HOLY SPIRIT CATHOLIC CHURCH 17270 Ward Street, Fountain Valley, CA 92708 DECEMBER 14, 2014 3RD SUNDAY OF ADVENT Mission Statement PARISH CENTER We, the Parish Community of Holy Spirit Catholic Church, are a family of many cultural backgrounds. Our mission is to enrich the spiritual life of all parishioners, through the active participation in prayer and the sacraments, promoting opportunities to grow in faith and hope, and providing a place to come together in the love of God and neighbor. We are committed to the needs of our parishioners and to reach beyond to serve the needs of others. We are called by the Spirit to witness the forgiving, healing and saving presence of Jesus as one Church and one people. PHONE: 714-963-1811 FAX: 714-968-1775 PARISH CENTER WEBSITE/E-MAIL: (Adopted January 12, 2006) www.holyspiritfv.org office@hsccfv.org www.facebook.com/holyspiritfv OFFICE HOURS: Monday Friday: 9:00 AM 5:00 PM Saturday: 10:00 AM 2:00 PM PASTOR: Reverend Monsignor Tuan Joseph Pham, JCL WEEKLY MASS SCHEDULE Reverend Dan Wilder Reverend Joseph Duc Hoang, STL SATURDAY VIGIL MASSES PAROCHIAL VICARS: DEACONS: Deacon Phil Goodman Deacon Paul Manh Van Mai Deacon Rigoberto Maldonado FAITH FORMATION faithformation@hsccfv.org Sr. Cecilia Trang Pham, LHC, Director 714-963-7871 Roz Esh English 714-963-7871 Sr. Van Yen Nguyen, LHC-Vietnamese 714-964-8767 RCIA Roz Esh English 714-654-6810 Deacon Manh Mai Vietnamese 714-457-4701 ADULT CONFIRMATION Richard Radecki English 714-531-8088 Sr. Cecilia Trang Pham, LHC Vietnamese 714-963-7871 YOUTH MINISTRY www. Holyspiritcyf.com Catherine Ord, Director 714-350-5707 SACRAMENT of BAPTISM For Baptism preparation classes contact the Parish Office. SACRAMENT of MARRIAGE Contact the Parish Office at least six months prior to proposed wedding date. SACRAMENT of ANOINTING of the SICK In case of serious illness or emergency, please call the Parish Office as soon as possible. HIS HANDS CHRISTIAN SERVICE PHONE: 714-968-2111 17101 Ward St., Fountain Valley, CA. 92708 Monday-Thursday: 9:00 AM 11:00 AM Friday: Closed 5:00 PM 6:30 PM 8:00 PM SPANISH SUNDAY MASSES 7:30 AM 9:00 AM 10:30 AM 12 NOON 1:30 PM 3:15 PM 5:00 PM 6:30 PM (Youth Mass) DAILY MASSES 6:30 AM 9:00 AM 7:00 PM (Mon.-Fri.) (Mon.-Sat.) (Friday) CONFESSIONS SATURDAYS 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Or By Appointment EUCHARISTIC ADORATION 4th of each month after the 9:00 AM Mass Monday-Friday: 7:00 9:00 AM & every Friday @ 9:30 AM ending with Benediction at 8:45 AM Saturday
Page 2 Sunday, November 30 Offering Gifts from Envelopes $ 14,283.50 Gifts of Cash & Checks $ 6,402.29 Online Giving $ 2,193.00 Total Offertory $ 22,878.79 Total Budgeted $ 20,000.00 Families PSA Pledges 852 PSA Pledges Amount $ 232,761.65 TODAY S READINGS First Reading As a garden makes its growth spring up, so will God make justice spring up before all the nations (Isaiah 61:1-2a, 10-11). Psalm My soul rejoices in my God (Luke 1:46-50, 53-54). Second Reading Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise prophetic utterances. Test everything; retain what is good (1 Thessalonians 5:16-24). Gospel I am the voice of one crying out in the desert, make straight the way of the Lord (John 1:6-8, 19-28). READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Nm 24:2-7, 15-17a; Ps 25:4-5ab, 6, 7bc-9; Mt 21:23-27 Tuesday: Zep 3:1-2, 9-13; Ps 34:2-3, 6-7, 17-18, 19, 23; Mt 21:28-32 Wednesday: Gn 49:2, 8-10; Ps 72:1-4ab, 7-8, 17; Mt 1:1-17 Thursday: Jer 23:5-8; Ps 72:1-2, 12-13, 18-19; Mt 1:18-25 Friday: Jgs 13:2-7, 24-25a; Ps 71:3-4a, 5-6ab, 16-17; Lk 1:5-25 Saturday: Is 7:10-14; Ps 24:1-4ab, 5-6; Lk 1:26-38 Sunday: 