Saint Thomas the Apostle Catholic Parish Mission Statement: Under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, we the church answer the call of Christ to be a visible sign of His presence by participating in: Scripture and Sacraments, Worship and Prayer, Spiritual and Academic Education, Evangeliza- tion and Witnessing, Service and Charity, Fellowship and Community. Through our words and actions with our universal community of believers, we strive to share the love of God with the greater Oroville community and throughout the world. Fr. Gerome Hernandez, MSP, Parochial Administrator Jesus Venegas, Deacon Thomas O'Connell, Deacon Shirlee Ohls-Morris, Parish Bookkeeper Ms. Kasia Heinert, Principal Mrs. Tamara Landers, School Bookkeeper Mrs. Erin Weckman, School Secretary Established 1857 Our Parish Family includes Saint Thomas the Apostle in Oroville, Saint Thomas the Apostle School, and of Saint Anthony of Padua in Challenge. For mass Times see inside. Diocese of Sacramento 1886 Parish Office: 1330 Bird Street, Oroville CA 95965 Office Hours: Tues.- Fri. 9-12; Phone: 530-533-0262 Fax: 530-533-1148 http://www.orovillecatholic.org School Office: 1380 Bird Street, Oroville CA 95965 Phone: 530-534-6969 Fax: 530-534-9374 http://stschool.net
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Saint Thomas the Apostle Catholic Parish
Mission Statement: Under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, we the church answer the call of Christ to be a visible sign of His presence by participating in: Scripture and Sacraments, Worship and Prayer, Spiritual and Academic Education, Evangeliza-tion and Witnessing, Service and Charity, Fellowship and Community. Through our words and actions with our universal community of believers, we strive to share the love of God with the greater Oroville community and throughout the world.
Fr. Gerome Hernandez, MSP,
Parochial Administrator
Jesus Venegas, Deacon
Thomas O'Connell, Deacon
Shirlee Ohls-Morris, Parish Bookkeeper
Ms. Kasia Heinert, Principal
Mrs. Tamara Landers, School Bookkeeper
Mrs. Erin Weckman, School Secretary
Established
1857
Our Parish Family includes Saint Thomas the Apostle in Oroville, Saint Thomas the Apostle School, and of Saint Anthony of Padua in Challenge. For mass Times see inside.
Diocese of
Sacramento 1886
Parish Office: 1330 Bird Street,
Oroville CA 95965
Office Hours: Tues.- Fri. 9-12;
Phone: 530-533-0262
Fax: 530-533-1148
http://www.orovillecatholic.org
School Office: 1380 Bird Street,
Oroville CA 95965
Phone: 530-534-6969
Fax: 530-534-9374
http://stschool.net
The Twenty Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday September 9th 2018
Saturday, September 8: The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary 5:30 PM (English) William Morris, RIP 7:00 PM (Spanish)
Sunday, September 9: 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time 7:40 AM Rosary 8:15 AM 10:30 AM 12:00 PM Rosary @ St. Anthony’s in Challenge 12:30 PM @ St. Anthony’s in Challenge
Monday, September 10: There is no daily mass today at 8:30 AM, at 6:30 PM The Divine Mercy Chaplet and scriptural Rosary in will be held in the Church.
Tuesday, September 11: 8:30 AM
Wednesday, September 12: The Most Holy Name of Mary 8:30 AM
Thursday, September 13: St. John Chrysostom 8:30 AM
Friday, September 14: The Exhaltation of the Holy Cross 8:30 AM Hilaria Pagayatan, RIP
Saturday, September 15: Our Lady of Sorrows 5:30 PM (English) Leo J. Frericks, RIP 7:00 PM (Spanish) Recitation of the Rosary follows the Tuesday through Friday Daily Masses. Confessions are heard from 4:00PM to 5:00 PM Saturdays, and by Appointment.
