Bereavement Ministry - Sacred Heart Church

Bereavement Ministry
Helping us pray for the living and the dead
SUNDAY MASSES
Saturday Vigil: 5:30pm
Sunday: 6:45am, 8:00am, *9:30am
11:00am, 5:30pm *Signed for hearing impaired
Domingo: 12:45pm & 2:30pm (Español)
WEEKDAY MASSES
Monday - Saturday 8:00am & 5:30pm
WEDDINGS
By appointment, 6-month advance notice.
Call the parish office: 942-7122.
HOLY DAYS / DIAS SANTOS
(Days of Obligation)
English - Vigil: 5:30pm
8:00am, 10:00am, 12noon, 5:30pm
Español: 7:30pm
PASTOR
Fr. Hiếu Trần
ASSOCIATE PASTORS
Fr. Gerald Osuagwu
Fr. Raymont Medina
CONFESSIONS
BAPTISMS
English: 3rd Saturday of each month.
Call 948-3011.
Spanish: El primer Sabado de cada mes.
Llame 942-7122 ext 135
Weekdays: 7:30am & 5:00pm
(20 min. before Mass)
Saturday: 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Fr. Ray’s Message
October 16, 2016
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29th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Faith Lived in Community
Who has helped us in our moments of weakness, of doubt, and of trial? Who has stood by us and with
us to help us see hope and faith in Jesus when our world around us was being rattled and cast into darkness? Who has helped us deepen our relationship with Jesus and grow stronger as members of the Catholic
Church? Mom…dad…sister…brother…aunt…uncle…cousin…an enemy…friend from kindergarten…priest…
religious brother or sister…stranger…fellow parishioner. To these questions, I am fairly certain that many of
us can come up with at least one name. For the great Old Testament figure Moses, two of those names
would have to be Aaron and Hur. Moses in our First Reading this Sunday had the help of Aaron and Hur in
gaining victory against Amalek and his army. Aaron and Hur stood by the side of Moses holding his arms up
all day till the battle was won!
We don’t live out our faith in isolation or in private; we live out our faith, really, in community. Yes it’s
true…our faith is deeply personal, but it’s never in isolation or in private. Thank the good Lord that we have
people around us to help us, encourage us, and, even dare I say, admonish us to be better men and women of
faith! I thank God every day for the people that help me be better a man of faith!
Who are the “Aaron” and “Hur” in our life? This week, think of those who have helped strengthen your
faith in Jesus and your life in general, whether in the past or in the present. Thank them if you can; if that’s
no longer possible, say a prayer of thanksgiving for them.
Be strengthened, Fr. Ray
La Fe Se Vive En Comunidad
¿Que nos ha ayudado en los momentos de debilidad, de duda, y de prueba? ¿Quién estuvo con nosotros
para ayudarnos a ver la esperanza y la fe en Jesús cuando nuestro mundo que nos rodea fue sacudió y se oscureció? ¿Quién nos ha ayudado a profundizar en nuestra relación con Jesús y hacemos más fuertes como
miembros de la Iglesia Católica? Mamá...papá...hermana...hermano...tía...tío...primo...un enemigo... amigo...
sacerdote…religioso hermano o hermana...parroquiana. A estas preguntas, estoy bastante seguro de que muchos de nosotros por lo menos nos puede llegar un nombre. Para la gran figura del Antiguo Testamento,
Moisés, dos de esos nombres llegaron a ser Aarón y Hur. Moisés en la Primera Lectura de este domingo,
cuanta con la ayuda de Aarón y Hur, al obtener la victoria contra Amalec y su ejército. ¡Aarón y Hur se colocaron junto al lado de Moisés levantando sus brazos todo el día hasta que la batalla fue ganada!
Esto nos enseña que, no vivimos nuestra fe de manera aislada o en privado; sino que vivimos nuestra fe
verdaderamente en la comunidad. Sí, es verdad...nuestra fe es profundamente personal, pero nunca es en forma aislada o en privado. ¡Gracias a nuestro buen Dios que tenemos personas a nuestro alrededor para ayudarnos, para exhortarnos, y, me atrevo a decir que, también nos amonestan para que seamos mejores hombres y mujeres de fe! ¡Doy gracias a Dios todos los días por las personas que me ayudan a ser mejor hombre de
fe!
