Rev. Timothy Deutsch, Temporary Administrator Rev. Jacob A. Bertrand, Pastor (On Leave) Rev. John Bosco Musinguzi, In Residence

MASS SCHEDULE: Sunday Vigil: 4:30 pm (Saturday); Sunday: 8:00 am and 11:00 am. Liturgy of the Word for Children dismisses during the 11:00 am Mass. Monday – Friday: 8:00 am. Holy Days and Holidays: see bulletin and parish website for special Mass times. NURSERY: Sunday, open from 7:45 am to 9:30 am and from 10:45 am to 12:30 pm. Closed from 9:30 am to 10:45 am. Located on the north side of the church. CONFESSION: Wednesday from 5:00 pm to 6:15 pm. ANOINTING OF THE SICK: The first Saturday of the month after the 4:30 pm Mass, or by appointment. In an emergency, please call the Parish Office at (619) 463-6629.

DEVOTIONS Eucharistic Exposition and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament: First Friday of each month from the end of daily Mass until 11:55 am. Rosary: Daily after the morning Mass and other special occasions. Our Mother of Perpetual Help: Tuesday following the morning Mass.

9800 San Juan St • Spring Valley, CA 91977 Phone (619)463-6629 • Fax (619)463-8101

www.santasophia.org • parish@santasophia.org

February 15, 2015

Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mark 1:40-45 "He remained outside in deserted places, and people kept coming to him from everywhere." Nothing could stop the crowds from gathering. Men, women, and children traveled from near and far--everywhere--to find Jesus. Word had spread quickly about the miraculous healing of the leprous man. And people wanted to know what it was all about. Yes, he had the power to cure illnesses and drive out demons. But more than that, he had the power to change hearts. His words of compassion and mercy, and the actions that backed them up, must have caused many a conver s ion dur ing those encounters in the deserted places.

Although we don't have the

opportunity to see him in person,

we do have the chance to search

for Jesus and to find him.

Sometimes, he may seem remote.

Maybe we don't automatically feel

his presence. Perhaps, when times

are tough, we wonder where he is

hiding. But when we persevere in

our journey by praying, reading

the Bible, and receiving the

sacraments, we too can find the

Lord. And as we bring our needs

to him, Jesus will be "moved with pity" for us as well and will

extend to us the healing love that

has transformed so many hearts

throughout Christian history.

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MASS SCHEDULE AND INTENTIONS

Feb. 18th, Wed: Ash Wednesday continued 5:00 pm +Deceased Legionaires Feb. 19th, Thu: Weekday 8:00 am +Mr. Luis Barajas

Feb. 20th, Fri: Weekday 8:00 am +Eula Velez

Feb. 21st, Sat: First Sunday of Lent (Vigil) 4:30 pm +Mr. David Armando

Feb. 22nd, Sun: First Sunday of Lent 8:00 am Intentions of Allison Brown 11:00 am +Bob Bjorklund

Feb. 14th, Sat: Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Vigil) 4:30 pm Intentions of John Paul Brown

Feb. 15th, Sun: Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00 am Intentions of Remy & Lettie Reyes 11:00 am +Patrick Stevenson

Feb. 16th, Mon: Weekday 9:00 am Intentions of Faris & Sana Auro

Feb. 17th, Tue: Weekday 8:00 am Intentions of Melissa Murphy

Feb. 18th, Wed: Ash Wednesday 8:00 am +Mrs. Barb Ziber 11:00 am +Albino del Rosario

NEW PARISHIONERS

PLEASE REMEMBER THOSE IN NEED OF SPECIAL PRAYER

Doris Kellhofer Brian Vandenberg

Jessica Kline Leticia Rebollar Detra Hambrick Heather Sturgill

Vie Liddell Maria Tangen

Sister Roseann Cordova Lilyne Hollingworth

Audrey Witnik Ben & Bridget Gordon and Family

Ernest and Agnes Stelmar Ed Paige

Carol & Ed Robinson Anita Sanford

Brandon Ancho Lenny Goins

Ricardo Dominguez

Names in bold are newly added this week.

Also pray for the special intentions written in the Book of Needs at the back of the church.

FROM THE BUSINESS MANAGER

By now you have received your Annual Catholic Appeal

mailing. If you have not, the materials are located in the

pews, the side shelves and in the vestibule. This appeal

is very important to our parish. We are assigned a goal

amount by the Diocese, which is $62,000, the same as

last year. If we fail to meet our goal, then we must make

up the shortfall from our operating budget. All the

monies over our goal are retained by the parish. This is

important because last year we exceeded our goal by

$20,623 which went into the Fire Restoration Fund.

With a similar amount this year, we will be ending the

Fire Restoration Fund. The envelopes for that fund will

no longer be included in your envelope mailings.

