23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time September 9, 2018

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1 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time September 9, 2018 SAINT THOMAS MORE CATHOLIC PARISH 51 Marketplace Irvine, CA Office: Fax: Religious Education Youth Ministry Office Hours: Monday - Wednesday: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM Thursday and Friday : 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM Saturday : 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM Morning Prayer Wednesday & Friday Mornings 7:30-7:50 AM Inside Church Reconciliation: Every Saturday from 3:00-4:00 PM or by appointment. Adoration: Fridays 6:30-7:30PM 24 Hour Adoration: Every 22nd of the month Baptisms: Call the Church office to schedule an appointment; please allow five weeks advance notice. Baptisms are held on the third and fifth Sundays of each month (if applicable), immediately following the 11:15 AM Mass. Marriages: In accordance with Diocesan Policy, engaged couples are to begin their marriage preparation program at least six months before their date of marriage. Please note: For Baptisms or Weddings, you must be a practicing Catholic and a member of the parish. To be a Godparent, you must be a practicing and Confirmed Catholic and if married, married in the church. Pastor Parochial Vicar Parochial Vicar Emeritus Weekend Assistants Deacons Rev. John E. Janze Rev. Paul Thai Trinh Rev. William Krekelberg Rev. Joseph Horn, O Praem Rev. Joseph Justice Deacon Tony & Mrs. Mary Patronite Deacon Stan & Mrs. Fran Necikowski Deacon Tin & Mrs. UyenLan Nguyen Website: Church Etiquette: The Priest / Celebrant is the last person in and the first one out at each Eucharistic Celebration. Daily Mass Schedule 8:00 AM Vietnamese/English Mass (Saturday) 4:00 PM Saturday Vigil 5:30 PM Sunday 8:00 AM 9:30 AM 11:15 AM 5:00 PM Spanish/English Mass 2:15 PM Chinese Mass 1 st & 4 th Sundays 12: 45PM Tridentine Mass 2 nd Sunday 12: 45PM Welcoming all, we, the Spirit-filled parish of St. Thomas More, value our Roman Catholic faith by celebrating the sacraments, breaking open the Scriptures, and joyfully offering ourselves in service to others. Under the inspiration of our patron saint, we seek to build a caring community that embraces the values he modeled of friendship, integrity and courageous love of God.

2 THIS WEEK AT ST. THOMAS MORE 09/10/18 09/16/18 Monday 6:30-8:00pm REP Kick Off Meeting 9/10 7:00-9:00pm YLI Monthly Meeting 7:00-8:30pm Legion of Mary Meeting Tuesday 9:00-11:00am AFF Bible/Movie Study 9/11 1:30-2:30pm SVDP Food Pantry 6:30-8:30pm SVDP Project Team Meeting 7:00-9:30pm CRHP Women Wednesday 8:30-11:00am Library Open 9/12 7:00-9:00pm VM Catholic Mothers Meeting 7:00-8:30pm Confirmation2 Class w/sponsor 7:30-9:15pm Reflections with Father Justice Thursday 8:30-Noon Library Open 9/13 9:00-11:00am AFF Bible/book study 6:30-9:30pm VM Core Group Meeting 7:00-8:30pm SVDP Board Meeting 7:00-9:30pm CRHP Men 7:00-8:30pm Confirmation2 Class w/sponsor 7:15-9:00pm Spanish Bible Study Friday 8:45am-12:30pm Little Way Homeschool 9/14 6:30-7:30pm Eucharistic Adoration In light of the recently released Pennsylvania Grand Jury report on sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, we at St. Thomas More Parish pray, O God of consolation, we come to you reeling from the latest revelation of our human, broken church. Priests, bishops, and other leaders to whom we entrusted our souls and the lives of our children have failed us in their most essential duties. We are beyond hurt; we are devastated; we are heartbroken; we are angry. We know that every corner of our church has somehow been stained by these sins. Saturday Noon-4:00pm Legion of Mary Monthly Mtg 9/15 3:00-4:00pm Reconciliation 4:00pm Vietnamese Mass 1:00-7:00pm VM Faith Enrichment 5:30pm Mass Sunday 9/16 Catechetical Sunday Commissioning of Catechists 8:45am-12:45 pm Library Open 2:15pm Spanish Mass 3:00-3:45pm RCIA Meeting 3:00-4:30pm RCIA Session #4 (Chinese) 6:00-8:30pm Life Teen Life Night 8, 9:30, 11:15am, 5pm Masses Hear our anguished cries today, O Lord, as we weep for our church. We need you now more than ever. Help us feel your presence in these difficult days. Make your justice known among us, that these grievous wrongs may be addressed. Help us to have hope in your steadfast love, and lead us one day to the healing that we so desperately crave. We ask this in the name of the One who suffered on the cross for the sins of all, your Son, Jesus Christ, who is Lord for ever and ever. Amen. (c) J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

