SAINT MARTIN OF TOURS CATHOLIC CHURCH 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-Friday COMMUNION SERVICE 8:30 AM Saturday CONFESSIONS: 3:30 PM 4:30PM Saturdays or by appointment HOLY DAYS: As Announced SAINT MARTIN ACADEMY: Principal: Antoinette Dimuzio 619.466.3241 Preschool to 8th Grade We invite you to be a Sharing Member Register, Participate and Share your Gifts and Talents. 7710 El Cajon Blvd., La Mesa, CA 91942 www.stmartinoftoursparish.org PH 619-465-5334 FAX 619-465-7297 Email Address: info@saintmartinoftours.cc
From the Desk of Our Pastor... Dear Sisters and Brothers, I must confess I had a drug history. But before you call the bishop, please read the story below given to me by a fellow priest who also had a drug history: Someone asked, Why didn t we have a drug problem when you and I were growing up? I replied, I had a drug problem when I was young: I was drug to church on Sunday morning. I was drug to church for weddings and funerals. I was drug to family reunions and community socials no matter the weather. I was drug by my ears when I was disrespectful to adults. I was also drug to the woodshed when I disobeyed my parents, told a lie, brought home a bad report card, did not speak with respect, spoke ill of the teacher or the preacher, or if I didn t put forth my best effort in everything that was asked of me. I was drug to the homes of family, friends, and neighbors to help out some poor soul who had no one to mow the yard, repair the clothesline, or chop some firewood; and, if my mother had ever known that I took a single dime as a tip for this kindness, she would have drug me back to the woodshed. Those drugs are still in my veins and they affect my behavior in everything I do, say, or think. They are stronger than cocaine, crack, or heroin; and, if today s children had this kind of drug problem, America would be a much better place. May God bless the parents who drugged us! Fr. Chris TODAY S READINGS First Reading -- We are the clay and you, O LORD, are the potter: we are the work of your hands (Isaiah 63:16b-19b; 64:2-7). Psalm -- Lord, make us turn to you; let us see your face and we shall be saved (Psalm 80). Second Reading -- God is faithful; by God you were called to fellowship with the Son (1 Corinthians 1:3-9) Gospel -- Be watchful! Be alert! You do not know when the time will come. (Mark 13:33-37). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass (c) 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved. READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Is 2:1-5; Ps 122; Mt 8:5-11 Tuesday: Is 11:1-10; Ps 72; Lk 10:21-24 Wednesday: Is 25:6-10; Ps 23; Mt 15:29-37 Thursday: Is 26:1-6; Ps 118; Mt 7:21, 24-27 Friday: Gn 3:9-20; Ps 98; Eph 1:3-12; Lk 1:26-38 Saturday: Is 30:19-26; Ps 147; Mt 9:35 -- 10:1-8 Sunday: Is 40:1-11; Ps 85; 2 Pt 3:8-14; Mk 1:1-8 Be watchful! Be Alert! You do not know when the time will come. Mark 13:33 NEW LIFE IN OUR PARISH Aurora Sexton, daughter of Alexander E. Sexton and Angeleah Johnson, was baptized on December 2, 2017. We lovingly welcome this newest member into our parish family. INMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE VIRGIN MARY On Thursday, December 8, we celebrate the feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary. It is a Holy Day of Obligation. Let us rejoice in the Lord and celebrate the feast in honor of the Virgin Mary in whose conception the angels rejoice and give praise to the Son of God. Masses will be on Thursday, December 8 @ 830am & 700pm ADVENT PENANCE LITURGY Our Parish Penance Service will be on Monday, December 11 at 7pm. There will be 12 priests that evening to assist Fr. Chris with the Service. Please make every effort to attend. Page 2
Dec 10 Dec 17 Jan 7 Jan 14 Jan 21 FAITH FORMATION FOR CHILDREN: Registration for Faith Formation from preschool, age 4 to 11 years and Sacramental preparation for First Eucharist and Reconciliation is ongoing. 9am Family Mass 1015am First Eucharist Sacramental Preparation in Parish Hall For more information, please contact Christine Davis, Religious Education Coordinator, at chris@saintmartinoftours.cc or 619.698.8434 REGISTRATION FOR JUNIOR HIGH & HIGH SCHOOL FAITH FORMATION & CONFIRMATION PREPARATION: to register download forms at: www.stmartinoftoursparish.org HIGH SCHOOL FAITH FORMATION Sun, Dec 3 5-630pm Youth Mass Sun, Dec 3 630-8pm Youth Group Session Sun, Dec 10 630-8pm Youth Group Session Mon, Dec 11 5-730pm Pasta & Penance Fundraiser Sun, Jan 7 630-8pm Youth Group Session JR. HIGH SCHOOL FAITH FORMATION Mon, Dec 4 630-745pm Youth Group Session Tue, Dec 5 6-7pm Christmas Caroling @ Good Samaritan Mon, Dec 11 5-730pm Pasta & Penance Fundraiser