Third Sunday of Advent PARISH OFFICE 209 E. Lomita Ave. Glendale, CA 91205
[email protected] www.hfglendale.org Phone: (818) 247-2222 OFFICE HOURS Monday to Thursday: 8:30am - 8:30pm Friday: 8:30am - 7:00pm Saturday: 8:30am - 5:00pm Sunday: 8:30am - 2:00pm CLERGY Pastor: Rev. James Bevacqua, ext. 225
[email protected] Associate Pastors: Rev. Kevin Nolan, ext. 229
[email protected] Rev. Xavier Dsouza, ext. 227
[email protected] Deacons: Deacon Ron Baker, ext. 552
[email protected] Deacon Neon Recuenco, ext. 553
[email protected] Deacon John Steele, Senior deacon IN RESIDENCE Rev. Samuel Ward MASSES Daily: 6:30am, 8:00am, 5:30pm Saturday: 8:00am, 5:30pm Sunday: 6:30am, 8:00am, 9:30am, 11:00am, 12:30pm (Spanish), 5:30pm (Life Teen) Civic Holidays: 9:00am only CONFESSIONS Monday & Thursday: 4:30-5:15pm Saturday: 4:00-5:00pm and by appointment
December 17, 2017
Masses:
or12:15, Misa5:30 De&Gallo 6:30, 8am, 10:00am (Schools), 7pm (Spanish) for Christmas 9—day Novena in preparation December 16—24
5:00 AM Mass followed by breakfast at the Grade School Audiotrium
Ashes will be distributed at Masses.
Pastor’s Corner SUNDAY
5:00 AM
Dear Parishioners, 6:30 AM
A grand muchas gracias to all who helped make the Our Lady of Guadalupe celebrations so wonderful. A lot of planning and spiritual preparation went into this great feast. Thanks to all of you who worked hard and thanks to our donors and Guadalupanos as well! Special kudos go to Rosario Arias, our jefe of the Guadalupanos. The music was fantastic. Fr. Xavier did a terrific job. The cooperation and the spirit was awesome. Thank you to all who participated and celebrated. Holy Family’s annual tradition of nine consecutive 5 AM Simbang Gabi Masses in our church has begun and continues through Sunday, December 24th. This is great spiritual preparation in anticipation of our Christmas holy day. Salo salo breakfast afterwards each day in the Grade School Auditorium. Please note that Incarnation Church is hosting a penance service tomorrow night (Monday night, Dec. 18th at 7:30 PM). There will be approximately 14 priests present to hear your confession. We at Holy Family are having our usual confession times this Monday and Thursday from 4:30 – 5:15 pm and Saturday from 4:00 – 5:00 pm. We appreciate your respecting our confession times. Confessions are always available by appointment as well. The La Posada celebration takes place the evening of Thursday December 21st, at 7 PM here at the church in Spanish. All are welcome. Please keep in mind that the 4th Sunday of Advent is next Sunday: December 24th. Thus, all morning Masses (plus the 5:30 PM vigil on December 23rd) are Advent Masses. We begin the Christmas celebrations with the 4 pm family Mass on December 24th. There are no 6:30 AM and 5:30 PM Life Teen Masses on Christmas Day. If you plan to be out of town for the Christmas celebrations, keep in mind your offering to Holy Family. It is much appreciated!!! Check out www.masstimes.org for Mass times in your place of travel. Please remember that the Christmas Eve Vigil Mass does not fulfill your Sunday obligation. Please mark the date: February 10, 2018 for our Annual Winter Dinner Dance. The theme is Mardi Gras. These Winter Dinner dances are amazing. Please consider coming for food and fellowship and lots of dancing with Fr. Kevin.
