TREASURE. Talent. Pathway to Service. Jesus said, "What do you want me to do for you?" The blind man replied to him, "Master, I want to see" (Mk. 10).

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TIME Talent TREASURE OCTOBER 25, 2015 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2015 Stewardship Program of Time, Talent and Treasure This weekend is TIME & TALENT ANNOUNCEMENT Give to God what is RIGHT and not

1 TIME Talent TREASURE OCTOBER 25, th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2015 Stewardship Program of Time, Talent and Treasure This weekend is TIME & TALENT ANNOUNCEMENT Give to God what is RIGHT and not what is LEFT. CHURCH ADDRESS: 923 S. LA BREA AVENUE LOS ANGELES CA SCHEDULE OF MASSES Sunday 8:00am, 10:00am & 12:00pm Saturday 8:30am, 5:00pm (Vigil) Weekday 9:00am (Monday-Friday) Wednesday 6:30pm Holy Day 9:00am, 7:00pm Vigil of Holy Day 7:00pm SACRAMENTS Confession: *1:00-1:30 PM, Sunday Baptism: Fourth Sunday of the month Matrimony: Six months notice required in advanced for marriage preparation. Appointments available for private Baptism, Funeral, Quinceañera. Please call to schedule your event. *(Confession schedule is subject to change without notice. Thank you.) First Communion: 3:45 PM Wednesday Confirmation: 11:00 AM Sunday RCIA: 7:00 PM Monday CONTACT US: Parish Office/Mailing: 926 S. Detroit Street, Los Angeles, CA Rectory: 922 S. Detroit Street, Los Angeles, CA Telephone (323) Fax (323) Website: Pathway to Service Jesus said, "What do you want me to do for you?" The blind man replied to him, "Master, I want to see" (Mk. 10). Dear Parishioners and Visitors: During the last two weeks, I came and made an appeal to you to participate in our parish s stewardship program. I pray that the Spirit of the Lord has inspired you to respond and participate in the ministries of our church. Members of our finance council and I presented to you our parish s annual financial report. Your generosity through your time, talent, and treasure is a great extension of service. I appealed to you last Sunday for your generous offering to our Sunday giving either weekly, monthly, or yearly. GIVE TO GOD WHAT IS RIGHT AND NOT WHAT IS LEFT. I encourage all of us a members of CCSV to reflect upon this statement of our commitment to God with our stewardship effort of time, talent and treasure. Do the time we give to God to worship as a community, the offering that we give to support our church, the participation in the various ministries-- are they intentional by us or the time, the offering, and the participation are just the left over? We explained to you that our Sunday collection had diminished to more than $25K dollars, and our total income was lower by $73K comparing to the last fiscal year report. I hope you had a chance to review the report. I encourage each family and parishioners to reflect God s calling and your responses to God s invitation. 1. Participation in Sunday Offerings or Donations - Just a Few Dollars More! 63 Parishioners with 6 New Parishioners Signed Up I am truly grateful for the 63 parishioners who responded so favorably to last week Sunday offering commitment. I also want to welcome the 6 new parishioners for their generous support. As I indicated previously, according to our budget, we need to increase our Sunday offering by seven percent (7%) comparing to last year in order to balance our budget. P.U.T.T. is a great reminder of our situations in life and our relationship with God and with one another. We are called to renew our purpose in life, to update our status and commitment, to be thoughtful and thankful with God and the people that we have a relationship with such as families, friends, or co-worker I understand that some of you may be experiencing hardships with your family or yourself. Just do your very best with the means or resources that you have at this time. For those of you who did not have a chance to make your Sunday offering, I pray that you respond and assist us and our ministries at CCSV. (Continued on next page.>>)

