St. Paul Catholic Church

Hollywood has given us an image of Moses slipping off his shoes before a burning bush. God has just called Moses by name, and so that Moses doesn’t miss the meaning of this breakthrough in human history, God requires that all barriers to the experience be eliminated. If you’ve ever tried to maneuver barefoot across hot sand, or pick your way along a rocky beach, you know how sensitive feet can be.

Within the Church, there are religious orders with a custom of going barefoot, not merely to show poverty, but to be an outward sign of a desire for connection with creation, a desire to go through life alert to what God is doing. In early days, when reconciliation was a once-in-a-lifetime possibility, penitents often went barefoot for a long period of time as a sign of their conversion.

Even today, people follow an ancient practice of slipping off their shoes to walk in the procession to the cross on Good Friday. It is striking that the first use of our newly-scrubbed feet from Holy Thursday night is to walk resolutely in the footsteps of Christ to the cross.

St Paul Parishioners and Guests,

"Thank You" for your patience and cooperation during the lighting retrofit project. We are glad to say it is now completed. 
 
St Paul was given this blessed opportunity to save on our monthly expenses and have an impact to our carbon footprint on the environment. The reduction to our monthly electrical bill will greatly help our already tight budget for this year and years to come.
 
The SMUD Complete Energy Solutions Program offers us this opportunity to upgrade our lighting fixtures. It will help save an estimate of $663 per month on our electrical bill, saving 5,393.50 kWh per month or $39,804 in 5 years-saving 323,610 kWh in 5 years.
 
Due to a few challenges the whole scope of the project was not done specifically the round canister lamps but we do have a plan formulated to complete the majority of the lamps in the Church.

Our Rev. Nicholas Duggan Hall is 99% retrofitted, the REC plaza and parking lights between the church and Hall are 100% retrofitted. The remaining parking and church plaza lights have not been retrofitted because they are manually turned on only when necessary.

Click Here to see photos of the project.
 
Thank you again for your cooperation and patience.
 
For the greater glory of God
 
Your Pastoral Council
 

Every Friday starting March 8 to April 12th
CONFESSIONS will be scheduled simultaniously with Stations of the Cross on the following dates and times:

 HOLY THURSDAY
April 18, 2019
Ministries for the Great Vigil

PARISH HALL
(30 minute intervals)

9:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Word Ministers / CFF & RCIA /Sick & Homebound Ministers/ Unitas

9:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Eucharistic Ministers/ Altar Servers/Multi-Cultural Ministry

10:00 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.
Hospitality Ministers / Martha’s Daughters

10:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Music Ministers / Legion of Mary / Catholics Returning Home / Finance Council /St. Joseph Ministry

11:00 p.m. - 11:30 p.m.
Daughters of the Americas / Families in Christ Jesus / Vocation Committee / Liturgy Committee / Pro Life Ministry

11:30 p.m. - 12:00 a.m.
Knights of Columbus / Couples for Christ /Youth & Young Adult Ministers /Social Justice

12:00 a.m.
Midnight Benediction

Click here to view Lent/Easter Schedule 2018

PALM SUNDAY
4/14/19

Blessing of the palms:  4:00 p.m. & 7:30 a.m. Masses @ Church Plaza
9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., & 1:00 p.m. Masses @ Parish Hall

MON: 4/15/19 Mass at 8:00 a.m.
TUES: 4/16/19 Mass at 8:00 a.m.
WED: 4/17/19 Mass at 8:00 a.m.

HOLY THURSDAY
4/18/19

Representation of Our Lord's Supper & Washing of the Feet- Rev. Nicholas Duggan Hall
6:00 p.m. - Spanish

Mass of Our Lord's Supper
7:00 p.m. - Bilingual

The Great Vigil
8:30 p.m. - 12:00 a.m.

GOOD FRIDAY
4/19/19

Passion Reflections
11:00 a.m.

Celebration of the Lord’s Passion (Eng)
1:00 p.m.

Stations of the Cross 
2:45 p.m.
 (outside church-weather permitting)

Private Reflection

Celebration of the Lord’s Passion
5:00 p.m. - Spanish, 7:00 p.m. - English

HOLY SATURDAY
4/20/19

EASTER VIGIL MASS
At Dusk approximately - 8:00 p.m. - Bi-lingual

EASTER SUNDAY
4/21/19

Masses: 7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. - Spanish Mass

Click here to view Lent/Easter Schedule 2018

Lenten Regulations:

Fasting & Abstinence

 All persons 14 years and older are obliged to abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday and all Fridays of Lent: Everyone from 18-59 is obliged to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. Voluntary fasting on other weekdays of Lent is highly encouraged. Fasting is generally understood to mean that one full meal may be eater. Two other small meals may be eated but together they should not equal a full meal. Eating between meals is not permitted but liquids are allowed.

When health or ability to work would be seriously affected neither fasting or abstinence is obliged. Airport workers, travelers and others while on board ships or airplanes are dispensed from the laws of fasting for the duration of their journey.

Other forms of fasting include abstinence from alcoholic beverages, television, video games, the internet and social media is spiritually beneficial and strongly encouaraged.

