WELCOME TO OUR LADY OF THE ASSUMPTION CHURCH 1st Sunday of Easter April 16, 2017 Facility Reservations Calendar Please confirm events at www.olaparish.net. Sat, Apr 15 th Easter Vigil 8:15pm RCIA 9:00am, St. John s Hall RCIA 10:00am, Church RCIA Reception 9:00pm, St. John s Hall Sun, Apr 16 th Easter Sunday 8:00, 10:00, Noon Open Gym - OLA Basketball 7:30am, Parish Hall Group Baptism 1:00pm, Church Mon, Apr 17 th OLA Volleyball Practice 3:00pm, Parish Hall Pastoral Council Meeting 6:30pm, St. Paul s Room Troop 328 Scout Meeting 6:45pm, Seton Hall Christian Meditation 7:30pm, School Library Tues, Apr 18 th Young Rembrandts Art Program 3:05pm, School Meeting Rm Boys Volleyball Practice 5:30pm, Parish Hall Wed, Apr 19 th Legion of Mary Meeting 8:45am, St. Paul s Room Boys Volleyball Practice 3:00pm, Parish Hall Youth Choir Rehearsal 6:00pm, Church Music Ministry Rehearsal 7:00pm, Church Thu, Apr 20 th OLA Volleyball Practice 2:25pm, Parish Hall Boys Volleyball Practice 5:30pm, Parish Hall Pack Meeting 6:15pm, St. John s Hall Fri, Apr 21 st Sowing for Jesus 8:30am, St. Anne s Room Private Party Set-Up 5:00pm, St. John s Hall Sat, Apr 22 nd Private Event 6:00am, St. John s Hall Shred Day 8:00am - Noon, Cottage Way Parking Lot Mass Requests To request a Mass, please contact the Parish Office. Sat, Apr 15 th 8:15pm Don Felton Mary Lou & Bob Faggella Norma Estelle Buckerfield Phyllis Howard Jessie Weisinger Meresa, Teresa Sun, Apr 16 th 8:00am Jack Hamilton Hamilton Family Richard Oswald Don & Terri 10:00am Mario Affinito Nancy Affinito Elizabeth Filter Dunbar Family Noon Rose Mary LaBate Vincent LaBate OLA Parishioners Mon, Apr 17 th 8:00am John Pesely Maria Pesely John Fuoco Mary Jane Fuoco Tues, Apr 18 th 8:00am Harold Silva Ricci Family Wed, Apr 19 th 8:00am Holy Souls Thur, Apr 20 th 7:00pm Holy Souls Fri, Apr 21 st 8:00am Holy Souls Sat, Apr 22 nd 5:00pm Fred and Lizz Baca Baca Family John Baca Baca Family Bishop Baron s Eucharist Series Bishop Baron's Eucharist series will be repeated for all parishioners April 25 th, 26 th, 27 th at 9:00am in St. John's Hall. Coffee/refreshments will be served immediately following 8:00am mass. Hearing Assistive Devices Please see our ushers if you need a hearing assistive device.
