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DECEMBER 24 2017
of the Our Lady
The Fourth
Sunday of Advent
NEW YEAR’S EVE
EPIPHANY
LIFETEEN
WITH MARY, SERVING CHRIST IN THE WORLD.
FEAST OF MARY MOTHER OF GOD
Reconciliation Saturday 9 AM– 10 AM 7 PM– 7:30 PM
Sunday 5 PM– 6 PM
Mass Monday 9:30 AM English 11:15 AM Portuguese Tuesday No Mass
Wednesday 6 PM English Communion Service Thursday 7 PM Portuguese Friday 9 AM Portuguese
Saturday 7:30 PM Portuguese
Sunday 9:30 AM English 11:15 AM Portuguese 6 PM English
Parish Office
Wednesday– Friday 9 AM - 5 PM 209.634.2222
2602 S. WALNUT RD TURLOCK, CA 95380 P. O. BOX 2030 TURLOCK, CA. 95381
Parish Staff Father Manuel Sousa Pastor
[email protected] Deacon Edwin Santiago Deacon
[email protected] Ashley Hendrex Parish Director Catechism Coordinator
[email protected] Zelia Freitas Administrative Assistant Music Coordinator
[email protected] Nellie Oliveira Administrative Assistant
[email protected] Connie Madruga Liturgy Coordinator
James Governale Youth Ministry Coordinator Confirmation Coordinator
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: 12.17.17
$8,181.18
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.
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 [email protected]
Relaxation Exercises Mondays and Wednesdays 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
“Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you!”- LUKE 1:28
Faith is a gift from God. Take time in silence and thank Him for all the gifts He has given you.
Try to set aside any anger or resentment you have and really open your heart to receive the
gift of God’s mercy and forgiveness. We can’t give what we don’t have. We need to receive
God’s mercy and forgiveness first before we can give it to others.
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
Knights of Columbus #12847
Cold Crab and Pasta Dinner
January 13, 2018 @ 7 PM
Dinner includes all you can eat marinated cold crab, pasta, salad, garlic bread and rice pudding. There will also be soda and wine available.
For tickets, please contact Grand Knight Clemete
Lopes at (209) 216-7415, Leonard Costa at (209) 620-3338 or any Knight.
January 7th
11 AM Bilingual Mass followed by procession and celebration in Parish Hall
Monday • Segunda-Feira, December/Dezembro: 25 Christmas Day Mid-Night Mass – Bilingual † Eliseu e Ermelinda Mendonça e João e Mariana Lopes – de Clemente e Patricia † Georgina Machado – de John Machado † Elmer Johnson – da esposa e família 9:30am – English † Frank Bettencourt, Sr. & Frank Bettencourt, Jr. – from Laura & family † António e Serafina Teixeira – da família 11:15am – Português † Leonel Neves – da esposa e filhos Tuesday • Terça-Feira, December/Dezembro: 26 Não haverá Missa Wednesday • Quarta-Feira, December/Dezembro: 27 6:00pm – Liturgy of the Word & Communion Service Teams of Our Lady, US Super Region for all members living and deceased Thursday • Quinta-Feira, December/Dezembro: 28 7:00pm – Português † Ana Augusta Morais, aniv. da morte – da filha Maria Brasil Pelas int. de Pedro Oliveira Brasil – dos pais Friday • Sexta-Feira, December/Dezembro: 29 9:00am – Português † Clementina Silva – das filhas † Irmã Maria Melo – de Armanda Câmara † Defuntos de John R. Nunes Saturday • Sábado, December/Dezembro: 30 7:30pm – Português Em honra de Santo António – de Lee Cabral Sunday • Domingo, December/Dezembro: 31 9:30am – English † Shawn McGowen – from Manuel & Bernardete Luis † Joe Estácio – from wife Mary † Manuel Nascimento – from daughter Maria Ourique For Emanuel Sousa, anniv. of his baptism – from mom & dad 11:15am – Português † Artur Thomas – da família † Pelas Almas do purgatório – de Albano e Rosa Matos † Guilhermina Costa – dos sobrinhos Carlos e Teresinha † Pe. Carlos Simplicio – de Carlos e Teresinha Costa † Horácio Luis Oliveira, aniv. da morte – da família † Jorge Azevedo – de Natália e José Gonçalves † Irmãos e cunhada de Teresa Xavier † Serafim Aguiar, Jr. – das filhas Lucia e Cecilia † Carlos Machado – da família † Amélia, José e Manuel Sousa – da filha e irmã Delfina Por Marc e Lucas Matos, aniv. do baptismo – da avó 6:00pm - English For the Parish Community
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 [email protected] or 209-691-0603.
