St. Cornelius Church 5500 Wardlow Rd., Long Beach, CA 90808

(562) 421-8966 www.stcorneliuslb.org

PASTOR’S CORNER In the bible, there is symbolic geography. The mountain is the place of the revelation of God, the sea represents chaos, the world without God; and the desert is the place to learn dependence on God. The desert is the place without the usual supports and routines, it is the place of temptation and testing, the place to face demons so as to be free to depend on God and only on God. Israel spent forty years in the desert not because God lost his way but so they could get free of their dependence on Egypt and be ready to enter into covenant with God at Sinai. In the Gospel today Jesus is led into the desert to be tempted. He is the new Israel who overcomes temptation and depends on God alone “The Lord, your God, shall you worship and him alone shall you serve.” Lent began in the Church as the inal period of spiritual puri ication for catechumens, helping them to separate themselves from the spirits of the world so as to more readily receive the Spirit of God in Baptism. We pray with and accompany our catechumens spiritually during this special time. The catechumens in this process call us also to spiritual renewal, to once again reject worldly or destructive spirits and open ourselves anew to the Spirit of God. The Church presents us with three ancient spiritual practices to help us, prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. I would suggest that we take on one activity in each of these three areas during Lent. For prayer it might be good to individually or as a family to join us each Tuesday evening at 7.00 pm for our Holy Hour; for fasting, we have our Soup and stations on Friday evenings so that we have a lighter dinner than usual. Fasting from some screen time would be great too and replacing that with some spiritual reading or family time. For almsgiving, one possibility might be to prepare some sandwiches for our Lazarus ministry, or join us on Saturday mornings as we go out to the homeless. You could also bring socks or toiletries to mass and place them in the baskets provided. Together let’s do some things that will help us go to the desert, that is getting out of our usual comforts, routines and supports so as to be drawn into greater reliance on God God Bless

Fr Jay ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Prayer cards: Today you will notice yellow prayer sheets in the pews. The idea is that we often have personal intentions for which we need prayer. You are invited to write your prayer intention on the sheets then place them in the basket at the altar, or in the collection basket and we will later separate them out and put them in the prayer basket. Since we are always called to pray for each other in the Body of Christ we will keep those prayer intentions before the altar for our masses and we will make them a special focus of our weekly Holy Hour on Tuesday evenings.

MASSINTENTIONS †=IndicatesDeceased Sunday,March18:00 a.m. †Elda Las Pinas †John G. Weisenborn †Kathleen Travis Phil Gaona 10:00 a.m. Hassett Family †Hugh Pody Giuseppe Ditta Family 12:00 Noon †Teresa Leonetti Con irmation Sean Andrew Year One †Alberto Perez Attending Mass Mel Miller 5:00 p.m. †Christopher Perkins †Scott Hesse †Jose Ortiz Monday,March28:00 a.m. †Christopher Perkins †Edwin Gold Barbara Cross 5:00 p.m. †Anne Szekrenyi †Jose Ortiz Ronald Haller Tuesday,March38:00 a.m. †Christopher Perkins Corazon Livre 5:00 p.m. Alan Daurio †Rodolfo Vazquez †Leonila Duyan Wednesday,March48:00 a.m. †Christopher Perkins †Jim Mancini 5:00 p.m. Jeanne Newmann †Fr. Mike Gleeson Thursday,March58:00 a.m. †Donald Cusator †Christopher Perkins Victor Santos 5:00 p.m. Mack Aoga Sesilia Aoga Friday,March68:15 a.m. †Christopher Perkins The Perkins Family 5:00 p.m. †Beverly Herring The Bryant Family Saturday,March78:00 a.m. The Sherman Family †Elvira Moreno 5:00 p.m. Maureen Tuala (Birthday) †Christopher Perkins Lou Marccuci Sunday,March88:00 a.m. The Mumm Family Santiago Hurtado Family †Elvira Moreno 10:00 a.m. †Mercedes Gonzalez †Scott Hesse †Fr. Mike Gleeson 12:00 Noon Jennifer Candelaria Con irmation Anton Tri Pham Year Two Attending Mass 5:00 p.m. †Christopher Perkins †Paul & Helen Casares

