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ST. MARY PARISH 1333 58th Street, Sacramento CA 95819
www.stmarysacto.org Office Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00 am-4:00 pm
Phone (916) 452-0296 • Fax (916) 452-3908
Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time September 23, 2018
The fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for those who cultivate peace. — James 3:18
PARISH INFORMATION MARRIAGE: Contact the Parish office at (916) 452-0296 6 months prior to the wedding date. Marriage Preparation classes are available. INFANT BAPTISM: Contact the Parish Office. Parents and godparents must attend class. ANOINTING OF THE SICK: Contact the Parish Office regarding sick, elderly who are at home, hospitals or special care facilities. MUSIC: For Music Ministry, call Ben (916) 383-6155 RCIA: Process for adults and children of catechetical age who are interested in joining the Catholic Church and baptized Catholics wanting to complete their initiation sacraments of Confirmation and Eucharist. Please call Michelle Mills at (916) 806-6876 CFF: Catholic youth are formed through the Parish Faith Formation Program (CFF). Deacon Lu (916) 452-0296x12 BULLETIN: Our church bulletin is prepared two weeks in advance. All submissions are reviewed by the Pastor. Email requests to [email protected] no later than the Thursday two weeks before.
ST. MARY SCHOOL To enroll in Preschool or TK to 8th grade,
please contact principal, Laura Allen at the school (916) 452-1100 or find more information on our
website www.saintmaryschool.com
MASS SCHEDULE Sunday 8:00, 9:30, 11:00am, and 6:00pm
Daily Mass: Monday - Saturday 8:00am; Saturday 5:00pm (Vigil Mass)
Holy Days: As announced in bulletin CONFESSION : Saturday: 3:30pm-4:30pm
Or by appointment PAROCHIAL ADMINISTRATOR:
Fr. James Narithookil, CMI [email protected]
PAROCHIAL VICAR : Fr. Sijo Chirayath, CMI [email protected]
DEACONS: Deacon Luigi Del Gaudio, MSW [email protected] Deacon George W. Kriske
[email protected] BUSINESS MANAGER: Tracilyn Peters
Email: [email protected] INFANT MARY CHAPEL Open Daily 6:30 am-5:00 pm
Solemn Adoration: First Fridays 8:30 am-6:00pm PARISHIONER REGISTRATION:
Please contact parish office at (916) 452-0296
FOLLOW OUR PARISH
Apostolic Exhortation (Continued) 136. True enough, we need to open the door of our hearts to Jesus, who stands and knocks (cf. Rev 3:20). Sometimes I wonder, though, if perhaps Jesus is already inside us and knocking on the door for us to let him escape from our stale self-centeredness. In the Gospel, we see how Jesus “went through the cities and villages, preaching and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God” (Lk 8:1). After the resurrection, when the disciples went forth in all directions, the Lord accompanied them (cf. Mk 16:20). This is what happens as the result of true encounter. 137. Complacency is seductive; it tells us that there is no point in trying to change things, that there is nothing we can do, because this is the way things have always been and yet we always manage to survive. By force of habit we no longer stand up to evil. We “let things be”, or as others have decided they ought to be. Yet let us allow the Lord to rouse us from our torpor, to free us from our inertia. Let us rethink our usual way of doing things; let us open our eyes and ears, and above all our hearts, so as not to be complacent about things as they are but unsettled by the living and effective word of the risen Lord. . 138. We are inspired to act by the example of all those priests, religious, and laity who devote themselves to proclamation and to serving others with great fidelity, often at the risk of their lives and certainly at the cost of their comfort. Their testimony reminds us that, more than bureaucrats and functionaries, the Church needs passionate missionaries, enthusiastic about sharing true life. The saints surprise us, they confound us, because by their lives they urge us to abandon a dull and dreary mediocrity. 139. Let us ask the Lord for the grace not to hesitate when the Spirit calls us to take a step forward. Let us ask for the apostolic courage to share the Gospel with others and to stop trying to make our Christian life a museum of memories. In every situation, may the Holy Spirit cause us to contemplate history in the light of the risen Jesus. In this way, the Church will not stand still, but constantly welcome the Lord’s surprises. IN COMMUNITY 140. When we live apart from others, it is very difficult to fight against concupiscence, the snares and temptations of the devil and the selfishness of the world. Bombarded as we are by so many enticements, we can grow too isolated, lose our sense of reality and inner clarity, and easily succumb. 