current bulletin - Saint Peter Claver Church

St. Peter Claver Parish
Corner of Cochran & Stow Streets
Parish Mission Statement
Pastor: Rev. Riz J. Carranza
email: [email protected]
Associate Pastor: Rev. Adrian M. San Juan
email: [email protected]
Permanent Deacons:
Rev. Mr. Brian Clements, and
Rev. Mr. Melecio Zamora
Auxiliary Priest: Rev. John Gouldrick, C.M.
PARISH SCHEDULE
MASSES:
Saturday: 5pm Vigil; 7pm (Español)
Sunday: 8am; 10am; 12noon & 5pm
Holy Day of Obligation: 5pm Eve before;
Day-7:30am; 12noon & 7pm
Weekdays: 7:30am (Monday - Friday)
DEVOTIONS: Perpetual Help Novena, Wednesdays, 7pm, Mass on first Wednesdays, 7pm;
Adoration every Friday, 7pm
SACRAMENT OF PENANCE: Saturdays,
3 - 4:30pm (or by appointment); Eve of Holy Day
& Thursday before first Friday, 4 - 4:45pm
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM: Sundays, 1:30 pm;
4th Sunday - Spanish Baptism
BAPTISM INSTRUCTION:
Second Monday of each month, 7pm
SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE: 6 months prior
notification needed
We, the parish of Saint Peter Claver,
are a Catholic faith community within the
Archdiocese of Los Angeles and the
Universal Church. Firm in the hope of the
Gospel of Jesus Christ and inspired by the
example of our patron, we proclaim the
kingdom of God to embrace everyone in
love without discrimination of any kind.
We are devoted to worship, to witness,
and joyful service in the Spirit.
Parish Office Address: 5649 Pittman St.
Simi Valley, CA 93063-3525
Parish Office hours: (Monday - Friday)
9am-12noon, & 1-5pm
Phone: (805) 526-6499
Fax: (805) 526-7233
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: www.saintpeterclaver.org
Bulletin e-mail: [email protected]
Pre-School & Kindergarten:
Lauren Balcaceres, Principal
email: [email protected]
(805) 526-2244 Fax: (805) 526-2225
Website: www.stpeterclaverschool.org
Office of Faith Formation:
Bianca Langlois, Director
(805) 526-0680
email: [email protected]
Jon Teague, Coordinator
Middle School Youth Ministry
email: [email protected]
Confirmation / Youth Ministry Office:
Andrew Gafvert, Director
(805) 526-7975
email: [email protected]
Parish Information
Safeguard the Children Committee:
Clyde Allen, Chair
email: [email protected]
Adult Education: Chris Redondo, 526-6499
Bible Study: Richard Kimmet, 581-2742
Women’s Adult Bible Study:
Sherry Kimmet, 581-2742
Becoming Catholic (Rite of Christian Initiation
of Adults):
Office of Faith Formation, 526-0680
Parish Vocation Animator:
Michael Johnson, 526-6499
Annulment Assistance:
Wally & Linda Cravens, 526-6499
Lector Coordinator: Jim Small, (805) 390-7260
Altar Servers: Brian Kane, 583-0466
Eucharistic Ministry of Hosp. & Home:
Joni Egan, 527-2444
Parish Library: Sue Marron, (805) 584-5620
BINGO: Thursday, 6:30pm BINGO hotline: 526-2781
Bereavement Ministry:
Dcn. Melecio Zamora, 526-6499
Knights of Columbus: Rick Lepore, (805) 218-5703
Society of St. Vincent de Paul:
For assistance: (805) 404-3178
Music Director: Jim Leslie, (818) 324-2109
Prayer Network: for prayer requests or be a member:
Chuck Gebert, 908-2000
email: [email protected]
Respect Life: Rhonda Freeson, (818) 403-1617
Couples for Christ:
Chito & Beth Coronel, 285-7453
Filipino Catholic Comm. Group:
Vangie Carlos, (805) 813-3995
Hispanic Catholic Community Group:
Dcn. Melecio Zamora, (818) 262-1090
Las Guadalupanas: Pilar Osorio, (310) 597-9548
Isabel Zamora, (805) 285-8652
Worldwide Marriage Encounter:
J.C. and Chelsea Baxter, (805) 522-4294
The Pastoral Council is sponsoring a RAIN Transitional Living Center Supply Drive.
