The First Sunday of Advent. Our Lady WITH MARY, SERVING CHRIST IN THE WORLD.

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1 LIFETEEN DE CEM BER The First Sunday of Advent ADVENT MISSION TURLOCK TOGETHER MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER Our Lady of the WITH MARY, SERVING CHRIST IN THE WORLD. Reconciliation Saturday 9 AM 10 AM 7 PM 7:30 PM Sunday Thursday 5:30 PM 6:30 PM 8:15 PM completion of Advent Mission Parish Office Monday Thursday 9 AM - 5 PM Closed Friday S. WALNUT RD TURLOCK, CA P. O. BOX 2030 TURLOCK, CA Jesus said to his disciples: "Be watchful! Be alert! You do not know when the time will come. It is like a man traveling abroad. He leaves home and places his servants in charge, each with his own work, and orders the gatekeeper to be on the watch. Watch, therefore; you do not know when the Lord of the house is coming, whether in the evening, or at midnight, or at cockcrow, or in the morning. May he not come suddenly and find you sleeping. What I say to you, I say to all: 'Watch!'" Mark 13:33-37 Mass Monday 9 AM Portuguese 10 AM English Tuesday 10 AM English Wednesday 10 AM English 6 PM English Thursday 10 AM Portuguese 7 PM English Friday 9 AM Portuguese 6 PM English 7:30 PM Portuguese Saturday 10 AM English 7:30 PM Portuguese Sunday 9:30 AM English 11:15 AM Portuguese 6 PM English

2 Parish Staff Father Manuel Sousa Pastor Deacon Edwin Santiago Deacon Ashley Hendrex Parish Director Catechism Coordinator Administration W EEKLY GIFTS GOAL: $10,500 S UND AY CO LLE C TI O N: $8, C AT HO L I C ST EW AR D S HI P P RI NC I PL E S GIVE TO THE LORD A P ORTION OF YOU R INCO ME MAKE YOUR GIF T A SAC RIFICE USE YOUR CON TRIBU TIO N ENVELOPE OR ON LINE GIVING Zelia Freitas Administrative Assistant Music Coordinator zfreitas@olassumption.net Nellie Oliveira Administrative Assistant noliveira@olassumption.net Connie Madruga Liturgy Coordinator cmadruga@olassumption.net James Governale Youth Ministry Coordinator Confirmation Coordinator jgovernale@olassumption.net 5% T O PARISH & 5% T O CHARIT Y Take heed, watch and pray; for you do not know when the time will come. - MARK 13:33 We all take things for granted. In particular, we take time for granted. Our lives are so busy, many of us are planning our time - our days, weeks, months, even years in advance. Remember, our time on earth is a gift. None of us knows how long we will be here. Start today and begin thanking God for each and every day. Take time in silence, every day, and listen to what God is saying to you. Outreach Stephen Ministers provide high-quality, confidential, Christ- Seniors Gathering th Thursday, December 7 9 AM centered care and support to people experiencing grief, divorce, illness, job loss, loneliness, disability, and other life difficulties. If you, a friend, or a relative would like to meet with a Stephen Minister, please contact Margaret Santiago Valley Area Living Enabling Resources V.A.L.E.R Office Tuesday - Thursday 11 AM - 3 PM We Care Shelter Season Relaxation Exercises Mondays and Wednesdays 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Volunteer to donate, prepare, and/or serve dinner for the Homeless Men. Serving is from 6:45 PM-7:30 PM. Please contact Christine Dores to sign up for this season: cdores12@aol.com

