Eucharistic Adoration Chapel Monday - Thursday 9:00 am - 6:30 pm Parish Center Office Hours Monday - Thursday 8:30 am - 6:30 pm Friday, Saturday, Sunday By appointment only Confessions Saturday 8:30 am & 3:30 pm or by appointment TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME AUGUST 30, 2015 8:00 am 12:10 pm 8:00 am & 5:00 pm 8:00 am,10:00 am & 5:00 pm 12 Noon Mass Times Monday, Wednesday & Friday Tuesday & Thursday Saturday Sunday Sunday (Spanish) Latin Mass Second & Fifth Sunday of the month 1:30pm Reflection During the time of Christ, the Law (Torah) was at the heart of Jewish tradition. Apart from the Ten Command- ments, there were other 613 precepts of the Law contained in the five books of Moses from Genesis to Deuteronomy. In today’s first reading, Moses gathered the people on the plains of Moab before he died and reminded them of God’s love in giving them the laws. He encouraged them to keep the law so that they would prosper in the Land which they were about to enter. The Scribes in particular who later be- came religious experts of their day paraded themselves as people with great knowledge of the law and strictly ob- served the Law of Moses. They became rigid in interpreting the laws making it a burden to the people. One of such rigid interpretations of the law appeared in today’s gospel. In the episode, the Pharisees and Scribes accused Jesus of collusion in sin; for he let some of his dis- ciples eat without first washing their hands. According to them, this was a violation of the tradition of the elders. Their focus was on ritual observances and not on hygiene. The ritual washing of hands was meant to avoid the pre- sumed impurity of Gentiles from contaminating the purity of Jews. By failing to observe the ritual, the disciples of Jesus were trying to diminish the distinction between Jews and Gentiles. Jesus denounced their scrupulous washings of the hands. Then he went ahead to defend the spirituality of inclusion in these unmistakable terms: “Hear me, all of you, and understand. Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person; but the things that come out from within are what defile” (Mk.7:14-15). Jesus gave a long list of sin- ful tendencies that are found in all human hearts which peo- ple struggle against in one form or another as the things that defile people and not washing of hands. Jesus condemned the spirituality of avoidance being propagated by the Pharisees and Scribes, which emphasized the devout fulfilling of pious religious obligations, but shunned away from those regarded as sinners for fear of being contaminated by them. Instead Christ preached the spirituality of involvement, which emphasized a helping hand to those perceived as sinners and those living on the margin of this world. St James in the second reading tells us that Christian spirituality and true religion should involve caring for the under-privileged and bringing sinners to reconciliation (involvement) and, keeping oneself from being contaminated by the world. “Religion that is pure and undefiled before God and the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their affliction and to keep oneself unstained by the world.” To- day, Jesus reminds us that the battle ground of our spiritual life is the human heart. A good heart produces a good life. A good life brings the good out of others by compassion, mercy and pardon. Thomas Merton, a spiritual writer, says, “We become saints not by conviction that we are better than sin- ners, but by the realization that we are one of them and that all together we need the mercy of God.”
