2800 East Ramon Road, Palm Springs, CA 92264

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1 2800 East Ramon Road, Palm Springs, CA Mary, the Holy Mother of God January 1, 2017 Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart. Luke 2:19 Rev. John Kavcak, M.S.C. This parish is staffed by the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (M.S.C.) For more information check out the M.S.C. website: Reverend John P. Kavcak, M.S.C. Pastor St. Theresa Church Parish Website: sttheresaps.com Deacon Pablo Benavides Erika Gonzalez Dir. of Catechesis, RCIA & Youth English and Spanish Hours Monday: 8:00 am - 3:00 pm Tuesday - Friday: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm Lunch: 12:30-1:30 pm Our Parish Mission Statement: We, the Roman Catholic community of Christ s Faithful gathered in St. Theresa s, strive each day to become a beacon of hope to all. Inspired and supported by our weekly communal worship of the living God, we share our resources with one another and with those less fortunate. Transformed by an ongoing prayerful relationship with the Gospel message, we are renewed by our education processes and fulfilled by a commitment to ministry. Through daily concrete acts of peace, justice, compassion, and love, we strive to help bring about the kingdom of God. Mr. Michael Keno ~ Principal St. Theresa School ~ School Website: stsps.org St. Theresa Pre-School Jackie Macias ~ Office Manager jmacias@sbdiocese.org Mary Arthen ~ Parish Secretary marthen@sbdiocese.org Nuestra Misión Parroquial Nosotros, la comunidad Católica de fieles cristianos reunidos en St. Teresita, nos esforzamos cada dia por ser un faro de esperanza para todos. Inspirados y apoyados semanalmente con nuestra común celebración del Dios viviente, compartimos nuestros recursos especialmente con aquellos menos afortunados. Transformados por una continua oración inspirada por el mensaje evangélico, somos renovados por nuestros procesos educativos y en el cumplimiento de nuestros compromisos ministeriales. Diáriamente, a través de actos concretos de paz, justicia, compasión y de amor, nos esforzamos en ayudar a realizar el reino de Dios. EUCHARISTIC CELEBRATIONS Saturday: 5:00 pm (English) ~ 7:00 pm (Spanish) Sunday: 8:00 am, 10:00 am and Noon Weekday: in Daily Chapel and Saturday Holy Days: As Announced Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturdays at 3:30 pm and by appointment Baptisms/Bautismos: at Weddings: Contact the at least six months prior to a wedding date. DEVOTIONS Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament: Hours: 8:00 am - 2:00 pm Novena in Honor of Our Mother of Perpetual Help: Tuesday following Mass Divine Mercy: Friday following Mass. Scripture Study: Monday evenings 6:30-8:00 pm (St. Paul Room)

2 St. Theresa Church January 1, 2017 Pastors Column: (A pastor in Florida published the following in his Sunday bulle n. The le er found its way up the east coast, and was part of at least one parish bulle n in the Archdiocese of Boston. It is hardly eloquent, not profound, but nonetheless true, and in that light I share it with you today.) We extend a special welcome to those who are single, married, divorced, gay, filthy rich, dirt poor, yo no habla Ingles. We extend a special welcome to those who are crying newborns, skinny as a rail or could afford to lose a few pounds. We welcome you if you can sing like Andrea Bocelli or like our pastor who can t carry a note in a bucket. You are welcome here if you are just browsing, just woke up or just got out of jail. We do not care if you are more Catholic than the Pope, or haven t been to Church since Joey s Bap sm. We extend a special welcome to those who are over sixty but not grown up yet, and to teenagers who are growing up too fast. We welcome soccer moms, NASCAR dads, starving ar sts, tree-huggers, la e-sippers, vegetarians, junk-food eaters. We welcome those who are in recovery or s ll addicted. We welcome you if you are having problems or if you are down in the dumps or if you do not like organized religion. We have been there too. If you blew all your offertory money at the dog track, you are welcome here. We offer a special welcome to those who think the earth is flat, work too hard, don t work, can t spell, or because grandma is in town and wanted to go to church. We welcome those who are inked, pierced or both. We offer a special welcome to those who could use a prayer right now, had religion shoved down your throat as a kid or got lost in traffic and wound up here by mistake. We welcome tourists, seekers and doubters, bleeding hearts. and you! As I typed these words, I thought how sad it is that we always find ways to exclude other people. Many mes there is no ra onal as to why we exclude them we just do. I personally feel that the world today is more sensi ve to this problem. Perhaps we have not done enough about it, but we are be er at acknowledging its existence. In the Kennedy Library in Boston, in the display tracing the President s Irish ancestry, you can see the help wanted newspaper add: no Irish need apply. We are never free of the need to eradicate prejudice in our own lives, in whatever form it takes. We need not worry about other people. If we simply start with ourselves, and work at it steadily, we need not do any more GENTLE THOUGHTS; Masses for the Week Saturday, December 31 5:00 pm Mr. & Mrs. Venace + Michael Killeen + Sheila Loughnane + 7:00 pm Sunday, Januay 1, 8:00 am Ronald A. Elinkowski + Manny Paquiao S/I Arcaro Family + 10:00 am Robert Sapien + William (Bill) Ransom + Noon George Nabhan + Eddie Arthen + Monday, January 2 Bob Arthur + Tuesday, January 3 Harry & Mary Clark + Wednesday, January 4 7:30am Msgr. Robt. Charlebois + Thursday, January 5 Friday, January 6 Saturday, January 7 Money isn t everything; but it sure keeps the kids in touch. Red meat is not bad for you. Fuzzy green meat is bad for you! Survey shows the three of four people make up 75% of the population.