3 Formation Join us weekly for fellowship, worship, and spiritual nourishment through Adoration and Confession. Mondays 7:30 PM Grupo de Oração Divina Misericórdia PORTUGUESE CHARISMATIC PRAYER GROUP Thursdays, First Church 7 PM Catechism Class Wednesdays 6 PM - 7:45 PM Tuesdays 7 PM - 8:30 PM Sundays 6 PM Liturgy Mass Intentions Monday Segunda-Feira, December/Dezembro: 04 9:00am Português Irmã Maria Melo de Armanda Câmara 10:00am - English For all Souls in purgatory Tuesday Terça-Feira, December/Dezembro: 05 10:00am English For all Souls in purgatory Wednesday Quarta-Feira, December/Dezembro: 06 10:00am English For all Souls in purgatory 6:00pm -English Teams of Our Lady, US Super Region for all members living and deceased Thursday Quinta-Feira, December/Dezembro: 07 10:00am Português Mariana Bettencourt, aniv. da morte da nora Maria 7:00pm English For all those who attended the Parish Mission Friday Sexta-Feira, December/Dezembro: 08 The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Imaculada Conceição da Virgem Santa Maria 9:00am José, Noémia, Lucia e Benvinda Rocha, aniv. da morte de Georgina Ourique Maria Costa e Ana Silva de João Nunes Almas do purgatório de Connie Galhano Francisco e Isabel Luis e familiares falecidos de Odelta Luis José Alves Teixeira e Duarte Alves Teixeira da irmã Maria e António Carvalho Helene de Sousa da família Manuel Matos Arminda Sousa 6:00pm English For all the young adults in our parish 7:30pm Por Adelino Toledo, aniv. natalício da esposa Matilde Saturday Sábado, December/Dezembro: 09 7:30pm Frank e Eduardina Silveira de Lucia Machado Sunday Domingo, December/Dezembro: 10 9:30am English António & Serafina Teixeira from family Joe Gomes from wife & family Manuel & Mike Alvernaz from family Manuel M. & Nivia F. Cardoso from daughters & family For Sabastian Medeiros, on his baptism anniv. from Paul & Iria 11:15am Português Manuel Mendes Romeiro de Frank e Erma Mendonça João Lendivico Gomes de António e Maria de Jesus Maria da Conceição Rosa do marido e filhos Maria de Jesus Gomes do marido e filhos Defuntos de António e Aurora Borba Pedro Reis da esposa e família João Serafim de Jesus dos filhos Alvaro Toledo da esposa e filhos José Jordão da esposa filho e família Maria Bernardete Brasil e Manuel Sousa da família Manuel e Maria Glória Dinis e Francisco Vaz da filha Maria Dinis Leontina Silva do marido e filhos Steve Arlindo Cardoso dos pais Pais de Manuel e Maria Toledo Pelas int. de Florindo e Lurdes Borba e sua família 6:00pm English Georgina Machado from John Machado Jose L Pachedo from Joe & Katrina Pacheco David Freitas e Salvador Vieira de Antonio & Zelia Frietas Cassy Mancebo from mom, dad & family Etelvina Fontes from daughter & family

4 Turlock Together is a voluntary cooperation of ministries, non-profits, schools, and churches working together to make our community better. Turlock Together needs non-perishable food and new toys to fill Christmas boxes. They also need help sorting cans, building boxes, registration, computer input and distributing boxes. The Turlock Together Christmas Center is at the Turlock Fruit Company 500 S. Tully Rd. in Turlock. Please call Lissette at ext. 101 or between 9 AM - 4 PM Monday Friday. Distribution Day is December 23 rd. Please sign up as soon as possible. Please bring donations to the Church by December 17 th. Do you like to knit? Please knit a few scarves for the homeless men in our community. The Outreach Commission will distribute your gift during the Christmas season. If you want to support this small project, contact VALER at Turlock Pregnancy Center is seeking Registered Nurses to volunteer in the medical department. If you are interested in serving, please Sandy at sandy@turlockphc.com Thank you! We are the servants of God, each with his or her own task. We will be judged good stewards if, at His coming, He finds us ready and conscientiously pursuing the tasks to which we have been called.

5 & Her Son s Message of Salvation Advent Parish Mission 2017 Presented by Fr. Wade L. J. Menezes, CPM of the Fathers of Mercy & EWTN Sunday, December 3 rd Thursday, December 7 th Sunday, December 3 rd 7:30 PM Our Lady of Fatima: A Message of Faith Monday, December 4 th 7:00 PM Our Lady of Fatima: A Message for Culture Tuesday, December 5 th 7:00 PM Eschatology: Study of the Four Last Things Wednesday, December 6 th 7:00 PM Death and Judgment Thursday, December 7 th 7:00 PM Heaven and Hell Holy Confession Offered (Sacrament of Penance & Reconciliation) Sunday Thursday 5:30 PM 6:30 PM 8:15 PM Completion Fr. Wade Menezes, CPM is a member of the Fathers of Mercy, a missionary preaching Religious Congregation based in Auburn, Kentucky. Fr. Wade is currently the Assistant General and has served as Director of Vocations and Director of Seminarians for the Fathers of Mercy, and as the Chaplain-in-Residence at the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament of Our Lady of the Angels Monastery in Hanceville, Alabama. While at the Shrine, Fr. Wade was a daily Mass celebrant, homilist and confessor; he also gave spiritual conferences on specialized points of Catholic Christian doctrine to the many pilgrims who visit the Shrine annually. Both the Monastery and Shrine are affiliated with EWTN, the Eternal Word Television Network, of which Fr. Wade has hosted many series. Fr. Wade has been a contributing writer for the National Catholic Register, Our Sunday Visitor, Catholic Twin Circle, Catholic Faith and Family, The Wanderer, Pastoral Life, The Catholic Faith, Lay Witness, the Homiletic and Pastoral Review and Christian Ranchman publications. Participants are encouraged to strive for the Plenary Indulgence associated with the spiritual work of having attended a Parish Mission. Our Lady of the Assumption Parish 2602 S. Walnut Road Turlock, CA

