MISSION STATEMENT St. Luke the Evangelist Parish is a Roman Catholic Community dedicated to carrying out the Gospel message of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Our mission is to - welcome, evangelize and educate; provide spiritual nourishment; promote Christian values; foster peace and justice; encourage service to others. 5605 Cloverly Ave., Temple City, CA 91780 • (626) 291-5900 • www.stluketemplecity.org Catholic Community FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME July 5, 2020 SAINT LUKE THE EVANGELIST “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.” — Matthew 11:28
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MISSION STATEMENTSt. Luke the Evangelist Parish is a Roman Catholic Community dedicated to carrying out the Gospel
message of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Our mission is to - welcome, evangelize and educate; provide spiritual nourishment; promote Christian values; foster peace and justice; encourage service to others.
5605 Cloverly Ave., Temple City, CA 91780 • (626) 291-5900 • www.stluketemplecity.org
Catholic CommunityFOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
July 5, 2020
SAINT LUKE THE EVANGELIST
“Come to me, all you who labor andare burdened, and I will give you rest.”
Reservations required for Sunday Masses. Refer to details on this page under
COVID-19 Phased Reopening Updates.
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PARISH INFORMATION
Please submit information by the Monday before the publication date;
printed as space allows.
COVID-19 PHASED REOPENING UPDATES
Content Submission Deadline July 12 Bulletin:
Due Monday, July 6Please deliver submissions to the Pastoral Office or send to [email protected]. Visit Us Online at www.stluketemplecity.org to Reserve
a Weekday Mass Seat and for the Latest Reopening News.
Mass ScheduleWeekday 9:00 am Mass: Reservations are no longer needed.
Sunday Mass: Reservations for the 8:30 and 10:30 am Sunday Masses are required and can be made by calling the Pastoral Office at (626) 291-5900 by 3:00 pm on Friday of each week. These are the only weekend Masses offered at this time. Please also call the office by Noon on Fridays if you need to cancel a reservation.
Reminders for attending Mass - See p. 7.
Sunday Virtual Masses will continue as well at www.stluketemplecity.org.
‘Drive-thru’ Communion Reception LineFor those who prefer not to come to public mass at this time, there will be a “drive thru” communion line offered each Sunday from 11:45 am to 12:20 pm. Please line up going south on Cloverly Avenue by car and turn into the church parking lot. PLEASE DO NOT PARK.
We will stand and distribute communion to people in the car in the hand. Please wear a mask as we approach your car. Drive off safely through exit on Broadway.
‘Drive-thru Confessions“Drive-thru” Confessions will now be offered at 1:00 pm on Saturdays. Please wear a mask and drive through the church parking lot where you will be directed through the back alley to approach one of the priests who will hear your brief confession from outside the passenger side of the car.
If there are multiple people in the car, the passenger/s may exit and stand at a safe distance and we will come to them after hearing the driver’s confession. This is not a prolonged counseling moment: we want anybody who wants a brief confession following these months of lockdown to have the opportunity, so please be prepared and expedient. Please drive out safely the rear gate onto Live Oak Avenue.
Pastoral Office HoursThe Pastoral Office is open to the public 8:00 am-5:00 pm (Monday-Friday) for church business. Please be reminded that we are still under the county health order, so we ask that parishioners only visit the office if it’s absolutely necessary for church business.
• Face coverings are required when visiting the office and try to keep your visit brief.
• Staff are available by phone and e-mail as well.
• Items can left in office mailbox; it’s checked regularly.
• Please be reminded that the Chapel is stilled closed and no parish-related meetings, events or activities are being conducted on or off property at this time (Room reservations for activities are not being accepted at this time as well.).
• There are no other sacraments that are being scheduled or performed at this time.
• Eucharistic Ministers should not visit the sick.
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Father Mark's Corner
STEWARDSHIP NEWSContinuing Your Weekly OfferingAs we navigate through these unprecedented times we appreciate your continued support with your weekly offering for our parish operations. Please know your contribution is vital to our mission as a church. We have a small budget and need to continue paying our bills.
Contributions can be mailed to the Pastoral Office, dropped in the office mailbox, or contributed through our online giving program. Visit www.stluketemplecity.org for details.
You can call Vanco at 1-800-675-7430 Monday-Friday between 6:00 am and 4:00 pm to make your contribution as well (Our parish client ID is ES11182).
Please help spread the word to fellow parishioners who don’t have Internet access about the options of mailing/dropping off contributions to the office or calling Vanco. Thank you for your generous support!