Parish Center Office Hours Monday - Thursday 8:30 am - 6:30 pm Friday, Saturday, Sunday By appointment only
Confessions Saturday 8:30 am & 3:30 pm or by appointment
TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME AUGUST 30, 2015
8:00 am 12:10 pm
8:00 am & 5:00 pm 8:00 am,10:00 am & 5:00 pm
12 Noon
Mass Times Monday, Wednesday & Friday Tuesday & Thursday Saturday Sunday Sunday (Spanish)
Latin Mass Second & Fifth Sunday of the month 1:30pm
Reflection During the time of Christ, the Law (Torah) was at the heart of Jewish tradition. Apart from the Ten Command-ments, there were other 613 precepts of the Law contained in the five books of Moses from Genesis to Deuteronomy. In today’s first reading, Moses gathered the people on the plains of Moab before he died and reminded them of God’s love in giving them the laws. He encouraged them to keep the law so that they would prosper in the Land which they were about to enter. The Scribes in particular who later be-came religious experts of their day paraded themselves as people with great knowledge of the law and strictly ob-served the Law of Moses. They became rigid in interpreting the laws making it a burden to the people. One of such rigid interpretations of the law appeared in today’s gospel. In the episode, the Pharisees and Scribes accused Jesus of collusion in sin; for he let some of his dis-ciples eat without first washing their hands. According to them, this was a violation of the tradition of the elders. Their focus was on ritual observances and not on hygiene. The ritual washing of hands was meant to avoid the pre-sumed impurity of Gentiles from contaminating the purity of Jews. By failing to observe the ritual, the disciples of Jesus were trying to diminish the distinction between Jews and Gentiles. Jesus denounced their scrupulous washings of the hands. Then he went ahead to defend the spirituality of inclusion in these unmistakable terms: “Hear me, all of you, and understand. Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person; but the things that come out from within are what defile” (Mk.7:14-15). Jesus gave a long list of sin-ful tendencies that are found in all human hearts which peo-ple struggle against in one form or another as the things that defile people and not washing of hands. Jesus condemned the spirituality of avoidance being propagated by the Pharisees and Scribes, which emphasized the devout fulfilling of pious religious obligations, but shunned away from those regarded as sinners for fear of being contaminated by them. Instead Christ preached the spirituality of involvement, which emphasized a helping hand to those perceived as sinners and those living on the margin of this world.
St James in the second reading tells us that Christian spirituality and true religion should involve caring for the under-privileged and bringing sinners to reconciliation (involvement) and, keeping oneself from being contaminated by the world. “Religion that is pure and undefiled before God and the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their affliction and to keep oneself unstained by the world.” To-day, Jesus reminds us that the battle ground of our spiritual life is the human heart. A good heart produces a good life. A good life brings the good out of others by compassion, mercy and pardon. Thomas Merton, a spiritual writer, says, “We become saints not by conviction that we are better than sin-ners, but by the realization that we are one of them and that all together we need the mercy of God.”
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St. Anthony Church 215 Lomita St., El Segundo CA 90245
(310) 322-4392 Fax: (310) 322-0797 www.stanthonyes.com Visit us on Facebook
Safeguarding the Children: Joan Viena (213) 637-7227 Victims Assistance Ministry: Suzanne Healy (213) 637-7650
Archdiocesan Vocation Director: Rev. Stephen Davoren (213) 637-7755
WEEKLY CALENDAR
Sunday, August 30th Children’s Liturgy of the Word 11:30 am Pre-Baptism Class English-Parish Center 1:30 pm Latin Mass
Monday, August 31st Parish Center and Adoration Chapel Open 6:30 pm Spanish Children Choir Rehearsal - Church 7:00 pm Bible Study - Parish Center 7:00 pm RCIA - Parish Center
Tuesday, September 1st Parish Center and Adoration Chapel Open St. Anthony Preschool Starts 12:10 pm Mid-Day Mass - Church 7:00pm Lectio Divina - Parish Center 7:15 pm Legion of Mary - Parish Center
Wednesday, September 2nd Parish Office and Adoration Chapel Open 6:00pm Fitness class - Hall
Thursday, September 3rd Parish Center and Adoration Chapel Open 12:10 pm Mid-Day Mass - Church 6:30 pm Holy Hour for Priests - Church
Friday, September 4th Adoration Chapel & Parish Center Closed 8:00 am Mass 8:30 am Exposition and Adoration 5:00 pm Benediction
Saturday, September 5th Confessions after the morning Mass and at 3:30 pm 10:30 am Lectio Divina - Parish Center
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Humbly welcome the word that has been planted in you and is able to save your souls.
