Saint Martin of Tours 7710 El Cajon Blvd., La Mesa, CA 91942 stmartinoftoursparish.org PH 619-465-5334 - FAX 619-465-7297 Email Address: info@saintmartinoftours.cc OFFICE HOURS: MONDAY-FRIDAY: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM Closed for Lunch: 12:00 PM - 1:00PM SUNDAY: 8:00 AM - 12:30 PM MASS SCHEDULE SATURDAY: 5:00PM Vigil SUNDAY: 7:00 AM, 9:00 AM, 11:00 AM & 5:00 PM DAILY MASS 8:00 AM Rosary 8:30 AM Monday through Friday CONFESSIONS: 3:30 PM 4:30PM Saturdays or by appointment SAINT MARTIN ACADEMY Principal: Diane Hartley 619.466.3241 Web: stmartinoftoursparish.org Email: info51@stmartinacademy.org Preschool to 8th Grade REGISTRATION FORM FOR NEW PARISHIONERS Your Information: (Please cut and drop in offering basket) Name Home Phone ( ) - Street Address Daytime Ph. ( ) - City, State & Zip, email:
The Epiphany of the Lord, January 6, 2019 Page 2 The Epiphany of the Lord January 6, 2019 We invite you to be a Sharing Member Register, Participate and Share your Gifts and Talents. Rise up in splendor, Jerusalem! Your light has come, the glory of the Lord shines upon you. Isaiah 60:1 FINDING GOD The splendid magi, all sparkle and dash and solemnity, march right up off the pages of Matthew s Gospel and into our churches today. Matthew alone tells us this grand and seductive story so that we might see the light and know that the child these magi visited is the fulfillment of prophecy, the king of the world that stretches to the magi s home country and beyond, right down the ages to us. We too see and understand anew. Like the magi, our patron saints for this day, we see in the newborn child the king of the universe and light of the world. Like the magi, we find in ourselves a new faith and a new life. Like them, we return to our home by a new route. We are asked to come away from this festive season ourselves renewed and awake to the presence of God among us. We are asked to find God where God is to be found, to be attentive and surprised and ready to bow down in adoration and to offer our gifts. Copyright J. S. Paluch Co. 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 3:2-6). 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. 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. -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; Mt 4:12-25 Tuesday: 1 Jn 4:7-10; Ps 72; Mk 6:34-44 Wednesday: 1 Jn 4:11-18; Ps 72; Mk 6:45-52 Thursday: 1 Jn 4:19-5:4; Ps 72; Lk 4:14-22 Friday: 1 Jn 5:5-13; Ps 147; Lk 5:12-16 Saturday: 1 Jn 5:14-21; Ps 149; Jn 3:22-30 Sunday: Is 42:1-7 or Is 40:1-11; Ps 29 or Ps 104; Acts 10:34-38 or Ti 2:11-14-3:4-7; Lk 3:15-22 INTERFAITH ROTATING SHELTER VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY. St. Martin s Social Justice Ministry is looking for volunteers to assist Vista La Mesa Church, who will host the Interfaith Shelter from December 29 through January 12. If you are, either, willing to prepare and serve a meal for about 18, or if you would be willing to spend the night and serve as a host/hostess from 7pm to 7am for the guests, please contact Sr. LaVern Olberding at funnun60@hotmail.com or for more information, please go to: www.signupgenius.com/go/8050548 a4a62caa8-interfaith3. ROOTEDNESS The flower does not bear the root. The root bears the flower. The rose is merely evidence of the vitality of the root. Woodrow Wilson The Giving Tree will remain in the vestibule of the church through TODAY, Epiphany Sunday, January 6. Please purchase the needed items. Don t wrap them just bring them back and place them under the tree. All items collected will go to the parish food pantry. We are also collecting blankets for our brothers and sisters in need.
