Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Church 9 Hillgate Irvine, CA 92612-3265 Tel (949) 854-1000 Fax (949) 854-0079 www.seasirvine.org THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER April 26, 2020 PARISH MISSION STATEMENT Together, we, the family of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, proclaim our Christianity and our call to live Christ’s message. We acknowledge the centrality of Jesus in our lives, as individuals and as a community, particularly in our encounters with others. Our mission is to deepen our understanding and love of the Gospel through prayer and worship; to recognize Christ in our daily lives through sharing and loving, healing and serving His community; and to proclaim the Word of God with the strength and guidance of the Holy Spirit. MASSES: Saturday 5:00pm (Vigil) Sunday 9:00am, 10:30am, 5pm (UCI Mass) Weekdays 8:30am (Monday - Friday) Holy Days As announced in bulletin RECONCILIATION (Penance): Saturday 3:30pm to 4:30pm or by appointment. BAPTISMS: By appointment. DEVOTIONS: Eucharistic Adoration - 1st Tuesday of the month Rosary - 8:10am (Monday - Friday) OFFICE HOURS: Monday to Friday: 9am-5pm Saturday: 4:30pm-6:30pm Sunday : 8:30am-12nn REV. PAUL TRINH, Administrator x222 REV. BRANDON DANG, Vocations Director (In-Residence) REV. BOB STONE (Retired) REV. FRANCIS VU, SJ, UCI Catholic Center www.catholiccommunityatuci.weebly.com (949) 861-3445 DEACON STEVE GRECO, Outreach Ministry x233 HECTOR MARANESI, Business Manager x229 MALU MARIANO, Office Manager x221 MARK SALTERS, Music Director x228 MATTHEW SIE, Youth Ministry x226 LOUIE MAUBAN, Children’s Ministry x227 JANE VU, Ministry Coordinator x232 JENNIFER NGUYEN, Office Secretary ZOSIMO AYASO, Maintenance IMPORTANT NOTICE MASSES: ALL MASSES ARE SUSPENDED. Until further notice. (Bishop Kevin Vann’s mandate) COMMUNICATION and NEWS UPDATES: Please visit FREQUENTLY our SEAS website, Parish Bulletin, Flocknotes, My Parish APP, Church doors
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Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Church 9 Hillgate
Irvine, CA 92612-3265 Tel (949) 854-1000 Fax (949) 854-0079
www.seasirvine.org
THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER
April 26, 2020
PARISH MISSION STATEMENT Together, we, the family of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, proclaim our Christianity and our call to live Christ’s message. We acknowledge the centrality of Jesus in our lives, as individuals and as a community, particularly in our encounters with others.
Our mission is to deepen our understanding and love of the Gospel through prayer and worship; to recognize Christ in our daily lives through sharing and loving, healing and serving His community; and to proclaim the Word of God with the strength and guidance of the Holy Spirit.
MASSES:
Saturday 5:00pm (Vigil) Sunday 9:00am, 10:30am, 5pm (UCI Mass) Weekdays 8:30am (Monday - Friday) Holy Days As announced in bulletin
RECONCILIATION (Penance): Saturday 3:30pm to 4:30pm or by appointment. BAPTISMS: By appointment. DEVOTIONS: Eucharistic Adoration - 1st Tuesday of the month Rosary - 8:10am (Monday - Friday)
OFFICE HOURS: Monday to Friday: 9am-5pm Saturday: 4:30pm-6:30pm
Sunday : 8:30am-12nn
REV. PAUL TRINH, Administrator x222 REV. BRANDON DANG, Vocations Director (In-Residence) REV. BOB STONE (Retired) REV. FRANCIS VU, SJ, UCI Catholic Center www.catholiccommunityatuci.weebly.com (949) 861-3445 DEACON STEVE GRECO, Outreach Ministry x233 HECTOR MARANESI, Business Manager x229 MALU MARIANO, Office Manager x221 MARK SALTERS, Music Director x228 MATTHEW SIE, Youth Ministry x226 LOUIE MAUBAN, Children’s Ministry x227 JANE VU, Ministry Coordinator x232 JENNIFER NGUYEN, Office Secretary ZOSIMO AYASO, Maintenance
IMPORTANT NOTICE
MASSES: ALL MASSES ARE SUSPENDED.
