BE WITH US! CONTACT US! Happy New Year from the San Roque Religious Education program! Saturday Vigil 5:30 pm

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1 325 ARGONNE CIRCLE SANTA BARBARA, CA Phone: Fax: Rev. Bruce Correio PASTOR Msgr. Michael Jenne, S.Th.D PASTOR EMERITUS Rev. Patrick Mullin, C.M. RESIDENT PRIEST M. Noël Fuentes PASTORAL ASSOCIATE MASS SCHEDULE Saturday Vigil 5:30 pm Sunday 8:00, 9:30 & 11:30 am Monday-Friday 8:30 am Holy Days Vigil 5:30 pm Day 8:30 am & 12:10 pm SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Saturday 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm PARISH OFFICE HOURS Monday - Friday 9:00 am - 4:00 pm (closed 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm for lunch) Happy New Year from the San Roque Religious Education program! BE WITH US! CONTACT US! OFFICE FOR WORSHIP David Po er Director Liturgy/Music (805) , ext. 16 music@sanroqueparish.org Noël Fuentes Pastoral Associate (805) educa on@sanroqueparish.org PARISH OFFICE Rose Aigner Secretary/Bookkeeper (805) office@sanroqueparish.org

2 The Epiphany of the Lord Sunday, January 6, 2019 Rise up in splendor, Jerusalem! Your light has come, the glory of the Lord shines upon you. Isaiah 60:1 TODAY S READINGS First Reading Rise up in splendor, Jerusalem! The Lord shines upon you (Isaiah 60:1-6). Psalm Lord, every nation on earth will adore you (Psalm 72). Second Reading The Gentiles are coheirs, copartners in the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel (Ephesians 3:2-3a, 5-6). Gospel Magi from the east arrived, looking for the newborn king of the Jews (Matthew 2:1-12). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved. READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: 1 Jn 3:22 4:6; Ps 2:7bc-8, 10-12a; Mt 4:12-17, Tuesday: 1 Jn 4:7-10; Ps 72:1-4, 7-8; Mk 6:34-44 Wednesday: 1 Jn 4:11-18; Ps 72: 1-2, 10, 12-13; Mk 6:45-52 Thursday: 1 Jn 4:19 5:4; Ps 72:1-2, 14, 15bc, 17; Lk 4:14-22a Friday: 1 Jn 5:5-13; Ps 147:12-15, 19-20; Lk 5:12-16 Saturday: 1 Jn 5:14-21; Ps 149:1-6a, 9b; Jn 3:22-30 Sunday: Is 42:1-4, 6-7 or Is 40:1-5, 9-11; Ps 29:1-4, 3, 9-10 or Ps 104:1b-4, 24-25, 27-30; Acts 10:34-38 or Ti 2:11-14; 3:4-7; Lk 3:15-16, Saturday, January 5 Sunday, January 6 Monday, January 7 Tuesday, January 8 Wednesday, January 9 Thursday, January 10 Friday, January 11 Saturday, January 12 Sunday, January 13 Presider Schedule 5:30 p.m. Fr. Bruce 8:00 a.m. Fr. Patrick 9:30 a.m. Fr. Bruce 11:30 a.m. Fr. Garret 8:30 a.m. Fr. Bruce 8:30 a.m. Fr. Patrick 8:30 a.m. Fr. Bruce 8:30 a.m. Fr. Patrick 8:30 a.m. Fr. Garret 5:30 p.m. Fr. Patrick 8:00 a.m. Fr. Garret 9:30 a.m. Fr. Bruce 11:30 a.m. Fr. Steve Epiphany of the Lord In our celebration of the Epiphany, two interwoven themes are present in the readings today. God is beginning something new, and God gathers all of humanity to participate. For Isaiah, God s bright light, manifested in the people of Israel, attracts and summons people from many nations to Jerusalem. In the letter to the Ephesians, God s grace makes the Gentiles co-heirs and co-partners in the Gospel. Matthew tells the story of the fulfillment of God s promises to Israel through the birth of Jesus, while simultaneously leading foreigners to share in these same promises. With the birth of Jesus, God chose a particular people, in a particular time and place, to enter most directly into the human story. Today s readings teach that God did this in order to gather all people, all cultures, into unity with God. Like the magi, we are drawn into a journey toward God, becoming co-partners in God s work. Copyright J. S. Paluch Co. Blessing of Small Items Father Bruce would be happy to bless any small item(s) you may have after any of the Masses he celebrates. For large items, please call the Rectory Office to make an appointment at Homebound Parishioner Are You Interested in Receiving The Eucharist? Our Eucharistic Ministers to the Sick can provide communion once a week to those unable to attend Mass on Sundays. If you are interested in receiving communion, please call the Rectory Office at Prayer Circle Hotline We are always ready, willing and able to pray for your intentions. Please call Elizabeth Fuentes at (805) Subject to change without notice. 2

