MARIA REGINA PARISH. Via-Crucis Los Martes de Cuaresma 7:30 PM en la Iglesia

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1 MARIA REGINA PARISH 2150 W. 135th Street, Gardena, CA Office: (310) After-Hours, Emergencies/fuera de horas, emergencias: (323) (call/text) Pastor: Rev. Sang Van Tran Pastor Emeritus: Rev. Msgr. Thomas M. Acton Sunday Mass: Rev. Amaechi Ugwu, S.J. Permanent Deacons: Dn. Matthew Van P. Nguyen Dn. Ramon Nuñez Special Ministry: Jül Marie Hermosísima Receptionist: Manuela Castañeda School Principal: Mrs. Lynnette Lino School Office: (310) Second Sunday of Lent February 25, 2018 If God is for us, who can be against us? Romans 8:31b Collect Prayer O God, who have commanded us to listen to your beloved Son, be pleased, we pray, to nourish us inwardly by your word, that, with spiritual sight made pure, we may rejoice to behold your glory. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Roman Missal Stations of the Cross Fridays during Lent 7:00 PM in the Church Via-Crucis Los Martes de Cuaresma 7:30 PM en la Iglesia Đàng Thánh Giá 6:30 PM Thứ năm Listen to Jesus and follow him. That s the message of the Transfiguration. Pope Francis Mass Schedule English: Monday through Saturday, 7:00am Saturday, 5:30pm Sunday, 8:00am & 10:00am Adoration: 1 st Friday each month, 7:00-9:00pm. Spanish: Domingo (Sunday), 12 noon/medio Dia Viernes Oracion Crecimiento en la Fé, 6:30pm Hora Santa: Cada primer Martes del Mes a las 7:30pm. Vietnamese: Saturday, 7:00pm Thursday, 6:30pm Prayer Group, after morning Mass on Saturday Confessions: Saturday 4:00pm or anytime by appointment. Baptism, Marriage, Quinceañera: Please call the office. Sick Calls: Please call the office.

2 Daily Bible Readings Monday: Dn 9:4b-10; Ps 79:8, 9, 11, 13; Lk 6:36-38 Tuesday: Is 1:10, 16-20; Ps 50:8-9, 16bc-17, 21, 23; Mt 23:1-12 Wednesday: Jer 18:18-20; Ps 31:5-6, 14-16; Mt 20:17-28 Thursday: Jer 17:5-10; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Lk 16:19-31 Friday: Gn 37:3-4, 12-13a; 17b-28a; Ps 105:16-21; Mt 21:33-43, Saturday: Mi 7:14-15, 18-20; Ps 103:1-4, 9-12; Lk 15:1-3, Sunday: Ex 20:1-17 [1-3, 7-8, 12-17]; Ps 19:8-11; 1 Cor 1:22-25; Jn 2:13-25 Alternate readings (Year A): Ex 17:3-7; Ps 95:1-2, 6-9; Rom 5:1-2, 5-8; Jn 4:5-42 [5-15, 19b-26, 39a, 40-42] Stations of the Cross Registering in a parish is a declaration of your desire to be part of a Catholic Community and a commitment to the life of the parish family. Being a registered parishioner makes things much easier when it is time for infant baptism, school registration, weddings, upon being asked to be a baptismal or confirmation sponsor, and even funerals. We are often asked to provide affidavits for baptism and confirmation sponsors. We can only do this if a person is a registered, active, and contributing member in our parish. If you wish to register with our parish family, please take a registration card at the Parish Office. Thanks for your cooperation. Thank you for your support! Ash Wednesday, February 14, 2018.$3,326 Sunday Collection, February 17-18, $6,742 Thank you for your generosity to Maria Regina Church. Gracias por su generosidad a la Iglesa Maria Regina. HAVE YOU REMEMBERED YOUR PARISH IN YOUR WILL, TRUST, OR ESTATE PLANNING? You may wish to name your parish as a beneficiary on an insurance or other financial instruments. Our legal title: For the Sole Benefit of Maria Regina Church 2150 West 135th Street, Gardena, CA Thank you for your consideration. MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK Saturday, February 24 7:00am Jane Perez 5:30pm Guadalupe Tabarez Ev. Winson Ernest 7:00pm Francis Acton Sunday, February 25 8:00am Sr. Phuong-Thao Dao (Birthday) 10:00am Children & Grandchildren (Thanksgiving) 12:00 Noon Fausto Figueroa Monday, February 26 7:00am Francis Acton Tuesday, February 27 7:00am Wednesday, February 28 7:00am Thursday, March 1 7:00am Vocations 6:30pm Friday, March 2 7:00am Saturday, March 3 7:00am Dolores Ventura 5:30pm Anthony Barone 7:00pm Francis Acton Prayers for the Sick Baby Apollo Son DeSario Fast & Abstinence Make this Lent different. Deepen your faith. When: Thursdays during Lent Time: 7:30PM Where: Maria Regina Church/Meeting Trailer Starts Thursday, March 1 st. Led by Sr. MaryPeace. To register/more information, call our parish office.

