Sacred Heart Catholic Church

2140 N. Cedar Avenue(JUST SOUTH OF CLINTON ON CEDAR)

Fresno, CA 93703-2697Phone: 559-237-4121; FAX: 559-237-0122

E-mail: sacredheartfresno@att.netWebsite: sacredheartfresno.org

OFFICE HOURS: Monday - Friday: 9:00am - 4:00pm

Liturgical Schedule:Weekday Masses: Monday through Friday at 8:00a.m.Wednesday: Communion Service 8:00a.m. Saturday: Vigil Mass at 4:00p.m.Sunday Masses: 7:00a.m. - Early Risers Mass,9:00a.m. - Family Mass, 11:00 a.m. - Children / Life Teen Mass, 1:00 p.m. - Charismatic Mass.

Horario de Servicios en Espanol:Misa Diaria: lunes y jueves a las 6:00p.m. y viernes a las 5:45p.m., miercoles servicio de comunion a las 6:00pm Misa de Domingo a las 5:00p.m.Hora Santa: jueves a las 6:30p.m. a 7:30p.m. - en la capillaAdoración Eucarística Nocturna en la capilla cada cuarto sabado a las 8pm hasta 5am Domingo con Misa.RICA: Rito de la Iniciacion cristiana de Adultos:martes a las 6:00p.m. en St. Martha’s Kitchen.Grupo de Oracion: viernes 7:00p.m.-St. Mary's RoomGrupo de Jovenes: viernes 7:00p.m.-St. Patrick’s RoomReconciliacion/Confesion: viernes - 3:45p.m. - 5:15p.m.Educacion Religiosa: Las clases son en espanol losviernes de 5:30p.m. a 7:00p.m. en St. Patrick’s Room

Reconciliation/Confession Friday’s - 3:45p.m. - 5:15p.m.Eucharistic Adoration: Friday’s: 8:30 a.m. to 9:30a.m.4th Saturday from 8pm till 5am on Sunday-Spanish LifeTeen EXALT every 1st Tuesday 6:00p.m.-7:00p.m. Every Tuesday in English 6:00p.m. - 7:00p.mEvery Thursday in Spanish 6:30p.m.-7:30p.m.

Baptisms: First & third Sunday is for baptism in English.The Second Saturday is for baptism in Spanish.Weddings: By appointment, six months advance notice.Religious Education Office: 237-4121. CCD Classes: inthe Activity Center on Sundays - 1st grade-8th grade,9:30a.m. to 12noon. Concludes with Mass.Confirmation/Life Teen Youth Program: Sundays 11am-2pm: Includes Mass at 11:00a.m.RCIA: Thursday’s 7:00 p.m. St. Patrick’s Room

Welcome! We extend our hands and hearts in Christian fellowship to you here, celebrating with us, whether long time residents or newly arrived in the Parish. If you would like to register as a MEMBER or UPDATE your personal information, please fill out this section and return it to the Parish Office or drop it in the collection basket.Full Name/s....................................................................................................Phone.........................................Address.........................................................................................City...................................Zip......................____New Member/s ____Send me Sunday Offering Envelopes ____Update Address Information____Moving, remove me from Church mailing list

Everyone is WelcomeBienvenidos a Todos

Fr. Hilary Silva, PastorRev. Mr. Robert Sesma: Director of RCIARev. Mr. Tom Ognibene: Pastoral Care CoordinatorOffice Manager: Kelley AvilesDirector of Religious Education/YM: Kathy AlegriaCCD Spanish Coordinator - Esmeralda HernandezConfirmation Coordinator - Sylvia DominquezDirector of Environment: Edna DeLucaWedding Coordinator: Inez CastroLectors & Eucharistic Ministers: Cecelia LingenfelterAltar Servers Coordinator: Maryan RiojasUshers Coordinator: Raymundo BarbaMusic Director: GeeGee VillaramaFinance Council Chairperson - Mike ChavezParish Ministries Council Chairperson - Jose MejiaSpanish RCIA Coordinator: Antonio AlasSacred Heart Helping Hand - Ted & Connie BorgesAltar & Rosary Society: President: Stephanie Pesqueira - 367-7089, Meeting: 1st Wednesday of Month@ 6:00 p.m.Knights of Columbus: Grand Knight: Jose Mejia -287-8155, Meeting: 3rd Tuesday @ 7:00 p.m.Website:www.KofC8786.comItalian Catholic Federation: President: Mike Caglia -360-8332,Meeting: 4th Wednesday @ 6:00 p.m.Guadalupe Society: President: Yolanda Chavira -252-8945, Meeting 1st Sunday at 11am.Charismatic Prayer Group: Every Thursday @ 7:30 p.m. - held in St. Mary’s Room.Spanish Prayer Group: Every Friday @ 7:00p.m - held in St. Mary’s RoomMen’s Prayer Group: Every first Tuesday @ 7:00pm - held in St. Joseph’s Room

PLATE COLLECTION / COLECTASeptember 4, 2016 $6,689.09

Building Fund $1,851.58TODAY’S SECOND COLLECTION - Facilities Fund

UPCOMING COLLECTIONSSept 18, Religious Education

Please use your Offering EnvelopesPor favor, use sus sobres de ofertorio

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEKIntenciones de misa de la semana

