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WELCOME TO DIVINE MERCY CATHOLIC CHURCH
3rd Sunday of
ADVENT
Dec. 11, 2011
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND UPCOMING EVENTS
Mass in honor of the
Feast of the Virgin of Guadalupe
Sunday, December 11th at 5:00 am
MESSAGE FROM OUR PASTOR
Greetings to all Divine Mercy Parishioners:
In 1910 Our Lady of Guadalupe was
declared Patroness of Latin America,
and in 1945 Pope Pius XII declared Her
to be the Empress of all the Americas.
She appeared to
an
Indian
convert named
Juan Diego on
December 9,
1531. She left a
marvelous portrait of herself on the
mantle of Juan Diego. This miraculous
image has proved to be ageless, and is
kept in the shrine built in her honor, the
Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
www.catholicculture.org
PENANCE SERVICE
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In preparation for the Birth of Our Lord
Jesus Christ, we will have a PENANCE
SERVICE on Tuesday, December 13th
at 6:30 pm.
There will be NO 6:30 pm
Mass on this day.
I am very proud to announce that Our Lady of
Guadalupe has arrived in our Parish!
I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to
everyone who participated in this Divine Mercy
Project. Because of our united effort, we were able
to collect the necessary funds and successfully bring
the statue here in Divine Mercy.
I would like to specially mention a hardworking lady
who made the first donation of $500; an old
gentleman, unable to come to church, sent his
granddaughter with a plastic bag full of loose
change totalling $9.10; a young lady who goes to a
Catholic school emptied her piggy bank and donated
her savings of $7.37; a young couple who donated
$1,000; and to the numerous people who donated
in any amount.
Our faith in the Lord and unity of our parishioners
made it possible to bring the statue of Our Lady of
Guadalupe to Divine Mercy.
Fr. Soane Kaniseli
OUR LADY OF F
ATIMA PROCES
SION
FA
PROCESSION
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Youth Meeting this week is movie night. It will be at
Jhenai’s house. For address, please call Jhenai at (415)
305-1944. For all other questions about the youth, please
contact Cathy Pham-Nguyen at (503) 560-1406 or email
[email protected].
There will be a procession in devotion
to Our Lady of Fatima on Tuesday,
December 13th at 9:15 am (right after the
8:30 am Mass) outside the Church . We
are inviting everyone to join us as we honor
our Blessed Mother and pray together for
world peace and an increase in Vocation to
the Priesthood and Religious Life. For more
information, please call Tess Mostajo at (916) 792-4193.
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SIMBANG GABI
CHRISTMAS EVE
Saturday, December 24, 2011
8:30 am Mass
5:00 pm Vigil Mass (Children’s Mass)
11:00 pm - 11:45 pm Christmas Carols
12:00 am Midnight Mass
CHRISTMAS DAY
Sunday, December 25, 2011
7:30 am ~ 9:30 am ~ 12:00 noon
* NO 5:00 pm Mass *
NEW YEAR’S EVE
Saturday, December 31, 2011
8:30 am Mass
5:00 pm Vigil Mass
NEW YEAR’S DAY
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
Sunday, January 01, 2012
(Holy Day of Obligation)
7:30 am ~ 9:30 am ~ 12:00 noon ~ 5:00 pm
Simbang Gabi
A Nine Day Nightly Celebration Of Masses
December 15 - 23, 2011
7:30 p.m.
Divine Mercy Catholic Church
2231 Club Center Drive, Sacramento, CA 95835
For more info, please contact: Johneli Ignacio | (916) 339 - 7164 | [email protected]
For more information, please contact Johneli Ignacio (916)
339-7164, Parish Office - Michelle (916) 256-3134 or email
[email protected]. If you would like to be a
sponsor or offer thanksgiving, please contact Vicky Watson at
(916) 419-9940. We also have a sign-up sheet in the Narthex.
Maraming Salamat Po! Thank You!
SOLEMNITY OF THE LORD’S EPIPHANY
Sunday, January 08, 2012
7:30 am ~ 9:30 am ~ 12:00 noon ~ 5:00 pm
FOOD FOR THE POOR
THANK YOU so much for all your
donations of non-perishable food items for
the poor! Special thanks to the Youth
Ministry for their successful “Hunt to
Fight
Hunger
Neighborhood
Scavenger Hunt”. Our needy brothers
and sisters served by Our Lady of Lourdes
Parish and Operation Cratchit-Stanford Settlement
Neighborhood Center’s Christmas Basket Program benefited
from your great generosity. Our sincerest appreciation to
Kahleen Hack for patiently dropping the donated items
to Our Lady of Lourdes Parish. “Blessed are the merciful,
for they shall obtain mercy.” - Matthew 5:7
From The Parish Office . . .
