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Weekly
Schedule
Monday,
July 21st
- Esquipulas
7-9 pm Main Hall (Upper
Room)
- Confirmation
Study 6:30-8:30pm Main Hall (Upper
Room)
- Spanish Bible
Class 7-9:00 pm St. Michael’s
Hall
Tuesday,
July 22nd
- Legion de
Maria 7-8:30 pm
Pilgrimage
- 12 Step Group
7-9 pm St. Gabriel’s
Hall
- Tongan Choir
Practice 8-9:30 pm Main
Hall
- Y.L.I. 12-3
pm Main Hall - 2nd Tuesday of the
month
Wednesday,
July 23rd
- Our
Lady’s Prayer Group 6-10 pm
Church
- Holy Spirit
Choir Practice 8:00 pm Main
Hall
- Gift Shop
Opens 5:00-9:00 pm
- Women’s
Guild 11:30-1 pm Main Hall - 1st
Wednesday of the month
Thursday,
July 24th
- OE Group 5-6
pm St. Gabriel’s
Hall
- RCIA 7:00 PM
Upper Room
- Legión
de María 7-8:30 pm St.
Gabriel’s Hall
- Tongan Choir
Practice 8-9:30 pm Main
Hall
Friday,
July 25th
- La Purisima
6:30-8:30 pm St.
Michael’s
- Grupo de
Jóvenes 7:30-9:30 pm Upper
Room
- St.
Bruno’s Youth Group 7:30-9:30 pm
Upper Room
- Holy Spirit
Choir 9-11 pm Church
Saturday,
July 26th
- CCD 9-11 am
All Rooms
- Gift Shop
Opens 7:00-9:00 pm
Sunday,
July 27th
- Gift Shop
Opens 11:30 am
- Tongan Choir
Practice 2-4 pm St.
Michael’s
- Gift Shop
Opens 6:00-8:30 pm
Readings
for the week of July 21, 2008
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Monday:
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Micah
6:1-4,6-8; Matthew
12:38-42
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Tuesday:
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Micah
7:14-15,18-20; John
20:1-2
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Wednesday:
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Jeremiah
1:1,4-10; Matthew
13:1-9
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Thursday:
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Jeremiah
2:1-3,7-8,12-13; Matthew
13:10-17
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Friday:
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2
Corinthians 4:7-15; Matthew
20:20-28
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Saturday:
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Jeremiah
7:1-11; Matthew
13:24-30
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Sunday:
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1 Kings
3:5,7-12 Matthew
13:44-52
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Your
Contribution / Su
Contribución
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We are
grateful for your consistent
financial support each week.
Please remember us in prayer and
offering even when you are not
able to be
present.
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First
Collection $ 3,054.11
Second Collection $
1,542.15
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Estamos muy
agradecidos por su constante
ayuda financiera. Por favor
recuérdenos en sus
oraciones y ofrendas aún
cuando no pueda estar
presente.
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MASS INTENTIONS
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Saturday,
July
19th
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4:30
PM
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Elise
Policar (Birthday)
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7:00
PM
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John Paul
Alvarez (Birthday)
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Sunday,
July
20th
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8:00
AM
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Aaron
Nievera
(Thanksgiving)
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10:00
AM
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+Enrique
Chavez (Fallecido)
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Noon
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Kenneth
Baguinon
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6:00
PM
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+Arthur
Tiango (Deceased)
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Monday,
July
21st
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8:00
AM
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+Leona P.
Bigay (Deceased)
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6:00
PM
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+Pedro G.
Viola (Deceased)
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Tuesday,
July
22nd
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8:00
AM
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+Vicente
Ramon (Deceased)
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6:00
PM
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John Paul
Marra (Healing)
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Wednesday,
July
23rd
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8:00
AM
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+Ismael De
La Torre
(Deceased)
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Thursday,
July
24th
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8:00
AM
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Ala
Fifita
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6:00
PM
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Corazon De
Catro (Birthday)
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Friday,
July
25th
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8:00
AM
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Holy Souls
in Purgatory
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6:00
PM
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Evie Vera
(Birthday)
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Saturday,
July
26th
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8:00
AM
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Holy Souls
in Purgatory
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A
reflection on
the Gospel for
The Sixteenth
Sunday in
Ordinary
Time
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“The
first
impression is
what
counts.”
“This is
an old proverb
that comes to
mind when
listening to
the two
parables
proclaimed
today. Who
among us has
never judged
someone based
on how he or
she was
dressed? Who is
not guilty of
making up his
or her mind
about someone
as soon as we
met them? It is
human nature.
It might be
that sometimes
we are correct
in our judgment
but who knows
how often we
have been
mistaken when
judging someone
based on their
appearance. How
quick we are to
judge others -
to their
detriment and
our own! Yet,
Jesus
challenges us
to not be
guided by our
impulses and
calls us to
imitate God
just like he
did. God knows
that
appearances can
be deceiving,
that sometimes
our first
impression is
not correct.
For God, what
seem to be
weeds are not
so until God is
completely sure
that it is. God
places all hope
on us who
reflect his
goodness and
love and who
were created in
God’s
image and
likeness. It is
because of this
that God allows
us to grow, in
freedom and
love, so that
we might walk
on the path
that Christ has
shown us. God
does also know
that we might
make poor use
of that freedom
and that
sometimes we
stray from the
way. It is
during those
times that we
are invited to
a change our
hearts and it
is with that
hope that God
reserves his
judgment until
the end like
the landowner
in the
parables.
