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Church of the Good Shepherd
Sunday, July 12, 2015 - 15th Sunday in Ordinary Times
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SAVE THE DATE
 Raffle Night Galore 
Raffle Night Contributors
The following businesses have generously
donated gifts and prizes for our event on
August 29th, 2015. We are grateful and
thankful to all of the wonderful generosity.
Battaglia
The Dina Collection
Christophe Hair Salon
Jonathan & George
Salon
Saturday, August 29, 2015 at 7 p.m.
Geary’s of Beverly Hills
Il Cielo Restaurant
Tickets: ADULTS, $10 in Advance ONLY
Location: Parish Hall
504 N Roxbury Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210
For Info: Kelly Marley (310) 285-5425
K Chocolatier by Diane
Kron
The Shave Beverly
Hills
Camera Creations
Ice Cream Lab
Catholic Singles
Pure Bakery Beverly
Hills
This event will SELL OUT fast.
First Come, First Served. (Limited Space)
A wonderful night of community gathering with food, music,
fun, faith, and raising money for our parish.
Glamourous prizes from Beverly Hills area restaurants,
retailers, spas, salons and more!
All raffle tickets are CASH ONLY.
Prizes awarded throughout the evening!
Take home your prize or multiple prizes!
Each ticket guarantees a seat, beverage, and snack for the table
to share. Bring additional wine/beer and cheese, hummus,
crackers, etc…you would like to share with your table during
the evening.
Mingle and see what prizes you will win!
You have to be in it to win it!
Basanti Exotic Infusions The Nosh Restaurant
Il Forno Caldo
Restaurant
Dr. Mark Many
Bristol Farms
Savvy The Beauty
Apothecary
Momed Restaurant
Berkley Hunte
Deluna Baskets & Gifts
Spray Le Vie
The Cheese Store of
Beverly Hills
The Brooklyn Water
Bagel Co.
Sprinkles Cupcakes
Tashen Bookstore
Jim Wayne Salon
Le Pain Quotidien
Panera Bread
Helen Ficalora
Jewelry
Catholic Match
Tod’s
Exquisite Nail Salon
Popular Clothing &
Accessories
Luxuriator by Franco
Professional Entertainment Fellowship
The Good Shepherd Professional Entertainment Fellowship will have their
bi-monthly meeting SUNDAY, July 26th at 7 p.m. in the Parish Hall.
Our special guest speaker will be announced shortly. Refreshments will be
served.
For more information go to: facebook.com/goodshepherdpef
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Around the Parish
Young Adults
The Young Adults (18-39 years) will be
meeting after the 5:30 p.m. Mass on Sunday,
July 19th for dinner at Panini Café in Beverly
Hills. We will meet on the patio to walk over
after Mass.
Looking for a place to be helpful?
You have found it! Please read on:
1) Martha’s Kitchen—each Friday morning, 6:30 –
10:30 a.m. help is needed to serve breakfast to the
poor and homeless among us. They also need help
on Thursday evening.
2) Refreshments served after the Sunday morning
Masses. Always in need of persons to set up, serve
and clean up. This is also a wonderful experience to
get acquainted with other parishioners. The joy and
laughter that lights up the room during these
delightful mornings is contagious.
Come and find out!
Serve as a family, a couple, or as a single person.
Come, give of yourself and be happy!
For more information, please contact the Parish office at
(310) 285-5425 or see Margaret on a Sunday morning in
the Parish Hall during that time.
I’m New Here in the Parish!
Are you desiring to make friends, get acquainted
and feel at home. Have you asked yourself: What
should I do?
Where can I go? Is there something I can do? Or, a
group I can meet and feel like I belong?
If this is you, we welcome you!
One of our Parish Staff members would love to
meet you.
Please call the Parish Office (310) 285-5425 and/or
contact Sister Virginia at the Office.
Handicapped Accessible
Our parish facilities are
handicapped accessible via
ramps and parking spaces.
We welcome everyone.