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16; Ps 89:2-5, 27, 29; Rom 16:25-27; Lk 1:26-38 CHRISTMAS 2014 SCHEDULE OF MASSES CHRISTMAS EVE, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24 4:00 PM (English) Children s Mass Church 4:00 PM (English) Hall 6:00 PM (English) Church 6:00 PM (English/Spanish) Hall 8:00 PM (Vietnamese) 11:00 PM (English) CHRISTMAS DAY, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25 7:30 AM, 9:00 AM, 10:30 AM,12 Noon (all in English) 1:30 PM (Church/Hall) & 3:00 PM (Vietnamese). No 5:00 PM Mass. Thoughts for the Week MASS INTENTIONS Dec. 15 6:30am Amanda Mendieta Fay Divenuto Dominic Vu Rose Amato Paul Han Tran Jean Doherty 9:00am Maria Magdalena Nguyen Dec. 16 6:30am Michael Zaldo 9:00am Joseph Vieillemaringe Dec. 17 6:30am Amanda Mendieta 9:00am Elsa Ozibko Dec. 18 6:30am Ginger Grace Hughes & Family Ms. Susie Martinez William Gates & Family 9:00am Ana Yen Vu & Dominic Tieng Nguyen Dec. 19 6:30am Paz Maguddayao 9:00am Anton Klein Dec. 20 9:00am Michael Mitchell 5:00pm John F. & Milly Arnold 6:30pm Maclobio Aranda Dec. 21 7:30am Pro Populo 9:00am Michele McManus 10:30am Jacob Thap Nguyen Maria Kim Vo Therese Ngan Nguyen 12:00pm Donald & Lee Carothers 5:00pm Joseph Michael Hung Su ( Rest in Peace) PENANCE LITURGIES & CONFESSIONS (Includes Individual Confessions) Monday, December 15 7:00 PM Penance Service (Vietnamese) Tuesday, December 16 7:00 PM Penance Service (English) NOTE: There will be confessions every Monday before the 9:00 AM Mass (8:00 8:30 AM) during Advent.
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS FOR JESUS It s Jesus Birthday! QUAØ CHO CHUÙA HAØI ÑOÀNG We invite everyone to offer Christmas presents to Jesus for His Hands Christian Service. Please bring toiletries items such as: Soap, shampoo, toothbrushes, toothpaste, dish detergent, socks, towels,...etc. To the Faith Formation Office before December 20. THANK YOU! MAY GOD BLESS YOU & YOUR FAMILY! Giaùng sinh laø Leã Sinh Nhaät cuûa Chuùa Haøi Ñoàng! Thaân môøi caùc em hoïc sinh vaø gia ñình taëng quaø cho Chuùa Haøi Ñoàng nôi nhöõng Ngöôøi Voâ Gia Cö. Xin caùc em hy sinh tieàn quaø ñeå mua taëng: xaø boâng, daàu goäi ñaàu, baøn chaûi vaø kem ñaùnh raêng, khaên, gaêng tay,...etc Xin mang ñeán Vaên phoøng Giaùo Lyù khi ñi hoïc Giaùo Lyù hoaëc tröôùc ngaøy 20 thaùng12. CAÛM ÔN! XIN THIEÂN CHUÙA CHUÙC LAØNH CHO CAÙC EM VAØ GIA ÑÌNH! You re cordially invited Faith Formation Christmas Program Presented by our week day class elementary students Tuesday December 16, 4 PM Wednesday December 17, 4 PM ADULT CONFIRMATION A new class is starting the first week of January 2015, with Confirmation on Pentecost Sunday, May 24, 2015. If you are an adult, have been baptized and received your First Communion, please join this class, be confirmed and become a fully initiated member of the Catholic faith. All Catholics are strongly encouraged to be Confirmed, to receive the strength to practice the Faith. For more information on the class outline and schedule please contact the Religious Faith Formation Office at 714-963-7871 or Richard Radecki at 714-531-8088. Lôùp Giaùo Lyù Theâm Söùc cho Ngöôøi Lôùn taïi Giaùo Xöù Thaùnh Linh seõ baét ñaàu khai giaûng vaøo thaùng 1 naêm 2015, vôùi Thaùnh Leã Theâm Söùc vaøo Chuùa Nhaät Leã Hieän Xuoáng, ngaøy 24 thaùng 5, 2015. Quí anh chò em ñaõ ñöôïc laõnh nhaän Bí Tích Röûa Toäi vaø Bí Tích Mình Thaùnh Chuùa, xin ghi danh vôùi Sr. Cecilia Trang taïi Vaên Phoøng Giaùo Lyù 714-963-7871. BIBLE VERSE JOHN 1: 6-8, 19-28 I am the voice of one crying out in the desert, make straight the way of the Lord, "Tôi là tiếng kêu trong hoang địa: Hãy sửa cho ngay đường Chúa đi, như tiên tri Isaia đã loan báo".