Until further notice. (Bishop Kevin Vann’s mandate)
COMMUNICATION and NEWS UPDATES: Please visit FREQUENTLY our SEAS website, Parish Bulletin, Flocknotes, My Parish APP, Church doors
REFLECTIONS FROM OUR SEAS PARISHIONER ~ Laura Brown It's all happening right here! (Photo Above) This is not the usual view that greets us as we park our cars and walk into church each week. But this half-round architectural feature is worthy of our attention. In addition to the visual interest that this graceful curve provides the exterior, it also encloses the most sacred space in our Church. The Chapel. It is home to our gleaming tabernacle. And now, this space is where all the action is. As you watch Father Paul and Father Brandon conduct daily Mass online, you may have noticed them using this light-filled, intimate setting, instead of the large (and empty) main sanctuary. This is fitting. Our pastors are carrying out our Parish faith life right here in this secluded little room. The pandemic has drastically altered daily life outside. But inside the serene Chapel, the Lord continues to be joyfully celebrated. When we sit in the pews each week, we know that the Chapel is there, somewhere behind the altar's magnificent emerald and sapphire stained glass mosaic. Even though it is open to all for prayer, most of us don't wander back there on a frequent basis. But now, the Chapel is the heart of our Church's activity. Look at the cross. I love the impressive scale, a prominent message to all who enter Turtle Rock. Don't you love how the cross structurally embraces the building? Just like how Christ embraces us, tightly holding onto each one of us right now. The image comforts me. I hope this photo feels like a welcomed, tangible connection, a connection we may truly appreciate even more during these days of being disconnected..
Blessings to all of you our dear SEAS Parishioners, stay safe!
Lessons of Life in a Pandemic: Reaching Out and Helping Our SEAS Parishioners
Living through a pandemic is an experience far beyond what anyone of us could begin to imagine. Gratefully, our parish is blessed with the leadership of Father Paul. Father Paul, Father Brandon, Father Bob, Deacon Steve, parish staff and ministry leaders, refused to let pandemic circumstances overshadow our prayers, worship and good works. Pandemic constraints threatened to put us on the brink of spiritual poverty. Our parish members are a community of togetherness and commitment to God's work. We hunger for our community of worship. Our priests and staff did not let us down. The streaming of daily Mass is only one of the ways that Father Paul, is able to keep our community of parish worship and prayer alive. We virtually welcomed Father Paul and Father Brandon into our homes, as we engaged in family worship. Deacon Steve and Mary Anne, blessed us with weekly virtual Bible reflections and words of inspiration. At the direction of Father Paul, Pastoral Council members began to call each of our parishioners to express Easter good wishes and blessings from our parish leaders. Our conversations did not stop at just greetings. We personalized our conversations in hopes of offering help, if needed, from our parish ministries and we prayed together. Our Seas Pastoral Council has aligned with our SEAS Society of Saint Vincent DePaul and our SEAS Knights of Columbus, to orchestrate financial assistance, food delivery and spiritual nourishment to parishioners in need. For the next few weeks, brief experiential reflective thoughts from our Pastoral Council members, will appear in the bulletin. Our members started out with a goal of helping others but quickly felt the love in return from those called. We felt God's presence in each and every call. We have all known times of loneliness and we have learned that the solution to uplift our spirits is love. Abundant love comes from our SEAS community. Our blessings and gratitude to each member of our SEAS parish community. Love and prayers, Darlene Boyd Chair, SEAS Pastoral Council
Mass Intentions Monday, 4/27 8:30am Andres Zabala, RIP
Tuesday, 4/28 8:30am Herman Velazquez Special Intention
Wednesday, 4/29 8:30am Maryjane Vennat, Special Intention
Thursday, 4/30 8:30am Jim Mueller, RIP Friday, 5/1 8:30am Pat Rush, RIP
Saturday, 5/2 5:00pm Michael Beld, Special Intention
SPIRITUAL COMMUNION PRAYER: My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament. I love You above all things, and I desire to receive You into my soul. Since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were already there and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You. Amen.
FOR ELECTRONIC DONATIONS: PLEASE GO TO: www.seasirvine.org
CLICK ON: ONLINE CONTRIBUTION AND FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS
Thank you to our parishioners, for your constant generosity!