3 My Dear People, Today s theme on the Readings: SEE BEYOND OUTWARD APPEARANCES The phrase Sunday best has lost much of its meaning in our society today. Some lament the loss of people dressing up for church on Sunday; others think it s a healthy sign that we re as casual in attire gathered before the Lord as we are elsewhere. No matter which school of thought on this topic we belong to, James would probably chastise us. In either case, we are still focused on external appearance, mistaking it for some sort of favored position before God. True, James criticizes the community that favors the rich and well-dressed while ostracizing the poorly clothed, but even more he criticizes the making of distinctions, making choices based on criteria that having nothing to do with the reign of God. James might turn our attention to the reign of God described by Isaiah, in which people are healed and the earth becomes ripe to bear fruit. Jesus today is focused on this reign of God, healing a Gentile man in a region hostile to his Jewish faith, not mindful of the man s origins or clothing or status or ability to repay. Isaiah, James, and Jesus in Mark s Gospel all call us to look more deeply to find where the will of God needs to be done, and has been done, on earth as in heaven. Copyright J. S. Paluch Co., Inc. In Christ, Father John MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK Sunday 8:00AM Robert Muñoz 9:30AM Maria Ha Thi Hoi 11:15AM Pro Populo 12:45 PM Souls in Purgatory 2:15 PM Robert Muñoz 5:00PM Michael Mispagel Monday 8:00AM Dorothy Birmingham Tuesday 8:00AM Robert Muñoz Wednesday 8:00AM Barbara Moore Thursday 8:00AM Frank LaVelle Friday 8:00AM Robert Muñoz Saturday 8:00AM 4:00 PM 5:30 PM Regina Pluta Joey Vasco Robert Muñoz Diane Price Lavon Nawrocik The Vogel Family Mr. & Mrs. Robrock Barbara Moore Frank LaVelle Clemencia Casarez Carmen Chaves Liem Poo Sian READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: 1 Cor 5:1-8; Ps 5:5-7, 12; Lk 6:6-11 Tuesday: 1 Cor 6:1-11; Ps 149:1b-6a, 9b; Lk 6:12-19 Wednesday: 1 Cor 7:25-31; Ps 45:11-12, 14-17; Lk 6:20-26 Thursday: 1 Cor 8:1b-7, 11-13; Ps 139:1b-3, 13-14ab, 23-24; Lk 6:27-38 Friday: Nm 21:4b-9; Ps 78:1bc-2, 34-38; Phil 2:6-11; Jn 3:13-17 Saturday: 1 Cor 10:14-22; Ps 116:12-13, 17-18; Jn 19:25-27 or Lk 2:33-35 Sunday: Is 50:5-9a; Ps 116:1-6, 8-9; Jas 2:14-18; Mk 8:27-35 TODAY S READINGS First Reading Be strong, fear not! Here is your God (Isaiah 35:4-7a). Psalm Praise the Lord, my soul! (Psalm 146). Second Reading Show no partiality as you adhere to the faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ (James 2:1-5). Gospel Jesus makes the deaf hear and the mute speak (Mark 7:31-37). 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. Please visit the STM website at to read the Holy Father s letter and the Bishop s letter in response to the recent abuse scandals. Joe Allee Judy Anselmo Mary & Joe Bush Clara Connor Alexandra Conti Cheryl Cornelius Ellie Dainko Ann D'Alessandro Henry Damigella Larry Doan Jim Eshelman Howard Frankel, MD Cynthia Fox Reynaldo Garcia Rosario Garcia Rob F. Gorman Emma Hager Tina Halberg Gayle Ham Margaret Hawley Robert Henry Clara Honea PLEASE PRAY FOR HEALING Dominador Hontucan Elsa Jatwani Theresa Johnston Sharon Jones Doris Jordan Cheri Rimando-Juarez Greg Leeds Ty Vivian Knisely Richard Kulas Jean Liddi Frances Lodato Bob Machado Andrea Maciel Cavan McGaffney Pete Meade Howard Mellott Stephanie Mispagel Agnes Motley Susan Navarette Karen Norton Agnes Pamintuam Susie Patrick Charlie Perrea Cathy Purcell Anita Ruwaldt Maya Sanchez Anita Santarina Jackson & Gerri Scharff Liz Thomas Bob & Denise Trujillo Jack Troung David Valentine Daniel Villareal Hanh Vu Jim Vessey Sara Wang John Weber Michele Wills Mike Winchester Prospero Ylagan Joe Zwetow Sharon Zwolinski Please call the office when it is time to remove a name.