8:00 AM 9:30 AM 11:00 AM 12:30 PM 5:30 PM MONDAY
5:00 AM 6:30 AM 8:00 AM 5:30 PM TUESDAY
5:00 AM 6:30 AM 8:00 AM 5:30 PM WEDNESDAY
5:00 AM
6:30 AM 8:00 AM 5:30 PM THURSDAY
5:00 AM 6:30 AM 8:00 AM 5:30 PM FRIDAY
5:00 AM 6:30 AM
Advent blessings-
8:00 AM
Fr. Jim Bevacqua, Pastor 818-247-2222 x225
[email protected]
5:30 PM SATURDAY
5:00 AM 8:00 AM
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DECEMBER 17
Senen Maninang Gloria Ignacio - Tgiving Cecilia & Julieta Turingan - Tgiving Antonio & Canuta Dalangpan Ricardo & Josefa Olivarez For the People of the Parish Merly Gapunuan & Family - Tgiving Frank Gonda Patricia Legaspi - Tgiving Francisca Uy Jose Manuel Calderon Luis & Alice Flores - Tgiving Harold & Wilson Fidelis Renato & Lolita Lim & Family - Tgiving DECEMBER 18
Jose Chio, Sr. John & Chris Santos Canlas All Souls in Purgatory Eyvonne Wireman Rafael & Rosa Duenas Jess Jacobe Randy Legaspi - Tgiving Seth Robbins -Tgiving DECEMBER 19
Alvin Jacob O. Pardo - Tgiving Adrian Briones - Tgiving Noella Modina Nemesio Francisco - Tgiving Gregorio & Pastora Makabali Teresita Briones Ramon Rondilla, Sr. & Jr. Salvacion P. Flores DECEMBER 20
Gil, Ofelia & Agnes Villanueva Tgiving Rodolfina/Martina & Alejandro Santos Marilou Elento - Tgiving Dindo Dela Cruz Artemia Marigmen - Tgiving Bernardino Ramirez Beatriz Orozco Sean Blaney DECEMBER 21
Gloria Ignacio - Tgiving Rodolfo Santos, Jr. Sarah Armijo - Tgiving Filemon Dator Melania Vergara - Tgiving Lydia Calon - Tgiving Manuel Santos Anguiz The Aguayon Family - Tgiving DECEMBER 22
Capili Family - Tgiving Ruby Johnson & Family - Tgiving All Souls in Purgatory Paul St. John Esperanza Anasco Singleton Tgiving Michelle Pfaff Sergio Brioso, Jr. Domingo Gotauco DECEMBER 23
Arsenia Taclob - Tgiving Capili Family - Tgiving Kleon Kitt Sarajena Tess Pimentel Noel Abad Sally Hernandez
Things To Consider for Advent DONATE POINSETTIA TO HONOR A LOVED ONE!
SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL 'Adopt-a-Family' this Christmas’ It’s been a very blessed year once again for our Society. We are truly thankful to the Lord, to our pastor and priests, most especially to those who contributed to the Poor box, whose donations were used to assist numerous families in need in our parish. This Christmas season, how about going a step further and think of 'Adopting a family'? There are many ways of extending our generosity to each of the needy families. To find out how, please leave your name and phone number at our voicemail box at (818) 247-2222 (x507) and we will get back to you as soon as we can. We welcome grocery gift cards and store gift certificates. We are looking forward to hearing from you....together we can make a difference in a family's Christmas this year. Thank you and GOD BLESS!
If you would like to donate one of the poinsettias in the sanctuary during Christmas, please use one of the Christmas Flower envelopes. Write the name of who you would like to be remembered and include the suggested donation of $10 or more. The names will be in a beautiful gold frame that will be placed near the Infant Jesus in the Nativity scene during Christmas.
MOLE SAINT NICHOLAS PARISH, HAITI As may of you are aware, Holy Family has a sister parish in Haiti that we support. Envelopes may be found in the pews if you would like to make a Christmas donation to go towards our poor parish in Haiti. Thank you for your generosity.
Holy Family Grade School Congratulations, Mr. Makiling and Concert Chorus for giving us another Best of Glendale Award—Best Music School, 1st time award!