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LECTORSFORNEXTWEEKENDMASSES Saturday,March75:00 p.m. Lectors Pam Branch Valerie MacRae Sunday,March88:00 a.m. Lectors Ted Brodeur Joe Theuma 10:00 a.m. Lectors Charles Trucios Katy Ellis 12:00 Noon LectorsYouth Ministry Youth Ministry 5:00 p.m.. LectorsFrank Schmidt Martha Haber

LITURGY

WEEKLYSTEWARDSHIPREPORTFortheweekendofFebruary15-16Total Mass Collections: $12,283.00 Weekly Donation Goal: $14,000.00 Weekly donations breakdown by Mass Saturday 5:00 p.m. $2,948.00 Sunday 8:00 a.m. $2,324.00 10:00 a.m. $2,872.00 12:00 p.m. $2,070.00 5:00 p.m. $2,069.00

Fr.Jay’sScriptureStudyWill be meeting on Monday, March 2nd at 7pm in the Small Hall. This weeks Bible Study will focus on Parables, as he continues his exploration into the Gospel of Matthew.

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PRAYERS FOR THE SICK For The Sick Who Have Asked To Be Remembered In Prayer: Marcey McConnell Flood, Raymond McConnell, Lance Edwall, Elizabeth Cannata, Julienne Aoga, Sio Patolo, Fiu Iosefo Aoga, Mulitalo Mikaele, Billy Malagamalii, Sherill Stillwell, Al Stillwell, Karen Gingras, Dennis Meza, Bengie Mendoza, Louise Wheeler, Piper Louise Cady, Annabelle Summers, Teri Christiano, Kimmi Stephens, Diane Liebel, Natalie Hull, Clara Ines Jimenez, L. Tanguay, Ray Grajeda, DJ Barwick, Carlo Jarmarillo, Tim Bowers, Jill Lesko, Bella Moody, Peggy Hassett, Brian Keith, Miguel Vega, Sylvia Freitas, Lani Gonzaga, Maria Pecheny, Chester Gottfried, Bobby Hovland, Lee Hicks, Sasha O’Brian, Natalie Allen, Paulina Leota Patu, Tom Gresczyk, Ana M. Menendez, Maria Gonzalez, Jennifer McDevitt, Rosalba Achury Olga Achury, Linda Frederick, Jean Wells, Jody Madsen, Jessica Rigsby, John Cutler, Richard Thomas, Jesus Palacios, Frances Schiller, Rosemary Schiller, Doug McLeish, Shirley Emigh, Olga Achury, Julianna Beyerlein, Harold Carman, Nancy Himes, Karen Solid, Matthew J. Ludwig, Joe Morales, Karen Horowitz, Stephanie Abrahams, Karen Muccino, Tim Padian, Lou Marccuci, Gustavo Saavedra, Olivia Pettitt, Tom Maguire, Jack McClanghan, Tom Kennedy, Frank Murphy, Nancy Bush, John Matthew Dobberpuhl,. Tom Gengler, Manny Vieyra, Valarie Scheinback

HOLYHOUR Join us every Tuesday for Holy Hour. For those who have not attended Holy Hour before, please download the iBreviary app on your phones or tablets before arriving.

AttentionYoungAdultsLet’s sing! Join St. Cornelius YAM for a fun night of KARAOKE and food on Saturday, February 29 at 7pm at Round 1 at the Lakewood Center Mall. Cost: approx. $15 plus food. No RSVP needed. Please feel free to bring your friends!

