SAINT BARBARA PARISH

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1 SAINT BARBARA PARISH OLD MISSION SANTA BARBARA Served by the Franciscan Friars of the Province of St. Barbara 2201 Laguna Street, Santa Barbara, CA (805) SCHEDULE of MASSES SATURDAY VIGIL 4:00 PM in the Old Mission Church SUNDAY 7:00 AM in the Poor Clare Monastery Chapel 9:00 AM 11:00 AM in the Old Mission Church DAILY MASS 7:00 AM (Daily) in the Chapel at the Poor Clare Monastery 8:00 AM (Monday-Friday) in the St. Junípero Serra Chapel HOLY DAYS: Please call (805) for schedule Welcome to the Faith Community at St. Barbara Parish! May the Lord give you peace! The Franciscan Friars and our sisters and brothers of this vibrant Faith Community welcome you to celebrate with us today. We pray that the peace of Christ, which is His gift, remain with you always and His joy fill your heart. St. Francis of Assisi We have been called to heal wounds, to unite what has fallen apart, and to bring home those who have lost their way.

2 Page 2 St. Barbara Parish June MISSION STATEMENT In the Franciscan tradition, we strive to live the gospel life in prayer, evangelization, outreach and stewardship. ST. BARBARA PARISH OFFICE OFFICE HOURS: Tuesday-Friday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM 2201 Laguna Street, Santa Barbara, CA PHONE: (805) FAX: (805) AFTER HOURS: (805) x104 (Anointing of the Sick) WEBSITE: stbabs@yahoo.com Fr. John Hardin, OFM, Interim Administrator Office: (805) ext. 164 guardian@sboldmission.org. Roy Spicer Director of Sacred Music & Liturgy, ext. 103 Fr. Larry Gosselin, OFM, Associate Pastor Office: Ext. 105 frlarry@saintbarbaraparish.org Alex Turcios Director of Faith Formation, ext. 118 Limar Delicano, Parish Secretary ldelicano@saintbarbaraparish.org; ext. 102 SACRAMENT of RECONCILIATION Saturdays from 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM (Priests are also available by appointment) SACRAMENT of MARRIAGE Minimum of six months preparation time. Call the Parish Office for further information. SACRAMENT of BAPTISM Baptisms and baptism preparation classes may be scheduled by contacting the Parish Office. Registered parishioners only. Baptism is celebrated on the first Saunday of each month at 12:30 PM (after the 11:00 AM Mass). SACRAMENT of ANOINTING of the SICK Please contact the Parish Office if there is a need for this sacrament. Healing Masses are scheduled quarterly. FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS Contact the Parish Office as soon as possible to coordinate music, liturgy, and other needs. REGISTERING AS A PARISHIONER New to Santa Barbara? Interested in making St. Barbara Parish your faith community? Please complete a parish registration card, available from the ushers or by calling or stopping by the Parish Office, and return it to us in the collection, at the office, or by mail. WELCOME TO OUR PARISH AND TO THE CATHOLIC FAITH! We are all on a spiritual journey! If you would like to know more about our beautiful Catholic faith tradition, we would be happy to assist you. Through both one-onone meetings as well as our Inquiry Class, we are available to answer your questions and to accompany you. Please contact the Fr. Adrian Peelo, Pastor, at (805) x101 or pastor@saintbarbaraparish.org. ELEMENTARY RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Preparation for the Sacrament of First Reconciliation Preparation for the Sacrament of First Eucharist Sunday Religious Education Classes, Grades 1-5 (September-May). Please contact Alex Turcios, Director of Faith Formation, for more information at (805) x118. YOUTH MINISTRY & CONFIRMATION St. Barbara Parish offers a Junior High Youth Group, High School Youth Group, and a High School Confirmation program. Please contact Alex Turcios, Director of Faith Formation, for more information at (805) x118.

3 June 25, 2017 St. Barbara Parish Page 3 Dear Parishioners, May the Lord give you Peace! 12TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME I believe that most of you are aware that we had a very generous donor who helped us refurbish the Blessed Sacrament Chapel in the rear of the Mission Church. It was named after the chapel in Assisi where the Franciscan movement began and where St. Francis died. It was called the Porziuncola which means small portion of Land. It is located inside the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary of the Angels which is several miles from the center of the City of Assisi. I would like to have the Chapel open during the day for parishioners and visitors to avail themselves of a time for private prayer and devotion. This may take a few weeks to get organized and make sure that the sacred objects are secure. I will keep you informed as to when the chapel will be open. It was suggested that a sodality may be a way to ensure that someone is present while the chapel is open. If you are interested in participating, please contact me. Also Fr. Larry and I will be using the Blessed Sacrament Chapel to hear confessions instead of the confessional in the rear of the Church. This is to implement one of the decisions of Vatican II, to allow people to go face to face with the priest or remain anonymous. A screen with be set up for those wanting to go the traditional way and a chair will be available to those wanting to go face to face. This is also an excellent way to utilize this sacred space. We will begin Saturday the 1st of July. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch with me. Know of my prayers for you and your families as we move forward providing the beacon of light that radiates from this holy hill over the city named for Saint Barbara. Inside of the Blessed Sacrament Chapel Porziuncola Fraternally, Fr. John Entryway leading to the Porziuncola

