Thirty-First Sunday In Ordinary Time

November 5, 2017

The greatest among you

must be your servant.

-- Matthew 23:11

Trigésimo Primer Domingo

del Tiempo Ordinario

5 de noviembre de 2017

El mayor de entre

ustedes sea su servidor.

-- Mateo 23:11

MARIA REGINA PARISH 2150 W. 135th Street, Gardena, CA 90249 Office: (310) 323-0030

After-Hours, Emergencies: (323) 400-4809 (call/text)

office@MariaReginaGardena.net www.MariaReginaGardena.net

Mass Schedule English: Monday through Saturday, 7:00 AM Saturday, 5:30 PM • Sunday, 8:00 AM & 10:00 AM Adoration: 1st Friday each month, 7:00 -- 9:00 PM Spanish: Domingo (Sunday), 12 Noon/Mediodía Viernes Oracion— Crecimiento en la Fé, 6:30 PM Hora Santa: Cada Primer Martes del Mes a las 7:30 PM Vietnamese: Saturday, 7:00 PM Thursday, 6:30 PM Prayer Group, after morning Mass on Saturday

Confessions: Saturday 4:00 PM or anytime by appointment. Baptism, Marriage, Quinceañera: Please call the office. Sick Calls: Please call the office.

Collect Prayer

Almighty and merciful God, by whose gift your

faithful offer you right and praiseworthy service,

grant, we pray, that we may hasten without

stumbling to receive the things you have

promised. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your

Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity

of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

Roman Missal

Pastor: Rev. Sang Van Tran

Pastor Emeritus: Rev. Msgr. Thomas M. Acton

Sunday Mass: Rev. Amaechi Ugwu, S.J.

Permanent Deacons: Dn. Matthew Van P. Nguyen

Dn. Ramon Nuñez

Special Ministry: Jül Marie Hermosísima

Receptionist: Manuela Castañeda

School Principal: Mrs. Lynnette Lino

School Office: (310) 327-9133

The church office will be closed Friday,

November 10, for Veteran’s day.

11/11: Prayers for Military Personnel

Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands.

Protect them as they protect us.

Bless them and their families for the selfless

acts they perform for us in our time of need.

We ask this in the name of thy Son, Jesus Christ,

our Lord and Savior. Amen.

November 5, 2017

Daylight Saving Time ENDS on

Sunday, November 5, 2017.

Did you remember to set your

clocks back one hour?

Sunday Collection: October 28-29, 2017

Sunday: $7,27200

Thank you for your generosity to Maria Regina Church. Gracias por su generosidad a la Iglesa Maria Regina.

Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time November 5, 2017

HAVE YOU REMEMBERED YOUR PARISH IN YOUR WILL, TRUST, OR ESTATE PLANNING?

You may wish to name your parish as a beneficiary on an insurance or other financial instruments. Our legal title: For the Sole Benefit of Maria Regina Church, 2150 West 135th Street, Gardena, CA, 90249. Thank you for your consideration.

If you are in need for food, please come to the parish.

Food Pantry Hours:

Mondays • 9:00 AM to Noon

Thank you to the sisters who help every

Monday with distributing the food.

Please consider donating to the food pantry to help our community.

Food for the Hungry

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK Saturday, November 4 7:00am All Souls’ Novena † 5:30pm Anthony Barone † All Souls’ Novena † 7:00pm Các Linh Hồn † All Souls’ Novena † Sunday, November 5 8:00am Antôn — Luca — Giuse † All Souls’ Novena † 10:00am All Souls’ Novena † 12:00 Noon All Souls’ Novena † Monday, November 6 7:00am All Souls’ Novena † Tuesday, November 7 7:00am All Souls’ Novena † 7:00pm All Souls’ Novena † Wednesday, November 8 7:00am All Souls’ Novena † 6:30pm All Souls’ Novena † Thursday, November 9 7:00am All Souls’ Novena † 7:00pm All Souls’ Novena † Friday, November 10 7:00am All Souls’ Novena † Saturday, November 11 7:00am Vocations All Souls Novena † 5:30pm Juvenal Tabarez All Souls Novena † 7:00pm All Souls’ Novena †

Holiday Food Drive

There is a constant need for canned goods and non-perishable food for the poor in our community. Our Parish Food Pantry helps many families each week because of your generous support. We are now planning food for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Gift cards from local grocery stores are also accepted. If you would like to donate, please leave food in the church or bring to the parish office.

