Twentieth Sunday In Ordinary Time August 17, Sunday Masses. Daily Masses Monday Friday...8:30am Saturday 8:30am

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1 Pastor: Fr. Michael Carroll Parochial Vicar: Fr. Arnold Parungao Deacon Dave Ford Deacon Ed Morgado Twentieth Sunday In Ordinary Time August 17, 2014 MISSION STATEMENT As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you; abide in My Love. In Christ s Love the Eucharistic community of St. Teresa of Avila, Auburn, embraces and welcomes all as part of God s family. We value every parishioner and strive to reflect the forgiveness and healing of the Gospels. Sunday Masses Saturday Vigil...5:00pm Sunday.8:00am, 10:30am...3:30pm (Spanish), & 5:30pm Daily Masses Monday Friday...8:30am Saturday 8:30am Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday, 3:00pm 4:30pm The priests are honored to celebrate the Sacrament of Penance at any time; please call for an appointment with the priest of your choice. Eucharistic Adoration Saturdays.. 9:00am 10:30am Baptisms: For the celebration of Baptism, please call the Parish Office, for information. Marriage: If you are a member of our parish, please contact a priest or deacon of your choice at least six months in advance of your desired wedding in order to participate in a process of marriage preparation. Confirmation: For teens, the Sacrament of Confirmation is a two-year preparation process; please contact our coordinator of religious education; for adults not yet confirmed, please call the parish office. Ministry to the Sick: Please call parish office (530) Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) Call the parish office (530) Parish Office: Atwood Rd., Auburn, CA (530) , fax (530) Office Hours: Monday Friday, 8:00am to 4:00pm Business Manager, Jo Anne Drummond (530) ext joanne_drummond@stteresaauburn.com Ministry to Seniors, Bereaved & Homebound Barbara Freuler (Minister) (530) ext barbara_freuler@stteresaauburn.com Adult Faith Formation, Deacon Dave Ford (530) Religious Education Program Judy Jones (Coordinator) (530) judy_jones@stteresaauburn.com St. Joseph School, Mr. Christopher Nelson, (Principal) info@saintjosephauburn.org or Atwood Rd., Auburn (530) fax (530) St. Joseph Preschool/Day Care Center Jaime Anderson, (Director) (530) Atwood Rd., Auburn, preschool@saintjosephauburn.org Music Ministry: Jean Sawyer, (Music & Liturgy Director) (530) jeansawyer8@aol.com Youth Group: Brenda Fischer, (Youth Director) - (530) brenda_fischer@stteresaauburn.com St. Vincent de Paul: (530) Bulletin Submissions: to info@stteresaauburn.com. All bulletin articles are due in the parish office no later than 12:00pm on Mondays.

2 20th Sunday In Ordinary Time Page 2 Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time August 17, 2014 Observe what is right, do what is just; for my salvation is about to come, my justice, about to be revealed. Isaiah 56:1 CALLED TO ACT IN GOD S NAME Let all the nations praise you! (Psalm 67:4) today s psalm response exclaims. In the psalms and other Hebrew scriptures, this kind of invocation is actually an invitation to God to act, to intervene in human lives in a manner that will cause everyone not just the Chosen People to give praise. Stated a bit more strongly, it is something of a put up or shut up challenge to God, the sort of strong statement the psalmists of Israel, trusting in their intimate and loving relationship with God, were not afraid to make. The Gospel has its own exclamation, announcing the appearance of the Canaanite woman with Behold! (Matthew 15:22) Behold! is a scriptural flag that tells us that God is about to act or announce something through an individual or a situation. In the case of Jesus, God was going to act through this woman, whom nobody among Jesus followers would have believed to be an agent of the divine will. Like the psalmists, we might passively inform or perhaps even actively challenge God to do something so that everyone will come to belief, but God will always turn the tables on us. It becomes our calling, our duty (as it was for Jesus) to behold the situations and persons of our daily lives so that God can act through us, so the Kingdom can be announced through our living. Copyright J. S. Paluch Co. MASS INTENTIONS August 16 August 23, 2014 Sat. 8/16/14 5:00pm For the Faithful Sun. 8/17/14 8:00am + Evelyn Lucken 10:30am + Dominic Doyle 3:30pm For the Faithful 5:30pm For the Faithful Mon. 8/18/14 8:30am + Bud & Rosemary Espe Tues. 8/19/14 8:30am No Mass Request Sat. 8/23/14 Weekly Offering for the following: Aug. 10th: $13,457 Thank you for your support and generosity. TODAY S READINGS First Reading Thus says the LORD: Stand firm in justice; do what is right (Isaiah 56:1, 6-7). Psalm O God, let all the nations praise you! (Psalm 67). Second Reading The gifts and the calling of God are unable to be revoked (Romans 11:13-15, 29-32). Gospel Recognizing the Canaanite woman s great faith, Jesus told her, It shall be done as you wish (Matthew 15:21-28). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved. READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Ez 24:15-24; Dt 32:18-21; Mt 19:16-22 Tuesday: Ez 28:1-10; Dt 32:26-28, 30, 35cd- 36ab; Mt 19:23-30 Wednesday: Ez 34:1-11; Ps 23:1-6; Mt 20:1-16 Thursday: Ez 36:23-28; Ps 51:12-15, 18-19; Mt 22:1-14 Friday: Ez 37:1-14; Ps 107:2-9; Mt 22:34-40 Saturday: Ez 43:1-7a; Ps 85:9ab, 10-14; Mt 23:1-12 Sunday: Is 22:19-23; Ps 138:1-3, 6, 8; Rom 11:33-36; Mt 16:13-20

