Father Patrick V. Kirsch ext. 222 Pastor, KHS Deacon Victor Tiambeng Michael Donaldson –ext. 223 Parish Development Director Dawn McGwire - ext. 222 Secretary to the Pastor Alison Watts - ext. 224 Parish Secretary Melinda Ramirez - ext. 225 Stewardship Coordinator & Office Manager Christine Kramer - ext. 226 D.R.E. Grades 1-5 Noy Rances - ext. 227 Youth Ministry & Confirmation Coordinator Lisa R. Montoya - ext. 228 Pastoral Care & Baptism Coordinator Mass Location: Dr. Augustine Ramirez Intermediate School 6905 Harrison Ave. Eastvale, CA 92880 Saturday Liturgy: 4:00 p.m. Sunday Liturgies: 7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m., 12 Noon Spanish Confession: Saturdays from 2:30-3:30 p.m. Dr. Augustine Ramirez Intermediate School Parish Office Hours: Monday-Thursday 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Closed for lunch 12:30-1:30 p.m. Friday 9-1 p.m. THE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY OF BLESSED OSCAR ROMERO PARISH OFFICE: 14395 CHANDLER ST., EASTVALE, CA 92880 PHONE: (951) 893-1522 WEB: BLESSEDOSCARROMERO.COM Mission Statement The Catholic Community of Blessed Oscar Romero is devoted to making our community a place where God enters people's lives through Prayer, Silence, Reconciliation, Eucharist, Community and Service, and where we strive to make Jesus Christ more known and more loved!
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Father Patrick V. Kirsch ext. 222
Pastor, KHS
Deacon Victor Tiambeng
Michael Donaldson –ext. 223 Parish Development Director
6905 Harrison Ave. Eastvale, CA 92880 Saturday Liturgy:
4:00 p.m. Sunday Liturgies:
7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m., 12 Noon Spanish
Confession: Saturdays from 2:30-3:30 p.m.
Dr. Augustine Ramirez Intermediate School
Parish Office Hours:
Monday-Thursday 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Closed for lunch 12:30-1:30 p.m. Friday 9-1 p.m.
THE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY OF
BLESSED OSCAR ROMERO PARISH OFFICE: 14395 CHANDLER ST., EASTVALE, CA 92880 PHONE: (951) 893-1522 WEB: BLESSEDOSCARROMERO.COM
Mission Statement
The Catholic Community of Blessed Oscar Romero is devoted to making our community a place where God enters
people's lives through Prayer, Silence, Reconciliation, Eucharist, Community and Service, and where we strive to
make Jesus Christ more known and more loved!
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My Dear Friends,
"And I tell you, ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened" (Luke 11: 9-10). Here is a story that might be helpful. The Mississippi River was flooding its banks, and the waters were rising swi ly around Clem's house. The waters had go en to the level of the front porch where Clem was standing when a man in a rowboat came by and called to Clem, "Hop in and I'll take you to high ground." Clem replied, "No, my God will save me!" The river con nued to rise to the second story windows and Clem, looking out, saw a powerboat come up. The man in the power-boat called to Clem, "Hop in and I'll take you to high ground." Clem replied, "No, my God will save me!" The river had now risen to the roof of the house. Clem was si ng on the ridge at the top of the house with the waters swirling around his feet. He saw a helicopter fly over, and the people inside yelled over a bull horn, "Grab the rope and climb in, and we'll take you to high ground." Clem replied, "No, my God will save me!" The river con nued to rise. Finally the flood waters engulfed the house and Clem was drowned. The next thing he knew, Clem was standing before his God. In anger, he asked God, "I put my trust in you. Why have you forsaken me?" And his God replied, "What do you want from me? I sent you a rowboat, a powerboat, and a helicopter. h p://www.inspira on.
