St Rita of Cascia t Rita of Cascia t Rita of Cascia A Catholic Faith Community Since 1908 Catholic Faith Community Since 1908 Catholic Faith Community Since 1908 June 15 2014 une 15 2014 une 15 2014 M ASSTIMESSUNDAYS: Sat. 5:30 pm (Vigil), 7:30 am, 10 am & 12 N WEEKDAYS: Mon., Tues., Fri, and Sat. 8 am (Wed. & Thurs. 8 am Communion Service) HOLYD AYS: (eve of) 5:30 pm; (day of) 8 am & 6:30 pmS ACRAMENTOFRECONCILIATION(Confession) Saturdays 4-5 pm or by appointment DEVOTIONSOur Lady of Perpetual Help: Saturday 7:50 am ADORATIONFirst Friday 8:30 am—5 pm, Rectory Oratory Msgr. Richard Krekelberg, V.F.—Pastor Deacon Manuel V alencia • Deacon John Hull 318 North Baldwin Av enue, Sierra Madre Mailing Address: 50 East Aleg ria Aven ue, Sierra Madre, CA 91024 Phone: 626/355-1292 • FAX: 626/355-2290 • www.st-rita.org The Most Holy T rinity The Father is The Father is The Father is my Trust my Trust my TrustThe Son is The Son is The Son is my Refuge my Refuge my RefugeThe Holy Spirit The Holy Spirit The Holy Spirit is is ismy Protection. my Protection. my Protection.O Hol y Trinity, O Hol y Trinity, O Hol y Trinity, Glory to Thee! Glory to Thee! Glory to Thee!———Byzantine Byzantine Byzantine Horologion, Troparion Horologion, Troparion Horologion, Troparion at Nocturns at Nocturns at Nocturns
St Rita of Casciat Rita of Casciat Rita of CasciaA Catholic Faith Community Since 1908 Catholic Faith Community Since 190 Catholic Faith Community Since 190
June 15 2014une 15 2014une 15 2014 M ASS T IMES
SUNDAYS : Sat. 5:30 pm (Vigil), 7:30 am, 10 am & 12 N WEEKDAYS : Mon., Tues., Fri, and Sat. 8 am
(Wed. & Thurs. 8 am Communion Service)H OLY D AYS: (eve of) 5:30 pm; (day of) 8 am & 6:30 pm
S ACRAMENT OF R ECONCILIATION (Confession) Saturdays 4-5 pm or by appointment
DEVOTIONS Our Lady of Perpetual Help: Saturday 7:50 am
A DORATION First Friday 8:30 am—5 pm, Rectory Oratory
Msgr. Richard Krekelberg, V.F.—PastorDeacon Manuel Valencia • Deacon John Hull
318 North Baldwin Avenue, Sierra MadreMailing Address: 50 East Alegria Avenue, Sierra Madre, CA 91024Phone: 626/355-1292 • FAX: 626/355-2290 • www.st-rita.org
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The Father is The Father is The Father ismy Trustmy Trustmy Trust
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my Refugemy Refugemy Refuge The Holy Spirit The Holy Spirit The Holy Spirit
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O Holy Trinity,O Holy Trinity,O Holy Trinity, Glory to Thee!Glory to Thee!Glory to Thee!
Weekend Presider:10 am Mass—Fr. Chris Thiel, OFM Capuchin
Parish Office/Mailing Address50 East Alegria Ave., Sierra Madre, CA 91024Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9am to 6pm; Sat. 9 am to 1 pm.Office Email: [email protected]
Director of AdministrationMary Lou Butler: [email protected] • 355.1292Pastoral CouncilParish Office: 355.1292Finance Council Chair Bill Sullivan: 355.3707
St. Rita School— Office: 626.355.6114Principal: Joanne Harabedian • [email protected]
Director of Liturgy & MusicPaul Puccinelli: [email protected] of Religious EducationCristina Cullen: 355.3841 • [email protected] of Youth Ministry/Confirmation
Theresa Bui Costanzo: 626.590.8828 • [email protected] (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults)
Team: Deacon Manuel and Chela Valencia;Susan Blakeslee: [email protected]
How to ontact Us
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For Information about the Sacraments—BaptismIf you are a parishioner interested in baptizing your child, pleasecontact the Parish Office for further information on the Baptismprocess and requirements.
