This is our house we are family.

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1 Our Mission NOVEMBER 9, 2014 THE DEDICATION OF THE LATERAN BASILICA United in Christ through Bap sm, our parish is a Catholic community of diverse cultures and experiences. Through educa on and worship, we share the word and celebrate the Sacraments. We welcome and embrace all to join us in the praise & service of God. You are cordially invited to our annual 923 S. LA BREA AVENUE, LOS ANGELES CA SCHEDULE OF MASSES Sunday: 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM & 12:00 PM Saturday: 8:30 AM, 5:00 PM (Vigil) Weekday: 9:00 AM (Monday-Friday) Wednesday: Holy Day: 8:00 AM, 6:30 PM; Vigil: 6:30 PM 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.) RELIGIOUS EDUCATION 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) parish@cathedralchapel.org Website: Friday, December 5, 2014 ~ 6:30 PM to 12:00 AM Wilshire Country Club 301 North Rossmore Avenue, Los Angeles, California This is our house we are family. Let us celebrate the joy of Christmas together. HONORING THIS YEAR S PARISH LIFETIME AWARD RECIPIENTS MR. & MRS. RICHARD CUNNINGHAM PARISHIONERS SINCE 1969 Adult Dinner Ticket $100 per person Child Dinner Ticket $45 (12 years & under) Cocktails 6:30 PM Dinner 7:30 PM Music & Dancing ll 12:00 AM A re Formal Holiday Best Hosted Parking Cash Bar Join our Christmas Raffle and win the Grand Prize: Your choice of a 4-day vaca on package for two to one of these des na ons: Honolulu, Hawaii, Caribbean or Mexico OR you can choose to go on a 7-night Cruise to Mexico! 2nd Prize: ipad Air 2 3rd Prize: $300 cash Christmas Raffle Tickets: $5 per cket $20 for five ckets We look forward to celebra ng with you! The courtesy of a reply is requested by the 28th of November, 2014.

