DECEMBER 03 2017

of the Our Lady

The First Sunday of Advent ADVENT MISSION

TURLOCK TOGETHER

LIFETEEN

WITH MARY, SERVING CHRIST IN THE WORLD.

MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER

Reconciliation Saturday 9 AM– 10 AM 7 PM– 7:30 PM

Sunday– Thursday 5:30 PM– 6:30 PM 8:15 PM– completion of Advent Mission

Mass Monday 9 AM Portuguese 10 AM English Tuesday 10 AM English

Wednesday 10 AM English 6 PM English Thursday 10 AM Portuguese 7 PM English Friday 9 AM Portuguese 6 PM English 7:30 PM Portuguese

Saturday 10 AM English 7:30 PM Portuguese

Sunday 9:30 AM English 11:15 AM Portuguese 6 PM English

Parish Office

Monday– Thursday 9 AM - 5 PM Closed Friday 209.634.2222

2602 S. WALNUT RD TURLOCK, CA 95380 P. O. BOX 2030 TURLOCK, CA. 95381 Mark 13:33-37

Jesus said to his disciples: "Be watchful! Be alert! You do not know when the time will come. It is like a man traveling abroad. He leaves home and places his servants in charge, each with his own work, and orders the gatekeeper to be on the

watch. Watch, therefore; you do not know when the Lord of the house is coming, whether in the evening, or at midnight, or at cockcrow, or in the morning. May he not come suddenly and find you sleeping.

What I say to you, I say to all: 'Watch!'"

Parish Staff Father Manuel Sousa Pastor

frmanuel@olassumption.net Deacon Edwin Santiago Deacon

mpsecs@charter.net Ashley Hendrex Parish Director Catechism Coordinator

ahendrex@olassumption.net Zelia Freitas Administrative Assistant Music Coordinator

zfreitas@olassumption.net Nellie Oliveira Administrative Assistant

noliveira@olassumption.net Connie Madruga Liturgy Coordinator

cmadruga@olassumption.net

James Governale Youth Ministry Coordinator Confirmation Coordinator

jgovernale@olassumption.net

CATHOLIC STEWARDSHIP PRINCIPLES † GIVE TO THE LORD A PORTION OF YOUR INCOME † MAKE YOUR GIFT A SACRIFICE † USE YOUR CONTRIBUTION ENVELOPE OR ONLINE GIVING

† 5% TO PARISH & 5% TO CHARITY

Administration WEEKLY GIFTS GOAL: $10,500 SUNDAY COLLECTION: 11.26.17

$8,084.10

Outreach

Stephen Ministers provide high-quality, confidential, Christ-centered care and support to people experiencing grief, divorce, illness, job loss, loneliness, disability, and other life difficulties. If you, a friend, or a relative would like to meet with a Stephen Minister, please contact Margaret Santiago 209.485.2235.

“Take heed, watch and pray; for you do not know when the time will come.” - MARK 13:33

We all take things for granted. In particular, we take time for granted. Our lives are so

busy, many of us are planning our time - our days, weeks, months, even years in

advance. Remember, our time on earth is a gift. None of us knows how long we will be

here. Start today and begin thanking God for each and every day. Take time in silence,

every day, and listen to what God is saying to you.

Valley Area Living Enabling Resources V.A.L.E.R Office 209.634.0380 Tuesday - Thursday 11 AM - 3 PM

We Care Shelter Season Volunteer to donate, prepare, and/or serve

dinner for the Homeless Men. Serving is from 6:45 PM-7:30 PM.

Please contact Christine Dores to sign up for this season: 209.495.0586 cdores12@aol.com

Relaxation Exercises Mondays and Wednesdays 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Seniors’ Gathering Thursday, December 7th 9 AM

Liturgy Formation Mass Intentions

Mondays 7:30 PM

Join us weekly for fellowship, worship, and spiritual nourishment through Adoration and Confession.