LAZARUSPROJECTThe Lazarus Project has been working with three groups to help provide meals for the homeless and indigent of our community. During this time of Lent, you may be interested in volunteering for some of these groups. COA provides meals at their downtown center for the homeless and impoverished. If you are interested in helping COA in any way, please contact Maria Jimenez at (562)822-5563. We also have another group working with the Catholic Charities run Project Achieve in providing meals at their downtown location. If you are interested in helping with Project Achieve, please contact Kathy Cabral (562) 810-1473. The Lazarus Project Encampment Groups meets EVERYSaturdaymorningat7aminfrontofthePavilionto deliver food to the homeless. If you feel called to participate in this ministry, but do not feel comfortable walking the streets delivering the food, would you be willing to help in another way? You could pack up 5-10 lunches and deliver it the Pavilion before 7am on Saturday Mornings. Please bring 5 meals for the homeless in a clear gallon ziplock bag consisting of: ◦ Drink ◦ Sandwich ◦ Chips ◦ Fruit ◦ Candy bar or sweet treat ◦ Bible passage Thank you for considering this worthy project. Please continue to pray for us. Join us if you’d like. For any questions regarding the Lazarus Project, please call or text 562-755-0862.

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SAFEGUARD THE CHILDREN DID YOU KNOW? Talk about chat room dangers with your teen Online chat rooms are great places for people to connect over shared interests and ideas. But for young children and teenagers who may not be internet-savvy, they’re also a great place for predators to lay groundwork. In a chat room, anyone can be whomever they want — and predators hide behind personas of friends. Talk to your child about online safety rules, such as never agreeing to meet in person and never providing personal and identifying information. Review chats frequently to ensure that your child is engaging in safe conversations. For more tips on chat room safety, request a copy of the VIRTUS® article “Exposing the Dangers of Internet Chat Rooms” at https://lacatholics.org/did-you-know/.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS See’sCandiesandYankeeCandleFundraiserThe spring fundraiser begins March 5th. Catalogs and order forms will be distributed in classes this week. Order forms and payment are due by Thursday, March 19, 2020. Sees orders will be distributed in time for Easter, Yankee Candle orders in time for Mother’s Day. Thank you for your participation! *See’s Candies has been established as a company committed to maintaining a fair trade status. Visit their website for more information at Sees.com. SoupandStationsReligious Education will be hosting the Soup Dinner on Friday, March 6th, at 6:00 pm, in the large hall. Join us for dinner and fellowship. Stations of the Cross will take place at 7:00 pm, in the church. All are welcome! Year2Children’sCatechumenateSunday, March 8, 2020, aParent/Child meeting for year two Children’s Catechumenate candidates (grades 4 – 8) takes place immediately following 10:00 am mass, in the sixth grade classroom. FirstReconciliationThe Grade 2/Level 2 students in Mrs. Liner, Ms. Woods and Mrs. Ghafari’s classes, and the students in the Children’s Catechumenate, will celebrate their First Reconciliation on Monday,March9that6:30pm, in the church. Please keep these students and their families in prayer as they prepare and celebrate this beautiful Sacrament of forgiveness.

FridayLentenDinner&PassionofourLordMarch13th5:00-7:00pmLargeHallSt. Cornelius Community, you are cordially invited to partake in our yearly 8th Grade sponsored Friday Lenten Dinner & Passion Play. Please join us, March 13th from 5:00- 7:00pm for Fish Tacos, dessert and the Passion play as presented by our very own 8th Grade students of St. Cornelius. Tickets are $8 for 2 ish tacos, beans, rice and a drink. Nachos and Bake Sale items will also be available for purchase. Tickets for the Lenten Dinner can be purchased outside of church after all Saturday and Sunday Masses and underneath the Pavilion on Sunday's during coffee and donuts. We look forward to seeing each and every one of you there.

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ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY First Sunday of Lent Lent is a call to “give alms for the poor.” Wherever you live in the parish, there are poor families within walking distance of your home. When in need, they ring the rectory bell. They are, in effect, ringing your doorbell. Isthereafamilyyouknowwhoneedsassistance?PleasecalltheSocietyofSt.VincentdePaulsothattogetherwecanhelpthesufferingandpoor.Call562-421-8011,leaveyourname,phonenumberandashortmessageofneed.

COMMUNITY NEWS

FAITHANDFICTIONSt.CorneliusBookDiscussionGroupThe next meeting of the book club will be held on March 16th in the school library at 7:00p.m. The book we will be discussing is “Heartland: a memoir” by Sarah Smarsh. You are welcome to join us. For more info, call Katy Ellis at 607-1100.