Masses from the Cathedral
Sunday Mass from St. Luke 9:00 am Sunday MassEWTN Catholic Network DIRECT TV - Channel 370DISH Network - Channel 261AT&T U-Verse - Channel 562Time Warner Cable - Channel 167
KDOC Public Channel 50
www.lacatholics.org/emergency (Check in advance to confirm times.) Daily Mass (M-F): 8:00 am Sunday Mass: 10:00 am
Visit www.stluketemplecity.org
NEWS and NOTES
Registration for our 2020-2021 Religious Education Program is now open. Our programs include Preschool, Family Catechesis, Home Church, and Youth and Adult Confirmation.
This year’s classes will take place online through Zoom/Google Classroom due to COVID-19. Classes begin at the end of August. The 2020-2021 Program Packet is available at www.stluketemplecity.org (under the Faith Formation tab). See pgs. 8-9 for more information.
Registration forms and the deposit are due to the Pastoral Office by Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. A member of the Religious Education Office will contact you once the registration materials and deposit are received. God bless you and your family.
Questions? Please contact: Barbara Hansen, Director of Religious Education(626) 291-5900 Ext. 227 or (213) [email protected]
This weekend we celebrate the Fourth of July and our Independence from the British Empire. We celebrate the birth of a nation founded on religious liberty
and personal rights granted to us by God and the establishment of a country whose motto is: “In God we Trust.”
However, we must not forget that in the beginning of our nation many colonies/states would adopt “anti-Catholic” law. As time passed, customs, attitudes and laws would change. It may appear at times these days that the sentiments of anti-Catholicism or anti-religious attitude pervades through the halls of our legislatures and courtrooms. Freedom is NOT free, and we must continue to battle to preserve what God granted us in our conception into life until the day we are called home: Freedom as God’s children.
We are the “little ones” that God has called. We live in the freedom of God’s children with an attitude of gratitude, preserving our union in reverence of God and respect for all life. Sometimes we lose sight of our calling and become entitled in Church or country. We have witnessed this “entitlement” in action these past weeks of disrespect and rioting. Many of these actions were not done in the name of a righteous cause but out of selfish and childish behavior. While most of us would not find us rioting in the streets, we at times have riotous minds and hearts that disrespect God, Church and one another.
Let us celebrate our Independence with our dependence upon God!
Be assured of our prayers for you each day as we continue our journey together and apart.
In God We Trust
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Reading 2Rom 8:9, 11–13
Brothers and sisters: You are not in the flesh; on the contrary, you are in the spirit, if only the Spirit of God dwells in you. Who-ever does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.
If the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, the one who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also, through his Spirit that dwells in you.
Consequently, brothers and sisters, we are not debtors to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. For if you live according to the flesh, you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.Response: Thanks be to God.
GospelMt 11:25–30
At that time Jesus exclaimed: “I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to little ones.
Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will. All things have been handed over to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son wishes to reveal him.
“Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for your-selves. For my yoke is easy, and my burden light.”Response: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Thus says the LORD:Rejoice heartily, O daughter Zion,shout for joy, O daughter Jerusalem!See, your king shall come to you;a just savior is he, meek, and riding on an ass,on a colt, the foal of an ass.He shall banish the chariot from Ephraim,and the horse from Jerusalem;the warrior’s bow shall be banished,and he shall proclaim peace to the nations.His dominion shall be from sea to sea,and from the River to the ends of the earth.Response: Thanks be to God.
Responsorial PsalmPs 145:1–2, 8–9, 10–11, 13–14Response: (cf. 1) I will praise your name for ever, my king and my God. or: R. Alleluia.
I will extol you, O my God and King, and I will bless your name forever and ever. Every day will I bless you, and I will praise your name forever and ever.Response: (cf. 1) I will praise your name for ever, my king and my God.
The LORD is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and of great kindness. The LORD is good to all and compassionate toward all his works.Response: (cf. 1) I will praise your name for ever, my king and my God.
Let all your works give you thanks, O LORD, and let your faithful ones bless you. Let them discourse of the glory of your kingdom and speak of your might.Response: (cf. 1) I will praise your name for ever, my king and my God.
The LORD is faithful in all his words and holy in all his works.The LORD lifts up all who are falling and raises up all who are bowed down.Response: (cf. 1) I will praise your name for ever, my king and my God.
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Monday, July 6
9:00 am Pedro Pagdanganam, Jr.All Souls in PurgatoryAll Souls Memorial
Tuesday, July 7
9:00 am St. Luke Parishioners
Wednesday, July 8
9:00 am All Souls MemorialSt. Luke Parishioners
Thursday, July 9
9:00 am St. Luke Parishioner
Friday, July 10
9:00 am All Souls MemorialSt. Luke Parishioners
Sunday, July 12
8:30 am Eva ArrighiCarolyn BechardDave Mills
10:30 am Xuan NguyenSt. Luke Parishioners
Sunday, July 5
8:30 am Joe PiccioneJoseph Tzu Li ChingCarmen Caguioa
10:30 am Violeta ManansalaMaria Milagros Francisco-SI
MASS INTENTIONSWeek of July 6, 2020
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Mass and Prayer Intention RequestsMass Intention requests have resumed for the 9:00 am weekday Masses and the 8:30 and 10:30 am Sunday Masses beginning Sunday, June 14. Names will be acknowledged during the Prayer of the Faithful and included in the Parish Bulletin. Offerings greatly appreciated. Please call the Pastoral Office at (626) 291-5900. Mass Intentions cannot be submitted online.
