Infant Baptism: Prep Class for Parents & Godparents, 2nd Tuesday of the month; Baptism during Sunday Liturgy. Bautizos Infantiles: Clase de Preparacion para Padres y Padrinos, 2 º Martes de cada mes con el Bautizo durante la Misa del Domingo. Religious Education (CCD): Saturdays, 9:30am–11:30am, October thru MayEducación Religiosa: Sábados, 9:30am– 11:30am, Octubre a Mayo. First Communion & Confirmation: Two years preparation through the Religious Education Program. Primera Comunion y Confirmacion; Preparación de dos años Adults (Rite of Christians Initiation of Adults) RCIA: Please contact the Director of Religious Education, Mrs. Floy Hawkins to register.

Adultos (Rito de Iniciación Cristiana) RICA: por favor, contactar Floy Hawkins., Directora de Educación Religiosa,. Marriage: Please Contact the Priest at least six months in advance. Do not book the reception hall until the wedding date in the church is confirmed. Matrimonio: Contactar al sacerdote por lo menos 6 meses antes de reservar el local de celebración. Sick Calls: contact James Gibson: (323) 545-8172 Visitas a Enfermos: Mario Ardon: (323) 304-0194 Quincianera: Claudia Edwards from 9am—2pm, (323) 292-0781

PARISH STAFF Pastor ....................... Rev. Kenneth Keke, SSJ Spanish Ministry ... Dcn. Hernando Rodriguez Parish Manager .................. Mrs. Cheryl Pyles Director of Religious Edu. Mrs. Floy Hawkins Parish Secretary ........... Ms. Claudia Edwards

MASS SCHEDULES Saturday: 4:00 PM Vigil Sunday: 7:00 AM English 8:30 AM Español 10:30 AM Gospel Weekdays: 8:15 AM Bilingual

CONFESSION Saturday: 3:30–4:00 PM Or by appointment Sábados: 3:30-4:00 PM o por cita OUR MISSION: We the Faith Community of St. Brigid Catholic Church declare our mission is to know and imitate Jesus. We proclaim the reign of God in this community by preaching, teaching the Good News and celebrating our Roman Catholic wor-ship. We witness the faith by demonstrating service and compassion for those in need. As Community, we welcome, honor and respect all people with the special emphasis on the culture and heritage of the African American and Hispanic Catholics.

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5214 S. Western Ave. LA, CA 90062 Phone: 323-292-0781 | Fax: 323-290-1254

Email: stbrigidchurch@sbcglobal.net Website: www.stbrigidchurchla.com

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SUNDAY MASS READINGS

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CALL TO STEWARDSHIP Weekly Deposits

(Envelopes, loose, holy days, building maintenance, St. Vincent De Paul

4/9/2017: $ 8435.00 4/16/2017 $ 7278.00

As St. Brigid parishioners, we embrace “stewardship” and

welcome the opportunity to share our time, talents and treasure within our Faith Community and the greater local community we serve. We are proud of our

many accomplishments, improvements, successful projects and programs which form the founda-tion of our “Call to Stewardship”. St. Brigid is OUR church

and OUR family. We have been entrusted with the responsibility to maintain and

preserve the physical plant of St. Brigid. We need and wel-come your financial support and prayers as we make this

Stewardship journey together.

Ministries Honoring their annual commitment 2017 Aids Ministry – Altar Servers - Art/Environment - Bereavement - Drum Ministry - Education Committee - Emmanuel - Eucharistic Ministers- Finance Council—$250 Gospel Choir- Guadalupanos - $1000 Hospitality - KPC, Council #259 - KPC, Court #259 -$500 Lectors - Legion of Mary - Liturgy Committee - Ministry Thru Prayer - New Generation Choir - Parish Council - Religious Education - Resurrection Choir - Soup, Salad & Scripture - Spanish Evangelization - Spanish Lectors - Spanish Ushers - $1000 St. Vincent de Paul - Traditional Choir - Tuesday Night Bible Study - Usher Board - Women’s Ministry - Young at Heart - ***************************************

