Our Mission MARCH 17, 20013 FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT United in Christ through Baptism, our parish is a Catholic community of diverse cultures and experiences. Through education and worship, we share the word and celebrate the Sacraments. We welcome and embrace all to join us in the praise & service of God. The Season of Lent 923 S. LA BREA AVENUE, LOS ANGELES CA 90036 SCHEDULE OF MASSES Sunday: 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM, 12:00 PM & 5:00 PM Saturday: 8:00 AM, 5:00 PM (Vigil) Weekday: 8:00 AM (Monday-Friday) Wednesday: 7:00 PM (Perpetual Help Novena) Holy Day: 8:00 AM, 6:30 PM; Vigil: 6:30 PM SACRAMENTS Confession: *4:00-4:30 PM, Saturday Baptism: Fourth Sunday of the month Matrimony: Six months notice required in advanced for marriage preparation Appointments available for private Baptism, Funeral, Quinceañera. Please call to schedule your event. *(Confession schedule is subject to change without notice. Thank you.) RELIGIOUS EDUCATION First Communion: 3:45 PM Wednesday Confirmation: 11:00 AM Sunday RCIA: 7:00 PM Monday CONTACT US: Parish Office/Mailing: 926 S. Detroit Street, Los Angeles, CA 90036 Rectory: 922 S. Detroit Street, Los Angeles, CA 90036 Telephone (323) 930-5976 Fax (323) 935-7308 Email: parish@cathedralchapel.org Website: www.cathedralchapel.org Parish Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Lent & Holy Week Schedule of Services Lauds Weekdays of Lent, 6:15 AM Neo Catechumenal Way Stations of the Cross Fridays, 6:30 PM Followed by Fish N Soup Friday Parish Lenten Mission with Dr. Michael Downey Sunday, March 17th, All Masses Monday & Tuesday, March 18th 19th, 7:00 PM Palm Sunday March 24th, 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM, 12:00 PM, and 5:00 PM, Vigil 5:00 PM Monday to Wednesday of Holy Week March 25th 27th, 8:00 AM Mass Chrism Mass, Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Holy Monday, 7:00 PM Holy Triduum Holy Thursday March 28th Holy Thursday Service, 7:30 PM Good Friday March 29th Stations of the Cross & Meditation on the Seven Last Words, 12:00 PM Good Friday Services, 2:30 PM & 7:30 PM Holy Saturday March 30th Easter Vigil, 7:30 PM Easter Sunday March 31st 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM, 12:00 PM Masses (No 5:00 PM Mass) Easter Egg Hunt After the Easter Sunday,10:00 AM Mass
A MESSAGE FROM FR. TRUC HOPE IN THE YEAR OF FAITH ~ By Dr. Michael Downey Dear Parishioners & Friends, We rejoice, greet, and pray for our newly elected, the Pope of our One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church: POPE FRANCIS I (CARDINAL JORGE BERGOGLIO OF ARGENTINA) Last week, I wrote a brief introduction on Dr. Michael Downey concerning his authorship and specialization in Catholic Spirituality. We are fortunate to have him as our 2013 Lenten mission presenter because Dr. Downey has been directing retreats, giving conferences, and lecturing in many countries from Europe to Asia such as France, Ireland, Britain, New Zealand, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. The theme of this year Lenten mission is HOPE IN THE YEAR OF FAITH. This Sunday, many of you will have the opportunity to hear him speak at all the Sunday Masses except for the Saturday 5PM Mass. Dr. Downey was a Professor of Systematic Theology and Spirituality and St. John's Seminary, Camarillo for nearly 15 years. Through the years, he served as the Cardinal s Theologian for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and the diocesan theologian for the Diocese of San Bernardino; Lent will be over in two weeks; your spiritual soul is hunger for God and would benefit only if you come. Treat you hungry soul with spiritual thoughts and delights. A.S.H. Sunday Reflection ~ The First Sunday of Lent is the Temptation of Jesus; Addiction was my reflection; the Transfiguration story in the Second Sunday inspired me to reflect on Shame; the Third Sunday, I used the Exodus event to reflect on the theme of Hostile environment. During the Fourth Sunday, I concluded that Addiction, Shame, and Hostile environment could cause a person or a community into Alienation. The story of the