St. Mary Parish Youth & Young Adult Ministries

ST. MARY PARISH 1333 58th Street, Sacramento CA 95819 (916) 452-0296 Fax (916) 452-3908 Office Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00 am-4:00 pm www.stmaryparishsacramento.com Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time September 25, 2016 [K]eep the commandment without stain or reproach until the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Timothy 6:14 St. Mary Parish Youth & Young Adult Ministries St. Mary Parish has three Youth & Young Adult Ministries. The EDGE program is open to youth in grades 6 through 8. Life Teen is a program open to high school students. St. Mary Pier Group is open to young adults from the ages of 18 through 39. The 6pm mass on the first Sunday of each month has been designated as our Youth & Young Adult Ministries Mass. If you attend this mass you may have noticed that our Youth & Young Adults serve as Musicians/Cantors, Ushers, Lectors, Offertory Bearers and Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion. If you have not had an opportunity to attend this mass, we strongly encourage you to attend and, especially, to become Involved. The next Youth & Young Adult Mass will be on Sunday, October 2nd at 6pm. The next Edge meeting will be on Monday, October 10 at 6:45pm in Giovanni Hall. For information please contact Mary Willett at 916-715-0122. The next Life Teen meeting will be on Sunday, October 2 after the 6pm Mass in Giovanni Hall. For information please contact Megan Pedersen at missmeg31996@gmail.com. The Pier Group meets WEEKLY following 6pm Mass in the Holy Spouses Room. For information please contact Monika Lopez at 916-502-3199. MASS SCHEDULE Sunday 8:00, 9:30, 11:00am, and 6:00pm Daily Mass: Monday - Saturday 8:00am; Saturday 5:00pm (Vigil Mass) Holy Days: As announced in bulletin CONFESSION : Saturday: 3:30pm-4:30pm Or by appointment PASTOR: Fr. James Narithookil, CMI jamesnarithookil@gmail.com PAROCHIAL VICAR : Fr. Jossy Vattothu, CMI jovatton@gmail.com DEACONS Deacon Luigi Del Gaudio, MSW Deacon George W. Kriske BUSINESS MANAGER: Tracilyn Peters Email: tpeters@stmaryparishsacramento.com INFANT MARY CHAPEL Open Daily 6:30 am-5:00 pm Solemn Adoration: First Fridays 8:30 am-6:00 pm FOLLOW OUR PARISH PARISH INFORMATION MARRIAGE: Contact the Parish office at (916) 452-0296 6 months prior to the wedding date. Marriage preparation classes are available. INFANT BAPTISM: Contact the Parish Office. Parents and godparents must attend class. ANOINTING OF THE SICK: Contact the Parish Office regarding sick, elderly who are at home, hospitals or special care facilities. MUSIC: For Music Ministry, call Ben (916) 383-6155 RCIA: Process for adults and children of catechetical age who are interested in joining the Catholic Church and baptized Catholics wanting to complete their initiation sacraments of Confirmation and Eucharist. Please call Deacon Lu at (916) 452-0296 x12 CFF: Catholic youth are formed through the Parish Faith Formation Program (CFF). Deacon Lu (916) 452-0296 x12. BULLETIN: Our church bulletin is prepared two weeks in advance. All submissions are reviewed by the Pastor. Email requests to tpeters@stmaryparishsacramento.com no later than the Thursday two weeks before. PARISHIONER REGISTRATION: Please contact parish office at (916) 452-0296

