We Celebrate Fr. Sebastian Joins SFX

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1 Page Two 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time July 1, 2018 We Celebrate Fr. Sebastian Joins SFX Reverend Sebastian Vettickal C.M.I. Holy Trinity Catholic Church 209 North Hanford Street San Pedro, CA Dear Father Vettickal: This letter is to notify you of the approval of your appointment to serve as ADMINISTRATOR of ST. FRANCIS XAVIER, BURBANK, effective July 1, In accord with Archdiocesan policy, for those assigned as administrator, this appointment is effective for an initial term of one year expiring at the end of the day on June 30, I wish to thank you very much for taking on this responsibility. I encourage you to work closely with the Pastoral Region Office as you continue to exercise leadership at the parish. Please do not hesitate to call our office if we can be of help in any way. Be assured of our prayers for you and your ministry. May the grace and peace of Jesus Christ be with you! In Our Lord, Reverend Monsignor Alex D. Aclan Vicar for Clergy Calendar 1 Welcome Pancake Breakfast for Father Sebastian 8:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. Masses Independence Day Parish Office Closed 5 6 6:30a Altar Society, Church 8:30a Lively Seniors, HCH 7 6:30p Adoration with Benediction, Church 7:30p ROCCC, Sunburst Room We pray for our sick parishioners that they may know the healing of Christ. Sandra Smith Teresita Blazon Kirk Taylor Doris Owings Vashie Ratzinger Jane Walsh Kathy Segura Olivia Smith Michael Castro Tom Cooper Joe Ventura Nadia Agaman Maria Sampley Colette Craan Felix Diaz Andrew Alles Cheri Kehrli

2 St. Francis Xavier God Fashioned All Things For Good Page Three Several years ago, a school teacher assigned to visit children in a large city hospital received a routine call requesting that she visit a particular child. She took the boy's name and room number and was told by the teacher on the other end of the line, "We're studying nouns and adverbs in his class now." It wasn't until the visiting teacher got outside the boy's room that she realized it was located in the hospital's burn unit. No one had prepared her to find a young boy horribly burned and in great pain. She felt that she couldn't just turn and walk out, so she awkwardly stammered, "I'm the hospital teacher, and your teacher sent me to help you with nouns and adverbs." The next morning a nurse on the burn unit asked her, "What did you do to that boy?" Before she could finish a profusion of apologies, the nurse interrupted her: "You don't understand. We've been very worried about him, but ever since you were here yesterday, his whole attitude has changed. He's fighting back, responding to treatment... It's as though he's decided to live." The boy later explained that he had completely given up hope until he saw that teacher. It all changed when he came to a simple realization. With joyful tears he expressed it this way: "They wouldn't send a teacher to work on nouns and adverbs with a dying boy, would they?" Today we read about Jesus crossing again in the boat to the other side (Mark 5:21). Jairus the official left his house and crossed over to meet Jesus. A woman with an issue of hemorrhages had to cross the teeming crowd in order to reach Jesus. There may be hopelessness, fear, doubt or pride, but Jesus listens to us and this is the time to cross over to the side of Jesus in faith and trust in God. The crowd was always there with Jesus. They always found fault in Jesus as they say, You see how the crowd is pressing upon you, and yet you ask, Who touched me? or they ridiculed him when at the house of Jairus. We can never be like that. We cannot be people sitting on the fence to find fault, but have to cooperate with Jesus. Jairus cooperated with Jesus and his daughter got healed; the woman cooperated with Jesus and she was healed. This is what Jesus invites us for. Jesus crossed over the sea to the other side to receive the people. Like Jairus or the woman we too have to cross over to accept the Lord every time. Believe! He can do great things in our life. In faith join with Him. Today we are welcoming Fr. Sebastian. He is our God-given blessing. God has sent him to us that we will grow in Faith and cross over to Jesus with trust. Let us walk with Fr. Sebastian to reach Jesus. God has fashioned everything for our being and he rejoices in our good living. Thank you all in Love. Readings for the week of July 1, 2018 Sunday: Wis 1:13-15;2:23-24/Ps 30:2,4-6,11-13/ 2 Cor 8:7,9,13-15/Mk 5:21-43 Monday: Am 2:6-10, 13-16/Ps 50:16-23/Mt 8:18-22 Tuesday: Eph 2:19-22/Ps 117:1-2/Jn 20:24-29 Wednesday: Am 5:14-15, 21-24/Ps 50:7-13,16-17/Mt 8:28-34 Thursday: Am 7:10-17/Ps 19:8-11/Mt 9:1-8 Friday: Am 8:4-6, 9-12/Ps 19:2,10,20,30,40,131/ Mt 9:9-13 Saturday: Am 9:11-15/Ps 85:9,11-14/Mt 9:14-17 Adoration with Benediction Fridays at 6:30 p.m. Sunday: Monday: Tuesday: Wednesday: Thursday: Friday: Saturday: July 1, 2018 July 7, 2018 People of St. Francis Xavier Dolores Piccirillo & Richard Edwards Albert Milauskas & Nerissa Badillo Isabel Champieux & Aileen Dano Tammy Nguyen Fermina Bernardo & Adelina Bottoni People of St. Francis Xavier