4 Check out our NEW website: stmirvineym.org for all current Youth-related information and office hours. Confirmation preparation begins this week! 9/12 OR 9/13: 7-8:30pm C2 Sponsor/Candidate Welcome Session. Candidates, please br ing your sponsor with you for this fun and engaging evening to begin our second year of preparation. If Sponsor is unable to attend, a parent may fill in for the evening. 9/19 OR 9/20: 7-8:30pm C1 Candidate Welcome Session. Only candidates ar e needed for this introduction to the journey of Confirmation prep! If parents missed all of the Parent Welcome Sessions held recently, please contact Tim Reid to arrange a time to meet individually sometime this fall. Registration for the year is now closed. However, we highly encourage all high school teens to participate in our Sunday evening Life Teen Ministry, every Sunday 5:00pm Mass, 6:00pm dinner, 7:00-8:30pm Life Night. Library Hours Sunday: 8:45am 12:45pm Wednesday: 8:30am 10:30am Thursday: 8:30am 12:00 Noon Books may be checked out for up to four weeks. DVD s & CD s may be checked out for one week. Return materials to the library or to our return location in the office entry. Go to the parish website under ministries to view our inventory.

5 SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time; Grandparents Day; Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) 5779 begins at sunset Tuesday: Patriot Day Wednesday: The Most Holy Name of Mary Thursday: St. John Chrysostom Friday: The Exaltation of the Holy Cross Saturday: Our Lady of Sorrows Pope Francis tells us in Amoris Laetitia ( The Joy of Love ): Very often it is grandparents who ensure that the most important values are passed down to their grandchildren, and many people can testify that they owe their initiation into the Christian life to their grandparents. Their words, their affection, or simply their presence help children to realize that history did not begin with them, that they are now part of an ageold pilgrimage and that they need to respect all that came before them (No. 192).

6 Interested in becoming Catholic? Want to develop an adult perspective on the Catholic Faith? Already Baptized a Catholic but want Confirmation? The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults ( RCIA ) is the path that will enable an adult to accomplish any of these goals. We offer interesting, weekly short talks with opportunities for discussion and questions. If you know someone who would like to explore the faith, feel free to accompany that person if they might not feel comfortable by themselves. RCIA is offered in English, Spanish, Vietnamese, and Chinese. Please contact Mike Michalek at or michalekm@sprintmail.com, if you have any questions or would like to understand more about RCIA. Contact Paul Fan if you have questions in Chinese at or pfan5@juno.com. Contact Martin Nguyen if you have any questions in Vietnamese at or martin @gmail.com. Si tiene preguntas o esta interesado en conocer un poco mas de RCIA en Español, puede contactar a Otilia Chen al o via correo electronico tili_29@yahoo.com. Our first meeting will be September 24 th at 7:15 pm in the parish hall during which we will decide when we will meet during the coming year so that every interested party is accommodated. A look around the Church In our Parish Hall there is a special display of jars containing oils which are used in the administration of the sacraments. Throughout the Bible, there are various references which indicate the importance of olive oil in everyday life. Olive oil was used in cooking, fuel for lamps and for medicine. The Jews also used olive oil to anoint a guest's head as a sign of welcome and to prepare a body for burial. Olive oil is used for all three oils which are blessed: The Oil of Catechumens -- is used with the sacrament of Baptism. This anointing symbolizes the person's need for the help and strength of God and life as a child of God. The Oil of the Infirm -- is used in the sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick. Holy Chrism -- is a mixture of olive oil and balsam, an aromatic resin. This oil is used in the sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation and Holy Orders for the sanctification of individuals.

