SCHEDULE OF MASSES SATURDAY:8:30 AM, 5:30 PM VIGIL

SUNDAY: 7:00 AM, 8:30AM,10:15AM,12 Noon,

4:00PM (Vietnamese), 6:30PM WEEKDAY: 6:30 AM, 8:30 AM

FIRST WEDNESDAY: 6:30 AM, 8:30 AM, 6:30 PM FIRST FRIDAY:

6:30AM, 8:30 AM, 6:30 PM 8:00 PM (Vietnamese)

HOLY DAY: 8:00 PM (Vietnamese/English) VIGIL

6:30AM, 8:30AM, 7:00 PM SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION

SAT: 4:00 PM - 5 :00 PM, 6:30 PM - 7:00 PM, and by appointment

St. Christopher Church is a faith-community of diverse people who gather to joyfully celebrate life,

faith and love in Jesus Christ through serving others.

629 S. Glendora Ave., West Covina, CA 91790

TEL: (626) 960-1805 FAX: (626) 851-0595 OFFICE HOURS: Mon - Thu: 9AM to 1PM and 2PM to 6PM

Sun: 8AM to 4PM; Fri & Sat: CLOSED EMAIL: parishoffice@sccwc.net

WEBSITE: www.sccwestcovina.net

Pastor Rev. Joseph Dass

Associate Pastor/ Vietnamese Community Chaplain

Rev. Huy Nhat Nguyen

Permanent Deacons Deacon Douglas Moloney

Deacon Loc Nguyen Deacon Jesse Batacan Deacon Andrew Cho

School Principal Lucia Saborio

Director of Religious Formation Judi Peña

Bookkeeper Tuyet Romero

Administrative Secretaries Elizabeth Hudson

Sol Batacan

Facilities Supervisor Rene Rebong

Your prayers are requested for the recovery of: Thu Thanh Nguyen, Jean Lockwood, Donal

O’Connor, Apollinar Estrada, Sesilio Villaluz, Ma.

Kathrina Alcaide, Anita Lacad, Shirle Weaver,

Jamie Eckowitz, Joanna Carmela Calleja, Gloria

Castillo, Irene Panaligan, Len Balino, Gus Reyes,

Guillermo Fuentes, Irma Guison, Christopher

George Apostal, Maria Elena Vasquez, Denise

Aceves, Baby Jace Nevin, Briana, Maria Navarro,

Ann Grivich, Leo Romero, Jr., Connie Bragado,

Elizabeth Stephens, Anita Clare, Juanita

Laguitao, Josie Ramirez, Blas A. Perez, Jr.,

Karen Marie Ledesma, Jesus Payan, Bob Loya,

Celeny Almanza, Jaime Tiongson, Romeo

Canzana, Virgie Franco, Eleanor Martinez, Anna

Calderon, Francine Porter, Lucia Sandoval,

Christopher G. Apostal, Rudy Geronimo, Kay

Chesterfield, Lionel Barrow, Adele Faucett, Irene

Umali, Raymond Romero, Felix Lampa, Emy De

Guzman, Mary Rose Merten, Mercedes Gomez,

Anthony Trozzi, Guille Rivas, Lydia España, and

Doretha Lear

Your prayers are requested for the repose of the soul of: Maria Teresa Van Cao, Felipe Andaya,

Violeta Arida, Ned Pascua, Marissa M .

Grados, Lorimar De Leon , Nonito Avila,

Dolores de Jesus, Luzy Raymundo,

Tatiana Cazacu, Edgardo David, Pat

Martinez, Eloisa Buenaventura, Charito

Navarro, Anthony Navarro , Paterno

Arenas, Edna Jimenez Talag, Paterno A.

Dubria, Gloria Judilla, Lourdes Santos,

Jesus Onate, Raul Burciaga, Danny

Martinez Urbano Pineda, Romeo Puyo,

Nestor Erum, Wilfredo Lazo.

The Jubilee Year of Mercy 2016

2nd Inter Regional

DIVINE MERCY CONGRESS

Mercy: The Heart of the Gospel in the

New Evangelization, COME, EXPERIENCE AND WITNESS!

Theme:

Deepening our understanding of the Divine Mercy in the

21st Century.

Guest speaker: Father Chris M. Alar MIC

Executive Director, Marian Helper, a spiritual benefit society of the Marian

Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the BLVM.

Saturday, October 1st, 2016

8:00 AM—6:00 PM St. Christopher Church

For more information, contact:

Purisima Narvaez (818) 543-1831

Ricky Coronel (626)378-7845

Sunday Collection 4th Sunday of August

$13,127.42

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SENIOR MINISTRY ANNNUAL PICNIC

September 8, 2016

Thursday at 11:00 am

Location:

Cameron Park, West Covina

Please bring your own lunch.

We will have a 50-50 drawing

and play bingo.

Come for friendship and fun.

New members are welcome.

