WELCOME TO OUR LADY OF THE ASSUMPTION … Scout Troop 103 Meeting 6:00pm, ... Priest & Martyr ......
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WELCOME TO OUR LADY OF THE ASSUMPTION CHURCH
SATURDAY, APRIL 21
SVdP Shred Day 8:00am, Walnut Parking Lot
Matthew 25 Ministries Sorting 9:00am, St. Paul’s
Blue and Gold Dinner 5:00pm, Parish Hall
SUNDAY, APRIL 22
Open Gym—OLA Basketball 7:30am, Parish Hall
Flame Meeting 10:30am, St. Paul’s Room
Confirmation Mass 11:00am, Church,
Confirmation Reception 12:00pm, St. John’s Hall
Taller de Oración y Vida Workshop 6:00pm, St. John’s
MONDAY, APRIL 23
Christian Meditation 4:00 pm, Church
TUESDAY, APRIL 24
Young Rembrandt’s Art Prgm. 3:05pm, Schl. Mtg. Rm. OLA Finance Council Meeting 6:30pm, St. Paul’s Rm.
Baptismal Preparation 7:00pm, St. Anne’s Room
Knights of Columbus Planning Mtg. 7:30pm, St. John’s
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25
Legion of Mary Meeting 8:45am St. Paul’s Room
OLA New Parent Meeting 5:00pm, St. John’s Hall
THURSDAY, APRIL 26
OLA Boys Volleyball 5:00pm, Parish Hall
Girl Scout Troop 103 Meeting 6:00pm, Youth Room
First Eucharist Practice 6:00pm, Church
OLA Strategic Planning Mtg. 6:30pm, St. Paul’s Room
FRIDAY, APRIL 27
Boys Basketball 7:00pm, Parish Hall
SATURDAY, APRIL 28
SATURDAY, APRIL 21 St. Anselm, Bishop & Doctor of the Church 5:00pm Kenneth O’Brien † Henry Reyes Family SUNDAY, APRIL 22
8:00am Jim Paisley † Klaas Family 9:30am Huga Madrigal † Sharon Basher 11:00am Gorgonia DeVega † ParulanFamilly 7:30pm OLA Parishioners MONDAY, APRIL 23
St. George, Martyr & St. Adalbert, Bishop & Martyr 8:00am Patrickson Carbon † Paulina Carbon & Family TUESDAY, APRIL 24 St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Priest & Martyr 8:00am Mely Palangca † Linda WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25 St. Mark, Evangelist 8:00am Fr. Thomas Dermody † THURSDAY, APRIL 26 8:00am Souls in Purgatory † Anonymous FRIDAY, APRIL 27 8:00am Federico Solorzano † Vickie Razo SATURDAY, APRIL28 St. Peter Chanel & St. Louis Grignion de Montfort 5:00pm Al & Donna Roehr † Litchfield/Stacy & Tom Stacy † Family
Monday: Acts 11:1-18; Ps 42:2-3; 43:3, 4; Jn 10:1-10 Tuesday: Acts 11:19-26; Ps 87:1b-3, 4-5, 6-7; Jn 10:22-30 Wednesday: 1 Pt 5:5b-14; Ps 89:2-3, 6-7, 16-17; Mk 16:15-20 Thursday: Acts 13:13-25; Ps 89:2-3, 21-22, 25 and 27; Jn 13:16-20 Friday: Acts 13:26-33; Ps 2:6-7, 8-9, 10-11ab; Jn 14:1-6 Saturday: Acts 13:44-52; Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4; Jn 14:7-14 Sunday: Acts 9:26-31; Ps 22:26-27, 28, 30, 31- 32; 1 Jn 3:18-24; Jn 15:1-8
COME CHECK OUT OUR LOST
AND FOUND
Please stop by the parish office to retrieve your lost items. Items re-maining will be donated. Some of the unclaimed items are: glasses, sun-glasses, prayer books, change wallet, gloves, umbrellas, sports caps, jacket, keys, jewelry etc.
OUR PARISH
Jesus is the Good Shepherd
Jesus is the Good Shepherd who lays down His life for us so that we may have life in
abundance and be safe from the “wolf.” In this He showed His great love for us as He
Himself said “there is no greater love than to give one’s life for one’s friends”. By His
death He not only showed His great love for us, but also destroyed our death and became
the source of salvation to all who approach Him in Faith
~Fr. Eduino
Parish Registration and Change of Address Welcome to Our Lady of the Assumption Parish! Please register by completing the New Parishioner form below or online at: http://olaparish.net/new-parishioners. Please let us know if you have moved by calling the Parish Of-fice at 481-5115. You may place the completed form in the offertory basket or the parish office mail slot. The parish office is located off the Walnut Avenue parking lot.