Prodigal Son brings out this reality of alienation; in our own life, people could alienate us in a number of different ways: (a) cultural differences; (b) faith traditions; (c) political views; and (d) family conflicts. In the context of faith, our sins also alienate us from God; often times we do not realize this consequence. Atonement is reconciliation. Christ atones or reconciles our sins through His Suffering and Death on the Cross; God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting their trespasses against them and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation (2Cor. 5). First Sacrament of Reconciliation for our CCS & church communities ~ On Saturday morning, our parish celebrated the first sacrament of reconciliation for our children from the school and the church; I am thankful to Sisters Anna & Bernadette, Mrs. Lourdes Parra Valoroso (2nd grade teacher), catechists and staff for all their efforts and assistances evangelizing the Word and the Sacraments. I am grateful to all the parents for their commitment to our Catholic faith. Without the encouragement and support of our parents, our children would not be in the program of our church or school. Your Time and Talents... Our Parish Needs Your Participation ~ I am thankful to our Pastoral Liturgy Council for all their assistance and guidance; during the last several years we have worked collaboratively together. Their participation has been very helpful. Together, we are not complete as a parish; we need your participation of your time and talents. Together we can transform our parish. Turn away from sin and be faithful to the Gospel. WEEK OF MAR. 17 23, 2013 SAINTS, SPECIAL OBSERVANCES, MASS INTENTIONS AND PARISH EVENTS SUNDAY, MAR. 17: Fifth Sunday of Lent; Third Scrutiny; St. Patrick's Day; Parish Lenten Mission; SVON Week 8:00 For the Elect in our Parish 10:00 For All Our Parishioners 11:00 Confirmation Classes 12:00P Salvador Limjoco 5:00p For our First Communion Candidates MONDAY, MAR. 18: St. Cyril of Jerusalem 8:00 Patricia Hickey 7:00p PARISH LENTEN MISSION; RCIA Class TUESDAY, MAR. 19: St. Joseph 8:00 Tony Serranzana 9:00 School Mass, K-8th Grades 7:00p PARISH LENTEN MISSION WEDNESDAY, MAR. 20: Spring begins 8:00 Emmanuel Rigodon; Adela Rigodon; Federico Rigodon 3:45p First Communion Classes 7:00p OLP Novena THURSDAY, MAR. 21 8:00 Denice De La Torre FRIDAY, MAR. 22: Abstinence; RCIA Retreat 8:00 For our Confirmation Candidates 6:30p Stations of the Cross followed by Fish N Soup Friday SATURDAY, MAR. 23: St. Turibius of Mogrovejo; RCIA Retreat 8:00 For Priestly & Religious Vocations 9:00 Décor & Cleaning 4:00p Confession* (-4:30p) 5:00p Salve Rasco *CONFESSION schedule is subject to change w/o notice. For appointments, please call the parish office, or send an email to Fr. Truc. Thank you. PARISH ADMINISTRATION Rev. Truc Q. Nguyen, Pastor frtruc@cathedralchapel.org, ext. 224 Nancy G-Sheehan, Parish Business Manager nancy@cathedralchapel.org, ext. 223 Mayela Albarran, Office Assistant mayela@cathedralchapel.org, ext. 235 Sister Anna Tom, SDSH, Rel. Ed. Director religioused@cathedralchapel, ext. 234 In Residence: Most Reverend Bishop Edward Wm. Clark (928 S. Detroit St. Los Angeles, 90036) Elementary School Cathedral Chapel School, Grades K-8th Tina Kipp, Principal 755 S. Cochran Ave., L.A. CA 90036 T: (323) 938-9976; F: (323) 938-9930 www.cathedralchapelschool.org
WORSHIP, LITURGY & FAITH FORGIVEN Today's liturgy continues the message of forgiveness and reconciliation that we heard last week. The Church seems to be doing its utmost to deliver one simple message: "Your sins are forgiven!" What good news this is! Isaiah declares that God's saving action on our behalf is not something trapped in the past, but here and now. Paul urges us to recognize that true life is not "won" by following laws, however strictly, but is a free gift of God. Thus, our focus must be on the future, not on past misdeeds. Our eyes must be on the prize of life forever with God. In the Gospel, Jesus is challenged to demonstrate that he is a law-keeper, but he knows that this is a trap. If he counsels mercy, he will be declared an