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St. Louise de Marillac Church. Louise de Marillac Church. Louise de Marillac Church
Serving God’s people in Covina, Glendora, San Dimas and surrounding communitiesServing God’s people in Covina, Glendora, San Dimas and surrounding communities
”””Family life is sacred, but it is not without trialFamily life is sacred, but it is not without trialFamily life is sacred, but it is not without trial”””
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Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Our Mother of Perpetual Help St. Alphonsus Liguori founded the Redemptorist Congregation in 1732 so the congregation’s brothers and priests might proclaim the Gospel to the most abandoned, especially the poor. The community’s primary ministry was to
conduct parish missions, that is, to visit local churches and offer “revivals,” preaching sermons, providing catechesis, celebrating the sacraments, reconciling sinners, and teaching people how to pray and continue in their faith journey once the missionaries had move on.
Alphonsus used paintings and statues of Mary as visual aids that complemented and carried his message about Mary and her Son. When Pope Pius IX gave the icon of Our Mother of Perpetual Help to the Redemptorists in 1865, Alphonsus’ spiritual heirs found it fit perfectly with the themes they had been preaching.
To this day in churches and homes, wherever a copy of the icon hangs, the message of plentiful redemption and merciful love is continually proclaimed by the Redemption Madonna, Our Mother of Perpetual Help. St. Louise has two devotions to Our Lady of Perpetual Help. One meets on Wednesdays at 6:45 pm and Our Mother of Perpetual Help meets the first Saturday of each month after the 8:00 am mass in the church. Please join us!
“Donut Sunday” Join us in Msgr. Pierce Hall
This morning after the
6:30, 8:00, 9:30, & 11 am Masses
for coffee, donuts, & fellowship!
We need your help!
We are looking for a few dedicated individuals to help in
our Altar Society and Altar Linens Ministry.
The Altar Society helps clean and maintain the body
of the Church—there are 4 teams, each team cleans
one time a month after the 8:00 am Mass.
The Altar Linens Ministry launder and iron the altar
linens that we use at each Mass.
If you are interested or have questions please call or
email Sandra Roman 626-915-7873
email: [email protected]
FEAST OF MARY, MOTHER OF GOD
& NEW YEARS MASS SCHEDULE
Thursday, Dec. 31st 6:20 am & 8:00 am
Vigil Mass, Solemnity of Mary 5:30pm
Solemnity of Mary, Friday, Jan. 1st 6:30 am, 8:00 am, 9:30 am & 11:00 am
NO EVENING MASS ON NEW YEAR’S DAY
PARISH CENTER HOLIDAY HOURS
Monday, Dec. 28th: 8:00 am to 5pm Tuesday. Dec. 29th: 8:00 am to 5pm Wednesday. Dec. 30th: 8:00 am to 5pm Thursday, Dec. 31st: 8:00 am to 12 Noon
Friday, Jan. 1st: CLOSED
Mother of Perpetual Help Devotions
Rosaruy
Litany
Novena
We need “Our Mother’s” powerful intercessions (the action of saying a prayer on behalf of an-other person). Come together and pray every
Wednesday evening at 6:45 pm.
Everyone is welcome!
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There is an appointed time for everything,
and a time for every affair under the
heavens.” Ecclesiastes 3:1
The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
Family life is sacred, but it is not without trial. Perhaps this is the most important message we can glean from today’s readings.
If Jesus, Mary, and Joseph can trip up sometimes—can disconnect—then we shouldn’t find it surprising when such things happen to us as well. And parents everywhere (children, too) can probably relate to—and take some solace in—the Gospel’s account of Mary and Joseph after Jesus explained why he stayed behind in the temple. They heard his words, Luke tells us, “But they did not understand what he said to them.” (Luke 2:50). Amen! Nevertheless, Jesus does go back home with them, and continues to thrive under their care.
Pope Francis has announced the Jubilee of Mercy, which begins on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception and concludes on Sunday, November 20, 2016.
'I have decided to announce an Extraordinary Jubilee which has at its center the mercy of God. It will be a Holy Year of Mercy. We want to live in the light of the word of the Lord: “Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful” (cf. Lk 6:36). And this especially applies to confessors! So much mercy!
May this be the year that you become more involved in your parish! What a delightful way to celebrate the Jubilee of Mercy!
In this weeks Bulletin there are requests from several minis-tries in which you may become involved! Get to know your fellow parishioners, do the active works of God.
Have a blessed New Year from the Parish Staff!
Happy 2016!
The Year of Mercy!
The St. Louise de Marillac Catholic Church is looking two captains for our Environment Committee, whose purpose is to enhance our worship spaces. The captains will work with the current group of dedicated volunteers who assist in the implementation of the environmental décor.
The sacred environment of the Church reflects the changing liturgical seasons so to enhances our prayer experience. This ministry is open to any of our parishioners.