- James 1:21b
Pastor: Rev. Robert Victoria (ext. 441)
Assisting Priest: Rev. Felix C. Unichi (ext 211)
Director of Religious Education:
Mr. Timothy K. Rodrick, O.P. (ext. 444)
Youth Minister:
Pastoral Council Chairperson: Ricky Labayen (310) 416-1477
Finance Council Chairperson: David Bohline
School: Sylvia Kawjaree, Principal (310) 322-4218 (ext. 110)
Preschool: Rose Aguayo, Director (ext. 329)
Business Manager : Abner Espanola (ext. 442)
Secretary: Elizabeth Swenson (ext. 440)
Office Assistant: Mary Baum (ext. 440)
Maintenance: George Cadena (ext. 440)
School Board Chairperson: Felipe Gutierrez (310) 322-4218
RCIA/Adult Faith Formation
Are you someone or do you know someone who would like to become Catholic? Do you need to re-ceive First Holy Communion or Confirmation? Would you like to learn more about your faith?
The RCIA is a process of conversion that provides faith formation, spiritual enrichment and preparation of the sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation and Holy Eucha-rist; baptized adults in other Christian churches who wish to profess their faith through the Catholic church and requests the sacraments of Confirmation and Eucharist and baptized Catholics who seek to complete the sacrament of initiation. We meet every Monday at 7:00pm for 1 1/2 hours in the Parish Center. For more information please call (310) 322-4392 Ext 440.
Pilgrimage to Poland, Czech Republic, Austria and Hungary
Join Fr. Robert Victoria on a spiritual journey to Eastern Europe from October 19th to October 31st, 2015. Pls. reg-ister now for seats are limited. Accommodations in five star hotels with breakfast and din-
ner are included. There will be Mass each day. For information, please call the parish center. Brochures and registration forms are available at the Parish Cen-ter and also at the entrance of the church.
“Welcome the Word that you have received and become doers of the word, not hearers only.”
- James 1:17
Please Pray Soledad Barba, Sue Barrett, Rosalinda Banzon, Tom Blum, Ellen Brandlin, Shirley Caldwell, Teresa Calderon, Eva Canales, Lois Chavez, Teresita Clemente, Dylan and Dorothy Doukakis, Juan Antonio Duran, Howard & Cora Fausto, Rose Garcia, Rose Gibilterra, Joe & Don Guzman, Townsend Hale, Margaret Hoff, Dorothy Hoover, Gene Hunley, Michalina Kubek, Patricia Lamay, Ed Lewis, Alice Lipinski, Ken Lockwood, Rosalina & Pedro Marti-nez, Majella McIntyre, Cecil McAllister, Kay McGuire, Pauline McKinley, Michelle McManus, Grace Mercado, Shirley Merrill, Colleen O’Ryan, Pamela Polizzotto, Josefina Rigalva, Ryan Ramirez, Baby Rose, Juan San-chez, John Snyder, Anne Schuman, Rev. John Svendsen, Maralyn Swenson, Mary Stanford, Keith Storm, Jack Stewart, Janina Tyborowska, Eva Lily Valdez, Elena Vic-toria, Rony Vitus, Elizabeth Webster, Christopher Wheeler, Pennye Wilder, Nik Woods.
St. Anthony Church Mission Statement: We the St. Anthony community, blessed with diversity in culture and traditions, unite ourselves to the Real Presence of Jesus in the Holy Eucharist. We commit ourselves to live out the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ through prayer, service, and actions.