Reconciliation and First EucharistPreparation for children who have attained the age of reason
(usually during 2nd grade) is arranged either through theOffice of Religious Education or St. Rita Elementary School.
MatrimonyContact the Parish Office upon engagement; at leastsix months is needed for preparation of this joyous sacrament!
Confirmation A two-year program for freshman/sophomore age teens. Apply through the Office of Religious Education.
NOTE: Adult applicants for the sacraments should contact the Parish Office.
Anointing of the Sick See adjoining column.
Liturgy & WorshipLectors and Eucharistic Ministers: David & Jill Muhs
Let Saint Rita Be There For You . . .Communion for Sick and Homebound ParishionersSt. Rita ministers provide Communion home visits. Contact theParish Office • 355.1292 or Jill Muhs • 355.9810 • [email protected].
Anointing of the SickPlease notify us (355.1292) as early as possible for the Anointing ofthe Sick, the sacrament intended for the seriously ill or dying. It is OurLord’s special presence and companionship in serious time of need.
Anointing may take place in the home, at the hospital or elsewhereand as often as once a month. If someone should die withoutanointing, remember that the desire to receive is sufficient and theLord cares!
If You Should Experience the Loss of a Loved OnePlease call us at 355.1292If you feel you will be in need, or your loved one has passed, we willassist in making arrangements with your chosen funeral directors;refer you to our liturgy and music directors; and offer you helpfulguidelines and a book that will aid in the selection of readings for theMass or Memorial Service. Areas we can help you with prior to thepassing may help in the planning of funeral services. We know thatthis can be a tough time and we want you to know that your parish isthere for you. PLEASE UNDERSTAND we only have one residentpriest; sometimes arrangements for another priest may be needed.
S AINT R ITA OF C ASCIA C HURCH 3 R EV . M SGR . R ICHARD K REKELBERG
P ASTOR ’ S C ORNER
Dear Parishioners,If we but glean these words from the Gospel of John today:
“God so loved the world that he gave his only Son,so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life,”
we stand to realize that the reason why we profess faith in God as THE MOST HOLY TRINITY is simplybecause that is how Jesus revealed God to us. By speaking of his “Heavenly Father” and by talking abouttheir “Spirit” as another person, we were set on a path to formulating our faith in God as Trinity. But takenote: in this Jesus did not reveal everything to us about God—by no means have we “figured God out.”Fact: the word trinity is nowhere to be found in the Bible. God’s ways are still not our ways and God’sthoughts are beyond our thoughts; there are still a “gazillion” blanks to be filled in. I am reminded of aseminary high school religion teacher of mine, Vincentian Fr. Fred Martinez, who when we asked anythingtouching upon God’s mystery would reply, “Well, son, that’s one of those things I am going to add to mylist to ask God when I finally see him face to face.”
Remove mystery and we no longer require any faith. Yet so precious to our faith is our belief in God as Trinity that we profess this faith every time we make the sign of the cross: IN THE NAME OF THEFATHER, AND OF THE SON, AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. Think of what a profound act that is— not only do we name God as Trinity, but we also “cross ourselves” to profess our faith in the PaschalMystery of Jesus, and we oftentimes use holy water, thus professing our faith in Baptism. It’s a jammedpacked profession of what we believe as Christians!
Perhaps the most important element of our Christian Trinitarian theology is that Jesusrevealed God to be in relationship—a relationship that flows from being simultaneouslythree and ONE. While it is easy to get caught up in the numbers game, I think the mostsensible way to approach the mystery of God as Trinity is to ask the question, “Howcould it be otherwise?” Being created in the image and likeness of God it stands toreason that as we experience ourselves as individuals who make up one family, manypersons who constitute one community, then God must “Godself” be what God created.It is God’s being in relationship that gives Divine origin and dignity to our own being inrelationship to one another. Any of our relationships “gone bad” are relationships thathave either lost sight of their divine origin, or have never known their foundation in Godto begin with.