Prayer

Catholics are urged to read and pray with sacred Scripture more intently during Lent. The faithful are encouraged to participate in special devotions offered by the parish, especially penance service.

PENANCE SERVICE for St. Paul Parish will be APRIL 2ND at 7:00pm.

On behalf of Fr. Joyle and your Pastoral/Finance Council we want to thank you for a successful "Download Sunday" This free new app is now available for parishioners like you to download on both iOS and Android phones or devices.

As of today, February 15th, there are 318 parishioners like you who have downloaded our new App. They experienced this app's many capabilities for improving parish communication and serving as a faith building resource. It is well thought out and should become a real asset to complement our daily faith lives. 

Click here for the: Parish App Feature-of-the-Week "MASS MODE"

Please pass this info along to anyone that may be interested or that it may benefit from the St. Paul Catholic Church App. The more people that use and participate, the stronger our Catholic community will become.

 

April 13th & 14th.

REMEMBER!

Mass will begin 10 minutes earlier

Funeral & Memorials November 1 - October 31

Your prayers are requested for the families and friends of St. Paul Parish whose funerals or memorial Masses were celebrated during the 2018-2019 church year.

Eternal rest grant them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen!

Taeko Tekverk	Edward Shunney	Dorothy Olivera
Tanner Dixon	Roberto dela Vega Jr.	Natividad Fortuno
Linda Jones	Carolina Pascual	Helen Sophia
David Moore	Max Mendoza

Bishop Soto has issued the following directives to all parishes:

The use of the Communion cup is temporarily suspended:

Receive the Body of Christ is the hand ( although receiving on the tongue is permitted.)

Do not shake hands. Offer the Sign of Peace to those around you with a simple nod, saying, “Peace be with you.”

Do not hold hands during the Our Father.

Extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion are reminded to cleanse their hands with an alcohol-based antiseptic before and after administering Holy Communion.

This also applies to those who take Holy Communion to the home-bound.

The obligation to attend Mass on Sunday and other Holy Days does not apply to those who are sick. If you are sick, stay home and take care of yourself. Thank you for your patience and understanding during this time, and pray for those who are sick.

The administration of Holy Communion in both kinds will resume as soon as the Bishop deems it safe and prudent to do so.

 

 To honor the sacrifice and service of our veterans and active duty members of St. Paul Catholic Church, Father Joyle blessed the mounted board in the South vestibule on Saturday, November 11, 2017.

We pay tribute to all men and women in uniform both in the past and the present.

Families may bring a 3” x 5” photo of active duty military members to be placed in the Prayer Board.

Contact Roger Tafoya at (916) 936-3810 with any questions.

Click here to see the photo album.

 Please pray for the following Active Duty members of our families
serving in the Armed Forces

Armando Asahan	Ruben N. Libed	Daniel Roy Ryan
Justin Broussard	Cameron Lindsay	Janae Santos
Arianna Brown	Cody Machado	Martin Sinlao
Jay Candaso	Norbert Mendiola	Conner Sommerfield
Emanuel Cepeda	Maxton Perez	Taylor Sommerfield
Ricardo Cervantes	Landon Perez	Peter A. Tsueda
Jovon Chiguina	Dannon Perez	Brian Vergith
Roel C. Dones	Sergio Pineda	Nilo Uy Villaluna Jr.
Gary B. Foster ll	Mark A. Ramos Jr.	Charles Q. Wincey
Ryan Gandy	Stephen Rich	Jeffrey Yazel
Don Carlo Geroche	Gregorio Rodriguez
John Marc James	Ariel Rollins
Don Jamoles

We would like to welcome some of our newly registered members to our parish family:
 

Kimberly Castilo	Angel Lor	Bernardo & Gabriela Rivas
Kevin Cathy	Jorge Maldonado	Saul & Jesse Ruiz
Misael & Beatriz Ceja	Eleuterio & Nancy Melchol	Glenn & Teresa Sacro
Jose & Fabiola Cortes	Carlos & Alicia Morales	Patricia Sanchez
Miguel & Yolanda Deorta	Keshawn Morris	Sr Elizabeth U. Siguenza RVM
Rafael Enriquez	Evans & Gladys Mureithi	Sherry Ann Taeu
Virgilio & Sylvia Faundo	Thomas & Heidi Murphy	Joel & Carolina Torres
Paola Ferniza	Andy & Amie Nguyen	Israel & Norma Valdez
Rogelio & Janet Federigan	Alberto & Cristina Nunez	Jose & Gabriela Vargas
Jesus Flores	Hugo Ornelas	Miguel & Soledad Villalobos
Miguel & Norma Fuented	Brandie Padilla	James Wachira
Johana Garcia	Manuel & Edith Paramo	Theresa Welle
Aldo & Miriam Gentil	Jose & Lorena Puentes	Jerry Yang
Samuel Gonzales	Celestino & Delia Pugeda	Javier Zaragoza
Miguel & Luz Hernandez	Javier & Adriana Ramirez	Manuel Zavala
Fran Herzburn	Jose & Maria Ramos	Manuel Lavalle
Jorge & Angelina Izquierdo	Jose & Veronica Rangel
Margarito & Alicia Ledesma	Danilo & Jesusa Rigueira