MISSION STATEMENT St. Bartholomew is a diverse Catholic community welcoming to all.

Called to serve, we are united by faith, bonded by prayer, and committed to living the Gospel message.

St. Bartholomew

A Roman Catholic Community

Welcome to

5100 E. Broadway • Long Beach, California • 90803

Mailing Address & Parish Office: 252 Granada Ave • Long Beach, California • 90803 Office: 562.438.3826 • Fax: 562.438.2227

www.stbartholomewcclb.org • stbartslongbeach@gmail.com

2 PARISH INFORMATION

Parish DIRECTORY Pastor: Fr. Michael Reardon

Michael.Reardon@la-archdiocese.org (562) 438-3826

Fr. Thinh Pham, In Residence Pastor Emeritus: Msgr. Bernie Leheny Deacon Miguel Torrado (707) 513-3903 Parish Administrator: Kathleen Flood (562) 438-3826 KFlood@la-archdiocese.org

Parish Office Hours Tuesday—Friday: 8:30 am to 5:00 pm (Closed Noon to 1:00 pm)

Administrative Assistant & Funeral Planning Coordinator Amparo Baldemor (562) 438-3826 ABaldemor@la-archdiocese.org Operations Manager Robert Crowley (562) 438-3826 Parish Communications Kathleen Flood (562) 438-3826 Parish Secretary Chris Ahumada (562) 438-3826 CAhumada@la-archdiocese.org Safeguard the Children Cameron Hernandez (562) 438-3826

Office of Faith Formation Faith Formation Director: Kellie De Leo (562) 438-3826 KDeLeo@la-archdiocese.org Middle School & Teen Confirmation Coordinator Jessica Garcia (562) 438-3826 Jessica.Garcia@la-archdiocese.org

Music & Liturgy

Music & Liturgy Director: Brian Archambault (562) 208-8222 BArchambault@la-archdiocese.org

Parish Ministry Director of Parish Ministry: Sr. Paulynne Tubick, SND (805) 558-1120 SrMPTubick@la-archdiocese.org

Fraud Alert: Scammers are impersonating clergy Have you received a suspicious text or email from Fr. Michael requesting that you purchase gift cards on his behalf or loan him money? If you have—or receive either or both in the future—these DID NOT come from him.

Cyber scammers, who are targeting Catholic parishes and schools in this archdiocese and throughout the nation, are victimizing parishioners and parents. This type of fraudulent activity that involves using SMS or text messages and email to trick people to surrender personal information so that money can be obtained fraudulently.

Do not become a victim. If you receive such texts do the following: • Take time to consider your actions before responding to suspicious text messages. • Check the origin of the email sender. “FrMichael@yourchurch.com” is not a domain used this parish. All emails

from the parish account are “Name@la-archdiocese.org” • If in doubt, call the Parish Office at St. Bartholomew to authenticate the text message or email. • Do not respond to the text message or email if you doubt its origin.

PARISH INFORMATION 3

Mass Intentions Monday, September 7

8:00am Intentions of Sr. Mary Dean Pfahler

Tuesday, September 8

8:00am Intentions of Chelsea Baldemor

Wednesday, September 9

8:00am Intentions of Ken Arnold

Thursday, September 10

8:00am Repose of the soul of Marguerita Ahumada

Friday, September 11

8:00am Repose of the souls of Gregory& Gabriella

Saturday, September 12

5:00pm Repose of the soul of Victor Fadil

Sunday, September 13

8:00am Repose of the soul of Alma Kirkland

8:00am Intentions of St. Bartholomew parishioners

9:30am Repose of the soul of Jeanne Honikel

11:00am Intentions of Kyle Klein

Parish Life Scripture Reflection Holy Land Collection next weekend

Due to the closure of churches during Holy Week and throughout the spring, the Holy Land collection that usually occurs on Good Friday was delayed until September 13. This special collection is a pontifical collection that helps Christians in the Holy Land. Your support helps the church minister in parishes, provide Catholic schools and offer religious education. The Holy Land collection also helps to preserve the sacred shrines. The wars, unrest and instability have been especially hard on Christians. In these times of crisis, this collection provides humanitarian aid to refugees. When you contribute to this collection, you become an instrument of peace and join with Catholics around the world in solidarity with the Church in the Holy Land.

Today’s Readings: Ezekiel 33: 7–9; Psalm 95: 1–2, 6–7, 8–9; Romans 13: 8–10; Matthew 18: 15–20 Ever notice how people today like to ignore the evil in the world? People will witness a mugging and not bother to call the police. We see television stories of children starving in poor countries and say, “Not my problem.” The readings for this Sunday challenge this attitude.

As a prophet, Ezekiel is to proclaim God’s word of repentance to the wicked. The Lord tells Ezekiel that he will be held responsible for the death of the wicked if he refuses to warn against the evil they are doing. In the Gospel, Jesus describes how his disciples should confront the sinner. His words teach us something about our duty to the sinner. First, he tells us that sin is our problem, and when we see it we need to take the initiative to stop it. Second, he tells us we need not feel alone in this duty. When the sinner refuses to listen, we bring in help. In fact, this command is meant for the whole church. Third, he tells us to be persistent; don’t give up on someone too easily.

So what about that line about treating the sinner who refuses to listen as a Gentile or tax collector? On the one hand, the sinner should be excluded from the church, excommunicated, if he doesn’t repent. On the other hand, Jesus never rejected tax collectors (like Matthew himself, who wrote this Gospel) or Gentiles. He said he came to call sinners, to save them. He loves sinners. And that is the reason we are to confront them—not to punish them, but to love them. As we see in the second reading, “love is the fulfillment of the law.”

That is why the Gospel ends with Jesus’ words about disciples praying together. When we think we cannot make a sinner repent, we remember that only God can do that. We can pray for sinners, including ourselves, and ask God to renew them in the Spirit. For God never forces a person to repent. God invites with love, especially the love Jesus showed by dying on the cross. May we all learn to fight evil with love!

This Labor Day weekend, when we honor all those who work to do the things that contribute to society, whether in a factory, on a farm, in an office, at home, or wherever it may be, let us resolve to work together in building the kingdom of God. Tom Schmidt, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

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Your gifts support our parish Drop your offertory envelope at the Parish Office or mail it to 252 Granada, Long Beach 90803. Please consider online banking as a means of making your gift.

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