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Martha Mary Ministry Gathering Thursday, May 3rd
The May gathering will be on Thursday, May 3rd, at 10:30am in St. John’s Hall. Thanks to Anne for presid-ing over the April Gathering. Several activities were im-portant focuses for the women. A lovely floral arrange-ment was presented to Jackie Seimion, honoring her as our Parish Woman of the Year. Those attending the gathering also appreciated the Ministry Coordinator, Shannon Blecha’s, review of parish calendar events and some of the highlights for the upcoming Capital Cam-paign. Suggestions for the 2018-2019 monthly pro-grams and service activities were discussed by the wom-en. Thank you to Pat, Jane, and Gloria for providing snacks for the ministry gathering. A potluck salad and sundae luncheon will be shared by members of the min-istry. There will be no gatherings during June, July, and August. Please mark your calendars for Thursday, Sep-tember 6th, when monthly gatherings will resume.
Church Tour – All Are Welcome For a tour of our Church, contact Shannon Blecha at
481-5115.
BULLETIN
Please remember that if you have any ads you would like to be published in our Bulletin, you should email them to: [email protected], with copy to our Ministry Co-ordinator, Shannon Blecha [email protected], or you may drop them in the Parish office. Also please, keep in mind that submissions are due two Fridays prior to the bulletin you want your information in (e.g., for 4/29 bulletin, due 4/20.
Thank you!
OLA SCHOOL NEWS
Wednesdays (Grades 7 - 8) 7:00pm - 8:30pm Tuesdays (Grades 9 - 12) 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Meetings are held in Seton Hall.
For more information about Youth Groups, please contact OLA´s Youth Minister,
Johann Rubia-Miller at (916) 481-5115 or Email: [email protected]
Dinner and Mass Fellowship Night
Every 3rd Sunday of the month come and break bread in the youth room, attend Mass together, and experience our faith through prayers and worship. There will be a light dinner in the youth room from 6:30pm to 7:15pm followed by attendance at the 7:30pm Mass. Help to participate in the Mass by greeting, ushering, bringing up the gifts, and read-ing. This evening is for youth in grades 7-12. RSVP is not required.
SAVE THE DATE Friday, April 27, 2018
Our annual OLA Golf Cougar Classic will be at the Lincoln Hills Golf Club on Friday, April 27, 2018. More details to follow. For more information, please contact Michael Cook at 916-709-7729 or [email protected]
It's not too late!
Students grades 3-12 are still invited to participate in our OLA Youth Choir and Ensemble for the remainder of our Lent and Easter choral season. Rehearsals are on Wednesday evenings in the church from 6:00 - 6:55 pm through May 2. The youth choir will sing at the upcoming Sunday liturgies: Sunday, April 29 - 2:00 pm Mass (Fifth Sunday of Easter and First Eucharist) Sunday, May 6th - 9:30 am Mass (Sixth Sunday of Easter) For more information, please contact Casey Oliver, Music Director, at [email protected].
FAMILY CONNECTION Fourth Sunday of Easter Theme: Jesus is the Good Shepherd. Breaking Open the Word Suggested text for faith sharing: Today’s Gospel Step One: Listen to the Word As you hear this lovely reading about Jesus as shepherd, what words or phrases strike you? What in this reading touches your heart? Step Two: Look into Your Life Question for Children: Jesus tells us he is the Good Shepherd, but how do you experience God guiding and protecting you? Question for Youth: How do you feel about Jesus' being your shepherd? What does it mean to you that he lays down his life for you? Question for Adults: What qualities of God does the image of the Good Shepherd suggest? How do you experience God in this way?
1. “REJOICE AND BE GLAD” (Mt 5:12), Jesus tells those persecuted or humiliated for his sake. The Lord asks everything of us, and in return he offers us true life, the happiness for which we were created. He wants us to be saints and not to settle for a bland and mediocre existence. The call to holiness is present in various ways from the very first pages of the Bible. We see it expressed in the Lord’s words to Abraham: “Walk before me, and be blameless” (Gen 17:1). 2. What follows is not meant to be a treatise on holiness, containing definitions and distinctions helpful for understanding this important subject, or a discussion of the various means of sanctification. My modest goal is to repropose the call to holiness in a practical way for our own time, with all its risks, challenges and opportunities. For the Lord has chosen each one of us “to be holy and blameless before him in love” (Eph 1:4).