Pregunto: ¿Quiénes son “Aarón” y “Hur” en nuestra vida? Esta semana, piensen en aquellos que los han
ayudado a fortalecer su fe en Jesús y su vida en general, ya sea en el pasado o en el presente. Agradézcanles si
puedes; si eso no es posible, hagan una oración de acción de gracias por y para ellos.
Sean fortalecidos, sinceramente, Padre Ray
The Happenings
October 16, 2016
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29th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Building Campaign
Monthly Financial Overview
August, 2016
As of the end of August 2016, we are at 59.6% of reaching our goal of $7.4 million needed to complete
construction of our new Church. The 59.6% is comprised of $3,637,500.00 in funds in the Los Angeles Archdiocese investment pool and funds in our local bank plus $774,539.00 in 515 active open pledges. 225 of the
515 open pledges are re-pledges that had already completed earlier pledges.
Total cash deposit history has us depositing more than the prior year in 5 of the last 8 months which is a
very positive sign.
Also, during the month, new pledges obtained during the month exceeded last year’s pledges by
$32,071.00. Another positive sign that more Parishioners have decided to support the building of our new
Church!
Currently, the total of cash, investment pool and pledges is $4,412,039.00.
In regard to cash deposits, we are currently averaging $48,000.00 per month and at this pace it will take
us another 16.7 months to reach our needed objective of $4,440,000.00 in cash. This cash plus $3 million in
open pledges, will allow us to start construction of our new Church.
Ministry News
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Sacred Heart School
Monday, October 17th
Picture Retakes & 8th Grade
Yearbook pictures
Tuesday, October 18th
Junior High Social
Wednesday, October 19th
3rd Grade donates lunches to St.
Vincent de Paul. Bring your cans
for Fr. Ray Challenge.
Thursday, October 20
Youth Nights
Youth Night: Monday, October 17th: 6:00 pm Hang out time;
6:30 - 8:00 meeting (starts promptly at 6:30pm) in the Kennedy Center
Sisters of Strength: Wednesday, October 19th, 6:30pm - 8:00pm in
the Youth House
Band of Brothers: Thursday, October 20th, 6:30pm - 8:00pm in the
Youth House
The Great Shake Out Practice
Friday, October 21
Charity “Pay for Free Dress” 50¢
The charity is “Trick or Treat for
UNICEF”.
Box tops & Labels: Sacred Heart
School is collecting labels from
Campbell’s products and box tops
for education from General Mills. If
you would like to donate labels and
box tops bring them to the school
office. Thank you.
Please bring a bag of candy this
week to help out with our All
Saint’s Celebration.
2nd Year Sacramental classes
(Gr. 3 and all Heritage 2)
Monday, October 24th we will have
Guest Speaker: Joanna Pavo Domingo L.M.F.T.
addressing the topic of: Suicide Prevention
This is a very important topic to address with our teens. Parents are welcome to come and stay also for the presentation.
God’s Glory is Thrilling!
Life has its ups & downs! Inspiration LA is the perfect backdrop
for fun times and meaningful conversations. After a long day of
exciting rides, teens come to experience the thrill of a life in
Christ through Mass, adoration worship and community. For
those who have season passes the fee is $45.00 ( includes transportation and event fee, wristband for Mass and Adoration ). Registration is
accepted in the Youth Ministry Office! Last day to register has
been extended to October 17th!
Forms are available on the website: sacredheartlancaster.org
At Six Flags Magic Mountain, November 5th. $75.00 (includes day
pass to park, transportation and event fee &wristband for Mass and Adoration)
Important News !
Walk through the Mass with Fr.
Ray. Remember to bring your
child’s yellow mass journal. Parent
and child are to attend.
Attention Parents; We have an exciting opportunity for parents to
gather and discuss faith issues! Come to our C.A.F.E. (Catholic Adult
Faith Enrichment) on Monday, October 17th with Fr. Ray. We will
meet in an informal setting in the Youth House to discuss faith topics
to help us grow spiritually personally and to help our teens live out
their faith! Monday, October 17th, 6:30pm to 8:00pm at the Youth House
Meet at the Church at 6:45pm
SHARP.