3 Thank You! Thank you to all who gave so to be in our prayers. May the beauty, awe and The San Roque Sanctuary Guild Retreat based on The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius The Religious Education Congress, sponsored by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles Office of Religious Education, is the nation's largest annual gathering of Roman Catholics! The 3-day Religious Education Congress is open to all who wish to learn more about the Catholic faith or seek personal growth. call the Congress Registration Desk at (213) A Special Thank You To Westland Floral for providing our beautiful Poinsettias each year and to Coastal Copy for our 2019 calendars. Please be sure to pick up your free copy at the church entrances! Father Barber is again offering to guide individuals through The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, on a one-to-one basis. The purpose of The Exercises is to lead us to true spiritual freedom and so increase our openness to the Spirit and support our efforts to respond ever more faithfully to the love of God. The basis of this is to have an experience of God through Ignatian Contemplation that is the core of The Exercises. The Exercises in their full form take 30 days devoted exclusively to them. Fr. Barber is offering to guide people through a shortened version that involves a one on one meeting once a week for six weeks. The meeting consists of a review of the week passed and suggestion for prayer for the week ahead. The person making the retreat should devote a period every day to prayer of any length from 30 minutes to an hour. There will be an introductory meeting in the week of February 11 th followed by a further six meetings. To register for this retreat, Fr. Barber can be contacted at nbarber@jesuit.ie. 3

4 January 06 Class #11 Confirmation Students 9:30 am Mass 13 Class #12, Teacher s Meeting TTS instruction (Gr 1-5) 1 st Reconciliation meeting w/parents during class 20 NO RE Classes Martin Luther King Holiday 27 Class #13, TTS instruction (Gr 6-10) Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology of the Body This Winter our students in the Junior High and Confirmation classes will be studying and discussing St. Pope John Paul II s, Theology of the Body. We live in a technological age that poses new challenges to the preaching of Gospel values. An American teenager spends perhaps one hour a week in church, if at all, and many more hours playing video games, surfing the Internet, using social media, watching TV, and listening to music on a phone or ipod. Parents, working full-time, are rarely home. So when the day comes to make big decisions about relationships and sex, choices which may affect the rest of one's life, is it any wonder that a Christian teen will sooner look for guidance from pop culture than from parents or pastors? Sex is one area where Catholicism often seems either unable or unwilling to say anything coherent to young people. While some Catholic religious educators and theology classes promote laxity regarding the body, others promote shame. Many Catholic teachers nowadays, fearing controversy either way, say nothing at all. This is where our Winter program comes in! Rooted in Scripture, the central insight of St. John Paul II is that God intends for sex to express the mutual selfgiving of a man and woman joined in marriage. Rather than use others for mutual gratification alone, he points out that the Bible exhorts us to experience the joys of physical union as a sign of the deeper spiritual union of marriage. In the Biblical view, human love is not a lifelong search for someone to gratify one's personal needs, but a genuine friendship that may find physical expression in a sacramental commitment respecting the dignity of both partners. Religious Educa on Resources for Parents Where was the internet when I was a young Mom? Wow. There is SO MUCH good out there to help, inform, educate Catholic parents, and their children. Here are some of the best of the best and why you should visit their sites. TEACHING CATHOLIC KIDS teachingcatholickids.com The most popular spot on the our Sunday Visitor parish website is Teaching Catholic Kids. Editor Margaret DeMatteo offers an ages-and-stages approach to the liturgical season with awesome craft and activity ideas, reflection questions, prayer and more. This site is perfect for catechists, homeschoolers, moms and more; be sure to bookmark this page on your browser. CATHOLIC MOM catholicmom.com True to its name, this site offers a plethora of tips, tools and reference materials for Catholic moms. Daily features include the Daily Gospel Reflections, Tech Talk and Book Notes. On Sunday, new Lectionary-based