WILLS & ESTATE PLANNING Doris Fork - $15,000.00

Apr. 23 Apr. 24 Apr. 25 Apr. 26 Apr. 27 Apr. 28

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Acts 2:42-47 1 Peter 1:3-9 John 20:19-31 Acts 4:23-31 John 3:1-8 1 Peter 5:5B-14 March 16:15-20 Acts 5:17-26 John 3:16-21 Acts 5:27-33 John 3:31-36 Acts 5:34-42 John 6:1-15

MASS INTENTIONS

Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

4:00pm 7:00am 8:30am 10:30am 8:15 am 8:15am 8:15am

8:15am

8:15am

For All of God’s Children For the Homeless Por el Santo Papa Francisco Happy Birthday Mother Dear, Ida From your daughter, Doris Fork NO MASS For Ruby Luke, Delores McCree, Dorothy Navarre, For Donald Osborne, Harry Phelps, Lela Wilson Happy Birthday Cesar Cruz, From Jr. Lector Ministry For Pearl Rivero, Bernadette Ross, Grace Sampson

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APRIL 23, SUNDAY

9:00 am – Hospitality Brunch 9:45 am – Gospel Choir, R 1 1:15 pm— Gospel Choir Reh., Church

APRIL 24, MONDAY

APRIL 25, TUESDAY

6:00 pm – Gospel Choir Bus. Meeting, R 1 6:00 pm – Citizenship / Esl Classes, R 3 7:00 pm – Gospel Choir Reh. Church 7:00 pm – RCIA, R 4

APRIL 26, WEDNESDAY

12:00 pm — Food Outreach 12:00 pm- Soup, Salad, & Scripture, Chapel 2:00 pm – Legion of Mary, Chapel 6:00 pm – Citizenship / Esl Classes, R3 7:00 pm – Youth Lectors, Church 7:00 pm – Emmanuel, R 7

APRIL 27, THURSDAY

12:00 pm – School Parent Conf. Hall 6:00 pm— Citizenship / Esl Classes, R3 7:00 pm – Parish Council, R 2 7:00 pm – Resurrection Choir, Church 7:00 pm – Spanish Evangelization, R 5

APRIL 28, FRIDAY

12:00 pm – School Parent Conf. Hall 6:00 pm – Altar Servers, Church 7:00 PM – Youth Lectors, Church 7:00 pm – Emmanuel, Hall 7:00 pm – OA, R 7

APRIL 29, SATURDAY

9:30 am - CCD 2:00 pm – AA, R 7

This Week at SBC

Parish Goal: $22,400 Amount Pledged: $11,104 Amount Paid: $8,519

BE THE LIGHT OF CHRIST Together in MISSION

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Confirmation 2017 Here at St. Brigid on

Friday, May 5th, 7pm

First Communion Sunday, May 7th, 10am

Quincianera Celebration at

St. Brigid: Please see Claudia Edwards in the Parish Office for all details between the hours of 9am—2pm, Monday thru Friday. Celebra tu Quincianera aqui en Sta. Brigida. Para mas informacion, visita la Oficina Parroquial y pregunta por Claudia Edwards de Lunes a Viernes, 9am—2pm. Free Citizenship Classes Tuesday thru Thursday, 6pm –9pm in Room 3. Gratis Clases de Ciudadania Martes a Jueves, 6pm – 9pm en el Salon 3. 13th Annual Spring Mass at the Cathe-dral of Our Lady of the Angels:555 W Temple Street, Los Angeles, Tuesday, May 9, 2017. Crowning of our Blessed Mother, 9:50am; Mass begins at 10am.

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~ REFLECTION ~ Every year we celebrate Easter for seven weeks—a “week of weeks”— because we need all this time to appreciate all the new things that God is doing in our lives. So on this Second Sunday of Easter, which the Church has also designated as the Sunday of Divine Mercy, we focus on the early church and how those disciples received and spread the Good News of God’s merciful love. May we learn much from them as we pray togeth-er today.