St. Vincent de Paul Society
“Thank You.”
Dear Parishioners,
On behalf of everyone here at the Society of St.
Vincent de Paul, and the poor we serve, thank you
so much for your Bundle Sunday participation on
May 31, 2015 to help us with our work.
Your generosity, parishioners, goes far in helping
those in need. All the donations will be put to good
use as we continue to help our needy brothers and
sisters in their struggles to find better lives for
themselves and their children.
The need for charitable efforts has increased greatly
over the past several years, and we appreciate your
help in assisting the needy within the Los Angeles
Archdiocese.
As you may know, Catholic lay volunteer members
of our 140 Parish-based Conferences located
throughout the Archdiocese work daily to help those
people who need assistance in their communities.
Our members and staff strive to do more than
simply help the needy, and this is partly why all
these generous donations do so much good. We also
work with those we serve to help them learn ways to
work toward a brighter future.
Again, thank you for allowing these Bundle Sundays
to continue in your parish.
Yours in St. Vincent de Paul,
David A. Garcia - Deputy Executive Director
Professional Entertainment Fellowship
On behalf of the entire committee and members
of the Good Shepherd Professional Entertainment
Fellowship, Chairman Jonathan Roumie would like
to sincerely thank Father Tom for all he has done to
promote, facilitate and help grow our very own
Entertainment Ministry. We would not have had the
impact or the reach we have been able to achieve,
if not for his vision and belief in supporting such a
group at the very beginning 3 years ago. He will be
missed, though we fully expect to see him in the
audience at future meetings!
God Bless you, Father Tom.
Spirituality, Prayer and Worship
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Save the Date!
Sunday, July 19
Immigra on Mass 2015
Last year, thousands came from the Archdioceses of Los Angeles,
Orange, and San Bernardino to fill the Cathedral of Our Lady of the
Angels for Mass in Recognition of All Immigrants.
Please join us this year on
Sunday, July 19, at 4 p.m. for Mass with Archbishop Gomez.
Prayer for Our Family
“Our Lady of the Way,”
painted by
Rev. Fernando Arizti, S.J
Loving God, help me to always work for the dignity of all my brothers
and sisters, including immigrants, for all of us are citizens of Your
family.
May I live out my commitment to attend a Mass in celebration of our common membership of Your
family at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels on Sunday, July 19, at 4 p.m. with Archbishop
José Gomez. In Jesus’ name we pray.
Amen.
Rosary
Medita on
The Rosary is being recited Tuesdays immediately
after the Noon Mass in the Sacred Heart Chapel
located in the Parish Center, from 12:45 - 1:15 p.m.
All are welcome.
The Meditation Group meets three times a week.
Please come and join us and experience great
moments of serenity through Meditation. We meet
in the Sacred Heart Chapel, located in the Parish
Center.
Tuesday: 7 - 8 p.m.
Thursday: 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Saturday: 9 - 10 a.m.
Readings For The Week
Monday: Ex 1:8-14, 22; Ps 124:1b-8;
Mt 10:34-11:1
Tuesday: Ex 2:1-15a; Ps 69:3,14,30-31, 33-34;
Mt 11:20-24
Wednesday: Ex 3:1-6, 9-12; Ps 103:1b-4, 6-7;
Mt 11:25-27
Thursday: Ex 3:13-20; Ps 105:1,5,8-9, 24-27;
Mt 11:28-30
Friday:
Ex 11:10 -12:14; Ps 116:12-13, 15,
16 bc, 17-18; Mt 12:1-8
Saturday:
Ex 12:37-42; Ps 136:1,23-24, 10-15;
Mt 12:14-21
Sunday:
Jer 23:1-6; Ps 23:1-6; Eph 2:13-18;
Mk 6:30-34
Sunday TV Mass for Homebound Catholics
9 a.m. every Sunday on KDOC Ch. 56.