Parishioners may also submit requests for Prayer Intentions to be offered during our Virtual Sunday Mass. Prayer requests made by Wednesday of each week will be a part of the upcoming Sunday Mass, offered during the Prayer of the Faithful. Offerings greatly appreciated.
The names of individuals who are being remembered during the Virtual Mass will be listed in the Parish Bulletin (Names will not be said during the Mass). A card is available for you to send to the person for whom you have requested a prayer intention. Visit www.stluketemplecity.org to submit a request.
Light a Devotional Prayer Candle Virtually Parishioners are invited to have a candle lit in our church for someone for whom they would like to pray. The candles will be shown after our Virtual Sunday Mass each week so you may pray and reflect, just as you would do when you come to church. Offerings greatly appreciated. Candle requests by Wednesday will be lit for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Visit www.stluketemplecity.org to submit a request.
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Youth Ministry Paper Drive FundraiserThe St. Luke Youth Ministry Program will host a Paper Drive on campus Monday, July 13, through Friday, July 17, 8:00 am-4:00 pm daily, and Sunday, July 19, 8:00-11:00 am. An attendant will not be available to assist with unloading of items.
Newspapers, books, magazines and cardboard boxes are welcome. Questions? Contact Ivonne Melendrez at [email protected] or (626) 291-5900 ext. 247. Thank you!
Thank You to Our Advertisers!Our Sunday bulletin is an important way for us to communicate with you. Every bulletin that you receive is paid for through the generosity of the businesses that you see advertised on the back cover. Most of these advertisers are members of our local community, and many belong to our parish.
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Tips for keeping calm and parenting during stressful timesWe are living in unprecedented times, and many parents are stretched to capacity. The added stress of pandemic living can make it hard to parent calmly and effectively when children are acting out, but it’s important to remember that children are also going through a huge period of change right now. Instead of reacting in anger, try these ideas to keep your cool.
Talk to a friend – many people are suffering from a lack of physical community, so reach out by phone or text. Pray together as a family, asking for patience, cheerfulness, and whatever other virtues you need to get you through the day. Set an example of forgiveness with your children — ask for it when you need it and grant it when they do. For more tips, get a copy of the VIRTUS® article, “Say it on repeat: I am going to keep my calm!” at https://lacatholics.org/did-you-know/.
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• While on church property, please remember to maintain physical distance from others.
• Masks/Face Coverings are required out of respect for ALL those attending.
• The seating setup in the church also maintains physically distancing. The requirement of needing to be from the same household to sit together will not be strictly enforced, but is encouraged. Please make responsible decisions for you and your family.
• Arrive early: Doors open 30 minutes prior to the service and will be closed and locked when Mass begins. Late arrivals will not be admitted.
• Church entry will be from the main doors on Cloverly Avenue. Attendees will be checked in and ushered to their seat. Hand sanitizer will be available. Please know that pews will be sanitized after each service.
• A physical collection will not be taken during the Mass. We thank you for remembering St. Luke in your financial tithing during this very difficult time for all of us. Offerings can be mailed or dropped off at the Pastoral Office (can leave in the office mailbox) or contributed online.
• During Mass, we will not have a physical sign of peace. Singing will not take place and missalettes or songbooks will not be available in the pews for surface safety.
• The dispensation from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass is extended indefinitely. People who are 65 or older, have a weakened immune system, or have a chronic medical condition are encouraged to stay home, especially since we are experiencing a spike in virus infections. If you are sick, you MUST remain at home. Please do not place yourself or others in danger of illness and death.
Important Reminders
As we continue to evaluate our current situation, we will re-evaluate all procedures and schedules and adapt to what current safety protocols or Archdiocesan directives are in place.
Thank you for your patience, prayers and understanding.