INVITED The Good News is that we have all been invited--invited to the

Kingdom, invited to be disciples. It's a life-changing invitation, and like so many other such invitations, it requires a great

deal of deliberation and discernment. Whether we choose marriage, ordination, single life, or community life, we know the

serious planning and consideration that accompany these profound decisions. Like the tower-builder in the Gospel,

we have weighed both the monetary and emotional cost.

We have pondered and planned our lives in the direction to

which we believe God has called us. And while we pray for

guidance and acceptance of God's will, we often fail to understand so much. Like

Solomon, we turn to God for wisdom and counsel in our life-

changing decisions.

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES

Sunday: Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time Monday: Labor Day Thursday: The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Friday: St. Peter Claver Saturday: Blessed Virgin Mary

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TODAY’S READINGS

Reading 1 WIS 9:13-18B Who can know God’s counsel, or who can conceive what the L O R D i n t e n d s ? F o r t h e deliberations of mortals are timid, and unsure are our plans. For the corruptible body burdens the soul and the earthen shelter weighs down the m ind tha t ha s many concerns. And scarce do we guess the things on earth, and what is within our grasp we find with difficulty; but when things are in heaven, who can search them out? Or who ever knew your counsel, except you had given wisdom and sent your holy spirit from on high? And thus were the paths of those on earth made straight. Responsorial Psalm PS 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14-17 R. (1) In every age, O Lord, you have been our refuge. You turn man back to dust, saying, “Return, O children of men.” For a thousand years in your sight are as yesterday, now that it is past, or as a watch of the night. You make an end of them in their sleep; the next morning they are like the changing grass, Which at dawn springs up anew, but by evening wilts and fades. Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain wisdom of heart. Return, O LORD! How long? Have pity on your servants! Fill us at daybreak with your kindness, that we may shout for joy and gladness all our

days. And may the gracious care of the LORD our God be ours; prosper the work of our hands for us! Prosper the work of our hands! Reading 2 PHMN 9-10, 12-17 I, Paul, an old man, and now also a prisoner for Christ Jesus, urge you on behalf of my chi ld Onesimus, whose father I have become in my imprisonment; I am sending him, that is, my own heart, back to you. I should have liked to retain him for myself, so that he might serve me on your behalf in my imprisonment for the gospel, but I did not want to d o a n y t h i n g w i t h o u t y o u r consent, so that the good you do m i g h t n o t b e f o r c e d b u t voluntary. Perhaps this is why he was away from you for a while, that you might have him back forever, no longer as a slave but more than a slave, a brother, beloved especially to me, but even more so to you, as a man and in the Lord. So if you regard me as a partner, welcome him as you would me. Alleluia PS 119:135 R. Alleluia, alleluia. Let your face shine upon your servant; and teach me your laws. R. Alleluia, alleluia. Gospel LK 14:25-33 Great crowds were traveling with Je su s , a nd he t u r ned a nd addressed them, “ I f anyone comes to me without hating his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. W h i c h o f y o u w i s h i n g t o

construct a tower does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if there is e n o u g h f o r i t ’ s completion? Otherwise, after laying the foundation and f inding himself unable to finish the work the onlookers should laugh at him and say, ‘This one began to build but did not have the resources to finish.’ Or what king marching into battle would not first sit down and decide whether with ten thousand troops he can successfully oppose another king advancing upon him with twenty thousand troops? But if not, while he is still far a w a y , h e w i l l s e n d a delegation to ask for peace terms. In the same way, anyone of you who does not renounce all his possessions cannot be my disciple.”

Our Mother of Perpetual Help Novena

Everyone is cordially invited to the devotion of Our Mother of Perpetual Help novena every Wednesday, fol lowed by Benediction. Every 1st Wednesday there will be Mass, Novena, and Benediction.

Place: Adoration Chapel

Time: 6:30—7:30 P.M.

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TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Sometimes, this "Treasures" column can seem to be a species of crib-notes for Catholic Jeopardy. Indeed, you may never know when knowledge of our particular vocabulary may come in handy. Such is the case with papal bulls, which conjure up all sorts of images, but are actually not what you might expect. A bull is a papal letter on a matter of great consequence, such as a decision about a crisis in the Church, the declaration of a doctrine, the summoning of a council, or the canonization of a saint. It has a more solemn intention than a mere letter or even an encyclical, a teaching letter circulated through the whole Church. Its odd name comes from the Latin bulla, which is the stamp used to apply a signatorial design to the hot lead, or even molten silver or gold, that seals the decree. The format for the bull is the name of the pope in Latin, followed by the title "servant of the servants of God," also in Latin, and then the text. The title of the bull is always the first two words of the text. Some famous papal bulls are Exsurge Domine (Arise, O Lord), written against Martin Luther's Ninety five Theses in 1520; Munificentissimus Deus (The Most Bountiful God), the promulgation of the dogma of the Assumption in 1950 by Pope Pius XII; or Humanae Salutis (Human Salvation), by which Pope John XXIII convened the Second Vatican Council in 1962. -Rev. James Field, Copyright (c) J. S. Paluch Co.

