St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Community

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1 St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Community Ohio Ave (at Selby) Los Angeles, California (310) Wherever you are on your faith journey, you are welcome here Third Sunday of Lent March 27, 2011 While we were still sinners Christ died for us. Romans 5:8 THIRST Each time today s Gospel story is read, I can t help but think of the many television commercials I ve seen depicting perspiring athletes lifting a beverage to their lips while the scorching sun beats down on them. Our culture has definite ideas about how to quench thirst. Today, those ideas are turned upside down. The Samaritan woman operates, initially, on the TV commercial level. She asks Jesus for the flowing water so that she will not have to keep coming to the well. Jesus then talks about what real thirst is, and how he, and he alone, can quench that thirst. Lent calls us to find those places deep within ourselves where we thirst. In our thirst, as did the Israelites, we cry out to God asking for springs of living water. Deep down we know that only the Lord can satisfy these thirsts. Copyright, J. S. Paluch Co. THE WATER FROM HEAVEN As dry flour cannot be united into a lump of dough, or a loaf, but needs water, so we who are many cannot be made one in Christ Jesus without the water that comes from heaven. Mass Schedule Sunday Masses 7:30 am 9:30 am 11:30 am 5:00 pm Saturday (one mass only) 5:00 pm Vigil Weekdays (Monday- Friday) Daily Masses are: 6:30 AM and 5:30 PM Reconciliation Thursday & Saturday 4:00-4:45 pm First Friday Exposition Oct May Only

2 Page 2 March 27, 2011 May I have a drink of Water? Jesus approaches a woman who is shunned by her townsfolk In the first place, it was unlikely that a man would ask a woman for anything and even more unbelievable that Jesus, a Jew, would ask something of a Samaritan, a great enemy of the Jewish People. One of the engaging elements of the story is the dialogue between her and Jesus. They are both honest with each other Jesus love for his Father must have been such that the work he most enjoyed, the work that satisfied him and actually gave him energy, was leading people to faith. This gospel gives us great courage to love and accept those that are different from us. Who are the Samaritans that live among us today? They are the homeless people, the people whose language differs from our own, convicted felons, gang member, gays and lesbians. Jesus offers us living water Just as he did the woman at the well. It is the water of salvation. Reflect on these four words, I am among you. He wants you and all the Samaritans of our world to believe and know that he is in the midst of our world, as he was over 2000 years ago! He needs you to witness this to others! TODAY S READINGS First Reading When the people grumbled to Moses for water in the desert, the LORD heard and brought forth water from the rock for all to drink (Exodus 17:3-7). Psalm If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts (Psalm 95). Second Reading God s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit (Romans 5:1-2, 5-8). Gospel Ask, and you will be given living water so that you will never thirst again (John 4:5-42 [5-15, 19b-26, 39a, 40-42]). This gospel describes the love of God and the love of neighbor. We are shown how we should love, with all our heart, with all our soul, and with our entire mind, physically, spiritually, intellectually, inwardly, unstintingly, totally, and forever. What will you do to be ready when the Samaritans of our world asks you, May I have a drink of water? Are you ready to dialogue and witness by your example who Jesus is? Irene Holly, Director of Children Religious Education A Celebration 75 Years in the Making! St. Paul the Apostle School s 75 th Diamond Anniversary Jubilee & Reunion Friday, May 13 Sunday, May 15, 2011 This May is the 75th anniversary of St. Paul the Apostle School and we are marking this landmark occasion with a three-day celebration and reunion for all Alumni, Students, Faculty and Parishioners! For more information or to make reservations for our 75 th Anniversary Gala, please click here: or contact Alice Palermo, Event Chair, palermoalice@yahoo.com.