Parents who missed the parent retreats are required to attend this
session.
Saturday, November 5th
Our Parish Family
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October the Month
of the Holy Rosary
The Legion of Mary is holding a weekly
rosary during the month of October. Every Saturday following the 8:00am Mass.
Please join us at Mary’s Garden. Everyone is welcome!
Join us in honor of our Blessed Mother.
Retiro Espiritual
Para Toda La Familia
El grupo Pescador de Hombres tendrá su Retiro Anual para toda la familia. El Evento se llevara a cabo los días 22 y 23 de Octubre, 2016.
en el salón Kennedy de nuestra parroquia. Habrá
testimonies, predicación de la Palabra, alabanzas
y oración de sanación. Tendremos invitados especiales que estarán compartiendo grandes conferencias. Para mas información llamar a la oficina de la Iglesia al 942-7122.
November 6-12, 2016
National
Vocation
Awareness
Week
(NVAW) is an annual celebration of the Catholic
Church in the United States dedicated to promote
vocations to the priesthood, diaconate and consecrated life through prayer and education, and to renew
our prayers and support for those who are considering one of these particular vocations. NVAW began
in 1976 when the U. S. bishops designated the 28th
Sunday of the year for NVAW. In 1997, this celebration was moved to coincide with the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord.
Parish Book Club
Bodas Comunitarias
El año 2017 las bodas comunitarias
serán el sábado 11 de Febrero. Las
parejas que desean convalidar su
matrimonio por la Iglesia Católica
los requisitos son: Fe de Bautismo
con fecha reciente. Acta de Confirmación . Comprobante de 1a.
Comunión. Estar casados al Civil.
Sacred Heart Church has started a Parish Book Club, we will meet every Monday morning 8:40am to 10:00am in the Church, following the
Weekday Morning Mass. This 8-week book club session is held in honor of our new Saint, Mother Teresa of Kolkata, we will start our book
club with the first book entitled, “Mother Teresa, An Authorized Biography”, by Kathryn Spink.
You can purchase the book on-line at Amazon.com or
Christianbook.com. We recommend that you order the
book in-advance of the start of the first meeting so that
you can read the first assignment before the meeting.
El registro se cerrará el mes de Di- Our first meeting begins with discussion on the preface
ciembre 2016, las parejas interesa- of the book.
das favor de llamar al (661) 942Please join us and help us create a bond of community, friendship, and
7853 para que hagan una cita.
support with our fellow parishioners here at Sacred Heart! For more
information about the book club and or how to purchase the book,
please contact Tina Halamicek at 661 942-7122 x148.
Our Parish Family
40 Days for Life
The Mid-Campaign Prayer Walk begins on Saturday, October 15th at 10am, meet at Poncitlan
Square in Palmdale (Sierra Hwy. & Palmdale Blvd).
We begin walking 1/2 mile to the abortion clinic
singing our prayer to end abortion; then we
walking back to Poncitlan Square. Learn how you
can “speak for those who cannot speak for themselves” right here in the Antelope Valley by contacting us: (661)524-6763 or go to
www.40daysforlife.com/antelopevalley
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Lay Fraternity of
Charles de Foucauld
The Lay Fraternity of Charles de Foucauld will have
its next meeting on Sunday, October 23rd. We will be
holding our meeting outside of the Antelope Valley
with a Jesus Caritas Fraternity member. (Jesus Caritas
Fraternity is an international secular institute of lay women in the
spiritual family of Brother Charles.) For more information,
contact Arlene Moeller, call / text (661)361-4096; or
visit brothercharles.org.
Masses for the Week
October 15 - October 21, 2016
Saturday
8:00am
Salvador Faberegas, RIP
5:30pm
Tomas Guerra, RIP
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Please remember in your prayers the sick of our parish:
Cheri Bertola, Diane Miller, Nedda Garde, Don
Buschmeyer, Jane Walsh, Alicia Moreno, Josefina Sura, Rosie Lopez.