What causes contemporary man from having a deep rela onship with God? Many of our contemporaries do not feel that they need God and therefore, they do not have a firm trust in God. Independence and self-sufficiency are the problem. Contemporary man thinks that he can do it on his own. How sad. In his first encyclical le er, Pope Francis said: "Our culture has lost its sense of God's tangible presence and ac vity in our world. We think that God is to be found in the beyond, on another level of reality, far removed from our everyday rela onships. But if this were the case, if God could not act in the world, his love would not be truly powerful, truly real, and thus not even true, a love capable of delivering the bliss that it promises. It would make no difference at all whether we believed in Him or not. Chris ans, on the contrary, profess their faith in God's tangible and powerful love which really does act in history and determines its final des ny: a love that can be encountered, a love fully revealed in Christ's passion, death and resurrec on" (Lumen Fidei, 17). "Faith is born of an encounter with the living God who calls us and reveals His love, a love which precedes us and upon which we can lean for security and for building our lives. Transformed by this love, we gain fresh vision, new eyes to see; we realize that it contains a great promise of fulfillment, and that a vision of the future opens up before us. Faith, received from God as a supernat-ural gi , becomes a light for our way, guiding our journey through me" (Lumen Fidei, 4). Excerpted from the wri ngs of Father James Farfaglia, Catholic Online.
Prayerfully, Father Patrick V. Kirsch, KHS Pastor
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Stewardship of Treasure
Week of January 28th, 2017
Plate & Envelope…………….…….$7327.95
Online Giving……………………. $1105.00
Total……………………….....…… $8432.95
New Parishioner: We warmly welcome new parishioners and visitors. Blessed Oscar Romero believes in the Stewardship Program committed to serving the Lord with our God-given time, talent, and treasure. Church contributions are made by means of the envelope system. All parishioners are encouraged to support the church and we promote the use of envelopes. We ask you to register as soon as possible by completing this registration form and dropping it into the collection basket. Name(s): _____________________________
Sunday: Fi h Sunday in Ordinary Time; World Day for Consecrated Life; Boy Scou ng Sunday Monday: St. Agatha Tuesday: St. Paul Miki and Companions Thursday: St. Jerome Emiliani; St. Josephine Bakhita; Interna onal Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking Saturday: St. Scholas ca
Online Giving is Available! Use Online Giving to schedule recurring or one-time
donations. Available on our website at www.blessedoscarromero.com.This is a convenient and
helpful way to stay up-to-date on your giving.
Heaven On Earth …Come spend some time in the quiet presence of our Lord. Bask in the warmth of His love. Eucharistic Adoration is held every
Wednesday and Friday from 9:00 am. -12 Noon in the Chapel at the Parish Office.
TODAY'S READINGS First Reading -- Job experienced months of misery and trou-bled nights (Job 7:1-4, 6-7). Psalm -- Praise the Lord, who heals the brokenhearted (Psalm 147). Second Reading -- I have become all things to all, to save at least some (1 Corinthians 9:16-19, 22-23). Gospel -- Jesus cured many who were sick with various dis-eases (Mark 1:29-39). The English transla on of the Psalm Responses from Lec on-ary for Mass (c) 1969, 1981, 1997, Interna onal Commission on English in the Liturgy Corpora on. All rights reserved.
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We are starting our Marriage Preparation Ministry for Blessed Oscar Romero and are looking for sponsor couples that would like to help prepare couples in the Sacrament of Matrimony. If you are interested please call Larry & Lisa
Montoya at 951-203-0173
Marriage Enrichment Weekend
Treat your spouse to a special weekend. Take a time out from your busy schedule to recharge that spark
that you felt on your wedding day.
The Marriage Enrichment Weekend Program begins on Friday at 6:30 p.m. with a dinner. The weekend ends on Sunday at 4pm, with a family Mass, which includes a blessing for your marriage. Couples will
return home each evening. All meals and snacks from Friday evening through Sunday’s lunch will be pro-
vided.
Choose the weekend which best suits your schedule:
March 16th, 17th, 18th at St. Paul the Apostle in Chino Hills (or)
April 6th, 7th, 8th at St. Joseph’s in Upland
For more information, call Mike and Debbie Lira
at 951-741-9520. Space is limited!