4 Page 4 St. Barbara Parish June 25, 2017 Prepare for Next Sunday s Liturgy July 2nd~ 13th Sunday Oridnary Time 1st Reading 2 Kings 4:8-11, 14-16a Elisha is a holy man of God, let him remain. Did You Know... The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist June 24 Saint John the Baptist s Story Responsorial Psalm Psalm 89:2-3, 16-17, (2a) For ever I will sing the goodness of the Lord. 2nd Reading Romans 6:3-4, 8-11 Buried with Christ in baptism, we shall walk in the newness of life. Gospel Matthew 10:37-42 Whoever does not take up his cross is not worthy of me. Whoever receives you, receives me. Reflection on Next Sunday s Liturgy of the Word The reality of early Christian discipleship always had the potential of being harsh. Hard choices had to be made and these choices could affect one's relationship with one's family. Keep in mind that family membership, identity, support, and care were held in highest honor by the culture of Jesus. Family was everything. The teaching of Jesus does not say that one should value and love family less, but it does say that one must value and love Jesus more (Mt 10:37). If ever one had to choose between family or Jesus the choice always had to be Jesus. This is a true test of discipleship and some would find it impossible. Disciples must know that the way of discipleship is not a way of glory, power, and wealth. It is, at its core, the way of the cross (Mt 10:38). Without the cross, there is no resurrection. Without death, there is no new life. For a disciple, what really constitutes life will appear like death to others, and what others see as death will be life for a disciple (Mt 10:39). Discipleship is fundamentally a counter-cultural way to live. The disciple represents Jesus on earth. Therefore, whoever receives a disciple in effect actually receives Jesus. In turn, whoever receives Jesus will actually be receiving God (Mt 10:40). Often this all takes place anonymously. Christian prophets who were often itinerant missionaries deserve to be received as those who speak in the name of God (Mt 10:41). This was not always easy to determine and was sometimes a judgment of faith. Still whoever is willing to risk and to reach out to meet even the most basic needs of a disciple will receive a just reward (Mt 10:42). 2005, OCP. All rights reserved. Jesus called John the greatest of all those who had preceded him: I tell you, among those born of women, no one is greater than John. But John would have agreed completely with what Jesus added: [Y]et the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he (Luke 7:28). John spent his time in the desert, an ascetic. He began to announce the coming of the Kingdom, and to call everyone to a fundamental reformation of life. His purpose was to prepare the way for Jesus. His baptism, he said, was for repentance. But one would come who would baptize with the Holy Spirit and fire. John was not worthy even to untie his sandals. His attitude toward Jesus was: He must increase; I must decrease (John 3:30). John was humbled to find among the crowd of sinners who came to be baptized the one whom he already knew to be the Messiah. I need to be baptized by you (Matthew 3:14b). But Jesus insisted, Allow it now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness (Matthew 3:15b). Jesus, true and humble human as well as eternal God, was eager to do what was required of any good Jew. John thus publicly entered the community of those awaiting the Messiah. But making himself part of that community, he made it truly messianic. The greatness of John, his pivotal place in the history of salvation, is seen in the great emphasis Luke gives to the announcement of his birth and the event itself both made prominently parallel to the same occurrences in the life of Jesus. John attracted countless people to the banks of the Jordan, and it occurred to some people that he might be the Messiah. But he constantly deferred to Jesus, even to sending away some of his followers to become the first disciples of Jesus. Perhaps John s idea of the coming of the Kingdom of God was not being perfectly fulfilled in the public ministry of Jesus. For whatever reason, when he was in prison he sent his disciples to ask Jesus if he was the Messiah. Jesus answer showed that the Messiah was to be a figure like that of the Suffering Servant in Isaiah. John himself would share in the pattern of messianic suffering, losing his life to the revenge of Herodias. Reflection John challenges us Christians to the fundamental attitude of Christianity total dependence on the Father, in Christ. Except for the Mother of God, no one had a higher function in the unfolding of salvation. Yet the least in the kingdom, Jesus said, is greater than he, for the pure gift that the Father gives. The attractiveness as well as the austerity of John, his fierce courage in denouncing evil all stem from his fundamental and total placing of his life within the will of God. from Saint of the Day Franciscan Media.org

