OUR MISSION: Sharing Faith, Celebrating Traditions, and Serving Each Other to the Praise and Glory of God. December 30, 2018 The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph www.hrsjcatholic.com Connect with us on social media.

www.hrsjcatholic.com (818)249-2008 WELCOME TO HOLY REDEEMER ST. JAMES CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SHARING FAITH, CELEBRATING TRADITIONS, AND SERVING EACH OTHER TO THE PRAISE AND GLORY OF GOD. Holy Redeemer Church 2411 Montrose Ave., Montrose, CA 91020 St. James the Less Church 4625 Dunsmore Ave., La Crescenta, CA 91214 Schedule of Masses Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:00 am at Holy Redeemer Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 8:00 am at St. James Saturday Vigil Mass 4:00 pm at Holy Redeemer Sunday Masses 8:30 am at St. James 10:00 am at Holy Redeemer 11:30 am at St. James 5:30 pm at Holy Redeemer Adoration and Sacrament of Reconciliation Wednesdays at St. James the Less Church from 8:00-9:00 pm. Sacrament of Reconciliation also by appointment. Holy Redeemer St. James Parish Office at Holy Redeemer Monday-Friday 9:00 am to 2:00 pm Monday-Thursday 4:00 8:00 pm 818-249-2008 / receptionist@hr-sj.org Website: www.hrsjcatholic.com St. James Holy Redeemer Catholic School 4635 Dunsmore Ave., La Crescenta, CA 91214 818-248-7778 Ordained Servants Rev. Edward Dover, Pastor Rev. George Brincat, Pastor Emeritus-Our Lady of Lourdes Deacon Joseph Hegenbart Servants of Music Ministry Amelia Acosta Andrea Anderson Michael Paul Leon Servants of Christian Formation Michael Paul Leon Susan Romero Trish Swords Servants of Administration Deirdre Cascelli Kathy McCauley Doug Sinning Laura Pulido Cathy Lee Sacrament of Baptism Baptisms are held on the First Sunday during the 10am Mass at HR Third Sunday during the11:30am Mass at SJ Please call the parish office for further information. Sacrament of First Communion Preparation for children who have attained the age of reason is arranged either through the Office of Religious Education or the parish school. This is a two-year program. Sacrament of Confirmation A two-year program for high school teens. Apply through the Life Teen office: hrsjlifeteen@gmail.com Sacrament of Matrimony Please contact the Parish Office upon engagement; at least six months is needed for preparation of this joyous sacrament! Holy Orders/Religious Orders Anyone interested in a religious life as a priest, deacon, or sister please contact Father Ed: fred@hr-sjcatholic.org. Anointing of the Sick Please feel free to call the parish office if you would like to have an Eucharistic home visit by one of our parish ministers of the sick. Communion for Sick and Homebound Parishioners Please call the parish offices if you would like to receive Communion we will make the arrangements with the Eucharistic Ministers to the Sick. If You Should Experience the Loss of a Loved One Please call the parish offices. If you feel you will be in need, or your loved one has passed, our Bereavement Ministers will assist in making arrangements with your chosen funeral directors and offer you helpful guidelines that will aid in the Liturgical planning of the Mass or Memorial Service. We know that this can be a tough time and we want you to know that your parish is there for you.