3 Page Four 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time July 1, 2018 ADVERTISE IN THE PARISH CALENDAR Who gets a calendar? EVERYONE! What s on the calendar? EVERY SCHOOL EVENT is on the bottom page and EVERY CHURCH EVENT is on the top page. How much does it cost to advertise? $125 for ONE PAGE ST. FRANCIS XAVIER SCHOOL We are currently accepting applications for the school year for Transitional Kindergarten through 8th Grade at St. Francis Xavier School. Please call 818/ for more information or to schedule a tour even during the summer! How do I sign up? Contact Rita Recker in the Parish Office at or rita.recker@sfxburbank.com. WE NEED MORE LITURGICAL MINISTERS As everyone gets into their summer vacations, the Can t Serve Dates in Ministry Scheduler increase. We just don t have enough liturgical ministers to assign to each Mass. Please consider choosing a ministry Sacristan, Lector, Eucharistic Minister, Usher, or Altar Server. You can tell us which Mass you attend and how many times a month you can serve. Once a month is even helpful. We will make sure you get trained. We are especially in need of ministers for the Saturday 5 p.m. and Sunday 5 p.m. Masses all year long. If you would like to volunteer or have questions please call the Parish Office at 818/ REGISTRATION NOW OPEN FOR RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CLASSES Sunday School (Pre K and Kindergarten) Religious Education & Sacramental Preparation for First Holy Communion (1st through 5th graders in public school or non- Catholic private schools) Confirmation Year I and Year II (9th and 10th Graders) Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults/Children (becoming Catholic) All classes begin mid-september. For more information or to register online, please go to click Religious Education then click Religious Education Website. For questions please contact Rosie Roope at rosie.roope@sfxburbank.com. Thank you!

4 St. Francis Xavier Page Five GRIEF RECOVERY WORKSHOP July 13-15, 2018 A Beginning Experience workshop will be held at Holy Spirit Retreat Center in Encino for those who ve experienced the loss of a spouse through death or divorce/ separation. This weekend helps a person move from the darkness of grief into the light of a new beginning with renewed hope. Beginning Experience is recognized by the Office of Family Life for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The ministry s website is For more info/ registration, contact Peg Setti at , Brenda Mikhail at or (if you need info in Spanish, call Maria Rojas at Our is beginningexp.losangeles@gmail.com. For information about sponsorships and tickets visit familypromiseverdugos.org or call 818/ Peter s Pence Collection July 1, 2018 Parish Goal: $44,850 Amount Paid: $39,363 If you haven t yet made your donation to Together in Mission yet this year, envelopes are available in the back of the church. Thank you in advance for your generosity. We will be having a Peter s Pence collection during masses this weekend. The Peter s Pence collection is taken up worldwide to support the most disadvantaged: victims of war, oppression, and natural disasters. This is an opportunity to On behalf of the Margaret join with our Holy Father, Pope Francis, and be a witness of charity Aylward Center Sewing Club, the Peace & Justice Committee to those who are suffering. is sponsoring a collection to assist them in their sewing St. Francis Xavier is hosting Family efforts. This weekend we are collecting the Promise of the Verdugos following: fabric of any kind and size (scraps July 15th July 22nd are happily accepted), thread, buttons, any sewing notions. They also take sewing Families in the program with be staying with us machines, working or not. New items are here at St. Francis and we are in need of some gladly accepted, but their favorites are always help: persons to sleep on campus in the those things cleaned out of closets. It helps evenings, Grab and Go breakfasts, Grab and someone clean their closet, and it puts things Go lunches, Saturday hot breakfast and dinner back into use! If you have items you would like every evening. to donate and cannot bring them to church, we can pick them up. For more information For more info contact JoDee Geryak contact Barbara Bocek at 818/ or geryak@sbcglobal.net. swirg@yahoo.com.

5 Page Six 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time July 1, 2018 WORLDWIDE MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER Don t forget to mark down these dates of upcoming events at SFX: Sun., July 1 Welcome Pancake Breakfast for Fr. Sebastian Sun., July 8 Baptism Sunday, 1 p.m. Sat., July 14 Baptism Workshop, 10 a.m. Sun., July 15 Sandwich Sunday, 1 p.m. Sun., Aug. 12 Baptism Sunday, 1 p.m. Sun. Aug. 12 Sandwich Sunday, 1 p.m. Mon., Aug. 20 SFX First Day of School St. Francis Xavier is on Social Media! Follow us so you don t miss out on our great events and Twitter St.francisxavier Instagram St. Francis Xavier Facebook Jesus wants to be part of our marriage to bring us the love and intimacy that He wants for us. Come and learn how to obtain these gifts for your marriage. The next Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekends is July in Reseda or Nov 2-4 in Ventura. For more information contact Ed and Jo Lara at or go online at We help make good marriages better. Teach Children To Be Safe In The Water This Summer Drowning is the second leading cause of death for people ages Families need to talk to their children about safe habits to use whenever they go to the pool or beach. Children should never go in the water if they don t know how to swim, and should never swim alone or without a lifeguard present. For parents, avoiding distractions is critical when supervising swimming children. For more tips, visit seasonal-safety/drowning Welcome to St. Francis Xavier Parish! We invite you to become a member of our community! Thank you for printing neatly and dropping in the collection basket or Parish Office. Name: Address: DIRECTORY OF MINISTRIES Annulments Deacon Jaime Baptism Bereavement Ministry (Funerals) Children's Liturgy of the Word Confirmation Eucharistic Ministers to the Sick (818) First Eucharist (Grades 1 & 2) Marriages Pastoral Ministry to the Sick (818) Quinceñera R.C.I.A. (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults) Reconciliation by Appointment Peace & Justice Ministries (818) Interested in engaging in the spirituality of Justice call Food Pantry Environmental Stewardship Advocacy Formation & Leadership Program Community Outreach