This is a wonderful way for you to get involved in parish work and feel “at home" in your parish. Please let us count on you saying “yes!” Come! Help us continue to make St. Louise de Marillac a beautiful place to
worship. Please contact Sandra Roman, Lay Ministry Coordinator
(626) 915-7873 Ext. 223 [email protected]
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To submit an article for the parish bulletin email it to [email protected]
by the Friday prior to printing, no later than 3pm.
Thank you for your continuing support of St. Louise and our many ministries!
Please know we receive your Christmas offerings with humble and grateful hearts.
Your stewardship throughout the year enables us to meet our many ministerial and
operational needs and always appreciated.
May the New Year of 2016 be filled with the blessings of the Christ Child for your
families and our Parish Family of St. Louise.
Offertory for the week of Sunday, December 20, 2015
2013 2012 Variance
Envelopes
Plate $
Total
St. Louise's Community Bulletin Board
We'll be glad to post it on the community board for all to see!
Have you checked out our “Community Board" in Msgr. Pierce Hall?
Do you have a need for home help care? Could you give or do you need a ride to church or to a doctor appointment? Do you have a room to rent? Do you need or have a job to offer? Is there a community event, you need posted?
If you do, please call the Parish Center at 626-915-7873 or email Deacon Al Valles at:
At the time of printing these figures
were not available
Then you know how much a person with compassion is needed to assist in the planning of the Funeral Mass.
Maybe you could be the person to assist the family in planning the services for their loved one. Meet with the family and help them through the process, obtain the information needed from the family about the deceased, set up the funeral mass, work with the celebrant, purify and put the sacred vessels away.
Pray and ask yourself is the Lord calling me to serve in this ministry?
If you would like to know more about the Funeral Intake Coordinators, Please contact:
Sandra Roman 915-7873 ext 223 or [email protected].
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OneLife LA
Did you miss last year’s OneLife LA? You won’t want to miss this year! On January 23, 2016, join Archbishop Gomez and tens of thousands in downtown Los Angeles for the second
annual OneLife LA, an event celebrating the beauty and dignity of every human life from con-ception to natural death. Beginning at 12:00 noon at La Placita/Olvera Street, we will walk to Grand Park for a family friendly day of inspiring speakers, live music, en-tertainment, food trucks, and exhibits from com-munity organizations serving those in need.
The Requiem Mass for the Unborn at the Cathedral will follow at 5 pm.
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Fa i t h F o r m at i on
We would like to wish all the children and their families a Happy New Year,
and may our Christ Child remain in your hearts and homes throughout the year.
Blessings, Faith Formation Office Staff
SUNDAY PRESCHOOL SESSIONS
Preschool classes will resume on Sunday, January 3, 2016.
SUNDAY ELEMENTARY SESSIONS
Classes will resume on Sunday, January 3, 2016.
TUESDAY ELEMENTARY SESSIONS
Classes will resume on Tuesday, January 5, 2016.
THURSDAY ELEMENTARY SESSIONS
Classes will resume on Thursday, January 7, 2016.
MIDDLE SCHOOL MINISTRY
Middle School Ministry will resume on Monday, January 11 2016.
CONFIRMATION SESSIONS
Classes will resume on January 10th–13th, 2016
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Communion
If you are unable to attend Mass,
Communion can be brought to you.
Please call our Parish Office and ask for
Sister Nancy at 626-915-7873
Prison & Detention Ministry
The Prison & Detention Ministry continues to collect soft cover Catholic Bibles, peechee type folders, writing pads (glue top only), #10 envelopes, small golf-style pencils, and stamps for the men.
All donations are greatly appreciated by the men and can be delivered to the Parish Center marked for Deacon Al.
Thank you and God Bless, Deacon Al
http://yourstjohn.com/your-ministries/
SGV Homeless Shelter Clothes Drive—Update
Thank you for your generous donations of winter clothes, and new socks and under ware. With it being a cold and wet winter season , your gifts will be much needed. Clean and dry under garments go along way
when living on the streets. I would like to report to you that our parish has abundantly blessed the SGV Shel-ter that will be hosted at St. Dorothy Church in Glendora, the last weeks of the 2015 year.
Truck loads have been donated by the St. Louise Community that we will have plenty of left over donations after the shelter ends! We will continue our distribution of these winter clothes to the homeless in the San
Pedro and Los Angeles regions as well!!!
Your gifts of time and treasure go along way my friends. Let us continue to remember those who suffer in our community and in our world and extend those acts of mercy even after the holiday season ends.
On behalf of my co-coordinators I would like to extend to you a generous and warm thank you.
May our Lord continue to bless you.
In His Service, Dn Omar
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Parishioners are asked to please contact the Parish Center to have a name placed on the list. For a name to remain on the
sick list, please contact the Parish Office by the 15th of every month. This list will be published weekly in our bulletin.