HOLY REDEEMER AND ST. JAMES CATHOLIC COMMUNITY Beloved, we are God s children now; what we shall be has not yet been revealed. 1 John 3:2a OUR PRAYERS FOR THE INTENTIONS OF Katherine Marshall, Joanne Schaak, Steven Wilson, Victoria Pangburn, Frank Callahan, Pat Nicholson, For the Healing of all Victims of Abuse, and for the People of Holy Redeemer and St. James Catholic Community. Please continue to lift each other up in prayer. FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED. Wanling Mary Wong and Frank Callahan May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. IN OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS Madeleine Doctors, Bill Ferguson, Michael Jackson, Alex & Teresa Kirkaldy, Larry Legind, Ron McLoud, Maria Hattick, Dolores Maggipinto, Vito Maggipinto, Omar Mullen, Beri Trestrail, Anthony Trujillo, Tommie Stopper, Richy Reivdas, Rimtautas Dabsys, Jorge Gonzalez, Emma Eday, Ray Lucero, Patricia Rios, William Kearns, Peter Riley, Thomas Gilliland, Ofelia Lopez, Pat Fitzgerald, Angeleta Tanedo, Curtis Cleven, Stella Looper, Emese Mohai, Sharon Le Berthon, Jim Le Berthon, Renee Meyerson, Beatriz Mejia, Bob Baldwin, Elizabeth Lewis, Margaret Gibbons, Miguelina Santiago, Janet Keene, Jim Maillard, Maryanne Moses, Catherine Yamarone, Mike Barnes, Patricia Ryan, Bob Spychalsky, & Chang Kim HOME IS WHERE THE FAMILY IS The idea, dream, and reality of family is so strong and durable that we use it to describe all that is best about human gatherings. We speak of the family of nations, of our church and parish families. The greatest compliment we can pay a friend or gracious host is to say that we feel at home with them, we feel part of the family. Families are the first crucibles in which love is tested and tempered. Jesus himself was one of three people who lived in the shadow of each other. This family, like our own, did not always get it right, but they always tried to. These three amateurs were on holiday, and one of them got lost. Two were worried sick and took great measures to find the third, a boy after all, who was seeking the meaning of his calling. He found his vocation to do his Father s work but he also returned home with his parents. Copyright J. S. Paluch Co. READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: 1 Jn 2:18-21; Ps 96:1-2, 11-13; Jn 1:1-18 Tuesday: Nm 6:22-27; Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8; Gal 4:4-7; Lk 2:16-21 Wednesday: 1 Jn 2:22-28; Ps 98:1-4; Jn 1:19-28 Thursday: 1 Jn 2:29 3:6; Ps 98:1, 3cd-6; Jn 1:29-34 Friday: 1 Jn 3:7-10; Ps 98:1, 7-9; Jn 1:35-42 Saturday: 1 Jn 3:11-21; Ps 100:1b-5; Jn 1:43-51 Sunday: Is 60:1-6; Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-13; Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6; Mt 2:1-12

SHARING FAITH, CELEBRATING TRADITIONS, AND SERVING EACH OTHER TO THE PRAISE AND GLORY OF GOD. ONGOING GATHERINGS Adult Bible Study Mondays at 9:30 am in HR Healy Hall Conference Center Holy Redeemer Pioneer Club meetings are on the 1st and 3rd Monday of the month at 11 am in HR Healy Hall. St. James New Beginnings meetings are on the 2nd and 4th Monday of the month at 11am in SJ Msgr. Barry Hall. Adult Bible Study Tuesdays at 9am meeting in SJ Parish Center Centering Prayer Mondays at 7:15pm meeting at the HR Dina Martin Ministry Center Teen Bible Study Tuesdays at 6:30pm meeting in SJ Parish Center The Divine Mercy Prayer Group Wednesdays at 9:30 am meeting in SJ Church For additional contact information, please contact the parish office 818-249-2008: receptionist@hr-sj.org. Everyone is welcome. BAPTISM + CONFIRMATION + EUCHARIST These are our Sacraments of Initiation into the Church. Have you been called to explore Catholicism? Join us on the journey! Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, or RCIA, is the process by which adults are initiated into the Catholic faith. Whether you have already been baptized, but have yet to receive First Eucharist or Confirmation, or you ve never been baptized, this is the place for you.. You are welcome to participate in the process with your questions, your insights and your faith story in a warm accepting setting. For information please contact Trish Swords at drehrsj@gmail.com TRULY EMBRACE THE GIFT OF CHRIST THIS CHRISTMAS. Join the Discovering Christ Series to deepen your awareness of Christ DISCOVERING CHRIST WEDNESDAY EVENINGS, 6:30PM: March 6, 13, 20, 27, April 3, 10, 17, retreat April 6 FOLLOWING CHRIST WEDNESDAY MORNING, 9AM: January 9, 16, 23, 30 February 6, 13, 20, retreat February 9 SUNDAY MORNING, 11:30AM: January 13, 20, 27, February 3, 10, 17, 24, retreat February 9 SHARING CHRIST WEDNESDAY MORNING, 9AM: April 3, 10, 17, May 1, 8, 15, retreat May 18, commissioning mass May 19, 10am HR SUNDAY MORNING, 11:30AM: March 24, 31, April 7, 14, 28, May 5, retreat May 18, commissioning mass May 19, 10am HR

