Monday

9 AM Portuguese Tuesday

No Mass Wednesday

9 AM English Thursday

7:30 PM Bilingual Friday

7:30 PM Bilingual Saturday

8:00 PM Bilingual Sunday

9:30 AM English

11:15 AM Portuguese 6 PM No Mass

Mass

Reconciliation Saturday 7 PM– 7:30 PM Sunday 5:30 PM– 5:45 PM

Parish Office Monday– Friday 9 AM - 5 PM 209.634.2222 2602 S. WALNUT RD TURLOCK, CA 95380 P. O. BOX 2030 TURLOCK, CA. 95381

WITH MARY, SERVING CHRIST IN THE WORLD.

Fifth Sunday of

Lent

APRIL 09 2017 OUR LADY OF FATIMA

of the Our Lady

WOMEN’S DAY

LENTEN CONFESSION

TRIDUUM SCHEDULE

www.olassumption.net

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

Administration

Grupo de Oração

Divina Misericórdia PORTUGUESE CHARISMATIC PRAYER GROUP

Thursdays, First Church 7:00 PM

WEEKLY GIFTS

GOAL: $9,500

SUNDAY COLLECTION: 4.02.17 $10,302.57 BMA: 46,634.00

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

Liturgy

Formation

Daughters of Mary Women’s Fellowship, Prayer & Scripture

Walking With Purpose Bible Study

OLAwomen@gmail.com Thursdays, October 13th – May 4th

6:45 –8:30 PM Register at olassumption.net

Tuesdays 7 PM - 8:30 PM

Wednesdays

6 PM—7:45 PM

Mass Intentions

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

7:30 PM

Volunteer to serve and/or provide food at the We Care Program Men's Shelter. Contact Christine Dores at 209-495-0586 or cdores12@aol.com for more information.

Valley Area Living Enabling Resources

V.A.L.E.R Office 209.634.0380 Tuesday - Thursday

Portuguese Education Foundation of Central California

Evening of Wine Tasting, Fado & Art

East Lake Ranch 14011 East Ave. Turlock

E-mail: PEFCC@live.com

Mondays 5:45 PM – 7:15 PM

January 23 - April 24, 2017

Tonight’s Life Night:

Merciful: Work the Work

(Living the Works of Mercy)

Palm Sunday is the final Sunday of Lent, the beginning

of Holy Week, and commemorates the triumphant arri-

val of Christ in Jerusalem, days before he was crucified.

We have prayerfully journeyed through Lent and the

Scrutiny’s with our Elect and Candidates. Today will be

their final dismissal.

Elect

Amanda Gonzalez Abbygail Ramirez Michael Moralez Kilynn Vasquez Adrian Moralez John Woodard Jesus Garcia Anthony Morris

Monday, April 10th 7 PM SNACK BAR

Please join us in celebrating the Easter Vigil with

our Elect and Candidates Saturday, April 15th

8 PM

Every year during the glorious Easter Vigil liturgy, Our Lady of the Assumption and parishes through-out the world welcome adults, teens and children into full communion with Christ and his Church. Through a process of discernment, prayer, educa-tion, and sharing with others on the journey, these adults prepare to become Catholics and the entire OLA Parish Community rejoices with them.

Please pray for our Elect and Candidates who will come into full communion with Christ and His church at the Easter Vigil.

Monday • Segunda-Feira,April/Abril: 10 9:00am - Português † João e Maria Machado – de Arminda Sousa

Tuesday • Terça-Feira,April/Abril: 11 No Mass / Não haverá Missa

Wednesday • Quarta-Feira, April/Abril: 12 9:00 am- English For all the members of the Teams of Our Lady living and deceased

Hoy Thursday • Quinta-Feira Santa, April/Abril: 13 Celebration of the Lord’s Supper • Celebração da Ceia do Senhor 7:30 pm - Bilingual † João Bettencourt, aniv. da morte – da filha Maria José Soares

Holy Friday • Sexta-Feira Santa,April/Abril: 14 Celebration of the Lord’s Passion • Celebração da Paixão do Senhor 7:30pm - Bilingual

Holy Saturday • Sábado Santo, April/Abril: 15 Solemn Easter Vigil • Solene Vigília Pascal 8:00pm - Bilinugal † António e Serafina Teixeira – da família † Manuel e Glória Câmara, aniv. da morte – do filho José † Conceição Rosa – do marido António Rosa † Manuel Batista, aniv. da morte – da nora Rosália Batista