Please take a tag from the giving cradle from October 1st through October 9th and
purchase the much needed item. Please attach the tag with your donation. We will be
collecting all items the weekend of October 15th-16th.
The RAIN Transitional Living Center has provided housing and services to local families and
single adults to help with the transition from homelessness to permanent housing.
Serving up to 70 people at a time, half of which are children, RAIN provides nutritious
meals, intensive case management services, employment assistance, life skills for adults
and parents on topics such as money management, parenting, and also
enrichment programs for children.
RAIN is operated by the County of Ventura Human Services Agency along with RAIN
Communities, Inc. Together they have helped to effectively break the cycle of homelessness
for many individuals and families with the county. 95 cents of every dollar
in contributions go directly to program services.
To find out more about the RAIN Transitional Living Center, please visit their website at
www.raincommunities.org.
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September 18, 2016
Dearest Parishioners,
I do hope so far that we are all inspired to yearn for holiness and heaven as we reflect and know our saints and feasts this
September.
I would like to quote some foundational verses from Scriptures about our belief in the “communion of saints”.
…. when he comes to be glorified among his holy ones and to be marveled at on that day among all who have believed, for our
testimony to you was believed. (2 Thessalonians 1:10)
For those he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, so that he might be the firstborn among many
brothers. (Romans 8:29)
Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we shall be has not yet been revealed. We do know that when it is revealed we shall be
like him, for we shall see him as he is. Everyone who has this hope based on him makes himself pure, as he is pure. (1 John 3:2-3)
Then one of the elders spoke up and said to me, “Who are these wearing white robes, and where did they come from?” I said to
him, “My lord, you are the one who knows.” He said to me,
“These are the ones who have survived the time of great distress; they have washed their robes
and made them white in the Blood of the Lamb.” (Revelation 9:13-14)
The Catechism of the Catholic Church #947 teaches us: Since all the faithful form one body, the good of each is communicated to
the others.... We must therefore believe that there exists a communion of goods in the Church. But the most important member is
Christ, since he is the head.... Therefore, the riches of Christ are communicated to all the members, through the sacraments” (St.
Thomas Aquinas). As this Church is governed by one and the same Spirit, all the goods she has received necessarily become a
common fund (Roman Catechism I).
This September 23rd, we celebrate the FEAST OF PADRE PIO OF
PIETRELCINA, who is one of our recently known canonized saints.
~Fr. Adrian
The following information is from americancatholic.org.
WHO IS PADRE PIO?
Born Francesco Forgione, Padre Pio grew up in a family of farmers in
southern Italy. Twice (1898-1903 and 1910-17) his father worked in
Jamaica, New York, to provide the family income.
At the age of 15, Francesco joined the Capuchins and took the name of Pio. He was ordained in 1910 and was drafted during World
War I. After he was discovered to have tuberculosis, he was discharged. In 1917 he was assigned to the friary in San Giovanni
Rotondo, 75 miles from the city of Bari on the Adriatic.
On September 20, 1918, as he was making his thanksgiving after Mass, Padre Pio had a vision of Jesus. When the vision ended,
he had the stigmata in his hands, feet and side.
Life became more complicated after that. Medical doctors, Church authorities and curiosity seekers came to see Padre Pio. In 1924
and again in 1931, the authenticity of the stigmata was questioned. Padre Pio was not permitted to celebrate Mass publicly or to
hear confessions. He did not complain of these decisions, which were soon reversed. However, he wrote no letters after 1924. His
only other writing, a pamphlet on the agony of Jesus, was done before 1924.