For cable/satellite TV channel number, please
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your free copy of the Mass Prayer Book, write to:
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N601, Milwaukee, WI 53214 or call, toll free:
1 (800) 430-0930
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Educa on and Forma on
Children’s Liturgy
Of The Word
Resuming in August we will
have Children’s Liturgy of
the Word (CLoW) at every
Sunday’s 10:30 a.m. Mass.
It is a special time designed for
children in Kindergarten - 3rd Grade to encounter
the Bible at their level of understanding. As each
child is created in God's image, he or she will have
the opportunity to develop a personal relationship an Encounter - with Jesus Christ through the Gospel.
During the Mass, the priest or deacon invites the
children to come up to the front of the altar for a
blessing. The leaders usher the children to the
designated room prepared for them. Once the
session concludes, the leaders assist the children
back into the church to join their family for the rest
of Mass. This is NOT a discontinuing or an interruption of Mass, but a continuum of the celebration of
the whole Liturgy that constitutes the "Mass". For
more information or if you would like to be trained
as a CLoW leader, please contact Wendy Rappé at
[email protected] or (310) 285-5425.
Our Year with God’s Word
Our Year with God’s Word, here in the parish,
runs from Easter Sunday 2015 to Easter Sunday
2016. It was inspired by the Saint John’s Bible,
which is the first hand inscribed and illuminated
Bible in the last 500 years. It was a project of
St. John’s College and Monastery in Collegeville,
Minnesota. In the spirit of this work, we are offering
some fun summertime events.
Some of the art pieces in the St. John’s Bible are
in the style of iconography. So on the following
Saturday, July 18th from 10:00-11:30 a.m. in the
Good Shepherd Room, we will be watching some
other brief film clips about the St. John’s Bible,
and these will be followed by a demonstration of
iconography offered by another parishioner (and
parish wedding team coordinator), Mary Anne
Cosgrove, who is an artist and iconographer.
We hope you can join us. Please call the Parish
Office (310) 285-5425 to reserve your space.
Thinking about becoming a Catholic
and/or Completing your Sacraments of
Eucharist and Confirmation?
Then, I invite you to read on and save the date!
The Inquiry Sessions begins on September 9th,
7 - 9 p.m. in the Parish Hall. Did you know Jesus’
love will find you? Will you have the courage to
accept the invitation?
For more information, please call Sister Virginia
at (310) 285-5425 or email [email protected] or
Penny at (310) 739-8762.
Prayer for Priestly Voca ons
Father, in every generation you provide
ministers of Christ and the Church.
We come before you now, asking that you
call forth more men to serve our Archdiocese
in the ministerial priesthood.
Give us priests who will lead and guide
your holy people gathered by Word and Sacrament.
Bless us with priestly vocations so that
we can continue
to be a truly Eucharistic Church,
strengthened in our discipleship of Jesus Christ,
your Only Son.
Raise up, we pray, men who are generous
in their service,
willing to offer their lives and all their gifts
for your greater glory
and
for the good of your people.
We make our prayer in the presence and power
of the Holy Spirit, through Christ, Our Lord.
Amen.
Year of Prayer for Priestly Vocations
November 1, 2005 – October 31, 2006
Prayer for Priestly Vocations
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Outreach, Service and Social Jus ce
Need a Driver’s License and
don’t have documenta on?
Holy Sprit’s Church Community Outreach Ministry
is offering a free class this Sunday, July 12, from
2:30 - 4:30 p.m. in the Church located at 1421 S.
Dunsmuir Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90019-4031, at
the corner of Pico Blvd. and Dunsmuir.
A general orientation will be provided as to the
process of applying for a Driver’s license and
preparing for the Driver’s test. An immigration
officer will be available to answer questions.
Pre-Need Planning
Making cemetery and mortuary arrangements in
advance of need is both a loving and financially
wise thing to do. Advance planning provides a
family reassurance, comfort and peace of mind.
Such thoughtfulness relieves family members
from shouldering the burden during a most stressful
time, allowing for careful decision making in an
unhurried atmosphere, and assuring that your
expressed wishes will be followed.