6 Give a Christmas gift that keeps on giving. A Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend is a gift of love. It s a weekend of fresh air, the rebirth of romance, and new beginnings. If you d like to make your Marriage even more special than it already is call now! The next Marriage Encounter Weekend is February 16-18, 2018 in Lodi. For more information visit our website at: or contact John & Angelica at applications@stocktonwwme.org or I like these words of the late Cardinal Hume: There are times when I can visualize Our Lord at the break of day standing by my bed and saying: Get up, follow me. Whether I am conscious of it or not, in effect that invitation, that loving but insistent command, is given to me every day. Each new morning is the opportunity to start again. Yesterday there may have been inadequacies and failures but today Christ renews his call: Follow me. I have chosen you. I need you. Who can fail to respond to the thought that God needs our willing collaboration. Carers of creation We are carers of creation and of his people. Take this seriously, it is our world. God has made himself so vulnerable and this gospel is just before the passion. This area can be no better unless we do something. It has got better. We look at areas which are now clean, more prosperous and just. We may have our problems, but that has been the work of people co-creating the world with God. Making it a better place. Doing the world a world of good. Doing the world a world of good Gospel today says Don t give up God is always near! Live in hope and preparation. Stay awake to the season the ways we can deepen and grow a bit of faith a retreat, do something good for others with your time or finance, notice God in the events of the next few weeks, pray a bit every day, make time to be awakened to the centre of our world who is God, and to his central action in creating the world each day, sending Jesus Christ his Son. Lord, send me, use me, create me in your work in the world. Donal Neary SJ

7 What is Life Teen? As a Eucharist-centered movement within the Roman Catholic Church, Life Teen leads teenagers and their families into a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ and His Church. With the Blessed Virgin Mary as our intercessor and guide, Life Teen seeks to unleash the fullness of the Sacramental power present within the young Church. What are Lifenights? Lifenights are weekly large-group gatherings for high schoolers that immediately follow the Life Teen Mass. There are three basic types of Life Nights: Doctrinal (a.k.a. Catechetical), Issue, and Social. Doctrinal nights follow the semester theme and break open a particular tenant of the faith. Issue nights deal with specific real-world issues that teens deal with (e.g. drinking, gossip, chastity, etc.). These nights help the teens see how their Catholic faith is relevant to every aspect of their lives. Finally, social nights build Christian community and friendships. Lifenights take place every Sunday from 7:30 PM - 9 PM. How else are the youth involved? High Schoolers at OLA are welcome to join us for Summit, a lectionary-based discipleship group that meets weekly on Monday nights at 6 PM. We read, reflect on, and plan to implement the following Sunday s Gospel into our lives. Teens are also welcome to sign up to join a Discipleship Group (D-Group) that meets weekly to grow in faith and community. D-Groups last until the teens graduate, causing the teens and Core member with them to become a little family of their own. What is the Core team and how do I join? One passionate youth minister is great, but one person cannot minister to an entire youth group. That is where the Core team comes in. Core Members are adults who choose to respond to their baptismal call by serving young people. The Life Teen Program relies heavily on the time and talents of adults within the parish community, men and women who truly care about our youth, and who are selfless enough to make sacrifices that ensure that our young people come to know God through the love of Christ and the truth of the Sacraments. One question you have to ask yourself is, Who can serve as a Core Member? If you have that image in your head of what the perfect Core Member looks and acts like, get rid of it. There is no one perfect look. We re looking for servant hearts, hearts that are form-able, not just the perfect-looking or the perfectly formed Core. One can apply for the Core Team by filling out the application below and having an interview with the youth minister. Who do I contact for more information? James Governale jgovernale@olassumption.net

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