The Epiphany of the Lord, January 6, 2019 Page 3 Sun, Jan 6 Sun, Jan 13 Sun, Jan 20 Sun, Jan 27 Sun, Feb 3 FAITH FORMATION FOR CHILDREN: REGISTRATION for Faith Formation from preschool, age 4 to 11 years is ongoing. 900am Family Mass 1015am Sacramental Preparation in Parish Hall 815am Session in Parish Hall 815am Session in Parish Hal 815am Session in Parish Hal 900am Family Mass For more information, please contact Christine Davis, Religious Education Coordinator, at chris@saintmartinoftours.cc or 619.698.8434 YOUTH MINISTRY REGISTRATION For Jr. High & High School Faith Formation and Confirmation Preparation download forms @ www.stmartinoftoursparish.org HIGH SCHOOL FAITH FORMATION Sun, Jan 6 630-8pm Youth Group Session Sun, Jan 13 630-8pm Youth Group Session Sun, Jan 27 5-8pm Youth Group Session & Youth Mass Sun, Feb 3 630-8pm Youth Group Session Sun, Feb 10 3-7pm Class-Mass-Dinner (Year 2 only) JR. HIGH SCHOOL FAITH FORMATION Fri, Jan 11 630-9pm Laser Tag & Ultra Zone Mon, Jan 14 630-745pm Youth Group Session Sun, Jan 27 5-600pm Youth Mass Mon, Jan 28 630-745pm Youth Group Session Sat, Feb 2 12-6pm Middle School Youth Day at St. Martin s Mon, Feb 8 6-8pm Rollerskating @ Skate San Diego For more information go to: stmartinoftoursyouth@gmail.com or call Susan Skinner, Youth Minister, at 619.698.3180 RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION FOR ADULTS (RCIA) INQUIRY SESSIONS: We extend an invitation to everyone interested in learning more about the Catholic Faith. Please join us on most Tuesday evenings at 7pm in the Parish Office Conference Room. Our next session will be on Tuesday, January 8 at 7pm. If you are considering to become Catholic, or are baptized and inquiring about the Sacraments of First Communion and Confirmation, or just want to learn more about your Catholic Faith, please come and see what we have to offer. The topic is: Sacrament of Confirmation For more information and Confirmation, please contact Christine Davis, Coordinator, at 619.698-8434 or chris@saintmartinoftours.cc. PRAY FOR THE NEEDS AND INTENTIONS OF: Cookie Comer, Rachel Rakestraw, Cristina Sanders, Michele Heinzel, Gil Tangog, Donald Hartley, Michael Zito, Alan Hughes, Elizabeth & Raymond Howell, Judith Tilaro, Joyce Paredes, Larry Smith, Frank Lizzo, Dylan King, Diane Stolze, David Doane, Bobby F. Kissel, Ricardo F. Soto, Miguel Soto, Bruce Reed, Doug Reed, Rita A. Bongard, Diane Butcher, John Hightower, Joseph Green Gonzalez, Jack Zolezzi, Cindy Mendez, Ted Curry, Anna Zasueta, Anne Wojtach, Barbara Tilley, Jim Costello, Joan Glunt, Alan Collins, Bob McEwen, Jeannine Mitchell, Carol Bessone, Stephanie Butcher, Joanne Silva... may they find joy in the healing love of Christ. The Parish office is looking for volunteers to help out on Monday mornings, 1 to 2 times a month from 830 to 11am. If you have the time and are willing to commit to help us, please contact Dora Castaneda in the Parish office at 619.465.5334, for more information.
The Epiphany of the Lord, January 6, 2019 Page 4 Saturday Sunday JANUARY 6-13, 2019 500 PM Jean Plumet 700 AM Teresa Tong & Mary Chow -Blessings 900 AM Thomas Bongard 1100 AM Monica Diestsch 500 PM Mass for the People Monday 830 AM Michael Mountain-Healing Tuesday 830 AM Michael Mountain-Healing Wednesday 830 AM Maria Castañeda-Birthday Thursday 830 AM Michael Mountain-Healing Friday 830 AM Michael Mountain-Healing Saturday Sunday 500 PM Mass for the People 700 AM Martha Chartier 900 AM Michael Mountain-Healing 1100 AM Joyce Racines 500 PM Peter Manos Can you help? We are in need of men or women who can set the altar for daily, weekend, funeral & special liturgy masses. The Sacristan shows a great love for the Mass and reverence for all vessels that are used for its celebration. Must have received all their sacraments and should be a practicing Catholic. Free training will be provided. For more information, please contact Dora Castañeda in the Parish Offices. CLERGY Rev. Fr. Elmer Mandac, Pastor Deacon Allen Rosker Rev. Danilo Valdepeñas, in Residence SACRAMENTS & MINISTRIES ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT: 7pm First & Third Friday of the month in the Holy Spirit Chapel. Closes with Benediction at 830pm ALTAR SERVERS: Coordinator, Jaime Paredes 619.322.2154 FAITH FORMATION: Coordinator: Christine Davis - 619.698.8434 or chris@saintmartinoftours.cc; Ages 4 through12 - meet most Sundays September thru April: 815-10am FOOD ASSISTANCE Open Monday through Friday from 10am to 12pm Coordinator: Richard Zasueta 619.726.7618 RCIA: For adults wishing to become Catholic or complete their Sacraments of Initiation - Tues, 7pm. Coordinator: Christine Davis - 619.698.8434 or chris@saintmartinoftours.cc BAPTISMS: Pre-baptismal Seminar required Call Parish Office for information - 619.465.5334 FIRST COMMUNION: Two years preparation - Call Faith Formation Coordinator: Christine Davis - 619.698.8434 or chris@saintmartinoftours.cc CONFIRMATION: Call Youth Minister: Susan Skinner, 619.698.3180 or stmartinoftoursyouth@gmail.com YOUTH MINISTRY Youth Minister: Susan Skinner - 619.698.3180; Jr. High: (7 & 8) and High School: (9-12) or stmartinoftoursyouth@gmail.com BIBLE STUDY: Deacon Al Rosker 619.851.8578 Meets on Saturday 930am to 11am in the Parish Office BIBLE STUDY: Noemi Evans 619:699-9594 Meet on Tuesdays 915-1030am in the Parish Office MINISTERS OF THE EUCHARIST: Cookie Comer - 619.980.8847 HOMEBOUND EUCHARIST: Deacon Al Rosker - 619.465.5334 MUSIC MINISTRY: Choir Director: Frances Cavanaugh- 619.490.9062 or Email: stmartinoftourschoir@gmailcom Sat. 5pm Evening Choir, Sun. 9am Contemporary Choir Sun. 11am Traditional Choir Sun. 5pm Evening Choir WEDDINGS: Call for information - 619.465.5334 COMMUNITY GARDEN; Diane Hartley 619.466.3241 KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS; Don Rakestraw - 619.843.3727 SOCIAL SENIORS GROUP: Third Monday at 11am in the Parish Office: Pat Kramm 619.469.3976 SOCIAL JUSTICE MINISTRY: Flora Funk 619.957.4388 WOMEN S CLUB: First Thursday @1030am in Barry Hall stmartinoftoursparish.org/womens or Pat Kramm - 619.469.3976 WOMEN OF FAITH; First Thursday at 6:30pm in Parish Hall-Meeting Room: Mary Margaret Kissel - 619.698.4845
The Epiphany of the Lord, January 6, 2019 Page 5 WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE AN ALTAR SERVER? When we serve at the altar, we serve the Lord and his people. Servers can be children or adults, male or female, (even a whole family). Children who serve without an adult must be at least 8 years old, have celebrated their First Eucharist, and commit to attend Mass regularly. We will teach you the specific actions and task of preparing the altar, carrying the Cross, bringing the gifts of bread and wine and the vessels to the altar, handling the Roman Missal (Book), and all the other ways of actively participating in the Eucharist and understanding its meaning. If you would like to be an Altar Server, please contact Jaime Paredes at: nikkijaimeparedes@yahoo.com or 619.322.2154, for more information. STOCK DONATIONS A gift of your securities, including stocks or mutual funds, is an easy way to make a gift to the Church. By making a gift of your appreciated securities, you can avoid paying capital gains tax that may otherwise be due if you sold these assets. Contributions are deductible for tax purposes. There are no transaction fees or other costs and the full value of the sold securities benefits the parish, school or other Catholic charities you select. PRAYERS FOR THE SOULS IN PURGATORY Prayers are offered for our beloved deceased every Monday after the 8:30am Mass in the Church. All are welcome to come and pray before the Sacred Heart of Jesus statue for the Souls in Purgatory. THANK YOU FROM THE LIONS CLUB USABLE GLASSES COLLECTION The Lions Club has donation boxes in numerous locations and Saint Martin s has become one of their best sources. The sunglasses are sent to the Imperial Valley for migrant farm workers and the country of Nepal with its high incidence of cataracts as a result of high intensity of ultraviolet radiation at high elevations. Think about how many people in need in developing countries will see better because of your generosity! Thank you for supporting the Lions Recycle for Sight Program. This easy project means so much to many people in need. The collection box is in the vestibule of the church. THANKS One act of thanksgiving when things go wrong with us is worth one thousand thank-yous when things are agreeable to our inclination. More importantly, the question you may want to consider is this: Have I been blessed with many gifts and am I inspired by Gospel teaching and my Catholic values that charitable giving is a profound and joy-inspiring expression of love and gratitude? How can I live out my Catholic values and put them into action for the greater good of the community? Your stock contribution will help you live out your Catholic values and benefit your parish or school at the same time. For more information on making a gift please visit the diocesan website at www.sdcatholic.org and click on Giving Stock Donations at the top of the screen. Or, you may contact the Office for Stewrdship, Manny Aguilar: 858.490.8294 or call Daniel Pritchard at Merrill Lynch, the diocese s broker, at 760930.3122.
