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 Community FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT
March 22, 2020
SAINT LUKE THE EVANGELIST
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — Psalm 23:1
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ST. LUKE CATHOLIC CHURCH5605 Cloverly Ave.
Temple City, CA 91780
(626) 291-5900 (626) 287-2332 (FAX)
www.stluketemplecity.org
PASTORFr. Mark A. Strader
(626) 291-5900 x233 [email protected]
PAROCHIAL VICAR Fr. Tommy Roide
(626) 291-5900 [email protected]
SEMINARIAN Joseph Morrell
SUNDAY ASSISTANCE Fr. Thinh Nguyen and Salesian Priests
PASTORAL OFFICE HOURSMonday-Friday: 8:00 am-7:30 pm
Saturday/Sunday: 8:00 am-1:00 pm The Office is Closed Tuesdays from 11:45 am to Noon for Staff Prayer.
MASS SCHEDULEWEEKEND MASSES
Saturday5:30 pm (Keyboard/Cantor)
Sunday6:30 am (Organ/Cantor)
8:30 am (St. Luke Singers)10:30 am (Lightshine Choir)5:30 pm (Keyboard/Cantor)
WEEKDAY MASSES Monday-Friday
9:00 am (Rosary at 8:20 am)
PARISH INFORMATION
Please submit information by the Monday before the publication date;
printed as space allows.
COVID-19 UPDATES AND IMPACT ON PARISH ACTIVITIES
Content Submission Deadline March 29 Bulletin:
Due Monday, March 23Please deliver submissions to the Pastoral Office or send to [email protected].
Catholic Relief Services CollectionOur parish will still take up The Catholic Relief Services Collection scheduled for the weekend of March 22-23. This collection supports six Catholic agencies that touch more than 100 million lives around the world. The funds help provide food to the hungry, support to displaced refugees, and Christ’s love and respect to all people.
Please make checks payable to St. Luke Church. Envelopes can be found with your monthly envelope packet. If you use your own envelope, please note that the check is for Catholic Relief Services. Please mail the donation to the Pastoral Office or drop in the office mailbox. Thank you for your support!
STEWARDSHIP NEWS
Public Celebration of Mass & Parish Activities Suspended Until at Least April 19 or Otherwise Extended
Effective Immediately and Until Further Notice (as of March 22):• No Masses, meetings, events or activities will be conducted on parish property. It is highly recommended that parish groups do not meet together off property.• Public celebration of Mass suspended until at least April 19 or otherwise extended.• Pastors to remind faithful to keep the Sabbath holy: read the Gospels, pray with your family at home, make a spiritual communion.• Sacrament of Reconciliation cannot be offered at this time. Please make your own Act of Contrition.• Eucharistic Ministers should not visit the sick.• Anointing of the Sick by a priest is only allowed in extreme emergency (not able to visit hospitals, convalescent homes, senior homes, etc.).• No Funerals, except for graveside services (no more than 10 people).• No Weddings ore Baptisms at this time.• Holy Week and Easter Services will not be held.• St. Luke Catholic School is currently closed and students are “remote learning.”
Continuing 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. Thank you for your generous support!
- Church, Pastoral Office and Chapel are Closed -
Stay up to date at: http://stluketemplecity.org/covid-19-notice.html
Know of your priests’ daily prayers for you as we journey together.-Fr. Mark and Fr. Tommy
Pastoral Office • (626) 291-5900
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Father Mark's Corner
We invite you to take a look at St. Luke Parish’s Electronic Giving Program. Make donations online via a secure network on a one-time or scheduled basis. Our Online Giving Option is
a great way to stay up to date with your donation schedule, during the busy summer and holiday months, and when you are unable to attend services.
The church also continues to benefit from the consistency in donation support and a reduction in check and cash processing time in the Pastoral Office. Plus, there is no cost involved. If you are interested in signing up or would like information, please call the Pastoral Office at (626) 291-5900 or visit the Parish Web site, www.stluketemplecity.org.
About the Parish Electronic Giving Program ~ Create an Automatic Donation Plan or Schedule Donations ~
It’s Easy and Convenient to Provide Continued Support to Your Parish.
