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MAY 31, 2020 · PENTECOST SUNDAY
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Our Domestic Church My Dear Fellow Parishioners, Today, fifty days after Easter, we celebrate Pentecost Sunday which marks the end of the Church’s glorious Easter Season. What a strange season it has been as we isolate ourselves in our homes and celebrate Mass via livestream! Under normal circumstances, today also would have marked the end of the initiation process (RCIA) for those who would have been initiated at the Easter Vigil. Alas, they are still awaiting the day when it will be safe to gather in the church building again to celebrate baptisms, Confirmations and the reception of Eucharist. Also longing for the sacraments are our First Communion and Confirmation candidates and the parents of little ones waiting to be baptized. Let us hold them all in prayer that they do not become discouraged, rather that this time of anticipation will bring its own unique graces. Pentecost is also considered the “birthday of the Church” as described in our first reading today from The Acts of the Apostles. This year, sequestered in my home with my husband for fear of COVID19, I can relate more than ever before to the account of the disciples hiding for fear of meeting the same death as Jesus. Yet, with the coming of the Holy Spirit whom Jesus had promised to send as an Advocate, we hear that their fear was replaced by a fervor to spread the Good News of Jesus who is Messiah and Lord, crucified and risen. Reflecting on all this, I feel a connection between the Church’s first birthday at Pentecost and the rebirth of the Domestic Church (the Church lived in our households) that we see resurging under the guidance of the Holy Spirit during the current pandemic. On the parish website, Facebook and Instagram pages you can see photos of home prayer centers (little altars), children working on their Faith Formation lessons under the guidance of parents or older siblings, and (most importantly) families participating in, not just watching, Sunday Mass livestreamed from our parish church. Some households are making banners, posters or sidewalk chalkdrawings to thank the delivery people serving them. In many various ways we are witnessing the Good News to one another in our homes and in our neighborhoods. I miss seeing all of you … terribly! Let’s hope and pray that we will be together again soon in our beautiful Padre Serra Church building … AND that the religious practices we have begun in our own homes will continue to flourish even after the pandemic has passed. Blessings,
Catherine Shadduck Initiation Coordinator
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12 months to Grade 8. Online Mass Activities (see page 11) Activities to be done at certain times during Mass, watch carefully!
Everyone 14 to 18 is welcome! [email protected] 4:12 Join Brett and peer leaders, for fun and fellowship via Zoom. Ask [email protected] to add you to our GroupMe to keep you updated.
High School
Children
Faith Formation Registration ~ Begins June 1 Register your children! We have programs for ages preschool through grade 12! We are always learning, making friends, and having a good time at church. Sacrament preparation is included if needed. Join a group! Early registration discount by July 1. Visit www.padreserra.org/registration
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Everyone 18 to 39ish is welcome! www.padreserra.org/young-adults Bible Study and More We are gathering via Zoom every Thursday from 7:00 to 9:00 pm until the current COVID19 situation is resolved and we’re allowed to meet again. We will be doing a Bible Study with some other activities mixed in. See our Instagram @pspyoungadult or Facebook @PadreSerraYA for other events! For more information please contact [email protected]
Young Adults
Everyone 14 to 39ish is welcome! Peer Leaders We are moving our Tuesday gatherings to video gatherings via Zoom. Ask [email protected] to add you to our GroupMe to keep you updated. Peer leaders help engage our Confirmation candidates by acting as mentors and facilitators during our weekly Confirmation sessions, our annual retreats, and at 4:12 youth nights. If you are confirmed and are interested in joining our team contact [email protected]
Youth & Young Adults
Orthodox Faith in a Complicated World Fr. Gary Kyriacou gave a wonderful presentation, via Zoom, on May 26, with parishioners from both Padre Serra and St. Demetrios participating. The recording is now available at www.padreserra.org/news/ orthodoxfaith Our Lady of Perpetual Help Join us online for prayer and devotion to our Mother Mary. Wednesdays 6:30 7:30 pm. Contact: Madel [email protected] Blood Drive ~ June 7 8:15 am 1:15 pm. Serra Center. Please know: • We are checking donors’ temperatures upon checkin and masks are required to be worn by all donors. • Only healthy people are encouraged to come to give blood. In fact, donors must be feeling well and free of respiratory illness symptoms, including fever, to be eligible to donate. • We are using CDC guidelines for social distances at our donor centers and blood drives Make an appointment today, call (805) 543·4290 or visit www.padreserra.org/news/blooddrive Women’s Ministry ~ June 15 Seeds of Faith, our women’s faith sharing group, will meet online at 7:00 8:30 pm. Contact: Cynthia [email protected] Men’s Ministry ~ June 10, 24 Illuman is a ministry for men, by men, to honor the uniqueness of male spirituality. Bimonthly group gatherings are designed to help guys become better, more authentic men. 7:00 pm online. Contact: Dave [email protected] Writers Group ~ June 5, 12, 19, 26 We gather virtually. We pray virtually. We write. If you enjoy writing, you are welcome any Friday to share your work and to listen to the inspiring writing of others. Fridays 10:00 am, online. Contact: Linda [email protected]