3 August 17, 2014 Page 3 LITURGICAL MINISTERS SCHEDULE Week of August 24, 2014 Altar Servers Lexy Ashford, Andralee Harmon, Stefan Horn Hunter Schott, Rachel & Emma Roche Zachariah Huckins, Angil & Summer Haddad Conner McCormick, Freddy Naggiar, Emily Bucher Eucharistic Ministers Angie & Larry Franzoni, Michael Percoski, Margie Vielbig Mary Jo & Jennifer Buettner, Margaret Scheller, Tom Epperson, Duane & Helen Voges Theresa Anderson, Joan Orban, Mary Studebaker, Mike Krieger, Cathie Ensel, Helen Shearer, Renee Galleo Sunday, 8/24/14, 3:30pm Not Filled Justin & Shannon Lafaille, Ken Silva Lectors Michael Jacques, Julie LaValley Sandy Amara, Trish Jensen, Ella Sockman Sami Niece, Debra Jarvis, Tessa Crouch Sunday, 8/24/14, 3:30pm Not Filled Michael Jacques, Tara McCullough, Riley Decker Greeters Sharon Dunkel, Quentin Russo, Bob & Carol Thomas Kate Sabins, Marcia Kitchell, Betty Mathews, Sharon Hane, Joan Thompson Maureen Spencer, Bobbie Cairns, Ruth Wright, Micheline Turner, Bernice Ambrose, Elizabeth Morales, Ben & Jack Niece Joe Tatman Ushers, Not Filled Bill Fixmer, John Marcella, Ron Malinowski, Pete Ivovic, Mary Niece Gary Crockett, Tom Huckins, Paul Law, Joe Tatman Sacristans Saturday 8/23/14 5:00pm Jim McKevitt Sunday, 8/24/14 8:00am Julia Eggert Sunday, 8/24/14 10:30am Joe Offer Sunday, 8/24/14 5:30pm WEEK AT A GLANCE Monday, August 18, :00pm Young Adult Bible Study Beatitude Room Tuesday, August 19, :00pm SJS Basketball Practice Parish Hall Wednesday, August 20, :30pm Bingo Parish Hall 7:00pm Gamblers Anonymous Beatitude Room Thursday, August 21, :00pm SJS Basketball Practice Parish Hall Friday, August 22, :00pm Immigration Meeting Parish Hall Saturday, August 23, :00pm Wedding St. Teresa 4:00pm Gathering Inn Parish Hall Introducing our official high school youth identity! Along with being an acronym for St. Teresa of Avila Youth, STAY means to provide physical or moral support for and to fix on something as a foundation, namely Jesus and His church. We have held our summer leadership training and we are ready and excited for an amazing year of fun, fellowship and faith. If you have not participated before, please come and check it out. Here are a couple of upcoming activities: Catholic Variety Show A Welcoming Kick Off Sunday, August 24 from 6:30 to 8:30pm in the Hall High School teens, join us for an entertaining evening with a game show highlighting elements of our faith tradition while using your talents to win points for your team! It s a blend of a talent show and a competition all for the love of our faith! Concession Stand Dinner included! Bring a friend! Nor Cal Jam 2014 on Saturday, September 20 th at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in CHILDRENS RELIGIOUS-ED REGISTRATION FORMS will be located at the entrances of the church. Current RE families will receive their reregistration/information packet, in the mail, in August. Classes will begin September 21 for Sunday and September 25 for Thursday. Classes are offered either Sunday from 9:15-10:15 or Thursday, 4:30-5:30. Do you feel a tug at your heart to share the faith with the children of our church community? Well we ve got the opportunity for you! Religious Ed is looking for teachers and volunteers in all areas. To find out more information call

4 20th Sunday In Ordinary Time Page 4 Hello everyone, In this article let us reflect upon the message of Pope Francis with regards to the situation in the Middle-East. The Pope says: And God saw that it was good (Gen 1:12, 18, 21, 25). The biblical account of the beginning of the history of the world and of humanity speaks to us of a God who looks at creation, in a sense contemplating it, and declares: It is good. This allows us to enter into God s heart and, precisely from within him, to receive his message. We can ask ourselves: what does this message mean? What does it say to me, to you, to all of us? It says to us simply that this, our world, in the heart and mind of God, is the house of harmony and peace, and that it is the space in which everyone is able to find their proper place and feel at home, because it is good. All of creation forms a harmonious and good unity, but