Please Remember in Your Prayers
Esther Corona
Mary Castillo
Bob Rice
Russ Lewis
Francisco Zarate
Marian Ritter
Wilma Koenig Fred Reno
Rosemary Keegan
Infant Karlee Davis
Bev Brinson
Frank Clanton
Thomas Edward Winter
Ann Lewis (Loseke)
Eva Lincoln
Catherine Wetzel, RIP
Saint Thomas The Apostle Church, Oroville California Sunday September 9 2018
2nd Annual St. Thomas Golf Tournament Calling all golfers! Saturday, September 29, 2018 is our 2nd Annual Golf Tournament. Participation fee is $80.00 per player. The fee covers the green fee, lunch and cart rental. The event takes place at Bidwell Park Golf Course, in Chico. The tournament is a Scramble format tournament with a shotgun start at 8:00 am. There will be prizes for the longest drive, closest to the pin, and raffle.
Sponsorships are available, Entry Deadline is September 21st.
All Are Invited & Welcome Dear Parishioners - Our parish Altar Society will meet on Tuesday, September 11at 1:00 p.m. in the Community Center. You are invited to come to the meeting and learn about this wonderful ministry that has been a special part of St. Thomas parish since 1913.
Our members look forward to the start-up of the new activity year - seeing familiar faces and welcoming new members. So, circle the date on your calendar - September 11.We look forward to seeing you. Thank you and God bless you. ~Patty Healy, president.
RCIA RCIA, the process of preparation for adults to receive the sacraments of initiation (Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist), follows a new program this month! If you just want to learn about the Church but not commit to anything, you're welcome to come, too. These are the first three topics scheduled for presentation Tuesday evenings, 7-8:30 PM in the Community Center:
Sept. 11--Your Journey of Faith
Sept. 18--What Catholics Believe
Sept. 25--The Mass
Religious Education Religious Education is now accepting First Communion students for the upcoming school year First Communion is a two-year program. The Diocese requires, students must have completed two years of classes and be minimum age 7 and in the Second grade to receive their First Communion. Please bring a copy of your Child’s Baptismal Certificate when you enroll your child on the first day of class.
Confirmation Year 2 students only will take place in Spring of 2019. Classes resume Sunday, September 9. Meet in the Community Center for opening prayer and announcements at 9:30 AM then off to class in the Church Library.
Because parents are considered the primary teachers, participation of both the parent, sponsor, and the student will be expected both years.
Registration/Orientation for all classes takes place on: Sunday, September 9th at 9:30 AM in the Community Center.
Sept 15 5:30 1.Marion Willey
2. Zee Ramirez
1. Teresita Wood
2. Odette Keleman
3. Sharon Reed Sep 16 8:15 1. GailEdmundson
2. Angella Wentz
1. Jim Bruggeman
2. Julie Silviera
3. Jeri Huey 10:30 1. Student Reader
2. Student Reader
1. Jim Coffelt
2. Meribel Melchor
3. Jake Coffelt
DATE TIME MINISTERS OF THE WORD EMHC
Sept 8 5:30 1. Judy McInturf
2. Zee Ramirez
1. Mary Seegert
2. Beth Rickey
3. Darleen Barton Sept 9 8:15 1. Gail Edmundson
2. Dan Quinn
1. Aimee Myles
2. Marta Quinn
3. Berthe Mastelotto 10:30 1. Mary Haloski
2. Luke Eiserman
1. Luis Salerno
2. Sheri Ferla
3. Sam Ruloph
ROSTER OF MINISTERS OF THE WORD AND EXTRA-ORDINARY MINISTERS OF COMMUNION
SUNDAY COLLECTION: The total collection last Sunday:
St. Thomas (09/2/18) $5,268.24.
Second collection $3,532.34.
St. Anthony (09/02/18) $ 265.00.
Thank you for your generosity. “Who ever has a heart full of love always has something to give” -St. John XXIII.