In celebration of the upcoming holiday
season, our Parish Office will be CLOSED
on the following days:
♦ December 23rd
♦ December 26th
♦ December 30
♦ January 2, 2012
th
Due to the upcoming Christmas and
New Year’s Day Holidays, please
email your bulletin items on:
Ê Friday, December 16th by 4:00 pm to be included
in the December 25th bulletin.
Ê Friday, December 23rd by 4:00 pm to be
included in the January 1, 2012 bulletin.
Thank you for your cooperation.
The Knights of Columbus will be collecting
blankets, coats, hats, scarves and gloves/
mittens after every Mass until the
weekend of December 17 - 18. Items
must be new or gently used, clean and for
adults only. The donations collected will be
given to a local charity. For further questions, please call
Ron Martin at (916) 419-4827. If you are interested in joining
the Knights of Columbus, please contact Eric Watson at
(916) 419-9940 or Bill Gilsdorf at (916) 285-6067.
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ST
AUSTINA
’S ROSARY MAKERS
ST.. F
FA
USTINA’S
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St. Faustina’s Rosary Makers normally
gathers on the 2nd Wednesday and 4th
Monday of the month at 7:30 pm to make
rosaries and provide them to missions
abroad and those in need who cannot
otherwise afford one.
Next meeting is on December 14th
If you are interested in participating, please send email to
[email protected] or call Eric Watson at
(916) 419-9940.
St. Faustina’s Rosary Makers has a stock of rosaries available
for purchase to give as gifts on birthdays and holidays. Please
consider a new rosary for yourself or as a gift for family and
friends. ALL proceeds are used to make mission rosaries for
those less fortunate.
Monthly Raffle Winner
Congratulations!
Congratulations to JOEL & MARIA LAURIE SANTA
MARIA with envelope no. 267 for winning our
monthly raffle. You can claim your prize (2 bottles of
wine) at the Parish Office during office hours.
Please use your envelopes or ePay when you make your
donations and qualify to participate in the monthly prize
drawing. The drawing prizes are donated and will not be
paid from the church collections.
If you need collection envelopes or information on the ePay
system, please contact the Parish Office at (916) 2563134.
The next winner will be announced on the weekend
of January 7- 8, 2012.
TAGAL
OG MAS
S
AGALOG
MASS
Please join us as we celebrate
Tagalog Mass on JANUARY 14, 2012
at 6:30 pm
(every 2nd Saturday of the Month)
DIVINE MERCY DEVOTION MINISTRY
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HOLY COMMUNION
AND THE EUCHARIST
Every morning during meditation, I
prepare myself for the whole day’s
struggle. Holy Communion assures me
that I will win the victory; and so it is. I
fear the day when I do not receive Holy
Communion. This bread of the Strong
gives me all the strength I need to carry
on my mission and the courage to do whatever the Lord asks of
me. The courage and strength that are in me are not of me, but
of Him who lives in me - it is the Eucharist. O my Jesus, the
misunderstandings are so great; sometimes, were it not for the
Eucharist , I would not have the courage to go any further along
the way You have marked out for me. (91)
Once I desired very much to receive Holy
Communion, but I had a certain doubt, and I
did not go. I suffered greatly because of this.
It seemed to me that my heart would burst
from the pain. When I set about my work,
my heart full of bitterness, Jesus suddenly
stood by me and said, My daughter, do not omit Holy Communion
unless you know well that your fall was serious; apart from this,
no doubt must stop you from uniting yourself with Me in the
mystery of My love. Your minor faults will disappear in My love
like a piece of straw thrown into a great furnace. Know that you
grieve Me much when you fail to receive Me in Holy
Communion.(156)
My daughter, write that it pains Me very much when religious
souls receive the Sacrament of Love merely out of habit, as if
they did not distinguish this food. I find neither faith, nor love in
their hearts. I go to such souls with great reluctance. It would
be better if they did not receive Me.(1288)
I desire to unite Myself to human souls, know,
My daughter, that when I come to a human
heart in Holy Communion, My hands are full
of all kinds of graces which I want to give to
the soul. But souls do not even pay any
attention to Me; they leave Me to Myself and
busy themselves with other things. They treat Me as a dead
object. (1385)
All the good that is in me is due to Holy Communion. I owe
everything to it. I feel that this holy fire has transformed me
completely. Oh, how happy I am to be a dwelling place for You,
O Lord! My heart is a temple in which You dwell continually.