WE ARE HERE TO HELP YOU OUR SEAS PARISH FAMILY
If your family is struggling during this time of the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic and you are needing spiritual, financial or food assistance please call our Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton/ Saint Vincent de Paul helpline and we will do what we can to provide the help you need.
Call the church at (949) 854-1000 extension 236 and leave us your name and telephone number, and someone will get back
to you soon after.
PSA PROGRESS REPORT AS OF
March 31, 2020
THANK YOU to all of the families and parishioners who already have made their donations to this year’s PSA. For those parishioners who haven’t yet donated, we would appreciate your support.
Once we satisfy our diocesan assessment, all further PSA donations are rebated back to SEAS. Can you support your parish PSA with $100, $250, $500? Regardless of the amount, your participation is important to the success of our PSA. Please help your parish by supporting the Pastoral Services Appeal.
Two easy ways to pledge and donate:
ONLINE at www.rcbo.org Click on “PSA” in the black band at the top of the page, and on the PSA page Click on “Click Here to Donate Now,” and Complete your donation, designating St. Elizabeth Ann Seton as your parish. PLEDGE ENVELOPE Just complete the information, enclose any current donation, and either mail it to the diocese, drop it in the collection basket or drop it off at the church office.
O Mary, you always brighten our path as a sign of salvation and of hope. We entrust ourselves to you, Health of the Sick, who, at the Cross, took part in Jesus’ pain while remaining steadfast in faith. O loving Mother, you know what we need, and we are confident you will provide for us as at Cana in Galilee. Intercede for us with your Son Jesus, the Divine Physician, for those who have fallen ill, for those who are vulnerable, and for those who have died. Intercede also for those charged with protecting the health and safety of others and for those who are tending to the sick and seeking a cure. Help us, O Mother of Divine Love, to conform to the will of the Father and to do as we are told by Jesus, who took upon himself our sufferings and carried our sorrows, so as to lead us, through the Cross, to the glory of the Resurrection. Amen. Under thy protec on we seek refuge, O Holy Mother of God. In our needs, despise not our pe ons, but deliver us always from all dangers, O glorious and blessed Virgin. Amen.
- Adapted from the prayer of Pope Francis The ancient fresco of Madonna del Soccorso (Our Lady of Help) in St. Peter’s Basilica was restored with the support of the Knights of Columbus to mark the Year of Faith (2012-2013). Photo courtesy of Fabbrica di San Pietro/M. Falcioni.
BIBLE STUDY
BY DEACON STEVE AND MARYANNE GRECO Reflect on the Sunday Readings
Post Your Questions Live
As the nation continues in lockdown over COVID-19, Spirit Filled Hearts Ministry continues to look for alternative ways to continue in its mission to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
One such initiative was launched by Deacon Steve and wife Mary Anne, a virtual Friday afternoon Bible study on Fridays at 1 p.m. Visit the Spirit Filled Hearts Ministry
www.spiritfilledhearts.org Facebook page at this time and join in live.
Pastor of Manila Parish Pleads for Donations to Avert Starvation During Pandemic
Fr. Rey Daguitera, pastor of San Pablo Apostle Catholic Church, in Tondo, Manila in the Philippines, reports that due to the COVID-19 pandemic the situation in his parish is dire. The 225,000 who live in the 16 villages of Tondo are under the most immediate threat not from the virus, but from hunger, as most are day-laborers and are currently unable to go out and find work. He makes an urgent request that people make donations so that the community can provide needed food. Those who reside in Tondo live in temporary housing, collecting garbage for their livelihood. Residents turn to prostitution and selling internal organs, such as kidneys, as a way to make money. Children are sent to work, in some cases making less than $2 per day peeling garlic. Drug abuse and drug-related violence, crime and human trafficking are widespread. Sickness is common; the local government estimates that 80% are afflicted with tuberculosis. Pollution is a serious problem, with the rivers black and filled with trash and a foul-smelling air. The life expectancy of Tondo residents is 40 to 45 years. Spirit Filled Hearts Ministry has been active in helping the people of Tondo by helping fund the completion of its parish church. As Fr. Rey said, “I dream of having a decent church where they can gather, celebrate sacraments, thank and praise God … when we work together, miracles will happen.”
Please donate what you are able to aid the poor of this community avert starvation, by making a donation, you may mail a check made out to:
“Spirit Filled Hearts Ministry” mail check to Deacon Steve Greco 19161 Woodford Terrace, Irvine, CA 92603
