ST. MARY PARISH 1333 58th Street, Sacramento CA 95819 www.stmarysacto.org Office Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00 am-4:00 pm Phone (916) 452-0296 Fax (916) 452-3908 The Transfiguration of the Lord August 6, 2017 The heavens proclaim his justice; all peoples see his glory. Psalm 97:6 PARISH INFORMATION MARRIAGE: Contact the Parish office at (916) 452-0296 6 months prior to the wedding date. Marriage preparation classes are available. INFANT BAPTISM: Contact the Parish Office. Parents and godparents must attend class. ANOINTING OF THE SICK: Contact the Parish Office regarding sick, elderly who are at home, hospitals or special care facilities. MUSIC: For Music Ministry, call Ben (916) 383-6155 RCIA: Process for adults and children of catechetical age who are interested in joining the Catholic Church and baptized Catholics wanting to complete their initiation sacraments of Confirmation and Eucharist. Please call Michelle Mills at (916) 806-6876 CFF: Catholic youth are formed through the Parish Faith Formation Program (CFF). Deacon Lu (916) 452-0296 x12. BULLETIN: Our church bulletin is prepared two weeks in advance. All submissions are reviewed by the Pastor. Email requests to tpeters@stmaryparishsacramento.com no later than the Thursday two weeks before. PARISHIONER REGISTRATION: Please contact parish office at (916) 452-0296 MASS SCHEDULE Sunday 8:00, 9:30, 11:00am, and 6:00pm Daily Mass: Monday - Saturday 8:00am; Saturday 5:00pm (Vigil Mass) Holy Days: As announced in bulletin CONFESSION : Saturday: 3:30pm-4:30pm Or by appointment PASTOR: Fr. James Narithookil, CMI jamesnarithookil@gmail.com PAROCHIAL VICAR : Fr. Sijo Chirayath, CMI sijochirayath2000@yahoo.co.in DEACONS Deacon Luigi Del Gaudio, MSW Deacon George W. Kriske BUSINESS MANAGER: Tracilyn Peters Email: tpeters@stmaryparishsacramento.com INFANT MARY CHAPEL Open Daily 6:30 am-5:00 pm Solemn Adoration: First Fridays 8:30 am-6:00 pm ST. MARY SCHOOL To enroll in Preschool or TK to 8th grade, please contact principal, Laura Allen at the school (916) 452-1100 or find more information on our website www.saintmaryschool.com FOLLOW OUR PARISH
Prayer before Mass- St. Ambrose Lord, Jesus Christ, I approach Your banquet table in fear and trembling, for I am a sinner, and dare not rely on my own worth but only on Your goodness and mercy. I am defiled by many sins in body and soul, and by my unguarded thoughts and words. Gracious God of majesty and awe, I seek Your protection, I look for Your healing; Poor troubled sinner that I am, I appeal to You, the fountain of all mercy. I cannot bear Your judgement, but I trust in Your salvation. Lord, I show my wounds to You. I know my sins are many and great, and they fill me with fear, but I hope in Your mercies, for they cannot be numbered. Lord, Jesus Christ, eternal King, God and man, crucified for mankind, look upon me with mercy and hear my prayer, for I trust in You. Have mercy on me full of sorrow and sin, for the depth of Your compassion never ends. Praise to You, saving Sacrifice, offered the wood of the cross for me and for all mankind. Praise to the noble and precious Blood, flowing from the wounds of my crucified Lord Jesus Christ and washing away the sins of the whole world. Remember, Lord, Your creature, whom You have redeemed with Your Blood. I repent my sins, and I long to put right what I have done. Merciful Father take away all my offenses and sins; purify me in body and soul, and make me worthy to taste the holy of holies. May Your Body and Blood, which I intend to receive, although I am unworthy, be for me for the remissions of my sins, the washing away of my guilt, the end of my evil thoughts, and the rebirth of my better instincts. May it incite me to do the works pleasing to You and profitable to my health in body and soul, and be a firm defense against the wiles of my enemies. Amen. Thanksgiving after Mass St. Thomas Aquinas Lord, Father all- powerful and ever- living God, I thank You, for even though I am a sinner, your unprofitable servant, not because of my worth but in the kindness of Your mercy, You have fed me with the Precious Body and Blood of Your Son, our lord Jesus Christ. I pray that this Holy Communion may not bring me condemnation and punishment but forgiveness and salvation. May it be a helmet of faith and a shield of good will. May it purify me from evil ways and put an end to my evil passions. May it bring me charity and patience, humility and obedience, and growth in the power to do good. May it be my strong defense against all my enemies, visible and invisible, and the perfect calming of all my evil impulses, bodily and spiritual. May it unite me more closely to You, the one true God, and lead me safely through death to everlasting happiness with You. And I pray that You will lead me, a sinner, to the Banquet where You with your Son and holy Spirit, are true and perfect light, total fulfilment, everlasting joy, gladness without end, and perfect happiness to Your Saints. Grant this through Christ our Lord, Amen. Fr. James Narithookil, CMI-Pastor TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION As the Latin Mass evolved in the first six centuries, the central prayer, what the Greeks called the anaphora and what we call today the Eucharistic Prayer, became fairly standard almost everywhere in the West. What we now know as Eucharistic Prayer I, or the Roman Canon, took a complex shape, not at all like the fluid and spontaneous prayers of early Rome, but a real architectural construction. The city of Rome was in a terrible condition by that time, and a series of political upheavals, plagues, and invasions swept through. Not much of Rome s former glory was left standing, except for the pope, who became a symbol of protection and hope for the troubled people. The structures of law and administration were swept away in the chaos, and the pope gradually assumed authority to restore and maintain order. Soon, the public liturgy of Rome became the city s only glory. The Romans wanted good order not only in their civic life, but in their liturgy. One prayer, increasingly enriched by music (although when the music tried to overtake the prayer the pope banned musical instruments entirely) was the new rule of the day. That one prayer, the Roman Canon, was solidly in place when the first liturgical book we have, the Leonine Sacramentary of 540, was compiled. Rev. James Field, Copyright J. S. Paluch Co.
