MARIA REGINA PARISH 2150 W. 135th Street ♦ Gardena, CA 90249 Office: (310) 323-0030 ♦ Fax: (310) 323-8081 E-Mail: [email protected]♦ Website: www.MariaReginaGardena.net Pastor: Rev. Sang Van Tran (310) 323-0030 Pastor Emeritus: 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 (310) 323-0030 Receptionist: Manuela Castañeda (310) 323-0030 School Principal: Mrs. Lynnette Lino (310) 327-9133 Filipino Community: Aida B. Abalos (310) 989-7944 Crecimiento en la Fe: Julio Pérez (310) 916-5001 Vietnamese Community: Hung Duc Tran (310) 676-1864 Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time: February 7, 2016 I will give thanks to you, O Lord, with all my heart, for you have heard the words of my mouth. — Psalm 138:1 7:00 AM English Mass 10:00 AM School Mass 4:00 PM English Service 5:00 PM Spanish Mass 6:30 PM Spanish Service - Hall 7:15 PM Spanish Service - Hall 6:30 PM English Mass 7:30 PM Vietnamese Mass ==================================== Stations of the Cross Via-Crucis Đàng Thánh Giá Fridays in Lent Los Martes de Cuaresma 6:30 PM Thứ năm 7:00 PM in the Church ASH WEDNESDAY Miércoles de Ceniza Thứ Tư Lễ Tro
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MARIA REGINA PARISH 2150 W. 135th Street ♦ Gardena, CA 90249 Office: (310) 323-0030 ♦ Fax: (310) 323-8081
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time: February 7, 2016 I will give thanks to you, O Lord, with all my heart, for you have heard the words of my mouth.
— Psalm 138:1
7:00 AM English Mass
10:00 AM School Mass
4:00 PM English Service
5:00 PM Spanish Mass
6:30 PM Spanish Service - Hall
7:15 PM Spanish Service - Hall
6:30 PM English Mass
7:30 PM Vietnamese Mass
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Stations of the Cross Via-Crucis Đàng Thánh Giá
Fridays in Lent Los Martes de Cuaresma 6:30 PM Thứ năm 7:00 PM in the Church
ASH WEDNESDAY Miércoles de Ceniza
Thứ Tư Lễ Tro
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.
Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time September 27, 2015
Mass Intentions & Schedule
Saturday, February 6 7:00am Vocations 5:30pm Phero Nguyen Le † 7:00pm Cac Linh Hon †
Sunday, February 7 8:00am Encarnacion C. Alcantara † 10:00am Glisson Vora †
12:00 Noon Teresa Ortega†
Monday, February 8 7:00am Erlinda Capulong Morales †
Tuesday, February 9 7:00am Aida Demollino †
Wednesday, February 10 7:00am 10:00am 5:00pm 6:30pm 7:30pm
Thursday, February 11 7:00am Daminh Philiphe † 6:30pm Cac Linh Hon †
Friday, February 12 7:00am Sr. Lucia Diem Mai Tran
Saturday, February 13 7:00am Vocations 5:30pm Martha Nguyen Thi Cu † 7:00pm Can Linh Hon †
Thank you for your generosity to Maria Regina Church. Gracias por su generosidad a su Iglesia de Maria Regina.
LENTEN SEASON
Ash Wednesday: Abstinence and fasting
Abstinence from eating meat is to be observed on all Fridays during Lent.
This applies to all persons 14 and older.
The law of fasting on Ash Wednesday
and Good Friday applies to
all persons ages 18 to 59.
Days of Abstinence:
This refers to abstinence from all meat and poultry and is binding on all
who have reached the age of 14.
All Fridays during Lent
are days of abstinence.
Friday:
Stations of the Cross in English will take place all Fridays during Lent at 7:00 PM.
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time February 7, 2016
Church Ministries / Ministerios de la Parroquia
Guadalupanos [email protected] Folklorico [email protected] Rosarios Martes a las 7:30pm en la Iglesia Hora Santa Cada primer Martes del Mes a las 7:30pm
Familias Unidas Todos los Miercoles — 7:00pm Grupo de Oracion Crecimiento en la Fe Grupo de Oracion & Alabanza Viernes 7:00pm Salon Parroquial Julio Perez (310) 916-5001
Do you love to sing? Are you interested in joining one of the choirs, especially as we
prepare for Lent and Holy Week? Please call our choir coordinator, Jül Marie, at (310) 323-0030.
TOGETHER IN MISSION 2016
Our Annual Appeal Committee wants to thank all of those who responded by mail or during our in-pew solicitation last month on Commitment Sunday to help us reach our goal of $33,900.00.
Would you consider, faithfully, a pledge of $70 per family to help Maria Regina Church meet the goal of $33,900.00?
It is our hope that we will receive a pledge form from each family within our parish community.