SATURDAY August 29 8::00 am Holy Souls in Purgatory 5:00 pm Rev. William Crandall (D) & Jorge Enrique Fernandez (D)
SUNDAY August 30 8:00 am Matthew & Natalie Gates (PI) 10:00 am For all Parishioners 12:00 pm Elias Castellanos (D) & Jesus Barron (D) 5:00 pm Doris Cruz (PI)
MONDAY August 31 8:00 am For the Kirsch & Stronks Families
TUESDAY September 1 12:10 pm Socorro Gonzalez (PI)
WEDNESDAY September 2 8:00 am Raymond Norton (D)
THURSDAY September 3 12:10 pm Steven Perez (PI) & Dariush Daneshvar (PI)
FRIDAY September 4 8:00 am Reparation for Abortion & Respect Life
SATURDAY September 5 8:00 am Fr. Pasquale Vuoso, CRIC (PI) 5:00 pm Josefina Miranda (D) & Manuel Vouza (D)
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Religious Education Office
Registration for our Religious Education Classes, including Sacrament Preparation for First Holy Communion is ongoing. Forms can be found at the entrance of the church or at the Parish Center. Currently we still have some seats available in our Preschool/Kindergarten classes, our First and Second Grade Classes with Preparation for First Holy Communion, and in our Junior High Classes. Please register as soon as possible to save your child’s seat in our classes.
Children’s Little Church In September, we will start Children’s Little Church dur-ing the 10:00 am Masses. This is open to 3 and 4 year old, giving parents an opportunity to fully participate in Mass. Space is limited and registration will be required. More information will be coming.
Teen Confirmation
Orientation for our Teen Confirmation Program is Sun-day, September 13th at 11:30am in the Parish Hall. All Candidates MUST be registered before Orientation. Please register at:
stanthonyesconfirmation.shutterfly.com
San Pedro Pastoral Region District ACCW Meeting
Tuesday, September 22, 2015 Holy Trinity Catholic Church
1292 W. Santa Cruz St., San Pedro CA 90732
All women are invited to our next District meeting on Tuesday September 22nd, at Holy Trinity Church. Our special speaker is Sr. Gretchen Hailer RSHM who will speak on “Fifty Shades of Grace”. Registration is at 9:30 am and include refreshments in the morning. At 10:00 am, Sr. Gretchen will speak to us. Mass and lunch will follow and the meeting will end at 1:30 pm. Charge for the day is $10.00 per person. Deadline is September 19th 2015. Please make your checks pay-able to Linda Nietes-Little at 2114 Trudie Ave. Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275. For more information please contact Cecilia Hernandez, St. Anthony’s ACCW Rep-resentative at (310) 351-3766 or (310) 675-2293.
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News from the Office of Respect Life
Pregnancy Help Center “In time when I was scared and confused, you made me feel cared about. I don’t know what I would have done without you. This child is such a blessing.”
Pregnancy Help Center (310) 787-4357 - 24-hour help line
Ongoing Collection for CASE
We need your assistance! CASE (Community Alliance to Support and Em-power) serves thirty-four households com-posed of 90 people, 42 of whom are chil-dren all residents of El Segundo. There still is a great need non perishable items,
can meat (chicken, tuna) cereals, juices, rice, pasta, spa-ghetti sauce, and snacks for kids, detergent, tooth paste, soaps toiletries, etc. Bin for your donated items is placed at the entrance of the church or you can bring them to the Parish Center. Thank you to all parishioners who have donated to this noble cause.
DID YOU KNOW? Pool safety is about more than s w i m m i n g Swimming is a fun way to have some fun and beat the heat during the summer. Parents should teach their children about swimming safety, including how to identify and handle uncomfort-able situations. Although you may be watching closely to make sure your kids are safe in the water, don’t for-get about when they’re walking around, sitting out by the pool, using the restrooms or out of sight. Teach your children what to do when they feel uncomfortable at the pool, and let them know it is okay to walk away and find a parent or trusted adult at any time. For more information and a copy of the article called “Know the Rules…Summer Safety Tips to Teach Children” from the National Center for Missing and Exploited, email: [email protected]
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament at the Chapel The Blessed Sacrament in the Chapel is exposed from 9:00 am to 6:30 pm, Monday thru Thursday. We don’t want Jesus to be alone, exposed in the monstrance without anybody staying for adoration. We are prepar-ing a sign-up sheet where you can sign up for the time slot when you normally visit the Blessed Sacrament. In this way, we will know the best time to expose the Blessed Sacrament with people staying for adoration. If we can fill up all the hours from Monday and Thursday, then the Blessed Sacrament will be exposed all day as usual.