The Epiphany of the Lord, January 6, 2019 Page 6 TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Monday of this week is Christmas Day in Russia and in much of the Orthodox world. This curious difference in schedule has a lot to do with how calendars have been developed and changed over the years. In the year 45 Julius Ceasar gave the empire his Julian Calendar, with the winter solstice on January 6. This put an end to a system in which officials called pontiffs were able to tweak the calendar by adding extra days in as needed. He invented two new months at that time, December and January; and in order to correct the mess the pontiffs had made, forced a year of 445 days on the empire in what he named The Last Year of Confusion. The new months varied in number of days according to a complex schedule, but the calendar was still off by nearly twelve minutes a year, and lost a full day every 130 years. Pope Gregory XIII reformed the calendar in 1583, but not everyone appreciated his efforts. England held out for two hundred years. The year 1700 was a leap year in England, but not in France; they were eleven days apart! George Washington was really born on February 11; when the Gregorian calendar was finally adopted in the English colonies shortly before the Revolution, he had to move his birthday to February 22. Now the calendars are thirteen days apart, which accounts for Russia s Julian calendar Christmas. And Caesar thought he had brought confusion to an end! James Field, Copyright J. S. Paluch Co. SOCIAL SENIORS GROUP The Social Seniors group meets in the Parish Office Conference Room on the third Monday of each month at 11am. Refreshments, conversation and repartee. For more information, please call Pat Kramm at 619.469.3976 or 619.846.4157. CHARTER FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE To report suspected sexual misconduct or child abuse within our institutions and ministries, by a member of the clergy or by a parish or Catholic school employee or volunteer can be made by contacting Lisa Petronis @ 858.490.8353 or @ www.sdcatholic.org/en-us/ diocese/contactvictimsassistance.aspx. UPCOMING EVENTS IN THE DIOCESE 1. World Wide Marriage Encounter - Start the New Year off right and give your marriage a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend. Celebrate the love you have for your spouse and help build, expand, and deepen that relationship. Sign up for the upcoming January18-20 weekend at the Courtyard Marriott in Rancho Bernardo. Food and lodging are provided. There is a $75 fee and a voluntary donation requested at the end of the weekend. For many couples Their Weekend is one of the most significant experiences of their marriages. Sign up today in our website:www.wwme-sandiego.org. 2. Ascension s Parish Mission Mark your calendars for Ascension s Parish Mission on January 21-24, 2019, (11292 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., SD 92124). We are excited to have the Fathers of Mercy, again, leading our parish mission this coming year. For all those who joined us this past Lent, Father Joseph Aytona, CPM, led an especially powerful and fruitful event. We are blessed to have Father Joseph s brother, Father Jewel Aytona, CPM, scheduled to lead our next mission in January. The Fathers of Mercy are a Roman Catholic Congregation of Priests whose primary apostolate is preaching parish missions and retreats, with an emphasis on the Sacraments of the Holy Eucharist and Confession; and they have been doing it for over 100 years and are always outstanding. 3. San Diego Mission Centering Prayer meets every Monday evening from 7 to 815pm in the California Room of the St. Francis Center. Centering Prayer is a method of silent prayer in which we experience God s presence within us. This method of prayer is both a discipline and a relationship with God. The focus of this prayer is a deepening of our relationship with the Living Christ. If you are new to Centering Prayer, come 15 minutes early to learn the simple method of Centering Prayer. For more information please contact Ardy at 858.279.7278.
The Epiphany of the Lord, January 6, 2019 Page 7 Preparing students to become engaged citizens of the world St. Martin of Tours Academy ~Open House: January 31, 2019 @6:00pm~ In celebration of National Catholic Schools Week & Catholic Education, we would like to invite you to our Academy Open House. We ve planned a wonderful evening where you will experience first-hand our unique system of education, Workshop Way, in action. Classrooms will host students and parents participating in lessons and activities focusing on: Language Arts, Mathematics, Literature, Science and History & ELA Workshop. The theme, Catholic Schools: Learn. Serve. Lead. Succeed, highlights our focus on faith, development, academic excellence and dedication to our community. St. Martin of Tours Academy offers: Year-round Preschool, Full Day Kindergarten and 1 st through 8 th Grades. Please call our Academy office at (619) 466-3241 or email us at info51@stmartinacademy.org for more information or if you would like to arrange a personal tour. Academy and Preschool registration begins January 7, 2019 Celebrating 64 years of Quality Catholic Education in La Mesa Fully accredited by Western Catholic Education Association & Western Association of Schools & Colleges 7708 El Cajon Boulevard, La Mesa, CA 91942 (619) 466-3241, stmartinacademy.org
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