activities are posted, and there is a weekly giveaway of Catholic resources. Founded by popular speaker and writer Lisa Hendey, catholicmom.com offers moms various ways to connect and build community by joining in book-club discussions or the Small Success linkups. CATHOLIC DADS Catholicdadsonline.org This website is a great spot for Catholic dads looking to build community and strengthen their Catholic faith in the process. The topics include guy-focused themes such as work and finance, family life, culture concerns and more. Yet, catholicdadsonline offers more than just static content: it is a place to engage with other fathers who may share your same interests and concerns. If you re a Catholic dad, visit this site and be sure to check out the community sections. CATHOLIC ICING catholicicing.com In my house, we talk about kid time versus real time. Kid time is all about finding something to do in 20-minute increments; the smaller your kids the shorter their attention span. One great way to pass the time and give your faith a boost is to visit catholicicing.com. This website is loaded with kidfriendly crafts for the beginner all the way up to the pro. Lacy Rabideau offers clear instructions and numerous ideas for tiny hands. EQUIPPING CATHOLIC FAMILIES equippingcatholicfamilies.com This site offers family activities, seasonal crafts, reading recommendations and more. Updated often, Monica McConkey also provides links to other sites (such as Pinterest), excellent Catholic resources and family-friendly catechetical materials. Equipping Catholic Families shares plenty of ways to involve your whole family in actively being Catholic. CATHOLIC FOODIE catholicfoodie.com This hip and timely site offers recipes, food blogs, cooking tips and more, all within the context of our Catholic faith. Jeff Young s goal is to us understand how food good food can be a sign of God s love and care for each of us and our families. Food brings families together. Be sure to bookmark this site for the seasons of Advent and Lent and any time you re looking for fresh and wholesome family recipes.

5 Epiphany this Year falls on January 6th! For over 14 years, I have been facetiously debating Fr. Bruce, our Pastor, about the date to celebrate Epiphany. The Roman Catholic Church celebrates the feast on the first Sunday after January 1st, as a moveable feast day (the date changes in order for it fall on a Sunday). I was raised with the understanding that the 12 days after Christmas led to Epiphany (Dec 26 to January 6, hence the song with all the birds and dancing people!). Well, no matter what day it is celebrated, this beautiful feast allows us a chance to reflect on the revelation by God of Jesus Christ, as the long awaited Messiah, God s Son, and the Savior of all humankind. The Catechism of the Catholic Church outlines it very beautifully in Paragraph 528. Here are some fun facts about Epiphany: 1) Epiphany, which means manifestation or revelation is traditionally observed on January 6. Since 1970, the feast is placed on the 1st Sunday after January 1st. 2) Between the Western and Eastern churches, three events in the life of Jesus are commemorated in Epiphany: the visit of the magi from the East (Matthew 2:1-12), Jesus s baptism by John in the Jordan river (Matthew 3:1-12; Luke 3:21-22; Mark 1:1-9), and the turning of water into wine at the wedding of Cana (John 2:1-11). 3) The theological significance of Epiphany relates to the narrative identification of Jesus Christ as the Son of God, or God incarnate. The Apostle Paul uses the term epiphany to describe both Jesus s manifestation of God at his birth and his second coming in 2 Timothy 1:9-10; Titus 2:13; 2 Thessalonians 2:8. 4) The earliest observance of Epiphany is found in Alexandria, Egypt, in the third century. Some believe it was a subversive celebration by the church to counteract the near Egyptian festival of Aion, the god of time, whose festival rituals are also believed to have included water and its transformation into wine. 5) Only the Gospel of Matthew mentions the visit of the magi, who were probably pagan astrologers from the East v. 1 (rendered as wise men in some translations of the Bible, and in later centuries dubiously referred to as kings). Their number is not spelled out but they likely had many companions, in spite of popular tradition numbering them at three since they brought three gifts to honor Jesus gold, frankincense, and myrrh. This rendition likely goes back to Origen, who interprets the gifts theological significance in Contra Celsum: gold, as to a king; myrrh, as to one who was mortal; and incense, as to a God. 6) The magi visited Jesus in a home, not at the manger site, as the shepherds did. This occurred up to two years after his birth. The origin and identification of the magi is unknown, though they likely came either from Persia or Babylon. Rather than being polytheists, the magi were likely Zoroastrians, a religion of monotheistic dualism. Their names Balthasar, Melchior, and Gaspar were imaginatively given to them in later centuries. 