2 (Fr. Truc s message continued) 2. PATHWAY TO SERVICE - An Invitation to Use Your Time & Talents for God This is our house. We are family. Our church has been using this theme as a way to connect all of us as a family of God of approximately 500 registered families. Members of our PLC, the parish staff and I came up with this new initiative hoping that you could take part in our 2015 Stewardship campaign. A PATHWAY TO SERVICE is an invitation to S.E.R.V.E. our church s ministries with your time and talents. We are all called to S SUPPORT one another. We have been E EMPOWERED by God through the sacrament of baptism to R REACH beyond and within ourselves to be with others and to V VALUE one another Time and Talent Opportunity! without any prejudice or distinction and to E EVANGELIZE the Good News of Jesus. As a family at CCSV we are here to serve you and to serve one another. I am grateful to the thousands of hours that a small number of parishioners volunteered and donated to our church because of their time and talents; commitment and service to God. Together we are not all alone; we are One because of Christ and the combined effort and sacrifices by everyone. I pray that you will respond favorably and participate to this year s Stewardship Program. I am thankful for the members of the PLC for their dedication and commitment to our parish. Be informed in our Catholic faith, be interested in the Church and be involved in the our parish s ministries. Annual Christmas Fundraising Drive 2015 Consider volunteering your time and talent in support of this year s Annual Christmas Fundraising effort. This would be a great opportunity to meet other parishioners while supporting an important cause. WEEK OF OCT , 2015 SAINTS, SPECIAL OBSERVANCES, MASS INTENTIONS AND PARISH EVENTS SUNDAY, OCT. 25: 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Priesthood Sunday; World Youth Day 8:00 For All Our Parishioners 10:00 Lucille M. Herman 12:00 Jeanine Hoen 1:00p *Confession MONDAY, OCT. 26 9:00 Bienvenido Jose Gonzalez TUESDAY, OCT. 27 9:00 For the Healing of Aida Fowzi WEDNESDAY, OCT.28: Ss. Simon and Jude 9:00 Richard Brady Sr., Pa Cosey; Blandino Borong Cespon; Healing of Dolores Cabrera 3:45p First Communion Classes 6:30p Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena THURSDAY, OCT. 29 9:00 Living and Deceased Members of the Barbarena Family FRIDAY, OCT. 30 9:00 Le cia Cas llejos SATURDAY, OCT. 31: Halloween; Blessed Virgin Mary 8:30 Orlando Corleto 5:00p Milagros G. Vinuya Several ways to volunteer your time and talents are: Christmas Raffle Ticket Sales Sell tickets to family and friends! Contact Rhina Schembri (213) to volunteer at any Mass Christmas Dinner Dance, Friday December 4, 2015 We are seeking individuals who are interested in the following opportunities: Hosts, Greeters, Check-in support for guests; Transportation for parishioners; and Logistical support at the Wilshire Country Club Please contact Meldy Rafols at (323) PARISH ADMINISTRATION Rev. Truc Q. Nguyen, Pastor frtruc@cathedralchapel.org, ext. 223 Nancy G-Sheehan, Parish Business Manager nancy@cathedralchapel.org, ext. 224 Mayela Albarran, Office Assistant mayela@cathedralchapel.org, ext. 235 Sister Anna Tom, SDSH, Rel. Ed. Director religioused@cathedralchapel, ext. 234 In Residence: Most Reverend Bishop Edward Wm. Clark (928 S. Detroit St. Los Angeles, 90036) Commemorative Booklet Please contact Victor Benedicto at (213) if you would like to be a sponsor, help in selling advertising or assist in the creative process. Elementary School Cathedral Chapel School, Grades K-8th Tina Kipp, Principal 755 S. Cochran Ave., LA T: (323) ; F: (323)

Reflecting On Our Time & Talents The volunteers in our parish, by their selfless acts, truly demonstrate the meaning of being one parish community of faith.

3 Reflecting On Our Time & Talents The volunteers in our parish, by their selfless acts, truly demonstrate the meaning of being one parish community of faith. With their service, they build community; their time and talents help grow, strengthen, and nurture the life and faith of our parish. Approximately 150 of our members are active in about 12 ministries in our parish and have donated thousands of hours in service to our church. Many of these volunteers have multiple roles who are involved in more than one ministry in our parish. The Environment Committee members and volunteers helped design, prepare and clean our church for the liturgies throughout the year, which include Holy Days and the seasons of Advent, Christmas, Lent, and Easter. The beautiful flowers that adorned our church all year long was from one very generous parishioner! Their tireless efforts in taking care of our church are unparalleled which makes estimating their donated time a daunting task. The Altar Linen ministry rinsed, washed and ironed all parish corporals, purificators, altar towels, priest s cassocks and altar server albs all year. Try counting all the pieces multiplied by the number of days they performed this task quietly! About 100 volunteers donated in excess of 3,000 hours of service in liturgical ministries, which include Eucharistic Ministers, Lectors, Altar Servers, Ushers, Sacristans and Music Ministers. They truly fulfill their baptismal call of service to one another. Their contributions help our liturgies to be truly life-giving celebrations. Our four weekend Masses and special liturgies were supported by approximately 40 altar servers from our school. More than 50 people and thousands of hours donated their musical talents to our music liturgies as a choir member and instrumentalist. More than 30 volunteers have donated over 1,500 hours to our Religious Education programs either as catechists, aides, office duties, chaperones in support of the parish s programs for the children and youth in our community. Our Eucharistic Ministers to the Homebound made countless visits to Hancock Park Rehabilitation Center, to hospitals in our community, and to our senior parishioners who are unable to attend weekday and Sunday Masses. Because of everyone s tireless efforts and donations, our Outreach ministry have donated food, clothing and sundry items to our neighboring shelters during the past year. One of the more important ministries in our parish, which is often overlooked, is the Counting Group Ministry. They are parishioners who quietly volunteer each week to count and deposit donations collected from all the Masses during the weekend. They help make the church an accountable place of worship. Over 1200 hours were donated by the members of the Counting Group. Our Hospitality and special events ministry have donated thousands of dollars in the form of ticket & raffle sales, patron donations, flower donations and other forms of special donations to our church. On top of that are the thousands of hours donated by each committee member planning, coordinating and executing all the successful events in our parish. The combined efforts of our Pastoral Liturgy and Finance Councils have been crucial in the life of our parish. Their wisdom, counsel, faith, love and dedication for many years have made our parish what it is today. Volunteers are examples, truly living out the mission of Cathedral Chapel parish, united in Christ through education and service, we share the word and celebrate the sacraments, and welcome and embrace all in the praise and service of God. Thank you to all our dedicated volunteers for your loving, unselfish, caring, patient and noble actions! All of you are most deserving of our gratitude!

