Starting on October 15!

Presented by the Diocese of Sacramento Liturgical Commission, Office of Worship, and Office of Family & Faith Formation (OFFF).

A six-part series for liturgy committee members, liturgy coordinators, liturgical ministers, musicians, as well as teachers, catechists and those who do sacramental preparation.

Register today! $120 for all sessions. Financial assistance available.

Please visit the website for schedule of required texts and purchase information:
www.scd.org/liturgyseries Questions? Lauralyn Solano • lsolano@scd.org • 916-733-0153

Join us for breakfast next Sunday, October 2nd after the 7:30 am and 9:00 am masses hosted by the Knights of Columbus.

Enjoy a plate of chorizo, eggs, frijoles, papas, salsa and tortillas with orange juice, coffee, tea or hot chocolate.

All for just $8.00, check or credit card is accepted.

We are again entering the month of October, the month of the Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

We will pray the rosary 15 minutes before all the masses, weekdays
and weekends.

You are also encouraged to pray the rosary individually or at home at your own convenience. Pray for peace around the world and pray for the end of abortion.

The FEAST OF ST. FRANCIS of Assisi is celebrated on October 4 (Tuesday). We will do the traditional blessing of our pets after the morning mass on Tuesday, October 4, just outside the chapel by the parking lot. For those who cannot come to bring their pets to be blessed on October 4, they may bring them here on Sunday, October 2, and we will do a special blessing at the church plaza right after the 9:00 AM mass.

SEASON OF CREATION

The Season of Creation spans five weeks between the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation (September 1) and the Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi (October 4). This “time for creation” offers, in the words of Pope Francis, “individual believers and communities a fitting opportunity to reaffirm their personal vocation to be stewards of creation, to thank God for the wonderful handiwork which he has entrusted to our care, and to implore his help for the protection of creation as well as his pardon for the sins committed against the world in which we live” (“Letter of His Holiness, Pope Francis For the Establishment of the ‘World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation,” September 1, 2015). The theme for this year’s Season of Creation is “Listen to the Voice of Creation”! Learn more by visiting: https://seasonofcreation.org/ and https:// catholicclimatecovenant.org/

This is an annual, ongoing worldwide mobilization to pray and fast for an end to abortion. Please pick up a flyer in the church vestibule as you leave church today for more information.

RESPECT LIFE MOVIE

"Mother Teresa: No Greater Love" is a movie documentary produced by Knights of Columbus, Int'l.

It will be shown locally at 7 PM Monday and Tuesday, October 3rd & 4th at the Century Arden at 1590 Ethan Way, Sacramento. Tickets are $12.50 each.

Contact Fathhom Events.com for more locations and information.

Mother Teresa taught us that there are no expendable people. This is an inspiring documentary that all Catholics are encouraged to see.

Our Parish Festival was a huge success. Thank you very much to all who attended the Parish Festival. We want to thank the Fall Festival Committee, all the parish ministries and parishioners who served in the different booths for their hard work into putting on the festival.

We thank all the volunteers who tirelessly setup the canopies, the stage, the dining areas even during the heatwave. We thank Rosendo for sharing his sound system. To our church choirs with Father Joyle who entertained us with songs. The beautiful Ballet Folk-lorico dancers who gave us a glimpse of the Mexican cultural dances in different states.

May God keep you and bless you all. See you next year.

Raffle Draw Winners:

We congratulate our winners for the FESTIVAL Raffled Draw:

The winners for the hourly $50 draw:
JAVIER FARIAS, SALVADOR MARCO,
JEREMY MERRICK,
BONIFACIO ZALDIVAR and
MINDA MIGUEL.

For the Grand Prize winner of $1,000.00 it went to JUAN ALCALA. He decided to get only half of it and the other half is divided equally and has been donated to the church and to the 2nd collection last Sunday (Priests' Retirement Fund) respectively. We thank him and his family for his generosity and may God bless all those who generously supported the Festival Raffle Draw.