REFLECTIONS & JOYFUL OPPORTUNITIES Alleluia, Love Wins by Fr. Eduino Silveira Today we rejoice in the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. This day was made by the Lord and we rejoice in it. Jesus Who humbled Himself by becoming Man gave His Body on the Cross as the weapon to destroy sin and death. As God, He could not suffer and die, but out of love and pity for us He gave His life for our Salvation. His love triumphed. He has all power and is a life giving Spirit giving life eternal to all who approach Him. He is a merciful Savior Who sympathizes with our weaknesses. By His glorious victory He gives us His Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with the Love of God. Let us rejoice and be glad and approach with confidence the throne of grace. Alleluia He is Risen! by Dean Marshall, OLA Seminarian Everything is put into perspective on Easter morning: the prayer, fasting, and almsgiving of Lent, which led us to the passion and death of Jesus Christ, now brings us to His glorious resurrection, when we exclaim with all our hearts, Alleluia, He is risen! Over the last forty days perhaps the struggle has been difficult but fruitful, or maybe you look back and wish that you had tried harder to enter the penitential season. Maybe you are in between these two, as I suspect many of us may find ourselves to be. No matter where you find yourself, everything you have experienced during Lent is now brought into sharp focus on Easter. What does Jesus resurrection mean for us? Sure, we know that it is a historical fact, but what does it mean for us personally, and what effect does it have on our lives? If we stay focused on God, as the season of Lent helped us to do, or rather rediscover, His resurrection should have the most significant impact on our lives compared to anything else we may encounter. This man God raised on the third day has shown us through the resurrection that triumph over sin and death is possible; we simply need to trust in Him. If we believe in Jesus Christ, we receive forgiveness of sins through His name. Through His resurrection, we see that all the claims and prophecies about Him are true, and we are left with one choice: to see and to believe. Seeing and believing, however, carry with it great responsibility. If we know the resurrection to be true, which also means we accept His sacrifice and death for our sins, then we have a responsibility to proclaim this to the whole world. In the Acts of the Apostles, Jesus commissioned us to preach to the people and testify that he is the one appointed by God. On this glorious Easter morning, let us go forth from this place and proclaim in our words and actions Jesus Christ, who suffered, died, and rose for all of us so that we might be with Him forever. For reflection: Am I comfortable preaching about Jesus Christ in my words and actions? How can I better preach His message in my own life and to those around me? PERT Club The PERT Club will once again meet for us retired folk on Tuesday, April 18, 2017, at 11:00am, in St. John s Hall, OLA. There will be a short meeting to cover a bit of business, a LOTTO drawing, and door prizes, followed by the mouthwatering potluck luncheon at Noon. Bring your own utensils, wine glass, coffee cup and some cheerful decorations for your table to celebrate Easter. Ten games of BINGO, with cash prizes, will follow lunch promptly when the kitchen crew is finished. Would the Kitchen Crew please arrive at 9:30am for setup? Please call Dave at 481-1607, or George at 483-7194, if you have any questions. Family Promise Needs Your Assistance! Family Promise is looking for a new location for their Day Center. They need approximately 2,000 square feet, $2500/ month, near a light rail station. A building with a yard for children in which to play would be great. (I already have a promised donated swing set). It has to have a permit to work with homeless families and have parking for 4 cars. If you, or anyone you, know have such a place, please contact Marsha Spell, Director of Family Promise, 443-3107 or Maggie Schlesinger, OLA parishioner, at 359-4787. Have you just bought new towels and want to find a home for your old ones? The Family Promise Day Center is in dire need of them. They presently have four families and could really use bath towels and wash cloths. Please call Maggie Schlesinger, 359-4787, to arrange for pick up or drop off. Thank you. OLA Young Adults Group (College Age) - Second and Fourth Fridays Meetings are held in Seton Hall from 7:00-8:30pm. Contact Johann at 488-4626 or youth@olaparish.net.
