WELCOME TO OUR LADY OF THE ASSUMPTION CHURCH SATURDAY, JANUARY 19 5:00pm Lizz Baca Baca Family SUNDAY, JANUARY 20 8:00am Dale & Arlene Fuller Portillo Family 9:30am Dottie Kolberg Liz & Brian Brennan 11:00am Deo Libre Luz Libre 7:30pm OLA Parishioners MONDAY, JANUARY 21 St. Agnes, Virgin and Martyr 8:00am Martha Bower Parker Family TUESDAY, JANUARY 22 8:00am Giuseppe Fiore Adams Family WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23 8:00am Fr. Nicholas Duggan Richard & Margaret Heintz THURSDAY, JANUARY 24 St. Francis de Sales, Bishop, Doctor of the Church 8:00am Souls in Purgatory Anonymous FRIDAY, JANUARY 25 The Conversion of St. Paul 8:00am Bob O Brien Adams Family SATURDAY, JANUARY 26 Saints Timothy and Titus, Bishops 5::00pm Byron Parker Darlene Befort Monday, January 21 Heb 5:1-10; Ps 110:1, 2, 3, 4; Mk 2:18-22 Tuesday, January 22 Heb 6:10-20; Ps 111:1-2, 4-5, 9 and 10c; Mk 2:23-28 Wednesday, January 23 Heb 7:1-3, 15-17; Ps 110:1, 2, 3, 4; Mk 3:1-6 Thursday, January 24 Heb 7:25 8:6; Ps 40:7-8a, 8b-9, 10, 17; Mk 3:7-12 Friday, January 25 Acts 22:3-16, 11 or Acts 9:1-22; Ps 117:1bc, 2; Mk 16:15-18 Saturday, January 26 2 Tm 1:1-8 or Ti 1:1-5; Ps 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 7-8a, 10; Mk 3:20-21 Sunday, January 27 Neh 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10; Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 15; 1 Cor 12:12-30 or 1 Cor 12:12-14, 27; Lk 1:1-4; 4:14-21 SATURDAY, JANUARY 19 Catholic Daughters Deanery Mtg. 9:00am, St. John s Family Meditation/Prayer Rtrt. 10:00am, Parish Hall Baptism Bayquen 10:00am, Church SUNDAY, JANUARY 20 Flame Group 10:30am, St. Paul s Room RCIA 11:00am, St. Anne s Room MONDAY, JANUARY 21 Parish Office Closed 8:30am, Office Christian Meditation 4:00pm, Church Sacramento Choral Practice 5:45pm, Church Catholic Journey Thrgh. Recovery 6:00pm, St. Paul s TUESDAY, JANUARY 22 Young Rembrandt s Art Prgrm. 3:00pm, St. Paul s Baptism Prep. 6:45pm, St. Paul s/st. Anne s Knights of Columbus Planning Mtg. 7:00pm, St. John s WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23 Legion of Mary Meeting 8:45am, St. Paul s Room Youth Music Ministry Rehearsal 6:00pm, Church OLA Strategic Planning Mtg. 6:30pm, St. Paul s Room Adult Music Ministry Rehearsal 7:00pm, Church THURSDAY, JANUARY 24 Girl Scouts Troop 103 Meeting 6:30pm, St. John s Hall Living the Word 7:00pm, St. Paul s Room FRIDAY, JANUARY 25 Grandparents Day Mass 10:50am, Church Country Fair All Chairs Mtg. 6:30pm, St. John s Hall SATURDAY, JANUARY 26 Little Dribblers 8:00am, Parish Hall
OFFERING Week of January 13 Weekend Offertory: $10,011.69 Electronic Giving: $ 4,793.32 Total: $14,805.01 Christmas Collection $32,408.51 Average Weekly Budget Amount: $ 12,500.00 To each individual the manifestation of the Spirit is given for some benefit. (1 Corinthians 12:7) St. Paul tells us that God has blessed each of us for a reason. How has God blessed you? Are you using your gifts according to God s plan? How are you helping to build God s kingdom here on earth? Remember that if you don t do the work God planned for you, no one else can do it. Live the life God has intended for you, feel His love, peace and joy! INQUIRE NOW ABOUT OUR OLA MINISTRIES! Additional Information can be found at www.olaparish.net, ministrycoordinator@olaparish.net or 481-5115. Training provided. Altar Servers light candles, hold the books, and handle the vessels, etc. so that the celebrant can focus on leading the assembly in prayer. Servers Girls and boys, 5th grade and older, are invited to participate. Bereavement Committee Members provide caring support to those who have lost loved ones while assisting with funeral planning. Please call the parish office if you are in need of their services. Building and Grounds Committee coordinates the regular maintenance and improvement of the parish buildings and grounds. Catholic Daughters of America strive to be helping hands where there is pain, poverty, sorrow or sickness. Eucharistic Homebound Ministers bring homebound parishioners Eucharist to their homes or care facilities. Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion assist in the distribution of Holy Communion. Men and women (16yrs and older) must be fully initiated Catholics to participate. Faith Formation for Children volunteers teach the Catholic Faith to our parish children once a week. STEWARDSHIP Family Promise Ministry provides fellowship and healthy meals to homeless families with children. Permanent housing is the ultimate goal, along with developing the self-sufficiency needed to sustain them. The Parish Finance Council is a consultative body of lay parishioners who advise the Pastor in matters pertaining to the financial affairs of the parish. Habitat for Humanity volunteers provide time and talent to build homes for families in need. Habitat's affordable, no-profit house payments free up money for food, child care, medicine and other necessities. The Knights of Columbus is a Catholic Family Fraternal Service Organization, which assists the Church and communities in the Arden Carmichael areas. Lectors are lay ministers who read from the Lectionary at Mass or other liturgical celebrations. Men and women who are fully initiated Catholics are invited to participate as lectors. The Legion of Mary is an international evangelical organization dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. They bring Eucharist each week to individual homebound persons and care facilities in the area, as well as facilitating a Mass once a month at each of those facilities. The Liturgy Committee under the direction of the Pastor, sets goals, direction and principles for the liturgical life of the parish, assesses the needs of the worshipping assembly, trains competent liturgical ministers, and implements directives from the universal Church and the diocesan church. The Environment Committee liturgically adorns the inside of the church. Greeters receive the community and welcome them to our Faith Family. Ushers help worshipers find seats, take up the collection, coordinate the presentation of the gifts and give visitors necessary information. Martha & Mary Gathering is open to all parish ladies. They meet for fellowship, spiritual growth, and to assist with parishioner funeral receptions. Matthew 25 Ministries does not require meetings simply bring old prescription bottles to church for shipment to third world countries! Music Ministers offer their gifts by singing or playing an instrument in our adult and youth choirs. Offertory Counters are volunteer teams who count the offertory collections. The Pastoral Council is a pastoral consultative body which strives to discern the movement of the Holy Spirit among God s people in the parish. It gives its help to the Pastor in fostering pastoral activity. P.E.R.T. (People Enjoying Retirement Together) promotes the spirit of friendship while providing opportunities for programs and activities to enhance the temporal and spiritual life of their later years. Social Committee promotes parish unity through the planning and execution of social events like our community dinners. St. Vincent de Paul Society (SVdP) OLA Conference is a group of Catholic lay persons who respond to the needs of the poor living within the OLA parish boundaries through the twice-weekly on-site food locker and temporary assistance with rent, utilities, clothing, etc.