5 June 25, 2017 St. Barbara Parish Page 5 12th Sunday in Oridnary Time Franciscan Fraternity at Old Mission Santa Barbara Question for Children: Jesus tells us not to be afraid. Name a time when you were afraid and Jesus helped you. Question for Youth: Jesus tells us that he will remember us to his Father if we proclaim him to others. How easy is it for you to talk about your faith with your friends? How about your family or people you don t know very well? Question for Adults: What is your responsibility to Jesus? How and when will you carry out that responsibility? GET THE DAILY BIBLE READINGS se t to your e-mai every mor i g! Sig up for this free service at.usccb.org/bib e/readi gs Let us Pray for the Sick Susan Djuric Sylvia Suryadi Garcia Gail Leon George Johnson Leopoldo Gaitan Pat Gaitan Robert Boudesseul Luisa Bella Whelan Maya Flores Kathleen Crosswhite Claudia Chyla Lucy Hartnett Jovo Djuric Marie Mocny Peter Kruse Zain Haque Ernie Pico John Morelli Anthony Falcucci Lillian O Reilly Richard MacDonald Taylor Marmo Wayne Hoffman Rico Lorelli Dorothea Johnson Harla Hampton Barbara Mallin Phil Rosenfeld Nancy Goodwillie Hilda Sanhez Juanita Estrellas Glenice Mathews Richard Masters Gary Davila David J. Andrade Gloria Y. Meza Ruby Fedaleo Annie Ardry Susan Rosas May they know Christ s healing Fr. John Hardin, OFM Guardian & Parish Interim Administrator Bro. Freddy Rodrigues, OFM - Vicar Fr. Kenan Osborne, OFM Bro. Angelo Cardinalli, OFM Bro. Arturo Noyes, OFM Fr. Larry Gosselin, OFM - Associate Pastor Bro. John Gutierrez, OFM - Master of Postulants Bro. Nicholas Ronalter, OFM Bro. Jeffrey Durham, OFM Fr. Richard McManus Parish Calendar June 24 Horbach/Rolan 1pm June 24 Legion of Mary Meets at Parish Small Social 3-5pm June 27 Finance Committee June 30 Garcia/ Ruiz Wedding 5pm July 1 Garcia/Ruiz Wedding 1pm Parish Mass Intentions Sat./June 24 4PM Church Veronica Aguirre-Dutton Pro Viva Sun/June 25 9AM Church Monika Anderson Myra Anderson Sun/June 25 11AM Church Claudia Chyla- Pro Infirma Mon/June 26 8AM Chapel Poor Clare Nuns Santa Barbara Tues/June 27 8AM Chapel James Gentile Pro Vivo Wed/June 28 8AM Chapel Elizabeth Choi Pro Viva Thur/June 29 8AM Chapel Sisters of Poor Clares of Spokane, WA Fri/June 30 8AM Chapel LaRae Baird Sat./July 1 4PM Church Steve Avecilla Sun/July 2 9AM Church Kevin McClellan Sun/July 2 11AM Church Richard MacDonald - Pro-Infirmo

6 Page 6 St. Barbara Parish June 25, 2017 Keeping our Children Safe Implementing national mandate to protect children 2017 marks 15 years since the establishment of the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People. The Archdiocese has made an ongoing commitment over the past 15 years to implement the Charter by providing education and tools to help protect children and young people from child sexual abuse and other threats to their safety. Since 2002, the Archdiocese has trained 300,000 adults and more than 1.4 million children. For more information, visit Our Weekly Goal $ 11,730 June 18, 2017 Sunday Offering $ 8,712 Difference ($ 3,018) Poor Box $ But let our people, too, learn to devote themselves to good works, to supply urgent needs, so that they may not be unproductive. (Titus 3:14) Are You Visiting With Us Today? Welcome! We re glad you are here. You can continue your experience via our parish s website: Reflect on the Pastor s homilies Enjoy Fr. Larry s poems Listen to music from the Choir of St. Barbara Parish and more! Please click the DONATE button on the Home Page and follow the instructions to make a financial gift. Thank you for your presence - it is a blessing for us! Telephone Volunteers Needed! Old Mission Santa Barbara is seeking friendly, outgoing volunteers to assist on our reception desk Monday to Friday from 7:30am - 9:00am. Duties include providing directions, answering phones, and greeting all who arrive early in the morning. For more information, please contact Laura Foss at (805) , ext.166 or museumtours@sboldmission.org. Worldwide Marriage Encounter "For the Spirit scrutinizes everything, even the depths of God." Your love as husband and wife is a gift to one another as well as a gift from God. Attend a WorldWide Marriage Encounter to receive tools needed to make the most of this precious gift. Deepen your communication, strengthen your relationship, rekindle your romance and renew your sacrament by attending the next WWME weekend on July 28-30, 2017 in Simi Valley. Go online to for more information. We help make good marriages better. We help make good marriages better. Sacrament of MATRIMONY JOHN HARLAN HORBACH & EMILY ROLAN June 24, 2017 Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

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