Easter Sunday • Domingo de Páscoa, April/Abril: 16 9:30am – English † António Cabral, anniv. of death – from wife Lee Cabral † Parents of Carlos & Teresinha Costa † António, Gelcemina & José Silveira – from John & Connie † António e Maria Amélia Bettencourt – from family † Luiz Azevedo – from wife & family † Diane Lopes – from mom & dad For the intentions of João Matos, anniv. of baptism – from mom

11:15am - Português † José Borba – da filha Fatima Dias † Joe Triste e Mary La Rosa – de Leontina Triste † João e Mariana Lopes – de Clemente e Patricia Lopes † Eliseu e Ermelinda Mendonça – de Clemente e Patricia Lopes † José e Francisca Avila – da filha Graça Duarte † Manuel A Maciel e Manuel e Beatriz Sousa – de Helder e Albertina

†João e Maria F. Jorge – da família † José Natal Sousa – da esposa e filhos † Julio Vieira Sousa – do filho José e família † Joaquim André – da família † Miguel Soares – da esposa Maria José Soares † Manuel Vaz e defuntos de Idoina Vaz † Manuel e Clementina Silva e António Batista † Joaquim Rocha de Sousa – do filho Joaquim e família † Clemente Leonardo e defuntos de Jacinta Leonardo † José e Rosa Valadão e Hilário Ourique – de Francisco e Grinoalda † Defuntos de Manuel e Filomena Silva † Bernardino Dias e defuntos de Fatima Dias Por Dorinda e Rosemary Brum, aniv. do baptism – dos pais Pelos filhos de Albano e Rosa Matos

6:00pm – No Mass / Não Haverá Missa

V.A.L.E.R. is accepting applications for a part-time social service work position. Applicants should

be fluent in Portuguese and English, have proficient computer skills, service-oriented and a problem

solver. Please submit resume and application to the Parish Office. For more information, please contact

the Parish Office 209.634.2222.

Community Life

28 March 1907 – 13 February 2005

Lucia was born in Aljustrel, a village in the parish of Fátima, Portugal, on March 22, 1907, and baptized a few days later on March 30. Her parents were Antonio and Maria Rosa dos Santos. She was the youngest of seven children, six girls and a boy. At age 6 she received her First Holy Communion. By 8 she was occupied with the tending of the family's sheep, accompanied by other boys and girls of the vil-lage.

It was while in the company of her cousins, Jacinta and Francisco Marto, that the first heavenly apparition occurred, that of the Angel of Portugal, come to prepare the young trio for their mission and for an even greater visitor.

Lucia was 10 years old when on May 13, 1917, while tending the sheep in the Co-va de Iria, a woman, who later identified herself as the Blessed Virgin Mary, ap-peared to the children. The apparition would continue monthly on the 13th of the month until October 1917 (save August, when imprisonment by the anti-clerical authorities prevented it). During each month's apparition, the Virgin encouraged prayer, especially the rosary, and sacrifice. She also communicated certain proph-ecies of the future (the end of World War I, the rise of error in Russia (communism) and its propagation throughout the world, the annihilation of nations, another war preceded by a heavenly sign if men did not convert, and the suffering and persecution of the good, especially the Holy Father). On Oct. 13, 1930, the bishop of Leiria-Fátima, José Alves Correia da Silva, declared the appari-tions of Fátima worthy of credibility and allowed public devotion to the Virgin under the title of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fátima.

After the prophesied death of Jacinta and Francisco, during the flu pandemic of 1919, Lucia alone remained to carry on the mis-sion assigned by the "woman from heaven." At 14 she was admitted as a boarder to the school of the Sisters of St. Dorothy in Vilar, near Oporto in the north of Portugal. On Oct. 24, 1925, she entered the Institute of the Sisters of St. Dorothy as a postulant in the convent in Tuy, Spain, not far from the Portuguese border. During these years she would continue to receive private revela-tions explanatory of the message of Fátima. She made her first vows on Oct. 3, 1928, and her perpetual vows on Oct. 3, 1934, receiving the name Sister Mary of the Sorrowful Mother.

In 1946, seeking a more contemplative life, Lucia entered the Carmelite convent of St. Teresa in Coimbra, where she made her profession as a Discalced Carmelite on May 31, 1949. She took the name Sister Maria Lucia of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart.

In 1967, Sister Lucia traveled to Fatima to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the apparitions, presided over by Pope Paul VI. She went again in 1982, when Paul John Paul II came to the Shrine on 13 May to give thanks for the saving of his life during the as-sassination attempt of 13 May 1981, and again when the Pope came there in 1991, and finally in 2000, to beatify Jacinta and Francisco.

Over the years Sr. Lucia would write two books, Memoirs, recounting the events of Fatima in her own words, and Calls from the Message of Fatima, giving answers to the many questions about living the message of Fátima, which she has been asked over the years.