Christ calls us
to a continuous
conversion with
the conviction
that our hearts
will give much
fruit in our
lives, like a
small seed that
has the
potential to
sprout a large
tree.
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Una
reflexión
sobre el
Evangelio del
Décimosexto
Domingo del
Tiempo
Ordinario
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“La
primera
impresión
es lo que
cuenta”.
Este es un
refrán
centenario que
viene a la
memoria cuando
escuchamos las
dos
parábolas
de hoy.
¿Quién
de nosotros no
ha juzgado a
alguien por la
forma en la que
iba vestido?
¿Quién
no es culpable
de haberse
hecho una idea
de que tipo de
persona es
alguien nada
más
haberlo
conocido? Esa
es la
naturaleza
humana. Puede
que a veces
estemos en lo
cierto pero
quién
sabe cuantas
veces nos hemos
equivocado al
juzgar a otro
por su
apariencia.
¡Qué
pronto nos
apresuramos a
juzgar a los
demás—para
el detrimento
de otras
personas y de
nosotros
mismos!
Jesús,
sin embargo,
nos reta a no
ser guiados por
nuestros
impulsos y nos
llama a imitar
a Dios como El
mismo lo hizo.
Dios sabe que
las apariencias
engañan,
que a veces la
primera
impresión
no es la
correcta. Para
Dios lo que
parece mala
hierba
(cizaña)
no lo es hasta
que no tiene
duda de lo que
es. El pone
toda su
esperanza en
nosotros que
somos reflejo
de su bondad y
amor y a quien
nos ha creado
en su imagen y
semejanza. Es
por esto que
Dios nos deja
crecer, en
libertad y
amor, para que
caminemos por
el camino que
Cristo nos ha
enseñado.
Dios
también
sabe que
podemos hacer
mal uso de esa
libertad y que
a veces nos
salimos del
camino. Es
durante estas
ocasiones
cuando somos
invitados a la
conversión
de
corazón
y es con esa
esperanza que
Dios reserva su
juicia hasta el
final, al igual
que lo hizo el
dueño
del campo en la
parábola.
Cristo nos
llama a una
continua
conversión
con el
convencimiento
de que nuestros
corazones
darán
gran fruto en
nuestras vidas,
como una
pequeña
semilla que
tiene el
potencial de
convertirse en
un gran
árbol.
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 For
the sick, homeless,
elders, youth, our
community, our Priest,
Maria Olivas, Juan &
Marta Ortiz, Vince
Jimenez, Angela
Sierro-Brusseau, Athena
Olivas, Jesus Rodriguez,
Frank Miranda, Pablo
Ruiz, Jorge Chaux,
Cordelia Griffin, Sergio
Canjura.
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Dear Parishioners,
This
month of July, the Finance Council
celebrates its first anniversary. I’m
proud to say that it has done a marvelous
job in managing the parish finances. At
all the masses on July 26 & 27, I will
give a parish financial report and
budget.
Now we
are in the process of reconstituting the
Pastoral Council. This Council serve as
the planning and coordinating body of the
parish. It will set goals and determine
programs that will address various
pastoral concerns such as liturgy, social
services, and spiritual enrichment. It
will coordinate the activities of the
different organizations and ministries
existing in the parish.
Membership
in the Council will be by ex officio,
representation, election and selection.
Some become members by vitue of the office
they hold (ex officio) such as the
chairperson of the different committees. A
representative of the Hispanics, Tongans
and Filipinos will be chosen by the
communities themselves. Some members will
be elected by the parishioners during a
regular Sunday mass. Two members will be
appointed.
Once
the Council is duly established, hopefully
in two-month time, it will work closely
with me and Fr. Santos for the
administration of the parish and for the
spiritual and pastoral care of the people.
Let’s all pray for its successful
formation.
Fr.
Michael Brillantes
Parish Adminstrator
Estimados
Feligreses:
Este
mes de Julio, el Consejo Financiero
celebra su primer aniversario. Estoy
orgulloso de decirles que ha echo un
trabajo maravilloso en manejando las
finanzas de la parroquia. En todas las
misas el 26 y 27 de Julio, voy a dar un
reporte y presupuesto de las finanzas de
la parroquia.
Estamos
en el proceso de reconstituir el Consejo
Financiero. Este Consejo va ha servir para
planear y la construcion de la parroquia.
Ellos haran objetivos y determinaran los
programas que ayudaran a las diferente
inquietudes de los varios programas como,
la liturgia, catequistas, organizaciones
sociales, y ministerios que existen en la
parroquia.
Miembros
del Consejo seran de ex oficiales,
representantes, electos o selecionados.
Algunos se haran miembros si tenido un
puesto en las diferente comunidades de la
parroquia. Un representante de la
comunidad Hispana, Tongana y Filipino sera
elejido por las comunidades. Algunos seran
elejidos por los feligreses durante la
misas regulares del Domingo. Dos miembros
seran apuntados.
Una vez
que el Consejo este completo, esperamos
que sea en dos meses, ellos trabajaran
conmigo y con el Padre Santos para la
administracion de la parroquia y para lo
espiritual y cuidado pastoral de los
feligreses. Oremos para que esta formacion
sea un exito.
Fr.
Michael Brillantes
Parish Administrator
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