Hea Mary Women's
Fellowship
What: women’s fellowship, the rosary, and guest speakers
When/Where: Parish office every second Saturday at 8:30am for coffee and chat fol-lowed by the Rosary and a guest speaker.
For more information contact: Cathy Payne @ 951-283-8149
Please join us on February 10th for our next get together!
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4TH
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We send up our prayers for all who are sick or suffering and need healing. Let us pray that the
healing power of Jesus rest on all who are in need.
*Rosalie Vitale
*Lou Cruz *Egmidio R. Rances Jr. *Flory Contreras *Gina Molina *Deacon Vic Tiambeng
Join the Rosary Crusade and sign up to have the images of the Blessed
Mother, Divine Mercy and the Infant Jesus visit your home! Pray the rosary
with your family! Please contact Precy (951) 317-5629 or
Tessie ( 909) 227-6386
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Archivist Lorraine Romin 909-262-5151 [email protected] Knights of Columbus Richard Contreras 951-906-8218 [email protected] Liturgy Altar Servers Nathaniel Ilo 917-600-6355 Eucharistic Ministry Debbie and Mike Lira [email protected] 951 741-9520 Eucharistic Ministers to the Homebound Lisa Montoya 951-203-0173 [email protected] Hospitality Mary Kay Sherman Cell 908-331-3361 Liturgy Wilson George 323-274-6374 Music Ministry Gayle Dowling 760-488-8879 Reader Ministry Joy Arcega 909 731-3611 Set-up Ministry Nathaniel Ilo 917-600-6355 Ushers Greg Hernandez 213-200-8602 Multi-Cultural Ministries American Heritage Girls Shelley Wallevand 714-924-0701 [email protected] Filipino Ministry Joy Arcega 909-731-3611 [email protected] Hispanic Ministry Coordinator Johnny Murcia 909-697-5445 Span-Eng. Translator Edith Beltran 951-515-5815
Outreach to the Needy Trish Budde 951-415-1211 Prayer Groups Amigos de Jesús Rosendo& Marcela Ortiz (909)578-3147 Eucharistic Adoration Office Assistance 951-893-1522 Heart of Mary Women’s Fellowship Cathy Payne 951-283-8149 Lori Mapes 951-675-8440 Military Prayer Ministry Nel Jayawardana 909-636-1449 Religious Education Director of Religious Ed. Christine Kramer– ext.226 951-893-1522 christinek.blessedoscar @gmail.com Youth Ministry/Confirmation Coor. Noy Rances 951-893-1522 ext 227 RCIA Parish office 951-893-1522 Quinceañeras Rebecca Gonzalez [email protected] Safe Environment Coor. Parish Office 951-893-1522 Technical Audio Visual Tech. Rodger Carrillo 949-579-0018 Information Technology Allan Guray 909-240-3870 Web Master David Boyse david@redelephantdesign. com Parish Development Director Michael Donaldson [email protected]
You are invited to our next Restoring Me Healing Retreat
For Adult Survivors of Abuse
For the following 2018 dates:
* April 14: Healing Through the Virtue of Faith
* June 2: From Victim to Survivor
At Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral
2525 N. Arrowhead Ave. San Bernardino, CA 92405 (In the religious education center)
From 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Donation: $15 (Includes continental breakfast, lunch, and materials)
Visit us at: http://restoringmesbd.wixsite.com/english
WEEKEND OF February 17th & 18th
HEALING AFTER LOSS
St. Thomas the Apostle church invites you to jour-ney with us in our Healing A er Loss (grief support) group.
This Wednesday, February 21st , begins our 5-week program to support and encourage individuals that have lost some-one to death and s ll has an empty, aching feeling inside. We can’t make the pain go away, but we can lovingly jour-ney with you through this process. Call Valerie Doran at St. Thomas parish office, (951)689-1131, for more informa on and to reserve your place. We will meet in the Katharine
Drexel Ministry Center from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. A one- me dona on of $35.00 is requested to cover the cost of handout