Grupo de Oração

Divina Misericórdia PORTUGUESE CHARISMATIC PRAYER GROUP

Thursdays, First Church 7 PM

Catechism Class Wednesdays

6 PM - 7:45 PM

Tuesdays 7 PM - 8:30 PM

Sundays 6 PM

Monday • Segunda-Feira, December/Dezembro: 04 9:00am – Português † Irmã Maria Melo – de Armanda Câmara 10:00am - English † For all Souls in purgatory Tuesday • Terça-Feira, December/Dezembro: 05 10:00am – English † For all Souls in purgatory Wednesday • Quarta-Feira, December/Dezembro: 06 10:00am – English † For all Souls in purgatory 6:00pm -English Teams of Our Lady, US Super Region for all members living and deceased Thursday • Quinta-Feira, December/Dezembro: 07 10:00am – Português † Mariana Bettencourt, aniv. da morte – da nora Maria 7:00pm – English For all those who attended the Parish Mission Friday • Sexta-Feira, December/Dezembro: 08 The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Imaculada Conceição da Virgem Santa Maria 9:00am † José, Noémia, Lucia e Benvinda Rocha, aniv. da morte – de Georgina Ourique † Maria Costa e Ana Silva – de João Nunes † Almas do purgatório – de Connie Galhano † Francisco e Isabel Luis e familiares falecidos de Odelta Luis † José Alves Teixeira e Duarte Alves Teixeira – da irmã Maria e António Carvalho † Helene de Sousa – da família † Manuel Matos – Arminda Sousa 6:00pm – English For all the young adults in our parish 7:30pm Por Adelino Toledo, aniv. natalício – da esposa Matilde Saturday • Sábado, December/Dezembro: 09 7:30pm † Frank e Eduardina Silveira – de Lucia Machado Sunday • Domingo, December/Dezembro: 10 9:30am – English † António & Serafina Teixeira – from family † Joe Gomes – from wife & family † Manuel & Mike Alvernaz – from family † Manuel M. & Nivia F. Cardoso – from daughters & family For Sabastian Medeiros, on his baptism anniv. – from Paul & Iria 11:15am – Português † Manuel Mendes Romeiro – de Frank e Erma Mendonça † João Lendivico Gomes – de António e Maria de Jesus † Maria da Conceição Rosa – do marido e filhos † Maria de Jesus Gomes – do marido e filhos † Defuntos de António e Aurora Borba † Pedro Reis – da esposa e família † João Serafim de Jesus – dos filhos † Alvaro Toledo – da esposa e filhos † José Jordão – da esposa filho e família † Maria Bernardete Brasil e Manuel Sousa – da família † Manuel e Maria Glória Dinis e Francisco Vaz – da filha Maria Dinis † Leontina Silva – do marido e filhos † Steve Arlindo Cardoso – dos pais † Pais de Manuel e Maria Toledo Pelas int. de Florindo e Lurdes Borba e sua família

6:00pm – English † Georgina Machado – from John Machado † Jose L Pachedo – from Joe & Katrina Pacheco † David Freitas e Salvador Vieira – de Antonio & Zelia Frietas † Cassy Mancebo – from mom, dad & family † Etelvina Fontes – from daughter & family

Turlock Together is a

voluntary cooperation

of ministries, non-profits,

schools, and churches

working together to

make our community

better.

Turlock Together needs

non-perishable food

and new toys to fill Christmas boxes. They also need help

sorting cans, building boxes, registration, computer input

and distributing boxes. The Turlock Together Christmas Cen-

ter is at the Turlock Fruit Company 500 S. Tully Rd. in Turlock.

Please call Lissette at 209.669-5366 ext. 101 or 209.620-4910

between 9 AM - 4 PM Monday– Friday. Distribution Day is

December 23rd. Please sign up as soon as possible. Please

bring donations to the Church by December 17th.

Turlock Pregnancy Center is seeking Registered Nurses to volunteer in the medical department. If you are interested in serving, please email

Sandy at sandy@turlockphc.com Thank you!

Do you l ike to kn it? Please knit a few scarves for the homeless men in our community. The Outreach Commission will distribute your gift during the Christmas season.

If you want to support this small project, contact VALER at 209.634.0380.

We are the servants of God, each with his or her own task. We wil l be judged good stewards if, at His coming, He finds us ready and conscientiously pursuing the tasks to which we have been cal led.

Participants are encouraged to strive for the Plenary Indulgence associated with the spir-itual work of having attended a Parish Mission.

Our Lady of the Assumption Parish 2602 S. Walnut Road Turlock, CA 95380 209.6 34.2 222

& Her Son’s Message of Salvation

Advent Parish Mission 2017 Presented by Fr. Wade L. J. Menezes, CPM

of the Fathers of Mercy & EWTN Sunday, December 3rd– Thursday, December 7th

Sunday, December 3rd

7:30 PM

Our Lady of Fatima: A Message of Faith

Monday, December 4th

7:00 PM

Our Lady of Fatima: A Message for Culture

Tuesday, December 5th

7:00 PM

Eschatology: Study of the Four Last Things

Fr. Wade Menezes, CPM is a member of the Fathers of Mercy, a missionary

preaching Religious Congregation based in Auburn, Kentucky. Fr. Wade is currently

the Assistant General and has served as Director of Vocations and Director of

Seminarians for the Fathers of Mercy, and as the Chaplain-in-Residence at the

Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament of Our Lady of the Angels Monastery in

Hanceville, Alabama. While at the Shrine, Fr. Wade was a daily Mass celebrant,

homilist and confessor; he also gave spiritual conferences on specialized points of

Catholic Christian doctrine to the many pilgrims who visit the Shrine annually. Both

the Monastery and Shrine are affiliated with EWTN, the Eternal Word Television

Network, of which Fr. Wade has hosted many series. Fr. Wade has been a contrib-

uting writer for the National Catholic Register, Our Sunday Visitor, Catholic Twin Circle, Catholic Faith and Family,

The Wanderer, Pastoral Life, The Catholic Faith, Lay Witness, the Homiletic and Pastoral Review and Christian

Ranchman publications.