If you are making a one-time contribution to the ACA,

please make the check payable to The Diocese of San Die-

go. If you are make an online donation directly to the

Diocese, take a moment and fill out a card telling us the

amount so we can account for it locally.

As mentioned in a prior bulletin, we will be having a

report on the closing of the Fire Fund in the coming

weeks.

Thank you for your continued generosity.

SCRIPTURE READINGS FOR THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 15TH, 2015

Sunday: Lv 13:1-2, 44-46/1 Cor 10:31 - 11:1/Mk 1:40-45

Monday: Gn 4:1-15, 25/Mk 8:11-13

Tuesday: Gn 6:5-8; 7:1-5, 10/Mk 8:14-21

Wednesday: Jl 2:12-18/2 Cor 5:20 - 6:2/ Mt 6:1-6, 16-18

Thursday: Dt 30:15-20/Lk 9:22-25

Friday: Is 58:1-9a/Mt 9:14-15

Saturday: Is 58:9b-14/Lk 5:27-32

IN OBSERVANCE OF PRESIDENT’S DAY ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16TH, THE ACADEMY,

CMO AND PARISH OFFICES WILL ALL BE CLOSED.

MONDAY MORNING MASS WILL BE AT 9:00 AM.

Anselmo & Doris Arias

Nabeel & Feryal Jabo and their family Haneen & Neveen

Sameer & Nawal Gorgees and their family Ramy and Mena

ASH WEDNESDAY SOUP NIGHT

This Wednesday, February 18th, begins Lent and Ash Wednesday. On this day the Academy teachers and staff, lovingly prepare and serve yummy soups at our annual

Soup Night. As this is a day of fast and abstinence, we offer a simple family soup night for all parishion-ers. Please plan to join us and bring your family be-tween 5:30 pm and 7:00 pm for our delicious home-made soups prepared by our WONDERFUL SSA STAFF. Goodwill donations are accepted to help those who are in need in our parish.

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NEW PARISHIONERS

Welcome! We warmly invite you

to join our faith community. To

register, please visit the parish

office anytime after morning

mass till 4:30 pm, Monday thru

Friday. Or you can pick up a

form in the vestibule of the

church.

BAPTISM

Please contact Father Tim at

(619) 463-6629 for Baptism

preparation information. Parents

are encouraged to begin the

preparation process before their

child is born.

ADULT/CHILD

RELIGIOUS FORMATION

Please contact Donna Hernandez

at the Catechetical Ministry

Office at (619) 463-6011 for

more information.

MATRIMONY

Please contact the Parish Office

at (619) 463-6629 before setting

the date, time and location of

your wedding. In the Diocese of

San Diego, couples should plan

on a nine month (minimum)

period of marriage preparation.

FUNERALS

Please contact the Parish Office

at (619) 463-6629 ext. 104.

BULLETIN SUBMISSIONS

Submissions are due Fridays at

noon, nine days prior to publica-

tion. Send to:

bulletin@santasophia.org

Find us on Facebook:

SantaSophiaCatholicChurch www.santasophia.org

CLERGY

REV. TIMOTHY DEUTSCH Ext. 100 TEMPORARY ADMINISTRATOR tdeutsch@santasophia.org

REV. JACOB BERTRAND PASTOR jbertrand@santasophia.org

REV. JOHN BOSCO Ext. 107 PRIEST IN RESIDENCE musinguzijbosco@yahoo.com

PARISH STAFF

BILL SMIRNIOTIS Ext. 104 BUSINESS MANAGER bsmirniotis@santasophia.org

SANA AURO Ext. 103 BOOKEEPER sauro@santasophia.org SARA GONZALEZ Ext. 100 PORTRESS sgonzalez@santasophia.org MARIA BELFLOWER Ext. 102 ADMINISTRATIVE ASSIASANT mbelflower@santasophia.org

MUSIC MINISTRY

DAVID STEVENS Ext. 113 DIRECTOR dstevens@santasophia.org

FACILITIES MAINTENANCE

JIM KINNEY Ext. 108 DIRECTOR jkinney@santasophia.org

LITURGICAL MINISTRIES

ROSEMARY WELLINGTON Ext. 115 SACRISTAN wabrsmry@gmail.com

SANTA SOPHIA ACADEMY

KAREN LAAPERI (619) 463-0488 PRINCIPAL ssaklaaperi@hotmail.com

ESTELA DIAZ (619) 463-0488 SECRETARY santasophiaacademyoffice@gmail.com SANTA SOPHIA PRESCHOOL

VICTORIA SIMANEK (619) 463-0141 DIRECTOR vsimanek@santasophia.org

CATECHETICAL MINISTRY OFFICE

BERNADETTE PADLO Ext. 111 DIRECTOR bpadlo@santasophia.org

DONNA HERNANDEZ Ext. 110 ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT dhernandez@santasophia.org

GENNETTE MEDINA Ext. 112 SR. HIGH YOUTH gmedina@santasophia.org

NATHAN JOHNSON Ext. 112 JR. HIGH YOUTH

YOUNG ADULT MINISTRIES

RACHEL SMITH rach.smith@yahoo.com

TERESA SPORLEDER teresasporleder@hotmail.com

ARE YOU IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH SOMEONE WHO IS PRESSURING YOU FOR MORE INTIMACY THAN YOU WANT OR ARE READY FOR?