Padre Pio rarely left the friary after he received the stigmata, but busloads of people soon began coming to see him. Each morning
after a 5 a.m. Mass in a crowded church, he heard confessions until noon. He took a mid-morning break to bless the sick and all
who came to see him. Every afternoon he also heard confessions. In time his confessional ministry would take 10 hours a day.
Penitents had to take a number so that the situation could be handled. Many of them have said that Padre Pio knew details of their
lives that they had never mentioned.
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CATECHETICAL SUNDAY
Monday, September 19th
6:00 pm Youth Choir Rehearsal (PC)
7:00 pm Baptism Class (Español) (C)
7:00 pm EDGE Night - Team Planning (YC)
7:00 pm Misioneros de Cristo Rey (PC)
Tuesday, September 20th
6:30 pm Society of St. Vincent de Paul Meeting (PC)
7:00 pm Lunch Box Talk (PC)
7:00 pm Yr. 2 Confirmation (YC)
7:00 pm Hispanic Comm. Prayer Group (PC)
7:00 pm Adult Music Ministry (C)
Wednesday, September 21st
6:30 pm Catechist Enrichment and Planning (PC)
7:00 pm K of C Golf Tournament Meeting (PC)
7:00 pm Boy Scouts (H)
7:00 pm Catholic Mothers in Prayer (S)
7:00 pm Perpetual Help Novena and Divine Mercy
Chaplet (C)
Thursday, September 22nd
6:00 pm Children’s Choir (C)
6:30 pm BINGO
7:00 pm Yr. 1 Confirmation Retreat Team Mtg. (YC)
7:00 pm Noon Choir (C)
7:30 pm Adult Bible Study (CLR)
Friday, September 23rd
6:30 pm Divine Mercy Chaplet (C)
6:30 pm Couples for Christ Christian Life Pgm. (PC)
7:00 pm Holy Hour (C)
7:00 pm Hispanic Community Choir (PC)
Saturday, September 24th
3:00 pm Confessions (C)
4:15 pm Choir Practice (C)
6:00 pm Ministry Fair - Faith Formation (P)
6:15 pm Confessions (Español)
8:00 pm Ministry Fair - Faith Formation (P)
Thank you for your donations on
Sunday, September 11th: $14,905.00.
Lending Library after all Masses
Catechetical Sunday Brunch, 9:00am
Baptisms, 1:30pm
Ultreya, 2:00pm
Yr. 1 Confirmation Team Building
and Training, 2:00pm
Youth Choir, 4:15pm
Saturday, September 17th
5:00 pm Paul Nghiem (RIP)
Marta Orellana (RIP)
Sunday, September 18th
10:00 am Vinh Nguyen Family (RIP)
Vincenzo McFadden (INT)
12(noon) Veronica Parra Ortiz (INT)
Jack and Pat Zimmerman (RIP)
5:00 pm Irene David (RIP)
Vincente Steven Pham (RIP)
Monday, September 19th
7:30 am Marnie Hagen (RIP)
Jesus Yanez (RIP)
Joe Tilhof (RIP)
Tuesday, September 20th
7:30 am Judith Calloway (RIP)
Margaret Haase (RIP)
Dot Goerich (INT)
Wednesday, September 21st
7:30 am Fernando Corpuz (RIP)
Espiridion Trafalgar, Sr. (RIP)
Jose Pepe Prado (RIP)
Thursday, September 22nd
7:30 am Eduardo Lopez (RIP)
Saint Padre Pio (RIP)
Gilbert Paul Jacobs, Jr. (RIP)
Friday, September 23rd
7:30 am Colette Castillo (RIP)
Veronica Williamson (INT)
The Williamson Family (INT)
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SPCFAITHFORMATION.ORG
The Office of Faith Formation is open Monday - Thursday, 1-5pm and 6-8pm.
John 3:13-17; We are very excited when we receive a gift. It shows that somebody loves us.