The added affordability of working with today's
prices as opposed to tomorrow's can also
represent a significant savings.
You owe it to yourself
and to your family to
explore the many
advantages of advance
planning.
To know more, please call
(310) 836-5500 ext. 1.
A representative can answer any questions you may
have.
Beverly Hills Public Library Program
This program helps adults learners improve their
reading, writing, and comprehension skills. You
would need to complete the two hour Tutor Training
Workshop and, after being matched with an Adult
learner, tutor once a week for a minimum of six
months.
For more details, please call (310) 288-2207.
Help Create a Needy Family’s New Home
Construct part of someone’s house: we
could be roofing, painting or doing
landscaping — it’s whatever they need
done at that point in the build. But, don’t
panic — there will be experts there to guide
you, if you’ve never put up drywall! It is a
very physical 8-3:30 day — but one that’s
also VERY REWARDING! We will also
need to raise about $2,500 to help with the
house build.
If you are interested in volunteering for this
wonderful outreach project, please contact
Milkah LoScalzo as soon as possible.
Our Build Date is Saturday, August 15.
When enough interested folks respond, we
will have a brief meeting to begin to work
out details.
For more information please contact
Milkah at (310) 975-4519 or e-mail
[email protected]
Community Life
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PARISH STAFF
Rev. Ed Benioff, Pastor
Rev. Colm O’Ryan, Pastor Emeritus
Rev. George O’Brien, In Residence
Deacon Eric Stoltz
Michael Caraway, Director of Administration
Sr. Virginia Stehly, C.S.J., Director RCIA
Joan Vos, Director of Liturgy & Music
[email protected]
Wendy Rappé, Director of Faith Formation
Terry Hicks, Organist / Choir Director
[email protected]
Monday, July 13
6:30 a.m.
Lexy Gorelik
12:05 p.m.
Crescencia Trevino - 80th Birthday
Tuesday, July 14
12:05 p.m.
Marcella Suh
GOOD SHEPHERD SCHOOL
Wednesday, July 15
12:05 p.m.
Carlos Rodrigues Alves (D)
Grades: Pre-K to 8
148 S. Linden Dr.
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
310.275.8601
gsbh.net
Danielle Colvert, Principal
Lisa Widmann, Vice Principal
Friday, July 17
12:05 Juanita Leonardi
PARISH CENTER
504 N Roxbury Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Office: 310.285.5425
Fax: 310.285.5433
gsbh.org
Visit us on Facebook:
facebook.com/goodshepherdchurch
Faith Direct
Can’t find your checkbook or envelope Sunday morning?
Join the parishioners who are using Faith Direct for automated
giving to Church of the Good Shepherd. It is secure,
convenient, and Faith Direct will provide you an offertory
card to place in the basket during the collections. There is no
cost to you, and the program provides a great benefit to our
parish.
Sign up today by visiting www.faithdirect.net.
Our parish code is CA461
PARISH CENTER HOURS
Monday - Friday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Sat. 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Closed on Sundays
MASSES
Sunday:
8:30 & 10:30 a.m.,12:30 & 5:30 p.m.
Saturday: 8 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. Vigil
Monday - Friday: 6:30 a.m., 12:05 p.m.
CONFESSIONS
Friday 11:40 a.m.
Saturday 4 - 5 p.m.
Other times by appointment.
Call the parish office.
Financial Report : June 29 - July 5
Mass Collections
$7,840.00
Parish Center Donations
$1,088.00
Total
$8,928.00
BAPTISMS
ONLY on the 4th Sunday of the month.
Please call the Parish Office
regarding preparations.
No Baptisms during lent.
MARRIAGES
Thank you for your generosity.
Please make an appointment
with the Pastor six months prior
to your wedding date.
Catholic Community
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Stay Connected With
My Good Shepherd
Church of the Good Shepherd has been
using a password-protected online
community program database designed
to help you stay connected and up-todate on all the activities, groups, and
parish ministries. "My Good Shepherd"
was created by Church Community
Builder (CCB).