This Trinity Sunday, let us pray blessing and the bestowal of grace upon all of our relationships—especiallythose that are vowed! Jesus prayed: THAT THEY MAY BE ONE AS WE ARE ONE! Let us make Jesus’prayer our own as we seek integrity for our relationships and peace—the peace that only Jesus can give—
IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, AND OF THE SON, AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. AMEN! —Msgr. Richard
PARISHIONERS WHO REQUEST OUR PRAYERS FOR H EALING AND RETURN TO GOOD HEALTH —
Lori Ann Little, Guia Canizales, Anne Frealy, Eva Shammon, Margie Schubert,Sheila Pierce, Mary Zuckerburg, Emily Young, JoAnn Douglass, Mary McColl,Evelyn Tres, Barbara Hester, Phil Huddleston, Gerald Drean, Charlotte BollmanFuchs, Gerry Krekelberg, Leah Greteman, Raymond Payne, Peter Delgatto , Jr.,Montserrat Marti, Jordan Alabart, Linda Milligan, Susan Skousen, BrookeManning, Arthur Contreras, Jr., Robert Quinonez, Richard Krier, Patsy Starkey,Margaret & David Duran, Jean Mansour, Jacob Bigley, Dorothy Van Gorden,Maria Carmen Marti, Dennis & Clare Marquardt, Kathleen Ramsey, TonyjaBlakeslee, Addie Marshall, Jackie Bagnuolo, Mary Ellen Isoard, Rose Mary
Taquino, Paul Viger, Zdenka Czerny, Hal Finney, Ailey Gardner-Ybarra, EvaBernejo, Edith Olah, Lancelot Loera, Fred Mycroft, Brian Eck, Alex Arranaga,
Anna Mary Hession, Joseph Moore.
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S ATURDAY , J UNE 14—F LAG D AY 8:00 AM Daniel Carlson RIP5:30 PM Diane Harrison RIPS UNDAY , J UNE 15—F ATHER ’ S D AY 7:30 AM Tom Viola RIP10:00 AM For All Fathers12 NOON For All Parishioners
M ONDAY , J UNE 16 8:05 AM Bill Callanan RIP
T UESDAY , J UNE 178:05 AM Agnes B. Elewaut RIP
W EDNESDAY , J UNE 188:05 AM Communion Service
T HURSDAY , J UNE 198:05 AM Communion Service
F RIDAY , J UNE 208:05 AM Joseph Nicassio RIPS ATURDAY , J UNE 218:05 AM Viola Family INT5:30 PM For All ParishionersS UNDAY , J UNE 22 7:30 AM Tom Viola RIP10:00 AM Roland & Angela Brennan RIP12 NOON Janet Lewis RIP
Thursday— St. RomualdSaturday— St. Aloysius Gonzaga
First Reading— The LORD, merciful andgracious, rich in kindness and faithfulness(Exodus 34:4b-6, 8-9). Psalm— Glory and praise for ever! (Daniel 3).
Second Reading— Brothers and sisters, rejoice.Live with one another in peace, and the God ofpeace will be with you (2 Corinthians 13:11-13). Gospel— God did not send the Son to condemnthe world, but to give it abundant life(John 3:16-18).
AND
T ODAY ’ S R EADINGS
F EAST D AYS
God so loved the worldthat He gave His only Son.
—John 3:16a
LIFE IN THE TRINITY
The name of the Trinity is, without adoubt, the most familiar sacred nameto us. We speak it every time wemake the sign of the cross, and itforms the heart of our Creed. Trinity
Sunday is a good day, however, to stop and reflect on theunique role of each of the three persons we name so oftenin the Trinity and in our own lives. When we celebrate theEucharist on Sunday, we come together as the Body ofChrist through our baptism, and through the power of the
Holy Spirit we offer the whole prayer of the Mass to Godthe Father. This presence of the Trinity does not stop when we leave church on Sunday. We are—always and every- where—members of the Body, and every thing we do asmembers of that Body is empowered by the Holy Spirit, allof it offered to the glory of our loving Father.
Take a moment each day this week to reflect on howthe persons of the Trinity were present to you during theday, and how other people came to see the presence of the
Trinity in your witness to the Good News.
A Recommendation from Rev. Msgr. Joseph V. BrennanModerator of the Curia/Vicar General, Archdiocese of Los Angeles
SON OF GOD , the motion picture that brings the life of Jesus Christ to the screen like never before, is now availableon DVD and Blu-ray. If you order from the website below,also included is a docu-story “Christians Today” that delvesinto the legacy of Christianity and the role of Jesus in thenew generation.