We Welcome the Following New Parishioners To Our Parish Family: Dolores Sanchez Holly Alvarez We encourage all new Parishioners to take a moment to register. Mass Intentions Saturday, August 5 8:00am Laura Pool Requested By Mary Kassis 5:00pm Elvira Falzon + Emily Rossi & Family Mack & Lucy White 50th Anniv. Jim & Ginny Johnson Sunday, August 6 8:00am Joseph, Mary, Anthony & Robert DeStefano + Angelo J. DeStefano Mark Mellish + Dad & Mom 9:30am Mario Affinito + Damian Torres + 11:00am Anna Krizl + Robert Romitti + Nancy Affinito Torres Family Nick & Milka Bilandzich Bruce & Elvira O Day 6:00pm For our Parishioners and their Prayer Requests Marion Dawn Alino Haber SING YOUR SONG Alas for those who never sing, but die with their music within them. Oliver Wendell Holmes Monday, August 7 8:00am Nancy Gutierrez + Bernadette Tomassetti + Tuesday, August 8 8:00am Margaret Schwabe Marie Nagel + Wednesday, August 9 8:00am Don Dali + Linda Kaeser + Thursday, August 10 8:00am Mario Affinito + Marie Nagel + Gutierrez Family Family Family Tom & Diana Hart Cathy Husband Nancy Affinito Carmen Tomassetti Izabella Foris READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Nm 11:4b-15; Ps 81:12-17; Mt 14:13-21 Tuesday: Nm 12:1-13; Ps 51:3-7, 12-13; Mt 14:22-36 or Mt 15:1-2, 10-14 Wednesday: Nm 13:1-2, 25 14:1, 26-29a, 34-35; Ps 106:6-7ab, 13-14, 21-23; Mt 15:21-28 Thursday: 2 Cor 9:6-10; Ps 112:1-2, 5-9; Jn 12:24-26 Friday: Dt 4:32-40; Ps 77:12-16, 21; Mt 16:24-28 Saturday: Dt 6:4-13; Ps 18:2-4, 47, 51; Mt 17:14-20 Sunday: 1 Kgs 19:9a, 11-13a; Ps 85:9-14; Rom 9:1-5; Mt 14:22-33 Friday, August 11 8:00am Lucio Rabe + Chris Monson + Rabe Family Nina Ciani & Maddie Lucas Saturday, August 12 8:00am Tony & Janell Scalora 50th Anniv. Leonard & Christine Giordano 5:00pm Charles Fink + Wayne Brown + Sunday, August 13 8:00am Elvira Falzon + Carlo & Dora Malatesta + 9:30am Mario Affinito + Damian Torres + Daughter Nancy Affinito Furia Family Bruce & Elvira O Day Nancy Affinito Torres Family 11:00am Virginia & Larry Loeffler 50th Anniv. Jim & Ginny Johnson Mary Kassis Nick & Milka Bilandzich 6:00pm For our Parishioners and their Prayer Requests
FESTIVAL MEETING August 7 at 6:30pm There will be a festival meeting on Monday, August 7 at 6:30pm in the Cabrini Center Library. This meeting is mandatory for all booth chairs as booth information packets will be distributed at this meeting. Everyone else who is interested in the festival is invited to join us as well. See you there!! The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults Do you have questions about the Catholic faith? Are you thinking about becoming Catholic? Are you Catholic but never completed the Sacraments of Initiation (Confirmation and/or Eucharist)? If you or someone you know has questions like these, contact Michelle Mills at 916-806-6876 for more information about the RCIA process. Rite of Acceptance and Rite of Welcome On August 6, at the 11:00 Mass, we will be celebrating this two-part Rite, which is an important step in the RCIA journey. Our adult inquirers who have been meeting together for several months will now be asking to enter into the Catechumenate period of the RCIA process. At the Rite of Acceptance, those who are unbaptized declare their intent to become members of the Church, and the Church (all of us) accepts them as persons who intend to become members. They will now be called catechumens which means unbaptized. The Rite of Welcome is for those who have already been baptized, either