HOLY REDEEMER AND ST. JAMES CATHOLIC COMMUNITY The Holy Redeemer Elevator Project Update By Tim Lewis Are you wondering why the Elevator Project is moving along rather slowly? If so, you are not alone! We continue to have our share of the inevitable construction delays. As of this writing, our main problem is electricity. Our elevator needs three-phase power and Southern California Edison tells us, among other things, that this requires the installation of a new power pole. The problem is that Edison is running way behind because of the boom in area construction projects that require some form of electricity. Our project is in their installation que and has been for some time. We are hoping to have power later this month. This is also holding up our hardscape work (concrete flooring, curbs, etc.) because of the need to avoid surprises regarding underground conduit location requirements. So, we all wait with great expectation and the hope that final construction will begin to move along soon. After we obtain power and the hardscape is finished, the Otis Elevator Company will arrive to do their part. Our new elevator will be their Hydro Fit model with features that include a new type of hydraulics and all LED lighting. The elevator will be office building size with a cab width of 6 5, a depth of 5 6 and a height of 7 9. Fortunately, the elevator building is essentially complete. You may have noticed the unusual trellis roofing. This product is called Polygal translucent double layer waterproof acrylic which lets in light without glare and insulates from heat especially nice for either hot or rainy days! Added to the list of recent surprises, we have learned that a more elaborate than expected elevator fire alarm system will be required by the State of California. Work on this upgrade is proceeding concurrent with all other construction. Fr. Ed and all of us working on this project had fervently hoped that our elevator would be working by Christmas but alas, it is not to be. What can be said is that at some point there will be a very helpful and magnificent elevator! Once again, our parish is exceedingly grateful to the blessed memory of our late parishioner (and Msgr. John Foley Legacy Society member) Loretta Faye Gordon for making all this possible with her generous legacy gift. If the Lord allows her to see what s happening down here, we feel certain she is cheering us on, delays and all! December 19, 2018

SHARING FAITH, CELEBRATING TRADITIONS, AND SERVING EACH OTHER TO THE PRAISE AND GLORY OF GOD.

HOLY REDEEMER AND ST. JAMES CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SAFEGUARD THE CHILDREN Did you know? Keep an eye on those Christmas candles. Twelve percent of home fires caused by candles will occur in December the combination of increased candle use and flammable decorations isn t a good one, especially if candles aren t used safely. Never leave candles burning in a room you are not in, or while you re sleeping. Clear the area before lighting a candle, making sure that the flame will be contained, that there s nothing flammable nearby, and that the candle is safely our of reach for children. If you have plans for a fire in your fireplace, check your chimney to make sure it s clean. TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Today s feast is new as feasts go, and it sets us this year in a very modern crisis. Amid conflicting schedules and commitments, a young man, testing the limits, has strayed from his parents and gone off to the big city. Mary and Joseph search frantically, only to find the child Jesus in the temple, conversing with the elders and scholars of the law, who are amazed at his wisdom. In the time of Jesus, the temple was the religious center of Jewish ritual. Outside of Jerusalem, people gathered in the synagogues, centers of learning, for daily prayer and study. Still, everyone longed to journey to the temple to participate in the offerings, and to fulfill certain obligations of the law that could only be done there. On this feast, we catch a glimpse of the family of Jesus: parents dealing with the normal stresses of raising a child, and yet completely grounded in the ways of faith and tradition. There has always been an appreciation in Christianity for the value of pilgrimage the journey to holy places that is a symbol of our life s journey to God, and a sense of connection to important events in our family history. During the Christmas season, many of us undertake pilgrimages to the family homestead for festival meals, to the parishes where we were formed in the faith, or perhaps even to a beautiful manger scene or festival of lights. There are few better days than this in our calendar for spending time with the family, especially on a short pilgrimage to a favorite place. Just make sure that no one gets left behind! James Field, Copyright J. S. Paluch Co. PARISH FELLOWSHIP Everyone is welcome in the gathering area where our parish family enjoys an atmosphere of friendship, community and belonging! Join us for Coffee and Donuts following the: 8:30am Sunday Mass (Proceeds to outreach ministries & programs) FAITH FORMATION DATES TO REMEMBER Families of Faith January 6th Whole Family Catechesis at 8:30 am Holy Redeemer Healy Hall January 13th Class Catechesis 9:45 am St James January 20th Class Catechesis 9:45 am St James January 27th 8:30 am Mass and Pancake Breakfast at St. James Edge Middle School Ministry Meeting at St. James Msgr. Barry Hall 6:30 to 8:00 pm January 7th January 21st Sealed 1 & 2 Meeting at St. James Msgr. Barry Hall January 20th Sealed 1 January 6th Sealed 2 Life Nights High School Youth Ministry Meeting at Holy Redeemer Msgr. Healy Hall Life Teen Mass at 5:30 pm (in the Church) Life Night 6:30 to 8:30 pm January 13th- Known 1 January 27th- Known 2 For more information about our Faith Formation programs, visit our website at www.hrsjcatholic.com 10:00am Sunday Mass First and Third Sunday of the month (Proceeds to Boy Scout Troop 317 scouting events)