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FALL 2021 - MARRIAGE PREPARATION PROGRAM - UNITAS

The preparation program used in our parish is called UNITAS. It has been implemented in many different locations throughout the country as well as in our own parish and has been a great success. This program provides the couples with:

• Information – to help you succeed in your marriage

• Faith Formation – an essential ingredient for your journey toward sacramental marriage

• Supporting Group – to build connections and grow with our parish

Couples are provided with an excellent informational material that are used during the program. They also can be used as a reference later in marriage to reinforce lessons learned during the class. The following is a brief summary of topics that are covered during the five evenings:

• The Marriage Covenant

• Family of Origin and how the behaviors learned as a child from our family of origin affect us throughout our lives

• Values and Conscience

• Communication Skills

• Negotiation and Conflict Resolution

• Balancing Our Lives Together – how to handle the everyday tasks in marriage

• Spirituality in Marriage – how to live sacramental marriage relationship

The registration form is available at the Rectory Office, or it can be downloaded from our website: www.stpaulflorin. org

Registration needs to be completed by Set 6, 2021. After registered, couple will receive instruction to take an onlineFOCCUS Inventory (Diocese’s requirement).

Fees (include one workbook per couple)

• Registered parishioner: $50 per couple

• Non- parishioner: $80 per couple

Class Schedule

For 2021 UNITAS Program, the class sessions are scheduled as follow:

• Monday, Sept 13, 2021

• Monday Sept 20, 2021

• Monday, Sept 27, 2021

• Monday, Oct 4, 2021

• Monday, Oct 11, 2021

Class will be held at St. Paul Church from 7pm to 9:30pm.

Please note that participants are required to attend all sessions in order to receive the Certificate of Completion. If you have conflict with one or more class schedule, please contact the UNITAS coordinator before registering for the course.

UNITAS Coordinator: Paul Pham For further info or question, please email to:paulpha@gmail.com

FALL 2021 BROCHURE

DONUTS AND COFFEE!

We miss the coffee and the donuts. The Knights of Columbus Council #6499 will do DONUTS SUNDAY on July 11. This is also to promote a healthy and safe socialization among parishioners.

PARISH SOCIALIZATION

The Parish Pastoral Council made a push to do a little fund drive by selling food after all the masses of the weekend by mid-July. This is sponsored by each group selling food during the Parish Festival. The groups will be notified for a meeting on the matter in the couple of days.

It is more than a fund-raising drive. The council finds this effort as a concept to encourage social interaction between parishioners coming out from the pandemic as we are gradually going back to the church. This would promote camaraderie and at the same time to regain the confidence of a safe and healthy socialization among us as we are transitioning to the normal environment. Your support and interest on the program would make our local church bring back its original luster as a joyful St. Paul Church. We cross our fingers.

OUR NEWLY BAPTIZED CHILDREN!

WELCOME TO YOUR NEW FAMILY—THE CATHOLIC CHURCH dear children who were newly baptized on June 26, 2021. Congratulations to you and to your parents, family and godparents as well.

MARIA DELYNA CORREZ BORCE

ARIA LIV NGUYEN

CALVIN EMMANUEL LOUIE

BRIELLA ELYSE CASAMAN

REGISTRATION FOR 2021/2022 SCHOOL YEAR - C.F.F. CLASSES

Registration and Fee Schedule
Baptismal certification must accompany registration.

ALL children registered must provide a copy of their Baptismal record. Please call the office 916-381-5200 for any additional information.

REMINDER: Catholic Faith Formation classes are designed for continuing education of the Catholic Faith. This means if your children received their First Communion this year and do not attend Level 3 the following year, then when the time comes for them to receive Confirmation, the child will be placed back where they left off at Level 3. If you have questions please call 381-5200 or email us at saintpauldre@comcast.net

REGISTRATION FEE
$95 per student, payable at time of registration. (Catechist's children 50% off)
$110 per student for non-registered parents.
Fees are non-refundable after registration.