First Friday– September 4th is First Friday and we will have mass at 8:00 am in the Church. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament will take place after the 8:00 am mass. Benediction will take place at 5:00 pm. If you would like to spend one hour before the Blessed Sacrament, please call Marian Goyette at (310) 322-7367.
HELP STOP PHYSICIAN ASSISTED SUICIDE IN CALIFORNIA
The "physician-assisted suicide" bill is back as ABX2-15 (originally SB 128, this bill stalled in committee in early July). A very close Assembly floor vote on this bad bill can come up at any time in the current special session.
TAKE ACTION! Contact CA legislators to "Oppose assisted suicide when it comes to the Assembly floor. This is a recipe for elder abuse and sends a bad message to young people that suicide is 'the answer.' Please vote NO."
LIST OF THE 15 DECIDING VOTES
1. Eduardo Garcia (Democrat): Capitol (916) 319-2056; district (760) 347-2360 2. Rudy Salas (Democrat): Capitol (916) 319-2032; district (661) 335-0302 3. Patty Lopez (Democrat): Capitol (916) 319-2039; district (818) 504-3911 4. Henry Perea (Democrat): Capitol (916) 319-2031; district (559) 445-5532 5. Cheryl Brown (Democrat): Capitol (916) 319-2047; district (909) 381-3238 6. Mike Gatto (Democrat): Capitol (916) 319-2043; district (818) 558-3043 7. Ken Cooley (Democrat): Capitol (916) 319-2008; district (916) 464-1910 8. Jose Medina (Democrat): Capitol (916) 319-2061; district (951) 369-6644 9. Shirley Weber (Democrat): Capitol (916) 319-2079; district (619) 531-7913 10. Adam Gray (Democrat): Capitol (916) 319-2021; district (209) 726-5465 11. Catharine Baker (Republican): Capitol (916) 319-2016; district (925) 328-1515 12. David Hadley (Republican): Capitol (916) 319-2066; district (310) 275-0691 13. Rocky Chávez (Republican): Capitol (916) 319-2076; district (760) 433-7601 14. Brian Maienschein (Republican): Capitol (916) 319-2077; dist. (858) 675-0077 15. Katcho Achadjian (Republican): (916) 319-2035; district (805) 549-3381
“We cannot allow California to become a place where we respond to human suffering by simply making it easier for people to kill themselves. Helping someone die - even if that person is desperate and asks for the help - is still killing.”
Archbishop José Gomez
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Mensaje para Reflexionar La Parroquia de San Antonio Nuestra Misión:
Nosotros, la comunidad de San Antonio, bendecidos con diversidad en cultura y tradiciones, nos unimos a la presencia real de Jesús en la Sagrada Eucaristía. Nos comprometemos a vivir y enseñar la palabra de nuestro señor Jesucristo por medio de nuestra oración, servicio y acciones.
Noticias de la Oficina de Educación Religiosa
Quedan muy pocas vacantes disponibles en las clases del programa de Educación Religiosa, si usted esta interesado en inscribir a su hijo o hija por favor comuní-quese de inmediato a nuestras oficinas para no perder esta oportunidad. Ofrecemos clases de Catecismo para los niños desde kindergarten hasta 8° Grado en Ingles. Los programas de preparación del Sacramento del Bautismo, Primera Comunión y Reconciliación pueden ser ofrecidos en Español. El costo es $ 85.00/niño. Nuestra sesión de información se llevara a cabo el Do-mingo 13 de Septiembre a las 8; 30 am. Si todavía no ha registrado a sus hijos, lo podrá hacer a las 8am.