OLA SCHOOL NEWS Important Admission Dates for 2019/2020 Our Lady of the Assumption Preschool Eighth Grade Open House January 27, 2019 Mass begins at 9:30 a.m. Classrooms are open from 10:30 a.m. to noon. Meetings are held in the Youth Room (Seton Hall) Grades 7 & 8: Wednesdays, 7:00pm-8:30pm Grades 9-12: OLA s Life Teen Mass every Sunday at 11am followed by group meeting from 12-1:30pm For more information about Youth Groups, please contact OLA s Youth Minister, Johann Rubia-Miller at (916) 481-5115 or Email: youth@olaparish.net Encounter Eucharistic Adoration & Fellowship 1st Thursday of every month 7:00 to 8:00pm in the Chapel For more information, contact Malcolm MacDonald at mmacdonald.ardeanery@gmail.com The greatest love story of all time is contained in a tiny white Host." -Ven. Fulton J. Sheen. FUTURE EVENTS 7TH ANNUAL OLA CRAB FEED *BENEFITTING THE 8TH GRADE CLASS TRIP* Saturday, February 23, 2019 OLA Parish Hall 6:30pm (Doors open at 5:00pm) Please join us for an all you can eat antipasto, salad, bread, pasta and tasty crab! Live/Silent & Dessert Auction Tickets Tickets available in the school office or by email at $60.00 per olacrabfeed@olaparish.net person
Catechesis on the Lord s Prayer General Audience Wednesday, 9 January 2019 O n the Our Father ; we see Jesus as a prayerful man. Jesus prays. In Luke s narrative, for example, the episode of the Transfiguration springs from a moment of prayer. It says this: And as he was praying, the appearance of his countenance was altered, and his raiment became dazzling white (9:29). But each step in Jesus life is as if gently propelled by the breath of the Holy Spirit who guides him in every action. Jesus prays in the baptism on the Jordan; he dialogues with the Father before taking the most important decisions; he often withdraws in solitude to pray; he intercedes for Peter who will soon deny him. He says: Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you that he might sift you like wheat, but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail (22:31-32). This is comforting: to know that Jesus prays for us, prays for me, for each one of us so that our faith will not fail. And this is true. But Father, does he still do so? He still does so before the Father. Jesus prays for me. Each one of us can say so. And we can also say to Jesus: You are praying for me; continue to pray because I am in need of it. In this way: courageous. Even the Messiah s death is immersed in a climate of prayer, such that the hours of the Passion seem characterized by a surprising calm: Jesus consoles the women, prays for his crucifiers, promises heaven to the good thief and he breathes his last breath, saying: Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit! (23:46). Jesus prayer seems to allay the most violent emotions, the desire for vendetta and revenge; it reconciles man with his fierce enemy, reconciles man with this enemy, which is death. It is also in the Gospel of Luke that we find the request, expressed by one of the disciples, to be able to be taught to pray by Jesus himself: And it says this: Lord, teach us to pray (11:1). They saw him praying. Teach us we too can say to the Lord Lord, you are praying for me, I know, but teach me how to pray so that I too can pray. This request, Lord, teach us to pray generates a rather lengthy lesson, through which Jesus explains to his followers with which words and which sentiments they must address God. The first part of this lesson is precisely the Our Father. Pray thus: Father, Who art in Heaven. Father : that word which is so beautiful to say. We can always remain in prayer with that word alone: Father. And to feel that we have a father: not a master, nor a step-father. No: a father. A Christian addresses God first of all by calling Him Father. Marian Reflection Listen: From Mary we learn to surrender to God's Will in all things. From Mary we learn to trust even when all hope seems gone. From Mary we learn to love Christ her Son and the Son of God. ~Pope St. John Paul II Ponder: Do I surrender to God like Mary? Do I trust God remains with me always? Do I love fully? If not, where do I turn to grow as a Christian disciple? Respond: Father, help me to follow you as perfectly as Mary. In Greek, a common language of the New Testament writers, the word for father translates as nourisher, protector, or upholder. Questions of the Week Theme: Grace is God s free gift to us. Breaking Open the Word Suggested text for faith sharing: Today s Gospel Step One: Listen to the Word As you hear this reading, what words or phrases strike you? What in this reading touches your heart? What lingers in your memory? Step Two: Look into Your Life Question for Children: What is one special gift that God has given to you to share with your friends or classmates? Question for Youth: Jesus got his start in ministry through the urging of his mother. Who urges you to pray, go to Church, and do good works? Question for Adults: God fills each of us with grace (miracles) and gifts, what is one grace (miracle) or gift that you have shared with your family?