in the Catholic Church or in another Christian tradition, and seek to complete their initiation sacraments. They will now be called candidates since they are already baptized. During the Catechumenate period initial conversion is deepened, the love and power of God comes to be known more deeply in the lives of the catechumens and candidates, and they become more fully immersed in our church community. Please join us as at this combined Rite as we welcome our new catechumens and candidates into the next period of their ongoing journey of faith. Special Collection Next Week Next week, we will take up the Collection for the Church in Latin America. Please prayerfully consider supporting this collection, which assists programs that strengthen the faith in Latin America and the Caribbean. Your gifts help share the faith by providing lay leadership training, catechesis, priestly and religious formation, as well as other programs. To learn more, please visit www.usccb.org/latin-america. FESTIVAL RAFFLE TICKETS Festival Raffle Sneak Peak Here's your first update on the New Festival Raffle. Unique KIDS ONLY Raffle. We are working on special prizes just for the kids - but have secured our main prize for this raffle, an XBox One, one of the most powerful game consoles. In addition, during the festival - there will be Kids Only hourly drawings for FREE soda, cotton candy, Ice Cream and Slushies. There will be only a few ways to obtain tickets for the Kid's Only Raffle - your child can earn tickets by playing Festival games and you will get 5 Kid's tickets for every $50 of raffle tickets purchased in the Main Raffle. 2017 Pricing: Raffle Tickets are $3 Ticket; 4 Tickets for $10; 20 Tickets for $50 Plus buy 20 tickets for $50 and receive 5 Tickets for the NEW Kids Raffle There are many ways to get your Raffle tickets: Buy Online: You can buy your tickets on line at the Parish Website, under Giving click Donate. (Direct link here: http://bit.ly/stmaryraffle ) We will mark your stubs for you and send you the tickets. Have us mail them to you: We only send tickets in the mail to those that request them. Please call 916-452-0296 ext. 20 to let us know you want your tickets mailed. Pick Them Up After Mass: Look for volunteers in front of the Church after Masses on Saturday August 12th and Sunday August 13th, they will have Festival Raffle tickets for pick up. FESTIVAL SHOPPING MALL Are you a crafter, a maker, or a vendor? Do you know someone who is? Spread the word! We are bringing back the Shopping Mall this year to our Parish Festival. 10x10 booths are available for $25. Contact Melissa Russell at m.jeffers@hotmail.com for more information and to receive an application. Altar Society Festival Booth 8/20/17 We are planning for our Booth right now. We are calling it - OUR FABULOUS FINDS BOOTH. If you would like to donate to our booth, we are needing only gently used items, because it is not a Garage Sale. We will accept some books -Biographies, Histories, Best Selling Novels & Mysteries, Children's Books, Toys and Games.These are what most buyers are looking for.. If you are down-sizing, and have some beautiful vases, linens, china etc., we would love to have them for our Booth. It would be a wonderful way to support our parish financially. You can drop them off the second week in August - 8/7 thru 8/18 - in the left side of the vestible (formally the Baptistery) or at the Rectory. on the weekdays. Please include your name and phone # with your donation. THANK YOU!!!