Rest in Peace: Mary Aaron, Angelica Segura,
Fr. Raffel, Armande Richard Calande.
Rodney Dominguez, RIP
6:45am
Sunday
Al Penka, RIP
Catherine Nicholas, RIP
8:00am
John Hasty, RIP
Feliciano R. Layao, Liv
Monday
9:30am
Susan & Steve Stajcar, RIP
11:00am
Alice Wilkes, Liv
12:45pm
The Audelia Family, RIP
2:30pm
Rafael Leon, RIP
5:30pm
For All Parishioners
8:00am
Ann Janien Moeller, RIP
Fred Ramos, RIP
5:30pm
James M. Humm, RIP
Angel Tadeo Zabarte, RIP
Tuesday
8:00am
James William Barker, RIP
5:30pm
Luz Viminda Abrenica, RIP
Wednesday 8:00am
5:30pm
Amber Bigornia, RIP
Daniel Keegan, RIP
Felix Fernando, Liv
Thursday
Friday
8:00am
Lita Pangan, RIP
5:30pm
Donald Hennessy, RIP
8:00am
Frances Dee Ortega, Liv
5:30pm
Josephine Chang, RIP
Rodolfo Repuyan, RIP
Parish Information
Parish Office
Phone: (661) 942-7122 / 942-4830; Fax: (661) 945-4255
Email: [email protected]
Website: sacredheartlancaster.org
Facebook: Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Lancaster-CA
Hours: Mon- Sat 10:00am-5:00pm (closed 1 - 2pm)
Religious Education: Phone: (661) 948-3011
Website: sacredheartore.weebly.com
Download the app: Sacred Heart ORE
Hours: Mon - Tues 8am-5pm (closed 1 - 2pm);
Wed - Thurs 12noon-8pm; Closed Friday.
Sacred Heart School: Phone: (661) 948-3613
Principal: Mr. David Schatz
Website: shsav.org
Hours: Mon - Thurs 7:30am- 3:30pm; Fri: 7:30am - 2:00pm
Youth Ministries (661) 945-8743. Mary Hernandez
Catholics in Action & Confirming Disciples
Hispanic Ministry: Encargado: Heriberto Cayetano
(661) 942-7122. Hours: Mon - Fri 10am - 5pm (closed 1-2pm)
Building Campaign (661) 947-7122
Website: buildsacredheartchurch.org
Facebook: Build Sacred Heart Church
Deacons
Deacon Greg Halamicek
Deacon Dale Reynolds
Alex Aguilar — In-Formation
Miguel Zamora — In-Formation
Deacon Fermin Herrera
Deacon Ron Routolo
Deacon Jason Schalow
Seminarian: Oscar Delgado
Readings for the Week
Mon:
Tues:
Wed:
Thurs:
Fri:
Sat:
Sun:
Eph 2:1-10; Ps 100:1b-5; Lk 12:13-21
2 Tm 4:10-17b; Ps 145:10-13, 17-18; Lk 10:1-9
Eph 3:2-12; Is 12:2-3, 4bcd-6; Lk 12:39-48
Eph 3:14-21; Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 11-12, 18-19;
Lk 12:49-53
Eph 4:1-6; Ps 24:1-4ab, 5-6; Lk 12:54-59
Eph 4:7-16; Ps 122:1-5; Lk 13:1-9
Sir 35:12-14, 16-18; Ps 34:2-3, 17-19, 23;
2 Tm 4:6-8, 16-18; Lk 18:9-14
Perpetual Adoration
Sunday 7pm–Saturday 9am; Saturday 7pm–Sunday 6am
If you can serve, call Jessica at 948-4604.
Novena: Tuesday : 6:00pm
Liturgy of the Hours: Weekdays: 5:00pm
Gift Shop: Saturday: 4:00pm –7:00pm; Sunday:7:30am –7:30pm
Closed during Masses
Anointing of the sick/ Ministry to the sick
Please call the parish office to arrange for anointing for someone
who is seriously ill or preparing for surgery. If ill, homebound or
hospitalized we can visit upon request.
Funerals: Please call the parish office 942-7122
Safeguard the Children: Linda Gonzalez: (661) 949-8890
October 16, 2016
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time