2 A MESSAGE FROM FR. TRUC Zeal for your house will consume me...jesus answered and said to them, Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up (John 2). Dear Parishioners and Visitors: A Member of CCSV Family Since We are One Family of Faith! Last week Saturday was November 1st; I celebrated my 4th year as pastor of CCSV although I have been here since summer of This house of prayer and of God at CCSV has been my home. There is a special place in my heart because of all the members of this family. After I completed my degree in Canon Law at St. Paul University in Ottawa, I officially resided in CCSV at the end of 2006 as a priest in residence. I was working full-time at the archdiocesan office as a director of the Cardinal McIntyre Fund for Charity and a judge for the tribunal. As a priest in residence, I was only assisting the parish with celebrating the Eucharist on weekday masses; many of you did not know me and that I belong to this CCSV family. For the first 6 months of 2007, I was asked to temporarily assist at St. Marcelinus in the city of Commerce to celebrate all their weekend masses for Father Jules Mayer, who was recovering from his illness. Little did I know that Father Mayer as a young priest served as an associate pastor for CCSV. After the sudden death of Father Chuck Schwehr on November 3rd, 2007, I became an administrator for CCSV and still holding the other two positions. Last Monday, I remembered Father Chuck during the morning mass for All Souls. Becoming Administrator of CCSV Family ~ My adoption to be an active member of CCSV family was happening rapidly and without hesitation I was welcomed by many of you. To this day, I am grateful. There was so much to learn and so much to do in such a short period of time, especially preparing the funeral liturgy for Father Chuck, when only a few people knew who I was in the parish. A lot of people came forward to help and volunteered assisting Father Chuck s family, the parish staff and me. Our parish from the church and the school bonded in such a unique and spiritual way. Becoming Pastor of CCSV Family ~ Three years later, on November 1st, 2010, as our parish celebrated the funeral mass for Father Earl Walker, another former and beloved long-time pastor of CCSV, I was appointed by Cardinal Mahony as the fourth pastor of this parish. During these past four years, together as a parish we have accomplished so much -- from repairing and renovating the church and the school. There was a great sense of spiritual transformation at CCSV that we are becoming and bonding as a family of faith. Christmas Gathering of CCSV Family In light of Pope Francis initiative on the Synod of the Family this past October, our parish committee with Dolly Tidalgo as chair person for this year s Christmas Annual Dinner, has chosen the theme: This is our house; we are family! Starting this weekend s bulletin, you will see different pictures of CCSV parishioners highlighting that we are one family. This year we honor a longtime parishioner family, Richard (Dick) & Helen Cunningham. I invite you to join our CCSV family Parish Retreat - Call to be Saints! Last weekend the parish retreat was a special blessing because of our presenter, Sr. Cecilia Canales. Her prayerfulness and Dominican spirituality inspired us in a unique way especially calling each us as saints of God. In each of us there is An Interior Diamond that God has created for us (cf. Rev. Richard Rohr). I am thankful also for a generous & anonymous CCSV family who helped pay for five people to attend the retreat (RE catechist, choir members, and parish staff). Be informed, Be interested, and Be involved in our CCSV family. God bless and have a blessed week ahead. WEEK OF NOV. 9-NOV. 15, 2014 SAINTS, SPECIAL OBSERVANCES, MASS INTENTIONS AND PARISH EVENTS SUNDAY, NOV. 9 The Dedica on of the Lateran Basilica 8:00 All Souls Novena Inten ons 10:00 All Souls Novena Inten ons 11:00 Confirma on Classes 12:00p All Souls Novena Inten ons 1:00p Confession* MONDAY, NOV. 10: Saint Leo the Great 9:00 All Souls Novena Inten ons TUESDAY, NOV. 11: St. Mar n of Tours 9:00 Wedding Anniversary of Loreto & Julie Soriano WEDNESDAY, NOV. 12 St. Josaphat 9:00 For Our Volunteers; Mary Jo Dulaney; Fr. Schwehr; Larry Lewis; All Souls in Purgatory 3:45p First Communion Classes 6:30p Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena THURSDAY, NOV. 13 St. Francis Xavier Cabrini 9:00 Living & Deceased Members of the Lathrop Family FRIDAY, NOV. 14 9:00 Bahn Nguyen 11:00 Memorial Mass for Archie Bobis SATURDAY, NOV. 15 8:30 Birthday Inten ons of Tina Wyenn 5:00p Salvador Dimson edits). PARISH ADMINISTRATION Rev. Truc Q. Nguyen, Pastor frtruc@cathedralchapel.org, ext. 224 Nancy G-Sheehan, Parish Business Manager nancy@cathedralchapel.org, ext. 223 Mayela Albarran, Office Assistant mayela@cathedralchapel.org, ext. 235 Sister Anna Tom, SDSH, Rel. Ed. Director religioused@cathedralchapel, ext. 234 Lis Brady, Office Support liseth@cathedralchapel.org, ext. 221 In Residence: Most Reverend Bishop Edward Wm. Clark (928 S. Detroit St. Los Angeles, 90036) Elementary School Cathedral Chapel School, Grades K-8th Tina Kipp, Principal 755 S. Cochran Ave., L.A. CA T: (323) ; F: (323)

3 THE TEMPLE AND WORSHIP WORSHIP, LITURGY & FAITH In all of today's readings, the temple is prominently mentioned. Ezekiel speaks of streams of living water flowing out from the temple, watering the desert, bringing life to all living things, offering fresh healing to God's people. Paul reminds the Corinthians that their faith rests upon the firmest of foundations, Christ himself. More than that, Paul reveals that those who follow Christ are themselves temples, temples of the Holy Spirit; that is, God dwells not only with them, but in them. For the Jews of Jesus' time, the temple had come to be identified with the presence of God and the only place where authentic worship of God took place. Jesus had a different perception. Jesus identified himself not with the temple, but as the temple. In so doing, Jesus indicated a dramatic shift in what it means to worship God, to be in God's presence. No longer was a place to be the focus of prayer. Instead, a person, the person of Jesus Christ, becomes the center of our worship. J. S. Paluch Co Treasures from our tradition For several weeks, we have considered penance as a sacrament of forgiveness, and yet there are two other sacraments in this category. The first, of course, is the Eucharist itself. The other is the sacrament of the sick, long associated with penance. The Letter of James sets out the deep tradition for caring for the sick: sending for the priests, who will pray and lay their hands on the sick ones, anointing them with oil, and giving them forgiveness. Long before other rites of penance developed, the sacrament of the sick was therefore a profound experience of forgiveness. Jesus often healed the sick, nearly always as a visible sign of forgiveness of sin. The tradition didn't unfold smoothly, however, and within a few centuries the oil of the sick was taken home to be applied by caregivers as a salve, or even to be drunk as a medicine. As early as the second century, bishops were therefore urging that priests should be the ones to visit those separated by illness from the Sunday assembly. Thus the practice of consigning the Eucharist and the oil of the sick to the non-ordained faithful to bring home was relatively short-lived. TODAY'S READINGS First Reading: I saw water flowing out of the temple; wherever the river flows, every living creature shall live (Ezekiel 47:1-2, 8-9, 12). Psalm: The waters of the river gladden the city of God, the holy dwelling of the Most High (Psalm 46). Second Reading: Do you not know that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? (1 Corinthians 3:9c- 11, 16-17). Gospel: Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up (John 2:13-22). The English transla on of the Psalm Responses from Lec onary for Mass (c) 1969, 1981, 1997, Interna onal Commission on English in the Liturgy Corpora on. All rights reserved., EVANGELIZATION I will go anywhere and do anything in order to communicate the love of Jesus to those who do not know him or have forgotten him. St. Frances Xavier Cabrini