141. Growth in holiness is a journey in community, side by side with others. We see this in some holy communities. From time to time, the Church has canonized entire communities that lived the Gospel heroically or offered to God the lives of all their members. We can think, for example, of the seven holy founders of the Order of the Servants of Mary, the seven blessed sisters of the first monastery of the Visitation in Madrid, the Japanese martyrs Saint Paul Miki and companions, the Korean martyrs Saint Andrew Taegon and companions, or the South American martyrs Saint Roque González, Saint Alonso Rodríguez and companions. We should also remember the more recent witness borne by the Trappists of Tibhirine, Algeria, who prepared as a community for martyrdom. In many holy marriages too, each spouse becomes a means used by Christ for the sanctification of the other. Living or working alongside others is surely a path of spiritual growth. Saint John of the Cross told one of his followers: “You are living with others in order to be fashioned and tried”. Fr. James Narithookil, CMI—Parochial Administrator
Mass Intentions Requested By Saturday, September 22 8:00am Domenick Stefani + Wife & Family 5:00pm May Perri + Terry Corcoran Sunday, September 23 8:00am Robert Trafton + Wife & Son 9:30am Pete & Eva Barsotti + Ernie & Idamarie Barsotti & Family 11:00am Jose Rivera de Leon + The Remeta Family 6:00pm For Our Parishioners and Their Prayer Requests Monday, September 24 8:00am Mercedes Castro + Dora Lara Tom Crawford + Wife Tuesday, September 25 8:00am Theresa Reali + Enzo & Agnes Costa Giovanni Biasca + Daughter Wednesday, September 26 8:00am Dominic & Ellie Ielati 20th Wedding Anniv. Rebecca & Matthew Ielati Joseph Williams & Family Kent & Bonnie Williams Thursday, September 27 8:00am Summer Nestlerode Jole & Family Ante Bilandzich + Bilandzich Family Friday, September 28 8:00am Domenick Stefani + Wife & Family Verna Chirco + Kent & Bonnie Williams Saturday, September 29 8:00am Bernadette Hayes + Sister 5:00pm Mary Andrade + Daughter Sunday, September 30 8:00am Patricia Applegate + Cynthia & Amanda 9:30am Muriel Baeta + Husband 11:00am Jose Rivera de Leon + The Remeta Family 6:00pm For Our Parishioners and Their Prayer Requests
READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Prv 3:27-34; Ps 15:2-5; Lk 8:16-18 Tuesday: Prv 21:1-6, 10-13; Ps 119:1, 27, 30, 34, 35, 44; Lk 8:19-21 Wednesday: Prv 30:5-9; Ps 119:29, 72, 89, 101, 104, 163; Lk 9:1-6 Thursday: Eccl 1:2-11; Ps 90:3-6, 12-14, 17bc; Lk 9:7-9 Friday: Eccl 3:1-11; Ps 144:1b, 2abc, 3-4; Lk 9:18-22 Saturday: Dn 7:9-10, 13-14 or Rv 12:7-12a; Ps 138:1-5; Jn 1:47-51 Sunday: Nm 11:25-19; Ps 19:8, 10, 12-14; Jas 5:1-6; Mk 9:38-43, 45, 47-48
We Welcome the Following New Parishioners To Our Parish Family:
Diana Covarrubias
Jeremy & Megan Hinshaw Kimberly Liaz
We encourage all New Parishioners
to take a moment to register.
THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!! Thank you so much to Janine Orsi & Ed Dagang for their help in the parish office last week. Your help is truly and greatly appreciated !!
Danny Valenzuela &
Maria Meehan
AUTUMN DAYS Autumn days come swift like the running of a hound upon the moor. —Seumas MacManus
Aria Nicole Curiel
Congratulations to
Anika Gonzalez &
Eden Ruiz
who celebrated their Quinceaneras
On September 8, 2018
VOCATION CROSS Fr. James has asked that a family take our vocation cross home each week to pray for vocations to the priesthood & religious life. Our sign ups have been a little thin lately. Luckily, families have stepped up on the spot. If you can help with this ministry by taking the cross home & praying with your family each day for a week, it would be much appreciated. Please go to the link below & sign up. What a wonderful message you are giving to your children by becoming active in this prayer ministry. https://signup.com/client/invitation2/secure/1971528/false#/invitation
The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults
• Do you have questions about the Catholic faith? • Are you thinking about becoming Catholic? • Are you Catholic but never completed the Sacraments
of Initiation (Confirmation and/or Eucharist)? If you or someone you know has questions like these, contact Michelle Mills at 916-806-6876 for more information about the RCIA process.
