It is common in our area to see the word Fusion used with res-taurants. This week I drove by a Mexican- Indian place that I want to go back and try. Dietary and ritual purity laws, such as are the point of con-troversy in today’s gospel, were the op-
posite of fusion. They were designed to distinguish and separate one group and religion from another and to keep them from eating together, akin to what segrega-tion laws did within our living memory. Jesus preached and practiced an open table fellowship, welcoming lep-ers, sinners, and outcasts. A charge against him was “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them”. Je-sus criticizes these rules of diet and purity not only be-cause of the hypocrisy and outward show of the phari-sees but because they are opposed to the table fellow-ship of his kingdom where there is “neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for all are one in Christ Jesus” . We are blessed to welcome Lucio Trinidad to St Cor-nelius. Lucio is our seminarian intern, and he will be with us until June next year. He is a native of Jalisco, Mexico and his home parish is St Philip Neri in Lynwood. This internship is an integral part of his formation for priesthood. Lucio will be participating in all aspects of parish life to gain pastoral experience and to bring his gifts to our community. Please pray for him during this special time with us.
Mass & Services’ Schedule (all hosted inside our church)—
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
5pm Daily Mass 5pm Daily Mass 5pm Daily Mass 5pm Daily Mass
7pm Holy Hour
Livestream is available for Sat 7:30am & Sun 10am. See our website for link to our YouTube channel.
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It is wonderful to welcome our children back to our
school this week. What a joy to have them back in per-
son and hear them play in the school yard after the si-
lence of most of last year. We pray God’s blessings on
them, their families and our teachers and staff as we
continue to provide a safe learning environment in the
current fluid Covid situation. A special welcome to our
new families and new teachers joining us this year.
As we welcome back out school children to in person
classes, we will reinstitute our masses with the school
community on Friday mornings at 8.15 am. These mass-
es are of course open to all who may wish to attend. We
will continue to offer daily mass at 5.00 pm as we are
the only Church locally with a weekday evening mass.
Habitat for Humanity—As you know housing is one of
the great needs of the moment in our area. So, it is ex-
citing that Habitat is doing a big build in our area, 46
houses at a site at 14th and Locust in Long Beach and
another site in South LA at 94th and Normandie. Togeth-
er with other Churches we are participating in this in
various ways. We want to make a financial commitment
of $10,000. To that end we will have a second collection
whenever we have a fifth Sunday in the month, such as
this Sunday. Also, we have an opportunity to volunteer
in the build and have been given October 9th either
morning or afternoon, or both. There are also opportuni-
ties mid-week at the South L A site and the ReStore in
Bellflower. Mark the date and watch for the volunteer
sign ups or call us at the office to get on our list. A big
thanks to Ed Barwick for being our parish point person
on this great work.
Mass & Services’ Schedule Continued—
Friday Saturday Sunday Ministers’ Notes:
8:15am Daily Mass 7:30am Rosary 8am Sunday Mass Local morning Mass
St. Joseph 8:00AM
St Maria Goretti 8:00AM
St. Cyprian 8:30AM
Our Lady of Refuge 8.30AM
5pm Daily Mass 8am Daily Mass 10am Sunday Mass
12pm Sunday Mass
Ministries & Fellowship Groups
Group Contact Phone / Email
Altar Servers Roger Udabe 562.965.6485
Bereavement Nancy Himes 562.928.2474
Book Club Katy Ellis 562.607.1100
Cub Scouts Shawn Kelly 714.713.2015
Boy Scouts Bill D’Alvia 562.508.8900
Choirs Joe Patolo 562.421.8966
Cursillo Joe Hamamoto Jr. 562.572.3429
Eucharistic Ministers/
Lectors
Michele Bradley 562.420.6481
Hospital Ministry Frank Schmidt 562.225-7571
Knights of Columbus Victor Magaña 562.420.3214
People for Others Jenny Davidoff 562.420.3425
Project Achieve Kathy Cabral 562.810.1473
RCIA Loraine Moreno 562.421.8966
Religious Education Ana Lopez 562.420.7613
Respect Life Parish Office 562.421.8966
St. Vincent de Paul Claudia Meza 562.421.8011
Safeguard the Children Parish Office 562.421.8966
School Nancy Hayes 562.425.7813
Ushers Michael Moretine 562.420.4565
Weddings &
Quinceañeras
Maria Carbonara &
Maria Eugenia
Cortez
562.421.8966
Confirmation & YM Cristy Hull 562.420.7613
Stewardship Report — Week of 08/29
In-person Collection $9,881
E-giving (adj bi-weekly) $3,930
Total $13,811
Versus Budget $811
Safeguard the Children — Did You Know?
Teach children how to answer the door safely
You would never knowingly let someone dan-
gerous or unsafe into your home. But it is im-
possible to fully vet every stranger — mainte-
nance worker, new neighbor, salesperson, etc
— who shows up at your door. Teach children a
few tips about answering (or not answering) the
doorbell. Consider these rules, or something
similar, for your family: Always look to see who
is at the door first. If the person is a stranger,
get an adult to answer the door. Do not open
the door to someone you do not know. For
more information, request a copy of the VIRTUS
article “Beware of inviting other people – and
vulnerability – into your house,”
at lacatholics.org/did-you-know.
