Pastor Rev. John E. Janze Parochial Vicar Rev. Paul Thai Trinh Parochial Vicar Emeritus Rev. William Krekelberg Weekend Assistants Rev. Joseph Horn, O Praem Rev. Joseph Justice Deacons Deacon Tony & Mrs. Mary Patronite Deacon Stan & Mrs. Fran Necikowski Deacon Tin & Mrs. UyenLan Nguyen Deacon Leonard & Mrs. Nancy Sun Church Etiquette: The Priest / Celebrant is the last person in and the first one out at each Eucharistic Celebration.

Welcoming all, we, the Spirit-filled parish of St. Thomas More, value our Roman Catholic faith by celebrating the sacraments, breaking open the Scriptures, and joyfully offering ourselves in service to others.

Under the inspiration of our patron saint, we seek to build a caring community that embraces the values he modeled of friendship, integrity and courageous love of God.

Mass Schedule Daily 8:00 AM Vietnamese/English Mass (Saturday) 4:00 PM Saturday Vigil 5:30 PM Sunday 8:00 AM

9:30 AM 11:15 AM 5:00 PM

Spanish/English Mass 2:15 PM

Chinese Mass 1st & 4th Sundays 12: 45PM

Tridentine Mass 2nd Sunday 12: 45PM

First Sunday of Advent December 2, 2018

SAINT THOMAS MORE CATHOLIC PARISH 51 Marketplace Irvine, CA 92602 www.stmirvine.org

Office: 949-551-8601 Fax: 949-551-5879 Religious Education 949-551-8029 Youth Ministry 949-551-8602

Office Hours:

Monday - Wednesday: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM Thursday and Friday : 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM Saturday : 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Morning Prayer Wednesday & Friday Mornings

7:30-7:50 AM Inside Church

Reconciliation: Every Saturday from 3:00-4:00 PM or by appointment.

Adoration: Fridays 6:30-7:30PM

24 Hour Adoration: 8:30am Friday, December 21st to 8am Saturday, December 22nd Baptisms: Call the Church office to schedule an appointment; please allow five weeks advance notice. Baptisms are held on the third and fifth Sundays of each month (if applicable), immediately following the 11:15 AM Mass.

Marriages: In accordance with Diocesan Policy, engaged couples are to begin their marriage preparation program at least six months before their date of marriage.

Please note: For Baptisms or Weddings, you must be a practicing Catholic and a member of the parish. To be a Godparent, you must be a practicing and Confirmed Catholic and if married, married in the church.

THIS WEEK AT ST. THOMAS MORE 12/3/18—12/9/18

Monday 6:00-9:00pm YM Core Meeting 12/3 7:00pm Fr. Paul Advent Presentation 7:00-8:30pm Legion of Mary 7:00-8:30pm HM Bible Study 7:30-8:30pm RCIA Tuesday 9:15-11:00am AFF Bible/Movie Study 12/4 1:30-2:30pm SVDP Food Pantry 3:30-6:30pm REP 7:00-8:00pm Advent Taize Prayer 7:00-8:00pm Baptism Class Wednesday 8:30am-11:00am Library Open 12/5 2:00-7:30pm REP 6:30-9:30pm K of C Monthly Meeting 7:00-9:15pm Respect Life Meeting 7:30-9:15pm Reflections with Fr. Justice Thursday 8:30am-12:30pm Library Open 12/6 9:00-11:00am AFF Bible/Book Study 3:30-6:30pm REP 7:00-8:30pm SVDP Board Meeting 7:00-9:00pm CHRP Men 7:00-8:30pm Bible Study—Mark 7:00-9:00pm AFF Bible Study Friday 8:45am-12:45pm Little Way Homeschool Co-op 12/7 5:30pm Vigil Mass Solemnity of Mary 6:30-7:30pm Adoration 6:30-9:30pm VM Core Group Meeting Saturday Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of Mary 12/8 Holy Day of Obligation 8:00am Mass 9:00-11:00am Deacon’s Bible Study 1:00-4:00pm VM Faith Enrichment 3:00-4:00pm Reconciliation 3:00-4:00pm RCIA 4:00pm Vietnamese Mass 5:00-9:00pm VM Advent Retreat 5:30pm Mass Sunday 8, 9:30, 11:15am Masses 12/9 9:30am REP Kindergarteners Sing 8:45am-1:00pm Library Open 12:45pm Tridentine Mass 2:30-4:00pm Chinese RCIA 2:15pm Spanish Mass 5:00pm Mass 6:00-8:30pm Life Teen Life Night