(1392)
(More next week)
Divine Mercy Catholic Church will have a
pilgrimage bus trip to the 8th Annual West
Coast Walk For Life in San Francisco on
Saturday, January 21, 2012. Cost is $25
for adults and $20 for 18 years or younger.
Tickets can be purchased after the 9:30 am
Sunday Mass, at the Parish Office or
contact Jim Stutz at (916) 285-0706.
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MASS INTENTIONS
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December 10 Saturday
8:30am
Edmundo Joaquin =, Rafael Barrera =
5:00pm John Gisler =,
Myrna H. Prego =(Death Anniversary)
6:30pm Juanita & Felix Bergula =, Florfina Mata =,
Dianne Lumaquin (18th Birthday Thanksgiving)
December 11 Sunday
7:30am Divine Mercy Parishioners (Pro Populo)
9:30am Marciano Aguinaldo =, Armando Padilla =
12noon Reynaldo Español =, Isabel & Narciso Uy =
5:00pm Angeline & Wilfred Jacinto =, Paulo Ebalobor =,
Virgilio Ebalobor =
December 12 Monday
8:30am David Momoh (Speedy Recovery)
Gilbert Torres =
6:30pm Rosalia De Guzman Rosario =
December 13 Tuesday
8:30am Neil Macapagal =
December 14 Wednesday
8:30am David Momoh (Speedy Recovery)
6:30pm David Knapp (Speedy Recovery)
December 15 Thursday
8:30am Concepcion M. Torres =
6:30pm Maria Phung Pham =
December 16 Friday
8:30am David Momoh (Speedy Recovery)
6:30pm Norma Macapagal =, Concepcion V. Omega =
T
raditionally, Advent wreaths are constructed of a circle of
evergreen branches into which four candles are inserted,
representing the four weeks of Advent. Ideally, three candles
are purple and one is rose, but white candles can also be used.
The purple candles in
particular symbolize the
prayer, penance, and
preparatory sacrifices
WEEK AT A GLANCE
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December
7:00pm
7:00pm
7:15pm
December
6:30pm
7:30pm
December
10:00am
6:30pm
7:30pm
December
6:00pm
7:30pm
7:30pm
12 Monday
Capital Campaign Creative Giving Seminar
School of the Faith (Narthex)
Children’s Choir Practice (Church)
13 Tuesday
Penance Service
Simbang Gabi Committee Meeting (Narthex)
14 Wednesday
School of the Faith (Narthex)
Novena to Our Mother of Perpetual Help
Meeting (Narthex)
15 Thursday
Capital Campaign Advance Gifts Report Meeting
Simbang Gabi (1st Day)
Capital Campaign Orientation Meeting for
Community Gifts Team Members
December 16 Friday
7:00am
Capital Campaign Cabinet Meeting
9:00am
Capital Campaign Prayer Vigil until 6:00 pm
9:00am
Altar Society - Flower Arranging (Narthex)
3:00pm
Holy Hour
7:30pm
Simbang Gabi (2nd Day)
December 17 Saturday
9:00am
Capital Campaign Advanced Community
Gift Training
1:30pm
Wedding
3:45pm
Confession
7:30pm
Simbang Gabi (3rd Day)
December 18 Sunday
10:45am
RCIA for Adults (Rectory)
1:30pm
CFF Christmas Pageant - Joint Session
7:30pm
Simbang Gabi (4th Day)
THE LORD’S FLOCK
Every Saturday at 7:00 pm (7:30 pm on 2nd
Saturdays) at the Divine Mercy Narthex.
For more information about The Lord’s Flock,
please contact Sis. Dina Espino at (916) 5958006, Bro. Derick Santiago at (916) 4393351, Bro. Rudy Bonifacio at (916) 849-7685
or Bro. Danny Barnaja at (916) 201-4344 or you can visit
our website at http://www.lordsflock.org/
“Presence”
and goods works
undertaken at this time.
The rose candle is lit
on
the third Sunday, Gaudete Sunday, when the priest also
wears rose vestments at Mass; Gaudete Sunday is the Sunday
of rejoicing, because the faithful have arrived at the midpoint of
Advent, when their preparation is now half over and they are
close to Christmas.