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MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS 4:30 – 5:15 PM Please note: No confessions on December 25 & 28 and January 1 SATURDAYS 4:00 – 5:00 PM MONDAY, December 18 7:30 PM Incarnation’s Penance Service
PRAY FOR….The Recovery of: Milagro Bunkers, Caren Deeb, Yolanda Vasquez, Christina Vasquez, Becky Landig, Matthew Tribble, Josefina Madrigal, Roberto Madrigal, George Madrigal, Rosa Madrigal, Maria Madrigal, Valerio Ortiz, Eloira Gomez, Amalia Gutierrez, Susana Montes, Maggie Baxter, Hermelinda Gaytan, Elena Ramirez, Amanda Perez, Benjamin Guevarra
Those who have died before us and their families… Hank and Gloria Caruso, Juana Mangilit, Mario Lapena Sales, Rose Marforic, Clara Santillo, Cesar Reyes, Medardo Lavilla, Stephen A. Faller, Maria Nieves Marasigan May the souls of all faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. December 17, 2017
The Parish Offices are closed on Mondays, December 25th and 31st.
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A big THANK YOU to the parishioners of Holy Family who donated $747.90 to the fund drive for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities. Your generosity and support is greatly appreciated!² Knights of Columbus, Glendale Council 1920 Thank you so much. Jim De John, Grand Knight Glendale Council 1920
As we take a moment from our busy lives to celebrate the glorious day of our Savior’s birth, we pray your holidays are filled with love, and your New Year filled with peace.
Elderly religious need your help. The religious pictured here represent more than 32,000 senior Catholic sisters, brothers, and religious order priests living in the United States. Through prayer, love, and sacrifice, they established Catholic schools, hospitals, and more. Yet years of serving for little or no pay have left a shortage in retirement funding. Your gift helps their religious communities
Help religious communities. “Your generous contribution helps us to care for our retired sisters and enables our younger sisters to continue in active ministry,” writes a religious sister. Your gift to today’s collection for the Retirement Fund for Religious helps provide medications, nursing care, and more for thousands of senior sisters, brothers, and religious order priests. It also helps ensure younger members can continue the good works of their elders!
Merry Christmas! Holy Family Religious Education Program 818-247-2222 ext.382
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HOLY FAMILY MISSION STATEMENT As disciples of Christ, Holy Family Parish is committed to being a more caring, united Catholic community of faith that welcomes all ages, cultures, and walks of life and strives to build the Kingdom of God.
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Eucharistic Adoration From Letters to a Brother Priest, by Rev. Fr. Vincent Martin Lucia and Rev. Msgr. Josefino Ramirez In the play, “Les Miserables”, Valjean is a poor carpenter without any work. His crime: stealing a loaf of bread to feed some starving children. His sentence: five years in prison. He tries to escape and is recaptured to serve the state’s cruel justice of fifteen more years. There in prison he is forgotten and abandoned by his own. Could this not be the story of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament? To feed the spiritually starved children of His Father, Jesus becomes the Living Bread come down from Heaven. This is His “crime”. He is not rewarded with thanksgiving and adoration. He is punished by being thrown into the prison of the Tabernacle. There in the dungeon He is forgotten and abandoned by his own. Ashamed, we do not expose Him. Too busy, we do not honor Him. The monstrance is His throne where He wants to be set free and reign as King of Love. Instead, He is shut up and treated like the criminal Valjean. He describes Himself as a Prisoner of Love. Dear Thomas, there is no exaggeration in any of what I say. All of this is what Jesus Himself revealed to St. Margaret Mary. She was in prayer when He appeared to her from the Blessed Sacrament and said: “Behold this Heart which loves so much and, yet, is so little loved in return.” He explained that the thorns around His Heart are symbolic of the pain that He suffers because of the ingratitude and indifference of His priests and people toward His love in the Blessed Sacrament. Then, Jesus said that He suffers more now because of this indifference and ingratitude than He did during His entire passion.
For this reason, Jesus makes this appeal to each of us: “I thirst with such a terrible thirst to be loved by you in this Most Blessed Sacrament.” The Blessed Sacrament is the Sacred Heart of Jesus in our midst. Today He weeps as He wept over Jerusalem. How He longs to gather each one to Himself as a mother hen gathers her little chicks. Change His weeping to a smile, dear Thomas.