ABOUT AND FOR OUR YOUTH OLA Youth Choir and Ensemble (Grades 3-12) All parish and school children grades 3-12 are invited to participate in these activities. We are looking for both singers and instrumentalists. Practices are from 6:00-6:55pm on Wednesday evenings in the church. Please contact our Music Director, Casey Oliver, with any questions at 481-5115 or worship@olaparish.net. OLA School News Yee Haw! The Country Fair is just six weeks away! Save the dates Friday, May 5th, 5:00pm-9:00pm, and Saturday, May 6th, 3:00pm-9:00pm. We have many of your old favorites and some new exciting additions! OLA Track Team: What a great showing by the OLA track team at last Sunday s practice meet at Jesuit High School. We witnessed some outstanding efforts. Here are some highlight performances from varsity and junior varsity athletes by event: Varsity Girls: 400 meters: Lily O Gara 4th place, 65 meter hurdles: Siena Vincent 6th & Molly Chambers7th places, 200 meter hurdles: Siena Vincent 4th & Molly Chambers 5th places, 6 lb. shot put: Arianna Ross 5th place, high jump: Molly Chambers 3rd place, JV Girls: 100 meters: Kelsey Dreher-Hawthorne, 2nd place, 1600 meters: Ryann Strawn 2nd place. High jump: Gigi DeBenedetti 4th place, Madison Martin 6th place, long jump: Kelsey Dreher-Hawthorne 6th place Varsity Boys: 100 meters: Justine Valine 6th place, 200 meters: Joseph Ryan 4th place, Justine Valine 5th place, 800 meters: Michael Chambers 2nd place, 1600 meters: Michael Chambers 1st place, Joseph Ryan 5th place, 65 meter hurdles: Tyler Harrison 3rd place, 4 kg. shot put: Justine Valine 2nd place, Cole Kaeser 4th place, JV Boys: 100 meters: Nolan Donahue 1st place, 800 meters: Ryan Lourim 2nd place, Garrett Brown 3rd place, 1600 meters: Aiden Escay, 2nd place, Ryan Lourim 5th place & Tali Lucchetti 6th place, 65 meter hurdles: Daniel O Gara 2nd place, Colin Davey 5th and Frank Lucchetti 6th place, 200 meter hurdles: Colin Davey 1st place, Frank Lucchetti 3rd, & Daniel O Gara 5th places, 4x100 relay: 1st place, high jump: Frank Lucchetti 2nd place. Go Cougars! OLA Vacation Bible School OLA Vacation Bible School for those students entering 1 st - 5 th grades (all schools welcome) the weeks of June 19 th and June 26 th. Watch for more details or contact Joan at faithformation@olaparish.net or 488-4626. OLA Youth Group Wednesdays (grades 7-8) 7:00pm - 8:30pm and Tuesdays 7:00-8:30pm (grades 9-12): Youth Group meetings are held in Seton Hall. Please contact Johann at 488-4626 or email: youth@olaparish.net. Eighth Annual Cougar Classic Golf Tournament Friday, April 28 th, is our OLA School annual golf tournament at Lincoln Hills Golf Club. Registration begins at 10:00am and ends with a 6:00pm buffet dinner, raffle, and tournament awards. Our Lady of the Assumption Parish School s Cougar Classic was started in 2010 by a group of dads who recognized a need to help families in need with tuition assistance. Because of the success of the golf tournament, a number of additional school programs have received support from the funds generated from this event. Programs benefiting from this year s event include: Classroom Technology Upgrades Tuition Assistance Sports Program Needs Education Enhancements Financial Assistance for the annual 8th grade Washington, D.C. trip This event truly benefits the entire OLA community. We encourage you to join us for the 9th Annual OLA Cougar Classic by playing, volunteering, and/or sponsoring this fun worthwhile event! For more information, please call the school office at 489-8958.
OPPORTUNITIES TO LIVE YOUR FAITH St. Vincent DePaul Guidelines for Assistance Do you know anyone living within OLA s church boundaries that needs food or financial assistance? They may be eligible for help from OLA s SVDP Conference. Here are our guidelines for assistance: Those needing food should come to our food locker on Tuesdays or Thursday mornings from 9:00am to 10:50 am. The locker is located off the Walnut Avenue parking lot to the right of the school and behind the fence. For questions call 481-5119. Vocations Cross Prayer Campaign OLA has a Vocations Cross Prayer Campaign. Each week, a family will take home the Vocations Cross. During their week, they commit to praying for an increase in vocations to the priesthood and religious life, as well as for our priests, seminarians, and religious in the Diocese of Sacramento. The cross will then be returned to the parish the following Friday, and presented to a new family at the Mass they normally attend. If you are interested in participating, please contact Dean at 481-5115 or seminarian@olaparish.net. Food Locker clients receive enough food for three meals for three days for every person in the household. Clients may return every fourteen days. Those coming for the first time should bring proper identification and proof of address for every person in the household. Individuals needing financial assistance should call over the SVDP office 481-6352 Monday through Friday mornings (except holidays). For those who qualify, funds are available for rent, utilities, clothing, and other emergency needs. Our OLA/St. Vincent de Paul Conference serves anyone who lives within our parish geographic boundaries. Generally, the northern boundary for our parish is Marconi Avenue, the eastern and southern boundaries are the American River and the western boundary is Eastern Avenue. If you know someone living in those areas who may need the type of help described above, please have them contact us. Summer School Registration is open for St. John the Evangelist Summer School! Students preschool through 8th grade are invited to attend. We welcome students from all schools in our area. Registration information is available at www.stjohnev.com under the Summer School 2017 tab.