Writing my reflections weeks or months ahead of time there may arise situations in life that cause us to take pause and shuffle our original plans. I submit this observation by a
Franciscan priest sent to me by a parishioner that in light of our impending struggles we may see the positive that may come from looming fears and pandemic disaster.
Each of us are able always to make the choice of which path we follow or the lens through which we view events. As a Christian people, I believe my brother priest captures this moment precisely, forcing us to reflect upon this current darkness with an eye of hope.
Yes there is fear.Yes there is isolation.Yes there is panic buying.Yes there is sickness.Yes there is even death.But, They say that in Wuhan after so many years of noiseYou can hear the birds again.They say that after just a few weeks of quietThe sky is no longer thick with fumesBut blue and grey and clear.They say that in the streets of AssisiPeople are singing to each otheracross the empty squares,keeping their windows openso that those who are alonemay hear the sounds of family around them.They say that a hotel in the West of IrelandIs offering free meals and delivery to the housebound.Today a young woman I knowis busy spreading fliers with her numberthrough the neighborhoodSo that the elders may have someone to call on.Today Churches, Synagogues, Mosques and Templesare preparing to welcomeand shelter the homeless, the sick, the wearyAll over the world people are slowing down and reflectingAll over the world people are looking at their neighbors in a new way
All over the world people are waking up to a new realityTo how big we really are.To how little control we really have.To what really matters.To Love.So we pray and we remember thatYes there is fear.But there does not have to be hate.Yes there is isolation.But there does not have to be loneliness.Yes there is panic buying.But there does not have to be meanness.Yes there is sickness.But there does not have to be disease of the soulYes there is even death.But there can always be a rebirth of love.Wake to the choices you make as to how to live now.Today, breathe.Listen, behind the factory noises of your panicThe birds are singing againThe sky is clearing,Spring is coming,And we are always encompassed by Love.Open the windows of your soulAnd though you may not be ableto touch across the empty square,Sing. -Fr. Richard Hendrick, OFM
Lockdown
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Livestream of non-public Masses from the Cathedral of Our Lady of Angels: www.lacatholics.org/emergency. Daily Mass (M-F): 12:10 pmSunday Mass: 10:00 am (English), 12:30 pm (Spanish Mass)
Watch Mass from HomeMasses from the Cathedral
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
Monday, March 23
Jesus Banuelos, Carmen Salinas,Robert Moreno
Tuesday, March 24
Joseph Tzu Li Ching, All Souls Memorial,St. Luke Parishioners
Wednesday, March 25
Carol Mc Mann, Souls in Purgatory,St. Luke Parishioners
Thursday, March 26
Migah Eliyse De Leon,Audrey Gaudy, Robert Smith
Friday, March 27
Alfredo Berroyo, Eliseo D. Zuniga,Leovigildo Rubia
Saturday, March 28
Pat Buccola, Claire Marquardt,The Poor Souls
Sunday, March 29
Joseph Tzu Li Ching, Joe Garcia,Lou Cambiaso, Xuan Nguyen,Dominic Nguyen, Joseph Nguyen,Gladys Sinnott, Ricardo De La O,St. Luke Parishioners
MASS INTENTIONSWeek of March 23, 2020
During the suspension of Masses, please know that our parish priests are keeping
your intentions in their daily prayers.
Pastoral Office • (626) 291-5900
• SAFEGUARD THE CHILDREN • DID YOU KNOW...
Applications for the 2020-21 School Year Available
• Serving Students TK-8th Grade •St. Luke Catholic School
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Early abuse identification is keyWe can do our best to ensure that the children in our community are as safe as possible, and one critical way is to take immediate action at the first hint of improper behavior by an adult towards a child.
Be familiar with ways in which perpetrators attempt to groom children, their parents, and church communities so that you can recognize and interrupt such behaviors promptly. Paying attention to changes in behavior, appetite, or demeanor in the children we know is also important as these cues may be reflective of a child’s distress.
For more information, get a copy of the VIRTUS article “Early Identification is Crucial” at https://lacatholics.org/did-you-know.
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• March 22, 2020
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].
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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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