Join us next year: January 20, 2018

Thousands will be joined together in declaring a commitment to valuing and protecting all human life, particularly the most vulnerable in our community.

For more information and/or to register, please visit: http://onelifela.org/.

Daily Bible Readings Lecturas diarias de la biblia

Monday: Rom 11:29-36; Ps 69:30-31, 33-34,

36; Lk 14:12-14

Tuesday: Rom 12:5-16b; Ps 131:1bcde-3;

Lk 14:15-24

Wednesday: Rom 13:8-10; Ps 112:1b-2, 4-5, 9;

Lk 14:25-33

Thursday: Ez 47:1-2, 8-9, 12; Ps 46:2-3, 5-6,

8-9; 1 Cor 3:9c-11, 16-17; Jn 2:13-22

Friday: Rom 15:14-21; Ps 98:1-4; Lk 16:1-8

Saturday: Rom 16:3-9, 16, 22-27; Ps 145:2-5,

10-11; Lk 16:9-15

Sunday: Wis 6:12-16; Ps 63:2-8; 1

Thes 4:13-18 [13-14]; Mt 25:1-13

Faith is like a battery.

It gives you power to do things,

but you have to keep it charged.

Sing with Us!

Our Maria Regina Church Choirs are preparing for Thanksgiving, Advent, and Christmas and want to add more voices!

If you love to sing and can carry a tune, please call our church office or stop by to speak with Mrs. Jül Marie, our choir coordinator, before or after the Sunday morning Masses for more information.

A person who sings prays twice. St. Augustine

MARIA REGINA CHURCH Church Ministries / Ministerios de la Parroquia

Pastoral Council: Fred Purifoy (310) 323-8396 Finance Committee: Eddie Rodriguez (310) 384-6350 Development Committee: Julio Pérez VIRTUS Committee: Jül Marie Hermosísima (310) 323-0030

Liturgy Coordinators: Dolly Pascual (310) 679-6350 Frank Ramos (310) 339-5048

Choir Coordinator: Jül Marie Hermosísima (310) 721-9214

Ushers: Team Sacristy: Assigned Sacristan Altar Servers: Martha Craft Eucharistic Ministers: Dolly Pascual (310) 679-6350 Lectors: Danita Mallett Lisa Marine

Communion to the Sick: Lorna Arceo (310) 345-4637

Altar Decoration: Fr. Sang & Committee

Quinceañera: Manuela Castañeda (310) 323-0030

Weddings - Funerals: Manuela Castañeda (310) 323-0030 Julio Pérez

Religious Education: Saturdays Maria Nuñez (Spanish) Yolanda Marquez (English) Tráng Đặng (Vietnamese)

Youth Confirmation: Monday Nights (6:30 PM—8:30 PM) David Sevilla (310) 323-0030

Adoration: 1st Friday each month, 7:00-9:00 PM

Grupo de Oracion: Crecimiento en la Fé (310) 323-0030 Viernes 7:00 PM Salon Parroquial Leopoldo Guzman, Cordinador Angel Quevedo, Sub-Cordinador Maria Torres, Sub-Cordinador

Guadalupanos: guadalupanos@MariaReginaGardena.net

Folklorico: folklorico@MariaReginaGardena.net

Rosarios: Martes a las 7:30 PM en la Iglesia

Hora Santa: Cada primer Martes del Mes a las 7:30 PM

African American Ministry: Aham Nwosu (310) 701-2850

Filipino Ministry: Aida B. Abalos (310) 989-7944

Sri-Lankan Ministry: Nimali Ameresekere (310) 525-0507

Vietnamese Ministry: Hoang Tan (310) 344-8283

Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time November 5, 2017

To fall in love with God is the greatest of romances, to seek Him the greatest adventure, to find Him the greatest human achievement.

St. Augustine

PRAYER FOR THE DEPARTED

May the angels lead you into paradise.

May the martyrs come to welcome you

and take you to the holy city,

the new and eternal Jerusalem.

May choirs of angels welcome you

and lead you to the bosom of Abraham;

and where Lazarus is poor no longer.