WALK FOR LIFE Saturday, 1.27.18
Ride the bus with other OLA parishioners
and participate in the Main Event
12:30 PM —1:30 PM
Register and info:
209.634.2222 | email: [email protected]
We welcome your donations
for the parish yard sale. Please
bring them to the Parish.
Yard Sale Parish Hall
Rain or Shine
Friday, 2.2.18
Saturday, 2.3.18
For questions, please call Rosa Azevedo 209.505.0273
LifeTouch Church Directory coming soon!
Soon you will be able to schedule your
family photos for early March. More
information to come. For questions,
please call Rosa Azevedo
209.505.0273.
Fourth Sunday of Advent In the first reading, God promises King David that his house and his kingdom will endure forever. It is through Mary’s “Yes” — “I am the handmaid of the Lord. Let it be done to me as you say.” — that the promise finds fulfillment. See Luke 1:38
The Lord is near. He is knocking at the door of your heart. He is a beggar out in the cold of unbelief
and indifference in our society. Be merciful. Let Him in to dine with you. Go to Mass this Christmas.
Merry Christmas.
We are consecrating the United States of America and State of California to Our Lady of Fatima this
weekend. We live in perilous times. At every level our guardian angels are battling a tremendous
invisible battle for the future of civilization. To join with them, it is urgent that we pray for our city,
our county, our State and our Nation. Our Lady of Fatima asked us to pray the rosary for peace.
Beginning now and into the New Year, let each of us reach for that powerful weapon daily.
In the Parish Council and the Commissions we have been discussing our mission, values and goals
for the next 3 to 5 years. For many years our parish motto has been With Mary, serving Christ in
the World. To give relevance and full meaning to this motto we proclaim a new awareness that the
Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary are at the center of everything we do and
are. Together, they lead us to the Father in the love and holiness of the Holy Spirit. This is why we
are consecrating our families and homes to these Two Hearts this coming Sunday, December 31,
the last day of the centennial year of the apparitions of Our Lady in Fatima.
Now, this is how we describe our mission and values: Our Lady of the Assumption Parish is a
Catholic community that celebrates with devotion all the Sacraments, that welcomes with
humility those whom the Lord sends us and serves with respect the larger human community in
the Central Valley and around the world. How this vision and values translates into goals and
actions is to be decided and proposed in the months and years ahead. We welcome input and
discussion in this process.
Let us live with joy and hope this blessed time of Christmas. Let us be agents of peace in a New
Year through our prayer, our actions and our renewed attitudes of forgiveness, generosity and love.
Again, Merry Christmas. Happy New Year.
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 [email protected] 209.634.2222
Sunday, December 24th 5:00 PM English Vigil Mass
Monday, December 25th 12:00 Midnight mass 9:30 AM English 11:15 AM Portuguese
Saturday, December 23rd 5:00 PM English Vigil Mass 7:30 PM Portuguese Vigil Mass Sunday, December 24th 9:30AM English 11:15 AM Portuguese
Sunday, December 31st 6 PM Mass followed by
New Year’s Eve Dinner & Celebration in the Parish Hall
Tickets are available after Mass. Please contact Aida Gois.
The Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God
is a feast day of the Blessed Virgin Mary celebrating her as the mother of Jesus Christ.
January 1st
9:30 AM English Mass
11:15 AM Portuguese Mass
209.595.9084