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 Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday September 16th 2018
Saturday, September 15: Our Lady of Sorrows 5:30 PM (English) Leo J Frericks, RIP 7:00 PM (Spanish)
Sunday, September 16: 24th 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 17: St Robert Bellarime 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 18: 8:30 AM Chuck Pagach, RIP
Wednesday, September 19: St Januarius 8:30 AM Louisa Shaner, RIP Thursday, September 20: Ss. Andrew Kim Tae-gon, Paul Chong Ha-Sang, and Companions 8:30 AM
Friday, September 21: St. Matthew 8:30 AM
Saturday, September 22: 5:30 PM (English) 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 16 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.
Religious Education News Calling all kids interested in receiving their Confirmation. We have teachers for
Year One, If you are interested, please join us on Sunday, Sept. 23 at 9:30 AM in the Community Center. Bring a copy of your Baptismal and First Communion Certificates. You must be minimum 13 years of age and in the Seventh Grade. This is a two year program.
Year Two Confirmation Students, there is a mandatory interview on Sunday, Sept. 16 at 9:30 AM in the Community Center
First Communion Students Year One and Two: There will be NO CLASS on Sunday, Sept 16th due to Confirmation Interviews. Class will resume on Sunday, Sept. 23 at 9:30 AM in the Community Center
For questions, please call Teacher Lucia in the Church office at 533-0262.
Meeting Changes The SDCCW Marysville Deanery September meeting has been cancelled. Please look to our bulletin for information on the next meeting which will be held in November at Our Divine Savior in Chico.
CCCO Meeting
The Cooperating Christian Churches of Oroville will meet on Tuesday, Sept. 25th at Noon at the First Congregational Church, downtown Oroville. Pastor Stan Henderson of Trinity Presbyterian Church is this year's president.
Liturgy Committee
Just a reminder that the Liturgy Committee will meet one week from tomorrow, on Thursday, September 20 at 1:00 in the Parish office.
ROSTER OF MINISTERS OF THE WORD AND EXTRA-ORDINARY MINISTERS OF COMMUNION
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.
DATE TIME MINISTERS OF THE WORD EMHC 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 22 5:30 1. Marion Willey
2. Maeva Barickman
1. Mary Seegert
2. Beth Rickey
3. Darleen Barton Sept 23 8:15 1. Gail Edmundson
2. Dan Quinn
1. Julie McCullough
2. Marta Quinn
3. Jeri Huey 10:30 1. Matt Bazanni
2. Lydia Vanderlaan
1. Luis Salerno
2. Sheri Ferla
3. Sam Ruloph SUNDAY COLLECTION: The total collection last Sunday:
St. Thomas (09/9/18) $2,435.96.
St. Anthony (09/09/18) $ 1,125.00.
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.
CATECHETICAL SUNDAY 2018: Today, the Church celebrates Catechetical Sunday. The theme for this year is "Enlisting Witnesses for Jesus Christ." Those who the Community has designated to serve as catechists are called forth to be commissioned for their ministry.
Let us continue to pray for our catechists as they give their time, talent and treasure for those who seek to know the Catholic faith.
T he charge of Christ‑killing has given the sin of anti‑Ju-daism its greatest impetus. The author of the gospel of
Matthew put a statement on the lips of the angry mob dur-ing the sentencing of Jesus—“His blood be upon us and upon our children” (Matthew 27:25). Tragically, history tore the statement from the context and misused it to justify anti‑Jewish action. When Matthew’s first hearers recalled the prophecy, “If you kill me, you bring innocent blood on yourselves, on this city and on its citizens” (Jeremiah 26:15), they were in a time and place far from ours. It was years ago and miles away. Truth lies in what the words mean in con-text. Only on their own terms can we understand them.
Like the people he evangelized, Matthew was not “anti‑Jewish”; he was angry about the way some rabbinic schools interpreted the law and applied it in individual cases: This is casuistry. Legal interpretation was an explosive topic among Jews during almost all of the first century. Matthew’s community, originally Jewish itself and gradually including Gentiles, was at home in the mixed culture of the Hellenistic world. Matthew wrote possibly in Antioch, Syria, between the years 80 and 90. He knew the neighborhood.
Matthew’s hostility to the scribes and Pharisees—especially in the vehement diatribe against them in chapter 23 and in the passion account—has the tone of a ripe casuistic rivalry of schools within Judaism, rather than the tone of extramu-ral anti‑Judaism. He thought if he undercut opposing views he could persuade his hearers better than if he just promot-ed faithful obedience to the law of Christ’s heavenly reign, which was his main interest. Matthew wrote vividly about distorted obedience in order not to risk losing adherents by
sounding “soft.” It was safe to mock other Jews but not to provoke Romans who held the real power. Matthew sought survival. His fear of Rome far exceeded any opposition to scribes or Pharisees.
Like Paul before him and Ignatius after him, the evangelist walked a fine line. He struggled between conservative, pro‑Pharisee followers of Jesus on one side and liberal, pro‑Gentile, gnostic followers of Jesus on the other. He had a casuistic problem with the former, an ethical problem with the latter, and he tried to open a middle way.
When Matthew’s Jesus says, “Woe to you, scribes and Phari-sees, you hypocrites” (23:13), today’s hearer must consider the casuistic context of first‑century schools of legal inter-pretation. Likewise, when Matthew’s Jesus says, “Come, you blessed of my Father. Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food” (25: 34f.), today’s hearer must consider the ethical context of Jesus’ call to discipleship.
Jesus then goes on to make it clear that, those who claim to be His followers, must also take up the way of suffering. “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and that of the gospel will save it.”
Christianity spread throughout the world because believers did not keep their faith to themselves but professed it and lived it even when they were faced with imprisonment and death. It was precisely the bravery of such faithful women and men who denied themselves and took up their cross to follow Jesus that inspired others to follow their example.
Points for reflection:
1. Who do I say Jesus is?
2. How do I keep my faith alive?
Blessed Sunday to all!
Fr. Gerome D. Hernandez, MSP
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.
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.
Coffee Hour Is Back Coffee happens after the 8:15 Mass in Fitzgerald Hall. This week the Knights of Columbus are offering a Pancake Breakfast. Next week the Altar Society will host.
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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!
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. 18--What Catholics Believe
Sept. 25--The Mass
Change in Date for Bulletin Submissions The deadline for bulletin posts is now Mondays at 4:30 pm. This is to accommodate the new schedule for printing the bulletin through LPI.
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