Advent, this powerful liturgical season that
we are beginning, invites us to pause in
silence to understand a presence. It is an
invitation to understand that the individual
events of the day are hints that God is giving
us, signs of the attention he has for each
one of us.
The progressive lighting of the candles symbolizes the
expectation and hope surrounding our Lord’s first coming into
the world and the anticipation of his second coming to judge
the living and the dead. Source: www.usccb.org
Homily at First Vespers of Advent, November 28, 2009
Excerpted from “Christmas: Pope Benedict XVI Spiritual
Thoughts Series.”
www.usccb.org
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In the First Reading, Isaiah
continues the theme of hope; hope
of fulfillment of God’s promise of
Israel’s restoration. This will happen
when God’s Spirit is upon the
Messiah. It will be a year of favor
from the Lord (illuding to the Jubilee
Year tradition, when all debts are
forgiven and those in
distress
will
be
consoled).
The Responsorial Psalm is
actually the Magnificat (Our Lady’s Canticle),
from St. Luke. This hymn celebrates the time
of favor from the Lord, when He will raise up
the lowly and topple the mighty. Jesus’ birth
brings about this time of peace and
restoration, to the earth and in our hearts.
We had lost our way by sin. God reaches
out to us, lost and confused. He brings
mercy and salvation through His Son, Jesus.
Mary’s joy pours forth in proclaiming this
coming event which began in Her.
The Second Reading,
like the ending of most of St. Paul’s letters, is a
collection of last minute instructions. Two of the
themes found throughout this Letter are joy and
prayer. Joy is the sense of peace we find doing God’s
will, and prayer is the means of discerning His will. It
is prudent to test all things, being open to God
speaking in our hearts while recognizing that at the
same time we must also listen to the Spirit speaking
to us through the Church’s Magisterium.
In today’s Gospel, St. John helps us understand what John the Baptist’s role
really is. St. John the Baptist is the one who calls us to convert in order to be
ready for the Messiah when He comes. By his own admission, he is not the
Messiah, but rather the one who points to Jesus, the true Messiah. He
considers his role to be that of preparing hearts through conversion to justice
and righteousness.
© Church Bulletin Co
THIS WEEKEND’S Second Collection is for the Retirement Fund
for Religious. Your generous commitment today will help ensure
appropriate care for our 37,000 elderly Catholic sisters, brothers, and
religious order priests. Their institutes face critical economic challenges
as the costs of health care escalate. Your gift makes a difference. Please
share in the care by giving generously. Please make your check payable
to “Divine Mercy Catholic Church”.
“Bonded by Love, Building Our
Stairway to Heaven”
Campaign Prayer
God, Our Father, we come to you
with a grateful heart for everything
you have given us. You called us to
be bonded by love and to offer our
time, talent and treasure for the
needs of our parish family. As we face
our challenges ahead, fill us with
faith and hope. Give us a spirit of
cooperation; create in us a wise and
generous heart that knows how to
face the responsibilities and
challenges of our parish project. We
know there is much to do, but we
believe that our goals are rooted in
your promise. We ask you to guide
us, send the Holy Spirit to give us
strength. Divine Mercy, have mercy
on us now and forever. Amen.
SECOND COLLECTION
December 10 - 11
RETIREMENT FUND FOR
RELIGIOUS
SHARING OUR TREASURE
Offertory Collections
13-Nov
$ 6,250
20-Nov
$ 7,267
27-Nov
$ 6,535
04-Dec
$ 6,844
Goal This Week
$ 8,000
Deficit this Week
$ (1,156)
FY Collection to Date
$ 154,123
Deficit to Date
$ (29,877)
Capital Campaign Collections
13-Nov
$
20-Nov
$
876
27-Nov
$
5,246
04-Dec
$
7,978
Goal This Month
$ 45,000
Deficit this Month
$ (37,022)
FY Collection to Date
$ 56,167
Deficit to Date
$ (131,833)
Thank you for your generous financial
contributions to support Parish operations
and repayment of our loan obligation.
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Ne
ws F
ound The Diocese
News
Frrom Ar
Around
JOB OPENING
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Temporary Position: Now Accepting Applications
The Diocese of Sacramento seeks detail-oriented individual to
assist with data entry January through April 2012. To view
job description, please visit www.diocese-sacramento.org.
Please send resume to [email protected] by December 15,
2011.
