (D) Nikko Gabriel Villegas †
DIVINE MERCY MINISTRY Divine Mercy Novena
April 16, 2017—April 23, 2017
April 16 Easter Sunday 7:30 P.M. April 17 Monday 7:00 P.M. April 18 Tuesday 7:00 P.M. April 19 Wednesday 7:00 P.M. April 20 Thursday 7:00 P.M. April 21 Friday 7:00 P.M. April 22 Saturday 6:30 P.M.
Be Our Guest
Divine Mercy Feast - April 23, 2017
1:30 P.M. - Sharing the Grace of Mercy (Parish Rm. A & B)
5:00 P.M. - Divine Mercy Afternoon Taize (Parish Rm. A & B)
6:00 P.M. - Benediction (Church) 6:30 P.M. - Sunday Mass (Church)
7:30 P.M. - Procession (Parish Rm. A & B) Fellowship & Complimentary Refreshments
(Parish Rm. A & B)
(You may bring religious items to be blessed)
April 16, 2017 St. Christopher Catholic Church Page 5
Welcome to the Church of God
Layton Nguyen-Vu Aiden K. Luu
Heather N. Trinh Jefferson N. Doan
Danielle O. Murillo -Alba Joseph P. Urquilla Gabriella Correa
Jayson Robert T. Montenegro Keilani Grace I. Ordona
King O. Ruiz
Thank you
St. Christopher Parishioners for your generous donations!
TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION
Easter is nearly three weeks later this year than last. Why does the date wobble around the calendar so? The way of calculating the date was set by the Emperor Constantine in 325. The decision ended a very bitter controversy in the church. Some people wanted to synchronize the Pasch with Passover on the fourteenth day of the Jewish month Nissan, and their opponents wanted it after the Passover was complete, on the Sunday after the first full moon of springtime. The ecclesiastical rules do not exactly connect with the astronomical rules. The emperor squashed the hopes of the quartodecimans, as the fans of 14 Nissan were called, and chose Sunday. The traditional rule is that Easter is the first Sunday after the first ecclesiastical full moon that occurs on or after the vernal equinox, the fourteenth day of the new moon, and later than March 21. Thus, Easter wobbles between March 22 and April 25. The actual tables and methods for computing the date are extraordinarily detailed, with subtle variations and mind-bending exceptions and charts with "golden numbers," "dominical letters," and "epacts" measuring leap years. In 1954 and 1962 the ecclesiastical calculations actually overrode the astronomical new moons and bumped Easter back a month! Today, there is a movement in the World Council of Churches (Protestants and Orthodox) for all Christians to combine their celebrations, based on the star charts for the Jerusalem skies. In principle, the Catholic Church is open to an ecumenical agreement on a fixed date for Easter, but we desire a unanimous decision from the World Council. --Rev. James Field, Copyright (c) J. S. Paluch Co.
Happy Easter
Are you called to proclaim the Word of God?
Become a Lector!
If you can attend a 7-week Lector formation class, 2 hours per week, then stop by the Parish Office and complete a ministry form. You will be notified of the starting date by our ministry coordinators.
Baptized, Easter Vigil
April 15, 2017
“When we were baptized, we joined Jesus in death
so that we might walk in the newness of his life.”
Fr. Huy Nguyen and 2017 Neophytes along with their sponsors
St. Christopher Church welcomes:
Bryan Camacho Christopher Carbajal
Jose Luis Contreras Isabella Desiderio
Alex Minh Lam Shawn Lee
Loveleen Ortega
Easter Blessings from UNITEDCATHOLICSFCU Your parish credit union……. Parishioners are eligible to join United Catholics Federal Credit Union.
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discounts. Rates may change without notice. All loans are subject to approval. We are an Equal Housing Lender.
On behalf of the Health Ministry of St. Christopher and the American Red Cross, Thank You ALL who participated in our recent Blood Drive. Thirty -nine units of blood were donated.