OTHER FEES
Communion fee $25
Confirmation fee (including retreat $ 50.00 /Fired Up $ 40.00) = $ 90.00
Classes will resume in September
English C.F.F. classes will be on Sundays from 10:30pm -12:00noon
RCIA classes are scheduled on Wednesdays from 6:30-8:00pm

REGISTRATION SCHEDULE
Please have your child EARLY register on the following schedules for English:
June 7 - 30, 2021 (Monday – Friday) 10:00am – 4:00pm (St. Paul’s Office)
July 1 - 30, 2021 (Monday – Friday) 11:00am – 4:00pm (St. Paul’s Office)

Spanish registration schedule:
July 6 - 8, 13 -15, 20 - 22, 27 - 29 (Tuesday – Thursday) 6:30pm – 8:00pm REC Building Room 4
August 3 - 5, 10 - 12, 17 - 19 (Tuesday – Thursday ) 6:30pm – 8:00pm REC Building Room 4

REGISTRATION DATES:
August 1, 8, 15 & 22, 2021 (Sundays) 10:30am - 12:00 noon (REC Building Room-1)
August 2 - 31, 2019 (Weekdays) 9:00am - 4:00pm (St. Paul’s Office)

FALL 2021 - MARRIAGE PREPARATION PROGRAM - UNITAS

The preparation program used in our parish is called UNITAS. It has been implemented in many different locations throughout the country as well as in our own parish and has been a great success. This program provides the couples with:

• Information – to help you succeed in your marriage

• Faith Formation – an essential ingredient for your journey toward sacramental marriage

• Supporting Group – to build connections and grow with our parish

Couples are provided with an excellent informational material that are used during the program. They also can be used as a reference later in marriage to reinforce lessons learned during the class. The following is a brief summary of topics that are covered during the five evenings:

• The Marriage Covenant

• Family of Origin and how the behaviors learned as a child from our family of origin affect us throughout our lives

• Values and Conscience

• Communication Skills

• Negotiation and Conflict Resolution

• Balancing Our Lives Together – how to handle the everyday tasks in marriage

• Spirituality in Marriage – how to live sacramental marriage relationship

The registration form is available at the Rectory Office, or it can be downloaded from our website: www.stpaulflorin. org

Registration needs to be completed by Set 6, 2021. After registered, couple will receive instruction to take an onlineFOCCUS Inventory (Diocese’s requirement).

Fees (include one workbook per couple)

• Registered parishioner: $50 per couple

• Non- parishioner: $80 per couple

Class Schedule

For 2021 UNITAS Program, the class sessions are scheduled as follow:

• Monday, Sept 13, 2021

• Monday Sept 20, 2021

• Monday, Sept 27, 2021

• Monday, Oct 4, 2021

• Monday, Oct 11, 2021

Class will be held at St. Paul Church from 7pm to 9:30pm.

Please note that participants are required to attend all sessions in order to receive the Certificate of Completion. If you have conflict with one or more class schedule, please contact the UNITAS coordinator before registering for the course.

UNITAS Coordinator: Paul Pham For further info or question, please email to:paulpha@gmail.com

FALL 2021 BROCHURE

WELCOME BACK TO WORSHIP OUR GOD.

We miss you in Church and we are very sure that God misses you more. God is waving His hand inviting you to attend the weekend mass. He is eagerly waiting for you. Come and join us in Sunday Eucharist to receive God and say "HI" to him. It's about time, don't you think? Welcome back.

BACK TO NORMAL IN THE CHURCH'S LITURGICAL CELEBRATIONS

Here is the good news: the bishop has given a memorandum to all parishes that all liturgical celebrations in the Church will go back to normal with very minimal restrictions on the weekend of the 19th and 20th of June (Father's Day weekend). The church capacity will be 100%. Social distancing is not anymore observed in the seating arrangement. However, we should continue to observe sensible public health precautions. For the FULL DETAILS click on the links below:

Faithful Revocation of Dispensation (Eng.)
Faithful Revocation of Dispensation (Sp.)

The bishop has issued a decree of RESCINDING the GENERAL DISPENSATION from the SUNDAY OBLIGATION that he issued last March 2020 due to the pandemic. It means that we are all now OBLIGED to personally attend the MASS on weekends. It is high time now to go back to the church in-person as COVID19 cases had declined tremendously. This is in anticipation of the official announcement that the State would do on June 15 - total reopening of business, social activities and the like. Those who are excused of the SUNDAY OBLIGATION by the 19th and 20th of June are the parishioners who have serious illnesses and are not able to drive to Church; those who are advised to stay home to recuperate. The details of the decree are on the links below:

DECREE OF REVOCATION OF THE DISPENSATION OF SUNDAY OBLIGATION (Sp.)
DECREE REVOCATION OF THE DISPENSATION OF SUNDAY OBLIGATION (Eng.)