This is a Safe Place Community: Santa Sophia’s team provides faith-based support to parishioners, family and friends who suspect or know of violence in their relationships. Call (619) 663-9785 and leave a message. A team member will call and offer resources that can help in situations of child, elder or intimate partner abuse.

Santa Sophia Catholic Church and Academy Parish Office: (619) 463-6629 Fax: (619) 463-8101 Monday ~ Friday from after daily mass - 4:30 pm

Academy Office: (619) 463-0488 Fax: (619) 668-5469 Monday ~ Friday from 7:30 am - 3:30 pm Preschool Office: (619) 463-0141 Fax: (619) 463-8101 Monday ~ Friday from 7:00 am - 5:00 pm

CMO Office: (619) 463-6011 Fax: (619) 668-5458 Monday ~ Friday from 8:30 am - 4:30 pm & Sunday 8:00 am - 12:00 pm

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17TH

PRAYER SERVICVE AND BURNING OF PALMS

6:00 PM

MARDI GRAS CELEBRATION

6:30 PM

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18TH

MASS WITH DISTRIBUTION OF ASHES

8:00 AM, 11:00 AM & 5:00 PM

SOUP SUPPER

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

PRAYER SERVICE WITH DISTRIBUTION OF ASHES

(NO COMMUNION)

7:00 PM

THURSDAYS OF LENT

STATIONS OF THE CROSS WITH SANTA SOPHIA ACADEMY

2:15 PM

FRIDAYS OF LENT

February 20th & 27th

March 6th, 13th, 20th & 27th

STATIONS OF THE CROSS,

EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED

SACRAMENT & BENEDICTION

7:00 PM

LENTEN PENANCE SERVICE

TUESDAY, MARCH 17TH

7:00 PM

SACRAMENT OF PENANCE

WEDNESDAYS, FEBRUARY 25TH,

MARCH 4TH, 11TH, AND APRIL 1ST 5:00 PM - 6:15 PM

PALM SUNDAY

SUNDAY, MARCH 29TH

MASS WITH BLESSING AND

DISTRIBUTION OF PALMS

4:30 PM VIGIL, 8:00 AM, 11:00 AM*

*GATHER IN FRONT OF ST. VINCENT

DE PAUL PANTRY FOR PROCESSION INTO CHURCH

~ TRIDUUM ~

HOLY THURSDAY - APRIL 2ND

MASS OF THE LORD’S SUPPER

7:00 PM

FOLLOWED BY PRAYER BEFORE THE

BLESSED SACRAMENT UNTIL

10:00 PM

GOOD FRIDAY - APRIL 3RD

STATIONS OF THE CROSS

OUTSIDE ~ GATHER IN FRONT OF THE CHURCH

12:00 PM

CELEBRATION OF THE LORD’S

PASSION WITH VENERATION OF THE CROSS AND COMMUNION

3:00 PM & 7:00 PM

HOLY SATURDAY - APRIL 4TH

BLESSING OF THE FOOD

10:00 AM

THE EASTER VIGIL IN THE HOLY NIGHT

8:00 PM

EASTER SUNDAY - APRIL 5TH

MASSES WITH THE RENEWAL

OF BAPTISMAL PROMISE

8:00 AM AND 11:00 AM

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DAILY PRAYER FOR PRIESTS

O Jesus, I pray for your faithful and; fervent priests;

For your unfaithful and tepid priests; For your priests laboring at home or

Abroad in distant mission fields. For your tempted priests;

For your lonely and desolate priests; For your young priests; For your dying priests;

For the souls of your priests in Purgatory. But above all, I recommend to you

The priests dearest to me; The priest who baptized me;

The priests who absolved me from my sins; The priests at whose Masses I assisted and who gave me

Your Body and Blood in Holy Communion; The priests who taught and instructed me;

All the priests to whom I am indebted in any other way

(especially……………..….) O Jesus, keep them all close to your heart,

And bless them abundantly in time and in Eternity,

Amen

Sunday, February 15th - Rev. Stephanos Pedrano, OSB

Monday, February 16th - Rev. Adrian Peelo, OFM

Tuesday, February 17th - Rev. Richard Perozich

Wednesday, February 18th - Rev. Michael Pham

Thursday, February 19th - Rev. Michel Pham, OSB

Friday, February 20th - Rev. Phien Pham

Saturday, February 21st - Rev. Jose Pimentel, OP

COLLECTION REPORT

Feb. 02, 2015 - Feb. 08, 2015 Plate Envelopes eGiving

Breakdown of gifts received $0.00 to $5.00 $5.01 to $10.00 $10.01 to $25.00 $25.01 to $50.00