STEWARDSHIP & ENLIGHTENMENT OPPORTUNITIES Thank you for your generosity on April 8th & 9th Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. COLOSSIANS 3:2 Do you put God first in all things? Possessions, money, power, ego can easily become gods to many of us. Do a quick check of what is important to you. Is God at the very top of the list? If not, your priorities need to be readjusted. Don t let earthly things become a god before God. Estate Planning A legacy gift to Our Lady of the Assumption is one of the most rewarding and far-reaching investments you can make. Our Lady of the Assumption takes the trust you place in us seriously and has used previous gifts to support the educational needs of our students, the liturgical and basic necessities of those helped by our charity partners locally, as well as investing in the future of Our Lady of the Assumption Parish. We are grateful to those who have included us in their plan for the distribution of their assets after death. We pray that you will keep Our Lady of the Assumption Parish and/or School in mind. We invite you to contact the Parish Office if you wish to learn more about how you can include us in your estate planning. Our Lady of the Assumption Parish invites you to consider our electronic giving program, ParishPay, as a way to automate your regular weekly offerings. Electronic giving is convenient for you and provides much-needed consistency for our church. There is no cost for you to participate. If you are currently giving on a weekly basis, you will no longer need to write out 52 checks a year or prepare 52 envelopes. And when travel, illness or other circumstances prevent you from attending services, this program will allow your weekly offerings to continue on an uninterrupted basis. To sign up, simply go to http://parishpay.com/. THANK YOU! Thank You to All That Support OLA Via Amazon Smile Thank you to everyone that supports our parish with their purchases. Remember this doesn t cost you anything! The Amazon Foundation contributes half a percent of your total purchases to our Parish. We appreciate your support! Just shop via OLA Parish s Amazon smile portal: smile.amazon.com/ch/45-3954215. Flocknotes To receive parish updates in your email, please contact Jane at development@olaparish.net with your email address. Thank you!
JOIN OUR OLA PARISH MINISTRIES Please contact us at 481-5115 or parish@olaparish.net for more information. All Saints Social Club is a group who improve the spiritual, educational, and social welfare of its members. 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 while assisting with funeral planning. Building and Grounds coordinates the regular maintenance and improvement of the buildings and grounds. Catholic Daughters of America strive to be helping hands where there is pain, poverty, sorrow or sickness. Christian Meditation Group meets once a week in prayerful of silence called Christian Meditation in which we find God who dwells in our hearts and in doing so finds ourselves.. 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. Faith Formation for Children volunteers teach the Catholic Faith to our parish children once a week. 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 advises 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. 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. The Legion of Mary is dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. They take the Eucharist each week to homebound persons and care facilities in the area, as well as facilitating a Mass once a month. 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 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, assist persons who need hearing assist devices 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. Ministry of Small Things volunteers help parishioners with various one-time tasks according to their abilities. 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. Respect Life Committee, through prayer and events, promotes life from conception to natural death. Social Committee engages our parish community in a welcoming manner through the planning and execution of social events like our community dinners. Social Justice Ministry Committee will coordinate social justice activities for the parish. Sowing for Jesus is a group who craft and grow spiritually together once a week. 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. These needs are met through the twice-weekly on-site food locker and home visitation teams who provide temporary assistance with rent, utilities, clothing, etc. Vocations Committee prays and has events to inspire people to consider the religious life. Women s Book Club will meet to share the joy of reading. Fifth Annual Men s Day of Faith Renewal The featured speaker is Joe McClane on April 29 th from 8-3:30pm in the St. Mel Parish Center. For registration and details go to www.smpcevents.org, Chuck at 635-771, or Frank at 337-9171.