3 Nicole Trudeau James Bernardasci Gilles Trudeau Judy La Salle Anny Jensen Claudette Trudeau Hilda Molina Joan Maraz Matt Lopez Sr. Maria Sierra Jack Charles Eileen Edgar Rosemary Beem Randy Lowe Hazel Picato Ana Duffy Maria Marquez Albert Acosta Gino Machi Nora Lupercio Celina Cortez Ruth Meria Raul Figueroa Molina Adam Shumaker Marlene Aguirre Tony Mallotto Genevieve Arrage Jose Ramoran Jennifer Camilleri Please pray for our Charlotte Leorke Albert Acosta Nicholas Turgeon Robert Connolly Luciano Castro Juan Baca Jennifer Vaughn Robert Andrade Dan Carroll Susan Pomerantz Dado Maneja Marcelle Morris Michael Norcia Pam Overfield Madison Estel Charles Felicidad Valdez Filomena Del Prado Annemarie Mann Alexander B. Calderon Riley Rose Sherman Wilfried Arthen Zachary Scofield John Kucich Marissa Norcia Gary Brummonds Gloria Mabbayad Blake Walton All ask for your prayers. The Parish office will re-open on Tuesday, January 3, 2017 Page 3 Please Join Us! Ministry Training Day Current Ministers & New Recruits Welcome Location : St. Theresa Church San Bernardino Vicariate Formation Day On Saturday Jan. 21, 2017 Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion Sacristans/ Altar Server Coordinators Ministers for the sick Lent/ Easter Dia De Formacion Para El Vicariato Sabado Enero 21, 2017 Ministros Extraordinarios de la Communión Sacristans/Cordinador de Servidores del Altar Visitar a Los Enfermos Cuaresma/ Pascua 9:00am-3:00pm (Registration begins at 8:00am) To register on line, please visit our Website: sites.google.com/site/sbdworship (click on Basic Formation ) Or sttheresaps.com Any questions, please call the parish office St. Theresa School News Airport Car Wash On Ramon Road The Car Wash tickets are still available in the parish office. The cost is $12 for a $22 car

4 Page 4 CHILDREN S LITURGY OF THE WORD No pre-registration needed Children in grades K-5 are invited to participate in the Children s Liturgy of the Word during the 10:00 a.m. Mass Children Liturgy 1/ 8,15, 22, 29 SACRIFICIAL GIVING We will be reporting the Sunday collection at a later time. Thank you for your donations! THE BLESSING WE RECEIVE WANT TO THANK YOU ALL PARISHIONERS AND VISITORS WHO SUPPORTED OUR AN- NUAL COOKIE SALE, WHICH WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL BE- CAUSE YOU OF YOU. MERRY CHRISTMAS, GOD BLESS. TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Octave comes from the Latin word for eight, and since eight is one step beyond seven, the number of days in a week, it has long been seen as a symbol of perfection, completion, and new beginnings. Early Christians called Sunday the eighth day, since it was the day after the Sabbath and a day of resurrected life, the Lord s Day. By the seventh century, people regarded the eight days after Easter Sunday as one great day, an octave, one glorious feast when people were forbidden to fast or kneel. In the seventh century, Pentecost acquired an Octave, too. Christmas didn t claim the honor of a continuous feast, but it did get an Octave Day. January 1 is the oldest Marian feast, the Octave of Christmas. It was originally a feast of the motherhood of Mary, although for centuries until 1969 it was called the Feast of the Circumcision. Our reformed calendar follows the earlier tradition of celebrating Mary as Mother of God. The blessing we experience in Christ Jesus is proclaimed in Numbers as the special blessing for the people of Israel. They and we are to be blessed by the invocation of God s loving kindness, the shining glory of God s face turned toward us in love, not away from us in anger. We are blessed by God s own peace! Our wish and our hope are fulfilled in this blessing, which is made visible in the coming of Jesus. In Jesus, the image of the invisible God, God s face is shown to us and God s presence is made known to us in faithful and loving kindness. LA BENDICIÓN QUE RECIBIMOS La bendición que experimentamos en Cristo Jesús es proclamada en Números como una bendición especial para el pueblo de Israel. Ellos y nosotros seremos bendecidos por la invocación de la misericordia de Dios, la gloria resplandeciente de su rostro que nos mira con amor y no se aleja de nosotros con ira. Hemos sido bendecidos por la paz de Dios! Nuestro deseo y nuestra esperanza se cumplen en esta bendición, que se hace visible en la venida de Jesús. En Jesús, la imagen del Dios invisible, se nos muestra su rostro y su presencia se nos da a conocer en la bondad amorosa y fiel. PASSIONS We should employ our passions in the service of life, not spend life in the service of our passions. PASIONES Debemos poner nuestras pasiones al servicio de la vida, y no malgastar nuestra vida en servir a nuestras pasiones.