God gave us the greatest gift anyone could ever want - His own Son, Jesus - so that we can be closer
to God. Because of Jesus, God’s love is always with us.
Today is Catechetical Sunday when we honor all of our volunteers who teach and share our treasured faith.
We also honor parents as Catechists, heads of the domestic church, who are their child's first image of God.
 Wednesday, 9/21 is Catechist Enrichment at 6:30pm in Room 5.
 Looking ahead! Sunday 9/25 is Registration AND the first session for SEEDS and Sprouts!
SEEDS - REGISTRATION will take place during your first session, from 9-9:45am in the Youth
Center. Registration fee is $10. IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO MAKE REGISTRATION PLEASE KNOW THAT
SEEDS REGISTRATION IS ONGOING THROUGH OUT THE ENTIRE YEAR.
SPROUTS - REGISTRATION: Please come to the Youth Center with your child so that we can assign them to
a class. If you want your child to attend the 8:30am session, please come to the Youth Center with your child
at 8:30am. We will accept registrations for the 8:30am session until 11:30am.
If you want your child to attend the 10am session, please come to the Youth Center with your child at
10am. We will accept registrations for the 10am session until 11:30am.
ALL CHILDREN MUST BE AT LEAST THREE YEARS OF AGE BY SEPTEMBER 1st AND POTTY
TRAINED. The registration fee is $60. per child.
 Our Kickoff night is on October 3rd from 7-8:30pm in the Youth Center! Come start this year off with a bang!
 Registration forms and fees can be dropped off any time at the Youth Ministry Office. Contact the YM Office
for details and questions.
Yr. 2 Confirmation Sessions begin this Tuesday!
Yr. 2 Confirmation Candidates, don’t forget that your first session is this Tuesday, September 20th from 7-8:45pm
in the Youth Center. Also, you have a Candidate and Sponsor Afternoon Retreat next Sunday,
September 25th from 12:30-6pm in the West Hall. See you soon!
Yr. 1 Confirmation Registration is Concluding Soon
The final opportunity to attend our mandatory Yr. 1 Confirmation Candidate and Parent Orientation for
this year is Tuesday, October 11 from 7-9pm in the Youth Center. This Orientation is being held after
the first session for the year, so those who would like to begin the Confirmation Preparation Process must
contact the Youth Ministry Office now to begin the registration process. Please visit
www.spcym.org/confirmation.html for more information.
Youth First Communion Preparation
Youth, grades 6-12, who have not received the Sacrament of First Communion are invited to participate in our
one year Youth First Communion Preparation Process. Sessions are held approximately twice a month on Sunday
nights from October to May with parent and child attending together. We have concluded our program
orientations but are still accepting registrations; please contact the Youth Ministry Office ASAP to begin the
registration process. For more information, please visit www.spcym.org/first-communion.html.
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God . . . wills everyone to be saved and to come to knowledge of the truth. ~ 1 Timothy 2:4
"Catechesis" comes from a Greek word meaning "to echo." It challenges all of us to develop a Catholic identity modeled
on Jesus. We learn this from those who handed down that faith to us. We echo that back by the living example
of our lives. Catechesis is handing down that tradition to others, hoping they can echo that back in their own lives.
The presumption is that we do have something to hand on; this calls each of us to grow in faith and knowledge,
and to share that with others. The mission of the church reflects the mission of Jesus to teach, preach, heal, and forgive.
The task of handing on the Gospel is entrusted to the whole community who, by word and example, form young and
new members in the way of the Gospel. This ministry reminds the church that preaching the Gospel and growing in
faith are essential to our sacramental practice and our liturgical prayer. On this Sunday, each of us is called to renew our
own commitment to grow in faith and knowledge, taking seriously our mission together as the pilgrim people of God.
Whether or not we literally teach, all of us are teachers in the way we live. What are we echoing?
“Today I ask you in the name of Christ and the
Church, never tire of being merciful.”