~ REFLEXION ~ Todos los años celebramos la Pascua durante sie-te semanas en una “semana de semanas” (la Cin-cuentena pascual), pues necesitamos todo este tiempo para poder valorar todo lo nuevo que Dios está obrando en nuestra vida. Así es que en este 2° Domingo de Pascua, el cual ha sido también designado por la Iglesia como Domingo de la Divi-na Misericordia, dirigimos nuestra mirada hacia la Iglesia primitiva y en cómo esos discípulos reci-bieron la buena nueva del amor misericordioso de Dios. Oremos juntos hoy para aprender mucho de ellos.

Jesus reveals God as Merciful Father

The Old Testament speaks frequently and with great tenderness about God’s mercy. Yet, it was Jesus, who through His words and actions, revealed to us in an extraordinary way, God as a loving Father, rich in mercy and abounding in great kind-ness and love. In Jesus’ merciful love and care for the poor, the oppressed, the sick and the sinful, and especially in His freely choosing to take upon Himself the punish-ment for our sins (a truly horrible suffering and death on the Cross), so that all may be freed from destructive consequences and death. He manifested in a superabundant and radical way the greatness of God’s love and mercy for humanity. In His person as God-Man, one in being with the Father, Jesus both reveals and is God’s Love and Mercy Itself.

Jesús revela a Dios como Padre misericordioso

El Antiguo Testamento habla con frecuencia y con gran ternura de la misericordia de Dios. Sin embargo, fue Jesús, quien a través de sus palabras y acciones, nos revela de manera extraordinaria, Dios como un padre amoroso, rico en misericordia y grande en amor y gran bondad. En Jesús misericordio-so amor y cuidado para los pobres, los opri-midos, los enfermos y los pecadores, y espe-cialmente en su elección libremente a tomar sobre sí el castigo por nuestros pecados (verdaderamente horrible sufrimiento y muerte en la Cruz), para que todos poda-mos ser liberados de la muerte y consecuen-cias destructivas. El manifestó de manera sobreabundante y radical la grandeza del amor de Dios y misericordia para la humani-dad. En su persona como hombre de Dios, uno mismo con el padre, Jesús revela tanto es el amor de Dios y Piedad.

Did You Know? Each of us, as members of our Catholic community, can contribute to the healing by remember-ing 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 pray-ers and labors. Grant that all harmed by abuse may find justice. We ask this through Christ, our Lord. Amen. Sabia Usted? Ore por la sanación de las víctimas de abuso Cada uno de nosotros, como miembros de nuestra comunidad católica, podemos contribuir a la sana-ción recordando a los sobrevivientes de abuso en nuestras oraciones. La siguiente oración es de la USCCB (Conferencia de Obispos Católicos de Esta-dos Unidos). Espíritu Santo, consolador de corazo-nes, sana las heridas de tu pueblo y transforma el quebrantamiento en integridad. Concédenos coraje y sabiduría, humildad y gracia, para actuar con jus-ticia. Danos sabiduría en nuestras oraciones y obras. Concede que todos los perjudicados por el abuso puedan encontrar justicia. Pedimos esto a través de Cristo, nuestro Señor. Amén.

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Children’s Column

“Let the Children come to me, do not stop them. “ - Matthew 19:14

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION DEPARTMENT CALENDAR

Youth Sunday Mass: 1st Sunday of the month: 10:30 AM Liturgy

CCD Classes: Saturdays 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM

Parent Sessions: Date TBA; 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM, Room 4

APRIL 2017 Classes: 1st, 8th, 22nd, 29th

Thank You Jesus, For waking me up today For I am able to see the light of another day. Thank You Jesus, For helping me through this day With Your peace and happiness. Thank You Jesus, For giving good health, for my family and for my friends…!!!

CHILDREN’S

CHURCH See

Pam Nailes or Marian Thomas