REMINDERS:
To help our counters for a quick and fast counting of collections, they are requesting not to fold too much or crumple your bills. Thank you very much for your cooperation.
Please be reminded that our second collection for the first Sun-day of the month goes to the maintenance of the Parish and School Compound and for the third Sunday of the Month goes to the support of the School.
PRAYER FOR HEALING
VICTIMS OF THE ABUSE
God of endless love, ever caring, ever strong, always present, always just:
You gave your only Son to save us by the blood of his cross.
Gentle Jesus, shepherd of peace, join to your own suffering the pain of all who have been hurt in body, mind, and spirit by those who betrayed the trust placed in them.
Hear our cries as we agonize over the harm done to our brothers and sisters. Breathe wisdom into our prayers, soothe restless hearts with hope, steady shaken spirits with faith: Show us the way to justice and wholeness, enlightened by truth and enfolded in your mercy.
Holy Spirit, comforter of hearts, heal your people’s wounds and transform our brokenness. Grant us courage and wisdom, humility and grace, so that we may act with justice and find peace in you.We ask this through Christ, our Lord. Amen.
ST. THOMAS, THE APOSTLE SCHOOL SY 2018-2019: Have you ever considered Catholic education for your children? It’s not as costly as you may think!St. Thomas friends and families, spread the news. St. Thomas, the Apostle School is now accepting applica-tions for enrollment in grades TK-8th. For further information on enrollment and/or tuition assistance, please contact the school office at 530 534 6969 or email our principal at [email protected].
Dear brothers and sisters,
Prejudice is by no means a new problem in society. Saint James noticed it in the first century Christian community of Jerusalem. . In today’s second reading, Saint James scolded those who give preferential treatment to the rich while overlooking the poor. He tells them that they have it all backwards. It is the poor who are privileged because they were the ones chosen by God “to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom.” Just as God makes no distinction between rich and poor, Jew or Greek, man or woman, so we should treat all people with the dignity they deserve as sons and daugh-ters of our Father in heaven.
We are called to do the same. Because all of us have been created in the image and likeness of God, we all have digni-ty. Our worth as human beings does not come from our religious tradition, our ethnic background, our job or our social standing. Rather, each of us is worthy of respect be-cause we are loved by the one God who is Father of us all.
Points for reflection:
1. How do I prevent the culture of indifference in my par-ish, in my community, at my work?
2. Do I treat people with dignity they deserve as sons and daughters of our Father in heaven? How?
Blessed Sunday to all!
Fr. Gerome D. Hernandez, MSP
A s we observe the passion and death of Jesus, we must remember that no one ethnic or religious group of
people is responsible for the death of our Savior. He died voluntarily for the sins of all people “at the hands of evildo-ers” so that we might be saved from eternal death. The use of the words “the Jews” (or similar expressions) in the gos-pel accounts of Christ’s death does not mean that the Jew-ish people killed Jesus. In the Gospel of John, for example, it is not even clear who “the Jews” that seek Jesus’ death are. Certainly Jesus, his mother Mary, the apostles, and most, if not all of the disciples, are also “the Jews.” In fact, everyone in the gospel account except Pilate, his wife, and his soldiers are Jews. (Simon was probably a Jew from Cyre-ne, perhaps in Jerusalem for the holy day. And scripture tells us that Joseph of Arimathea was “a disciple of Jesus,” but it
doesn’t necessarily mean that he wasn’t Jewish—he owned a grave in Jerusalem.) To think that the gospel means that the Jewish people—then and now—are responsible for the death of Jesus (and thus today are to be coerced to convert, blamed or condemned) is wrong. It is sinful to twist the sa-cred scriptures for any purpose of hate, bigotry or prejudice. It is better to recall the words of the prophet Isaiah that we hear on Good Friday: “He was pierced for our offenses, crushed for our sins...the Lord laid upon him the guilt of us all.”