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Monday: Is 2:1-5; Ps 122:1-9; Mt 8:5-11 Tuesday: Is 11:1-10; Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17; Lk 10:21-24 Wednesday: Is 25:6-10a; Ps 23:1-6; Mt 15:29-37 Thursday: Is 26:1-6; Ps 118:1, 8-9, 19-21, 25-27a; Mt 7:21, 24-27 Friday: Is 29:17-24; Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14; Mt 9:27-31 Saturday: Gn 3:9-15, 20; Ps 98:1-4; Eph 1:3-6, 11-12; Lk 1:26-38 Sunday: Bar 5:1-9; Ps 126:1-6; Phil 1:4-6, 8-11; Lk 3:1-6

TODAY’S READINGS

First Reading — The days are coming when the L will fulfill the promise made to Israel and Judah (Jeremiah 33:14-16). Psalm — To you, O Lord, I lift my soul (Psalm 25). Second Reading — Abound in love for one another and for all (1 Thessalonians 3:12 — 4:2). Gospel — Stand erect and raise your heads; your redemption is at hand (Luke 21:25-28, 34-36). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.

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community and hundreds of others provide for aging members and plan for long-term needs. Please give to next

week’s Retirement Fund for Religious collection.

My Dear People, Today’s theme on the Readings: THE PROMISE OF JUSTICE We are in fairly good company when we ask God for justice. Often enough we hear and agree with the lament of the people of Israel asking God why the wicked prosper. However, when we call out for justice, we usually want someone to get his or her comeuppance. God’s justice is something other than this, of course. God’s justice comprises a wonderful rightness between God and humankind. Today, Jeremiah looks ahead to a time when a just one will sprout from the shorn-off stump of Jesse of the house and family of David. Life was not fair in Jeremiah’s time. Israel’s kings held the promise of God’s fidelity, but it was difficult to see how God’s promise could be realized through them. Nevertheless, Jeremiah lifts his voice and announces that the Promised One will come. Luke’s Gospel echoes that announcement, and Paul is filled with sturdy encouragement. And so Advent begins with a promise. In Christ, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc. Father John

PLEASE PRAY FOR HEALING

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK Sunday 8:00AM Pro Populo

9:30AM †Calgero Modicamore

11:15AM Abigail Despi

12:45PM Meli Cayaba

2:15PM †Aminta & Pablo Pimentel

5:00PM Michele Wills

Monday 8:00AM Prospero Ylagan

Tuesday 8:00AM †Don Sharp

Wednesday 8:00AM Julie Hoying

Thursday 8:00AM Natalie Jensen

Friday 8:00AM 5:30PM

Deacon Tony Patronite †Charlie Somol

Saturday 8:00AM

4:00PM 5:30PM

†Angeline Hayward Connie San Juan †Claudio Bedoya †Michele Ferrara Cistiglione Michele Wills Robert Wills †Sally Crabbe †Kenneth Mulcahy †Gabriela Olmos †Mariano Natividad †Anna Maria Nguyen Thi Thu Nga The Phung Family

Please call the office when it is time to remove a name.

Joe Allee Mike Anderson Judy Anselmo Bill Burk Mary & Joe Bush Baby Zane Cabazon Hui-Mei Chen Don Chisholm Clara Connor Alexandra Conti Petra Cordova Cheryl Cornelius Ellie Dainko Ann D'Alessandro Henry Damigella Jim Danaher Larry Doan Marsha Feldstein Howard Frankel, MD Cynthia Fox Reynaldo Garcia Rob F. Gorman Emma Hager Tina Halberg Gayle Ham

Margaret Hawley Robert Henry Clara Honea Dominador Hontucan Elsa Jatwani Theresa Johnston Sharon Jones Doris Jordan Cheri Rimando-Juarez Ty Vivian Knisely Elizabeth Kulas Richard Kulas Larry Lathrum Greg Leeds Jim Lewis Frances Lodato Bob Machado Andrea Maciel Cavan McGaffney Howard Mellott Stephanie Mispagel Agnes Motley Susan Navarette Karen Norton

