Mass. Our Lady. of the. Reconciliation. Parish Office Wednesday Friday 9 AM - 5 PM WITH MARY, SERVING CHRIST IN THE WORLD.

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1 LIFETEEN DE CEM BER NEW YEAR S EVE The Fourth Sunday of Advent EPIPHANY FEAST OF MARY MOTHER OF GOD Our Lady of the WITH MARY, SERVING CHRIST IN THE WORLD. Reconciliation Saturday 9 AM 10 AM 7 PM 7:30 PM Sunday 5 PM 6 PM Parish Office Wednesday Friday 9 AM - 5 PM S. WALNUT RD TURLOCK, CA P. O. BOX 2030 TURLOCK, CA Mass Monday 9:30 AM English 11:15 AM Portuguese Tuesday No Mass Wednesday 6 PM English Communion Service Thursday 7 PM Portuguese Friday 9 AM Portuguese Saturday 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 Administration W EEKLY GIFTS GOAL: $10,500 S UND AY CO LLE C TI O N: $8, Ashley Hendrex Parish Director Catechism Coordinator ahendrex@olassumption.net 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 Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you! - LUKE 1:28 Faith is a gift from God. Take time in silence and thank Him for all the gifts He has given you. Try to set aside any anger or resentment you have and really open your heart to receive the gift of God s mercy and forgiveness. We can t give what we don t have. We need to receive God s mercy and forgiveness first before we can give it to others. Outreach Stephen Ministers provide high-quality, confidential, Christcentered 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 Liturgy Mass Intentions Monday Segunda-Feira, December/Dezembro: 25 Christmas Day Mid-Night Mass Bilingual Eliseu e Ermelinda Mendonça e João e Mariana Lopes de Clemente e Patricia Georgina Machado de John Machado Elmer Johnson da esposa e família 9:30am English Frank Bettencourt, Sr. & Frank Bettencourt, Jr. from Laura & family António e Serafina Teixeira da família 11:15am Português Leonel Neves da esposa e filhos Tuesday Terça-Feira, December/Dezembro: 26 Não haverá Missa Wednesday Quarta-Feira, December/Dezembro: 27 6:00pm Liturgy of the Word & Communion Service Teams of Our Lady, US Super Region for all members living and deceased Thursday Quinta-Feira, December/Dezembro: 28 7:00pm Português Ana Augusta Morais, aniv. da morte da filha Maria Brasil Pelas int. de Pedro Oliveira Brasil dos pais January 7th 11 AM Bilingual Mass followed by procession and celebration in Parish Hall Knights of Columbus #12847 Cold Crab and Pasta Dinner January 13, 7 PM Dinner includes all you can eat marinated cold crab, pasta, salad, garlic bread and rice pudding. There will also be soda and wine available. For tickets, please contact Grand Knight Clemete Lopes at (209) , Leonard Costa at (209) or any Knight. Friday Sexta-Feira, December/Dezembro: 29 9:00am Português Clementina Silva das filhas Irmã Maria Melo de Armanda Câmara Defuntos de John R. Nunes Saturday Sábado, December/Dezembro: 30 7:30pm Português Em honra de Santo António de Lee Cabral Sunday Domingo, December/Dezembro: 31 9:30am English Shawn McGowen from Manuel & Bernardete Luis Joe Estácio from wife Mary Manuel Nascimento from daughter Maria Ourique For Emanuel Sousa, anniv. of his baptism from mom & dad 11:15am Português Artur Thomas da família Pelas Almas do purgatório de Albano e Rosa Matos Guilhermina Costa dos sobrinhos Carlos e Teresinha Pe. Carlos Simplicio de Carlos e Teresinha Costa Horácio Luis Oliveira, aniv. da morte da família Jorge Azevedo de Natália e José Gonçalves Irmãos e cunhada de Teresa Xavier Serafim Aguiar, Jr. das filhas Lucia e Cecilia Carlos Machado da família Amélia, José e Manuel Sousa da filha e irmã Delfina Por Marc e Lucas Matos, aniv. do baptismo da avó 6:00pm - English For the Parish Community

4 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 LifeTouch Church Directory coming soon! Soon you will be able to schedule your family photos for early March. More information to come. For questions, please call Rosa Azevedo Fourth Sunday of Advent In the first reading, God promises King David that his house and his kingdom will endure forever. It is through Mary s Yes I am the handmaid of the Lord. Let it be done to me as you say. that the promise finds fulfillment. See Luke 1:38 We welcome your donations for the parish yard sale. Please bring them to the Parish. Yard Sale Parish Hall Rain or Shine Friday, Saturday, For questions, please call Rosa Azevedo WALK FOR LIFE Saturday, Ride the bus with other OLA parishioners and participate in the Main Event 12:30 PM 1:30 PM Register and info: info@olassumption.net

5 The Lord is near. He is knocking at the door of your heart. He is a beggar out in the cold of unbelief and indifference in our society. Be merciful. Let Him in to dine with you. Go to Mass this Christmas. Merry Christmas. We are consecrating the United States of America and State of California to Our Lady of Fatima this weekend. We live in perilous times. At every level our guardian angels are battling a tremendous invisible battle for the future of civilization. To join with them, it is urgent that we pray for our city, our county, our State and our Nation. Our Lady of Fatima asked us to pray the rosary for peace. Beginning now and into the New Year, let each of us reach for that powerful weapon daily. In the Parish Council and the Commissions we have been discussing our mission, values and goals for the next 3 to 5 years. For many years our parish motto has been With Mary, serving Christ in the World. To give relevance and full meaning to this motto we proclaim a new awareness that the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary are at the center of everything we do and are. Together, they lead us to the Father in the love and holiness of the Holy Spirit. This is why we are consecrating our families and homes to these Two Hearts this coming Sunday, December 31, the last day of the centennial year of the apparitions of Our Lady in Fatima. Now, this is how we describe our mission and values: Our Lady of the Assumption Parish is a Catholic community that celebrates with devotion all the Sacraments, that welcomes with humility those whom the Lord sends us and serves with respect the larger human community in the Central Valley and around the world. How this vision and values translates into goals and actions is to be decided and proposed in the months and years ahead. We welcome input and discussion in this process. Let us live with joy and hope this blessed time of Christmas. Let us be agents of peace in a New Year through our prayer, our actions and our renewed attitudes of forgiveness, generosity and love. Again, Merry Christmas. Happy New Year.

6 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

7 Saturday, December 23 rd 5:00 PM English Vigil Mass 7:30 PM Portuguese Vigil Mass Sunday, December 24 th 9:30AM English 11:15 AM Portuguese Sunday, December 24 th 5:00 PM English Vigil Mass Monday, December 25 th 12:00 Midnight mass 9:30 AM English 11:15 AM Portuguese The Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God is a feast day of the Blessed Virgin Mary celebrating her as the mother of Jesus Christ. January 1 st Sunday, December 31 st 9:30 AM English Mass 11:15 AM Portuguese Mass 6 PM Mass followed by New Year s Eve Dinner & Celebration in the Parish Hall Tickets are available after Mass. Please contact Aida Gois.

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