~ Pope Francis, The Church of Mercy
Please pray for the health of…
Arlen Handberg; Allan Fitzsimmons; Joni Bunker;
Robert McConnell; Diane Calabro; Jeremy Langlois;
Nino Paolo Lorezco; Aina Ocampo; Finina Christeph
Ocampo; Khloe Christielle Ocampo; Aileen Martinez;
Mischelle Champeau; (child) Hazel Hammersley;
(infant) John-Gabriel Bergeron; Mary Monesi; Mark
Clausen; Aaliyah Guzman; Therese Thibault; Roy
Rocco; Manuel Sierro; Carla Maria Molina; Marilyn
Binggeli; Dave Morley; Sherri Egan; Jamie Rosen;
Frank Barbera; Santiago Augustine Fernandez;
Barbara Kurata; Marie Fardig; Mary Jane Wickman;
LaVonne Emerson; Jo King; James Yncera; Charles
Leo; Darlene Baumgartner; Sheana Green; Joe
Trematore; Deann Glynn; Dan Lang; Don Karl; Jack
Scroggins; Joe Ortega; Dan Boland; Catherine
Capaldi; Craig Turner; Gregg Cassity; Alice Ridge;
Virginia Dalcoe; Vera Barker; Chris Bordeleau; Bruce
Vandelinder; Susan Womack; Helene ParlmsJackson; Maria Lozano; Carolyn Currie; Chelsea
White; Mary Smart; Mimi McGilvray; Rick Schuler;
Elaine Swieca; Bill Waters; Marge Porterfield; Aaron
Byron; Bob Bower; Jacqueline Sylvestre; Kittie
Fidermutz; Martina Peters; Dillon Tunney; Barbara
Pogorzelski; Heidi Frie; Sherry Estrella; Chase
Dobson; Loretta Payne; Barbara Knight; Suzanne
Shaefer.
THE ST. PETER CHILDREN’S CHOIR
is currently accepting new members.
Please join us at noon the last Sunday
of every month. Rehearsals are Thursdays
from 6 - 7pm. Please call/email Teddi Cassity
for information at (805) 573-2665
or [email protected].
SEE YOU THURSDAY!
Please pray for the souls of…
Jeanette Brown, 9/8/16; Gilbert Ramirez Jacobs,
9/24/15; Manuel Bolotaolo, 9/21/14; Stella Kewish,
9/20/14; Nelson Holman, 9/23/13; Maurizio Bonagrazia,
9/19/12; Ed Lopez, 9/24/11; Stanley Frank Kay,
9/23/09; Joseph Reesha, 9/20/09; Catherine Stemmler,
9/22/06; Shawn Green, 9/20/06; Raymond Shipley,
9/24/05; Sanford Carter III, 9/24/05; Douglas Muster,
9/19/05; Joseph Ackerman, 9/19/02; John McGovern,
9/23/01; Lillian Madden, 9/20/01; Lee McArthur,
9/18/01; Anne Haskin, 9/22/00; Antoinette Johnson,
9/24/98; Francisco Gatchalian, 9/19/97; Juan Garcia,
9/19/93; Aaron Amaro, 9/22/91; Carlos Lopez, 9/24/90;
Vincenza Campisi, 9/18/88; Mae Roberts, 9/18/84;
Vicki Goss, 9/23/83; Clara Rumball-Petre, 9/21/83;
Joseph DeClercq, 9/21/82; George Wank, 9/24/75.
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Padre Pio saw Jesus in all the sick and suffering. At his urging, a fine hospital was built on nearby Mount Gargano. The idea arose in
1940; a committee began to collect money. Ground was broken in 1946. Building the hospital was a technical wonder because of the
difficulty of getting water there and of hauling up the building supplies. This “House for the Alleviation of Suffering” has 350 beds.
A number of people have reported cures they believe were received through the intercession of Padre Pio. Those who assisted at his
Masses came away edified; several curiosity seekers were deeply moved. Like St. Francis, Padre Pio sometimes had his habit torn or
cut by souvenir hunters.