Agnes Pamintuam Susie Patrick Deacon Tony Patronite Charlie Perrea Cathy Purcell Norma Quyang Ponciano Reyes Anita Ruwaldt Jackson & Gerri Scharff Liz Thomas Maria To Bob & Denise Trujillo Jack Troung David Valentine Daniel Villareal Jim Vessey John Weber Michele Wills Mike Winchester Mary Wong Prospero Ylagan Joe Zwetow

Welcome to God’s Family

Ezrah Marie Afonso Maya Kim Cachat Evan James Dang

Collections and Expenses:

Sunday Collection (11-25-18) $17,481 Sunday Collection (11-26-17) $17,885 Electronic Giving $ 6,995 Building Fund $ 918* Believe & Grow Together Capital Campaign $ 2,978** Other Income $ 8,059 Regular Expenses (11-18 to 11-24-18) $ 9,277 *for current building **for future Church

Thank you for your generosity!

Check out our website: stmirvineym.org for all current Youth-related information and office hours.

Next Sessions:

C1 Class =Dec. 19th or 20th 7pm - 8:30pm

C2 Retreat = December 7th-9th at Pine Summit in Big Bear

Check your email for details, payment information and

permission slips.

C2 Class = Dec. 12th or 13th 7pm - 8:30pm

The Library Corner

A Blessed Advent to you.

It is the beginning of the liturgical year. A time to make ready for the celebration of Christmas.

A time for thoughtful and prayerful reflection: Christ has come and Christ will come again.

Prepare to receive God’s greatest gift to the world! The library has many good resources on Advent

and the Life of Christ, on Spirituality, Prayer and Devotion, and the lives of Saints. All of these can

be helpful guides on our journey to The Christ.

Stop by and make this an Advent to deepen your Christmas joy.

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Occasionally, someone raises a surprised complaint that while Christmas arrives on Santa’s sleigh at the Macy’s parade on Thanksgiving Day, the Church doesn’t catch on too fast. They may even say that Advent is a new‑fangled idea. Not so. To trace its beginnings, we have to go back to the fourth or fifth century in France (then Gaul), when Epiphany was the favored day, next to Easter, for baptism. The old pagan structures of Rome were collapsing then, and many people sought to be baptized. Since adults always prepared for baptism by fasting, folks counted back a few weeks for a kind of retreat. Before too long, bishops were advising everyone to attend church frequently beginning on December 17. Soon, artists were imagining ways of expressing the Advent mystery, and in Italy this gave rise to beautiful mosaics of empty thrones awaiting the arrival of the Lord of all creation. Advent as we know it develops on two separate tracks: the first having to do with our spiritual preparation for celebrating the Christmas feast, and the second having to do with the way this is organized and expressed in the liturgical readings and prayers every day of the season.—James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

Congratulations to Theresa Nault

on her retirement! If you see her around, please be sure

to thank her for all the years of service to St. Thomas More as

Business Manager. We wish her all the best!

Looking for a fun MINISTRY? ♫

Do you love to SING? ♫

Got a little time to GIVE? ♫

Then come join the St. Thomas More 11:15am Adult Choir!

♫ We rehearse Tuesday nights from

7pm to 9pm. ♫

Contact Joanna Marconi Choir Director

at 714-335-8688 for more information. Short Audition is required: Must be able to

match pitches on piano, read music a little, and sing a short solo of any song of your choice.

♫

TRI-PARISH PENANCE SERVICE Tuesday, December 11 7:00 pm at St. Thomas More Parish CONFESSIONS/RECONCILIATION Saturday, December 1, 8, 15, & 22 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm at St. Thomas More Parish CHRISTMAS EVE VIGIL Monday, December 24 4:00 pm, 6:00 pm, 8:00 pm (Vietnamese-English) and 12:00 midnight CHRISTMAS DAY Tuesday, December 25 8:00 am, 10:00 am, 12:00 noon, 2:00 pm (Spanish) NO 5:00 pm EVE OF THE SOLEMNITY OF MARY 8:00 am and 5:30 pm Monday, December 31 SOLEMNITY OF MARY Tuesday, January 1, 2019 8:00 am – Not a Holy Day of Obligation