As we enter Respect Life Month, the bishops of California are inviting all Catholics to engage in prayer and fasting to end abortion and for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit to form the minds and hearts of California citizens to defeat Prop 1. With that in mind, our bishops are hosting a Novena to Our Lady of the Holy Rosary to Defeat Proposition 1 from September 29 to October 7 see the Novena flyer and visit www.CAcatholic.org/Prop1 for the daily video messages. At the same time, please join our interfaith friends of 40 Days for Life from September 28 to November 6 for their annual campaign to end abortion: www.40daysforlife.com

Proposition 1 is a worst-case scenario for abortion in California. It is an expensive and misleading ballot measure that allows unlimited late-term abortions for any reason, at any time, even moments before birth, paid for by tax dollars. Prop 1 isn’t needed. Sadly, California already has some of the most permissive abortion laws in the nation that would remain in effect without the amendment, including our current limit on late-term abortions that are permitted only for the life and health of the mother. Prop 1 destroys this common-sense limit. California does not limit state spending on abortion, and with thousands more traveling from other states, the cost will be in the hundreds of millions. Don’t hand lawmakers a blank check to pay for abortions, and don’t let them make California an “abortion sanctuary.” To learn more, visit www.CAcatholic.org/Prop1

In today’s world, Catholics are called to support unborn children and their mothers so that no woman feels she has no choice but abortion. Do you know someone facing an unexpected or difficult pregnancy, in need of prenatal care, or support with young children? Share the Options for Pregnancy helpline: 877-398-7734, staffed by Options United trained call responders, or visitwww.optionsforpregnancy.com This critical support service connects women and families to the 170+ pregnancy centers and other life affirming resources across the state, but it can only be provided with your help. The bishops in all twelve of our California dioceses have endorsed this pioneering service and are united in asking you to prayerfully consider making a monthly donation of any size at www.optionsunited.com/one

The Knights of Columbus is hosting Coffee and Donuts after the 7:30 AM Mass until 11:00 AM at the Parish Hall. Join the company of your fellow parishioners.

We thank our parishioners who had signed up to be a member of the team headed by John and Lynn Bertaut. If you are still interested to join it, you are still welcome. Soon the team will have a meeting and then update us with their whole year program. Please contact John and Lynn or the office for details and to leave your contact information. The contact information is on the first page of this bulletin. Give life a chance.

The diocese of Sacramento is offering Spiritual Direction, Counseling, Retreats for Healing to help you out and to deal with the horrific experience of abortion. It is called the PROJECT RACHEL MINISTRY. Many women who had undergone this process felt better in their life ever since. The contact information is advertised below.

Do not lose your hope.
There are church services in our diocese that are willing to extend their assistance to you for free. They will be ready to talk to you and give you many options to make your life better. If you are planning to opt for abortion, we can assure you that that is not the last resort to make your life better. You cannot solve a problem or mistake by doing another mistake in your life. The Sacramento Life Center has been for the past 50 years embracing lives of pregnant women who at one point decided to opt for abortion. Their lives were never been the same again and their right decision to keep their babies made them a better person. They do not only help to save the baby but also help the future mothers to undergo a psychological assistance to cope up with the fear of making the right decision that is choosing LIFE. To know more of their services kindly go to this link: https://saclife.org/ You may e-mail them also: info@saclife.org or call them: (916) 451-4357 or you may drop by at the center with this address: Sacramento Life Center, 2316 Bell Executive Ln., Sacramento, CA 95825. All calls and information about yourself are CONFIDENTIAL.

Another option: you may also contact the Gabriel Project at 800-910-0191 as another option.

To foster deep devotion to Saint Joseph among Catholics, and in response to the “May Day” celebrations for workers sponsored by Communists, Pope Pius XII instituted the feast of Saint Joseph the Worker in 1955. This feast extends the long relationship between Joseph and the cause of workers in both Catholic faith and devotion. Beginning in the Book of Genesis, the dignity of human work has long been celebrated as a participation in the creative work of God. By work, humankind both fulfills the command found in Genesis to care for the earth (Gn 2:15) and to be productive in their labors. Saint Joseph, the carpenter and foster father of Jesus, is but one example of the holiness of human labor.