opponent of the law. If he follows the law and condones its punishment, he will be denounced as an inciter to murder. Jesus decides to do neither. Instead, he turns the tables and invites the crowd to forgo "legality" for the sake of forgiveness and reconciliation. J. S. Paluch Co... Readings (5th Sunday of Lent) Is 43:16-21; Ps 126:1-6; Phil 3:8-14; Jn 8:1-11 Treasures from our Tradition Next weekend, many churches provide palms to be carried in the opening moments of the liturgy, as we gratefully recall Jesus' entry into the holy city of Jerusalem. The children who greeted him on that day used what was both handy and traditional, since palms were carried to inaugurate the joyful harvest feast of Succoth. To this day, faithful Jews are directed to take a beautiful palm branch, green and straight as possible, called a lulav, and bind it with three myrtle branches fifteen inches long, and two longer willow branches. At the end of the temple service, everyone carries the lulav, circling the sanctuary in a dance called the Hoshanot, singing hymns of joy. In other climates, Jews and Christians alike have had to make accommodations over the years. In Italy, everyone carries olive branches today, often brought from their own garden. In England, forsythia branches are preferred, a relative of the olive, sign of peace. Germans prefer pussywillows, and others look for flowering spring branches. In our part of the world, what do you think would be the best choice to express joy and welcome, and to remind us of the joy of Christ's victory even as we prepare to commemorate his passion? James Field J. S. Paluch Co LECTORS & EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS SCHEDULE: MARCH 23 24, TEAM 4 MEET OUR CANDIDATES Holly Soriano RCIA is something that I ve thought about doing for a long time since I was never confirmed. It is my desire to learn more about the Catholic Church as well as work more on my faith. I also decided to complete the RCIA program now because I will be married in the Church later this year. Please pray for the Elect. Jose Henriquez, Danny Jewell, Silvia Lomeli, Sandra Mancia Mirna Ponce and Holly Soriano TIME IS TRULY A GIFT OF LIFE Every moment of the day is a gift of life to learn how to give of ourselves. Even as Jesus gave of himself, becoming poor that we might become rich (in God) so too, we must be ready to learn to give of ourselves in our time on earth so that we may be rich in heaven. Share the joy of serving! Join us in one of these dates as we prepare our church for the Holy Week & Easter services: Saturday, March 23 Holy Thursday, March 29 Holy Saturday, March 30 Cleaning and decoration will begin at 9:00am. Thank you for sharing your time. God bless you. THIS WEEKEND! MARCH 16-17
PARISH & SCHOOL LIFE: MINISTRY, EVENTS & REMINDERS Congratulations to the CCS AJHD Team!! Archdiocesan Academic Junior High Decathlon The CCS AJHD Team Will Compete for State Championship on Saturday, May 4, 2013 in Fresno, CA! On Saturday, March 2, 2013, the Academic Decathlon Team from Cathedral Chapel School competed against 113 Catholic elementary schools from the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Special thanks to Mrs. Barbara Moldavon, Mr. Roman del Pozo, Mr. Long Pham, and Mrs. Juliet Zita for preparing them for this special event. The Academic Decathlon Team won SECOND place in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The AJHD Team placed in the following areas: OVERALL IN THE ARCHDIOCESE: SECOND PLACE Team Events: Super Quiz Logic Quiz All Team Members FIRST PLACE ELEVENTH PLACE Team Events Super Quiz & Logic Lisa Eun, 8th Gr Super Quiz & Logic Benjamin Huh, 7th Gr Individual Tests Current Events FIRST PLACE Justin Kim, 7th Gr English SECOND PLACE Hannah Yi, 8th Gr Fine Arts FOURTH PLACE Laura Zita, 8th Gr Literature FOURTH PLACE Nikki Bellon, 8th Gr Science FIFTH PLACE Jaymee Suh, 8th Gr Religion SIXTH PLACE Matthew Fontila, 8th Gr Social Studies SEVENTH PLACE Ally Hong, 7th Gr Math Andrew Choi, 8th Gr Please pray for our coaches and our decathletes as they prepare to go to the State Competition on Saturday, May 4, 2013 at St. Anthony of