RESPECT LIFE NEWS 47 babies have been saved in 2020 at the Horizon Pregnancy Center

RUNFORLIFEThe City of Lakewood is having a 5/10k run March 7th The Respect Life Team will be at the corner of Del Amo and Bell lower beginning at 7:30 a.m. with Run for Life signs PLEASE CONSIDER JOINING US 40DaysforLifeLog on to the website www.40daysforlife.com sign up to pray Our goal is to cover 12 hours per day praying in front of the Planned Parenthood locations at Bell lower and Del Amo Prayer is the way to stopping the ugliness of abortion. FILMSCREENING“Racing Extinction” Thursday, March 12, 7 – 8:45 p.m. Crystal Cove Auditorium UCI Student Center 311 W. Peterson Dr. A, Irvine How to win the ight against Human Traf icking – Resource Fair Saturday, March 21, 8:30 – 1 p.m. St Anthony Greek Orthodox Church 778 S. Rosemead Blvd., Pasadena ucan ightt@outlook.com If you have any questions or suggestions please call Donna at (562)879-5517 scrlteam17@gmail.com

See’sCandiesandYankeeCandleFundraiserReligious Education will be participating in a See’s Candy and Yankee Candle fundrais-er. Order forms are available in the church and Religious Education Of ice. All orders are paid in advance and due by, Thursday, March 19. 2020. Delivery of the See’s prod-ucts is scheduled for the week of March 30th. Yankee products will deliver after Easter, but in time for Mother’s Day. All proceeds are used to help defray the cost of sacrament prep material, catechist for-mation and help keep our tuition affordable. Please contact the Religious Education Of-ice with any questions, (562) 420-7613 Thank you for your generous support!

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PARISH DIRECTORY Altar Servers Roger and Connie Udabe 965-6485 stc808@yahoo.com Bereavement Nancy Himes 928-2474 Cub Scouts Shawn P. Kelly 714 -713-2015 Scouts Bill D’Alvia 508-8900 Choir Director Joe Patolo 421-8966 Cursillo Joe Hamamoto Jr. 572-3429 Frank Diaz 972-6195 EM & Lector Coordinator Michele Bradley 420-6481 Hospital Ministry Frank Schmidt 225-7571 Knights of Columbus Victor Magana 420-3214 Keith Allen 208-8662 People for Others Jenny Davidoff 420-3425 John Gaudy 597-6917 Project Achieve Kathy Cabral 810-1473 RCIA—Audrey Hamamoto 572-3427 AudreyH.StCornelius@gmail.com Religious Education Evelyn Padian 420-7613 Respect Life Donna O’Neill 879-5517 scrlteam17@gmail.com St. Cornelius School Nancy Hayes—Principal 425-7813 St. Vincent de Paul Claudia 421-8011 Safeguard the Children Mary Brady 425-5541 Ushers Sam McCarthy 594-8212 Weddings Tricia Mora 421-8966 Youth & Confirmation Cristy Hull Andrés Cortez 420-7613

Fr. Jarlath (Jay) Cunnane, Pastor pastor@stcorneliuslb.org

Fr. George Reynolds, Associate Pastor frgeorge@stcorneliuslb.org

Richard Boucher, Deacon Joe Hamamoto, Deacon George Mora, Deacon

MASS SCHEDULE Saturday

8:00 a.m. & 5:00 p.m. Vigil Mass

Sunday 8:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m. 12 noon & 5:00 p.m. Monday-Thursday

8:00 a.m. & 5:00 p.m. Friday

8:15 a.m. & 5:00 p.m.

CONFESSION SCHEDULE Thursday & Friday after

5:00 p.m. Mass Saturday after 8:00 a.m. Mass

Saturday 4:00 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.

Office Manager’s Email secretary@stcorneliuslb.org

Rectory Hours MON-FRI

8:30 a.m. —7:00 p.m. SAT

9:00 a.m.—12:00 p.m.

St. Cornelius Catholic School Principal—Nancy Hayes

3333 North Bellflower Blvd. Long Beach, CA 90808

Phone: 562-425-7813 info@stcornelius.net www.stcornelius.net