LIVE, LEARN &ENJOY YOUR FAITH Walk for Life West Coast 2019 January 26, 2019 Join fellow Catholics and Pro Lifers from all over California and beyond as we stand up for the littlest among us at the 15th Annual Walk for Life West Coast in San Francisco on January 26, 2019. There will be Mass at 9:30AM celebrated by Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone at St. Mary s Cathedral. The rally begins at 12:30PM in San Francisco s Civic Center Plaza, and the Walk, down the city s Market Street, begins at 1:30PM. Last year s Walk drew 50,000+people. For complete information about the Walk, visit www.walkforlifewc.com or call 415 6581793. You are cordially invited to Wellspring Women s Center s 5th annual TASTE OF HOPE Thursday, April 4, 2019 6:00 pm 8:30 pm Sacramento Association of Realtors Mack Powell Event Center 2003 Howe Avenue Sacramento, CA 95825 DIOCESAN EVENTS PRO LIFE MASS. On Tuesday, January 22, 2019 at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament a special Mass will be celebrated at 12:10 pm in solemn recognition of the anniversary of the infamous 1973 Roe v. Wade decision which mandated that abortion be legal throughout our country. All priests are invited to concelebrate and all Catholics and others of good will are encouraged to attend. For more information call the diocesan respect life office at 916-733-0133. CAMP PENDOLA. Camp Pendola registration is now open! The official summer camp of the Diocese of Sacramento, will be celebrating 59 years of serving children and youth ages 6 to 17. Camp Pendola exists to build lasting relationships, form servant leaders, and teach stewardship of God s creation through Christian community living in the outdoors. For more information and to register, check our web site www.pendola.org or call at 916-733-0123. Job Openings for the Diocese of Sacramento Pastoral Center Have you ever considered working for the Diocese of Sacramento? The Diocese of Sacramento is a place where you are able to grow your faith while serving the ministry and mission of the Bishop of Sacramento. As Catholics, we believe that all persons are called by God to contribute to the sanctification and transformation of the world, by fulfilling their own particular duties in the spirit of the Gospel and Christian discipleship. Listed below are openings that are currently seeking to be filled by our practicing Catholics. Administrative Assistant - Office of the Bishop, Sacramento Administrative Assistant - Office of Clergy Formation, Sacramento. Director - Newman Catholic Center, Davis Director - Newman Catholic Center, Sacramento Regional Director/Associate Superintendent/ WCEA Elementary & Secondary Commissioner - Catholic School Department, Sacramento To apply for a position, please email a short cover letter, resume, and application to personnel@scd.org Positions are open until filled. For more information and complete job descriptions, visit www.scd.org/employment. To receive parish updates in your email, please contact Shannon Langer with your email address at ministrycoordinator@olaparish.net
OUR PARISH Christ, Our Savior In today s Gospel, St John tells us the events that happened in Cana when Christ and His Mother had been invited to a wedding. Mary, out of compassion and in Faith, told Jesus that they had run out of wine. She told the waiters to do whatever He said which showed great faith and teaches us that Mary was always open to God s will and had true faith. Jesus revealed His Glory by changing water into wine. That helped to save the day, and the couple, from embarrassment. But it is much more than that. Jesus is proclaiming that He came to make all things better, to transform all things by a new covenant of Grace. New Parish App Coming Soon! DISTRIBUTION OF HOLY COMMUNION The Office of Worship has asked us to inform all parishioners that they are monitoring the California Department of Public Health s website for flu precautions. Bishop Soto may consider suspending reception of the Blessed Sacrament via the chalice if/ when the report shows that the influenza-like illnesses exceed the epidemic threshold. We have not reached that level yet. In the meantime, everyone should take care and be prudent about receiving the Blood of Christ and making contact with others during the sign of peace. Thank you! In the coming weeks Our Lady of the Assumption will launch our own app for iphone and Android smart phones. This will allow us to better communicate with you throughout the week and keep you updated with relevant parish news or updates. The app is very well designed and very intuitive. It will be a great resource for parishioners by providing daily Mass readings, Catholic news and prayers, convenient prayer and Confession reminders, our bulletins and more. We hope for our new app to be a tool for fostering stronger parish life at Our Lady of the Assumption and better engaging the New Evangelization. WE WARMLY AND PRAYERFULY WELCOME OUR NEW PARISHIONERS! Mr. & Mrs. Kellen Sinclair & Family Mr. Bill Bramer Mr. & Mrs. Peter Foucault Ms. Sherri Radosevich Welcome one another, then, as Christ welcomed you, for the glory of God. (Romans 15:7) Altar Server Appreciation Bowling & Pizza Party February 1st 6-8pm Country Club Lanes RSVP ross1671@sbcglobal.net Bulletin Preparation We are looking for an industrious person who can help with bulletin preparation! Our bulletin is designed through Publisher, so a working knowledge of Publisher would be good. You would work in conjunction with another person who takes care of the calendar and Masses and with our secretary, Shannon Langer. Please call or email Shannon for further information. Shannon can be reached at 916481-5115 ext. 223 or ministrycoordinator@olaparish.net.