7) Comets or shooting stars were understood by ancients to be bad omens of a ruler s demise. So King Herod, an unfaithful Jew, was rightly concerned that this star signified his displacement. The text does not make clear exactly what kind of phenomenon this was, as stars often had metaphoric meanings, and astrological events are viewed relatively from one s locality. Adult Faith Forma on A DEEP, BIBILICAL LOOK AT JESUS CHRIST The better we understand Jesus, the better we understand ourselves. But who was Jesus, this itinerant preacher whom many called the Messiah? In Bishop Robert Barron's Video Series*, Priest, Prophet, King, you ll discover Jesus as the Anointed One the ultimate priest, prophet, and king foreshadowed throughout the Hebrew Scriptures. Using biblical insights and engaging stories, Bishop Barron affirms that we see Jesus most clearly through the lens of the Old Testament. Through this deeply biblical program, you will better understand Jesus, become more familiar with Scripture, and realize your own priestly, prophetic, and kingly mission, received when you are baptized into Christ. Please join us on Wednesdays beginning January 16th either at 10:00 am or at 6:30 pm. Facilitated by Noël Fuentes, our Pastoral Associate/Director of Faith Formation. Pre-registration/payment required $25. Stop by the parish office for a registration form or education@sanroqueparish.org. (*Note: The Bishop is not present in person.)

6 Society of St. Vincent de Paul Thank you for your kindness and generosity in giving of your time, talent and treasure during our parish outreach to the needy in our community through our Advent Giving Tree and your donations to our 5th Sunday collection. Together we can continue to bring comfort and peace to our brothers and sisters who are poor and suffering. May the peace and joy of the New Year be yours! Please make checks payable to and mail to: Society of St. Vincent de Paul 325 Argonne Circle, Santa Barbara, CA For those in need of assistance, please call (805) or us at: Safeguard the Children New Year s Resolution: Become a mandatory reporter Even if the legal requirements for mandatory reporting may not cover your specific position, as Catholics, we are called to protect the vulnerable at all times, and that may mean reporting on inappropriate behavior that puts a child at risk. The only way we can prevent abuse is to learn the signs and take ownership for the safety of children in our communities. To read more from the VIRTUS article Make a New Year s Resolution to Become a Mandatory Reporter, visit VIRTUS-Current-Online-Articles.aspx. For a copy of the complete VIRTUS article, please visit Current-Online-Articles.aspx, jvienna@laarchdiocese.org or call the San Roque Religious Education office at Worldwide Marriage Encounter You have been given the Gifts of the Holy Spirit in your marriage. Are you using these gifts to show the world the importance of your Sacrament of Marriage? Come and learn how to share your gifts. The next Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekends are Feb 8-10, 2019 in Lancaster and April 26-28, 2019 in Simi Valley. Early registration is highly recommended. For more information contact Ed and Jo Lara at or go online at We help make good marriages better! Life is Changed, Not Ended You are Supported! Do you have a business or service that you would like to promote within our community? Please consider placing an advertisement in our bulletin. Advertisers support our parish in providing a free weekly publication, and we are in need of more support! The rates are very economical and a great way to represent and grow your business or service. Please call our J.S.Paluch Parish Consultant, Lisa Bagladi at (847) or her at BagladiL@jspaluch.com. Next Bulletin Deadlines 6 Please bulletin requests to: office@sanroqueparish.org or bring them to the Rectory Office.