NEOPHYTE and FULLY RECEIVED

Let us welcome and congratulate our Neophyte JEN-NIFER PEREZ-JIMENEZ and the fully received members of our Church: GAEL BARAJAS JULISSA BARAJAS JOSE ESPARZA JOSEPHINE GARCIA RAMIREZ VANESA GONZALEZ EMILIANO GUILLEN ANGULO KEANNA NICOLE HERNANDEZ LEONARDO HERNANDEZ GENESIS MENDOZA ANGULO NEOPHYTE and FULLY RECEIVED DANIEL MONTOYA ALEJANDRO RAMOS JR. JACKELINE ROJAS JONATAN SANCHEZ ROXANNE SANTANA KEVIN TREJO JOEL LE FRANCISCO PASCUAL-CRUZ ROBERTO ZAMORA As she starts her new life in the Lord, may she bring new life to the Church and the world around her. May the fully received members of our church be empowered by the Holy Spirit to build up the kingdom. Amen.

lLITURGICAL SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM

We thank those who already stepped up in signing up for this Sponsorship Program. May God bless you and your families.

If this gift in kind program interests you, please contact the parish office during regular business hours for more information.

MENTIONING MASS INTENTIONS

There had been unavoidable cases that the priest celebrant forgets to mention the name of person for the intentions of Thanksgiving, Birthdays, Faithful Departed, Healing and the like. The people love to have the names mentioned, and of course if he/she is not mentioned then the family who offered the mass THINKS that the INTENTION WAS NEVER APPLIED. That is NOT TRUE. Mentioned or not, the intention(s) is/are applied, provided it is in the intention of the celebrant to apply all the intentions recorded in the book in office. How do we know that? For the celebrant, before he even goes to the church to celebrate the Holy Mass, already made up in his mind about the intentions to apply all those Mass Offerings and Intentions recorded in the office.

Let us refer to the Canon Law and the Liturgical Law of the Catholic Church. In both books, they NEVER SAY that it is AN OBLIGATORY REQUIREMENT to MENTION NAMES in the mass (weekday or Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation), except for Funeral Masses (mentioned in the Eucharistic Prayer). But it is only by the pleasure of the family who is giving the Mass Intention to mention it. If cases happens that it was missed out mentioning it, then the family should not be mad. Because, again, mentioned or not, it is still applied. That's the bountiful blessing of the Holy Eucharist. The "spiritual value of a single mass is infinite." Remember that the Holy Mass is not made or celebrated for the pleasure of the family. That is why the Holy Eucharist must not rely on our SUBJECTIVE DISPOSITION. It is very objective and independent from our emotional state, because it is a Sacrament. It is a Sacrament that gives us the graces that we need, living and dead, for the furtherance of our spiritual life and food satisfaction of our souls and salvation.

Below is a referral to an issue RE: Mentioning Mass Intentions and is taken from the websites whose links are written below:

Mentioning the Mass Intention
Authored By: Father Edward McNamara

A ZENIT DAILY DISPATCH
ROME, 9 OCT. 2007 (ZENIT)

Answered by Legionary of Christ Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum university.

Q: Unlike our present pastor, our former priest always would mention the intention for the Mass. Is this up to the individual priest? It gets printed in our bulletin, but I would hope the priest would mention who the Mass is for at some point, even though I know God knows who it is for. — L.S., St. Louis, Missouri

A: While there are no universal laws regarding this topic, some dioceses have published norms with common-sense indications that all priests may take into account.

My reply is inspired by the norms issued by the Diocese of Rome.

There is no requirement to mention the priest's intention at the Mass. Thus, a mention in the bulletin or some other public notification is a legitimate option, especially when the pastor is aware that the person who requested the Mass will not be present at the celebration.

If the person or family who requested the intention wishes to be present, then it is good that the celebrant mention the name of the person for whom the Mass is being offered.

This may best be done either after the greeting at the beginning of Mass or as an intention of the prayer of the faithful.

If you want further elucidation on the issue kindly click the links below.

MENTIONING MASS INTENTIONS
MASS INTENTIONS AND STIPENDS (CANON LAW)

DIOCESAN NEWS

FACTS AND QUESTIONS: Morality of Getting the COVID19 Vaccines

The Vatican and the Diocese had been reviewing the moral issues and questions regarding the COVID19 vaccines. Here is the complete presentation coming from the church.

COVID Vaccine FAQS (English)
COVID Vaccine FAQS (Spanish)

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PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL MINUTES

Old Business

Shirley’s Retirement
Ja’net reported that Shirley decided not to have a retirement party. Shirley advised that it’s been too long since her retirement. Proposal was to have a Mass and small luncheon for her. Phil suggested we present her a gift card and plaque in lieu of retirement party. Ja’net will make one more attempt to contact Shirley to present her the gift and plaque. We did make a concerted effort to arrange a retirement ceremony and party for Shirley. Because of COVID-19 and the hot weather the retirement party was post- poned to a later date.

