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Fourth Sunday of Lent
March 14, 2010 Whoever is in Christ is a new creation: the old things have passed away; behold, new things have come. -- 2 Corinthians 5:17
OFFICE CONFESSIONS MARRIAGES, BAPTISIMS, SPECIAL SERVICES & MASSES
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Phone: (310) 474-1216 First Friday: Before 7:30 a.m. Mass PLEASE CALL THE RECTORY WWW.STTIMOTHYLA.ORG SCHOOL MASS SCHEDULE DEVOTIONS Iselda E. Richmond, Principal Saturday Vigil: 5:30 p.m. Monday following 7:30 a.m. Mass, Miraculous 10479 W. Pico Blvd Sunday Masses: 7:30, 9:00, 10:30, 12:00 p.m. Medal Novena. 1st Friday After 7:30 a.m. Mass. Daily Masses: 7:30 a.m. Phone: (310) 474-1811 Holy Day Masses: Vigil: 5:30 p.m., 7:30 a.m., First Saturday of the month following 7:30 a.m. WWW.STTIMOTHY.ORG Mass, Our Lady of Fatima, and Every Monday 12:10 p.m. 7:15 p.m. Legion of Mary. March 14, 2010 St. Timothy CHARACTER St. Timothy's Women's Club A simple judge of my character is how Luncheon, Thursday , March 18 I treat a person who can do absolutely nothing Day at the Races, Thursday, March 25 for me. Please join us for lunch and bingo at --Anonymous 11:30 a.m. Nini is making her famous corned beef and cabbage. Yummy! Mark your calendar CLOSER THAN YOU THINK for the Races at Santa Anita. We will be calling you with Many of life's failures are people who the details. We have a wonderful area reserved at the did not realize how close they were to success finish line with our own betting area. Also a sit down when they gave up. luncheon from our own special menu will be served. --Thomas Edison Spouses and friends are welcome. Happy St. Patrick's Day!
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Sunday, March 14th: 7:30 Fred Bulocan (D) a STS FISH FRY FRIDAY- Hey St. Timothy Families: Come 9:00 Maria Luisa Lorena (D) Join Us for a Great Tasting New Orleans Style Fundraiser 10:30 For Parishioners of St Timothy When: March 26, 2010 12:00 Leonard Monfiedo (L) Time: 6:00pm-8:30 pm Monday, March 15th: 7:30: Jean Luise Domingez (D) Cost: $12 small & $15 large Tuesday, March 16th: 7:30 Hermidio Garcia (D) Dine-in available Wednesday, March 17th: 7:30 Sergio P. Lutero (D) Orders must be placed in advance. Come by the school’s office Thursday, March 18th: 7:30 Pedro Garcia (L) to place your order by March 23, 2010. Friday, March 19th: 7:30 Norma Garcia (L) All proceeds to St. Timothy School. A Seafood boil is a social event in which the preparation and Saturday, March 20th: 7:30 Silvestre Carrasco (D) consumption of shellfish is the central theme. Seafood boils can 5:30 Rose Schnieep (D) be used to bring on a large festivity or a community event. Sunday, March 21st: 7:30 Richard Arrens (D) There are many types of seafood boils and each type is influ- 9:00 Julia Leon (D) enced by its region of origin. 10:30 For Parishioners of St Timothy a “THE LITTLE CHURCH” is for 2-4 year-old during the 10:30 12:00 Agnes Whooley (D) a.m. Mass in the Chapter room. No need to call ahead, just drop your kids off before Mass begins! Mass Intentions are a perfect way to remember your a RALPH’S REWARDS CARD FOR STS- Do you shop at Ralph’s? Would you like to help raise money for STS? Well now loved ones whether living or deceased. Commemorate you can do both when you shop at Ralph’s! STS has joined the those key anniversaries with a lasting spiritual gift. Call the Ralph’s community contribution program and with your help, is Parish Office at (310) 474-1216 for more information. eligible for up to $3,000 a quarter. All you have to do is link your Ralph’s card to the STS community partner account. Sign up today! For forms or more information, please contact Eric Braxton at embrax@cs.com a St. Timothy School Casino Night- Saturday, May 1st at Wedding Bans 6.30pm at St. Timothy School. All STS families, friends and pa- rishioners are invited to attend this tented event at the school. Matthew Takejiro And Katharina Perkins There will be dinner, drinks, dancing, charitable gambling, silent auction, raffle prizes and much more. Admission is $50 per per- son which includes dinner. All proceeds go directly towards ADULT EDUCATION/ADULT CONFIRMATION school improvement fund. Tickets are on sale now. If interested Missing a Sacrament? Desire a more complete knowl- in donating items and attending our spring fundraiser, please edge of our Church and Bible? Please join us in the contact Evelyn Vizzi @ 310-922-3991 or EVELYN- Rectory for our exciting upcoming sessions. Contact VIZZI@yahoo.com our Director of Religious Education, Deborah, who will a STS ANNUAL FUND DRIVE- Like all other non-profit organi- work with you to enroll you in the appropriate program. Deborah zations, St. Timothy School needs your help more than ever this may be reached at (310)474-1216. Upcoming Sessions: year. Help our school keep its tuition down and continue provid- ing our children with an education that competes with that of- Date Time Topic Presenter fered by the top schools in Los Angeles County. Consider sup- porting the 2009-2010 Annual Fund