Safeguard the ChildrenDid You Know? Bullying is a form ofabuse. It is therefore forbidden in ourCatholic schools. Bullying typically consists ofdirect behaviors, such as teasing, taunting,threatening, hitting, shoving, and stealing. But
it might also be indirect, such as spreading rumors thatcause victims to be socially isolated through intentionalexclusion. Cyberbullying, which involves the use of theInternet or mobile phone to send inappropriatemessages and images to or about others, is also behaviorthat is not tolerated in our Catholic schools. If yoususpect bullying of a child at school, please contact theschool principal with your concerns. For particular help,please call the Archdiocese’s Victims AssistanceMinistry.
Assistance Ministry • 213/637-7650
St. Rita Catholic School91 Years of Faith, Excellence, and Stewardship
5 Week Adventure Camp at St. Rita SchoolBegins the week of June 23 and continues through
August 1. Each week has its own theme. Sports’ Camp isoffered to students entering grades 4-8, featuring volleyballand basketball clinics. For complete information, please callthe School Office.
For information about School Office hours, registration forthe new school year, purchase of scrip and/or gift cards,and more, please contact the
SCHOOL OFFICE • 355-6114
Watch for announcements for summer plans in theBulletin and on our st-rita.org website (Youth Ministry).For any questions, please contact
St. Rita Men’s Club Annual Dinner and Installation of New Officers
Friday, June 20, 5:30 - 7:30 pmSt. Rita Meadow & O’Malley Hall
Plan to join us as we celebrate the end of another successfulyear and recognize our past and new officers. Wives andgirlfriends are invited. Cost is $15/person and includes ourfamous blended margaritas and Mexican food.
Special CollectionWeekend of June 28 & 29 Peter’s Pence— Thisspecial world-wide collection is for distribution offunds by our Holy Father, Pope Francis.
Going on vacation? Don’t forget to support yourparish. You can donate in advance or write one “make-up” check when you return home. Or use our
website (st-rita.org) to make credit card donations.
► Calling St. Rita Class of 1974 AlumsIt’s our 40th Anniversary this year and we’re planning aReunion on
to the Parish Office to help with folding brochures/letters,stuffing envelopes, putting on labels and stamps, and sealingeverything for delivery to the Post Office. We could not havedone the parish-wide mailing in such a short period of time
without your support.
Do you want to be put on the volunteer list for helping hereand there for a few hours at a time?
► May Maintenance & RepairsIncome (blue envelopes & directed donations)
$8,080Expenses (utilities, minor repairs, etc.) $6,169Excess above expenses $1,911
Number of parishioners donating 150Number of parish families 1277
Thank you for donating to our special monthlycollection. In recent months, we have achieved a little“cushion” which will help as summer arrives and ourEdison bills increase an average of $3000/month overthe winter costs. Also it makes us feel more secure, when
we have unexpected expenses, to know that we have thefunds available for the repairs or maintenance.
To contribute to our Maintenance & Repairs Collection,use the blue envelope in your packet—or any envelopeor a check—and just write “For Maintenance Only.” Allfunds stay at St. Rita.
Thank you for your support
Catholic Community
► Fingerprinting for VIRTUS—Wednesday, June 18.Epiphany Church, 10911 Michael Hunt Drive, South El Monte.
12 pm - 3:40 pm & 5:20 pm - 7:20 pm Must call for appointment: 626/442-6262
► Special Eucharistic Adoration for the Feast of CorpusChrist, Sunday, June 22, 2 - 4:30 pm. Assumption of theBVM Church, Pasadena.► Mater Dolorosa Open House—Sun., June 22, 2-5 pm.Bring a picnic lunch and dine on the lawn or in our air-conditioned dining room. Drinks provided. Come and tour thebuildings and gardens, meet the Retreat Center Staff, etc.Information/Reservations: Deborah Williams • 626/355-7188
[email protected]► The Pregnancy Help Center of San Gabriel Valley isseeking a volunteer to manage the Center’s website, facebookpage, and Constant Contact emails. If you’re a college student
home for the summer, please consider helping the Center a fewhours per week. For more information: Jane Chavez • 626/389-0788 • jane.chavez@pregnancyhelpsgv.► Marriage Encounter Weekend—July 11-13. Your spouseis God’s gift to you. Find out how to make a good marriagebetter, and a better marriage great! Held at the Courtyard byMarriott in Monrovia.
