St. Peter Claver Parish Corner of Cochran & Stow Streets Parish Mission Statement We, the parish of Saint Peter Claver, are a Catholic faith community within the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and the Universal Church. Firm in the hope of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and inspired by the example of our patron, we proclaim the kingdom of God to embrace everyone in love without discrimination of any kind. We are devoted to worship, to witness, and joyful service in the Spirit. PARISH SCHEDULE MASSES: Saturday: 5pm Vigil; 7pm (Español) Sunday: 8am; 10am; 12noon & 5pm Holy Day of Obligation: 5pm Eve before; Day-7:30am; 12noon & 7pm Weekdays: 7:30am (Monday - Friday) DEVOTIONS: Perpetual Help Novena, Wednes- days, 7pm, Mass on first Wednesdays, 7pm; Adoration every Friday, 7pm First Saturday Mass, 7:30am SACRAMENT OF PENANCE: Saturdays, 3 - 4:30pm (or by appointment); Eve of Holy Day & Thursday before first Friday, 4 - 4:45pm SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM: Sundays, 1:30 pm; 4th Sunday - Spanish Baptism BAPTISM INSTRUCTION: Second Monday of each month, 7pm SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE: 6 months prior notification needed Pastor: Rev. Riz J. Carranza email: Riz.Carranza@la-archdiocese.org Associate Pastor: Rev. Adrian M. San Juan email: fradriansj@la-archdiocese.org Permanent Deacons: Rev. Mr. Brian Clements and Rev. Mr. Melecio Zamora Parish Office Address: 5649 Pittman St. Simi Valley, CA 93063-3525 Parish Office hours: (Monday - Friday) 9am-12noon, & 1-5pm Phone: (805) 526-6499 Fax: (805) 526-7233 E-mail: [email protected]Web Site: www.saintpeterclaver.org Bulletin e-mail: [email protected]Pre-School & Kindergarten: Angela Meyer, Principal email: [email protected](805) 526-2244 Fax: (805) 526-2225 Website: www.stpeterclaverschool.org Office of Faith Formation: Bianca Langlois, Director (805) 526-0680 email: [email protected]Office of Youth Ministry: Cosha Stanley, Director (805) 526-7975 email: [email protected]
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St. Peter Claver Parish Corner of Cochran & Stow Streets
Frequently Asked Questions About Sacred Scripture, Pt. 2
Ø Did ______really happen?
Ø What did Jesus mean when He said…?
Ø How should we understand controversial and puzzling passages in the Bible?
Live presentation by
William Shaules, Ph.D. Loyola Marymount University; St. John’s Seminary
Associate Coordinator of Diaconate Formation, Archdiocese of Los Angeles
Join us for this informative, uplifting, interactive session.
7-8:30pm • In the West Hall
Refreshments and free-will offering;
for additional information, or to help with refreshments,
call the Office of Faith Formation at (805) 526-0680. [email protected].
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January 28th is the Feast of Saint Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225-1274), Priest and Doctor of the Church. Looking to the traditions of the Church, any Christian “seeker” will inevitably fall upon the teachings of St. Thomas Aquinas. One encounters in him a master of theological understanding. He was a man guided by the Holy Spirit, who pursued the science of God in wisdom and truth, which directed his every teaching towards the goal of every person: eternal life! Aquinas was not purely an academic, but a man who found his abiding attraction to God in the love that God first had for him. It was this love that urged him to write his Summa Theologiae for the sake of beginners, so that they, too, could be ever pointed toward their final goal and lead others in that direction. Likewise, it is the goal of every seeker to orient oneself and others to that same end.
Aquinas on Teaching. Aquinas saw the reality and dignity of being a human person in the fact that the individual is able to come to know the truth and choose the good. Responsibility for knowledge cannot be passed to some over-arching force: it belongs to each person individually. The enjoyment of knowledge and truth that each person attains is that individual person’s enjoyment of knowledge and truth. Here, Aquinas is concerned with safeguarding the experiential knowledge of the human person as a truly human and personal act. For Aquinas, the student really grows in knowledge through experience, and the knowledge in which he grows he can truly call his own.