CHAPTER ONE THE CALL TO HOLINESS
THE SAINTS WHO ENCOURAGE AND ACCOMPANY US 3. The Letter to the Hebrews presents a number of testimonies that encourage us to “run with perseverance the race that is set before us” (12:1). It speaks of Abraham, Sarah, Moses, Gideon and others (cf. 11:1-12:3). Above all, it invites us to realize that “a great cloud of witnesses” (12:1) impels us to advance constantly towards the goal. These witnesses may include our own mothers, grandmothers or other loved ones (cf. 2 Tim 1:5). Their lives may not always have been perfect, yet even amid their faults and failings they kept moving forward and proved pleasing to the Lord. 4. The saints now in God’s presence preserve their bonds of love and communion with us. The Book of Revelation attests to this when it speaks of the intercession of the martyrs: “I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne; they cried out with a loud voice, ‘O sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long will it be before you judge?’” (6:9-10). Each of us can say: “Surrounded, led and guided by the friends of God… I do not have to carry alone what, in truth, I could never carry alone. All the saints of God are there to protect me, to sustain me and to carry me”.[1] 5. The processes of beatification and canonization recognize the signs of heroic virtue, the sacrifice of one’s life in martyrdom, and certain cases where a life is constantly offered for others, even until death. This shows an exemplary imitation of Christ, one worthy of the admiration of the faithful.[2] We can think, for example, of Blessed Maria Gabriella Sagheddu, who offered her life for the unity of Christians. THE SAINTS “NEXT DOOR”
6. Nor need we think only of those already beatified and canonized. The Holy Spirit bestows holiness in abundance among God’s holy and faithful people, for “it has pleased God to make men and women holy and to save them, not as individuals without any bond between them, but rather as a people who might acknowledge him in truth and serve him in holiness”.[3] In salvation history, the Lord saved one people. We are never completely ourselves unless we belong to a people. That is why no one is saved alone, as an isolated individual. Rather, God draws us to himself, taking into account the complex fabric of interpersonal relationships present in a human community. God wanted to enter into the life and history of a people. 7. I like to contemplate the holiness present in the patience of God’s people: in those parents who raise their children with immense love, in those men and women who work hard to support their families, in the sick, in elderly religious who never lose their smile. In their daily perseverance I see the holiness of the Church militant. Very often it is a holiness found in our next-door neighbours, those who, living in our midst, reflect God’s presence. We might call them “the middle class of holiness”.[4] 8. Let us be spurred on by the signs of holiness that the Lord shows us through the humblest members of that people which “shares also in Christ’s prophetic office, spreading abroad a living witness to him, especially by means of a life of faith and charity”.[5] We should consider the fact that, as Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross suggests, real history is made by so many of them. As she writes: “The greatest figures of prophecy and sanctity step forth out of the darkest night. But for the most part, the formative stream of the mystical life remains invisible. Certainly the most decisive turning points in world history are substantially co-determined by souls whom no history book ever mentions. And we will only find out about those souls to whom we owe the decisive turning points in our personal lives on the day when all that is hidden is revealed”.[6] 9. Holiness is the most attractive face of the Church. But even outside the Catholic Church and in very different contexts, the Holy Spirit raises up “signs of his presence which help Christ’s followers”.[7] Saint John Paul II reminded us that “the witness to Christ borne even to the shedding of blood has become a common inheritance of Catholics, Orthodox, Anglicans and Protestants”.[8] In the moving ecumenical commemoration held in the Colosseum during the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000, he stated that the martyrs are “a heritage which speaks more powerfully than all the causes of division”.[9]
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LIVE, LEARN &ENJOY YOUR FAITH
Camp Pendola is Hiring! What are you doing this summer? How about making a difference in the lives of children? Camp Pendola is looking for energetic young people (18+ years) to work this summer as counselors with children and youth between the age of 6 to 17 in the great outdoors, and within the Catholic spirit! Paid positions begin June 10th and finish in August 10th . Online applications are available now at www.pendola.org/employment. Applications will be accepted until all positions are filled.
Summer 2018 Camp Pendola Registration. The official summer camp of the Diocese of Sacramento, is now accepting registrations for the 2018 summer season. Camp Pendola offers a fun filled experience for children and youth under the supervision of trained college age counselors. For more information and to register, check our web site www.pendola.org or call at 916- 733-0123. On April 15th our Early Bird Discount Ends.