USHERS NEEDED We are in dire need of Ushers, particularly for the 5:00 pm Mass on Saturday Evening. Assistance at any Mass would also be greatly appreciated. If you are able to help, please contact Al Facino, the Usher Chairperson at 1- 916-363-8613 or John Ormsby Jr., Saturday Evening Usher Captain 1-916-284-2274 Thank You !!
LECTORS WANTED Our Parish is in need of Lectors for weekend and daily liturgies. Lectors proclaim the word of God and is a wonderful ministry. Lector training is provided that includes a review of the revised Lector Directives, handouts and a "hands-on" reading at the Ambo. Once training is completed, the Lector is commissioned by Fr. James and placed in the reading schedule. Lectoring enriches one's faith and provides a better understanding of the word of God. All Mass readings are available: Daily Mass Monday—Saturday, 8am, Saturday, 5pm, Sunday, 8am, 9:30am, 11am and 6pm. If you have a gift of good speaking and a willingness to share that gift please contact the Lector Chair, Dale Walton, at (916) 920-2728.
We Need Your Help We are currently in the process of updating our vendor list for parish service calls and maintenance for the appliances in the Giovanni Hall Kitchen. If you are an electrician, plumber or appliance repair specialist and would like to be considered , or if you know one, please contact Traci at parish office at 916-452-0296 x13. Thank You !!
9/23/18 Adult/Teens Catechumenate Kids Catechumenate Children’s Liturgy of the Word Catholic School Majorettes Revitalizing Your Faith 9/24/18 Divine Mercy Chaplet Prayer Request Group 9/25/18 Neo Catechumenal Way St. Mary Parish Adult Basketball 9/26/18 Centering Prayer Group Choir Practice CFF 9/27/18 School Mass Choir Practice 9/28/18 Divine Mercy Chaplet Prayer & Life Workshop 9/29/18 Confessions Neocatechumenal Way 9/30/18 Adult/Teens Catechumenate Kids Catechumenate Children’s Liturgy of the Word Group Baptism Girl Scouts 2nd Grade Event Catholic Schools Majorettes Revitalizing Your Faith
OUR MISSION STATEMENT St. Mary Parish prepares and sustains its members and
guests for a life and eternity in the presence of God. In accomplishing our mission, we proclaim and
celebrate our salvation through Jesus Christ enlivened by the Holy Spirit, nourish our sacramental life
especially in the Sunday celebration of the Eucharist and demonstrate our faith worshiping, educating,
serving and encouraging vocations as modeled by Mother Mary.
Prayer Group Accepting Your Requests The Prayer Request group meets weekly to pray for the requests of St. Mary's parishioners. Please fill out a Prayer Request form and place it in a Prayer Request box on one of the tables in the vestibule, and we will be happy to pray for you. Thank you!
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Offertory Bearers The Offertory Bearers have the privilege of bringing to the altar the bread, wine and water that will be miraculously transformed into the Body and Blood of Our Lord, Jesus Christ. Anyone can be an Offertory Bearer. It can be a family, a married couple, or two individual adults. Sign up to be an Offertory Bearer for a Mass in the binder located in the main vestibule of the church.
THE GIFT OF TREASURE With gratitude for the gifts they have received,
Parishioners and visitors made a joyful return to the Lord of the following: September 16, 2018
Weekly Collection (including EOP) :$9,099.75*
Weekly Goal (to cover expenses): $13,000.00
Please remember St. Mary’s, your Spiritual Home, in your will.
*This amount only represents weekly Sunday Mass
collections. Other sources of income (i.e. donations, building fund, etc.) are not included in this number.
EXAMPLE Children, especially, set their watches by our clock. —Anonymous
HOW DO WE TREAT THE MESSENGER? Let’s not be too hasty in defining who is “the wicked one” and who (namely us) is just! We are very quick to label others as evil, because we tend to label ourselves as good guys. We don’t like it when we are brought up short by a prophetic voice that brings us some bad news about our own behavior. We don’t like to be reproached for transgressions of the law or charged with violations of our training. We may condemn and abuse those who bring us up against these truths about ourselves when, if we were re-ally good, we would thank them for helping to keep us on the right path. This is the way they treated the prophets and the way they treated Jesus. Is this also the way we treat those whose message we don’t like? Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.