Thank you for your assistance in helping us maintain this list, as it will ensure those in need of prayer will receive it.
Please pray for those listed below who are sick:
Johnathan Abrian; Irving Gayle Adlen; Ardenio “Dan” Ayala; Weldon Bennett; Eppie Cabral, Jr.; Reta Carlson; Maggie Corral;
Edye Duggan; Joe Escalera Sr. & Jr.; Pat Fallis; Rick Garrett; Isaiah Gaskin; Carmen Gonzalez; David Gonzalez;
Maria Corazon Fernandez; Suzanne Hanson; Maria Harrelson; Stephen Holderness; Toni Hunt; Harry Kim; Laura Whitney Korte;
Albert Lammens; Henry Lopez; Ava Marie Machado; Maria Macabagdal; Damacio Marquez; Gloria Marquez; Dara Mena;
Gloria Montoya; Tabitha Neal; Tracie Neria; Sandra Nila; Connie Olague; Rolando Olmedo; Jacqueline Pimentel;
Michael Anthony Quizon; Michael Reyes; Phyllis Rexius; Louis Rivera; Hector Rodriguez; Velma Rodriguez; Sr. Lynn Roebert;
Pearl Romero; Julia Sermeno; Frank Smith; Ryan Soldridge; Melina Suarez; Berna Vigil; Priscilla Villar; Robbie Villar;
Benita Villasenor; William Volk; Melinda Zamora.
Save the Date: Live Scan Fingerprinting on January 20th
from 12:00 pm to 7:20 pm in the Youth Room.
Please contact the Parish Center to schedule your appointment!
Fingerprinting is necessary for those who volunteer
with children.
All volunteers need to be fingerprinted
Catholic Church Calendars
They are here!
Please come to the Parish Office and pick up a copy of the 2016 Catholic calendar.
Quantities are limited to supplies on hand. Donations gratefully accepted.
For Information Contact Emily Guzman in the Finance Office
At 626-915-7873 or
CALENDARS/SCHEDULES Page 8
TODAY’S READINGS
First Reading — Hannah gives her son Samuel back to
the LORD, leaving him in the temple at Shiloh: “As long
as he lives, he shall be dedicated to the LORD” (1 Samuel
1:20-22, 24-28) or Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14.
Psalm — Blessed are they who dwell in your house, O
Lord (Psalm 84) or Psalm 128.
Second Reading — We are children of God when we
believe in the name of God’s Son, Jesus Christ, and love
one another just as he commanded us (1 Jn 3:1-2, 21-24)
or Colossians 3:12-21 [12-17].
Gospel — Joseph and Mary find the lost Jesus in the
temple in the midst of the teachers, listening to them and
asking questions (Luke 2:41-52).
The English translation of the Psalm Responses from the Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997,
International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.
READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Monday: 1 Jn 1:5 — 2:2; Ps 124:2-5, 7b-8;
Mt 2:13-18
Tuesday: 1 Jn 2:3-11; Ps 96:1-3, 5b-6; Lk 2:22-35
Wednesday: 1 Jn 2:12-17; Ps 96:7-10; Lk 2:36-40
Thursday: 1 Jn 2:18-21; Ps 96:1-2, 11-13; Jn 1:1-18
Friday: Nm 6:22-27; Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8; Gal 4:4-7;
Lk 2:16-21
Saturday: 1 Jn 2:22-28; Ps 98:1-4; Jn 1:19-28
Sunday: Is 60:1-6; Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-13;
Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6; Mt 2:1-12
Sunday, December 27h 6:30 am: St. Louise Parish Families (SI)
8:00 am: Deacon Peter and Janet Brause (SI)
9:30 am: Chris and Patti Coppi (SI)
11:00 am: Trinidad and Catalina Hernandez (RIP)
12:30 pm: Alexa Rubio-Islava (SI): Joseph Porcaro (RIP)
5:00 pm: Steve Weinreb (RIP); Aaron Roman (SI)
Monday, December 28th 6:20 am: Tina and Family
8:00 am: Sharon Strok (SI); Carmen Mijares (SI)
Tuesday, December 29th
6:20 am: Raphael Rivera (SI) &
Father Augustine Chang (SI)
8:00 am: Enrique Sermeno (RIP) &
Julia Sermeno (SI)
Wednesday, December 30th
6:20 am: Jose Santiago (RIP);
Robert Edward Yates (RIP)
8:00 am: Rosendo Montierro Jr. (RIP) ;
Paz Montierro (RIP)
Thursday, December 31st 6:20 am: Aurelio and Isabel Costanon (RIP)
8:00 am Henry Solis (SI) &Jose Gandarela (SI)
7:00 pm: Special Intentions for Parish Families (SI)
Friday, January 1st 6:20 am: Brian Murphy (RIP) & Joseph Thornton (SI)
8:00 am: Carmencita Martinez (SI); Marina Barris (SI)
9:30 am: Lourdes Tiongson (RIP); Frank Thorton
11:00 am: Lucy and Carmen Cavezza (RIP)
Saturday, January 2nd
8:00 am: St. Louise Parish Families (SI)
5:30 pm: St. Louise Parish Families (SI)
Mass Intentions (Week of December 27th-January 2nd)
DID YOU KNOW?