If you submitted an online or hard copy
registration form (or you are affiliated
with a ministry), a profile has been
created for you. Rest assured that
CCB takes every precaution to
maintain the security of the database.
You can easily access your profile by
visiting: gsbh.ccbchurch.com. If you
have not created a login, please click
the "Sign Up" link under the
Username and Password fields and
follow the instructions. Once you are
logged into your profile, you can
update your information, monitor
your donations to Good Shepherd,
explore the various ministries/groups
at Church of the Good Shepherd, and
view a calendar of events, including
the Mass schedule.
Husbands, give your wife a
special gi !
Plan a weekend away just
for the two of you!
Enrich your marriage by attending
the next Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend on
August 7-9, 2015. Weekends fill up quickly, so we
strongly encourage signups by July 1 to reserve your
spot. Apply Online at www.ilovemyspouse.net or
contact Sarah and Jacob Flores at (562) 923-7335 or
Ginny & Boon Hazboun at (562) 861-7562 for more
details.
Volunteers Needed
Another aspect of My Good Shepherd
is the communications program.
Communications to you will come
from: [email protected].
You may want to add this email
address to your trusted list, so you
don't miss any important messages
which are sent out from time to time.
Please note: a redesign of the
homepage has just been completed.
If you have any questions about
navigating My Good Shepherd,
please contact David at the church
office at (310) 285-5425 or by email
at [email protected].
Please Join Us In Prayer To Stop SB 128
Pray to Stop Assisted Suicide
O God, source of all life and hope, look kindly on
our brothers and sisters facing the end of their lives.
Fill them with the hope of your mercy and give
them peace and comfort.
We pray for our California Legislators who are
considering legalizing assisted suicide. Inspire them
to protect the lives of the elderly, the infirm, and the
disabled.
Renew our commitment to building a community
where every human life is welcomed and wanted,
valued and defended -- from conception to natural
death. We ask this through the intercession of Saint
John Paul II. Amen.
Beverly Hills Meals on Wheels needs your help! We need volunteers to drive and deliver meals to the
homebound seniors in the Beverly Hills area. We deliver Monday through Friday from 10:30 a.m. to
12 noon. Please call Pat Jacobson for more information at (310) 423-3517.
Immaculate Heart Catholic Radio
An English speaking Catholic radio is on the air each day at KHJ 930 AM
and reaches over 15 million people.
We also have two online music streams:
immaculateheartmusic.com/ contemporary Christian music with Catholic values
immaculateheartsacredmusic.com sacred music
Parish Ambassador needed. A Parish Ambassador is one who will help raise awareness and get the word out in our
Parish Community that Immaculate Heart Catholic Radio does exist. If you wish to get involved and become the Parish
Ambassador, please call the Parish Center Office at (310) 285-5425 for more details.
Extra News
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Are You Being Called To
Become A Deacon?
Diaconate Formation Office:
Information Meeting for Men Interested
in the Permanent Diaconate Sunday July 19, 2015
The Diaconate Formation Office will be hosting
an information meeting for all men who are
interested in finding out more about becoming
a permanent deacon in the Archdiocese of Los
Angeles. Members of the Archdiocesan Diaconate
Formation Office will be present to explain the
role of the deacon in the Church, to explain the
Diaconate Formation Program, and to answer any
questions that participants might have. Men must
be between the ages of 30 and 60 years to enter the
formation program. It is important for men who are
married to attend with their wives.
The next information meeting will be held on
Sunday July 19, 2015 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
at St. Jerome Parish, 5550 Thornburn St.,
Los Angeles, 90045.
For further information, please contact Mrs. Claudia
Ortiz in the Diaconate Formation Office at
(213) 637-7383 or, e-mail;
[email protected]
If you want to be first, make yourself servant of all.
(Mt. 20:27)
Summer Day Camp - July 6-31, 2015
Holy Spirit School
Registration now open for Grades TK - 6th.