3 PAGE 3 March 27, 2011 Rev John Ardis, C.S.P Pastor jardis@sp-apostle.org Celeste Anlauf Director of Development canlauf@sp-apostle.org Mary Ann Bertolucci Ministry/Facilities mbertolucci@sp-apostle.org Sr. Stella Maria Enright, DMJ School Principal srstella@sp-apostle.org Claire Henning Pastoral Associate chenning@sp-apostle.org Irene Holly Director Children s Religious Ed iholly@sp-apostle.org Parish Office Hours Monday through Friday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Closed from 12:00 to 12:30 PM PARISH STAFF The Paulist Fathers Bridget Lander Teen Confirmation Coordinator blander@sp-apostle.org Lois Massey Business Operations lmassey@sp-apostle.org Barbara Murphy RCIA Director bmurphy@sp-apostle.org Rev Joseph Scott, C.S.P Associate Pastor jscott@sp-apostle.org Christopher Walker Director of Music cwlaudate@hotmail.com All Other Ministries SPA Church Office parishoffice@sp-apostle.org Priests in Residence Peter Abdella, C.S.P Ed Donovan, C.S.P Ivan Tou, C.S.P Ted Vierra, C.S.P Patrick Hensy, C.S.P Ed Wrobleski, C.S.P UCLA Catholic Center (310) Fr. Peter Abdella, C.S.P., Director Fr. Ivan Tou, C.S.P., Asst. Dir. UCLA Medical Center (310) Rev. Tom Clerkin, C.S.P., Chaplain Paulist Productions (310) Fr. Eric Andrews, C.S.P. President Community Gift Whatever you did for one of these least of these, you did for me. Mt 6:40 b Times are difficult for so many. The finance council and the parish staff have discussed how best the parish can respond to the increased need that we are experiencing through phone inquiries, walk-ins and the increased requests from various charitable agencies. Since September 2009, the parish has been giving 5% of the weekly collection to a charity. Parish Support Monthly Credit Cards: $49,915 Weekly Collection : 12,825 If you would like to assist St. Paul the Apostle Church in continuing its mission and receive a charitable income tax donation? Please consider making a difference at St. Paul's by donating a gift of securities or contact Celeste Anlauf, our parish Development Director at: Partners in Prayer Partners in Prayer, sponsored by St. Paul the Apostle Senior Ministry, seek to be of service by praying for others. Please call us with your prayer request and we will notify our circle of Prayer Partners. Calls may be made to: Maureen Morrissey (310) TOGETHER IN MISSION 2011 From God Comes My Hope. Psalm Goal is $128, The Together in Mission 2011 Campaign has begun, please take time to reflect on the materials you have received at home or the information in the pews. YOU ARE INVITED St. Paul s Donate Wine a Month Club We consume approximately two cases of dry red wine during our liturgies each month. In an effort to allow more parishioners to feel they are personally contributing to our liturgical celebrations, you are invited to donate wine. All donations will be most appreciated and a gift receipt can be provided upon request. Please drop an to DocHillary@aol.com or call me at (310) and I will schedule your donation month. Thanks You Tony Haworth Liturgy Council

4 Page 4 March 27, 2011 Mass Intentions Saturday, March 26, :00 PM Keith Foster Sunday, March 27, :30 AM Antoinette Innocenti 9:30 AM Bill Macina 11:30 AM Lydia Henriques Eunice Pahl 5:00 PM Keith Foster Monday, March 28, :30 AM Luus Palacios 5:30 PM Ronnie Williams Tuesday, March 29, :30 AM Christopher Ryan Farrell 5:30 PM Elizabeth McDonald Wednesday, March 30, :30 AM Mass Rita Cruz-Emeterio (Healing) 5:30 PM Mass Elizabeth McDonald Thursday, March 31, :30 AM Mercedes Consing 5:30 PM Elizabeth McDonald Friday, April 1, :30 AM 5:30 PM Barbara Hagar Saturday, April 2, :00 PM Peter Lightborne Sunday, April 3, :30 AM Florence Garcia, Sr. 9:30 AM Catherine Garcia-Prats 11:30 AM Alicia Torres 5:00 PM Mary Shea Osborne Birthday In His Father s Secret Service: Reflections on the Gospels of Lent Is a series of online video reflections by students at St. Paul s College, the Paulist Seminary in Washington, DC. Starting on Ash Wednesday, March 9, subscribers will receive a weekly with a link to a Youtube video. For each of the 007 weeks the video will have a five-minute reflection on the following Sunday s Gospel. This series is free. To subscribe, send an with your name and address to iwitness@paulist.org. Include the words Lenten Reflections in the subject line. Partners in Prayer is sponsored by St. Paul the Apostle Senior Ministry, seek to be of service by praying for others. Please call us with your prayer request and we will notify our circle of Prayer Partners. Calls may be made to: Maureen Morrissey (310) Lenten Way of the Cross April 1, 8, 15. We Pray for * Teddi Schumann, Ella Alexander, Stella Dunbar, Louise Taylor, Carole Paulson, Lucy Gervasio, Gerald Guess, Rick Bierbele, Nancy Vondrasek, Elizabeth