2018 Christmas Services

Adult Faith Formation Janice LaVelle (9) 551-8601 Altar Servers Tina Le (7) 356-7607 Baptism Stephanie Miller (9) 551-8601 Bereavement Rosie Muñoz (9) 551-8601 Building Committee Keith Rattay (9) 559-6464 Bulletin Editor Lisa Bergler (9) 551-8601 Chinese Community Paul Fan (9) 726-0940 Josephine Yang (9) 751-9362 Christ Renews His Parish (CRHP) Tony Patronite (9) 307-6215 Christian Outreach Carole Caplett (7) 351-0077 Confirmation Tim Reid (9) 551-8602 Corazon Norma Jean Womack (9) 559-5639 Cursillo Bernie Ocampo (9) 468-6604 Deacons Tony Patronite, Stan Necikowski, Tin Nguyen & Leonard Sun (9) 551-8601 Eucharist to the Homebound Dn. Stan & Fran Necikowski (7) 505-4816 Extraordinary Ministers Jerry Donaldson (9) 552-5485 Events Coordination Committee Loy Gibson (7) 573-1367 Faces of Faith Bill Hanson (9) 551-6897 Filipino Community Charlie Torres (9) 551-8601 Finance Council Pierre Gagnon (7) 508-9429 Hispanic Ministry Frank Ornelas (9) 857-9044 Patty Trujillo (7) 270-5073 Italian Catholic Federation (ICF) Donna Stahl (9) 552-3345 Junior Legion of Mary Knights of Columbus (K of C) Bill Flood (252) 634-8909 Lectors Jeffrey Turcotte (9) 551-5565 Legion of Mary Trisha Smith (7) 997-9959 Library Jay Hills (9) 551-8602 Marriage Case Support Paul Geiger (7) 505-5412 Michael Michalek (9) 551-2304 Mary Patronite (9) 552-3533 Marriage Encounter Jim & Cheryl Skudlarski (9) 551-9156 Marriage In The Lord Keith & Meredith Rattay (9) 559-6464 More Moms Alena Franson (9) 378-8874 Music Director, Including Wedding Music Keith Rattay (9) 551-8601 Music - Mass Saturday 5:30pm (9) 551-8601 Music - Mass Sunday 8:00am Steve Hager (7) 639-4040 Music - Mass Sunday 9:30am Keith Rattay (9) 559-6464 Music - Mass Sunday 11:15am Joanna Marconi (7) 335-8688 Music - Mass Sunday 2:00pm - Spanish Patty Trujillo (7) 270-5073 Music - Mass Saturday 4:00p - Vietnamese/English Anthony Bui (7) 209-2876 Music - Mass Sunday 5:00pm Tim Reid (9) 551-8602 Music - Mass 1st & 4th Sundays - Chinese Saliann Mao (7) 350-8698 Music - Tridentine Mass - 2nd Sunday 12:45pm Nina Perez (9) 551-8601 Parish Office Manager Theresa Nault (9) 551-8028 Pastoral Council Josh Baker (7) 734-3319 Pilgrim Virgin Michele Wills (7) 404-9824 Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) Michael Michalek (9) 551-2304 Religious Education Barbara Catiller (9) 551-8029 Respect Life Chris Gonzales (9) 551-8601 St. Thomas More Veterans Art Pandes (7) 862-0439 St. Vincent de Paul Society Bill Chacon (9) 551-8601 Small Groups Janice LaVelle (9) 551-8601 Spanish Bible Study Teresa LeMire (7) 832-1770 Stewardship Taize Prayer Charlotte Freund (9) 551-8601 Ushers Steve Luchetta (9) 733-1192 Vietnamese Ministry Huan Le (7) 544-9893 Wedding Coordinator Marcella Maurer (7) 544-0865 Welcoming Committee Vince Salico (7) 389-7726 Young Adults Tim Reid (9) 551-8602 Young Ladies Institute (YLI) Ann Johnson (9) 374-1547 Youth Ministry Tim Reid (9) 551-8602

ST. THOMAS MORE PARISH MINISTRIES

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES

Sunday: First Sunday of Advent; Hanukkah begins Monday: St. Francis Xavier Tuesday: St. John Damascene Thursday: St. Nicholas Friday: St. Ambrose; First Friday Pearl Harbor Remembrance

Day Saturday: The Immaculate Conception

of the Blessed Virgin Mary

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