Holy Spirit School offers a fun-filled program
for summer campers, for incoming TK through
incoming 6th graders. Campers will enjoy academic
classes that reinforce basic skills and encourage self
-expression in a nurturing environment.
Tuition is $325/month. Sibling discounts are
available. Camp hours are Monday through Friday,
8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
For more information, please call the school Office
at (323) 933-7775 or, email
[email protected].
Junipero Serra
Father Junípero Serra was a famous teacher.
His students called him Dr. Serra, or Dr. Junípero.
For several years following his ordination, Serra
remained at Palma, as both student and teacher.
He received a doctorate in theology and served as
professor of theology at the Franciscan university in
Palma from 1744 to 1749, when he sailed to Cádiz,
Spain to fulfill his lifetime dream of being a
missionary.
Did You Know?
Help children be aware of unhealthy
behavior among others.
Children have more opportunities to
be out of your immediate sight during
the summer. It’s important to remind your child that
if another child or adult – including people they
know and trust – try to touch them inappropriately
they should: Say NO and GET AWAY from any
person or situation that makes them feel scared,
uncomfortable or confused. Tell them to TRUST
THEIR FEELINGS and be sure to TELL a trusted
adult. And, it’s never too late to tell a trusted adult
what happened. For a copy of the article called
“Know the Rules…Summer Safety Tips to Teach
Children” from the National Center for Missing and
Exploited Children, email:
[email protected]
California Safely Surrendered Baby Law
California’s Safely Surrendered Baby Law,
www.babysafe.ca.gov, was first implemented in
2001 and became permanent law in 2006.
The purpose of the law is to protect newborns
from being hurt or killed because they are
abandoned by mothers who are frightened or
under severe duress and who feel they have no
place to turn for help. The law saves babies’
lives: between January 1 and early July of this
year six newborns were safely surrendered in
Los Angeles County alone.
Parish Calendar
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For complete calendar: http://goo.gl/Z3i8ep
A Week At A Glance / Sunday, July 12 – Sunday, July19 , 2015
July
Sunday, 12
Time
8:30, 10:30 a.m., 12:30, 5:30 p.m.
8:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.
12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
6:30 a.m., 12:05 p.m.
Monday, 13
Tuesday, 14
6:30 a.m., 12:05 p.m.
12:45 - 1:15 p.m.
7 - 8 p.m.
6:30 a.m., 12:05 p.m.
Wednesday, 15
Thursday, 16
6:30 a.m., 12:05 p.m.
11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
7 - 8:30 p.m.
Friday, 17
5 - 10:30 a.m.
Saturday, 18
Sunday, 19
6:30 a.m., 12:05 p.m.
11:40 a.m.
8 a.m., 5:30 p.m.
9- 10 a.m.
10 - 11:30 a.m.
4 - 5 p.m.
- 6:30 p.m.
8:30, 10:30 a.m., 12:30, 5:30 p.m.
8:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.
G.S. Music Ministers
At Fr. Tom's Farewell
If you are interested in
being in the Parish Choir
or the 5:30 Sunday Ensemble,
Please contact
Terry Hicks
[email protected]
or Joan Vos
[email protected].
Event
Sunday Masses
Coffee & Donuts
Mass
Sunday Sip
Mass
Mass
Rosary
Medita on
Mass
Mass
Medita on
Divorced and Separated Support Group
Martha's Kitchen (Volunteers)
Facility
Church
Parish Hall
Church
Parish Hall
Church
Church
Sacred Heart Chapel
Sacred Heart Chapel
Church
Church
Sacred Heart Chapel
Conference Room 3
Parish Hall Kitchen
Mass
Confessions
Mass
Medita on
Iconography Demonstra on
Confessions
Mass
Sunday Masses
Coffee & Donuts
Church
Church
Church
Sacred Heart Chapel
Good Shepherd Room
Church
Church
Church
Parish Hall