above all humanity, made in the image and likeness of God, is one family, in which relationships are marked by a true fraternity not only in words: the other person is a brother or sister to love, and our relationship with God, who is love, fidelity and goodness, mirrors every human relationship and brings harmony to the whole of creation. God s world is a world where everyone feels responsible for the other, for the good of the other. This evening, in reflection, fasting and prayer, each of us deep down should ask ourselves: Is this really the world that I desire? Is this really the world that we all carry in our hearts? Is the world that we want really a world of harmony and peace, in ourselves, in our relations with others, in families, in cities, in and between nations? And does not true freedom mean choosing ways in this world that lead to the good of all and are guided by love? But then we wonder: Is this the world in which we are living? Creation retains its beauty which fills us with awe and it remains a good work. But there is also violence, division, disagreement, war. This occurs when man, the summit of creation, stops contemplating beauty and goodness, and withdraws into his own selfishness. When man thinks only of himself, of his own interests and places himself in the center, when he permits himself to be captivated by the idols of dominion and power, when he puts himself in God s place, then all relationships are broken and everything is ruined; then the door opens to violence, indifference, and conflict. This is precisely what the passage in the Book of Genesis seeks to teach us in the story of the Fall: man enters into conflict with himself, he realizes that he is naked and he hides himself because he is afraid (cf. Gen 3: 10), he is afraid of God s glance; he accuses the woman, she who is flesh of his flesh (cf. v. 12); he breaks harmony with creation, he begins to raise his hand against his brother to kill him. Can we say that from harmony he passes to disharmony? No, there is no such thing as disharmony ; there is either harmony or we fall into chaos, where there is violence, argument, conflict, fear It is exactly in this chaos that God asks man s conscience: Where is Abel your brother? and Cain responds: I do not know; am I my brother s keeper? (Gen 4:9). We too are asked this question, it would be good for us to ask ourselves as well: Am I really my brother s keeper? Yes, you are your brother s keeper! To be human means to care for one another! But when harmony is broken, a metamorphosis occurs: the brother who is to be cared for and loved becomes an adversary to fight, to kill. What violence occurs at that moment, how many conflicts, how many wars have marked our history! We need only look at the suffering of so many brothers and sisters. This is not a question of coincidence, but the truth: we bring about the rebirth of Cain in every act of violence and in every war. All of us! And even today we continue this history of conflict between brothers, even today we raise our hands against our brother. Even today, we let ourselves be guided by idols, by selfishness, by our own interests, and this attitude persists. We have perfected our weapons, our conscience has fallen asleep, and we have sharpened our ideas to justify ourselves. As if it were normal, we continue to sow destruction, pain, death! Violence and war lead only to death, they speak of death! Violence and war are the language of death! At this point I ask myself: Is it possible to change direction? Can we get out of this spiral of sorrow and death? Can we learn once again to walk and live in the ways of peace? Invoking the help of God, under the maternal gaze of the Salus Populi Romani, Queen of Peace, I say: Yes, it is possible for everyone! From every corner of the world tonight, I would like to hear us cry out: Yes, it is possible for everyone! Or even better, I would like for each one of us, from the least to the greatest, including those called to govern nations, to respond: Yes, we want it! My Christian faith urges me to look to the Cross. How I wish that all men and women of good will would look to the Cross if only for a moment! There, we can see God s reply: violence is not answered with violence, death is not answered with the language of death. In the silence of the Cross,