In the second apparition, that of June 13, Lucia asked the Lady, "Will you take us to heaven?" The Virgin responded,

Yes, I shall take Jacinta and Francisco soon, but you will remain a little longer, since Jesus wishes you to make me known and loved on earth. He wishes also for you to establish devotion in the world to my Immaculate Heart. That mission came to an end on February 13, 2005, when after weeks of weakness Sr. Maria Lucia succumbed to the infirmities of old age. Her funeral Mass at the cathedral of Coimbra was presided over by the city's bishop, Most Reverend Antonio Cleto. She will lie in rest at the convent where she spent so many years, until a place is prepared for her body at the Basilica in Fátima, where Francisco and Jacinta are entombed.

10 AM PARISH

HALL

2602 S Walnut Rd. Turlock CA 95380

Only 5 Tables are Avaliable • Please call the Parish Office to reserve your table this week • 209.634.2222

Faithful women enjoying fellowship

• Brunch • Fashion Show • Shopping • Raffle •

ACADEMICA SOCCER CLUB

33RD ANNUAL DINNER

We invite the Parish community to join us for our Annual

Fundraiser Dinner.

This year’s Committee

President – Simon Bettencourt New Head Coach – Sergio Sousa Jr.

Board of Directors:

Agnel Bettencourt, Joe Sousa, John Bettencourt, Manuel Oliveira,

Louie Bettencourt

New Board members:

Jordan Bettencourt, Michael Rocha, Frank Cea

DINNER

Tri-Tip, Shrimp, BBQ Chicken, Baked Potato, Salad, Bread and Rice Pudding!!

Friday April 21, 2017

Music & Dance Following

OUR LADY OF THE ASSUMPTION HALL

Take Out: 5 PM -6 PM

Donations: Adults $25.00, Children under 12 $15.00

Serving at 7 PM

Contact the board of directors for tickets

Agnel Bettencourt (209) 535-8439

Thank you for your support !!!!

Easter Triduum Holy Thursday, April 13th Bilingual Solemn Liturgy of the Lord’s Supper followed by Procession & Adoration until Midnight in the Parish Hall 7:30 PM

Good Friday, April 14th Stations of the Cross & Divine Mercy Novena 3 PM Celebration of the Lord’s Passion & Procession 7:30 PM

Holy Saturday, April 15th Divine Mercy Novena 3 PM Easter Vigil 8 PM

Easter Sunday, April 16th

9:30 AM Solemn Easter Sunday Mass in English 11:15 AM Solemn Easter Sunday Mass in Portuguese 3 PM Divine Mercy Novena NO 6 PM Mass

Women’s Day

2017 Vocations Dinner

Honoring Priests, Deacons, Consecrated Religious &

Seminarians of the Diocese of Stockton

Elks Lodge

Thursday, April 20th

6 PM Doors Open

7 PM Dinner

$25 per person RSVP by April 10th

Tickets: Bob Tognetti 209.523.9403

Good Friday, April 14th

3 — 4 PM

Stations of the Cross

Divine Mercy Novena

Holy Saturday, April 15th

3 — 4 PM

Divine Mercy Novena

Easter Sunday, April 16th

3 — 4 PM

Divine Mercy Novena

Monday, April 17th

7 — 9 PM

ARMEE hosts Divine Mercy Novena

Tuesday, April 18th

7 — 8 PM

Divine Mercy Novena

Wednesday, April 19th

7 — 9 PM

Divine Mercy Novena

Reflection: Healing Service - UNBOUND

Presenter: Vince & Heather Sigala

Thursday, April 20th

7 — 8 PM

Divine Mercy Novena

Friday , April 21st

7 — 8 PM

Divine Mercy Novena

Saturday, April 22nd

3 — 4 PM

Divine Mercy Novena

FEAST OF DIVINE MERCY

Sunday, April 23rd

3 — 4 PM

Holy Hour o Mercy & Fellowship

Reflection: Messages of Fatima

Presenter: Fr. Manuel Sousa

Lenten Reconciliation Holy Thursday, April 13th 10 AM- 12 Noon 3 PM- 5 PM Good Friday, April 14th 10 AM - 12 Noon 3 PM - 5 PM Holy Saturday, April 15th 10 AM- 12 Noon

Do you have Calla Lilies at home? We would love your gift of calla lilies to decorate the Church this Easter. Please bring them Monday– Friday to the Parish Office.

Sunday, April 9th

Rehearsal for Holy Thursday

7:15 PM

Wednesday, April 12th

Rehearsal for RCIA: Elect, Candidates &Sponsors

5:30 PM

Rehearsal for Easter Vigil Liturgy

7 PM