Livestream Camera Project
Father Joyle presented a report that shows donations of $6,892.00 and expenses of $4,297.76. The remaining balance of $2,594.24 will be used to purchase a new laptop that will be dedicated to operating the livestream cameras and equipment. The current desktop computer being used must be brought over from the Parish Office for all the masses each weekend.

The desktop computer from the office does provide the computing power needed to operate the livestream cameras and equipment efficiently. Yet we need a new computer that will be only dedicated for livestreaming. In addition, the funds will be used to purchase a new projector for the hall. The current projector is unable to project the necessary brightness/lumens for a clearer video.

Ja’net inquired about using the new livestream equipment for virtual funer- al services via ZOOM. Father Joyle stated that we are using OBS and YouTube for livestreaming funeral masses.

CFF and RCIA Report:
Sister Beth was excused. She provided Father Joyle a copy of the CFF Comparative Report, Catechetical Year 2020-2021. Father shared it with the council. There are 127 English students and 78 Spanish students enrolled this year. The total includes: 6 RCIA adults, 14 RCIA Second Years students, and 9 RCIA First Year students. There is a significant drop in enrollment compared to 2019-2020 (220 English and 198 Spanish). The decrease is attributed to COVID-19.

New Business

Indoor Masses
Father Joyle reported in the past two weeks that parishioners seemed con- fused about the Communion guidelines established for COVID-19. He reminded parishioners about following the guidelines. Father suggested Anita Fong must hold a meeting with the Hospitality Ministers to review the procedures. Father will ask Dale to coordinate with Anita on holding a hands-on training session on the COVID-19 guidelines.

Mass of Remembrance
Ja’net suggested presenting each family with a candle this year at the Mass of Remembrance then hold the reception in November 2021. The reception is important for families to share their feelings about losing a loved one. Father Joyle suggests dividing the 38 families into four groups. We will hold a Mass of Remembrance at each of the weekend masses in November. Ask each family to select a Mass to attend. A candle will be given to each family for the candle lighting ceremony. The parish will send the families a letter regarding the Mass of Remembrance ceremony. The banner of the deceased will be on the sanctuary during the month of November.

Redesigning the Parish Website
Father Joyle states eCatholic, our current webhosting provider, is offering a promo of $250.00 to redesign our home page. Father Joyle shared some graphics of sample home pages. He asked for inputs to help him select a design. Due date is October 31, 2020. The council approved the purchase of the special offer.

Other Matters

David Rangel has concerns about the temperature scanners because others can hear the results, i.e., alarm goes off when threshold is ex- ceeded. According to him, that is very alarming. Father says he will make announcement to parishioners to wait two minutes then rescan if they would get a red-light result. He will ask Dale to disable the sound alarm of the temperature scanners.

FAITH DIRECT ONLINE eGIVING

We are updating to a new online program called Faith Direct eGiving. At the masses last weekend the Finance Council introduced the Faith Direct eGiving program. We encourage all parish families to enroll in eGiving. The enrollment process is easy and secure. Click the ONLINE eGIVING link to enroll online. If you prefer to enroll by mail click here to download an English application, click here to download an Spanish application. Complete it and mail to Faith Direct.

If you are already enrolled in the previous Online Giving program go to MYOWNGIVING. Log in with your User ID and Password. If you need help with your log in click Forgot User ID or Password. Your User ID will be sent to the email address that you used to sign up. If you have forgotten your password click Forgot Password enter your email address you will be sent a link to a page where you can create a password.

After logging in select My Payment Methods then delete your Bank Account or Credit Card information click Submit. Your deduction will be cancelled. We ask that you cancel this payment prior to enrolling in Faith Direct eGiving. Any questions or need help contact Jerry Fong, Finance Council at stpaul_finance@comcast.net or call 916-381-5200.

You are Invited

We are in need of Hospitality Ministers in all the masses. If you feel that you have the call to serve in this ministry, kindly contact the coordinators below by calling or e-mailing them. You may also fill out the electronic application form above.Thank you and God bless you.

Temporay Suspension of the Ministry

In the wake of COVID19 pandemic, we are suspending the ministry until further notice. This is due to safety health reasons for the ministers. If the present minister wants to bring home the Eucharist for his/her family member, he/she may do so. He/she must contact the office for proper guidance and instructions. Rest assured that we are including the sick members of our parish in our prayers and in the mass. Thank you for your patience.

You are Invited

We are in need of Altar Servers in all the masses. If you feel that you have the call to serve in this ministry, kindly contact the coordinators below by calling or e-mailing them. Thank you and God bless you.

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