We are gearing up for a new year of Catholic Faith Formation (CFF) for the 2017-18 school year. We will have a table at the Festival, 8/20/17 and on Sunday 8/27/2017 after Masses for registration. These classes for grades K-8 build upon the basics of our faith and apply to everyday situations through the use of Gospel Weeklies. By discussing the upcoming Gospel on Wednesday, the children are more in tune when they hear it again on Sunday and understand how the words written centuries ago still apply to life today. 8/6/17 Adult/Teens Catechumenate Kids Catechumenate 8/7/17 Divine Mercy Chaplet Children s Inquiry Adult Inquiry Prayer Request Group 8/8/17 Liturgy Committee Meeting 8/9/17 SVDP Meeting Stewardship Meeting 8/10/17 Choir Practice TK/K/1st Open House Back to School BBQ 8/11/17 Divine Mercy Chaplet 8/12/17 Confessions 8/13/17 Adult/Teens Catechumenate Kids Catechumenate Our classes are held on Wednesday evenings from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the school. As a reminder, children receiving Sacraments of Reconciliation, Eucharist and Confirmation must attend 2 consecutive years of instruction per Diocesan guidelines. Any questions, please contact Cindy Blecha at cblecha50@gmail.com Prayer Group Praying for Your Requests The Prayer Request Prayer Group meets weekly to pray for the needs of St. Mary's parishioners and their loved ones. Please place your written request in a Prayer Request box in the vestibule and we will be happy to pray for you. We would also love to have you join us any Monday at 6:30pm in the Church for a wonderful time of prayer in God's presence. OUR MISSION STATEMENT St. Mary Parish prepares and sustains its members and guests for a life and eternity in the presence of God. In accomplishing our mission, we proclaim and celebrate our salvation through Jesus Christ enlivened by the Holy Spirit, nourish our sacramental life especially in the Sunday celebration of the Eucharist and demonstrate our faith worshiping, educating, serving and encouraging vocations as modeled by Mother Mary. THE GIFT OF TREASURE With gratitude for the gifts they have received, Parishioners and visitors made a joyful return to the Lord of the following: July 30, 2017 Weekly Collection (including EOP) :$9,051.13* Weekly Goal (to cover expenses): $13,000.00 Please remember St. Mary s, your Spiritual Home, in your will. *This amount only represents weekly Sunday Mass collections. Other sources of income (i.e. donations, building fund, etc.) are not included in this number.
LET S HAVE FUN!! SAVE THE DATE -- SEPTEMBER 16, 2017 ANNUAL ST. MARY PARISH FAMILY DINNER BARBEQUE FEAST SERVED IN GIOVANNI HALL Dinner includes: Grilled Tri-Tip, Grilled Chicken, Croatian Potato Salad, Mixed Green Salad, Cabbage Salad, Dinner Rolls, Fruit Basket Cake Social 6:00 p.m. No Host Bar. Dinner 6:30 p.m. Live Music and Surprise Entertainment Adult and Children s Raffle TICKETS ON SALE AFTER ALL SUNDAY MASSES STARTING 8/20/17 August meeting for SVdP is Wednesday, August 9 th, 6:30 pm in Holy Spouses room. All are welcome. We are always in need of help and invite you to consider joining. We have all seen articles about rising rents and increased homelessness in Sacramento. We see the impact every week as we get requests from people who can t meet the increased rent or are actually homeless. Thanks and God bless you for your generosity which allows us to respond to those requests for help. Please pray for all those who are struggling to find a home or keep a roof over their heads. SVdP Thrift Store needs volunteers! If you have a few hours to spare, help is needed with light cleaning, straightening, organizing, hanging and tagging clothing. If you are interested, call 972-1212. The Thrift Store is located at 2275 Watt Avenue. Please check out the newly remodeled store! Those in need who live in the parish boundaries of St. Mary or Sacred Heart, can reach us by calling our new help line -916-476-8481. If you are interested in joining us, please contact Michael Carroll at 916.451.8551 or mcarroll@rcac.org. New Youth Ministers Orientation Day If you're in the first years of your youth ministry career, the Diocese of Sacramento wants to help you get off on the right foot! You're invited to the New Youth Ministers Orientation Day on August 19, 9am 3pm at the Newman Catholic Center Sacramento. Join us for a FREE day of exploring: effective ministry for the iy Generation, how to train and maintain volunteers, and your personal spirituality. To register, visit ymday.eventbrite.com. For more information, contact James Ross at 916-733-0151 or jross@scd.org. Looking for something for your kids to do this Summer? Here's a roundup of Catholic Summer Camp ideas. Our Diocesan summer camp - Camp Pendola is always a fun choice and they have camps for everybody, first grade through high school. There's a special Teen Week for those entering 8th - 12th this year. Find out more at http://www.pendola.org/. If you are not interested in 'overnight' camp - Pendola also offers a summer Day Camp at the New Trinity Pines Catholic Center in Colfax. And Life Teen and EDGE both have summer camp opportunities - although they are primarily located on the East Coast and sell out quickly. There are still a few openings in the Life Teen Camp at Big Bear, CA. Find out more at http://lifeteen.com/camps/summer-camp/register/ If you want your child to experience a life changing Catholic experience - these camps are the place to go. Most parishes organize their groups to attend together, if you are interested in helping organize a group for summer 2018 please contact Mary Willett at 916-715-0122. Altar Servers Wanted Calling all parish students interested in altar serving: Are you an entering fifth grader or older? Have you ever wondered what it would be like to altar serve for Mass? Are you looking for a way to serve YOUR parish? We would like to invite you to become an altar server! Training will be provided in August. St. Mary School students will have training during school. Students from other schools will have training on an evening or weekend. Please contact Ava Conlin at 760-809-7932 (call or text) or ava_conlin@yahoo.com to sign up or to have any of your questions answered. Thank you and God Bless! Children s Liturgy of the Word is on hiatus during the month of August and will resume the first Sunday in September. Thank you - Monica K Holler
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