Jubilee Year of Mercy "If anyone comes to me without hating . . . father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and even his [or her] own life" (Luke 14:26). Hating? Can anyone imagine a less appropriate Gospel for the Jubilee Year of Mercy? But scholars call this Semitic hyperbole. Jesus exaggerates to jolt us into confronting life-changing challenges. Faced with conflicting loyalties, disciples must reorder priorities, even relationships, to give Jesus and the gospel's demands first place. Today's second reading presents a real-life example. Paul challenges his wealthy convert, Philemon, to welcome back Philemon's runaway slave, Onesimus, whom Paul has baptized in prison. Not only with unconditional forgiveness but with a counter-cultural, world-shattering change of status--as an equal. No, even more--a beloved brother in Christ. What in my life does the Jubilee Year of Mercy challenge me to "hate"--meaning reform, redo, even utterly revamp--so I can give everyone, no conditions, no exceptions, shockingly Christ-like love? --Peter Scagnelli, Copyright (c) J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

DISCIPLES' "LABOR DAY"

Traveling with Jesus, like the "great crowds" in today's Gospel, does not equal coming after Jesus as true disciples should. So Jesus explains every disciple's daily "Labor Day" demands: (1) "If anyone comes to me without hating his father and

mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple." Does this sound appropriate for our Jubilee Year of Mercy? Such radical words are "Semitic hyperbole," designed to jolt listeners into reordering priorities to give Jesus first place.

(2) "Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple." Remember, part of every true disciple's personal cross is helping to carry other people's challenging burdens.

(3) "Anyone of you who does not renounce all his possessions cannot be my disciple." To emphasize this "all or nothing" invitation, Jesus says to imagine onlookers laughing at a careless builder, or the king of an outnumbered army negotiating peace instead.

Tradition claims that Luke was an artist who usually portrayed Jesus as compassionate. But today, Luke paints a demanding "Labor Day" Jesus challenging us: "Come, follow me lovingly, because I love my disciples. But don't underestimate the self-sacrificing work that discipleship's going to cost you!"

September 4, 2016 St. Christopher Catholic Church

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SATURDAY, SEP 3 5:30 P.M. (D) Bertin Tañada † (D) Benjamin Angeles Jr. †

SUNDAY, SEP 4

7:00 A.M. S t . Chr i s topher ’s Par i sh ioners

8:30 A.M. Said Jacob

(D) Ambrosio Jaurique †

10:15 A.M. (D) Ky and Tam Vu †

(D) O a n h V u †

12:00 P.M. (D) Augus t ine Zeta † (D) Jess M Limas †

6:30 P.M. (D) Mr & Mrs Gregorio Geldore †

Julian & Laura Cardenas Family

MONDAY, SEP 5

8:30 A.M. (D) Bertin Tañada †

(D) Roseline Pei Zhi Lu †

TUESDAY, SEP 6

6:30 A.M. Conchita Balina

(D) Anthony Citarella † 8:30 A.M. (D) Rolando Asuncion †

K a r l M a c a s a e t

WEDNESDAY, SEP 7

6:30 A.M. (D) Regina Lawenko †

Steven & Kathleen Rae

8:30 A.M. (D) Anthony J. Delgado †

(D) Guillermo P. Portacio †

6:30 P.M. Franco Falcon Family

Marc & Melody Riparip

THURSDAY, SEP 8

6:30 A.M. (D) A l Valdez †

(D) Roger Valdez † 8:30 A.M. (D) Soledad Baarde †

(D) Andy Agra †

FRIDAY, SEP 9 6:30 A.M. (D) Romeo Puyo † (D) Wilfredo Lazo † 8:30 A.M. (D) Ambrosio Riparip Sr. & Jr. † (D) Justa Conchita Riparip †

SATURDAY, SEP 10

8:30 A.M. (D) Nicolas S. Altamira † Victoria Montanez

ALTAR FLOWERS

Honor a Loved One or a Special Occasion

We invite parishioners or parish ministries to consider a gift to the parish in the form of Monetary Flower Donations for the Altar in thanksgiving, in memory, or in celebration of a loved one or special event. These intentions will be recognized in the parish bulletin. For more information or to sign-up for a particular weekend, please go to the parish office. Minimum cost for altar arrangements: Two for $150 or Three from $200 to $300.

Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults

A process by which adults who are unbaptized or have been baptized in another faith can prepare to receive the Sacraments of Initiation into the Catholic Church. It is also for adults who are baptized in the Church but have never received the Sacraments of the Holy Eucharist and Confirmation. Inquiry sessions are held every Thursday evening from 7:00 to 9:00 pm in the YOUTH CENTER. All who are interested may fill out an application form which is available at the Parish Office or at the Religious Education Office. For more information, please call the Religious Education Office at 626-338-2937 or you may register during the Thursday evening session at the

LABOR DAY

September 5, 2016

Monday 8:30 Mass

Parish Office Closed

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