3 Urge kids not to keep secrets from trusted adults Abusers often encourage their victims to keep secrets from their parents or other trusted adults, and reinforce secrecy through bribes, threats or by making it seem fun and exciting to keep a secret. Parents should talk to their kids about secrets, and teach them the difference between fun secrets like a birthday surprise and bad secrets like unsafe touches. Kids should know that adults should never ask them to keep secrets from their parents, and if an adult does ask them to keep secrets, to talk to their parents immediately. To view a kid-friendly video on this topic, visit Urja a los niños a no guardar secretos de los adultos de confianza Los abusadores suelen alentar a sus víctimas a guardar secretos de sus padres u otros adultos de confianza, y refuerzan la secretividad a través de sobornos, amenazas o haciendo que parezca divertido y emocionante mantener un secreto. Los padres de familia deben hablar con sus hijos sobre secretos y enseñarles la diferencia entre secretos divertidos como una sorpresa de cumpleaños y malos secretos como caricias inseguras. Los niños deben saber que los adultos nunca deben pedirles que guarden secretos de sus padres, y si un adulto les pide que guarden secretos, deben hablar con sus padres inmediatamente. Para ver un video para niños sobre este tema, visite: v=gwqtzeltgly. National Call-In Day to Protect Dreamers February 26, 2018 Nearly 1.8 million Dreams, young people who were brought into the United States by their parents as children, may face deportation as soon as March 6 th, unless Congress reaches a bipartisan deal to protect them. Please join the Bishops of the United States in calling for our legislators to protect Dreams on February 26th! All Catholics are asked to please call the Capitol switchboard two times as outlined below: 1. First Time: Dial (855) and press 1 to connect to your Senators. 2. Second Time: Dial (855) and press 2 to connect to your Representative in the House. Tell them: I am a constituent and a person of faith calling to urge you to support a bipartisan, common-sense solution to protect Dreamers and their families from deportation and provides Dreams with a path to citizenship. MARIA REGINA CHURCH Church Ministries / Ministerios de la Parroquia Pastoral Council: Fred Purifoy (310) Finance Committee: Eddie Rodriguez (310) Development Committee: Julio Pérez VIRTUS Committee: Jül Marie Hermosísima (310) Liturgy Coordinator: Dolly Pascual (310) Choir Coordinator: Jül Marie Hermosísima (310) Ushers: Team Sacristy: Assigned Sacristan Altar Servers: Martha Craft Eucharistic Ministers: Dolly Pascual (310) Lectors: Danita Mallett Communion to the Sick: Lorna Arceo (310) Altar Decoration: Fr. Sang & Committee Quinceañera: Manuela Castañeda (310) Weddings - Funerals: Manuela Castañeda (310) Julio Pérez Religious Education: Youth Confirmation: Adoration: Saturday Mornings Maria Nuñez (Spanish) Yolanda Marquez (English) Tráng Đặng (Vietnamese) Monday Nights (6:30pm - 8:30pm) David Sevilla (310) st Friday each month, 7:00-9:00pm Grupo de Oracion: Crecimiento en la Fé (310) Viernes 7:00pm Salon Parroqioal Leopoldo Guzman y Julio Pérez Guadalupanos: guadalupanos@mariareginagardena.net Folklorico: Rosarios: Hora Santa: folklorico@mariareginagardena.net Martes a las 7:30pm en la Iglesia Cada primer Martes del Mes a las 7:30pm African American Ministry: Aham Nwosu (310) Filipino Ministry: Aida B. Abalos (310) Sri-Lankan Ministry: Nimali Ameresekere (310) Vietnamese Ministry: Hoang Tan (310) BLOOD DRIVE American Red Cross Where: Maria Regina Church Parish Hall When: Sunday, March 4, 2018 Time: 8:00AM to 2:00PM Save up to 15 minutes by completing the health history and pre-donation reading before your visit: RedCrossBlood.org/RapidPass Make an appointment: RedCrossBlood.org Enter Sponsor Code: MariaRegina

4 Together in Mission 2018: Let Us Love LENT Dear Brothers and Sisters, Lent is a privileged time of interior pilgrimage towards Him who is the fount of mercy. Let us enter the penitential spirit of Lent. Let us embrace the difficulties, even crisis and make sacred all that surrounds us. God is present to us in the midst of helplessness and weakness. Jesus walks with us as a family and as a community: Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them (Mt. 18:20). We are called to help one another to find God in the merciful face of Christ through: Fasting and Almsgiving, together in Prayer: The law of fasting on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday applies to all persons ages 18 to 59. All Fridays of Lent are days of abstinence. Abstinence from eating meat is to be observed on all Fridays during Lent. This applies to all persons ages 14 and older. The Stations of the Cross will take place on all Fridays during Lent at 7:00pm. May this Lenten season find the whole Church ready to bear witness to all those who live in material, moral, and spiritual destitution the Gospel message of the merciful love of God, our Father, who is ready to embrace everyone in Christ. May Mary, our Holy Mother, woman of faith and sorrows, lead us to her Son. May our faith make us loyal and faithful to Him. Fr. Sang Tran, Pastor Dear Brothers and Sisters, We thank you all for your continuous support to our parish during the Together in Mission The theme of this year s Together in Mission is Let Us Love. The Archdiocese has assigned Maria Regina with the goal of $36,303. We know this is a time of financial struggle for everybody; however, we would ask you to continue to financially support Maria Regina Church to meet this goal. Would you consider, faithfully, a pledge of $80 per family? This way, the burden will be light for each family to donate. With 455 pledges, we would meet our goal, and thanks be to God. May God reward your generosity. Fr. Sang Tran, Pastor Together in Mission 2018 Donation Update Parish Goal: $36,303 # of Families: 156 Pledged Amount: $14,342 Paid Amount: $ 8,192 Needed to Reach Goal: $21,961 (in pledges) The Together in Mission envelopes are in the pews and at the doorways. Thank you for your prayerful consideration and support of our parish community and the Together in Mission 2018 campaign.

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