Fri, Jan 5 730-9pm Lazer Tag/In & Out Burger Fri, Jan 12 630-8pm Escape to OLG Youth Room Mon, Jan 22 630-745pm Youth Group Session For more informa on go to stmar no oursyouth@gmail.com or call Susan Skinner, Youth Minister, at 619.698.3180 RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS (RCIA) INQUIRY SESSIONS: We would like to extend an invita on to everyone interested in learning more about the Catholic Faith, to join us on most Tuesday evenings at 7pm in the Parish Office Conference Room. Our next session is on Tuesday, December 5 at 7pm. If you are considering to become Catholic, or are bap zed and are inquiring about the Sacraments of First Communion and Confirma on, or just want to learn more about your Catholic faith, please come and see what we have to offer. The topic will be: Anointing/Penance! For more informa on, please contact Chris ne Davis, Coordinator, at 619.698-8434 or chris@saintmar no ours.cc `tç à{x áéâäá Éy à{x yt à{yâä wxñtüàxw? à{üéâz{ à{x ÅxÜvç Éy ZÉw? Üxáà Ç cxtvxa TÅxÇ Please pray for the Repose of the Soul of Richard F. Klock, who passed away on November 12. The Funeral Mass was celebrated at Saint Martin of Tours on Saturday, December 2 at 930am. Our hearts and prayers go to his dear children and grandchildren. Please pray for the Repose of the Soul of Manuel Manny S. Melendez, who passed away on November 26. The Rosary is scheduled for Tuesday, December 5, 2017 at 10am, followed by Funeral Mass at 1030am at Saint Martin of Tours. Our hearts and prayers go to his dear children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Please pray for the Repose of the Soul of Daniel Carmen Vasquez, who passed away on November 3. The Rosary is scheduled for Saturday, December 9, 2017 at 10am, followed by Funeral Mass at 1030am at Saint Martin of Tours. Our hearts and prayers go to his children and grandchildren. Page 3
RETIREMENT FUND FOR RELIGIOUS Help care for elders. Thanks to support from the Retirement Fund for Religious, we are now in a much better position to care for our elders, writes a religious sister. Your donation helps her religious community and hundreds of others provide for aging members and plan for long term needs. Please give to next week s Retirement Fund for Religious collection. CHRISTMAS EVE FAMILY MASS Please help us celebrate the Christmas Eve Family Mass at 430pm on Sunday, December 24. We are looking for children in 2nd Grade or older to form a Children s Choir. Rehearsals will be on Sunday, December 10 & 17 at 330pm in the Church. For more information, please call Chris Davis at 698.8434. POINSETTIAS FOR CHRISTMAS If you would like to have a poinsettia placed at the altar for Christmas in memory of or in honor of a family member or friend, complete this form or use the envelope sent with your Sunday collection envelopes and return it to the parish office by Friday, December 15. Poinsettias are $15 each. We have ordered 170 and will receive offerings until they are sold out. Name of donor: In Memory of: or In Honor of: DECORATING THE CHURCH FOR CHRISTMAS Saint Martin s Environment Ministry is in need of help to decorate for the Christmas Season on Friday, December 15 at 5pm and on Monday, December 18 at 430pm to hang ornaments on the tree, putting up banners and candle bowls, hanging up wreaths, etc. For more information, please call Connie Saverino at 921.3413. CLERGY Fr. Chris Kintanar, Pastor Email: frchrisk@gmail.com Deacon Allen Rosker Rev. Danilo Valdepeñas, In Residence Rev. Pedro Rivera, In Residence SACRAMENTS & MINISTRIES ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT: 7pm first Friday of the month in the Holy Spirit Chapel. Closes with Benediction at 830pm. FAITH FORMATION: Coordinator: Christine Davis 619.698.8434 or chris@saintmartinoftours.cc Ages 4-12 - 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 MUSIC MINISTRY: Sat. 5pm Evening Choir, Dennis Sable Sun. 9am Contemporary Choir, Frances Cavanaugh Sun. 11am Traditional Choir, Frances Cavanaugh Sun. 5pm Evening Choir, Dennis Sable WEDDINGS: Call for information - 619.465.5334 BINGO: Every Wednesday at 630pm in both halls COMMUNITY GARDEN; Diane Hartley 619.726.7618 KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS; Bill McClurg - 619.961.7063 SENIOR SINGLES GROUP: Third Monday at 10am in Barry Hall: Pat Kramm 619.469.3976 SOCIAL JUSTICE MINISTRY: Flora Funk 619.957.4388 WOMEN S CLUB: First Thursday @1030am in Barry Hall Www.stmartinoftoursparish.org/womens.html or Pat Kramm - 619.469.3976 WOMEN OF FAITH; First Thursday at 6:30pm in Parish Hall-Meeting Room: Monica Dietsch - 619.469.1256 Page 4