In one sense, God is the only real teacher because it is God who equips us with the capacity to know the truth, as the Psalmist teaches: “Does the one who teaches man not have knowledge?” (Psalm 94:10). At the same time, because of the dignity of the person, human teachers really do something for their students. In the order and wonder of creation, some creatures share in the power of God to affect other creatures. For Aquinas, good teaching meant aiding the imagination of the student to be at the service of understanding, directly affecting the hearts of students.
The Articles of Faith. One indispensable component in any teaching is the conversation between “teacher and student” (in a broader sense which includes parents and children), specifically, the appeal to the imagination through signs. This is precisely how Jesus taught His disciples, taking them to Himself as his friends, revealing to them, through signs and language, everything He had learned from the Father. For the Christian “teacher” today, the articles of faith can act as signs for “students”, leading them to the true reality they represent. Not only are the articles of faith conduits, or icons, into which the “student” can peer, but together they form a complete whole of Christian truth ordered toward eternal life.
Although Aquinas outlines the articles in a scientific or systematic way, and their structured coherence can be understood rationally, the Dominican theologian Romanus Cessario further clarifies that “the knowledge of faith belongs preeminently to those who are in love with a personal God, and who, therefore, rely on his truthfulness.” The articles of faith are not to be appropriated as mere information, useful for obtaining some end. They represent the True Revelation of the Personal God who loves each of us individually. God’s love, mediated through the articles of faith, is a communication of God’s love speaking to us. Those who hear, and cling to the merciful speech of God, in faith, are the ones who attain this saving knowledge.
Faith acts as a way of knowing, and the structure of knowing portrays a real giving and receiving between the knower and what is known. When this happens between persons it becomes a relationship of love. This relationship rests on the articles of faith as being truth-bearing. For Aquinas, the articles of faith find their immediate context within the generous outpouring of
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Monday, January 28th
6:00 pm Cub Scout Bear Den Meeting (PC) 6:30 pm Misioneros de Cristo (PC) 6:30 pm 33 Days to Morning Glory (H) 7:00 pm Liturgy Committee Meeting (O) 7:30 pm Adult Bible Study (CLR)
Tuesday, January 29th
6:30 pm Hispanic Prayer Group (PC) 7:00 pm Bereavement Support Group (CLR) 7:00 pm Adult Confirmation (PC) 7:00 pm Adult Music Ministry (C) Wednesday, January 30th
6:20 pm Adult Women’s Bible Study (CLR)
7:00 pm Connect Coffee (Adult Women’s Bible Study) (PC) 7:00 pm Boy Scouts (H) 7:00 pm Missions of Mercy Team Meeting (YC) 7:00 pm Hispanic Bible Study (PC)
7:00 pm Perpetual Help Novena and Divine Mercy Chaplet (C) 8:15 pm Adult Women’s Bible Study (CLR) Thursday, January 31st 6:00 pm Children’s Choir (C) 6:30 pm BINGO
7:00 pm Noon Choir (C) 7:00 pm Spanish Lector Meeting (S) 7:30 pm Adult Bible Study (CLR) Friday, February 1st - First Friday
8:30 am Eucharistic Adoration (C) 6:30 pm Couples for Christ Christian Life Program (PC) 7:00 pm Chaplet of Divine Mercy Holy Hour (C) Eucharistic Adoration Continues
7:00 pm Hispanic Community Choir (PC) Saturday, February 2nd - First Saturday
7:30 am Mass (C) 9:00 am VIRTUS Session - Initial Certification (PC) 10:00 am Fingerprinting (YC) 3:00 pm Confessions (C) 4:15 pm Choir Practice (C) 6:15 pm Confessions (Español) (C)
Saturday, January 26th
5:00 pm Grace Parrish (RIP)
Deanna Fournell Glenn (RIP)
Sunday, January 27th
10:00 am Kyle and Ashley McGilvray (INT)
12(noon) Ray Knight (INT)
Juaquina Hernandez (RIP)
5:00 pm Nicolas Panczel (RIP)
Monday, January 28th
7:30 am Jami Wandel (RIP)
Julianna Martin Reed (RIP)
Tuesday, January 29th
7:30am Philip Tran (RIP)
Dave DeGregorio (INT)
Sean and Senija Herrity (INT)
Wednesday, January 30th
7:30 am Frances J. Brown (RIP)
Richard Polese (RIP)
Thursday, January 31st
7:30 am Msgr. Joe Alzugaray (RIP)
Bud Rumble (RIP)
Dang Le (RIP)
Friday, February 1st
7:30 am Greve Family (RIP)
Ray Knight (INT)
Saturday, February 2nd
7:30am Priest’s Intentions
Couples for Christ Christian Life program sign-ups after 8:00am, 10:00am and 12(noon) Masses
Parish Lending Library after 8:00am, 10:00am and 12(noon) Masses Coffee and Donut Hospitality after 8:00am and 10:00am Masses
First Communion Year 1, 8:15am Warm Embrace, 9:00am
First Communion Year 2, 10:15am Seeds, 11:00am
School Open House, 11:00am Yr. 2 Confirmation Candidate and Sponsor Day Retreat, 1:00pm
Baptisms, 1:30pm Youth First Communion Prep, 3:00pm
MSYM, 3:00pm Choir, 4:00pm
RCIA Evening With the Clergy, 5:30pm HSYM, 6:15pm
We’d like to welcome our newest Christian through Baptism…
Emmarie Noelle Garcia Ferrer
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SPCFAITHFORMATION.ORG
The Office of Faith Formation is open
Monday - Thursday, 1-5pm and 6-8pm.