Jesus, too, was a carpenter. He learned the trade from Saint Joseph and spent his early adult years working side-by-side in Joseph’s carpentry shop before leaving to pursue his ministry as preacher and healer. In his encyclical Laborem Exercens, Pope John Paul II stated: “the Church considers it her task always to call attention to the dignity and rights of those who work, to condemn situations in which that dignity and those rights are violated, and to help to guide [social] changes so as to ensure authentic progress by man and society.”

Saint Joseph is held up as a model of such work. Pius XII emphasized this when he said, “The spirit flows to you and to all men from the heart of the God-man, Savior ofthe world, but certainly, no worker was ever more completely and profoundly penetrated by it than the foster father of Jesus, who lived with Him in closest intimacy and community of family life and work.” 

https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/saint-joseph-the- worker

May is Mary’s month! And during May, throughout the Catholic world, special devotions honor the Virgin Mary. “May Crowning” is a traditional Catholic ritual that occurs in the month of May and it recognizes Mary as Queen of heaven and earth. Since medieval times, there has been a correlation between Mary and the month of May. May is considered the season of the beginning of new life. “May Crowning” marks a new spiritual season. Our Mary, Queen of heaven and earth, lifted us right out of the last long, cold days of winter and firmly planted our hearts in the warm and promising soil of spring.

During the Holy Mass on May Crowning day, a wreath of flowers and herbs is placed on the statue of Mary. The act of crowning is rooted in the view of Mary as the Queen of Heaven. The event is of particular significance as it relates to the Champion Shrine history because, when Our Lady appeared to the young Belgian immigrant woman, Adele Brise, in 1859, she identified herself as the “Queen of Heaven.”

A cherished age-old tradition of reverence, the crowning of Mary at the Champion Shrine is in keeping with the “Order of Crowning” which attributed the queen symbol to Mary because she was a perfect follower of Christ, who is the absolute “crown” of creation. “She is the Mother of the Son of God, who is the messianic King. Mary is the Mother of Christ, the Word Incarnate... ‘he will be great and will be called Son of the Most High; the Lord will give him the throne of his father David; and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; and of his kingdom there will be no end” (Lk 1:32-33).

Elizabeth greeted the Blessed Virgin, pregnant with Je- sus, as ‘the mother of my Lord’ (Lk 1:41-43). Mary is the perfect follower of Christ. The maid of Nazareth consent- ed to God’s plan; she journeyed on the pilgrimage of faith; she listened to God’s Word and kept it in her heart; she remained steadfast in close union with her Son, all the way to the foot of the Cross; she persevered in pray- er with the Church. Thus, in an eminent way she won the “crown of righteousness” (2 Tim 4:8), the “crown of life” (Jas 1:12; Rev 2:10), the “crown of glory” (1 Pet 5:4) that is promised to those who follow Christ (“Order of Crowning,” NCCB, 1987).

ST. PAUL’S RELIGIOUS GOODS STORE (GIFT SHOP)

Parish members and guests please take the time to visit our gift shop during this Lenten season. Many new items have been added to our inventory which will be including items to nourish your journey through Lent, and items for baptisms, first holy communion, confirmation and RCIA. We welcome you all in after every mass. Look forward to seeing everyone. Thank you.

CAMP NURSES NEEDED

Camp Pendola is looking for Nurses to serve at Camp Pendola during our summer camp weeks in June and July. If you are able to serve for the week your camper can attend Camp Pendola in exchange. For dates please check https://www.pendola.org/overnight-camp.html and contact Jennifer Campbell at (916)733-0135 or jcampbell@scd.org for more information.

CAMP COUNSELORS NEEDED

The most wonderful camp in all the world is looking for the most wonderful staff! We looking for Camp Counselors for both our Day Camps and Overnight Camps. If you are looking for a summer job that will create lifelong memories for you this is the job for you! We are looking for fun, faith filled, caring and energetic applicants to fill our summer camp positions! Learn more about the posi- tions and apply at www.pendola.org/employment or contact Jennifer Campbell with questions at (916)733-0135 or jcampbell@scd.org.