Take a time out to communicate Sometimes, kids need a place to go where they can say
what they want, and they won’t be immediately punished
or have to deal with a negative reaction. It’s important to
make sure your child has such a space or time – after din-
ner conversations, an ice cream spot, riding home from
school – where they can tell you what’s on their mind,
good or bad, and you can just listen and discuss, without
taking the instant parental approach. If your children feel
safe talking to you openly, you are better equipped to
notice and handle any red flags in their lives.
For a copy of the VIRTUS® article “Modeling Good
Communication,” email: [email protected] For more information on other ways to keep kids safe, contact Linda Filkins, the Parish Safeguard Committee Chairperson at (626) 826-4178 or the Archdiocesan Safeguard the Children Office at (213) 637-7227. For particular help, call the Victims Assistance Ministry Office at (213) 637-7650.
SACRAMENTS Page 9 CONTACT/INFORMATION
Welcome to the Parish
Walking with you and your family on your faith journey is an honor and a privilege. For information regarding
the following sacraments, please contact the Parish Center at (626) 915-7873:
To register with our parish community, please visit our website at www.stlouisedm.org & click on “About Us” to fill out the “New Parishioner” registration form or contact the Parish Center at 626-915-7873.
Sacrament of Baptism (Infants and children under 7) Infants & young children are baptized in a group setting.
Sacrament of Holy Eucharist
Sacrament of Confirmation
Sacrament of Marriage Congratulations! Contact the Parish at least 6 months prior to your desired date.
Anointing of the Sick Anointing can be administered due to illness or prior to surgery.
Holy Orders or Religious Life If you or someone you know is considering the life of a Priest, Deacon, Sister, or Brother, please speak to our parish priests or deacons.
Becoming Catholic- Sacrament of Adult Initiation [RCIA]: Adults interested in joining the Catholic Church or completing their sacraments may contact Ben & Kathy
Prestia, at 626- 963-1463.
Masses & Devotions
Monday - Friday 6:20 & 8:00 am Saturday 8:00 am & 5:30 pm Sunday 6:30, 8:00, 9:30, & 11:00 am 12:30 pm & 5:00 pm
Eves of Holy Days 7:00 pm Holy Day 6:20 & 8:00 am and 7:00 pm
1st Friday 6:20 & 8:00 am and 7:00 pm All day adoration of the Holy Eucharist 9 am - 7 pm
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Wednesdays 6:45 pm First Saturday Devotions After the 8:00 am Mass
Confessions Mondays & Fridays 7:30 am to 7:55 am
Wednesdays 7:30 pm
Parish Center 1720 E. Covina Blvd., Covina, CA 91724
www.stlouisedm.org (626) 915-7873, Fax (626) 332-4431
Monday - Friday / 8 am - 8 pm Saturday / 9 am - 6 pm
Sunday / 9 am - 2 pm
Pastoral Staff Rev. Robert Fulton, Pastor
Rev. Augustine Chang, Associate Pastor Deacon Al Valles, Permanent Deacon
Deacon Alan Holderness, Permanent Deacon Deacon Peter Brause, Permanent Deacon
Deacon Omar Uriarte, Permanent Deacon
Ministry Staff Sr. Nancy Uhl, SND de Namur, Marriage, Annulments,
Visitors to the Sick & Counseling Sandra Roman, Liturgy & Lay Ministries Coordinator
Robert Kochis, Music Coordinator
Administrative Staff Ray Elder, Business Manager
Susan Bugelli, Office Manager
Parish School Dr. Denise Valadez, Principal
Sue Reyes, Secretary
(626) 966-2317 1728 E. Covina Blvd.
Mon - Fri / 7:30 am - 4 pm
Faith Formation Amanda Munoz, Elementary Coordinator
Kathy & Ben Prestia, RCIA (626) 332-5822
Monday - Thursdays/ 9 am - 6 pm & Fridays/ 9 am - 5 pm
Confirmation & Youth Ministry (626)332-5822
RCIA (Adult Sacraments) (626) 963-1463
Eucharistic Ministers, Lectors, & Altar Servers:
(626) 915-7873, ext. 223
DO YOU NEED TO PLACE AN ARTICLE IN THE BULLETIN?
To get your information in the weekly bulletin,
please e-mail it by Friday of the week prior to :