Wednesday, December 6th

7:00 PM

Death and Judgment

Thursday, December 7th

7:00 PM

Heaven and Hell

Holy Confession Offered (Sacrament of Penance & Reconciliation)

Sunday – Thursday 5:30 PM—6:30 PM 8:15 PM—Completion

Give a Christmas gift that keeps on giving. A Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend is a gift of

love. It’s a weekend of fresh air, the rebirth of romance, and new beginnings. If you’d like to make your Marriage

even more special than it already is – call now! The next Marriage Encounter Weekend is

February 16-18, 2018 in Lodi.

For more information visit our website at: https://www.stocktonwwme.org or contact John & Angelica

at applications@stocktonwwme.org or 209-691-0603.

I like these words of the late Cardinal Hume: “There are times when I can visualize Our Lord at the break of day standing by my bed and saying: “Get up, follow me.” Whether I am conscious of it or not, in effect that invitation, that loving but insistent command, is given to me every day. Each new morning is the op-portunity to start again. Yesterday there may have been inadequacies and failures but today Christ renews his call: “Follow me. I have chosen you. I need you.” Who can fail to respond to the thought that God needs our willing collaboration.”

Carers of creation We are carers of creation and of his people. Take this seriously, it is our world. God has made himself so vulnerable and this gospel is just before the passion. This area can be no better unless we do something. It has got better. We look at areas which are now clean, more prosperous and just. We may have our problems, but that has been the work of people co-creating the world with God. Making it a better place. Doing the world a world of good.

Doing the world a world of good Gospel today says –

Don’t give up – God is always near! Live in hope and preparation. Stay awake to the season – the ways we can deepen and grow a bit of faith — a retreat, do something good for others with your time or finance, notice God in the events of the next few weeks, pray a bit every day, make time to be awakened to the centre of our world who is God, and to his central action in creating the world each day, sending Jesus Christ his Son.

Lord, send me, use me, create me in your work in the world.

Donal Neary SJ

What is Life Teen? As a Eucharist-centered movement within the Roman Catholic Church, Life Teen leads teenagers and their families into a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ and His Church. With the Blessed Virgin Mary as our intercessor and guide, Life Teen seeks to unleash the fullness of the Sacramental power present within the young Church.

What are Lifenights?

Lifenights are weekly large-group gatherings for high schoolers that immediately follow the Life Teen Mass. There are three basic types of Life Nights: Doctrinal (a.k.a. Catechetical), Issue, and Social. Doctrinal nights follow the semester theme and break open a particular tenant of the faith. Issue nights deal with specific “real-world issues” that teens deal with (e.g. drinking, gossip, chastity, etc.). These nights help the teens see how their Catholic faith is relevant to every aspect of their lives. Finally, social nights build Christian community and friendships. Lifenights take place every Sunday from 7:30 PM - 9 PM.

How else are the youth involved?

High Schoolers at OLA are welcome to join us for Summit, a lectionary-based discipleship group that meets weekly on Monday nights at 6 PM. We read, reflect on, and plan to implement the following Sunday’s Gospel into our lives. Teens are also welcome to sign up to join a Discipleship Group (D-Group) that meets weekly to grow in faith and commu-nity. D-Groups last until the teens graduate, causing the teens and Core member with them to become a little family of their own.

What is the Core team and how do I join?

One passionate youth minister is great, but one person can-not minister to an entire youth group. That is where the Core team comes in. Core Members are adults who choose to re-spond to their baptismal call by serving young people. The Life Teen Program relies heavily on the time and talents of adults within the parish community, men and women who truly care about our youth, and who are selfless enough to make sacrifices that ensure that our young people come to know God through the love of Christ and the truth of the Sacraments. One question you have to ask yourself is, “Who can serve as a Core Member?” If you have that image in your head of what the perfect Core Member looks and acts like, get rid of it. There is no “one perfect” look. We’re looking for servant hearts, hearts that are form-able, not just the “perfect-looking” or the “perfectly formed” Core. One can apply for the Core Team by filling out the applica-tion below and having an interview with the youth minister.

Who do I contact for more information?

James Governale jgovernale@olassumption.net 209.634.2222

209.595.9084