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MASS INTENTIONS - Join us in prayer with these families.
Sun. Aug 29 8:00AM † Antonio & Esther Baca
† Robert E. Betts
10:00 AM † Anthony Barajas
† Willie Miranda
† Lilian Koegh
12:00 PM † Robert Self
† Evelyn Lim
† Cynthia Ranta
Mon. Aug 30 5:00PM † Elizabeth Cannata
† Gonzalo Mendoza
Tues. Aug 31 5:00PM † Carol Ann Ungaro
† Lillian Lane
† Jaime Haro
Wed. Sept 1 5:00PM † Lawrence Cabral
T Miriam & Lando Lachica
Thu. Sept 2 5:00 PM † Tino Martinez
† Sam Goodman
Fri. Sept 3 5:00 PM † Orlando Urbina
† John Mark
Sat. Sept 4 8:00AM G Noah Lachica
G Nicholas & Janelle Lachica
5:00 PM † Kathleen Travis
† Wyatt Tackett
Sun. Sept 5 8:00 AM † William (Bill) O’Connor
† Rose McCullough
10:00 AM † Willie Miranda RIP
† Thomas Long
H Patricia Hempel
† Bill O’Connor
12:00 PM † Bill O’Connor
† Martha Golden
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Prayers for the Sick Please remember these people in prayer
John Hogan Flordeliza Dacer Juanita V. Barte
If you would like a loved one or yourself included, please submit via the form on our website– stcorneliuslb.org.
† Deceased G Guidance T Thanksgiving H health
Announcements
Registration for Confirmation (high school ages). In-person confirmation classes will start Sep 12th. Regis-tration will run from July 22nd - August 29th. Forms and packets will be available on our website stcor-neliuslb.org or at the Faith Formation office both beginning July 22nd. Questions: contact Cristy Hull or An-dres Cortez at (562) 420-7613 or drop a line to [email protected]. We look forward to the new year of youth ministry!
Registration for Faith Formation (elementary school ages). We are excited for your family to embark on the Pathways journey with us. The Pathways program is a hybrid format, with meetings at the Parish campus and parent-led meetings at home. More information, calendar, and all resources will be made available to you upon registration and during the Orientation meetings. Forms can be found on our website; please re-turn before September 12, 2021. Questions: contact our Religious Ed director, Ana López at (562) 420-7613 or [email protected]. Thank you for saying yes to the call to grow deeper in faith!
Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults - R.C.I.A. Are you being called to become a fully initiated Catholic or are you interested in the Roman Catholic Faith? Join our new session of R.C.I.A. starting September 7th. Call the Parish Office at (562) 421-8966 to Register or for information about our class schedule.
St. Vincent De Paul. We received a donation of Smart & Final gift card that we are able to give to seniors (60+) who need help with groceries. If you or anyone you know needs help please call St. Vincent de Paul at 562 421-8011
Faith and Fiction — St. Cornelius Book Discussion Group. The next meetings for book club will be held Sept 20th (American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins). All are welcome to join. Contact Katy Ellis for meeting location and time, [email protected].
2021 FIESTA-SAVE THE DATE Attention St. Cornelius Parishioners! We are happy to announce that our annu-al Fiesta will be held on October 1st, 2nd, & 3rd this year! Come out and show your support and enjoy all the great activities this event has to offer!! You can do some Wine Tasting in the garden, bid on Silent Auction items, enjoy Brunch on Sunday, and shop at the Craft Fair. There will be a variety game booths and inflata-bles for the kids and enjoy the live entertainment! And, as usual, there will be a variety of delicious food and desserts to fill you up! We look forward to a great weekend with a successful event and rejoice at the thought of enjoying the company of our community!!
2021 FIESTA- SILENT AUCTION NEEDS YOUR HELP! In preparation for this year’s upcoming Fiesta, we, on the silent auction committee, kindly request your donations of never used gift cards or admission tickets, va-cation rentals, goods and any services or priceless experiences. We can also take cash which we will use to purchase Scrip gift cards which also benefits our school, so that’s a win-win!! If you would like to donate, please contact Amanda Falkowski at [email protected] or you can drop off your donation at the school office. Thank you for your support in helping to make this fundraising event a success for our school!!
SODA DRIVE Participate in our annual soda drive be a part of Fiesta and contribute to its success! Your con-tribution helps increase the Fiesta’s monetary support to the school. Soft drink donations of cans of Coke, Pepsi, Sprite, 7-Up and other brands: Regular or Diet, can be dropped off after all masses at the Rectory gar-age door on the following dates: August 28 & 29 and September 4 & 5. Your support of this worthy fundrais-er is greatly appreciated!! Contact the Soda Chairs, Ryan and Maria Carbonara at 562-208-1679. Thank you
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Reach out with updates or additions at
[email protected]. Thanks!
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Clergy & Parish Office
Parish Office, M-F 10:30am to 5pm 562.421.8966
Father Jay Cunnane - Pastor [email protected]
Father George Reynolds - Associate Pastor 562.421.8966
Deacon Joe Hamamoto [email protected]
Deacon Rich Boucher [email protected]
Deacon George Mora [email protected]
Linda Ramirez - Receptionist [email protected]
Maria Carbonara - Media & Projects [email protected]
Erik Landesfeind - Business Manager [email protected]
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