If you did not a sign a pledge form, please do so and return at the time of collection next Sunday. The Together in Mission envelopes are in the pews and at the doorways.
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Transitional Kindergarten through 8th GradeTransitional Kindergarten through 8th GradeTransitional Kindergarten through 8th Grade
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A Catholic Education is an Education for Life!A Catholic Education is an Education for Life!A Catholic Education is an Education for Life!
Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time November 15, 2015 Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time February 7, 2016
LENTEN REFLECTION at Maria Regina Church
Tuesdays, 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
The annual observance of Lent is the special season for the ascent to the holy mountain of Easter.
You are welcome to reflect on the Lenten Sunday Readings with Sister Ugocha Chukwuleta every Tuesday evening from 7:00pm to 8:00pm. Classes begin February 16, 2016.
Please register by calling the church office or by completing and turning in this form in the offertory basket or into the church office soon so that we may prepare for you. Thanks.
Pope Francis’ message for Lent 2016 (excerpt of the official English translation)
1. Mary, the image of a Church that evangelizes because she is evangelized. In the Bull of Indiction of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy, I asked that “the season of Lent in this Jubilee Year be lived more intensely as a privileged moment to celebrate and experience God’s mercy” (Misericordiae Vultus, 17).
2. God’s covenant with humanity: a history of mercy. The mystery of divine mercy is revealed in the history of the covenant between God and his people Israel. God shows himself ever rich in mercy, ever ready to treat his people with deep tenderness and compassion, especially at those tragic moments when infidelity ruptures the bond of the covenant, which then needs to be ratified more firmly in justice and truth.
3. The works of mercy. God’s mercy transforms human hearts; it enables us, through the experience of a faithful love, to become merciful in turn. In an ever new miracle, divine mercy shines forth in our lives, inspiring each of us to love our neighbor and to devote ourselves to what the Church’s tradition calls the spiritual and corporal works of mercy. These works remind us that faith finds expression in concrete, everyday actions meant to help our neighbors in body and spirit: by feeding, visiting, comforting and instructing them.
For all of us, then, the season of Lent in this Jubilee Year is a favorable time to overcome our existential alienation by listening to God’s word and by practicing the works of mercy.
To read the full message online, please visit: http://aleteia.org/2016/01/26/pope-francis-message-for-lent.
What’s your Lenten Journey for 2016? Preparing for Lent means getting ready to hear and heed what God wants to say to you during this time. Three general directives include:
Intensify your prayer life. Start thinking about how you will do this. God will put something in your heart, and remember to be realistic.
Embrace the Cross. Lent is a penitential season. Renew commitments and efforts at repenting and growing in Christian love. Say “yes” to God’s will and follow Jesus’ footsteps.
Practice Christian charity. Lent is a time to prepare for the fruitful celebration of the Lord’s Passion, Death, and Resurrection during Holy Week. The Paschal Mystery was God’s unfathomable and amazing testimony of love for us sinners with such charitable acts like serving your neighbors, visiting the sick, or helping the homeless.
Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time November 15, 2015 Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time February 7, 2016
LENT
Let us pray: “Pour out a spirit of compunction, O God, on those who bow before your majesty,
and by your mercy may they merit the rewards you promise to those who do penance.”
(Prayer over the people on Ash Wednesday)
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Lent is a privileged time of interior pilgrimage towards Him who is the fount of mercy.
“The annual observance of Lent is the special season for the ascent to the holy mountain of Easter. Catechumens are led to the sacraments of initiation by means of the rite of election, the scrutinies, and catechesis. The faithful, listening more intently to the word of God and devoting themselves to prayer, are prepared through a spirit of repentance to renew their baptismal promises” (Ceremony of Bishops, 249).
Let us enter the penitential spirit of Lent. Let us embrace the difficulties, even crisis and “make sacred” all that surrounds us. God is present to us in the midst of helplessness and weakness. Jesus walks with us as a family and as a community: “Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them” (Mt. 18:20).
We are called to help one another to find God in the merciful face of Christ through:
Fasting and Almsgiving, together in Prayer:
The law of fasting on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday applies to all persons ages 18 to 59.
All Fridays of Lent are days of abstinence. Abstinence from eating meat is to be observed on all Fridays during Lent. This applies to all persons ages 14 and older.
The Stations of the Cross will take place on all Fridays during Lent at 7:00pm.
May this Lenten season find the whole Church ready to bear witness to all those who live in material, moral, and spiritual destitution the Gospel message of the merciful love of God, our Father, who is ready to embrace everyone in Christ.
“We adore you, O Christ, and we praise You.
Because, by Your Holy Cross, You have redeemed the world.”
May Mary, our Holy Mother, woman of faith and sorrows,
lead us to her Son. May our faith make us loyal and faithful to Him.