Pope Francis has urged faithful to stop looking at our phones, and instead really encounter and listen to one another. According to Vatican Radio, the Pontiff gave this advice during his daily morning Mass at Casa Santa Marta, as he warned against bad habits that prevent us, even within our families, from truly listening to others and empathizing with them. Overcoming Our Indifference As the Jesuit Pontiff drew inspiration from Gospel reading where Jesus brought back from the dead the only son of a widow, Francis highlighted that an encounter with Jesus overcomes our indifference. He also lamented that often when people meet each other, each of them is thinking of themselves, they can see the other person but are not looking at him or her, they can hear that person but are not listening to him or her. In the Gospel, the Pope continued, we read that Jesus was moved with pity. When Christ observed something unfortunate, Francis pointed out, he encounters and reacts, never remaining indifferent. While if we see something sad, we say what a shame! Jesus doesn t pass by, he is moved with pity. He goes up to the woman for a real encounter and then performs the miracle. Restoring Dignity The Pope, reflecting on this Gospel encounter said, we not only see his tenderness but also the fruitfulness of that encounter that restores people and things to their proper place. We are accustomed to a culture of indifference and we must strive and ask for the grace to create a culture of encounter, of a fruitful encounter, of an encounter that restores to each person his or her own dignity as a child of God, the dignity of a living person. Even in Our Families The message from today s reading, said Pope Francis, stems from that encounter between Jesus and his people and we all are in need of his Word and need that encounter with Him. In our families, at the dinner table, how many times while eating, do people watch the TV or write messages on their cell phones. Each one is indifferent to that encounter. Even within the heart of society, which is the family, there is no encounter. May this help us to strive for this culture of encounter, just as simply as Jesus did. Fr. James Narithookil, CMI Pastor Jubilee for Catechists Amos castigates religious people who, comfortably complacent (6:1, 5), ignore the unfolding collapse of culture, nation, religion (6:6). In Jesus parable, such complacency becomes the rich man s undoing. He neither hurt nor harmed Lazarus, neither denied him leftovers nor ordered him removed. That is Jesus devastating point. The rich man did nothing wrong to Lazarus; he just did nothing at all good for him. Only in death, separated by a great chasm (Luke 16:26), could the rich man finally see Lazarus, whom he had failed to see in life, right before his eyes. Like the rich man s five brothers still in my father s house (16:27 28), we who are alive in the Church still have time to see that same Someone, Jesus, lying neglected right at our door and time to do something. Who, specifically, concretely, practically, is Lazarus in my life? What can I do for that Jesus-in-the-flesh during this Jubilee Y ear of Mercy? Peter Scagnelli, Copyright J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

We Welcome the Following New Parishioners To Our Parish Family: David Malarkey, Ella & Seth Rose-Malarkey READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Jb 1:6-22; Ps 17:1bcd-3, 6-7; Lk 9:46-50 Tuesday: Jb 3:1-3, 11-17, 20-23; Ps 88:2-8; Lk 9:51-56 Wednesday: Jb 9:1-12, 14-16; Ps 88:10bc-15; Lk 9:57-62 Thursday: We encourage all new parishioners to take a moment to register. Emerson Connor Beckham Connor Tyler Melzer & Bailey Budd OUR MISSION STATEMENT St. Mary Parish prepares and sustains its members and guests for a life and eternity in the