DIOCESAN EVENTS
Invitation to 40th Ordination Anniversary of Fr. Mathew Rappu (Fr. Mathew Marankulam)
Our Lady of Grace Parish (OLG) in West Sacramento will be celebrating the 40th Ordination Anniversary of Fr. Mathew Rappu (Fr. Mathew Maranku-lam) on Saturday, May 5, 2018. We will have a Thanksgiving Mass at 11am, fol-lowed by lunch. Celebration will be held at Our Lady of Grace School, 1990 Lin-den Road, West Sacramento, CA. RSVP before April 27, 2018, to the OLG Parish Office at 916.371.4814 or email
Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose Center for Education & Spirituality
Present: In Our Own Words: Religious Life in a Chang-
ing World Panel Conversation with the Au-thors S. Mary Therese Perez. OP, S. Sarah
Kohles, OSF, S. Thuy Tran, CSJ
Sunday, May 6, 2018, 2-4pm – Freewill offering Dominican Center 43326 Mission Circle (entranceoff Mission Tierra), Fremont, CA 94539 RSVP by May 1, 2018 at http://bit.ly/2018OwnWords or call (510) 933-6360
We will be hosting Taste of Hope on Tuesday, April 24, 2018 at the Mack Powell Event Center, 2003 Howe Av-enue, and the theme will be a Journey of Hope. Instead of a seated dinner, we will be host-ing a dinner in motion. Guests will be treated to a journey
through tasting stations that represent the core pro-grams at Wellspring. Visit http://www.wellspringwomen.org/taste-of-hope/ to find out more information and to regis-ter to the event. Questions? Please call (916) 454-9688 x205 or email: [email protected]
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way to manage your parish giving! Please go to https://olaparish.churchgiving.com and check it out today! If you have any questions, please call Shannon Blecha in the parish office at 481-5115.
STEWARDSHIP
ACTS 4: 8-12; PS 118: 1, 8-9, 21-23, 26, 28-29; 1 JN 3: 1-2; JN 10: 11-18 “He is the stone rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone.” This is St Peter preaching again in the First Reading from the Acts of the Apostles. However, in this instance he is speaking at his own trial. He and St. John had been imprisoned. What a different man Peter is compared to the man who denied Jesus in fear! Peter is no longer intimidated by the authorities; keep in mind that this is in effect the same court which condemned Christ to crucifixion. Earlier in Acts we witness Peter and the other disciples being filled with the Holy Spirit. This is not a one-time event, but something ongoing throughout their lives. A woman named Corrie Ten Boom was a resistance leader and practitioner in the Netherlands in World War II. She and her sister provided a hiding place for Jews and others being sought by the Nazis. She later wrote a book titled The Hiding Place about those experiences. The Ten Booms were betrayed in 1944, arrested, and brought to trial. What she stated at that trial very much parallels what we hear from St. Peter today. She cited the power of the Holy Spirit. She said, “Trying to do the Lord’s work in your own strength is the most confusing, exhausting, and tedious of all work. But when you are filled with the Holy Spirit, then the ministry of Jesus just flows out of you.” Like St. Peter and Corrie Ten Boom, we are all filled with the Holy Spirit. Do we let it flow out of us?
OFFERING
Week of April 15 – April 21
Weekend Offertory: $ 9,601.11 Electronic Giving: $ 1,357.00 Total: $ 10,958.11 Average Weekly Budget Amount: $ 12,500.00
Next week, we will take up the Catholic Home Mis-sions Appeal. Right now, over 40 percent of dioceses in the US are considered home missions because they are unable to fund essential pastoral work needed in their communities. Your support of this appeal helps ease the struggle of these dioceses. Please prayerfully consider how you can support this appeal. More in-formation can be found at www.usccb.org/home-missions.
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER
World Day of Prayer is being observed today, Sun-day, April 22nd, which is also known as "Good Shepherd Sunday." The pur-pose of this day is to publicly fulfill the Lord's instruction to, "Pray the Lord of the harvest to send laborers into his har-vest" (Mt 9:38; Lk 10:2). Please pray that young men and women hear and re-spond generously to the Lord's call to the priesthood, diaco-nate, religious life, societies of apostolic life or secular institutes. You can find many resources to promote a culture of vocations on the USCCB Vocations webpage (www.usccb.org/vocations).
Prayer for Vocations
God our Father, we thank you for calling men and women to serve in your Son’s Kingdom as priests, deacons, religious, and consecrated persons. Send your Holy Spirit to help us respond generously and coura-geously to your call. May our community of faith support vocations of sacrificial love in our youth. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