We would like to alert you of our early bulletin deadlines for the holiday season. We kindly ask that all articles be sent to the Parish Office as follows: New Years, Dec. 28 bulletin by Wednesday, Dec. 17. Epiphany, Jan. 4 bulletin by Monday, Dec. 22. Page 4 CHRISTMAS CAROLING You are invited to meet on the church patio join us as we share the Good News and celebrate this wonderful season with visits and caroling at several nursing homes in Fountain Valley, Saturday, December 20, at 10:30 AM. Caroling through the neighborhood will be Sunday, December 21, at 6:00 PM. For more details, please contact the Music Ministry office at (714) 963-1811, Ext. 124. Come and Receive The Healing Power of Jesus Christ, our Risen Lord. You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, throughout Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. (Acts 1:8). Mass with Fr. John Struzzo and Fr. Dan Wilder, Charismatic Priests, will be Wednesday, December 17 at Holy Spirit Church. Praise and Worship and Adoration at 6:30 p.m., Mass at 7:00 pm. For more information, please contact: Ruth Vinson, 714-585-6814, e-mail: ruth_vinson1@aol.com or Pat Rensing, 714-878-3100, email: pattyanren@aol.com. HIS HANDS CHRISTIAN SERVICE CHRISTMAS BASKETS: If we missed you last week, you still may donate by putting your contributions in the weekend Mass collection basket or contact His Hands at 714-968- 2111 during business hours. Those who signed up to provide food or baskets, please bring them to Doyle Hall by 7:00 am, Saturday, December 20. His Hands Mission will close from Tuesday, December 23 and re-open on Monday, January 5, 2015. During this time, we ask you to please hold your donations. This will help us keep the area around the bin clean. Thank you!!! Mission Hours: Mon.-Thurs.: 9:00-11:00 am; Friday: Closed Phone: (714) 968-2111. HOLY SPIRIT CATHOLIC YOUth FELLOWSHIP High School CYF Meeting this Sunday, December 14. Planted for Life potluck reunion, 6:00 9:30 pm, December 14 (includes high school CYF). Bring your choice of salad, side dish, main dish or dessert enough for 5 to 7 people. Confirmation students service opportunity: sign up during class or by contacting the Youth Office to help with His Hands Christmas Baskets. LAST Christmas Party is on Monday, December 22, 5:00-9:00 pm. Details are on the Facebook group page. Hope to see you all there!! For more information on these events and other ways to get involved with Youth Ministry, Contact Catherine Ord at: phone # 714-350-5707; email: youthministry@hscccfv.org; or visit the website: www.holyspiritcyf.com.
Upcoming Events Page 5 The Vocations Awareness Committee of Holy Spirit Church is pleased to present the 20th Annual Vocations Banquet with a catered buffet dinner, music and entertainment, on January 24, 2015. Social hour at 6:00 pm and dinner at 7:00 pm in Doyle Hall. To date the Vocations Awareness Committee has raised over $330,000 for seminarians and religious. The main speaker this year will be Bishop Kevin Vann. Tickets purchased in advance: $30/per person or $35/person at the door. Tickets are limited and are expected to sell out quickly, please reserve them NOW!! For more information, contact Dominic Migliorini at 714-345-1605 or dominic@premiersteel.com; Phil Nisco at: nisco2@hotmail.com. We look forward to seeing you at the Banquet. Legion of Mary has a Pilgrim Virgin Statue that you can request to have in your home for one week. Families receive great blessings of peace and healing by honoring our Blessed Mother s visitation in their homes. Members of the Legion of Mary will deliver and pick up the Statue. Please call Sadie Butscher at 714-968-6014 for more information. LINE DANCE CLASS will be held on the first Thursday of each month in Doyle Hall, 6:30 to 8:00 PM. No experience is necessary for this fun and exhilarating exercise. All ages are welcome! And best of all it is free! Call Larry Doan for details 714-963-9424. Christmas is coming and the Knights of Columbus will be selling CHRISTMAS CARDS after some of the Masses. KEEP CHRIST IN CHRISTMAS and send only religious cards to remind your friends and relatives of the true meaning of Christmas. SIMBANG GABI MASS PARISHIONERS AND GUESTS ARE WELCOME!!! The Holy Spirit s Filipino Ministry will celebrate the Simbang Gabi on Monday, December 22 beginning with a Rosary at 5:30 pm, Mass at 6:00 pm and reception immediately following in Classrooms 1, 2 and 3. In the Philippines, the Simbang Gabi is better known as Misa de Gallo (Mass of the rooster). At the crack of dawn, fishermen, farmers and merchants join together at church for the early Masses (nine consecutive Masses) as preparation for the joyful celebration of Christmas. For more information, please contact Rica Werner at 714-290-8744 or Sol Tierra at 714-495-5368. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS HOLY SPIRIT COUNCIL 9667 Dec. 15: Singing Knights Practice, 7:00 pm Dec. 17: Bocce, 4:00 pm Thinking of joining the K of C? Call: Carlos Cisneros, GK, 714-310-1011 or cisneros@me.com.