Thinking about becoming fully Catholic?
Never been baptized? Baptized in a different
faith? Baptized Catholic but never confirmed
and/or received first communion? Then the RCIA
(Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults)
is just for you! Come to CLAVER
COFFEEHOUSE, our twice-monthly gathering for
inquirers (2nd & 4th Tuesdays), and bring your
questions. Call the Faith Formation Office at
(805) 526-0680 for more information.
St. Peter Claver Youth Ministry “Inspiring Youth to Follow Jesus'“
Club in the Parish Center! If your child is in 3rd to 5th grade and wants to learn more about their faith through fun, games and fellowship, bring them by from 11am - Noon in the West Hall today!
V Tuesday, 1/29 Adult Confirmation meets at
7pm in room 5.
V STILL TIME TO REGISTER FOR ADULT
CONFIRMATION! CLASS! Registration forms
are at the Office of Faith Formation or online.
Log on to SPCFAITHFORMATION.ORG
and download our year at a glance for all
elementary session dates for the year!
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Please pray for the health of… Dave DeGregorio; Stella Smith; Skip Rugg; Delia Gedang; Pat Hallstein; Puring Maristela; Julie Ljubicic; Richard Small; Misty Knott Ploeger; Nancy Durant; Godfrey Mosbach; newborn Johnna Mosbach; Therese Thibault; child Camden Grant; Pierre Beauvoir; Dee Hibbs; newborn Kolby Reed Holen; Precy delas Alas-Uy; Rose Buchanan; Teodorico Estrada; Alfredo Kaimo; Annie Succar; baby Chloe Succar; Mary Melton; child Nathan Torres; Martin Chingcuangco; Alf Hutfilter; Jack Scroggins; Cherie Mazur; Portia Ellard; Jeffrey Davidson, Jr.; Morgan Lott; Mary Gilliland; Robert “Bobby” DiSalvo; Yelena Manukian; Martha Lepore; Judy Ford; Jennifer Lewis; Mario Venzon; Gabriela Palma; Margarita Cano; child Kawika Hernandez; Khaneh Avanes; Nancy Salmieri; Ray Knight; Agnes Sugay; Cheryl Holmes; Maria Susana Llambias; Sue Marron; Ron Poncino; Carol Acker; Kathy Carter; Ralph Nicoletti; Joseph Gillooly; Lucy Estrada; Al McKinley; Stephanie Carvalho; Joe Meyer; John Gabriel Bergeron; Bob McConnell; Bridget Wakcher; David McCutcheon; Betty Grosslight; Curt Atwell; Francisco Leon; Jean Roberts; Carla McCorkle; Jon Teague, Jr.; Catherine Capaldi; Enid Dach; Dave Morley; Mary Lant; Sherri Egan; Moon McCullough; Patricia Knoebl-Wood; Mary Jane Wickman; Richard Bryan Reilly; Georgia Altmayer; Judy Strack; Bill and Vera Barker; Natali Wilde; Phyllis Sherin; Justin Warn; Bradley Sharp; Diane Hazlewood; Carla Maria Molina; Charles Leo; Sheana Green; Deann Glynn; Dan Lang; Joe Ortega; Gregg Cassity; Virginia Dalcoe; Bruce Vandelinder; Susan Womack; Helene Parlms-Jackson; Maria Lozano; Carolyn Currie; Chelsea White; Mary Smart; Mimi McGilvray; Rick Schuler; Elaine Swieca; Bill Waters; Marge Porterfield; Aaron Byron; Bob Bower; Jacqueline Sylvestre; Kittie Fidermutz; Martina Peters; Dillon Tunney; Barbara Pogorzelski; Sherry Estrella; Chase Dobson; Loretta Payne; Barbara Knight; Suzanne Shaefer.