Saturday, September 104pm Birthday wishes to Cora MagnoSunday, September 117am Intentions of Edwin Alsing by the Alsing family9am Anniversary Efren & GeeGee Villarama11am Sacred Heart Members1pm + Charley M Chavira by the Diaz & Flores familySpanish 5pm + Manuel O Castillo by Victoria SalinasMonday, September 128am + Robert Cabrera by Trupkin family Spanish 6pm Norma L Moncoda by familia Bojorquez-Moncoda Tuesday, September 138am Healing prayers for Cindey Clark by Jackie RamosWednesday, September 148am Communion Service Spanish 6pm Servicio de ComunionThursday, September 158am Wedding Anniversary Ben & Carina WoodallSpanish 6pm Servicio de ComunionFriday, September 168am Poor Souls in Purgatory by Emma Leon Spanish 5:45pm Servicio de Comunion

To schedule a Mass Intention, please come to the Parish office, the requested donation is $10.00.Para reservar una intención de misa, por favor venga a la oficina de la parroquia, la donación solicitada es de $10.00.

Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time September 11, 2016A clean heart create for me, O God,

and a steadfast spirit renew within me. — Psalm 51:12 Fifteen years ago, the continuing TV coverage of the imploding twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York was unbearable for me, as were accounts of the crashes and destruction in Washington and the hills of Pennsylvania. The immense devastation of human life was incomprehensible. Visiting the site in New York some five years later reopened searing wounds, and overwhelmed me with immense sadness. An incursion on our soil, carefully planned and executed by foreign elements, had shattered my cherished sense of security, and provoked a frightening sense of God’s absence.How could my Catholic faith tradition enable me to endure this tragedy? I knew that neither vengeance nor sweeping animosity was an option for me.You have left us crushed . . . covered us with darkness. We are bowed down to the ground (Psalm 44:20, 26).O Lord of hosts, restore us; Let

your face shine upon us (Psalm 80:4).The Psalmist cries a lament, expressing the mourning of the Israelite people, the chosen of God, who had regarded themselves as untouchable and above reproach, now hurled into misery. The lament expresses a nation’s agony, dares to complain against their divine protector, may even own some complicity in the misery, and finally pleads with God for deliverance. In the midst of lamenting, the faith of Israel endured, as must ours. We are as vulnerable as they were to the violence and hatred that seem to encircle us. Our demand for a divine explanation goes unheeded. Yet we have learned of the self-sacrificing heroism of many, witnessing to the finest character of our nation and of our Christian heritage. Dying for one’s friends is a sacred theme in our story, epitomized in Jesus, our Savior, and extended through centuries in the grandest and noblest acts of men and women in all circumstances.In 2001 we came together as one nation under God, sharing the grief, the disillusionment, and the promise to rebuild. As today we lament our honored dead and wounded, shall we translate such agonizing emotion into a persistent pursuit of worldwide reconciliation and peace?

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK Por Favor recen por los enfermos

Alice Madamba, Shyrl Cass, Lucy Rios, Emelda Biggs, Mary Sullivan, Leonard Pavy, Mary Kendrick, Betty Burns, Esther Reynoso, Margaret Sanchez, Angie Sacca, Ann Juri, Tina Soper, Isaiah, Ramona & Joseph Romero Jr., Charles Steele, Dominc Rossi, Marcus Cato, Bobby Mata, Gina Romero, Jeanette Cserna, Max McGinnis, Daniel Silverman, Stefonia Campogna, Elizabeth Mata, Gay Hock, Lynn Hock-Napoli, Bill Stumpp, Judy Colmenero, Jean Kiehl, Art Sanchez, Maria Quiroz, Lori DeLuca, Mary Valencia, Angie Saldivar, Henry Gutierrez, Mary Eppler, David J. Rodriquez.Please call the Parish office each week on Monday [Tuesday if Holiday] to keep the above persons’ names on this list, otherwise we will assume they are doing better and remove their names....Thank you for your cooperation.Por favor hablen a la oficina de la Parroquia los lunes de cada semana (martes si es día festivo) para mantener en la lista los nombres de las personas escritas arriba. De otra manera asumiremos que están mejorando y quitaremos sus nombres de la lista…… Gracias por su cooperación.To add someone to the above list, schedule visits with

Pastoral Ministry of the Sick, Homebound or DyingPlease call the Parish Office: 237-4121.When you can’t forgive someone. PRAY FOR THEM, It may or may not change them but it will always change you.

BIRTHDAY WISHES/felicitaciones de cumpleaños 9-11 Bertha Romero 9-13 Heather Thomas 9-14 Bobet Capacete 9-15 Gustavo Martinez 9-15 Carlos Mendoza 9-15 Eric Martinez 9-15 Ricci Torres 9-16 Russell Sanchez

WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES9-10 William & Juliana Olivas

9-11 Phil & Veronica Contreras9-13 Isaias & Ramona Romero

To add names to the Birthday & Anniversary list please fill out a tan colored birthday & anniversary form located at the entrance of the church or stop by the office for one.