One of Padre Pio’s sufferings was that unscrupulous people several times circulated prophecies that they claimed originated from
him. He never made prophecies about world events and never gave an opinion on matters that he felt belonged to Church authorities
to decide. He died on September 23, 1968, and was beatified in 1999. Pope John Paul II canonized Padre Pio of Pietrelcina on June
16, 2002.
REFLECTION
At Padre Pio’s canonization Mass in 2002, Saint John Paul II referred to that day’s Gospel (Matthew 11:25-30) and said: “The Gospel
image of ‘yoke’ evokes the many trials that the humble Capuchin of San Giovanni Rotondo endured. Today we contemplate in him
how sweet is the ‘yoke’ of Christ and indeed how light the burdens are whenever someone carries these with faithful love. The life and
mission of Padre Pio testify that difficulties and sorrows, if accepted with love, transform themselves into a privileged journey of
holiness, which opens the person toward a greater good, known only to the Lord.”
QUOTE
“The life of a Christian is nothing but a perpetual struggle against self; there is no flowering of the soul to the beauty of its perfection
except at the price of pain.” (Padre Pio)
Saint Peter Claver Preschool and Kindergarten's Parent Advisory Board members have invited Jennifer White to
come on Tuesday, September 20th at 7pm in the Parish Center, and speak to families about how to make healthy
lunches for children! Come join us and learn about lunch making and fun ideas to keep kids healthy!
September 25th, 2016 ♦ 2 - 4pm
Rose Family Funeral Home
4444 Cochran Street, Simi Valley
Please RSVP (805) 581-3800
No Charge ♦ Everyone Welcome
Refreshments Served ♦ Walk-ins Welcome
Topics of Discussion
Cemetary Laws and Information
Estate Planning
Funeral Home Information
Grief/Bereavement Support Services
Hospice Care
Long Term Planning
Pre-Arrangement/Pre-Funding Funeral Services
Retirement Planning
Last year, the Giving Tree
provided over 1000 gifts to needy
families and individuals.
Would you like to get involved
with this wonderful project?
We are forming a Giving Tree
Committee to interface with
local charities, prepare tags, “restock” the tree
between Masses, and sort the gifts.
Please come to an information meeting on
Tuesday, September 27th at 7pm in the
Parish Office to learn more!
Please contact Mary Gray at (818) 421-0107
with any questions.
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To promote a spirit of belonging, we encourage all who worship here to become registered parishioners.
Being registered makes the process much easier when it is me for infant bap sm, school or religious educa on
enrollment, weddings, when asked to be a bap smal or confirma on sponsor, and funerals. Simply a ending Mass
here or making your sacraments here does not make you a registered parishioner.
You will find registra on forms at the church doors, or you may pick one up at the parish office. Completed forms
may be put in the collec on basket at Mass or dropped off at the parish office. Also, please contact the parish office
if you have a new address or phone number. The staff is able to serve you be er if the parish records are current.
The Archdiocese requires that anyone active in
parish ministries and/or school activities
be VIRTUS trained by attending a Safeguard the
Children training session. This allows all of us
to tend to our children and attend to
the environment with better educated
eyes and hearts. The next opportunities here
at St. Peter Claver are:
VIRTUS training classes – Saturday,
October 8th, beginning at 9am
Our Knights of Columbus are having their 5th annual
charity golf tournament on Wednesday, November 2nd,
at Moorpark Country Club. For more information you
can visit the website at www.9410charitygolf.com
or call Rick Lepore at (805) 218-5703.
Proceeds from our golf tournament will benefit various
charities in Ventura County, and our own
St. Peter Claver Preschool and Kindergarten!
For more information or to make an appointment,
please call Mary at the parish office at 526-6499.
There will be a REQUIRED meeting/pizza party
on Friday, October 7th 2016, at 6pm in the
West Hall, for all current altar servers and those
wishing to become an altar server. There will be
a pizza dinner and a brief meeting for all servers.