YOUTH & Y
OUNG ADUL
T POSADA
YOUNG
ADULT
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Join us for the first ever Diocese of Sacramento Posada
Juvenil (Posada for Youth) at Our Lady of Guadalupe
Parish in Sacramento on Thursday, December 22nd from
6:00 pm - 10:00 pm. Try something new. Bring your entire
group for Mass with Bishop Soto, Food, Music, Piñatas and
lots of Fun! Bring a dessert or Pan Dulce to share. Contact
Karla Marquez for more information at (916) 733-0151.
MINISTRY BASIC TRAINING
All Catholics are invited to this excellent program designed
to help Catholic adults understand their faith so they can
competently minister in their parish. Classes are one
Saturday per month from now through May 2012 and
will be offered in Vallejo, Sacramento, Yuba City, and
Redding in Spanish and in Sacramento in English.
Get
information
and
register
at
http://
ministrybasictraining.com.
VOCATIONS ANNUAL CELEBRATIONS
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The Office of Priestly and Religious Vocations invites community
members
to
visit
our
seminarian
website
considerpriesthood.com to become familiar with the
seminarians of the Diocese of Sacramento who are discerning
a vocation to priesthood. If you would like to contact the Office
of Priestly and Religious Vocations, you may call (916)
733-0258 or email [email protected].
Vocations Annual Celebration Dates:
• National Vocation Awareness Week, January 9 - 14, 2012
• World Day for Consecrated Life, February 5, 2012
• World Day of Prayer, April 29, 2012
The Diocese of Sacramento is sponsoring trainer and
speaker Brian Butler for two training days on Theology
of the Body for Teens. On Tuesday, January 24, 2012
from 9:00 am – 3:00 pm at St. Clare in Roseville he will
train participants on Theology of the Body for Middle School
Students and on Wednesday, January 25, 2012 from
9:00 am to 3:00 pm at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in
Fairfield he will train participants on Theology of the Body
for High School students. Trainings cost $45 each and
include lunch, a Leader’s Guide for Ascension Press’
program, plus many helpful handouts and other materials.
Register online at http://icatholicyouth.com. For more
information,
please
email
Kevin
at
[email protected].
PRA
Y FOR THE SICK
PRAY
Estela Cabral
Maria Cabral
Virginia Cajustin
Gemma Caliguiran
Giraldine Caliguiran
Gloria Caliguiran
Consolatrix Ageas
Annie Cayago
Adam Agot
Jim Cayago
Christopher Aldan
Cepeda Family
Adrienne Aldan
Seth Cooper
Oma Alice
Cruz Family
Aristotle Arreola, Sr.
Ernest Del Rosario
Christopher Balaoro
Walter Dennis
Ken Benavente
Maria Elena
Keolani Benavente
Isabelo Bolongaita, Jr. Eugenio Ellos, Sr.
Shirley Espiritu
Michael Bush
Evangelista Estaris
Ricardo Esteban
S. Fernandez
Albina Francisco
Mercedes Gatus
Larry Gieseke
Mary Gomez
Emmanuel Gonzalez
Alicia D. Guerrero
Amelia Guibao
Jocella Gutierrez
Jose Gutierrez
Johneli Ignacio
Matthew Ignacio
Samantha Ignacio
Lee Innocenti
Mary Isham
Kent Kim
Joe King
T. Kirchmeier
Pricilla Lazo
Lucila Liwanag
Maggie Lizama
Judith Lladoc
Don Long
Arvuela Lucero
Liwayway Magsarili
Jun Malabunga
Lourdes Malabunga
Tony Manalo
Susan Mejares
Francisco Mendoza
Jose Mendoza
Maria G. Mendoza
Leticia Mostajo
Rico Mostajo
Muna Family
Anthony Najera
Boy Neri
Chason Neri
Rica Norbraten
Arsenia Nudas
Agricola Obero
Fidel Olivares
Mario Pagaragan
Christine Palacios
Robert Rapozo
Ambiro Reyna
W. Lee Roberts
Jesus Rojas
Joseph Rojas
Nathan Rojas
Sharon Ross
Emosi Yee Shaw
Cassandra Siguenza
Alfreida Sim
Agatha Singer
Helen Sirkin
Solorio Family
Matt Thode
Lourdes A. Toves
Zenaida Uson
Marlyn Q. Uy
Asa Whetstone
...and all in need of prayers including those who serve in the Military.
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