KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS 2021 CRAB FEED
Tickets will be available for the Knights of Columbus 2021 Crab Feed starting Monday, January 4th. This year, out of safety concerns and restrictions, the Knights have found a creative way that will allow you to enjoy a very hearty meal at a great price! This year's Crab Feed will take place in the form of a Drive-Thru, allowing you to take your meal home to enjoy with your family. We've lowered the price and are providing a significant amount of food to ensure a fantastic value for your purchase. This year, the price of the Crab Feed has been lowered to $40 per person. The purchase of each ticket will provide you with:
Additionally, four every four tickets purchased, you will receive a complimentary bottle of White Wine.
The event will take place Saturday, February 27, 2021. Tickets will go on sale January 4th and be sold through Sunday, February 14, 2021. All tickets must be paid for by that date as no tickets will be sold after that date. Additionally, changes to placed orders will not be allowed after February 14th.
On the day of the event, participants will be asked to come to St. Paul Church between the hours of 3:30 PM and 5:00 PM to pick up your meal. You will not be required to exit your vehicle as your meal will be brought to you and loaded into your vehicle. There will be three staging areas within in the drive thru.
Below is an illustration of how and where the staging areas will be set up. On the day of the event, cones and signage will be in place to help guide you.
How to secure tickets for the event:
In an effort to limit physical contact out of safety concerns, we ask that you call Event Chairman David Rangel at (760) 985-5374 or email him at drangel@verizon.net to purchase and/or reserve your tickets.
You can either pay using a credit/debit card over the phone or coordinate a time to pay while picking up your tickets. Reserved tickets can be picked up on any Sunday, through February 14th, immediately following the 11:00 AM Mass. When securing tickets, we will need to know if your prefer anti-pasto or pasta with red meat sauce.
Dear St. Paul Parish Families,
It has been a hard and challenging year for all of us. The pandemic has affected everybody at work, the way we relate socially with one another, travel plans, restaurants to name only a few, but most especially our liturgical schedule and the way we do public worship. It is a very sad and challenging situation, but we can always adapt and find ways and means to make things possible following safety health guidelines. We are a people of hope as the season of Advent reminds us. Our faith is strengthened by challenging situations rather than to resign to it. CHRISTIAN is our name and so we bear anything that would make our faith stronger, like Christ who sacrificed himself to save us.
As we approach Christmas, let us rise to the occasion of bearing Christ in our daily lives and share him to all the people that we meet. It may be a short prayer for somebody. It may be a call to someone that we did not talk for a while. It may be that street person shivering out in the cold who needs our assistance. Whatever that person may be, we can always share Christ and let Him do His miracle of Christmas through us.
May Christmas and the coming New Year be something that give light, joy, love and hope to all of us no matter what course they may take. May Jesus, Mary and Joseph who had their share of trials be an inspiration to all of us. Mary and Joseph of Nazareth intercede for us through your Son. Amen.
In the name of the Parish Pastoral Council, Parish Finance Committee, Liturgical Committee, the Parish Office Staff, Religious Education and Parish School Staff, a blessed Christmas and a bright New Year to you and your family. Thank you for your patience and generosity.
In the Word Incarnate,
Rev. Joyle Martinez
* If it would rain, we would just have live stream masses; Two Masses for the Day itself (English and Spanish)
SOLEMNITY OF THE MOTHER OF GOD - NEW YEAR'S EVE MASS
Thursday, December 31, 2020
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Holy Days of Obligation (Livestream)
SOLEMNITY OF THE MOTHER OF GOD - NEW YEAR'S DAY
Friday, January 1, 2021
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM - ENGLISH (Livestream)
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM - ENGLISH
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM - SPANISH (Livestream)
EPIPHANY OF THE LORD
Saturday, January 2, 2021
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM - VIGIL - ENGLISH
Sunday, January 3, 2021
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM - ENGLISH (Livestream)
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM - ENGLISH
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM - SPANISH (Livestream)
December 29, 2020
MASSES DURING BAD WEATHER
We are doing our best to celebrate the Holy Mass with you outdoors even if it is cold. We are doing well as of the moment. We appreciate your patience and endurance. These are all the challenges that we face during these hard times. We offer them all to God that He may strengthen us. With HOPE as the theme of Advent, we will never give up. By the grace of God we can make it as long as we hold on to our faith.
With that being said, we continue to celebrate the Holy Mass with you whenever we can. In case of bad weather or it rains, we cannot do the usual schedule of outdoor masses. There is a revised schedule, a PLAN B, in case we have such situations where we cannot avoid the force of nature. Kindly check the MASS TIMES in our Parish Website and read the instructions in cases of inclement weather.
Plan B
In Cases of Inclement Weather (Rain) Instructions
Please be advised that understandably if it rains we will have no OUTDOOR masses.
WHEN IT RAINS...
*On Saturday - 4:00 PM Mass will be cancelled
*On Sunday - the Masses will be cancelled.
Instead we will only have 2 livestream masses in the church: Sunday: 9:00 AM English (livestream) and 11:00 AM Spanish (livestream).
Only ten (10) people are allowed in the church: celebrant, ministers and livestream operators ONLY.
You can watch the livestream masses from the comfort of your home on your TV, computer, ipad, or smart phone.
If you want to receive Holy Communion, you may drive to St. Paul and park preferably in the South parking lot (between the Church and Hall). Watch the livestream mass on your device.
After the final blessing, we will come out to you in your parked car to offer you Holy Communion. If you want to receive the host, kindly step out of your car so Father or EEM can properly offer it to you.
Then you may go safely home. As you leave, drive safely for there will be others receiving communion.
PARISH CALENDARS
Our parish calendars have already arrived. They were distributed during our Christmas masses. If you were not able to attend please come to the parish office during business hours (M-f, 8am-4pm) and pick one up. One calandar per family please. Thank you.
THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU
We are grateful for your loyalty to St. Paul and to your faith. God bless us all as we continue to pray through the intercession of our Blessed Mother and St. Joseph that we successfully face these trials. St. Paul pray for us!
Kindly spread the message. Be safe and well. God bless you.
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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.
The RCIA Rite of Welcome and Acceptance was held @4:00pm Mass last November 28. From that time on the catechumens and candidates are dismissed to reflect on the Word of God right after the homily.
The last batch of the Spanish Rite of Enrollment for Confirmation was done last Sunday, December 6 in the 1:00 PM Spanish mass.
All English CFF classes are all virtual on Sundays.