Also, new Commitment Forms
will be completed in order to
serve the 2016-2017 year.
At least one parent from each
family must attend.
For those wishing to become an
altar server, there will also be
sign-ups for altar server training.
All boys and girls of St. Peter Claver Parish,
grades 5-12, interested in serving
as an altar server are welcome.
If you have any questions, please call Brian or
Lisa Kane at 583-0466.
Walking with Purpose women’s Bible Study will have
its Kick-off on Wednesday September 28th. If you have
signed up for this Bible Study, or are considering joining
but are not sure at this time, please join us on
September 28th. You will learn more about this fresh
and relevant Catholic Scripture-based program for women.
Please come for socialization, refreshments and
a video overview of our program.
The Kick-off will be held in the Parish Center on
September 28th at 7:30pm in Rooms 1 & 2. Please call
Sherry Kimmet at (805) 581-2742 if you plan to attend.
Rosa Lazalde and I are looking forward to seeing you there.
LIVE THE LITURGY - The prophets always challenge us
to see as God sees. It is as important to put as much time
and effort into the matters of God as it is into matters of
self-interest and personal affairs. We cannot serve two
masters and when we choose to serve God we also realize
that we must serve the needs of others, especially the
poorest and most in need.
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Time flies - it’s already time to start thinking about Christmas! Plan ahead to attend this year’s
Holiday Boutique on November 5th & 6th. Each year, your donations of new gift items have
helped make our parish table a huge success - and we’re asking for your help again this year.
If you have any new gift items you wish to donate, you may bring them to the parish office;
please note that the drop-off hours are Tuesday through Friday, 9am-12(noon) and 1-5pm.
Also, it’s not too late to donate gift cards! We still need gifts cards in any dollar amount for your favorite stores,
restaurants or on-line stores such as iTunes or Amazon, to create raffle prize s for the Boutique. You can drop
them off at the parish office, or mark them “Holiday Boutique” and put them in the collection basket at Mass.
La Reina cordially invites the entire community to join us on September 25th as we celebrate the Sisters of Notre Dame and their
dedication to Catholic education. On this special day, we will dedicate our newly modernized 100s building, Sisters of Notre Dame
Hall, at 3pm. Tours, hors d'oeuvres and drinks will be ongoing throughout the afternoon from 2-4pm. Don't miss this historic occasion;
please stop by the school located at 106 West Janss Road, Thousand Oaks. Kindly RSVP at: www.lareina.com/SNDHall.
VIVIR LA LITURGIA - Los profetas siempre nos desafían a ver como Dios ve. Es importante dedicarle el tiempo y
el esfuerzo a las cosas de Dios así como le dedicamos tiempo y esfuerzo a nuestros intereses propios y a las cosas
personales. No podemos servir a dos maestros, y cuando decidimos servir a Dios, nos damos cuenta que tenemos
que servir a otra gente, particularmente a los pobres y a los marginados.
Thursday Nights in the Parish Center
Doors open at 4:30pm - Games begin at 6:30pm - All games pay $250
Major Credit Cards accepted - Phone: (805) 526-2781
Regreso a la escuela: conozca a los profesores - Los muchachos van de regreso a la escuela, y parte de
cada lista de los padres de familia debe ser conocer a los profesores que estarán trabajando con sus hijos
por el resto del año. Tome ventaja de “la noche de regreso a la escuela” para conocer a los profesores y
aprender acerca de las políticas y procedimientos de la escuela. Para más información y una copia del
artículo de VIRTUS® envíe un correo electrónico a [email protected] o llame al (213) 6377508.
Back to school: it’s important to meet school staff - As we go back to school, parents should take an
active role in getting to know the instructors that will be caring for and teaching their kids. Take
advantage of back-to-school night to meet teachers to learn about the school’s policies and procedures.
For more back-to-school safety tips and complete article from VIRTUS® email: [email protected]
or call 213-637-7227.
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