PENANCE AND FASTING: As our response to the invitation of Bp. Jaime Soto “to earnestly draw ourselves more closely to the Lord Jesus and offer penance in reparation for the sin and suffering that has been inflicted on the Church by brother priests and bishops”, our Holy Hour every Friday for this month of September will be offered for the reparation of sin and for the healing of victims of sexual abuse. All Fridays this month of September will be a day of fasting and I would like you to invite others to do so. Corporal works of Mercy are highly encouraged.
CATECHETICAL SUNDAY 2018: This year, the Church will celebrate Catechetical Sunday on September 16, 2018. The 2018 theme will be "Enlisting Witnesses for Jesus Christ." Those who the Community has designated to serve as catechists will be called forth
to be commissioned for their ministry during the 10:30 am Sunday Mass.
Catechetical Sunday is a wonderful opportunity to reflect on the role that each person plays, by virtue of Baptism, in handing on the faith and being a witness to the Gospel. Catechetical Sunday is an opportunity for all to rededicate themselves to this mission as a community of faith.
MINISTRY DAYS 2018/JORNADA PASTORAL 2018: Calling all catechists, Catholic school teachers and staff, parish ministry leaders, parish staff and parishioners! Join us on September 28 and 29 at St. Francis High School Sacramento from 8am-4pm for the largest gathering of ministers, catechists and Catholic school teachers in the Diocese of Sacramento! A wide variety of workshops provided in both English and Spanish. Topics are Liturgy, Sacrament Preparation, Catechesis, Vocations and Social Justice. To browse through our workshops and register for the conference, please visit http://www.ministrydays.com.
ON FIRE (NOR CAL JAM 2018): Get ready for the Northern California Kickoff for Catholic Youth and young adult Ministry. Set our Hearts ON FIRE, September 15, 9:00 am to 9:00 pm, at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, Vallejo. Tickets and info at www.onfirenorcal.com.
Coffee Hour Is Back Coffee happens after the 8:15 Mass in Fitzgerald Hall. Be sure to stop by and join your fellow Parishioners in community. This week the Parish Finance council hosts. The Knights of Columbus will host a Pancake Breakfast.
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Thanks to the Holy Trinity for all his blessings! Le da gracias a la Santisima Trinidad por todas sus bendiciones.
Calling All Teaching Ministries
We will celebrate the ceremony on Sunday, September 16, at the 10:30 Mass. Father Gerome would like all those in any teaching ministry here at Saint Thomas to attend if possible and receive the encouragement through prayer that will be showered upon you. Please mark your calendars! This invitation includes members of the Sunday School Team, the RCIA Team, the teachers and any volunteers from St. Thomas the Apostle School, and the musicians that organize and provide song prayers for the children's choir and the teen choir. God Blesses You Always!
Father Roy’s Retirement Celebration On Sunday September 9 at 2:00 PM, we will be celebrating the retirement of Father Roy Doner. Father Roy’s celebration will take place at the Brownsville Hall, 17103 Ponderosa Way Brownsville, CA 95919. Please bring a favorite salad. Meat, Desserts, and refreshments are provided. You can attend the 12:30 pm Sunday Mass at St. Anthony’s in Challenge and head on over to the Brownsville Hall.
If you have questions, call Clifton or Suezana Davis at (530) 755-6501 or (530) 682-6501
Change in Date for Bulletin Submissions Starting next week, we will be asking to have your bulletin Submissions in no later than Monday September 10th at 4:30 pm to prepare for the changes coming to our bulletin.
Team Inspire Wants You! Linda Aries-Herren is looking for teammates to walk with her, or donate to her team participation for the Walk To End Alzheimers. The walk takes place on Saturday October 13th, at Sycamore Field in Chico’s Bidwell Park. Your pooch is welcome to come along too. To check it out or sign up online go to www.alz.org/walk and enter 95928 for the zipcode. Search for Team Inspire. You can also contact Linda at: [email protected] or 713-548-3096