McDonald, Phillip McDonald, Irene Rancan-Rey, Sally Burge Newman, Hector Amado, Erin MacKey, Henry Cortez, Beth Moreno We also continue to pray for those men and women serving in the US Military: Jeffrey Wolf Justin Aragones Alex Newsom Matt Devlin Mike Devlin Deceased Thomas Lynch, Sr., Rosalee Grasser, Sr. Margaret Rose Welch, IHM How can I have a name added to the prayers of the faithful? You can call the parish office anytime (310) If you do not reach anyone, you can press 8 and leave a message in the general mailbox. You can also parishoffice@sp-apostle.org *Please let us know about the conditions of those we are praying for. We will keep/remove their names as requested after the first few weeks. Each Friday during Lent after the 5:30pm Mass various ministries of St. Paul s will lead the Stations of the Cross and host a Soup and Sandwich Supper. For more information please call Barbara at The March 25th stations will be led by the Paulist Associates. Reconciliation Prayer Service with Taizé Prayer around the Cross March 28, 2011, 7:00 pm St. Paul the Apostle Church

5 Page 5 March 27, 2011 How Does a Person Become Catholic? (RCIA) RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) Please join us on Wednesday evenings in the Multi-purpose room at 7:30 pm as we journey through the faith together. Contact Barbara Murphy, RCIA Director at or bmurphy@sp-apostle.org RCIA for Children The RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation for Children. beginning at age 8yrs, who have not been baptized or made their First Communion, meet on Sunday mornings after the 9:30AM mass with their parents. Contact Irene Holly at or iholly@sp-apostle.org for more information." Children s Religious Education (CCD) Please call Irene Holly, Director, for more information at: or iholly@sp-apostle.org Classes are held Wednesday afternoon from 3:45 to 5:15PM. Teen Confirmation For information on Confirmation please contact, Bridget Lander, Confirmation Coordinator. blander@spapostle.org Sandwich Builders 7:00 8:00 PM in the JCPC spasandwichbuilders@gmail.com Baptism Prep Class The baptism preparation class is offer the first Weds of each month at 7:30 pm in the church class. Preregistration is not necessary. Toddler Group SPA Toddler Group meets on 10:00 am in the Multipurpose. Please Addy addy_cab@yahoo.com for information. The group meets on the same schedule as school. Coffee and Donuts - Coffee and Donuts are offered after the 9:30 am mass. Contact erind9@gmail.com Bible Study - Winter Session Monday Mornings 7:00 to 8:00 AM Multi-Purpose Room Repeated Friday Mornings 11:00 AM to 12:00 N Multi-Purpose Room. UnUrban Theology has CHANGED LOCATION UnUrban Theology is a forum for Catholics and Non-Catholics to discuss Catholic theology and morality. April 4, 2011, 7:30pm. Fr. Eric Andrews, C.S.P. We Worship As We Live: Liturgy is Life at the Coffee Connection, 3838 S. Centinela Blvd (at Venice SE), Los Angeles, CA 90066; Free Parking! Corner of Centinela & Venice; Overflow 1/2 block south at corner of Centinela & Pacific. No fee but donations are gratefully For more info contact Barbara Murphy at or bmurphy@sp-apostle.org. Business Development Network Are you a business professional who can give, and wants to receive, business referrals? For questions, contact Jay Spillane, (310) , jspillane@spillaneweingarten.com. Family Grade Liturgies The remaining family liturgy is the 2nd grade Sunday June 12th at the 9:30 Faith Sharing Men s and Women s ** Men s Faith Sharing Weds at 8:00 a.m. in the MPR room. ** Women s Faith Sharing Tuesday at 8:15 am in the MPR Young Adults Ministry SPAYAM meets every Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at St. Paul s. All are welcome! Bring your faith, your friends, and questions! YoungAdultsMinistrySPA@gmail.com SPAYAM will lead the Stations of the Cross at St. Paul's at 7PM. Join us for the service and for a soup and sandwich dinner immediately following. SENIORS MINISTRY Join us for our Lent 2011 series: Wednesday, March 30, Fasting and Almsgiving in Lent Fr. Ivan Tou, CSP Coming in April April 13th Visit Independence Hall at Knott s Berry Farm. For complete details, see Seniors Newsletter at the church entrances. Book Club... The next meeting will be on Friday, April 1, 2011 in the Multipurpose Room from 9 to 10:30 AM. Join us for stimulating and thoughtful discussion of current bestsellers and classics. For this meeting, the members have chosen to read Major Pettigrew s Last Stand, a debut novel by Helen Simonson. New members are welcome. For information, call Mary at SPA s Social Group meets in the Multipurpose Room, from 12:00-2:30 PM, on the 1 st and 3 rd Mondays of each month. Come join us Monday, April 4th, 2011, for lively conversation, friendship, refreshments, and more as we play Bingo. New Members are welcome. For information, call Eva MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER Is your marriage built on rock or on sand? Learn how to strengthen your marriage so when hardships come, your marriage will stay strong. The next Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend is April 29 - May 1, Early registration is highly recommended. For more information, visit our website at: ilovemyspouse.org or call Jacob & Sarah Flores at (562) or Brian & Denise Keckeisen at (562)