Page 6 Dec. 27 Jan. 3 Jan. 10 Nina Tran & Paul Chen Holly Vu & Peter Huynh Ngan Mai & Phuc Lam Rumelia Hizon & Kevin Hizon Trang Nguyen & Kim-An Bui ADVENT PRAYER GROUP Perhaps you are considering additional prayer time for Advent, here is an ideal opportunity: a home group meeting, every Monday for four weeks during Advent, 7:00 8:30 pm. All are welcome. For additional information, please contact Richard or Mary at 714-531-8088. Edna Abel Nancy Ahlswede Barbara Arnold Carol Baker Baby Bentley Debbie Birdwell Crystal Bracey Lydia Branley Luz Buscos Guy Carrozzo Barbara Collins Ines Collison Natalie Collison Mike Daguio Lorinda Desmond Tatianna Elejalde Tricia Elting Robert Espinoza Dean Del Favero Frank Figueroa Paula Fuertes Eleanor Fujimoto Michael Giap Mayme Gonzales Sandy Hendreicks McKenzie Hopkins Ashley Hubble Nico Kap Jackie Kap Theresa Keehfuss Gary Kirk Mary Killeen Phil Lam Margaret Le Joe Lopez Regina McPoyle Tony Nekornanec Richard Newhouse II Parker Nguyen Bob Novielli Albert Onopa Sandy Patton Victor Rangel Rosie Reeves Michaelene Rehak Mary Ruth Rivet Lisa Santen Cozy Schaffer Marcia Slack Matthew Tran Elizabeth West Our Parish Community wishes to extend our sympathy to the family and friends of all the faithful departed, especially Chien Dinh, Kristy Thien Lam, Agapita Rivera and Daniel Algarme. May they rest in peace. ANUNCIOS IMPORTANTES VERSÍCULO BIBLICO Juan les contestó: Yo soy la voz que grita en el desierto: Enderecen el camino del Señor. Juan 1, 6-8. 19-28 ORANCIÓN DE ADVIENTO Dios, de Unción, al enviar a tu Hijo a ser uno de nosotros, nos has llamado, también, a ser el cuerpo de Cristo. Fortaléceme mientras recibo esta unción, este privilegio, esta responsabilidad. Adviento: Un Tiempo de Reflexión - martes, 16 de diciembre, 10:00 AM a 12:00PM, Salón parroquial # 5 de Holy Spirit Para más información llame a Elena Chávez: 714-369-2527 La Oficina de Ministerios Hispanos de Holy Spirit (714) 963-1811 y marcar la extensión 127. Favor de dejar un mensaje con su nombre, número de teléfono, pregunta o motivo de su llamada. Aparten la fecha! Estudio de la Biblia Comienza en enero de 2015. Para más información, llame a Elena Chávez (174) 369-2527. Matrimonios en la Iglesia de Holy Spirit Favor pasar a la oficina seis meses antes de la boda para la instrucción matrimonial. Comuníquese a la oficina parroquial al 714-963-1811 por lo menos 6 meses antes de la fecha que piensa casarse. La reservación de la fecha solo se puede hacer después de que se haya cumplido con los papeles necesarios y el arreglo con el sacerdote. Misa para QUINCEAÑERAS: Se les informa de los requisitos para la Misa de las Quinceañeras: Comunicarse con el sacerdote 6 meses antes de la fecha de la celebración al (714) 963-1811. Puede dejar su mensaje en español (714) 963-1811 ext. 127.