5 Page 5 SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Mary, the Holy Mother of God; The Octave Day of the Nativity of the Lord; World Day of Prayer for Peace; New Year s Day Monday: Ss. Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen Tuesday: The Most Holy Name of Jesus Wednesday: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Thursday: St. John Neumann Friday: St. André Bessette; First Friday Saturday: St. Raymond of Penyafort; First Saturday; Julian Calendar Christmas Help Needed! Volunteers needed to take down the church Christmas decorations. The decorations will be taken down on January 9 from 9:00 am until finished. Everyone's help is needed and appreciated. Thank You. Considering a Catholic education for your child? Meet the Principal every Friday morning for coffee 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. to learn more. Want your child to experience a day at St. Theresa School? Call the school office at to schedule a no cost shadow day experience. Enrollment for the academic begins February 6th, 2017 Jan. 2-6 Time Ministry / Ministerio Location / Lugar Monday/ Lunes 7AM 6:30PM 7PM N.A Scripture Study Grupo de Oracion Parish Ofiice Closed St. Mary Rm St. Paul Rm Salon St. Mary Tuesday/Martes 7:00 pm 6:00pm Spanish choir Catholic Daughters St. Paul s Rm. St. Mary/Joseph Wednesday /Miercoles 7AM 6pm N.A. Altar Society/meeting St. Mary Rm St. Peter/Paul Thursday / Jueves 7AM N.A St. Mary Rm Friday / Viernes 7 AM 6-8:30pm 7 pm NA English Choir Jovenes adultos St. Mary Room Church St. Peter/Paul s Saturday

6 Page 6 Adoration Chapel Altar Servers Altar Society Luz Marie Baptism Preparation Catholic Daughters Melissa Becerra Choir and Music David Quinn Environment Committee John Rios-Nuckles Eucharistic Ministers Mary Wilson Filipino Community Josephine Imus Finance Council John Salerno Food Bank Gifted and Called LGBT Tony Nemger Hug-a-Baby Lydia Granger Knights of Columbus Richard Wolfe Magnificat Joyce Stone Marriage Preparation Ministry to the Sick & Elderly Pro-Life Ministry Rae Wenzel Readers for Mass Laurie Gates Armand Avila Scripture Study Linda Patton-Hiatt Ushers Felix Barajas Music Director Bob Lombardo Read With Us Roberta Klein robertaeklein@mail.com 2017 Weekly Envelopes If you weren t able to pick up your 2017 envelopes, you may pick them up in the parish office after Jan. 3, For those who would like to register/ or and receive envelopes you may come to the parish office. If you no longer use your envelopes, please call us at the parish office. Prayer List If there is someone on the prayer list that needs to be taken off, please contact us at the Church office. Thank-You!! Ministerio Hispano Catequesis Erika Gonzalez xt 306 Clases de Ingles Agustin Jimenéz Coro Patricia Arellano Grupo de Jóvenes Adultos Francisco Grupo de Oración Carlos Trinidad Lectores: Alicia García Ministros de Comunión Aurora Jimenez Ministros de Hospitalidad Salvador Gutiérrez Monaguillos y Sacristan Carmen Tapia Preparación para Bautizos: Abel Fuentes Registrarse en la Oficina Banco de Comida Lot Espino READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: 1 Jn 2:22-28; Ps 98:1-4; Jn 1:19-28 Tuesday: 1 Jn 2:29 3:6; Ps 98:1, 3cd-6; Jn 1:29-34 Wednesday: 1 Jn 3:7-10; Ps 98:1, 7-9; Jn 1:35-42 Thursday: 1 Jn 3:11-21; Ps 100:1b-5; Lk 4:14-22a Friday: 1 Jn 5:5-13; Ps 147:12-15, 19-20; Mk 1:7-11 or Lk 3:23-28 [23, 31-34,36 38] Saturday: 1 Jn 5:14-21; Sal 149:1-6a, 9b; Jn 2:1-11] Sunday: Is 60:1-6; Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-13; Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6; Mt 2:1-12 LECTURAS DE LA SEMANA Lunes: 1 Jn 2:22-28; Sal 98 (97):1-4; Jn 1:19-28 Martes: 1 Jn 2:29 3:6; Sal 98 (97):1, 3cd-6; Jn 1:29-34 Miércoles: 1 Jn 3:7-10; Sal 98 (97):1, 7-9; Jn 1:35-42 Jueves: 1 Jn 3:11-21; Sal 100 (99):1b-5; Lc 4:14-22a Viernes: 1 Jn 5:5-13; Sal 147:12-15, 19-20; Mc 1:7-11 o Lc 3:23-28 [23, 31-34, 36, 38] Sábado: 1 Jn 5:14-21; Sal 149:1-6a, 9b; Jn 2:1-11] Domingo: Is 60:1-6; Sal 72 (71):1-2, 7-8, 10-13; Ef 3:2-3a, 5-6; Mt 2:1-12