presence of God. In accomplishing our mission, we proclaim and celebrate our salvation through Jesus Christ enlivened by the Holy Spirit, nourish our sacramental life especially in the Sunday celebration of the Eucharist and demonstrate our faith worshiping, educating, serving and encouraging vocations as modeled by Mother Mary. Dn 7:9-10, 13-14 or Rv 12:7-12a; Ps 138:1-5; Jn 1:47-51 Friday: Jb 38:1, 12-21; 40:3-5; Ps 139:1-3, 7-10, 13-14ab; Lk 10:13-16 Saturday: Jb 42:1-3, 5-6, 12-17; Ps 119:66, 71, 75, 91, 125, 130; Lk 10:17-24 Sunday: Hb 1:2-3; 2:2-4; Ps 95:1-2, 6-9; 2 Tm 1:6-8, 13-14; Lk 17:5-10 Mass Intentions Requested By Saturday, September 24 8:00am Tom Crawford + Wife Geraldine Sullivan + Tom & Georgene Ragusa 5:00pm Mercedes Castro + Sister Phil Bacchi + Shirleen Bacchi & Family Sunday, September 25 8:00am Renato & Cristina Tambellini + Family Pete Rossi + Bruce & Elvira O Day 9:30am Bonnie Carboni + Harriet Coster Mario Affinito + Nancy Affinito 11:00am Don Dali + St. Mary Choirs Rosemarie De Carci + Bilandzich Family 6:00pm For the People Monday, September 26 8:00am George Krizl Family Rosemary & Maria Lourdes Pajarillo + Romeo & Nenita Pajarillo Tuesday, September 27 8:00am Shirley Wizer + Nancy Affinito Ines Corazzola + Ines Brida Wednesday, September 28 8:00am Jean Theobald + Marvin &Jean Delfendahl Domenick Stefani + Stefani Family Thursday, September 29 8:00am Mario Affinito + Nancy Affinito Jeremy Jonas Lilli Fratis Friday, September 30 8:00am Lino Carolo + Sam & Carol Perri Charles & Patricia Nulk 60th Anniv. Ramona Bugatto Saturday, October 1 8:00am John W. Flynn + Family Leda Costamagna + Thomas & Victoria Wrinkle 5:00pm Robert & David Zarick + Joan Zarick Muriel Baeta + John Sunday, October 2 8:00am Joseph, Mary, Bob & Tony DeStefano + Angelo J. DeStefano Loretta Schmitz + Fontana Family 9:30am Muriel Baeta + John Mario Affinito + Nancy Affinito 11:00am Tony Mattos + Alice Mattos & Family Don Dali + St. Mary Choirs 6:00pm For the People Lilian Clifford, Gene Harding, Mary Katherine Long, Tracy Fisher, Carmen Quintana, Anne Horton, Rose Mary Clemons, Patricia Schiele, Jim & Amelia Vic, Melinda Riley, Donna Kelley, Edward Kelley, Mary Halverson, Stefanie Jumper, Brent Luna, Madison Smith, Robert Rizzo, Trisha Bright-Bernard, Joe Rohrer, Richard Padden, Herb Louie, Gary Sypnicki, France Driscoll, Richard Kelley, Clarence Jefferson, Bernadine Vessels, Joetta & Richard Connors, Elvira Falzon, Cassandra and Gigi Noble, Andrea Kolstrup, Tony Costa, Matthew Herbert, Niloofar Layeghi, Harriet Coster, Abbas Layeghi, Gary Clifford, Thomas Colby, Cecil Bennett, Linda Kaeser, Charles Nulk, Robin Dunton, Loren Chelini, Rebecca Jayne, John Cappello, Nancy Dramis, Robbie and Andy King, Sue DeCoite, Emma Mackenzie Reagan, Janice Papotto, Margie Miller, Aleysse Cruickshank, Helen Willett, Phillip Worth, Mary Devereux, Ted Porter, Sarah De La Rosa, Stephen Chelini, Angelo J. De Stefano, Vanessa Papotto, Pam Butts, Diana White, Richard Jauquez, Damian Torres, May Perri, Mary Cignarella, Eugene Gisla, Sandra Mahood, Randall Bertacchi, Jim Hayes, Karen Boggs, Anthony & Esther Latino, Vincent Eileen Johnson, Alfonso Hernandez, Matt Eaker, Laurel Abbott, Jane Anderson, Jill Stanfield, Mary Sloan, Jane Hinman, Steven Fusick, Nilda Medina, Bobby Lopez-Garcia, Kim Reynoso, Michael Paparella, Jim Scala, Mary Cervantes, Aldo Maltesta, Nancy Horat, Ilene Totasian, Larry Maleske, John E. Virga, Bob & Gloria Zielke, Simone Cameron, Eric Cameron, Dani Brynn McCoy, Armida Herrera, Andrea McFarland and Josephine Gomez.