Parishioners Unite Time and Talents Church Ministry: A Faith Lived life of prayer... life of service... life of love... God entered into a covenant of love with us, his people.

4 Parishioners Unite Time and Talents Church Ministry: A Faith Lived life of prayer... life of service... life of love... God entered into a covenant of love with us, his people. He gave us the Ten Commandments in order to teach us the way to live this covenant of love. In this, we are also invited to experience the love of God for us, and to return that love to God and to our neighbor. (US Catholic Catechism for Adults) Cathedral Chapel Parish has many opportunities for you to fulfill your commitment to serve the Lord and His people in action. We invite you to visit the various ministries listed below and explore the breadth and diversity of our parish life. Through these ministries and activities, you share the mission of Christ and His Church. LITURGICAL MINISTRIES Lectors Effective and faith-filled readers who proclaim God's Word at Sunday and daily Masses and other liturgies. Eucharistic Ministers Eucharistic Ministers at Mass assists in giving the Holy Body and Blood of Christ during Holy Communion. Altar Servers All children of the parish and school (third grade and older), are invited to assist at Sunday and Weekday liturgies and other special occasions as needed. Ushers Men and women who serve as ushers at Sunday Masses. This important ministry includes greeting and welcoming those who come to Mass, helping them find a place, direct the offertory and processions, oversee the collection process, and distributing the parish bulletins. Music Ministers Men & women who are gifted with a singing voice, or who can play a musical instrument are invited to join one of the parish choirs to sing songs of praises and worship. Sacristans Adult volunteers who set up for and keep sacred vessels for Mass on Sundays and weekdays. Church Environment & Decoration This ministry is very important in the life and spirit of the church. It involves a lot of time planning, coordinating and implementing the decoration of the church for all liturgical seasons/ celebrations. They care for and prepare items used at liturgy, for example, linens, wall banners, plants & flowers, etc. EVANGELIZATION MINISTRIES CCSV Outreach Members provide outreach and goodwill programs for the poor and homeless in the community. Hospitality & Social Events Members provide planning, organization and coordination of parish social gatherings and special celebrations: Christmas Dinner & Parish Concert Fundraising, Simbang Gabi, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Summer BBQ, Sunday Coffee & Donuts, and other special events. Senior Support are Ministers who give Holy Communion and visit the sick in the their private homes and convalescent hospitals and institutions. Currently, the parish serves the Hancock Park Rehabilitation Center and Olympia Medical Center in Los Angeles. This ministry also provides transportation to eldelry and disabled parishioners who wish to attend Sunday or weekday Masses, go to their doctor appointments and other needs. Religious Education This ministry includes First Communion, Confirmation, RCIA and Bible Study The Religious Education Programs in our parish are classes offered to members and non-members of our community. Catechists/teachers, aides, office staff, and persons with craft skills are needed to support these programs. Parish Groups One of the groups in our parish is made up of couples in our parish. The Marriage Ministry is called Couples Cat-Chap (as in catch-up). It was formed in the Fall of The couples ministry provides fellowship through sharing, social events, retreats, with an emphasis on nurturing love, marriage and family, and friendship among its members. The other group is the Youth Group and is currently in need of volunteers to lead it.

We have been E EMPOWERED by God through the sacrament of baptism to R REACH beyond and within ourselves to be with

5 THIS IS OUR HOUSE... JOIN US IN SERVICE. A PATHWAY TO SERVICE is an invitation to S.E.R.V.E. our church s ministries with your time and talents. SUPPORT EMPOWER REACH VALUE EVANGELIZE We are all called to S SUPPORT one another. We have been E EMPOWERED by God through the sacrament of baptism to R REACH beyond and within ourselves to be with others, and to V VALUE one another without any prejudice or distinction and to E EVANGELIZE the Good News of Jesus.

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