7 NEW Monthly Homeless Lunch Ministry Saint Thomas More has created a new Homeless Sack Lunch Ministry that is open immediately for volunteer sponsors and event leaders. There are several ways you can help and we have made it very easy! Sponsor one or more events Have your ministry, small group or family help manage one or more event come and help assemble the lunches. STM will take care of the kitchen reservation, bulletin announcements and volunteers. This is a great opportunity to come together as a group and provide a charitable gift to our homeless neighbors. Please contact Margaret Cunningham for more details or maggiewood@dslextreme.com Please note the change during the Mass in the Diocese of Orange. The congregation will KNEEL instead of stand during the latter part of the Eucharistic Prayer. After the Lamb of God, we are asked to KNEEL until we get up to receive Communion. Thank you. TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Back to work we go! Summer break is over and there is much to accomplish in school and in the workplace. It s a venerable Catholic custom to assign patron saints to the trades and occupations of life. This is largely in the realm of popular devotion, and although from time to time the Vatican declares a saint to be patron of this or that, the process is free-wheeling and just about uncontrollable. Still, there is a saint for almost any purpose, whether you are on death row (Dismas), having eye trouble (Lucy), or pursued by poisonous toads (Hubert). Medieval guilds would often associate themselves with heavenly patrons, so Saint Joseph has the carpenters, Thomas More the lawyers, and physicians get Saint Luke. If you re stuck in the airport, St. Joseph of Cupertino is on call since he was said to rise off the floor when he prayed, and if you re in a long line at the ATM, Saint Anthony Claret is for you. In recent years, the Vatican has from time to time assigned a new patronage, as when Saint Aloysius Gonzaga was named the patron of HIV-AIDS patients, since as a young Jesuit novice he had cared for his fellow novices during a terrible plague. Anything that matters to us nation, parish church, occupation, illness can have a patron, and it is an aspect of Catholicism that has enormous appeal. To believe in the communion of saints is to know that the ties that bind us as a communion do not unravel with death, and that when we stand before life s struggles, we do not stand alone. Who is your patron saint? Rev. James Field, Copyright J. S. Paluch Co.

8 ST. THOMAS MORE PARISH MINISTRIES Adult Faith Formation Janice LaVelle (9) Altar Servers Tina Le (7) Baptism Stephanie Miller (9) Bereavement Rosie Munoz (9) Building Committee Keith Rattay (9) Bulletin Editor Lisa Bergler (9) Chinese Community Paul Fan (9) Josephine Yang (9) Christ Renews His Parish (CRHP) Tony Patronite (9) Christian Outreach Carole Caplett (7) Confirmation Tim Reid (9) Corazon Norma Jean Womack (9) Cursillo Bernie Ocampo (9) Deacons Tony Patronite, Stan Necikowski & Tin Nguyen (9) Eucharist to the Homebound Dn. Stan & Fran Necikowski (7) Extraordinary Ministers Jerry Donaldson (9) Events Coordination Committee Loy Gibson (7) Faces of Faith Bill Hanson (9) Filipino Community Charlie Torres (9) Finance Council Pierre Gagnon (7) Hispanic Ministry Frank Ornelas (9) Patty Trujillo (7) Italian Catholic Federation (ICF) Donna Stahl (9) Junior Legion of Mary Knights of Columbus (K of C) Bill Flood (252) Lectors Jeffrey Turcotte (9) Legion of Mary Trisha Smith (7) Library Jay Hills (9) Marriage Case Support Paul Geiger (7) Michael Michalek (9) Mary Patronite (9) Marriage Encounter Jim & Cheryl Skudlarski (9) Marriage In The Lord Keith & Meredith Rattay (9) More Moms Alena Franson (9) Music Director, Including Wedding Music Keith Rattay (9) Music - Mass Saturday 5:30pm (9) Music - Mass Sunday 8:00am Steve Hager (7) Music - Mass Sunday 9:30am Keith Rattay (9) Music - Mass Sunday 11:15am Joanna Marconi (7) Music - Mass Sunday 2:00pm - Spanish Patty Trujillo (7) Music - Mass Saturday 4:00p - Vietnamese/English Anthony Bui (7) Music - Mass Sunday 5:00pm Tim Reid (9) Music - Mass 1st & 4th Sundays - Chinese Saliann Mao (7) Music - Tridentine Mass - 2nd Sunday 12:45pm Nina Perez (9) Parish Office Manager Theresa Nault (9) Pastoral Council Josh Baker (7) Pilgrim Virgin Michele Wills (7) Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) Michael Michalek (9) Religious Education Barbara Catiller (9) Respect Life Chris Gonzales (9) St. Thomas More Veterans Art Pandes (7) St. Vincent de Paul Society Bill Chacon (9) Small Groups Janice LaVelle (9) Spanish Bible Study Teresa LeMire (7) Stewardship Taize Prayer Charlotte Freund (9) Ushers Steve Luchetta (9) Vietnamese Ministry Huan Le (7) Wedding Coordinator Marcella Maurer (7) Welcoming Committee Vince Salico (7) Young Adults Tim Reid (9) Young Ladies Institute (YLI) Ann Johnson (9) Youth Ministry Tim Reid (9)

9 Orange Diocese Magnificat Prayer Breakfast Saturday, September 22, :30 AM to 12:30 PM Embassy Suites Anaheim South Harbor Blvd., Garden Grove Advanced registration $28 per person must be postmarked by Sept. 17th. $33 at the door (cash/check only) Registration: Anne (714)