Saturday Sunday DECEMBER 3 10 500 PM Guillermo Kcomt 700 AM Teresa Tong & Mary Chow-Blessings 900 AM Christopher Padilla 1100 AM Joanne Boyle 500 PM Mass for the People Monday 830 AM Marie Johan Tuesday 830 AM John Rodosevich Wednesday 830 AM George Hanchett Thursday 830 AM Gregg Redondo 700 PM Pasela Dean Friday 830 AM John Ryan Saturday Sunday 500 PM Mass for the People 700 AM James & Madeline Carlin 900 AM Rolf Cuthberson 1100 AM Frances Cavanaugh-B-day 500 PM Sally Purse, Ramona Soto, Jesse Buso Sr., Jesse Buso Jr. PRAY FOR THE NEEDS AND INTENTIONS OF: Allen Stanley, Joan Glunt, Trey Sieradski, Ralph Hernandez, Frank Lizzo, Lee Gutgesell, Michele Heinzel, Monica Dietsch, David Doane, Barbara Tilley, Alan Collins, Jean & Bob Keating, David Alan Zurline, Diane Bacon, David Stapleton, Bob McEwen, Marilyn McEwen, Bob Moeller, Carol Bessone, Stephanie Butcher, Joanne Silva, Tom Flahive, Carole Quinn, Bruce Reed, Doug Reed, Ted Curry, Bob & Jeannine Mitchell... may they find joy in the healing love of Christ. Please do not visit the above parishioners without the express permission of the family. Names will appear in the prayer list for four weeks, unless notified that the person is still in need of prayers. To add or delete names on the list, please call the parish office at 619.465.5334 or email the office: info@saintmartinoftours.cc. SAINT MARTIN S CHRISTMAS CONCERT All are welcome to attend the Saint Martin s Christmas Concert with Soloist, Joshua Cavanaugh and Pianist, Gail Kerna on Saturday, December 16 at 630pm, after 5pm Mass, in the Church. Please support this event. A good will offering for the Church will be accepted. Be Watchful! Be Alert! You do not know when the time will come. Mark 13:33 As each has received a gift, employ it for one another as good stewards of God s varied grace. 1 Peter 4:10 SUNDAY S COLLECTION November 18/19, 2017 November 25/26, 2017 Total Plate Collection: $ 4,290.75 $ 3,457.93 Total Envelope Collection: $ 9,361.76 $10,850.88 TOTAL SUNDAY COLLECTION: $13,652.51 $15,177.60 Thanksgiving Day Collection $ 969.20 Average Weekly Expenses: $17,044.18 $15,276.24 May God bless and reward you for your continued support to our Parish. Page 5
GOD HAS A DIFFERENT PLAN We begin the season of Advent with a heartfelt call for our own repentance. We remember God's faithful love for us, and call upon God to help us to turn back. For "behold, you are angry, and we are sinful" (Isaiah 64:4). In the first reading and in the psalm, we recall God's promises and lament our unfaithfulness and our guilt. We call upon God's might and power in order to save us. With Isaiah, we ask God to "rend the heavens and come down, / with the mountains quaking before you" (Isaiah 63:19). Yes, God is faithful to us, because we are the work of God's hands. God is the potter, we are the clay. And yet, our concept of how God will come to save us is rooted in our own expectations of a warrior God who crushes mountains and thunders into our lives with great noise and glory. But God has a different plan: the Incarnation. Copyright (c) J. S. Paluch Co., Inc. All women of the parish are invited to their monthly meeting, Hospitality is the theme for their Holiday Potluck on Thursday, December 7 in Barry Hall, please plan to wear something red for the Christmas photo. Rosary at 1030am, meeting at 11am to go over: the Craft and Goods Fair and the See s Candy venture. Lunch at 12noon. FYI: Twenty two card parties and five antique/collectible shows were held in the past. On we go working smarter, not harder. Again, many thanks to parishioners and all who made the Craft & Goods Fair a success. For more information please call Pat Kramm at 469.3976. Also, visit us on the parish website at: www.stmartinoftoursparish.org/womens.html. THE WOMEN OF FAITH MINISTRY welcomes all women of the parish to their meeting on Thursday, December 7 at 630pm in the Parish Hall Meeting Room. Join us and share fellowship with women of the parish. If you have any questions or would like more information, please call Mary Margaret Kissel at 619.698.4845 Page 6 BOY SCOUTS TROOP 51 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF SCOUTING AT SAINT MARTIN OF TOURS Join us, as we celebrate 70 years of Scouting at Saint Marin of Tours, with a Breakfast in Barry Hall, after the 7 and 9am Sunday Masses on December 10. Enjoy great food and fellowship! The breakfast includes pancakes, scrambled eggs, bacon & sausage, juice, milk, tea and coffee. THEY ARE HERE! Christmas Cards and car magnet signs are available from the Knights of Columbus after all Sunday Masses, through the Advent Season, while supplies last. Donations are welcome. English and Spanish versions will be available.
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