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ST. LUKE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY 2020-2021
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Program Description & Important Dates PRESCHOOL, HOME CHURCH, FAMILY CATECHESIS, ADULT/TEEN
CONFIRMATION Due to COVID-19 All classes will take place through Zoom/ Google classroom
PRESCHOOL (Ages 3, 4, and 5 years old) Meets during the Sunday 10:30 AM Mass in the Parish School building. First class: Sunday August 30, 2020 *Child must be 3 yrs. old by September 1, 2020 *Child must be able to use restrooms on their own
FAMILY CATECHESIS/HOME CHURCH Sunday mornings 10:30am – 1:00pm
(Including 10:30 Mass every other Sunday) First class: Sunday August 30, 2020
ADULT CONFIRMATION See Family Catechesis CONFIRMATION (Teens))
YEAR I Sunday afternoons from 3:00pm – 6:30pm
(includes 5:30 Mass every other Sunday) YEAR II Sunday afternoons from 3:00pm- 6:30pm
(includes 5:30 pm Mass every other Sunday) All classes gather in the Parish Hall and surrounding Hall Rooms. Each class session will conclude after the 5:30 Youth Mass First class: YEAR I Sunday, August 23, 2020
YEAR II Sunday, August 23, 2020 Calendars for the above-mentioned programs will be found on our parish website www.stluketemplecity.org. And in the parent handbooks All registration forms can be accessed through our website
www.stluketemplecity.org
Religious Education registration forms can be mailed to the Pastoral Office or dropped in the office mailbox. Forms must be received by August 15th. Upon receipt of all forms and deposits you will be contacted.
Make checks payable to St. Luke RE or make payments thru our online giving program using Religious Education Tuition Tab. If there is any questions regarding registration or program fees,
please contact the RE office 626 291-5900 Ext 227or Ext 232 or email [email protected]
Please note: We have ONE registration form for an entire family. Fees reflect the amount per child the parish pays to run these programs.
(Books, classroom materials, insurance and emergency supplies) Family Catechesis/Home Church $145.00 per Family Adult/Teen Confirmation & Preschool $ 95.00 per Student
Sacramental Fees
Fees reflect additional supplies necessary for sacrament 1st Communion & YR II Confirmation fee: $90.00 per student
Confirmation Retreat
Fees reflect necessary supplies for Retreat (Religious Materials, Meals & Transportation when necessary)
YR I $125.00 per student YR II $175.00 per student Parent/Teen Retreat $ 40.00 per parent/teen $40.00 Non-Refundable deposit required at time of registration; this deposit will be applied to registration fees. A schedule of remaining payments should be arranged with the RE department before the first day of class. $25.00 returned check fee will be charged on any returned check and cash or money orders will be required. To Register for St. Luke Religious Education Programs: Complete all registration materials:
● Registration Form ● Emergency Release Form Photo permission, TTS, Emergency contact ● Parish Registration ● A copy of students Baptismal Certificate ● A copy of First Communion Certificate for those registering for Confirmation ● Non-Refundable deposit
For those in Confirmation YR 2/Adult Confirmation the following are also required at time of registration
Meetings A mandatory Sacramental Parent meeting for those registering for Communion will be held Wednesday August 27th at 7:00pm. Zoom invitation to follow once registration materials are received. A mandatory Parent/Teen information Session for those attending Confirmation will be held Sunday, August 23rd, at TBD. Zoom invitation to follow once registration materials are received.
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CONTACT DIRECTORY & RESOURCES
OFFICE STAFFKerrin Fuller, Parish Secretary, ext. 222, [email protected] Margaret Riherd, Bookkeeper, ext. 224, [email protected] Hansen, Director of Religious Education, ext. 227, [email protected] Melendrez, Maintenance Supervisor, ext. 228, [email protected] Ivonne Melendrez, Confirmation & Youth Ministry Coordinator, ext. 247, [email protected] McMeen, Director of Music Ministries, (626) 291-5900Mary Riherd Broomfield, Bulletin Editor and Webmaster, (626) 201-4560, [email protected]
MASS MINISTRIESAltar Server Committee - Tiffany Carmona, [email protected] Eucharistic Ministers to the Altar - Nate Miranda, (626) 824-0727, [email protected] Lectors - Please call the Pastoral OfficeRCIA/Adult Sacrament Preparation - Mary Lee Saporito, (626) 285-6472Sacristans - Sandy Munoz, (626) 533-9637, [email protected] - Robert Urquidi, (626) 285-4236, [email protected]
Society of St. Vincent de Paul - Maria Garcia, (626) 684-2914 Call 1-800-974-3571 for pick up of large/heavy donations.
Visit the Parish Website (www.stluketemplecity.org) for information about all parish ministries and organizations.
Check Your Inbox! The Parish E-bulletin is a communications supplement to the Parish Bulletin and is sent to the e-mail address(s) in parishioners’ registration records. To be added or removed from the list or to update your e-mail address on file, contact the Pastoral Office or e-mail [email protected].
Subscribe: Parish E-bulletin!
ST. LUKE CATHOLIC SCHOOL • (626) 291-5959Yvette Jefferys, Principal, ext. 239, [email protected]
VIRTUS REMINDER: If you have taken a VIRTUS class, a copy of the certificate needs to be turned in to the Pastoral Office so that your attendance is recorded. Classes are only good for four years. You must take a recertification class before the four years expire. If you know that you are not current in VIRTUS, the Pastoral Office has a list of classes being held in the area.
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