Drive by making a tax March Thursday 7 Parish Penance Service Church deductible contribution to our school. For further information 18th pm contact the school’s office at (310) 474-1811 and/or pick-up a March Friday- Annual Religious Edu- Anaheim pledge form at the back of the church and mail it in before the 19th-21st Sunday cation Congress Conv. end of the school year. Your support is vital to our school’s suc- Ctr. cess. HOLY WEEK AND EASTER SCHEDULE SAINT JOSEPH, HUSBAND OF THE BLESSED Palm Sunday, March 28th: Palms distributed at all VIRGIN MARY March 19 Masses, Solemn Blessing and Procession at the 10:30 Joseph, someone once joked, was in- deed the perfect husband: the only major charac- a.m. Mass ter in Jesus' story who never utters a word! But Confession Schedule: Please note that confessions the Gospel recounts and the liturgy celebrates his will not be heard during the Easter Triduum, which is silent witness of faith-filled deeds: "With a husband's love he from Holy Thursday to Easter Sunday. cherished Mary, the Virgin Mother of God; with fatherly care he Thursday, March 18th: watched over Jesus" (Preface of Saint Joseph, Sacramentary). 7:00 p.m. Penance Service with Confessions Catholic devotion, therefore, hails him as patron-protector of the universal Church. Some cultures set a festive "Saint Joseph's Saturday, March 27th: Table," welcoming the poor and strangers to feast with family 4:00 p.m. — 5:00 p.m. and friends. Tradition keeps today as the anniversary of his Holy Thursday, April 1st: Masses of the Lord’s Sup- death, which we presume was peaceful, with Jesus and Mary per and Procession of the Blessed Sacrament at 7:00 present. Thus, Catholics invoke Joseph as "patron of a happy p.m. death." Descended from David's house, which God finished Public Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in "building" through Joseph's provision of a home for Mary and Jesus, he was, fittingly, a carpenter by trade; thus, patron of Chapter Room until after night prayer. Night Prayer workers. Spring, nature's rebirth, begins between his feast and will be recited at 11:45 p.m. *Please note there is no Annunciation (March 25), appropriately, since Joseph's silent morning Mass celebrated on Holy Thursday, Good Fri- obedience and Mary's "Let it be done to me according to your day and Holy Saturday. word" (Luke 1:38) usher in humanity's spiritual rebirth. Good Friday*, April 2nd: --Peter Scagnelli Sung Morning Prayer (Tenebrae) 9:00 a.m. THE HEART OF CONVERSION Stations of the Cross Noon Today's scriptures bring us to the heart of the meaning Celebration of the Lord's Passion of the Christian journey of conversion. Saint Paul sums it up and Holy Communion 2:00 p.m. beautifully: "Whoever is in Christ is a new creation: the old Celebration of the Lord's Passion things have passed away" (2 Corinthians 5:17). The Gospel pas- sage, the parable of the prodigal son, shows us just what this and Holy Communion 7:00 p.m. new creation is like. It is all about reconciliation. Just as God Holy Saturday*, April 3rd: removes the yoke of slavery from the shoulders of the Israelites Easter Vigil Mass 7:00 p.m. --see today's first reading--so, too, does the father in the Gospel Easter Sunday, April 4th: remove the yoke of guilt and shame from the shoulders of his Masses: 7:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. St. Timothy Choir wayward son. That son first needed to turn away from his sin 9:00 a.m. Noon and seek out and ask forgiveness of his father. That is precisely what we have been doing during this season of repentance. We can only begin to imagine the kind of reconciliation feast that Collection for the Universal Church awaits us when we are embraced by our forgiving God. One Human Family ~ Caring for those in Need Today is the special collection for the Universal Church. WHAT WE DO in more than 99 countries world- wide, Catholic Relief Services focuses on improving the Sunday, March 14th: lives of those in need by working with local communi- Catholic Relief Services Collection ties and partners overseas. Children’s Liturgy of the Word 9 am Mass Please take complete a white envelope found Family Mass 9 am in pews and place it in collection basket. (Please give Monday, March 15th: to the collection for the Universal Church and Catholic Legion of Mary 7:15 pm in the Rectory Cub Scouts Meeting 5:30 pm Chapter Room Relief Services formerly American Bishops Overseas Thursday, March 18th: Appeal.) Women’s Club Luncheon 11:30 am Friday, March 19th:No School SAINTS AND SPECIAL Sunday, March 21st: Children’s Liturgy of the Word 9 am Mass OBSERVANCES LITURGICAL MINISTER SCHEDULE Sunday: Fourth Sunday March 21, 2010 of Lent; Lectors Communion Ministers Daylight Saving Time begins 5:30— Demer; Hall 5:30— Pair; Harner; Gerski Wednesday: St. Patrick 7:30— Davis 7:30— Owen; Aclan; Recto Thursday: St. Cyril of Jerusa- 9:00— Sabol; Woods 9:00— Svoboda; Dixon lem 10:30— Bean; 10:30— Ermert; Page; Friday: St. Joseph; Echeverry Nodjoumi Abstinence 12:00— Leyva 12:00— Gallant; Morrison; Saturday: Spring begins Handforth