$50.01 to $100.00 $100.01 to $150.00

$150.01 to $500.00 $500.01 to $1,000.00

Total contributing households

$14,814.22 $1,456.22

$10,907.00 $2,478.00

58 61

161 68 41 9 7 0

_______

405

Preserving our Legacy Fund $200.00

St. Vincent de Paul $1241.00

Fire Restoration Fund $444.00

Shelter $1,634.00

Girl Scout cookies will be available for purchase after all the masses this weekend, February 14th & 15th. All cookies sell for $5.00 per box and proceeds sup-port activities, volunteering training, community pro-jects and more.

Santa Sophia Women's Guild monthly Bunko will be on Tues-day, February 17th in the Verho-ven Room. Lunch will be served at 12:00 noon and Bunko will start at 12:45 pm. Bunko will be on Tuesday due to the start of

Lent this week. Everyone is welcome. If you have never played before, come check it out and you will be hooked. Any questions, please contact Lorraine at (619) 309-5609.

Support Santa Sophia Academy in the company of ladies and gentlemen who enjoy the strategy and challenges of bridge. One group meets every Tues-day at 10:00 am all year

long in the Catechetical Ministry building. We each bring our own lunch and beverage.

The other group meets the 3rd Thursday of the month at 10:00 am, September through May in the DeMoor room. Table hostesses are assigned and asked to provide a light snack for their table; tea and coffee are provided.

Membership of $25.00 per person each season sup-ports the Academy and is tax deductible. The bridge parties usually break up around 1:30 pm in the afternoon. We are in need of more people!

For further information or to sign up, please call Chairperson, Marianne Bickhaus at (619) 670-0465.

Santa Sophia Women's Guild monthly meeting will

be held on Monday, February 23rd at 10:00 am in

Room 4 of the CMO building. Come join us and

see what activities we do to raise funds for Eucha-

ristic Supplies for church. If you have any ques-

tions, contact Lorraine at (619) 309-5609.

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CONSIDER ELECTRONIC GIVING! You can set automatic recurring donations or give one trans-action at a time. Click the “Donate” button on our website: www.SantaSophia.org.

Dear Santa Sophia Parishioners: February 5th, 2015 As you know, in mid-November 2014, I granted the request of your pastor Father Jacob Bertrand for a temporary leave of absence from active priestly ministry in order to address issues of personal growth and development. I am happy to let you know that Father Jacob is doing well in his program, which is expected to last until at least the end of May 2015. He continues to be grateful for your support through prayer during this time and he is looking forward to a return to priestly ministry after completion of the program. I am grateful to Father Timothy Deutsch for accepting my invitation to serve as administrator of the parish on an interim basis. Father Timothy will conclude his assignment at Santa Sophia Parish no later than June 30th, 2015. Once again, thank you for your prayers for Father Jacob. Be assured of my continuing prayers for your faith community. Sincerely yours in Christ,

Very Reverend Monsignor Steven F. Callahan Diocesan Administrator

INTERFAITH SHELTER NETWORK THE INTERFAITH ROTATIONAL SHELTER

RETURNS TO SANTA SOPHIA PARISH FEBRUARY 14TH - 28TH

How can you help? The possibilities are plentiful! Contribute an evening meal, volunteer as an overnight host, help to move our guests, or even help with set up and break down. Cash dona-t i ons a r e grea t ly needed a s well. Donation envelopes are in the pews and on the side tables.

The Lenten season is almost here and as Christians we are called to serve. Let us be the face of Christ to our brothers and sisters.

For more information contact Bill North at (619) 396-1554

Have you been Baptized? Have you celebrated your First

Eucharist? Are you over 18 yrs. old, attend-ing Mass regularly and have not

been Confirmed?

If you answered “YES” to any of these questions, you are invited to find out more about our Adult Confirmation sessions that will begin on: Thursday, February 19th at 7:00 pm in Room 4 of the Catechetical Ministry Office. Please call Donna at (619) 463-6011 for more information and to register for the upcoming class.

SANTA SOPHIA ACADEMY PRESCHOOL

R egistration for the 2015-2016 school year opens for Santa Sophia Parishioners on Tues-

day, February 17th. Please call the Director, Victo-ria Simanek at (619) 463-0141 for more information or to schedule an appointment to take a school tour. We still have spaces available for the current school

year, for children 3 year olds and young 4 year olds.

Please go to our website for information on registra-

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