NEW MEDIA COMMITTEE St. Mary's now on Instagram - Our parish now has an account on Instagram, the mobile photo & video sharing site. To find us on Instagram, search for stmaryparish. Refresh of Parish Website - As you probably know, web sites are ever improving as newer technology gains hold in the world of cyberspace. So, the New Media Committee is in the beginning stages of revising our parish website. While it will be several weeks before we'll have a new version of our site ready to go live, we will be working hard to make it both a tool of evangelization and a reflection of our parish community. Bring Friends Let s Have Fun! Saturday, October 29, 2016 St. Mary Parish Annual Mediterranean Family Dinner ($25 per person, Children age 10 and under free) Social 6:00pm No Host Bar, Hors D oeuvres Dinner 6:30pm Croatini Chicken, Tri-tip Pasticada, Croation Baked Potatoes, Mixed Green Salad and European Pastry. Music by Roberto Rosa SURPRISE SHOW: Colorful Cultural Dancers. Stop by St. Joseph s Garden and purchase your tickets after Mass next Sunday or call the rectory at 916-452- 0296 Praying for Your Requests St. Mary s has set up a Meal Train to provide meals for the Cameron Family as Eric Cameron begins treatment that will continue for the next couple of months. If you are interested in helping out, you may find a convenient date on the Meal Train calendar and bring the food to school on your day. We will make sure to bring the meals to Hunter's family after school. Thank you for all of your continued prayers. Go to the school website for the link www.saintmaryschool.com or use this link to sign-up. https://www.mealtrain.com/trains/0z2099 LOVING HEARTS MINISTRY We continue to reach out to parishioners who are homebound and/or in need company. Our members can provide telephone calls or visits. We can provide transportation to mass. This ministry hosts special masses and receptions in the fall and spring. If we can be of service to you or a loved one please contact Kathy Diaz at 712-7635 or kathydiaz@comcast.net. St. Mary's Music Ministry is looking for additional members. We have three choirs for you to consider. Please contact Ben Billeci at 383-6155 to find out more of what is available to you. USHERS NEEDED We are in dire need of Ushers, particularly for the 5pm Mass on Saturday and 11am Mass on Sunday Mornings. Assistance at any Mass would also be greatly appreciated. If you are able to help, please contact Kathy Traversi, the Usher Chairperson at 916-320-9001. Thank You!! First of all, then, I ask that supplications, prayers, petitions, and thanksgivings be offered for everyone. 1 Timothy 2:1 The Prayer Request Group meets Mondays at 7pm in the church. We pray as a group for all of the requests that have been submitted over the previous week, and then we each pray for one or more of the requests for at least the next week, and many times longer. Please place a written request in one of the Prayer Request boxes on the tables in the vestibule and we will be happy to pray for you. Thank you. Married Couples: Do you wish you could talk about something besides all the stresses in your life? Do you wish you could share all your hopes and dreams without feeling any guilt. We have the answer. A Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend gives you the time and tools to revitalize romance, deepen communication, and nourish the spirituality in your marriage. Upcoming dates are as follows: October 7-9 in Reno, NV.; and November 4-6 in Sacramento. IT IS NOT TOO EARLY TO REGISTER, CALL NOW! For more information visit our website at: https://www.sacramentowwme.orgor contact Terry & Janet at applications@sacramentowwme.org or 916-489- 3464. Retrouvaille Marriage Recovery Is your marriage in trouble miserable - dead? Would you like it to come alive? Retrouvaille can give you the communication skills you need to relate to one other in a better, more respectful and emotionally mature way. The next weekend is in Sacramento, October 7-9. For more information call (800) 470-2230 or visit http:// www.helpourmarriage.com

Stan Devereux, our parish's Candidate for the Permanent Diaconate, Class of 2018, was installed in the Rite of Lector on September 10, 2016 at Our Lady of the Assumption Parish. The Mass and Rite were celebrated and administered by Bishop Jaime Soto. Fr. James, our Pastor, was one of the concelebrants. Stan and his wife, Gwen, attend classes together at Christ the King once a month on a weekend for most of the year. Additional studies take place for Stan through distance learning from the University of Notre Dame. Stan is entering his third year of a four year formation program prior to ordination. Please congratulate Stan when you see him and please pray for Stan and his entire family. If you are interested in knowing more about the Catholic faith or want to finish your initiation sacraments (first eucharist & confirmation) contact Deacon Lu (916) 452-0296 ext. 12 During these summer months we just keep plugging away here in RCIA. We have 3 kids, 1 teen and 6 adults preparing for sacraments. A few of these are baptized Catholics and as such will not need to wait until next Easter! This is an exciting time to become part of the Church. Please call if you are interested in becoming Catholic. Please pray for all of these people! Please contact Deacon Lu at 916-452-0296 x12. We look forward to hearing from you! RCIA Adult and Teens Sessions Catechumenate: Sundays 10:30 am, Marian Room Inquiry: Mondays, 7:00 pm Holy Spouses Room NEW INQUIRY FORMING NOW! Children's Inquiry: Mondays 5:30 pm Holy Spouses Room NEW INQUIRY FORMING NOW!! 9/25/16 PARISH FESTIVAL Adult/Teens Catechumenate Kids Catechumenate Children s Liturgy Group Baptism Pier Young Adult Group 9/26/16 Divine Mercy Chaplet Auction Committee Meeting Children s Inquity Adult Inquiry Prayer Request Group Liturgy of the Hours 9/27/16 Adult Recreational Basketball Neocatechumenal Way 9/28/16 Centering Prayer Group Choir Practice CFF Bible Study Chavarra Center Talk 9/29/16 Choir Practice Neocatechumenal Way 9/30/16 Divine Mercy Chaplet 10/1/16 ART SALE Confessions Neocatechumenal Way 10/2/16 ART SALE Children s Liturgy Adult/Teens Catechumenate Kids Catechumenate LIFETEEN Catholic Schools Majorettes Pier Young Adult Group THE GIFT OF TREASURE With gratitude for the gifts they have received, Parishioners and visitors made a joyful return to the Lord of the following: September 18, 2016 Weekly Collection (including EOP) :$7,635.75* Weekly Goal (to cover expenses): $13,000.00 Please remember St. Mary s, your Spiritual Home, in your will. *This amount only represents weekly Sunday Mass collections. Other sources of income (i.e. donations, building fund, etc.) are not included in this number.