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me
to bring glad tidings to the poor. ~Luke 4:18a
Please pray for the souls of…
George Meehan, 1/23/19; Edward Bognot, 1/19/19; Raquel Asperas, 1/17/19; Julianna Reed, 1/15/19; Linda Jones, 1/26/17; Barbara Nespor, 1/25/16; Eleuteria Coronel, 1/23/16; Anthony Barresi, 1/22/16; Jack White, 1/20/15; Ricardo Urias Acevedo, 1/20/15; Francisco Casal, 1/27/13; Giuseppina Messina , 1/27/13; Eleanor Tremblay, 1/25/13; John Hallstein, 1/23/13; Antoinette Boscarino, 1/22/11; Robert Selleck, 1/21/11; Robert Christian, 1/22/10; Ann Kay, 1/22/10; Ann Friedrich, 1/22/08; James Mattina, 1/23/07; Gerald Morgan, 1/22/07; Clementina Harczo, 1/27/06; Lucy Vasquez, 1/22/06; Jacquelyn Waters, 1/24/05; Margaret Malarkey, 1/23/05; Mary Goshue, 1/22/04; Ross Barry, 1/21/04; Peter Fuhrman, 1/20/02; Julio Hernandez, 1/26/00; Joseph Heid, 1/20/00; Marcia Tessar, 1/27/95; Margaret Klaus, 1/26/95; Patricia Djerf, 1/20/91; James Creen, 1/25/90; Alfredo Tosches, 1/20/87; Kathleen Hayden, 1/27/86; Maria Rodriguez, 1/22/85; Clement Hanisch, 1/22/78; Anthony Minadeo, 1/25/75.
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God, locating the end of Truth to be in the height of the human vocation, and the fulfillment of faith -- the beatific vision.
How does this help the everyday person flourish in a Christian life? Consider the Incarnation (Jesus becoming Truly Human, the Word Made Flesh) as an article of faith. Because the Church confesses the doctrine of the Incarnation, each of the faithful must give assent to the proposition that the Incarnate Word is truly God, and truly man. The very “is” of the proposition seized by an act of faith is the “is” of the thing believed – in this case, the special grace of the Incarnation – mediated through the proposition. In other words, the very act of belief in a given article of faith connects the Christian soul to the very grace of the thing believed.
Belief in the Incarnation ushers into an individual soul a unique and particular grace of the Incarnation, where humanity is elevated and more perfectly conformed to Christ. As Aquinas remarks, “Since it was the will of God’s Only Begotten Son that men and women should share in his divinity, he assumed our nature in order that, by becoming human, he might make men and women gods.” The graces mediated through these articles ultimately point us toward, and effectively make, the Christian person ready for entry into eternal friendship with God. The truth-bearing statements of the articles operate as instruments of our salvation, uniquely “wedding” us to God through faith.
St. Peter Claver Parish is dedicated to the mission of protecting all God’s children. One way of carrying out this mission is to
offer opportunities for education and screening to those called to serve the young and vulnerable of our community.
If your volunteering plans include working with children in the coming months – plan ahead! Our next opportunities here at
St. Peter Claver will be next Saturday, February 2nd for fingerprinting and also for the initial VIRTUS certification. For more information
or to make an appointment, please call Mary in the parish office at (805) 526-6499 or at the school office at (805) 526-2244.
Couples for Christ invites everyone to our orientation of our Christian Life Program. It takes place at the St. Peter Claver Parish Hall on Friday, February 1st at 6:30pm.
There is no cost. Dinner is included; bring your children. Questions? Call Chito at (805) 750-1042 .