TODAYS READINGSFirst Reading — Because Moses interceded, the Lord relented and did not punish the people (Exodus 32:7-11, 13-14).Psalm — I will rise and go to my father (Psalm 51).Second Reading — Paul expresses his gratitude for being appointed to the ministry (1 Timothy 1:12-17).Gospel — There is great rejoicing in heaven when a sinner repents (Luke 15:1-32 [1-10]).

READINGS FOR THE WEEKMonday:1 Cor 11:17-26, 33; Ps 40:7-10, 17; Lk 7:1-10Tuesday: 1 Cor 12:12-14, 27-31a; Ps 100:1-5; Lk 7:11-17Wednesday: Nm 21:4b-9; Ps 78:1bc-2, 34-38; Phil 2:6-11; Jn 3:13-17Thursday:1 Cor 15:1-11; Ps 118:1b-2, 16ab-17, 28; Jn 19:25-27 or Lk 7:36-50Friday: 1 Cor 15:12-20; Ps 17:1bcd, 6-8b, 15; Lk 8:1-3Saturday:1 Cor 15:35-37, 42-49; Ps 56:10c-14; Lk 8:4-15Sunday:Am 8:4-7; Ps 113:1-2, 4-8; 1 Tm 2:1-8; Lk 16:1-13 [10-13]

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time; Patriot Day; Grandparents DayMonday: The Most Holy Name of MaryTuesday: St. John ChrysostomWednesday: The Exaltation of the Holy CrossThursday: Our Lady of SorrowsFriday: Ss. Cornelius and CyprianSaturday: St. Robert Bellarmine; Blessed Virgin Mary

UPCOMING SALES, EVENTS AND FUNDRAISERS AT SACRED HEART

Fall Festival ticket sale after all Masses 9/11,9/18 & 9/26 Guadalupe & Knights Luau ticket 9/11 after 9am&11am masses 9-11 Life Teen Food Sale - Guadalupe Park - canceled 9-17 Guadalupe & Knights Luau - St. Paul Newman Ctr 9-18 Covenant Choir Food Sale - Guadalupe Park 9-25 Knights of Columbus Food Sale - Guadalupe Park

FLOWERS FOR THE ALTARReservations for Altar Flowers can be arranged in the Parish Office and will be placed on the Altar the weekend of your choice. Flowers can be dedicated in memory of a loved one, a birthday, in thanksgiving or simply just because. The requested flower donation is $35.00.

HOLINESS REVOLUTIONDynamic Catholic presents Holiness Revolution

with Dan DeMatte & Aaron Richards. HOLINESS REVOLUTION held here at Sacred Heart Church on October 15, 2016 9am-1:30pmDoors open an hour before the event, we suggest you arrive a half hour before the event to check in, collect your materials, and be seated.

ABOUT HOLINESS REVOLUTION The world is in dire need of change. People are hurting. People are turning to empty promises searching for answers. All along we have the answer: Jesus. This event will open your eyes to the need for change in the world and the role you can play. Will you join the holiness revolution?Tickets and information call Martha at 709-3625. Tickets available in the office.

FESTIVAL CHAIRPERSON NEEDED The Festival Core team is in need of a Chairperson to run our upcoming Spring Festival in APRIL 2017. If you have an interest in this position please call the parish office.

HAWAIIAN NIGHTS LUAUGuadalupe Society & Knights of Columbus

of Sacred Heart Catholic Churchinvites everyone to an Hawaiian Nights Luau

Saturday, September 17, 2016 atSt. Paul Newman Center - Cardinal Newman Hall

1572 E Barstow Ave Fresno5pm - 6pm Social Hour / 6-7 Dinner / 7pm - 11pm Dancing

Dessert Silent Auction & Raffle Drawing$35.00 Donation: All proceeds are for

Sacred Heart New Hall FundPlease join in the fun filled event with good food, lots of

dancing and great raffle prizesHawaiian attire greatly encouraged.

for tickets call: Yolanda 252-8945 or Jose 287-8155No tickets will be sold at the door, pre-sale only.

Tickets sold after Mass on 9/4 & 9/11 after the 9am & 11am masses.

FALL FESTIVAL Sunday, October 2nd, 201610am - 7pm at the Religious Formation Grounds

OPEN AIR MASS AT 11am-English & 5pm-SpanishLots of Food & Entertainment and Raffles

RAFFLE PRIZES / Raffle Tickets $1.00 each1st $500 2nd $300 3rd 40’TV -need not be present to win

Drawing held at 7pm on Sunday, October 2, 2016*Small appliance drawing every 30 minutes from 12noon - 4pm-need be present to win.*Extra Raffle on September 25th after the 11am and 5pm Mass to win $100.00-Need not be present to win.*drawn from the raffle tickets received, winners will also be included in the regular raffle on the festival day.

FLOWERS FOR THE ALTARFlowers by the Altar were donated memory of Jose Martinez by SeongJa MartinezFlowers by the Altar were donated for Birthday Wishes to Eric Martinez by SeongJa Martinez