Bible Study A Powerful Study on the Blessed Mother Have you ever wondered why Mary is so important to our faith as Catholics? We turn to her in prayer, in the Mass, in the Rosary, and in Marian devotions. We honor her with special feasts celebrating the significant events in her life. We place images of her in our churches and homes. Join us for an extraordinary study that reveals Mary's unique role in God's Kingdom and in our lives. The Bible and the Virgin Mary is based upon the book Hail, Holy Queen, by Dr. Scott Hahn. It teaches Catholics how Marian doctrine and devotion are firmly rooted in Scripture and answers common objections from non-catholics. St. Mary Parish Sacramento will be hosting this study in the St. Mary School Library (Cabrini Center). Classes began Wednesday, September 7 at 7pm and continuing for 12 sessions (no study on the 2nd Wednesday of each month.) Sessions are 90 minutes in length. Cost is $35 per person. Watch the trailer at www.bibleandthevirginmary.com For more information or to register for the study, call Gwen Devereux at 916-717-8525 or email gwen@devereuxonline.com. You can also register on the St. Mary Parish Sacramento Facebook page! Invite your friends and family! Open to all ages high school and up. Respect Life Committee 40 Days for Life Campaign The Fall 40 Days for Life prayer vigil begins on September 28 in hundreds of cities around the world, including several in our Diocese. Christians will pray and offer assistance on the sidewalk, Monday - Friday, from September 28th to November 6th. This life-saving, peaceful, prayerful ministry is endorsed by Bishop Soto who encourages all Catholics to participate. By God's grace over 11,700 women worldwide have changed their minds, choosing LIFE for their children rather than abortion because of people praying at the sidewalk. The Sacramento vigil will be held at 1442 Ethan Way, along the public sidewalk of the abortion business parking lot on Hallmark Drive, across from the state fairgrounds. Other 40 Days for Life locations within the Diocese of Sacramento include Redding, Chico, Vallejo, and Fairfield. Please visit 40daysforlife.com for more information about each site. Christian Brothers High School Open House Join us for Open House on Sunday, October 2, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Stop by and see firsthand why CB is the place to be for exceptional academic programs, the arts, athletics and more all in a faith-filled, nurturing community. Highlights of the day include campus tours including the engineering labs and CB s award-winning television studio - KBFT, an art exhibition, performances by the band and choir, academic department information tables and more. Informational presentations are scheduled for 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Visit cbhs-sacramento.org to register. A major reason capable people fail to advance, is that they do not work well with their colleagues. - Lee Iacocca Have you ever thought about becoming a Sister? Single Catholic women ages 18-40 are invited to a prayerful and reflective Religious Vocation Discernment Weekend Retreat with the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, October 7-9, 2016, Los Altos Hills, CA. For reservations and more information contact Sister Lisa Laguna, D.C., 650/949-8890, 213-210-9903, or email srllaguna@doc1633.org www.daughters-of-charity.com/retreats/!! PUBLIC ROSARY CRUSADE!! America is at a historic crossroad as the secularist try to push God out from the public square and our very own families. Join your fellow St. Mary s parishioners at the 2017 Public Square Rosary Crusade that will be held in the cities all over the United States. Sacramento Location: Corner of Sacramento State University & J Street. When: Saturday, October 17, 2016. Time: 12:00pm (Lasts one (1) Hour) Meet &Park: 11:30am @ Knights of Columbus Parking Lot To Register Call: Lilian Clifford @ (916) 361-1129

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