4 CATHEDRAL CHAPEL ANNUAL THANKSGIVING FOOD DRIVE The holidays are coming and there are many families and homeless in our community that needs our love and support. Let s help our neighbors by making a difference in their lives today. Our annual Thanksgiving drive of food gift cards from Ralphs, Vons, or from any supermarket, have proven to be very useful to families that come to our church and ask for assistance. Please drop them off at the parish office, Mondays through Fridays, from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. PARISH next 2-weeks CALENDAR November 11 VETERAN S DAY Office is closed. November 16 School Mass, 10:00 am You can also donate non-perishable food items or sundry items (dry goods and toiletries) to our SVON drive. You may drop these items in one of the red bins located inside our church. THANK YOU FOR GENEROSITY! A E C R P! Please join us on Sunday, November 16th a er the 12:00pm Mass as we honor and say farewell to Elsa. She s been our loyal housekeeper for over 30 years! Good luck and thank you for your many years of service to Cathedral Chapel parish! May God bestow many great blessings to you and your family. We will miss you!!! Inspira ons to live by.. Recognizing Humility Truly holy people are always humble. If you are not humble, you have not experienced the Holy One. If you don t see humility and pa ence in religion, you know it s not on the right course. catholic.org Your Will... The First Step in the Planning Process As in the case of other important projects, beginning the estate planning process with the correct tools can make all the difference in the outcome. Experts frequently recommend beginning with a will, the planning vehicle that typically forms the basis of even the most complex estate plans. Exercise your rights In a society where private ownership of property is allowed and encouraged, the right to decide who should eventually receive your property is a vitally important responsibility. The last will and testament has been carefully designed over centuries to be a primary vehicle for use in directing future disposition of your property ( to be continued ) Please remember Cathedral Chapel Parish in your will or trust. For further informa on, please contact the parish office or H. Richard Closson, Director, Trust and Estate Programs, Or to HRClosson@la-archdiocese.org. Visit the website, Our correct legal tle is: The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Los Angeles, A Corpora on Sole for the benefit of: Cathedral Chapel of St. Vibiana. DID YOU KNOW? How to communicate with those showing inappropriate behavior with children ~ How should you communicate your concerns to someone who may be behaving inappropriately with children? The I message is a simple way to reframe what you want to say so that the listener hears you speak of your feelings and concerns rather than hearing a complaint against themselves. The I message, simply diagrammed is: I feel (feeling) when (situa on) because (reason). For example, you can say: I feel anxious when you drive a child home alone a er religious educa on classes because that could put you or the child in a poten ally risky situa on. It is a much more construc ve approach than saying: You shouldn t be driving children home alone because it is against the rules and puts them in danger. VISITING OR NEW TO OUR PARISH? We are delighted to have you join us and welcome you into our humble li le parish community in the heart of Los Angeles. If you have recently moved into our community, you may register via at register@cathedralchapel.org or by calling the parish office at Also visit to learn more about our parish. God Bless You. PARISH SUPPORT: NOV. 1-2, 2014 Weekly Offering: $4,586 Bldg. Fund: $ 663 Fr. Walker Endowment Fund: $328 We are grateful for your continued support of our parish. God bless you!

5 This is our house we are one family!