6 Page 6 March 27, 2011 Readings for the weekend of April 3, 2011 Reading 1 1 Sm 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a Gospel Jn 9:1, 6-9, 13-17, T h e L O R D s a i d t o S a m u e l : Fill your horn with oil, and be on your way. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have chosen my king from among his sons. As Jesse and his sons came to the sacrifice, Samuel looked at Eliab and thought, Surely the LORD s anointed is here before him. But the LORD said to Samuel: Do not judge from his appearance or from his lofty stature, because I have rejected him. Not as man sees does God see, because man sees the appearance but the LORD looks into the heart. In the same way Jesse presented seven sons before Samuel, but Samuel said to Jesse, The LORD has not chosen any one of these. Then Samuel asked Jesse, Are these all the sons you have? Jesse replied, There is still the youngest, who is t e n d i n g t h e s h e e p. S a mu e l s a i d t o J e s s e, Send for him; we will not begin the sacrificial banquet until he arrives here. Jesse sent and had the young man brought to them. He was ruddy, a youth handsome to behold and making a splendid appearance. The LORD said, There anoint him, for this is the one! Then Samuel, with the horn of oil in hand, and from that day on, the spirit of the LORD rushed upon David. As Jesus passed by he saw a man blind from birth. He spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva, and smeared the clay on his eyes, and said to him, Go wash in the Pool of Siloam which means Sent. So he went and washed, and came back able to see. His neighbors and those who had seen him earlier as a beggar said, Isn t this the one who used to sit and beg? Some said, It is, but others said, No, he just looks like him. He said, I am. They brought the one who was once blind to the Pharisees. Now Jesus had made clay and opened his eyes on a sabbath. So then the Pharisees also asked him how he was able to see. He said to them, He put clay on my eyes, and I washed, and now I can see. So some of the Pharisees said, This man is not from God, because he does not keep the sabbath. But others said, How can a sinful man do such signs? And there was a division among them. So they said to the blind man again, What do you have to say about him, since he opened your eyes? He said, He is a prophet. They answered and said to him, You were born totally in sin, and are you trying to teach us? Then they threw him out. When Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, he found him and said, Do you believe in the Son of Man? He answered and said, Who is he, sir, that I may believe in him? Jesus said to him, You have seen him, and the one speaking with you is he. He said, I do believe, Lord, and he worshiped him. Reading 2 Eph 5:8-14 Brothers and sisters: You were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light, for light produces every kind of goodness and righteousness and truth. Try to learn what is pleasing to the Lord. Take no part in the fruitless works of darkness; rather expose them, for it is shameful even to mention the things done by them in secret; but everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that becomes visible is light. Therefore, it says: Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will give you light. SPA SCHOOL BOARD NOMINATIONS The School Board accepts nominations for the interested individuals to join the board each spring. The SPA School Board is the official advisory group of the school. The board meets monthly during the school year. Members devote time to these meetings as well as to sub-committees that are formed to study various schoolrelated issues. Board members act as resource persons and advise the Principal on matters of finance, school policy, and school programs. Members are elected for a term of three years and may be re-elected for a second term of three years. Any person who is an active member of St. Paul the Apostle School and/or Parish is eligible. You may nominate yourself or someone else you believe to be qualified. All nominees must submit a resume and a cover letter. Please include the nominee s name, address, and telephone number(s). Visit Laura Saade, Nominating Chair lsaade@gmail.com