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Learn how to help children suffering from trauma - With mass shootings, natural
disasters, and the social climate today, our children are living in a world that can be very
scary at times. Children who have suffered from trauma, through abuse, loss, or another
tragedy, may have different ways of viewing the world through the distorted lens of their fears
and worries, and often need the help of trusted adults to guide them through their emotions. Many children use denial as their first coping method, so getting them to talk about what’s happened and explore how they’re feeling and what scares them now is important. Consider consulting someone with expertise in child development – a psychologist, counselor or experienced teacher might have suggestions
as to how best to support a child in the aftermath of a frightening experience. For a copy of the full VIRTUS® article “A Parent Handout for Helping Children Heal,” visit
- Con los tiroteos en masa, los desastres naturales y el clima social de hoy, nuestros niños viven en un mundo que a veces puede ser muy aterrador. Los niños que han sufrido trauma, abuso, pérdida u otra tragedia pueden tener diferentes formas de ver el mundo a
través de la distorsionada realidad de sus temores y preocupaciones. Por esta razón, estos niños con
frecuencia necesitan la ayuda de adultos de confianza que los guíen a través de sus emociones. Muchos niños
usan la negación como su primer método de afrontamiento, por lo que es importante que hablen
sobre lo que sucedió y exploren cómo se sienten y qué los asusta ahora. Considere la posibilidad de consultar a
alguien con experiencia en desarrollo infantil. Un psicólogo, un consejero o un maestro experimentado podría tener sugerencias sobre la mejor manera de
ayudar a un niño después de una experiencia aterradora. Para obtener una copia del artículo
completo de VIRTUS® “A Parent Handout for Helping Children Heal” (Un folleto para padres de familia para
ayudar a los niños a sanar), visite http://www.la-archdiocese.org/org/protecting/Pages/VIRTUS-Current-
Online-Articles.aspx.
Couples For Christ, Parejas Para Cristo los invita a todos a una orientación de
nuestro Programa De Vida Cristiana. Será en la sala de St Peter Claver el viernes
1 de Febrero a las 6:30pm. Gratis y incluye cena. Sera en ingles.
Preguntas llamenle a Chito 805-750-1042.
Celebración de Nta. Señora de San Juan de los Lagos - Sta. Rosa de Lima
Sábado 2 de Febrero en la Misa de 7:00pm. Los invitamos a traer su niñito Jesús para bendecirlo.
Tendremos la Consagración a nuestra Señora de San Juan para los niños/as menores de 12 anos y la bendición
de Cirios y Velas. Después de Misa tendremos convivencia y venta de artículos religiosos.
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St. Peter Claver parish is a vibrant and welcoming community of believers. We grow each year in faith because of the love that we have for God and each other. We are grateful to all of you who participated in our parish increase offertory program. You have helped our parish to be financially sound. While finances can be an excellent indicator of a parish’s overall health, there is much more that can be told about the work that we are doing as a parish.
· Infant Baptisms: The road to heaven begins with the Sacrament of Baptism. God trusts us enough to place in our hands a fresh new life. It is a joyful time for the child’s parents, godparents and family. But it is also a joyful time for the whole church. Last year St. Peter Claver baptized 76 infants and babies.
· First Communions: The second Sacrament of Initiation is First Holy Communion. Last year 104 young (and older) parishioners received First Holy Communion. That is a great number to be fed at the Lord’s Table for the first time.
· Confirmations: The third Sacrament of Initiation, is Confirmation. Last year 74 teens were confirmed in the faith, taking a step along the road to heaven first begun at baptism.
· Marriages: Last year we celebrated with 19 couples the Sacrament of Matrimony.
· Funerals: Last year we celebrated eternal life with 56 funerals. St. Paul says “I don’t want you to grieve like the pagans who have no hope.” We are a people of faith and hope and our farewells are filled with the love and the assurance that we will see our loved one’s again.
Parish Statistics:
· 3,619 Registered Parishioner Households
· 280 young peoples were educated in our Faith Formation programs
· 85 students attended our Parish School
· Over 150 youth and young adults participate in our Youth Ministry Programs (HSYM, MSYM, Confirmation)
· 7 adults are currently in RCIA formation
We are a vibrant community. The Pastoral Council wishes to thank you for your continued support of your time, talent and treasure. Thank you for your involvement and cooperation to make St. Peter Claver an incredible Catholic Parish. We have reason to be proud of our parish. Your continued support will insure that we continue to thrive.
Paul Stewart – Pastoral Council Chair Timothy Carvalho – Pastoral Council Vice-Chair