May you find eternal rest.

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord,

and let perpetual light shine upon them.

EN LAS EXEQUIAS

Al paraíso te lleven los ángeles,

a tu llegada te reciban los mártires

y te introduzcan en la

cuidad santa de Jerusalén.

El coro de los ángeles te reciba

y te conduzca al regazo de Abrahán,

y junto con Lázaro,

pobre en esta vida,

tengas descanso eterno.

Concédele, Señor, el descanso eterno,

y brille para él (ella) la luz perpetua.

+ AMEN +

Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time November 5, 2017

Raising Our Hearts and Minds to God Forms of Prayer

Prayer is the raising of our hearts and minds to God, when we speak and listen to

God. The Catechism tells us the Holy Spirit reminds the Church of all that Jesus

said, and it teaches us about the life of prayer. There are different forms of prayers

known as blessings, petitions, intercessions, thanksgiving, and praise.

Blessing:

• Invoke God’s strength and healing power ; ask for His care for a person, place, thing, or special

activity.

• Help us to remain close to God, be aware of His presence, and see goodness around us.

• Blessings for our family, children, sick people, objects of prayer and worship, special occasions,

food, relationships, animals, and gatherings.

Petition:

• A request to God to fulfill a need, great and small.

• Asking God’s forgiveness with trusting humility (Catechism of the Catholic Church).

• Jesus says: “whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you” (John 16:23).

• In addition to asking, we need must also acknowledge our sinfulness and need for God.

Intercession:

• When we ask for something on behalf of someone else.

• We offer prayers of intercession for the Church, leaders in government and society, special

needs, sick people, and those who have died.

Thanksgiving:

• Every joy and suffering, and every event and need can become an offering of thanksgiving.

• The letters of St. Paul often begin and end with thanksgiving, and the Lord Jesus is always

present in it: “In all circumstances give thanks, for this is the will of God for you in Christ

Jesus” (1 Thessalonians 5:18). (from the Catechism of the Catholic Church 2638)

Praise:

• An expression of our response to God, - for what He does and because He is.

• In the Eucharist, the whole Church joins with Jesus Christ in expressing praise and thanksgiving

to the Father.

Source:

https://www.loyolapress.com/our-catholic-faith/prayer/personal-prayer-life/different-ways-to-pray/raising-our-hearts-and-minds-to-god-blessings

Let us always pray

for one another.

Pope Francis

Maria Regina School

Transitional Kindergarten (TK)* through 8th Grade

Registrations are now being accepted!

13510 South Van Ness Avenue, Gardena, CA 90249

Office: (310) 327-9133 Fax: (310) 327-2636

Website: www.mregina.org Email: info@mregina.org

As you are preparing to enroll your child for the new school year, please consider Maria Regina School. A

Catholic school education is worth the investment in your child’s future. Our education is built upon our

Catholic faith with high quality education and an excellent faculty. We also provide after-school care. A few

points for consideration:

• Faith: Students continue to grow and understand the roots of their faith and responsibilities as

Christians through classes and activities in Scripture, Sacraments, Church, and Morality.

• Academic Excellence: Maria Regina School offers academic excellence, including a science lab

and multimedia center. We develop the whole student through diverse extra-curricular activities

designed to generate a healthy sense of competition to create a spirit of cooperation and to foster

both leadership and creativity.

• Faculty Excellence: Maria Regina School is WCEA-Accredited and engages in an ongoing

process of evaluation, certification, and accreditation of teachers and programs.

Please call our school to arrange a tour and to obtain more information at (310) 327-9133.

*TK: Must be 4 years of age by September 1st. Tuition assistance is available. Call the school for more information.

Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time November 5, 2017

Hope for Troubled Marriages

Retrouvaille (REH-tro-v-eye) is a peer marriage ministry program that has helped

thousands of married couples who are experiencing disillusion or misery in their

marriage, even separated or divorced, and to rediscover a loving marriage

relationship.

The program begins with a weekend stay followed by a series of post-weekend

sessions. For information (cost, register, etc.), please call 909-900-5465 or e-mail

6006@retrouvaille.org.

The next Los Angeles program begins the weekend of December 8-10, 2017.

For more information, visit:

HelpOurMarriage.com