5 August 17, 2014 Pope Francis continued ~ uproar of weapons ceases and the language of reconciliation, forgiveness, dialogue, and peace is spoken. This evening, I ask the Lord that we Christians, and our brothers and sisters of other religions, and every man and woman of good will, cry out forcefully: violence and war are never the way to peace! Let everyone be moved to look into the depths of his or her conscience and listen to that word which says: Leave behind the self-interest that hardens your heart, overcome the indifference that makes your heart insensitive towards others, conquer your deadly reasoning, and open yourself to dialogue and reconciliation. Look upon your brother s sorrow and do not add to it, stay your hand, rebuild the harmony that has been shattered; and all this achieved not by conflict but by encounter! May the noise of weapons cease! War always marks the failure of peace, it is always a defeat for humanity. Let the words of Pope Paul VI resound again: No more one against the other, no more, never! War never again, never again war! (Address to the United Nations, 1965). Peace expresses itself only in peace, a peace which is not separate from the demands of justice but which is fostered by personal sacrifice, clemency, mercy and love (World Day of Peace Message, 1975). Forgiveness, dialogue, reconciliation these are the words of peace, in beloved Syria, in the Middle East, in all the world! Let us pray for reconciliation and peace, let us work for reconciliation and peace, and let us all become, in every place, men and women of reconciliation and peace! Amen. Yours In Christ, Fr. Arnold Vigésimo Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario 17 de agosto de 2014 Velen por los derechos de los demás, practiquen la justicia, porque mi salvación está a punto de llegar y mi justicia a punto de manifestarse. Isaías 56:1 LLAMADOS A ACTUAR EN EL NOMBRE DE DIOS Que todos los pueblos te alaben! (Salmo 67:4) exclama la respuesta del salmo de hoy. En el salterio y en otras escrituras hebreas, este tipo de invocación es en realidad una invitación a Dios para que actúe e intervenga en las vidas humanas de tal manera que haga que todos no sólo el pueblo elegido exprese alabanzas. Dicho algo más fuerte, es como desafiar a Dios para que aguante o se calle, el tipo de palabras duras que los salmistas de Israel, confiando en su íntima relación de amor con Dios, no temían expresar. El Evangelio tiene su propia exclamación que anuncia la aparición de la mujer cananea con un Entonces (Mateo 15:22). Entonces o he aquí es una señal en la Biblia que nos indica que observemos con mucha atención, que Dios está por actuar o anunciar algo por medio de un individuo o una situación. En el caso de Jesús, Dios iba a obrar a través de esta mujer, a quien ninguno de los seguidores de Jesús hubiera creído pudiera ser una agente de la voluntad divina. Como los salmistas, puede que informemos en forma pasiva a Dios o quizás hasta activamente le desafiemos para que haga algo para que todos lleguen a creer, mas Dios siempre nos volteará las posiciones. Se convierte en nuestro llamado, nuestro deber (como lo fue para Jesús) observar atentamente las situaciones y a las personas en nuestra vida diaria para que Dios pueda actuar a través de nosotros, para que el Reino sea anunciado en nuestro diario vivir. Copyright J. S. Paluch Co. LECTURAS DE HOY Primera lectura Mi salvación se viene acercando; mi justicia está a punto de aparecer (Isaías 56:1, 6-7). Salmo Que te alaben, Señor, todos los pueblos de la tierra (Salmo 67 [66]). Segunda lectura Los dones y la llamada de Dios son irrevocables (Romanos 11:13-15, 29-32). Evangelio Mujer, qué grande es tu fe! (Mateo 15: 21-28).

6 August 17, 2014 Page 6 ST. TERESA OF AVILA PARISH BUDGET FOR 2014/2015 July 1, 2014 June 30, 2015 PARISH Income Offertory Collections 763,000 Facility Use Donations: 41,500 Charitable Donations: 18,500 Religious Education: 21,000 Parish Programs: 9,600 Parish Fund Raising Events: 13,000 Other Receipts: 37,000 Total Income: $903,600 PARISH Expense Salaries & Wages: Clergy Salaries: 62,483 Lay Salaries: 260,768 Payroll Taxes & Employee Benefits: 115,719 Automotive: 8,300 St. Teresa's Church: Repairs & Maintenance: 11,250 Utilities: 30,000 Liturgical Expenses: 23,300 Rectory: 20,600 Parish Hall: 22,500 Office: 20,000 Religious Articles & Books: 1,300 Property & Liability Insurance: 21,828 Property Taxes & Assessments: 10,000 Charitable Donations: 20,800 Religious Education: 26,800 Parish Programs: 37,820 School Subsidy: 30,000 Operational Expenses (School PG&E): 21,000 Parish Fund Raising Events: 600 Other Expenses: (Adver., Seminars, etc): 23,810 Diocesan Assessment: 133,909 Total Expenses: 902,787 Net Ordinary Income: 813 ST. TERESA OF AVILA PARISH Mark your calendar for Friday, September 12 th and Saturday, September 13 th from 8:00a.m to 4:00pm to shop at the sale. The Parish Hall will be open for drop off donations on Monday, September 8 th through Wednesday, September 10 th from 8:00am to 3:00pm. We are accepting items such as: household, clothing, toys, jewelry, kitchen, sport, etc----we can t accept large appliances, exercise equipment, outdated computer stuff, encyclopedias or mattresses. We could also use brown grocery bags and newspaper. Any questions call ext. 10 or