Married Couples The vocation of Marriage is one of the Sacraments that we must make a priority. Please take advantage of this great gift - the Sacrament of Marriage. One way to enhance your relationship and enjoy a love-filled week-end away together is by taking a World Wide Marriage Encounter Weekend. What a wonderful gift to give each other. Upcoming weekends for 2018 are as follows: October 5-7 in Reno, NV.; and November 9-11 in Sacramento. It is not TOO EARLY to register. For more information visit our website at: https://www.sacramentowwme.org or contact Terry & Janet at [email protected] or (916) 489-3464.
TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION How long have there been parochial schools in the United States? Longer than you may imagine. The Jesuit fathers opened Saint Mary School in Philadelphia in 1782 in the first light of independence. Catholic and Protestant squabbles about the nature of education forced the Fathers to make this risky and innovative venture in the heart of the city. The school was closed by a devastating fire in 1902, but reopened in 1968 as St. Mary Interparochial School, the first example of a shared parochial school. It is also the only Catholic school within the confines of a national park. This is the “Mother School” of this uniquely American institution. Many parochial schools, especially in “national parishes,” were established to preserve the culture and language of the “old country,” and also to protect young people from prejudice. In other countries, Ireland for one, the Church is authorized to run national schools, sometimes under the sponsorship of a parish. In still other places, such as Quebec, publicly-funded “separate schools” were administered by the Church. Wherever the state funds Catholic schools, normally enrollment is guaranteed to all applicants. The Quebec system was dismantled in 1998 when the state decided to reorganize schools along linguistic lines rather than religious affiliation. Parochial schools require considerable sacrifice, but they endure as a distinctive treasure of the Church in the United States. —Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.
Preschool at St. Mary’s 2018: All “potty” trained three and four-year-old children may attend our year-round preschool program. Please continue your support and help us promote this important faith-based preschool program. Sign up today with SCRIP and eSCRIP, and Amazon Smile Shop with SCRIP: Place orders online, anytime day or night! Log on to www.shopwithscrip.com and use Group Number 762L7E5D1L336 to register. eSCRIP: Log on to www.escrip.com and sign-up! Designate St. Mary School to receive contributions. The eScrip program is a fundraising program that allows participating merchants to contribute a percentage of your grocery loyalty cards, credit card, and debit/ATM card purchases to the school or organization of your choice. Use Code Number 140362864 to register your debit/credit cards and your SAFEWAY club card. AmazonSmile: On your first visit to AmazonSmile, click the “Get Started” button, select St. Mary School. Every eligible purchase you make will result in a donation to the school. It’s that easy!
Check out our website at www.saintmaryschool.com.
New students entering grades TK to 8, can now enroll for the 2018-2019 school year. Call to schedule a tour or for more information contact us at 916-452-1100 or [email protected].
Christian Brothers High School Open House Join us for Open House on Sunday, October 7, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Stop by and see firsthand why CB is the place to be for exceptional academic programs, the arts, athletics and more – all in a faith-filled, nurturing community. Highlights of the day include campus tours with stops in the engineering labs and CB’s award-winning television studio - KBFT, an art exhibition, performances by the band and choir, academic department information tables and more. Informational presentations are scheduled for 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Visit cbhs-sacramento.org to register.
Have you ever thought about becoming a Sister? Do you seek a new path?
Are you listening to your heart? Single Catholic women ages 18 - 40 are invited to a Religious Vocation Discernment Retreat with the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul October 26-27, 2018 in Los Altos Hills, California (Bay Area). If you would like to know more about attending this prayerful and reflective discernment retreat, contact Sister Lisa Laguna, D.C. at 650/949-8890, 213-210-9903, or email us at [email protected] learn more at www.Daughters-Of-Charity.com/retreats/
Vocation Retreat The religious order of the Oblates of St. Joseph, is offering two vocation retreats for Catholic single men: 1) October 5-7, 2018 for ages 13-17 and 2) October 19-21, 2018 for ages 18-35. Both retreats will be at Mount St. Joseph Seminary, 6530 Wells Avenue, Loomis, CA 95650. For more information, please contact Fr. Sergio Perez, OSJ at (916) 652-6336 or by email at [email protected].
Altar Servers Needed Calling all parish students interested in altar serving: Are you an entering fifth grader or older? Have you ever wondered what it would be like to altar serve for Mass? Are you looking for a way to serve YOUR parish? We would like to invite you to become an altar server! Training will be provided in September. St. Mary School students will have training during school. Students from other schools will have training on an evening or weekend. Please contact Ava Conlin at 760-809-7932 (call or text) or [email protected] to sign up or to have any of your questions answered. Thank you and God Bless!
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