Padua School in Fresno, CA. They will be competing against nine other FIRST PLACE Catholic schools. All the dioceses in California have less than 20 schools who participate in their annual Academic Junior High Decathlon. Since the Archdiocese of Los Angeles is so large and has over 100 schools participate every year, the AJHD Committee has decided to allow both the FIRST Place and the SECOND Place teams to represent Los Angeles at the State Competition in May. We are proud to represent the Archdiocese of Los Angeles at this event! A CATHOLIC EDUCATION IS AN ADVANTAGE FOR LIFE! Cathedral Chapel School is the Miracle in the Miracle Mile! Visit our website: WWW.cathedralchapel.org Please join us for our 2013 PARISH LENTEN MISSION Sunday, March 17th, All Masses, Mon-Tue, March 18th-19th, 7:00 PM DR. MICHAEL DOWNEY B.A. in Theology and Philosophy, Villanova University (1974); M.A. in Special Education, Cardinal Stritch College (1980); M.A. in Theology (1977), Ph.D. in Theology (1982), The Catholic University of America With a Master of Arts in special education as well as in theology, Dr. Michael Downey is the first layperson to receive the Ph.D. in theology from The Catholic University of America. He has served as professor of theology and spirituality at universities and seminaries in the US. His abiding theological concern for those who are wounded and marginalized has brought him to serve the church most in need through lectures, conferences and retreats in different parts of the world. He is now Professor of Theology at Saint Mark s College, a Catholic graduate school of theology at the University of British Columbia. THANK YOU FOR HOSTING! Ed & Sally Rubrico Family COLLECTIONS FROM MARCH 9 10, 2013 Sunday Offering $5,250 Building Fund $700 Thank you for your continued support of our parish! May God bless you all.
2013 Stewardship of TIME & TALENT Won t you help us? On the opposite page is a list of ministries available in our parish. Read the brief description for each ministry and reflect on the one that sparks your interest. Please fill out the form below and drop it in the collection basket. Cathedral Chapel Parish 2013 STEWARDSHIP OF TIME & TALENT The Lord has blessed us all with special gifts. We are challenged to share these gifts with our parish and our community. Please consider sharing five percent of your forty-hour week (2 hours) time, with our parish in service to the Lord. Name Address: Email: Occupation: Best time to call: Which Mass do you regularly attend? Please Fill in Your Personal Information. Sign up as an individual. We would appreciate each family member completing a separate form. Home Phone: Mobile or Work Phone: Check here if you are a Registered Member of our Parish. Envelope # Check here if you wish to be a Registered Saturday Vigil 5p Member of our Parish Sunday 8a 10a 12p 5p Check here to join our mailing list for events, news and reminders. Below is a list of the ministries available in our parish. Placing a checkmark in the appropriate column ( or ) to the right of each opportunity indicates your status in a specific ministry program, and desire to be contacted by a pastoral leader to discuss your participation in ministry. SPIRITUAL LIFE SOCIAL CONCERNS CHRISTIAN EDUCATION Lectors SVON/Aid to the Poor Religious Education (First Communion & Confirmation) Eucharistic Ministers Visit the Sick/Homebound Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) Church Decoration & Environment Eucharistic Ministers of Holy Communion to the Sick & Homebound Hospitality/Special Parish Celebrations * (see below) *(Summer BBQ, Concert Fundraiser, Annual Christmas Fundraiser, Fiesta Guadalupana, Simbang Gabi) Bible Study PARISH GROUPS Ushers Bereavement Youth Group Sacristans Transportation of Elderly Adult / Couples Group Altar Servers *Others: *Others: Cathedral Chapel Choir/Musician *If you are interested in starting a new group, please write it down in the Others box. This will be discussed for consideration and as an agenda in one of our Pastoral Liturgy Council meetings, for which you may be invited to attend. One of our Ministers will contact you for further details.