Confirmación Nuestro Programa de confirmación para jóvenes solo tiene cabida para 10 estudian-tes mas, si usted ha pensado en matricular o su hijo/a por favor diríjase a nuestra pagi-na web:
Stanthonyesconfirmation.shutterfly.com
DE LOS LABIOS PARA AFUERA
De toda la fragilidad y vulnerabilidad humanas, faltas y pecados, la hipocresía es la que parece originar los peores temores. Cuando profesamos creer y practi-car una cosa, y luego somos sorprendidos comportán-donos de manera opuesta, nuestra vergüenza es (o debería ser) profunda. La hipocresía religiosa es probablemente la peor. Cuando mantenemos nuestras acciones y creencias en un plano más elevado y luego fallamos en cumplirlas, es algo humano, pecaminoso y malo. Pero cuando proclamamos que nos estamos manteniendo en el plano más elevado, cuando en reali-dad no lo estamos cumpliendo, hay una deshonestidad fundamental, una violación a la verdad, lo cual es muy repugnante. Agrega pecado al pecado, y deshonor a la sola idea de la virtud. Se convierte en un escándalo. SINCERIDAD Y VERDAD Jesús constantemente trataba que la gente viera y entendiera que el simple cumplimiento de la ley no era lo que complacía a Dios. Lo que está en el corazón es lo más importante. Esto no significa que las buenas intenciones justifican las malas acciones. Los humanos somos complicados y astutos. Somos capaces de crear estructuras humanas, grandes y complejas, que son lo suficientemente difíciles como para convencernos de que estamos siguiendo algún “camino” correcto y los demás no. Las leyes de Dios son simples: ama a Dios, ama a tu prójimo como a ti mismo. No hay necesidad de complicar el amor. Jesús señala que la verdadera impureza viene de adentro. Las malas intenciones y toda clase de mal comportamiento tienen sus raíces en nuestra maldad interior, en nuestro egoísmo. ¡De eso fue lo que Jesús vino a salvarnos! Por supuesto que no podemos, con nuestros propios medios, ser mejores personas. De-pendemos completamente de Dios para el cambio ne-cesario de corazón que resultará en acciones buenas y bondadosas. Dios libremente nos ofrece esta ayuda, solamente si nosotros dejamos de escondernos detrás de la pantalla de que somos personas correctas. Po-dremos cumplir tanto la letra como el espíritu de la ley si somos lo suficientemente humildes para reconocer nestro propio egoísmo y amar lo suficiente para velar por el bienestar de los demás.
Salvaguardar los Niños ¿Sabe Usted? La seguridad en la piscina impli-ca más que saber nadar La natación es una manera diverti-da de combatir el calor durante el verano. Los padres deben enseñar a sus hijos sobre la seguridad acuá-tica, incluso cómo identificar situaciones incómodas y cómo reaccionar en estos casos. Aunque usted los está vigilando atentamente para asegurar que los ni-ños están a salvo en el agua, no se olvide de poner atención cuando los niños caminan o se sientan alre-dedor de la piscina, usan el baño o cuando están fuera de la vista. Enseñe a sus hijos qué hacer si se sienten incómodos en la piscina y que al cualquier momento está bien huir y buscar un adulto de confianza. Para más información y para obtener una copia del artículo completo del National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, escriba a: [email protected]
La Cruzada del Rosario los invita….
A una Misa en honor a Nuestra Señora de la Caridad del Cobre el Domingo, 6 de Septiembre a las 2:15 de la tarde en la Iglesia de San José en Hawthorne.
Para mas información comuníquese con Connie Perez, Cruzada del Rosario a (310) 675-2307 o llame a la Iglesia San
José al (310) 679-1139. Los esperamos!
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM 2015-2016
Please mark your Calendars Orientation is Sunday, September 13th
for All Parents and students 8:00 am - Open Registration
O’Grady Hall - 220 Sierra Street, El Segundo
EDUCACIÓN RELIGIOSA-CATECISMO AÑO 2015-2016
Por favor marque su Calendario! Orientación es el Domingo 13 de Septiembre
para todos los Padres y niños 8:00 am - Matricula de Catecismo