Parish News David Parkes, Irish singer, gives his testimony and free concert (A Free will love offering basket will be available.) PLEASE JOIN US!!! Tuesday, January 16, 2018 at 7:00 pm in the church David Parkes is not just another Irish singer. He’s a man with a purpose. David was a fallen away Catholic who didn’t take time for God and was stricken with illness. He suffered for many years with Chron’s disease and, after ten major operations, was told by his doctors that there was nothing more they could do for him. Although he was not overly interested in religion, he accepted an invitation for him and his wife to go to Medjugorje. While there he reluctantly attended a healing Mass and received a miraculous healing. On his return to Ireland he showed no further symptoms of Chron’s disease and continues to be free of this deadly disease. Then God and Blessed Mother became a big part of his life and he began producing religious songs. He released his first album in the United States “Let Me Live” (a beautiful pro-life song). For more information please call – Nada Prskalo – 949-249-2500,
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Greeter Ministry Fellowship Sunday
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Greeter Ministry Greeter Fellowship Sunday Greeters Fellowship Sunday — December 3, 2017 Blessings and heartfelt gratitude to our Sponsors! Dinah’s Fried Chicken Foxy’s Restaurant Habit Burger Central Grille Crab Boil Avenue Plate & Petal Restaurant, Bakeshop Trader Joe’s Two Guys from Italy Porto’s Bakeshop & Café Skaf’s Lebanese Cuisine Palermo Ristorante Italiano Strato Partners Domino’s Pizza Shakey’s Pizza Outback Steakhouse
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Papa John’s Pizza Rubio Coastal Grill Max of Manila Restaurant United Bread & Bakery Linoleum City Vegas Seafood Buffet La Cabanita O’ Skin Med Spa Regent Coffee Thai BBQ Chow King Manila Goodah Denny & Jenny Cagampan In-N-Out Burger
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Starbucks Grill City El Morfi Madel Sunga Nan & Loren Makabali Diane Hernandez Tony & Linda Sevilla Rowena Manuel Dr. Maricel Fortin Vicki Wu Raj & Rose Roy Nilda Telfezian Teresa & Hazel Lim Dr. Ehab Elkhouly
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¿SABÍA USTED? Preste atención a los signos de negligencia La negligencia es una forma de maltrato infantil caracterizada por la falta de satisfacción de las necesidades básicas de alimentación, vivienda, vestimenta, atención médica, educación, entre otros, de un niño. Esté atento a los signos de abandono en los niños que ve a diario porque si no se satisfacen estas necesidades, un niño está sufriendo física y emocionalmente. Algunos signos de negligencia incluyen desnutrición, falta de higiene y atención médica insuficiente. Para más información, y una copia del artículo de VIRTUS®“The Oft-Forgotten Type of Abuse: Neglect” (El tipo de abuso a menudo olvidado: negligencia), visite http://www.laarchdiocese.org/org/protecting/Pages/VIRTUS-CurrentOnline-Articles.aspx, o llame al (213) 637-7508.
El día 16 de diciembre comienza la Novena de Aguinaldos en Colombia y otras partes de Latinoamérica. La novena consiste en 9 partes que se repiten por 9 noches: 1‑ Oración inicial 2‑ Oración Mariana 3‑ Oración de José 4‑ Reflexión del día 5‑ Gozos 6‑ Oración al Niño Jesús 7‑ Un Salmo 8‑ Invocación final 9‑ Villancicos (cantos navideños) Los participantes buscan aguinaldo (regalo). Para esto los colombianos tienen la costumbre de jugar “pajita en boca” buscando quien no trae una pajita en boca. La persona que no pueda mostrar que trae pajita en boca tiene que dar un regalo a quien lo descubrió. Los aguinaldos son recuerdo del regalo que nos dio Dios en su Hijo Jesús, prenda de su amor. Y si Dios nos da un aguinaldo tan grande es porque Dios no tiene pajita en boca cuando nos dice que nos ama. En el corazón de la Novena está el refrán de Gozos: Dulce Jesús mío / mi niño adorado ven a nuestras almas / ven no tardes tanto. Muy buen mensaje para el Adviento. —Fray Gilberto Cavazos-Glz, OFM, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.
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