7 Saturday January 5 5:30 p.m. Anthony Svetlak Sunday January 6 8:00 a.m. Maria Estela de Veyga Porcel 9:30 a.m. Naya Bernarda Valencia 11:30 a.m. Our Parish Community Monday January 7 8:30 a.m. Lucille Otto Tuesday January 8 8:30 a.m. Lenore Gabel Wednesday January 9 8:30 a.m. Christian Mollet Thursday January 10 8:30 a.m. Hombert Cavalli Friday January 11 8:30 a.m. Mary Alice Langley San Roque Church Calendar of Events Bereavement Support Group : Next meeting is Monday, January 21 at 1:00 p.m. in Rectory. For those who have had a loss in their life and would like support, please contact Noël at or education@sanroqueparish.org. Parish Choir: Rehearsals are held in the Choir Loft on Thursday nights We sing during the Sunday 9:30 a.m. Mass. If you are interested in joining, please call David Potter at , ext. 16. Rosary held on Thursdays at 6:00 p.m. in the Church. Morning Rosary held at 8:00 a.m. before daily Mass Monday through Friday. Society of St. Vincent de Paul San Roque Conference meet 1st & 3rd Tuesday of the month at 5:45 p.m. in the Art Room; please call (805) to join. call Kathie or Joe Schneider at (805) Catholic Daughters of the Americas meetings are held on the 2nd Saturday of the month. Please call past regent Judy Manriquez at for more information. Pray for those in need of healing: Anne Atkinson Molly Baltieri Teresa Billes Angela Brantingham Vicky Castenada Rudy Castillo Dominic Cervantez Dennis Chiavelli Mark Connolly Joe Conway Kitty Cox Patty Dana Gary Davila Mary Ann Donovan Sr. Marie Bernadette Dorn John Draughon Fr. Tomas Elis Anthony Falcucci Tera Fischer Grace Fisher Ramona Foran Ray Flood Lidia Flores Lenore Gabel Pat Gaiton Richard Grijalva Eva Guerra Robert & Donna Hengels Dave Hoppers Cora Jimenez Valeria Johnson Ralph Karleskint Mike Kelly Donald Francis Kervin Jeff Klopp Father Richard MacDonough James Malone Bryson Martel Bruno Mautino Beverly McLaughlin Jay Mendez John Menudier Clara Moshenko Rebecca Moshenko Jose Munoz Martha Munoz Ricardo Munoz David Oliverio Robert Ortiz Eileen Ovieda John Chris Paris Silvia Parisotto Sofi Pena Carol Pender-Bower Gina Pepe Mario Pezzati Connie Riel Katie O Reilly-Rogers Connie Russell Angela Ryan Barbara Sanchez Lori Sanchez Ruth Anne Schack Diane Schlueter Celia Scoltock Barbara Stewart Victoria Stewart Pat Waters Kay Willis Parish Registration Not a registered member of our parish community? Do you have a new address or phone number? Please fill in the following information and return this form to the Rectory Office or place in the collection basket. (Please check appropriate box.) New Member Envelope Requested No Envelope Desired NAMES ADDRESS CITY ZIP PHONE (Please list names and ages of children under 18 on a separate sheet of paper.) 7

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