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Pray for Our Sick Jorge Adolfo ReyesCallejas, John AllumPoon, Josefina Balderrama, Shirley Brown, Katie Ceurvorst, Thomas Collins, Liesa Comeau, João Francisco Corrêa, Vera Lucia de Oliveira Corrêa, Baby Wyatt Davis, Emily De Luca, Sue Evans, Jean Ferjo, Sharon Garcia, Jim Hines, Brandon Joseph, Rochelle Labaguis, Adele Marietta, Veronica Markley, Mark Medina, Maureen Miner, Dino Perry, Shanti Plumbley, Christy Reed, Barbara Rumble, Juan Andres Sanchez, Bryan Sasinick, Dorothy Simmons, Jackson Soyster, Will Stachowiak, Virginia Stockton, Ann Strobel, Francisco Tapia and Marcia Vivirito. (Names are refreshed monthly.) Remember Our Dead Prayers for family and friends of those who have died recently: Eva Callejas, RIP Irma Hernández, RIP Alfredo Pallera Santera, RIP Blanca Pérez, RIP Helen Sarno, RIP Beloved mother of Sharon SarnoBarbanel May they enjoy peace in their life with Christ Jesus. Prayer Opportunities Daily Readings: www.usccb.org Parish Book of Intentions: www.padreserra.org/intentions Prayer Chain: Prayers anytime Bette (805) 482·0067 [email protected] Shirley (805) 482·2617 [email protected] or visit www.padreserra.org/prayerrequests Stations of the Cross: www.padreserra.org/stations
Prayer Life
Faith Sharing Question Reflection questions for every gathering around any table. John 20:1923 ~ We have been given the gift of the Holy Spirit. In today’s Gospel, the disciples pass from a state of fear to joy. Jesus breathes his Spirit on them, and he commissions the disciples to continue his mission on earth. Enlivened by the Spirit, the disciples are empowered to make the presence of God known throughout the world. Reflect and share about times when you felt the power of the Spirit, giving you the right words, giving you insight into a dilemma, or in other ways. Read Grab your Bible and look up the reading. Don’t have one? No worries, find the text here: www.usccb.org/calendar Listen •Find the readings proclaimed at www.usccb.org/bible/readings audio
Living Faith
All Creation Belongs to God … including everything we are and everything we own. Strive to be loving and giving, just as God is.
Giving
We Need Your Help The new guidelines require volunteers for some of the new safety and health requirements involved in resuming Masses. In the words of the archbishop, “High risk individuals (e.g., people who are 65 and older, who are immunocompromised or who have underlying health conditions) should be discouraged from serving in any capacity that brings them into contact with others.” With that in mind any parishioner of high school age or older, who is not health compromised, is asked to consider assisting us in one of the following ways: • We need many volunteers, either to exchange unused chairs for clean ones, or to sanitize the chairs in place between the Masses. • Because we can only have 100 attendees for the time being, we need volunteers to guide parishioners and count them as they enter. • We need to create a rotation on the tech team to serve as camera operators for livestreaming. • The state has asked us to take temperatures, make sure all have masks, and ensure use of hand sanitizing before entrance into the body of the church. We will need volunteers to assist us in those tasks. We are in the process of gathering safety equipment to make this possible in as secure a way as possible. • The archbishop has also allowed us to open our holy places for prayer, but only so long as there is someone to oversee the safety of all who come. So the parish needs parishioners to serve as hosts at the Blessed Sacrament Chapel. We will determine the opening hour based on the availability of willing hosts. If you can assist in any of these tasks, email [email protected]
Volunteers
Pray •Invite the Holy Spirit into your home catholiccurrent.org/prayers/ pentecostsequencevenisanctespiritus •Pray with the Gospel lacatholics.org/wpcontent/uploads/ 2020/03/PentecostSundayYearAMay312020EngSp.pdf Share Share with us how you are living out your faith at home. Use #pspLivingFaith and tag @padreserraparish (Facebook), @padreserra (Instagram), or send your images in “Actual Size” or the largest size available to [email protected] 1. Get creative with items around your home. Choose a red cloth, a cross, a Bible, a candle (you can use a paper flame in case you cannot light a candle) • You can cut a sheet of paper into seven pieces. Write one gift (Piety, Fear of the Lord, Wisdom, Fortitude, Counsel, Knowledge, Understanding) on each piece of paper, place them in a bowl, cup, or directly on your prayer space. • Each day choose a different gift from your prayer space and take time to reflect on how you can practice that gift. You can write this in a journal or share it with God in a conversation, or you can place each “gift” around your home, invite a person to choose which gift you and your family can live out that day. Be creative! 2. Choose an activity to celebrate Pentecost today! lifelongcatechesis.osv.com/activity_of_the_week/en/ pentecost_sunday1
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